Famous Birthdays on August 29

Q: Who was born on August 29?

Famous people born on August 29 include: Otto (or Eudes), John of Artois, John Hastings, Janus Pannonius, García Álvarez de Toledo.

Q: What is Charles F. Kettering known for?

Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics (died 1958)

217 people 979 – 2008

August 29 has seen 217 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 979 – 2008. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · August 29 — Wikipedia

1876 — Charles F. Kettering

American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics (died 1958)

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At DuPont he also was responsible for the development of Duco lacquers and enamels, the first practical colored paints for mass-produced automobiles

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While working with the Dayton-Wright Company he developed the "Bug" aerial torpedo, considered the world's first aerial missile

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Charles Franklin Kettering sometimes known as Charles Fredrick Kettering was an American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents

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He was a founder of Delco, and was head of research at General Motors from 1920 to 1947

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Among his most widely used automotive developments were the electrical starting motor and leaded gasoline

Otto (or Eudes)

French nobleman (died 1045)

Otto of Vermandois, Count of Vermandois, was the son of Herbert III, Count of Vermandois and Ermengarde of Bar-sur-Seine. He succeeded his brother, Adalbert II as count of Vermandois in 1015. Otto donated property to…

979

John of Artois

French nobleman (died 1387)

John of Artois, called "sans Terre" (Landless), was the son of Robert III of Artois and Joan of Valois. The confiscation of his father's lands, titles, and goods for attempted fraud in 1331 had left him without an…

1321

John Hastings

2nd Earl of Pembroke, English nobleman and soldier (died 1375)

John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, was a fourteenth-century English nobleman and soldier. He also held the titles of Baron Abergavenny and Lord of Wexford. He was born in Sutton Valence, the son of Laurence Hastings,…

1347

Janus Pannonius

Hungarian bishop and poet (died 1472)

Janus Pannonius was an influential intellectual in the Kingdom of Hungary, a Latinist, poet, diplomat and Bishop of Pécs. He was the most significant poet of the Renaissance in the Kingdom of Hungary and one of the…

1434

García Álvarez de Toledo

4th Marquis of Villafranca, Spanish noble and admiral (died 1577)

García Álvarez de Toledo y Osorio, 4th Marquess of Villafranca del Bierzo, was a Spanish general and politician.

1514

Nicholas Pieck

Dutch Franciscan friar and martyr (died 1572)

Nicholas Pieck, O.F.M., "Nicolaas" or "Claes Pieck" in Dutch, was a Franciscan friar who was one of a group of Catholic clergy and lay brothers, the Martyrs of Gorkum, who were executed for refusal to renounce their…

1534

Henry Gage

Royalist officer in the English Civil War (died 1645)

Sir Henry Gage was a Royalist officer in the English Civil War.

1597

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (died 1683)

Jean-Baptiste Colbert was a French statesman who served as First Minister of State from 1661 until his death in 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. His lasting impact on the organization of the country's politics and…

1619

John Granville

1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1701)

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath PC was an English landowner who served in the Royalist army during the First English Civil War and was rewarded for his services after the 1660 Stuart Restoration with a title and…

1628

John Locke

English physician and philosopher (died 1704)

John Locke was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism". His important works include A Letter…

1632

Giovanni Battista Casti

Italian poet and author (died 1803)

Giovanni Battista Casti was an Italian poet, satirist, and author of comic opera librettos.

1724

Charles Townshend

English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1767)

Charles Townshend was a British politician who held various titles in the Parliament of Great Britain. His establishment of the controversial Townshend Acts is considered one of the key causes of the American Revolution.

1725

Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony

electress of Bavaria (died 1797)

Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony was a daughter of King Augustus III of Poland and his wife Maria Josepha of Austria who became Electress of Bavaria by marriage to Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria.

1728

Jan Śniadecki

Polish mathematician and astronomer (died 1830)

Jan Śniadecki was a Polish mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.

1756

Count Heinrich von Bellegarde

Austrian general and politician (died 1845)

Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Viceroy of Lombardy-Venetia, of a noble Savoyard family, was born in Saxony, joined the Saxon army and later entered Habsburg military service, where he became a general officer serving in…

1756

James Finlayson

Scottish Quaker (died 1852)

James Finlayson was a Scottish Quaker who, in effect, brought the Industrial Revolution to Tampere, Finland, founding in 1820 the Finlayson company.

1772

Hyacinth

Russian religious leader, founded Sinology (died 1853)

Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, better known under his archimandrite monastic name Hyacinth, sometimes known as Joacinth or Iakinf, was one of the founding fathers of Russian Sinology. He translated many works from Chinese…

1777

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

French painter and illustrator (died 1867)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was a French Neoclassical painter. Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic…

1780

Charles Grandison Finney

American minister and author (died 1875)

Charles Grandison Finney was an American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States. He has been called the "Father of Old Revivalism". Finney was a member of the New School…

1792

Frederick Denison Maurice

English priest, theologian, and author (died 1872)

John Frederick Denison Maurice, commonly known as F. D. Maurice, was an English Anglican priest and theologian. He was a prolific author and one of the founders of Christian socialism. Since the Second World War,…

1805

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

American physician and author (died 1894)

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works…

1809

Juan Bautista Alberdi

Argentine theorist and diplomat (died 1884)

Juan Bautista Alberdi was an Argentine political theorist and diplomat. Although he lived most of his life in exile in Montevideo, Uruguay and in Chile, he influenced the content of the Constitution of Argentina of 1853.

