Celebrity Birthdays for Aug. 2:
Singer Kathy Lennon of The Lennon Sisters is 82.
Actress Joanna Cassidy is 81.
Canadian diplomat and former politician Bob Rae is 77.
Actress Kathryn Harrold is 75.
Actor Butch Patrick ("The Munsters") is 72.
Music producer and Garbage drummer Butch Vig is 70.
Actress Victoria Jackson ("Saturday Night Live") is 66.
Actress Apollonia Kotero is 66.
Actress Cynthia Stevenson ("Men In Trees," ''Hope and Gloria") is 63.
Actress Mary-Louise Parker is 61.
Rock musician John Stanier is 57.
Director-actor Kevin Smith ("Clerks," ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back") is 55.
Country singer Aaron Pritchett 55.
Actress Jacinda Barrett is 53.
Actor Sam Worthington ("Terminator Salvation") is 49.
Actor Edward Furlong is 48.
"Today" meteorologist Dylan Dreyer is 44.
Actress Marci Miller ("Days of Our Lives") is 40.
Singer Charli XCX (born Charlotte Aitchison) is 33.
Actress Hallie Eisenberg is 33.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1862, Canadian poet Duncan Campbell Scott. (Dec. 19, 1947)
In 1892, movie mogul Jack L. Warner. (Sept. 9, 1978)
In 1905, actress Myrna Loy. (Dec. 14, 1993)
In 1914, Quebec singer Felix Leclerc. (Aug. 8, 1988)
In 1919, actor Nehemiah Persoff ("Some Like It Hot"). (Apr. 5, 2022)
In 1923, Israeli statesman Shimon Peres. (Sept. 28, 2016)
In 1924, actor Carroll O'Connor. (June 21, 2001)
In 1924, rock 'n' roll radio pioneer Winston J. "Buddy" Deane. (July 16, 2003)
In 1924, pop pianist Joe Harnell. (July 14, 2005)
In 1932, actor Peter O'Toole. (Dec. 14, 2013)
In 1935, country singer Hank Cochran. (July 15, 2010)
In 1936, pianist and composer Andre Gagnon. (Dec. 3, 2020)
In 1937, keyboardist Garth Hudson of The Band. (Jan. 21, 2025)
In 1939, Edward Patten of "The Pips." (Feb. 25, 2005)
In 1939, director Wes Craven. (Aug. 30, 2015)
In 1941, singer Doris Kenner (The Shirelles). (Feb. 4, 2000)
In 1943, actor Max Wright ("Alf," ''Norm"). (June 26, 2019)
In 1944, drummer Jim Capaldi (Traffic). (Jan. 28, 2005)
In 1951, singer Andrew Gold. (June 3, 2011)
In 1957, singer Mojo Nixon. (Feb. 7, 2024)
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