Famous Birthdays on August 17

Q: Who was born on August 17?

Famous people born on August 17 include: William IX, Philibert I, Richard of Shrewsbury, Philipp II, Alexander Briant.

Q: What is Guillermo Vilas known for?

Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player

1952 — Guillermo Vilas

Argentinian tennis player

August 17 has seen 218 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1153 – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

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Famous Birthdays 218 people 1153 – 2003

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He won 62 singles titles and 16 doubles titles during his career, including four Grand Slam singles titles and the 1974 Tour Finals

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Representing his country, he and José Luis Clerc led Argentina to win their first ATP World Team Cup in 1980, and reached the Davis Cup finals in 1981

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He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991, two years after his first retirement.

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1 for at least 10 weeks, particularly in 1977 when he won two majors

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1 of the ITF Grand Prix seasons in 1974, 1975 and 1977

William IX

Count of Poitiers (died 1156)

William, Count of Poitiers was the first son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.

1153

Philibert I

Duke of Savoy (died 1482)

Philibert I, surnamed the Hunter, was the son of Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy and Yolande of Valois. Philibert was Duke of Savoy from 1472 to 1482.

1465

Richard of Shrewsbury

Duke of York (died 1483)

Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York was the second son of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. Richard and his older brother, King Edward V, mysteriously disappeared shortly after their uncle Richard III…

1473

Philipp II

Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (died 1529)

Philipp II was Count of Hanau-Münzenberg from 1512 until his death. He was the son of Count Reinhard IV and his wife, Katharina of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg.

1501

Alexander Briant

English martyr and saint (died 1581)

Alexander Briant, SJ was an English Jesuit and martyr, executed at Tyburn.

1556

Francesco Albani

Italian painter (died 1660)

Francesco Albani or Albano was an Italian Baroque painter of Albanian descent who was active in Bologna, Rome, Viterbo (1609–1610), Mantua (1621–1622) and Florence (1633). He was a distinguished artist of the Bolognese…

1578

Johann

Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, first prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (died 1638)

Prince Johann of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was the ruling Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1606 to 1623. He was elevated to the rank of prince in 1623 and so was Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1623 until…

1578

John Matthew Rispoli

Maltese philosopher (died 1639)

John Matthew Rispoli was a Maltese philosopher of great erudition. He was held in high esteem by the Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller Order, the Bishops of Malta, the Viceroys of Sicily, cardinals, bishops,…

1582

Johann Valentin Andrea

German theologian (died 1654)

Johannes Valentinus Andreae, also known as Johannes Valentinus Andreä or Johann Valentin Andreae, was a German theologian and writer.

1586

Lennart Torstensson

Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (died 1651)

Lennart Torstensson, Swedish Field Marshal and later Governor-General of Pomerania, Västergötland, Dalsland, Värmland and Halland. He adapted the use of artillery on the battlefield, making it a more mobile weapon than…

1603

John III Sobieski

Polish–Lithuanian king (died 1696)

John III Sobieski was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696.

1629

Nicola Porpora

Italian composer and educator (died 1768)

Nicola Antonio Giacinto Porpora was an Italian composer and teacher of singing of the Baroque era, whose most famous singing students were the castrati Farinelli and Caffarelli. Other students included composers Johann…

1686

Josef Dobrovský

Bohemian philologist and historian (died 1828)

Josef Dobrovský was a Czech philologist and historian. He was one of the most important figures of the Czech National Revival along with Josef Jungmann.

1753

Louis Desaix

French general (died 1800)

Louis Charles Antoine Desaix was a French general and military leader during the French Revolutionary Wars. According to the usage of the time, he took the name Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux. He was considered…

1768

Davy Crockett

American soldier and politician (died 1836)

David Crockett was an American politician, militia officer and frontiersman. Often referred to in popular culture as the "King of the Wild Frontier", he represented Tennessee in the United States House of…

1786

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (died 1861)

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later Princess of Leiningen and subsequently Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, was a German princess and the mother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. As the widow of Emich…

1786

Fredrika Bremer

Swedish writer and feminist (died 1865)

Fredrika Bremer was a Finnish-born Swedish writer and reformer. Her Sketches of Everyday Life were wildly popular in Britain and the United States during the 1840s and 1850s and she is regarded as the Swedish Jane…

1801

Jules Bernard Luys

French neurologist and physician (died 1897)

Jules Bernard Luys was a French neurologist known for significant contributions to nineteenth-century neuroanatomy and neuropsychiatry. He produced influential works on the structure and function of the central nervous…

1828

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

English poet and activist (died 1922)

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, sometimes spelt Wilfred, was an English poet and writer. He and his wife Lady Anne Blunt travelled in the Middle East and were instrumental in preserving the Arabian horse bloodlines through their…

1840

Henry Cadwalader Chapman

American physician and naturalist (died 1909)

Dr. Henry Cadwalader Chapman was an American physician and naturalist.

1845

William Kidston

Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (died 1919)

William Kidston was an Australian bookseller, politician and Premier of Queensland, from January 1906 to November 1907 and again from February 1908 to February 1911.

1849

Gene Stratton-Porter

American author and photographer (died 1924)

Gene Stratton-Porter, born Geneva Grace Stratton, was an American writer, nature photographer, and naturalist from Wabash County, Indiana. In 1917 Stratton-Porter urged legislative support for the conservation of…

1863

Julia Marlowe

English-American actress (died 1950)

Julia Marlowe was an English-born American actress, known for her interpretations of William Shakespeare's plays.

