These celebrities have birthdays this week.
Oct. 17
Singer Gary Puckett is 82. Actor-musician Michael McKean is 77. Actor George Wendt is 76. Country singer Alan Jackson is 66. Animator-filmmaker Mike Judge is 62. Musician Wyclef Jean is 55. Golf Hall of Famer Ernie Els is 55. Rapper Eminem is 52.
Oct. 18
Football Hall of Famer Mike Ditka is 85. Composer Howard Shore is 78. Tennis Hall of Famer Martina Navratilova is 68. Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme is 64. Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis is 63.
Oct. 19
Artist Peter Max is 87. Actor John Lithgow is 79. Fox News host Steve Doocy is 68. Singer Jennifer Holliday is 64. Boxing Hall of Famer Evander Holyfield is 62. “South Park” co-creator Trey Parker is 55.
Oct. 20
Rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson is 87. Actor-turned-nun Dolores Hart (“Where the Boys Are,” “King Creole”) is 86. Director Danny Boyle (“Slumdog Millionaire,” “Trainspotting”) is 68. Actor Viggo Mortensen (“Lord of the Rings”) is 66. Rapper Snoop Dogg is 53. Actor John Krasinski (“The Office”) is 45.
Oct. 21
Rock singer Manfred Mann is 82. Musician Steve Cropper (Booker T. & the MG’s) is 83. Singer Elvin Bishop is 82. TV’s Judge Judy Sheindlin is 83. Actor Everett McGill is 80. Actor Dick Christie is 76. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is 75.
Oct. 22
Actor Derek Jacobi is 86. Actor Christopher Lloyd is 86. Actor Tony Roberts is 85. Director Jan de Bont (“Twister,” “Speed”) is 81. Actor Jeff Goldblum is 72. Actor Luis Guzman (“Code Black”) is 68. Actor Bob Odenkirk is 62. Director Spike Jonze is 55.
Oct. 23
Director Philip Kaufman (“The Right Stuff”) is 88. Director Ang Lee (“Brokeback Mountain,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”) is 70. Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is 68. Singer Dwight Yoakam is 68. Director-actor Sam Raimi (“Spider-Man” films) is 65. Singer “Weird Al” Yankovic is 65. Actor Ryan Reynolds is 48.