Birthday wishes go out to Jack White, Scott Grimes and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on July 9th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on July 9, 2025
Actor Jimmy Smits turns 70
Fun fact: Was recently unable to reprise his role as Bail Organa in “Andor” and the character was recast with Benjamin Bratt in the role
Actor Tom Hanks turns 69
Fun fact: Tom has also directed episodes of TV series like “Band of Brothers” and “Tales from the Crypt”
Singer Courtney Love turns 61
Fun fact: Her father was a Grateful Dead manager
Musician Jack White turns 50
Fun fact: Appeared as an actor in the film “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Actor Scott Grimes turns 54
Fun fact: His middle name is Christopher
More celebrities with birthdays today
Singer Dee Dee Kenniebrew of The Crystals is 80. Author Dean Koontz is 80. Actor Chris Cooper is 74. TV personality-turned-musician John Tesh is 73. Country singer David Ball is 72. Business leader Kevin O’Leary (“Shark Tank”) is 71. Singer Debbie Sledge of Sister Sledge is 71. Singer Marc Almond of Soft Cell is 68. Actor Kelly McGillis is 68. Singer Jim Kerr of Simple Minds is 66. Bassist Frank Bello of Anthrax is 60. Actor David O’Hara (“The District”) is 60. Actor Pamela Adlon (“King of the Hill,” “Louie”) is 59. Singer-guitarist Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse is 50. Singer Dan Estrin of Hoobastank is 49. Actor Fred Savage is 49. Actor Linda Park (“Star Trek: Enterprise”) is 47. Actor Megan Parlen (“Hang Time”) is 45. Singer-actor Kiely Williams of 3LW (“Cheetah Girls” films) is 39. Actor Mitchel Musso (“Phineas and Ferb,” “Hannah Montana”) is 34. Actor Georgie Henley (“The Chronicles of Narnia”) is 30.
Other popular or historical birthdays on July 9
JP Getty II, oil magnate
Michael Graves, architect
Dean Kootz, sci-fi author (80)
with The Associated Press
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