Today's celebrity birthdays: October 27, 2025

Happy birthday to entertainers like John Cleese, Marla Maples, and Kelly Osbourne! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for October 27, 2025:

• Actor-comedian John Cleese (1939) co-founded Monty Python, helped create "Monty Python's Flying Circus," and co-wrote and starred in "Fawlty Towers." He earned an Oscar nomination for "A Fish Called Wanda" and became a ubiquitous comic voice from "Shrek" to "Harry Potter."

• Country singer Lee Greenwood (1942) turned "God Bless the U.S.A." into a modern standard and stacked a string of chart hits across the 80s and 90s. A Grammy winner for "I.O.U.," he continues to tour.

• Singer Simon Le Bon (1958) led Duran Duran through the MTV era with "Hungry Like the Wolf," "Rio," and stadium-sized choruses. Duran Duran’s late-career surge includes the 2023 album "Danse Macabre" and 2024–2025 arena dates.

• Actress Marla Maples (1963) earned a Broadway credit as Ziegfeld’s Favorite in "The Will Rogers Follies" and logged numerous small-screen roles from "Designing Women" to "The Nanny."

• TV personality Kelly Osbourne (1984) went from Emmy-winning reality TV with "The Osbournes" to fashion-desk quips on "Fashion Police" and stints on "Dancing with the Stars."

Other celebs celebrating birthdays today:

Bassist Garry Tallent of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (1949), Author Fran Lebowitz (1950), Guitarist K.K. Downing of Judas Priest (1951), TV personality Jayne Kennedy (1951), Actor-director Roberto Benigni (1952), Actor Peter Firth (1953), Actor Robert Picardo (1953), Keyboardist J.D. McFadden of Sixpence None the Richer and The Mavericks (1964), Drummer Jason Finn of The Presidents of the United States of America (1967), Actor Sean Holland (1968), Actor Channon Roe (1969), Former football quarterback Brady Quinn (1984), Actress Christine Evangelista (1986), Basketball player Lou Williams (1986), Boxer Shawn Porter (1987), Actor Bryan Craig (1991), Mixed martial artist Islam Makhachev (1991), Actor Troy Gentile (1993), Hockey player Leon Draisaitl of the Edmonton Oilers (1995), Actress Samantha Logan (1996), Basketball player Lonzo Ball (1997)