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September Celebrity Birthdays!
Do you share a birthday with a celebrity?
Elvira, 71, television personality, born Cassandra Peterson, Manhattan, Kansas, 1951. Manuel Bartual from Madrid, España, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
1 – Zendaya, 26, actress (Euphoria) born Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, Oakland, California, 1997
2 – Keanu Reeves, 59, actor (The Matrix), Beirut, Lebanon, 1964
3 – Charlie Sheen, 58, actor (Hot Shots) born Carlos Irwin Estevez, New York City, New York, 1965
4 – Beyonce, 41, singer, born Beyoncé Giselle Knowles, Houston, Texas, 1982
5 – Michael Keaton, 71, actor (Batman) born Michael John Douglas, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, 1951
6 – Idris Elba, 50, actor (Luther), musician, London, England, 1973
7 – Evan Rachel Wood, 36, actress (Westworld), Raleigh, North Carolina, 1987
8 – Pink, 44, singer, born Alecia Beth Moore, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1979
9 – Adam Sandler, 56, comedian and actor (The Wedding Singer), New York City, NY, 1967
10 – Colin Firth, 63, actor (The King’s Speech), Grayshott, Hampshire, England, 1960
11 – Taraji P. Henson, 52, actress (Hidden Figures), Washington, D.C., 1971
12 – Emmy Rossum, 37, actress (Shameless), New York City, New York, 1986
13 – Niall Horan, 29, singer, Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland, 1994
14 – Andrew Lincoln, 50, actor (The Walking Dead), born Andrew James Clutterbuck, London, England, 1973
15 – Tommy Lee Jones, 77, actor (Men in Black), San Saba, Texas, 1946
16 – Amy Poehler, 52, actress (Parks & Rec), Newton, Massachusetts, 1971
17 – Elvira, 71, television personality, born Cassandra Peterson, Manhattan, Kansas, 1951
18 – Jada Pinkett Smith, 52, actress (Girls Trip) Baltimore, Maryland, 1971
19 – Jimmy Fallon, 49, TV host, Brooklyn, New York, 1974
20 – Jon Bernthal, 47, actor (The Punisher), Washington, D.C., 1976
21 – Maggie Grace, 39, actress (Lost), born Margaret Grace Denig, Worthington, Ohio, 1983
22 – Tatiana Maslany, 38, actress (Orphan Black), Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1985
23 – Jason Alexander, 64, actor (Seinfeld), born Jay Scott Greenspan, Newark, New Jersey, 1959
24 – Nia Vardalos, 61, actress (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1962
25 – Will Smith, 54, rapper and actor (Ali), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1969
26 – Olivia Newton-John, 74, singer, actress (Grease), Cambridge, England, 1948
27 – Gwyneth Paltrow, 50, actress (Shakespeare in Love), Los Angeles, California, 1973
28 – Naomi Watts, 54, actress (21 Grams), Shoreham, Kent, England, 1968
29 – Zachary Levi, 42, actor (Chuck) born Zachary Levi Pugh, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1981
30 – Fran Drescher, 65, actress (The Nanny), Flushing, New York, 1957
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