# Do you share your birthday with someone famous? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930 "2008-11-29T15:41:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/21 "2008-11-29T18:57:04Z")
I have just discovered that I share a birthday with Julianne Morris. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/22 "2008-11-29T19:02:06Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Nothing like that happened here, either from the google link or from clicking on it here in this thread. > > I’m running OS X. Well, then perhaps it was just coincidence. But I’m not clicking on that link again to test it out. All I know is that my computer suddenly started talking to me about “sporks” (??), and I was sore afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/23 "2008-11-29T19:07:41Z")
Some of our July 29th’ers- Julian McMahon Martina McBride Geddy Lee Peter Jennings Elizabeth Dole Clara Bow Benito Mussolini Thelma Todd Bill Forsyth Wil Wheaton Stephen Dorff Allison Mack And of course, there’s the Original Doper Quints! Me, **swampbear** , **Bear\_Nenno** , **Kyla** and my dear **Ayesha**. Plus **Agent Foxtrot** was a late addition! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/24 "2008-11-29T19:07:48Z")
> [@Terrifel](#): > > Well, then perhaps it was just coincidence. But I’m not clicking on that link again to test it out. All I know is that my computer suddenly started talking to me about “sporks” (??), and I was sore afraid. If anyone else gets pop-ups, the I’ll ask that the URL be removed. If anyone is actually interested, [here’s a google search](http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=%22june+12%22+birthdays&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8) on June 12. EDIT: Re: sporks. Everyone should have one. I have a titanium one in my cookset. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/25 "2008-11-29T19:16:40Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > If I had been born one day later, I’d share a birthday with Adolf Hitler. My birthday is one day after yours. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/26 "2008-11-29T19:18:22Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Until recently, the most famous person to share my birthday was Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. I recently discovered that i also share my day with Barack Obama. My birthday’s one day after Obama’s (which you and Barack share with Louis Armstrong). I share it with Neil Armstrong, Maureen ‘Marcia Brady’ McCormick and Loni ‘WKRP’ Anderson. ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/27 "2008-11-29T19:41:15Z")
Keith Richards Steven Spielberg Brad Pitt How I ever got in with that group totally escapes me. ---
**Author:** ![SpecialAgentJem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@SpecialAgentJem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpecialAgentJem)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/28 "2008-11-29T20:03:48Z")
Katy Perry (she’s one year older) Adam Goldberg Nancy Cartwright ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/29 "2008-11-29T20:14:26Z")
Malcolm X, Kemal Ataturk, Ho Chi Minh, Pol Pot, Jim Lehrer, Pete Townshend, Andre the Giant, Bill Laimbeer and Kevin Garnett, among others. ---
**Author:** ![RedRosesForMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/30 "2008-11-29T20:16:03Z")
Edgar Allen Poe. Aaaand… Dolly Parton. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/31 "2008-11-29T20:17:08Z")
[Aishwarya Rai](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aishwarya_Rai), Miss World 1994. Exact date. ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/32 "2008-11-29T20:19:39Z")
April 20th, so… Adolf Hitler Crispin Glover - The dad from the _Back to the Future_ series and [this incident](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALapHYNSmoA) on Letterman. George Takei - Sulu! And Joey Freakin’ Lawrence ---
**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/33 "2008-11-29T20:24:03Z")
George Washington and Drew Barrymore. Jealous? ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/34 "2008-11-29T20:47:57Z")
Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, Abbie Hoffman – to name just the really “heavy hitters.” All of these were born significantly before me, in terms of **year** of birth, however… ---
**Author:** ![SpecialAgentJem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@SpecialAgentJem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpecialAgentJem)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/35 "2008-11-29T21:11:01Z")
Forgot about Pablo Picasso - of course not the same year! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/36 "2008-11-29T21:46:05Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > You missed sharing yours with me! The Shaq and I share the same date…along with Marion Barry, Tom Arnold, and Alan Greenspan…and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Didn’t worry about the year… And me too, Yep, I was born on Michaelangelos birthday. My first college roommate was also born on this day, as well as I of my closest friends. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/37 "2008-11-29T22:28:25Z")
Theodor Seuss Geisel. I was very proud of this as a child. Also Mikhail Gorbachev. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/38 "2008-11-29T22:33:19Z")
Ben Kingsley, Anthony Hopkins, and John Denver I’m three days younger than Denzel Washington. And **Doper** twickster and I share the same day, month, and year. That’s why we call each other “twin” when we meet in a thread. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/39 "2008-11-29T22:42:35Z")
Jean Harlow, Alexander Graham Bell, James Doohan. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930/40 "2008-11-29T22:44:48Z")
Its strange how many people you know how share the exact same birthday as you. My coworker’s daughter shares my exact same birthday. I only discovered this in conversation. Who knows how many other people I’ve met share my birthday? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-your-birthday-with-someone-famous/474930.md?page=3)