Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 2-8

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of April 2-8 include actor Christopher Meloni of “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit,” actor Cobie Smulders of “How I Met Your Mother” and singer Leona Lewis

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 2-8:

April 2: Actor Linda Hunt is 78. Actor Sam Anderson (“Lost,” ″ER,” ″Perfect Strangers”) is 76. Singer Emmylou Harris is 76. Actor Pamela Reed is 74. Drummer Dave Robinson of The Cars is 74. Country singer Buddy Jewell is 62. Actor Christopher Meloni (“Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”) is 62. Singer Keren Woodward of Bananarama is 62. Country singer Billy Dean is 61. Actor Clark Gregg (“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” ″The New Adventures of Old Christine”) is 61. Actor Jana Marie Hupp (“Ed”) is 59. Guitarist Greg Camp (Smash Mouth) is 56. Guitarist Tony Fredianelli (Third Eye Blind) is 54. Actor Roselyn Sanchez (TV’s “Grand Hotel,” ″Without a Trace”) is 50. Actor Pedro Pascal (“Game of Thrones”) is 48. Actor Adam Rodriguez (“Criminal Minds,” ″CSI: Miami”) is 48. Actor Michael Fassbender (“Shame,” ″Inglourious Basterds”) is 46. Keyboardist Jesse Carmichael of Maroon 5 is 44. Actor Bethany Joy Lenz (formerly Galeotti) (“One Tree Hill”) is 42. Singer Lee Dewyze (“American Idol”) is 37. Country singer Chris Janson is 37. Actor Drew Van Acker (“Training Day,” ″Pretty Little Liars”) is 37. Actor Jesse Plemons (TV’s “Fargo,” ″Breaking Bad”) is 35.

April 3: Actor Eric Braeden (“The Young and the Restless”) is 82. Actor Marsha Mason is 81. Singer Wayne Newton is 81. Singer Tony Orlando is 79. Singer Richard Thompson is 74. Bassist Curtis Stone of Highway 101 is 73. Guitarist Mick Mars of Motley Crue is 67. Actor Alec Baldwin is 65. Actor David Hyde Pierce (“Frasier”) is 64. Comedian-actor Eddie Murphy is 62. Singer-guitarist Mike Ness of Social Distortion is 61. Singer Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) is 55. Actor Jennie Garth (“Beverly Hills 90210″) is 51. Actor Adam Scott (“Severance,” “Parks and Recreation”) is 50. Guitarist Drew Shirley of Switchfoot is 49. Actor Matthew Goode (“Downton Abbey,” ″The Good Wife”) is 45. Actor Cobie Smulders (“How I Met Your Mother”) is 41. Singer Leona Lewis is 38. Actor Amanda Bynes is 37. Actor Rachel Bloom (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”) is 36. Actor Hayley Kiyoko (“CSI: Cyber”) is 32. Bassist Sam Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet is 24.

April 4: Actor Craig T. Nelson is 79. Actor Christine Lahti (“Chicago Hope”) is 73. Singer Steve Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 72. Actor Mary-Margaret Humes (“Dawson’s Creek,” ″History of the World Part 1″) is 69. Writer-producer David E. Kelley (“Ally McBeal,” ″The Practice”) is 67. Actor Constance Shulman (“Orange Is The New Black”) is 65. Actor Hugo Weaving (“The Matrix,” ″Lord of the Rings”) is 63. Bassist Craig Adams (The Cult) is 61. Talk show host Graham Norton is 60. Comedian David Cross (“Arrested Development,” ″Mr. Show”) is 59. Actor Robert Downey Jr. is 58. Actor Nancy McKeon is 57. Country singer Clay Davidson is 52. Singer Josh Todd of Buckcherry is 52. Singer Jill Scott is 51. Bassist Magnus Sveningsson of The Cardigans is 51. Magician David Blaine is 50. Singer Kelly Price is 50. Singer Andre Dalyrimple of Soul for Real is 49. Guitarist Josh McSwain of Parmalee is 48. Actor James Roday (“A Million Little Things,” “Psych”) is 47. Actor Natasha Lyonne (“Poker Face,” “Orange Is the New Black”) is 44. Actor-comedian Eric Andre (“The Eric Andre Show”) is 40. Actor Amanda Righetti (“The Mentalist”) is 40. Actor-singer Jamie Lynn Spears (“Zoey 101″) is 32. Actor Daniela Bobadilla (“The Middle,” “Anger Management”) is 30. Singer Austin Mahone is 27.

