Today's celebrity birthdays: July 9, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like Anjelica Huston, Kevin Bacon, and Sophia Bush! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for July 9, 2025:

• Actor Chris Cooper (1951) conjures unforgettable characters including his Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning turn in “Adaptation.” He recently appeared as Uncle Walter in the Tribeca dramedy “Everything’s Going to Be Great” and co-starred as Older Lionel in Oliver Hermanus’s “The History of Sound,” which competed at Cannes. 

• Actor Tom Hanks (1956) has captivated audiences with his everyman hero in "Forrest Gump" and his castaway ingenuity in "Cast Away". He’s still charting blockbuster territory with Wes Anderson’s "Asteroid City" and the WWII epic "Masters of the Air" before lending his voice to NBC’s globe-spanning documentary "The Americas" in early 2025.

• Singer Courtney Love steered the grunge-punk revolution in the band Hole with platinum albums like “Live Through This” and “Celebrity Skin” and a riotous stage presence that cemented her icon status. She's teased her long-awaited second solo album featuring collaborators like Will Sargent and Melissa Auf der Maur and promised a HarperCollins memoir by Christmas as she gears up to hit the road.