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Famous birthdays for Feb. 17: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Jordan

By UPI Staff   |   Feb. 17, 2019 at 3:00 AM
Joseph Gordon-Levitt arrives for Comedy Central's "Roast of Bruce Willis" at the Hollywood palladium in Los Angeles on July 14. The actor turns 38. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Ed Sheeran, winner of Artist of the Year, appears backstage during the 34th annual MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on August 27. The singer turns 28 on February 17. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius.

They include:

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-- Mail-order retailer Aaron Montgomery Ward in 1844

-- Texas oil millionaire H.L. Hunt in 1889

-- Author Margaret Truman Daniel, daughter of U.S. President Harry S. Truman, in 1924

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-- Actor Hal Holbrook in 1925 (age 94)

-- Actor/football Hall of Fame member Jim Brown in 1936 (age 83)

-- Singer Gene Pitney in 1940

-- Political activist Huey P. Newton in 1942

-- Actor Brenda Fricker in 1945 (age 74)

-- Actor Rene Russo in 1954 (age 65)

-- Actor Richard Karn in 1956 (age 63)

-- Actor Lou Diamond Phillips in 1962 (age 57)

-- Comedian Larry the Cable Guy, born Daniel Whitney, in 1963 (age 56)

-- Basketball superstar Michael Jordan in 1963 (age 56)

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-- Film director Michael Bay in 1965 (age 54)

-- Actor Denise Richards in 1971 (age 48)

-- Musician Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) in 1972 (age 47)

-- Actor Jerry O'Connell in 1974 (age 45)

-- Actor Jason Ritter in 1980 (age 39)

-- Heiress Paris Hilton 1981 (age 38)

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-- Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 1981 (age 38)

-- Actor/singer Chord Overstreet in 1989 (age 30)

-- Actor Bonnie Wright in 1991 (age 28)

-- Singer Ed Sheeran in 1991 (age 28)

-- Actor Jeremy Allen White in 1991 (age 28)

-- Actor Sasha Pieterse in 1996 (age 23)

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