Entertainment:
Jason Momoa is an actor known for the movies “Aquaman” franchise and “Dune: Part 1”.
Leon Thomas is an actor known for the TV shows “Victorious” and “The Backyardigans”.
Amelia Rose Blaire is an actress known for the TV shows “True Blood” and “Scream: The TV Series”.
Luke Eisner is an actor known for the movies “Tall Girl” and “Tiger Within”.
Max Carver is an actor known for the TV shows “Desperate Housewives” and “Teen Wolf”.
Jack O’Connell is an actor known for the movies “Unbroken” and “’71”.
Tempestt Bledsoe is an actor known for the TV shows “The Cosby Show” and “Guys with Kids”.
Sam Mendes is a director known for the movies “Skyfall” and “American Beauty”.
Robert Cray is a blues musician-singer who has led his own band and won five Grammy Awards.
Joe Elliott is a singer-songwriter who is best known as the lead singer and one of the founder members of the hard rock band Def Leppard. He has also been the lead singer of the David Bowie tribute band the Cybernauts and the Mott the Hoople cover band Down ‘n’ Outz.
Chuck D is a rapper who is best as the leader and front man of the hip hop group Public Enemy, which he co-founded in 1985 with Flavor Flav. Chuck D is also a member of the rock supergroup Prophets of Rage.
Adam Duritz is a singer who is best known as the front man for the rock band Counting Crows, for which he serves as a founding member and principal composer. Since its founding in 1991, Counting Crows has sold over 20 million records.
Sports:
Basketball:
Scottie Barnes is a forward for the Toronto Raptors who has made one All-Star team and has won Rookie of the Year.
Football:
Edgerrin James is a former running back who made four Pro-Bowls and won Rookie of the Year.
Baseball:
Greg Jefferies is a former infielder who made two All-Star teams.
Madison Bumgarner is a starting pitcher who has made four All-Star teams and won three World Series Championships with the San Francisco Giants where he won the World Series MVP.
Adam Jones is a former center fielder who made five All-Star teams and won four Gold Glove Awards.
Shigetoshi Hasegawa is a former who made one All-Star team and won the Pacific League Rookie of the Year.
Aledmys Diaz is a shortstop for the Houston Astros who has made one All-Star team and won one World Series Championship in 2022.
Brandon Kintzler is a former reliever who made one All-Star team.
Other Baseball Birthdays:
Greg Gross, Milt May, Jackie Warner, Tony Muser, Tommy Smith, Wayne Tyrone, Pete Mackanin, Dave Anderson, Scott Anderson, Brian Bohanon, Kevin Jarvis, Brent Knackert, Travis Driskill, Freddy Garcia, Justin Baughman, Kevin Joseph, Tim Olson, Cole Kimball, Roenis Elias, Nick Ramirez, Kennys Vargas, Dylan Lee, TJ Zeuch & Ezequiel Tovar!
In Memoriam:
Entertainment:
Dom DeLuise was an actor known for the movies “Blazing Saddles” and “All Dogs Go to Heaven”.
Coolio was a rapper who was best known for his single “Gangsta’s Paradise” (1995), which won a Grammy Award, and was credited for changing the course of hip hop by bringing it to a wider audience and was as a member of the gangsta rap group WC and the Maad Circle.
Jerry Garcia was a singer-songwriter-musician who was the lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 1960s.
Sports:
Football:
Cliff Branch was a Hall of Fame wide receiver who made four Pro-Bowls and won three Super Bowl Championships with the Oakland Raiders.