April 5: Filmmaker Roger Corman is 97. Country singer Tommy Cash is 83. Actor Michael Moriarty (“Law and Order”) is 82. Singer Allan Clarke of The Hollies is 81. Actor Max Gail (“Sons and Daughters,” ″Barney Miller”) is 80. Actor Jane Asher is 77. Singer Agnetha Faltskog of ABBA is 73. Actor Mitch Pileggi (“The X Files”) is 71. Singer Peter Case of The Plimsouls is 69. Rapper-actor Christopher “Kid” Reid of Kid ‘n Play (“House Party”) is 59. Guitarist Mike McCready of Pearl Jam is 57. Musician Paula Cole is 55. Actor Krista Allen (“Baywatch,” ″What About Brian”) is 52. Actor Victoria Hamilton (“The Crown”) is 52. Country singer Pat Green is 51. Rapper-producer Pharrell Williams is 50. Rapper Juicy J (Three 6 Mafia) is 48. Actor Sterling K. Brown (Film’s “Black Panther,” TV’s “This Is Us”) is 47. Singer-guitarist Mike Eli of Eli Young Band is 42. Actor Hayley Atwell (“Marvel’s Agent Carter”) is 41. Actor Lily James (“Downton Abbey”) is 34.

April 6: Actor Billy Dee Williams is 86. Actor Roy Thinnes (“The Invaders”) is 85. Director Barry Levinson (“Rain Man,” “The Natural”) is 81. Actor John Ratzenberger (“Cheers”) is 76. Actor Patrika Darbo (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 75. Actor Marilu Henner (“Taxi,” ″Evening Shade”) is 71. Actor Michael Rooker (“Guardians of the Galaxy”) is 68. Guitarist Warren Haynes of Gov’t Mule is 63. Singer-guitarist Black Francis of The Pixies is 58. Actor Ari Meyers (“Kate & Ally”) is 54. Actor Paul Rudd is 54. Actor Jason Hervey (“The Wonder Years”) is 51. Bassist Markku Lappalainen (Hoobastank) is 50. Actor Zach Braff (“Scrubs”) is 48. Actor Joel Garland (“Orange Is the New Black”) is 48. Actor Candace Cameron Bure (“Full House”) is 47. Actor Teddy Sears (“24: Legacy”) is 46. Musician Robert Glasper is 45. Actor Eliza Coupe (“Happy Endings,” ″Scrubs”) is 42. Actor Charlie McDermott (“The Middle”) is 33.

April 7: Country singer Bobby Bare is 88. Movie director Francis Ford Coppola is 85. Actor Roberta Shore (“The Virginian”) is 80. Singer Patricia Bennett of The Chiffons is 76. Singer-guitarist John Oates of Hall and Oates is 75. Drummer John Dittrich of Restless Heart is 72. Singer Janis Ian is 72. Actor Jackie Chan is 69. Actor Russell Crowe is 59. Singer Mark Kibble of Take 6 is 59. Actor Bill Bellamy (“Last Comic Standing,” ″Fastlane”) is 58. Drummer Charlie Hall of The War on Drugs is 49. Singer-bassist John Cooper of Skillet is 48. Actor Heather Burns (“Miss Congeniality”) is 48. Singer John Cooper of Skillet is 48. Actor Kevin Alejandro (“Lucifer,” ″Southland”) is 47. Actor Sian Clifford (“Fleabag”) is 41. Bassist Ben McKee of Imagine Dragons is 38. Contemporary Christian singer Tauren Wells is 37. Actor Ed Speleers (“Downton Abbey”) is 35. Actor Conner Rayburn (“According to Jim”) is 24.

April 8: Comedian Shecky Greene is 97. Original Mouseketeer Darlene Gillespie is 82. Singer Peggy Lennon of the Lennon Sisters is 82. Songwriter Leon Huff of Gamble and Huff is 81. Actor Stuart Pankin (“Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Not Necessarily the News”) is 77. Guitarist Steve Howe of Yes (and of Asia) is 76. Bassist Mel Schacher of Grand Funk Railroad is 72. Singer-actor John Schneider (“The Dukes of Hazzard”) is 63. Guitarist Izzy Stradlin (Guns N’ Roses) is 61. Singer Julian Lennon is 60. Actor Dean Norris (“Breaking Bad,” ″Under the Dome”) is 60. Singer-guitarist Donita Sparks of L7 is 60. Actor Robin Wright is 57. Actor Patricia Arquette is 55. Actor JR Bourne (TV’s “Teen Wolf,” ″Revenge”) is 53. Singer Craig Honeycutt of Everything is 53. Drummer Darren Jessee of Ben Folds Five is 52. Actor Emma Caulfield (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is 50. Actor Katee Sackhoff (“Battlestar Galactica”) is 43. Actor Taylor Kitsch (“True Detective,” ″Friday Night Lights”) is 42. Singer-guitarist Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend is 39. Actor Taran Noah Smith (“Home Improvement”) is 39. Guitarist Jamie Sierota (Echosmith) is 30. Actor Sadie Calvano (“Mom”) is 26.