Entertainment:
Anderson Cooper s a journalist-political commentator currently anchoring the CNN news broadcast show Anderson Cooper 360°. In addition to his duties at CNN, Cooper serves as a correspondent for 60 Minutes.
Sports:
Tennis:
Rafael Nadal is a tennis player who has been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the ATP for 209 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. He has won 22 Grand Slam men’s singles titles, including a record 14 French Open titles. He also has won 92 ATP-level singles titles, including 36 Masters titles and an Olympic gold medal, with 63 of these on clay courts.
Basketball:
Al Horford is a center for the Boston Celtics who has made five All-Star teams and has won two NCAA Championships.
Jalen Suggs is a guard for the Orlando Magic who has won three Gold Medals and made one All-Defensive Second Team.
Billy Cunningham is a Hall of Fame forward who made five All-Star teams and won one NBA Championship in 1967 with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Otto Porter is a former forward who has won one NBA Championship with the Golden State Warriors in 2022.
Baseball:
Carl Everett is a former outfielder who made two All-Star teams and won one World Series Championship in 2005 with the Chicago White Sox.
Jose Molina is a former catcher who has won two World Series Championships and won one Silver Medal.
Travis Hafner is a former designated hitter who has the most home runs for a player born in North Dakota, and shares the MLB record for grand slams in one season, with six.
Jim Gentile is a former first basemen who made six All-Star teams and led the league in RBIs once.
Harrison Bader is an outfielder for the New York Mets who has won one Gold Glove Award.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Ed Glynn, Ron Keller, Jim Gaudet, Steve Lyons, Barry Lyons, Jose Tolentino, Nelson Liriano, Aaron Ledesma, Izzy Molina, Bryan Rekar, Robert Machado, Steve Smyth, Munenori Kawasaki, Lucas Harrell, Zach Lutz, Nefi Ogando, Ramon Urias, Brandon Wadell, Eric Lauer, Jackson Tetreault, Charles Leblanc, Ryan Jeffers, Luis Urias & Luis Gil!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Tony Curtis was an actor known for the movies “Spartacus” and “Some Like It Hot”.
Josephine Baker was a singer-dancer-actress who was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in France and was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 silent film Siren of the Tropics, directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant.
Curtis Mayfield was a singer-songwriter-musician Dubbed the “Gentle Genius”, he first achieved success and recognition with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted group the Impressions during the civil rights movement of the late 1950s and the 1960s, and later worked as a solo artist.
Sports:
Baseball:
Duane Josephson is a former catcher who made one All-Star team.