December 7th, 2007 - Happy Birthday Aaron Carter!

He came to fame as a pop and hip hop singer in the late-1990s, establishing himself as a star among preteen and teenage audiences during the early-2000s.

Carter, who has also launched an acting career, is known for media reports regarding his personal life, including his relationships with now former teen actresses Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan, and his legal problems, some involving his mother.

Carter was born at the Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida, where his parents ran the Garden Villa Retirement Home, the family was originally from upstate New York, where his brother, Nick, was born. Carter is named after his paternal grandfather (Aaron Charles Carter), and has some Blackfoot, as well as possibly Spanish, ancestry. Aside from his older brother, Nick (known as a member of the Backstreet Boys), he also has three sisters: twin sister Angel (a model), BJ and Leslie. He also has an older half-sister named Ginger, from his father’s first marriage, and a younger half-brother, Kaden (from his father’s new marriage). He also has a younger step-sister, Taelyn, by his father’s new wife.

Carter attended the Frank D. Miles Elementary School and the Ruskin School in Florida.

Carter is active in sports, including water sports (surfing, swimming, scuba diving, kayaking), soccer, golf, baseball, football and motocross bike racing. He is also an avid basketball player; he plays basketball with his tour mates, and has been known to shoot baskets on stage during his concerts. He partnered with athlete Shaquille O’Neal for the music video to “That’s How I Beat Shaq”. In January 2005, he joined brother Nick in Whittier, California and played a game with the Hollywood Knights celebrity basketball team, raising money for local Los Angeles schools.

In addition to sports, Carter enjoys working out. At the age of fourteen, he took up weightlifting and boosted his body weight from 120 lb to 140 lb, adding 20lbs of pure muscle to his body. He bulked up mainly in his arms, abs and pecs. He is also a gymnast, and frequently performs back flips, handstands, and one-arm cartwheels in his concert appearances.

Carter is also a passionate advocate for the protection of the Everglades habitat in his native Florida. At the age of fifteen he appeared in a United States Coast Guard video promoting the use of life jackets among boaters and anglers. Carter enjoys being barefoot and many pictures of his feet have appeared on internet message boards and websites.

Eli Wallach-Actor -92
Ellen Burstyn-Actress -75
Priscilla Barnes-Actress -52
C. Thomas Howell-Actor -41
Shiri Appleby-Actress -29

DISCLAIMER: This posting was submitted by a user of the site not from The Insider editorial staff. All users have acknowledged and agreed that the submission of their story and its contents is in compliance with our Terms of Use.