Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 6-12
Celebrities marking birthdays during the week of June 6-12 include actor Paul Giamatti, model Emily Ratajkowski and music superstar Kanye West
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Your support makes all the difference.Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 6-12:
June 6: Singer-songwriter Gary “U.S.” Bonds is 82. Country singer Joe Stampley is 78. Jazz pianist Monty Alexander is 77. Actor Robert Englund (Freddie Krueger) is 74. Singer Dwight Twilley is 70. Playwright-actor Harvey Fierstein is 69. Actor-comedian Sandra Bernhard is 66. Actor Amanda Pays is 62. Record producer and musician Jimmy Jam (The Time) is 62. Comedian Colin Quinn is 62. Guitarist Steve Vai is 61. Singer-bassist Tom Araya of Slayer is 60. Actor Jason Isaacs (“Harry Potter” films) is 58. Bassist Sean Ysealt (White Zombie) is 55. Actor Max Casella (“Analyze This,” ″Doogie Howser, M.D.”) is 54. Actor Paul Giamatti is 54. Singer Damion Hall of Guy is 53. Guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer of Korn is 52. Country singer Lisa Brokop is 48. Singer Uncle Kracker is 47. Actor Sonya Walger (“Lost”) is 47. Actor Staci Keanan (“Step By Step,” ″My Two Dads”) is 46. Jazz singer Somi is 45. Actor Aubrey Anderson-Emmons (“Modern Family”) is 14.
June 7: Actor Virginia McKenna (“Born Free”) is 90. Singer Tom Jones is 81. Talk show host Jenny Jones is 75. Actor Liam Neeson is 69. Actor Colleen Camp (“Die Hard: With A Vengeance”) is 68. Actor William Forsythe is 66. Record producer L.A. Reid is 65. Latin pop singer Juan Luis Guerra is 64. Singer-guitarist Gordon Gano of Violent Femmes is 58. Drummer Eric Kretz of Stone Temple Pilots is 55. Guitarist Dave Navarro is 54. Actor Helen Baxendale (Emily on “Friends”) is 51. Actor Karl Urban (2009′s “Star Trek”) is 49. TV personality Bear Grylls (“Man Vs. Wild”) is 47. Guitarist-keyboardist Eric Johnson of The Shins is 45. Actor Adrienne Frantz (“The Bold and the Beautiful,” “The Young and the Restless”) is 43. Comedian Bill Hader (“The Mindy Project,” ″Saturday Night Live”) is 43. Actor Anna Torv (“Fringe”) is 42. Actor Larisa Oleynik (“3rd Rock From The Sun,” ″Boy Meets World) is 40. Actor Michael Cera (“Juno,” ″Arrested Development”) is 33. Actor Shelley Buckner (“Summerland”) is 32. Rapper Iggy Azalea is 31. Rapper Fetty Wap is 30. Model Emily Ratajkowski is 30.
June 8: Actor James Darren is 85. Singer Nancy Sinatra is 81. Singer Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) is 79. Singer Boz Scaggs is 77. Actor Sonia Braga is 71. Actor Kathy Baker (“Picket Fences”) is 71. Singer Bonnie Tyler is 70. Actor Griffin Dunne is 66. “Dilbert” cartoonist Scott Adams is 64. Actor-director Keenan Ivory Wayans is 63. Singer Mick Hucknall of Simply Red is 61. Keyboardist Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran is 59. Singer Doris Pearson of Five Star is 55. Actor Julianna Margulies (“The Good Wife ” ″ER”) is 54. Actor Dan Futterman (“Judging Amy”) is 54. Actor David Sutcliffe (“Private Practice,” “Gilmore Girls”) is 52. Actor Kent Faulcon (“Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse”) is 51. Singer Nicci Gilbert of Brownstone is 51. Actor Kelli Williams (“The Practice”) is 51. Actor Mark Feuerstein (“West Wing,” ″Good Morning, Miami”) is 50. Guitarist Mike Scheuchzer of MercyMe is 46. Actor Eion Bailey (“Once Upon A Time”) is 45. Rapper Kanye West is 44. Singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson is 43. Guitarist Derek Trucks (Allman Brother Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band) is 42. Singer Alex Band of The Calling is 40. Fiddler Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek is 40. Actor Torrey DeVitto (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 37.
June 9: Comedian Jackie Mason is 93. Sports commentator Dick Vitale is 82. Guitarist Mick Box of Uriah Heep is 74. Film composer James Newton Howard is 70. Actor Michael J. Fox is 60. Actor Johnny Depp is 58. Actor Gloria Reuben (“The Agency,” ″ER”) is 57. Singer-actor Tamela Mann (“Meet The Browns,” ″Medea” films) is 55. Bassist Dean Felber of Hootie and the Blowfish is 54. Bassist Dean Dinning (Toad the Wet Sprocket) is 54. Musician Ed Simons of the Chemical Brothers is 51. Actor Keesha Sharp (“Lethal Weapon”) is 48. Singer Jamie Dailey of Dailey and Vincent is 46. Actor Michaela Conlin (“Bones”) is 43. Actor Natalie Portman is 40. Actor Mae Whitman (“Parenthood,” ″Arrested Development”) is 33. Actor Lucien Laviscount (“Scream Queens”) is 29.
