Famous Birthdays on April 6

Q: Who was born on April 6?

Famous people born on April 6 include: Maimonides, Infanta Maria, Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Maria Leopoldine of Austria (died 1649), André Dacier.

Q: What is Goeido Gotaro known for?

Goeido Gotaro, Japanese sumo wrestler

265 people 1135 – 2009

April 6 has seen 265 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1135 – 2009. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · April 6 — Wikipedia

1986 — Goeido Gotaro

Japanese sumo wrestler

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Long regarded as one of the most promising Japanese wrestlers in sumo, Gōeidō holds the modern record for the most consecutive appearances at sumo's third highest rank of sekiwake, at 14 tournaments

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He won his only top division tournament in September 2016 with a perfect 15–0 record and was a runner-up seven times in his career

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He made his professional debut in January 2005 and reached the top makuuchi division in September 2007

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He was finally promoted to the rank of ōzeki following the July 2014 tournament, after scores of twelve wins against three losses in two of the previous three tournaments

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However, he only managed to win ten or more bouts in a tournament as an ōzeki on six occasions, and was kadoban, or in danger of demotion, eight times

Maimonides

Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, physician and astronomer (March 30 also proposed, died 1204)

Moses ben Maimon, commonly known as Maimonides and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam, was a Sephardic Jewish rabbi who is widely acknowledged as one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the…

1135

Infanta Maria

Marchioness of Tortosa

Maria of Portugal was a Portuguese infanta (princess) member of the House of Burgundy and by marriage marchioness of Tortosa and lady of Albarracín.

1342

Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg

German noble (died 1643)

Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was a German member of the House of Welf and the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg by marriage.

1573

Maria Leopoldine of Austria (died 1649)

Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Tyrol was by birth Archduchess of Austria and member of the Tyrolese branch of the House of Habsburg and by marriage the second spouse of her first cousin, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor.…

1632

André Dacier

French scholar and academic (died 1722)

André Dacier was a French classical scholar and editor of texts. He began his career with an edition and commentary of Festus's De verborum significatione, and was the first to produce a "readable" text of the 20-book…

1651

Johann Kuhnau

German organist and composer (died 1722)

Johann Kuhnau was a German polymath, known primarily as a composer today. He was also active as a novelist, translator, lawyer, and music theorist, and was able to combine these activities with his duties in his…

1660

Arvid Horn

Swedish general and politician, Governor of Västerbotten County (died 1742)

Count Arvid Bernhard Horn af Ekebyholm was a Swedish general, diplomat and politician, a member of the noble Horn family. He served twice as president of the privy council chancellery and was one of the leading figures…

1664

Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

French poet and playwright (died 1741)

Jean-Baptiste Rousseau was a French playwright and poet, particularly noted for his cynical epigrams.

1671

André Cardinal Destouches

French composer (died 1749)

André Cardinal Destouches was a French composer best known for the opéra-ballet Les élémens.

1672

Louis de Cahusac

French playwright and composer (died 1759)

Louis de Cahusac was an 18th-century French playwright, librettist, and Freemason. He is most famous for his work with the composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. He provided the libretti for several of Rameau's operas, namely…

1706

Johann Georg Reutter

Austrian organist and composer (died 1772)

Johann Adam Joseph Karl Georg Reutter, during his life known as Georg Reutter the Younger was an Austrian composer. According to David Wyn Jones, in his prime he was "the single most influential musician in Vienna".

1708

Pasquale Paoli

French soldier and politician (died 1807)

Filippo Antonio Pasquale de' Paoli was a Corsican patriot, statesman, and military leader who was at the forefront of resistance movements against the Genoese and later French rule over the island. He became the…

1725

Gerard Majella

Italian saint (died 1755)

Gerard Majella was an Italian lay brother of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, better known as the Redemptorists, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.

1726

Nicolas Chamfort

French author and playwright (died 1794)

Sébastien-Roch Nicolas, known in his adult life as Nicolas Chamfort and as Sébastien Nicolas de Chamfort, was a French writer, best known for his epigrams and aphorisms. He was secretary to Louis XVI's sister Madame…

1741

Wilhelm von Kobell

German painter and educator (died 1853)

Wilhelm von Kobell was a German painter, printmaker and teacher.

1766

James Mill

Scottish historian, economist, and philosopher (died 1836)

James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist and philosopher. He is counted among the founders of the Ricardian school of economics. He also wrote The History of British India (1817) and was one of…

1773

Celestina Cordero

Puerto Rican educator (died 1862)

Celestina Cordero, was an educator who in 1802 founded a school for girls "escuela de amigas" in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

1787

Philip Henry Gosse

English biologist and academic (died 1888)

Philip Henry Gosse, known to his friends as Henry, was an English naturalist and populariser of natural science, prolific author, "Father of the Aquarium", scientific illustrator, lecturer, entrepreneur, and pioneer in…

1810

Alexander Herzen

Russian philosopher and author (died 1870)

Alexander Ivanovich Herzen was a Russian writer and thinker known as the precursor of Russian socialism and one of the main precursors of agrarian populism. With his writings, many composed while exiled in London, he…

1812

Robert Volkmann

German organist, composer, and conductor (died 1883)

Friedrich Robert Volkmann was a German composer.

1815

Aasmund Olavsson Vinje

Norwegian journalist and poet (died 1870)

Aasmund Olavsson Vinje was a Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål.

1818

Nadar

French photographer, journalist, and author (died 1910)

Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, known by the pseudonym Nadar or Félix Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist who was a proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the…

1820

Joseph Medill

Canadian-American publisher and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (died 1899)

Joseph Medill was a Canadian-American newspaper editor, publisher, and Republican Party politician. He was co-owner and managing editor of the Chicago Tribune, and he was Mayor of Chicago from after the Great Chicago…

1823

George Waterhouse

English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1906)

George Marsden Waterhouse was a Premier of South Australia from 8 October 1861 until 3 July 1863 and the seventh premier of New Zealand from 11 October 1872 to 3 March 1873.

1824

Gustave Moreau

French painter and academic (died 1898)

Gustave Moreau was a French artist and an important figure in the Symbolist movement. Jean Cassou called him "the Symbolist painter par excellence". He was an influential forerunner of symbolism in the visual arts in…

1826

William Lyne

Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (died 1913)

Sir William John Lyne KCMG was an Australian politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1899 to 1901, and later as a federal cabinet minister under Edmund Barton and Alfred Deakin. He is best known as the…

1844

Guillaume Bigourdan

French astronomer and academic (died 1932)

Camille Guillaume Bigourdan was a French astronomer.

