Today's celebrity birthdays: April 9, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Michael Learned, Dennis Quaid, and Kristen Stewart! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for April 9 2026:

Actress Michael Learned (1939) won three Emmy Awards for playing Olivia Walton on "The Waltons." She recently appeared on the Netflix series "Dahmer" and stars in the film "Our Crossroads."

Actor Dennis Quaid (1954) became a leading man in the 1980s with roles in "The Right Stuff" and "The Big Easy." He starred as Ronald Reagan in "Reagan" and as serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson on "Happy Face."

Fashion designer Marc Jacobs (1963) launched his namesake label in 1986 and became the youngest designer ever to win the CFDA Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent. He served as creative director of Louis Vuitton from 1997 to 2013 and continues to show new collections under his own name.

Actress Cynthia Nixon (1966) won an Emmy for playing Miranda Hobbes on "Sex and the City." She stars as Ada Brook on "The Gilded Age" and reprised Miranda on "And Just Like That."

Singer Gerard Way (1977) co-founded My Chemical Romance and helped define a generation of rock with the album "The Black Parade." He also created the comic series "The Umbrella Academy," which was adapted into a Netflix series.

Actress Leighton Meester (1986) starred as Blair Waldorf on "Gossip Girl" for the show's full run. She currently has a recurring role on the HBO comedy "I Love LA."

Singer-actor Jesse McCartney (1987) scored a platinum-selling hit with "Beautiful Soul" in 2004 after rising through the boy band Dream Street. He has since voiced Roxas in the "Kingdom Hearts" video game series and competed as the Turtle on "The Masked Singer."

Actress Kristen Stewart (1990) became a global star playing Bella Swan in the "Twilight" saga. She earned an Oscar nomination for playing Princess Diana in "Spencer" and made her directorial feature film debut with "The Chronology of Water" at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

Actress Elle Fanning (1998) broke out in "Super 8" and went on to star on "The Great." She earned an Oscar nomination for "Sentimental Value" and next plays Effie Trinket in "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping."

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Journalist Peter Gammons (1945), TV host Joe Scarborough (1963), Actor Mark Pellegrino (1965), Model Paulina Porizkova (1965), Singer Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance (1977), Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam (1979), Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. of The Strokes (1980), Actor Jay Baruchel (1982), Singer Jazmine Sullivan (1987), Singer Lil Nas X (1999), Singer Jackie Evancho (2000)