Entertainment:
Zachary Levi is an actor known for the TV show “Chuck” and the movie “Shazam” franchise.
Nicholas Galitzine is an actor known for the movies “Bottoms” and “Cinderella”.
Michael Epps is an actor known for the TV shows “The Chi” and “Chicago Fire”.
Lilah Pate is an actress known for the TV shows “Outer Banks” and “The Summer I Turned Pretty”.
Ian McShane is an actor known for the TV shows “Deadwood” and “Lovejoy”.
Chrissy Metz is an actress known for the TV shows “This Is Us” and “Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny”.
Andrew Dice Clay is an actor known for the movies “The Adventures of Ford Fairlane” and “A Star is Born”.
Kelly McCreary is an actress known for the TV shows “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Harvey Girls Forever!”.
Halsey is a singer-songwriter who is known for her distinctive singing voice, she has received several awards including three Billboard Music Awards, a Billboard Women in Music Award, an American Music Award and nominations for three Grammy Awards.
Les Claypool is a singer-songwriter-musician who is best known as the founder, lead singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of the band Primus since its formation in 1984. Frequently considered to be one of the greatest bassists of all time, his playing style mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends, and slapping.
Mark Farner is a singer-songwriter-musician who was the original singer and guitarist of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad, which he co-founded in 1969, and later as a contemporary Christian musician.
Sports:
Bryant Gumbel is a journalist-sportscaster who is best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC’s Today and Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.
Basketball:
Kevin Durant is a forward for the Phoenix Suns who has made fourteen All-Star teams and has won two NBA Championships where he has won two NBA Finals MVPS.
John Paxon is a former guard who won three NBA Championships with the Chicago Bulls and won one as an assistant coach.
Football:
Calvin Johnson is a Hall of Fame wide receiver who made six Pro-Bowls and made three First-Team All-Pros.
Ken Norton Jr is a former linebacker who made three Pro-Bowls and won three Super Bowl Championships plus another as a coach.
Baseball:
Heath Bell is a former closer who made three All-Star teams and won Relieve of the Year twice.
Steve Busby is a former a starting pitcher who made two All-Star teams and pitched two no-hitters.
Warren Cromartie is a former outfielder who made three NPB All-Star teams and won one Japanese Series Championship.
Jake Westbrook is a former starting pitcher who made one All-Star team and won one World Series Championship in 2011 with the St Louis Cardinals.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Tyler Mahle, Howie Bedell, Rich Reese, Ken Macha, Jim Crawford, Gene Richards, Byron McLaughlin, Mark Calvert, Craig Lefferts, Tim Flannery, Rob Deer, Dave Silvestri, Derek Parks, Gary Haught, Joe Hudson, Eddy Diaz, Jermaine Clark, Calvin Pickering, Joe Thurston, Shelley Duncan, Dewon Day, Miguel Asencio, Ali Solis, Tyler Thornburg, TJ House, Branden Kline, Jake Reed, Thomas Hatch, David Hamilton & Luis Campusano!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Drake Hogestyn is an actor known for the TV shows “Days of Our Lives” and “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”.
Greer Garson was an actress known for the movies “Pride and Prejudice” and “Goodbye, Mr. Chips”.
Trevor Howard was an actor known for the movies “The Third Man” and “Brief Encounter”.
Anita Ekberg was an actress known for the movies “The Sweet Life” and “Blood Alley”.
Stan Berenstain was a writer-illustrator best known for creating the children’s book series The Berenstain Bears.
Jerry Lew Lewis was a singer-songwriter-musician who was described as “rock ‘n’ roll’s first great wild man” and a pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music. He won four Grammy awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and two Grammy Hall of Fame Awards. Lewis was inducted into the inaugural class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, and his pioneering contribution to the genre was recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
Tommy Boyce was a singer-songwriter who was apart of the duo Boyce and Hart who in addition to three top-40 hits as artists, the duo is well known for its songwriting for The Monkees.
Gene Autry was a singer-songwriter-musician-actor-rodeo performer who largely gained fame by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades, beginning in the early 1930s. During that time, he personified the straight-shooting hero — honest, brave, and true. He also was the owner of a television station and several radio stations in Southern California. From 1961 to 1997, he was the founding owner of the California Angels.
Sports:
Football:
Bum Phillips was a head coach who is in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and is in the Tennessee Titans Ring of Honor.
Baseball:
Mike McCormick was a starting pitcher who made four All-Star teams and won one Cy Young Award.