Birthday wishes go out to Luke Grimes, Geena Davis and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on January 21st and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on January 21, 2023
Madeline Di Nonno, left, and Geena Davis pose in the press room with the Governors award on behalf of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Jae C. Hong/Invision/AP
Actress Geena Davis turns 67
Fun fact: Geena is 6′ tall
Charlotte Ross arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of “The Unforgivable” at the DGA Theatre on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Images)Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Actress Charlotte Ross turns 55
Fun fact: Played Eve Donovan for several years on ‘Days of Our Lives’
Emma Bunton poses for photographers upon arrival at the Brit Awards 2019 in London, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP
Singer Emma Bunton turns 47
Fun fact: Better known as Spice Girl ‘Baby Spice’
Mark Wystrach, from left, Luke Grimes and Cameron Duddy arrive at the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards on Monday, March 7, 2022, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)AP
Actor Luke Grimes turns 39
Fun fact: Recently releases his debut country single ‘No Horse to Ride’
More celebrities with birthdays today
Opera singer Placido Domingo is 82. Actor Jill Eikenberry is 76. Guitarist Jim Ibbotson (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 76. Singer-songwriter Billy Ocean is 73. Actor Robby Benson is 67. Singer Marc Gay of Shai is 54. Actor Karina Lombard (“The L Word”) is 54. Actor Ken Leung (“Marvel’s Inhumans,” ″Lost”) is 53. Rapper Levirt of B-Rock and the Bizz is 53. Drummer Mark Trojanowski of Sister Hazel is 53. Singer Cat Power is 51. DJ Chris Kilmore of Incubus is 50. Actor Jerry Trainor (“Wendell & Vinnie,” ″iCarly”) is 46. Singer Nokio of Dru Hill is 44. Actor Izabella Miko (“Coyote Ugly”) is 42. Actor Feliz Ramirez (TV’s “Grand Hotel”) is 31.
Other popular or historical birthdays on January 21st
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Civil War general
Christian Dior, fashion designer
Telly Savalas, actor
Benny Hill, comedian
Jack Nicklaus, golfer (83)
Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder
Hakeem Olajuwon, former NBA All-Star (60)
with The Associated Press
Prior celebrity fun facts (Associated Press)
Celebrity fun facts
Tom Cruise | Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson | Emilia Clarke
Robert Downey Jr. | Chris Hemsworth | Seth MacFarlane
Gal Gadot | Jason Momoa | Natalie Portman | Kat Dennings
Hilary Swank | Miley Cyrus | Dave Matthews | Alan Alda
Emma Watson | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Tiffani Amber Thiessen
Jenna Fischer | Emma Stone | Reese Witherspoon
Scarlett Johansson | Jennifer Aniston | David Hasselhoff
Sophie Turner | Jennifer Lawrence & Mila Kunis
Lindsay Lohan | George Clooney | Amanda Seyfried
Betty White | Danica McKellar | Taylor Swift | Kate Mara
Britney Spears | Bill Nye | Alyson Hannigan | Alec Baldwin
Rachel McAdams | Demi Moore | Julia Roberts | Mark Hamill
Danielle Fishel and the ‘Boy Meets World’ cast
A look at prior movie and tv-related fun fact lists (Associated Press)
Movie and TV fun facts & more
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25 actors you didn’t know appeared in ‘Boy Meets World’
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