Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 3-9

Actress Amanda Bynes is 30 on April 3.  In this 2011 file photo, Amanda Bynes arrives at the MTV Movie Awards, in Los Angeles. (AP/Chris Pizzello)
Actress Amanda Bynes is 30 on April 3.  In this 2011 file photo, Bynes arrives at the MTV Movie Awards, in Los Angeles. (AP/Chris Pizzello)
Actress and singer Doris Day is
Actress and singer Doris Day is 93 on April 3. (AP photo)
Actor Robert Downey Jr. is 51 on April 4. In this 2014 file photo, the Academy Award nominated actor participates in ‘The Judge’ photo call and press conference during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Rapper-producer Pharrell Williams is 43 on April 5. In this 2015 file photo, Williams performs on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm, Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Jim Ross/Invision/AP, File)
Candace Cameron-Bure arrives at the 2015 Entertainment Weekly Pre-Emmy Party at Fig & Olive on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
Actress Candace Cameron Bure is 40 on April 6. In this photo, Cameron-Bure arrives at the 2015 Entertainment Weekly Pre-Emmy Party at Fig & Olive in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
Action movie star Jackie Chan is 62 on April 7.  In this 2015 photo, Chan speaks during an interview in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner is 90 on April 9. In 2016, Hefner put his famous magazine and mansion up for sale.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Model Paulina Porizkova attends the amfAR (American Foundation for AIDS Research) benefit gala on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Model Paulina Porizkova is 51 on April 9. In this 2010 photo, Porizkova attends the amfAR (American Foundation for AIDS Research) benefit gala in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
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Actress Amanda Bynes is 30 on April 3.  In this 2011 file photo, Amanda Bynes arrives at the MTV Movie Awards, in Los Angeles. (AP/Chris Pizzello)
Actress and singer Doris Day is
Candace Cameron-Bure arrives at the 2015 Entertainment Weekly Pre-Emmy Party at Fig & Olive on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
Model Paulina Porizkova attends the amfAR (American Foundation for AIDS Research) benefit gala on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

April 3: Actress Doris Day is 93. Actress Marsha Mason is 74. Singer Wayne Newton is 74. Singer Tony Orlando is 72. Bassist Curtis Stone of Highway 101 is 66. Guitarist Mick Mars of Motley Crue is 60. Actor Alec Baldwin is 58. Actor David Hyde Pierce is 57. Comedian-actor Eddie Murphy is 55. Singer-guitarist Mike Ness of Social Distortion is 54. Singer Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) is 48. Actress Jennie Garth is 44. Guitarist Drew Shirley of Switchfoot is 42. Actor Matthew Goode (“The Good Wife”) is 38. Actress Cobie Smulders (“How I Met Your Mother”) is 34. Singer Leona Lewis is 31. Actress Amanda Bynes is 30. Actress Rachel Bloom (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”) is 29. Actress Hayley Kiyoko (“CSI: Cyber”) is 25.

April 4: Actor Craig T. Nelson (“Coach”) is 72. Actress Christine Lahti is 66. Singer Steve Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 65. Writer-producer David E. Kelley (“Ally McBeal,” ”The Practice”) is 60. Actress Constance Shulman (“Orange is the New Black”) is 58. Actor Hugo Weaving is 56. Bassist Craig Adams (The Cult) is 54. Talk-show host Graham Norton is 53. Comedian David Cross (“Arrested Development,” ”Mr. Show”) is 52. Actor Robert Downey Jr. is 51. Actress Nancy McKeon is 50. Country singer Clay Davidson is 45. Singer Josh Todd of Buckcherry is 45. Singer Jill Scott is 44. Bassist Magnus Sveningsson of The Cardigans is 44. Magician David Blaine is 43. Singer Kelly Price is 43. Singer Andre Dalyrimple of Soul for Real is 42. Guitarist Josh McSwain of Parmalee is 41. Actor James Roday (“Psych”) is 40. Actress Natasha Lyonne (“Orange is the New Black”) is 37. Actress-singer Jamie Lynn Spears (“Zoey 101”) is 25. Actress Daniela Bobadilla (“Anger Management”) is 23. Singer Austin Mahone is 20.

