Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 23:
Nobel Prize-winning Toronto chemist John Polanyi is 96.
Actor-director Lou Antonio is 91.
Jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton is 82.
Actor Gil Gerard is 82.
Actor Richard Dean Anderson (``MacGyver'') is 75.
Canadian musician Kevan Staples, formerly of Rough Trade, is 75.
Pilot Chesley (Sully) Sullenberger is 74.
Singer-guitarist Robin Zander of Cheap Trick is 72.
Princess Caroline of Monaco is 68.
Singer Anita Baker is 67.
Actor Boris McGiver (``House of Cards,'' ''Boardwalk Empire``) is 63.
Actress Gail O'Grady (``American Dreams,'' ''NYPD Blue``) is 62.
Actress Mariska Hargitay (``Law and Order: Special Victims Unit'') is 61.
NHL executive and Hockey Hall-of-Famer Brendan Shanahan is 56.
Singer Marc Nelson (Az Yet) is 54.
Actress Tiffani Thiessen (``Beverly Hills, 90210'') is 51.
Singer-actress Rachel Crow is 27.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1737, U.S. politician John Hancock. (Oct. 8, 1793)
In 1888, blues and folk singer Leadbelly (real name Huddie Ledbetter). (Dec. 6, 1949)
In 1898, actor Randolph Scott. (March 2, 1987)
In 1919, comedian Ernie Kovacs. (Jan. 13, 1962)
In 1919, actress Frances Bay. (Sept. 15, 2011)
In 1928, actress Jeanne Moreau. (July 31, 2017)
In 1932, British blues singer and harmonica player Cyril Davies. (Jan. 7, 1964)
In 1933, actress Chita Rivera. (Jan. 30, 2024)
In 1940, country singer-songwriter Johnny Russell. (July 3, 2001)
In 1944, actor Rutger Hauer. (July 19, 2019)
In 1944, R&B singer Jerry Lawson. (July 10, 2019)
In 1948, singer Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters. (Dec. 31, 2022)
In 1950, Keyboardist Danny Federici (E Street Band). (April 17, 2008)
In 1935, Canadian tenor Carl Duggan. (1992)
In 1943, broadcaster-journalist Bill Cameron. (March 12, 2005)
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