1865

Mahbub Ali Khan

Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (died 1911)

Asaf Jah VI, also known as Sir Mir Mahboob Ali Khan Siddiqi, was the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad. He ruled Hyderabad State, one of the princely states of India, between 1869 and 1911.

1866

John A. Sampson

American gynecologist and academic (died 1946)

John Albertson Sampson was a gynecologist who studied endometriosis.

1873

Ralph McKittrick

American golfer and tennis player (died 1923)

Ralph McKittrick was an American golfer and tennis player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

1877

Reggie Duff

Australian cricketer (died 1911)

Reginald Alexander Duff was an Australian cricketer who played in 22 Tests between 1902 and 1905.

1878

Percy Sherwell

South African cricketer and tennis player (died 1948)

Percy William Sherwell was a South African cricketer who played in 13 Tests for South Africa as captain, wicketkeeper and batsman from 1906 to 1911.

1880

Charles I of Austria (died 1922)

Charles I and IV was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from November 1916 until the monarchy was abolished in November 1918. He was the last of the monarchs…

1887

Marcus Garvey

Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line (died 1940)

Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, through which he declared himself…

1887

Monty Woolley

American actor, raconteur, and pundit (died 1963)

Edgar Montillion "Monty" Woolley was an American film and theater actor. At the age of 50, he achieved a measure of stardom for his role in the 1939 stage play The Man Who Came to Dinner and its 1942 film adaptation.…

1888

Pieter van der Hoog

Dutch bacteriologist, dermatologist, and Islamicist (died 1957)

Pieter Henricus van der Hoog, also known after converting to Islam as Mohammed Abdul-Ali, was a Dutch bacteriologist, dermatologist, and Islamicist. Born in The Hague, Van der Hoog was pressured by his father to enter…

1888

Lalla Carlsen

Norwegian singer and actress (died 1967)

Lalla Carlsen was a Norwegian singer and actress. She was a very popular singer in Norway.

1889

Stefan Bastyr

Polish soldier and pilot (died 1920)

Stefan Bastyr was a Polish aviator and military pilot, one of the pioneers of the Polish aviation. He is credited with the first military flight in the history of the Polish Air Force on 5 November 1918, almost a week…

1890

Harry Hopkins

American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1946)

Harold Lloyd Hopkins was an American statesman, public administrator, and presidential advisor. A trusted deputy to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hopkins directed New Deal relief programs before serving as the…

1890

John Brahm

German-American director and production manager (died 1982)

John Brahm was a German film and television director. His films include The Undying Monster (1942), The Lodger (1944), Hangover Square (1945), The Locket (1946), The Brasher Doubloon (1947), and the 3D horror film The…

1893

Mae West

American stage and film actress (died 1980)

Mary Jane "Mae" West was an American actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter, and playwright whose career spanned more than seven decades. Recognized as a prominent sex symbol of her time, she was known for portraying…

1893

William Rootes

1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (died 1964)

William Edward Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes GBE was a British motor manufacturer. He opened his first car sales agency in 1913, leading to the global Rootes Group. During the Second World War he supervised the volume…

1894

Leslie Groves

American general and engineer, head of the Manhattan Project (died 1970)

Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, the top secret research program that developed the atomic…

1896

Tõnis Kint

Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (died 1991)

Tõnis Kint was an Estonian politician. He served as "Acting Prime Minister of Estonian Exile Government" from 22 August 1960 to 1 January 1962 and again from 29 March 1963 to 23 December 1970 and as "Prime Minister in…

1896

Oliver Waterman Larkin

American historian and author (died 1970)

Oliver Waterman Larkin was an American art historian and educator. He won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book Art and Life in America.

1896

Janet Lewis

American poet and novelist (died 1998)

Janet Loxley Lewis was an American novelist, poet, and librettist. She was considered one of the finest American literary figures of the 20th century.

1899

Vivienne de Watteville

British travel writer and adventurer (died 1957)

Vivienne Florence Beatrice de Watteville was a British travel writer and adventurer, author of two books based on her experiences in East Africa in the 1920s, Out in the Blue (1927) and Speak to the Earth (1935). She is…

1900

Pauline A. Young

American teacher, historian, aviator and activist (died 1991)

Pauline Alice Young was an African-American teacher, librarian, historian, lecturer, community activist, humanitarian, and individualist.

1900

Mary Cain

American journalist and politician (died 1984)

Mary Dawson Cain was an American newspaper editor, political activist, and gubernatorial candidate in Mississippi. A Democrat, she advocated for conservative causes and is particularly remembered for her campaigns…

1904

Leopold Nowak

Austrian composer and musicologist (died 1991)

Leopold Nowak was an Austrian musicologist chiefly known for editing the works of Anton Bruckner for the International Bruckner Society. He reconstructed the original form of some of those works, most of which had been…

1904

Larry Clinton

American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1985)

Larry Clinton was an American musician, best known as a trumpeter who became a prominent American bandleader and arranger.

1909

Wilf Copping

English footballer (died 1980)

Wilfred Copping was an English football player who played for Leeds United, Arsenal and the England national team.

1909

Mikhail Botvinnik

Russian chess player and engineer (died 1995)

Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer…

1911

Martin Sandberger

German colonel and lawyer (died 2010)

Martin Sandberger was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era and a convicted Holocaust perpetrator. He was the commander of Sonderkommando 1a of Einsatzgruppe A, as well as of the Sicherheitspolizei and SD at the…

1911

Mark Felt

American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (died 2008)

William Mark Felt Sr. was an American law enforcement officer who worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1942 to 1973 and was the informant known as "Deep Throat" in the Watergate scandal.

