AUGUST BIRTHDAYS

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August 1^st

Actors:

Tempestt Bledsoe is 50 (Vanessa Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” “Guys With Kids”)
Max Carver is 35 (“Desperate Housewives,” “Teen Wolf”)
Cameron Jebo is 35 (“Power Rangers,” “Austin & Ally”)
Elijah Kelley is 37 (“Hairspray” 2007, “Take the Lead”)
Jason Momoa is 44 (“Game of Thrones,” “ “Aquaman”)
Valery Ortiz is 39 (“South of Nowhere”)
Leon Thomas III is 30 (“Victorious,” “August Rush”)
The late Dom DeLuise (1933-2009) … he would have been 90. (“Blazing Saddles,” “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”)

Musicians:

O-Town’s Ashley Parker Angel is 42
Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s Tim Bachman is 72
Coolio is 60 (born Artis Leon Ivey Jr.)
Robert Cray is 70
Chuck D is 63 (born Carlton Douglas Ridenhour)
Disturbed’s Dan Donegan is 55
Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz is 59
Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott is 64
L7’z Suzi Gardner is 63
Michael Penn is 65
The late Boz Burrell (1946 – 2006)…he would have been 77
The late Jerry Garcia (1942-1995) … he would have been 81

Plus:

Director Sam Mendes is 58 (“American Beauty,” “Skyfall,” Oliver!” “Gypsy”) (FAST FACTS: He was married to Kate Winslet in 2003, but the couple divorced in 2011. He was also named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000.)
The late explorer William Clark, who explored the American Northwest with Meriwether Lewis (1770-1838)
The late composer Francis Scott Key (who wrote the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner”) (1779-1843)
The late author Herman Melville (“Moby-Dick,” “Bartleby, the Scrivener”) (1819-1891)
The late fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent (1936-2008) … he would have been 87

August 2^nd

Actors:

Leslie Ackerman is 67 (“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “Hardcore”)
Nadia Bjorlin is 43 (“Days of Our Lives,” “Redline”)
Angel Conwell is 40 (“The Young and The Restless,” “Baby Boy”)
Hallie Eisenberg is 31 (“The Insider,” “Bicentennial Man”) (FAST FACT: Yup – she’s the sister of Jesse Eisenberg)
Alice Evans is 55 (“CSI: Miami,” “Best of Both Worlds”)
Edward Furlong is 46 (played John Connor in “Terminator 2: Judgment Day, “American History”)
Mary-Louise Parker is 59 (“Fried Green Tomatoes,” “Billions”)
Sam Worthington is 47 (“Avatar,” “Hacksaw Ridge”)
The late Myrna Loy (1905-1993) (“The Best Years of our Lives,” “The Thin Man”)
The late Carroll O’Connor (1924-2001) …he would have been 99 (Archie Bunker in “All In The Family”)
The late Peter O’Toole (1932-2013)…he would have been 91 (“Lawrence of Arabia” “Ratatouille”)

Musicians:

C+C Music Factory’s Zelma Davis is 53
Garth Hudson is 86
Britt Nicole is 39
Charli XCX is 31 (born Charlotte Emma Aitchison)
The late Andrew Gold (1951-2011)...he would have been 72

Plus:

Former “SNL-er” Victoria Jackson is 64 (once known more for being a comedienne, in recent years has become a hardcore, right wing activist)
Director Kevin Smith is 52 (“Clerks,” “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Again”)
The late author James Baldwin (1924-1987) …he would have been 99 (“The Fire Next Time” “Giovanni’s Room”)
The late director Wes Craven (1939 – 2015)…he would have been 84 (“A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” “Scream”)

August 3^rd

Actors:

Michael Ealy is 50 (“Barbershop,” “2 Fast 2 Furious”)
Mamie Gummer is 40 (“Emily Owens M.D.,” “Dr. Death”) (FAST FACT: Meryl Streep is her mom)
Evangeline Lilly is 44 (“Lost,” “Ant-man and the Wasp”)
John C. McGinley is 64 (“Scrubs,” “Platoon”)
Jay North is 72 (“Dennis the Menace,” “Maya”)
Melissa Ponzio is 51 (“The Walking Dead,” “Chicago Fire”)
Martin Sheen is 83 (“Apocalypse Now,” “The West Wing”)
Hannah Simone is 43 (“New Girl”)
Isaiah Washington is 60 (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “The 100”)

Musicians:

Whitney Duncan is 39
Memphis May Fire’s Jake Garland is 34
Metallica’s James Hetfield is 60
OneRepublic’s Brent Kutzle is 38

Plus:

Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady is 46 (he’s been married to Gisele Bündchen since 2009)
YouTuber/ stunt performer Jukka Hilden is 43 (“The Dudesons”)
Runway model Karlie Kloss is 31 (Married to Joshua Kushner since 2018, that puts Jared Kushner as her brother-in-law)
TV personality and lifestyle guru Martha Stewart is 82

August 4^th

Actors:

Nathaniel Buzolic is 40 (“Out of the Blue,” “The Vampire Diaries”)
Crystal Chappell is 58 (“Days of Our Lives,” “Guiding Light”)
Daniel Dae Kim is 55 (“Lost,” “Hawaii Five-0”)
Cole & Dylan Sprouse are 31 (“The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,” “Big Daddy”)
Billy Bob Thornton is 68 (“Sling Blade,” “Bad Santa”)
Lauren Tom is 62 (“Futurama,” “The Joy Luck Club”)
Jesse Williams is 42 (“Beyond the Break,” “Grey’s Anatomy”)

Musicians:

Clannad’s Moya Brennan is 71 (born Maire Ni Bhraonian)
Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie is 65
Soulfly frontman Max Cavalera is 54
Immature’s Marques Houston is 42
Of Mice and Men’s Aaron Pauley is 35
A Flock of Seagulls’ Paul Reynolds is 61
Bobby Shmurda is 29 (born Ackquille Jean Pollard)
Yo-Yo is 52 (born Yolanda Whitaker)
The late trumpet player Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
The late Klause Schultz of Tangerine Dream (1947 – 2022) …he would have been 76

Plus:

MLB champ Roger Clemens is 61 (FAST FACTS: He was one of the most dominant pitchers in major league history during his 24 seasons, tallying 354 wins, a 3.12 ERA, and 4,672 strikeouts, which is the third-most all-time.)
NASCAR racer Jeff Gordon is 52 (FAST FACTS: He won his first of many Winston Cup Series Championships in 1995 and won his first Daytona 500 in 1997.
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is 42
44^th President of the United States Barack Obama is 62
The late comedian Paul Mooney (1941 – 2021)...he would have been 82
The late poet Percy Blysse Shelley (1792-1822) (“Ozymandias,” “Ode to the West Wind”) (FAST FACT: He was married to “Frankenstein” author Mary Shelley.)
The late White House correspondent Helen Thomas (1920-2013) (FAST FACTS: She was the first female member and president of the White House Correspondents’ Association.)
The late designer Louis Vuitton (1821-1892) (Before he became the founder of the Louis Vuitton brand of leather goods, he had been appointed as trunk-maker to Empress Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III. And not one to rest on his laurels, Vuitton continued to work until his death at the age of 70. After his death, his son Georges Vuitton took over control of the company)

August 5^th

Actors:

Loni Anderson is 78 (“WKRP in Cincinnati,” “The Jayne Mansfield Story”)
Marlene Favela is 46 (“Ugly Betty”)
Maureen McCormick is 67 (“The Brady Bunch,” “Peter Pan,” “Grease”)
Jonathan Silverman is 57 ("The Single Guy," “Weekend at Bernie’s”)
Mark Strong is 60 (“Zero Dark Thirty,” “Kingsman” series)
Sophie Winkleman is 43 (“Two and a Half Men,” “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”)
The late John Saxon (1936 – 2020)...he would have been 87 (“Enter The Dragon,” “From Dusk Till Dawn”)

Musicians:

Scarlet Fever’s Brittany Brooks is 38
Terri Clark is 55
Rick Derringer is 76
The Guess Who’s Greg Leskiw is 77
Gym Class Heroes’ Travie McCoy is 42 (born Travis Lazarus McCoy)
Danity Kane’s Dawn Richard is 40
Foo Fighters’ Pat Smear is 64
Dead or Alive’s Pete Burns (1959-2016)…he would have been 64
The late Beastie Boys bassist Adam Yauch (1964-2012) …he would have been 59

Plus:

Syndicated radio personality Elvis Duran is 59
Director James Gunn is 57 (2002’s “Scooby-Doo,” “Guardians of the Galaxy”) (FAST FACT: He was controversially fired by Disney from the “Guardians 3” project when old Twitter jokes about rape, child abuse and pedophilia came to light. Many actors came out to support him since and in March 2019, he was reinstated to the “Guardians” franchise by Disney)
Entrepreneur/ LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman is 56
Olympian Lolo Jones is 41 (An American track and field and bobsled athlete who specializes in the 60- and 100-meter hurdles. Jones also competes as a brakewoman on the U.S. national bobsled team. She won a gold medal in the mixed team event at the 2013 World Championships. She represented the U.S. at the 2014 Winter Olympics, making her one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games)
The late astronaut Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) … he would have been 93

