Celebrity Birthdays for June 2:
Singer Sammy Turner is 93.
Filmmaker and movie historian Kevin Brownlow is 87.
Actor Stacy Keach is 84.
Actor-director Charles Haid ("Hill Street Blues") is 82.
Singer Chubby Tavares of Tavares is 81.
Movie director Lasse Hallstrom is 79.
Actor Jerry Mathers ("Leave It To Beaver") is 77.
Actress Joanna Gleason is 75.
Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Larry Robinson is 74.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is 73.
Comedian Dana Carvey is 70.
Bassist Michael Steele of The Bangles is 70.
Actor Gary Grimes is 70.
Singer Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet is 65.
Retired NASCAR driver Kyle Petty is 65.
Actor Liam Cunningham ("Game of Thrones") is 64.
Actor Navid Negahban ("Homeland," ''24") is 61.
Singer Merril Bainbridge is 57.
TV personality-producer Andy Cohen ("The Real Housewives" TV franchise) is 57.
Rapper B-Real (born Louis Freese) of Cypress Hill is 55.
Actress Paula Cale ("Providence") is 55.
Actor Anthony Montgomery ("Star Trek: Enterprise") is 54.
Actor-comedian Wayne Brady is 53.
Actor Wentworth Miller ("DC's Legends of Tomorrow") is 53.
Keyboardist Tim Rice-Oxley of Keane is 49.
Actor Zachary Quinto ("Heroes") is 48.
Actor Deon Richmond ("Van Wilder," ''Scream 3") is 48.
Actor Dominic Cooper ("Mamma Mia") is 47.
Actress Nikki Cox ("Unhappily Ever After") is 47.
Actor Justin Long ("Accepted," ''Dodgeball") is 47.
Actress Morena Baccarin ("Gotham," ''Homeland") is 46.
Drummer Fabrizio Moretti of The Strokes is 45.
Actress Jewel Staite is 43.
Singer Brooke White is 42.
Singer-songwriter ZZ Ward is 39.
Actress Brittany Curran is 35.
Actor Sterling Beaumon is 30.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1740, French writer Marquis de Sade. (Dec. 2, 1814)
In 1840, English writer Thomas Hardy. (Jan. 11, 1928)
In 1857, English composer Sir Edward Elgar. (Feb. 23, 1934)
In 1887, songwriter Howard Johnson. (May 1, 1941)
In 1904, actor Johnny Weissmuller. (Jan. 20, 1984)
In 1919, dance band leader Moxie Whitney. (July 21, 1989)
In 1924, Canadian journalist, writer and social activist June Callwood. (April 14, 2007)
In 1924, honky-tonk singer Carl Butler. (Sept. 4, 1992)
In 1926, actor Milo O'Shea. (April 2, 2013)
In 1929, Canadian tenor and actor Alan Crofoot. (March 5, 1979)
In 1934, singer John E. Carter (The Flamingos, The Dells ). (Aug. 21, 2009)
In 1935, writer Carol Shields. (July 16, 2003)
In 1937, Rock 'n' roll singer Jimmy Jones. (Aug. 2, 2012)
In 1937, actress Sally Kellerman. (Feb. 24, 2022)
In 1938, actor Ron Ely ("Tarzan"). (Sept. 29, 2024)
In 1941, drummer Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones. (Aug. 24, 2021)
In 1941, singer William Guest with Gladys Knight and the Pips. (Dec. 24, 2015)
In 1944, composer Marvin Hamlisch. (Aug. 6, 2012)
In 1949, country singer Anthony Armstrong Jones. (June 16, 1996)
In 1980, singer Irish Grinstead of 702. (Sept. 16, 2023)
The Canadian Press