Celebrity Birthdays for April 17:
Actor David Bradley ("Game of Thrones") is 83.
Singer and actress Michele Richard is 79.
Musician Jan Hammer is 77.
Actor Clarke Peters ("Treme") is 73.
Rock singer/guitarist/producer Michael Sembello is 71.
Rapper Afrika Bambaataa is 68.
NBA head coach Dwane Casey is 68.
Actor Sean Bean ("Lord of the Rings") is 66.
Former NFL quarterback-turned-analyst Boomer Esiason is 64.
Actor Carlo Rota is 64.
Actor Joel Murray ("Dharma and Greg," ''The Artist") is 62.
Singer Maynard James Keenan of Tool and of Puscifer is 61.
Actress Lela Rochon is 61.
Former Alberta premier Rachel Notley is 61.
Actor William Mapother ("Lost") is 60.
Actress Leslie Bega ("The Sopranos") is 58.
Actor Henry Ian Cusick ("Scandal," ''Lost") is 58.
Actress Kimberly Elise is 58.
Singer Liz Phair is 58.
Rapper-actor Redman is 55.
Actress Jennifer Garner is 53.
Singer Victoria Beckham of the Spice Girls is 51.
Country music singer Gord Bamford is 49.
Actress Lindsay Korman ("Passions") is 47.
Actor Tate Ellington ("Quantico") is 46.
Actor Nicholas D'Agosto is 45.
Actor Charlie Hofheimer ("24: Legacy") is 44.
Former NHL player Brad Boyes is 43.
Actress Rooney Mara ("The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo") is 40.
Actress Jacqueline MacInnes Wood is 38.
Singer Avi Kaplan (Pentatonix) is 36.
Actor Paulie Litt is 30.
Actress Dee Dee Davis ("The Bernie Mac Show") is 29.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1620, Marguerite Bourgeoys, Canada's first woman saint. (Jan. 12, 1700)
In 1894, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. (Sept. 11, 1971)
In 1897, playwright and novelist Thorton Wilder. (Dec. 7, 1975)
In 1905, actor Arthur Lake. (Jan. 8, 1987)
In 1918, actor William Holden. (Nov. 12, 1981)
In 1923, journalist Harry Reasoner. (Aug. 6, 1991)
In 1923, tenor Gianni Raimondi. (Oct. 19, 2008)
In 1929, German bandleader James Last. (June 9, 2015)
In 1930, British trombonist and bandleader Chris Barber. (March 2, 2021)
In 1934, rock promoter Don Kirshner. (Jan. 17, 2011)
In 1940, British rocker Billy Fury. (Jan. 8, 1983)
In 1943, Canadian pop singer Bobby Curtola. (June 4, 2016)
In 1951, Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Borje Salming. (Nov. 24, 2022)
In 1951, actress Olivia Hussey. (Dec. 27, 2024)
In 1955, singer-guitarist Pete Shelley of The Buzzcocks. (Dec. 6, 2018)
In 1954, Hall of Fame wrestler "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (born Rod Toombs). (July 31, 2015)
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