Famous Birthdays on December 22

Q: Who was born on December 22?

Famous people born on December 22 include: Diocletian, Kang Kam-ch'an, Roger II of Sicily (died 1154), Emperor Antoku of Japan (died 1185), Chagatai Khan.

Q: What is David Pearson known for?

David Pearson, American race car driver (died 2018)

221 people 244 – 2006

December 22 has seen 221 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 244 – 2006. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · December 22 — Wikipedia

1934 — David Pearson

American race car driver (died 2018)

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David Gene Pearson was an American stock car driver, who raced from 1960 to 1986 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series, most notably driving the No

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Pearson won the 1960 NASCAR Rookie of the Year award and three Cup Series championships

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They accounted for 63 first/second-place finishes, with the edge going to Pearson

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NASCAR described his 1974 season as an indication of his "consistent greatness", finishing third in the season points having competed in only nineteen of thirty races

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Pearson's career paralleled Richard Petty's, the driver who has won the most races in NASCAR history

Diocletian

Roman emperor (died 311)

Diocletian, nicknamed Jovius, was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Diocles to a family of low status in the Roman province of Dalmatia. As with other Illyrian soldiers of the period,…

244

Kang Kam-ch'an

Korean official and general (died 1031)

Kang Kamch'an was a medieval Korean government official and military commander during the early days of the Goryeo period (918–1392). Even though he was a career scholar and government official, he is best known for his…

948

Roger II of Sicily (died 1154)

Roger II or Roger the Great was King of Sicily and Africa, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon. He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105, became Duke of Apulia and Calabria in 1127, then King…

1095

Emperor Antoku of Japan (died 1185)

Emperor Antoku was the 81st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1180 through 1185. His death marked the end of the Heian period and the beginning of the…

1178

Chagatai Khan

Mongol ruler (died 1242)

Chagatai Khan was a son of Genghis Khan, a prominent figure in the early Mongol Empire, and the first khan of the Chagatai Khanate. The second son of Genghis's wife Börte, Chagatai was renowned for his masterful…

1183

Khutughtu Khan Kusala

Mongolian emperor (died 1329)

Khutughtu Khan, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Mingzong of Yuan, was a son of Khayishan who seized the throne of the Yuan dynasty of China in 1329, but died in suspicious circumstances six months later.…

1300

Sultan Cem

Ottoman politician (died 1495)

Cem Sultan was a claimant to the Ottoman throne in the 15th century.

1459

Kuroda Yoshitaka

Japanese daimyō (died 1604)

Kuroda Yoshitaka , also known as Kuroda Kanbei , was a Japanese samurai and daimyō of the late Sengoku through the early Edo period. Renowned as a man of great ambition, he succeeded Takenaka Hanbei as a chief…

1546

Cesare Cremonini

Italian philosopher and author (died 1631)

Cesare Cremonini, sometimes Cesare Cremonino, was an Italian academic and professor of natural philosophy. His Latinized name was Cæsar Cremoninus or Cæsar Cremonius. Considered one of the greatest philosophers in his…

1550

Étienne Martellange

French architect (died 1641)

Étienne Martellange was a French Jesuit architect and draftsman. He travelled widely in France as an architect for the Jesuit order and designed more than 25 buildings, mostly schools and their associated chapels or…

1569

Tommaso Dingli

Maltese architect and sculptor (died 1666)

Tommaso Dingli was a Maltese architect and sculptor. One of the last Renaissance architects on the island, he designed several parish churches, most notably those of Attard and Birkirkara.

1591

Jean Racine

French poet and playwright (died 1699)

Jean-Baptiste Racine was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world…

1639

Guru Gobind Singh

Indian guru and poet (died 1708)

Guru Gobind Singh was the tenth and last human Sikh Guru. He was a warrior, poet, and philosopher. In 1675, at the age of nine, he was formally made the leader of the Sikhs after his father Guru Tegh Bahadur—the ninth…

1666

Hermann Samuel Reimarus

German philosopher and academic (died 1768)

Hermann Samuel Reimarus, was a German philosopher and writer of the Enlightenment who is remembered for his Deism, the doctrine that human reason can arrive at a knowledge of God and ethics from a study of nature and…

1694

James Oglethorpe

English general and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Georgia (died 1785)

Lieutenant-General James Edward Oglethorpe was a British Army officer, Tory politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the Province of Georgia in British North America. As a social reformer, he hoped…

1696

Carl Friedrich Abel

German viol player and composer (died 1787)

Carl Friedrich Abel was a German composer of the Classical era. He was a renowned player of the viola da gamba, and produced significant compositions for that instrument. He was director of music at the Dresden court…

1723

Johann Friedrich Pfaff

German mathematician and academic (died 1825)

Johann Friedrich Pfaff was a German mathematician. He is best known for his work on differential equations and as Carl Friedrich Gauss's doctoral advisor.

1765

Nicholas Callan

Irish priest and physicist (died 1864)

Nicholas Joseph Callan was an Irish physicist and Catholic priest known for his work on the induction coil.

1799

John Obadiah Westwood

English entomologist and archaeologist (died 1893)

John Obadiah Westwood was an English entomologist and archaeologist noted for his artistic talents. He published several illustrated works on insects and antiquities. He was among the first entomologists with an…

1805

Johan Sebastian Welhaven

Norwegian author, poet, and critic (died 1873)

Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer Welhaven was a Norwegian writer, poet, critic, and art theorist. He has been considered "one of the greatest figures in Norwegian literature."

