Famous Birthdays on December 23

Q: Who was born on December 23?

Famous people born on December 23 include: Emperor Zhenzong of Song, Louis I, Thomas Smith, John Albert I, Anna of Saxony.

Q: What is Richard Dannatt known for?

Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, English general

224 people 968 – 2002

December 23 has seen 224 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 968 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

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1950 — Richard Dannatt

Baron Dannatt, English general

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Dannatt was commissioned into the Green Howards in 1971, and his first tour of duty was in Belfast as a platoon commander

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After Staff College, he became a company commander and eventually assumed command of the Green Howards in 1989

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He was Chief of the General Staff from 2006 to 2009

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Following a major stroke in 1977, Dannatt considered leaving the army, but was encouraged by his commanding officer to stay

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Dannatt was given command of the 4th Armoured Brigade in 1994 and in the following year commanded the British component of the Implementation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Emperor Zhenzong of Song

emperor of the Song dynasty (died 1022)

Emperor Zhenzong of Song, personal name Zhao Heng, was the third emperor of the Song dynasty of China. He reigned from 997 to his death in 1022. His personal name was originally Zhao Dechang, but was changed to Zhao…

968

Louis I

duke of Bavaria (died 1231)

Louis I, called the Kelheimer or of Kelheim, since he was born and died at Kelheim, was the Duke of Bavaria from 1183 and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1214. He was the only surviving son of Otto I, Duke of Bavaria…

1173

Thomas Smith

English scholar and diplomat (died 1577)

Sir Thomas Smith was an English scholar, parliamentarian and diplomat.

1513

John Albert I

duke of Mecklenburg (died 1576)

John Albert I, in older literature known as John or Johann, was the reigning duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow from 1547 to 1556 and of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1556 to 1576. In 1549, John Albert I saw to it that the…

1525

Anna of Saxony

only child and heiress of Maurice, Elector of Saxony (died 1577)

Anna of Saxony was the daughter of Maurice, Elector of Saxony, and Agnes of Hesse. Her wealth drew many suitors; she ultimately accepted the proposal of widowed William the Silent, and they were married on 25 August…

1544

Giovanni Battista Crespi

Italian painter, sculptor and architect (died 1632)

Giovanni Battista Crespi, called Il Cerano, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect. He is one of the most prominent of the Milanese artists of the early 17th century whose work represents a transitional phase…

1573

Severo Bonini

Italian organist and composer (died 1663)

Severo Bonini was an Italian composer, organist, and writer on music.

1582

Martin Opitz

German poet and composer (died 1639)

Martin Opitz von Boberfeld was a German poet, regarded as the greatest of that nation during his lifetime.

1597

Tianqi Emperor

Chinese emperor (died 1627)

The Tianqi Emperor, personal name Zhu Youjiao, was the 16th and penultimate emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1620 to 1627. He was the eldest son of the Taichang Emperor and an elder half-brother of the…

1605

Carl Gustaf Wrangel

Swedish field marshal and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (died 1676)

Fältmarskalk Carl Gustaf Wrangel was a Swedish statesman and military commander who commanded the Swedish forces in the Thirty Years' War, as well as the Torstenson, Bremen, Second Northern and Scanian Wars.

1613

Heneage Finch

1st Earl of Nottingham, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (died 1682)

Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham,, Lord Chancellor of England, was descended from the old family of Finch, many of whose members had attained high legal eminence, and was the eldest son of Sir Heneage Finch,…

1621

Edmund Berry Godfrey

English lawyer and judge (died 1678)

Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey was an English magistrate whose mysterious death caused anti-Catholic uproar in England. Contemporary documents also spell the name Edmundbury Godfrey.

