Celebrity Birthdays for May 15:
Actress-singer Anna Maria Alberghetti is 88.
Counterculture icon Wavy Gravy is 88.
Actress-singer Lainie Kazan is 84.
Actress Gunilla Hutton ("Petticoat Junction," ''Hee Haw") is 82.
Actor Chazz Palminteri ("Analyze This," ''Mulholland Falls") is 78.
Grahaem Goble of the Little River Band is 77.
Musician Brian Eno is 76.
Actor Nicholas Hammond ("The Sound of Music") is 74.
Musician Mike Oldfield is 71.
Baseball Hall-of-Famer George Brett is 71.
Actor Lee Horsley ("Matt Houston") is 69.
Sportscaster Dan Patrick is 68.
TV personality Giselle Fernandez is 63.
Actress Brenda Bakke is 61.
Pro golfer Glen Hnatiuk is 59.
Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith is 55.
Actor Brad Rowe is 54.
Actor David Charvet ("Melrose Place") is 52.
Actor Russell Hornsby ("Grimm") is 50.
Rock musician Ahmet Zappa is 50.
NFL linebacker-turned football analyst Ray Lewis is 49.
Guitarist Zoltan Bathory ("Five Finger Death Punch") is 47.
Actor David Krumholtz ("Numb3rs") is 46.
Bassist David Hartley of The War on Drugs is 43.
Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler ("The Sopranos") is 43.
Actress Alexandra Breckenridge ("The Walking Dead," ''American Horror Story") is 42.
Guitarist Brad Shultz of Cage the Elephant is 42.
Guitarist Nick Perri (Shinedown) is 40.
Tennis player Andy Murray is 37.
Singer Birdy is 28.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1856, author L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz). ( May 6, 1919)
In 1859, scientist Pierre Curie. ( April 19, 1906)
In 1898, French actress Arletty. ( July 23, 1992)
In 1909, actor James Mason. ( July 27, 1984)
In 1914, Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Turk Broda. (Oct. 17, 1972)
In 1914, conductor-composer-arranger Norrie Paramor. (Sept. 9, 1979)
In 1918, country music superstar Eddy Arnold. (May 8, 2008)
In 1918, Canadian actor Joseph Wiseman. (Oct. 19, 2009)
In 1919, Eugenia Charles, former prime minister of Dominica, the world’s first black female head of a country. (Sept. 6, 2005)
In 1923, Bollywood's legendary comedian Johnny Walker. (July 29, 2003)
In 1926, playwright Sir Peter Shaffer. (June 6, 2016)
In 1926, Canadian composer Clermont Pepin. (Sept. 2, 2006)
In 1931, golf commentator Ken Venturi. (May 17, 2013)
In 1935, music industry manager/songwriter Gordon W. Mills. (July 29, 1986)
In 1936, Canadian arranger-composer-conductor Milan Kymlicka. (Oct. 9, 2008)
In 1937, singer Trini Lopez. (Aug. 11, 2020)
In 1942, country singer K.T. Oslin. (Dec. 21, 2020)
In 1948, musician Gary Thain (Uriah Heep). (Dec. 8, 1975)
In 1951, singer Fergie Frederiksen (Toto). (Jan. 18, 2014)
In 1970, singer Prince Be of PM Dawn. (June 17, 2016)
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