May 17th
Actors:
- Sasha Alexander is 48 (“NCIS,” “Rizzoli & Isles,” “Dawson's Creek”)
- Rochelle Aytes is 45 (“White Chicks,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Madea's Family Reunion,” “Mistresses”)
- David Eigenberg is 57 (“Homicide: Life on the Street,” “Sex and the City,” “Chicago Fire”)
- Hill Harper is 55 (“Live Shot,” “City of Angels,” “CSI: NY,” “Limitless”) (FAST FACTS: Born Francis Eugene Harper, he’s also a Harvard Law School grad. As for why he goes by ‘Hill’ – it’s in honor of his maternal and paternal ancestors.)
- Ryan Ochoa is 25 (“iCarly,” “Pair of Kings,” “Nostalgia,” “Lake Munro”)
- Nikki Reed is 33 (“Twilight,” “Lords of Dogtown,” “Thirteen”) (FAST FACTS: First married to “American Idol” contestant Paul McDonald from 2011 – 2015, she’s been married to Ian Somerhalder since 2015 and welcomed their first child, daughter Bodhi Soleil, in July 2017.)
- Bob Saget is 65 ("Full House,” “Raising Dad,” “How I Met Your Mother”)
- Paige Turco is 56 (“All My Children,” “The Agency,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “Person of Interest,” “The 100”)
- The late Dennis Hopper(1936 – 2010)…he would have been 85(“Easy Rider,” “Blue Velvet,” “Speed,” “Apocalypse Now”)
- The late Bill Paxton(1955 – 2017)…he would have been66(“Weird Science,” “Aliens,” “Apollo 13,” “Twister,” “Titanic,” “Big Love,” “Nightcrawler,” “Hatfields & McCoys,” “Texas Rising,” “Training Day”) (FAST FACTS: His cause of death was a stroke resulting from complications from his heart and aorta surgery that he underwent this past February 14th)
Musicians:
- The Corrs’ Andrea Corr is 47
- Enya is 60 (Born Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin)
- Kree Harrison is 31
- Jordan Knight is 51
- Trent Reznor is 56
- Pierce the Veil’s Jaime Preciado is 35
Plus:
- Reality TV star Kandi Burruss is 45 (FAST FACTS: Aside from performing as part of Xscape and starring on “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” Burruss wrote the hit songs "No Scrubs" for TLC, and "Bills, Bills, Bills" for Destiny's Child.)
- Reality star Tabatha Coffey is 52 (“Shear Genius,” “Tabatha Takes Over”)
- Reality star Luann De Lesseps is 56 (“Real Housewives of New York City”) (FAST FACT: When she marriedThomas D’Agostino Jr., she lost theCountesstitle she gained from her previous husband…and while they’ve since divorced, she never went ahead with changing her name…she’s stillDe Lesseps – and uses “The Countess.”)
- TV personality Craig Ferguson is 59 (“Celebrity Name Game,” “Join or Die with Craig Ferguson”)
- “Dancing with the Stars” pro Derek Hough is 36(FAST FACT: He is athree-time “DWTS” champion)
- Boxing champ “Sugar” Ray Leonard is 65 (FAST FACTS: Olympic champion boxer and dominant prizefighter of the 1980s. He won 173 of his 200 professional fights and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.)
- Sportscaster Jim Nantz is 62
- San Antonio Spurs’ point guard Tony Parker is 39
- Model (and onetime girlfriend of Chris Brown) Karrueche Tran is 33 (FAST FACT: She actually an Emmy award-winning producer! She won the award for Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series in 2016 and was nominated again for the same this year for the series, “The Bay.”)