Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 16-22

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 16-22

Aug. 16: Actor Gary Clarke (“Hondo,” ?The Virginian”) is 87. Actor Julie Newmar is 87. Actor-singer Ketty Lester (“Little House on the Prairie”) is 86. Actor Anita Gillette is 84. Country singer Billy Joe Shaver is 81. Actor Bob Balaban (“A Mighty Wind,” ?Best In Show”) is 75. Ballerina Suzanne Farrell is 75. Actor Lesley Ann Warren is 74. Bassist Joey Spampinato (NRBQ) is 72. Actor Marshall Manesh (“How I Met Your Mother,” ?Will and Grace”) is 70. Actor Reginald VelJohnson (“Family Matters”) is 68. TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford is 67. R-and-B singer J.T. Taylor is 67. Director James Cameron (“Titanic,” ?The Terminator”) is 66. Actor Jeff Perry (“Scandal,” ?Grey’s Anatomy”) is 65. Guitarist Tim Farriss of INXS is 63. Actor Laura Innes (“ER”) is 63. Actor Angela Bassett is 62. Singer Madonna is 62. Actor Timothy Hutton is 60. Actor Steve Carell is 58. Actor Andy Milder (“Weeds”) is 52. Actor Seth Peterson (“Burn Notice,” “Providence”) is 50. Country singer Emily Robison of The Dixie Chicks is 48. Actor George Stults (“Seventh Heaven”) is 45. Singer Vanessa Carlton is 40. Actor Cam Gigandet (“Twilight”) is 38. Singer-guitarist Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes is 35. Actor Cristin Milioti (“How I Met Your Mother”) is 35. Actor Shawn Pyfrom (“Desperate Housewives”) is 34. Country singer Ashton Shepherd is 34. Singer Dan Smyers of Dan and Shay is 33. Rapper Young Thug is 29. Actor Cameron Monaghan (“Gotham”) is 27. Singer Greyson Chance is 23.

Aug. 17: Actor Robert DeNiro is 77. Guitarist Gary Talley of The Box Tops is 73. “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes is 71. Actor Robert Joy (“CSI: NY”) is 69. Singer Kevin Rowland of Dexy’s Midnight Runners is 67. Country singer-songwriter Kevin Welch is 65. Bassist Colin Moulding of XTC is 65. Singer Belinda Carlisle of The Go-Go’s is 62. Actor Sean Penn is 60. Jazz saxophonist Everette Harp is 59. Guitarist Gilby Clarke (Guns N’ Roses) is 58. Singer Maria McKee is 56. Drummer Steve Gorman of The Black Crowes is 55. Singer-bassist Jill Cunniff (Luscious Jackson) is 54. Actor David Conrad (“Ghost Whisperer,” “Relativity”) is 53. Actor Helen McCrory (“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”) is 52. Rapper Posdnuos of De La Soul is 51. Actor-singer Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids on the Block is 51. TV personality Giuliana Rancic (“Fashion Police,” ?E! News”) is 46. Actor Bryton James (“Family Matters”) is 34. Actor Brady Corbet (“24,” “Thirteen”) is 32. Actor Taissa Farmiga (“American Horror Story”) is 26.

Aug. 18: Movie director Roman Polanski is 87. Actor Robert Redford is 84. Actor Henry G. Sanders (“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”) is 78. Actor-comedian Martin Mull is 77. Singer Sarah Dash (LaBelle) is 75. Comedian Elayne Boosler is 68. Country singer Steve Wilkinson of The Wilkinsons is 65. Comedian-actor Denis Leary is 63. Actor Madeleine Stowe is 62. TV news anchor Bob Woodruff is 59. Actor Adam Storke (“Mystic Pizza”) is 58. Actor Craig Bierko (“Sex and the City,” ?The Long Kiss Goodnight”) is 56. Singer Zac Maloy of The Nixons is 52. Musician Everlast (House of Pain) is 51. Actor Christian Slater is 51. Rapper Masta Killa of Wu-Tang Clan is 51. Actor Edward Norton is 51. Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner is 50. Actor Kaitlin Olson (“The Mick,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) is 45. Comedian Andy Samberg (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” ?Saturday Night Live”) is 42. Guitarist Brad Tursi of Old Dominion is 41. Actor Madelaine Petsch (“Riverdale”) is 26. Actor Parker McKenna Posey (“My Wife and Kids”) is 25.

Aug. 19: Actor L.Q. Jones (“The Virginian”) is 93. Actor Debra Paget (“Love Me Tender”) is 87. Actor Diana Muldaur (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”) is 82. Singer Johnny Nash is 80. Actor Jill St. John is 80. Singer Billy J. Kramer is 77. Country singer-songwriter Eddy Raven is 76. Singer Ian Gillan of Deep Purple is 75. Actor Gerald McRaney is 73. Actor Jim Carter (“Downton Abbey”) is 72. Singer-guitarist Elliot Lurie of Looking Glass is 72. Bassist John Deacon of Queen is 69. Actor Jonathan Frakes (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”) is 68. Actor Peter Gallagher is 65. Actor Adam Arkin is 64. Singer-songwriter Gary Chapman is 63. Actor Martin Donovan is 63. Singer Ivan Neville is 61. Actor Eric Lutes (“Caroline In The City”) is 58. Actor John Stamos is 57. Actor Kyra Sedgwick is 55. Actor Kevin Dillon (“Entourage”) is 55. Country singer Lee Ann Womack is 54. Former MTV reporter Tabitha Soren is 53. Country singer Clay Walker is 51. Actor Matthew Perry (“Friends”) is 51. Rapper Fat Joe is 50. Actor Tracie Thoms (“Cold Case”) is 45. Actor Erika Christensen (“Parenthood”) is 38. Actor Melissa Fumero (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) is 38. Actor Tammin Sursok (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 37. Singer Karli Osborn (SHeDaisy) is 36. Rapper Romeo (formerly Lil’ Romeo) is 31. Actor Ethan Cutkosky (TV’s “Shameless”) is 21.