1913

Oscar Alfredo Gálvez

Argentinian race car driver (died 1989)

Oscar Alfredo Gálvez was an Argentine racing driver, known best for participating – and for scoring two championship points – in the Formula One World Championship Grand Prix on 18 January 1953.

1913

Rudy York

American baseball player and manager (died 1970)

Preston Rudolph York was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout, and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher and a first baseman between 1934 and 1948, most notably as a member of the…

1913

Bill Downs

American journalist (died 1978)

William Randall Downs, Jr. was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He worked for CBS News from 1942 to 1962 and for ABC News beginning in 1963. He was one of the original members of the team of war…

1914

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.

American lawyer and politician (died 1988)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. was an American lawyer, politician, and businessman. He served as a United States congressman from New York from 1949 to 1955 and in 1963 was appointed United States Under Secretary of…

1914

Moses Majekodunmi

Nigerian physician and politician (died 2012)

Chief Moses Adekoyejo Majekodunmi was a Nigerian gynaecologist and obstetrician. He was Minister of Health in the Nigerian First Republic.

1916

Evelyn Ankers

British-American actress (died 1985)

Evelyn Felisa Ankers was a British-American actress who often played variations on the role of the cultured young leading lady in many American horror films during the 1940s, most notably The Wolf Man (1941) opposite…

1918

Ike Quebec

American saxophonist and pianist (died 1963)

Ike Abrams Quebec was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career in the big band era of the 1940s, then fell from prominence for a time until launching a comeback in the years before his death.

1918

Michael John Wise

English geographer and academic (died 2015)

Michael John Wise CBE, MC was a British academic who served as a professor of geography at the University of London.

1918

Georgia Gibbs

American singer (died 2006)

Georgia Gibbs was an American popular singer and vocal entertainer rooted in jazz. Already singing publicly in her early teens, Gibbs achieved acclaim and notoriety in the mid-1950s copying songs originating with the…

1919

Maureen O'Hara

Irish-American actress and singer (died 2015)

Maureen O'Hara was an Irish and American actress who became successful in Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s. She was a natural redhead who was known for playing passionate but sensible heroines, often in…

1920

Lida Moser

American photographer and author (died 2014)

Lida Moser was an American photographer and author, with a career that spanned more than six decades, before retiring in her 90s. She was known for her photojournalism and street photography as a member of both the…

1920

Geoffrey Elton

German-English historian and academic (died 1994)

Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton was a German-born British political and constitutional historian, specialising in the Tudor period. He taught at Clare College, Cambridge, and was the Regius Professor of Modern History there…

1921

Roy Tattersall

English cricketer (died 2011)

Roy Tattersall was an English cricketer who played for Lancashire and played sixteen Tests for England as a specialist off spin bowler. He was born at Tonge Moor, Bolton, Lancashire, England.

1922

Carlos Cruz-Diez

Venezuelan artist (died 2019)

Carlos Cruz-Diez was a Venezuelan artist who played a central role in the development of Kinetic and Op art. His work focused on the perceptual and spacial experience of color, presenting it as an autonomous event…

1923

Larry Rivers

American painter and sculptor (died 2002)

Larry Rivers was an American painter, musician, filmmaker, and occasional actor. Considered by many scholars to be the "Godfather" and "Grandfather" of Pop art, he was one of the first artists to merge non-objective,…

1923

Evan S. Connell

American novelist, poet, and short story writer (died 2013)

Evan Shelby Connell Jr. was a U.S. novelist, short-story writer, essayist and author of epic historical works. He also published under the name Evan S. Connell Jr.

1924

Valerie Eliot

English businesswoman (died 2012)

Esmé Valerie Eliot was the second wife and later widow of the Nobel Prize-winning poet T. S. Eliot. She was a major shareholder in the publishing firm of Faber and Faber Limited and the editor and annotator of a number…

1926

Jiang Zemin

Chinese engineer and politician, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (paramount leader) and President of China (died 2022)

Jiang Zemin was a Chinese politician who served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as the chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2004, and as the president…

1926

Sam Butera

American saxophonist and bandleader (died 2009)

Sam Butera was an American tenor saxophonist and singer best noted for his collaborations with Louis Prima and Keely Smith. Butera is frequently regarded as a crossover artist who performed with equal ease in both R&B…

1927

F. Ray Keyser Jr.

American lawyer and politician, Governor of Vermont (died 2015)

Frank Ray Keyser Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Vermont. He served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1959 to 1961, and the 72nd governor of Vermont from 1961 to 1963.

1927

T. J. Anderson

American composer, conductor, and educator

Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Anderson, Jr. is an American composer, conductor, orchestrator and educator.

1928

Willem Duys

Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer (died 2011)

Willem Duys was a Dutch radio and television presenter, commentator, tennis player and music producer.

1928

Francis Gary Powers

American captain and pilot (died 1977)

Francis Gary Powers was an American pilot who served as a United States Air Force officer and a CIA employee. Powers is best known for his involvement in the 1960 U-2 incident, when he was shot down while flying a…

1929

Harve Bennett

American screenwriter and producer (died 2015)

Harve Bennett was an American television and film producer and screenwriter.

1930

Ted Hughes

English poet and playwright (died 1998)

Edward James Hughes was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. He was appointed…

1930

Tony Wrigley

English historian, demographer, and academic (died 2022)

Sir Edward Anthony Wrigley was a British historical demographer. Wrigley and Peter Laslett co-founded the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure in 1964.

