Famous Birthdays on April 29

Q: Who was born on April 29?

Famous people born on April 29 include: William II, Sophie of Saxony, Esaias Reusner, James Butler, John Arbuthnot.

Q: What is Mike Bryan known for?

Mike Bryan, American tennis player

1978 — Mike Bryan

American tennis player

April 29 has seen 186 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1469 – 2007. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · April 29 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 186 people 1469 – 2007

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1 in men's doubles for a record 506 weeks, and finished as the year-end No

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Bryan won a record 128 ATP Tour-level doubles titles, including 22 majors: a record 18 in men's doubles, and four in mixed doubles

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They became the second men's doubles team to complete the career Golden Slam at the 2012 London Olympics, and completed the double career Grand Slam

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Alongside his twin brother Bob, the Bryan brothers were one of the most successful doubles partnerships in tennis history

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The pair were named the ATP Team of the Decade for the 2000s

William II

Landgrave of Hesse (died 1509)

William II was Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1493 and Landgrave of Upper Hesse after the death of his cousin, William III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse in 1500. This immediately sparked the War of the Katzenelnbogen…

1469

Sophie of Saxony

Duchess of Pomerania (died 1635)

Sophie of Saxony was a member of the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin. She was a princess of Saxony by birth and by marriage a Duchess of Pomerania-Stettin.

1587

Esaias Reusner

German lute player and composer (died 1679)

Esaias Reusner was a German lutenist and composer.

1636

James Butler

2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1745)

James FitzJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, was an Irish statesman and army officer. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom of Ormond. Like his grandfather, the 1st Duke, he was…

1665

John Arbuthnot

Scottish-English physician and polymath (died 1735)

John Arbuthnot FRS, often known simply as Dr Arbuthnot, was a Scottish physician, satirist and polymath in London. He is best remembered for his contributions to mathematics, his membership in the Scriblerus Club, and…

1667

Jean-Georges Noverre

French actor and dancer (died 1810)

Jean-Georges Noverre was a French dancer and ballet master, and is generally considered the creator of ballet d'action, a precursor of the narrative ballets of the 19th century. His birthday is now observed as…

1727

Oliver Ellsworth

American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (died 1807)

Oliver Ellsworth was a Founding Father of the United States, attorney, jurist, politician, and diplomat. Ellsworth was a framer of the United States Constitution, United States senator from Connecticut, and the third…

1745

Georg Carl von Döbeln

Swedish general (died 1820)

Georg Carl von Döbeln was a Swedish friherre (baron), Lieutenant general and above all known for his efforts on the Swedish side during the Finnish War.

1758

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1833)

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Count Jourdan, was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empire by Emperor Napoleon I in 1804. He…

1762

Charles Nodier

French librarian and author (died 1844)

Jean Charles Emmanuel Nodier was a French author and librarian who introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the conte fantastique, gothic literature, and vampire tales. His dream related writings influenced…

1780

David Cox

English landscape painter (died 1859)

David Cox was an English landscape painter, one of the most important members of the Birmingham School of landscape artists and an early precursor of Impressionism.

1783

Samuel Turell Armstrong

American publisher and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (died 1850)

Samuel Turell Armstrong was an American politician. Born in 1784 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, he was a printer and bookseller in Boston, specializing in religious materials. Among his works were an early stereotype…

1784

Thomas Adolphus Trollope

English journalist and author (died 1892)

Thomas Adolphus Trollope was an English writer who was the author of more than 60 books. He lived most of his life in Italy creating a renowned villa in Florence with his first wife, Theodosia, and later another centre…

1810

Alexander II of Russia (died 1881)

Alexander II was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination on 13 March 1881. He is also known as Alexander the Liberator because of his historic Edict of…

1818

Georges Ernest Boulanger

French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1891)

Georges Ernest Jean-Marie Boulanger, nicknamed Général Revanche, was a French Army officer and politician. An enormously popular public figure during the second decade of the Third Republic, he won multiple elections.…

1837

Carl Millöcker

Austrian composer and conductor (died 1899)

Carl Joseph Millöcker, was an Austrian composer of operettas and a conductor.

