Celebrity Birthdays December 20th:

Entertainment:

Jonah Hill is an actor known for the movies “Superbad” and “The Wolf of Wall Street”.

Isabella Ferreira is an actress known for the TV shows “Love, Victor” and “Marvel’s Wastelanders: Wolverine”.

Bob Morley is an actor known for the TV shows “The 100” and “Home and Away”.

Dylan Wang is an actor known for the TV shows “Love Between Fairy and Devil” and “Wonderland”.

Dick Wolf is a writer-producer known for the TV shows “Law & Order” franchise and “Chicago” franchise.

Todd Phillips is a filmmaker known for the movies “The Hangover” franchise and “The Joker”.

Michael Badalucco is an actor known for the TV show “The Practice” and the movie “You’ve Got Mail”.

Blanche Baker is an actress known for the movies “Sixteen Candles” and “Raw Deal”.

Nicole De Boer is an actress known for the TV shows “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and “The Dead Zone”.

Joel Gretsch is an actor known for the TV shows “V” and “The 4400”.

Alan Parsons is a musician-songwriter was the sound engineer on albums including the Beatles’ Abbey Road (1969) and Let It Be (1970), Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), and the eponymous debut album by Ambrosia in 1975. Parsons’s own group, the Alan Parsons Project, as well as his subsequent solo recordings, have also been commercially successful. He has been nominated for 14 Grammy Awards, with his first win occurring in 2019 for Best Immersive Audio Album for Eye in the Sky (35th Anniversary Edition).

JoJo is a singer-songwriter-actress who began performing in singing competitions and local talent shows as a child. In 2003, record producer Vincent Herbert noticed her after she competed on the television show America’s Most Talented Kids and asked her to audition for his record label Blackground Records. After signing with the label, JoJo released her eponymous debut studio album in 2004. It peaked at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling over four million copies worldwide to date.

Peter Criss is a musician-singer who is best known as a co-founder, original drummer, and an occasional vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss. Criss established the Catman character for his Kiss persona. 

Chris Robinson is a singer-songwriter musician who founded the rock band The Black Crowes, then known as Mr. Crowe’s Garden, with his brother Rich Robinson in 1984. Chris is the lead singer of The Black Crowes, and he and his brother are the only continuous members of the Crowes. He was the vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, which toured and recorded from 2011 through 2019. The band broke up after the death of guitarist, Neal Casal, and the Crowes’ return from hiatus, respectively. Robinson is noted for his high tenor vocal range and bluesy vocal runs.

Sports:

Basketball:

De’Aaron Fox is a guard for the Sacramento Kings who has made one All-Star team and has made one All-NBA Third-Team.

Football:

Roy Williams is a former wide receiver who made one Pro-Bowl.

Baseball:

Cecil Cooper is a former first basemen who made five All-Star teams and won three Silver Slugger Awards.

David Wright is a former third basemen who made seven All-Star teams and won two Gold Glove Awards.

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James Shields is a former starting pitcher who made one All-Star team.

Aubrey Huff is a former infielder who won one Silver Slugger and won two World Series Championships with the San Francisco Giants.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

David DeJesus, Vince Colbet, Jim Norris, Mike Hart, Paul Moskau, Bill Laskey, Fernando Ramsey, Jeff Mutis, Marc Valdes, Augie Ojeda, Luke Carlin, Chris Narveson, Tyle Sturdevant, Erik Goeddel, Bruce Maxwell, Joey Krehbiel, Trent Giambrone, Dane Dunning, Abraham Toro & Bryse Wilson!

In Memoriam:

Entertainment:

Paul Ritter was an actor known for the movies “Quantum of Solace” and “Hannibal Rising”.

Irene Dunne was an actress known for the movies “Love Affair” and “The Awful Truth”.

Sports:

Baseball:

Branch Rickey was a Hall of Fame executive who won four World Series Championships, played major part in development of the farm system and signed Jackie Robinson for the Dodgers and helped integrate African-American players into Major League Baseball in 1947.

Gaby Hartnett was a Hall of Fame catcher who made six All-Star teams and won one MVP.

Jose DeLeon was a starting pitcher who led the league in strikeouts once.