Did you know about Yuliya Yefimova
Yuliya Yefimova is the Russian record holder in the 200 metre individual medley, 50 metre breaststroke, 100 metre breaststroke, and 200 metre breaststroke.
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April 3 has 260 recorded notable births across history, from 1016 to 1999. This page lists every one of them, with the best-known people first.
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Did you know about Matthew Goode
Matthew Goode made his screen debut in 2002 with ABC's television film Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister.
Did you know about Ikki Kita
The government saw Kita's ideas as disruptive and dangerous; in 1936 he was arrested for allegedly joining the failed coup attempt of 26 February 1936 and executed on 19 August 1937.
Did you know about Cyrus K. Holliday
Cyrus K. Holliday was the first president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, as well as one of the railroad's directors for nearly 40 years, up to 1900.
Did you know about Dylann Roof
After several people identified Roof as the main suspect, he became the center of a manhunt that ended the morning after the shooting with his arrest in Shelby, North Carolina.
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1978
Matthew Goode
English actor
Matthew William Goode is an English actor. He made his screen debut in 2002 with ABC's television film Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. His breakthrough role was in the romantic comedy Chasing Liberty (2004), for which he received a nomination at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Movie Star – Male. He then appeared in a string of supporting roles in films, such as Woody Allen's Match Point (2005), the romantic comedy Imagine Me and You (2006), and the period drama Copying Beethoven (2006). He earned praise for his performances as Charles Ryder in the 2008 film adaptation of the novel Brideshead Revisited and as Ozymandias in the superhero film Watchmen (2009). He then starred in the romantic comedy Leap Year (2010) and the Australian drama Burning Man (2011), the latter earning him nominations for Best Actor at both the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards and the AACTA Awards.
1883
Ikki Kita
Japanese philosopher and author (died 1937)
Kita Ikki was a Japanese author and political philosopher who was active in early Shōwa period Japan. Drawing from an eclectic range of influences, Kita was a self-described socialist who has also been described by detractors as the "ideological father of Japanese fascism", though this has been highly contested, as his writings touched equally upon pan-Asianism, Nichiren Buddhism, fundamental human rights and egalitarianism and he was involved with Chinese revolutionary circles. While his publications were invariably censored and he ceased writing after 1923, Kita was an inspiration for elements on the far-right of Japanese politics into the 1930s, particularly his advocacy for territorial expansion and a military coup. The government saw Kita's ideas as disruptive and dangerous; in 1936 he was arrested for allegedly joining the failed coup attempt of 26 February 1936 and executed on 19 August 1937.
1826
Cyrus K. Holliday
American businessman (died 1900)
Colonel Cyrus Kurtz Holliday was an American railroad executive who was one of the founders of the township of Topeka, Kansas, in the mid 19th century; and was Adjutant General of Kansas during the American Civil War. The title Colonel, however, was honorary. He was the first president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, as well as one of the railroad's directors for nearly 40 years, up to 1900. A number of railway locomotives have been named after him, as well as the former town of Holliday, Kansas. He was also the Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Kansas. As a Freemason, he was a member of Topeka Lodge #17 and was highly influential in the decision of moving the State Capitol to the city of Topeka.
1994
Dylann Roof
American mass murderer
Dylann Storm Roof is an American mass murderer, white supremacist, and neo-Nazi who perpetrated the Charleston church shooting. During a Bible study on June 17, 2015, at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, Roof murdered nine people and injured a tenth; the victims were African Americans, and included Clementa C. Pinckney, who was the church's senior pastor and a state senator. After several people identified Roof as the main suspect, he became the center of a manhunt that ended the morning after the shooting with his arrest in Shelby, North Carolina. He later confessed that he committed the shooting in hopes of igniting a race war. Roof's actions in Charleston have been widely described as domestic terrorism.
1951
Brendan Barber
English trade union leader
Brendan Paul Barber, Baron Barber of Ainsdale, is a British trade union official and life peer. He served as chair of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) Council until 2020. He is a former general secretary of the United Kingdom's Trades Union Congress (TUC); a post he held from June 2003 until his retirement at the end of 2012. He was appointed Acas Chair in 2014, replacing Ed Sweeney, who had been in the post since 2007. He also serves on the board of the Banking Standards Board, the Board of Transport for London (2013–), the board of Britain Stronger in Europe, the Council of City University, London and the board of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
1934
Jane Goodall
English primatologist and anthropologist (died 2025)
Dame Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall was an English primatologist and anthropologist. Regarded as a pioneer in primate ethology, and described by many publications as "the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert", she was best known for more than six decades of field research on the social and family life of wild chimpanzees in the Kasakela chimpanzee community at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Beginning in 1960, under the mentorship of the palaeontologist Louis Leakey, Goodall's research demonstrated that chimpanzees share many key traits with humans, such as using tools, having complex emotions, forming lasting social bonds, engaging in organised warfare, and passing on knowledge across generations, which redefined the traditional view that humans are uniquely different from other animals.
1904
Iron Eyes Cody
American actor and stuntman (died 1999)
Iron Eyes Cody was an American actor who portrayed Native Americans in Hollywood films, including the role of Chief Iron Eyes in Bob Hope's The Paleface (1948). He also played a Native American shedding a tear about pollution in one of the country's most well-known television public service announcements from the group Keep America Beautiful. Living in Hollywood, he began to insist, even in his private life, that he was Native American, over time claiming membership in several different tribes. In 1996, Cody's half-sister said that he was of Italian ancestry, but he denied it. After his death, it was revealed that he was of Sicilian parentage and not Native American at all.
1985
Leona Lewis
English singer-songwriter and producer
Leona Louise Lewis is a British singer, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in London, she later attended the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon. Lewis achieved national recognition when she won the third series of the ITV talent competition The X Factor in 2006, winning a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music. Her winner's single, a cover of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This", peaked the UK Singles Chart for four weeks and broke a world record by reaching 50,000 digital downloads within 30 minutes. In February 2007, Lewis signed a five-album contract in the United States with Clive Davis's record label, J Records.
1961
Eddie Murphy
American actor and comedian
Edward Regan Murphy is an American comedian, actor, and singer. He is widely recognized as one of the most influential Black artists in the entertainment industry, and one of the greatest comedians of all time. He had his breakthrough as a stand-up comic before gaining stardom for his film roles; He has received several accolades including a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award, and an Emmy Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. He was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2015, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2023, and the 51st AFI Life Achievement Award in 2026.
1974
Marcus Brown
American basketball player
Marcus Brown is an American former professional basketball player. At 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) tall, he played as a shooting guard. A three time All-EuroLeague selection, Brown has been mentioned as being one of the top U.S. players ever to play abroad. Brown ended his career as a player-coach with Žalgiris Kaunas in 2011. Brown was the EuroLeague's career scoring leader since the year 2000, when he ended his career in October 2011. As far as United States players only are concerned, Brown remains one of league's higher scoring players in the competition since the year 2000, when the league's current organizer took over the competition.
1985
Jari-Matti Latvala
Finnish race car driver
Jari-Matti Johannes Latvala is a Finnish rally driver who has competed in the World Rally Championship (WRC). His co-driver for most of his career was Miikka Anttila, who co-drove for Latvala between the 2003 Rallye Deutschland and 2019 Rally Catalunya. He is well known for his aggressive driving style, which earns him many plaudits, and comparisons to the late Colin McRae. With 18 event victories in the WRC, he is one of the most successful drivers to not have won a championship. Latvala is also the driver with the most World Rally starts in the sport which he achieved in 2019, 17 years after his debut.
1783
Washington Irving
American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (died 1859)
Washington Irving was an American writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of the writer Oliver Goldsmith, Islamic prophet Muhammad, and president George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with topics such as the Alhambra palace, the arrival of Europeans in the Americas and Christopher Columbus, and the Reconquista. Irving served as the American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.
1593
George Herbert
English poet (died 1633)
George Herbert was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was born in Wales into an artistic and wealthy family and largely raised in England. He received a good education that led to his admission to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1609. He enrolled intending to become a priest, but became the University's Public Orator and attracted the attention of King James I. He sat in the Parliament of England in 1624 and briefly in 1625.
1962
Jaya Prada
Indian actress and politician
Jaya Prada Nahata is a politician and an Indian actress, known for her works in Telugu cinema and Hindi cinema as well as in Tamil films in the late '70s, '80s and early '90s and 2000s. Jayaprada is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards South and has starred in many Telugu and Hindi films along with several Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali and Marathi films. She left the film industry at the peak of her career, as she joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1994 and entered politics. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh from 2004 to 2014.
1888
Thomas C. Kinkaid
American admiral (died 1972)
Thomas Cassin Kinkaid was an admiral in the United States Navy, known for his service during World War II. He built a reputation as a "fighting admiral" in the aircraft carrier battles of 1942 and commanded the Allied forces in the Aleutian Islands Campaign. He was Commander Allied Naval Forces and the Seventh Fleet under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur in the Southwest Pacific Area, where he conducted numerous amphibious operations, and commanded an Allied fleet during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle of World War II and the last naval battle between battleships in history.