1842

Joachim Andersen

Danish flautist, composer and conductor (died 1907)

Carl Joachim Andersen was a Danish flutist, conductor and composer born in Copenhagen, son of the flutist Christian Joachim Andersen. Both as a virtuoso and as composer of flute music, he is considered one of the best…

1847

Raja Ravi Varma

Indian painter and academic (died 1906)

Raja Ravi Varma was an Indian painter. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography. He greatly enhanced his reach and influence as a…

1848

Henri Poincaré

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (died 1912)

Jules Henri Poincaré was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as "The Last Universalist", since he excelled in all…

1854

Constantine P. Cavafy

Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet (died 1933)

Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C. P. Cavafy, was a Greek poet, journalist, and civil servant from Alexandria. A major figure of modern Greek…

1863

William Randolph Hearst

American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (died 1951)

William Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper publisher and politician. He laid the foundation for the Hearst family's mass media empire via his control of the Hearst Corporation. His extravagant methods of yellow…

1863

Maria Teresia Ledóchowska

Austrian nun and missionary (died 1922)

Mary Theresa Ledóchowska, ; 29 April 1863 – 6 July 1922), was a Polish Catholic religious sister who founded the Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver, dedicated to spreading Catholicism in Africa. She was beatified in…

1863

Harry Payne Whitney

American businessman and lawyer (died 1930)

Harry Payne Whitney was an American businessman, thoroughbred horse breeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family.

1872

Forest Ray Moulton

American astronomer and academic (died 1952)

Forest Ray Moulton was an American astronomer. He was the brother of Harold G. Moulton, a noted economist.

1872

Rafael Sabatini

Italian-English novelist and short story writer (died 1950)

Rafael Sabatini was an Italian-born British writer of romance and adventure novels.

1875

Thomas Beecham

English conductor (died 1961)

Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet was an English conductor and impresario best known for his association with the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic orchestras. He was also closely associated with the…

1879

Adolf Chybiński

Polish historian, musicologist and academic (died 1952)

Adolf Chybiński was a Polish musicologist and academic.

1880

Auguste Herbin

French painter (died 1960)

Auguste Herbin was a French painter of modern art. He is best known for his Cubist and abstract paintings consisting of colorful geometric figures. He co-founded the groups Abstraction-Création and Salon des Réalités…

1882

Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman

Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister (died 1945)

Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman was an experimental Dutch artist, typographer, and printer. He set up a clandestine printing house during the Nazi occupation (1940–1945) and was shot by the Gestapo in the closing days of the…

1882

Egon Erwin Kisch

Czech journalist and author (died 1948)

Egon Erwin Kisch was an Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak writer and journalist, who wrote in German. He styled himself Der Rasende Reporter for his countless travels to the far corners of the globe and his equally…

1885

Robert Cushman Murphy

American ornithologist (died 1973)

Robert Cushman Murphy was an American ornithologist and Lamont Curator of birds at the American Museum of Natural History. He went on numerous oceanic expeditions and was an expert on marine birds, and wrote several…

1887

Michael Heidelberger

American immunologist (died 1991)

Michael Heidelberger was an American immunologist, often regarded as the father of modern immunology. He and Oswald Avery showed that the polysaccharides of pneumococcus are antigens, enabling him to show that…

1888

Edward Wilfred Taylor

British businessman (died 1980)

Edward Wilfred Taylor was a British manufacturer of optical instruments.

1891

Harold Urey

American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)

Harold Clayton Urey was an American physical chemist who conducted pioneering work on isotopes. He earned the 1934 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his discovery of heavy hydrogen." He played a significant role in the…

1893

Marietta Blau

Austrian physicist and academic (died 1970)

Marietta Blau was an Austrian physicist of the 20th century who pioneered developments of photographic nuclear emulsions to image and accurately measure high-energy nuclear particles and events, significantly advancing…

1894

Vladimir Propp

Russian scholar and critic (died 1970)

Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp was a Russian and Soviet folklorist and scholar who analysed the basic structural elements of Russian folk tales to identify their simplest, irreducible structural units.

1895

Malcolm Sargent

English organist, composer and conductor (died 1967)

Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading conductor of choral works. The musical ensembles with which he was associated included the Ballets…

1895

E. J. Bowen

British physical chemist (died 1980)

Edmund ("Ted") John Bowen FRS was a British physical chemist.

1898

Duke Ellington

American pianist, composer and bandleader (died 1974)

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Music critic Ralph J. Gleason called him "America's most…

1899

Mary Petty

American illustrator (died 1976)

Mary Petty was an illustrator of books and magazines best remembered for a series of covers published by The New Yorker that feature a family she invented and named, "Peabody", along with their household servants.

1899

Amelia Best

Australian politician (died 1979)

Amelia Martha (Millie) Best MBE was one of the first two women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly.