1851

Will Crooks

English trade unionist and politician (died 1921)

William Crooks was a noted trade unionist and politician from Poplar, London, and a member of the Fabian Society. He is particularly remembered for his campaigning work against poverty and inequality.

1852

Charles Huot

Canadian painter and illustrator (died 1930)

Charles Édouard Masson Huot was a French-Canadian painter and illustrator based in Quebec City.

1855

Arthur Wesley Dow

American painter and photographer (died 1922)

Arthur Wesley Dow was an American painter, printmaker, photographer and an arts educator.

1857

René Lalique

French sculptor and jewellery designer (died 1945)

René Jules Lalique was a French jeweller, medallist, and glass designer known for his creations of glass art, perfume bottles, vases, jewellery, chandeliers, clocks, and automobile hood ornaments.

1860

Stanislas de Guaita

French poet and author (died 1897)

Stanislas de Guaita was a French poet based in Paris, an expert on esotericism and European mysticism, and an active member of the Rosicrucian Order. He was very celebrated and successful in his time. He had many…

1861

William Bate Hardy

English biologist and academic (died 1934)

Sir William Bate Hardy, FRS was a British biologist and food scientist. The William Bate Hardy Prize is named in his honour.

1864

Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau

Canadian cardinal (died 1931)

Félix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau was a Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Quebec from 1926 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1927.

1866

Levon Shant

Armenian author, poet, and playwright (died 1951)

Levon Shant was an Armenian playwright, novelist, poet and founder of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society.

1869

Erich Mühsam

German author, poet, and playwright (died 1934)

Erich Mühsam was a German antimilitarist anarchist essayist, poet and playwright. He emerged at the end of World War I as one of the leading agitators for a federated Bavarian Soviet Republic, for which he served five…

1878

Karl Staaf

Swedish pole vaulter and hammer thrower (died 1953)

Karl Gustaf Vilhelm Staaf was a Swedish track and field athlete and tug of war competitor who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was born in Stockholm and died in Motala.

1881

J. G. Parry-Thomas

Welsh race car driver and engineer (died 1927)

John Godfrey Parry Thomas was a Welsh engineer and motor-racing driver who at one time held the land speed record. He was the first driver to be killed in pursuit of the land speed record.

1884

Athenagoras I of Constantinople (died 1972)

Athenagoras I of Constantinople, born Aristocles Matthaiou Spyrou, was Greek Orthodox Archbishop of North and South America from 1930 to 1948 and the 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1948 to 1972.

1886

Walter Dandy

American physician and neurosurgeon (died 1946)

Walter Edward Dandy was an American neurosurgeon and scientist. He is considered one of the founding fathers of neurosurgery, along with Victor Horsley and Harvey Cushing. Dandy is credited with numerous neurosurgical…

1886

Osman Ali Khan

Asaf Jah VII, Indian ruler (died 1967)

Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII was the last Nizam (ruler) of Hyderabad State, the largest state in the erstwhile Indian Empire. He ascended the throne on 29 August 1911, at the age of 25 and ruled the State of…

1886

Hans Richter

Swiss painter, illustrator, and director (died 1976)

Hans Johannes Siegfried Richter was a German Dada painter, graphic artist, avant-garde film producer, and art historian. In 1965 he authored the book Dadaism about the history of the Dada movement. He was born in Berlin…

1888

Gerhard Ritter

German historian and academic (died 1967)

Gerhard Georg Bernhard Ritter was a German historian who served as a professor of history at the University of Freiburg from 1925 to 1956. He studied under Professor Hermann Oncken. A Lutheran, he first became well…

1888

Anthony Fokker

Dutch engineer and businessman, founded Fokker Aircraft Manufacturer (died 1939)

Anton Herman Gerard "Anthony" Fokker was a Dutch aviation pioneer, aviation entrepreneur, aircraft designer, and aircraft manufacturer. He produced fighter aircraft in Germany during the First World War such as the…

1890

Donald Wills Douglas

Sr., American businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company (died 1981)

Donald Wills Douglas Sr. was an American aircraft industrialist and engineer.

1892

Lowell Thomas

American journalist and author (died 1981)

Lowell Jackson Thomas was an American writer, broadcaster, and documentary filmmaker, known as a world traveler. He authored more than fifty non-fiction books, mostly travel narratives and popular biographies of…

1892

Dudley Nichols

American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1960)

Dudley Nichols was an American screenwriter and film director. He was the first person to decline an Academy Award, as part of a boycott to gain recognition for the Screen Writers Guild; he would later accept his…

1895

Jeanne Hébuterne

French painter and author (died 1920)

Jeanne Hébuterne was a French painter and art model best known as the frequent subject and common-law wife of the artist Amedeo Modigliani. She died by suicide two days after Modigliani's death, and is now buried beside…

1898

Leo Robin

American composer and songwriter (died 1984)

Leo Robin was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter. He is probably best known for collaborating with Ralph Rainger on the 1938 Oscar-winning song "Thanks for the Memory," sung by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross in…

1900

Pier Giorgio Frassati

Italian activist (died 1925)

Pier Giorgio Frassati was an Italian Catholic activist and a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. He was dedicated to social justice issues and joined several charitable organizations, including Catholic Action…

1901

Julien Torma

French author, poet, and playwright (died 1933)

Julien Torma was credited as a French writer, playwright and poet who was part of the Dadaist movement.

1902

Mickey Cochrane

American baseball player and manager (died 1962)

Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochrane, nicknamed "Black Mike", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit…

1903

Harold Eugene Edgerton

American engineer and academic (died 1990)

Harold Eugene Edgerton, also known as Papa Flash, was an American scientist and researcher, a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is largely credited with transforming…

1903

Kurt Georg Kiesinger

German lawyer, politician and Chancellor of Germany (died 1988)

Kurt Georg Kiesinger was a German politician and lawyer who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1 December 1966 to 21 October 1969. Before he became chancellor, he served as Minister-President of…

1904

Erwin Komenda

Austrian car designer and engineer (died 1966)

Erwin Komenda was an Austrian automobile designer and Porsche employee, and a lead contributor to the design of the bodies for the VW Beetle and various Porsche sports cars.

