Famous Birthdays on April 17

Q: Who was born on April 17?

Famous people born on April 17 include: Michael IX Palaiologos, Andrea Gritti, Pedro de Valdivia, Maximilian I, John Ford.

Q: What is Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková known for?

Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková, Moravian educator (died 1915)

227 people 1277 – 2005

April 17 has seen 227 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1277 – 2005. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · April 17 — Wikipedia

1868 — Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková

Moravian educator (died 1915)

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In 1902, Wiedermannová founded and became chair of the Moravian Teachers Union, whose focus was to professionalize teaching standards

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Finally in 1908, she successfully established the first girls' secondary school in Moravia.

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Born into a family of progressive educators, she studied to become a teacher, graduating in 1886

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By 1898, she was publicly calling for equal pay for equal work and campaigning for equal education for boys and girls

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Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková was a Moravian teacher, journal editor, and women's rights activist

Michael IX Palaiologos

Byzantine emperor (died 1320)

Michael IX Palaiologos or Palaeologus was Byzantine emperor together with his father, Andronikos II Palaiologos, from 1294 until his death. Andronikos II and Michael IX ruled as equal co-rulers, both using the title…

1277

Andrea Gritti

Doge of Venice (died 1538)

Andrea Gritti was the Doge of the Venetian Republic from 1523 to 1538, following a distinguished diplomatic and military career. He started out as a successful merchant in Constantinople and transitioned into the…

1455

Pedro de Valdivia

Spanish conquistador, conquered northern Chile (died 1553)

Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva was a Spanish conquistador and the first Governor of Colonial Chile. After having served with the Spanish army in Italy and Flanders, he was sent to South America in 1535, where he…

1497

Maximilian I

Elector of Bavaria (died 1651)

Maximilian I, occasionally called the Great, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1597. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years' War during which he obtained the title of a prince-elector…

1573

John Ford

English poet and playwright (died 1639)

John Ford was an English playwright and poet of the Jacobean and Caroline eras born in Ilsington in Devon, England. His plays deal mainly with the conflict between passion and conscience. Although remembered primarily…

1586

Giovanni Battista Riccioli

Italian priest and astronomer (died 1671)

Giovanni Battista Riccioli was an Italian astronomer and a Catholic priest in the Jesuit order. He is known, among other things, for his experiments with pendulums and with falling bodies, for his discussion of 126…

1598

Marguerite Bourgeoys

French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal (died 1700)

Marguerite Bourgeoys, CND, was a French religious sister and founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal in the colony of New France, now part of Québec, Canada.

1620

Edward Stillingfleet

British theologian and scholar (died 1699)

Edward Stillingfleet was an English Christian theologian and scholar. Considered an outstanding preacher as well as a strong polemical writer defending Anglicanism, Stillingfleet was known as "the beauty of holiness"…

1635

Johann David Heinichen

German composer and theorist (died 1729)

Johann David Heinichen was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus II the Strong in Dresden. After he died, Heinichen's music attracted little…

1683

Henry Erskine

10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (died 1767)

Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan,, styled Lord Auchterhouse until 1745, was a Scottish peer.

1710

Taksin

King of Thailand (died 1782)

Taksin the Great or the King of Thonburi was a Thai Chinese general who became the only King of Thonburi that ruled Siam from 1767 to 1782.

1734

Samuel Chase

American lawyer and jurist (died 1811)

Samuel Chase was a Founding Father of the United States, signer of the Continental Association and United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and Associate Justice of the United States…

1741

François de Neufchâteau

French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior (died 1828)

Nicolas François de Neufchâteau was a French statesman, poet, and agricultural scientist.

1750

Dheeran Chinnamalai

Indian commander (died 1805)

Dheeran Chinnamalai was a chieftain who ruled the odanilai region of the present day western Tamil Nadu. He fought against the British East India Company, was later captured and hanged by the British. He is also the…

1756

Collin McKinney

American surveyor, merchant, and politician (died 1861)

Collin McKinney was an American surveyor, merchant, politician, and lay preacher. He is best known as a figure in the Texas Revolution, as one of the five individuals who drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence…

1766

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

German botanist and explorer (died 1868)

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer. Between 1817 and 1820, he travelled 10,000 km through Brazil while collecting botanical specimens. His most important work was a comprehensive flora…

1794

Étienne Bobillier

French mathematician and academic (died 1840)

Étienne Bobillier was a French mathematician.

1798

Eliza Acton

English food writer and poet (died 1859)

Eliza Acton was an English food writer and poet who produced one of Britain's first cookery books aimed at the domestic reader, Modern Cookery for Private Families. The book introduced the now-universal practice of…

1799

Josif Pančić

Serbian botanist and academic (died 1888)

Josif Pančić was a Serbian botanist, physician, professor and academic. Born in the First French Empire, in present-day Croatia, he earned his medical degree in Hungary before moving to Serbia. He extensively documented…

1814

Thomas Hazlehurst

English architect and philanthropist (died 1876)

Thomas Hazlehurst was known nationally as "the Chapel Builder" and more locally as "the Prince of Methodism" or "the Prince of the Wesleyans". He was given these titles because of his generosity in paying wholly or…

1816

Alexander Cartwright

American firefighter and (disputed) inventor of baseball (died 1892)

Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr. was a founding member of the New York Knickerbockers Base Ball Club in the 1840s. Although he was an inductee of the Baseball Hall of Fame and he was sometimes referred to as a "father of…

1820

Jean-Baptiste Accolay

Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1900)

Jean-Baptiste Accolay was a Belgian violin teacher, violinist, conductor, and composer of the romantic period. His best-known composition is his one-movement student concerto in A minor. It was written in 1868,…

1833

J. P. Morgan

American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co. (died 1913)

