Famous birthdays for Oct. 7: Toni Braxton, Nicole Ari Parker

Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra.

-- Signer of the Declaration of Independence Caesar Rodney in 1728

-- Danish atomic physicist Niels Bohr in 1885

-- Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad in 1897

-- South African archbishop/Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu in 1931

-- Television personality Joy Behar in 1942 (age 81)

-- Oliver North, the former White House aide who became the center of the Iran-Contra controversy, in 1943 (age 80)

-- Russian President Vladimir Putin in 1952 (age 71)

-- Classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma in 1955 (age 68)

-- Recording executive/television personality Simon Cowell in 1959 (age 64)

-- Singer Thom Yorke in 1968 (age 55)

-- Actor Nicole Ari Parker in 1970 (age 53)

-- Actor Allison Munn in 1974 (age 49)

-- Singer Taylor Hicks in 1976 (age 47)

-- Actor Aaron Ahsmore in 1979 (age 44)

-- Actor Holland Roden in 1986 (age 37)

-- Singer Lewis Capaldi in 1996 (age 27)

-- Actor Nicole Maines in 1997 (age 26)

-- Actor Lulu Wilson in 2005 (age 18)