Famous Birthdays on August 30

Q: Who was born on August 30?

Famous people born on August 30 include: Peter of Castile (died 1369), Albert Szenczi Molnár, Sir Alexander Carew, Artus Quellinus the Elder, Itō Jinsai.

Q: What is Elizabeth Ashley known for?

Elizabeth Ashley, American actress

1939 — Elizabeth Ashley

American actress

August 30 has seen 229 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1334 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · August 30 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 229 people 1334 – 2002

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She has been nominated for three Tony Awards, winning once in 1962 for Take Her, She's Mine

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Ashley was also nominated for the BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for her supporting performance in The Carpetbaggers (1964), and was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1991 for Evening Shade

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Ashley was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 24 times

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She also appeared in an episode of Mannix, "The Dark Hours", in 1974

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She is a 2024 inductee into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

Peter of Castile (died 1369)

Peter, called Peter the Cruel or the Just, was King of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369. Peter was the last ruler of the main branch of the House of Ivrea. He was excommunicated by Pope Urban V for his persecutions…

1334

Albert Szenczi Molnár

Hungarian writer and translator (died 1634)

Albert Szenczi Molnár was a Hungarian Calvinist pastor, linguist, philosopher, poet, religious writer and translator.

1574

Sir Alexander Carew

2nd Baronet, English politician (died 1644)

Sir Alexander Carew was an English landowner, soldier and politician from Antony, Cornwall. Elected Member of Parliament for Cornwall in November 1640, he voted for the execution of the Earl of Strafford in May 1641,…

1609

Artus Quellinus the Elder

Flemish sculptor (died 1668)

Artus Quellinus the Elder, Artus Quellinus I or Artus (Arnoldus) Quellijn was a Flemish sculptor. He is regarded as the most important representative of the Baroque in sculpture in the Southern Netherlands. He worked…

1609

Itō Jinsai

Japanese philosopher (died 1705)

Itō Jinsai , who also went by the pen name Keisai, was a Japanese Confucian philosopher. He is considered to be one of the most influential Confucian scholars of seventeenth century Japan, and the Tokugawa period…

1627

Capability Brown

English landscape architect (died 1783)

Lancelot "Capability" Brown was an English gardener and landscape architect, a notable figure in the history of the English landscape garden style.

1716

Samuel Whitbread

English brewer and politician, founded Whitbread (died 1796)

Samuel Whitbread was a British brewer and politician. In 1742, he established a brewery that in 1799 became Whitbread & Co Ltd.

1720

Jacques-Louis David

French painter and illustrator (died 1825)

Jacques-Louis David was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s, his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in taste away from Rococo…

1748

Joseph Dennie

American author and journalist (died 1812)

Joseph Dennie was an American author and journalist who was one of the foremost men of letters of the Federalist Era. A Federalist, Dennie is best remembered for his series of essays entitled The Lay Preacher and as the…

1768

Mary Shelley

English novelist and playwright (died 1851)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the…

1797

Agoston Haraszthy

Hungarian-American businessman, founded Buena Vista Winery (died 1869)

Agoston Haraszthy was a Hungarian American nobleman, adventurer, traveler, writer, town-builder, and pioneer winemaker in Wisconsin and California, often referred to as the "Father of California Wine", alongside…

1812

Alexander H. Rice

American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1895)

Alexander Hamilton Rice was an American politician and businessman from Massachusetts. He served as Mayor of Boston from 1856 to 1857, a U.S. congressman during the American Civil War, and as the 30th governor of…

1818

Adolph Strauch

Prussian American landscape architect (died 1883)

Adolph Strauch was a Prussian American landscape architect who conceived the "landscape lawn" design. He applied his thinking to the layout of Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio, which won him international…

1822

Gulstan Ropert

French-American bishop and missionary (died 1903)

Gulstan Ropert, SS.CC., of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary served as the third vicar apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands - now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu,…

1839

Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (died 1849)

Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia was the eldest child and first daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and his first wife Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. She died from infant meningitis at the age of six and…

1842

Emily Ruete/Salama bint Said

also called Sayyida Salme, a Princess of Zanzibar and Oman (died 1924)

Emily Rüte was a Princess of Zanzibar and Oman. She was the youngest of the 36 children of Said bin Sultan, Sultan of the Omani Empire. She is the author of Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar.

1844

Andrew Onderdonk

American surveyor and contractor (died 1905)

Andrew Onderdonk was an American construction contractor who worked on several major projects in the West, including the San Francisco seawall in California and the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia. He was…

1848

Marcelo H. del Pilar

Filipino journalist and lawyer (died 1896)

Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitán, commonly known as Marcelo H. del Pilar and also known by his nom de plume Pláridel, was a Filipino writer, lawyer, journalist, and freemason. Del Pilar, along with José Rizal and…

1850

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Dutch chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1911)

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff Jr. was a Dutch physical chemist. A highly influential theoretical chemist, in 1901 Van 't Hoff won the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry "[for his] discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics…

1852

J. Alden Weir

American painter and academic (died 1919)

Julian Alden Weir was an American impressionist painter and member of the Cos Cob Art Colony in Greenwich, Connecticut. Weir was also one of the founding members of "The Ten", a loosely allied group of American artists…

1852

Evelyn De Morgan

English painter (died 1919)

Evelyn De Morgan was an English painter associated early in her career with the later phase of the Pre-Raphaelite Movement, and working in a range of styles including Aestheticism and Symbolism. Her paintings are…

1855

Carl David Tolmé Runge

German mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist (died 1927)

Carl David Tolmé Runge was a German mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist.

