Actors:
Abigail Breslin is 27 (“Signs,” “Zombieland”)
Adrien Brody is 50 (“The Pianist,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel”) (FAST FACT: You might remember that when he won the Oscar for Best Actor in 2003 for “The Pianist,” he (in)famously kissed Halle Berry on stage.)
Robert Carlyle is 62 (“Trainspotting,” “The Full Monty”)
Julie Christie is 83 (“Doctor Zhivago,” “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”)
Claire Coffee is 43 (“General Hospital,” “Grimm”)
Sarah Michelle Gellar is 46 (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Cruel Intentions”) (FAST FACTS: She’s been married to Freddie Prinze, Jr. since 2002)
Brad Garrett is 63 ("Everybody Loves Raymond," “Til Death”) (FAST FACT: He stands at more than 6-feet, 9-inches tall and voice acted for “Finding Nemo”)
Anthony Michael Hall is 55 (“The Breakfast Club,” “The Dark Knight”)
Rob McElhenney is 46 (“It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia,” “The Mindy Project”)
Skyler Samuels is 29 (“Wizards of Waverly Place,” “Scream Queens”)
Antwon Tanner is 48 (“Moesha,” “The Parkers,” “One Tree Hill”)
The late Sir John Gielgud (1904 – 2000) (“Gandhi,” “Merlin”) (FAST FACTS: This legendary actor had the distinction of winning an Oscar, Emmy, GRAMMY, and Tony Award)
The late Rod Steiger (1925 – 2002)…he would have been 98 (“In the Heat of the Night,” “Oklahoma!” “The Harder They Fall”)
Musicians:
Widespread Panic’s John Bell is 61
Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore is 78 (FAST FACTS: In 2004, he was #16 on the 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists of All Time list released by “Guitar World”)
Arcade Fire’s Win Butler is 43
Da Brat is 49 (born as Shawntae Harris) (FAST FACT: Her debut album “Funkdafied” sold one-million copies making her the first female solo rap artist to have a platinum-selling album)
Brewer & Shipley’s Mike Brewer is 79
The Luchagors’ Amy Dumas is 48
UFO’s Vinnie Moore is 59
R5’s Ellington Ratliff is 30
Plus:
Makeup artist and entrepreneur Bobbi Brown is 66
Director and actor Peter Capaldi is 65 (“Dangerous Liaisons,” “Doctor Who,” “The Fifth Estate”) (FAST FACT: He directed of “Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life,” which earned him an Academy Award)
Baseball Hall of Famer Greg Maddux is 57 (FAST FACTS: He became the first pitcher in MLB history to win the Cy Young Award four times in a row, from 1992 to 1995. Maddux is only pitcher in MLB history to win at least 15 games for 17 straight seasons and he holds the record for most Gold Gloves with eighteen. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014.)
Baseball legend Pete Rose is 82
The late teacher Anne Sullivan (1866 – 1936) (Born Johanna Mansfield Sullivan, she is best known for being the teacher and lifelong companion to Helen Keller)