Date |
Name |
Notability
|
January 1
|
Meagen Fay
|
Actress
|
January 3
|
Frank Dicopoulos
|
Actor (
Guiding Light)
|
January 7
|
Katie Couric
|
Journalist, talk show host (
Today,
CBS Evening News,
60 Minutes)
|
January 8
|
Ron Cephas Jones
|
Actor (
This Is Us)
|
January 14
|
Susan Glover
|
Actress
|
January 16
|
Larry Mendte
|
Talk show host
|
January 17
|
Steve Harvey
|
Actor, comedian, host (
The Steve Harvey Show,
Family Feud)
|
Keith Chegwin
|
Actor (died 2016)
|
January 25
|
Jenifer Lewis
|
Actress (
Black-ish)
|
January 27
|
Danny Aiello III
|
American stunt performer (died 2010)
|
January 28
|
Harley Jane Kozak
|
Actress (
Santa Barbara)
|
January 30
|
Chris Jansing
|
American television news correspondent
|
February 6
|
Kathy Najimy
|
Actress (
King of the Hill)
|
Robert Townsend
|
Actor (
The Parent 'Hood)
|
February 14
|
Ken Wahl
|
Actor (
Wiseguy)
|
February 16
|
LeVar Burton
|
Actor, host (
Star Trek: The Next Generation,
Reading Rainbow)
|
February 18
|
Vanna White
|
Game show hostess (
Wheel of Fortune)
|
February 19
|
Ray Winstone
|
Actor
|
February 28
|
Ainsley Harriott
|
English chef and TV presenter
|
John Turturro
|
Actor
|
March 3
|
Jeff Rona
|
Composer
|
March 4
|
Mykelti Williamson
|
Actor (
Justified)
|
March 6
|
Eddie Deezen
|
Actor
|
March 8
|
Cynthia Rothrock
|
Actress
|
March 9
|
Faith Daniels
|
Talk show host
|
March 12
|
Eric Shawn
|
Anchor
|
March 13
|
Daniel Licht
|
Composer
|
March 15
|
Park Overall
|
Actress (
Empty Nest)
|
March 20
|
Amy Aquino
|
Actress (
ER,
Being Human)
|
Spike Lee
|
Film director and actor
|
March 26
|
Leeza Gibbons
|
Talk show host (
Entertainment Tonight,
Leeza)
|
March 23
|
Teresa Ganzel
|
Actress
|
March 27
|
Stephen Dillane
|
Actor
|
March 29
|
Christopher Lambert
|
Actor
|
March 30
|
Tawny Moyer
|
Actress
|
Christopher Hall
|
Producer
|
April 12
|
Suzzanne Douglas
|
Actress (
The Parent 'Hood) (died 2021)
|
April 13
|
Gary Kroeger
|
Actor, announcer (
Saturday Night Live)
|
Saundra Santiago
|
Actress (
Miami Vice)
|
April 23
|
Jan Hooks
|
Actress, comedian (
Saturday Night Live,
Designing Women) (d. 2014)
|
April 27
|
Robert Curtis Brown
|
Actor
|
May 5
|
Richard E. Grant
|
English actor (
Richard E. Grant's Hotel Secrets)
|
May 6
|
Fred Roggin
|
American sports anchor
|
May 8
|
Bill Cowher
|
Studio analyst for
The NFL Today on CBS
|
May 17
|
Whip Hubley
|
Actor
|
May 19
|
Tom Gammill
|
Writer
|
May 21
|
Bruce Buffer
|
UFC ring announcer
|
May 27
|
Thalia Assuras
|
Journalist
|
May 29
|
Ted Levine
|
Actor (
Monk)
|
June 10
|
Robert Clohessy
|
Actor
|
June 12
|
Timothy Busfield
|
Actor, director (
thirtysomething,
The West Wing)
|
June 16
|
Ian Buchanan
|
Actor (
General Hospital,
The Bold and the Beautiful,
All My Children)
|
June 17
|
Jon Gries
|
Actor (
Martin,
The Pretender)
|
June 18
|
Andrea Evans
|
Actress (
One Life to Live)
|
June 23
|
Peter Dickson
|
Announcer
|
June 30
|
Ilene Chaiken
|
Writer
|
July 2
|
Bret Hart
|
Canadian-American pro wrestler (
WWE,
WCW)
|
July 9
|
Tim Kring
|
Writer
|
July 12
|
Christopher Quinten
|
Actor
|
July 18
|
Nick Faldo
|
Golfer
|
July 20
|
Donna Dixon
|
Actress (
Bosom Buddies), wife of
Dan Aykroyd
|
July 21
|
Jon Lovitz
|
Actor, comedian (
Saturday Night Live)
|
July 23
|
Jo Brand
|
English comedian, actress, writer (
Getting On)
|
July 26
|
Nana Visitor
|
Actress (
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,
Wildfire)
|
July 27
|
Bill Engvall
|
Actor
|
July 28
|
Brianne Leary
|
Actress (
Baa Baa Black Sheep,
CHiPs)
|
Scott Pelley
|
Journalist
|
July 30
|
Victor Slezak
|
Actor
|
July 31
|
Dirk Blocker
|
Actor (
Baa Baa Black Sheep,
Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
|
August 7
|
Paul Dini
|
Television writer and producer (
DC Animated Universe,
Freakazoid!,
Ultimate Spider-Man)
|
August 9
|
