Jimbo’s Birthday Wishes (07-02-26 / 07-05-26)
Jimbo's Birthday Wishes (07-02-26 / 07-05-26)
Birthdays on July 2, 2026
Ruth B is 31. “Lost Boy“ singer.
Saweetie is 33. “Icy Grl“. CAREFUL: It includes an N-word and a few B-words.
Margot Robbie is 36. “Barbie” and Harley Quinn in the “Suicide Squad” movies.
Lindsay Lohan is 40.
Ashley Tisdale is 41. Sharpay in the “High School Musical” movies, Savannah on the CW’s “Hellcats”, and Jody Sanders in “Scary Movie 5”.
Michelle Branch is 43. Her biggest solo hit was “Everywhere“. She spent some time in a country duo called The Wreckers. She’s married to Patrick Carney, the drummer for The Black Keys.
Owain Yeoman is 48. Wayne Rigsby on “The Mentalist”. And Benedict Arnold on AMC’s “TURN”.
Yancy Butler is 56. Her daddy was the drummer for The Lovin’ Spoonful. She played Christopher Mintz-Plasse’s mom, Angie D’Amico, in both “Kick-Ass” movies. You may also remember her as the star of TNT’s “Witchblade“ series.
Jose Canseco is 62. He shot off a finger cleaning his gun in 2014, but doctors were able to reattach it. He also claims he stuck Mark McGwire from behind . . . with a shot of steroids.
Bret “The Hitman” Hart is 69. Wrestling Hall of Famer.
Jerry Hall is 70. She used to kiss Mick Jagger’s lips anytime she wanted.
Wendy Schaal is 72. Francine on “American Dad”.
Saul Rubinek is 78. Character actor who played biographer W.W. Beauchamp in “Unforgiven”. You also know him as Artie on “Warehouse 13”.
Larry David is 79. “Curb Your Enthusiasm” genius and co-creator of “Seinfeld”.
Richard Petty is 89. NASCAR legend. He retired after the 1992 season with 200 victories . . . almost TWICE as many as the next driver on the list.
Polly Holliday would have been 89. (1937 – 2025) Flo on “Alice” and its spin-off “Flo”. “Kiss my grits!”
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Birthdays on July 3, 2026
Elle King is 37. Biggest hit: “Ex’s and Oh’s“.
Olivia Munn is 46. Sam on Apple TV’s “Your Friends & Neighbors”, Sloan Sabbith on “The Newsroom”, and Psylocke in “X-Men: Apocalypse”. That’s also her in the Imagine Dragons video for “Cutthroat“.
Andrea Barber is 50. Kimmy Gibbler on “Full House” and “Fuller House”.
Patrick Wilson is 53. Ed Warren in the “Insidious” and “Conjuring” movies. He’s also Ocean Master in the “Aquaman” movies and Amy Adams’ husband on Apple TV’s “Cape Fear” miniseries.
Julian Assange is 55. Wikileaks rebel or traitor.
Benedict Wong is 55. Wong, the current Sorcerer Supreme in the MCU.
Audra McDonald is 56. Liz Reddick-Lawrence on “The Good Fight”.
Shawnee Smith is 57. The jigsaw killer’s girlfriend, Amanda, in the “Saw” movies. She was also on Charlie Sheen’s show “Anger Management”.
Connie Nielsen is 61. Hippolyta in “Wonder Woman” and “Justice League”. She was also cult leader Lily Gray on “The Following”, and Lucilla in “Gladiator”. Lucilla is Marcus Aurelius’ daughter and Commodus’ sister.
Tommy Flanagan is 61. Chibs Telford on “Sons of Anarchy”. Now he’s Roderick Dustin on “House of the Dragon”.
Yeardley Smith is 62. Her name is pronounced “YARD-ly”. She’s the well-paid voice of Lisa Simpson on “The Simpsons”. She’s worth $85 million.
Tom Cruise is 64. “Mission: Impossible” superstar.
Thomas Gibson is 64. Aaron Hotchner on “Criminal Minds” . . . but to me he’ll always be Dharma’s uptight husband on the sitcom “Dharma & Greg”.
Vince Clarke is 66. Depeche Mode, Erasure, AND Yaz keyboardist.
Aaron Tippin is 68. Turn on a country station over the 4th of July holiday and you’ll likely hear his song “Where the Stars and the Stripes and the Eagle Fly“.
Montel Williams is 70. Talk show stud and Multiple Sclerosis-survivor. Reefer helps make his shakes go away.
Jan Smithers is 77. Bailey Quarters on “WKRP in Cincinnati”.
Betty Buckley is 79. The gym teacher Ms. Collins in “Carrie”. Years later she played Abby on “Eight Is Enough”, and was also in the M. Night Shyamalan movies, “The Happening” and “Split”.
Humor columnist Dave Barry is 79.
