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| Date | Show | Debut |
|---|---|---|
| April 3 | The Flying Nun | 1967 |
| Here Come the Brides | 1968 | |
| April 4 | Petticoat Junction | 1963 |
| May 7 | Daniel Boone | 1964 |
| May 15 | Get Smart | 1965 |
| May 26 | I Dream of Jeannie | |
| May 27 | The Wednesday Play | 1964 |
| June 14 | Spider-Man | 1967 |
| June 19 | The Tim Conway Show | 1970 |
| October 31 | Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (returned in 1978) | 1969 |
| December 13 | The Tim Conway Comedy Hour | 1970 |
| December 19 | H.R. Puffnstuff (Returned in 1971) | 1969 |
| Date | Name | Notability |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Jeff Schaffer | Writer |
| January 2 | Nancy St. Alban | Actress ( Guiding Light ) |
| January 6 | Julie Chen Moonves | TV host |
| January 13 | Shonda Rhimes | Producer and showrunner ( Grey's Anatomy ) |
| January 15 | Shane McMahon | Businessman and pro wrestler (WWE) |
| January 20 | Skeet Ulrich | Actor ( Jericho ) |
| January 21 | Ken Leung | Actor ( Lost , The Night Shift ) |
| January 26 | Tracy Middendorf | Actress ( Scream ) |
| January 27 | Peter W. Klein | Writer |
| January 29 | Heather Graham | Actress ( Scrubs ) |
| Janice Kawaye | Voice actress ( My Life as a Teenage Robot , Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi ) | |
| Paul Ryan | Politician [2] | |
| January 30 | Chris Jacobs | Television host |
| January 31 | Minnie Driver | English actress ( Speechless ) |
| February 2 | Jennifer Westfeldt | American actress |
| February 4 | Gabrielle Anwar | English actress ( The Tudors , Burn Notice , Once Upon a Time ) |
| February 8 | Alonzo Mourning | NBA basketball player |
| February 10 | Tyler Bunch | Actor |
| February 15 | Megan Dodds | Actress ( CSI: NY , House ) |
| February 17 | Dominic Purcell | Australian-British actor ( Prison Break , The Flash , Legends of Tomorrow ) |
| February 19 | Bellamy Young | Actress ( Scandal ) |
| February 22 | Michael Rodrick | Actor ( Another World ) |
| February 23 | Paul Anthony Stewart | Actor ( Guiding Light ) |
| Niecy Nash | Actress | |
| February 28 | Tangi Miller | Actress ( Felicity ) |
| March 2 | Alexander Armstrong | TV presenter |
| March 3 | Julie Bowen | Actress ( Ed , Boston Legal , Modern Family ) |
| Audrey Puente | American meteorologist | |
| March 4 | Andrea Bendewald | Actress ( Suddenly Susan ) |
| Christopher B. Duncan | Actor ( The Jamie Foxx Show , The First Family ) | |
| March 5 | Lisa Robin Kelly | Actress ( That '70s Show ) (died 2013) |
| March 7 | Rachel Weisz | Actress |
| March 8 | Andrea Parker | Actress ( The Pretender , Less than Perfect , Pretty Little Liars ) |
| March 10 | Jim Sciutto | News anchor |
| March 17 | Yanic Truesdale | Canadian-American actor ( Gilmore Girls ) |
| March 18 | Queen Latifah | Actress, talk show host ( The Queen Latifah Show ) |
| March 20 | Michael Rapaport | Actor ( Prison Break ) |
| March 24 | Lara Flynn Boyle | Actress ( Twin Peaks , The Practice ) |
| Jeff Lewis | TV host | |
| March 27 | Elizabeth Mitchell | Actress ( Lost , V , Revolution ) |
| March 28 | Vince Vaughn | Actor and producer |
| April 4 | Greg Garcia | Producer |
| April 5 | Wendy Braun | Actress ( Lost ) |
| April 11 | Johnny Messner | Actor |
| April 12 | Retta | Actress and comedian ( Parks and Recreation ) |
| April 13 | Ricky Schroder | Actor ( Silver Spoons , NYPD Blue ) |
| April 15 | Flex Alexander | Actor ( Girlfriends , One on One ) |
| April 20 | Shemar Moore | Actor ( The Young and the Restless , Criminal Minds ) |
| April 21 | Rob Riggle | Actor and comedian ( Saturday Night Live ) |
| Nicole Sullivan | Actress and comedian ( Mad TV , Kim Possible , The Secret Saturdays ) | |
| April 25 | Jason Lee | Actor (Earl Hickey on My Name is Earl ) |
| Jason Wiles | Actor ( Third Watch , Scream ) | |
| April 26 | Melania Trump | Businesswoman |
| Jacqueline Laurita | American television personality | |
| April 29 | Uma Thurman | Actress and singer |
| May 3 | Bobby Cannavale | Actor ( Third Watch ) |
| May 4 | Will Arnett | Actor ( Arrested Development , 30 Rock ) |
| May 11 | Karen Kilgariff | Actress |
| Harold Ford Jr. | American financial managing director | |
| May 12 | Samantha Mathis | Actress |
| May 17 | Jordan Knight | Singer ( The Surreal Life: Fame Games ) |
| May 18 | Tina Fey | Actress and comedian ( Saturday Night Live , 30 Rock ) |
| May 19 | Jason Gray-Stanford | Canadian actor ( Monk ) |