1900

Hirohito

Japanese emperor (died 1989)

Emperor Shōwa was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. He reigned during a period of increasing Japanese nationalism and militarism, culminating in the entry of the Empire of Japan into World…

1901

Fred Zinnemann

Austrian-American director and producer (died 1997)

Alfred Zinnemann was an Austrian and American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Austria-Hungary and educated in France and Germany, Zinnemann began his career in Europe before emigrating to the US,…

1907

Jack Williamson

American author and academic (died 2006)

John Stewart Williamson was an American science fiction writer, one of several called the "Dean of Science Fiction". He is also credited with one of the first uses of the term genetic engineering. Early in his career he…

1908

Tom Ewell

American actor (died 1994)

Tom Ewell was an American film, stage and television actor, and producer. His most successful and most identifiable role was that of Richard Sherman in The Seven Year Itch, a character he played in the Broadway…

1909

Richard Carlson

American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1977)

Richard Dutoit Carlson was an American actor, television and film director, and screenwriter. He is best remembered for his leading roles in the sci-fi classic It Came from Outer Space (1953) and the iconic Universal…

1912

Henry H. Barschall

German-American physicist and academic (died 1997)

Henry Herman ("Heinz") Barschall was a German-American physicist.

1915

Maya Deren

Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer (died 1961)

Maya Deren was a Russian-born American experimental filmmaker and important part of the avant-garde in the 1940s and 1950s. Deren was also a choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer, writer, and photographer.

1917

Celeste Holm

American actress and singer (died 2012)

Celeste Holm was an American actress. Holm won an Academy Award for her performance in Elia Kazan's Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and was nominated for her roles in Come to the Stable (1949) and All About Eve (1950).…

1917

George Allen

American football player and coach (died 1990)

George Herbert Allen was an American football coach. He served as the head coach for two teams in the National Football League (NFL), the Los Angeles Rams from 1966 to 1970 and the Washington Redskins from 1971 to 1977.…

1918

Gérard Oury

French actor, director and screenwriter (died 2006)

Gérard Oury was a French film director, actor and writer. He is best known for a number of comedies he directed and co-wrote between the 1960s and 1980s, most notably The Sucker (1965), Don't Look Now... We're Being…

1919

Edward Blishen

English author and radio host (died 1996)

Edward Blishen was an English author and broadcaster. He may be known best for the first of two children's novels based on Greek mythology, written with Leon Garfield, illustrated by Charles Keeping, and published by…

1920

Harold Shapero

American composer (died 2013)

Harold Samuel Shapero was an American composer.

1920

Parren Mitchell

American politician (died 2007)

Parren James Mitchell was an American politician who served as a U.S. congressman affiliated with the Democratic Party representing the 7th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1971, to January 3, 1987. He…

1922

Toots Thielemans

Belgian guitarist and harmonica player (died 2016)

Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans, known professionally as Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian jazz musician. He was mostly known for playing the chromatic harmonica, as well as his guitar and whistling…

1922

Irvin Kershner

American actor, director and producer (died 2010)

Irvin Kershner was an American director for film and television. Early in his career as a filmmaker he directed quirky, independent drama films, while working as a lecturer at the University of Southern California.…

1923

Zizi Jeanmaire

French ballerina and actress (died 2020)

Renée Marcelle "Zizi" Jeanmaire was a French ballet dancer, actress and singer. She became famous in the 1950s after playing the title role in the ballet Carmen, produced in London in 1949, and went on to appear in…

1924

John Compton

Saint Lucian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (died 2007)

Sir John George Melvin Compton, was a Saint Lucian politician who became the first prime minister upon independence in February 1979. Having led Saint Lucia under British rule from 1964 to 1979, Compton served as prime…

1925

Iwao Takamoto

American animator, director, and producer (died 2007)

Iwao Takamoto was an American animator, character designer, television producer, and film director. After his family had been sent to the California internment camps in the early 1940s, Takamoto learned to draw,…

1925

Elmer Kelton

American journalist and author (died 2009)

Elmer Kelton was an American author, known for his Westerns. He was born in Andrews County, Texas.

1926

Dorothy Manley

English sprinter (died 2021)

Dorothy Gladys Manley was a British sprinter. She competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, held in London, in the 100 metres where she won the silver medal with a time of 12.2 seconds. She was the first British woman to…

1927

Bill Slater

English footballer (died 2018)

William John Slater,, also commonly known as W. J. Slater, was an English professional footballer. Slater made the majority of his appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers, with whom he won three league championships and…

1927

Carl Gardner

American singer (died 2011)

Carl Edward Gardner was an American singer, best known as the foremost member and founder of The Coasters. Known for the 1958 song "Yakety Yak", which spent a week as number one on the Hot 100 pop list, he was inducted…

1928

Heinz Wolff

German-English physiologist, engineer, and academic (died 2017)

Heinz Siegfried Wolff, was a German-born British scientist as well as a television and radio presenter. He was best known for the BBC television series The Great Egg Race.

