Birthday wishes go out to Clint Eastwood, Brooke Shields and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on May 31st and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on May 31, 2024
Clint Eastwood arrives at the 2020 AFI Awards at the Four Seasons on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Director Clint Eastwood turns 94
Fun fact: Has been nominated for both Best Director and Best Actor Oscars for one movie multiple times
Former New York Jets quarterbacks Joe Namath, left, and Chad Pennington talk before an NFL football game between the Jets and the New York Giants Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)AP
Football Hall of Famer Joe Namath turns 81
Fun fact: Played his college football at Alabama
Paula Elliott, from left, Chris Elliott and Abby Elliott attend a screening of “The Rewrite” at Landmark Sunshine Cinema on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)Andy Kropa /Invision/AP
Comedian Chris Elliott turns 64
Fun fact: Most recently appeared in the film ‘Welcome to Redville’ where he played a sheriff
Lea Thompson participates during a Q&A panel on day four at FAN EXPO Comic Con at the Donald E Stephens Convention Center on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023, in Rosemont, Ill. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP)Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP
Actress Lea Thompson turns 63
Fun fact: Competed as a contestant during the 19th season of ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Brooke Shields, left, and daughter Grier Henchy attend CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History on Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Actress Brooke Shields turns 59
Fun fact: Is distantly related to actress Glen Close
Colin Farrell arrives at an FYC event for “Sugar,” Sunday, April 28, 2024, at Linwood Dunn Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Actor Colin Farrell turns 47
Fun fact: Played Artemis Fowl’s father in the film adaptation of the novel
Justine Lupe arrives at the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Actress Justine Lupe turns 35
Fun fact: Originally from Denver, CO
More celebrities with birthdays today
Singer Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary is 86. Keyboardist Augie Meyers of the Texas Tornadoes and the Sir Douglas Quintet is 84. Actor Sharon Gless (“Cagney and Lacey”) is 81. Actor Tom Berenger is 74. Actor Gregory Harrison is 74. Actor Kyle Secor (“Homicide: Life on the Street”) is 67. Actor Roma Maffia (“Nip/Tuck,” ″Profiler”) is 66. Singer Corey Hart is 62. Rapper DMC of Run-DMC is 60. Country bassist Ed Adkins of The Derailers is 57. “The Amazing Race” host Phil Keoghan is 57. Jazz bassist Christian McBride is 52. Actor Archie Panjabi (“The Good Wife”) is 52. Actor Merle Dandridge (“Greenleaf”) is 49. Trumpet player Scott Klopfenstein of Reel Big Fish is 47. Actor Eric Christian Olsen (“NCIS: Los Angeles”) is 47. Drummer Andy Hurley of Fall Out Boy is 44. Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is 38. Actor Curtis Williams Jr. (“Parent’Hood”) is 37. Singer Normani Hamilton of Fifth Harmony is 28.
Other popular or historical birthdays on May 31st
Walt Whitman, poet
Pope Pius XI
Don Ameche, actor
Jim Craig, Olympic goalie (67)
Kenny Lofton, former Indians All-Star (56)
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