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June celebrity birthdays!
Angelina Jolie, 45, actress, Los Angeles, CA, 1975. Stefan Servos / CC BY-SA (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
Do you share a June birthday with a celebrity?
1 – Justine Henin, 38, former tennis player, Liege, Belgium, 1982.
2 – Awkwafina, 32, actress, rap artist, born Nora Lum, Forest Hills, NY, 1988.
3 – Scott Valentine, 62, actor (Family Ties), Saratoga Springs, NY, 1958.
4 – Angelina Jolie, 45, actress, Los Angeles, CA, 1975.
5 – Kathleen Kennedy, 67, film producer, film executive (president of Lucasfilm), Berkeley, CA, 1953.
6 – Gary U.S. Bonds, 81, singer, songwriter, born Gary Anderson, Jacksonville, FL, 1939.
7 – Roberto Alagna, 57, opera singer, born Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, 1963.
8 – Keenen Ivory Wayans, 62, actor (In Living Color), New York, NY, 1958.
9 – Natalie Portman, 39, actress (Black Swan, Thor), born Natalie Hershlag, Jerusalem, Israel, 1981.
10 – Kate Upton, 28, model, St. Joseph, MI, 1992.
11 – Mehmet Oz, 60, surgeon, television personality, Cleveland, OH, 1960.
12 – Marv Albert, 79, sportscaster, born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig, New York, NY, 1941.
13 – Chris Evans, 39, actor (The Avengers), Boston, MA, 1981.
14 – Marla Gibbs, 89, actress (The Jeffersons), born Margaret Bradley, Chicago, IL, 1931.
15 – Leah Remini, 50, actress (The King of Queens), Brooklyn, NY, 1970.
16 – Abby Elliott, 33, comedienne, actress (Saturday Night Live), New York, NY, 1987.
17 – Greg Kinnear, 57, actor, Logansport, IN, 1963.
18 – Blake Shelton, 44, country singer, television personality (The Voice), Ada, OK, 1976.
19 – Macklemore, 37, rapper, born Benjamin Haggerty, Kent, WA, 1983.
20 – John Goodman, 68, actor (Roseanne), Afton, MO, 1952.
21 – Kris Allen, 35, singer, television personality (American Idol), Jacksonville, AR, 1985.
22 – Randy Couture, 57, mixed martial artist, Everett, WA, 1963.
23 – Joel Edgerton, 46, actor, (The Great Gatsby), director, Blacktown, Australia, 1974.
24 – Sherry Stringfield, 53, actress (NYPD Blue), Colorado Springs, CO, 1967.
25 – Ricky Gervais, 59, actor, comedian, Reading, Berkshire, England, 1961.
26 – Jennette McCurdy, 28, actress, singer, Long Beach, CA, 1992.
27 – Chandler Riggs, 21, actor (The Walking Dead), Atlanta, GA, 1999.
28 – Thomas Hampson, 65, opera singer, Elkhart, IN, 1955.
29 – Gary Busey, 76, actor, musician, Baytown, TX, 1944.
30 – Cole Swindell, 37, singer, Glennville, GA, 1983.
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