Famous People Born in 1958   

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    MICHAEL JACKSON (1958-2009)

    His 1982 album Thriller is the bestselling album ever, winning thirteen Grammy Awards and having thirteen songs, which reached number one in the US.

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    ELLEN DEGENERES 55

    Hilarious and successful host of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, she has also hosted the Academy Awards.

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    MADONNA 54

    Singer and actress who transformed from Material Girl to Evita.

  • 4
    PRINCE 54

    Purple Rain was one of the thirty Top 40 single hits that this musician had in his career, a great guitarist and singer, often considered a sex symbol.

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    TIM BURTON 54

    Director of the 1989 Batman, Edward Scissorhands, and Beetlejuice, known for casting Johnny Depp and his wife Helena Bonham Carter in his movies.

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    KEVIN BACON 54

    This talented actor's varied roles inspired the Six Degrees game. Some of his best known roles were in Footloose, Hollow Man, Apollo 13, and Sleepers.

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    ICE T 55

    Rapper and actor who starred in such films as Surviving The Game and Judgment Day in 1999.

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    VIGGO MORTENSEN 54

    Portrayed the heroic Aragorn in Lord of the Rings and The Man in Cormac McCarthy's The Road

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    JOAN JETT 54

    Lead singer of The Blackhearts who sung, I Love Rock N' Roll.

  • 10
    ANGELA BASSETT 54

    She won fans as Bernadine Harris in Waiting to Exhale in 1995.

  • 11
    JAMIE LEE CURTIS 54

    Halloween star and the daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, in her early career she often worked with John Carpenter.

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    ALAN JACKSON 54

    Country singer who debuted with Here in the Real World.

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    DREW CAREY 55

    Comedian of his own show and Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

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    ALEC BALDWIN 55

    Actor from a family of actors who married Kim Basinger.

  • 15
    TERRY FOX (1958-1981)

    While battling cancer, he attempted to run across Canada on one leg to raise awareness for cancer research.

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    MICHELLE PFEIFFER 55

    Beautiful and talented actress who starred in movies including Batman Returns, Wold, and What Lies Beneath.

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    SHAUN CASSIDY 54

    Teen idol who is related to Shirley Jones and David Cassidy.

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    ANDREA BOCELLI 54

    Internationally famous operatic tenor who's been blind since age twelve.

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    NIKKI SIXX 54

    Bassist of Motley Crue who is also an author and fashion designer.

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    GARY OLDMAN 55

    Talented actor who played Sid Vicious in Sid & Nancy, Drexl in True Romance, and George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

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