Actors:
Essence Atkins is 52 (“Half & Half,” “Are We There Yet?”)
Jason Gedrick is 59 (“Murder One,” “Major Crimes”)
Jake Goldberg is 28 (“Grown Ups,” “Choose”)
Eddie Izzard (aka Suzy Izzard) is 62 (“Ocean's Twelve,” “Shadow of the Vampire”)
Ashton Kutcher is 46 (“That ‘70s Show,” “The Butterfly Effect”) (FAST FACTS: When he was 13, he considered saving his brothers life with a heart transplant by committing suicide. He’s been married to Mila Kunis since 2015)
Tina Majorino is 39 (“Napoleon Dynamite,” “Veronica Mars”)
James Spader is 64 (“The Secretary,” “Boston Legal”)
The late Buster Crabbe (1908 – 1983) (“Flash Gordon,” "Buck Rogers”) (FAST FACT: He won the 1932 Olympic gold medal for 400-meter freestyle swimming event before breaking into acting.)
The late Miguel Ferrer (1955 – 2017)…he would have been 69 (“RoboCop,” “Iron Man 3”)
Musicians:
Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland is 49
Garth Brooks is 62
Bon Jovi’s David Bryan is 62
The late Brian Travers from the UB40s (1959 – 2021) he would have been 65
The late Bronski Beat’s Steve Bronski (1960 – 2021)…he would have been 64
The late Jimmy Greenspoon (of Three Dog Night) (1948 – 2015)…he would have been 76
Plus:
Comedian Emo Philips is 68
Funnyman Chris Rock is 59
Author/journalist Gay Talese is 92 (FAST FACT: He worked at “The New York Times” during World War II, and accused the newspaper of keeping news about the Holocaust off the front page so as not to seem like a Jewish newspaper. Talese wrote: “The ‘New York Times’ does not wish to be thought of as a “Jewish newspaper,” which indeed it is not, and it will bend over backwards to prove this point, forcing itself at times into unnatural positions, contorted by compromise, balancing both sides, careful not to offend, wishing to be accepted and respected for what it is—a good citizen’s newspaper, law-abiding and loyal, solidly in support of the best interests of the nation in peace and war.”)
Comedian Robert Smigel is 64 (also Triumph the Insult Comic Dog)
NBA point guard Isaiah Thomas Jr. is 35
The late voicist Wayne Allwine (1947-2009)…he would have been 77 (the voice of Mickey Mouse)
The late inventor John Deere (1804 – 1886) (A blacksmith, he was a pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements)
The late author Charles Dickens (1812-1870) (FAST FACT: He introduced the words “butter-fingers,” “crossfire,” “dustbin,” “fairy story,” “slow-coach,” and “whoosh” to the English language.)
The late author Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) (FAST FACT: She only started writing her famed “Little House” series when she was 65)