1856

Ignaz Sowinski

Galician architect (died 1917)

Ignaz Stanislaus Sowinski was a Polish architect and journalist who was active in Galicia from the middle of the 1880s and until the outbreak of World War I.

1858

Isaac Levitan

Russian painter and illustrator (died 1900)

Isaac Ilyich Levitan was a Russian landscape painter who advanced the genre of the "mood landscape".

1860

Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (died 1891)

Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, later known as Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia ; 30 August [O.S. 18 August] 1870 – 24 September [O.S. 12 September] 1891), was a member of the Greek royal family by…

1870

Ernest Rutherford

New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1937)

Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, was a New Zealand physicist and chemist who was a pioneering researcher in both atomic and nuclear physics. He has been described as "the father of nuclear physics" and…

1871

Theo van Doesburg

Dutch artist (died 1931)

Theo van Doesburg was a Dutch painter, writer, poet, and architect. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl.

1883

Theodor Svedberg

Swedish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)

Theodor Svedberg was a Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate for his research on colloids and proteins using the ultracentrifuge. Svedberg was active at Uppsala University from the mid-1900s to late 1940s. While at…

1884

Tedda Courtney

Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1957)

Ed "Tedda" Courtney was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer and coach. He played club football for North Sydney, Western Suburbs and representative football for the New South Wales state and Australian national…

1885

Paul Kochanski

Polish violinist and composer (died 1934)

Paul Kochanski was a Polish violinist, composer and arranger active in the United States.

1887

Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson

English captain and pilot (died 1918)

Captain Samuel Frederick Henry "Siffy" Thompson was a British World War I two-seater fighter ace who, in conjunction with his observer-gunners, was credited with thirty aerial victories before being shot down and…

1890

Huey Long

American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (died 1935)

Huey Pierce Long Jr., nicknamed "The Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. He was…

1893

Raymond Massey

Canadian-American actor and playwright (died 1983)

Raymond Hart Massey was a Canadian and American actor. Known for his commanding stage-trained voice, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the title role in Abe Lincoln in Illinois…

1896

Shirley Booth

American actress and singer (died 1992)

Shirley Booth was an American actress. One of 24 performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, Booth was the recipient of an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Tony Awards.

1898

John Gunther

American journalist and author (died 1970)

John Gunther was an American journalist and writer.

1901

Roy Wilkins

American journalist and activist (died 1981)

Roy Ottoway Wilkins was an American civil rights leader from the 1930s to the 1970s. Wilkins's most notable role was his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in which he…

1901

Bhagwati Charan Verma

Indian author (died 1981)

Bhagwati Charan Verma was a Hindi author. He wrote many novels, his best work was Chitralekha (1934), which was made into two successful Hindi films in 1941 and 1964 respectively. He was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award…

1903

Joan Blondell

American actress and singer (died 1979)

Rose Joan Blondell was an American actress who performed in film and television for 50 years.

1906

Olga Taussky-Todd

Austrian mathematician (died 1995)

Olga Taussky-Todd was an Austrian and American mathematician. She published more than 300 research papers on algebraic number theory, integral matrices, and matrices in algebra and analysis.

1906

Leonor Fini

Argentine painter, illustrator, and author (died 1996)

Leonor Fini was an Argentine-Italian surrealist painter, designer, illustrator, and author, known for her depictions of powerful and erotic women.

1907

Bertha Parker Pallan

American archaeologist (died 1978)

Bertha Pallan Thurston Cody was an American archaeologist, working as an assistant in archaeology at the Southwest Museum. She was also married to actor Iron Eyes Cody. She is thought to be the first Native American…

1907

John Mauchly

American physicist and co-founder of the first computer company (died 1980)

John William Mauchly was an American physicist who, along with J. Presper Eckert, designed ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, as well as EDVAC, BINAC and UNIVAC I, the first commercial…

1907

Fred MacMurray

American actor (died 1991)

Frederick Martin MacMurray was an American actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films and a successful television series in a career that spanned nearly a half-century. His career as a major film leading man…

1908

Virginia Lee Burton

American author and illustrator (died 1968)

Virginia Lee Burton, also known by her married name Virginia Demetrios, was an American illustrator and children's book author. She wrote and illustrated seven children's books, including Mike Mulligan and His Steam…

1909

Roger Bushell

South African-English soldier and pilot (died 1944)

Squadron Leader Roger Joyce Bushell was a South African aviator in the British Royal Air Force. He masterminded the famous "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, but was one of the 50 escapees to be…

1910

Edward Mills Purcell

American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)

Edward Mills Purcell was an American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics with Felix Bloch for his independent discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in liquids and in solids. NMR has become…

1912

Nancy Wake

New Zealand-English captain (died 2011)

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake,, also known as Madame Fiocca and Nancy Fiocca, was a New Zealand-born Australian nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during…

1912

Richard Stone

English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)

Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone was an eminent British economist. He was educated at Gonville and Caius College and King's College at the University of Cambridge. In 1984, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in…

1913

Princess Lilian

Duchess of Halland (died 2013)

Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, was a British socialite who became a princess of Sweden through her 1976 marriage to Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (1912–1997). As such, she was an aunt of King Carl XVI Gustaf of…

1915

Robert Strassburg

American composer, conductor, and educator (died 2003)

Robert Strassburg was an American conductor, composer, musicologist and music educator. Included among his compositions are numerous musical settings of the poetry of Walt Whitman, as well as several sacred Judaic…

1915

Shailendra

Pakistani-Indian songwriter (died 1968)

Shailendra was an Indian Hindi-Urdu poet, lyricist and film producer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most celebrated lyricists of the Indian film industry. Known for his association with filmmaker Raj Kapoor,…

1916

Dan Enright

American television producer (died 1992)

Daniel Enright was an American television producer, primarily of game shows. Enright worked with Jack Barry from the 1940s until Barry's death in 1984. They were partners in creating programs for radio and television.…

1917

Denis Healey

English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 2015)

Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey was a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 and as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970; he remains the…

1917

Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (died 1992)

Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia was the Head of the Imperial Family of Russia, a position which he claimed from 1938 to his death in 1992.