1931

V. S. Naipaul

Trinidadian-English novelist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)

Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad and Tobago-born British writer renowned for his works of fiction and nonfiction in English. He is known for his comic early novels set in Trinidad, his bleaker novels of…

1932

Duke Pearson

American pianist and composer (died 1980)

Columbus Calvin "Duke" Pearson Jr. was an American jazz pianist and composer. Allmusic describes him as having a "big part in shaping the Blue Note label's hard bop direction in the 1960s as a record producer."

1932

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoonist (died 2022)

Jean-Jacques Sempé, usually known as Sempé, was a French cartoonist. He is known for the series of children's books he created with René Goscinny, Le Petit Nicolas, and also for his poster-like illustrations, usually…

1932

Mark Dinning

American pop singer (died 1986)

Max Edward "Mark" Dinning was an American pop music singer.

1933

João Donato

Brazilian pianist and composer (died 2023)

João Donato de Oliveira Neto was a Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist as well as a trombonist from Rio Branco. He first worked with Altamiro Carrilho and went on to perform with Antonio Carlos Jobim and Astrud…

1934

Ron Henry

English footballer (died 2014)

Ronald Patrick Henry was a footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, and won one cap for England. His grandson, Ronnie, is also a professional footballer.

1934

Seamus Mallon

Irish educator and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (died 2020)

Seamus Frederick Mallon was an Irish politician who served as deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2001 and Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 1979 to 2001. He also sat…

1936

Margaret Heafield Hamilton

American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner

Margaret Elaine Hamilton is an American computer scientist. She directed the Software Engineering Division at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, where she led the development of the on-board flight software for NASA's…

1936

Theodoros Pangalos

Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (died 2023)

Theodoros Pangalos was a Greek politician and leading member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). He served as the deputy prime minister of Greece, responsible for the coordination of the Government Council…

1938

Luther Allison

American blues guitarist and singer (died 1997)

Luther Sylvester Allison was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was born in Widener, Arkansas, although some accounts suggest his actual place of birth was Mayflower, Arkansas. Allison was interested…

1939

Eduardo Mignogna

Argentinian director and screenwriter (died 2006)

Eduardo Mignogna was an Argentine film director and screenwriter.

1940

Barry Sheerman

English academic and politician

Barry John Sheerman is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Huddersfield, previously Huddersfield East, for 45 years from 1979 to 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he is…

1940

Lothar Bisky

German businessman and politician (died 2013)

Lothar Bisky was a German politician. He was the chairman of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), the successor of East Germany's Socialist Unity Party (SED). In June 2007, he became co-chairman of The Left party,…

1941

Jean Pierre Lefebvre

Canadian director and screenwriter

Jean Pierre Lefebvre is a Canadian filmmaker. He is widely admired as "the godfather of independent Canadian cinema," particularly among young, independent filmmakers.

1941

Boog Powell

American baseball player

John Wesley "Boog" Powell is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman and left fielder from 1961 through 1977, most prominently as a member of the Baltimore…

1941

Shane Porteous

Australian actor, animator, and screenwriter

John Shane Porteous is an Australian actor, screenwriter, animation layout artist and animation voice artist. As a screenwriter, he is sometimes credited as John Hanlon.

1942

Edward Cowie

English composer, painter, and author

Edward Cowie is an Australian composer, author, natural scientist, and painter.

1943

Robert De Niro

American actor, entrepreneur, director, and producer

Robert Anthony De Niro is an American actor, director, film producer, and restaurateur. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors of his generation, he is the recipient of various accolades,…

1943

John Humphrys

Welsh journalist and author

Desmond John Humphrys is a Welsh broadcaster. From 1981 to 1987 he was the main presenter of the Nine O'Clock News, the flagship BBC News television programme, and from 1987 until 2019 he presented on the BBC Radio 4…

1943

Dave "Snaker" Ray

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)

Dave "Snaker" Ray was an American blues singer and guitarist from St. Paul, Minnesota, and was associated with Spider John Koerner and Tony "Little Sun" Glover in the early Sixties folk revival. Together, the three…

1943

Larry Ellison

American businessman, co-founded the Oracle Corporation

Lawrence Joseph Ellison is an American businessman. He co-founded the software company Oracle Corporation, and was its CEO from 1977 to 2014. He now serves as its CTO and executive chairman. According to Forbes, as of…

1944

Jean-Bernard Pommier

French pianist and conductor (died 2026)

Jean-Bernard Pommier was a French pianist, conductor and academic teacher who made an international career. He was known for playing music by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. As a conductor, he led the Northern…

1944

Rachel Pollack

American author, poet, and educator (died 2023)

Rachel Grace Pollack was an American science fiction author, comic book writer, and expert on divinatory tarot.

1945

Hugh Baiocchi

South African golfer

Hugh John Baiocchi is a South African professional golfer who has won more than 20 professional tournaments around the world.

1946

Martha Coolidge

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Martha Coolidge is an American film director and former President of the Directors Guild of America. She has directed such films as Valley Girl, Real Genius and Rambling Rose.

1946

Patrick Manning

Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2016)

Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago twice from 1991 to 1995, and again from 2001 to 2010. A geologist by training, Manning served…

1946

Mohamed Abdelaziz

Sahrawi politician, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (died 2016)

Mohamed Abdelaziz ben Khalili ben Mohamed al-Bachir Er-Rguibi was the 3rd Secretary General of the Polisario Front, from 1976, and the President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic from 1982, until his death in 2016.

1947

Gary Talley

American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and author

Gary Talley is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and author. He began his career as lead guitarist for the Grammy-nominated group The Box Tops who were famous for hits like "The Letter", and "Cry Like a Baby".

