Famous people who are celebrating a birthday today:
Jake LaMotta: born Giacobe LaMotta in 1921, Champion and Hall of Fame professional boxer
Fred Gwynne: 1926-1993, actor, known for that lovable green giant Herman Munster
David Dinkins: 1927, former New York City mayor turned actor
Jerry Nelson: 1934, musician and Muppet Man as The Count, Herry Monster, Mumford the Magician, Robin the Frog (Kermit’s nephew), Crazy Harry, and Gobo
Robert Pine: born Granville Whitelaw Pine in 1941, actor
Ron Glass: 1945. actor
Andre Dawson: 1954, former professional baseball player
Cindy Sheehan: 1957, anti war protester
Fiona Shaw: 1958, Irish born actor (Aunt Petunia in Harry Potter movies)
Jacky Cheung: born Jacky Cheung Hok Yau in Hong Kong, musician and actor
Alec Mapa: 1965, actor
Lee Stevens: born De Wain Lee Stevens in 1967, former professional baseball player
Rebekah Del Rio: 1967, musician
Gale Harold: born Gale Morgan Harold III in 1969, actor
Sofia Vergara: 1972, Columbian born actor
Martina Colombari: 1975, Italian born actor and former Miss Italy
Yorick Bakker: 1975 in the Netherlands, musician – member of the Vengaboys
Adrian Grenier: 1976, musician and actor
Elijah Allman: 1976, musician and son of Cher and Greg Allman
Lars Ricken: 1976 German born footballer
Ludovic Giuly: 1976, French born footballer
Quddus: 1980, Canadian born actor, model, and MTV VJ
Thomas Ian Nicholas: 1980, actor
Amy Braverman: 1984, actor and singer
Miljuschka Witzenhausen: 1985 in the Netherlands, actor
Wyatt Russell: 1986, hockey player and son of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn
Arlo Guthrie: 1947, folk musician and son of Woody Guthrie
Arthur Ashe: 1943-1993, professional tennis player, first black man to win the Open, got AIDS from tainted blood during heart surgery which ultimately led to his death
Carleton Carpenter: 1926, comper and actor
David Brinkley: 1920-2003, award winning newscaster whose career spanned over 50 years
Jessica Simpson: 1980, actor and singer
Lisa Coleman: 1970, English born actor
Jason Orange: 1970, English born musician, member of the British pop band Take That
Jean Kerr: 1922-2003, playwright and author
Jonathan Gilbert: 1968, actor – Willie Olsen on “Little House on the Prairie” and sister to Little House star Melissa Gilbert
Karl-Heinz von Liebezeit: 1960, German actor
Lincoln Kupchak: 1970, producer, director, and special effects
Neil Tennant: 1954, English musician – one half of the electro-pop duo Pet Shop Boys
Nick Adams: 1931-1968, actor born Nicholas Aloysius Adamschock
Pol Turrents: 1976, Spanish born Cinematographer
Roger Craig: 1970, former professional football player
Shannon Muir: 1972, TV and movie writer
Sue Lyon: 1946, former child model and actor
Yuka Murayama: 1964, Japanese writer