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.
