Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 16-July 22:

July 16: Singer William Bell is 67. Actor-singer Ruben Blades is 58. Drummer Stewart Copeland (The Police) is 54. Dancer Michael Flatley is 48. Actress Phoebe Cates is 43. Country singer Craig Morgan is 41. Actor Will Ferrell ("Saturday Night Live") is 39. Actress Rain Pryor ("Head of the Class") is 37. Actor Corey Feldman is 35. Singer-guitarist Ed Kowalczyk of Live is 35.

July 17: TV personality Art Linkletter is 94. Comedian Phyllis Diller is 89. Actor Donald Sutherland is 71. Actress-singer Diahann Carroll is 71. Singer Spencer Davis of the Spencer Davis Group is 64. Bassist Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath is 57. Actress Lucie Arnaz is 55. Actor David Hasselhoff is 54. Singer Phoebe Snow is 54. Singer Regina Belle is 43. Guitarist Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Folk Implosion) is 40. Singer Guru of Gang Starr is 40. Christian singer Susan Ashton is 39. R&B singer Stokley of Mint Condition is 39. Actress Bitty Schram ("Monk") is 38. R&B singer JC of PM Dawn is 35. Rapper Sole'is 33.

July 18: Director Paul Verhoeven ("Basic Instinct,""Showgirls") is 68. Singer Brian Auger is 67. Singer Dion DiMucci is 67. Actor James Brolin is 66. Blues guitarist Lonnie Mack is 65. Singer Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas is 65. Country singer Ricky Skaggs is 52. Drummer Nigel Twist of The Alarm is 48. Actress Elizabeth McGovern is 45. Keyboardist John Hermann of Widespread Panic is 44. Drummer Jack Irons of Pearl Jam is 44. Actor Vin Diesel is 39. Guitarist Daron Malakian of System Of A Down is 31. Drummer Tony Fagenson of Eve 6 is 28. Actress Kristen Bell ("Veronica Mars") is 26. Singer Ryan Cabrera is 24.

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July 19: Actor Pat Hingle is 82. Country singer Sue Thompson is 80. Country singer George Hamilton IV is 69. Actor Dennis Cole is 66. Singer Vikki Carr is 65. Musician Commander Cody is 62. Actor George Dzundza (zunda) is 61. Singer-bassist Alan Gorrie of Average White Band is 60. Guitarist Brian May of Queen is 59. Guitarist Bernie Leadon (Eagles, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 59. Actor Peter Barton ("Sunset Boulevard,""Burke's Law") is 50. Drummer Kevin Haskins (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) is 46. Actor Campbell Scott is 45. Actor Anthony Edwards ("ER") is 44. Singer Country singer Kelly Shriver (Thrasher Shriver) is 43. Urs Buhler of Il Divo is 35. Actor JaredPadalecki ("Supernatural,""Gilmore Girls") is 24.

July 20: Rockabilly singer Sleepy LaBeef is 71. Actress Diana Rigg ("The Avengers") is 68. Bassist John Lodge of the Moody Blues is 63. Country singer T.G. Sheppard is 62. Singer Kim Carnes is 60. Guitarist Carlos Santana is 59. Drummer Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols is 50. Actress Donna Dixon ("Bosom Buddies") is 49. Country singer Radney Foster is 47. Singer Chris Cornell of Audioslave (and Soundgarden) is 42. Guitarist Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam is 40. Actor Reed Diamond ("Homicide: Life on the Street") is 39. Actor Josh Holloway ("Lost") is 37. Singer Vitamin C is 37. Actor Simon Rex is 32. Actor Charlie Korsmo ("Can't Hardly Wait,""Hook") is 28. Actor John Francis Daley ("Freaks and Geeks") is 21. Actress Billi Bruno ("According to Jim") is 10.

July 21: Jazz pianist-"Sunday Morning"correspondent Billy Taylor is 85. Singer Kay Starr is 84. Actor Paul Burke ("Dynasty,""Naked City") is 80. Movie director Norman Jewison is 80. Actress Patricia Elliott ("One Life To Live") is 64. Actor Edward Herrmann ("Gilmore Girls") is 63. Actor Leigh Lawson ("Tess") is 61. Singer Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) is 58. Cartoonist Garry Trudeau ("Doonesbury") is 58. Comedian-actor Robin Williams is 55. Comedian Jon Lovitz is 49. Actor Lance Guest ("Lou Grant") is 46. Singer Emerson Hart of Tonic is 37. Country singer Paul Brandt is 34. Actor Josh Hartnett is 28. Actress Vanessa Lengies ("Stick It,""American Dreams") is 21.

July 22: Actor Orson Bean ("Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman") is 78. Actress Louise Fletcher is 72. Singer Chuck Jackson is 69. Actor Terence Stamp is 67. Game show host Alex Trebek is 66. Singer George Clinton is 65. Singer-actor Bobby Sherman is 63. Singer Estelle Bennett of The Ronettes is 62. Writer-director Paul Schrader is 60. Singer Don Henley is 59. Actor Danny Glover is 59. Actor-comedian-director Albert Brooks is 59. Actor Willem Dafoe is 51. Singer Keith Sweat is 45. Singer Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls is 43. Actor-comedian David Spade is 42. Actor John Leguizamo is 42. Actor Rhys Ifans ("Notting Hill") is 39. Musician Daniel Jones (Savage Garden) is 33. Actress Franka Potente ("The Bourne Identity") is 32.

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