Celebrity Birthdays March 5th:

Entertainment:

Eva Mendes is an actress known for the movies “Hitch” and “The Other Guys”.

SANTA BARBARA, CA – FEBRUARY 02: Actor Sterling Knight of ‘Different Flowers’ attends the Maltin Modern Master Award tribute during the 32nd Santa Barbara International Film Festival at the Arlington Theater on February 2, 2017 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Matthew Simmons/Getty Images for SBIFF)

Sterling Knight is an actor known for the TV shows “Sonny with a Chance” and “Melissa & Joey”.

Michael Evans Behling is an actor known for the TV show “All American” and the movie “A Cinderella Story: Starstruck”.

Matt Lucas is a comedian-actor known for the TV shows “Little Britain” and “Shooting Stars”.

Yuri Lowenthal is an actor known for lending his voice to many cartoons like “Narauto” and “Ben Omniverse”.

Marsha Warfield is an actress known for the TV shows “Night Court” and “Empty Nest”.

Penn Jillette is a magician-actor-musician-inventor-television presenter, and author, best known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller. The duo has been featured in numerous stage and television shows, such as Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, and is currently headlining in Las Vegas at The Rio. Jillette serves as the act’s orator and raconteur.

Paul Blackthorne is an actor known for the TV shows “Arrow” and “Lipstick Jungle”.

Kevin Connolly is an actor known for the TV show “Entourage” and the movie “The Notebook”.

John Frusciante is the lead guitarist of the Rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers and has released 11 solo albums and 7 EPs, ranging in style from acoustic guitar to electronic music.

Sports:

Football:

Justin Fields is a quarterback for the Chicago Bears who has the most rushing yards by a quarterback in a regular season game with 178.

Michael Irvin is a five time Pro-Bowl Hall of Fame wide receiver who one three Super Bowl Championships with the Dallas Cowboys and made one First-Team All-Pro.

Basketball:

Wally Szczerbiak is a former forward who made one All-Star team and made the All-Rookie First Team.

Baseball:

Kent Tekulve is a former reliever who made one All-Star team and won one World Series Championship in 1979 with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Paul Konerko is a former six time All-Star first basemen who one World Series Championship in 2005 with the Chicago White Sox and won the ALCS MVP.

Kyle Schwarber is an outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies who made two All-Star teams and won one World Series Championship in 2016 with the Chicago Cubs. He also won a Sliver Slugger Award and won one Silver Medal.

Bo Bichette is the starting shortstop for the Toronto Blue Jays who has made two All-Star teams and the league in hits twice.

Mike Hessman is a former infielder who has the record for the most career minor league home runs with 433 and has won a Bronze Medal.

Ryan Franklin is a former reliever who made one All-Star team and won one Gold Medal.

Mike MacDougal is a former closer who made one All-Star team.

Steve Ontiveros is a former pitcher who made an All-Star team and led the league in ERA once.

Jeffrey Hammonds is a former outfielder who made one All-Star team and won a Bronze Medal.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Larry Elliot, Phil Roof, Doug Bird, Mike Squires, Steve Burke, Jerry Ujdur, Kevin Brown, Brian Hunter, Chad Fonville, Jose Mercedes, Brian Lesher, Felipe Crespo, Doug Clark, Erik Bedard, Francisley Bueno, Brad Mills, Hector Gomez, Joe Benson, Mauricio Robles, LJ Hoes, Ben Lively, Sam Howard, John Schrieber, Lucas Gilbreath, Nick Madrigal & Tanner Biebee!

In Memoriam:

Entertainment:

Andy Gibb was a singer-songwriter who rose to prominence in the late 1970s through the early 1980s with eight singles reaching the Top 20 of the US Hot 100, three of which went to number one: “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” (1977), “(Love Is) Thicker Than Water” (1977), and “Shadow Dancing” (1978).

Jack Cassidy was a singer-actor known for the TV show “He & She” and the movie “The Eiger Sanction”.

Sports:

Baseball:

Del Crandall was an eleven time All-Star catcher who won four Gold Glove Awards and won one World Series Championship in 1957 with the Milwaukee Braves.

Sam Thompson was a Hall of Fame right fielder who led the league in RBIs three times and homeruns twice.