Entertainment:
Marisa Tomei is an actress known for the movies “My Cousin Vinny” and “The Wrestler”.
Jeff Bridges is an actor known for the movies “The Big Lebowski” and “Crazy Heart”.
Fred Armisen is an actor known for the TV shows “SNL” and “Portlandia”.
Orlando Brown is an actor known for the TV shows “That’s So Raven” and “The Proud Family”.
Jonathan Goldstein is an actor known for the TV shows “Drake & Josh” and “Suspense”.
Veronica Taylor is an actress known for the TV shows “Pokémon” franchise and “The Slayers”.
Kevin Sussman is an actor known for the TV shows “The Big Bang Theory” and “Ugly Betty”.
Chelsea Noble is an actress known for the TV shows “Growing Pains” and “Kirk”.
Tyra Banks is an actress known for the movies “Life-Size” and Coyote Ugly”.
Wink Martindale is a DJ-host who is best known for hosting Gambit from 1972 to 1976 (and again from 1980 to 1981), Tic-Tac-Dough from 1978 to 1985, High Rollers from 1987 to 1988, and Debt from 1996 to 1998.
Jay-Z is a rapper who 40 has sold million records sold, has won 24 Grammy Awards, the tenth-most of all time and most awarded for any hip hop artist jointly with Kanye West. He has been awarded the NAACP’s President’s Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Sports Emmy Award, and been nominated for a Tony Award. Jay-Z was the first rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the first solo living rapper inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Jelly Roll is a singer-songwriter-rapper-musician who in 2003, rose to mainstream prominence following the release of his 2022 singles “Son of a Sinner” and “Need a Favor”. “Son of a Sinner” won three CMT Music Awards in 2023 and that same year, he won for New Artist at the CMA Awards, and was nominated for Best New Artist at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.
Jin is a singer-songwriter who is a member of the South Korean boy band BTS. Jin has co-written and released three solo tracks with BTS: “Awake” in 2016, “Epiphany” in 2018, and “Moon” in 2020, all of which have charted on South Korea’s Gaon Digital Chart. In 2019, Jin released his first independent song, the digital track “Tonight”. He made his official debut as a solo artist in October 2022, with the release of the single “The Astronaut”.
Sports:
Football:
Frank Reich is a former quarterback-head coach who won two Super Bowl Championships.
Joe Thomas is a Hall of Fame tackle who made ten Pro-Bowls and made six First-Team All-Pros.
Basketball:
Bernard King is a Hall of Fame forward who made four All-Star teams and won the Comeback Player of the Year.
Baseball:
Lee Smith is a Hall of Fame closer who made seven All-Star teams and led the league in saves four times.
Carlos Gomez is a former outfielder who made two All-Star teams and won one Gold Glove Award.
Blake Snell is a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers who has made one All-star team and has won two Cy Young Awards.
Joe Musgrove is a starting pitcher for the San Diego Padres who has made one All-Star team and won one World Series Championship in 2017 with the Houston Astros.
Julie Croteau is a former first basewoman who is recognized as the first woman to regularly play men’s NCAA baseball, as well as the first woman to coach men’s NCAA Division I baseball and one of the first women to play in a Major League Baseball-sanctioned league.
Paul Blackburn is a starting pitcher for the New York Mets who has made one All-Star team.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Jackson Holliday, Tadahito Iguchi, Lee Bales, Charlie Beamon Jr, Tucker Ashford, Barbaro Garbey, Pat Sheridan, Mike Couchee, Alexis Infante, Stan Jefferson, Bernardo Brito, Darrell Sherman, Ed Yarnall, Gustavo Chacin, Jerome Williams, Matt Fox, Andrew Brackman, Angel Nesbitt, Scott Heineman, Jake Cave, Raul Alcantara, Jake Bird, Ford Proctor, Daniel Duarte & Levi Stoudt!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Tony Todd was an actor known for the movies “Candy Man” and “The Rock”.
Dennis Wilson was a singer-songwriter-musician who co-founded the Beach Boys and was their drummer and the middle brother of bandmates Brian and Carl Wilson. Wilson served mainly on drums and baritone backing vocals for the Beach Boys. His playing can be heard on many of the group’s hits, belying the popular misconception that he was always replaced on record by studio musicians. He originally had few lead vocals on the band’s songs due to his limited baritone range, but his prominence as a singer-songwriter increased following their 1968 album Friends.
Sports:
Baseball:
Harvey Kuenn was an outfielder-manager who made ten All-Star teams and won Rookie of the Year.
Jesse Burkett was a Hall of Fame outfielder who won three batting tittles and won one World Series Championship in 1921 with the New York Giants.