1889
Grigoraș Dinicu
Romanian violinist and composer (died 1949)
Grigoraș Ionică Dinicu was a Romanian violin virtuoso and composer of Roma ethnicity. He is most famous for his often-played virtuoso violin showpiece "Hora staccato" (1906) and for making popular the tune Ciocârlia, composed by his grandfather Angheluș Dinicu for nai. It is rumored that Jascha Heifetz once said that Grigoraș Dinicu was the greatest violinist he had ever heard. In the 1930s he was involved in the political movement of the Romanian Roma and was made honorary president of the "General Union of the Romanian Roma". Other well known compositions are: Hora mărțișorului, Ceasornicul and Căruța poștei.
1989
Thisara Perera
Sri Lankan cricketer
Narangoda Liyanaarachchige Thisara Chirantha Perera, popularly known as Thisara Perera, is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who played all formats for the national team. He also captained the team in limited-overs formats. Domestically he plays for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club in the Premier Trophy and Premier Limited-Overs Tournament, and the Jaffna Stallions in the Lanka Premier League. Perera has played franchise T20 cricket all around the world for numerous leagues. Primarily a bowling all-rounder, he is an aggressive left-handed batsman who can hit big sixes in death overs and is a useful right-arm medium-fast bowler.
1988
Kam Chancellor
American football player
Kameron Darnel Chancellor, nicknamed "Bam Bam Kam", is an American former professional football safety who spent his entire nine-year career with the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies prior to being selected by the Seahawks in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL draft. A four-time Pro Bowler, he was one of the key members of their Legion of Boom secondary. He also helped lead the Seahawks to victory in Super Bowl XLVIII. Chancellor retired following complications from a neck injury he suffered in 2017.
1980
Megan Rohrer
American pastor and transgender activist
Megan Rohrer is an American activist for homeless and LGBTQ+ rights and former Lutheran bishop. Rohrer is the first openly transgender minister ordained in the Lutheran tradition and a successful author and finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in 2012 for "Letters For My Brothers: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect." As an historian, Rohrer has written the book San Francisco's Transgender District. Following his reception as a minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in 2010, he served the church as bishop of its Sierra Pacific Synod from 2021 until June 2022.
1978
John Smit
South African rugby player
John William Smit, OIS, is a South African former professional rugby union player and former chief executive officer of the Sharks. He was the 50th captain of the Springbok rugby union team and led the team to win the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He played most of his senior career as a hooker, but also won 13 caps as a prop, where he had also played for South Africa's under-21 team. He retired from international rugby following the 2011 Rugby World Cup as the most-capped South African player ever, with 111 appearances.
1911
Michael Woodruff
English-Scottish surgeon and academic (died 2001)
Sir Michael Francis Addison Woodruff, was an English surgeon and scientist principally remembered for his research into organ transplantation. Though born in London, Woodruff spent his youth in Australia, where he earned degrees in electrical engineering and medicine. Having completed his studies shortly after the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Australian Army Medical Corps, but was soon captured by Japanese forces and imprisoned in the Changi Prison Camp. While there, he devised an ingenious method of extracting nutrients from agricultural wastes to prevent malnutrition among his fellow POWs.
1926
Gus Grissom
American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1967)
Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom was an American astronaut, and one of the original Mercury Seven selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for Project Mercury, a program to train and launch astronauts into outer space. Grissom went on to be a Project Gemini and Apollo program astronaut for NASA. As a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps, Grissom was the second American to fly in space in 1961. He was also the second American to fly in space twice, preceded only by Joe Walker with his sub-orbital X-15 flights.
1921
Jan Sterling
American actress (died 2004)
Jan Sterling was an American film, television and stage actress. At her most active in films during the 1950s, Sterling received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The High and the Mighty (1954) as well as an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Her best performance is often considered to be opposite Kirk Douglas, as the opportunistic wife in Billy Wilder's 1951 Ace in the Hole. Although her career declined during the 1960s, she continued to play occasional television and theatre roles.
1948
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Mexican economist and politician, 53rd President of Mexico
Carlos Salinas de Gortari is a Mexican economist and former politician who served as the 60th president of Mexico from 1988 to 1994. He is considered the frontman of Mexican neoliberalism, and was responsible for formulating, promoting, signing, and implementing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), earlier in his career he worked in the Secretariat of Programming and Budget, eventually becoming Secretary. He secured the party's nomination for the 1988 general election and was elected amid widespread accusations of electoral fraud.
1981
DeShawn Stevenson
American basketball player
DeShawn Stevenson is an American former professional basketball player. Stevenson played for six teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) during a 13-year career. He originally committed to play at the University of Kansas, but decided to enter the NBA directly from high school and was picked by the Utah Jazz with the 23rd selection of the 2000 NBA draft. He was a member of the Dallas Mavericks team that won an NBA championship in 2011. In 2017, Stevenson joined Power, one of the eight BIG3 basketball league teams.
1914
Ray Getliffe
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2008)
Raymond Getliffe was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens. Born in Galt, Ontario, he played with the Saint John St. Peters. At the time of his death, he was believed to be the oldest living former Montreal Canadiens player. Getliffe's name is on the Stanley Cup twice, for 1939 with Boston and 1944 with Montreal. On February 6, 1943, while playing for the Canadiens he scored five goals in one game.
1978
Tommy Haas
German-American tennis player
Thomas Mario Haas is a German former professional tennis player. He competed on the ATP Tour from 1996 to 2017, and was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in May 2002. Haas won 15 career titles in singles, including a Masters title at the 2001 Stuttgart Masters, and a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He reached the semifinals of the Australian Open three times, and in Wimbledon once. He reached the quarterfinal stage at each of the majors.
1959
David Hyde Pierce
American actor and activist
David Hyde Pierce is an American actor. Known for his portrayal of psychiatrist Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier from 1993 to 2004, he received four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series as well as two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Pierce has also received five Golden Globe Awards nominations for Best Supporting Actor for the role. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role of Lt. Frank Cioffi in the Broadway musical Curtains (2007).
1960
Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is a Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer, best known for his long-running progressive metal/rock opera project Ayreon. Lucassen started his career in 1980 as the guitarist and backing vocalist of Dutch heavy metal band Bodine as Iron Anthony, before joining Vengeance in 1984. After eight years he left the band, wanting to go into a more progressive direction, and released two years later an unsuccessful solo album entitled Pools of Sorrow, Waves of Joy under the nickname Anthony.
1905
Robert Sink
American general (died 1965)
Robert Frederick Sink was an American soldier who served as an officer in the United States Army from 1927 to 1961. His most notable command was of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division during World War II, which fought in Operation Overlord, Operation Market Garden, and the Western Allied invasion of Germany. He also served as an assistant division commander during the Korean War, and held an array of high-ranking staff positions until his retirement as a lieutenant general.
1942
Marsha Mason
American actress
Marsha Mason is an American actress and theatre director. She has been nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Goodbye Girl (1977), Chapter Two (1979), and Only When I Laugh (1981). The first two also won her Golden Globe Awards. She was married for 10 years (1973–1983) to the playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon, who wrote all but the first film cited above, in addition to several others in which she starred.
1860
Frederik van Eeden
Dutch psychiatrist and author (died 1932)
Frederik Willem van Eeden was a Dutch writer and psychiatrist. He was a leading member of the Tachtigers and the Significs Group, and had top billing among the editors of De Nieuwe Gids during its celebrated first few years of publication, starting in 1885. Van Eeden adopted vegetarianism in 1890 for health reasons, later promoting it as an ethical stance in works like Het Vegetariaat (1896), but gradually distanced himself from it in the early 20th century as his philosophical views shifted.
1898
David Jack
English footballer and manager (died 1958)
David Bone Nightingale Jack was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. He scored 267 goals from 490 appearances in the Football League playing for Plymouth Argyle, Bolton Wanderers and Arsenal. He was the first footballer to be transferred for a fee in excess of £10,000, was the first to score at Wembley – in the 1923 FA Cup Final – and was capped nine times for England. After retiring as a player, he managed Southend United, Middlesbrough and Shelbourne.
1987
Jason Kipnis
American baseball player
Jason Michael Kipnis is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs. He attended Glenbrook North High School in the suburbs of Chicago where he earned three letters playing baseball for the Glenbrook North Spartans. He attended the University of Kentucky, but transferred to Arizona State University after two years. In college, Kipnis was an All-American and the 2009 Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Year for the Sun Devils.
1968
Sebastian Bach
Bahamian-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
Sebastian Philip Bierk, known professionally as Sebastian Bach, is a Canadian hard rock and heavy metal singer, songwriter, and actor who is best known as the frontman of the hard rock band Skid Row from 1987 to 1996. He continues his career as a solo artist and since 2026, as the lead singer of Twisted Sister. Bach has also acted on Broadway and has made appearances in film and television such as Trailer Park Boys, The Masked Singer and Gilmore Girls.
1971
Picabo Street
American skier
Picabo Street is an American former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. She won the super G at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the downhill at the 1996 World Championships, along with three other Olympic and World Championship medals. Street also won World Cup downhill season titles in 1995 and 1996, the first American woman to do so, along with nine World Cup downhill race wins. Street was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 2004.
