Today's celebrity birthdays: May 22, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Morrissey, Naomi Campbell, and Novak Djokovic! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for May 22 2026:

Songwriter Bernie Taupin (1950) has written lyrics for nearly every Elton John song since their partnership began in 1967, including "Your Song," "Tiny Dancer," "Rocket Man," and "Candle in the Wind." The duo won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from "Rocketman" and the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, and Taupin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Singer Morrissey (1959) fronted The Smiths across four studio albums including "The Queen Is Dead" and "Strangeways, Here We Come" before the band's split. He launched a solo career with "Viva Hate," followed by "Vauxhall and I," "You Are the Quarry," and this year's "Make-Up Is a Lie."

Actor Mark Christopher Lawrence (1964) played D.J. Tone Def in "Fear of a Black Hat" and appeared in "Crimson Tide," "The Pursuit of Happyness," and "The Island." He played Buy More manager Big Mike on NBC's "Chuck" and voices Ed Washington on the long-running radio drama "Adventures in Odyssey."

Actor Michael Kelly (1969) recurred on HBO's "The Sopranos" before landing the breakout role of Chief of Staff Doug Stamper on Netflix's "House of Cards." He plays CIA Agent Mike November on Prime Video's "Jack Ryan" and recently appeared on HBO's "The Penguin" and Paramount+'s "Lioness."

Model Naomi Campbell (1970) rose to become one of six models declared "supermodels" by the fashion industry and the first Black woman to appear on the covers of "Time" and "Vogue France." She hosted the modelling-competition series "The Face" on Oxygen and its international offshoots and is one of four featured subjects in the Apple TV+ docuseries "The Super Models."

Actress Molly Ephraim (1986) joined the cast of "Last Man Standing" as Mandy Baxter and appeared in "Paranormal Activity 2" and "The Front Runner." She returned to TV on Prime Video's "A League of Their Own" and HBO's "Perry Mason."

Tennis player Novak Djokovic (1987) claimed his first major at the 2008 Australian Open, rose to world No. 1, and set the record for weeks atop the men's rankings. He has won a record 24 Grand Slam singles titles and completed the career Golden Slam with gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Actor-director Richard Benjamin (1938), Actor Frank Converse (1938), Actress Barbara Parkins (1942), Baseball player Tommy John (1943), Politician Lisa Murkowski (1957), Animator-director Hideaki Anno (1960), Actress Ann Cusack (1961), Bassist Dana Williams of Diamond Rio (1961), Guitarist Jesse Valenzuela of Gin Blossoms (1962), Singer Johnny Gill (1966), Actress Brooke Smith (1967), Actress Anna Belknap (1972), Singer Donell Jones (1973), Actor Sean Gunn (1974), Actress A.J. Langer (1974), Actress Ginnifer Goodwin (1978), Model Katie Price (1978), Singer Vivian Green (1979), Actress Maggie Q (1979), Actress Nazanin Boniadi (1980), Wrestler Bryan Danielson (1981), Speed skater Apolo Ohno (1982), Entrepreneur Dustin Moskovitz (1984), Football player Julian Edelman (1986), Singer Suho of EXO (1991), Actress Anna Baryshnikov (1992), Basketball player Lauri Markkanen (1997), Actress Camren Bicondova (1999), Football player Anthony Richardson (2002)