Today's celebrity birthdays: May 1, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Joanna Lumley, Wes Anderson, and Jamie Dornan! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for May 1 2026:

Singer Judy Collins (1939) took her recording of "Both Sides Now" into the Billboard top ten and won the Grammy for Best Folk Performance. She turned "Send in the Clowns" into a top-20 hit and earned an Academy Award nomination for the documentary "Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman."

Actress Joanna Lumley (1946) broke out as Purdey on "The New Avengers" and won two BAFTA TV Awards as Patsy Stone on "Absolutely Fabulous." She plays Hester Frump on the Netflix series "Wednesday" and was honored with the BAFTA Fellowship in 2017.

Singer Ray Parker Jr. (1954) fronted the band Raydio on hits including "Jack and Jill" and scored a US top-five solo single with "The Other Woman." He topped the Billboard Hot 100 with the theme to "Ghostbusters" and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.