Famous Birthdays on August 25

Q: Who was born on August 25?

Famous people born on August 25 include: Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, Innocenzo Cybo, Ippolito II d'Este, Ivan the Terrible, Lady Catherine Grey.

Q: What is Jacques Demers known for?

Jacques Demers, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician

1944 — Jacques Demers

Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician

August 25 has seen 239 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1467 – 2006. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · August 25 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 239 people 1467 – 2006

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He coached the first season of the Nordiques in the National Hockey League before he was fired in 1980

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He led the Red Wings to the Conference Finals twice and won two division titles but was let go after the team missed the playoffs in 1990

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He was hired to coach the Montreal Canadiens in 1992 and in his first season, he led the team to the Stanley Cup Final, which they won in five games for what is currently the last victory by a Canadian team

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When the team folded in 1975, he joined the Indianapolis Racers

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After a second season saw him reach the postseason again, he left the team to coach the Cincinnati Stingers for 1977, but he did not elect to stay with the team after just one season

Francisco Fernández de la Cueva

2nd Duke of Alburquerque, Spanish duke (died 1526)

Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque was a Spanish nobleman.

1467

Innocenzo Cybo

Italian cardinal (died 1550)

Innocenzo Cybo was an Italian cardinal and archbishop.

1491

Ippolito II d'Este

Italian cardinal and statesman (died 1572)

Ippolito (II) d'Este was an Italian cardinal and statesman. He was a member of the House of Este, and nephew of the other Ippolito d'Este, also a cardinal. He despoiled the then 1,400-year-old Hadrian's Villa, built by…

1509

Ivan the Terrible

Russian ruler (died 1584)

Ivan IV Vasilyevich, commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533 to 1547, and the first Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia from 1547 until his death in 1584. Ivan's reign…

1530

Lady Catherine Grey

English noblewoman (died 1568)

Katherine Seymour, Countess of Hertford was a younger sister of Lady Jane Grey.

1540

Philippe van Lansberge

Dutch astronomer and mathematician (died 1632)

Johan Philip Lansberge was a Flemish Calvinist Minister, astronomer and Mathematician. His name is sometimes written Lansberg, and his first name is sometimes given as Philip or Johannes Philippus. He published under…

1561

Philipp Moritz

Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, German noble (died 1638)

Philipp Moritz of Hanau-Münzenberg succeeded his father as Count of Hanau-Münzenberg in 1612.

1605

François de la Chaise

French priest (died 1709)

François de la Chaise, also known as Père Lachaise, was a French Jesuit priest, the father confessor of King Louis XIV of France.

1624

John Leverett the Younger

American lawyer, academic, and politician (died 1724)

John Leverett was an early Anglo-American lawyer, politician, educator, and President of Harvard College.

1662

Louis I of Spain (died 1724)

Louis I was King of Spain from 15 January 1724 until his death in August the same year. His reign is one of the shortest in history, lasting for just over seven months.

1707

George Stubbs

English painter and academic (died 1806)

George Stubbs was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses. Self-trained, Stubbs learnt his skills independently from other great artists of the 18th century such as Joshua Reynolds and Thomas…

1724

Karl Friedrich Bahrdt

German theologian and author (died 1792)

Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, also spelled Carl Friedrich Bahrdt, was an unorthodox German Protestant biblical scholar, theologian, and polemicist. Controversial during his day, he is sometimes considered an "enfant terrible"…

1741

Johann Gottfried Herder

German poet, philosopher, and critic (died 1803)

Johann Gottfried von Herder was a German philosopher, theologian, pastor, poet, and literary critic. Herder is associated with the Age of Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, and Weimar Classicism. He was a Romantic…

1744

Franz Teyber

Austrian organist and composer (died 1810)

Franz Teyber was an Austrian Kapellmeister, organist and composer of orchestral and chamber music. Studying under Georg Christoph Wagenseil, from 1786 he was director of the Schikaneder theatre company and from 1801 a…

1758

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

French soldier and politician (died 1794)

Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just, sometimes nicknamed the Archangel of Terror, was a French revolutionary, political philosopher, member and president of the French National Convention, a Jacobin club leader, and a…

1767

Thomas Bladen Capel

English admiral (died 1853)

Admiral Sir Thomas Bladen Capel was a Royal Navy officer whose distinguished service in the French Revolutionary War, the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 earned him rapid promotion and great acclaim both in and out…

1776

Ludwig I of Bavaria

King of Bavaria (died 1868)

Ludwig I or Louis I was King of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. When he was crown prince, he was involved in the Napoleonic Wars. As king, he encouraged Bavaria's industrialization,…

1786

John Neal

American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist (died 1876)

John Neal was an American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist. Considered both eccentric and influential, he delivered speeches and published essays, novels, poems, and short stories between the 1810s and…

1793

James Lick

American carpenter and piano builder (died 1876)

James Lick was an American real estate investor, carpenter, piano builder, land baron, and patron of the sciences. The wealthiest man in California at the time of his death, Lick left the majority of his estate to…

1796

Nikolaus Lenau

Romanian-Austrian poet and author (died 1850)

Nikolaus Lenau was the pen name of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau, a German-language Austrian poet.

1802

Luís Alves de Lima e Silva

Duke of Caxias (died 1880)

Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, nicknamed "the Peacemaker" and "the Iron Duke", was an army officer, politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. Like his father and uncles, Caxias pursued a military…

1803

Nikolay Zinin

Russian organic chemist (died 1880)

Nikolay Nikolaevich Zinin was a Russian organic chemist.

1812

Marie-Eugénie de Jésus

French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (died 1898)

Marie-Eugénie de Jésus was a French Catholic nun who founded the Religious of the Assumption and is a Catholic saint.

1817

Carlo Acton

Italian pianist and composer (died 1909)

Carlo Eduardo Acton was an Italian composer and concert pianist. He is particularly remembered for his opera Una cena in convitto and for his sacred music compositions of which his Tantum ergo is the most well-known.

