Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 16-22

Actor Will Ferrell is 50 on July 16. FILE – In this Feb. 9, 2016 file photo, Will Ferrell attends the world premiere of “Zoolander 2” in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Drummer Stewart Copeland, formerly of The Police, turns 63 Friday. (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP)
Drummer Stewart Copeland of The Police is 65 on July 16. (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP)
Actor David Hasselhoff poses at the 69th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Actor David Hasselhoff is 65 on July 17. Actor David Hasselhoff poses at the 69th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Country singer Luke Bryan is 41 on July 17. FILE – In a Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016 file photo, Luke Bryan poses for a photo at the 10th Annual ACM Honors at Ryman Auditorium, in Nashville, Tenn. CMT has named Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan and Thomas Rhett as their 2016 artists of the year. (Photo by Sanford Myers/Invision/AP, File)
Actor Vin Diesel is 50 on July 18. Vin Diesel attends the world premiere of “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”, during the 54th New York Film Festival, at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Kristen Bell is 37 on July 18. FILE – In this April 21, 2016, file photo, actor Kristen Bell poses at the opening of the new photography exhibit “REFUGEE” at The Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles. Bell told NBC’s “Today” show in a recent interview that mommy blogs and other parenting sites should come equipped with a simple message, “As long as you love your kid, you won’t fail.” (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is 41 on July 19. FILE – In this Oct. 19, 2016 photo, Benedict Cumberbatch poses for a photo in Beverly Hills, Calif. Geneology detectives have discovered that the British actor who portrays Sherlock Holmes in the PBS television series, is distantly related to the author who created the iconic character more than a century ago. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Jared Padalecki attends the CW Network 2017 Upfront presentation at The London Hotel on Thursday, May 18, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Actor Jared Padalecki (”Supernatural,” `’Gilmore Girls”) is 35 on July 19. Jared Padalecki attends the CW Network 2017 Upfront presentation at The London Hotel on Thursday, May 18, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Carlos Santana poses backstage with the award for outstanding commitment to cause and community: male at the NCLR ALMA Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Paul Hebert/Invision/AP Images)
Guitarist Carlos Santana is 70 on July 20. Carlos Santana poses backstage with the award for outstanding commitment to cause and community: male at the NCLR ALMA Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Paul Hebert/Invision/AP Images)
Actor Josh Holloway (”Lost”) is 48 on July 20. FILE – In this Aug. 12, 2015 file photo, Josh Holloway poses for a portrait during the 2015 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. Holloway stars in the new USA series, “Colony,” premiering Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 at 10 p.m. ET. (Photo by Casey Curry/Invision/AP, File)
Hall of Fame Inductee Cat Stevens performs at the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Thursday, April, 10, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Charlse Sykes/Invision/AP)
Singer Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) is 69 on July 21. Hall of Fame Inductee Cat Stevens performs at the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Thursday, April, 10, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Charlse Sykes/Invision/AP)
Comedian Jon Lovitz is 60 on July 21. This Dec. 9, 2016 photo released by NBC shows Jon Lovitz, a contestant on “The New Celebrity Apprentice,” at a press junket in Universal City, Calif. The latest season will premiere on Jan. 2, 2017. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP)
Game-show host Alex Trebek is 77 on July 22. FILE – In this June 16, 2013 file photo, “Jeopardy!” game show host Alex Trebek appears at the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. The show said Canadians were precluded from taking last month’s online test that is a pipeline for the show’s contestants because of a change in that country’s online privacy laws. Producers said Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, they were working to clear up the issue for future tests. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Singer-actress Selena Gomez is 25 on July 22. FILE – In this Nov. 20, 2016 file photo, Selena Gomez arrives at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles. Instagram released its year-end data Thursday, Dec. 1, showing the pop star has the most followers of any celebrity (103 million) and was responsible for nearly all of the most-liked celebrity posts in 2016. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
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Drummer Stewart Copeland, formerly of The Police, turns 63 Friday. (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP)
Actor David Hasselhoff poses at the 69th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Jared Padalecki attends the CW Network 2017 Upfront presentation at The London Hotel on Thursday, May 18, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Carlos Santana poses backstage with the award for outstanding commitment to cause and community: male at the NCLR ALMA Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Paul Hebert/Invision/AP Images)
Hall of Fame Inductee Cat Stevens performs at the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Thursday, April, 10, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Charlse Sykes/Invision/AP)

Here are some celebrities celebrating a birthday this week.

July 16: Actor-singer Ruben Blades is 69. Drummer Stewart Copeland of The Police is 65. Dancer Michael Flatley (”Lord of the Dance”) is 59. Actress Phoebe Cates is 54. Actor Daryl “Chill” Mitchell (”Ed”) is 52. Actor Will Ferrell is 50. Actress Rain Pryor (”Head of the Class”) is 48. Actor Corey Feldman is 46. Singer Ryan McCombs (Drowning Pool) is 43. Actress Jayma Mays (”The Millers,” `’Glee”) is 38. Actress AnnaLynne McCord (”Nip/Tuck”) is 30. Actor-singer James Maslow (”Big Time Rush”) is 27. Actor Mark Indelicato (”Ugly Betty”) is 23. Singer-guitarist Luke Hemmings of 5 Seconds of Summer is 21.

July 17: Actor Donald Sutherland is 85. Actress-singer Diahann Carroll is 82. Guitarist Spencer Davis of the Spencer Davis Group is 78. Bassist Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath is 68. Actress Lucie Arnaz is 66. Actor David Hasselhoff is 65. Singer Regina Belle is 54. Country singer Craig Morgan is 53. Bassist Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Folk Implosion) is 51. Actor Andre Royo (”The Wire”) is 49. Actress Bitty Schram (”Monk”) is 49. Director F. Gary Gray (”Straight Outta Compton,” `’Furious 8”) is 48. Singer JC of PM Dawn is 46. Country singer Luke Bryan is 41. Actor Mike Vogel (”Under the Dome,” `’The Help”) is 38. Actor Tom Cullen (”Downton Abbey”) is 32. Actor Brando Eaton (”Dexter”) is 31. Singer Jeremih is 30.

