- Born
- November 17, 1960 (age 65)
- Known as
- drag queen, singer-songwriter, television actor, model, presenter, film actor
RuPaul Andre Charles is an American drag queen, television host, singer, producer, writer, and actor. He produces, hosts, and judges the reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race and has received several accolades, including 14 Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, in addition to two Billboard Music Awards, a Critics' Choice Television Award, five GLAAD Media Awards, and a Guinness World Records title. He has been dubbed the "Queen of Drag" and is considered the most commercially successful drag queen in the United States, with Fortune saying that he is "easily the world's most famous drag queen." In 2017, RuPaul was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
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- Rachel McAdams1978 · Canadian actress
- Danny DeVito1944 · American actor, comedian and filmmaker
- Rock Hudson1925 · American actor
- Louis XVIII1755 · King of France from 1814 to 1824
- Bernard Montgomery1887 · British Army officer
- Cyril Ramaphosa1952 · President of South Africa since 2018
- Vespasian9 · Roman emperor from AD 69 to 79
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- Sean Penn1960 · American actor and filmmaker
- Julianne Moore1960 · American actress
- Ayrton Senna1960 · Brazilian racing driver
- Antonio Banderas1960 · Spanish actor
- Colin Firth1960 · English actor and producer
- Jean-Claude Van Damme1960 · Belgian actor and martial artist
- Hugh Grant1960 · English actor