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Famous birthdays for June 5: Mark Wahlberg, Brian McKnight

By UPI Staff   |   June 5, 2021 at 3:00 AM
Mark Wahlberg arrives for the world premiere "Spenser Confidential" at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles on February 27, 2020. The actor turns 50 on June 5. File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI Pete Wentz arrives at the world premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Moana" at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 14, 2016. The musician turns 42 on June 5. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI

June 5 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini.

They include:

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-- British furniture maker Thomas Chippendale in 1718

-- Scottish economist Adam Smith in 1723

-- Lincoln County, N.M., Sheriff Pat Garrett, who shot Billy the Kid, in 1850

-- Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa in 1878

-- Actor William Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy) in 1895

-- Italian shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo in 1898

-- Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca in 1898

-- Author/illustrator Richard Scarry in 1919

-- Actor Robert Lansing in 1928

-- Journalist/commentator Bill Moyers in 1934 (age 87)

-- British novelist Margaret Drabble in 1939 (age 82)

-- New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft in 1941 (age 80)

-- Olympic athlete John Carlos in 1945 (age 76)

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-- Welsh author Ken Follett in 1949 (age 72)

-- Financial adviser Suze Orman in 1951 (age 70)

-- Producer Kathleen Kennedy in 1953 (age 68)

-- Entertainer Kenny G in 1956 (age 65)

-- Author Rick Riordan in 1964 (age 57)

-- Singer Brian McKnight in 1969 (age 52)

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-- Actor/producer Mark Wahlberg in 1971 (age 50)

-- Actor Chad Allen in 1974 (age 47)

-- Actor Liza Weil in 1977 (age 44)

-- Actor Nick Kroll in 1978 (age 43)

-- Musician Pete Wentz in 1979 (age 42)

-- Russian Olympic figure skater Yulia Lipnitskaya in 1998 (age 23)

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