Actors:
Bill Cosby is 86 (“The Cosby Show,” “I Spy”)
Anna Friel is 47 (“Timeline,” “Pushing Daisies”)
Topher Grace is 45 (“That 70s Show,” “Spider Man 3”)
Steve Howey is 46 (“Reba,” “Shameless”)
Cheryl Ladd is 72 (“Charlie’s Angels,” “Poison Ivy”)
Michelle Rodriguez is 45 (“The Fast and the Furious” series, “Avatar”)
Phoebe Tonkin is 34 (“Tomorrow, When the War Began,” “Vampire Diaries”)
The late Charlie Murphy (1959 – 2017)…he would have been 64 (“Night at the Museum,” “Chappelle’s Show”)
Musicians:
Sandi Patty is 67
Dream Theater’s John Petrucci is 56
The Band Perry’s Kimberly Perry is 40
Soul Asylum’s Dan Murphy is 61
Tracie Spencer is 47
Gin Blossoms’ Robin Wilson is 58
Plus:
Author Joan Bauer is 72 (“Backwater,” “Hope Was Here”)
Comedienne/TV personality Loni Love is 52 (“The Real”)
Fitness guru Richard Simmons is 75 (born Milton Teagle Simmons)
Olympic gold medal figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi is 52 (She’s the 1992 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion – 1991 and 1992 – and the 1992 U.S. champion. As a pairs skater with Rudy Galindo, she is the 1988 World Junior champion and a two-time national champion – 1989 and 1990. In December 2005, she was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. In 2008, Yamaguchi became the celebrity champion in the sixth season of “Dancing with the Stars”)
Peace activist Malala Yousafzai is 26 (FAST FACTS: She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate history and is dedicated to the cause of educating girls around the world.)
The late scientist George Washington Carver (1864-1943) (FAST FACTS: He researched alternative crops to cotton like peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes. He met with three U.S. presidents about his inventions, which was rare for an African American at the time.) (OF NOTE: This birthdate has been floating around the Internet for some time, but as he was born into slavery, no one’s really sure about his date of birth)
The late Chilean poet, diplomat and Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) (“Residencia en la Tierra,” “El Habitante y su Esperanza”)
The late author/philosopher/naturalist Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) (A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book, “Walden,” which is seen as a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. His essay, "Civil Disobedience" – originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government" – was an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.)
The late artist Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) (FAST FACTS: He also illustrated novels including “Treasure Island” and “The Last of the Mohicans.”)
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