Famous Birthdays on August 11

Q: Who was born on August 11?

Famous people born on August 11 include: Henry V, Yolande of Aragon (died 1442), Nikolaus von Schönberg, Margaret Paleologa, Richard Mead.

Q: What is Charles Cecil known for?

Charles Cecil, English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software

206 people 1086 – 2002

August 11 has seen 206 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1086 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · August 11 — Wikipedia

1962 — Charles Cecil

English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software

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After completing his degree in 1985 he decided to continue his career in game development and became director of Artic

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In 1980 he began his studies in Engineering Manufacture and Management at the University of Manchester, where he met student Richard Turner who invited him to write text adventures for Artic Computing

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In 1987 he moved into publishing as a software development manager for U.S

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Charles Cecil is a British video game designer and co-founder of Revolution Software

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His family lived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo when he was still very young, but was evacuated two years after Mobutu Sese Seko's coup d'état

Henry V

Holy Roman Emperor (died 1125)

Henry V was King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, as the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty. He was made co-ruler by his father, Henry IV, in 1098.

1086

Yolande of Aragon (died 1442)

Yolande of Aragon was Duchess of Anjou and Countess of Provence by marriage, who acted as regent of Provence during the minority of her son. She was also known as Yolanda de Aragón and Violant d'Aragó. Tradition holds…

1384

Nikolaus von Schönberg

Catholic cardinal (died 1537)

Nikolaus von Schönberg was a German Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Capua.

1472

Margaret Paleologa

Sovereign Marchioness of Montferrat (died 1566)

Margaret Palaeologa, was the marchioness of Montferrat in her own right between 1533 and 1536. She was also Duchess of Mantua by marriage to Federico II, Duke of Mantua. Margaret acted as the regent of the duchy of…

1510

Richard Mead

English physician and astrologer (died 1754)

Richard Mead, FRS, FRCP was an English physician. His work, A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion, and the Method to be used to prevent it (1720), was of historic importance in advancing the understanding…

1673

Frederick Haldimand

Swiss-English general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec (died 1791)

Sir Frederick Haldimand, KB was a Swiss military officer best known for his service in the British Army in North America during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. From 1778 to 1786, he served as…

1718

Richard Brocklesby

English physician (died 1797)

Richard Brocklesby, an English physician, was born at Minehead, Somerset.

1722

Joseph Schuster

German composer (died 1812)

Joseph Schuster was a German composer.

1748

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician (died 1852)

Johann Friedrich Ludwig Christoph Jahn was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist whose writing is credited with the founding of the German gymnastics (Turner) movement, first realized at Volkspark Hasenheide in…

1778

James B. Longacre

American engraver (died 1869)

James Barton Longacre was an American portraitist and engraver, and the fourth chief engraver of the United States Mint from 1844 until his death. Longacre is best known for designing the Indian Head cent, which entered…

1794

David Rice Atchison

American general, lawyer, and politician (died 1886)

David Rice Atchison was a mid-19th-century Democratic United States Senator from Missouri. He served as president pro tempore of the United States Senate for six years. Atchison served as a major general in the Missouri…

1807

William W. Chapman

American lawyer and politician (died 1892)

William Williams Chapman was an American politician and lawyer in Oregon and Iowa. He was born and raised in Virginia. He served as a United States Attorney in Iowa when it was part of the Michigan and Wisconsin…

1808

Frederick Innes

Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (died 1882)

Frederick Maitland Innes was Premier of Tasmania from 4 November 1872 to 4 August 1873.

1816

Robert G. Ingersoll

American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 1899)

Robert Green Ingersoll, nicknamed "the Great Agnostic", was an American lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism.

1833

Kido Takayoshi

Japanese samurai and politician (died 1877)

Kido Takayoshi , formerly known as Katsura Kogorō , was a Japanese statesman, samurai and shishi who is considered one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration.

1833

Warren Brown

American historian and politician (died 1919)

Warren Brown was an American politician, historian, gentleman farmer, businessman, and author from Hampton Falls, New Hampshire.

1836

Marie François Sadi Carnot

French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (died 1894)

Marie François Sadi Carnot was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.

1837

John Hodges

Australian cricketer (died 1933)

John Robart Hodges was an Australian cricketer who played in the first two Test matches in 1877.

1855

Christiaan Eijkman

Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)

Christiaan Eijkman was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of antineuritic vitamins (thiamine). Together with Sir Frederick…

1858

Ottó Bláthy

Hungarian engineer and chess player (died 1939)

Ottó Titusz Bláthy was a Hungarian electrical engineer. During his career he became the co-inventor of the modern electric transformer, the voltage regulator, the AC watt-hour meter, the turbo generator, the…

1860

Tom Richardson

English cricketer (died 1912)

Tom Richardson was an English cricketer. A fast bowler, Richardson relied to a great extent on the break-back, a relatively long run-up and high arm which allowed him to gain sharp lift on fast pitches even from the…

1870

Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (died 1953)

Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg was a German noblewoman. She was a princess of Saxe-Altenburg by birth and a Princess of Anhalt by marriage.

1874

Adolph M. Christianson

American lawyer and judge (died 1954)

Adolph M. Christianson was an attorney and a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.