1807

Franz Abt

German composer and conductor (died 1870)

Franz Wilhelm Abt was a German composer and choral conductor. He composed roughly 3,000 individual works mostly in the area of vocal music. Several of his songs were at one time universally sung, and have obtained a…

1819

Pierre Ossian Bonnet

French mathematician and academic (died 1892)

Pierre Ossian Bonnet was a French mathematician. He made some important contributions to the differential geometry of surfaces, including the Gauss–Bonnet theorem.

1819

John Nevil Maskelyne

English magician (died 1917)

John Nevil Maskelyne was an English stage magician and inventor of the pay toilet, along with other Victorian-era devices. He worked with magicians George Alfred Cooke and David Devant, and many of his illusions are…

1839

Victoriano Huerta

Mexican general and politician, 35th President of Mexico (died 1916)

José Victoriano Huerta Márquez was a Mexican general, statesman, engineer, and dictator who served as the 39th President of Mexico from 1913 to 1914 and came to power by coup against the democratically elected…

1850

Teresa Carreño

Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1917)

María Teresa Gertrudis de Jesús Carreño García was a Venezuelan pianist, composer, soprano, and conductor. Over the course of her 54-year concert career, she became an internationally renowned virtuoso pianist and was…

1853

Evgraf Fedorov

Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (died 1919)

Evgraf Stepanovich Fedorov was a Russian mathematician, crystallographer and mineralogist.

1853

Sarada Devi

Indian mystic and philosopher (died 1920)

Sri Sarada Devi, born Kshemankari / Thakurmani / Saradamani Mukhopadhyay, was the wife and spiritual consort of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, a nineteenth-century Hindu mystic. Sarada Devi is also reverentially addressed as…

1853

Frank B. Kellogg

American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1937)

Frank Billings Kellogg was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of State. He co-authored the Kellogg–Briand Pact, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace…

1856

Giacomo Puccini

Italian composer and educator (died 1924)

Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a…

1858

Connie Mack

American baseball player and manager (died 1956)

Cornelius McGillicuddy, better known as Connie Mack, was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and team owner. Mack holds records for the most wins (3,731), losses (3,948), ties (76), and games managed…

1862

Charles Sands

American golfer and tennis player (died 1945)

Charles Edward Sands was an American golfer, tennis and real tennis player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

1865

Jaan Tõnisson

Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Estonia (died 1941?)

Jaan Tõnisson was an Estonian statesman, serving as the Prime Minister of Estonia twice during 1919 to 1920, as State Elder from 1927 to 1928 and in 1933, and as Foreign Minister of Estonia from 1931 to 1932.

1868

Dmitri Egorov

Russian mathematician and academic (died 1931)

Dmitri Fyodorovich Egorov was a Russian and Soviet mathematician known for contributions to the areas of differential geometry and mathematical analysis. He was President of the Moscow Mathematical Society (1923–1930).

1869

Edwin Arlington Robinson

American poet and playwright (died 1935)

Edwin Arlington Robinson was an American poet and playwright. Robinson won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on three occasions and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.

1869

Camille Guérin

French veterinarian and bacteriologist (died 1961)

Jean-Marie Camille Guérin was a French veterinarian, bacteriologist and immunologist who, together with Albert Calmette, developed the Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG), a vaccine for immunization against tuberculosis.

1872

Franz Schmidt

Austrian cellist, pianist, and composer (died 1939)

Franz Schmidt, also Ferenc Schmidt was an Austro-Hungarian composer, cellist and pianist.

1874

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (died 1944)

Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti was an Italian poet, editor, art theorist and founder of the Futurist movement. He was associated with the utopian and Symbolist artistic and literary community Abbaye de Créteil between…

1876

Myer Prinstein

Polish-American jumper (died 1925)

Myer Prinstein was a Poland-born American track and field athlete who held the world record for the long jump in 1900 and won four gold medals in three Olympic Games for the long jump and triple jump. He was a member of…

1878

Fred Woolley

Australian rugby league player (died 1955)

Frederick Woolley was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played for Balmain and represented Australia in 1909.

1880

Marcus Hurley

American cyclist (died 1941)

Marcus Latimer Hurley was an American cyclist who competed in the early twentieth century. He specialized in sprint cycling and won 4 gold medals in Cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal in the 2 mile…

1883

Edgard Varèse

French-American composer (died 1965)

Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse was a French and American avant-garde composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States. Varèse's music emphasizes timbre and rhythm; he coined the term…

1883

St. Elmo Brady

African American chemist and educator (died 1966)

St. Elmo Brady was an American chemist who was the first African American to obtain a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States. He received his doctorate at the University of Illinois in 1915.

1884

Deems Taylor

American conductor and critic (died 1966)

Joseph Deems Taylor was an American composer, radio commentator, music critic, and author. Nat Benchley, co-editor of The Lost Algonquin Roundtable, referred to him as "the dean of American music." He was elected a…

1885

Srinivasa Ramanujan

Indian mathematician and theorist (died 1920)

Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar was an Indian mathematician who worked during the early 20th century. He made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions,…

1887

J. Arthur Rank

1st Baron Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (died 1972)

Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank was an English industrialist who was head and founder of The Rank Organisation.

1888

George Hutson

English runner and soldier (died 1914)

George William Hutson was a British athlete who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

1889

Herman Potočnik

Slovenian-Austrian engineer (died 1929)

Herman Potočnik was an Austro-Hungarian Army officer, electrical engineer and astronautics theorist of Slovenian origin. He is regarded as an early theorist of modern space flight and is remembered mainly for his work…

1892

Edwin Linkomies

Finnish academic, professor and the Prime Minister of Finland (died 1963)

Edwin Johannes Hildegard Linkomies was Prime Minister of Finland from March 1943 to August 1944, and one of the seven politicians sentenced to five and a half years in prison as responsible for the Continuation War, on…

1894

Vladimir Fock

Russian physicist and mathematician (died 1974)

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock was a Soviet physicist, who did foundational work on quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics.

