Famous Birthdays on August 26

Q: Who was born on August 26?

Famous people born on August 26 include: Bernardino Poccetti, Humilis of Bisignano, Frederick V, Robert Walpole, Elisha Williams.

Q: What is Stan Van Gundy known for?

Stan Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach

221 people 1548 – 2002

August 26 has seen 221 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1548 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · August 26 — Wikipedia

1959 — Stan Van Gundy

American basketball player and coach

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Prior to TNT, he was most recently the head coach for the New Orleans Pelicans of the NBA

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He also served as the head coach and president of basketball operations for the Detroit Pistons from 2014 to 2018

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From 2003 to 2005, he was the head coach of the Miami Heat but resigned in 2005 mid-season, returning the job over to Pat Riley

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Van Gundy then coached the Orlando Magic for five seasons from 2007 to 2012, leading them to the 2009 NBA Finals

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He previously worked as game analyst for NBA on TNT from 2019 to 2020, and again from 2021 to 2025

Bernardino Poccetti

Italian painter (died 1612)

Bernardino Poccetti, also known as Barbatelli, was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker of etchings.

1548

Humilis of Bisignano

Italian Franciscan friar and saint (died 1637)

Humilis of Bisignano was a Franciscan friar who was widely known in his day as a mystic and wonderworker. He has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

1582

Frederick V

Elector Palatine, Bohemian king (died 1632)

Frederick V was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire from 1610 to 1623, and reigned as King of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620. He was forced to abdicate both roles, and the brevity of his reign in…

1596

Robert Walpole

English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1745)

Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig statesman who is generally regarded as the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain, serving from 1721 to…

1676

Elisha Williams

English colonial minister, academic, and politician (died 1755)

Elisha Williams was a Congregational minister, legislator, militia soldier, jurist, and rector of Yale College from 1726 to 1739.

1694

Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault

French singer-songwriter (died 1791)

Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault was a French singer and composer.

1695

Johann Heinrich Lambert

Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (died 1777)

Johann Heinrich Lambert was a polymath from the Republic of Mulhouse, at that time allied to the Swiss Confederacy, who made important contributions to the subjects of mathematics, physics, philosophy, astronomy and map…

1728

Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle

French mineralogist and geologist (died 1790)

Jean-Baptiste Louis Romé de l'Isle was a French mineralogist, considered one of the creators of modern crystallography.

1736

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier

French inventor, invented the hot air balloon (died 1810)

The Montgolfier brothers – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier – were aviation pioneers, balloonists and paper manufacturers from the commune Annonay in Ardèche, France. They invented the…

1740

Antoine Lavoisier

French chemist and biologist (died 1794)

Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier, also Antoine Lavoisier after the French Revolution, was a French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th-century chemical revolution and who had a large influence on both the…

1743

Manuel Abad y Queipo

Spanish-born Mexican bishop (died 1825)

Manuel Abad y Queipo was a Spanish Roman Catholic Bishop of Michoacán in the Viceroyalty of New Spain at the time of the Mexican War of Independence. He was "an acute social commentator of late colonial Mexico, ... an…

1751

William Joseph Behr

German publicist and academic (died 1851)

William Joseph Behr, German publicist and writer.

1775

Federigo Zuccari

astronomer, director of the Astronomical Observatory of Naples (died 1817)

Federigo, Vincenzo Antonio, Ludovico Zuccari was an Italian astronomer, professor of Astronomy at the Naples University, professor of Mathematical Geography at the Military Academy of Naples and director of the…

1783

Manuel Oribe

Uruguayan soldier and politician, 4th President of Uruguay (died 1857)

Manuel Ceferino Oribe y Viana was the 2nd Constitutional president of Uruguay and founder of Uruguay's National Party, the oldest Uruguayan political party and considered one of the two Uruguayan "traditional" parties,…

1792

Saint Innocent of Alaska

Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (died 1879)

Innocent of Alaska, also known as Innocent Metropolitan of Moscow, was a Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and…

1797

Albert

Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (died 1861)

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the husband of Queen Victoria and consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861. Victoria granted him the title Prince Consort…

1819

Martha Darley Mutrie

British painter (died 1885)

Martha Darley Mutrie was a British painter. Her paintings consisted mostly of fruit and flowers. She grew up in Manchester, England, and studied at the Manchester School of Design. Mutrie's works were shown at the Royal…

1824

Arnold Fothergill

English cricketer (died 1932)

Arnold James Fothergill was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club and the MCC in a career which spanned from 1870 until 1892. A left-arm fast-medium pace…

1854

Clara Schønfeld

Danish actress (died 1939)

Clara Schønfeld was a Danish stage and film actress whose career spanned from the late 19th century through the 1920s.

1856

Herbert Booth

Canadian songwriter and bandleader (died 1926)

Herbert Henry Howard Booth was a Salvation Army officer, the third son of five children to William and Catherine Booth (Mumford), who later went on to serve as an independent evangelist. He oversaw the Limelight…

1862

Arthur James Arnot

Scottish-Australian engineer, designed the Spencer Street Power Station (died 1946)

Arthur James Arnot was a Scottish electrical engineer and inventor, best known for patenting the world's first electric drill. He later designed the Spencer Street Power Station.

