Happy birthday this week to:
July 18: Singer Brian Auger is 71. Singer Dion DiMucci is 71. Actor James Brolin is 70. Blues guitarist Lonnie Mack is 69. Singer Martha Reeves of Martha & the Vandellas is 69. Guitarist Wally Bryson of The Raspberries is 61. Country singer Ricky Skaggs is 56. Drummer Nigel Twist of The Alarm is 52. Actress Elizabeth McGovern is 49. Keyboardist John Hermann of Widespread Panic is 48. Actor Vin Diesel is 43. Rapper M.I.A. is 35. Guitarist Daron Malakian of System of a Down is 35.
July 19: Singer Vikki Carr is 70. Musician Commander Cody is 66. Actor George Dzundza is 65. Singer-bassist Alan Gorrie of Average White Band is 64. Guitarist Brian May of Queen is 63. Guitarist Bernie Leadon (Eagles, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 63. Drummer Kevin Haskins (Love and Rockets) is 50. Actor Campbell Scott is 49. Actor Anthony Edwards is 48. Drummer Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie is 36.
July 20: Rockabilly singer Sleepy LaBeef is 75. Actress Diana Rigg ("The Avengers") is 72. Bassist John Lodge of the Moody Blues is 67. Country singer T.G. Sheppard is 66. Singer Kim Carnes is 65. Carlos Santana is 63. Drummer Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols is 54. Actress Donna Dixon ("Bosom Buddies") is 53. Keyboardist Mick McNeil of Simple Minds is 52. Singer Chris Cornell (of Audioslave and of Soundgarden) is 46. Guitarist Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam is 44. Singer Elliott Yamin ("American Idol") is 32. Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is 30. Guitarist Mike Kennerty of All-American Rejects is 30. Actor John Francis Daley ("Freaks and Geeks") is 25.
July 21: Singer Kay Starr is 88. Movie director Norman Jewison is 84. Singer Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) is 62. Cartoonist Garry Trudeau ("Doonesbury") is 62. Robin Williams is 59. Singer-guitarist Eric Bazilian of The Hooters is 57. Comedian Jon Lovitz is 53. Singer Emerson Hart of Tonic is 41. "American Idol" runner-up Blake Lewis is 29.
July 22: Actor Orson Bean 82. Actress Louise Fletcher is 76. Singer Chuck Jackson is 73. Actor Terence Stamp is 72. Alex Trebek is 70. Singer George Clinton is 69. Singer-actor Bobby Sherman is 67. Writer-director Paul Schrader is 64. Don Henley is 63. Danny Glover is 63. Actor-comedian-director Albert Brooks is 63. Composer Alan Menken ("Little Mermaid," "Little Shop of Horrors") is 61. Musician Al Di Meola is 56. Actor Willem Dafoe is 55. Singer Keith Sweat is 49. Singer Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls is 47. Actor-comedian David Spade is 46. Actor John Leguizamo is 46. Bassist Pat Badger of Extreme is 43. Musician Daniel Jones (Savage Garden) is 37. Singer Rufus Wainwright is 37.
July 23: Radio personality Don Imus is 70. Country singer Tony Joe White is 67. Singer David Essex is 63. Guitarist Blair Thornton of Bachman-Turner Overdrive is 60. Actress Edie McClurg ("Ferris Bueller's Day Off") is 59. Actor Woody Harrelson is 49. Guitarist Martin Gore of Depeche Mode is 49. Actor Eriq Lasalle ("ER") is 48. Drummer Yuval Gabay (Soul Coughing) is 47. Guitarist Slash of Velvet Revolver (and Guns N' Roses) is 45. Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is 43. Model Stephanie Seymour is 42. Singer Sam Watters of Color Me Badd is 40. Country singer Alison Krauss is 39. Actor-comedian Marlon Wayans is 38. Actor Omar Epps is 37. Singer Michelle Williams (Destiny's Child) is 30. Actor Daniel Radcliffe is 21.
July 24: Director Peter Yates is 81. Actor John Aniston ("Days of Our Lives") is 77. Comedian Ruth Buzzi is 74. Actor Mark Goddard ("Lost in Space") is 74. Actor Chris Sarandon is 68. Comedian Gallagher is 64. Actor Robert Hays is 63. Actor Michael Richards is 61. Actress Lynda Carter is 59. Director Gus Van Sant is 58. Country singer Pam Tillis is 53. Actor Kadeem Hardison is 45. Actress-singer Kristin Chenoweth is 42. Actress Laura Leighton ("Melrose Place") is 42. Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez is 41. Basketball player Rick Fox is 41. Actor Eric Szmanda ("CSI") is 35. Actress Rose Byrne is 31. Actress Anna Paquin is 28. Actress Mara Wilson is 23. TV personality Bindi Irwin ("Bindi: The Jungle Girl") is 12.