Famous People Born Today- Gladys Knight Is 77

By Seth Williams

May 28th

Actors:

  • Brandon Cruz is 59 ("The Courtship of Eddie's Father")
  • Alexa Davalos is 39 (“Clash of the Titans,” “Feast of Love,” “The Chronicles of Riddick,” “Frank Darabont's Mob City,” “The Mist,” “Marvel's The Punisher,” “The Man in the High Castle”)
  • Jake Johnson is 43 (“Get Him to the Greek, “ “New Girl,” “21 Jump Street,” “Drinking Buddies,” “Jurassic World,” “The Mummy,” “Tag”)
  • Christa Miller is 57 ("The Drew Carey Show," “Scrubs,” “Cougar Town”)
  • Carey Mulligan is 36 (“Drive,” “Never Let Me Go,” “The Great Gatsby,” “Suffragette,” “Collateral”)
  • James Michael Tyler is 59 (Gunther on “Friends”)
  • The late Cameron Boyce(1999-2019)....he would have been 22(“Grown Ups,” “Jessie”)
  • The late Sondra Locke(1944 – 2018) …she would have been 77(“The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter,” “Any Which Way You Can,” “Every Which Way But Loose”)
  • The late Zelda Rubinstein(1933 – 2010)…she would have been 88(“Poltergeist,” “Picket Fences”)

Musicians:

  • Presidents of the United States of America frontman Chris Ballew is 56
  • Colbie Caillat is 36
  • Alison Krauss and Union Station’s Jerry Douglas is 65
  • John Fogertyis76
  • Gladys Knight is 77
  • Kylie Minogueis53
  • Chubb Rock is 53
  • Phil Vassar is 59
  • Billy Vera is 77

Plus:

  • Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is 77 (FAST FACTS: The 107th Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001 who was dubbed "America's Mayor." He gained international prominence in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and was named “Time” Person of the Year in 2001 for his tireless leadership during those trying times. Of course, since then...he’s become more of an infamous character as the personal attorney to now-former President Trump)
  • Russian Olympic skater Ekaterina Gordeeva is 50 (Together with her partner and husband, the late Sergei Grinkov, she was the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion and four-time World Champion in Pair Skating. After Grinkov's death on the ice in 1995, Gordeeva continued performing as a singles skater.)
  • TV personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck is 44
  • NFL Offensive Tackle Michael Oher is 35 (FAST FACTS: He earned unanimous All-American honors at Mississippi, and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft. His life through his final year of high school and first year of college is one of the subjects of Michael Lewis' 2006 book, “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game,” and was featured in the Academy Award-winning 2009 film, “The Blind Side.”)
  • Reality TV star Jep Robertson is 43 (“Duck Dynasty”)
  • Florida Senator (and sometime presidential hopeful) Marco Rubio is 50
  • Chef and “Amish Garden News” Author Sicily Yoder is 52 (FAST FACT: She haspublished over fifty Amish romance novels)
  • The late Toronto’s 64thMayor Rob Ford(1969 – 2016)…he would have been 52
  • The late “James Bond” author Ian Fleming (FAST FACT: His works sold 30-million books during his lifetime)(1908 – 1964)

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