| May 22 | Naomi Campbell | English model, actress and singer ( Empire ) |
| May 27 | Mara Brock Akil | American screenwriter and television producer |
| Joseph Fiennes | American actor | |
| May 28 | Paul Sinha | English quizzer, comedian, doctor and award-winning broadcaster |
| June 1 | Paul Schrier | Actor |
| June 2 | Paula Cale | Actress ( Providence ) |
| June 8 | Gabby Giffords | American retired politician and gun control advocate |
| Kelli Williams | Actress ( The Practice , Army Wives , Lie to Me ) | |
| June 12 | Rick Hoffman | Actor |
| June 15 | Leah Remini | Actress ( The King of Queens , Kevin Can Wait ) |
| Kit Pongetti | Actress | |
| June 16 | Darlene Rodriguez | American journalist |
| Clifton Collins Jr. | American actor | |
| June 17 | Will Forte | Actor and comedian ( Saturday Night Live , The Last Man on Earth ) |
| June 19 | Chris Wragge | American news anchor |
| June 26 | Chris O'Donnell | Actor ( Grey's Anatomy , The Company , NCIS: Los Angeles ) |
| Sean Hayes | Actor, comedian and producer ( Will & Grace ) | |
| Nick Offerman | Actor ( Parks and Recreation ) | |
| Matt Letscher | Actor | |
| June 28 | Steve Burton | Actor ( General Hospital , The Young and the Restless ) |
| Rio Hackford | Actor (died 2022) | |
| June 30 | Brian Bloom | Actor |
| July 1 | Henry Simmons | Actor ( NYPD Blue , Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ) |
| July 3 | Audra McDonald | Actress ( Private Practice ) and singer |
| July 11 | Justin Chambers | Actor ( Cold Case , Grey's Anatomy ) |
| July 13 | Sharon Horgan | English-born Irish comedy screenwriter and actress ( Pulling , Catastrophe , Divorce ) |
| July 23 | Charisma Carpenter | Actress ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Angel ) |
| July 26 | Cress Williams | Actor ( Prison Break , Hart of Dixie ) |
| July 27 | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Actor |
| July 30 | Dean Edwards | Actor and comedian ( Saturday Night Live , Celebrity Deathmatch , The Sopranos ) |
| Christopher Nolan | Director | |
| Andrea Stassou | American television journalist | |
| August 2 | Kevin Smith | Actor |
| August 4 | Bret Baier | Host |
| August 6 | M. Night Shyamalan | Actor |
| August 9 | Thomas Lennon | Actor ( The State , Reno 911! ) |
| Chris Cuomo | Reporter | |
| August 11 | Teresa Pavlinek | Actress |
| August 12 | Charles Mesure | English-Australian actor |
| August 15 | Anthony Anderson | Actor ( All About the Andersons , Black-ish ) |
| Ben Silverman | American media executive | |
| August 16 | Seth Peterson | Actor ( Providence , Burn Notice ) |
| Bonnie Bernstein | Sportscaster | |
| August 18 | Malcolm-Jamal Warner | Actor ( The Cosby Show , Malcolm & Eddie ) |
| August 19 | Fat Joe | Rapper and actor |
| August 22 | Giada De Laurentiis | Television personality and chef ( Everyday Italian , Giada at Home ) |
| August 23 | Jay Mohr | Actor and comedian ( Ghost Whisperer , Gary Unmarried ) |
| River Phoenix | Actor ( Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ) (died 1993) | |
| August 24 | David Gregory | American television personality |
| August 26 | Melissa McCarthy | Actress and comedian ( Gilmore Girls , Mike & Molly ) |
| August 27 | Leanna Creel | Actress ( Saved by the Bell ) |
| August 31 | Debbie Gibson | Singer ( Celebrity Apprentice ) |
| September 3 | Maria Bamford | Actress and comedian ( CatDog , Back at the Barnyard , Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil , Adventure Time , Lady Dynamite ) |
| September 6 | Emily Maitlis | Canadian-born English news presenter (NBC, BBC) |
| September 8 | Rosearik Rikki Simons | Voice actor ( Invader Zim ) |
| Latrell Sprewell | NBA basketball player | |
| September 11 | Taraji P. Henson | Actress ( Empire ) |
| Laura Wright | Actress ( Guiding Light , General Hospital ) | |
| September 12 | Josh Hopkins | Actor ( Cougar Town ) |
| Will Chase | Actor | |
| September 13 | Louise Lombard | English actress ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ) |
| September 16 | Tamron Hall | Journalist and talk show host |
| September 18 | Aisha Tyler | Actress ( Criminal Minds , Ghost Whisperer , Archer ) |
| September 19 | Victor Williams | Actor ( The King of Queens ) |
| September 21 | Rob Benedict | Actor ( Supernatural ) |
| James Lesure | Actor ( For Your Love , Las Vegas ) | |
| September 27 | Tamara Taylor | Actress ( Bones ) |
| September 29 | Emily Lloyd | Actress |
