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Celebrity-Birthdays

Celebrity Birthdays for Feb. 5:

Hockey commentator Don Cherry is 88.

Tony-winning playwright John Guare is 84.

Financial writer Jane Bryant Quinn is 83.

Singer-songwriter Barrett Strong is 81.

Actor David Selby ("Dark Shadows," ''Falcon Crest") is 81.

Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach is 80.

Movie director Michael Mann is 79.

Singer Al Kooper is 78.

Actress Charlotte Rampling is 76.

Racing Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip is 75.

Actor Tom Wilkinson ("Selma") is 75.

Actress Barbara Hershey is 74.

Actor-director-comedian Christopher Guest is 74.

Nick Laird-Clowes, vocalist and guitarist with the '80s British band The Dream Academy, is 65.

Actor-comedian Tim Meadows ("Saturday Night Live") is 61.

Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh is 60.

Actress Laura Linney is 58.

Bassist Duff McKagan of Velvet Revolver (and Guns N' Roses) is 58.

World Golf Hall-of-Famer Jose Maria Olazabal is 56.

Actor Chris Parnell is 55.

Singer Chris Barron of the Spin Doctors is 54.

Singer Bobby Brown is 53.

Actor Michael Sheen ("Masters of Sex," ''Frost/Nixon," ''Twilight" films) is 53.

Actor David Chisum ("Black Box," ''One Life to Live") is 52.

Country singer Sara Evans is 51.

Country singer Tyler Farr is 38.

Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is 37.

Actress Crystal Hunt is 37.

Rapper Kevin Gates is 36.

Actor Darren Criss ("Glee") is 35.

Actor Alex Brightman is 35.

Keyboardist Kyle Simmons of Bastille is 34.

Actor Jeremy Sumpter ("Friday Night Lights," ''Peter Pan") is 33.

Soccer star Neymar is 30.

Actor Davis Cleveland is 20. 

Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1906, actor John Carradine. (Nov. 27, 1988)

In 1911, opera singer Jussi Bjoerling. (Sept. 9, 1960)

In 1914, novelist William S. Burroughs. (Aug. 2, 1997)

In 1919, comedian and actor Red Buttons. (July 13, 2006)

In 1921, Quebec singer-songwriter Robert L'Herbier. (Jan. 1, 2008)

In 1923, country singer Claude King. (March 7, 2013)

In 1929, session drummer Hal Blaine. (March 11, 2019)

In 1934, baseball Hall-of-Famer Hank Aaron. (Jan. 22, 2021)

In 1937, actor Stuart Damon. (June 29, 2021)

In 1940, Swiss artist H.R. Giger. (May 12, 2014)

In 1941, country singer Henson Cargill. (March 24, 2007)

In 1941, writer-producer Stephen J. Cannell. (Sept. 30, 2010)

In 1942, singer Cory Wells of Three Dog Night. (Oct. 20, 2015)

In 1944, Georgeanna Tillman Gordon, formerly of "The Marvelettes." (Jan. 6, 1980)

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