Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 16-22
Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Oct. 16-22 include actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson, country singer Shelby Lynne and reggae rapper Shaggy
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Your support makes all the difference.Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 16-22:
Oct. 16: Actor Angela Lansbury is 97. Actor Barry Corbin (“One Tree Hill,” ″Northern Exposure”) is 82. Bassist C.F. Turner of Bachman-Turner Overdrive is 79. Actor Suzanne Somers is 76. Guitarist Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead is 75. Producer-director David Zucker is 75. Actor Martha Smith (“Animal House,” ″Scarecrow and Mrs. King”) is 70. Actor Andy Kindler (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) is 66. Actor-director Tim Robbins is 64. Guitarist Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet) is 63. Singer Bob Mould (Husker Du) is 62. Actor Randy Vasquez (“JAG”) is 61. Bassist Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is 60. Actor Christian Stolte (“Chicago Fire”) is 60. Actor Terri J. Vaughn (“All of Us,” ″The Steve Harvey Show”) is 53. Singer Wendy Wilson of Wilson Phillips is 53. Rapper B-Rock of B-Rock and the Bizz is 51. Singer Chad Gray of Mudvayne is 51. Actor Paul Sparks (“Boardwalk Empire”) is 51. Actor Kellie Martin (“Christy,” ″Life Goes On”) is 47. Singer-songwriter John Mayer is 45. Actor Jeremy Jackson (“Baywatch”) is 42. Actor Caterina Scorsone (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 42. Actor Brea Grant (“Heroes”) is 41. Actor Kyler Pettis (“Days of Our Lives”) is 30.
Oct. 17: Singer Gary Puckett of Gary Puckett and the Union Gap is 80. Actor Michael McKean is 75. Actor George Wendt is 74. Singer-comedian Bill Hudson of The Hudson Brothers is 73. Country singer Alan Jackson is 64. Actor Grant Shaud (“Murphy Brown”) is 62. Animator Mike Judge (“King of the Hill,” ″Beavis and Butthead”) is 60. Singer Rene’ Dif (Aqua) is 55. Reggae singer Ziggy Marley is 54. Actor Wood Harris (“The Wire”) is 53. Singer Wyclef Jean of The Fugees is 53. Singer Chris Kirkpatrick of ’N Sync is 51. Rapper Eminem is 50. Actor Sharon Leal (“Boston Public”) is 50. Actor Felicity Jones (“The Theory of Everything”) is 39. Actor Chris Lowell (“The Help,” ″Private Practice”) is 38. Actor Dee Jay Daniels (“The Hughleys,” ″In the House”) is 34.
Oct. 18: Singer Russ Giguere of The Association is 79. Actor Joe Morton is 75. Actor Pam Dawber is 72. Gospel singer Vickie Winans is 69. Actor Jon Lindstrom (“General Hospital”) is 65. Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme is 62. Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is 61. Actor Vincent Spano is 60. Bassist Tim Cross (Sponge) is 56. Singer Nonchalant is 55. Actor Joy Bryant (“Parenthood”) is 48. Guitarist Peter Svensson of The Cardigans is 48. Actor Wesley Jonathan is 44. Singer Ne-Yo is 43. Country singer and “American Idol” contestant Josh Gracin is 42. Country musician Jesse Littleton (Marshall Dyllon) is 41. Actor Freida Pinto (“Slumdog Millionaire”) is 38. Jazz musician Esperanza Spalding is 38. Actor Zac Efron (“High School Musical,” ″Hairspray”) is 35. Actor Joy Lauren (“Desperate Housewives”) is 33. Actor Tyler Posey is 31. Actor Toby Regbo (“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”) is 31.
Oct. 19: Actor Tony Lo Bianco (“The French Connection”) is 86. Artist Peter Max is 85. Actor Michael Gambon (“Harry Potter” films) is 82. Actor John Lithgow is 77. Singer Jeannie C. Riley is 77. Singer Patrick Simmons of The Doobie Brothers is 74. Actor Annie Golden (“Orange is the New Black”) is 71. Talk show host Charlie Chase is 70. Singer-keyboardist Karl Wallinger of World Party is 65. Singer Jennifer Holliday is 62. TV host Ty Pennington (“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”) is 58. Singer-guitarist Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd and the Monsters is 57. Actor Jon Favreau is 56. “South Park” co-creator Trey Parker is 53. Comedian Chris Kattan (“Saturday Night Live”) is 52. Singer Pras Michel of The Fugees is 50. Actor Omar Gooding (“Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper”) is 46. Country singer Cyndi Thomson is 46. Writer-director Jason Reitman (“Juno”) is 45. Actor Benjamin Salisbury (“The Nanny”) is 42. Actor Gillian Jacobs (“Community”) is 40. Actor Rebecca Ferguson (“Dune,” “The Greatest Showman”) is 39. Singer Zac Barnett of American Authors is 36. Actor Ciara Renee (“Legends of Tomorrow”) is 32. Actor Hunter King (“The Young and the Restless”) is 29.