1621

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

French composer (died 1755)

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier was a French baroque composer of chamber music, cantatas, opéra-ballets, and vocal music. Boismortier was one of the first composers to have no patrons: having obtained a royal licence for…

1689

Pamheiba

Indian emperor (died 1751)

Gharib Niwaz, also known as Pamheiba, was the ruler of the Manipur Kingdom, ruling from c. 1709 until his death in 1748. He introduced Hinduism as the state religion of his kingdom (1717) and changed the name of the…

1690

Maruyama Gondazaemon

Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (died 1749)

Maruyama Gondazaemon was a Japanese sumo wrestler, who is formally recognised as the third yokozuna. His real name was Haga Gindayu . He came from Mutsu Province in the Sendai Domain.

1713

Richard Arkwright

English businessman and inventor, invented the Water frame and Spinning frame (died 1792)

Sir Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution. He is credited as the driving force behind the development of the spinning frame, known as the water frame…

1732

Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (died 1827)

Frederick Augustus I of Saxony was a member of the House of Wettin who reigned as the last Elector of Saxony from 1763 to 1806 and as the first King of Saxony from 1806 to 1827. He was also Duke of Warsaw from 1807 to…

1750

Nathan Wilson

American soldier and politician (died 1834)

Nathan Wilson was a United States representative from New York. Born in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, he moved with his family to Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, where he attended school. He…

1758

Wilhelm Hisinger

Swedish physicist and chemist (died 1852)

Wilhelm Hisinger was a Swedish physicist and chemist who in 1807, working in coordination with Jöns Jakob Berzelius, noted that in electrolysis any given substance always went to the same pole, and that substances…

1766

Alexander I of Russia (died 1825)

Alexander I of Russia, nicknamed "the Blessed", was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first King of Congress Poland from 1815, and the Grand Duke of Finland from 1809 to his death in 1825. He ruled Russia during the…

1777

William Armstrong

American lawyer, civil servant, politician, and businessperson (died 1865)

William Armstrong was an American lawyer, civil servant, politician, and businessperson. He represented Hampshire County in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1818 to 1820, and Virginia's 16th congressional district…

1782

Jean-François Champollion

French philologist, orientalist, and scholar (died 1832)

Jean-François Champollion, also known as Champollion le jeune, was a French philologist and orientalist, known primarily as the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs and a founding figure in the field of Egyptology.…

1790

Dost Mohammad Khan

emir of Afghanistan (died 1863)

Dost Mohammad Khan Barakzai, nicknamed the Great Emir, was the founder of the Barakzai dynasty and one of the prominent rulers of Afghanistan during the First Anglo-Afghan War. With the decline of the Durrani dynasty,…

1793

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

French author, critic, and academic (died 1869)

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve was a French literary critic.

1804

Joseph Smith

American religious leader, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (died 1844)

Joseph Smith Jr. was an American religious and political leader and the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. Publishing the Book of Mormon at the age of 24, Smith attracted tens of thousands of…

1805

Anthony Mary Claret

Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop and missionary (died 1870)

Anthony Mary Claret, was a Spanish Catholic prelate and missionary who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba and was the confessor of Isabella II of Spain. He founded the congregation of Missionary Sons of the…

1807

Edward Blyth

English zoologist (died 1873)

Edward Blyth was an English zoologist who worked for most of his life in India as a curator of zoology at the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal in Calcutta. He catalogued the specimens in the collection in his Catalogue…

1810

Karl Richard Lepsius

German Egyptologist (died 1884)

Karl Richard Lepsius was a German Egyptologist, linguist and modern archaeologist.

1810

Samuel Smiles

Scottish-English author (died 1904)

Samuel Smiles was a British author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he promoted the idea that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His primary work,…

1812

Henri-Alexandre Wallon

French historian and statesman (died 1904)

Henri-Alexandre Wallon was a French historian and statesman whose decisive contribution to the creation of the Third Republic led him to be called the "Father of the Republic". He was the grandfather of psychologist and…

1812

Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate

Dutch pastor and poet (died 1889)

Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate was a Dutch divine, prose writer and poet.

1819

Wilhelm Bauer

German engineer (died 1875)

Wilhelm Bauer was a German marine engineer and inventor who built several hand-powered submarines.

