# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/21 "2009-02-18T16:36:43Z")
[Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usain_Bolt) and I were born on the same day… …_awesome_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/22 "2009-02-18T16:39:31Z")
Cary Elwes (from “The Princess Bride”) and I were born on the exact same day. ---
**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, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/23 "2009-02-18T16:41:14Z")
> [@Tracy\_Lord](#): > > [Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usain_Bolt) and I were born on the same day… > > …_awesome_. 😃 Righteous! The main dude. Way more significant than Phelps. If you look at Richard Speck’s IMDB page (see my previous post) you’ll see that the PTB wanted to cheat that asshole from making it to his 50th birthday. Sweet justice! ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/24 "2009-02-18T16:44:02Z")
Apparently, right around my birthday was a good time to be born if you wanted to be an entertainer in Asia or an athlete in England or Canada. Since I know nothing of sports or Japanese or Hong Kong cinema, the closest to my birthday who has a name that I’m familiar with is Christina Aguilera. _Nobody_ is born on my actual birthday, however, except me. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/25 "2009-02-18T16:44:54Z")
The late Michael Hutchence from INXS was born the day before I was (or two days before, if you take the International Date Line into account). ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/26 "2009-02-18T16:47:43Z")
IIRC Tom Cruise is just a few days older and a _wee_ bit crazier than I am. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/27 "2009-02-18T16:50:18Z")
I went for closest, not biggest: [Barbara Ann Moore](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600925/), Playmate of the Month for December 1992 and a FemBot from Austin Powers, was born on my birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Stranger\_Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Another\_Stranger\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Stranger_Me)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/28 "2009-02-18T16:50:44Z")
No actors, but I found two athletes that were born on the same day as me. Eagles QB A.J. Feeley and Stanley Cup winning Goalie Jean-Sébastien Giguere. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/29 "2009-02-18T16:52:15Z")
I was born on the same day as John McEnroe. Can’t get much closer than that. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/30 "2009-02-18T16:52:44Z")
I’m one day older than Gary Coleman. Doing a bit better than he is as well, I gather. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/31 "2009-02-18T16:53:26Z")
IIRC Tom Cruise is just a few days older and a _wee_ bit crazier than I am. Yes, also Pam Shriver (tennis), Andre Braugher (awesome), Joan Osborne (music), and Anthony Edwards (Goose). ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/32 "2009-02-18T16:57:00Z")
Jeri Ryan: [Jeri Ryan - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005394/) She and I will both be turning 41 this Sunday. Matt Stairs, World Series hero for the '08 champion Phillies, is five days younger than me. Molly Ringwald, former teen movie star, is just four days older than me. ---
**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, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/33 "2009-02-18T17:01:44Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > 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? Well, OK. I said “mass murderer” because I didn’t know what else to call him; I guess I should have said “cult leader.” It was David Koresh. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/34 "2009-02-18T17:04:11Z")
Angelina Jolie is two days older than me. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/35 "2009-02-18T17:11:48Z")
Morgan Fairchild was born on February 3, 1950. That’s my birthday, too. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/36 "2009-02-18T17:21:38Z")
All born a few days before me (from Wikipedia): Michael Jordan Larry The Cable Guy Seal Charles Barkley Vijay Singh From that IMDB site, I’ve only heard of one of the people born the same day as me - Paul O’Neill, the baseball player. ---
**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, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/37 "2009-02-18T17:22:15Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Well, OK. I said “mass murderer” because I didn’t know what else to call him; I guess I should have said “cult leader.” It was David Koresh. Thanks for the name. I’ve just had an idea for a spin-off thread since this one seems to have caught on. We could collect the names of all the heinous 20th Century villains, killers, rapists, terrorists, pedophiles, anybody with a bad name, get their birthdays, and have a contest to find which Doper was closest to that person’s birthday. To make it even more fun we could all speculate as to which Doper was going to win in each case. Think that might fly? ---
**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, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/38 "2009-02-18T17:23:06Z")
Well . . . what’s the _prize?_ ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/39 "2009-02-18T17:26:04Z")
Reeves Gabrels, whom I’ve seen playing with David Bowie, is two days younger than me. A much more famous, but much less hip, musician, Kenny G., is one day younger than that. LaToya Jackson is three days older than me. People born on my actual birthday, but not the same year, include Charlie Watts, Thomas Hardy, Sir Edward Elgar, the Marquis de Sade, and Jerry Mathers (as the Beaver). ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/40 "2009-02-18T17:27:11Z")
JFK Jr. and Amy Grant share their birthdays with me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405.md?page=3)