May 5th
Actors:
- Henry Cavill is 38 (“The Tudors, “Man of Steel,” Blood Creek,” “Immortals,” “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”)
- John Rhys-Davies is 77 ("Raiders of the Lost Ark," “Sliders,” “Robin of Sherwood,” “The Living Daylights” “I, Claudius,” "Lord of the Rings,")
- Danielle Fishel is 40 (“Boy Meets World,” “Girl Meets World,” “The Dish,” “National Lampoon's Dorm Daze”)
- Richard E. Grant is 64 (“Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” “Downton Abbey,” “Girls,” “Game of Thrones,” Can You Ever Forgive Me”)
- Lance Henriksen is 81 (“Alien,” “Millennium,” “The Book of Daniel”)
- Michael Palin is 78 (“Monty Python” series, “A Fish Called Wanda”) (FAST FACT: He’s also a prolific travel host)
- Tina Yothers is 48 ("Family Ties," “Crash Course,” “Spunk: The Tonya Harding Story”)
- The late Tyrone Power(1914 – 1958)(“The Mark of Zorro,” “Blood and Sand,” “The Black Swan,” “Witness For The Prosecution,” “The Black Rose,” “Captain from Castile”)
- The late Roger Rees(1944 – 2015)…he would have been 77(“Cheers,” “Titanic,” "Boston Common," “The West Wing”)
Musicians:
- Adele is 33 (born Adele Laurie Blue Adkins)
- Parachute’s Will Anderson is 35
- Chris Brown is 32
- Craig David is 40
- Steve Stevens is 62
- The late country legend Tammy Wynette(1942 – 1998)…she would have been 79
Plus:
- Reality TV star (and sometime singer) Brooke Hogan is 33
- Writer/director Kurt Sutter is 61 (“Sons of Anarchy,” “The Shield”) (FAST FACT: He’s been married to Katey Sagal since 2004)
- Newsman Brian Williams is 62
- The late journalist Nellie Bly(1864 – 1922)(FAST FACTS: Nellie Bly is her journalistic pseudonym – her real name was Elizabeth Jane Cochran. She once faked insanity in order to do an investigative report on mental institutions – her work revolutionized investigative journalism)
- The late philosopher Karl Marx(1818 – 1883)(FAST FACTS: A political theorist who wrote the “Communist Manifesto,” his work with Frederick Engels produced a new philosophy of government and economics that would influence all of Russia and lead to many revolts.)