Celebrity Birthdays August 25th:

Entertainment:

Blake Lively is an actress known for the TV show “Gossip Girl” and the movie “The Age of Adeline”.

China Ann McClain is an actress known for the TV shows “Black Lightning” and “House of Payne”.

Tim Burton is a director known for the movies “Edward Scissorhands” and “Beetlejuice”.

Kel Mitchell is an actor known for the TV shows “Keenan & Kel” and “All That”.

Rachel Bilson is an actress known for the TV show “The OC” and the movie “Jumper”.

Alexander Skarsgard is an actor known for the movie “The Legend of Tarzan” and the TV show “True Blood”.

Blair Underwood is an actor known for the the movies “Deep Impact” and “Just Cause”.

Claudia Schiffer is an actress known for the “Love Actually” and “Zoolander”.

David Alan Basche is an actor known for the TV shows “The Exes” and “Three Sisters”.

Billy Ray Cyrus is a singer-songwriter-musician who has released 16 studio albums and 53 singles since 1992, he is known for his hit single “Achy Breaky Heart”, which topped the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart and became the first single ever to achieve triple platinum status in Australia. It was also the best-selling single in the same country in 1992.

Gene Simmons is an singer-musician known for being the bassist and co-lead singer of the hard rock band Kiss, which he co-founded with Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss in the early 1970s until their retirement in 2023.

Elvis Costello is a singer-songwriter-musician who has won two Grammy awards, two Ivor Novello awards, four Edison awards, an MTV Video Music Award, a BAFTA award, an ASCAP Founders award and a Gemini award. In 2003, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Jeff Tweedy is a singer-songwriter-musician who is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the band Wilco. Tweedy, originally from Belleville, Illinois, began his music career in high school with his band The Plebes along with Jay Farrar, also in the band. It became the alternative country band Uncle Tupelo.

Rob Halford is a singer who is best known as the lead vocalist of Judas Priest, which was formed in 1969 and has received accolades such as the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. He has been noted for his powerful and wide ranging operatic vocal style and trademark leather-and-studs image, both of which have become iconic in heavy metal.

Sports:

Football:

Marvin Harrison is a Hall of Fame wide receiver who made eight Pro-Bowls and won one Super Bowl Championship in 2006 with the Indianapolis Colts.

Basketball:

Robert Horry is a former forward who seven NBA Championships and made the All-Rookie Second-Team.

Baseball:

Rollie Fingers is a Hall of Fame closer who made seven All-Star teams and won three World Series Championships with the Oakland Athletics.

Albert Bell is a former outfielder who made five All-Star teams and won five Silver Slugger Awards.

Justin Upton is a former outfielder who made four All-Star teams and won three Silver Slugger Awards.

Max Muncy is a third basemen for the Los Angeles Dodgers who has made two All-Star teams and won one World Series Championship in 2020.

Gary Matthews is a former outfielder who made one All-Star team.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Doug Glanville, Oddibe McDowell, Ralph Mauriello, Dooley Womack, Don Wallace, Shaun Fitzmaurice, Dick Smith, Bob Babcock, Stan Perzanowski, Dave Heaverlo, Bob Lacey, Pete Refern, Bobby Meacham, Duff Brumley, Andy Abad, Mike Welch, Dante Powell, Pablo Ozuna, Mike Rose, Neal Musser, Adam Warren, Logan Morrison, Murphy Smith, Deven Marrero, Matt Marskberry, Chandler Shepherd, Johan Quezada, Grae Kessinger, Eguy Rosario & Adam Kloffenstien!

In Memoriam:

Entertainment:

Sean Connery was an actor known for the movies “Dr. No” and “The Rock”.

Leonard Bernstein was a conductor-composer known for the the movies “West Side Story” and “On the Waterfront”.

LET’S MAKE A DEAL, Host Monty Hall, 1963-76

Monty Hall was a game show host of the TV shows “Let’s Make a Deal” and “Split Second”.

Regis Philbin was a talk show host-game show host-actor known for the TV shows “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire” and “The Joey Bishop Show”.