1877

Oliver W. F. Lodge

English poet and author (died 1955)

Oliver William Foster Lodge, was a poet and author; he was the eldest son of Sir Oliver Lodge (1851–1940), the physicist, and his wife Mary, who had studied painting at the Slade. His five brothers all qualified as…

1878

Aleksander Aberg

Estonian wrestler (died 1920)

Aleksander Richard Aberg was an Estonian professional Greco-Roman and free-style wrestling world champion of the early 20th century. He took part in the World Heavyweight Championship and was one of the three most…

1881

Hermann Wlach

Austrian-Swiss actor (died 1962)

Hermann Wlach was an Austrian stage and film actor.

1884

Stephen Butterworth

English physicist and engineer (died 1958)

Stephen Butterworth (1885–1958) was a British physicist who invented the filter that bears his name, a class of electrical circuits that separates electrical signals of different frequencies.

1885

Stancho Belkovski

Bulgarian architect and educator (died 1962)

Stancho Belkovski, was a Bulgarian architect.

1891

Edgar Zilsel

Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (died 1944)

Edgar Zilsel was an Austrian-American historian and philosopher of science.

1891

Hugh MacDiarmid

Scottish poet and linguist (died 1978)

Christopher Murray Grieve, best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid, was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. He is considered one of the principal forces behind the Scottish Renaissance and has…

1892

Eiji Yoshikawa

Japanese author (died 1962)

Eiji Yoshikawa was a Japanese historical novelist, best known for his revisions of classics and retelling of historical events through the lens of semi-biographical fiction books.

1892

Enid Blyton

English author, poet, and educator (died 1968)

Enid Mary Blyton was an English children's writer. She is one of the best selling and most prolific writers of all time, particularly in the realm of children's literature. Blyton's books have been worldwide bestsellers…

1897

Louise Bogan

American poet and critic (died 1970)

Louise Bogan was an American poet. She was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress in 1945, and was the first woman to hold this title. Throughout her life she wrote poetry, fiction, and criticism,…

1897

Peter Mohr Dam

Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 1968)

Peter Mohr Dam was a Faroe Islands politician who was one of the founders of the Social Democratic Javnaðarflokkurin party in 1926.

1898

Charley Paddock

American sprinter (died 1943)

Charles William Paddock was an American athlete and two-time Olympic champion.

1900

Philip Phillips

American archaeologist and scholar (died 1994)

Philip Phillips was an influential archaeologist in the United States during the 20th century.

1900

Alfredo Binda

Italian cyclist (died 1986)

Alfredo Binda was an Italian road cyclist of the 1920s and 1930s. He was the first to win five editions of the Giro d'Italia, and a three-time world champion. In addition he won Milan–San Remo twice, and the Tour of…

1902

Lloyd Nolan

American actor (died 1985)

Lloyd Benedict Nolan was an American stage, film and television actor who rose from a supporting player and B-movie lead early in his career to featured player status after creating the role of Captain Queeg in Herman…

1902

Christian de Castries

French general (died 1991)

Christian Marie Ferdinand de la Croix de Castries was a French general and the commander of forces at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954.

1902

Erwin Chargaff

Austrian-American biochemist and academic (died 2002)

Erwin Chargaff was an Austro-Hungarian-born American biochemist, writer, and professor of biochemistry at Columbia University medical school. A Bucovinian Jew who immigrated to the United States during the Nazi regime,…

1905

Ernst Jaakson

Estonian diplomat (died 1998)

Ernst Rudolf Jaakson was an Estonian diplomat whose contribution was to maintain Estonia's legal continuity with his uninterrupted diplomatic service for 69 years.

1905

Ted a'Beckett

Australian cricketer and lawyer (died 1989)

Edward Lambert à Beckett was an Australian cricketer who played in four Test matches between 1928 and 1931. He played in 47 first-class matches for Victoria.

1907

Don Freeman

American author and illustrator (died 1978)

Don Freeman was an American painter, printmaker, cartoonist, and an illustrator and writer of children's books. He was active from the 1930s to the 1970s and often used Times Square as the backdrop of his memorable…

1908

Torgny T:son Segerstedt

Swedish sociologist and philosopher (died 1999)

Torgny T. Segerstedt was a Swedish philosopher and sociologist.

1908

Yūji Koseki

Japanese composer (died 1989)

Yūji Koseki was a Japanese ryūkōka, gunka, march, fight song and film score composer. His real name was also Yūji Koseki, but its kanji was 古關勇治. For his contributions in music to baseball, he was inducted into the…

1909

Uku Masing

Estonian philosopher and theologian (died 1985)

Uku Masing was an Estonian polymath who contributed to theology, oriental studies, philosophy, poetry, folklore and to the field of ethnology. He was a significant figure in Estonian religious philosophy. Masing also…

1909

Thanom Kittikachorn

Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (died 2004)

Thanom Kittikachorn was Prime Minister of Thailand from 1963 to 1973. Prior to taking office, he supported and initiated military coups and served as Thailand's defence minister. He was forced to step down after public…

1911

Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs

German astronomer and academic (died 1954)

Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs was a German astronomer. She made key observations of variable stars.

1912

Raphael Blau

American screenwriter and producer (died 1996)

Raphael David Blau was an American screenwriter who co-wrote the story for Bedtime for Bonzo (1951), among other film productions.

