Famous Birthdays on April 14

Q: Who was born on April 14?

Famous people born on April 14 include: Averroes, Henry I, Jeanne-Marie de Maille, Abraham Ortelius, Adam Tanner.

Q: What is Peter Behrens known for?

Peter Behrens, German architect, designed the AEG turbine factory (died 1940)

237 people 1126 – 2001

April 14 has seen 237 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1126 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · April 14 — Wikipedia

1868 — Peter Behrens

German architect, designed the AEG turbine factory (died 1940)

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In the next few years, he became a successful architect, a leader of the rationalist / classical German Reform Movement of the 1910s

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After the First World War, he turned to Brick Expressionism, designing the remarkable Hoechst Administration Building outside Frankfurt, and from the mid-1920s increasingly to New Objectivity

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Peter Behrens was a leading German architect, graphic and industrial designer, best known for his early pioneering AEG Turbine Hall in Berlin in 1909

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He was a founding member of the German Werkbund in 1907, when he also began designing for AEG, pioneered corporate design, graphic design, producing typefaces, objects, and buildings for the company

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He was also an educator, heading the architecture school at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1922 to 1936

Averroes

Andalusian Arab physician and philosopher (died 1198)

Ibn Rushd, Latinized as Averroes, was an Andalusian polymath and jurist who was proficient in a variety of intellectual fields, including philosophy, theology, medicine, astronomy, physics, psychology, mathematics,…

1126

Henry I

king of Castile (died 1217)

Henry I was the king of Castile from 1214 until 1217. Throughout his short reign, the boy king was a puppet monarch torn between his sister and heir, Queen Berengaria, and guardian, Count Álvaro Núñez de Lara.

1204

Jeanne-Marie de Maille

French Roman Catholic saint (died 1414)

Jeanne-Marie de Maille was a French Roman Catholic anchoress and a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. Maille was born to nobles and married a nobleman herself though remained childless since she decided to…

1331

Abraham Ortelius

Flemish cartographer and geographer (died 1598)

Abraham Ortelius was a cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer from Antwerp in the Spanish Netherlands. He is recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Along with Gemma Frisius…

1527

Adam Tanner

Austrian mathematician, philosopher, and academic (died 1632)

Adam Tanner was an Austrian Jesuit theologian.

1572

Philip III of Spain (died 1621)

Philip III was King of Spain and Portugal during the period known as the Iberian Union, reigning from 1598 until his death in 1621. He was also King of Naples and Sicily, Duke of Milan, and Lord of the Seventeen…

1578

Christiaan Huygens

Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (died 1695)

Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor who is regarded as a key figure in the Scientific Revolution. In physics, Huygens made seminal contributions…

1629

Magnus Julius De la Gardie

Swedish general and politician (died 1741)

Magnus Julius De la Gardie, son of Axel Julius De la Gardie, was a Swedish general and statesman, member of the Swedish Hats Party.

1669

Abraham Darby I

English iron master (died 1717)

Abraham Darby, in his later life called Abraham Darby the Elder, now sometimes known for convenience as Abraham Darby I, was an English ironmaster and foundryman. Born into an English Quaker family that played an…

1678

Charles Collé

French playwright and songwriter (died 1783)

Charles Collé was a French dramatist and songwriter.

1709

Adam Gib

Scottish minister and author (died 1788)

Adam Gib was a Scottish religious leader, head of the Antiburgher section of the Scottish Secession Church. He reportedly wrote his first covenant with God in the blood of his own veins. Gib was born in the parish of…

1714

William Cavendish-Bentinck

3rd Duke of Portland, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1809)

William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland was a British Whig and then a Tory politician during the late Georgian era. He served as chancellor of the University of Oxford (1792–1809) and as Prime…

1738

Barthélemy Catherine Joubert

French general (died 1799)

Barthélemy Catherine Joubert was a French general who served during the French Revolutionary Wars. Recognizing his talents, Napoleon Bonaparte gave him increased responsibilities. Joubert was killed while commanding the…

1769

Jean-Baptiste de Villèle

French politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1854)

Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph Marie Anne Séraphin, 1st Count of Villèle, better known simply as Joseph de Villèle, was a French statesman who served as the Prime Minister of France from 1821 to 1828. He was a leader of…

1773

David G. Burnet

American politician, 2nd Vice-president of Texas (died 1870)

David Gouverneur Burnet was an early politician within the Republic of Texas, serving as the interim president of Texas in 1836, the second vice president of the Republic of Texas (1839–1841), and the secretary of state…

1788

John Appold

English engineer (died 1865)

John George Appold, FRS was a British fur dyer and engineer.

1800

George Grey

Portuguese-New Zealand soldier, explorer, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1898)

Sir George Grey, KCB was a British soldier, explorer, colonial administrator and writer. He served in a succession of governing positions: Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Cape…

1812

Dimitri Kipiani

Georgian publicist and author (died 1887)

Prince Dimitri Ivanes dze Kipiani was a Georgian statesman, publicist, writer and translator. A leader of Georgia's liberal nobility, he was known for his work in support of the Georgian culture and society, a cause…

1814

Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey

American educator, author, editor, and publisher (died 1901)

Harriett Ellen Arey was a 19th-century American educator, author, editor, and publisher. Raised in New England, she was one of the first women in the United States to study in a co-educational environment. In Cleveland,…

1819

Augustus Pitt Rivers

English general, ethnologist, and archaeologist (died 1900)

Lieutenant-General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers was an English officer in the British Army, ethnologist, and archaeologist. He was noted for innovations in archaeological methodology, and in the museum display of…

1827

Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton

Australian biologist (died 1941)

Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton was an Australian naturalist and teacher born in Ireland. A former president of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, he was known for his studies of desert plants and pollination as well…

1852

Martin Lipp

Estonian pastor and poet (died 1923)

Martin Lipp was an Estonian poet. He is best known as the author of the poem The Estonian Flag, which was set to the music of the then young composer Enn Võrk. That song became as popular to the Estonian people as the…

1854

Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (died 1944)

Princess Beatrice, later known as Princess Henry of Battenberg, was the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She was also the last surviving child of Queen Victoria, dying nearly 66…

1857

Alfred Hoare Powell

English architect, and designer and painter of pottery (died 1960)

Alfred Hoare Powell (1865–1960) was an English Arts and Crafts architect, and designer and painter of pottery.

