Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 7-13

Chinese American cellist Yo-Yo Ma arrives at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors reception in the East Room of the White House, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, in Washington. The 2015 Kennedy Center Honors Honorees are singer-songwriter Carole King, filmmaker George Lucas, actress and singer Rita Moreno, conductor Seiji Ozawa, and actress Cicely Tyson. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is 63 on Oct. 7. Chinese American cellist Yo-Yo Ma arrives at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors reception in the East Room of the White House, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Singer Thom Yorke of Radiohead is 50 on Oct. 7. Thom Yorke of Radiohead seen at 2016 Outside Lands Music Festival at Golden Gate Park on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, in San Francisco, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Reality competition judge Simon Cowell is 59 on Oct. 7. FILE – In this file photo dated Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011, Simon Cowell, executive producer and a judge on “The X Factor,” poses at a world premiere screening event for the new television series, in Los Angeles, USA. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, FILE)
Actress Sigourney Weaver is 69 on Oct. 8. Sigourney Weaver attends the “Marvel’s The Defenders” panel on day two of Comic-Con International on Friday, July 21, 2017, in San Diego. (Photo by Al Powers/Invision/AP)
FILE – In this Oct. 22, 2017, file photo, Matt Damon arrives at a movie premier in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Actor Nick Cannon is 38 on Oct. 8. FILE – In this March 3, 2016 file photo, Nick Cannon arrives at the “America’s Got Talent” Season 11 Red Carpet Kickoff at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)
Director Guillermo del Toro is 54 on Oct. 9. Guillermo del Toro, winner of the awards for best director and best picture for “The Shape of Water,” poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Melissa Villasenor attends the 45th International Emmy Awards at the New York Hilton on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
Comedian Melissa Villasenor is 31 on Oct. 9. Melissa Villasenor attends the 45th International Emmy Awards at the New York Hilton on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MAY 31:  Actor Scott Bakula attends the 5th Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 31, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.  (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Critics' Choice Television Awards)
Actor Scott Bakula is 64 on Oct 9. BEVERLY HILLS, CA – MAY 31: Actor Scott Bakula attends the 5th Annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 31, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Critics’ Choice Television Awards) (Christopher Polk)
Actor Charles Dance attends HBO's "Game of Thrones" fourth season premiere at Avery Fisher Hall on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Actor Charles Dance is 72 on Oct. 10. Actor Charles Dance attends HBO’s “Game of Thrones” fourth season premiere at Avery Fisher Hall on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Actor Bradley Whitford (”The West Wing”) is 59 on Oct 10. Actor Bradley Whitford speaks to demonstrators, urging the Democrats to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, during a rally outside the office of California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Actor Mario Lopez (”The X Factor,” `’Saved by the Bell”) is 45 on Oct. 10. Mario Lopez arrives at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Rapper Cardi B is 26 on Oct. 11. FILE – In this Sept. 7, 2018, file photo, Cardi B attends the Harper’s BAZAAR “ICONS by Carine Roitfeld” party at The Plaza in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Emily Deschanel attends the FOX Summer TCA All-Star Party at Soho House on Sunday, July 20, 2014 in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP)
Actress Emily Deschanel (”Bones”) is 42 on Oct 11. Emily Deschanel attends the FOX Summer TCA All-Star Party at Soho House on Sunday, July 20, 2014 in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP)
Singer Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates is 72 on Oct. 11. FILE – In a Thursday, April, 10, 2014 file photo, Hall of Fame Inductee, member of Hall and Otes, Daryl Hall performs at the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Actor Hugh Jackman is 50 on Oct. 12. FILE – In this May 25, 2017 file photo, actor Hugh Jackman poses for photographers during a press conference of his film “Logan” in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Actor Josh Hutcherson (”The Hunger Games”) is 26 on Oct. 12. Josh Hutcherson, left, and Jennifer Lawrence speak at “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2” panel on day 1 of Comic-Con International on Thursday, July 9, 2015, in San Diego, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
“Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace is 71 on Oct. 12. FILE – In this Oct. 19, 2016 file photo, moderator Chris Wallace guides the discussion between Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the third presidential debate at UNLV in Las Vegas. (Joe Raedle/Pool via AP, File)
Musician Paul Simon is 77 on Oct. 13. FILE – In a Sept. 22, 2016 file photo, musician Paul Simon performs during the Global Citizen Festival, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
Actor Sacha Baron Cohen is 47 on Oct. 13. FILE – In this March 4, 2018 file photo, Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Cohen stars in the new Showtime series “Who Is America?”, premiering on Sunday, July 15. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Caleb McLaughlin, left, and Gaten Matarazzo appear backstage after accepting the award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series for "Stranger Things" at the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Actor Caleb McLaughlin (”Stranger Things”) is 17 on Oct. 13. Caleb McLaughlin, left, and Gaten Matarazzo appear backstage after accepting the award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series for “Stranger Things” at the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
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Chinese American cellist Yo-Yo Ma arrives at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors reception in the East Room of the White House, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, in Washington. The 2015 Kennedy Center Honors Honorees are singer-songwriter Carole King, filmmaker George Lucas, actress and singer Rita Moreno, conductor Seiji Ozawa, and actress Cicely Tyson. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Melissa Villasenor attends the 45th International Emmy Awards at the New York Hilton on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MAY 31:  Actor Scott Bakula attends the 5th Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 31, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.  (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Critics' Choice Television Awards)
Actor Charles Dance attends HBO's "Game of Thrones" fourth season premiere at Avery Fisher Hall on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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Emily Deschanel attends the FOX Summer TCA All-Star Party at Soho House on Sunday, July 20, 2014 in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP)
Caleb McLaughlin, left, and Gaten Matarazzo appear backstage after accepting the award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series for "Stranger Things" at the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Here are some celebrities having a birthday this week.