1810

Henry Bergh

American activist, founded the ASPCA (died 1888)

Henry Bergh founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) in April, 1866, three days after the first effective legislation against animal cruelty in the United States was passed into law…

1813

Alfred Shaw

English cricketer, rugby player, and umpire (died 1907)

Alfred Shaw was a Victorian cricketer and rugby footballer, who bowled the first ball in Test cricket and was the first to take five wickets in a Test innings (5/35). He made two trips to North America and four to…

1842

David B. Hill

American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (died 1910)

David Bennett Hill was an American politician from New York who was the 29th governor of New York from 1885 to 1891 and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1892 to 1897.

1843

Edward Carpenter

English anthologist and poet (died 1929)

Edward Carpenter was an English utopian socialist, poet, philosopher, anthologist, an early activist for gay rights and prison reform whilst advocating vegetarianism and taking a stance against vivisection. As a…

1844

William C. White

American Seventh-day Adventist Church minister (died 1937)

William Clarence "Willie" White, was a son of Ellen G. White and James Springer White, two of the founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He became a well-known Seventh-day Adventist minister and church leader.…

1854

Sandford Schultz

English cricketer (died 1937)

Sandford Spence Schultz, known in later life as Sandford Spence Storey, was an English cricketer, who played for Uppingham Rovers, Cambridge University, and Lancashire and played in the third-ever Test match. He was…

1857

Byron G. Harlan

American singer (died 1936)

Byron George Harlan was an American singer from Kansas, a comic minstrel singer and balladeer who often recorded with Arthur Collins. The two together were often billed as "Collins & Harlan".

1861

Andrew Fisher

Scottish-Australian politician and diplomat, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1928)

Andrew Fisher was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the fifth prime minister of Australia from 1908 to 1909, 1910 to 1913 and 1914 to 1915. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor…

1862

Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949)

Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, also known as Count/Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature…

1862

Albert François Lebrun

French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (died 1950)

Albert François Lebrun was a French politician who served as President of France from 1932 to 1940. He was the last president of the Third Republic. He was a member of the centre-right Democratic Republican Alliance…

1871

Leonardo De Lorenzo

Italian flute player and educator (died 1962)

Leonardo De Lorenzo was an Italian virtuoso flautist and music educator.

1875

Kim Koo

South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (died 1949)

Kim Ku, also known by his art name Paekpŏm, was a Korean independence activist and statesman. He was a leader of the Korean independence movement against the Empire of Japan, head of the Korean Provisional Government…

1876

Han Yong-un

Korean independence activist, reformer, and poet (died 1944)

Han Yong-un was a twentieth century Korean Buddhist reformer, poet, and independence activist against colonial rule. This name was his religious name, given by his meditation instructor in 1905, and Manhae (만해) was his…

1879

Jivraj Narayan Mehta

Indian physicians and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Gujarat (died 1978)

Jivraj Narayan Mehta was an Indian politician and the first Chief Minister of Gujarat. He also served as the first "Dewan" of the erstwhile Baroda state, and Indian high commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1963 to…

1887

Salme Dutt

Estonian-English politician (died 1964)

Salme Anette Pekkala-Dutt, known by the pen name Sancho, was an Estonian-British communist politician, essayist, writer and translator.

1888

Peder Furubotn

Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (died 1975)

Peder Furubotn was a Norwegian cabinetmaker, politician for the Communist Party and resistance member during World War II.

1890

Marquis James

American journalist and author (died 1955)

Marquis James was an American author and journalist, twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his works The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston and The Life of Andrew Jackson.

1891

Preston Sturges

American director and producer (died 1959)

Preston Sturges was an American playwright, inventor, screenwriter, and film director.

1898

Aurèle Joliat

Canadian ice hockey player and referee (died 1986)

Aurèle Émile Joliat, nicknamed the "Mighty Atom" and "Little Giant", was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens.

1901

Werner Forssmann

German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)

Werner Theodor Otto Forßmann was a German researcher and physician from Germany who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Medicine for developing a procedure that allowed cardiac catheterization. In 1929, he put himself under…

1904

Dhyan Chand

Indian field hockey player (died 1979)

Major Dhyan Chand was an Indian field hockey player. He is widely regarded as the greatest field hockey player in history. He was known for his extraordinary ball control and goal-scoring feats, in addition to earning…

1905

Arndt Pekurinen

Finnish activist (died 1941)

Arndt Juho Pekurinen was a Finnish pacifist and conscientious objector.

1905

Vivien Thomas

American surgeon and academic (died 1985)

Vivien Theodore Thomas was an American laboratory supervisor who, in the 1940s, played a major role in developing a procedure now called the Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt used to treat blue baby syndrome along with…

1910

John Charnley

British orthopedic surgeon (died 1982)

Sir John Charnley, was an English orthopaedic surgeon. He pioneered the hip replacement operation, which is now one of the most common operations both in the UK and elsewhere in the world, and created the "Wrightington…

1911

Sohn Kee-chung

South Korean runner (died 2002)

Sohn Kee-chung was a Korean Olympic athlete and long-distance runner. He became the first Korean to win a medal at the Olympic Games, winning gold in the marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He was born in the Korean…

1912

Barry Sullivan

American actor (died 1994)

Patrick Barry Sullivan was an American actor of film, television, theatre, and radio. In a career that spanned over 40 years, Sullivan appeared in over 100 movies from the 1930s to the 1980s, primarily as a leading…

1912

Wolfgang Suschitzky

Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (died 2016)

Wolfgang Suschitzky, BSC, was an Austrian-born British documentary photographer, as well as a cinematographer perhaps best known for his collaboration with Paul Rotha in the 1940s and his work on Mike Hodges' 1971 film…

1912

Len Butterfield

New Zealand cricketer (died 1999)

Leonard Arthur Butterfield was a New Zealand cricketer who played in one Test in 1946. He later served as New Zealand's chief harness racing stipendiary steward.

