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Celebrity-Birthdays-Feb24

Celebrity Birthdays for Feb. 24:


Actor Dominic Chianese ("Boardwalk Empire," ''The Sopranos") is 91.

Opera singer-director Renata Scotto is 88.

Businessman Phil Knight (Nike) is 84.

Singer Joanie Sommers is 81.

Actress Jenny O'Hara ("Transparent," ''The Mindy Project") is 80.

Singer Paul Jones (Manfred Mann) is 80.

Actor Barry Bostwick is 77.

Singer-producer Rupert Holmes is 75.

Actor Edward James Olmos is 75.

Rock singer-musician George Thorogood is 72.

Actress Debra Jo Rupp ("That '70s Show") is 71.

Actress Helen Shaver ("The Color of Money") is 71.

Hall of Fame auro racer Alain Prost is 67.

News correspondent Paula Zahn is 66.

Baseball Hall-of-Famer Eddie Murray is 66.

Country singer Sammy Kershaw is 64.

Actor Mark Moses ("Desperate Housewives") is 64.

Actress Beth Broderick ("Sabrina, The Teenage Witch") is 63.

Singer Michelle Shocked is 60.

Movie director Todd Field is 58.

Actor Billy Zane is 56.

Actress Bonnie Somerville ("NYPD Blue") is 48.

Jazz saxophonist Jimmy Greene is 47.

Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac is 47.

Pro golfer Zach Johnson is 46.

Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is 45.

Actor Wilson Bethel ("Hart of Dixie") is 38.

Actor Alexander Koch ("Under the Dome") is 34.

Actor Daniel Kaluuya ("Get Out") is 33.

Rapper-actor O'Shea Jackson Jr. ("Straight Outta Compton") is 31.

Rapper Earl Sweatshirt is 28.


Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1786, author Wilhelm Grimm, one half of The Brothers Grimm. (Dec. 16, 1859)

In 1869, French-Canadian baritone Joseph Saucier. (April 10, 1941)

In 1874, Baseball Hall-of-Famer Honus Wagner. (Dec. 6, 1955)

In 1921, actor Abe Vigoda. (Jan. 26, 2015)

In 1922, actor Steven Hill. (Aug. 23, 2016)

In 1927, actress Emmanuelle Riva. (Jan. 27, 2017)

In 1930, actress Barbara Lawrence. (Nov. 13, 2013)

In 1932, Movie composer Michel Legrand. (Jan. 26, 2019)

In 1932, Canadian actor John Vernon. (Feb. 1, 2005)

In 1933, tenor saxophonist David (Fathead) Newman. (Jan. 20, 2009)

In 1938, actor James Farentino. (Jan 24, 2012)

In 1944, keyboardist Nicky Hopkins. (Sept. 6, 1994)

In 1955, Apple CEO Steve Jobs. (Oct. 5, 2011)

In 1968, comedian Mitch Hedberg. (March 29, 2005)

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