1865

Lee de Forest

American engineer and academic, invented the Audion tube (died 1961)

Lee de Forest was an American inventor, electrical engineer, and early pioneer in electronics of fundamental importance. He invented the first practical electronic amplifier, the three-element "Audion" triode vacuum…

1873

Zona Gale

American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1938)

Zona Gale, also known by her married name, Zona Gale Breese, was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1921. The close relationship…

1874

John Buchan

1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada (died 1940)

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir was a Scottish novelist, historian, British Army officer, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

1875

Guillaume Apollinaire

Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1918)

Guillaume Apollinaire was a Polish-French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist and art critic of Polish, Swiss and Italian descent.

1880

James Franck

German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)

James Franck was a German–American physicist who shared the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gustav Hertz "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom."

1882

Sam Hardy

English footballer (died 1966)

Sam Hardy was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1882

Jules Romains

French author and poet (died 1972)

Jules Romains was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine, and a cycle of works called Les Hommes de bonne volonté .…

1885

Gustavo R. Vincenti

Maltese architect and developer (died 1974)

Gustavo Romeo Vincenti was a Maltese architect and developer. Born into a wealthy and business-oriented family in Valletta and Floriana, he was able to purchase land and design and build buildings which he would then…

1888

Acharya Chatursen Shastri

Indian author and playwright (died 1960)

Acharya Chatursen Shastri was an Indian writer of Hindi literature. He wrote many historical fictions, including Vaishali ki Nagarvadhu adapted into a feature film (1948), Vayam Rakshamah (1951), Somnath (1954), and…

1891

Sparky Adams

American baseball player and farmer (died 1989)

Earl John "Sparky" Adams was an American professional Major League Baseball player who played with the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and Cincinnati Reds. At five feet four and a half inches…

1894

Ivan Mihailov

Bulgarian soldier and politician (died 1990)

Ivan Mihaylov Gavrilov, also known as Vancho Mihaylov, was a Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary in interwar Macedonia and the last leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO).

1896

Yun Posun

South Korean activist and politician, 2nd President of South Korea (died 1990)

Yun Po-sun was a South Korean politician and activist who served as the second president of South Korea from 1960 to 1962. He was the only president of the short-lived Second Republic of Korea, and served as little more…

1897

Peggy Guggenheim

American-Italian art collector and philanthropist (died 1979)

Marguerite "Peggy" Guggenheim was an American art collector, bohemian, and socialite. Born to the wealthy New York City Guggenheim family, she was the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, who went down with the Titanic in…

1898

Margaret Utinsky

American nurse, recipient of the Medal of Freedom (died 1970)

Margaret Elizabeth Doolin "Peggy" Utinsky was an American nurse who worked with the Filipino resistance movement to provide medicine, food, and other items to aid Allied prisoners of war in the Philippines during World…

1900

Hellmuth Walter

German-American engineer and businessman (died 1980)

Hellmuth Walter was a German engineer who pioneered research into rocket engines and gas turbines. His most noteworthy contributions were rocket motors for the Messerschmitt Me 163 and Bachem Ba 349 interceptor…

1900

Eleanor Dark

Australian author and poet (died 1985)

Eleanor Dark AO was an Australian writer whose novels included Prelude to Christopher (1934) and Return to Coolami (1936), both winners of the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for literature, and her best known…

1901

Hans Kammler

German SS officer and engineer (died 1945)

Hans Kammler was an SS-Obergruppenführer responsible for Nazi civil engineering projects and its top secret V-weapons program. He oversaw the construction of various Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz, before…

1901

Jimmy Rushing

American singer and bandleader (died 1972)

James Andrew Rushing was an American singer and pianist from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., best known as the featured vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948.

1901

Maxwell D. Taylor

American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Vietnam (died 1987)

Maxwell Davenport Taylor was a senior United States Army officer and diplomat during the Cold War. He served with distinction in World War II, most notably as commander of the 101st Airborne Division, nicknamed "The…

1901

Chen Yi

Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (died 1972)

Chen Yi was a Chinese communist military commander and politician. He served as Mayor of Shanghai from 1949 to 1958 and as Foreign Minister of China from 1958 to 1972. He is one of Ten Marshals of the People's Republic…

1901

Caroline Pafford Miller

American author (died 1992)

Caroline Pafford Miller was an American novelist. She gathered the folktales, stories, and archaic dialects of the rural communities she visited in her home state of Georgia in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and wove…

1903

Christopher Isherwood

English-American author and academic (died 1986)

Christopher Isherwood was an English and American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. His best-known works include Goodbye to Berlin (1939), a semi-autobiographical novel which was the basis…

1904

Joe Hulme

English footballer and cricketer (died 1991)

Joseph Harold Anthony Hulme was an English footballer and cricketer.

1904

Helen Sharsmith

American biologist and educator (died 1982)

Helen Katherine Meyers Sharsmith was an American biologist and educator. She was one of the first women botanists at the University of California and is recognized for her contributions to botanical research there.

1905

Bunny Austin

English tennis player (died 2000)

Henry Wilfred "Bunny" Austin was an English tennis player. For 74 years he was the last Briton to reach the final of the men's singles at the Wimbledon Championships, until Andy Murray did so in 2012. He was also a…

1906

Albert Sabin

Polish-American physician and virologist, developed the polio vaccine (died 1993)

Albert Bruce Sabin was a Polish-American medical researcher, best known for developing the oral polio vaccine, which has played a key role in nearly eradicating the disease. In 1969–1972, he served as the president of…

1906

Walter Bruno Henning

Prussian-American linguist and scholar (died 1967)

Walter Bruno Henning was a German scholar of Middle Iranian languages and literature, especially of the corpus discovered by the Turpan expeditions of the early 20th century.

