Celebrity Birthdays for July 27:
Actor John Pleshette ("Knots Landing") is 83.
Acadian folksinger-songwriter Edith Butler is 83.
Actress-director Betty Thomas ("Hill Street Blues") is 78.
Olympic gold medal figure skater Peggy Fleming is 78.
Singer Maureen McGovern is 77.
Actress Janet Eilber is 74.
Drummer Tris Imboden (Chicago) is 74.
Actress Roxanne Hart ("The Good Girl," ''Chicago Hope") is 73.
Australian actor-director Yahoo Serious is 72.
Guitarist Duncan Cameron (Sawyer Brown) is 69.
Comedian Carol Leifer is 69.
Comedian Bill Engvall is 68.
Jazz singer Karrin Allyson is 62.
Country singer Stacy Dean Campbell is 58.
Singer Juliana Hatfield is 58.
Pro wrestler Triple H (born Paul Levesque) is 56.
Actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ("Game of Thrones") is 55.
Comedian Maya Rudolph is 53.
Drummer Abe Cunningham of Deftones is 52.
Singer Pete Yorn is 51.
MLB All-Star-turned broadcaster Alex Rodriguez is 50.
Actor Seamus Dever is 49.
Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers ("The Tudors") is 48.
Comedian Heidi Gardner ("Saturday Night Live") is 42.
Actor Blair Redford is 42.
Actress Taylor Schilling ("Orange is the New Black") is 41.
MLB All-Star pitcher Max Scherzer is 41.
Actress Charlotte Arnold is 36.
Singer Cheyenne Kimball of Gloriana is 35.
Golfer Jordan Spieth is 32.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1858, Canadian golfer George Lyon. (May 11, 1938)
In 1878, Canadian soprano Beatrice LaPalme. (Jan. 8, 1921)
In 1905, Baseball Hall of Fame manager Leo Durocher. (Oct. 7, 1991)
In 1920, country singer Henry D. Haynes (Homer and Jethro). (Aug. 7, 1971)
In 1922, record producer Bob Thiele. (Jan. 30, 1996)
In 1922, TV producer Norman Lear. (Dec. 5, 2023)
In 1931, actor Jerry Van Dyke ("Coach"). (Jan. 5, 2018)
In 1932, Canadian playwright George Ryga. (Nov. 18, 1987)
In 1933, folk singer Nick Reynolds (The Kingston Trio). (Oct. 1, 2008)
In 1937, actor Don Galloway. (Jan. 8, 2009)
In 1938, co-creator of "Dungeons & Dragons," Gary Gygax. (March 4, 2008)
In 1939, sportscaster Irv Cross. (Feb. 28, 2021)
In 1949, Canadian character actor Maury Chaykin. (July 27, 2010)
In 1963, bassist Karl Mueller (Soul Asylum). (June 17, 2005)
In 1968, actor Julian McMahon ("Profiler"). (July 2, 2025)
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