1913

Jackie Mitchell

American baseball pitcher (died 1987)

Virne Beatrice "Jackie" Mitchell Gilbert was one of the first female American pitchers in professional baseball history. She was 17 years old when she pitched for the Chattanooga Lookouts Class AA minor league baseball…

1913

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress (died 1982)

Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish actress. With a career spanning five decades, Bergman is often regarded as one of the most influential actresses in the history of cinema. She won numerous accolades, including three Academy…

1915

Nathan Pritikin

American nutritionist and author (died 1985)

Nathan Pritikin was an American inventor, engineer, nutritionist and longevity researcher. He promoted the Pritikin diet, a high-carbohydrate low-fat plant-based diet combined with regular aerobic exercise to prevent…

1915

Luther Davis

American playwright and screenwriter (died 2008)

Luther Berryhill Davis was an American playwright and screenwriter. Over a span of 45 years, Davis worked extensively in theater, television and film, but is probably best remembered for his Tony Award winning book for…

1916

Isabel Sanford

American actress (died 2004)

Eloise Gwendolyn "Isabel" Sanford was an American stage, film, and television actress and comedian best known for her role as Louise "Weezy" Mills Jefferson on the CBS sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1975) and The…

1917

Otis Boykin

American inventor and engineer (died 1982)

Otis Frank Boykin was an American inventor and engineer. His inventions include electrical resistors used in computing, missile guidance, and pacemakers.

1920

Charlie Parker

American saxophonist and composer (died 1955)

Charles Parker Jr., nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz…

1920

Herb Simpson

American baseball player (died 2015)

Herbert Harold Simpson was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues. He played for the Seattle Steelheads in the West Coast Negro Baseball League. He also played for the Birmingham Black Barons and the Chicago…

1920

Iris Apfel

American businesswoman, interior designer, and philanthropist (died 2024)

Iris Apfel was an American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion designer, known for her flamboyant style, outspoken personality and oversized eyeglasses. In business with her husband, Carl, from 1950 to 1992,…

1921

Arthur Anderson

American actor (died 2016)

Arthur John Miles Anderson was an American actor of radio, film, television, and stage.

1922

Richard Blackwell

American actor, fashion designer, and critic (died 2008)

Richard Blackwell, also known as Mr. Blackwell, was an American fashion critic, journalist, television and radio personality, artist, former child actor, and former fashion designer. He was the creator of the "Ten Worst…

1922

John Edward Williams

American author and educator (died 1994)

John Edward Williams was an American author, editor and professor. He was best known for his novels Butcher's Crossing (1960), Stoner (1965), and Augustus (1972), which won a U.S. National Book Award.

1922

Richard Attenborough

English actor, director, and producer (died 2014)

Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough was an English actor, film director and producer.

1923

Dinah Washington

American singer and pianist (died 1963)

Dinah Washington was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular Black female recording artists of the 1950s. Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including…

1924

Hélène Ahrweiler

Greek historian and academic (died 2026)

Hélène Glykatzi-Ahrweiler was a Greek-French academic Byzantinologist. She was also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Greece.

1926

René Depestre

Haitian writer

René Depestre is a Haitian-French poet and former communist activist. He is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in Haitian literature. He lived in Cuba as an exile from the Duvalier regime for many years…

1926

Donn Fendler

American author and speaker (died 2016)

Donn Charles Fendler was an American author and public speaker. Born in Rye, New York, Fendler, at the age of 12, became separated from his family and was lost on Maine's Mount Katahdin in July 1939. His disappearance…

1926

Betty Lynn

American actress (died 2021)

Elizabeth Ann Theresa Lynn was an American actress. She played Thelma Lou, Deputy Barney Fife's girlfriend, on The Andy Griffith Show. During the 1940s and 1950s, she appeared in many films, including Sitting Pretty…

1926

Jimmy C. Newman

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)

Jimmy Yves Newman, better known as Jimmy C. Newman, was an American country music and Cajun singer-songwriter and long-time star of the Grand Ole Opry.

1927

Herbert Meier

Swiss author and translator (died 2018)

Herbert Meier was a Swiss writer and translator.

1928

Thom Gunn

English-American poet and academic (died 2004)

Thomson William "Thom" Gunn was an English poet who was praised for his early verses in England, where he was associated with The Movement, and his later poetry in America, where he adopted a looser, free-verse style.…

1929

Jacques Bouchard

Canadian businessman (died 2006)

Jacques Bouchard, was a Canadian advertising executive and author. He was one of the founders of Quebec's first French creative advertising agency, BCP, and a pioneer in French-language advertising.

1930

Carlos Loyzaga

Filipino basketball player and coach (died 2016)

Carlos "Caloy" Loyzaga y Matute was a Filipino basketball player, coach and politician. He was the most dominant basketball player of his era in the Philippines and is considered as the greatest Filipino basketball…

1930

Stelios Kazantzidis

Greek singer and guitarist (died 2001)

Stelios Kazantzidis was one of the most prominent Greek singers. His roots were from Pontus and Asia Minor. A top artist of Greek music, or Laïkó, he collaborated with many of Greece's foremost composers.

