Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 17-23:
Oct. 17: Actor Marsha Hunt is 104. Singer Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts is 79. Singer Gary Puckett of Gary Puckett and the Union Gap is 79. Actor Michael McKean is 74. Actor George Wendt is 73. Singer-comedian Bill Hudson of The Hudson Brothers is 72. Country singer Alan Jackson is 63. Actor Grant Shaud (“Murphy Brown”) is 61. Animator Mike Judge (“King of the Hill,” ″Beavis and Butthead”) is 59. Singer Rene’ Dif (Aqua) is 54. Reggae singer Ziggy Marley is 53. Actor Wood Harris (“The Wire”) is 52. Singer Wyclef Jean of The Fugees is 52. Singer Chris Kirkpatrick of ’N Sync is 50. Rapper Eminem is 48. Actor Sharon Leal (“Boston Public”) is 49. Actor Felicity Jones (“The Theory of Everything”) is 38. Actor Chris Lowell (“The Help,” ″Private Practice”) is 37. Actor Dee Jay Daniels (“The Hughleys,” ″In the House”) is 33.
Oct. 18: Singer Russ Giguere of The Association is 78. Actor Joe Morton is 74. Actor Pam Dawber is 71. Gospel singer Vickie Winans is 68. Actor Jon Lindstrom (“General Hospital”) is 64. Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme is 61. Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is 60. Actor Vincent Spano is 59. Bassist Tim Cross (Sponge) is 55. Singer Nonchalant is 54. Actor Joy Bryant (“Parenthood”) is 47. Guitarist Peter Svensson of The Cardigans is 47. Actor Wesley Jonathan is 43. Singer Ne-Yo is 42. Country singer and “American Idol” contestant Josh Gracin is 41. Country musician Jesse Littleton (Marshall Dyllon) is 40. Actor Freida Pinto (“Slumdog Millionaire”) is 37. Jazz musician Esperanza Spalding is 37. Actor Zac Efron (“High School Musical,” ″Hairspray”) is 34. Actor Joy Lauren (“Desperate Housewives”) is 32. Actor Tyler Posey is 30. Actor Toby Regbo (“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”) is 30.
Oct. 19: Actor Tony Lo Bianco (“The French Connection”) is 85. Artist Peter Max is 84. Actor Michael Gambon (“Harry Potter” films) is 81. Actor John Lithgow is 76. Singer Jeannie C. Riley is 76. Singer Patrick Simmons of The Doobie Brothers is 73. Actor Annie Golden (“Orange is the New Black”) is 70. Talk show host Charlie Chase is 69. Singer-keyboardist Karl Wallinger of World Party is 64. Singer Jennifer Holliday is 61. TV host Ty Pennington (“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”) is 57. Singer-guitarist Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd and the Monsters is 56. Actor Jon Favreau is 55. “South Park” co-creator Trey Parker is 52. Comedian Chris Kattan (“Saturday Night Live”) is 51. Singer Pras Michel of The Fugees is 49. Actor Omar Gooding (“Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper”) is 45. Country singer Cyndi Thomson is 45. Writer-director Jason Reitman (“Juno”) is 44. Actor Benjamin Salisbury (“The Nanny”) is 41. Actor Gillian Jacobs (“Community”) is 39. Actor Rebecca Ferguson (“Dune,” “The Greatest Showman”) is 38. Singer Zac Barnett of American Authors is 35. Actor Ciara Renee (“Legends of Tomorrow”) is 31. Actor Hunter King (“The Young and the Restless”) is 28.
Oct. 20: Rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson is 84. Actor-turned-nun Dolores Hart (“Where the Boys Are,” “King Creole”) is 83. Actor William Russ (“Boy Meets World,” “Wiseguy”) is 71. Actor Melanie Mayron (“thirtysomething”) is 69. Director Danny Boyle (“Slumdog Millionaire,” “Trainspotting”) is 65. Actor Viggo Mortensen (“Lord of the Rings”) is 63. Drummer Jim “Soni” Sonefeld of Hootie and the Blowfish is 57. Bassist Doug Eldridge of Oleander is 54. “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin is 53. Actor Kenneth Choi (“Sons of Anarchy”) is 50. Rapper Snoop Dogg is 50. Country singer Jimi Westbrook of Little Big Town is 50. Actor-comedian Dan Fogler (“Fantastic Beasts,” “The Walking Dead”) is 45. Saxophonist Jon Natchez of The War on Drugs is 45. Actor Sam Witwer (“Smallville,” “Battlestar Galactica”) is 44. Actor John Krasinski (“The Office”) is 42. Bassist Daniel Tichenor of Cage The Elephant is 42. Actor Katie Featherston (“Paranormal Activity”) is 39. Actor Jennifer Nicole Freeman (“My Wife and Kids”) is 36.
