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Celebrity Birthdays for May 16: Jazz drummer Billy Cobham is 80. Actor Danny Trejo is 80. Rock guitarist and composer Robert Fripp, founder of King Crimson, is 78. Actor Bill Smitrovich is 77. Rock singer-songwriter Jonathan Richman is 73.

Celebrity Birthdays for May 16:


 

Jazz drummer Billy Cobham is 80.

Actor Danny Trejo is 80.

Rock guitarist and composer Robert Fripp, founder of King Crimson, is 78.

Actor Bill Smitrovich is 77.

Rock singer-songwriter Jonathan Richman is 73.

Actor Pierce Brosnan is 71.

Singer/bassist Richard Page of Mr. Mister is 71.

Canadian astronaut (ret'd) Daffyd Williams is 70.

Actress Debra Winger is 69.

Olympic gold medal gymnast Olga Korbut is 69.

Singer Hazel O'Connor is 69.

Singer Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17) is 66.

Actress Mare Winningham is 65.

Comedian-actor Kevin McDonald (Kids In The Hall) is 63.

Violinist Boyd Tinsley of The Dave Matthews Band is 60.

Bassist Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) is 59.

Singer Janet Jackson is 58.

Actor-singer Scott Reeves ("Nashville," ''General Hospital") is 58.

Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Thurman Thomas is 58.

Actor Brian F. O'Byrne ("Million Dollar Baby") is 57.

Singer Ralph Tresvant is 56.

Actor David Boreanaz ("Bones," ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer") is 56.

News personality Tucker Carlson is 55.

Actress Tracey Gold ("Growing Pains") is 55.

Actor Yannick Bisson ("Murdoch Mysteries") is 55.

International Tennis Hall of Famer Gabriela Sabatini is 54.

Country singer Rick Trevino is 53.

Musician Simon Katz is 53.

TV personality Bill Rancic is 53.

Rapper Special Ed is 52.

Actress Tori Spelling is 51.

Actor Sean Carrigan ("The Young and the Restless") is 50.

Rapper B. Slade is 49.

Olympic triathlon champion Simon Whitfield is 49.

Actress Melanie Lynskey ("Two and a Half Men") is 47.

Actress Lynn Collins is 47.

Actor Jim Sturgess is 46.

Actor Joseph Morgan ("The Originals," ''Vampire Diaries") is 43.

DJ Alex Pall of The Chainsmokers is 39.

NHL all-star Corey Perry is 39.

Actress Megan Fox ("Transformers") is 38.

Actor Drew Roy ("Falling Skies," ''Hannah Montana") is 38.

Actor Jacob Zachar is 38.

Actor-comedian Jermaine Fowler ("Superior Donuts") is 36.

Actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster ("Game of Thrones") is 34.

Actor Marc John Jefferies ("The Tracy Morgan Show") is 34.

Singer Kirstin Maldonado of Pentatonix is 32.

Actor Miles Heizer (“13 Reasons Why “) is 30.


 

Also born on this date (death in parentheses):


 

In 1905, actor Henry Fonda was born. (Aug. 12, 1982)

In 1913, band leader Woody Herman. (Oct. 29, 1987)

In 1917, actor George Gaynes. (Feb. 15, 2016)

In 1919, pianist Liberace. (Feb. 4, 1987)

In 1921, actor Harry Carey Jr. (Dec. 27, 2012)

In 1928, Major League Baseball player/coach Billy Martin. (Dec. 25, 1989)

In 1929, jazz singer Betty Carter. (Sept. 26, 1998)

In 1931, actor Jack Dodson. (Sept. 16, 1994)

In 1931, Ted Kowalski, original tenor of the Canadian 1950s vocal quartet "The Diamonds." (Aug. 8, 2010)

In 1937, actress Yvonne Craig. (Aug. 17, 2015)

In 1947, Barbara Lee of "The Chiffons." (May 15, 1992)

In 1947, drummer Darrell Sweet (Nazareth). (April 30, 1999)

In 1950, Canadian rockabilly musician Ray Condo. (April 15, 2004)

In 1984, NHL forward Rick Rypien. (Aug. 15, 2011)

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