1829

Bret Harte

American short story writer and poet (died 1902)

Francis Brett Hart, known as Bret Harte, was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career…

1836

George C. Magoun

American businessman (died 1893)

George C. Magoun was, in the late 1880s, the Chairman of the Board of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

1840

Emil Theodor Kocher

Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917)

Emil Theodor Kocher was a Swiss physician and medical researcher who received the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid. Among his many…

1841

Ludwig II of Bavaria

King of Bavaria (died 1886)

Ludwig II, also called the Swan King or the Fairy Tale King, was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death in 1886. He also held the titles of Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, Duke of Franconia and Duke in…

1845

Charles Richet

French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1935)

Charles Robert Richet was a French physiologist at the Collège de France and immunology pioneer. In 1913, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis". Richet devoted many…

1850

James W. Gerard

American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (died 1951)

James Watson Gerard III was an American lawyer, diplomat, and justice of the New York Supreme Court.

1867

Tom Kiely

British-Irish decathlete (died 1951)

Thomas Francis Kiely was an Irish athlete. Kiely won gold in the all-round at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri representing Great Britain and Ireland, making him the first multi-event track and field…

1869

Agnes Mowinckel

Norwegian actress (died 1963)

Agnes Mowinckel was a Norwegian actress and theatre director. Born in Bergen into a distinguished family, she became Norway's first professional stage director. A pioneer in bringing painters to the theatre, she used…

1875

Joshua Lionel Cowen

American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation (died 1965)

Joshua Lionel Cowen was an American inventor and cofounder of the Lionel Corporation, a manufacturer of model railroads and toy trains who gained prominence in the market before and after World War II.

1877

Ted Birnie

English footballer and manager (died 1935)

Edward Lawson Birnie was an English professional football player and manager. He played for Sunderland Seaburn, Newcastle United, Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur In his managerial career, he took on the…

1878

Seán T. O'Kelly

Irish journalist and politician, 2nd President of Ireland (died 1966)

Seán Thomas O'Kelly, originally John T. O'Kelly, was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as the president of Ireland from June 1945 to June 1959. He also served as deputy prime minister of Ireland from 1932 to…

1882

Alexander Mair

Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (died 1969)

Alexander Mair was an Australian politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 5 August 1939 to 16 May 1941. Born in Melbourne, Mair worked in various businesses there before moving to Albury, New South Wales…

1889

David Shimoni

Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator (died 1956)

David Shimoni was an Israeli poet, writer and translator.

1891

Henry Trendley Dean

American dentist (died 1962)

Henry Trendley Dean was the first director of the United States National Institute of Dental Research and a pioneer investigator of water fluoridation in the prevention of tooth decay.

1893

Helmut Hasse

German mathematician and academic (died 1975)

Helmut Hasse was a German mathematician working in algebraic number theory, known for fundamental contributions to class field theory, the application of p-adic numbers to local class field theory and diophantine…

1898

Arthur Wood

English cricketer (died 1973)

Arthur Wood was a Yorkshire and England cricketer, who played as the wicket-keeper in four Tests from 1938 to 1939.

1898

Paul Herman Buck

American historian and author (died 1978)

Paul Herman Buck was an American historian. He won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1938 and became the first Provost of Harvard University in 1945.

1899

Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie

Scottish architect (died 1970)

Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie was possibly the first woman in Scotland to practice architecture on a regular basis.

1900

Hans Adolf Krebs

German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)

Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, FRS was a German-British biologist, physician and biochemist. He was a pioneer scientist in the study of cellular respiration, a biochemical process in living cells that extracts energy from food…

1900

Stefan Wolpe

German-American composer and educator (died 1972)

Stefan Wolpe was a German-born American composer. He was associated with interdisciplinary modernism, with affiliations ranging from the Bauhaus, Berlin agitprop theater and the kibbutz movement to the Eighth Street…

1902

Arpad Elo

Hungarian-American chess player, created the Elo rating system (died 1992)

Arpad Emmerich Elo was a Hungarian-American physics professor who created the Elo rating system for two-player games such as chess.

1903

Faustina Kowalska

Polish nun and saint (died 1938)

Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, OLM was a Polish Catholic religious sister and mystic. Faustyna, popularly spelled Faustina in English, had apparitions of Jesus Christ which inspired the Catholic…

1905

Jim Smith

English cricketer (died 1979)

Cedric Ivan James Smith was an English cricketer who played in five Test matches for the England cricket team between 1935 and 1937.

1906

Ruby Keeler

Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1993)

Ethel Ruby Keeler was a Canadian and American actress, dancer, and singer who was paired on-screen with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Bros., particularly 42nd Street (1933). From 1928 to…

1909

Michael Rennie

English actor and producer (died 1971)

Michael Rennie was a British film, television and stage actor, who had leading roles in a number of Hollywood films, including his portrayal of the space visitor Klaatu in the science fiction film The Day the Earth…

1909

George Cisar

American baseball player (died 2010)

George Cisar was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1937 season. He batted and threw right-handed.

1910

Dorothea Tanning

American painter, sculptor, and poet (died 2012)

Dorothea Margaret Tanning was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poet. Her early work was influenced by European Surrealism.

1910

Võ Nguyên Giáp

Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (died 2013)

Võ Nguyên Giáp was a Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary and politician. Highly regarded as a military strategist, Giáp led Vietnamese communist military forces to victory in the decades long Indochina wars.…

1911

Erich Honecker

German politician (died 1994)

Erich Ernst Paul Honecker was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. He held the posts of General Secretary of…

1912

Don DeFore

American actor (died 1993)

Donald John DeFore was an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet from 1952 to 1957 and the sitcom Hazel from 1961 to 1965, the former of which earned him a…

1913

Walt Kelly

American illustrator and animator (died 1973)

Walter Crawford Kelly Jr. was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip Pogo. He began his animation career in 1936 at Walt Disney Productions, contributing to Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Dumbo.…

1913

Van Johnson

American actor (died 2008)

Charles Van Dell Johnson was an American actor and dancer. He had a prolific career in film, television, theatre and radio, which spanned over 50 years, from 1940 to 1992. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer…

1916

Frederick Chapman Robbins

American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2003)

Frederick Chapman Robbins was an American pediatrician and virologist. He was born in Auburn, Alabama, and grew up in Columbia, Missouri, attending David H. Hickman High School.