Oct. 7: TV personality Joy Behar (”The View”) is 76. Drummer Kevin Godley of 10cc is 73. Country singer Kieran Kane of The O’Kanes is 69. Musician John Mellencamp is 67. Guitarist Ricky Phillips of Styx is 67. Actress Mary Badham (”To Kill a Mockingbird”) is 66. Drummer Tico Torres of Bon Jovi is 65. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is 63. Gospel singer Michael W. Smith is 61. Reality competition judge Simon Cowell is 59. Guitarist Charlie Marinkovich of Iron Butterfly is 59. Singer Ann Curless of Expose is 55. Singer Toni Braxton is 51. Singer Thom Yorke of Radiohead is 50. Actress Allison Munn (”One Tree Hill”) is 44. Singer Damian Kulash of OK Go is 43. Singer Taylor Hicks (”American Idol”) is 42. Singer Nathaniel Rateliff of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 40. Actor Jake McLaughlin (”Quantico”) is 36. Electronic musician Flying Lotus is 35. Actress Holland Roden (TV’s “Teen Wolf”) is 32.

Oct. 8: Actor Paul Hogan is 79. Singer Fred Cash of The Impressions is 78. Actor-comedian Chevy Chase is 75. Author R.L. Stine (”Goosebumps”) is 75. Country singer Susan Raye is 74. TV personality Sarah Purcell (”Real People”) is 70. Singer Airrion Love of The Stylistics is 69. Actress Sigourney Weaver is 69. Singer Robert “Kool” Bell of Kool and the Gang is 68. Singer-guitarist Ricky Lee Phelps (Brothers Phelps, Kentucky Headhunters) is 65. Comedian Darrell Hammond is 63. Actress Kim Wayans (”In the House,” `’In Living Color”) is 57. Singer Steve Perry of Cherry Poppin’ Daddies is 55. Actor Ian Hart (”Dirt”) is 54. Singer CeCe Winans is 54. Bassist C.J. Ramone of The Ramones is 53. Actress Karyn Parsons (”The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) is 52. Singer Teddy Riley is 52. Actor Dylan Neal (”Blood Ties,” `’Sabrina, The Teenage Witch”) is 49. Actor-screenwriter Matt Damon is 48. Singer Byron Reeder of Mista is 39. Singer Noelle Scaggs of Fitz and the Tantrums is 39. Actor Nick Cannon is 38. Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is 33. Actor Angus T. Jones (”Two and a Half Men”) is 25. Actress Molly Quinn (”Castle”) is 25. Actress Bella Thorne (TV’s “Shake It Up,” film “Midnight Sun”) is 21.

Oct. 9: R&B singer Nona Hendryx (LaBelle) is 74. Singer Jackson Browne is 70. Actor Gary Frank (”Family”) is 68. Actor Robert Wuhl (”Arli”) is 67. Manager-TV personality Sharon Osbourne is 66. Actor Tony Shalhoub is 65. Accordion player James Fearnley of The Pogues is 64. Actor Scott Bakula is 64. Actor John O’Hurley (“Seinfeld”) is 64. Actor Michael Pare (”Eddie and the Cruisers”) is 60. Singer-guitarist Kurt Neumann of The BoDeans is 57. Country singer Gary Bennett (BR549) is 54. Director Guillermo del Toro is 54. Singer P.J. Harvey is 49. Actor Steve Burns (”Blues Clues”) is 45. Singer Sean Lennon is 43. Musician Lecrae is 39. Actor Brandon Routh (”DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” `’Superman Returns”) is 39. Actor Zachery Ty Bryan (”Home Improvement”) is 37. Comedian Melissa Villasenor (”Saturday Night Live”) is 31. Actor Tyler James Williams (”Everybody Hates Chris”) is 26. Country singer Scotty McCreery (”American Idol”) is 25.

