Birthday wishes go out to Michael Stipe, Emma Mackey and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on January 4th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on January 4, 2026
Brandi Carlile, left, and Patty Loveless perform a tribute to Vince Gill during the 59th Annual Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)George Walker IV/Invision/APSinger Patty Loveless turns 69
Fun fact: Has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards over the course of her career.
Michael Stipe attends the special screening of “Goodbye June” at The Whitby Hotel on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/APSinger Michael Stipe turns 66
Fun fact: Met his future R.E.M. bandmates at the University of Georgia.
Sean Teale, from left, Julia Ormond and Dennis Haysbert, cast members in the television series “Incorporated,” arrive at the NBCUniversal Television Critics Association summer press tour on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)Rich Fury/Invision/APActress Julia Ormond turns 61
Fun fact: Starred in the 1995 remake of “Sabrina” opposite Harrison Ford.
Emma Mackey arrives at the LA premiere of “Ella McCay” on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/APActress Emma Mackey turns 30
Fun fact: Starred in the recent film “Ella McCay” as the title character.
Dafne Keen arrives at the premiere of “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” on Monday, July 21, 2025, at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Jordan Strauss/Invision/APActress Dafne Keen turns 21
Fun fact: Set to portray Artemis in the third season of “Percy Jackson” on Disney+.
More celebrities with birthdays today
Actor Dyan Cannon is 87. Country singer Kathy Forester of the Forester Sisters is 71. Actor Ann Magnuson (“Anything But Love”) is 70. Guitarist Bernard Sumner of New Order (and Joy Division) is 70. Actor Dave Foley (“NewsRadio,” ″Kids in the Hall”) is 63. Actor Dot Jones (“Glee”) is 62. Actor Rick Hearst (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 61. Former Pogues singer Cait O’Riordan is 61. Country singer Deana Carter is 60. Harmonica player Benjamin Darvill of Crash Test Dummies is 59. Actor Josh Stamberg (“The Affair,” “Drop Dead Diva”) is 56. Actor Jeremy Licht (“Valerie”) is 55. Actor Damon Gupton (“Empire”) is 53. Actor Jill Marie Jones (“Girlfriends”) is 51. Actor D’Arcy Carden (“The Good Place”) is 46. Singer Spencer Chamberlain of Underoath is 43. Comedian-actor Charlyne Yi (“House,” “Steven Universe”) is 40. Singer-actor Coco Jones is 28.
Other popular or historical birthdays on January 4th
- Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Grimm’s Fairy Tales
- Louis Braille, reading system for blind
- Don Shula, former NFL coach
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