Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 14-20

Here are some celebrities celebrating a birthday this week.

Movie director-producer George Lucas is 73 on May 14. FILE- In this May 4, 2005 file photo, George Lucas, director of “Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith,” poses at Skywalker Ranch in San Rafael, Calif. The effect “Star Wars” has had on movies is as colossal as the Death Star itself and to some, just as fearsome. The new Disney/Lucasfilm release, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” opens in U.S. theaters on Dec. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Actress Amber Tamblyn (”Two and a Half Men,” `’Joan of Arcadia”) is 34 on May 14. FILe – In this July 13, 2016 file photo, actress Amber Tamblyn attends the premiere of Amazon Studio and Liongate’s “Cafe Society”, in New York. Tamblyn says she is expecting a baby girl. The 33-year-old actress wrote in an essay for “Glamor” magazine that she is “going to be a mother soon. I’m pregnant, with a daughter on the way.” (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Musician Brian Eno is 69 on May 15. British musician and producer Brian Eno speaks during the digital festival TagDF in Mexico City, Thursday, July 4, 2013. Eno joined filmmaker James Cameron and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak among others in the first edition of TagDF, a festival that seeks to explore the use of technology in various fields such as art, entertainment and education. (AP Photo/Ivan Pierre Aguirre)
Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler (”The Sopranos”) is 36 on May 15. FILE – In this Dec. 10, 2015, file 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. “The Sopranos” actress tells People magazine that she was diagnosed with the degenerative disease when she was 19 years old ahead of the show’s fourth season. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Actor Pierce Brosnan is 64 on May 16. FILE – In this Feb. 7, 2015 file photo, Pierce Brosnan attends the Press Room at the 67th Annual DGA Awards, in Los Angeles. Police say former James Bond actor Brosnan has been stopped at a Vermont airport security checkpoint because of a knife he was carrying. Burlington Police Department Lt. Shawn Burke says airport authorities told him about Brosnan’s encounter with Transportation Security Administration agents. He said Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, that police wouldn’t be called to Burlington International Airport for such an incident and they don’t have a report on it. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Actress Tori Spelling is 44 on May 16. (ABC/Lou Rocco)
Actor-comedian Bob Saget is 61 on May 17. FILE – In this June 5, 2015 file photo, Bob Saget arrives at the Cool Comedy: Hot Cuisine Gala Benefit in Beverly Hills, Calif. “Hand to God” lead producer Kevin McCollum said Wednesday that the former “Full House” star will replace Marc Kudisch as the pastor in the play that features a satanic hand puppet. He starts Nov. 3. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, FIle)
Actor Craig Ferguson (”The Late Late Show,” `’The Drew Carey Show”) is 55 on May 17. FILE – In this Dec. 1, 2012 file photo, Craig Ferguson appears backstage at the Grammy Nominations Concert, in Los Angeles. Ferguson will spend tomorrow’s future yesterdays (as his theme song proclaims) somewhere other than “The Late Late Show.” Friday Dec. 19, 2014 was his last hoorah after a decade as host of the CBS talk show. (AP Photo/Dan Steinerg, File)
Country singer George Strait is 65 on May 18. FILE – In this Sept. 22, 2015, file photo, country music legend George Strait poses for a portrait in Las Vegas. Strait will honor singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale with a lifetime achievement award at the Americana Honors and Awards Show on Sept. 21, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Al Powers/Powers Imagery/Invision/AP, File)
Comedian Tina Fey is 47 on May 18. FILE – In this March 30, 2016 file photo, Tina Fey attends the premiere of Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Season 2 in New York. Fey’s book “Bossypants” has sold 3.75 million copies, according to Little, Brown and Company. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)
Jim Lehrer
PBS newscaster Jim Lehrer is 83 on May 19. Moderator Jim Lehrer addresses the audience before the first presidential debate at the University of Denver, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in Denver. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Actor Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca in “Star Wars”) is 73 on May 19. FILE – In this Dec. 14, 2015, file photo, Peter Mayhew arrives at the world premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. The actor, who plays Chewbacca in the Star Wars films, agreed to meet “Chewbacca mom” Candace Parker in a letter read by James Corden’s on Monday’s “Late Late Show.” (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Actor Tony Goldwyn is 57 on May 20.  (ABC/Ida Mae Astute)
Rapper Busta Rhymes is 45 on May 20. FILE- In this Sept. 30, 2014, file photo, rapper Busta Rhymes attends the premiere of “Nas: Time Is Illmatic” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Rhymes was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, following a dispute at a gym in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)
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Jim Lehrer

