Famous Birthdays on April 9

Q: Who was born on April 9?

Famous people born on April 9 include: Al-Muqtafi, Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, Camilla Battista da Varano, Jean, Julius Henry.

Q: What is Hal Ketchum known for?

Hal Ketchum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)

1953 — Hal Ketchum

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)

April 9 has seen 260 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1096 – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · April 9 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 260 people 1096 – 2004

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After an independent release in the late 1980s, he signed with Curb Records in 1990, for which he would record until 2008

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The 1991 release Past the Point of Rescue was his most commercially successful, having been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America

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Ketchum recorded nine albums and one greatest-hits package for Curb, and a final album for Music Road in 2014

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Ketchum retired from the music business in 2019 following a diagnosis of dementia.

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Hal Michael Ketchum was an American country music singer and songwriter

Al-Muqtafi

caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate (died 1160)

Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Mustazhir, better known by his regnal name al-Muqtafi li-Amr Allah, was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 1136 to 1160, succeeding his nephew al-Rashid, who had been forced to…

1096

Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan

Emperor Renzong of Yuan (died 1320)

Buyantu Khan, born Ayurbarwada, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Renzong of Yuan, was the fourth emperor of the Yuan dynasty. In addition to being the Emperor of China, he is regarded as the eighth Great…

1285

Camilla Battista da Varano

Italian saint (died 1524)

Camilla Battista da Varano OSCl,, from Camerino, Italy, was an Italian princess and a Poor Clare nun and abbess. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1458

Jean

Cardinal of Lorraine (died 1550)

Jean de Lorraine was the third son of the ruling Duke of Lorraine, and a French cardinal, who was archbishop of Reims (1532–1538), Lyon (1537–1539), and Narbonne (1524–1550), bishop of Metz, and Administrator of the…

1498

Julius Henry

Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (died 1665)

Julius Henry was duke of Saxe-Lauenburg between 1656 and 1665. Before ascending to the throne he served as Field Marshal in the imperial army.

1586

John Davenport

English minister, co-founded the New Haven Colony (died 1670)

John Davenport was an English Puritan clergyman and co-founder of the American colony of New Haven.

1597

Johann Crüger

Sorbian-German composer and theorist (died 1662)

Johann Crüger was a German composer of well-known hymns. He was also the editor of the most widely used Lutheran hymnal of the 17th century, Praxis pietatis melica.

1598

Henrik Rysensteen

Dutch military engineer (died 1679)

Henrik Ruse, Baron of Rysensteen was a Dutch officer and fortification engineer. Following a period when he served in various armies in Germany and Italy, he wrote a well-researched book documenting the latest trends in…

1624

Johann Caspar Kerll

German organist and composer (died 1693)

Johann Caspar Kerll was a German Baroque composer and organist. He is also known as Kerl, Gherl, Giovanni Gasparo Cherll and Gaspard Kerle.

1627

Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau (died 1696)

Albertine Agnes of Nassau, was the regent of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe during the minority of her son Henry Casimir II, Count of Nassau-Dietz, between 1664 and 1679. She was the sixth child and fifth daughter of…

1634

Henri de Massue

Earl of Galway, French soldier and diplomat (died 1720)

Henri de Massue, 2nd Marquis de Ruvigny, Earl of Galway, was a French Huguenot soldier and diplomat who was influential in the English service in the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession.

1648

James Scott

1st Duke of Monmouth, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (died 1685)

General James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, Duke of Buccleuch was an English Army officer and courtier. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest illegitimate…

1649

Samuel Fritz

Czech Jesuit missionary to South America (died 1725?)

Samuel Fritz SJ was a Bohemian Jesuit missionary, noted for his exploration of the Amazon River and its basin. He spent most of his life preaching to Indigenous communities in the western Amazon region, including the…

1654

Philippe Néricault Destouches

French playwright (died 1754)

Philippe Néricault Destouches was a French playwright who wrote 22 plays.

1680

James Craggs the Younger

English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (died 1721)

James Craggs the Younger, was an English politician.

1686

Johann Matthias Gesner

German scholar and academic (died 1761)

Johann Matthias Gesner was a German classical scholar and schoolmaster.

1691

Georg Matthias Monn

Austrian organist, composer, and educator (died 1750)

Georg Matthias Monn was an Austrian composer, organist and music teacher whose works were fashioned in the transition from the Baroque to Classical period in music.

1717

Thomas Johann Seebeck

German physicist and academic (died 1831)

Thomas Johann Seebeck was a German physicist who observed a relationship between heat and magnetism. Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted later called this phenomenon the thermoelectric effect.

1770

Étienne Aignan

French author and academic (died 1824)

Étienne Aignan was a French translator, political writer, librettist and playwright. In 1814 he was made a member of the Académie française, succeeding Bernardin de Saint-Pierre in Seat 27. He died on 21 June 1824 aged…

1773

Theobald Boehm

German flute player and composer (died 1881)

Theobald Böhm was a German inventor and musician, who greatly improved the modern Western concert flute and Clarinet and its fingering system. He was a Bavarian court musician, a virtuoso flautist and a renowned…

1794

Søren Christian Sommerfelt

Norwegian priest and botanist (died 1838)

Søren Christian Sommerfelt was a Norwegian priest and botanist, best known for his study of spore plants (cryptogams).

1794

Elias Lönnrot

Finnish physician and philologist (died 1884)

Elias Lönnrot was a Finnish polymath, physician, philosopher, poet, musician, linguist, journalist, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for synthesizing the Finnish national…

1802

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

English engineer, designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge (died 1859)

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was an English civil and maritime engineer who is considered by his biographers "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution", "perhaps the most eminent Victorian engineer", and one…

1806

James Bannerman

Scottish theologian and academic (died 1868)

James Bannerman was a Scottish theologian. He is best known for his classic work on Presbyterian ecclesiology, The Church of Christ.

1807

Charles Baudelaire

French poet and critic (died 1867)

Charles-Pierre Baudelaire was a French poet, essayist, translator and art critic. His poems are described as exhibiting mastery of rhythm and rhyme, containing an exoticism inherited from the Romantics, and are based on…

1821

Eadweard Muybridge

English photographer and cinematographer (died 1904)

Eadweard Muybridge was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection.

1830

Leopold II of Belgium (died 1909)

Leopold II was the second king of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.

