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Birthday wishes go to Will Forte, Barry Manilow and all other celebrities celebrating their birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on June 17 and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
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Top Celebrity Birthdays on June 17, 2022
Barry Manilow performs at the We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert at The Great Lawn in Central Park on Saturday, August 21, 2021 in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)Andy Kropa/Invision/AP
Singer Barry Manilow turns 79
Fun Fact: His two Emmy wins were almost three decades apart (1977 and 2006)
Sarah Jessica Parker, left, and Thomas Haden Church attend the “Divorce” panel during the HBO Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour on Saturday, July 30, 2016 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision /AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Actor Thomas Haden Church turns 61
Fun Fact: Reprized his role as Sandman in Spider-Man: No Way Home
FILE – Greg Kinnear performs at the season six premiere of Netflix political drama series ‘House of Cards’ October 22, 2018 in Los Angeles. The two-time Emmy Award winner and Oscar nominee is set to take over the role of Atticus Finch from Jeff Daniels on January 5, 2022. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Actor Greg Kinnear turns 59
Fun fact: Originally from Logansport, Indiana about 90 minutes drive north of Indianapolis
Will Forte arrives at a screening of “MacGruber” at the California Science Center on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Actor Will Forte turns 52
Fun Fact: One of his early writing jobs was for The Jenny McCarthy Show
Venus Williams arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Sunday, March 27, 2022 (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Tennis pro Venus Williams turns 42
Fun Facts: Participated in 5 Olympic Games and won 4 gold and 1 silver medals
British actress Jodie Whittaker, left, and BBC America executive director Courtney Thomasma pose together at a special screening of BBC America’s ‘Doctor Who’ on Sunday, January 5, 2020, at the Paley Center for Media in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Actress Jodie Whittaker turns 40
Fun Fact: It was recently announced that she will be replaced by actor Ncuti Gatwa on Doctor Who
Today more celebrities with birthdays
Actor Peter Lupus (TV series “Mission: Impossible”) is 90. Actor Mark Linn-Baker (“Perfect Strangers”) is 68. Actor Jon Gries (“Napoleon Dynamite”) is 65. Singer Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys) is 64. Director Bobby Farrelly (“There’s Something About Mary”) is 64. Actor Kami Cotler (“The Waltons”) is 57. Actor Jason Patric is 56. Singer Kevin Thornton of “Color Me Badd” is 53. Actor Arthur Darvill ( “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow”) is 40. Actor Manish Dayal (“The Resident”) is 39. Country singer Mickey Guyton is 39. Actor-rapper Herculeez of Herculeez and Big Tyme is 39. Rapper Kendrick Lamar is 35. Actor KJ Apa (“Riverdale”) is 25.
Other popular or historical birthdays on June 17th
Igor Stravinsky, composer
MC Escher, artist
Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House (79)
Art Bell, radio host
Joe Piscopo, comedian (71)
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Previous Celebrity Fun Facts (Associated Press)
Celebrity Fun Facts
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson | Emilia Clarke | Sophie Turner
Robert Downey Jr | Chris Hemsworth | Seth MacFarlane
Gal Gadot | Jason Momoa | Natalie Portman | Kat Dennings
Jenna Fisher | Miley Cyrus | Emma Stein | Reese Witherspoon
Emma Watson | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Tiffani Bernstein Thiessen
Scarlett Johansson | Kate Mara | Jennifer Aniston | Alan Alda
Jennifer Lawrence & Mila Kunis | David Hasselhof
Lindsay Lohan | George Clooney | Amanda Seyfried
Betty White | Dave Matthews | Danica McKellar | Taylor Swift
Britney Spears | Bill Nye | Alyson Hannigan | Alec Baldwin
Rachel McAdams | Demi Moore | Julia Roberts | Markus Hamill
Danielle Fishel and the ‘Boy Meets World’ cast
A Look at Previous Movie and TV Related Fun Fact Lists (Associated Press)
Movie and TV fun facts and more
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45 Ohio-born actors
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88 Celebrities Who Were Born In Canada
15 Celebrities Who Appeared On “Saved By The Bell.”
‘The Office’ Fun Facts | 30 guest stars in “The Office”
10 Famous Directors Who Directed Episodes Of The Office
25 Fun Facts About “Friends” | 25 celebrities who have appeared on “Friends.”
25 Actors You Didn’t Know Were On Game Of Thrones
25 unknown actors appeared in “Boy Meets World”.
Oscar host since 1989
More fun facts about the film: ‘Actually Love’ | “Napoleon Dynamite” | ‘Dirty Dancing’ | ‘scream’ | ‘Romeo + Juliet’ | ‘The Big Lebowski’ | ‘I know what you did last summer’ | ‘The Phantom Menace’
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