Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 9:
Singer Dee Dee Sharp is 79.
Country singer Freddy Weller (also of Paul Revere and the Raiders) is 77.
Former NFL/CFL quarterback and football analyst Joe Theismann is 75.
Guitarist John McFee of The Doobie Brothers is 74.
Actor Tom Wopat is 73.
Musician-producer Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) is 72.
Actress Angela Cartwright ("The Danny Thomas Show," ''Lost In Space") is 72.
Actor Hugh Grant is 64.
Actor Charles Esten ("Nashville") is 59.
Actress Constance Marie ("George Lopez") is 59.
Actor-comedian Adam Sandler is 58.
Actor David Bennent is 58.
Actor Akshay Kumar is 57.
Rock singer Paul Durham (Black Lab) is 56.
Actress Julia Sawalha is 56.
Model Rachel Hunter is 55.
Actor Eric Stonestreet ("Modern Family") is 53.
Actor Henry Thomas ("E.T.") is 53.
Actor Goran Visnjic ("ER") is 52.
R&B singer Divine Brown is 50.
Jazz singer Michael Buble is 49.
Latin singer Maria Rita is 47.
Actress Michelle Williams ("Brokeback Mountain," ''Dawson's Creek") is 44.
Actress Julie Gonzalo is 43.
Actress Zoe Kazan is 41.
Actor Howard Charles is 41.
Contemporary Christian singer Lauren Daigle is 33.
Country singer Hunter Hayes is 33.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1754, William Bligh, captain of HMS Bounty. (Dec. 7, 1817)
In 1890, Kentucky Fried Chicken king Colonel Harland Sanders. (Dec. 16, 1980)
In 1918, sports commentator Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder. (April 21, 1996)
In 1920, Canadian pianist, composer and conductor Neil Chotem. (Feb. 21, 2008)
In 1920, Classical record producer Eleanor Koldofsky . (Feb. 14, 2023)
In 1923, actor Cliff Robertson. (Sept. 10, 2011)
In 1924, actress Jane Greer. (Aug. 24, 2001)
In 1924, Actress Sylvia Miles ("Midnight Cowboy"). (Her birth year has also been listed as 1923, 1932 and 1934) (June 12, 2019)
In 1927, jazz drummer Elvin Jones. (May 18, 2004)
In 1935, Canadian flugelhornist and composer Fred Stone. (Dec. 10, 1986)
In 1935, actor Chaim Topol ("Fiddler on the Roof"). (Mar. 8, 2023)
In 1937, singer Inez Fox. (Aug. 25, 2022)
In 1941, R&B singer Otis Redding. (Dec. 10, 1967)
In 1945, singer-keyboardist Doug Ingle (Iron Butterfly). (May 24, 2024)
In 1946, Canadian musician Bruce Palmer (Buffalo Springfield). (Oct. 1, 2004)
In 1962, singer Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse). (March 6, 2010)
In 1975, country singer Joey Martin (Joey + Rory). (March 4, 2016)
In 1977, rapper Soulja Slim (real name James Adarryl Tapp, Jr.) (Nov. 26, 2003).
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