Famous Birthdays on April 24

Q: Who was born on April 24?

Famous people born on April 24 include: Ramiro II of Aragon (died 1157), Sabina of Bavaria, Thomas Lucy, William I of Orange, Guglielmo Gonzaga.

Q: What is Dr. Rajkumar known for?

Dr. Rajkumar, Indian actor and singer (died 2006)

1929 — Dr. Rajkumar

Indian actor and singer (died 2006)

April 24 has seen 205 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1086 – 1999. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · April 24 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 205 people 1086 – 1999

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His 39 movies have been remade 63 times in 9 languages by 34 actors making him the first actor whose movies were remade more than fifty times and the first actor whose movies were remade in nine languages

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Upon his death, The New York Times had described him as one of India's most popular movie stars.

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He was honoured with Padma Bhushan in 1983 and Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1995

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On the occasion of the "Centenary of Indian Cinema" in April 2013, Forbes included his performance in Bangaarada Manushya on its list of "25 Greatest Acting Performances of Indian Cinema"

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Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj, better known by his stage name Dr

Ramiro II of Aragon (died 1157)

Ramiro II, called the Monk, was a member of the House of Jiménez who became King of Aragon in 1134. Although a monk, he was elected by the Aragonese nobility to succeed his childless brother Alfonso the Battler. He then…

1086

Sabina of Bavaria

Bavarian duchess and noblewoman (died 1564)

Sabina of Bavaria-Munich was Duchess consort of Württemberg by marriage to Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg.

1492

Thomas Lucy

English politician (died 1600)

Sir Thomas Lucy was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1571 and 1585. He was a magistrate in Warwickshire, but is best known for his links to William Shakespeare. As a Protestant activist, he came…

1532

William I of Orange

founding father of the Netherlands (died 1584)

William the Silent or William the Taciturn, more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange and in the Dutch National anthem as Willem van Nassau, was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish…

1533

Guglielmo Gonzaga

Duke of Mantua (died 1587)

Guglielmo Gonzaga was Duke of Mantua from 1550 to 1587, and of Montferrat from 1574 to 1587. He was the second son of Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Margaret Palaeologina of Montferrat. In 1574, Montferrat was…

1538

Henry Wriothesley

2nd Earl of Southampton, English Earl (died 1581)

Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, was an English peer.

1545

Xu Guangqi

Ming Dynasty Chinese politician, scholar and lay Catholic leader (died 1633)

Xu Guangqi or Hsü Kuang-ch'i, also known by his baptismal name Paul or Paul Siu, was a Chinese agronomist, astronomer, mathematician, politician, and writer during the late Ming dynasty. Xu was appointed by the Chinese…

1562

Vincent de Paul

French priest and saint (died 1660)

Vincent de Paul, CM was a French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor and is best known for founding the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity.

1581

Gaston

Duke of Orléans, third son of King Henry IV of France (died 1660)

Monsieur Gaston, Duke of Orléans, was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his second wife, Marie de' Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a Fils de France. He later acquired the title Duke of Orléans, by…

1608

John Graunt

English demographer and statistician (died 1674)

John Graunt has been regarded as the founder of demography. Graunt was one of the first demographers, and perhaps the first epidemiologist, though by profession he was a haberdasher. He was bankrupted later in life by…

1620

Giovanni Battista Martini

Italian pianist and composer (died 1780)

Giovanni Battista or Giambattista Martini,, also known as Padre Martini, was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar, who was a leading musician, composer, and music historian of the period and a mentor to Mozart.

1706

Nathaniel Hone the Elder

Irish-English painter and educator (died 1784)

Nathaniel Hone was an Irish-born portrait and miniature painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768.

1718

Edmund Cartwright

English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom (died 1823)

Edmund Cartwright was an English inventor. He graduated from Oxford University and went on to invent the power loom. Married to local Elizabeth McMac at 19, he was the brother of Major John Cartwright, a political…

1743

Peter Vivian Daniel

American lawyer and jurist (died 1860)

Peter Vivian Daniel was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

1784

Anthony Trollope

English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (died 1882)

Anthony Trollope was an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. Among the best-known of his 47 novels are two series of six novels each collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire and the…

1815

Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada

Mexican politician, President of Mexico (died 1889)

Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada y Corral was a Mexican liberal politician and jurist who served as the 31st president of Mexico from 1872 to 1876.

1823

Luisa Cappiani

Austrian soprano, educator and essayist (died 1919)

Luisa Kapp-Young, was an Austrian dramatic operatic soprano, musical educator, and essayist who used the principle of the Aeolian harp emission of tone, which excluded all effort in the throat, and preserved the voice.…

1829

Carl Spitteler

Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1924)

Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler was a Swiss poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1919 "in special appreciation of his epic Olympian Spring". His work includes both pessimistic and heroic poems.

1845

Philippe Pétain

French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (died 1951)

Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain, better known as Marshal Pétain, was a French military officer who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the collaborationist regime of Vichy…

1856

Queen Marau

last Queen of Tahiti (died 1935)

Johanna Marau Taʻaroa a Tepau Salmon was the last Queen of Tahiti as the wife of King Pōmare V, who ruled from 1877 to 1880. Her name means "Much unique cleaning of the splash" in the Tahitian language.

