Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 14-20
Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Feb. 14-20 include playwright-actor Danai Gurira, actor-singer Gloria Trevi and Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali
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Your support makes all the difference.Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 14-20:
Feb. 14: Country singer Razzy Bailey is 82. Jazz saxophonist Maceo Parker is 78. TV personality Pat O’Brien (“The Insider,” ″Access Hollywood”) is 73. Magician Teller of Penn and Teller is 73. Actor Ken Wahl (“Wiseguy”) is 64. Opera singer Renee Fleming is 62. Actor Meg Tilly is 61. Singer Dwayne Wiggins of Tony! Toni! Tone! is 60. Actor Sakina Jaffey (“House of Cards”) is 59. Actor Enrico Colantoni (“Just Shoot Me”) is 58. Actor Zach Galligan (“Gremlins”) is 57. Actor Valente Rodriguez (TV’s “George Lopez,” film’s “Erin Brockovich”) is 57. Bassist Ricky Wolking of The Nixons is 55. Actor Simon Pegg (2009′s “Star Trek”) is 51. Bassist Kevin Baldes of Lit is 49. Singer Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty is 49. Actor Danai Gurira (“Black Panther”) is 43. Actor Matt Barr (“Blood and Treasure”) is 37. Actor Jake Lacy (“The Office”) is 35. Actor Tiffany Thornton (“Sonny With A Chance”) is 35. Actor Brett Dier (“Jane the Virgin”) is 31. Actor Freddie Highmore (“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” ″Bates Motel”) is 29.
Feb. 15: Actor Claire Bloom is 90. Songwriter Brian Holland (Holland-Dozier-Holland) is 80. Drummer Mick Avory of The Kinks is 77. Jazz saxophonist Henry Threadgill is 77. Actor Marisa Berenson (“Barry Lyndon”) is 74. Actor Jane Seymour is 70. Singer Melissa Manchester is 70. Actor Lynn Whitfield (“Madea’s Family Reunion”) is 68. Cartoonist Matt Groening (“The Simpsons”) is 67. Model Janice Dickinson is 66. Actor Christopher McDonald (“Harry’s Law,” “Family Law”) is 66. Singer Ali Campbell (UB40) is 62. Actor Joseph R. Gannascoli (“The Sopranos”) is 62. Bassist Mikey Craig of Culture Club is 61. Actor Steven Michael Quezada (“Breaking Bad”) is 58. Country singer Michael Reynolds of Pinmonkey is 57. Actor Michael Easton (“General Hospital”) is 54. Actor Alex Borstein (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) is 50. Actor Renee O’Connor (“Xena: Warrior Princess”) is 50. Actor Sarah Wynter (“24″) is 48. Singer Brandon Boyd of Incubus is 45. Drummer Ronnie Vannucci of The Killers is 45. Singer-guitarist Adam Granduciel of The War on Drugs is 42. Singer Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes is 41. Guitarist Gary Clark Jr. is 37. Actor Natalie Morales (“The Grinder,” ″90210″) is 36. Actor Amber Riley (“Glee”) is 35. Rapper Megan Thee Stallion is 26. Actor Zach Gordon (“Diary of a Wimpy Kid” films) is 23.
Feb. 16: Jazz singer Peggy King is 91. Actor William Katt (“Greatest American Hero”) is 70. Actor LeVar Burton is 64. Rapper-actor Ice-T is 63. Actor Lisa Loring (“The Addams Family”) is 63. Guitarist Andy Taylor (Duran Duran) is 60. Drummer Dave Lombardo of Slayer is 56. Actor Sarah Clarke (“Twilight”) is 50. Actor Mahershala Ali (“House of Cards”) is 47. DJ-producer Bassnectar is 43. Rapper Lupe Fiasco is 39. Singer Ryan Follese of Hot Chelle Rae is 34. Guitarist and drummer Danielle Haim of the rock group Haim is 32. Actor Elizabeth Olsen (“Wandavision,” “Martha Marcy May Marlene”) is 32.
Feb. 17: Comedian Dame Edna (Barry Humphries) is 87. Actor Christina Pickles (“The Wedding Singer,” ″St. Elsewhere”) is 86. Actor Brenda Fricker is 76. Actor Becky Ann Baker (“Girls,” ″Freaks and Geeks”) is 68. Actor Rene Russo is 67. Actor Richard Karn (“Home Improvement”) is 65. Actor Lou Diamond Phillips is 59. Comedian Larry the Cable Guy is 58. Director Michael Bay (“Transformers,” “Armageddon”) is 57. Singer Chante Moore is 54. Guitarist Tim Mahoney of 311 is 51. Actor Dominic Purcell (“Prison Break”) is 51. Actor Denise Richards is 50. Singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day is 49. Drummer Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters is 49. Actor Jerry O’Connell is 47. Country singer Bryan White is 47. Actor Kelly Carlson (“Nip/Tuck”) is 45. Actor Conrad Ricamora (“How To Get Away With Murder”) is 42. Actor Jason Ritter (“Kevin (Probably) Saves the World,” ″Joan of Arcadia”) is 41. Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is 40. TV personality Paris Hilton is 40. TV co-host Daphne Oz (“The Chew”) is 35. Actor Chord Overstreet (“Glee”) is 32. Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is 30. Actor Sasha Pieterse (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 25.
