Birthdays - August 1 - 15

August 9^th

Actors:

• Gillian Anderson is 54 (“The X Files,” “House of Mirth,” “Bleak House,” “Hannibal,” “The Spy Who Dumped Me”)
• Eric Bana is 54 (“Star Trek,” “The Hulk,” “Finding Nemo,” “Lone Survivor”)
• Amanda Bearse is 64 (“Married…With Children,” “The Big Gay Sketch Show”)
• Jessica Capshaw is 46 (“The Practice,” “Grey’s Anatomy”)
• Sam Elliott is 78 (“Mask,” “Tombstone,” “Road House,” “Gettysburg,” “The Big Lebowski,” “The Hulk,” “Up in the Air,” 2018’s “A Star Is Born”)
• Melanie Griffith is 65 (“Body Double,” “Something Wild,” “Working Girl,” “Lolita,” “Autómata,” “The Disaster Artist”)
• Ashley Johnson is 39 (“Recess,” “Growing Pains,” “Blindspot”)
• Anna Kendrick is 37 (“Camp,” “Twilight,” “Up in the Air,” “Pitch Perfect” series, “Into the Woods”)
• Thomas Lennon is 52 (new “The Odd Couple,” “Reno 911!,” “Sean Saves The World,” “The Odd Couple”)
• Kevin McKidd is 49 (“Made of Honor,” “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” “Grey’s Anatomy”)
• David Steinberg is 80 (“The David Steinberg Show,” “Switching Goals” “Inside Comedy”)
• Audrey Tautou is 46 (“Amélie,” “The Da Vinci Code”)
• The late Robert Shaw (1927-1978)…he would have been 95 (“Jaws,” “The Sting,” “A Man For All Seasons”)

Musicians:

• Juanes is 50
• Kurtis Blow is 63 (His birth name, Kurtis Walker)
• R5’s Rydel Lynch is 29
• Mack 10 is 51 (given name Dedrick D'Mon Rolison)
• Third Eye Blind bassist Arion Salazar is 52
• The late Whitney Houston (1963-2012) … she would have been 59 (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 94 (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 52
• Fashion designer Michael Kors is 63
• Television personality and Today Show co-host Hoda Kotb is 58
• Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders is 55 (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 Boxing Hall of Fame boxer Ken Norton (1943-2013) …he would have been 79 (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 63 (“The Executioner’s Song,” “Desperately Seeking Susan,” “Big Blue,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Crash,” “Ray Donovan”)
• Antonio Banderas is 62 (“Desperado,” “Assassins,” “Evita,” “Interview with the Vampire,” “Philadelphia,” “Desperado,” “The Mask of Zorro,” “The Expendables 3,” “Spy Kids,” “Shrek,” "Puss in Boots”)
• Ryan Eggold is 38 (“90210,” “Sons of Liberty,” “The Blacklist,” “The Blacklist: Redemption”)
• Joanna Garcia is 43 (“Reba,” “Privileged,” “Once Upon a Time,” “The Astronaut Wives Club”)
• Angie Harmon is 50 (“Baywatch Nights,” “Law and Order,” “Womens Murder Club,” “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 35 (“CSI: Cyber”)
• Lucas Till is 32 (“The Hannah Montana Movie” Taylor Swift’s love interest in the “You Belong With Me” music video, “X-Men: First Class,” the last CBS “MacGyver” reboot)
• Justin Theroux is 51 (“Mulholland Drive,” “The District,” “Six Feet Under,” “The Leftovers,” “The Spy Who Dumped Me”) (FAST FACTS: He is also a screenwriter whose works include “Tropic Thunder,” “Iron Man 2,” “Rock of Ages,” “Zoolander 2.”)
• The late Lynn Cohen (1933 -2020)...she would have been 89 (“Sex and the City,” “Nurse Jackie,” “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 75
• INXS drummer Jon Farriss is 61
• Jennifer Hanson is 49 (FAST FACT: She was Miss California 1994)
• Jacob Latimore is 26
• Diamond Rio's Gene Johnson is 73
• The late Jimmy Dean (1928-2010) …he would have been 94 (FAST FACTS: He founded the Jimmy Dean Sausage Company with his brother Don in 1969. The company did well, in part because of Dean's own commercials. In fact, the company’s success led to its acquisition in 1984 by Consolidated Foods – later renamed the Sara Lee Corporation. Here’s where it gets funky. Dean stayed on as spokesperson for the company, but the new corporation immediately began phasing him out of any management duties. The ultimate kick in the teeth? Sara Lee dumped him as the spokesman for the sausage brand in 1994 – because he was too old).
• The late Eddie Fisher (1928-2010) …he would have been 94 (FAST FACTS: He became an infamous Hollywood lothario when he dumped “America’s Sweetheart” Debbie Reynolds for Elizabeth Taylor in 1959 – and becoming her fourth husband. After splitting from her in 1964, he went on to marry three more times. His celebrity progeny includes his late daughter Carrie Fisher, daughter Joely Fisher and granddaughter Billie Lourd)
• The late ‘Righteous Brother’ Bobby Hatfield (1940-2003)
• The late Ronnie Spector (1943 – 2022)…she would have been 79