| Russell Peters | Actor | |
| September 30 | Tony Hale | Actor ( Arrested Development ) |
| October 2 | Kelly Ripa | Actress, talk show host ( All My Children , Hope & Faith ) |
| Mark Immelman | Sportscaster | |
| October 3 | Kirsten Nelson | Actress ( Psych ) |
| October 5 | Josie Bissett | Actress ( Melrose Place ) |
| October 6 | Amy Jo Johnson | American-Canadian actress ( Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , Felicity , Flashpoint ) and singer |
| October 8 | Matt Damon | Actor ( 30 Rock ) |
| October 11 | Constance Zimmer | Actress ( Entourage , Boston Legal , Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ) |
| October 12 | Kirk Cameron | Actor ( Growing Pains ) |
| October 13 | Serena Altschul | American broadcast journalist |
| October 14 | Jon Seda | Actor ( Homicide: Life on the Street ) |
| Paul Fitzgerald | Actor | |
| October 18 | Mike Mitchell | Director |
| October 19 | Chris Kattan | Actor and comedian ( Saturday Night Live , The Middle ) |
| October 22 | Jason Moore | Director |
| October 23 | Grant Imahara | American electrical engineer (died 2020) |
| October 24 | Raúl Esparza | Actor ( Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , Hannibal ) |
| October 25 | Adam Goldberg | Actor |
| Adam Pascal | Actor | |
| October 28 | Greg Eagles | Voice actor (Grim on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy ) |
| October 30 | Billy Brown | Actor ( How to Get Away with Murder ) |
| Nia Long | Actress ( The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , Third Watch ) | |
| November 1 | Caprice Crane | Producer |
| November 4 | Anthony Ruivivar | Actor ( Third Watch ) |
| Bethenny Frankel | American television personality | |
| November 7 | Morgan Spurlock | Producer |
| November 9 | Chris Jericho | Wrestler |
| November 11 | Jon Wertheim | Sports journalist |
| November 16 | Martha Plimpton | Actress ( Raising Hope ) |
| November 17 | Mike Epps | Actor |
| November 18 | Megyn Kelly | Talk show host |
| November 20 | Sabrina Lloyd | Actress ( Sliders , Sports Night ) |
| Melissa Disney | Voice actress ( As Told by Ginger ) | |
| November 24 | Jonathan Ward | Actor ( Charles in Charge ) |
| November 28 | Richard Osman | TV presenter |
| November 29 | Larry Joe Campbell | Actor ( According to Jim ) |
| November 30 | Perrey Reeves | Actress |
| December 1 | Golden Brooks | Actress ( Girlfriends , Saturdays) |
| Sarah Silverman | Actress, comedian and singer ( Saturday Night Live , The Sarah Silverman Program ) | |
| December 2 | Joe Lo Truglio | Actor ( Brooklyn Nine-Nine ) |
| December 4 | Kevin Sussman | Actor ( Ugly Betty , The Big Bang Theory ) |
| Tamsen Fadal | American journalist | |
| Fat Pat | American rapper | |
| December 5 | Walt Dohrn | Actor |
| December 7 | Meg Oliver | Anchor |
| December 9 | Kara DioGuardi | Judge on American Idol |
| December 10 | Susanna Reid | Television presenter |
| December 12 | Jennifer Connelly | Actress ( The $treet ) |
| Mädchen Amick | Actress ( Twin Peaks ) | |
| December 13 | Jesse Armstrong | Screenwriter ( Succession ) |
| Evan Frankfort | Television composer | |
| December 15 | Michael Shanks | Canadian actor ( Stargate SG-1 , Saving Hope ) |
| December 16 | Daniel Cosgrove | Actor |
| December 17 | Sean Patrick Thomas | Actor ( The District ) |
| December 18 | DMX | Rapper and actor (died 2021) |
| Victoria Pratt | Actress ( Mutant X , Day Break ) | |
| December 20 | Nicole de Boer | Actress ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , The Dead Zone ) |
| December 21 | Jamie Colby | American TV host |
| December 23 | Shannon Bream | American journalist |
| December 24 | Amaury Nolasco | Puerto Rican actor ( Prison Break ) |
| December 28 | Dolores Catania | American television personality |
| December 29 | Kevin Weisman | Actor ( Alias , The Blacklist , Scorpion ) |
| December 31 | Chandra West | Canadian actress ( The Gates ) |
| Date | Name | Age | Notability |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 23 | Herb Shriner | 51 | Actor, game show host ( Two for the Money ) |
| April 30 | Inger Stevens | 35 | Actress (Katy on The Farmer's Daughter ) |
| June 11 | Frank Silvera | 55 | Actor ( The High Chaparral ) |
| August 30 | Del Moore | 54 | Actor, comedian ( Life with Elizabeth ) |
| September 29 | Edward Everett Horton | 84 | Actor, narrator ( The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show ) |
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