Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 29:
Feminist author Germaine Greer is 86.
Actress Katharine Ross is 85.
Feminist author Robin Morgan is 84.
Actor Tom Selleck is 80.
Singer Bettye LaVette is 79.
Actor Marc Singer is 77.
Actress Ann Jillian is 75.
Drummer Louie Perez of Los Lobos is 72.
Singer Charlie Wilson of The Gap Band is 72.
Media giant Oprah Winfrey is 71.
Actor Terry Kinney is 71.
Country singer Irlene Mandrell is 69.
Actress Judy Norton Taylor (``The Waltons'') is 67.
Olympic gold-medal diver Greg Louganis is 65.
Drummer David Baynton-Power of James is 64.
Actor Nicholas Turturro (``NYPD Blue'') is 63.
Hockey Hall of Fame goalie Dominik Hasek is 60.
Director-actor Edward Burns is 57.
Actor Sam Trammell (``True Blood'') is 56.
Actress Heather Graham is 55.
Comedian Shaun Majumder (``This Hour Has 22 Minutes'') is 53.
Actor Sharif Atkins (``White Collar,'' ''ER``) is 50.
Actress Sara Gilbert is 50.
Actress Kelly Packard (``Baywatch'') is 50.
Actor Sam Jaeger (``Parenthood'') is 48.
Actor Justin Hartley is 48.
TV personality Jedediah Bila is 46.
Actor Andrew Keegan (``Party of Five'') is 46.
Actor Jason James Richter (``Free Willy'') is 45.
Blues guitarist Jonny Lang is 44.
Singer Adam Lambert (``American Idol'') is 43.
Country singer Eric Paslay is 42.
Actress Isabel Lucas is 40.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1843, U.S. President William McKinley. (Sept. 14, 1901)
In 1860, Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. (July 15, 1904)
In 1862, Composer Frederick Delius, whose works combined romanticism and impressionism. (June 10, 1934)
In 1880, actor W.C. Fields. (Dec. 25, 1946)
In 1901, business leader, horseman E.P. Taylor. (May 14, 1989)
In 1906, Hockey Hall-of-Famer Joe Primeau. (May 14, 1989)
In 1913, actor Victor Mature. (Aug. 4, 1999)
In 1918, actor John Forsythe. (April 1, 2010)
In 1920, Canadian journalist George Bain. (May 14, 2006)
In 1925, Canadian soprano Lois Marshall. (Feb. 19, 1997)
In 1931, writer-composer-lyricist Leslie Bricusse. (Oct. 19, 2021)
In 1933, singer Frank Virtue. (June 11,1994)
In 1934, actor-singer Noel Harrison. (Oct. 19, 2013)
In 1936, Motown bassist James Jamerson. (Aug. 2, 1983)
In 1937, jazz pianist and singer Bobby Scott. (Nov. 5, 1990)
In 1947, singer David Byron (Uriah Heep). (Feb. 28, 1985)
In 1949, drummer Tommy Ramone. (July 11, 2014)
In 1943, NHL player, coach and executive Pat Quinn. (Nov. 23, 2014)
In 1957, actress Diane Delano (``The Ellen Show,'' ''Northern Exposure``). (Dec. 13, 2024)
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