Entertainment:
Felicity Jones is an actress known for the movies “The Theory of Everything” and “Inferno”.
Matthew Macfadyen is an actor known for the TV shows “Succession” and “Ripper Street”.
Michael McKean is an actor known for the TV shows “Lavergne & Shirley” and “Better Call Saul”.
Wood Harris is an actor known for the TV shows “The Wire” and “Empire”.
George Wendt is an actor known for the TV show “Cheers” and “The Naked Truth”.
Mark Gatiss is an actor known for the TV shows “The League of Gentleman” and “Sherlock”.
Mike Judge is a cartoonist-director known for the TV shows “Beavis & Butthead” and “King of the Hill”.
Eminem is a rapper-songwriter who is credited with popularizing hip hop in Middle America and is regarded as among the greatest rappers of all time. His success is considered to have broken racial barriers to the acceptance of white rappers in popular music. While much of his transgressive work during the late 1990s and early 2000s made him a controversial figure, he came to be a representation of popular angst of the American underclass and has been cited as influencing many musical artists. His most successful songs on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 include “The Real Slim Shady”, “Without Me”, “Lose Yourself”, “Not Afraid”, “Love the Way You Lie”, “The Monster”, “Godzilla”, and “Houdini”.
Wyclef Jean is a rapper-singer-musician who formed the New Jersey–based hip hop trio Fugees with fellow musicians Lauryn Hill and Pras Michel. Jean served as lead guitarist and producer. The group released the albums Blunted on Reality (1994) and The Score (1996), the latter becoming one of the best-selling albums of all time. Following their success, Jean released his debut solo album, Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival (1997), which yielded the Billboard Hot 100-top ten single “Gone till November”.
Alan Jackson is a singer-songwriter who is known for performing a style widely regarded as “neotraditional country”, as well as writing many of his own songs. Jackson has recorded 21 studio albums, including two Christmas albums, and two gospel albums, as well as three greatest-hits albums.
Ziggy Marley is a singer-songwriter-musician who led the family band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers until 2002, with whom he released eight studio albums. After the disbandment, Ziggy launched a successful solo career, releasing eight solo studio albums on his own label, Tuff Gong Worldwide. Ziggy continues his father’s practice of recording and self-releasing all of his music. Marley is an eight-time Grammy Award winner and a Daytime Emmy Award recipient.
Chris Kirkpatrick is a singer-songwriter who founded the pop group NSYNC, in which he sang countertenor. The band has sold over 70 million records, becoming one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. Kirkpatrick was the lead singer in various songs including “Thinking of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)”, “Together Again”, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, “I Thought She Knew”, “Just Got Paid”, and many songs from their Christmas album, Home for Christmas.
Gary Puckett is a singer widely known as the lead vocalist for Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, who had six consecutive gold records in 1968, including “Lady Willpower”, “Young Girl”, “Woman Woman”, and “Over You”. After the Union Gap disbanded in 1971, Puckett signed to Columbia and embarked on a solo career. After a decade-long hiatus starting in 1972, he returned to music in the early 1980s, and has since released a handful of studio albums.
Sports:
Football:
Steve McMichael is a Hall of Fame defensive tackle who made two Pro-Bowls and won one Super Bowl Championship in 1985 with the Chicago Bears.
Baseball:
Carlos Gonzalez is a former outfielder who made three All-Star teams and won three Gold Glove Awards.
Ha-Seong Kim is an infielder for the San Diego Padres who has won one Gold Glove Award and three KBO Golden Glove Awards.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Dan Pasqua, Pete Cimino, Rich Folkers, Jim Hutto, Ken Dixon, Glenn Braggs, Ravelo Manzanillo, Charlie Montoyo, Mark Johnson, Chris Tremie, John Mabry, John Rocker, Curt Lyons, Luis Pineda, Hector Almonte, Seth Etherton, Jason Jones, John Ennis, Gil Velazquez, Edwin Maysonet, Brett Campbell, Abe Alvarez, Mitch Talbot, Jose De La Torre, Dan Butler, Stefen Romero, Chris Mazza, Rafael Montero, Hanser Alberto, Brody Koerner, Myles Straw & Adam Oller!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Norm MacDonald was an actor known for the TV shows “SNL” and “Norm”.
Rita Hayworth was an actress known for the movies “Gilda’ and “Cover Girl”.
Montgomery Clift was an actor known for the movies “From Here to Entirety” and “A Place in the Sun”.
Margot Kidder was an actress known for the movies “Superman” franchise and “Black Christmas”.
Evil Knievel was a stunt performer-entertainer who throughout his career, he attempted more than 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps. His most famous stunt was an attempt to jump the fountains at Caesars Palace, which resulted in severe injuries. Despite never successfully jumping the Grand Canyon, Knievel became a legendary figure, breaking numerous records and bones throughout his career.
Jim Seals was a singer-songwriter who was apart of American soft rock duo Seals and Crofts, They are best known for their hits “Summer Breeze” (1972), “Diamond Girl” (1973), and “Get Closer” (1976), each of which peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Both Seals and Crofts were publicly outspoken advocates for the Baháʼí Faith. Though the duo disbanded in 1981, they reunited briefly in 1989–1992, and again in 2004, when they released their final album, Traces.
Sports:
Baseball:
Buck Ewing was a Hall of Fame catcher-manager who led the league in homeruns once.
Jim Gilliam was an infielder who made two All-Star teams and won four World Series Championships with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Paul Derringer was a pitcher who made six All-Star teams and won two World Series Championships.
Red Rolfe was a third basemen who made four All-Star teams and won five World Series Championships with the New York Yankees.