Birthday wishes go out to Dustin Hoffman, Shawn Mendes and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on August 8th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on August 8, 2025
Actor Dustin Hoffman turns 88
Fun fact: Voices Master Shifu in the “Kung Fu Panda” film series.
Actor Keith Carradine turns 76
Fun fact: His mother was also an actress.
Deborah Norville turns 66
Fun fact: Longtime anchor of the TV series “Inside Edition.”
U2’s The Edge turns 64
Fun fact: He and Bono co-wrote the song “GoldenEye” that was sung by Tina Turner for the Bond film.
Actress Meagan Good turns 44
Fun fact: Her middle name is Monique.
Actress Jackie Cruz turns 41
Fun fact: Starred in the Lifetime film “Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story” which premiered last year.
Singer Shawn Mendes turns 27
Fun fact: Once dated singer Camila Cabello.
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More celebrities with birthdays today
Actor Nita Talbot is 95. Actor Connie Stevens is 87. Country singer Phil Balsley of The Statler Brothers is 86. Actor Larry Wilcox (“CHiPS”) is 78. Drummer Anton Fig (“Late Show With David Letterman”) is 72. Actor Donny Most (“Happy Days”) is 72. Keyboardist Dennis Drew of 10,000 Maniacs is 68. Actor-turned-investment banker Harry Crosby (“Friday the 13th”) is 67. Drummer Rikki Rockett of Poison is 64. Rapper Kool Moe Dee is 63. Singer Scott Stapp of Creed is 52. Country singer Mark Wills is 52. Actor Kohl Sudduth (TV’s “Jesse Stone” movies) is 51. Guitarist Tom Linton of Jimmy Eat World is 50. Singer J.C. Chasez of ‘N Sync is 49. Actor Tawny Cypress (“Heroes”) is 49. Singer Drew Lachey of 98 Degrees is 49. Singer Marsha Ambrosius (Floetry) is 48. Actor Lindsay Sloane (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) is 48. Actor Countess Vaughn (“The Parkers,” ″Moesha”) is 47. Actor Michael Urie (“Ugly Betty”) is 45. Guitarist Eric Howk of Portugal. The Man is 44. Actor Ken Baumann (“The Secret Life of the American Teenager”) is 36. Actor Bebe Wood (“The Real O’Neals”) is 24.
Other popular or historical birthdays on August 8th
- Jerry Tarkanian, college basketball coach
- Roger Federer, pro tennis star (44)
- Princess Beatrice of York (37)
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