Jimbo’s Birthday Wishes (07/17/26 – 07/19/26)
Jimbo's Birthday Wishes (07/17/26 - 07/19/26)
Birthdays on July 17, 2026
OG Anunoby is 29. Knicks forward who tipped in the game-winning shot for their HUGE comeback win of Game 4 in this year’s NBA Championship.
Billie Lourd is 34. Carrie Fisher’s daughter, Debbie Reynolds’ granddaughter, and Leia’s trusted lieutenant in the new “Star Wars” trilogy. She’s also Chanel #3 on “Scream Queens” and was on multiple seasons of “American Horror Story”.
Jeremih is 39. R&B stud who sings “Birthday Sex“ and “Don’t Tell ‘Em“.
Mike Vogel is 47. Bill Boltz on “Scarpetta”, Dale Barbie on “Under the Dome”, and Brenda Song’s “husband” in the Netflix thriller “Secret Obsession“.
Luke Bryan is 50. At this point, do we know him more for “American Idol” or his music? “Play It Again“, “Drunk on You“, and “Crash My Party“.
Eric Winter is 50. Sergeant Tim Bradford on “The Rookie”.
Carey Hart is 51. Professional motocross racer who’s married to Pink.
Tony Dovolani is 53. Former “Dancing with the Stars” pro. He won the 15th season with Melissa Rycroft from “The Bachelor”.
Jason Clarke is 57. The dad Louis Creed in the “Pet Sematary” remake, Malcolm in “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”, and John Connor in “Terminator Genisys”. You may also remember him from “Zero Dark Thirty” and “Everest”.
Alex Winter is 61. Bill S. Preston, Esquire in “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure“, “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey“ and the third “Bill & Ted” movie, “Bill & Ted Face the Music“. Some of you might also remember him as Marko in “The Lost Boys”.
Craig Morgan is 62. Country singer. “That’s What I Love About Sunday“
Mark Burnett is 66. Producer behind reality shows like “The Apprentice”, “Survivor”, and “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?”. Mark is married to “Touched by an Angel’s” Roma Downey, and they produced “The Bible” and “Son of God” together.
Angela Merkel is 72. The First Female Chancellor of Germany. She retired in 2021.
David Hasselhoff is 74. Single-handedly brought down the Berlin Wall.
Lucie Arnaz is 75. Famous for being Lucy and Desi’s daughter.
Terry “Geezer” Butler is 77. Bassist for Black Sabbath.
Queen Camilla (Parker-Bowles) is 79. Queen consort of King Charles.
Donald Sutherland (1935 – 2024) Kiefer’s dad. President Snow in the “Hunger Games” movies and star of the 1978 version of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”.
Diahann Carroll (1935 – 2019) Actress, singer, and breast cancer activist. She played Dominique Deveraux on “Dynasty”, Isaiah Washington’s mother on “Grey’s Anatomy”, and Matt Bomer’s landlady on “White Collar”.
Phyllis “Delicious” Diller (1917 – 2012)
Mick Tucker (1947 – 2002) Drummer in Sweet. They gave us the smashes “Fox on the Run“, “Little Willy“, and “Ballroom Blitz“.
Vince Guaraldi (1928 – 1976) Jazz pianist who did the “Peanuts“ music.
James Cagney (1899 – 1986)
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Birthdays on July 18, 2026
Taylor Russell is 32. Judy Robinson on the Netflix “Lost in Space” remake.
James Norton is 41. Ormund Hightower on “House of the Dragon”.
Chace Crawford is 41. Nate on “Gossip Girl”. Now he’s The Deep on Amazon’s “The Boys”.
Hopsin is 41. White-eyed rapper.
Priyanka Chopra is 44. Nadia Sinh on Amazon’s “Citadel”, Alex Parrish on “Quantico”, and Mrs. Nick Jonas.
Michiel Huisman is 45. Daario Naharis on “Game of Thrones”.
Kristen Bell is 46. Eleanor on “The Good Place” and Elsa’s sister Anna in the “Frozen” movies. She’s also “Veronica Mars” and the narrator on “Gossip Girl”.
