Today's celebrity birthdays: July 6, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Sylvester Stallone, 50 Cent, and Kevin Hart! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for July 6, 2026:

Religious leader Dalai Lama (1935) was enthroned as the 14th Dalai Lama in 1940 and fled to India in 1959. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 and has sold millions of copies of "The Art of Happiness."

Actor Sylvester Stallone (1946) wrote "Rocky," earned Oscar nominations for writing and starring in it, and rode the underdog boxer to Best Picture. He turned John Rambo into an action-movie institution, assembled "The Expendables," picked up a third Oscar nomination decades later for "Creed," and now headlines "Tulsa King."

Actor Geoffrey Rush (1951) took home the Best Actor Oscar for "Shine" and picked up more Oscar nominations for "Shakespeare in Love" and "The King's Speech." He later went full pirate as Captain Barbossa across the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films.