Entertainment:
Jenna Ortega was an actress known for the TV shows “Stuck in the Middle” and “Jane the Virgin”.
Gwyneth Paltrow is an actress known for the movies “Iron Man” franchise and “Emma”.
Jillian Shea Spaeder is an actress known for the TV show “Walk the Prank” and the movie “Godmothered”.
Anna Camp is an actress known for the movies “Pitch Perfect” franchise and “The Help”.
Debi Derryberry is an actress known for the TV shows “Peter Pan and the Pirates” and “The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius”.
A Martinez is an actor known for the TV shows “Longmire” and “Days of Our Lives”.
Liz Torres is an actress known for the known for the TV shows “Gilmore Girls” and “The Jon Larroquette Show”.
Lil Wayne is a rapper who is regarded as one of the most influential hip hop artists of his generation, and widely considered one of the greatest rappers of all time.
Avril Lavigne is a singer-songwriter-musician is a key musician in the development of pop-punk music, as she paved the way for female-driven, punk-influenced pop music in the early 2000s. Her accolades include eight Grammy Award nominations.
Randy Bachman is a singer-songwriter-musician who was a founding member of the bands The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. Bachman recorded as a solo artist and was part of a number of short-lived bands such as Brave Belt, Union and Ironhorse.
Shaun Cassidy is a singer-actor who starred in the ABC television series The Hardy Boys Mysteries, as well as Breaking Away and had a stint on the daytime soap General Hospital. He scored a couple of hit singles in several countries, leading to an American release of his first solo album, Shaun Cassidy, in 1977. The multi-platinum album netted him a number-one U.S. single with “Da Doo Ron Ron” and a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
Brad Arnold is a singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer (and only remaining original member) of the Mississippi-based rock band 3 Doors Down.
Sports:
Basketball:
Steve Kerr is a former guard-current head coach of the Golden State Warriors who won five NBA Championships as a player and won a Three Point Contest. As a coach he has won four NBA Championships and has won Coach of the Year once.
Baseball:
Mike Schmidt is a Hall of Fame third basemen who made twelve All-Stat teams and won one World Series Championship in 1980 with the Philadelphia Phillies where he won the World Series MVP.
Jon Garland is a former starting pitcher who made one All-Star team and won one World Series Championship in 2005 with the Chicago White Sox.
Vicente Padilla is a former starting pitcher who made one All-Star team.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Alex George, Gene Rounsaville, Gary Sutherland, Carlos Lopez, Doug Konieczny, Len Matuszek, Don Schulze, Dan Rohrmeier, Radhames Dykhoff, Jason Phillips, Bo Hart, Jon Ruach, Mike Esposito, John Lannan, Pedro Ciriaco, Vin Mazzro, Matt Shoemaker, Grant Green, David Hale, Mike Miller, Cameron Perkins, Pedro Payano, Luis Guillorme, Alex Call, Adrian Del Castillo, Mitchell Parker, Angel Zerpa & Simeon Woods Richardson!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
William Conrad was an actor known for the TV show “Cannon” and the movie “The Killers”.
Don Cornelius was a TV show host widely known as the creator of the nationally syndicated dance and music show Soul Train, which he hosted from 1970 until 1993.
Meat Loaf was a singer-songwriter-musician-actor who was known for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. His Bat Out of Hell album trilogy—Bat Out of Hell (1977), Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993), and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006)—has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. He also acted in over 50 films and television shows, sometimes as himself or as characters resembling his stage persona.
Sports:
Dick Schaap was a sportswriter-broadcaster-author who worked at NBC, ABC, ESPN and won five Emmy Awards.
Baseball:
Whit Wyatt was a pitcher who made four All-Star teams and led the league in wins once.
Mamie Johnson was a pitcher who was one of three women, and the first female pitcher, to play in the Negro leagues.