1865

Anne Sullivan

American educator (died 1936)

Anne Sullivan Macy was an American teacher best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller. At age five, Sullivan contracted trachoma which left her partially blind and without reading or…

1866

Victor Borisov-Musatov

Russian painter and educator (died 1905)

Victor Elpidiforovich Borisov-Musatov was a Russian painter, prominent for his unique Post-Impressionistic style that mixed Symbolism, pure decorative style and realism. Together with Mikhail Vrubel he is often referred…

1870

Syd Gregory

Australian cricketer and coach (died 1929)

Sydney Edward Gregory, sometimes known as Edward Sydney Gregory, was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. At the time of his retirement, he had played a world-record 58 Test matches during a career…

1870

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Indian-English scholar and translator (died 1953)

Abdullah Yusuf Ali was an Indian-British barrister who wrote a number of books about Islam, including an exegesis of the Qur'an. A supporter of the British war effort during World War I, Ali received the CBE in 1917 for…

1872

Matti Lonkainen

Finnish politician (died 1918)

Matti Pekanpoika Lonkainen was a Finnish smallholder, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Kuopio Province East…

1874

Cecil Chubb

English barrister and one time owner of Stonehenge (died 1934)

Sir Cecil Herbert Edward Chubb, 1st Baronet, was the last private owner of Stonehenge prehistoric monument, Wiltshire, which he donated to the British government in 1918.

1876

Husain Salaahuddin

Maldivian poet and scholar (died 1948)

Hussain Salahuddin, was an influential Maldivian writer, poet, essayist and scholar.

1881

Moritz Schlick

German-Austrian physicist and philosopher (died 1936)

Friedrich Albert Moritz Schlick was a German philosopher, physicist, and the founding father of logical positivism and the Vienna Circle. He was murdered by a former student, Johann Nelböck, in 1936.

1882

Ernst Robert Curtius

German philologist and scholar (died 1956)

Ernst Robert Curtius was a German literary scholar, philologist, and Romance languages literary critic, best known for his 1948 study Europäische Literatur und Lateinisches Mittelalter, translated in English as European…

1886

Edward C. Tolman

American psychologist (died 1959)

Edward Chace Tolman was an American psychologist and a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Through Tolman's theories and works, he founded what is now a branch of psychology known as…

1886

Árpád Tóth

Hungarian poet and translator (died 1928)

Árpád Tóth was a Hungarian poet and translator.

1886

Arnold J. Toynbee

English historian and academic (died 1975)

Arnold Joseph Toynbee was an English historian, a philosopher of history, an author of numerous books and a research professor of international history at the London School of Economics and King's College London. From…

1889

Efim Bogoljubow

Russian-German chess grandmaster (1889–1952)

Efim Dimitrijewitsch Bogoljubow was a Russian-born German chess grandmaster.

1889

B. R. Ambedkar

Indian economist, jurist, and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Law and Justice (died 1956)

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and politician who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on the debates of the Constituent Assembly of India and the…

1891

Otto Lasanen

Finnish wrestler (died 1958)

Otto Abraham Lasanen was a featherweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He won a bronze medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics and placed fourth at the 1914 unofficial European Championships. In 1917 he won a Russian…

1891

Juan Belmonte

Spanish bullfighter (died 1962)

Juan Belmonte García was a Spanish bullfighter. He fought in a record number of bull fights and was responsible for changing the art of bullfighting. He had minor deformities in his legs which forced him to design new…

1892

V. Gordon Childe

Australian archaeologist and philologist (died 1957)

Vere Gordon Childe was an Australian archaeologist who specialised in the study of European prehistory. He spent most of his life in the United Kingdom, working as an academic for the University of Edinburgh and then…

1892

Claire Windsor

American actress (died 1972)

Claire Windsor was an American film actress of the silent screen era.

1892

Shivrampant Damle

Indian educationist (died 1977)

Captain Shivrampant Damle was an Indian educationist. He is best remembered for founding the Maharashtriya Mandal in 1924.

1900

Sylvio Mantha

Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee (died 1974)

Joseph Sylvio Theobald Mantha was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins. Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame…

1902

Henry Corbin

French philosopher and academic (died 1978)

Henry Corbin was a French philosopher, theologian, and Iranologist, professor of Islamic studies at the École pratique des hautes études. He was influential in extending the modern study of traditional Islamic…

1903

Ruth Svedberg

Swedish discus thrower and triathlete (died 2002)

Ruth Augusta Svedberg was a Swedish track and field athlete. She competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 4 × 100 m relay and discus throw events and won a bronze medal in the discus, failing to reach the…

1903

John Gielgud

English actor, director, and producer (died 2000)

Sir Arthur John Gielgud was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the British stage for…

1904

Elizabeth Huckaby

American author and educator (died 1999)

Elizabeth Paisley Huckaby was an educator.

1905

Georg Lammers

German sprinter (died 1987)

Georg Lammers was a German sprinter who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay, together with Richard Corts, Hubert Houben and Helmut Körnig, and a bronze in the individual…

1905

Jean Pierre-Bloch

French author and activist (died 1999)

Jean Pierre-Bloch was a French Resistant of the Second World War as an activist, being a former president of the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism.

1905

Faisal of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian king (died 1975)

Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 until his assassination in 1975. Before his ascension, he served as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964, and he was briefly regent to his…

1906

François Duvalier

Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (died 1971)

François Duvalier, also known as Papa Doc, was a Haitian politician and physician who served as president of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971.

