Today's celebrity birthdays: October 2, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like Don McLean, Sting, and Kelly Ripa! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for October 2, 2025:

• Singer Don McLean (1945) turned an eight-and-a-half-minute folk-rock chronicle into one of the longest number-one hits in Billboard history with "American Pie." He followed his magnum opus with songs like "Vincent" and "And I Love You So."

• Musician Sting (1951) created some of the most enduring hits in rock history during his Police years, from "Roxanne" to "Every Breath You Take," before launching a solo career in 1985 that produced classics like "Fields of Gold" and "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free."

• Actress Lorraine Bracco (1954) turned her Oscar-nominated performance as mobster wife Karen Hill in "Goodfellas" into a springboard for playing psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi on "The Sopranos," earning four Emmy nominations.

• Actress and talk show host Kelly Ripa (1970) started as troubled party girl Hayley Vaughan on "All My Children" for twelve years before replacing Kathie Lee Gifford on "Live!" in 2001, where she has since cycled through co-hosts Regis Philbin, Michael Strahan, Ryan Seacrest, and now her husband Mark Consuelos.

• Singer Brittany Howard (1988) emerged from performing covers in Athens, Alabama bars to fronting Alabama Shakes, with their debut "Boys and Girls" earning multiple Grammy nominations and their sophomore effort "Sound and Color" debuting at number one on the Billboard 200.

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Critic Rex Reed (1938), Actor Avery Brooks (1948), Fashion designer Donna Karan (1948), Photographer Annie Leibovitz (1949), Guitarist Mike Rutherford of Genesis and Mike and the Mechanics (1950), Actress Robin Riker (1952), Guitarist Greg Jennings of Restless Heart (1954), Singer Phil Oakey of Human League (1955), Singer Freddie Jackson (1956), Singer-producer Robbie Nevil (1958), Drummer Bud Gaugh of Sublime and Long Beach Dub Allstars (1967), Musician Gillian Welch (1967), Actor Joey Slotnick (1968), Country singer Kelly Willis (1968), Singer Dion Allen of Az Yet (1970), Guitarist Jim Root of Slipknot (1971), Singer Tiffany (1971), Singer LaTocha Scott of Xscape (1973), Singer Lene Nystrom of Aqua (1973), Actor Efren Ramirez (1973), Bassist Mike Rodden of Hinder (1978), Actress Camilla Belle (1986), Actress Samantha Barks (1990), Actress Elizabeth McLaughlin (1993)