1912

Paul Dupuis

Canadian actor (died 1976)

Paul Dupuis was a French Canadian film actor who was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and who performed in British films during the late 1940s. The roles he played were mainly as the romantic leading man. He died in…

1913

Bob Scheffing

American baseball player and manager (died 1985)

Robert Boden Scheffing was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and front-office executive. Nicknamed "Grumpy", the native of Overland, Missouri, is most often identified with the Chicago Cubs, for…

1913

Angus Wilson

English author and academic (died 1991)

Sir Angus Frank Johnstone-Wilson was an English novelist and short story writer. He was one of England's first openly gay authors. He was awarded the 1958 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot…

1913

Morris Weiss

American author and illustrator (died 2014)

Morris S. Weiss was an American comic book and comic strip artist and writer. Active from the 1930s through the mid-1970s, he created the teen-comedy character Margie for Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel…

1915

Johnny Claes

English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (died 1956)

Octave John Claes was a British-born racing driver who competed for Belgium. Before his fame as a racing driver, Claes was also a jazz trumpeter and successful bandleader in Britain.

1916

Luis Olmo

Puerto Rican-American baseball player and manager (died 2017)

Luis Francisco Rodríguez Olmo was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter. Olmo played in the majors with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves (1950–51). Olmo was both the first Puerto…

1919

Mike Douglas

American singer and talk show host (died 2006)

Michael Delaney Dowd Jr., known as Mike Douglas, was an American big band singer, entertainer, television talk show host of The Mike Douglas Show, and actor.

1920

Chuck Rayner

Canadian ice hockey player (died 2002)

Claude Earl "Chuck" Rayner, nicknamed "Bonnie Prince Charlie", was a Canadian professional hockey goaltender who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Americans and New York Rangers. He is a…

1920

Alex Haley

American historian and author (died 1992)

Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a…

1921

John "Mule" Miles

American baseball player (died 2013)

John "Mule" Miles was an American professional baseball player who played with the Chicago American Giants of the Negro leagues from 1946 to 1949. Nicknamed "the Mule" by his manager Candy Jim Taylor after hitting two…

1922

Stan Chambers

American journalist and actor (died 2015)

Stanley Holroyd "Stan" Chambers was an American television reporter who worked for KTLA in Los Angeles from 1947 to 2010.

1923

Floyd Curry

Canadian ice hockey player and manager (died 2006)

Floyd James "Busher" Curry was a Canadian ice hockey right winger.

1925

Arlene Dahl

American actress, businesswoman and writer (died 2021)

Arlene Carol Dahl was an American actress active in films from the late 1940s. Born in Minnesota to parents of Norwegian descent, Dahl started her acting career in musicals before transitioning to film, where she gained…

1925

Aaron Klug

Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)

Sir Aaron Klug was a British biophysicist and chemist. He was a winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically…

1926

Raymond Leppard

English harpsichord player and conductor (died 2019)

Raymond John Leppard was a British-American conductor, harpsichordist, composer and editor. In the 1960s, he played a prime role in the rebirth of interest in Baroque music; in particular, he was one of the first major…

1927

Stuart Rosenberg

American director and producer (died 2007)

Stuart Rosenberg was an American film and television director. He was most noted for his collaborations with actor Paul Newman, whom he directed in Cool Hand Luke (1967), WUSA (1970), Pocket Money (1972), and The…

1927

Manabendra Mukhopadhyay

Indian singer (died 1992)

Manabendra Mukhopadhyay was an Indian singer and music composer in Bengali films. Coming to limelight in the early 1950s Manabendra was an innovative and stylish singer who had a strong foundation in Indian classical…

1929

Fernando Arrabal

Spanish actor, director, and playwright

Fernando Arrabal Terán is a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist, and poet. He was born in Melilla and settled in France in 1955. Regarding his nationality, Arrabal describes himself as…

1932

Izzy Asper

Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest (died 2003)

Israel Harold "Izzy" Asper was a Canadian tax lawyer and media magnate. He was the founder and owner of the now-defunct TV and media company CanWest Global Communications Corp and father to its former CEO and President…

1932

Geoffrey Cass

English businessman

Sir Geoffrey Arthur Cass MA (Oxford), MA (Cambridge), CCMI, HonFInstD. Chairman of the Royal Theatrical Support Trust. Spent twenty years as chief executive of Cambridge University Press and has also been chairman of…

1932

Peter Eisenman

American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia

Peter David Eisenman is an American architect. Considered one of the New York Five, Eisenman is known for his high modernist and deconstructive designs, as well as for his authorship of several architectural books. His…

1932

John Gorrie

English director and screenwriter

John Summer Gorrie is an English director and screenwriter. He began his career as an actor, but in early 1963 he completed the BBC's directors' course. His first assignments as a director were for the soap opera…

1932

Jerry Falwell

American minister and television host (died 2007)

Jerry Laymon Falwell was an American Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative activist. He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia. He founded Lynchburg…

1933

Jerzy Grotowski

Polish director and producer (died 1999)

Jerzy Marian Grotowski was a Polish theatre director and dramatic theorist whose innovative approaches to acting, training and theatrical production have significantly influenced theatre today. He is considered one of…

1933

Tamás Vásáry

Hungarian pianist and conductor (died 2026)

Tamás Vásáry was a Hungarian concert pianist and conductor who made an international career, living in Switzerland from 1956 and later in London from 1970. He was known for interpreting music of the Romantic era,…

1933

Bob Hepple

South African lawyer and academic (died 2015)

Sir Bob Alexander Hepple OLG was a South African-born legal academic and leader in the fields of labour law, equality and human rights.