1907

Robert Doisneau

French photographer and journalist (died 1994)

Robert Doisneau was a French photographer. From the 1930s, he photographed the streets of Paris. He was a champion of humanist photography and, with Henri Cartier-Bresson, a pioneer of photojournalism.

1912

Georg Siimenson

Estonian footballer (died 1978)

Georg Siimenson was an Estonian international footballer who scored 13 goals in 42 games for the Estonian national side.

1912

Jean Fournet

French conductor (died 2008)

Jean Fournet was a French flautist and conductor.

1913

Don Willesee

Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 2003)

Donald Robert Willesee was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1950 to 1975. He held ministerial office in the Whitlam…

1916

Valerie Hobson

English actress (died 1998)

Babette Louisa Valerie Hobson was a British actress whose film career spanned the 1930s to the early 1950s. Her second husband was John Profumo, a British government minister who became the subject of the Profumo affair…

1917

Marvin Miller

American baseball executive (died 2012)

Marvin Julian Miller was an American labor union leader and baseball executive who served as the first executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) from 1966 to 1982. Miller led MLBPA…

1917

Mary Healy

American actress and singer (died 2015)

Mary Sarah Healy was an American actress, singer, and variety entertainer.

1918

Shamshad Begum

Pakistani-Indian singer (died 2013)

Shamshad Begum was an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry. Begum is regarded as one of the best and most popular female playback singers, and a pioneering figure in Hindi…

1919

K. Saraswathi Amma

Indian author and playwright (died 1975)

K. Saraswathi Amma was a Malayalam feminist writer whose short stories have been anthologised in translation in several American texts. According to critic Jancy James, "In the entire history of women's writing in…

1919

Ivor Forbes Guest

English lawyer, historian, and author (died 2018)

Ivor Forbes Guest DUniv MA FRAD was a British historian and writer, best known for his study of ballet. He was chairman of the Royal Academy of Dance for twenty three years (1970–93) and has been a Vice-President since…

1920

Eleonore Schönborn

Austrian politician (died 2022)

Eleonore Gräfin von Schönborn was an Austrian politician and member of the House of Schönborn. Being ethnic Germans, she and her family were expelled from Czechoslovakia in 1945, settling in Austria. She became the…

1920

Thomas Schelling

American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)

Thomas Crombie Schelling was an American economist and professor of foreign policy, national security, nuclear strategy, and arms control at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. He…

1921

Audrey Long

American actress (died 2014)

Audrey Gwendoline Long was an American stage and screen actress of English descent, who performed mainly in low-budget films in the 1940s and early 1950s. Some of her more notable film performances are in Tall in the…

1922

Ali Akbar Khan

Hindustani musician (died 2009)

Ali Akbar Khan was an Indian Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod. Trained as a classical musician and instrumentalist by his father, Allauddin Khan, he also…

1922

Roberto De Vicenzo

Argentinian golfer (died 2017)

Roberto De Vicenzo was a professional golfer from Argentina. He won a record 229 professional tournaments worldwide during his career, including seven on the PGA Tour and most famously the 1967 Open Championship. He is…

1923

Shorty Rogers

American trumpet player and composer (died 1994)

Milton "Shorty" Rogers was an American jazz musician, one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. He played trumpet and flugelhorn and was in demand for his skills as an arranger.

1924

Joseph Ruskin

American actor and producer (died 2013)

Joseph Ruskin was an American character actor.

1924

Mary Warnock

Baroness Warnock, English philosopher, and academic (died 2019)

Helen Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, was an English philosopher of morality, education, and mind, and a writer on existentialism. She is best known for chairing an inquiry whose report formed the basis of the Human…

1924

Abel Muzorewa

Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (died 2010)

Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa, also commonly referred to as Bishop Muzorewa, was a Zimbabwean bishop and politician who served as the first and only Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia from the Internal Settlement to the…

1925

Gene Ammons

American tenor saxophonist (died 1974)

Eugene "Jug" Ammons, also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and R&B.

1925

Rod Steiger

American soldier and actor (died 2002)

Rodney Stephen Steiger was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. Ranked as "one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic stars", he is closely associated with…

1925

Barbara Anderson

New Zealand author (died 2013)

Barbara Lillias Romaine Anderson, Lady Anderson was a New Zealand fiction writer who became internationally recognised and a best-selling author after her first book was published in her sixties.

1926

Frank Daniel

Czech director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1996)

František "Frank" Daniel was a Czech-American screenwriter, film director and teacher. He is known for developing the sequence paradigm of screenwriting, in which a classically constructed movie can be broken down into…

1926

Gloria Jean

American actress and singer (died 2018)

Gloria Jean was an American actress and singer who starred in 26 feature films from 1939 to 1959 and made numerous radio, television, stage and nightclub appearances. She may be best remembered for her appearance with…

1926

Liz Renay

American actress and author (died 2007)

Pearl Elizabeth Dobbins, known professionally as Liz Renay, was an American stripper, author, and actress who appeared in John Waters' film Desperate Living (1977).

1926

Alan MacDiarmid

New Zealand chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)

Alan Graham MacDiarmid, ONZ FRS was a New Zealand-American chemist, and one of three recipients of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2000.

1927

Dany Robin

French actress and singer (died 1995)

Dany Robin was a French actress of the 1950s and the 1960s. Nicknamed ‘la petite fiancée de la France’ in the post-war years, she became one of the leading female stars of the 1950s, moving from the role of ‘ingénue’ to…

1927

Gerry Anderson

English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)

Gerald Alexander Anderson was an English television and film producer, director, writer and occasional voice artist, who is known for his futuristic television programmes, especially his 1960s productions filmed with…

1929

Inez Andrews

African-American singer-songwriter (died 2012)

Sister Inez Andrews, born Inez McConico and better known as Inez Andrews, was an American gospel singer, who was noted for her powerful, wide-ranging voice. The Chicago Tribune stated that "Andrews' throaty contralto…

1929

Martin Adolf Bormann

German priest and theologian (died 2013)

Martin Adolf Bormann was a German theologian and laicized Catholic priest. He was the eldest of the ten children of Martin Bormann.

