Celebrity birthdays for the week of August 21-27:
August 21: Guitarist James Burton (with Elvis Presley) is 83. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 81. Actor Patty McCormack (“The Ropers”) is 77. Singer Carl Giammase of The Buckinghams is 75. Actor Loretta Devine (“Boss”) is 73. Journalist Harry Smith is 71. Singer Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) is 70. Guitarist Nick Kane (The Mavericks) is 68. Actor Kim Cattrall (“Sex and the City” ) is 66. Actor Cleo King (“Mike and Molly”) is 60. Singer Serj Tankian of System of a Down is 55. Actor Carrie-Anne Moss (“The Matrix”, ″Chocolat”) is 52. Musician Liam Howlett of Prodigy is 51. Actor Alicia Witt (“Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” ″Cybill”) is 47. Singer Kelis is 43. Actor Diego Klattenhoff (“The Blacklist”) is 43. TV personality Brody Jenner (“The Hills” ) is 39. Singer Melissa Schuman of Dream is 38. Comedian Brooks Wheelan (“Saturday Night Live”) is 36. Actor Cody Kasch (“Desperate Housewives”) is 35. Musician Kacey Musgraves is 34. Actor Hayden Panettiere (“Nashville ,” ″Heroes”) is 33. Actor RJ Mitte (“Breaking Bad”) is 30. Actor Maxim Knight (“Falling Skies”) is 23.
August 22: Journalist Morton Dean is 87. TV writer/producer David Chase (“The Sopranos”) is 77. Correspondent Steve Kroft (“60 Minutes”) is 77. Actor Cindy Williams (“Laverne and Shirley”) is 75. Guitarist David Marks of The Beach Boys is 74 years old. Living Color guitarist Vernon Reid is 64. Country singer Collin Raye is 62 years old. Actress Regina Taylor (“The Unit”, “I’ll Fly Away”) is 62 years old. Tears for Fears singer Roland Orzabal is 61 years old. Drummer Debbi Peterson of The Bangles is 61. Screaming Trees guitarist Gary Lee Conner is 60 years old. Singer Tori Amos is 59 years old. Country singer Mila Mason is 59 years old. Keyboardist James DeBarge of DeBarge is 59 years old. Rapper GZAWu -Tang Clan) is 56. Actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (“Oz,” “Lost”) is 55. Actor Ty Burrell (“Modern Family”) is 55. Celebrity chef Giada DeLaurentiis is 52. Actress Melinda Page Hamilton (“Devious” Maids, “Mad Men”) is 51 years old. Actor Rick Yune (“Die Another Day”, “The Fast and the Furious”) is 51 years old. Matchbox Twenty guitarist Paul Doucette is 50 years old. Rapper Beenie Man is 49 years old. Backstreet Boys singer Howie Dorough is 49 years old. Comedian Kristen Wiig (“Bridesmaids”, “Saturday Night Live”) is 49 years old. Actress Jenna Leigh Green (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) is 48. Keyboardist Bo Koster of My Morning Jacket is 48. Bassist Dean Back of Theory of a Deadman is 47. “The Late Late Show” host James Corden is 44. Guitarist Simple Plan’s Jeff Stinco is 44. Actor Brandon Adams (“The Mighty Ducks”) is 43. Actor Aya Sumika (“Numb3rs”) is 42. Actor Ari Stidham (TV’s “Scorpion”) is 30.
August 23: Actor Vera Miles is 92. Actress Barbara Eden is 91 years old. Satirist Mark Russell is 90 years old. Actor Richard Sanders (“WKRP In Cincinnati”) is 82 years old. Country singer Rex Allen Jr. is 75 years old. Singer Linda Thompson is 75 years old. Actor David Robb (“Downton Abbey”) is 75 years old. Singer and fiddler Woody Paul of Riders in the Sky is 73 years old. Actor Shelley Long is 73. Singer-actor Rick Springfield is 73. Actor-producer Mark Hudson (The Hudson Brothers) is 71. Actor Skipp Sudduth (“The Good Wife”) is 66. Guitarist Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots is 61. Singer-bassist Ira Dean of Trick Pony is 53. Actor Jay Mohr is 52. Actor Ray Park (“X-Men, “The Phantom Menace”) is 48. Actor Scott Caan (“Hawaii Five-0”) is 46. Singer Julian Casablancas of The Strokes is 44. Actor Joanna Froggatt (“Downton Abbey”) is 42. Actor Jaime Lee Kirchner (“Bull”) is 41. Saxophonist Andy Wild of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 41. Musician Sky Blu of LMFAO is 36. Actor Kimberly Matula (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 34 years old.
August 24: Guitarist Mason Williams is 84. Singer Marshall Thompson of The Chi-Lites is 80 years old. Actress Ann Archer is 75. Actor Joe Regalbuto (“Murphy Brown”) is 73. Actor Kevin Dunn (“Samantha Who?”) is 67. Actor Steve Guttenberg is 64. Actor Jared Harris (“The Crown”, ″Mad Men”) is 61 years old. Talk show host Craig Kilborn is 60 years old. Singer John Bush (Anthrax) is 59. Actor Marlee Matlin is 57. Journalist David Gregory is 52 years old. Country singer Kristyn Osborn of SheDaisy is 52. Filmmaker Ava DuVernay (“Selma”) is 50. Actor-comedian Dave Chappelle is 49. Actor James D’Arcy (“Agent Carter,” “Dunkirk”) is 49. Actor Carmine Giovinazzo (“CSI: New York”) is 49 years old. Actor Alex O’Loughlin (“Hawaii Five-0”) is 46. Actor Chad Michael Murray (“One Tree Hill,” “A Cinderella Story”) is 41. Drummer Jeffrey Gilbert (Kutless) is 39 years old. Actor Rupert Grint (“Harry Potter”) is 34 years old.
