Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 21:
Keyboardist Manfred Mann is 84.
Guitarist Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's is 83.
Singer Elvin Bishop is 82.
TV judge Judy Sheindlin ("Judge Judy") is 82.
Actor Everett McGill ("Twin Peaks") is 79.
1960s pop singer Kathy Young is 79.
Trumpeter Lee Loughnane of Chicago is 78.
Bassist Tetsu Yamauchi (Faces, Free) is 78.
Actor Dick Christie ("The Bold and the Beautiful") is 76.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is 75.
Actress LaTanya Richardson Jackson is 75.
Guitarist Charlotte Caffey of The Go-Go's is 71.
Eric Faulkner, guitarist with The Bay City Rollers, is 71.
Movie director Catherine Hardwicke is 69.
Singer Julian Cope is 67.
Guitarist Steve Lukather of Toto is 67.
Actor Ken Watanabe is 65.
Actress Melora Walters is 65.
Singer-bassist Nick Oliveri (Queens Of The Stone Age) is 53.
Keyboardist Charlie Lowell of Jars of Clay is 51.
Actor Jeremy Miller ("Growing Pains") is 48.
Retired World Cup skier Melanie Turgeon is 48.
Singer Matthew Ramsey of Old Dominion is 47.
Actor Will Estes ("American Dreams") is 46.
Actor Michael McMillian ("True Blood") is 46.
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West is 44.
Actor Matt Dallas is 42.
Actress Charlotte Sullivan is 41.
Actor Aaron Tveit is 41.
Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Zack Greinke is 41.
Actor Glenn Powell ("Hidden Figures") is 36.
Country singer Kane Brown is 31.
Performer Doja Kat is 29.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1772, poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. (July 25, 1834)
In 1833, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the founder of the Nobel Peace Prize. (Dec. 10, 1896)
In 1915, country music producer Owen Bradley. (Jan. 7, 1998)
In 1917, jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. (Jan. 6, 1993)
In 1924, actress Joyce Randolph ("The Honeymooners"). (Jan. 13, 2024)
In 1925, former New Brunswick premier Louis J. Robichaud. (Jan. 6, 2005)
In 1925, salsa singer Celia Cruz. (July 16, 2003)
In 1928, Baseball Hall-of-Famer Whitey Ford. (Oct. 8, 2020)
In 1929, author Ursula K. Le Guin. (January 22, 2018)
In 1933, country singer Mel Street. (Oct, 21, 1978)
In 1938, NHL defenceman Carl Brewer. (Aug. 25, 2001)
In 1946, singer Lux Interior, real name Erick Purkhiser (The Cramps). (Feb. 4, 2009)
In 1952, keyboardist Brent Mydland (Grateful Dead). (July 26, 1990)
In 1955, contemporary Christian singer and songwriter Rich Mullins. (Sept. 19, 1997)
In 1956, actress Carrie Fisher. (Dec. 27, 2016)
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