1930

Arnold Burns

American lawyer and politician, 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (died 2013)

Arnold Irwin Burns was an American lawyer. He served as the United States Deputy Attorney General from 1986 to 1988 under President Ronald Reagan and U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese. In March 1988, Burns, together…

1930

René Desmaison

French mountaineer (died 2007)

René Desmaison was a veteran French mountaineer, climber and alpinist.

1930

Bradford Dillman

American actor and author (died 2018)

Bradford Dillman was an American actor and author.

1930

Geoffrey Dalton

English admiral (died 2020)

Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Thomas James Oliver Dalton was a Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.

1931

Paul Masnick

Canadian ice hockey player (died 2024)

Paul Andrew Masnick was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played as centre in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1950 and 1958.

1931

Bill Bennett

Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of British Columbia (died 2015)

William Richards Bennett, was a Canadian politician who was the 27th premier of British Columbia from 1975 to 1986.

1932

Atef Ebeid

Egyptian academic and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Egypt (died 2014)

Atef Muhammad Ebeid was an Egyptian politician who served in various capacities in the governments of Egypt. He was the 47th prime minister of Egypt from 1999 to 2004.

1932

Loretta Lynn

American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2022)

Loretta Lynn was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as "Hey Loretta", "The Pill", "Blue Kentucky Girl",…

1932

Cameron Parker

Scottish businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire

Cameron Holdsworth Parker is a former Scottish businessman and a former Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire. Parker has been chairman and served on the board of engineering companies, including British Shipbuilders and was…

1932

Paddy Hopkirk

Northern Irish racing driver (died 2022)

Patrick Barron Hopkirk was a rally driver from Northern Ireland, he was considered to be one of the finest rally drivers that Ireland ever produced. Following his retirement from competing he became well known for his…

1933

Boris Strugatsky

Russian author (died 2012)

The brothers Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky were Soviet and Russian science-fiction authors who collaborated through most of their careers.

1933

Yuri Oganessian

Armenian-Russian nuclear physicist

Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian is a Russian and Armenian nuclear physicist who is best known as a researcher of superheavy elements. He has led the discovery of multiple chemical elements. He succeeded Georgy Flyorov as…

1933

Fredric Jameson

American philosopher and theorist (died 2024)

Fredric Ruff Jameson was an American literary critic, philosopher and Marxist political theorist. He was best known for his analysis of contemporary cultural trends, particularly his analysis of postmodernity and…

1934

Susan Cunliffe-Lister

Baroness Masham of Ilton, English table tennis player, swimmer, and politician (died 2023)

Susan Lilian Primrose Cunliffe-Lister, Countess of Swinton, Lady Masham of Ilton, was a British crossbench member of the House of Lords, disability campaigner and Paralympic athlete. She was the founder and life-long…

1935

John Oliver

English bishop

John Keith Oliver is a British retired Anglican bishop. He was the 103rd Bishop of Hereford from 1990 to 2003.

1935

Erich von Däniken

Swiss pseudohistorian and author (died 2026)

Erich Anton Paul von Däniken was a Swiss author of several pseudoscientific books which made claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published…

1935

Arlene Martel

American actress and singer (died 2014)

Arlene Martel was an American actress. Before 1964, she was frequently billed as Arline Sax or Arlene Sax. Casting directors, among other Hollywood insiders, called Martel the Chameleon because her appearance and her…

1936

Bobby Nichols

American golfer

Robert Herman Nichols is an American professional golfer, best known for winning the PGA Championship in 1964.

1936

Frank Serpico

American-Italian soldier, police officer and lecturer

Francesco Vincent "Frank" Serpico is an American retired detective with the New York City Police Department (NYPD), best known for whistleblowing on police corruption. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Serpico was a…

1936

Efi Arazi

Israeli businessman, founded the Scailex Corporation (died 2013)

Efraim R. "Efi" Arazi was an Israeli technology pioneer and businessman.

1937

Sepp Mayerl

Austrian mountaineer (died 2012)

Sepp Mayerl, also known as Blasl-Sepp was an Austrian mountaineer.

1937

Mahmud Esad Coşan

Turkish author and academic (died 2001)

Mahmud Esad Coşan was a Turkish academic author, preacher, professor of Islam and Naqshbandi leader.

1938

Ralph Willis

Australian politician

Ralph Willis AO is an Australian former politician who served as a Cabinet Minister during the entirety of the Hawke-Keating government from 1983 to 1996, most notably as Treasurer of Australia from 1993 to 1996 and…

1938

Julie Christie

Indian-English actress and activist

Julie Frances Christie is a British actress. Christie's accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has appeared in six films ranked in the British Film…

1940

David Hope

Baron Hope of Thornes, English archbishop and academic

David Michael Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes, is a retired Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Wakefield between 1985 and 1991 and the Bishop of London between 1991 and 1995. From 1995 to 2005, he was the Archbishop of…

1940

Richard Thompson

English physician and academic

Sir Richard Paul Hepworth Thompson, is a British physician and past president of the Royal College of Physicians in London.

1940

Pete Rose

American baseball player and manager (died 2024)

Peter Edward Rose Sr., nicknamed "Charlie Hustle", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 1986, most prominently as a member of the Cincinnati…

1941

Valeriy Brumel

Soviet high jumper (died 2003)

Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel was a Soviet-Russian high jumper. The 1964 Olympic champion and multiple world record holder, he is regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in the high jump. His…

1942

Valentin Lebedev

Russian engineer and astronaut

Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev is a former Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space. His stay aboard the Space Station Salyut 7 with Anatoly Berezovoy in 1982, which lasted 211 days, was recorded in the Guinness…

1942

Björn Rosengren

Swedish politician, Swedish Minister of Enterprise and Innovation

Björn Folke Rosengren is a Swedish politician and advisor to the Stenbeck family.

