Famous Birthdays on December 11

Q: Who was born on December 11?

Famous people born on December 11 include: Eberhard I, Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Pope Leo X (died 1521), Manuel Cardoso, Hŏ Mok.

Q: What is Tim Southee known for?

Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer

217 people 1445 – 2000

December 11 has seen 217 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1445 – 2000. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · December 11 — Wikipedia

1988 — Tim Southee

New Zealand cricketer

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The third New Zealand bowler to take 300 Test wickets, he was one of the country's youngest cricketers, debuting at the age of 19 in February 2008

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He was named as New Zealand's captain for the first T20I against West Indies in place of Kane Williamson, who was rested for that game

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Southee was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship

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On his Test debut against England he took 5 wickets and made 77 off 40 balls in the second innings

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Southee's Test batting strike rate of 82.68 is the third highest among batsmen with a minimum of 2000 career runs

Eberhard I

Duke of Württemberg (died 1496)

Eberhard I of Württemberg also known as Eberhard im Bart was the first Duke of Württemberg. After the death of his older brother in 1459 he became the Count of Württemberg-Urach as Eberhard V. In 1482 he signed the…

1445

Ashikaga Yoshihisa

Japanese shogun (died 1489)

Ashikaga Yoshihisa was the 9th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1473 to 1489 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshihisa was the son of the eighth shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa with his wife Hino…

1465

Pope Leo X (died 1521)

Pope Leo X was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521.

1475

Manuel Cardoso

Portuguese organist and composer (died 1650)

Manuel Cardoso was a Portuguese composer and organist. With Duarte Lobo and John IV of Portugal, he represented the "golden age" of Portuguese polyphony.

1566

Hŏ Mok

Korean politician, poet and scholar (died 1682)

Hŏ Mok was a Korean calligrapher, painter, philosopher, poet, and politician during the Joseon period, who came from the Yangcheon Hŏ clan. He was most commonly known by the art name Misu.

1595

Amar Singh Rathore

Rajput nobleman (died 1644)

Rao Amar Singh was the eldest son and heir-apparent of Raja Gaj Singh I of the Rathore Kingdom of Marwar in seventeenth-century Rajputana.

1613

Francesco Algarotti

Italian poet, philosopher, and critic (died 1764)

Count Francesco Algarotti was an Italian polymath, active as a philosopher, writer, anglophile, art critic and art collector. He was a man of broad knowledge, an expert in Newtonianism, architecture and opera. He was a…

1712

George Mason

American lawyer and politician (died 1792)

George Mason was an American planter, politician, Founding Father, and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, one of three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution. His writings,…

1725

Carl Friedrich Zelter

German composer, conductor, and educator (died 1832)

Carl Friedrich Zelter was a German composer, conductor and teacher of music. Working in his father's bricklaying business, Zelter attained mastership in that profession, and was a musical autodidact.

1758

Gian Domenico Romagnosi

Italian physicist, economist, and jurist (died 1835)

Gian Domenico Romagnosi was an Italian philosopher, economist and jurist.

1761

David Brewster

Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (died 1868)

Sir David Brewster was a Scottish scientist, inventor, author, and academic administrator. In science he is principally remembered for his experimental work in physical optics, mostly concerned with the study of the…

1781

Christian Dietrich Grabbe

German poet and playwright (died 1836)

Christian Dietrich Grabbe was a German dramatist of the Vormärz era. He wrote many historical plays conceiving a disillusioned and pessimistic world view, with some shrill scenes. Heinrich Heine saw him as one of…

1801

Hector Berlioz

French composer, conductor, and critic (died 1869)

Louis-Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer, conductor and critic. His output includes orchestral works such as the Symphonie fantastique and Harold in Italy, choral pieces including the Requiem and L'Enfance du…

1803

Alfred de Musset

French dramatist, poet, and novelist (died 1857)

Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing the autobiographical novel La Confession d'un enfant du siècle.

1810

Kamehameha V of Hawaii (died 1872)

Kamehameha V, reigned as the fifth monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi from 1863 to 1872. His motto was "Onipaʻa": immovable, firm, steadfast, or determined; he is said to have worked diligently for his people and…

1830

Webster Paulson

English civil engineer (died 1887)

Webster Paulson was an English civil engineer who is known for his work in Malta in the late 19th century.

1837

John Labatt

Canadian brewer and businessman (died 1915)

John Labatt was a Canadian businessman and brewer. Labatt took charge of Labatt Brewing Company, formally known as Labatt and Company, after his father's death in 1866. Labatt helped Labatt Brewing Company eventually…

1838

Robert Koch

German microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1910)

Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch was a German physician and microbiologist. He won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis".

1843

Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn

American baseball pitcher (died 1897)

Charles Gardner Radbourn, nicknamed "Old Hoss", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for Buffalo (1880), Providence (1881–1885), Boston…

1854

Georgi Plekhanov

Russian philosopher, theorist, and author (died 1918)

Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov was a Russian Marxist theorist, philosopher, and revolutionary. After beginning his revolutionary career as a populist, in 1883 Plekhanov established the Emancipation of Labour group, the…

1856

Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko

Russian director, producer, and playwright (died 1943)

Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko was a Soviet and Russian theatre director, writer, pedagogue, playwright, producer and theatre administrator, who founded the Moscow Art Theatre with his colleague, Konstantin…

1858

Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns

5th Baron Ventry, British Army officer and Anglo-Irish peer (died 1923)

Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Rossmore Wauchope Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry,, was a British Army officer and Anglo-Irish peer.