1860

Tomitaro Makino

Japanese botanist (died 1957)

Tomitaro Makino was a pioneer Japanese botanist noted for his taxonomic work. He has been called "Father of Japanese Botany", having been one of the first Japanese botanists to work extensively on classifying Japanese…

1862

Sandy Herd

Scottish golfer (died 1944)

Alexander Herd was a Scottish professional golfer from St Andrews. He won The Open Championship in 1902 at Hoylake.

1868

Erich Raeder

German admiral (died 1960)

Erich Johann Albert Raeder was a German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II and was convicted of war crimes after the war. He attained the highest possible naval rank, that of grand…

1876

Jean Crotti

Swiss-French painter (died 1958)

Jean Crotti was a French painter.

1878

Susanna Bokoyni

Hungarian-American circus performer (died 1984)

Susanna Bokoyni, also known as "Princess Susanna", was a Hungarian centenarian and circus performer who was listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-lived dwarf on record.

1879

Gideon Sundback

Swedish-American engineer and businessman, developed the zipper (died 1954)

Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck was a Swedish-American electrical engineer, who is most commonly associated with his work in the development of the zipper.

1880

Josef Müller

Croatian entomologist (died 1964)

Josef Müller, also known as Giuseppe Müller, was a Croatian entomologist.

1880

Hugh Dowding

1st Baron Dowding, Scottish-English air marshal (died 1970)

Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He was Air Officer Commanding RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain and is generally credited…

1882

Thomas Cronan

American triple jumper (died 1962)

Thomas Francis Cronan was an American athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump.

1885

Con Walsh

Irish-Canadian hammer thrower and footballer (died 1961)

Cornelius Edward "Con" Walsh was an Irish Canadian athlete who represented Canada at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born in Carriganimma. He won a bronze medal in the hammer throw, finishing third behind fellow…

1885

Denys Finch Hatton

English hunter (died 1931)

Denys George Finch-Hatton MC was a British aristocratic big-game hunter and the lover of Baroness Karen von Blixen, a Danish noblewoman who wrote about him in her autobiographical book Out of Africa, first published in…

1887

Pe Maung Tin

Burma-based scholar and educator (died 1973)

Pe Maung Tin was a scholar of Pali and Buddhism and educator in Myanmar, formerly Burma. Born to an Anglican family at Pauktaw, Insein Township, Rangoon, he was the fifth child of U Pe and Daw Myaing. His grandfather…

1888

Stafford Cripps

English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1952)

Sir Richard Stafford Cripps was a British Labour Party politician, barrister, and diplomat.

1889

Lyubov Popova

Russian painter and academic (died 1924)

Lyubov Sergeyevna Popova was a Russian-Soviet avant-garde artist, painter and designer.

1889

Manuel Ávila Camacho

Mexican colonel and politician, 45th President of Mexico (died 1955)

Manuel Ávila Camacho was a Mexican politician and military leader who served as the president of Mexico from 1940 to 1946. Having participated in the Mexican Revolution and achieving a high rank, he came to the…

1897

Benjamin Lee Whorf

American linguist, anthropologist, and engineer (died 1941)

Benjamin Atwood Lee Whorf was an American linguist and fire prevention engineer best known for proposing the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis. He believed that the structures of different languages shape how their speakers…

1897

Oscar Zariski

Russian-American mathematician and academic (died 1986)

Oscar Zariski was an American mathematician. The Russian-born scientist was one of the most influential algebraic geometers of the 20th century.

1899

Elizabeth Goudge

English author and educator (died 1984)

Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge FRSL was an English writer of fiction and children's books. She won the Carnegie Medal for British children's books in 1946 for The Little White Horse. Goudge was long a popular author in…

1900

José Antonio Primo de Rivera

Spanish lawyer and politician, founded the Falange (died 1936)

José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 1st Duke of Primo de Rivera, 3rd Marquis of Estella GE, often referred to simply as José Antonio, was a Spanish national syndicalist politician who founded the Falange…

1903

Willem de Kooning

Dutch-American painter and educator (died 1997)

Willem de Kooning was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married painter Elaine…

1904

Al Bates

American long jumper (died 1999)

Alfred Hilborn Bates was an American athlete from Philadelphia Pennsylvania, who competed mainly in the long jump.

1905

Robert Penn Warren

American novelist, poet, and literary critic (died 1989)

Robert Penn Warren was an American poet, novelist, literary critic and professor at Yale University. He was one of the founders of New Criticism. He was also a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He…

1905

William Joyce

American-born Irish-British Nazi propaganda broadcaster (died 1946)

William Brooke Joyce, nicknamed Lord Haw-Haw, was an American-born Nazi propaganda broadcaster during the Second World War. After moving from New York to Ireland and subsequently to England, Joyce became a member of…

1906

Mimi Smith

English nurse (died 1991)

Mary Elizabeth "Mimi" Smith, informally known as Aunt Mimi, was a maternal aunt and the parental guardian of the English musician John Lennon. She was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, as the oldest of five daughters. She…

1906

Gabriel Figueroa

Mexican cinematographer (died 1997)

Gabriel Figueroa Mateos was a Mexican cinematographer, regarded as one of the greatest cinematographers of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. He worked on over 200 films, which cover a broad range of genres, and is best…

1907

Marceline Day

American actress (died 2000)

Marceline Day was an American motion picture actress whose career began as a child in the 1910s and ended in the 1930s.

