Celebrity Birthdays August 24th:

Entertainment:

Chad Michael Murray is an actor known for the TV shows “One Tree Hill” and “Agent Carter”.

Rupert Grint is an actor known for the movies “Harry Potter” franchise and “Moonwalkers”.

Griffin Gluck is an actor known for the TV shows “Private Practice” and “Locke & Key”.

Dave Chappelle is an actor known for the TV show “The Chappelle Show” and the movie “Half Baked”.

Grey Delisle is an actress known for the TV shows “The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy” and “The Loud House”.

Stephen Fry is an actor known for the movies “V for Vendetta” and “Wilde”.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP/Shutterstock (10165105be) Alex O’Loughlin, cast member of “Hawaii Five-0” arrives at the 36th Annual PaleyFest at The Dolby Theatre, in Los Angeles 36th Annual PaleyFest – “Hawaii Five-0”, “MacGyver” and “Magnum P.I.), Los Angeles, USA – 23 Mar 2019

Alex O’Loughlin is an actor known for the TV shows “Hawaii Five-0” and “Moonlight”.

Elizabeth Debicki is an actress known for the movies “Tenant” and “Widows”.

David Koechner is an actor known for the movies “Anchorman” and “Thank You For Smoking”.

Dana Gould is an actor known for the TV shows “Doug” and “Hanging with Dr. Z”.

Marlee Matlin is an actress known for the TV shows “Reasonable Doubts “and “Switched at Birth”.

Steve Guttenberg is an actor known for the movies “Police Academy” and “Short Circuit”.

James D’Arcy is an actor known for the movies “Dunkirk” and “Cloud Atlas”.

Craig Kilborn is an actor known for the movies “Benchwarmers” and “Old School”.

John Bush is an singer who came to prominence in the 1980s as the lead singer and lyricist of Armored Saint, a heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. In 1992, he joined thrash metal band Anthrax, with whom he remained until 2005 and briefly rejoined in 2009–2010. 

Sports:

Wrestling:

Vince McMahon is a former professional wrestling promoter, who along with his wife Linda, is a co-founder of the modern WWE, the world’s largest professional wrestling promotion. 

Basketball:

Kelsey Plum is a guard for the Las Vegas Aces who has made three All-Star teams and has won two WNBA Championships.

Michael Redd is a former guard who made one All-Star team and made one All-NBA Third-Team.

Football:

Mike Shanahan is a former head coach who won three Super Bowl Championships and won one National Championship.

Baseball:

Cal Ripken is a Hall of Fame shortstop who made nineteen All-Star games and won one World Series Championship in 1983 with the Baltimore Orioles.

Tim Salmon is a former outfielder who won Rookie of the Year and won one World Series Championship in 2002 with the Los Angeles Angels.

Kevin Correia is a former starting pitcher who made one All-Star team.

Brett Gardner is a former outfielder who made one All-Star team and won one World Series Championship in 2009 with the New York Yankees.

Kike Hernandez is an infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers who has won two Fieldling Bible Awards and won one World Series Championship in 2020 with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Mason Miller is the closer for the Oakland Athletics who has made one All-Star team.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Chris Batton, Neil Fiala, Tony Bernazard, Butch Benton, Kip Gross, Webster Garrison, Dean Wilkins, BJ Waszgis, Everett Stull, Mike Grzanich, Chris Prieto, Kurt Miller, Arquimedez Pozo, Bartolome Fortunato, Jeff Kubenka, Omar Beltre, Alan Johnson, Anthony Ortega, Christian Garcia, Luke Jackson, Jamie Callahan, Steve Wilson & McKinley Moore!

In Memoriam:

Sports:

Wrestling:

Rocky Johnson was a professional wrestler who among many National Wrestling Alliance titles, was the first Black Georgia Heavyweight Champion as well as the NWA Television Champion twice. He also won the World Tag Team Championship in 1983, along with his partner Tony Atlas, to become the first black champions in WWE history.

Baseball:

Harry Hooper was a Hall of Fame right fielder who won four World Series Championships with the Boston Red Sox and is the all-time career leader in assists and double plays by a right fielder.

Hal Woodshick was a pitcher who made one All-Star team and won one World Series Championship in 1967 with the St Louis Cardinals.