1861

Annie Jump Cannon

American astronomer and academic (died 1941)

Annie Jump Cannon was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of the Harvard…

1863

René Bull

British illustrator and photographer (died 1942)

René Bull was an Irish illustrator and photographer. He was born in Dublin on 11 December 1872 to a French mother and an English father. He went to Paris to study engineering, but embarked on an artistic career after…

1872

Josip Plemelj

Slovenian mathematician and academic (died 1967)

Josip Plemelj was a Slovene mathematician, whose main contributions were to the theory of analytic functions and the application of integral equations to potential theory. He was the first chancellor of the University…

1873

Yehuda Leib Maimon

Moldovan-Israeli rabbi and politician (died 1962)

Yehuda Leib Maimon was an Israeli rabbi, politician and leader of the Religious Zionist movement. He was Israel's first Minister of Religion.

1875

Frank Tarrant

Australian cricketer and umpire (died 1951)

Francis Alfred Tarrant was an Australian cricketer whose first-class career spanned from 1899 to 1936, and included 329 matches.

1880

Subramania Bharati

Indian journalist and poet (died 1921)

Subramania Bharati was an Indian writer, poet, composer, journalist, teacher, Indian independence activist, social reformer and polyglot. He was bestowed the title Bharati for his poetry and was a pioneer of modern…

1882

Max Born

German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)

Max Born was a German–British theoretical physicist who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics. He also made contributions to solid-state physics and optics, and supervised the work of a number of…

1882

Fiorello H. La Guardia

American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (died 1947)

Fiorello Henry La Guardia was an American attorney and politician who served as the 100th mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1946. He previously represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1917 to…

1882

Piet Ooms

Dutch swimmer and water polo player (died 1961)

Pieter ("Piet") Lodewijk Ooms was a Dutch freestyle swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

1884

Walter Knott

American farmer and businessman, founded Knott's Berry Farm (died 1981)

Walter Marvin Knott was an American farmer and businessman who founded the Knott's Berry Farm amusement park in Buena Park, California, introduced and mass-marketed the boysenberry, and founded the Knott's Berry Farm…

1889

Carlos Gardel

French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor (died 1935)

Carlos Gardel was a French-born Argentine singer, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was one of the most influential interpreters of popular music in the first half of the 20th…

1890

Mark Tobey

American-Swiss painter and educator (died 1976)

Mark George Tobey was an American painter. His densely structured compositions, inspired by Asian calligraphy, resemble Abstract expressionism, although the motives for his compositions differ philosophically from most…

1890

Arnold Majewski

Finnish military hero of Polish descent (died 1942)

Karl Arnold Woldemar Majewski was a legendary Finnish cavalry officer of Polish origin.

1892

Leo Ornstein

Russian-American pianist and composer (died 2002)

Leo Ornstein was an American experimental composer and pianist of the early twentieth century. His performances of works by avant-garde composers and his own innovative and even shocking pieces made him a cause célèbre…

1893

Ronald Skirth

English soldier (died 1977)

John Ronald Skirth was a British soldier who served in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War.

1897

Julio de Caro

Argentinian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1980)

Julio de Caro was an Argentine composer, musician, and conductor prominent in the Tango genre.

1899

Hermína Týrlová

Czech animator, screenwriter and film director (died 1993)

Hermína Týrlová was a prominent Czech animator, screen writer, and film director. She was often called the mother of Czech animation. Over the course of her career, she produced over 60 animated children's short films…

1900

Gerd Arntz

German Modernist artist, co-creator of Isotype (died 1988)

Gerd Arntz was a German Modernist artist renowned for his black and white woodcuts. A core member of the Cologne Progressives, he was also a council communist. The Cologne Progressives participated in the revolutionary…

1900

Marge

American cartoonist (died 1993)

Marjorie Henderson Buell was an American cartoonist who worked under the pen name Marge. She was best known as the creator of Little Lulu.

1904

Robert Henriques

English farmer, author, and broadcaster (died 1967)

Robert David Quixano Henriques was a British writer, broadcaster and farmer. He gained modest renown for two award-winning novels and two biographies of Jewish business tycoons, published during the middle part of the…

1905

Gilbert Roland

Mexican-American actor and singer (died 1994)

Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso, known professionally as Gilbert Roland, was a Mexican-born American film and television actor whose career spanned seven decades from the 1920s until the 1980s. He was twice nominated for…

1905

Elliott Carter

American composer and academic (died 2012)

Elliott Cook Carter Jr. was an American modernist composer who was one of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century. He combined elements of European modernism and American "ultra-modernism"…

1908

Manoel de Oliveira

Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)

Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira was a Portuguese film director and screenwriter born in Cedofeita, Porto. He first began making films in 1927, when he and some friends attempted to make a film about World War I. In…

1908

Hákun Djurhuus

Faroese educator and politician, fourth Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 1987)

Hákun Djurhuus was the prime minister of the Faroe Islands from 1963 to 1967. He was born in Tórshavn.