1835

Somerset Lowry-Corry

4th Earl Belmore (died 1913)

Somerset Richard Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore,, styled as Viscount Corry from 1841 to 1845, was an Irish nobleman and Conservative politician who served as Governor of New South Wales from 1868 to 1872.

1835

Paolo Tosti

Italian-English composer and educator (died 1916)

Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti KCVO was an Italian composer and music teacher. Today, he is remembered mostly for his light-hearted songs, which are popular among vocal students.

1846

Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz

Spanish Augustinian Recollect priest and saint (died 1906)

Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz was a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pasto from 1895 to 1906. He was a member of the Order of Augustinian Recollects and previously served as a missionary to the Philippines and…

1848

Erich Ludendorff

German general and politician (died 1937)

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff was a Prussian-born German general and politician. He achieved fame during World War I (1914–1918) for his central role in the German victories at Liège and Tannenberg in 1914. After…

1865

Charles Proteus Steinmetz

Polish-American mathematician and engineer (died 1923)

Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a Prussian-American mathematician and electrical engineer and professor at Union College. He fostered the development of alternating current that made possible the expansion of the electric…

1865

Chris Watson

Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (died 1941)

John Christian Watson was an Australian politician who served as the third prime minister of Australia from April to August 1904. He held office as the inaugural federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from…

1867

Charles Winckler

Danish tug of war competitor, discus thrower, and shot putter (died 1932)

Charles Gustav Wilhelm Winckler was a Danish thrower, swimmer, and tug of war competitor. He was set to compete in three swimming events at the 1896 Summer Olympics but did not start in any. He then competed at the 1900…

1867

Léon Blum

French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1950)

André Léon Blum was a French socialist politician and three-time Prime Minister of France. As a Jew, he was heavily influenced by the Dreyfus affair of the late 19th century.

1872

Jacques Futrelle

American journalist and author (died 1912)

Jacques Heath Futrelle was an American journalist and mystery writer. He is best known for writing short detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, also known as "The Thinking Machine" for his…

1875

Jan Letzel

Czech architect (died 1925)

Jan Letzel was a Czech architect who was active in early 20th century Japan. He is most famous for designing the Hiroshima Products Exhibition Hall that was partially destroyed in the atomic bombing of the city. The…

1880

Frederick Francis IV

Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (died 1946)

Frederick Francis IV was the last Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and regent of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He inherited the throne when he was fifteen years old in 1897 and was forced to renounce it in 1918.

1882

Otz Tollen

German actor (died 1965)

Otz Tollen was a German actor and film director.

1882

Frank King

American cartoonist (died 1969)

Frank Oscar King was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip Gasoline Alley. In addition to innovations with color and page design, King introduced real-time continuity in comic strips by showing his…

1883

Konrad Tom

Polish actor, writer, singer, and director (died 1957)

Konrad Tom, born Konrad Runowiecki, was a Polish Jewish actor, writer, singer and director born in Warsaw. He wrote song lyrics in Polish and in Yiddish for stage, film and cabaret, including szmonces. His wife was…

1887

Sol Hurok

Ukrainian-American talent manager (died 1974)

Sol Hurok was a 20th-century American impresario.

1888

Charles E. Burchfield

American painter (died 1967)

Charles Ephraim Burchfield was an American painter and visionary artist, known for his passionate watercolors of nature scenes and townscapes. The largest collection of Burchfield's paintings, archives and journals are…

1893

Victor Gollancz

English publisher, founded Victor Gollancz Ltd (died 1967)

Sir Victor Gollancz was a British publisher and humanitarian. Gollancz was known as a supporter of left-wing politics. His loyalties shifted between liberalism and communism; he defined himself as a Christian socialist…

1893

Rahul Sankrityayan

Indian linguist, author, and scholar (died 1963)

Rahul Sankrityayan was an Indian author, essayist, playwright, historian, and scholar of Buddhism who wrote in Hindi and Bhojpuri. Known as the "father of Hindi travel literature", Sankrityayan played a pivotal role in…

1893

Mance Lipscomb

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)

Beau De Glen "Mance" Lipscomb was an American blues singer, guitarist and songster.

1895

Michel Simon

Swiss-French actor (died 1975)

Michel Simon was a Swiss actor of German origin active primarily in France. He appeared in many notable French films, including La Chienne (1931), Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932), L'Atalante (1934), Port of Shadows…

1895

John B. Gambling

American radio host (died 1974)

John Bradley Gambling was an American radio personality. He was a member of the Gambling family, 3 generations of whom—John B., John A. and John R.—were hosts of WOR Radio's morning show Rambling with Gambling over the…

1897

Curly Lambeau

American football player and coach (died 1965)

Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). Lambeau, along with his friend and fellow Green Bay, Wisconsin settler, George Whitney Calhoun,…

1898

Paul Robeson

American singer, actor, and activist (died 1976)

Paul Leroy Robeson was an American bass-baritone concert artist, actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political stances.

1898

Allen Jenkins

American actor and singer (died 1974)

Allen Curtis Jenkins was an American character actor, voice actor and singer who worked on stage, film, and television. He may be best known to some audiences as the voice of Officer Charlie Dibble in the Hanna-Barbera…

1900

Jean Bruchési

Canadian historian and author (died 1979)

Jean Bruchési, FRSC was a Canadian writer, historian, public servant, and diplomat. He was the president of the Royal Society of Canada for 1953–4.

1901

Paul Willis

American actor and director (died 1960)

Paul Gregory Willis was an American actor of the silent film era.

1901

Théodore Monod

French explorer and scholar (died 2000)

Théodore André Monod was a French naturalist, humanist, scholar and explorer.

1902

Ward Bond

American actor (died 1960)

Wardell Edwin Bond was an American character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and starred in the NBC television series Wagon Train from 1957 to 1960. Among his best-remembered roles are Bert the cop in Frank…

1903

Sharkey Bonano

American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (died 1972)

Joseph Gustaf "Sharkey" Bonano, also known as Sharkey Banana or Sharkey Bananas, was an American jazz trumpeter, band leader, and vocalist. His musical abilities were sometimes overlooked because of his love of being an…

1904

J. William Fulbright

American lawyer and politician (died 1995)

James William Fulbright was an American politician, academic, and statesman who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. As of 2023, Fulbright is the longest-serving…

1905

Rafaela Aparicio

Spanish actress (died 1996)

Rafaela Díaz Valiente better known as Rafaela Aparicio was a famous Spanish film and theatre actress.

