Birthday wishes go out to Guillermo del Toro, Tony Shalhoub and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on October 9th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on October 9, 2025
Actress Sharon Osbourne turns 73
Fun fact: Appeared in a political commercial in an episode of “Doctor Who.”
Actor Tony Shalhoub turns 72
Fun fact: Married actress Brooke Adams in 1992.
Actor Scott Bakula turns 71
Fun fact: In recent years, he’s appeared in episodes of “Only Murders in the Building” and “What We Do in the Shadows.”
Director Guillermo del Toro turns 61
Fun fact: Directed an adaptation of “Frankenstein” that premiered earlier this year.
Actor Brandon Routh turns 46
Fun fact: Appeared in the music video for the Christina Aguilera song “What A Girl Wants.”
Actress Spencer Grammer turns 42
Fun fact: Her middle name is Karen.
More celebrities with birthdays today
Singer Nona Hendryx (LaBelle) is 81. Singer Jackson Browne is 77. Actor Gary Frank (“Family”) is 75. Actor Richard Chaves (“Predator”) is 74. Actor Robert Wuhl (“Arli$$”) is 74. Accordion player James Fearnley of The Pogues is 71. Actor John O’Hurley (“Family Feud,” ″Seinfeld”) is 71. Actor-turned-producer Linwood Boomer (“Little House on the Prairie”) is 70. Actor Michael Paré (“Eddie and the Cruisers”) is 67. Jazz saxophonist Kenny Garrett is 65. Singer-guitarist Kurt Neumann of The BoDeans is 64. Country singer Gary Bennett (BR549) is 61. Singer P.J. Harvey is 56. Director Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”) is 56. Actor Cocoa Brown (“Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse”) is 53. Actor Steve Burns (“Blue’s Clues”) is 52. Singer Sean Lennon is 50. Musician Lecrae is 46. Actor Zachery Ty Bryan (“Home Improvement”) is 44. Comedian Melissa Villasenor (“Saturday Night Live”) is 38. Actor Tyler James Williams (“Everybody Hates Chris”) is 33. Country singer Scotty McCreery (“American Idol”) is 32. Actor Jharrel Jerome (“When They See Us”) is 28.
Other popular or historical birthdays on October 9th
- Alastair Sim, actor
- John Lennon, musician
- Brian Lamb, founder of C-SPAN
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