1782
Alexander Macomb
American general (died 1841)
Alexander Macomb was an American military officer who was the Commanding General of the United States Army from 1828 until his death in 1841. Macomb was the field commander at the Battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812 and, after the stunning victory, was lauded with praise and styled "The Hero of Plattsburgh" by some of the American press. He was promoted to Major General for his conduct, receiving both the Thanks of Congress and a Congressional Gold Medal.
1969
Rodney Hampton
American football player
Rodney Craig Hampton is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs and was selected by the Giants in the first round of the 1990 NFL draft. He was a starting running back for the 1990 New York Giants who finished the year at 13–3 during the regular season while winning Super Bowl XXV on January 27, 1991.
1987
Martyn Rooney
English sprinter
Martyn Joseph Rooney is an English sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres event. He reached the 400 m final at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won bronze in the 4 × 400 metres relay. A mainstay on the anchor leg of the Great Britain and England 4 × 400 metre relay teams, at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics he won a silver medal with the Great Britain relay team, and bronze in the 2015 and 2017 World Championships.
1852
Talbot Baines Reed
English author (died 1893)
Talbot Baines Reed was an English writer of boys' fiction who established a genre of school stories that endured into the mid-20th century. Among his best-known work is The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's. He was a regular and prolific contributor to The Boy's Own Paper (B.O.P.), in which most of his fiction first appeared. Through his family's business, Reed became a prominent typefounder, and wrote a standard work on the subject: History of the Old English Letter Foundries.
1949
A. C. Grayling
English philosopher and academic
Anthony Clifford Grayling is a British philosopher and author. He was born in Northern Rhodesia and spent most of his childhood there and in Nyasaland. Until June 2011, he was Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London, where he taught from 1991. In 2011 he founded and became the first Master of New College of the Humanities, an independent undergraduate college in London. He is also a supernumerary fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford, where he formerly taught.
1956
Ray Combs
American game show host (died 1996)
Raymond Neil Combs Jr. was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and game show host. He began his professional career in the late 1970s. His popularity on the stand-up circuit led to him being signed as the second host of the game show Family Feud in its second run and first revival. The show aired on CBS from 1988 to 1993 and was in syndication from 1988 to 1994. From 1995 to 1996, Combs hosted another game show, Family Challenge.
1987
Yuval Spungin
Israeli footballer
Yuval Spungin is an Israeli footballer who plays for Hapoel Kfar Shalem. He has played for the Israel national under-17 football team, the Israel national under-18 football team, the Israel national under-19 football team, the Israel national under-21 football team, and the Israel national football team. He won a gold medal with Team Israel in the 2005 Maccabiah Games. He has also played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, AC Omonia, RAEC Mons, Ironi Kiryat Shmona, F.C. Ashdod, and Hapoel Marmorek.
1920
Yoshibayama Junnosuke
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (died 1977)
Yoshibayama Junnosuke , real name Ikeda Junnosuke , was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Atsuta District, Hokkaido. He was the sport's 43rd yokozuna. He suffered a number of injuries and only won one tournament championship, but was a popular wrestler. He was a runner-up five times, and earned three special prizes and two gold stars in his top division career. After his retirement in 1958 he revived and led the Miyagino stable until his death in 1977.
1929
Poul Schlüter
Danish lawyer and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Denmark (died 2021)
Poul Holmskov Schlüter was a Danish politician who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993. He was the first member of the Conservative People's Party to become prime minister, as well as the first conservative to hold the office since 1901. Schlüter was a member of the Folketing for the Conservative People's Party from 1964 to 1994. He was also Chairman of the Conservative People's Party from 1974 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1993.
1930
Helmut Kohl
German politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 2017)
Helmut Josef Michael Kohl was a German politician who served as chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998. He was leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998 and oversaw the end of the Cold War, German reunification, and the creation of the European Union (EU). Kohl's 16-year tenure is the longest in German post-war history, lasting just nine days longer than Angela Merkel's tenure, and is the longest for any elected chancellor of Germany.
1941
Philippé Wynne
American soul singer (died 1984)
Philippé Wynne was an American singer, best known for his role as a lead vocalist of The Spinners. Wynne scored notable hits such as "How Could I Let You Get Away", "The Rubberband Man", and "One of a Kind ". After leaving The Spinners, Wynne never regained the same success, although he was featured in hits by other artists such as "(Not Just) Knee Deep" by Funkadelic. Wynne died of a heart attack while performing at a nightclub.
1969
Ben Mendelsohn
Australian actor
Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn is an Australian actor. He first rose to prominence in Australia for his break-out role in The Year My Voice Broke (1987). He gained international attention for his starring role in the crime drama Animal Kingdom (2010). He has since had roles in films such as The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Starred Up (2013), Lost River (2014), Mississippi Grind (2015), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Darkest Hour (2017) and Ready Player One (2018).
1898
George Jessel
American actor, singer, and producer (died 1981)
George Albert "Georgie" Jessel was an American actor, singer, songwriter, and film producer. He was famous in his lifetime as a multitalented comedic entertainer, achieving a level of recognition that transcended his limited roles in movies. He was widely known by his nickname, the "Toastmaster General of the United States," for his frequent role as the master of ceremonies at political and entertainment gatherings. Jessel originated the title role in the stage production of The Jazz Singer.
1912
Grigoris Lambrakis
Greek physician and politician (died 1963)
Grigoris Lambrakis was a Greek politician, physician, athlete, and lecturer. He participated in track and field sports and was a member of the faculty of the School of Medicine at the University of Athens. A member of the Greek resistance to Axis rule during World War II, he later became a prominent anti-war activist. His assassination by right-wing extremists that were allegedly supported by the police and military provoked mass protests and led to a political crisis.
1965
Nazia Hassan
Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, lawyer and social activist (died 2000)
Nazia Hassan was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and philanthropist. Regarded as the "Queen of South Asian Pop,” she is considered one of the most influential musical figures in Pakistani history who completely overturned the music industry in the late 70s and 80s. She is the subcontinent's early pop star after Ahmed Rushdi. Starting in the 1980s, as part of the duo Nazia and Zoheb, she and her brother Zoheb Hassan, have sold over 65 million records worldwide.
1933
Bob Dornan
American politician
Robert Kenneth Dornan is an American actor, radio talk show host, combat veteran, and Republican politician from California. Dornan represented two Southern California districts in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983 and from 1985 to 1997, where he became known as a "leading firebrand" on the party's conservative wing. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the United States Senate in 1982 and for President of the United States in 1996.
1967
Mark Skaife
Australian race car driver and sportscaster
Mark Stephen Skaife OAM is an Australian former racing driver. Skaife is a five-time champion of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, including its predecessor, the Australian Touring Car Championship, as well as a six-time Bathurst 1000 winner. On 29 October 2008, he announced his retirement from full-time touring car racing. Since retiring from driving, Skaife has worked as a commentator and presenter for the series for both the Seven Network and Fox Sports Australia.
1987
Jay Bruce
American baseball player
Jay Allen Bruce is an American former professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees. The Reds drafted Bruce in the first round with the 12th overall pick of the 2005 MLB draft, and he made his MLB debut in 2008. He was named an All-Star three times and won two Silver Slugger Awards.
1934
Jim Parker
American football player (died 2005)
James Thomas Parker was an American professional football player who was an offensive tackle and guard for the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played from 1957 to 1967, and was a member of Baltimore's NFL championship teams in 1958 and 1959. He was selected as a first-team All-Pro in nine of his 11 seasons in the NFL. Parker was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1973.
1988
Brandon Graham
American football player
Brandon Lee Graham is an American former professional football player who played all 16 seasons of his career with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). A defensive end, he played college football for the Michigan Wolverines, earning first-team All-American honors in 2009. Graham was selected by the Eagles in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft with the 13th overall selection and the first from the Big Ten Conference.
1925
Tony Benn
English pilot and politician, Secretary of State for Industry (died 2014)
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, known between 1960 and 1963 as The Viscount Stansgate, was a British Labour Party politician and political activist who served as a Cabinet minister in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol South East and then Chesterfield for 47 of the 51 years between 1950 and 2001. He later served as President of the Stop the War Coalition from 2001 to 2014.
1939
Hawk Taylor
American baseball player and coach (died 2012)
Robert Dale "Hawk" Taylor was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 394 games over all or part of 11 Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons as a catcher and outfielder for the Milwaukee Braves, New York Mets (1964–67), California Angels (1967) and Kansas City Royals (1969–70). Born in Metropolis, Illinois, he threw and batted right-handed, and was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 187 pounds (85 kg).
1964
Jay Weatherill
Australian politician, 45th Premier of South Australia
Jay Wilson Weatherill is an Australian diplomat and former politician who was the 45th premier of South Australia, serving from 21 October 2011 until 19 March 2018. Weatherill represented the House of Assembly seat of Cheltenham as a member of the South Australian Labor Party from the 2002 election to 17 December 2018, when he retired from politics. He currently serves as the High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom.
1981
Aaron Bertram
American trumpet player
Aaron Bertram is a trumpet player for third wave ska band Suburban Legends, and member of the children's music group Kids Imagine Nation. In the past he has taught music and movement to preschool students in Orange County, CA. His music program was called Little Rockstars. He launched an online Streaming Service for Children's Entertainment and Arts Education called KINTV in March of 2020, where he currently performs and teaches music.
