Famous Birthdays Today- Isiah Thomas Is 59

By Seth Williams

April 30th

Actors:

  • Dianna Agron is 34 (“Glee,” “I Am Number Four,” “The Family,” “Zipper,” “Bare”) (FAST FACT: She was ranked number 3 ofShalom Life’slist of the top 50 most talented, intelligent, funny, and gorgeous Jewish women in the world.)
  • Kirsten Dunst is 38 (“Interview with the Vampire,” “Little Women,” “Jumanji,” “ER,” “Wag the Do,” “The Virgin Suicides,” “Drop Dead Gorgeous,” “Bring It On,” “Crazy/Beautiful,” “How to Lose Friends & Alienate People,” “Melancholia,” “Fargo”)
  • Gal Gadot is 35 (“Fast & Furious” series, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” “Wonder Woman”)
  • Johnny Galecki is 45 (“Roseanne,” “Suicide Kings,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “Bookies,” “The Big Bang Theory”)
  • Perry King is 72 (“Rip Tide,” “A Stranger in the Mirror,” “Melrose Place,” “The Day After Tomorrow”)
  • Cloris Leachman is 94 (“Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Facts of Life,” “Young Frankenstein,” “The Beverly Hillbillies,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Dancing with the Stars,” “Raising Hope”)
  • Kunal Nayyar is 39 (“The Big Bang Theory,” “Sullivan & Son”)
  • Adrian Pasdar is 55 (“Top Gun,” “Heroes,” “The Lying Game,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) (FAST FACT: Married to Dixie Chick Natalie Maines since 2000, she filed for divorce in July 2017...and they finally divorced in 2019after a contentious battle.)
  • Burt Young is 80 (“Rocky,” “The Gambler, Chinatown,” “Uncle Joe Shannon,” “Back to School,” “Baretta,” “Once Upon a Time in America,” “Convoy,” “The Sopranos”)
  • The late Eve Arden(1908 – 1990)(“Our Miss Brooks,” “Grease I,” “Grease II”)
  • The late Jill Clayburgh(1944 – 2010)…she would have been 76(“An Unmarried Woman,” “Bridesmaids”)
  • The late Al Lewis(1923 – 2006)…he would have been 97 (Grandpa on ‘The Munsters”)

Musicians:

  • Lloyd Banks is 38 (His mama calls him Christopher Charles Lloyd)
  • 3 Doors Down guitarist Chris Henderson is 49
  • Carolyn Dawn Johnson is 49
  • Willie Nelson is 87 (FAST FACT: When he joined the Air Force and received his birth certificate, the date was listed as April 30, 1933. However, his sister Bobbie Nelson and other family members are sure he was born shortly before midnight on April 29th– so we celebrate both!)
  • Dresden Dolls’ Amanda Palmer is 44
  • Dishwalla’s J.R. Richards is 53
  • The Mavericks’ Robert Reynolds is 58
  • 98 Degrees’ Jeff Timmons is 47
  • Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon is 39
  • The Toadies’ Clark Vogeler is 51
  • The late Bobby Vee(1943 – 2016)…he would have been 77

Plus:

  • Director Jane Campion is 66 (“The Piano”) (FAST FACT: In 1993, she became the first woman to win the prestigious Palme d’Or at theCannes Film Festival)
  • Celebrity kids Monroe and Moroccan Cannon are 9 (The bouncing babes of Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon)
  • Hall of Fame Detroit Pistons point guard Isiah Thomas is 59 (FAST FACTS: He led the team to back-to-back NBA Championships in 1989 and 1990; 12-time NBA All-Star and 3-time All-NBA First Team selection)
  • Lars Von Trier is 64 (“Dogville,” “Breaking The Waves,” “Melancholia”)
  • The late TV personality Gary Collins(1938 – 2012)…he would have been 82

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