Birthday wishes go out to Lea Thompson, Joe Namath 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.
Top celebrity birthdays on May 31, 2025
Clint Eastwood, left, and Barbara Jewell attend 2019 AFI Fest – “Richard Jewell” at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/APDirector Clint Eastwood turns 95
Fun fact: Was once considered to replace Sean Connery as James Bond
Former NFL player Joe Namath, from left, Monica, and former NFL player Barry Sanders the award for AP coach of the year at the 8th Annual NFL Honors at The Fox Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, in Atlanta. (Photo by Paul Abell/Invision for NFL/AP Images)Paul Abell/Invision/APFootball Hall of Famer Joe Namath turns 82
Fun fact: Once guest starred on “The Brady Bunch”
From left, Eugene Levy, Chris Elliott, Annie Murphy, Catherine O’Hara, and Dan Levy speak onstage during the “Schitt’s Creek” panel at the Pop Network 2015 Winter TCA on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/APComedian Chris Elliott turns 65
Fun fact: His middle name is Nash
Actors Christopher Lloyd, from left, Lea Thompson and Roger Bart, and musician Huey Lewis attend the “Back to the Future: The Musical” Broadway opening at the Winter Garden Theatre on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)Andy Kropa/Invision/APActress Lea Thompson turns 64
Fun fact: Most recently appeared on the Hallmark series “The Chicken Sisters”
Brooke Shields attends “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” Broadway opening night at the New York Marriott Marquis on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/APActress Brooke Shields turns 60
Fun fact: Once appeared as a judge on “Beat Bobby Flay”
Colin Farrell poses in the press room with the award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a television movie or limited series for “The Penguin” during the 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Jordan Strauss/Invision/APActor Colin Farrell turns 48
Fun fact: Was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in 2023 for his role in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Justine Lupe arrives at the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Jordan Strauss/Invision/APActress Justine Lupe turns 36
Fun fact: Got married earlier this year
More celebrities with birthdays today
Keyboardist Augie Meyers of the Texas Tornadoes and the Sir Douglas Quintet is 85. Actor Sharon Gless (“Cagney and Lacey”) is 82. Actor Tom Berenger is 75. Actor Gregory Harrison is 75. Actor Kyle Secor (“Homicide: Life on the Street”) is 68. Actor Roma Maffia (“Nip/Tuck,” ″Profiler”) is 67. Singer Corey Hart is 63. Rapper DMC of Run-DMC is 61. Actor Brooke Shields is 60. Country bassist Ed Adkins of The Derailers is 58. “The Amazing Race” host Phil Keoghan is 58. Jazz bassist Christian McBride is 53. Actor Archie Panjabi (“The Good Wife”) is 53. Actor Merle Dandridge (“Greenleaf”) is 50. Trumpet player Scott Klopfenstein of Reel Big Fish is 48. Actor Eric Christian Olsen (“NCIS: Los Angeles”) is 48. Drummer Andy Hurley of Fall Out Boy is 45. Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is 39. Actor Curtis Williams Jr. (“Parent’Hood”) is 38. Singer Normani Hamilton of Fifth Harmony is 29.
Other popular or historical birthdays on May 31st
Walt Whitman, poet
Pope Pius XI
Don Ameche, actor
Jim Craig, Olympic goalie (68)
Kenny Lofton, former Indians All-Star (57)
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