1922
Doris Day
American singer and actress (died 2019)
Doris Day was an American actress and singer. With an entertainment career that spanned 75 years, Day was one of the most popular and acclaimed female singers of the 1940s and 1950s, with a parallel career as a leading actress in Hollywood films, where she became one of the biggest box-office stars of the 1960s. She was known for her on-screen girl next door image and her distinctive singing voice.
1938
Jeff Barry
American singer-songwriter, and producer
Jeff Barry is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer. Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are "Tell Laura I Love Her", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Then He Kissed Me", "Be My Baby", "Chapel of Love", and "River Deep - Mountain High" ; "Leader of the Pack" ; "Sugar, Sugar" ; "Without Us", and "I Honestly Love You".
1967
Brent Gilchrist
Canadian ice hockey player
Brent Lindsay Gilchrist is a Canadian former professional hockey player who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1988-2003. In his career, Gilchrist played 792 games, totaling 135 goals and 305 points. He appeared in 10 post-seasons in his NHL career, playing 90 games and totaling 17 goals, 14 assists and 31 points. He was a member of the Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings in 1998.
1924
Marlon Brando
American actor and director (died 2004)
Marlon Brando was an American actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential performers in the history of cinema, he received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTAs, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Brando is credited with being one of the first actors to bring the Stanislavski system of acting and method acting to mainstream audiences.
1972
Jennie Garth
American actress and director
Jennifer Eve Garth is an American actress. She is known for starring as Kelly Taylor throughout the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise and Val Tyler on the sitcom What I Like About You (2002–06). In 2012, she starred in her own reality show, Jennie Garth: A Little Bit Country on CMT. Her memoir titled Deep Thoughts From a Hollywood Blonde was published by New American Library on April 1, 2014.
1848
Arturo Prat
Chilean lawyer and captain (died 1879)
Agustín Arturo Prat Chacón was a Chilean Navy officer and lawyer. He was killed in the Battle of Iquique, during the War of the Pacific. During his career, Prat had taken part in several naval engagements, including battles at Papudo (1865), and at the Abtao (1866). Following his death, his name became a rallying cry for Chilean forces, and Arturo Prat has since been considered a national hero.
1973
Adam Scott
American actor
Adam Paul Scott is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Ben Wyatt in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (2010–2015), for which he was twice nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award, as well as Mark Scout in the Apple TV sci-fi thriller series Severance, for which he was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes, among others.
1864
Emil Kellenberger
Swiss target shooter (died 1943)
Emil Kellenberger was a Swiss sport shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won three Olympic medals, two gold medals in the Military Rifle 3 positions and team categories and a silver medal in the Military Rifle (kneeling). However his silver medal was tied with the Danish shooter Anders Peter Nielsen.
1953
Wakanohana Kanji II
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 56th Yokozuna (died 2022)
Wakanohana Kanji was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ōwani, Aomori. He was the sport's 56th yokozuna. He was popular with sumo fans and was well-known for his rivalry with Kitanoumi. After retirement, he became the head coach of Magaki stable. Due to poor health, he left the Japan Sumo Association in December 2013. He died of lung cancer in July 2022 at the age of 69.
1964
Nigel Farage
English politician
Nigel Paul Farage is a British politician who has been Leader of Reform UK and Member of Parliament for Clacton since 2024. He was the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2006 to 2009 and from 2010 to 2016, and a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 1999 until the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (EU) in 2020.
1975
Michael Olowokandi
Nigerian-American basketball player
Michael Olowokandi is a Nigerian former professional basketball player. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, and raised in London, he played collegiately for the Pacific Tigers in Stockton, California. Nicknamed "the Kandi Man," Olowokandi was selected as the first overall pick of the 1998 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers. He played professionally until 2007, when he was forced to retire due to severe hernia and knee injuries.
1975
Aries Spears
American comedian and actor
Nairobi Aries Spears is an American stand-up comedian, impressionist, and actor from New Jersey. Spears was a regular on Fox's sketch comedy series Mad TV (1997–2005), appearing in 198 episodes, making him the second longest-serving cast member on the show behind Michael McDonald. In 2011, he released a special called Aries Spears: Hollywood, Look I'm Smiling. and in 2018 and 2020, he co-hosted the AVN Awards.
1948
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Dutch academic, politician, and diplomat, 11th Secretary General of NATO
Jakob Gijsbert "Jaap" de Hoop Scheffer is a Dutch retired politician, jurist and diplomat who served as the eleventh secretary general of NATO from January 2004 to August 2009. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), which he led from March 1997 to October 2001, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 2002 until December 2003 under Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende.
1969
Lance Storm
Canadian wrestler and trainer
Lance Timothy Evers, known professionally by his ring name Lance Storm, is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he works as a producer. Storm is best known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he held a combined 14 total championships.
1945
Bernie Parent
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2025)
Bernard Marcel Parent was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 13 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins, and Toronto Maple Leafs between 1965 and 1979, and also spent one season in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Philadelphia Blazers during the 1972–73 season. Parent is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest goaltenders of all time.
1926
Alex Grammas
American baseball player, manager, and coach (died 2019)
Alexander Peter Grammas was an Greek-American professional baseball infielder, manager and coach. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Grammas played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Redlegs and Chicago Cubs. He threw and batted right-handed, and was listed as 6 feet (1.83 m) tall and 175 pounds (79 kg). Grammas's Athenian family origins are from Agios Dimitrios, Athens, Greece.
1942
Wayne Newton
American singer
Carson Wayne Newton, also known as Mr. Las Vegas, is an American singer and actor. One of the most popular singers in the United States from the mid-to-late 20th century, Newton remains one of the best-known entertainers in Las Vegas and has performed there since 1958, headlining since 1963. He is known by other nicknames such as "The Midnight Idol" and "Mr. Entertainment".
1964
Claire Perry
English banker and politician
Claire Louise O'Neill is a British businesswoman and former politician who previously served as Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth from 2017 to 2019 and as managing director for climate and energy at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development from 2020 to 2021. Since 2022 she has been one of its directors and jointly chairs its Global Imperatives Advisory Board.
1991
Hayley Kiyoko
American actress and singer
Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft is an American actress, singer, and author. She has performed in a variety of films, including Lemonade Mouth (2011), Jem and the Holograms (2015), Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015), and XOXO (2016). She also had recurring roles in the TV series Wizards of Waverly Place (2010) and The Fosters (2014) and lead roles in CSI: Cyber (2015–2016) and Five Points (2018–2019).
1798
Charles Wilkes
American admiral, geographer, and explorer (died 1877)
Charles Wilkes was an American naval officer, ship's captain, and explorer. He led the first United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842). During the American Civil War (1861-1865), he commanded USS San Jacinto during the Trent Affair incident in which he stopped a British Royal Mail ship and forcibly removed two Confederate diplomats, almost leading to war between the United States and United Kingdom.
1929
Fazlur Rahman Khan
Bangladeshi engineer and architect, co-designed the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center (died 1982)
Fazlur Rahman Khan was a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect who initiated important structural systems for skyscrapers. Considered the "father of tubular designs" for high-rises, Khan was also a pioneer in computer-aided design (CAD). He was the designer of the Sears Tower, since renamed Willis Tower, the tallest building in the world from 1973 until 1998, and the 100-story John Hancock Center.
1958
Alec Baldwin
American actor, comedian, producer and television host
Alexander Rae Baldwin III is an American actor and film producer. He is known for his leading and supporting roles in a variety of genres, from comedy to drama. He has received numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and eight Actor Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and Tony Award.
1967
Pervis Ellison
American basketball player
Pervis Ellison is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Nicknamed "Never Nervous Pervis" for his clutch play with the University of Louisville, after leading Louisville to a national championship, Ellison was the first overall pick in the 1989 NBA Draft. His professional career was largely hindered by injuries, though he won the NBA Most Improved Player Award in 1992.
1823
George Derby
American lieutenant and journalist (died 1861)
George Horatio Derby was an early California humorist. He attended West Point with Ulysses S. Grant. Derby used the pseudonym "John P. Squibob" and its variants "John Phoenix" and "Squibob." Derby served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers. In his spare time, he wrote humorous anecdotes and burlesques, often under the guise of his pseudonyms.
1914
Sam Manekshaw
Indian field marshal (died 2008)
Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw,, nicknamed as Sam Bahadur, was an Indian Army general officer who was the Chief of the army staff during the India–Pakistan war of 1971, and the first Indian army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal. His active military career spanned four decades, beginning with service in World War II.
1916
Louis Guglielmi
Catalan composer (died 1991)
Louis Guglielmi, known by his pen name Louiguy, was a French musician. He wrote the melody for Édith Piaf's lyrics of "La Vie en rose" and the Latin jazz composition "Cerisier rose et pommier blanc", a popular song written in 1950, made famous in English as "Cherry Pink ", which was recast as a resounding mambo hit for Pérez Prado.
