Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 9:
Actress K. Callan is 89.
Singer Joan Baez is 84.
Guitarist Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin is 81.
Actor John Doman (``Gotham'') is 80.
Singer David Johansen (a.k.a. Buster Poindexter) is 75.
Singer Crystal Gayle is 74.
Actor J.K. Simmons ("Whiplash," "La La Land") is 70.
Actress Imelda Staunton (``Harry Potter'' movies, ``Vera Drake'') is 69.
Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberto Menchu is 66.
Canadian Golf Hall-of-Famer Lisa Walters is 65.
Guitarist Eric Erlandson (Hole) is 62.
Actress Joely Richardson is 60.
Singer Haddaway is 60.
Singer Dave Matthews of The Dave Matthews Band is 58.
Actress Joey Lauren Adams (``Chasing Amy,'' ''Big Daddy``) is 57.
Actress Angela Bettis (``Carrie,'' ''Girl, Interrupted``) is 52.
Reggae singer Sean Paul is 52.
Actor Omari Hardwick is 51.
Roots singer-songwriter Hayes Carll is 49.
Singer A.J. McLean of the Backstreet Boys is 47.
Golfer Sergio Garcia is 45.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (the former Kate Middleton), is 43.
Guitarist Drew Brown of OneRepublic is 41.
Rock-soul singer Paolo Nutini is 38.
Actress Nina Dobrev (``The Vampire Diaries'') is 36.
Actor Tyree Brown (``Parenthood'') is 21.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1802, Canadian author and pioneer Catherine Parr Traill. (Aug. 29, 1899)
In 1908, French author Simone de Beauvoir . (April 14, 1986)
In 1911, entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee. (April 26, 1970)
In 1913, U.S. President Richard Nixon. (April 22, 1994)
In 1916, songwriter Vic Mizzy. (Oct. 17, 2009)
In 1918, opera singer Ruthilde Boesch. (Jan. 20, 2012)
In 1921, playwright and CBC broadcaster Lister Sinclair. (Oct. 16, 2006)
In 1928, Italian singer Domenico Modugno. (Aug. 6, 1994)
In 1928, author Judith Krantz. (June 22, 2019)
In 1929, jazz drummer Ed Shaughnessy. (May 24, 2013)
In 1934, Canada's leading jazz authority, British-born John Norris. (Jan. 31, 2010)
In 1934, Football Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr. (May 26, 2019)
In 1935, actor Bob Denver (``Gilligan's Island''). (Sept. 2, 2005)
In 1935, Hall of Fame broadcaster Dick Enberg. (Dec. 21, 2017)
In 1935, CFL Hall-of-Famer Tommy Grant. (Oct. 18, 2011)
In 1939, singer Jimmy Boyd. (March 7, 2009)
In 1939, British actress Susannah York. (Jan. 15, 2011)
In 1940, singer ``Big'' Al Downing. (July 4, 2005)
In 1941, Kenny Kelley of the soul group The Manhattans. (Feb. 17, 2015)
In 1941, singer Roy Head. (Sept. 21, 2020)
In 1943, singer-songwriter Scott Walker (born Noel Scott Engel) of the Walker Brothers. (March 22, 2019)
In 1948, Bill Cowsill, lead singer of ``The Cowsills.'' (Feb. 17, 2006)
In 1967, singer Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth. (Sept. 4, 2023)
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