Abdul, Paula (June 19)
Original American Idol judge and singer of "Straight Up"
Famous People Born in 1962
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Austin, Tracy (December 12)
The teen U.S. Open champ who beat Evert and Navratilova -
Baldwin, Tammy (February 11)
The first openly gay U.S. senator -
Blinken, Antony (April 16)
U.S. Secretary of State, 2021-present -
Broderick, Matthew (March 21)
Ferris in the movie Ferris Beuller's Day Off -
Brooks, Garth (February 7)
Country-pop singer of "Shameless" and "Friends in Low Places" -
Calderón, Felipe (August 18)
The president of Mexico, 2006-12 -
Carrey, Jim (January 17)
The star of Dumb and Dumber and The Truman Show -
Christie, Chris (September 6)
The Governor of New Jersey, 2010-2018 -
Clemens, Roger (August 4)
Fireballing seven-time winner of the Cy Young Award -
Cleo, Miss (August 12)
Jamaican-sounding infomercial psychic -
Collins, Suzanne
The author of The Hunger Games -
Crow, Sheryl (February 11)
Singer of "All I Wanna Do" -
Cruise, Tom (July 3)
Star of the Mission Impossible movie series -
Dollar, Creflo (January 15)
The prosperity-preaching pastor of World Changers Church -
Estevez, Emilio (May 12)
The Martin Sheen son who was in Breakfast Club and Repo Man -
Fiennes, Ralph (December 22)
Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films -
Fincher, David (August 28)
The director of The Social Network -
Foster, Jodie (November 19)
The star of The Silence of the Lambs -
Haniya, Ismail
Palestinian Prime Minister, 2006-present -
Huffman, Felicity (December 9)
Lynette on the TV show Desperate Housewives -
Incredible Hulk, The
Raging green comic book monster -
Irwin, Steve (February 22)
"The Crocodile Hunter" on TV -
Jackson, Lisa P. (February 8)
Administrator of the EPA, 2009-2013 -
Jones, Star (March 24)
The lawyer gal on TV's The View -
Judge, Mike (October 17)
Creator of Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill -
King Abdullah of Jordan (January 30)
King of Jordan, 1999-present -
Lea, Nicholas (June 22)
Alex Krycek on TV's The X-Files -
Lee, Tommy (October 3)
Mötley Crüe, drummer and Pam Anderson's ex-husband -
Leigh, Jennifer Jason (February 5)
The woman in the movie The Hateful Eight -
Lonergan, Kenneth (October 16)
The director of 'You Can Count on Me' -
Moore, Demi (November 11)
The star of Ghost and former wife to Bruce Willis and Ashton Kutcher -
Odenkirk, Bob (October 22)
The star of Better Call Saul -
O'Donnell, Rosie (March 21)
Host of TV's The Rosie O'Donnell Show -
Preston, Kelly (October 13)
The Jerry Maguire actress who was married to John Travolta -
Rice, Jerry (October 13)
Wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, 1985-2000 -
Slattery, John (August 13)
The silver-haired, hot-headed ad executive on TV's Mad Men -
Snipes, Wesley (July 31)
Star of the Blade vampire movies -
Spider-Man
Web-slinging costumed superhero -
Starmer, Keir (September 2)
Prime Minister of the UK, 2024-present -
Stewart, Jon (November 28)
Host of The Daily Show, 1999-2015 -
Trintignant, Marie (January 21)
Star of the movie Betty -
Vardalos, Nia (September 24)
Star and writer of My Big Fat Greek Wedding -
Wallace, David Foster (February 21)
The author of the novel Infinite Jest -
Yeoh, Michelle (August 6)
The Oscar-winning star of Everything Everywhere All At Once -
Zuniga, Daphne (October 28)
Jo on TV's Melrose Place