Celeb birthdays for the week of Jan. 21-27

By The Associated Press

Jan. 21: Opera singer Placido Domingo is 77. Singer Mac Davis is 76. Actress Jill Eikenberry is 71. Guitarist Jim Ibbotson (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 71. Singer-songwriter Billy Ocean is 68. Actor Robby Benson is 62. Actress Geena Davis is 62. Actress Charlotte Ross (“NYPD Blue”) is 50. Actress Karina Lombard (“The L Word”) is 49. Actor Ken Leung (“Marvel’s Inhumans,” ”Lost”) is 48. Rapper Levirt of B-Rock and the Bizz is 48. Drummer Mark Trojanowski of Sister Hazel is 48. Singer Cat Power is 46. DJ Chris Kilmore of Incubus is 45. Singer Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) of the Spice Girls is 42. Actor Jerry Trainor (“Wendell & Vinnie,” ”iCarly”) is 41. Singer Nokio of Dru Hill is 39.

Jan. 22: Actress Piper Laurie is 86. Actor Seymour Cassel is 83. Singer Steve Perry (Journey) is 69. Bassist Teddy Gentry of Alabama is 66. Actor John Wesley Shipp (“The Flash,” ”Dawson’s Creek”) is 63. Actress Linda Blair is 59. Actress Diane Lane is 53. Country singer Regina Nicks of Regina Regina is 53. Rapper-actor DJ Jazzy Jeff is 53. Celebrity chef Guy Fieri is 50. Actress Olivia D’Abo (“Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” ”The Wonder Years”) is 49. Singer Marc Gay of Shai is 49. Actress Katie Finneran (“The Michael J. Fox Show”) is 47. Actor Balthazar Getty is 43. Actor Christopher Kennedy Masterson (“Malcolm in the Middle”) is 38. Jazz singer Lizz Wright is 38. Singer Willa Ford is 37. Actress Beverley Mitchell (“Seventh Heaven”) is 37. Guitarist Ben Moody of The Fallen (and formerly of Evanescence) is 37. Rapper Logic is 28. Actress Sami Gayle (“Blue Bloods”) is 22.

Jan. 23: Actress Chita Rivera is 85. Actor Gil Gerard is 75. Singer Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters is 70. Bassist-keyboardist Bill Cunningham of The Box Tops is 68. Actor Richard Dean Anderson (“MacGyver”) is 68. Singer-guitarist Robin Zander of Cheap Trick is 65. Singer Anita Baker is 60. Bassist Earl Falconer of UB40 is 59. Actor Boris McGiver (“House of Cards,” ”Boardwalk Empire”) is 56. Actress Gail O’Grady (“American Dreams,” ”NYPD Blue”) is 55. Actress Mariska Hargitay (“Law and Order: Special Victims Unit”) is 54. Singer Marc Nelson (Az Yet) is 47. Actress Tiffani Thiessen (“Beverly Hills, 90210”) is 44. Bassist Nick Harmer of Death Cab For Cutie is 43.

Jan. 24: Singer Ray Stevens is 79. Singer Aaron Neville is 77. Singer Neil Diamond is 77. Actor Michael Ontkean (“Twin Peaks”) is 72. Country singer-songwriter Becky Hobbs is 68. Comedian Yakov Smirnoff is 67. Keyboardist-turned-TV personality Jools Holland (Squeeze) is 60. Drummer Keech Rainwater of Lonestar is 55. Singer Sleepy Brown of Society of Soul is 48. Actress Matthew Lillard (“Scooby-Doo,” ”She’s All That”) is 48. Actress Merrilee McCommas (“Friday Night Lights,” ”Family Law”) is 47. Singer Beth Hart is 46. Actor Ed Helms (“The Office”) is 44. Actress Tatyana Ali (“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) is 39. Actor Daveed Diggs (“black-ish”) is 36. Actor Justin Baldoni (“Jane The Virgin”) is 34. Actress Mischa Barton (“The O.C.”) is 32.

Jan. 25: Country singer Claude Gray is 86. Actress Leigh Taylor-Young (“Peyton Place,” ”Soylent Green”) is 73. Drummer Mike Burch of River Road is 52. Singer Kina (Brownstone) is 49. Actress Ana Ortiz (“Devious Maids,” ”Ugly Betty”) is 47. Guitarist Matt Odmark of Jars of Clay is 44. Singer Alicia Keys is 37. Actor Michael Trevino (“The Vampire Diaries”) is 33. Bassist Calum Hood of 5 Seconds to Summer is 22.

Jan. 26: Actor Scott Glenn is 79. Singer Jean Knight is 75. Actor Richard Portnow (“Trumbo,” ”The Sopranos”) is 71. Drummer Corky Laing of Mountain is 70. Actor David Strathairn is 69. Musician Lucinda Williams is 65. Guitarist Eddie Van Halen is 63. Percussionist Norman Hassan of UB40 is 60. Comedian Ellen DeGeneres is 60. Keyboardist Charlie Gillingham of Counting Crowes is 58. Guitarist Andrew Ridgeley (Wham!) is 55. Singer Jazzie B. of Soul II Soul is 55. Actor Paul Johansson (“One Tree Hill”) is 54. Actor Bryan Callen (“The Goldbergs”) is 51. Gospel singer Kirk Franklin is 48. Actor Nate Mooney (“American Odyssey,” ”It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia”) is 46. Drummer Chris Hesse of Hoobastank is 44. Actor Gilles Marini (“Sex and the City”) is 42. Actress Sara Rue (“Less Than Perfect”) is 40. Actor Colin O’Donoghue (“Once Upon a Time”) is 37. Guitarist Michael Martin of Marshall Dyllon is 35.

Jan. 27: Actor James Cromwell (“Murder in the First,” ”Babe”) is 78. Drummer Nick Mason of Pink Floyd is 74. Singer Nedra Talley of The Ronettes is 72. Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov is 70. Country singer Cheryl White of The Whites is 63. Guitarist Richard Young of The Kentucky Headhunters is 63. Actress Mimi Rogers is 62. Guitarist Janick Gers of Iron Maiden is 61. Singer Margo Timmins of Cowboy Junkies is 57. Keyboardist Gillian Gilbert (New Order) is 57. Actress Tamlyn Tomita (TV’s “Teen Wolf”) is 55. Actress Bridget Fonda is 54. Actor Alan Cumming (“Spy Kids”) is 53. Singer Mike Patton (Faith No More) is 50. Country singer Tracy Lawrence is 50. Rapper Tricky is 50. Guitarist Michael Kulas of James is 49. Comedian Patton Oswalt is 49. Actor Josh Randall (“Ed”) is 46. Country singer Kevin Denney is 40. Drummer Andrew Lee of St. Paul and the Broken Bones is 32. Drummer Matt Sanchez of American Authors is 32.

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