Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 2-8
Celebrities having birthdays during the week of July 2-8 include actor Milo Ventimiglia of “This Is Us," comedian Jim Gaffigan and drummer Ringo Starr
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Your support makes all the difference.Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 2-8:
July 2: Actor Robert Ito (“Quincy”) is 92. Actor Polly Holliday (“Alice”) is 86. Writer-director Larry David (“Curb Your Enthusiasm,” ″Seinfeld”) is 76. Keyboardist Roy Bittan of the E Street Band is 74. Actor Wendy Schaal (“American Dad,” ″It’s a Living”) is 69. Model-actor Jerry Hall is 67. Actor Jimmy McNichol is 62. Bassist Dave Parsons of Bush is 58. Actor Yancy Butler (“Witchblade”) is 53. Violinist Melodee DeVevo of Casting Crowns is 47. Actor Owain Yeoman (“The Mentalist”) is 45. Singer Michelle Branch is 40. Actor Vanessa Lee Chester (“The Lost World: Jurassic Park”) is 39. Actor Nelson Franklin (“The Millers”) is 38. Actor Ashley Tisdale (“Hellcats,” ″High School Musical”) is 38. Actor Lindsay Lohan is 37. Actor Margot Robbie is 33.
July 3: Actor Michael Cole (“The Mod Squad”) is 83. Actor Kurtwood Smith (“That 70s Show”) is 80. Country singer Johnny Lee is 77. Writer Dave Barry is 76. Actor Betty Buckley is 76. Actor Jan Smithers (“WKRP In Cincinnati”) is 74. Actor Bruce Altman (“Blue Bloods”) is 68. Talk show host Montel Williams is 67. Country singer Aaron Tippin is 65. Synthesizer player Vince Clarke of Erasure is 63. Actor Tom Cruise is 61. Actor Thomas Gibson (“Criminal Minds,” ″Dharma and Greg”) is 61. Actor Hunter Tylo is 61. Actor Connie Nielsen (“Gladiator”) is 59. Actor Yeardley Smith (“The Simpsons”) is 59. TV chef Sandra Lee is 57. Singer Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler of Digable Planets is 54. Keyboardist-guitarist Kevin Hearn of Barenaked Ladies is 54. Actor Shawnee Smith (“Saw,” ″Becker”) is 54. Actor-singer Audra McDonald (“Private Practice”) is 53. Country singer Trent Tomlinson is 48. Actor Andrea Barber (“Full House”) is 47. Comedian Julie Klausner (“Difficult People”) is 45. Singer Tonia Tash of Divine is 44. Actor Olivia Munn (“The Newsroom”) is 43. Actor Shoshannah Stern (“Jericho”) is 43. Singer Elle King is 34. Actor Grant Rosenmeyer (TV’s “Oliver Beene”) is 32. Actor Kelsey Batelaan (“Nip/Tuck”) is 28.
July 4: Actor Eva Marie Saint is 99. Actor Ed Bernard (“Police Woman,” ″White Shadow”) is 84. Actor Karolyn Grimes (Zuzu in “It’s a Wonderful Life”) is 83. Singer Annette Beard of Martha and the Vandellas is 80. TV personality Geraldo Rivera is 80. Percussionist Ralph Johnson of Earth, Wind and Fire is 72. Percussionist Domingo Ortiz of Widespread Panic is 71. Singer John Waite is 71. Guitarist Kirk Pengilly of INXS is 65. Steel guitarist Teddy Carr (Ricochet) is 63. DJ Zonka (Big Audio Dynamite) is 61. Singer Michael Sweet of Stryper is 60. Bassist Matt Malley (Counting Crows) is 60. Actor Tracy Letts (“Homeland”) is 58. Actor-comedian Al Madrigal (“Gary Unmarried,” ″The Daily Show”) is 52. Actor John Lloyd Young (“Jersey Boys”) is 48. Singer Stephen “Ste” McNally of BBMak is 45. Actor Becki Newton (“Ugly Betty”) is 45. Actor Mo McRae (“Sons of Anarchy”) is 41. Reality star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino (“Jersey Shore”) is 41. Singer Melanie Fiona is 40.
July 5: Musician Robbie Robertson is 80. Musician Huey Lewis is 72. Country keyboardist Charles Ventre of River Road is 71. Singer Marc Cohn is 64. Actor Dorien Wilson (“The Parkers,” ″Sister, Sister”) is 61. Actor Edie Falco (“Nurse Jackie,” “The Sopranos”) is 60. Actor Jillian Armenante (“Judging Amy”) is 59. Actor Kathryn Erbe (“Law and Order: Criminal Intent”) is 58. Michael Stuhlbarg (“Dr. Strange”) is 55. Rapper RZA of Wu-Tang Clan is 54. Singer Joe is 50. Drummer Bengt Lagerberg of The Cardigans is 50. Rapper Bizarre of D12 is 47. Rapper Royce da 5′9″ is 46. Musician Jason Wade of Lifehouse is 43. Actor Ryan Hansen (“Party Down,” “Veronica Mars”) is 42. Musician Dave Haywood of Lady A is 41. Bassist Nick O’Malley of Arctic Monkeys is 38. Actor Jason Dolley (“Cory in the House”) is 32.
