Celebrity Birthdays for March 16:
Country singer Ray Walker (The Jordanaires) is 91.
Actor Victor Garber (``Alias'') is 76.
Actor Erik Estrada is 76.
Actress Kate Nelligan is 75.
Country singer Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel is 74.
Actress Isabelle Huppert is 72.
Guitarist-singer Nancy Wilson of Heart is 71
World Golf Hall-of-Famer Hollis Stacy is 71.
Actor Clifton Powell (``Ray,'' ''Norbit``) is 69.
Rapper Flavor Flav (born William Drayton) of Public Enemy is 66.
Comic book artist Todd McFarlane is 64.
Actor Jerome Flynn (``Game of Thrones'') is 62.
Rock drummer Jimmy DeGrasso is 62.
Folk singer Patty Griffin is 61.
Movie director Gore Verbinski is 61.
Singer Tracy Bonham is 58.
Actress Lauren Graham (``Parenthood,'' ''Gilmore Girls``) is 58.
Actor Judah Friedlander (``30 Rock'') is 56.
Actor Alan Tudyk is 54.
Actor Tim Kang (``The Mentalist'') is 52.
Singer Blu Cantrell is 50.
Actress Brooke Burns is 47.
Actress Alexandra Daddario is 39.
Singer Jhene Aiko is 37.
NBA All-star Blake Griffin is 36.
Rock bassist Wolfgang Van Halen is 34.
NBA player Joel Embiid is 31.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1751, U.S. President James Madison. (June 28, 1836)
In 1789, German physicist Georg Simon Ohm died. The physical unit measuring electrical resistance was named for him. (July 6, 1854)
In 1906, comedian Henny Youngman. (Feb. 24, 1998)
In 1916, Oscar-winning actress Mercedes McCambridge. (March 2, 2004)
In 1924, British-born big band singer Beryl Davis. (Oct. 28, 2011)
In 1926, entertainer Jerry Lewis. (Aug. 20, 2017)
In 1927, voice over star Dick Beals. (May 29, 2012)
In 1931, Canadian contralto Patricia Rideout. (Sept. 8, 2006)
In 1934, Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn. (Dec. 18, 2002)
In 1940, mezzo-soprano Gabrielle Lavigne. (Oct. 1, 2018)
In 1941, movie director Bernardo Bertolucci. (Nov. 26, 2018)
In 1941, game show host Chuck Woolery. (Nov. 23, 2024)
In 1942, singer-songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker. (Oct. 23, 2020)
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