May 14: Movie director-producer George Lucas is 73. Actress Meg Foster (”Cagney and Lacey”) is 69. Director Robert Zemeckis is 66. Musician David Byrne (Talking Heads) is 65. Actor Tim Roth is 56. Guitarist C.C. DeVille of Poison is 55. Singer Ian Astbury of The Cult is 55. Musician Fabrice Morvan of Milli Vanilli is 51. Bassist Mike Inez of Alice In Chains is 51. Actress Cate Blanchett is 48. Singer Danny Wood of New Kids On The Block is 48. Director Sofia Coppola (”Lost In Translation”) is 46. Actor Gabriel Mann (”Revenge”) is 45. Singer Natalie Appleton of All Saints is 44. Singer Shanice is 44. Actress Carla Jimenez (”Growing Up Fisher”) is 43. Guitarist Henry Garza of Los Lonely Boys is 39. Singer Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show is 39. Singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys is 38. Bassist Mike Retondo of Plain White T’s is 36. Actress Amber Tamblyn (”Two and a Half Men,” `’Joan of Arcadia”) is 34. Actress Miranda Cosgrove (”iCarly”) is 24.

May 15: Counterculture icon Wavy Gravy is 81. Singer Trini Lopez is 80. Actress-singer Lainie Kazan is 75. Country singer K.T. Oslin is 75. Musician Brian Eno is 69. Actor Chazz Palminteri is 65. Musician Mike Oldfield is 64. Actor Lee Horsley is 62. Actor David Charvet (”Melrose Place”) is 45. Actor Russell Hornsby (”Grimm”) is 43. Actor David Krumholtz (”Numb3rs”) is 39. Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler (”The Sopranos”) is 36. Actress Alexandra Breckenridge (”The Walking Dead,” `’American Horror Story”) is 35. Guitarist Brad Shultz of Cage The Elephant is 35.

May 16: Actor Pierce Brosnan is 64. Actress Debra Winger is 62. Actress Mare Winningham is 58. Violinist Boyd Tinsley of The Dave Matthews Band is 53. Bassist Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) is 52. Singer Janet Jackson is 51. Actor Brian F. O’Byrne (”Million Dollar Baby”) is 50. Actor David Boreanaz (”Bones,” `’Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is 48. Actress Tracey Gold (”Growing Pains”) is 48. Country singer Rick Trevino is 46. Actress Tori Spelling is 44. Rapper B. Slade is 42. DJ Alex Pall of The Chainsmokers is 32. Actress Megan Fox is 31. Actor Drew Roy (”Falling Skies,” `’Hannah Montana”) is 31. Actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster (”Game of Thrones”) is 27. Actor Marc John Jefferies (”The Tracy Morgan Show”) is 27.