1942

John Sergeant

English journalist

John James Sergeant is an English television and radio journalist and broadcaster. He was the BBC's chief political correspondent from 1992 to 2000 and the political editor of ITN from 2000 until 2002.

1944

Ritchie Blackmore

English guitarist and songwriter

Richard Hugh Blackmore is an English guitarist, who was a co-founding member of Deep Purple, Rainbow and Blackmore's Night. In the 1960s, he began his professional career in bands such as the Outlaws and Screaming Lord…

1945

Roger Frappier

Canadian producer, director and screenwriter

Roger Frappier is a Canadian producer, director, editor, actor, and screenwriter.

1945

Mireille Guiliano

French-American author

Mireille Guiliano is a French-American author, painter, and former corporate executive at LVMH.

1946

Michael Sarris

Cypriot economist and politician, Cypriot Minister of Finance

Michael Sarris is a Greek Cypriot economist and politician. He earned his B.Sc. in Economics at the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE). He later continued his studies in the United States where he…

1946

Knut Kristiansen

Norwegian pianist and orchestra leader

Knut Johan Bratland Kristiansen is a Norwegian composer and jazz musician (piano), known from Bergen jazz life primarily for his many interpretations of the music of Thelonious Monk as orchestra leader his own bands…

1946

Dominique Baudis

French journalist and politician (died 2014)

Dominique Baudis was the French Defender of Rights (ombudsman). Formerly a journalist, politician and mayor of Toulouse, he had been a member of Liberal Democracy and later of the leading centre-right Union for a…

1947

Bob Massie

Australian cricketer

Robert Arnold Lockyer Massie is a former Australian cricketer who played in six Test matches and three One Day Internationals (ODIs) in 1972 and 1973.

1947

Berry Berenson

American model, actress, and photographer (died 2001)

Berinthia "Berry" Berenson-Perkins was an American actress, model and photographer. She was the wife of actor Anthony Perkins.

1948

Anastasios Papaligouras

Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice

Anastasios Papaligouras was a Greek lawyer and New Democracy politician and was Minister for Mercantile Marine and Island Policy.

1948

Dave Gibbons

English author and illustrator

David Chester Gibbons is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries Watchmen and the Superman story "For the Man…

1949

DeAnne Julius

American-British economist and academic

Dame DeAnne Shirley Julius, is a Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House. An American–British economist, Julius is noted as a founder member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England.

1949

Chris Langham

English actor and screenwriter

Christopher Langham is an English writer, actor, and comedian. He is known for playing the cabinet minister Hugh Abbot in the BBC sitcom The Thick of It, and as presenter Roy Mallard in People Like Us, first on BBC…

1949

Chas Mortimer

English motorcycle racer

Charles Mortimer is an English former professional motorcycle short-circuit road racer and race-school instructor. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world championships from 1969 to 1979. He remains…

1949

John Shea

American actor and director

John Victor Shea III is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. His career began on Broadway where he starred in Yentl, subsequently winning his first major award, the 1975 Theatre World Award. Shortly…

1949

Francis Collins

American physician and geneticist

Francis Sellers Collins is an American physician-scientist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He served as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)…

1950

Péter Esterházy

Hungarian author (died 2016)

Péter Esterházy was a Hungarian writer. He was one of the best known Hungarian and Central European writers of his era. He was called a "leading figure of 20th century Hungarian literature", and his books were…

1950

Milija Aleksic

English footballer (died 2012)

Milija Anthony Aleksic was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, making 138 appearances in the Football League.

1951

José Eduardo González Navas

Spanish politician

José Eduardo González Navas known as Pepe Gonzalez is a Spanish politician, established in Catalonia since 1965. In 1972 he won the poetry prize of Olot City. He graduated in economics from the Autonomous University of…

1951

Julian Lloyd Webber

English cellist, conductor, and educator

Julian Lloyd Webber is a British solo cellist, conductor and broadcaster, a former principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the founder of the In Harmony music education programme.

1951

Elizabeth Symons

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, English politician

Elizabeth Conway Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean is a British politician and trade unionist. A member of the Labour Party, she was Minister of State for the Middle East from 2001 to 2005. She is former General…

1951

Kenny Aaronson

American bass player

Kenny Aaronson is an American bass guitarist. He has recorded or performed with many notable artists such as Bob Dylan, Rick Derringer, Billy Idol, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Foghat, Sammy Hagar, Billy Squier, New…

1952

Mickey O'Sullivan

Irish footballer and manager

Mickey "Ned" O'Sullivan is an Irish former Gaelic football manager, selector and former player. His league and championship career at senior level with the Kerry county team spanned ten seasons from 1971 to 1980.

1952

David Urquhart

Scottish bishop

David Andrew Urquhart is a retired Scottish bishop. He served as the ninth Bishop of Birmingham in the Church of England.

1952

Katsuhiro Otomo

Japanese director, screenwriter, and illustrator

Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator, and film director. He first rose to prominence as a pioneer founder of the New Wave in the 1970s. He is best known as the creator of Akira, both the…

1954

Boris Šprem

Croatian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Croatian Parliament (died 2012)

Boris Šprem was a Croatian politician who was the speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 2011 to 2012. He was the first and to date only speaker to die in office since country's independence in 1991.

1956

Lothaire Bluteau

Canadian actor

Lothaire Bluteau is a Canadian actor, active in film, theatre, and television. He won the Genie Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of the title character in Denys Arcand's Jesus of Montreal (1989),…

1957

Bobbi Brown

American make-up artist and author

Bobbi Brown is an American professional make-up artist, author, and the founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. She created ten natural-shade lipsticks, which, according to Entrepreneur "revolutionized the beauty industry".…

1957

Marc Platt

American producer

Marc Evan Platt is an American producer. He has worked in film, theatre, and television, and has received numerous accolades including four Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a BAFTA…

1957

Mikhail Pletnev

Russian pianist, composer, and conductor

Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev is a Russian pianist, conductor and composer.

