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Celebrity Birthdays for April 1: Actor Don Hastings (``As The World Turns'') is 91. Actress Ali MacGraw is 86. Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 81. British pop musician Robin Scott is 78. Keyboardist Billy Currie of Ultravox is 75.

Celebrity Birthdays for April 1:

Actor Don Hastings (``As The World Turns'') is 91.

Actress Ali MacGraw is 86.

Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 81.

British pop musician Robin Scott is 78.

Keyboardist Billy Currie of Ultravox is 75.

Singer Henry Gross is 74.

Actress Annette O'Toole (``Smallville'') is 73.

Movie director Barry Sonnenfeld is 72.

Singer Susan Boyle is 64.

Musician Mark White of the group ABC is 64.

Actor Jose Zuniga (``Mission Impossible: 3,'' ''Twilight``) is 63.

Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Scott Stevens is 61.

Country singer Woody Lee is 57.

Actress Jessica Collins (``The Young and the Restless'') is 54.

Filmmakers Albert and Allen Hughes (``Menace II Society,'' ''Dead Presidents``) are 54.

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow is 52.

Singer John Butler is 50.

Actor David Oyelowo (``Selma,'' ''The Butler``) is 49.

Actor JJ Feild is 47.

Singer Bijou Phillips is 45.

Country singer Kip Moore is 45.

Pro wrestler Randy Orton is 45.

Actor Sam Huntington (``Superman Returns,'' ''Jungle 2 Jungle``) is 43.

Actor Taran Killam (``12 Years A Slave,'' ''Saturday Night Live``) is 43.

Actor Matt Lanter (``90210'') is 42.

Actor Josh Zuckerman is 40.

Singer Hillary Scott of Lady A is 39.

Actor Asa Butterfield (``Hugo,'' ''Nanny McPhee Returns``) is 28.

Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1883, actor Lon Chaney Sr. (Aug. 26, 1930)

In 1895, pioneering blues singer Alberta Hunter. (Oct. 17, 1984)

In 1915, actor-singer Art Lund. (May 31, 1990)

In 1916, actor John Drainie. (Oct. 30, 1966)

In 1921, country guitarist Arthur ``Guitar Boogie'' Smith. (April 3, 2014)

In 1927, blues singer Amos Milburn. (Jan, 3, 1980)

In 1929, actress Jane Powell (``Seven Brides for Seven Brothers''). (Sept. 16, 2021)

In 1929, college football coach Bo Schembechler. (Nov. 17, 2006)

In 1930, actress Grace Lee Whitney. (May 1, 2015)

In 1932, actor Gordon Jump. (Sept. 22, 2003)

In 1932, actress Debbie Reynolds. (Dec. 28, 2016)

In 1934, country singer Jim Ed Brown. (June 11, 2015)

In 1939, Baseball Hall of Fame knuckleball pitcher Phil Niekro. (Dec. 26, 2020)

In 1939, singer Rudolph Isley (Isley Brothers). (Oct. 11, 2023)

In 1943, Russian composer-conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff. (March 28, 1943)

In 1946, bassist Ronnie Lane of The Faces. (June 4, 1997)

In 1949, jazz keyboardist Gil Scott-Heron. (May 27, 2011)

In 1954, drummer Jeff Porcaro. (Aug. 5, 1992)

In 1958, guitarist D. Boon of The Minutemen. (Dec. 22, 1985)

In 1966, champion snowboarder Craig Kelly. (Jan. 20, 2003)

The Canadian Press