Celebrity Birthdays for Aug. 4:
World curling champion Ernie Richardson is 94.
Actress-singer Tina Cole ("My Three Sons") is 82.
Paul Layton of the '70s pop group The New Seekers is 78.
Pro Football Hall of Fame running back John Riggins is 76.
Gemini-award winning actress Sara Botsford is 74.
Actor-screenwriter-singer Billy Bob Thornton is 70.
Actress Kym Karath ("The Sound of Music") is 67.
Hall of Fame track star Mary Decker is 67.
Actress Lauren Tom ("Joy Luck Club," ''Men In Trees") is 66.
Former U.S. President Barack Obama is 64.
Producer Michael Gelman ("Live with Regis and Kelly") is 64.
Actress Crystal Chappell is 60.
Author Dennis Lehane is 60.
Actor Daniel Dae Kim ("Hawaii Five-O," ''Lost") is 57.
Brazilian musician Max Cavalera is 56.
Actor Michael DeLuise is 56.
Retired race car driver Jeff Gordon is 54.
Singer-actor Marques Houston of Immature is 44.
Duchess of Sussex, the former actress Meghan Markle, is 44.
Actress Abigail Spencer is 44.
Actress Greta Gerwig is 43.
"American Idol" runner-up Crystal Bowersox is 40.
Actors Dylan and Cole Sprouse ("The Suite Life of Zack and Cody," ''Grace Under Fire") are 33.
"American Idol" runner-up Jessica Sanchez is 30.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1792, poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. (July 8, 1822)
In 1890, pioneer country-and-western singer and songwriter Carson Robison. (March 4, 1957)
In 1900, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (The Queen Mother). (March 30, 2002)
In 1901, jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong. (July 6, 1971)
In 1902, actress Clara Peller ("Where's the Beef?" commercials for Wendy's). (Aug. 11, 1987)
In 1910, actress Anita Page. (Sept. 6, 2008)
In 1920, pioneer journalist Helen Thomas. (July 20, 2013)
In 1921, Montreal Canadiens legend Maurice (Rocket) Richard. (May 27, 2000)
In 1921, jazz guitarist Herb Ellis. (March 28, 2010)
In 1928, director Gerard Damiano ("Deep Throat"). (Oct. 25, 2008)
In 1935, Canadian baritone Victor Braun. (Jan. 6, 2001)
In 1936, singer Elsbeary Hobbs (The Drifters). (May 31, 1996)
In 1939, singer Frankie Ford. (Sept. 28, 2015)
In 1940, Grammy award-winning keyboardist Larry Knechtel. (Aug. 20, 2009)
In 1944, actor-comedian Richard Belzer ("Law and Order: Special Victims Unit," ''Homicide"). (Feb. 19, 2023)
In 1959, guitarist Robbin Crosby (Ratt). (June 6, 2002)
In 1970, actor Ron Lester. (June 17, 2016)
In 1988, singer Tom Parker of The Wanted. (Mar. 30, 2022)
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