1908

Aubrey Schenck

American screenwriter and producer (died 1999)

Aubrey Schenck was an American film producer from the 1940s through the 1970s.

1908

Eric Davies

South African cricketer and educator (died 1976)

Eric Quail Davies, was a South African cricketer, who played in five Test matches from 1936 to 1939. He was born in King William's Town and died in Port Alfred, both in Cape Province.

1909

Jim Davis

American actor (died 1981)

Jim Davis was an American actor, best known for his roles in television Westerns. In his later career, he became famous as Jock Ewing in the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas, a role he continued until he was too ill from…

1909

Gene Moore

American baseball player (died 1978)

Eugene Moore Jr. was an American professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Bees / Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers, Washington Senators,…

1909

Mother Teresa

Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)

Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and a Catholic saint.

1910

Otto Binder

American author and screenwriter (died 1974)

Otto Oscar Binder was an American author of science fiction and non-fiction books and stories, and comic books. He is best known as the co-creator of Supergirl and for his many scripts for Captain Marvel Adventures and…

1911

John Tinniswood

British supercentenarian (died 2024)

John Alfred Tinniswood was a British supercentenarian who was the world's oldest verified living man from the death of 112-year-old Shi Ping of China on 29 June 2024 until his own death on 25 November 2024, at the age…

1912

Julio Cortázar

Belgian-Argentinian author and translator (died 1984)

Julio Florencio Cortázar was an Argentine and naturalised French novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and translator. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenced an entire…

1914

Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca

Turkish soldier and poet (died 2008)

Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca was one of the most prolific Turkish poets of the Turkish Republic with more than 60 collections of his poems published as of 2007. He was a laureate of the Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath…

1914

Humphrey Searle

English composer and conductor (died 1982)

Humphrey Searle was an English composer and writer on music. His music combines aspects of late Romanticism and modernist serialism, particularly reminiscent of his primary influences, Franz Liszt, Arnold Schoenberg and…

1915

Katherine Johnson

American physicist and mathematician (died 2020)

Creola Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician and human computer whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.…

1918

Gerard Campbell

American priest and academic (died 2012)

Gerard John Campbell was an American Catholic priest, Jesuit, and historian who became the president of Georgetown University. Born in Pennsylvania, he entered the Society of Jesus at the age of 20 and studied at West…

1919

Brant Parker

American illustrator (died 2007)

Brant Julian Parker was an American cartoonist. He co-created and drew The Wizard of Id comic strip until passing the job on to his son, Jeff Parker, in 1997. Cartoonist Johnny Hart, his co-creator, continued writing…

1920

Prem Tinsulanonda

Thai general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand (died 2019)

Prem Tinsulanonda was a Thai military officer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th prime minister of Thailand from 1980 to 1988.

1920

Shimshon Amitsur

Israeli mathematician and scholar (died 1994)

Shimshon Avraham Amitsur was an Israeli mathematician. A leading figure in twentieth-century noncommutative algebra, he is best known for his wide-ranging contributions to ring theory, including the theory of rings with…

1921

Benjamin C. Bradlee

American journalist and author (died 2014)

Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee was an American journalist who served as managing editor and later as executive editor of The Washington Post, from 1965 to 1991. He became a public figure when the Post joined The New…

1921

Irving R. Levine

American journalist and author (died 2009)

Irving Raskin Levine was an American journalist and longtime correspondent for NBC News. During his 45-year career, Levine reported from more than two dozen countries. He was the first American television correspondent…

1922

Wolfgang Sawallisch

German pianist and conductor (died 2013)

Wolfgang Sawallisch was a German conductor and pianist.

1923

Alex Kellner

American baseball player (died 1996)

Alexander Raymond Kellner was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia / Kansas City Athletics (1948–1958), Cincinnati Reds (1958) and St. Louis Cardinals (1959). Kellner…

1924

Jack Hirshleifer

American economist and academic (died 2005)

Jack Hirshleifer was an American economist and long-time professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

1925

Alain Peyrefitte

French scholar and politician, Minister of Justice for France (died 1999)

Alain Peyrefitte was a French scholar and politician. He was a confidant of Charles de Gaulle and had a long career in public service, serving as a diplomat in Germany and Poland. Peyrefitte is remembered for his…

1925

Pyotr Todorovsky

Ukrainian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 2013)

Pyotr Yefimovich Todorovsky was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer.

1925

Etelka Keserű

Hungarian economist and politician (died 2018)

Etelka Keserű was a Hungarian economist and politician, who served as Minister of Light Industry between 1971 and 1980.

1925

Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt

Chilean composer (died 2010)

Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt was a Chilean composer.

1925

Anahit Tsitsikian

Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999)

Anahit Tsitsikian was an Armenian female violinist. She toured around the world through more than 100 cities during the Soviet times; she taught at the State Conservatory for approximately 40 years and wrote more than…

1926

Robert Vickrey

American painter and author (died 2011)

Robert Remsen Vickrey was an American artist and author based in Massachusetts who specialized in the ancient medium of egg tempera. His paintings are surreal dreamlike visions of sunset shadows of bicycles, nuns in…

1926

Om Prakash Munjal

Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles (died 2015)

Om Prakash Munjal was an Indian businessman, poet and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of Hero Cycles, the world's largest integrated bicycle manufacturing company by volume and Hero Motors, an Indian…

1928

Reuben Kamanga

Zambian soldier and politician, 1st Vice President of Zambia (died 1996)

Reuben Chitandika Kamanga was a Zambian freedom fighter, politician and statesman. He was educated at Munali Secondary School.