1928

Walter Kempowski

German author and academic (died 2007)

Walter Kempowski was a German writer. Kempowski was known for his series of novels called German Chronicle and the monumental Echolot ("Sonar"), a collage of autobiographical reports, letters and other documents by…

1929

Peter Sculthorpe

Australian composer and conductor (died 2014)

Peter Joshua Sculthorpe FAHA was a distinguished Australian composer and music educator. Much of his music resulted from an interest in the music of countries neighbouring Australia, as well as from the impulse to bring…

1929

April Stevens

American singer (died 2023)

Caroline Vincinette LoTempio, known professionally as April Stevens, was an American Grammy Award-winning singer of traditional pop, best known for her collaborations with her younger brother, Nino Tempo, as Nino Tempo…

1929

Maurice Strong

Canadian businessman and diplomat (died 2015)

Maurice Frederick Strong was a Canadian oil and mineral businessman and a diplomat who served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.

1929

Jeremy Thorpe

English lawyer and politician (died 2014)

John Jeremy Thorpe was a British politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Devon from 1959 to 1979 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976. In May 1979 he was tried at the Old Bailey on charges of…

1929

Jean Rochefort

French actor and director (died 2017)

Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort was a French actor. He received many accolades during his career, including an Honorary César in 1999.

1930

Frank Auerbach

German-British painter (died 2024)

Frank Helmut Auerbach was a German-born British painter. Born in Germany to Jewish parents, he became a naturalised British subject in 1947. He is considered one of the leading names in the School of London, with fellow…

1931

Lonnie Donegan

Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)

Anthony James "Lonnie" Donegan was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the "King of Skiffle", who influenced 1960s British pop and rock musicians. Born in Scotland and brought up in…

1931

Chris Pearson

Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (died 2014)

Christopher William Pearson was the second leader of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party and the first premier of Yukon.

1931

David Tindle

English painter and educator

David Tindle is a British painter who was made a Royal Academician in 1979. He is a Fellow of St Edmund Hall where several of his paintings are in the Senior Common Room. In the Old Dining Hall hangs his portrait of the…

1932

Dmitry Zaikin

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor (died 2013)

Dmitry Alekseevich Zaikin was a Soviet cosmonaut trainer.

1932

Ed Charles

American baseball player and coach (died 2018)

Edwin Douglas Charles was an American professional baseball third baseman in Major League Baseball. A right-handed hitter, Charles played for the Kansas City Athletics (1962–67) and New York Mets (1967–69). He was…

1933

Rod McKuen

American singer-songwriter and poet (died 2015)

Rodney Marvin McKuen was an American poet, singer-songwriter and composer. He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s. Throughout his career, McKuen produced a wide range of…

1933

Willie Nelson

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor

Willie Hugh Nelson is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and activist. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative…

1933

Luis Aparicio

Venezuelan-American baseball player

Luis Ernesto Aparicio Montiel, nicknamed "Little Louie", is a Venezuelan former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop from 1956 to 1973 for three American League (AL)…

1934

Pedro Pires

Cape Verdean politician, 3rd President of Cape Verde

Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires is a Cape Verdean politician who served as Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 1975 to 1991, and later as president from 2001 to 2011.

1934

Otis Rush

American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)

Otis Rush Jr. was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. His distinctive guitar style featured a slow-burning sound and long bent notes. With qualities similar to the styles of other 1950s artists Magic Sam…

1935

Zubin Mehta

Indian conductor

Zubin Mehta is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

1936

Adolfo Nicolás

Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 2020)

Adolfo Nicolás Pachón was a Spanish Catholic priest who served as the 30th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 2008 to 2016. He previously taught at Sophia University in Tokyo for twenty years and headed…

1936

Alejandra Pizarnik

Argentine poet (died 1972)

Flora Alejandra Pizarnik was an Argentine poet. Her idiosyncratic and thematically introspective poetry has been considered "one of the most unusual bodies of work in Latin American literature", and has been recognized…

1936

Jacob Rothschild

4th Baron Rothschild, English banker and philanthropist (died 2024)

Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, was a British hereditary peer, investment banker and member of the Rothschild banking family. Rothschild held important roles in business and British public…

1936

Jill Paton Walsh

English author (died 2020)

Gillian Honorine Mary Herbert, Baroness Hemingford,, known professionally as Jill Paton Walsh, was an English novelist and children's writer. She may be known best for her Booker Prize-nominated novel Knowledge of…

1937

Steven Bach

American writer, businessman and educator (died 2009)

Steven Bach was an American writer and lecturer on film and a former senior vice-president and head of worldwide productions for United Artists studios.

1938

Bernie Madoff

American businessman, financier and convicted felon (died 2021)

Bernard Lawrence Madoff was an American financier, con artist, and stock broker who was the admitted mastermind of the largest-known Ponzi scheme in history, worth an estimated $65 billion. He was at one time chairman…

1938

Klaus Rinke

German artist (died 2026)

Klaus Rinke was a German artist.

