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Famous birthdays for May 24: Bob Dylan, Priscilla Presley

By UPI Staff   |   May 24, 2021 at 3:00 AM
Bob Dylan performs on the Orange stage during the Roskilde Festival in Roskilde, Denmark, on July 3, 2019. The musician turns 80 on May 24. File Photo by Helle Arensbak/EPA-EFE Kristin Scott Thomas attends The British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London on February 18, 2018. The actor turns 61 on May 24. File Photo by Paul Treadway/UPI Patti LaBelle performs “A Change is Gonna Come” during the opening ceremony of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on September 24, 2016, in Washington, D.C. The singer turns 77 on May 24. File Photo by Olivier Douliery/UPI

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

-- Actor Lilli Palmer in 1914

-- Comedian Tommy Chong in 1938 (age 83)

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-- Musician Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman, in 1941 (age 80)

-- Actor Gary Burghoff in 1943 (age 78)

-- Singer Patti LaBelle, born Patricia Louise Holte, in 1944 (age 77)

-- Actor/businesswoman Priscilla Presley in 1945 (age 76)

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-- Actor Jim Broadbent in 1949 (age 72)

-- Actor Alfred Molina in 1953 (age 68)

-- Singer Rosanne Cash in 1955 (age 66)

-- Actor Kristin Scott Thomas in 1960 (age 61)

-- Author Michael Chabon in 1963 (age 58)

-- Actor John C. Reilly in 1965 (age 56)

-- Soccer player Eric Cantona in 1966 (age 55)

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

-- Stock car racer Joey Logano in 1990 (age 31)

-- Actor Charlie Plummer in 1999 (age 22)

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