Celebrity Birthdays April 8th:

Entertainment:

Skai Jackson is an actress known for the TV shows “Bunk’d” and “Jessie”.

Sophie Grace is an actress known for the TV show “The Baby-Sitters Club” and the movie “Terror in the Woods”.

Shelby Young is an actress known for the TV shows “Days of Our Lives” and “Baby Shark’s Big Show”.

John Schneider is an actor known for the TV shows “Dukes of Hazzard” and “Smallville”.

Robin Wright is an actress known for the movies “Forrest Gump” and “The Princess Bride”.

Patricia Arquette is an actress known for the TV show “Medium” and the movie “Boyhood”.

Taylor Kitsch is an actor known for the TV show “Friday Night Lights” and the movie “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”.

Taran Nolan Smith is an actor known for the TV show “Home Improvement” and the movie “Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home”.

Steve Howe is a musician known for being the guitarist-backing vocalist of the Rock band Yes and has been in the bands Asia, GTR and Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe. 

Julian Lennon is a singer-songwriter-musician who inspired three Beatles songs: “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (1967), “Hey Jude” (1968), and “Good Night” (1968). Around the world he has had eight hit singles.

Sports:

Football:

CeeDee Lamb is a wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys who has made three Pro-Bowls and has made one First-Team All-Pro.

Baseball:

Felix Hernandez is a former six time All-Star starting pitcher who led the league in wins once, ERA twice, pitched a no-hitter and won one Cy Young Award.

Carlos Santana is a first basemen for the Minnesota Twins who has made one All-Star team, won one Silver Slugger Award and won one Gold Medal.

Jeff McNeil is a two time All-Star starting second basemen for the New York Mets who has won one Silver Slugger Award, one Silver Medal and one batting tittle.

John Hiller is a former reliever who made one All-Star team, led the league in saves once and won one World Series Championship in 1968 with the Detroit Tigers.

Charlie Maxwell is a former outfielder who made two All-Star teams.

Yonder Alonso is a former first basemen who made one All-Star team.

Jeremy Hellickson is a former starting pitcher who won Rookie of the Year, won one Gold Glove Award and won one Gold Medal.

Other Baseball Birthdays:

Alex Gonzalez, Jeremy Guthrie, Brian Burres, Lloyd Merritt, Mac Scarce, Roger Holt, Alex Sanchez, Rich Batchelor, Pete Walker, Kirk Dressendorfer, Francisco Matos, Eddie Priest, Jeremy Fikac, Timo Perez, Dane Sardinha, Matt Ford, Kason Gabbard, Eric Patterson, Chris Iannetta, Bobby Wilson, Diory Hernandez, Juan Abreu, Matt Antonelli, Eddie Kunz, Lendy Castillo, Artie Lewicki, Zach Eflin, Jacob Latz & Jo Adell!

In Memoriam:

Sports:

Basketball:

John Havlicek was a thirteen time All-Star Hall of Fame forward who eight NBA Championships with the Boston Celtics and won one NCAA Championship.

Baseball:

Gary Carter was a five time Silver Slugging Hall of Fame catcher who made eleven All-Star teams, won three Gold Glove Awards and won one World Series Championship in 1986 with the New York Mets.

Turk Farrell was a former starting pitcher who made five All-Star teams.

Catfish Hunter was a five time World Series winning Hall of Fame starting pitcher who made eight All-Star teams and won one Cy Young Award.