Feb. 18: Vocalist Yoko Ono is 88. Singer Herman Santiago of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers is 80. Singer Irma Thomas is 80. Actor Jess Walton (“The Young and the Restless”) is 75. Singer Dennis DeYoung (Styx) is 74. Actor Cybill Shepherd is 71. Singer Randy Crawford is 69. Drummer Robbie Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive is 68. Actor John Travolta is 67. Actor John Pankow (“Mad About You”) is 66. Game show hostess Vanna White (“Wheel of Fortune”) is 64. Actor Jayne Atkinson (“Criminal Minds”) is 62. Actor Greta Scacchi is 61. Actor Matt Dillon is 57. Rapper Dr. Dre is 56. Actor Molly Ringwald is 53. Guitarist-keyboardist Trevor Rosen of Old Dominion is 46. Actor Ike Barinholtz (“The Mindy Project”) is 44. Actor Kristoffer Polaha (“Ringer,” “Life Unexpected”) is 44. Guitarist Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek is 44. Actor Tyrone Burton (“The Parent ‘Hood”) is 42. Musician Regina Spektor is 41. Bassist Zac Cockrell of Alabama Shakes is 33. Actor Shane Lyons (“All That”) is 33. Actor Sarah Sutherland (“Veep”) is 33. Actor Maiara Walsh (“Desperate Housewives”) is 33.
Feb. 19: Actor Carlin Glynn (“Sixteen Candles”) is 81. Singer Smokey Robinson is 81. Singer Lou Christie is 78. Actor Michael Nader (“All My Children”) is 76. Guitarist Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath is 73. Actor Stephen Nichols (“The Young and the Restless”) is 70. Actor Jeff Daniels is 66. Singer-guitarist Dave Wakeling (General Public, English Beat) is 65. Talk show host Lorianne Crook is 64. Actor Leslie David Baker (“The Office”) is 63. Singer Seal is 58. Actor Jessica Tuck (“True Blood”) is 58. Drummer Jon Fishman of Phish is 56. Actor Justine Bateman is 55. Actor Benicio Del Toro is 54. Actor Bellamy Young (“Scandal”) is 51. Drummer Daniel Adair of Nickelback (and formerly of 3 Doors Down) is 46. Singer-actor Haylie Duff (“Napoleon Dynamite”) is 36. Guitarist Seth Morrison of Skillet is 33. Actor Victoria Justice (“Victorious”) is 28. Actor David Mazouz (“Gotham”) is 20. Actor Millie Bobby Brown (“Stranger Things”) is 17.
Feb. 20: Actor Sidney Poitier is 94. Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie is 80. Actor Brenda Blethyn (“Atonement,” ″Pride and Prejudice”) is 75. Actor Sandy Duncan is 75. Actor Peter Strauss is 74. Guitarist Billy Zoom of X is 73. Country singer Kathie Baillie of Baillie and the Boys is 70. Actor John Voldstad (“Newhart”) is 70. Actor Anthony Head (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer”) is 67. Actor James Wilby (“Gosford Park”) is 63. Bassist Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing) is 62. Actor Joel Hodgson (“Mystery Science Theater 3000″) is 61. Singer Ian Brown of Stone Roses is 58. Actor Willie Garson (“White Collar,” ″Sex and the City”) is 57. Actor French Stewart (“Mom,” “Third Rock from the Sun”) is 57. Model Cindy Crawford is 55. Actor Andrew Shue (“Melrose Place”) is 54. Actor Lili Taylor is 54. Singer Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys is 46. Actor Lauren Ambrose (“Six Feet Under”) is 43. Actor Jay Hernandez (“Friday Night Lights,” ″Crazy/Beautiful”) is 43. Actor Chelsea Peretti (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) is 43. Guitarist Coy Bowles of Zac Brown Band is 42. Actor Michael Zegen (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” ″Boardwalk Empire”) is 42. Actor Majandra Delfino (“Roswell”) is 40. Actor Jocko Sims (“New Amsterdam”) is 40. Musician and “A Prairie Home Companion” host Chris Thile (Punch Brothers, Nickel Creek) is 40. Actor-singer Jessie Mueller is 38. Comedian Trevor Noah (“The Daily Show”) is 37. Actor Miles Teller (“Fantastic Four”) is 34. Singer Rihanna is 33. Actor Jack Falahee (“How to Get Away With Murder”) is 32.