1931

Lise Payette

Canadian journalist and politician (died 2018)

Lise Payette was a Canadian politician, journalist, writer, and businesswoman. She was a Parti Québécois (PQ) minister under the leadership of Premier René Lévesque and National Assembly of Quebec member for the riding…

1931

Sorel Etrog

Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (died 2014)

Sorel Etrog, was a Romanian-born Israeli-Canadian artist, writer, and primarily, a sculptor. He specialized in modern art works and contemporary sculpture. Etrog's works explore his first-hand experience of the Second…

1933

Arnold Koller

Swiss politician

Arnold Koller is a Swiss professor and politician. He served as a member of the Federal Council from 1987 to 1999 for the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP). Koller previously served as a member of the National…

1933

Dimitris Papamichael

Greek actor and director (died 2004)

Dimitris Papamichael was a popular Greek actor and director. In 1965, he married Aliki Vougiouklaki, the so-called "national star" of Greece, whom he met at the National Theatre of Greece Drama School. The star couple…

1934

Hugo Brandt Corstius

Dutch linguist and author (died 2014)

Hugo Brandt Corstius was a Dutch author, known for his achievements in both literature and science.

1935

William Friedkin

American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023)

William David Friedkin was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the New Hollywood movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in…

1935

László Garai

Hungarian psychologist and scholar (died 2019)

László Garai was a Hungarian scholar of psychology, specialising in the fields of theoretical psychology, social psychology and economic psychology.

1935

John McCain

American captain and politician (died 2018)

John Sidney McCain III was an American politician and naval officer who represented Arizona in the United States Congress for over 35 years, first as a U.S. representative from 1983 to 1987, then as a U.S. senator from…

1936

James Florio

American commander, lawyer, and politician, 49th Governor of New Jersey (died 2022)

James Joseph Florio was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th governor of New Jersey from 1990 to 1994. He was previously the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1975…

1937

Elliott Gould

American actor and producer

Elliott Gould is an American actor.

1938

Angela Huth

English journalist and author

Angela Huth is an English novelist and journalist.

1938

Christian Müller

German footballer and manager

Christian Müller is a German former professional footballer. A forward, he made 131 appearances and scored 71 goals in the Bundesliga for 1. FC Köln and Karlsruher SC during his playing career.

1938

Robert Rubin

American lawyer and politician, 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury

Robert Edward Rubin is an American retired banking executive, lawyer, and former government official. He served as the 70th United States secretary of the treasury during the Clinton administration. Before his…

1938

Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek

Hungarian discus thrower and shot putter (died 2022)

Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw event during her career.

1939

Joel Schumacher

American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2020)

Joel T. Schumacher was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Raised in New York City by his mother, Schumacher graduated from Parsons School of Design and originally became a fashion designer. He first…

1939

James Brady

American politician and activist, 15th White House Press Secretary (died 2014)

James Scott Brady was an American journalist, politician, activist and American public official who served as assistant to the U.S. president and the 17th White House Press Secretary, serving under President Ronald…

1940

Gary Gabelich

American race car driver (died 1984)

Gary Michael Gabelich was an American motorsport driver who set the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Land Speed Record (LSR) on October 23, 1970, driving the rocket car Blue Flame at Bonneville Salt Flats…

1940

Robin Leach

English journalist and television host (died 2018)

Robin Douglas Leach was a British-American entertainment reporter and writer from London. After beginning his career as a print journalist, first in Britain and then in the United States, he became best known for…

1941

James Glennon

American cinematographer (died 2006)

James "Jim" Glennon was an American cinematographer.

1942

Gottfried John

German actor (died 2014)

Gottfried John was a German stage, screen, and voice actor. A longtime collaborator of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John appeared in nine of his films between 1975 and 1981, the year before Fassbinder's death, including…

1942

Sterling Morrison

American singer and guitarist (died 1995)

Holmes Sterling Morrison Jr. was an American guitarist, best known as one of the founding members of the rock band the Velvet Underground, usually playing electric guitar, occasionally bass guitar, and singing backing…

1942

Mohamed Amin

Kenyan photographer and journalist (died 1996)

Mohamed Amin was a Kenyan photojournalist.

1943

Dick Halligan

American pianist and composer (died 2022)

Richard Bernard Halligan was an American musician and composer, best known as a founding member of the jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears.

1943

Arthur B. McDonald

Canadian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Arthur Bruce McDonald P.Eng is a Canadian astrophysicist. McDonald is the director of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration and held the Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics at Queen's…

1943

Chris Copping

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Chris Copping is a musician and singer-songwriter who was a member of Procol Harum in the 1970s, and has also composed for TV and film. He predominantly plays organ, piano and bass guitar.

1945

Wyomia Tyus

American sprinter

Wyomia Tyus is a retired American track and field sprinter, and the first person to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m.

1945

Bob Beamon

American long jumper

Robert Beamon is an American former track and field athlete, best known for his world record in the long jump at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968. By jumping 8.90 m, he broke the existing record by a margin of 55 cm and…

1946

Francine D. Blau

American economist and academic

Francine Dee Blau is an American economist and professor of economics as well as Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. In 2010, Blau was the first woman to receive the IZA Prize in Labor Economics for…

1946

Demetris Christofias

Cypriot businessman and politician, 6th President of Cyprus (died 2019)

Demetris Christofias was a Cypriot politician, who served as President of Cyprus from 2008 to 2013. He was previously President of the House of Representatives from 2001 to 2008 and General Secretary of the Progressive…

1946

Warren Jabali

American basketball player (died 2012)

Warren Jabali was an American basketball player. He played professionally in the American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1968 to 1975.

