Entertainment:
Loraine Bracco is an actress known for the movie “Goodfellas” and the TV the “Sopranos”.
Kelly Ripa is an actress known for the TV shows “Hope & Faith” and “All My Children”.
Brendan Meyer is an actor known for the TV shows “Mr. Young” and “Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462”.
Nathaniel Potvin is an actor known for the TV shows “A World Away” and “Five Points”.
Camilla Belle is an actress known for the movies “Push” and “Practical Magic”.
Efren Ramirez is an actor known for the movies “Napoleon Dynamite” and “Mad Families”.
Elizabeth McLaughlin is an actress known for the TV shows “Hand of G-d” and “Betrayal”.
Avery Brooks is an actor known for the TV shows “Star Trek: Deep Space 9” and “Spence: For Hire”.
Annie Leibovitz is a portrait photographer best known for her portraits, particularly of celebrities, which often feature subjects in intimate settings and poses. Leibovitz’s Polaroid photo of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, taken five hours before Lennon’s murder, is considered one of Rolling Stone magazine’s most famous cover photographs
Sting is a singer-songwriter-musician who was the front man, principal songwriter and bassist for new wave band the Police from 1977 until their breakup in 1986. He launched a solo career in 1985 and has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age, and worldbeat in his music.
Don McLean is a singer-songwriter-musician kown to fans as the “American Troubadour” or “King of the Trail”. He is best known for his 1971 hit “American Pie”, an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock song that has been referred to as a “cultural touchstone”. His other hit singles include “Vincent”, “Dreidel”, “Castles in the Air”, and “Wonderful Baby”, as well as renditions of Roy Orbison’s “Crying” and the Skyliners’ “Since I Don’t Have You”.
Brittany Howard is a singer-songwriter-musician who rose to prominence in the early 2010s for being the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and the primary songwriter of Alabama Shakes. Her work with Alabama Shakes garnered her four Grammy Awards (including Best Alternative Music Album) from nine nominations. Later in the decade, Howard played bass in the side project Thunderbitch as well as both acoustic guitar and double bass for the trio Bermuda Triangle.
Tiffany Darwish is a singer who had a 1987 cover of the Tommy James and the Shondells song “I Think We’re Alone Now” that spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and was released as the second single from her debut studio album Tiffany.
Phil Oakey is a singer-songwriter who is the front man and co-founder of the synth-pop band the Human League. Aside from the Human League, he has enjoyed an extensive solo music career and has collaborated with numerous other artists and producers.
Freddie Jackson is a singer who began his professional music career in the late 1970s with the California funk band Mystic Merlin and among his well–known R&B/soul hits are “Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)” (1985), “Have You Ever Loved Somebody” (1986), “Jam Tonight” (1986), “Do Me Again” (1990), and “You Are My Lady” (1985). He also contributed to the soundtrack for the 1989 film, All Dogs Go to Heaven .
Sports:
Racing:
Rickey Stenhouse is a professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 47 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for JTG Daugherty Racing. He has won the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year, and won back-to-back Nationwide Series championships in 2011 and 2012. Stenhouse was the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year and is the 2023 Daytona 500 winner.
Hockey:
Glenn Anderson is a Hall of Fame right winger who has made four All-Star teams and has won six Stanley Cup Championships.
Phil Kessel is a right winger who has won one Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, has made three All-Star teams and has won three Stanley Cup Championships.
Football:
Mark Rypien is a former quarterback who made two Pro-Bowls and won two Super Bowl Championships with the Washington Redskins where he won one Super Bowl MVP.
Basketball:
Dick Barnett is a Hall of Fame guard who made one All-Star team and won two NBA Championships with the New York Knicks.
Tyson Chandler is a former center who made one All-Star team and won one NBA Championship in 2011 with the Dallas Mavericks.
Baseball:
Eddie Guardado is a former closer who made two All-Star teams and led the league in saves once.
Lance McCullers Jr is a starting pitcher for the Houston Astros who has made one All-Star team and has won two World Series Championships.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Aaron Hicks, Paul Dicken, Bob Robertson, Greg Pryor, Bob Coluccio, Terry Cornutt, Kevin Kobel, Jeff Doyle, Andre Robertson, Dave Beard, Ernest Riles, Hector Villanueva, Randy Byers, Alan Newman, Matt Walbeck, Trey Moore, Scott Schoeneweis, Doug Nickle, Victor Santos, Jose Morban, Marino Salas, Oswaldo Navarro, Matt Reynolds, Rafael Lopez, Ryan Dull, Chad Smith, Tyler Olson, Noel Cuevas, Jason Hursh, Cam Bedrosian, Alex Lange, Kyle Wright & Oliver Ortega!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Groucho Marx was an actor known for the movies “Duck Soup” and “A Night at the Opera”.
Sports:
Football:
Steve Sabol was a Hall of Fame filmmaker who was the president and one of the founders of NFL Films, along with his father Ed. He was also a widely exhibited visual artist.
Baseball:
Maury Wills was a shortstop who made seven All-Star teams and won three World Series Championships with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Spec Shea was a starting pitcher who made one All-Star team and won one World Series Championship in 1947 with the New York Yankees.
Earl Wilson was a starting pitcher who pitched a no-hitter and won one World Series Championship in 1968 with the Detroit Tigers.