1917

Harold Atcherley

English businessman (died 2017)

Sir Harold Winter Atcherley was a businessman, public figure and arts administrator in the United Kingdom.

1918

Billy Johnson

American baseball player (died 2006)

William Russell Johnson was an American professional baseball player. He was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played in 964 games for the New York Yankees in the 1940s and later with the St. Louis Cardinals.

1918

Ted Williams

American baseball player and manager (died 2002)

Theodore Samuel Williams was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, primarily as a left fielder, for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960;…

1918

Maurice Hilleman

American microbiologist and vaccinologist (died 2005)

Maurice Ralph Hilleman was a leading American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed over 40 vaccines, an unparalleled record of productivity. According to one estimate, his vaccines save nearly…

1919

Wolfgang Wagner

German director and manager (died 2010)

Wolfgang Wagner was a German opera director. He is best known as the director (Festspielleiter) of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951 until the latter's death in…

1919

Kitty Wells

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)

Ellen Muriel Deason, known professionally as Kitty Wells, was an American country music singer. Her 1952 hit recording "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" made her the first female country singer to top the U.S.…

1919

Arnold Green

Estonian soldier and politician (died 2011)

Arnold Green was a Soviet and Estonian politician and president of the Estonian Olympic Committee from 1989 to 1997, leader of the Estonian Olympic team for the Games in Albertville, Barcelona, Lillehammer and Atlanta…

1920

Lionel Murphy

Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (died 1986)

Lionel Keith Murphy was an Australian politician, barrister, and judge. He was a Senator for New South Wales from 1962 to 1975, serving as Attorney-General in the Whitlam government, and then sat on the High Court from…

1922

Regina Resnik

American soprano and actress (died 2013)

Regina Resnik was an American opera singer who had an active international career that spanned five decades. She began her career as a soprano in 1942 and soon after began a lengthy and fruitful relationship with the…

1922

Barbara Ansell

English physician and author (died 2001)

Barbara Mary Ansell was a British medical doctor and the founder of the field of paediatric rheumatology. Ansell was notable for outstanding contributions to the advancement of paediatric knowledge, specifically…

1923

Charmian Clift

Australian journalist and author (died 1969)

Charmian Clift was an Australian writer. She was the second wife and literary collaborator of George Johnston.

1923

Vic Seixas

American tennis player (died 2024)

Elias Victor Seixas Jr. was an American tennis player.

1923

Kenny Dorham

American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (died 1972)

McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and occasional singer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention or public…

1924

Lajos Kisfaludy

Hungarian chemist and engineer (died 1988)

Lajos Kisfaludy was a Hungarian chemical engineer, a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He is renowned for his research in the field of peptide synthesis and medicinal chemistry.

1924

Geoffrey Beene

American fashion designer (died 2004)

Geoffrey Beene was an American fashion designer. Beene was one of New York's most famous fashion designers, recognized for his artistic and technical skills and for creating simple, comfortable and dressy women's wear.

1924

Laurent de Brunhoff

French author and illustrator (died 2024)

Laurent de Brunhoff was a French author and illustrator, known primarily for continuing the Babar the Elephant series of children's books that was created by his father, Jean de Brunhoff.

1925

Donald Symington

American actor (died 2013)

Donald Leith Symington was an American stage, film and television actor. He appeared in such movies and television shows as Annie Hall, Spring Break, and Fantasy Island.

1925

Daryl Gates

American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (died 2010)

Daryl Francis Gates was an American police officer who served as chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1978 to 1992. His length of tenure in this position was second only to that of William H. Parker. Gates is…

1926

Bill Daily

American actor and comedian (died 2018)

William Edward Daily was an American actor and comedian known for his sitcom work as Major Roger Healey on I Dream of Jeannie and Howard Borden on The Bob Newhart Show.

1927

Piet Kee

Dutch organist and composer (died 2018)

Pieter William Kee was a Dutch organist and composer.

1927

Lloyd Casner

American race car driver (died 1965)

Lloyd Perry Casner was an American race car driver and the creator of the Casner Motor Racing Division team.

1928

Harvey Hart

Canadian director and producer (died 1989)

Harvey Hart was a Canadian television and film director and a television producer.

1928

Johnny Mann

American singer-songwriter and conductor (died 2014)

John Russell Mann was an American arranger, composer, conductor, entertainer, singer, and recording artist.

1928

Guy de Lussigny

French painter and sculptor (died 2001)

Guy de Lussigny was a French painter of the school of geometric abstraction.

1929

Ian McNaught-Davis

English mountaineer and television host (died 2014)

Ian McNaught-Davis was a British television presenter best known for presenting the BBC television series The Computer Programme, Making the Most of the Micro and Micro Live in the 1980s. He was also a mountaineer and…

1929

Warren Buffett

American businessman and philanthropist

Warren Edward Buffett is an American investor and philanthropist who is the chairman and former CEO of the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway. As a result of his success, Buffett is one of the best-known investors in the…

1930

Noel Harford

New Zealand cricketer and basketball player (died 1981)

Noel Sherwin Harford was a New Zealand cricketer who played eight Test matches in the 1950s. In domestic cricket he played for Central Districts from 1953 to 1959 and for Auckland from 1963 to 1967.

