Celebrity Birthdays for April 14:
Actress Julie Christie is 85.
Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore is 80.
Actor John Shea ("Gossip Girl," ''Lois and Clark") is 76.
Country music songwriter Kostas is 76.
Actor Peter Capaldi (“Doctor Who,” “The Thick of It”) is 67.
Actor-turned-racecar driver Brian Forster ("The Partridge Family") is 65.
Actor Brad Garrett ("Everybody Loves Raymond") is 65.
Actor Robert Carlyle ("Once Upon A Time") is 64.
Singer-guitarist John Bell of Widespread Panic is 63.
Actor Robert Clendenin is 61.
Actress Catherine Dent ("The Shield") is 60.
Actor Lloyd Owen is 59.
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux is 59.
Drummer Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees) is 58.
Actor Anthony Michael Hall is 57.
Actor Adrien Brody is 52.
Classical singer David Miller of Il Divo is 52.
Rapper Da Brat (born Shawntae Harris) is 51.
Actor Antwon Tanner ("One Tree Hill") is 50.
MMA fighter Anderson Silva is 50.
Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar is 48.
Roots singer JD McPherson is 48.
Actor Rob McElhenney ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") is 48.
Singer Win Butler of Arcade Fire is 45.
Actor Claire Coffee ("Grimm") is 45.
Olympic gold medal short track speed skater Charles Hamelin is 41.
Actor Christian Alexander is 35.
Actor Adam DiMarco ("The Order") is 35.
Actor Nick Krause ("The Descendants") is 33.
Actor Graham Phillips ("The Good Wife") is 32.
Actress Vivien Cardone is 32.
Actress Skyler Samuels ("Scream Queens") is 31.
Actress Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") is 29.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1866, Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher. (Oct. 20, 1936)
In 1904, actor Sir John Gielgud. (May 21, 2000)
In 1911, Canadian Jeanette Heller, a dancer with the origninal "Rockettes" in the 30's in New York. (Oct. 16, 2008)
In 1925, actor Rod Stieger. (July 9, 2002)
In 1925 saxophonist Gene "Jug" Ammons. (Aug. 6, 1974)
In 1928, Jazz pianist Norm Amadio. (Jan. 21, 2020)
In 1930, actor Jay Robinson. (Sept. 27, 2013)
In 1930, actor Bradford Dillman ("Falcon Crest"). (Jan. 16, 2018)
In 1932, country singer Loretta Lynn. (Oct. 4, 2022)
In 1933, Jack Poole, the legendary Vancouver businessman who brought the 2010 Winter Games to Vancouver. (Oct. 23, 2009)
In 1941, retired MLB All-Star Pete Rose. (Sept. 30, 2024)
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