Famous Birthdays on December 19

December 19 has 238 recorded notable births across history, from 1343 to 1998. This page lists every one of them, with the best-known people first.

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Jake Gyllenhaal

1980 — Jake Gyllenhaal

American actor and producer

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Major events on December 19

See what else happened on this day in history.

  1. 2012 Park Geun-hye is elected the first female president of South Korea. Source
  2. 1828 Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun sparks the Nullification Crisis when he anonymously publishes the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, protesting the Tariff of 1828. Source

Did you know about Jake Gyllenhaal

Known for his performances on screen and stage, he has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, three Tony Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Did you know about Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond is best known for co-hosting the BBC Two motoring programme Top Gear from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and James May.

Did you know about Karim Benzema

Karim Benzema won 25 trophies with Real Madrid, including four La Liga titles, three Copa del Rey titles, and five UEFA Champions League titles.

Did you know about Alyssa Milano

As an activist, Milano is known for her role in the #MeToo movement in October 2017.

Did you know about Ronan Farrow

The magazine won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for this reporting, sharing the award with The New York Times.


More major people born on December 19

Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.

1963 Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals

American model and actress
Jennifer Beals is an American actress. She made her film debut in My Bodyguard (1980), before receiving critical acclaim for her performance as Alexandra Owens in Flashdance (1983), for which she won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
1969 Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond

English journalist and producer
Richard Mark Hammond is an English television presenter, journalist, and author. He is best known for co-hosting the BBC Two motoring programme Top Gear from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and James May. From 2016 to 2024, the trio presented Amazon Prime Video's The Grand Tour.
1987 Karim Benzema

Karim Benzema

French footballer
Karim Mostafa Benzema is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker. He is a free agent. Regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time, Benzema is known for his creativity, technical skills, vision and versatility on the field. He won 25 trophies with Real Madrid, including four La Liga titles, three Copa del Rey titles, and five UEFA Champions League titles. He has scored over 500 career goals for club and country, and is Real Madrid's second-highest goalscorer and its third-highest assist provider. In the Champions League, Benzema is both the all-time French top goalscorer and assist provider.
1972 Alyssa Milano

Alyssa Milano

American actress, television personality, and activist
Alyssa Jayne Milano is an American actress, singer and activist. She has played Samantha Micelli in Who's the Boss? (1984–1992), Jennifer Mancini in Melrose Place (1997–1998), Phoebe Halliwell in Charmed (1998–2006), Billie Cunningham in My Name Is Earl (2007–2008), Savannah "Savi" Davis in Mistresses (2013–2014), Renata Murphy in Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017), and Coralee Armstrong in Insatiable (2018–2019). As an activist, Milano is known for her role in the #MeToo movement in October 2017. She was the replacement of the role of Roxie Hart, and did her own singing in Chicago.
1987 Ronan Farrow

Ronan Farrow

American activist, journalist, and lawyer
Satchel Ronan O'Sullivan Farrow is an American journalist and lawyer. He is known for his investigative reporting on sexual abuse allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein, which was published in The New Yorker magazine. The magazine won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for this reporting, sharing the award with The New York Times. Farrow has worked for UNICEF and as a government advisor.
1906 Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Brezhnev

Ukrainian-Russian marshal, engineer, and politician, 4th Head of State of the Soviet Union (died 1982)
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982. He also held office as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1960 to 1964 and later from 1977 to 1982. His tenure as General Secretary was second only to Joseph Stalin's in duration.
1975 Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

American author and academic
Brandon Winn Sanderson is an American author of high fantasy, science fiction, and young adult books. His best known novels include the Mistborn series and The Stormlight Archive, which are set in the "Cosmere", a fictional universe. Outside of the Cosmere, he has written several young adult and juvenile series including The Reckoners, the Skyward series, and the Alcatraz series. He is also known for completing author Robert Jordan's high fantasy series The Wheel of Time. Sanderson has created two graphic novels, White Sand and Dark One.
1961 Reggie White

Reggie White

American football player and wrestler (died 2004)
Reginald Howard White was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons. White played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers, earning unanimous All-American honors. After playing two seasons for the Memphis Showboats of the United States Football League (USFL), he was selected in the first round of the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft, and then played for the Philadelphia Eagles, the Green Bay Packers and the Carolina Panthers, becoming one of the most awarded defensive players in NFL history.
1988 Alexis Sánchez

Alexis Sánchez

Chilean footballer
Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez, also known mononymously as Alexis, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a winger or a striker for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal and the Chile national team. He is regarded as one of the best forwards of his generation and one of the greatest Chilean players of all time. He is also one of the few footballers to have made at least 1,000 competitive appearances.
1998 King Princess

King Princess

American singer-songwriter and musician
Mikaela Mullaney Straus, known professionally as King Princess, is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actor from Brooklyn, New York. She was signed to Mark Ronson's label Zelig Records, an imprint of Columbia Records. In February 2018, she released her debut single "1950", from her debut extended play (EP) Make My Bed, released later that year. The song was a commercial success, charting in multiple territories, and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Her second single, "Talia", was certified gold in Australia by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). King Princess released her debut studio album Cheap Queen in 2019 to widespread critical acclaim. She left Zelig Records before the release of her 2025 album Girl Violence, which was released by Section1. She made her acting debut in the 2025 show Nine Perfect Strangers.
1915 Édith Piaf

Édith Piaf

French singer-songwriter and actress (died 1963)
Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, was a French singer and lyricist. She is regarded as France's greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers in the world. She is best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres.
1964 Arvydas Sabonis

Arvydas Sabonis

Lithuanian basketball player
Arvydas Romas Sabonis is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. Sabonis won the Euroscar six times and the Mr. Europa Award twice. He played in a variety of leagues, including the Spanish ACB League, and spent seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Playing the center position, Sabonis won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in South Korea, for the Soviet Union, and later earned bronze medals at the 1992 Olympic Games and 1996 Olympic Games representing Lithuania. He retired from professional basketball in 2005. Sabonis was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1986 NBA draft, but he did not play his first NBA game until 1995, at the age of 30.
1972 Warren Sapp

Warren Sapp

American football player and analyst
Warren Carlos Sapp is an American former professional football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, primarily with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes, winning the Lombardi Award and the Bronko Nagurski and Bill Willis trophies in 1994. Sapp was selected in the first round of 1995 NFL draft by the Buccaneers, where he spent his first nine seasons. In his final four seasons, he was a member of the Oakland Raiders. In addition, Sapp served as an assistant coach for the Colorado Buffaloes from 2024 to 2025.
1968 Ken Marino

Ken Marino

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Kenneth Joseph Marino is an American actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, and singer. He was a cast member on MTV's The State and has starred in shows such as Party Down, Marry Me, Burning Love, and Childrens Hospital. He played the Lehman brothers on the Showtime series Black Monday. He stars as Victor in the cult-classic comedy film Wet Hot American Summer and its spin-offs. He is the lead singer of the garage band the Middle Aged Dad Jam Band.
1986 Lauren Boebert

Lauren Boebert

American politician
Lauren Opal Boebert is an American politician, businesswoman, and gun rights activist serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 4th congressional district beginning in 2025, having previously represented Colorado's 3rd congressional district from 2021 to 2025. From 2013 to 2022, she owned Shooters Grill, a restaurant in Rifle, Colorado, where staff members were encouraged to carry firearms openly.
1997 Gabriel Magalhães

Gabriel Magalhães

Brazilian footballer
Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães, also known mononymously as Gabriel, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays primarily as centre-back for Premier League club Arsenal and the Brazil national team. Known for his strength, aggression, tackling, passion and aerial threat, he is regarded as one of the best defenders in the world.
1986 Annie Murphy

Annie Murphy

Canadian actress
Anne Frances Murphy is a Canadian actress. She rose to prominence for her starring role as Alexis Rose in the sitcom Schitt's Creek (2015–2020), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award and two Critics' Choice Television Awards.
1683 Philip V of Spain (died 1746)

Philip V of Spain (died 1746)

Philip V, known as "the Spirited", was king of Spain from 1 November 1700 to 14 January 1724 and again from 6 September 1724 to his death in 1746. His total reign is the longest in the history of the Spanish monarchy, surpassing Philip IV. Although his ascent to the throne precipitated the War of the Spanish Succession, Philip V instigated many important reforms in Spain, most especially the centralization of power of the monarchy and the suppression of regional privileges, via the Nueva Planta decrees, and restructuring of the administration of the Spanish Empire on the Iberian Peninsula and its overseas regions.
1924 Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

American actress (died 2021)
Cecily Louise "Cicely" Tyson was an American actress. In a career spanning seven decades, she portrayed complex and strong-willed African American women. She received several awards including three Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. She was awarded the Kennedy Center Honors in 2015, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, and the Honorary Academy Award in 2018.
1969 Kristy Swanson

Kristy Swanson

American actress
Kristy Swanson is an American actress. She is best recognized for having played Buffy Summers in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer and appeared in the 1996 film The Phantom.
1980 Marla Sokoloff

Marla Sokoloff

American actress and musician
Marla Sokoloff is an American actress. She is known for playing Gia Mahan on Full House and Fuller House, Cokie Mason in The Babysitters Club movie, and Lucy Hatcher on the legal drama series The Practice. She also appeared as Joey's sister Dina on Friends and as the nanny Claire on Desperate Housewives. She has starred in the films True Crime (1996), The Climb (1999), Whatever It Takes (2000), Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), Sugar & Spice (2001), The Tollbooth (2004), Love on the Side (2006), Play the Game (2009), and The Merry Gentlemen (2024).
1875 Mileva Marić