1930

Jack Swigert

American pilot and astronaut (died 1982)

John Leonard Swigert Jr. was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and politician. In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13, he became…

1931

Don Getty

Canadian football player and politician, 11th Premier of Alberta (died 2016)

Donald Ross Getty was a Canadian athlete, businessman, and politician who served as the 11th premier of Alberta between 1985 and 1992.

1933

Antonio Cabangon Chua

Filipino media mogul and businessman (died 2016)

Antonio L. Cabangon-Chua was a Filipino businessman, Philippine ambassador to Laos under the administration of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and reserved colonel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, being…

1934

John Phillips

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)

John Edmund Andrew Phillips was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was the leader of the vocal group the Mamas & the Papas and remains frequently referred to as Papa John Phillips. In addition to writing…

1935

Alexandra Bellow

Romanian-American mathematician (died 2025)

Alexandra Bellow was a Romanian-American mathematician who made contributions to the fields of ergodic theory, probability and analysis.

1935

Peter North

English scholar and academic

Sir Peter Machin North is a British academic lawyer who served as Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, from 1984 to 2005 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1993 to 1997.

1936

Bruce McLaren

New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team (died 1970)

Bruce Leslie McLaren was a New Zealand racing driver, automotive designer, engineer, and motorsport executive who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1970. He won four Grands Prix across 13 seasons and was runner-up in…

1937

Murray Gleeson

Australian lawyer and judge, 11th Chief Justice of Australia

Anthony Murray Gleeson is an Australian former judge who served as the 11th Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1998 to 2008.

1938

John Peel

English radio host and producer (died 2004)

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until…

1939

Jack Biondolillo

American bowler (died 2021)

Jack Joseph Biondolillo was an American professional bowler and member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA).

1940

Ignazio Giunti

Italian race car driver (died 1971)

Ignazio Francesco Giunti was an Italian racing driver. He competed in Formula One as well as in saloon and Sports Car Racing.

1941

Ben Jones

American actor and politician

Benjamin Lewis Jones is an American actor, politician, playwright, and essayist, best known for his role as Cooter Davenport in The Dukes of Hazzard. Jones also served for four years in the United States House of…

1941

Sue MacGregor

English journalist and radio host

Susan Katriona MacGregor is a British broadcaster. She is best known as a former presenter of BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and later the Today programme.

1941

John McNally

English singer and guitarist

John McNally is an English guitarist. He was a member of The Searchers, a band he formed in 1959, who were a big part of the Mersey sound in the early 1960s. He was the longest-serving member of the group, touring in…

1941

Jonathan Aitken

Irish-British journalist and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement

Jonathan William Patrick Aitken is a British author, Church of England priest and former Conservative Party politician. Beginning his career in journalism, he was elected to Parliament in 1974, and was a member of the…

1942

John Kani

South African actor

Bonisile John Kani is a South African actor. He is known for portraying T'Chaka in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: Civil War (2016) and Black Panther (2018), Rafiki in The Lion King (2019) and…

1942

Pervez Sajjad

Pakistani cricketer

Pervez Sajjad Hasan is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in 19 Tests from 1964 to 1973.

1942

Tal Brody

American-Israeli basketball player and coach

Talbot "Tal" Brody, nicknamed Mr. Basketball, is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player and current goodwill ambassador of Israel. Brody was drafted #12 in the 1965 NBA draft, but chose to pass up an…

1943

Robert Crumb

American illustrator

Robert Dennis Crumb is an American artist who often signs his work R. Crumb. His work displays a nostalgia for American folk culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and satire of contemporary American culture.

1943

Colin Dann

English author

Colin Dann is an English author. He is best known for his The Animals of Farthing Wood series of books, which was subsequently made into an animated series.

1943

Nigel Hall

English sculptor and academic

Nigel Hall is an English sculptor and a draughtsman.

1943

Jean-Claude Killy

French skier

Jean-Claude Killy is a French former World Cup alpine ski racer. He dominated the sport in the late 1960s, and was a triple Olympic champion, winning the three alpine events at the 1968 Winter Olympics, becoming the…

1943

David Maslanka

American composer and academic (died 2017)

David Maslanka was an American composer of Polish descent who wrote for a variety of genres, including works for choir, wind ensemble, chamber music, and symphony orchestra.

1943

Frances Cairncross

English economist, journalist, and academic

Dame Frances Anne Cairncross, is a British economist, journalist and academic. She is a senior fellow at the School of Public Policy, UCLA.

1944

Freek de Jonge

Dutch singer and comedian

Frederik "Freek" Jan Georg de Jonge is a Dutch cabaret performer and writer.

1944

Molly Ivins

American journalist and author (died 2007)

Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins was an American newspaper columnist, author, and political commentator, known for her humorous and insightful writing, which often used satire and wit to critique political figures and policies.

1944

Tug McGraw

American baseball player (died 2004)

Frank Edwin "Tug" McGraw Jr. was an American professional baseball relief pitcher. McGraw played in 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1965 to 1984, for the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies. He is…

1944

Alex Wyllie

New Zealand rugby player and coach (died 2025)

Alexander John "Grizz" Wyllie was a New Zealand rugby union player and coach.

1944

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece

Anne-Marie is a Danish princess who was Queen of Greece as the consort of King Constantine II from their marriage on 18 September 1964 until the abolition of the Greek monarchy on 1 June 1973.

