Celebrity Birthdays for May 28:
Producer-director Irwin Winkler is 95.
Actress Carroll Baker is 94.
Annette and Cecile of the Dionne quintuplets are 91.
Singer Gladys Knight is 81.
Singer Billy Vera is 81.
Actor Jean-Pierre Leaud is 81.
Singer John Fogerty is 80.
Former Toronto mayor John Tory is 71.
Musician Jerry Douglas of Alison Krauss and Union Station is 69.
Actor Louis Mustillo ("Mike and Molly") is 67.
Singer Roland Gift (Fine Young Cannibals) is 64.
Actor Brandon Cruz ("The Courtship of Eddie's Father") is 63.
Country singer Phil Vassar is 63.
Actress Christa Miller ("Scrubs," ''The Drew Carey Show") is 61.
Singer-songwriter Jimmy Rankin is 61.
Singer Chris Ballew of Presidents of the United States of America is 60.
Singer Kylie Minogue is 57.
Rapper Chubb Rock (born Richard Simpson) is 57.
Actor Justin Kirk ("Weeds") is 56.
Olympic gold medal figure skater Ekaterina Gordeeva is 54.
Talk show host Elisabeth Hasselbeck ("Fox and Friends," ''The View") is 48.
Actor Jake Johnson ("New Girl") is 47.
Actress Monica Keena ("Dawson's Creek," ''Undeclared") is 46.
Actor Jesse Bradford is 46.
Actress Alexa Davalos ("Clash of the Titans" ''The Chronicles of Riddick") is 43.
Actor Megalyn Echikunwoke ("24") is 43.
Singer Colbie Caillat is 40.
Actress Carey Mulligan ("The Great Gatsby") is 40.
Actor Joseph Cross is 39.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1779, poet Thomas Moore. (Feb. 25, 1852)
In 1878, Canadian soprano Louise Edvina. (Nov. 13, 1948)
In 1888, Jim Thorpe, voted AP's greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century in 1950. (March 28, 1953)
In 1898, bandleader Andy Kirk. (Dec. 11, 1992)
In 1908, author Ian Fleming (created the character of James Bond). (Aug. 12, 1964)
In 1909, Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Red Horner. (April 27, 2005)
In 1910, bluesman Aaron (T-Bone) Walker. (March 16, 1975)
In 1917, fiddler Papa John Creach. (Feb. 22, 1994)
In 1918, comedian Johnny Wayne (Wayne and Shuster). (July 18, 1990)
In 1929, Rockabilly singer-musician Sonny Burgess. (Aug. 18, 2017)
In 1932, premier of Nova Scotia John Savage. (May 13, 2003)
In 1933, actor John Karlen ("Cagney and Lacey"). (Jan. 22, 2020)
In 1934, Dionne quintuplets Yvonne, Emilie and Marie. Yvonne died June 23, 2001; Emilie died Aug. 6, 1954; Marie died Feb. 27, 1970.
In 1938, basketball Hall-of-Famer Jerry West. (June 12, 2024)
In 1940, Irish author Maeve Binchy. (July 30, 2012)
In 1941, actress Beth Howland ("Alice"). (Dec. 31, 2015)
In 1944, country singer Gary Stewart. (Dec. 16, 2003)
In 1944, actress Sondra Locke. (Nov. 3, 2018)
In 1944, Canadian singer Rita MacNeil. (April 16, 2013)
In 1949, singer Wendy O. Williams (Plasmatics). (April 6, 1998)
In 1959, rock vocalist Steve Strange (Visage). (Feb. 12, 2015).
In 1969, former Toronto mayor Rob Ford. (Mar. 22, 2016)
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