1822

Mathilde Wesendonck

German poet and author (died 1902)

Agnes Mathilde Wesendonck was a German poet and author. The words of five of her verses were the basis of Richard Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder; the composer was infatuated with her, and his wife Minna blamed Mathilde for…

1828

János Murkovics

Slovene-Hungarian author and educator (died 1917)

János Murkovics was a Slovene teacher, musician, and writer in Hungary.

1839

Richard Conner

American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1924)

Richard Conner was an American Civil War Union Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his bravery in action.

1843

Henry B. Guppy

English botanist and author (died 1926)

Henry Brougham Guppy was a British surgeon, geologist, botanist and photographer. He was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1917.

1854

Edgar P. Rucker

American lawyer, politician, and businessman (died 1908)

Edgar Parks Rucker was an American lawyer, politician, and businessman in the U.S. state of West Virginia. He was a Republican who served as the 12th attorney general of West Virginia from March 4, 1897, until March 3,…

1861

James M. Canty

American educator, school administrator, and businessperson (died 1964)

James Munroe Canty was an American educator, school administrator, and businessperson. Canty was an acting principal of the West Virginia Colored Institute in 1898 and is considered by West Virginia State as an acting…

1865

Madam C. J. Walker

American businesswoman and philanthropist (died 1919)

Madam C. J. Walker, Mrs. Charles Joseph Walker upon her third marriage, was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. Walker is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in…

1867

John Marin

American painter (died 1953)

John Marin was an early American modernist visual artist. He is known for his abstract landscape paintings and watercolors.

1870

Stephen Timoshenko

Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (died 1972)

Stepan Prokopovich Timoshenko, later known as Stephen Timoshenko, was a Ukrainian and later an American engineer and academician.

1878

Pierre Brissaud

French illustrator, painter, and engraver (died 1964)

Pierre Brissaud was a French Art Deco illustrator, painter, and engraver. He was born in Paris and trained at the École des Beaux-Arts and Atelier Fernand Cormon in Montmartre, Paris. His father was Dr. Édouard…

1885

Arthur Gilligan

English cricketer (died 1976)

Arthur Edward Robert Gilligan was an English first-class cricketer who captained the England cricket team nine times in 1924 and 1925, winning four Test matches, losing four and drawing one. In first-class cricket, he…

1894

Nola Luxford

New Zealand-American actress and broadcaster (died 1994)

Nola Luxford was a New Zealand-born American film actress, spanning from the silent film era to the 1930s. During the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she was also a writer and pioneer broadcaster, providing a daily…

1895

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Italian lieutenant and author (died 1957)

Giuseppe Tomasi, 11th Prince of Lampedusa, 12th Duke of Palma, GE, known as Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, was a Sicilian writer, as well as the last generation of Tomasi Princes of Lampedusa before the family's and…

1896

Merle Barwis

American-Canadian supercentenarian (died 2014)

This article lists Canadian supercentenarians. The oldest verified Canadian person ever was Marie-Louise Meilleur, who died in 1998 aged 117 years, 230 days. As of 29 April 2026, the oldest living Canadian person is…

1900

Marie Bell

French actress and stage director (died 1985)

Marie Bell, born Marie-Jeanne Bellon-Downey, was a French tragedian, comic actor and stage director. She was the director of the Théâtre du Gymnase in Paris from 1962 onwards, and this theatre now bears her name.

1900

Otto Soglow

American cartoonist (died 1975)

Otto Soglow was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip The Little King.

1900

Viktor Gutić

Croatian fascist official (died 1947)

Viktor Gutić was the Ustaše commissioner for Banja Luka and the Grand Prefect of Pokuplje in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), an Axis puppet state during World War II. He was responsible for the persecution of…

1901

Norman Maclean

American author and academic (died 1990)

Norman Fitzroy Maclean was an American professor at the University of Chicago who, following his retirement, became a major figure in American literature. Maclean is known for his collection of novellas A River Runs…

1902

Charan Singh

Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (died 1987)

Chaudhary Charan Singh was an Indian politician, peasant leader, author and an independence activist who briefly served as the prime minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980. Singh was principally known for his…

1902

Manuel Lopes

Cape Verdean author and poet (died 2005)

