Actors:
John Amos is 83 (“Good Times,” “Coming to America,” “Die Hard 2”)
Chloe Bridges is 31 (“Freddie,” “Family Weekend,” “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam”)
Gerard Depardieu is 74 (“Cyrano de Bergerac,” “The Man in the Iron Mask,” “Life of Pi”) (FAST FACT He was granted citizenship of Russia in January 2013, and became a cultural ambassador of Montenegro the same month. He was accused of rape in August 2018. More recently, the admitted friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced the country’s attack on Ukraine)
Jay Ellis is 41 (“The Game,” “Movie 43,” “Triple Standard”)
Eva LaRue is 56 (“All My Children,” “CSI: Miami,” “Fuller House”)
Jae Head is 26 (“The Blind Side,” “Hancock,” “Friday Night Lights”)
Masi Oka is 48 (“Heroes,” “Hawaii Five-0”)
Theresa Randle is 58 (“Malcolm X,” “Sugar Hill,” “Beverly Hills Cop III,” “Bad Boys” series, “Girl 6,” “Space Jam,” “Spawn,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”)
Emilie de Ravin is 41 (“Lost,” “Once Upon a Time,” “The Hills Have Eyes”)
Grayson Russell is 24 (While Wiki says his birthday is May 1st, Yahoo says Dec 27th) (“Diary of a Wimpy Kid” franchise, “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby”)
The late Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) (“Witness for the Prosecution,” “Judgment at Nuremberg,” “The Blue Angel”) (FAST FACT: The American Film Institute named her #9 on their list of the Greatest Female Stars of All Time)
The late Sydney Greenstreet (1879-1954) (“Casablanca,” “The Maltese Falcon,” “Christmas in Connecticut”)
The late Heather O’ Rourke (1975-1988)…she would have been 47 (She was little ‘Carol Anne Freeling’ in the original “Poltergeist” film)
Musicians:
Asking Alexandria’s James Cassells is 33
Kutless guitarist James Mead is 40
Dan + Shay’s Shay Mooney is 31
Paramore’s Hayley Williams is 34
Darrin Vincent (of Dailey and Vincent) is 53
Plus:
Wrestling all-star Bill Goldberg is 56
“Today” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie is 51 (FAST FACT: She was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
The late planetary scientist Johannes Kepler (responsible for the laws of planetary motion and the advancing of the telescope) (1571-1630)
The late WWE Diva Joan “Chyna” Marie Laurer (1969 – 2016)…she would have been 53
The late scientist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) (He’s responsible for pioneering the process of vaccination and the process of how milk is made safe to drink is named after him)