1929

Joe Solomon

Guyanese cricketer and coach (died 2023)

Joseph Stanislaus Solomon was a Guyanese cricketer who played 27 Test matches for the West Indies from 1958 to 1965, scoring 1,326 runs, mainly from number six and seven in the batting line-up. He also bowled occasional…

1930

Kálmán Markovits

Hungarian water polo player (died 2009)

Kálmán Markovits was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and 1960 Summer Olympics.

1931

Luis Salvadores Salvi

Chilean basketball player (died 2014)

Luis Salvadores Salvi was a Chilean basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. One of nine boys and two girls, he and his brothers established the Salvadores Salvi name as part of the basketball legend…

1932

Tom Heinsohn

American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2020)

Thomas William Heinsohn was an American professional basketball player, coach, and broadcaster. He was associated with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for six decades as a player, coach…

1934

Kevin Ryan

Australian rugby player, coach, lawyer and politician

Kevin James Ryan is an Australian former state parliamentarian and local mayor, barrister and advocate. In the 1950s and 1960s he was an Australian dual-code rugby international representative and had previously been a…

1934

Geraldine Ferraro

American lawyer and politician (died 2011)

Geraldine Anne Ferraro was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney who served in the United States House of Representatives, representing New York's 9th congressional district from 1979 to 1985. She was the…

1935

Karen Spärck Jones

English computer scientist and academic (died 2007)

Karen Ida Boalth Spärck Jones was a self-taught programmer and a pioneering British computer and information scientist responsible for the concept of inverse document frequency (IDF), a technology that underlies most…

1935

Benedict Anderson

American political scientist and academic (died 2015)

Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson was an Anglo-Irish political scientist and historian who lived and taught in the United States. Anderson is best known for his 1983 book Imagined Communities, which explored the…

1936

Don Bowman

American singer-songwriter (died 2013)

Rubel Don Bowman was an American country music singer, songwriter, comedian, and radio host. He recorded for RCA Victor between 1964 and 1970, charting in the Top 40 with the novelty hit single "Chit Akins, Make Me a…

1937

Jet Black

English drummer (died 2022)

Brian John Duffy, known professionally as Jet Black, was an English drummer and founding member of punk rock/new wave band the Stranglers. He last performed with the band in 2015, and officially retired in 2018.

1938

Pinchas Goldstein

Israeli businessman and politician (died 2007)

Pinchas Goldstein was an Israeli politician, who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud and the New Liberal Party between 1981 and 1992, and as Deputy Minister of Communications and Deputy Minister of Education and…

1939

Jorge Paulo Lemann

Brazilian banker and financier

Jorge Paulo Lemann is a Brazilian billionaire investment banker, businessman, and former tennis player with dual Brazilian and Swiss citizenship.

1939

Bill White

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2017)

William Earl White was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. He played in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings and Chicago Black Hawks from 1967 to 1976. He then coached Chicago during…

1939

Michael Cockerell

English journalist

Michael Roger Lewis Cockerell is a British broadcaster and journalist. He is the BBC's most established political documentary maker, with a long, Emmy award-winning career of political programmes spanning television and…

1940

Don LaFontaine

American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)

Donald LeRoy LaFontaine was an American voice actor who recorded more than 5,000 film trailers and hundreds of thousands of television advertisements, network promotions, and video game trailers over four decades.

1940

Nik Turner

English musician and songwriter (died 2022)

Nicholas Robert Turner was an English musician best known as a member of space rock pioneers Hawkwind. Turner played saxophone and flute, as well as being a vocalist and composer. While with Hawkwind, Turner was known…

1940

Chris Curtis

English drummer and singer (died 2005)

Chris Curtis was an English musician. He was best known for being with the 1960s beat band The Searchers. He originated the concept behind Deep Purple and formed the band in its original incarnation of 'Roundabout'.

1941

Jane Merrow

English actress, producer, and screenwriter

Jane Josephine Meirowsky, known professionally as Jane Merrow, is an English actress who has been active from the 1960s in both Britain and the United States.

1941

Barbet Schroeder

French-Swiss director and producer

Barbet Schroeder is an Iranian-born Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working with directors of the French New Wave such as Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette and Eric…

1941

Dennis Turner

Baron Bilston, English lawyer and politician (died 2014)

Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston was a British Labour Co-operative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South East from 1987 to 2005.

1942

Chow Kwai Lam

Malaysian football coach and player (died 2018)

Chow Kwai Lam was a Malaysian football player and coach.

1942

Vic Dana

American dancer and singer

Samuel Mendola, known professionally as Vic Dana, is an American singer, dancer and actor.

1942

Dori Caymmi

Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dorival "Dori" Tostes Caymmi is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, guitarist, arranger, and producer.

1943

Prince Richard

Duke of Gloucester

Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, is a member of the British royal family. He is the second son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, the youngest of the nine grandchildren of…

1944

Alan Parker

English guitarist and songwriter

Alan Frederick Parker is an English guitarist and composer.

