Birthday wishes go out to James Cameron, Steve Carell 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 16th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on August 16, 2022
TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford turns 69
Fun fact: Has competed on ‘Celebrity Family Feud’
Director James Cameron turns 68
Fun fact: While he’s directly mostly feature films, he did once direct an episode of the TV show ‘Dark Angel’
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Singer Madonna turns 64
Fun fact: First Grammy nomination came for the song ‘Crazy for You’
Actress Angela Bassett turns 64
Fun fact: Set to reprise her role as Ramonda in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
Actor Timothy Hutton turns 62
Fun fact: Has also performed on Broadway
Actor Steve Carell turns 60
Fun fact: First film he appeared in was ‘Curly Sue’ in 1991
Singer Vanessa Carlton turns 42
Fun fact: Has a younger sister and brother
Actress Cristin Milioti turns 37
Fun fact: Stars in the recently premiered Peacock series ‘The Resort’
Actress Rumer Willis turns 34
Fun fact: She was named after a British novelist
More celebrities with birthdays today
Actor Gary Clarke (“Hondo,” ″The Virginian”) is 89. Actor Julie Newmar is 89. Actor-singer Ketty Lester (“Little House on the Prairie”) is 88. Actor Anita Gillette is 86. Actor Bob Balaban (“A Mighty Wind,” ″Best In Show”) is 77. Ballerina Suzanne Farrell is 77. Actor Lesley Ann Warren is 76. Bassist Joey Spampinato (NRBQ) is 74. Actor Marshall Manesh (“How I Met Your Mother,” ″Will and Grace”) is 72. Actor Reginald VelJohnson (“Family Matters”) is 70. R&B singer J.T. Taylor is 69. Actor Jeff Perry (“Scandal,” ″Grey’s Anatomy”) is 67. Guitarist Tim Farriss of INXS is 65. Actor Laura Innes (“ER”) is 65. Actor Andy Milder (“Weeds”) is 54. Actor Seth Peterson (“Burn Notice,” “Providence”) is 52. Country singer Emily Robison of The Dixie Chicks is 50. Actor George Stults (“Seventh Heaven”) is 47. Actor Cam Gigandet (“Twilight”) is 40. Singer-guitarist Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes is 37. Actor Shawn Pyfrom (“Desperate Housewives”) is 36. Country singer Ashton Shepherd is 36. Singer Dan Smyers of Dan and Shay is 35. Rapper Young Thug is 31. Actor Cameron Monaghan (“Gotham”) is 29. Singer Greyson Chance is 25.
Other popular or historical birthdays on August 16th
Amos Alonzo Stagg, football pioneer
Lawrence of Arabia, soldier
Otto Mesmer, cartoonist
Frank Gifford, former NFL player and sportscaster
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
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