Kurtwood Smith is 83. Red Foreman on “That ’70s Show”. And the badass Clarence J. Boddicker in 1987’s “Robocop”.
Laura Branigan (1952 – 2004) Singer of 1982’s mega-hit “Gloria“. She died suddenly from a brain aneurysm.
Birthdays on July 4, 2026
Malia Obama is 28.
Post Malone is 31. White rapper. “Rockstar” and “Psycho”.
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is 44.
Mo McRae is 44. Tyler on “Sons of Anarchy” and J Poppa on “Empire”.
Becki Newton is 48. Lorna on “The Lincoln Lawyer”.
John Lloyd Young is 51. He plays Frankie Valli in “Jersey Boys“. Great movie.
David Joyner is 63. The guy in the Barney the Dinosaur suit. David Joyner was to Barney the Dinosaur what David Prowse was to Darth Vader.
Kirk Pengilly is 68. INXS co-founder, saxophonist, guitarist, and backing vocalist. “The One Thing“, “New Sensation“, “What You Need“, “Devil Inside“, “Disappear“, “Original Sin“, “Mystify“, “Suicide Blonde“, “Never Tear Us Apart“.
John Waite is 74. Biggest hits: 1979’s “Every Time I Think of You“ (with The Babys), 1984’s “Missing You“, and “Change“ . . . from the 1985 soundtrack . . . of the classic Matthew Modine motion picture . . . “Vision Quest”!
Geraldo Rivera is 83.
Karolyn Grimes is 86. She played Zuzu, the little girl in “It’s a Wonderful Life” who said, “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.”
Eva Marie Saint is 102. Martha Kent in “Superman Returns” in 2006. She was also in several Alfred Hitchcock movies, including “North by Northwest”, and won Best Supporting Actress as Brando’s love interest in “On the Waterfront”.
Gina Lollobrigida (1927 – 2023) Italian sex symbol from the 1950s.
Bill Withers (1938 – 2020) “Lean On Me“, “Ain’t No Sunshine“ and “Use Me“.
Neil Simon (1927 – 2018) Genius who wrote “The Odd Couple” and MANY others.
Abigail Van Buren (1918 – 2013) Dear Abby, and twin of Ann Landers.
Ann Landers (1918 – 2002) Advice columnist who coined the phrase “Wake up and smell the coffee.”
George Steinbrenner (1930 – 2010) Legendary owner of the New York Yankees.
Birthdays on July 5, 2026
Sombr is 21. “Back to Friends”.
Shohei Ohtani is 32. Dodgers pitcher.
Danay Garcia is 42. Luciana Galvez on “Fear the Walking Dead”, Sofia on “Prison Break”, and Aunt Carmen on Peacock’s crime drama “M.I.A.”
Dave Haywood from Lady A is 44. Their biggest hit, “Need You Now“, has over 733 million views.
Paul DelVecchio is 46. Pauly D on “Jersey Shore”.
Jason Wade is 46. Singer for Lifehouse. “Hanging By a Moment“
Joe is 53. Sexy R&B superstar.
RZA is 57. Wu-Tang Clansman. A.k.a. Bobby Digital, a.k.a. Chief Abbott, a.k.a. THE RZARECTA! Real name: Robert Diggs.
Michael Stuhlbarg is 58. Gangster Arnold Rothstein on “Boardwalk Empire”, Sy Feltz on “Fargo”, and Richard Clarke on Hulu’s “The Looming Tower”.
Edie Falco is 63. Carmela Soprano on “The Sopranos” and the title character on the Showtime series, “Nurse Jackie” and Hillary Clinton in “American Crime Story: Impeachment”. Now she’s the new warden on “Mayor of Kingstown”.
Marc Cohn is 67. He won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1991, thanks to his single “Walking in Memphis“. Then, he disappeared from our lives for YEARS . . . until August of 2005, when he was SHOT IN THE HEAD during an attempted carjacking. He survived, and promptly disappeared again.
Huey Lewis is 76. “The Heart of Rock & Roll“, “I Want a New Drug“, “Hip to Be Square“, “Heart and Soul“, and the “Back to the Future” hit “Power of Love“.
Robbie Robertson (1943 – 2023) Guitarist in The Band. He’s the guy who penned the brilliant line, “I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin’ ’bout half-past dead.”
Katherine Helmond (1929 – 2019) Mona on “Who’s The Boss?” She’s also the voice of Lizzie in all the “Cars” movies.
P.T. Barnum (1810 – 1891) Barnum & Bailey Circus founder.
He’s the guy who said, “Every crowd has a silver lining.” Hugh Jackman plays him in “The Greatest Showman”.
A lot of people also think he said, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” but there’s no proof he ever said it.
Billy “Froggy” Laughlin (1932 – 1948) Froggy in “The Little Rascals”. He died in a motor scooter accident at the age of 16.
