Top celebrity birthdays on June 19, 2021
Birthday wishes go out to Zoe Saldana, Phylicia Rashad and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on June 19th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Gena Rowlands, left, and Robert Forrest arrive at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Al Powers/Invision/AP)Al Powers/Invision/AP
Actress Gena Rowlands turn 91
Fun fact: Her older brother was actor David Rowlands
Phylicia Rashad poses for a photo on the red carpet at the grand opening of Tyler Perry Studios on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, in Atlanta. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Invision/AP)Elijah Nouvelage/Invision/AP
Actress Phylicia Rashad turns 73
Fun fact: Actress Debbie Allen is her younger sister
Ann Wilson sings the national anthem before the the first round of the NFL football draft Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Cleveland. (Jeff Haynes/AP Images for Panini)AP
Rocker Ann Wilson turns 71
Fun fact: Performed the National Anthem at the NFL Draft in Cleveland this year
FILE – In this May 23, 2017, file photo, actress Kathleen Turner attends a special screening of “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales”, in New York. Turner will make an unexpected Metropolitan Opera debut in Donizetti’s “The Daughter of the Regiment” in the non-singing role of the Duchess of Krakenthorp. She will appear in seven performances of the comic opera from Feb. 7 to March 1. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Actress Kathleen Turner turns 67
Fun fact: Won an Oscar in 1987 for her role in ‘Peggy Sue Got Married’
Paula Abdul introduces a performance by Toni Braxton at the American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Singer Paula Abdul turns 59
Fun fact: Served as a panelist during the first season of ‘The Masked Dancer’
FILE – Zoe Saldana arrives at the 2019 LACMA Art and Film Gala on Nov. 2, 2019, in Los Angeles. Saldana turns 43 on June 19. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Actress Zoe Saldana turns 43
Fun fact: Spent most of her teen years living in the Dominican Republic
Macklemore during the charity challenge event of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, in Pebble Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP
Rapper Macklemore turns 38
Fun fact: Part of the ownership group of the Seattle Sounders FC
More celebrities with birthdays today
Singer Spanky McFarlane of Spanky and Our Gang is 79. Keyboardist Larry Dunn (Earth, Wind and Fire) is 68. Country singer Doug Stone is 65. Singer Mark DeBarge of DeBarge is 62. Actor Andy Lauer (“Caroline in the City”) is 58. Singer-guitarist Brian Vander Ark of The Verve Pipe is 57. Actor Mia Sara (“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”) is 54. “Good Morning America” host Lara Spencer is 52. Guitarist Brian “Head” Welch of Korn is 51. Actor Jean Dujardin (“The Artist”) is 49. Actor Robin Tunney is 49. Actor Bumper Robinson (“Sabrina The Teenage Witch”) is 47. Actor Poppy Montgomery (“Unforgettable,” ″Without a Trace”) is 46. Singer-banjoist Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers is 45. Actor Ryan Hurst (“The Walking Dead,” “Sons of Anarchy”) is 45. Actor Neil Brown Jr. (“SEAL Team”) is 41. Actor Lauren Lee Smith (“CSI”) is 41. Actor Paul Dano is 37. Actor Giacomo Gianniotti (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 32. Actor Chuku Modu (“The Good Doctor”) is 31. Actor Atticus Shaffer (“The Middle”) is 23.
Other popular or historical birthdays on June 19th
Blaise Pascal, mathematician
Moe Howard, comedian
Guy Lombardo, orchestra leader
Lou Gehrig, MLB player
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Danielle Fishel and the ‘Boy Meets World’ cast
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