1957

Peter Capaldi

Scottish actor

Peter Dougan Capaldi is a Scottish actor, director, singer and guitarist. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who (2013–2017) and Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It…

1958

Jim Smith

English musician

James A. Smith is an English musician, best known as the bassist for the rock band Cardiacs which he formed with his brother Tim Smith, the band's frontman and leader. Jim is highly regarded for his distinctive bass…

1958

Steve Byrnes

American sportscaster and producer (died 2015)

Steven Patrick Byrnes was an American television announcer and producer.

1959

Marie-Thérèse Fortin

Canadian actress

Marie-Thérèse Fortin is a Canadian actress. She has appeared in over twenty films since 1985.

1959

Brad Garrett

American actor and comedian

Brad H. Gerstenfeld, known professionally as Brad Garrett, is an American stand-up comedian and actor.

1960

Myoma Myint Kywe

Burmese historian and journalist (died 2021)

Myoma Myint Kywe was a famous Burmese writer and historian.

1960

Osamu Sato

Japanese graphic artist, programmer, and composer

Osamu Sato is a Japanese digital artist, video game developer, photographer, and composer. His first work was the ambient music album, Objectless (1983). His first work in the video game industry was Eastern Mind: The…

1960

Tina Rosenberg

American journalist and author

Tina Rosenberg is an American journalist and the author of three books. For one of them, The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism (1995), she won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and the…

1960

Pat Symcox

South African cricketer

Patrick Leonard Symcox is a former South African international cricketer. He played 20 Test matches and 80 One Day Internationals in the 1990s. Symcox was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC KnockOut…

1960

Robert Carlyle

Scottish actor and director

Robert Carlyle is a Scottish actor. His film work includes: Trainspotting (1996), The Full Monty (1997), Ravenous and The World Is Not Enough, There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000), The Beach (2000), The 51st State…

1961

Guillaume Leblanc

Canadian athlete

Guillaume LeBlanc is a Canadian retired race walker. He specialised in the 20 km event.

1962

Brian Adams

American wrestler (died 2007)

Brian Keith Adams was an American professional wrestler. Adams is known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), under the name Crush, and for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under his real name Brian…

1964

Jeff Andretti

American race car driver

Jeff Andretti is a former American professional race car driver. He competed in the Champ Car World Series and was the series' Rookie of the Year in 1991.

1964

Jim Grabb

American tennis player

Jim Grabb is an American former professional tennis player. In doubles, he won the 1989 French Open and the 1992 US Open. He was ranked the world No. 1 doubles player in both 1989 and 1993. His best singles ranking of…

1964

Jeff Hopkins

Welsh international footballer and manager

Jeffrey Hopkins is a former Welsh international football defender and current Melbourne Victory Women head coach, who most notably played club football for Fulham and Reading in the Football League.

1964

Gina McKee

English actress

Georgina McKee is an English actress. She won the 1997 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Our Friends in the North (1996), and earned subsequent nominations for The Lost Prince (2003) and The Street (2007). She also…

1964

Tom Dey

American director and producer

Thomas Ridgeway Dey is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His credits include Shanghai Noon (2000), Showtime (2002), Failure to Launch (2006), and Marmaduke (2010).

1965

Alexandre Jardin

French author

Alexandre Jardin is a French writer, film director and winner of the Prix Femina, 1988, for Le Zèbre.

1965

Craig McDermott

Australian cricketer and coach

Craig John McDermott is a former Australian cricketer. Between 1984 and 1996 he played 71 Tests for Australia, taking 291 wickets. Following the end of his playing career, he was the bowling coach for the Australian…

1965

André Boisclair

Canadian lawyer and politician

André Boisclair is a former Canadian politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the leader of the Parti Québécois, a social democratic and sovereigntist party in Quebec.

1966

Jan Boklöv

Swedish ski jumper

Jan Mauritz Boklöv is a Swedish former ski jumper who won the 1988–89 World Cup season. He also dominated the Swedish national championships during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is best known for popularising the…

1966

David Justice

American baseball player and sportscaster

David Christopher Justice is an American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, New York…

1966

Greg Maddux

American baseball player, coach, and manager

Gregory Alan Maddux, also known as "Mad Dog" and "the Professor," is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Atlanta Braves and Chicago…

1966

Nicola Berti

Italian international footballer

Nicola Berti is an Italian former footballer, who played as a midfielder. Berti's career spanned three decades, during which he played for several clubs: after beginning his career with Parma, he played with Fiorentina,…

1967

Barrett Martin

American drummer, songwriter, and producer

Barrett Harrington Martin is an American drummer and record producer from Washington. He is perhaps best known for his work with the alternative rock bands Screaming Trees and Mad Season. He was also a member of Skin…

1967

Julia Zemiro

French-Australian actress, comedian, singer and writer

Julia Zemiro is an Australian television presenter, radio host, actress, singer, writer, and comedian. She is best known as the host of the music quiz and live performance show RocKwiz. Zemiro, who was born in France,…

1967

Anthony Michael Hall

American actor

Anthony Michael Hall is an American actor, producer and comedian. After his film debut in Six Pack (1982) and a supporting role as Russell "Rusty" Griswold in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Hall had his breakout…

1968

Brad Ausmus

American baseball player and manager

Bradley David Ausmus is an American former professional baseball player, manager and current coach. He is the bench coach for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). In his 18-year MLB playing career,…

1969

Martyn LeNoble

Dutch-American bass player

Martyn LeNoble is a Dutch bassist and a founding member of the alternative rock band Porno for Pyros.