May 17: Singer Taj Mahal is 75. Drummer Bill Bruford of Yes and King Crimson is 68. Singer-guitarist George Johnson of The Brothers Johnson is 64. Actor-comedian Bob Saget is 61. Singer Enya is 56. Actor Craig Ferguson (”The Late Late Show,” `’The Drew Carey Show”) is 55. Keyboardist Page McConnell of Phish is 54. Actor David Eigenberg (”Sex and the City”) is 53. Guitarist O’Dell of Mint Condition is 52. Musician Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is 52. Actor Hill Harper (”CSI: NY,” `’He Got Game”) is 51. Singer Jordan Knight of New Kids on the Block is 47. Singer Darnell Van Rensalier of Shai is 47. Singer Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age is 44. Singer Andrea Corr of The Corrs is 43. Actor Sendhil Ramamurthy (”Heroes”) is 43. Singer Kandi Burruss (Xscape) (”The Real Housewives of Atlanta”) is 41. Singer-songwriter Passenger is 33. Dancer Derek Hough (”Dancing With The Stars”) is 32. Actor Tahj Mowry (”Smart Guy,” `’Kim Possible”) is 31. Actress Nikki Reed (”Twilight”) is 29. Actress Leven Rambin (”The Hunger Games,” `’Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) is 27.

May 18: Actor Bill Macy (”Maude”) is 95. Actor Robert Morse is 86. Actor Dwayne Hickman (”The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”) is 83. Actress Candice Azzara (”In Her Shoes,” `’Caroline in the City,” `’Rhoda”) is 76. Bluegrass singer-guitarist Rodney Dillard of The Dillards is 75. Country singer Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys is 69. Keyboardist Rick Wakeman of Yes is 68. Singer Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) is 67. Country singer George Strait is 65. Singer Butch Tavares of Tavares is 64. Actor Chow Yun-Fat (”Anna and the King,” `’The Replacement Killers”) is 62. Singer-guitarist Page Hamilton of Helmet is 57. Guitarist Barry Graul of MercyMe is 56. Singer Michael Tait of Newsboys and of dc Talk is 51. Singer-actress Martika (”Wiseguy”) is 48. Comedian Tina Fey is 47. Rapper Special Ed is 43. Musician Jack Johnson is 42. Country singer David Nail is 38. Singer Darryl Allen of Mista is 37. Actor Allen Leech (”Downton Abbey”) is 36.

May 19: PBS newscaster Jim Lehrer is 83. TV personality David Hartman is 82. Actor James Fox is 78. Actress Nancy Kwan is 78. Actor Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca in “Star Wars”) is 73. Musician Pete Townshend is 72. Singer-bassist Dusty Hill of ZZ Top is 68. Singer-actress-model Grace Jones is 65. Drummer Phil Rudd of AC/DC is 63. Actress Toni Lewis (”Homicide,” `’Oz,” `’As the World Turns”) is 57. Guitarist Iain Harvie of Del Amitri is 55. Actor Jason Gray-Stanford (”Monk”) is 47. Singer Jenny Berggren of Ace of Base is 45. TV personality Kim Zolciak Biermann (”Real Housewives of Atlanta”) is 39. Singer Shooter Jennings is 38. Comedian Michael Che (”Saturday Night Live”) is 34. Guitarist Tim McTague of Underoath is 34. Guitarist James Richardson of MGMT is 34. Actor Eric Lloyd (”The Santa Clause”) is 31. Singer Sam Smith is 25. Actor Nolan Lyons (”Boardwalk Empire”) is 16.

May 20: Actor David Proval (”The Sopranos”) is 75. Singer-actress Cher is 71. Musician Warren Cann of Ultravox is 67. Actor Dean Butler (”Little House on the Prairie”) is 61. Guitarist Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go’s is 59. Actor Bronson Pinchot is 58. Singer Susan Cowsill of The Cowsills is 58. Actor John Billingsley (”Enterprise”) is 57. Actor Tony Goldwyn is 57. Singer Nick Heyward of Haircut 100 is 56. TV personality Ted Allen (”Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”) is 52. Actress Mindy Cohn (”Facts of Life”) is 51. Guitarist Tom Gorman of Belly is 51. Rapper Busta Rhymes is 45. Bassist Ryan Martinie of Mudvayne is 42. Actor Matt Czuchry (”The Good Wife,” `’Gilmore Girls”) is 40. Singer-actress Naturi Naughton (3LW) is 33. Country singer Jon Pardi is 32.

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