1947

Alexander Ivashkin

Russian-English cellist and conductor (died 2014)

Alexander Vasilievich Ivashkin, was a Russian cellist, writer, academic and conductor. He was a professor of music and the Chair of Performance Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London since 1999, the director of the…

1948

Norm Coleman

American lawyer and politician, 52nd Mayor of St. Paul

Norman Bertram Coleman Jr. is an American politician, attorney, and lobbyist. From 2003 to 2009, he served as a United States senator for Minnesota. From 1994 to 2002, he was mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. First…

1949

Sue Draheim

American fiddler and composer (died 2013)

Sue Draheim was an American fiddler, boasting a more than forty year musical career in the US and the UK. Growing up in North Oakland, Draheim began her first private violin lessons at age eleven, having started public…

1949

Julian Fellowes

English actor, director, screenwriter, and politician

Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford, known professionally as Julian Fellowes, is an English actor, novelist, writer, producer, film director, and Conservative peer. He has received…

1949

Sib Hashian

American rock drummer (died 2017)

John Thomas "Sib" Hashian was an American musician, best known as a drummer for the rock band Boston.

1949

Geraint Jarman

Welsh musician, poet and television producer (died 2025)

Geraint Jarman was a Welsh musician, poet and television producer whose career dates back to the early years of Welsh popular music. He recorded many albums as a solo artist and with his band Geraint Jarman a'r…

1950

Richard Hunt

American Muppet performer (died 1992)

Richard Hunt was an American actor and puppeteer, best known as a Muppet performer on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and other projects for The Jim Henson Company. His roles on The Muppet Show included…

1951

Robert Joy

Canadian actor

Robert Joy is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as medical examiner Sid Hammerback on the police procedural series CSI: NY, and his appearances in the films Atlantic City (1980), Ragtime (1981),…

1951

Aleksandr Maksimenkov

Russian footballer and coach (died 2012)

Aleksandr Ivanovich Maksimenkov was a Soviet and Russian football player and coach.

1952

Nelson Piquet

Brazilian race car driver and businessman

Nelson Piquet Souto Maior is a Brazilian former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1978 to 1991. Piquet won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1981, 1983,…

1952

Mario Theissen

German engineer and businessman

Mario Albert Theissen is the former BMW Motorsport Director and was team principal of BMW Sauber, the company's Formula One team from 2005 until 2009, when BMW sold the team back to Peter Sauber.

1952

Mick Malthouse

Australian footballer and coach

Michael Raymond Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and coach, who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

1953

Herta Müller

Romanian-German poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate

Herta Müller is a Romanian-German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was born in Nițchidorf, Timiș County in Romania; her native languages are German and Romanian. Since…

1953

Korrie Layun Rampan

Indonesian author, poet, and critic (died 2015)

Korrie Layun Rampan was an Indonesian novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic, journalist, and politician.

1953

Kevin Rowland

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Kevin Rowland is a British singer and musician best known as the frontman for the pop band Dexys Midnight Runners. The band had several hits in the early 1980s, the most notable being "Geno" and "Come On Eileen", both…

1953

Eric Johnson

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Eric Johnson is an American guitarist, vocalist and composer. His 1990 album Ah Via Musicom was certified platinum by the RIAA, and the single "Cliffs of Dover" won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental…

1954

Andrés Pastrana Arango

Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th President of Colombia

Andrés Pastrana Arango is a Colombian politician who was President of Colombia from 1998 to 2002, following in the footsteps of his father, Misael Pastrana Borrero, who was president from 1970 to 1974.

1954

Colin Moulding

English singer-songwriter and bassist

Colin Ivor Moulding is an English bassist, singer, and songwriter who was one of the core members of the rock band XTC. Moulding wrote three of their earliest charting UK singles: "Life Begins at the Hop" (1979),…

1955

Gail Berman

American businessman, co-founded BermanBraun

Gail Berman is an American producer and television executive. She is co-owner and founding partner of The Jackal Group, a production entity formed in partnership with Fox Networks Group. The Jackal Group develops and…

1956

Álvaro Pino

Spanish cyclist

Álvaro Pino Couñago is a former professional road racing cyclist from Galicia who raced between 1981 through 1991 and is most famous for winning the overall title at the 1986 Vuelta a España over favorites Robert Millar…

1956

Ken Kwapis

American director and screenwriter

Kenneth William Kwapis is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and author. He specialized in single-camera sitcoms in the 1990s and 2000s and has directed feature films such as Sesame Street Presents:…

1957

Laurence Overmire

American poet, author, and actor

Laurence Overmire is an American poet, author, actor, educator, genealogist, peace activist, civil rights, human rights, and animal rights advocate and environmentalist.

1957

Robin Cousins

British competitive figure skater

Robin John Cousins is a British former competitive figure skater who was BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1980. He was the 1980 Olympic champion, the 1980 European champion, a three-time World medalist (1978–1980)…

1957

Belinda Carlisle

American singer-songwriter

Belinda Jo Carlisle is an American singer and songwriter. She gained fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, and went on to have a prolific career as a solo artist.

1958

Fred Goodwin

Scottish banker and accountant

Frederick Anderson Goodwin FRSE FCIBS is a Scottish chartered accountant and former banker who was chief executive officer (CEO) of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) between 2001 and 2009.

1958

Maurizio Sandro Sala

Brazilian race car driver

Maurizio Sandro Sala is a Brazilian former racing driver. He drove in multiple classes of racing in a career lasting from 1978 to 2004.