1919
Clairette Oddera
French-Canadian actress and singer (died 2008)
Claire Françoise Oddera,, sometimes stated as simply Claire Oderra and better known as Clairette, was a Quebec-based French actress and singer. After her own career slowed down she became the proprietor of Montreal's "Chez Clairette" nightclub. In later life she received official honors for her cultural influence in giving a career break to many up-and-coming entertainers who later became famous.
1928
Don Gibson
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)
Donald Eugene Gibson was an American country singer and songwriter. Gibson wrote such country standards as the ballad "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits from 1956 until the late '70s, including number ones on the US Country Chart with Oh Lonesome Me and Blue Blue Day, both tracks he also wrote.
1953
Sandra Boynton
American author and illustrator
Sandra Keith Boynton is an American humorist, songwriter, director, music producer, children's author, and illustrator. Boynton has written and illustrated over eighty-five books for children and seven general audience books, as well as over four thousand greeting cards, and seven music albums. She has also designed calendars, wallpaper, bedding, stationery, paper goods, clothing, jewelry, and plush toys for various companies.
1954
K. Krishnasamy
Indian physician and politician
R. Krishnasamy is an Indian physician, social worker and politician who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He founded the Puthiya Tamilagam party in 1999 and was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Ottapidaram constituency in 1996 election and as Puthiya Tamilagam candidate in 2011 Alliance with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.
1987
Julie Sokolow
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Julie Sokolow is an American film director, musician, and writer. Her body of work includes documentary films, personal essays, and musical compositions. She directed the films Barefoot: The Mark Baumer Story (2019), Woman on Fire (2016), Aspie Seeks Love (2015), and the Healthy Artists series (2012-4). She first came to public attention with her music album Something About Violins (2006).
1987
Yileen Gordon
Australian rugby league player
Yileen "Buddy" Gordon is an Australian rugby league footballer who played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NSW Cup. Gordon formerly played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Penrith Panthers. He was sacked by the West Tigers in February, 2014 for breach of contract. He played in the Centres and has previously played in the back-row or at centre.
1875
Mistinguett
French actress and singer (died 1956)
Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois, known professionally as Mistinguett, was a French actress and singer. She was at one time the highest-paid female entertainer in the world. At the time of her unofficial retirement in 1955, Mistinguett had 60 years of experience under her belt. Mistinguett has been credited with performing in 31 movies, 9 shows, and 389 musical works.
1961
Tim Crews
American baseball player (died 1993)
Stanley Timothy Crews was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played six seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1987 to 1992. Crews was part of the Dodgers team that won the 1988 World Series. At the end of the 1992 season, he became a free agent and signed with the Cleveland Indians on January 22, 1993.
1924
Roza Shanina
Russian sergeant and sniper (died 1945)
Roza Georgiyevna Shanina was a Soviet sniper during World War II who was credited with over 50 kills. Shanina volunteered for the military after the death of her brother in 1941 and chose to be a sniper on the front line. Praised for her shooting accuracy, Shanina was capable of precisely hitting enemy personnel and making doublets.
1946
Hanna Suchocka
Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland
Hanna Stanisława Suchocka is a Polish politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of Poland from 8 July 1992 to 26 October 1993 during the presidency of Lech Wałęsa. She is the first woman to hold this post in Poland and was the 14th woman to be appointed and serve as prime minister in the world.
1987
Rachel Bloom
American actress, writer, and producer
Rachel Leah Bloom is an American actress, comedian, singer, writer, and producer. She is best known for co-creating and starring as Rebecca Bunch in The CW musical comedy-drama series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015–2019). The role has won her numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a TCA Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
1904
Russel Wright
American furniture designer (died 1976)
Russel Wright was an American industrial designer. His best-selling ceramic dinnerware was credited with encouraging the general public to enjoy creative modern design at table with his many other ranges of furniture, accessories, and textiles. The Russel and Mary Wright Design Gallery at Manitoga in upstate New York records how the "Wrights shaped modern American lifestyle".
1982
Cobie Smulders
Canadian actress
Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders is a Canadian actress. She is known for her starring role as Robin Scherbatsky in the CBS series How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014) and as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero franchise, starting with the film The Avengers (2012), through the television miniseries Secret Invasion (2023).
1989
Israel Folau
Australian rugby player and footballer
Israel 'Isileli Folau is a former professional rugby union player, a former Australian rules football and former professional rugby league footballer. He last played as a fullback for Japan Rugby League One club Urayasu D-Rocks. Born in Australia, he played rugby league for Australia, and rugby union for Australia and Tonga after qualifying on ancestry grounds.
1715
William Watson
English physician, physicist, and botanist (died 1787)
Sir William Watson, FRS was a British physician and scientist who was born and died in London. His early work was in botany, and he helped to introduce the work of Carl Linnaeus into England. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1741 and vice president in 1772. He was knighted in 1786.
1916
Herb Caen
American journalist and author (died 1997)
Herbert Eugene Caen was a San Francisco humorist and journalist whose daily column of local goings-on and insider gossip, social and political happenings, and offbeat puns and anecdotes—"A continuous love letter to San Francisco"—appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle for almost sixty years and made him a household name throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
1968
Tomoaki Kanemoto
Japanese baseball player
Tomoaki Kanemoto is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder and manager. In his career as a player he spent 11 years with the Hiroshima Carp before moving to the Hanshin Tigers in 2003, where he spent another 10 years. He holds the world record for consecutive games played without missing an inning and consecutive innings.
1983
Stephen Weiss
Canadian ice hockey player
Stephen Weiss is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who most recently played for the Detroit Red Wings, as well as the Florida Panthers, who drafted him fourth overall in the 2001 NHL entry draft. Weiss held the Panthers franchise records for games played and led the franchise in assists when he retired.
1919
Ervin Drake
American songwriter and composer (died 2015)
Ervin Drake was an American songwriter whose works include such American Songbook standards as "I Believe" and "It Was a Very Good Year". He wrote in a variety of styles and his work has been recorded by musicians around the world. In 1983, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
1895
Zez Confrey
American pianist and composer (died 1971)
Edward Elzear "Zez" Confrey was an American composer and performer of novelty piano and jazz music. His most noted works were "Kitten on the Keys" and "Dizzy Fingers." Studying at the Chicago Musical College and becoming enthralled by French impressionists played a critical role in how he composed and performed music.
1951
Mitch Woods
American singer-songwriter and pianist
Mitch Woods is an American modern day boogie-woogie, jump blues and jazz pianist and singer. Since the early 1980s he has been touring and recording with his band, the Rocket 88s. Woods calls his music, "rock-a-boogie," and with his backing band has retrospectively provided a 1940s and 1950s jump blues style.
1990
Madison Brengle
American tennis player
Madison Brengle is an American professional tennis player. Her biggest success came in early 2015 when she reached her first WTA Tour final in January, followed by a fourth round major event appearance at the Australian Open. In May of that year, she reached her career-high singles ranking of No. 35.
1918
Mary Anderson
American actress (died 2014)
Mary Bebe Anderson was an American actress, who appeared in 31 films and 22 television productions between 1939 and 1965. She was best known for her small supporting role in the film Gone With the Wind as well as one of the main characters in Alfred Hitchcock's 1944 film Lifeboat.
1858
Jacob Gaudaur
Canadian rower (died 1937)
Jacob Gill Gaudaur, Sr. was one of two Canadians to win the Professional World Sculling Championship. Gaudaur was born in Orillia, Ontario. His first race was when he was aged 17 years and over his career he raced more than two hundred times. His professional career started in 1880.
1945
Catherine Spaak
French actress (died 2022)
Catherine Spaak was a French-Italian actress, singer, model, and media personality. A member of the Spaak family, she was known as an iconic "It girl" in Italy during the 1960s, becoming a star of commedia all'italiana films, before later becoming prominent as a talk show host and media personality.
1948
Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck
German footballer
Hans-Georg "Katsche" Schwarzenbeck is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in the Bundesliga from 1966 to 1981, appearing in 416 matches for Bayern Munich. He won six German league championships, three German Cups, one European Cup Winners' Cup, and three consecutive European Cups.
1982
Jared Allen
American football player
Jared Scot Allen is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. A five-time Pro Bowler and four-time All-Pro selection, he recorded 136 career sacks. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2025.
1822
Edward Everett Hale
American minister, historian, and author (died 1909)
Edward Everett Hale was an American author, historian, and Unitarian minister, best known for his writings such as "The Man Without a Country", published in Atlantic Monthly, in support of the Union during the Civil War. He was the grand-nephew of Nathan Hale, an American Revolutionary War spy.
1880
Otto Weininger
Jewish-Austrian philosopher and author (died 1903)
Otto Weininger was an Austrian philosopher who in 1903 published the book Geschlecht und Charakter, which gained popularity after his suicide at the age of 23. Weininger had a strong influence on Ludwig Wittgenstein, August Strindberg, and, via his lesser-known work Über die letzten Dinge, on James Joyce.
1893
Leslie Howard
English actor (died 1943)
Leslie Howard Steiner, better known as Leslie Howard, was an English actor, director, producer, and writer. He wrote many stories and articles for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair and was one of the biggest box-office draws and movie idols of the 1930s.