1944

Judith Rees

English geographer and academic

Dame Judith Anne Rees,, is a distinguished academic geographer, was interim director of London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from May 2011 until September 2012. Professor Rees also acts as director for…

1944

Maureen Tucker

American singer-songwriter and drummer

Maureen Ann "Moe" Tucker is an American retired musician, singer, and songwriter who achieved international fame as the drummer of the rock band the Velvet Underground. Tucker occasionally sang lead vocals with the…

1944

Tom Ridge

American sergeant and politician, 1st Secretary of Homeland Security

Thomas Joseph Ridge is an American politician and author who served in the George W. Bush administration as the assistant to the president for homeland security from 2001 to 2003 and as the United States secretary of…

1945

Zhou Ji

Chinese engineer and politician, 14th Chinese Minister of Education

Zhou Ji is a Chinese mechanical engineer and politician. He served as China's Minister of Education from 2003 to 2009 and President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering from 2010 to 2018. Prior to that, served briefly…

1946

Valerie Simpson

American singer-songwriter

Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting, production and recording duo composed of Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson.

1946

Mark Snow

American composer for film and television (died 2025)

Mark Snow was an American composer for film and television. He was perhaps best known for composing the theme for The X-Files, and would compose for the show's initial nine-season run from 1993 to 2001. He would return…

1946

Alison Steadman

English actress

Alison Steadman is an English actress. She received the 1977 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for Abigail's Party, the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh film…

1946

Nicolae Dobrin

Romanian footballer and manager (died 2007)

Nicolae Dobrin was a Romanian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a manager.

1947

Allahshukur Pashazadeh

Azerbaijani cleric

Allahshukur Hummat Pashazade is the Shaykh al-Islam of the Caucasus which includes the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Georgia, and Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Karachay–Cherkessia, and…

1949

Leon Redbone

Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2019)

Leon Redbone was a singer-songwriter and musician specializing in jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley classics. Recognized by his hat, dark sunglasses, and black tie, he was born in Cyprus of Armenian ancestry and first…

1949

Gerd Bonk

German weightlifter (died 2014)

Gerd Bonk was an East German weightlifter who was active from 1969 to 1980 who won silver at the 1976 Summer Olympics, bronze at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and set three world records. He was the first man in history to…

1951

Bill Whitaker

American journalist

Bill Whitaker is an American television journalist and a correspondent for the CBS News program 60 Minutes.

1951

Edward Witten

American physicist and academic

Edward Witten is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions to string theory, topological quantum field theory, and various areas of mathematics. He is a professor emeritus in the school of natural…

1951

Bryon Baltimore

Canadian ice hockey player

Bryon Donald Baltimore is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, who played in the NHL and WHA.

1952

Michael Jeter

American actor (died 2003)

Michael Jeter was an American actor. Known for his career on stage and screen, Jeter played diverse characters. He won a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. He portrayed Herman Stiles on the sitcom Evening Shade from…

1952

Will Shortz

American journalist and puzzle creator

William F. Shortz is an American cruciverbalist and editor of The New York Times crossword. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in the invented field of enigmatology. After starting his career at Penny…

1952

David Hurley

Australian general and politician, 27th Governor General of Australia

General David John Hurley is an Australian viceregal officeholder and military officer. A senior officer in the Australian Army, he served as the 27th governor-general of Australia from 2019 to 2024. He was previously…

1953

Andrea Saltelli

Italian statistician and sociologist

Andrea Saltelli is an Italian scholar specializing in quantification using statistical and sociological tools. He has extended the theory of sensitivity analysis to sensitivity auditing, focusing on physical chemistry,…

1953

Pat Sharkey

Irish footballer

Patrick Gerald Walter Sharkey is a former Northern Irish international footballer.

1953

Howard Clark

English golfer and sportscaster

Howard Keith Clark is an English professional golfer who played on the European Tour for many years and had his most successful period in the mid-1980s.

1954

Tracy Krohn

American race car driver and businessman

Tracy William Krohn is an entrepreneur and auto racing enthusiast who was a new addition to the 2006 Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans, at #320.

1954

Hugh Pelham

British academic and educator

Sir Hugh Reginald Brentnall Pelham, is a cell biologist who has contributed to our understanding of the body's response to rises in temperature through the synthesis of heat shock proteins. He served as director of the…

1954

Ian Dejardin

English historian and curator

Ian A. C. Dejardin is an art historian who was director of the Dulwich Picture Gallery in Dulwich, England. In August 2016 Dulwich Picture Gallery announced that he would be leaving to become chief executive of the…

1955

Giuseppe Resnati

Italian chemist and educator

Giuseppe Resnati is an Italian chemist with interests in supramolecular chemistry and fluorine chemistry. He has a particular focus on self-assembly processes driven by halogen bonds, chalcogen bonds, and pnictogen…

1955

Sally Beamish

English viola player and composer

Sarah Frances Beamish is a British composer and violist. Her works include chamber, vocal, choral and orchestral music. She has also worked in theatre, film and television, as well as composing for children and for her…

1956

Brett Cullen

American actor

Peter Brett Cullen is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Dan Fixx in Falcon Crest (1986–1988), Sam Cain in The Young Riders (1989–1990), Governor Ray Sullivan in The West Wing (2005–2006), Goodwin…

1956

Mark Mangino

American football player and coach

Mark Thomas Mangino is a former American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Kansas from 2002 to 2009. In 2007, Mangino received several national coach of the year honors…

1956

Nikky Finney

American poet and academic

Nikky Finney is an American poet. She was the Guy Davenport Endowed Professor of English at the University of Kentucky for twenty years. In 2013, she accepted a position at the University of South Carolina as the John…

1957

Dr. Alban

Swedish musician

Ogbuagu Alban Uzoma Nwapa, better known by his stage name Dr. Alban, is a Nigerian-Swedish musician and producer with his own record label, Dr. Records. His music can best be described as Eurodance/hip-hop reggae in a…

1957

Jan Nevens

Belgian cyclist

Jan Nevens is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. Nevens won the 8th stage of the 1992 Tour de France. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

1958

Oliver Colvile

English lawyer and politician

Oliver Newton Colvile was a British politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport.

