Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 20-26:

Jan. 20: Singer Slim Whitman is 84. Actress Patricia Neal is 82. Comedian Arte Johnson is 79. Director David Lynch is 62. Guitarist Paul Stanley of Kiss is 56. Bassist Ian Hill of Judas Priest is 56. TV host Bill Maher ("Politically Incorrect") is 52. Actor Lorenzo Lamas is 50. Actor James Denton ("Desperate Housewives") is 45. Country singer John Michael Montgomery is 43. Actor Rainn Wilson ("The Office") is 42. Actress Stacey Dash ("Clueless") is 41. Singer Edwin McCain is 38. Actor Skeet Ulrich ("Scream," "As Good As It Gets") is 38. Drummer ?uestlove (questlove) of The Roots is 37. Drummer Rob Bourdon of Linkin Park is 29.

Jan. 21: Actor Paul Scofield is 86. Actress Ann Wedgeworth ("Evening Shade") is 73. Blues singer Snooks Eaglin is 72. Singer Richie Havens is 67. Singer Mac Davis is 66. Actress Jill Eikenberry is 61. Guitarist Jim Ibbotson of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is 61. Singer-songwriter Billy Ocean is 58. Actor Robby Benson is 52. Actress Geena Davis is 52. Actress Charlotte Ross ("NYPD Blue") is 40. Drummer Mark Trojanowski of Sister Hazel is 38. DJ Chris Kilmore of Incubus is 35. Singer Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) of the Spice Girls is 32. Singer Nokio of Dru Hill is 29.

Jan. 22: Actress Piper Laurie is 76. Actor Seymour Cassel is 73. Actor John Hurt is 68. Singer Steve Perry (Journey) is 59. Bassist Teddy Gentry of Alabama is 56. Actress Linda Blair is 49. Actress Diane Lane is 43. Rap DJ-actor Jazzy Jeff is 43. Singer Marc Gay of Shai is 39. Actor Balthazar Getty is 33. Actor Christopher Kennedy Masterson ("Malcolm in the Middle") is 28. Singer Willa Ford is 27. Actress Beverley Mitchell ("Seventh Heaven") is 27. Guitarist Ben Moody (Evanescence) is 27.

Jan. 23: Actress Chita Rivera is 75. Actor Gil Gerard is 65. Singer Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters is 60. Keyboardist Danny Federici of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is 58. Bassist-keyboardist Bill Cunningham of The Box Tops is 58. Actor Richard Dean Anderson ("MacGyver") is 58. Singer-guitarist Robin Zander of Cheap Trick is 55. Singer Anita Baker is 50. Bassist Earl Falconer of UB40 is 49. Actress Gail O'Grady ("American Dreams," "NYPD Blue") is 45. Actress Mariska Hargitay ("Law and Order: Special Victims Unit") is 44. Singer Marc Nelson (Az Yet) is 37. Actress Tiffani Thiessen ("Beverly Hills, 90210") is 34.

Jan. 24: Actor Ernest Borgnine is 91. Actor Jerry Maren (Lollipop Kid from "The Wizard of Oz") is 89. Cajun fiddler Doug Kershaw is 72. Singer Ray Stevens is 69. Singer Aaron Neville is 67. Singer Neil Diamond is 67. Actor Michael Ontkean ("Twin Peaks") is 62. Country singer-songwriter Becky Hobbs is 58. Comedian Yakov Smirnoff is 57. Keyboardist Jools Holland (Squeeze) is 50. Actress Nastassja Kinski is 49. Singer Sleepy Brown of Society of Soul is 38. Actress Matthew Lillard ("Scooby Doo," "She's All That") is 38. Actress Merrilee McCommas ("Family Law") is 37. Actor Ed Helms ("The Office") is 34. Actress Tatyana Ali ("The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air") is 29. Actress Mischa Barton ("The O.C.") is 22.

Jan. 25: Actor Dean Jones is 77. Country singer Claude Gray is 76. Blues singer Etta James is 70. Actress Dinah Manoff ("Empty Nest") is 50. Country drummer Mike Burch of River Road is 42. Actress Ana Ortiz ("Ugly Betty") is 37. Singer Alicia Keys is 27.

Jan. 26: Actress Anne Jeffreys ("Topper," "General Hospital") is 85. Actor Paul Newman is 83. Sports announcer-actor Bob Uecker is 73. Actor Scott Glenn is 69. Drummer Corky Laing of Mountain is 60. Actor David Strathairn is 59. Singer Lucinda Williams is 55. Guitarist Eddie Van Halen is 53. Comedian Ellen DeGeneres is 50. Guitarist Andrew Ridgeley (Wham!) is 45. Singer Jazzie B. of Soul II Soul is 45. Actor Paul Johansson ("One Tree Hill") is 44. Gospel singer Kirk Franklin is 38. Drummer Chris Hesse of Hoobastank is 34.

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