Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 24-30

Actress-singer-director Barbra Streisand is 74 on April 24. In this 2013 file photo, Streisand attends the 23rd Annual Glamour Women of the Year Awards hosted by Glamour Magazine at Carnegie Hall in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Actor-comedian Cedric the Entertainer is 52 on April 24. In this 2015 file photo, Cedric the Entertainer speaks during the “Cedric’s Barber Battle” panel at The CW 2015 Winter TCA in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Actor Aidan Gillen (”Game of Thrones”) is 48 on April 24. In this 2015 file photo, Gillen poses for photographers upon arrival at the Tower of London for the world premiere of “Game of Thrones,” in London. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
Singer Kelly Clarkson (”American Idol”) is 34 on April 24. In this 2015 file photo, Clarkson poses for a portrait to promote her album “Piece by Piece” in New York. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File)
Actor Al Pacino is 76 on April 25. In this 2015 file photo, Pacino attends the premiere of “Danny Collins” in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2014 file photo, actress Renee Zellweger arrives at ELLE's 21st annual Women In Hollywood Awards in Los Angeles. Zellweger says she looks different because she’s “living a different, happy, more fulfilling life.” The 45-year-old Oscar winner issued a statement to People magazine late Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, after she became a trending topic on Twitter, with many fans claiming the actress had become “unrecognizable.” Her appearance at a Hollywood event earlier this week sparked widespread Internet chatter. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Actress Renee Zellweger is 47 on April 25. In this 2014 file photo, Zellweger arrives at ELLE’s 21st annual Women In Hollywood Awards in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Actress-comedian Carol Burnett is 83 on April 26. In this 2013 file photo, Burnett arrives at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Kevin James attends the world premiere of "Pixels" at Regal E-Walk on Saturday, July 18, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Actor-comedian Kevin James (”Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” `’The King of Queens”) is 51 on April 26. In this 2015 photo, James attends the world premiere of “Pixels” at Regal E-Walk in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Actor Pablo Schreiber (”Orange is the New Black,” `’Weeds”) is 38 on April 26. In this 2015 photo, Schreiber, an Emmy nominee for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for “Orange is the New Black,” poses at the 67th Emmy Awards Performers Nominee Reception at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Jordana Brewster arrives at the Hollywood Film Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Actress Jordana Brewster (”The Fast and The Furious”) is 36 on April 26. In this 2015 photo, Brewster arrives at the Hollywood Film Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Actor Channing Tatum (”Step Up”) is 36 on April 26. In this 2014 file photo, Tatum attends a special screening of “Foxcatcher,” hosted by the Cinema Society with Details and Brooks Brothers, at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Guitarist Ace Frehley (Kiss) is 65 on April 27. In this 2016 photo, Frehley preforms at the FM Kirby center in Wilkes Barre, Pa. (Dave Scherbenco/The Citizens’ Voice via AP)
Singer-guitarist Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy is 32 on April 27. In this 2015 photo, Stump performs at the Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day on the National Mall in Washington. (Photo by Nick Wass/Invision/AP)
Former “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno is 66 on April 28. In this 2014 file photo, Leno pauses during an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2013 file photo, Spanish actress Penelope Cruz poses for photographers as she arrives for the UK Premiere of "The Counselor," in London. Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean at the pro-Israel Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, believes comments like those issued by 100 Spanish citizens, including Cruz and her husband, the director Pedro Almodovar, and Javier Bardem, in a letter accusing Israel of genocide are irresponsible. "My only wish and intention in signing that group letter is the hope that there will be peace in both Israel and Gaza," Cruz stated. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP, file)
Actress Penelope Cruz is 42 on April 28. In this 2013 file photo, Cruz poses for photographers as she arrives for the UK Premiere of “The Counselor,” in London. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP, file)
Actress Jessica Alba is 35 on April 28. In this 2016 file photo, Alba poses before the presentation of Christian Dior’s fall-winter 2016-2017 ready to wear fashion collection presented in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is 62 on April 29. In this 2015 file photo, Seinfeld performs at the David Lynch Foundation Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall in New York. (Photo by Robert Altman /Invision/AP)
Actress Kate Mulgrew (”Star Trek: Voyager”) is 61 on April 29. In this 2014 file photo, Mulgrew attends the “Netflix” launch party in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)
Singer Erica Campbell of Mary Mary is 44 on April 29. In this 2014 file photo, Campbell poses for a photo before speaking with reporters after receiving her Dove Award, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)
Actress Cloris Leachman is 90 on April 30. In this 2015 photo provided by CBS shows, Leachman, center, as Ruth Tennenbaum, and Scott Caan as Danny “Danno” Williams, in a scene from the episode, “Kuka’awale”,” on the television series, “Hawaii Five-O.” (AP Photo/CBS, Norman Shapiro)
Singer Willie Nelson is 83 on April 30. In this 2015 file photo, Nelson performs at Farm Aid 30 in Chicago. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP, File)
Singer Akon is 43 on April 30. In this 2014 file photo, singer Aliaune Thiam, better known as Akon, attends the premiere of “American Heist” at the Princess of Wales Theatre during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, File)
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Actor Johnny Galecki (”The Big Bang Theory,” `’Roseanne”) is 41 on April 30. In this 2013 photo. Galecki arrives at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Kirsten Dunst accepts the award for best actress in a movie made for television or limited series for “Fargo” at the 21st annual Critics' Choice Awards at the Barker Hangar on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Actress Kirsten Dunst is 34 on April 30. In this 2016 photo, Dunst accepts the award for best actress in a movie made for television or limited series for “Fargo” at the 21st annual Critics’ Choice Awards at the Barker Hangar. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2014 file photo, actress Renee Zellweger arrives at ELLE's 21st annual Women In Hollywood Awards in Los Angeles. Zellweger says she looks different because she’s “living a different, happy, more fulfilling life.” The 45-year-old Oscar winner issued a statement to People magazine late Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, after she became a trending topic on Twitter, with many fans claiming the actress had become “unrecognizable.” Her appearance at a Hollywood event earlier this week sparked widespread Internet chatter. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Kevin James attends the world premiere of "Pixels" at Regal E-Walk on Saturday, July 18, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Jordana Brewster arrives at the Hollywood Film Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2013 file photo, Spanish actress Penelope Cruz poses for photographers as she arrives for the UK Premiere of "The Counselor," in London. Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean at the pro-Israel Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, believes comments like those issued by 100 Spanish citizens, including Cruz and her husband, the director Pedro Almodovar, and Javier Bardem, in a letter accusing Israel of genocide are irresponsible. "My only wish and intention in signing that group letter is the hope that there will be peace in both Israel and Gaza," Cruz stated. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP, file)
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Kirsten Dunst accepts the award for best actress in a movie made for television or limited series for “Fargo” at the 21st annual Critics' Choice Awards at the Barker Hangar on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

