Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 19-25 includes Benedict Cumberbatch and John Leguizamo

Advertisement

Advertise with us

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 19-25:

Read this article for free:


or

Already have an account? Log in here »

To continue reading, please subscribe:

Subscribe and receive a limited-edition Free Press branded hat or tote.

Digital Subscription

One year of digital access for only $205*

  • Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
  • Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
  • Access News Break, our award-winning app
  • Play interactive puzzles

*First annual payment billed as $205.00 + GST for one year. This annual subscription will automatically renew at $233.00 + GST every 52 weeks (10% off the regular annual price of $259.35). Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.

To continue reading, please subscribe:

Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional

$1 for the first 4 weeks*

  • Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
  • Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
  • Access News Break, our award-winning app
  • Play interactive puzzles
Start now

*Your next Brandon Sun subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $17.95 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $24.95 plus GST every four weeks.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 19-25:

July 19: Singer Vikki Carr is 86. Actor George Dzundza (“Hack,” “Law & Order”) is 81. Singer-bassist Alan Gorrie of Average White Band is 80. Guitarist Brian May of Queen is 79. Guitarist Bernie Leadon (Eagles, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 79. Actor Beverly Archer (“Major Dad, “Mama’s Family”) is 78. Actor Peter Barton (“Sunset Boulevard,” “Burke’s Law”) is 70. Drummer Kevin Haskins (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) is 66. Actor Campbell Scott is 65. Actor Anthony Edwards (“ER”) is 64. Country singer Kelly Shiver (Thrasher Shiver) is 63. Actor Clea Lewis (“Ellen”) is 61. Singer Urs Buhler of Il Divo is 55. Drummer Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie is 52. Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is 50. Actor Erin Cummings (“Astronaut Wives Club”) is 49. TV chef Marcela Valladolid (“The Kitchen”) is 48. Actor Chris Sullivan (“This Is Us”) is 46. Actor Jared Padalecki (“Supernatural,” ″Gilmore Girls”) is 44. Actor Trai Byers (“Empire,” “Selma”) is 43. Actor Kaitlin Doubleday (“Nashville,” “Empire”) is 42. Comedian Dustin Ybarra (“Kevin (Probably) Saves the World”) is 40. Actor Steven Anthony Lawrence (“Even Stevens”) is 36.

July 20: Country singer T.G. Sheppard is 82. Singer Kim Carnes is 81. Guitarist Carlos Santana is 79. Guitarist Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister is 74. Drummer Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols is 70. Actor Donna Dixon (“Bosom Buddies”) is 69. Keyboardist Mick MacNeil of Simple Minds is 68. Country singer Radney Foster is 67. Actor Dean Winters (“30 Rock,” Mayhem in Allstate commercials) is 62. Guitarist Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam is 60. Actor Reed Diamond (“Judging Amy,” “Homicide: Life on the Street”) is 59. Actor Josh Holloway (“Yellowstone,” “Lost”) is 57. Singer Vitamin C is 57. Actor Sandra Oh is 55. Actor Omar Epps is 53. Actor Simon Rex is 52. Actor Judy Greer (“The Village,” “Arrested Development”) is 51. Actor Charlie Korsmo (“Can’t Hardly Wait,” “Hook”) is 48. Singer Elliott Yamin (“American Idol”) is 48. Model Gisele Bundchen is 46. Guitarist Mike Kennerty of All-American Rejects is 46. Actor Percy Daggs III (“Veronica Mars”) is 44. Actor John Francis Daley (“Bones,” ″Freaks and Geeks”) is 41. Dancer-country singer-actor Julianne Hough (“Dancing with the Stars”) is 38. Actor Billi Bruno (“According to Jim”) is 30.