1934

Andre Dubus

American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (died 1999)

Andre Jules Dubus II was an American writer of short stories, novels, and essays.

1936

Bill Monbouquette

American baseball player and coach (died 2015)

William Charles Monbouquette was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (1958–65), Detroit Tigers (1966–67), New…

1936

Jonathan Spence

English-American historian and academic (died 2021)

Jonathan Dermot Spence was a British-American historian, sinologist, and author specialised in Chinese history. He was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University from 1993 to 2008. His most widely read book is The…

1936

Anna Massey

English actress (died 2011)

Anna Raymond Massey was an English actress. She won a BAFTA Best Actress Award for the role of Edith Hope in the 1986 TV adaptation of Anita Brookner's novel Hotel du Lac, a role that one of her co-stars, Julia…

1937

Patrick Joseph McGovern

American businessman, founded International Data Group (died 2014)

Patrick Joseph McGovern Jr. was an American businessman, and chairman and founder of International Data Group (IDG), a company with subsidiaries in technology publishing, research, event management and venture capital.

1937

James Mancham

first President of Seychelles (died 2017)

Sir James Richard Marie Mancham KBE was a Seychellois politician who founded the Seychelles Democratic Party and was the first President of Seychelles from 1976 to 1977.

1939

Ronnie Dawson

American singer and guitarist (died 2003)

Ronald Monroe Dawson was an American rockabilly singer, guitarist and drummer, nicknamed The Blond Bomber. Although he achieved regional success in the 1950s, his popularity peaked internationally with tours in the…

1939

Glenys Page

New Zealand cricketer (died 2012)

Glenys Lynne Page was a New Zealand cricketer who played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She appeared in two One Day Internationals for New Zealand, both at the 1973 World Cup. She played domestic cricket for…

1940

John Ellison

American-Canadian musician and songwriter

John Ellison is an American/Canadian musician, best known for writing the song "Some Kind of Wonderful." He was born in Montgomery, West Virginia, and was raised in Landgraff, West Virginia, a small, poverty-stricken…

1941

Mike Hugg

English drummer and keyboard player

Michael John Hugg is a British musician who was a founding member of the 1960s group Manfred Mann, and co-founder of the psychedelic jazz-fusion group, Manfred Mann Chapter Three. He is known for his creativity in his…

1942

Otis Taylor

American football player (died 2023)

Otis Taylor Jr. was an American professional football wide receiver who played in the American Football League (AFL). He played college football for the Prairie View A&M Panthers and was selected by the Kansas City…

1942

Jim Kale

Canadian bass player

Michael James Kale is a Canadian retired musician, best known as the original bassist for the rock band The Guess Who. He was also a member of the band Scrubbaloe Caine. In 1987, he was inducted into the Canadian Music…

1943

Pervez Musharraf

Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (died 2023)

Pervez Musharraf was a Pakistani politician and a military officer who served as the tenth president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. He overthrew Nawaz Sharif's government in the 1999 coup d'état and proclaimed himself…

1943

Denis Payton

English saxophonist (died 2006)

The Dave Clark Five, also known as the DC5, were an English rock and roll band formed in 1958 in Tottenham, London. Drummer Dave Clark was the group's leader, producer and co-songwriter. In January 1964, they had their…

1943

Martin Linton

Swedish-English journalist and politician

John Martin Linton is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Battersea from 1997 to 2010.

1944

Frederick W. Smith

American businessman, founded FedEx (died 2025)

Frederick Wallace Smith was an American business magnate and investor. He was the founder and chairman of FedEx Corporation, the world's largest express transportation company. Smith stepped down as CEO in June 2022 and…

1944

Ian McDiarmid

Scottish actor

Ian McDiarmid is a Scottish actor and director of stage and screen. Making his stage debut in Hamlet in 1972, McDiarmid joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1974, and has since starred in a number of William…

1944

John Conlee

American singer-songwriter

John Wayne Conlee is an American country music singer.

1946

Marilyn vos Savant

American journalist and author

Marilyn vos Savant is an American magazine columnist who has the highest recorded intelligence quotient (IQ) in the Guinness Book of Records, a competitive category the publication has since retired. Since 1986, she has…

1946

Theo de Jong

Dutch footballer, coach, and manager

Theodorus Jacob de Jong is a Dutch former professional footballer and former football coach.

