Today's celebrity birthdays: March 17, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Patrick Duffy, Kurt Russell, and Rob Lowe! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for March 17, 2026:

Actor Patrick Duffy (1949) first caught audiences swimming through "Man from Atlantis" before trading the water for the oil fields of "Dallas." He followed that heavy drama with lighter fare on "Step by Step" before stirring up trouble on "The Bold and the Beautiful."

Actor Kurt Russell (1951) became a full-blown genre legend with "Escape from New York," "The Thing," and "Big Trouble in Little China." He later played Santa in "The Christmas Chronicles" and returned for season two of "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters."

Actor Rob Lowe (1964) rode the teen idol wave of "The Outsiders" into the hallowed halls of "The West Wing" and the quirky government offices of "Parks and Recreation."