August 25: Actor Tom Skerritt is 89. Jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter is 89 years old. O’Jays singer Walter Williams is 79 years old. Actor Anthony Heald (“Boston Public”) is 78. Singer Henry Paul of BlackHawk (and The Outlaws) is 73. Actor John Savage is 73. Bassist Gene Simmons of Kiss is 73. Singer Rob Halford of Judas Priest is 71. Keyboardist Geoff Asia Downes is 70. Musician Elvis Costello is 68. Director Tim Burton is 64. Actor Christian LeBlanc (“The Young and the Restless”) is 64. Actor Ashley Crow (“Heroes”) is 62. Country singer-actor Billy Ray Cyrus is 61. Actor Ally Walker (“Profiler”) is 61. Actor Joanne Whalley is 61. Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell is 60. Actor Blair Underwood is 58. Actor Robert Maschio (“Scrubs”) is 56. DJ Terminator X of Public Enemy is 56. Singer Jeff Tweedy of Wilco is 55. Actor David Alan Basche (“The Exes”) is 54. TV chef Rachael Ray is 54. Actor Cameron Mathison (“All My Children”) is 53. Country singer Jo Dee Messina is 52. The model Claudia Schiffer is 52. Actor Nathan Page (“Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries”) is 51. Actor Eric Millegan (“Bones”) is 48. Actor Alexander Skarsgard (“Big Little Lies,” “True Blood”) is 46. Actor Jonathan Togo (“CSI: Miami”) is 45. Actor Kel Mitchell (“Kenan and Kel”) is 44. Actress Rachel Bilson (“Hart of Dixie,” “The OC”) is 41. Actor Blake Lively is 35.
August 26: Singer Vic Dana is 82. Singer Valerie Simpson of Ashford and Simpson is 77. Singer Bob Cowsill of The Cowsills is 73 years old. “60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker is 71 years old. The leader of the group Branford Marsalis is 62 years old from Jimondmy Guilland. Rio is 61 years old. Actor Chris Burke (“Life Goes On”) is 57. Singer Shirley Manson of Garbage is 56. Guitarist Dan Vickrey of Counting Crows is 56. Drummer Adrian Young of No Doubt is 53. Actor Melissa McCarthy (“Mike and Molly,” “Gilmore Girls”) is 52. Latin pop singer Thalia is 51. Actor Meredith Eaton (2017 “ MacGyver,” “Family Law”) is 48. Singer Tyler Connolly of Theory of a Deadman is 47. Actor Mike Colter (“Luke Cage,” “Jessica Jones”) is 46. Actor Macaulay Culkin is 42. Actor Chris Pine (films young “Star Trek”) is 42. Actor-comedian John Mulaney is 40. Singer Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line is 37. Singer-actor Cassie is 36. Actor Evan Ross (“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”) is 34. Actor Danielle Savre (“Station 19,” ″Heroes”) is 34. Actor D ylan O’Brien (“Teen Wolf” on TV) is 31. Actor Keke Palmer (“No,” “Akeelah and the Bee”) is 29 years old.
August 27: Actor Tommy Sands is 85 years old. Actor Tuesday Weld is 79 years old. Actor GW Bailey (“MASH”, “The Closer”) is 78 years old. Actress Marianne Sagebrecht is 77 years old. Guitarist Jeff Cook from Alabama is 73 years old. Actor Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman) is 70 years old. Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson is 69. Actor Peter Stormare (“Fargo”, “The Big Lebowski”) is 69 years old. Actor Diana Scarwid is 67 years old. Bassist Glen Matlock of The Sex Pistols is 66 years old. Gospel Singer Yolanda Adams is 61 years old. Yankee Gray guitarist Matthew Basford is 60 years old. Bassist Mike Johnson (Dinosaur Jr.) is 57. Percussionist Bobo of Cypress Hill is 55. Country singer Colt Ford is 53. Actor Chandra Wilson (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 53. No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal is 52. Rapper Mase is 47. Actor Sarah Chalke (“Scrubs,” the second Becky on “Roseanne”) is 46. Actor RonReaco Lee (” Madea Goes To Jail”) is 46. Actor Demetria McKinney (“House of Payne”) is 44. Actor Aaron Paul (“Breaking Bad,” “Big Love”) is 43. Eve 6 guitarist Jon Siebels is 43. Actor Shaun Weiss (“The Mighty Ducks”) is 43 Keyboard artist Megan Garrett of Casting Crowns is 42. Actor Patrick J. Adams (“Suits”) is 41. Actor Karla Mosley (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 41. Actor Amanda Fuller (“Last Man Standing”) is 38. Singer Mario is 36 years old. Actor Alexa PenaVega (“Spy Kids”) is 34. Actor Ellar Coltrane (“Boyhood”) is 28. Actor Savannah Paige Rae (“Parenthood”) is 19.