Today's celebrity birthdays: July 14, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like Stan Shaw, Jane Lynch, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for July 14, 2026:
Actor Stan Shaw (1952) got in the ring as a rival boxer in the original "Rocky" and broke through playing a Marine in "The Boys in Company C." He popped up in "Harlem Nights," "Fried Green Tomatoes," and "Snake Eyes," and these days he plays Larry Duncan on "The Family Business" and "The Family Business: New Orleans."
Actress Jane Lynch (1960) stole every scene in "Best in Show" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" before snagging an Emmy as Sue Sylvester on "Glee." She turned up as Sazz Pataki on "Only Murders in the Building" and now hosts the "Weakest Link" revival.
Actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge (1985) created, wrote, and starred in "Fleabag" and won Emmys for it, then landed another Emmy nomination for writing "Killing Eve." She popped up in "Solo: A Star Wars Story," helped write "No Time to Die," and is now building the "Tomb Raider" series for Prime Video.
Singer Dan Smith (1986) started Bastille in 2010 and went global with "Pompeii" off "Bad Blood." He fronted the band through "Wild World" and "Give Me the Future" and struck out on his own with "&."
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
Actress Nancy Olson (1928), Football player-actor Rosey Grier (1932), Actor Vincent Pastore (1946), Music executive Tommy Mottola (1949), Evangelist Franklin Graham (1952), Actor Jerry Houser (1952), Actor-director Eric Laneuville (1952), Model-musician Bebe Buell (1953), Singer-comedian Kyle Gass of Tenacious D (1960), Guitarist Ray Herndon of McBride & the Ride (1960), Singer Angélique Kidjo (1960), Actor Jackie Earle Haley (1961), Actor Matthew Fox (1966), Singer-guitarist Tanya Donelly of Belly (1966), Baseball player Robin Ventura (1967), Actress-psychologist Missy Gold (1970), Wrestler Bubba Ray Dudley (1971), Comedian David Mitchell (1974), Actress Maxine Peake (1974), Baseball player Tim Hudson (1975), Singer Tameka "Tiny" Cottle of Xscape (1975), Singer Jamey Johnson (1975), Musician Taboo of Black Eyed Peas (1975), Actor Scott Porter (1979), Football player Darrelle Revis (1985), Actress Sara Canning (1987), Singer Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons (1987), MMA fighter Conor McGregor (1988), Singer Koe Wetzel (1992), Baseball player Lucas Giolito (1994), Football player Harrison Butker (1995)