1916

Saburō Sakai

Japanese lieutenant and pilot (died 2000)

Saburō Sakai was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Sakai had 28 aerial victories, including shared ones, according to official Japanese records, though he and…

1916

Mel Ferrer

American actor, director, and producer (died 2008)

Melchor Gastón Ferrer was an American actor, director, and producer, active in film, theatre, and television. He achieved prominence on Broadway before scoring notable film hits with Scaramouche (1952), Lili (1953), and…

1917

Leonard Bernstein

American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1990)

Leonard Bernstein was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first American-born conductor to…

1918

Richard Greene

English actor (died 1985)

Richard Marius Joseph Greene was a noted English film and television actor. A matinée idol who appeared in more than 40 films, he was perhaps best known for the lead role in the long-running British TV series The…

1918

William P. Foster

American bandleader and educator (died 2010)

William Patrick Foster, also known as The Law and The Maestro, was the director of the noted Florida A&M University Marching "100". He served as the band's director from 1946 to his retirement in 1998. His innovations…

1919

George Wallace

American lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (died 1998)

George Corley Wallace Jr. was an American politician and lawyer who was the 45th and longest-serving governor of Alabama, and the longest-serving governor from the Democratic Party. Wallace unsuccessfully sought the…

1919

Jaap Rijks

Dutch Olympic medalist (died 2017)

Jacob "Jaap" Rijks was a Dutch equestrian who competed for his home nation in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He was born in Nijmegen.

1919

Monty Hall

Canadian television personality and game show host (died 2017)

Monty Hall was a Canadian-American radio and television show host who moved to the United States in 1955 to pursue a career in broadcasting. After working as a radio newsreader and sportscaster, Hall returned to…

1921

Bryce Mackasey

Canadian businessman and politician, 20th Canadian Minister of Labour (died 1999)

Bryce Stuart Mackasey was a Canadian politician and diplomat. He served as twice a Member of Parliament, as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec, and as ambassador to Portugal.

1921

Brian Moore

Northern Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (died 1999)

Brian Moore, was a novelist and screenwriter from Northern Ireland who emigrated to Canada and later lived in the United States. He was acclaimed for the descriptions in his novels of life in Northern Ireland during and…

1921

Álvaro Mutis

Colombian-Mexican author and poet (died 2013)

Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo was a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. His best-known work is the novel sequence The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, which revolves around the character of Maqroll el Gaviero. He…

1923

Allyre Sirois

Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2012)

Allyre Louis Joseph Sirois was a Canadian fransaskois judge of the Court of the Queen's Bench in Saskatchewan, Canada.

1923

Zsuzsa Körmöczy

Hungarian tennis player and coach (died 2006)

Zsuzsa Körmöczy was a Hungarian tennis player. She reached a career high of World No. 2 in women's tennis, and won the 1958 French Open at the age of 33.

1924

Thea Astley

Australian journalist and author (died 2004)

Thea Beatrice May Astley was an Australian novelist and short story writer. She was a prolific writer who was published for over 40 years from 1958. At the time of her death, she had won more Miles Franklin Awards,…

1925

Hilmar Hoffmann

German film and culture academic (died 2018)

Hilmar Hoffmann was a German stage and film director, cultural politician and academic lecturer. He founded the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. He was for decades an influential city councillor in…

1925

Stepas Butautas

Lithuanian basketball player and coach (died 2001)

Stepas Butautas was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional basketball player and coach. He trained at the VSS Žalgiris, in Kaunas. He played with the Soviet Union men's national basketball team at the 1952 Summer Olympic…

1925

Althea Gibson

American tennis player and golfer (died 2003)

Althea Neale Gibson was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first Black player to win a Grand…

1927

Des Renford

Australian swimmer (died 1999)

Desmond Robert Renford MBE was an Australian long-distance swimmer who swam the English Channel 19 times from 19 attempts. This was a record for successful crossings by an Australian until it was overtaken by Chloe…

1927

John "Kayo" Dottley

American football player (died 2018)

John Albert "Kayo" Dottley was an American professional football player who was a fullback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels.

1928

Darrell Johnson

American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2004)

Darrell Dean Johnson was an American professional catcher, coach, manager and scout in Major League Baseball (MLB). As a manager, he led the 1975 Boston Red Sox to the American League pennant, and was named "Manager of…

1928

Karl Korte

American composer and academic (died 2022)

Karl Richard Korte was an American composer of contemporary classical music.

1928

Herbert Kroemer

German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)

Herbert Kroemer was a German–American physicist who, along with Zhores Alferov, received the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics." Kroemer…

1928

Sean Connery

Scottish actor and producer (died 2020)

Sir Thomas Sean Connery was a Scottish actor. Connery was the first actor to portray the fictional British secret agent James Bond in motion pictures, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. He originated…

1930

György Enyedi

Hungarian economist and geographer (died 2012)

György Enyedi was an economist and geographer who has played a major role in the long-term development of regional science. Enyedi was a decisive figure in the rapid development of integrative spatial sciences, regional…

1930

Graham Jarvis

Canadian actor (died 2003)

Graham Powley Jarvis was a Canadian character actor in American films and television from the 1960s to the early 2000s.

1930

Crispin Tickell

English academic and diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations (died 2022)

Sir Crispin Charles Cervantes Tickell was a British diplomat, environmentalist, and academic.

1930

Regis Philbin

American actor and television host (died 2020)

Regis Francis Xavier Philbin was an American television presenter, comedian, actor, and singer. Once called "the hardest-working man in show business", he held the Guinness World Record for the most hours spent on US…

1931

Anatoly Kartashov

Soviet aviator and cosmonaut (died 2005)

Anatoly Yakovlevich Kartashov was a cosmonaut in the Soviet Vostok program.