1898

Gustaf Gründgens

German actor and director (died 1963)

Gustaf Gründgens, born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg. His career…

1899

Marc Allégret

French director and screenwriter (died 1973)

Marc Allégret was a French screenwriter, photographer and film director.

1900

Andre Kostelanetz

Russian-American conductor and composer (died 1980)

Andre Kostelanetz was a Russian-American popular orchestral music conductor and arranger who was one of the major exponents of popular orchestra music.

1901

Haldan Keffer Hartline

American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1983)

Haldan Keffer Hartline was an American physiologist who was a co-recipient of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in analyzing the neurophysiological mechanisms of vision.

1903

Pierre Brasseur

French-Italian actor and screenwriter (died 1972)

Pierre Brasseur, born Pierre-Albert Espinasse, was a French actor.

1905

Pierre Levegh

French ice hockey player and racing driver (died 1955)

Pierre Eugène Alfred Bouillin was a French sportsman and racing driver. He took the racing name Pierre Levegh in memory of his uncle Alfred Velghe, a pioneering driver who died in 1904. Levegh died in the 1955 Le Mans…

1905

Kenneth Rexroth

American poet, translator, and academic (died 1982)

Kenneth Charles Marion Rexroth was an American poet, translator, and critical essayist. He is regarded as a central figure in the San Francisco Renaissance, and paved the groundwork for the movement. Although he did not…

1905

Peggy Ashcroft

English actress (died 1991)

Dame Edith Margaret Emily "Peggy" Ashcroft was an English actress whose career spanned more than six decades, both on screen and stage.

1907

Giacomo Manzù

Italian sculptor and academic (died 1991)

Giacomo Manzoni, known professionally as Giacomo Manzù, was an Italian sculptor.

1908

Patricia Hayes

English actress (died 1998)

Patricia Lawlor Hayes was an English character actress. She is best known for playing the titular Edna in the Play for Today, Edna, the Inebriate Woman (1971), for which she won the British Academy Television Award for…

1909

Danny O'Dea

English actor (died 2003)

Peter Anthony Joseph Daniel Wrenshall, better known by his stage name Danny O'Dea, was an English actor.

1911

Elias Degiannis

Greek commander (died 1943)

Ilias Degiannis was a Greek navy officer Resistance leader during the Axis occupation of Greece.

1912

Lady Bird Johnson

American beautification activist; 38th First Lady of the United States (died 2007)

Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson was the first lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 as the wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States. She had previously been the second lady of the United…

1912

Giorgio Oberweger

Italian discus thrower and hurdler (died 1998)

Giorgio Oberweger was an Italian discus thrower who won a bronze medal at the 1936 Olympics and a silver at the 1938 European Championships. He placed sixth at the 1934 European Championships and 15th at the 1948…

1913

Barbara Billingsley

American actress (died 2010)

Barbara Billingsley was an American actress. She began her career with uncredited roles in Three Guys Named Mike (1951), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), and Invaders from Mars (1953) and was featured in the 1957 film…

1915

Phillip Glasier

English author and academic (died 2000)

Phillip Edward Brougham Glasier was Britain's leading expert on hawking and falconry. Glasier initiated a new interest in falconry in both the UK and the United States of America. He spent much of his life involved with…

1915

Gene Rayburn

American game show host and actor (died 1999)

Gene Rayburn was an American radio and television personality. He is best known as the host of various editions of the American television game show Match Game for over two decades.

1917

Dimitri Fampas

Greek guitarist and composer (died 1996)

Dimitris Fampas was a Greek classical guitarist and composer.

1921

Hawkshaw Hawkins

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1963)

Harold Franklin "Hawkshaw" Hawkins was an American country music singer popular from the 1950s into the early 1960s. He was known for his rich, smooth vocals and music drawn from blues, boogie and honky tonk. At 6 feet…

1921

Ruth Roman

American actress (died 1999)

Ruth Roman was an American actress of film, stage, and television.

1922

Jim Wright

American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 2015)

James Claude Wright Jr. was a liberal American politician who served as the 48th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989. He represented Texas' 12th congressional district as a Democrat…

1922

Peregrine Worsthorne

English journalist and author (died 2020)

Sir Peregrine Gerard Worsthorne was a British journalist, writer, and broadcaster. He spent the largest part of his career at the Telegraph newspaper titles, eventually becoming editor of The Sunday Telegraph for…

1923

Frank Corsaro

American actor and director (died 2017)

Frank Corsaro was one of America's foremost stage directors of opera and theatre. His Broadway productions include The Night of the Iguana (1961).

1924

Lewis Glucksman

American businessman and philanthropist (died 2006)

Lewis L. Glucksman was a former Lehman Brothers trader and former chief executive officer and chairman of Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb Inc.

1925

Lefter Küçükandonyadis

Turkish footballer and manager (died 2012)

Lefter Küçükandonyadis was a Turkish professional footballer of Greek descent, who played as a forward. He is often recognized as one of the greatest strikers to play for Fenerbahçe and Turkey. Having won several…

1925

Alcides Ghiggia

Italian-Uruguayan footballer and manager (died 2015)

Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra was a Uruguayan and Italian footballer who played as a right winger. He achieved lasting fame for his decisive role in the final match of the 1950 World Cup, and at the time of his death…

1926

Roberta Leigh

English writer, artist and TV producer (died 2014)

Roberta Leigh was an assumed name for Rita Lewin who was a British author, artist, composer and television producer. She wrote romance fiction and children's stories under the pseudonyms Roberta Leigh, Rachel Lindsay,…

1926

Fredrik Barth

German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (died 2016)

Thomas Fredrik Weybye Barth was a Norwegian social anthropologist who published several ethnographic books with a clear formalist view. He was a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Boston University, and…

1928

Wazir Mohammad

Indian-Pakistani cricketer (died 2025)

Wazir Mohammad was a Pakistani cricketer and banker who played in 20 Test matches for the Pakistan national cricket team between 1952 and 1959.