1906

Antal Doráti

Hungarian-American conductor and composer (died 1988)

Antal Doráti was a Hungarian-born conductor and composer who became a naturalized American citizen in 1943.

1906

Hugh Gaitskell

British politician and leader of the Labour Party (died 1963)

Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955 until his death in 1963. An economics lecturer and wartime civil servant, he was elected to…

1906

Victor Vasarely

Hungarian-French painter (died 1997)

Victor Vasarely was a Hungarian-French artist, who is widely accepted as a "grandfather" and leader of the Op art movement.

1906

Joseph Krumgold

American author and screenwriter (died 1980)

Joseph Quincy Krumgold was an American writer of books and screenplays. He was the first person to win two annual Newbery Medals for the most distinguished new American children's book.

1908

Paula Nenette Pepin

French composer, pianist and lyricist (died 1990)

Antonietta Paule Pepin Fitzpatrick, also known as Nenette, was a French composer, pianist and lyricist.

1908

Robert Helpmann

Australian dancer, actor, and choreographer (died 1986)

Sir Robert Murray Helpmann was an Australian ballet dancer, actor, choreographer, and director. After early work in Australia he moved to Britain in 1932, where he joined the Vic-Wells Ballet under its creator, Ninette…

1909

Abraham A. Ribicoff

American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (died 1998)

Abraham Alexander Ribicoff was an American politician from the U.S. state of Connecticut. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives and Senate and was the…

1910

Lev Kopelev

Ukrainian-German author and academic (died 1997)

Lev Zalmanovich (Zinovyevich) Kopelev was a Soviet author and dissident.

1912

Daniel Johnson Sr.

Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (died 1968)

Francis Daniel Johnson Sr. was a Canadian politician and the 20th premier of Quebec from 1966 until his death in 1968.

1915

Julian Dash

American swing music jazz tenor saxophonist (died 1974)

St. Julian Bennett Dash was an American swing music jazz tenor saxophonist born in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, probably better known for his work with Erskine Hawkins and Buck Clayton.

1916

Heinz Meyer

German Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) during World War II (died 1987)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide…

1916

Bill Leonard

American journalist (died 1994)

William Augustus Leonard was an American journalist and television executive who served as President of CBS News from 1979 to 1982.

1916

Johannes Bobrowski

German songwriter and poet (died 1965)

Johannes Bobrowski was a German lyric poet, narrative writer, adaptor and essayist.

1917

Ronnie Burgess

Welsh international footballer and manager (died 2005)

William Arthur Ronald Burgess was a Welsh international footballer, who played in the wing half position.

1917

Brad Dexter

American actor (died 2002)

Brad Dexter was an American actor and film producer. He is known for tough-guy and western roles, including the 1960 film The Magnificent Seven (1960), and producing several films for Sidney J. Furie such as Lady Sings…

1917

Henry Hewes

American theater writer (died 2006)

Henry Hewes was an American theater writer who worked as the drama critic for the Saturday Review weekly literary magazine from 1955 to 1979. He was the first major critic to regularly review regional and international…

1917

Jørn Utzon

Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (died 2008)

Jørn Oberg Utzon was a Danish architect. In 1957, he won an international design competition for his design of the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Utzon's revised design, which he completed in 1961, was the basis for…

1918

J. Presper Eckert

American engineer, invented the ENIAC (died 1995)

John Adam Presper "Pres" Eckert Jr. was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer. With John Mauchly, he designed the first general-purpose electronic digital computer (ENIAC), presented the first course in…

1919

Jean-Marie Balestre

French businessman (died 2008)

Jean-Marie Balestre was a French motorsport administrator and journalist. From 1978 to 1991, Balestre served as president of the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA); from 1985 to 1993, he also served as…

1921

Yitzhak Navon

Israeli politician (died 2015)

Yitzhak Rachamim Navon was an Israeli politician, diplomat, playwright, and author. He served as the president of Israel between 1978 and 1983 as a member of the centre-left Alignment party. He was the first Israeli…

1921

Frankie Thomas

American actor (died 2006)

Frank Marion Thomas Jr., was an American actor, author and bridge-strategy expert who played both lead and supporting roles on Broadway, in films, in post-World War II radio, and in early television. He was best known…

1921

Mary Jackson

African-American mathematician and aerospace engineer (died 2005)

Mary Jackson was an American aerospace engineer and mathematician at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which in 1958 was succeeded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She…

1921

Carl Amery

German author and activist (died 2005)

Carl Amery, the pen name of Christian Anton Mayer, was a German writer and environmental activist. Born in Munich, he studied at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU). He was a participant of Gruppe 47. He…

1922

Leonard Levy

American historian and author (died 2006)

Leonard Williams Levy was an American historian, the Andrew W. Mellon All-Claremont Professor of Humanities and chairman of the Graduate Faculty of History at the Claremont Graduate School, California, who specialized…

1923

Arthur Shaw

English professional footballer (died 2015)

Arthur Shaw was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Brentford, Arsenal and Watford.

1924

Virginia Gibson

American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2013)

Virginia Gibson was an American dancer, singer and actress of film, television and musical theater.

1925

Art Kane

American photographer (died 1995)

Art Kane was an American fashion and music photographer active from the 1950s through the early 1990s. He created many portraits of contemporary musicians, including Bob Dylan, Jefferson Airplane, Sonny and Cher, Aretha…

1925

Gerry Fitt

Northern Irish soldier and politician; British life peer (died 2005)

Gerard Fitt, Baron Fitt, was a politician from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was a founder and the first leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), a social democratic and Irish nationalist party.

1926

Hugh Hefner

American publisher, founded Playboy Enterprises (died 2017)

Hugh Marston Hefner was an American magazine publisher and businessman. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, a publication with sexualized photographs of women, articles, and fiction, and lengthy…

1926

Harris Wofford

American politician, author, and civil rights activist (died 2019)

Harris Llewellyn Wofford Jr. was an American attorney, civil rights activist, and Democratic Party politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1991 to 1995. A noted advocate of national…

1926

Tiny Hill

New Zealand rugby player (died 2019)

Stanley Frank "Tiny" Hill was a New Zealand international rugby union player and selector. A lock and flanker, Hill represented Canterbury and Counties at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national…

1927

Paul Arizin

American basketball player (died 2006)

Paul Joseph Arizin, nicknamed "Pitchin Paul", was an American basketball player who spent his entire National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Philadelphia Warriors from 1950 to 1962. He retired with the…

1928

Tom Lehrer

American singer-songwriter, pianist, and mathematician (died 2025)

Thomas Andrew Lehrer was an American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist and mathematician, who later taught mathematics and musical theater. He recorded pithy, humorous, and often political songs that became popular…

1928

Sharan Rani Backliwal

Indian sarod player and scholar (died 2008)

Sharan Rani was an Indian classical sarod player and music scholar.