1939

George Adams

American musician (died 1992)

George Rufus Adams was an American jazz musician who played tenor saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. He is best known for his work with Charles Mingus, Gil Evans, Roy Haynes and in the quartet he co-led with pianist…

1940

Peter Diamond

American economist

Peter Arthur Diamond is an American economist known for his analysis of U.S. Social Security policy and his work as an advisor to the Advisory Council on Social Security in the late 1980s and 1990s. He was awarded the…

1940

Hanne Darboven

German painter (died 2009)

Hanne Darboven was a German conceptual artist, best known for her large-scale minimalist installations consisting of handwritten tables of numbers.

1941

Dick Chrysler

American politician

Richard R. Chrysler is an American businessman and former politician who was a U.S. representative from Michigan from 1995 until 1997.

1942

Rennie Fritchie

Baroness Fritchie, English civil servant and academic

Irene Tordoff Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, DBE, known as Rennie Fritchie, was a British life peer who was a member of the House of Lords.

1942

Duane Allen

American country singer

Duane David Allen is an American singer and songwriter, who had formal training in both operatic and quartet singing before becoming a member of the Oak Ridge Boys in 1966. Allen is the lead singer for the quartet and…

1943

Brenda Dean

Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, English union leader and politician (died 2018)

Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. As general secretary of SOGAT from 1985 until 1991, she was "the first woman elected to head a major industrial…

1943

Ruth Deech

Baroness Deech, English lawyer and academic

Ruth Lynn Deech, Baroness Deech, DBE is a British academic, bioethicist and politician, most noted for chairing the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), from 1994 to 2002, and as the former Principal of…

1943

Francis Lee

English footballer and businessman (died 2023)

Francis Henry Lee, also known as Franny Lee, was an English professional footballer and businessman. He was also later the chairman and main shareholder of Manchester City, as well as briefly a racehorse trainer and…

1944

Hugh Hopper

English bass guitarist (died 2009)

Hugh Colin Hopper was a British progressive rock and jazz fusion bass guitarist. He was a prominent member of the Canterbury scene, as a member of Soft Machine and other bands.

1945

Catherine Lara

French singer-songwriter and violinist

Catherine Lara is a French violinist, composer, singer, and author. Over a career spanning more than five decades, she has established herself as an icon in French pop/rock music as well as the neo-classical genre. She…

1945

Tammi Terrell

American soul singer-songwriter (died 1970)

Thomasina Winifred Montgomery, professionally known as Tammi Terrell, was an American singer-songwriter, widely known as a star singer for Motown Records during the 1960s, notably for a series of duets with singer…

1945

Rodney Frelinghuysen

American politician and lobbyist

Rodney Procter Frelinghuysen is an American former politician and lobbyist who served as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 11th congressional district from 1995 to 2019. The district includes most of Morris…

1946

Tommy James

American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

Tommy James is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. James is the frontman of the rock band Tommy James and the Shondells, which is known for hit singles such as "Mony Mony", "Crimson and…

1947

Johnny Miller

American golfer and sportscaster

John Laurence Miller is an American former professional golfer, one of the top players in the world during the mid-1970s. He was the first to shoot 63 in a major championship to win the 1973 U.S. Open, and he ranked…

1947

Jim Ryun

American runner and politician

James Ronald Ryun is an American former Republican politician and Olympic track and field athlete, who at his peak was widely considered the world's top middle-distance runner. He won a silver medal in the 1500 m at the…

1947

Edith Brown Clement

American judge

Edith Joy Brown Clement is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1948

Paul Holmes

New Zealand journalist (died 2013)

Sir Paul Scott Holmes was a New Zealand broadcaster who gained national recognition through his high-profile radio and television journalism. Holmes fronted one of first major prime time current affairs shows of the…

1950

Phillip Noyce

Australian director and producer

Phillip Roger Noyce is an Australian film and television director. Since 1977, he has directed over 19 feature films in various genres, including historical drama ; thrillers ; and action films. He has also directed the…

1950

Debbie Stabenow

American social worker and politician

Deborah Ann Stabenow is an American politician who served from 2001 to 2025 as a United States senator from Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party, she was Michigan's first female U.S. senator.

