Famous People
101: Adam Sandler
Name: Adam Sandler
Birth Name: Adam Richard Sandler
Birthdate: Sept. 9, 1966
Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR ADAM SANDLER
While performing at an L.A. comedy club, man-child Sandler
102: Andy Samberg
Name: Andy Samberg
Birth Name: David Andrew Samberg
Birthdate: Aug. 18, 1978
Birthplace: Berkeley, Calif.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR ANDY SAMBERG
Hailing from the West Coast, Samberg (nicknamed "Ar
103: Winona Ryder
Name: Winona Ryder
Birth Name: Winona Laura Horowitz
Birthdate: Oct. 29, 1971
Birthplace: Winona, Minn.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR WINONA RYDER
She grew up in a hippie commune-type ranch that had no ele
104: Meg Ryan
Name: Meg Ryan
Birth Name: Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra
Birthdate: Nov. 19, 1961
Birthplace: Fairfield, Conn.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MEG RYAN
The diner fake-orgasm scene in When Harry Met Sally. Wh
105: Keri Russell
Name: Keri Russell
Birth Name: Keri Lynn Russell
Birthdate: March 23, 1976
Birthplace: Fountain Valley, Calif.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR KERI RUSSELL
Keri Russell cut her cutie-pie teeth as a member of
106: Geoffrey Rush
Name: Geoffrey Rush
Birth Name: Geoffrey Rush
Birthdate: July 6, 1951
Birthplace: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR GEOFFREY RUSH
Rush started out as a classical stage actor in
107: Mark Ruffalo
Name: Mark Ruffalo
Birth Name: Mark Alan Ruffalo
Birthdate: Nov. 22, 1967
Birthplace: Kenosha, Wis.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MARK RUFFALO
Mark Ruffalo worked up the Hollywood ladder the old fashion wa
108: Paul Rudd
Name: Paul Rudd
Birth Name: Paul Stephen Rudd
Birthdate: April 6, 1969
Birthplace: Passaic, N.J.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR PAUL RUDD
The boyishly charming Rudd has demonstrated there is a lot going on
109: Brandon Routh
Name: Brandon Routh
Birth Name: Brandon James Routh
Birthdate: Oct. 9, 1979
Birthplace: Des Moines, Iowa
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR BRANDON ROUTH
Who knew that this 6-foot-2½ fella from the Midwe
110: Rebecca Romijn
Name: Rebecca Romijn
Birth Name: Rebecca Romijn
Birthdate: Nov. 6, 1972
Birthplace: Berkeley, Calif.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR REBECCA ROMIJN
Rebecca Romijn (pronounced like the lettuce) grew up in the
111: Ginger Rogers
Name: Ginger Rogers
Birth Name: Virginia Katherine McMath
Birthdate: July 16, 1911
Date of Death: April 25, 1995
Birthplace: Independence, Mo.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR GINGER ROGERS
Touring the vaude
112: Seth Rogen
Name: Seth Rogen
Birth Name: Seth Rogen
Birthdate: April 15, 1982
Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR SETH ROGEN
Rogen felt the call of comedy at an early age, beg
113: Chris Rock
Name: Chris Rock
Birth Name: Chris Rock
Birthdate: Feb. 7, 1965
Birthplace: Andrews, S.C.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR CHRIS ROCK
The New York Times has called Rock "probably the funniest and smartes
114: Julia Roberts
Name: Julia Roberts
Birth Name: Julie Fiona Roberts
Birthdate: Oct. 28, 1967
Birthplace: Smyrna, Ga.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JULIA ROBERTS
Roberts first hit the big time as the streetwalking Cinderel
115: Emma Roberts
Name: Emma Roberts
Birth Name: Emma Rose Roberts
Birthdate: Feb 10, 1991
Birthplace: Rhinebeck, New York
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR EMMA ROBERTS
The daughter of actor Eric Roberts, Emma grew up on the s
116: Tim Robbins
Name: Tim Robbins
Birth Name: Timothy Francis Robbins
Birthdate: Oct. 16, 1958
Birthplace: West Covina, Calif.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR TIM ROBBINS
The son of folk singer Gil Robbins, Tim was raised i
117: Dakota Blue Richards
Name: Dakota Blue Richards
Birth Name: Dakota Blue Richards
Birthdate: April 11, 1994
Birthplace: Brighton, England
