Tennis superstar Serena Williams celebrates 42nd birthday today

actor:

Melissa Sue Anderson 61 (“Little House on the Prairie”)

Jim Caviezel, 55 (“The Passion of the Christ,” “The Count of Monte Cristo”)

Mark Famiglietti, 44 (Bones, Mad Men)

Linda Hamilton, 67 (Terminator movies, Beauty and the Beast)

Ashley Leggat 37 (Life With Derek, Confessions of a Drama Queen)

Kent McCord, 81 (Ozzie and Harriet, JAG)

Melanie Paxson, 51 (“Happy Family,” “Descendants”)

Tallulah Riley, 38 (Pride and Prejudice, Inception)

The late Donna Douglas (1932–2015)…she was 91 (The Beverly Hillbillies, Frankie and Johnny)

The late Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959) (Miracle on 34th Street, Pride and Prejudice)

The late Julie London (1926-2000)…she was 97 years old (over forty films and the classic TV series Emergency!)

musician:

Karin Carter 68 years old

Bryan Ferry 78 years old

Cindy Herron appears in Vogue magazine, 62 years old

Christina Milian 42 years old

Boyz II men’s player Shawn Stockman 51 years old

The late Lynn Anderson (1947–2015)…she was 76 years old

The late Olivia Newton-John (who also starred in several films, including Grease and Arcadia) (1948-2022)…she was 75 years old

The late Marty Robbins (1925 – 1982)…he was 98 years old

add:

Television pitchman Jonathan Goldsmith, 85 (once dubbed “the funniest man in the world”)

Producer and TV personality Nev Schulman, 39 (Catfish: The Show, Dancing with the Stars)

Tennis champion Serena Williams turns 42

The late pioneer John Chapman, also known as Johnny Appleseed (1774 – 1845) (better known to the rest of us as John Johnny Appleseed, a pioneer American nurseryman who introduced apple trees to much of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, as well as the northern counties of today’s West Virginia. Because of his His kindness, generous ways, his leadership in environmental conservation and the symbolic significance he gave to the apple made him an American legend during his lifetime.)

The late poet S. Eliot (1888 – 1965) (who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948 “for his outstanding and pioneering contribution to contemporary poetry.”)

The late composer George Gershwin (1898 – 1937) (Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Porgy and Bess)

The late fitness guru Jack LaLanne (1914 – 2011) (considered the “godfather of modern fitness”) founded himself on the belief that “the overall health of a nation depends on the health of its population” His career and brand, and references to sports culture and nutrition have been hailed as “America’s salvation.” In fact, without him, celebrity movement greats like Jane Fonda and Richard Simmons might not exist. )