Today’s Birthdays
Written by KingCnote on February 17, 2021
Ed Sheeran – 30 years old
The English singer-songwriter-guitarist has become a global pop superstar.Born 1991
Outasight (Richard Andrew) – 37 years old
Born 1984
Paris Hilton – 40 years old
The Hilton Hotel heiress grew up to be a professional celebrity.Born 1981
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – 40 years old
The actor, director, screenwriter and producer has starred in such films as Inception, 50/50, Premium Rush, 500 Days of Summer, Looper and Don Jon. Born 1981
Jason Ritter – 41 years old
John Ritter‘s son has had roles on numerous TV series, include Girls, Parenthood, Gravity Falls, Drunk History and Joan of Arcadia.Born 1980
Jerry O’Connell – 47 years old
The actor (Piranha 3D, Kangaroo Jack, Jerry Maguire, Stand by Me; TV’s The Defenders, Crossing Jordan, Sliders) is married to Rebecca Romijn.Born 1974
Billie Joe Armstrong – 49 years old
The Green Day singer-guitarist is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer as well as a Tony-winner for the Broadway production of American Idiot. His side bands include Foxboro Hot Tubs and Pinhead Gunpowder.Born 1972
Taylor Hawkins – 49 years old
Foo Fighters/ex-Alanis Morissette drummerBorn 1972
Denise Richards – 50 years old
The model-turned-actress (Starship Troopers, Wild Things, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Madea’s Witness Protection, The World Is Not Enough) and reality show star (It’s Complicated) has two daughters by ex-husband Charlie Sheen.Born 1971
Chante Moore – 54 years old
Born 1967
Michael Jordan – 58 years old
The basketball god now has his name on a chain of steakhouses and is the majority owner of the NBA Charlotte Bobcats.Born 1963
Larry the Cable Guy (Daniel Lawrence Whitney) – 58 years old
Comic, actorBorn 1963
Lou Diamond Phillips (Upchurch) – 59 years old
The Filipino-American actor-writer-director, who got off to a big start in 1987 playing ’50s rocker Ritchie Valens in La Bamba, has since appeared in such films as Stand and Deliver, Young Guns and Young Guns II and Courage Under Fire. His TV credits include the series Longmire, SGU Stargate Universe, Numb3rs and Wolf Lake. Born 1962
Rene Russo – 67 years old
Actress (The Intern, Nightcrawler, Lethal Weapon 3 & 4, In the Line of Fire, Get Shorty, The Thomas Crown Affair)Born 1954
Huey P. Newton
The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense co-founder and leader was shot to death by an Oakland drug dealer.Died Aug 22, 1989 at 47 – Born 1942
Jim Brown – 85 years old
The Football Hall of Famer became an actor (The Dirty Dozen, tick…tick…tick, Rio Conchos, I’m Gonna Git You Sucka)Born 1936