June 10: Actor Alexandra Stewart (“Under the Cherry Moon”) is 82. Singer Shirley Alston Reeves of The Shirelles is 80. Actor Jurgen Prochnow (“The English Patient,” “Das Boot”) is 80. Actor Frankie Faison (“The Village,” “The Wire”) is 72. Actor Andrew Stevens (“Dallas”) is 66. Bassist Kim Deal of The Pixies and The Breeders is 60. Singer Maxi Priest is 60. Actor Gina Gershon is 59. Actor Jeanne Tripplehorn is 58. Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin (Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan) is 57. Actor Kate Flannery (“The Office”) is 57. Model-actor Elizabeth Hurley is 56. Guitarist Joey Santiago of The Pixies is 56. Actor Doug McKeon (“On Golden Pond”) is 55. Guitarist Emma Anderson (Lush) is 54. Country guitarist Brian Hofeldt of The Derailers is 54. Rapper The D.O.C. is 53. Singer Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing) is 51. Singer JoJo of K-Ci and JoJo is 50. Singer Faith Evans is 48. Actor Hugh Dancy is 46. Singer Lemisha Grinstead of 702 is 43. Actor DJ Qualls (“Memphis Beat,” ″Hustle and Flow”) is 43. Actor Shane West (“ER,” ″Now and Again”) is 43. Country singer Lee Brice is 42. Singer Hoku is 40. Actor Leelee Sobieski is 39. Bassist Bridget Kearney of Lake Street Dive is 36. Actor Titus Makin (TV’s “The Rookie”) is 32. Actor Tristin Mays (2018′s “MacGyver,” ″The Vampire Diaries”) is 31. Actor Eden McCoy (“General Hospital”) is 18.
June 11: Comedian Johnny Brown (“Laugh-In”) is 84. Singer Joey Dee of Joey Dee and the Starliters is 81. Actor Roscoe Orman (“Sesame Street”) is 77. Actor Adrienne Barbeau (“Maude”) is 76. Drummer Frank Beard of ZZ Top is 72. Singer Graham Russell of Air Supply is 71. Singer Donnie Van Zant of .38 Special and of Van Zant is 69. Actor Peter Bergman (“The Young and the Restless”) is 68. Actor Hugh Laurie (“House”) is 62. Talk show host Dr. Mehmet Oz (“The Dr. Oz Show”) is 61. Singer Gioia Bruno of Expose’ is 58. Bassist Dan Lavery of Tonic is 55. Country singer Bruce Robison is 55. Actor Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”) is 52. Bassist Smilin’ Jay McDowell (BR5-49) is 52. Actor Lenny Jacobson (“Nurse Jackie”) is 47. Bassist Tai Anderson of Third Day is 45. Actor Joshua Jackson (“Fringe,” ″Dawson’s Creek”) is 43. Actor Shia LaBeouf is 35.
June 12: Disney composer Richard Sherman is 93. Sports announcer Marv Albert is 80. Actor Roger Aaron Brown (“The District”) is 72. Actor Sonia Manzano (“Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”) is 71. Drummer Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick is 70. Country singer-guitarist Junior Brown is 69. Singer-songwriter Rocky Burnette is 68. Actor Timothy Busfield is 64. Singer Meredith Brooks is 63. Actor Jenilee Harrison (“Dallas,” ″Three’s Company”) is 63. Accordionist-keyboardist John Linnell of They Might Be Giants is 62. Actor John Enos (“Days of Our Lives,” ″Young and the Restless”) is 59. Rapper Grandmaster Dee of Whodini is 59. Actor Paul Schulze (“Nurse Jackie”) is 59. Actor Eamonn Walker (“Chicago Fire,” ″Cadillac Records”) is 59. Bassist Bardi Martin (Candlebox) is 52. Actor Rick Hoffman (“Suits”) is 51. Actor-comedian Finesse Mitchell (“Roadies,” ″Saturday Night Live”) is 49. Actor Jason Mewes (“Clerks”) is 47. Blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd is 44. Actor Timothy Simons (“Veep”) is 43. Actor Wil Horneff (“The Yearling”) is 42. Singer Robyn is 42. Singer-guitarist John Gourley of Portgual. The Man is 40. Country singer Chris Young is 36. Actor Dave Franco is 36. Actor Luke Youngblood (“Galavant”) is 35.