Famous People Born Today- Bob Dylan Is 80

By Seth Williams

May 24th

Actors:

  • Jim Broadbent is 72 (“Iris,” “Moulin Rouge!,” “Bridget Jones' Diary,” “Harry Potter” series, “Game of Thrones”)
  • Gary Burghoff is 78 (Radar on “M*A*S*H,” “Daniel's Lot”)
  • Tommy Chong is 83 (“Cheech & Chong,” “That 70’s Show”)
  • Eric Close is 54 (“Sisters,” “Dark Skies,” “Without a Trace,” “Nashville”)
  • Alfred Molina is 68 (“Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Steamboy,” “Maverick,” “Species,” “Spider-Man 2”)
  • Priscilla Presley is 76 (“The Naked Gun,” “Dallas”)
  • John C. Reilly is 56 (“Casualties of War,” “Chicago,” “Talladega Nights,” “Boogie Nights”)
  • Will Sasso is 46 (“MADTV,” “A Mighty Wind,” “Three Stooges,” “Justified”)
  • Dame Kristin Scott Thomas is 61 (“Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “The English Patient”) (FAST FACTS: The Oscar-nominated actress’ heralded career has included 65 films, but in 2014 she saidshe was walking away from the movie business. But that doesn’t mean she’s given up acting completely – she still takes the stage in her native Britain. It’s just theAmerican film side she’s sick)

Musicians:

  • Rosanne Cash is 66
  • Bob Dylan is 80 (Born Robert Zimmerman, he took his very first bow at St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota…when he was born)
  • Billy Gilman is 33
  • Patti LaBelle is 77
  • The late Heavy D(1967 – 2011)…he would have been 54(born Dwight Errington Myers, it was initially believed that he died from pneumonia, but it was later revealed that he succumbed to a pulmonary embolism – blood clot in the lung)

Plus:

  • “Dancing with the Stars” pro Mark Ballas is 35
  • Competitive eater Matt Stonie is 29 (According to MajorLeagueEating.com, he is currently the third-ranked competitive eater. Among his major accomplishments, he’schowed 103 tacos in eight minutes,and Big Smoke’s Order from “GTA” –which amounted to nearly 10-thousand caloriesin 34 minutes. Stonie also won the 2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, dethroning 8-time defending champion Joey Chestnut, but lost the title in 2016.)
  • The late Elsa Maxwell(1883 – 1963)(Known as the Hostess with the Mostess, she was the world's premiere party-giver during the Roaring Twenties. She first gained fame as an author and gossip columnist)
  • The late Queen Victoria(1819 – 1901)(A national emblem of morality, at 64 years, she had a longer reign than any other queen and oversaw a period of great expansion in the British Empire.)

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