Celebrities and famous people who are celebrating their birthdays today include Riyad Mahrez, Rue McClanahan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Robert Mugabe. Other notable personalities and legends on today’s famous birthdays list for February 21, 2026 include Sophie Turner, Alan Rickman, Elliot Page and Jordan Peele.
Wondering whose birthday is it today? We have a list of legends and notable individuals who celebrate their birthdays today. They include famous TV personalities, films and TV actors and actresses, influencers and social media celebrities, sportspeople, and politicians. They are from all over the world and of all ages, including child actors and child celebs.
Today's famous birthdays list for February 21, 2026
English actress who stars as Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones (2011–2019), and young Jean Grey / Phoenix in X-Men film series
English actor who stars in Eye in the Sky (2015) with Helen Mirrren, Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991), & Harry Potter series
American actress famous as Julie James in I Know What You Did Last Summer, Melinda Gordon on Ghost Whisperer (2005–2010)
American actor, comedian who appears mostly in comedy & horror genres, famous in the comedy series Key & Peele (2012–2015)
2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017, and 1st Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987
Canadian actor famous in Hard Candy (2005), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Juno (2007), The Umbrella Academy (2019–2024)
What is the date Today?
Today is Saturday the 21st of February. It is the 52nd day of 2026.
There are 313 days until the end of the year, and today's zodiac sign is Pisces.
Celebrity Birthdays by Month
Here are more notable personalities by the month they were born, including Mr. Bean actor, Michelle Obama and talk show queen Oprah Winfrey in January, legendary reggae singer Bob Marley in February, and famous Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o, physicist Albert Einstein and Lady Gaga in March.
The fourth month is the birth month of Queen Elizabeth II and martial artist legend Jackie Chan, while notable people born in May include the famous Americans Marco Rubio (U.S. secretary of state) and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Notable Personalities born in June, July and August
Famous June birthdays include president Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, while famous African and renowned South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, English actress Helen Mirren, and The Terminator actor Arnold Schwarzenegger top the list of July birthdays personalities.
Presidents Barack Obama & Bill Clinton, legendary athlete Usain Bolt, and musicians Whitney Houston & Michael Jackson were born in August.
September, October, November and December prominent birthdays
Current head of the Catholic Church Pope Leo XIV, singer Beyoncé, and actresses Zendaya, Idris Elba and Sydney Sweeney are September celebrities, while Titanic actress Kate Winslet and TV personality Kim Kardashian were born in October.
November has Bruce Lee, Scarlett Johansson, and former U.S. president Joe Biden, while in December we have French footballer Kylian Mbappé, singers Christina Aguilera and Nicki Minaj, and the late Pope Francis, among others.