1946

Peggy Lipton

American model and actress (died 2019)

Margaret Ann Lipton was an American model, actress, and singer. She made appearances in many of the most popular television shows of the 1960s before she landed her defining role as flower child Julie Barnes in the…

1946

Allan Rock

Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations

Allan Michael Rock is a Canadian lawyer, former politician, diplomat and university administrator. He was Canada's ambassador to the United Nations (2003-2006) and had previously served in the Cabinet of Jean Chrétien,…

1947

Lewis Black

American comedian, actor, and author

Lewis Niles Black is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy routines often escalate into angry rants about history, politics, religion and cultural trends.

1948

Fred Hampton

American activist and revolutionary, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party (died 1969)

Fredrick Allen Hampton Sr. was an African American activist and revolutionary socialist. He came to prominence in his late teens and early 20s in Chicago as deputy chairman of the national Black Panther Party and chair…

1948

Victor Skumin

Russian psychiatrist, psychologist, and academic

Victor Andreevich Skumin is a Russian and Soviet scientist, psychiatrist, philosopher and writer.

1948

Ted Ammon

American financier and banker (died 2001)

Robert Theodore Ammon was an American financier and investment banker. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was murdered in his home in 2001 by electrician Daniel Pelosi, who was convicted in 2004. Ammon and his wife…

1949

Don Boudria

Canadian public servant and politician, 2nd Canadian Minister for International Cooperation

Don Boudria is a Canadian former politician and current senior associate at Sandstone Group, an Ottawa-based executive advisory firm. He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1984 to 2006 as a member of the…

1949

Antony Gormley

English sculptor and academic

Sir Antony Mark David Gormley is a British sculptor. His works include the Angel of the North, a public sculpture in Gateshead in the north of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998; Another Place on…

1950

Dana Rosemary Scallon

Irish singer and activist

Dana Rosemary Scallon, known professionally as Dana, is an Irish singer, songwriter and politician. While still a schoolgirl she won the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with "All Kinds of Everything". It became a worldwide…

1950

Timothy Bottoms

American actor

Timothy James Bottoms is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for playing the lead in Johnny Got His Gun (1971); Sonny Crawford in The Last Picture Show (1971), where he and his fellow co-stars, Cybill…

1951

Gediminas Kirkilas

Lithuanian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Lithuania (died 2024)

Gediminas Kirkilas was a Lithuanian politician who was Prime Minister of Lithuania from 2006 to 2008.

1951

Jim Paredes

Filipino singer-songwriter and actor

Jaime Ramon Misa Paredes, better known simply as Jim Paredes, is a Filipino singer, songwriter, television host, writer, actor and activist. He is known as one of the members of popular musical trio Apo Hiking Society…

1951

Simon Bainbridge

English composer and educator (died 2021)

Simon Bainbridge was a British composer. He was also a professor and head of composition at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and visiting professor at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States.

1952

Wojtek Fibak

Polish tennis player

Wojciech Fibak is a Polish former professional tennis player, entrepreneur, and art collector. Fibak is best known for his doubles success with Dutch pro Tom Okker and Australian Kim Warwick, although he also reached…

1952

Ron George

American businessman and politician

Ronald Alan George is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 2007 to 2015. He first represented the 30th district in from 2007 to 2010, after which he was redrawn into…

1953

Lech Majewski

Polish director, producer, and screenwriter

Lech Majewski is a Polish-American poet, filmmaker, media artist, writer, and theater director. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

1953

Horace Panter

English bass player

Stephen Graham "Horace" Panter, also known professionally as Sir Horace Gentleman, is the bassist for the British 2 Tone ska band The Specials.

1953

Robert Parish

American basketball player

Robert Lee Parish, nicknamed "the Chief", is an American former professional basketball player. A 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) center, he played 21 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Golden State…

1953

Alexander Lukashenko

Belarusian marshal and politician, 1st President of Belarus

Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko is a Belarusian politician and statesman who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making him the current longest-tenured European…

1954

Ravi Shankar Prasad

Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Communications and IT

Ravi Shankar Prasad is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as 1st Minister of Electronics and Information Technology from 2016 to 2019 and 2019 to 2021. He is the member of Bharatiya Janata Party and Member of…

1954

David Paymer

American actor and director

David Emmanuel Paymer is an American actor and television director. He is known for his character actor roles on stage and screen. He has received nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award,…

1954

Jamie Moses

English-American guitarist

Jamie Moses is an English rock and pop singer and guitarist. He was formerly a member of The Brian May Band, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Mike & the Mechanics and Broken English.

1955

Martin Jackson

English drummer

Martin Jackson is a British drummer who has played with several bands from Manchester, although his most successful roles were with Magazine in 1978 with the release of the influential Real Life album, and Swing Out…

1955

Frank Conniff

American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Frank Conniff Jr. is an American writer, actor, comedian and producer, who is best known for his portrayal of TV's Frank on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). He is the son of journalist and editor Frank Conniff.

1956

Gerald Albright

American musician

Gerald Albright is an American jazz saxophonist. He earned Grammys for the albums 24/7 in 2012 and Slam Dunk in 2014 and was nominated for New Beginnings in 2008 and for Sax for Stax in 2009.

1957

Karen Buck

Northern Irish politician

Dame Karen Patricia Buck is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Westminster North, and previously Regent's Park and Kensington North, from 1997 to 2024. She also served on…

1958

Fran Fraschilla

American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

Francis John Fraschilla is an American basketball commentator and former college basketball coach.