1969

Vebjørn Selbekk

Norwegian journalist

Vebjørn Selbekk is a Norwegian newspaper editor and author. Selbekk became widely known in Norway and abroad after he in 2006 reprinted a facsimile of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons as editor of the Christian…

1969

Shizuka Kudo

Japanese singer and actress

Shizuka Kimura , known by her maiden name Shizuka Kudo , is a Japanese singer, actress and former idol, born in Hamura, Tokyo, Japan. She was a member of Onyanko Club between May 1986 and September 1987 and went on to…

1970

Miguel Calero

Colombian footballer and manager (died 2012)

Miguel Ángel Calero Rodríguez was a Colombian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played 50 times for the Colombia national team between 1995 and 2007.

1971

Carlos Pérez

Dominican-American baseball player

Carlos Gross Pérez is a Dominican former pitcher in Major League Baseball and the brother of former major league players Melido Pérez and Pascual Pérez.

1971

Gregg Zaun

American baseball player and sportscaster

Gregory Owen Zaun is an American baseball analyst, public speaker and a former professional baseball catcher. He played for nine teams over 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1995 until 2010, winning a World…

1971

Paul Devlin

English-Scottish footballer and manager

Paul John Devlin is a former footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. He made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League, as well as playing in the League of Ireland for Bohemians and…

1972

Roberto Mejía

Dominican baseball player

Roberto Antonio Mejía Díaz is a Dominican former professional baseball second baseman. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball between 1993 and 1997, and one season in the Korea Baseball…

1972

Dean Potter

American rock climber and BASE jumper (died 2015)

Dean Spaulding Potter was an American rock climber, alpinist, BASE jumper, and highliner, who invented the extreme sport of FreeBASE. He completed many technically hard first free ascents, free solo ascents, speed…

1972

Roberto Ayala

Argentinian footballer

Roberto Fabián Ayala, nicknamed El Ratón, is an Argentine former footballer who played as a centre back for the Argentina national football team, as well as Valencia and Real Zaragoza in Spain, Milan and Napoli in…

1973

Adrien Brody

American actor

Adrien Nicholas Brody is an American actor and visual artist. Prolific in both independent films and blockbusters, he has received various accolades including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award and a…

1973

Hidetaka Suehiro

Japanese video game director and writer

Hidetaka Suehiro , known as SWERY or Swery65, is a Japanese video game director and writer. He was one of the founding members of the game development studio Access Games which is based in Osaka. His roles in the…

1973

David Miller

American tenor

David Miller is an American tenor. Since 2004, he has been a member of the successful classical crossover group Il Divo, who have sold over 30 million copies worldwide. As well, Miller shared a Tony Award with the other…

1973

Da Brat

American rapper

Shawntae Harris-Dupart, known professionally as Da Brat, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, she began her career in 1992 and signed with Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings two years later to…

1974

Lita

American wrestler

Amy Christine Dumas is an American retired professional wrestler and singer. She is best known for her tenure in WWE, under the ring name Lita, where she performed full-time from 2000 to 2006.

1975

Luciano Almeida

Brazilian footballer

Luciano Silva Almeida is a Brazilian left back. He currently plays for Caxias.

1975

Avner Dorman

Israeli-American composer and academic

Avner Dorman is an Israeli-born composer, educator and conductor.

1975

Anderson Silva

Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer

Anderson da Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional boxer. He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion who unified the UFC Middleweight and Pride World Welterweight Championship, and holds the record for…

1975

Christian Älvestam

Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Christian Älvestam is a Swedish vocalist, guitarist, bassist and drummer for several bands from Sweden. He is, however, best known as the former vocalist for the Swedish melodic death metal band Scar Symmetry. He…

1976

Georgina Chapman

English model, actress, and fashion designer, co-founded Marchesa

Georgina Rose Chapman is an English fashion designer and actress. She was a regular cast member on Project Runway All Stars (2012–2019) and, together with Keren Craig, is a co-founder of the fashion label Marchesa.…

1976

Anna DeForge

American basketball player

Anna Louise DeForge is an American-Montenegrin professional female basketball player who most recently played for the Detroit Shock in the WNBA. She was the first player from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln to play…

1976

Kyle Farnsworth

American baseball player

Kyle Lynn Farnsworth is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Chicago Cubs (1999–2004), Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees (2006–2008), Kansas City Royals (2009–2010), Tampa…

1976

Nadine Faustin-Parker

Haitian hurdler

Nadine Faustin-Parker is a Haitian hurdler born in Brussels, Belgium. She has represented Haiti at three Summer Olympics;.

1976

Jason Wiemer

Canadian ice hockey player

Jason Earl Wiemer is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He played for 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1976

Nate Fox

American basketball player (died 2014)

Nate Fox was an American professional basketball player.

1977

Martin Kaalma

Estonian footballer

Martin Kaalma is a former Estonian professional football goalkeeper and current goalkeeping coach for Levadia Tallinn. He has been capped in the Estonia national football team 35 times. He played for multiple Estonian…

1977

Sarah Michelle Gellar

American actress

Sarah Michelle Prinze is an American actress. She is known for portraying strong female characters in film and television, and is regarded as a scream queen for her work in the horror genre.

1977

Rob McElhenney

American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Robert McElhenney III, also known professionally as Rob Mac, is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, director, and businessman. He is best known for his role as Mac on the FX/FXX comedy series It's Always Sunny in…

1977

Luke Priddis

Australian rugby league player

Luke Priddis is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative hooker, he played club football in the National Rugby League for…

1977

Roland Lessing

Estonian biathlete

Roland Lessing is a former Estonian biathlete. His first World Cup podium was in Pokljuka Pursuit on 20 December 2009.

1978

David Crisafulli

Australian politician, 41st Premier of Queensland

David Frank Crisafulli is an Australian politician who has served as the 41st premier of Queensland since 2024 and leader of the Liberal National Party since 2020. He has been the member of parliament (MP) for the…

1979

Rebecca DiPietro

American wrestler and model

Rebecca DiPietro, born April 14 1979, is an American model and WWE Diva. She is best known for her time with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a backstage interviewer on WWE's ECW brand and for taking part in…

1979

Marios Elia

Cypriot footballer

Marios Elia is a retired Cypriot professional footballer and manager of the restaurant Ivory in Nicosia.