1904

Virginia Hall

American who was a spy in France for the UK and US during WWII (died 1982)

Virginia Hall Goillot DSC, Croix de Guerre,, code name Bookworm, was an American who worked with the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in…

1906

Marcel-Marie Desmarais

Canadian preacher, missionary, and author (died 1994)

Marcel-Marie Desmarais,, was a Quebec writer, preacher and broadcaster. A member of the Roman Catholic Dominican Order, he became a personality through his popular books and radio and TV programs in Quebec. He was also…

1908

Ernie Lombardi

American baseball player (died 1977)

Ernesto Natali Lombardi was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for the Brooklyn Robins, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, and New York Giants during a career…

1908

William M. Branham

American minister and theologian (died 1965)

William Marrion Branham was an American Christian minister and faith healer who initiated the post-World War II healing revival, and claimed to be a prophet with the anointing of Elijah, who had come to prelude Christ's…

1909

Hermann Lang

German race car driver (died 1987)

Hermann Albert Lang was a German racing driver who raced motorcycles, Grand Prix cars, and sports cars.

1909

Barys Kit

Belarusian-American rocket scientist (died 2018)

Barys Kit was a Belarusian-American rocket scientist.

1910

Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen

German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)

Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen was a German biochemist. In 1964, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Konrad Bloch for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of cholesterol and…

1911

Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune

American geographer and academic (died 1993)

Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune was an American geographer who was the civil administrator of the Ryukyu Islands from 1962 to 1964, the first civilian to hold that office. He was president of the University of Vermont from…

1913

Tadeusz Kantor

Polish director, painter, and set designer (died 1990)

Tadeusz Kantor was a Polish painter, assemblage and Happenings artist, set designer and theatre director. Kantor is renowned for his revolutionary theatrical performances in Poland and abroad. Laureate of Witkacy Prize…

1915

Phil Leeds

American actor (died 1998)

Phil Leeds was an American character actor. He appeared in many movies and television series, including guest appearances on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Maude, The Monkees, Friends, Barney Miller, The Golden Girls,…

1916

Vincent Ellis McKelvey

American geologist and author (died 1987)

Vincent Ellis McKelvey was an American geologist and earth scientist. Recognized as an international authority on deep-sea mineral deposits, he spent 46 years with the United States Geological Survey. From 1968 to 1982,…

1916

Leonora Carrington

English-Mexican painter and author (died 2011)

Mary Leonora Carrington was a British and Mexican Surrealist painter and novelist. She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the Surrealist movement of the 1930s.…

1917

Alfredo Ovando Candía

Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (died 1982)

Alfredo Ovando Candia was a Bolivian military officer and political leader who served as the 48th president of Bolivia from 1965 to 1966 and 1969 to 1970. During his first term, he shared power with René Barrientos as…

1918

Georgios Mylonas

Greek politician, 11th Greek Minister of Culture (died 1998)

Georgios Mylonas was a Greek Center Union politician and government minister. He was a close aide to Greek statesman and premier Georgios Papandreou, and was repeatedly elected deputy for the Ioannina seat with the…

1919

Jack Cover

American pilot and physicist, invented the Taser gun (died 2009)

John Higson Cover Jr. was an American aerospace scientist who invented the taser stun gun.

1920

Edmond H. Fischer

Swiss-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)

Edmond Henri Fischer was a Swiss-American biochemist. He and his collaborator Edwin G. Krebs were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch…

1920

Wilbur Thompson

American shot putter (died 2013)

Wilbur Marvin "Moose" Thompson was an American shot putter who won a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics, leading an American sweep of the medals.

1921

Gordon Chater

English-Australian comedian and actor (died 1999)

Gordon Maitland Chater AM was an English Australian comedian and actor, and recipient of the Gold Logie, he appeared in revue, theatre, radio, television and film, with a career spanning almost 50 years.

1922

Herb Thomas

American race car driver (died 2000)

Herbert Watson Thomas was a stock car racer who was one of NASCAR's most successful drivers in the 1950s. Thomas was NASCAR's first multi-time Cup Champion.

1923

Sergio Franchi

Italian-American singer and actor (died 1990)

Sergio Franchi was an Italian-American tenor and actor who enjoyed success in the United States and internationally after gaining notice in Britain in the early 1960s. In 1962, RCA Victor signed him to a seven-year…

1926

Gil Kane

Latvian-American author and illustrator (died 2000)

Gil Kane was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character.

1926

Ian Paisley

Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (died 2014)

Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside was a loyalist politician and Protestant religious leader from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 1971 to 2008 and First Minister…

1926

Randy Weston

American jazz pianist and composer (died 2018)

Randolph Edward "Randy" Weston was an American jazz pianist and composer whose creativity was inspired by his ancestral African connection.

1926

Gerry Mulligan

American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 1996)

Gerald Joseph Mulligan, also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, pianist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing the instrument…

1927

James Watson

American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)

James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist. In 1953, he and Francis Crick co-authored an academic paper in Nature proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, building…

1928

Willis Hall

English playwright and author (died 2005)

Willis Edward Hall was an English playwright and radio, television and film writer who drew on his working-class roots in Leeds for much of his writing. Willis formed an extremely prolific partnership with his life-long…

1929

Joi Lansing

American model, actress and nightclub singer (died 1972)

Joi Lansing was an American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer. She was noted for her pin-up photos and roles in B-movies, as well as a prominent role in the famous opening "tracking shot" in Orson…

1929

André Previn

American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)

André George Previn was a German and American conductor, composer, and pianist. His career had three facets: Hollywood films, jazz, and classical music. In each he achieved success, and the latter two were part of his…

1929

Christos Sartzetakis

Greek jurist, supreme justice and President of Greece (died 2022)

Christos Sartzetakis was a Greek jurist and a supreme justice of the Court of Cassation, who served as the president of Greece from 1985 to 1990.

1929

Qiu Dahong

Chinese coastal and offshore engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (died 2025)

Qiu Dahong was a Chinese coastal and offshore engineer. He served as chief engineer of the Dalian Fishing Port, the New Dalian Port, the Qinhuangdao Petroleum Port, and many other projects. He was a professor of the…

1930

Ram Dass

American author and educator (died 2019)

Ram Dass, also known as Baba Ram Dass, was an American spiritual teacher, guru of modern yoga, psychologist, and writer. His best-selling 1971 book Be Here Now, which has been described by multiple reviewers as…

1931

Ivan Dixon

American actor, director, and producer (died 2008)

Ivan Nathaniel Dixon III was an American actor, director, and producer best known for his series role in the 1960s sitcom Hogan's Heroes, and for his starring roles in the 1964 independent drama Nothing But a Man and…

1931

Connie Broden

Canadian ice hockey player (died 2013)

Thomas Connell Broden was a Canadian ice hockey forward. Broden is the only player to have won the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Championships and the Stanley Cup in the same year (1958).

