Birthday wishes go out to Mel Brooks, John Cusack and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on June 28th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on June 28, 2025
FILE – In this May 17, 2017 file photo, Mel Brooks attends the premiere of “If You’re Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast” in Beverly Hills, Calif. Forty years after the release of his beloved “History of the World, Part I,” Mel Brook has a sequel in the works. The 95-year-old show business giant has a deal with Hulu for an eight-part sequel, titled, of course, “History of the World, Part II.” (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Director Mel Brooks turns 99
Fun fact: Last movie he directed was “Dracula: Dead and Loving It” in 1995
Bruce Davison, Kate Barker-Froyland and Thomas Froyland pose at private LA dinner for “Song One” screening hosted by Jean Shafiroff with director Kate Barker-Froyland and Anne Hathaway at The Palm Restaurant on Thursday, January 22, 2015, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Tonya Wise/Invision for Tonya Wise/AP Images)Tonya Wise/Invision/AP
Actor Bruce Davison turns 79
Fun fact: Has two children, Ethan and Sophia
Hilary Swank, left, and Kathy Bates arrive at the 36th Annual Colleagues Spring Luncheon and Oscar de la Renta Fashion Show on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Actress Kathy Bates turns 77
Fun fact: Starred in the recent reimagining of the show “Matlock”
From left, director Spike Lee, actors Nick Cannon and John Cusack pose for photographers, during a photocall for the film ‘Chi-Raq”, at the 2016 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Axel Schmid)
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Actor John Cusack turns 59
Fun fact: Appeared earlier this year in the film “Fog of War”
Mary Stuart Masterson attends Through Her Lens: Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program Luncheon at Locanda Verde on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Actress Mary Stuart Masterson turns 59
Fun fact: Her father Peter was also an actor and director
Felicia Day talks to fans during a Q&A panel at New York Comic Con on Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. The pop culture convention, featuring the latest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies and television, runs through Sunday. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)ASSOCIATED PRESS
Actress Felicia Day turns 46
Fun fact: Hosted the official podcast for “The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power”
Ben Aaron, left, and Kellie Pickler present the award for outstanding digital drama series at the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center on Sunday, May 5, 2019, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Singer Kellie Pickler turns 39
Fun fact: Her middle name is Dawn
More celebrities with birthdays today
Comedian John Byner is 88. Bassist Dave Knights of Procol Harum is 80. Actor Alice Krige is 71. Jazz singer Tierney Sutton is 62. Guitarist-violinist Saul Davies of James is 60. Actor Jessica Hecht (“Friends,” ″The Single Guy”) is 60. Actor Gil Bellows (“The Agency,” “Ally McBeal”) is 58. Actor Tichina Arnold (“The Neighborhood,” “Everybody Hates Chris”) is 56. Actor-songwriter Danielle Brisebois (“All in the Family”) is 56. Jazz saxophonist Jimmy Sommers is 56. Actor Steve Burton (“The Young and the Restless”) is 55. Bassist Tim Nordwind of OK Go is 49. Bassist Mark Stoermer of The Killers is 48.
Other popular or historical birthdays on June 28th
Henry VIII, King of England
Peter Paul Rubens, Baroque painter
Gilda Radner, comedian
John Elway, HOF quarterback (65)
Elon Musk, entrepreneur (54)
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