August 20th
Actors:
- Amy Adams is 46 (“Catch Me If You Can,” “The Master,” “Enchanted,” “American Hustle”)
- Joan Allen is 64 (“Nixon,” “The Ice Storm,” “Face/Off,” “Pleasantville,” “The Bourne Supremacy,” “The Upside of Anger,” “The Bourne Ultimatum,” “Death Race,” “The Bourne Legacy,” “Room,” “The Family”)
- Ben Barnes is 39 (“The Chronicles of Narnia,” “The Big Wedding,” “Sons of Liberty”)
- Misha Collins is 46 (“Without a Trace,” “Supernatural”)
- Brant Daugherty is 35 (“Pretty Little Liars”)
- Billy Gardell is 51 (“Yes, Dear,” “You, Me and Dupree,” “Mike & Molly,” “Bob Hearts Abishola”)
- Andrew Garfield is 37 (“Lions for Lambs,” “The Social Network,” “The Amazing Spiderman,” “Hacksaw Ridge,” “Silence”)
- Peter Horton is 67 (“thirtysomething,” “The Wonder Years”)
- James Marsters is 58 (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel,” “Smallville,” “Torchwood,” “Caprica”)
- Alex Newell is 28 (“Glee’s” Wade)
- John Noble is 72 (“Fringe,” “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, “Sleepy Hollow,” “Elementary”)
- Meghan Ory is 38 (“Once Upon a Time,” “The Darklings”)
- Michael Rady is 39 (“The Mentalist,” “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” “Sleeper Cell,” “Greek”)
- Ray Wise is 73 (“Swamp Thing,” “RoboCop,” “Twin Peaks,” “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me” “Jeepers Creepers 2,” “24,” “Reaper,” “Fresh Off the Boat,” “American Horror Story”)
Musicians:
- Kirko Bangz is 31 (born Kirk Jerel Randle)
- Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst is 50
- John Hiatt is 68
- Demi Lovato is 28
- KRS-One is 55 (his birth name is Lawrence Parker)
- Chicago’s James Pankow is 73
- Robert Plant is 72
- 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 54
- The late Isaac Hayes(1942-2008) …he would have been 78
- The late Jim Reeves(1923-1964) … he would have been 97
Plus:
- Boxing promoter Don King is 89
- Former Texas Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul is 85
- Journalist, author and reality TV star Carole Radziwill is 57 (“The Real Housewives of New York City”)
- “Today Show” weatherman Al Roker is 66
- Film director David O. Russell is 62 (“The Fighter,” “Silver Linings Playbook”)
- The late 23rdU.S. President, Benjamin Harrison(1833-1901)(FAST FACT: He was the grandson of the ninth President, William Henry Harrison)
- The late author H. 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,” “The Love Machine,” “Once Is Not Enough”) (FAST FACT: Her 1966 work, “Valley of the Dolls,” remains one of the best-selling books of all time).