1932

Patrick F. McManus

American journalist and author (died 2018)

Patrick Francis McManus was an American educator and humor writer, who primarily wrote about the outdoors. A humor columnist and editor for Outdoor Life from 1983 to 2009, and Field & Stream from 1977 to 1982, as well…

1933

Wayne Shorter

American saxophonist and composer (died 2023)

Wayne Shorter was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures in the history of modern jazz. Over a career spanning more than six decades,…

1933

Tom Skerritt

American actor

Thomas Roy Skerritt is an American actor and director, who has appeared in over 170 film and television productions since 1962. The beginning of his film career coincided with the New Hollywood movement, with a…

1933

Lise Bacon

Canadian judge and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec (died 2025)

Lise Bacon was a Canadian politician who served as Deputy Premier of Quebec from 1985 to 1994. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, she served as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of…

1934

Eddie Ilarde

Filipino journalist and politician (died 2020)

Edgar "Eddie" Ubalde Ilarde was a Filipino politician, public servant, and radio and television host. On radio and television, he hosted programs such as Kahapon Lamang, Student Canteen and Darigold Jamboree.

1934

Charles Wright

American poet

Charles Wright is an American poet. He shared the National Book Award in 1983 for Country Music: Selected Early Poems and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for Black Zodiac. From 2014 to 2015, he served as the 20th poet…

1935

Giridharilal Kedia

Indian businessman, founded the Image Institute of Technology & Management (died 2009)

Giridharilal Kedia was an Indian well known social entrepreneur. He served the Kala Vikash Kendra, Cuttack for 12 years as the Working President and Trustee. Kedia was also the founder and chairman of Image Institute of…

1936

Jimmy Hannan

Australian television host and singer (died 2019)

Jimmy Hannan was an Australian radio and television personality, variety show host, singer, entertainer and game show host of the 1960s and 1970s. One of the pioneers of television, he appeared regularly on variety show…

1937

Virginia Euwer Wolff

American author

Virginia Euwer Wolff is an American author of children's literature. Her award-winning series Make Lemonade features a 14-year-old girl named LaVaughn, who babysits for the children of a 17-year-old single mother. There…

1937

David Canary

American actor (died 2015)

David Hoyt Canary was an American actor. Canary is best known for his roles as ranch foreman Candy Canaday in the NBC Western drama Bonanza, and as Adam Chandler in the television soap opera All My Children, for which…

1938

Frederick Forsyth

English journalist and author (died 2025)

Frederick McCarthy Forsyth was an English novelist and journalist. He was best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fist…

1938

John Badham

English-American actor, director, and producer

John Badham is an American film and television director, best known for directing the films Saturday Night Fever (1977), Dracula (1979), Blue Thunder (1983), WarGames (1983), Short Circuit (1986), Stakeout (1987), Bird…

1939

Marshall Brickman

Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)

Marshall Jacob Brickman was an American screenwriter and director, best known for his collaborations with Woody Allen, with whom he shared the 1977 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Annie Hall. He was…

1939

Wilhelm von Homburg

German boxer and actor (died 2004)

Norbert Grupe, better known outside Germany by his stage name Wilhelm von Homburg, was a German boxer, actor, and professional wrestler known for his villainous supporting roles in various high-profile films of the…

1940

Mario Corso

Italian footballer and coach (died 2020)

Mario Corso was an Italian football player and coach. A famed and dynamic left winger, he was regarded as one of the greatest Italian players in his position, earning the nicknames "Mandrake" and "God's Left Foot", due…

1941

Ludwig Müller

German footballer (died 2021)

Ludwig 'Luggi' Müller was a German professional footballer who played as a defender.

1941

Nathan Deal

American lawyer, and politician, 82nd Governor of Georgia

John Nathan Deal is an American politician and former lawyer who served as the 82nd governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, he previously served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

1942

Pat Ingoldsby

Irish poet and television presenter (died 2025)

Patrick Ingoldsby was an Irish poet and television presenter. He hosted children's television shows, wrote plays for the stage and for radio, published books of short stories and was a newspaper columnist. From the…

1942

Ivan Koloff

Canadian wrestler (died 2017)

Oreal Donald Perras was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by the ring name "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff, under which name he was billed as being from Russia and, following the dissolution of the Soviet…

1942

Conrad Black

Canadian historian and author

Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, is a Canadian and British writer and former politician, newspaper publisher, financier, and convicted felon.

1944

Anthony Heald

American actor

Anthony Heald is an American character actor known for portraying Hannibal Lecter's jailer, Dr. Frederick Chilton, in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Red Dragon (2002), and for playing vice principal Scott Guber in…

1944

Andrew Longmore

British lawyer and judge

Sir Andrew Centlivres Longmore is a British lawyer and retired judge.

1944

Daniel Hulet

Belgian cartoonist (died 2011)

Daniel Hulet was a Belgian cartoonist.

1945

Hannah Louise Shearer

American screenwriter and producer

Hannah Louise Shearer, also known as Hannah Shearer or Hannah L. Shearer, is a writer who was credited with writing five episodes whilst on the staff of Star Trek: The Next Generation and an episode of Star Trek: Deep…

1945

Rollie Fingers

American baseball player

Roland Glen Fingers is an American former right handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three teams between 1968 and 1985. His effectiveness helped to redefine the value of relievers within…

1946

Charles Ghigna

American poet and author

Charles Ghigna (/'gɪnˈjə/), known also as Father Goose, is an American poet and author of children's and adults' books. He has written more than 5,000 poems and 100 books.

1946

Charlie Sanders

American football player and sportscaster (died 2015)

Charles Alvin Sanders was an American professional football player who was a tight end for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1968 to 1977. Sanders was chosen for the NFL's 1970s All-Decade…

1946

Michael Kaluta

American author and illustrator

Michael William Kaluta, sometimes credited as Mike Kaluta or Michael Wm. Kaluta, is an American comics artist and writer best known for his acclaimed 1970s adaptation of the pulp magazine hero The Shadow with writer…

1947

Keith Tippett

British jazz pianist and composer (died 2020)

Keith Graham Tippetts, known professionally as Keith Tippett, was a British jazz pianist and composer. According to AllMusic, Tippett's career "...spanned jazz-rock, progressive rock, improvised and contemporary music,…

1947

Ledward Kaapana

American singer and guitarist

Ledward Kaapana is a Hawaiian musician, best known for playing in the slack key guitar style. He also plays steel guitar, ukulele, autoharp, and bass guitar, and is a baritone and falsetto vocalist.

