Birthday wishes go out to Yvette Nicole Brown, Rebecca Gayheart 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 12th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on August 12, 2025
George Hamilton enjoys an In-N-Out burger outside the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Sunset Tower in Los Angeles, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri)ASSOCIATED PRESS
Actor George Hamilton turns 86
Fun fact: Auditioned to be host of “The Price is Right” after Bob Barker retired.
Actors Bruce Greenwood, left, and Jenna Elfman attends the premiere of AMC’s “Dark Winds” Season 3 at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian on Thursday, Mar. 6, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)Andy Kropa/Invision/AP
Actor Bruce Greenwood turns 69
Fun fact: Went to college at the University of British Columbia.
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Yvette Nicole Brown poses at the premiere of the film “Number One on the Call Sheet” at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Actress Yvette Nicole Brown turns 54
Fun fact: Portrayed a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in “Avengers: Endgame.”
Rebecca Gayheart arrives at the 2019 Sean Penn J/P HRO & Disaster Relief Organizations Gala at The Wiltern Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP
Actress Rebecca Gayheart turns 54
Fun fact: Played one of the reapers on the series “Dead Like Me.”
Caylee Cowan, left, and Casey Affleck attend the Apple Original Films premiere of “The Instigators” at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Actor Casey Affleck turns 50
Fun fact: Won an Oscar for Best Actor for his role in “Manchester By The Sea.”
Cara Delevingne poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Colours of Time’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Natacha Pisarenko/Invision/AP
Actress Cara Delevingne turns 33
Fun fact: Appeared in the music video for Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood.”
More celebrities with birthdays today
Actor Dana Ivey is 84. Actor Jennifer Warren is 84. Singer-guitarist Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is 76. Actor Jim Beaver (“Supernatural”) is 75. Singer Kid Creole (of Kid Creole and the Coconuts) is 75. Actor Sam J. Jones (“Flash Gordon”) is 71. Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is 71. Country singer Danny Shirley of Confederate Railroad is 69. Guitarist Roy Hay of Culture Club is 64. Rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot is 62. Actor Peter Krause (“Parenthood,” ″Six Feet Under”) is 60. Actor Brent Sexton (“The Killing,” ″Deadwood”) is 58. Actor Michael Ian Black (“Ed”) is 54. Actor Maggie Lawson (“Psych”) is 45. Actor Dominique Swain (“Lolita,” “Face/Off”) is 45. Actor Leah Pipes (“The Originals”) is 37. Actor Lakeith Stanfield (“Atlanta”) is 34. Actor Imani Hakim (“Mythic Quest,” “Everybody Hates Chris”) is 32.
Other popular or historical birthdays on August 12thRobert Mills, architect – Washington MonumentCecil B. DeMille, directorPete Sampras, pro tennis champ (54)
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