Entertainment:
Hailee Steinfeld is an actress known for the movies “Pitch Perfect” franchise and “The Edge of Seventeen”.
Rita Moreno is an actress known for the movies “West Side Story” and “The King and I”.
Rider Strong is an actor known for the TV shows “Boy Meets World” and “Star vs. the Forces of Evil”.
Courtney Henggeler is an actress known for the TV show “Cobra Kai” and the movie “The Boys in the Boat”.
Alex Russell is an actor known for the TV show “SWAT” and the movie “Chronicle”.
Mo’Nique is an actress known for the TV show “The Parkers” and the movie “Precious”.
Gabriel Basso is an actor known for the TV shows “The Big C” and “The Night Agent”.
Ben Browder is an actor known for the TV shows “Stargate: SG1” and “Farscape”.
Lynda Day George is an actress known for the TV shows “Mission Impossible” and “The Silent Force”.
Gary Dourdan is an actor known for the TV shows “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and “A Different World”.
Karla Souza is an actress known for the TV shows “How to Get Away with Murder” and “Home Economics”.
Jermaine Jackson is a singer-songwriter-musician who is known for being a member of the Jackson family. From 1964 to 1975, Jermaine was second vocalist after his brother Michael of the Jackson 5, and played bass guitar. In 1983, he rejoined the group, which had been renamed the Jacksons; he then consistently played in the group’s performances and recordings until he left the group again in 2020.
Brenda Lee is a singer who is known for performing rockabilly, pop, country and Christmas music, she achieved her first Billboard hit aged 12 in 1957 and was given the nickname “Little Miss Dynamite”. Some of Lee’s most successful songs include “Sweet Nothin’s”, “I’m Sorry”, “I Want to Be Wanted”, “Speak to Me Pretty”, “All Alone Am I” and “Losing You”. Her festive song “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”, recorded in 1958, topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 2023, making Lee the oldest artist ever to top the chart and breaking several chart records.
David Gates is a singer-songwriter-musician who is best known as the front man and co-lead singer (with Jimmy Griffin) of the group Bread, which reached the top of the musical charts in Europe and North America on several occasions in the 1970s.
Mos Def is a rapper who is a prominent figure in conscious hip hop, he is recognized for his use of wordplay and commentary on social and political issues, such as police brutality, American exceptionalism, and the status of African Americans in the United States. He is also a former child actor who appeared in some movies/shows like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Be Kind Rewind.
Sports:
Football:
Samantha Ponder is a sportscaster who most recently hosted Sunday NFL Countdown on ESPN. Prior to hosting Sunday NFL Countdown, Ponder worked as a reporter and host for ESPN college football and as a basketball sideline reporter.
Willie McGinest is a former linebacker who made two Pro-Bowls and won three Super Bowl Championships with the New England Patriots.
Basketball:
Malcolm Brogdon is a guard for the Washington Wizards who won Rookie of the Year and won Sixth Man of the Year.
Shareef Abdur-Rahim is a former forward who made one All-Star team and made the All-Rookie First-Team.
Baseball:
Jay Bell is a former shortstop who made two All-Star teams and won one World Series Championship in 2001 with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Mike Henneman is a former closer who made one All-Star team.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Derek Bell, Joe Blanton, Mark Vientos, Johnny O’Brien, Damaso Blanco, Greg Shanahan, Gene Hiser, Craig Caskey, Rob Andrews, Bob Sykes, Thomas Howard, Adam Peterson, Willie Canate, Frankie Rodriguez, Andy Tracy, Nate Field, Jason Szuminski, Josh Butler, Dalton Pompey, Gabriel Guerrero, James McArthur & Jacob Hurtubise!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Teri Garr was an actress known for the movies “Tootsie” and “Young Frankenstein”.
Sports:
Baseball:
Old Hoss Radbourn was a Hall of Fame starting pitcher who has the record for most wins in a season(60) and won one pitching Triple Crown.
Bill Nicholson was an outfielder who made five All-Star teams and led the league in both RBIs and homeruns twice.