Entertainment:
Tyrese Gibson is an actor known for the movies “Fast & Furious” franchise and “Baby Boy”.
Tracey Ullman is an actress known for the TV shows “The Tracey Ullman Show” and “Tracey Takes On”.
Kristin Kreuk is an actress known for the TV shows “Smallville” and “Beauty and the Beast”.
Caity Lotz is an actress known for the TV show “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” and the movie “The Machine”.
Sheryl Lee Ralph is an actress known for the TV show “Search for Tomorrow” and “Moesha”.
Eliza Dushku is an actress known for the TV shows “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” and “Dollhouse”.
Michael Eric Reid is an actor known for the TV shows “Victorious” and “Paradise City”.
Jeff Ward is an actor known for the TV show “Agents of Shield” and the movie “Manson’s Lost Girls”.
George Newbern is an actor known for the TV shows “Justice League” and “Scandal”.
Meredith Monroe is an actress known for the TV shows “Dawson’s Creek” and “13 Reasons Why”.
Daniel Sunjata is an actor known for the TV shows “Rescue Me” and “Graceland”.
Lucy Punch is an actress known for the movies “Bad Teacher” and “Into the Woods”.
Anna Wood is an actress known for the TV shows “The Code” and “Falling Water”.
Meredith Vieira is a host- broadcast journalist who is best known as the original moderator of the daytime talk show The View (1997–2006), the original host of the syndicated daytime version of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002–2013), and as co-host of the NBC morning news program Today (2006–2011). As of 2019, she hosts the syndicated weekday game show 25 Words or Less.
Matt Lauer is a host best known for his work with NBC News who’s first national exposure was as the news anchor for NBC’s Today from 1994 to 1997. In 1997, Lauer was moved from the news desk to the host’s chair and was co-anchor of Today from 1997 to 2017. He was also a frequent contributor to the evening news magazine Dateline NBC.
Sean Hannity is a host who hosts The Sean Hannity Show, a nationally syndicated talk radio show, has hosted a self-titled political commentary program on Fox News since 2009, and co-hosted the original Fox News debate show Hannity & Colmes with Alan Colmes from the network’s founding in 1996 to 2009.
Ellie Goulding is a singer-songwriter er debut studio album, Lights (2010), debuted at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart, and was reissued as Bright Lights, spawning three successful singles: a cover of Elton John’s “Your Song”, “Starry Eyed” and “Lights”.
Jeff Lynne is a singer-songwriter-musician-record producer who is the co-founder, and latterly the sole member, of the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), which was formed in 1970, and has written all of the band’s music since 1972. This includes hits such as “Evil Woman”, “Livin’ Thing”, “Telephone Line”, “Mr. Blue Sky”, “Don’t Bring Me Down”, and “Hold On Tight”. He also has had a solo career, with two albums: Armchair Theatre (1990) and Long Wave (2012). He also co-founded the supergroup Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty. Lynne co-produced the Beatles’ Anthology reunion singles from John Lennon demos, “Free as a Bird” (1995), “Real Love” (1996), and “Now and Then” (2023).
Noel Paul Stookey is a singer-songwriter who was famous for being a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary; however, he has been known by his first name, Noel, throughout his life. He continues to work as a singer and an activist, performing as a solo artist, and occasionally with former bandmate Peter Yarrow.
Patti Smith is a singer-songwriter 1who’s 975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of the New-York-City-based punk rock movement. Smith has fused rock and poetry in her work. In 1978, her most widely known song, “Because the Night”, co-written with Bruce Springsteen, reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number five on the UK Singles Chart.
V is a singer-songwriter who is a member of the boy band BTS. Since his debut with the band in 2013, V has performed three solo songs under their name—”Stigma” in 2016, “Singularity” in 2018, and “Inner Child” in 2020—all of which charted on South Korea’s Gaon Digital Chart.
Sports:
Boxing:
Laila Ali is a former boxer who competed from 1999 to 2007 which she retired undefeated, she held the WBC, WIBA, IWBF and IBA female super middleweight titles, and the IWBF light heavyweight title.
Golf:
Tiger Woods is a professional golfer who is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men’s major championships, and holds numerous golf records. He has been the number one player in the world for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks of any golfer in history. He has been awarded PGA Player of the Year a record 11 times has won the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average a record eight times. He has won 15 professional major golf championships and leads all active golfers in career major wins and career PGA Tour wins.
Football:
Carson Wentz is a quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs who has made one Pro-Bowl and won one Super Bowl Championship in 2017 with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Kerry Collins is a former quarterback who made two Pro-Bowls and made the All-Rookie team.
Basketball:
Lebron James is a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers who has made twenty All-Star teams and has won four NBA Championships where he has won four NBA Finals MVPs.
Kenyon Martin is a former forward who made one All-Star team and won three Gold Medals.
Baseball:
Sandy Koufax is a Hall of Fame starting pitcher who made seven All-Star teams and won four World Series Championships with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
AJ Pierzynski is former catcher who made two All-Star teams and won one World Series Championship in 2005 with the Chicago White Sox.
Grant Balfour is a former closer who made one All-Star team.
Tyler Anderson is a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angeles who has made two All-Star teams.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Jose Morales, Bob Schroder, Tom Murphy, Steve Davis, Keith MacWhorter, Archie Corbin, Steve Gajkowski, Ben Blomdahl, Bart Evans, Travis Baptist, Ralph Milliard, Santiago Perez, Brad Voyles, Jim Hoey, Sean Gallagher, Drew Rucinski, Danny Burawa, Bryce Bentz, Erik Johnson, Cesar Vargas, Wyatt Mathisen, Nick Hernandez, Derek Hill & Drew Waters!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Davy Jones was a singer-songwriter-musician who was best known as a member of the band the Monkees and a co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968), Jones was considered a teen idol. Aside from his work on The Monkees TV show, Jones’s acting credits include a Tony-nominated performance as the Artful Dodger in the original London and Broadway productions of Oliver! and a guest-starring role in a notable episode of The Brady Bunch television show and a later reprised parody film.
Michael Nesmith was a singer-songwriter-musician-actor who was best known as a member of the Monkees and co-star of their TV series of the same name (1966–1968). His songwriting credits with the Monkees include “Mary, Mary”, “The Girl I Knew Somewhere”, “Tapioca Tundra”, “Circle Sky” and “Listen to the Band”. Additionally, his song “Different Drum” became a hit for the Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt. He continued his music career with the seminal country rock group the First National Band, with whom he had a top-40 hit, “Joanne” (1970). As a solo artist, he scored an international hit with the song “Rio” (1977). He also founded Pacific Arts, a multimedia production and distribution company, through which he helped pioneer the music video format and created one of the first American television programs dedicated to music videos, PopClips, which aired on Nickelodeon in 1980.
Bo Diddley was a singer-musician who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll. His use of African rhythms and a signature beat, a simple five-accent hambone rhythm, is a cornerstone of hip hop, rock, and pop music. He is also recognized for his technical innovations, including his use of tremolo and reverb effects to enhance the sound of his distinctive rectangular-shaped guitars.
Del Shannon was a singer-songwriter-musician who is best known for his 1961 number-one Billboard hit “Runaway”. In 1999, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to his music career, he had minor acting roles.
Sports:
Baseball:
Ray Prim was a pitcher who led the league in ERA once.