Melanie Griffith Celebrates 66th Birthday Today

Actors:

Gillian Anderson is 55 (“The X Files,” “The Spy Who Dumped Me”)

Eric Bana is 55 (“Star Trek,” “The Hulk,”)

Amanda Bearse is 65 (“Married…With Children,” “The Big Gay Sketch Show”)

Jessica Capshaw is 47 (“The Practice,” “Grey’s Anatomy”)

Sam Elliott is 79 (“Tombstone,” “Road House”)

Melanie Griffith is 66 (“Something Wild,” “Working Girl” )

Ashley Johnson is 40 ( “Growing Pains,” “Blindspot”)

Anna Kendrick is 38 ( “Twilight,” “Pitch Perfect” series)

Thomas Lennon is 53 (new “The Odd Couple,” “Reno 911!” )

Kevin McKidd is 50 (“Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” “Grey’s Anatomy”)

David Steinberg is 81(“The David Steinberg Show,” “Switching Goals”)

Audrey Tautou is 47 (“Amélie,” “The Da Vinci Code”)

The late Robert Shaw (1927-1978)…he would have been 96 (“Jaws,” “A Man For All Seasons”) 

Musicians:

Juanes is 51

Kurtis Blow is 64 (His birth name, Kurtis Walker)

R5’s Rydel Lynch is 30

Mack 10 is 52 (given name Dedrick D'Mon Rolison)

Third Eye Blind bassist Arion Salazar is 53

The late Whitney Houston (1963-2012) … she would have been 60 (One of the best-selling music artists of all time, she had sales of over 200-million records worldwide over the course of her career) 

Plus:

Basketball legend Bob Cousy is 95 (He was nicknamed the "The Houdini of the Hardwood” because he introduced a new blend of ball-handling and passing skills to the NBA)

TV personality Chris Cuomo is 53

Fashion designer Michael Kors is 64

Television personality and Today Show co-host Hoda Kotb is 59

Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders is 56(He played in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons, the San Francisco 49ers, the Dallas Cowboys, the Washington Redskins and the Baltimore Ravens, winning the Super Bowl with both the 49ers and the Cowboys. An outfielder in baseball, he played professionally for the New York Yankees, the Atlanta Braves, the Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants, and participated in the 1992 World Series with the Braves.)

The late International Hall of Fame boxer Ken Norton (1943-2013) …he would have been 80 (Best known for his trilogy of fights with Muhammad Ali – he won their first fight by twelve round split decision, and controversially lost the last two fights. Norton also fought a classic slugfest with Larry Holmes, narrowly losing by fifteen round split decision.)

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