Actors:
Bill Cosby is 86Â (âThe Cosby Show,â âI Spyâ)
Anna Friel is 47Â (âTimeline,â âPushing Daisiesâ)
Topher Grace is 45Â (âThat 70s Show,â âSpider Man 3â)
Steve Howey is 46Â (âReba,â âShamelessâ)
Cheryl Ladd is 72Â (âCharlieâs Angels,â âPoison Ivyâ)
Michelle Rodriguez is 45Â (âThe Fast and the Furiousâ series, âAvatarâ)
Phoebe Tonkin is 34Â (âTomorrow, When the War Began,â âVampire Diariesâ)
The late Charlie Murphy (1959 â 2017)âŠhe would have been 64 (âNight at the Museum,â âChappelleâs Showâ)Â
Musicians:
Sandi Patty is 67
Dream Theaterâs John Petrucci is 56
The Band Perryâs Kimberly Perry is 40
Soul Asylumâs Dan Murphy is 61
Tracie Spencer is 47
Gin Blossomsâ Robin Wilson is 58Â
Plus:
Author Joan Bauer is 72 (âBackwater,â âHope Was Hereâ)
Comedienne/TV personality Loni Love is 52 (âThe Realâ)
Fitness guru Richard Simmons is 75 (born Milton Teagle Simmons)
Olympic gold medal figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi is 52 (Sheâs the 1992 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion â 1991 and 1992 â and the 1992 U.S. champion. As a pairs skater with Rudy Galindo, she is the 1988 World Junior champion and a two-time national champion â 1989 and 1990. In December 2005, she was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. In 2008, Yamaguchi became the celebrity champion in the sixth season of âDancing with the Starsâ)
Peace activist Malala Yousafzai is 26 (FAST FACTS: She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate history and is dedicated to the cause of educating girls around the world.)
The late scientist George Washington Carver (1864-1943) (FAST FACTS: He researched alternative crops to cotton like peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes. He met with three U.S. presidents about his inventions, which was rare for an African American at the time.) (OF NOTE: This birthdate has been floating around the Internet for some time, but as he was born into slavery, no oneâs really sure about his date of birth)
The late Chilean poet, diplomat and Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) (âResidencia en la Tierra,â âEl Habitante y su Esperanzaâ)
The late author/philosopher/naturalist Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) (A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book, âWalden,â which is seen as a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. His essay, "Civil Disobedience" â originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government" â was an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.)
The late artist Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) (FAST FACTS: He also illustrated novels including âTreasure Islandâ and âThe Last of the Mohicans.â)
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