Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 11-17

By The Associated Press

Aug. 11: Songwriter Kenny Gamble of Gamble and Huff is 70. Bassist Jim Kale of the Guess Who is 70. Country singer John Conlee is 67. Singer Eric Carmen is 64. Wrestler-actor Hulk Hogan is 60. Singer Joe Jackson is 59. Actress Viola Davis is 48. Actor Joe Rogan (“Fear Factor,” ”NewsRadio”) is 46. Actress Anna Gunn (“Breaking Bad”) is 45. Actress Ashley Jensen (“Ugly Betty”) is 45. Rock guitarist Charlie Sexton is 45. Drummer Chris Dave (Mint Condition) is 45. Rap DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Lucy Pearl, A Tribe Called Quest) is 43. Actor Will Friedle (“Boy Meets World”) is 37. Actor Chris Hemsworth is 30. Guitarist Heath Fogg of Alabama Shakes is 29. Singer J-Boog (B2K) is 28. Rapper Asher Roth is 28.

Aug. 12: Actor George Hamilton is 74. Actress Jennifer Warren is 72. Singer-guitarist Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is 64. Singer Kid Creole is 63. Actor Sam J. Jones (“Flash Gordon”) is 59. Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is 59. Actor Bruce Greenwood (“Thirteen Days”) is 57. Country singer Danny Shirley (Confederate Railroad) is 57. Guitarist Roy Hay of Culture Club is 52. Rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot is 50. Actor Peter Krause is 48. Actor Michael Ian Black (“Ed”) is 42. Actress Rebecca Gayheart is 42. Actor Casey Affleck is 38. Actress Maggie Lawson (“Psych”) is 33. Actress Imani Hakim (“Everybody Hates Chris”) is 20.

Aug. 13: Actor Pat Harrington (“One Day at a Time”) is 84. Actor Kevin Tighe (“Emergency,” ”Murder One”) is 69. Actress Gretchen Corbett (“The Rockford Files”) is 66. Actor Danny Bonaduce is 54. Actor John Slattery is 51. Actress Debi Mazar is 49. Actress Quinn Cummings (“Family”) is 46. Country singer Andy Griggs is 40. Drummer Mike Melancon of Emerson Drive is 35. Actress Kathryn Fiore (“Reno 911!”) is 34. Singer James Morrison is 29. Actress Lennon Stella (“Nashville”) is 14.

Aug. 14: Singer-pianist Buddy Greco is 87. Singer Dash Crofts of Seals and Crofts is 75. Singer David Crosby is 72. Country singer Connie Smith is 72. Actor-comedian Steve Martin is 68. Actor Antonio Fargas (“Starsky and Hutch”) is 67. Bassist Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone is 67. Romance novelist Danielle Steel is 66. Cartoonist Gary Larson (“The Far Side”) is 63. Keyboardist Terry Adams of NRBQ is 63. Actor Carl Lumbly (“Alias”) is 62. Actress Jackee Harry (“Sister, Sister,” ”227″) is 57. Actress Marcia Gay Harden is 54. Singer Sarah Brightman is 53. Actress Susan Olsen (“The Brady Bunch”) is 52. Actress Halle Berry is 47. Actress Catherine Bell (“JAG”) is 45. Guitarist Kevin Cadogan (Third Eye Blind) is 43. Actor Christopher Gorham is 39. Actress Mila Kunis is 30. TV personality Spencer Pratt (“The Hills”) is 30.

Aug. 15: Actress Rose Marie (“The Dick Van Dyke Show”) is 90. Actor Mike Connors is 88. Actress Lori Nelson is 80. Actress Pat Priest (“The Munsters”) is 77. Drummer Pete York of The Spencer Davis Group is 71. Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee is 69. Songwriter Jimmy Webb is 67. Singer-guitarist Tom Johnston of The Doobie Brothers is 65. Actress Phyllis Smith (“The Office”) is 64. Actress Tess Harper is 63. Actor Zeljko Ivanek (“Heroes,” ”Homicide”) is 56. Actor Rondell Sheridan (“That’s So Raven,” ”Cory in the House”) is 55. Actress Debra Messing is 45. Actor Anthony Anderson is 43. Actor Ben Affleck is 41. Actress Natasha Henstridge is 39. Singer Joe Jonas of The Jonas Brothers is 24. Actor-singer Carlos Pena (“Big Time Rush”) is 24. Actress Jennifer Lawrence is 23. DJ Smoove da General of Cali Swag District is 23.

Aug. 16: Actress Julie Newmar is 80. Actress Anita Gillette is 77. Actress Carole Shelley is 74. Country singer Billy Joe Shaver is 74. Actor Bob Balaban is 68. Actress Lesley Ann Warren is 67. Bassist Joey Spampinato (NRBQ) is 63. Actor Reginald VelJohnson (“Family Matters”) is 61. TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford is 60. R&B singer J.T. Taylor is 60. Director James Cameron is 59. Actor Jeff Perry (“Scandal,” ”Grey’s Anatomy”) is 58. Guitarist Tim Farriss of INXS is 56. Actress Laura Innes is 56. Actress Angela Bassett is 55. Singer Madonna is 55. Actor Timothy Hutton is 53. Actor Steve Carell is 51. Country singer Emily Robison of The Dixie Chicks is 41. Actor George Stults (“Seventh Heaven”) is 38. Singer Vanessa Carlton is 33. Actor Cam Gigandet (“Twilight”) is 31. Actress Cristin Milioti (“How I Met Your Mother”) is 28. Actor Shawn Pyfrom (“Desperate Housewives”) is 27. Singer Greyson Chance is 16.

Aug. 17: Actor Robert De Niro is 70. Guitarist Gary Talley of The Box Tops is 66. Drummer Sib Hashian (Boston) is 64. Actor Robert Joy (“CSI: NY”) is 62. Singer Kevin Rowland of Dexy’s Midnight Runners is 60. Country singer-songwriter Kevin Welch is 58. Bassist Colin Moulding of XTC is 58. Singer Belinda Carlisle is 55. Actor Sean Penn is 53. Guitarist Gilby Clarke (Guns N’ Roses) is 51. Singer Maria McKee is 49. Drummer Steve Gorman of the Black Crowes is 48. Singer-bassist Jill Cunniff (Luscious Jackson) is 47. Actor David Conrad (“Relativity”) is 46. Rapper Posdnuos of Del La Soul is 44. Singer Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids on the Block is 44. Actor Mark Salling (“Glee”) is 31. Actor Bryton James (“Family Matters”) is 27. Actor Brady Corbet (“24”) is 25.

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