Here are some celebrities celebrating a birthday this week.
May 6: Singer Bob Seger is 73. Singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore is 73. Singer and comedian Lulu Roman (”Hee Haw”) is 72. Actor Alan Dale (”Lost,” `’Ugly Betty”) is 71. Actor Ben Masters (”Passions”) is 71. Actor Richard Cox (”Alpha House,” `’American Tragedy”) is 70. Host Tom Bergeron (”Dancing with the Stars,” new “Hollywood Squares”) is 63. Singer John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants is 58. Actress Julianne Phillips is 58. Actress Roma Downey (”Touched by an Angel”) is 58. Actor George Clooney is 57. Singer-bassist Tony Scalzo of Fastball is 54. Actress Geneva Carr (”Bull”) is 52. Guitarist Mark Bryan of Hootie and the Blowfish is 51. Guitarist Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters is 47. Actress Stacey Oristano (”Bunheads,” `’Friday Night Lights”) is 39. Actress Adrianne Palicki (”Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) is 35. Actress Gabourey Sidibe (”Precious”) is 35. Comedian Sasheer Zamata (”Saturday Night Live”) is 32. Rapper Meek Mill is 31.
May 7: Singer Thelma Houston is 75. Singer-songwriter Bill Danoff (Starland Vocal Band) is 72. Drummer Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead is 72. Drummer Prairie Prince (The Tubes) is 68. Director Amy Heckerling (”Clueless,” `’Fast Times at Ridgemont High”) is 66. Actor Michael E. Knight (”All My Children”) is 59. Guitarist Phil Campbell of Motorhead is 57. Actress Traci Lords is 50. Actor Morocco Omari (”Empire”) is 48. Singer Eagle-Eye Cherry is 47. Actor Breckin Meyer (”Herbie: Fully Loaded,” `’Road Trip”) is 44. Drummer Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys is 32. Actor Alexander Ludwig (”Vikings,” `’The Hunger Games”) is 26. Actress Dylan Gelula (”Jennifer Falls,” `’Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”) is 24.
May 8: Singer Toni Tennille is 78. Country singer Jack Blanchard is 76. Singer Gary Glitter is 74. Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett is 73. Actor Mark Blankfield (”Robin Hood: Men in Tights,” `’The Incredible Shrinking Woman”) is 70. Drummer Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and of Tom Tom Club is 67. Singer Philip Bailey (solo and with Earth, Wind and Fire) is 67. Country musician Billy Burnette is 65. Drummer Alex Van Halen of Van Halen is 65. Actor David Keith is 64. Actress Melissa Gilbert is 54. Drummer Dave Rowntree of Blur is 54. Drummer Del Gray of Little Texas is 50. Singer Darren Hayes (Savage Garden) is 46. Singer Enrique Iglesias is 43. Singer Joe Bonamassa is 41. Actor Matt Davis (”The Vampire Diaries”) is 40. Actor Domhnall Gleason (”Peter Rabbit,” `’Unbroken”) is 35. Drummer Patrick Meese of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 35. Actress Julia Whelan (”Once and Again”) is 34.
May 9: Actor Albert Finney is 82. Actress-turned-politician Glenda Jackson is 82. Guitarist Sonny Curtis of Buddy Holly and The Crickets is 81. Producer-director James L. Brooks is 81. Singer Tommy Roe is 76. Singer-guitarist Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield, Poco) is 74. Singer Clint Holmes is 72. Actress Candice Bergen is 72. Singer Billy Joel is 69. Bassist Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick is 68. Actress Alley Mills (”The Wonder Years”) is 67. Actor John Corbett (”My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” `’Northern Exposure”) is 57. Singer David Gahan of Depeche Mode is 56. Actress Sonja Sohn (”Body of Proof,” `’The Wire”) is 54. Rapper Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan is 48. Guitarist Mike Myerson of Heartland is 47. Actor Chris Diamantopoulos (”Episodes,” `’24”) is 43. Singer Tamia is 43. Trombonist Dan Regan of Reel Big Fish is 41. Singer Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan is 39. Actress Rosario Dawson is 39. Actress Rachel Boston (”Witches of East End,” `’In Plain Sight,” `’American Dreams”) is 36. TV personality Audrina Patridge (”The Hills”) is 33. Actress Grace Gummer (”American Horror Story,” `’The Newsroom”) is 32.
