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Celebrity-Birthdays-Aug27

Celebrity Birthdays for Aug. 27: Author Lady Antonia Fraser is 92. Actor Tommy Sands is 87. Phil Shulman, saxophonist with Gentle Giant is 87. Actress Tuesday Weld is 81. Actor G.W. Bailey ("MASH," ''The Closer") is 80.

Celebrity Birthdays for Aug. 27:

Author Lady Antonia Fraser is 92.

Actor Tommy Sands is 87.

Phil Shulman, saxophonist with Gentle Giant is 87.

Actress Tuesday Weld is 81.

Actor G.W. Bailey ("MASH," ''The Closer") is 80.

Conductor Ruben Gurevich, founder of the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, is 80.

Actress Marianne Sagebrecht is 79.

Guitarist Alex Lifeson of Rush is 71.

Actor Peter Stormare ("Fargo," ''The Big Lebowski") is 71.

Actress Diana Scarwid is 69.

Bassist Glen Matlock of The Sex Pistols is 68.

World Gold Hall-of-Famer Bernhard Langer is 67.

Entertainer Normand Brathwaite is 66.

Gospel singer Yolanda Adams is 63.

Country singer Jeffrey Steele is 63.

Movie director Tom Ford (Film: "Nocturnal Animals") is 63.

Writer-producer Dean Devlin is 62.

Bassist Mike Johnson (Dinosaur Jr.) is 59.

Percussionist Eric "Bobo" Correa of Cypress Hill is 56.

Country singer Colt Ford is 55.

Actress Chandra Wilson ("Grey's Anatomy") is 55.

Dog trainer Cesar Milan ("The Dog Whisperer") is 55.

Bassist Tony Kanal of No Doubt is 54.

Country singer Jason McCoy is 54.

Actor Mike Smith (Trailer Park Boys) is 52.

Rapper Mase (born Mason Betha) is 49.

Actress Sarah Chalke ("Scrubs," second Becky on "Roseanne") is 48.

Actor RonReaco Lee ("Madea Goes To Jail") is 48.

Actress Demetria McKinney ("House of Payne") is 46.

Actor Shaun Weiss ("The Mighty Ducks") is 46.

Actor Aaron Paul ("Breaking Bad," ''Big Love") is 45.

Musician Sarah Neufeld (Arcade Fire) is 45.

Contemporary Christian musician Megan Garrett (Casting Crowns) is 44.

Actor Kyle Lowder is 44.

Actor Patrick J. Adams ("Suits") is 43.

Actress Karla Mosley is 43.

Actress Amanda Fuller is 40.

Singer Mario Barrett is 38.

Actress Alexa PenaVega ("Spy Kids") is 36.

Actor Ellar Coltrane ("Boyhood") is 30.

Actress Savannah Paige Rae ("Parenthood") is 22.

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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1877, carmaker Charles Rolls, co-founder of Rolls-Royce. (July 12, 1910)

In 1890, artist Man Ray. (Nov. 18, 1976)

In 1908, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. (Jan. 22, 1973)

In 1909, tenor saxophonist Lester (Prez) Young. (March 15, 1959)

In 1916, actress Martha Raye. (Oct. 19, 1994)

In 1921, director Leo Penn. (Sept. 5, 1998.

In 1925, Carter Stanley of the famous Stanley Brothers bluegrass duo. (Dec. 1, 1966)

In 1927, Cajun-country singer Jimmy C. Newman. (June 21, 2014)

In 1929, author Ira Levin. (Nov. 12, 2007)

In 1937, jazz musician Alice Coltrane. (Jan. 12, 2007)

In 1937, bluegrass singer-banjo player J.D. Crowe. (Dec. 24, 2021)

In 1939, singer Edward Patten (Gladys Knight and The Pips). (Feb. 25, 2005)

In 1940, guitarist Sonny Sharrock. (May 25, 1994)

In 1942, musician Daryl Dragon of the Captain and Tennille. (Jan. 2, 2019)

In 1944, singer-bassist Tim Bogert of Vanilla Fudge. (Jan. 13, 2021)

In 1947, xxx-porn star Harry Reems ("Deep Throat"). (March 19, 2013)

In 1948, singer Cesaria Evora, "The Barefoot Diva." (Dec. 17, 2011)

In 1949, guitarist Jeff Cook of Alabama. (Nov. 7, 2022)

In 1952, actor Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman). (Jul. 30, 2023)

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