1908

Inga Gentzel

Swedish runner (died 1991)

Inga Kristina Gentzel was a Swedish runner who won a bronze medal in the 800 m at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Shortly before the Olympics, she set a new world record in this event, broken two weeks later, but remained a…

1908

Józef Gosławski

Polish sculptor (died 1963)

Józef Jan Gosławski was a Polish sculptor and medallic artist. He was a designer of coins, monuments and medals. Laureate of many artistic competitions; decorated with the Silver Cross of Merit.

1908

Ruth Osburn

American discus thrower (died 1994)

Ruth Osburn was an American athlete who competed mainly in the discus. She was born in Shelbyville, Missouri, United States.

1912

Dieter Grau

German-American scientist and engineer (died 2014)

Dieter Grau was a German-born American aerospace engineer and member of the "von Braun rocket group", at Peenemünde (1939–1945) working on the V-2 rockets in World War II. He was among the engineers who surrendered to…

1913

William Castle

American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1977)

William Castle was an American filmmaker and actor. He was best known as a director of horror and thriller B-movies in the 1950s and '60s, for which he devised innovative and distinctive promotional gimmicks.

1914

Phil Watson

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1991)

Joseph Philippe Henri Watson was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach in the National Hockey League. He played for the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers between 1936 and 1948, and coached the…

1914

Justin Wilson

American chef and author (died 2001)

Justin Elmer Wilson was a Southern American chef and humorist known for his brand of Cajun-inspired cuisine, humor and storytelling.

1914

Lou Thesz

American wrestler and trainer (died 2002)

Aloysius Martin Thesz, known by the ring name Lou Thesz, was an American professional wrestler and wrestling coach. Considered to be one of the last true shooters in professional wrestling and described as the…

1916

David Blackwell

American mathematician and academic (died 2010)

David Harold Blackwell was an American statistician and mathematician who made significant contributions to game theory, probability theory, information theory, and statistics. He is one of the eponyms of the…

1919

Glafcos Clerides

Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th President of Cyprus (died 2013)

Glafcos Ioannou Clerides was a Cypriot statesman who served as President of Cyprus in 1974 and from 1993 to 2003.

1919

Gino Valenzano

Italian race car driver (died 2011)

Luigi "Gino" Valenzano was an Italian racing driver. He entered 39 races between 1947 and 1955 in Abarths, Maseratis and Lancias as a teammate of drivers like Robert Manzon and Froilán González.

1920

Marc-Adélard Tremblay

Canadian anthropologist and academic (died 2014)

Marc-Adélard Tremblay, was a Canadian anthropologist.

1922

Gus Bodnar

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2005)

August Bodnar was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who was the Calder Memorial Trophy winner as the National Hockey League's rookie of the year for the 1943–44 season. He played 12 seasons in the NHL from 1943…

1923

Doris Burn

American author and illustrator (died 2011)

Doris "Doe" Burn was an American children's book author and illustrator. She lived most of her life on Waldron Island in the San Juan Islands archipelago of Washington.

1923

Clement Freud

German-English radio host, academic, and politician (died 2009)

Sir Clement Raphael Freud was a British broadcaster, writer, politician and chef. The son of Ernst L. Freud and grandson of Sigmund Freud, Clement moved to the United Kingdom from Nazi Germany as a child and later…

1924

Ruth Kobart

American actress and singer (died 2002)

Ruth Kobart was an American performer, whose six-decade career encompassed opera, Broadway musical theatre, regional theatre, films, and television.

1924

Franco Leccese

Italian sprinter (died 1992)

Franco Leccese was an Italian sprinter.

1925

Marilyn Erskine

American actress

Marilyn Erskine is an American actress, active during the 1920s through the 1970s. She played roles in radio, theater, film, and television, starting when she was 3 years old.

1926

Thorbjörn Fälldin

Swedish farmer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Sweden (died 2016)

Nils Olof Thorbjörn Fälldin was a Swedish politician and farmer who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1976 to 1978 and again from 1979 to 1982. From 1971 to 1985, he was leader of the Centre Party.

1926

Josy Barthel

Luxembourgish runner and politician, Luxembourgish Minister for Energy (died 1992)

Joseph "Josy" Barthel was a Luxembourgish athlete and politician. He was the surprise winner of the Men's 1500 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and the only athlete representing Luxembourg to have won a gold medal at…

1927

Tommy Docherty

Scottish footballer and manager (died 2020)

Thomas Henderson Docherty, commonly known as "The Doc", was a Scottish football player and manager. Docherty played for several clubs, most notably Preston North End, and represented Scotland 25 times between 1951 and…

1928

Johnny Griffin

American saxophonist (died 2008)

John Arnold Griffin III was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin began his career in the mid-1940s and continued until the month of his…

1928

Anahit Perikhanian

Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (died 2012)

Anahit Georgievna Perikhanian was a Soviet-born Armenian academic. An Iranologist, Perikhanian specialized in Sasanian jurisprudence, history and society. In addition to her work on many aspects of ancient and medieval…

1928

Jerome Callet

American instrument designer, educator, and author (died 2019)

Jerome Callet was a brass embouchure clinician, and designer of brass instruments and mouthpieces.