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch attends a landmark Business Forum for The Royal Foundation's United for Wildlife in London, Monday, June 22, 2026.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch attends a landmark Business Forum for The Royal Foundation's United for Wildlife in London, Monday, June 22, 2026.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)

July 21: Actor Leigh Lawson (“Tess”) is 83. Singer Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) is 78. Cartoonist Garry Trudeau (“Doonesbury”) is 78. Actor Jamey Sheridan (“Homeland”) is 75. Singer-guitarist Eric Bazilian of The Hooters is 73. Comedian Jon Lovitz is 69. Actor Lance Guest (“Lou Grant”) is 66. Actor Matt Mulhern (“Major Dad”) is 66. Singer Emerson Hart of Tonic is 57. Singer Fitz of Fitz and the Tantrums is 56. Actor Alysia Reiner (“Orange Is the New Black”) is 56. Country singer Paul Brandt is 54. Keyboardist Korey Cooper of Skillet is 54. Actor Ali Landry is 53. Comedian Steve Byrne (“Sullivan and Son”) is 52. Percussionist Tato Melgar of Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real is 49. Actor Justin Bartha (“The Hangover”) is 48. Actor Sprague Grayden (“Jericho,” “24”) is 48. Actor Josh Hartnett is 48. Contemporary Christian singer Brandon Heath is 48. Reggae singer Damian Marley is 48. Singer Brad Mates of Emerson Drive is 48. “American Idol” runner-up Blake Lewis is 45. Singer Romeo Santos is 45. Keyboardist Johan Carlsson of Carolina Liar is 42. Actor Vanessa Lengies (“Stick It,” ″American Dreams”) is 41. Actor Betty Gilpin (“GLOW,” “Nurse Jackie”) is 40.

July 22: Singer George Clinton is 85. Actor Danny Glover is 80. Writer-director Paul Schrader is 80. Actor-comedian-director Albert Brooks is 79. Singer Don Henley is 79. Composer Alan Menken (“Little Mermaid,” ″Little Shop of Horrors”) is 77. Singer-actor Lonette McKee (“Brewster’s Millions,” “The Women of Brewster Place”) is 73. Musician Al Di Meola is 72. Actor Willem Dafoe is 71. Actor John Leguizamo is 66. Singer Keith Sweat is 65. Singer Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls is 63. Actor-comedian David Spade is 62. Actor Patrick Labyorteaux (“JAG,” “Little House on the Prairie”) is 61. Bassist Pat Badger of Extreme is 59. Actor Irene Bedard (“Pocahontas”) is 59. Actor Rhys Ifans (“Elementary,” ″Notting Hill”) is 59. Actor-singer Jaime Camil (“Jane the Virgin”) is 53. Musician Daniel Jones (Savage Garden) is 53. Singer Rufus Wainwright is 53. Actor Franka Potente (“The Bourne Identity”) is 52. Actor Parisa Fitz-Henley (“Jessica Jones,” “Midnight, Texas”) is 49. Actor A.J. Cook (“Criminal Minds”) is 48. Actor Keegan Allen (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 39. Singer-actor Selena Gomez is 34.

July 23: Actor Ronny Cox (“Deliverance,” “RoboCop”) is 88. Actor Larry Manetti (“Magnum, P.I.”) is 83. Singer David Essex is 79. Singer and former Congressman John Hall (Orleans) is 78. Guitarist Blair Thornton of Bachman-Turner Overdrive is 76. Actor Belinda Montgomery (“Doogie Howser, MD”) is 76. Actor Lydia Cornell (“Too Close for Comfort”) is 73. Actor Woody Harrelson is 65. Guitarist Martin Gore of Depeche Mode is 65. Actor Eriq La Salle (“ER”) is 64. Drummer Yuval Gabay (Soul Coughing) is 63. Guitarist Slash of Velvet Revolver and of Guns N’ Roses is 61. Actor Juan Pope (“My Name Is Earl,” “Family Matters”) is 59. Model Stephanie Seymour is 58. Actor Charisma Carpenter (“Veronica Mars”) is 56. Singer Sam Watters of Color Me Badd is 56. Singer Dalvin DeGrate of Jodeci is 55. Musician Alison Krauss is 55. Drummer Chad Gracey of Live is 55. Actor-comedian Marlon Wayans (“The Wayans Brothers”) is 54. Country singer Shannon Brown is 53. Actor Kathryn Hahn (“Transparent,” “Crossing Jordan”) is 53. Actor Stephanie March (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”) is 52. Actor Shane McRae (“Sneaky Pete”) is 49. Fiddler David Pichette (Emerson Drive) is 49. Singer Michelle Williams (Destiny’s Child) is 46. Actor Paul Wesley (“The Vampire Diaries”) is 44. Actor Krysta Rodriguez (“Smash”) is 42. Actor Daniel Radcliffe (“Harry Potter” movies) is 37. Drummer Neil Perry of The Band Perry is 36. Actor Lili Simmons (TV’s “The Purge”) is 33. Country singer Danielle Bradbery (“The Voice”) is 30.

