Happy birthday, Mr. President! In honor of Obama’s special day, here are nine other celebs who you probably never knew had birthdays in the very same year as the commander in chief.
Ian Somerhalder (December 8)
Who would’ve guessed? The Lost star and model was born on December 8, mere months away from the sitting president’s August 4 birthday!
Lily Allen (May 2)
Still believe in the Zodiac? Our mild-mannered president couldn’t be more different from this sassy British songstress, yet their birthdays fall in the exact same year.
Bruno Mars (October 8)
You can look it up: Exactly 24 years, four months and four days separate the births of these two global sensations, with Barack’s 53rd occurring in the same calendar year as Bruno’s 28th. Eerie.
Vanessa Hudgens (December 14)
It’s a good year for famous people, that’s for sure. Hudgens turns 26 on December 14.
Shakira (February 2)
Like peas in a pod! Obama’s b-day is today, Aug. 4, 2014, while Shakira’s was Sunday, Feb. 2 of—you guessed it—2014.
George H.W. Bush (June 12), Bill Clinton (August 19), and George W. Bush (July 6)
It almost seems like too much of a coincidence to be pure chance, but the last four presidents (including Obama) will all have turned a year older by the time 2014 is through. Can you say “conspiracy”?
Jeremy Renner (January 7)
Renner is yet another superstar with a birthday in the same year as America’s chief executive…and let’s not forget, the same year as the rest of these celebs.