birthdays

birthdays

Actor Sean Connery is 82. Talk-show host Regis Philbin is 81. Actor Tom Skerritt is 79. Jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter is 79. Actor David Canary is 74. Singer Walter Williams of The O’Jays is 70. Actor Anthony Heald (“Boston Public”) is 68. Drummer Danny Smythe of The Box Tops is 64. Singer Henry Paul of BlackHawk (and Outlaws) is 63. Actor John Savage is 63. Bassist Gene Simmons of Kiss is 63. Singer Rob Halford of Judas Priest is 61. Keyboardist Geoff Downes of Asia is 60. Musician Elvis Costello is 58. Director Tim Burton is 54. Country singer-actor Billy Ray Cyrus is 51. Actress Ally Walker is 51. Actress Joanne Whalley is 51. Guitarist Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard is 50. Actor Blair Underwood is 48. Actor Robert Maschio (“Scrubs”) is 46. DJ Terminator X of Public Enemy is 46. Singer Jeff Tweedy of Wilco is 45. TV chef Rachael Ray is 44. Country singer Jo Dee Messina is 42. Model Claudia Schiffer is 42. Actor Eric Millegan (“Bones”) is 38. Actor Kel Mitchell (“Kenan and Kel”) is 34. Actress Rachel Bilson (“The O.C.”) is 31. Actress Blake Lively (“Gossip Girl”) is 25.