CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS 1

Aug. 21: Actor-director Melvin Van Peebles is 79. Playwright Mart Crowley ("The Boys in the Band") is 76. Singer Kenny Rogers is 73. Actor Clarence Williams III is 72. Rock-and-roll musician James Burton is 72. Singer Harold Reid (The Statler Brothers) is 72. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 70. Actress Patty McCormack is 66. Pop singer-musician Carl Giammarese is 64. Actress Loretta Devine is 62. NBC newsman Harry Smith is 60. Singer Glenn Hughes is 59. Country musician Nick Kane is 57. Actress Kim Cattrall is 55. Actress Cleo King is 49. Rock singer Serj Tankian (System of a Down) is 44. Actress Carrie-Anne Moss is 41. Rock musician Liam Howlett (Prodigy) is 40. Actress Alicia Witt is 36. Singer Kelis is 32. Singer Melissa Schuman is 27. Actor Cody Kasch is 24. Actress Hayden Panettiere is 22. Actor RJ Mitte (TV: "Breaking Bad") is 19.

Aug. 22: Author Ray Bradbury is 91. Author Annie Proulx is 76. Actress Valerie Harper is 72. Football coach Bill Parcells is 70. CBS newsman Steve Kroft is 66. Actress Cindy Williams is 64. Musician David Marks is 63. Country singer Holly Dunn is 54. Rock musician Vernon Reid is 53. Country singer Ricky Lynn Gregg is 52. Country singer Collin Raye is 51. Actress Regina Taylor is 51. Rock singer Roland Orzabal (Tears For Fears) is 50. Rock musician Debbi Peterson (The Bangles) is 50. Rock musician Gary Lee Conner (Screaming Trees) is 49. Singer Tori Amos is 48. Country singer Mila Mason is 48. Rhythm-and-blues musician James DeBarge is 48. Rapper GZA/The Genius is 45. Actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is 44. Actor Ty Burrell is 44. Actor Rick Yune is 40. Rock musician Paul Doucette (Matchbox Twenty) is 39. Rap-reggae singer Beenie Man is 38. Singer Howie Dorough (Backstreet Boys) is 38. Comedian-actress Kristen Wiig is 38. Actress Jenna Leigh Green is 37. Rock musician Bo Koster is 37. Rock musician Dean Back (Theory of a Deadman) is 36. Rock musician Jeff Stinco (Simple Plan) is 33. Actor Brandon Adams is 32. Actress Aya Sumika is 31.

Aug. 23: Actress Vera Miles is 81. Actress Barbara Eden is 77. Actor Richard Sanders is 71. Ballet dancer Patricia McBride is 69. Country singer Rex Allen Jr. is 64. Singer Linda Thompson is 64. Actress Shelley Long is 62. Actor-singer Rick Springfield is 62. Country singer-musician Woody Paul (Riders in the Sky) is 62. Actor-producer Mark Hudson is 60. Rock musician Dean DeLeo (Army of Anyone; Stone Temple Pilots) is 50. Tejano singer Emilio Navaira is 49. Country musician Ira Dean (Trick Pony) is 42. Actor Jay Mohr is 41. Actor Ray Park is 37. Actor Scott Caan is 35. Country singer Shelly Fairchild is 34. Rock singer Julian Casablancas (The Strokes) is 33. NBA player Kobe Bryant is 33. Actress Kimberly Matula is 23.