Entertainment:
Keanu Reeves is an actor known for the movies “John Wick” franchise and “The Matrix” franchise.
Gavin Casalegno is an actor known for the TV shows “The Summer I Turned Pretty” and “Walker”.
Salma Hayek is an actress known for the movies “Frida” and “Savages”.
Katt Williams is an actor known for the movies “Norbit” and “Friday After Next”.
Damson Idris is an actor known for the TV show “Snowfall” and the movie “Farming”.
Eugenio Derbez is an actor known for the movies “Overboard” and “How to Be a Latin Lover”.
Mark Harmon is an actor known for the TV shows “NCIS” and “Chicago Hope”.
Austin Abrams is an actor known for the movies “Paper Towns” and “Gangster Squad”.
Linda Purl is an actress known for the TV shows “Happy Days” and “Matlock”.
Allison Miller is an actress known for the TV shows “A Million Little Things” and “Go On”.
Spencer Smith is a musician-songwriter who is best known as a co-founding member and the former drummer of the rock band Panic! at the Disco. He recorded four studio albums with the band and the band’s debut album went triple platinum and charted at No. 13 on the US Billboard 200.
Sports:
Boxing:
Lennox Lewis is a former boxer who competed from 1989 to 2003 and is a three-time world heavyweight champion, a two-time lineal champion, and held the undisputed championship. Holding dual British and Canadian citizenship, Lewis represented Canada as an amateur at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics; in the latter, he won a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division.
Tennis:
Jimmy Connors is a former world No. 1 tennis player who held the top ATP ranking for a then-record 160 consecutive weeks from 1974 to 1977 and a career total of 268 weeks. By virtue of his long and prolific career, Connors still holds three prominent Open Era men’s singles records: 109 titles, 1,557 matches played, and 1,274 match wins. His titles include eight major singles titles and three year-end championships.
Football:
Terry Bradshaw is a Hall of Fame quarterback who won one MVP and won four Super Bowl Championships with the Pittsburgh Pirates where he won two Super Bowl MVPs.
Eric Dickerson is a Hall of Fame running back who made six Pro-Bowls and won Rookie of the Year.
Basketball:
Nate Archibald is a Hall of Fame guard who made six All-Star teams and won one NBA Championship in 1981 with the Boston Celtics.
Brandon Ingram is a forward for the New Orleans Pelicans who has made one All-Star team and won the NBA’s Most Improved Player.
Baseball:
Rich Aurilia is a former shortstop who made one All-Star team and won one Silver Slugger Award.
Jeff Russell is a former closer who made two All-Star teams and led the league in saves once.
Gaby Sanchez is a former first basemen who made one All-Star team.
Rick Manning is a former outfielder who won one Gold Glove Award.
Peter Ueberroth is the former sixth commissioner for the MLB a role he held from 1984 to 1989. He later served as the chairman of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee from 2004 to 2008. He also was the chairman of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee which brought the games to Los Angeles in 1984. Ueberroth was named 1984’s Time Man of the Year for his success in organizing the Olympic games.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Kerry Carpenter, Willy Adames, Luke Walker, Mel Behney, Lamar Johnson, Dave Criscione, Nate Snell, Danny Goodwin, John Flinn, Fred Howard, Rex Hudler, Jose Melendez, Terry Jorgensen, Jamie McAndrew, Mike Thomas, Sean Lawrence, Pat Watkins, Yamid Haad, Jason Hammel, Rommie Lewis, Wes Littleton, Dusty Ryan, Evan Crawford, Dusten Knight, Christian Bethancourt, Ronald Torreyes, AJ Minter, Franchy Cordero, Rob Kaminsky, Ryan Feltner, Aaron Whitefield, Oliver Dunn & Dominic Fletcher!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Billy Preston was a singer-songwriter-musician whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, backing Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, the Everly Brothers, Reverend James Cleveland, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
Sports:
Basketball:
John Thompson Jr was a Hall of Fame college head coach who won six BIG East Tournament Championships and one NCAA Division 1 Tournament Championship. He also won two NBA Championships as a player with the Boston Celtics.
Baseball:
Albert Spalding was a Hall of Fame pitcher who led the league in wins six times and won four NA Pennants. Also in 1876 while Spalding was playing and organizing the league, Spalding and his brother Walter began a sporting goods store in Chicago, which grew rapidly (14 stores by 1901) and expanded into a manufacturer and distributor of all kinds of sporting equipment. The company became “synonymous with sporting goods.
Monte Pearson was a pitcher who made two All-Star teams and won four World Series Championships with the New York Yankees.