April 24: Actress Shirley MacLaine is 82. Actress-singer-director Barbra Streisand is 74. Country singer Richard Sterban of the Oak Ridge Boys is 73. Drummer Doug Clifford (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 71. Singer-keyboardist Rob Hyman of The Hooters is 66. Actor Eric Bogosian is 63. Singer-bassist Jack Blades of Night Ranger is 62. Actor Michael O’Keefe (”Roseanne”) is 61. Bassist David J (Love and Rockets, Bauhaus) is 59. Actor Glenn Morshower (”24”) is 57. Bassist Billy Gould (Faith No More) is 53. Actor-comedian Cedric the Entertainer is 52. Actor Djimon Hounsou (”Blood Diamond,” `’Amistad”) is 52. Drummer Patty Schemel (Hole) is 49. Drummer Aaron Comess of the Spin Doctors is 48. Actor Aidan Gillen (”Game of Thrones”) is 48. Actress Melinda Clarke (”The O.C.”) is 47. Actor Rory McCann (”Game of Thrones”) is 47. Bassist Brian Marshall of Creed and of Alter Bridge is 43. Actor Eric Balfour (”24”) is 39. Actress Rebecca Mader (”No Ordinary Family,” `’Lost”) is 39. Actor Austin Nichols (”One Tree Hill”) is 36. Actress Sasha Barrese (”The Hangover”) is 35. Singer Kelly Clarkson (”American Idol”) is 34. Singer-bassist Tyson Ritter of All-American Rejects is 32.

