Birthday wishes go out to Clint Eastwood, Brooke Shields and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on May 31st and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on May 31, 2022
FILE – In this Jan. 3, 2020 file photo, Clint Eastwood arrives at the AFI Awards in Los Angeles. Eastwood turns 90 on Sunday, May 31. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Director Clint Eastwood turns 92
Fun fact: First film he directed was ‘Play Misty for Me’
Former New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath smiles before an NFL football game between the Jets and the New York Giants Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, in East Rutherford, NJ (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)AP
Football Hall of Famer Joe Namath turns 79
Fun fact: Originally from Beaver Falls, PA
Paula Elliott, from left, Chris Elliott and Abby Elliott attend a screening of “The Rewrite” at Landmark Sunshine Cinema on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)Andy Kropa /Invision/AP
Comedian Chris Elliott turns 62
Fun fact: One of his first TV show appearances was in an episode of ‘Miami Vice’
Lea Thompson arrives at the LA Premiere of “Flower” at the ArcLight Hollywood on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP
Actress Lea Thompson turns 61
Fun fact: Lea recently appeared in an episode of season 2 of ‘Star Trek: Picard’ as a scientist
Actors Brooke Shields, left, and Dove Cameron, right, attend the NYFW Fall/Winter 2022 Michael Kors fashion show at Terminal 5 on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)Andy Kropa/Invision/AP
Actress Brooke Shields turns 57
Fun fact: Was briefly married to tennis star Andre Agassi
Colin Farrell attends the world premiere of “The Batman” at Lincoln Center Josie Robertson Plaza on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Actor Colin Farrell turns 46
Fun fact: Portrayed Penguin in the film ‘The Batman’
More celebrities with birthdays today
Singer Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary is 84. Keyboardist Augie Meyers of the Texas Tornadoes and the Sir Douglas Quintet is 82. Actor Sharon Gless (“Cagney and Lacey”) is 79. Actor Tom Berenger is 72. Actor Gregory Harrison is 72. Actor Kyle Secor (“Homicide: Life on the Street”) is 65. Actor Roma Maffia (“Nip/Tuck,” ″Profiler”) is 64. Singer Corey Hart is 60. Rapper DMC of Run-DMC is 58. Country bassist Ed Adkins of The Derailers is 55. “The Amazing Race” host Phil Keoghan is 55. Jazz bassist Christian McBride is 50. Actor Archie Panjabi (“The Good Wife”) is 50. Actor Merle Dandridge (“Greenleaf”) is 47. Trumpet player Scott Klopfenstein of Reel Big Fish is 45. Actor Eric Christian Olsen (“NCIS: Los Angeles”) is 45. Drummer Andy Hurley of Fall Out Boy is 42. Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is 36. Actor Curtis Williams Jr. (“Parent’Hood”) is 35. Singer Normani Hamilton of Fifth Harmony is 26.
Other popular or historical birthdays on May 31st
Walt Whitman, poet
Pope Pius XI
Don Améche, actor
Jim Craig, Olympic goalie (65)
Kenny Lofton, former Indians All-Star (55)
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Prior celebrity fun facts (Associated Press)
celebrity fun facts
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson | Emily Clarke | Sophie Turner
Robert Downey Jr. | Chris Hemsworth | Seth MacFarlane
Gal Gadot | Jason Momoa | Natalie Portmann | Kat Dennings
Jenna Fisher | Miley Cyrus | Emma Stone | Reese witherspoon
Emma Watson | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Tiffany Amber Thiessen
Scarlett Johansson | kate mara | Jennifer Aniston | Alan Alda
Jennifer Lawrence & Mila Kunis | David Hasselhoff
Lindsay Lohan | George Clooney | amanda seyfried
Betty White | Dave Matthews | Danica McKellar | Taylor Swift
Britney Spears | Bill Nye | Alison Hannigan | alec baldwin
Rachel McAdams | Demi Moore | Julie Roberts | Mark Hamill
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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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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