Jimbo’s Birthday Wishes (08/07/26-08/09/26)
Jimbo's Birthday Wishes (08/07/26-08/09/26)
Birthdays on August 7, 2026
Jalen Hurts is 28. Eagles quarterback and Super Bowl 59 MVP.
Francesca Eastwood is 33. Clint Eastwood’s gorgeous daughter. You may remember her as Molly on “Heroes Reborn”. She also did a western called “Outlaws and Angels“.
Mike Trout is 35. Angels outfielder and one of the best all-around players in baseball today.
Abbie Cornish is 44. John Krasinski’s love interest in his “Jack Ryan” series.
Charlize Theron is 51. Calypso in “The Odyssey”.
Michael Shannon is 52. Obsessive prohibition officer Nelson Van Alden on “Boardwalk Empire”. He’s also General Zod in “Man of Steel” and “The Flash”.
Raul Malo is 61. Mavericks singer. “All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down“
Harold Perrineau is 63. Michael on “Lost”, and Link in “The Matrix Reloaded” and “The Matrix Revolutions”.
Ramon Estevez is 63. Older brother of Charlie Sheen, younger brother of Emilio Estevez, and star of “The Dead Zone” – In which he WAS “Teenage Boy with Camera”. Ramon’s dad Martin Sheen was one of the stars of the movie.
Maggie Wheeler is 65. Janice on “Friends” and Trinette on “Archer”.
David Duchovny is 66. Fox Mulder on the “X-Files”, and Hank Moody on “Californication”.
Bruce Dickinson is 68. Cancer-defeating lead singer for Iron Maiden, whose hits include “The Trooper“, “Run to the Hills“, and “The Number of the Beast“.
NOT to be confused with “super-producer Bruce Dickinson”, as played by Christopher Walken in the “More Cowbell” sketch on “Saturday Night Live”.
There really IS a music producer named Bruce Dickinson, but he’s not the same person. AND Bruce Dickinson the producer had NOTHING to do with the recording of Blue Oyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear the Reaper”, for the record.
Wayne Knight is 71. Jerry’s chubby arch-enemy, Newman, on “Seinfeld”.
Rodney Crowell is 76. Country singer who had five straight #1 hits back in 1988-89 . . . including “After All This Time“, which earned him a Grammy.
Tobin Bell is 84. Jigsaw in the “Saw” movies.
B.J. Thomas (1942 – 2021) “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head“.
Verna Bloom (1938 – 2019) Mary, Mother of Jesus in “The Last Temptation of Christ”, and the dean’s naughty wife in “Animal House”.
Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer (1927 – 1959) He was fatally shot in the groin after pulling a switchblade on a guy over a $50 debt in Van Nuys, California. The shooting was ruled a justifiable homicide. Alfalfa was 31.
Billie Burke (1884 – 1970) Glinda, The Good Witch in “The Wizard of Oz”.
Mata Hari (1876 – 1917) Seductive World War II spy.
• Today is National Water Balloon Day
• 28 days until Labor Day Weekend
• 34 days until the NFL Season kicks off
Birthdays on August 8, 2026
Shawn Mendes is 28. “Stitches“ and “Señorita“.
Lauv is 32. “I Like Me Better“.
Katie Leung is 39. Cho Chang in the “Harry Potter” movies.
Jackie Cruz is 40. Marisol Gonzales on “Orange Is the New Black”.
Roger Federer is 45. Dashing Swiss tennis star who’s won eight Wimbledon trophies.
Meagan Good is 45. You’d know her from the “Minority Report” series, and Craig Robinson’s sitcom “Mr. Robinson”. She was also in “You Got Served” and “Stomp the Yard”.
J.C. Chasez from ‘N Sync is 50.
Drew Lachey from 98 Degrees is 50. He’s the one who won the second season of “Dancing with the Stars”.
Scott Stapp is 53. Creed singer. Biggest hit: “With Arms Wide Open“.
Mark Wills is 53. Country singer. “19 Somethin’“
Rena Mero is 59. She was Sable in the WWF until her ego got so big that Vince McMahon was forced to fire her. Now she’s basically just Mrs. Brock Lesnar.
Kool Moe Dee is 64. Rap legend who did the original “Wild Wild West“. You may also remember him from the hip-hop classic “I Go to Work“.
