Entertainment:
Helena Bonham Carter is an actress known for the movies “Sweeny Todd” and “Fight Club”.
Matt Stone is an actor-writer known for the TV show “South Park” and the movie “Team America”.
Brandi Cyrus is an actress known for the TV shows “Hannah Montana” and “The Queue”.
Pam Grier is an actress known for the movies “Foxy Brown” and “Jackie Brown”.
Lauryn Hill is a singer-songwriter who is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time, as well as one of the most influential musicians of her generation. She is often credited for breaking barriers for female rappers, popularizing melodic rap, and pioneering neo soul for mainstream audiences. Her other accolades include eight Grammy Awards—the most for any female rapper.
Stevie Nicks is a singer-songwriter known for being apart of the rock band Fleetwood Mac and her own solo career. When she joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975 she helped the band to become one of the best-selling music acts of all time with over 120 million records sold worldwide. Rumours, the band’s second album with Nicks, became one of the best-selling albums worldwide, being certified 20× platinum in the US. In 1981, while remaining a member of Fleetwood Mac, Nicks began her solo career, releasing the studio album Bella Donna, which topped the Billboard 200 and has reached multiplatinum status.
Lenny Kravitz is a singer-songwriter-musician-actor who has won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, which he received four years in a row from 1999 to 2002, breaking the record for most wins in that category, and setting the record for most consecutive wins in one category by a male performer. He has won other awards, including American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, Radio Music Awards, Brit Awards, and Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. Kravitz has sold over 40 million albums worldwide and was ranked 93 on VH1’s “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock
Hank Williams Jr is a singer-songwriter-musician who’s musical style has been described as a blend of rock, blues, and country. He is the son of country musician Hank Williams.
Sports:
Football:
Brent Musburger is a sportscaster, currently the lead broadcaster and managing editor at Vegas Stats and Information Network. He has called football, golf, baseball, basketball and tennis.
Micah Parsons is a linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys who has made three Pro-Bowls and has made two First-Team All-Pros.
Basketball:
Mehmet Okur is a former center who made one All-Star team and won one NBA Championship in 2004 with the Detroit Pistons.
Baseball:
Darrell Evans is a former third basemen who made two All-Star teams and won one World Series Championships in 1984 with the Detroit Tigers.
Ben Zobrist is a former infielder who made three All-Star teams and won two World Series Championships plus won one World Series MVP.
Jason Bere is a former starting pitcher who made one All-Star team.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Travis Lee, Rob Murphy, Ricky Jordan, Paul Sewald, Eddie Haas, Bob Hansen, Ed Crosby, Dann Bilardello, Willie Fraser, Stacy Jones, John O’Donoghue, Chris Latham, Sean Barker, Joe Koshansky, Carlos Martinez, Kevin Mulvey, Lance Zawadzki, Alex Dickerson, Aaron Blair, Garett Stubbs, Gabriel Ynoa, Sam Haggerty, Roel Ramirez, Jonathan Ornelas & Endy Rodriguez!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
John Wayne was an actor known for the movies “True Grit” and “The Alamo”.
Peter Cushing was an actor known for the movies “The Curs of Frankenstein” and “Horror of Dracula”.
Peggy Lee was an actress known for the movies “Jazz Singer” and “Lady and the Tramp”.
Miles Davis was a jazz trumpeter- bandleader- composer who is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. He adopted a variety of musical directions in a roughly five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz.