Celebrity Birthdays September 8th:

Entertainment:

Martin Freeman is an actor known for the movies “The Hobbit “franchise and “Black Panther” franchise.

David Arquette is an actor known for the movies “Scream” franchise and “Eight Legged Freaks”.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas is an actor known for the TV show “Home Improvement” and the movie “Lion King”.

Larenz Tate is an actor known for the movies “Crash” and “Ray”.

Gaten Matarazzo is an actor known for the TV shows “Stranger Things” and the movie “Honor Society”.

Sierra Capri is an actress known for the TV show “On My Block” and the movie “American Skin”.

Matthew Josten is an actor known for the TV shows “Rodney” and “Timeline”.

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Dianne Doan is an actress known for the TV shows “Warrior” and “Disney Descendants: School of Secrets”.

Brooke Burke is an actress known for the TV shows “Chicken Girls” and “Melissa & Joey”.

Pink is a singer-songwriter who has sold over 135 million records worldwide making her one of the world’s best-selling music artists. Pink is also the most-played female solo artist in the United Kingdom during the 21st century; while Billboard named Pink the Pop Songs Artist of the 2000s Decade. Her accolades include three Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards , a Daytime Emmy Award and seven MTV Video Music Awards and two MTV Europe Music Awards.

Wiz Khalifa is a rapper who’s 2008 single, “Say Yeah” received urban radio airplay and entered both the Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot Rap Songs charts, becoming his first minor hit.

Sports:

Football:

Lem Barney is a Hall of Fame cornerback who made seven Pro-Bowls and won Rookie of the Year.

Za’Darius Smith is a defensive end for the Cleveland Browns who has made three Pro-Bowls and has made one Second-Team All-Pro.

Basketball:

Mo Cheeks is a Hall of Fame guard who made four All-Star teams and won one NBA Championship in 1983 with the Philadelphia 76ers.

Baseball:

Ken Forsch is a former pitcher who made two All-Star teams and pitched one no-hitter.

Gil Meche is a former starting pitcher who made one All-Star team and has won one Gold Medal.

Gerrit Cole is a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees who has made six All-Star teams and has won one Cy Young Award.

Don Aase is a former reliever who made one All-Star team.

Steve Hargan is a former pitcher who made one All-Star team.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Ossie Blanco, Steve Barr, Larry McCall, Jim Smith, Glen Cook, Al Pardo, Mike Dyer, Bob Wolcott, Mike Rivera, Pasqual Coco, Geno Espineli, Nick Hundley, Rob Delaney, Bobby Parnell, Logan Schafer, Chance Ruffin, Alex Sanabia, Dan Atavilla, Nick Williams, Drew Carlton, Brandon Walter, Lars Nootbaar & Leody Taveras!

In Memoriam:

Entertainment:

Peter Sellers was an actor known for the movies “The Pink Panther” and “Being There”.

Pasty Cline was a singer who is considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century and was one of the first country music artists to cross over into pop music.  Cline had several major hits during her eight-year recording career, including two number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country and Western Sides chart.

Sports:

Baseball:

Buck Leonard was a Hall of Fame first basemen who made eleven Negro League All-Star teams and won three Negro League World Series Championships.