August 6^th

Actors:

Merrin Dungey is 52 (“The King of Queens,” “Summerland”)
Vera Farmiga is 50 (“Up in the Air,” “The Conjuring”)
Soleil Moon Frye is 47 (“Punky Brewster,” “Sabrina the Teenage Witch”)
Romola Garai is 41 (“Atonement,” “Emma”)
Melissa George is 47 (“Alias,” “Heartbeat”)
Catherine Hicks is 72 (“7th Heaven’s” Annie Camden, “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home”)
Stepfanie Kramer is 67 (… yes, that’s how she spells her first name. Detective Sargent Dee Dee McCall on “Hunter,” “The Secret Circle”)
Ty Simpkins is 22 (“Iron Man 3” “Jurassic World”)
Michelle Yeoh is 61 (“Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon,” “Everything, Everywhere All At Once”) (FAST FACT: At age 21, she won the Miss Malaysia Beauty Pageant and represented Malaysia at the Miss World competition.)
The late Lucille Ball (1911-1989) (“I Love Lucy,” “Panama Lady”)
The late Robert Mitchum (1917-1997) (“The Story of G.I. Joe,” “Cape Fear”)

Musicians:

Randy DeBarge is 65
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell is 51
Donna Lewis is 64
Timbuk 3’s Pat McDonald is 71
Landon Pigg is 40
The late Elliott Smith (1969-2003) … he would have been 54

Plus:

Model (and sometime actress) Adrianne Curry (won the first cycle of “America’s Next Top Model”) is 41
Director M Night Shyamalan is 53 (Given name Manoj Shyamalan) (“Unbreakable,” “The Sixth Sense,” “The Village,” “The Happening,” “The Visit,” “Split”)
The late scientist Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) (He discovered penicillin when he found mold in an unwashed petri dish. His discovery and later production of penicillin marked the start of antibiotics and changed medicine forever)
The late JonBenet Ramsey (1990-1996) …she would have been 32 (The little pageant star was mysteriously and tragically murdered in her home in a case that remains unsolved.)
The late Pop Art artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987) …he would have been 94 (FAST FACTS: His painting, “Eight Elvises,” once sold for $100-million.)

August 7^th

Actors:

Tessa Allen is 27 (“Enough,” “Open House”)
Tobin Bell is 81 (Best known for playing the serial killer Jigsaw in “Saw” movies)
Chico Benymon is 49 (“Half & Half,” “Ali”)
Maggie Castle is 40 (“The Time Traveler’s Wife,” “The Castle”)
Abbie Cornish is 41 (“Limitless,” “Somersault”)
David Duchovny is 63 (“The X-Files,” “Truly Like Lightning”)
Francesca Eastwood is 30 (“True Crime,” “Jersey Boys”) (FAST FACT: Yes, Clint Eastwood is her dad…Frances Fisher is her mom)
Helen Flanagan is 33 (Known for playing Rosie Webset in the soap opera “Coronation Street”)
Liam James is 27 (“The Way Way Back,” “The Family”)
Eric Johnson is 44 (“Smallville,” “Rookie Blue”)
Keahu Kahuanui is 37 (“Teen Wolf”)
Wayne Knight is 68 (Newman in “Seinfeld,” “Jurassic Park”)
David Mann is 57 (“Meet the Browns,” “Medea goes to Jail”)
Michael Shannon is 49 (“Man of Steel” “Take Shelter”)
Charlize Theron is 48 (“Monster,” “Snow White and the Huntsman”)
Randy Wayne is 42 (“To Save a Life,” “The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning”)
The late Billie Burke (1884-1970) (best known for playing Glinda in “The Wizard of Oz”)
The late Carl Alfalfa Switzer (1927-1959) …he would have been 95 (“The Defiant Ones” “The Big Premiere”)

Musicians:

Rodney Crowell is 73
Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson is 65
The Mavericks' Raul Malo is 58
Michael Peterson is 64
DJ Samantha Ronson is 46
The late J. Thomas (1942 – 2021)...he would have been 81 (FAST FACT: His 1969 single "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.)

Plus:

Humorist Garrison Keillor is 81 (Best best known as the creator of the Minnesota Public Radio show, “A Prairie Home Companion,” he hosted the program from 1974 to 2016. In November 2017, Minnesota Public Radio cut all business ties with Keillor after an allegation of inappropriate behavior with a freelance writer for the show.)
The late skeptic/magician James Randi (aka "The Amazing Randi") (1928 – 2020)...he would have 95 (A stage magician and scientific skeptic, he was more famously – and perhaps, infamously – known for extensively challenging paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.)
The late famed spy Mata Hari (1876 – 1917) (born Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" Zelle MacLeod, better known by her stage name, was an exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy and executed by firing squad in France under charges of espionage for Germany during World War I)
The late MLB legend Don Larsen (1929 - 2020)... he would have been 94 (FAST FACTS: Larsen pitched the sixth perfect game in MLB history, doing so in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. It is currently the only no-hitter or perfect game in World Series history and is one of only two no hitters in MLB postseason history)
The late children's author Romeo Muller (“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman”) (1928 – 1992)…he would have been 95

August 8^th

Actors:

Ken Baumann is 34 (“The Secret Life of the American Teenager”)
Meagan Good is 42 (“Saw V,” “The Unborn”)
Dustin Hoffman is 86 (“Midnight Cowboy,” “Tootsie”)
Katie Leung is 36 (best known for playing Cho Chang in the “Harry Potter” movies)
Don Most is 70 (“Happy Days,” “Dungeons and Dragons”)
Jenn Proske is 36 (“Vampires Suck,” “Sexting in Suburbia”)
Connie Stevens is 85 (“Young and Dangerous,” “The Party Crashers”)
Countess Vaughn is 45 (birth name Countess Danielle Vaughn) (“Moesha,” “The Parkers”)
The late Rory Calhoun (1922-1999) (“The Texan,” “Motel Hell”)
The late Esther Williams (1921-2013) (FAST FACTS: She was a champion swimmer who later became a movie icon in aqua musicals include “Neptune's Daughter,” “On an Island with You,” and “Million Dollar Mermaid”)

Musicians:

*NSYNC’s JC Chasez is 47
U2’s The Edge is 62 (And yes, he actually has a real name: David Howell Evans)
Drew Lachey is 47
S Club 7’s Bradley McIntosh is 42
Shawn Mendes is 25
Creed’s Scott Stapp is 50
Mel Tillis (1932 – 2017)…he would have been 91 (President Obama awarded Tillis the National Medal of Arts for his contributions to country music in 2012. He was also a member of the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Country Music Hall of Fame)

Plus:

EarthLink founder (and co-founder of eCompanies, and the founder of Boingo) Sky Dayton is 52
Tennis champ Roger Federer is 42 (He has won 20 Grand Slam titles, including a record eight Wimbledon singles titles. His accomplishments in professional tennis have led to him being regarded by many as the greatest tennis player of all time.)
WWE Diva Rena Mero (known as Sable) is 56
The late explorer Matthew Henson (1866-1955) (The first African-American Arctic explorer, he was an associate of Robert Peary on seven voyages over a period of nearly 23 years. They made six voyages and spent a total of 18 years in expeditions. Henson served as a navigator and craftsman, traded with Inuit and learned their language, and was known as Peary's "first man" for these arduous travels)

August 9^th

Actors:

Gillian Anderson is 55 (“The X Files,” “The Spy Who Dumped Me”)
Eric Bana is 55 (“Star Trek,” “The Hulk,”)
Amanda Bearse is 65 (“Married…With Children,” “The Big Gay Sketch Show”)
Jessica Capshaw is 47 (“The Practice,” “Grey’s Anatomy”)
Sam Elliott is 79 (“Tombstone,” “Road House”)
Melanie Griffith is 66 (“Something Wild,” “Working Girl” )
Ashley Johnson is 40 ( “Growing Pains,” “Blindspot”)
Anna Kendrick is 38 ( “Twilight,” “Pitch Perfect” series)
Thomas Lennon is 53 (new “The Odd Couple,” “Reno 911!” )
Kevin McKidd is 50 (“Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” “Grey’s Anatomy”)
David Steinberg is 81(“The David Steinberg Show,” “Switching Goals”)
Audrey Tautou is 47 (“Amélie,” “The Da Vinci Code”)
The late Robert Shaw (1927-1978)…he would have been 96 (“Jaws,” “A Man For All Seasons”)

Musicians:

Juanes is 51
Kurtis Blow is 64 (His birth name, Kurtis Walker)
R5’s Rydel Lynch is 30
Mack 10 is 52 (given name Dedrick D'Mon Rolison)
Third Eye Blind bassist Arion Salazar is 53
The late Whitney Houston (1963-2012) … she would have been 60 (One of the best-selling music artists of all time, she had sales of over 200-million records worldwide over the course of her career)

Plus:

Basketball legend Bob Cousy is 95 (He was nicknamed the "The Houdini of the Hardwood” because he introduced a new blend of ball-handling and passing skills to the NBA)
TV personality Chris Cuomo is 53
Fashion designer Michael Kors is 64
Television personality and Today Show co-host Hoda Kotb is 59
Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders is 56(He played in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons, the San Francisco 49ers, the Dallas Cowboys, the Washington Redskins and the Baltimore Ravens, winning the Super Bowl with both the 49ers and the Cowboys. An outfielder in baseball, he played professionally for the New York Yankees, the Atlanta Braves, the Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants, and participated in the 1992 World Series with the Braves.)
The late International Hall of Fame boxer Ken Norton (1943-2013) …he would have been 80 (Best known for his trilogy of fights with Muhammad Ali – he won their first fight by twelve round split decision, and controversially lost the last two fights. Norton also fought a classic slugfest with Larry Holmes, narrowly losing by fifteen round split decision.)