April 25: Actor Al Pacino is 76. “Dancing With The Stars” judge Len Goodman is 72. Bassist Stu Cook of Creedence Clearwater Revisited is 71. Singer Bjorn Ulvaeus of ABBA is 71. Actress Talia Shire is 71. Actor Jeffrey DeMunn (”The Green Mile”) is 69. Country singer-songwriter Rob Crosby is 62. Actor Hank Azaria (”The Simpsons”) is 52. Singer Andy Bell of Erasure is 52. Bassist Eric Avery (Jane’s Addiction) is 51. Guitarist Rory Feek of Joey and Rory is 51. Former “Early Show” host Jane Clayson is 49. Actress Gina Torres (”I Think I Love My Wife”) is 47. Actress Renee Zellweger is 47. Actor Jason Lee (”My Name Is Earl,” `’Almost Famous”) is 46. Actor Jason Wiles (”Third Watch”) is 46. Singer Jacob Underwood (O-Town) is 36. Actress Allisyn Ashley Arm (”Sonny With A Chance”) is 20.

April 26: Actress-comedian Carol Burnett is 83. Guitarist-songwriter Duane Eddy is 78. Singer Maurice Williams of Maurice and the Zodiacs is 78. Singer Bobby Rydell is 74. Singer Gary Wright is 73. Actor Giancarlo Esposito (”Revolution,” `’Breaking Bad”) is 58. Drummer Roger Taylor of Duran Duran is 56. Actress Joan Chen (”Twin Peaks”) is 55. Drummer Chris Mars of The Replacements is 55. Actor-singer Michael Damian is 54. Actor Jet Li is 53. Guitarist Jimmy Stafford of Train is 52. Actor-comedian Kevin James (”Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” `’The King of Queens”) is 51. Fiddler Joe Caverlee of Yankee Grey is 48. Singer T-Boz of TLC is 46. Actress Shondrella Avery (”Napoleon Dynamite”) is 45. Bassist Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts is 45. Bassist Michael Jeffers of Pinmonkey is 44. Drummer Jose Pasillas of Incubus is 40. Actor Jason Earles (”Hannah Montana”) is 39. Actor Leonard Earl Howze (”Barbershop”) is 39. Actor Tom Welling (”Smallville”) is 39. Actor Pablo Schreiber (”Orange is the New Black,” `’Weeds”) is 38. Actor Nyambi Nyambi (”Mike and Molly”) is 37. Actress Jordana Brewster (”The Fast and The Furious”) is 36. Actress Stana Katic (”Castle”) is36. Actress Marnette Patterson (”Something So Right”) is 36. Actor Channing Tatum (”Step Up”) is 36. Actress Emily Wickersham (”NCIS”) is 32.

April 27: Actress Anouk Aimee is 84. Singer Cuba Gooding of the Main Ingredient is 72. Singer Ann Peebles is 69. Singer Kate Pierson of The B-52’s is 68. Singer Herbie Murrell of The Stylistics is 67. Actor Douglas Sheehan (”Knots Landing”) is 67. Guitarist Ace Frehley (Kiss) is 65. Singer Sheena Easton is 57. Actor James Le Gros (”Ally McBeal”) is 54. Bassist Rob Squires of Big Head Todd and the Monsters is 51. Singer Mica Paris is 47. Drummer Patrick Hallahan of My Morning Jacket is 38. Singer Jim James of My Morning Jacket is 38. Singer-guitarist Travis Meeks of Days of the New is 37. Bassist Joseph Pope the Third of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 37. Guitarist John Osborne of the Brothers Osborne is 34. Actress Ari Graynor (”Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist”) is 33. Singer-guitarist Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy is 32. Singer Nick Noonan of Karmin is 30. Actor William Moseley (”The Chronicles of Narnia”) is 29. Actress Emily Rios (”Breaking Bad”) is 27.

