Famous birthdays on February 17: Jerry O’Connell, Jason Ritter

February 17 (UPI) – Those born on this day are under the sign of Aquarius.

They include:

— Mail order merchant Aaron Montgomery Ward in 1844

— Texas oil millionaire HL Hunt in 1889

— Author Margaret Truman Daniel, daughter of US President Harry S. Truman, in 1924

— Actor Hal Holbrook in 1925

— Actor and Football Hall of Fame member Jim Brown in 1936

— Singer Gene Pitney in 1940

— Political activist Huey P. Newton in 1942

— Actress Brenda Fricker in 1945 (age 79)

— Actor Rene Russo in 1954 (age 70)

— Actor Richard Karn in 1956 (68 years old)

— Actor Lou Diamond Phillips in 1962 (age 62)

— Comedian Larry the Cable Guy, born Daniel Whitney, 1963 (age 61)

— Basketball superstar Michael Jordan in 1963 (61 years old)

— Film director Michael Bay in 1965 (age 59)

— Actor Dominic Purcell in 1970 (age 54)

— Actress Denise Richards in 1971 (age 53)

— Musician Billie Joe Armstrong in 1972 (age 52)

— Rocker Taylor Hawkins in 1972

— Actor Jerry O’Connell in 1974 (age 50)

— Actor Jason Ritter in 1980 (44 years old)

— Television personality Paris Hilton 1981 (age 43)

— Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 1981 (43 years old)

— Actor/singer Chord Overstreet in 1989 (age 35)

— Actress Bonnie Wright in 1991 (age 33)

— Singer Ed Sheeran in 1991 (age 33)

— Actor Jeremy Allen White in 1991 (age 33)

— Actor Sasha Pieterse in 1996 (28 years old)