Celebrity birthdays for May 29 include Actor Anthony Geary ("General Hospital"), who is 78, and Actor Cotter Smith, who is 76. Singer Rebbie Jackson is 75, while movie composer/musician Danny Elfman is 72. Singer LaToya Jackson is 69. Actor Ted Levine ("Monk," ''The Silence of the Lambs") is 68, and Actress Annette Bening is 67. Actor Rupert Everett and Drummer Mel Gaynor of Simple Minds are both 66. Actor Adrian Paul and Comedian-actor Neil Crone are 65. Singer Melissa Etheridge is 64. Actresses Lisa Whelchel ("The Facts of Life") and Tracey Bregman are 62. Guitarist Noel Gallagher (Oasis) is 58. Actors Anthony Azizi ("Threat Matrix," ''Lost") and Guitarist Chan Kinchla of Blues Traveler are 56. Actress Laverne Cox ("Doubt," ''Orange Is The New Black") is 53. Cartoonist Aaron McGruder ("Boondocks") is 51. Singer Melanie Brown ("Scary Spice") of the Spice Girls and Comedian Daniel Tosh are 50. Singer Pelle Almqvist (The Hives) is 47. Latin singer Fonseca is 46. Actor Justin Chon ("Deception," ''Dr. Ken") is 44. NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony and Actor Billy Flynn ("Days of Our Lives") and Actor Blake Foster ("Power Rangers Turbo") are 40. Actor Noah Reid is 38. Actor Brandon Mychal Smith ("Sonny With A Chance") is 36. Actresses Riley Keough and Kristen Alderson ("General Hospital," ''One Life To Live") are 34. Actress Lorelei Linklater ("Boyhood") is 31.

Notable figures born on this date who have passed away include comedienne and singer Beatrice Lillie (born in 1894, died Jan. 20, 1989), comedian Bob Hope (born in 1903, died July 27, 2003), and Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Red Horner (born in 1909, died April 27, 2005). Others include actor Stacy Keach Sr. (born in 1914, died Feb 13, 2003), Carl Story (born in 1916, died March 31, 1995), U.S. president John F. Kennedy (born in 1917, died Nov. 22, 1963), actor Clifton James (born in 1920, died April 15, 2017), journalist Roy Bonisteel (born in 1930, died Aug,. 16, 2013), Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent (born in 1938, died Feb. 1, 2025), motorsports Hall-of-Famer Al Unser (born in 1939, died Dec. 9, 2021), CBS News correspondent Bob Simon (born in 1941, died Feb. 11, 2015), actor Kevin Conway ("Gods and Generals") (born in 1942, died Feb. 5, 2020), actor Helmut Berger (born in 1944, died May 18, 2023), singer Gary Brooker of Procol Harum (born in 1945, died Feb. 19, 2022), and bassist Michael Porcaro of Toto (born in 1955, died March 15, 2015).

Celebrity birthdays for May 30 include Actress Ruta Lee, who is 90, and Actor Keir Dullea ("2001: A Space Odyssey"), who is 89. Guitarist Lenny Davidson of The Dave Clark Five is 81, while Actor-comedian Don Ferguson (Royal Canadian Air Farce) is 79. Actor Stephen Tobolowsky ("Groundhog Day," ''Sneakers") is 74, and Actor Colm Meaney ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") is 72. Drummer Nicky (Topper) Headon (The Clash) and Pro wrestler "Jake The Snake" Roberts (born Aurelian Smith, Jr.) are 70. Actor Ted McGinley ("Hope and Faith," ''Married...With Children") is 67. Actor Ralph Carter ("Good Times") is 64. Actress Tonya Pinkins is 63. Country singer Wynonna Judd and Guitarist Tom Morello of Audioslave and Rage Against The Machine are 61. Actor Mark Sheppard ("Supernatural") is 61. Actor John Ross Bowie ("Speechless," ''The Big Bang Theory") and Guitarist Patrick Dahlheimer of Live are 54. Singer-actress Idina Menzel is 54. Singer Cee Lo Green (Gnarls Barkley, Goodie Mob) is 50. Rapper Remy Ma is 45. Actor Blake Bashoff is 44. Actor Jake Short is 28. Actor Sean Giambrone ("The Goldbergs") is 26. Actor Jared Gilmore ("Once Upon A Time," ''Mad Men") is 25.

Notable figures born on this date who have passed away include Canadian tenor Harry MacDonough (born in 1871, died Sept. 26, 1931), songwriter Alex Kramer (born in 1903, died Feb. 10, 1998), and voice actor Mel Blanc (born in 1908, died July 10, 1989). Others include jazz clarinetist and big band leader Benny Goodman (born in 1909, died June 13, 1986), playwright Joseph Stein (Fiddler on the Roof) (born in 1912, died Oct. 24, 2010), bass-baritone George London (born in 1920, died March 24, 1985), country fiddler Johnny Gimble (born in 1926, died May 9, 2015), actor Clint Walker ("Cheyenne") (born in 1927, died May 21, 2018), artist Pro Hart (born in 1928, died Mar. 28, 2006), songwriter Don Wayne (born in 1933, died Sept. 12, 2011), actor Michael J. Pollard (born in 1939, died Nov. 20, 2019), Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Gale Sayers (born in 1943, died Sept. 23, 2020), actress Meredith MacRae (born in 1944, died July 14, 2000), and singer Marie Fredriksson of the Swedish pop duo Roxette (born in 1958, died Dec. 9, 2019).