Actors:
Aziz Ansari is 39 (“Human Giant,” “Parks and Recreation,” “Master of None”)
Emily Blunt is 39 (“Into the Woods,” “The Devil Wears Prada,” “The Huntsman: Winter’s War,” “The Girl On A Train”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to John Krasinski since 2010)
Shakira Caine is 75 (“Son of Dracula,” “The Man Who Would Be King”) (FAST FACTS: At 19, she came in third at the 1967 Miss World competition – it launched her modeling career. Also, after seeing her in a TV commercial for Maxwell House coffee, Michael Caine became obsessed with finding the woman he considered to be "the most beautiful... he had ever seen.” He did – and the couple was married in Las Vegas on January 8th They have one daughter, Natasha, and are still together.)
Kristin Davis is 57 (“Melrose Place,” “Sex and the City”)
Dakota Fanning is 28 (“I Am Sam,” “Man on Fire,” War of the Worlds,” “Coraline,” “The Runaways,” “Twilight” series, “The Alienist”)
Josh Gad is 41 (“The Book of Mormon,” “Frozen,” “The Comedians,” “A Dog's Purpose”)
Niecy Nash is 52 (“Reno 911!,” “The Soul Man,” “Scream Queens,” “Selma,” “Claws”)
Marc Prince is 54 (“Family Ties,” “Killer Tomatoes Eat France!”)
Patricia Richardson is 71 (“Home Improvement,” “Ulee's Gold,” “Strong Medicine,” “Last Man Standing”)
The late Peter Fonda (1940 – 2019) ...he would have been 82 (“Easy Rider,” “The Wild Angels”) (FAST FACT: He accidentally shot himself in the stomach at age 11)
Musicians:
Sister Hazel’s Jeff Beres is 51
Skylar Grey is 36
The Cardigans’ Lars-Olof Johansson is 49
Howard Jones is 67
Ab-Soul (born Herbert Anthony Stevens IV) is 35
Aerosmith’s Brad Whitford is 70
The late Sweet bassist Steve Priest (1948 – 2020) ...he would have been 74
The late Johnny Winter (1944-2014)…he would have been 78
The late Rusty Young (of Poco) (1946 – 2021)…he would have been 76
Plus:
Baseball Legend Bobby Bonilla is 59 (He participated in six All-Star Games and won three Silver Slugger Awards. And get this – from 1992 to 1994, Bonilla was the highest paid player in the league, earning more than $6-million per year. Bonilla is currently being paid approximately $1.19-million by the New York Mets each year. This was part of a deal made when the Mets released Bonilla before the 2000 season while still owing him $5.9-million for the final year of his contract. The deal expires in 2035, at which point Bonilla will have been paid $29.8-million for a season in which he didn’t even play for the Mets)
Entrepreneur Michael Dell is 57 (FAST FACT: He founded his computer company in his dorm room at age 19. And no, this isn’t Padma Lakshmi’s baby daddy – that would be Adam Dell, Michael’s brother)
Entrepreneur and Shark Tank Star Daymond John is 53 (FAST FACT: His fashion brand FUBU stands for “For Us, By Us”)
Songwriter Robert Lopez is 47 (“The Book of Mormon,” “Avenue Q”) (FAST FACT: The youngest person to ever EGOT – win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and a Tony.)
The late author and activist W.E.B Du Bois (1868-1963) (FAST FACT: He was the first African American to receive a doctorate from Harvard. Among his famous quotes: “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line;” “The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.”)
The late composer George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)