August 10^th

Actors:

Rosanna Arquette is 64 (“Desperately Seeking Susan,” “Pulp Fiction”)
Antonio Banderas is 63 (“Desperado,” “Interview with the Vampire”)
Ryan Eggold is 39 (“90210,” “Sons of Liberty”)
Joanna Garcia is 44 (“Reba,” “Once Upon a Time”)
Angie Harmon is 51 (“Law and Order,” “Rizzoli & Isles”) (FAST FACTS: Married to NFLer Jason Sehorn from 2001 – 2016, she’s moved on and is now engaged to actor Greg Vaughan – since December 2019)
Charley Koontz is 36 (“CSI: Cyber”)
Lucas Till is 33 (“The Hannah Montana Movie,” “X-Men: First Class”)
Justin Theroux is 52 (“Mulholland Drive,” “The Spy Who Dumped Me”)
The late Lynn Cohen (1933 -2020)...she would have been 90 (“Sex and the City,” “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”)
The late Jack Haley (1898-1979) ("Wizard of Oz's" Tin Man, “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm”)

Musicians:

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson is 76
INXS drummer Jon Farriss is 62
Jennifer Hanson is 50 (FAST FACT: She was Miss California 1994)
Jacob Latimore is 27
Diamond Rio's Gene Johnson is 74
The late Jimmy Dean (1928-2010) …he would have been 95
The late Eddie Fisher (1928-2010) …he would have been 95
The late ‘Righteous Brother’ Bobby Hatfield (1940-2003)
The late Ronnie Spector (1943 – 2022)…she would have been 80

Plus:

Boxing champ Riddick Bowe is 56 (In 2010, “BoxingScene” ranked Bowe the 21^st greatest heavyweight of all time.)
Author Suzanne Collins is 61 (“The Underland Chronicles,” “Hunger Games”)
Reality star Kylie Jenner is 26 (“Keeping up With the Kardashians,” “Life of Kylie”) (FAST FACT: She’s the youngest daughter of Kris and Caitlyn Jenner)
Fashion designer Betsey Johnson is 81
Reality star “Mama” June Shannon is 44 (“Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” “Mama June: From Not, To Hot”)
The late entrepreneur Leo Fender (1909-1991) (The guitars, bass guitars, and amplifiers he designed from the 1940s on are still relevant: 1950’s Fender Telecaster was the first mass-produced solid-body electric guitar; in 1954, the Fender Stratocaster was among the world's most iconic electric guitars; but 1951’s Fender Precision Bass set the standard for electric bass guitars)
The late President of the United States Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) (FAST FACT: Our nation’s 31^st president, he was also the first president to have a phone on his desk.)

August 11^th

Actors:

Angelle Brooks is 56 (“Malcolm & Eddie,” “Spider-Man”)
Embeth Davidtz is 58 (“Matilda,” “Mad Men”)
Viola Davis is 58 (“The Help,” “Suicide Squad”)
Anna Gunn is 55 (“The Practice,” “Breaking Bad”)
Will Friedle is 47 (Eric on “Boy Meets World,” “Girl Meets World”)
Chris Hemsworth is 40 (“Star Trek,” “Thor: The Dark World”)
Rob Kerkovich is 44 (“NCIS: New Orleans,” “Cloverfield,”)
Ian McDiarmid is 79 (Emperor Palpatine and Darth Sidious in the “Star Wars” film series)
Sophie Okenedo is 55 (“Hotel Rwanda,” “Secret Life of Bees”)
Alyson Stoner is 30 (“Cheaper By The Dozen,” “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody”)
The late Arlene Dahl (1925 – 2021)…she would have been 98 (“Reign of Terror,” “What’s My Line?”) (FAST FACT: Lorenzo Lamas is her son)

Musicians:

Eric Carmen is 74
John Conlee is 77
Alabama Shakes guitarist Heath Fogg is 39
Gemma Hayes is 46
Manfred Man’s Mike Hugg is 81
B2K’s J-Boog (born Jarell Damonte Houston Sr.) is 38
Joe Jackson is 69
Guess Who bassist Jim Kale is 80
A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad is 53
The Sugarcubes’ Bragi Olafsson is 61
Asher Roth is 38
Charlie Sexton is 55

Plus:

Wrestler Hulk Hogan (born Terry Gene Bollea) is 70
Entrepreneur Steve Wozniak is 73 (FAST FACTS: The co-founder of Apple, Wozniak single-handedly developed the 1976 Apple I, which was the computer that launched Apple. He primarily designed the 1977 Apple II, while Jobs oversaw the development of its unusual case and Rod Holt developed the unique power supply)
The late TV show host Mike Douglas (1920-2006) (FAST FACT: He was born and died on August 11^th)
The late author Alex Haley (1921 – 1992) (“Roots: The Saga of an American Family”) (FAST FACTS: ABC adapted “Roots” as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130-million viewers. In the United States the book and miniseries raised the public awareness of African American history and inspired a broad interest in genealogy and family history.)

August 12^th

Actors:

Casey Affleck is 48 (“Good Will Hunting,” “Oceans” trilogy“) (FAST FACT: He’s Ben Affleck’s younger brother.)
Michael Ian Black is 52 (“Trust Me, I’m a Game Show Host,” “Ed”)
Jim Beaver is 73 (“Supernatural,” “Justified”)
Erin Bethea is 41 (“Facing the Giants,” “Fireproof”)
Yvette Nicole Brown is 52 (“House,” “Community”) (FAST FACT: She is a SUPERfan of “The Walking Dead”)
Cara Delevingne is 31 (FAST FACTS: She has been the face of brands like Burberry, Chanel, Moschino, Oscar de la Renta and Stella McCartney. Currently seen in “Paper Towns,” she will also star in 2016’s “Suicide Squad.” In addition to modeling and acting, Delevingne also beatboxes, sings, and plays the drums and guitar)
Imani Hakim is 30 (“Reign Over Me,” “Everybody Hates Chris”)
George Hamilton is 84 (“Where the Boys Are,” “Love at First Bite”) (FAST FACT: He and his ex, Alanna Stewart, once embarked on a reality TV adventure for E!)
Sam J. Jones is 69 (“Flash Gordon,” “The A-Team”)
Maggie Lawson is 43 (“Psych,” “Two and a Half Men”)
Leah Pipes is 35 (“Life is Wild,” “The Originals”)
Dominique Swain is 43 (“Lolita,” “Face/Off”) (FAST FACTS: She became the first model to ever pose nude for PETA at the age of 21.)
The late Jane Wyatt (1910-2006) (“Father Knows Best,” She was also known as ‘Amanda Grayson,’ Spock’s human mother on “Star Trek”)

Musicians:

Kid Creole is 73 (born August Darnell)
Culture Club’s Roy Hay is 62
Mark Knopfler is 74 (FAST FACT: His middle name is Freuder)
Pat Metheny is 69
Sir Mix-A-Lot (born Anthony Ray) is 60
Relient K’s Matt Thiessen is 43
The late Buck Owens (1929-2006) …he would have been 94
The late Porter Wagoner (1927-2007) … he would have been 96

Plus:

Former NFL wide receiver Plaxico Burress is 46 (FAST FACTS: Aside from his troubled, though successful NFL career, he’s equally known for his off-the-field antics, which included a self-inflicted gunshot in November 2008. On that fateful night, Burress suffered an accidental wound to his right thigh at a New York City nightclub when his Glock pistol in the pocket of his black-colored jeans began sliding down his leg; apparently in reaching for his gun, he inadvertently pressed the trigger, causing the gun to fire. He’s now on the Arizona Cardinals’ coaching staff.)
Tennis legend Pete Sampras is 52 (FAST FACTS: During his 14-year tour career, Sampras won 14 Grand Slam singles titles, becoming the first player to break Roy Emerson's record of 12 Slams. Sampras also won seven major indoor titles. He is recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time.)
The late film director Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959) (“The Ten Commandments,” “Cleopatra”)
The late producer/director John Derek (1926 – 1998)…he would have been 97
The late author Walter Dean Myers (1937 – 2014)…he would have been 86 (“Fallen Angels,” “Hoops”)

August 13^th

Actors:

Danny Bonaduce is 64(“The Partridge Family”)
Debi Mazar is 59 (“Entourage” “Goodfellas”)
John Slattery is 61 (“Mad Men,” ”Desperate Housewives”)
Sebastian Stan is 41 (“Gossip Girl,” “Captain America”)
Kevin Tighe is 79(“The Graduate,” “Lost”)
The late actor Pat Harrington (1929-2016)…he would have been 94 (“One Day At A Time,” “The President’s Analyst”)
The late Bert Lahr (1895-1967) (Best known as the Cowardly Lion in “The Wizard of Oz”)

Musicians:

Andy Griggs is 50
James Morrison is 39
Lennon Stella (of the Stella Sisters) is 24
The late Dan Fogelberg (1951-2007) …he would have been 72
The late Don Ho (1930-2007) …he would have been 93

Plus:

Comedian Jeff Altman is 72 (He appeared as a guest on “Late Show with David Letterman” 40 times, he has also been in a series of films including “Bee Movie”)
Weatherman Sam Champion is 62
Fox News correspondent Adam Housley is 52 (FAST FACT: He’s been married to Tamera Mowry since 2011)
Former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders is 90
Composer Koji Kondo (composed soundtracks for classic Nintendo video games, including “Super Mario” and “Legend of Zelda”) is 62
The late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro (1926 – 2016)…he would have been 97
The late explorer Samuel De Champlain (1576-1635) (He founded New France – think upstate New York – and Quebec)
The late director Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) (“The Birds” “Psycho”)
The late Annie Oakley (1860-1926)
The late civil rights leader Lucy Stone (1818-1893) (Orator, abolitionist, suffragist, and women's rights advocate who was notably the first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree)

August 14^th

Actors:

Ben Bass is 55 (“Forever Knight,” “Rookie Blue”)
Catherine Bell is 55 (“Death Becomes Her,” “Good Witch”)
Halle Berry is 57 (“Monster’s Ball,” “X Men” series)
Christopher Gorham is 49 (“Ugly Betty,” “Harper's Island,” )
Marcia Gay Harden is 64 (“The First Wives Club,” “Fifty Shades” trilogy)
Jackeé Harry is 67 (“227,” “Sister, Sister”)
Susan Saint James is 77 (“Kate & Allie,” “Suits”)
Mila Kunis is 40 (“That 70s Show,” “Bad Moms”) (FAST FACT: Life imitated art in April 2012 when she began dating her former co-star Ashton Kutcher. The couple’s been married since 2015).
Susan Olsen is 62 ("Brady Bunch's" Cindy Brady)
Marsai Martin is 19 (“blackish”)
Steve Martin is 78 (“The Jerk” “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” ) (FAST FACT: He has hosted “Saturday Night Live” 15 times, second only to Alec Baldwin, who has hosted 17 times.)
Lamorne Morris is 40(“New Girl”)
The late Alice Ghostley (1923-2007) (“Bewitched,” “Designing Women”)

Musicians:

NRBQ keyboardist Terry Adams is 75
Sarah Brightman is 63
Atlantic Starr’s Sharon Bryant is 67
Third Eye Blind’s Kevin Cadogan is 53
Seals & Crofts’ Darrell “Dash” Crofts is 83
The Replacements’ Slim Dunlap is 72
Sly and the Family Stone’s Larry Graham is 77
Connie Smith is 82

Plus:

Reality TV star Spencer Pratt (“The Hills”) is 40
Author Danielle Steel is 76 (“Passion’s Promise,” “Now and Forever”)
Basketball legend Magic Johnson is 64
Cartoonist Gary Larson is 73 (“The Far Side”)
NFL quarterback-turned-major league baseball player-turned QB-turned ESPN anaylst Tim Tebow is 36

August 15^th

Actors:

Quinton Aaron is 39 (“Be Kind Rewind,” “The Blind Side”)
Ben Affleck is 51 (“Good Will Hunting “Batman”) (FAST FACTS: After dating Jennifer Lopez from 2002- 2004, the couple rekindled their romance in April 2021…and eloped to Las Vegas in July 2022).
Anthony Anderson is 53 (“Law & Order,” “blackish”)
Maddie Corman is 53 (“Some Kind of Wonderful,” “Girls”)
Tess Harper is 73 (“Crimes of the Heart,” “Breaking Bad”)
Natasha Henstridge is 49 (“Species” series, “The Secret Circle”)
Peter Hermann is 56 (“Guiding Light,” “United 93”)
Emily Kinney is 38 (“The Walking Dead,” “The Flash”)
Jennifer Lawrence is 33 (“X-Men: First Class,” “Hunger Games” series) (FAST FACTS: She auditioned to play Bella Swan in “Twilight,” but lost the part to Kristen Stewart. Since 2015, she has been the highest paid actress in the world – and with good reason: as of 2019, her films have grossed more than $6-billion worldwide.)
Debra Messing is 55 (“A Walk in the Clouds,” “The Mysteries of Laura”)
Rondell Sheridan is 65 (“That’s So Raven,” “Cory in the House”)
The late Mike Connors (1925-2017)…he would have been 98 (“Mannix “Two and A Half Men”)
The late Rose Marie (1923 – 2017) (Sally Rogers on “The Dick Van Dyke Show”)

Musicians:

The Vamps’ Tristan Evans is 29
Switchfoot’s bassist Tim Foreman is 45
Boyzone’s Michael Graham is 51
The Miracles’ Billy Griffin is 73
Joe Jonas (Jonas Brothers and DNCE) is 34
Chief Keef (his given name, Keith Cozart) is 28
Big Time Rush’s Carlos PenaVega is 34
A Day To Remember’s Alex Shelnutt is 33
The late Nipsey Hussle (born Ermias Asghedom) (1985 – 2019)…he would have been 38

Plus:

Princess Anne, the daughter of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II, is 73
Chef/restaurateur and “Top Chef” judge Tom Colicchio is 61
Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee is 79
Celebrity stylist and reality star Brad Goreski is 46
Three-time Beach volleyball Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh-Jennings is 45 (She’s the beach volleyball career leader in both career victories and career wins as of 2016, with 133 victories and $2,542,635 in winnings.)
The late French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (FAST FACT: He wasn’t as short as the myth you might believe. He was actually 5-feet, 7-inches tall, which was actually tall for the time.) (1769-1821)
The late American-born French chef Julia Child (1912-2004)

August 16^th

Actors:

Angela Bassett is 65 (“Boyz In The Hood,” “What’s Love Got To Do With It”)
Agnes Bruckner is 38 (“Alias,” “Pacific Blue”)
Steve Carell is 61 (“The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “The Office” (FAST FACT: He first got the world’s attention as a correspondent for “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”)
Cam Gigandet is 41 (“The O.C.,” “Twilight”)
Timothy Hutton is 63 (“Ordinary People,” “Taps”)
Andy Milder is 54 (“Apollo 13,” “Armageddon”)
Julie Newmar is 90 (Catwoman on “Batman” TV series)
Shawn Pyfrom is 37 (“Desperate Housewives,” “Pay It Forward”)
George Stults is 48 (“Seventh Heaven,” “Night Skies”)
Reginald VelJohnson is 71 (“Family Matters,” “Tron: Uprising”)
Lesley Ann Warren is 77 ( “Victor/Victoria,” “Will & Grace”)
Rumer Willis is 35 (“The House Bunny,” “Empire”) (FAST FACT: She’s the eldest of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore’s daughters.)
The late Robert Culp (1930-2010) … he would have been 93 (“I Spy,” “Everybody Loves Raymond”)

Musicians:

Madonna is 65
Vanessa Carlton is 43
INXS’ Tim Farriss is 66
Dawes Taylor Goldsmith is 38 (FAST FACT: He’s with Mandy Moore since 2015 and they’ve been married since 2018. They welcomed their first son in February 2021 and in June 2022, announced they’re expected their second son)
Golden Earring’s Barry Hay is 75
The Chicks/Court Yard Hounds’ Emily Strayer is 51
Country singer Ashton Shepherd is 37
Dan Smyers of Dan and Shay is 36
Kool & the Gang’s James “J.T.” Taylor is 70
The late Eydie Gorme (1928-2013) …she would have been 95

Plus:

Director James Cameron is 69(“The Terminator,” “Avatar”)
TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford is 70 (“Live! With Regis and Kathy,” “The Today Show”)

August 17^th

Actors:

