Celebrity Birthdays for Feb. 21:
Movie director Bob Rafelson is 89.
Actor Gary Lockwood ("2001: A Space Odyssey") is 85.
Actor-director Richard Beymer is 84.
Actor Peter McEnery is 82.
Film/music company executive David Geffen is 79.
Actress Tyne Daly is 76.
Actor Anthony Daniels (C3P0 in "Star Wars" films) is 76.
Keyboardist Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) is 73.
Actor William Petersen ("C.S.I.") is 69.
Actress Christine Ebersole is 69.
Actor Kelsey Grammer is 67.
Singer Mary Chapin Carpenter is 64.
Actor Kim Coates ("Sons of Anarchy") is 64.
Actor Jack Coleman is 64.
Actor Christopher Atkins is 61.
Writer Chuck Palahniuk ("Fight Club") is 60.
Actor William Baldwin is 59.
Rock musician Michael Ward is 55.
Actor Patrick Gallagher is 54.
Actress Aunjanue Ellis ("Quantico") is 53.
Blues musician Corey Harris is 53.
Country singer Eric Heatherly is 52.
Bassist Eric Wilson (Sublime) is 52.
Singer Rhiannon Giddens of Carolina Chocolate Drops is 45.
Actor-comedian Kumail Nanjiani ("The Big Sick", "Silicon Valley") is 44.
Actor Tituss Burgess ("Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt") is 43.
Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt is 43.
Director-actor Jordan Peele ("Get Out", "Key and Peele") is 43.
Cartoonist Bryan Lee O'Malley (Scott Pilgrim series) is 43.
Actor Brendan Sexton III is 42.
Opera/pop singer Charlotte Church is 36.
Actress Ashley Greene ("Twilight") is 35.
Actor Elliot Page (formerly Ellen Page) ("Inception," ''Juno") is 35.
Actor Corbin Bleu ("High School Musical," ''Jump In!") is 33.
Actress Hayley Orrantia ("The Goldbergs"/former contestant "The X Factor") is 28.
Actress Sophie Turner ("Game of Thrones") is 26.
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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