Plus:

• Boxing champ Riddick Bowe is 55 (In 2010, “BoxingScene” ranked Bowe the 21^st greatest heavyweight of all time.)
• Author Suzanne Collins is 60 (“The Underland Chronicles,” “Hunger Games”)
• Reality star Kylie Jenner is 25 (“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 80
• Reality star “Mama” June Shannon is 43 (“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 55 (“The Brothers,” “V.I.P.,” “Malcolm & Eddie,” “Spider-Man”)
• Embeth Davidtz is 57 (“Schindler’s List,” “Matilda,” “Californication,” “Mad Men”)
• Viola Davis is 57 (“Doubt,” “The Help,” “Suicide Squad,” “How to Get Away With Murder,” “Fences,” “Ma Rainey's Black Bottom”) (FAST FACTS: “Time” magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012, 2017, and in 2020. The only the only African-American to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting (two Prime Time Emmys, two Tonys AND an Oscar…she’s also the most-nominated Black actress in Oscar history. The “New York Times” has also ranked her ninth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21^st century)
• Anna Gunn is 54 (“The Practice,” “Deadwood,” “Breaking Bad”)
• Will Friedle is 46 (Eric on “Boy Meets World,” “Girl Meets World”)
• Chris Hemsworth is 39 (“Star Trek,” “Red Dawn,” “In the Heart of the Sea,” “Thor: The Dark World ,” “Ghostbusters,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Doctor Strange,” “Thor: Ragnarok”) (FAST FACT: He’s been married to Elsa Pataky since 2010, with whom he shares three children. And while he once lived in Los Angeles, he and the fam headed back ‘Down Under’ to his native Australia in 2015 as he’s got enough star power to secure film work wherever he lives.)
• Rob Kerkovich is 43 (“NCIS: New Orleans,” “Cloverfield,” “The Rebound”)
• Ian McDiarmid is 78 (Emperor Palpatine and Darth Sidious in the “Star Wars” film series)
• Sophie Okenedo is 54 (“Hotel Rwanda,” “Æon Flux,” “Secret Life of Bees,” “Tsunami: The Aftermath”)
• Alyson Stoner is 29 (“Cheaper By The Dozen,” “Cheaper by the Dozen,” “Cheaper by the Dozen 2,” “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody,” “Camp Rock,” “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam,” “Step Up” franchise)
• The late Arlene Dahl (1925 – 2021)…she would have been 97 (“Reign of Terror,” “Three Little Words,” “What’s My Line?”) (FAST FACT: Lorenzo Lamas is her son)

Musicians:

