Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 17:
Actor Robert De Niro is 82.
Movie director Martha Coolidge is 79.
Guitarist Gary Talley of The Box Tops is 78.
Actor/screenwriter/producer Julian Fellowes is 76.
Actor Robert Joy ("CSI: NY") is 74.
International Tennis Hall-of-Famer Guillermo Vilas is 73.
Singer Kevin Rowland of Dexy's Midnight Runners is 72.
Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk is 72.
Country singer-songwriter Kevin Welch is 70.
Bassist Colin Moulding of XTC is 70.
Olympic gold medal figure skater Robin Cousins is 68.
Singer Belinda Carlisle is 67.
Actor Sean Penn is 65.
Jazz saxophonist Everette Harp is 64.
Guitarist Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses) is 63.
Singer Maria McKee is 61.
Guitarist/singer Colin James is 61.
Drummer Steve Gorman of The Black Crowes is 60.
Singer-bassist Jill Cunniff (Luscious Jackson) is 59.
Actor David Conrad ("Relativity") is 58.
Christian contemporary singer Kevin Max (dc Talk) is 58.
Rapper Posdnuos of Del La Soul is 56.
Singer Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids on the Block is 56.
International Tennis Hall-of-Famer Jim Courier is 55.
TV personality Giuliana Rancic is 51.
Rock singer Tarja Turunen is 48.
Actor Bryton James ("Family Matters") is 39.
Actor Brady Corbet ("24") is 37.
Actress Taissa Farmiga ("American Horror Story") is 31.
Rapper Lil Pump is 25.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1786, frontiersman Davy Crockett. (March 6, 1836)
In 1893, actress Mae West. (Nov. 22, 1980)
In 1913, W. Mark Felt, Watergate scandal "Deep Throat." (Dec. 18, 2008)
In 1920, actress Maureen O'Hara. (Oct. 24, 2015)
In 1921, country singer Wayne Raney. (Jan. 23, 1993)
In 1924, writer Evan S. Connell. (Jan. 10, 2013)
In 1932, jazz pianist, composer and arranger Calvin "Duke" Pearson. (Aug. 4, 1980)
In 1932, author V.S. Naipaul. (Aug. 11, 2018)
In 1933, singer Mark Dinning. (March 22, 1986)
In 1939, bluesman Luther Allison. (Aug. 12, 1997)
In 1933, actor Glenn Corbett. (Jan. 16, 1993)
In 1949, drummer John "Sib" Hashian (Boston). (March 22, 2017)
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