# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/121 "2009-02-20T07:09:34Z")
[Franka Potente](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004376/) and [Chiwetel Ejiofor](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252230/) are pretty close. Former world record holder in the 100 m [Maurice Greene](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Greene_(athlete)) is the most notable athlete. Huh, and Watergate was ruled on right around the time I was born too. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/122 "2009-02-20T08:36:23Z")
No one I had heard of was born on December 12, 1985. The closest person I had heard of was Raven Symone, December 10, 1985. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/123 "2009-02-20T08:48:16Z")
I’m the exact same age as Keeley Hawes. Wonder how I go about arranging joint parties… ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/124 "2009-02-20T09:06:43Z")
The closest name I recognize is four days after my birthday: Tupac Shakur. Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/125 "2009-02-20T09:10:17Z")
Conan O’Brien is four days older than I am. I am fourteen days older than Vanessa Williams. I’d rather hang with Conan. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/126 "2009-02-20T09:15:21Z")
Former England Rugby international Peter Winterbottom was born on the same day as me. ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/127 "2009-02-20T10:00:34Z")
singer/songwriter Imogen Heap and I were born on the same day. I find it quite exciting that I share a birthday with someone who had a song on the soundtrack of American Psycho 2 ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/128 "2009-02-20T17:50:58Z")
Apparently, August of 1976 was pretty boring, birth-wise. The best match I could find for my exact date is a baseball player named [Ramon Vazquez](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2696327/bio), whom I don’t recognize but appears to have had [a respectable career](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_V%C3%A1zquez). On the showbiz front, [Shar Jackson](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005046/) (of Kevin Federline fame) is listed as both ten days and fourteen days younger than me, depending on which IMDB page you believe. Moving farther afield, it looks like August 21st, 1976 was a good day for sports overall. Wikipedia [lists](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2696327/bio) [a](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liezel_Huber) [variety](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Cunningham) [of](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Brooks) [matches](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_O%27Sullivan) [in](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Twaddle) [numerous](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Shields) [sports](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_dos_Santos) [across](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebi_Mustafi) [the world](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavi_Zhekov). I also share a birthday with a suspected terrorist being held in Guantanamo Bay, [Saud Dakhil Allah Muslih Al Mahayawi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saud_Dakhil_Allah_Muslih_Al_Mahayawi). ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/129 "2009-02-20T23:23:05Z")
Annette Bening and I were born on the same day. I was friends with her first cousin for a while, but I’ve never actually met her. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/130 "2009-02-21T01:41:32Z")
I’m one day older than Sammy Sosa, and one day younger than Tracy Morgan. IMDB says I share a birthday with 2-time MLB All-Star Jose Offerman, but [baseball-reference.com](http://baseball-reference.com) lists his as three days before me. I’ll go with [baseball-reference.com](http://baseball-reference.com) on that. Other than that, I don’t recognize any of the names on my actual birthday. Huh, Parker Posey is three days older than me. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/131 "2009-02-21T04:28:00Z")
I share a birthday, same day and same year with Elisabeth Rohm, aka blonde lesbian ADA from Law & Order, and Jorge Garcia, aka Hurley from Lost. Fair enough. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/132 "2009-02-21T19:02:54Z")
Brooke Shields is about a month younger than me. Sure, Trent Reznor is only a few weeks younger, but he’s a guy and nobody had a crush on him back in seventh grade. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/133 "2009-02-22T03:48:03Z")
Daryl Strawberry. Now there’s a _career_ worth emulating!:rolleyes: Was surprised that Jasmine Guy is 2 days older than me though–thought she was younger. ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/134 "2009-02-22T03:53:40Z")
I was born 8 days after Amy Winehouse (and am only slightly less nutty;)). ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/135 "2009-02-22T04:05:54Z")
Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, 4 days after I was born. And that’s about all we have in common. ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/136 "2009-02-22T04:06:37Z")
Bridget Fonda and I were born on the same day. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/137 "2009-02-22T05:33:53Z")
Courtney Love, famous widow, musician, actress and trainwreck, was born within a few hours of me. O.J. Simpson was born on the same day in 1947. Another reason why I don’t believe in Astrology. John Leguizamo, David Spade, Barry Bonds and Sandra Bullock were all born a couple weeks later. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405/138 "2009-02-22T06:39:56Z")
I just found out that Octomom (whatever her name is) was born on my birth date. edit: Scratch that. I was misinformed. Wikipedia says it was October 12. I was told July 11. edit2: Actually, other sources do say July 11, 1975. So who knows. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notable-celebrity-closest-to-your-age/486405.md?page=6)