Today's celebrity birthdays: July 1, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like Dan Aykroyd, Pamela Anderson, and Missy Elliot! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for July 1, 2026:
Singer Deborah Harry (1945) fronted Blondie to number one with "Heart of Glass" and "Call Me," and put rap on top of the Billboard charts for the first time ever with "Rapture." She went solo on "KooKoo," turned up in movies like "Videodrome" and "Hairspray," and steered Blondie back to number one with "Maria."
Singer Fred Schneider (1951) co-founded the B-52's and gave "Rock Lobster" its wild talk-sing yelp. He powered the band's breakout album "Cosmic Thing" and its top-five hits "Love Shack" and "Roam," and the group still headlines a Las Vegas residency at the Venetian.
Actor Dan Aykroyd (1952) broke out on the original "Saturday Night Live" cast and co-starred in "The Blues Brothers" before co-writing "Ghostbusters" and playing Ray Stantz. He picked up an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor in "Driving Miss Daisy" and strapped the proton pack back on as Ray Stantz in "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire."