1929

Ardalion Ignatyev

Russian sprinter and educator (died 1998)

Ardalion Vasilyevich Ignatyev was a Soviet athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He was born in the village of Novoye Toyderyakovo, Yalchiksky District, Chuvash ASSR.

1930

Gisela Birkemeyer

German hurdler and coach (died 2024)

Gisela Birkemeyer was a German hurdler and sprinter who won two medals in the 80 m hurdles at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics. During her career she set nine world records in the 80 m hurdles and in the 4 × 100 m, 4 × 110 yd…

1931

Carlos Graça

São Toméan lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (died 2013)

Carlos Alberto Monteiro Dias da Graça was a São Toméan politician who served as the country's sixth prime minister.

1931

Phil Woosnam

Welsh soccer player and manager (died 2013)

Phillip Abraham Woosnam was a Welsh association football inside-right and manager. A native of Caersws, Powys, Wales, Woosnam played for numerous clubs in Wales, England and one in the United States. He played…

1932

John Hartle

English motorcycle racer (died 1968)

John Hartle was an English professional road racer who competed in national, international and Grand Prix motorcycle events.

1933

Paulo Rocha

Portuguese director and screenwriter (died 2012)

Paulo Soares da Rocha was a Portuguese film director. Among his best-known films are A Ilha dos Amores and O Rio do Ouro. A Ilha dos Amores was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, O Desejado was entered into the…

1935

James Burke

Irish historian and author

James Burke is a broadcaster, science historian, author, and television producer. He was one of the main presenters of the BBC1 science series Tomorrow's World from 1965 to 1971 and created and presented the television…

1936

Héctor Elizondo

American actor and director

Héctor Elizondo is an American character actor. He is known for playing Phillip Watters in the television series Chicago Hope (1994–2000) and Ed Alzate in the television series Last Man Standing (2011–2021). His film…

1936

Charlotte Lamb

English author (died 2000)

Sheila Ann Mary Coates Holland, best known by her pen name Charlotte Lamb, was a British novelist. She signed her novels with her married and maiden names and under the pen names Sheila Lancaster, Victoria Woolf and…

1937

Eduard Uspensky

Russian author, poet, and playwright (died 2018)

Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky was a Soviet and Russian children's writer and poet, author of over 70 books, as well as a playwright, screenwriter and TV presenter. His works have been translated into 25 languages and…

1937

Ken Whitmore

English author and playwright

Ken Whitmore is an author of radio plays, stage plays, short stories and poetry. His writing is characterised by black comedy and fantastic ideas, such as the complete disappearance of a man’s house, family and dog and…

1937

Matty Alou

Dominican-American baseball player and scout (died 2011)

Mateo "Matty" Rojas Alou was a Dominican professional baseball player and manager. He played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1974. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) with the…

1938

Lucien Bouchard

Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of Quebec

Lucien Bouchard is a Canadian lawyer, diplomat and retired politician who was the 27th premier of Quebec from 1996 to 2001.

1938

Red Steagall

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and poet

Russell "Red" Steagall is an American country music singer, musician, poet, and stage performer, who focuses on American Western and country music genres.

1938

Luis Francisco Cuéllar

Colombian rancher and politician (died 2009)

Luis Francisco Cuéllar Carvajal was a Colombian politician, serving as Mayor of Morelia, Governor of the Caquetá Department from 2008 to 2009, and Deputy Governor of Caqueta from 2000 to 2003. He is known for being…

1940

Mike Molloy

English journalist, author, and illustrator

Michael Molloy is a British author and former newspaper editor and cartoonist. He's also an accomplished painter, exhibiting in galleries across the UK and the South of France, and remains drawn to art as a deep…

1940

Jerry Koosman

American baseball player

Jerome Martin Koosman is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, and Philadelphia Phillies between 1967 and…

1942

Dick Parry

English saxophonist

Richard Parry is an English saxophonist. He has appeared as a session musician on various albums, most notably in solo parts on the Pink Floyd songs "Money", "Us and Them", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Wearing the…

1942

Stefan Janos

Slovak-Swiss physicist and academic

Štefan Jánoš is a Slovak-Swiss physicist and university professor. He is the founder of very low temperature physics in Slovakia.

1943

Paul Wolfowitz

American banker and politician, 25th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense

Paul Dundes Wolfowitz is an American political scientist and diplomat who served as the 10th President of the World Bank, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, and dean of School of Advanced…

1943

Mary Archer

English chemist and academic

Mary Doreen Archer (formally Lady Archer of Weston-super-Mare, commonly Dame Mary Archer,, is a British scientist specialising in solar energy conversion.

1944

Steve Carlton

American baseball player

Steven Norman Carlton is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a left-handed pitcher for six different teams from 1965 to 1988, most notably as a member of the…

1944

Barry Jenkins

English drummer

Colin Ernest "Barry" Jenkins was an English musician, best known for being a drummer for the Animals during both of that 1960s group's incarnations.

