Interesting Things to Know
May Celebrity Birthdays!
Pierce Brosnan, 68, actor (Remington Steele), County Meath, Ireland, 1953. Photo by Jay Godwin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Do you share a birthday with a celebrity?
1 – Wes Anderson, 52, director, screenwriter (Grand Budapest Hotel), Houston, TX, 1969.
2 – Bianca Jagger, 76, actress (All You Need Is Cash), Managua, Nicaragua, 1945.
3 – Bobby Cannavale, 51, actor (Boardwalk Empire), Union City, NJ, 1970.
4 – David Guterson, 65, author (Snow Falling on Cedars), Seattle, WA, 1956.
5 – Henry Cavill, 38, actor (The Tudors), Jersey, Channel Islands, 1983.
6 – Roma Downey, 57, actress (Touched by an Angel), Derry, Northern Ireland, 1964.
7 – Alexander Ludwig, 29, actor (Vikings), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1992.
8 – Joe Bonamassa, 44, guitarist, New Hartford, NY, 1977.
9 – Joy Harjo, 70, Poet Laureate of the US, born Joy Foster, Tulsa, OK, 1951.
10 – Jason Brooks, 55, actor (Days of Our Lives), Colorado Springs, CO, 1966.
11 – Jonathan Jackson, 39, actor (Nashville), Orlando, FL, 1982.
12 – Bruce Boxleitner, 70, actor (Babylon 5), Elgin, IL, 1951.
13 – Julianne Phillips, 59, actress (Allie & Me), Lake Oswego, OR, 1962.
14 – Ronan Tynan, 61, opera singer (The Irish Tenors), Dublin, Ireland,1960.
15 – Lee Horsley, 66, actor (Nero Wolfe), Muleshoe, TN, 1955.
16 – Pierce Brosnan, 68, actor (Remington Steele), County Meath, Ireland, 1953.
17 – Craig Ferguson, 59, comedian (The Drew Carey Show), Glasgow, Scotland, 1962.
18 – James Stephens, 70, actor (The Paper Chase), Mount Kisco, NY, 1951.
19 – Grace Jones, 69, actress (A View to a Kill), Spanish Town, Jamaica, 1952.
20 – Tahmoh Penikett, 46, actor (Dollhouse), Whitehorse, YT, Canada, 1975.
21 – Mr T, 69, actor (Rocky III), born Lawrence Tureaud, Chicago, IL, 1952.
22 – Tatiana Volosozhar, 35, Olympic figure skater, Dnipropetrovsk, USSR (now Ukraine), 1986.
23 – Jewel, 47, singer (Pieces of You), born Jewel Kilcher, Payson, UT, 1974.
24 – Gary Burghoff , 78, actor (M*A*S*H), Bristol, CT, 1943.
25 – Justin Henry, 50, actor (Kramer vs. Kramer), Rye, NY, 1971.
26 – Genie Francis, 59, actress (General Hospital), Englewood, NJ, 1962.
27 – Richard Schiff, 66, actor (West Wing), Bethesda, MD, 1955.
28 – Elisabeth Hasselbeck, 44, television personality (Survivor), Cranston, RI, 1977.
29 – Laverne Cox, 37, actress (Orange Is the New Black), born Robert Laverne Cox, Mobile, AL,1984.
30 – Trey Parker, 49, director, creator (South Park), Auburn, AL, 1972.
31 – Terry Waite, 82, Church of England special envoy, former hostage in Lebanon (1987-1991), Bollington, Cheshire, England, 1939.
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