Singer Chaka Khan Celebrates 71st Birthday Today

Actors:

Hope Davis is 60 (“About Schmidt,” “Six Degrees”)

Catherine Keener is 65 (“40 Year Old Virgin,” “Being John Malkovich”)

Michelle Monaghan is 48 (“Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,” “True Detective”)

Vanessa Morgan is 32 (“My Babysitter’s a Vampire,” “Finding Carter”)

Randall Park is 50 (“Veep,” “Wandavision”) (FAST FACTS: he won an award for Best Actor at the NBC Shortcuts Film Festival for his performance in the short film, “Blueberry,” which he wrote as well)

Amanda Plummer is 67 (“Pulp Fiction,” “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”)

Keri Russell is 48 (“Felicity,” “Mission: Impossible III”) (FAST FACTS: her first major role was through Disney’s the Mickey Mouse Club)

Steven Strait is 38 (“Magic City,” The Expanse”)

Olivia Stuck is 25 (“Kirby Buckets,” “Girl Meets World”)

Nicholle Tom is 46 (“Beethoven,” “The Nanny”)

The late Joan Crawford (1904 or 1908…it’s been disputed for years – 1977) (“Grand Hotel,” “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane”) (FAST FACT: In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Crawford tenth on its list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema) 

Musicians:

Blur’s Damon Albarn is 56 (He also sings in the virtual band Gorillaz)

Brett Eldredge is 38 (FAST FACTS: he was named New Artist of the Year at the 2014 CMA Awards)

The Nixons’ drummer John Humphrey is 54

Chaka Khan is 71 (Widely known as the Queen of Funk, Khan has won ten GRAMMYS and has sold an estimated 70-million records worldwide. Khan was ranked at number 17 in VH1's original list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll.)

Marshall Dyllon singer Paul Martin is 46

OMG Girlz’s Breaunna “Miss Baby Doll” Womack is 29

Brett Young is 43 

Plus:

Princess Eugenie [[YOO-zhen-AY]] of York is 34 (She’s youngest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson…sister to Princess Beatrice of York...and she’s already welcomed her first child – a son – with hubs Jack Brooksbank)

Comedian Russell Howard is 44 (“Russell Howard’s Good News” and “Mock The Week”)

NBA Hall of Famer Jason Kidd is 51 (Previously a point guard in the NBA, Kidd was a ten-time NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA First Team member, and a nine-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. He’s also a two-time Olympic Gold Medal winner during his pro career, as part of Team USA in 2000 and 2008. He was inducted as a player into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.)

Celebrity gossip columnist Perez Hilton is 46 (FAST FACTS: He founded one of the most popular celebrity news blogs in history, com)

Comedian Reggie Watts is 52

Music Producer Mike WiLL Made-It is 35 (FAST FACTS: he’s produced hit songs such as 2 Chainz’ “No Lies” and Miley Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop”)

The late Japanese director Akira Kurosawa (1910 – 1998) (FAST FACTS: An icon in the film world, he directed 30 films including the epics of “Rashomon” and “Seven Samurai.” He is referenced as one of history’s most important filmmakers)

NBA Hall of Famer Moses Malone (1955 – 2015) …he would have been 69 (FAST FACTS: He was the first player to go directly to the NBA from high school and from there, played for the NBA from 1974 through 1995. He was named MVP three times and was a 12-time NBA All-Star and an eight-time All-NBA Malone won his only NBA championship in 1983, when he was both the league and Finals MVP with the Philadelphia 76ers. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2001)

The late comedian John Pinette (1964 – 2014) …he would have been 60

 


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