1944

Frances Lannon

English historian and academic

Dame Frances Lannon is a retired British academic and educator. She was Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

1945

Sam Newman

Australian footballer and sportscaster

John Noel William "Sam" Newman is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

1945

Diane Sawyer

American journalist

Lila Diane Sawyer is an American television broadcast journalist known for anchoring major programs on two networks including ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, 20/20, and Primetime newsmagazine while at ABC…

1945

Roger Carr

English businessman

Sir Roger Martyn Carr is a British businessman. He was chairman of BAE Systems until May 2023.

1946

C. Eugene Steuerle

American economist and author

C. Eugene "Gene" Steuerle is an American economist, a Richard B. Fisher chair and Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC, and a columnist under the title The Government We Deserve.

1946

Brian Daley

American author and screenwriter (died 1996)

Brian Charles Daley was an American science fiction novelist. He also adapted for radio the Star Wars radio dramas and wrote all of their episodes.

1947

Dilip Doshi

Indian cricketer

Dilip Rasiklal Doshi was an Indian cricketer from Bengal though his origin goes back to Gujarat. He played in 33 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals from 1979 to 1983.

1947

Steve Garvey

American baseball player and sportscaster

Steven Patrick Garvey is an American former professional Major League Baseball player who played first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres from 1969 to 1987.

1948

Don Kardong

American runner, journalist, and author

Donald Franklin Kardong is a noted runner and author from the United States. He finished fourth in the 1976 Olympic marathon in Montreal.

1948

Rick Nielsen

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Richard Alan Nielsen is an American musician who is the lead guitarist, primary songwriter, and leader of the rock band Cheap Trick. He is well-known for his numerous custom-made guitars from Hamer Guitars, including…

1948

Chris Old

English cricketer and coach

Chris Old is a former English cricketer, who played 46 Tests and 32 ODIs from 1972 to 1981. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and lower order left-handed batsman, Old was a key feature of the Yorkshire side between 1969…

1948

Lynne Thigpen

American actress and singer (died 2003)

Cherlynne Theresa Thigpen was an American actress of stage and screen. She was known for her role as the Chief of ACME Crimenet in the game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? and various spinoffs, and for her…

1948

Maurice Gibb

Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (died 2003)

Maurice Ernest Gibb was a British musician and songwriter. He achieved global fame as a member of the Bee Gees pop group, considered one of the most successful pop-rock groups of all time. Although his elder brother…

1949

Robin Gibb

Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (died 2012)

Robin Hugh Gibb was a British singer and songwriter. He gained global fame as a members of the Bee Gees with elder brother Barry and twin brother Maurice. Robin Gibb also had his own successful solo career.

1949

Ray Guy

American football player (died 2022)

William Ray Guy was an American professional football punter who played for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). Guy was a first-team All-American selection in 1972 as a senior for…

1949

Manfred Moore

American football player and rugby league player (died 2020)

Manfred Moore was an American professional American football running back and, briefly, rugby league player who played in the 1970s.

1950

Lasse Bengtsson

Swedish journalist

Lars Olov "Lasse" Bengtsson is a Swedish journalist and television presenter. He has been the presenter of shows such as Nyhetsmorgon Lördag, TV4-nyheterna, Misstänkt, and he also was a reporter for the Swedish…

1951

Charles de Lint

Dutch-Canadian author and critic

Charles de Lint is a Canadian writer.

1951

Gerald Grosvenor

6th Duke of Westminster, British landowner, businessman and philanthropist (died 2016)

Major General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster was a British landowner, businessman, aristocrat, Territorial Army general, and peer. He was the son of Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, and…

1951

Tony Isabella

American comic book writer, editor, actor, artist and critic

Jenny Blake Isabella, who writes under the names Tony Isabella and Jenny Blake, is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, artist and critic. She is the creator of Marvel Comics superhero Black Goliath, and of DC…

1951

Jan Stephenson

Australian golfer

Jan Lynn Stephenson is an Australian professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1974 and won three major championships and 16 LPGA Tour events. She has 41 worldwide victories including (10) LPGA…

1951

Sandra Kalniete

Latvian politician and diplomat, former Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Sandra Kalniete is a Latvian politician, author and diplomat. She served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia from 2002 to 2004 and as European Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries in 2004.…

1952

Ian Turnbull

Canadian ice hockey player

Ian "Bull" Turnbull is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League from 1973–74 until 1982–83. He and Börje Salming combined to make one of the best 1–2…

1953

Tom Underwood

American baseball player (died 2010)

Thomas Gerald Underwood was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. His younger brother, Pat was also a pitcher, and made his major league debut against Tom. It was the first time in major league history this had…

1953

Hideshi Matsuda

Japanese racing driver

Hideshi Matsuda is a Japanese car racer and TV reporter. He is the brother-in-law of Beat Takeshi.

1954

Derick Parry

Nevisian cricketer

Derick Recaldo Parry is a former cricketer from St Kitts and Nevis who played 12 Tests and six One Day Internationals for the West Indies.

1954

Galina Murašova

Lithuanian discus thrower

Galina Murašova is a retired female discus thrower, who competed for the Soviet Union at two Summer Olympics: 1980 and 1988. Her last name is sometimes also spelled as Murashova.

1955

Lonnie Smith

American baseball player

Lonnie Smith is an American former Major League Baseball left fielder. He made his debut for the Philadelphia Phillies on September 2, 1978, and later played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals, Atlanta…

1955

Thomas C. Südhof

German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Thomas Christian Südhof, ForMemRS, is a German-American biochemist known for his study of synaptic transmission. Currently, he is a professor in the school of medicine in the department of molecular and cellular…

1955

Jane Lighting

English businesswoman

Jane Elizabeth Stuart Lighting is a former Chief Executive of Five (TV) in the United Kingdom.