Mileva Marić

Serbian physicist (died 1948)
Mileva Marić, sometimes called Mileva Marić-Einstein, was a Serbian mathematician and the first wife of Albert Einstein from 1903 to 1919. She was the only woman among Einstein's fellow students at Zurich Polytechnic. Marić and Einstein were study colleagues and lovers, and had a daughter Lieserl in 1902, who likely died of scarlet fever at one and a half years old. They later had two sons, Hans Albert and Eduard. The question of whether she contributed to Einstein's early work has been debated.
1963 Til Schweiger

Til Schweiger

German actor, director, and producer
Tilman Valentin Schweiger is a German actor and filmmaker. He became known in the 1990s for films such as Manta, Manta, Der bewegte Mann and Knockin' on Heaven's Door. He went on to star in international film productions such as Inglourious Basterds, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life and King Arthur. He founded his own production company Barefoot Films. Films like Rabbit Without Ears, Rabbit Without Ears 2, Kokowääh and Head Full of Honey, in which he was director, producer and actor, drew large audiences, making Schweiger the most commercially successful German filmmaker.
1946 Robert Urich

Robert Urich

American actor and producer (died 2002)
Robert Michael Urich was an American film, television, and stage actor and television producer. Over the course of his 30-year career, he starred in a record 15 television series.
1902 Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson

English actor (died 1983)
Sir Ralph David Richardson was an English actor. Along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave, and Laurence Olivier, he made up a quartet of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. Neverthless, he worked in films throughout most of his career, playing more than sixty cinema roles. From an artistic but not theatrical background, Richardson had no thought of a stage career until a production of Hamlet in Brighton inspired him to become an actor. He learned his craft in the 1920s with a touring company and later the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. In 1931 he joined the Old Vic, playing mostly Shakespearean roles. He led the company the following season, succeeding Gielgud, who had taught him much about stage technique. After he left the company, a series of leading roles took him to stardom in the West End and on Broadway.
1934 Pratibha Patil

Pratibha Patil

Indian lawyer and politician, 12th President of India
Pratibha Devisingh Patil, also known as Pratibha Patil Shekhawat, is an Indian stateswoman and lawyer who served as the president of India from 2007 to 2012. She was the first woman to become the president of India. A member of the Indian National Congress, she also served as the Governor of Rajasthan from 2004 to 2007, and was a member of the Lok Sabha from 1991 to 1996.
1778 Marie Thérèse of France (died 1851)

Marie Thérèse of France (died 1851)

Marie-Thérèse was the eldest child of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France, and their only child to reach adulthood. In 1799, she married her cousin Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, the eldest son of Charles X of France, henceforth becoming the Duchess of Angoulême. She was the only member of her immediate family to survive the French Revolution.
1961 Scott Cohen

Scott Cohen

American actor
Scott Cohen is an American actor best known for his supporting role as Max Medina on the first three seasons of The WB comedy drama series Gilmore Girls (2000–03), as well as his lead roles as Detective Chris Ravell on the NBC legal drama series Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005–06), Dominic Eugene "Nico" Careles on the USA Network comedy drama series Necessary Roughness (2011–13), Ezra Wolf on the ABC legal drama series The Fix (2019), and Luca Falcone on the HBO crime drama miniseries The Penguin (2024).
1924 Gary Morton

Gary Morton

American comedian and producer (died 1999)
Gary Morton was an American stand-up comedian whose primary venues were hotels and resorts of the Borscht Belt in upstate New York. He was born in New York City, the son of Morris Goldaper and Rose Greenfeder Goldaper, and had a sister, Helen. Later, he was a producer and studio executive, in association with his second wife, Lucille Ball.
1944 Tim Reid

Tim Reid

American actor and director
Timothy Lee Reid Sr. is an American actor, comedian and film director best known for his roles in prime time American television programs, such as Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–82), Marcel "Downtown" Brown on Simon & Simon (1983–87), Ray Campbell on Sister, Sister (1994–99) and William Barnett on That '70s Show (2004–06).
1941 Maurice White

Maurice White

American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2016)
Maurice White was an American musician, best known as the founder, leader, main songwriter and chief producer of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, also serving as the band's co-lead singer with Philip Bailey.
1849 Henry Clay Frick

Henry Clay Frick

American businessman and financier (died 1919)
Henry Clay Frick was an American industrialist, financier, and art patron. He founded the H. C. Frick & Company coke manufacturing company, and later became chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company. Frick's management of Carnegie Steel was characterized by vehement opposition to unions, a trait reflected most notably by his violent suppression of the Homestead Strike. In the later years of his career as an industrialist, he was instrumental in the founding of U.S. Steel, which became the world's largest steel manufacturer.
1923 Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

Scottish-English actor and singer (died 1990)
Gordon Cameron Jackson was a Scottish actor. He is best remembered for his roles as the butler Angus Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs and as George Cowley, the head of CI5, in The Professionals. He also portrayed Capt Jimmy Cairns in Tunes of Glory, and Flt. Lt. Andrew MacDonald, "Intelligence", in The Great Escape.
1997 Fikayo Tomori

Fikayo Tomori

English footballer
Oluwafikayomi Oluwadamilola "Fikayo" Tomori is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club AC Milan. Born in Canada, he represents the England national team.
1958 Limahl

Limahl

English pop singer
Christopher Hamill, known professionally as Limahl, is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead vocalist of the pop band Kajagoogoo beginning in 1982, before embarking on a solo career, releasing the 1984 hit "The NeverEnding Story", the theme song for the 1984 film.
1957 Kevin McHale

Kevin McHale

American basketball player, coach, and manager
Kevin Edward McHale is an American former professional basketball player, coach and analyst who played his entire professional career for the Boston Celtics. He earned the nickname "the Torture Chamber" for his exceptional footwork and wide array of post moves which made him nearly impossible to guard one-on-one. Dominique Wilkins famously called him "A Man With a Thousand Moves." He is a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and widely considered one of the greatest power forwards of all time.
1974 Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting

Australian cricketer and sportscaster
Ricky Thomas Ponting is an Australian cricket coach, commentator, and former player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time and is the most successful captain in international cricket history, with 220 victories in 324 matches with a winning rate of 67.91%.
1983 Bridget Phillipson

Bridget Phillipson

English politician
Bridget Maeve Phillipson is a British politician who has served as Minister for Women and Equalities since 2024 and Chair of the Labour Party since July 2026. She previously served as Secretary of State for Education from 2024 to 2026. A member of the Labour Party, she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Houghton and Sunderland South since 2010.
1991 Keiynan Lonsdale

Keiynan Lonsdale

Australian actor, singer-songwriter, and dancer
Keiynan Lonsdale is an Australian actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter. He is known for roles such as Oliver Lloyd in the ABC series Dance Academy (2012–2013), Wally West / Kid Flash in the CW series The Flash (2015–2023) and Legends of Tomorrow (2017–2018), and Abraham "Bram" Greenfeld in the film Love, Simon (2018). His other films include The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015) and The Finest Hours (2016). Lonsdale has also worked as an MTV VJ and released original music recordings, including a studio album in 2020.
1970 Tyson Beckford

Tyson Beckford

American model and actor
Tyson Beckford is a Jamaican-American model and actor best known as a Ralph Lauren Polo model. He was also the host of both seasons of the Bravo program Make Me a Supermodel. Beckford has been described as one of the most successful male supermodels of all time, achieving fame and huge contracts similar to the female models who had huge success in the 1990s.
1910 Jean Genet

Jean Genet

French novelist, playwright, and poet (died 1986)
Jean Genet was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. In his early life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later became a writer and playwright, often creating works inspired by his experience. His major works include the novels The Thief's Journal and Our Lady of the Flowers and the plays The Balcony, The Maids and The Screens.
1899 Martin Luther King Sr.

Martin Luther King Sr.

American pastor, missionary, and activist (died 1984)
Martin Luther King, commonly known as Daddy King, was an American Baptist pastor, missionary, and civil rights activist who was an early figure in the civil rights movement. He served as the senior pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church from 1931 to 1975, and was also the father of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., and grandfather of a former head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Martin Luther King III.
1982 Mo Williams

Mo Williams

American basketball player
Maurice Williams is an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Kentucky and a former professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After a successful high school career at Murrah High School in Jackson, Mississippi, Williams attended college at the University of Alabama, where he led his team as a freshman to a 27–8 record, and also shared an SEC regular-season championship. After two seasons at Alabama, Williams entered the 2003 NBA draft where he was selected with the 47th overall pick by the Utah Jazz. Throughout his career, he has also played for the Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Charlotte Hornets and Cleveland Cavaliers. In 2009, Williams was selected as an NBA All-Star. In the 2016 NBA Finals, he won his only NBA championship with the Cavaliers. He retired as a player in 2017.
1942 Gene Okerlund

Gene Okerlund

American sports announcer (died 2019)
Eugene Arthur Okerlund was an American professional wrestling interviewer, announcer and television host. He was best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Okerlund was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006 by Hulk Hogan. He was signed to a lifetime contract with WWE and later worked for promotional programs. He has been described by some journalists as the greatest interviewer in the history of professional wrestling.
1940 Phil Ochs

Phil Ochs

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)
Philip David Ochs was an American songwriter, protest singer, and political activist. Ochs's songwriting frequently addressed political issues, often with humor. He wrote about 200 songs in the 1960s and 1970s and released eight albums.
1996 Franck Kessié

Franck Kessié

Ivorian footballer
Franck Yannick Kessié is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Atalanta and captains the Ivory Coast national team. A versatile player, Kessié plays predominantly as a box-to-box central midfielder, but has also been deployed as a defensive midfielder and on rare occasions, a centre-back.
1955 Rob Portman

Rob Portman

American lawyer and politician
Robert Jones Portman is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Ohio from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Portman was the 35th director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 2006 to 2007, the 14th United States trade representative from 2005 to 2006, and a U.S. representative from 1993 to 2005, representing Ohio's 2nd district.
1989 Yong Jun-hyung

Yong Jun-hyung

South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper and producer
Yong Jun-hyung, known mononymously as Junhyung, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. He rose to fame as a member of South Korean boy band Highlight, formed in 2009. He departed from Highlight in 2019, amidst a controversy where he admitted to having watched a video of singer Jung Joon-young making out with a woman, which was filmed with consent but shared without.
1975 Jeremy Soule

Jeremy Soule

American composer
Jeremy Soule is an American composer of soundtracks for film, television, and video games. He has composed soundtracks for over 60 games and over a dozen other works during his career, including The Elder Scrolls, Guild Wars, Total Annihilation, and the Harry Potter series.
1974 Jake Plummer

Jake Plummer

American football player and sportscaster
Jason Steven "Jake" Plummer is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils. Plummer was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the second round of the 1997 NFL draft, spending six seasons with the Cardinals and then four with the Denver Broncos.
1941 Lee Myung-bak

Lee Myung-bak

South Korean businessman and politician, 10th President of South Korea
Lee Myung-bak is a South Korean politician and business executive who served as the tenth president of South Korea from 2008 to 2013. A member of the then Saenuri Party, he was the mayor of Seoul from 2002 to 2006. Before entering politics, he was the chief executive officer of Hyundai Engineering and Construction.
1944 Alvin Lee

Alvin Lee

English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
Alvin Lee was an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who was best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the blues rock band Ten Years After.
1990 Torrey Craig

Torrey Craig

American basketball player
Torrey Craig is an American professional basketball player for the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the USC Upstate Spartans, where he was named an honorable mention All-American and Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year in 2012.
1964 Béatrice Dalle

Béatrice Dalle

French actress
Béatrice Dalle is a French actress and model. She has appeared in over fifty films and is best known internationally for her debut role in the 1986 film 37°2 le matin. Béatrice Dalle is renowned for her intense and unconventional roles, often portraying characters that are both provocative and transgressive.
1956 Phil Harris

Phil Harris

American captain and fisherman (died 2010)
Phillip Charles Harris was an American captain and part owner of the crab fishing vessel F/V Cornelia Marie, which has been featured on Discovery Channel's documentary reality TV series Deadliest Catch. He suffered a stroke while offloading C. opilio crab in port at Saint Paul Island, Alaska, on January 29, 2010. Despite improvements in his condition, Harris died on February 9, 2010, at the age of 53, while suffering an intracranial hemorrhage in the hospital.
1971

Amy Locane

American actress
Amy Locane is an American actress known for her role in John Waters' 1990 musical comedy Cry-Baby. In 1992, Locane portrayed Sandy Harling in the first season of the prime time soap opera Melrose Place. She appeared in the 1992 film School Ties alongside Matt Damon and Brendan Fraser, as the object of their affections.
1934 Al Kaline

Al Kaline

American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2020)
Albert William Kaline, nicknamed "Mr. Tiger", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played his entire 22-season career in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers. For most of his career, Kaline played in the outfield, mainly as a right fielder where he won ten Gold Glove Awards and was known for his strong throwing arm. He was selected to 18 All-Star Games, including selections each year between 1955 and 1967. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980 in his first year of eligibility.
1966 Robert MacNaughton

Robert MacNaughton

American actor
Robert MacNaughton is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Elliott's brother Michael in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, for which he won a 1982 Young Artist Award as Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. MacNaughton also played the lead role of Adam Farmer in the 1983 film I Am the Cheese, based on the young adult novel by Robert Cormier.
1926 Bobby Layne

Bobby Layne

American football player and coach (died 1986)
Robert Lawrence Layne was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns before being selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the third overall pick of the 1948 NFL draft and traded to the Chicago Bears. Layne played one season with the Bears, and then with the New York Bulldogs in 1949, the Detroit Lions from 1950 to 1958, and the Steelers from 1958 to 1962.
1991 Sumire Uesaka

Sumire Uesaka

Japanese voice actress and singer
Sumire Uesaka is a Japanese voice actress and singer associated with Voice Kit. She began her career as a junior model in 2000, appearing in various commercials and becoming the first Japanese person featured in a Vidal Sassoon commercial. In 2011, she transitioned into voice acting. She won the Best Rookie Actress at the 10th Seiyu Awards. In addition to voice acting, Uesaka began a music career in April 2013 under King Records under the King Amusement Creative label.
1922 Eamonn Andrews

Eamonn Andrews

Irish radio and television host (died 1987)
Eamonn Andrews was an Irish radio and television presenter, employed primarily in the United Kingdom from the 1950s to the 1980s. From 1960 to 1964, he chaired the Radio Éireann Authority, which oversaw the introduction of a state television service in Ireland. He is perhaps best remembered as the UK host of This Is Your Life from its inception in 1955 until his death in 1987.
1875 Carter G. Woodson

Carter G. Woodson

American historian and author, founded Black History Month (died 1950)
Carter Godwin Woodson was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). He was one of the first scholars to study the history of the Black African diaspora in the United States. A founder of The Journal of Negro History in 1916, Woodson has been called the "father of Black history." In February 1926, he launched the celebration of "Negro History Week," the precursor of Black History Month. Woodson was an important figure to the movement of Afrocentrism, due to his perspective of placing people of Sub-Saharan African descent at the center of the study of history and the human experience.
1956 Merzbow

Merzbow

Japanese noise musician
Merzbow is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by Masami Akita, best known for a style of harsh noise music. Since 1980, Akita has released over 500 recordings and collaborated with numerous artists.
1944 Zal Yanovsky

Zal Yanovsky

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
Zalman Yanovsky was a Canadian folk-rock musician and restaurateur. Born in Toronto, he was the son of political cartoonist Avrom Yanovsky and teacher Nechama Yanovsky. He played lead guitar and sang for the Lovin' Spoonful, a rock band which he founded with John Sebastian in 1964.
1951 Mohammad Reza Aref

Mohammad Reza Aref

Iranian engineer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran
Mohammad Reza Aref is an Iranian engineer, academic and reformist politician who is the first vice president of Iran since 2024, under President Masoud Pezeshkian; he previously served as the first vice-president from 2001 to 2005 under Mohammad Khatami. He is also currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council since 2002.
1985 Lady Sovereign

Lady Sovereign

English rapper
Louise Amanda Harman, better known by the stage name Lady Sovereign, is an English rapper, best known for the songs "9 to 5" and "Love Me or Hate Me". She was signed to Def Jam in 2005 by Jay-Z.
1961 Eric Allin Cornell

Eric Allin Cornell

American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Eric Allin Cornell is an American physicist who, along with Carl E. Wieman, synthesized the first Bose–Einstein condensate in 1995. Cornell, Wieman and Wolfgang Ketterle shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics “for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates”.
1920 Little Jimmy Dickens

Little Jimmy Dickens

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015)
James Cecil Dickens, better known by his stage name Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size, and his rhinestone-studded outfits. He started as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983. Before his death, he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry.
1973 Takashi Sorimachi

Takashi Sorimachi

Japanese actor and singer
Takashi Noguchi , known professionally as Takashi Sorimachi , is a Japanese actor and singer. He is mostly famous for having portrayed Eikichi Onizuka in the 1998 live-action drama adaptation of the popular manga series Great Teacher Onizuka, and the assassin O in Hong Kong action thriller film Fulltime Killer.
1927 James Booth

James Booth

English actor and screenwriter (died 2005)
James Booth was an English film, stage and television actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Private Henry Hook in Zulu.
1955

Lincoln Hall

Australian mountaineer and author (died 2012)
Lincoln Ross Hall OAM was a veteran Australian mountaineer, adventurer and author. Lincoln was part of the first Australian expedition to climb Mount Everest in 1984, which successfully forged a new route. He reached the summit of Mount Everest on his second attempt in 2006, miraculously surviving the night at 8,700 m (28,543 ft) on descent, after his family had been told he had died.
1925 Robert B. Sherman

Robert B. Sherman

American songwriter and screenwriter (died 2012)
Robert Bernard Sherman was an American songwriter. Best known for his work in musical films with his brother, Richard M. Sherman, they, known as Sherman brothers, produced more motion picture song scores than any other songwriting team in film history. Some of their songs were incorporated into live action and animation musical films including Mary Poppins, The Happiest Millionaire, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Slipper and the Rose, and Charlotte's Web. Their best-known work is "It's a Small World " possibly the most-performed song in history.
1969 Tom Gugliotta

Tom Gugliotta

American basketball player
Thomas James Gugliotta is an American former professional basketball player. Drafted with the sixth pick in the 1992 NBA draft, he played thirteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A 6'10 power forward, he was an All-Star in 1997 as a player of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Gugliotta was formerly an All-American college player for the NC State Wolfpack.
1852 Albert Abraham Michelson

Albert Abraham Michelson

Prussian-American physicist, chemist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1931)
Albert Abraham Michelson was an American experimental physicist known for his work on measuring the speed of light and especially for the Michelson–Morley experiment. In 1907, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics, becoming the first American to win the Nobel Prize in a science. He was the founder and the first head of the physics departments of the Case School of Applied Science and the University of Chicago.
1972

Rosa Blasi

American actress
Rosa Blasi Harris is an American actress, author, model, singer and therapist. She is known for her roles as Luisa Delgado in the Lifetime medical drama series Strong Medicine and Barb Thunderman in the Nickelodeon series The Thundermans.
1924 Edmund Purdom

Edmund Purdom

British-Italian actor (died 2009)
Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom was an English actor, voice artist, and director. He worked first on stage in Britain, performing various works by Shakespeare, then in the United States on Broadway and in Hollywood, and eventually in Italy. He is perhaps best known for his starring role in the 1954 films The Egyptian and The Student Prince.
1918 Professor Longhair

Professor Longhair

American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1980)
Henry Roeland Byrd, better known as Professor Longhair or Fess for short, was an American singer and pianist who performed New Orleans blues. He was active in two distinct periods, first in the heyday of early rhythm and blues and later in the resurgence of interest in traditional jazz after the founding of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 1970. His piano style has been described as "instantly recognizable, combining rumba, mambo, and calypso".
1947 Jimmy Bain

Jimmy Bain

Scottish bass player and songwriter (died 2016)
James Stewart Bain was a Scottish musician, best known for playing bass guitar in the bands Rainbow and Dio. He also worked with Kate Bush and Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, co-writing on his solo albums.
1943 James L. Jones

James L. Jones

American general and politician, 22nd United States National Security Advisor
James Logan Jones Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general and consultant who served as the 21st United States national security advisor from 2009 to 2010. During his military career, he served as the 32nd commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1999 to January 2003, and commander, United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 2003 to 2006. Jones retired from the Marine Corps on February 1, 2007, after 40 years of service.
1944 Richard Leakey

Richard Leakey

Kenyan paleontologist and politician (died 2022)
Richard Erskine Frere Leakey was a Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist and politician. Leakey held a number of official positions in Kenya, mostly in institutions of archaeology and wildlife conservation. He was director of the National Museum of Kenya, founded the NGO WildlifeDirect, and was the chairman of the Kenya Wildlife Service. Leakey served in the powerful office of cabinet secretary and head of public service during the tail end of President Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi's government.
1993 Young K

Young K

South Korean singer-songwriter
Kang Young-hyun, known professionally as Young K (영케이), is a South Korean musician, singer, songwriter, and rapper. He is best known as the bassist and vocalist of South Korean pop rock band Day6.
1924 Doug Harvey

Doug Harvey

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1989)
Douglas Norman Harvey was a Canadian professional hockey defenceman. Widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders in National Hockey League (NHL) history, Harvey was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973 and was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history in 2017. Individually he won the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the best defenceman seven times, and was named to the end of season NHL All-Star team as a First All-Star 10 times. He played from 1947 until 1964, and from 1966 until 1969. Best known for playing with the Montreal Canadiens, Harvey also played for the New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, and St. Louis Blues, as well as several teams in the minor leagues. He also served as the player-coach of the Rangers for one season, and served a similar role for the minor-league Kansas City Blues. He was also a coach.
1992 Iker Muniain

Iker Muniain

Spanish footballer
Iker Muniain Goñi is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a winger but also as a forward. He is currently manager of Segunda Federación club Salamanca UDS.
1974 Joe Jurevicius

Joe Jurevicius

American football player
Joseph Michael Jurevicius is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the New York Giants in the second round of the 1998 NFL draft. He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions.
1964 Randall McDaniel

Randall McDaniel

American football player
Randall Cornell McDaniel is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Minnesota Vikings and two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009.
1979 Kevin Devine

Kevin Devine

American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Kevin Devine is an American songwriter and musician from Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York City. He is a contemporary member of the underground indie rock and indie folk musical scenes, and his influences range from older indie artists such as Neutral Milk Hotel, Elliott Smith and Pavement to more mainstream and well known acts such as Nirvana and Bob Dylan. In 2013, Kevin Devine rejoined his previous band, Miracle of 86, for a series of reunion shows.
1968 Kristina Keneally

Kristina Keneally

American-Australian politician, 42nd Premier of New South Wales
Kristina Marie Kerscher Keneally is an Australian politician, from the United States, who served as the first female Premier of New South Wales from 2009 to 2011 and was later a Labor Senator for New South Wales from February 2018 until April 2022. She resigned from the Senate to contest the House of Representatives seat of Fowler, but was unsuccessful. From 2019 to 2022 she served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs, and Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship.
1949 Lenny White

Lenny White

American musician
Leonard White III is an American jazz fusion drummer who was a member of the band Return to Forever led by Chick Corea in the 1970s. White has been called "one of the founding fathers of jazz fusion".
1966 Alberto Tomba

Alberto Tomba

Italian skier
Alberto Tomba is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. He was the dominant technical skier in the late 1980s and 1990s. At 182 cm and 90 kg, his powerful build was a contrast to the lighter, more traditional technical skiers who prioritised agility over muscle. Tomba was able to take advantage of the introduction of spring-loaded ski gates which replaced the older, solid gates in the early 1980s by using his power to maintain a faster, more direct line through courses. Tomba won three Olympic gold medals, two World Championships, and nine World Cup season titles: four in slalom, four in giant slalom, and one overall title. He was popularly called Tomba la Bomba.
1952

Walter Murphy

American pianist and composer
Walter Anthony Murphy Jr. is an American composer, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for the instrumental "A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco adaptation of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony which topped the charts in 1976 and was featured on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977. Further classical-disco fusions followed, such as "Flight '76", "Toccata and Funk in 'D' Minor" "Bolero", and "Mostly Mozart", but were not as successful.
1554 Philip William

Philip William

Prince of Orange (died 1618)
Philip William, Prince of Orange was the eldest son of William the Silent by his first wife Anna van Egmont. He became Prince of Orange in 1584 and Knight of the Golden Fleece in 1599.
1935 Bobby Timmons

Bobby Timmons

American pianist and composer (died 1974)
Robert Henry Timmons was an American jazz pianist and composer. He was a sideman in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers for two periods, between which he was part of Cannonball Adderley's band. Several of Timmons' compositions written when part of these bands – including "Moanin'", "Dat Dere", and "This Here" – enjoyed commercial success and brought him more attention. In the early and mid-1960s he led a series of piano trios that toured and recorded extensively.
1974

Felipe Lopez

Dominican-American basketball player
Luis Felipe López is a Dominican former professional basketball player. He starred as a high school player at Rice High School and for the St. John's Red Storm in college basketball. López played for four seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has played for teams in a half dozen countries, as well as in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) in the U.S. Most recently, he has been a broadcaster with Spanish-language networks. His life story was the subject of an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary entitled The Dominican Dream.
1974 Mige (musician)

Mige (musician)

Finnish musician, bassist and founding member of the gothic rock band HIM
Mikko Henrik Julius Paananen, better known as Mige, is a Finnish musician, best known as the bassist and founding member of the gothic rock band HIM. Born to an artistic family, Mige attended the Sibelius Upper Secondary School of music and dance, when he first formed HIM with Ville Valo. The band broke up after Mige began his national military service, but they reformed in 1995. HIM would go on to release eight studio albums and become one of the most commercially successful Finnish bands of all time. The band announced their retirement in March 2017, and played their final show on New Year's Eve 2017.
1894 Ford C. Frick

Ford C. Frick

American journalist and businessman (died 1978)
Ford Christopher Frick was an American sportswriter and baseball executive. After working as a teacher and as a sportswriter for the New York American, he served as public relations director of the National League (NL) and then as the league's president from 1934 to 1951. He was the third commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1951 to 1965.
1969

Nayan Mongia

Indian cricketer
Nayan Ramlal Mongia is a former Indian cricketer and cricket coach. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper. He was part of the Indian squad which won the 1995 Asia Cup.
1994 M'Baye Niang

M'Baye Niang

French footballer
M'Baye Hamady Niang is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 2 club Dunkerque. Born in France, he represented Senegal at international level.
1977 Elisa (Italian singer)

Elisa (Italian singer)

Italian singer, songwriter and record producer.
Elisa Toffoli, known mononymously as Elisa, is an Italian singer, songwriter and record producer. She draws inspiration from many genres such as pop, alternative rock, electronica, and trip hop, recording songs both in Italian and English, which she considers her artistic primary language.
1977 Irina Voronina

Irina Voronina

Russian model
Irina Voronina is a Russian-American model, comedian, and actress. Born in Dzerzhinsk in Russia, she moved to Los Angeles in summer 1999 and posed for several magazines including Playboy, who made her Playboy Playmate of the month for January 2001.
1961 Matthew Waterhouse

Matthew Waterhouse

English actor and author
Matthew Waterhouse is an English actor and writer, best known for his role as Adric in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1980 to 1982.
1964 Lorie Kane

Lorie Kane

Canadian golfer
Lorie Kane, is a Canadian professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. She began her career on the LPGA Tour in 1996 and has four career victories and 99 top-10 finishes on the tour. She won the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award in 2000 and became a member of the Order of Canada at a ceremony in December 2006. Kane was the second Canadian to have multiple wins on the LPGA circuit in one season, in 2000, after Sandra Post performed the feat twice, in 1978 and 1979. The next person to do so was Brooke Henderson, in 2016. In 2015, she was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. In May 2020, it was announced that she would be awarded the Order of Sport, marking her induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2020-2021.
1942 Cornell Dupree

