Today's celebrity birthdays: August 31, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Van Morrison, Richard Gere, and Chris Tucker! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for August 31, 2026:

Singer Van Morrison (1945) cut his teeth fronting Them in Belfast and knocked out "Astral Weeks" in three days flat, plus "Moondance" and "Saint Dominic's Preview." He's 48 studio albums deep now, and "Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge" hit number one on the UK jazz and blues chart in January.

Actor Richard Gere (1949) turned into a leading man and a sex symbol with "American Gigolo" and kept it rolling through "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Pretty Woman." He took a Golden Globe for playing Billy Flynn in "Chicago," and "Oh, Canada" premiered at Cannes.

Actor Stephen McKinley Henderson (1949) played Jim Bono in "Fences" and showed up in "Lincoln" and "Lady Bird." He's Thufir Hawat in "Dune," he was in "Civil War," and has a recurring role on "A Man on the Inside."