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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 2-8

Jul 27, 2015, 10:06 PM

Aug. 2: Keyboardist Garth Hudson of The Band is 78. Director Wes Craven is 76. Singer Kathy Lennon of The Lennon Sisters is 72. Actor Max Wright (“Alf,” ”Norm”) is 72. Actress Joanna Cassidy is 70. Actress Kathryn Harrold is 65. Actor Butch Patrick (“The Munsters”) is 62. Actress Victoria Jackson is 56. Actress Apollonia is 56. Actress Cynthia Stevenson (“Men in Trees,” ”Hope and Gloria”) is 53. Actress Mary-Louise Parker is 51. Director-actor Kevin Smith is 45. Actor Sam Worthington (“Terminator Salvation”) is 39. Actor Edward Furlong is 38. Singer Charli XCX is 23. Actress Hallie Eisenberg is 23.

Aug. 3: Singer Tony Bennett is 89. Actor Martin Sheen is 75. Singer Beverly Lee of The Shirelles is 74. Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart is 74. Bassist B.B. Dickerson of War is 66. Movie director John Landis is 65. Actor Jay North (“Dennis the Menace”) is 64. Guitarist Randy Scruggs is 62. Actor John C. McGinley (“Scrubs”) is 56. Bassist Lee Rocker (Stray Cats) is 54. Singer-guitarist James Hetfield of Metallica is 52. Singer Ed Roland of Collective Soul is 52. Actor Isaiah Washington is 52. Keyboardist Dean Sams of Lonestar is 49. Guitarist Stephen Carpenter of Deftones is 45. Musician Spinderella of Salt-N-Pepa is 44. Actor Michael Ealy is 42. Violinist Jimmy De Martini of Zac Brown Band is 39. Actress Evangeline Lilly (“Lost”) is 36. Singer Holly Arnstein of Dream is 30. Bassist Brent Kutzle of OneRepublic is 30.

Aug. 4: Actor Richard Belzer is 71. Actor Billy Bob Thornton is 60. Drummer Rob Cieka of Boo Radleys is 47. Actor Daniel Dae Kim is 47. Singer-actor Marques Houston of Immature is 34. “American Idol” runner-up Crystal Bowersox is 30. Singer Tom Parker of The Wanted is 27. Actors Dylan and Cole Sprouse (“Big Daddy,” ”Grace Under Fire”) are 23.

Aug. 5: Actress Loni Anderson is 70. Singer Rick Derringer is 68. Actress Maureen McCormick (“The Brady Bunch”) is 59. Guitarist Pat Smear (Foo Fighters) is 56. Country fiddler Mark O’Connor is 54. Actor Jonathan Silverman (“The Single Guy”) is 49. Country singer Terri Clark is 47. Actor Brendon Ryan Barrett (“Soul Man,” ”Durango Kids”) is 29.

Aug. 6: Actor-director Peter Bonerz is 77. Actress Catherine Hicks (“Seventh Heaven”) is 64. Actress Stepfanie Kramer is 59. Actress Faith Prince is 58. Singer Randy DeBarge of DeBarge is 57. Actress Michelle Yeoh is 53. Country singers Peggy and Patsy Lynn of The Lynns are 51. Actor Jeremy Ratchford (“Cold Case”) is 50. Actor Benito Martinez is 47. Country singer Lisa Stewart is 47. Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan is 45. Singer Geri Halliwell (Spice Girls) is 43. Actor Jason O’Mara (“Life on Mars”) is 43. Actress Vera Farmiga is 42. Actress Soleil Moon Frye is 39. Singer Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes is 34. Bassist Eric Roberts of Gym Class Heroes is 31.

Aug. 7: Actress Verna Bloom (“Animal House”) is 77. Humorist Garrison Keillor is 73. Singer B.J. Thomas is 73. Actor John Glover is 71. Actor David Rasche is 71. Country singer Rodney Crowell is 65. Actor Wayne Knight is 60. Singer Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden is 57. Actor David Duchovny is 55. Actor Harold Perrineau (“Lost,” ”Oz”) is 52. Country singer Raul Malo of The Mavericks is 50. Actress Charlize Theron is 39. Drummer Barry Kerch of Shinedown is 39.

Aug. 8: Actor Richard Anderson (“The Six Million Dollar Man,” ”The Bionic Woman”) is 89. Country singer Mel Tillis is 83. Actor Dustin Hoffman is 78. Actress Connie Stevens is 77. Country singer Phil Balsley of The Statler Brothers is 76. Actor Larry Wilcox (“CHiPS”) is 68. Actor Keith Carradine is 66. Country singer Jamie O’Hara is 65. Actor Donny Most (“Happy Days”) is 62. Keyboardist Dennis Drew of 10,000 Maniacs is 58. Guitarist The Edge of U2 is 54. Drummer Rikki Rockett of Poison is 54. Rapper Kool Moe Dee is 53. Singer Scott Stapp of Creed is 42. Country singer Mark Wills is 42. Guitarist Tom Linton of Jimmy Eat World is 40. Singer J.C. Chasez of ‘N Sync is 39. Singer Drew Lachey of 98 Degrees is 39. Singer Marsha Ambrosius (Floetry) is 38. Actress Lindsay Sloane (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) is 38. Countess Vaughn (“The Parkers,” ”Moesha”) is 37. Actor Michael Urie (“Ugly Betty”) is 35. Actress Meagan Good (“Think Like a Man”) is 34.

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