Famed Actor Kevin Costner Celebrates 68th Birthday Today

Actors:

Alison Arngrim is 61 (“Little House on the Prairie”)

Karan Brar is 24 (“Diary of a Wimpy Kid” movie series, “Good Luck Charlie,” “Jessie”)

Kevin Costner is 68 (“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 22 (“A.N.T. Farm” television series, “The Smart One”)

Sarah Gilman is 27 (“I Didn’t Do It,” “Kroll Show,” “Last Man Standing”)

Zane Holtz is 36 (“7 Minutes,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Grace Unplugged”)

Jesse L. Martin is 54 (“Rent,” “Law & Order,” “The Flash”)

Ashleigh Murray is 35 (“Riverdale”)

Maulik Pancholy is 49 (“30 Rock,” “Phineas and Ferb,” “Weeds”)

Mark Rylance is 63 (“Bridge of Spies,” “The Other Boleyn Girl”)

Jason Segel is 43 (“Freaks & Geeks,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “The Five-Year Engagement,” “Sex Tape”)

Becca Tobin is 37 (“Drop Dead Diva,” “Glee,” “Mystery Girls”)

Mateus Ward is 24 (“Hostages,” “Lab Rats,” “Weeds”)

Morgan York is 30 (“Cheaper by the Dozen,” “Hanna Montana,” “The Pacifier”)

Zeeko Zaki is 33 (“FBI,” “24: Legacy”)

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 41

Christian Burns of BBMak is 49

Mark Collie is 67

DJ Quik is 53 (born as David Marvin Blake)

Korn’s Jonathan Davis is 52

Estelle is 43

Bobby Goldsboro is 82

Jason Gray is 51

Samantha Mumba is 40

Joanna Newsom is 41

The late David Ruffin (1941 - 1991) …he would have been 82

Plus:

Comedian Dave Attell (“Insomniac”) is 58

The late electrical engineer Ray Dolby (1933 – 2013) …he would have been 90 (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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