Birthdays May 1-31

May 1^st 

Actors:

• Julie Benz is 51 (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Desperate Housewives”)
• Scott Coffey is 59 (“Dream Lover,” “Mulholland Drive”)
• Jamie Dornan is 41 (“Shadows In The Sun,” “Fifty Shades of Grey”) (FAST FACT: He was officially named Heat World’s 2015’s Hottest Hunk beating out David Beckham, One Direction’s Harry Styles and Zac Efron.)
• Dann Florek is 73 (“L.A. Law,” NBC’s “Law & Order” and its spinoff “Law & Order: SVU”) (FAST FACTS: He’s been on those series for over 20 years)
• Joanna Lumley is 77 (“The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie”)
• Darius McCrary is 47 (Eddie Winslow on “Family Matters,” “Mississippi Burning”)
• The late Glenn Ford (1916 – 2006) (“Gilda,” “Heaven with A Barbed Wire Fence”) 

Musicians:

• Mary Mary’s Tina Campbell is 49
• Judy Collins is 84
• Rita Coolidge is 78
• Tim McGraw is 56
• Ray Parker, Jr. is 69
• Smashing Pumpkins’ D’Arcy Wretzky is 55
• The late Country Music Hall of Famer Sonny James (1928 – 2016)…he would have been 95 

Plus:

• Director Wes Anderson is 54 (“The Royal Tenenbaums,” “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel”)
• Reality TV star Kelly Bensimon is 55 (“Real Housewives of New York City”)
• “People’s Court” Judge Marilyn Milian is 62
• Director John Woo is 77 (“Hard Target,” “Face/Off,” “Broken Arrow,” “Mission: Impossible II”)
• The late author Joseph Heller (1923 – 1999) ("Catch 22")
• The late frontierswoman Martha Jane “Calamity Jane” Canary (1852 – 1903) (FAST FACT: Despite being recognized mainly for her grit and fire, she was also said to show compassion to the sick and poor.)
• The late TV host Jack Paar (1918 – 2004) (FAST FACT: Johnny Carson replaced him on “The Tonight Show” October 1, 1962.)

 

May 2^nd 

Actors:

• Christine Baranski is 71 (“Cybill,” “The Good Wife”)
• Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is 51 (FAST FACT: In 2007, he set an all-time record by earning the highest income for a first acting role after receiving $5.5-million for his appearance in “The Scorpion King.”)
• Mitzi Kapture is 61 (“Young & the Restless,” “Baywatch”)
• Ellie Kemper is 43 (“The Office,” “Bridesmaids”)
• Jenna von Oy is 46 (“Blossom,” “The Parkers”)
• Kay Panabaker is 33 (“Summerland,” “No Ordinary Famil,”) (FAST FACT: She graduated from high school at age 13 and gained her online BA in history from UCLA before age 18)
• David Suchet is 77 (“The Bank Job,” “Agatha Christie's Poirot”)
• The late Theodore Bikel (1924 – 2015) (“Fiddler On The Roof’s” Tevya, “The Defiant Ones”) 

Musicians:

• Lily Allen is 38
• Larry Gatlin is 75
• Lou Gramm is 73
• Ty Herndon is 61
• Englebert Humperdinck is 87
• The late Lesley Gore (1946 – 2015)…she would have been 77 

Plus:

• Britain’s Princess Charlotte of Wales is 8 (kidlet of William and Kate)
• Soccer superstar David Beckham is 48
• Inventor James Dyson is 76 (Yes, of the Dyson vacuum…dubbed “the first bagless vacuum,” creating a multibillion-dollar company)
• Olympian Sarah Hughes is 38 (American figure skating champion who won a gold medal at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic games in the Singles category)
• Designer Donatella Versace is 68
• The late Catherine the Great (1729 – 1796) (She was the longest-ruling female leader of Russia. She helped Russia become one of the great powers of Europe and she expanded her country through military wars and diplomacy.)
• The late author/ pediatrician Benjamin Spock (1903 – 1998) (His book, “Baby and Child Care,” which was published in 1946, is one of the best-sellers of all time.)

May 3^rd 

Actors:

• Bobby Cannavale is 53 (“Will & Grace,” “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”)
• Christina Hendricks is 48 (“Mad Men,” “Good Girls”)
• Dule Hill is 48 (“West Wing,” “Psych”)
• Kevin Kilner is 65 (“One Tree Hill,” “Quantico”)
• Chris Mulkey is 75 (“Friday Night Lights,” “Justified”)
• The late Ann B. Davis (1926 – 2014) …she would have been 96 ("The Brady Bunch") 

Musicians:

• Eric Church is 46
• Christopher Cross is 72
• Mary Lambert is 34
• Frankie Valli is 89
• The late James Brown (1933-2006)…he would have been 89
• The late Bing Crosby (1903 – 1977)
• The late Pete Seeger (1919 – 2014) 

Plus:

• “Dancing with the Stars” pro Cheryl Burke is 39 (FAST FACT: On and off with Matthew Lawrence since 2007. The couple married in May 2019, but sadly, they announced that they’re going their separate ways and have filed for divorce in February 2022.)
• Entrepreneur Damon Dash is 52 (Known for his work with Roc-A-Fella Records and Rocawear clothing) (FAST FACT: He may be a mogul, but in 2015, a New York City judge issued a warrant for his arrest...the only way to stay out of jail being to pay his ex-wife $341,999 immediately. It was his second warrant that year for non-payment. He later took to social media about being extorted by his baby mamas.)
• “Project Runway” judge Nina Garcia is 58
• Pseudo-celebrity baby daddy Levi Johnston is 33 (He’s Bristol Palin’s baby daddy)
• The late magician Doug Henning (1947 – 2000)…he would have been 76
• The late Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (1898 – 1978) (FAST FACTS: The 4^th Prime Minister of Israel, she served from 1969 to 1974 and led the country to victory during the Yom Kippur War. She was only the world's third woman ever to hold a country's highest political office.)
• The late Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 – 1527) (FAST FACT: Ruthless Italian political philosopher who wrote “The Prince” in the early 1500s, which was considered his masterpiece.)
• The late boxing champ Sugar Ray Robinson (1921 – 1989) (FAST FACTS: He compiled a career record of 173-19-6 and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990)

May 4^th 

Actors:

• Will Arnett is 53 (“Arrested Development,” “Despicable Me”)
• Ana Gasteyer is 56 (“Saturday Night Live,” “People of Earth”)
• Alexander Gould is 29 (“How To Eat Fried Worms,” “Weeds”) (FAST FACT: And if his voice sounds more familiar to you, it’s because he voiced Nemo in “Finding Nemo!”)
• Richard Jenkins is 76 (“The Shape of Water”)
• Amara Miller is 23 (“The Descendants,” “1600 Penn”)
• Ruth Negga is 41 (“Preacher,” “Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) (that’s according to AP… both Wiki and IMDB have her as January 7^th)
• Emily Perkins is 46 (“Da Vinci’s Inquest,” “Supernatural”)
• Grace Phipps is 31 (“Fright Night,” “The Vampire Diaries”)
• Ashley Rickards is 31 (“One Tree Hill,” “The Flash”) (FAST FACT: She graduated high school at just 15 years-old)
• The late Audrey Hepburn (“Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “Roman Holiday.”) (FAST FACTS: She also received a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In 2008, the American cinema of AFI voted her as the third greatest female screen legend in the history of the AFI.) (1929 – 1993)… she would have been 94
• The late Russi Taylor (1944 – 2019)...she would have been 79 (voice actress for Minnie Mouse in “Disney’s House of Mouse,” “Mickey Mouse,” “Clubhouse,” and “Mickey Mousekersize.”) (FAST FACT: she’s the longest voicist of Minnie Mouse, created by Walt Disney.) 

