Famous birthdays for May 24: Patti LaBelle, Jim Broadbent

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Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini.

They include:

— 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 81)

— Musician Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman, in 1941 (age 78)

— Actor Gary Burghoff in 1943 (age 76)

— Singer Patti LaBelle, born Patricia Louise Holte, in 1944 (age 75)

— Actor/businesswoman Priscilla Presley in 1945 (age 74)

— Actor Jim Broadbent in 1949 (age 70)

— Actor Alfred Molina in 1953 (age 66)

— Singer Rosanne Cash in 1955 (age 64)

— Actor Kristin Scott Thomas in 1960 (age 59)

— Actor John C. Reilly in 1965 (age 54)

— Soccer player Eric Cantona in 1966 (age 53)

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

— Stock car racer Joey Logano in 1990 (age 29)