Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 17-23
Celebrities having birthdays during the week of July 17-23 include country singer Luke Bryan, singer and actor Selena Gomez, and talk show host and actor Wendy Williams
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Your support makes all the difference.Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 17-23:
July 17: Actor Donald Sutherland is 87. Bassist Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath is 73. Actor Lucie Arnaz is 71. Actor David Hasselhoff is 70. Bassist Fran Smith Jr. of The Hooters is 70. TV producer Mark Burnett (“Survivor,” “The Apprentice”) is 62. Actor Nancy Giles (“China Beach”) is 62. Singer Regina Belle is 59. Country singer Craig Morgan is 58. Bassist Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Folk Implosion) is 56. Contemporary Christian singer Susan Ashton is 55. Actor Andre Royo (“The Wire”) is 54. Actor Bitty Schram (“Monk”) is 54. Actor Jason Clarke (“Zero Dark Thirty,” ″Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”) is 53. Director F. Gary Gray (“Straight Outta Compton,” “Furious 8″) is 53. Singer JC of PM Dawn is 51. Rapper Sole’ is 49. Country singer Luke Bryan is 46. Actor Eric Winter (“Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay”) is 46. Actor Mike Vogel (“Under the Dome,” ″The Help”) is 43. Actor Tom Cullen (“Downton Abbey”) is 37. Actor Brando Eaton (“Dexter”) is 36. Singer Jeremih is 35. Actor Billie Lourd (“Scream Queens”) is 30.
July 18: Director Paul Verhoeven (“Basic Instinct,” ″Showgirls”) is 84. Singer Brian Auger is 83. Singer Dion is 83. Actor James Brolin is 82. Singer Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandals is 81. Guitarist Wally Bryson of The Raspberries is 73. Actor Margo Martindale (“Sneaky Pete,” “The Americans”) is 71. Bluegrass singer Ricky Skaggs is 68. Actor Audrey Landers (“Dallas”) is 66. Drummer Nigel Twist of The Alarm is 65. Actor Anne-Marie Johnson (“That’s So Raven,” “In The Heat of the Night”) is 62. Actor Elizabeth McGovern (“Downton Abbey”) is 61. Keyboardist John Hermann of Widespread Panic is 60. Talk show host/actor Wendy Williams is 58. Actor Vin Diesel is 55. Actor Grant Bowler (“True Blood,” ″Ugly Betty”) is 54. Actor Eddie Matos (“All My Children”) is 50. Rapper M.I.A. is 47. Guitarist Daron Malakian of System of a Down and of Scars on Broadway is 47. Actor Elsa Pataky (“The Fast and the Furious” films) is 46. Drummer Tony Fagenson (Eve 6) is 44. Actor Kristen Bell is 42. Actor Michiel Huisman (“Game of Thrones”) is 41. Singer Ryan Cabrera is 40. Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas (“Quantico”) is 40. Drummer Aaron Gillespie of Underoath is 39. Actor Chace Crawford (“Gossip Girl”) is 37. Bassist Paul Kowert of Punch Brothers is 36. Guitarist Joe Dean Jr. (Dailey and Vincent) is 33.
July 19: Actor Helen Gallagher (“Ryan’s Hope”) is 96. Singer Vikki Carr is 82. Actor George Dzundza (“Hack,” “Law and Order”) is 77. Singer-bassist Alan Gorrie of Average White Band is 76. Guitarist Brian May of Queen is 75. Guitarist Bernie Leadon (Eagles, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 75. Actor Beverly Archer (“Major Dad, “Mama’s Family”) is 74. Actor Peter Barton (“Sunset Boulevard,” ″Burke’s Law”) is 66. Drummer Kevin Haskins (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) is 62. Actor Campbell Scott is 61. Actor Anthony Edwards (“ER”) is 60. Country singer Kelly Shiver (Thrasher Shiver) is 59. Actor Clea Lewis (“Ellen”) is 57. Singer Urs Buhler of Il Divo is 51. Drummer Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie is 48. Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is 46. Actor Erin Cummings (“Astronaut Wives Club”) is 45. TV chef Marcela Valladolid (“The Kitchen”) is 44. Actor Chris Sullivan (“This Is Us”) is 42. Actor Jared Padalecki (“Supernatural,” ″Gilmore Girls”) is 40. Actor Trai Byers (“Empire,” ″Selma”) is 39. Actor Kaitlin Doubleday (“Nashville,” ″Empire”) is 38. Comedian Dustin Ybarra (“Kevin (Probably) Saves the World”) is 36. Actor Steven Anthony Lawrence (“Even Stevens”) is 32.
July 20: Bassist John Lodge of the Moody Blues is 79. Country singer T.G. Sheppard is 78. Singer Kim Carnes is 77. Guitarist Carlos Santana is 75. Guitarist Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister is 70. Drummer Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols is 66. Actor Donna Dixon (“Bosom Buddies”) is 65. Keyboardist Mick McNeil of Simple Minds is 64. Country singer Radney Foster is 63. Actor Dean Winters (“30 Rock,” Mayhem in Allstate commercials) is 58. Guitarist Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam is 56. Actor Reed Diamond (“Judging Amy,” ″Homicide: Life on the Street”) is 55. Actor Josh Holloway (“Lost”) is 53. Singer Vitamin C is 53. Actor Sandra Oh is 51. Actor Omar Epps is 49. Actor Simon Rex is 48. Actor Judy Greer (“The Village,” ″Arrested Development”) is 47. Actor Charlie Korsmo (“Can’t Hardly Wait,” ″Hook”) is 44. Singer Elliott Yamin (“American Idol”) is 44. Model Gisele Bundchen is 42. Guitarist Mike Kennerty of All-American Rejects is 42. Actor Percy Daggs the Third (“Veronica Mars”) is 40. Actor John Francis Daley (“Bones,” ″Freaks and Geeks”) is 37. Dancer-country singer Julianne Hough (“Dancing with the Stars”) is 34. Actor Billi Bruno (“According to Jim”) is 26.
