Today's celebrity birthdays: October 7, 2026

Happy birthday to entertainers like Simon Cowell, Toni Braxton, and Thom Yorke! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!

Celebrity birthday highlights for October 7, 2026:

Musician John Mellencamp (1951) got rebranded as Johnny Cougar by a manager and sent "Jack & Diane" to No. 1 as John Cougar. He co-founded Farm Aid, landed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and played the hits on tour this summer.

Actor Dylan Baker (1959) picked up a Tony nomination for "La Bête" and taught Peter Parker physics as Dr. Curt Connors in "Spider-Man 2" and "Spider-Man 3." He racked up three Emmy nominations as Colin Sweeney on "The Good Wife" and popped up this summer in "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma."

TV personality Simon Cowell (1959) made a career out of roasting hopefuls on "American Idol" and created the "X Factor" and "Got Talent" franchises. He set out to build a five-piece boy band on Netflix's "Simon Cowell: The Next Act," kept all seven finalists instead and was back on the "America's Got Talent" panel this year.