Today’s Birthdays
Written by KingCnote on October 23, 2020
Jessica Stroup – 34 years old
Actress (TV’s 90210; Prom Night, The Hills Have Eyes II)Born 1986
Emilia Clarke – 34 years old
The actress, best known as Daenerys Targaryen in TV’s Game of Thrones, was named Esquire‘s Sexiest Woman Alive 2015. Her other credits include Terminator Genisys, Me Before You and Solo: A Star Wars Story.Born 1986
Miguel – 35 years old
American singer and songwriter whose full name is Miguel Jontel Pimentel. He has won Grammy and BET Awards.
Ryan Reynolds – 44 years old
The Canadian actor (Deadpool, Green Lantern, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Definitely, Maybe, Chaos Theory, Smokin’ Aces, Blade: Trinity, Van Wilder; TV’s Two Guys and a Girl) was engaged to Alanis Morissette and married to Scarlett Johansson. In 2012 he married actress Blake Lively.Born 1976
(Catherine) Cat Deeley – 44 years old
The English onetime model is the longtime host of So You Think You Can Dance.Born 1976
LaVar Ball – 53 years old
Outspoken father of the basketball playing Ball brothers, Lonzo, LiAngelo, and LaMelo. He founded the clothing company Big Baller Brand. He played professional American football for the London Monarchs. He stars on the reality series Ball in the Family with his family.
Al Leiter – 55 years old
The lefty retired in 2006 having pitched for both New York baseball teams as well as Toronto and Florida. He reached double figures in wins for ten consecutive seasons from 1995 to 2004 and played on two World Championship teams, the 1993 Blue Jays and 1997 Marlins. He is now an analyst for the Yankees and MLB Network.Born 1965
Sam Raimi – 61 years old
Movie director (Evil Dead, Spider-Man, Darkman, Oz the Great and Powerful, Drag Me to Hell), actor, writer.Born 1959
“Weird Al” Yankovic – 61 years old
The singer and accordionist has built a solid career parodying other people’s songs.Born 1959
Ang Lee – 66 years old
Of his 10 Academy Award nominations, Ang Lee has won three Oscars, two for Best Director (Life of Pi and Brokeback Mountain) and one for Best Foreign Film (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). His other films include Taking Woodstock, The Hulk, The Ice Storm and Sense and Sensibility.Born 1954
Pauline Black – 67 years old
Selecter singerBorn 1953
Michael Crichton
The author of Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain and many other best-sellers was also the creator of TV’s ER. Died Nov 4, 2008 at 66 – Born 1942
Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) – 80 years old
Brazilian soccer legendBorn 1940