Today's celebrity birthdays: January 29, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Katharine Ross, Tom Selleck, and Sara Gilbert! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for January 29, 2026:

Actress Katharine Ross (1940) became the face of the New Hollywood era with a Golden Globe-winning turn in "The Graduate" and a BAFTA-winning performance in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." She later brought her star power to the cult favorite "The Stepford Wives" and the mind-bending "Donnie Darko."

Actor Tom Selleck (1945) won an Emmy driving the Ferrari in "Magnum, P.I." and charmed a new generation as Dr. Richard Burke on "Friends." He recently released his memoir "You Never Know" and concluded a fourteen-season run as Commissioner Frank Reagan on "Blue Bloods."

Media mogul Oprah Winfrey (1954) collected a small army of Daytime Emmys for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" while cementing her acting credentials in "The Color Purple" and "Beloved." She later expanded her reach by founding "O, The Oprah Magazine" and the OWN cable network.