1946

Giorgio Orsoni

Italian lawyer and politician, 17th Mayor of Venice

Giorgio Orsoni is an Italian lawyer, politician and a former mayor of Venice.

1946

Temple Grandin

American ethologist, academic, and author

Mary Temple Grandin is an American academic, inventor, and ethologist. She is a prominent proponent of the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter and the author of more than 60 scientific papers on animal behavior.…

1947

James Hunt

English race car driver and sportscaster (died 1993)

James Simon Wallis Hunt was a British racing driver and broadcaster who competed in Formula One from 1973 to 1979. Nicknamed "the Shunt", Hunt won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1976 with McLaren, and…

1947

Robert S. Langer

American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and academic

Robert Samuel Langer Jr. FREng is an American biotechnologist, businessman, chemical engineer, chemist, and inventor. He is one of the nine Institute Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

1948

Stan Hansen

American wrestler and actor

John Stanley Hansen II, best known as Stan "the Lariat" Hansen, is an American retired professional wrestler.

1949

Darnell Hillman

American basketball player

Darnell Hillman is an American former professional basketball player who spent nine seasons in the American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association with the Indiana Pacers, New Jersey Nets, Denver…

1949

Doug DeCinces

American baseball player

Douglas Vernon DeCinces is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a third baseman from 1973 to 1987 for the Baltimore Orioles, California Angels and St. Louis…

1950

Frank Henenlotter

American director and screenwriter

Frank Henenlotter is an American film director, screenwriter and film historian. He is known primarily for directing horror comedies, especially Basket Case (1982), Brain Damage (1988), and Frankenhooker (1990).

1950

Dave Reichert

American soldier and politician

David George Reichert is an American retired police officer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Washington's 8th congressional district from 2005 to 2019. A moderate member of the Republican Party,…

1950

Aki Yashiro

Japanese singer (died 2023)

Aki Yashiro , real name Akiyo Masuda , née Hashimoto , was a Japanese enka singer and painter. Her stage name "Yashiro" was adopted from her hometown Yatsushiro.

1950

Geoff Whitehorn

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Geoffrey Charles Whitehorn is a guitarist and singer-songwriter, who has played as a member of If, Crawler and Procol Harum.

1951

Karen Hesse

American author and poet

Karen S. Hesse is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults, often with historical settings. She received the Newbery Medal for Out of the Dust (1997).

1952

Dave Malone

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

The Radiators, also known as The New Orleans Radiators, are an American swamp rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The band's musical style, which draws from blues, rock, rhythm and blues, funk and soul…

1952

Don Schlitz

American Hall of Fame country music songwriter (died 2026)

Donald Allen Schlitz Jr. was an American songwriter who wrote more than twenty number-one hits on the country music charts. He was best known for his song "The Gambler", and as the co-writer of "Forever and Ever, Amen",…

1952

Deborah Van Valkenburgh

American actress

Deborah Van Valkenburgh is an American actress best known for her screen debut as Mercy in the 1979 cult film The Warriors, and her role as Jackie Rush for five seasons (1980–1985) on the television situation comedy Too…

1952

David Boaz

American businessman and author

David Douglas Boaz was a libertarian author, philosopher and editor. He was a distinguished senior fellow and the executive vice president of the Cato Institute, an American libertarian think tank. Boaz was a prominent…

1953

Richard Harding

English rugby union player

Richard Mark Harding is a former rugby union international who played for England, and on his last test captained them. He also played club rugby for his home city of Bristol and was part of Bristol RFC's cup winning…

1953

James Quesada

Nicaraguan-American anthropologist and academic

James Quesada is a Nicaraguan American Anthropologist and professor at San Francisco State University's Department of Anthropology.. His work focuses on cultural and medical anthropology, the ethnography of structural…

1953

Michael P. Kube-McDowell

American journalist, author, and academic

Michael Paul Kube-McDowell, also known as Michael McDowell or Michael P. McDowell, is an American author of science fiction and non-fiction.

1954

Diamanda Galás

American singer-songwriter and pianist

Diamanda Galás is an American musician, singer-songwriter, visual artist, and activist. Galás has attracted the attention of the press particularly for her voice — a soprano sfogato — and written accounts that describe…

1955

Jack Lew

American lawyer and politician, 25th White House Chief of Staff

Jacob Joseph Lew is an American attorney and diplomat who served as the 28th United States ambassador to Israel from 2023 to 2025. He was the 76th United States secretary of the treasury from 2013 to 2017. A member of…

1955

Mark Morris

American dancer and choreographer

Mark William Morris is an American dancer, choreographer and director.

1956

Eddie Murray

American football player

Edward Peter Murray is a Canadian former professional football player who was a kicker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia…

1956

Charalambos Xanthopoulos

Greek footballer

Charalampos "Babis" Xanthopoulos is a former Greek footballer.

1956

Steve Yarbrough

American novelist and short story writer

Steve Yarbrough is an American author and academic, who teaches at Emerson College.

1956

Jerry D. Bailey

American jockey and sportscaster

Jerry D. Bailey is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey and current NBC Sports thoroughbred racing analyst. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest jockeys of all time.

1957

Grzegorz Ciechowski

Polish singer-songwriter, film music composer (died 2001)

Grzegorz Zbigniew Ciechowski was a Polish rock musician and film music composer.