1913
Per Borten
Norwegian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (died 2005)
was a Norwegian politician from the Centre Party and the prime minister of Norway from 1965 to 1971. Per Borten is credited for leading the modernization of what was then named Bondepartiet into today's Centre Party. He was an active opponent of Norway joining the European Union.
1972
Catherine McCormack
English actress
Catherine Jane McCormack is an English actress. Her film appearances include Braveheart (1995), The Land Girls (1998), Dangerous Beauty (1998), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Spy Game (2001), and 28 Weeks Later (2007). Her theatre work includes National Theatre productions of All My Sons (2000) and Honour (2003).
1814
Lorenzo Snow
American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1901)
Lorenzo Snow was an American religious leader who served as the fifth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1898 until his death. Snow was the last president of the LDS Church in the 19th century and the first in the 20th.
1897
Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos
Greek general (died 1989)
Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos was a distinguished Hellenic Army Lieutenant General who served in World War I, the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, World War II and the Greek Civil War, rising to become Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff. He also served as Greece's Ambassador to Yugoslavia.
1941
Jan Berry
American singer-songwriter (died 2004)
Jan and Dean were an American vocal duo consisting of William Jan Berry and Dean Ormsby Torrence. Initially a doo-wop group, they pivoted towards rock by the early 1960s, and became pioneers of the California sound and vocal surf music styles with contemporaries The Beach Boys.
1986
Amanda Bynes
American actress
Amanda Laura Bynes is an American retired actress. Bynes began her career as a child actress and received recognition for her roles on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That (1996–2000) and The Amanda Show (1999–2002), both of which she won several Kids' Choice Awards for.
1989
Joel Romelo
Australian rugby league player
Joel Romelo is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who previously played for the Penrith Panthers, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Melbourne Storm in the NRL. He primarily played at hooker but could fill in at five-eighth and halfback. Romelo is of Indigenous Australian and Italian descent.
1930
Lawton Chiles
American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Governor of Florida (died 1998)
Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. was an American politician and military officer. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from Florida from 1971 to 1989 and as the 41st governor of Florida from 1991 until his death in December 1998.
1939
Paul Craig Roberts
American economist and politician
Paul Craig Roberts is an American economist and author. He formerly held a sub-cabinet office in the United States federal government as well as teaching positions at several U.S. universities. He is a promoter of supply-side economics and an opponent of recent U.S. foreign policy.
1903
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Indian social reformer and freedom fighter (died 1988)
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay was an Indian social reformer. She worked for the promotion of Indian handicrafts, handlooms, and theatre in independent India to uplift the socio-economic standard of Indian women. She was the first woman in India to contest elections from Madras Constituency, but lost.
1968
Charlotte Coleman
English actress (died 2001)
Charlotte Ninon Coleman was an English actress who began her career as a child actress. The elder daughter of Francis Coleman and Ann Beach, she was best known for her role as Scarlett in the romantic comedy film Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994).
1900
Camille Chamoun
Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon (died 1987)
Camille Nimr Chamoun was a Lebanese politician and statesman who served as the 2nd president of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958. He was one of the country's main Christian leaders during most of the Lebanese Civil War and considered a za'im in Lebanon.
1911
Stanisława Walasiewicz
Polish-American runner (died 1980)
Stanisława Walasiewicz, also known as Stefania Walasiewicz, and Stella Walsh, was a Polish-American track and field athlete, who became a women's Olympic champion in the 100 metres. Born in Poland and raised in the United States, she became an American citizen in 1947.
1915
Piet de Jong
Dutch politician and naval officer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2016)
Petrus Jozef Sietse "Piet" de Jong was a Dutch politician and naval officer who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1967 to 1971. He was a member of the Catholic People's Party (KVP), later merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
1927
Wesley A. Brown
American general and engineer (died 2012)
Wesley Anthony Brown was the first African-American graduate of the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland. He served in the United States Navy from May 2, 1949, until June 30, 1969. He was involved in both the Korean and Vietnam wars.
1962
Mike Ness
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Michael James Ness is an American musician who is the lead guitarist, lead vocalist and songwriter for the punk rock band Social Distortion, which was formed in 1978. He has also released two solo albums, Cheating at Solitaire and Under the Influences.
1842
Ulric Dahlgren
American colonel (died 1864)
Ulric Dahlgren was an American military officer who served as colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was the son of Union Navy Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren and nephew to Confederate Brigadier General Charles G. Dahlgren.
1885
St John Philby
English colonial and explorer (died 1960)
Harry St John Bridger Philby, CIE, also known as Jack Philby or Sheikh Abdullah, was a British Arabist, adviser, explorer, writer, and a colonial intelligence officer who served as an adviser to King Abdulaziz ibn Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia.
1928
Jennifer Paterson
English chef and television personality (died 1999)
Jennifer Mary Paterson was a British celebrity cook, author, actress and television personality who appeared on the television programme Two Fat Ladies (1996–1999) with Clarissa Dickson Wright. Prior to this, she wrote cookery columns for The Spectator and for The Oldie.
1967
Cat Cora
American chef and author
Catherine Ann Cora is an American professional chef, television personality, business person, and cookbook author. She is best known for her featured role as an "Iron Chef" on Iron Chef America and as co-host of Around the World in 80 Plates.
1943
Richard Manuel
Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1986)
Richard George Manuel was a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as a pianist and one of three lead singers in the Band, for which he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
1944
Tony Orlando
American singer
Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis, known professionally as Tony Orlando, is an American pop and rock singer, songwriter, and music executive whose career spans nearly seven decades. He is best known for his work as part of Tony Orlando and Dawn.
1930
Wally Moon
American baseball player and coach (died 2018)
Wallace Wade Moon was an American professional baseball outfielder in Major League Baseball. Moon played his 12-year career in the major leagues for the St. Louis Cardinals (1954–1958) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1959–1965). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
1931
William Bast
American screenwriter and author (died 2015)
William Bast was an American screenwriter and author. In addition to writing scripts for motion pictures and television, he was the author of two biographies of the screen actor James Dean. He often worked with his partner, Paul Huson.
1966
John de Vries
Australian race car driver
John David de Vries is a former driver in the Indy Racing League and Australian Formula Holden. He raced in the 2002 IRL season, where he began the season with Brayton Racing. De Vries competed in the first three races, and arrived but withdrew from the Nazareth Speedway race. He attempted to qualify for the 2002 Indianapolis 500, but was not among the 33 drivers who made the field. He returned after the Indianapolis 500 to compete in the Chevy 500 at Texas Motor Speedway and logged his best career IRL finish, an eleventh place, in what would be his final IRL race. Previously, de Vries had spent four years in Formula Holden and the Australian Formula Ford Championship.
1975
Koji Uehara
Japanese baseball player
Koji Uehara is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), as well as the Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, and Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB).
1997
Zhao Xintong
Chinese snooker player
Zhao Xintong is a Chinese professional snooker player who is the current world number one. He won the 2025 World Snooker Championship, becoming the sport's first world champion from Asia. He has won a total of six ranking titles.
1999
Chanel Harris-Tavita
New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
Chanel Harris-Tavita is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth or halfback for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League (NRL). He has played for the Māori All Stars and Samoa at representative level.
1643
Charles V
duke of Lorraine (died 1690)
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar succeeded his uncle Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine as titular Duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1675; both duchies were occupied by France from 1634 to 1661 and 1670 to 1697.
1823
William M. Tweed
American politician (died 1878)
William Magear "Boss" Tweed was an American politician most notable for being the political boss of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party's political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th-century New York City and State.
1935
Harold Kushner
American rabbi and author (died 2023)
Harold Samuel Kushner was an American rabbi, author, and lecturer. He was a member of the Rabbinical Assembly of Conservative Judaism and served as the congregational rabbi of Temple Israel of Natick, in Natick, Massachusetts, for 24 years.
1964
Bjarne Riis
Danish cyclist and manager
Bjarne Lykkegård Riis, nicknamed The Eagle from Herning, is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer and cycling team manager. Noted for his victory in the 1996 Tour de France, where he dethroned five‑time defending champion Miguel Indurain.
1998
Paris Jackson
American actress, model and singer
Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson is an American model, actress, and singer. The second child and daughter of Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe, Jackson signed a deal with Republic Records in 2020. Her debut album, Wilted, was released that year.
1886
Dooley Wilson
American actor and singer (died 1953)
Arthur "Dooley" Wilson was an American actor, singer and musician who is best remembered for his portrayal of Sam in the 1942 film Casablanca. In that romantic drama, he performs its theme song "As Time Goes By".
1930
Mario Benjamín Menéndez
Argentinian general and politician (died 2015)
Mario Benjamin Menéndez was the Argentine governor of the Falklands during the 1982 Argentine occupation of the islands. He also served in the Argentine Army. Menéndez surrendered Argentine forces to British armed forces during the Falklands War.
1971
Vitālijs Astafjevs
Latvian footballer and manager
Vitālijs Astafjevs is a Latvian professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is an assistant manager of Cypriot club Aris Limassol having previously held the role for the Latvia national team.
1807
Mary Carpenter
English educational and social reformer (died 1877)
Mary Carpenter was an English educational and social reformer. The daughter of a Unitarian minister, she founded a ragged school and reformatories, bringing previously unavailable educational opportunities to poor children and young offenders in Bristol.