• Eric Carmen is 73
• John Conlee is 76
• Alabama Shakes guitarist Heath Fogg is 38 (that’s according to AP)
• Gemma Hayes is 45
• Manfred Man’s Mike Hugg is 82
• B2K’s J-Boog (born Jarell Damonte Houston Sr.) is 37
• Joe Jackson is 68
• Guess Who bassist Jim Kale is 79 (so says Wiki)
• A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad is 52
• The Sugarcubes’ Bragi Olafsson is 60
• Asher Roth is 37
• Charlie Sexton is 54

Plus:

• Wrestler Hulk Hogan (born Terry Gene Bollea) is 69
• Entrepreneur Steve Wozniak is 72 (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 47 (“Tower Heist,” “Good Will Hunting,” “Oceans” trilogy, “Manchester By The Sea”) (FAST FACT: He’s Ben Affleck’s younger brother.)
• Michael Ian Black is 51 (“Trust Me, I’m a Game Show Host,” “Ed,” “Viva Variety,” “Stella,” “Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp”)
• Jim Beaver is 72 (“Deadwood,” “Supernatural,” “Justified”)
• Erin Bethea is 40 (“Facing the Giants,” “Fireproof”)
• Yvette Nicole Brown is 51 (“Chuck,” “House,” “Community,” “The Odd Couple”) (FAST FACT: She is a SUPERfan of “The Walking Dead”)
• Cara Delevingne is 30 (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 29 (“Reign Over Me,” “Everybody Hates Chris”)
• George Hamilton is 83 (“Where the Boys Are,” “Love at First Bite,” “Zorro, The Gay Blade” (FAST FACT: He and his ex, Alanna Stewart, once embarked on a reality TV adventure for E!)
• Sam J. Jones is 68 (“Flash Gordon,” “The A-Team,” “Ted,” “Ted 2”)
• Maggie Lawson is 42 (“Model Behavior,” “Psych,” “Two and a Half Men”)
• Leah Pipes is 34 (“Sorority Row,” “Life is Wild,” “The Originals”)
• Dominique Swain is 42 (“Lolita,” “Face/Off,” “Briar Patch”) (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,” “Lost Horizon,” She was also know as ‘Amanda Grayson,’ Spock’s human mother on “Star Trek”)

Musicians:

• Kid Creole is 72 (born August Darnell)
• Culture Club’s Roy Hay is 61
• Mark Knopfler is 73 (FAST FACT: His middle name is Freuder)
• Pat Metheny is 68
• Sir Mix-A-Lot (born Anthony Ray) is 59
• Relient K’s Matt Thiessen is 42
• The late Buck Owens (1929-2006) …he would have been 93
• The late Porter Wagoner (1927-2007) … he would have been 95

Plus:

• Former NFL wide receiver Plaxico Burress is 45 (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 51 (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”) (FAST FACTS: Between 1913 and 1956, he made seventy features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the Hollywood film industry)
• The late producer/director John Derek (1926 – 1998)…he would have been 96 (FAST FACTS: He directed his second wife Ursula Andress in two films, and third wife Linda Evans in one. He also worked as a director of four films with fourth wife, Bo Derek, in “10” and “Ghosts Can't Do It,” which was his last turn in the director's chair)
• The late author Walter Dean Myers (1937 – 2014)…he would have been 85 (“Fallen Angels,” “Hoops”) (FAST FACTS: He wrote more than 100 books including picture books and nonfiction. He won the Coretta Scott King Award for African-American authors five times. His 1988 novel, “Fallen Angels,” is one of the books most frequently challenged in the U.S. because of its adult language and its realistic depiction of the Vietnam War)

August 13^th

Actors:

