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January Celebrity Birthdays
Does a celebrity share a birthday with you?
Alan Alda, 89, actor (M*A*S*H), director, born Alphonso D’Abruzzo, New York, NY, Jan 28, 1936. Moody College of Communication from Austin, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
1 – Don Novello, 82, comedian, Ashtabula, OH, 1943.
2 – Kate Bosworth, 42, actress in 21, Los Angeles, CA, 1983.
3 – Eli Manning, 44, football quarterback, New Orleans, LA, 1981.
4 – Graham McTavish, 64, actor (The Hobbit trilogy), Glasgow, Scotland, 1961.
5 – Robert Duvall, 94, star of many movies, San Diego, CA, 1931.
6 – Eddie Redmayne, 43, actor (The Danish Girl), London, England, 1982.
7. – Brett Dalton, 42, actor (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), San Jose, CA, 1983
8 – Bob Eubanks, 88, game show host (The Newlywed Game), Flint, MI, 1937.
9 – Joan Baez, 83, folk singer, Staten Island, NY, 1941.
10 – Evan Handler, 64, movie actor, New York, New York, 1961.
11 – Jermain Clement, 51, actor, comedian, Masterton, New Zealand, 1974.
12 – Issa Rae, 40, producer (The Choir), Los Angeles, CA, 1985.
13 – Orlando Bloom, 48, actor (Pirates of the Caribbean), Kent, England, 1977.
14 – LL Cool J, 57, actor (NCIS: Los Angeles), singer, born James Todd Smith, Bay Shore, NY, 1968.
15 – Pitbull, 44, rapper, record producer, born Armando Christian Perez, Miami, FL, 1981.
16 – Joe Flacco, 40, Football player, Audubon, NJ, 1985.
17 – Jim Carrey, 63, star of many movies, Newmarket, ON, Canada, 1962.
18 – Zeeko Zaki, 35, actor, (FBI), Los Angeles, CA, 1980.
19 -Damien Chazelle, 40, director, screenwriter, Providence, RI, 1985.
20 – Bill Maher, 69, comedian, TV host, New York, N.Y., 1956.
21 – Geena Davis, 69, actress, Oscar winner, Wareham, MA 1956.
22 – Steve Perry, 76, singer (Journey), Hanford, CA, 1949.
23 – Tiffani Thiessen, 51, actress (Beverly Hills 90210), Long Beach, CA, 1974.
24 – Yakov Smirnoff, 74, comedian, Odessa, USSR (now Ukraine), 1951.
25 – Ariana DeBose, 34, actress, dancer, Raleigh, NC, 1991.
26 – W. Kamau Bell, 52, comedian, born Walter Kamau Bell, Palo Alto, CA, 1973.
27 – Mimi Rogers, 69, actress (The Mirror Has Two Faces), Coral Gables, FL, 1956.
28 – Alan Alda, 89, actor (M*A*S*H), director, born Alphonso D’Abruzzo, New York, NY, Jan 28, 1936.
29 – Sam Jaeger, 48, actor (Parenthood), Perrysburg, OH, 1977.
30 – Christian Bale, 51, actor, born Pembrokeshire, West Wales, 1974.
31 – Minnie Driver, 54, star of Good Will Hunting, London, England, 1970.
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