Celebrity Birthdays for May 24:
Actor-comedian-impressionist Stanley Baxter is 99.
Artist Robert Bateman is 95.
Jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp is 88.
Comedian Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong is 87.
Musician and Nobel laureate in Literature Bob Dylan is 84.
Actor Gary Burghoff ("MASH") is 82.
Singer Patti LaBelle is 81.
Actress Priscilla Presley is 80.
Drummer Steve Upton (Wishbone Ash) is 79.
Country singer-songwriter Mike Reid is 78.
Drummer Albert Bouchard (Blue Oyster Cult) is 78.
Actor Jim Broadbent ("Moulin Rouge," ''Iris") is 76.
Actor Alfred Molina is 72.
Singer Rosanne Cash is 70.
Singer Larry Blackmon (Cameo) is 69.
Actor Cliff Parisi ("Call the Midwife") is 65.
Actress Kristin Scott Thomas is 65.
Actor John C. Reilly ("Chicago," ''Gangs of New York") is 60.
Actor Dana Ashbrook ("Twin Peaks") is 58.
Actor Eric Close ("Nashville," ''Without A Trace") is 58.
Actor Carl Anthony Payne II ("Martin," ''The Cosby Show") is 56.
Guitarist Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) is 56.
Actor Dash Mihok is 51.
Comedian-actor Will Sasso is 50.
Actor Bryan Greenburg is 47.
Actor Billy L. Sullivan ("Something So Right") is 45.
Actor-rapper Jerod Mixon (a.k.a. Big Tyme) is 44.
Ballroom dancer Mark Ballas ("Dancing With The Stars") is 39.
Country singer Billy Gilman is 37.
Rapper G-Eazy (born Gerald Gillum) is 36.
Actress Brianne Howey is 36.
Actor Cayden Boyd is 31.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1686, Gabriel Fahrenheit, inventor of the temperature scale. (Sept. 16, 1736)
In 1819, Queen Victoria. (Jan. 22, 1901)
In 1900, athlete-politician Lionel Conacher. (May 26, 1954)
In 1931, songwriter Clint Ballard Jr. ("You're No Good"). (Dec. 23, 2008)
In 1938, Jamaican singer and record producer Prince Buster. (Sept. 8, 2016)
In 1941, jazz organist Charles Earland. (Dec. 11, 1999)
In 1942, guitarist Derek Quinn (Freddie and the Dreamers). (Oct. 22, 2020)
In 1959, NHL goalie Pelle Lindbergh. (Nov. 11, 1985)
In 1962, actor-dancer Gene Anthony Ray. (Nov. 14, 2003)
In 1963, keyboardist Vivian Trimble (Luscious Jackson). (Apr. 4, 2023)
In 1967, rapper-recording executive Heavy D (real name Dwight Myers). (Nov. 8, 2011)
In 1970, singer Tommy Page. (March 3, 2017)
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