Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 15-21
Celebrities having birthdays during the week of May 15-21 include actor Megan Fox, singer-actor Cher and “Saturday Night Live” comedian Michael Che
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Your support makes all the difference.Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 15-21:
May 15: Actor-singer Anna Maria Alberghetti is 86. Counterculture icon Wavy Gravy is 86. Singer Lenny Welch is 83. Actor-singer Lainie Kazan is 80. Actor Gunilla Hutton (“Petticoat Junction,” ″Hee Haw”) is 80. Actor Chazz Palminteri (“Analyze This,” ″Mulholland Falls”) is 76. Musician Brian Eno is 74. Actor Nicholas Hammond (“The Sound of Music”) is 72. Musician Mike Oldfield is 69. Actor Lee Horsley (“Matt Houston”) is 67. Rapper Melle Mel of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five is 61. Actor David Charvet (“Melrose Place”) is 50. Actor Russell Hornsby (“Grimm”) is 48. Actor David Krumholtz (“Numb3rs”) is 44. Bassist David Hartley of The War On Drugs is 42. Actor Jamie-Lynn Sigler (“The Sopranos”) is 41. Actor Alexandra Breckenridge (“The Walking Dead,” ″American Horror Story”) is 40. Guitarist Brad Shultz of Cage the Elephant is 40. Guitarist Nick Perri (Shinedown) is 38.
May 16: Jazz drummer Billy Cobham is 78. Actor Danny Trejo is 78. Actor Bill Smitrovich (“Crime Story,” “Life Goes On”) is 75. Actor Pierce Brosnan is 69. Actor Debra Winger is 67. Actor Mare Winningham is 63. Violinist Boyd Tinsley of The Dave Matthews Band is 58. Bassist Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) is 57. Singer Janet Jackson is 56. Actor-singer Scott Reeves (“Nashville,” ″General Hospital”) is 56. Actor Brian F. O’Byrne (“Million Dollar Baby”) is 55. Singer Ralph Tresvant is 54. Actor David Boreanaz (“Bones,” ″Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is 53. Political commentator Tucker Carlson is 53. Actor Tracey Gold (“Growing Pains”) is 53. TV personality Bill Rancic (“America Now,” ″The Apprentice”) is 51. Country singer Rick Trevino is 51. Actor Khary Payton (“The Walking Dead”) is 50. Rapper Special Ed is 50. Actor Tori Spelling is 49. Actor Sean Carrigan (“The Young and the Restless”) is 48. Rapper B. Slade (A.K.A. Tonex) is 47. Actor Melanie Lynskey (“Two and a Half Men”) is 45. Actor Joseph Morgan (“The Originals,” ″Vampire Diaries”) is 41. DJ Alex Pall of The Chainsmokers is 37. Actor Megan Fox (“Transformers”) is 36. Actor Drew Roy (“Falling Skies,” ″Hannah Montana”) is 36. Actor Jermaine Fowler (“Superior Donuts”) is 34. Actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster (“Game of Thrones”) is 32. Actor Marc John Jefferies (“The Tracy Morgan Show”) is 32. Actor Miles Heizer (“13 Reasons Why,” ″Parenthood”) is 28.
May 17: Singer Taj Mahal is 80. Drummer Bill Bruford of Yes and King Crimson is 73. Singer-guitarist George Johnson of The Brothers Johnson is 69. TV personality Kathleen Sullivan is 69. Singer Enya is 61. Actor Craig Ferguson (“The Late Late Show,” ″The Drew Carey Show”) is 59. Keyboardist Page McConnell of Phish is 59. Actor David Eigenberg (“Sex and the City”) is 58. Guitarist O’Dell of Mint Condition is 57. Musician Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is 57. Actor Paige Turco (“The 100”) is 57. Actor Hill Harper (“CSI: NY,” ″He Got Game”) is 56. TV personality-interior designer Thom Filicia (“Queer Eye For The Straight Guy”) is 53. Singer Jordan Knight of New Kids on the Block is 52. Singer Darnell Van Rensalier of Shai is 52. Singer Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age is 49. Singer Andrea Corr of The Corrs is 48. Actor Sendhil Ramamurthy (“Heroes”) is 48. Singer Kandi Burruss (Xscape) (“The Real Housewives of Atlanta”) is 46. Actor Kat Foster (”’Til Death”) is 44. Singer-songwriter Passenger is 38. Dancer Derek Hough (“Dancing With the Stars”) is 37. Actor Tahj Mowry (“Smart Guy,” ″Kim Possible”) is 36. Actor Nikki Reed (“Twilight”) is 33. Actor Leven Rambin (“The Hunger Games,” ″Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) is 32.