John Pierpont Morgan Sr. was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. As the head of the banking firm that ultimately…

1837

Maurice Rouvier

French businessman and politician, 53rd Prime Minister of France (died 1911)

Maurice Rouvier was a French statesman of the "Opportunist" faction, who twice served as the Prime Minister of France. He is best known for his financial policies and his unpopular policies designed to avoid a rupture…

1842

William R. Day

American jurist and politician, 36th United States Secretary of State (died 1923)

William Rufus Day was an American diplomat and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1903 to 1922. Prior to his service on the Supreme Court, Day served as United…

1849

Cap Anson

American baseball player and manager (died 1922)

Adrian Constantine Anson, nicknamed "Cap", "Pop", and "Baby" was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman. Including his time in the National Association (NA), he played a record 27 consecutive seasons.…

1852

Augustus Edward Hough Love

English mathematician and theorist (died 1940)

Augustus Edward Hough Love FRS, often known as A. E. H. Love, was an English mathematician famous for his work on the mathematical theory of elasticity. He also worked on wave propagation and his work on the structure…

1863

Ursula Ledóchowska

Polish-Austrian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (died 1939)

Julia Ledóchowska, USAHJ, in religion Maria Ursula of Jesus, was a Polish Catholic religious sister who founded the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus.

1865

Ernest Starling

English physiologist and academic (died 1927)

Ernest Henry Starling was a British physiologist who contributed many fundamental ideas to this subject. These ideas were important parts of the British contribution to physiology, which at that time led the world.

1866

Aleksander Tõnisson

Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War (died 1941)

Aleksander Tõnisson VR I/1 was an Estonian military commander during the Estonian War of Independence.

1875

Matsudaira Tsuneo

Japanese diplomat (died 1949)

Tsuneo Matsudaira was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as the first President of the House of Councillors from 1947 to 1949. He previously served as Ambassador to the United States from 1924 to 1928, to…

1877

Emil Fuchs

German-American lawyer and businessman (died 1961)

Emil Edwin "Judge" Fuchs was a German-born American baseball owner and executive.

1878

Demetrios Petrokokkinos

Greek tennis player (died 1942)

Demetrios Stephen Petrokokkinos was a Greek tennis player. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

1878

Henri Tauzin

French hurdler (died 1918)

Henri Alexis Tauzin was a French athlete who competed in the early twentieth century. He specialized in the 400 metres hurdles and won a silver medal in Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, his birthplace.

1879

Artur Schnabel

Polish pianist and composer (died 1951)

Artur Schnabel was an Austrian-born classical pianist, composer and pedagogue. Schnabel was known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician, avoiding pure technical bravura. Among the 20th century's most respected…

1882

Karen Blixen

Danish writer (died 1962)

Baroness Karen Christentze von Blixen-Finecke was a Danish author who wrote in Danish and English. She is also known under her pen names Isak Dinesen, used in English-speaking countries; Tania Blixen, used in…

1885

Herms Niel

German soldier, trombonist, and composer (died 1954)

Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann Nielebock, known as Herms Niel, was a German composer of military songs and marches.

1888

George Adamski

Polish-American ufologist and author (died 1965)

George Adamski was a Polish-American author who became widely known in ufology circles, and to some degree in popular culture, after he displayed numerous photographs in the 1940s and 1950s that he said were of alien…

1891

Robert Dean Frisbie

American soldier and author (died 1948)

Robert Dean Frisbie was an American writer of travel literature about Polynesia.

1895

Señor Wences

Spanish-American ventriloquist (died 1999)

Wenceslao Moreno Centeno, known professionally as Señor Wences, was a Spanish ventriloquist and comedian. His popularity grew with his frequent television appearances on CBS's The Ed Sullivan Show during the 1950s and…

1896

Nisargadatta Maharaj

Indian philosopher and educator (died 1981)

Nisargadatta Maharaj was an Indian guru of nonduality, belonging to the Inchagiri Sampradaya, a lineage of teachers from the Navnath Sampradaya.

1897

Thornton Wilder

American novelist and playwright (died 1975)

Thornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a U.S. National Book Award…

1897

Edouard Wyss-Dunant

Swiss physician and mountaineer (died 1983)

Edouard Wyss-Dunant was a Swiss physician and alpinist. He had a distinguished career in medicine, both in his own country and abroad. He published a number of treatises in his professional capacity and was the author…

1897

Aleksander Klumberg

Estonian decathlete and coach (died 1958)

Aleksander Klumberg was an Estonian decathlete. He represented Estonia in several events at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and won the bronze medal in the decathlon at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. In 1922,…

1899

Nicolas Nabokov

Russian-American composer and educator (died 1978)

Nicolas Nabokov was a Russian-born composer, writer, and cultural figure. He became a U.S. citizen in 1939.

1903

Gregor Piatigorsky

Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (died 1976)

Gregor Piatigorsky was a Russian-born American cellist.

1903

Morgan Taylor

American hurdler and coach (died 1975)

Frederick Morgan Taylor was an American hurdler and the first athlete to win three Olympic medals in the 400 m hurdles. He was the flag bearer for the United States at his last Olympics in 1932.

1903

Louis Jean Heydt

American journalist and actor (died 1960)

Louis Jean Heydt was an American character actor in film, television, and theatre, most frequently seen in hapless, ineffectual, or fall-guy roles.

1905

Arthur Lake

American actor (died 1987)

Arthur William Lake was an American actor known best for bringing Dagwood Bumstead, the bumbling husband of Blondie, to life in film, radio, and television.

