Today's celebrity birthdays: January 3, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Stephen Stills, Mel Gibson, and Danica McKellar! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for January 3, 2026:

Singer Stephen Stills (1945) wrote the Buffalo Springfield anthem "For What It's Worth" and carried that sharp guitar-and-melody approach into Crosby, Stills & Nash classics like "Wooden Ships." He reunited with Graham Nash onstage in 2025 for the FireAid benefit concert in Los Angeles.

Actor-director Mel Gibson (1956) became an action mainstay in both "Mad Max" and "Lethal Weapon." He won the Best Director and Best Picture Oscars for "Braveheart," and earned another Best Director nomination for "Hacksaw Ridge."

Actress Danica McKellar (1975) grew up on TV as Winnie Cooper on "The Wonder Years." She has kept leading made-for-TV romances, and built a second lane as a math author with titles like "Math Doesn't Suck," and "Kiss My Math."