1958

Jonathan Franzen

American novelist and essayist

Jonathan Earl Franzen is an American novelist and essayist. His 2001 novel The Corrections drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, was a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist, earned a…

1959

Jacek Kazimierski

Polish footballer

Jacek Kazimierski is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1959

Eric Schlosser

American journalist and author

Eric Matthew Schlosser is an American journalist and food writer. He is known for his books Fast Food Nation (2001), Reefer Madness (2003), and Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the…

1959

David Koresh

American cult leader (died 1993)

David Koresh was an American cult leader and preacher who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993. As the head of the Branch Davidians, a religious sect, Koresh claimed to be its final prophet. His apocalyptic…

1959

Stephan Eicher

Swiss singer-songwriter

Stephan Eicher is a Swiss singer. He sings in a variety of languages, including French, German, English, Italian, Swiss German and Romansh, sometimes using different languages in the same song.

1960

Sean Penn

American actor, director, and political activist

Sean Justin Penn is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his intense leading man roles in film. His accolades include three Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and nominations…

1960

Gilby Clarke

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Gilbert J. Clarke is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is known for having a three-year tenure as the rhythm guitarist of Guns N' Roses, replacing Izzy Stradlin in 1991 during the Use…

1962

Dan Dakich

American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

Daniel John Dakich is an American basketball sportscaster. He is a former player, assistant coach, interim head coach for the Indiana University Hoosiers, former head coach at Bowling Green State University and a member…

1962

Jon Gruden

American football player, coach, and sportscaster

Jon David Gruden is an American former football coach and media personality, currently employed by Barstool Sports.

1963

Jackie Walorski

American politician (died 2022)

Jacqueline Renae Walorski was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Indiana's 2nd congressional district from 2013 until her death in 2022. She was a member of the Republican Party. Walorski…

1963

Colin James

Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Colin James is a Canadian blues rock singer and songwriter. James has been very successful in Canada, having attained seven Gold-certified albums in Canada during his career, including four Platinum albums and two…

1964

Maria McKee

American singer-songwriter

Maria Luisa McKee is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her work with Lone Justice, her 1990 song "Show Me Heaven", and her song "If Love Is a Red Dress " from the soundtrack of the film Pulp Fiction.

1964

Dave Penney

English footballer and manager

David Mark Penney is an English football manager and former player. Born in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, Penney entered professional football at the relatively late age of 21. He had been working as a bricklayer…

1964

Steve Gorman

American drummer

Steve Gorman is an American musician and radio host. He is best known as the former drummer of the American rock and roll band The Black Crowes. He spent time as the drummer for British rock band Stereophonics. He also…

1965

Dottie Pepper

American golfer

Dottie Pepper is an American professional golfer and television golf broadcaster. From 1988 to 1995 she competed as Dottie Mochrie, which was her married name before a divorce. She won two major championships and 17…

1965

Jüri Luik

Estonian politician and diplomat, 18th Estonian Minister of Defense

Jüri Luik is an Estonian diplomat and politician. He has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence, and he has acted as Estonia's ambassador to Benelux, NATO, North America, and Russia.

1966

Rodney Mullen

American skateboarder and stuntman

John Rodney Mullen is an American professional skateboarder who practices freestyle skateboarding and street skateboarding. He is considered one of the most influential skateboarders of all time. Mullen is credited for…

1966

Don Sweeney

Canadian ice hockey player and manager

Donald Clarke Sweeney is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman who played over 1,100 games in the National Hockey League (NHL), mostly with the Boston Bruins. He ranks among the top ten in many Bruins team statistics,…

1966

David Conrad

American actor

David Conrad is an American actor. From 2005 to 2010, he starred in the television series Ghost Whisperer alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt. He's still active from time to time.

1967

Michael Preetz

German footballer and manager

Michael Preetz is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent his whole career in Germany, playing for Fortuna Düsseldorf, 1. FC Saarbrücken, MSV Duisburg and SG Wattenscheid 09, but he is…

1967

Andriy Kuzmenko

Ukrainian singer-songwriter (died 2015)

Andriy Viktorovych "Kuzma" Kuzmenko was a Ukrainian singer, poet, writer, TV presenter, producer and actor. He was best known as the lead singer of the Ukrainian rock band Skryabin, founded in 1989.

1968

Ed McCaffrey

American football player and sportscaster

Edward Thomas McCaffrey is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, and Denver Broncos.…

1968

Helen McCrory

English actress (died 2021)

Helen Elizabeth McCrory was an English actress. After studying at the Drama Centre London, she made her professional stage debut in The Importance of Being Earnest in 1990. Other theatre roles include playing Lady…

1968

Christian Laettner

American basketball player and coach

Christian Donald Laettner is an American former professional basketball player. His college career for the Duke Blue Devils is widely regarded as one of the best in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)…

1969

Kelvin Mercer

American rapper, songwriter and producer

Kelvin Mercer, also known by his stage name Posdnuos, Plug 1 and occasionally Pos, is an American rapper and record producer from East Massapequa, New York, best known for his work as one third of the hip hop trio De La…

1969

Donnie Wahlberg

American singer-songwriter, actor and producer

Donald Edmond Wahlberg Jr. is an American singer, actor, and producer. He is a founding member of the boy band New Kids on the Block. He has starred in the TV drama series Blue Bloods and Boston Blue as NYPD Detective…

1969

Jim Courier

American tennis player and sportscaster

James Spencer Courier is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 58 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in…