1950

Dale Earnhardt

American race car driver (died 2001)

Ralph Dale Earnhardt was an American professional stock car driver and racing team owner, who raced from 1975 to 2001 in the former NASCAR Winston Cup Series, most notably driving the No. 3 Chevrolet for Richard…

1951

Jon Stanhope

Australian politician

Jonathan Donald Stanhope is a former Australian politician who was Labor Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2001 to 2011. Stanhope represented the Ginninderra electorate in the ACT Legislative…

1951

Geraldine Doogue

Australian journalist and television host

Geraldine Frances Doogue is an Australian journalist and radio and television presenter, known for her work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Since January 2024, she has been co-host of ABC Radio…

1952

Nora Dunn

American actress and comedian

Nora Dunn is an American actress, comedian and writer. She first garnered popularity during her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990. Following her departure from…

1952

Bob McClure

American baseball player and coach

Robert Craig McClure is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from 1975 to 1993, most notably as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers with…

1952

Dave Valentin

American flautist (died 2017)

David Peter Valentin was an American Latin jazz flautist of Puerto Rican descent.

1952

Bill Drummond

British musician

William Ernest Drummond is a Scottish artist, musician, writer, and record producer. He was a co-founder of the late-1980s avant-garde pop group the KLF and its 1990s media-manipulating successor, the K Foundation, with…

1953

Mo Brooks

American attorney and politician

Morris Jackson Brooks Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 5th congressional district from 2011 to 2023. His district was based in Huntsville and stretches…

1954

Jerry Seinfeld

American comedian, actor and producer

Jerome Allen Seinfeld is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, filmmaker, and television producer specializing in observational comedy. Seinfeld gained stardom playing a fictionalized version of himself in the…

1954

Leslie Jordan

American actor, comedian, writer and singer (died 2022)

Leslie Allen Jordan was an American actor, comedian, writer, and singer. His television roles include Beverley Leslie on Will & Grace, several characters in the American Horror Story franchise (2013–2019), Sid on The…

1955

Kate Mulgrew

American actress

Katherine Kiernan Maria Mulgrew is an American actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Captain Kathryn Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager and Red in Orange Is the New Black. She first came to attention in the…

1955

Daniel Day-Lewis

British actor

Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is an English actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, he is best known for intense method acting portrayed with eccentric characters in auteurs'…

1957

Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa

Samoan politician, 7th Prime Minister of Samoa

Afioga Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa is a Samoan politician and High Chief (matai) who served as the seventh Prime Minister of Samoa from 2021 to 2025. She has led the Samoa Uniting Party (SUP) since 2025.

1957

Joseph Morelle

American politician

Joseph D. Morelle is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 25th congressional district since 2018. A Democrat, he was formerly a member of the New York State Assembly representing the…

1957

Kevin Moore

English footballer (died 2013)

Kevin Thomas Moore was an English professional footballer.

1958

Michelle Pfeiffer

American actress

Michelle Marie Pfeiffer is an American actress and producer. One of Hollywood's most bankable stars during the 1980s and 1990s, her performances have earned her various accolades, including a Golden Globe and a British…

1958

Eve Plumb

American actress

Eve Aline Plumb is an American actress, singer and painter. She is best known for portraying the middle daughter Jan Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch.

1958

Robert J. Sawyer

Canadian author and academic

Robert James Sawyer is a Canadian and American writer of science fiction. He is the author of 25 published novels, and his short fiction has appeared in magazines and journals such as Analog Science Fiction and Fact,…

1960

Polly Samson

English novelist, lyricist and journalist

Polly Samson is an English novelist, lyricist and journalist. She is married to the musician David Gilmour and has written lyrics for many of his songs, including albums with his band Pink Floyd.

1962

Mike Babcock

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Michael Babcock Jr. is a Canadian former ice hockey player and coach. He spent parts of eighteen seasons as a head coach in the National Hockey League (NHL), beginning when he was named head coach of the Mighty Ducks…

1963

Federico Castelluccio

Italian-American actor, director, producer and screenwriter

Federico Castelluccio is an Italian-born American actor. He is best known for his role as Furio Giunta on the HBO series The Sopranos.

1964

Lúðvík Bergvinsson

Icelandic politician

Lúðvík Bergvinsson is an Icelandic lawyer, politician and former member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, he represented the Southern constituency from April 1995 to May 2003 and the South…

1964

Michel Bussi

French geographer, author, and academic

Michel Bussi is a French author, known for writing thriller novels, and a political analyst and professor of geography at the University of Rouen, where he leads a Public Scientific and Technical Research Establishment…

1965

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

American author (died 2017)

Amy Krouse Rosenthal was an American author of both adult and children's books, a short film maker, and radio show host. She is best known for her memoir Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, her children's picture books,…

1965

Christian Tetzlaff

German violinist

Christian Tetzlaff is a German violinist who has performed internationally, with a focus on chamber music.

