Today’s Birthdays
Written by KingCnote on January 3, 2020
Greta Thunberg – 17 years old
After a widely publicized tour of the United States, the Swedish schoolgirl was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year — and nominated for a Nobel Prize — in 2019 for her stirring efforts to call attention to the global threat of climate change.Born 2003
Lloyd (Polite Junior) – 34 years old
Born 1986
Eli Manning – 39 years old
New York Giants quarterbackBorn 1981
Kimberley Locke – 42 years old
She finished third — behind Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken –– in the second season of American Idol (2003) and has gone on to a recording career.Born 1978
Angela Yee – 44 years old
New York City radio host known for hosting The Breakfast Club on Power 105.1 (WWPR-FM). Her show was named by The Source as one of the best radio shows in the country in a special Power 30 issue of the magazine.
Danica McKellar – 45 years old
The actress who played Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years has since appeared on such series as The West Wing, Static Shock, Inspector Mom and Young Justice. She also has a degree in mathematics and a son named Draco.Born 1975
Mel Gibson – 64 years old
Born in upstate New York but raised in Australia, the actor and director has attracted a lot of attention in recent years for his behavior and unpopular beliefs. His two Oscars both came for Braveheart: Best Director and Best Picture (as one of the co-producers) and he was nominated for Best Director again in 2017 for Hacksaw Ridge. Other notable films include, as a director, Apocalypto and The Passion of the Christ and, as an actor, Mad Max, the Lethal Weapon series, The Patriot, What Women Want, Payback, Ransom, The Year of Living Dangerously and Gallipoli.Born 1956
Victoria Principal – 70 years old
Actress (Dallas) and pitchwomanBorn 1950