Celebrity Birthdays January 17th:

Entertainment:

Jim Carrey is an actor known for the movies “The Mask” and “Dumb and Dumber”.

Steve Harvey is an actor know for the TV shows “The Steve Harvey Show” and “Family Feud”.

Michelle Obama was the first African American First Lady and was a lawyer.

Zooey Deschanel is an actress known for the TV show “New Girl” and the movie “500 Days of Summer”.

James Earl Jones is an actor known for the movies “Star Wars” franchise and “The Lion King” franchise.

Leigh Whannell is an actor known for the movies “Saw” and “The Invisible Man”.

Maury Povich is a former talk show host of the show “Maury Povich Show”.

Freddy Rodriguez is an actor known for the TV shows “Bull” and “Six Feet Under”.

Lil Jon is a rapper known for the commercial breakthrough of the hip hop subgenre crunk in the early 2000s, and is often credited as a progenitor of the genre. He also was the front man of the crunk group Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz.

Kid Rock is a singer-rapper who broke through into mainstream success with a rap rock sound before shifting his performance style to country rock. A self-taught musician, he has said that he can play every instrument in his backing band and has overseen production on all but two of his albums.

Mick Taylor is a guitarist known for his time with the Rock band Rolling Stones.

Sports:

Boxing:

Jake Paul is a boxer and YouTube personality. He also was on the TV show “Bizaardvark”.

Football:

Derrick Mason is a former wide receiver who made two Pro Bowls and made one First Team All Pro.

Basketball:

Dwayne Wade is a Hall of Fame thirteen time All-Star guard who has won three NBA Championships with the Miami Heat and has won one Gold Medal and two Bronze Medals.

Hockey:

Jeremy Roenick is a former center who has won two Silver Medals and he became the third American-born player to score 500 goals where he is one of forty six to have done so.

Baseball:

Chili Davis is a former outfielder who made three All-Star teams and won three World Series Championships.

Trevor Bauer is a starting pitcher who has made one All-Star team and won one Cy Young Award.

Kyle Tucker is a two time All-Star outfielder for the Houston Astros who has won one World Series Championship in 2022 with the Houston Astros and has won one Silver Medal in the World Baseball Classic.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Pete LaCock, TR Bryden, Jeff Tabaka, Tyler Houston, Scott Mullen, Brad Fullmer, Rob Bell, Mark Malaska, TJ Bohn, Mike Rabelo, Chad Beck, Jai Miller, Emmanuel Burris, Cody Decker, Jeff Beliveau, Tanner Scheppers, Blake Beavan, Taylor Jordan, Dario Alvarez, Frank Garces, Colin Poche, Randy Dobnak, Jhon Romero, Dom Nunez, Yohaner Mendez, Michael Hermosillo & Joe Jimenez!

In Memoriam:

Entertainment:

Betty White was an actress known for the TV shows “Golden Girls” and “Mary Tyler Moore”.

Eartha Kitt is an actress known for the TV shows “Batman” and “The Emperor’s New School”.

Andy Kaufman was an actor known for the TV shows “Taxi” and “Saturday Night Live”.

Sports:

Boxing:

Muhammad Ali was one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century and is often regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. He held the Ring magazine heavyweight title from 1964 to 1970. He was the undisputed champion from 1974 to 1978 and the WBA and Ring heavyweight champion from 1978 to 1979.

Hockey:

Jacques Plante was a seven time All-Star Hall of Fame goalie who six Stanley Cup Championships and won seven Vezina Awards. Plante was the first NHL goaltender to wear a goaltender mask in regulation play on a regular basis. He developed and tested many versions of the mask (including the forerunner of today’s mask/helmet combination) with the assistance of other experts. 

Baseball:

Don Zimmer plays for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the mid-1950s

Don Zimmer was a two time All-Star infielder who won two World Series Championships with the Los Angeles/Brooklyn Dodgers and won four more as a coach for the New York Yankees. He did manage four teams winning Manager of the Year once and coached for eight teams.

Darrell Porter was a four time All-Star catcher who won one World Series Championship with the St Louis Cardinals in 1982 and won the NLCS MVP/World Series MVP.