July 24: Actor Dan Hedaya (TV’s “Cheers,” film’s “The Usual Suspects”) is 86. Actor Chris Sarandon is 84. Actor Robert Hays (“Airplane!”) is 79. Actor Michael Richards (“Seinfeld”) is 77. Actor Lynda Carter is 75. Director Gus Van Sant is 74. Country singer Pam Tillis is 69. Actor Paul Ben-Victor (“Entourage”) is 64. Actor Kadeem Hardison (“A Different World”) is 61. Actor-singer Kristin Chenoweth is 58. Actor Laura Leighton (“Melrose Place”) is 58. Actor John P. Navin Jr. (“National Lampoon’s Vacation”) is 58. NBA player-turned-actor Rick Fox (“Greenleaf,” “Oz”) is 57. Actor-singer Jennifer Lopez is 57. Director Patty Jenkins (“Wonder Woman”) is 55. Actor Jamie Denbo (“Orange Is the New Black”) is 53. Actor Eric Szmanda (“CSI”) is 51. Actor Rose Byrne is 47. Country singer Jerrod Niemann is 47. Actor Summer Glau (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) is 45. Actor Sheaun McKinney (“The Neighborhood”) is 45. Actor Elisabeth Moss is 44. Actor Anna Paquin is 44. Actor Megan Park (“The Secret Life of the American Teenager”) is 40. Actor Mara Wilson (“Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Matilda”) is 39. Actor Sarah Steele (“The Good Fight,” “The Good Wife”) is 38. Singer Jay McGuiness of The Wanted is 36. Actor Emily Bett Rickards (TV’s “Arrow”) is 35. TV personality Bindi Irwin (“Bindi: The Jungle Girl” and “Crikey! It’s the Irwins”) is 28.

July 25: Singer-guitarist Bruce Woodley of The Seekers is 84. Drummer Jim McCarty of The Yardbirds is 83. Bassist Verdine White of Earth, Wind & Fire is 75. Guitarist Jem Finer of The Pogues is 71. Supermodel Iman is 71. Cartoonist Ray Billingsley (“Curtis”) is 69. Guitarist Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth is 68. Celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian is 67. Actor Bobbie Eakes (“All My Children,” “The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 65. Actor Katherine Kelly Lang (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 65. Actor Illeana Douglas is 65. Country singer Marty Brown is 61. Actor Matt LeBlanc (“Joey,” ″Friends”) is 59. Actor Wendy Raquel Robinson (TV’s “Grand Hotel,” “The Steve Harvey Show”) is 59. Cellist Paavo Lotjonen of Apocalyptica is 58. Actor D.B. Woodside (“24”) is 57. Actor Miriam Shor (“Swingtown,” “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”) is 55. Actor David Denman (“Parenthood,” “The Office”) is 53. Actor Jay R. Ferguson (“Mad Men”) is 52. Actor James Lafferty (“One Tree Hill”) is 41. Actor Shantel VanSanten (“One Tree Hill”) is 41. Actor Michael Welch (“Twilight” films, TV’s “Joan of Arcadia”) is 39. Actor Linsey Godfrey (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 38. Classical singer Faryl Smith is 31. Actor Mason Cook (TV’s “Speechless”) is 26. Actor Pierce Gagnon (“Boss Baby: Back in Business,” “One Tree Hill”) is 21.

Report Error Submit a Tip

More Stories

Morning-show veteran swaps microphone for macchiatos at new Corydon café

David Sanderson 9 minute read Preview

Morning-show veteran swaps microphone for macchiatos at new Corydon café

David Sanderson 9 minute read Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026

Good news if you were used to having your morning coffee with Terri Gale, who earlier this summer signed off from CTV Your Morning, after 15 years on the job.

Gale, the three-hour program’s longtime weather expert, and her husband Rob Gale, the ex-head soccer coach of Valour FC and co-founder of the Northern Super League’s new Winnipeg franchise, are the owners of Golden Hour Café and Bar at 775 Corydon Ave.

Gale (formerly Apostle) nods when she is asked who would know more about caffeinated beverages than a person who, for the last decade and a half, set her alarm to go off in the wee small hours.

