By Wonderwall.com Editors
9:01am PST, Jan 1, 2022
While everyone celebrates New Year's Eve with champagne, confetti and counting down as the ball drops, some celebrities are also celebrating their birthdays! Wonderwall.com is taking a look at the stars who were born on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1… starting with this singer… Joey McIntyre of New Kids on the Block fame was born on New Year's Eve in Needham, Massachusetts, in 1972.
Keep reading to see more celebrities who were born on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1…
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Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins celebrates his birthday on Dec. 31. The Oscar winner was born in 1937 in Wales.
"Frasier" and Broadway star Bebe Neuwirth rings in her birthday on Dec. 31 every year. She was born in 1958.
Late music star John Denver was born on New Year's Eve 1943 in Roswell, New Mexico. He passed away in an aircraft accident in 1997.
"Austin Powers" franchise star Verne Troyer was born on Jan. 1, 1969, in Sturgis, Michigan. The diminutive actor passed away at 49 in 2018.
Three-time Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Gabby Douglas was born on New Year's Eve in 1995.
Fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg was born on Dec. 31, 1946.
Sir Ben Kingsley was born on New Year's Eve 1943 in the United Kingdom.
The late Donna Summer celebrated her birthday on Dec. 31. The Queen of Disco was born in 1948 and died in 2012.
Elin Nordegren — who's better known as golfer Tiger Woods' ex-wife — was born on Jan. 1, 1980, in Stockholm, Sweden. (So was her twin sister, Josefin.)
Prolific romance author Nicholas Sparks was welcomed into the world on New Year's Eve 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Drew Taggart of the Chainsmokers fame spends a lot of time in Las Vegas clubs, so it feels fitting that he has a New Year's Eve birthday. The DJ was born on Dec. 31 in 1989.
South Korean singer Psy rings in his birthday in "Gangnam Style" every year on New Year's Eve. He was born in 1977.
Four-time Tony Award winner Frank Langella was born on New Year's Day in New Jersey in 1938.
Paul Westerberg, the frontman of the seminal '80s alt rock band the Replacements, was born on Dec. 31, 1959, in Minneapolis.
Rapper Grandmaster Flash was born on New Year's Day in Barbados in 1958.
"Dexter" and "Sex and the City" actor James Remar celebrates his birthday on New Year's Eve. He was born in 1953 in Boston.
Olympic gold medal-winning ice dancer Meryl Davis was born on Jan. 1, 1987, in Royal Oak, Michigan.
