Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 21:
Former governor-general Edward Schreyer is 89.
Actress Jane Fonda is 87.
Actor Larry Bryggman is 86.
Singer Carla Thomas is 82.
Guitarist Albert Lee is 81.
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas is 80.
Actor Josh Mostel is 78.
Actor Samuel L. Jackson is 76.
Movie producer Jeffrey Katzenberg is 74.
Singer Nick Gilder is 73.
Actor Dennis Boutsikaris ("Better Call Saul") is 72.
International Tennis Hall-of-Famer Chris Evert is 70.
Actress Jane Kaczmarek ("Malcolm in the Middle") is 69.
Country singer Lee Roy Parnell is 68.
Former child actress Lisa Gerritsen ("Phyllis," ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show") is 67.
Actor-comedian Ray Romano ("Everybody Loves Raymond") is 67.
Country singer Christy Forester of the Forester Sisters is 62.
Drummer Murph of Dinosaur Jr. is 60.
Actor-comedian Andy Dick is 59.
Actor Kiefer Sutherland is 58.
Actress Karri Turner ("JAG") is 58.
Actress Michelle Hurd is 58.
Actress Khrystyne Haje ("Head of the Class") is 56.
Actress Julie Delpy is 55.
Contemporary Christian singer Natalie Grant is 53.
Singer-guitarist Brett Scallions (Fuel) is 53.
Actor Glenn Fitzgerald is 53.
World Golf Hall-of-Famer Karrie Webb is 50.
Singer Lukas Rossi of Rock Star Supernova (TV: "Rock Star: Supernova") is 48.
Guitarist Steve Mazur (Our Lady Peace) is 47.
Actress Rutina Wesley ("True Blood") is 46.
Singer Shaun Morgan (Seether) is 46.
Country singer Luke Stricklin is 42.
Actor Steven Yeun ("The Walking Dead") is 41.
Actress Kaitlyn Dever is 28.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1879, Russian dictator Josef Stalin. (March 5, 1953)
In 1892, World Hall of Fame golfer Walter Hagen. (Oct. 6, 1969)
In 1915, actor Joe Mantell. (Sept. 29, 2010)
In 1915, Werner von Trapp, member of the Trapp Family Singers. (Oct. 11, 2007)
In 1918, former UN secretary general Kurt Waldheim. (June 14, 2007)
In 1918, drummer Panama Francis. (Nov 13, 2001)
In 1920, Jean Gascon, artistic director of the Stratford Festival from 1968-74. (April 13, 1988)
In 1922, ventriloquist Paul Winchell. (June 24, 2005)
In 1926, former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. (Jan. 22, 2012)
In 1926, country singer Freddie Hart. (October 27, 2018)
In 1928, George Gately, the creator of the "Heathcliff" newspaper comic strip. (Sept. 30, 2001)
In 1928, actor Ed Nelson ("Peyton Place"). (Aug. 9, 2014)
In 1934, jazz saxophonist Hank Crawford. (Jan. 29, 2009)
In 1935, movie director John Avildsen. (June 16, 2017)
In 1935, talk show host Phil Donahue. (Aug. 18, 2024)
In 1940, musician Frank Zappa. (Dec. 4, 1993)
In 1940, singer Ray Hildebrand, "Paul" of the '60s duo Paul and Paula. (Aug. 18, 2023)
In 1943, R&B singer-musician Walter (Wolfman) Washington. (Dec. 22, 2022)
In 1946, guitarist Carl Wilson of "The Beach Boys." (Feb. 6, 1998)
In 1953, singer Betty Wright. (May 10, 2020)
In 1959, track star Florence Griffith-Joyner. (Sept. 21, 1998)
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