(AP) — Celebrity Birthdays for March 6:
Basketball Hall of Fame centre Shaquille O’Neal is 46.
Guitarist David Gilmour of Pink Floyd is 72.
Actress Connie Britton (Nashville) is 51.
Actor-director Rob Reiner is 71.
Rapper Bubba Sparxxx is 41.
Drummer Chris Tomson of Vampire Weekend is 34.
Rapper-producer Tyler, the Creator is 27.
Dancer-actress Carmen de Lavallade is 87.
Actress-writer Joanna Miles is 78.
Actor Ben Murphy is 76.
Jazz singer Flora Purim is 76.
Singer Mary Wilson of The Supremes is 74.
Opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is 74.
Drummer Hugh Grundy of The Zombies is 73.
Actress Anna Maria Horsford (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 71.
Singer Kiki Dee is 71.
Broadcast journalist John Stossel is 71.
Composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz is 70.
Sports correspondent Armen Keteyian is 65.
Rock singer-musician Phil Alvin (The Blasters) is 65.
Actor Tom Arnold is 59.
Actor D.L. Hughley (“The Hughleys”) is 54.
Country songwriter Skip Ewing is 54.
Actor Shuler Hensley is 51.
Actress Moira Kelly is 50.
Actress Amy Pietz (“Aliens in America,” “Caroline in the City”) is 49.
Country singer Trent Willmon is 45.
Guitarist Shan Farmer of Ricochet is 44.
Rapper Beanie Sigel is 44.
Conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin is 43.
Actor Eli Marienthal is 32.
Actor Jimmy Galeota is 32.
Actor Dillon Freasier (“There Will Be Blood”) is 22.
Actress Savannah Stehlin is 22.
Also born on this date:
In 1475, artist Michelangelo. (Feb. 18, 1564)
In 1619, French playwright Cyrano de Bergerac. (July 28, 1655)
In 1806, English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. (June 29, 1861)
In 1870, Viennese waltz composer Oscar Strauss. (Jan. 11, 1954)
In 1882, Barbara Hanley, Canada’s first woman mayor (Webbwood, Ont.). (Jan. 26, 1959)
In 1885, Canadian conductor and cellist Rosario Bourdon. (April 24, 1961)
In 1893, legendary bluesman Walter “Furry” Lewis. (Sept. 14, 1981)
In 1900, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Lefty Grove. (May 22, 1975)
In 1905, western swing music originator Bob Wills. (May 13, 1975)
In 1906, comedian Lou Costello. (March 3, 1959)
In 1916, jazz bassist Red Callender. (March 8, 1992)
In 1921, orchestra conductor Julius Rudel. (June 26, 2014)
In 1923, former “Tonight Show” announcer Ed McMahon. (June 23, 2009)
In 1923, jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery. (June 15, 1968)
In 1924, conductor Sarah Caldwell. (March 23, 2006)
In 1927, author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. (April 17, 2014).
In 1930, orchestra conductor Lorin Maazel. (July 13, 2014)
In 1936, singer-musician-Sugar Hill Records founder/CEO Sylvia Robinson. (Sept. 29, 2011)
In 1937, steel guitarist Ben Keith. (July 27, 2010)
In 1937, banjo player Doug Dillard. (May 16, 2012)
In 1940, Baseball Hall-of-Famer Willie Stargell. (April 9, 2001)
In 1940, Canadian artist Ken Danby. (Sept. 23, 2007)
In 1963, actress Suzanne Crough (“The Partridge Family”). (April 27, 2015)
In 1964, actress Yvette Wilson. (June 14, 2012)