Today’s famous birthdays list for August 31, 2020 includes celebrities Debbie Gibson, Van Morrison - cleveland.com

Posted: 31 Aug 2020 03:30 AM PDT

Top celebrity birthdays on August 31, 2020

Birthday wishes go out to Debbie Gibson, Van Morrison 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 31st and learn an interesting fact about each of them.

Singer Van Morrison turns 75

Fun fact: Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland

Peter Dinklage, left, Julianna Margulies and Richard Gere attend a screening of "Three Christs", hosted by IFC Films and The Cinema Society, at Regal Essex Crossing on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)Charles Sykes/Invision/AP

Actor Richard Gere turns 71

Fun fact: Won a Golden Globe in 2003 for his role in 'Chicago'

Singer Debbie Gibson turns 50

Fun fact: Had a small role in the film 'Rock of Ages'

Morgan Freeman, Chris Tucker — Morgan Freeman, left, and Chris Tucker arrive at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 22nd Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor presented to Dave Chappelle on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP

Actor Chris Tucker turns 48

Fun fact: First TV show appearance was an episode of 'Hangin' With Mr. Cooper'

More celebrities with birthdays today

Actor Warren Berlinger is 83. Rock musician Jerry Allison (Buddy Holly and the Crickets) is 81. Actor Jack Thompson is 80. Violinist Itzhak Perlman is 75. Rock musician Rudolf Schenker (The Scorpions) is 72. Actor Stephen Henderson is 71. Rock singer Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze) is 63. Rock musician Gina Schock (The Go-Go's) is 63. Singer Tony DeFranco (The DeFranco Family) is 61. Rhythm-and-blues musician Larry Waddell (Mint Condition) is 57. Actor Jaime P. Gomez is 55. Rock musician Jeff Russo (Tonic) is 51. Rock musician Greg Richling (Wallflowers) is 50. Actor Zack Ward is 50. Actor Sara Ramirez is 45. Rhythm-and-blues singer Tamara (Trina & Tamara) is 43.

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Maria Montessori, educator

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Edwin Moses, Olympic gold medalist (65)

Larry Fitzgerald, NFL WR (37)

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 6-12 - ABC News

Posted: 31 Aug 2020 05:24 AM PDT

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Sept. 6-12 include actor Idris Elba, actor Evan Rachel Wood and singer Pink

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August 31, 2020, 12:16 PM

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 6-12

Sept. 6: Comedian JoAnne Worley is 84. Country singer David Allan Coe is 81. Singer-bassist Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) is 77. Actor Swoosie Kurtz is 76. Comedian-actor Jane Curtin is 73. Country singer Buddy Miller is 68. Actor James Martin Kelly ("Mob City," ″Magic Mike") is 66. Drummer Joe Smyth of Sawyer Brown is 63. Actor-comedian Jeff Foxworthy is 62. Actor-comedian Michael Winslow ("Police Academy") is 62. Guitarist Pal Waaktaar of A-ha is 59. News correspondent Elizabeth Vargas is 58. Country singer Mark Chesnutt is 57. Actor Betsy Russell ("Saw") is 57. Actor Rosie Perez is 56. Singer Macy Gray is 53. Singer CeCe Peniston is 51. Singer Darryl Anthony (Az Yet) is 51. Actor Daniele Gaither ("MADtv") is 50. Actor Dylan Bruno ("Numb3ers") is 48. Actor Idris Elba is 48. Actor Justina Machado (Netflix's "One Day At A Time," "Jane the Virgin") is 48. Actor Anika Noni Rose ("The Princess and the Frog," "Dreamgirls") is 48. Actor Justin Whalin ("Lois and Clark") is 46. Singer Nina Persson (The Cardigans) is 46. Actor Naomie Harris ("Moonlight," "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies) is 44. Rapper Noreaga is 43. Rapper Foxy Brown is 42. Actor Deborah Joy Winans ("Greenleaf") is 37. Actor Lauren Lapkus ("Orange Is The New Black") is 35. Singer Max George of The Wanted is 32.