1930

Richard Donner

American actor, director, and producer (died 2021)

Richard Donner was an American filmmaker. Described as "one of Hollywood's most reliable makers of action blockbusters", Donner directed some of the most financially successful films of the 1970s and 1980s. His career…

1930

José Sarney

Brazilian lawyer and politician, 31st President of Brazil

José Sarney de Araújo Costa is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and writer who served as the 31st president of Brazil from 1985 to 1990. He briefly served as the 20th vice president of Brazil for a month between March…

1930

Abdelhamid Kermali

Algerian footballer and manager (died 2013)

Abdelhamid Kermali was an Algerian footballer and football manager of the Algerian national team.

1931

Bridget Riley

English painter and illustrator

Bridget Louise Riley is an English painter known for her op art paintings. She lives and works in London, Cornwall and the Vaucluse in France.

1931

Jayakanthan

Indian journalist and author (died 2015)

D. Jayakanthan, popularly known as JK, was an Indian writer, journalist, orator, filmmaker, critic and activist. Born in Cuddalore, he dropped out of school at the age of 9 and went to Madras, where he joined the…

1934

Shirley MacLaine

American actress, singer, and dancer

Shirley MacLaine is an American actress and author. With a career spanning over 70 years, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, two BAFTA Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two…

1934

David Crombie

Canadian educator and politician, 56th Mayor of Toronto

David Edward Crombie is a former Canadian academic and politician who served as the 56th mayor of Toronto from 1972 to 1978. Crombie was elected to Parliament following his tenure as mayor. A member of the Progressive…

1936

Jill Ireland

English actress (died 1990)

Jill Dorothy Ireland was an English actress and singer.

1936

Joe Henderson

American saxophonist and composer (died 2001)

Joe Henderson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and very occasional flute player. In a career spanning more than four decades, Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day and recorded for…

1937

Sue Grafton

American author (died 2017)

Sue Taylor Grafton was an American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the "alphabet series" featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California.…

1940

Richard Holbrooke

American journalist, banker, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2010)

Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke was an American diplomat and author. He was the only person to have held the position of Assistant Secretary of State for two different regions of the world, assisting in brokering a…

1941

John Williams

Australian-English guitarist and composer

John Christopher Williams is an Australian and English guitarist known for his solo and ensemble playing as well as his interpretation and promotion of the modern classical guitar repertoire. In 1973, he shared a Grammy…

1941

Richard M. Daley

American lawyer and politician, 54th Mayor of Chicago

Richard Michael Daley is an American politician who served as the 54th mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1989 to 2011. Daley was elected mayor in 1989 and was reelected five times until declining to run for a seventh…

1942

Barbra Streisand

American singer, actress, activist, and producer

Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand is an American singer, actress, songwriter, and filmmaker. Over a career spanning more than six decades, Streisand's success in the entertainment industry has included Emmy, Grammy,…

1942

Richard Sterban

American country and gospel bass singer

Richard Anthony Sterban is an American singer. He was born in Camden, New Jersey. In 1972, he joined the country and gospel quartet the Oak Ridge Boys, in which he sings bass.

1943

Gordon West

English footballer (died 2012)

Gordon West was an English professional football goalkeeper. He won three international caps in a career that included a long stint at Everton.

1943

Peter Cresswell

English judge

Sir Peter John Cresswell, DL was an English High Court judge, and a judge of the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre.

1944

Maarja Nummert

Estonian architect

Maarja Nummert was an Estonian architect who designed a number of school buildings.

1944

Tony Visconti

American record producer, musician and singer

Anthony Edward Visconti is a 3× Grammy-winning American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's "Ride a White Swan" in…

1944

Doug Clifford

American drummer and songwriter

Douglas Raymond "Cosmo" Clifford is an American drummer. He is best known as a founding member of Creedence Clearwater Revival for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. After the group…

1945

Doug Christie

Canadian lawyer and activist (died 2013)

Douglas Hewson Christie, Jr. was a Canadian lawyer and political activist based in Victoria, British Columbia, who was known nationally for his defence of clients such as Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel, former Nazi…

1946

Phil Robertson

American hunter and television personality (died 2025)

Phil Alexander Robertson was an American professional hunter, businessman and television personality who was the founder of hunting products company Duck Commander. A reality television star on the popular television…

1946

Josep Borrell

Spanish engineer and politician, 22nd President of the European Parliament

Josep Borrell Fontelles is a Spanish politician who served as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission from 2019 to 2024. A member of the…

1947

João Braz de Aviz

Brazilian cardinal

João Braz de Aviz is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life from 2011 to 2025. He began his career working…

1947

Claude Dubois

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Claude André Dubois is a Canadian singer-songwriter.

1947

Denise Kingsmill

Baroness Kingsmill, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician

Denise Patricia Byrne Kingsmill, Baroness Kingsmill CBE is a British Labour peer. She was appointed as a life peer in 2006 after practising as a solicitor in personal injury, trade union and employment law.

