Entertainment:
John Lithgow is an actor known for the TV show “3rd Rock from the Sun” and the movie “Cliffhanger”.
Jon Favreau is an actor known for the movies “Iron Man” franchise and “The Wolf of Wall Street”.
Gillian Jacobs is an actress known for the TV shows “Community” and “Love”.
Rebecca Ferguson is an actress known for the movies “The Greatest Showman” and “Dune”.
Hunter King is an actress known for the TV shows “Life in Pieces” and “The Young and the Restless”.
Katie Douglas is an actress known for the TV show “Spooksville” and “Raising Expectations”.
Chris Kattan is an actor known for the TV show “SNL” and “Bunnicula”.
Omar Gooding is an actor known for the TV shows “Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper” and “Family Time”.
Jason Reitman is an director-producer known for the movies “Juno” and “Up in the Air”.
Benjamin Salisbury is an actor known for the TV show “The Nanny” and the movie “Captain Ron”.
Ciara Renee is an actress known for the TV shows “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” and “Your Honor”.
Trey Parker is a writer-producer known for the TV show “South Park” and the musical “Book of Mormon”.
Lil Durk is a rapper who initially garnered a local following with the release of his Signed to the Streets mixtape series (2013–2014), whose success led to him to sign with Def Jam Recordings. The label released his debut studio album, Remember My Name (2015) and its follow-up, Lil Durk 2X (2016) to moderate commercial reception before parting ways with the artist in 2018.
Patrick Simmons is a singer-songwriter-musician who is best known as a founding member of the rock band The Doobie Brothers, with whom he was inducted as into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020. He has been the only consistent member of the band throughout their tenure. Simmons wrote and sang many songs for the Doobie Brothers, including lead vocal on “South City Midnight Lady”, as well as “Dependin’ On You”, “Echoes of Love”, “Wheels of Fortune” and “Black Water”, the group’s first #1 record.
Sports:
Boxing:
Evander Holyfield is a former boxer who competed between 1984 and 2011. He reigned as the undisputed champion at cruiserweight in the late 1980s and at heavyweight in the early 1990s, and was the only boxer in history to win the undisputed championship in two weight classes in the “three belt era”. He is the only four-time world heavyweight champion, having held the unified WBA, WBC, and IBF titles from 1990 to 1992, the WBA and IBF titles again from 1993 to 1994, the WBA title a third time from 1996 to 1999; the IBF title a third time from 1997 to 1999 and the WBA title for a fourth time from 2000 to 2001.
Basketball:
Bruce Weber is a former head coach who has won conference championships and conference coach of the year awards at each of the three schools where he served as head coach. He guided his teams to a combined total of 13 NCAA tournaments in 24 seasons, including an appearance with Illinois in the championship game of the 2005 NCAA tournament.
Brad Daugherty is a former forward who made five All-Star teams and is a co-owner of NASCAR Cup Series team JTG Daugherty Racing. Daugherty’s race teams have won in the Truck Series, Xfinity Series and the Cup Series including the 2023 Daytona 500.
Baseball:
Michael Young is a former shortstop who made seven All-Star teams and won one Gold Glove Award,
Jose Bautista is a former outfielder who made six All-Star teams and won three Silver Slugger Awards.
Keith Foulke is a former closer who made one All-Star team and won one World Series Championship in 2004 with the Boston Red Sox.
Anthony Santander is a right fielder for the Baltimore Orioles who has made one All-Star team.
JA Happ is a former starting pitcher who made one All-Star team and won one World Series Championship in 2008 with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Sandy Alomar Sr is a former second basemen who made one All-Star team.
Mark Davis is a former pitcher who made two All-Star teams and won one Cy Young Award.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Rajai Davis, Tim Belcher, Brock Davis, Gary Taylor, Warren Bogle, Rimp Lanier, German Barranca, David Palmer, Oswaldo Peraza, Mike Perez, Wade Taylor, Mike Gardiner, David Haas, Dave Veres, Lance Dickerson, Joe McEwing, Marc Newfield, Horacio Estrada, Jason Shiell, Jeff Austin, Randy Ruiz, Mario Ramos, Josh Tomlin, Travis Schlichting, James McDonald, Daniel Descalso, John Holdzkom, Carson Smith, Cory Mazzoni, Jordan Lyles, Tyler Matzek, Jimmy Cordero, Sam Tuivailala, Brandon Bailey, Bryan Hoeing & Zack Gelof!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Michael Gambon was an actor known for the movies “Harry Potter” franchise and “The King’s Speech”.
Chance Perdomo was an actor known for the TV shows “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” and “Gen V”.
Sports:
Basketball:
Joe Bryant was a forward-head coach who played for several teams in Italy and one in France besides the three NBA team. He also coached in the WNBA and ABA. His son was Hall of Fame guard Kobe Bryant.
Baseball:
Mordecai Brown was a Hall of Fame starting pitcher who led the league in ERA once and won two World Series Championships with the Chicago Cubs.
Don Leppert was a catcher who made one All-Star team.