Birthday wishes go out to John Cena, George Lopez and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on April 23rd and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on April 23, 2022
Andraia Allsop, from left, Wolfgang Van Halen, and Valerie Bertinelli arrive at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, April 3, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Jordan Strauss / Invision / AP)Jordan Strauss / Invision / AP
Actress Valerie Bertinelli turns 62
Fun fact: Her family moved from Michigan to California where she met her first manager
Comedian George Lopez meets with fans before an NFL football game between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Baltimore Ravens, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo / David Becker)AP
Comedian George Lopez turns 61
Fun fact: Has three Grammy nominations
John Cena, a cast member in “The Suicide Squad,” poses in costume with his wife Shay Shariatzadeh at the premiere of the film at the Regency Village Theater, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo / Chris Pizzello)Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP
Wrestler John Cena turns 45
Fun fact: His HBO Max series ‘Peacemaker’ was recently renewed for a second season
John Oliver poses for a photo with the awards for outstanding writing for a variety series and outstanding variety talk series for “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, at LA Live in Los Angeles. (AP Photo / Chris Pizzello)Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP
Comedian John Oliver turns 45
Fun fact: Voiced Zazu in the 2019 version of ‘The Lion King’
Kal Penn, from the cast of “Sunnyside,” attends the NBC 2019/2020 Upfront at The Four Seasons New York on Monday, May 13, 2019. (Photo by Evan Agostini / Invision / AP)Evan Agostini / Invision / AP
Actor Kal Penn turns 45
Fun fact: Appeared in multiple episodes of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ as one of Robin’s boyfriends
Jaime King arrives at the world premiere of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, in Los Angeles (Jordan Strauss / Invision / AP)Jordan Strauss / Invision / AP
Actress Jaime King turns 43
Fun fact: Two of her first film appearances were in ‘Pearl Harbor’ and ‘Blow’
Actor Dev Patel poses for photographers upon arrival at the opening gala of the London Film Festival and the premiere of the film ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’ in central London, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. (Photo by Joel C Ryan / Invision / AP)Joel C Ryan / Invision / AP
Actor Dev Patel turns 32
Fun fact: Has both Emmy and Academy Award nominations under his belt
Gigi Hadid wears a creation as part of the Versace Fall / Winter 2022-2023 fashion collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo / Antonio Calanni)AP
Model Gigi Hadid turns 27
Fun fact: Has appeared as a guest judge on ‘Project Runway’
United States’ Chloe Kim reacts during the women’s halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo / Lee Jin-man)AP
Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim turns 22
Fun fact: Won her second gold medal in Women’s Halfpipe at the 2022 Winter Olympics
More celebrities with birthdays today
Actor David Birney is 83. Actor Lee Majors (“Six Million Dollar Man”) is 83. Actor Blair Brown is 75. Actor Joyce DeWitt (“Three’s Company”) is 73. Actor James Russo is 69. Director Michael Moore is 68. Actor Judy Davis is 67. Actor Craig Sheffer (“One Tree Hill,” ″ Into the West “) is 62. Actor Melina Kanakaredes (” The Resident, “” Providence “) is 55. Drummer Stan Frazier of Sugar Ray is 54. Guitarist Tim Womack of Sons of the Desert is 54. Actor Scott Bairstow (“Party of Five”) is 52. Actor John Lutz (“30 Rock”) is 49. Musicians Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National are 46. Singer Taio Cruz is 39. Actor Jesse Lee Soffer (“Chicago PD,” “Chicago Fire”) is 38. Guitarist Anthony LaMarca of The War on Drugs is 35. Actor Matthew Underwood (“Zoey 101 ″) is 32. Musicians Jake and Josh Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet are 26. Actor Charlie Rowe (“Salvation”) is 26.
Other popular or historical birthdays on April 23rd
James Buchanan: 15th US president
Max Planck, father of quantum physics
Vladimir Nabokov, novelist
Shirley Temple, actress and ambassador
with The Associated Press
Prior celebrity fun facts (Associated Press)
Celebrity fun facts
Reese Witherspoon | Gal Gadot | Emilia Clarke | Sophie Turner
Robert Downey Jr. | Chris Hemsworth | Seth MacFarlane
Jason Momoa | Amanda Seyfried | Kat Dennings
Jenna Fischer | Miley Cyrus | Emma Stone | Mark Hamill
Emma Watson | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Tiffani Amber Thiessen
Scarlett Johansson | Kate Mara | Jennifer Aniston | Alan Alda
Jennifer Lawrence & Mila Kunis | David Hasselhoff
Lindsay Lohan | Natalie Portman | George Clooney
Betty White | Dave Matthews | Danica McKellar | Taylor Swift
Britney Spears | Bill Nye | Alyson Hannigan | Alec Baldwin
Rachel McAdams | Demi Moore | Julia Roberts
Danielle Fishel and the ‘Boy Meets World’ cast
A look at prior movie and tv-related fun fact lists (Associated Press)
Movie and TV fun facts & more
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88 celebrities who were born in Canada
15 celebrities who appeared on ‘Saved By the Bell’
‘The Office’ fun facts | 30 guest stars on ‘The Office’
10 famous directors who shot episodes of ‘The Office’
25 fun facts about ‘Friends’ | 25 celebs who appeared on ‘Friends’
25 actors you did not know were on ‘Game of Thrones’
25 actors you did not know appeared in ‘Boy Meets World’
Oscars hosts since 1989
More movie fun facts: ‘Love Actually’ | ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ | ‘Dirty Dancing’ | ‘Scream’ | ‘Romeo + Juliet’ | ‘The Big Lebowski’ | ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ | ‘The Phantom Menace’
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