Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 15:
Actress Margaret O'Brien ("Meet Me In St. Louis") is 88.
TV and radio personality Dini Petty is 80.
Retired ballerina Veronica Tennant is 79.
Actress Andrea Martin is 78.
Country singer-songwriter David Lynn Jones is 75.
Melvyn Gale, cello player with the Electric Light Orchestra, is 73.
Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Randy White is 72.
Actor-director Mario Van Peebles is 68.
Guitarist Adam Jones of Tool is 60.
Actor James Nesbitt ("Waking Ned Devine") is 60.
CFL Hall-of-Famer Michael (Pinball) Clemons is 60.
Singer Lisa Lisa of Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam is 58.
Actor Chad Lowe is 57.
Alt-country singer Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie Prince Billy) is 55.
Actress Regina King is 54.
Retired tennis player Mary Pierce is 50.
Actor Eddie Cahill ("Conviction," ''CSI: New York") is 47.
NFL quarterback Drew Brees is 46.
Rapper/reggaeton artist Pitbull (born Armando Perez) is 44.
Singer-songwriter Howie Day is 44.
Actor Victor Rasuk ("Fifty Shades of Grey") is 41.
Actress Jessy Schram ("Nashville," ''Once Upon A Time") is 39.
Actor Michael Seater ("Life With Derek") is 38.
Electronic dance musician Skrillex is 37.
Singer-songwriter Grace VanderWaal (TV: "America's Got Talent") is 21.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1882, Canadian-born tenor Henry Burr. (April 6, 1941)
In 1886, business leader C. D. Howe. (Dec. 31, 1960)
In 1906, Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. (March 15, 1975)
In 1909, Gene Krupa, the premier drummer of the big-band era. (Oct. 16, 1973)
In 1913, actor Lloyd Bridges. (March 10, 1998)
In 1915, folk music collector Alan Lomax. (July 19, 2002)
In 1920, Canadian singer Yvonne King Burch (KIng Sisters). (Dec. 13, 2009)
In 1929, American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (April 4, 1968)
In 1929, Blues guitarist Earl Hooker. (April 21, 1970)
In 1931, veteran political journalist Eric Dowd. (Dec. 25, 2010)
In 1941, singer Captain Beefheart (born Don Van Vliet). (Dec. 17, 2010)
In 1942, Edward "Sonny" Bivins of the soul group The Manhattans. (Dec. 3, 2014)
In 1944, singer Joan Marie Johnson (The Dixie Cups). (Oct. 2, 2016)
In 1948, singer Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd). (Oct. 20, 1977)
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