Famous birthdays this week include footballers Lionel Messi, Patrick Vieira, Kevin De Bruyne, and Zinedine Zidane. Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, was also born on a date that falls in this week. Singers Ariana Grande, Cyndi Lauper, George Michael, Glenn Medeiros, Kris Kristofferson, and singer Beyoncé’s younger sister Solange Knowles have birthdays this week.
Other famous birthdays this week are actors Candice Patton (Iris West-Allen in The Flash), Meryl Streep (Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady), Naija actress Omeche Oko, and Tobey Maguire who stars as Spider-Man in Marvel‘s Spider-Man films.
Reality TV star Khloé Kardashian, the Animal Farm novel author George Orwell, Ugandan first lady Janet Museveni, English drummer Mick Fleetwood, and U.S. senator and 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries contender Elizabeth Warren were also born on a date this week.
Most famous birthdays this week
52 years old
American baseball player who played for the New York Yankees during his 20-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career
65 years old
English actor, comedian, and filmmaker who acts as businessman/ general manager David Brent in sitcom The Office (2001–2003)
83 years old
American singer famous in the 1970s for her songs that include That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be and You Belong to Me
47 years old
American actress, TV personality and host of VH1 reality TV series La La's Full Court Wedding and La La's Full Court Life
42 years old
American media personality and reality TV actress on The Kardashians, socialite, businesswoman, sister of Kourtney and Kim Kardashian
89 years old
American R&B singer famous in the 1960s and 1970s for his songs that include Knock on Wood (1966, with Steve Cropper)
Died aged 46
English novelist and poet famous as the author of the novels Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
Died aged 23
King of France from 1560 until his death in 1574 at the Château de Vincennes on 30 May 1574 at the age of 23
Died aged 58
Congolese-American 7-foot-2-inch/ 2.18 m tall basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA)
52 years old
Indian actress mostly in Hindi films and who starred in 1996 Indian Hindi-language romance film Raja Hindustani as Aarti Sehgal
These are some of the most famous celebrities and legends whose birthdays are in this week. On this week's famous birthdays list are actors and actresses, musicians, sportspeople, authors, TV personalities, and politicians. It is updated every week, in order to keep you informed and entertained, and includes today's famous birthdays.
The current week is week number 26. This week starts on Monday, 22nd of June, 2026 and ends on Sunday, 28th of June, 2026
