If it’s your birthday today, you already have enough reasons to celebrate.
We bring you a few extra reasons to feel special today, with a list of the famous personalities you share your birthday with.
Fawad Khan
Fawad Afzal Khan is an actor-singer-model by profession. He was born in Karachi, Pakistan in 1981. The actor holds a bachelors degree in Computer Engineering. By the age of 20 he was able to play the guitar and drums.
He started his career in Pakistan’s television industry in the year 2001, entered the Pakistani film industry in 2007 and made his debut in Bollywood in 2014. In 2015 he became the first actor in the history of Pakistan to have received a ‘Filmfare Award’ for best debut male actor.
Not many would know that the singer also owns a clothing brand called ‘Silk’.
Anna Faris
Anna Kay Faris is an American actor. She was born in Maryland, US and started acting at the age of nine with the Seattle Repertory Theatre. The actor holds a degree in English Literature from the University of Washington.
In 2004 and 2011, she was listed in the lists of Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of the year.
Her big break in the film industry was with the horror-comedy film ‘Scary Movie’.
Lalit Modi
Lalit Kumar Modi is an an Indian businessman by profession. He was born in Delhi in 1963. He is best known for being the first Chairman and commissioner of ‘Indian Premier League (IPL)’.
Modi did his schooling from Bishop Cotton School in Shimla and pursued Electrical Engineering and Business Administration from the Pace University and Duke University respectively.
It is a lesser known fact that Modi was elected as the Vice-President of the Punjab Cricket Association. The Time Magazine has ranked him 16th in a list of the world's best sports executives.
Lucas Black
Lucas York Black is an American Television and film actor.
He entered the film industry in 1994 with a movie called ‘The War’. He has won several honours and awards for his contribution to the American entertainment industry.
He won the ‘Best Performance by a Younger Actor’ award from Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films for his performance in ‘Sling Blade.’ The same performance fetched him a ‘Young Artist Award’ as well as a ‘YoungStar Award’ under the categories ‘Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor’ and ‘Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film’.
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