# Notable celebrity closest to your age **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405 "2009-02-18T15:59:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/1 "2009-02-18T15:59:19Z")
[Beau Bridges](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000977/) was born on Dec/9/1941. That’s within a week of my birthdate. I found the entire list of [1941 Births](http://www.imdb.com/BornInYear?1941) helpful in finding the “notable celebrity” nearest my date. Using the similar page(s) for your birthdate, find who is the nearest “notable celebrity” to you. He/she ought to be recognizable to the typical Doper. Others born on my actual birthdate wouldn’t pass that test, so I looked for the closest one I felt sure y’all would know. Mods, if this looks more like a game than a Cafe Society issue, by all means please move the thread. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/2 "2009-02-18T16:02:49Z")
Though we were Americans, and not overly Anglophile ones at that, my mother paid strict close attention to the progress of then-Princess Elizabeth’s pregnancy; she was carrying me at the same time. And the future Prince Charles and I were ‘due’ on the same day – as it turned out, I won the race to be born by a week. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/3 "2009-02-18T16:12:54Z")
Matt Damon. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/4 "2009-02-18T16:13:46Z")
The most upsetting one near my birthday in 1961 is Barack Obama. Huh, he gets to run a big scary country and I achieve nothing. ☹ Even nearer to my birthday was Diana Spencer, but she was not exactly impressive. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/5 "2009-02-18T16:14:44Z")
This is mildly depressing. The only ‘celebrity’ within a week is a cricketer (Graham Gooch). However I do have some interesting names of people born within a week of me that I’ve never heard of: István Maszlay Somayya Al Alfi Steve Erdody Rawleigh Moreland Biff Pocoroba Tudorel Filimon ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/6 "2009-02-18T16:16:29Z")
Gillian Anderson - she’s 7 days older than I am. ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/7 "2009-02-18T16:16:58Z")
Chris Klein, of _American Pie_ fame, and I were born on the exact same day. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/8 "2009-02-18T16:18:12Z")
[Trace Adkins](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012081/) and I were born on the same day, January 13, 1962. I’m not a country music fan, but hey, there it is. Kim Coles was born 2 days before me, and Jim Carrey, Sebastian Junger and Denis O’Hare were all born 4 days after me, on the 17th. ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/9 "2009-02-18T16:19:19Z")
I’m doing just great for pop stars – Avril Lavigne and Ashlee Simpson are a few days older than me, and Katy Perry a few days younger. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/10 "2009-02-18T16:19:55Z")
For me it’s Natasha Richardson, who is four days older. I had no idea until now that I’m exactly 10 days older than Mike Myers. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/11 "2009-02-18T16:20:57Z")
The person that I’ve heard of born closest to my birthday is Aung San Suu Kyi (according to the Wikipedia’s list of birthdays). ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/12 "2009-02-18T16:21:15Z")
It looks like I’m only a few days older than [Alicia Keys](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1006024/). ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/13 "2009-02-18T16:22:10Z")
Hilary Swank was born six days after me. And she has \*two \*Oscars. Damn it. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/14 "2009-02-18T16:22:27Z")
Awesome! [Brian Baumgartner](http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Brian_Baumgartner/1749930), Kevin from the Office, and I were born on the same day. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/15 "2009-02-18T16:24:18Z")
Looks like Amy Fisher, the Long Island Lolita, was born 5 days before me. Rapper Mase was born one day after me. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/16 "2009-02-18T16:28:03Z")
I’m a day older than the oldest Home Improvement kid, Zachary Ty Bryan and a day younger than “Smalls” from The Sandlot. I think I’ll go with him, a Home Improvement kid is just embarassing… ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/17 "2009-02-18T16:29:08Z")
I had to go three days away to find anybody I’ve even heard of, and he’s a notorious mass murderer who shall remain nameless. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/18 "2009-02-18T16:29:40Z")
The only “celebrity” born on my birthday is Michael Copon, who seems to be a successful TV character actor, with small parts in everything from One Tree Hill to CSI. Though he’s not really famous. But one day before me the unquantifiably beautiful Anne Hathaway was born. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/19 "2009-02-18T16:30:43Z")
Me and Chamillionaire are born on the same day. And a bunch of others, but I don’t recognize those names. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/20 "2009-02-18T16:36:20Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > I had to go three days away to find anybody I’ve even heard of, and he’s a notorious mass murderer who shall remain nameless. Sheesh. Damn! I almost posted [Richard Speck](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1377299/) before deciding that’s not the tone I had hoped to create for the thread! Come on, who’s your creep? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405.md?page=2)