Celebrity Birthdays for April 5:
Opera singer Mary Costa is 95.
Actor Michael Moriarty ("Law and Order") is 84.
Singer Allan Clarke of The Hollies is 83.
Writer-director Peter Greenaway is 83.
Actor Max Gail ("Sons and Daughters," ''Barney Miller") is 82.
Actress Jane Asher is 79.
Singer Agnetha Faltskog of Abba is 75.
Actor Mitch Pileggi ("The X Files") is 73.
Singer-songwriter Peter Case is 71.
Singer Stan Ridgway (Wall of Voodoo) is 71.
Former professional wrestler Diamond Dallas Page (born Page Joseph Falkinburg) is 69.
Rapper Christopher Reid, Kid in the duo Kid 'n Play, is 610.
Guitarist Mike McCready of Pearl Jam is 59.
British comedian Stewart Lee is 57.
Singer Paula Cole is 57.
Actress Krista Allen ("Baywatch," ''What About Brian") is 54.
Actress Victoria Hamilton ("The Crown") is 54.
Country singer Pat Green is 53.
Rapper-producer Pharrell Williams is 52.
Rapper Juicy J (Three 6 Mafia) is 50.
Actor Sterling K. Brown ("This Is Us") is 49.
Jazz and R&B musician Robert Glasper is 47.
Singer-guitarist Mike Eli of The Eli Young Band is 44.
Actress Hayley Atwell ("Marvel's Agent Carter") is 43.
Actress Lily James ("Downton Abbey") is 36.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1749, Jean-Antoine Aide-Crequy, the first Canadian-born painter. (Dec. 6, 1780)
In 1830, Alexander Muir, who wrote the "The Maple Leaf Forever." (Jan. 26, 1906)
In 1900, actor Spencer Tracy. (June 10, 1967)
In 1908, actress Bette Davis. (Oct. 6, 1989)
In 1908, conductor Herbert von Karajan. (July 16, 1989)
In 1916, actor Gregory Peck. (June 12, 2003)
In 1920, author Arthur Hailey. (Nov. 24, 2004)
In 1922, actress Gale Storm. (June 27, 2009)
In 1922, actor Christopher Hewett. (Aug. 3, 2001)
In 1922, Canadian composer Harry Freedman. (Sept. 16, 2005)
In 1926, horror filmmaker Roger Corman. (May 9, 2024)
In 1928, Tony Williams, originals lead singer of The Platters. (Aug. 14, 1992)
In 1931, country music producer "Cowboy" Jack Clement. (Aug. 8, 2013)
In 1933, actor Frank Gorshin. (May 17, 2005)
In 1934, jazz tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine. (Sept 12, 2000)
In 1939, singer Ronnie White (The Miracles). (Aug. 26, 1995)
In 1939, Canadian jazz drummer Jerry Fuller. (July 13, 2002)
In 1939, '60s pop singer Crispian St. Peters. (June 8, 2010)
In 1940, country singer Tommy Cash. (Sept. 13, 2024)
In 1951, Everett Morton, drummer with The Beat. (Oct. 8, 2021)
In 1962, actress Lana Clarkson. (Feb. 3, 2003)
In 1967, country singer Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry. (Sept. 8, 2017)
The Canadian Press