Celebrity Birthdays October 26th:

Entertainment:

Seth MacFarlane is an actor-animator known for the TV show “Family Guy” and the movie “Ted”.

Rosemarie DeWitt is an actress known for the movies “La La Land” and “Rachel Getting Married”.

Pat Sajak is the former host of the game show “Wheel of Fortune” and has received 19 nominations for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host, winning thrice, and twice nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Game Show, winning in 2024. In 2019, he was recognized by Guinness World Records for having the longest-serving career as a game show host for the same show, surpassing previous record holder Bob Barker.

Tom Cavanagh is an actor known for the TV shows “Ed” and “The Flash”.

Cary Elwes is an actor known for the movies “The Princess Bride” and “Robin Hood: Men in Tights”.

James Pickens Jr is an actor known for the TV shows “Grey’s Anatomy” and “X-Files”.

Eliza Pryor is an actress known for the TV show “Team Kaylie” and the movie “Spinning Man”.

Julian Dennison is an actress known for the movies “The Hunt for Wilderpeople” and “Deadpool 2”.

Jon Heder is an actor known for the movies “Napoleon Dynamite” and “Blades of Glory”.

Jaclyn Smith is an actress known for the TV show “Charlie’s Angels” and the movie “The Adventurers”.

Rita Wilson is an actress known for the movies “Sleepless in Seattle” and “Jingle All the Way”.

Dylan McDermott is an actor known for the TV shows “The Practice” and “FBI: Most Wanted”.

Florence Kasumba is an actress known for the movies “Black Panther” franchise and “Wonder Woman”.

Folake Olowofoyeku is an actress known for the TV shows “Bob Hearts Abishola” and “Transparent”.

Hillary Clinton is a politician who was the 67th United States secretary of state, a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and the first lady of the United States . A member of the Democratic Party, she was the party’s nominee in the 2016 presidential election, becoming the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party and the first woman to win the popular vote for U.S. president. She is the only first lady of the United States to have run for elected office.

Keith Urban is a singer-songwriter-musician who has won four Grammy Awards, he has also received 15 Academy of Country Music Awards, including the Jim Reeves International Award, 13 CMA Awards, and six ARIA Music Awards. Urban wrote and performed the song “For You” from the film Act of Valor, which earned him nominations at both the 70th Golden Globe Awards and at the 18th Critics’ Choice Awards in the respective Best Original Song categories.

Guy Sebastian is a singer who rose to fame after winning the first season of Australian Idol, in 2003. Sebastian has since released ten top ten albums, including three number ones. The first seven all gained either platinum or multi-platinum certification. He has also achieved twenty three top twenty singles, with fourteen of them, reaching the top ten, including six number ones.

Bootsy Collins is a singer-songwriter-bassist who rose prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s before joining the Parliament-Funkadelic collective, Collins established himself as one of the leading names and innovators in funk with his driving basslines and humorous vocals. He later formed his own P-Funk side project known as ‘Bootsy’s Rubber Band’.

Sports:

Football:

Bob Golic is a former defensive tackle who made three Pro-Bowls and made two Second-Team All-Pros.

Basketball:

HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET — Season 3 — Pictured: Andre Braugher as Det. Frank Pembleton — Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank

Andrea Bargnani is a former forward who won three Italian championships-cups and made the All-Rookie First-Team.

Baseball:

Toby Harrah is a former third basemen who made four All-Star teams.

Steve Rogers is a former starting pitcher who made five All-Star teams and led the league in ERA once.

Mike Hargrove is a former first basemen-manager who made one All-Star team and won Rookie of the Year.

Francisco Liriano is a former starting pitcher who made one All-Star team and won one World Series Championship in 2017 with the Houston Astros.

6 Mar 1998: Mark Sweeney #8 of the San Diego Padres looks on during a spring training game against the Colorado Rockies at Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, Arizona. The Rockies defeated the Padres 5-3. Mandatory Credit: Todd Warshaw /Allsport

Mark Sweeney is a former pinch hitter who ranks second in career pinch hits with 175 and first in career pinch hit runs batted in with 102.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Gil Heredia, Bill Gogolewski, Wayne Garland, Dave Coleman, Steve Ontiveros, Harry Chappas, Ed Vande Berg, Steve Adkins, Zach Crouch, Rafael Novoa, Scott Lydy, Armando Almanza, Marty McLeary, Ryan Bradley, Scott Sobkowiak, Jaime Cerda, Jesus Flores, Danny Coulombe, Wilfredo Boscan, Dominic Leone, Erik Skoglund, Dwight Smith Jr, Jack Kruger, Joe Palumbo, Tanner Gordon, Luis Patino & Curtis Mead!

In Memoriam:

Entertainment:

Jackie Coogan was an actor known for the TV show “The Addams Family” and the movie “Oliver Twist”.

Bob Hoskins was an actor known for the movies “The Long Good Friday” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”.

Sports:

Baseball:

Snuffy Stirnweiss was a second basemen who made two All-Star teams and won three World Series Championships with the New York Yankees.