Celeb Birthdays: July 9

Gentle reader, I sincerely apologize for the late post. It seems there is some sort of custom during the summer months that involves actually leaving one's computer during daylight hours and being exposed to sunlight. Even my beloved laptop, which I would gladly marry if only my weekend-sojourn state of Massachusetts would legalize it, is unfit to be exposed to this very messy thing called a "beach," where sand and other detritus simply cannot be contained. Hence, I beg your pardon in celebrating these highly important celebrities' birthdays a bit belatedly.

Virgo-rising Wonder Years star Fred Savage hits the big 3-0 today. See Fred Savage's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Pallid White Stripes frontman Jack White turns 31 today. See Jack White's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Tremendously talented sometimes–train wreck Courtney Love supposedly turns 42 today, but there's a bit of controversy about her birth date, and Lord knows she herself probably can barely remember how old she is at this point. See Courtney Love's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Virgo-rising Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr is still alive and kicking at 47. See what I did there? See Jim Kerr's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Top Gun's Kelly McGillis turns 49. See Kelly McGillis's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Soft Cell's Marc Almond turns either 49 or 50, depending on what source you follow. According to Astrotheme (which puts his age at 49, a year under IMDB and Wikipedia) his Sun would be in a very tight conjunction with the Ascendant. At least we can all agree that "Tainted Love" is one of the best pop songs of all time. See Marc Almond's birth chart (Astrotheme, 1957 birth date)

Yet another Virgo Ascendant, actor Tom Hanks, who, as far as I'm concerned, did his finest work in Bosom Buddies, is 50. See Tom Hanks' birth chart (Astrotheme)

Hottie actor Jimmy Smits is 51. See Jimmy Smits' birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Entertainer John Tesh, whose name is synonymous with the phrase "What kind of a God would allow this?", turns 54.

You have to respect someone who can win an Oscar and still retain his Hey! It's That Guy! cred. Adaptation's Chris Cooper is 55. See Chris Cooper's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience is not only experienced but probably overqualified at 59.

Man, if I hadn't spent the day acquiring a labyrinth of tan lines and the evening karaoking my heart out, I'm sure I would have had time to analyze the natal chart of cuckoo murderer O.J. Simpson,who turns 59 today. That Saturn-Pluto conjunction in the 12th is nastay. See O.J. Simpson's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Writer Dean Koontz is 61. And as faithful readers know, I am attentive to usage of that word as opposed to "author."

Bad mother-something-or-other Richard Roundtree, a.k.a. the legendary Shaft himself, is 64. See Richard Roundtree's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Actor Brian Dennehy is 68. See Brian Dennehy's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Oliver Sacks, author of the amusing and fascinating The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat, turns 73 today.

The man who mistook Iraq for a threat, Donald Rumsfeld, turns 74 today. Again, I would totally read his natal chart if I were not about to pass out. See Donald Rumsfeld's birth chart (Astrotheme)

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