Actors:
Nicholas Brendon is 51 (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Criminal Minds”) (FAST FACTS: While once one of Hollywood’s brightest young stars, his career has been well-overshadowed since 2010 with a number of arrests. Most recently – August 2021 – Brendon was arrested in Terra Haute, Indiana on a host of charges, including obtaining a prescription by fraud).
Alicia Coppola is 54 (TV’s “Jericho,” film’s “National Treasure: Book of Secrets”)
Claire Danes is 43 (“My So-Called Life,” “Romeo + Juliet,” “Homeland”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to Hugh Dancy – who currently stars on NBC’s “Law & Order” – since 2009)
Shannen Doherty is 51 (“90210,” “Charmed”) (FAST FACT: She’s been fighting breast cancer, which spread to her lymphatic system since 2015. While she was in remission for a time, as of February 2020, it returned as stage IV breast cancer – also spread to other parts of her body.)
Andy Garcia is 66 (“The Godfather Part III,” “The Untouchables,” “Internal Affairs,” “When a Man Loves a Woman,” “Ocean's Eleven,” “Ocean's Twelve,” “Ocean's Thirteen,” “The Lost City”) (FAST FACT: He was born in Havana, Cuba)
Dan Lauria is 75 (“The Wonder Years,” “Independence Day,” “JAG,” “Big Momma’s House”)
Jennifer Morrison is 43 (“House M.D.,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Once Upon a Time”) (FAST FACT: She was engaged to her costar Jesse Spencer both in real life and on “House!” They didn’t make it to the altar, however. She also dated her “Once Upon A Time” costar Sebastian Stan from 2012 – 2013, but reportedly rekindled the relationship in 2016)
Ed O’Neill is 76 (“Married with Children,” “Modern Family)
Wayne Northrop is 75 (“Days of Our Lives”)
Riley Smith is 44 (“24,” “Joan of Arcadia,” “Motocrossed,” “Not Another Teen Movie,” “Bring it On,” “True Blood,” “The Messengers,” “Drive,” “Frequency”)
The late Ann Miller (1923-2004)…she would have been 99 (“Mulholland Drive,” “On the Town”)
Musicians:
Everclear frontman Art Alexakis is 60
Coldplay’s Guy Berryman is 44
Easton Corbin is 40
Vince Gill is 65 (FAST FACTS: He’s been married to Amy Grant since 2000 and playing with the Eagles since 2017)
Herbie Hancock is 82 (FAST FACTS: In July 2011, Hancock was named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the promotion of Intercultural Dialogue. In 2013 Hancock joined the University of California, Los Angeles faculty as a professor in the UCLA music department where he teaches jazz. Also in 2013, he was given the Kennedy Center Honors Award for achievement in the performing arts)
311 singer Nicholas Hexum is 52
Jessie James Decker is 34 (FAST FACT: She’s been married to New York Jets wide receiver Eric Decker since 2013)
Steppenwolf’s John Kay is 78
Panic! At The Disco’s Brendon Urie is 35
The late David Cassidy (1950 – 2017)…he would have been 72
The late Tiny Tim (1932 – 1996)…he would have been 90 (FAST FACT: Born Herbert Buckingham Khaury, he played under the name Tiny Tim after being booked at a club that loved shorter performers)
Plus:
Model Brooklyn Decker is 35 (FAST FACT: Named “Esquire” magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive in 2010)
TV personality David Letterman is 75
Celebrity kidlet True Thompson is 4 (The daughter ofKhloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson, her great-grandmother, MJ, reportedly suggested the name for the baby, as it was the middle name of both Khloe’s father, Robert Kardashian as well as her grandfather).
Author Scott Turow is 73 (“Presumed Innocent,” “Burden of Proof”)
The late author Tom Clancy (1947 – 2013)…he would have been 75 (“The Hunt for Red October,” “Clear and Present Danger,” “The Sum of All Fears”)
The late Author Beverly Cleary (1916 – 2021) (Created the Henry Huggins and Ramona series) (FAST FACT: She was named a living legend by the Library of Congress in 2000, she was one of America's most successful authors. At last check, 91-million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first was published in 1950)