Oct. 10: Actor Peter Coyote is 77. Actor Charles Dance (”Game of Thrones”) is 72. Singer John Prine is 72. Actor-dancer Ben Vereen is 72. Singer Cyril Neville of The Neville Brothers is 70. Actress Jessica Harper (”Pennies From Heaven,” `’My Favorite Year) is 69. Singer-guitarist Midge Ure is 65. Singer David Lee Roth (Van Halen) is 64. Country singer Tanya Tucker is 60. Actress Julia Sweeney (”Saturday Night Live”) is 59. Actor Bradley Whitford (”The West Wing”) is 59. Bassist Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet) is 57. Guitarist Jim Glennie of James is 55. Drummer Mike Malinin of the Goo Goo Dolls is 51. Actress Wendi McLendon-Covey (”The Goldbergs,” `’Reno 911!”) is 49. Actor Mario Lopez (”The X Factor,” `’Saved by the Bell”) is 45. Singer Mya is 39. Actor Dan Stevens (”Downton Abbey”) is 36. R&B singer Cherie is 34.

Oct. 11: Actor Ron Leibman is 81. Country singer Gene Watson is 75. Singer Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates is 72. Country singer Paulette Carlson (Highway 101) is 67. Actor Stephen Spinella (”24”) is 62. Actress Joan Cusak is 56. Guitarist Scott Johnson of Gin Blossoms is 56. Actor-writer Michael J. Nelson (”Mystery Science Theater 3000”) is 54. Actor Sean Patrick Flanery is 53. Actor Luke Perry is 52. Actor Artie Lange (”MADtv”) is 51. Actor Jane Krakowski is 50. Rapper U-God of Wu-Tang Clan is 48. Actress Constance Zimmer (”UnREAL,” `’Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) is 48. Rapper MC Lyte is 47. Actor Darien Sills-Evans (”Superior Donuts,” `’Treme”) is 44. Singer NeeNa Lee is 43. Actress Emily Deschanel (”Bones”) is 42. Actor Trevor Donovan (”90210”) is 40. Actress Michelle Trachtenberg (”Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” `’Inspector Gadget”) is 33. Rapper Cardi B is 26.

Oct. 12: Singer Sam Moore of Sam and Dave is 83. “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace is 71. Actress-singer Susan Anton is 68. Jazz musician Chris Botti is 56. Singer Claude McKnight of Take 6 is 56. Actor Hugh Jackman is 50. Actor Adam Rich (”Eight Is Enough”) is 50. Singer Garfield Bright of Shai is 49. Fiddler Martie Maguire of the Dixie Chicks and of Courtyard Hounds is 49. Actor Kirk Cameron is 48. Singer Jordan Pundik of New Found Glory is 39. Actor Tyler Blackburn (”Pretty Little Liars”) is 32. Actor Marcus T. Paulk (”Moesha”) is 32. Actor Josh Hutcherson (”The Hunger Games”) is 26.

Oct. 13: Gospel singer Shirley Caesar is 81. Actress Melinda Dillon (”A Christmas Story”) is 79. Musician Paul Simon is 77. Keyboardist Robert Lamm of Chicago is 74. Country singer Lacy J. Dalton is 72. Actor Demond Wilson (”Sanford and Son”) is 72. Singer Sammy Hagar is 71. Singer John Ford Coley of England Dan and John Ford Coley is 70. Actor John Lone (”Rush Hour 2”) is 66. Model Beverly Johnson is 66. “The X-Files” creator Chris Carter is 62. Singer-actress Marie Osmond is 59. Singer Joey Belladonna of Anthrax is 58. Actress T’Keyah Crystal Keymah (”That’s So Raven”) is 56. Actress Kelly Preston is 56. Country singer John Wiggins is 56. Actor Christopher Judge (TV’s “Stargate SG-1”) is 54. Actor Matt Walsh (”Veep”) is 54. Actor Reginald Ballard (”Martin,” `’The Bernie Mac Show”) is 53. Actress Kate Walsh is 51. Musician Jeff Allen of Mint Condition is 50. Actress Tisha Campbell-Martin (”My Wife and Kids,” `’Martin”) is 50. Singer Carlos Martin of Il Divo is 50. Country singer Rhett Akins is 49. Actor Sacha Baron Cohen is 47. Singers Brandon and Brian Casey of Jagged Edge are 43. Singer Ashanti is 38. Actor Caleb McLaughlin (”Stranger Things”) is 17.

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