Musicians:

• Lance Bass is 44 (FAST FACTS: He and hubs Michael Turchin welcomed their twins – a son and daughter – in October 2021)
• Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt is 51
• Jackie Jackson is 72 (FAST FACT: He’s the second oldest member of the Jackson Family and performed with his siblings in The Jackson 5.)
• Rapper JME is 38 (born Jamie Adenuga)
• RaeLynn is 29 (FAST FACTS: Born Racheal Lynn Woodward, she was on Blake Shelton’s team on Season Two of “The Voice.” She signed with the Republic Nashville label in 2012...then in 2019, she had signed to Florida Georgia Line'sRound Here Records)
• Motley Crue’s Mick Mars is 72 (there’s some debate over this date vs. April 4^th – Wiki has both)
• Down & Dirty’s Denis Shaforostov is 31
• Randy Travis is 64
• Panic! At the Disco’s Dallon Weekes (He also fronts The Brobecks) is 42
• The late Dick Dale (1937 – 2019)...he would have been 86 

Plus:

• Sportscaster Erin Andrews is 45
• Celebrity mom Katherine Jackson is 93 (FAST FACT: Mama to The Jackson 5, she has 10 kids and is now the legal guardian of her late son, Michael’s three children).
• Former model/current mogul Kimora Lee Simmons is 48 (FAST FACTS: She took over Baby Phat after then-hubs Russell Simmons and was CEO/Creative Director through 2010. In 2011, she was hired as president/Creative Director for JustFab. She’s also a supermom! She and her husband Tim Leissner welcomed their baby boy in April 2015. Wolfe Lee Leissner is Kimora’s fourth child…she adopted 10-year-old Gary Lee, in January 2020).
• The late pop and graffiti artist Keith Haring (1958 – 1990) …he would have been 65 (FAST FACT: He’s best known for his works “Tuttomondo” mural and “Boxer” sculpture. In 1988, he was diagnosed with AIDS and died two years later.)
• The late WWE wrestler Harry “Mr. Fuji” Fujiwara (known for throwing salt in his opponents faces) (1934 – 2016) …he would have been 89

May 5^th 

Actors:

• Henry Cavill is 40 (“Man of Steel,” “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”)
• John Rhys-Davies is 79 ("Raiders of the Lost Ark," “Sliders”)
• Danielle Fishel is 42 (“Boy Meets World,” “Girl Meets World”)
• Richard E. Grant is 66 (“Downton Abbey,” “Game of Thrones”)
• Lance Henriksen is 83 (“Alien,” “The Book of Daniel”)
• Michael Palin is 80 (“Monty Python” series, “A Fish Called Wanda”) (FAST FACT: He’s also a prolific travel host)
• Tina Yothers is 50 ("Family Ties," “Crash Course”)
• The late Tyrone Power (1914 – 1958) (“The Mark of Zorro,” “The Black Rose”)
• The late Roger Rees (1944 – 2015)…he would have been 79 (“Cheers,” “Titanic”) 

Musicians:

• Adele is 35 (born Adele Laurie Blue Adkins)
• Parachute’s Will Anderson is 37
• Chris Brown is 34
• Craig David is 42
• Steve Stevens is 64
• The late country legend Tammy Wynette (1942 – 1998)…she would have been 81 

Plus:

• Reality TV star (and sometime singer) Brooke Hogan is 35
• Writer/director Kurt Sutter is 63 (“Sons of Anarchy,” “The Shield”) (FAST FACT: He’s been married to Katey Sagal since 2004)
• Newsman Brian Williams is 64
• The late journalist Nellie Bly (1864 – 1922) (FAST FACTS: Nellie Bly is her journalistic pseudonym – her real name was Elizabeth Jane Cochran. She once faked insanity in order to do an investigative report on mental institutions – her work revolutionized investigative journalism)
• The late philosopher Karl Marx (1818 – 1883) (FAST FACTS: A political theorist who wrote the “Communist Manifesto,” his work with Frederick Engels produced a new philosophy of government and economics that would influence all of Russia and lead to many revolts.) 

 

May 6^th 

Actors:

• George Clooney is 62 (“ER,” “Ocean’s Eleven”)
• Alan Dale is 76 (“Indiana Jones,” “Lost”)
• Roma Downey is 63 ("Touched by an Angel," “The Division”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to “Survivor” creator Mark Burnett since 2007)
• Gabourey Sidibe is 40 (“Precious, “American Horror Story”)
• The late Rudolph Valentino (1895 – 1926) (“The Sheik,” “Valentino”) (FAST FACT: A romantic silent film superstar of the day, he was born in Italy and had applied for American citizenship shortly before his untimely death at age 31. This caused mass hysteria among his female fans and further propelled him into iconic status. More than 100-thousand people lined the streets of New York City to observe his funeral.) 

Musicians:

• Meek Mill is 36 (his given name, Robert Rihmeek Williams)
• Bob Seger is 78
• Foo Fighters’ guitarist Chris Shiflett is 52 

Plus:

• TV personality Tom Bergeron is 68 ("America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “Dancing with the Stars”)
• Author Jeffrey Deaver is 73 (Best known for his Lincoln Rhyme series and his “Rune” Trilogy. Many of his bestselling novels have been adapted into films”)
• Director Stephen Gaghan is 58 (“Traffic,” “Rules of Engagement,” “The Alamo,” “Syriana”)
• Baseball legend Willie Mays is 92 (FAST FACTS: Hall of Fame outfielder and 24-time All-Star known as the Say Hey Kid, hit 660 home runs for the New York and San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets; 2-time National League MVP and World Series Champion with the Giants in 1954)
• “Dancing With The Stars” pro Edyta Sliwinska is 42 (FAST FACT: She’s married to fellow “DWTS” pro Alex Mazo – they’ve been hitched since 2007. And he’s the one who won with actress Kelly Monaco)
• The late boxing champ Rubin “Hurricane” Carter (1937 – 2014)…he would have been 86 (FAST FACTS: Boxer known as the Hurricane who was wrongfully convicted for murders he didn't commit. He compiled a career record of 27-12-1 before serving nearly 20 years in prison. Inspired Bob Dylan’s famous song, “Hurricane”)
• The late Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939) (FAST FACTS: Father of Modern Psychiatry who was the first to come up with psychiatric concepts such as the unconscious, the Ego, and the Oedipal Complex. He was known for analyzing his patient's dreams and he theorized that dreams themselves were forms of wish-fulfillment)
• The late entrepreneur Russell Stover (1888 – 1954) (FAST FACTS: He was first an amateur chemist and discovered a way to coat ice cream in chocolate without it melting. His Eskimo pie created a national, albeit short-lived, sensation. He later co-founded Russell Stover Candies with his wife, Clara. They started the business out of their kitchen, making boxed chocolates.)
• The late filmmaker Orson Welles (1915 – 1985) (“Citizen Kane,” “The Magnificent Ambersons,” “Touch of Evil,” “Chimes at Midnight,” “The Lady from Shanghai”) (FAST FACTS: His 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast became one of the most famous incidents of mass panic in history, and similarly, his film, “Citizen Kane” is consistently ranked as one of the all-time greatest films.)