1947

Georgios Karatzaferis

Greek journalist and politician

Georgios Karatzaferis is a Greek politician, a former member of the Hellenic Parliament and the former president of the Popular Orthodox Rally. Previously, Karatzaferis was a member of parliament of the…

1947

Wilma van den Berg

Dutch sprinter

Wilhelmina Catharina Maria Martina "Wilma" van den Berg,, married name van Gool, is a Dutch former sprinter, two-time Olympian, silver medalist in the European Championships and Universiade, Dutch national champion, and…

1947

Don Boyd

Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter

Donald William Robertson Boyd is a Scottish film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist. He was a Governor of the London Film School until 2016 and in 2017 was made an Honorary Professor in the College of…

1948

Eric Carmen

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)

Eric Howard Carmen was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was the lead vocalist of the Raspberries, with whom he recorded the hit "Go All the Way" and four albums. He embarked on a solo career…

1949

Tim Hutchinson

American lawyer and politician

Young Timothy Hutchinson is an American politician, lobbyist, and former United States senator from the U.S. state of Arkansas. A member of the Republican Party, he was the first Republican U.S. senator to represent…

1949

Ian Charleson

Scottish-English actor and singer (died 1990)

Ian Charleson was a Scottish stage and film actor. He is best known internationally for his starring role as Olympic athlete and missionary Eric Liddell in the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire. He is also well…

1949

Erik Brann

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)

Erik Keith Brann, also known as Erik Braunn, was an American guitarist with the 1960s acid rock band Iron Butterfly. He was featured on the band's greatest hit, the 17-minute "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (1968), recorded when…

1950

Gennadiy Nikonov

Russian engineer, designed the AN-94 rifle (died 2003)

Gennadiy Nikolaevich Nikonov was a Russian firearm engineer. Some of his accomplishments were as the designer of the AN-94 assault rifle, and the "straight-back bolt." Nikonov held 44 Copyright Certificates, and was…

1950

Steve Wozniak

American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.

Stephen Gary Wozniak, also known by his nickname Woz, is an American technology entrepreneur, electrical engineer, computer programmer, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Computer with his early business partner…

1950

Reid Blackburn

American photographer (died 1980)

Reid Turner Blackburn was an American photographer killed in the 1980 volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens. A photojournalist covering the eruption for a local newspaper—the Vancouver, Washington The Columbian—as well…

1952

Bob Mothersbaugh

American singer, guitarist, and producer

Robert Leroy Mothersbaugh Jr., also known by his stage name Bob 1, is an American musician, singer, songwriter and composer.

1952

Hulk Hogan

American professional wrestler (died 2025)

Terry Gene Bollea, better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, was an American professional wrestler and media personality. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most recognized wrestlers of all time, Hogan won…

1953

Wijda Mazereeuw

Dutch swimmer

Wijda Mazereeuw is a retired swimmer from the Netherlands. Individually she competed in the 200 m and 400 m medley event at the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at the 1976 Summer Olympics,…

1953

Bryan Bassett

American guitarist

Bryan Bassett is an American guitarist who has played with several notable bands, but is best known as a member of Wild Cherry in the 1970s who had a hit with "Play That Funky Music".

1954

Vance Heafner

American golfer and coach (died 2012)

Clayton Vance Heafner Jr. was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, the Nationwide Tour and the Champions Tour.

1954

Joe Jackson

English singer-songwriter and musician

Joe Jackson is a British musician, singer and songwriter. Having spent years studying music and playing clubs, he found early success with his hit new wave singles "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" and "It's Different…

1954

Tarmo Rüütli

Estonian footballer, coach, and manager

Tarmo Rüütli is an Estonian football manager and former football player.

1954

Yashpal Sharma

Indian cricketer and umpire (died 2021)

Yashpal Sharma was an Indian international cricketer. He was a middle order batsman who played during the 1970s and 80s. He was a member of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup. He represented India in 37…

1954

Marc Bureau

Canadian politician, 16th Mayor of Gatineau

Marc Bureau is a Canadian politician, who was the mayor of the city of Gatineau, Quebec from 2005 to 2013.

1955

Sylvia Hermon

Northern Irish academic and politician

Sylvia Eileen, Lady Hermon is a retired Unionist politician from Northern Ireland. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of North Down from 2001 to 2019.

1955

Pierre-Louis Lions

French mathematician and academic

Pierre-Louis Lions is a French mathematician. He is known for a number of contributions to the fields of partial differential equations and the calculus of variations. He was a recipient of the 1994 Fields Medal.

1956

Ian Stuart Donaldson

English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)

Ian Stuart Donaldson, more commonly known as Ian Stuart, was an English neo-Nazi musician. He was best known as the front-man of Skrewdriver, originally a punk band which, from 1983 onwards, he rebranded as a Rock…

1957

Masayoshi Son

Japanese technology entrepreneur and investor

Masayoshi Son is a Japanese entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. A Zainichi Korean, he is the founder, representative director, corporate officer, chairman and chief executive of SoftBank Group (SBG), a…

1957

Steven Pokere

New Zealand rugby player

Steven Tahurata Pokere is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre, Pokere represented Southland, Auckland and Wellington at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand…

1958

Jah Wobble

English singer-songwriter and bass player

John Joseph Wardle is an English bass guitarist and singer. He became known to a wider audience as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd (PiL) in the late 1970s and early 1980s; he left the band after two albums.

1958

Gustavo Cerati

Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2014)

Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clark was an Argentine musician and singer-songwriter who gained international recognition for being the leader, vocalist, composer, and guitarist of the rock band Soda Stereo. He is widely…

1959

Yoshiaki Murakami

Japanese businessman

Yoshiaki Murakami is a Japanese investor, bull, former bureaucrat of the MITI, co-founder of "Murakami Fund", and founder of the Murakami Family Foundation (村上財団).

