Famous People Your Age

Which famous people are your age? I figured we could try a little exercise and name some famous people who are no more than one month younger or older than you are (just to keep the lists from getting too large). For instance, I was born in April 1970 and here are some of the famous people born a month before or after me in 1970 (I only included the names I knew readily):

* Mariah Carey, American singer
* Vince Vaughn, American actor, writer, and producer
* Rick Schroder, American actor
* Redman, American rapper
* Greg Eklund, American drummer (Everclear)
* Jason Lee, American skateboarder and actor
* Andre Agassi, American tennis player
* Uma Thurman, American actress
* Will Arnett, Canadian actor
* Mike Weir, Canadian golfer
* Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player
* Tina Fey, American writer, comedian, and actress
* Naomi Campbell, English model and actress
* Jamie Kennedy, American actor and comedian
* Joseph Fiennes, English actor

Not a bad list I guess. I thought some of these people were older than that but maybe it just shows that I think of myself as younger than I really am…

Who’s on your “same age” list?

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Posted on October 11, 2008, in Pop Culture. Bookmark the permalink. 37 Comments.

  1. Joseph Fiennes is a fine, fine speciman of a man…

  2. I was born in June of 1970 so not too far off from your list.

    May 25 – Jamie Kennedy, American actor and comedian

    I thought he was much younger than me. And I thought he was Canadian.

    June 13 – Rivers Cuomo, American musician
    July 8 – Beck, American singer

    Again, thought they were younger.

  3. Gabby, that wasn’t the question…

    I was born in December 1969

    December 4 – Jay-Z, American rapper
    January 6 – Julie Chen, American television host
    January 12 – Zack de la Rocha, American musician
    January 20 – Skeet Ulrich, American actor
    January 29 – Heather Graham, American actress
    January 31 – Minnie Driver, English actress

    There were a lot more but I didn’t know who they were (if I’m being honest, I don’t really know who Jay-Z is either, but I’ve heard the name). That Heather Graham is the same age as me will bum me out the rest of the weekend…

  4. June 1974.

    May 23 – Ken Jennings
    May 23 – Jewel
    June 1 – Alanis Morissette
    June 2 – Matt Serra (mma fighter)
    June 26 – Derek Jeter

  5. I just thought it was worth mentioning…

  6. February 1974:

    January 16 – Kate Moss, English model
    January 23 – Tiffani Thiessen, American actress (aw, I really wasn’t too young for Zach Morris…)
    January 30 – Christian Bale, Welsh actor
    February 4 – Eric Townsend, American musician and record producer
    February 8 – Seth Green, American actor
    February 22 – James Blunt, English Singer (blech)
    March 1 – Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor (oh, hey! Look at that! Zach Morris himself!)
    March 3 – Danny Masterson, American actor **
    March 5 – Eva Mendes, American actress
    March 7 – Jenna Fischer, American actress
    March 13 – Danny Masterson, American actor **

    **hmmmmm

  7. Leonardo DiCaprio is one day older than me. :)

    Joaquin Phoenix is a few days older than me.

  8. Sofia Coppolla
    Paul Bettany
    Mark Wahlberg
    Bobby Jindal
    Anette Olzon of Nightwish (YES!)

  9. Tyra Banks
    Nick Lachey
    Monica Seles
    Holly Marie-Combs

    My list sucks. Oh wait, redeemed by Mos Def! Just two days younger! Oh, and Wilson Cruz—Rickie from MSCL!

  10. I’m the same age as Orlando Bloom, Shakira, and Sarah Michelle Gellar, per the internet. Makes me feel young.

  11. I’m 1974 as well. Christian Bale surprised me, he seems so much older than me.

  12. For those of you wondering where to look this sort of thing up — just look up your birth year on Wikipedia and there should be a good list to view.

  13. No one famous that I particularly care for from ’67. Well Pamela Anderson and Vin Diesel. But like I said, no one worth mentioning.

  14. Wow, a bit of a dry spell in the middle of ’76. The only two I recognized were:

    June 8 – Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player
    July 9 – Fred Savage, US actor

    At least I wasn’t born at the same time as Pamela Anderson.

  15. Clark: look at it this way: all the true talent for that year was concentrated in you.

    Geoff: this thread has been fun if for no other reason than finding out everyone’s age!

  16. August 21, 1969

    A lot of actors
    Matthew Perry
    Jack Black
    Edward Norton
    Christian Slater

    Though not the same year, Thomas S. Monson and I share the same birthday; making me, for the time being, automatically more spiritual than my peers.

