Happy birthday to Clint Eastwood, Brooke Shields, and all the other celebrities who have birthdays today. Check out the slideshow below to see photos of celebrities who turn one year older on May 31 and learn some fun facts about each of them.
Top celebrities born on May 31, 2024
Clint Eastwood arrives at the 2020 AFI Awards at the Four Seasons in Los Angeles on Friday, January 3, 2020. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/InVision/AP)Jordan Strauss/InVision/AP
Director Clint Eastwood turns 94
Fun fact: He has been nominated for both Best Director and Best Actor at the Academy Awards multiple times for the same film.
Former New York Jets quarterbacks Joe Namath (left) and Chad Pennington talk before the NFL football game between the Jets and the New York Giants, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Associated Press/Bill Kostrom)AP
Football Hall of Famer Joe Namath turns 81
Fun fact: He played football at the University of Alabama.
From left, Paula Elliott, Chris Elliott and Abby Elliott attend a screening of “The Rewrite” at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema in New York on Tuesday, February 10, 2015. (Photo by Andy Kropa/InVision/AP)Andy Kropa/InVision/AP
Comedian Chris Elliott turns 64
Fun fact: He recently starred in the film “Welcome to Leadville,” in which he played a sheriff.
Lea Thompson participates in a question and answer panel during day four of FAN EXPO Comic-Con at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, Sunday, August 13, 2023. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/InVision/The Associated Press)Rob Grabowski/InVision/AP
Actress Lea Thompson turns 63
Fun fact: She was a contestant on the 19th season of “Dancing with the Stars.”
Brooke Shields (left) and her daughter, Greer Henchy, attend the CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on Sunday, December 10, 2023. (Photo by Evan Agostini/InVision/AP)Evan Agostini/InVision/AP
Actress Brooke Shields turns 59
Fun fact: He is distantly related to actress Glenn Close.
Colin Farrell arrives at the FYC event for the film “Sugar” at the Lynwood Dunn Theatre in Los Angeles, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/InVision/Associated Press)Richard Shotwell/InVision/AP
Actor Colin Farrell turns 47
Fun fact: He played Artemis Fowl's father in the film adaptation of the novel.
Justine Lupe arrives at the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 24, 2024. (Jordan Strauss/InVision/AP Photo)Jordan Strauss/InVision/AP
Actress Justine Lupe turns 35
Fun Fact: Born in Denver, Colorado
Celebrities celebrating their birthdays today
Singer Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary is 86; keyboardist Auggie Myers of Texas Tornado and Sir Douglas Quintet is 84; actress Sharon Gless (Cagney & Lacey) is 81; actor Tom Berenger is 74; actor Gregory Harrison is 74; actor Kyle Secor (Homicide) is 67; actor Roman Maffia (Nip/Tuck, Profiler) is 66; singer Corey Hart is 62; rapper DMC of Run-DMC is 60; country bassist Ed Adkins of The Derailleurs is 57; Amazing Race host Phil Keorgan is 57; jazz bassist Christian McBride is 52; actor Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife) is 52. Actor Merle Dandridge (Greenleaf) is 49. Trumpeter Scott Reel Big Fish's Klopfenstein is 47. Actor Eric Christian Olsen (NCIS: Los Angeles) is 47. Fall Out Boy drummer Andy Hurley is 44. Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is 38. Actor Curtis Williams Jr. (Parenthood) is 37. Fifth Harmony singer Normani Hamilton is 28.
Other Popular or Historical Birthdays on May 31
Walt Whitman, poet
Pope Pius XI
Don Ameche, actor
Jim Craig, Olympic goalkeeper (67)
Kenny Lofton, former Indians All-Star (56)
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