Austin Butler is 32 (“Zoey 101,” “Elvis”)
David Conrad is 56 (“Ghost Whisperer,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”)
Robert De Niro is 80 (“Taxi Driver,” “Meet The Fockers”)
Taissa Farmiga is 29 (“Higher Ground,” “American Horror Story”)
Sean Penn is 63 (“Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Carlito's Way”)
Tammy Townsend is 53 (“Days of Our Lives,” “Family Matters”)
Donnie Wahlberg is 54 (“The Sixth Sense,” “Saw”) (FAST FACTS: A founding member of New Kids On The Block, his career hasn’t just expanded into acting. He also produces films and TV shows, including A&E’s “Wahlburgers.” He’s been married to Jenny McCarthy since 2014.)
The late Maureen O'Hara (1920-2015) (“Rio Grande,” “The Quiet Man”) FAST FACT: She was nicknamed “The Queen of Technicolor," a nod to the technology that developed during her heyday.)
The late Helen McCrory (1968 – 2021) ...she would have been 55 (“Hugo,” the “Harry Potter” Franchise)
The late Mark Salling (1982 – 2018)…he would have been 41 (“Glee”) (FAST FACT: In what can only be classified as a spectacular fall from grace, a woman accused Salling of committing sexual battery by forcing her to have unprotected sex without her consent in 2013 He denied the charges and filed a counter-suit for defamation of character, but later settled. But then, in December 2015, Salling was arrested at his Los Angeles home on suspicion of possessing several thousand photos and videos depicting child pornography – and was soon after removed from the cast of Adi Shankar’s “Gods and Secrets.” He was later charged with receiving and possessing child pornography – and between four and seven years' imprisonment after pleading guilty. He died due to asphyxia by hanging prior to his sentencing)
The late Mae West (1893-1980) (“She Done Him Wrong,” “Sexette”) (FAST FACTS: Mae West got her first starring role in a Broadway play back in 1926 is the show, “Sex,” which she wrote, produced, and directed. Though the play was a hit at the box office, the production also didn’t go over well with city officials, who raided the show and arrested West along with much of the cast. On what grounds? Morals charges – for which she was prosecuted and convicted. West was sentenced to 10 days in jail on Welfare Island (now known as Roosevelt Island) in New York. The incarceration was cordial, as she reportedly dined with the warden and his wife on a few occasions. Ultimately, West served eight days, with two off for good behavior).

Musicians:

Belinda Carlisle is 65
Guitarist Gilby Clarke (Guns N’ Roses) is 61
Luscious Jackson singer/bassist Jill Cunniff is 57
Lil B is 34 (born Brandon Christopher McCartney)
Maria McKee is 59
Dexy’s Midnight Runners frontman Kevin Rowland is 70
The Box Tops guitarist Gary Talley is 76

Plus:

Entrepreneur Larry Ellison is 79(Founder of Oracle and one of the richest men in the world, his estimated net worth is $50-billion)
“Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes is 74
Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia is 40
TV personality Giuliana Rancic is 49
The late inventor of non-smear lipstick Hazel Bishop (1906-1998)
The late explorer Davy Crockett (1786-1836) (A frontiersman and American folk hero, he was also a congressman. The “King of the Wild Frontier” represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the Texas Revolution.)
The late Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh (1959-1993)…he would have been 64

August 18^th

Actors:

Denis Leary is 66 (“Rescue Me,” “The Amazing Spider-Man”)
Maia Mitchell is 30 (“Teen Beach Movie,” “The Fosters”)
Martin Mull is 80 (“Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Til Death”)
Edward Norton is 54 (“American History X,” “Fight Club”)
Kaitlin Olson is 48 (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “The Heat”)
Robert Redford is 87 (“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”) (FAST FACT: His massive list of honors includes, the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2002, he has received awards from BAFTA, Directors Guild of America, Golden Globe, and the Screen Actors Guild. Plus, President Barack Obama honored Redford with a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.)
Andy Samberg is 45 (“Saturday Night Live,” “Hotel Transylvania”)
Christian Slater is 54 (“Heathers,” “Interview with the Vampire”)
Madeleine Stowe is 65 (“12 Monkeys,” “The Last of the Mohicans”)
Malcolm-Jamal Warner is 53 (“The Cosby Show,” “Malcolm & Eddie”)
The late Patrick Swayze (1952-2009) …he would have been 71(“The Outsiders,” “Dirty Dancing”)
The late Shelley Winters (1920-2006) (“Lolita,” “The Night of the Hunter”)

Musicians:

Everlast (House of Pain, Whitey Ford) is 54 (he was born Erik Francis Schrody)
The Nixons’ Zac Maloy is 55
Wu-Tang Clan’s Masta Killa is 54 (while his legal name is Jamel Irief, he was born Elgin Turner)
Mika (born Michael Penniman) is 40
Old Dominion guitarist Brad Tursi is 44

Plus:

Comedienne Elayne Boosler is 71
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter (wife of the 39^th President Jimmy Carter) is 96
Celebrity fitness trainer Bob Harper is 58(“The Biggest Loser”)
Celebrity offspring Frances Bean Cobain is 31 (daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love)
Film director Roman Polanski is 90(“The Pianist,” “Rosemary’s Baby”) (FAST FACT: He fled to U.S. in 1977 to avoid sentencing after pleading guilty to the charge of unlawful sex with a minor – he had drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl)
The late Talia Castellano (A YouTube Star ‘TaliaJoy18” who was known for her make-up tutorials, tragically passed away from a rare form of childhood cancer) (1999-2013) …would have been 24
The late baseball legend Roberto Clemente (1934-1972) …would have been 89 (FAST FACTS: He was a two-time World Series champion, and died tragically in a plane crash while en route to help earthquake victims in Nicaragua. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, becoming the first Latin American and Caribbean player to be enshrined. His untimely death also established the precedent that, as an alternative to the five-year retirement period, a player who has been deceased for at least six months is eligible for entry into the Hall of Fame.)
The late explorer Meriwether Lewis (of Lewis & Clark, together they explored and mapped the American Northwest) (1774-1809)
The late politician and businessman Caspar Weinberger (1917-2006) (Secretary of Defense during the Reagan Administration)

August 19^th

Actors:

Adam Arkin is 67 (“Chicago Hope,” “Sons of Anarchy”)
Callum Blue is 46 (“Dead Like Me,” “Smallville”)
Michelle Borth is 45 (“Tell Me You Love Me,” “Hawaii Five-0)
Erika Christensen is 41 (“Swimfan,” “The Banger Sisters”)
Kevin Dillon is 58 (“Platoon,” “Entourage”)
Jonathan Frakes is 71 (“Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Guardians of the Galaxy”) (FAST FACT: He’s been married to Genie Francis since 1988)
Peter Gallagher is 68 (“Sex, Lies & Videotape,” “While You Were Sleeping”)
Jill St. John is 83 (“Diamonds Are Forever,” “Hart To Hart”)
Diana Muldaur is 85 (“Star Trek,” “L.A. Law”)
Gerald McRaney is 74 (“Simon & Simon,” “Major Dad”)
Matthew Perry is 54 (“Friends,” “The Odd Couple”)
Kyra Sedgwick is 58 (“Phenomenon,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”)
Brighton Sharbino is 21 (“The Walking Dead’s” Lizzie, “True Detective”)
John Stamos is 60 (“Full House,” “ER”)
Tammin Sursok is 40 (“The Young and the Restless,” “Pretty Little Liars”)

Musicians:

Hoodie Allen is 35 (born Steven Adam Markowitz)
Technotronic’s MC Eric/Me One is 53(his mama knows him as Eric Martin)
Fat Joe is 53(his given name Joseph Antonio Cartagena)
Queen’s John Deacon is 72 (FAST FACT: He retired from the band in 1997)
Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan is 78
Missy Higgins is 40
Lil’ Romeo is 34
Christina Perri is 37
Europe’s Joey Tempest is 60
Clay Walker is 54
Lee Ann Womack is 57
The late Ginger Baker of Cream (1939 - 2019)...he would have been 84

Plus:

Former President Bill Clinton is 77
Author Veronica Roth is 35 (“Divergent,” “Insurgent”)
The late fashion designer Coco Chanel (1883-1971) (FAST FACTS: She was an orphaned child who had little to do, so she taught herself to sew.)
The late “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991)
The late aviation pioneer Orville Wright (1871-1948)

August 20^th

Actors:

Amy Adams is 49 (“Catch Me If You Can,” “Enchanted”)
Joan Allen is 67 (“Nixon,” “The Bourne Supremacy”)
Ben Barnes is 42 (“The Chronicles of Narnia,” “Sons of Liberty”)
Misha Collins is 49 (“Without a Trace,” “Supernatural”)
Brant Daugherty is 38 (“Pretty Little Liars”)
Billy Gardell is 54(“Yes, Dear,” “Mike & Molly”)
Andrew Garfield is 40 (“The Social Network,” “The Amazing Spiderman”)
Peter Horton is 70 (“thirtysomething,” “The Wonder Years”)
James Marsters is 61 (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Torchwood”)
Alex Newell is 31 (“Glee’s” Wade)
John Noble is 75 (“Fringe,” “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy)
Meghan Ory is 41(“Once Upon a Time,” “The Darklings”)
Michael Rady is 42 (“The Mentalist,” “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”)
Ray Wise is 76 (“Swamp Thing,” “American Horror Story”)

Musicians:

Kirko Bangz is 34 (born Kirk Jerel Randle)
Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst is 53
John Hiatt is 71
Demi Lovato is 31
KRS-One is 58 (his birth name is Lawrence Parker)
Chicago’s James Pankow is 76
Robert Plant is 75
The late guitarist Dimebag Darrell (FAST FACTS: Dimebag was shot and killed by gunman Nathan Gale while on stage during a performance with Damageplan in Columbus, Ohio) (1966-2004) … he would have been 57
The late Isaac Hayes (1942-2008) …he would have been 81
The late Jim Reeves (1923-1964) … he would have been 100

Plus:

Boxing promoter Don King is 92
Former Texas Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul is 88
Journalist, author and reality TV star Carole Radziwill is 60(“The Real Housewives of New York City”)
“Today Show” weatherman Al Roker is 69
Film director David O. Russell is 65 (“The Fighter,” “Silver Linings Playbook”)
The late 23^rdS. President, Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) (FAST FACT: He was the grandson of the ninth President, William Henry Harrison)
The late author P. Lovecraft (1890 – 1937) ("The Call of Cthulhu,” “Cthulhu Mythos”) (FAST FACT: He died in poverty, but is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors in his genre.)
The late author Jacqueline Susann (1918 –1974) (“Valley of the Dolls,” “Once Is Not Enough”) (FAST FACT: Her 1966 work, “Valley of the Dolls,” remains one of the best-selling books of all time).

