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Celebrity birthdays for Feb. 16
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(AP) — Celebrity birthdays for Feb. 16:

Singer-songwriter The Weeknd (born Abel Tesfaye) is 28.

Rapper-actor Ice-T is 60.

Hockey Hall-of-Famer Lanny McDonald is 65.

International Tennis Hall-of-Famer John McEnroe is 59.

Actress Lisa Loring (The Addams Family) is 60.

Guitarist Andy Taylor (Duran Duran) is 57.

Drummer Dave Lombardo of Slayer is 53.

Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Jerome Bettis is 46.

Rapper Lupe Fiasco is 36.

Jazz/pop singer-actress Peggy King is 88.

Actor Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett in “The Empire Strikes Back”) is 73.

Actor William Katt (“Greatest American Hero”) is 67.

R&B singer James Ingram is 66.

Actor LeVar Burton is 61.

Actor Christopher Eccleston is 54.

Actress Sarah Clarke (“Twilight”) is 47.

Actor Mahershala Ali (“House of Cards”) is 44.

Singer Sam Salter is 43.

Bassist Brad Walst (“Three Days Grace”) is 41.

DJ-producer Bassnectar is 40.

Actress Chloe Wepper is 32.

Pop-rock singer Ryan Follese of Hot Chelle Rae is 31.

Guitarist and drummer Danielle Haim of the rock group Haim is 29.

Actress Elizabeth Olsen (“Martha Marcy May Marlene”) is 29.

Actor Mike Weinberg is 25.

Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1903, ventriloquist Edgar Bergen. (Sept. 30, 1978)

In 1909, actor Hugh Beaumont. (May 14, 1982)

In 1914, Canadian fiddling legend Winston Scotty Fitzgerald. (Sept. 2, 1987)

In 1914, singing cowboy Jimmy Wakely. (Sept. 23, 1982)

In 1916, rock ‘n’ roll organist Bill Doggett. (Nov, 13, 1996)

In 1918, singer Patty Andrews. (Jan. 30, 2013)

In 1921, actress Vera Ellen. (Aug, 30, 1981)

In 1928, NHL player turned priest Les Costello. (Dec. 10, 2002)

In 1932, songwriter Otis Blackwell. (May 6, 2002)

In 1934, R&B singer Ted Taylor. (Oct. 2, 1987)

In 1935, singer-politician Sonny Bono. (Jan. 5, 1998)

In 1947, Jean-Pierre Perreault, Montreal choreographer, dancer and designer. (Dec. 4, 2002)

In 1954, actress Margaux Hemingway. (July 1, 1996)