Cornell Dupree

American guitarist (died 2011)
Cornell Luther Dupree was an American jazz fusion and R&B guitarist. He worked at various times with Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, King Curtis, and Steve Gadd, appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, and wrote a book on soul and blues guitar, Rhythm and Blues Guitar. He reportedly recorded on 2,500 sessions.
1916 Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann

Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann

German political scientist, journalist, and academic (died 2010)
Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann was a German political scientist. Her most famous contribution is the model of the spiral of silence, detailed in The Spiral of Silence: Public Opinion – Our Social Skin. The model is an explanation of how perceived public opinion can influence individual opinions or actions.
1920 David Susskind

David Susskind

American talk show host and producer (died 1987)
David Howard Susskind was an American producer of TV, movies, and stage plays in addition to being a TV talk show host. His talk shows were innovative in the genre and addressed timely, controversial topics beyond the scope of others of the day.
1930 Anca Giurchescu

Anca Giurchescu

Romanian academic (died 2015)
Anca Giurchescu née Ciortea was a Romanian researcher of folk dance, and an ethnochoreologist, one of the founders of the discipline. Born in Bucharest to a family formerly from Translylvania, she lived in that region as a child. Entering university, she studied dance at the National Institute of Physical Education. During her schooling, she participated in competitive target shooting and was a silver (team) and bronze (individual) medalist in the 1955 European Shooting Championship. While still studying, she began working as a researcher at the Folklore Institute and in 1962 became a member of the International Council for Traditional Music. The Council established a working group which included Giurchescu, that laid the foundation for the science of ethnochoreology.
1923 Robert V. Bruce

Robert V. Bruce

American historian and author (died 2008)
Robert Vance Bruce was an American historian specializing in the American Civil War, who won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876 (1987). After serving in the Army during World War II, Bruce graduated from the University of New Hampshire, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. He received his Master of Arts in history and his Doctor of Philosophy from Boston University, where he was later a professor. He also taught at the University of Bridgeport, Lawrence Academy at Groton, and the University of Wisconsin. Bruce was also a lecturer at the Fortenbaugh Lecture at Gettysburg College.
1958 Steven Isserlis

Steven Isserlis

English cellist and author
Steven John Isserlis is a British cellist. An acclaimed soloist, chamber musician, educator, writer and broadcaster, he is widely regarded as one of the leading musicians of his generation. He is also noted for his diverse repertoire and distinctive sound which is partly from his use of gut strings.
1909 W. A. Criswell

W. A. Criswell

American pastor and author (died 2002)
Wallie Amos Criswell Jr., was an American Baptist pastor, author, and a two-term elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1968 to 1970. As senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas for five decades, he became widely known for his biblical expositions as a great expositor and outstanding orator in Southern Baptist preaching at a popular level. He is regarded as a key figure in the late 1970s "Conservative Resurgence" within the Southern Baptist Convention.
1956 Shane McEntee

Shane McEntee

Irish farmer and politician, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (died 2012)
Shane McEntee was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine from 2011 to 2012. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 2005 to 2012.
1918 Lee Rich

Lee Rich

American producer and production manager (died 2012)
Lee Rich was an American film and television producer, who won the 1973 Outstanding Drama Series Emmy award for The Waltons as the producer. He is also known as the co-founder and former chairman of Lorimar Television.
1928 Nathan Oliveira

Nathan Oliveira

American painter and sculptor (died 2010)
Nathan Oliveira was an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor, born in Oakland, California to immigrant Portuguese parents. Since the late 1950s, Oliveira has been the subject of nearly one hundred solo exhibitions, in addition to having been included in hundreds of group exhibitions in important museums and galleries worldwide. He taught studio art for several decades in California, beginning in the early 1950s, when he taught at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. After serving as a Visiting Artist at several universities, he became a Professor of Studio Art at Stanford University.
1943 Ross M. Lence

Ross M. Lence

American political scientist and academic (died 2006)
Ross Marlo Anthony Lence was an American political scientist. He was professor of political science at the University of Houston from 1971 to 2006, where he was John and Rebecca Moores Professor and then held the Ross M. Lence Distinguished Teaching Chair, named and endowed in his honor in 2001. He taught political philosophy, American political thought, and American government as a member of the political science and honors college faculties. He edited a Liberty Fund volume of the works of John C. Calhoun, Union and Liberty: The Political Philosophy of John C. Calhoun.
1977 Jorge Garbajosa

Jorge Garbajosa

Spanish basketball player
Jorge Garbajosa Chaparro is a Spanish former professional basketball player, the outgoing president of the Spanish Basketball Federation, and the current President of FIBA Europe. Standing at 2.07 m, he played both power forward and small forward. He was an All-EuroLeague first team selection in 2003, and an All-EuroLeague second team selection in 2006, while playing for Unicaja. During his stint in the NBA, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2007. A serious injury the following season cut his NBA career short, and he never truly recovered until his retirement.
1930 Wally Olins

Wally Olins

English businessman and academic (died 2014)
Wallace Olins CBE was a British branding consultant specializing in corporate identity and branding. He co-founded Wolff Olins and Saffron Brand Consultants and served as chairman of both. Olins advised organisations on identity, branding, communication and related matters, including 3i, Akzo Nobel, Repsol, Q8, the Portuguese Tourist Board, BT, Renault, Volkswagen, Tata and Lloyd's of London. He also advised McKinsey and Bain. He pioneered the concept of the nation as a brand and worked on branding projects for a number of cities and countries, including London, Mauritius, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal and Lithuania.
1983 Matt Stajan

Matt Stajan

Canadian ice hockey player
Matthew Stajan is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He was a second round selection, 57th overall, of the Toronto Maple Leafs at the 2002 NHL entry draft. Stajan made his NHL debut in 2003 and was a member of the Maple Leafs until he was traded to the Calgary Flames in 2010. Stajan played his final professional season with EHC Red Bull München of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL)
1929 Howard Sackler

Howard Sackler

American playwright and screenwriter (died 1982)
Howard Oliver Sackler was an American screenwriter and playwright who is best known for having written The Great White Hope and its film adaptation. The Great White Hope enjoyed both a successful run on Broadway and, as a film adaptation, in movie theaters. James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander both starred in the original Arena Stage production of the play in Washington, D.C., then brought their roles to Broadway and later to the film version. Both Jones and Alexander received Academy Award nominations for their work in the movie.
1944

Steve Tyrell

American singer-songwriter and producer
Stephen Louis Bilao III is an American singer and record producer. He won a 2004 Grammy Award as the producer of the Rod Stewart studio album Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III. He also hosts a jazz radio program on KKJZ at California State University, Long Beach.
1865 Minnie Maddern Fiske

Minnie Maddern Fiske

American actress and playwright (died 1932)
Minnie Maddern Fiske, but often billed simply as Mrs. Fiske, was one of the leading American actresses of the late 19th and early 20th century. She also spearheaded the fight against the Theatrical Syndicate for the sake of artistic freedom. She was widely considered the most important actress on the American stage in the first quarter of the 20th century. Her performances in several Henrik Ibsen plays helped introduce American audiences to the Norwegian playwright. She was also an influential campaigner for improving animal welfare.
1924 Michel Tournier

Michel Tournier

French journalist and author (died 2016)
Michel Tournier was a French writer. He won awards such as the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1967 for Friday, or, The Other Island and the Prix Goncourt for The Erl-King in 1970. His inspirations included traditional German culture, Catholicism and the philosophies of Gaston Bachelard. He resided in Choisel and was a member of the Académie Goncourt. His autobiography has been translated and published as The Wind Spirit. He was on occasion in contention for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1888 Fritz Reiner

Fritz Reiner

Hungarian-American conductor (died 1963)
Frederick Martin Reiner was an American conductor of opera and symphonic music in the twentieth century. Hungarian born and trained, he emigrated to the United States in 1922, where he rose to prominence as a conductor with several orchestras. He reached the pinnacle of his career while music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the 1950s and early 1960s.
1991 Declan Galbraith

Declan Galbraith

English singer-songwriter
Declan John Galbraith is a British singer and songwriter. He became known in 2002 with the release of the single "Tell Me Why", which peaked at number 29 on the UK Singles Chart and helped break the Guinness World Record for the world's largest simultaneous sing-along. Galbraith later found success in Europe and China, where his music was used in schools to support English language learning. Since 2017, he has released music independently under the stage name Child of Mind.
1970 Robert Lang

Robert Lang

Czech ice hockey player
Robert Lang is a Czech former professional ice hockey player. Selected by the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the fifth round, 133rd overall, of the 1990 NHL entry draft, Lang made his NHL debut with the team in the 1992–93 season. He has also played for the Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens and Phoenix Coyotes, with whom he retired with in 2010.
1966 Eric Weinrich

Eric Weinrich

American ice hockey player and coach
Eric John Weinrich is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New Jersey Devils, Hartford Whalers, Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues, and Vancouver Canucks. He played 1,157 career NHL games, scoring 70 goals and 318 assists for 388 points, and has represented Team USA in more international hockey tournaments than any other American player.
1977