May 7^th 

Actors:

• Michael E. Knight is 64 (“All My Children,” “Young & The Restless”)
• Traci Lords is 55 (“Blade,” “Zack and Miri Make A Porno”)
• Alexander Ludwig is 31 (“Race to Witch Mountain,” “The Hunger Games”)
• Breckin Meyer is 49 (“Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare,” “Clueless”)
• Peter Reckell is 68 (“Days of Our Lives”) (FAST FACT: He originated the role of Bo, which he portrayed from 1983 to 1987, 1990 to 1992, 1995 to 2012, and returned – with others – in fall 2015 as a lead up to the 50th anniversary of the show.)
• Ivan Sergei is 52 (“Crossing Jordan,” “Charmed”)
• The late Anne Baxter (1923 – 1985) (“All About Eve,” “Hotel”) (FAST FACT: She’s a Golden Globe and Oscar Award winning actress who received a star on the walk of fame in February, 1960.)
• The late Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) (“High Noon,” “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town”)
• The late Gabby Hayes (1885 – 1969) (“Blue Steel,” “The Star Packer”)
• The late Robert Hegyes (1951 – 2012)…he would have been 72 (Epstein on “Welcome Back, Kotter”)
• The late John Ingle (1928 – 2012) …he would have been 95 (“Death Becomes Her,” “General Hospital,” HBO’s “Big Love”)
• The late Darren McGavin (1922 – 2006) (“Murphy Brown,” “Billy Madison”) 

Musicians:

• Motörhead’s Phil Campbell is 62
• Eagle-Eye Cherry is 55 (Yup, that’s his real name… Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry, to be exact)
• The Buzzcocks’ Steve Diggle is 68
• The Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders is 37
• The Church’s Marty Wilson-Piper is 65
• Motionless in White’s Devin Sola is 33
• The late Teresa Brewer (1931 – 2007) …she would have been 92 

Plus:

• Director Amy Heckerling is 69 (“Clueless,” “Fast Times At Ridgemont High,” “Look Who’s Talking” movies, “Baby Talk”)
• The late Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) (Virtuoso pianist and notorious perfectionist whose oeuvre included "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel" and the "Saint Anthony Variations." He has been referred to as one of the "Three Bs" alongside Bach and Beethoven) (FAST FACT: He played music in brothels as a child to help keep his family afloat financially. He destroyed many of his early compositions because he was dissatisfied with their amateurish quality.)
• The late poet Robert Browning (1812 – 1889) (His best-known works include “My Last Duchess,” “The Pied Piper of Hamelin,” “Men and Women,” “The Ring and the Book”)
• The late First Lady of Argentina Eva Peron (1919 – 1952)
• The late journalist Tim Russert (1950 – 2008)…he would have been 73 (FAST FACT: “Time magazine included Russert in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008)
• The late composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) (Famous for composing "The Nutcracker" ballet, as well as numerous symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, and chamber-music pieces)
• The late Football Hall of Famer Johnny Unitas (1933 – 2002)…he would have been 90 (FAST FACTS: Baltimore Colts quarterback who was known as The Golden Arm. He was selected to 10 Pro Bowls during his career and was named AP NFL MVP in 1964 and 1967.)

May 8^th 

Actors:

• Stephen Amell is 42 (“Arrow,” “Heels”)
• Matthew Davis is 45 (“Legally Blonde,” “The Vampire Diaries”)
• Elyes Gabel is 40 (“Game of Thrones,” “Body of Proof”)
• Melissa Gilbert is 59 (“Little House on the Prairie”)
• David Keith is 69 (“Daredevil,” “Reckless”)
• Julia Whelan is 39 (“Once and Again”)
• The late Stephen Furst (1954 – 2017)…he would have been 69 (“Animal House,” “The Dream Team,” “Babylon 5”) 

Musicians:

• Katy B is 34 (known to her mama as Kathleen Anne Brien)
• Philip Bailey is 72
• Enrique Iglesias is 48
• Gary Glitter is 79 (FAST FACT: He had been living in Vietnam since deportation from Cambodia on suspected child sexual abuse charges in 2002. Glitter was deported from Vietnam back to Britain at the end of his sentence in 2012, where he was placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for life. In 2015, the now-reviled pop star was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his hideous crimes.)
• Savage Garden’s Darren Hayes is 51
• Zebrahead’s Matty Lewis is 48
• Blur drummer Dave Rowntree is 59
• Toni Tennille is 83
• Alex Van Halen is 70
• The late Ricky Nelson (1940 – 1985)…he would have been 83 

Plus:

• Naturalist Sir David Attenborough is 97 (Also nature documentary producer who created the documentaries “Planet Earth” and “The Life of Birds,” among many others) (FAST FACT: His brother, Richard Attenborough starred in the “Jurassic Park” series)
• Director Michel Gondry is 60 (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”)
• Model Josie Maran is 45
• The late comedian Don Rickles (1926-2017)… he would have been 97.
• The late boxing champ Sonny Liston (1932 – 1970)…he would have been 91 (FAST FACTS: Former World Heavyweight Champion who learned to fight while in jail. He compiled a career record of 50-4, competing against such boxing legends as Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson.)
• The late author Peter Benchley (1940 – 2006)…he would have been 83 (“Jaws”)
• The late President Harry S. Truman (1884 – 1972) (FAST FACT: The 33rd U.S. President who ascended to office following Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in 1945 and authorized the use of the atomic bomb on Japan)
• The late philanthropist William Henry Vanderbilt (1821 – 1885) (FAST FACTS: He inherited nearly $ 100 million from his father in 1877. The fortune was increased to almost $ 194 million when he died less than nine years later.)
• The late author Phyllis Wheatley (1753 – 1784) (FAST FACTS: The first African American woman to become a published writer, she became famous for her 1773 collection, "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral." Many found it hard to believe that she wrote the poems ascribed to her, and she had to defend her authorship in court.)

May 9^th 

Actors:

• Candice Bergen is 77 (“Murphy Brown,” “Boston Legal”)
• John Corbett is 62 (“Sex and the City,” “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”)
• Rosario Dawson is 44 (“Sin City, “Clerks II”)
• Chris Diamantopoulos is 48 (“Frasier,” “The Sopranos”)
• Grace Gummer is 37 (“American Horror Story: Freak Show,” “Mr. Robot”)
• Glenda Jackson is 87 (“Mary, Queen of Scots,” “Sunday Bloody Sunday”) (FAST FACT: She won two Oscar Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role in “A Touch of Glass” and “Women In Love” – and gave up her acting career in 1992 to become a member of the British Parliament. She stayed on until 2015)
• Alley Mills is 72 (“The Wonder Years,” “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
• Chris Zylka is 38 (“10 Things I Hate About You,” “Everybody Hates Chris”)
• The late Albert Finney (1936 – 2019)…he would have been 87 (“Erin Brockovich,” “Skyfall”) 

Musicians:

• Simple Plan’s Pierre Bouvier is 44
• Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan is 61
• Ghostface Killa is 53 (real name, Dennis Coles)
• Billy Joel is 74 

Plus:

• Producer James L. Brooks is 83 (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Terms of Endearment,” “The Simpsons”)
• TV personality/reality TV star/swimwear designer Audrina Patridge is 38 (While her first claim to fame was on MTV’s “The Hills,” she has since parlayed that into regular work – including her turn as host of NBC’s “1^st Look” and competing on “Dancing with the Stars”)
• Celebrity Psalm West is 4 (the progeny of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West)
• The late “Peter Pan” author M. Barrie (1860 – 1937) (His other literary works include “The Admirable Crichton,” “The Little White Bird”)
• The late archeologist Howard Carter (1874 – 1939) (His discovery of the tomb of 14th-century BC pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1923 made him famous around the world) (FAST FACT: His death at a late age is considered a strong argument against the supposed “curse of the pharaohs,” an alleged hex believed by some to be cast upon any person who disturbs the mummy of an Ancient Egyptian person, especially a pharaoh)
• The late Baseball champ (and all-around nice guy!) Tony Gwynn (1960 – 2014)…he would have been 63 (An 8-time National League batting champion, he was also a 15-time MLB All-Star who played twenty seasons for the San Diego Padres)
• The late “60 Minutes” newsman Mike Wallace (1918 – 2012)

May 10^th 

Actors:

• Odette Annable is 37 (“Kindergarten Cop,” “House”)
• Todd Lowe is 45 (“True Blood,” “Gilmore Girls”)
• Erik Palladino is 54 (“NCIS: Los Angeles,” “Suits”)
• Lauren Potter is 32 (“Glee,” “Veep,”)
• Dallas Roberts is 53 (“The Good Wife,” “The Walking Dead”)
• Lindsey Shaw is 34 (“Pretty Little Liars”)
• Leslie Stefanson is 52 (“The General’s Daughter,” “Unbreakable”)
• Kenan Thompson is 45 (“Kenan & Kel,” “Saturday Night Live”) (FAST FACT: He is the longest-tenured cast member in “SNL’s” history)
• The late Fred Astaire (1899 – 1987) (The legendary song and dance man appeared in 31 movie musicals and Three Little Words. The American Film Institute named him the 5th-Greatest Male Star of All Time)
• The late Nancy Walker (1922 – 1992) (“Rhoda,” “Best Foot Forward”) 

Musicians:

• Bono is 63 (born Paul David Hewson)
• Tool drummer Danny Carey is 62
• Donovan is 77
• The Spinners’ Henry Fambrough is 85
• Traffic’s Dave Mason is 77
• Young MC is 56 (born Marvin Young)
• The late Mother Maybelle Carter (1909 – 1978) (Alongside her cousin, Sara, and Sara’s husband, A.P. Carter, together they formed the Carter Family, one of the pioneering acts in country music.)
• The late Sid Vicious (1957 – 1979)…he would have been 66 

Plus:

• Racecar driver (and “Dancing with the Stars” alum) Helio Castroneves is 48
• Author Christopher Paul Curtis is 70 (FAST FACTS: The first African American recipient of the Newbery Medal for children's literature. He’s best known for works such as “Bud, Not Buddy” and “The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963.” Plus, two of his books have won the Coretta Scott King Award)
• Supermodel Linda Evangelista is 58 (One of the “original” supermodels, she’s been featured on over 600 magazine covers and was famous for coining the phrase, "I don’t get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day.") (FAST FACT: She received one of the largest divorce settlements in history, and receives a staggering $46,000 a month from her ex-husband, billionaire François-Henri Pinault)
• Astronaut Ellen Ochoa is 65 (The first Hispanic woman in space. She later held the position of Director of the Johnson Space Center)
• Designer Miuccia Prada is 74 (FAST FACT: Before taking over the family business, she earned a Ph.D. in political science, after which she performed as a mime for five years)
• The late announcer and voice-over artist Gary Owens (1934 – 2015) …he would have been 88 (Among his characters, he was the voice of the title character on the 1960s cartoon series, Space Ghost)
• The late sportscaster Pat Summerall (1930 – 2013)…he would have been 92
• The late assassin John Wilkes Booth (1838 – 1865) (He’s the man who shot President Abraham Lincoln)

May 11^th 

Actors:

• Coby Bell is 48 (“Burn Notice,” “Mad Dogs”)
• Jeffrey Donovan is 55 (“Crossing Jordan,” “Burn Notice”)
• James Haven is 50 (“Monster’s Ball,” “Breaking Dawn”)
• Madison Lintz is 24 (“The Walking Dead,” “Bosch”)
• Tim Blake Nelson is 59 (“O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” “Fantastic Four”)
• The late Foster Brooks (1912 – 2001) (“The Dean Martin Show”) (FAST FACTS: he was known as The Lovable Lush comedian and received an Emmy nomination for his role on “The Dean Martin Show”)
• The late Cory Monteith (1982 - 2013)…he would have been 41 (“Glee,” “Kyle XY”) (FAST FACT: He won the 16^th Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for “Glee” in 2009. He dated his co-star Lea Michele from 2009 until his death.)
• The late Denver Pyle (1920 – 1997) (Uncle Jesse on “The Dukes of Hazzard,” “The Andy Griffith Show”) (FAST FACTS: He had recurring roles in “Gunsmoke,” “Bonanza” and “The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams”)
• The late Natasha Richardson (1963 – 2009) …she would have been 60 (“Patty Hearst,” “Maid in Manhattan,” “Gothic”) (FAST FACTS: She won a Tony Award for her role in the 1998 Broadway revival of “Cabaret,” and played Lindsay Lohan’s mother in 1998’s “The Parent Trap.” She was also married to Liam Neeson from 1994 until a skiing accident took her life.) 

Musicians:

• The Animals’ Eric Burdon is 82 (FAST FACTS: Rolling Stone named him one of The 100 Greatest Singers of all time.)
• Sabrina Carpenter is 24
• Giggs is 40 (born Nathaniel Thomson)
• Alabama’s Mark Herndon is 68
• Ace Hood is 35 (his given name Antoine McColister)
• Prince Royce is 34 (known to his mama as Geoffrey Royce Rojas)
• Holly Valance is 40 

Plus:

• Model/TV personality Blac Chyna is 35 (FAST FACTS: Born Angela Renée White, she gained fame after befriending Kim Kardashian…and then making a baby with Kim’s brother, Rob Kardashian.)
• Sports journalist Mike Lupica is 71 (FAST FACTS: He wrote a book called “Mad As Hell” that spoke about the acrimonious divisions inside professional sports.)
• The late songwriter Irving Berlin (1888 – 1989) (FAST FACTS: He’s considered one of America’s greatest songwriters for his contributions of “God Bless America” and “White Christmas.” Throughout the span of a six-decade career, he was nominated for eight Academy Awards, and his songs were covered y Frank Sinatra and Jerry Garcia, among many more. He lived to be 101.)
• The late pilot Jacqueline Cochran (1906 – 1980) (FAST FACTS: She wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt to propose the creation of a female flight division of the United States Army Air Forces. She became an aviator and test pilot of the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps – aka WAAC)
• The late artist Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) (FAST FACT: The artist is widely known for his dreamlike images such as “The Persistence of Memory,” which portrays a melting clock. He worked with famous film director Alfred Hitchcock to create a psychoanalytically influenced dream sequence in the 1945 film “Spellbound.”)
• The late scientist Richard Feynman (1918 – 1988) (FAST FACTS: He was an American theoretical scientist who worked on electrodynamics. His ideas contributed to the development of the atomic bomb, part of the Manhattan Project. In 1965, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for developing quantum electrodynamics.)
• The late choreographer Martha Graham (1894 – 1991) (FAST FACTS: She transformed modern dance with works such as 1936’s “Chronicle” and 1958’s “Clytemnestra.” She also founded the famous Martha Graham Dance Company.)
• The late Harriet Quimby (1875 – 1912) (FAST FACTS: She was the first American woman to earn a pilot’s license and the first woman to fly over the English Channel. She also wrote seven screenplays that were made into silent films.)
• The late songwriter Septimus Winner (1827 – 1902) (FAST FACTS: He’s best known for “Listen to the Mockingbird.” In 1970, he was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.)

May 12^th 

Actors:

• Malin Akerman is 45 (“Watchman,” “Trophy Wife”)
• Stephen Baldwin is 57 (“Threesome,” “Usual Suspects”)
• Jason Biggs is 45 ("American Pie," “Orange Is The New Black”)
• Clare Bowen is 39 (“Nashville”)
• Bruce Boxleitner is 73 (“How the West Was Won,” “Scarecrow and Mrs. King”)
• Gabriel Byrne is 73 (“The Usual Suspects,” “Vikings”)
• Emilio Estevez is 61 (“The Breakfast Club,” “St. Elmo’s Fire,”)
• Kim Fields is 54 (“The Facts of Life,” “Real Housewives of Atlanta”)
• Jamie Luner is 52 ("Melrose Place", “Two and a Half Men”)
• Rami Malik is 42 (“Night At The Museum “No Time To Die”)
• Ving Rhames is 64 (“Pulp Fiction,” “Con Air”)
• Rhea Seehorn is 51 (“Better Call Saul”)
• Emily VanCamp is 37 (“Captain America,” “Falcon and the Winter Soldier”)
• The late Katharine Hepburn (1907 – 2003) (“Bill of Divorcement,” “African Queen,” “On Golden Pond”) (FAST FACTS: Professionally, she was and by resume, still is a legend. The American Film Institute has even named her the greatest actress in Hollywood History. On the personal side, she married once while young, but thereafter lived independently – and had 26-year affair with her frequent co-star Spencer Tracy, who was married, but living separately from his wife. Tracy's health declined significantly in the 1960s, and Hepburn took a five-year break in her career to care for him – even moving into his house for a time – and was with him when he died on June 10, 1967. Out of consideration for Tracy's family, she didn’t attend his funeral.) 

