Today’s famous birthdays list for April 28, 2022 includes celebrities Jay Leno, Penelope Cruz

Jay Leno and Penelope Cruz celebrate birthdays on April 28th. (AP)
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Birthday wishes go out to Jay Leno, Penelope Cruz and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on April 28th and learn an interesting fact about each of them. Update: Check out the new list of famous and celebrity birthdays for April 28, 2023.

Top celebrity birthdays on April 28, 2022

Ann-Margret, left, and Julianne Hough pose backstage at the 24th Family Film Awards at Universal Hilton Hotel on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Actress Ann-Margret turns 81

Fun fact: Originally from Sweden

Entertainer Jay Leno smiles for a photo with fans at a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Sunday, May 30, 2021. Leno will be giving the command for drivers to start their engines. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

Comedian Jay Leno turns 72

Fun fact: Has hosted the reboot of ‘You Bet Your Life’

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 07: Mary McDonnell attends the Battlestar Galactica Retrospective with Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell Panel during Day 1 of New York Comic Con 2021 at Jacob Javits Center on October 07, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for ReedPop)

Actress Mary McDonnell turns 70

Fun fact: Appeared in an episode of ‘As the World Turns’ back in 1980

Penelope Cruz arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Actress Penelope Cruz turns 48

Fun fact: Nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress at this year’s Oscars

Cash Warren, left, and Jessica Alba arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Actress Jessica Alba turns 35

Fun fact: Appeared as Sue Storm in two pre-MCU ‘Fantastic Four’ films

More celebrities with birthdays today

Actor Paul Guilfoyle (“CSI”) is 73. Singer-bassist Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth is 69. Rapper Too Short is 56. Actor Bridget Moynahan (“Blue Bloods”) is 51. Actor Chris Young is 51. Rapper Big Gipp of Goodie Mob is 50. Actor Elisabeth Rohm (“Law and Order”) is 49. Actor Jorge Garcia (“Hawaii Five-0,” “Lost”) is 49. Actor Nate Richert (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) is 44. TV personalities Drew and Jonathan Scott (“The Property Brothers”) are 44. Actor Harry Shum Jr. (“Glee”) is 40. Actor Jenna Ushkowitz (“Glee”) is 36. Actor Aleisha Allen (“School of Rock,” ″Are We There Yet?”) is 31.

Other popular or historical birthdays on April 28th

James Monroe, 5th U.S. president

Lionel Barrymore, actor

Oskar Schindler, subject of ‘Schindler’s List’

Harper Lee, author

Terry Pratchett, author

Bruno Kirby, actor

John Daly, PGA golfer (56)

with The Associated Press

Prior celebrity fun facts (Associated Press)

Celebrity fun facts

Reese Witherspoon | Gal Gadot | Emilia Clarke | Sophie Turner

Robert Downey Jr. | Chris Hemsworth | Seth MacFarlane

Jason Momoa | Amanda Seyfried | Kat Dennings

Jenna Fischer | Miley Cyrus | Emma Stone | Mark Hamill

Emma Watson | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Tiffani Amber Thiessen

Scarlett Johansson | Kate Mara | Jennifer Aniston | Alan Alda

Jennifer Lawrence & Mila Kunis | David Hasselhoff

Lindsay Lohan | Natalie Portman | George Clooney

Betty White | Dave Matthews | Danica McKellar | Taylor Swift

Britney Spears | Bill Nye | Alyson Hannigan | Alec Baldwin

Rachel McAdams | Demi Moore | Julia Roberts

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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45 actors born in Ohio

The Royal Family: Who is next in line for the British Throne?

88 celebrities who were born in Canada

15 celebrities who appeared on ‘Saved By the Bell’

‘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’

Oscars hosts since 1989

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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