Celebrity Birthdays for May 12:
Hockey Hall-of-Famer Johnny Bucyk is 89.
Actress Millie Perkins ("Knots Landing") is 86.
R&B singer Jayotis Washington is 83.
Country singer Billy Swan is 82.
Actress Linda Dano ("Another World") is 81.
Former Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff is 77.
Singer Steve Winwood is 76.
Actress Lindsay Crouse is 76.
Actor Bruce Boxleitner is 74.
Singer Billy Squier is 74.
Actor Gabriel Byrne is 74.
Jocko Marcellino of the rock revival group Sha Na Na is 74.
Blues musician Guy Davis is 72.
Country singer Kix Brooks of Brooks and Dunn is 69.
Hockey Hall of Fame centre Bernie Federko is 68.
Actress Kim Greist is 66.
Drummer Eric Singer (KISS) is 66.
Actor Ving Rhames is 65.
Guitarist Billy Duffy of The Cult is 63.
Actor-comedian-director Bruce McCulloch ("The Kids In The Hall") is 63.
Actor Emilio Estevez is 62.
Actress April Grace ("Lost," ''Joan of Arcadia") is 62.
Actress Vanessa Williams ("Soul Food," ''Melrose Place" -- not the former Miss America) is 62.
TV personality Carla Hall ("The Chew") is 60.
Keyboardist Eddie Kilgallon (Ricochet) is 59.
Actor Stephen Baldwin is 58.
Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto is 58.
Actor Scott Schwartz ("A Christmas Story") is 56.
Former pro skateboarder Tony Hawk is 56.
Actress Kim Fields ("Living Single," ''The Facts of Life") is 55.
Actress Samantha Mathis is 54.
Pro golfer Mike Weir is 54.
Pro golfer Jim Furyk is 54.
Actress Jamie Luner ("Melrose Place," ''Profiler") is 53.
Actress Rhea Seehorn ("Whitney") is 52.
Actor Christian Campbell is 52.
Actor Mackenzie Astin is 51.
Bassist Matt Mangano of Zac Brown Band is 48.
Actress Rebecca Herbst ("General Hospital") is 47.
Actor Jason Biggs ("American Pie") is 46.
Actress Malin Akerman is 46.
Actor Rami Malek is 43.
Actor Domhnall Gleeson is 41.
Comedian-actor Nathan Fielder is 41.
Actress-singer Clare Bowen ("Nashville") is 40.
Actress Emily VanCamp ("Revenge") is 38.
Actor Malcolm David Kelley ("Lost") is 32.
Actor Sullivan Sweeten ("Everybody Loves Raymond") is 29.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1820, Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. (Aug. 13, 1910)
In 1873, Group of Seven artist J.E.H. MacDonald. (Nov. 26, 1932)
In 1907, actress Katharine Hepburn. (June 29, 2003)
In 1917, Canadian football coach Frank Clair. (April 3, 2005)
In 1918, cosmetics entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash. (Nov. 22, 2001)
In 1921, old-time country musician Joe Maphis. (June 27, 1986)
In 1921, author Farley Mowat (May 6, 2014)
In 1928, songwriter Henry Cosby. (Jan. 22, 2002)
In 1925, Oscar-winning screenwriter Frank Pierson. (July 22, 2012)
In 1925, critic John Simon. (Nov. 24, 2019)
In 1925, Baseball Hall-of-Famer Yogi Berra. (Sept. 22, 2015)
In 1928, composer Burt Bacharach. (Feb. 8, 2023)
In 1935, jazz bassist Gary Peacock. (Sept. 4, 2020)
In 1936, TV news anchor Tom Snyder. (July, 29, 2007)
In 1937, comedian George Carlin. (June 22, 2008)
In 1940, songwriter/producer Norman Whitfield. (Sept. 16, 2008)
In 1944, singer James Purify, of the '60s soul duo James and Bobby Purify. (Jan. 22, 2021)
In 1945, keyboardist Ian McLagen of Small Faces and The Faces. (Dec. 3, 2014)
In 1963, singer Charles Pettigrew (Charles and Eddie). (April 6, 2001)
In 1995, actor Sawyer Sweeten. (April 23, 2015)
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