1959

Branford Marsalis

American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader

Branford Marsalis is an American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical…

1960

Ola Ray

American model and actress

Ola Ray is an American actress and model most notable for her role as the girlfriend of Michael Jackson in the music video Thriller.

1960

Daniel Lévi

Algerian-French singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2022)

Daniel Lévi was a French singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist.

1961

Jeff Parrett

American baseball player

Jeffrey Dale Parrett is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos (1986–88), Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves (1990–91), Oakland Athletics…

1961

Roger Kingdom

American hurdler

Roger Kingdom is an American former sprint hurdler who was twice Olympic champion in the 110 meters. Kingdom set a world record of 12.92 in 1989. He is now an athletics coach and strength and conditioning coach who…

1962

David Byas

English cricketer and umpire

David Byas ) is an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire and latterly Lancashire, in a 17-year first-class career.

1963

Stephen J. Dubner

American journalist and author

Stephen Joseph Dubner is an American author, journalist, and podcast and radio host. He is co-author of the popular Freakonomics book series: Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics, Think Like a Freak and When to Rob a Bank.…

1963

Patrice Oppliger

American author, critic, and academic

Patrice A. Oppliger, is the assistant professor of communication at Boston University College of Communication.

1963

Allegra Huston

English-American author and screenwriter

Allegra Huston is a British-American author, editor, and writer based in Taos, New Mexico.

1964

Bobby Jurasin

American-Canadian football player and coach

Robert Jurasin is a former defensive lineman for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1986 to 1997 and the Toronto Argonauts in 1998. He was a CFL All-Star in 1987, 1988, 1992 and 1997. He was a part of the Roughriders…

1964

Chad Kreuter

American baseball player and manager

Chadden Michael Kreuter is an American former professional baseball catcher and manager, and former college baseball head coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1988 to 2003 for seven different franchises.…

1964

Zadok Malka

Israeli footballer and manager

Zadok Malka is a former Israeli footballer.

1964

Torsten Schmitz

German boxer

Torsten Schmitz is a retired German boxer in the Light Middleweight class. He represented East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

1964

Carsten Wolf

German cyclist

Carsten Wolf is an East German racing cyclist, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won the silver medal at the Olympic games in Seoul 1988.

1964

Mehriban Aliyeva

1st Vice President of Azerbaijan, goodwill ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO

Mehriban Arif gizi Aliyeva is an Azerbaijani politician and former physician who is the First Vice President and First Lady of Azerbaijan.

1964

Marcus du Sautoy

English mathematician and academic

Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy is a British mathematician, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford, Fellow of New College, Oxford, and author of popular mathematics and…

1965

Chris Burke

American actor

Christopher Joseph Burke is an American actor known for his character Charles "Corky" Thatcher on the television series Life Goes On.

1965

Jacques Brinkman

Dutch field hockey player and coach

Jacques Brinkman is a former Dutch field hockey player, who twice won the golden medal with the national squad: at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and four years later, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. There…

1966

Shirley Manson

Scottish singer-songwriter and actress

Shirley Ann Manson is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and musician who is the lead vocalist of the rock band Garbage. Deemed a "Godmother of Rock" by The New York Times, she is noted for her distinctive deep voice,…

1966

Michael Gove

Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Education

Michael Andrew Gove, Baron Gove is a British politician and journalist. A member of the House of Lords since 2025, he previously held senior Cabinet positions in Conservative governments between 2010 and 2024. He was…

1967

Chris Boardman

English cyclist

Christopher Miles Boardman, is an English former racing cyclist. A time trial and prologue specialist, Boardman won the inaugural men's World time trial championship in 1994, won the individual pursuit gold medal at the…

1968

Adrian Young

American drummer and songwriter

Adrian Samuel Young is an American musician, best known as the drummer of the rock bands No Doubt and Dreamcar. He also serves as a producer in his free time.

1969

Jason Little

Australian rugby union player

Jason Little is an Australian former professional rugby union player. He won 75 caps with one as captain playing at centre for the Australian rugby union side between 1989 and 2000. He also won caps on the wing later in…

1970

Melissa McCarthy

American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter

Melissa Ann McCarthy is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.…

1970

Brett Schultz

South African cricketer

Brett Schultz is a former South African cricketer who played in nine Test matches and one One Day International between 1992 and 1997. During the course of his career, he also played for Eastern Province, Western…

1970

Thalía

Mexican-American singer-songwriter and actress

Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda is a Mexican singer, songwriter and actress. Known for her influence on the Latin entertainment industry, she is dubbed the "Queen of Latin Pop" and the "Queen of Telenovelas". Thalía is…

1971

Richard Evatt

English boxer (died 2012)

