Famous Birthdays Today- Derek Jeter Is 46

By Seth Williams

June 26th

Actors:

  • Robert Davi is 69 (“The Goonies,” “Die Hard,” “Showgirls,” “Licence To Kill,” “Profiler,” “The Expendables 3”)
  • Sean Hayes is 50 (“Will & Grace,” “Sean Saves The World”) (FAST FACT: He saved a man's life in 2001 after he had been shot and robbed. He never sought publicity for the act of kindness – he was outed by the victim.)
  • Matt Letscher is 50 ("Good Morning, Miami," “The Carrie Diaries”)
  • Jeanette McCurdy is 28 (“iCarly,” “Victorious,” “Sam & Cat,” “What's Next for Sarah?,” “ Between”)
  • Mark McKinney is 61 ("Kids in the Hall," “Brain Candy,” “1995 to 1997,” “Slings and Arrows,” “Superstore,” “Man Seeking Woman”)
  • Chris O'Donnell is 50 (“Batman Forever,” “Grey's Anatomy,” “Vertical Limit,” “The Company,” “NCIS: Los Angeles”)
  • Nick Offerman is 50 (“21 Jump Street,” “George Lopez,” “Childrens Hospital,” “Parks and Recreation,” “Fargo”)
  • Aubrey Plaza is 36 (“Funny People,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” “10 Years,” “Parks and Recreation” “The To Do List,” “Dirty Grandpa,” “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates,” “Safety Not Guaranteed,” “Criminal Minds”)
  • Jason Schwartzman is 40 ("Rushmore," “I Heart Huckabees,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “Moonrise Kingdom”) (FAST FACT: His uncle is the famous director Francis Coppola)
  • The late Peter Lorre(1904 – 1964)(“Casablanca,” “The Maltese Falcon,” “M,” “Casino Royale”)
  • The late Eleanor Parker(1922-2013)…she would have been 98(“The Sound of Music” “Saramouche”)

Musicians:

  • The 5thDimension’s Billy Davis, Jr. is 82
  • EMF’s Mark Decloedt is 51
  • Ariana Grande is 27
  • Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood is 51
  • Chris Isaak is 64
  • The Clash’s Mick Jones is 65
  • Berlin’s Terri Nunn is 59
  • Patty Smyth is 63 (FAST FACT: She’s been married to John McEnroe since 1997)
  • OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder is 41
  • Gretchen Wilson is 47

Plus:

  • MLB champ Derek Jeter is 46 (A five-time World Series champion, Jeter is regarded as a central figure of the Yankees' success of the late 1990s and early 2000s for his hitting, baserunning, fielding, and leadership. The team retired his uniform number – 2 – in May 2017)
  • Ex-con NFL QB-turned-analyst Michael Vick is 40
  • Houston Rockets’ shooting guard Iman Shumpert is 30 (Shumpert was selected by the New York Knicks with the 17thoverall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. Shumpert won an NBA championship with the Cavaliers in 2016)
  • Olympic gold medal winner and Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Deron Wiliams is 35
  • The late Pulitzer Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck(1892 – 1973)(“The Good Earth”) (FAST FACT: In 1938, she became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature)
  • The late war hero Abner Doubleday(1819-1893)(U.S. Army officer and American Civil War Union general who fired the first shot in the Civil War's first battle) (FAST FACT: He hasoften been inaccurately creditedwith inventing baseball)(1819 – 1893)

The late award-winning make up artist Dick Smith(1922 – 2014)(He won the Academy Award for Makeup for “Amadeus.” He has also worked on films such as “The Godfather” and “The Exorcist.”)

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