Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 27:
Actress Kathleen Nolan is 91.
Actor Claude Jarman Jr. is 90.
Memphis singer-guitarist-saxophonist Don Nix is 83.
Singer-guitarist Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive is 81.
Actress Liz Torres is 77.
Actor A Martinez ("LA Law," ''Santa Barbara") is 76.
Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt is 75.
Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is 74.
Singer-actor-director Shaun Cassidy is 66.
Writer Irvine Welsh ("Trainspotting") is 66.
Comedian Marc Maron ("Maron,” “GLOW”) is 61.
Singer-guitarist Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind is 60.
Actor Patrick Muldoon ("Melrose Place") is 56.
Singer Mark Calderon of Color Me Badd is 54.
Actress Amanda Detmer is 53.
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is 52.
Canadian Olympian and mental health advocate Clara Hughes is 52.
Actress Anna Camp ("The Mindy Project," ''True Blood") is 42.
Rapper Lil Wayne (born Dwayne Carter Jr.) is 42.
Singer Avril Lavigne is 40.
Bluegrass singer/musician Sierra Hull is 33.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1722, Samuel Adams, Father of the American Revolution. (Oct. 2, 1803)
In 1919, Boston Red Sox favourite Johnny Pesky. (Aug. 13, 2012)
In 1919, actress Jayne Meadows. (April 26, 2015)
In 1920, actor William Conrad. (Feb. 11, 1994)
In 1922, director Arthur Penn. (Sept. 28, 2010)
In 1924, Czech born writer/publisher Josef Skvorecky. (Jan. 3, 2012)
In 1924, jazz pianist Bud Powell. (July 31st, 1966)
In 1926, Canadian actor Jack Duffy. (May 19, 2008)
In 1926, Canadian businessman Steve Stavro. (April 24, 2006)
In 1927, bop trumpeter Red Rodney. (May 27, 1994)
In 1927, actress Sada Thompson, (May 4, 2011)
In 1930, virtuoso harpsichordist Igor Kipnis. (Jan. 23, 2002)
In 1933, actor Will Sampson. (June 3, 1987)
In 1933, actor Greg Morris. (Aug. 27, 1996)
In 1934, actor Wilford Brimley (August 1, 2020)
In 1934, author Barbara Howar. (Aug. 2, 2024)
In 1936, producer Don Cornelius ("Soul Train"). (Feb. 1, 2012)
In 1937, flugelhornist-trumpeter Guido Basso. (Feb. 13, 2023)
In 1939, World Golf Hall-of-Famer Kathy Whitworth. (Dec. 24, 2022)
In 1942, British glitter rocker Alvin Stardust. (Oct. 23, 2014)
In 1947, singer-actor Meat Loaf (born Marvin Lee Aday). (Jan. 20, 2022)
In 1953, reggae musician Robbie (Basspeare) Shakespeare. (Dec. 8, 2021)
In 1953, sax player Greg Ham (Men at Work). (April 19, 2012)
In 1972, globally acclaimed singer-songwriter Lhasa de Sela. (Jan. 1, 2010)
In 1977, bassist Patrick Bourque (Emerson Drive). (Sept. 25, 2007)
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