Celebrity Birthdays for July 7:
Bandleader Doc Severinsen is 98.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummer Ringo Starr is 85.
Comedian Bill Oddie is 84.
Singer-guitarist Warren Entner of the Grass Roots is 81.
Actor Joe Spano is 79.
Singer David Hodo (the construction worker) of The Village People is 78.
Country singer Linda Williams is 78.
Actress Roz Ryan ("Amen") is 74.
Actor Billy Campbell ("Once and Again") is 66.
Bassist Mark White of the Spin Doctors is 63.
Singer-songwriter Vonda Shepard ("Ally McBeal") is 62.
Actor-comedian Jim Gaffigan is 59.
Bassist Ricky Kinchen of Mint Condition is 59.
Actress Amy Carlson ("Blue Bloods") is 57.
Actress Jorja Fox ("CSI") is 57.
Actress Cree Summer ("A Different World") is 56.
Actress Robin Weigert is 56.
Hockey Hall of Fame centre Joe Sakic is 56.
Actress Kirsten Vangsness ("Criminal Minds") is 53.
Actor Troy Garity ("Barbershop") is 52.
Actress Berenice Bejo ("The Artist") is 49.
Actor Hamish Linklater ("The New Adventures of Old Christine") is 49.
World champion figure skater Michelle Kwan is 45.
Rapper Cassidy is 43.
Country singer Gabbie Nolen is 43.
Actor Ross Malinger ("Sleepless in Seattle") is 41.
Singer Marie-Mai is 41.
Comedian Luke Null ("Saturday Night Live") is 35.
Singer Ally Brooke of Fifth Harmony ("The X Factor") is 32.
Drummer Ashton Irwin of 5 Seconds of Summer is 31.
Country singer Maddie Marlow of Maddie and Tae is 30.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1860, composer Gustav Mahler. (May 18, 1911)
In 1861, geneticist Nettie Stevens. (May 4, 1912)
In 1887, artist Marc Chagall. (March 28, 1985)
In 1901, film producer Sam Katzman. (Aug. 4, 1973)
In 1906, baseball player Satchel Paige. (June 8, 1982)
In 1907, science fiction writer Robert Heinlein. (May 6, 1988)
In 1910, Canadian artist Doris McCarthy. (Nov. 25, 2010)
In 1913, blues pianist Pinetop Perkins. (March 21, 2011)
In 1924, singer Mary Ford. (Sept. 30. 1977)
In 1927, country singer Charlie Louvin. (Jan. 26, 2011)
In 1930, Doyle Wilburn of the Wilburn Brothers country duo. (Oct. 16, 1982)
In 1933, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough. (Aug. 7, 2022)
In 1941, bassist Jim Rodford (Argent). (Jan. 20, 2018)
In 1943, film critic Joel Siegel. (June 29, 2007)
In 1948, guitarist Larry Reinhardt (Iron Butterfly). (Jan. 2, 2012)
In 1949, actress Shelley Duvall. (July 11, 2024)
In 1979, country singer Shane Yellowbird. (Apr. 25, 2022)
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