Musicians:

• Kix Brooks is 68
• The Cult’s Billy Duffy is 62
• Eric Singer of KISS is 65
• Billy Squier is 73
• Steve Winwood is 75 

Plus:

• Chef and TV personality Nadia G is 43 (“Bitchin Kitchen”)
• Chef and TV personality Carla Hall is 59 (“Top Chef,” ABC’s “The Chew”)
• Skateboard legend Tony Hawk is 55 (FAST FACT: He was nicknamed The Birdman for his aerial stunts, and gained fame for becoming first skater to successfully land a 900 degree spin out of a half pipe.)
• The late entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash (founder of Mary Kay cosmetics) (1918 – 2001)
• The late baseball legend Yogi Berra (1925 – 2015)…he would have been 98 (18-time MLB All-Star catcher and 3-time American League MVP who won 10 World Series Championships with the New York Yankees.)
• The late comedian George Carlin (1937 – 2008)...he would have been 86 (FAST FACTS: Winner of five GRAMMY awards, he first rose to fame for his infamous "Seven Dirty Words" comedy routine which he first performed in 1972 and which was central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation; he was the first host of “Saturday Night Live” in 1975. He was posthumously awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2008.)
• The late composer Burt Bacharach (He is considered one of the most important composers of 20th-century popular music)…he would have been 95
• The late author Edward Lear (1812 – 1888) (he popularized limericks)
• The late Florence Nightingale (1820 – 1910) (Celebrated British social reformer and statistician, who is considered the founder of modern nursing.) (FAST FACT: She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" during the Crimean War, where she was serving as a nurse, because of her habit of making rounds at night)
• The late TV personality Tom Snyder (1936 – 2007)…he would have been 87

May 13^th 

Actors:

• Lena Dunham is 37 (“Tiny Furniture,” “Girls”)
• Brian Geraghty is 48 (“The Alienist,” ″Boardwalk Empire”)
• Harvey Keitel is 84 (“Reservoir Dogs,” “Pulp Fiction”) (FAST FACT: After serving in the Marine Corps, he worked as a court reporter for several years before becoming an actor)
• Candice Accola King is 36 (“The Vampire Diaries”)
• Samantha Morton is 46 (“Minority Report,” “The Walking Dead”)
• Robert Pattinson is 37 (“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” “Twilight” series)
• Debby Ryan is 30 (“Suite Life on Deck,” “Wizards of Waverly Place”)
• Tom Verica is 59 ("American Dreams," “How To Get Away With Murder”)
• Zoe Wanamaker is 74 (“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”)
• The late Bea Arthur (1922 – 2009) (“Maude,” “The Golden Girls”) (FAST FACT: Before acting, she was in the U.S. Marine Corps and honorably discharged with the rank of staff sergeant.) 

Musicians:

• Buckethead is 54 (born Brian Patrick Carroll)
• Dawes bassist Wylie Gelber is 35
• Alison Goldfrapp is 57
• Maroon 5’s Mickey Madden is 44
• Pusha T is 46 (his given name, Terrence LeVarr Thornton)
• Darius Rucker is 57
• Stevie Wonder is 73 (His legal name? Stevland Hardaway Morris)
• The late Mary Wells (1943 – 1992)…she would have been 80
• The late Lari White (1965 – 2018)…she would have been 58 

Plus:

• Director Alan Ball is 66 (“True Blood,” “Here And Now”)
• TV personality Stephen Colbert is 59
• NBA star Dennis Rodman is 62 (and BFF of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un)
• Legendary baseball manager Bobby Valentine is 73
• The late boxing champ Joe Louis (1914 – 1981) (Regarded as one of the best boxers of all-time, he compiled a career record of 66-3 and reigned as the World Heavyweight Champion from 1937 to 1949)

May 14^th 

Actors:

• Cate Blanchett is 54 (“Lord of the Rings,” “ Thor: Ragnarok”) (FAST FACT: She’s an advocate for the hashtag #askhermore in reference to red carpet interviews solely on “just a dress”)
• Miranda Cosgrove is 30 (“School of Rock,” “iCarly”) (FAST FACT: As the main character in the show iCarly, she became the second highest paid child star on television, earning $180,000 per episode.)
• Gabriel Mann is 51 (“Mad Men,” “Revenge”)
• Tim Roth is 62 (“Reservoir Dogs,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Lie To Me”)
• Amber Tamblyn is 40 (“General Hospital,” “Joan of Arcadia”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to actor/comedian David Cross since 2012 – he’s 20 years her senior. The couple welcomed their daughter, Marlow Alice Cross, in February 2017) 

Musicians:

• The Cult’s Ian Astbury is 61
• The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach is 44
• David Byrne is 71
• Alice in Chains’ Mike Inez is 57
• Poison’s C.C. DeVille is 61 (Born Bruce Anthony Johannesson, DeVille was ranked at number one by VH1 as the most underrated hair metal guitarist in 2015)
• Dustin Lynch is 38
• Milli Vanilli’s Fabrice Morvan is 57
• Olly Murs is 39
• Raphael Saadiq is 57
• NKOTB’s Danny Wood is 54
• The late Bobby Darin (1936 – 1973)…he would have been 87 

Plus:

• Screenwriter Sofia Coppola is 52 (“The Virgin Suicides,” “Lost in Translation”) (FAST FACT: She became the first American woman to win the Golden Lion. And the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. Her father is director Francis Ford Coppola, who made “The Godfather.”)
• Director/producer George Lucas is 79 (“American Graffiti,” “Star Wars,” “Indiana Jones”) (FAST FACT: His estimated net worth was $3.9-billion in 2013 after he sold Star Wars to Disney)
• Director Robert Zemeckis is 71 (“Back to the Future” series, “Forrest Gump”)
• Facebook founder & CEO Mark Zuckerberg is 39 (FAST FACT: He became the world's youngest billionaire in 2004. In 2013 he was worth over $ 13 billion…today, about $ 70 billion)

May 15^th 

Actors:

• David Charvet is 51 ("Melrose Place", "Baywatch") (FAST FACT: He made a baby with fellow “Baywatch” alum Brooke Burke in 2007, married her in 2011 and they had another child together…before she filed for divorce in April 2018. The divorce was finalized in April 2020)
• Nicholas Hammond is 73 ("The Sound of Music," “General Hospital”) (FAST FACT: he played Peter Parker on the original CBS TV series, “The Amazing Spider-Man”)
• Lee Horsley is 68 (“Hawkeye,” “Django Unchained”)
• Lainie Kazan is 83 (“Delta Force,” “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”)
• David Krumholtz is 45 (“Numb3rs,” “The Good Wife”)
• Chazz Palminteri is 71 (“The Usual Suspects,” “Modern Family”)
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler is 42 ("The Sopranos," “Entourage”) (FAST FACT: In January 2016, Sigler revealed that she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was 20 years old.)
• The late James Mason (1909 – 1984) (“North by Northwest,” “Salem's Lot”) 

Musicians:

• Birdy is 27 (real name: Jasmine Van den Bogaerde) (FAST FACT: Her debut self-titled album scored #1 and hit platinum-selling status in three countries)
• Brian Eno is 75 (His full name? Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno)
• Mike Oldfield is 70
• The late Eddy Arnold (1918 – 2008)
• The late Trini Lopez (1937 – 2020)...he would have been 86
• The late T. Oslin (1942 – 2020)...she would have been 81 