1947

Roger D. Kornberg

American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Roger David Kornberg is an American biochemist and professor of structural biology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Kornberg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2006 for his studies of the process by…

1947

Paul Cellucci

American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (died 2013)

Argeo Paul Cellucci was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 69th governor of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2001 and as the United States Ambassador to Canada…

1948

Eliana Gil

Ecuadorian-American psychiatrist, therapist, and author

Eliana Gil, is a lecturer, writer, and clinician of marriage, family and child. She is on the board of a number of professional counselling organizations that use play and art therapies, and she is the former president…

1948

Eddie Hart

American sprinter

Edward James "Eddie" Hart is an American former track and field sprinter and Olympic champion in the men's 4 × 100 m relay race at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

1949

Véronique Sanson

French singer-songwriter and producer

Véronique Marie Line Sanson is a three-time Victoires de la Musique award-winning French singer-songwriter and record producer with an avid following in her native country.

1949

Rob Hyman

American singer-songwriter and musician

Robert Andrew Hyman is an American singer, songwriter, keyboard and accordion player, producer, and arranger, best known for being a founding member of the rock band the Hooters.

1950

Ron Arad

Israeli architect and academic

Ron Arad is a British-Israeli industrial designer, artist, and architectural designer. He is best known for his furniture designs, including the postmodern chair Rover.

1951

Christian Bobin

French author and poet (died 2022)

Christian Bobin was a French author and poet.

1951

Nigel Harrison

English bass player and songwriter

Nigel Harrison is an English musician. Harrison spent several years as the bassist of the American rock band Blondie during the 1970s and 1980s.

1951

Enda Kenny

Irish educator and politician, 13th Taoiseach of Ireland

Enda Kenny is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 2011 to 2017, Leader of Fine Gael from 2002 to 2017, Minister for Defence from May to July 2014 and 2016 to 2017, Leader of the Opposition…

1951

Jean Paul Gaultier

French fashion designer

Jean Paul Gaultier is a French haute couture and prêt-à-porter fashion designer.

1952

Ralph Winter

American film producer

Ralph Frederick Winter is an American film producer who has helped to produce blockbuster movies such as the X-Men, Fantastic Four and Star Trek series as well as I, Robot and Planet of the Apes.

1952

Eric Bogosian

American actor and writer

Eric Michael Bogosian is an American actor, playwright, monologuist, novelist, and historian. Descended from Armenian-American immigrants, he grew up in Watertown and Woburn, Massachusetts, and attended the University…

1953

Mumia Abu-Jamal

American journalist, activist, and convicted murderer

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an American political activist and journalist who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. While on death row, he…

1954

Jack Blades

American singer-songwriter and bass player

Jack Martin Blades is an American rock musician. He has worked in the bands Rubicon, Night Ranger, and Damn Yankees. He has also recorded with Tommy Shaw under the name Shaw Blades and has done work alongside the Tak…

1954

Marion Caspers-Merk

German politician

Marion Caspers-Merk is a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). She was a member of the Bundestag, representing Lörrach – Müllheim, and Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal…

1955

John de Mol Jr.

Dutch businessman, co-founded Endemol

Johannes Hendrikus Hubert "John" de Mol Jr. is a Dutch media proprietor. De Mol is one of the men behind production companies Endemol and Talpa. He created the reality television formats Big Brother, Star Academy and…

1955

Eamon Gilmore

Irish trade union leader and politician, 25th Tánaiste of Ireland

Eamon Gilmore is an Irish diplomat and former Labour Party politician. He has served as European Union Special Representative for Human Rights since February 2019. He has also been the European Union Special Envoy for…

1955

Margaret Moran

British politician and criminal

Margaret Mary Moran is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. Moran was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Luton South from the 1997 general election to 2010. In November 2012, jurors at Southwark Crown…

1955

Guy Nève

Belgian race car driver (died 1992)

Guy Nève de Mevergnies, commonly known as Guy Nève, was a Belgian racing driver. He was the younger brother of fellow racer Patrick Nève, who he had competed with and against.

1955

Michael O'Keefe

American actor

Michael O'Keefe is an American actor known for his roles as Danny Noonan in Caddyshack, Ben Meechum in The Great Santini, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Darryl…

1955

Bill Osborne

New Zealand rugby player

William Michael Osborne is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre, Osborne represented Wanganui and Waikato at a provincial level. Started his club career with the local Kaierau Rugby…

1955

James A. Winnefeld

Jr., American admiral

James Alexander "Sandy" Winnefeld Jr. is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board. While on active duty, Winnefeld served as the ninth vice chairman of…

1956

Nazir Ahmed

Baron Ahmed, Pakistani-English businessman and politician

Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, is a British former politician. As a member of the Labour Party, he was appointed a life peer in 1998.

1957

Brian Paddick

English police officer and politician

Brian Leonard Paddick, Baron Paddick, is a British life peer and retired police officer. He was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the London mayoral elections of 2008 and of 2012, and until his retirement in May 2007…

1958

Paula Yates

British-Australian television host and author (died 2000)

Paula Elizabeth Yates was a British television presenter and writer. She was best known for presenting the Channel 4 television programmes The Tube and The Big Breakfast. She was subjected to intense media attention and…

1959

Andrew Murrison

English physician and politician, Minister for International Security Strategy

Surgeon Commander Andrew William Murrison is a British doctor, naval officer and Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Wiltshire, previously Westbury, since 2001. He…

1961

Clemens Binninger

German politician

Clemens Binninger is a German politician of the CDU. Binninger was a member of the Bundestag from 2002 until 2017.

