Today's celebrity birthdays: January 8, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Dame Shirley Bassey, Bob Eubanks, and Cynthia Erivo! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for January 8, 2026:

Dame Shirley Bassey at the 85th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood. February 24, 2013 Los Angeles, CA Picture: Paul Smith

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Singer Dame Shirley Bassey (1937) brought full-volume glamour to the James Bond canon with "Goldfinger," "Diamonds Are Forever," and "Moonraker." In 2024, she was named president of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

LOS ANGELES - DEC 11: Bob Eubanks at the WE tv's Real Love: Relationship Reality at the Paley Center for Media on December 11, 2018 in Beverly Hills, CA

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Game show host Bob Eubanks (1938) won three Emmys as he steered decades of TV fun on "The Newlywed Game" and "Card Sharks."

LOS ANGELES - JAN 5: Kathleen Noone at the "All My Children" Reunion on "Home and Family" Show at Universal Studios on January 5, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA

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Actress Kathleen Noone (1945) specialized in serial storytelling, moving from daytime staples like "As the World Turns," "All My Children," and "Sunset Beach" to prime-time soap drama on "Knots Landing."

Cynthia Erivo wearing dress by Schiaparelli attends 78th annual TONY awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York, NY on June 8, 2025.

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Actress-singer Cynthia Erivo (1987) won a Tony for the Broadway revival of "The Color Purple" and starred as Elphaba in the "Wicked" movies. She's currently preparing a one-woman "Dracula" in London's West End where she'll be playing all 23 characters.

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Fashion designer Carolina Herrera (1939), Country-gospel singer Cristy Lane (1940), Singer Anthony Gourdine of Little Anthony and the Imperials (1941), Singer Juanita Cowart Motley of The Marvelettes (1944), Guitarist Robby Krieger of The Doors (1946), Director John McTiernan (1951), Actress Harriet Sansom Harris (1955), Actress Michelle Forbes (1965), Actress Maria Pitillo (1966), Bassist Jeff Abercrombie of Fuel (1969), Former baseball player Jason Giambi (1971), Singer Sean Paul (1973), Singer-actress Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley (1976), Actress Amber Benson (1977), Actress-director Sarah Polley (1979), Actor Sam Riley (1980), Actress Genevieve Padalecki (1981), Actress Gaby Hoffmann (1982), Guitarist Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo of Gym Class Heroes (1983), Former baseball player Jeff Francoeur (1984), Actor Freddie Stroma (1987), Actress-singer Ryan Destiny (1995), Singer-actress Noah Cyrus (2000)