Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 27-Aug. 2

By The Associated Press

July 27: TV producer Norman Lear is 92. Actor Jerry Van Dyke (“Coach”) is 83. Singer Bobbie Gentry is 70. Actress-director Betty Thomas (“Hill Street Blues”) is 66. Singer Maureen McGovern is 65. Guitarist Duncan Cameron (Sawyer Brown) is 58. Comedian Carol Leifer is 58. Country singer Stacy Dean Campbell is 47. Singer Juliana Hatfield is 47. Actor Julian McMahon (“Profiler”) is 46. Actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (“Game of Thrones”) is 44. Comedian Maya Rudolph is 42. Drummer Abe Cunningham of Deftones is 41. Singer Pete Yorn is 40. Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers is 37. Actress Taylor Schilling is 30. Singer Cheyenne Kimball of Gloriana is 24.

July 28: Actor Darryl Hickman is 83. Cartoonist Jim Davis (“Garfield”) is 69. Singer Jonathan Edwards is 68. Actress Sally Struthers is 66. Actress Georgia Engel is 66. Drummer Simon Kirke of Bad Company is 65. Guitarist Steve Morse of Deep Purple is 60. Bassist Marc Perlman of The Jayhawks is 53. Actor Michael Hayden (“Murder One”) is 51. Actress Lori Loughlin (“90210,” ”Full House”) is 50. Actress Elizabeth Berkley is 42. Singer Afroman is 40. Drummer Todd Anderson of Heartland is 39. Singer Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach is 38. Rapper Soulja Boy is 24.

July 29: Actor Professor Irwin Corey (“Car Wash”) is 100. Actor Robert Horton (“Wagon Train”) is 90. Actor Robert Fuller (“Laramie,” ”Emergency!”) is 81. Actor David Warner (“Titanic”) is 73. Keyboardist Neal Doughty of REO Speedwagon is 68. Singer-bassist Geddy Lee of Rush is 61. Documentary maker Ken Burns is 61. TV personality Tim Gunn (“Project Runway”) is 61. Singer Patti Scialfa with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is 61. Actress Alexandra Paul (“Baywatch”) is 51. Country singer Martina McBride is 48. Drummer Chris Gorman (Belly) is 47. Actor Tim Omundson (“Psych”) is 45. Actor Wil Wheaton is 42. Singer Wanya Morris of Boyz II Men is 41. Actor Stephen Dorff is 41. Country singer James Otto is 41. Actor Josh Radnor (“How I Met Your Mother”) is 40. Musician Danger Mouse of Gnarls Barkley is 37. Actress Allison Mack (“Smallville”) is 32.

July 30: Blues guitarist Buddy Guy is 78. Movie director Peter Bogdanovich is 75. Singer Paul Anka is 73. Jazz saxophonist David Sanborn is 69. Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is 67. Actor Jean Reno is 66. Blues singer Otis Taylor is 66. Actor Ken Olin is 60. Actress Delta Burke is 58. Singer-songwriter Kate Bush is 56. Country singer Neal McCoy is 56. Actor Laurence Fishburne is 53. Actress Lisa Kudrow is 51. Country guitarist Dwayne O’Brien of Little Texas is 50. Actress Vivica A. Fox is 50. Actor Terry Crews (“Everybody Hates Chris”) is 46. Director Christopher Nolan (“Memento,” ”Insomnia”) is 44. Actor Tom Green is 43. Drummer Brad Hargreaves of Third Eye Blind is 43. Actress Christine Taylor (“The Brady Bunch Movie”) is 43. Comedian Dean Edwards (“Saturday Night Live”) is 41. Actress Hilary Swank is 40. Actress Jaime Pressly (“My Name Is Earl,” ”Not Another Teen Movie”) is 37. Singer-guitarist Seth Avett of The Avett Brothers is 34. Actress Yvonne Strahovski (“Chuck”) is 32.

July 31: Actor Don Murray is 85. Actor Geoffrey Lewis is 79. Actress Susan Flannery (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 75. Singer Lobo is 71. Singer Gary Lewis of Gary Lewis and the Playboys is 69. Actor Michael Biehn is 58. Singer-guitarist Daniel Ash (Love and Rockets, Bauhaus) is 57. Drummer Bill Berry (R.E.M.) is 56. Actor Wesley Snipes is 52. Country singer Chad Brock is 51. Musician Fatboy Slim is 51. Guitarist Jim Corr of The Corrs is 50. “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling is 49. Actor Dean Cain is 48. Actress Eve Best (“Nurse Jackie”) is 43. Actor Robert Telfer (“Saved by the Bell”) is 37. Country singer Zac Brown is 36. Actor B.J. Novak (“The Office”) is 35. Actor Rico Rodriguez (“Modern Family”) is 16.

Aug. 1: Actor-director Geoffrey Holder is 84. Singer Ramblin’ Jack Elliott is 83. Blues musician Robert Cray is 61. Singer Michael Penn is 56. Singer Joe Elliott of Def Leppard is 55. Rapper Chuck D of Public Enemy is 54. Guitarist Suzi Gardner of L7 is 54. Rapper Coolio is 51. Singer Adam Duritz of Counting Crows is 50. Country singer George Ducas is 48. Guitarist Charlie Kelley (Buffalo Club) is 46. Actress Jennifer Gareis (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 44. Actress Tempestt Bledsoe (“The Cosby Show”) is 41. Singer Ashley Parker Angel (O-Town) is 33.

Aug. 2: Keyboardist Garth Hudson of The Band is 77. Director Wes Craven is 75. Singer Kathy Lennon of The Lennon Sisters is 71. Actor Max Wright (“Alf,” ”Norm”) is 71. Actress Joanna Cassidy is 69. Actress Kathryn Harrold is 64. Actor Butch Patrick (“The Munsters”) is 61. Singer Mojo Nixon is 57. Actress Victoria Jackson is 55. Actress Apollonia is 55. Actress Cynthia Stevenson (“Men in Trees,” ”Hope and Gloria”) is 52. Actress Mary-Louise Parker is 50. Director-actor Kevin Smith (“Clerks,” ”Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back”) is 44. Actor Sam Worthington (“Terminator Salvation”) is 38. Actor Edward Furlong is 37. Actress Hallie Eisenberg is 22.

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