1958

Muriel Gray

Scottish journalist and author

Muriel Janet Gray is a Scottish author, broadcaster and journalist. She came to public notice as an interviewer on Channel 4's alternative pop-show The Tube, and then appeared as a regular presenter on BBC radio. Gray…

1958

Anna Politkovskaya

Russian journalist and activist (died 2006)

Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was a Russian investigative journalist who reported on political and social events in Russia, in particular, the Second Chechen War (1999–2005). She was found murdered in the elevator of…

1958

Peter Tunks

Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

Peter Tunks is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs,…

1958

Mark "Jacko" Jackson

Australian footballer, actor, and singer

Mark Alexander Jackson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Demons, St Kilda Saints and Geelong Cats in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and for the South Fremantle Bulldogs in the…

1959

Ben Bradshaw

English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Sir Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter…

1960

Gary Gordon

American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1993)

Gary Ivan Gordon was a master sergeant in the United States Army and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. At the time of his death in the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993, he was a non-commissioned officer in the United States…

1960

Guy A. Lepage

Canadian comedian and producer

Guy A. Lepage is a Canadian comedian, actor, talk show host, and producer.

1960

Ricky Sanders

American football player

Ricky Wayne Sanders is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 12 seasons from 1983 to 1994, two with the United States Football League (USFL)'s Houston Gamblers and 10 in the…

1962

Craig Whittaker

English businessman and politician

Craig Whittaker is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Calder Valley from 2010 to 2024. He served as Government Deputy Chief Whip and Treasurer of the Household from…

1962

Dave Brockie

Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2014)

David Murray Brockie was a Canadian-born American singer and musician. He was the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Gwar, in which he performed as Oderus Urungus, and he was a bassist and lead singer in the bands…

1963

Michael Chiklis

American actor, director, and producer

Michael Charles Chiklis is an American actor, television producer, and director. He is known for his roles as Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama The Shield (2002–2008), for…

1963

Sabine Oberhauser

Austrian physician and politician (died 2017)

Sabine Oberhauser was an Austrian physician and politician. At the time of her death, she was Austria's Minister for Health and Minister for Women.

1963

Phil Mills

Welsh race car driver

Philip Lewis Mills is a Welsh rallying co-driver. He was winner of the 2003 World Rally Championship (WRC), as co-driver to Petter Solberg.

1963

Gavin Fisher

English engineer and designer

Gavin Fisher is a British was formerly Chief Designer of the Williams Formula One team.

1964

Ra Luhse

Estonian architect

Ra Luhse is an Estonian architect.

1964

Peter Cunnah

Northern Irish singer-songwriter and producer

Peter Cunnah is a Northern Irish musician and lead singer of the dance-pop duo D:Ream.

1966

Joann Fletcher

English historian and academic

Joann Fletcher is an Egyptologist and an honorary visiting professor in the department of archaeology at the University of York. She has published a number of books and academic articles, including several on Cleopatra,…

1966

Michael Michele

American actress

Michael Michele Williams is an American actress and fashion designer. She began her career on stage before appearing opposite Wesley Snipes in the 1991 film New Jack City.

1966

Frederique van der Wal

Dutch model and actress

Frederique van der Wal is a Dutch former model, actress, television personality, and a businesswoman. She is known for having appeared in Victoria's Secret and on the covers of magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Vogue.

1967

Justin Vaughan

New Zealand cricketer

Justin Thomas Caldwell Vaughan is a New Zealand cricket administrator and former cricketer who played six Test matches and 18 One Day Internationals between 1992 and 1997. He is a doctor of medicine by profession.

1967

Diran Adebayo

English author and critic

Oludiran "Diran" Adebayo FRSL is a British novelist, cultural critic and academic best known for his 1996 novel Some Kind of Black.

1968

Vladimir Malakhov

Russian ice hockey player

Vladimir Igorevich Malakhov is a Russian former professional ice hockey player of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played in the Russian Super League. Currently, Malakhov is a Player Development coach for…

1968

Vladimir Jugović

Serbian footballer

Vladimir Jugović is a Serbian former professional footballer. A versatile player, he was usually employed as a left or attacking midfielder, but could play anywhere in midfield. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1998…

1969

Dimitris Sgouros

Greek pianist and composer

Dimitris Sgouros [a] is a Greek classical pianist. Sgouros is a former child prodigy and is considered a leading concert pianist. Arthur Rubinstein said his performance was "the best playing I have ever heard".

1969

Carlo Checchinato

Italian rugby player and manager

Carlo Checchinato is an Italian rugby union former international player, with 83 caps and participated in 4 consecutive Rugby World Cup. He is the sales director for the Italy national team. He was CEO of Zebre Parma…

1970

Paulo Sousa

Portuguese footballer and manager

Paulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa is a Portuguese football manager and former professional player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current manager of UAE Pro League club Shabab Al Ahli.

1970

Michael Wong

Malaysian-Chinese singer-songwriter

Michael Wong Kong Leong, also known as Guang Liang, is a Malaysian singer and songwriter. He has sung and written many love-themed ballads and love songs, many of which have high popularity. He is popularly known in the…

1970

Lars Frederiksen

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Lars Erik Frederiksen is an American musician and record producer best known as a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Rancid, as well as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and the Old Firm…

1971

Julian Smith

Scottish politician

Sir Julian Richard Smith is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Skipton and Ripon since 2010. He served as Government Chief Whip from 2017 to 2019 and Secretary of…

1971

Cameron Diaz

American model, actress, and producer

Cameron Michelle Diaz is an American actress. Prolific in both comedy and drama, her films have grossed over $3 billion in the U.S. box-office. Her output of romantic comedies in the late 1990s and early 2000s…

1972

Pavel Nedvěd

Czech footballer

Pavel Nedvěd is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Czech players of all time and he won numerous trophies with Italian clubs Lazio and…

1972

Hani Hanjour

Saudi terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 during the September 11 attacks (died 2001)

Hani Salih Hasan Hanjour was a Saudi terrorist and member of al-Qaeda. Hanjour was the hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 77, crashing the plane into the Pentagon as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001.