1956

Stephen Conway

English bishop

Stephen David Conway SCP is a British Anglican bishop. Since July 2023, he has served as the Bishop of Lincoln. Prior to that he had been successively Bishop of Ramsbury, then Bishop of Ely. He is currently suspended…

1957

Carole James

English-Canadian educator and politician

Carole Alison James is a Canadian politician and former public administrator, who represented Victoria-Beacon Hill in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2005 to 2020. A member of the British Columbia New…

1957

Peter Mortimer

Australian rugby league player

Peter Mortimer is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and New South Wales.

1957

Frank Gambale

Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Frank Gambale is an Australian jazz fusion guitarist. He has released twenty albums over a period of three decades, and is known for his use of the sweep picking and economy picking techniques.

1958

David Heavener

American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director

David Brent Heavener is an American singer, songwriter, director, actor, composer, producer and writer, specialising in low-budget features and direct-to-video action films.

1958

Bernd Schuster

German footballer and manager

Bernd Schuster is a German former professional footballer of the late 1970s through early 1990s, who won club titles playing for the Spanish sides Barcelona (1980–1988) and Real Madrid (1988–1990). He played as a…

1959

Jean-Michel Basquiat

American painter and poet (died 1988)

Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the neo-expressionism movement.

1960

Luther Campbell

American rapper and actor

Luther Roderick "Luke" Campbell, also known by his stage name Uncle Luke, is an American rapper, music promoter, record executive, actor, and former leader of the rap group 2 Live Crew. He is a pioneer in Florida hip…

1960

Paul Kuniholm

Artist

Paul Kuniholm is a heritage-narrative public artist who creates art embodying sculptural objects, sculpture both fugitive and durable, art using digital material, wearable art intervention, video, mural art, and various…

1960

Yuri Malenchenko

Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut

Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko is a retired Russian cosmonaut. Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles (390 km)…

1961

Ralph Fiennes

English actor

Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is an English actor and director. Recognised for his work on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award and a Tony Award, as well as…

1962

Giuseppe Bergomi

Italian footballer and coach

Giuseppe "Beppe" Bergomi is an Italian former professional footballer who spent his entire career at Inter Milan. He is regarded as one of the greatest Italian defenders of all time, and as one of the best of his…

1963

Brian McMillan

South African cricketer and educator

Brian Mervin McMillan played 38 Test matches and 78 One Day Internationals for South Africa from 1991 to 1998. He was rated by many as the best all-rounder in the world in the mid-1990s, and won South African Cricket…

1963

Luna H. Mitani

Japanese-American painter and illustrator

Luna H. Mitani is a Japanese-American artist. He works in the fields of painting and pen & ink drawing.

1963

Mike Jackson

American baseball player

Michael Ray Jackson is an American former professional baseball player whose career spanned 19 seasons, 17 of which were spent in Major League Baseball (MLB). Jackson, a relief pitcher for the majority of his career,…

1964

Angela James

Canadian ice hockey player

Angela James is a Canadian former ice hockey player who played at the highest levels of senior hockey between 1980 and 2000. She was a member of numerous teams in the Central Ontario Women's Hockey League (COWHL) from…

1964

Simon Kirby

English businessman and politician

Simon Gerard Kirby, also known as Simon Radford-Kirby, is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Kemptown in 2010. In 2016, he was…

1964

David S. Goyer

American screenwriter

David Samuel Goyer is an American filmmaker, novelist, and comic book writer. He is best known for writing the screenplays and stories for several superhero films, including Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998), the…

1965

Urszula Włodarczyk

Polish heptathlete and triple jumper

Urszula Włodarczyk is a retired Polish heptathlete. She also competed briefly in triple jump in the fledgling years of the sport, and was a Polish record holder with 13.98 metres from July 1993 to July 2001.

1965

Dmitry Bilozerchev

Russian gymnast and coach

Dmitry Vladimirovich Bilozerchev is a Russian gymnastics coach and retired gymnast who represented the Soviet Union. One of the most accomplished gymnasts in history, he is a two-time World All-Around Champion and…

1966

Marcel Schirmer

German singer-songwriter and bass player

Destruction is a German thrash metal band formed in 1982. They have been credited as one of the "Big Four" of the German thrash metal scene, the others being Kreator, Sodom and Tankard.

1966

David Wright

English lawyer and politician

David Wright is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Telford from 2001 until 2015. He was an assistant government whip from June 2009 to May 2010. In May 2019, he was elected as a…

1966

Richey Edwards

Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)

Richard James Edwards, also known as Richey James or Richey Manic, was a Welsh musician who was the lyricist and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. He was known for his dark,…

1967

Stéphane Gendron

Canadian lawyer and politician

Stéphane Gendron was the mayor of Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada, from 2003 to 2013 and a radio host, a television host and a political analyst for several media outlets.

1967

Rebecca Harris

English businesswoman and politician

Dame Elizabeth Rebecca Scott Harris is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Castle Point since 2010. Since November 2024 she has also served as Opposition Chief Whip.

1967

Dan Petrescu

Romanian footballer and manager

Dan Vasile Petrescu is a Romanian professional football manager and former player.

1967

Emre Aracı

Turkish composer, conductor, and historian

Emre Aracı is a Turkish music historian, conductor, and composer.

