Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 11:
Singer Mary J. Blige is 47.
Former prime minister Jean Chretien is 84.
Actor Felix Silla (Cousin Itt on The Addams Family) is 81.
Country singer Naomi Judd is 72.
Actress Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey) is 62.
Actress Amanda Peet is 46.
Reality TV star Jason Wahler is 31.
Singer Cody Simpson is 21.
’50s pop vocalist/amateur golfer Don Cherry is 94.
Actor Mitchell Ryan (“Dharma and Greg”) is 90.
Olympic alpine skier Anne Heggtveit is 79.
Director Joel Zwick (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) is 76.
World Golf Hall-of-Famer Ben Crenshaw is 66.
Singer Robert Earl Keen is 62.
Guitarist Vicki Peterson of The Bangles is 60.
Actress Kim Coles (“Living Single”) is 56.
Former child actress Dawn Lyn (“My Three Sons”) is 55.
Actor Jason Connery is 55.
Guitarist Tom Dumont of No Doubt is 50.
Movie director Malcolm D. Lee is 48.
Musician Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers is 47.
Actor Marc Blucas is 46.
Actor Rockmond Dunbar is 45.
Actress Aja Naomi King (“How To Get Away With Murder”) is 33.
Actress Kristolyn Lloyd is 33.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1755 (or 1757), U.S. politician Alexander Hamilton. (July 12, 1804)
In 1815, Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister. (June 6, 1891)
In 1848, Edward Fisher, founder of the Toronto Conservatory of Music. (May 31, 1913)
In 1906, chemist Albert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD. (April 29, 2008)
In 1886, actor Chester Conklin. (Oct. 11, 1971)
In 1909, jazz alto saxophonist Tab Smith. (Aug. 17, 1971)
In 1910, dance band arranger and singer Art Hallman. (Dec. 5, 1994)
In 1911, vocalist Tommy Duncan. (July 25, 1967)
In 1917, former Ontario premier John Robarts. (Oct. 18, 1982)
In 1924, blues singer and songwriter Slim Harpo (real name James Moore). (Jan. 31, 1970)
Inn 1926, producer Grant Tinker. (Nov. 28, 2016)
In 1927, Canadian violinist Marta Hidy. (Nov. 4, 2010)
In 1928, TV producer David L. Wolper (“Roots”). (Aug. 20, 2010)
In 1930, actor Rod Taylor. (Jan. 7, 2015)
In 1931, composer Mary Rodgers. (June 26, 2014)
In 1936, Bill Reed, who sang the bass part in the Canadian doo-wop group “The Diamonds.” (Oct. 22, 2004)
In 1936, bass Bill Reed of the Canadian vocal quartet The Diamonds. (Oct. 22, 2004)
In 1942, saxophonist Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. (June 18, 2011)
In 1949, Frederick “Dennis” Greene of the rock revival group Sha Na Na. (Sept. 5, 2015)
In 1957, NBA player Darryl Dawkins. (Aug. 27, 2015).
In 1969, singer Maxee Maxwell of Brownstone. (Feb. 28, 2015)