Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 17:
Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl is 94.
Pope Francis is 88.
Singer-actor Tommy Steele is 88.
Actor Ernie Hudson ("Ghostbusters") is 79.
Political commentator host Chris Matthews is 79.
Actor-comedian Eugene Levy is 78.
Actress Marilyn Hassett is 77.
Actor Wes Studi is 77.
Drummer Jim Bonfanti of The Raspberries is 76.
Actor Joel Brooks ("Six Feet Under") is 75.
Singer Paul Rodgers is 75.
Singer Wanda Hutchinson of The Emotions is 73.
Country singer Sharon White of The Whites is 71.
Actor Barry Livingston ("My Three Sons") is 71.
Actor Bill Pullman is 71.
Director-producer Peter Farrelly ("There's Something About Mary," ''Dumb and Dumber") is 68.
Bassist Mike Mills of R.E.M. is 66.
Singer Sarah Dallin of Bananarama is 63.
Entertainer Andre-Phillipe Gagnon is 62.
Country singer Tracy Byrd is 58.
Former race car driver Paul Tracy is 56.
Actress Laurie Holden ("The Walking Dead") is 55.
Actor Sean Patrick Thomas ("The District") is 54.
Drummer Eddie Fisher of OneRepublic is 51.
Actress Sarah Paulson ("American Horror Story") is 50.
Actor Giovanni Ribisi is 50.
Actress Marissa Ribisi ("Pleasantville") is 50.
Actress Milla Jovovich ("Zoolander," ''The Fifth Element") is 49.
Singer Bree Sharp is 49.
Actress Katheryn Winnick is 47.
Drummer Neil Sanderson (Three Days Grace) is 46.
Boxer and politician Manny Pacquiao is 46.
Singer-songwriter Ben Goldwasser of MGMT is 42.
Actress Shannon Woodward ("Westworld," ''Raising Hope") is 40.
Rock singer Mikky Ekko is 40.
Actress Emma Bell ("The Walking Dead") is 38.
Actress Vanessa Zima is 38.
Guitarist Taylor York of Paramore is 35.
Actor Graham Rogers ("Quantico") is 34.
Actor-singer Nat Wolff ("The Naked Brothers Band") is 30.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1770, composer Ludwig van Beethoven. (March 26, 1827)
In 1796, Canadian writer Thomas C. Haliburton ("The Clockmaker"). (Aug. 27, 1865)
In 1862, Canadian music impresario and composer Charles A-E Harriss. (July 31, 1929)
In 1874, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada's 10th prime minister. (July 22, 1950)
In 1876, Canadian Arthur Sicard, inventor of the snowblower inventor. (Sept. 13, 1946)
In 1910, western swing fiddler and bandleader Spade Cooley. (Nov. 23, 1969)
In 1928, actor George Lindsey ("The Andy Griffith Show," ''Mayberry R.F.D."). (May 6, 2012)
In 1929, New York Times political columnist William Saffire. (Sept. 27, 2009)
In 1930, "Penthouse" magazine founder Bob Guccione. (Oct. 20, 2010)
In 1931, Canadian-born actor Dave Madden ("The Partridge Family"). (Jan. 16, 2014)
In 1933, country singer Nat Stuckey. (Aug. 24, 1988)
In 1936, jazz pianist and former Canadian Senator Tommy Banks. (Jan. 25, 2018)
In 1937, keyboardist-singer Art Neville of the Neville Brothers. (July 22, 2019)
In 1939, singer Eddie Kendricks (The Temptations). (Oct. 5, 1992)
In 1942, blues musician Paul Butterfield. (May 4, 1987)
In 1943, actor Christopher Cazenove. (April 7, 2010)
In 1944, actor Bernard Hill. (May 5, 2024)
In 1950, drummer Carlton Barrett (The Wailers). (April 17, 1987)
In 1959, singer Bob Stinson. (Feb. 18, 1995)
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