Celebrity Birthdays for April 30:
Guitarist Johnny Farina of the instrumental duo Santo and Johnny is 84.
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden is 79.
Actor Perry King ("Riptide") is 77.
Movie director Allan Arkush is 77.
Singer Merril Osmond of The Osmonds is 72.
Director Jane Campion is 71.
Danish film director Lars von Trier is 69.
Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper is 66.
Actor-writer-director Paul Gross is 66.
Basketball Hall of Fame point guard Isiah Thomas is 64.
Actor Adrian Pasdar ("Heroes") is 60.
Guitarist Chris Henderson of 3 Doors Down is 54.
Country singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson is 54.
Actress Lisa Dean Ryan ("Doogie Howser, M.D.") is 53.
Singer Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees is 52.
Actor Johnny Galecki ("The Big Bang Theory," ''Roseanne") is 50.
Actor Sam Heughan ("Outlander") is 45.
Actor Kunal Nayyar ("The Big Bang Theory") is 44.
Rapper Lloyd Banks is 43.
Actress Kirsten Dunst is 43.
Actor-singer Drew Seeley is 43.
Country singer Tyler Wilkinson of The Wilkinsons is 41.
Actress Gal Gadot (“Wonder Woman”) is 40.
Actress Dianna Agron ("Glee") is 39.
Singer Brandon Lancaster of LANCO is 36.
Rapper Travis Scott is 35.
Musician Mac DeMarco is 35.
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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