The list of famous birthdays for today, July 22, 2024, includes celebrities Selena Gomez and Willem Dafoe
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Happy birthday goes out to Selena Gomez, Willem Dafoe, and all the other celebrities who have a birthday today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on July 22nd, and learn one interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on July 22, 2024
Singer George Clinton turns 83
Interesting fact: Awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame earlier this year
Actor Danny Glover turns 78
Interesting fact: His first feature film was “Escape from Alcatraz,” in which he played one of the prison inmates.
Actor and director Albert Brooks turns 77
Interesting fact: Received an Oscar nomination for his supporting role in “Broadcast News”
Actor Willem Dafoe turns 69
Interesting fact: Plays a ghost in the upcoming sequel to “Beetlejuice”
Actor John Leguizamo turns 60
Fun fact: His middle name is Alberto
Actor David Spade turns 60
Interesting fact: Voices the character Griffin in the film series “Hotel Transylvania”
Singer Selena Gomez turns 32
Fun fact: Had a new show earlier this year called “Selena + Restaurant” where she visited a number of famous kitchens
Other celebrities with birthdays today
Actor Terence Stamp is 86. Singer and actor Bobby Sherman is 81. Actor Danny Glover is 78. Screenwriter and director Paul Schrader is 78. Singer Don Henley is 77. Composer Alan Menken (“The Little Mermaid,” “Little Shop of Horrors”) is 75. Singer and actress Lonette McKee (“Brewster’s Millions,” “The Women of Brewster Place”) is 71. Musician Al Di Meola is 70. Singer Keith Sweat is 63. Singer Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls is 61. Actor Patrick Labyorteaux (“JAG,” “Little House on the Prairie”) is 59. Bassist Pat Badger of Extreme is 57. Actress Irene Bedard (“Pocahontas”) is 57. Actor Rhys Ifans (“Elementary,” “Notting Hill”) is 57. Actor and singer Jaime Camil (“Jane the Virgin”) is 51. Musician Daniel Jones (“Savage Garden”) is 51. Singer Rufus Wainwright is 51. Actress Franka Potente (“The Bourne Identity”) is 50. Actress Parisa Fitz-Henley (“Jessica Jones,” “Midnight, Texas”) is 47. Actor AJ Cook (“Criminal Minds”) is 46. Actor Keegan Allen (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 37.
Other popular or historical birthdays on July 22
James Geddes, chief engineer for the construction of the Erie Canal
Emma Lazarus, poet
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of JFK, RFK and Ted Kennedy
Bob Dole, politician
Oscar de la Renta, fashion designer
Alex Trebek, game show host
Shawn Michaels, professional wrestler (59)
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