August 21^st

Actors:

Kim Cattrall is 67 (“Mannequin,” “Sex and the City”)
Loretta Devine is 74 (“Waiting to Exhale,” “Grey’s Anatomy”)
RJ Mitte is 31 (“Breaking Bad’s” Walter Jr.) (FAST FACT: Like his character on “Breaking Bad,” Mitte has a mild form of cerebral palsy)
Carrie-Anne Moss is 56 (“The Matrix,” “Jessica Jones”)
Hayden Panettiere is 34 (“Heroes,” “One Life to Live”)
The late Melvin Van Peebles (1932 – 2021) …he would have been 91 (“Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song,” “The Shining”)
The late Clarence Williams III (1939 – 2021) …he would have been 84 (“The Mod Squad,” “The General’s Daughter”)

Musicians:

Kelis is 44
Jackie DeShannon is 82
The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett is 52
Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes is 72
Kacey Musgraves is 35
Black Veil Brides’ Jake Pitts is 38
Sister Sledge’s Kim Sledge is 66
System of a Down’s Serj Tankian is 56
The late William James “Count” Basie (1904-1984)
The late Kenny Rogers (1938 – 2020)...he would have been 85
The late Joe Strummer (1952-2002) …he would have been 71

Plus:

Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt is 37 (FAST FACTS: Widely regarded as the fastest person ever, he is the first man to hold both the 100-meters and 200-meters world records since fully automatic time measurements became mandatory in 1977)
Infamous “Long Island Lolita” Amy Fisher is 49 (In 1992, at the age of 17, she shot and severely wounded Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of her lover, Joey Buttafuoco. Initially charged with first-degree attempted murder, she eventually pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated assault and served seven years in prison. Paroled in 1999, Fisher became a writer and a pornographic actress.)
TV personality Brody Jenner is 40 (“The Hills,” “Keeping up with the Kardashians”)
Newsman Harry Smith is 72 (“CBS This Morning,” “The Early Show” He currently serves as a contributing correspondent for NBC News and CNBC.)
The late longtime sportscaster and baseball announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals, Jack Buck (1924-2002) …he would have been 99 (FAST FACTS: He has been inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the National Radio Hall of Fame – and the member of the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum.)
The late legendary NBA center Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999) … he would have been 87 (Chamberlain is the only player in NBA history to average at least 30 points and 20 rebounds per game in a season, a feat he accomplished nine times. He is also the only player to average at least 30 points and 20 rebounds per game over the entire course of his NBA career. He won two NBA championships, earned four regular-season MVP awards, one NBA Finals MVP award, and was tapped for 13 All-Star Games – but those are just a few of the dozens of awards. Chamberlain was subsequently enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, elected into the NBA's 35th Anniversary Team of 1980, and chosen as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History of 1996.) (FAST FACT: He claimed, among other things, to have slept with 20-thousand women)

August 22^nd

Actors:

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is 56 (“Lost,” “Game of Thrones”)
Richard Armitage is 52 (“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” “Captain America: The First Avenger”)
Ty Burrell is 56 (“The Incredible Hulk,” “Modern Family”)
Dakota Goyo is 24 (“Real Steel,” “Dark Skies”)
Jenna Leigh Green is 49 (Libby Chessler on “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch”)
Rodrigo Santoro is 48 (“300,” “Westworld”)
Kristen Wiig is 50 (“Saturday Night Live,” “Bridesmaids”)
Cindy Williams is 76 (Shirley Feeny in “Laverne and Shirley”)
Mark Williams is 64 (Arthur Weasley in the “Harry Potter” films)
The late Honor Blackman (1925 – 2020)...she would have been 98 (“The Avengers,” Bond girl Pussy Galore in “Goldfinger”)
The late Valerie Harper (1939 – 2019)...she would have been 84 (Rhoda Morgenstern on “Rhoda”) (FAST FACTS: She competed on “Dancing with the Stars” after being diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2013.)

Musicians:

Tori Amos is 60
DeBarge’s James DeBarge is 60
Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough is 50
Matchbox 20’s Paul Doucette is 51
Tears for Fears’ Roland Orzabal is 62
The Bangles’ Debbi Peterson is 62
Collin Raye is 63
Simple Plan’s Jeff Stinco is 45
The late Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley (1967-2002) … he would have been 56

Plus:

TV personality James Corden (“Late Late Show”) is 45
Chef and Food Network show host Giada De Laurentiis is 53 (FAST FACTS: She was born in Italy and received a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from UCLA.)
“60 Minutes” correspondent Steve Kroft is 78
Swimmer Diana Nyad is 74 (also the author of “Other Shores”) (FAST FACTS: She is known for being the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage.)
The late science fiction author Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) (“Fahrenheit 451,” “The Martian Chronicles,” “The Illustrated Man,” “I Sing the Body Electric,” “Dandelion Wine”)

August 23^rd

Actors:

Scott Caan is 47 (“Entourage,” “Hawaii Five-0”)
Barbara Eden is 92 (“I Dream of Genie,” “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”)
Shelley Long is 74 (“Cheers,” “The Money Pit”)
Jay Mohr is 53 (“Saturday Night Live,” “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone”)
Ray Park is 49 (“Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace,” “X-Men”)
The late Gene Kelly (1912-1996) (“An American in Paris,” “Xanadu”)
The late River Phoenix (1970-1993) …he would have been 53 (“Stand by Me,” “My Own Private Idaho”)

Musicians:

The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas is 45
Trick Pony’s Ira Dean is 54
Stone Temple Pilot’s Dean DeLeo is 62
LMFAO’s Sky Blu is 37 (his given name, Skyler Gordy)
Rick Springfield is 74
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats saxophonist Andy Wild is 42
The late drummer for “The Who” Keith Moon (1946-1978) …he would have been 77

Plus:

Reality star and former “Housewife of New Jersey,” Caroline Manzo is 62
The late legendary Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant (1978 – 2020) ...he would have been 45

August 24^th

Actors:

Kevin Dunn is 67(“Dave,” “True Detective“)
Stephen Fry is 66 (“A Fish Called Wanda,” “The Hobbit” series)
Carmine Giovinazzo is 50 (“Black Hawk Down,” “Graceland”)
Rupert Grint is 35 (“Harry Potter’s” Wesley, “Into The White”)
Steve Guttenberg is 65 (“Police Academy” series, “Three Men and a Baby”)
Marlee Matlin is 58 (“Children of a Lesser God,” “The West Wing”)
Chad Michael Murray is 42 (“Dawson's Creek,” “Agent Carter”)
Alex O’Loughlin is 47 (“Oyster Farmer,” “Hawaii Five-0”)
Joe Regalbuto is 74 (“Murphy Brown,” “The Golden Girls”)
The late Kenny Baker (1934-2016)…he would have been 89 ("Star Wars'" R2D2)
The late actor and cartoon voicist Hal Smith (1916 – 1994) ("Andy Griffith Show's" Otis Campbell, Disney's Goofy, Jiminy Cricket and Winnie the Pooh)

Musicians:

PVRIS’ Alex Babinski is 30
Anthrax/ Armored Saint singer John Bush is 60
SHeDAISY's Kristyn Osborn is 53
Justine Skye is 28
Canaan Smith is 41
Chi-Lites singer Marshall Thompson is 81
The late Uriah Heep keyboardist Ken Hensley (1945 – 2020) ...he would have been 78

Plus:

Comedian Dave Chappelle is 50
Author Paulo Coelho is 76 (“The Alchemist,” “Veronika Decides To Die”)
Newsman David Gregory (“Meet the Press”) is 53
TV personality Craig Kilborn is 61 (He was the original host of “The Daily Show”)
Entrepreneur and WWE Founder Vince McMahon is 78
Baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr. is 63 (FAST FACTS: This Hall of Fame shortstop and third baseman played his entire 21-year career with the Baltimore Orioles and earned the nickname Iron Man after setting the MLB record for most consecutive games played with 2,632. He is a 19-time All-Star, 2-time American League MVP, 2-time Gold Glove winner, and 8-time Silver Slugger winner. It’s easy to see why he’d want to stay there – his father and grandfather both played for the Orioles)
Author Karrine Steffans is 45 (“Vixen” series)
The late surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku (1890 – 1968) (A legendary surfer and five-time medalling Olympic swimmer, he was also a descendant of Hawaiian royalty who went on to act in several films including “The Pony Express.”)

