Entertainment:
Adam Devine is an actor known for the TV show “Workaholics” and the movie “Pitch Perfect” franchise.
Ronen Rubinstein is an actor known for the TV shows “911: Loner Star” and “Dead of Summer”.
Jordyn Lucas is an actress known for the movies “Black Pumpkin” and “NU Skool Records”.
Algee Smith is an actor known for the movies “The Hate U Give” and “Detriot”.
Amybeth McNulty is an actress known for the TV shows “Anne with an E” and “Stranger Things”.
Dara Renee is an actress known for the TV show “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” and the movie “Descendants: Rise of Red”.
Jason London is an actor known for the movies “Dazed and Confused” and “The Man in the Moon”.
Jeremy London is an actor known for the TV shows “Party of Five” and “I’ll Fly Away”.
Jean Shrimpton is an actress known for the movies “Privilege” and “Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising”.
John Michael McDonagh is an director known for the movies “The Guard” and “Calvary”.
Christopher Knight is an actor known for the TV shows “Brady Bunch” and “Joe’s World”.
Dakin Matthews is an actor known for the movies “True Grit” and “Lincoln”.
Lorde is a singer-songwriter who is best known for her unconventional style of pop music and introspective songwriting. She has also won two Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards, and a nomination for a Golden Globe Award.
Joni Mitchell is a singer-songwriter-musician who is one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit. She became known for her personal lyrics and unconventional compositions which grew to incorporate pop and jazz elements. Among her accolades are eleven Grammy Awards, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.
Johnny Rivers is a singer-musician who achieved commercial success and popularity throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a singer and guitarist, characterized as a versatile and influential artist. Rivers is best known for his 1960s output, having popularized the mid-60s discotheque scene through his live rock and roll recordings at the Los Angeles nightclub Whisky a Go Go, and later shifting to a more orchestral, soul-oriented sound during the latter half of the decade.
Tommy Thayer is a musician who was the lead guitarist and vocalist for the hard rock band Kiss from 2002 to 2023. He was also the lead guitarist for the band Black ‘n Blue.
Sports:
Baseball:
Jim Kaat is a Hall of Fame starting pitcher who won sixteen Gold Glove Awards, made three All-Star teams and won one World Series Championship in 1982 with the St Louis Cardinals.
Sonny Gray is a starting pitcher for the St Louis Cardinals who has made three All-Star teams.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Kris Benson, Dave Fleming, Glendon Rusch, Buck Martinez, Jake Gibbs, Clarence Jones, Dave Bennett, Don Newhauser, Willie Norwood, John Tamargo, Guy Sularz, Reggie Patterson, Rich Rodas, Orlando Mercado, Kevin Bearse, Brian Drahman, Andy Tomberlin, Dave Wainhouse, Russ Springer, Todd Ritchie, Travis Smith, Sean DePaula, Les Walrond, Juan Salas, Juan Brito, Willie Collazo, Dave Krynzel, Brian Horwitz, Esmerling Vasquez, Mitch Harris, Dariel Alvarez, Danny Santana, Jordan Weems & Roansy Contreras!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Barry Newman was an actor known for the movies “Vanishing Point” and “Daylight”.
Dana Plato is an actress known for the TV show “Diff’rent Strokes” and the movie “Nigh Trap”.
Morgan Spurlock was an director known for the movies “Super Size Me” and “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold”.
Sports:
Basketball:
Al Attles was a Hall of Fame guard-coach-executive who won one NBA Championship in 1975 with the Golden State Warriors and coached two NBA All-Star games.
Football:
Chris Mortensen was a journalist who is regarded as a pioneer working year-round reporting news of the NFL. He is best known for his work at ESPN, frequently contributing to the network’s award-winning football shows such as NFL GameDay, Sunday NFL Countdown, and Monday Night Countdown, as well as the network’s Outside the Lines series. He was also a frequent contributor to the network’s SportsCenter, ESPN Radio, and ESPN.com packages.
Baseball:
Joe Niekro was a starting pitcher who made one All-Star team and won one World Series Championship in 1987 with the Minnesota Twins.
Dick Stuart was a first basemen who made two All-Star teams and won one World Series Championship in 1960 with the Pittsburgh Pirates.