Celbrity Birthdays July 7th:

Entertainment:

Jim Gaffigan is an actor known for the movies “Super Troopers” and “Going the Distance”.

Cree Summer is an actress known for the TV shows “Codename Kids Next Door” and “A Different World”.

Dylan Sprayberry is an actor known for the TV shows “Teen Wolf” and “Light as a Feather”.

Lilo Baier is an actress known for the TV shows “Ollie and Friends” and “Go Iguanas!”.

Shelley Duvall is an actress known for the movies “The Shinning” and “Popeye”.

Jack Whitehall is an actor known for the TV shows “Fresh Meat” and “Bad Education”.

Jamie Flatters is an actor known for the movies “Avatar: The Way of the Water” and “Black Dog”.

Patrick O’Connell is an actor known for the TV show “Guiding Light” and “Loving”.

Robin Weigert is an actress known for the TV shows “Deadwood” and “Sons of Anarchy”.

Ringo Starr is a singer-musician-songwriter who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. His playing style, which emphasized feel over technical virtuosity, influenced many drummers to reconsider their playing from a compositional perspective. He also influenced various modern drumming techniques, such as the matched grip, tuning the drums lower, and using muffling devices on tonal rings.

Sports:

Basketball:

ATHENS – AUGUST 28: Lisa Leslie #9 of the United States celebrates winning gold 74 – 63 over Australia in the women’s basketball gold medal match on August 28, 2004 during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at the Indoor Hall of the Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Lisa Leslie is a Hall of Fame center who made eight All-Star teams and won two WNBA Championships with the Los Angeles Sparks.

Fred Brown is a former guard who made one All-Star team and won one NBA Championship in 1979 with the Seattle Supersonics.

Hockey:

Joe Sakic is a Hall of Fame center who won one Conn Smythe Trophy, one Heart Memorial Trophy, one Lady Byng Trophy, one Ted Lindsay Award, made thirteen All-Star teams and won one two Stanley Cup Championships with the Colorado Avalanche.

Baseball:

Chuck Knoblauch is a former second basemen who made four All-Star teams and won four World Series Championships.

Bill Melton is a former third basemen who made one All-Star team and led the league in homeruns once.

Jeff Shaw is a former reliever who made two All-Star teams and led the league in saves once.

This is a 2015 photo of John Buck of the Atlanta Braves baseball team. This image reflects the 2015 active roster as of Monday, March 2, 2015 when this image was taken. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

John Buck is a former catcher who made one All-Star team.

Nathaniel Lowe is a first basemen for the Texas Rangers who has won one Gold Glove Award and won one World Series Championship in 2023.

Len Barker is a former starting pitcher who made one All-Star team and led the league in strikeouts twice.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Franmil Reyes, Bob Lipski, Chuck Goggin, Rick Kester, Bob Gallagher, Tim Nordbrook, Jerry Dybzinski, Dan Gladden, Tim Teufel, Glenn Hoffman, Dave Burba, Mike Busch, Jose Jimenez, Matt Mantei, Andy Green, Jon Huber, Brandon McCarthy, RJ Swindle, Luke Montz, Alfredo Figaro, Leyson Septimo, Richard Lovelady, Vinny Capra & Evan Justice!

In Memoriam:

Sports:

Baseball:

FILE – In this Aug. 2, 1942, file photo, Kansas City Monarchs pitcher Leroy Satchel Paige warms up at New York’s Yankee Stadium before a Negro League game between the Monarchs and the New York Cuban Stars. Major League Baseball has reclassified the Negro Leagues as a major league and will count the statistics and records of its 3,400 players as part of its history. The league said Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, it was “correcting a longtime oversight in the game’s history” by elevating the Negro Leagues on the centennial of its founding. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

Satchel Paige was a Hall of Fame pitcher who made two All-Star teams and won one World Series Championship in 1948 with the Cleveland Indians.

Billy Herman was a Hall of Fame second basemen who made ten All-Star teams and won one World Series Championship in 1955 with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Sammy White was a catcher who made one All-Star team.