Manuel António de Sousa Lopes was a Cape Verdean novelist, poet and essayist. With Baltasar Lopes da Silva and Jorge Barbosa he was a founder of the journal Claridade, which contributed to the rise of Cape Verdean…

1907

James Roosevelt

American general and politician (died 1991)

James Roosevelt II was an American businessman, Marine officer, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he served as an official Secretary to…

1907

Avraham Stern

Polish Zionist leader (died 1942)

Avraham Stern, alias Yair (יאיר), was one of the leaders of the Jewish paramilitary organization Irgun. In September 1940, he founded a breakaway militant Zionist group named Lehi, called the "Stern Gang" by the British…

1907

Gertrude Bancroft

American economist (died 1985)

Gertrude Bancroft McNally was an American economist who was chief of the economic statistics section of the United States Census Bureau until 1951. She was later associated with the Social Science Research Council and…

1908

Yousuf Karsh

Armenian-Canadian photographer (died 2002)

Yousuf Karsh was a Canadian photographer known for his portraits of notable individuals. He has been described as one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th century.

1908

Kurt Meyer

German SS general and convicted war criminal (died 1961)

Kurt Meyer was an SS commander and convicted war criminal of Nazi Germany. He served in the Waffen-SS and participated in the Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, and other engagements during World War II. Meyer…

1910

James Gregory

American actor (died 2002)

James Gregory was an American character actor who played roles such as Schaffer in Al Capone (1959), the McCarthy-like Sen. John Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate (1962), General Ursus in Beneath the Planet of the Apes…

1911

Niels Kaj Jerne

English-Danish physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)

Niels Kaj Jerne, FRS was a Danish immunologist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984 with Georges J. F. Köhler and César Milstein "for theories concerning the specificity in development and…

1911

Anna J. Harrison

American organic chemist and academic (died 1998)

Anna Jane Harrison was an American organic chemist and a professor of chemistry at Mount Holyoke College for nearly forty years. She was the first female president of the American Chemical Society, and the recipient of…

1912

Dino Risi

Italian director and screenwriter (died 2008)

Dino Risi was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy, and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of commedia all'italiana.

1916

José Greco

Italian-American dancer and choreographer (died 2000)

José Greco was an Italian-born American flamenco dancer and choreographer known for popularizing Spanish dance on the stage and screen in America mostly in the 1950s and 1960s.

1918

Helmut Schmidt

German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (died 2015)

Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. He was the longest lived chancellor in…

1918

Kenneth M. Taylor

American general and pilot (died 2006)

Kenneth Marlar Taylor was a United States Air Force officer and a flying ace of World War II. He was a new United States Army Air Corps second lieutenant pilot stationed at Wheeler Field during the Japanese attack on…

1919

Guy Beaulne

Canadian actor and director (died 2001)

Guy Beaulne, was a French Canadian actor and theatre director.

1921

Micheline Ostermeyer

French discus thrower, shot putter, and pianist (died 2001)

Micheline Ostermeyer was a French athlete and concert pianist. She won three medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in shot put, discus throw, and high jump. After retiring from sports in 1950, she became a full-time…

1922

Onofre Marimón

Argentinian race car driver (died 1954)

Onofre Agustín Marimón was an Argentine racing driver, who competed in Formula One at 12 Grands Prix between 1951 and 1954.

1923

Günther Schifter

Austrian journalist and radio host (died 2008)

Günther Schifter was an Austrian journalist, radio presenter and record collector.

1923

James Stockdale

American admiral and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2005)

James Bond Stockdale was a U.S. Navy vice admiral, aviator, and Stoic philosopher who received the Medal of Honor in 1976 for his leadership as a POW for more than seven years during the Vietnam War.

1923

Bob Kurland

American basketball player and politician (died 2013)

Robert Albert Kurland was an American basketball player, who played for the two-time NCAA champion Oklahoma A&M Aggies. Standing 7-foot (2.1 m) tall, he has been credited as the first person to dunk in a college…

1924

Duncan Hallas

English author and politician (died 2002)

Duncan Hallas was a prominent member of the Trotskyist movement and a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party in Great Britain.