May 10: Singer Henry Fambrough of The Spinners is 80. Singer Donovan is 72. Singer Graham Gouldman of 10cc is 72. Singer Dave Mason is 72. Actor Bruce Penhall (”CHiPs”) is 61. Singer Bono of U2 is 58. Drummer Danny Carey of Tool is 57. Actor Darryl M. Bell (”A Different World”) is 55. Model Linda Evangelista is 53. Rapper Young MC is 51. Actor Erik Palladino (”ER”) is 50. Singer Richard Patrick of Filter is 50. Actor Lenny Venito (”Kevin Can Wait”) is 49. Actor Dallas Roberts (”Dallas Buyers Club,” `’The Good Wife”) is 48. Actress Leslie Stefanson ( “The Hunted,” `’The General’s Daughter,” `’Unbreakable”) is 47. Actor Todd Lowe (”True Blood,” `’Gilmore Girls”) is 46. Actor Kenan Thompson (”Saturday Night Live,” `’Kenan and Kel”) is 40. Singer Jason Dalyrimple of Soul For Real is 38. Actress Lindsey Shaw (”Pretty Little Liars”) is 29. Actress Lauren Potter (”Glee”) is 28.
May 11: Comedian Mort Sahl is 91. Jazz musician Carla Bley is 82. Singer Eric Burdon (The Animals, War) is 77. Actress Pam Ferris (”Call the Midwife”) is 70. Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo (”24”) is 66. Actress Frances Fisher (”Resurrection,” `’Titanic”) is 66. Actor Boyd Gaines is 65. Drummer Mark Herndon of Alabama is 63. Former MTV VJ Martha Quinn is 59. Country singer Tim Raybon of The Raybon Brothers is 55. Actor Tim Blake Nelson (”Lincoln,” `’O Brother, Where Art Thou?”) is 54. Bassist Keith West of Heartland is 50. Actor Nicky Katt (”Boston Public”) is 48. Actor Coby Bell (”Third Watch”) is 43. Cellist Perttu Kivilaakso of Apocalyptica is 40. Actor Jonathan Jackson (”Nashville,” `’Tuck Everlasting”) is 36. Rapper Ace Hood is 30. Singer Prince Royce is 29. Actress Annabelle Attanasio (”Bull”) is 25. Musician Howard Lawrence of Disclosure is 24.
May 12: Composer Burt Bacharach is 90. Actress Millie Perkins (”Knots Landing”) is 80. Country singer Billy Swan is 76. Actress Linda Dano (”Another World”) is 75. Singer Steve Winwood is 70. Actress Lindsay Crouse is 70. Actor Bruce Boxleitner is 68. Singer Billy Squier is 68. Actor Gabriel Byrne is 68. Blues musician Guy Davis is 66. Country singer Kix Brooks of Brooks and Dunn is 63. Actor Ving Rhames is 59. Guitarist Billy Duffy of The Cult is 57. Actor Emilio Estevez is 56. Actress April Grace (”Lost,” `’Joan of Arcadia”) is 56. TV personality Carla Hall (”The Chew”) is 54. Keyboardist Eddie Kilgallon (Ricochet) is 53. Actor Stephen Baldwin is 52. Actor Scott Schwartz (”A Christmas Story”) is 50. Actress Kim Fields (”Living Single,” `’The Facts of Life”) is 49. Actress Jamie Luner (”Melrose Place,” `’Profiler”) is 47. Actress Rhea Seehorn (”Whitney”) is 46. Actor Mackenzie Astin is 45. Bassist Matt Mangano of Zac Brown Band is 42. Actress Rebecca Herbst (”General Hospital”) is 41. Actor Jason Biggs (”American Pie”) is 40. Actress Clare Bowen (”Nashville”) is 34. Actress Emily VanCamp (”Revenge”) is 32. Actor Malcolm David Kelley (”Lost”) is 26. Actor Sullivan Sweeten (”Everybody Loves Raymond”) is 23.
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