Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 21-27

By The Associated Press

Dec. 21: Country singer Freddie Hart is 88. Talk-show host Phil Donahue is 79. Actress Jane Fonda is 77. Singer Carla Thomas is 72. Guitarist Albert Lee is 71. Actor Samuel L. Jackson is 66. Singer Betty Wright is 61. Actress Jane Kaczmarek (“Malcolm in the Middle”) is 59. Country singer Lee Roy Parnell is 58. Entertainer Jim Rose of The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow is 58. Actor-comedian Ray Romano is 57. Country singer Christy Forester of the Forester Sisters is 52. Drummer Murph of Dinosaur Jr. is 50. Guitarist Gabrielle Glaser (Luscious Jackson) is 49. Actor-comedian Andy Dick is 49. Actor Kiefer Sutherland is 48. Actress Karri Turner (“JAG”) is 48. Actress Khrystyne Haje (“Head of the Class”) is 46. Country singer Brad Warren of The Warren Brothers is 46. Actress Julie Delpy is 45. Singer-guitarist Brett Scallions (Fuel) is 43. Singer Lukas Rossi of Rock Star Supernova (TV: “Rock Star: Supernova”) is 38. Keyboardist Anna Bulbrook of Airborne Toxic Event is 32. Actor Steven Yeun (“The Walking Dead”) is 31.

Dec. 22: Actor Hector Elizondo is 78. TV anchor Diane Sawyer is 69. Guitarist Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick is 66. Rapper Luther Campbell is 54. Guitarist Chuck Mead (BR549) is 54. Actor Ralph Fiennes is 52. Actress Lauralee Bell (“The Young and the Restless”) is 46. Actress Heather Donahue (“The Blair Witch Project”) is 41. Singer Jordin Sparks (“American Idol”) is 25. Singer Meghan Trainor is 21.

Dec. 23: Actor Frederic Forrest (“Lonesome Dove”) is 78. Actor James Stacy (“Lancer”) is 78. Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) is 74. Drummer Ron Bushy of Iron Butterfly is 73. Actor-comedian Harry Shearer (“The Simpsons”) is 71. Actress Susan Lucci (“All My Children”) is 68. Guitarist Dave Murray of Iron Maiden is 58. Singer Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam is 50. Actress Anna Maria Perez de Tagle (“Hannah Montana,” ”Camp Rock”) is 24.

Dec. 24: Singer-bassist Lemmy of Motorhead is 69. Bassist-synthesizer player Ian Burden of Human League is 57. Actor Anil Kapoor (“Slumdog Millionaire”) is 55. Singer Mary Ramsey of 10,000 Maniacs is 51. Actor Mark Valley (“Boston Legal”) is 50. Actor Diedrich Bader (“The Drew Carey Show”) is 48. Singer Ricky Martin is 43. “Twilight” series author Stephenie Meyer is 41. “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest is 40. Actor Michael Raymond-James (“Once Upon a Time,” ”True Blood”) is 37. Singer Louis Tomlinson of One Direction is 23.

Dec. 25: Actress Hanna Schygulla is 71. Singer John Edwards of The Spinners is 70. Singer Jimmy Buffett is 68. Country singer Barbara Mandrell is 66. Actress Sissy Spacek is 65. Actress CCH Pounder is 62. Singer Annie Lennox is 60. Singer Steve Wariner is 60. Guitarist Robin Campbell of UB40 is 60. Singer Shane McGowan (The Popes, the Pogues) is 57. Guitarist Noel Hogan of The Cranberries is 43. Singer Dido is 43. Singer Mac Powell of Third Day is 42. Country singer Alecia Elliott is 32. Singer Jess and Lisa Origliasso of The Veronicas are 30.

Dec. 26: Actor Donald Moffat (“Clear and Present Danger”) is 84. Actor Caroll Spinney (Big Bird on “Sesame Street”) is 81. Singer Abdul “Duke” Fakir of The Four Tops is 79. Record producer Phil Spector is 75. “America’s Most Wanted” host John Walsh is 69. Keyboardist Bob Carpenter with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is 68. Humorist David Sedaris is 58. Drummer James Kottak of Scorpions is 52. Country drummer Brian Westrum of Sons of the Desert is 52. Drummer Lars Ulrich of Metallica is 51. Country singer Audrey Wiggins is 47. Guitarist J (White Zombie) is 47. Guitarist Peter Klett of Candlebox is 45. Singer James Mercer of The Shins is 44. Actor-singer Jared Leto of 30 Seconds to Mars is 43. Singer and “American Idol” finalist Chris Daughtry is 35. Actress Beth Behrs (“2 Broke Girls”) is 29. Actor Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”) is 28. Actress Eden Sher (“The Middle”) is 23. Singer Jade Thirlwall of Little Mix is 22.

Dec. 27: Guitarist Scotty Moore (Elvis Presley’s band) is 83. Actor John Amos (“Men in Trees,” ”The West Wing”) is 75. Actress Charmian Carr (Liesl in “The Sound of Music”) is 72. News correspondent Cokie Roberts is 71. Guitarist Mick Jones of Foreigner is 70. Actor Gerard Depardieu is 66. Singer Karla Bonoff is 63. Guitarist David Knopfler of Dire Straits is 62. Drummer Jeff Bryant (Ricochet) is 52. Actor Ian Gomez (“Felicity,” ”The Drew Carey Show”) is 50. Actress Eva LaRue (“CSI: Miami”) is 48. Guitarist Matt Slocum of Sixpence None the Richer is 42. Actor Wilson Cruz (“My So-Called Life”) is 41. Actor Masi Oka (“Hawaii Five-O,” ”Heroes”) is 40. Actress Emilie de Ravin (“Once Upon a Time,” ”Lost”) is 33. Singer Hayley Williams of Paramore is 26. Singer Shay Mooney of Dan and Shay is 23.

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