Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 24:
Fiddler Doug Kershaw is 89.
Singer Ray Stevens is 86.
Singer Aaron Neville is 84.
Singer Neil Diamond is 84.
Actor Michael Ontkean (``Twin Peaks'') is 79.
Country singer-songwriter Becky Hobbs is 75.
Actor Daniel Auteuil is 75.
Comedian Yakov Smirnoff is 74.
Singer Matthew Wilder is 72.
Actor William Allen Young (``Code Black'') is 71.
CFL Hall of Fame quarterback Condredge Holloway is 71.
Keyboardist-turned-TV personality Jools Holland (Squeeze) is 67.
Actress Nastassja Kinski is 64.
R&B singer Theo Peoples is 64.
Drummer Keech Rainwater of Lonestar is 62.
Comedian Phil LaMarr is 58.
Olympic gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton is 57.
Singer Sleepy Brown of Society of Soul is 55.
Actress Matthew Lillard (``Scooby-Doo,'' ''She's All That``) is 55.
Actress Merrilee McCommas (``Friday Night Lights,'' ''Family Law``) is 54.
Singer Beth Hart is 53.
Actor Ed Helms (``The Office'') is 51.
Olympic gold medal ice dancer Shae-Lynn Bourne is 49.
Actor Mark Hildreth is 47.
Actress Kristen Schaal is 47.
Actress Tatyana Ali (``The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'') is 46.
Actress Carrie Coon is 44.
Actor Daveed Diggs (``black-ish'') is 43.
Actor Justin Baldoni (``Jane The Virgin'') is 41.
Actress Mischa Barton (``The O.C.'') is 39.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1573, English poet and preacher John Donne (``No man is an island,'' ``For whom does the bell toll? It tolls for thee,'' and ``Death be not proud''). (March 31, 1631)
In 1917, actor Ernest Borgnine. (July 8, 2012)
In 1918, U.S. television evangelist Oral Roberts. (Dec. 15, 2009)
In 1919, classical composer Leon Kirchner. (Sept. 17, 2009)
In 1920, jazz tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest. (Aug. 26, 1980)
In 1920, actor Jerry Maren (Lollipop Guild member from ``The Wizard of Oz''). (May 24, 2018)
In 1927, actor Marvin Kaplan (TV: ``Top Cat''). (Aug. 25, 2016)
In 1936, rock singer Jack Scott. (Dec. 12, 2019)
In 1943, actress Sharon Tate. (Aug. 9, 1969)
In 1946, Canadian-born actress Haji (born Barbarella Catton) (``Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!). (Aug. 9, 2013)
In 1947, singer-songwriter Warren Zevon. (Sept. 7, 2003)
In 1949, comedian John Belushi. (March 5, 1982)
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