- Actress Joan Plowright is 78.
- Country musician Charlie Daniels is 71.
- Actress Jane Alexander is 68.
- Singer Curtis Lee is 66.
- Actor Dennis Franz (“NYPD Blue”) is 63.
- Singer Wayne Fontana of Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders is 62.
- Actress-singer Telma Hopkins (Tony Orlando and Dawn) is 59.
- Actress Annie Potts is 55.
- Drummer Stephen Morris of New Order is 50.
- Actress Daphne Zuniga (“Melrose Place”) is 45.
- Actress Lauren Holly is 44.
- Actress Jami Gertz is 42.
- Actor-comedian Andy Richter is 41.
- Actress Julia Roberts is 40.
- Fiddler Caitlin Cary (Whiskeytown) is 39.
- Singer Ben Harper is 38.
- Country singer Brad Paisley is 35.
- Actor Joaquin Phoenix is 33.
- Singer Justin Guarini (“American Idol”) is 29.
Birthdays of the past:
- 1897 Edith Head, costume designer, died 1981.
- 1901 Hilo Hattie, Hawaiian actress/singer, died 1979.
- 1914 Dr. Jonas Salk, polio vaccine developer, died 1995.
- 1916 Jack Soo, “Barney Miller” actor, died 1979.
