Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 18-24
Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Dec. 18-24 include TV host Ryan Seacrest, former One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson and actor Samuel L
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Your support makes all the difference.Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 18-24:
Dec. 18: Guitarist Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones is 79. Director Steven Spielberg is 76. Movie critic Leonard Maltin is 72. Guitarist Elliot Easton of The Cars is 69. Comedian Ron White is 66. Singer Angie Stone is 61. Actor Brad Pitt is 59. Wrestler-actor Stone Cold Steve Austin (“Chain of Command”) is 58. Actor Shawn Christian (“Days of Our Lives”) is 57. Actor Rachel Griffiths (“Brothers and Sisters,” ″Six Feet Under”) is 54. Singer Alejandro Sanz is 54. Country singer Cowboy Troy is 52. DJ Lethal of Limp Bizkit is 50. Singer Sia is 47. Country singer Randy Houser is 46. Actor Josh Dallas (“Once Upon a Time”) is 44. Actor Katie Holmes is 44. Singer Christina Aguilera is 42. Actor Ashley Benson (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 33. Actor Bridgit Mendler (“Wizards of Waverly Place”) is 30. Singer Billie Eilish is 21. Actor Isabella Crovetti (“Vampirina”) is 18.
Dec. 19: Actor Elaine Joyce is 79. Actor Tim Reid is 78. Musician John McEuen (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 77. Country singer Janie Fricke is 75. Jazz drummer Lenny White of Return to Forever is 73. Actor Mike Lookinland (“The Brady Bunch”) is 62. Actor Scott Cohen (“Gilmore Girls”) is 61. Actor Jennifer Beals is 59. Actor Robert MacNaughton (“E.T.”) is 56. Magician Criss Angel is 55. Guitarist Klaus Eichstadt of Ugly Kid Joe is 55. Actor Kristy Swanson is 53. Model Tyson Beckford is 52. Actor Rosa Blasi (“Strong Medicine”) is 50. Actor Alyssa Milano is 50. Actor Tara Summers (“Mercy Street,” “Boston Legal”) is 43. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal is 42. Actor Marla Sokoloff (“The Practice”) is 42. Actor Nik Dodani (“Murphy Brown”) is 29.
Dec. 20: Actor Tommy Cole (“The Mickey Mouse Club”) is 81. Drummer Bobby Colomby of Blood, Sweat and Tears is 78. Former Kiss drummer Peter Criss is 77. Illusionist Uri Geller is 76. Musician Alan Parsons is 74. Actor Jenny Agutter (“Call the Midwife”) is 70. Actor Michael Badalucco(“The Practice”) is 68. Actor Blanche Baker (“Shakedown,” ″Holocaust”) is 66. Singer Billy Bragg is 65. Singer-bassist Mike Watt (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE) is 65. Actor Joel Gretsch (“V″) is 59. Country singer Kris Tyler is 58. Singer Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes is 56. Actor Nicole deBoer (“The Dead Zone”) is 52. Singer David Cook (“American Idol”) is 40. Actor Jonah Hill is 39. Actor Bob Morley (“The 100”) is 38. Singer JoJo is 32.