“I do love coffee and take mine black. Except because I hate burning my tongue — not a good thing when you speak for a living — I got into the habit of throwing a couple of ice cubes in my cup, to be on the safe side,” Gale says, seated on the second level of their attractive, 2,100-square-foot premises, which officially opened in mid-September.

Read
Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026

Three could prove an awkward crowd

Maureen Scurfield 4 minute read Yesterday at 2:00 AM CDT

DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My girlfriend and I — two women in our late 20s — are finally getting married.

Previously, we were both living with guys and it didn’t ever work for us. She thinks marriage itself was not her problem, but that guys are basically not suited to “loving” in the special ways two women can love.

So, here I am getting ready to give marriage another go — but with her! She’s a woman who’s a wonderful chef, decorator and a mother of two from her previous marriage. The problem we have as partners? I don’t care for the domestic arts myself — but I’d still like to have a child of my own.

That brings up another issue. I also have a male friend who’d be happy to get me pregnant — an old pal of mine who is a bachelor and would like to be a father and continue being platonic friends with me. He’d also help support the child financially.

Pimp sentenced to 11 years in prison

Erik Pindera 5 minute read Preview

Pimp sentenced to 11 years in prison

Erik Pindera 5 minute read 2:00 AM CDT

A man who picked up a vulnerable 17-year-old child-welfare ward on the streets of Winnipeg and coerced her into providing sexual services for several months has been sent to prison for more than a decade.

After a trial, Hassan Kargbo, who’s in his early 30s, was found guilty of sexual exploitation, making child sexual abuse and exploitation material, receiving a material benefit from sexual services provided by a person under 18, procuring a person under 18 and advertising sexual services.

Provincial court Judge Julie Frederickson sentenced him to 11 years behind bars late last month.

“Mr. Kargbo picked up a young Indigenous girl walking over the Osborne Street bridge and quickly got her involved in drug use and escorting,” Frederickson said in a written decision.

Read
2:00 AM CDT

Hydro Québec faces issue we should avoid

Editorial 4 minute read Preview

Hydro Québec faces issue we should avoid

Editorial 4 minute read Yesterday at 2:01 AM CDT

You might be tempted to call it a canary in an electric power generation coal mine.

Read
Yesterday at 2:01 AM CDT

Estate of woman who died from local anesthetic injected into blood vessel sues Morden dentist, his business, clinic

Erik Pindera 4 minute read Preview

Estate of woman who died from local anesthetic injected into blood vessel sues Morden dentist, his business, clinic

Erik Pindera 4 minute read Yesterday at 4:08 PM CDT

The estate of a 23-year-old woman who died after receiving a local anesthetic during a wisdom tooth extraction at a Morden dental clinic has filed a lawsuit over her death.

Virginia Blatz never returned home after she went to Boundary Trails Dental Centre to have her wisdom teeth removed on Nov. 27, 2024. An autopsy later confirmed she died from local anesthetic systemic toxicity caused by an inadvertent injection into a blood vessel, her family has previously said.

Her father, Dulaney Blatz, filed a lawsuit in the Court of King’s Bench on behalf of her estate late last month, naming Ronald David Janz — the dentist who performed the procedure — his dental corporation and the dental corporation that operates the clinic as defendants.

None of the defendants have filed statements of defence in response to the claim, which has not yet been heard in court.

Read
Yesterday at 4:08 PM CDT

Botched execution revives death penalty debate

Arthur Chapman 5 minute read 2:00 AM CDT

The United States of America’s seemingly endless, often futile, search for the painless, bloodless method of executing prisoners continues. The latest horrifying chapter occurred in Tennessee on Sept. 30, when the state tried to kill convicted murderer Christa Pike by lethal injection.

It didn’t work. Pike survived two dosages of pentobarbital. She was rushed to a hospital where, according to her lawyer, she was receiving “lifesaving care”.

Tennessee governor Bill Lee has cancelled upcoming executions, but he isn’t moving away from capital punishment.

Lee said, as quoted in the New York Times: “The people of Tennessee have determined that capital punishment is the appropriate sentence for the most heinous of crimes. The people of Tennessee expect those sentences to be carried out in a manner that’s not only legal and constitutional but effective, and that didn’t happen.”