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October Celebrity Birthdays!
Elisabeth Shue, 58, actress (Adventures in Babysitting), Wilmington, DE,1963.
Do you share a birthday with a celebrity?
1 – Sarah Drew, 41, (Grey’s Anatomy), Charlottesville, VA, 1980.
2 – Lorraine Bracco, 66, actress (“The Sopranos,” ), Brooklyn, NY, 1955.
3 – Alicia Vikander, 33, actress (Oscar for The Danish Girl), Gothenburg, Sweden, 1988.
4 – Susan Sarandon, 75, actress (Oscar for Dead Man Walking), born Susan Tomalin, New York, NY, 1946.
5 – Jesse Eisenberg, 38, actor (Batman v Superman), New York, NY, 1983.
6 – Elisabeth Shue, 58, actress (Adventures in Babysitting), Wilmington, DE,1963.
7 – Lewis Capaldi, 25, singer, songwriter, Glasgow, Scotland, 1996.
8 – Chevy Chase, 78, comedian, actor (Caddyshack), Cornelius Crane at New York, NY, 1943.
9 – Brandon Routh, 42, actor (Superman Returns), Des Moines, IA, 1979.
10 – Ben Vereen, 75, actor, singer, dancer, Miami, FL, 1946.
11 – Cardi B, 29, rapper, television personality, born Belcalis Almanzar, The Bronx, NY, 1992.
12 – Carlos Bernard, 59, actor (“24”), Evanston, IL, 1962.
13 – Ashanti, 41, singer, actress, born Ashanti Sequoiah Douglas, Long Island, NY, 1980.
14 – John Dean, 83, lawyer (White House counsel during Watergate), Akron, OH, 1938.
15 – Tito Jackson, 68, singer, musician (Jackson 5), born Toriano Adaryll Jackson, Gary, IN, 1953.
16 – John Mayer, 44, singer, Bridgeport, CT, 1977.
17 – Norm Macdonald, 58, comedian, actor (Saturday Night Live), Quebec City, QC, Canada,1963.
18 – Freida Pinto, 37, actress (Slumdog Millionaire), Mumbai, India, 1984.
19 – Peter Max, 84, artist, designer, Berlin, Germany, 1937.
20 – John Krasinski, 42, actor, director (A Quiet Place), Boston, MA, 1979.
21 – Edward Charles “Whitey” Ford, 93, Hall of Fame baseball player, New York, NY, 1928.
22 – Jesse Tyler Ferguson, 46, actor, Missoula, MT, 1975.
23 – Emilia Clarke, 35, actress (Game of Thrones), London, England, 1986.
24 – Monica, 41, singer, born Monica Arnold in Atlanta, GA, 1980.
25 – Katy Perry, 37, singer, born Santa Barbara, CA, 1984.
26 – Cary Elwes, 59, actor (Princess Bride), London, England,1962.
27 – Roberto Benigni, 69, actor, director, Arezzo, Italy, 1952.
28 – Matt Smith, 39, actor, Northampton, England, 1982.
29 – Gabrielle Union, 49, actress (Honeymooners), Omaha, NE, Oct 29, 1972.
30 – Kennedy McMann, 25, actress (Nancy Drew), Holland, MI, 1996.
31 – Letitia Wright, 28, actress (Black Panther), Georgetown, Guyana, 1993.
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