Former Playmate Jenny McCarthy Celebrates 51st Birthday Today

Actors:

Penn Badgley is 37 (“Gossip Girl,” “You”) (FAST FACT: His first credits were for voice work on Mario games for Nintendo 64)

Toni Collette is 51 (“The Sixth Sense,” “Muriel’s Wedding”)

Chad Lindberg is 47 (“Sons of Anarchy,” “Supernatural”)

Belita Moreno is 74 (“George Lopez”)

Peter Ostrum is 66 (‘Charlie’ in the 1971 film, “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory”) (FAST FACT: After “Wonka,” he ended his film career and became a vet)

Natalia Tena is 39 (‘Tonks’ in the “Harry Potter” films, “Game of Thrones”)

Rachel Ticotin is 65 (“Total Recall,” “Law & Order: LA”)

The late Marcia Wallace (1942-2013)…she would have been 81 (Mrs. Krabapple on “The Simpsons,” “The Bob Newhart Show”)

The late Michael Zaslow (1942-1998)…he would have been 81 (“One Life to Live,” “You Light Up My Life”) 

Musicians:

Def Leppard’s Rick Allen is 60

Big & Rich’s “Big” Kenny Alphin is 60

Bill Anderson is 86

Bo Bice is 48

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis is 61

Lyle Lovett is 66

Original Destiny Child member LaTavia Roberson is 42

Keith Stegall is 68 

Plus:

Apple CEO Tim Cook is 63

Composer/Producer/Songwriter David Foster is 74

TV/Radio personality Jenny McCarthy is 51

Baseball pitching great Fernando Valenzuela is 63 (During his 17-year baseball career, he achieved his greatest success with the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1980-1990, and went on to pitch for five more major league teams. He’s also been a Spanish-language color commentator since 2003) (FAST FACT: He became an American citizen in July 2015)

The late author Stephen Crane (1871-1900)(known for his American and Civil War novels and poetry)

The late “Hustler” publisher Larry Flynt (1942 – 2021) …he would have been 81

The late Crawford W. Long (1815-1878)(He was the first doctor to use ether as anesthesia in surgery)

The late scientist Alfred Wegener (1880-1930)(He came up with the theory of continental drift: the idea that the Earth’s continents have drifted across the ocean over the years)

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