Oct. 20: Rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson is 85. Actor-turned-nun Dolores Hart (“Where the Boys Are,” “King Creole”) is 84. Actor William Russ (“Boy Meets World,” “Wiseguy”) is 72. Actor Melanie Mayron (“thirtysomething”) is 70. Director Danny Boyle (“Slumdog Millionaire,” “Trainspotting”) is 66. Actor Viggo Mortensen (“Lord of the Rings”) is 64. Drummer Jim “Soni” Sonefeld of Hootie and the Blowfish is 58. Bassist Doug Eldridge of Oleander is 55. “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin is 54. Actor Kenneth Choi (“Sons of Anarchy”) is 51. Rapper Snoop Dogg is 51. Country singer Jimi Westbrook of Little Big Town is 51. Actor-comedian Dan Fogler (“Fantastic Beasts,” “The Walking Dead”) is 46. Saxophonist Jon Natchez of The War on Drugs is 46. Actor Sam Witwer (“Smallville,” “Battlestar Galactica”) is 45. Actor John Krasinski (“The Office”) is 43. Bassist Daniel Tichenor of Cage the Elephant is 43. Actor Katie Featherston (“Paranormal Activity”) is 40. Actor Jennifer Nicole Freeman (“My Wife and Kids”) is 37.
Oct. 21: Actor Joyce Randolph (“The Honeymooners”) is 98. Keyboardist Manfred Mann is 82. Guitarist Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG’s is 81. Singer Elvin Bishop is 80. TV judge Judy Sheindlin (“Judge Judy”) is 80. Actor Everett McGill (“Twin Peaks”) is 77. Trumpeter Lee Loughnane of Chicago is 76. Actor Dick Christie (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 74. Guitarist Charlotte Caffey of The Go-Go’s is 69. Director Catherine Hardwicke (“Twilight”) is 67. Singer Julian Cope is 65. Guitarist Steve Lukather of Toto is 65. Actor Ken Watanabe (“Letters from Iwo Jima,” ″The Last Samurai”) is 63. Actor Melora Walters (TV’s “Big Love,” film’s “The Butterfly Effect”) is 62. Singer-bassist Nick Oliveri (Queens Of The Stone Age) is 51. Keyboardist Charlie Lowell of Jars of Clay is 49. Actor Jeremy Miller (“Growing Pains”) is 46. Singer Matthew Ramsey of Old Dominion is 45. Actor Will Estes (“American Dreams”) is 44. Actor Michael McMillian (“True Blood”) is 44. Reality TV star Kim Kardashian is 42. Actor Charlotte Sullivan (“Rookie Blue”) is 39. Actor Glenn Powell (“Hidden Figures”) is 34. Country singer Kane Brown is 29.
Oct. 22: Actor Christopher Lloyd is 84. Actor Derek Jacobi is 84. Actor Tony Roberts is 83. Actor Catherine Deneuve is 79. Musician Eddie Brigati of The Rascals and Joey Dee and the Starlighters is 77. Actor Jeff Goldblum is 70. Keyboardist Greg Hawkes of The Cars is 70. Actor Luis Guzman (“Code Black”) is 66. Bassist Cris Kirkwood of Meat Puppets is 62. Actor Bob Odenkirk is 60. Christian singer TobyMac (dc Talk) is 58. Singer-songwriter Wesley Stace (John Wesley Harding) is 57. Actor Valeria Golino (“Rain Man,” “Hot Shots!”) is 56. Comedian Carlos Mencia is 55. Country singer Shelby Lynne is 54. Reggae rapper Shaggy is 54. Director Spike Jonze is 53. Rapper Tracey Lee is 52. Actor Saffron Burrows (“Boston Legal”) is 50. Actor Carmen Ejogo (“Selma”) is 49. Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson (“Modern Family”) is 47. Guitarist Jon Foreman of Switchfoot is 46. Actor Michael Fishman (“Roseanne”) is 41. Guitarist Rickard Goransson of Carolina Liar is 39. Drummer Zac Hanson of Hanson is 37. Actor Corey Hawkins (TV’s “The Walking Dead,” film’s “Straight Outta Compton”) is 34. Actor Jonathan Lipnicki (“Stuart Little,” ″Jerry Maguire”) is 32. Actor Sofia Vassilieva (“Medium,” “Eloise”) is 30, Actor Elias Harger (“Fuller House”) is 15.