Today's celebrity birthdays: July 27, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like Bill Engvall, Maya Rudolph, and Alex Rodriguez! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for July 27, 2025:

• Comedian Bill Engvall (1957) became a household name through the Blue Collar Comedy Tour and his signature “Here’s Your Sign” routine. He closed out his stand‑up career with the 2022 farewell special “Here’s Your Sign, It’s Finally Time.”

• Actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (1970) won worldwide fandom as Jaime Lannister on HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” He steps back into medieval armor next year as William the Conqueror in the BBC historical series “King & Conqueror.”

• Actress Maya Rudolph (1972) rose from “Saturday Night Live” to big‑screen fame in comedies like “Bridesmaids” and voices memorable roles in “Big Mouth.”She returns as philanthropic billionaire Molly Wells when season three of Apple TV+ “Loot” premieres this October.

• Baseball player Alex Rodriguez (1975) powered his way to 696 home runs and three MVP awards with the Mariners, Rangers and Yankees. He was cleared in June 2025 to take control of the Minnesota Timberwolves as alternate governor after the NBA approved his $1.5 billion purchase with partner Marc Lore.

• Comedian Heidi Gardner (1983) has delivered quirky characters on “Saturday Night Live” since 2017 and was promoted to repertory status in 2019.

• Actress Taylor Schilling (1984) broke out as Piper Chapman in the Netflix hit “Orange Is the New Black.” She recently headlined the Apple TV+ drama “Dear Edward.”

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Actor John Pleshette (1942), Actress‑director Betty Thomas (1947), Figure skater Peggy Fleming (1948), Singer Maureen McGovern (1949), Actress Roxanne Hart (1952), Guitarist Duncan Cameron of Sawyer Brown (1956), Jazz singer Karrin Allyson (1963), Country singer Stacy Dean Campbell (1967), Singer Juliana Hatfield (1967), Wrestler Triple H (1969), Drummer Abe Cunningham of Deftones (1973), Singer Pete Yorn (1974), Actor Seamus Dever (1976), Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977), Wrestler Dolph Ziggler (1980), Singer Cheyenne Kimball (Gloriana) (1990), Golfer Jordan Spieth (1993), Actress Alyvia Alyn Lind (2007)