Celebrity Birthdays for Feb. 7:
Author Gay Talese is 93.
Soprano Lois McDonall is 86.
Classical pianist Arthur Ozolins is 79.
Comedian Robert Smigel (SNL, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog) is 65.
Actor James Spader is 65.
Country singer Garth Brooks is 63.
Keyboardist David Bryan of Bon Jovi is 63.
Actor-comedian Eddie Izzard is 63.
Actor-comedian Chris Rock is 60.
Actor Jason Gedrick (``Windfall,'' ''Boomtown``) is 60.
Actress Essence Atkins is 53.
Former NBA point guard Steve Nash is 51.
Guitarist Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit is 50.
Actor Ashton Kutcher (``That 70's Show'') is 47.
Actress Tina Majorino (``Napoleon Dynamite,'' ''Veronica Mars``) is 40.
Actress Deborah Ann Woll (``True Blood'') is 40.
NFL quarterback Matthew Stafford is 37.
NBA player Isaiah Thomas is 36.
NHL All-star Steven Stamkos is 35.
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Also born on this date:
In 1478, English statesman Sir Thomas More. (July 6, 1535)
In 1804, inventor John Deere. (May 17, 1886)
In 1812, author Charles Dickens. (June 9, 1870)
In 1837, Sir James Murray, editor of the Oxford New English Dictionary. (July 26, 1915)
In 1867, author Laura Ingalls Wilder. (Feb. 10, 1957)
In 1887, ragtime composer and pianist Eubie Blake. (Feb. 12, 1983)
In 1908, swimmer and actor Buster Crabbe. (April 23, 1983)
In 1920, Canadian folksinger and songwriter Oscar Brand. (Sept. 30, 2016)
In 1921, country singer Wilma Lee Cooper. (Sept. 13, 2011)
In 1932, rockabilly singer Warren Smith. (Jan. 30, 1980)
In 1934, saxophonist King Curtis. (Aug. 13, 1971)
In 1946, British actor Pete Postlethwaite. (Jan. 2, 2011)
In 1946, movie director Hector Babenco. (July 13, 2016)
In 1946, '70s pop singer Sammy Johns. (Jan. 4, 2013)
In 1947, voice actor Wayne Allwine (Mickey Mouse). (May 18, 2009)
In 1949, bassist Alan Lancaster (Status Quo). (Sept. 26, 2021)
In 1953, Major League relief pitcher Dan Quisenberry. (Sept. 30, 1998)
In 1955, actor Miguel Ferrer. (Jan. 19, 2017)
In 1959, saxophonist Brian Travers of UB40. (Aug. 22, 2021)
In 1960, musician Steve Bronski (Bronski Beat). (Dec. 7, 2021)
In 1974, rapper and producer J Dilla (James Dewitt Yancey). (Feb. 10, 2006)
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The Canadian Press