Famous People Born in 1969

• Anderson, Wes (May 1)

  Director of Rushmore and Moonrise Kingdom

• Andrews, Naveen (January 17)

  Sayid in the TV series Lost

• Aniston, Jennifer (February 11)

  Rachel on the TV series Friends

• Aronofsky, Darren (February 12)

  The Oscar-nominated director of Black Swan

• Bardem, Javier (March 1)

  The really, really bad guy in No Country For Old Men

• Bateman, Jason (January 14)

  Michael Bluth on TV's Arrested Development

• Baumbach, Noah (September 3)

  The director of 'The Squid and the Whale and 'Marriage Story'

• Bautista, Dave (January 18)

  Drax in 'The Guardians of the Galaxy'

• Bee, Samantha (October 25)

  The host of TV's Full Frontal

• Bert and Ernie

  Comic pair from TV's Sesame Street

• Black, Jack (August 28)

  The wild-eyed star of School of Rock

• Blanchett, Cate (May 14)

  The Oscar-winning actress who played Galadriel in the Lord of the Rings movies

• Bong Joon Ho (September 14)

  The Oscar-winning director of Parasite

• Bono, Chaz (March 4)

  The only child of Sonny and Cher

• Booker, Cory (April 27)

  U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 2013-present

• Breitbart, Andrew (February 1)

  The right-wing activist who brought down Rep. Anthony Weiner

• Butler, Gerard (November 13)

  King Leonidas in the movie 300

• Carlson, Tucker (May 16)

  The conservative talking head from 'Tucker Carlson Tonight'

• Clarke, Melinda (April 24)

  Julie Cooper-Nichol on TV's The O.C.

• Delpy, Julie (December 21)

  Celine in Before Sunrise

• Dhue, Laurie (February 10)

  Former newsreader on the Fox News Channel

• Dinklage, Peter (June 11)

  He's the dwarf Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones

• Edward, John (October 19)

  The spiritualist host of Crossing Over

• Ellis, Aunjanue (February 21)

  The Oscar-nominated co-star of the 2021 film King Richard

• Everhart, Angie (September 7)

  Redheaded supermodel of the 1990s

• Fat Albert

  Mirthful obese character based on Bill Cosby's childhood memories

• Favre, Brett (October 10)

  The star 1990s quarterback who keeps un-retiring

• Ford, Patricia (March 17)

  Playboy lingerie model of the 1990s

• Ford, Rob (May 28)

  The rambunctious mayor of Toronto, 2010-14

• Galifianakis, Zach (October 1)

  The nutty, hairy brother in The Hangover

• Graf, Steffi (June 14)

  1988 Grand Slam winner

• Heche, Anne (May 25)

  The one-time partner of Ellen DeGeneres who starred in Six Days Seven Nights

• Howard, Terrence (March 11)

  Star of the film Hustle & Flow

• Hunter, Rachel (September 9)

  Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and former wife of Rod Stewart

• Ice Cube (June 15)

  Rap's NWA co-founder and movie star of Barbershop

• James, Jesse (TV personality)

  The star of TV's Monster Garage and ex-husband of Sandra Bullock

• Jay-Z (December 4)

  Rapper of "Empire State of Mind"

• Jonze, Spike (October 22)

  The director of Her and Being John Malkovich

• Lopez, Jennifer (July 24)

  The star of Selena and Maid in Manhattan

• Manson, Marilyn (January 5)

  Whitefaced shock-rock singer of Antichrist Superstar

• McConaughey, Matthew (November 4)

  The hunky Texan from The Wedding Planner

• McQueen, Alexander (March 17)

  The avant-garde fashion designer who killed himself in 2010

• McQueen, Steven (October 9)

  The director of 12 Years a Slave

• Mitchell, David (January 12)

  The author of Cloud Atlas

• Mitchell, Silas Weir (September 30)

  The lycanthropic Monroe from TV's Grimm

• Norton, Edward (August 18)

  Star of the movie The Fight Club

• Oswalt, Patton (January 27)

  Spence on The King of Queens

• P. Diddy (November 4)

  Rapper known as Puff Daddy, then P. Diddy, then Diddy, then P. Diddy again

• Perry, Matthew (August 19)

  Chandler Bing on the TV series Friends

• Perry, Tyler (September 13)

  Madea in his film Diary of a Mad Black Woman

• Pompeo, Ellen (November 10)

  Dr. Meredith Grey on TV's Grey's Anatomy

• Prince, Erik (June 6)

  Founder and former head of Blackwater Worldwide

• Python, Monty

  Britain's silliest comedy troupe

• Ratner, Brett (March 28)

  The director of the 'Rush Hour' movies

• Rivera, Jenni (July 2)

  The Mexican-American singer called "La Diva de la Banda"

• Rodriguez, Maggie (December 12)

  Co-host of the CBS morning program The Early Show

• Rudd, Paul (April 6)

  The Clueless guy who married Phoebe on Friends

• Ryan, Amy (November 30)

  That terrible mom in Gone Baby Gone

• Sandberg, Sheryl (August 28)

  COO of Facebook, 2008-present

• Schumacher, Michael (January 3)

  The seven-time world champion of Formula 1 racing

• Scooby-Doo

  Scaredy-cat 1970s cartoon dog

• Slater, Christian (August 18)

  Wild-eyebrowed star of Heathers and Broken Arrow

• Smith, Elliott (August 6)

  The singer of "Miss Misery" who stabbed himself

• Stefani, Gwen (October 3)

  The platinum-blonde singer of "Hollaback Girl"

• Stewart-Whyte, Heather (September 25)

  Victoria's Secret model of the 1990s

• Torres, Gina (April 25)

  Zoë in Firefly and Serenity

• Torvalds, Linus (December 28)

  The guy who wrote the kernel for the Linux Operating System

• Troyer, Verne (January 1)

  'Mini-Me' in the Austin Powers movies

• Turlington, Christy (January 2)

  Lanky, yoga-loving model for Calvin Klein

• Wahlberg, Donnie (August 17)

  Danny on the TV cop show Blue Bloods

• Whitehead, Colson (November 6)

  The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Underground Railroad'

• Zellweger, Renee (April 25)

  Star of Chicago and Jerry Maguire

• Zeta-Jones, Catherine (September 25)

  Oscar-winning co-star of Chicago

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