Today's celebrity birthdays: August 3, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like Martin Sheen, Martha Stewart, and Tom Brady! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for August 3, 2026:
Actor Martin Sheen (1940) broke through with “Badlands” and starred in “Apocalypse Now.” On TV, he played President Josiah Bartlet on “The West Wing” and Robert Hanson on “Grace and Frankie.”
Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart (1941) built a publishing career from “Entertaining” and brought “Martha Stewart Living” to print and television. She later hosted “Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party” and marked book No. 100 with “Martha: The Cookbook.”
Actor-comedian Lisa Ann Walter (1963) created and starred on “Life’s Work,” then played Chessy in “The Parent Trap.” These days, she’s Melissa Schemmenti on “Abbott Elementary.”
DJ Spinderella (1971) got her start with Salt-N-Pepa as a teen and appeared on “Push It,” “Shoop,” and “Whatta Man.” In 2025, she became the first female DJ inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Football player Tom Brady (1977) won six Super Bowls with New England and another with Tampa Bay. He retired with the NFL records for career passing yards and touchdown passes and now calls games as Fox’s lead NFL analyst.
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
Football coach Marv Levy (1925), Actor-director Steven Berkoff (1937), Drummer Jimmie Nicol (1939), Football player Lance Alworth (1940), Singer Beverly Lee of The Shirelles (1941), Actor Philip Casnoff (1949), Director John Landis (1950), Actor Jo Marie Payton (1950), Soccer player-manager Osvaldo Ardiles (1952), Voice actor Corey Burton (1955), Actor Lambert Wilson (1958), Actor John C. McGinley (1959), Actor Molly Hagan (1961), Musician Lee Rocker of Stray Cats (1961), Singer-guitarist James Hetfield of Metallica (1963), Singer Ed Roland of Collective Soul (1963), Actor Isaiah Washington (1963), Singer Tasmin Archer (1963), Basketball player-coach Nate McMillan (1964), Musician Dean Sams of Lonestar (1966), Actor-comedian Brent Butt (1966), Boxer Eric “Butterbean” Esch (1966), Director-actor Mathieu Kassovitz (1967), Singer Skin of Skunk Anansie (1967), Guitarist Stephen Carpenter of Deftones (1970), Video game designer Masahiro Sakurai (1970), Actor Brigid Brannagh (1972), Actor Melissa Ponzio (1972), Voice actor Sumalee Montano (1972), Actor Michael Ealy (1973), Actor Stephen Graham (1973), Director Justin Kurzel (1974), Musician Jimmy De Martini of Zac Brown Band (1976), Baseball player Troy Glaus (1976), Actor-comedian Sunil Grover (1977), Actor Evangeline Lilly (1979), Actor Hannah Simone (1980), Singer Nadia Ali (1980), Voice actor Travis Willingham (1981), Actor Mamie Gummer (1983), Soccer player Sunil Chhetri (1984), Swimmer Ryan Lochte (1984), Singer Holly Arnstein of Dream (1985), Actor Georgina Haig (1985), Musician Brent Kutzle of OneRepublic (1985), Rugby player-boxer Sonny Bill Williams (1985), Rapper DRAM (1988), Singer Sierra Ferrell (1988), Model Jourdan Dunn (1990), Model Karlie Kloss (1992), Football player Todd Gurley (1994), Actor-singer Cozi Zuehlsdorff (1998), Actor Chandler Kinney (2000)
