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."