Here are some celebrities having a birthday this week.
Singer Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) of the Spice Girls is 42 on Jan. 21.
Spice Girl Emma Bunton arrives at the 2007 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in Los Angeles on Thursday, Nov. 15 , 2007.
(AP Photo/ Matt Sayles)
AP Photo/ Matt Sayles
Opera singer Placido Domingo is 77 on Jan. 21.
FILE – In this Sept. 30, 2014 file photo, Placido Domingo performs on stage at the Roundhouse in Camden, North London, as he closes this year’s iTunes festival. The Metropolitan Opera said Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, that Domingo was admitted to the hospital with inflammation and will undergo gallbladder removal next week.He is expected to make a full recovery in time to conduct the performance on Nov. 2, as well as performances for which he was originally scheduled on Nov. 6, 11, and 14.
(Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File
Rapper-actor DJ Jazzy Jeff is 53 on Jan. 22.
FILE – In this May 29, 2013 file photo, Jeffrey A. Townes aka DJ Jazzy Jeff attends the “After Earth” premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre, in New York. One of the country’s most impoverished cities will get some time in the Democratic convention spotlight Thursday, July 28, 2016, with some help from Lady Gaga. Thousands of convention delegates have been invited across the Delaware River to Camden for an afternoon concert with the pop star, which also will include performances by Lenny Kravitz and DJ Jazzy Jeff.
(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File
Actress Diane Lane is 53 on Jan. 22.
FILE – In this Feb. 13, 2016 file photo, actress Diane Lane arrives at the 2016 Writers Guild Awards held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel, in Los Angeles. This fall, Lane will be going back to something familiar on Broadway – “The Cherry Orchard.” The Roundabout Theatre Company said Monday, April 4, 2016, that the “Unfaithful” and “Man of Steel” star will star in their revival of Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece.
(Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File
Actress Mariska Hargitay (”Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”) is 54 on Jan. 23.
Mariska Hargitay seen at the IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street, on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015 in New York. The Greater Fort Lauderdale CVB’s Broward Office of Film, Music & Entertainment partnered with the awards show, now in its 25th year. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau/AP Images)
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Amy Sussman/Invision/AP/Amy Sussman
Actress Tiffani Thiessen (”Beverly Hills, 90210,” “Saved by the Bell”) is 44 on Jan. 23.
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NBC / Universal
Actress Mischa Barton (”The O.C.”) is 32 on Jan. 24.
FILE – In this May 16, 2016, file photo, actress Mischa Barton poses for photographers upon arrival at the screening of the film Loving at the 69th Cannes film festival in southern France. Sgt. Enrique Manduga of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department tells The Associated Press deputies and emergency responders found Barton at a West Hollywood apartment following a report of a woman yelling on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2017. Barton was taken to a hospital.
(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)
AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File
Actress Tatyana Ali (”The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) is 39 on Jan. 24.
FILE – In this Feb. 18, 2015, file photo, Tatyana Ali arrives at the Global Green USA’s 12th Annual Pre-Oscar Party at the Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles. People magazine reported on July 17, 2016, that Ali married Stanford professor Vaughn Rasberry in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP, File
Singer Alicia Keys is 37 on Jan. 25.
In this Nov. 2, 2016 photo, Alicia Keys poses for a portrait in New York, to promote her sixth album, “Here.”
(Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)
Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP
Actor Michael Trevino, middle, (”The Vampire Diaries”) is 33 on Jan. 25.
From left, Ian Somerhalder, Michael Trevino, and Candice Accola accept the award for choice fantasy/sci-fi show onstage at the Teen Choice Awards on Sunday, July 22, 2012, in Universal City, Calif.
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Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP
Eddie Van Halen is 63 on Jan. 26.
FILE – In this June 1, 2012 file photo, guitarist Eddie Van Halen of the band Van Halen performs in Los Angeles. For Eddie Van Halen, making music is all about having good ears and a talent for experimenting with guitars and amps to create just the right sound. Now 60, Van Halen says he’s ready to get back on the road. His famous rock band has a new live album recorded in 2013 that’s waiting a release date _ its first live album with founding singer David Lee Roth. But first, Van Halen the guitarist is visiting the Smithsonian for a sold-out event Thursday to donate some instruments to the National Museum of American History. He will discuss his life as a Dutch immigrant who went on to innovate in music to create new guitar designs. He even holds patents on some inventions.
(Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, file)
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, file
Actor Alan Cumming (”Spy Kids”) is 53 on Jan. 27.
FILE-This Sept. 20, 2015, file photo shows Alan Cumming arriving at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Cumming says he’s pleased to be hosting the first LGBT gala ever held at the United Nations, but he also finds it a bit silly that it’s taken so long. The gala Monday, May 16, 2016, is sponsored by Outright Action International marks something of a turning point at the U.N. which only last August held the first Security Council meeting spotlighting violence and discrimination against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images, File)
Comedian Patton Oswalt is 49 on Jan. 27.
FILE – In this Feb. 12, 2017 file photo, Patton Oswalt poses in the press room with the award for best comedy album for “Talking for Clapping” at the 59th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Fifteen months after the death of his wife, Oswalt is engaged to marry actress Meredith Salenger, His publicist confirmed Thursday, July 6. Michelle McNamara, a writer, died in April 2016 from a combination of prescription medications and an undiagnosed heart condition.
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Jan. 21: Opera singer Placido Domingo is 77. Singer Mac Davis is 76. Actress Jill Eikenberry is 71. Guitarist Jim Ibbotson (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 71. Singer-songwriter Billy Ocean is 68. Actor Robby Benson is 62. Actress Geena Davis is 62. Actress Charlotte Ross (”NYPD Blue”) is 50. Actress Karina Lombard (”The L Word”) is 49. Actor Ken Leung (”Marvel’s Inhumans,” `’Lost”) is 48. Rapper Levirt of B-Rock and the Bizz is 48. Drummer Mark Trojanowski of Sister Hazel is 48. Singer Cat Power is 46. DJ Chris Kilmore of Incubus is 45. Singer Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) of the Spice Girls is 42. Actor Jerry Trainor (”Wendell & Vinnie,” `’iCarly”) is 41. Singer Nokio of Dru Hill is 39.
Jan. 22: Actress Piper Laurie is 86. Actor Seymour Cassel is 83. Singer Steve Perry (Journey) is 69. Bassist Teddy Gentry of Alabama is 66. Actor John Wesley Shipp (”The Flash,” `’Dawson’s Creek”) is 63. Actress Linda Blair is 59. Actress Diane Lane is 53. Country singer Regina Nicks of Regina Regina is 53. Rapper-actor DJ Jazzy Jeff is 53. Celebrity chef Guy Fieri is 50. Actress Olivia D’Abo (”Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” `’The Wonder Years”) is 49. Singer Marc Gay of Shai is 49. Actress Katie Finneran (”The Michael J. Fox Show”) is 47. Actor Balthazar Getty is 43. Actor Christopher Kennedy Masterson (”Malcolm in the Middle”) is 38. Jazz singer Lizz Wright is 38. Singer Willa Ford is 37. Actress Beverley Mitchell (”Seventh Heaven”) is 37. Guitarist Ben Moody of The Fallen (and formerly of Evanescence) is 37. Rapper Logic is 28. Actress Sami Gayle (”Blue Bloods”) is 22.
Jan. 23: Actress Chita Rivera is 85. Actor Gil Gerard is 75. Singer Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters is 70. Bassist-keyboardist Bill Cunningham of The Box Tops is 68. Actor Richard Dean Anderson (”MacGyver”) is 68. Singer-guitarist Robin Zander of Cheap Trick is 65. Singer Anita Baker is 60. Bassist Earl Falconer of UB40 is 59. Actor Boris McGiver (”House of Cards,” `’Boardwalk Empire”) is 56. Actress Gail O’Grady (”American Dreams,” `’NYPD Blue”) is 55. Actress Mariska Hargitay (”Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”) is 54. Singer Marc Nelson (Az Yet) is 47. Actress Tiffani Thiessen (”Beverly Hills, 90210”) is 44. Bassist Nick Harmer of Death Cab For Cutie is 43.
