Today's celebrity birthdays: June 11, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like Joe Montana, Peter Dinklage, and Shia LaBeouf! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for June 11, 2026:
Race-car driver Jackie Stewart (1939) racked up three Formula One World Championships as "the Flying Scot." He turned his clout into a safety crusade that reshaped the sport and later founded the charity Race Against Dementia.
Quarterback Joe Montana (1956) was the unflappable "Joe Cool" who steered the San Francisco 49ers to four Super Bowl titles and three Super Bowl MVP awards. He's been in the Hall of Fame since 2000 and now works as a broadcaster and tech investor.
Actor Hugh Laurie (1959) cut his teeth in British comedy on "Blackadder" and "A Bit of Fry & Laurie" before winning two Golden Globes as cranky genius Dr. Gregory House on "House." He's since surfaced on "The Night Manager" and moonlights as a blues musician.
Actor Peter Dinklage (1969) broke through in "The Station Agent" and turned scheming Tyrion Lannister on "Game of Thrones" into four Emmy wins. He's since taken the title role in "Cyrano" and joined "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes."
Basketball player Diana Taurasi (1982) spent 20 seasons piling up points for the Phoenix Mercury and retired in 2025 as the WNBA's all-time leading scorer with three titles. She also stacked up a record six Olympic gold medals with Team USA.
Actor Shia LaBeouf (1986) went from Disney Channel kid on "Even Stevens" to blockbuster lead in the "Transformers" franchise and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." He later wrote and starred in "Honey Boy" and turned up in "The Peanut Butter Falcon" and "Megalopolis."
Actress Claire Holt (1988) started out as a mermaid on Australia's "H2O: Just Add Water" before going full Original vampire as Rebekah Mikaelson on "The Vampire Diaries" and "The Originals." She's also headlined "47 Meters Down" and turned up on "Aquarius."
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
Drummer Bernard Purdie (1939), Singer Joey Dee of Joey Dee and the Starliters (1940), Actor Roscoe Orman (1944), Actress Adrienne Barbeau (1945), Author Robert Munsch (1945), Drummer Frank Beard of ZZ Top (1949), Singer Graham Russell of Air Supply (1950), Singer Donnie Van Zant of .38 Special (1952), Actor Peter Bergman (1953), Politician Mehmet Oz (1960), Singer Gioia Bruno of Exposé (1963), Singer Bruce Robison (1966), Actress Clare Carey (1967), Bassist Dan Lavery of Tonic (1969), Actor Lenny Jacobson (1974), Actor Joshua Jackson (1978), Actor-comedian Jimmy O. Yang (1987), Basketball player Maya Moore (1989), Actress Anna Sawai (1992), Singer Tems (1995), Singer Jorja Smith (1997), Rapper Kodak Black (1997)