Richard Evatt, also called 'tiger', was a British amateur and professional boxer in the super featherweight division who was unsuccessful in his only opportunity to win a world title. He hailed from Coventry, West…

1973

Kelvin Cato

American basketball player and coach

Kelvin Tavares Cato is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'11" center from the University of South Alabama and Iowa State University, Cato played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a…

1974

Meredith Eaton

American actress

Meredith Hope Eaton Gordon is an American actress. She is known for portraying the attorney Emily Resnick on the CBS television series Family Law, for her recurring role as Bethany Horowitz on the ABC series Boston…

1974

Morgan Ensberg

American baseball player and coach

Morgan Paul Ensberg is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, and New York Yankees. Ensberg bats and throws right-handed.…

1975

Mike Colter

American actor

Mike Colter is an American actor best known for his roles as Luke Cage in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2015–present) and David Acosta in the CBS/Paramount+ series Evil (2019–2024). He has also appeared as Lemond…

1976

Amaia Montero

Spanish singer-songwriter

Amaia Montero Saldías is a Spanish singer and songwriter mainly known as the lead vocalist of the Spanish pop-band La Oreja de Van Gogh from 1996 to 2007, and 2025 onwards.

1976

Therese Alshammar

Swedish swimmer

Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. She is a specialist in short distances races in freestyle and butterfly.…

1977

Liam Botham

English rugby player and cricketer

Liam James Botham is an English former professional sportsman who played both codes of rugby football and cricket. He is the son of former England cricketer Ian Botham.

1977

Saeko Chiba

Japanese voice actress and singer

Saeko Chiba is a Japanese voice actress. She grew up in Tokyo and married in 2007. She is contracted to the Space Craft Produce.

1977

Simone Motta

Italian footballer

Simone Motta is an Italian football coach and a former player who is the manager of the Under-19 squad of Pordenone.

1977

Morris Peterson

American basketball player

Morris Russell Peterson Jr. is an American former professional basketball player who played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans, earning…

1977

Jamal Lewis

American football player

Jamal Lewis is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns. He played college football for the Tennessee…

1979

Cristian Mora

Ecuadorian footballer

Cristian Rafael Mora Medrano is a retired Ecuadorian football goalkeeper.

1979

Rubén Arriaza Pazos

Spanish footballer

Rubén Arriaza Pazos is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

1979

Macaulay Culkin

American actor

Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin is an American actor and musician. Considered one of the most successful child actors of the 1990s, Culkin has received several accolades including a Golden Globe Award nomination. In…

1980

Brendan Harris

American baseball player

Brendan Michael Harris is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals, Cincinnati Reds, Tampa Bay Devil Rays,…

1980

Manolis Papamakarios

Greek basketball player

Emmanouil "Manolis" "Manos" Papamakarios is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.92 m tall and he mainly played as a shooting guard, but he could also play at the point guard, point forward, and small…

1980

Chris Pine

American actor

Christopher Whitelaw Pine is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as James T. Kirk in the Star Trek reboot film series (2009–2016) and Steve Trevor in the DC Extended Universe films Wonder Woman (2017) and…

1980

Tino Best

Barbadian cricketer

Tino la Bertram Best is a West Indian former cricketer. Since 2002, he has played domestic cricket for his native Barbados, with a season at English club Yorkshire in 2010. Best made his Test debut in May 2003 and…

1981

Sebastian Bönig

German footballer

Sebastian Bönig is a German football coach and former player, who is the currently assistant manager of Bundesliga club Union Berlin. During his playing career, he played for Bayern Munich (A), LR Ahlen, Union Berlin,…

1981

Andreas Glyniadakis

Greek basketball player

Andreas Glyniadakis is a former Greek professional basketball player, at a height of 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall. During his professional club career that started in 1997 and ended in 2020, Glyniadakis played at a center…

1981

Vangelis Moras

Greek footballer

Vangelis Moras is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is the current manager of Greece U19 national team.

1981

Petey Williams

Canadian wrestler

Peter Williams III is a Canadian professional wrestler and musician. He is signed to WWE as a backstage producer. He is best known for his time in Impact Wrestling, where he is a two-time X Division Champion. He is also…

1981

Angelo Iorio

Italian footballer

Angelo Iorio is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B club Grosseto.

1982

John Mulaney

American comedian, actor, writer, and producer

John Edmund Mulaney is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Mulaney first rose to prominence for his work as a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series…

1982

Jayson Nix

American baseball player

Jayson Truitt Edward Nix is an American former professional baseball utility player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, New York…

1982

Noah Welch

American ice hockey player

Noah Paul Welch is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning and the Atlanta Thrashers.…

1982

Mattia Cassani

Italian footballer

Mattia Cassani is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender.

1983

Félix Porteiro

Spanish race car driver

Félix Porteiro Pérez is a Spanish former racing driver. He competed in GP2 Series in 2006, his best finish was 6th.

1983

Nicol David

Malaysian squash player

Datuk Nicol Ann David is a Malaysian retired professional squash player. She was the world number one for a record-breaking 108 consecutive months, ceding the ranking in September 2015 to Raneem El Weleily. She has won…

1983

Oleksiy Kasyanov

Ukrainian decathlete

Oleksiy Kasyanov or Oleksii Serhiiovych Kasianov (Ukrainian: Олексій Сергійович Касьянов; born 26 August 1985 in Stakhanov is a Ukrainian decathlete.

