Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 18:
Hockey Hall of Fame coach Scotty Bowman is 91.
Gospel singer Bobby Jones is 85.
Singer-actor Frankie Avalon is 84.
Singer-songwriter Michael Franks is 80.
Actress Beth Grant ("The Mindy Project," ''No Country For Old Men") is 75.
Guitarist Kerry Livgren (Kansas) is 75.
Actress Anna Deavere Smith ("The West Wing") is 74.
Basketball Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino is 72.
Writer and academic Steven Pinker is 70.
Singer Keith Morris (Black Flag, Off!) is 69.
Writer Chris Hedges is 68.
Movie director Mark Romanek is 65.
Baseball Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg is 65.
Guitarist Mark Olson (The Jayhawks) is 63.
Singer Joanne Catherall of Human League is 62.
Actress Holly Robinson Peete ("Hangin' With Mr. Cooper") is 60.
Singer Ricky Bell (Bell Biv Devoe, New Edition) is 57.
Rapper Cappadonna (Wu-Tang Clan) is 56.
Actress and talk show host Aisha Tyler is 54.
Actress Jada Pinkett Smith is 53.
Opera singer Anna Netrebko is 53.
Actor James Marsden ("The Notebook," ''Ally McBeal") is 51.
Actress Emily Rutherfurd ("The New Adventures of Old Christine") is 50.
Actor Travis Schuldt ("Scrubs") is 50.
Rapper Xzibit is 50.
Comedian Jason Sudeikis ("Saturday Night Live", "Ted Lasso") is 49.
Actress Sophina Brown ("Numb3rs") is 48.
Actor Barrett Foa ("NCIS: Los Angeles") is 47.
TV personality Sara Haines ("The View," ''Today" show) is 47.
Actress Alison Lohman is 45.
Comedian Mark Normand is 41.
Designer Brandon Maxwell is 40.
Rapper Dizzee Rascal is 40.
Actors Taylor and Brandon Porter ("Party of Five") are 31.
Country singer Tae Dye of Maddie and Tae is 29.
Actor C.J. Sanders is 28.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1893, Stanley Thompson, considered Canada's finest golf course architect. (Jan. 1, 1953)
In 1895, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. (Aug. 16, 1979)
In 1905, actress Greta Garbo. (April 15, 1990)
In 1917, voice actress June Foray. (July 26, 2017)
In 1918, western swing singer and bandleader Hank Penny. (April 17, 1992)
In 1920, actor Jack Warden. (July 19, 2006)
In 1923, former Supreme Court of Canada justice Bertha Wilson. (April 28, 2007)
In 1933, actor Fred Willard. (May 15, 2020)
In 1933, actor Robert Blake. (Mar. 9, 2023)
In 1933, singer Jimmie Rodgers. (Jan. 18, 2021)
In 1934, actor Eddie Jones ("Lois and Clark," ''The Invisible Man"). (July 6, 2019)
In 1951, guitarist Dee Dee Ramone. (June 5, 2002)
In 1961, actor James Gandolfini. (June 19, 2013)
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