Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 4:
Country singer Leroy Van Dyke is 95.
Actress Felicia Farr is 92.
Canadian novelist Rudy Wiebe is 90.
Actress Lori Saunders (Bobbie-Jo on "Petticoat Junction") is 83.
Author and humorist Roy Blount Jr. is 83.
Baseball Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa is 80.
Jazz bassist Eddie Gomez is 80.
Actor Clifton Davis ("Amen") is 79.
Actress Susan Sarandon is 78.
Jim Fielder, bass guitarist with the Mothers of Invention, Buffalo Springfield and Blood, Sweat and Tears, is 77.
Blues musician Duke Robillard is 76.
Actor Armand Assante is 75.
Playwright Lee Blessing is 75.
Actor Alan Rosenberg ("Cybill," ''L.A. Law") is 74.
Actor Christoph Waltz ("Inglourious Basterds," ''Water for Elephants") is 68.
Actor Bill Fagerbakke ("Coach," ''Spongebob Squarepants") is 67.
Actress Kyra Schon ("Night of the Living Dead") is 67.
Rap producer Russell Simmons is 67.
Actress-singer Wendy Makkena is 66.
Keyboardist Chris Lowe of The Pet Shop Boys is 65.
Keyboardist Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard of Sawyer Brown is 64.
Actor David W. Harper (Jim-Bob "The Waltons") is 63.
Singer Jon Secada is 63.
TV personality John Melendez is 59.
Actor Jerry Minor ("Dr. Ken," ''Community") is 57.
Actor Liev Schreiber ("The Manchurian Candidate," ''Scream 2") is 57.
Actor Abraham Benrubi ("Men In Trees," ''ER") is 55.
Country singer-guitarist Heidi Newfield (Trick Pony) is 54.
Singer-guitarist M. Ward of She And Him is 51.
Actress Alicia Silverstone is 48.
Actress Dana Davis is 46.
Actor Phillip Glasser is 46.
Actress Rachel Leigh Cook ("Josie and the Pussycats," ''She's All That") is 45.
Actor Brandon Barash is 45.
Actor Tim Peper is 44.
Singer Jessica Benson of 3LW is 37.
Actor Michael Charles Roman is 37.
Actress Melissa Benoist ("Supergirl," ''Glee") is 36.
NBA All-Star Derrick Rose is 36.
Actress Dakota Johnson ("Fifty Shades of Grey") is 35.
Singer Leigh-Anne Pinnock of Little Mix is 33.
Opera singer Ignazio Boschetto (Il Volo) is 30.
Actor Ryan Scott Lee is 28.
Cricketer Rishabh Pant is 27.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1895, comedian Buster Keaton. (Feb. 1, 1966)
In 1911, native women rights activist Mary Two Axe Earley. (Aug. 21, 1996)
In 1916, director George Sidney. (May 5, 2002)
In 1923, actor Charlton Heston (April 5, 2008)
In 1926, Harlem Globetrotter and Basketball Hall-of-Famer Marques Haynes. (May 22, 2015)
In 1929, actor Scotty Beckett ("Our Gang"). (May 10, 1968)
In 1934, Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Sam Huff. (Nov. 13, 2021)
In 1935, actor Eddie Applegate ("The Patty Duke Show"). (Oct. 17, 2016)
In 1937, author Jackie Collins. (Sept. 19, 2015)
In 1941, author Anne Rice. (Dec. 11, 2021)
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