Birthday wishes go out to Rob Lowe, Gary Sinise and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on March 17 and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on March 17, 2025
Goldie Hawn, left, and Kurt Russell arrive at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Jae C. Hong/Invision/AP
Actor Kurt Russell turns 74
Fun fact: Once appeared in an episode of “Lost in Space”
Craig Morgan, left, and Gary Sinise are seen during CMA Fest on Thursday June 6, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)Amy Harris/Invision/AP
Actor Gary Sinise turns 70
Fun fact: Portrayed astronaut Ken Mattingly in “Apollo 13″
Actor Rob Lowe celebrates on the field after the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres in Game 5 of a baseball NL Division Series Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP
Actor Rob Lowe turns 61
Fun fact: Voiced Mr. Skinner’s cousin in an episode of “The Simpsons”
Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins performs at the Metro on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in Chicago. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP)Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP
Rocker Billy Corgan turns 58
Fun fact: His middle name is Patrick
Hozier performs during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Friday, May 3, 2024, at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)Amy Harris/Invision/AP
Singer Hozier turns 35
Fun fact: Nominated for a Grammy in 2015 for his song “Take Me To Church”
John Boyega poses for photographers for the Closing Ceremony red carpet during the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP
Actor John Boyega turns 33
Fun fact: Narrated the miniseries “World War II: From the Frontlines”
More celebrities with birthdays today
Singer-songwriter John Sebastian of the Lovin’ Spoonful is 81. Percussionist Harold Brown of War is 79. Actor Patrick Duffy is 76. Country singer Susie Allanson is 73. Actor Lesley-Anne Down is 71. Actor Mark Boone Junior (“Sons of Anarchy”) is 70. Country singer Paul Overstreet is 70. Actor Christian Clemenson (“CSI: Miami”) is 67. Actor Arye Gross (“Castle”) is 65. Actor Vicki Lewis (“NewsRadio”) is 65. Actor Casey Siemaszko (“NYPD Blue”) is 64. Actor Mathew St. Patrick (“Six Feet Under”) is 57. Actor Yanic Truesdale (“Gilmore Girls”) is 56. Bassist Melissa Auf der Maur (Smashing Pumpkins, Hole) is 53. Drummer Caroline Corr of The Corrs is 52. Actor Amelia Heinle (“The Young and the Restless,” “All My Children”) is 52. Singer Keifer Thompson of Thompson Square is 52. Actor Marisa Coughlan (“Boston Legal,” ″Freddy Got Fingered”) is 51. Rapper Swifty of D12 is 50. “The NFL on CBS” reporter Tracy Wolfson is 50. Actor Natalie Zea (“Justified,” “Dirty Sexy Money”) is 50. Actor Brittany Daniel (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) is 49. Singer-TV personality Tamar Braxton (“Braxton Family Values”) is 48. Bassist Geoff Sprung of Old Dominion is 47. Reggaeton singer Nicky Jam is 44. TV personality Rob Kardashian (“Keeping Up With the Kardashians”) is 38. Actor Eliza Hope Bennett (“Nanny McPhee”) is 33. Actor Flynn Morrison (“Last Man Standing”) is 20.
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Francesco Albana, painter
Bobby Jones Jr., golfer
Nat ‘King’ Cole, singer
Mia Hamm, Olympic gold medalist (53)
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