(AP) — Celebrity birthdays for April 17:
Singer Victoria Beckham of the Spice Girls is 44.
Actor David Bradley (Game of Thrones) is 76.
NBA head coach Dwane Casey is 61.
Alberta premier Rachel Notley is 54.
Singer Liz Phair is 51.
Rapper-actor Redman is 48.
Actress Jennifer Garner is 46.
Rooney Mara (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) is 33.
Chris Barber, British trombonist and bandleader, is 88.
Singer and actress Michele Richard is 72.
Musician Jan Hammer is 70.
Actress Olivia Hussey is 67.
Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Borje Salming is 67.
Actor Clarke Peters (“Treme”) is 66.
Rock singer/guitarist/producer Michael Sembello is 64.
Singer-guitarist Pete Shelley of The Buzzcocks is 63.
Rapper Afrika Bambaataa is 61.
Actor Sean Bean (“Lord of the Rings”) is 59.
Former NFL quarterback-turned-analyst Boomer Esiason is 57.
Actor Carlo Rota is 57.
Actor Joel Murray (“Dharma and Greg,” “The Artist”) is 56.
Singer Maynard James Keenan of Tool and of Puscifer is 54.
Actress Lela Rochon is 54.
Actor William Mapother (“Lost”) is 53.
Actress Leslie Bega (“The Sopranos”) is 51.
Actor Henry Ian Cusick (“Scandal,” “Lost”) is 51.
Actress Kimberly Elise is 51.
Country music singer Gord Bamford is 42.
Actress Lindsay Korman (“Passions”) is 40.
Actor Tate Ellington (“Quantico”) is 39.
Actor Nicholas D’Agosto is 38.
Actor Charlie Hofheimer (“24: Legacy”) is 37.
Actress Jacqueline MacInnes Wood is 31.
Singer Avi Kaplan (Pentatonix) is 29.
Actor Paulie Litt is 23.
Actress Dee Dee Davis (“The Bernie Mac Show”) is 22.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1620, Marguerite Bourgeoys, Canada’s first woman saint. (Jan. 12, 1700)
In 1894, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. (Sept. 11, 1971)
In 1897, playwright and novelist Thorton Wilder. (Dec. 7, 1975)
In 1905, actor Arthur Lake. (Jan. 8, 1987)
In 1918, actor William Holden. (Nov. 12, 1981)
In 1923, journalist Harry Reasoner. (Aug. 6, 1991)
In 1923, tenor Gianni Raimondi. (Oct. 19, 2008)
In 1929, German bandleader James Last. (June 9, 2015)
In 1934, rock promoter Don Kirshner. (Jan. 17, 2011)
In 1940, British rocker Billy Fury. (Jan. 8, 1983)
In 1943, Canadian pop singer Bobby Curtola. (June 4, 2016)
In 1954, Hall of Fame wrestler “Rowdy” Roddy Piper (born Rod Toombs). (July 31, 2015)