1957

Lenny Henry

English comedian, actor, and screenwriter

Sir Lenworth George Henry is a British-Jamaican comedian, actor, presenter and writer. He gained success as a stand-up comedian and impressionist in the late 1970s and early 1980s, becoming a regular cast member of the…

1958

Michael Jackson

American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (died 2009)

Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century. Over a…

1958

Rebecca De Mornay

American actress

Rebecca De Mornay is an American actress who has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows. Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she starred in Risky Business. De Mornay is also known for her roles in…

1959

Ramón Díaz

Argentine footballer and manager

Ramón Ángel Díaz is an Argentine football manager and former player. He is the most successful Argentine coach in history with 17 titles, the second most successful manager in River Plate's history after Marcelo…

1959

Ray Elgaard

Canadian football player

Raymond Elgaard is a former Canadian Football League (CFL) slotback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1983 through 1996, including winning the 77th Grey Cup in 1989. A big man, he was noted for his reliability as a…

1959

Chris Hadfield

Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut

Chris Austin Hadfield is a Canadian retired astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot, musician, and writer. As the first Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in outer space, he has flown two Space Shuttle missions and…

1959

Eddi Reader

Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Sadenia "Eddi" Reader MBE is a Scottish singer-songwriter, known for her work as the lead vocalist of the folk and soft rock band Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solo career. She is the recipient of three Brit…

1959

Timothy Shriver

American businessman and activist

Timothy Perry Shriver is an American disability rights activist, film producer, and former educator who has been Chairman of Special Olympics since 1996 and is the founder of UNITE. He is a member of the prominent…

1959

Stephen Wolfram

English-American physicist and mathematician

Stephen Wolfram is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is known for his work in computer algebra and theoretical physics. In 2012, he was named a fellow of the American Mathematical…

1959

Nagarjuna

Indian film actor, Producer and Businessman

Akkineni Nagarjuna is an Indian actor best known for his works primarily in Telugu cinema, as well as in a few Hindi and Tamil films. He has appeared in over 90 films and is a recipient of two National Film Awards for…

1959

Todd English

American chef and author

William Todd English is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality, based in Boston, Massachusetts. He hosted the TV cooking show, Food Trip with Todd English, on PBS. In 2005 he was a…

1960

Tony MacAlpine

American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Tony MacAlpine is an American musician and composer. In a career spanning four decades, he has released twelve studio albums. MacAlpine is best known as an instrumental rock and heavy metal solo guitarist, although he…

1960

Carsten Fischer

German field hockey player

Carsten "Calle" Fischer is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who competed at four Summer Olympics for his native country. He won the golden medal with his team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona,…

1961

Rodney McCray

American basketball player

Rodney Earl McCray is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'8" small forward, he spent 10 seasons (1983–93) in the National Basketball Association (NBA), tallying 9,014 career points and 5,087 career…

1961

Carl Banks

American football player and sportscaster

Carl E. Banks is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played from 1984 to 1995 for the New York Giants, Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns.…

1962

Hiroki Kikuta

Japanese game designer and composer

Hiroki Kikuta is a Japanese composer and game designer. His major works are Secret of Mana, Trials of Mana, Soukaigi, and Koudelka, for which he also acted as producer and concept designer. He has composed music for…

1962

Ian James Corlett

Canadian voice actor, writer, producer and author

Ian James Corlett is a Canadian voice actor and author. He is the creator of the animated series Being Ian and Yvon of the Yukon with Studio B Productions, with notable voice roles including Mega Man in Ruby-Spears'…

1962

Simon Thurley

English historian and academic

Simon John Thurley is an English academic and architectural historian. He served as Chief Executive of English Heritage from April 2002 to May 2015. In April 2021, he became Chair of the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

1962

Richard Angelo

American serial killer and poisoner

Richard Angelo is an American serial killer and former nurse who operated within Long Island and West Islip, New York. In 1989, he was convicted of murdering several of his patients and sentenced to 50-years-to-life in…

1962

Elizabeth Fraser

Scottish singer-songwriter

Elizabeth Davidson Fraser is a Scottish singer. She was the vocalist for the band Cocteau Twins, who achieved worldwide success from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. Their studio albums Victorialand (1986) and Heaven or…

1963

Perri "Pebbles" Reid

American dance-pop and urban contemporary singer-songwriter

Perri Arlette Reid, known professionally as Pebbles, is an American singer, songwriter, businesswoman, pastor, record producer, and music executive. She is known for her hits during the late 1980s and early 1990s such…

1964

Zisis Tsekos

Greek footballer

Zisis Tsekos is a former Greek footballer.

1964

Will Perdue

American basketball player and sportscaster

William Edward Perdue III is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a member of four NBA championship teams, three with the Chicago Bulls (1991–1993) and…

1965

Geir-Inge Sivertsen

Norwegian politician and engineer, Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Seafood

Geir-Inge Sivertsen is a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Conservative Party. He is currently the mayor of Senja since 2023. He served as minister of fisheries from January to March 2020, and previously served…

1965

Jörn Großkopf

German footballer and manager

Jörn Großkopf (born 29 August 1966 is a German former football player and manager. He is currently in charge of Eintracht Norderstedt.

1966

Neil Gorsuch

American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Neil McGill Gorsuch is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on January 31, 2017, and has served since April 10, 2017.