• Danny Bonaduce is 63 (“The Partridge Family”)
• Debi Mazar is 58 (“Entourage” “Goodfellas”)
• John Slattery is 60 (“Mad Men,” ”Desperate Housewives”)
• Sebastian Stan is 40 (“Gossip Girl,” “Kings,” “Once Upon a Time,” “Political Animals,” “Captain America”)
• Kevin Tighe is 78 (“The Graduate,” “Emergency!,” “Road House,” “Lost”)
• The late actor Pat Harrington (1929-2016)…he would have been 93 (“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 49
• James Morrison is 38
• Lennon Stella (of the Stella Sisters) is 23
• The late Dan Fogelberg (1951-2007) …he would have been 71
• The late Don Ho (1930-2007) …he would have been 92

Plus:

• Comedian Jeff Altman is 71 (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 61
• Fox News correspondent Adam Housley is 51 (FAST FACT: He’s been married to Tamera Mowry since 2011)
• Former Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders is 89 (Born Minnie Lee Jones, she was the first African American appointed as Surgeon General of the United States. Best known for her frank discussion of her views on controversial issues such as drug legalization and distributing contraception in schools, she was forced to resign in December 1994 amidst controversy as a result of those views.)
• Composer Koji Kondo (composed soundtracks for classic Nintendo video games, including “Super Mario” and “Legend of Zelda”) is 61
• The late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro (1926 – 2016)…he would have been 96
• 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) (Born Phoebe Ann Mosey, she was a sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill's “Wild West Show.” She also earned her rep with achievements such as consistently shooting a playing card edge-on from 30-yards away)
• 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 54 (“Forever Knight,” “Rookie Blue”)
• Catherine Bell is 54 (“Death Becomes Her,” “JAG,” “Army Wives,” “Good Witch”)
• Halle Berry is 56 (“Boomerang,” “The Flintstones,” “Bulworth,” “Introducing Dorothy Dandridge,” “Monster’s Ball,” “Swordfish,” “Die Another Day,” “Cloud Atlas,” “X Men” series, “Cloud Atlas”)
• Christopher Gorham is 48 (“Ugly Betty,” “Harper’s Island,” “Harper's Island,” “Covert Affairs,” “Once Upon a Time”)
• Marcia Gay Harden is 63 (“Miller's Crossing,” “Used People,” “The First Wives Club,” “Pollock,” “Mystic River,” “Space Cowboys,” “The Invisible,” “The Newsroom,” “Trophy Wife,” “Fifty Shades” trilogy, “Code Black”)
• Jackeé Harry is 66 (“227,” “Sister, Sister,” “Everybody Hates Chris,” “Let’s Stay Together,” “The First Family,” “Girl Meets World”)
• Susan Saint James is 76 (“McMillan and Wife,” “Love At First Bite,” “Kate & Allie,” “Suits”)
• Mila Kunis is 39 (“That 70s Show,” “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “Max Payne,” “The Book of Eli,” “Friends with Benefits,” “Black Swan,” “Oz the Great and Powerful,” “Blood Ties,” “Jupiter Ascending,” “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 61 ("Brady Bunch's" Cindy Brady)
• Marsai Martin is 18 (“blackish”)
• Steve Martin is 77 (“The Jerk,” “Cheaper by the Dozen,” “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid,” “Pennies From Heaven,” “All of Me,” “Three Amigos,” “Pink Panther,” “Roxanne,” “My Blue Heaven,” “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” “Father of the Bride,” “Parenthood,” “Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk”) (FAST FACT: He has hosted “Saturday Night Live” 15 times, second only to Alec Baldwin, who has hosted 17 times.)
• Lamorne Morris is 39 (“New Girl”)
• The late Alice Ghostley (1923-2007) …she would have been 99 (“Bewitched,” “Mayberry R.F.D.,” “Designing Women”)

Musicians:

• NRBQ keyboardist Terry Adams is 74
• Sarah Brightman is 62
• Atlantic Starr’s Sharon Bryant is 66
• Third Eye Blind’s Kevin Cadogan is 52
• Seals & Crofts’ Darrell “Dash” Crofts is 84
• David Crosby is 81
• The Replacements’ Slim Dunlap is 71
• Sly and the Family Stone’s Larry Graham is 76
• Connie Smith is 81

