Today's celebrity birthdays: October 25, 2026
Happy birthday to entertainers like Marion Ross, Craig Robinson, and Katy Perry! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Celebrity birthday highlights for October 25, 2026:
Actress Marion Ross (1928) was Mrs. C to Fonzie as Marion Cunningham on "Happy Days" and got two Emmy nominations for the role. She picked up two more for "Brooklyn Bridge," dropped by "Gilmore Girls," and became Grandma SquarePants on "SpongeBob SquarePants."
Singer Jon Anderson (1944) co-founded Yes, sang lead on "Roundabout," and rode "Owner of a Lonely Heart" to No. 1. He's meditated before shows in a tent full of crystals and dreamcatchers since the 1980s and spent this year touring the U.S. and the U.K. with the Band Geeks.
Actress Nancy Cartwright (1957) showed up to audition for Lisa, read for Bart instead, and landed the part on the spot for shorts on "The Tracey Ullman Show." She won an Emmy and an Annie for the role on "The Simpsons" and launched "Simpsons Declassified with Nancy Cartwright."
Actor-comedian Craig Robinson (1971) ran the warehouse as Darryl Philbin on "The Office" and went time-traveling in "Hot Tub Time Machine." He headlined "Killing It," played Mr. Shark in "The Bad Guys" films, and gave a talking GPS hippo named Atlas his voice in "Toy Story 5."
Actress Leslie Grossman (1971) read for two other roles on "Popular" and got Mary Cherry written just for her. She moved on to "What I Like About You," became an "American Horror Story" fixture, and recurred this year on "Power Book III: Raising Kanan."
Actor Antony Starr (1975) doubled up as twins on "Outrageous Fortune" and led "Banshee." He fired off his Homelander audition for "The Boys" half out of anger, closed out the role in the final season this year, and will play Andy Warhol in "Samo Lives."
Singer Katy Perry (1984) broke through with "I Kissed a Girl" and became the first woman to land five Hot 100 No. 1s from one album with "Teenage Dream." She headlined the Left Shark halftime show at the Super Bowl, judged "American Idol," and took "The Lifetimes Tour – Live from Paris" to this year's Tribeca Festival.
Singer Ciara (1985) got dubbed the Princess of Crunk with "Goodies," took it to No. 1, and followed it with "1, 2 Step." She shared a Grammy for the "Lose Control" video, played Nettie in "The Color Purple," and made a cameo in "The Devil Wears Prada 2."
Actress Mia Goth (1993) made her film debut in "Nymphomaniac" and played both the leading lady and, under old-age prosthetics, the murderous farm wife in "X." She co-wrote "Pearl," headlined it as the young Pearl, and joined "Frankenstein" and "The Odyssey."
Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:
Astronaut Rusty Schweickart (1935), Author Anne Tyler (1941), Singer Taffy Nivert of Starland Vocal Band (1944), Screenwriter-director David S. Ward (1945), Guitarist Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest (1947), Basketball player Dave Cowens (1948), Wrestler Dan Gable (1948), Basketball player Dan Issel (1948), Actor Brian Kerwin (1949), Voice actor-producer Ross Bagdasarian Jr. (1949), Guitarist Richard Lloyd of Television (1951), Hockey player Mike Eruzione (1954), Producer Gale Anne Hurd (1955), Guitarist Matthias Jabs of Scorpions (1955), Singer Mark Miller of Sawyer Brown (1958), Drummer Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers (1961), Actress Melinda McGraw (1963), Actress Tracy Nelson (1963), Actor Michael Boatman (1964), Actor Kevin Michael Richardson (1964), Actor Mathieu Amalric (1965), Screenwriter-director Christopher McQuarrie (1968), Rapper Speech of Arrested Development (1968), TV host Samantha Bee (1969), Actor Adam Goldberg (1970), Actor Adam Pascal (1970), Musician Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies (1970), Singer Chely Wright (1970), Baseball player Pedro Martínez (1971), Violinist Midori (1971), Actor Michael Weston (1973), Author Zadie Smith (1975), Actress Persia White (1976), Music producer The Alchemist (1977), Actor Zachary Knighton (1978), Actor Ed Weeks (1980), Actor Mehcad Brooks (1980), Actor Josh Henderson (1981), Singer Jerome "Romeo" Jones of Immature (1981), Singer Austin Winkler of Hinder (1981), Actress Krista Marie Yu (1988), Actress Mia Wasikowska (1989), Actress Rachel Matthews (1993), Actress Conchita Campbell (1995), Singer Lee Know of Stray Kids (1998), Actor Dominic Sessa (2002)
