May 10th
Actors:
- Odette Annable is 35 (“Kindergarten Cop,” “Cloverfield,” “Breaking In,” “House,” “The Astronaut Wives Club”)
- Todd Lowe is 43 (“True Blood,” “Gilmore Girls,” “Shooter”)(that age is according to AP, Wiki has him as 42)
- Erik Palladino is 52 (“ER,” “Joan of Arcadia,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “Suits”)
- Lauren Potter is 30 (“Glee,” “Veep,” “Switched At Birth”)
- Dallas Roberts is 50 (“3:10 to Yuma,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” “The Good Wife,” “The Walking Dead”) (FAST FACT: While lots of people love him for lots of things, the “Law & Order” fan universe adores hiscreeptastic performance as serial killer Greg Yates)
- Lindsey Shaw is 31 (“Pretty Little Liars”)
- Leslie Stefanson is 49 (“The Hunted,” “The General’s Daughter,” “Unbreakable”)
- Kenan Thompson is 42 (“Kenan & Kel,” “Saturday Night Live”) (FAST FACT: He is the longest-tenured cast member in “SNL’s” history)
- The late Fred Astaire(1899 – 1987)(The legendary song and dance man appeared in 31 movie musicals and Three Little Words. The American Film Institute named him the 5th-Greatest Male Star of All Time)
- The late Nancy Walker(1922 – 1992)…she would have been 98(“Rhoda,” “Best Foot Forward”)
Musicians:
- Bono is 60 (born Paul David Hewson)
- Tool drummer Danny Carey is 59
- Donovan is 74
- The Spinners’ Henry Fambrough is 82
- Traffic’s Dave Mason is 74
- Young MC is 53 (born Marvin Young)
- The late Mother Maybelle Carter(1909 – 1978)(Alongside her cousin, Sara, and Sara’s husband, A.P. Carter, together they formed the Carter Family, one of the pioneering acts in country music.)
- The late Sid Vicious(1957 – 1979)…he would have been 63
Plus:
- Racecar driver (and former “Dancing with the Stars” alum) Helio Castroneves is 45
- Author Christopher Paul Curtis is 67 (FAST FACTS: The first African American recipient of the Newbery Medal for children's literature. He’s best known for works such as “Bud, Not Buddy” and “The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963.” Plus, two of his books have won the Coretta Scott King Award)
- Supermodel Linda Evangelista is 55 (One of the “original” supermodels, she’s been featured on over 600 magazine covers and was famous for coining the phrase, "I don’t get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day.") (FAST FACT: She received one of the largest divorce settlements in history, and receives a staggering $46,000 a month from her ex-husband, billionaire François-Henri Pinault)
- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa is 62 (The first Hispanic woman in space. She later held the position of Director of the Johnson Space Center)
- Designer Miuccia Prada is 71 (FAST FACT: Before taking over the family business, she earned a Ph.D. in political science, after which she performed as a mime for five years)
- The late announcer and voice-over artist Gary Owens(1934 – 2015) …he would have been 86(Among his characters, he was the voice of the title character on the 1960s cartoon series, Space Ghost)
- The late sportscaster Pat Summerall(1930 – 2013)…he would have been 90
- The late assassin John Wilkes Booth(1838 – 1865)(He’s the man who shot President Abraham Lincoln)