1905

Sidney Garfield

American physician, co-founded Kaiser Permanente (died 1984)

Sidney R. Garfield was an American physician and a pioneer of health maintenance organizations. He co-founded the Kaiser Permanente healthcare system with businessman Henry J. Kaiser. He graduated from the University of…

1906

Alain Poher

French politician, President of France (died 1996)

Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher was a French politician who served as President of the Senate from 1968 to 1992. In this capacity, he was twice briefly acting President of France, in 1969 and 1974 following the…

1909

Evangelos Averoff

Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister of Defence (died 1990)

Evangelos Averoff-Tossizza was a Greek politician, leader of the New Democracy party (1981–1984), member of parliament, and author.

1910

Ivan Goff

Australian screenwriter and producer (died 1999)

Ivan Goff was an Australian screenwriter, best known for his collaborations with Ben Roberts including White Heat (1949), Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981), and the pilot for Charlie's…

1910

Helenio Herrera

French footballer and manager (died 1997)

Helenio Herrera Gavilán was an Argentine and naturalised French football player and manager. He is best remembered for his success with the Inter Milan team known as Grande Inter in the 1960s.

1910

Hervé Bazin

French author and poet (died 1996)

Hervé Bazin was a French writer, whose best-known novels covered semi-autobiographical topics of teenage rebellion and dysfunctional families.

1911

Lester Rodney

American soldier and journalist (died 2009)

Lester Rodney was an American journalist who helped break down the color barrier in baseball as sports writer for the Daily Worker.

1911

Marta Eggerth

Hungarian-American actress and singer (died 2013)

Marta Eggerth was a Hungary-born American actress and singer from "The Silver Age of Operetta". Many of the 20th century's most famous operetta composers, including Franz Lehár, Fritz Kreisler, Robert Stolz, Oscar…

1912

George Davis

American art director (died 1984)

George Davis was an American art director and was the supervising art director at MGM from 1959 to 1970. He won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction for his work on The Robe in 1954 and for The Diary of Anne Frank…

1914

Mac Raboy

American illustrator (died 1967)

Emmanuel "Mac" Raboy was an American comics artist best known for his comic-book work on Fawcett Comics' Captain Marvel Jr. and as the Sunday comic-strip artist of Flash Gordon for more than 20 years. Cartoonist Drew…

1914

Martin Clemens

Scottish soldier (died 2009)

Major Warren Frederick Martin Clemens was a British-Australian colonial administrator and military officer. In late 1941 and early 1942, while serving as a District Officer in the Solomon Islands, he helped prepare the…

1915

Joe Foss

American general and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota (died 2003)

Joseph Jacob Foss was a United States Marine Corps Major and a leading Marine fighter ace in World War II. He received the Medal of Honor in recognition of his role in air combat during the Guadalcanal campaign. In…

1915

Regina Ghazaryan

Armenian painter (died 1999)

Regina Tadevosi Ghazaryan was an Armenian painter and public figure. Known as a friend and benefactor of Yeghishe Charents, she is credited with saving many of the poet's manuscripts during the regime of Joseph Stalin.

1915

Win Maung

3rd President of Union of Myanmar (died 1989)

Mahn Win Maung was a Burmese politician who served as the third president of Burma.

1916

A. Thiagarajah

Sri Lankan educator and politician (died 1981)

Arumugam Thiagarajah was a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and Member of Parliament. He died in May 1981, a day after being shot and injured an attack by a militant Tamil group.

1916

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, world's first female prime minister (died 2000)

Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1960 to 1965, from 1970 to 1977, and from 1994 to 2000. A…

1916

William Holden

American actor (died 1981)

William Franklin Holden was an American actor and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film Stalag 17 (1953) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead…

1918

Gilles Lamontagne

Canadian lieutenant and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 2016)

Joseph Georges Gilles Claude Lamontagne was a Canadian politician who held a number of offices both in Quebec and federally. A Liberal, he was Mayor of Quebec City (1965–1977), Postmaster General of Canada (1978–1979),…

1919

Chavela Vargas

Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (died 2012)

Chavela Vargas was a Mexican singer. She gained widespread recognition for her distinctive interpretations of Mexican rancheras. However, her impact extends beyond this genre, encompassing various styles within popular…

1919

Edmonde Charles-Roux

French journalist and author (died 2016)

Edmonde Charles-Roux was a French writer.

1920

Melvin Storer

American shipfitter and navy diver (died 2003)

Melvin Tyler Storer was an American shipfitter, navy diver and welder who served in the United States Navy Reserve on the USS West Virginia and USS Yarnall. He was aboard the USS California during the Attack on Pearl…

1921

Lindsay Anderson

English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1994)

Lindsay Gordon Anderson was an English filmmaker, theatre director, critic, and actor. He was considered a leading light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave, and a principal exponent of kitchen sink…

1923

Solly Hemus

American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2017)

Solomon Joseph Hemus was an American professional baseball infielder, manager, and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies. Hemus is one of a select group…

1923

Neville McNamara

Australian air marshal (died 2014)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville Patrick McNamara, was a senior commander of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He served as Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), the RAAF's highest-ranking position, from 1979 until 1982, and…

1923

Gianni Raimondi

Italian lyric tenor (died 2008)

Gianni Raimondi was an Italian lyric tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.

1923

Harry Reasoner

American soldier and journalist (died 1991)

Harry Reasoner was an American journalist for CBS and ABC News. He is known for his adroit use of language as a television commentator and as one of the original hosts of the news magazine 60 Minutes.

1923

Kenneth Norman Jones

Australian public servant (died 2022)

Kenneth Norman Jones was an Australian senior public servant.

1924

Donald Richie

American-Japanese author and critic (died 2013)

Donald Richie was an American author, journalist, and film critic. He was known for writing about the Japanese people, the culture of Japan, and especially Japanese cinema. Although he considered himself primarily a…

1924

René Moawad

Lebanese lawyer and politician, 13th President of Lebanon (died 1989)

René Anis Moawad was a Lebanese politician who served as the 9th president of Lebanon for seventeen days, from 5 to 22 November 1989, before his assassination by unknown assailants.

