Birthday wishes go out to James Van Der Beek, Camryn Manheim and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on March 8th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on March 8, 2025
Micky Dolenz and his wife Donna Quinter pose together before a posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony for “Mama” Cass Elliot, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Singer Micky Dolenz turns 80
Fun fact: First TV show he directed was an episode of “The Monkees”
Aidan Quinn, left, and daughter Ava Eileen Quinn attend the premiere of “The Return” at AMC Lincoln Square on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Actor Aidan Quinn turns 66
Fun fact: Played a detective in an episode of “Blue Bloods” last year
Camryn Manheim attends the SNL50: The Anniversary Special at Rockefeller Plaza on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Actress Camryn Manheim turns 64
Fun fact: Originally from Peoria, IL
Sarah Michelle Gellar, left, and Freddie Prinze Jr. arrive at the premiere of “Wolf Pack” on Thursday Jan. 19, 2023, at Harmony Gold Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Actor Freddie Prinze Jr. turns 49
Fun fact: Hosted an episode of “Saturday Night Live” in 2000
Tyler Posey, from left, Taye Diggs, James Van Der Beek, Bruno Tonioli and Anthony Anderson attend a photo call for “Sweethearts” on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, at DGA Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Actor James Van Der Beek turns 48
Fun fact: Appeared in the series finale for “Walker” as the planned villain if there had been a fifth season
Milana Vayntrub, left, and David Alan Grier arrive at the FOX Golden Globes afterparty at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP
Actress Milana Vayntrub turns 38
Fun fact: Once played a vampire in an episode of “Key & Peele”
More celebrities with birthdays today
Jazz saxophonist George Coleman is 90. Actor Sue Ane Langdon is 89. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is 81. Singer Peggy March is 77. Jazz pianist Billy Childs is 68. Singer Gary Numan is 67. NBC News anchor Lester Holt is 66. Guitarist Jimmy Dormire (Confederate Railroad) is 65. Actor Leon (“Cool Runnings”) is 64. Singer Shawn Mullins is 57. Actor Andrea Parker (“Less Than Perfect”) is 55. Actor Boris Kodjoe (“Code Black,” ″Madea’s Family Reunion”) is 52. Actor Laura Main (“Call the Midwife”) is 48. Singer Kameelah Williams of 702 is 47. Actor Nick Zano (“Minority Report,” ″2 Broke Girls”) is 47. Singer Tom Chaplin of Keane is 46. Guitarist Andy Ross of OK Go is 46. Singer Kristinia DeBarge is 35.
Other popular or historical birthdays on March 8th
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Supreme Court justice
Lynn Redgrave, actress
Lester Holt, news anchor (65)
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