1979

Ross Filipo

New Zealand rugby player

Ross Ami Filipo is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer. Filipo's career included long stints with Wellington in the Mitre 10 Cup, Crusaders in Super Rugby, and Bayonne in the Top 14 competition, and appearances…

1979

Noé Pamarot

French footballer

Noé Elias Pamarot is a French former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Before moving to Spain, Pamarot played for Portsmouth in the Premier League. He is a right-footed defender who is also known…

1979

Kerem Tunçeri

Turkish basketball player

Mehmet Kerem Tunçeri is a Turkish former professional basketball player who played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. He is 194 cm in height and 86 kg (190 lbs.) in weight.

1979

Win Butler

American-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Edwin Farnham Butler III is an American-Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist. He co-founded the Montreal-based indie rock band Arcade Fire with Josh Deu and Régine Chassagne.

1980

Jeremy Smith

New Zealand rugby league player

Jeremy Smith is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. A New Zealand international representative, he played as a second-row and lock. He played for the Melbourne…

1980

Mustafa Güngör

German rugby player

Mustafa Güngör is a German international rugby union player, playing for the TV Pforzheim in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He is a former captain of the German Sevens and German XV team.…

1981

Amy Leach

English director and producer

Amy Leach is a British theatre director. She was first Associate Director (2017–2022) and then Deputy Artistic Director (2022–2025) of Leeds Playhouse. She is an Olivier Award-nominated and UK Theatre Award-winning…

1981

Uğur Boral

Turkish footballer

Uğur Boral is a Turkish retired footballer who last played for Beşiktaş in the Süper Lig.

1982

Larissa França

Brazilian volleyball player

Larissa França Maestrini is a Brazilian beach volleyball player. She is the all-time leader of beach volleyball titles, with 57 FIVB career gold medals, including the 2011 Beach Volleyball World Championships with…

1982

Simona La Mantia

Italian triple jumper

Simona La Mantia is an Italian triple jumper. Her best result at international senior level was a gold medal at the 2011 European Indoor Championships.

1983

James McFadden

Scottish footballer

James Henry McFadden is a Scottish former professional football player and coach who now works as a football pundit.

1983

William Obeng

Ghanaian-American football player

William Yaw Obeng is a Ghanaian former American football offensive lineman in the Arena Football League. He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at San Jose…

1983

Nikoloz Tskitishvili

Georgian basketball player

Nikoloz Tskitishvili is a Georgian former professional basketball player. At 7 feet tall, he played as power forward-center. Tskitishvili was selected fifth overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 2002 NBA draft. He also…

1983

Blake Costanzo

American football player

Blake Costanzo is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Lafayette Leopards and was signed by the New York Jets as…

1984

Charles Hamelin

Canadian speed skater

Charles Hamelin is a Canadian retired short-track speed skater. In a competitive career that spanned nearly twenty years on the international circuit, Hamelin participated in five Winter Olympic Games and won six…

1984

Harumafuji Kōhei

Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 70th Yokozuna

Harumafuji Kōhei , previously known as Ama Kōhei , is a Mongolian former professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 70th yokozuna from 2012 to 2017, making him the third Mongolian and fifth overall non-Japanese…

1984

Tyler Thigpen

American football player

Tyler Beckham Thigpen is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers and was selected by…

1984

Matt Derbyshire

English footballer

Matthew Anthony Derbyshire is an English footballer who last played as a striker for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Matlock Town.

1986

Michael Baze

American jockey (died 2011)

Michael Carl Baze was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.

1987

Erwin Hoffer

Austrian footballer

Erwin "Jimmy" Hoffer is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He represented the Austria national football team at UEFA Euro 2008, and his 17-year playing career spanned several clubs in…

1987

Wilson Kiprop

Kenyan runner

Wilson Kiprop is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specialises in the 10,000 metres and half marathon. He was the world champion at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2010 and was the 10,000 m gold medalist…

1987

Eric Gryba

Canadian ice hockey player

Eric David Gryba is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Gryba was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the third round, 68th overall, of the 2006 NHL entry draft.

1988

Eliška Klučinová

Czech heptathlete

Eliška Klučinová is a Czech heptathlete. In 2007, she won a silver medal at the European Athletics Junior Championships in Hengelo.

1988

Brad Sinopoli

Canadian football player

Bradley Sinopoli is a Canadian former professional football wide receiver who played nine years in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was originally a quarterback with the Calgary Stampeders before being converted…

1988

Anthony Modeste

French footballer

Anthony Stéphane Bernard Modeste is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker.

1988

Joe Haden

American football player

Joseph Walter Haden III is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Gators, earning unanimous…

1989

Baker Mayfield

American football player

Baker Reagan Mayfield is an American professional football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). Following one season of college football with the Texas Tech Red Raiders, he…

1995

Georgie Friedrichs

Australian rugby sevens player

Georgina Friedrichs is an Australian rugby sevens and union player. She has represented Australia in sevens and fifteens internationally, and competed at the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. She also plays for the…

1995

Abigail Breslin

American actress

Abigail Breslin is an American actress. Following a string of film parts as a young child, she rose to prominence at age 10 after playing Olive Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine (2006), for which Breslin received a…

1996

D. J. Moore

American football player

Denniston Oliver "D. J." Moore Jr. is an American professional football wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Maryland Terrapins and was selected…

1997

Chase Young

American football player

Chase Young is an American professional football defensive end for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, where he was a unanimous…

1999

Patrick Surtain II

American football player

Patrick Frank Surtain II is an American professional football cornerback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, with whom he won the 2020…

2000

Jalen Williams

American basketball player

Jalen Devonn Williams, nicknamed J-Dub, is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played three seasons of college basketball for the…

2001

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