The list of famous birthdays for today, July 3, 2024, includes celebrities Oliva Munn and Patrick Wilson
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Happy birthday goes out to Oliva Munn, Patrick Wilson, and all the other celebrities who have a birthday today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on July 3, and learn one interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on July 3, 2024
![Kurtwood Smith, Debra Jo Rupp](https://www.cleveland.com/resizer/v2/CJV5YPBIPJF7RIS5AE7L4FT3HE.jpg?auth=91d95421ff82c5de041983f76cacfd95dd38bea0af210211a430251fbe709a49&width=500&quality=90)
Maxwell Acee (from left), Ashley Aufderheide, Callie Haverda, Kurtwood Smith, Debra Jo Rupp, Sam Morelos, Reyn Doi and Mace Coronel arrive at a special screening of “That 90’s Show” at the Tudum Screening Room in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Actor Kurtwood Smith turns 81
Interesting fact: Played the President of the United Federation of Planets in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
![Tom Cruise (left) and Tony Danza](https://www.cleveland.com/resizer/v2/PZAMOHDJWZD6XJVHAJVYP3LYQI.jpg?auth=b654c24890950ba8ed488da6218ee0afc9bb0775185fe1834dcc77c0d39cd9e1&width=500&quality=90)
Tom Cruise, left, and Tony Danza attend the premiere of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” at Jazz at Lincoln Center at Frederick P. Rose Hall on Monday, July 10, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Actor Tom Cruise turns 62
Fun fact: I once directed an episode of the Showtime series “Fallen Angels.”
![Tom Cruise Collage](https://www.cleveland.com/resizer/v2/BRHZSOEZJZH3LHA3F4VV5UQ4TM.jpg?auth=49d627e1f2958aad8dacbd61ee33ebf2fc52ec8ffcc474d546ac01a361a0472d&width=500&quality=90)
A look at Tom Cruise through the years. (AP)
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![Connie Nielsen](https://www.cleveland.com/resizer/v2/BCJAPMIWDRHS5HZJI3NIAN6R5M.jpg?auth=53a131106ae27911a50f095fd817e4228d53a2bbcb3f08e05a0d5912bf6cd4f9&width=500&quality=90)
Actor Connie Nielsen attends the 51st International Emmy Awards at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York on Monday, November 20, 2023. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)Andy Kropa/Invision/AP
Actress Connie Nielsen turns 60
Interesting fact: Has one child, a son named Bryce
![Sandra Lee](https://www.cleveland.com/resizer/v2/C7PVXKPLL5HRJGJAHU5B4JMOEE.jpg?auth=a821170e24ceed687df9a7264e4cc4738785dbec56073481a49418c719cddab9&width=500&quality=90)
Author Sandra Lee attends the New York Women in Film and Television’s 44th annual Muse Awards at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)Andy Kropa/Invision/AP
Author and TV presenter Sandra Lee turns 58
Interesting fact: He is currently hosting the series “Dinner Budget Showdown”
![Audra McDonald](https://www.cleveland.com/resizer/v2/JXVPETCKGZGX7GMCJCSJMCIBHE.jpg?auth=5bb9256eab45463a8faa352b2bcb5c441612026f38b34d51beca183f66319d7a&width=500&quality=90)
Audra McDonald recognizes Chita Rivera during the 77th Tony Awards on Sunday, June 16, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
Actress Audra McDonald turns 54
Interesting fact: He has appeared in episodes of “Law & Order: SVU” and “Homicide: Life on the Street.”
![Patrick Wilson](https://www.cleveland.com/resizer/v2/5UIQXPQRXZC5RNLAZAZHG2BNVI.jpg?auth=e3df07b38a2f91e7fa96cf11968380bc3628721c6c3486c359e68329ab13de55&width=500&quality=90)
Patrick Wilson, left, and Dagmara Dominczyk attend the premiere of “The Idea of You” at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Monday, April 29, 2024, in New York. (Photo by CJ Rivera/Invision/AP)CJ Rivera/Invision/AP
Actor Patrick Wilson turns 51
Interesting fact: In the 2019 adaptation of Midway, he played Navy intelligence officer Edwin Layton
![John Mulaney, left, and Olivia Munn](https://www.cleveland.com/resizer/v2/ZND6QF3QDNDW3KTHPGZLLJKHIE.jpg?auth=fb63dddbeb4d79c0fb4f42e2b3e71fbb69a79770d080e6d9579cb8dc4cf7e000&width=500&quality=90)
John Mulaney (left) and Olivia Munn arrive at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 10, 2024. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Actress Olivia Munn turns 44
Fun fact: Once appeared as a guest judge on “America’s Got Talent”
![Lainey Wilson, Elle King, Tanya Tucker](https://www.cleveland.com/resizer/v2/6RAFXNXSHFEO7PZNQRTIKVPBWQ.jpg?auth=0c764cc75862ee78a799842f966cb6495b00285ec20abd6efba81c67e9aeee2b&width=500&quality=90)
Lainey Wilson (left), Elle King and Tanya Tucker perform during the 2023 CMA Fest on Friday, June 9, 2023, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)Amy Harris/Invision/AP
Singer Elle King turns 35
Fun fact: Once appeared as a contestant on “Celebrity Game Face”
Other celebrities with birthdays today
Actor Michael Cole (“The Mod Squad”) is 84. Country singer Johnny Lee is 78. Author Dave Barry is 77. Actress Betty Buckley is 77. Actor Jan Smithers (“WKRP In Cincinnati”) is 75. Actor Bruce Altman (“Blue Bloods”) is 69. Talk show host Montel Williams is 68. Country singer Aaron Tippin is 66. Synthesizer player Vince Clarke of Erasure is 64. Actor Thomas Gibson (“Criminal Minds,” “Dharma and Greg”) is 62. Actor Hunter Tylo is 62. Actor Yeardley Smith (“The Simpsons”) is 60. Singer Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler of Digable Planets is 55. Keyboardist and guitarist Kevin Hearn of Barenaked Ladies is 55. Actor Shawnee Smith (“Saw,” “Becker”) is 55. Country singer Trent Tomlinson is 49. Actress Andrea Barber (“Full House”) is 48. Actor Ian Anthony Dale (“Hawaii Five-0”) is 46. Comedian Julie Klausner (“Difficult People”) is 46. Singer Tonia Tash of Divine is 45. Actress Olivia Munn (“The Newsroom”) is 44. Actress Shoshannah Stern (“Jericho”) is 44. Actor Grant Rosenmeyer (TV series “Oliver Beene”) is 33. Actress Kelsey Batelaan (“Nip/Tuck”) is 29.
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