April 5: Horror filmmaker Roger Corman is 90. Country singer Tommy Cash is 76. Singer Allan Clarke of The Hollies is 74. Actor Max Gail (“Sons and Daughters,” ”Barney Miller”) is 73. Actress Jane Asher is 70. Singer Agnetha Faltskog of Abba is 66. Actor Mitch Pileggi (“The X Files”) is 64. Guitarist Mike McCready of Pearl Jam is 50. Country singer Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry is 49. Singer Paula Cole is 48. Country singer Pat Green is 44. Rapper-producer Pharrell Williams is 43. Rapper Juicy J (Three 6 Mafia) is 41. Singer-guitarist Mike Eli of The Eli Young Band is 35. Actress Hayley Atwell (“Marvel’s Agent Carter”) is 34. Actress Lily James (“Downton Abbey”) is 27.

April 6: Country singer Merle Haggard is 79. Actor Billy Dee Williams is 79. Actor John Ratzenberger (“Cheers”) is 69. Actress Marilu Henner is 64. Singer-guitarist Frank Black of The Pixies is 51. Actor Paul Rudd is 47. Actor Jason Hervey (“The Wonder Years”) is 44. Bassist Markku Lappalainen (Hoobastank) is 43. Actor Zach Braff is 41. Actor Joel Garland (“Orange is the New Black”) is 41. Actress Candace Cameron Bure is 40. Musician Robert Glasper is 38. Actor Charlie McDermott (“The Middle”) is 26.

April 7: Country singer Bobby Bare is 81. Singer Charlie Thomas of The Drifters is 79. Movie director Francis Ford Coppola is 77. Singer Patricia Bennett of The Chiffons is 69. Singer-guitarist John Oates of Hall and Oates is 68. Drummer John Dittrich of Restless Heart is 65. Singer Janis Ian is 65. Actor Jackie Chan is 62. Actor Russell Crowe is 52. Singer Mark Kibble of Take 6 is 52. Singer-bassist John Cooper of Skillet is 41. Bassist Ben McKee of Imagine Dragons is 31. Actor Conner Rayburn (“According to Jim”) is 17.

April 8: Comedian Shecky Greene is 90. Original Mouseketeer Darlene Gillespie is 75. Singer J.J. Jackson is 75. Singer Peggy Lennon of the Lennon Sisters is 75. Songwriter Leon Huff of Gamble and Huff is 74. Guitarist Steve Howe of Yes (and of Asia) is 69. Bassist Mel Schacher of Grand Funk Railroad is 65. Singer-actor John Schneider is 56. Guitarist Izzy Stradlin (Guns N’ Roses) is 54. Singer-guitarist Donita Sparks of L7 is 53. Singer Julian Lennon is 53. Actor Dean Norris is 53. Rapper Biz Markie is 52. Actress Robin Wright is 50. Actress Patricia Arquette is 48. Singer Craig Honeycutt of Everything is 46. Drummer Darren Jessee of Ben Folds Five is 45. Actress Emma Caulfield (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is 43. Actor Taylor Kitsch is 35. Singer-guitarist Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend is 32. Actor Taran Noah Smith (“Home Improvement”) is 32. Guitarist Jamie Sierota of Echosmith is 23. Actress Sadie Calvano (“Mom”) is 19.

April 9: Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner is 90. Naturalist Jim Fowler (“Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom”) is 86. Actress Michael Learned is 77. Country singer Hal Ketchum is 63. Actor Dennis Quaid is 62. Humorist Jimmy Tingle (“60 Minutes II”) is 61. Keyboardist Dave Innis of Restless Heart is 57. Talk-show host Joe Scarborough (“Morning Joe”) is 53. Actor Mark Pellegrino (“Dexter”) is 51. Actress-model Paulina Porizkova is 51. Actress Cynthia Nixon is 50. Singer Kevin Martin of Candlebox is 47. TV personality Sunny Anderson (“The Kitchen”) is 41. Singer Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance is 39. Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam is 37. Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. of The Strokes is 36. Actor Charlie Hunnam (“Sons of Anarchy”) is 36. Actress Leighton Meester (“Gossip Girl”) is 30. Singer-actor Jesse McCartney (“Summerland”) is 29. Singer Jazmine Sullivan is 29. Actress Kristen Stewart is 26. Actress Elle Fanning is 18. Actor Isaac Hempstead Wright (“Game of Thrones”) is 17. Singer Jackie Evancho is 16.

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