January 7th Birthdays
If you were born on this day January 7th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Terry Moore (nee Helen Luella Koford; ex of Glenn Davis)
American actress of movies (Come Back, Little Sheba;, Daddy Long Legs; Mighty Joe Young; Beneath the 12-Mile Reef; Peyton Place; Postmark for Danger; Cast a Long Shadow; Man on a Tightrope) &TV (Empire; Batman), born January 7, 1929. Ex-partner of Howard Hughes. (Terry Moore 1957 Bernardine)
Jann Wenner
American journalist, interviewer, co-founder and publisher of Rolling Stone magazine, publisher of Us Weekly, Outside, Family Life, and Men’s Journal magazines, co-founder & member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, born January 7, 1946. (Jann Wenner 1970 Photo: AP Wirephoto)
Kenny Loggins (nee Kenneth Clark Loggins)
Grammy Award-winning American guitarist & singer-songwriter solo (What A Fool Believes; This is It; I’m All Right; Footloose; Danger Zone), and with Loggins & Messina (Danny’s Song; Your Mama Don’t Dance), born January 7, 1948. (Kenny Loggins 1974 Photo: Schiffman and Larson)
Erin Gray
American author (Act Right), casting agent, model, actress of movies (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century) and TV (Wilma Deering on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century; Kate on Silver Spoons; Nicole Devlin on Port Charles; Profiler; The Guild; Baywatch), born January 7, 1950. (Erin Gray 1982 Photo: NBC)
Sandra Bernhard
American comedienne, voice over & character actress of stage (I’m Your Woman), TV (Roseanne; Hercules; The L Word; 2 Broke Girls; Switched at Birth) and movies (The King of Comedy; Hudson Hawk; Wrongfully Accused), born January 7, 1955. (Sandra Bernhard 2014 Photo: Slomotion777)
David Caruso (ex of Rachel Ticotin)
American actor of TV (CSI: Miami; NYPD Blue; Michael Hayes; Hill Street Blues; H.E.L.P.) and film (Proof of Life; An Officer and a Gentleman; Thief of Hearts; Twins; Hudson Hawk; Mad Dog and Glory; Body Count; Black Point), born January 7, 1956. (David Caruso 2008 Photo: Philip Nelson)
Katie Couric(nee Katherine Anne Couric)
American TV journalist, news anchor (Yahoo! Global News; NBC – Today; CBS – Evening News with Katie Couric; 60 Minutes; ABC – Good Morning America), TV producer, writer, and host (Katie; Freedom: A History of Us), born January 7, 1957. (Katie Couric c. 2008 Photo: Image Editor / CBS)
Nicolas Cage (nee Nicolas Kim Coppola)
Oscar-winning American film actor (Leaving Las Vegas; Moonstruck; Peggy Sue Got Married; National Treasure; Honeymoon in Vegas; The Rock; Con Air; The Croods; Raising Arizona; Guarding Tess; Windtalkers), born January 7, 1964. Ex of Patricia Arquette, Lisa Marie Presley. (Nicolas Cage: George Grinsted)
American actor of TV and films (The Hurt Locker; The Town; Dahmer; The Avengers; The Bourne Legacy; American Hustle; Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol & sequel; Wind River; Captain America: Civil War; Kill the Messenger), born January 7, 1971. (Jeremy Renner 2010 Photo: Sgt. Michael Connors)
(Butterfly McQueen 1968 UPI Photos | Terry Moore 1957)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on January 7th!