1925

Joan Lorring

British actress (died 2014)

Joan Lorring was an American actress and singer known for her work in film and theatre. For her role as Bessy Watty in The Corn Is Green (1945), Lorring was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.…

1926

Gerry McNeil

Canadian ice hockey player and manager (died 2004)

Joseph Gerald George McNeil was a professional ice hockey goaltender who won three Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens between 1947 and 1956.

1926

Margot Honecker

East German politician and First Lady (died 2016)

Margot Honecker was an East German politician and influential member of the country's Communist government until 1989. From 1963 until 1989, she was Minister of National Education of the German Democratic Republic…

1927

Victor Lownes

American businessman (died 2017)

Victor Aubrey Lownes III was an executive for HMH Publishing Company Inc., later known as Playboy Enterprises, from 1955 through the early 1980s. Soon after he met Hugh Hefner in 1954, Hefner founded Playboy magazine,…

1928

Cynthia Ozick

American short story writer, novelist, and essayist

Cynthia Ozick is an American short story writer, novelist, and essayist.

1928

Heinz Putzl

Austrian fencer

Heinz Putzl is an Austrian former fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.

1928

Fabien Roy

Canadian accountant and politician (died 2023)

Fabien Roy was a Canadian politician who was active in Quebec in the 1970s. Roy was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec and the House of Commons of Canada, and advocated social credit theories of monetary reform.

1928

James Last

German-American bassist, composer, and bandleader (died 2015)

James Last was a German composer and big band leader of the James Last Orchestra. Initially a jazz bassist, his trademark "happy music" made his numerous albums best-sellers in Germany and the United Kingdom, with 65 of…

1929

Chris Barber

English trombonist and bandleader (died 2021)

Donald Christopher Barber was an English jazz musician, best known as a bandleader and trombonist. He helped many musicians with their careers and had a UK top twenty trad jazz hit with "Petite Fleur" in 1959. These…

1930

John Barrett

English tennis player and sportscaster

John Edward Barrett, is a British retired tennis player, television commentator and author.

1931

Malcolm Browne

American journalist and photographer (died 2012)

Malcolm Wilde Browne was an American journalist and photographer, best known for his award-winning photograph of the self-immolation of Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức in 1963.

1931

Bill Ramsey

American jazz and pop singer, journalist and actor (died 2021)

William McCreery Ramsey was an American-German jazz and pop singer, journalist and actor famous for his German-language hits. He returned to Germany a year after he had served compulsory military service with the U.S.…

1931

Don Kirshner

American songwriter and producer (died 2011)

Donald Kirshner was an American music publisher, music consultant, rock music producer, talent manager, and songwriter. Dubbed "the Man with the Golden Ear" by Time, he was best known for managing songwriting talent as…

1934

David J. Farber

American computer scientist (died 2026)

David Jack Farber was an American professor of computer science, noted for his major contributions to programming languages and computer networking and was a distinguished professor and co-director of Cyber Civilization…

1934

Peter Morris

Australian-English surgeon and academic (died 2022)

Sir Peter John Morris was an Australian surgeon and Nuffield professor of surgery at the University of Oxford. Morris was President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, founder of the Oxford Transplant Centre…

1934

Bud Paxson

American broadcaster, founded Home Shopping Network and Pax TV (died 2015)

Lowell White "Bud" Paxson was an American media executive. In 1982, Paxson and his business partner, Roy Speer, co-founded the Home Shopping Club. He established Pax TV in 1998, a television network focusing on…

1935

Urs Wild

Swiss chemist (died 2022)

Urs Paul Rolf Wild was a Swiss chemist. He became known for his pioneering works in single molecule detection.

1936

Ronald Hamowy

Canadian historian and academic (died 2012)

Ronald Hamowy was a Canadian academic, known primarily for his contributions to political and social academic fields. At the time of his death, he was professor emeritus of intellectual history at the University of…

1937

Ferdinand Piëch

Austrian-German engineer and businessman (died 2019)

Ferdinand Karl Piëch was an Austrian business magnate, engineer, and executive who held the positions of chairman of the executive board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) of the Volkswagen Group from 1993 to 2002, and chairman of…

1937

Ben Barnes

American businessman and politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Texas

Benny Frank Barnes is an American real estate magnate, politician, and crisis manager who served as the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 1965 to 1969 and as the 36th lieutenant governor of Texas from…

1938

Doug Lewis

Canadian lawyer and politician, 41st Canadian Minister of Justice

Douglas Grinslade Lewis, is a Canadian accountant, lawyer and former politician.

1938

Ronald H. Miller

American theologian, author, and academic (died 2011)

Ronald H. Miller was professor of the Religion Department at Lake Forest College in Illinois. Miller earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Religions from Northwestern University, and a B.S and M.A from St. Louis University. He…

1938

Kerry Wendell Thornley

American theorist and author (died 1988)

Kerry Wendell Thornley was an American author. He is known as the co-founder of Discordianism, in which context he is usually known as Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst or simply Lord Omar. He and Hill authored the religion's…

1938

Robert Miller

American art dealer (died 2011)

Robert Miller was an American art dealer.

1939

Eric Dancer

English businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Devon

Sir Eric Dancer is a British businessman and formerly Lord-Lieutenant of Devon.

1940

Billy Fury

English singer-songwriter (died 1983)

Ronald Wycherley, known professionally as Billy Fury, was an English musician. An early star of rock and roll, he spent 332 weeks on the UK singles chart. His hit singles include "Wondrous Place", "Halfway to Paradise"…

1940

John McCririck

English journalist (died 2019)

John Michael McCririck was an English horse racing pundit, television personality and journalist.

