October 21st Birthdays
If you were born on October 21st, you share a birthday with these famous people:
Joyce Randolph is 96 (nee Joyce Sirola)
American chorus girl & comedic actress of stage and television (Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners, The Jackie Gleason Show, Cavalcade of Stars & The Ed Sullivan Show; Buck Rogers; The Doctors and the Nurses), born October 21, 1924. (Joyce Randolph 1950s The Honeymooners Photo: CBS Television)
Manfred Mann is 80 (nee Manfred Sepse Lubowitz)
South African keyboardist, musician, singer & founder of the Manfred Mann band (Do Wah Diddy Diddy; Sha-La-La; Pretty Flamingo; Mighty Quinn; My Name is Jack; Fox on the Run; Ha! Ha! Said the Clown), born October 21, 1940. (Manfred Mann 1967 Photo: Ron Kroon)
Judge Judy Sheindlin is 78 (nee Judith Susan Blum; “Court Show Queen“)
American family court prosecuting lawyer (1965-1996), retired judge (1982-1996), author, Daytime Emmy Award-winning television producer and personality (Judge Judy on the Judge Judy reality TV series since 1996), born October 21, 1942. (Judge Judy 2005 Photo: Susan Roberts)
Steve Lukather is 63 (nee Steven Lee Lukather)
Grammy Award-winning American music arranger, producer, songwriter, singer, session guitarist, solo artist, and founding member of Toto (Africa; Rosanna; Hold the Line; I Won’t Hold You Back; 99; Make Believe), born October 21, 1957. (Steve Lukather 2005 Photo: Mark Regemann, Germany)
George Bell is 61 (nee Jorge Antonio Bell Mathey)
Caribbean & Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame retired Dominican Republic professional baseball player, MLB left fielder (Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox), 1987 American League MVP, 3-time MLB All-Star & Silver Slugger winner, born October 21, 1959. (George Bell 1988 Photo)
Ken Watanabe is 61
Japanese-American movie actor (The Last Samurai; Batman Begins; Godzilla; Inception; Sea of Trees; Shanghai; Transformers: Age of Extinction; Letters from Iwo Jima; The King and I;
Memoirs of a Geisha), born October 21, 1959. (Ken Watanabe 2007 Photo: Thore Siebrands)(White & Black Sheep Photo: Edvin Karlsson via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on October 21st!
And remembering
Whitey Ford (nee Edward Charles Ford; “The Chairman of the Board“)
Baseball Hall of Fame American professional baseball player, MLB All-Star (10 times) pitcher for the New York Yankees (1950-1967) with 6 World Series victories, 1961 World Series MVP & Cy Young Award winner (born Oct. 21, 1928 – died Oct. 8, 2020; age 91). Whitey Ford had dementia before he died. (Whitey Ford 1954 Baseball Digest Cover Photo)
American singer, dancer, & actress of TV (Ginger Jones on Santa Barbara; Night Court; The Streets of San Francisco; Police Woman; Medical Center) & movies (Sweet Charity; The Andromeda Strain; Top of the Heap; Soylent Green; Cool Breeze) (born Oct. 21, 1943 – died Feb. 9, 2020; age 76). Cause of death for Paula Kelly is unknown. (Paula Kelly 1976 Photo: NBC TV)
Dizzy Gillespie (nee John Birks Gillespie)
Grammy Award-winning American composer, jazz trumpeter, scat singer, and bebop, Afro-Cuban jazz, big band and swing bandleader (Salt Peanuts; Groovin’ High; A Night in Tunisia; Dizzy Atmosphere; Blue ‘n’ Boogie) (born Oct. 21, 1917 – died Jan. 6, 1993; age 75). Dizzy Gillespie died of pancreatic cancer. (Dizzy Gillespie 1946-1948 Photo: William P. Gottlieb / LoC)
Grammy Award-winning American author & screenwriter (Postcards from the Edge; These Old Broads; Wishful Drinking), & movie actress (Star Wars films; Shampoo; When Harry Met Sally; The ‘Burbs; Loverboy; Garbo Talks; Soapdish) (born Oct. 21, 1956 – died Dec. 27, 2016; age 60). Carrie Fisher died of cardiac arrest. (Carrie Fisher 1977 Come Back, Little Sheba Photo: NBC)
American character actor of radio, TV (The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp; My Three Sons; Family Affair; Wagon Train) and movies (Honor of the West; Bitter Creek; Port of Hate; The Cowboy From Sundown; Billy the Kid Outlawed; Dick Tracy; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; Thunderhead, Son of Flicka) (born Oct. 21, 1905 – died Nov. 7, 1994; age 89). (Carleton Young 1960 Shotgun Slade)
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