Sept. 7: Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins is 90. Singer Gloria Gaynor is 77. Singer Alfa Anderson of Chic is 74. Actor Susan Blakely ("The Towering Inferno," ″The Concorde: Airport '79″) is 72. Drummer Dennis Thompson of MC5 is 71. Actor Julie Kavner ("The Simpsons") is 70. Singer Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders is 69. Keyboardist Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is 67. Actor Corbin Bernsen is 66. Actor Michael Emerson ("Lost") is 66. Pianist Michael Feinstein is 64. Songwriter Diane Warren is 64. Singer Margot Chapman (Starland Vocal Band) is 63. Actor W. Earl Brown ("Deadwood") is 57. Comedian Leslie Jones (2016′s "Ghostbusters," ″Saturday Night Live") is 53. Model Angie Everhart is 51. Actor Diane Farr ("Numb3rs," "Rescue Me") is 51. Actor Monique Gabriela Curnen ("The Dark Knight") is 50. Actor Tom Everett Scott ("Southland," ″That Thing You Do!") is 50. Drummer Chad Sexton of 311 (three-eleven) is 50. Actor Shannon Elizabeth ("American Pie") is 47. Actor Oliver Hudson ("Nashville") is 44. Actor Devon Sawa ("Slackers," ″Final Destination") is 42. Actor Benjamin Hollingsworth ("Code Black") is 36. Actor Alyssa Diaz ("The Rookie") is 35. Contemporary Christian musician Wes Willis of Rush of Fools is 34. Actor Evan Rachel Wood ("Westworld," ″Thirteen") is 33. Actor Jonathan Majors ("Lovecraft Country") is 31. Actor Ian Chen ("Fresh Off The Boat") is 14.

Sept. 8: Ventriloquist Willie Tyler (with Lester) is 80. Actor Alan Feinstein is 79. Singer Sal Valentino of The Beau Brummels is 78. Bassist Will Lee of the CBS Orchestra ("Late Show with David Letterman") is 68. Actor Heather Thomas ("The Fall Guy") is 63. Singer Aimee Mann is 60. Bassist David Steele of Fine Young Cannibals is 60. Actor Thomas Kretschmann ("The Pianist") is 58. Singer Marc Gordon of Levert is 56. Gospel singer Darlene Zschech is 55. Singer Neko Case is 50. Actor David Arquette is 49. Actor Martin Freeman ("Black Panther," ″The Hobbit") is 49. TV personality Kennedy is 48. Drummer Richard Hughes of Keane is 45. Actor Larenz Tate is 45. Actor Nathan Corddry ("Mom,") is 43. Singer Pink is 41. Singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson is 40. Actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas ("Home Improvement") is 39. Rapper Wiz Khalifa is 33. Actor Gaten Matarazzo ("Stranger Things") is 18.

Sept. 9: Actor Topol ("Fiddler on the Roof") is 85. Singer Inez Fox is 78. Singer Dee Dee Sharp is 75. Guitarist John McFee of The Doobie Brothers is 70. Actor Tom Wopat is 69. Musician-producer Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) is 68. Actor Angela Cartwright ("The Danny Thomas Show," ″Lost In Space") is 68. Actor Hugh Grant is 60. Actor Charles Esten ("Nashville") is 55. Actor Constance Marie ("George Lopez") is 55. Actor-comedian Adam Sandler is 54. Model Rachel Hunter is 51. Actor Eric Stonestreet ("Modern Family") is 49. Actor Henry Thomas ("E.T.") is 49. Actor Goran Visnjic ("ER") is 48. Jazz singer Michael Buble' is 45. Actor Michelle Williams ("Brokeback Mountain," ″Dawson's Creek") is 40. Singer Paul Janeway of St. Paul and the Broken Bones is 37. Actor Kelsey Asbille ("One Tree Hill," "Teen Wolf") is 29. Contemporary Christian singer Lauren Daigle is 29. Country singer Hunter Hayes is 29.

