Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 4:
Actress Dyan Cannon is 88.
British jazz-rock guitarist John McLaughlin is 83.
Country singer Kathy Forester of the Forester Sisters is 70.
Guitarist Bernard Sumner of New Order (and Joy Division) is 69.
Actress Ann Magnuson ("Anything But Love") is 69.
Country singer Patty Loveless is 68.
Actor Matt Frewer ("Max Headroom") is 67.
Singer Michael Stipe of R.E.M. is 65.
Actor Patrick Cassidy is 63.
Robin Guthrie of the British pop band the Cocteau Twins is 63.
Actor Dave Foley ("NewsRadio," ''Kids in the Hall") is 62.
Actress Dot Jones ("Glee") is 61.
Actor Rick Hearst ("The Bold and the Beautiful") is 60.
Former Pogues singer Cait O'Riordan is 60.
Actress Julia Ormond is 60.
Country singer Deana Carter is 59.
Harmonica player Benjamin Darvill of Crash Test Dummies is 58.
Actor Josh Stamberg is 55.
Actor Jeremy Licht ("Valerie") is 54.
Actor Damon Gupton ("Empire") is 52.
Actress Jill Marie Jones ("Girlfriends") is 50.
Contemporary Christian rock singer Spencer Chamberlain of Underoath is 42.
Actress Lenora Crichlow is 40.
Comedian-actress Charlyne Yi is 39.
Former Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Pillar is 36.
Actress-singer Coco Jones is 27.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1643, mathematician and physicist Sir Isaac Newton. (March 20, 1727)
In 1785, author Jacob Grimm. (Sept. 20, 1863)
In 1809, Louis Braille, inventor of the braille system of reading for the blind. (Jan. 6, 1852)
In 1813, Sir Isaac Pitman, who invented a standardized form of shorthand writing. (Jan. 12, 1897)
In 1926, Canadian broadcaster-author Betty Kennedy. (March 21, 2017)
In 1927, actress Barbara Rush ("Peyton Place"). (Mar. 31, 2024)
In 1930, Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Don Shula. (May 4, 2020)
In 1932, singer James F. "Jimmy" Arnold (The Four Lads). (June 15, 2004)
In 1935, world heavyweight champion boxer Floyd Patterson. (May 11, 2006)
In 1937, opera singer Grace Bumbry. (May 7, 2023)
In 1946, '60s soul singer Arthur Conley. (Nov. 17, 2003)
In 1946, jazz and cabaret singer Susannah McCorkle. (May 19, 2001)
In 1955, British musician Mark Hollis (Talk Talk). (Feb. 25, 2019)
In 1958, actor Julian Sands ("24"). (Jan. 13, 2023)
In 1959, former Vanity 6 singer-turned-evangelist Vanity (born Denise Matthews). (Feb. 15, 2016)
In 1962, musician Peter Steele (Type O Negative). (April 14, 2010)
In 1982, Alt-country singer Justin Townes Earle (August 23, 2020)
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