1948

Nicholas A. Peppas

Greek chemist and biologist

Nicholas (Nikolaos) A. Peppas is a chemical and biomedical engineer whose leadership in biomaterials science and engineering, drug delivery, bionanotechnology, pharmaceutical sciences, chemical and polymer engineering…

1948

Martin Amis

British novelist (died 2023)

Sir Martin Louis Amis was an English novelist, essayist, memoirist, screenwriter and critic. He is best known for his novels Money (1984) and London Fields (1989). He received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his…

1949

Rijkman Groenink

Dutch banker and academic

Rijkman Willem Johan Groenink is a Dutch banker. He is best known as the CEO of the Dutch bank ABN AMRO at the time that the bank was sold to a consortium of banks. The consortium was led by the Royal Bank of Scotland,…

1949

John Savage

American actor and producer

John Smeallie Youngs, known professionally as John Savage, is an American actor. He first rose to prominence in the late 1970s for his portrayals of troubled-but-sensitive characters in films like The Deer Hunter…

1949

Gene Simmons

Israeli-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Gene Simmons, also known by his stage persona "the Demon", is an Israeli and American musician. He was the bassist and co-lead singer of the hard rock band Kiss, which he co-founded with Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and…

1949

Willy DeVille

American singer and songwriter (died 2009)

Willy DeVille was an American singer and songwriter. During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, DeVille created songs rooted in traditional American musical…

1950

Charles Fambrough

American bassist, composer, and producer (died 2011)

Charles Fambrough was an American jazz bassist, composer and record producer from Philadelphia.

1950

Rob Halford

English heavy metal singer-songwriter

Robert John Arthur Halford is an English heavy metal singer. He is the lead vocalist of Judas Priest, which he joined in 1973, and has received accolades such as the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. He is…

1951

Bill Handel

Brazilian-American lawyer and radio host

William Wolf Handel is a Brazilian-born American radio host and attorney.

1951

Kurban Berdyev

Turkmen footballer and manager

Kurban Bekiyevich Berdyev is a Turkmen-Russian football manager, and a former Soviet footballer who is in charge of the Azerbaijani club Turan Tovuz. In 2017 he was included among top 50 managers in the world by…

1952

Geoff Downes

English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

Geoffrey Downes is an English keyboardist who gained fame as a member of the new wave group the Buggles with Trevor Horn, the progressive rock band Yes, and the supergroup Asia.

1952

Duleep Mendis

Sri Lankan cricketer and coach

Deshamanya Louis Rohan Duleep Mendis, known as Duleep Mendis, is a Sri Lankan former cricketer and former captain of the team. Mendis captained Sri Lanka to their first Test series victory in 1985. He was primarily a…

1952

Elvis Costello

English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Declan Patrick MacManus, known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author and television host. According to Rolling Stone, Costello "reinvigorated the literate, lyrical…

1954

Jim Wallace

Baron Wallace of Tankerness, Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland

James Robert Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, was a Scottish politician who served as a Liberal Democrat life peer in the House of Lords from 2007 until his death in 2026. He had previously served as Deputy First…

1954

John McGeoch

Scottish guitarist (died 2004)

John Alexander McGeoch was a Scottish musician and songwriter. He is best known as the guitarist of the rock bands Magazine (1977–1980) and Siouxsie and the Banshees (1980–1982).

1955

Gerd Müller

German businessman and politician

Gerhard "Gerd" Müller is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, who is currently serving as Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization since 2021.

1955

Matt Aitken

English songwriter and record producer

Matthew James Aitken is an English songwriter and record producer, brought up in Astley, Greater Manchester, best known as part of the 1980s/early-1990s songwriting/production trio Stock Aitken Waterman.

1956

Takeshi Okada

Japanese footballer, coach, and manager

Takeshi Okada is a Japanese football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is currently the owner of FC Imabari.

1956

Henri Toivonen

Finnish race car driver (died 1986)

Henri Pauli Toivonen was a Finnish rally driver born in Jyväskylä, the home of Rally Finland. His father, Pauli, was the 1968 European Rally Champion for Porsche and his younger brother, Harri, became a professional…

1956

Sikander Bakht

Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster

Sikander Bakht is a Pakistani former international cricketer who played in 26 Test matches and 27 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Pakistan from 1976 to 1989. He was included in the team in place of Ehteshamuddin and…

1957

Simon McBurney

English actor and director

Simon Montagu McBurney is an English actor, playwright, and theatre and opera director. He is the founder and artistic director of the Théâtre de Complicité, London. He has had roles in the films The Manchurian…

1957

Frank Serratore

American ice hockey player and coach

Frank Serratore is an American ice hockey coach, currently with the Air Force Falcons men's ice hockey team. He formerly coached professional hockey in the International Hockey League with the Minnesota Moose from 1994…

1957

Tim Burton

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Timothy Walter Burton is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for pioneering goth subculture in Hollywood, with his films employing a distinctive style that blends gothic horror and dark fantasy aesthetics…

1958

Christian LeBlanc

American actor

Christian Jules LeBlanc is an American television actor. He is best known for playing the role of Michael Baldwin on The Young and the Restless. He has received nine Daytime Emmy Award nominations and three wins for his…

1958

Ian Falconer

American author and illustrator (died 2023)

Ian Woodward Falconer was an American author, illustrator, set designer, and costume designer. Falconer was a muse to pop artist David Hockney, with whom he collaborated on designing costumes for theatrical productions.…

1959

Steve Levy

American lawyer and politician

Steven A. Levy is an American politician and lawyer who served as the seventh County Executive of Suffolk County, New York, elected on November 4, 2003. Originally a fiscally conservative Democrat, Levy joined the…

1959

Bernardo Rezende

Brazilian volleyball coach and player

Bernardo Rocha de Rezende, known as Bernardo Rezende and nicknamed Bernardinho, is a Brazilian volleyball coach and former player. He is the current coach of the female volleyball team Rio de Janeiro Vôlei Clube.…

1959

Lane Smith

American author and illustrator

Lane Smith is an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He is the Kate Greenaway medalist (2017) known for his eclectic visuals and subject matter, both humorous and earnest, such as the contemplative…

1959

Ruth Ann Swenson

American soprano and actress

Ruth Ann Swenson is an American soprano who is renowned for her coloratura roles.

