Birthday wishes go out to Anna Kendrick, Sam Elliott and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on August 9th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on August 9, 2022
Actor Sam Elliott turns 78
Fun fact: Appeared in two pre-MCU films, ‘Hulk’ and ‘Ghostrider’
Actress Melanie Griffith turns 65
Fun fact: Her mother is actress Tippi Hedren
NFL Hall of Famer and sportscaster Deion Sanders turns 55
Fun fact: Was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011
Actress Gillian Anderson turns 54
Fun fact: Family moved from the U.S. to London when she was 2
Actor Eric Bana turns 54
Fun fact: Voiced the character Anchor in ‘Finding Nemo’
Actor Kevin McKidd turns 49
Fun fact: Portrayed Poseidon in ‘Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief’
Actress Jessica Capshaw turns 46
Fun fact: One of her first TV show appearances was an episode of ‘ER’
Actress Anna Kendrick turns 37
Fun fact: Hosted an episode of ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 2014
More celebrities with birthdays today
Jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette is 80. Comedian David Steinberg is 80. Singer Barbara Mason is 75. Actor Amanda Bearse (“Married...With Children”) is 64. Rapper Kurtis Blow is 63. “Today” co-host Hoda Kotb is 58. Actor Pat Petersen (“Knots Landing”) is 56. News correspondent Chris Cuomo is 52. Actor Thomas Lennon (″Reno 911!”) is 52. Bassist Arion Salazar (Third Eye Blind) is 52. Rapper Mack 10 is 51. Singer Juanes is 50. Actor Liz Vassey (“CSI,” ″All My Children”) is 50. Actor Rhona Mitra (“Nip/Tuck,” “Boston Legal”) is 47. Actor Ashley Johnson (“The Help”) is 39.
Other popular or historical birthdays on August 9th
Amedeo Avogadro, scientist
Smokey the Bear (first poster released)
Whitney Houston, singer
Brett Hull, NHL Hall of Famer (58)
with The 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
Jenna Fischer | Miley Cyrus | Emma Stone | Reese Witherspoon
Emma Watson | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Tiffani Amber Thiessen
Scarlett Johansson | Jennifer Aniston | David Hasselhoff
Sophie Turner | Jennifer Lawrence & Mila Kunis | Alan Alda
Lindsay Lohan | George Clooney | Amanda Seyfried | Kate Mara
Betty White | Dave Matthews | Danica McKellar | Taylor Swift
Britney Spears | Bill Nye | Alyson Hannigan | Alec Baldwin
Rachel McAdams | Demi Moore | Julia Roberts | Mark Hamill
Danielle Fishel and the ‘Boy Meets World’ cast
Movie and TV fun facts & more
In memoriam: Celebrities who died in 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018
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’
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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