1959

Taraki Sivaram

Sri Lankan journalist and author (died 2005)

Taraki Sivaram or Dharmeratnam Sivaram was a popular Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka. He was kidnapped by four men in a white van on 28 April 2005, in front of the Bambalapitya police station. His body was found the next…

1959

Richard Scudamore

English businessman

Richard Craig Scudamore CBE is an English sports executive.

1959

László Szlávics

Jr., Hungarian sculptor

László Szlávics is a Hungarian sculptor and medallic artist. He publishes his works under the names László, ifj. Szlávics or Laszlo Szlavics Jr.László Szlávics jr. has set several new norms in Hungarian medallic art. It…

1959

David Brooks

American journalist and author

David Brooks is a Canadian-born American book author and political and cultural commentator. Though he describes himself as a "moderate Republican", others have characterised him as centrist, moderate conservative, or…

1961

Craig Ehlo

American basketball player and coach

Joel Craig Ehlo is an American former basketball player. He played fifteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with four teams, amassing career totals of 7,492 points, 2,456 assists and 3,139 rebounds.

1961

Suniel Shetty

Indian actor and film producer

Suniel Veerappa Shetty is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, and entrepreneur, primarily known for his work in Hindi cinema. Nicknamed as Anna, Shetty has appeared in over 100 films, in a career spanning…

1961

Brian Azzarello

American author

Brian Azzarello is an American comic book writer and screenwriter who first came to prominence with the hardboiled crime series 100 Bullets, published by DC Comics' mature-audience imprint Vertigo. Azzarello is best…

1962

John Micklethwait

English journalist and author

Richard John Micklethwait is an English journalist who is the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, a position he has held since February 2015. He was previously the editor-in-chief of The Economist from 2006 to 2015.

1962

Rob Minkoff

American director and producer

Robert Ralph Minkoff is an American director, animator, and producer. He is best known for co-directing The Lion King, and live-action films including Stuart Little (1999), Stuart Little 2 (2002), The Haunted Mansion…

1962

Hiromi Makihara

Japanese baseball player

Hiromi Makihara is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. He was a six-time Central League All-Star, won Rookie of the Year honors, and pitched a perfect game in a 19-year career with the Yomiuri…

1963

Jim Lee

South Korean-American author and illustrator

Jim Lee is a Korean-born American comic book artist, writer, editor, and publisher. As of 2023, he is the President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics. In recognition of his work, Lee has received a…

1964

Grant Waite

New Zealand golfer

Grant Osten Waite is a New Zealand professional golfer.

1964

Marc Bergevin

Canadian ice hockey player and manager

Marc Bergevin is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player. He is currently associate general manager of the Buffalo Sabres. Bergevin played as a defenceman in the NHL.

1965

Embeth Davidtz

American actress

Embeth Jean Davidtz is an American and South African actress and director. She has appeared in movies such as Schindler's List, Matilda, Bridget Jones's Diary, and The Amazing Spider-Man, and in the television series In…

1965

Viola Davis

American actress

Viola Davis is an American actress and film producer. Her accolades include both the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017. The New York…

1965

Nigel Martyn

English footballer and coach

Antony Nigel Martyn is an English football coach and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the goalkeeper coach of Mirandés.

1966

Juan María Solare

Argentinian pianist and composer

Juan María Solare is an Argentine composer and pianist.

1966

Massimiliano Allegri

Italian footballer and manager

Massimiliano "Max" Allegri is an Italian professional football manager and former professional player. He is currently manager of Serie A club AC Milan.

1967

Enrique Bunbury

Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Enrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izarduy, best known as Enrique Bunbury, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He has been described as "by far the most international star of Spanish rock" and by Bilboard as "one of the…

1967

Joe Rogan

American actor, comedian, and television host

Joseph James Rogan Jr. is an American podcaster, UFC color commentator, comedian, actor, and former television host. He hosts The Joe Rogan Experience, which is one of the most popular podcasts in the world and has been…

1967

Petter Wettre

Norwegian saxophonist and composer

Petter Wettre is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone) and composer, known from a number of album recordings, accompanied by receiving the Spellemannprisen two times.

1967

Anna Gunn

American actress

Anna Kathryn Gunn is an American actress. She is known for portraying Skyler White on the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

1968

Sophie Okonedo

British actress

Sophie Okonedo is a British actress and narrator. The recipient of a Tony Award, she has been nominated for an Academy Award, three BAFTA TV Awards, an Emmy Award, two Laurence Olivier Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.…

1968

Charlie Sexton

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Charles Wayne Sexton is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Though Sexton is best known for his years as a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band, he has also become well known as a music producer. Sexton co-founded…

1968

Andy Bell

British musician and songwriter

Andrew Piran Bell is a British musician and songwriter. He is known as the bass guitarist of Oasis and vocalist and guitarist of the shoegaze band Ride. Bell has also been a member of Hurricane #1 and Beady Eye, an…

1970

Dirk Hannemann

German footballer and manager

Dirk Hannemann is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 11 appearances in the Austrian Bundesliga and 12 appearances in the 2. Bundesliga during his playing career.

1970

Gianluca Pessotto

Italian footballer

Gianluca Pessotto is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. A former Italy international, he spent the majority of his club career with Juventus, where he won several domestic…

1970

Alejandra Barros

Mexican actress and screenwriter

Alejandra Barros is a Mexican actress. She is best known for her role in Televisa's telenovela Mariana de la Noche (2003).