July 21: Movie director Norman Jewison (“Moonstruck,” “Fiddler on the Roof”) is 96. Actor Leigh Lawson (“Tess”) is 79. Singer Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) is 74. Cartoonist Garry Trudeau (“Doonesbury”) is 74. Actor Jamey Sheridan (“Homeland”) is 71. Singer-guitarist Eric Bazilian of The Hooters is 69. Comedian Jon Lovitz is 65. Actor Lance Guest (“Lou Grant”) is 62. Actor Matt Mulhern (“Major Dad”) is 62. Singer Emerson Hart of Tonic is 53. Actor Alysia Reiner (“Orange is the New Black”) is 52. Singer Fitz of Fitz and the Tantrums is 52. Country singer Paul Brandt is 50. Keyboardist Korey Cooper of Skillet is 50. Actor Ali Landry is 49. Comedian Steve Byrne (“Sullivan and Son”) is 48. Percussionist Tato Melgar of Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real is 45. Actor Justin Bartha (“The Hangover”) is 44. Actor Sprague Grayden (“Jericho,” “24”) is 44. Actor Josh Hartnett is 44. Contemporary Christian singer Brandon Heath is 44. Reggae singer Damian Marley is 44. Singer Brad Mates of Emerson Drive is 44. “American Idol” runner-up Blake Lewis is 41. Singer Romeo Santos is 41. Keyboardist Johan Carlsson of Carolina Liar is 38. Actor Vanessa Lengies (“Stick It,” ″American Dreams”) is 37. Actor Betty Gilpin (“GLOW,” “Nurse Jackie”) is 36.
July 22: Actor Louise Fletcher is 88. Singer Chuck Jackson is 85. Actor Terence Stamp is 84. Singer George Clinton is 81. Singer-actor Bobby Sherman is 79. Actor Danny Glover is 76. Writer-director Paul Schrader is 76. Singer Don Henley is 75. Actor-comedian-director Albert Brooks is 75. Composer Alan Menken (“Little Mermaid,” ″Little Shop of Horrors”) is 73. Singer-actor Lonette McKee (“The Women of Brewster Place”) is 69. Musician Al Di Meola is 68. Actor Willem Dafoe is 67. Actor John Leguizamo is 62. Singer Keith Sweat is 61. Singer Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls is 59. Actor-comedian David Spade is 58. Actor Patrick Labyorteaux (“JAG,” “Little House on the Prairie”) is 57. Bassist Pat Badger of Extreme is 55. Actor Irene Bedard (“Pocahontas”) is 55. Actor Rhys Ifans (“Elementary,” ″Notting Hill”) is 55. Actor-singer Jaime Camil (“Jane the Virgin”) is 49. Musician Daniel Jones (Savage Garden) is 49. Singer Rufus Wainwright is 49. Actor Franka Potente (“The Bourne Identity”) is 48. Actor Parisa Fitz-Henley (“Jessica Jones,” “Midnight, Texas”) is 45. Actor A.J. Cook (“Criminal Minds”) is 44. Actor Keegan Allen (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 35. Singer-actor Selena Gomez is 30.
July 23: Actor Ronny Cox (“Deliverance,” “RoboCop”) is 84. Actor Larry Manetti (“Magnum, P.I.”) is 79. Singer David Essex is 75. Singer and former Congressman John Hall (Orleans) is 74. Guitarist Blair Thornton of Bachman-Turner Overdrive is 72. Actor Belinda Montgomery (“Doogie Howser, MD”) is 72. Actor Lydia Cornell (“Too Close For Comfort”) is 69. Actor Woody Harrelson is 61. Guitarist Martin Gore of Depeche Mode is 61. Actor Eriq Lasalle (“ER”) is 60. Drummer Yuval Gabay (Soul Coughing) is 59. Guitarist Slash of Velvet Revolver and of Guns N’ Roses is 57. Actor Juan Pope (formerly J. Lamont Pope) (“My Name Is Earl,” ″Family Matters”) is 55. Model Stephanie Seymour is 54. Actor Charisma Carpenter (“Veronica Mars”) is 52. Singer Sam Watters of Color Me Badd is 52. Singer Dalvin DeGrate of Jodeci is 51. Musician Alison Krauss is 51. Drummer Chad Gracey of Live is 51. Actor-comedian Marlon Wayans (“The Wayans Brothers”) is 50. Country singer Shannon Brown is 49. Actor Kathryn Hahn (“Transparent,” “Crossing Jordan”) is 49. Actor Stephanie March (“Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”) is 48. Actor Shane McRae (“Sneaky Pete”) is 45. Fiddler David Pichette (Emerson Drive) is 45. Singer Michelle Williams (Destiny’s Child) is 42. Actor Paul Wesley (“The Vampire Diaries”) is 40. Actor Krysta Rodriguez (“Smash”) is 38. Actor Daniel Radcliffe (“Harry Potter” movies) is 33. Drummer Neil Perry of The Band Perry is 32. Actor Lili Simmons (TV’s “The Purge”) is 29. Country singer Danielle Bradbery (“The Voice”) is 26.