January 18th
Actors:
- Alison Arngrim is 60(“Little House on the Prairie”)
- Karan Brar is 23 (“Diary of a Wimpy Kid” movie series, “Good Luck Charlie,” “Jessie”)
- Kevin Costner is 67 (“The Untouchables,” “Bull Durham,” “Field of Dreams,” “Dances with Wolves,” “Wyatt Earp,” “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” “The Bodyguard,” “Waterworld,” “Hatfields & McCoys,” “Molly’s Game”)
- Claire Engler is 21 (“A.N.T. Farm” television series, “The Smart One”)
- Sarah Gilman is 26 (“I Didn’t Do It,” “Kroll Show,” “Last Man Standing”)
- Zane Holtz is 35 (“7 Minutes,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Grace Unplugged”)
- Jesse L. Martin is 53 (“Rent,” “Law & Order,” “The Flash”)
- Ashleigh Murray is 34 (“Riverdale”)
- Maulik Pancholy is 48 (“30 Rock,” “Phineas and Ferb,” “Weeds”)
- Mark Rylance is 62 (“Bridge of Spies,” “The Other Boleyn Girl”)
- Jason Segel is 42 (“Freaks & Geeks,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “The Five-Year Engagement,” “Sex Tape”)
- Becca Tobin is 36 (“Drop Dead Diva,” “Glee,” “Mystery Girls”)
- Mateus Ward is 23 (“Hostages,” “Lab Rats,” “Weeds”)
- Morgan York is 29 (“Cheaper by the Dozen,” “Hanna Montana,” “The Pacifier”)
- Zeeko Zaki is 32 (“FBI,” “24: Legacy”)
- The late Cary Grant(1904 - 1986)(“Charade,” “Father Goose,” “Walk Don’t Run”)
- The late Danny Kaye(1911 - 1987)(“White Christmas,” “The Kid From Brooklyn,” “The Madwoman of Chailot,” “On the Double”) (FAST FACT: He was the first ambassador-at-large of UNICEF in 1954 and received the French Legion of Honour in 1986 for his years of work with the organization.)
- The late Oliver Hardy(1892 - 1957)(“The Fighting Kentuckian,” “Utopia,” “Riding High”) (As half of Laurel and Hardy, he appeared with his comedy partner Stan Laurel in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles. Their classic double act, which began in the era of silent films, lasted 25 years, from 1927 to 1951.)
Musicians:
- The Used’s Quinn Allman is 40
- Christian Burns of BBMak is 48
- Mark Collie is 66
- DJ Quik is 52 (born as David Marvin Blake)
- Korn’s Jonathan Davis is 51
- Estelle is 42
- Bobby Goldsboro is 81
- Jason Gray is 50
- Samantha Mumba is 39
- Joanna Newsom is 40
- The late David Ruffin(1941 - 1991) …he would have been 81
Plus:
- Comedian Dave Attell (“Insomniac”) is 57
- The late electrical engineer Ray Dolby(1933 – 2013) …he would have been 89(FAST FACT: inventor of the Dolby sound system)
- The late author A. A. Milne(“Winnie-the-Pooh”) (1882 - 1956)(FAST FACT: Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work.)
- The late Dr. Daniel Hale Williams(1856 - 1931)(FAST FACT: An African American, at the time that he graduated from medical school, black doctors were not allowed to work in Chicago hospitals. As a result, in 1891, he founded Chicago’s Provident Hospital and training school for nurses in the Windy City – it was the first non-segregated hospital in the United States. The son of a the son of a black barber and a Scots-Irish woman, he also performed the first pericardium surgery to repair a wound in 1893.)