1940

Chuck Menville

American animator and screenwriter (died 1992)

Charles David Menville was an American animator and writer for television. His credits included Batman: The Animated Series, Land of the Lost, The Real Ghostbusters, The Smurfs, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and Tiny…

1940

Anja Silja

German soprano and actress

Anja Silja Regina Langwagen is a German soprano singer.

1940

Agostino Vallini

Italian cardinal and vicar general of Rome

Agostino Vallini is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been a cardinal since 2006. From 2008 to 2017, he served as Vicar General of Rome. He is also the Archpriest emeritus of the Archbasilica of St. John…

1940

Lagle Parek

Estonian architect and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior

Lagle Parek is an Estonian politician. She served as the Minister of the Interior in the first post-soviet government, led by the Prime Minister Mart Laar.

1941

Buster Williams

American jazz bassist

Charles Anthony "Buster" Williams is an American jazz bassist. Williams is known for his membership in pianist Herbie Hancock's early 1970s group, as well as working with guitarist Larry Coryell, the Thelonious Monk…

1942

Dnyaneshwar Agashe

Indian businessman and cricketer (died 2009)

Dnyaneshwar Chandrashekhar Agashe was an Indian businessman, cricketer, cricket administrator, and philanthropist. He founded the Suvarna Sahakari Bank in 1969, and served as its managing director from its inception…

1942

Richard Allen Epstein

American lawyer, author, and academic

Richard Allen Epstein is an American legal scholar known for his writings on torts, contracts, property rights, law and economics, classical liberalism, and libertarianism. He is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law…

1943

Clare Francis

English sailor and author

Clare Mary Francis MBE is a British novelist who in her first career as a yachtswoman has twice sailed across the Atlantic on her own. She was the first woman to skipper a successful boat on the Whitbread Around the…

1946

Nigel Emslie

Lord Emslie, Scottish lawyer and judge

George Nigel Hannington Emslie, Lord Emslie is a retired judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland. He is the son of former Lord President George Emslie, Baron Emslie, and older brother of fellow judge Derek Emslie, Lord…

1947

Richard Field

English lawyer and judge

Sir Richard Alan Field is a British judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

1947

Sherrie Levine

American photographer

Sherrie Levine is an American photographer, painter, and conceptual artist. Some of her work consists of exact photographic reproductions of the work of other photographers such as Walker Evans, Eliot Porter and Edward…

1947

Tsutomu Wakamatsu

Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager

Tsutomu Wakamatsu is a Japanese former baseball player, coach, and manager for the Yakult Swallows in Nippon Professional Baseball. He batted left-handed, and threw right-handed. His number 1 is honoured by the…

1947

Jan Hammer

Czech pianist, composer, and producer

Jan Hammer is a Czech-American musician, composer, and record producer. He rose to prominence while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra during the early 1970s, as well as with his film scores for television…

1948

Alice Harden

American educator and politician (died 2012)

Alice Varnado Harden was a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate, representing the 28th District from 1988 until her death. She lived in Jackson and represented Hinds County.

1948

Pekka Vasala

Finnish runner

Pekka Antero Vasala is a retired Finnish middle-distance athlete who won an Olympic gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Vasala had a brilliant three-month period in 1972 when he won an Olympic gold medal…

1948

Olivia Hussey

Argentinian-English actress (died 2024)

Olivia Hussey was an Argentine and British actress. The daughter of Argentine singer Osvaldo Ribó, Hussey was born in Buenos Aires and spent most of her early life in her mother's native England. She aspired to become…

1951

Börje Salming

Swedish ice hockey player and businessman (died 2022)

Anders Börje Salming was a Swedish Sámi ice hockey player. He was a defenceman who played professionally for 23 seasons, for the clubs Brynäs IF, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, and AIK. He spent 16 seasons with…

1951

Joe Alaskey

American voice actor (died 2016)

Joseph Francis Alaskey III was an American actor and comedian. He was one of Mel Blanc's successors at the Warner Bros. Animation studio until his death. He alternated with Jeff Bergman, Greg Burson, Jim Cummings, Bob…

1952

Pierre Guité

Canadian ice hockey player

Pierre Guité is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 377 games in the World Hockey Association. He played for the Quebec Nordiques, Michigan Stags, Baltimore Blades, Cincinnati Stingers and…

1952

John McColl

English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey

General Sir John Chalmers McColl, is a retired senior British Army officer and a past Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. McColl previously served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 2007 to 2011.

1952

Željko Ražnatović

Serbian commander "Arkan" (died 2000)

Željko Ražnatović, better known as Arkan, was a Serbian warlord, mobster and head of the Serb paramilitary force called the Serb Volunteer Guard during the Yugoslav Wars, considered one of the most feared and effective…

1952

John Robertson

Scottish businessman and politician

John Webster Robertson is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Anniesland and Glasgow North West from 2000 to 2015. Until 2010, he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to…

1952

Riccardo Patrese

Italian race car driver

Riccardo Gabriele Patrese is an Italian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1977 to 1993. Patrese was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1992 with Williams, and won six Grands…

1954

Roddy Piper

Canadian professional wrestler and actor (died 2015)

Roderick George Toombs, known by his ring name "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler and actor.

1954

Michael Sembello

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Michael Andrew Sembello is an American singer, guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer and producer.

1954

Todd Lickliter

American basketball player and coach

Todd Arlan Lickliter is the former head coach of the Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). He was previously the head coach of Marian University, the University of Iowa,…

1955

Pete Shelley

English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)

Pete Shelley was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 when Devoto left. The group released their…

1955

Mike Stroud

English physician and explorer

Michael Adrian Stroud, OBE, FRCP is a professor of medicine and nutrition at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, England. He has interests in gastroenterology and human health under extreme conditions. After…

1955

Colin Tyre

Lord Tyre, Scottish lawyer and judge

Colin Jack Tyre, Lord Tyre, is a Scottish lawyer, former President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, and a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland.