1932

Helmut Griem

German actor and director (died 2004)

Helmut Griem was a German film, television and stage actor, and director.

1932

Roy Goode

English lawyer and academic

Sir Royston Miles "Roy" Goode is an academic commercial lawyer in the United Kingdom. He founded the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. He was awarded the OBE in 1972 followed by…

1933

Tom C. Korologos

American journalist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Belgium (died 2024)

Tom Chris Korologos was an American lobbyist, political advisor, and diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Belgium.

1933

Eduardo Malapit

American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Kauai (died 2007)

Eduardo Enabore Malapit was an American Democratic politician who served as Mayor of Kauaʻi, Hawaii. Elected for four consecutive two-year terms as mayor of Kauaʻi beginning in 1974, he was the first Filipino American…

1933

Enrique Álvarez Félix

Mexican actor (died 1996)

Enrique Álvarez Félix was a Mexican actor.

1934

Anton Geesink

Dutch martial artist and wrestler (died 2010)

Antonius Johannes Geesink was a Dutch 10th dan judoka. He was the first non-Japanese judoka to win gold at the World Judo Championships, a feat he accomplished in 1961 and 1965. He was also an Olympic Champion, having…

1934

Guy Peellaert

Belgian painter, illustrator, and photographer (died 2008)

Guy Peellaert was a Belgian artist, painter, illustrator, comic artist and photographer, most famous for the book Rock Dreams, and his album covers for rock artists like David Bowie and the Rolling Stones. He also…

1934

Douglas Hill

Canadian author and critic (died 2007)

Douglas Arthur Hill was a Canadian science fiction author, editor and reviewer. He was born in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of a railroad engineer, and was raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. An avid science fiction…

1935

Helen Berman

Dutch-Israeli painter and illustrator

Helen Berman is a Dutch-Israeli visual artist. She was a textile designer in the 1960s and has been a painter and occasionally an art educator since the 1970s. She is well known in Israel and has exhibited also in…

1936

Jean-Pierre Changeux

French neuroscientist, biologist, and academic

Jean-Pierre Changeux is a French neuroscientist known for his research in several fields of biology, from the structure and function of proteins, to the early development of the nervous system up to cognitive functions.…

1936

Merle Haggard

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)

Merle Ronald Haggard was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in country music, he was a central pioneer of the…

1937

Tom Veivers

Australian cricketer and politician

Thomas Robert Veivers is an Australian former cricketer, teacher, politician and public administrator who played in 21 cricket Test matches between 1963 and 1967. He is the great-uncle of Jack Wildermuth.

1937

Billy Dee Williams

American actor, singer, and writer

William December Williams Jr. is an American actor, novelist and painter. He has appeared in over 100 films and television roles over six decades. He is best known for portraying Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars…

1937

Paul Daniels

English magician and television host (died 2016)

Newton Edward Daniels, known professionally as Paul Daniels, was an English magician and television presenter. He achieved international fame through his television series The Paul Daniels Magic Show, which ran on the…

1938

Roy Thinnes

American television and film actor

Roy Thinnes is an American former television and film actor best known for his portrayal of lonely hero David Vincent in the ABC 1967–68 television series The Invaders.

1938

André Ouellet

Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs

André Ouellet, is a former longtime Liberal federal politician and cabinet member in Canada. Following his political career, he served as chairman of Canada Post.

1939

John Sculley

American businessman, co-founded Zeta Interactive

John Sculley III is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and investor in high-tech startups. Sculley was vice-president (1970–1977) and president of PepsiCo (1977–1983), until he became chief executive officer (CEO)…

1939

Homero Aridjis

Mexican journalist, author, and poet

Homero Aridjis is a Mexican poet, novelist, environmental activist, journalist, and former ambassador and ex-president of PEN International.

1940

Pedro Armendáriz

Jr., Mexican-American actor and producer (died 2011)

Pedro Armendáriz Bohr, better known by his stage name Pedro Armendáriz Jr., was a Mexican actor.

1940

Christopher Allsopp

English economist and academic

Christopher Allsopp was a British economist. He was Director of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies from 2006 to 2013, was emeritus Fellow of New College, Oxford, and a Reader in Economic Policy at the University of…

1941

Phil Austin

American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2015)

Philip Baine Austin was an American comedian and writer, best known as a member of the Firesign Theatre.

1941

Hans W. Geißendörfer

German director and producer

Hans W. Geißendörfer is a German film director and producer.

1941

Angeliki Laiou

Greek-American Byzantinist and politician (died 2008)

Angeliki E. Laiou was a Greek-American Byzantinist and politician. She taught at the University of Louisiana, Harvard University, Brandeis University, and Rutgers University. She was the Dumbarton Oaks Professor of…

1941

Don Prudhomme

American race car driver and manager

Donald Ray Prudhomme, nicknamed "the Snake", is an American drag racer. He won the NHRA FC championship four times across a 35-year career.

1941

Gheorghe Zamfir

Romanian flute player and composer

Gheorghe Zamfir is a Romanian nai musician.

1941

Barry Levinson

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Barry Lee Levinson is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Levinson won the Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1988). His other best-known works are Diner (1982), The Natural (1984), Good…

1942

Anita Pallenberg

Italian-English model, actress, and fashion designer (died 2017)

Anita Pallenberg was an Italian-German film actress, artist, and model. A style icon and "It girl" of the 1960s and 1970s, Pallenberg was credited as the muse of the Rolling Stones: she was the romantic partner of the…

1942

Max Clifford

English journalist and publicist (died 2017)

Maxwell Frank Clifford was an English publicist and convicted sex offender who was particularly associated with promoting "kiss and tell" stories in tabloid newspapers.

1943

Roger Cook

New Zealand-English journalist and academic

Roger Cook is a New Zealand-born British investigative journalist and television broadcaster. In 1997, he won a British Academy of Film & Television Arts special award "for 25 years of outstanding quality investigative…

1943

Ian MacRae

New Zealand rugby player

Ian Robert MacRae is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre, MacRae represented West Coast, Bay of Plenty and Hawke's Bay at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand…

1943

Mitchell Melton

American lawyer and politician (died 2013)

Mitchell Wesley Melton was a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He was the founder, organizer and original spokesman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, founded in 1969.