April 28: Actor Frank Vincent (”Goodfellas,” `’The Sopranos”) is 79. Actress-singer Ann-Margret is 75. Actor Paul Guilfoyle (”CSI”) is 67. Former “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno is 66. Actress Mary McDonnell is 63. Singer-bassist Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth is 63. Rapper Too Short is 50. Actress Simbi Khali (”3rd Rock From The Sun”) is 45. Actress Bridget Moynahan is 45. Actor Chris Young is 45. Rapper Big Gipp of Goodie Mob is 43. Actress Elisabeth Rohm (”Law and Order”) is 43. Actor Jorge Garcia (”Lost”) is 43. Actress Penelope Cruz is 42. Actor Nate Richert (”Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) is 38. Actress Jessica Alba is 35. Actor Harry Shum Jr. (”Glee”) is 34. Actress Jenna Ushkowitz (”Glee”) is 30.

April 29: Jazz musician Toots Thielemans is 94. Actor Keith Baxter is 83. Bluesman Otis Rush is 81. Singer Bob Miranda of The Happenings is 74. Country singer Duane Allen of The Oak Ridge Boys is 73. Singer Tommy James is 69. Bassist Wayne Secrest of Confederate Railroad is 66. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is 62. Actress Kate Mulgrew (”Star Trek: Voyager”) is 61. Actor Daniel Day-Lewis is 59. Actress Michelle Pfeiffer is 58. Actress Eve Plumb (”The Brady Bunch”) is 58. Country singer Stephanie Bentley is 53. Singer Carnie Wilson of Wilson Phillips is 48. Actor Paul Adelstein (”Private Practice”) is 47. Actress Uma Thurman is 46. Rapper Master P is 46. Actress Darby Stanchfield (”Scandal”) is 45. Country singer James Bonamy is 44. Singer Erica Campbell of Mary Mary is 44. Bassist Mike Hogan of The Cranberries is 43. Actress Megan Boone (”The Blacklist”) is 33. Actor Zane Carney (”Dave’s World”) is 31. Singer Amy Heidemann of Karmin is 30. Singer Foxes is 27.

April 30: Actress Cloris Leachman is 90. Singer Willie Nelson is 83. Actor Burt Young is 76. Singer Bobby Vee is 73. Actor Perry King (”Riptide”) is 68. Singer-guitarist Wayne Kramer of the MC5 is 68. Singer Merril Osmond of The Osmonds is 63. Director Jane Campion is 62. Bassist Robert Reynolds of The Mavericks is 54. Actor Adrian Pasdar (”Heroes”) is 51. Singer J.R. Richards of Dishwalla is 49. Rapper Turbo B of Snap is 49. Guitarist Clark Vogeler of The Toadies is 47. Singer Chris “Choc” Dalyrimple of Soul for Real is 45. Guitarist Chris Henderson of 3 Doors Down is 45. Country singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson is 45. Actress Lisa Dean Ryan (”Doogie Howser, M.D.”) is 44. Singer Akon is 43. Singer Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees is 43. Actor Johnny Galecki (”The Big Bang Theory,” `’Roseanne”) is 41. Actor Sam Heughan (”Outlander”) is 36. Actor Kunal Nayyar (”The Big Bang Theory”) is 35. Rapper Lloyd Banks is 34. Actress Kirsten Dunst is 34. Country singer Tyler Wilkinson of The Wilkinsons is 32. Actress Dianna Agron (”Glee”) is 30.

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