Jared Hess is 47. He created, wrote and directed “Napoleon Dynamite”. His follow-up project was “Nacho Libre”. Summon your eagle powers!
Kelly Reilly is 49. Beth Dutton on “Yellowstone”, and Kerra the fierce Celtic warrior queen on Amazon’s “Britannia”. You’d also know her as Watson’s wife in Robert Downey Jr.’s “Sherlock Holmes” movies.
Vin Diesel is 59. Do you think he’s more proud of playing Groot in the MCU or Dominic Toretto in “The Fast and the Furious” series?
Jack Irons is 64. Former Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam drummer.
Ricky Skaggs is 72. Country Music Hall of Fame inductee. Ricky taught himself to play the mandolin at age 3. He also plays the banjo, fiddle and guitar.
Richard Branson is 76. The first billionaire in space! He’s the genius behind the Virgin empire.
Steve Forbes is 79. “Forbes” magazine.
Martha Reeves is 85. Leader of Martha & the Vandellas. Biggest Hits: “Heatwave“, “Dancing in the Streets“ and “Nowhere to Run“.
Joe Torre is 86. Former New York Yankees and L.A. Dodgers manager, and all-around class act.
James Brolin is 86. Barbra Streisand’s husband, the dad in “The Amityville Horror”, and father of Marvel star Josh Brolin . . . who’s both Thanos and Cable.
Dion Di Mucci is 87. Better known as simply, Dion. Biggest hit: 1960’s “Runaround Sue“. Second biggest hit: 1960’s “The Wanderer“.
Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013) Former South African president and international hero.
John Glenn (1921 – 2016) The first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth. In 1998, Senator Glenn also became the oldest person ever launched into space, at 77. He held that record until October of 2021 when William Shatner broke his record and reached the final frontier at age 90.
Hunter S. Thompson (1937 – 2005) Johnny Depp’s favorite author. He wrote “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas“ and “The Rum Diary“.
Hume Cronyn (1911 – 2003) “Cocoon” and “*batteries not included”. He was married to his co-star Jessica Tandy.
Glenn Hughes (1950 – 2001) The original Biker in The Village People. He was buried in his delicious Leatherman outfit.
Birthdays on July 19, 2026
Jon “Bones” Jones is 39. UFC fighter and heavyweight champion.
Kaitlin Doubleday is 42. Jessie Caine on “Nashville”. You may also remember her as Andre’s wife Rhonda Lyon on the first few seasons of “Empire”.
Trai Byers is 43. Andre Lyon on “Empire”.
Jared Padalecki is 44. Sam Winchester on “Supernatural”. And Cordell Walker on “Walker”.
Benedict Cumberbatch is 50. Dr. Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He’s also Khan in “Star Trek: Into Darkness”, the dragon in the “Hobbit” movies, and Sherlock Holmes on the BBC’s “Sherlock”.
Nancy Carell is 60. Steve Carell’s wife. She was a correspondent on “The Daily Show” . . . and also played Michael’s girlfriend Carol on “The Office”.
Anthony Edwards is 64. White House Chief of Staff Mars Harper on “Designated Survivor”. But to older fans he’ll always be Goose in “Top Gun”, Dr. Mark Greene on “ER”, and Gilbert Lowe in “Revenge of the Nerds”.
Brian May is 79. Queen’s lead guitarist. He has a PhD in astrophysics. That’s probably why his soundtrack for “Flash Gordon“ was so tight. (???)
Bernie Leadon is 79. Original Eagles guitarist. He sang “Twenty One“ and wrote “My Man“ as a tribute to Gram Parsons after Gram’s 1973 overdose. You may remember that Bernie also poured a beer over Glenn Frey’s head when he quit the band in 1975. They replaced him with Joe Walsh.
Alan Gorrie is 80. Average White Band leader. “Pick Up the Pieces“
Allen Collins (1952 – 1990) Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist who co-wrote “Freebird“.
Samuel Colt (1814 – 1862) He invented the six-shooter. “The Colt” is a major plot device on “Supernatural”, and the preferred weapon of the Winchesters.
