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Birthday wishes go out to Jeremy Renner, Lauren Cohan and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on January 7th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on January 7, 2024
Kenny Loggins performs at the 2023 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Sunday, April 30, 2023, at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)Amy Harris/Invision/AP
Singer Kenny Loggins turns 76
Fun fact: Nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song for ‘Footloose’
Journalist Katie Couric attends the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) Fall Gala at the David H. Koch Theater on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)Andy Kropa/Invision/AP
TV host Katie Couric turns 67
Fun fact: Originally from Arlington, VA
Nicolas Cage poses for photographers upon arrival for the closing ceremony red carpet during The Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP
Actor Nicolas Cage turns 60
Fun fact: Portrayed Dracula in last year’s ‘Renfield’
Actor Jeremy Renner watches during the second half of an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP
Actor Jeremy Renner turns 53
Fun fact: Some of his early TV show appearances included episodes of ‘Angel’ and ‘The Net’
John Rich during the Fox Nation’s Patriot Awards, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)AP
Country singer John Rich turns 50
Fun fact: Used to play with the country band Lonestar
Lauren Cohan, left, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan participate in the AMC “The Walking Dead: Dead City” panel during the Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, at the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Actress Lauren Cohan turns 42
Fun fact: Reprised her role as Maggie in ‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’
Lyndsy Fonseca attends the premiere of HBO Films’ “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” at the SVA Theatre on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)Andy Kropa/Invision/AP
Actress Lyndsy Fonseca turns 37
Fun fact: Her middle name is Marie
Camryn Grimes arrives at the 49th annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday, June 24, 2022, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Actress Camryn Grimes turns 34
Fun fact: Has won a pair of Daytime Emmys for playing two different characters on the same show
More celebrities with birthdays today
Rolling Stone magazine founder Jann Wenner is 78. Singer-songwriter Marshall Chapman is 75. Actor Erin Gray (“Silver Spoons,” ″Buck Rogers in the 25th Century”) is 74. Actor Sammo Hung (“Martial Law”) is 72. Actor David Caruso is 68. Country singer David Lee Murphy is 65. Bassist Kathy Valentine (The Go-Go’s) is 65. Actor David Marciano (“Homeland,” ″The Shield”) is 64. Actor Hallie Todd (“Lizzie McGuire”) is 62. Singer John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting is 59. Actor Rex Lee (“Entourage”) is 55. Actor-rapper Doug E. Doug (“Cool Runnings,” ″Cosby”) is 54. Actor Kevin Rahm (“Desperate Housewives,” ″Judging Amy”) is 53. Actor Reggie Austin (“Agent Carter,” ″Pretty Little Liars”) is 45. Singer-rapper Aloe Blacc is 45. Actor Brett Dalton (“Marvel’s Agents of Shield”) is 41. Actor Robert Ri’chard (“One on One”) is 41. Actor Liam Aiken (“Lemony Snicket”) is 34. Actor Marcus Scribner (“black-ish”) is 24.
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Pope Gregory XIII: Introduced Gregorian Calendar
Millard Fillmore: 13th President of United States
Zora Neale Hurston: American author
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