Celebrity Birthdays for May 12:
Hockey Hall-of-Famer Johnny Bucyk is 90.
Actress Millie Perkins ("Knots Landing") is 87.
R&B singer Jayotis Washington is 84.
Country singer Billy Swan is 83.
Actress Linda Dano ("Another World") is 82.
Former Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff is 78.
Singer Steve Winwood is 77.
Actress Lindsay Crouse is 77.
Actor Bruce Boxleitner is 75.
Singer Billy Squier is 75.
Actor Gabriel Byrne is 75.
Jocko Marcellino of the rock revival group Sha Na Na is 75.
Blues musician Guy Davis is 73.
Country singer Kix Brooks of Brooks and Dunn is 70.
Hockey Hall of Fame centre Bernie Federko is 69.
Actress Kim Greist is 67.
Drummer Eric Singer (KISS) is 67.
Actor Ving Rhames is 66.
Guitarist Billy Duffy of The Cult is 64.
Actor-comedian-director Bruce McCulloch ("The Kids In The Hall") is 64.
Actor Emilio Estevez is 63.
Actress April Grace ("Lost," ''Joan of Arcadia") is 63.
Actress Vanessa Williams ("Soul Food," ''Melrose Place" -- not the former Miss America) is 63.
TV personality Carla Hall ("The Chew") is 61.
Keyboardist Eddie Kilgallon (Ricochet) is 60.
Actor Stephen Baldwin is 59.
Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto is 59.
Actor Scott Schwartz ("A Christmas Story") is 57.
Former pro skateboarder Tony Hawk is 57.
Actress Kim Fields ("Living Single," ''The Facts of Life") is 56.
Actress Samantha Mathis is 55.
Pro golfer Mike Weir is 55.
Pro golfer Jim Furyk is 55.
Actress Jamie Luner ("Melrose Place," ''Profiler") is 54.
Actress Rhea Seehorn ("Whitney") is 53.
Actor Christian Campbell is 53.
Actor Mackenzie Astin is 52.
Bassist Matt Mangano of Zac Brown Band is 49.
Actress Rebecca Herbst ("General Hospital") is 48.
Actor Jason Biggs ("American Pie") is 47.
Actress Malin Akerman is 47.
Actor Rami Malek is 44.
Actor Domhnall Gleeson is 42.
Comedian-actor Nathan Fielder is 42.
Actress-singer Clare Bowen ("Nashville") is 41.
Actress Emily VanCamp ("Revenge") is 39.
Actor Malcolm David Kelley ("Lost") is 33.
Actor Sullivan Sweeten ("Everybody Loves Raymond") is 30.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1820, Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. (Aug. 13, 1910)
In 1873, Group of Seven artist J.E.H. MacDonald. (Nov. 26, 1932)
In 1907, actress Katharine Hepburn. (June 29, 2003)
In 1917, Canadian football coach Frank Clair. (April 3, 2005)
In 1918, cosmetics entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash. (Nov. 22, 2001)
In 1921, old-time country musician Joe Maphis. (June 27, 1986)
In 1921, author Farley Mowat (May 6, 2014)
In 1928, songwriter Henry Cosby. (Jan. 22, 2002)
In 1925, Oscar-winning screenwriter Frank Pierson. (July 22, 2012)
In 1925, critic John Simon. (Nov. 24, 2019)
In 1925, Baseball Hall-of-Famer Yogi Berra. (Sept. 22, 2015)
In 1928, composer Burt Bacharach. (Feb. 8, 2023)
In 1935, jazz bassist Gary Peacock. (Sept. 4, 2020)
In 1936, TV news anchor Tom Snyder. (July, 29, 2007)
In 1937, comedian George Carlin. (June 22, 2008)
In 1940, songwriter/producer Norman Whitfield. (Sept. 16, 2008)
In 1944, singer James Purify, of the '60s soul duo James and Bobby Purify. (Jan. 22, 2021)
In 1945, keyboardist Ian McLagen of Small Faces and The Faces. (Dec. 3, 2014)
In 1963, singer Charles Pettigrew (Charles and Eddie). (April 6, 2001)
In 1995, actor Sawyer Sweeten. (April 23, 2015)
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