Birthday wishes go out to Cher, Rachel Platten 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 20th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on May 20, 2024
Cher, left, and Jennifer Hudson perform together at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, Monday, April 1, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Singer and actress Cher turns 78
Fun fact: One of only two actress/singers to both have a Best Actress Oscar and a Billboard #1 hit
Ted Allen attends the City Harvest “Magic of Motown” benefit gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in New York. (Photo by CJ Rivera/Invision/AP)CJ Rivera/Invision/AP
TV personality Ted Allen turns 59
Fun fact: Once appeared on an episode of ‘The Apprentice’
Timothy Olyphant attends the premiere of “Full Circle” at OKX Theater BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center during the Tribeca Festival on Sunday, June 11, 2023, in New York. (Photo by CJ Rivera/Invision/AP)CJ Rivera/Invision/AP
Actor Timothy Olyphant turns 56
Fun fact: Reprised his role as Raylan Givens in ‘Justified: City Primeval’
Busta Rhymes performs during the Global Citizen Festival on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, at Central Park in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Rapper Busta Rhymes turns 52
Fun fact: His first name is Trevor
Matt Czuchry attends the FOX Network Group 2017 Upfront post-party at Wollman Rink in Central Park on Monday, May 15, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
Actor Matt Czuchry turns 47
Fun fact: Has said in several interviews that he knows whether or not Logan is the father of Rory’s baby in ‘Gilmore Girls,’ but has kept silent out of respect for the writers.
Rachel Platten performs during rehearsal for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular in Boston, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP
Singer Rachel Platten turns 43
Fun fact: Performed during an episode of ‘I Can See Your Voice’
More celebrities with birthdays today
Actor David Proval (“The Sopranos”) is 82. Actor Dave Thomas (“Grace Under Fire,” ″SCTV”) is 76. Musician Warren Cann of Ultravox is 74. Actor Dean Butler (“Little House on the Prairie”) is 68. Guitarist Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go’s is 66. Singer Susan Cowsill of The Cowsills is 65. Actor Bronson Pinchot is 65. Actor John Billingsley (“True Blood,” ″Enterprise”) is 64. Actor Tony Goldwyn (“Scandal”) is 64. Singer Nick Heyward of Haircut 100 is 63. Actor Mindy Cohn (“Facts of Life”) is 58. Guitarist Tom Gorman of Belly is 58. Bassist Ryan Martinie of Mudvayne is 49. Singer-actor Naturi Naughton (3LW) is 40. Country singer Jon Pardi is 39.
Other popular or historical birthdays on May 20th
John Stuart Mill, philosopher
William Fargo, founder Wells Fargo
Jimmy Stewart, actor
William Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett Packard
Tony Stewart, former NASCAR driver (53)
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