LaTasha Jenkins

American sprinter
LaTasha Jenkins is an American former track and field sprinter. Having won international medals in the 200 m, she won a silver medal at the 2001 World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 2001 Outdoor Championships. Other career highlights include 2001 U.S. Indoor 200m champion; 1999 and 2001 US Outdoor runner-up, 200m; 1998 she was an NCAA silver medalist in the 200 meter dash; 1999 NCAA 200m champion; four-time NCAA All-American; member of world record-holding 4 × 200 m relay team. She was born in Chicago and attended Oak Lawn Polaris High School. During her time as a Richards Bulldog, she placed 7th in the Illinois State Finals her Junior Year in 1994 and later went on to place 3rd in State her Senior year in 1995. She was MVP of the team and consistently All Conference. She was inducted into the Harold L. Richards Hall of Fame on 18-Oct-2026.
1985 Sally Kipyego

Sally Kipyego

Kenyan runner
Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego is a Kenyan-born American long- and middle-distance runner. She was the silver medalist in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and the silver medalist in the same race at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She has a personal record of 30:38.35 minutes for that event and her 5000 metres best of 14:30.42 minutes makes her the second fastest Kenyan woman for the distance.
1905 Irving Kahn

Irving Kahn

American businessman (died 2015)
Irving Kahn was an American investor and philanthropist. He was the oldest living active investor. He was an early disciple of Benjamin Graham, who popularized the value investing methodology. Kahn began his career in 1928 and continued to work until his death. He was chairman of Kahn Brothers Group, Inc., the privately owned investment advisory and broker-dealer firm that he founded with his sons, Thomas and Alan, in 1978.
1960 Derrick Jensen

Derrick Jensen

American author and activist
Derrick Jensen is an American environmental activist, author and ecophilosopher in the anarcho-primitivist tradition. He believes that human civilization is and has always been unsustainable for the planet.
1975 Olivier Tébily

Olivier Tébily

Ivorian-French footballer
Olivier Tébily is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. A French citizen, he won 18 full international caps for his native Ivory Coast national team. He played in the top level league in four countries: for Châteauroux in Division 1, for Celtic in the Scottish Premier League, for Birmingham City in the English Premier League, and for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.
1986 Zuzana Hejnová

Zuzana Hejnová

Czech hurdler
Zuzana Hejnová is a Czech retired athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. She won the silver medal in the event at the 2012 London Olympics. Hejnová is a two-time World Champion, having claimed titles at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships in Athletics. She won bronze at the 2012 European Championships and silver for the 400 metres at the 2017 European Indoor Championships.
1946 Rosemary Conley

Rosemary Conley

English businesswoman, author, and broadcaster
Rosemary Jean Neil Conley CBE, DL is an English businesswoman, author and broadcaster on exercise and health. Conley authored a low-fat diet and exercise programme, The Hip & Thigh Diet in 1988, which sold more than two million copies. However, her spot theory of fat reduction, which claims people can lose fat specifically from the hips and thighs, has no scientific basis.
1949 Orna Berry

Orna Berry

Israeli computer scientist and businesswoman
Orna Berry, is an Israeli computer scientist, high-tech entrepreneur, and senior executive in the Israeli science and technology industries. In 1996, Berry became the first woman to serve as chief scientist and head of the industrial R&D operation of the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour. She was awarded the "Yekirat Hanegev" award from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 2012.
1983 Casey Crescenzo

Casey Crescenzo

American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Casey Crescenzo is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, most notable for being the singer for the bands The Dear Hunter and The Receiving End of Sirens. He is also a producer who has worked with many other bands.
1929 Bob Brookmeyer

Bob Brookmeyer

American trombonist, pianist, and composer (died 2011)
Robert Edward "Bob" Brookmeyer was an American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer first gained widespread public attention as a member of Gerry Mulligan's quartet from 1954 to 1957. He later worked with Jimmy Giuffre, before rejoining Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band. He received eight Grammy Award nominations during his lifetime.
1969 Michael Bates

Michael Bates

American sprinter and football player
Michael Dion Bates is an American former two-sport athlete who gained fame as a sprinter who won an Olympic bronze medal in the 200-meter dash in 1992. He also played football as a kick returner in the National Football League (NFL), where he was a five-time Pro Bowl selection. He played college football for the Arizona Wildcats.
1960 Michelangelo Signorile

Michelangelo Signorile

American journalist and author
Michelangelo Signorile is an American journalist, author and talk radio host. His radio program is aired each weekday across the United States and Canada on Sirius XM Radio and globally online. Signorile was editor-at-large for HuffPost from 2011 until 2019. Signorile is a political liberal, and covers a wide variety of political and cultural issues.
1956 Tom Lawless

Tom Lawless

American baseball player and manager
Thomas James Lawless is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1982 and 1990 for the Cincinnati Reds, Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals, and Toronto Blue Jays.
1967

Charles Austin

American high jumper
Charles Allen Austin is an American former athlete who won the gold medal in the men's high jump at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was inducted into the United States Track & Field Hall of Fame in 2012. Currently, Charles and Javier Sotomayor are the only two high jumpers that have won gold medals in the Olympics, Outdoor World Championships, Indoor World Championships and World Cup Championships. Hennadiy Avdyeyenko, who won the inaugural 1983 Outdoor World Championship setting the championship high jump record with a jump of 2.32m, and Charles are the only two high jumpers to win and establish the championship record in both the Outdoor World Championship and Olympic Games. He currently holds or previously held the high jump record at the three biggest outdoor track and field competitions.
1979 Rafael Soriano

Rafael Soriano

Dominican baseball player
Rafael Soriano is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees, Washington Nationals, and Chicago Cubs.
1954 Tim Parks

Tim Parks

English author and translator
Timothy Harold Parks is a British novelist who has lived in Italy since 1981. He is also an author of nonfiction, a translator from Italian to English, and a professor of literature.
1901 Oliver La Farge

Oliver La Farge

American anthropologist and author (died 1963)
Oliver Hazard Perry La Farge II was an American writer and anthropologist. In 1925, he surveyed many early Olmec sites in Mexico, and later studied additional sites in Central America and the American Southwest. He wrote more than 15 scholarly works on this topic, mostly about Native American cultures.
1975

Dean Treister

Australian rugby league player
Dean Treister is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, and 2000s. A member of the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks team, Treister played many games for the club from 1993 to 2003, including the 1997 Super League Grand Final. His position of choice was hooker. As a Cronulla Sharks local junior, Dean was part of the famous 1994 Presidents Cup winning team and played 161 first grade games between 1995 and 2003 where he scored 16 tries and played in the hooker position. He finished his career in England where he played 1 season for Hull FC. Throughout his time at the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks he was a favourite amongst the fans. Treister was known for his creative ability in attack and his ability to control the game.
1935 Tony Taylor

Tony Taylor

Cuban baseball player and coach (died 2020)
Antonio Nemesio Taylor Sánchez was a Cuban professional baseball second baseman who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and Detroit Tigers from 1958 until 1976. He batted and threw right-handed and also played third base and first base.
1989 Kousei Miura

Kousei Miura

Japanese jockey
Kousei Miura is a Japanese jockey who is affiliated with the Japan Racing Association. He won the 2008 JRA Award for Newcomer Jockey with the Most Victories after winning 91 races in a single year as a rookie jockey, surpassing Yutaka Take's previous record of 69 victories.
1863 Wallace Bryant

Wallace Bryant

American archer (died 1953)
Wallace Bryant was an American archer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal in the team competition. In the Double York round he finished fourth and in the Double American round he finished eighth. Bryant was also a famous portrait artist.
1907 Jimmy McLarnin

Jimmy McLarnin

Irish-American boxer, actor, and golfer (died 2004)
James Archibald McLarnin was an Irish professional boxer who became a two-time Undisputed Welterweight World Champion. He was inducted into The Ring magazine Hall of Fame in 1956, the inaugural World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1980, and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991.
1924 Carlo Chiti

Carlo Chiti

Italian engineer (died 1994)
Carlo Chiti was an Italian racing car and engine designer best known for his long association with Alfa Romeo's racing department. He also worked for Ferrari and was involved in the design of the Ferrari 156 Sharknose car, with which Phil Hill won the 1961 championship.
1934 Casper R. Taylor

Casper R. Taylor

Jr., American lawyer and politician (died 2023)
Casper R. Taylor Jr. was an American politician who served as Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1994 to 2003, amongst the longest Speaker's tenures in Maryland history. He also represented Districts 1C and 2A in the House of Delegates from 1975 to 2003.
1825 George Frederick Bristow

George Frederick Bristow

American violinist and composer (died 1898)
George Frederick Bristow was an American composer, conductor, violinist, and educator, born in Brooklyn, New York. A prominent advocate for American classical music during a period of European dominance in U.S. concert life, Bristow worked to promote native composers and establish a national musical identity.
1933 Kevan Gosper

Kevan Gosper

Australian runner and politician (died 2024)
Richard Kevan Gosper, AO was an Australian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He was a Vice President of the International Olympic Committee, and combined chairman and CEO of Shell Australia. Gosper died on 19 July 2024, at the age of 90.
1985 Andrea Baldini

Andrea Baldini

Italian fencer
Andrea Baldini is an Italian foil fencer, several-time European and World champion and team Olympic champion in 2012. He is the only foil fencer in history to have obtained four golds and the final victory in the World Cup in the same season.
1954 Jeff Allam

Jeff Allam

English race car driver
Jeffrey Frank Allam is a former British racing driver who made his name in Saloon Car racing. He now works as Head of Business for Allam Motor Services in Epsom which are a Skoda sales and service and Vauxhall servicing dealership.
1984 Ian Kennedy