1908

Amon Göth

Austrian Nazi war criminal (died 1946)

Amon Leopold Göth was an Austrian SS functionary and war criminal. He served as the commandant of the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp in Płaszów in German-occupied Poland for most of the camp's existence during World…

1908

Ronald McKie

Australian soldier, journalist, and author (died 1991)

Ronald Cecil Hamlyn McKie was an Australian novelist. He was born on 11 May 1909 in Toowoomba, Queensland. After receiving his education at the Brisbane Grammar School and the University of Queensland, he worked as a…

1909

Mildred Cleghorn

Native American chairwoman and educator (died 1997)

Mildred Imoch Cleghorn was a Chiricahua Apache dollmaker, educator, and tribal leader who served as the first chairperson of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma from 1976 to 1995. She dedicated her life to preserving…

1910

Val Guest

English-American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (died 2006)

Val Guest was an English film director and screenwriter. Beginning as a writer of comedy films, he is best known for his work for Hammer, for whom he directed 14 films, and for his science fiction films. He enjoyed a…

1911

Naguib Mahfouz

Egyptian author, playwright, and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2006)

Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize, the Swedish Academy described him as a writer "who, through works rich in nuance…

1911

Qian Xuesen

Chinese aerodynamicist and academic (died 2009)

Qian Xuesen was a Chinese aerospace engineer and cyberneticist who made significant contributions to the field of aerodynamics and established engineering cybernetics. He achieved recognition as one of America's leading…

1911

Carlo Ponti

Italian-Swiss film producer (died 2007)

Carlo Fortunato Pietro Ponti Sr. was an Italian film producer with more than 140 productions to his credit. Along with Dino De Laurentiis, he is credited with reinvigorating and popularizing Italian cinema post-World…

1912

Jean Marais

French actor and director (died 1998)

Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais, known professionally as Jean Marais, was a French actor, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer and photographer. In 1937, Marais became the lover of acclaimed poet,…

1913

Elena Garro

Mexican author and playwright (died 1998)

Elena Garro was a Mexican author, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, short story writer, and novelist. She has been described as one of the pioneers and an early leading figure of the Magical Realism movement, though…

1916

Pérez Prado

Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and bandleader (died 1989)

Dámaso Pérez Prado was a Cuban bandleader, pianist, composer and arranger who popularized the mambo in the 1950s. His big band adaptation of the danzón-mambo proved to be a worldwide success with hits such as "Mambo No.…

1916

Clinton Adams

American painter and historian (died 2002)

Clinton Adams was an American artist and art historian. He was known for his contributions to the field of lithography.

1918

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Russian novelist, historian, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag prison system. He was awarded the…

1918

Cliff Michelmore

English television host and producer (died 2016)

Arthur Clifford Michelmore was an English television presenter and producer.

1919

Marie Windsor

American actress (died 2000)

Marie Windsor was an American actress known for her femme fatale characters in the classic film noir features Force of Evil, The Narrow Margin and The Killing. Windsor's height created problems for her in scenes with…

1919

Mary Ivy Burks

American environmental activist (died 2007)

Mary Ivy Burks was an environmental activist who helped create and served as the first president of the Alabama Conservancy, an organization aimed at preserving Alabama's environment.

1920

Denis Jenkinson

English motorcycle racer and journalist (died 1996)

Denis Sargent Jenkinson, "Jenks" or "DSJ" as he was known in the pages of Motor Sport, was a British journalist deeply involved in motorsports. As Continental Correspondent of the UK-based Motor Sport magazine, he…

1920

Ilmar Laaban

Estonian poet and publicist (died 2000)

Ilmar Laaban, was an Estonian poet and literary critic.

1921

Liz Smith

English actress (died 2016)

Betty Gleadle, known by the stage name Liz Smith, was an English actress. She was known for her roles in BBC sitcoms, including as Annie Brandon in I Didn't Know You Cared (1975–1979), the sisters Bette and Belle in…

1921

Grigoris Bithikotsis

Greek singer-songwriter (died 2005)

Grigoris Bithikotsis was a Greek laiko singer/songwriter with a career spanning five decades. He is considered one of the most important figures in Greek popular music.

1922

Dilip Kumar

Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2021)

Muhammad Yusuf Khan, known professionally as Dilip Kumar, was an Indian actor, writer and film producer best known for his work in Hindi cinema. Credited with pioneering method acting in cinema, he dominated Hindi…

1922

Maila Nurmi

Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)

Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi, known professionally as Maila Nurmi, was an American actress best known for creating the camp 1950s character Vampira.

1922

Grace Paley

American short story writer and poet (died 2007)

Grace Paley, née Goodside, was an American short story author, poet, teacher, and political activist.

1922

Betsy Blair

American actress and dancer (died 2009)

Betsy Blair was an American actress of film and stage, long based in London.

1923

Lillian Cahn

Hungarian-born American businesswoman, co-founded Coach, Inc. (died 2013)

Lillian Cahn was a Hungarian-born American businessperson who co-founded Coach New York with her husband, Miles Cahn. Lillian Cahn also created Coach's first line of handbags, which remains the label's trademark…

1923

Morrie Turner

American comics creator (died 2014)

Morris Nolton Turner was an American cartoonist. He was creator of the strip Wee Pals, the first American syndicated strip with a racially integrated cast of characters.

1923

Doc Blanchard

American football player and colonel (died 2009)

Felix Anthony "Doc" Blanchard was an American football player and serviceman who became the first junior to win the Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award, and was the first football player to win the James E. Sullivan Award,…

1924

Aaron Feuerstein

American businessman and philanthropist (died 2021)

Aaron Mordechai Feuerstein was an American industrialist, philanthropist, and the third-generation owner and CEO of Malden Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Some remember him as "the mensch who saved Christmas" when he…

1925

Paul Greengard

American neuroscientist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)

Paul Greengard was an American neuroscientist best known for his work on the molecular and cellular function of neurons. In 2000, Greengard, Arvid Carlsson and Eric Kandel were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or…

1925

James Sullivan

American politician (died 2012)

James Leo Sullivan was an American city manager who served as City Manager of Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1968 to 1970 and again 1974 to 1981. In between his stints as Cambridge City Manager, Sullivan was City…

1925

Big Mama Thornton

American singer-songwriter (died 1984)

Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, was an American singer and songwriter of blues and R&B.

