Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 18-24

Hollywood actor Jean-Claude Van Damme arrives for the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Macau, Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) — Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme is 55 on Oct. 18. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Zac Efron, a cast member in "We Are Your Friends," poses at the premiere of the film at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) — Actor Zac Efron is 28 on Oct. 18. Here, Efron, a cast member in “We Are Your Friends,” poses at the premiere of the film at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

John Lithgow poses at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards at TAO Downtown on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP) — Actor John Lithgow is 70 on Oct. 19. Here, Lithgow poses at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards at TAO Downtown on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)

Jon Favreau arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Avengers: Age Of Ultron" at the Dolby Theatre on Monday, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) — Actor Jon Favreau is 49 on Oct. 19. Here, Favreau arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of “Avengers: Age Of Ultron” at the Dolby Theatre on Monday, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Tom Petty speaks at a ceremony honoring Jeff Lynne with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, April 23, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP) — Musician Tom Petty is 65 on Oct. 20. Here, Petty speaks at a ceremony honoring Jeff Lynne with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, April 23, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

Actor Viggo Mortensen attends the premiere of "The Two Faces of January" at the Landmark Sunshine Theater on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) — Actor Viggo Mortensen is 57 on Oct. 20. Here, Mortensen attends the premiere of “The Two Faces of January” at the Landmark Sunshine Theater on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Rapper Snoop Dogg is 44 on Oct. 20. Here, Snoop Dogg poses for a photo at the 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards at the Atlanta Civic Center on Friday, Oct. 9, 2015, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

AP Photo/Branden Camp

Actor John Krasinski is 36 on Oct. 20. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP, File)

Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP, File

FILE - In this April 17, 2012 file photo, Judge Judy Sheindlin attends the Vanity Fair Tribeca Film Festival party at the State Supreme Courthouse in New York. TV's "Judge Judy" has launched a website, www.whatwouldjudysay.com, to foster discussion about life experiences. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file ) — TV judge Judy Sheindlin (”Judge Judy”) is 73 on Oct. 21. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file )

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian is 35 on Oct. 21. AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)

Cast member Christopher Lloyd poses at the 24th annual Simply Shakespeare benefit reading of "As You Like It," at UCLA's Freud Playhouse on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) — Actor Christopher Lloyd is 77 on Oct. 22. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Actor Jeff Goldblum is 63 on Oct. 22. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 59 on Oct. 23. HEre, Sam Hunt, left, and Yoakam perform at ACM Presents Superstar Duets at Globe Life Park on Friday, April 17, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

"Weird Al" Yankovic at the Los Angeles premiere of ALL THINGS MUST PASS on October 15, 2015 in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Invision for Gravitas Ventures/AP Images) — Singer “Weird Al” Yankovic is 56 on Oct. 23. Here, Yankovic at the Los Angeles premiere of ALL THINGS MUST PASS on Oct. 15, 2015 in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Invision for Gravitas Ventures/AP Images)

Actress Emilia Clarke is 29 on Oct. 23. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)

Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File

Kevin Kline attends the SNL 40th Anniversary Special at Rockefeller Plaza on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) — Actor Kevin Kline is 68 on Oct. 24. Here, Kline attends the SNL 40th Anniversary Special at Rockefeller Plaza on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Hudson Yang seen at the Television Academy's 67th Emmy Awards Dynamic and Diverse Nominee Reception at the Montage Beverly Hills on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Phil Mccarten/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images) — Actor Hudson Yang (”Fresh off the Boat”) is 12 on Oct. 24. Here, Yang is seen at the Television Academy’s 67th Emmy Awards Dynamic and Diverse Nominee Reception at the Montage Beverly Hills on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Phil Mccarten/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)

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Oct. 18: Singer-guitarist Chuck Berry is 89. Actress Dawn Wells (”Gilligan’s Island”) is 77. Actor Joe Morton is 68. Actress Pam Dawber is 65. Actress Erin Moran is 55. Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme is 55. Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is 54. Actor Vincent Spano is 53. Bassist Tim Cross (Sponge) is 49. Singer Nonchalant is 42. Actress Joy Bryant (”Parenthood”) is 41. Guitarist Peter Svensson of The Cardigans is 41. Actor Wesley Jonathan is 37. Singer Ne-Yo is 36. Country singer and “American Idol” contestant Josh Gracin is 35. Country musician Jesse Littleton (Marshall Dyllon) is 34. Jazz musician Esperanza Spalding is 31. Actor Zac Efron is 28. Actress Joy Lauren (”Desperate Housewives”) is 26. Actor Tyler Posey is 24.

