Today's celebrity birthdays: July 8, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like Anjelica Huston, Kevin Bacon, and Sophia Bush! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for July 8, 2026:
Restaurateur Wolfgang Puck (1949) is the chef who turned Spago into Hollywood's power-dining room and helped make "celebrity chef" a real job. He's catered the Academy Awards Governors Ball for decades, and in 2026 he handed his restaurant empire to his son after 44 years.
Actress Anjelica Huston (1951) took home Best Supporting Actress for "Prizzi's Honor" and turned Morticia Addams into gothic royalty in "The Addams Family." She's the icy fixer The Director in "John Wick: Chapter 3" and its spin-off "Ballerina."
Actor Kevin Bacon (1958) crashed the toga party in "Animal House" and danced his way to fame as Ren McCormack in "Footloose." He's kept the range going from "Mystic River" to "MaXXXine," and he just directed and starred alongside his own family in "Family Movie."
Singer Beck (1970) broke big with "Loser" and turned junk-culture collage into art on "Odelay." He took home Album of the Year for "Morning Phase" and just dropped "Ride Lonesome" ahead of a fresh tour.
Actor Milo Ventimiglia (1977) smoldered as bad-boy Jess Mariano on "Gilmore Girls" and earned three Emmy nominations as tearjerker dad Jack Pearson on "This Is Us." He popped up on Prime Video's "Countdown" and now leads HBO Max's "American Blue."
Actress Sophia Bush (1982) made her name as fan favorite Brooke Davis on "One Tree Hill" and chased suspects as Detective Erin Lindsay on "Chicago P.D." She's now scrubbing in on "Grey's Anatomy" as surgeon Cass Beckman, and she hosts "Work in Progress" on the side.
Actor David Corenswet (1993) spent his early TV years on "The Politician" and "Hollywood" before landing the role of a lifetime. He stars as the new Man of Steel in "Superman" and anchors a rebooted DC Universe.
Actress Maya Hawke (1998) got her start as Jo March in the BBC's "Little Women" and won a fandom as Robin Buckley on "Stranger Things." She voiced Anxiety in "Inside Out 2" and now joins "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping" as Wiress.
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
Drummer Jaimoe of The Allman Brothers (1944), Actor Jeffrey Tambor (1944), Film producer Janet Sheen (1944), Dancer Cynthia Gregory (1946), Actress Kim Darby (1947), Singer Raffi (1948), Football player Jack Lambert (1952), Writer Marianne Williamson (1952), Actor Robert Knepper (1959), Actress Valarie Pettiford (1960), Guitarist Graham Jones of Haircut 100 (1961), Singer Joan Osborne (1962), Businessman Steve Eisman (1962), Actor Rocky Carroll (1963), Actor Lee Tergesen (1965), Actor Michael B. Silver (1967), Actor Billy Crudup (1968), Actor Michael Weatherly (1968), Singer Drew Womack of Sons of the Desert (1970), Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco (1973), Actress Kathleen Robertson (1973), Guitarist Stephen Mason of Jars of Clay (1975), Actor Lance Gross (1981), Tennis player Anastasia Myskina (1981), Guitarist Jamie Cook of Arctic Monkeys (1985), Actor Jake McDorman (1986), Soccer player Virgil van Dijk (1991), Soccer player Son Heung-min (1992), Singer Sky Ferreira (1992), Football player Marlon Humphrey (1996), Actor-musician Jaden Smith (1998), Actress Riele Downs (2001)
