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."