Remember These January 7th Famous Birthdays
Irrfan Khan (nee Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan)
Indian actor of TV & films (Slumdog Millionaire; Inferno; A Mighty Heart; The Amazing Spider-Man; Jurassic World; New York, I Love You; The Darjeeling Limited; The Namesake; Life of Pi; Partition; Hindi Medium) (born Jan. 7, 1967 – died Apr. 29, 2020; age 53). Irrfan Khan had a neuroendocrine tumour and died of a colon infection. (Irrfan Khan 2015 Photo: Bollywood Hungama)
Vincent Gardenia (nee Vincenzo Scognamiglio)
Emmy Award-winning Italian-American actor of TV (The Edge of Night; All in the Family; Breaking Away; L.A. Law; The Rogues; Ben Casey; Mission: Impossible) & movies (Murder Inc.; The Hustler; Moonstruck; Bang the Drum Slowly; Death Wish; Heaven Can Wait) (born Jan. 7, 1920 – died Dec. 9, 1992; age 72). Vincent Gardenia died of a heart attack. (Vincent Gardenia 1980 Photo: ABC)
Alan Napier (nee Alan William Napier-Clavering)
English actor of TV (Batman; Don’t Call Me Charlie) & films (Tripoli; Sinbad, The Sailor; Across the Wide Missouri; Moonfleet; Journey to the Center of the Earth; Signpost to Murder; 36 Hours; Lassie Come Home; Marnie; The House of the Seven Gables; Johnny Belinda; Tarzan’s Peril; Lured) (born Jan. 7, 1903 – died Aug. 8, 1988; age 85). (Alan Napier 1949 The Red Danube Photo: MGM)
William Peter Blatty
Academy Award-winning American novelist (John Goldfarb, Please Come Home; The Exorcist), screenwriter & director (The Exorcist; Promise Her Anything; The Great Bank Robbery; A Shot in the Dark; Gunn; Darling Lili; (born Jan. 7, 1928 – died Jan. 12, 2017; age 89). William Peter Blatty died of multiple myeloma. (William Peter Blatty 2012 Photo: Dimiter77)
Butterfly McQueen (nee Thelma McQueen)
American dancer and actress of movies (Gone With The Wind; Mildred Pierce; Duel in the Sun; Cabin in the Sky; The Mosquito Coast; The Phynx; Amazing Grace), radio, stage (The Wiz), and TV (Beulah) (born Jan. 7, 1911 – died Dec. 22, 1995; age 84). Butterfly McQueen died of burns from a kerosene heater fire. (Butterfly McQueen c. 1930s Photo: Insomnia Cured Here)
Paul Revere (nee Paul Revere Dick)
American organist and co-founder of Paul Revere & the Raiders (Kicks; Good Thing; Him or Me – What’s It Gonna Be; Hungry; Indian Reservation; Just Like Me; I Had a Dream; Too Much Talk; Birds of a Feather; Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon), and TV host (Where the Action Is) (born Jan. 7, 1938 – died Oct. 4, 2014; age 76). Paul Revere died of cancer. (Paul Revere 1973 Photo: Greg Gilbert)
Austro-Hungarian-American film producer, Publix Theatres Corporation & Famous Players Film Company founder (The Prisoner of Zenda), later merged with Jesse L. Lasky’s company (Famous Players-Lasky, Paramount Pictures) (born Jan. 7, 1873 – died June 10, 1976; age 103). Adolph Zukor died of natural causes. (Adolph Zukor 1930 Photo: Exhibitors Herald)
Philip Borneuf (ex of Frances Reid)
American character actor of stage, TV (Dr. Kildare; Perry Mason; Gunsmoke; Lassie; Studio One in Hollywood; Wagon Train; The Detectives; You Are There; Danger) and movies (Beyond a Reasonable Doubt; Pete ‘n’ Tillie; The Big Night; The Molly Maguires) (born Jan. 7, 1908 – died Mar. 23, 1979; age 71). Cause of death for Philip Borneuf is unknown. (Philip Borneuf 1960 One Step Beyond)
Pope Gregory XIII (nee Ugo Boncampagni)
Italian Bishop of Vieste, Legate to Spain, Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto Vecchio, chosen Pope in 1572; instituted Catholic church reforms, founded seminaries for training priests, established the College of St. Thomas, & commissioned the Gregorian calendar to replace the Julian calendar (born Jan. 7, 1502 – died Apr. 10, 1585; age 83). (Pope Gregory XIII: Lavinia Fontana)
American stand-up comedian, actor of TV (“Screech” on Saved by the Bell / Good Morning, Miss Bliss, Saved by the Bell: The New Class, & Saved by the Bell: The College Years) & films (13th Grade; Minor League: A Football Story; Hamlet A.D.D.; College Fright Night) (born Jan. 7, 1977 – died Feb. 1, 2021; age 44). Dustin Diamond died of lung cancer. (Dustin Diamond 2012: Rob DiCaterino)
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