July 18: Director Paul Verhoeven (”Basic Instinct,” `’Showgirls”) is 79. Singer Dion is 78. Actor James Brolin is 77. Guitarist Wally Bryson of The Raspberries is 68. Bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs is 63. Drummer Nigel Twist of The Alarm is 59. Actress Elizabeth McGovern (”Downton Abbey”) is 56. Keyboardist John Hermann of Widespread Panic is 55. Talk-show host/actress Wendy Williams is 53. Actor Vin Diesel is 50. Actor Grant Bowler (”True Blood,” `’Ugly Betty”) is 49. Rapper M.I.A. is 42. Drummer Tony Fagenson of Eve 6 is 39. Actress Kristen Bell (”Frozen,” `’Veronica Mars”) is 37. Singer Ryan Cabrera is 35. Actress Priyanka Chopra (”Quantico”) is 35. Drummer Aaron Gillespie of Underoath is 34. Actor Chace Crawford (”Gossip Girl”) is 32.

July 19: Singer Vikki Carr is 77. Musician Commander Cody is 73. Actor George Dzundza is 72. Singer-bassist Alan Gorrie of Average White Band is 71. Guitarist Brian May of Queen is 70. Guitarist Bernie Leadon (Eagles, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 70. Actress Beverly Archer (”Major Dad, “Mama’s Family”) is 69. Actor Peter Barton (”Sunset Boulevard,” `’Burke’s Law”) is 61. Drummer Kevin Haskins (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) is 57. Actor Campbell Scott is 56. Actor Anthony Edwards (”ER”) is 55. Country singer Kelly Shiver (Thrasher Shiver) is 54. Actress Clea Lewis (”Ellen”) is 52. Singer Urs Buhler of Il Divo is 46. Drummer Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie is 43. Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is 41. Actress Erin Cummings (”Astronaut Wives Club”) is 40. Actor Jared Padalecki (”Supernatural,” `’Gilmore Girls”) is 35. Actor Trai Byers (”Empire,” `’Selma”) is 34.

July 20: Actress Diana Rigg (”The Avengers”) is 79. Bassist John Lodge of the Moody Blues is 74. Country singer T.G. Sheppard is 73. Singer Kim Carnes is 72. Guitarist Carlos Santana is 70. Guitarist Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister is 65. Drummer Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols is 61. Actress Donna Dixon (”Bosom Buddies”) is 60. Keyboardist Mick McNeil of Simple Minds is 59. Guitarist Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam is 51. Actor Josh Holloway (”Lost”) is 48. Singer Vitamin C is 48. Actor Omar Epps is 44. Actor Simon Rex is 43. Actress Judy Greer (”The Village,” `’Arrested Development”) is 42. Actor Charlie Korsmo (”Can’t Hardly Wait,” `’Hook”) is 39. Singer Elliott Yamin (”American Idol”) is 39. Guitarist Mike Kennerty of All-American Rejects is 37. Actor John Francis Daley (”Bones,” `’Freaks and Geeks”) is 32. Dancer-country singer Julianne Hough is 29. Actress Billi Bruno (”According to Jim”) is 21.

July 21: Movie director Norman Jewison is 91. Singer Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) is 69. Cartoonist Garry Trudeau (”Doonesbury”) is 69. Singer-guitarist Eric Bazilian of The Hooters is 64. Comedian Jon Lovitz is 60. Actor Matt Mulhern (”Major Dad”) is 57. Singer Emerson Hart of Tonic is 48. Actress Alysia Reiner (”Orange is the New Black”) is 47. Singer Fitz of Fitz and the Tantrums is 47. Country singer Paul Brandt is 45. Keyboardist Korey Cooper of Skillet is 45. Actress Ali Landry is 44. Actor Justin Bartha (”The Hangover”) is 39. Actor Josh Hartnett is 39. Reggae singer Damian Marley is 39. Singer Brad Mates of Emerson Drive is 39. “American Idol” runner-up Blake Lewis is 36. Drummer Will Berman of MGMT is 35. Keyboardist Johan Carlsson of Carolina Liar is 33. Actress Vanessa Lengies (”Stick It,” `’American Dreams”) is 32.

July 22: Actor Orson Bean (”Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”) is 89. Actress Louise Fletcher is 83. Singer Chuck Jackson is 80. Actor Terence Stamp is 79. Game-show host Alex Trebek is 77. Singer George Clinton is 76. Singer-actor Bobby Sherman is 74. Actor Danny Glover is 71. Writer-director Paul Schrader is 71. Singer Don Henley is 70. Actor-comedian-director Albert Brooks is 70. Composer Alan Menken (”Little Mermaid,” `’Little Shop of Horrors”) is 68. Actor Willem Dafoe is 62. Singer Keith Sweat is 56. Singer Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls is 54. Actor-comedian David Spade is 53. Actor John Leguizamo is 53. Bassist Pat Badger of Extreme is 50. Actor Rhys Ifans (”Elementary,” `’Notting Hill”) is 50. Actor-singer Jaime Camil (”Jane the Virgin”) is 44. Musician Daniel Jones (Savage Garden) is 44. Singer Rufus Wainwright is 44. Actress Franka Potente (”The Bourne Identity”) is 43. Actress A.J. Cook (”Criminal Minds”) is 39. Actor Keegan Allen (”Pretty Little Liars”) is 30. Singer-actress Selena Gomez is 25.

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