Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 22:
Actor Hector Elizondo is 88.
Country singer Red Steagall is 86.
Former Quebec premier Lucien Bouchard is 86.
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Steve Carlton is 80.
Former TV news anchor Diane Sawyer is 79.
Guitarist Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick is 76.
Rock singer-musician Michael Bacon is 75.
Golfer Jan Stephenson is 73.
Actress BernNadette Stanis ("Good Times") is 71.
Rapper Luther Campbell (2 Live Crew) is 64.
Actor Ralph Fiennes is 62.
Actress Lauralee Bell ("The Young and the Restless") is 56.
Actress Dina Meyer is 56.
Country singer Lori McKenna is 56.
Olympic champion biathlete Myriam Bedard is 55.
Country singer John Landry is 55.
French singer/model/actress Vanessa Paradis is 52.
Actress Heather Donahue ("The Blair Witch Project") is 50.
Actor Chris Carmack ("The O.C.") is 44.
Actress Brooke Nevin is 42.
Actor Greg Finley is 40.
Singer Basshunter (born Jonas Erik Altberg) is 40.
Singer Jordin Sparks ("American Idol") is 35.
Actor Logan Huffman is 35.
Singer Meghan Trainor is 31.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1858, Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. (Nov. 29, 1924)
In 1862, Baseball Hall of Famer Connie Mack. (Feb. 8, 1956)
In 1917, Game show host Gene Rayburn. (Nov. 29, 1999)
In 1921, country singer Harold "Hawkshaw" Hawkins. (March 5, 1963)
In 1915, actress Barbara Billingsley. (Oct. 16, 2010)
In 1939, guitarist James Gurley (Big Brother and the Holding Company). (Dec. 20, 2009)
In 1944, Barry Jenkins, drummer with The Animals. (Jan. 27, 2024)
In 1948, actress Lynne Thigpen. (March 12, 2003)
In 1949, singer Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees). (Jan. 12, 2003)
In 1949, singer Robin Gibb (Bee Gees). (May 20, 2012)
In 1960, artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. (Aug. 12, 1988)
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