1929

Fred Hollows

New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist (died 1993)

Frederick Cossom Hollows was a New Zealand–Australian ophthalmologist who became known for his work in restoring eyesight for people in Australia and many other countries through initiatives such as The Fred Hollows…

1929

Paule Marshall

American author and academic (died 2019)

Paule Marshall was an American writer, best known for her 1959 debut novel Brown Girl, Brownstones. In 1992, at the age of 63, Marshall was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship grant.

1929

Nathaniel Branden

Canadian-American psychotherapist and author (died 2014)

Nathaniel Branden was a Canadian–American psychotherapist and writer known for his work in the psychology of self-esteem. A former associate and romantic partner of Ayn Rand, Branden also played a prominent role in the…

1930

F. Albert Cotton

American chemist and academic (died 2007)

Frank Albert Cotton FRS was an American chemist. He was the W.T. Doherty-Welch Foundation Chair and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University. He authored over 1600 scientific articles. Cotton was…

1930

Jim Fowler

American zoologist and television host (died 2019)

James Mark Fowler was an American professional zoologist and host of the acclaimed wildlife documentary television show Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.

1930

Wallace McCain

Canadian businessman, founded McCain Foods (died 2011)

George Wallace Ferguson McCain was a Canadian businessman and co-founder of McCain Foods. With an estimated net worth of $US 4.15 billion, McCain was ranked by Forbes as the 13th wealthiest Canadian and 512th in the…

1930

Richard Hatfield

Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Premier of New Brunswick (died 1991)

Richard Bennett Hatfield was a Canadian politician who served as the premier of New Brunswick from 1970 to 1987. He was the longest-serving premier in New Brunswick history.

1931

Armin Jordan

Swiss conductor (died 2006)

Armin Jordan was a Swiss conductor known for his interpretations of French music, Mozart and Wagner.

1932

Peter Moores

English businessman and philanthropist (died 2016)

Sir Peter Moores was a British businessman, art collector and philanthropist who was chairman of the Liverpool-based Littlewoods football pools and retailing business in the United Kingdom between 1977 and 1980.

1932

Carl Perkins

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1998)

Carl Lee Perkins was an American country, rockabilly, and rock and roll guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio in Memphis in…

1932

Jean-Paul Belmondo

French actor and producer (died 2021)

Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo was a French actor, producer and distributor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s thanks to the success of the film Breathless (1960), he also acted in other films that…

1933

René Burri

Swiss photographer and journalist (died 2014)

René Burri was a Swiss photographer. Burri was a member of Magnum Photos and photographed major political, historical and cultural events and key figures of the second half of the 20th century. He made portraits of Che…

1933

Fern Michaels

American author (died 2025)

Mary Ruth Kuczkir, known by the pen name Fern Michaels, was an American writer of romance and thriller novels. Her books include Family Blessings, Pretty Woman, and Crown Jewel, as well as the Texas quartet and the…

1933

Richard Rose

American political scientist and academic

Richard Rose is a political scientist, author, and academic whose comparative studies in social science have significantly influenced political science and public policy in both practice and theory. He is a Professor…

1933

Gian Maria Volonté

Italian actor (died 1994)

Gian Maria Volonté was an Italian actor and activist. He is known for his roles in Italian Western films: Ramón Rojo in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (1964), El Indio in Leone's For a Few Dollars More (1965), El…

1933

Bill Birch

New Zealand surveyor and politician, 38th New Zealand Minister of Finance

Sir William Francis Birch, usually known as Bill Birch, is a New Zealand retired politician. He served as Minister of Finance from 1993 to 1999 in the fourth National Government.

1934

Tom Phillis

Australian motorcycle racer (died 1962)

Thomas Edward Phillis was an Australian professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He won the 1961 125cc motorcycle road racing World Championship and was the first person to lap the Isle of Man TT mountain circuit…

1934

Mariya Pisareva

Russian high jumper (died 2023)

Mariya Pisareva was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the High Jump. She trained at Zenit in Moscow.

1934

Aulis Sallinen

Finnish composer and academic

Aulis Heikki Sallinen is a Finnish contemporary classical music composer. His music has been variously described as "remorselessly harsh", a "beautifully crafted amalgam of several 20th-century styles", and…

1935

Avery Schreiber

American actor and comedian (died 2002)

Avery Lawrence Schreiber was an American actor and comedian. He was a veteran of stage, television, and movies who came to prominence in the 1960s in a comedy duo with Jack Burns. He acted in an array of roles mostly on…

1935

Jerzy Maksymiuk

Polish pianist, composer, and conductor

Jerzy Jan Maksymiuk is a Polish composer, pianist and orchestra conductor.

1936

Drew Shafer

American LGBT rights activist from Missouri (died 1989)

Drew Shafer was an American gay activist from Kansas City, Missouri, known for his LGBTQ activism.

1936

Valerie Solanas

American radical feminist author, attempted murderer (died 1988)

Valerie Jean Solanas was an American radical feminist known for the attempted assassination of artist Andy Warhol in 1968.

1936

Simon Brown

Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (died 2023)

Simon Denis Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, was a British barrister and judge. He was a Law Lord, then a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2009 to 2012.

1937

Marty Krofft

Canadian screenwriter and producer (died 2023)

Cydus Yolas and Moshopopoulos Yolas, known professionally as Sid and Marty Krofft or the Krofft Brothers, were a Canadian sibling team of television creators, writers, and puppeteers. Through their production company…

1937

Valerie Singleton

English television and radio host

Valerie Singleton is an English television and radio presenter. She is best known as a regular presenter of the BBC Television children's series Blue Peter from 1962 to 1972. She also presented the BBC Radio 4 PM…

1937

Viktor Chernomyrdin

Russian businessman and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Russia (died 2010)

Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin was a Soviet and Russian politician and businessman. He was the Minister of Gas Industry of the Soviet Union, after which he became first chairman of Gazprom energy company and the…

1938

Michael Learned

American actress

Michael Learned is an American actress, known for her role as Olivia Walton in the long-running CBS drama series The Waltons (1972–1981). She has won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama…

1939

Margo Smith

American singer-songwriter (died 2024)

Margo Smith was an American country and Christian music singer–songwriter. She had several years of country success during the 1970s, which included two number one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. In the…

1939

Hans-Joachim Reske

German sprinter

Hans-Joachim "Jochen" Reske is a West German former track and field athlete, who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics, and in 1962, at the European championships, he…

1940

Jim Roberts

Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)

James Wilfred Roberts, known as Jim Roberts or Jimmy Roberts, was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and forward.