Plus:

• NFL Star and Season Three “Dancing with the Stars” champ Emmitt Smith is 54 (FAST FACTS: Dallas Cowboys running back who retired with an NFL record 18,355 rushing yards. He was selected to 8 Pro Bowls, led the NFL in rushing four seasons, and won three Super Bowl Championships)
• ESPN’s Dan Patrick is 67
• Comedienne Sommore is 57 (born Lori Ann Rambough)
• The late Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (1937 - 2022) she would have been 86 (FAST FACTS: Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Albright immigrated to the United States after the 1948 communist coup d'état when she was 11-years-old. The first woman to hold the post, she was Secretary of State in Bill Clinton's administration…heavily influencing American policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Middle East. She served in that role from 1997 – 2001. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from US President Barack Obama in 2012)
• The late "The Wizard of Oz" author Frank Baum (1856 – 1919) (FAST FACTS: His Oz series includes eighteen titles, and he also wrote more than forty other works, including both short stories and novels. As a child, he was interested in writing, and his family bought a small printing press, which he and his brother used to print “The Rose Lawn Home Journal.”)

May 16^th 

Actors:

• David Boreanaz is 54 ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Bones”)
• Pierce Brosnan is 70 (“Remington Steele,” Bond films)
• Megan Fox is 37 (“Jennifer’s Body,” “Transformers”)
• Tracey Gold is 54 (“Growing Pains”)
• Kevin McDonald is 62 (“Kids In The Hall,” “Lilo and Stitch”)
• Tori Spelling is 50 (“90210,” “Kiss the Bride”)
• Danny Trejo is 79 (“Machete,” “Sons of Anarchy”) (FAST FACT: He became a lightweight prison boxing champion while serving an 11-year sentence for robbery)
• Debra Winger is 68 (“Officer and a Gentleman,” “Terms of Endearment”)
• Mare Winningham is 64 (“St. Elmo’s Fire,” “American Horror Story: Hotel”)
• The late Henry Fonda (1905 – 1982) (“The Grapes of Wrath,” “12 Angry Men”) 

Musicians:

• King Crimson’s Robert Fripp is 77
• Janet Jackson is 57
• Krist Novoselic is 58
• Special Ed is 51 (His given name? Edward K. Archer)
• The late Liberace (1919 – 1987) (FAST FACTS: Born Władziu Valentino Liberace, he is remembered mostly for his extravagant costumes and trademark candelabra that sat on his flamboyant pianos, during the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, Liberace was entertainment’s highest-paid performer.) 

Plus:

• Reality star Jason “Wee-Man” Acuna is 50
• TV personality Tucker Carlson is 54
• Model Behati Prinsloo (…aka Mrs. Adam Levine) is 35 (that’s according to Wiki… Yahoo & IMDB say she was born in 1989, which would make her 33)
• TV personality and first “Apprentice” winner Bill Rancic is 52 (He’s been married to TV personality Giuliana Rancic since 2007)
• TV Personality Adam Richman is 49 (“Man vs Food,” “Food Fighters”)
• Tennis star Gabriela Sabatini is 53 (FAST FACT: She won her first tournament at 8-years-old. One of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s, she won one women's grand slam singles title at the US Open in 1990, the women's grand slam doubles title at Wimbledon in 1988, two WTA Finals in 1988 and 1994, and a silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul)
• The late microphone inventor David Edward Hughes (1831 – 1900)
• The late William Seward (1801 – 1872) (FAST FACT: U.S. Secretary of State and member of Lincoln's infamous team of rivals who purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867. He was also the twelfth Governor of New York and he survived an attack on his life the same night as Lincoln's assassination.)

May 17^th 

Actors:

• Sasha Alexander is 50 (“NCIS,” “Dawson's Creek”)
• Rochelle Aytes is 47 (“Desperate Housewives,” “Madea's Family Reunion”)
• David Eigenberg is 59 (“Sex and the City,” “Chicago Fire”)
• Hill Harper is 57 (“CSI: NY,” “Limitless”) (FAST FACTS: Born Francis Eugene Harper, he’s also a Harvard Law School grad. As for why he goes by ‘Hill’ – it’s in honor of his maternal and paternal ancestors.)
• Ryan Ochoa is 27 (“iCarly,” “Pair of Kings”)
• Nikki Reed is 35 (“Twilight,” “Lords of Dogtown”)
• Paige Turco is 58 (“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “The 100”)
• The late Dennis Hopper (1936 – 2010)…he would have been 87 (“Easy Rider,” “Apocalypse Now”)
• The late Bill Paxton (1955 – 2017)…he would have been 68 (“Twister,” “Titanic,”)
• The late Bob Saget (1956 – 2022)…he would have been 67 ("Full House,” “How I Met Your Mother”) 

Musicians:

• The Corrs’ Andrea Corr is 49
• Enya is 62 (Born Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin)
• Kree Harrison is 33
• Jordan Knight is 53
• Trent Reznor is 58
• Pierce the Veil’s Jaime Preciado is 37 

Plus:

• Reality TV star Kandi Burruss is 47 (FAST FACTS: Aside from performing as part of Xscape and starring on “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” Burruss wrote the hit songs "No Scrubs" for TLC, and "Bills, Bills, Bills" for Destiny's Child.)
• Reality star Tabatha Coffey is 54 (“Shear Genius,” “Tabatha Takes Over”)
• Reality star Luann De Lesseps is 58 (“Real Housewives of New York City”) (FAST FACT: When she married Thomas D’Agostino Jr., she lost the Countess title she gained from her previous husband…and while they’ve since divorced, she never went ahead with changing her name…she’s still De Lesseps – and uses “The Countess.”)
• TV personality Craig Ferguson is 61 (“Celebrity Name Game,” “Join or Die with Craig Ferguson”)
• “Dancing with the Stars” pro Derek Hough is 38 (FAST FACT: He is a three-time “DWTS” champion)
• Boxing champ “Sugar” Ray Leonard is 67 (FAST FACTS: Olympic champion boxer and dominant prizefighter of the 1980s. He won 173 of his 200 professional fights and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.)
• Sportscaster Jim Nantz is 64
• San Antonio Spurs’ point guard Tony Parker is 41
• Model (and onetime girlfriend of Chris Brown) Karrueche Tran is 35 (FAST FACT: She actually an Emmy award-winning producer! She won the award for Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series in 2016 and was nominated again for the same this year for the series, “The Bay.”)

May 18^th 

Actors:

• Spencer Breslin is 31 (“The Kid,” “The Cat in the Hat”) (FAST FACT! He is the older brother of actress Abigail Breslin)
• Luke Kleintank is 33 (“Gossip Girl,” “Young & The Restless”)
• Allen Leech is 42 (“Downton Abbey”)
• Chow Yun-Fat is 68 (“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End”)
• Tina Fey is 53 ("Saturday Night Live," “30 Rock”)
• The late Dwayne Hickman (1934 – 2022)…he would have been 89 (“Our Gang,” “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”)
• The late Bill Macy (1922-2019) (“Maude,” “Analyze This”)
• The late Robert Morse (1931 – 2022) …he would have been 92 ( “That’s Life,” “Mad Men”)
• The late Pernell Roberts (1928 - 2010) …he would have been 95 (“Bonanza,” ”Trapper John MD”) 

Musicians:

• Oak Ridge Boy Joe Bonsall is 75
• Helmet’s Page Hamilton is 63
• Jack Johnson is 48
• Martika is 54 (Born Marta Marrero, she also had a hit with “Love…They Will Be Done,” which was written for her by Prince)
• David Nail is 44
• George Strait is 71
• Rick Wakeman is 74 