1943

Felicity Palmer

English operatic soprano

Dame Felicity Joan Palmer,, is an English mezzo-soprano and music professor. She sang soprano roles until 1983.

1944

Charles Sobhraj

French serial killer

Charles Sobhraj is a French serial killer, fraudster, and thief whose victims were mainly Western tourists travelling on the hippie trail of South Asia during the 1970s. He is of Sindhi and Vietnamese origin. He was…

1944

Rodney Bickerstaffe

English trade union leader (died 2017)

Rodney Kevan Bickerstaffe was a British trade unionist. He was General Secretary of the National Union of Public Employees (1982–1993) and UNISON (1996–2001), Britain's largest trade union at the time. He later became…

1945

Peter Hill

English journalist

Peter Hill is a British journalist and a former editor of the Daily Express.

1945

Paul Beresford

New Zealand-English dentist and politician

Sir Alexander Paul Beresford is a British–New Zealander politician who served as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Mole Valley in Surrey from 1997 to 2024. He previously served as MP for Croydon Central…

1946

John Ratzenberger

American actor and director

John Ratzenberger is an American actor. He is best known for playing the character Cliff Clavin on the comedy series Cheers, for which he earned two Primetime Emmy nominations. Ratzenberger reprised the role in the…

1947

André Weinfeld

French-American director, producer, and screenwriter

André Weinfeld is a French and American film and television producer, director, screenwriter, cinematographer, photographer, and journalist.

1947

Mike Worboys

English mathematician and computer scientist

Michael Worboys is a British mathematician, computer scientist and composer.

1947

Alyson Bailes

English academic and diplomat (died 2016)

Alyson Judith Kirtley Bailes CMG was a British diplomat, political scientist, academic and polymath.

1949

Patrick Hernandez

French singer-songwriter

Patrick Pierre Hernandez is a French singer who had a worldwide hit with "Born to Be Alive" in 1979.

1949

Ng Ser Miang

Singaporean athlete, entrepreneur and diplomat

Ng Ser Miang, is a Singaporean entrepreneur, diplomat, retired sailor, and sports administrator. He founded Trans-Island Bus Services in 1982 and is a board member of Singapore Press Holdings. Ng has been the…

1949

Horst Ludwig Störmer

German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Horst Ludwig Störmer is a German physicist, Nobel laureate and emeritus professor at Columbia University. He was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Daniel Tsui and Robert Laughlin "for their discovery…

1949

Claire Morissette

Canadian cycling activist (died 2007)

Claire Morissette was a Canadian cycling advocate who fought for equal cyclists' rights in Montreal since 1976. She was a member of the group Le Monde à Bicyclette. Notable were the stunts they organized to raise…

1950

Cleo Odzer

American anthropologist and author (died 2001)

Cleo Odzer was an American author and anthropologist renowned for her works exploring subcultures, including prostitution in Thailand, the hippie culture of Goa, and the emerging phenomenon of cybersex. Her works…

1950

Bert Blyleven

Dutch-American baseball player and sportscaster

Rik Aalbert Blyleven is a Dutch-American former professional baseball pitcher and color commentator. He played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1970 to 1992, primarily with the Minnesota Twins, and from…

1951

Jean-Marc Boivin

French skier, mountaineer, and pilot (died 1990)

Jean-Marc Boivin was a French mountaineer, extreme skier, hang glider and paraglider pilot, speleologist, BASE jumper, film maker and author. The holder of several altitude records for hang gliding and paragliding, the…

1951

Pascal Rogé

French pianist

Pascal Rogé is a French pianist.

1951

Udo Dirkschneider

German singer-songwriter

Udo Dirkschneider is a German singer who first rose to fame with the heavy metal band Accept. After leaving the band in 1987, he formed the band U.D.O., in which he has also enjoyed commercial success.

1952

Marilu Henner

Greek-Polish American actress and author

Marilu Henner is an American actress, singer, and author. She began her career appearing in the original production of the musical Grease in 1971, before making her screen debut in the 1977 comedy-drama film Between the…

1952

Michel Larocque

Canadian ice hockey player and manager (died 1992)

Michel Raymond "Bunny" Larocque was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League. He was…

1952

Patrick Doyle

Scottish actor and composer

Patrick Doyle is a Scottish composer and occasional actor best known for his film scores. During his 50-year career in film, television and theatre, he has composed the scores for over 60 feature films. A longtime…

1953

Christopher Franke

German-American drummer and songwriter

Christopher Franke, born 6 April, 1953, is best known as a German pioneer of electronic music and a Hollywood composer for film and television. He studied composition at Berlin Conservatory where his influences included…

1953

Rob Epstein

American director and producer

Robert P. Epstein, is an American director, producer, writer, and editor. He is known for directing numerous documentaries, several of them focusing on the LGBTQ community and has won two Academy Awards, two Emmy…

1955

Michael Rooker

American actor, director, and producer

Michael Rooker is an American actor. He first rose to prominence for portraying the titular role in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), and is best known for starring as Merle Dixon in the AMC series The Walking…

1955

Cathy Jones

Canadian actress, comedian, and writer

Catherine Frederica "Cathy" Jones is a Canadian actress, comedian and writer. She is known for her work for 28 years on the Canadian television series This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Jones left the show in 2021.

1955

Michele Bachmann

American lawyer and politician

Michele Marie Bachmann is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 6th congressional district from 2007 until 2015. A member of the Republican Party, she was a candidate for president of…

1956

Normand Corbeil

Canadian composer (died 2013)

Normand Corbeil was a Canadian composer known for his work on films, video games and television.

1956

Mudassar Nazar

Pakistani cricketer

Mudassar Nazar is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer with a career in Test cricket for Pakistan and in league cricket in Pakistan and England. He was an all-rounder and opening batsman who played 76 test and…

1956

Lee Scott

English politician

Lee Scott is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford North from 2005 until his defeat at the 2015 general election. Scott is an officer of the Conservative Friends of…

1956

Sebastian Spreng

Argentinian-American painter and journalist

Sebastian Spreng is an Argentine-born American visual artist and music journalist. He is a self-taught artist. He lives in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida.

