Today’s Birthdays

Fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt is 88.

 

Olympic pole-vaulter Bob Richards – the only man to win 2 gold medals in this event (1952, 1956) and the first athlete to appear on the front of a Wheaties cereal box – is 86.

Actor Sidney Poitier (Lilies of the Field, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner) is 85.

 

Race car driver Bobby Unser (Indianapolis 500 winner 1968, 1975, 1981) is 78.

Jazz singer Nancy Wilson (Face It Girl, It’s Over, What Are You Doing New Years?) is 75.

 

Actor Richard Beymer (The Diary of Anne Frank, West Side Story, Twin Peaks) is 74.

Actress Sandy Duncan (Peter Pan, Pinnochio, Roots) is 66.

 

Guitarist J. (Jerome) Geils (The J. Geils Band) is 66.

 

Actor Peter Strauss (Peter Gunn, Rich Man Poor Man) is 65.

 

Actress Jennifer O’Neill (The Summer of ’42, Cover-Up) is 64.

 

Guitarist Walter Becker (Steely Dan) is 62.

Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst Shaw is 58.

 

Actor James Wilby (Howard’s End, A Tale of Two Cities) is 54.

Former professional basketball player Charles Barkley is 49.

 

Supermodel and actress Cindy Crawford is 46.

 

Actor Andrew Shue (Melrose Place) is 45.

Singer Brian Littrell (Backstreet Boys) is 37.

 

 

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