Jan. 24: Singer Ray Stevens is 79. Singer Aaron Neville is 77. Singer Neil Diamond is 77. Actor Michael Ontkean (”Twin Peaks”) is 72. Country singer-songwriter Becky Hobbs is 68. Comedian Yakov Smirnoff is 67. Keyboardist-turned-TV personality Jools Holland (Squeeze) is 60. Drummer Keech Rainwater of Lonestar is 55. Singer Sleepy Brown of Society of Soul is 48. Actress Matthew Lillard (”Scooby-Doo,” `’She’s All That”) is 48. Actress Merrilee McCommas (”Friday Night Lights,” `’Family Law”) is 47. Singer Beth Hart is 46. Actor Ed Helms (”The Office”) is 44. Actress Tatyana Ali (”The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) is 39. Actor Daveed Diggs (”black-ish”) is 36. Actor Justin Baldoni (”Jane The Virgin”) is 34. Actress Mischa Barton (”The O.C.”) is 32.
Jan. 25: Country singer Claude Gray is 86. Actress Leigh Taylor-Young (”Peyton Place,” `’Soylent Green”) is 73. Drummer Mike Burch of River Road is 52. Singer Kina (Brownstone) is 49. Actress Ana Ortiz (”Devious Maids,” `’Ugly Betty”) is 47. Guitarist Matt Odmark of Jars of Clay is 44. Singer Alicia Keys is 37. Actor Michael Trevino (”The Vampire Diaries”) is 33. Bassist Calum Hood of 5 Seconds to Summer is 22.
Jan. 26: Actor Scott Glenn is 79. Singer Jean Knight is 75. Actor Richard Portnow (”Trumbo,” `’The Sopranos”) is 71. Drummer Corky Laing of Mountain is 70. Actor David Strathairn is 69. Musician Lucinda Williams is 65. Guitarist Eddie Van Halen is 63. Percussionist Norman Hassan of UB40 is 60. Comedian Ellen DeGeneres is 60. Keyboardist Charlie Gillingham of Counting Crowes is 58. Guitarist Andrew Ridgeley (Wham!) is 55. Singer Jazzie B. of Soul II Soul is 55. Actor Paul Johansson (”One Tree Hill”) is 54. Actor Bryan Callen (”The Goldbergs”) is 51. Gospel singer Kirk Franklin is 48. Actor Nate Mooney (”American Odyssey,” `’It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia”) is 46. Drummer Chris Hesse of Hoobastank is 44. Actor Gilles Marini (”Sex and the City”) is 42. Actress Sara Rue (”Less Than Perfect”) is 40. Actor Colin O’Donoghue (”Once Upon a Time”) is 37. Guitarist Michael Martin of Marshall Dyllon is 35.
Jan. 27: Actor James Cromwell (”Murder in the First,” `’Babe”) is 78. Drummer Nick Mason of Pink Floyd is 74. Singer Nedra Talley of The Ronettes is 72. Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov is 70. Country singer Cheryl White of The Whites is 63. Guitarist Richard Young of The Kentucky Headhunters is 63. Actress Mimi Rogers is 62. Guitarist Janick Gers of Iron Maiden is 61. Singer Margo Timmins of Cowboy Junkies is 57. Keyboardist Gillian Gilbert (New Order) is 57. Actress Tamlyn Tomita (TV’s “Teen Wolf”) is 55. Actress Bridget Fonda is 54. Actor Alan Cumming (”Spy Kids”) is 53. Singer Mike Patton (Faith No More) is 50. Country singer Tracy Lawrence is 50. Rapper Tricky is 50. Guitarist Michael Kulas of James is 49. Comedian Patton Oswalt is 49. Actor Josh Randall (”Ed”) is 46. Country singer Kevin Denney is 40. Drummer Andrew Lee of St. Paul and the Broken Bones is 32. Drummer Matt Sanchez of American Authors is 32.