1959

Ashley Crow

American actress

Ashley Crow is an American actress. She is best known for her role of Sandra Bennet on the television show Heroes.

1960

David Mabuza

South African politician, 8th Deputy President of South Africa (died 2025)

David Dabede Mabuza, also known as DD Mabuza, was a South African politician who served as deputy president of South Africa from February 2018 to February 2023. He was the deputy president of the African National…

1960

Georg Zellhofer

Austrian footballer and manager

Georg Zellhofer is a football manager and a former player from Austria.

1960

Billy Ray Cyrus

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

William Ray Cyrus is an American singer, songwriter and actor. Having released 16 studio albums and 53 singles since 1992, he is known for his hit single "Achy Breaky Heart", which topped the U.S. Hot Country Songs…

1961

Dave Tippett

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

David G. Tippett is a Canadian former professional ice hockey coach and player.

1961

Ally Walker

American actress

Ally Walker is an American actress. She made her television debut in the NBC daytime soap opera Santa Barbara (1988) before landing the leading roles on the short-lived dramas True Blue (1989–1990), and Moon Over Miami…

1961

Joanne Whalley

English actress

Joanne Whalley is an English film and television actress. She was credited as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer from 1988 to 1996 during her marriage to Val Kilmer.

1961

Taslima Nasrin

Bangladeshi author

Taslima Nasrin is a Bangladeshi-Swedish writer, physician, feminist, secular humanist, and activist. She is known for her writings on feminism and her criticism of Islam; some of her books are banned in Bangladesh. She…

1962

Theresa Andrews

American competition swimmer and Olympic champion

Theresa Andrews is an American former competitive swimmer and Olympic champion. Raised in Maryland, Andrews gained prominence as a national collegiate champion when competing for the University of Florida. In…

1962

Vivian Campbell

Northern Irish rock guitarist and songwriter

Vivian Patrick Campbell is a Northern Irish musician. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as the guitarist of Dio. He has also been the guitarist of Def Leppard since 1992. Campbell has also worked with Thin Lizzy,…

1962

Michael Zorc

German footballer

Michael Zorc is a German former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

1962

Miro Cerar

Slovenian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Slovenia

Miroslav Cerar Jr. is a Slovenian law professor and politician. He was Prime Minister of Slovenia, leading the 12th Government. He served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 13th Government.…

1963

Shock G

American rapper and producer (died 2021)

Gregory Edward Jacobs, known professionally as Shock G and by his alter ego Humpty Hump, was an American rapper and musician who was best known as the lead vocalist of the hip-hop group Digital Underground. He was…

1963

Tiina Intelmann

Estonian lawyer and diplomat

Tiina Intelmann is an Estonian diplomat; she was the Permanent Representative of Estonia to the United Nations in New York from 2005 to 2011 and was the President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International…

1963

Azmin Ali

Malaysian mathematician and politician

Mohamed Azmin bin Ali is a Malaysian politician who has served as the State Leader of the Opposition of Selangor and Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Hulu Kelang since August 2023. Formerly a…

1964

Maxim Kontsevich

Russian-American mathematician and academic

Maxim Lvovich Kontsevich is a Russian and French mathematician and mathematical physicist. He is a professor at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques and a distinguished professor at the University of Miami. He…

1964

Blair Underwood

American actor

Blair Erwin Underwood is an American actor. He made his debut in the 1985 musical film Krush Groove and from 1987 to 1994 starred as attorney Jonathan Rollins in the NBC legal drama series L.A. Law.

1964

Cornelius Bennett

American football player

Cornelius O'Landa Bennett is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Buffalo Bills from 1987 to 1995, Atlanta Falcons from 1996 to…

1965

Tim Cain

American video game designer

Timothy Cain is an American video game developer best known as the creator, producer, lead programmer and one of the main designers of the 1997 video game Fallout. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100…

1965

Sanjeev Sharma

Indian cricketer and coach

Sanjeev Sharma is a former Indian cricketer, entrepreneur and cricket coach who played in two Test matches and 23 One Day Internationals from 1988 to 1997. As right arm medium pace bowler, he was one of several bowlers…

1965

Mia Zapata

American singer (died 1993)

Mia Katherine Zapata was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and lyricist of the punk rock band the Gits. As part of the burgeoning Seattle music scene, she was noted for her powerful vocals and fiery stage…

1965

Albert Belle

American baseball player

Albert Jojuan Belle, until 1990 known as Joey Belle, is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1989 to 2000, most notably for the Cleveland Indians. Known for his taciturn personality and…

1966

Robert Maschio

American actor

Robert Maschio is an American actor and real estate agent. He is known for playing Dr. Todd 'The Todd' Quinlan in the American comedy drama Scrubs.

1966

Derek Sherinian

American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

Derek Sherinian is an American keyboardist who has toured and recorded for Alice Cooper, Billy Idol, and Joe Bonamassa, among others. He was also a member of Dream Theater from 1994 to 1999, is the founder of Planet X…

1966

Terminator X

American hip-hop DJ

Norman Rogers, known professionally as Terminator X, is an American DJ best known for his work with hip hop group Public Enemy, which he left in 1998. He also produced two solo albums, Terminator X & The Valley of the…

1966

Tom Hollander

English actor

Thomas Anthony Hollander is an English actor. He trained with National Youth Theatre and won the Ian Charleson Award in 1992 for his performance as Witwoud in The Way of the World. He made his Broadway debut in the…

1967

Jeff Tweedy

American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer

Jeffrey Scot Tweedy is an American musician, author, and record producer, best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the band Wilco. Tweedy, originally from Belleville, Illinois, began his music career in high…

1967

David Alan Basche

American actor

David Alan Basche is an American actor. He is best known for playing Todd Beamer in the film United 93. He has been a series regular on many TV comedies and dramas, and has also appeared in films directed by Steven…

1968

Stuart Murdoch

Scottish singer-songwriter

Stuart Lee Murdoch is a Scottish musician, writer and filmmaker, and the lead singer and songwriter for the indie pop band Belle and Sebastian.

