Entertainment:
Zac Efron is an actor known for the movies “High School Musical” franchise and “17 Again”.
Tyler Posey is an actor known for the TV shows “Teen Wolf” and “Doc”.
Jean-Claude Van Damme is an actor known for the movies “Kickboxer” franchise and “Street Fighter”.
Sophie Bathsheba Thatcher is an actress known for the TV shows “Yellowjackets” and “When the Streetlights Go On”.
Jordan Calloway is an actor known for the TV shows “Black Lighting” and “Unfabulous”.
Joe Morton is an actor known for the TV shows “Search for Tomorrow” and “Scandal”.
Barry Koeghan is an actor known for the movies “Dunkirk” and “The Green Knight”.
Freida Pinto is an actress known for the movies “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Immortals”.
Joy Bryant is an actress known for the movies “Bobby” and “Honey”.
Chuck Lorre is a writer-producer who is known for the TV shows “Two and a Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory”.
Ne-Yo is a singer-songwriter is regarded as a leading figure of 2000s R&B music, he is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Grammy Awards. He gained recognition for his songwriting abilities following the success of his first major credit, Mario’s 2004 single “Let Me Love You”. Its release prompted a meeting between Ne-Yo and Def Jam’s then-president Jay-Z, resulting in a contract in which he released four successful studio albums and numerous hit songs for the label.
Sports:
Tennis:
Martina Navratilova is a former tennis player who is widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Navratilova won 18 major singles titles, 31 major women’s doubles titles, and 10 major mixed doubles titles, for a combined total of 59 major titles, the most in the Open Era. Alongside Chris Evert, her greatest rival, Navratilova dominated women’s tennis for the first two-thirds of the 1980s.
X-Games:
Lindsey Vonn is a former World Cup alpine ski racer who won four World Cup overall championships – third amongst female skiers with three consecutive titles in 2008, 2009, and 2010, plus another in 2012. Vonn won the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first one for an American woman. She also won a record eight World Cup season titles in the downhill discipline (2008–2013, 2015, 2016), five titles in super-G (2009–2012, 2015), and three consecutive titles in the combined (2010–2012). In 2016, she won her 20th World Cup crystal globe title, the overall record for men or women, surpassing Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden, who won 19 globes from 1975 to 1984. She has the third highest super ranking of all skiers, men or women.
Basketball:
Brittney Griner is a center for the Phoenix Mercury who has made ten All-Star teams and has won one WNBA Championship in 2014.
Football:
Mike Ditka is a Hall of Fame tight end-head coach who won both a NFL Championship and Super Bowl Championship plus made five Pro-Bowls. As a head coach he won two Super Bowl Championships and won Coach of the Year twice.
Baseball:
Willie Horton is a former outfielder who made four All-Star teams and won one World Series Championship in 1968 with the Detroit Tigers.
George Hendrick is a former outfielder who made four All-Star teams and won two World Series Championships.
Alex Cora is a former shortstop-current manager of the Boston Red Sox who has won thee World Series Championships.
Yoenis Cespedes is a former outfielder who made two All-Star teams and won three Gold Medals.
Bobby Knoop is a former second basemen who made one All-Star team and won three Gold Glove Awards.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Doug Mirabelli, Donald Young, Rudy Hernandez, Jerry Royster, Mike Walters, Steve Kiefer, Terry Clark, Jeff Wetherby, Alan Mills, Carlos Maldonado, Jeff McNeely, Michael Tejera, Shane Komine, David Murphy, Ross Wolf, Garrett Olson, Carson Blair, Brad Miller, Kevin McGowan, Osvaldo Bido, Patrick Sandoval & Jordyn Adams!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
George C Scott was an actor known for the movies “Patton” and “The Hustler”.
Peter Boyle was an actor known for the TV show “Everybody Loves Raymond” and the movie “Taxi Driver”.
Dawn Wells was an actress known for the TV show “Gilligan’s Island” and the movie “The Town That Dreaded Sundown”.
Erin Moran was an actress known for the TV shows “Happy Days” and “Joanie Loves Chachi”.
Chuck Barry was a singer-songwriter-musician who pioneered rock and roll and nicknamed the “Father of Rock and Roll”, he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as “Maybellene” (1955), “Roll Over Beethoven” (1956), “Rock and Roll Music” (1957), and “Johnny B. Goode” (1958). Writing lyrics that focused on teen life and consumerism, and developing a music style that included guitar solos and showmanship, Berry was a major influence on subsequent rock music.
Sports:
Football:
Forrest Gregg was a Hall of Fame offensive tackle who nine Pro-Bowls and won three Super Bowl Championships.
Baseball:
Ed Farmer was a pitcher who one All-Star team.
Candy Cummings was a Hall of Fame pitcher who is widely credited with inventing the curveball. He also invented a railway coupling device, improving on the coupling device then in use, which was dangerous. He patented his invention in 1874. He refined his design in 1876, and patented it in 1877. Cummings received a small royalty for his invention.