Dec. 21: Talk show host Phil Donahue is 87. Actor Jane Fonda is 85. Actor Larry Bryggman (TV’s “As The World Turns,” “film’s ”Die Hard: With A Vengeance”) is 84. Singer Carla Thomas is 80. Guitarist Albert Lee is 79. Actor Josh Mostel (“Billy Madison,” “Big Daddy”) is 76. Actor Samuel L. Jackson is 74. Singer Nick Gilder is 72. Actor Dennis Boutsikaris (“Better Call Saul”) is 70. Actor Jane Kaczmarek (“Malcolm in the Middle”) is 67. Country singer Lee Roy Parnell is 66. Entertainer Jim Rose of The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow is 66. Former child actor Lisa Gerritsen (“Phyllis,” ″The Mary Tyler Moore Show”) is 65. Actor-comedian Ray Romano (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) is 65. Country singer Christy Forester of the Forester Sisters is 60. Drummer Murph of Dinosaur Jr. is 58. Guitarist Gabrielle Glaser (Luscious Jackson) is 57. Actor-comedian Andy Dick is 57. Actor Michelle Hurd (“Law and Order: Special Victims Unit’) is 56. Actor Kiefer Sutherland is 56. Actor Karri Turner (“JAG”) is 56. Actor Khrystyne Haje (“Head of the Class”) is 54. Country singer Brad Warren of The Warren Brothers is 54. Actor Julie Delpy is 53. Contemporary Christian singer Natalie Grant is 51. Singer-guitarist Brett Scallions (Fuel) is 51. Singer Lukas Rossi of Rock Star Supernova (TV: “Rock Star: Supernova”) is 46. Actor Rutina Wesley (“Queen Sugar,” “True Blood”) is 44. Keyboardist Anna Bulbrook of Airborne Toxic Event is 40. Actor Steven Yeun (“The Walking Dead”) is 39. Actor Kaitlyn Dever (“Last Man Standing”) is 26.
Dec. 22: Actor Hector Elizondo is 86. Country singer and actor Red Steagall is 84. TV anchor Diane Sawyer is 77. Guitarist Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick is 74. Actor BernNadette Stanis (“Good Times”) is 69. Rapper Luther Campbell (2 Live Crew) is 62. Guitarist Chuck Mead (BR549) is 62. Actor Ralph Fiennes is 60. Actor Lauralee Bell (“The Young and the Restless”) is 54. Country singer Lori McKenna is 54. Actor Heather Donahue (“The Blair Witch Project”) is 49. Actor Chris Carmack (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “The O.C.”) is 42. Actor Harry Ford (“Code Black”) is 40. Actor Greg Finley (TV’s “The Flash,” “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”) is 38. Singer Jordin Sparks (“American Idol”) is 33. Singer Meghan Trainor is 29.
Dec. 23: Actor Ronnie Schell (“Gomer Pyle, USMC”) is 91. Actor Frederic Forrest (“Lonesome Dove”) is 86. Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) is 82. Actor-comedian Harry Shearer (“The Simpsons”) is 79. Actor Susan Lucci (“All My Children”) is 76. Musician Adrian Belew (King Crimson) is 73. Guitarist Dave Murray of Iron Maiden is 66. Actor Joan Severance (TV’s “Wiseguy”) is 64. Singer Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam is 58. Jazz trumpeter Irvin Mayfield is 45. Actor Anna Maria Perez de Tagle (“Hannah Montana,” ″Camp Rock”) is 32. Actor Spencer Daniels (“Mom”) is 30. Actor Caleb Foote (TV’s “The Kids Are Alright”) is 29.
Dec. 24: Actor Sharon Farrell (“Hawaii Five-0”) is 76. Actor Grand L. Bush (TV’s “The Visitor,” film’s “Demolition Man”) is 67. Actor Clarence Gilyard (“Walker, Texas Ranger”) is 67. Actor Stephanie Hodge (“Unhappily Ever After”) is 66. Bassist-synthesizer player Ian Burden of Human League is 65. Actor Anil Kapoor (“Slumdog Millionaire”) is 63. Actor Wade Williams (“Prison Break,” “The Bernie Mac Show”) is 61. Singer Mary Ramsey of 10,000 Maniacs is 59. Actor Mark Valley (“Boston Legal”) is 58. Actor Diedrich Bader (“The Drew Carey Show”) is 56. Actor Amaury Nolasco (TV’s “Deception,” “Prison Break”) is 52. Singer Ricky Martin is 51. “Twilight” series author Stephenie Meyer is 49. TV host Ryan Seacrest (“American Idol,” ″Live with Kelly and Ryan”) is 48. Actor Michael Raymond-James (“Once Upon a Time,” “True Blood”) is 45. Actor Austin Stowell (“12 Strong”) is 38. Actor Sofia Black-D’Elia (“Your Honor,” “The Mick”) is 31. Singer Louis Tomlinson formerly of One Direction is 31.