1968

Spider One

American singer-songwriter and producer

Michael David Cummings, better known as Spider One, is an American singer. He is the founder and only consistent member of the rock band Powerman 5000.

1968

Rachael Ray

American chef, author, and television host

Rachael Domenica Ray is an American cook, television personality, businesswoman, and author. She hosted the syndicated daily talk and lifestyle program Rachael Ray. Other programs to her credit include 30 Minute Meals,…

1968

Takeshi Ueda

Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player

Takeshi Ueda is the bassist, programmer, additional vocalist and songwriter for The Mad Capsule Markets. He is often known for his unique way of bass guitar playing, and ever changing haircuts.

1968

Olga Konkova

Norwegian-Russian pianist and composer

Olga Konkova is a Norwegian–Russian jazz pianist known from several recordings and collaboration with jazz musicians such as Adam Nussbaum, Gary Husband and Karin Krog.

1969

Cameron Mathison

Canadian actor and television personality

Cameron Arthur Mathison is a Canadian-American actor and television host. From 1997 to 2011, he played Ryan Lavery in All My Children. Since 2021, he has portrayed the role of Drew Cain on General Hospital. He has also…

1969

Catriona Matthew

Scottish golfer

Catriona Isobel Matthew is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the US-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.

1969

Vivek Razdan

Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster

Vivek Razdan is a former Indian cricketer who played in two Test matches and three One Day Internationals in 1989 and 1990. After his retirement, he became a Delhi-based cricket coach and commentator.

1969

Doug Glanville

American baseball player and sportscaster

Douglas Metunwa Glanville is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Texas Rangers. He is also a broadcast color…

1970

Debbie Graham

American tennis player

Debbie Graham or Debbie Graham Shaffer is a retired tennis player from the United States.

1970

Robert Horry

American basketball player and sportscaster

Robert Keith Horry is an American sports commentator and former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles…

1970

Adrian Lam

Papua New Guinean-Australian rugby league player and coach

Adrian Lam is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Leigh Leopards in the Super League and a former professional rugby league footballer.

1970

Sille Lundquist

Danish model and fashion model (died 2018)

Sille Kornum Lundquist was a Danish model and author. From the late 1980s until the late 1990s, she made appearances throughout the fashion world in both North America and Europe, and made appearances in both music…

1970

Jo Dee Messina

American singer-songwriter

Jo Dee Marie Messina is an American country music artist. She has charted six number-one singles on the Billboard country music charts. She has been honored by the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country…

1970

Claudia Schiffer

German model and fashion designer

Claudia Maria Schiffer, Lady Drummond, is a German model and actress. She rose to fame in the 1990s as a supermodel.

1970

Jason Death

Australian rugby league player

Jason Death is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. Primarily a hooker, he played for the Canberra Raiders, North Queensland Cowboys, New Zealand Warriors and…

1971

Nathan Page

Australian actor

Nathan Page is an Australian actor. He is best known for his commercial voice-over work and his role as Detective Inspector Jack Robinson in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.

1971

Marvin Harrison

American football player

Marvin Darnell Harrison Sr. is an American former professional football wide receiver who played his entire 13-year career for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for…

1972

Fatih Akın

German director, producer, and screenwriter

Fatih Akin is a German and Turkish film director, screenwriter and producer. His films have won numerous awards and accolades, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film Head-On (2004), Best…

1973

Eric Millegan

American actor

Eric Millegan is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Zack Addy on the Fox series Bones.

1974

Pablo Ozuna

Dominican baseball player

Pablo José Ozuna is a Dominican former professional baseball utility player. During his major league career, he played for the Florida Marlins, the Colorado Rockies (2003), the Chicago White Sox (2005–2008), and the Los…

1974

Brad Drew

Australian rugby league player

Brad Drew is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A City New South Wales representative hooker, he played in Australia for Penrith, Parramatta and Canberra and in…

1975

Petria Thomas

Australian swimmer and coach

Petria Ann Thomas, is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist and a winner of 15 national titles. She was born in Lismore, New South Wales, and grew up in the nearby town of Mullumbimby, where she has a…

1975

Damon Jones

American basketball player and coach

Damon Darron Jones is an American former professional basketball player best known for playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2005 to 2008.

1976

Javed Qadeer

Pakistani cricketer and coach

Javed Qadeer is a former Pakistani cricketer who played one One Day International in 1995 as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Karachi.

1976

Alexander Skarsgård

Swedish actor

Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. A son of actor Stellan Skarsgård, he began acting at the age of seven but quit at thirteen. After serving in the Swedish Navy, Skarsgård returned to acting and…

1976

Masumi Asano

Japanese voice actress and producer

Masumi Asano is a Japanese voice actress, singer, narrator and writer who worked for Aoni Production, but now as of January, 2021, a Freelancer.

1977

Andy McDonald

Canadian ice hockey player

Andy McDonald is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played for the Anaheim Ducks and the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL), winning the Stanley Cup with Anaheim in 2007.

1977

Jonathan Togo

American actor

Jonathan Frederick Togo is an American actor, best known for his role in CSI: Miami as Ryan Wolfe.

1977

Kel Mitchell

American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Kel Johari Rice Mitchell is an American actor, comedian, rapper, singer, and TV host. He was an original cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That for its first five seasons (1994–1999), where he was…

1978

Robert Mohr

German rugby player

Robert Mohr is a retired German international rugby union player, having played professionally in France for Bourgoin, La Rochelle, Niort and for the German national rugby union team. He is one of the few players in the…

1978

Marlon Harewood

English footballer

Marlon Anderson Harewood is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.