1975
Yoshinobu Takahashi
Japanese baseball player
Yoshinobu Takahashi is a Japanese former professional baseball player and manager. He spent his entire playing career with the Yomiuri Giants and served as the team's manager for three seasons. He graduated from Keio University.
1990
Natasha Negovanlis
Canadian actress and singer
Natasha Negovanlis is a Canadian actress, writer, producer, and singer. She achieved international recognition for portraying Carmilla Karnstein in the YouTube web series Carmilla (2014–2016) and in the 2017 feature film based on the series.
1963
Criss Oliva
American guitarist and songwriter (died 1993)
Christopher Michael Oliva was an American musician who was the lead guitarist and co-founder of the heavy metal band Savatage. During his lifetime, he released seven studio albums and one EP with the band.
1968
Jamie Hewlett
English director and performer
Jamie Christopher Hewlett is a British comic book artist and illustrator. He is the co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl with Alan Martin, and the virtual band Gorillaz alongside Blur frontman Damon Albarn.
1984
Maxi López
Argentinian footballer
Maximiliano Gastón López is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. He holds both an Argentine and an Italian passport. He is known as El Rubio, and La Gallina de Oro.
1994
Kodi Nikorima
New Zealand rugby league player
Kodi Nikorima is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL) and as a hooker for New Zealand.
1881
Alcide De Gasperi
Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1954)
Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi was an Italian politician and statesman who founded the Christian Democracy party and served as prime minister of Italy in eight successive coalition governments from 1945 to 1953.
1781
Swaminarayan
Indian religious leader (died 1830)
Swaminarayan, also known as Sahajanand Swami, was a yogi and ascetic believed by followers to be a manifestation of Krishna or the highest manifestation of Purushottama, around whom the Swaminarayan Sampradaya developed.
1990
Karim Ansarifard
Iranian footballer
Karim Adil Ansarifard is an Iranian former professional footballer who played as a forward. His playing style and ability have drawn comparisons to Ali Daei and he has been named Daei's "successor".
1946
Dee Murray
English bass player (died 1992)
David Murray Oates, known as Dee Murray, was an English bass guitarist. He was best known for his long-time collaboration with Elton John as a member of the Elton John Band.
1986
Stephanie Cox
American soccer player
Stephanie Renee Cox is an American soccer coach and former professional player who played as a defender. She is currently the head coach of the Puget Sound Loggers women's soccer team.
1928
Emmett Johns
Canadian priest, founded Dans la Rue (died 2018)
Emmett Mathias Joseph Johns, was a Canadian priest and humanitarian. He was the founder of Dans la Rue, a homeless shelter and support group for street youth in Montreal, Quebec.
1946
Marisa Paredes
Spanish film actress (died 2024)
María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé, known professionally as Marisa Paredes, was a Spanish actress with a 60-year-long career. She acted in more than 75 films, 80 TV shows, and 15 plays.
1540
Maria de' Medici
Italian noblewoman, the eldest daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo. (died 1557)
Maria de' Medici was the eldest child of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Eleonora di Toledo. She was a member of the famous Medici family.
1898
Henry Luce
American publisher, co-founded Time magazine (died 1967)
Henry Robinson Luce was an American magazine publisher who founded Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated. He was known as one of "the most influential [Americans] of his day".
1904
Sally Rand
American dancer (died 1979)
Sally Rand was an American burlesque dancer, stripper, vedette, and actress, famous for her ostrich-feather fan dance and balloon bubble dance. She also performed under the name Billie Beck.
1948
Arlette Cousture
Canadian author and screenwriter
Arlette Cousture, is a Canadian writer. She writes historical fiction, often depicting the lives of women in Quebec. Many of her novels have become best-sellers in the French language.
1949
Lyle Alzado
American football player and actor (died 1992)
Lyle Martin Alzado was an American professional football player who was a defensive end of the National Football League (NFL), famous for his intense and intimidating style of play.
1973
Nilesh Kulkarni
Indian cricketer
Nilesh Moreshwar Kulkarni is a former Indian cricketer. He is a slow left-arm bowler and left-handed lower order batsman who stood large at 6 ft 4 inches (193 cm).
1837
John Burroughs
American botanist and author (died 1921)
John Burroughs was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the conservation movement in the United States. The first of his essay collections was Wake-Robin in 1871.
1928
Earl Lloyd
American basketball player and coach (died 2015)
Earl Francis Lloyd was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was the first African American player to play a game in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1976
Nicolas Escudé
French tennis player
Nicolas Jean-Christophe Escudé is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional in 1995. He won four singles titles and two doubles titles during his career.
1990
Sotiris Ninis
Greek footballer
Sotiris Ninis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a right winger. Ninis was formerly a member of the Greece national team.
1764
John Abernethy
English surgeon and anatomist (died 1831)
John Abernethy was an English surgeon. He is popularly remembered for having given his name to the Abernethy biscuit, a coarse-meal baked good meant to aid digestion.
1952
Mike Moore
American lawyer and politician
Michael Cameron Moore is an American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the Attorney General of Mississippi from 1988 to 2004.
1438
John III of Egmont
Dutch nobleman (died 1516)
John III of Egmont was first Count of Egmont, Lord of Baer, Lathum, Hoogwoude, Aarstwoude, Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam, and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and West-Friesland.
1876
Margaret Anglin
Canadian actress, director, and producer (died 1958)
Mary Margaret Warren Anglin was a Canadian-born American Broadway actress, director and producer. Encyclopædia Britannica calls her "one of the most brilliant actresses of her day."
1988
Peter Hartley
English footballer
Peter William Hartley is an English professional football manager and former player who is currently the first team manager of National League North club Spennymoor Town.
1911
Nanette Bordeaux
Canadian-American actress (died 1956)
Hélène Olivine Veilleux, known professionally as Nanette Bordeaux, was a French Canadian-born American film actress. Bordeaux made over 15 film appearances between 1942 and 1956.
1939
François de Roubaix
French composer (died 1975)
François de Roubaix was a French film score composer. In a decade, he created a musical style with new sounds, until his death in 1975.
1951
Annette Dolphin
British academician and educator
Annette Catherine Dolphin was a British scientist who was professor of pharmacology in the Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology at University College London (UCL).
1953
James Smith
American boxer
James "Bonecrusher" Smith is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 1999 and held the WBA heavyweight title from 1986 to 1987.
1971
Emmanuel Collard
French race car driver
Emmanuel Collard is a French professional racing driver. He is a former member of the Porsche Junioren factory team, but also drives for other marques.
1922
Yevhen Bulanchyk
Ukrainian hurdler (died 1996)
Yevgeniy Bulanchik was a Ukrainian and Soviet former athlete who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Honoured Master of Sports (1955), Honoured Coach of Ukraine (1962), Honoured Coach of the Soviet Union (1968), Doctor Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences (1975). Docent of the Kyiv Institute of Physical Culture, Department of Athletics (1974–1984). 11x Soviet champion. First coach Z.Synytskyi. Bulanchyk coached the European champion Vyacheslav Skomorokhov. Bulanchyk was a Ukrainian republican coach in athletics (1958–1980) and a Soviet national coach in athletics (1960–76).
1943
Hikaru Saeki
Japanese admiral, the first female star officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
Hikaru Saeki is the first female admiral of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the first female in the entire Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) to achieve star rank. Originally an obstetrician-gynecologist with the degree of M.D., Saeki joined the JMSDF in 1989. After her service in several military hospitals and medical rooms aboard naval vessels, she became the first woman to head a JSDF hospital in 1997, promoted to rear admiral in 2001, and retired in 2003.
1895
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Italian-American composer and educator (died 1968)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was an Italian composer, pianist and writer. He was known as one of the foremost guitar composers in the twentieth century with almost one hundred compositions for that instrument. In 1939 he emigrated to the United States and became a film composer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for some 200 Hollywood movies for the next fifteen years. He also wrote concertos for Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky.
1969
Peter Matera
Australian footballer and coach
Peter Matera is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is regarded as one of the greatest West Australians and indigenous players being a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame and Indigenous Team of the Century as well as being 5 time All-Australian and 2 time premiership player.
1964
Andy Robinson
English rugby player and coach
Richard Andrew Robinson is an English rugby union coach and retired player. He was the director of rugby at Bristol until November 2016. He is the former head coach of Scotland and England. From September 2019 to December 2022, he was the head coach of the Romanian national team.
1963
Les Davidson
Australian rugby league player
Les Davidson is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and represented at both the State and national levels. His position of choice on the field was second-row or prop.
1963
Ricky Nixon
Australian footballer and manager
Ricky Lee Nixon is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL and a former sports agent. At the height of his career, he was one of the most high-profile sports agents in Australia, and a powerful figure in the AFL.
1943
Jonathan Lynn
English actor, director, and screenwriter
Jonathan Adam Lynn is a British-American film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed the comedy films Clue, Nuns on the Run, My Cousin Vinny and The Whole Nine Yards. He also co-created and co-wrote the political-satirical television series Yes Minister.
