Birthday wishes go out to Kurt Russell, John Boyega and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on March 17 and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on March 17, 2024
Wyatt Russell, left, and his father Kurt Russell pose together at the premiere of the Apple TV+ streaming series “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” at the London Hotel, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Actor Kurt Russell turns 73
Fun fact: His son Wyatt is also an actor
Actor Gary Sinise talks with people on the field before a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Arizona Diamondbacks Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)AP
Actor Gary Sinise turns 69
Fun fact: His father worked as a film editor in Hollywood
Rob Lowe, center, and his son John Owen, second from left, the co-stars, co-creators and executive producers of “Unstable,” pose with cast members, from left, Sian Clifford, Aaron Branch and Rachel Marsh at the premiere of the Netflix series, Thursday, March 23, 2023, at the Tudum Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Actor Rob Lowe turns 60
Fun fact: Was the host of the new Fox game show ‘The Floor’
Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins performs on day one of the BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival on Friday, May 26, 2023, at the Napa Valley Expo in Napa, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)Amy Harris/Invision/AP
Rocker Billy Corgan turns 57
Fun fact: In addition to The Smashing Pumpkins, he’s also performed with the band Zwan
Hozier performs on day two of Sound on Sound Music Festival on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Conn. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)Andy Kropa/Invision/AP
Singer Hozier turns 34
Fun fact: He was nominated for a Grammy for his song ‘Take Me to Church’
John Boyega attends the Critics Choice Association’s Celebration of Cinema and Television: Honoring Black, Latino and AAPI Achievements on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Actor John Boyega turns 32
Fun fact: Working on a sequel to the film ‘Attack of the Block’
More celebrities with birthdays today
Singer-songwriter John Sebastian of the Lovin’ Spoonful is 80. Percussionist Harold Brown of War is 78. Actor Patrick Duffy is 75. Country singer Susie Allanson is 72. Actor Lesley-Anne Down is 70. Actor Mark Boone Junior (“Sons of Anarchy”) is 69. Country singer Paul Overstreet is 69. Actor Christian Clemenson (“CSI: Miami”) is 66. Actor Arye Gross (“Castle”) is 64. Actor Vicki Lewis (“NewsRadio”) is 64. Actor Casey Siemaszko (“NYPD Blue”) is 63. Actor Mathew St. Patrick (“Six Feet Under”) is 56. Actor Yanic Truesdale (“Gilmore Girls”) is 55. Bassist Melissa Auf der Maur (Smashing Pumpkins, Hole) is 52 Drummer Caroline Corr of The Corrs is 51. Actor Amelia Heinle (“The Young and the Restless,” “All My Children”) is 51. Singer Keifer Thompson of Thompson Square is 51. Actor Marisa Coughlan (“Boston Legal,” ″ Freddy Got Fingered”) is 50. Rapper Swifty of D12 is 49. “The NFL on CBS” reporter Tracy Wolfson is 49. Actor Natalie Zea (“Justified,” “Dirty Sexy Money”) is 49. Actor Brittany Daniel (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) is 48. Singer-TV personality Tamar Braxton (“Braxton Family Values”) is 47. Bassist Geoff Sprung of Old Dominion is 46. Reggaeton singer Nicky Jam is 43. TV personality Rob Kardashian (“Keeping Up With The Kardashians”) is 37. Actor Eliza Hope Bennett (“Nanny McPhee”) is 32. Actor Flynn Morrison (“Last Man Standing”) is 19.
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Francesco Albana, painter
Bobby Jones Jr., golfer
Nat ‘King’ Cole, singer
Mia Hamm, Olympic gold medalist (52)
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