1968

Luis Hernández

Mexican footballer

Luis Arturo Hernández Carreón, commonly known as El Matador, is a Mexican former professional footballer. He is widely regarded as one of Mexico's most talented strikers,, as well as one of the best North American…

1968

Lori McKenna

American singer-songwriter

Lorraine McKenna is an American folk, Americana, and country music singer-songwriter. In 2016, she was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and won Best Country Song for co-writing the hit single "Girl…

1968

Dina Meyer

American actress

Dina Meyer is an American actress. She began her career appearing in a recurring role on the Fox teen drama series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993–94), before landing a leading role opposite Keanu Reeves in the 1995 film…

1968

Myriam Bédard

Canadian biathlete

Myriam Bédard is a Canadian retired biathlete. She represented Canada at two Winter Olympics winning gold medals, and a bronze medal. As of 2022, Bédard is the only Canadian biathlete, male or female, ever to win an…

1969

Mark Robins

English footballer and manager

Mark Gordon Robins is an English football manager and former player who is the manager of EFL Championship club Stoke City. As a player, he was a striker and is best known for his time in the Premier League with…

1969

Gary Anderson

Scottish darts player

Gary James Grant Anderson is a Scottish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is ranked world number eleven, having reached a peak ranking of world number two from…

1970

Ted Cruz

Canadian-American lawyer and politician

Rafael Edward Cruz is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz was the solicitor general of Texas from 2003 to 2008.…

1970

Ajeenkya Patil

Indian economist and academic

Ajeenkya D Y Patil is an Indian educationist and economist. He is the son of D. Y. Patil. He is Chairman of the D Y Patil Group, Chancellor of Ajeenkya D Y Patil University and Pro-chancellor of the Dr. D. Y. Patil…

1971

Mark Hill

English musician, producer and songwriter

Mark Leslie Hill is a Welsh musician, songwriter and record producer. He rose to fame as one half of the Artful Dodger and co-writer and producer of Craig David's multi-platinum debut studio album, Born to Do It. Since…

1972

Kirk Maltby

Canadian ice hockey player and scout

Kirk Frederick Maltby is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers and Detroit Red Wings, the latter with whom he won the Stanley…

1972

Vanessa Paradis

French singer-songwriter and actress

Vanessa Chantal Paradis is a French singer, model and actress. Paradis first achieved acclaim at the age of 14 with the international success of her single "Joe le taxi" (1987). At age 18, she was awarded France's…

1972

Rei Hance

American actress

Rei Hance is an American businesswoman and retired actress. She is known for her starring roles in the found footage horror film The Blair Witch Project (1999) and the science fiction miniseries Taken (2002). She…

1974

Sergei Aschwanden

Swiss martial artist

Sergei Aschwanden is a Swiss judoka and politician.

1975

Dmitri Khokhlov

Russian footballer and manager

Dmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov is a Russian football manager and former midfielder who is the manager of the Under-19 squad of Lokomotiv Moscow.

1975

Marcin Mięciel

Polish footballer

Marcin Mięciel is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker. His trademark was the bicycle kick.

1975

Stanislav Neckář

Czech ice hockey player

Stanislav "Stan" Neckář is a former Czech professional ice hockey player. He played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Ottawa Senators, New York Rangers, Phoenix Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning and…

1975

Takuya Onishi

Japanese astronaut

Takuya Onishi is a Japanese astronaut selected for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in 2009. He spent four months on board the International Space Station in 2016. In March 2025, he arrived at the ISS as…

1975

Katleen De Caluwé

Belgian sprinter

Katleen De Caluwé is a Belgian sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres. Her personal best time is 11.49 seconds, achieved in May 2002 in Oordegem.

1976

Jason Lane

American baseball player and coach

Jason Dean Lane is an American professional baseball former player who currently serves as the offense and strategy coordinator for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Houston…

1976

Aya Takano

Japanese author and illustrator

Aya Takano is a Japanese painter, Superflat artist, manga artist, and science fiction essayist. Aya Takano is represented by Kaikai Kiki, the artistic production studio created in 2001 by Takashi Murakami.

1976

Steve Kariya

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Steven Tetsuo Kariya is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger and younger brother of former National Hockey League player Paul Kariya. Kariya was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia.

1977

Danny Ahn

South Korean singer

Danny Ahn is an American entertainer best known as the main rapper of the South Korean pop music group g.o.d. Having made his debut in the entertainment industry as a member of g.o.d in 1999, Ahn has gone into acting…

1978

Joy Ali

Fijian boxer (died 2015)

Zulfikar Joy Ali was a Fijian boxer. He had won 31 boxing matches in his career.

1978

Emmanuel Olisadebe

Nigerian-Polish footballer

Emmanuel Olisadebe is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Nigeria, an indigene of Ibusa in present day Delta State, he played for the Poland national team. He scored 11 international goals…

1978

Jamie Langfield

Scottish footballer and coach

James Robert Langfield is a Scottish football player and coach, who is currently the goalkeeping coach at St Mirren. Langfield, who played as a goalkeeper, started his career with Dundee. He then played for Partick…

1979

Chris Carmack

American actor, singer, and model

James Christopher Carmack is an American actor, singer, and former fashion model. He is known for his roles in popular television shows—the teen drama series The O.C. (2003–2004) as Luke Ward, the country music drama…

1980

Marcus Haislip

American basketball player

Marcus Deshon Haislip is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and other top leagues. Haislip attended Marshall County High School in Lewisburg,…

1980

Marina Kuptsova

Russian high jumper

Marina Kuptsova is a Russian high jumper who won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships. She is also a former European indoor high jump champion. Her personal best jump of 2.02 metres was achieved in Hengelo in…

1981

Britta Heidemann

German fencer

Britta Heidemann is a German épée fencer. In 2016, Heidemann became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

1982

Alinne Moraes

Brazilian actress and model

Jaqueline Cristine Dorelli de Magalhães e Moraes, known professionally as Alinne Moraes, is a Brazilian actress. She is best known by her roles as Maria Sílvia in Duas Caras and as Luciana in Viver a Vida.