Aug. 20: News anchor Connie Chung is 74. Trombone player Jimmy Pankow of Chicago is 73. Actor Ray Wise (“Reaper,” ?Twin Peaks”) is 73. Actor John Noble (“Lord of the Rings” films) is 72. Singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 72. Singer Rudy Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 68. Singer-songwriter John Hiatt is 68. Actor-director Peter Horton (“thirtysomething”) is 67. “Today” show weatherman Al Roker is 66. Actor Joan Allen is 64. Actor James Marsters (“Angel,” ?Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is 58. Rapper KRS-One is 55. Actor Colin Cunningham (“Falling Skies”) is 54. Actor Billy Gardell (“Mike and Molly”) is 51. Singer Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit is 50. Actor Jonathan Ke Quan (“Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”) is 50. Guitarist Brad Avery of Third Day is 49. Actor Misha Collins (“Supernatural”) is 46. Singer Monique Powell of Save Ferris is 45. Actor Ben Barnes (“Westworld,” ?Prince Caspian”) is 39. Actor Meghan Ory (“One Upon A Time”) is 38. Actor Andrew Garfield (“The Amazing Spider-Man”) is 37. Actor Brant Daugherty (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 35. Singer-actor Demi Lovato is 28. Actor Christopher Paul Richards (TV’s “The Kids Are Alright”) is 17.

Aug. 21: Actor-filmmaker-writer Melvin Van Peebles is 88. Guitarist James Burton (with Elvis Presley) is 81. Actor Clarence Williams III (“The Mod Squad”) is 81. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 79. Actor Patty McCormack (“The Ropers”) is 75. Singer Carl Giammarese of The Buckinghams is 73. Actor Loretta Devine (“Boston Public”) is 71. Newsman Harry Smith is 69. Singer Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) is 68. Guitarist Nick Kane (The Mavericks) is 66. Actor Kim Cattrall (“Sex and the City”) is 64. Actor Cleo King (“Mike and Molly”) is 58. Singer Serj Tankian of System of a Down is 53. Actor Carrie-Anne Moss (“The Matrix,” ?Chocolat”) is 50. Musician Liam Howlett of Prodigy is 49. Actor Alicia Witt (“Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” ?Cybill”) is 45. Singer Kelis is 41. Actor Diego Klattenhoff (“The Blacklist”) is 41. TV personality Brody Jenner (“The Hills”) is 37. Singer Melissa Schuman of Dream is 36. Comedian Brooks Wheelan (“Saturday Night Live”) is 34. Actor Cody Kasch (“Desperate Housewives”) is 33. Country singer Kacey Musgraves is 32. Actor Hayden Panettiere (“Nashville,” ?Heroes”) is 31. Actor RJ Mitte (“Breaking Bad”) is 28. Actor Maxim Knight (“Falling Skies”) is 21.

Aug. 22: Newsman Morton Dean is 85. Correspondent Steve Kroft (“60 Minutes”) is 75. Actor Cindy Williams (“Laverne and Shirley”) is 73. Guitarist David Marks of The Beach Boys is 72. Guitarist Vernon Reid of Living Colour is 62. Country singer Collin Raye is 60. Actor Regina Taylor (“The Unit,” ?I’ll Fly Away”) is 60. Singer Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears is 59. Drummer Debbi Peterson of The Bangles is 59. Guitarist Gary Lee Conner of Screaming Trees is 58. Singer Tori Amos is 57. Country singer Mila Mason is 57. Keyboardist James DeBarge of DeBarge is 57. Rapper GZA (Wu-Tang Clan) is 54. Actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (“Oz,” “Lost”) is 53. Actor Ty Burrell (“Modern Family”) is 53. Celebrity chef Giada DeLaurentiis is 50. Actor Melinda Page Hamilton (“Devious Maids,” ?Mad Men,”) is 49. Actor Rick Yune (“Die Another Day,” “The Fast and the Furious”) is 49. Guitarist Paul Doucette of Matchbox Twenty is 48. Rapper Beenie Man is 47. Singer Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys is 47. Comedian Kristen Wiig (“Bridesmaids,” ?Saturday Night Live”) is 47. Actor Jenna Leigh Green (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) is 46. Keyboardist Bo Koster of My Morning Jacket is 46. Bassist Dean Back of Theory of a Deadman is 45. “The Late Late Show” host James Corden is 42. Guitarist Jeff Stinco of Simple Plan is 42. Actor Brandon Adams (“The Mighty Ducks”) is 41. Actor Aya Sumika (“Numb3rs”) is 40. Actor Ari Stidham (TV’s “Scorpion”) is 28.

The Associated Press