Celebrity Birthdays for May 27:
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is 97.
Author John Barth is 90.
Actress Lee Meriwether is 85.
Musician Ramsey Lewis is 85.
Actor Louis Gossett Jr. is 84.
Actor Bruce Weitz is 77.
Singer Bruce Cockburn is 75.
Jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater is 70.
Actor Richard Schiff ("The West Wing") is 65.
Singer Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees is 63.
Singer-guitarist Neil Finn of Crowded House and Split Enz is 62.
Actress Peri Gilpin ("Frasier") is 59.
Actress Cathy Silvers ("Happy Days") is 59.
Comedian Adam Carolla is 56.
Actor Todd Bridges ("Diff'rent Strokes") is 55.
Drummer Sean Kinney of Alice In Chains is 53.
Actor Dondre Whitfield is 51.
Actor Paul Bettany ("The Da Vinci Code," ''A Beautiful Mind") is 49.
Singer-guitarist Brian Desveaux of Nine Days is 49.
Country singer Jace Everett is 48.
Actor Jack McBrayer ("30 Rock") is 47.
Rapper Andre 3000 of Outkast is 45.
Rapper Jadakiss is 45.
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is 45.
Actor Ben Feldman ("Mad Men") is 40.
Actor Michael Steger is 40.
Actor Darin Brooks ("The Bold and the Beautiful") is 36.
Actor Chris Colfer ("Glee") is 30.
Actor Ethan Dampf ("American Dreams") is 26.
Actress Desiree Ross ("Greenleaf") is 21.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1837, lawman-gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok. (Aug. 2, 1876)
In 1909, Dolores Hope, sultry-voiced songstress who was married to comedian Bob Hope. (Sept. 19, 2011)
In 1911, actor Vincent Price. (Oct. 25, 1993)
In 1912, writer John Cheever. (June 18, 1982)
In 1912, golf legend Sam Snead. (May 23, 2002)
In 1915, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Herman Wouk. (May 17, 2019)
In 1921, country singer-songwriter Redd Stewart. (Aug. 2, 2003)
In 1922, actor Christopher Lee. (June 7, 2015)
In 1925, author Tony Hillerman. (Oct. 26, 2008)
In 1926, jazz saxophonist Bud Shank. (April 2, 2009)
In 1931, country singer Kenny Price. (Aug. 4, 1987)
In 1932, blues singer and harmonica player Junior Parker. (Nov. 18, 1971)
In 1933, Canadian entrepreneur Ted Rogers. (Dec 2, 2008)
In 1937, TV and theatre producer Allan Carr. (June 29,1999)
In 1939, country music singer Don Williams. (Sept. 8, 2017)
In 1943, singer Cilla Black. (Aug. 2, 2015)
In 1961, Canadian-bred thoroughbred Northern Dancer. (Nov. 16, 1990)
In 1971, singer Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (TLC). (April 25, 2002)
In 1974, jazz guitarist Coleman Mellett. (Feb. 12, 2009)
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