Today's celebrity birthdays: January 7, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Kenny Loggins, Katie Couric, and Nicolas Cage! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for January 7, 2026:

Singer Kenny Loggins (1948) launched his career in Loggins and Messina, singing and writing sing-alongs like "Your Mama Don't Dance." As a solo artist, he became a soundtrack mainstay with "Footloose" and took home a Song of the Year Grammy for co-writing "What a Fool Believes."

TV anchor Katie Couric (1957) spent 15 years steering "Today," then moved to the evening desk on "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric" as the first woman to solo-anchor a network nightly newscast. She went on to report for "60 Minutes," host the daytime show "Katie," and receive the New York Emmy Governors Award.

Actor Nicolas Cage (1964) won the Best Actor Oscar for "Leaving Las Vegas," and he kept mainstream audiences close with crowd-pleasers like "The Rock" and "National Treasure." In 2024, he disappeared into heavy makeup for the horror hit "Longlegs."