1925

Rayner Unwin

English publisher (died 2000)

Rayner Stephens Unwin CBE was an English publisher. He served as the chairman of the publishing firm George Allen & Unwin, which had been founded by his father Sir Stanley Unwin.

1925

Robert Bly

American poet and essayist (died 2021)

Robert Elwood Bly was an American poet, essayist, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. His best-known prose book is Iron John: A Book About Men (1990), which spent 62 weeks on The New York Times Best…

1926

Harold Dorman

American singer-songwriter (died 1988)

Harold Kenneth Dorman was an American rock and roll singer and songwriter.

1926

Chet Baker

American jazz trumpet player, flugelhorn player, and singer (died 1988)

Chesney Henry Baker Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool".

1929

Dick Weber

American professional bowler (died 2005)

Richard Anthony Weber was an American professional bowler and founding member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). Along with Don Carter, Weber is widely regarded as professional bowling's first superstar. He…

1929

Ronnie Schell

American comedian and actor

Ronald Ralph Schell is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He appeared on the May 28, 1959, episode of the TV quiz show You Bet Your Life, hosted by Groucho Marx. Schell demonstrated a comic barrage of beatnik jive…

1931

Richard Clark Barkley

American soldier, academic, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to East Germany (died 2015)

Richard Clark Barkley was a United States diplomat. From December 1988 until October 1990, he was the last United States Ambassador to East Germany. After that, from 1991 to 1994, he was the United States Ambassador to…

1932

Akihito

Emperor of Japan

Akihito is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 7 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. The era of his rule was named the Heisei era, Heisei being an…

1933

Noella Leduc

American baseball player (died 2014)

Noella Leduc was an American pitcher and outfielder who played from 1951 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m), 130 lb, Leduc batted and threw…

1933

Paul Hornung

American football player and sportscaster (died 2020)

Paul Vernon Hornung, nicknamed "the Golden Boy", was an American professional football halfback and kicker who played for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 to 1966.

1935

Johnny Kidd

English singer-songwriter (died 1966)

Frederick Albert Heath, known professionally as Johnny Kidd, was an English singer-songwriter, best remembered as the lead vocalist for the rock and roll band Johnny Kidd & the Pirates. He was one of the few pre-Beatles…

1935

Abdul Ghani Minhat

Malaysian footballer and manager (died 2012)

Tan Sri Datuk Abdul Ghani bin Minhat was an association football player who represented Selangor FA and Negeri Sembilan FA from the 1950s to the late 1960s. He played as a striker and winger for both the Malaya and the…

1935

Esther Phillips

American R&B singer (died 1984)

Esther Phillips was an American singer, best known for her R&B vocals. She rose to prominence in 1950, scoring several major R&B hits including "Double Crossing Blues" and "Mistrustin' Blues" under the moniker "Little…

1935

Frederic Forrest

American actor (died 2023)

Frederic Fenimore Forrest Jr. was an American actor. A figure of the New Hollywood movement, Forrest was best known for his collaborations with director Francis Ford Coppola, playing featured roles in The Conversation…

1936

Bobby Ross

American football player and coach

Robert Joseph Ross is an American former football coach. He served as the head football coach at The Citadel (1973–1977), the University of Maryland, College Park (1982–1986), Georgia Tech (1987–1991), and the United…

1936

Willie Wood

American football player (died 2020)

William Vernell Wood Sr. was an American professional football player and coach. He played as a safety with the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League (NFL). Wood was an eight-time Pro Bowler and a nine-time…

1936

Barney Rosenzweig

American screenwriter and producer

Barney Rosenzweig is an American television producer.