1940

Kay Adams

American singer-songwriter

Princetta Kay Adams is an American country music singer.

1941

Hannah Gordon

Scottish actress

Hannah Campbell Grant Gordon is a Scottish actress and presenter who is known for her television work in the United Kingdom, including My Wife Next Door (1972), Upstairs, Downstairs (1974–75), Telford's Change (1979),…

1941

Brandon deWilde

American actor (died 1972)

Andre Brandon deWilde was an American actor, who had a successful career as both a child actor and in adulthood, on both stage and screen. Born into a theatrical family in Brooklyn, he debuted on Broadway at the age of…

1942

Leila Khaled

Palestinian activist

Leila Khaled is a Palestinian activist and former militant who is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). She is famous for her role in two plane-hijackings, and was the second woman to be…

1943

Terry Knight

American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2004)

Terry Knight was an American rock and roll music producer, promoter, singer, songwriter and radio personality, who enjoyed some success in radio, modest success as a singer, but considerable success as the original…

1943

Clive Sullivan

Welsh rugby league player (died 1985)

Clive Anthony Sullivan MBE was a Welsh rugby league footballer. A Great Britain and Wales international winger, he played for Hull F.C. and Hull Kingston Rovers in his career, winning Challenge Cup medals with both…

1943

Joe Brinkman

American baseball player and umpire

Joseph Norbert Brinkman is an American former umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB) who worked in the American League (AL) from 1972 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues from 2000 until his retirement during the…

1944

Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg

German shot putter

Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg is a retired East German shot putter.

1944

Steve Gadd

American drummer and percussionist

Stephen Kendall Gadd is an American drummer and session musician. Gadd is one of the best-known and most highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction into the Modern Drummer…

1945

Nate Colbert

American baseball player (died 2023)

Nathan Colbert Jr. was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman from 1966 to 1976, most prominently as a member of the newly formed San Diego Padres, who…

1946

Alan Knott

English cricketer

Alan Philip Eric Knott is a former cricketer who represented England at international level in both Tests and One-Day Internationals (ODI). Knott is widely regarded as one of the most eccentric characters in cricket and…

1946

Sara Parkin

Scottish activist and politician

Sara Parkin is a Scottish nurse and political activist. She started her working life as a nurse in Edinburgh but rose to prominence as a green political activist during and after the 1989 European Parliament election,…

1946

David Webb

English footballer, coach, and manager

David James Webb is an English former professional footballer who made 555 appearances in the Football League playing for Leyton Orient, Southampton, Chelsea, Queens Park Rangers, Leicester City, Derby County, AFC…

1946

Giovanni Andrea Cornia

Italian economist and academic (died 2024)

Giovanni Andrea Cornia was an Italian development economist. He was professor of economics, department of economics and management, at the University of Florence. He had previously been the director of the Regional…

1947

Jaya Bachchan

Indian actress and politician

Jaya Bachchan is an Indian actress and politician. She has served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Samajwadi Party since 2004. Known for her work in Hindi films, she is noted for reinforcing a…

1948

Tito Gómez

Puerto Rican salsa singer (died 2007)

Tito Gómez was a Puerto Rican salsa singer.

1948

Michel Parizeau

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Michel Gérard Parizeau is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger and head coach who played two seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers.

1948

Patty Pravo

Italian singer

Nicoletta Strambelli, known professionally as Patty Pravo, is an Italian singer. She debuted in 1966 and remained most successful commercially for the rest of the 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Having suffered a…

1948

Tony Cragg

English sculptor

Sir Anthony Douglas Cragg is an Anglo-German sculptor, resident in Wuppertal, Germany since 1977.

1949

Robert Clark

American author

Robert Clark is an American novelist and writer of nonfiction. He has received the Edgar, James Beard and Julia Child awards, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, and the Washington State Book Award as well as being…

1952

Bruce Robertson

New Zealand rugby player (died 2023)

Bruce John Robertson was a New Zealand rugby union player. A centre, he represented Counties at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, from 1972 to 1981. He played 102…

1952

Tania Tsanaklidou

Greek singer and actress

Soultana (Tania) Tsanaklidou is a Greek artist, both singer and actress, who represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978.

1952

John Howard

English singer-songwriter and pianist

John Howard is an English singer-songwriter, pianist and recording artist and published author. With his February 1975 debut album Kid in a Big World, Howard emerged as a late voice of the glam-pop wave of the early…

1953

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer responsible for the 2017 Las Vegas shooting (died 2017)

Stephen Craig Paddock was an American mass murderer who perpetrated the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. Paddock opened fire into a crowd of about 22,000 concertgoers attending a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip,…

1953

Ken Kalfus

American journalist and author

Ken Kalfus is an American author and journalist. Three of his books have been named New York Times Notable Books of the Year.

1954

Dennis Quaid

American actor

Dennis William Quaid is an American actor. He is known for his starring roles in many successful films, including Innerspace (1987), Great Balls of Fire! (1989), Dragonheart (1996), The Parent Trap (1998), Frequency…

1954

Iain Duncan Smith

British soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Sir George Iain Duncan Smith, often referred to by his initials IDS, is a British politician who was Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2003. He was Secretary of State for Work…

1954

Yamina Benguigui

Algerian-French director and politician

Yamina Benguigui is a French film director and politician of Algerian descent. She is known for her films on gender issues in the North African immigrant community in France. Through her films, Benguigui gave a voice to…

1955

Joolz Denby

English poet and author

Joolz Denby is an English poet, novelist, artist and tattooist based in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

1955

Miguel Ángel Russo

Argentine footballer and coach (died 2025)

Miguel Ángel Russo was an Argentine professional football player and manager who played as a defensive midfielder. As a player, Russo spent his entire career in Estudiantes de La Plata. As a manager, he coached for over…

