Famous People Your Age
Which famous people are your age? I figured we could try a little exercise and name some famous people who are no more than one month younger or older than you are (just to keep the lists from getting too large). For instance, I was born in April 1970 and here are some of the famous people born a month before or after me in 1970 (I only included the names I knew readily):
* Mariah Carey, American singer
* Vince Vaughn, American actor, writer, and producer
* Rick Schroder, American actor
* Redman, American rapper
* Greg Eklund, American drummer (Everclear)
* Jason Lee, American skateboarder and actor
* Andre Agassi, American tennis player
* Uma Thurman, American actress
* Will Arnett, Canadian actor
* Mike Weir, Canadian golfer
* Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player
* Tina Fey, American writer, comedian, and actress
* Naomi Campbell, English model and actress
* Jamie Kennedy, American actor and comedian
* Joseph Fiennes, English actor
Not a bad list I guess. I thought some of these people were older than that but maybe it just shows that I think of myself as younger than I really am…
Who’s on your “same age” list?
Joseph Fiennes is a fine, fine speciman of a man…
Comment by gabby — October 11, 2008 @ 7:33 am
I was born in June of 1970 so not too far off from your list.
May 25 - Jamie Kennedy, American actor and comedian
I thought he was much younger than me. And I thought he was Canadian.
June 13 - Rivers Cuomo, American musician
July 8 - Beck, American singer
Again, thought they were younger.
Comment by Susan M — October 11, 2008 @ 9:10 am
Gabby, that wasn’t the question…
I was born in December 1969
December 4 - Jay-Z, American rapper
January 6 - Julie Chen, American television host
January 12 - Zack de la Rocha, American musician
January 20 - Skeet Ulrich, American actor
January 29 - Heather Graham, American actress
January 31 - Minnie Driver, English actress
There were a lot more but I didn’t know who they were (if I’m being honest, I don’t really know who Jay-Z is either, but I’ve heard the name). That Heather Graham is the same age as me will bum me out the rest of the weekend…
Comment by shazbraz — October 11, 2008 @ 10:10 am
June 1974.
May 23 - Ken Jennings
May 23 - Jewel
June 1 - Alanis Morissette
June 2 - Matt Serra (mma fighter)
June 26 - Derek Jeter
Comment by BrianJ — October 11, 2008 @ 10:15 am
I just thought it was worth mentioning…
Comment by gabby — October 11, 2008 @ 11:10 am
February 1974:
January 16 - Kate Moss, English model
January 23 - Tiffani Thiessen, American actress (aw, I really wasn’t too young for Zach Morris…)
January 30 - Christian Bale, Welsh actor
February 4 - Eric Townsend, American musician and record producer
February 8 - Seth Green, American actor
February 22 - James Blunt, English Singer (blech)
March 1 - Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor (oh, hey! Look at that! Zach Morris himself!)
March 3 - Danny Masterson, American actor **
March 5 - Eva Mendes, American actress
March 7 - Jenna Fischer, American actress
March 13 - Danny Masterson, American actor **
**hmmmmm
Comment by gabby — October 11, 2008 @ 11:15 am
Leonardo DiCaprio is one day older than me.
Joaquin Phoenix is a few days older than me.
Comment by Dan — October 11, 2008 @ 12:42 pm
Sofia Coppolla
Paul Bettany
Mark Wahlberg
Bobby Jindal
Anette Olzon of Nightwish (YES!)
Comment by madhousewife — October 11, 2008 @ 3:40 pm
Tyra Banks
Nick Lachey
Monica Seles
Holly Marie-Combs
My list sucks. Oh wait, redeemed by Mos Def! Just two days younger! Oh, and Wilson Cruz—Rickie from MSCL!
Comment by bythelbs — October 11, 2008 @ 6:47 pm
I’m the same age as Orlando Bloom, Shakira, and Sarah Michelle Gellar, per the internet. Makes me feel young.
Comment by Matt W. — October 11, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
I’m 1974 as well. Christian Bale surprised me, he seems so much older than me.
Comment by jjohnsen — October 11, 2008 @ 8:43 pm
For those of you wondering where to look this sort of thing up — just look up your birth year on Wikipedia and there should be a good list to view.
Comment by Geoff J — October 11, 2008 @ 9:04 pm
No one famous that I particularly care for from ‘67. Well Pamela Anderson and Vin Diesel. But like I said, no one worth mentioning.
Comment by Clark — October 11, 2008 @ 9:18 pm
Wow, a bit of a dry spell in the middle of ‘76. The only two I recognized were:
June 8 - Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player
July 9 - Fred Savage, US actor
At least I wasn’t born at the same time as Pamela Anderson.
Comment by Jacob J — October 11, 2008 @ 10:10 pm
Clark: look at it this way: all the true talent for that year was concentrated in you.
Geoff: this thread has been fun if for no other reason than finding out everyone’s age!
Comment by BrianJ — October 11, 2008 @ 10:31 pm
August 21, 1969
A lot of actors
Matthew Perry
Jack Black
Edward Norton
Christian Slater
Though not the same year, Thomas S. Monson and I share the same birthday; making me, for the time being, automatically more spiritual than my peers.
