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Celebrity birthdays for April 5
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(AP) — Celebrity birthdays for April 5:

Rapper-producer Pharrell Williams is 45.

Singer Allan Clarke of The Hollies is 76.

Actor Michael Moriarty (Law and Order) is 77.

Guitarist Mike McCready of Pearl Jam is 52.

Singer Paula Cole is 50.

Rapper Juicy J (Three 6 Mafia) is 43.

Actor Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us) is 42.

Actress Lily James (Downton Abbey) is 29.

Country singer Tommy Cash is 78.

Horror filmmaker Roger Corman is 92.

Writer-director Peter Greenaway is 76.

Actor Max Gail (“Sons and Daughters,” “Barney Miller”) is 75.

Actress Jane Asher is 72.

Singer Agnetha Faltskog of Abba is 68.

Everett Morton, drummer with The Beat, is 67.

Actor Mitch Pileggi (“The X Files”) is 66.

Singer-songwriter Peter Case is 64.

Singer Stan Ridgway (Wall of Voodoo) is 64.

Rapper Christopher Reid, Kid in the duo Kid ‘n Play, is 54.

Actress Krista Allen (“Baywatch,” “What About Brian”) is 47.

Actress Victoria Hamilton (“The Crown”) is 47.

Country singer Pat Green is 46.

Jazz and R&B musician Robert Glasper is 40.

Singer-guitarist Mike Eli of The Eli Young Band is 37.

Actress Hayley Atwell (“Marvel’s Agent Carter”) is 36.

Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1749, Jean-Antoine Aide-Crequy, the first Canadian-born painter. (Dec. 6, 1780)

In 1830, Alexander Muir, who wrote the “The Maple Leaf Forever.” (Jan. 26, 1906)

In 1900, actor Spencer Tracy. (June 10, 1967)

In 1908, actress Bette Davis. (Oct. 6, 1989)

In 1908, conductor Herbert von Karajan. (July 16, 1989)

In 1916, actor Gregory Peck. (June 12, 2003)

In 1920, author Arthur Hailey. (Nov. 24, 2004)

In 1922, actress Gale Storm. (June 27, 2009)

In 1922, actor Chrostopher Hewett. (Aug. 3, 2001)

In 1922, Canadian composer Harry Freedman. (Sept. 16, 2005)

In 1928, Tony Williams, originals lead singer of The Platters. (Aug. 14, 1992)

In 1931, country music producer “Cowboy” Jack Clement. (Aug. 8, 2013)

In 1933, actor Frank Gorshin. (May 17, 2005)

In 1934, jazz tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine. (Sept 12, 2000)

In 1939, singer Ronnie White (The Miracles). (Aug. 26, 1995)

In 1939, Canadian jazz drummer Jerry Fuller. (July 13, 2002)

In 1939, ’60s pop singer Crispian St. Peters. (June 8, 2010)

In 1962, actress Lana Clarkson. (Feb. 3, 2003)

In 1967, country singer Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry. (Sept. 8, 2017)