Celebrity Birthdays for April 30:
Singer Willie Nelson is 91.
Guitarist Johnny Farina of the instrumental duo Santo and Johnny is 83.
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden is 78.
Actor Perry King ("Riptide") is 76.
Movie director Allan Arkush is 76.
Singer Merril Osmond of The Osmonds is 71.
Director Jane Campion is 70.
Danish film director Lars von Trier is 68.
Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper is 65.
Actor-writer-director Paul Gross is 65.
Basketball Hall of Fame point guard Isiah Thomas is 63.
Actor Adrian Pasdar ("Heroes") is 59.
Guitarist Chris Henderson of 3 Doors Down is 53.
Country singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson is 53.
Actress Lisa Dean Ryan ("Doogie Howser, M.D.") is 52.
Singer Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees is 51.
Actor Johnny Galecki ("The Big Bang Theory," ''Roseanne") is 49.
Actor Sam Heughan ("Outlander") is 44.
Actor Kunal Nayyar ("The Big Bang Theory") is 43.
Rapper Lloyd Banks is 42.
Actress Kirsten Dunst is 42.
Actor-singer Drew Seeley is 42.
Country singer Tyler Wilkinson of The Wilkinsons is 40.
Actress Gal Gadot (“Wonder Woman”) is 39.
Actress Dianna Agron ("Glee") is 38.
Singer Brandon Lancaster of LANCO is 35.
Rapper Travis Scott is 34.
Musician Mac DeMarco is 34.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1623, Francois de Laval, first bishop of Canada. (May 6, 1708)
In 1896, blues and folk singer, Rev. Gary Davis. (May 5, 1972)
In 1908, actress Eve Arden. (Nov. 12, 1990)
In 1909, Dutch queen Juliana. (March 20, 2004)
In 1916, conductor Robert Shaw, who did much to popularize the art of choral singing in North America. (Jan. 25, 1999)
In 1920, women's historian Gerda Lerner. (Jan. 2, 2013)
In 1923, actor Al Lewis. (Feb. 3, 2006)
In 1925, country singer Johnny Horton. (Nov. 5, 1960)
In 1926, actress Cloris Leachman. (Jan. 27, 2021)
In 1928, Canadian author Hugh Hood. (Aug. 1, 2000)
In 1930, '50s and '60s R&B singer Bobby Marchan. (Dec. 5, 1999)
In 1938, actor/talk show host Gary Collins. (Oct. 13, 2012)
In 1940, actor Burt Young. (Oct. 8, 2023)
In 1943, singer Bobby Vee. (Oct. 24, 2016)
In 1944, actress Jill Clayburgh. (Nov. 5, 2010)
In 1948, singer-guitarist Wayne Kramer of the MC5. (Feb. 2, 2024)
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