Singer Pharrell Williams Is 50 Today

Actors:

Krista Allen is 51 (“Days of our Lives,” The Bold and the Beautiful”)

Marshall Allman is 39 (“Prison Break,” “True Blood”)

Hayley Atwell is 41 (“The Pillars of the Earth,” “Marvel’s Agent Carter”)

Sterling K Brown is 47 (“This Is Us,” “Black Panther”)

Max Gail is 80 (″Barney Miller,” “General Hospital”)

Victoria Hamilton is 52 (“Pride and Prejudice,” “The Crown”)

Lily James is 34 (“Baby Driver,” “Pam & Tommy”)

Mitch Pileggi is 71 (“X Files,” “Sons of Anarchy”)

The late Bette Davis (1908 – 1989) (“All About Eve,” “Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?”) (She was nominated for an Oscar 11 times and won two)

The late Frank Gorshin (1933 – 2005)…he would have been 90 (“Batman’s” original Riddler, “12 Monkeys,” “)

The late Gregory Peck (1916 – 2003) (“The Keys of the Kingdom,” “Gentleman's Agreement,” “Twelve O'Clock High,” “Spellbound,” “Moby Dick” (1956, and its 1998 miniseries), “The Guns of Navarone,” “Cape Fear (1962, and its 1991 remake), “How the West Was Won,” “The Omen”) (FAST FACTS: Peck was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 by President Lyndon Johnson honored for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck among Greatest Male Stars of Classic Hollywood cinema – he’s ranked at No. 12)

The late Spencer Tracy (1900 – 1967) (“Up the River,” “The Last Mile,” “Captains Courageous,” “Boys Town,” “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner”) (FAST FACTS: He was married to Louis Tracy from 1923 to 1967. He dated actress Katherine Hepburn from 1941 until his death 26 years later. He also starred in nine films with Hepburn.) 

Musicians:

Tommy Cash is 83

The Hollies’ Allan Clarke is 81

Paula Cole is 55

Mike Eli of The Eli Young Band is 42

ABBA’s Agnetha Faltskog is 73

Pat Green is 51

Juicy J is 48 (his given name, Jordan Michael Houston)

Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready is 57

Kid ‘N Play’s Christopher “Kid” Reid is 59

Pharrell Williams is 50 

Plus:

TV Personality Zak Bagans is 46 (Travel Channel’s “Ghost Adventures”)

Director Roger Corman is 97 (“Rock 'n' Roll High School,” “Death Race 2000,” “Galaxy of Terror,” “Forbidden World” and “Piranha”)

The late Walter Huston (1883 - 1950) (“The Devil and Daniel Webster,” “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre”)

The late coach Pop Warner (1871 – 1954) (FAST FACTS: Hall of Fame college football coach who invented many of the basic, fundamental plays of the game)

The late educator Booker T. Washington (1856 – 1915) (FAST FACTS: His 1895 Atlanta Compromise Address and 1901 autobiography, "Up From Slavery," made him famous. He was born into slavery in Virginia, and his family relocated to West Virginia after slavery became illegal. He called for black progress through education and entrepreneurship, rather than trying to challenge directly the Jim Crow segregation and the disenfranchisement of black voters in the South. Other African-American leaders – including E.B Du Bois - did not always agree with Washington's approach.)

The late General Colin Powell (1937 – 2021) …he would have been 86 (A four-star general who was the first African American Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. He was also the 16th United States national security advisor from 1987 to 1989 and as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993)


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