1967

Anton Newcombe

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Anton Alfred Newcombe is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and founder of the music group The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

1967

Meshell Ndegeocello

German-American singer-songwriter

Meshell Ndegeocello is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and bassist. She has gone by the name Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur which is used as a writing credit on some of her mid-career work. Her music incorporates a…

1968

Joe Swail

Northern Irish snooker player

Joe Swail is a Northern Irish former professional snooker player from Belfast. He retired in May 2019 after being relegated from the tour. He has reached ten major ranking semi-finals, including the 2000 and 2001 World…

1969

Jennifer Crittenden

American screenwriter and producer

Jennifer Crittenden is an American screenwriter and producer. She started her writing career on the animated television series The Simpsons, and has since written for several other television sitcoms including Everybody…

1969

Lucero

Mexican singer, songwriter, actress, and television host

Lucero Hogaza León is a Mexican singer, actress, and television personality. Dubbed "the Americas' Girlfriend", she is known for her influence in Latin music and Latin American television, with a career spanning over…

1969

Henry Blanco

Venezuelan baseball player and coach

Henry Ramón Blanco is a Venezuelan former professional baseball catcher who currently serves as the manager for the Sultanes de Monterrey of the Mexican League. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1997 to…

1971

Alex Griffin

English bass player

Ned's Atomic Dustbin is an English rock band formed in Stourbridge, West Midlands, in November 1987. The band took their name from an episode of radio comedy programme The Goon Show. The band is unusual for using two…

1971

Carla Gugino

American actress

Carla Gugino is an American actress. After early roles in the films Troop Beverly Hills (1989), This Boy's Life (1993), Son in Law (1993), and Snake Eyes (1998), Gugino received wider recognition for her starring roles…

1971

Amanda Marshall

Canadian singer-songwriter

Amanda Meta Marshall is a Canadian Juno award winning pop-rock singer and songwriter. She has released four studio albums; the first was certified diamond in Canada, with the second and third certified 3× platinum and…

1972

Bae Yong-joon

South Korean actor

Bae Yong-joon is a South Korean businessman and former actor. He has starred in numerous television dramas, including, notably, Winter Sonata (2002), which became a major part of the Korean Wave. Bae retired from acting…

1972

Vincent Cavanagh

English singer and guitarist

Vincent Cavanagh is a British composer, vocalist, and producer, currently releasing music under the moniker The Radicant. His work spans electronic music, contemporary art, dance and immersive technology, with a focus…

1973

Olivier Jacque

French motorcycle racer

Olivier Jacque is a French former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

1973

Kumi Tanioka

Japanese keyboard player and composer

Kumi Tanioka is a Japanese composer and pianist. Born in Hiroshima, Japan, she graduated from Kobe University with a degree in musical performance, and began working as a video game composer in 1998. She joined video…

1974

Dante Basco

American actor

Dante Roman Titus Basco is an American actor. He is known for his role as Rufio, the leader of the Lost Boys, in Steven Spielberg's Hook, Dolph in the cult film But I'm a Cheerleader, the lead character Ben Mercado in…

1975

Kyle Cook

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

David Kyle Cook is an American musician best known as a member of the band Matchbox Twenty, serving as the lead guitarist, banjo player, backing and occasional lead vocalist.

1975

Stephen Carr

Irish footballer

Stephen Carr is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a right-back, sometimes deputising at left-back or centre back. He started his career with Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur in 1993 and remained…

1976

Phil Harvey

English manager

Philip Christopher Harvey is an English music manager and creative director. He contributes exclusively to the rock band Coldplay, who consider him their fifth member. After studying at Sherborne School and befriending…

1976

Kevin Kaesviharn

American football player

Kevin Robert Kaesviharn is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Iowa Barnstormers as a street free agent in 1998. He played college…

1976

Georgios Kalaitzis

Greek basketball player

Georgios Kalaitzis is a Greek basketball coach and former professional player, who last served as the youth academy head coach for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and the EuroLeague. During his playing career,…

1976

Pablo Mastroeni

Argentine-American soccer player and manager

Pablo Mastroeni is a professional soccer coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake. Born in Argentina, he played for the United States national team.

1976

Jon Dahl Tomasson

Danish footballer and manager

Jon Dahl Tomasson is a Danish football manager and former player. He was most recently manager of the Sweden national team.

1976

Cayetano

Greek DJ and producer

Giorgos Bratanis, better known by his artistic name Cayetano is a Greek musician. He performs with his band — Cayetano Live Band — and as a DJ worldwide.

1977

Devean George

American basketball player

Devean Jamar George is an American former professional basketball player who played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), mostly as a backup small forward. He won three NBA championships during his…

1977

John Hensley

American actor

John Carter Hensley is an American actor, best known for his role as Matt McNamara on Nip/Tuck.

1977

John Patrick O'Brien

American soccer player

Jonathan Patrick O'Brien is an American former soccer player. After retiring, he pursued a career in psychology.

1977

Roy Oswalt

American baseball player

Roy Edward Oswalt is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Oswalt played for the majority of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Houston Astros. He also played for the Philadelphia Phillies,…

1977

Charlie Pickering

Australian comedian and radio host

Charlie Pickering is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, author, and producer. As of 2025 Pickering hosts The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, a weekly news satire television show on the ABC, as well…

1977

Aaron Rowand

American baseball player and sportscaster

Aaron Ryan Rowand is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and San Francisco Giants, winning two World Series…

1977

Volkan Arslan

German-Turkish footballer

Volkan Arslan is a Turkish football coach and former player. Arslan played for Turkey at the U-16, U-17 and U-18 levels before he made his debut for the senior team in 2003.

