Today's celebrity birthdays: August 16, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Julie Newmar, Madonna, and Steve Carell! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for August 16, 2026:

Actress Julie Newmar (1933) took home the Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Play for "The Marriage-Go-Round" and created Catwoman on TV's "Batman" in a costume the Smithsonian now owns. She came back 50 years later to voice Catwoman in "Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders" and "Batman vs. Two-Face."

Actor Reginald VelJohnson (1952) is the cop on the other end of the radio in "Die Hard" and spent the '90s anchoring "Family Matters" as Carl Winslow. He took a turn on "Dancing With the Stars" and showed up for the holiday edition of "Celebrity Weakest Link."

TV host Kathie Lee Gifford (1953) got her name into the title of "Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee" and later brought the wine to the fourth hour of "Today." She wrote "I Want to Matter" and followed it with "Nero and Paul: How the Gospel of Grace Defeated the Ruler of Rome."