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Happy birthday to entertainers like Joe Perry, Colin Firth, and Misty Copeland! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Musician Joe Perry (1950) co-founded Aerosmith, wrote the riff that drives "Walk This Way," and became known as half of the hard-partying "Toxic Twins." He's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he played the O2 with Hollywood Vampires last month.
Actor Colin Firth (1960) turned up in a wet shirt as Mr. Darcy on "Pride and Prejudice" and the role made him a star, then took home Best Actor as King George VI in "The King's Speech." He's played Mark Darcy through the "Bridget Jones" films, and this year he joined "Young Sherlock" and "Disclosure Day."
Actor Ryan Phillippe (1974) broke through as television's first openly gay teenage character on "One Life to Live," then became a late-1990s fixture through "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and "Cruel Intentions." He headlined "Shooter" on USA Network, and this year he led both chapters of "One Mile."
Ballerina Misty Copeland (1982) became the first Black woman named a principal dancer in American Ballet Theatre's 75-year history, days after her New York debut as Odette and Odile in "Swan Lake." She took her farewell bow at ABT's fall gala last year and has since turned novelist with "Star Fire Academy: Firebird Waltz."
Actor Greg Mullavey (1939), Singer Danny Hutton of Three Dog Night (1942), Singer José Feliciano (1945), Golfer Larry Nelson (1947), Actress Judy Geeson (1948), TV host Bill O'Reilly (1949), Actor Harry Groener (1951), Actress Amy Irving (1953), Actor Clark Johnson (1954), Actress Kate Burton (1957), Director Chris Columbus (1958), Singer Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama (1958), Cartoonist Alison Bechdel (1960), Musician David Lowery of Cracker (1960), Baseball player Randy Johnson (1963), Actor Sean O'Bryan (1963), Businessman Jack Ma (1964), Actor Raymond Cruz (1964), Hockey player Joe Nieuwendyk (1966), Musician Robin Goodridge of Bush (1966), Musician Miles Zuniga of Fastball (1966), Rapper Big Daddy Kane (1968), Director Guy Ritchie (1968), Actor Johnathon Schaech (1969), Singer Sara Groves (1972), Basketball player Ben Wallace (1974), Actor Kyle Bornheimer (1975), Tennis player Gustavo Kuerten (1976), Actress Kim Joo-ryoung (1976), Comedian Alex Horne (1978), Actor Jacob Young (1979), Musician Mikey Way of My Chemical Romance (1980), Voice actor Bret Iwan (1982), Actress Erin Darke (1984), Musician Matthew Followill of Kings of Leon (1984), Actor Harry Treadaway (1984), Actor Luke Treadaway (1984), Actress Elyse Levesque (1985), Singer Ashley Monroe of Pistol Annies (1986), Actress Sarah Levy (1986), Actress Hannah Hodson (1991), Actor Dylan Llewellyn (1992), Comedian Matt Rife (1995), Rapper Sheck Wes (1998)
Actor Tom Ligon (1940-2026)
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