Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 15:
Actor Jim Dale is 90.
Actress Pat Priest ("The Munsters") is 89.
Nesbert (Stix) Hooper, drummer with The Crusaders is 87.
Drummer Pete York of The Spencer Davis Group is 83.
Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee is 81.
Songwriter Jimmy Webb is 79.
Singer-guitarist Tom Johnston of The Doobie Brothers is 77.
Pop singer Patsy Gallant is 77.
Actress Tess Harper is 75.
Princess Anne is 75.
Drummer Tommy Aldridge of Black Oak Arkansas is 75.
Actor Larry Mathews ("The Dick Van Dyke Show") is 70.
Actor Zeljko Ivanek ("Madam Secretary," ''Heroes") is 69.
Actor Rondell Sheridan ("That's So Raven," ''Cory in the House") is 67.
Movie director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is 63.
Philanthropist Melinda Gates is 61.
Actor Peter Hermann ("Law and Order: Special Victims Unit") is 58.
Actress Debra Messing ("Will and Grace") is 57.
Actor Anthony Anderson ("Barbershop") is 55.
Actor Ben Affleck is 53.
Singer Mikey Graham (Boyzone) is 53.
Actress Natasha Henstridge ("The Whole Nine Yards," ''Species") is 51.
Actress Nicole Paggi is 48.
Singer Joe Jonas (DNCE, The Jonas Brothers) is 36.
Actor-singer Carlos PenaVega ("Big Time Rush") is 36.
Latin pop singer Belinda Peregrin is 36.
Actress Jennifer Lawrence ("The Hunger Games") is 35.
Rapper Chief Keef is 30.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1769, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. (May 5, 1821)
In 1771, British writer Sir Walter Scott. (Sept. 21, 1832)
In 1909, arranger and conductor Hugo Winterhalter. (Sept. 17, 1973)
In 1912, famed TV chef Julia Child. (Aug. 13, 2004)
In 1921, Emmy-winning director and producer Bob Banner. (June 15, 2011)
In 1923, Actress Rose Marie ("The Dick Van Dyke Show") (Dec. 28, 2017)
In 1925, Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. (Dec. 23, 2007)
In 1925 country singer Rose Maddox. (April 15, 1998)
In 1925, actor Mike Connors. (Jan. 26, 2017)
In 1925, baritone singer Bill Pinkney (The Drifters). (July 4, 2007)
In 1932, game show host Jim Lange. (Feb. 25, 2014)
In 1932, actress Abby Dalton ("Falcon Crest"). (Nov. 23, 2020)
In 1933, actress Lori Nelson. (Aug. 23, 2020)
In 1933, soprano Rita Nellie Hunter. (May 6, 2001)
In 1933, singer Bobby Helms ("Jingle Bell Rock"). (June 19, 1997)
In 1945, Pro Football Hall of Famer Gene Upshaw. (Aug. 20, 2008)
In 1951, pop singer and composer Bobby Caldwell. (Mar. 14, 2023)
In 1954, Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. (Nov. 9, 2004)
In 1972, Canadian ballet dancer Jennifer Alexander. (Dec. 2, 2007)
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