1972

Lisa Ling

American journalist and author

Lisa Jeeway Ling is an American journalist and television personality. She most recently was a news contributor for CBS News. Previously, she was the host for This Is Life with Lisa Ling on CNN, a reporter on Channel…

1973

Javier Otxoa

Spanish cyclist (died 2018)

Javier Otxoa Palacios was a Spanish cyclist who was a member of the Kelme cycling team. His name was sometimes spelled Javier Ochoa in media reports.

1974

Radhi Jaïdi

Tunisian footballer and coach

Radhi Ben Abdelmajid Jaïdi is a Tunisian football coach and former player who was the former head coach of Lebanese Premier League club Nejmeh.

1975

Mike Koplove

American baseball player

Michael Paul Koplove is an American professional baseball scout and former pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Cleveland Indians.

1976

Shaun Alexander

American football player

Shaun Edward Alexander is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins. He played college football for the…

1977

Marlon Byrd

American baseball player

Marlon Jerrard Byrd is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Nationals, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, New…

1977

Raúl Castillo

American actor

Raúl Castillo Jr. is an American actor and playwright. He is known for his acting roles in Amexicano and Cold Weather and his role as Richie Donado Ventura in the HBO series Looking and its subsequent feature-length…

1977

Michael Gladis

American actor

Michael Gladis is an American actor. He played Paul Kinsey in the television series Mad Men.

1977

Kamil Kosowski

Polish footballer

Kamil Piotr Kosowski is a Polish football pundit, co-commentator and former player who played as a midfielder.

1977

Félix Sánchez

American-Dominican runner and hurdler

Félix Sánchez is a retired Dominican-American track and field athlete. Specializing in the 400 meter hurdles, He is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, winning gold in 2004 and 2012, and was also World Champion in 2001…

1977

Sinead Kerr

Scottish figure skater

Sinead Houston Kerr is a Scottish former competitive ice dancer who represented Great Britain. She teamed up with her brother John Kerr in 2000. They are two-time European bronze medalists and the 2004–2010 British…

1978

Cliff Lee

American baseball player

Clifton Phifer Lee is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher who played for 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Between 2002 and 2014 he played for the Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies,…

1978

Juan Ignacio Chela

Argentine tennis player

Juan Ignacio Chela, nicknamed as "El Flaco" or "Liliano," is a tennis coach and former professional player from Argentina. Chela was given a three-month ban from the professional tour in 2001 for failing a drugs test.…

1979

Leon Lopez

English singer-songwriter and actor

Leon Lopez is an English actor, television and film director, singer-songwriter and occasional model. He is best known for his role as Jerome Johnson in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1998–2002). He also played…

1979

Scott Richmond

Canadian baseball player

Scott Daniel Richmond is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the EDA Rhinos /…

1979

Roberto Hernández

Dominican baseball player

Roberto Hernández Heredia is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Rays, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston…

1980

Germán Legarreta

Puerto Rican-American actor

Germán Legarreta is a Puerto Rican actor.

1981

Adam Wainwright

American baseball player

Adam Parrish Wainwright, nicknamed "Waino" and "Uncle Charlie", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who spent his entire 18-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the St. Louis Cardinals.

1981

Will Davison

Australian race car driver

William Davison is an Australian professional racing driver. He last drove the No.17 Ford Mustang GT for Dick Johnson Racing in the Repco Supercars Championship. Davison is a two-time winner of the Bathurst 1000, in…

1982

Andy Roddick

American tennis player

Andrew Stephen Roddick is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1…

1982

Emmanuel Culio

Argentine footballer

Juan Emmanuel Culio is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is one of the most successful foreign players who had ever played in Liga I in Romania. In this regard, he had won six…

1983

Gustavo Eberto

Argentine footballer (died 2007)

Gustavo Daniel Eberto was an Argentine soccer goalkeeper, for the Club Atlético Boca Juniors. He played for the Argentina Under-20 team in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1983

Jun Matsumoto

Japanese singer, dancer, and actor

Jun Matsumoto is a Japanese singer, actor, radio host, and model. He was a member and concert producer of the boy band Arashi. He is also a production advisor for other groups.

1983

Simone Pepe

Italian footballer

Simone Pepe is an Italian former footballer who played as a winger, on either side of the pitch.

1983

Tian Qin

Chinese canoe racer

Tian Qin is a Chinese slalom canoeist who competed in the 2000s. He finished 11th in the C2 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece after being eliminated in the qualifying round.

1983

Marco Vianello

Italian footballer

Marco Vianello is an Italian footballer who played for Seconda Divisione club Avellino.

1983

Anthony Ireland

Zimbabwean cricketer

Anthony John Ireland is a former cricketer from Zimbabwe. A fast bowler, he performed consistently during his tenure with Zimbabwe, taking 38 wickets in 26 matches at an average of 29.34. He was one of many talented…

1984

Joe Staley

American football player

Joseph Andrew Staley is an American former professional football player who spent his entire career as an offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football…

1984

Michael Grant Terry

American actor

Michael Grant Terry is an American actor, known for his recurring role as Wendell Bray on the Fox series Bones.

