Celebrity Birthdays Oct 15th:

Entertainment:

Linda Lavin is an actress known for the TV shows “Alice” and “Room for Two”.

Grace Van Dien is an actress known for the TV shows “Greenhouse Academy” and “The Village”.

Bailee Madison is an actress known for the TV shows “Good Witch” and “Trophy Wife”.

Billy Unger is an actor known for the TV show “Lab Rats” and the movie “National Treasure: Book of Secrets”.

Ncuti Gatwa is an actor known for the movie “Barbie” and the TV show “Sex Education”.

Vincent Martella is an actor known for the TV shows “Everybody Hates Chris” and “Phineas & Ferb”.

Hannah Leigh is an actress known for the movies “Evergreen” and “Await the Dawn”.

Vanessa Marcil is an actress known for the TV shows “Las Vegas” and “General Hospital”.

Larry Miller is an actor known for the movies “10 Things I Hate About You” and “Pretty Woman”.

Dominic West is an actor known for the TV shows “The Wire” and “The Affair”.

Paul Walter Hauser is an actor known for the movies “Richard Jewell” and “I, Tonya”.

Ginuwine is a singer who began his career as a member of the musical collective Swing Mob in the early 1990s. As a solo act, he signed with Epic Records to release his 1996 debut single, “Pony”. The song peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and preceded the release of his debut studio album, Ginuwine…The Bachelor (1996), which received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Barry McGuire is a singer-songwriter known for his 1965 hit “Eve of Destruction”. He was later a singer and songwriter of contemporary Christian music.

Richard Carpenter is a singer-songwriter-musician who formed half of the sibling duo the Carpenters alongside his younger sister Karen. He had numerous roles in the Carpenters, including record producer, arranger, pianist, keyboardist, and songwriter, as well as joining with Karen on harmony vocals.

Sports:

Football:

Joe Klecko is a Hall of Fame defensive tackle who made four Pro-Bowls and won Defensive Player of the Year.

Hockey:

Willie O’Ree is a Hall of Fame wing who is widely recognized for being the first black player in the NHL playing for the Boston Bruins. His accomplishment of breaking the black color barrier in the NHL has led him to sometimes be referred to as the “Jackie Robinson of hockey,” whom he had the chance to meet when he was younger. 

Baseball:

Jim Palmer is a Hall of Fame starting pitcher who made six All-Star teams and won three World Series Championships with the Baltimore Orioles.

Teoscar Hernandez is an outfielder for the Los Angels Dodgers who has made two All-Star teams and has won two Silver Slugger Awards.

Carlos Garcia is a former shortstop who made one All-Star team.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Jack Flaherty, Gail Henley, Lou Klimchock, Dick Such, Scott Northey, Tommy Toms, Glenn Gulliver, Matt Dunbar, Chad Mottola, Mendy Lopez, David Cortes, Tim Young, Mitch Jones, Josh Rabe, Juan Cruz, Huascar Brazoban, Cody Carroll, Yerry Rodriguez, Brandon Pfaddt, Gavin Stone & Yoendrys Gomez!

In Memoriam:

Entertainment:

Penny Marshall was an actress known for the TV shows “Laverne & Shirley” and “The Odd Couple”.

Tanya Roberts was an actress known for the TV shows “Charlie’s Angels” and “That 70’s Show”.

Tito Jackson was a musician-singer who was a founding member of the Jackson 5, a group who rose to fame in the late 1960s and 1970s with the Motown label and had continued success on the Epic label in the late 1970s and 1980s. Jackson began a solo career in 2003 performing as a blues musician.

Sports:

Baseball:

Mel Harder was a pitcher who made four All-Star teams and won one World Series Championship in 1948 with the Cleveland Indians.

Bill Henry was a closer who made one All-Star team.