Famous Birthdays Today- Kevin Costner Is 65

By Seth Williams

January 18th

Actors:

  • Alison Arngrim is 58 (“Little House on the Prairie”)
  • Karan Brar is 21 (“Diary of a Wimpy Kid” movie series, “Good Luck Charlie,” “Jessie”)
  • Kevin Costner is 65 (“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 19 (“A.N.T. Farm” television series, “The Smart One”)
  • Sarah Gilman is 24 (“I Didn’t Do It,” “Kroll Show,” “Last Man Standing”)
  • Zane Holtz is 33 (“7 Minutes,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Grace Unplugged”)
  • Jesse L. Martin is 51 (“Rent,” “Law & Order,” “The Flash”)
  • Ashleigh Murray is 32 (“Riverdale”)
  • Maulik Pancholy is 46 (“30 Rock,” “Phineas and Ferb,” “Weeds”)
  • Mark Rylance is 60 (“Bridge of Spies,” “The Other Boleyn Girl”)
  • Jason Segel is 40 (“Freaks & Geeks,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “The Five-Year Engagement,” “Sex Tape”)
  • Becca Tobin is 34 (“Drop Dead Diva,” “Glee,” “Mystery Girls”)
  • Mateus Ward is 21 (“Hostages,” “Lab Rats,” “Weeds”)
  • Morgan York is 27 (“Cheaper by the Dozen,” “Hanna Montana,” “The Pacifier”)
  • 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 38
  • Christian Burns of BBMak is 46
  • DJ Quik is 50 (born as David Marvin Blake)
  • Korn’s Jonathan Davis is 49
  • Estelle is 40
  • Bobby Goldsboro is 79
  • Jason Gray is 48
  • Samantha Mumba is 37
  • Joanna Newsom is 38
  • The late David Ruffin(1941 - 1991) …he would have been 79

Plus:

  • The late electrical engineer Ray Dolby(1933 – 2013) …he would have been 87(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.)

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