1926

John Buscema

American illustrator (died 2002)

John Buscema was an American comic book artist and one of the mainstays of Marvel Comics during its 1960s and 1970s ascendancy into an industry leader and its subsequent expansion to a major pop-culture conglomerate.…

1927

Axel Anderson

German actor and production manager (died 2012)

Axel Anderson was a German actor who was very popular in his adopted homeland of Puerto Rico.

1929

Subhash Gupte

Indian cricketer (died 2002)

Subhashchandra Pandharinath "Fergie" Gupte was one of Test cricket's finest spin bowlers. Sir Garry Sobers, EAS Prasanna and Jim Laker pronounced him the best leg spinner they had seen.

1929

Chus Lampreave

Spanish actress (died 2016)

María Jesús Lampreave Pérez, known professionally as Chus Lampreave, was a Spanish character actress who starred in more than 70 films. She is known internationally for her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar.

1930

Jean-Louis Trintignant

French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2022)

Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant was a French actor. He made his theatrical debut in 1951, and went on to be regarded as one of the best French dramatic actors of the post-war era. He starred in many classic films of…

1930

Ernie Beck

American basketball player (died 2024)

Ernest Joseph Beck was an American professional basketball player. Born in Philadelphia, Beck played seven years in the National Basketball Association for the Philadelphia Warriors, St. Louis Hawks, and Syracuse…

1931

Ronald Dworkin

American philosopher and scholar (died 2013)

Ronald Myles Dworkin was an American legal philosopher, jurist, and scholar of United States constitutional law. At the time of his death, he was Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University…

1931

Rita Moreno

Puerto Rican actress, singer, and dancer

Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer. With a career spanning eight decades she is known for her roles on stage and screen, and is one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.…

1931

Pierre Pilote

Canadian ice hockey player (died 2017)

Joseph Albert Pierre Paul Pilote was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and perennial All-Star, most notably for the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League (NHL), for which he served as team…

1931

Rajneesh

Indian guru, mystic, and educator (died 1990)

Rajneesh, also known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Acharya Rajneesh, and commonly known as Osho, was an Indian godman, philosopher, mystic, and founder of the Rajneesh movement. He was a controversial new religious…

1931

Enrique Bermúdez

Nicaraguan colonel and engineer (died 1991)

Enrique Bermúdez Varela, known as Comandante 380, was a Nicaraguan soldier and rebel who founded and commanded the Nicaraguan Contras. In this capacity, he became a central global figure in one of the most prominent…

1932

Keith Waldrop

American author and poet (died 2023)

Bernard Keith Waldrop was an American poet, translator, publisher, and academic. He won the National Book Award for Poetry for his 2009 collection Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy.

1932

Aquilino Pimentel

Jr., Filipino civil servant and politician, 23rd President of the Senate of the Philippines (died 2019)

Aquilino Quilinging Pimentel Jr., commonly known as Nene Pimentel, was a Filipino politician and human rights lawyer who was one of the leading political opposition leaders during the regime of Ferdinand Marcos from the…

1933

Salim Durani

Afghan-Indian cricketer (died 2023)

Salim Durani was an Afghan-born Indian cricketer who played in 29 Test matches from 1960 to 1973. An all-rounder, Durani was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and a left-handed batsman famous for his six-hitting prowess.…

1934

Pranab Mukherjee

Indian journalist and politician, 13th President of India (died 2020)

Pranab Kumar Mukherjee was an Indian politician who served as the president of India from 2012 until 2017. He was the first person from West Bengal to hold the post of President of India. In a political career spanning…

1935

Elmer Vasko

Canadian ice hockey player (died 1998)

Elmer "Moose" Vasko was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks and Minnesota North Stars. He was on the Blackhawks team that won the…

1935

Hans van den Broek

Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs

Henri "Hans" van den Broek was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as European Commissioner from 6…

1936

Taku Yamasaki

Japanese politician

Taku Yamasaki is a retired Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 2003 and from 2005 to 2009. He directed the Director General of the Japan Defense Agency for two months in 1989,…

1936

Jim Harrison

American novelist, essayist, and poet (died 2016)

James Harrison was an American poet, novelist, and essayist. He was a prolific and versatile writer publishing over three dozen books in several genres including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, children's literature, and…

1937

Enrico Macias

Algerian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist

Gaston Ghrenassia , known by his stage name Enrico Macias, is a French singer, songwriter and musician.

1938

McCoy Tyner

American jazz musician (died 2020)

Alfred McCoy Tyner was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet from 1960 to 1965 and his long solo career afterward. He was an NEA Jazz Master and a five-time Grammy Award…

1938

Tom Hayden

American activist and politician (died 2016)

Thomas Emmet Hayden was an American social and political activist, author, and politician. Hayden was best known for his role as an anti-war, civil rights, and intellectual activist in the 1960s, becoming an influential…

1939

Thomas McGuane

American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter

Thomas Francis McGuane III is an American writer. His work includes ten novels, short fiction and screenplays, as well as three collections of essays devoted to his life in the outdoors. He is a member of the American…

1939

David Gates

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

David Ashworth Gates is a retired American singer-songwriter, musician and producer, who is best known for being the frontman and co-lead singer of the group Bread, which reached the top of the musical charts in Europe…

1940

Donna Mills

American actress and producer

Donna Mills is an American actress. She began her television career in 1966 with a recurring role on The Secret Storm, and in the same year appeared on Broadway in Woody Allen's comedy Don't Drink the Water. She made…

1940

Max Baucus

American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 11th United States Ambassador to China

Maxwell Sieben Baucus is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the…

1941

J. P. Parisé

Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2015)

Jean-Paul Joseph-Louis Parisé was a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and player. Parisé played in the National Hockey League (NHL), most notably for the Minnesota North Stars and the New York Islanders.

