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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today: Madonna Age: 54 Occupation: Singer, “Actress” and Attention-Hog Known For: Being the world’s top-selling female recording artist of all time, dozens of hit singles you no doubt know by heart, her controversial personal life, and recent stage antics that have served only to make her reek of desperation

Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today: Ben Affleck Age: 40 Occupation: Actor, Director and Screenwriter Known For: Winning an Oscar with Matt Damon for writing ‘Good Will Hunting,’ roles in films such as ‘Armageddon,’ ‘Shakespeare in Love’ and ‘Hollywoodland,’ receiving critical acclaim for directing the movies ‘Gone Baby Gone’ and ‘The Town,’ and his marriage to actress J

Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today: David Crosby Age: 72 Occupation: Singer, Songwriter and Musician Known For: Hits such as ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ while with The Byrds and ‘Woodstock’ and ‘Southern Cross’ while with Crosby, Stills & Nash, his 1995 liver transplant, and being the biological father of two of Melissa Etheridge’s children

Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today: Danny Bonaduce Age: 53 Occupation: Radio Personality and Former Child Actor Known For: Playing precocious middle brother Danny on 1970s sitcom ‘The Partridge Family,’ his reality show ‘Breaking Bonaduce,’ a messy private life, and being the morning drive-time host on Seattle radio station KZOK-FM

Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today: Antonio Banderas Age: 52 Occupation: Actor Known For: Films such as ‘Evita,’ ‘The Mask of Zorro’ and ‘Philadelphia,’ his voiceover work as the bee in the Nasonex ads and in the ‘Shrek’ and ‘Puss in Boots’ franchises, and his marriage to plastic-surgery victim Melanie Griffith

Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today: Melanie Griffith Age: 55 Occupation: Actress Known For: Her Academy Award-nominated turn in the 1988 film ‘Working Girl,’ other work in ‘The Bonfire of the Vanities’ and ‘Pacific Heights,’ a former longtime relationship with Don Johnson, her current marriage to Antonio Banderas, and spending just a little too much time with her plasti

Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today: Dustin Hoffman Age: 75 Occupation: Actor Known For: A half-century of work on stage and screen, including Academy Awards for his roles in ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ and ‘Rain Man’ and other notable work in movies like ‘The Graduate,’ ‘Midnight Cowboy,’ ‘All the President’s Men,’ ‘Tootsie’ and ‘Wag the Dog’

Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today: M. Night Shyamalan Age: 42 Occupation: Screenwriter, Director and Producer Known For: Movies with contemporary supernatural plots and twist endings such as the Oscar-nominated ‘The Sixth Sense,’ other films including ‘Signs,’ ‘The Village’ and ‘The Last Airbender,’ and co-founding the production company Night Chronicles

Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today: Tony Bennett Age: 86 Occupation: Singer Known For: His signature song ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco,’ winning 17 Grammys and two Emmys, selling more than 50 million records worldwide, collaborating with dozens of other artists including Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga and Barbra Streisand, and just being impossibly cool

Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today: Slash Age: 47 Occupation: Songwriter and Musician Known For: Tolerating Axl Rose during his long stint as Guns N’ Roses mop-haired, top-hatted guitarist, providing memorable riffs and solos in songs like ‘Sweet Child o’ Mine,’ ‘November Rain’ and ‘Welcome to the Jungle,’ and co-founding the supergroup Velvet Revolver

Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today: Brian May Age: 65 Occupation: Songwriter and Musician Known For: Playing guitar with the legendary band Queen and writing such hits as ‘We Will Rock You,’ ‘Who Wants to Live Forever,’ ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’ and ‘I Want it All,’ having a PhD in astrophysics, and being ranked No. 26 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Gui

Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today: Nelson Mandela Age: 94 Occupation: South African Activist and Politician Known For: His tireless anti-apartheid work, surviving 27 years in a brutal prison, being the first South African president elected in a fully representative democratic election, and receiving more than 250 awards over four decades including the Nobel Peace Prize