1962

Stuart Pearce

English footballer, coach, and manager

Stuart Pearce is an English professional football manager and former player, who was most recently a first-team coach for Premier League club West Ham United. He was nicknamed "Psycho" for his unforgiving style of play.

1962

Steve Roach

Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster

Stephen David Roach, nicknamed Blocker or Blocker Roach, is an Australian former professional rugby league who played as a prop forward in the 1980s and early 1990s.

1962

Paula Frazer

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Paula A. Frazer is an American singer-songwriter. She grew up in Georgia and Arkansas and moved to San Francisco in 1981. Her music is frequently described as melancholic alternative country, but with an eclectic mix of…

1963

Billy Gould

American bass player, songwriter, and producer

William David Gould is an American musician, best known as the bassist for the rock band Faith No More. Having started Faith No More in 1983, he and Mike Bordin are the only constant members of the band, having appeared…

1963

Mano Solo

French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2010)

Mano Solo, born Emmanuel Cabut, was a French singer. He was born in Châlons-sur-Marne on 24 April 1963 to the illustrator Cabu and Isabelle Monin, co-founder of the ecology-related magazine, La Gueule ouverte.

1963

Helga Arendt

German sprinter (died 2013)

Helga Arendt was a West German sprinter who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

1964

Cedric the Entertainer

American comedian, actor, and producer

Cedric Antonio Kyles, better known by his stage name Cedric the Entertainer, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and television host. He hosted BET's ComicView during the 1993–1994 season and Def Comedy…

1964

Djimon Hounsou

Beninese-American actor and producer

Djimon Gaston Hounsou is a Beninese-American actor. He began his career appearing in music videos and made his film debut in Without You I'm Nothing (1990). He then earned widespread recognition for his role as Cinqué…

1964

Witold Smorawiński

Polish guitarist, composer, and educator

Witold Smorawiński is a Polish classical guitarist, composer and teacher. He comes from a family of musicians and therefore he had a chance to perform in public since his childhood.

1964

Jeff Jackson

Canadian ice hockey player and manager

Jeff Jackson is a Canadian ice hockey executive and retired ice hockey winger who is the CEO of hockey operations of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Jackson played 263 games in the NHL for the…

1965

Pierre Brassard

Canadian comedian and actor

Pierre Brassard is a French-Canadian actor, comedian, television personality, and radio broadcaster. He is associated with CKOI-FM in Montreal and known for his phone call hoaxes.

1966

Alessandro Costacurta

Italian footballer, coach, and manager

Alessandro "Billy" Costacurta is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

1966

David Usher

English-Canadian singer-songwriter

David Usher is a Canadian musician, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and activist best known as the front man for the band Moist. He has also released a number of solo albums. He is the founder of Reimagine AI, an…

1966

Dino Rađa

Croatian basketball player

Dino Rađa is a Croatian former professional basketball player. He was a member of the Jugoplastika team of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which he helped to win two FIBA European Champions Cup championships. He spent…

1967

Omar Vizquel

Venezuelan-American baseball player and coach

Omar Enrique Vizquel González, nicknamed "Little O", is a Venezuelan former professional baseball shortstop and coach. During his 24-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, Vizquel played for the Seattle Mariners,…

1967

Aidan Gillen

Irish actor

Aidan Murphy, known professionally as Aidan Gillen, is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent…

1968

Todd Jones

American baseball player

Todd Barton Jones is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was an effective middle reliever for several teams and also filled the role of closer, most…

1968

Roxanna Panufnik

English composer

Roxanna Panufnik is a British composer of Polish descent. She is the daughter of the Polish composer and conductor Sir Andrzej Panufnik and his second wife Camilla, née Jessel.

1968

Hashim Thaçi

Kosovan soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Kosovo

Hashim Thaçi is a Kosovo Albanian politician. He was the first prime minister of Kosovo (2008–2014) and the Foreign minister and deputy prime minister (2014–2016) in the cabinet led by Isa Mustafa. He served as…

1968

Elias Atmatsidis

Greek footballer

Ilias Atmatsidis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the director of Football at AEK Athens B.

1969

Rory McCann

Scottish actor

Rory McCann is a Scottish actor, best known for portraying Sandor "The Hound" Clegane on the HBO series Game of Thrones, Michael "Lurch" Armstrong in Edgar Wright's crime-comedy Hot Fuzz (2007), Jurgen the Brutal in the…

1969

Eilidh Whiteford

Scottish academic and politician

Eilidh Whiteford is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Banff and Buchan from 2010 to 2017.

1969

Damien Fleming

Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster

Damien William Fleming is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who played for the Australian national cricket team and domestic cricket for Victoria. He played in 20 Tests and 88 ODIs from 1994 to 2001…

1970

Kumar Dharmasena

Sri Lankan cricketer and umpire

Deshabandu Handunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumar Dharmasena is a Sri Lankan cricket umpire and former international cricketer. He is a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and the first person to participate in an…

1971

Mauro Pawlowski

Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Evil Superstars was a Belgian indie rock band led by Mauro Pawlowski. Among its members was Millionaire and Eagles of Death Metal guitarist Tim Vanhamel.