1941

Rogier van Otterloo

Dutch conductor and composer (died 1988)

Willem Rogier van Otterloo was a Dutch composer and conductor.

1941

J. Frank Wilson

American singer-songwriter (died 1991)

John Frank Wilson was an American singer, the lead vocalist of J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers. He was inducted into the West Texas Music Hall Of Fame.

1941

Anna Carteret

English actress

Anna Carteret is a British stage and screen actress.

1942

John Kerry

American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 68th United States Secretary of State

John Forbes Kerry is an American attorney, politician, diplomat, and former naval officer who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the administration of President Barack Obama. A…

1943

Teri Garr

American actress and comedian (died 2024)

Terry Ann Garr, known as Teri Garr, was an American actress, comedian and dancer. Known for her comedic roles in film and television in the 1970s and 1980s, she often played women struggling to cope with the…

1944

Jon Garrison

American tenor and educator

Jon Garrison is a successful American operatic tenor who has been performing in locations around the world since 1965. He first appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in 1974, in a secondary role in the company premiere of…

1944

Lynda Day George

American actress

Lynda Louise Day George is an American television and film actress whose career spanned three decades from the 1960s to the 1980s. She was a cast member on Mission: Impossible (1971–1973). She was also the wife of actor…

1944

Michael Lang

American concert promoter and producer (died 2022)

Michael Scott Lang was an American concert promoter, producer, and artistic manager who was best known as a co-creator of the Woodstock Music & Art Festival in 1969. Lang was the organizer of the event, as well as the…

1944

Brenda Lee

American singer-songwriter

Brenda Mae Tarpley, known professionally as Brenda Lee, is an American singer. Primarily performing rockabilly, pop, country, and Christmas music, she achieved her first Billboard hit at age 12 in 1957, and was given…

1944

Rhoma Irama

Indonesian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Raden Haji Oma Irama, better known as Rhoma Irama, is an Indonesian dangdut singer, songwriter, guitarist and former politician of Sundanese descent.

1946

Rick McCosker

Australian cricketer

Richard Bede McCosker is a former Australian cricketer. He was a part of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1975 Cricket World Cup.

1946

Diana Palmer

American journalist and author

Susan Kyle, known by her pen name Diana Palmer, is an American writer who has published romantic novels since 1979. She has also written romances as Diana Blayne, Katy Currie, and under her married name Susan Kyle and a…

1946

Stamatis Spanoudakis

Greek guitarist and composer

Stamatis Spanoudakis is a modern Greek classical composer. In his early career, he studied classical guitar. He shifted to rock music, but then continued classical studies at the Würzburg State Conservatory with Bertold…

1948

Shinji Tanimura

Japanese singer-songwriter (died 2023)

Shinji Tanimura was a Japanese singer-songwriter.

1948

Christina Onassis

Greek-Argentine businesswoman, socialite, and heiress (died 1988)

Christina Onassis was a Greek-Argentine businesswoman, socialite and heiress to the Onassis fortune. She was the only daughter of Aristotle Onassis and Athina Mary "Tina" Livanos.

1949

Mazlan Othman

Malaysian astrophysicist and astronomer

Mazlan binti Othman is a Malaysian astrophysicist whose work has pioneered Malaysia's participation in space exploration. She was her country's first astrophysicist, and helped to create a curriculum in astrophysics at…

1951

Ria Stalman

Dutch discus thrower and shot putter

Maria Geertruida "Ria" Stalman is a Dutch retired discus thrower and shot putter.

1951

Bess Armstrong

American actress

Elizabeth Key "Bess" Armstrong is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films The Four Seasons (1981), High Road to China (1983), Jaws 3-D (1983), and Nothing in Common (1986). Armstrong also starred in…

1953

Brad Bryant

American golfer

Bradley Dub Bryant is an American professional golfer.

1954

Sylvester Clarke

Barbadian cricketer (died 1999)

Sylvester Theophilus Clarke was a Barbadian cricketer who played 11 Test matches and 10 One Day Internationals for the West Indian cricket team.

1954

Santiago Creel

Mexican lawyer and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior

Santiago Creel Miranda is a Mexican lawyer and politician, and a member of the National Action Party (PAN). Since 1 September 2021, he had used to be a federal deputy and the current president of the Congress of the…

1954

Jermaine Jackson

American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

Jermaine LaJaune Jackson is an American singer and actor. A member of the Jackson family. From 1964 to 1975, Jermaine was second vocalist after his brother Michael of the Jackson 5, and played bass guitar. In 1983, he…

1954

Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson

Icelandic guitarist, mathematician, and engineer

Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson is an Icelandic musician.

1954

Gene Grossman

American economist and academic

Gene Michael Grossman is an American economist who is the Jacob Viner Professor of International Economics at Princeton University. He is known for his research on international trade, in large part focusing on the…

1955

Stu Jackson

American basketball player, coach, and manager

Stuart Wayne Jackson is an American basketball executive and former basketball coach. He is currently the Commissioner of the West Coast Conference since April 24, 2023 and a member of the NCAA Division I Men’s…

1955

Ray Kelvin

British fashion designer

Raymond Stuart Kelvin CBE is a British businessman, the founder and former chief executive of the retail clothing company Ted Baker. He founded the Ted Baker brand in 1988 when he opened a shop specialising in men's…

1955

Christian Sackewitz

German footballer and manager

Christian Sackewitz is a former professional German footballer.

