Birthday wishes go out to Tom Cruise, Audra McDonald and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on July 3rd and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on July 3, 2025
Actor Kurtwood Smith turns 82
Fun fact: Portrayed the Sec. of Defense in the film “Broken Arrow”
Actor Tom Cruise turns 63
Fun fact: Appeared in his seventh “Mission Impossible” film earlier this year
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Actress Connie Nielsen turns 61
Fun fact: Reprised her role of Lucilla in “Gladiator 2″
Author and TV Host Sandra Lee turns 59
Fun fact: Originally from Santa Monica, California
Actress Audra McDonald turns 55
Fun fact: Won a Primetime Emmy in 2015 for her live performance during a TV special
Actor Patrick Wilson turns 52
Fun fact: Has a B.F.A. in Drama from Carnegie-Mellon
Actress Olivia Munn turns 45
Fun fact: Has two children, Malcolm and Mei
Singer Elle King turns 36
Fun fact: Hosted the holiday special “New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash”
More celebrities with birthdays today
Country singer Johnny Lee is 79. Writer Dave Barry is 78. Actor Betty Buckley is 78. Actor Jan Smithers (“WKRP In Cincinnati”) is 76. Actor Bruce Altman (“Blue Bloods”) is 70. Talk show host Montel Williams is 69. Country singer Aaron Tippin is 67. Synthesizer player Vince Clarke of Erasure is 65. Actor Thomas Gibson (“Criminal Minds,” ″Dharma and Greg”) is 63. Actor Hunter Tylo is 63. Actor Yeardley Smith (“The Simpsons”) is 61. Singer Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler of Digable Planets is 56. Keyboardist-guitarist Kevin Hearn of Barenaked Ladies is 56. Actor Shawnee Smith (“Saw,” ″Becker”) is 56. Country singer Trent Tomlinson is 50. Actor Andrea Barber (“Full House”) is 49. Actor Ian Anthony Dale (“Hawaii Five-0”) is 47. Comedian Julie Klausner (“Difficult People”) is 47. Singer Tonia Tash of Divine is 46. Actor Shoshannah Stern (“Jericho”) is 45. Actor Grant Rosenmeyer (TV’s “Oliver Beene”) is 34. Actor Kelsey Batelaan (“Nip/Tuck”) is 30.
Other popular or historical birthdays on July 3rd
Samuel de Champlain, explorer
Franz Kafka, author
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