1984

Duane Brown

American football player

Duane Anthony Brown is an American former professional football offensive tackle. He played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies and was selected by the Houston Texans in the first round of the 2008 NFL draft.…

1985

Richard Duffy

Welsh footballer

Richard Michael Duffy is a Welsh former professional footballer who is the player-manager at Northern Premier League Division One West club Congleton Town. A versatile player who can play either on the right or at the…

1985

Joe Inoue

American singer-songwriter

Joe Inoue is a Japanese-American rock musician signed to Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Ki/oon Records label.

1985

Leisel Jones

Australian swimmer

Leisel Marie Jones, is an Australian former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medallist. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold-medal-winning…

1985

Éva Risztov

Hungarian swimmer

Éva Risztov is a Hungarian Olympic gold medalist female swimmer.

1985

Steven Smith

Scottish footballer

Steven Smith is a Scottish former footballer who was most recently the interim manager of Scottish Premiership club Rangers.

1985

Eamon Sullivan

Australian swimmer

Eamon Wade Sullivan is an Australian former sprint swimmer, three-time Olympic medallist, and former world record-holder in two events. He was also the winner of the first season of Celebrity MasterChef Australia, and…

1985

Anna Ushenina

Ukrainian chess player

Anna Yuriyivna Ushenina is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster who was Women's World Chess Champion from November 2012 to September 2013.

1985

Holly Weston

English actress

Holly Weston is an English actress. She is known for her role as Ash Kane in the British television soap opera Hollyoaks. Weston also played the lead roles in feature films Filth and Wisdom and Splintered.

1985

Theo Hutchcraft

English singer-songwriter

Theo David Hutchcraft is an English singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer of the synthpop duo Hurts.

1986

Lelia Masaga

New Zealand rugby player

Lelia Tony Corona Masaga is a New Zealand international retired rugby union player. He last played professionally for Glasgow Warriors. Masaga played on Wing.

1986

Ryan Ross

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

George Ryan Ross III is an American musician, singer, and songwriter best known for his work as the former lead guitarist, backing and lead vocalist, and primary songwriter of the American rock band Panic! at the Disco…

1986

Zafer Yelen

Turkish footballer

Zafer Yelen is a Turkish footballer who plays for MSV Normannia 08.

1986

Johanna Braddy

American actress

Johanna Braddy is an American actress. She played the leading role in the 2009 horror film The Grudge 3, and has appeared in Pop Rocks (2004), Hurt (2009), Easy A (2010), Paranormal Activity 3 (2011), The Levenger Tapes…

1987

Tania Foster

English singer-songwriter

Tania Foster is an English singer-songwriter. Foster has achieved one number one single, in the UK, after featuring on Roll Deep's single "Green Light". Tania is currently working with hit writer and producer Fraser T…

1987

Ernests Gulbis

Latvian tennis player

Ernests Gulbis is a Latvian former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 10 by the Association of Tennis Professionals in June 2014, making him the only Latvian men's tennis player to be ranked inside the…

1988

Simone Guerra

Italian footballer

Simone Guerra is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains Serie C Group B club Juventus Next Gen.

1989

Ronald Huth

Paraguayan footballer

Ronald Renato Huth Candia is a Paraguayan football defender of Italian descent, who plays for Rubio Ñu in the Paraguayan División Intermedia. Huth holds Italian citizenship.

1989

Bebe Rexha

American singer-songwriter

Bleta "Bebe" Rexha is an American singer and songwriter. She began her mainstream recording career as a vocalist for the pop band Black Cards in 2010, during and after which she was credited with co-writing releases for…

1989

Seriki Audu

Nigerian footballer (died 2014)

Seriki "Sarki" Audu was a Nigerian footballer. He played for Gombe United and Lobi Stars in the Nigeria Premier League. He was killed in a car crash on 20 December 2014 at the age of 23.

1991

Jacqueline Cako

American tennis player

Jacqueline Cako is an American former tennis player of Hungarian descent.

1991

Liam Cooper

Scottish footballer

Liam David Ian Cooper is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League One club Sheffield Wednesday. Born in England, he played for the Scotland national team.

1991

Jessica Henwick

British actress

Jessica Henwick is an English actress, writer and director. She began her career in 2010 and may be best known for her roles in Game of Thrones (2015–17), Iron Fist (2017–18), Love and Monsters (2020), and The Royal…

1992

Monika Povilaitytė

Lithuanian volleyball player

Monika Paulikienė is a Lithuanian beach volleyball player.

1994

Heo Young-ji

South Korean singer

Hur Young-ji, better known mononymously as Youngji, is a South Korean singer, dancer, entertainer and television personality. She is best known as a member of girl group Kara. In 2023, Hur Young-ji made her official…

1994

Kwon So-hyun

South Korean singer-songwriter and actress

Kwon So-hyun, known mononymously as Sohyun, is a South Korean actress and singer. She was known as a former member of South Korean girl group 4Minute, under Cube Entertainment, and also a former member of the South…

1994

Mikal Bridges

American basketball player

Mikal Bridges is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Villanova Wildcats, winning national championships…

1996

Trevor Jackson

American actor and singer-songwriter

Trevor Howard Lawrence Jackson is an American actor and singer. He is best known for portraying Aaron Jackson on Freeform series Grown-ish, Kevin Blake on Syfy series Eureka, Kris McDuffy on Disney Channel's television…

1996

Fábio Carvalho

Portuguese footballer

Fábio Leandro Freitas Gouveia Carvalho is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Premier League club Brentford. A former youth international for England, Carvalho now…

2002

Drake Maye

American football player

Drake Lee Maye is an American professional football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels, winning the Shaun…

2002

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