Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 25:
Actor Tom Skerritt is 91.
Author Frederick Forsyth is 86.
Movie director John Badham is 85.
Filmmaker Marshall Brickman is 85.
Jazz bassist Michel Donato is 82.
Actor Anthony Heald ("Boston Public") is 80.
Singer Henry Paul of BlackHawk (and The Outlaws) is 75.
Actor John Savage is 75.
Bassist Gene Simmons of KISS is 75.
Singer Rob Halford of Judas Priest is 73.
Keyboardist Geoff Downes of Asia is 72.
Musician Elvis Costello is 70.
Director Tim Burton is 66.
Actor Christian LeBlanc is 66.
Actress Ashley Crow is 64.
Country singer-actor Billy Ray Cyrus is 63.
Actress Ally Walker ("Profiler") is 63.
Actress Joanne Whalley is 63.
Guitarist Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard is 62.
Actor Blair Underwood is 60.
Actor Robert Maschio ("Scrubs") is 58.
DJ Terminator X of Public Enemy is 58.
Singer Jeff Tweedy of Wilco is 57.
TV chef Rachael Ray is 56.
Actor David Alan Basche is 56.
Actor Cameron Mathison is 55.
Country singer Jo Dee Messina is 54.
Model Claudia Schiffer is 54.
Country singer Brice Long is 53.
Actor-writer-director Ben Falcone is 51.
Actor Eric Millegan ("Bones") is 50.
Actor Alexander Skarsgard ("Big Little Lies," ''True Blood") is 48.
Actor Jonathan Togo ("CSI: Miami") is 47.
Actor Kel Mitchell ("Kenan and Kel") is 46.
Actress Rachel Bilson ("The O.C.") is 43.
Actress Blake Lively ("Gossip Girl") is 37.
Actress Stacey Farber is 37.
Actor Josh Flitter is 30.
Actress-singer China Anne McClain is 26.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1530, Ivan the Terrible, Czar of Muscovy. (March 28, 1584)
In 1910, Canadian actress-singer Ruby Keeler. (Feb. 28, 1993)
In 1915, Afro-Cuban music pioneer Graciela Perez Grillo. (April 6, 2010)
In 1916, Canadian violinist and conductor Ethel Stark. (Feb. 16, 2012)
In 1916, actor Van Johnson. (Dec. 12, 2008)
In 1917, actor-film director Mel Ferrer. (June 2, 2008)
In 1918, conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein. (Oct. 14, 1990)
In 1921, Canadian politician Bryce Mackasey. (Sept. 5, 1999)
In 1921, game show host Monty Hall. (Sept. 30, 2017)
In 1930, Canadian actor Graham Jarvis. (April 16, 2003)
In 1930, actor Sean Connery. (Oct. 31, 2020)
In 1931, talk show host Regis Philbin. (July 24, 2020)
In 1933, jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter. (Mar. 2, 2023)
In 1936, singer Walter Williams of The O'Jays. (Dec. 2, 2020)
In 1936, movie director Hugh Hudson. (Feb. 10, 2023)
In 1938, actor David Canary. (Nov. 16, 2015)
In 1949, author Martin Amis. (May 19, 2023)
In 1953, rock singer Willy DeVille (real name William Borsey). (Aug. 6, 2009)
In 1963, Shock-G (born Greg Jacobs) of the rap group Digital Underground. (Apr. 22, 2021)
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