Today's celebrity birthdays: August 25, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like Gene Simmons, Tim Burton, and Blake Lively! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for August 25, 2025:

• Bassist Gene Simmons (1949) co-founded Kiss, one of rock’s most theatrical outfits, anchoring sing-along staples like “Detroit Rock City” and “Rock and Roll All Nite.” Kiss’s arena-filling legacy was sealed with its 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.

• Director Tim Burton (1958) blended macabre whimsy and pop fantasy in “Beetlejuice,” “Edward Scissorhands,” and “Batman.” He returned to the afterlife with 2024’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” while “Wednesday” is currently airing season two on Netflix in.

• Singer Billy Ray Cyrus (1961) rocketed to fame with “Achy Breaky Heart” and the blockbuster debut “Some Gave All,” then became TV’s Robby Ray on “Hannah Montana.” He added two Grammys in 2020 for the “Old Town Road” remix with Lil Nas X.