Rikki Rockett is 65. Poison’s drummer. “Talk Dirty to Me“, “Your Mama Don’t Dance“, and “Unskinny Bop“.
Today is the 65th birthday of U2’s The Edge. He’ll celebrate by spending time with his brothers, The Brink and The Verge.
Donny Most is 73. Ralph Malph on “Happy Days”.
Phil Balsley from The Statler Brothers is 87. He’s the dreamy baritone.
Connie Stevens is 88. ’60s sex symbol.
Dustin Hoffman is 89.
Mel Tillis (1932 – 2017) Country legend. His hits included “Send Me Down to Tucson“ and “Coca Cola Cowboy“.
Birthdays on August 9, 2026
Whitney Houston would have been 63. (1963 – 2012)
Adelaide Kane is 36. Dr. Jules Millin on “Grey’s Anatomy”. She was also Mary, Queen of Scots on the CW’s “Reign”.
Bill Skarsgard is 36. The star of the remake of “The Crow“. He was also The Marquis in “John Wick 4”, and Pennywise the Clown in the “It” remake.
Anna Kendrick is 41. The star of the “Pitch Perfect” movies. Your kids also know her as Poppy in the “Trolls” movies, and as Cinderella in “Into the Woods”.
Dan Levy is 43. “Schitt’s Creek” star and creator.
Ashley Johnson is 43. Little Chrissy Seaver on “Growing Pains”. She grew up to play Patterson, the FBI forensic scientist solving all the tattoos on “Blindspot”.
Rhona Mitra is 50. Dr. Rachel Scott on TNT’s “The Last Ship”. She also played Tara on “The Practice” and “Boston Legal”, and a cop on “Nip/Tuck”, and was a live model for Lara Croft in the original “Tomb Raider” games.
Audrey Tautou is 50. Sophie Neveu in “The DaVinci Code” and the star of “Amelie”.
Jessica Capshaw is 50. Dr. Arizona Robbins on “Grey’s Anatomy”.
Kevin McKidd is 53. Dr. Owen Hunt on “Grey’s Anatomy”. “Call of Duty” fans might also know his voice. He’s Soap MacTavish in all three of the original “Modern Warfare” video games.
Mack 10 is 55. Rapper who did (Profanity Warning!) “Backyard Boogie“. He was married to T-Boz of TLC but she filed for divorce, saying he beat her, cheated on her and threatened her life.
Thomas Lennon is 56. Lieutenant Jim Dangle on “Reno 911!”, and neat freak Felix Unger on the Matthew Perry remake of “The Odd Couple”.
Eric Bana is 58. Two Hulks too soon.
Eric was Bruce Banner back in 2003. They replaced him with Ed Norton for the second “Hulk” in 2008, and now Mark Ruffalo is the only Hulk that matters. Besides Lou Ferrigno, of course.
Gillian Anderson is 58. Special Agent Dana Scully on the “X-Files”.
Deion Sanders is 59. A few years back, Neon Deion realized that, quote, “fornication was my drug” and he proceeded to make his life more chaste. He’s still the only man to have ever played in a World Series AND a Super Bowl.
Hoda Kotb is 62. Former “Today” show co-host.
Kurtis Blow is 67. Old-school rapper. Biggest hits: “The Breaks“, “Christmas Rappin’“, or my mom’s favorite, “I’m Chillin’“. Next biggest hit: Rock Bottom.
Amanda Bearse is 68. Marcy D’Arcy on “Married with Children”.
Melanie Griffith is 69. Dakota Johnson’s mom.
Sam Elliott is 82. Shea Brennan on the “Yellowstone” spinoff “1883”. He was also Virgil Earp in “Tombstone”, Wade Garrett in the original “Road House”, the stranger in “The Big Lebowski” AND Cher’s biker boyfriend Gar in 1985’s “Mask”.
Ken Norton (1943 – 2013) Father of NFL star Ken Norton Jr. and a decent athlete in his own right. He was the 1978 WBC heavyweight boxing champ and he once broke Muhammad Ali’s jaw in the ring.
Robert Shaw (1927 – 1978) Quint in “Jaws”, and mobster Doyle Lonnegan in “The Sting”.
