Elton John Celebrates His 76th Birthday Today

Actors:

Bonnie Bedelia is 75 (“Parenthood”)

Marcia Cross is 61 (“Quantico”)

Lisa Gay Hamilton is 59 (“House of Cards”)

Paul Michael Glaser is 80 (“Miami Vice”)

Mary Gross is 70 (“Sabrina The Teenage Witch”)

James McDaniel is 65 (“Detroit 1-8-7”)

Katharine McPhee is 39 (“Scorpion”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to husband David Foster, who is 34 years her senior, since 2019. Their son (her first child) Rennie David Foster arrived February 2021)

Lee Pace is 44 (“Guardians of the Galaxy”)

Sarah Jessica Parker is 58 (“…And Just Like That”)

Brenda Strong is 63 (“Desperate Housewives”)

Lark Voorhies is 49 (Lisa Turtle on “Saved by the Bell,” “Good Morning, Miss Bliss”) 

Musicians:

Big Sean is 35 (His mama knows him as Sean Michael Leonard Anderson)

Anita Bryant is 83

All Saints’ Melanie Blatt is 48

“American Idol” alum Jason Castro is 36 (He’s a married father of four now…and works in real estate)

Sir Elton John is 76

DJ Ryan Lewis (of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis) is 35

Ronnie McDowell is 73

Spandau Ballet’s Steve Norman is 63

The Melvins’ Buzz Osborne is 59

The late Hoyt Axton (1938 – 1999)…he would have been 85

The late Aretha Franklin (1942 – 2018)…she would have been 81 

Plus:

Astronaut James Lovell is 95 (FAST FACTS: Commander of the famous Apollo 13 space mission and the first person to fly to the moon twice without making a landing)

Comedian (and “SNL” castmember) Alex Moffat is 41

Domino’s Pizza founder Thomas S. Monaghan is 86 (FAST FACT: He grew his single college-campus pizza store into a huge business; he sold it to Bain Capital for an estimated $1-billion and became involved in philanthropic work)

Race car driver Danica Patrick is 41 (She is the most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel racing—her win in the 2008 Indy Japan 300 is the only women's victory in an IndyCar Series race and her third place in the 2009 Indianapolis 500 is the highest finish there ever by a woman. She competed in the series from 2005 to 2011. In 2012, she competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and occasionally in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.)

Movie critic Gene Shalit is 97 • Feminist icon and author Gloria Steinem is 89 (Quote: “I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.” FAST FACT: In 1972, Steinem became the first woman to speak at the National Press Club.)

 


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