Birthday wishes go out to Lil Nas X, Kristen Stewart and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on April 9th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.

Top celebrity birthdays on April 9, 2022

Actor Dennis Quaid turns 68

Fun fact: Dropped out of the University of Houston to pursue an acting career

Actress-model Paulina Porizkova turns 57

Fun fact: Has appeared as a guest judge on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’

Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam turns 43

Fun fact: The role of Rudy on ‘The Cosby Show’ was originally planned to be a boy

Actress Leighton Meester turns 36

Fun fact: Recently appeared in the first season of ‘How I Met Your Father’

Actress Kristen Stewart turns 32

Fun fact: Received her first Academy Awards nomination this year for playing Princess Diana in ‘Spencer’

Actress Elle Fanning turns 24

Fun fact: Played the younger version of her sister Dakota’s character Lucy in ‘I Am Sam’

Rapper Lil Nas X turns 23

Fun fact: Had his first musical guest appearance on Saturday Night Live last year

Singer Jackie Evancho turns 22

Fun fact: Had a small uncredited role in ‘The Hunger Games’

More celebrities with birthdays today

Actor Michael Learned (“The Waltons”) is 83. Country singer Margo Smith is 80. Humorist Jimmy Tingle (“60 Minutes II”) is 67. Keyboardist Dave Innis of Restless Heart is 63. Talk show host Joe Scarborough (“Morning Joe”) is 59. Actor Mark Pellegrino (“Dexter”) is 57. Actor Cynthia Nixon (“Sex and the City”) is 56. Singer Kevin Martin of Candlebox is 53. TV personality Sunny Anderson (“The Kitchen”) is 47. Singer Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance is 45. Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. of The Strokes is 42. Actor Charlie Hunnam (“Sons of Anarchy”) is 42. Actor Jay Baruchel (“Knocked Up,” ″Tropic Thunder”) is 40. Actor Annie Funke (“Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders”) is 37. Actor Jordan Masterson (“Last Man Standing”) is 36. Singer-actor Jesse McCartney (“Summerland”) is 35. Singer Jazmine Sullivan is 35. Actor Isaac Hempstead Wright (“Game of Thrones”) is 23.

Other popular or historical birthdays on April 9th

Timur/Tamerlane, Mongol emperor

Hugh Hefner, magazine publisher

with The Associated Press

Celebrity fun facts

Reese Witherspoon | Gal Gadot | Emilia Clarke | Sophie Turner

Robert Downey Jr. | Chris Hemsworth | Seth MacFarlane

Jason Momoa | Amanda Seyfried | Kat Dennings

Jenna Fischer | Miley Cyrus | Emma Stone | Mark Hamill

Emma Watson | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Tiffani Amber Thiessen

Scarlett Johansson | Kate Mara | Jennifer Aniston | Alan Alda

Jennifer Lawrence & Mila Kunis | David Hasselhoff

Lindsay Lohan | Natalie Portman | George Clooney

Betty White | Dave Matthews | Danica McKellar | Taylor Swift

Britney Spears | Bill Nye | Alyson Hannigan | Alec Baldwin

Rachel McAdams | Demi Moore | Julia Roberts

Danielle Fishel and the ‘Boy Meets World’ cast

Movie and TV fun facts & more

In memoriam: Celebrities who died in 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018

45 actors born in Ohio

The Royal Family: Who is next in line for the British Throne?

88 celebrities who were born in Canada

15 celebrities who appeared on ‘Saved By the Bell’

‘The Office’ fun facts | 30 guest stars on ‘The Office’

10 famous directors who shot episodes of ‘The Office’

25 fun facts about ‘Friends’ | 25 celebs who appeared on ‘Friends’

25 actors you didn’t know were on ‘Game of Thrones’

25 actors you didn’t know appeared in ‘Boy Meets World’

Oscars hosts since 1989

More movie fun facts: ‘Love Actually’ | ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ | ‘Dirty Dancing’ | ‘Scream’ | ‘Romeo + Juliet’ | ‘The Big Lebowski’ | ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ | ‘The Phantom Menace’

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