April 28th
Actors:
- Jessica Alba is 39 ("Dark Angel," “Sin City,” “Fantastic Four”)
- Penelope Cruz is 46 (“Blow,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” “Vanilla Sky,” “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” “Volver”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to Javier Bardem since 2010)
- Jorge Garcia is 47 (“Deck the Halls,” “Lost,” “Hawaii Five-0”)
- Nancy Lee Grahn is 64 (“General Hospital,” “Santa Barbara,” “7th Heaven”)
- Paul Guilfoyle is 71 (“Howard the Duck,” “Beverly Hills Cop II,” “CSI,” “Colony”)
- Samuel Larsen is 29 (“Glee’s” Joe Hart)
- Ann-Margret is 79 (“Any Given Sunday,” “Viva Las Vegas,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Tommy”) (FAST FACTS: Her singing and acting careers span five decades, starting in 1961; when she was initially billed as a female version of Elvis Presley. Among her many acting awards, she’s got four Golden Globes, and an Emmy)
- Mary McDonnell is 68 (“Dances with Wolves,” “Passion Fish,” “Battlestar Galactica,” “Independence Day,” “Donnie Darko,” “Major Crimes”)
- Bridget Moynahan is 49 (“I, Robot,” “Coyote Ugly,” “Blue Bloods”) (FAST FACTS: Before there was Gisele, Bridget was Tom Brady’s baby mama. In case you forgot, they had been dating from 2004-2006, and she had discovered she was plump with fetus AFTER they split. He had already begun dating Gisele, only to have the announcement of Bridget’s shortly thereafter. John, known as Jack, was born in August 2007)
- Elisabeth Rohm is 47 (“Angel,” ”Law and Order,” “The Last Ship”)
- Harry Shum, Jr. is 38 (“Step Up 2: The Streets,” “Step Up 3D,” “Glee,” “Shadowhunters”)
- Jenna Ushkowitz is 34 (“Glee,” “Yellow Fever”)
- The late Carolyn Jones(1930 – 1983)…she would have been 90(Morticia on “The Addams Family”)
- The late Bruno Kirby(1949 – 2006)…he would have been 71(“City Slickers,” “When Harry Met Sally,” “Good Morning, Vietnam,” “The Godfather Part II,” “Donnie Brasco”)
- The late Marcia Strassman(1948 – 2014) … she would have been72 (“Welcome Back, Kotter,” “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”) (FAST FACTS: She died in October, 2014 following a seven-year battle with breast cancer)
Musicians:
- Goodie Mob’s Big Gipp is 47 (born Cameron Gipp)
- Kim Gordon is 67
- Melanie Martinez is 25
- Nikko Smith is 38 (given name Osborne Earl Smith)
- Too Short is 54 (born Todd Anthony Shaw)
- Insane Clown Posse’s Violent J is 48 (his mama knows him as Joseph Bruce)
Plus:
- Golfer John Daly is 54
- Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is 60
- TV personality and comedian Jay Leno is 70
- “Property Brothers” Drew and Jonathan Scott are 42
- The late entrepreneur Ferruccio Lamborghini(1916 – 1993)(FAST FACTS: He started in oil heaters and air conditioning then went on to become the creator of the luxurious Lamborghini sports cars. He had discovered a problem with the clutch on his Ferrari, and he went to complain about it to its designer Enzo, who promptly turned Ferruccio away.)
- The late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein(1937 – 2006)…he would have been 83
- The late author Harper Lee(1926 – 2016)…she would have been 94(“To Kill A Mockingbird,” “Go Set A Watchman”) (FAST FACT: Born Nelle Harper Lee, she was a schoolmate and lifelong friend of Truman Capote. Awarded the 2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom for her “tremendous contribution to American literature and culture,” “To Kill A Mockingbird” is widely considered an American literary masterpiece.)
- The late President James Monroe(1758 – 1831)(FAST FACT: The fifth president of the United States and the final Founding Father to be elected to the office as well as the third to die on July 4th.)