Sept. 10: Actor Philip Baker Hall ("Bruce Almighty," ″The Insider") is 89. Actor Greg Mullavey ("Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman") is 87. Jazz vibraphonist Roy Ayers is 80. Actor Tom Ligon ("Oz," ″Another World") is 80. Singer Danny Hutton of Three Dog Night is 78. Singer Jose Feliciano is 75. Actor Judy Geeson ("Mad About You") is 72. Guitarist Joe Perry of Aerosmith is 70. Actor Amy Irving is 67. Actor Clark Johnson ("Homicide: Life on the Street") is 66. Actor Kate Burton ("Scandal") is 63. Director Chris Columbus is 62. Singer Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama is 62. Actor Colin Firth is 60. Singer-guitarist David Lowery of Cracker is 60. Actor Sean O'Bryan ("The Princess Diaries" films) is 57. Drummer Robin Goodridge of Bush is 55. Guitarist Stevie D. of Buckcherry is 54. Singer-guitarist Miles Zuniga of Fastball is 54. Rapper Big Daddy Kane is 52. Director Guy Ritchie is 52. Actor Johnathan Schaech ("To Appomattox," ″That Thing You Do!") is 51. Contemporary Christian singer Sara Groves is 48. Actor Ryan Phillippe is 46. Actor Jacob Young ("The Bold and the Beautiful," ″All My Children") is 41. Bassist Mikey Way (My Chemical Romance) is 40. Ballerina Misty Copeland is 38. Guitarist Matthew Followill of Kings of Leon is 36. Singer Ashley Monroe of Pistol Annies is 34. Actor Hannah Hodson ("Hawthorne") is 19.

Sept. 11: Actor Earl Holliman is 92. Comedian Tom Dreesen is 81. Movie director Brian De Palma is 80. Actor Lola Falana is 78. Drummer Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead is 77. Guitarist Leo Kottke is 75. Actor Phillip Alford ("To Kill A Mockingbird") is 72. Actor Amy Madigan is 70. Guitarist Tommy Shaw of Styx is 67. Sports reporter Lesley Visser is 67. Drummer Jon Moss of Culture Club is 63. Actor-director Roxann Dawson ("Star Trek: Voyager") is 62. Actor Scott Patterson ("Gilmore Girls") is 62. Keyboardist Mick Talbot (The Style Council, Dexys Midnight Runners) is 62. Actor John Hawkes ("Deadwood") is 61. Actor Anne Ramsay ("Mad About You," ″A League of Their Own") is 60. Actor Virginia Madsen ("Sideways," ″American Dreams") is 59. Actor Kristy McNichol is 58. Musician Moby is 55. Singer Harry Connick Jr. is 53. Actor Taraji P. Henson ("Empire") is 50. Actor Laura Wright ("Guiding Light") is 50. Guitarist Jeremy Popoff of Lit is 49. Singer Brad Fischetti of LFO is 45. Rapper Mr. Black is 43. Guitarist Jon Buckland of Coldplay is 43. Rapper Ludacris is 43. Actor Ariana Richards ("Jurassic Park" films) is 41. Singer Charles Kelley of Lady A is 39. Actor Elizabeth Henstridge ("Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.") is 33. Actor Tyler Hoechlin (TV's "Teen Wolf") is 33. Actor Mackenzie Aladjem ("Nurse Jackie") is 19.

Sept. 12: Actor Linda Gray ("Dallas") is 80. Singer Maria Muldaur is 78. Actor Joe Pantoliano ("The Sopranos") is 69. Singer-guitarist Gerry Beckley of America is 68. Original MTV VJ Nina Blackwood is 68. Actor Peter Scolari ("Newhart," ″Bosom Buddies") is 65. Actor Rachel Ward is 63. Actor Amy Yasbeck ("Wings," ″Life on a Stick") is 58. Bassist Norwood Fisher of Fishbone is 55. Actor Darren E. Burrows ("Northern Exposure") is 54. Singer Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five) is 54. Comedian Louis C.K. is 53. Guitarist Larry LaLonde of Primus is 52. Actor Will Chase ("Nashville") is 50. Country singer Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland is 46. Actor Lauren Stamile ("Complications," "Grey's Anatomy") is 44. Rapper 2 Chainz is 43. Actor Kelly Jenrette ("The Handmaid's Tale") is 42. Actor Ben McKenzie ("The O.C.") is 42. Singer Ruben Studdard ("American Idol") is 42. Singer-actor Jennifer Hudson is 39. Actor Alfie Allen ("Game of Thrones") is 34. Actor Emmy Rossum ("Phantom of the Opera") is 34. Country singer Kelsea Ballerini is 27. Actor Colin Ford ("Under the Dome") is 24.

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