Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 1:
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman is 95.
Jazz guitarist Sonny Greenwich is 89.
Actor Frank Langella is 87.
Singer-guitarist Country Joe McDonald of Country Joe and the Fish is 83.
Comedian Don Novello (Father Guido Sarducci) is 82.
Actor Rick Hurst ("The Dukes of Hazzard") is 79.
Genie Award-winning film director Deepa Mehta is 75.
Rapper Grandmaster Flash is 67.
Actress Renn Woods is 67.
Actress Dedee Pfeiffer ("Cybill") is 61.
Actor Morris Chestnut ("The Brothers," ''The Best Man") is 56.
Actress Melissa DiMarco is 56.
Actress Eden Riegel ("The Young and the Restless") is 44.
Actor Jonas Armstrong is 44.
Bassist Noah Sierota of Echosmith is 29.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1735, patriot of the American Revolution Paul Revere. (May 10, 1818)
In 1752, seamstress Betsy Ross, credited with making the first U.S. flag. (Jan. 30, 1836)
In 1891, actor Charles Bickford. (Nov. 9, 1967)
In 1895, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. (May 2, 1972)
In 1911, Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg. (Sept. 4, 1986.)
In 1919, actress Frances Bay. (Sept. 15, 2011)
In 1919, author J.D. Salinger ("The Catcher in the Rye"). (Jan. 27, 2010)
In 1919, boxer Rocky Graziano. (May 22, 1990)
In 1919, actress Carole Landis. (July 5, 1948)
In 1927, Canadian television producer and journalist Douglas Leiterman. (Dec. 19, 2012)
In 1930, actor Ty Hardin ("Bronco"). (Aug. 3, 2017)
In 1932, CFL legend Jackie Parker. (Nov. 7, 2006)
In 1932, New Brunswick business magnate John E. (Jack) Irving. (July 21, 2010)
In 1947, Canadian director Neil Munro. (July 13, 2009)
In 1950, country singer Steve Ripley of The Tractors. (Jan. 3, 2019)
In 1969, actor Verne Troyer ("Austin Powers"). (April 21, 2018)
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