1956

Nigel Shadbolt

English computer scientist and academic

Sir Nigel Richard Shadbolt is Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, and Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford. He is chairman of the Open Data Institute which he…

1956

Marina Zoueva

Russian ice dancer and coach

Marina Olegovna Zoueva or Zueva is a Russian figure skating coach, choreographer, and former competitor in ice dancing. Representing the Soviet Union with Andrei Vitman, she placed 5th at the 1977 World Championships…

1956

Nigel Slater

English food writer and author

Nigel Slater is an English food writer, journalist and broadcaster. He has written a column for The Observer Magazine for more than a decade and is the principal writer for the Observer Food Monthly supplement. Prior to…

1956

Seve Ballesteros

Spanish golfer and architect (died 2011)

Severiano Ballesteros Sota was a Spanish professional golfer, a World No. 1 who was one of the sport's leading figures from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. A member of a gifted golfing family, he won 90 international…

1957

Martin Margiela

Belgian fashion designer

Martin Margiela is a Belgian fashion designer, artist, and founder of the French luxury fashion house Maison Margiela. Throughout his career, Margiela has maintained a low profile, refusing to grant face-to-face…

1957

Jamie Redfern

English-born Australian television presenter and pop singer

Jamie Redfern is an Australian television presenter and personality and pop singer. Redfern was an original cast member of children's variety show, Young Talent Time from April 1971 to early 1972, before leaving the…

1957

Nadey Hakim

British-Lebanese surgeon and sculptor

Nadey S. Hakim FASMBS, is a British-Lebanese professor of transplantation surgery at Imperial College London and general surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic London. He is also a writer, musician and sculptor, known for…

1958

Tony Sibson

English boxer

Tony Sibson is a former professional boxer.

1958

Bernard Jenkin

English businessman and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

Sir Bernard Christison Jenkin is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harwich and North Essex, previously Colchester North then North Essex, since 1992. He also served…

1959

Jaak Aab

Estonian educator and politician, Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia

Jaak Aab is an Estonian politician who has served as Minister of Education and Research and three times as the Minister of Public Administration from 2017 to 2018, from 2019 to 2020 and from 2011 to 2022 and as the…

1960

Mark Kelly

Irish keyboard player

Mark Colbert Kelly is an Irish keyboardist and a member of the neo-prog band Marillion.

1961

Kirk McCaskill

Canadian-American baseball and hockey player

Kirk Edward McCaskill is a Canadian-American former Major League Baseball pitcher and former professional ice hockey player. He played in Major League Baseball for the California Angels and Chicago White Sox between…

1961

John Eaves

American production designer and illustrator

John Eaves is a designer and illustrator best known for his work on the Star Trek franchise, starting with Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. He served as a production illustrator on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star…

1962

Ihor Podolchak

Ukrainian director, producer, and screenwriter

Ihor Podolchak is a Ukrainian filmmaker and visual artist. He is a co-founder of the creative association Masoch Fund, and a participant in the Ukrainian New Wave.

1962

Imran Sherwani

English field hockey player (died 2025)

Imran Ahmed Khan Sherwani was a British international field hockey player. He won gold with the Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

1962

Jeff Turner

American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

Jeffrey Steven Turner is an American former professional basketball player and broadcasting announcer. Turner played ten NBA seasons, spending time with the New Jersey Nets as well as the Orlando Magic. He ended his NBA…

1962

Marc Jacobs

American-French fashion designer

Marc Jacobs is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for his own fashion label, Marc Jacobs, and formerly Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, which was produced for approximately 15 years, before it…

1963

Joe Scarborough

American journalist, lawyer, and politician

Charles Joseph Scarborough is an American television host and former politician who is the co-host of Morning Joe on MS NOW, alongside his wife Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist. He previously hosted Scarborough Country…

1963

Rob Awalt

German-American football player

Robert Mitchell Awalt is a German-American former professional football tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys, and Buffalo Bills. He played college football…

1964

Juliet Cuthbert

Jamaican sprinter

Juliet Samantha Cuthbert-Flynn, née Cuthbert, is a Jamaican politician and retired track and field sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. As an athlete, Cuthbert-Flynn competed at four Olympic Games,…

1964

Doug Ducey

American politician and businessman, 23rd Governor of Arizona

Douglas Anthony Ducey is an American businessman and Republican politician who served as the 23rd governor of Arizona from 2015 to 2023 as well as Arizona State Treasurer from 2011 to 2015. He also was CEO of the ice…

1964

Peter Penashue

Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs

Peter Penashue, is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. He was elected as the Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament for the riding of Labrador in the 2011 federal election. Penashue was the…

1964

Margaret Peterson Haddix

American author

Margaret Peterson Haddix is an American writer known best for the two children's series, Shadow Children (1998–2006) and The Missing (2008–2015). She also wrote the tenth volume in the multiple-author series The 39…

1964

Rick Tocchet

Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach

Richard Tocchet is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the sixth round, 121st overall, by…

1964

Helen Alfredsson

Swedish golfer

Helen Christine Alfredsson is a Swedish professional golfer who played primarily on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She won the LPGA major Nabisco Dinah Shore and twice…

1965

Paulina Porizkova

Czech-born Swedish-American model and actress

Paulina Porizkova is a fashion model, author and actress. In 1984, she became the first Central European woman to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.

1965

Jeff Zucker

American businessman

Jeffrey Adam Zucker is an American businessman and media executive. Zucker was the president of CNN Worldwide from 2013 to 2022. He oversaw CNN, CNN International, HLN, and CNN Digital. He was previously CEO of…

1965

Mark Pellegrino

American actor

Mark Ross Pellegrino is an American actor. He is best known for his work as Lucifer in Supernatural, Paul Bennett in Dexter, Jacob in Lost, James Bishop in Being Human, Clayton Haas in Quantico, Joe Messing in…

1965

John Hammond

English weather forecaster

John Michael Hammond is a meteorologist and an English weather forecaster, newsreader and continuity announcer for the BBC. In the past he could be seen presenting weather forecasts on BBC One news bulletins, the BBC…

1966

Cynthia Nixon

American actress

Cynthia Nixon is an American actress, activist, and theatre director. During her career, she has received various accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Grammy Award, making her one of…

1966

Natascha Engel

German-English translator and politician

Natascha Engel is a British former politician. She served as Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Derbyshire from 2005 until her defeat at the 2017 general election.