Plus:

• Reality TV star Spencer Pratt (“The Hills”) is 39
• Author Danielle Steel is 75 (“Passion’s Promise,” “Now and Forever”) (FAST FACT: She’s currently the bestselling author alive and the fourth bestselling fiction author of all time, with over 800-million copies sold. Her books have been translated into 43 languages, with 22 adapted for television, including two that have received Golden Globe nominations.)
• Basketball legend Magic Johnson is 63 (FAST FACTS: He was a five time NBA champion, three time Finals MVP and three time NBA MVP. He’s also a two-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame—being enshrined in 2002 for his individual career, and again in 2010 as a member of the "Dream Team.”)
• Cartoonist Gary Larson is 72 (“The Far Side”)
• NFL quarterback-turned-major league baseball player-turned QB-turned ESPN anaylst Tim Tebow is 35

August 15^th

Actors:

• Quinton Aaron is 38 (“Be Kind Rewind,” “The Blind Side”)
• Ben Affleck is 50 (“Dazed and Confused,” “Chasing Amy,” “Dogma, “Good Will Hunting,” “Armageddon,” “Daredevil,” “Gigli,” “Forces of Nature,” “Pearl Harbor,” “Changing Lanes,” “Batman,” “Argo,” “The Accountant”) (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 52 (“Law & Order,” “The Shield,” “The Departed,” “Transformers,” “Scream 4,” “blackish”)
• Maddie Corman is 52 (“Seven Minutes in Heaven,” “Some Kind of Wonderful,” “The Adventures of Ford Fairlane,” “Nurse Jackie,” “Girls”)
• Tess Harper is 72 (“Crimes of the Heart,” “Flashpoint,” “Ishtar,” “Far North,” “No Country for Old Men,” “Breaking Bad”)
• Natasha Henstridge is 48 (“Species” series, “The Whole Nine Yards,” “The Whole Ten Yards,” “It Had to Be You,” “Ghosts of Mars,” “Eli Stone,” “The Secret Circle”)
• Peter Hermann is 55 (“Guiding Light,” “United 93”)
• Emily Kinney is 37 (“The Walking Dead,” “Masters of Sex,” “The Flash,” “Arrow”)
• Jennifer Lawrence is 32 (“X-Men: First Class,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” “American Hustle,” “Hunger Games” series, “Joy”) (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 54 (“A Walk in the Clouds,” “The Mothman Prophecies,” “Will & Grace,” “The Starter Wife,” “Smash,” “The Mysteries of Laura”)
• Rondell Sheridan is 64 (“That’s So Raven,” “Cory in the House”)
• The late Mike Connors (1925-2017)…he would have been 97 (“Tightrope,” “Mannix,” “The Day The World Ended,” “War and Remembrance,” “Two and A Half Men”)
• The late Rose Marie (1923 – 2017)…she would have been 99 (Sally Rogers on “The Dick Van Dyke Show”)

Musicians:

• The Vamps’ Tristan Evans is 28
• Switchfoot’s bassist Tim Foreman is 44
• Boyzone’s Michael Graham is 50
• The Miracles’ Billy Griffin is 72
• Joe Jonas (Jonas Brothers and DNCE) is 33
• Chief Keef (his given name, Keith Cozart) is 27
• Big Time Rush’s Carlos PenaVega is 33
• A Day To Remember’s Alex Shelnutt is 32
• The late Nipsey Hussle (born Ermias Asghedom) (1985 – 2019)…he would have been 37

Plus:

• Princess Anne, the daughter of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II, is 72
• Chef/restaurateur and “Top Chef” judge Tom Colicchio is 60
• Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee is 78
• Celebrity stylist and reality star Brad Goreski is 45
• Three-time Beach volleyball Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh-Jennings is 44 (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)