Actors:
Hugh Dancy is 49 (“Hannibal,” “Law & Order”)
Paul Dano is 40 (“Little Miss Sunshine,” “12 Years a Slave”)
Jean Dujardin is 52 (“The Artist,” “The Wolf of Wall Street”) (FAST FACT: He won the Oscar for his role in the silent film “The Artist” in 2012)
Ryan Hurst is 48 (“Remember the Titans,” “Sons of Anarchy”)
Mia Maestro is 46 (“Alias,” “The Twilight Saga”)
Phylicia Rashad is 76 (“The Cosby Show,” “Creed”)
Gena Rowlands is 94 (“The Notebook,” “Monk”)
Zoe Saldana is 46 (“Avatar,” “Guardians of the Galaxy”)
Mia Sara is 57 (“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Chicago Hope”)
Robin Tunney is 52 (“Encino Man,” “Prison Break”)
Aidan Turner is 41 (“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” “The Clinic”)
Kathleen Turner is 70 (“The War of the Roses,” “Californication”)
The late leader of the Three Stooges, Moe Howard (1897-1975) (“Men in White,” “Three Little Pigskins”)
Musicians:
Paula Abdul is 62
Mayday Parade’s Jeremy Lenzo is 38
The Avett Brothers’ Scott Avett is 48
Macklemore is 41 (his mama knows him as Benjamin Hammond Haggerty)
The Verve Pipe’s Brian Vander Ark is 58
Korn’s guitarist Brian “Head” Welch is 54
Heart’s Ann Wilson is 74
The late bandleader of The Royal Canadians, Guy Lombardo (1902-1977) (FAST FACTS: He and his band were known for singing “Auld Lang Syne” on New Year’s Eve. They sold over 100-million albums over the course of his career and he has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.)
Plus:
Talk show host and author Laura Ingraham is 61 (“The Obama Diaries”)
Author Salman Rushdie is 77 (“The Satanic Verses,” “Midnight’s Children,” “Fury”) (FAST FACTS: He received death threats from the Iranian government for his controversial works – especially the “Satanic Verses,” which was deemed an affront to Islam.)
TV personality Lara Spencer is 55 (“Good Morning America,” “Antiques Roadshow FYI,” “Flea Market Flip”)
The late Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig (1903-1941) (FAST FACTS: He was a 7-time All Star, 6-time World Series Champion, 2-time AL MVP and became known as the “Iron Horse” after playing in 2,130 consecutive games.)
The late French physicist Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) (He was also a Christian philosopher, inventor, writer, and math theorist)
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