1970

Andrus Kivirähk

Estonian author

Andrus Kivirähk is an Estonian writer, playwright, screenwriter, and satirist. He writes across genres for both adults and children, including satirical columns and screenplays. Many of his stories have been adapted…

1970

Øyvind Leonhardsen

Norwegian footballer and coach

Øyvind Leonhardsen is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He retired after the 2007 season, ending a career with nine years in English football at clubs Wimbledon, Liverpool, Tottenham…

1970

Uhm Jung-hwa

South Korean singer and actress

Uhm Jung-hwa is a South Korean singer, actress and dancer. Uhm is considered to be one of the most influential women in the Korean entertainment industry, finding success in both music and film. Her legacy and career…

1971

Jorge Posada

Puerto Rican-American baseball player

Jorge Rafael Posada Villeta is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball catcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees. Posada recorded a .273 batting average, 275 home runs,…

1971

Shaun Rehn

Australian footballer and coach

Shaun Jason Rehn is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club and the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

1971

Habibul Bashar

Bangladeshi cricketer

Qazi Habibul Bashar is a Bangladeshi cricket administrator and former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter for the Bangladesh national team from 1995 to 2008. He has served as the team's chief selector since…

1972

Giuliana Rancic

Italian-American journalist and television personality

Giuliana Rancic is an American entertainment reporter and television personality. She is a former co-anchor of E! News and resides in Chicago and Los Angeles.

1974

Johannes Maria Staud

Austrian composer

Johannes Maria Staud is an Austrian composer. His works have been performed internationally by major orchestras, ensembles, and soloists, and he has received several composition prizes.

1974

Eric Boulton

Canadian ice hockey player

Eric Boulton is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. Boulton was drafted 234th overall in the ninth round of the 1994 draft by the New York Rangers. While he never played for the Rangers, he played for…

1976

Geertjan Lassche

Dutch journalist and director

Geertjan Lassche is a Dutch reporter and documentary film maker.

1976

Serhiy Zakarlyuka

Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2014)

Serhiy Volodymyrovych Zakarlyuka was a Ukrainian footballer and football manager.

1976

Nathan Deakes

Australian race walker

Nathan Deakes is an Australian former race walker. Deakes trained with the Australian Institute of Sport under Ronald Weigel and Craig Hilliard.

1977

William Gallas

French footballer

William Eric Gallas is a French football coach and former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played most of his footballing career in France and England before finishing his career in Australia with…

1977

Thierry Henry

French footballer

Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional football coach, pundit, sports broadcaster, and former player. One of the greatest players of all time, he is regarded as one of the greatest players in Premier League…

1977

Mike Lewis

Welsh guitarist

Michael Richard Lewis is a Welsh musician. He is best known as the former rhythm guitarist for the alternative rock band Lostprophets.

1977

Tarja Turunen

Finnish singer-songwriter and producer

Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli, known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer best known as the former lead vocalist of the symphonic metal band Nightwish.

1977

Antwaan Randle El

American football player and journalist

Antwaan Randle El is an American professional football coach and former player who currently serves as the wide receivers coach and assistant head coach for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He…

1979

Nicole Sunitsch

Austrian politician

Nicole Sunitsch is an Austrian politician of the Freedom Party serving as a member of the National Council since 2024. She has been a city councillor of Sankt Michael in Obersteiermark since 2020.

1979

Keith Dabengwa

Zimbabwean cricketer

Keith Mbusi Dabengwa is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He was appointed head coach of the Denmark national cricket team in October 2021.

1980

Daniel Güiza

Spanish footballer

Daniel González Güiza is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Primera Andaluza club Jerez Industrial.

1980

Jan Kromkamp

Dutch footballer

Jan Kromkamp is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He manages CSV Apeldoorn.

1980

Lene Marlin

Norwegian singer-songwriter

Lene Marlin Pedersen is a Norwegian musician, singer and songwriter.

1980

Phil Jagielka

English footballer

Philip Nikodem Jagielka is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is primarily known for his lengthy tenures at Sheffield United and Everton.

1982

Cheerleader Melissa

American wrestler and manager

Melissa Anderson is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Cheerleader Melissa. She is best known for her work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where she worked as Alissa Flash and Raisha…

1982

Mark Salling

American actor and musician (died 2018)

Mark Wayne Salling was an American actor and musician known for his role as Noah "Puck" Puckerman on the television series Glee.

1982

Dustin Pedroia

American baseball player

Dustin Luis Pedroia is an American former professional baseball second baseman who played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career for the Boston Red Sox, from 2006 to 2019. He was a four-time All-Star, and won the…

1983

Dee Brown

American basketball player

Daniel "Dee" Brown is an American former professional basketball player and current college coach. Brown played at the University of Illinois from 2002 to 2006, receiving numerous awards and accolades, including the…

1984

Oksana Domnina

Russian ice dancer

Oksana Alexandrovna Domnina is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. She and partner Maxim Shabalin are the 2010 Olympic bronze medalists, the 2009 World Champions, the 2008 & 2010 European Champions, the 2007 Grand…

1984

Liam Heath

British sprint canoeist

Liam Heath is a British sprint canoeist. He is the most successful British canoeist at the Olympics with a total of four medals; he won a gold medal in the individual 200m kayak sprint event at the 2016 Summer Olympics…

1984

Garrett Wolfe

American football player

Garrett Wolfe is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 2007 NFL draft. He played his…

1984

Yū Aoi

Japanese actress and model

Yu Aoi is a Japanese actress and model. She made her film debut as Shiori Tsuda in Shunji Iwai's 2001 film All About Lily Chou-Chou. She subsequently portrayed Tetsuko Arisugawa in Hana and Alice (2004), also directed…

