Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 7:
Author Thomas Keneally is 89.
Montreal Symphony Orchestra conductor Charles Dutoit is 88.
TV personality Joy Behar ("The View") is 82.
Drummer Kevin Godley of 10cc is 79.
Actress Jill Larson is 77.
Country singer Kieran Kane of The O'Kanes is 75.
Bassist Dave Hope (Kansas) is 75.
Musician John Mellencamp is 73.
Guitarist Ricky Phillips of Styx is 72.
Actress Mary Badham (Scout in "To Kill a Mockingbird") is 72.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is 72.
Drummer Tico Torres of Bon Jovi is 71.
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is 69.
Gospel singer Michael W. Smith is 67.
Olympic gold medal ice dancer Jayne Torvill is 67.
Recording executive and reality competition judge Simon Cowell is 65.
Actor Dylan Baker is 65.
Country singer Dale Watson is 62.
Rapper Kool Keith (Dr Octagon, Ultramagnetic MCs) is 61.
Singer Ann Curless of Expose' is 61.
Singer Toni Braxton is 57.
Singer Thom Yorke of Radiohead is 56.
Actress Allison Munn ("One Tree Hill") is 50.
Singer Damian Kulash of OK Go is 49.
Singer Taylor Hicks ("American Idol") is 48.
Actor Jake McLaughlin ("Quantico") is 42.
Electronic musician Flying Lotus (born Stephen Ellison) is 41.
MLB All-Star Evan Longoria is 39.
Actress Holland Roden is 38.
Actress Amber Stevens is 38.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1786, Louis-Joseph Papineau, leader of the 1837 rebellion in Lower Canada. (Sept. 25, 1871)
In 1832, hymn composer Charles Converse ("What a Friend We Have in Jesus"). (Oct. 18, 1918)
In 1870, Uncle Dave Macon, the first star of the Grand Ole Opry. (March 22, 1952)
In 1885, Niels Bohr, nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize winner. (Nov. 18, 1962)
In 1911, singer and bandleader Vaughn Monroe. (May 21, 1973)
In 1914, actor Alfred Drake. (July 25, 1992)
In 1917, actress June Allyson. (July 8, 2006)
In 1923, Canadian artist and sculptor Jean-Paul Riopelle. (March 12, 2002)
In 1927, singer Al Martino. (Oct. 13, 2009)
In 1928, Quebec singer and songwriter Raymond Levesque. (Feb. 15, 2021)
In 1929, Canadian filmmaker Graeme Ferguson, co-inventor of IMAX. (May 8, 2021)
In 1931, South African Archbishop and Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu. (Dec. 26, 2021)
In 1939, Colin Cooper, vocalist and saxophonist with the Climax Blues Band. (July 3, 2008)
In 1939, bluesman Mel Brown. (March 20, 2009)
In 1941, Tony Silvester of the black vocal group the Main Ingredient. (Nov 26, 2006)
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