1979

Philipp Mißfelder

German historian and politician (died 2015)

Philipp Mißfelder was a German politician and a member of the German Bundestag. From January through March 2014, he served in the German government as the Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation in the Field of…

1979

Deanna Nolan

American basketball player

Deanna Nicole "Tweety" Nolan is a retired American-Russian professional basketball player for UMMC Ekaterinburg of the Russian Premier League as well as the Russia women's national basketball team. Her primary position…

1979

Rachel Bilson

American actress

Rachel Sarah Bilson is an American actress. Born to a California show-business family, Bilson made her television debut in 2003, and then landed the role of Summer Roberts on the prime-time drama series The O.C. Bilson…

1981

Jan-Berrie Burger

Namibian cricketer

Andries Johannes Burger, known as Jan-Berry Burger, is a Namibian former cricketer, who played for Namibia's national cricket team. He made his international debut in February 2003. He was part of Namibia's first ever…

1981

Camille Pin

French tennis player

Camille Pin is a French former professional tennis player.

1981

Jung Jung-suk

South Korean footballer (died 2011)

Jung Jung-suk was a South Korean women's football player who played for WK League side Daekyo Kangaroos and the South Korean national team.

1982

Nick Schultz

Canadian ice hockey player

Nicholas Andrew Schultz is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Minnesota Wild, Edmonton Oilers, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Philadelphia…

1982

James Rossiter

English race car driver

James Stuart Rossiter is a British former professional racing driver who currently is part of the Formula E ITV Sport commentary team, alongside Nicki Shields and fellow racing drivers Karun Chandhok and Sam Bird. He is…

1983

Florian Mohr

German footballer

Florian Mohr is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender.

1984

Anya Monzikova

Russian-American model and actress

Anya Monzikova is a Russian-American model and actress, best known for being a suitcase model on the American game show, Deal or No Deal (2006–2009).

1984

Rodney Ferguson

American footballer

Rodney Laurence Ferguson II is an American former football running back. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at New Mexico.

1986

Stacey Farber

Canadian actress

Stacey Farber is a Canadian actress. After making an uncredited appearance in season 1, Farber played Ellie Nash in seasons 2 through 8 of the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. From 2010 to 2011, Farber…

1987

Velimir Jovanović

Serbian footballer

Velimir Jovanović is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

1987

Blake Lively

American model and actress

Blake Ellender Brown, known professionally as Blake Lively, is an American actress and entrepreneur.

1987

Amy Macdonald

Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Amy Elizabeth Macdonald is a Scottish singer-songwriter. In 2007, she released her debut studio album, This Is the Life, which produced the singles "Mr. Rock & Roll" and "This Is the Life"; the latter charting at number…

1987

Justin Upton

American baseball player

Justin Irvin Upton is an American former professional baseball outfielder. Nicknamed "J-Up", he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Los…

1987

Adam Warren

American baseball player

Adam Parrish Warren is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres. Before beginning his…

1987

James Wesolowski

Australian footballer

James Peter Wesolowski is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder.

1987

Angela Park

Brazilian-American golfer

Angela Park is a Brazilian-American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She holds dual citizenship in Brazil and the United States.

1988

Giga Chikadze

Georgian mixed martial artist and kickboxer

Giga Chikadze is a Georgian professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. He currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Chikadze formerly competed in the…

1988

Hiram Mier

Mexican footballer

Hiram Ricardo Mier Alanís is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is an Olympic gold medalist.

1989

Jaakko Ohtonen

Finnish actor

Jaakko Ohtonen is a Finnish actor and voiceover artist. He has been cast in the role of Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson's The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One (2027) and Part Two (2028).

1989

Max Muncy

American baseball player

Maxwell Steven Muncy is an American professional baseball infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the Baylor Bears. He was selected by the Oakland Athletics…

1990

Miyabi Natsuyaki

Japanese singer and actress

Miyabi Natsuyaki is a Japanese singer. Her career began in 2002 when she passed the audition for Hello! Project Kids, an all-female child pop group under Hello! Project. She continued to sing in that group and became a…

1992

Ricardo Rodriguez

Swiss footballer

Ricardo Iván Rodríguez Araya is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Real Betis and the Switzerland national team.

1992

Edmunds Augstkalns

Latvian ice hockey player

Edmunds Augstkalns is a Latvian ice hockey player currently playing for the HK Rīga of the MHL.

1994

Caris LeVert

American basketball player

Caris Coleman LeVert is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines. LeVert was originally…

1994

Ong Seong-wu

South Korean singer and actor

Ong Seong-wu is a South Korean singer and actor. He is known for his participation in the survival reality show Produce 101 Season 2, where he finished in fifth place, and is a former member of the show's derivative boy…

1995

Dowoon

South Korean musician

Yoon Do-woon, known mononymously as Dowoon, is a South Korean musician, best known as the drummer and vocalist of the pop rock band Day6.

1995

China Anne McClain

American actress and singer

China Anne McClain is an American actress and singer. McClain's career began when she was seven years old, portraying Alexis in the film The Gospel (2005), and then China James in Daddy's Little Girls (2007). She then…

1998

Nicki Nicole

Argentine rapper and singer-songwriter

Nicole Denise Cucco, known professionally as Nicki Nicole, is an Argentine rapper and singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Rosario, Santa Fe, she gained popularity with her singles "Wapo Traketero", "Colocao",…

2000

Rebeka Jančová

Slovak alpine ski racer

Rebeka Jančová is a Slovak alpine ski racer. She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

2003

Evann Girault

French-Nigerien sabre fencer

Evann Jean Abba Girault is a French-Nigerien sabre fencer. He qualified to represent Niger at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

2004

Kimi Antonelli

Italian racing driver

Andrea Kimi Antonelli is an Italian racing driver who competes in Formula One for Mercedes. Antonelli has won five Formula One Grands Prix since his debut in 2025.

2006

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