Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 13-19:

Oct. 13: Comedian Nipsey Russell is 78. Actress Melinda Dillon ("A Christmas Story") is 63. Musician Paul Simon is 61. Country singer Lacy J. Dalton is 56. Singer Sammy Hagar is 55. Model Beverly Johnson is 50. "The X Files" creator-director Chris Carter is 45. Singer-actress Marie Osmond is 43. Actress Kelly Preston is 40. Singer Ashanti is 22.

Oct. 14: Actor Roger Moore is 75. Singer Cliff Richard is 62. Actor Udo Kier is 58. Actor Harry Anderson is 50. Actor Greg Evigan ("My Two Dads," "B.J. and the Bear") is 49. Singer Thomas Dolby is 44. Actor Jon Seda ("Homicide: Life On The Street") is 32. Country singer Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks is 28. Singer Usher is 24.

Oct. 15: Actress Jan Miner (Madge on Palmolive commercials) is 85. Actress Linda Lavin ("Alice") is 65. Actress-director Penny Marshall is 60. Musician Richard Carpenter of The Carpenters is 56. Singer Tito Jackson is 49. Actress Tanya Roberts ("That '70s Show," "Charlie's Angels") is 47. Chef Emeril Lagasse is 43. Singer Eric Benet is 32.

Oct. 16: Actress Angela Lansbury is 77. Actress Suzanne Somers is 56. Guitarist Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead is 55. Producer-director David Zucker is 55. Actor-director Tim Robbins is 44. Bassist Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is 40. Singer Wendy Wilson (Wilson Phillips) is 33. Actress Kellie Martin ("Life Goes On," "ER") is 27.

Oct. 17: Playwright Arthur Miller is 87. Daredevil Evel Knievel is 64. Actor Michael McKean ("Laverne and Shirley," "This Is Spinal Tap") is 55. Actress Margot Kidder is 54. Actor George Wendt is 54. Country singer Alan Jackson is 44. Animator Mike Judge ("King of the Hill," "Beavis and Butt-head") is 40. Comedian Norm Macdonald ("Norm") is 39. Singer Chris Kirkpatrick of 'N Sync is 31. Rapper Eminem is 30. Singer Wyclef Jean of the Fugees is 30.

Oct. 18: Singer-guitarist Chuck Berry is 76. Actor Peter Boyle ("Everybody Loves Raymond") is 69. Writer Wendy Wasserstein is 52. Writer Terry McMillan is 51. Actress Pam Dawber is 51. Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme is 42. Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is 41. Actress Erin Moran ("Happy Days") is 41. Actor Vincent Spano is 40.

Oct. 19: Artist Peter Max is 65. Actor John Lithgow is 57. Talk show host Charlie Chase is 50. Singer Jennifer Holliday is 42. Singer-guitarist Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd and the Monsters is 37. Actor Jon Favreau is 36. "South Park" co-creator Trey Parker is 33. Comedian Chris Kattan ("Saturday Night Live") is 32. Singer Pras Michel of The Fugees is 30.