1956

Teri Austin

Canadian actress

Teresa "Teri" Austin is a Canadian animal care activist and former actress. She had her greatest acting success in the 1980s and 1990s, and is best known for her role as Jill Bennett in the CBS primetime soap opera…

1957

Afrika Bambaataa

American disc jockey (died 2026)

Lance Taylor, known professionally as Afrika Bambaataa, was an American disc jockey, rapper and record producer. He was notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the…

1957

Dwane Casey

American basketball coach

Dwane Lyndon Casey is an American retired basketball coach who most recently served as the head coach of the Detroit Pistons before transitioning to a front office position with the team. He is a former NCAA basketball…

1957

Nick Hornby

English novelist, essayist, lyricist, and screenwriter

Nicholas Peter John Hornby is an English writer. He is best known for his memoir Fever Pitch (1992) and novels High Fidelity (1995) and About a Boy (1998), all of which were adapted into feature films. Hornby's work…

1957

Julia Macur

English lawyer and judge

Dame Julia Wendy Macur, DBE, known as The Rt Hon Lady Justice Macur, is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Between April 2017 and December 2019, she was the Senior Presiding Judge for England…

1957

Frank McDonough

British historian

Frank McDonough is a British historian of the Third Reich and international history.

1957

Laslo Babits

Canadian javelin thrower (died 2013)

Laslo Babits was a male javelin thrower from Canada. He competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, finishing in 8th place. He set his personal best in 1984.

1958

Sean Bean

English actor

Sean Bean is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he made his professional debut in a production of Romeo and Juliet in 1983 at The Watermill Theatre. Retaining his Yorkshire…

1959

Jimmy Mann

Canadian ice hockey player

James Edward Mann is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 293 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques and the Pittsburgh Penguins. He makes regular…

1959

Li Meisu

Chinese shot putter

Li Meisu is a retired Chinese shot putter who won the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

1959

Vladimir Polyakov

Russian pole vaulter

Vladimir Polyakov is a retired Soviet pole vaulter who represented the Soviet Union and later Russia. On 26 June 1981 he managed to clear 5.81 metres, beating Thierry Vigneron's six-day-old world record. Two years later…

1960

Norman Cowans

Jamaican-English cricketer

Norman George Cowans is a former cricketer who mainly played as a right-arm fast bowler. He was the 500th cricketer to play Test cricket for England, featuring between 1982 and 1985 in 19 Test matches and 23 One Day…

1961

Boomer Esiason

American football player and sportscaster

Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons, primarily with the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college…

1961

Bella Freud

English fashion designer

Isobel Lucia Freud, is a London-based fashion designer. Her work is known for its playful and often humorous use of language. She is the daughter of the painter Lucian Freud and great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud, the…

1961

Paul Nicholls

English jockey and trainer

Paul Frank Nicholls is a British National Hunt horse trainer with stables at Ditcheat, Somerset. A relatively successful jump jockey, Nicholls has become the leading National Hunt trainer of his generation in Britain,…

1962

Ken Daneyko

Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Kenneth Stephen Daneyko is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played his entire career with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL), winning three Stanley Cup championships with…

1964

Maynard James Keenan

American singer-songwriter and producer

Maynard James Keenan is an American musician who is the lead singer of the rock bands Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer.

1964

Rachel Notley

Canadian politician

Rachel Anne Notley is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who was the 17th premier of Alberta from 2015 to 2019 and leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2014 to 2024. Notley was the member of the…

1964

Lela Rochon

American actress

Lela Rochon Fuqua is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Robin Stokes in the 1995 romantic drama film Waiting to Exhale. Rochon also had roles in the films Harlem Nights (1989), Boomerang…

1964

Vikram

Indian actor and singer

Kennedy John Victor, known professionally as Vikram, is an Indian actor and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. One of the highest paid actors, he is also among the most decorated actors in Indian…

1966

Henry Ian Cusick

Peruvian-Scottish actor

Henry Ian Cusick is a Peruvian-Scottish actor of television, film, and theatre and a television director best known as Desmond Hume in Lost, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He also starred as…

1967

Kimberly Elise

American actress

Kimberly Elise Trammel is an American actress. She made her feature-film debut in Set It Off (1996), and later received critical acclaim for her performance in Beloved (1998).

1967

Marquis Grissom

American baseball player and coach

Marquis Deon Grissom is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles…

1967

Ian Jones

New Zealand rugby player

Ian Donald Jones is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He played 79 tests for the All Blacks. He is one of New Zealand's most capped locks and formed one of the most famous lock pairings in international rugby,…

1967

Barnaby Joyce

Australian politician, 17th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce is an Australian politician who served as the deputy prime minister of Australia and the leader of the National Party from 2016 to 2018 and from 2021 to 2022. A member of One Nation, he has…

1967

Liz Phair

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Elizabeth Clark Phair is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Phair was raised primarily in the Chicago area. After graduating from Oberlin College in 1990, she attempted to start…

1967

Julie Fagerholt

Danish fashion designer

Julie Fagerholt is a Danish fashion designer and founder of the luxury clothing brand Heartmade. She also creates haute couture. Her customers include Queen Mary of Denmark.