May 18: Actor Priscilla Pointer (“Dallas,” ″Carrie,” ″Blue Velvet”) is 98. Actor Candice Azzara (“In Her Shoes,” ″Caroline in the City,” ″Rhoda”) is 81. Bluegrass singer-guitarist Rodney Dillard of The Dillards is 80. Country singer Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys is 74. Keyboardist Rick Wakeman of Yes is 73. Singer Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo is 72. Actor James Stephens (“Paper Chase,” ″Father Dowling Mysteries”) is 71. Country singer George Strait is 70. Actor Chow Yun-Fat (“Anna and the King,” ″The Replacement Killers”) is 67. Singer-guitarist Page Hamilton of Helmet is 62. Guitarist Barry Graul of MercyMe is 61. Singer Michael Tait of Newsboys and of dc Talk is 56. Singer-actor Martika (“Wiseguy”) is 53. Comedian Tina Fey (“30 Rock,” ″Saturday Night Live”) is 52. Musician Jack Johnson is 47. Country singer David Nail is 43. Singer Darryl Allen of Mista is 42. Actor Allen Leech (“Downton Abbey”) is 41. Guitarist Kevin Huguley of Rush of Fools is 40. Contemporary Christian singer Francesca Battistelli is 37. Actor Violett Beane (“God Friended Me”) is 26. Actor Hala Finley (“Man with a Plan”) is 13.
May 19: TV personality David Hartman is 87. Actor James Fox is 83. Actor Nancy Kwan is 83. Musician Pete Townshend is 77. Singer-actor-model Grace Jones is 71. Drummer Phil Rudd AC/DC is 68. Actor Steven Ford is 66. Actor Toni Lewis (“Homicide,” ″Oz,” ″As the World Turns”) is 62. Guitarist Iain Harvie of Del Amitri is 60. Actor Jason Gray-Stanford (“Monk”) is 52. Singer Jenny Berggren of Ace of Base is 50. TV personality Kim Zolciak Biermann (“Real Housewives of Atlanta”) is 44. Singer Shooter Jennings is 43. Comedian Michael Che (“Saturday Night Live”) is 39. Guitarist Tim McTague of Underoath is 39. Guitarist James Richardson of MGMT is 39. Actor Eric Lloyd (“The Santa Clause”) is 36. Singer Sam Smith is 30. Actor Nolan Lyons (“Boardwalk Empire”) is 21.
May 20: Actor David Proval (“The Sopranos”) is 80. Singer-actor Cher is 76. Actor Dave Thomas (“Grace Under Fire,” ″SCTV”) is 74. Musician Warren Cann of Ultravox is 72. Actor Dean Butler (“Little House on the Prairie”) is 66. Guitarist Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go’s is 64. Actor Bronson Pinchot is 63. Singer Susan Cowsill of The Cowsills is 63. Actor John Billingsley (“True Blood,” ″Enterprise”) is 62. Actor Tony Goldwyn (“Scandal”) is 62. Singer Nick Heyward of Haircut 100 is 61. TV personality Ted Allen (“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”) is 57. Actor Mindy Cohn (“Facts of Life”) is 56. Guitarist Tom Gorman of Belly is 56. Rapper Busta Rhymes is 50. Bassist Ryan Martinie of Mudvayne is 47. Actor Matt Czuchry (“The Good Wife,” ″Gilmore Girls”) is 45. Singer-actor Naturi Naughton (3LW) is 38. Country singer Jon Pardi is 37.
May 21: Singer Ron Isley of the Isley Brothers is 81. Keyboardist Bill Champlin (Chicago) is 75. Actor Carol Potter (“Beverly Hills, 90210,” ″Sunset Beach”) is 74. Singer Leo Sayer is 74. Comedian and former U.S. Senator Al Franken is 71. Actor Mr. T is 70. Drummer Stan Lynch (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) is 67. Actor Judge Reinhold is 65. Actor-director Nick Cassavetes (“The Notebook”) is 63. Actor Lisa Edelstein (“House”) is 56. Actor Fairuza Balk (“The Waterboy”) is 48. Singer-guitarist Mikel Jollet of Airborne Toxic Event is 48. Rapper Havoc of Mobb Deep is 48. Drummer Tony LoGerfo of Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real is 39. Actor Sunkrish Bala (“Castle”) is 38. Actor David Ajala (“Star Trek: Discovery,” “Black Box”) is 36. Actor Ashlie Brillault (“Lizzie McGuire”) is 35. Country singer Cody Johnson is 35. Actor Scott Leavenworth (“7th Heaven”) is 32. Actor Sarah Ramos (“Parenthood,” ″American Dreams”) is 31.