Celebrity Birthdays for May 24:
Actor-comedian-impressionist Stanley Baxter is 98.
Artist Robert Bateman is 94.
Jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp is 87.
Comedian Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong is 86.
Musician and Nobel laureate in Literature Bob Dylan is 83.
Actor Gary Burghoff ("MASH") is 81.
Singer Patti LaBelle is 80.
Actress Priscilla Presley is 79.
Drummer Steve Upton (Wishbone Ash) is 78.
Country singer-songwriter Mike Reid is 77.
Drummer Albert Bouchard (Blue Oyster Cult) is 77.
Actor Jim Broadbent ("Moulin Rouge," ''Iris") is 75.
Actor Alfred Molina is 71.
Singer Rosanne Cash is 69.
Singer Larry Blackmon (Cameo) is 68.
Actor Cliff Parisi ("Call the Midwife") is 64.
Actress Kristin Scott Thomas is 64.
Actor John C. Reilly ("Chicago," ''Gangs of New York") is 59.
Actor Dana Ashbrook ("Twin Peaks") is 57.
Actor Eric Close ("Nashville," ''Without A Trace") is 57.
Actor Carl Anthony Payne II ("Martin," ''The Cosby Show") is 55.
Guitarist Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) is 55.
Actor Dash Mihok is 50.
Comedian-actor Will Sasso is 49.
Actor Bryan Greenburg is 46.
Actor Billy L. Sullivan ("Something So Right") is 44.
Actor-rapper Jerod Mixon (a.k.a. Big Tyme) is 43.
Ballroom dancer Mark Ballas ("Dancing With The Stars") is 38.
Country singer Billy Gilman is 36.
Rapper G-Eazy (born Gerald Gillum) is 35.
Actress Brianne Howey is 35.
Actor Cayden Boyd is 30.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1686, Gabriel Fahrenheit, inventor of the temperature scale. (Sept. 16, 1736)
In 1819, Queen Victoria. (Jan. 22, 1901)
In 1900, athlete-politician Lionel Conacher. (May 26, 1954)
In 1931, songwriter Clint Ballard Jr. ("You're No Good"). (Dec. 23, 2008)
In 1938, Jamaican singer and record producer Prince Buster. (Sept. 8, 2016)
In 1941, jazz organist Charles Earland. (Dec. 11, 1999)
In 1942, guitarist Derek Quinn (Freddie and the Dreamers). (Oct. 22, 2020)
In 1959, NHL goalie Pelle Lindbergh. (Nov. 11, 1985)
In 1962, actor-dancer Gene Anthony Ray. (Nov. 14, 2003)
In 1963, keyboardist Vivian Trimble (Luscious Jackson). (Apr. 4, 2023)
In 1967, rapper-recording executive Heavy D (real name Dwight Myers). (Nov. 8, 2011)
In 1970, singer Tommy Page. (March 3, 2017)
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