1985

Rudy Gay

American basketball player

Rudy Carlton Gay Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. A forward, he played college basketball for the UConn Huskies before being selected eighth overall in the 2006 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets,…

1986

Tyrus Thomas

American basketball player

Tyrus Wayne Thomas is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Louisiana State University (LSU) before being drafted fourth overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2006…

1986

Brady Corbet

American actor and director

Brady James Monson Corbet is an American filmmaker and former actor. He had roles in films such as Thirteen (2003), Mysterious Skin (2004), Funny Games (2007), Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), Melancholia (2011), and…

1988

Jihadi John

Kuwaiti-British member of ISIS (died 2015)

Mohammed Emwazi, commonly referred to as Jihadi John, was a British militant of Kuwaiti origin seen in several videos produced by the Islamist extremist group Islamic State (IS) showing the beheadings of a number of…

1988

Joyner Lucas

American rapper

Gary Maurice "Joyner" Lucas Jr. is an American rapper. Lucas first gained exposure online with his 2015 single "Ross Capicchioni". After three self-released projects, he signed with Atlantic Records to release his…

1988

Natalie Sandtorv

Norwegian singer-songwriter

Natalie Sandtorv is a Norwegian jazz musician married July 29, 2016, to drummer Ole Mofjell, residing in Copenhagen, Denmark.

1988

Erika Toda

Japanese actress

Erika Toda is a Japanese actress.

1988

Lil B

American rapper

Brandon Christopher McCartney, known professionally as Lil B and Lil B the BasedGod, is an American rapper and record producer. He began his career as a member of the Berkeley, California-based hip hop group the Pack in…

1989

Rachel Corsie

Scottish footballer

Rachel Louise Corsie is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a defender.

1989

Rachel Hurd-Wood

English actress

Rachel Hurd-Wood is an English actress. She is known for her performances in the fantasy adventure film Peter Pan (2003), the supernatural horror film An American Haunting (2005), the thriller film Perfume: The Story of…

1990

Austin Butler

American actor

Austin Robert Butler is an American actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he has received a British Academy Film Award and Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two Critics'…

1991

Saraya Bevis

English wrestler

Saraya-Jade Bevis is an English professional wrestler. As of April 2026, she is signed to WWE, where she performs under the ring name Paige, and is one-half of the current WWE Women's Tag Team Champions with Brie Bella…

1992

Alex Elisala

New Zealand-Australian rugby player (died 2013)

Alex Elisala was a Samoa international rugby league footballer who was contracted to the North Queensland Cowboys at the time of his death. He primarily played as a hooker.

1992

Chanel Mata'utia

Australian rugby league player

Chanel Mata'utia-Leifi ( MAH-tə-oo-TEE-ə is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He plays for the Cessnock Goannas in the Newcastle Rugby League. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights in…

1992

Maru Teferi

Israeli marathon runner

Maru Abinet Teferi, also known as Teferi Marhu, is an Israeli marathon and half marathon runner, and an Olympian. He won a silver medal in men's marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, a silver medal in…

1992

Ederson Moraes

Brazilian footballer

Ederson Santana de Moraes, simply known as Ederson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Brazil national team.

1993

Sarah Sjöström

Swedish swimmer

Sarah Fredrika Sjöström is a Swedish competitive swimmer specialising in the sprint freestyle and butterfly events. She is one of the most decorated swimmers of all time.

1993

Xie Zhenye

Chinese athlete

Xie Zhenye is a Chinese sprinter. He is the current Asian record holder of the 200 metres with a time of 19.88 seconds. In 2018, Xie ran a personal best of 9.97 seconds in the 100 metres, making him the second Chinese…

1993

Phoebe Bridgers

American singer/songwriter

Phoebe Lucille Bridgers is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Her indie folk music typically centers on acoustic guitar and electronic production, with melancholic lyrical themes. She has won four…

1994

Jack Conklin

American football player

Jonathan Jackson Conklin is an American professional football offensive tackle. He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans and was selected by the Tennessee Titans eighth overall in the 2016 NFL draft.…

1994

Taissa Farmiga

American actress

Taissa Farmiga is an American actress. Her numerous appearances in horror films have established her as a scream queen, alongside her older sister Vera Farmiga.

1994

Gracie Gold

American figure skater

Grace Elizabeth Gold is an American figure skater. She is a 2014 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, a six-time Grand Prix medalist, and a two-time U.S. national champion. She placed 4th at the 2014 Winter…

1995

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak

New Zealand rugby league player

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger or fullback for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League (NRL) and New Zealand at international level.

1995

Jake Virtanen

Canadian ice hockey player

Jacob Virtanen is a Finnish-Canadian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for HK Dukla Michalovce of the Slovak Extraliga. Virtanen was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks sixth overall in the 2014 NHL entry…

1996

Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Japanese baseball player

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes, where he…

1998

Lil Pump

American rapper and songwriter

Gazzy Fabio Garcia, known professionally as Lil Pump, is an American rapper. He rose to prominence as part of the SoundCloud rap scene in the late 2010s, gaining distinction for his minimalist music and rambunctious…

2000

Nastasja Schunk

German tennis player

Nastasja Mariana Schunk is a German tennis player.

2003

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and songwriter

Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard, known professionally as the Kid Laroi, is an Australian singer, rapper, and songwriter. He was signed with American rapper Lil Bibby's Grade A Productions, in a joint venture with…

2003

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