Today's celebrity birthdays: April 5, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like Max Gail, Agnetha Fältskog, and Pharrell Williams! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for April 5 2026:
Actor Max Gail (1943) became a household name and Emmy nominee as the lovable, bumbling Detective Stan "Wojo" Wojciehowicz on the ABC sitcom "Barney Miller." He took on the role of Mike Corbin on "General Hospital" in 2018 and won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2019 and 2021.
Singer Agnetha Fältskog (1950) scored a No. 1 hit in Sweden with her debut single "Jag var så kär" at 17 and conquered the world as one quarter of ABBA after the group won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo." She reunited with ABBA in 2021 for their first studio album in 40 years, "Voyage," and released her solo album "A+" in 2023.
Singer-producer Pharrell Williams (1973) co-founded the production duo The Neptunes with Chad Hugo and crafted platinum-selling singles like "I'm a Slave 4 U" for Britney Spears and "Hot in Herre" for Nelly before scoring a global smash of his own with "Happy." His Lego-animated biopic "Piece by Piece" hit theaters in 2024, and he currently serves as men's creative director at Louis Vuitton.
