Actors:
Alan Arkin is 89 (“Edward Scissorhands”) (FAST FACT: He won Best Supporting Actor for “Little Miss Sunshine”)
Jennifer Grey is 63 (“Red Dawn,” “It’s Like, You Know”)
Jonathan Groff is 38 (“Glee,” “Frozen”)
Michael Imperioli is 57 (“Detroit 1-8-7”)
T.R. Knight is 50 (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Catch”)
Keira Knightley is 38 (“Collateral Beauty”) (FAST FACT: She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for “The Imitation Game”)
Vicki Lawrence is 74 (“Carol Burnett Show,” “Mama’s Family”)
Leslie Mann is 51 (“How to Be Single”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to Judd Apatow since 1997)
Martin Short is 73 (“Jungle 2 Jungle”)
Amy Smart is 47 (“Tyler Perry's The Single Moms Club”)
The late James Caan (“Elf,” “Las Vegas”)…he would have been 83
The late Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)…he would have been 92 (“In Search Of…”) (FAST FACT: While many of us know him for his on-screen work, he was also a prolific artist – his chosen medium, photography)
Musicians:
Kenny Chesney is 55
James Iha is 55 (Smashing Pumpkins, Tinted Windows, A Perfect Circle)
Charly McClain is 67
Diana Ross is 79 (FAST FACTS: In 1972, she won a Golden Globe for her performance as Billie Holiday in “Lady Sings the Blues”)
Steven Tyler is 75
Plus:
NFL Hall of Famer Marcus Allen is 63 (FAST FACTS: Six-time Pro Bowl selection and became the first player to rush for 10,000 yards and compile over 500 receiving yards in the NFL)
Novelist and Scientist Richard Dawkins is 82 (famous for his books, “The Selfish Gene,” “The Blind Watchmaker,” and “The God Delusion”)
TV personality Leeza Gibbons is 66 (In 2015, she won “Celebrity Apprentice,” having raised $714,000 for her charity, Leeza's Care Connection. And by the way? She’s one of only two women who has won the competition – the first? Joan Rivers.)
Author Erica Jong is 81 (Her controversial book, "Fear of Flying," was among the first to explore empowered female sexuality.) (FAST FACT: To date, that book has sold more than 20-million copies)
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is 93 (FAST FACT: She was appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan in 1981, and retired in 2006.)
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is 83 (Pelosi has served in the House of Representatives since 1987)
“Watergate” journalist Bob Woodward is 80 (FAST FACT: A young reporter for “The Washington Post” in 1972, he was teamed up with Carl Bernstein and together they broke the infamous “Watergate” scandal)
The late Pulitzer prize-winning poet Robert Frost (1874 – 1963) (“Birches”) (FAST FACT: He read his poem, "The Gift Outright," at the 1961 inauguration of President John F. Kennedy)
The playwright Tennessee Williams (1911 – 1983) (“Orpheus Descending.”) (FAST FACT: Along with Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller he is considered among the three foremost playwrights in 20th-century American drama)