1985

Brandon McDonald

American football player

Brandon Randolph McDonald is a former American gridiron football cornerback. He was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL draft. He played college football at Memphis.

1985

David Price

American baseball player

David Taylor Price is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Price was selected first overall in the 2007 Major League Baseball draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and made his Major League Baseball (MLB)…

1985

Vladislav Gussev

Estonian footballer

Vladislav Gussev is an Estonian former footballer. Striker and is 1.97 m tall and weighs 86 kg. He has played two games for the Estonia national football team.

1986

Saint Jhn

Guyanese-American rapper, singer, and songwriter

Carlos St. John Phillips, known professionally as Saint Jhn, is an American and Guyanese rapper and singer.

1986

Colin Kazim-Richards

Turkish footballer

Colin Kazım-Richards, also known as Colin Kâzım, Kâzım or Kâzım Kâzım, is a professional football coach and former player who played as a forward. He is the head coach of EFL League Two club Crawley Town. Born in…

1986

Cassie Ventura

American singer, dancer, actress and model

Casandra Elizabeth Ventura is an American singer, dancer, actress, and model. Born in New London, Connecticut, she began her musical career in 2004 after meeting producer Ryan Leslie, who signed her to his record label,…

1986

Juan Joseph

American football player and coach (died 2014)

Juan Joseph was an American football quarterback. He played college football for the Millsaps Majors. He was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2009.…

1987

Elvis Andrus

Venezuelan baseball player

Elvis Augusto Andrus Torres is a Venezuelan-American former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, and Chicago White Sox. He was a two-time…

1988

Evan Ross

American actor

Evan Olav Ross-Næss is an American actor and musician. He made his acting debut in the comedy-drama film ATL (2006), and has since starred in the films Pride (2007), According to Greta (2009), Mooz-lum (2010), 96…

1988

Danielle Savre

American actress

Danielle Savre is an American actress. She is known for her television roles, such as her lead performances in the 2007 MTV music drama Kaya, the 2016 TLC drama Too Close to Home, and the ABC Grey's Anatomy spin-off…

1988

Wayne Simmonds

Canadian ice hockey player

Wayne Simmonds is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. A right winger, he played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, Nashville Predators, New Jersey Devils,…

1988

Lars Stindl

German footballer

Lars Edi Stindl is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward.

1988

James Harden

American basketball player

James Edward Harden Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest shooting guards and scorers in…

1989

Lorenzo Brown

American basketball player

Lorenzo D'Ontez Brown Banks is an American-born naturalized Spanish professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the NC State…

1990

Irina-Camelia Begu

Romanian tennis player

Irina-Camelia Begu is a Romanian tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 22, in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest ranking in doubles, also No. 22. She is currently…

1990

Mateo Musacchio

Argentine footballer

Mateo Pablo Musacchio is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

1990

Jessie Diggins

American cross-country skier

Jessica Diggins is an American cross-country skier. She is the most accomplished cross-country skier from the United States in the sport's history having won four World Cup overall titles, four Olympic medals, seven…

1991

Dylan O'Brien

American actor

Dylan Rhodes O'Brien is an American actor. His first major role was as Stiles Stilinski in the MTV supernatural series Teen Wolf (2011–2017). He achieved further prominence for his lead role in the science fiction Maze…

1991

Keke Palmer

American actress and singer

Lauren Keyana "Keke" Palmer is an American actress, singer, and television host. She has received numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors…

1993

Alex Collins

American football player (died 2023)

Alex Collins, was an American professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks and was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in…

1994

Austin Gunn

American professional wrestler

Austin Sopp, better known by the ring name Austin Gunn, is an American professional wrestler and reality television personality. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Ring of Honor (ROH) where he is in a tag…

1994

Anthony Duclair

Canadian ice hockey player

Anthony Duclair is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Duclair was selected by the New York Rangers in the third round, 80th…

1995

Ranger Suárez

Venezuelan baseball player

Ranger José Suárez Gomez is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Philadelphia Phillies.

1995

Cordae

American rapper

Cordae Amari Brooks, known mononymously as Cordae, is an American rapper. He began his career as a member of the hip hop collective YBN.

1997

Charlie Gillespie

Canadian actor and singer

Charles Gillespie is a Canadian actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Luke Patterson in the Netflix series Julie and the Phantoms (2020).

1998

Jeon Soyeon

Korean rapper and record producer

Jeon So-yeon, known mononymously as Soyeon, is a South Korean rapper and record producer, under Cube Entertainment. She first gained attention for competing in the television shows Produce 101 and Unpretty Rapstar…

1998

Naz Reid

American basketball player

Nazreon Hilton Reid is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the LSU Tigers. Reid won the NBA Sixth Man…

1999

Kotoshoho Yoshinari

Japanese sumo wrestler

Kotoshōhō Yoshinari is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kashiwa, Chiba. He made his debut in November 2017 and reached the top makuuchi division in May 2020. He wrestles for Sadogatake stable. His highest…

1999

Kyren Williams

American football player

Kyren Lawrence Williams is an American professional football running back for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and was selected by…

2000

Patrick Williams

American basketball player

Patrick Lee Williams is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Florida State Seminoles. He was the fourth pick…

2001

Lil Tecca

American rapper

Tyler-Justin Anthony Sharpe, known professionally as Lil Tecca, is an American rapper. Lil Tecca rose to mainstream prominence with the release of the 2019 single "Ransom", which peaked at number four on the Billboard…

2002

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