Ian Kennedy

American baseball player
Ian Patrick Kennedy is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Between 2007 and 2023, he played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, San Diego Padres, Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers, and Philadelphia Phillies.
1962

Gary Fleder

American director, producer, and screenwriter
Gary Fleder is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His most recently completed film, Homefront, was released by Open Road Films and Millennium Films in November 2013. In recent years he has been a prolific director of television pilots.
1932

Wayne Tippit

American actor (died 2009)
Wayne Tippit was an American television and stage character actor. He was best known to television audiences for playing Ted Adamson on the 1970s and 1980s CBS soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, for five years. He later portrayed Palmer Woodward, the father of Heather Locklear's character, Amanda Woodward, on the Fox primetime soap opera, Melrose Place, during the 1990s.
1343 William I

William I

Margrave of Meissen (died 1407)
William I, the One-Eyed was Margrave of Meissen. His nickname is related to the legend that Saint Benno appeared to him because of his disputes with the Church in a dream and he had an eye gouged out.
1935 Joanne Weaver

Joanne Weaver

American baseball player (died 2000)
Joanne "Joltin' Jo" Weaver was a right fielder who played from 1951 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 142 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.
1817 James J. Archer

James J. Archer

American lawyer and general (died 1864)
James Jay Archer was a lawyer and an officer in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War. He later served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army (CSA) during the American Civil War.
1895 Ingeborg Refling Hagen

Ingeborg Refling Hagen

Norwegian author and educator (died 1989)
Ingeborg Refling Hagen was a Norwegian author, poet, and artistic director. Her writings and activities in support of the arts made her a significant cultural figure in Norway during much of the 20th century.
1884 Antonín Zápotocký

Antonín Zápotocký

Czech politician, President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (died 1957)
Antonín Zápotocký was a Czech communist politician and statesman in Czechoslovakia. He served as the Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953, and then as President of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1957.
1965 Chito Martínez

Chito Martínez

Belizean-American baseball player
Reyenaldo Ignacio "Chito" Martínez was a Belizean Major League Baseball (MLB) player, the first in MLB history to be born in his country. He played for the Baltimore Orioles from 1991 to 1993.
1973 Zulfiya Zabirova

Zulfiya Zabirova

Russian cyclist
Zulfiya Khasanovna Zabirova is a Russian professional cycle racer who won the gold medal in the time trial event in the 1996 Olympics and later, in 2002, won the World Time Trial Championship.
1928

Eve Bunting

Irish-American author and academic (died 2023)
Eve Bjørgum Bunting, better known as Eve Bunting, was a Northern Irish-born American writer of more than 250 books. Her work covered a broad array of subjects and included fiction and non-fiction books. Her novels are primarily aimed at children and young adults, but she has also written the text for picture books. While many of her books are set in Northern Ireland where she grew up, her topics and settings range from Thanksgiving to riots in Los Angeles. Bunting's first book, The Two Giants, was published in 1971. Due to the popularity of her books with children, she has been listed as one of the Educational Paperback Association's top 100 authors.
1938 Jay Arnette

Jay Arnette

American basketball player
Jay Hoyland Arnette is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns. Arnette played professionally for the Cincinnati Royals of the NBA from 1963 to 1965.
1978

Patrick Casey

American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Joshua Miller, sometimes credited under the alias Worm Miller, is an American filmmaker, podcaster, and actor. He often collaborates with his high school friend Patrick ''Pat'' Casey (born December 19, 1978), an American screenwriter, producer, and actor. They are best known for creating the Fox animated series Golan the Insatiable and writing Sonic the Hedgehog , as well as directing the horror-comedy Hey, Stop Stabbing Me!. Miller is the host and co-founder of the long-running Los Angeles–based horror screening series Friday Night Frights. Miller was a frequent contributor to the now-defunct cinema website CHUD.com, contributing reviews, criticism, and interviewing filmmakers, writers, and actors such as Zach Braff, Charlie Day, and Don Cheadle.
1989 Michał Masłowski

Michał Masłowski

Polish footballer
Michał Adam Masłowski is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. On 18 January 2014, he made his debut for the Poland national team in a friendly against Norway.
1797 Antoine Louis Dugès

Antoine Louis Dugès

French obstetrician and naturalist (died 1838)
Antoine Louis Dugès was a French obstetrician and naturalist born in Charleville-Mézières, Ardennes. He was the father of zoologist Alfredo Dugès (1826–1910), and a nephew to midwife Marie-Louise Lachapelle (1769–1821).
1991 Josh Huestis

Josh Huestis

American basketball player
Joshua Sutton Huestis is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Stanford University.
1853 Charles Fitzpatrick

Charles Fitzpatrick

Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (died 1942)
Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Justice of Canada, as Chief Justice of Canada and then as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
1915 Claudia Testoni

Claudia Testoni

Italian hurdler, sprinter, and long jumper (died 1998)
Claudia Testoni, was an Italian hurdler, sprinter and long jumper. She was European champion, in 1938, on 80 metres hurdles. She was born in Bologna and died in Cagliari.
1944 William Christie

William Christie

American-French harpsichord player and conductor
William Lincoln Christie is an American-born French conductor and harpsichordist. He is a specialist in baroque and classical repertoire and is the founder of the ensemble Les Arts Florissants.
1949 Claudia Kolb

Claudia Kolb

American swimmer
Claudia Anne Kolb, also known by her married name Claudia Thomas, is an American former competition swimmer, swim coach, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in four events.
1944 Martin Hume Johnson

Martin Hume Johnson

English physiologist and academic
Martin Hume Johnson is a British scientist who is emeritus professor of Reproductive Sciences in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (PDN) at the University of Cambridge.
1820 Mary Livermore

Mary Livermore

American journalist and activist (died 1905)
Mary Ashton Livermore was an American journalist, abolitionist, and advocate of women's rights. In addition to articles, she published numerous books of poetry, essays, and stories.
1914

Mel Shaw

American animator and screenwriter (died 2012)
Mel Shaw was an American animator, design artist, writer, and artist. Shaw was involved in the animation, story design, and visual development of numerous Disney animated films, beginning with Bambi, which was released in 1942. His other animated film credits, usually involving animation design or the story, included The Rescuers in 1977, The Fox and the Hound in 1981, The Black Cauldron in 1985, The Great Mouse Detective in 1986, Beauty and the Beast in 1991, and The Lion King in 1994. He was named a Disney Legend in 2004 for his contributions to The Walt Disney Company.
1985

Dan Logan

English bass player
Dan Logan is an English musician. Formerly the bassist of Cat the Dog, he recorded and toured with The Kooks and played double bass for Brighton alt/blues band Sweet Sweet Lies as well as singing and playing all instruments in rock-a-billy side band Logan And The Faithfuls collaborating with various musicians. After a brief spell with The Lyrebirds he was bassist for a reformed The Ordinary Boys, and tech for The Maccabees. Since 2014, Logan has played bass and sung backing vocals for Chrissie Hynde. During COVID-19, he retired from music to work in finance and UK politics.
1966

Rajesh Chauhan

Indian cricketer
Rajesh Chauhan is a former Indian cricketer who played in 21 Tests and 35 One Day Internationals from 1993 to 1998. He was part of the Indian spin trio of Kumble-Raju-Chauhan, in the 1990s.
1971

Karen Pickering

English swimmer
Karen Denise Pickering, MBE is a former competitive freestyle swimmer from Great Britain. Pickering was the first woman to win an individual World Championship gold medal in swimming for Great Britain at the 1993 FINA Short Course World Championships in the 200 metre freestyle, and was part of the team that won relay gold three times for Great Britain in both long course (2001) and short course world championships.
1986

Ingrid Burley

American rapper and songwriter
Ingrid Burley, known professionally as Ingrid, is an American singer, rapper and songwriter. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Burley's mother was close to Tina Knowles and Mathew Knowles, who signed Burley to his record label, Music World, when she was an upcoming rap artist. She began her career at age 11, as part of Trio, which was managed by Knowles.
1948

Ken Brown

Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2022)
Kenneth Murray Brown was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played one game in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1971, and 52 games in the World Hockey Association with the Alberta/Edmonton Oilers between 1972 and 1975. The rest of his career lasted from 1968 to 1975 and was spent in the minor leagues.
1929

David Douglas

12th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish potter
David Harrington Angus Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry was an Anglo-Scottish aristocrat and pottery designer. He was the elder son of Francis Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry, and his only son by his second wife, artist Cathleen Sabine Mann. His maternal grandparents were an interior decorator, Dolly Mann and artist Harrington Mann. He succeeded his father in 1954.
1959

Iván Vallejo

Ecuadorian mountaineer
Iván Vallejo is a high-altitude mountaineer from Ecuador. On 1 May 2008, he became the 14th person to reach the summit of all 14 mountains above 8,000 meters, and the 7th without use of supplemental oxygen. He is the first, and still the only, Southern Hemisphere climber to complete all 14 eight-thousanders, without supplemental oxygen.
1957

Cyril Collard

French actor, director, and composer (died 1993)
Cyril Collard was a French author, filmmaker, composer, musician and actor. He is known for his unapologetic portrayals of bisexuality and HIV in art, particularly his autobiographical novel and film Les Nuits fauves. Openly bisexual, Collard was also one of the first French artists to speak openly about his HIV-positive status.
1973

