Today’s famous birthdays list for May 31, 2021 includes celebrities Colin Farrell, Clint Eastwood
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Top celebrity birthdays on May 31, 2021
Birthday wishes go out to Colin Farrell, Clint Eastwood and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on May 31st and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2007 file photo, Clint Eastwood, an Oscar nominee for best director for his work on "Letters from Iwo Jima," arrives for the 79th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Eastwood turns 91 on May 31. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)AP
Director Clint Eastwood turns 91
Fun fact: Directed and set to star in the upcoming film ‘Cry Macho’
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Former NFL player Joe Namath, left, speaks to former Dallas Cowboys safety Cliff Harris at the NFL Honors football award show Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP
Football Hall of Famer Joe Namath turns 78
Fun fact: Led Alabama to a national championship in 1964
![Chris Elliott, Jennifer Robertson, Annie Murphy, Dan Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy](/thumb/phpThumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cleveland.com%2Fresizer%2FR94TIxxTofWO3IQ-jMvmfo2L0wc%3D%2F450x0%2Fsmart%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fadvancelocal%2FNENCETTPRBGYTE6NQPWGSUKHIA.jpg&w=728&hash=46fa1e7f7f4906d5e8c351d87073a11d)
Actors Chris Elliott, from left, Jennifer Robertson, Annie Murphy, Dan Levy, Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy attend the 11th Annual New York Television Festival "Schitt's Creek" screening at the SVA Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Comedian Chris Elliott turns 61
Fun fact: Used to be a writer for ‘Late Night with David Letterman’
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Director Lea Thompson, left, poses with her daughters actress and composer Madelyn Deutch and actress Zoey Deutch at a special screening of "The Year of Spectacular Men", hosted by MarVista Entertainment and Parkside Pictures with The Cinema Society, at the Landmark at 57 West on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Actress Lea Thompson turns 60
Fun fact: First feature film she appeared in was ‘Jaws 3-D’
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Actress and model Brooke Shields arrives at The Lincoln Center Corporate Fund Fashion Gala honoring Leonard A. Lauder at Alice Tully Hall, Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Actress Brooke Shields turns 56
Fun fact: Her grandfather Frank Shields was a Hollywood actor in the 1930s
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FILE - Colin Farrell attends the premiere for "Widows" on day 3 of the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 8, 2018, in Toronto. Farrell turns 45 on May 31. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Actor Colin Farrell turns 45
Fun fact: Appeared in the non-MCU ‘Daredevil’ film as the villain Bullseye
More celebrities with birthdays todaySinger Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary is 83. Keyboardist Augie Meyers of the Texas Tornadoes and the Sir Douglas Quintet is 81. Actor Sharon Gless (“Cagney and Lacey”) is 78. Actor Tom Berenger is 71. Actor Gregory Harrison is 71. Actor Kyle Secor (“Homicide: Life on the Street”) is 64. Actor Roma Maffia (“Nip/Tuck,” ″Profiler”) is 63. Singer Corey Hart is 59. Rapper DMC of Run-DMC is 57. Country bassist Ed Adkins of The Derailers is 54. “The Amazing Race” host Phil Keoghan is 54. Jazz bassist Christian McBride is 49. Actor Archie Panjabi (“The Good Wife”) is 49. Actor Merle Dandridge (“Greenleaf”) is 46. Trumpet player Scott Klopfenstein of Reel Big Fish is 44. Actor Eric Christian Olsen (“NCIS: Los Angeles” is 44. Drummer Andy Hurley of Fall Out Boy is 41. Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is 35. Actor Curtis Williams Jr. (“Parent’Hood”) is 34. Singer Normani Hamilton of Fifth Harmony is 25.
Other popular or historical birthdays on May 31stWalt Whitman, poet
Pope Pius XI
Don Ameche, actor
Jim Craig, Olympic goalie (64)
Kenny Lofton, former Indians All-Star (54)
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Jason Momoa
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Kat Dennings
Robert Downey Jr.
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Tiffani Amber Thiessen
Miley Cyrus
Emma Stone
Seth MacFarlane
Mark Hamill
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Lindsay Lohan
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
Emma Watson
Alec Baldwin
Jenna Fischer
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Jennifer Aniston
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Demi Moore
Julia Roberts
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