Celebrity birthdays, Oct. 8

Celebrities

Celebrity birthdays, Oct. 8 - 14

Oct. 8: Nickelodeon "Drumline" star Nick Cannon, 31; "Good Will Hunting" Oscar winner Matt Damon (pictured), 41; "Alien" action hero Sigourney Weaver, 62; "Saturday Night Live" comic Chevy Chase, 68; civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, 70.

Oct. 9: "Superman Returns" actor Brandon Routh, 32; "Quantum Leap" and "Enterprise" star Scott Bakula, 57; "Monk" TV star Tony Shalhoub, 58; wife of rocker Ozzy Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne, 59; "Home Improvement" actor Zachery Ty Bryan (pictured), 30.

Oct. 10: "Nash Bridges" actress/model Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, 33; former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre (pictured), 42; TV personality who was on "Dancing With The Stars" Mario Lopez, 38; "Roots" actor/director Ben Vereen, 65; "Gosford Park" British actor Charles Dance, 65.

Oct. 11: "Harriet the Spy" actress Michelle Trachtenberg, 26; "Bones" actress Emily Deschanel (pictured), 35; "Beverly Hills 90210" actor Luke Perry, 45; voice of cowgirl Jessie in "Toy Story 2" Joan Cusack, 49; San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young, 50.

Oct. 12: "Journey to the Center of the Earth" actor Josh Hutcherson (pictured), 19; U.S. track star Marion Jones, 36; "X-Men" actor Hugh Jackman, 43; "24 Agent" actor Carlos Bernard, 49; Tokyo-born actor "Lost" actor Hiroyuki Sanada, 51.

Oct. 13: R&B singer/songwriter Ashanti (pictured), 31; British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, 40; pop entertainer Marie Osmond, 52; "The X-Files" and "Millennium" creator Chris Carter, 54; singer/songwriter Paul Simon, 70.

Oct. 14: "Alice in Wonderland" actress Mia Wasikowska, 22; rap singer Usher (pictured), 32; Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines, 37; Polo fashion designer Ralph Lauren, 72; "James Bond" actor Roger Moore, 84.

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Oct. 8: Nickelodeon "Drumline" star Nick Cannon, 31; "Good Will Hunting" Oscar winner Matt Damon (pictured), 41; "Alien" action hero Sigourney Weaver, 62; "Saturday Night Live" comic Chevy Chase, 68; civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, 70.

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