Birthday wishes go out to Tim McGraw, Wes Anderson 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 1st and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on May 1, 2022
Ray Parker, Jr., from left, Bobby Brown and Tommy Davidson attend the 26th Annual Heroes and Legends Awards held at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by John Salangsang / Invision / AP)John Salangsang / Invision / AP
Singer-songwriter Ray Parker Jr. turns 68
Fun fact: Awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014
Tim McGraw arrives for the iHeartCountry Festival at the Frank Erwin Center on Saturday, May 4, 2019, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jack Plunkett / Invision / AP)Jack Plunkett / Invision / AP
Country singer Tim McGraw turns 55
Fun fact: Starred with his wife Faith Hill in the recent ‘Yellowstone’ prequel series’ 1883 ′
Director Wes Anderson poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘The French Dispatch’ at the 74th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, July 13, 2021. (AP Photo / Vadim Ghirda)AP
Movie director Wes Anderson turns 53
Fun fact: Most recent Oscar nomination came for his animated film ‘Isle of Dogs’
Julie Benz, a cast member in the Showtime series “On Becoming a God in Central Florida,” poses at a screening of the show at the London West Hollywood, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP)Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP
Actress Julie Benz turns 50
Fun fact: Appeared on ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ as the vampire Darla
Amelia Warner, left, and Jamie Dornan arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini / Invision / AP)Evan Agostini / Invision / AP
Actor Jamie Dornan turns 40
Fun fact: Originally from Belfast
More celebrities with birthdays today
Singer Judy Collins is 83. Actor Stephen Macht (“Suits,” Hospital General Hospital ”) is 80. Singer Rita Coolidge is 77. Singer-bassist Nick Fortuna of The Buckinghams is 76. Actor Dann Florek (“ Law and Order: SVU ” ) is 71. Actor Byron Stewart is 66. Actor Maia Morgenstern (“The Passion of the Christ”) is 60. Actor Scott Coffey (“Mulholland Drive,” ″ The Outsiders “) is 58. Country singer Wayne Hancock is 57. Actor Charlie Schlatter (Diagnosis Murder) is 56. Bassist D’Arcy Wretzky (Smashing Pumpkins) is 54. Singer Tina Campbell of Mary Mary is 48. Actor Darius McCrary (“Family Matters”) is 46. Actor Kerry Bishe (“Argo” ”) Is 38. TV personality Abby Huntsman (“ The View ”) is 36. Actor Lizzy Greene (“ A Million Little Things ”) is 18.
Other popular or historical birthdays on May 1st
Kamehameha, King of Hawaii
Benjamin Henry Latrobe, designed by US Capitol
Calamity Jane, American frontier scout
Jack Paar, TV host
Joseph Heller, author
with The Associated Press
Prior celebrity fun facts (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
A look at prior movie and tv-related fun fact lists (Associated Press)
Movie and TV fun facts & more
In memory: 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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