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Birthday wishes go out to Rita Wilson, James Pickens Jr. and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on October 26th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on October 26, 2023
Pat Sajak and Vanna White being interviewed by Entertainment Tonight at the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame Awards at the Encore Wynn Hotel on Monday, April 9, 2018, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Robb Cohen/Invision/AP)Robb Cohen/Invision/AP
TV host Pat Sajak turns 77
Fun fact: Announced he will retire as the host of ‘Wheel of Fortune’ next year
Bootsy Collins performs with the Bootsy Collins’ Rubber Band at Riot Fest & Carnival in Douglas Park on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 in Chicago. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/Invision/AP)Barry Brecheisen/Invision/AP
Musician Bootsy Collins turns 71
Fun fact: Snoop Dogg is his nephew
James Pickens Jr. arrives at a screening of “Grey’s Anatomy” during PaleyFest on Sunday, April 2, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Actor James Pickens Jr. turns 71
Fun fact: Graduated from Bowling Green State Univ. in Ohio
Rita Wilson, left, and Tom Hanks pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Asteroid City’ at the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)AP
Actress Rita Wilson turns 67
Fun fact: Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019
Marisa Tomei, from left, Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes, V (formerly Eve Ensler), Rosario Dawson and Dylan McDermott pose backstage before An Evening of Reckoning and Rising to celebrate V’s (formerly Eve Ensler) new memoir “Reckoning” and V25, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the V-Day movement to end violence against all women and gender expansive people, at the 92nd Street Y on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)Andy Kropa/Invision/AP
Actor Dylan McDermott turns 62
Fun fact: First feature film was ‘Hamburger Hill’ in 1987
Natalie Merchant performs at Cyndi Lauper’s 8th Annual “Home for the Holidays” benefit concert at the Beacon Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
Singer Natalie Merchant turns 60
Fun fact: Her middle name is Anne
Keith Urban performs during the 2023 CMA Fest on Friday, June 9, 2023, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)Amy Harris/Invision/AP
Singer Keith Urban turns 56
Fun fact: Appeared as a musical guest on ‘SNL’ in 2007
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR THE TELEVISION ACADEMY – EXCLUSIVE – Seth MacFarlane is inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)Invision for the Television Academy
Actor Seth MacFarlane turns 50
Fun fact: Set to reprise his role as Ted in the upcoming TV series
Seth MacFarlane through the years. (AP)
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Actor and producer Jon Heder, right, stands next to Rep. Jeremy Peterson, R-Ogden, raising his fist in front of the Utah House of Representatives at the Utah State Capitol on Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Salt Lake City. The star of 2004 hit movie “Napoleon Dynamite” is telling lawmakers that Utah’s film tax incentives are vital to luring productions to the state. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP
Actor Jon Heder turns 46
Fun fact: Has three kids, Tim, Evan and Phil
More celebrities with birthdays today
Actor Jaclyn Smith (“Charlie’s Angels”) is 78. Musician David Was of Was (Not Was) is 71. Guitarist Keith Strickland of The B-52′s is 70. Actor Lauren Tewes (“The Love Boat”) is 70. Actor D.W. Moffett (“Chicago Med”) is 69. Actor Patrick Breen (“Madam Secretary”) is 63. Actor Cary Elwes is 61. Actor Steve Valentine (“Crossing Jordan”) is 57. Actor Tom Cavanagh (“The Flash,” ″Ed”) is 55. Actor Rosemarie DeWitt (“The United States of Tara”) is 52. Actor Anthony Rapp (“Rent”) is 52. TV host Paula Faris (“The View”) is 48. Actor Florence Kasumba (“Black Panther”) is 47. Singer Mark Barry of BBMak is 45. Actor Folake Olowofoyeku (“Bob Hearts Abishola”) is 40. Rapper Schoolboy Q is 37. Actor Beulah Koale (”Hawaii Five-0″) is 32.
Other popular or historical birthdays on October 26th
Charles Post, cereal manufacturer
John S. Knight, newspaper publisher
Jackie Coogan, actor (Uncle Fester)
Bob Hoskins, actor
Hilary Clinton, politician (76)
Bob Golic, former Browns player (66)
Sasha Cohen, Olympics figure skater (39)
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