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR DAKOTA BLUE RICHARDS
Born in Brighton, England to an Americ
118: Christina Ricci
Name: Christina Ricci
Birth Name: Christina Ricci
Birthdate: Feb. 12, 1980
Birthplace: Santa Monica, Calif.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR CHRISTINA RICCI
The daughter of a lawyer and a model, Christina Ric
119: Ryan Reynolds
Name: Ryan Reynolds
Birth Name: Ryan Rodney Reynolds
Birthdate: October 23, 1976
Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR RYAN REYNOLDS
As a kid, Reynolds was determine
120: John C. Reilly
Name: John C. Reilly
Birth Name: John Christopher Reilly
Birthdate: May 24, 1965
Birthplace: Chicago, Ill.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JOHN C. REILLY
With an unassuming face suitable for playing either a
121: Keanu Reeves
Name: Keanu Reeves
Birth Name: Keanu Charles Reeves
Birthdate: Sept. 2, 1964
Birthplace: Beirut, Lebanon
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR KEANU REEVES
Although he gained attention for his roles in 1986's Rive
122: Vanessa Redgrave
Name: Vanessa Redgrave
Birth Name: Vanessa Redgrave
Birthdate: Jan. 30, 1937
Birthplace: London
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR VANESSA REDGRAVE
Born into one of the remaining theatrical family dynasties, sh
123: Robert Redford
Name: Robert Redford
Birth Name: Charles Robert Redford Jr.
Birthdate: Aug. 18, 1937
Birthplace: Santa Monica, Calif.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR ROBERT REDFORD
After a rather wild youth and a brief stin
124: Daniel Radcliffe
Name: Daniel Radcliffe
Birth Name: Daniel Jacob Radcliffe
Birthdate: July 23, 1989
Birthplace: London, England
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR DANIEL RADCLIFFE
Since age 5, Daniel Radcliffe has wanted to bec
125: Maggie Q
Name: Maggie Q
Birth Name: Margaret Denise Quigley
Birthdate: May 22, 1979
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MAGGIE Q
The youngest of five children, Quigley (shortened to 'Q' for h
126: Freddie Prinze Jr.
Name: Freddie Prinze Jr.
Birth Name: Freddie James Prinze Jr
Birthdate: March 8, 1976
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR FREDDIE PRINZE JR.
This baby-faced actor got his start playin
127: Jaime Pressly
Name: Jaime Pressly
Birth Name: Jaime Elizabeth Pressly
Birthdate: July 30, 1977
Birthplace: Kinston, North Carolina
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JAIME PRESSLY
This Southern belle got her start as a model
128: Parker Posey
Name: Parker Posey
Birth Name: Parker Christian Posey
Birthdate: Nov. 8, 1968
Birthplace: Baltimore, Md.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR PARKER POSEY
After studying theater at the University of New York at P
129: Natalie Portman
Name: Natalie Portman
Birth Name: Natalie Hershlag
Birthdate: June 9, 1981
Birthplace: Jerusalem
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR NATALIE PORTMAN
Portman first gained notoriety at the age of 12 for her role i
130: Brad Pitt
Name: Brad Pitt
Birth Name: William Bradley Pitt
Birthdate: Dec. 18, 1963
Birthplace: Shawnee, Okla.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR BRAD PITT
The son of a trucker father and a guidance counselor mother, Pit
131: Chris Pine
Name: Chris Pine
Birth Name: Christopher Pine
Birthdate: Aug. 26, 1980
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR CHRIS PINE
Thisblue-eyed model-type spent his early career playing the requi
132: Joaquin Phoenix
Name: Joaquin Phoenix
Birth Name: Joaquin Rafael Phoenix
Birthdate: Oct. 28, 1974
Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JOAQUIN PHOENIX
Joaquin Phoenix marches to a different drum
133: Ryan Phillippe
Name: Ryan Phillippe
Birth Name: Matthew Ryan Phillippe
Birthdate: Sept. 10, 1974
Birthplace: New Castle, Del.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR RYAN PHILLIPPE
One half of a young Hollywood power couple alongs
134: Michelle Pfeiffer
Name: Michelle Pfeiffer
Birth Name: Michelle Marie Pfeiffer
