Celebrity Birthdays for April 2:
Actress Shirley Douglas is 85.
Actress Sharon Acker is 84.
Actress Dame Penelope Keith is 79.
Former world figure skating champion Donald Jackson is 79.
Actress Linda Hunt is 74.
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton is 74.
Singer Emmylou Harris is 72.
Social critic and author Camille Paglia is 72.
Actress Pamela Reed is 70.
Drummer Dave Robinson of The Cars is 70.
Country singer Buddy Jewell is 58.
Actor Christopher Meloni ("Law and Order: Special Victims Unit") is 58.
Singer Keren Woodward of Bananarama is 58.
Country singer Billy Dean is 57.
Actor Clark Gregg ("The New Adventures of Old Christine") is 57.
Actress Jana Marie Hupp ("Ed") is 55.
Guitarist Greg Camp (Smash Mouth) is 52.
Guitarist Tony Fredianelli of Third Eye Blind is 50.
Actress Roselyn Sanchez is 46.
Country singer Jill King is 46.
Actor Pedro Pascal ("Game of Thrones") is 44.
Actor Adam Rodriguez ("Criminal Minds," ''CSI: Miami") is 44.
Actor Michael Fassbender ("Shame," ''Inglourious Basterds") is 42.
Actress Jaime Ray Newman is 41.
Keyboardist Jesse Carmichael of Maroon 5 is 40.
Actress Lindy Booth is 40.
Actress Bethany Joy Galeotti ("One Tree Hill") is 38.
Rapper Yung Joc (born Jasiel Robinson ) is 36.
Actor Shawn Roberts is 35.
Singer Lee DeWyze ("American Idol") is 33.
Country singer Chris Janson is 33.
Actor Drew Van Acker ("Training Day," ''Pretty Little Liars") is 33.
Actress Briga Heelan (TV: "Great News") is 32.
Actor Jesse Plemons (TV's "Fargo," ''Breaking Bad") is 31.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 742, Charlemagne, or Charles the Great. (Jan. 28, 814)
In 1805, children's storyteller Hans Christian Andersen. (Aug. 4, 1875)
In 1840, French writer Emile Zola. (Sept, 29, 1902)
In 1875, car pioneer Walter Chrysler. (Aug. 18, 1940)
In 1908, actor Buddy Ebsen. (July 6, 2003)
In 1912, singer Herbert Mills. (April 12, 1989)
In 1914, actor Sir Alec Guinness. (Aug. 5, 2000)
In 1920, actor Jack Webb. (Dec. 23, 1982)
In 1927, actress Rita Gam. (March 22, 2016)
In 1928, French pop singer Serge Gainsbourg. (March 2, 1991)
In 1932, gospel and R&B singer James Phelps. (Oct. 26, 2010)
In 1939, Motown hitmaker Marvin Gaye. (April 1, 1984)
In 1942, musician, singer-songwriter Leon Russell. (Nov. 13, 2016)
In 1943, jazz guitarist Larry Coryell. (Feb. 19, 2017)
In 1946, Canadian guitarist Kurt Winter. (Dec. 14, 1997)
In 1949, actor Ron Palillo ("Welcome Back, Kotter"). (Aug. 14, 2012)
In 1952, bassist Leon Wilkeson (Lynyrd Skynyrd). (July 27, 2001)
In 1952, Canadian Golf Hall-of-Famer Dan Halldorson. (Nov. 18, 2015)
In 1953, actress Debralee Scott. (April 5, 2005)
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