Famous birthdays this week: Nov. 7-13

Joni Mitchell is 81, Bonnie Raitt turns 75, Sinbad hits 69, Neil Young is 79

Blues singer-guitarist Bonnie Raitt turns 75 on Friday. (Amy Harris / Invision / AP Photo)

These celebrities have birthdays this week:

Nov. 7

Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Kaat is 86. Former Singer Johnny Rivers is 82. Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is 81. Retired Army general and former CIA Director David Petraeus is 72. Actor Christopher Knight (TV’s “The Brady Bunch”) is 67. Guitarist Tommy Thayer of Kiss is 64. Rock singer Lorde is 28.

Nov. 8

Racing Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero Jr. is 82. Singer Bonnie Raitt is 75. TV personality Mary Hart is 74. Singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones is 70. Filmmaker Richard Curtis is 68. Chef and TV personality Gordon Ramsay is 58. Actor Courtney Thorne-Smith is 57. Actor Parker Posey is 56. Actor Gretchen Mol is 52. News anchor David Muir is 51. Actor Matthew Rhys is 50. Actor Tara Reid is 49. TV personality Jack Osbourne is 39.

Nov. 9

Film director Bille August is 76. Actor-bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno is 73. Blues singer Susan Tedeschi is 54.

Nov. 10

Blues singer Bobby Rush is 91. Actor Albert Hall (“Ally McBeal,” “Beloved”) is 87. Actor-comedian Sinbad is 69. Actor Hugh Bonneville (“Downton Abbey”) is 60. Comedian Tracy Morgan (“30 Rock”) is 56.

Nov. 11

Country singer Narvel Felts is 86. Actor Stanley Tucci is 64. Actress Demi Moore is 62.

Nov. 12

Playwright-actor Wallace Shawn (“The Princess Bride”) is 81. Keyboardist Booker T. Jones of Booker T. and the MG’s is 80. Singer Neil Young is 79. Actress Megan Mullally (“Will and Grace”) is 66. Actor Ryan Gosling is 44.

Nov. 13

Actor Jimmy Hawkins (“It’s a Wonderful Life”) is 83. Blues singer John Hammond is 82. Actor Joe Mantegna is 77. Actor Chris Noth (“Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” Sex and the City”) is 70. Actress Whoopi Goldberg is 69. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel is 57. Actor Steve Zahn (“Happy, Texas,” “That Thing You Do!”) is 57.