1971

Tommy Mooney

English footballer

Thomas John Mooney is an English former professional footballer who played mainly as a striker. He made more than 600 appearances in the Football League and Premier League – with 250 for Watford and more than 100 for…

1971

Kristin Armstrong

American cyclist

Kristin Armstrong Savola is a former professional road bicycle racer and three-time Olympic gold medalist, the winner of the women's individual time trial in 2008, 2012, and 2016. Before temporarily retiring to start a…

1973

Marie-France Dubreuil

Canadian figure skater

Marie-France Dubreuil is a Canadian ice dancing coach and former competitor. With her husband Patrice Lauzon, she is a two-time (2006–2007) World silver medallist.

1974

Hadiqa Kiani

Pakistani singer, songwriter and philanthropist

Hadiqa Kiani is a Pakistani singer, songwriter, guitarist, actress, and social worker. She has won many national and international awards. Hadiqa has also performed at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall in the UK and…

1974

Audrey Mestre

French biologist and diver (died 2002)

Audrey Mestre was a French world record-setting freediver.

1974

Carolyn Murphy

American model and actress

Carolyn Murphy is an American model. Throughout her career, she has been on the cover of Vogue 73 times, making her one of the most featured models in the magazine's history.

1974

Chris Cummings

Canadian singer-songwriter

Christopher Allen Thomas Cummings is a Canadian country music artist. In his career, he has released five studio albums, one compilation album, and one extended play. Several of his singles have charted on the Canadian…

1975

Iván Córdoba

Colombian footballer and manager

Iván Ramiro Córdoba Sepúlveda is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He began his career in Colombia with Deportivo Rionegro and Atlético Nacional, before moving to Argentine club San…

1976

Bubba Crosby

American baseball player

Richard Stephen "Bubba" Crosby is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees from 2003 to 2006.

1976

Will Friedle

American actor and screenwriter

Will Friedle is an American actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Eric Matthews in the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World (1993–2000).

1976

Ben Gibbard

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Benjamin Gibbard is an American musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, with whom he has recorded ten studio albums, and as a member of the indie pop…

1976

Ľubomír Višňovský

Slovak ice hockey player

Ľubomír Višňovský is a Slovak former professional ice hockey defenceman. He began and finished his professional career with HC Slovan Bratislava. He played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Los…

1976

Gemma Hayes

Irish singer-songwriter

Gemma Hayes is an Irish musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments, including the piano and the harmonica. She is also…

1977

Dênio Martins

Brazilian footballer

Dênio Pereira Martins, known as just Dênio, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Cerâmica.

1977

Spyros Gogolos

Greek footballer

Spyros Gogolos is a retired Greek footballer, who played as a defender.

1978

Charlotte Leslie

British politician

Charlotte Leslie is a British Conservative Party politician who is the current Director of the Conservative Middle East Council. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bristol North West constituency, losing her…

1978

Lillian Nakate

Ugandan politician

Lillian Nakate Segujja commonly Lillian Nakate, is a Ugandan civil engineer and politician who served as the Member of Parliament representing the Luweero District Women' Constituency in the 10th Parliament of Uganda.

1978

Isy Suttie

English comedian, musician, actress, and writer

Isobel Jane Suttie is a British musical comedian, actress and writer. She played Dobby in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, and in 2013 won the gold Radio Academy Award for her radio show Pearl and Dave.

1978

Walter Ayoví

Ecuadorian footballer

Walter Orlando Ayoví Corozo is a former Ecuadorian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He previously played as a left winger for Club Deportivo El Nacional in the Ecuadorian league and in the Ecuador…

1979

Daniel Lloyd

English cyclist and sportscaster

Daniel William Llewellyn Lloyd is an English broadcaster, content creator and retired professional road racing cyclist from Christchurch, Dorset.

1980

Lee Suggs

American football player

Lee Ernest Suggs Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies and was selected by the…

1980

Daniel Poohl

Swedish journalist

Daniel Poohl is a Swedish journalist and publicist who served as publisher and CEO of the Expo magazine.

1981

Andy Lee

American football player

Andrew Paul Lee is an American former professional football player who was a punter in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers, and was selected by the San Francisco…

1982

Chris Hemsworth

Australian actor

Christopher Hemsworth is an Australian actor and film producer. Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, and Bulman, Northern Territory, he rose to prominence playing Kim Hyde in the Australian television series Home and…

1983

Luke Lewis

Australian rugby league player

Luke Lewis is an Australian rugby league commentator and former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League (NRL) and…

1983

Pavel 183

Russian painter (died 2013)

Pavel 183, was a Russian street artist, known by some as the "Russian Banksy".

