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Birthday wishes go out to Oprah Winfrey, Tom Selleck 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 29th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on January 29, 2024
Oklahoma Hall of Fame Inductees are pictured with their presenters in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. From left, front row, Justice Tom Colbert, with presenter Kenneth Levit back row, Hal Smith, with presenter Barry Switzer, back row, Shannon Miller, with presenter Mary Lou Retton, back row, Phil Parduhn, with presenter Burn Hargis, back row, Bob Funk, with presenter Tom Select, back row and Congressman Tom Cole, with presenter Frank Keating, back row. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)AP
Actor Tom Selleck turns 79
Fun fact: His son Kevin appeared with him in an episode of ‘Magnum P.I.’
Oprah Winfrey presents the award for best actor during the 29th Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
TV host Oprah Winfrey turns 70
Fun fact: Has been nominated for two Academy Awards
Nicholas Turturro arrives at the premiere of “Leo” on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, at Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Actor Nicholas Turturro turns 62
Fun fact: Appeared as a detective in several episodes of ‘Law & Order: SVU’
Heather Graham, left, and Barbara Crampton attend the premiere of “Suitable Flesh” at SVA Theater during the 2023 Tribeca Festival on Sunday, June 11, 2023, in New York. (Photo by CJ Rivera/Invision/AP)CJ Rivera/Invision/AP
Actress Heather Graham turns 54
Fun fact: Her niece Chloe has done some work as an actress
Bradley Whitford, left, and Sara Gilbert present the award for best actor in a limited series at the 25th annual Critics’ Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Actress Sara Gilbert turns 48
Fun fact: Played a medical student on ‘ER’
Adam Lambert, left, and Brian May of Queen perform during the “Rhapsody” tour on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, at the United Center in Chicago. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP)Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP
Actress Kelly Packard turns 49
Fun fact: Appeared as a correspondent on ‘Ripley’s Believe It or Not!’
Sofia Pernas, left, and Justin Hartley arrive at the 81st Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Actor Justin Hartley turns 47
Fun fact: Played Green Arrow on the show ‘Smallville’
Adam Lambert, left, and Brian May of Queen perform during the “Rhapsody” tour on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, at the United Center in Chicago. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP)Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP
Singer Adam Lambert turns 42
Fun fact: Appeared as a guest judge last year on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under’
More celebrities with birthdays today
Actor Katharine Ross is 84. Singer Bettye LaVette is 78. Actor Marc Singer is 76. Actor Ann Jillian is 74. Drummer Louie Perez of Los Lobos is 71. Singer Charlie Wilson of The Gap Band is 71. Actor Terry Kinney (“Oz”) is 70. Country singer Irlene Mandrell is 68. Actor Diane Delano (“The Ellen Show,” ″Northern Exposure”) is 67. Actor Judy Norton (“The Waltons”) is 66. Guitarist Johnny Spampinato of NRBQ is 65. Drummer David Baynton-Power of James is 63. Bassist Eddie Jackson of Queensryche is 63. Singer-guitarist Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera is 60. Director-actor Ed Burns is 56. Actor Sam Trammell (“True Blood”) is 55. Actor Sharif Atkins (“White Collar,” ″ER”) is 49. Actor Sam Jaeger (“Parenthood”) is 47. Former “The View” co-host Jedediah Bila is 45. Actor Andrew Keegan (“Party of Five”) is 45. Actor Jason James Richter (“Free Willy”) is 44. Guitarist Jonny Lang is 43. Country singer Eric Paslay is 41.
Other popular or historical birthdays on January 29th
Daniel Bernoulli, mathematician
Thomas Paine, essayist
Moses Cleaveland, city founder
William McKinley, former U.S. president
John D. Rockefeller Jr., financier and philanthropist
W.C. Fields, actor
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