1967

Sam Harris

American author, philosopher, and neuroscientist

Samuel Benjamin Harris is an American neuroscientist, philosopher, author, and podcast host. His work includes a range of topics, including rationality, religion, ethics, free will, determinism, neuroscience,…

1967

Jay Chandrasekhar

American actor, comedian, writer and director

Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar is an actor, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken Lizard films Super…

1968

Barnaby Kay

English actor

Barnaby Kay is a British actor who has played roles in television, stage, film and performance art. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

1969

Linda Kisabaka

German runner

Linda Kisabaka is a retired German middle distance runner. She ran the 400 metres until 1996, when she began specialising in the 800 metres. She retired in 2001, having represented the sports clubs Bayer 04 Leverkusen…

1969

Chorão

Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2013)

Alexandre Magno Abrão, known professionally as Chorão, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, skateboarder, filmmaker, screenwriter and businessman. Best known for being a founding member and the vocalist/main lyricist of…

1970

Peter Canavan

Irish footballer and manager

Peter Canavan is an Irish former Gaelic footballer, manager and pundit.

1971

Leo Fortune-West

English footballer and manager

Leopold Paul Osborne Fortune-West is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played in the Football League for Gillingham, Leyton Orient, Lincoln City, Rotherham United, Brentford, Cardiff…

1971

Austin Peck

American actor

Austin Peck is an American actor. He is best known for his work in daytime soap operas.

1971

Jacques Villeneuve

Canadian race car driver

Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve is a Canadian former racing driver who competed in IndyCar from 1994 to 1995, and Formula One from 1996 to 2006. He won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1997 with…

1971

Bernard Ackah

German-Japanese martial artist and kick-boxer

Bernard Ackah is a German taekwondo practitioner, kickboxer, mixed martial artist and comedian.

1972

Siiri Vallner

Estonian architect

Siiri Vallner is an industrious Estonian architect. She works mostly in community projects, as well as in many competitions. She is a member of the Union of Estonian Architects.

1972

Megan Connolly

Australian actress (died 2001)

Megan Jennifer Connolly was an Australian actress, mainly of soap opera. She grew up in the northern Sydney suburb of St Ives, New South Wales.

1974

Jenna Jameson

American actress and pornographic performer

Jenna Marie Massoli, known professionally as Jenna Jameson, is an American businesswoman, writer, television personality, and former pornographic film actress. She has been named the world's most famous adult…

1974

Alexander Pichushkin

Russian serial killer

Alexander Yuryevich Pichushkin, also known as the Chessboard Killer and the Bittsa Park Maniac, is a Russian serial killer and former warehouse worker who is believed to have killed at least forty-nine people, and…

1974

Robbie Fowler

English footballer and manager

Robert Bernard Fowler is an English football coach and former player. He most recently managed Saudi First Division League side Al-Qadsiah.

1975

David Gordon Green

American director and screenwriter

David Gordon Green is an American filmmaker. Green began his career in 1997 and gained fame with the independent film George Washington (2000). He directed two additional independent dramas, All the Real Girls (2003)…

1975

Kyle Peterson

American baseball player and sportscaster

Kyle Johnathan Peterson is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1999 and 2001.

1976

Gerard Way

American singer-songwriter and comic book writer

Gerard Arthur Way is an American singer, songwriter, and comic book writer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the rock band My Chemical Romance. He released his debut solo album, Hesitant Alien, in…

1977

Kousei Amano

Japanese actor

Hironari Amano is a Japanese actor. In 2008 he changed his name to Kousei Amano , maintaining the kanji in his name. In 2013, he married actress Akiko Hinagata.

1978

Jorge Andrade

Portuguese footballer

Jorge Manuel Almeida Gomes de Andrade is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

1978

Rachel Stevens

English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

Rachel Lauren Stevens is an English singer and actress. She has been a member of the pop group S Club, which was active from 1998 to 2003, and has reformed once again since 2023. She released her solo debut studio album…

1978

Jeff Reed

American football player

Jeffrey Montgomery Reed is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels. Reed was signed by the…

1979

Keshia Knight Pulliam

American actress

Keshia Knight Pulliam is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress. She landed her breakthrough role as Rudy Huxtable, on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992), and became the youngest person to…

1979

Sarah Ayton

English sailor

Sarah Lianne Ayton is an English former professional sailor.

1980

Luciano Galletti

Argentinian footballer

Luciano Martín Galletti is an Argentine retired professional footballer who played as a right winger.

1980

Albert Hammond Jr.

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Albert Hammond Jr. is an American musician who is a member of the rock band the Strokes. He is best known for his role as the guitarist and occasional keyboard player and backing vocalist for the band. Hammond has…

1980

Milan Bartovič

Slovak ice hockey player

Milan Bartovič is a Slovak former professional ice hockey left winger, who last played for HK Dukla Trenčín in the Slovak Extraliga. He was drafted 35th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1999 NHL entry draft.

1981

A. J. Ellis

American baseball player

Andrew James Ellis, is an American former professional baseball catcher who is currently a special assistant to the general manager in the front office of the San Diego Padres. Ellis played in Major League Baseball…

1981

Ireneusz Jeleń

Polish footballer

Ireneusz Jeleń is a Polish footballer who plays as a right-winger or striker for CKS Piast Cieszyn.

1981

Dennis Sarfate

American baseball player

Dennis Scott Sarfate is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros, and Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Saitama…

1981

Eric Harris

American mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (died 1999)

Eric David Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold were an American mass murder duo who perpetrated the Columbine High School massacre, where they killed 13 students and one teacher, and wounded 23 others. After killing most of…

1981

Jay Baruchel

Canadian actor

Jonathan Adam Saunders "Jay" Baruchel is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He voiced Hiccup Haddock in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise (2010–2019) and had lead roles in the comedies Fanboys (2009), She's Out of My…

1982

Carlos Hernández

Costa Rican footballer

Carlos Gerardo Hernández Valverde, known simply as Carlos Hernández, is a former Costa Rican football player who last played as an attacking midfielder.

1982

Kathleen Munroe

Canadian-American actress

Kathleen Munroe is a Canadian actress.

1982

Ryan Clark

Australian actor

Ryan James Clark is an Australian lifeguard and former television and film actor. He became known for his portrayal of Sam Marshall in Home and Away over the course of a decade, before becoming a Waverley Council…

1983

Habiba Ghribi

Tunisian runner

Habiba Ghribi is a Tunisian middle- and long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, giving her country its first Olympic medal by a woman.…

1984

Adam Loewen

Canadian baseball player

Adam Alexander Loewen is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies, and Arizona…

1984

Óscar Razo

Mexican footballer

Oscar Francisco Razo Ventura is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defender. He previously played for CD Veracruz, and made 16 appearances for them in 2006–07. He retired on 1 January 2015.

