Today's celebrity birthdays: June 17, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Barry Manilow, Venus Williams, and Kendrick Lamar! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for June 17, 2026:

Singer Barry Manilow (1943) scored his first number one with "Mandy," made "Copacabana" an inescapable singalong, and has sold more than 85 million records. He's now performed at Las Vegas's Westgate International Theater more often than Elvis and signed a lifetime residency there.

Actor Thomas Haden Church (1960) played mechanic Lowell Mather on "Wings" before landing an Oscar nomination for "Sideways." He threw down as the sand-slinging Sandman in "Spider-Man 3" and came back as Agent Stone across two seasons of "Twisted Metal."

Actor Greg Kinnear (1963) cracked jokes hosting "Talk Soup" before snagging an Oscar nomination for "As Good as It Gets." He played the flailing dad in "Little Miss Sunshine" and is now a regular on the Apple TV+ comedy "Margo's Got Money Troubles."

Singer Paulina Rubio (1971) got her start as a teen in the Mexican pop group Timbiriche and went solo with her debut album "La Chica Dorada." She racked up Latin Billboard Music Awards for "Pau-Latina" and "Ananda," then turned coach on "La Voz" and judge on "The X Factor."

Tennis player Venus Williams (1980) won seven Grand Slam singles titles, took five of them at Wimbledon, and reached world No. 1 in 2002. She came back at age 45 in 2025 and won a match at the DC Open, where she became the oldest woman to win at tour level in over twenty years.

Rapper Kendrick Lamar (1987) put Compton on his back with "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" and became the only rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music, for "DAMN." He headlined the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, swept the 2026 Grammys behind "GNX," and now stands as the most decorated rapper in Grammy history with 27 wins.

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Actor Peter Lupus (1932), Director Ken Loach (1936), Politician Newt Gingrich (1943), Cyclist Eddy Merckx (1945), Musician Gregg Rolie (1947), Comedian Joe Piscopo (1951), Actor Mark Linn-Baker (1954), Actor Jon Gries (1957), Singer Jello Biafra of Dead Kennedys (1958), Director Bobby Farrelly (1958), Speed skater Dan Jansen (1965), Actress Kami Cotler (1965), Actor Jason Patric (1966), Fashion designer Tory Burch (1966), Singer Kevin Thornton of Color Me Badd (1969), Actor-comedian Will Forte (1970), Actor-comedian Michael Showalter (1970), Tennis player Leander Paes (1973), Actor Joshua Leonard (1975), Actor Scott Adkins (1976), Rapper Young Maylay (1979), Actor Arthur Darvill (1982), Actress Jodie Whittaker (1982), Actor Manish Dayal (1983), Actor John Gallagher Jr. (1984), Actress Marie Avgeropoulos (1986), Soccer player Jordan Henderson (1990), Hockey player Nikita Kucherov (1993), Football player Amari Cooper (1994), Actor KJ Apa (1997), Tennis player Elena Rybakina (1999), Actress Odessa A'zion (2000)