1983

Mojtaba Abedini

Iranian Olympic fencer

Mojtaba Abedini Shourmasti is an Iranian 3-time Olympian sabre fencer. He won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Fencing Championships, becoming the first-ever Iranian fencer to win a medal at the World Fencing…

1984

Melky Cabrera

Dominican baseball player

Melky Cabrera Astacio, nicknamed "the Melkman", is a Dominican former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants, Toronto…

1984

Lucas di Grassi

Brazilian race car driver

Lucas Tucci di Grassi is a Brazilian racing driver, who competes in Formula E for Lola Yamaha ABT. In formula racing, di Grassi competed in Formula One in 2010, and won the 2016–17 Formula E Championship with Abt. In…

1984

Jacqueline Fernandez

Bahraini–Sri Lankan actress

Jacqueline Genevieve Fernandez is a Sri Lankan actress based in India. She has worked in Indian films, predominantly in Hindi, besides appearing in reality shows and music videos. Fernandez was born and raised in…

1985

Asher Roth

American rapper

Asher Paul Roth is an American rapper from Morrisville, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his 2009 debut single "I Love College," which peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and foresaw the birth of frat rap, a…

1985

Mokhtar Benmoussa

Algerian footballer

Mokhtar Benmoussa is an Algerian former professional footballer. He played primarily as a left winger but was also used as a left midfielder and a left-back. Benmoussa is a former Algeria youth international and…

1986

Hélène Defrance

French sailor

Hélène Defrance is a French former sailor, who won a bronze medal in the women's 470 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She also won the 2010 470 European Championships race, and the 2016 470 World Championships.…

1986

Pablo Sandoval

Venezuelan baseball player

Pablo Emilio Sandoval Reyes is a Venezuelan-American professional baseball third baseman for the Staten Island FerryHawks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He has previously played in Major League…

1986

Dany N'Guessan

French footballer

Djombo Dany-Gael N'Guessan is a French former professional footballer who played as a left winger or forward

1987

Drew Storen

American baseball player

Drew Patrick Storen is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals, Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, and Cincinnati Reds.

1987

Rabeh Al-Hussaini

Filipino basketball player

Rabeh Ahmed T. Al-Hussaini is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Basilan Viva Portmasters of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. A power forward/center, he played five seasons for…

1988

Patty Mills

Australian basketball player

Patrick Sammie Mills is an Australian professional basketball player for La Laguna Tenerife of the Liga ACB and the Basketball Champions League (BCL). He is the general manager of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball…

1988

Mustafa Pektemek

Turkish footballer

Mustafa Pektemek is a Turkish footballer who plays as a forward for TFF 2. Lig club Güzide Gebzespor.

1988

Junior Heffernan

Irish cyclist and triathlete (died 2013)

Junior Heffernan was an Irish triathlete and then cyclist who at the end of his life was competing mostly in Great Britain. He attended Kelly College on the outskirts of Tavistock, Devon, where he competed under coach…

1989

Sebastian Huke

German footballer

Sebastian Huke is a German footballer who currently plays for Tennis Borussia Berlin.

1989

Lenka Juríková

Slovak tennis player

Lenka Juríková is a Slovak former tennis player.

1990

Cristian Tello

Spanish footballer

Cristian Tello Herrera is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for UAE Second Division League side Palm City.

1991

Tomi Lahren

American conservative political commentator

Tomi Rae Augustus Lahren is an American conservative political commentator and television presenter. She hosted Tomi on TheBlaze, where she gained attention for her short video segments called "Final Thoughts", in which…

1992

Alyson Stoner

American actor, singer, and dancer

Alyson Rae Stoner is an American actor, singer, and dancer. Their film roles include the Cheaper by the Dozen films (2003–2005) and the Step Up franchise (2006–2014). On television, they have hosted Disney Channel's…

1993

Storm Sanders

Australian tennis player

Storm Hunter is an Australian professional tennis player. She reached world No. 1 in doubles on 6 November 2023, becoming the third Australian woman to hold the top spot. She also has a career-high singles ranking of…

1994

Anton Cooper

New Zealand cross-country cyclist

Anton Cooper is a New Zealand cross-country cyclist who races for the Trek Factory Racing XC Team. He is the 2015 World Under 23 Cross-country Mountain bike champion and the 2012 World Junior Cross-country Mountain bike…

1994

Joseph Barbato

French footballer

Joseph Barbato is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Furiani.

1994

Song I-han

South Korean singer

Song Byeong-hwa, known professionally as Song I-han (송이한), is a South Korean singer-songwriter. He competed in the blind audition program Blind Musician in 2018 and won the competition, immediately releasing his debut…

1994

Brad Binder

South African motorcycle racer

Brad Binder is a South African Grand Prix motorcycle racer competing for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing. He is the 2016 Moto3 World Champion.

1995

Sarah Clelland

Scottish footballer

Sarah Isabel Clelland is a Scottish football who plays for Spartans in the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) as a full back. She has also played international handball for Scotland and Great Britain.

1997

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung

Indonesian badminton player

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Cahyaningsih is an Indonesian badminton player in women's singles and an Olympic medalist. She started her career at the badminton club PB Mutiara Cardinal in Bandung, West Java, and was called…

1999

Changbin

South Korean rapper

Seo Chang-bin known mononymously as Changbin, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Stray Kids, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2017. He is also a…

1999

Moyuka Uchijima

Japanese tennis player

Moyuka Uchijima is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 47, achieved on 5 May 2025, and a doubles No. 86, reached on 21 July 2025. She has won one WTA Tour…

2001

Marvin Harrison Jr.

American football player

Marvin Darnell Harrison Jr., nicknamed "Maserati Marv", is an American professional football wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, where he was a…

2002

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