Famous people born today – celebrity birthdays for April 20 – Miranda Kerr, Carmen Electra and Andy Serkis
HAPPY Birthday to everyone celebrating today, and did you know you share it with these famous faces?
These celebs were born today… but are there any milestone birthdays in the bunch?
Whose birthday is it today?
Miranda Kerr, 35
Australian model Miranda Kerr turns 35 and will be celebrating what has been a big year for her.
She tied the knot with Snapchat billionaire Evan Spiegal in May 2017 and they have announced they are having a baby.
Miranda was previously married to Orlando Bloom, the father of her son Flynn, six, from 2010 to 2013.
The star shot to fame after being made a Victoria's Secret Angel in 2007. She has since launched a range of organic skincare products called KORA Organics.
Carmen Electra, 46
American actress, singer and dancer Carmen Electra, born Tara Leigh Patrick, entered the public eye when she modelled for Playboy magazine.
She took up the stage name of Carmen Electra when she started her singing career, and she later ended up starring in Baywatch as lifeguard Lani McKenzie.
Since then, she's gone on to star in the likes of American Vampire, Scary Movie and Epic Movie.
She's been married twice, firstly to Dennis Rodman between 1998 and 1999, and then to Dave Navarro from 2003 to 2007.
Andy Serkis, 54
Talented actor Andy Serkis has had an impressive year, starring in huge blockbusters Star Wars: The Last Jedi and as Ulysses Klaue in Black Panther.
The British star is renown for playing the role of Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
He has been married to actress Lorraine Ashbourne since July 2002, and the couple has three children called Ruby, Sonny and Louis.
What about these legends?
William Shakespeare’s birthday is normally celebrated on April 23, although the exact date is unknown.
The poet was baptised in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564, leading to the assumption that he was born three days before.
He also passed away on April 23, 1616, making it a popular legend that he died on his birthday.
Legendary cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who passed away on March 14, 2018, was born in Oxford on January 8, 1942.
The Beatles’ John Lennon, who was shot dead in New York on December 8, 1980, at the age of 40, was born in Liverpool on October 9, 1940.
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Elizabeth II, who’s been the Queen of England since 1952, was born in Mayfair, London, on April 21, 1926.
The Queen also has an ‘official birthday’, which she celebrates on the second Saturday in June.
WW2 Prime Minister Winston Churchill celebrated his birthday on November 30.
He was born in Bleinham Palace, Oxfordshire, in 1874 – and passed away on January 24, 1965.