Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 5:
Country songwriter Bobby Braddock is 85.
Actress Loni Anderson is 80.
Actress Erika Slezak ("One Life To Live") is 79.
Actress Holly Palance is 75.
Singer Samantha Sang is 74.
Guitarist Eddie Ojeda of Twisted Sister is 70.
Actress Maureen McCormick ("The Brady Bunch") is 69.
Guitarist Pat Smear (Foo Fighters) is 66.
Author David Baldacci is 65.
Country fiddler Mark O'Connor is 64.
Actress Janet McTeer is 64.
Basketball Hall of Fame centre Patrick Ewing is 63.
Actor Mark Strong ("The Imitation Game") is 62.
Director James Gunn ("Guardians of the Galaxy") is 59.
Actor Jonathan Silverman ("The Single Guy") is 59.
Country singer Terri Clark is 57.
Cellist Eicca Toppinen of Apocalyptica is 50.
Actor Jesse Williams ("Grey's Anatomy") is 44.
Canadian skier Erik Guay is 44.
Singer Dawn Richard (Diddy-Dirty Money, Danity Kane) is 42.
Actor Brendon Ryan Barrett is 39.
LPGA golfer Paula Creamer is 39.
Actress Meegan Warner (TV: "TURN: Washington's Spies") is 34.
Actor Albert Tsai ("Dr. Ken") is 21.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1850, French novelist Guy de Maupassant. (July 6, 1893)
In 1862, "Elephant Man" John Merrick. (April 11, 1890)
In 1877, Canadian painter Tom Thomson. (July 8, 1917)
In 1906, American film director John Huston. (Aug. 28, 1987)
In 1918, National Ballet School of Canada co-founder Betty Oliphant. (July 12, 2004)
In 1923, broadcaster Wally Crouter. (March 28, 2016)
In 1930, U.S. astronaut Neil A. Armstrong. (Aug. 25, 2012)
In 1930, '60s pop and R&B singer Damita Jo (DeBlanc). (Dec. 25, 1998)
In 1934, country singer Vern Gosdin. (April 28, 2009)
In 1934, actress Cammie King (Bonnie Blue Butler in "Gone With The Wind"). (Sept. 1, 2010)
In 1936, actor John Saxon (July 25, 2020).
In 1937, hockey coach Herb Brooks. (Aug. 11, 2003)
In 1941, jazz guitarist Lenny Breau. (Aug. 12, 1984)
In 1941, director Bob Clark. (April 4, 2007)
In 1942, bassist Rick Huxley of The Dave Clark Five. (Feb. 11, 2013)
In 1943, country singer Sammi Smith. (Feb. 12, 2005)
In 1947, singer Rick Derringer. (May 26, 2025)
In 1959, singer Pete Burns (Dead or Alive). (Oct. 23, 2016)
In 1961, actress Tawny Kitaen. (May 7, 2021)
In 1964, rapper Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. (May 4, 2012)
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