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Celebrity birthdays for Feb. 1

Celebrity Birthdays for Feb. 1:

 

Actor-comedian Garrett Morris is 85.

 

Arranger and jazz tenor saxophonist Rick Wilkins is 85.

Bluegrass singer Del McCoury is 83.

TV personality-singer Joy Philbin is 81.

Guitarist Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is 72.

Guitarist Rich Williams (Kansas) is 72.

Blues singer-musician Sonny Landreth is 71.

Actor-writer-producer Billy Mumy ("Lost in Space") is 68.

Singer Exene Cervenka of X is 66.

Actor Linus Roache ("Law and Order") is 58.

Actress Sherilyn Fenn is 57.

Princess Stephanie of Monaco is 57.

Singer Lisa Marie Presley is 54.

Comedian Pauly Shore is 54.

Actor Brian Krause ("Charmed") is 53.

Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman is 53.

Drummer Patrick Wilson of Weezer is 53.

Actor Michael C. Hall ("Dexter," ''Six Feet Under") is 51.

Rock musician Ron Welty is 51. 

Rapper Big Boi of Outkast is 47.

Rapper K'naan is 44.

Roots rocker Jason Isbell is 43.

Country singer Julie Roberts is 43.

Actress Rachelle Lefevre is 43.

Actor Jarrett Lennon is 40.

Singer Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT is 39.

TV personality Lauren Conrad ("The Hills," ''Laguna Beach") is 36.

Actress-singer Heather Morris of "Glee" is 35.

Pro wrestler, actress and former mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey is 35.

Singer Harry Styles of One Direction is 28.

Singer Dionne Bromfield is 26.

 

Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1859, composer Victor Herbert. (May 26, 1924)

In 1882, Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent. (July 25, 1973)

In 1894, film director John Ford. (Aug. 31, 1973)

In 1895, Conn Smythe, founder of the Toronto Maple Leafs. (Nov. 18, 1980)

In 1901, actor Clark Gable. (Nov. 16, 1960)

In 1909, gospel singer George Beverly Shea. (April 16, 2013)

In 1915, soccer great Sir Stanley Matthews. (Feb. 23, 2000)

In 1922, opera singer Renata Tebaldi. (Dec. 19, 2004)

In 1925, Quebec singer and songwriter Marcel Martel. (April 13, 1999)

In 1928, actor Stuart Whitman. (March 16, 2020)

In 1931, Boris Yeltsin, first president of Russia. (April 23, 2007)

In 1934, singer Bob Shane (The Kingston Trio). (Jan. 26, 2020)

In 1937, singer Don Everly of The Everly Brothers. (Aug. 21, 2021)

In 1937, singer Ray Sawyer of Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. (Dec. 31, 2018)

In 1938, drummer Jimmy Carl Black. (Nov. 1, 2008)

In 1938, actor Sherman Hemsley. (July 24, 2012)

In 1939, Russian ballerina Ekaterina Maximova. April 28, 2009) 

In 1939, jazz pianist Joe Sample. (Sept. 12, 2014)

In 1940, Canadian Horse Racing Hall-of-Famer Herve Filion. (June 22, 2017)

In 1942, comedian-actor-writer-director Terry Jones (Monty Python). (Jan. 21, 2020)

In 1946, opera singer Carol Neblett. (Nov. 23, 2017)

In 1948, musician Rick James. (Aug. 6, 2004)

In 1957, reggae singer Dennis Brown. (July 1, 1999)

In 1964, keyboardist Dwayne Goettel (Skinny Puppy). (Aug. 23, 1995)

In 1964, singer Jani Lane (Warrant). (Aug. 11, 2011)

In 1965, actor Brandon Lee. (March 31, 1993)

In 1984, actor Lee Thompson Young. (Aug. 19, 2013)

 

 

The Canadian Press

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