Birthdate: April 29, 1958
Birthplace: Santa Ana, Calif.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MICHELLE PFEIFFER
Yes, she's blessed with good genes, but P
135: Sean Penn
Name: Sean Penn
Birth Name: Sean Justin Penn
Birthdate: Aug. 17, 1960
Birthplace: Santa Monica, Calif.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR SEAN PENN
Though he's no longer thought of as a funnyman — not by
136: Amanda Peet
Name: Amanda Peet
Birth Name: Amanda Peet
Birthdate: Jan. 11, 1972
Birthplace: New York, N.Y.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR AMANDA PEET
Amanda Peet started out doing bit parts in TV shows in the mid-'90s,
137: Sarah Jessica Parker
Name: Sarah Jessica Parker
Birth Name: Sarah Jessica Parker
Birthdate: March 25, 1965
Birthplace: Nelsonville, Ohio
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR SARAH JESSICA PARKER
Sarah Jessica Parker will forever be a
138: Anna Paquin
Name: Anna Paquin
Birth Name: Anna Helene Paquin
Birthdate: July 24, 1982
Birthplace: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR ANNA PAQUIN
Anna Paquin was just an unknown kid when she was p
139: Gwyneth Paltrow
Name: Gwyneth Paltrow
Birth Name: Gwyneth Kate Paltrow
Birthdate: Sept. 28, 1972
Birthplace: Los Angeles
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR GWYNETH PALTROW
The daughter of actress Blythe Danner and television p
140: Ellen Page
Name: Ellen Page
Birth Name: Ellen Philpotts-Page
Birthdate: Feb. 21, 1987
Birthplace: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR ELLEN PAGE
A self-described tomboy, Page made her first app
141: Al Pacino
Name: Al Pacino
Birth Name: Alfredo James Pacino
Birthdate: April 25, 1940
Birthplace: New York City
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR AL PACINO
Arguably one of the greatest actors in modern history, Pacino ro
142: Clive Owen
Name: Clive Owen
Birth Name: Clive Owen
Birthdate: Oct. 3, 1964
Birthplace: Keresley, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR CLIVE OWEN
A classically trained stage actor from England
143: Peter O'Toole
Name: Peter O'Toole
Birth Name: Peter Seamus O'Toole
Birthdate: Aug. 24, 1932
Birthplace: Connemara, Ireland
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR PETER O'TOOLE
Though born on the Emerald Isle, O'Toole was raised
144: Gary Oldman
Name: Gary Oldman
Birth Name: Leonard Gary Oldman
Birthdate: March 21, 1958
Birthplace: London
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR GARY OLDMAN
After receiving his B.A. in Drama in 1979 from the Rose Bruford Coll
145: Edward Norton
Name: Edward Norton
Birth Name: Edward James Norton Jr.
Birthdate: Aug. 18, 1969
Birthplace: Boston
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR EDWARD NORTON
Before he hit the age of 30, Edward Norton had already receiv
146: Jack Nicholson
Name: Jack Nicholson
Birth Name: John Joseph Nicholson
Birthdate: April 22, 1937
Birthplace: New York
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JACK NICHOLSON
After a decade of roles in second-rate horror and motorcyc
147: Paul Newman
Name: Paul Newman
Birth Name: Paul Leonard Newman
Birthdate: Jan. 26, 1925
Birthplace: Shaker Heights, Ohio
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR PAUL NEWMAN
Paul Newman has managed to maintain his matinee-idol st
148: Liam Neeson
Name: Liam Neeson
Birth Name: William John Neeson
Birthdate: June 7, 1952
Birthplace: Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR LIAM NEESON
Neeson grew up in
149: Mike Myers
Name: Mike Myers
Birth Name: Michael Myers
Birthdate: May 25, 1963
Birthplace: Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR MIKE MYERS
Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels discovered M
150: Bill Murray
Name: Bill Murray
Birth Name: William James Murray
Birthdate: Sept. 21, 1950
Birthplace: Wilmette, Ill.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR BILL MURRAY
After a brief stint in college, Bill Murray and his brother
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