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Simon Cowell and Holland Roden
Simon Cowell and Holland Roden celebrate birthdays on October 7, 2025.AP

Birthday wishes go out to Simon Cowell, Holland Roden and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on October 7th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.

Top celebrity birthdays on October 7, 2025

John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp, center, watches during the second half of Game 4 between the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks in an NBA basketball second-round playoff series, Sunday, May 12, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP

Rocker John Mellencamp turns 74

Fun fact: Directed and starred in the 1992 film, “Falling from Grace.”

Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma plays the national anthem on his cello at the 44th Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. The 2021 Kennedy Center honorees include Motown Records creator Berry Gordy, “Saturday Night Live” mastermind Lorne Michaels, actress-singer Bette Midler, opera singer Justino Diaz and folk music legend Joni Mitchell. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma turns 70

Fun fact: Appeared in the film “Glass Onion.”

Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith performs during the Dove Awards on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)AP

Fun fact: Nominated for his first Grammy in 1984.

Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell, from left, Eric Philip Cowell and Lauren Silverman arrive at the “America’s Got Talent” Season 18 finale on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, at Hotel Dena in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Recording exec Simon Cowell turns 66

Fun fact: Currently serves as a judge on “America’s Got Talent” and “Britain’s Got Talent.”

Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton performs “Unbreak My Heart” at the American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Singer Toni Braxton turns 58

Fun fact: Originally from Severn, Maryland.

Corbin Reid, from left, Erika Alexander and Amber Stevens West
Corbin Reid, from left, Erika Alexander and Amber Stevens West arrive at the 53rd NAACP Image Awards live show screening on Saturday, Feb. 26. 2022, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

Actress Amber Stevens West turns 39

Fun fact: Her father is also an actor.

Holland Roden
Holland Roden arrives at the premiere of “Wolf Pack” on Thursday Jan. 19, 2023, at Harmony Gold Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

Actress Holland Roden turns 39

Fun fact: Her middle name is Marie.

More celebrities with birthdays today

TV personality Joy Behar (“The View”) is 83. Drummer Kevin Godley of 10cc is 80. Actor Jill Larson (“All My Children”) is 78. Country singer Kieran Kane of The O’Kanes is 76. Guitarist Ricky Phillips of Styx is 74. Actor Mary Badham (“To Kill a Mockingbird”) is 73. Drummer Tico Torres of Bon Jovi is 72. Actor Christopher Norris (“Trapper John, M.D.”) is 70. Actor Dylan Baker (“The Good Wife,” “Murder One”) is 67. Actor Judy Landers (“Vega$,” “BJ and the Bear”) is 67. Actor Paula Newsome (“Chicago Med,” “Barry”) is 64. Singer Ann Curless of Expose’ is 62. Singer Thom Yorke of Radiohead is 57. Actor Nicole Ari Parker (“Murder in the First,” “Soul Food”) is 55. Actor Allison Munn (“One Tree Hill”) is 51. Singer Damian Kulash of OK Go is 50. Singer Taylor Hicks (“American Idol”) is 49. Actor Omar Miller (“The Unicorn,” “CSI: Miami”) is 47. Singer Nathaniel Rateliff of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 47. Actor Shawn Ashmore (TV’s “The Rookie”) is 46. Actor Jake McLaughlin (“Quantico”) is 43. Electronic musician Flying Lotus is 42. Actor Holland Roden (TV’s “Teen Wolf”) is 39.

Other popular or historical birthdays on October 7th

  • Louis Leakey, anthropologist and archaeologist
  • Desmond Tutu, archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner
  • Jayne Torvill, Olympic Ice Dancer (68)

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