Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 15-21

Actor Nicholas Hammond turns 66 on May 15. In this photo, Charmain Carr and Nicholas Hammond, who played Liesl and Freidrich von Trapp in “The Sound of Music” pose for photographers during a release party for the 40th Anniversary special edition DVD of the movie Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler turns 35 on May 15. In this Dec. 10, 2015, photo, actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler attends Frozen celebrity premiere presented by Disney On Ice held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Sigler has been battling multiple sclerosis for the past 15 years. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Actor Pierce Brosnan poses for photographers January 11, 2002 during the press launch of the new James Bond movie, with the working name "Bond 20" at Pinewood studios in London. (Photo by Anthony Harvey/Getty Images)
Actor Pierce Brosnan turns 63 on May 16. In this photo, Brosnan poses for photographers on January 11, 2002 during the press launch of the new James Bond movie, with the working name “Bond 20” at Pinewood studios in London. (Photo by Anthony Harvey/Getty Images)
Singer Janet Jackson turns 50 on May 16. In this June 28, 2015, photo, Janet Jackson accepts the ultimate icon: music dance visual award at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
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Actress Megan Fox turns 30 on May 16. In this photo, Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green arrive at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday Jan. 13, 2013, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)
Actor Bill Paxton turns 61 on May 17. In this photo, Paxton speaks on stage A+E Networks 2015 Winter TCA on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Actor-comedian Bob Saget turns 60 on May 17. In this June 5, 2015 photo, Bob Saget arrives at the Cool Comedy: Hot Cuisine Gala Benefit in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)
Actor Craig Ferguson turns 54 on May 17. In this April 26, 2015 photo, Craig Ferguson presents the award for outstanding entertainment talk show at the 42nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Burbank, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Actor Robert Morse turns 85 on May 18. In this image released by AMC, Robert Morse portrays Bertram Cooper in season seven of “Mad Men.” (AP Photo/AMC, Justina Mintz)
Comedian Tina Fey turns 46 on May 18. In this June 4, 2015 photo, Tina Fey arrives at the 43rd AFI Lifetime Achievement Award Tribute Gala at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Jim Lehrer
PBS newscaster Jim Lehrer turns 82 on May 19. In this photo, moderator Jim Lehrer addresses the audience before the first presidential debate at the University of Denver on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in Denver. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Singer Sam Smith turns 24 on May 19. In this Feb. 10, 2016 photo, Sam Smith arrives at Saint Laurent at the Palladium at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
Singer-actress Cher, dressed as an Egyptian goddess, unveils her signature scent "Uninhibited" at a gala Halloween party in New York City, Monday night on Nov. 1, 1988.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Singer-actress Cher turns 70 on May 20. In this photo, Cher, dressed as an Egyptian goddess, unveils her signature scent “Uninhibited” at a gala Halloween party in New York City, on Nov. 1, 1988. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Ron Isley
Singer Ron Isley of the Isley Brothers turns 75 on May 21. In this photo, Isley poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
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Actor Pierce Brosnan poses for photographers January 11, 2002 during the press launch of the new James Bond movie, with the working name "Bond 20" at Pinewood studios in London. (Photo by Anthony Harvey/Getty Images)
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Jim Lehrer
Singer-actress Cher, dressed as an Egyptian goddess, unveils her signature scent "Uninhibited" at a gala Halloween party in New York City, Monday night on Nov. 1, 1988.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Ron Isley

May 15: Actress-singer Anna Maria Alberghetti is 80. Counterculture icon Wavy Gravy is 80. Singer Trini Lopez is 79. Singer Lenny Welch is 78. Actress-singer Lainie Kazan is 74. Country singer K.T. Oslin is 74. Musician Brian Eno is 68. Actor Nicholas Hammond (“The Sound of Music”) is 66. Actor Chazz Palminteri is 64. Musician Mike Oldfield is 63. Actor Lee Horsley is 61. Singer Prince Be of PM Dawn is 46. Actor David Charvet (“Melrose Place”) is 44. Actor Russell Hornsby (“Grimm”) is 42. Actor David Krumholtz (“Numb3rs”) is 38. Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler (“The Sopranos”) is 35. Actress Alexandra Breckenridge (“The Walking Dead,” ”American Horror Story”) is 34. Guitarist Brad Shultz of Cage the Elephant is 34.

May 16: Actor Pierce Brosnan is 63. Actress Debra Winger is 61. Actress Mare Winningham is 57. Bassist Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) is 51. Singer Janet Jackson is 50. Actor Brian F. O’Byrne (“Million Dollar Baby”) is 49. Singer Ralph Tresvant is 48. Actor David Boreanaz (“Bones,” ”Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is 47. Actress Tracey Gold is 47. Country singer Rick Trevino is 45. Actress Tori Spelling is 43. Actor Sean Carrigan (“The Young and the Restless”) is 42. Rapper B. Slade is 41. Actress Melanie Lynskey (“Two and a Half Men”) is 39. Actress Megan Fox (“Transformers”) is 30. Actor Drew Roy (“Falling Skies,” ”Hannah Montana”) is 30. Actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster (“Game of Thrones”) is 26. Actor Marc John Jefferies (“The Tracy Morgan Show”) is 26.