Plus:

• Reality Star and ex-con Teresa Giudice is 51 (“Real Housewives of New Jersey”)
• MLB Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson is 77 (FAST FACTS: Jackson was nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason with the Athletics and the Yankees. He helped Oakland win five consecutive American League West divisional pennants, three consecutive American League pennants and two consecutive World Series titles from 1971 to 1975. Jackson helped New York win four American League East divisional pennants, three American League pennants and two consecutive World Series titles, from 1977 to 1981. He also helped the California Angels win two AL West divisional pennants in 1982 and 1986. Jackson hit three consecutive home runs at Yankee Stadium in the clinching game 6 of the 1977 World Series)
• The late director Frank Capra (1897 – 1991) (“It Happened One Night,” “It’s A Wonderful Life,” “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington”)
• The late Pope Saint John Paul II (1920 - 2005) (He was the second longest-serving pope in modern history after Pope Pius IX, who served for nearly 32 years from 1846 to 1878. Born in Poland, John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope since the Dutch Pope Adrian VI, who served from 1522 to 1523. John Paul II's cause for canonization commenced in 2005 one month after his death with the traditional five-year waiting period waived. He was venerated by Pope Benedict XVI on December 19^th 2009, and was beatified – elevated to sainthood – on May 1^st 2011)

May 19^th 

Actors:

• James Fox is 84 (“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Sherlock Holmes”)
• Jessica Fox is 40 (“The Muppet Christmas Carol,” “Back Home”)
• Eric Lloyd is 37 ("The Santa Clause" film series, “Batman & Robin”)
• Geraldine Somerville is 56 (“Harry Potter,” “Gosford Park”)
• Jason Gray-Stanford is 53 (“Monk,” “Monday Mornings”)
• Eleanor Tomlinson is 31 (“Jack the Giant Slayer,” “Alice in Wonderland”)
• The late Peter Mayhew (1944 – 2019)…he would have been 79 (Chewbacca in the “Star Wars” franchise, he was 7-feet, 3-inches tall) 

Musicians:

• Shooter Jennings is 44
• Grace Jones is 75
• Rohan Marley is 51 (Yes, Bob Marley is his father.)
• AC/DC’s Phil Rudd is 69 (FAST FACT: When his solo album was released, it didn’t do as well as it was expected to. So he fired several employees and threatened to kill his personal assistant. He later plead guilty to death threat and drug charges and was sentenced to home detention.)
• Sam Smith is 31
• Pete Townshend is 78 (FAST FACTS: He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.)
• Yo Gotti is 42 (born Mario Mims)
• The late ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill (1949 – 2021) …he would have been 74 (FAST FACTS: He also appeared in the movie “Back to the Future Part III.)
• The late Joey Ramone (1951 – 2001)…he would have been 72 

Plus:

• Racecar driver Dario Franchitti is 51
• TV personality David Hartman is 88
• Reality star Kim Zolciak-Biermann is 45 (“Real Housewives of Atlanta,” “Don’t Be Tardy,” “Dancing with the Stars”)
• The late wrestler (and sometime actor) Andre the Giant (1946 – 1993)…he would have been 77 (FAST FACT: Born André René Roussimoff, it was his 7-foot, 5-inch; 525-pound stature that had people regard him as The Eighth Wonder of the World)
• The late author/screenwriter/director Nora Ephron (1941 – 2012)…she would have been 82 (“Silkwood,” “When Harry Met Sally,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” "Mixed Nuts,” “You've Got Mail," “Julie & Julia”)
• The late broadcast journalist Jim Lehrer (1934 – 2020) ...he would have been 89
• The late communist ruler of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh (1890 – 1969)
• The late Cambodian dictator Pol Pot (1925 – 1998)…he would have been 98 (He led Khmer Rouge revolutionary group from 1963 to 1988 – and between 1975 and 1979 murdered 25% of the country's population through starvation, overwork and executions.)
• The late celebrity spouse/murder victim Nicole Brown Simpson (1959 – 1994)…she would have been 64
• The late Malcolm X (1925 – 1965)…he would have been 98 (FAST FACTS: He was born Malcolm Little and after the death of his father, he and his brothers would hunt game to make ends meet. A trip to the Muslim holy city of Mecca helped him to develop his beliefs; he began signing his last name as X to replace the ancestral slave name Little.)

May 20^th 

Actors:

• John Billingsley is 63 (Dr. Phlox on "Star Trek: Enterprise," “The Man From Earth,” “True Blood” coroner Mike Spencer)
• Dean Butler is 67 ("Little House on the Prairie")
• Mindy Cohn is 57 ("The Facts of Life," voice of Velma on “Scooby Doo”) (FAST FACT: She was discovered in high school by actress Charlotte Rae and the “Facts of Life” producers while they were conducting research for the show.)
• Jack Gleeson is 31 (“Game of Thrones”) (FAST FACTS: Now out of acting, he founded and became the artistic director of the Collapsing Horse Theatre Company in Dublin, Ireland)
• Tony Goldwyn is 63 (“Ghost,” “The Pelican Brief”)
• Michaela McManus is 40 (“One Tree Hill,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”)
• Timothy Olyphant is 55 (“Justified,” “Santa Clarita Diet”)
• Bronson Pinchot is 64 (“Perfect Strangers,” “Beverly Hills Cop”)
• Dave Thomas is 74 ("SCTV," one of the “McKenzie Brothers”) (FAST FACTS: He directed John Travolta in the 1989 comedy “The Experts” while he worked with Paramount.)
• The late Jimmy Stewart (1908 – 1997) (“The Philadelphia Story,” “It's A Wonderful Life,” “Rear Window,” “ Vertigo,” “The Man Who Knew Too Much”) (FAST FACTS: there is a Jimmy Stewart Museum in Indiana, Pennsylvania, his hometown. The establishment commemorates Stewart’s greatest accomplishments in film, radio, TV, military, and just being a world citizen.) 

Musicians:

• Cher is 77
• 3LW’s Naturi Naughton is 39
• Jon Pardi is 38
• Rachel Platten is 42
• Busta Rhymes is 51 (FAST FACTS: Born Trevor George Smith Jr., he went to high school with Jay-Z, DMX, and The Notorious B.I.G. …that high school must’ve been doing something right!)
• Semisonic’s Dan Wilson is 62
• Jane Wiedlin is 65
• The late Joe Cocker (1944 – 2014) …he would have been 79 

Plus:

• TV personality Ted Allen is 58 (“Queer Eye for The Straight Guy,” “Chopped”)
• The late entrepreneur Emile Berliner (1851 – 1929) (FAST FACTS: He transferred music from Edison's cylinders onto flat spinning discs to create the gramophone)
• The late comedian George Gobel (1919 – 1991) (FAST FACTS: he starred in his own weekly NBC television show, “The George Gobel Show” that ran from 1954 to 1960)
• The late first lady Dolley Madison (1768 – 1849) (FAST FACTS: She was wife to James Madison who served as President of the United States from 1809 to 1817. And yes, her name is spelled with an ‘ey’)

May 21^st 

Actors:

• Fairuza Balk is 49 (“The Craft,” “The Waterboy”) (FAST FACT: Her first name means Victory in Arabic)
• Lisa Edelstein is 57 (“The West Wing,” “House”)
• Scott Leavenworth is 33 (“7th Heaven”)
• Carol Potter is 75 (“Beverly Hills, 90210,” “Sunset Beach”)
• Sarah Ramos is 32 (“Parenthood,” “American Dreams”)
• Judge Reinhold is 66 (“Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Beverly Hills Cop” series,)
• T is 71 (“The A Team,” “Rocky III”) (FAST FACT: His given name? Lawrence Tureaud)
• The late Brent Briscoe (1961 – 2017)…he would have been 62 (“Mulholland Drive,” ”A Simple Plan,” “The Green Mile”)
• The late Raymond Burr (1917 – 1993) (“Perry Mason,” “Ironside, “Rear Window”)
• The late Peggy Cass (1924 – 1999) (“The Doctors,” “To Tell The Truth” panelist) 