1966

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat, 4th President of Croatia

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović is a Croatian politician and diplomat who served as the president of Croatia from 2015 to 2020. She was the first woman to be elected to the office since the first multi-party elections in 1990…

1968

Paul Adelstein

American actor and writer

Paul Adelstein is an American actor. He is known for the role of Agent Paul Kellerman in the Fox television series Prison Break and his role as pediatrician Cooper Freedman in the ABC medical drama Private Practice. In…

1969

Andre Agassi

American tennis player

Andre Kirk Agassi is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 101 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in…

1970

Uma Thurman

American actress

Uma Karuna Thurman is an American actress. Known for her collaborations with Quentin Tarantino, she has performed in over fifty film and television productions since the 1980s, across genres that range from comedies and…

1970

Garrison Starr

American singer-songwriter and producer

Garrison Starr is a Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter/producer. Her major label debut, "18 Over Me" was released in 1997 (Geffen). Starr's shows have been described as "marrying pop smarts and Americana grit…

1975

April Telek

Canadian actress

April Amber Telek is a Canadian actress.

1975

Micol Ostow

American author, editor and educator

Micol Ostow is an American author, editor and educator who has written more than 40 published works. Her first original hardcover novel, Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa, was named a "New York Public Library Book for the…

1976

God Shammgod

American basketball player and coach

God Shammgod, formerly known as Shammgod Wells, is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He…

1976

Zuzana Hejdová

Czech tennis player

Zuzana Hejdová is a former Czech tennis player.

1977

Claus Jensen

Danish international footballer and manager

Claus William Jensen is a Danish professional football manager, and former player. During his active playing career, he played as an attacking midfielder for homeland clubs Næstved and Lyngby, as well as three other…

1977

David Sullivan

American film and television actor

David Wade Sullivan is an American film and television actor.

1977

Bob Bryan

American tennis player

Robert Charles Bryan is an American former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players of all time, Bryan was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's doubles for 438 weeks, and…

1978

Javier Colon

American singer-songwriter and musician

Javier Colon is an American singer-songwriter. He has referred to his style of music as being "acoustic soul". He was a member of EmcQ and The Derek Trucks Band, and worked with many musicians before going solo. From…

1978

Tyler Labine

Canadian actor and comedian

Tyler Labine is a Canadian actor. He is best known for starring in the film Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, the television series Breaker High, Invasion, Reaper, Deadbeat and as Dr. Iggy Frome, head of psychiatry, in the NBC…

1978

Lee Dong-gook

South Korean footballer

Lee Dong-gook is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is a record scorer in the K League 1, and had brief spells in Europe with Werder Bremen and Middlesbrough. He also played for…

1979

Jo O'Meara

English pop singer

Joanne Valda O'Meara is an English singer and media personality. She was a member of the pop group S Club between 1999 and 2003, which has reformed since 2023. O'Meara was a contestant on the Channel 4 reality show…

1979

Mathieu Biron

Canadian ice hockey player

Mathieu Biron is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played over 250 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). After retiring as a hockey player, he became a firefighter.

1980

Bre Blair

Canadian actress

Sarah Brianne Blair is a Canadian actress. She has played Stacey in the 1995 film The Baby-Sitters Club and Jessie West in the 2016 television drama series Game of Silence.

1980

George McCartney

Northern Irish footballer

George McCartney is a Northern Irish former footballer who is a coach at Linfield. He began his career at Sunderland in 1998 before having two spells each with West Ham United and Leeds United. He won the 2004–05…

1981

Megan Boone

American actress

Megan Boone is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her role as FBI agent and profiler Elizabeth Keen on the first eight seasons (2013–2021) of the drama series The Blacklist. Early in her career she…

1983

Jay Cutler

American football player

Jay Christopher Cutler is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. A member of the Chicago Bears for most of his career, he is the franchise…

1983

Sam Jones III

American actor

Samuel L. Jones III is an American actor. He is best known for playing Pete Ross on the first three seasons (2001-2003) of the Superman television series Smallville, Willie Worsley in the 2006 film Glory Road, Craig…

1983

Kirby Cote

Canadian swimmer

Kirby Cote is a blind Canadian Paralympic swimmer.

1984

Lina Krasnoroutskaya

Russian tennis player

Lina Vladimirovna Krasnoroutskaya is a retired tennis player. She is a former junior world No. 1 (1999), and in addition, she won the US Open junior title. Krasnoroutskaya, however, had a career blighted by injury.

1984

Byun Yo-han

South Korean actor

Byun Yo-han is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series Misaeng: Incomplete Life (2014), Six Flying Dragons (2015–2016), Mr. Sunshine (2018), and Black Out (2024). He has also…

1986

Lee Chae-young

South Korean actress

Lee Chae-young is a South Korean actress. She debuted in a music video called "Come On" by the Hip-hop group Turtles in 2003. The following year, she appeared in Rain's "I Do" music video and in 2007, Yoon Mi-rae's "Did…

1986

Rob Atkinson

English footballer

Robert Guy Atkinson is an English former professional footballer who plays as a defender.

