Birthday wishes go out to Lin-Manuel Miranda, Debbie Allen 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 16th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on January 16, 2022
Singer Ronnie Milsap turns 79
Fun fact: Has won 6 Grammys over the course of his career
Director and composer John Carpenter turns 74
Fun fact: Once directed a TV movie about Elvis’ life
Actress Debbie Allen turns 72
Fun fact: Presented with the Governor’s Award at the 2021 Primetime Emmys
Actor Richard T. Jones turns 50
Fun fact: The T. is short for Timothy
Actress Josie Davis turns 49
Fun fact: Originally from Los Angeles
Model Kate Moss turns 48
Fun fact: Companies she’s modeled for include Levi’s, Calvin Klein and H&M
Actor Lin-Manuel Miranda turns 42
Fun fact: Has won multiple Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards
Actress Yvonne Zima turns 33
Fun fact: Had a small role in ‘Iron Man 3′
More celebrities with birthdays today
Opera singer Marilyn Horne is 88. Singer Barbara Lynn is 80. Singer Katherine Anderson Schaffner of The Marvelettes is 78. Country singer Jim Stafford is 78. Radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger is 75. Singer Maxine Jones of En Vogue is 63. Singer Sade is 63. Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule is 63. Bassist Paul Webb of Talk Talk is 60. Actor David Chokachi (“Baywatch”) is 54. Comedian Jonathan Mangum (“Whose Line Is It Anyway,” ″The Drew Carey Show”) is 51. Guitarist James Young of The Eli Young Band is 42. Guitarist Nick Valensi of The Strokes is 41. Actor Renee Felice Smith (“NCIS: Los Angeles”) is 37.
Other popular or historical birthdays on January 16th
Frank Zamboni, inventor of modern ice resurfacer
Ethel Merman, actress
Dian Fossey, conservationalist
A.J. Foyt, auto racer
Aaliyah, singer
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Celebrity fun facts
Gal Gadot | Emilia Clarke | Sophie Turner | Jason Momoa
Chris Hemsworth | Amanda Seyfried | Kat Dennings
Robert Downey Jr. | Alyson Hannigan | Tiffani Amber Thiessen
Miley Cyrus | Emma Stone | Seth MacFarlane | Mark Hamill
Jennifer Lawrence & Mila Kunis | David Hasselhoff
Lindsay Lohan | Natalie Portman | George Clooney
Sarah Michelle Gellar | Emma Watson | Alec Baldwin
Jenna Fischer | Kate Mara | Jennifer Aniston | Alan Alda
Betty White | Dave Matthews | Danica McKellar | Taylor Swift
Britney Spears | Bill Nye | Scarlett Johansson
Rachel McAdams | Demi Moore | Julia Roberts
Danielle Fishel and the ‘Boy Meets World’ cast
Movie and TV fun facts & more
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‘The Office’ fun facts | 30 guest stars on ‘The Office’
10 famous directors who shot episodes of ‘The Office’
25 fun facts about ‘Friends’ | 25 celebs who appeared on ‘Friends’
25 actors you didn’t know were on ‘Game of Thrones’
25 actors you didn’t know appeared in ‘Boy Meets World’
More movie fun facts: ‘Love Actually’ | ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ | ‘Dirty Dancing’ | ‘Scream’ | ‘Romeo + Juliet’ | ‘The Big Lebowski’ | ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ | ‘The Phantom Menace’
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