1945
Doon Arbus
American author and journalist
Doon Arbus is an American writer and journalist. Her debut novel is The Caretaker. Her play, Third Floor, Second Door on the Right, was produced at the Cherry Lane Theatre by the 2003 New York International Fringe Festival.
1900
Albert Walsh
Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (died 1958)
Sir Albert Joseph Walsh was Commissioner of Home Affairs and Education and chief justice of the Dominion of Newfoundland, and its first lieutenant governor upon its admission to the Canadian Confederation on 1 April 1949.
1916
Cliff Gladwin
English cricketer (died 1988)
Clifford Gladwin was an English first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1939 to 1958 and in eight Tests for England from 1947 to 1949. He took over 1,600 first-class wickets.
1934
Pamela Allen
New Zealand children's writer and illustrator
Pamela Kay Allen is a New Zealand children's writer and illustrator. She has published over 50 picture books since 1980. Sales of her books have exceeded five million copies.
1923
Daniel Hoffman
American poet and academic (died 2013)
Daniel Gerard Hoffman was an American poet, essayist, and academic. He was appointed the twenty-second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1973.
1975
Shawn Bates
American ice hockey player
Shawn William Bates is an American former professional ice hockey center. He played in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins and New York Islanders.
1016
Xing Zong
Chinese emperor (died 1055)
Emperor Xingzong of Liao, personal name Zhigu, sinicised name Yelü Zongzhen, was the seventh emperor of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China.
1151
Igor Svyatoslavich
Kievan Rus' prince (died 1202)
Igor Svyatoslavich, nicknamed the Brave, was Prince of Novgorod-Seversk (1180–1198) and Prince of Chernigov (1198–1201/1202).
1395
George of Trebizond
Greek philosopher, scholar and humanist (died 1486)
George of Trebizond was a Byzantine Greek philosopher, scholar, and humanist.
1529
Michael Neander
German mathematician and astronomer (died 1581)
Michael Neander was a German teacher, mathematician, medical academic, and astronomer.
1682
Valentin Rathgeber
German organist and composer (died 1750)
Johann Valentin Rathgeber was a German composer, organist and choirmaster of the Baroque Era.
1693
George Edwards
English ornithologist and entomologist (died 1773)
George Edwards was an English naturalist and ornithologist, known as the "father of British ornithology".
1769
Christian Günther von Bernstorff
Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (died 1835)
Count Christian Günther von Bernstorff was a Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat.
1770
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Greek general (died 1843)
Theodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek general and the pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) against the Ottoman Empire.
1778
Pierre Bretonneau
French doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy (died 1862)
Pierre-Fidèle Bretonneau was a French medical doctor.
1791
Anne Lister
English diarist, mountaineer, and traveller (died 1840)
Anne Lister was an English diarist and landowner, famous for revelations for which she was dubbed "the first modern lesbian".
1876
Tomáš Baťa
Czech businessman, founded Bata Shoes (died 1932)
Tomáš Baťa was a Czech entrepreneur and founder of Bata Shoes. He died in a plane crash caused by bad weather.
1882
Philippe Desranleau
Canadian archbishop (died 1952)
Philippe-Servulo Desranleau was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and the Archbishop of Sherbrooke from 1951 to 1952.
1885
Allan Dwan
Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1981)
Allan Dwan was a pioneering Canadian and American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter.
1885
Bud Fisher
American cartoonist (died 1954)
Harry Conway "Bud" Fisher was an American cartoonist who created Mutt and Jeff, the first successful daily comic strip in the United States.
1885
Marie-Victorin Kirouac
Canadian botanist and academic (died 1944)
Brother Marie-Victorin, F.S.C., was a Canadian member of Brothers of the Christian Schools and a noted botanist in Quebec, Canada.
1887
Nishizō Tsukahara
Japanese admiral (died 1966)
Nishizō Tsukahara , was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
1887
Ōtori Tanigorō
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (died 1956)
Ōtori Tanigorō was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Inzai, Chiba Prefecture. He was the sport's 24th yokozuna.
1897
Joe Kirkwood Sr.
Australian golfer (died 1970)
Joseph Henry Kirkwood Sr. was a professional golfer who is acknowledged as having put Australian golf on the world map.
1910
Ted Hook
Australian public servant (died 1990)
Edwin John "Ted" Hook was a senior Australian public servant best known for his time as Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department in the 1960s.
1912
Dorothy Eden
New Zealand-English author (died 1982)
Dorothy Enid Eden was a New Zealand novelist and short story writer, principally in the Gothic genre.
1915
İhsan Doğramacı
Turkish physician and academic (died 2010)
İhsan Doğramacı was a Turkish paediatrician, entrepreneur, philanthropist, educationalist and college administrator of Iraqi Turkmen descent born in Erbil, Ottoman Empire.
1918
Louis Applebaum
Canadian composer and conductor (died 2000)
Louis Applebaum was a Canadian film score composer, administrator, and conductor.
1920
Stan Freeman
American composer and conductor (died 2001)
Stanley Freeman was an American composer, pianist, lyricist, musical arranger, conductor, and studio musician.
1921
Robert Karvelas
American actor (died 1991)
Robert Karvelas was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Larabee in the television series Get Smart (1965–1970).
1933
Rod Funseth
American golfer (died 1985)
James Rodney Funseth was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.
1936
Harold Vick
American saxophonist and flute player (died 1987)
Harold Vick was an American jazz saxophonist and flautist.
1936
Jimmy McGriff
American organist and bandleader (died 2008)
James Harrell McGriff was an American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader.
1938
Phil Rodgers
American golfer (died 2018)
Phil Rodgers was an American professional golfer.
1942
Billy Joe Royal
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015)
Billy Joe Royal was an American country soul singer. His most successful record was "Down in the Boondocks" in 1965.
1943
Mario Lavista
Mexican composer (died 2021)
Mario Lavista was a Mexican composer, writer and intellectual.
1944
Peter Colman
Australian biologist and academic
Peter Malcolm Colman is the head of the structural biology division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia.
1946
Nicholas Jones
English actor
Nicholas Jones is an English actor who has appeared on stage and in film and television.
1947
Anders Eliasson
Swedish composer (died 2013)
Anders Erik Birger Eliasson was a Swedish composer.
1949
Richard Thompson
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Richard Thompson is an English songwriter, musician, singer and record producer.
1950
Indrajit Coomaraswamy
Sri Lankan cricketer and economist
Deshamanya Indrajit Coomaraswamy is a Sri Lankan economist. He served as the 14th Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
1954
Elisabetta Brusa
Italian composer
Elisabetta Olga Laura Brusa is an Italian/British composer.
1956
Boris Miljković
Serbian director and producer
Boris Miljković is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, creative director in advertising and writer.
1956
1956
Miguel Bosé
Spanish musician and actor
Luis Miguel Luchino Dominguín Bosé, known professionally as Miguel Bosé, is a Spanish pop singer and actor.
1958
Adam Gussow
American scholar, musician, and memoirist
Adam Gussow is an American blues harmonica player and author, best known as a member of Satan and Adam.
1958
Francesca Woodman
American photographer (died 1981)
Francesca Stern Woodman was an American photographer best known for her black-and-white pictures featuring either herself or female models.
1962
Dave Miley
American baseball player and manager
David Allen Miley is an American former baseball player and manager.
1964
Marco Ballotta
Italian footballer and manager
Marco Ballotta is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
1967
Cristi Puiu
Romanian director and screenwriter
Cristi Puiu is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. With Anca Puiu and Alex Munteanu, he founded the cinema production company Mandragora in 2004.
1972
Sandrine Testud
French tennis player
Sandrine Testud is a former professional tennis player from France.
1974
Lee Williams
Welsh model and actor
Lee Williams is a British screen actor and former model.
1979
Simon Black
Australian footballer and coach
Simon Black is a former Australian rules football player, who played his whole career with the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).
1980
Andrei Lodis
Belarusian footballer
Andrei Nikolayevich Lodis is a Belarusian former professional football player.
1982
Iain Fyfe
Australian footballer
Iain Stuart Fyfe(born 3 April 1982) is a retired Australian A-League professional footballer.
1983
Ben Foster
English footballer
Ben Anthony Foster is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
1984
Jonathan Blondel
Belgian footballer
Jonathan Blondel is a Belgian former footballer who last played as a midfielder.
1986
Annalisa Cucinotta
Italian cyclist
Annalisa Cucinotta is an Italian former professional road and track cyclist. She represented her nation at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
1986
Sergio Sánchez Ortega
Spanish footballer
Sergio Sánchez Ortega is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as either a right-back or a central defender.
1988
Tim Krul
Dutch footballer
Timothy Michael Krul is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
1989
Romain Alessandrini
French footballer
Romain Alessandrini is a French former professional footballer who played as a winger.
1992
Simone Benedetti
Italian footballer
Simone Benedetti is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie D club Derthona.
1993
Pape Moussa Konaté
Senegalese footballer
Moussa Konaté is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Senegal national team.
1996
Mayo Hibi
Japanese tennis player
Mayo Hibi is a Japanese former professional tennis player.
1997
Gabriel Jesus
Brazilian footballer
Gabriel Fernando de Jesus is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Barcelona.