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Happy birthday to entertainers like Van Morrison, Richard Gere, and Chris Tucker! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Singer Van Morrison (1945) cut his teeth fronting Them in Belfast and knocked out "Astral Weeks" in three days flat, plus "Moondance" and "Saint Dominic's Preview." He's 48 studio albums deep now, and "Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge" hit number one on the UK jazz and blues chart in January.
Actor Richard Gere (1949) turned into a leading man and a sex symbol with "American Gigolo" and kept it rolling through "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Pretty Woman." He took a Golden Globe for playing Billy Flynn in "Chicago," and "Oh, Canada" premiered at Cannes.
Actor Stephen McKinley Henderson (1949) played Jim Bono in "Fences" and showed up in "Lincoln" and "Lady Bird." He's Thufir Hawat in "Dune," he was in "Civil War," and has a recurring role on "A Man on the Inside."
Singer Debbie Gibson (1970) wrote, produced, and sang "Foolish Beat" at 17 and still holds the record as the youngest woman to pull all three off on a Billboard Hot 100 number one. She went triple platinum with "Out of the Blue," spent three weeks at number one with "Lost in Your Eyes," and played Eponine in "Les Misérables" on Broadway.
Actor-comedian Chris Tucker (1971) came up on "Def Comedy Jam," walked off with "Friday" as Smokey, and went flamboyant as Ruby Rhod in "The Fifth Element." He plays Detective James Carter across the "Rush Hour" movies, he took home $25 million for the third one, and he's expected back for a fourth.
Actor Jack Thompson (1940), Illustrator Roger Dean (1944), Violinist Itzhak Perlman (1945), Football coach Tom Coughlin (1946), Screenwriter Lowell Ganz (1948), Guitarist Rudolf Schenker of Scorpions (1948), Attorney Marcia Clark (1953), Actress Julie Brown (1954), Drummer Gina Schock of The Go-Go's (1957), Singer Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze (1957), Singer Tony DeFranco of The DeFranco Family (1959), Voice actor Dee Bradley Baker (1962), Keyboardist Larry Waddell of Mint Condition (1963), Guitarist Reb Beach of Winger (1963), Actor Jaime P. Gomez (1965), Actor Daniel Bernhardt (1965), Baseball player Hideo Nomo (1968), Actor Jonathan LaPaglia (1969), Musician-composer Jeff Russo (1969), Actor Zack Ward (1970), Hockey player Scott Niedermayer (1973), Actor Sara Ramírez (1975), Actress Shar Jackson (1976), Wrestler Jeff Hardy (1977), Actress Yara Martinez (1979), Wrestler Mickie James (1979), Rapper Joe Budden (1980), Author G. Willow Wilson (1982), Soccer player Pepe Reina (1982), Football player Larry Fitzgerald (1983), Actor Ryan Kelley (1986)
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