Celebrity Birthdays for Feb. 21:
Movie director Bob Rafelson is 88.
Actor Gary Lockwood ("2001: A Space Odyssey") is 84.
Actor-director Richard Beymer is 83.
Actor Peter McEnery is 81.
Film/music company executive David Geffen is 78.
Actress Tyne Daly is 75.
Actor Anthony Daniels (C3P0 in "Star Wars" films) is 75.
Keyboardist Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) is 72.
Actor William Petersen ("C.S.I.") is 68.
Actress Christine Ebersole is 68.
Actor Kelsey Grammer is 66.
Singer Mary Chapin Carpenter is 63.
Actor Kim Coates ("Sons of Anarchy") is 63.
Actor Jack Coleman is 63.
Actor Christopher Atkins is 60.
Writer Chuck Palahniuk ("Fight Club") is 59.
Actor William Baldwin is 58.
Rock musician Michael Ward is 54.
Actor Patrick Gallagher is 53.
Actress Aunjanue Ellis ("Quantico") is 52.
Blues musician Corey Harris is 52.
Country singer Eric Heatherly is 51.
Bassist Eric Wilson (Sublime) is 51.
Bassist Tad Kinchla of Blues Traveler is 48.
Singer Rhiannon Giddens of Carolina Chocolate Drops is 44.
Actor-comedian Kumail Nanjiani ("The Big Sick", "Silicon Valley") is 43.
Actor Tituss Burgess ("Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt") is 42.
Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt is 42.
Director-actor Jordan Peele ("Get Out", "Key and Peele") is 42.
Cartoonist Bryan Lee O'Malley (Scott Pilgrim series) is 42.
Actor Brendan Sexton III is 41.
Opera/pop singer Charlotte Church is 35.
Actress Ashley Greene ("Twilight") is 34.
Actor Elliot Page (formerly Ellen Page) ("Inception," ''Juno") is 34.
Actor Corbin Bleu ("High School Musical," ''Jump In!") is 32.
Actress Hayley Orrantia ("The Goldbergs"/former contestant "The X Factor") is 27.
Actress Sophie Turner ("Game of Thrones") is 25.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1801, Cardinal John Henry Newman. (Aug. 11, 1890)
In 1893, classical guitarist Andres Segovia. (June 2, 1987)
In 1927, bluegrass banjo player Don Reno. (Oct. 16, 1984)
In 1925, director Sam Peckinpah. (Dec. 28, 1984)
In 1927, humorist Erma Bombeck. (April 22, 1996)
In 1927, Canadian composer Pierre Mercure. (Jan. 29, 1966)
In 1927, fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy. (March 10, 2018)
In 1933, jazz singer Nina Simone. (April 21, 2003)
In 1934, actress Rue McClanahan. (June 3, 2010)
In 1938, singer-songwriter Bobby Charles. (Jan. 14, 2010)
In 1940, U.S. Politician and civil rights activist John Lewis. (July 17, 2020).
In 1946, actor Alan Rickman. (Jan. 14, 2016)
In 1951, keyboardist Vince Welnick. (June 2, 2006)
In 1962, author David Foster Wallace. (Sept. 12, 2008)
In 1963, singer Ranking Roger of General Public and of English Beat. (March 26, 2019)
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