Musicians:

• Max B is 45 (Born Charles Wingate)
• Chicago’s Bill Champlin is 76
• Gotye is 43 (His given name Wouter "Wally" De Backer)
• Mobb Deep’s Havoc is 49
• Ronald Isley is 82
• Leo Sayer is 75
• The late Notorious B.I.G. (1972 – 1997)…he would have been 51 (he was born Christopher George Latore Wallace) 

Plus:

• Director Nick Cassavetes is 64 (“My Sister’s Keeper,” “The Notebook”) (FAST FACTS: Cassavetes was named as one of the Top 500 Tax Delinquents by the State of California in April 2012. He was cited as owing close to $273,000 in back taxes. In July 2012 he controversially defended incest and linked it to gay marriage.)
• Former Minnesota Senator Al Franken is 72 (FAST FACTS: An “SNL” original, he was hired as a writer for the show at its inception in 1975. He worked on the show as a writer and performer until 1980 and returned from 1985 to 1995. He was elected to the Senate and served from 2009 – 2018…and was forced to resign in disgrace when several women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct. In his resignation speech, he called some of the accusations "simply not true" and said he remembered others "very differently.”)

May 22^nd 

Actors:

• Anna Baryshnikov is 31 (“Superior Donuts”) (FAST FACT: Yes, her dad is famed dancer/choreographer/actor Mikhail Baryshnikov)
• Anna Belknap is 51 (“Homicide: Life On The Street,” “CSI: NY”)
• Richard Benjamin is 85 (“He & She,” “Love at First Bite”)
• Anne Cusack is 62 (“A League of Their Own,” “The Jeff Foxworthy Show,”) (FAST FACT: Yes, she’s the sister of John Cusack and Joan Cusack)
• Alison Eastwood is 51 (“Tightrope,” “Breakfast of Champions”)
• Ginnifer Goodwin is 45 (“Mona Lisa Smile,” “Once Upon A Time”) (FAST FACT: She began dating her “Once Upon a Time” co-star Josh Dallas in 2011 and they’ve been married since 2014)
• Sean Gunn is 49 (“Gilmore Girls,” “Guardians of the Galaxy”)
• J. Langer is 49 (“My So-Called Life,” “Private Practice”) (She’s now the Countess of Devon. After she married attorney Charles Courtenay – who at the time was Lord Courtenay – in 2005, she became Lady Devon. When her father-in-law passed, her hubs became the 29^th Earl of Devon…and she became Countess of Devon.)
• Brooke Smith is 56 (“Silence of the Lambs,” “Grey’s Anatomy”) (FAST FACT: She also played the kidnapped daughter in “Silence of the Lambs”)
• The late Michael Constantine (1927 – 2021) …he would have been 96 (“The Last Mile,” “Room 222,” “My Big Greek Fat Wedding")
• The late Sir Laurence Olivier (1907 – 1989) (“Pride and Prejudice,” “Hamlet”)
• The late Paul Winfield (1939 – 2004)…he would have been 84 (“King,” “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”) 

Musicians:

• Johnny Gill is 57
• Morrissey is 64 (full name, Steven Patrick Morrissey)
• Diamond Rio’s Dana Williams is 62 

Plus:

• Supermodel Naomi Campbell is 53 (FAST FACT: In May 2021, Campbell revealed she welcomed a daughter via circumstances she has chosen not to reveal. She has said that the child is biologically hers.)
• Entrepreneur Dustin Moskovitz is 39 (He’s one of the four co-founders of Facebook along with Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, and Chris Hughes) (FAST FACTS: Moskovitz gave Facebook much of its architecture and developed its mobile-phone strategy. At last check, his net worth is $14.5-BILLION.)
• Olympian Apollo Anton Ohno is 41 (American speed skater who won several medals in three Winter Olympic games, including a gold at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City)
• Songwriter Bernie Taupin is 73 (He began working with Elton John at the age of 17 and has since collaborated on more than 30 albums)
• The late author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) (Scottish author of the legendary Sherlock Holmes detective novels) (FAST FACT: In 1893, he attempted to kill off his most beloved character in order to create some free time for himself.)
• The late civil rights leader Harvey Milk (1930 – 1978)…he would have been 93 (FAST FACTS: The first openly gay public official in California when he served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1978. Sean Penn won an Academy Award for portraying him in the 2008 film, “Milk.”)
• The late composer Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883) (FAST FACT: He was Adolf Hitler's favorite composer and was often cited by Hitler as being an inspiration on his vision for Germany.)

May 23^rd

Actors:

• Barbara Barrie is 92 (“Barney Miller,” “Private Benjamin”)
• Lauren Chapin is 78 ("Father Knows Best")
• Joan Collins is 90 (“The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing,” “Dynasty”)
• Lane Garrison is 43 (“Prison Break,” “Roots”)
• Laurel Holloman is 52 (“The L Word”)
• Melissa McBride is 58 (“The Mist,” “The Walking Dead”)
• Kelly Monaco is 47 (“General Hospital,” “Dancing with the Stars”)
• The late Rosemary Clooney (1928 – 2002) …she would have been 95 (“Here Come The Girls,” “White Christmas”) (FAST FACT: She was aunt to George Clooney. And in the classic film, “White Christmas,” where she was ONE of the ‘Haines sisters,’ she actually sang both parts as her co-star Vera-Ellen was everything but a singer)
• The late silent film star Douglas Fairbanks Sr. (1883 – 1939) (One of the biggest stars of the early 1900s, best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films including “The Thief of Bagdad,” “Robin Hood,” “The Mark of Zorro.” He also hosted the first Oscars Ceremony) 

Musicians:

• Maroon 5 drummer Matt Flynn is 53
• Jewel is 49 (Her full, given name? Jewel Kilcher)
• Maxwell is 50 (his mama knows him as Gerald Maxwell Rivera)
• Tristan Prettyman is 41
• The late Scatman Crothers (1910 – 1986) (FAST FACTS: Born Benjamin Sherman Crother, he also acted from time to time in films including “The Shining. As for music, he came up with his nickname on the fly when auditioning at a Dayton radio station. His first band was a local Terre Haute speakeasy band) 

Plus:

• Author Mitch Albom is 65 (“Tuesdays with Morrie,” “Fab Five: Basketball,” “Trash Talk,” “The American Dream,” “For One More Day’)
• TV personality, comedian, and “Dancing with the Stars” alum Drew Carey is 65 (“The Drew Carey Show,” “The Price Is Right”) (FAST FACT: Carey served in the U.S. Marine Corps before embarking on a career in comedy)
• Comedienne Lea DeLaria is 65
• TV personality Karen Duffy is 61
• Game show contestant-turned “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings is 49 (FAST FACTS: He broke the record for the longest winning streak on Jeopardy, winning over $2.5-million over 74 consecutive games before he was defeated by challenger Nancy Zerg on his 75th appearance in 2004)
• Celebrity wife, songwriter, and former Miss Tennessee Linda Thompson is 73 (Her biggest claim to fame was dating Elvis from 1972 – 1976. She later married Bruce Jenner – from 1981 through 1986 – and was married to David Foster from 1991 – 2005. She’s mom to Brandon and Brody Jenner).
• The late Boxer “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler (1954 – 2021) …he would have been 68 (He compiled a remarkable 62-3-2 record across his historic career and Boxing Illustrated named him as the Fighter of the Decade for the 1980s.) (FAST FACT: He legally changed his first name to Marvelous after becoming upset that the announcers never referred to him as Marvelous like he had asked)
• The late creator of hypnotism Franz Anton Mesmer (1734 – 1815)