1978

Celestine Babayaro

Nigerian footballer

Celestine Hycieth Babayaro is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a left-back or a midfielder.

1978

Stijn Devolder

Belgian cyclist

Stijn Devolder is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally for Vlaanderen–T Interim (2002–2003), Discovery Channel (2004–2007), Quick-Step (2008–2010), Vacansoleil–DCM (2011–2012),…

1979

Kristjan Rahnu

Estonian decathlete

Kristjan Rahnu is a retired Estonian decathlete. His personal best dates back to 2005 when he did 8526 points in France, Arles on June 4–5. After many injuries and other issues, Rahnu is trying to make a successful…

1979

Ryan Shealy

American baseball player

Ryan Nelson Shealy is an American former professional baseball player who played six seasons in Major League Baseball as a first baseman. Shealy played college baseball for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he…

1979

Chris Simms

American football player

Christopher David Simms is an American sports analyst and former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round…

1980

David West

American basketball player

David Moorer West is an American former professional basketball player who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New Orleans Hornets, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs and Golden State…

1980

Martin Erat

Czech ice hockey player

Martin Erat is a Czech former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League for the Nashville Predators, Washington Capitals and the Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes.

1981

Geneviève Jeanson

Canadian cyclist

Geneviève Jeanson is a former professional bicycle racer from Quebec, Canada. She won the world junior road and time trial championships in 1999 and the Tour de Snowy in 2000. Later that year she won La Flèche Wallonne…

1981

Ruhila Adatia-Sood

Kenyan journalist and radio host (died 2013)

Ruhila Adatia-Sood was a Kenyan television and radio presenter and journalist of Indian heritage.

1982

Carlos Delfino

Argentine–Italian basketball player

Carlos Francisco Delfino is an Argentine former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Detroit Pistons, Toronto Raptors, Milwaukee Bucks, and Houston Rockets.…

1982

Yakhouba Diawara

French basketball player

Yakhouba Diawara is a French former professional basketball player. He played college basketball in the United States for the Pepperdine Waves.

1982

Vincent Enyeama

Nigerian footballer

Vincent Enyeama is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is regarded as one of the greatest African goalkeepers of all time.

1982

Jennifer Landon

American actress

Jennifer Landon is an American actress known for her role as Teeter on the Paramount Network series Yellowstone (2020–2024). She is also known for her role as Gwen Norbeck Munson in the CBS soap opera As the World…

1983

Antti Niemi

Finnish ice hockey player

Antti Niemi is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. During the 2009–10 season as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks, he became the first Finnish goaltender to win the Stanley Cup, and has also played for…

1983

Anthony Recker

American baseball player

Anthony Vito Recker is an American broadcaster and former professional baseball catcher and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, and Atlanta…

1983

Hajime Isayama

Japanese illustrator

Hajime Isayama is a Japanese manga artist. His first series, Attack on Titan (2009–2021), became one of the best-selling manga series of all time with 140 million copies in circulation as of November 2023. He was…

1986

Lea Michele

American actress and singer

Lea Michele Sarfati is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She began her career as a child actress on Broadway, appearing in productions of Les Misérables (1995–1996), Ragtime (1997–1999), Fiddler on the Roof…

1986

Tony Kane

Northern Irish footballer

Anthony Michael Kane is a Northern Irish former footballer Kane was best known for his time at Ballymena United where he made over 250 appearances for the Sky Blues. As an international, Kane has represented both the…

1987

Charlotte Ritchie

English actress

Charlotte Ritchie is an English actress. She is best known on television as Nurse Barbara Gilbert in Call the Midwife (2015–2018) and Alison Cooper in Ghosts (2019–2023).

1989

Jakub Kosecki

Polish footballer

Jakub Kosecki is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Klasa A club Kosa Konstancin.

1990

Chris Taylor

American baseball player

Christopher Armand Taylor Jr., nicknamed "CT3", is an American professional baseball utility player in the Los Angeles Angels organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle…

1990

Patrick van Aanholt

Dutch footballer

Patrick John Miguel van Aanholt is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam.

1990

Néstor Araujo

Mexican footballer

Néstor Alejandro Araujo Razo is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga MX club América. He is an Olympic gold medalist.

1991

Deshaun Thomas

American basketball player

Deshaun Leroy Thomas is an American former professional basketball player who last played for LDLC ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he played the small forward and power…

1991

Noah Syndergaard

American baseball player

Noah Seth Syndergaard, nicknamed "Thor", is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Los Angeles Angels, Philadelphia…

1992

Lucas Cruikshank

American YouTuber and actor

Lucas Alan Cruikshank is an American YouTuber and actor who created the character Fred Figglehorn and the associated Fred series for his channel on the video-hosting website YouTube in late 2006. These videos are…

1993

Liam Payne

English singer-songwriter from One Direction (died 2024)

Liam James Payne was an English singer and songwriter. He was a member of the pop band One Direction, one of the best-selling boy bands of all time, alongside Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson.…

1993

Ysaline Bonaventure

Belgian tennis player

Ysaline Bonaventure is a Belgian former professional tennis player. On 6 March 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 81. On 1 February 2016, she peaked at No. 57 in the doubles rankings. Bonaventure…

1994

Daryll Neita

British sprinter

Daryll Saskia Neita is a British sprinter. She won a silver medal in the 200 metres at the 2024 European Championships along with bronze in the 100 metres at the 2022 European Championships, 2022 Commonwealth Games and…

1996

Rio Ngumoha

English footballer

Rio Chima Ngumoha is an English professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool.

2008

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