1956

Dilip Vengsarkar

Indian cricketer and coach

Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar is a former Indian cricketer and a cricket administrator. He was considered to have a very good drive. Along with Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath, he was a key player in the Indian batting…

1956

Giorgio Damilano

Italian race walker and coach

Giorgio Damilano is an Italian former race walker.

1957

Maurizio Damilano

Italian race walker and coach

Maurizio Damilano is an Italian former race walker. He won 15 individual medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.

1957

Jaroslava Maxová

Czech soprano and educator

Jaroslava Maxová is a Czech mezzo-soprano opera singer and vocal coach.

1957

Paolo Nespoli

Italian soldier, engineer, and astronaut

Major Paolo Angelo Nespoli is an Italian astronaut and engineer of the European Space Agency (ESA). In 2007, he first traveled into space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a mission specialist of STS-120. In…

1957

Graeme Base

Australian author and illustrator

Graeme Rowland Base is a British-Australian author and artist of picture books. He is perhaps best known for his second book, Animalia published in 1986, and third book The Eleventh Hour which was released in 1989.

1958

Gail Shea

Canadian politician

Anne Marie Gail Shea was a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Egmont from 2008 to 2015. She had previously been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2000 to 2007,…

1959

Warren Haynes

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Warren Haynes is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his work as longtime guitarist with the Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule. Early in his career he…

1960

Richard Loe

New Zealand rugby player

Richard Wyllie Loe is a New Zealand former rugby union player. He won 49 international caps for New Zealand, the All Blacks, as a prop forward. He is a sports broadcaster on BSport, Radio Live and SKY Sport.

1960

John Pizzarelli

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

John Paul Pizzarelli Jr. is an American jazz guitarist and vocalist. He has recorded over twenty solo albums and has appeared on more than forty albums by other recording artists, including Paul McCartney, James Taylor,…

1960

Rory Bremner

Scottish impressionist and comedian

Roderick Keith Ogilvy "Rory" Bremner, is a Scottish impressionist and comedian, noted for his work in political satire and impressions of British public figures. He is best known for co-starring with John Bird and John…

1961

Peter Jackson

English footballer and manager

Peter Allan Jackson is a football manager and former player. He has previously had two spells as Huddersfield Town manager, whom he helped win the Division Three play-off in 2004, and he has also managed Lincoln City,…

1961

Iris Häussler

German sculptor and academic

Iris Haeussler is a conceptual and installation art artist of German origin. She lives in Toronto, Canada. Many of Iris Haeussler's works are detailed, hyperrealistic installations that visitors can decode as narrative…

1962

Marco Schällibaum

Swiss footballer, coach, and manager

Marco Schällibaum is a Swiss football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Swiss Super League side Grasshopper Club Zürich, whom he saved from relegation.

1962

Rafael Correa

Ecuadorian economist and politician, 54th President of Ecuador

Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado is an Ecuadorian politician and economist who served as the 45th president of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017. The leader of the PAIS Alliance political movement from its foundation until 2017,…

1963

Tim Walz

American politician, Governor of Minnesota & vice presidential candidate

Timothy James Walz is an American politician, former educator, and Army National Guard veteran serving since 2019 as the 41st governor of Minnesota. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to…

1964

Black Francis

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV, known professionally as Black Francis and formerly Frank Black, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who is the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Pixies.…

1965

Sterling Sharpe

American football player and sportscaster

Sterling Sharpe is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks,…

1965

Vince Flynn

American author (died 2013)

Vincent Joseph Flynn was an American author of political thriller novels featuring the fictional assassin Mitch Rapp. He was a story consultant for the fifth season of the television series 24. He died of prostate…

1966

Young Man Kang

South Korean-American director and producer

Young Man Kang is a South Korean filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Kang directed and produced The Last Eve (2005), Soap Girl (2002), Cupid's Mistake (2001) and Kimchi Warrior (2009). He is the…

1966

Julian Anderson

English composer and educator

Julian Anderson is a British composer and teacher of composition.

1967

Kathleen Barr

Canadian voice actress and singer

Kathleen Barr is a Canadian voice actress. She is best known for the voices of Marie Kanker and Kevin in Ed, Edd n Eddy, Dot Matrix in ReBoot, and Trixie Lulamoon and Queen Chrysalis in My Little Pony: Friendship Is…

1967

Tanya Byron

English psychologist and academic

Tanya Byron is a British psychologist, writer, and media personality, best known for her work as a child therapist on television shows Little Angels and The House of Tiny Tearaways. She also co-created the BBC Two…

1967

Jonathan Firth

English actor

Jonathan Stephen Firth is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in such British television productions as Middlemarch, Far from the Madding Crowd, and Victoria & Albert.

1967

Archon Fung

American political scientist, author, and academic

Archon Fung is the Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Democracy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and co-founder of the Transparency Policy Project. Fung served as an assistant…

1968

Affonso Giaffone

Brazilian race car driver

Affonso Giaffone Neto is a Brazilian former racing driver. He is one of several racing drivers in his family; he is a cousin of Felipe Giaffone, and a cousin-in-law of Rubens Barrichello. His father Affonso Giaffone Jr.…

1968

Bret Boone

American baseball player and manager

Bret Robert Boone is an American former professional baseball second baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners and…

1969

Bison Dele

American basketball player (died 2002)

Bison Dele was an American professional basketball player who played center for the NBA's Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons. Dele played college basketball for the…

1969

Philipp Peter

Austrian race car driver

Philipp Peter is a race car driver from Austria.

1969

Paul Rudd

American actor

Paul Stephen Rudd is an American actor. Rudd studied theatre at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making his acting debut in 1991. He was included on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list…

1969

Spencer Wells

American geneticist and anthropologist

Rush Spencer Wells is an American geneticist, anthropologist, author and entrepreneur. He co-hosts The Insight podcast with Razib Khan. Wells led The Genographic Project from 2005 to 2015, as an Explorer-in-Residence at…

1969

Olaf Kölzig

South African-German ice hockey player and coach

Olaf Kölzig is a South African-born German professional ice hockey goaltender and current goaltender coach and player development coach for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). With the exception…

1970

Roy Mayorga

American drummer, songwriter, and producer

Roy Mayorga is an American musician, best known as the drummer of heavy metal bands Soulfly, Hellyeah and Stone Sour and is currently the drummer for the industrial metal band Ministry.

