Celebrity Birthdays for April 17:
Actor David Bradley ("Game of Thrones") is 82.
Singer and actress Michele Richard is 78.
Musician Jan Hammer is 76.
Actress Olivia Hussey is 73.
Actor Clarke Peters ("Treme") is 72.
Rock singer/guitarist/producer Michael Sembello is 70.
Rapper Afrika Bambaataa is 67.
NBA head coach Dwane Casey is 67.
Actor Sean Bean ("Lord of the Rings") is 65.
Former NFL quarterback-turned-analyst Boomer Esiason is 63.
Actor Carlo Rota is 63.
Actor Joel Murray ("Dharma and Greg," ''The Artist") is 61.
Singer Maynard James Keenan of Tool and of Puscifer is 60.
Actress Lela Rochon is 60.
Former Alberta premier Rachel Notley is 60.
Actor William Mapother ("Lost") is 59.
Actress Leslie Bega ("The Sopranos") is 57.
Actor Henry Ian Cusick ("Scandal," ''Lost") is 57.
Actress Kimberly Elise is 57.
Singer Liz Phair is 57.
Rapper-actor Redman is 54.
Actress Jennifer Garner is 52.
Singer Victoria Beckham of the Spice Girls is 50.
Country music singer Gord Bamford is 48.
Actress Lindsay Korman ("Passions") is 46.
Actor Tate Ellington ("Quantico") is 45.
Actor Nicholas D'Agosto is 44.
Actor Charlie Hofheimer ("24: Legacy") is 43.
Former NHL player Brad Boyes is 42.
Actress Rooney Mara ("The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo") is 39.
Actress Jacqueline MacInnes Wood is 37.
Singer Avi Kaplan (Pentatonix) is 35.
Actor Paulie Litt is 29.
Actress Dee Dee Davis ("The Bernie Mac Show") is 28.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1620, Marguerite Bourgeoys, Canada's first woman saint. (Jan. 12, 1700)
In 1894, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. (Sept. 11, 1971)
In 1897, playwright and novelist Thorton Wilder. (Dec. 7, 1975)
In 1905, actor Arthur Lake. (Jan. 8, 1987)
In 1918, actor William Holden. (Nov. 12, 1981)
In 1923, journalist Harry Reasoner. (Aug. 6, 1991)
In 1923, tenor Gianni Raimondi. (Oct. 19, 2008)
In 1929, German bandleader James Last. (June 9, 2015)
In 1930, British trombonist and bandleader Chris Barber. (March 2, 2021)
In 1934, rock promoter Don Kirshner. (Jan. 17, 2011)
In 1940, British rocker Billy Fury. (Jan. 8, 1983)
In 1943, Canadian pop singer Bobby Curtola. (June 4, 2016)
In 1951, Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Borje Salming. (Nov. 24, 2022)
In 1955, singer-guitarist Pete Shelley of The Buzzcocks. (Dec. 6, 2018)
In 1954, Hall of Fame wrestler "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (born Rod Toombs). (July 31, 2015)
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