1955

Lani Brockman

American actress and director

Lani Brockman is an American theater actress and director. She is the founder and artistic director of Studio East.

1956

Andrew Lansley

English politician, Secretary of State for Health

Andrew David Lansley, Baron Lansley is a British Conservative politician who previously served as Secretary of State for Health and Leader of the House of Commons. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for South…

1956

Peter Bagge

American author and illustrator

Peter Bagge is an American cartoonist whose best-known work includes the comics Neat Stuff and Hate. His stories often use black humor and exaggerated cartooning to dramatize the reduced expectations of middle-class…

1957

Chris Hughton

English-born Irish footballer and manager

Christopher William Gerard Hughton is a professional football manager and former player. Born in England, he represented the Republic of Ireland national team. He was most recently head coach of the Ghana national team.

1958

Tom Shadyac

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Thomas Peter Shadyac is an American film director, producer, and writer. The youngest joke-writer ever for comedian Bob Hope, Shadyac is widely known for writing and directing the comedy films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective…

1958

Nikki Sixx

American bass player, songwriter, and producer

Nikki Sixx is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, author, photographer, and radio personality, best known as the co-founder, bassist, primary songwriter, and only constant member of the heavy metal band…

1958

Anders Eldebrink

Swedish ice hockey player and coach

Anders Karl Daniel Eldebrink is a Swedish former ice hockey defenceman who played in the SEL in the 1970s and 1980s. He also played 165 games for the Swedish national team.

1960

Dave King

Irish-American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dave King is an Irish singer, musician and songwriter.

1961

Steve Nicol

Scottish footballer and manager

Stephen Nicol is a Scottish retired professional footballer who mainly played as a right back and occasionally played in other positions across defence and midfield. He played for the successful Liverpool teams of the…

1961

Macky Sall

Senegalese engineer and politician, fourth President of Senegal

Macky Sall is a Senegalese politician who served as the fourth president of Senegal from 2012 to 2024. He previously served as the eighth prime minister from 2004 to 2007, under President Abdoulaye Wade and president of…

1961

Marco Pierre White

English chef and mentor

Marco Pierre White is an English chef, restaurateur and television personality. In 1995, White became the first British chef and, at age 33, the youngest chef, to earn three Michelin stars. He has trained chefs…

1961

Ben Browder

American actor

Robert Benedict Browder is an American actor, writer and film director. He is best known for his roles as John Crichton in Farscape and Cameron Mitchell in Stargate SG-1.

1962

Mario Been

Dutch footballer and manager

Marinus Antonius Been is a Dutch football manager and former professional player.

1963

Mark Greatbatch

New Zealand cricketer

Mark John Greatbatch is a former New Zealand international cricketer. He scored more than 2,000 runs in his 41 Test matches for New Zealand. A left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler in first…

1963

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch

German tennis player

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former German tennis player and member of the Die Linke. During her tennis career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won eight singles titles and a total of 25 doubles…

1963

John Lammers

Dutch footballer and manager

Johannes Gerardus Adrianus "John" Lammers is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is an assistant coach with Turkish Süper Lig club İstanbul Başakşehir.

1963

Nigel Winterburn

English footballer and coach

Nigel Winterburn is an English former professional footballer who made 687 appearances in the Football League and Premier League. He was capped twice by England, in 1989 and 1993.

1963

Justin Currie

Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Justin Robert Currie is a Scottish singer and songwriter best known as a founding member of the alternative rock band Del Amitri.

1964

Dave Schools

American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

David Allen Schools is a bass player and founding member of American rock band Widespread Panic. He is also a record producer, songwriter and journalist with articles published in a wide variety of music magazines.…

1964

Carolyn Waldo

Canadian swimmer and sportscaster

Carolyn Jane Waldo, is a Canadian former synchronized swimmer and broadcaster.

1964

Jay Bell

American baseball player and coach

Jay Stuart Bell is an American former shortstop and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians (1986–1988), Pittsburgh Pirates (1989–1996), Kansas City Royals (1997), Arizona Diamondbacks…

1965

Gavin Hill

New Zealand rugby player

Gavin Lyle Hill is a New Zealand former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and coached rugby union the 2000s. He resided in Wellington for 10-years before moving back to…

1965

Glenn Lazarus

Australian rugby league player and politician

Glenn Patrick Lazarus is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, and a former Australian Senator. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative prop, Lazarus won…

1965

Giannis Ragousis

Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence

Giannis Ragousis is a Greek economist and politician of SYRIZA who had previously served in the government of Panhellenic Socialist Movement.

1965

Gary Dourdan

American actor

Gary Dourdan is an American actor. He is known for portraying Warrick Brown on the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Shazza Zulu on the television series A Different World and Mickey Monroe in crime…

1966

Erik Honoré

Norwegian guitarist and producer

Erik Honoré is a Norwegian writer, musician, record producer and sound engineer. As a musician, he has collaborated with Jan Bang, David Sylvian, Brian Eno/Peter Schwalm, Jon Hassell, Nils Petter Molvær, Arve Henriksen,…

1966

Göran Kropp

Swedish race car driver and mountaineer (died 2002)

Lars Olof Göran Kropp was a Swedish mountaineer, the first Scandinavian to climb Mount Everest without oxygen. He made a solo ascent of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen or Sherpa support on 23 May 1996, after…