1970

Huang Xiaomin

Chinese swimmer

Huang Xiaomin is a Chinese former breaststroke swimmer, whose best performance during her career was winning the silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She was born in…

1970

Anders Thomas Jensen

Danish director and screenwriter

Anders Thomas Jensen is a Danish screenwriter and film director. His film Election Night won the 1998 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

1972

Dickey Simpkins

American basketball player and sportscaster

LuBara Dixon "Dickey" Simpkins is an American former professional basketball player best known for his tenure with the Chicago Bulls in the late 1990s. He is currently a commentator for Fox Sports.

1972

Donnie Edwards

American football player

Donnie Lewis Edwards Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers. He played college…

1973

Randall Godfrey

American football player

Randall Euralentris Godfrey is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). Godfrey played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs football and was…

1973

Rie Miyazawa

Japanese model and actress

Rie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former idol singer. She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo Awards.

1973

Sun Wen

Chinese footballer

Sun Wen is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a forward. She previously captained the China national team and the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).

1973

Zach Braff

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Zachary Israel Braff is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as John Michael "J.D." Dorian on the NBC/ABC television series Scrubs, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for…

1975

Hal Gill

American ice hockey player

Harold Priestley Gill III is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 16 NHL seasons with six different teams, winning the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009.

1975

Candace Cameron Bure

American actress and talk show panelist

Candace Helaine Cameron Bure is an American actress, author and former talk show panelist best known as D.J. Tanner in Full House and Fuller House, Summer van Horne in Make It or Break It, and many Hallmark Channel…

1976

James Fox

Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

James Richard Mullett, known professionally as James Fox, is a Welsh pop singer and musician. He represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Istanbul. In 2008, he wrote and recorded the Cardiff…

1976

Chris Hoke

American football player

Christopher L. Hoke is an American former professional football player. Hoke was a nose tackle for his entire career with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the…

1976

Georg Hólm

Icelandic bass player

Georg "Goggi" Hólm is the bassist of the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. He is the most prominent member of Sigur Rós in the English press, as he does significantly more press than the other members due to him being…

1976

Hirotada Ototake

Japanese author and educator

Hirotada Ototake is a Japanese writer from Tokyo, who has written in the memoir, fiction and sports journalism genres.

1976

Ville Nieminen

Finnish ice hockey player

Ville Juhani Nieminen is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward who played over 400 games in the National Hockey League.

1977

Andy Phillips

American baseball player and coach

George Andrew Phillips is an American baseball coach and former infielder. He played college baseball at Alabama for coach Jim Wells from 1996 to 1999 and played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees,…

1977

Imani Coppola

American singer-songwriter and violinist

Imani Francesca Coppola is an American singer-songwriter and violinist. Her debut single "Legend of a Cowgirl" reached the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart in 1997. Her debut album, Chupacabra,…

1978

Robert Glasper

American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Robert Andre Glasper is an American pianist, record producer, songwriter, and musical arranger. His music embodies numerous musical genres, primarily centered around jazz. Glasper has won five Grammy Awards from 11…

1978

Tim Hasselbeck

American football player and sportscaster

Timothy Thomas Hasselbeck is an American sports journalist and former professional football player who is an analyst for ESPN. He played as a quarterback for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the…

1978

Myleene Klass

Austrian/Filipino-English singer, pianist, and model

Myleene Angela Klass is a British musician, singer, television presenter, model, writer and designer. She was a member of the pop group Hear'Say, and later released a solo classical crossover album in 2003, followed by…

1978

Martín Méndez

Uruguayan bass player and songwriter

Martín Méndez is a Uruguayan Swedish musician. He migrated to Sweden when he was 17 years old. He is the bassist of the progressive metal band Opeth and the second-longest-serving member of the band, behind frontman…

1978

Blaine Neal

American baseball player

Blaine Neal is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. Neal played with the Florida Marlins (2001–2003), San Diego Padres (2004), Boston Red Sox (2005), and Colorado Rockies (2005) of Major League…

1978

Igor Semshov

Russian footballer

Igor Petrovich Semshov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.

1978

Lord Frederick Windsor

English journalist and financier

Lord Frederick Michael George David Louis Windsor is a member of the British royal family. He is the only son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, and is 54th in the line of succession to the British throne. He is…

1979

Clay Travis

American sports journalist, blogger, and broadcaster

Richard Clay Travis is an American writer, lawyer, radio host and television analyst, and founder of OutKick.

1979

Tommi Evilä

Finnish long jumper

Jaakko Tommi Kristian Evilä is a Finnish former long jumper. He gained fame following his surprise bronze in the 2005 Helsinki World Championships, which was Finland's only medal in the championships.

1980

Tanja Poutiainen

Finnish skier

Tanja Tuulia Poutiainen is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Finland. She specialized in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom, and was the silver medalist in the women's giant slalom at the 2006…

1980

Robert Earnshaw

Welsh footballer

Robert Earnshaw is a Welsh former international footballer who played as a forward. He is the only player to have scored a hat-trick in the Premier League, all three divisions of the English Football League, the League…

1981

Jeff Faine

American football player

Jeffrey Kalei Faine is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Cleveland Browns 21st overall in the 2003 NFL draft. He played…

1981

Lucas Licht

Argentine footballer

Lucas Matías Licht is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a left-back but also as a left winger.

1981

Alex Suarez

American bass player

Cobra Starship is an American dance-rock band formed in New York City, New York, in 2005 by Gabe Saporta. He recorded the first album as a solo project, While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets. Saporta later enlisted…

1981

Travis Moen

Canadian ice hockey player

Travis Shawn Moen is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. He was selected in the fifth round, 155th overall, by the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 2000 NHL entry draft and…

1982

Miguel Ángel Silvestre

Spanish actor

Miguel Ángel Silvestre Rambla is a Spanish actor. He rose to prominence with his performance as El Duque in Sin tetas no hay paraíso.

1982

Mehdi Ballouchy

Moroccan footballer

Mehdi Ballouchy is a retired Moroccan professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently one of the coaching staff for New York City FC.

1983

Jerome Kaino

New Zealand rugby player

Jerome Kaino is a former New Zealand rugby union player.

1983

Mitsuru Nagata

Japanese footballer

Mitsuru Nagata is a Japanese retired football player. He played for Japan national team.

