Birthday wishes go out to Kim Basinger, Dominic Monaghan and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on December 8th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on December 8, 2025
American actress Kim Basinger, center, speaks during a rally to oppose eating dog meat in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 12, 2019. July 12 is the day South Koreans eat healthy foods such as dog meat in the belief it would help them survive heat during summer. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)APActress Kim Basinger turns 72
Fun fact: Kim is short for Kimila.
Teri Hatcher poses for photographers upon arrival at the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, during the 78th Cannes international film festival, Cap d’Antibes, southern France, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)Scott Garfitt/Invision/APActress Teri Hatcher turns 61
Fun fact: Has one child named Emerson.
Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd pose at The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim World Premiere at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, in London, England. (Photo by Thomas Krych/Invision/AP)APActor Dominic Monaghan turns 49
Fun fact: Born in Berlin, but grew up in England.
AnnaSophia Robb attends Julio Torres Presents: “The Cursed Amulet” Halloween party at SAA Brooklyn on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)Andy Kropa/Invision/APActress AnnaSophia Robb turns 32
Fun fact: Originally from Denver.
More celebrities with birthdays today
Flute player James Galway is 86. Drummer Bobby Elliott of The Hollies is 84. Actor Mary Woronov (“Eating Raoul,” “The Munsters” films) is 82. Actor John Rubinstein (“Family,” ″Crazy Like a Fox”) is 79. Guitarist Warren Cuccurullo (Duran Duran, Missing Persons) is 69. Guitarist Phil Collen of Def Leppard is 68. Country singer Marty Raybon (The Raybon Brothers, Shenandoah) is 66. Guitarist Marty Friedman (Megadeth) is 63. Actor Wendell Pierce (“The Wire,” “Treme”) is 62. Actor David Harewood (“Supergirl,” ″Homeland”) is 60. Actor Matthew Laborteaux (“Little House on the Prairie”) is 59. Guitarist Ryan Newell of Sister Hazel is 53. Actor Ian Somerhalder (“The Vampire Diaries,” ″Lost,”) is 47. Singer Ingrid Michaelson is 46. Singer Chrisette Michele is 43. Country singer Sam Hunt is 41. Singer Kate Voegele (“One Tree Hill”) is 39. Drummer Jen Ledger of Skillet is 36. Actor Wallis Currie-Wood (“Madam Secretary”) is 34.
Other popular or historical birthdays on December 8th
- Horace, Roman poet
- Eli Whitney, inventor
- Jim Morrison, singer
- Sam Kinison, comedian
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