August 25^th

Actors:

Rachel Bilson is 42 (“The O.C.,” “Hart of Dixie”)
Ben Falcone is 50 (“Bridesmaids,” “The Heat”) (FAST FACT: He’s been married to Melissa McCarthy since 2005)
Blake Lively is 36 (“Gossip Girl,” “The Age of Adaline”)
China Ann McClain is 25 (“Tyler Perry’s House of Payne,” Disney’s “A.N.T. Farm”)
Eric Millegan is 49 (“Bones”)
Kel Mitchell is 45 (“Kenan & Kel,” “Like Mike”)
Rachel Shelley is 54 (“The L Word,” “Once Upon A Time”)
Alexander Skarsgard is 47 (“True Blood,” “The Legend of Tarzan”)
Tom Skerritt is 90 (“Top Gun,” “Steel Magnolias”)
Jonathan Togo is 46 (“CSI: Miami,” “Mystic River”)
Blair Underwood is 59(“L.A. Law,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) (FAST FACTS: While studying at Harvard for his “L.A. Law” role back in the day, he became friends with President Obama.)
Ally Walker is 62(“Universal Soldier,” “While You Were Sleeping”)
The late Sir Sean Connery (1930 – 2020)...he would have been 93 (James Bond series, “The Untouchables,” “The Hunt for Red October”)

Musicians:

Def Lepard’s Vivian Campbell is 61 (He’s been fighting Hodgkin’s lymphoma since 2013)
Elvis Costello is 69 (Born Declan Patrick MacManus, he’s been married to Diana Krall since 2003…they welcomed twin sons, Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James, were born December 6, 2006, in New York City.)
Billy Ray Cyrus is 62
Asia keyboardist Geoff Downes is 71
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford is 72
Jo Dee Messina is 53
Blackhawk's Henry Paul is 74
Gene Simmons is 74 (FAST FACT: Partnered with Shannon Tweed since 1975, the couple finally married in 2011)
Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy is 56
Public Enemy’s DJ Terminator X is 57(His given name, Norman Rogers)

Plus:

Film director Tim Burton is 65(“Beetlejuice,” “Batman,”) (FAST FACTS: He was partnered with Helena Bonham Carter from 2001 until 2014. Bonham Carter lives in one London townhouse, while Burton is next door. The pair’s two children and their nanny live in a third interconnected home. Also? Johnny Depp is the children’s godfather)
TV personality and chef Rachael Ray is 55
Supermodel Claudia Schiffer is 53
The late Game show host Monty Hall (1921 – 2017) (“Let’s Make a Deal”)
The late TV personality Regis Philbin (1931 – 2020)...he would have been 92 (“Live! With Regis and Kelly,” “Who Wants to be a Millionare?”)

August 26^th

Actors:

Macaulay Culkin is 43 (“Home Alone,” “My Girl”)
Brett Cullen is 67 (“Falcon Crest,” “Wyatt Earp”)
Melissa McCarthy is 53 (“Gilmore Girls,” “Mike & Molly”)
Dylan O’Brien is 32 (“Teen Wolf,” “The Maze Runner,”)
Keke Palmer is 30 (“Joyful Noise,” “Akeelah and the Bee”)
Chris Pine is 43 (“Star Trek,” “Wonder Woman”)
Oleg Taktarov is 56 (“National Treasure,” “Predators”)
The late Michael Jeter (1952-2003)… he would have been 71 (“Patch Adams,” “The Green Mile”)

Musicians:

The Stranglers’ Jet Black is 85 (born Brian John Duffy)
Kim Burrell is 51
Theory of a Deadman singer Tyler Connolly is 48
Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley is 38
Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson is 57
Branford Marsalis is 63
Diamond Rio guitarist Jimmy Olander is 62
Chiodos’ Craig Owens is 39
Ashford & Simpson’s Valerie Simpson is 77
Cassie is 37 (born Cassandra Elizabeth Ventura)
No Doubt’s Adrian Young is 54

Plus:

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher David Price is 38
Celebrity kidlet Daisy Dove Bloom is 3 (Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are her parents)
The late politician Geraldine Ferraro (1935-2011)…she would have been 88 (FAST FACTS: She became the first woman to run for vice president representing a major American political party in 1984.)
The late chemist Antoine Lavoisier (“The Father of Modern Chemistry” – he discovered the role oxygen plays in combustion and helped construct the metric system) (1743-1794)
The late Saint Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa) (1910 – 1997) (FAST FACTS: Mother Teresa was the recipient of numerous honors including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. In 2003, she was beatified as "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.” Beginning September 5^th 2013, the anniversary of her death has been designated as the International Day of Charity by the United Nations General Assembly. Her canonization took place September 4^th 2016 – the day before the 19^th anniversary of her death.)

August 27^th

Actors:

Patrick J. Adams is 42 (“Luck,” “Suits”)
Barbara Bach is 76 (Bond girl in “The Spy Who Loved Me,” “Princess Daisy”)
Sarah Chalke is 47 (“Roseanne,” “Scrubs”)
Kayla Ewell is 38 (“The Bold and the Beautiful,” “Vampire Diaries”)
Blake Jenner is 31(“Glee,” “Everybody Wants Some!!”) (FAST FACT: He is no relation to the Kardashian/Jenner clan)
Peter Mensah is 64 (“Tears of the Sun,” “300”)
Aaron Paul is 44 (“Melrose Place,” “Breaking Bad”) (FAST FACTS: His given name is Aaron Paul Sturtevant and before gaining fame, he appeared on an episode of “The Price Is Right” on January 3, 2000. He played one pricing game and overbid by $132 on the Showcase Showdown.)
Peter Stormare is 70 (“Fargo,” “Minority Report”)
Alexa Vega is 35 (“Spy Kids,” “Ruby & the Rockits”)
Chandra Wilson is 54 (“Philadelphia,” “Grey’s Anatomy”)
The late Martha Raye (1916 – 1994) (“Rhythm On The Range,” “Waikiki Wedding”)

Musicians:

Yolanda Adams is 62
Cypress Hill’s Bobo is 55 (born Eric Correa)
No Doubt’s Tony Kanal is 53
Rush’s Alex Lifeson is 70
Mase is 48 (born Mason Durell Betha)
Sex Pistols’ Glen Matlock is 67
Arcade Fire’s Sarah Neufeld is 44
Eve 6’s Jon Siebles is 44
The late Daryl Dragon of Captain & Tennille (1942 – 2019) …he would have been 81 (He and Toni Tennille split in 2014 after 39 years of marriage over his "inability to be affectionate," which apparently was a result of a medical condition. Still, she was by his side when he passed.)

Plus:

Comedian/cartoon voicist Charles Fleischer is 73 (“A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”)
Fashion designer Tom Ford is 62
“Dog Whisperer” Cesar Millan is 54
The late 36^th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) (FAST FACTS: He is one of the few presidents in American history to be a representative, senator, vice president and president at points throughout his lifetime.)
The late author Ira Levin (1929 – 2007)…he would have been 94(Many of his novels have been adapted for film, including “A Kiss Before Dying,” “Rosemary's Baby”)

August 28^th

Actors:

Jack Black is 54 (“School of Rock,” “Nacho Libre”) (FAST FACT: His parents worked as engineers on the Hubble Space Telescope)
Billy Boyd is 55 (“Seed of Chucky,” Pippin in the “Lord of the Rings” films)
Eugene Byrd is 48 (“Bones”)
Jennifer Coolidge is 62 (“American Pie,” “Legally Blonde”)
Luis Guzman is 67 (“Carlito's Way,” “Wednesday”)
Jason Priestley is 54 (“Beverly Hills, 90210;” “Call Me Fitz”)
Rick Rossovich is 66(“The Terminator,” “Roxanne”)
Emma Samms is 63 (“The Colbys,” “General Hospital”)
Sonny Shroyer is 88 (“Dukes of Hazzard's” Enos)
David Soul is 80 (“Starsky & Hutch”) (FAST FACT: He was offered a professional baseball contract in 1962 to play for the Chicago White Sox, but he turned it down. He became a British citizen in 2004)
Daniel Stern is 66 (“Bushwhacked,” “Home Alone”) (FAST FACT: He was also the narrator for “The Wonder Years”)
Quvenzhane [[kwuh-VEN-zhuh-nay]] Wallis is 20
The late Ben Gazzara (1930 – 2012)…he would have been 93 (“Cat On A Hot Tin Roof,” “Roadhouse”)
The late Donald O’Connor (1925 - 2003)…he would have been 98 (“Singing In The Rain,” “ Frasier”)
The late Roxie Roker (FAST FACT: Lenny Kravtiz is her son) (1929 – 1995)…she would have been 93 (A successful stage actress, her role as Helen Willis on “The Jeffersons” saw her as half of the first interracial couple to be shown on regular prime time television)