1983

Remi Nicole

English singer-songwriter and actress

Remi Nicole Wilson, better known as Remi Nicole, is a British singer-songwriter and actress who was born in North London, but now resides in Los Angeles. She is best known for her single "Go Mr Sunshine", which was…

1983

James Wade

English darts player

James Martin Wade is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is ranked world number six; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2010. Widely…

1983

Katie Weatherston

Canadian ice hockey player

Katherine Marie "Katie" Weatherston is a Canadian retired ice hockey player and head coach of the Lebanese women’s national ice hockey team. As a member of the Canadian women's national ice hockey team, she won Olympic…

1983

Max Bemis

American singer-songwriter

Maxim Adam Bemis is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and primary songwriter of the rock band Say Anything. He sang alongside Chris Conley in the supergroup Two Tongues. He plays alongside his former…

1984

Michaël Ciani

French footballer

Michaël Henry Ciani is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre back.

1984

Siboniso Gaxa

South African footballer

Siboniso "Pa" Gaxa is a former South African football defender who played for Ajax Cape Town, Kaizer Chiefs F.C., Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. and the South African national team.

1984

Diana Matheson

Canadian soccer player

Diana Beverly Matheson is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played for the Canada national team from 2003 to 2020 and multiple professional women's teams over the course of her career. She is best known…

1984

Fatau Dauda

Ghanaian footballer

Abdul Fatawu Dauda, known as Fatau Dauda, is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1985

Clarke MacArthur

Canadian ice hockey player

Clarke MacArthur is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was a left winger in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Ottawa Senators, Buffalo Sabres, Atlanta Thrashers and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was…

1985

Frank Ongfiang

Cameroonian footballer

Franck Olivier Ongfiang is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1985

Sinqua Walls

American basketball player and actor

Sinqua Walls is an American actor known for appearing in Friday Night Lights, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, American Soul, and White Men Can't Jump.

1985

Nikolas Asprogenis

Cypriot footballer

Nikolas Asprogenous is a Cypriot former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1986

Aaron Curry

American football player

Aaron Curry is an American professional football coach and former linebacker who most recently served as the linebackers coach for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). Curry was selected by the…

1986

Ryota Moriwaki

Japanese footballer

Ryota Moriwaki is a Japanese football player who plays for Ehime FC.

1986

Benjamin Corgnet

French footballer

Benjamin Corgnet is a French former professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

1987

Heidi Mount

American model

Heidi Mount is an American fashion model, modeling for fashion houses such as Michael Kors, Bottega Veneta, Sonia Rykiel, Versace, and Valentino. She has appeared in campaigns for Chanel, Prada, and Bally.

1987

Levi Porter

English footballer

Levi Roger Porter is an English footballer who most recently played for Melton Town.

1987

Hilary Rhoda

American model

Hilary Rhoda Hollis is an American model. She is perhaps best known for her work with the brand Estée Lauder and her 2009, 2010 and 2011 appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

1987

Jucilei

Brazilian footballer

Jucilei da Silva, known simply as Jucilei, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a central or defensive midfielder.

1988

Leigh Adams

Australian footballer

Leigh Adams is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

1988

Daniele Gasparetto

Italian footballer

Daniele Gasparetto is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for ASD Sant'Agostino.

1988

Carlton Mitchell

American football player

Carlton Lorange Mitchell is an American former professional football wide receiver. He was selected by the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft. He played…

1988

Fabrice Muamba

Congolese-English footballer

Fabrice Ndala Muamba is a Congolese-born English former professional footballer who played for Arsenal, Birmingham City and Bolton Wanderers as a central midfielder. Born in Zaire, Muamba moved to England at the age of…

1988

Ivonne Orsini

Puerto Rican model and television host, Miss World Puerto Rico 2008

Ivonne Marie Orsini López is a Puerto Rican actress, model, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder. Her career began in the pageantry industry, but she has moved into other media. Orsini was one of the hosts of WAPA-TV…

1988

Lachlan Coote

Australian rugby league player

Lachlan Coote is a former professional rugby league footballer who last played for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League.

1990

Charlie McDermott

American actor

Charles Joseph McDermott Jr. is an American musician and actor. After making his film debut in The Village (2004), McDermott had his breakout with a starring role in the crime drama film Frozen River (2008), earning him…

1990

Andrei Veis

Estonian footballer

Andrei Veis is an Estonian retired international footballer who played as a defender and a midfielder.

1990

Ken

South Korean singer

Lee Jae-hwan, known professionally as Ken (Korean: 켄), is a South Korean singer and actor, formerly signed under Jellyfish Entertainment. He is one of the members of the South Korean boy group VIXX, and has been widely…

1992

Julie Ertz

American soccer player

Julie Beth Ertz is an American former professional soccer player. From 2014 to 2021, she played for National Women's Soccer League club Chicago Red Stars, and in 2023 she played for Angel City FC. A member of the United…

1992

Huh Chan-mi

South Korean singer

Huh Chan-mi, also known mononymously as Chanmi, is a South Korean singer. Chanmi made her debut in 2010 as a member of a South Korean co-ed group Coed School and its female unit F-ve Dolls from 2011 until her departure…

1992

Adrián Alonso

Mexican actor

Adrián Alonso Barona is a Mexican actor. As a child actor, he was best known for the movie The Legend of Zorro.

1994

Darya Lebesheva

Belarusian tennis player

Darya Vyacheslavovna Lebesheva is a Belarusian tennis player.

1995

Al-Musrati

Libyan footballer

Al-Mu'attasim Billah Ali Mohamed Al-Musrati, known simply as Al-Musrati, is a Libyan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Hellas Verona, on loan from Beşiktaş.

1996

Mingyu

South Korean singer and rapper

Kim Min-gyu, known mononymously as Mingyu (민규), is a South Korean rapper and singer. Managed by Pledis Entertainment, he is a member of the South Korean boy band Seventeen and its hip hop team, and in 2025, debuted in a…

1997

Nicolás González

Argentine footballer

Nicolás Iván González is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for La Liga club Atlético Madrid, on loan from Serie A club Juventus, and the Argentina national team.

1998

Peyton List

American actress and model

Peyton Roi List is an American actress. She began her career as a child model, and transitioned to acting with a minor role in the film 27 Dresses (2008) at the age of nine. She appeared in the films Remember Me and…

1998

Spencer List

American actor

Spencer W. List is an American actor. List is best known from the Fox show Fringe. He has played Carter in The Fosters and its spin-off Good Trouble. He has also been on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Jack…

1998

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Known forHe made his professional debut in January 2005 and reached the top makuuchi division in September 2007

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