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Famous birthdays for May 25: Ian McKellen, Anne Heche

By UPI Staff   |   May 25, 2019 at 3:00 AM
Ian McKellen arrives on the red carpet at the "Beauty And The Beast" New York Screening at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center on March 13, 2017, in New York City. The actor turns 80 on May 25. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Octavia Spencer attends The British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London on February 18. The actor turns 47 on May 25. File Photo by Paul Treadway/UPI

May 25 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini.

They include:

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-- Poet/philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1803

-- YMCA leader/Nobel Peace Prize laureate John Mott in 1865

-- Dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in 1878

-- Aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky in 1889

-- Humorist/publisher Bennett Cerf in 1898

-- Actor Claude Akins in 1926

-- Spy novelist Robert Ludlum in 1927

-- Opera singer Beverly Sills, born Belle Miriam Silverman, in 1929

-- Basketball Hall of Fame member K.C. Jones in 1932 (age 87)

-- Canadian writer W.P. Kinsella in 1935

-- Actor Dixie Carter in 1939

-- Actor Ian McKellen in 1939 (age 80)

-- Singer/actor Leslie Uggams in 1943 (age 76)

-- Singer Jessi Colter in 1943 (age 76)

-- Director/actor/puppeteer Frank Oz, born Richard Frank Oznowicz, in 1944 (age 75)

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-- Actor Karen Valentine in 1947 (age 72)

-- Actor Connie Sellecca in 1955 (age 64)

-- Comedian/actor Mike Myers in 1963 (age 56)

-- Actor Anne Heche in 1969 (age 50)

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-- Actor Octavia Spencer in 1972 (age 47)

-- Actor Cillian Murphy in 1976 (age 43)

-- Former professional football player Brian Urlacher in 1978 (age 41)

-- Actor Esme Bianco in 1982 (age 37)

-- Wrestler Roman Reigns in 1985 (age 34)

-- Gymnast Aly Raisman in 1994 (age 25)

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