Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 12:
Country singer William Lee Golden of the Oak Ridge Boys is 86.
Jim Gold, lead singer of the '70s pop group Gallery, is 78.
Actor Anthony Andrews is 77.
Movie director Wayne Wang is 76.
Country singer Ricky Van Shelton is 73.
Writer Walter Mosley is 73.
Radio-TV personality Howard Stern is 71.
Writer-producer-director John Lasseter is 68.
News correspondent Christiane Amanpour is 67.
Actor Oliver Platt is 65.
Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dominique Wilkins is 65.
Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com founder and former CEO, is 61.
Singer-director Rob Zombie is 60.
Actor Olivier Martinez is 59.
Model Vendela Kirsebom is 58.
Actress Rachael Harris is 57.
Singer Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine is 55.
Rapper Raekwon of Wu Tang Clan is 55.
Singer Dan Haseltine of Jars of Clay is 52.
Singer Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice) of the Spice Girls is 51.
Singer Amerie is 45.
Actress Cynthia Addai-Robinson is 45.
Pop singer Shawn Desman is 43.
Actress Issa Rae is 40.
Actor Will Rothhaar is 36.
Actor Andrew Lawrence is 35.
NHL All-Star Claude Giroux is 35.
Singer Zayn Malik (formerly of One Direction) is 30.
Singer Ella Henderson is 27.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1876, American novelist Jack London (``Call of the Wild''). (Nov. 22, 1916)
In 1899, legendary bush pilot C. H. (Punch) Dickins. (Aug. 3, 1995)
In 1904, blues singer and guitarist Mississippi Fred McDowell. (July 3, 1972)
In 1905, country music singer Tex Ritter. (Jan. 2, 1974)
In 1910, actress Luise Rainer. (Dec. 30, 2014)
In 1916, TV actor House Peters Jr. (Oct. 1, 2008)
In 1925, actress Katherine MacGregor (``Little House on the Prairie''). (Nov. 13, 2018)
In 1926, country singer Ray Price. (Dec. 16, 2013)
In 1930, Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Tim Horton. (Feb. 21, 1974)
In 1930, singer Glenn Yarbrough. (Aug. 11, 2016)
In 1931, saxophonist Roland Alphonso (``The Skatalites''). (Nov. 20, 1998)
In 1931, Canadian soprano Yolande Dulude. (Aug. 18, 2003)
In 1935, magician-illusionist ``The Amazing Kreskin'' (born George Joseph Kresge). (Dec. 10, 2024)
In 1941, blues legend Long John Baldry. (July 21, 2005)
In 1944, Boxing Hall-of-Famer Joe Frazier. (Nov. 7, 2011)
In 1944, trumpeter Cynthia Robinson of Sly and the Family Stone. (Nov. 23, 2015)
In 1946, singer-keyboardist George Duke. (Aug. 5, 2013)
In 1951, radio personality Rush Limbaugh. (Feb. 17, 2021)
In 1951, actress Kirstie Alley. (Dec. 5, 2022)
In 1955, drummer Tom Ardolino of NRBQ. (Jan. 6, 2012)
In 1968, actress Farrah Forke (``Wings''). (Feb. 25, 2022)
In 1971, boxer Vernon Forrest. (July 25, 2009)
In 1987, actress Naya Rivera (``Glee''). (July 8, 2020)
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