July 6: Singer Gene Chandler is 83. Country singer Jeannie Seely is 83. Actor Burt Ward (“Batman”) is 78. Actor Fred Dryer is 77. Actor Sylvester Stallone is 77. Actor Shelley Hack (TV’s “Charlie’s Angels”) is 76. Actor Allyce Beasley (“Moonlighting”) is 72. Actor Geoffrey Rush is 72. Actor Grant Goodeve (“Eight is Enough”) is 71. Jazz trumpeter Rick Braun is 68. Actor Casey Sander (“Grace Under Fire”) is 68. Actor Jennifer Saunders (“Absolutely Fabulous”) is 65. Drummer John Keeble of Spandau Ballet is 64. Actor Pip Torrens (“The Crown”) is 63. Actor Brian Posehn (“Just Shoot Me”) is 57. Actor Robb Derringer (“Days of Our Lives”) is 56. “CBS This Morning” co-host John Dickerson is 55. Rapper Inspectah Deck of Wu-Tang Clan is 53. NBC Sports correspondent and former “Good Morning America” host Josh Elliott is 52. Rapper 50 Cent is 48. Actors Tia and Tamera Mowry (“Sister, Sister”) are 45. Comedian Kevin Hart is 44. Actor Eva Green (“Penny Dreadful”) is 43. Drummer Chris Wood of Bastille is 38. Actor Jeremy Suarez (“Bernie Mac”) is 33.
July 7: Bandleader Doc Severinsen is 96. Drummer Ringo Starr is 83. Singer-guitarist Warren Entner of the Grass Roots is 80. Actor Joe Spano is 77. Singer David Hodo (the construction worker) of The Village People is 76. Country singer Linda Williams is 76. Actor Shelley Duvall is 74. Actor Roz Ryan (“Amen”) is 72. Actor Billy Campbell (“Once and Again”) is 64. Bassist Mark White of the Spin Doctors is 61. Singer-songwriter Vonda Shepard (“Ally McBeal”) is 60. Comedian Jim Gaffigan is 57. Bassist Ricky Kinchen of Mint Condition is 57. Actor Amy Carlson (“Blue Bloods”) is 55. Actor Jorja Fox (“CSI”) is 55. Actor Cree Summer (“A Different World”) is 54. Actor Robin Weigert (“Deadwood,” “Sons of Anarchy”) is 54. Actor Kirsten Vangsness (“Criminal Minds”) is 51. Actor Troy Garity (“Barbershop”) is 50. Actor Berenice Bejo (“The Artist”) is 47. Actor Hamish Linklater (“The New Adventures of Old Christine”) is 47. Rapper Cassidy is 41. Actor Ross Malinger (“Sleepless in Seattle”) is 39. Comedian Luke Null (“Saturday Night Live”) is 33. Singer Ally Hernandez of Fifth Harmony (“The X Factor”) is 30. Drummer Ashton Irwin of 5 Seconds Of Summer is 29. Country singer Maddie Font of Maddie and Tae is 28.
July 8: Singer Steve Lawrence is 88. Drummer Jaimoe Johanson of The Allman Brothers is 79. Actor Jeffrey Tambor is 79. Actor Kim Darby is 76. Actor Jonelle Allen (“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”) is 75. Children’s singer Raffi is 75. Actor Anjelica Huston is 72. Actor Kevin Bacon is 65. Actor Robert Knepper (“Prison Break,” “iZombie”) is 64. Country singer Toby Keith is 62. Guitarist Graham Jones of Haircut 100 is 62. Singer Joan Osborne is 61. Actor Rocky Carroll (“NCIS”) is 60. Actor Michael B. Silver (“Instinct,” ″NYPD Blue”) is 56. Actor Billy Crudup (“Almost Famous”) is 55. Actor Michael Weatherly (“NCIS,” ″Dark Angel”) is 55. Singer Beck is 53. Country singer Drew Womack of Sons of the Desert is 53. Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco is 50. Guitarist Stephen Mason of Jars of Clay is 48. Actor Milo Ventimiglia (“This Is Us,” ″Gilmore Girls”) is 46. Actor Lance Gross (“House of Payne”) is 42. Actor Sophia Bush (“Chicago P.D.,” ″One Tree Hill”) is 41. Guitarist Jamie Cook of Arctic Monkeys is 38. Actor Maya Hawke (“Little Women,” ″Stranger Things”) is 25. Actor-musician Jaden Smith (“The Pursuit of Happyness”) is 25.