Celebrity Birthdays for Feb. 17:
Filmmaker-artist Alejandro Jodorowsky is 93.
Actor-comedian Dame Edna (a.k.a. Barry Humphries) is 88.
Actress Christina Pickles ("The Wedding Singer," ''St. Elsewhere") is 87.
Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown is 86.
Actress Brenda Fricker is 77.
Pop singer Dodie Stevens is 76.
Actress Becky Ann Baker ("Girls," ''Freaks and Geeks") is 69.
Actress Rene Russo is 68.
Actor Richard Karn ("Home Improvement") is 66.
Folksinger Loreena McKennitt is 65.
Actor Lou Diamond Phillips is 60.
Basketball Hall-of-Famer Michael Jordan is 59.
Actor-comedian Larry the Cable Guy (born Dan Whitney) is 59.
TV personality Rene Syler is 59.
Movie director Michael Bay is 57.
Singer Chante Moore is 55.
Guitarist Tim Mahoney of 311 is 52.
Actor Dominic Purcell ("Prison Break") is 52.
Actress Denise Richards is 51.
Singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day is 50.
Drummer Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters is 50.
Actor Jerry O'Connell is 48.
Country singer Bryan White is 48.
Actress Kelly Carlson ("Nip/Tuck") is 46.
Actor Ashton Holmes is 44.
Actor Conrad Ricamora ("How To Get Away With Murder") is 43.
Actor Jason Ritter ("Joan of Arcadia") is 42.
Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt is 41.
Socialite/TV personality Paris Hilton is 41.
Actress Brooke D'Orsay is 40.
TV co-host Daphne Oz ("The Chew") is 36.
Actor Chord Overstreet ("Glee") is 33.
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is 31.
Actress Meaghan Martin is 30.
Actress Sasha Pieterse is 26.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1867, English chocolate maker William Cadbury. (1957)
In 1874, IBM founder Thomas J. Watson Sr. (June 19, 1956)
In 1893, baseball player Wally Pipp. (Jan. 11, 1965)
In 1911, bandleader Orrin Tucker. (April 9, 2011)
In 1919, Canadian historian J.M.S. Careless. (April 6, 2009)
In 1922, singer Tommy Edwards. (Oct. 22, 1969)
In 1925, singer Bobby Lewis. (Apr. 28, 2020)
In 1925, actor Hal Holbrook. (Jan. 23, 2021)
In 1930, mystery writer Ruth Rendell. (May 2, 2015)
In 1933, Colleen Howe, wife of hockey legend Gordie Howe. (March 6, 2009)
In 1934, Canadian country singer Fred McKenna. (Nov. 18, 1977)
In 1934, Czech-born Canadian actress Maruska Stankova. (Aug. 31, 2000)
In 1935, country singer-songwriter Johnny Bush. (Oct. 16, 2020)
In 1938, stage actress-director Martha Henry. (Oct. 21, 2021)
In 1939, actress Mary Ann Mobley. (Dec. 9, 2014)
In 1940, singer Gene Pitney. (April 5, 2006)
In 1971, Canadian-born Celtic musician Martyn Bennett. (Jan. 30, 2005)
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