Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 8:
Actress Nita Talbot is 95.
Actor Dustin Hoffman is 88.
Actress Connie Stevens is 87.
Country singer Phil Balsley of The Statler Brothers is 86.
Actor Larry Wilcox ("CHiPS") is 78.
Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender and former politician Ken Dryden is 78.
Actor Keith Carradine is 76.
Movie director Martin Brest is 74.
Radio-TV personality Robin Quivers is 73.
Percussionist Anton Fig is 73.
Actor Donny Most ("Happy Days") is 72.
Keyboardist Dennis Drew of 10,000 Maniacs is 68.
News anchor Deborah Norville is 67.
Guitarist The Edge (born Dave Evans) of U2 is 64.
Drummer Rikki Rockett of Poison is 64.
Rapper Kool Moe Dee is 63.
Rock musician Ralph Rieckermann is 63.
Singer Scott Stapp of Creed is 52.
Country singer Mark Wills is 52.
Actor Kohl Sudduth is 51.
Guitarist Tom Linton of Jimmy Eat World is 50.
Singer J.C. Chasez of 'N Sync is 49.
Singer Drew Lachey of 98 Degrees is 49.
Actress Tawny Cypress ("Heroes") is 49.
R&B singer Marsha Ambrosius (Floetry) is 48.
Actress Lindsay Sloane ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch") is 48.
Actress Countess Vaughn ("The Parkers," ''Moesha") is 47.
Actor Michael Urie ("Ugly Betty") is 45.
Actress Meagan Good ("Think Like A Man") is 44.
Tennis player Roger Federer is 44.
Actress Jackie Cruz ("Orange Is The New Black") is 39.
Princess Beatrice of York is 37.
Actor Ken Baumann is 36.
Pop singer Shawn Mendes is 27.
Actress Bebe Wood ("The Real O'Neals") is 24.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1907, jazz great Benny Carter. (July 12, 2003)
In 1910, bandleader Lucky Millinder. (Sept. 28, 1966)
In 1911, Canadian violinist Frederick Grinke. (March 16, 1987)
In 1919, Academy Award-winning producer Dino De Laurentiis. (Nov. 10, 2010)
In 1920, blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon. (Sept. 18, 1997)
In 1921, actress Esther Williams. (June 6, 2013)
In 1921, director and producer Bill Asher. (July 16, 2012)
In 1926, country music star Webb Pierce. (Feb. 24, 1991)
In 1926 Actor Richard Anderson ("The Six Million Dollar Man") (August 31, 2017)
In 1930, Basketball Hall of Fame coach Jerry Tarkanian. (Feb. 11, 2015)
In 1932, country singer Mel Tillis. (Nov. 19, 2017)
In 1933, soul singer Joe Tex. (Aug. 13, 1982)
In 1938, Canadian classical composer Jacques Hetu. (Feb. 9, 2010)
In 1944, singer Michael Johnson. (July 25, 2017)
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