Oct. 21: Actor Joyce Randolph (“The Honeymooners”) is 97. Keyboardist Manfred Mann is 81. Guitarist Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG’s is 80. Singer Elvin Bishop is 79. TV judge Judy Sheindlin (“Judge Judy”) is 79. Actor Everett McGill (“Twin Peaks”) is 76. Trumpeter Lee Loughnane of Chicago is 75. Actor Dick Christie (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 73. Guitarist Charlotte Caffey of The Go-Go’s is 68. Director Catherine Hardwicke (“Twilight”) is 66. Singer Julian Cope is 64. Guitarist Steve Lukather of Toto is 64. Actor Ken Watanabe (“Letters from Iwo Jima,” ″The Last Samurai”) is 62. Actor Melora Walters (TV’s “Big Love,” film’s “The Butterfly Effect”) is 61. Singer-bassist Nick Oliveri (Queens of the Stone Age) is 50. Keyboardist Charlie Lowell of Jars of Clay is 48. Actor Jeremy Miller (“Growing Pains”) is 45. Singer Matthew Ramsey of Old Dominion is 44. Actor Will Estes (“American Dreams”) is 43. Actor Michael McMillian (“True Blood”) is 43. Reality TV star Kim Kardashian is 41. Actor Charlotte Sullivan (“Rookie Blue”) is 38. Actor Glenn Powell (“Hidden Figures”) is 33. Country singer Kane Brown is 28.
Oct. 22: Actor Christopher Lloyd is 83. Actor Derek Jacobi is 83. Actor Tony Roberts is 82. Actor Catherine Deneuve is 78. Musician Eddie Brigati of The Rascals and Joey Dee and the Starlighters is 76. Actor Jeff Goldblum is 69. Keyboardist Greg Hawkes of The Cars is 69. Actor Luis Guzman (“Code Black”) is 65. Bassist Cris Kirkwood of Meat Puppets is 61. Actor Bob Odenkirk is 59. Christian singer TobyMac (dc Talk) is 57. Singer-songwriter Wesley Stace (John Wesley Harding) is 56. Actor Valeria Golino (“Rain Man,” “Hot Shots!”) is 55. Comedian Carlos Mencia is 54. Country singer Shelby Lynne is 53. Reggae rapper Shaggy is 53. Director Spike Jonze is 52. Rapper Tracey Lee is 51. Actor Saffron Burrows (“Boston Legal”) is 49. Actor Carmen Ejogo (“Selma”) is 48. Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson (“Modern Family”) is 46. Guitarist Jon Foreman of Switchfoot is 45. Actor Michael Fishman (“Roseanne”) is 40. Guitarist Rickard Goransson of Carolina Liar is 38. Drummer Zac Hanson of Hanson is 36. Actor Corey Hawkins (TV’s “The Walking Dead,” film’s “Straight Outta Compton”) is 33. Actor Jonathan Lipnicki (“Stuart Little,” ″Jerry Maguire”) is 31. Actor Sofia Vassilieva (“Medium,” “Eloise”) is 29, Actor Elias Harger (“Fuller House”) is 14.
Oct. 23: Singer Barbara Ann Hawkins of The Dixie Cups is 78. Director Ang Lee is 67. Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is 65. Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 65. Director-actor Sam Raimi (“Spider-Man” films) is 62. Singer “Weird Al” Yankovic is 62. Bassist Robert Trujillo of Metallica is 57. Singer David Thomas of Take 6 is 55. Drummer Brian Nevin of Big Head Todd and The Monsters is 55. Singer Junior Bryant of Ricochet is 53. Actor John Huertas (“Castle”) is 52. Country singer Jimmy Wayne is 49. Bassist Eric Bass of Shinedown is 47. “So You Think You Can Dance” host Cat Deeley is 45. Actor Ryan Reynolds is 45. Actor Saycon Sengbloh (TV’s “In The Dark”) is 44. Singer Matthew Shultz of Cage The Elephant is 38. “The View” host Meghan McCain is 37. Actor Masiela Lusha (“George Lopez”) is 36. Singer Miguel is 36. Actor Emilia Clarke (“Game of Thrones”) is 35. Actor Inbar Lavi (“Imposters,” ″Prison Break”) is 35. Actor Jessica Stroup (“90210”) is 35. Trumpeter Allen Branstetter of St. Paul and the Broken Bones is 31. Actor Taylor Spreitler (“Kevin Can Wait”) is 28. Actor Margaret Qualley (TV’s “Fosse/Verdon”) is 27. Actor Amandla Stenberg (“The Hunger Games”) is 23.
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