Celebrity Birthdays July 17th:

Entertainment:

Eric Winter is an actor known for the TV shows “The Rookie” and “Days of our Lives”.

David Hasselhoff is an actor known for the TV shows “Baywatch” and “Knight Rider”.

Billie Lourd is an actress known for the TV shows “Scream Queens” and “American Horror Story”.

Shamon Brown Jr is an actor known for the TV show “The Chi” and the movie “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”.

Stefania Spampinato is an actress known for the TV shows “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Station 19”.

Sarah Jones is an actress known for the TV shows “Vegas” and “For All Mankind”.

Logan Allen is an actor known for the TV shows “Sweet Magnolias” and “Talia in the Kitchen”.

Lucie Arnaz is an actress known for the TV shows “Here’s Lucy” and the movie “The Jazz Singer”.

Luke Bryan is a singer-songwriter-musician who is a five-time “Entertainer of the Year”, being awarded by both the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Country Music Association.

Saba is a rapper is a co-founder of the musical collective Pivot Gang with his brother Jerrel Chandler (Joseph Chilliams), their late cousin Walter Long Jr (John Walt), their high school friend Logan Yutters (MFn Melo), Jevunte Wheeler (squeakPivot), and Jimmy (Frsh Waters). He is also one third of the supergroup Ghetto Sage, with Smino and Noname.

Sports:

Hockey:

Sep 28, 2023; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Blackhawks forward Connor Bedard (98) skates against the St. Louis Blues at United Center. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Sabau-USA TODAY Sports

Connor Bedard is a center who won one Calder Memorial Trophy and made the All-Rookie Team.

Bryan Trottier is a Hall of Fame center who one Calder Memorial Trophy, one Art Ross Trophy, one Conn Smythe Trophy, one Heart Memorial Trophy, one King Clancy Memorial Trophy, made nine All-Star teams and won six Stanley Cup Championships.

Ryan Miller is a former goalie who made one All-Star team and won one Vezina Trophy.

Baseball:

Don Kessinger is a former shortstop who made six All-Star teams and won two Gold Glove Awards.

Bobby Thigpen is a former reliever who made one All-Star team and led the league in saves once.

Steve Delabar is a former reliever who made one All-Star team.

Adam Lind is a former first basemen who won one Silver Slugger Award.

Jason Jennings is a former pitcher who won Rookie of the Year and won a Golden Spikes Award.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Herb Hutson, Justin Knoedler, Brian Rogers, Nick Christiani, Leonel Campos, Matt Purke, Silvino Bracho, Josh Lester, CJ Alexander, Cole Sands & Jordan Lawlar!

In Memoriam:

Entertainment:

Donald Sutherland was an actor known for the movies “M*A*S*H*” and “Pride & Prejudice”.

Phyllis Diller was an actress known for the TV show “The Phyllis Diller Show” and the movie “A Bug’s Life”.

Sports:

Basketball:

Bobby Leonard was a Hall of Fame head coach who won three ABA Championships and won one NCAA Championship.

Johnny Red Kerr was a center-coach-broadcaster who made three All-Star teams and won one NBA Championship in 1955 with the Philadelphia 76ers.

Connie Hawkins was a Hall of Fame forward who made six All-Star teams and won one ABA Championship in 1968 with Minnesota Pipers where he won the MVP for the playoffs.

Baseball:

Toni Stone was a female professional baseball player who played in predominantly male leagues. In 1953, she became the first woman to play as a regular on an American major-level professional baseball team when she joined the Indianapolis Clowns in the previously all-male Negro leagues.

Lou Boudreau was a Hall of Fame shortstop who made eight All-Star teams and won one World Series Championship in 1948 with the Cleveland Indians.

Roy McMillian was a shortstop who made two All-Star teams and won three Gold Glove Awards.

Deron Johnson was an outfielder who led the league in RBIs once and won one World Series Championship in 1973 with the Oakland Athletics.