Marcus Thornton (basketball, born 1987)

Marcus Terrell Thornton is an American professional basketball player for the Eberlein Drive of The Basketball Tournament. He played college basketball for Kilgore College and Louisiana State University before being drafted in the second round of the 2009 NBA draft by the Miami Heat. He has played in the NBA for the New Orleans Hornets, Sacramento Kings, Brooklyn Nets, Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets and Washington Wizards.

5 June 1987

Born on the same birth day (5 June): Brian McKnight • Dean Amadon • Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover • Federico García Lorca • Frederick Lorz • Mark Ella • Pu Songling • Robert Barbieri • Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough • Tony Richardson • William Roberts (painter)

Born in the same month (June 1987): Alessia Filippi • Christian Tshimanga Kabeya • Diana DeGarmo • Joseph Ebuya • Kendrick Lamar • Lionel Messi • Martin Harnik • Maryka Holtzhausen • Mollie King • Nozomi Tsuji • Rashard Mendenhall • Terrence Williams • Yarisley Silva