And Gabby, Joseph Fiennes is a fine, fine speciman of a man
Comment by TStevens — October 12, 2008 @ 12:39 am
That’s all I was saying. Fine, fine specimen…
(Oh, and yeah…I thought Christian Bale was much older and then I wondered if everyone thinks I’M much older and then I had to go eat some caramels and not think about it…)
Comment by gabby — October 12, 2008 @ 7:51 am
July 3 - Tom Cruise, American actor
July 5 - Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Indonesian terrorist
September 11 - Kristy McNichol, American actress
September 26 - Melissa Sue Anderson, American actress
October 3 - Tommy Lee, American rock musician
October 11 - Joan Cusack, American actress and comedian
November 4 - Jeff Probst, American television personality
November 11 - Demi Moore, American actress
November 19 - Jodie Foster, American actress and director
November 28 - Jon Stewart, American actor and comedian
December 22 - Ralph Fiennes, English actor
Crap. I am so old.
Comment by meems — October 12, 2008 @ 12:21 pm
But you have a cool list meems
Comment by Geoff J — October 12, 2008 @ 1:16 pm
It’s not everyone who is the same age as an Indonesian terrorist.
Comment by meems — October 12, 2008 @ 1:25 pm
And Ralph Fiennes. Man that family got the good genes…
Comment by gabby — October 12, 2008 @ 1:33 pm
Alicia Silverstone
Taylor Hicks <- That really makes me feel old.
Comment by Brock — October 12, 2008 @ 6:15 pm
I’m really proud of my list. Please note the third entry in particular, as well as the actors and actresses. This is just awesome:
Laura Linney, American actress
Duff McKagan, American musician
Sarah Palin, American politician
Ken Shamrock, American mixed martial arts fighter
Chris Farley, American actor and comedian
Matt Dillon, American actor
Bret Easton Ellis, American author
Wanda Sykes, American comedian and actress
Juliette Binoche, French actress
Prince Edward, youngest child of Queen Elizabeth
Rob Lowe, American actor
Bonnie Blair, American speed skater
Annabella Sciorra, Italian-American actress
Tracy Chapman, American singer
Comment by MCQ — October 12, 2008 @ 6:33 pm
Geoff, the fact that you’ve got Tina Fey on your list and I’ve got Sarah Palin on mine must mean something. I’m not sure what.
I was actually born on the exact same day as Wanda Sykes. That makes us soul siblings, which of course means: I rock.
Comment by MCQ — October 12, 2008 @ 6:38 pm
Dang — that is a pretty good list MCQ. Who knew that Tommy Boy and his step brother were nearly exactly the same age?
Comment by Geoff J — October 12, 2008 @ 7:23 pm
What I’m learning from this is that I’m terrible at guessing how old someone is. Demi Moore and Tommy Lee are the same age? Wanda Sykes and Tracy Chapman are the same age? These things seem weird to me.
Don’t even get me started on finding out in such a public forum that my baby sister had romantic feelings for a character from saved by the bell. This thread is giving me a mid life crisis.
Comment by shazbraz — October 12, 2008 @ 7:56 pm
Feb 1977
* January 7 - Dustin Diamond, American actor
* January 13 - Orlando Bloom, British actor
* January 26 - Vince Carter, American basketball player
* January 28 - Joey Fatone, American musician
* February 2 - Shakira, Colombian musician
* February 11 - Randy Moss, American football player
* February 11 - Mike Shinoda, American musician (LINKIN PARK)
* February 16 - Ian Clarke, Irish computer scientist
* February 24 - Floyd Mayweather Jr., boxing champion
* March 2 - Chris Martin, British musician (Coldplay)
Comment by jay s — October 12, 2008 @ 10:01 pm
Apparently didn’t see Matt W’s entry (#10), who is almost the same age as me.
Comment by jay s — October 12, 2008 @ 10:02 pm
I was born the exact same day as this year’s Oscar winner Marion Cotillard. I’m also 5 days older than Kate Winslet
Comment by Rebecca — October 13, 2008 @ 6:38 am
I’m a day older than Tom Brady. Otherwise we’re pretty much twins.
Comment by Rusty — October 13, 2008 @ 8:38 am
Sorry, shaz. I won’t tell you that I think he’s much hotter now & is the reason I started watching his new cable show this fall, either! (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm703960832/nm0004971)
(In my tiny defense, you DID know who zach morris was…)
Comment by gabby — October 13, 2008 @ 9:41 am
Karl Urban and Jennie Garth. Time has been far more kind to one of those two.
Comment by Supergenius — October 13, 2008 @ 10:10 am
People about my age and of note:
Sasha Baron Coen
Snoop Dogg
Pedro Martinez
Winona Ryder
Christina Applegate
I know there are others. I question how comprehensive that Wiki list is.
Comment by BTD Greg — October 13, 2008 @ 10:28 am
Um, no. I did not. I had to Google the name–sorry!
Comment by shazbraz — October 13, 2008 @ 10:47 am
Chris Smith (of Kris Kross reknown, one day my senior)
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Heath Ledger
Dre
Claire Danes
Pink
Ron Artest
Also, Charles Mingus, John Wayne, Zeppo Marx, and Mr. Ed all died the year I was born
Comment by Scudworth — October 13, 2008 @ 5:25 pm
I was born in December 1968…
Parker Posey
Owen Wilson
Mike Mussina
Rachel Griffiths
Lucy Liu
Michael Varton
Christy Turlington
Marilyn Manson
Jason Bateman
Dave Grohl
None of these names surprise me, except for Lucy Liu, who seems younger.
Comment by Matt Thurston — October 13, 2008 @ 5:59 pm
Wow, champion NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne. Never woulda guessed how old that would make me feel. Not a very impressive list for my quarter.
Comment by cantinflas — October 15, 2008 @ 2:10 pm