1987

Sara Errani

Italian tennis player

Sara Errani is an Italian professional tennis player. Errani is one of only seven women who have completed a Career Golden Slam in doubles. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, a former doubles world No. 1, ten-time…

1987

Andre Russell

Jamaican cricketer

Andre Dwayne Russell, nicknamed Dre Russ, is a Jamaican former international cricketer who has played international cricket for the West Indies and for Jamaica in domestic cricket as an all-rounder. He currently plays…

1987

Alfred Hui

Hong Kong singer

Alfred Hui Ting Hang is a Hong Kong singer. He rose to prominence as the eleventh-place finalist in the first season of The Voice. His debut studio album Departure Trilogy earned gold certification. Hui won multiple…

1988

Taoufik Makhloufi

Algerian athlete

Taoufik Makhloufi is an Algerian athlete who specialises in middle-distance running. He became the 1500 metres Olympic champion at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. In 2016, Makhloufi took the silver medal in…

1988

Jonathan Toews

Canadian ice hockey player

Jonathan Bryan Toews is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Chicago Blackhawks, serving as the captain from…

1988

Younha

South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer

Ko Younha, known mononymously as Younha, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer. She began her career in 2004 in Japan, where she was nicknamed the "Oricon Comet" for her success on the Japanese music…

1988

Candace Owens

American political commentator and activist

Candace Amber Owens Farmer is an American far-right political commentator, author, and conspiracy theorist. She has promoted conspiracy theories on a wide range of subjects throughout her career. Since 2023, she has…

1989

Domagoj Vida

Croatian footballer

Domagoj Vida is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Super League Greece club AEK Athens. He is capable of playing in any defensive position but is mostly deployed as a centre-back.

1989

James Faulkner

Australian cricketer

James Peter Faulkner is an Australian former international cricketer who played for the Australian cricket team from 2013 to 2017 and currently in domestic cricket for Tasmania. An all-rounder, Faulkner is known for his…

1990

Chris Johnson

American basketball player

Christapher Johnson is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Dayton. Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), he plays at the small forward position.

1990

Adam Smith

English footballer

Adam James Smith is an English professional footballer who plays as a full-back for and captains Premier League club Bournemouth. He has also represented England at under-21 level.

1991

Jung Hye-sung

South Korean actress

Jung Eun-joo, known professionally as Jung Hye-sung (Korean: 정혜성), is a South Korean actress and model.

1991

Misaki Doi

Japanese tennis player

Misaki Doi is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Her highest WTA rankings are No. 30 in singles and No. 77 in doubles.

1991

Alina Rosenberg

German paralympic equestrian

Alina Rosenberg is a German Paralympic equestrian.

1992

Christina Shakovets

German tennis player

Christina Shakovets is a German former tennis player.

1994

Katherine Langford

Australian actress

Katherine Langford is an Australian actress. After appearing in several independent films, she had her breakthrough starring as Hannah Baker in the Netflix television series 13 Reasons Why (2017–2018), which earned her…

1996

Lucas Tousart

French footballer

Lucas Simon Pierre Tousart is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Brest. He has also represented France internationally, having played for the country's under-19, under-20 and…

1997

Kimberly Birrell

Australian tennis player

Kimberly Birrell is an Australian professional tennis player. Birrell reached a career-high WTA ranking of No. 60 on 5 May 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 93 on 4 May 2026. Birrell has won seven singles titles and two…

1998

Mallory Pugh

American soccer player

Mallory Diane Swanson is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for the Chicago Stars FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States women's national soccer team (USWNT).

1998

Mateo Retegui

Argentine-Italian footballer

Mateo Retegui is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Pro League club Al-Qadsiah. Born in Argentina, he plays for the Italy national team.

1999

Danilo

Brazilian footballer

Danilo dos Santos de Oliveira, known simply as Danilo, Danilo Oliveira or Danilo Santos, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo and the Brazil…

2001

Xochitl Gomez

American actress

Xochitl Gomez is an American actress. She began acting at age five, performing in local musical theater productions and student films. Gomez made her professional debut in 2018 in Raven's Home. She starred in the first…

2006

Mirra Andreeva

Russian tennis player

Mirra Aleksandrovna Andreeva is a Russian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the WTA as high as world No. 5 in singles, achieved in July 2025, and No. 12 in doubles, achieved in September 2025. Andreeva…

2007

Infanta Sofía of Spain

Spanish princess

Infanta Sofía of Spain is a member of the Spanish royal family. She is the younger daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia and, as such, is second in the line of succession to the Spanish throne behind her sister,…

2007

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A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests. Wikipedia →

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