    And Gabby, Joseph Fiennes is a fine, fine speciman of a man

  17. That’s all I was saying. Fine, fine specimen…

    (Oh, and yeah…I thought Christian Bale was much older and then I wondered if everyone thinks I’M much older and then I had to go eat some caramels and not think about it…)

  18. July 3 – Tom Cruise, American actor
    July 5 – Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Indonesian terrorist
    September 11 – Kristy McNichol, American actress
    September 26 – Melissa Sue Anderson, American actress
    October 3 – Tommy Lee, American rock musician
    October 11 – Joan Cusack, American actress and comedian
    November 4 – Jeff Probst, American television personality
    November 11 – Demi Moore, American actress
    November 19 – Jodie Foster, American actress and director
    November 28 – Jon Stewart, American actor and comedian
    December 22 – Ralph Fiennes, English actor

    Crap. I am so old.

  19. But you have a cool list meems

  20. It’s not everyone who is the same age as an Indonesian terrorist.

  21. And Ralph Fiennes. Man that family got the good genes…

  22. Alicia Silverstone
    Taylor Hicks <- That really makes me feel old.

  23. I’m really proud of my list. Please note the third entry in particular, as well as the actors and actresses. This is just awesome:

    Laura Linney, American actress
    Duff McKagan, American musician
    Sarah Palin, American politician
    Ken Shamrock, American mixed martial arts fighter
    Chris Farley, American actor and comedian
    Matt Dillon, American actor
    Bret Easton Ellis, American author
    Wanda Sykes, American comedian and actress
    Juliette Binoche, French actress
    Prince Edward, youngest child of Queen Elizabeth
    Rob Lowe, American actor
    Bonnie Blair, American speed skater
    Annabella Sciorra, Italian-American actress
    Tracy Chapman, American singer

  24. Geoff, the fact that you’ve got Tina Fey on your list and I’ve got Sarah Palin on mine must mean something. I’m not sure what.

    I was actually born on the exact same day as Wanda Sykes. That makes us soul siblings, which of course means: I rock.

  25. Dang — that is a pretty good list MCQ. Who knew that Tommy Boy and his step brother were nearly exactly the same age?

  26. What I’m learning from this is that I’m terrible at guessing how old someone is. Demi Moore and Tommy Lee are the same age? Wanda Sykes and Tracy Chapman are the same age? These things seem weird to me.

    Don’t even get me started on finding out in such a public forum that my baby sister had romantic feelings for a character from saved by the bell. This thread is giving me a mid life crisis.

  27. Feb 1977

    * January 7 – Dustin Diamond, American actor
    * January 13 – Orlando Bloom, British actor
    * January 26 – Vince Carter, American basketball player
    * January 28 – Joey Fatone, American musician
    * February 2 – Shakira, Colombian musician
    * February 11 – Randy Moss, American football player
    * February 11 – Mike Shinoda, American musician (LINKIN PARK)
    * February 16 – Ian Clarke, Irish computer scientist
    * February 24 – Floyd Mayweather Jr., boxing champion
    * March 2 – Chris Martin, British musician (Coldplay)

  28. Apparently didn’t see Matt W’s entry (#10), who is almost the same age as me.

  29. I was born the exact same day as this year’s Oscar winner Marion Cotillard. I’m also 5 days older than Kate Winslet

  30. I’m a day older than Tom Brady. Otherwise we’re pretty much twins.

  31. Sorry, shaz. I won’t tell you that I think he’s much hotter now & is the reason I started watching his new cable show this fall, either! (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm703960832/nm0004971)

    (In my tiny defense, you DID know who zach morris was…)

  32. Karl Urban and Jennie Garth. Time has been far more kind to one of those two.

  33. People about my age and of note:

    Sasha Baron Coen
    Snoop Dogg
    Pedro Martinez
    Winona Ryder
    Christina Applegate

    I know there are others. I question how comprehensive that Wiki list is.

  34. Um, no. I did not. I had to Google the name–sorry!

  35. Chris Smith (of Kris Kross reknown, one day my senior)
    Jennifer Love Hewitt
    Heath Ledger
    Dre
    Claire Danes
    Pink
    Ron Artest

    Also, Charles Mingus, John Wayne, Zeppo Marx, and Mr. Ed all died the year I was born

  36. I was born in December 1968…

    Parker Posey
    Owen Wilson
    Mike Mussina
    Rachel Griffiths
    Lucy Liu
    Michael Varton
    Christy Turlington
    Marilyn Manson
    Jason Bateman
    Dave Grohl

    None of these names surprise me, except for Lucy Liu, who seems younger.

  37. Wow, champion NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne. Never woulda guessed how old that would make me feel. Not a very impressive list for my quarter.

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