Celebrity Birthdays for Feb. 8:
Composer-conductor John Williams is 90.
News anchor Ted Koppel is 82.
Actor Nick Nolte is 81.
Folk singer and songwriter Tom Rush is 81.
Comedian Robert Klein is 80.
Actor-guitarist Creed Batton ("The Office") (The Grass Roots) is 79.
Drummer Adolpho (Fito) de la Parra (Canned Heat) is 76.
Singer Ron Tyson is 74.
Actress Brooke Adams is 73.
Actress Mary Steenburgen is 69.
Major League Baseball manager Joe Maddon is 68.
Author John Grisham is 67.
Actor Henry Czerny ("Revenge," ''The Tudors") is 63.
Hockey Hall of Fame winger Dino Ciccarelli is 62.
Singer-guitarist Sammy Llanas of The BoDeans is 62.
Rock singer Vince Neil of Motley Crue is 61.
Movie producer Toby Emmerich is 59.
Actress Missy Yager ("Manchester By The Sea") is 54.
Actress Mary McCormack is 53.
Guitarist Keith Nelson (Buckcherry) is 53.
Basketball Hall of Fame centre Alonzo Mourning is 52.
Pro wrestler Big Show (born Paul Wight Jr.) is 50.
Musician Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk is 48.
Actor Seth Green ("Austin Powers," ''Buffy The Vampire Slayer") is 48.
Actor Josh Morrow ("The Young and the Restless") is 48.
Actor William Jackson Harper is 42.
Actor Jim Parrack ("True Blood") is 41.
Actress Cecily Strong ("Saturday Night Live") is 38.
Rock musician Jeremy Davis is 37.
Rapper Anderson .Paak is 36.
Actor Ryan Pinkston is 34.
Pro surfer Bethany Hamilton is 32.
Actor Christian Madsen is 32.
NBA player Klay Thompson is 32.
Actress Karle Warren ("Judging Amy") is 30.
Jazz-pop singer Nikki Yanofsky is 28.
Actress Jordan Todosey is 27.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1828, author Jules Verne. (March 24, 1905)
In 1894, Canadian fighter pilot Billy Bishop. (Sept. 11, 1956)
In 1899, blues musician Lonnie Johnson. (June 16, 1970)
In 1918, former pro wrestler/manager "Classy" Freddie Blassie. (June 2, 2003)
In 1921, actress Lana Turner. (June 29, 1995)
In 1922, actress Audrey Meadows. (Feb. 3, 1996)
In 1922, Canadian baritone Morley Meredith. (Feb. 3, 2000)
In 1925, actor Jack Lemmon. (June 27, 2001)
In 1928, iconic Russian film actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov. (Dec. 4, 2009)
In 1928, Canadian lyricist-singer Gene Lees. (April 22, 2010)
In 1928, actor Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen in the 1950s TV show "Adventures of Superman" and movie "Superman Returns"). (Sept. 20, 2015)
In 1931, actor James Dean. (Sept. 30, 1955)
In 1941, prominent Indian singer Jagjit Singh. (Oct. 10, 2011)
In 1947, singer Marge Ganser (The Shangri-Las). (July 28, 1996)
In 1948, county singer Dan Seals. (March 25, 2009)
In 1958, pro wrestler Sherri Martel. (June 15, 2007)
In 1968, actor Gary Coleman. (May 28, 2010)
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The Canadian Press