May 17: Singer Taj Mahal is 74. Drummer Bill Bruford of Yes and King Crimson is 67. Singer-guitarist George Johnson of The Brothers Johnson is 63. TV personality Kathleen Sullivan is 63. Actor Bill Paxton is 61. Actor-comedian Bob Saget is 60. Singer Enya is 55. Actor Craig Ferguson (“The Late Late Show,” ”The Drew Carey Show”) is 54. Keyboardist Page McConnell of Phish is 53. Actor David Eigenberg (“Sex and the City”) is 52. Guitarist O’Dell of Mint Condition is 51. Musician Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is 51. Actor Hill Harper is 50. Singer Jordan Knight of New Kids on the Block is 46. Singer Darnell Van Rensalier of Shai is 46. Singer Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age is 43. Singer Andrea Corr of The Corrs is 42. Actor Sendhil Ramamurthy (“Heroes”) is 42. Singer Kandi Burruss (Xscape) is 40. Singer-songwriter Passenger is 32. Dancer Derek Hough (“Dancing With the Stars”) is 31. Actor Tahj Mowry (“Smart Guy,” ”Kim Possible”) is 30. Actress Nikki Reed (“Twilight”) is 28. Actress Leven Rambin (“The Hunger Games,” ”Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) is 26.

May 18: Actor Bill Macy (“Maude”) is 94. Actor Robert Morse is 85. Actor Dwayne Hickman (“The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”) is 82. Bluegrass singer-guitarist Rodney Dillard of The Dillards is 74. Country singer Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys is 68. Keyboardist Rick Wakeman of Yes is 67. Singer Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) is 66. Country singer George Strait is 64. Singer Butch Tavares of Tavares is 63. Actor Chow Yun-Fat (“Anna and the King,” ”The Replacement Killers”) is 61. Singer-guitarist Page Hamilton of Helmet is 56. Guitarist Barry Graul of MercyMe is 55. Singer-actress Martika is 47. Comedian Tina Fey is 46. Rapper Special Ed is 42. Musician Jack Johnson is 41. Country singer David Nail is 37. Singer Darryl Allen of Mista is 36. Actor Allen Leech (“Downton Abbey”) is 35.

May 19: PBS newscaster Jim Lehrer is 82. TV personality David Hartman is 81. Actor James Fox is 77. Actress Nancy Kwan is 77. Actor Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca in “Star Wars”) is 72. Musician Pete Townshend is 71. Singer-bassist Dusty Hill of ZZ Top is 67. Singer-actress-model Grace Jones is 64. Drummer Phil Rudd of AC/DC is 62. Guitarist Iain Harvie of Del Amitri is 54. Actor Jason Gray-Stanford (“Monk”) is 46. Singer Jenny Berggren of Ace of Base is 44. TV personality Kim Zolciak Biermann (“Real Housewives of Atlanta”) is 38. Singer Shooter Jennings is 37. Guitarist Tim McTague of Underoath is 33. Guitarist James Richardson of MGMT is 33. Actor Eric Lloyd (“The Santa Clause”) is 30. Singer Sam Smith is 24. Actor Nolan Lyons (“Boardwalk Empire”) is 15.

May 20: Singer-actress Cher is 70. Musician Warren Cann of Ultravox is 64. Actor Dean Butler (“Little House on the Prairie”) is 60. Guitarist Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go’s is 58. Actor Bronson Pinchot is 57. Singer Susan Cowsill of The Cowsills is 57. Actor John Billingsley (“Enterprise”) is 56. Actor Tony Goldwyn is 56. Singer Nick Heyward of Haircut 100 is 55. TV personality Ted Allen (“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”) is 51. Actress Mindy Cohn (“Facts of Life”) is 50. Guitarist Tom Gorman of Belly is 50. Rapper Busta Rhymes is 44. Bassist Ryan Martinie of Mudvayne is 41. Actor Matt Czuchry (“The Good Wife”) is 39. Singer-actress Naturi Naughton (3LW) is 32.

May 21: Singer Ron Isley of the Isley Brothers is 75. Guitarist Hilton Valentine of The Animals is 73. Actor Richard Hatch (“Battlestar Galactica”) is 71. Keyboardist Bill Champlin (Chicago) is 69. Singer Leo Sayer is 68. Actor Mr. T is 64. Drummer Stan Lynch (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) is 61. Actor-director Nick Cassavetes (“The Notebook”) is 57. Actress Lisa Edelstein (“House”) of 50. Actress Fairuza Balk (“The Waterboy”) is 42. Singer-guitarist Mikel Jollet of Airborne Toxic Event is 42. Rapper Havoc of Mobb Deep is 42. Actor David Ajala (“Black Box”) is 30. Actress Ashlie Brillault (“Lizzie McGuire”) is 29. Actress Sarah Ramos (“Parenthood,” ”American Dreams”) is 25.

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