Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 12:
Actress Kirstie Alley is 67.
Actress Katherine MacGregor (Little House on the Prairie) is 93.
Radio-TV personality Howard Stern is 64.
Singer-director Rob Zombie is 53.
Singer Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine is 48.
Rapper Raekwon of Wu Tang Clan is 48.
Singer Shawn Desman is 36.
Magician-illusionist “The Amazing Kreskin” (born George Joseph Kresge) is 83.
Country singer William Lee Golden of the Oak Ridge Boys is 79.
Jim Gold, lead singer of the ’70s pop group Gallery, is 71.
Actor Anthony Andrews is 70.
Movie director Wayne Wang is 69.
Radio personality Rush Limbaugh is 67.
Country singer Ricky Van Shelton is 66.
Writer Walter Mosley is 66.
Writer-producer-director John Lasseter is 61.
News correspondent Christiane Amanpour is 60.
Actor Oliver Platt is 58.
Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dominique Wilkins is 58.
Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com founder and CEO, is 54.
Actor Olivier Martinez is 52.
Model Vendela Kirsebom is 51.
Actress Farrah Forke (“Wings”) is 50.
Actress Rachael Harris is 50.
Singer Dan Haseltine of Jars of Clay is 45.
Bassist Matt Wong of Reel Big Fish is 45.
Singer Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice) of the Spice Girls is 44.
Contemporary Christian singer Jeremy Camp is 40.
Singer Amerie is 38.
Actress Cynthia Addai-Robinson is 33.
Actress Issa Rae is 33.
Actress Naya Rivera (“Glee”) is 31.
Actor Will Rothhaar is 31.
Actor Andrew Lawrence is 30.
NHL All-Star Claude Giroux is 30.
Singer Zayn Malik (formerly of One Direction) is 25.
Singer Ella Henderson is 22.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1876, American novelist Jack London (“Call of the Wild”). (Nov. 22, 1916)
In 1899, legendary bush pilot C. H. (Punch) Dickins. (Aug. 3, 1995)
In 1904, blues singer and guitarist Mississippi Fred McDowell. (July 3, 1972)
In 1905, country music singer Tex Ritter. (Jan. 2, 1974)
In 1910, actress Luise Rainer. (Dec. 30, 2014)
In 1916, TV actor House Peters Jr. (Oct. 1, 2008)
In 1926, country singer Ray Price. (Dec. 16, 2013)
In 1930, Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Tim Horton. (Feb. 21, 1974)
In 1930, singer Glenn Yarbrough. (Aug. 11, 2016)
In 1931, saxophonist Roland Alphonso (“The Skatalites”). (Nov. 20, 1998)
In 1931, Canadian soprano Yolande Dulude. (Aug. 18, 2003)
In 1941, blues legend Long John Baldry. (July 21, 2005)
In 1944, Boxing Hall-of-Famer Joe Frazier. (Nov. 7, 2011)
In 1944, trumpeter Cynthia Robinson of Sly and the Family Stone. (Nov. 23, 2015)
In 1946, singer-keyboardist George Duke. (Aug. 5, 2013)
In 1955, drummer Tom Ardolino of NRBQ. (Jan. 6, 2012)
In 1971, boxer Vernon Forrest. (July 25, 2009)