Celeb Birthdays: June 16

I really wrestled with myself before validating former American Idol contestant Diana DeGarmo as a celebrity by acknowledging her 19th birthday. But I figured I would be hypocritical not to after doing a whole post on this season's Idol finalists. Also, it's a slow day for celebrity birthdays. I don't lie to you, gentle readers.

Yaaay, any day with a Buffy birthday is a good day indeed! Tom Lenk, whose tremulously nerdy Andrew was perhaps the best thing about the highly problematic final season (how annoying were those slayer wannabes?!) hits the big 30 today.

One of the great Gemini wordsmiths (like his rival Biggie), Tupac Shakur, is, I am fairly certain, turning 35 somewhere on a secluded desert island. Come on, nobody has that many unreleased tapes lying around. See Tupac Shakur's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Laurie Metcalf, memorable as Jackie on Roseanne and not so much in a bajillion other bit parts, is 51. See Laurie Metcalf's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Although I'm a lifelong member of Team Dynasty, I am magnanimous enough to wish Joan Van Ark of Dallas a happy 63rd birthday.

Author Joyce Carol Oates is 68, and Love Story writer Erich Segal is 69. It was not just to avoid repetition that I selected those two words. See Joyce Carol Oates's birth chart (Astrotheme) ~ See Erich Segal's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Birth dates from IMDB.com. Please email me any corrections, additions or—especially appreciated!—exact birth times.