Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 2:
Critic Rex Reed is 86.
Singer Don McLean is 79.
Actor Eric Peterson ("Corner Gas") is 78.
Actor Avery Brooks ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine") is 76.
Fashion designer Donna Karan is 76.
Photographer Annie Leibovitz is 75.
Punk rocker Richard Hell (born Richard Myers) is 75.
Guitarist Mike Rutherford of Genesis and Mike and the Mechanics is 74.
Musician Sting (born Gordon Sumner) is 73.
Actress Robin Riker ("General Hospital," ''The Bold and the Beautiful") is 72.
British rock performer John Otway is 72.
Actress Lorraine Bracco ("The Sopranos") is 70.
Guitarist Greg Jennings of Restless Heart is 70.
Singer Phil Oakey of Human League is 69.
Singer Freddie Jackson is 68.
Kate St. John of The Dream Academy is 67.
Singer-producer Robbie Nevil is 66.
NFL coach Chuck Pagano is 64.
Retro-soul singer James Hunter is 62.
Drummer Bud Gaugh of Sublime and Long Beach Dub All-Stars is 57.
Country singer Gillian Welch is 57.
Actor Joey Slotnick ("Boston Public," ''The Single Guy") is 56.
Country singer Kelly Willis is 56.
Singer Dion Allen of Az Yet is 54.
Actress-talk show host Kelly Ripa ("Live With Kelly and Michael," ''All My Children") is 54.
Singer Tiffany (Darwish) is 53.
Guitarist Jim Root ("Slipknot") is 53.
Singer Lene Nystrom (Aqua) is 51.
Actor Efren Ramirez ("Napoleon Dynamite") is 51.
Singer LaTocha Scott of Xscape is 51.
Rock singer-songwriter Sam Roberts is 50.
Actress Brianna Brown is 45.
Singer George Pettit (Alexisonfire) is 42.
Tennis player Marion Bartoli is 40.
Actress Camilla Belle is 38.
Actor Christopher Larkin is 37.
NHL All-Star Phil Kessel is 37.
Singer Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes is 36.
Actress Samantha Barks ("Les Miserables") is 34.
Actress Elizabeth McLaughlin is 31.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1869, Mahatma Gandhi, the architect of India's independence. (Jan. 30, 1948)
In 1890, comedian Groucho Marx. (Aug. 19, 1977)
In 1895, comedian Bud Abbott. (April 24, 1974)
In 1911, author Jack Finney. (Nov. 14, 1995)
In 1927, singer-guitarist Leon Rausch of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. (May 14, 2019)
In 1928, actor George "Spanky" McFarland. (June 30, 1993)
In 1929, Canadian business tycoon Peter Bronfman. (Dec. 1, 1996)
In 1932, MLB All-Star Maury Wills. (Sept. 19, 2022)
In 1933, Dave Somerville of the '50s vocal group The Diamonds. (July 15, 2015)
In 1937, flamboyant U-S lawyer Johnnie Cochran. (March 29, 2005)
In 1946, country singer Jo-el Sonnier. (Jan. 13, 2024)
In 1948, rodeo champ-country singer Chris LeDoux. (March 9, 2005)
In 1976, gospel singer and former "American Idol" contestant Mandisa. (Apr. 18, 2024)
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