1982

José Fonte

Portuguese footballer

José Miguel da Rocha Fonte is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for and captains Primeira Liga club Casa Pia.

1983

Doc Gallows

American wrestler

Andrew William Hankinson is an American professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer under the ring name Doc Gallows. He is best known for his tenures in WWE, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and New…

1983

Viola Kibiwot

Kenyan runner

Viola Jelagat Kibiwot is a runner from Kenya who specialises in the 1500 metres.

1983

Basshunter

Swedish singer, record producer and DJ

Jonas Erik Altberg, known professionally as Basshunter, is a Swedish singer, record producer, songwriter and DJ. As indicated by his stage name, Basshunter is known for bass-heavy Eurodance music.

1984

Greg Finley

American actor

Gregory Finley is an American actor, known for his role as Jack Pappas in the teenage drama series The Secret Life of the American Teenager as well as Drake in the series Star Crossed and iZombie, and Girder in The…

1984

Dennis Armfield

Australian footballer

Dennis Brett Armfield is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

1986

Fatih Öztürk

Turkish footballer

Fatih Öztürk is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1986

Zack Britton

American baseball player

Zackary Grant Britton, known professionally as Zach Britton until February 2019, is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles and New York…

1987

Éder

Bissau-Portuguese footballer

Ederzito António Macedo Lopes, commonly known as Eder, is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1987

Scott Darling

American ice hockey player

Scott Darling is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Blackhawks and Carolina Hurricanes. Darling was selected by the Phoenix…

1988

Mohamed El Shenawy

Egyptian footballer

Mohamed El Sayed Mohamed El Shenawy Gomaa is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly, which he captains, and the Egypt national team.

1988

Leigh Halfpenny

Welsh rugby player

Stephen Leigh Halfpenny is a Welsh rugby union professional rugby union player who plays fullback or wing for Cardiff in the United Rugby Championship. Halfpenny is the third highest points scorer for Wales after Neil…

1988

Jordin Sparks

American singer-songwriter and actress

Jordin Brianna Sparks is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame in 2007 after winning the sixth season of American Idol at age 17, becoming the youngest winner in the series' history. Her 2007 self-titled…

1989

Jacob Stallings

American baseball player

Jacob Daniel Stallings is an American former professional baseball catcher who currently works in the Pittsburgh Pirates' front office. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pirates, Miami Marlins, Colorado…

1989

Jean-Baptiste Maunier

French actor and singer

Jean-Baptiste Maunier is a French actor and singer. He is best known for his role in the 2004 French film Les Choristes.

1990

DaBaby

American rapper

Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, known professionally as DaBaby, is an American rapper. After releasing several mixtapes between 2014 and 2018, he signed with Interscope Records in January 2019. His debut studio album, Baby on…

1991

Michaela Hončová

Slovak tennis player

Michaela Hončová is an inactive Slovak tennis player.

1992

Nick Johnson

American basketball player

Nicholas Alexander Johnson is an American professional basketball player for Saint-Quentin of the LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats, with whom he was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year.…

1992

Moonbyul

South Korean rapper, vocalist and songwriter

Moon Byul-yi, known professionally as Moonbyul, is a South Korean rapper, singer and songwriter under RBW Entertainment. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Mamamoo and its sub-unit Mamamoo+.

1992

Sergi Darder

Spanish footballer

Sergi Darder Moll is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Mallorca.

1993

Raphaël Guerreiro

Portuguese footballer

Raphaël Adelino José Guerreiro is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back and midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.

1993

Meghan Trainor

American singer-songwriter and producer

Meghan Elizabeth Trainor is an American singer-songwriter and television personality. She rose to prominence after signing with Epic Records in 2014 and releasing her debut single "All About That Bass", which reached…

1993

Rúben Lameiras

Portuguese footballer

Rúben Barcelos de Sousa Lameiras is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Al-Markhiya as a winger or attacking midfielder.

1994

G Hannelius

American actress and singer

Genevieve Knight Hannelius is an American actress and singer who made her acting debut starring as Courtney Patterson on the ABC series Surviving Suburbia (2009). She had recurring roles on the Disney Channel series…

1998

Latto

American rapper and singer

Alyssa Michelle Stephens, known professionally as Latto, is an American rapper and singer from Atlanta, Georgia. She first appeared on Jermaine Dupri's reality television series The Rap Game in 2016, where she was known…

1998

Casper Ruud

Norwegian tennis player

Casper Ruud is a Norwegian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in September 2022, making him the…

1998

Joshua Bassett

American actor and singer

Joshua Taylor Bassett is an American actor and singer. He began his career as a teen actor, appearing on the third season of Disney Channel family sitcom Stuck in the Middle (2018) as Aidan Peters. Bassett rose to…

2000

Camila Osorio

Colombian tennis player

María Camila Osorio Serrano is a Colombian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 by the WTA, achieved on 4 April 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 162, achieved on 8 September…

2001

Jack Draper

British tennis player

Jack Alexander Draper is a British professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 4, achieved on 9 June 2025. He is currently the No. 2 singles player from Great Britain.

2001

David Datro Fofana

Ivorian footballer

David Datro Fofana is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for French Ligue 1 club Strasbourg on loan from Premier League club Chelsea.

2002

Joe Anders

American-British actor

Joe Alfie Winslet Mendes, known professionally as Joe Anders, is an American-British actor, screenwriter and composer. He is the son of actress Kate Winslet and film director Sam Mendes, and the younger half-brother of…

2003

Callan McKenna

Scottish footballer

Callan Thomas McKenna is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Bournemouth. He is a Scotland youth international.

2006

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