August 7th
Actors:
- Tessa Allen is 24 (“Enough,” “Open House”)
- Tobin Bell is 78 (Best known for playing the serial killer Jigsaw in “Saw” movies)
- Chico Benymon is 46 (“Half & Half,” “Ali”)
- Maggie Castle is 37 (“The Time Traveler’s Wife,” “The Castle”)
- Abbie Cornish is 38 (“Limitless,” “Somersault”)
- David Duchovny is 60 (“The X-Files,” “Californication,” “Aquarius,” “Louder Than Words”)
- Francesca Eastwood is 27 (“True Crime,” “Jersey Boys”) (FAST FACT: Yes, Clint Eastwood is her dad…Frances Fisher is her mom)
- Helen Flanagan is 30 (Known for playing Rosie Webset in the soap opera “Coronation Street”)
- Liam James is 24 (“The Way Way Back,” “The Killing,” “The Family”)
- Eric Johnson is 41 (“Smallville,” “Flash Gordon,” “Rookie Blue”)
- Keahu Kahuanui is 34 (“Teen Wolf”)
- Wayne Knight is 65 (Newman in “Seinfeld,” “Jurassic Park,” “Toy Story 2”)
- David Mann is 54 (“Meet the Browns,” “Medea goes to Jail”)
- Michael Shannon is 46 (“Man of Steel” “Take Shelter”)
- Charlize Theron is 45 (“Mighty Joe Young,” “Cider House Rules,” “Monster,” “Prometheus,” “Snow White and the Huntsman)
- Randy Wayne is 39 (“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 93(“The Defiant Ones” “The Big Premiere”)
Musicians:
- Rodney Crowell is 70
- Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson is 62
- The Mavericks' Raul Malo is 55
- Michael Peterson is 61
- DJ Samantha Ronson is 43
- J. Thomas is 78
Plus:
- Humorist Garrison Keillor is 78
- Skeptic/magician James Randi is 92 (aka "The Amazing Randi")
- 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 91(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 92