1968

Phil Henderson

American basketball player and coach (died 2013)

Phillip Terry Henderson was an American basketball player. He was best known for his collegiate career at Duke University, where he led the Blue Devils to three consecutive NCAA Final Four appearances. He was a second…

1968

Eric Lamaze

Canadian jockey

Eric Lamaze is a Canadian showjumper and Olympic champion. He won individual gold and team silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, riding Hickstead. Lamaze has won three Olympic medals, as well as four Pan American Games…

1968

Roger Twose

New Zealand cricketer

Roger Graham Twose is an English-born New Zealand former cricketer, who played 16 Test matches and 87 One Day Internationals for New Zealand in the mid-1990s. In February 2021, Twose was appointed as the director of New…

1968

Richie Woodhall

English boxer and trainer

Richie Woodhall is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2000. He held the WBC super-middleweight title from 1998 to 1999, as well as the Commonwealth middleweight title from 1992 to 1995, and…

1968

Redman

American rapper, producer, and actor

Reginald Noble, better known by his stage name Redman, is an American rapper and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as an artist on Def Jam Recordings.

1970

Claire Sweeney

English actress

Claire Jayne Sweeney is an English actress, singer, and television personality. Known for her portrayal of Lindsey Corkhill on Channel 4's Brookside (1991–2003), she also played Roxie Hart in Chicago and starred in…

1971

Gary Bennett

American baseball player

Gary David Bennett Jr. is an American former professional baseball catcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for several teams, from 1995 to 1996 and 1998 to 2008.

1972

Tony Boselli

American football player and sportscaster

Don Bosco Anthony Boselli Jr. is an American professional football executive and former tackle who is the executive vice president of football operations for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League…

1972

Jennifer Garner

American actress

Jennifer Anne Garner is an American actress. Born in Houston, Texas and raised in Charleston, West Virginia, Garner studied theater at Denison University and began acting as an understudy for the Roundabout Theatre…

1972

Muttiah Muralitharan

Sri Lankan cricketer

Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan is a Sri Lankan cricket coach, businessman and former professional cricketer. Averaging over six wickets per Test match, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the…

1972

Yuichi Nishimura

Japanese footballer and referee

Yuichi Nishimura is a Japanese football referee. He has refereed in the Japanese J. League Division 1 since 1999 and has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2004.

1972

Terran Sandwith

Canadian ice hockey player

Terran Sandwith is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played eight games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers during the 1997–98 season.

1972

Katrin Koov

Estonian architect

Katrin Koov is an Estonian architect.

1973

Brett Maher

Australian basketball player and sportscaster

Brett Steven Maher is an Australian retired professional basketball player. He played his entire seventeen-year career for his hometown Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball League (NBL) from 1992 to 2009. Maher…

1973

Theo Ratliff

American basketball player

Theophalus Curtis Ratliff is an American former professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

1973

Mikael Åkerfeldt

Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt is a Swedish musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the progressive metal band Opeth. A former vocalist for the death metal supergroup Bloodbath, he was also the…

1974

Victoria Beckham

English singer and fashion designer

Victoria Caroline, Lady Beckham, is an English fashion designer, singer, and television personality. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Posh…

1974

Heidi Alexander

English politician

Heidi Alexander is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Transport since November 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Swindon South since 2024.…

1975

Travis Roy

American ice hockey player (died 2020)

Travis Matthew Roy was an American college ice hockey player, author and philanthropist.

1975

Maurice Wignall

Jamaican hurdler and long jumper

Maurice Andre Wignall is a Jamaican hurdling athlete.

1976

Chad Hedrick

American speed skater

Chad Hedrick is an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas.

1977

Frederik Magle

Danish composer, organist, and pianist

Frederik Reesen Magle is a Danish composer, concert organist, and pianist. He writes contemporary classical music as well as fusion of classical music and other genres. His compositions include orchestral works,…

1977

Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer

German skier

Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer is a retired German alpine skier and gold medal winner at FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.

1978

Lindsay Hartley

American actress

Lindsay Korman is an American actress. She first came to attention with three long-running soap opera roles: Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald on Passions, Cara Castillo on All My Children, and Arianna Hernandez on Days of Our…

1978

Daniel Hensel

German composer and musicologist

Daniel Hensel is a German composer, VJ, musicologist and music theorist. He is known as a composer of expressive works of all musical genres whose works can be dedicated to "a thread of a tradition leading from Schubert…

1978

Jason White

Scottish rugby player

Jason Phillip Randall White is a Scottish former rugby union footballer. He was a utility forward who played in the second or back row of the scrum – lock, flanker, or number eight. White played at club level for…

1978

Eric Brewer

Canadian ice hockey player

Eric Peter Brewer is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who was a defenceman for sixteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 2000 to 2015. He is an NHL All-Star and Olympic gold medalist.

1979

Marija Šestak

Serbian-Slovenian triple jumper

Marija Šestak is a Serbian-born Slovenian triple jumper.

1979

Fabián Vargas

Colombian footballer

Fabián Andrés Vargas Rivera is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his professional career playing for América de Cali and Boca Juniors, making more than 100…

1980

Curtis Woodhouse

English footballer, boxer, and manager

Curtis Woodhouse is an English former professional footballer turned professional boxer and football manager, most recently in charge of Marske United. Woodhouse played football as a central midfielder, and competed as…

1980

Jenny Meadows

English runner

Jennifer Brenda "Jenny" Meadows is a retired British athlete. Her main event was the 800 metres although earlier in her career she also competed over the 400 metres. In the 800 m she won a bronze medal at the 2009 World…

1981

Hanna Pakarinen

Finnish singer-songwriter

Hanna Helena Pakarinen is a Finnish pop and pop-rock singer who rose to fame as the winner of the first series of the Finnish singing competition Idols in 2004. Since then, she has represented Finland in the Eurovision…

1981

Ryan Raburn

American baseball player

Ryan Neil Raburn is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies and Washington Nationals. While primarily an…

1981

Chris Thompson

English runner

Christopher Peter Thompson is a British former long-distance runner, who won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, on 27 July 2010 behind his compatriot Mo…

1981

Zhang Yaokun

Chinese footballer

Zhang Yaokun is a retired Chinese footballer.

