'Queen' Guitarist Brian May Celebrates 75th Birthday Today

Actors:

Beverly Archer is 74 (“Major Dad, “Mama’s Family”)

Trai Byers is 39 (“90210,” “Selma,” “Empire”)

Benedict Cumberbatch is 46 (“Hawking,” “Sherlock,” “Star Trek Into Darkness,” “Atonement,” “The Hobbit,” “Doctor Strange,” “Avengers: Infinity War”)

Anthony Edwards is 60 (“Revenge of the Nerds,” “Top Gun,” “Northern Exposure,” “ER,” “Zodiac”) (FAST FACTS: In February 2022 it was confirmed that he and longtime friend Mare Winningham had secretly eloped in late 2021)

Jared Padalecki is 40 (“Gilmore Girls,” “House of Wax,” “Supernatural,” “Walker”)

Campbell Scott is 61 (“Dying Young,” “Singles,” “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” “Royal Pains,” “House of Cards,” “Damages,” “The Amazing Spider-Man,” “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”)

Vinessa Shaw is 46 (“Hocus Pocus,” “Eyes Wide Shut,” “The Hills Have Eyes,” “Ray Donovan”

Musicians:

Il Divo’s Urs Buhler is 51

Vikki Carr is 82

Average White Band’s Alan Gorrie is 76

Drummer Kevin Haskins is 62 (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets)

Alesana’s Dennis Lee is 36

Queen’s Brian May is 75 (FAST FACT: He studied mathematics and in college and earned a PhD)

Crown the Empire’s Benn Suede is 28

Plus:

Riley Curry (daughter of NBA Champion Steph Curry) is 10

Wildlife enthusiast Chris Kratt is 53 (he’s also the creator, writer and producer of “Zoboomafoo”)

Starbucks founder Howard Schultz is 70 (FAST FACT: He got his start selling coffee drip machines)

The late alleged murderer Lizzie Borden (1860-1927) (FAST FACT: Yes, Lizzie was actually acquitted of the murders of her parents, but the horror of the accusation left her and her sister ostracized for the rest of their lives.)

The late scientist Samuel Colt (1814-1862) (Inventor of the Colt revolver, commonly known as The Gun that Won the West. He was able to produce his guns, which used interchangeable parts, on a large scale due to his ability to employ an assembly line)

The late Edgar Degas (1834-1917) (French painter considered as one of the founders of impressionism)

The late painter John Martin (1789-1854) (Romantic painter and engraver whose works included "The Seventh Plague of Egypt" and "The Great Day of His Wrath,")

The late George McGovern (1922-2012) …he would have been 100 (Democratic nominee for President in 1972 but lost to President Richard Nixon in one of the biggest landslides in American electoral history)

The late physicist and inventor Percy Spencer (1894-1970) (We can thank him for inventing the microwave oven)


Sponsored Content

Sponsored Content