Oct. 19: Actor Michael Gambon is 75. Actor John Lithgow is 70. Singer Jeannie C. Riley is 70. Singer Patrick Simmons of The Doobie Brothers is 67. Singer-keyboardist Karl Wallinger of World Party is 58. Singer Jennifer Holliday is 55. TV host Ty Pennington is 51. Singer-guitarist Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd and the Monsters is 50. Actor Jon Favreau is 49. “South Park” co-creator Trey Parker is 46. Comedian Chris Kattan is 45. Singer Pras Michel of The Fugees is 43. Actor Omar Gooding is 39. Country singer Cyndi Thomson is 39. Writer-director Jason Reitman is 38. Actress Gillian Jacobs is 33. Singer Zac Barnett of American Authors is 29.

Oct. 20: Actor William Christopher (”M-A-S-H”) is 83. Rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson is 78. Musician Tom Petty is 65. Actress Melanie Mayron (”thirtysomething”) is 63. Actor Bill Nunn (”Sirens”) is 63. Actor Viggo Mortensen is 57. Drummer Jim “Soni” Sonefeld of Hootie and the Blowfish is 51. Bassist Doug Eldridge of Oleander is 48. Actor Kenneth Choi (”Sons of Anarchy”) is 44. Rapper Snoop Dogg is 44. Country singer Jimi Westbrook of Little Big Town is 44. Country musician Jeff Loberg is 39. Actor John Krasinski is 36. Bassist Daniel Tichenor of Cage the Elephant is 36. Actress Jennifer Nicole Freeman (”My Wife and Kids”) is 30.

Oct. 21: Actress Joyce Randolph (”The Honeymooners”) is 91. Keyboardist Manfred Mann is 75. Guitarist Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG’s is 74. Singer Elvin Bishop is 73. TV judge Judy Sheindlin (”Judge Judy”) is 73. Trumpeter Lee Loughnane of Chicago is 69. Guitarist Charlotte Caffey of The Go-Go’s is 62. Actress Carrie Fisher is 59. Singer Julian Cope is 58. Guitarist Steve Lukather of Toto is 58. Singer-bassist Nick Oliveri (Queens of the Stone Age) is 44. Keyboardist Charlie Lowell of Jars of Clay is 42. Actor Jeremy Miller (”Growing Pains”) is 39. Actor Will Estes (”American Dreams”) is 37. Actor Michael McMillian (”True Blood”) is 37. Reality TV star Kim Kardashian is 35. Actor Matt Dallas is 33.

Oct. 22: Actor Christopher Lloyd is 77. Actor Derek Jacobi is 77. Actor Tony Roberts is 76. Actress Catherine Deneuve is 72. Guitarist Leslie West of Mountain is 70. Actor Jeff Goldblum is 63. Keyboardist Greg Hawkes of The Cars is 63. Bassist Cris Kirkwood of Meat Puppets is 55. Actor Bob Odenkirk is 53. Singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding is 50. Country singer Shelby Lynne is 47. Reggae rapper Shaggy is 47. Director Spike Jonze is 46. Rapper Tracey Lee is 45. Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson is 40. Guitarist Rickard Goransson of Carolina Liar is 32. Drummer Zac Hanson of Hanson is 30. Actor Jonathan Lipnicki is 25. Actress Sofia Vassilieva is 23.

Oct. 23: Singer Barbara Ann Hawkins of The Dixie Cups is 72. Director Ang Lee is 61. Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is 59. Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 59. Singer “Weird Al” Yankovic is 56. Bassist Robert Trujillo of Metallica is 51. Singer David Thomas of Take 6 is 49. Drummer Brian Nevin of Big Head Todd and The Monsters is 49. Bassist Eric Bass of Shinedown is 41. “So You Think You Can Dance” host Cat Deeley is 39. Actor Ryan Reynolds is 39. Singer Matthew Shultz of Cage the Elephant is 32. Singer Miguel is 30. Actress Emilia Clarke is 29. Actress Jessica Stroup (”90210”) is 29.

Oct. 24: Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman is 79. Actor F. Murray Abraham is 76. Actor Kevin Kline is 68. Actor B.D. Wong is 55. Drummer Ben Gillies of Silverchair is 36. Singer Monica is 35. Singer-actress Adrienne Bailon of 3LW (”The Cheetah Girls”) is 32. Rapper Drake is 29. Actress Shenae Grimes (”90210”) is 26. Actor Hudson Yang (”Fresh off the Boat”) is 12.