1981

Brad Boyes

Canadian ice hockey player

Bradley Keith Boyes is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, who spent thirteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of seven different teams.

1982

Chuck Kobasew

Canadian ice hockey player

Nicholas James Kobasew is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played eleven seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1982

Tyron Woodley

American mixed martial artist

Tyron Lakent Woodley is an American professional mixed martial artist and professional boxer. He is a former UFC Welterweight Champion who defended his title four times. A professional since 2009, Woodley also competed…

1982

Stanislav Chistov

Russian ice hockey player

Stanislav Mikhailovich Chistov is a Russian former professional ice hockey player.

1983

Roberto Jiménez

Peruvian footballer

Roberto Carlos Jiménez Jiménez is a Peruvian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1983

Andrea Marcato

Italian rugby player

Andrea Marcato is an Italian rugby union coach and former international player. He won 16 caps for Italy and played in the 2008 and 2009 Six Nations Championships. After the end of his playing career he began coaching…

1983

Pablo Sebastián Álvarez

Argentinian footballer

Pablo Sebastián Álvarez Valeira is an Argentine former football player, who played as a defender. He also holds a Spanish passport in accordance with his descent.

1984

Jed Lowrie

American baseball player

Jed Carlson Lowrie is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics, and New York Mets.

1984

Raffaele Palladino

Italian footballer

Raffaele Palladino is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Serie A club Atalanta.

1984

Rooney Mara

American actress

Patricia Rooney Mara is an American actress. Her accolades include nominations for two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a British Academy Film Award.

1985

Luke Mitchell

Australian actor and model

Luke Mitchell (born 17 April 1985) is an Australian actor. He attended the Film and Television Studio International, and won the role of Chris Knight in Neighbours in 2008. Mitchell appeared as Will in the third season…

1985

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

French tennis player

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles…

1985

Romain Grosjean

French race car driver

Romain David Jeremie Grosjean is a French and Swiss racing driver, who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Lamborghini and serves as a driver in the IndyCar Series for Dale Coyne. Grosjean competed under the…

1986

Takahiro Moriuchi

Japanese singer-songwriter

Takahiro Moriuchi , known professionally as Taka, is a Japanese singer and musician who is the lead vocalist of the Japanese rock band One Ok Rock. Moriuchi is the band's main lyricist and composer. In 2017, Kerrang!…

1988

Paraskevi Papachristou

Greek triple jumper

Paraskevi "Voula" Papachristou is a Greek triple jumper and long jumper. She won two gold medals at the European Athletics U23 Championships and took the third place at the 2016 World indoor Championships. She was…

1989

Avi Kaplan

singer and songwriter

Avriel Benjamin Kaplan is an American singer-songwriter. He is known for being the former vocal bass of the a cappella group Pentatonix from 2011 to 2017. As a part of the group, he released five studio albums, won…

1989

Jonathan Brown

Welsh footballer

Jonathan David Brown is a Welsh professional footballer and former Wales under-21 international who plays as a winger.

1990

Lachlan Maranta

Australian rugby league footballer

Lachlan Maranta is a professional Rugby league footballer who plays on the wing for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in the Queensland Cup.

1992

Jo Jinho

South Korean singer

Jo Jin-ho, commonly known by the mononym Jinho, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, composer, vocal coach and member of South Korean boy group Pentagon under Cube Entertainment. In 2023, he participated in the JTBC…

1992

Alanna Goldie

Canadian fencer

Alanna Goldie is a Canadian Olympic fencer.

1994

Yang Hongseok

South Korean singer and actor

Yang Hong-seok, better known by the mononym Hongseok, is a South Korean singer and actor. He debuted as a vocalist of the group boy band Pentagon in October 2016. Aside from group activities as singer, he has debuted as…

1994

Jung Wheein

South Korean singer

Jung Whee-in, known mononymously as Wheein, is a South Korean singer. She rose to prominence in 2014, as a member of the Korean girl group Mamamoo. In 2017, her song "Anymore" with Jung Key, topped the Gaon Charts. In…

1995

Lorna Fitzgerald

British actress

Lorna Katie Fitzgerald is a British actress from Northampton. Her most notable role to date is that of Abi Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Since leaving EastEnders in January 2018, Fitzgerald has developed…

1996

Caitlin Parker

Australian boxer

Caitlin Anne Parker is an Australian amateur boxer, who became the first female boxer from Australia to win an Olympic medal when she took bronze at the 2024 Paris Games. Parker has also won silver and bronze medals at…

1996

Helene Spilling

Norwegian dancer

Helene Spilling Ødegaard is a Norwegian professional dancer. She is best known for her appearances on Skal vi danse, the Norwegian edition of Dancing with the Stars, and was the winner of the 17th season in 2021. During…

1996

Anna Odine Strøm

Norwegian ski jumper and two-time Olympic champion

Anna Odine Strøm is a Norwegian ski jumper. She won two gold medals and one silver medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

1998

Suppapong Udomkaewkanjana (Saint)

Thai actor and singer

Suppapong Udomkaewkanjana, nicknamed Saint, is a Thai actor, producer and host. He gained fame through his role as Pete (Pichaya) in the 2018 TV series Love by Chance and as Tutor in the TV series Why R U? (2020).

1998

Shin Ryujin

South Korean rapper, singer and dancer

Shin Ryu-jin, known mononymously as Ryujin, is a South Korean rapper, singer, and dancer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Itzy, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2019.

2001

Violette Dorange

French Professional Round the World Sailor

Violette Dorange is a French offshore professional sailor. She is an offshore sailor having competed extensively in the Figaro class before progressing to the IMOCA 60.

2001

Antonio Nusa

Norwegian footballer

Antonio Eromonsele Nordby Nusa is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays for German Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Norway national team. He's been described by many as one of the most exciting young prospects…

2005

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