Entertainment:
Hilary Duff is an actress-singer known for the TV show “Lizzie McGuire” and the movie “Cinderella Story”.
Brenna D’Amico is an actress known for the movies “Night Night” and “Crushed”.
Frankie Jonas is an actor known for the movie “Ponyo” and the TV show “Jonas”.
Maria Canals Barrera is an actress known for the TV shows “Wizards of Waverly Place” and “Justice League”.
Hana Mae Lee is an actress known for the movies “Pitch Perfect” franchise and “Jem and the Holograms”.
Naomi Watts is an actress known for the movies “King Kong” and “Birdman”.
Brigitte Bardot is an actress known for the movies “Contempt” and “The Truth”.
Jeffrey Jones is an actor known for the movies “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and “Amadeus”.
Mira Sorvino is an actress known for the movies “The Final Cut” and “The Replacement Killers”.
Janeane Garofalo is an actress known for the TV shows “SNL” and “The Larry Sanders Show”.
Vernee Watson is an actress known for the TV shows “General Hospital” and “Bob Hearts Abishola”.
Steve Hytner is an actor known for the movies “EuroTrip” and “Face/Off”.
Jeezy is a rapper who is credited, alongside fellow Georgia-based rappers T.I. and Gucci Mane, with pioneering the hip hop subgenre trap music for mainstream audiences. He began his career in 2001, releasing two independent albums until signing with Def Jam Recordings to release his major label debut, Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101.
St Vincent is a singer-songwriter-musician who’s guitar playing has been praised for its melodic style and use of distortion, and she has been listed among the best guitarists of the 21st century by multiple publications. Rolling Stone named Clark the 26th-greatest guitarist of all time in 2023.
Sports:
Basketball:
Emeka Okafor is a former forward who won Rookie of the Year and won one NCAA Championship in 2004.
Football:
Steve Largent is a Hall of Fame wide receiver who made seven Pro-Bowls and made one First-Team All-Pro.
Tyler Lockett is a wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks who has made one Pro-Bowl and has made one First-Team All-Pro.
Hockey:
Grant Fuhr is a Hall of Fame goalie who has won one William Jennings Trophy, one Vezina Trophy, made six All-Star teams and won five Stanley Cup Championships with the Edmonton Oilers.
Baseball:
Todd Worrell is a former closer who made three All-Star teams and won Rookie of the Year.
Ryan Zimmerman is a former third basemen who made two All-Star teams and has won one World Series Championship in 2019 with the Washington Nationals.
Eddie Rosario is an outfielder who has won the NLCS MVP and has won one World Series Championship in 2021 with the Atlanta Braves.
Riley Green is an outfielder for the Detroit Tigers who has made one All-Star team.
Alexis Diaz is the closer for the Cincinnati Reds who has made one All-Star team.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Manuel Margot, Gene Ratliff, Dave Rajsich, Terry Bogener, Pete Filson, Ronn Reynolds, Ed Vosberg, Rob Woodward, Charlie Kerfeld, Cesar Hernandez, Keiichi Yabu, Mike DeJean, Brian Banks, Jamie Brewington, Joey Nation, Jason Young, Francisco Rosario, Chris Demaria, Hector Gimenez, Micah Owings, Jay Buente, Thad Weber, Zach Stewart, Derrick Robinson, Jerry Sands, Nick Greenwood, Gary Brown, Cameron Rupp, Slade Heathcott, Severino Gonzalez, Justin Anderson, Danny Mendick, Enoli Paredes, Joe Barlow & Shay Witcomb!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Peter Finch was an actor known for the movies “Network” and “Sunday Bloody Sunday”.
Robert Hogan was an actor known for the TV shows “Peyton Place” and “Days of Our Lives”.
Ed Sullivan was a TV show host-sports/entertainment reporter-syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. He was the creator and host of the television variety program The Toast of the Town, which in 1955 was renamed The Ed Sullivan Show. Broadcast from 1948 to 1971, it set a record as the longest-running variety show in U.S. broadcast history.
Ben E King was a singer who rose to prominence as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group the Drifters, notably singing the lead vocals on three of their biggest hit singles “There Goes My Baby”, “This Magic Moment”, and “Save the Last Dance for Me” (their only U.S. No. 1 hit). He is also best known as the singer and co-composer of “Stand by Me”, which became a US Top 10 hit, both in 1961 and later in 1986.
Sports:
Baseball:
Grant Jackson was a closer who made one All-Star team and won one World Series Championship in 1979 with the Pittsburgh Pirates.