Erick Wainaina

Kenyan runner
Erick Wainaina is a Kenyan marathon runner, who won an Olympic bronze medal in 1996 and a silver medal in 2000. He finished seventh in the 2004 Summer Olympics marathon in Athens, making him one of the few athletes in Olympic history to finish in the top 10 at three marathons.
1929

Gregory Carroll

American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013)
John Wayne Carroll, usually known as Gregory Carroll or Greg Carroll, was an American R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was a member of several successful vocal harmony or "doo-wop" groups including The Four Buddies and The Orioles, and co-wrote and produced Doris Troy's 1963 hit "Just One Look".
1985

Neil Kilkenny

English-Australian footballer
Neil Martin Kilkenny is a former professional footballer. A midfielder, he began his career in the youth system at Arsenal, and went on to play league football for Oldham Athletic, Birmingham City, Leeds United, Bristol City, Preston North End, Melbourne City, Perth Glory, Western United, and Sorrento.
1875

Grace Marie Bareis

American mathematician (died 1962)
Grace Marie Bareis was an American mathematician and educator who became the first person to receive a doctorate degree in mathematics from Ohio State University. Bareis was an assistant professor at Ohio State University where she taught for 40 years until her eventual retirement in 1946.
1932

Lola Hendricks

African American civil rights activist (died 2013)
Lola Mae Haynes Hendricks was corresponding secretary for Fred Shuttlesworth's Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights from 1956 to 1963. She assisted Wyatt Walker in planning the early portions of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's involvement in the 1963 Birmingham campaign during the Civil Rights Movement.
1990

Greg Bretz

American snowboarder
Gregory Bretz is an American professional snowboarder and two-time Olympian. He also won the FIS Snowboard World Cup for halfpipe in 2008 and finished first in the Dew Tour over Shaun White in 2013.
1930

Knut Helle

Norwegian historian and professor (died 2015)
Knut Helle was a Norwegian historian. A professor at the University of Bergen from 1973 to 2000, he specialized in the late medieval history of Norway. He has contributed to several large works.
1951

Alan Rouse

English mountaineer and author (died 1986)
Alan Paul Rouse was the first British climber to reach the summit of the second highest mountain in the world, K2, but died on the descent.
1987

Cédric Baseya

French-Congolese footballer
Cédric Baseya is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in France, he made one appearance for the DR Congo U20 national team.
1974

Eduard Ivakdalam

Indonesian footballer
Eduard Ivakdalam is an Indonesian former professional footballer. Ivakdalam normally plays as a midfielder and he is a former player for Indonesia national football team.
1498 Andreas Osiander

Andreas Osiander

German Protestant theologian (died 1552)
Andreas Osiander was a German Lutheran theologian and Protestant reformer.
1587

Dorothea Sophia

Abbess of Quedlinburg (died 1645)
Duchess Dorothea Sophia of Saxe-Altenburg was Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg.
1699 William Bowyer

William Bowyer

English printer (died 1777)
William Bowyer was an English printer known as "the learned printer".
1714 John Winthrop

John Winthrop

American astronomer and educator (died 1779)
John Winthrop was an American mathematician, physicist and astronomer. He was the 2nd Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Harvard College.
1796 Manuel Bretón de los Herreros

Manuel Bretón de los Herreros

Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (died 1873)
Manuel Bretón de los Herreros was a Spanish dramatist.
1831 Bernice Pauahi Bishop

Bernice Pauahi Bishop

American philanthropist (died 1884)
Bernice Pauahi Pākī Bishop was an aliʻi (noble) of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii and a well-known philanthropist.
1861 Italo Svevo

Italo Svevo

Italian author and playwright (died 1928)
Aron Hector Schmitz, better known by the pseudonym Italo Svevo, was an Italian and Austro-Hungarian writer, businessman, novelist, playwright, and short story writer.
1873 Alphonse Kirchhoffer

Alphonse Kirchhoffer

French fencer (died 1913)
Simon Alphonse Kirchhoffer was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
1876

Bernard Friedberg

Austrian-Israeli scholar and author (died 1961)
Bernard Friedberg was an Austrian Hebraist, scholar and bibliographer.
1891 Edward Bernard Raczyński

Edward Bernard Raczyński

Polish politician and diplomat, 4th President-in-exile of Poland (died 1993)
Count Edward Bernard Raczyński was a Polish diplomat, writer, and politician who served as President of Poland-in-exile.
1901

Fritz Mauruschat

German footballer and manager (died 1974)
Fritz Mauruschat (1901–1974) was a German football player and manager.
1901 Rudolf Hell

Rudolf Hell

German engineer, invented the Hellschreiber (died 2002)
Rudolf Hell was a German inventor and engineer.
1903

George Davis Snell

American geneticist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)
George Davis Snell NAS was an American mouse geneticist and basic transplant immunologist.
1905 Giovanni Lurani

Giovanni Lurani

Italian race car driver, engineer, and journalist (died 1995)
Giovanni “Johnny” Lurani Cernuschi, VIII Count of Calvenzano was an Italian automobile engineer, racing car driver and journalist.
1916 Roy Ward Baker

Roy Ward Baker

English director and producer (died 2010)
Roy Ward Baker was an English film director.
1925

Tankred Dorst

German author and playwright (died 2017)
Tankred Dorst was a German playwright and storyteller.
1925 William Schutz

William Schutz

American psychologist and academic (died 2002)
William Schutz was an American psychologist.
1926

Fikret Otyam

Turkish painter and journalist (died 2015)
Fikret Otyam was a Turkish painter and journalist.
1931 Ginger Stanley

Ginger Stanley

American model, actress and stunt woman (died 2023)
Ginger Stanley was an American stuntwoman, model and bit-part actress.
1932 Salvador Elizondo

Salvador Elizondo

Mexican author, poet, playwright, and critic (died 2006)
Salvador Elizondo Alcalde was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature.
1933

Christopher Smout

Scottish historian and academic
Thomas Christopher Smout is an English academic, historian, author and Historiographer Royal in Scotland.
1943 Elaine Joyce

Elaine Joyce

American actress, singer, and dancer
Elaine Joyce is an American actress.
1944 Mitchell Feigenbaum

Mitchell Feigenbaum

American physicist and mathematician (died 2019)
Mitchell Jay Feigenbaum was an American mathematical physicist whose pioneering studies in chaos theory led to the discovery of the Feigenbaum constants.
1945 John McEuen

John McEuen

American singer-songwriter and guitarist
John McEuen is an American folk musician and a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
1949 Sebastian

Sebastian

Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Knud Grabow Christensen, better known by his stage name Sebastian, is a Danish singer, guitarist and songwriter.
1959 Lisa Wilkinson

Lisa Wilkinson

Australian television host and journalist
Lisa Clare Wilkinson is an Australian television presenter, journalist, author and magazine editor.
1966

Chuckii Booker

American singer-songwriter and producer
Eugene Allen Booker Jr., known professionally as Chuckii Booker, is an American producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader from Los Angeles, California.
1967 Criss Angel

Criss Angel

American magician
Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos, known professionally as Criss Angel, is an American magician, illusionist and musician.
1969 Aziza Mustafa Zadeh

Aziza Mustafa Zadeh

Azerbaijani composer, pianist, and singer
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh is an Azerbaijani singer, pianist, and composer who plays a fusion of jazz and mugham with classical and avant-garde influences.
1973 Michalis Grigoriou

Michalis Grigoriou

Greek footballer and coach
Michalis Grigoriou is a Greek professional football manager. He is the current manager of Super League club Aris.
1975

Makis Belevonis

Greek footballer
Makis Belevonis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a right back.
1981 Grégory Dufer

Grégory Dufer

Belgian footballer
Grégory Dufer is a Belgian former international footballer.
1983

Laura Pomeroy

Canadian swimmer
Laura Pomeroy is a Canadian swimmer.
1983

Nektarios Alexandrou

Cypriot footballer
Nektarios Alexandrou is a Greek Cypriot former professional footballer. He was a left flank specialist, but he primarily played as the left winger.
1985 Gary Cahill

Gary Cahill

English footballer
Gary James Cahill is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
1986 Calvin Andrew

Calvin Andrew

English footballer
Calvin Hyden Andrew is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.
1986 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos

Lazaros Christodoulopoulos

Greek footballer
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, known mononymously as Lazaros due to his long surname, is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a winger.
1986 Miguel Lopes

Miguel Lopes

Portuguese footballer
Hugo Miguel Almeida Costa Lopes is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back.
1986 Ryan Babel

Ryan Babel

Dutch footballer
Ryan Guno Babel is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a forward.
1988

Peter Winn

English footballer
Peter Harry Winn is an English former professional footballer. Primarily a winger earlier in his career, he was also deployed at full-back.
1989 Hamza Riazuddin

Hamza Riazuddin

English cricketer
Hamza Riazuddin is an English former cricketer.
1991 Steven Berghuis

Steven Berghuis

Dutch footballer
Steven Berghuis is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Eredivisie club Ajax.
1992 Raphael Spiegel

Raphael Spiegel

Swiss footballer
Raphael Simon Spiegel is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper who currently plays for Oakland Roots in the USL Championship.
1993 Isiah Koech

Isiah Koech

Kenyan runner
Isiah Kiplangat Koech is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the 5000 metres.
1994 Maudy Ayunda

Maudy Ayunda

Indonesian actress and singer-songwriter
Ayunda Faza Maudya, commonly known as Maudy Ayunda is an Indonesian actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and author.

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