Musicians:

Sherrie' Austin is 53
Jake Owen is 42 (His given name, Joshua Ryan "Jake" Owen)
Cassadee Pope is 34
LeAnn Rimes is 41
Diamond Rio’s Dan Truman is 67
Shania Twain is 58 (FAST FACTS: She has sold nearly 90 million records, making her the best-selling female artist of country music history and among the best-selling music artists of all time.)
Florence Welch (of Florence Welch & The Machine) is 37

Plus:

Director David Fincher is 61 (“Se7en,” “Fight Club”)
Ice skating champ Scott Hamilton is 65 (FAST FACT: In October 2016, Hamilton announced that he’d received his third brain tumor diagnosis…but in late March 2017, Hamilton opened up about the miraculous shrinking of the tumor without chemo)
Reality TV star Alana Thompson (aka Honey Boo Boo) is 18
Reality TV star Tanisha Thomas is 38(“Bad Girls Club”)
The late engineer Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield (CATscan developer) (1919 – 2004)
The late cartoonist Jack Kirby (1917 – 1994) (“X-Men,” “The Incredible Hulk”)

August 29^th

Actors:

Lucas Cruikshank is 30 (“iCarly,” “Fred”)
Rebecca De Mornay is 64 (“Risky Business,” “Wedding Crashers”)
Elliott Gould is 85 (“Friends, “M*A*S*H*”)
Carla Gugino is 52 (“Spin City,” “Spy Kids”)
Lea Michele is 37 (“Glee,” “Scream Queens”)
The late Sir Richard Attenborough (1923 – 2014) (“Gandhi,” “Miracle on 34th Street”)
The late Ingrid Bergman (1915 – 1982) (“Casablanca,” “For Whom the Bell Tolls,”)
The late Isabel Sanford (1917 – 2004) (“All In The Family,” “The Jeffersons’” Louise)

Musicians:

Simple Plan’s David Desrosiers is 43
Paul McDonald is 39
One Direction’s Liam Payne is 30
Mario Winans is 49
The late Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009)…he would have been 65
The late Dinah Washington (1924 – 1963)…she would have been 99 (FAST FACT: She was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1986 and once won a GRAMMY for "What a Difference a Day Makes.”)

Plus:

Director William Friedkin is 88 (“The Exorcist,” “The French Connection,” “To Live & Die In L.A.”)
Scientist Temple Grandin is 76 (Professor of animal science and advocate for better conditions for livestock. She also created the "hug box," a device to calm children with autism, a disorder she herself has)
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is 64 (The Canadian Air Force Commander who became the first Canadian in history to walk in space. He also gained a fan base when he posted pictures aboard a space station of the Earth and covered David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” in space.
Reality “star” (and inspiration for actor Doug Hutchison to destroy his career) Courtney Stodden is 29
The late James Brady (1940 – 2014)…he would have been 83 (Former White House Press Secretary and Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, who was shot in the head during the 1981 assassination attempt on Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. He was left partially paralyzed as a result and became a strong proponent of gun control for the rest of his career.)
The late TV personality and entertainment journalist Robin Leach (1941 – 2018)…he would have been 82 (“Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”)
The late philosopher John Locke (1632 – 1704) (Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Sir Francis Bacon, he is equally important to social contract theory. His work greatly affected the development of epistemology and political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries. His contributions to classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the United States Declaration of Independence)
The late Senator John McCain (1936 – 2018)…he would have been 87 (FAST FACT: He was in office from 1987)
The late director Joel Schumacher (1939 – 2020)...he would have been 84 (“The Lost Boys,” “St. Elmo's Fire”)

August 30^th

Actors:

Timothy Bottoms is 72 (“The Last Picture Show,” “The Land That Time Forgot”)
Johanna Braddy is 36 (“The Grudge 3,” “Quantico”)
Michael Chiklis is 60 (“The Shield,” “American Horror Story”)
Cameron Diaz is 51(“Something About Mary,” “Charlie’s Angels”) (FAST FACT: She married Good Charlotte’s Benji Madden in January 2015)
Michael Michele is 57 (“ER,” “Ali”)
Michael Grant Terry is 39 (“Bones”)
The late Bill Daily (1927 – 2018) ...he would have been 96 (“I Dream Of Jeannie,” “The Bob Newhart Show”)
The late Peggy Lipton (1946 – 2019)…she would have been 77 (“Mod Squad,” “Twin Peaks”)
The late Fred MacMurray (1908 – 1991) (“The Absent-Minded Professor,” “My Three Sons”)

Musicians:

Rancid guitarist Lars Frederiksen is 52
Maino is 50 (his given name – Jermaine Coleman)
Panic! At The Disco guitarist Ryan Ross is 37
The late Kitty Wells (1919 – 2012) (Born Muriel Deason in Nashville, her 1952 single, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," was the hallmark of a Hall of Fame career that brought her 13 years of hits and the nickname the Queen of Country Music)

Plus:

Entrepreneur Warren Buffett is 93
Comedian Lewis Black is 75
TV personality Lisa Ling is 50
Reality TV star Camilla Poindexter is 37 (“Bad Girls Club All-Star Battle”)
Tennis champ Andy Roddick is 41 (Won the US Open in 2003 and reached the finals of three Wimbledon events from 2003 to 2009. He also reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open on four occasions. Known for his powerful serve, which consistently reached between 130 and 150 miles per hour, he also married Brooklyn Decker in 2009)
Supermodel Frederique Van Der Wal is 56 (FAST FACT: In 2005, her native Holland named a lily in her honor: "Frederique's Choice Lily")
The late fashion designer Geoffrey Beene (1924 – 2004)…he would have been 99 (In honor of Beene's fashion legacy, the Council of Fashion Designers of America created the annual Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement award in 1984)
The late scientist Earnest Rutherford (1871 – 1937) (The father of nuclear physics who discovered that atoms have a positive charge located in a nucleus in 1911. He also developed the concept of radioactive half-life, which describes the exponential decay radioactive substances.)
The late author Mary Shelley (1797 – 1851) (“Frankenstein,” “The Last Man”) (FAST FACTS: She met famous poet Percy Shelley, her future husband and literary inspiration, when she was 17 and he was an already-married 22. She married Percy Shelley after bearing him an illegitimate child and after his first wife, Harriet, committed suicide.)
The late Apollo 13 astronaut Jack Swigert (1931 – 1982)…he would have been 92(After leaving NASA, he was elected to Congress from Colorado's new 6^th district, but died before being sworn in.)
The late baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams (1918 – 2002) (Red Sox outfielder who was selected to 19 All-Star games, won two American League MVP awards and batted .406 in 1941, one of the greatest hitting seasons ever. He led the AL in home runs four times, in batting average six times, and twice won the prestigious triple crown award, in 1942 and 1947. Outside of his amazing sports career, his death has been shrouded in controversy. He has been frozen in a cryonic state by his son – something his daughter said he didn’t want.)

August 31^st

Actors:

Julie Brown is 65 (“Earth Girls Are Easy,” “Clueless”)
Richard Gere is 74 (“American Gigolo,” “Pretty Woman”) (FAST FACT: His middle name is Tiffany)
Shar Jackson is 47 (“Good Burger,” “Moesha”) (FAST FACTS: Sure, many people may have also known her as Kevin Federline’s baby mama…but did you know that she’s got a bachelor's degree in psychology and master's degree in forensic science? Truth!)
Sara Ramirez is 48 (“Grey’s Anatomy”)
Chris Tucker is 52 (“Friday,” “Rush Hour” series)
The late James Coburn (1928 – 2002)…he would have been 95 (“The Magnificent Seven,” “Affliction”)
The late Buddy Hackett (1924 – 2003)…he would have been 99 (“The Music Man,” “It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”)

Musicians:

Kodaline’s Jason Boland is 36
Egyptian Lover is 60 (born Greg Broussard)
Deborah Gibson is 53
Van Morrison is 78 (away from the stage, he’s known as Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison)
Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil is 44
The Wallflowers’ bassist Greg Richling is 53
Tonic guitarist Jeff Russo is 54
The Go-Go’s drummer Gina Schock is 66
Tamara (of Trina and Tamara) is 46
Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook is 66
The late Buddy Holly and the Crickets drummer Jerry Allison (1939 – 2022)…he would have been 84

Plus:

The late Roman Emperor Caligula (12 AD – 41 AD) (Born Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, Caligula was a member of the house of rulers conventionally known as the Julio-Claudian dynasty. While he was described as a noble and moderate ruler during the first six months of his reign, something apparently snapped – and his legacy is one of cruelty, sadism, extravagance and sexual perversity, presenting him as an insane tyrant.)
The late teacher Maria Montessori (1870 – 1952) (Educational pioneer who created the Montessori method based on her belief that children are natural learners. Among other things, her method implements mixed age classrooms that allow children choice and freedom)

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