The list of famous birthdays for today, July 9, 2024, includes celebrities Jimmy Smits and Tom Hanks

Happy birthday goes out to Jimmy Smits, Tom Hanks, 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 9, and learn one interesting fact about each of them.

Top celebrity birthdays on July 9, 2024

Actor Jimmy Smits turns 69

Interesting fact: Awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2021

Actor Tom Hanks turns 68

Interesting fact: Only four people have hosted more episodes of “Saturday Night Live” than Hanks: Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, John Goodman and Buck Henry

Singer Courtney Love turns 60

Fun fact: Her father worked with the Grateful Dead

Musician Jack White turns 49

Fun fact: His middle name is Anthony

Other celebrities with birthdays today

Singer Dee Dee Kenniebrew of The Crystals is 79. Author Dean Koontz is 79. Actor Chris Cooper is 73. Musician-turned-TV personality John Tesh is 72. Country singer David Ball is 71. Business leader Kevin O’Leary (“Shark Tank”) is 70. Singer Debbie Sledge of Sister Sledge is 70. Singer Marc Almond of Soft Cell is 67. Actor Kelly McGillis is 67. Singer Jim Kerr of Simple Minds is 65. Bassist Frank Bello of Anthrax is 59. Actor David O’Hara (“The District”) is 59. Actress Pamela Adlon (“King of the Hill,” “Louie”) is 58. Actor Scott Grimes (“ER,” “Party of Five”) is 53. Singer and guitarist Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse is 49. Singer Dan Estrin of Hoobastank is 48. Actor Fred Savage is 48. Actress Linda Park (“Star Trek: Enterprise”) is 46. Actress Megan Parlen (“Hang Time”) is 44. Singer and actress Kiely Williams of 3LW (“Cheetah Girls” films) is 38. Actor Mitchel Musso (“Phineas and Ferb,” “Hannah Montana”) is 33. Actress Georgie Henley (“The Chronicles of Narnia”) is 29.

Other popular or historical birthdays on July 9

JP Getty II, oil magnate

Michael Graves, architect

Dean Kootz, science fiction author (79)

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