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Birthday wishes go out to Michelle Forbes, Noah Cyrus 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 8th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on January 8, 2024
Michelle Forbes during the World premiere of the movie ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2’ in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)AP
Actress Michelle Forbes turns 59
Fun fact: Reprised her Star Trek character Ro Laren in the final season of ‘Star Trek: Picard’
Sarah Polley, winner of the award for best adapted screenplay for “Women Talking”, poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Actress Sarah Polley turns 45
Fun fact: Won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay at last year’s Academy Awards
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Noah Cyrus arrives at the Stella McCartney X Adidas Event on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, at the Jim Henson Studios in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP
Singer Noah Cyrus turns 24
Fun fact: Announced last year that she’s gotten engaged to fashion designer Pinkus
More celebrities with birthdays today
Former “Sunday Morning” host Charles Osgood is 91. Singer Shirley Bassey is 87. Game show host Bob Eubanks (“The Newlywed Game”) is 86. Country-gospel singer Cristy Lane is 84. Singer Anthony Gourdine of Little Anthony and the Imperials is 83. Singer Juanita Cowart Motley of The Marvelettes is 80. Actor Kathleen Noone (“Knots Landing”) is 79. Guitarist Robby Krieger of The Doors is 78. Director John McTiernan (“Predator,” “Die Hard”) is 73. Actor Harriet Sansom Harris (“Desperate Housewives”) is 69. Actor Maria Pitillo (“Providence”) is 58. Bassist Jeff Abercrombie of Fuel is 55. Singer Sean Paul is 51. Singer-actor Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley is 48. Actor Amber Benson (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is 47. Actor Gaby Hoffmann (“Girls,” ″Field of Dreams”) is 42. Guitarist Disashi Lumumbo-Kasongo of Gym Class Heroes is 41. Actor-singer Cynthia Erivo is 37.
Other popular or historical birthdays on January 8th
John Carroll, First Catholic bishop in United States
Carl Rogers, American psychologist
William Hartnell, actor
Soupy Sales, comedian
Elvis Presley, musician
Stephen Hawking, physicist
David Bowie, musician
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