1966

Leon Lai

Hong Kong singer and actor

Leon Lai Ming SBS BBS MH, is a Hong Kong actor, singer, film director, and businessman. He is one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Hong Kong pop music. He uses his Chinese name "Lai Ming" or "Li Ming", which literally…

1966

Peter Kelamis

Australian voice actor

Peter Kelamis is an Australian actor and stand-up comedian. He is best known for voice roles including Goku in Ocean's English dub of the animated series Dragon Ball Z, Rolf from Ed, Edd n Eddy, Tail Terrier in Krypto…

1967

Mo'Nique

American comedian, actress, and producer

Monique Angela Hicks, known mononymously as Mo'Nique, is an American comedian and Academy Award-winning actress. She debuted as a member of The Queens of Comedy and earned recognition as a stand-up comedian. In 2002,…

1967

Chris Shepherd

English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter

Chris Shepherd is a double BAFTA nominated British television/film writer, graphic novelist and director. Born in Anfield, Liverpool in 1967, he is known for combining live action with animation. His work fuses comedy…

1967

Katy Steding

American basketball player and coach

Kathryn Suzanne Steding is an American former collegiate and professional basketball player. She is currently an assistant coach for the Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team.

1967

Emmanuelle Charpentier

French researcher in microbiology, genetics and biochemistry, and Nobel laureate

Emmanuelle Marie Charpentier is a French professor and researcher in microbiology, genetics, and biochemistry. She has served as a director at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin since 2015. Three…

1968

Fabrizio Ravanelli

Italian footballer and manager

Fabrizio Ravanelli is an Italian football manager and former player.

1968

Viswanathan Anand

Indian chess player

Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster. Anand is a five-time World Chess Champion, a two-time World Rapid Chess Champion, and a World Blitz Chess Cup Champion. He became the first grandmaster from…

1969

Stig Inge Bjørnebye

Norwegian footballer and manager

Stig Inge Bjørnebye is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played in Norway, England, and Denmark, most notably for Liverpool, and is currently the sports director of the Scottish football club Glasgow…

1969

Max Martini

American actor, director, and screenwriter

Maximilian Carlo Martini is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Wiley in Level 9, First Sergeant Sid Wojo in The Great Raid, and as Master Sergeant Mack Gerhardt in the CBS military drama television series…

1969

Alessandro Melli

Italian footballer and manager

Alessandro "Sandro" Melli is an Italian former footballer who played as a striker. He won five team honours in his professional career.

1969

Victoria Fuller

American model and actress

Victoria Alynette Fuller is an American glamour model, artist, actress and reality TV performer.

1970

Willie McGinest

American football player and sportscaster

William Lee McGinest Jr. is an American former professional football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, primarily with the New England Patriots. He played college football for…

1971

Daniel Alfredsson

Swedish ice hockey player

Daniel Alfredsson, nicknamed "Alfie", is a Swedish-Canadian former professional ice hockey player and assistant coach for the Ottawa Senators. He spent 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), primarily with the…

1972

Sami Al-Jaber

Saudi Arabian footballer and manager

Sami Abdullah Mohammed Al-Jaber is a Saudi Arabian football manager and former professional player who played as a striker. He spent the entirety of his career with Al-Hilal, apart from a five-month loan to English club…

1972

Murray Goodwin

Zimbabwean cricketer

Murray William Goodwin is a Zimbabwean former cricketer who played 19 Tests and 71 One Day Internationals. He was a right-handed top-order batsman, strong on the back foot, and a good cutter and puller of the ball.

1972

Andriy Husin

Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2014)

Andriy Leonidovych Husin was a Ukrainian professional football player and coach. He played in the Ukraine national team, and was one of Ukraine's most capped players. He was a member of their squad at the 2006 World Cup.

1972

Mos Def

American rapper

Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, is an American rapper, singer, and actor. A prominent figure in conscious hip-hop, he is recognized for his use of wordplay and commentary on social and political issues, such as…

1973

Maarten Lafeber

Dutch golfer

Maarten Lafeber is a Dutch professional golfer.

1974

Rey Mysterio

American wrestler

Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio, better known by his ring name Rey Mysterio, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. Widely regarded as both one of the greatest luchadors and…

1974

Lisa Ortiz

American theatre and voice actress

Lisa Ortiz is an American voice actress and voice director. She is best known for her roles in English anime adaptations, such as Lina Inverse in Slayers and Amy Rose in Sonic X. She voiced the latter character in the…

1974

Ben Shephard

English journalist and television host

Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephard is an English television presenter and journalist. Since 2024, he has co-presented ITV's This Morning alongside Cat Deeley.

1974

Gete Wami

Ethiopian runner

Getenesh "Gete" Wami Degife is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner who competed in cross country, track, and road events.

1974

Gerben de Knegt

Dutch cyclist

Gerben de Knegt is a former professional cyclo-cross racing cyclist and mountain biker from the Netherlands. He was born in Tilburg, North Brabant.

1975

Shareef Abdur-Rahim

American basketball player, coach, and manager

Julius Shareef Abdur-Rahim is an American former professional basketball player who is the president of the NBA G League. Nicknamed Reef, he previously served as the director of player personnel for the Sacramento Kings…

1976

Yujiro Shirakawa

Japanese actor

Yujiro Shirakawa is a Japanese actor and singer who is represented by the talent agency, G.P.R.