1971

Rab Douglas

Scottish footballer

Robert James Douglas, known professionally as Rab Douglas is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for several clubs, including Livingston, Dundee, Celtic, Leicester City,…

1972

Chipper Jones

American baseball player

Larry Wayne "Chipper" Jones Jr. is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves from 1993 to 2012. The Braves chose Jones with the first overall…

1972

Jure Košir

Slovenian skier and singer

Jure Košir is a Slovenian former alpine skier.

1972

Gabby Logan

English gymnast, television and radio host

Gabrielle Nicole Logan is a Welsh television and radio presenter, and a former rhythmic gymnast who represented Wales and Great Britain. She hosted Final Score for BBC Sport from 2009 until 2013. She has also presented…

1973

Damon Lindelof

American screenwriter and producer

Damon Laurence Lindelof is an American screenwriter, comic book writer, and producer. Among his accolades, he has received three Primetime Emmy Awards, from twelve nominations. In 2010, Time magazine named him one of…

1973

Brian Marshall

American bass player and songwriter

Brian Aubrey Marshall is an American musician best known as the bassist and co-founder of the rock bands Creed and Alter Bridge.

1973

Eric Snow

American basketball player and coach

Eric Snow is an American former basketball player and coach. He played the point guard position in the National Basketball Association from 1995 to 2008 and appeared in three NBA Finals. Known for his defense, Snow was…

1973

Sachin Tendulkar

Indian cricketer

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is an Indian former international cricketer who captained the Indian national team. Often dubbed the "God of Cricket", Tendulkar is widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers in the…

1973

Toomas Tohver

Estonian footballer

Toomas Tohver is a retired Estonian international football goalkeeper, with 24 caps to his name. Tohver started his professional career at Flora Tallinn and had two spells abroad, first in Sweden and then in Norway.

1973

Lee Westwood

English golfer

Lee John Westwood is an English professional golfer. He is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on five continents – Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Oceania – including victories on the European Tour…

1973

Eric Kripke

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Eric Kripke is an American writer and television producer. Kripke came to prominence in the late 2000s for creating The WB/CW fantasy drama series Supernatural (2005–2020). He served as the showrunner during the first…

1974

Stephen Wiltshire

English illustrator

Stephen Wiltshire is a British architectural artist and autistic savant. He is known for his ability to draw a landscape from memory after seeing it just once. His work has gained worldwide fame.

1974

Marte Mjøs Persen

Norwegian politician

Marte Mjøs Persen is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. She served as minister of labour and social inclusion from 2022 to 2023, and minister of petroleum and energy from 2021 to 2022. She served as the mayor…

1975

Dejan Savić

Yugoslavian and Serbian water polo player

Dejan Savić is a Serbian professional water polo coach and former player.

1975

Hedda Berntsen

Norwegian skier

Hedda Berntsen is a Norwegian sportsperson who has competed internationally in telemark skiing, alpine skiing, freestyle skiing and skicross. She is the world champion in Telemark classic from 1997. She later…

1976

Steve Finnan

Irish international footballer

Stephen John Finnan is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He is the only player to have played in the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup, Premier League,…

1976

Frédéric Niemeyer

Canadian tennis player and coach

Frédéric Niemeyer is a Canadian retired, professional tennis player and was tennis coach at Tennis Canada for 10 years and he is now a freelance Tennis Consultant and Coach.

1976

Carlos Beltrán

Puerto Rican-American baseball player

Carlos Iván Beltrán Valdés is a Puerto Rican former outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for seven teams from 1998 to 2017. A nine-time All-Star, he hit 20 home runs twelve times and 30 doubles eleven…

1977

Diego Placente

Argentine footballer

Diego Rodolfo Placente is an Argentine manager and former footballer who played as a left-back. He is the current manager of the Argentina U20 national team and Argentina national under-17 football team.

1977

Diego Quintana

Argentine footballer

Diego Jesús Quintana is an Argentine footballer who spent his career mostly playing for Skoda Xanthi in Greece.

1978

Fernando Arce

Mexican footballer

Fernando Enrique Arce Ruiz is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1980

Karen Asrian

Armenian chess player (died 2008)

Karen Asrian was an Armenian chess player. Awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1998, he was a three-time Armenian champion. Asrian was a member of the gold medal-winning Armenian team in the 37th Chess Olympiad.

1980

Taylor Dent

American tennis player

Taylor Phillip Dent is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21, winning 4 singles titles.

1981

Yuko Nakanishi

Japanese swimmer

Yuko Nakanishi is a Japanese butterfly swimmer.

1981

Kelly Clarkson

American singer-songwriter, talk show host

Kelly Brianne, known professionally as Kelly Clarkson, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Rising to fame after winning the first season of American Idol, she has established a multi-decade…

1982

David Oliver

American hurdler

David Oliver, is the Director of Track & Field at Howard University and a retired American hurdling athlete. As a professional athlete, he competed in the 110 meter hurdles event outdoor and the 60 meter hurdles event…

1982

Simon Tischer

German volleyball player

Simon Tischer is a German retired volleyball player. He was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd.

