Celebrity Birthdays Oct 12th:

Entertainment:

Hugh Jackman is an actor known for the movies “X-Men” franchise and “The Greatest Showman”.

Josh Hutcherson is an actor known for the movies “The Hunger Games” franchise and “Zathura: A Space Adenvture “.

Iris Apatow is an actress known for the TV shows “Unstable” and “Love”.

Fiona Palomo is an actress known for the movies “Journey to Bethlehem” and “Bad Actor”.

Kirk Cameron is an actor known for the TV shows “Growing Pains” and “Kirk”.

Tyler Blackburn is an actor known for the TV shows “Pretty Little Liar” and “Roswell, New Mexico”.

Lex Lang is an actor known for the TV shows “Lupin the 3rd” and “Rurouni Kenshin”.

Brian J Smith is an actor known for the TV shows “Stargate Universe” and “Sense8”.

Sam Moore is a singer who was best known as a member of the soul and R&B duo Sam & Dave from 1961 to 1981. He is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame (for “Soul Man”), and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.

Sports:

Olympics:

Marion Jones is a former world champion track-and-field athlete-former professional basketball player. She won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 

Bode Miller is a former World Cup alpine ski racer-Olympic-World Championship gold medalist who is a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and is the most successful male American alpine ski racer of all time. He is also considered one of the greatest World Cup racers of all time with 33 race victories and being one of five men (and last to date) to win World Cup events in all five disciplines. He is the only skier with five or more victories in each discipline. In 2008, Miller and Lindsey Vonn won the overall World Cup titles for the first U.S. sweep in 25 years.

Football:

Leon Lett is a former defensive tackle who made two Pro-Bowls and won three Super Bowl Championships with the Dallas Cowboys.

Baseball:

Tony Kubek is a former shortstop who made four All-Star teams and won three World Series Championships with the New York Yankees.

Sid Fernandez is a former starting pitcher who made two All-Star teams and won one World Series Championship in 1986 with the New York Mets.

Arizona Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte bats against the Tampa Bay Rays during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

Ketel Marte is the starting second basemen for the Arizona Diamondbacks who has made two All-Star teams and won the NLCS MVP.

Jose Valentin is a former shortstop who won two Silver Medals.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Garth Iorg, Gil Kubski, Jim Lewis, Steve Shirley, Jorge Pedre, Derrick White, Tanyon Sturtze, Tony Fiore, Lesli Brea, Paul Janish, Casey McGehee, Nolan Reimold, Trevor Bell, Jose Ortega, Nick Tepesch, Francisco Pena, JT Riddle, Jandel Gustave, Sal Romano, Max Schrock & Kirk McCarty!

In Memoriam:

Sports:

Baseball:

Rick Ferrell was a Hall of Fame catcher who made eight All-Star teams.

Joe Cronin was a Hall of Fame shortstop who made seven All-Star teams.

Glenn Beckert was a second basemen who made four All-Star teams and won one Gold Glove Award.