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Famous birthdays for May 24: Bob Dylan, Patti LaBelle

By UPI Staff
President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The singer turns 77 on May 24. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The singer turns 77 on May 24. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo

May 24 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini.

They include:

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-- Polish inventor Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1686

-- French journalist and revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat in 1743

-- British Queen Victoria in 1819

-- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo in 1870

-- H.B. Reese, inventor of the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, in 1879

-- Hostess and party-giver Elsa Maxwell, credited with introducing the "scavenger hunt," in 1883

-- Actor Lilli Palmer in 1914

-- Comedian Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong in 1938 (age 80)

-- Musician Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman, in 1941 (age 77)

-- Actor Gary Burghoff in 1943 (age 75)

-- Singer Patti LaBelle, born Patricia Louise Holte, in 1944 (age 74)

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-- Actor/businesswoman Priscilla Presley (wife of Elvis Presley 1967-73) in 1945 (age 73)

-- Actor Jim Broadbent in 1949 (age 69)

-- Actor Alfred Molina in 1953 (age 65)

-- Singer Rosanne Cash in 1955 (age 63)

-- Actor Kristin Scott Thomas in 1960 (age 58)

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-- Actor John C. Reilly in 1965 (age 53)

-- Soccer player Eric Cantona in 1966 (age 52)

-- Rapper/actor Heavy D, born Dwight Errington Myers, in 1967

-- Stock car racer Joey Logano in 1990 (age 28)

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