Melanie Griffith
|
Actress
|
August 16
|
Laura Innes
|
Actress (
ER)
|
August 17
|
Ken Kwapis
|
American film and television director
|
August 18
|
Denis Leary
|
Actor, comedian (
Rescue Me)
|
August 21
|
Mark Pender
|
Trumpet player
|
August 24
|
Stephen Fry
|
English actor, comedian (
Jeeves and Wooster,
Pocoyo,
Kingdom)
|
August 25
|
Craig Piligian
|
American television producer
|
August 28
|
Daniel Stern
|
Actor
|
August 29
|
Jerry Bailey
|
Sportscaster
|
September 2
|
Steve Porcaro
|
American composer
|
September 3
|
Garth Ancier
|
American television producer
|
Steve Schirripa
|
American television actor
|
September 7
|
Mark Whitaker
|
Journalist
|
September 8
|
Heather Thomas
|
Actress (
The Fall Guy)
|
September 10
|
Cynthia Cidre
|
Screenwriter
|
Kate Burton
|
Actress
|
September 12
|
Hans Zimmer
|
Composer
|
September 23
|
Rosalind Chao
|
Actress (
Star Trek: The Next Generation)
|
September 24
|
Brad Bird
|
Film director, writer, producer, and actor (
Pixar,
The Iron Giant)
|
September 25
|
Michael Madsen
|
Actor
|
September 29
|
Andrew Dice Clay
|
Comedian, actor (
Bless This House)
|
September 30
|
Fran Drescher
|
Actress, comedian (
The Nanny)
|
October 1
|
Yvette Freeman
|
Actress (
ER)
|
October 2
|
Zhao Benshan
|
Actor
|
October 4
|
Bill Fagerbakke
|
Voice actor (
SpongeBob SquarePants,
Gargoyles,
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz)
|
October 5
|
Bernie Mac
|
Actor, comedian (
The Bernie Mac Show) (died 2008)
|
October 11
|
Dawn French
|
Welch-born English actress, comedian (
French and Saunders,
The Vicar of Dibley)
|
October 12
|
Renee Chenault-Fattah
|
TV anchor (
WCAU NBC 10 News)
|
October 17
|
Lawrence Bender
|
Film producer
|
October 21
|
Shea Farrell
|
Actor, producer (
Hotel)
|
October 23
|
Elizabeth D'Onofrio
|
Actress
|
October 24
|
John Kassir
|
Actor and comedian (
Earthworm Jim,
CatDog,
Hercules,
Rocket Power,
The Amanda Show,
As Told by Ginger,
The Looney Tunes Show)
|
October 25
|
Nancy Cartwright
|
Voice actress (
The Simpsons,
Rugrats,
Mike, Lu & Og,
Kim Possible,
All Grown Up!,
The Replacements)
|
October 27
|
Peter Marc Jacobson
|
Actor
|
October 28
|
Betsy Aidem
|
Actress
|
October 29
|
Dan Castellaneta
|
Actor, comedian (
The Simpsons,
Rugrats,
Darkwing Duck,
Aladdin,
Earthworm Jim,
Hey Arnold!,
Cow and Chicken)
|
Scott Thomson
|
Actor
|
October 30
|
Kevin Pollak
|
Actor
|
November 3
|
Dolph Lundgren
|
Actor
|
November 5
|
Elizabeth Bracco
|
Actress
|
November 6
|
Cam Clarke
|
Voice actor (original voice of
Leonardo on
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
|
November 7
|
Christopher Knight
|
Actor (
The Brady Bunch)
|
November 10
|
George Lowe
|
Voice actor (
Space Ghost Coast to Coast)
|
November 11
|
Anne-Marie Martin
|
Actress (
Sledge Hammer!)
|
November 15
|
Kevin Eubanks
|
Jazz musician, guitarist (
Tonight with Jay Leno)
|
November 15
|
Sue Herera
|
Anchor
|
November 19
|
Tom Virtue
|
Actor
|
November 22
|
Donny Deutsch
|
Television personality
|
November 24
|
Denise Crosby
|
Actress, model (
Star Trek: The Next Generation)
|
November 30
|
Colin Mochrie
|
Actor (
Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
|
December 1
|
Jeff DeGrandis
|
Animator
|
December 9
|
Donny Osmond
|
Singer, actor, game show host (
The Donny & Marie Show)
|
December 10
|
Michael Clarke Duncan
|
Actor (died 2012)
|
Paul Hardcastle
|
Composer
|
December 13
|
Steve Buscemi
|
Actor (
Boardwalk Empire,
Park Bench with Steve Buscemi)
|
Billy Van Zandt
|
Actor
|
December 14
|
Antonio Mora
|
Anchor
|
December 19
|
Kevin McHale
|
NBA basketball player
|
John Gulager
|
Actor
|
December 21
|
Ray Romano
|
Actor, comedian (
Everybody Loves Raymond)
|
December 28
|
Sam Ayers
|
Actor
|
December 29
|
Brad Grey
|
Producer (died 2017)
|
December 30
|
Matt Lauer
|
Television host (
Today)
|