(AP) — Celebrity birthdays for April 11:
Singer-songwriter Lights (born Valerie Poxleitner) is 31.
U.S. socialite Ethel Kennedy is 90.
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman is 77.
Actor Peter Riegart (“Animal House”) is 71.
Guitarist Nigel Pulsford (Bush) is 57.
Bassist Dylan Keefe of Marcy Playground is 48.
Singer Joss Stone is 31.
Actor Joel Grey is 86.
Composer and radio broadcaster/producer Norma Beecroft is 84.
Actress Louise Lasser is 79.
Movie writer-director John Milius is 74.
Movie director Carl Franklin is 69.
Actor Bill Irwin (“Law and Order: SVU”) is 68.
Singer Neville Staple (Fun Boy Three, The Specials) is 63.
Country singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale is 61.
Songwriter-producer Daryl Simmons is 61.
Actor Lucky Vanous is 57.
Country singer Steve Azar is 54.
Singer Lisa Stansfield is 52.
Actor Johnny Messner is 48.
Actor Vicellous Shannon (“The Hurricane”) is 47.
Actress Jennifer Esposito is 45.
Rapper David Banner is 44.
Actress Tricia Helfer is 44.
Rock singer Tom Thacker (Gob) is 44.
Drummer Chris Gaylor of All-American Rejects is 39.
Singer Sebastien Grainger (Death From Above 1979) is 39.
Supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio is 37.
Freestyle skier Jennifer Heil is 35.
Actress Kelli Garner (“Taking Woodstock,” “Lars and the Real Girl”) is 34.
Actress Kaitlyn Jenkins (“Bunheads”) is 26.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1906, cartoonist Dale Messick. (April 5, 2005)
In 1914, Canadian animator and producer Norman McLaren. (Jan. 27, 1987)
In 1914, Robert Stanfield, former Nova Scotia premier and federal Progressive Conservative leader. (Dec. 16, 2003)
In 1917, hockey broadcaster Danny Gallivan. (Feb. 24, 1993)
In 1925, Quebecor founder Pierre Peladeau. (Dec. 24, 1997)
In 1931, actor Johnny Sheffield. (Oct. 15, 2010)
In 1934, gospel singer Cleotha Staples (The Staple Singers) . (Feb. 21, 2013)
In 1935, “Louie Louie” composer Richard Berry. (Jan. 23, 1997)
In 1940, Newfoundland poet and playwright Al Pittman. (Aug. 26, 2001)
In 1947, actor Meshach Taylor (“Designing Women,” “Dave’s World”). (June 28, 2014)
In 1958, Stu Adamson, lead singer and guitarist with Big Country. (Dec. 16, 2001)
In 1961, guitarist Douglas Hopkins (The Gin Blossoms). (Dec. 5, 1993)