Quite possibly one of the coolest people to grace the face of the earth, David Bowie is 62 today. Major Tom and everyone else wishes him a most excellent birthday. (Photo by Rob Loud/Getty Images)
January 8th is a great day for British singers. Dame Shirley Bassey is 72 and fabulous. (Photo by Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images)
For us Americans, notsomuch. R. Kelly is one year older than the next underage girl he might come into contact with. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Sean Paul’s got the right temperature for keepin you warm - which is good since his birthday is in January. The reggaeton rapper turns 36 today. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for Y-3)
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Gabby Hoffman, you need to go out and get someone to take more pictures of you! This one is so old and so terrible - which is a bad thing for your birthday. Either way, you are 27 today. (Photo by Lawrence Lucier/Getty Images)
While fellow birthday boy R. Kelly is singing about sex in the kitchen, Wolfgang Puck is whipping up something equally/possibly much more delicious: Food! The celebrity chef turns 60 today. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Actress Sarah Polley is celebrating her big 3-0 this year. Congrats! (Photo by C.J. LaFrance/Getty Images)
Actress Rachel Nichols is as cute as can be in this photo but she’s also steamed up the cover of Maxim Magazine. She turns 29 today. (Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage)