Today's celebrity birthdays: July 3, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like Tom Cruise, Audra McDonald, and Olivia Munn! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for July 3, 2026:
Talk show host Montel Williams (1956) hosted "The Montel Williams Show" across the '90s and 2000s and took home a Daytime Emmy for outstanding talk show host. He served in both the Navy and the Marines, and he now hosts Lifetime's "Military Makeover with Montel."
Actor Tom Cruise (1962) slid across the floor in his socks in "Risky Business" and became a movie star in "Top Gun" before turning the "Mission: Impossible" movies into a one-man stunt show. He does all his own stunts, and he set a Guinness World Record with 16 burning-parachute jumps for "The Final Reckoning" before finally landing an Honorary Oscar in 2025.
Actress Audra McDonald (1970) has a record six Tony Awards on her shelf, for everything from "Carousel" and "Ragtime" to "Porgy and Bess" and "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill." She played Dr. Naomi Bennett on "Private Practice," and she's now the most Tony-nominated performer ever, thanks to her 11th nomination as Mama Rose in the "Gypsy" revival.
Actor Patrick Wilson (1973) picked up two Tony nominations on Broadway before he started getting haunted for a living in the "Insidious" and "Conjuring" movies and suited up as Ocean Master in "Aquaman." He stepped behind the camera to direct "Insidious: The Red Door," then closed out the Warren story in "The Conjuring: Last Rites," which out-grossed every other film in the franchise.
Actress Andrea Barber (1976) made a name barging into the Tanner house as Kimmy Gibbler on "Full House" and picked the role right back up on the Netflix sequel "Fuller House." She's now co-hosting the "Full House" rewatch podcast "How Rude, Tanneritos!"
Actress Olivia Munn (1980) got her start cracking jokes as a co-host of "Attack of the Show!" before stepping into the newsroom as Sloan Sabbith on "The Newsroom." She played Psylocke in "X-Men: Apocalypse" and went toe-to-toe with an alien hunter in "The Predator."
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
Actor Kurtwood Smith (1943), Singer Johnny Lee (1946), Writer Dave Barry (1947), Actress Betty Buckley (1947), Actress Jan Smithers (1949), Actor Bruce Altman (1955), Singer Aaron Tippin (1958), Singer Stephen Pearcy of Ratt (1959), Musician Vince Clarke of Erasure (1960), Music executive Scott Borchetta (1962), Actor Thomas Gibson (1962), Actress Hunter Tylo (1962), Voice actress Yeardley Smith (1964), Actress Connie Nielsen (1965), Actor Tommy Flanagan (1965), Baseball player Moises Alou (1966), TV chef Sandra Lee (1966), Musician Kevin Hearn of Barenaked Ladies (1969), Rapper Ishmael Butler of Digable Planets (1969), Actress Shawnee Smith (1969), Hockey player Teemu Selanne (1970), Actor Benedict Wong (1971), Singer Trent Tomlinson (1975), Actor Ian Anthony Dale (1978), Comedian Julie Klausner (1978), Actress Ludivine Sagnier (1979), Actress Shoshannah Stern (1980), Race car driver Sebastian Vettel (1987), Singer Elle King (1989), Actor Grant Rosenmeyer (1991), Soccer player Crystal Dunn (1992), Singer PartyNextDoor (1993), Actress Kelsey Batelaan (1995), Actor Jason Genao (1996), Actress Mia McKenna-Bruce (1997), Actress Sara Waisglass (1998)