1982

Hanna Melnychenko

Ukrainian heptathlete

Hanna Anatoliïvna Kasyanova is a Ukrainian heptathlete.

1983

Mike Rodgers

American sprinter

Michael Rodgers is an American professional track and field sprinter who specializes in the 100 m and the 60 m. He won the gold medal in the 100 m relay in Doha 2019. He is also the Pan-Am Games Champion.

1985

Aaron Cunningham

American baseball player

Aaron Roe Ward Cunningham is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, and Cleveland Indians.

1986

Ben Howard

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Benjamin John Howard is an English singer-songwriter, musician and composer. His self-released debut extended play (EP) Games in the Dark (2008) was followed by two more EPs, These Waters (2009) and Old Pine (2010).…

1987

Kris Letang

Canadian ice hockey player

Kristopher Joseph Pierre Irwin Letang is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played juniors in the…

1987

Rein Taaramäe

Estonian cyclist

Rein Taaramäe is an Estonian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team Kinan Racing Team.

1987

Jan Vertonghen

Belgian international footballer

Jan Bert Lieve Vertonghen is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Mainly a centre-back, he also played as a left-back.

1987

Varun Dhawan

Indian actor

Varun Dhawan is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. One of India's highest-paid actors, Dhawan has appeared in a variety of genres, from romantic-comedies to action. Between 2012 and 2018, he appeared in eleven…

1987

Elīna Babkina

Latvian basketball player

Elīna Babkina is a Latvian former basketball player.

1989

David Boudia

American diver

David Alasdair Boudia is an American diver. He won the gold medal in the 10 metre platform diving competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also won a…

1989

Taja Mohorčič

Slovenian tennis player

Taja Mohorčič is a retired Slovenian tennis player. On 25 February 2008, Mohorčič reached her best singles ranking of world number 957. On 26 November 2007, she peaked at world number 733 in the doubles rankings.

1989

Kim Tae-ri

South Korean actress

Kim Tae-ri is a South Korean actress. Known for her work in both television and film, she has received various accolades, including three Baeksang Arts Awards, one Blue Dragon Film Award and one Buil Film Award, in…

1990

Jan Veselý

Czech basketball player

Jan Veselý is a Czech professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at 2.10 m, he can play both the power forward and center positions. He was selected sixth…

1990

Sigrid Agren

French-Swedish model

Sigrid Agren is a French model from Martinique, who rose to prominence during the Elite Model Look in 2006.

1991

Morgan Ciprès

French figure skater

Morgan Ciprès is a French former competitive pair skater. With partner Vanessa James, born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, he is the 2019 European Champion, the 2018 World bronze medalist, the 2017 European bronze…

1991

Batuhan Karadeniz

Turkish footballer

Batuhan Karadeniz is a former Turkish professional footballer.

1991

Laura Kenny

English cyclist

Dame Laura Rebecca Kenny, Lady Kenny, is an English former professional track and road cyclist who specialised in track endurance events. These included the team pursuit, omnium, scratch race, and madison disciplines.…

1992

Jack Quaid

American actor

Jack Henry Quaid is an American actor. The son of actors Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid, he is also the nephew of character actor Randy Quaid. He made his acting debut with a minor role in the dystopian film The Hunger Games…

1992

Ben Davies

Welsh international footballer

Benjamin Thomas Davies is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a left-back and centre-back for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team.

1993

Jordan Fisher

American singer, dancer, and actor

Jordan William Fisher is an American actor, singer, and dancer. He began his career with recurring roles on several television series, including The Secret Life of the American Teenager in 2012 and Liv and Maddie from…

1994

Caspar Lee

British-South African YouTuber

Caspar Richard George Lee is a British-South African YouTuber and investor. He was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2020 for his work in media and advertising.

1994

Kehlani

American singer-songwriter

Kehlani Ashley Parrish is an American singer, songwriter and dancer. They initially started as a member of the teen pop group PopLyfe in 2011 as contestant on America's Got Talent. After leaving the group, Parrish…

1995

Ashleigh Barty

Australian tennis player

Ashleigh Jacinta Barty is an Australian former professional tennis player and cricketer. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 121 weeks, and was ranked world…

1996

Lydia Ko

New Zealand golfer

Dame Lydia Ko is a New Zealand professional golfer, member of the LPGA Hall of Fame, and the reigning Olympic champion. She first reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings on 2 February 2015 at 17 years, 9…

1997

Veronika Kudermetova

Russian tennis player

Veronika Eduardovna Kudermetova is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9, achieved on 24 October 2022, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 2, reached on 6…

1997

Ryan Newman

American actress

Ryan Whitney is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Ginger Falcone in Disney XD's Zeke and Luther, Allison in The Thundermans, Cindy Collins in Zoom and Emily Hobbs in See Dad Run.

1998

Ziyu He

Chinese violinist

Ziyu He is a Chinese violinist. In 2011, he moved to Salzburg, Austria. At the age of 15, he won the 2014 Eurovision Young Musicians. He also won the Menuhin Competition in 2016.

1999

Jerry Jeudy

American football player

Jerry Davarus Jeudy is an American professional football wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he was awarded the…

1999

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