1984

Antonio Nocerino

Italian footballer

Antonio Nocerino is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He was formerly the head coach of USL Championship club Las Vegas Lights FC.

1985

David Robertson

American baseball player

David Alan Robertson, nicknamed "D-Rob", is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher who played for eight teams during a 17-season career in Major League Baseball (MLB). Robertson won a World Series ring…

1985

Mike Hart

American football player

Leon Michael Hart is an American football coach and former player, currently the running backs coach at Boston College. Hart played college football as a running back at the University of Michigan from 2004 to 2007, and…

1986

Leighton Meester

American actress

Leighton Marissa Meester is an American actress, singer, and model. She is known for her starring role as Blair Waldorf on the CW television series Gossip Girl (2007–2012). She has also appeared in films such as Killer…

1986

Kassim Abdallah

French-Comorian footballer

Kassim Abdallah Mfoihaia is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Championnat National 3 team Marseille II. Born in France, he played for the Comoros national team.

1987

Graham Gano

American football player

Graham Gano is a Scottish–American professional football placekicker. He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles and was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2009. Gano has also…

1987

Craig Mabbitt

American singer

Craig Edward Mabbitt is an American singer who is the frontman of the rock band Escape the Fate. He was formerly the lead vocalist for Blessthefall and The Word Alive. He is also the lead vocalist of his side-project…

1987

Jesse McCartney

American singer-songwriter and actor

Jesse McCartney is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He achieved fame in the late 1990s on the daytime drama All My Children as JR Chandler. He later joined the boy band Dream Street, and eventually branched…

1987

Jarrod Mullen

Australian rugby league player

Jarrod Stephen Mullen is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He last played for the Sunshine Coast Falcons in the Queensland Cup. A New South Wales State of Origin representative, he played at…

1987

Jazmine Sullivan

American singer-songwriter

Jazmine Marie Sullivan is an American R&B singer and songwriter. She has won two Grammy Awards, a Billboard Women in Music Award, and two BET Awards over the course of her career. In 2022, Time placed her on their list…

1987

Jeremy Metcalfe

English race car driver

Jeremy Metcalfe is a British motor racing driver who last competed in 2008 in the British GT Championship where he finished the season as Vice-Champion along with team-mate Luke Hines. Racing in the Formula Renault UK…

1988

Bianca Belair

American wrestler

Bianca Nicole Crawford is an American professional wrestler and fitness and figure competitor. As of April 2016, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Bianca Belair. Belair…

1989

Danielle Kahle

American figure skater

Danielle "Dani" Kahle is an American former competitive figure skater. She won four medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, including gold in Croatia in 2003, and finished 11th at the 2004 World Junior…

1989

Kristen Stewart

American actress

Kristen Jaymes Stewart is an American actress and filmmaker. Her career spans from major blockbusters to intimate arthouse dramas, and she has earned a reputation for portraying complex, introspective characters. As a…

1990

Ryan Williams

American football player

Ryan Gene Williams is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the second round of the 2011 NFL draft. He…

1990

Gai Assulin

Israeli footballer

Gai Yigaal Assulin is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder. He last played for Serie D club Crema.

1991

Ryan Kelly

American basketball player

Ryan Matthew Kelly is an American professional basketball player for the Fukui Blowinds of the B.League in Japan. He played college basketball for Duke University.

1991

Mary Killman

American synchronized swimmer

Mary Killman is an American synchronized swimmer. After switching to synchronized swimming from race swimming, Killman was a member of the teams that won silver medals in the duet and team competitions at the 2011 Pan…

1991

Raheem Mostert

American football player

Dominique Raheem Mostert is an American professional football running back. He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers.

1992

Alexandra Hunt

American politician

Alexandra M. Hunt is an American political candidate, public health worker, published research scientist, and activist from Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Hunt has run to represent Pennsylvania's…

1993

Bladee

Swedish rapper and singer

Benjamin Thage Dag Reichwald, known professionally as Bladee, is a Swedish rapper and singer. In 2013, he formed the Drain Gang music collective alongside childhood friends Ecco2k, Thaiboy Digital, and Whitearmor.…

1994

Joey Pollari

American actor

Joey Pollari is an American actor, musician, and director who became well known for his role as Eric Tanner on ABC's second season of American Crime, and in 2018, appeared in the film Love, Simon, as Lyle, one of…

1994

Domagoj Bošnjak

Croatian basketball player

Domagoj Bošnjak is a Croatian professional basketball player who last played for Široki of the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina and ABA League Second Division. Standing at 1.98 m he plays the shooting…

1995

Robert Bauer

German-Kazakhstani footballer

Robert Bauer is a German professional footballer who plays for Iraq Stars League club Al-Mosul SC. Bauer represented the Germany national under-20 football team at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand and won a…

1995

Demi Vermeulen

Dutch Paralympic equestrian

Demi Vermeulen is a Dutch Paralympic equestrian.

1995

Jayden Brailey

Australian rugby league player

Jayden Brailey is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League (NRL).

1996

Giovani Lo Celso

Argentine footballer

Giovani Lo Celso is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for La Liga club Real Betis and the Argentina national team.

1996

Luis Arráez

Venezuelan baseball player

Luis Sangel Arráez is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins, Miami Marlins, and San Diego…

1997

Elle Fanning

American actress

Mary Elle Fanning is an American actress. Her accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Golden Globe Awards.

1998

Stanley Nsoki

French footballer

Stanley Pierre Nsoki is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for German Bundesliga club Union Berlin on loan from TSG Hoffenheim.

1999

Lil Nas X

American rapper

Montero Lamar Hill, better known by his stage name Lil Nas X, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence with the release of his 2018 country rap single "Old Town Road", which spent a…

1999

Rúben Vinagre

Portuguese footballer

Rúben Gonçalo da Silva Nascimento Vinagre is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left wing-back for Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw.

1999

Tiago Djaló

Portuguese footballer

Tiago Emanuel Embaló Djaló is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş and the Portugal national team.

2000

Jackie Evancho

American singer

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Hal Ketchum — American country musician (1953-2020)

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