1976

Mark Streit

Swiss ice hockey player

Mark Thomas Streit is a Swiss former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was formerly the captain of both the New York Islanders and the Swiss national team. Streit was one of the few swingmen in the NHL who could…

1977

Roy Wood

Jr., American comedian, actor, and radio host

Roy Norris Wood Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer who first became well known for his correspondent appearances on The Daily Show. Wood has been hosting the American adaptation of the news and…

1978

Colleen Hoover

American author

Margaret Colleen Hoover is an American author who primarily writes novels in the romance and young adult fiction genres. She is best known for her 2016 novel It Ends with Us. Many of her works were self-published before…

1979

Valdis Mintals

Estonian figure skater

Valdis Mintals is an Estonian pair skater.

1979

Rider Strong

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Rider King Strong is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for starring as Shawn Hunter on the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World (1993–2000), which he reprised in its sequel series Girl…

1979

Adi Keissar

Israeli poet

Adi Keissar is an Israeli poet, and founder of the cultural group Ars Poetica.

1980

Kristjan Kitsing

Estonian basketball player

Kristjan Kitsing is an Estonian professional basketball player for TalTech of the Estonian–Latvian Basketball League and the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). Kitsing is also a member of the Estonia national basketball team.

1980

Rebekkah Brunson

American basketball player and coach

Rebekkah Brunson is an American basketball coach and broadcast analyst. She is currently an assistant coach with the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Brunson is a former forward for…

1981

Jason Kennedy

American journalist

Jason Kennedy is an entertainment journalist. He was the host of E! News and Live from E! and a contributor to the NBC Today Show.

1981

Jeff McComsey

American author and illustrator

Jeff McComsey, is an American illustrator and author of graphic novels, animations, and video game art.

1981

Paul Medhurst

Australian footballer

Paul Medhurst is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Fremantle Football Club.

1981

Javier Saviola

Argentine footballer

Javier Pedro Saviola Fernández, better known as El Conejo, is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was trained in Club Atlético River Plate's academy.

1981

Roman Harper

American football player

Roman Harper is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, and was selected by the New Orleans Saints…

1982

Pablo Pérez Companc

Argentine race car driver

Pablo Pérez Companc is an Argentine racing driver from Buenos Aires.

1982

Leighton Baines

English footballer

Leighton John Baines is an English professional football coach and former player who played as a left-back. He is the assistant manager of Premier League club Everton.

1984

Sandra Echeverría

Mexican actress and singer

Sandra Echeverría Gamboa is a Mexican actress.

1984

James Ellsworth

American wrestler

James Ellsworth Morris, is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name James Ellsworth. He is best known for his tenure with WWE.

1984

Xosha Roquemore

American actress

Xosha Roquemore is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Jo Ann in Precious and Tamra in The Mindy Project.

1984

Karla Souza

Mexican actress

Karla Susana Olivares Souza is a Mexican actress known for her roles as Laurel Castillo on the ABC legal drama series How to Get Away with Murder and Marina Hayworth on the ABC sitcom Home Economics. She won the…

1985

Roy Hibbert

American basketball player

Roy Denzil Hibbert is a Jamaican–American former professional basketball player. He is a two–time NBA All–Star, and earned NBA All-Defensive Second Team honors in 2014 with the Indiana Pacers. Hibbert was the runner–up…

1986

Violetta Bock

German politician

Violetta Bock is a German politician and member of the Bundestag. A member of The Left, she has represented Hesse since 2025.

1987

Clifton Geathers

American football player

Clifton Geathers is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Miami Dolphins, Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Philadelphia Eagles, and…

1987

Alex Russell

Australian actor

Alexander Andrew Russell is an Australian actor and director. He made his film debut in the thriller film Wasted on the Young (2011) before his breakout with a starring role in the found footage superhero film Chronicle…

1987

Miranda Tapsell

Australian actress

Miranda Tapsell is a Larrakia Aboriginal Australian actress of both stage and screen, best known for her role as Cynthia in the Wayne Blair film The Sapphires and her 2015 performance as Martha Tennant in the Nine…

1987

Kellie Harrington

Irish boxer

Kellie Anne Harrington is an Irish amateur boxer. During her career she was double Olympic gold medalist, winning at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, and 2018 World champion. Harrington also won gold medals at the 2023…

1989

Alexa Demie

American actress and singer

Alexa Demie is an American actress best known for portraying Maddy Perez on the HBO teen drama Euphoria (2019–present). Her film credits include Brigsby Bear (2017), Mid90s (2018), and Waves (2019).

1990

Tiffany Alvord

American singer-songwriter

Tiffany Lynn Alvord is an American singer and songwriter. She has been cited as one of YouTube's first "home-grown celebrities". In December 2012, Alvord performed in Times Square on the Nivea stage with Carly Rae…

1992

Malcolm Brogdon

American basketball player

Malcolm Moses Brogdon is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association for nine seasons. He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers under Tony Bennett.

1992

Yalitza Aparicio

Mexican actress

Yalitza Aparicio Martínez is a Mexican actress. She made her film debut as Cleo in Alfonso Cuarón's 2018 drama Roma, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress; Aparicio was the first…

1993

Abbi Grant

Scottish footballer

Abbi Grant is a Scottish footballer who plays as a forward for Durham in the Women's Super League 2. Grant has previously played for various clubs in Scotland, Belgium and Greece, and represented the Scotland national…

1995

Hailee Steinfeld

American actress, singer and songwriter

Hailee Steinfeld is an American actress and singer. She had her breakthrough with the western film True Grit (2010), which earned her various accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a…

1996

Matthew Tkachuk

American ice hockey player

Matthew Brendan Tkachuk is an American professional ice hockey player who is a winger and alternate captain for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played in the NHL for the Calgary…

1997

Onyeka Okongwu

American basketball player

Onyeka Okongwu is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the USC Trojans.

2000

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