Actors:
Sean Bean is 64 (“The Lord of the Rings,” “Game of Thrones”)
Byron Cherry is 68 ("Dukes of Hazzard's" Coy Duke)
Henry Ian Cusick is 56 (“Lost,” “The Mentalist”)
Kimberly Elise is 56 (“The Great Debaters,” “Diary of a Mad Black Woman”) (FAST FACTS: She won a BET Comedy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for her role in Diary of a Mad Black Woman)
Jennifer Garner is 51 (“13 Going on 30,” “Alias”) (FAST FACTS: She once said she “was giving back to her fans” when asked on Ellen about her now-ex husband, Ben Affleck’s nude scene in “Gone Girl” – what a champ!)
Olivia Hussey is 72 (“It,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “Virus”) (FAST FACTS: she won a Golden Globe as a teenager for her role as Juliet in the 1968 “Romeo and Juliet”)
Rooney Mara is 38 (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “Carol”) (FAST FACTS: Her mother's family founded the Pittsburgh Steelers and her father founded the New York Giants. She’s been partnered with Joaquin Phoenix since 2016 – they welcomed their first child in September 2020)
Monet Mazur is 47 (“Castle,” “NCIS: Los Angeles”)
Luke Mitchell is 38 (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “The Tomorrow People”)
Joel Murray is 60 (“Two and a Half Men,” “Mad Men,”)
Lela Rochon is 59 (“Harlem Nights,” “Any Given Sunday”)
Kristine Sutherland is 68 (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”)
The late William Holden (1918 – 1981) (“Stalag 17,” “The Blue Knight”) (FAST FACTS: he won an Academy Award in 1954 for his role in “Stalag 17” and a Primetime Emmy Award in 1974 for “The Blue Knight”)
Musicians:
Heartland’s Craig Anderson is 50
Afrika Bambaataa is 66
Maynard James Keenan is 59 (Tool and A Perfect Circle) (FAST FACTS: He served in the U.S. Army before starting his singing career. His first group was Children of the Anachronistic Dynasty)
Liz Phair is 56
Michael Sembello is 69
Redman is 53 (born Reginald "Reggie" Noble)
Plus:
Spice Girl-turned-clothing designer Victoria Beckham is 49
Composer Jan [[YAWN]] Hammer is 75 (“Miami Vice” theme, “Crockett’s Theme”)
NFL champ-turned-analyst Boomer Esiason is 61 (A four-time Pro Bowl selection, he retired with 37,920 passing yards and 247 touchdowns.)
Director Adam McKay is 55 (FAST FACT: He met Will Ferrell while he was a writer on “Saturday Night Live”) (“Anchorman,” “Talladega Nights,” “Step Brothers,” “The Other Guys,” “Vice”)
The late entrepreneur P. Morgan (1837 – 1913) (FAST FACTS: He was an industrialist who made an enormous fortune in financing and corporate consolidations. He oversaw the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric Company into General Electric. He also oversaw the merger that created the United States Steel Corporation.)
The late wrestler and sometime actor “Rowdy Roddy” Piper (1954 – 2015)…he would have been 69. (Born Roderick George Toombs, he was billed as coming from Glasgow and was known for his signature kilt and bagpipe, but he was actually born Canadian – though he was of Scottish heritage. Piper died in his sleep at the age of 61 at his Hollywood home. His death certificate attributed this to cardiopulmonary arrest caused by hypertension, listing a pulmonary embolism as a contributing factor.)
The late journalist Harry Reasoner (1923 – 1991) (Co-founder of CBS-TV’s legendary news magazine “60 Minutes,” he was actually hired away by ABC in 1970 to anchor “ABC Evening News.” He returned to CBS in 1978 and resumed duties on “60 Minutes” until his retirement in May 1991.)
The late ventriloquist Senor Wences (1896 – 1999) (FAST FACTS: Born Wenceslao Moreno, his popularity grew with his frequent appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in the 1950s and 1960s.)