{"id":2041206,"date":"2025-09-22T14:56:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2041206"},"modified":"2025-09-22T14:56:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T14:56:56","slug":"famous-birthdays-list-for-today-may-31-2025-includes-celebrities-lea-thompson-joe-namath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/famous-birthdays-list-for-today-may-31-2025-includes-celebrities-lea-thompson-joe-namath\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous birthdays list for today, May 31, 2025 includes celebrities Lea Thompson, Joe Namath"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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.<\/p>\n

Top celebrity birthdays on May 31, 2025<\/b><\/h2>\n
\"ClintClint 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\/AP<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

Director Clint Eastwood turns 95<\/b><\/p>\n

Fun fact: Was once considered to replace Sean Connery as James Bond<\/p>\n

\"JoeFormer 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\/AP<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

Football Hall of Famer Joe Namath turns 82<\/b><\/p>\n

Fun fact: Once guest starred on \u201cThe Brady Bunch\u201d<\/p>\n

\"EugeneFrom 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\/AP<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

Comedian Chris Elliott turns 65<\/b><\/p>\n

Fun fact: His middle name is Nash<\/p>\n

\"ChristopherActors 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\/AP<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

Actress Lea Thompson turns 64<\/b><\/p>\n

Fun fact: Most recently appeared on the Hallmark series \u201cThe Chicken Sisters\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BrookeBrooke 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\/AP<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

Actress Brooke Shields turns 60<\/b><\/p>\n

Fun fact: Once appeared as a judge on \u201cBeat Bobby Flay\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ColinColin 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\/AP<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

Actor Colin Farrell turns 48<\/b><\/p>\n

Fun fact: Was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in 2023 for his role in \u201cThe Banshees of Inisherin\u201d<\/p>\n

\"JustineJustine 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\/AP<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

Actress Justine Lupe turns 36<\/b><\/p>\n

Fun fact: Got married earlier this year<\/p>\n

More celebrities with birthdays today<\/h2>\n

Keyboardist Augie Meyers of the Texas Tornadoes and the Sir Douglas Quintet is 85. Actor Sharon Gless (\u201cCagney and Lacey\u201d) is 82. Actor Tom Berenger is 75. Actor Gregory Harrison is 75. Actor Kyle Secor (\u201cHomicide: Life on the Street\u201d) is 68. Actor Roma Maffia (\u201cNip\/Tuck,\u201d \u2033Profiler\u201d) 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. \u201cThe Amazing Race\u201d host Phil Keoghan is 58. Jazz bassist Christian McBride is 53. Actor Archie Panjabi (\u201cThe Good Wife\u201d) is 53. Actor Merle Dandridge (\u201cGreenleaf\u201d) is 50. Trumpet player Scott Klopfenstein of Reel Big Fish is 48. Actor Eric Christian Olsen (\u201cNCIS: Los Angeles\u201d) is 48. Drummer Andy Hurley of Fall Out Boy is 45. Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is 39. Actor Curtis Williams Jr. (\u201cParent\u2019Hood\u201d) is 38. Singer Normani Hamilton of Fifth Harmony is 29.<\/p>\n

Other popular or historical birthdays on May 31st<\/b><\/h2>\n

Walt Whitman, poet<\/p>\n

Pope Pius XI<\/p>\n

Don Ameche, actor<\/p>\n

Jim Craig, Olympic goalie (68)<\/p>\n

Kenny Lofton, former Indians All-Star (57)<\/p>\n

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Celebrity fun facts<\/b><\/h2>\n

Recent lists: Drew Barrymore fun facts<\/a> | Kaley Cuoco fun facts<\/a> | Margot Robbie fun facts<\/a> | Kevin Costner fun facts<\/a> | Tom Cruise fun facts<\/a> | Gal Gadot fun facts<\/a> | Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson fun facts<\/a> | Reese Witherspoon fun facts<\/a><\/p>\n

Popular lists: Robert Downey Jr. fun facts<\/a> | Emma Watson fun facts<\/a> | Jason Momoa fun facts<\/a> | Miley Cyrus fun facts<\/a><\/p>\n

Check out our full list of more than 40 celebrity fun facts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Movie and TV fun facts & more<\/b><\/h2>\n

Recent lists: 19 actors recast in the MCU<\/a> | \u2018How I Met Your Mother\u2019 guest stars<\/a> | \u2018Groundhog Day\u2019 fun facts<\/a> | \u2018Yellowstone\u2019 trivia<\/a><\/p>\n

Popular lists: Canadian celebrities<\/a> | \u2018Friends\u2019 guest stars<\/a> | Celebs on \u2018The Office\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Check out our rundown of more than 30 posts featuring trivia and fun facts about movies and TV shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[321856],"class_list":["post-2041206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists","tag-headshot"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2041206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2041206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2041206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2041206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}