Entertainment:
Kate Winslet is an actress known for the movies “Titanic” and “Divergent” franchise.
Jacob Tremblay is an actor known for the movies “The Room” and “Luca”.
Jesse Eisenberg is an actor known for the movies “Zombieland” and “Adventureland”.
Dalia Bela is an actress known for the TV shows “Odd Squad” and “Ready Jet Go!”.
Scott Weinger is an actor known for the TV shows “Full House” and “Aladdin”.
Nathalie Kelley is an actress known for the TV shows “The Vampire Diaries” and “Dynasty”.
Daniel Baldwin is an actor known for the TV shows “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Cold Case”.
Guy Pearce is an actor known for the movies “Memento” and “The Hurt Locker”.
Brian Johnson is a singer-songwriter who after the death of Bon Scott, he became the third lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC. He also was one of the founding members of the rock band Geordie formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1971.
Steve Miller is a singer-songwriter-musician who is the founder and only remaining original member of the Steve Miller Band, which he founded in 1966, and is the principal songwriter, lead singer, harmonicist, keyboardist, and one of the guitarists. He began his career in blues and blues rock and evolved to a more pop-oriented arena rock genre during the mid-1970s through the early 1980s, releasing popular singles and albums.
Bob Geldof is a singer-songwriter-musician who rose to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, who achieved popularity as part of the punk rock movement. The band had UK number one hits with his co-compositions “Rat Trap” and “I Don’t Like Mondays”. He also starred as Pink in Pink Floyd’s 1982 film Pink Floyd – The Wall.
Sports:
Basketball:
Grant Hill is a Hall of Fame forward who made seven All-Star teams and won Rookie of the Year.
Football:
Barry Switzer is a former head coach who won three National Championships and one Super Bowl Championship in 1995 with the Dallas Cowboys.
Travis Kelce is a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs who has made nine Pro-Bowls and has won three Super Bowl Championships.
Hockey:
Mario Lemieux is a Hall of Fame center who won three Hart Memorial Trophies, one Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, one Calder Memorial Trophy, four Ted Lindsay Awards, six Art Ross Trophies, two Conn Smythe Trophies, made twelve All-Star teams and won five Stanley Cup Championships with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Patrick Roy is a Hall of Fame goalie who won three Conn Smythe Trophies, five Williams M Jennings Trophies, three Vezina Trophies, made eleven All-Star teams and won four Stanley Cup Championships.
Baseball:
Bill James is a baseball writer-historian-statistician whose work has been widely influential and since 1977, James has written more than two dozen books about baseball history and statistics. His approach, which he named sabermetrics after the Society for American Baseball Research, scientifically analyzes and studies baseball, often through the use of statistical data, in an attempt to determine why teams win and lose. In 2003, James was hired as senior advisor on Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox and worked for the team for 17 years during which they won four World Series championship
Alexi Ogando is a former pitcher who made one All-Star team.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Ray Sanchez, Zack Littell, Andy Kosco, Onix Concepcion, Randy Bush, Brent Gaff, Rod Allen, Randy Bockus, Tracy Woodson, Terry Mathews, Alex Diaz, Aaron Guiel, Yamil Benitez, Luis Lopez, Brett Laxton, Brandon Puffer, Mike Hinckley, Felipe Paulino, Tanner Roark, Jeff Bianchi, Marc Krauss, Tyler Ferguson, Victor Reyes & Buddy Kennedy!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Larry Fine was an actor known for the TV show “The New 3 Stooges” and the movie “Disorder in the Court”.
Bernie Mac was an actor known for the TV show “The Bernie Mac Show” and the movie “Mr. 3000”.
Sports:
Hockey:
Bill Wirtz was the chief executive officer and controlling shareholder of the family-owned Wirtz Corporation. He was best known as the owner of the Chicago Blackhawks who are part of Wirtz Corp’s holdings. Wirtz also served as the Blackhawks’ team president for over four decades.
Baseball:
Sam West was an outfielder who made four All-Star teams.
John Reilly was a first basemen who led the league in home runs twice and hit for the cycle three times.