Celebrity Birthdays for Feb. 24:
Actor Dominic Chianese (``Boardwalk Empire,'' ''The Sopranos``) is 94.
Businessman Phil Knight (Nike) is 87.
Singer Joanie Sommers is 84.
Actress Jenny O'Hara (``Transparent,'' ''The Mindy Project``) is 83.
Singer Paul Jones (Manfred Mann) is 83.
Actor Barry Bostwick is 80.
Singer-producer Rupert Holmes is 78.
Actor Edward James Olmos is 78.
Rock singer-musician George Thorogood is 75.
Actress Debra Jo Rupp (``That '70s Show'') is 74.
Actress Helen Shaver (``The Color of Money'') is 74.
Hall of Fame auro racer Alain Prost is 70.
News correspondent Paula Zahn is 69.
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Eddie Murray is 69.
Country singer Sammy Kershaw is 67.
Actor Mark Moses (``Desperate Housewives'') is 67.
Actress Beth Broderick (``Sabrina, The Teenage Witch'') is 66.
Singer Michelle Shocked is 63.
Movie director Todd Field is 61.
Actor Billy Zane is 59.
Actress Bonnie Somerville (``NYPD Blue'') is 51.
Jazz saxophonist Jimmy Greene is 50.
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac is 50.
Pro golfer Zach Johnson is 49.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is 48.
Actor Wilson Bethel (``Hart of Dixie'') is 41.
Actor Alexander Koch (``Under the Dome'') is 37.
Actor Daniel Kaluuya (``Get Out'') is 36.
Rapper-actor O'Shea Jackson Jr. (``Straight Outta Compton'') is 34.
Rapper Earl Sweatshirt is 31.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1786, author Wilhelm Grimm, one half of The Brothers Grimm. (Dec. 16, 1859)
In 1869, French-Canadian baritone Joseph Saucier. (April 10, 1941)
In 1874, Baseball Hall-of-Famer Honus Wagner. (Dec. 6, 1955)
In 1921, actor Abe Vigoda. (Jan. 26, 2015)
In 1922, actor Steven Hill. (Aug. 23, 2016)
In 1927, actress Emmanuelle Riva. (Jan. 27, 2017)
In 1930, actress Barbara Lawrence. (Nov. 13, 2013)
In 1932, Movie composer Michel Legrand. (Jan. 26, 2019)
In 1932, Canadian actor John Vernon. (Feb. 1, 2005)
In 1933, tenor saxophonist David (Fathead) Newman. (Jan. 20, 2009)
In 1934, opera singer-director Renata Scotto. (Aug. 16, 2023)
In 1938, actor James Farentino. (Jan 24, 2012)
In 1944, keyboardist Nicky Hopkins. (Sept. 6, 1994)
In 1955, Apple CEO Steve Jobs. (Oct. 5, 2011)
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