Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 17:
Singer Gary Puckett of Gary Puckett and the Union Gap is 82.
Actor Michael McKean is 77.
Actor George Wendt is 76.
Actor-singer Bill Hudson is 75.
Singer-songwriter Shari Ulrich is 73.
Country singer Alan Jackson is 66.
Movie critic Richard Roeper is 65.
Actor Grant Shaud ("Murphy Brown") is 64.
Movie director Rob Marshall is 64.
TV creator Mike Judge ("King of the Hill," ''Beavis and Butthead", "Silicon Valley") is 62.
Singer Rene' Dif (Aqua) is 57.
Reggae singer Ziggy Marley is 56.
Actor Wood Harris ("The Wire") is 55.
Singer Wyclef Jean of The Fugees is 55.
World Golf Hall-of-Famer Ernie Els is 55.
Comedian/political satirist Rick Mercer is 55.
Singer Chris Kirkpatrick of 'N Sync is 53.
Rapper Eminem (born Marshall Bruce Mathers III) is 52.
Actress Felicity Jones ("The Theory of Everything") is 41.
Actor Chris Lowell ("The Help," ''Private Practice") is 40.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1902, actress Irene Ryan. (April 26, 1973)
In 1909, big band drummer Cozy Cole. (Jan. 31, 1981)
In 1914, comic book artist Jerry Siegel (Superman). (Jan. 28, 1996)
In 1915, playwright Arthur Miller. (Feb 10, 2005)
In 1917, actress Marsha Hunt. (Sept. 7, 2022)
In 1918, actress Rita Hayworth. (May 14, 1987)
In 1920, actor Montgomery Clift. (July 23, 1966)
In 1920, Spanish novelist Miguel Delibes. (March 12, 2010)
In 1921, actor Tom Poston. (April 30, 2007)
In 1922, Pierre Juneau, ex-CRTC and CBC president who championed Canadian content. (Feb. 21, 2012)
In 1923, jazz guitarist Barney Kessel. (May 6, 2004)
In 1926, actress Julie Adams. (Feb. 3, 2019)
In 1930, physician Robert Atkins (The Atkins Diet). (April 17, 2003)
In 1930, newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin. (March 19, 2017)
In 1930, Canadian-born violinist Betty-Jean Hagen (December 29, 2016)
In 1938, daredevil Evel Knievel. (Nov. 30, 2007)
In 1941, country singer Earl Thomas Conley. (April 10, 2019)
In 1941, singer Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts. (June 6, 2022)
In 1946, drummer Michael Hossack of The Doobie Brothers. (March 12, 2012)
In 1948, actress Margot Kidder. (May 13, 2018)
In 1950, actor Howard Rollins. (Dec. 8, 1996)
In 1955, actor Sam Bottoms. (Dec. 16, 2008)
In 1959, comedian Norm Macdonald. (Sep. 14, 2021)
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