1937

Nelson Shanks

American painter, historian, and educator (died 2015)

John Nelson Shanks was an American artist and painter. His best known works include his portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales, first shown at Hirschl & Adler Gallery in New York City, April 24 to June 28, 1996, and the…

1937

Bob Kahn

American computer scientist and engineer, co-developed the Transmission Control Protocol

Robert Elliot Kahn is an American electrical engineer who, along with Vint Cerf, first proposed the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP), the fundamental communication protocols at the…

1938

Nancy Graves

American sculptor and painter (died 1995)

Nancy Graves was an American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and sometime filmmaker known for her focus on natural phenomena like camels or maps of the Moon. Her works are included in many public collections, including…

1939

Mamnoon Hussain

Pakistani businessman and politician, 12th President of Pakistan (died 2021)

Mamnoon Hussain was a Pakistani politician, industrialist and statesman who served as the 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018. He also served as the governor of Sindh from June 1999 until being deposed in a…

1940

Jorma Kaukonen

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen Jr. is an American blues, folk, and rock guitarist. Kaukonen performed with Jefferson Airplane, and still performs regularly on tour with Hot Tuna, which started as a side project with bassist Jack…

1940

Robert Labine

Canadian politician (died 2021)

Robert "Bob" Labine was a politician in Gatineau, Quebec. He was best known for being mayor of the former city of Gatineau between 1988 and 1994 and again between 1999 and 2001.

1940

Jeanie Lambe

Scottish jazz singer (died 2020)

Jeanie Lambe was a Scottish jazz singer. She was married to jazz tenor saxophonist Danny Moss.

1940

Kevin Longbottom

Australian rugby league player (died 1986)

Kevin Longbottom was an Aboriginal Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s. Longbottom was known by the nickname "Lummy" and was renowned for his long-range goal kicking, sometimes even…

1940

Eugene Record

American soul singer-songwriter (died 2005)

Eugene Booker Record was an American singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer. He was best known as the lead vocalist of the Chicago-based vocal group The Chi-Lites. He had international hits with "Oh Girl,"…

1940

Peter Davis

English businessman

Sir Peter John Davis is a British businessman, who was, from 2000 to 2004, the CEO of J Sainsbury plc, which operates the UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's.

1941

Tim Hardin

American folk singer-songwriter and musician (died 1980)

James Timothy Hardin was an American folk music and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his own success, his songs "If I Were a Carpenter", "Reason to Believe", "Misty Roses" and "The Lady Came from…

1941

Quentin Bryce

Australian lawyer and politician, 25th Governor-General of Australia

Dame Quentin Alice Louise Bryce is an Australian academic who served as the 25th governor-general of Australia from 2008 to 2014. She is the first woman to have held the position. She was previously the 24th governor of…

1942

Ron Allen

American baseball player

Ronald Frederick Allen is an American former professional baseball player. He played part of the 1972 season in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals, primarily as a first baseman. He was a switch-hitter and…

1943

Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov

Russian-French mathematician and academic

Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov is a Russian-French mathematician known for his work in geometry, analysis and group theory. He is a permanent member of Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in France and a professor of…

1943

Terry Peder Rasmussen

American serial killer (died 2010)

Terry Peder Rasmussen was an American convicted murderer and suspected serial killer who was convicted of one murder, and linked to at least six more in a series of crimes that stretched across the contiguous United…

1943

Harry Shearer

American actor, voice artist, and comedian

Harry Julius Shearer is an American actor, comedian, musician, radio host, writer, and producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, Shearer began his career as a child actor. From 1969 to 1976, Shearer was a member of The…

1943

Queen Silvia of Sweden

Silvia is Queen of Sweden as the wife of King Carl XVI Gustaf. She has held this title since her marriage to Carl XVI Gustaf in 1976. The king and queen have three children: Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Carl Philip,…

1943

Wesley Clark

American general

Wesley Kanne Clark, SSM, BVO, KBE is a retired United States Army officer. He graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford, where he…

1944

Adly Mansour

Egyptian lawyer, judge, and politician, President of Egypt

Adly Mahmoud Mansour is an Egyptian judge and politician who served as the president of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt. He also served as interim president of Egypt from 4 July 2013 to 8 June 2014 following…

1945

Geoffrey Wheatcroft

English journalist and author

Geoffrey Albert Wheatcroft is a British journalist, author, and historian.

1945

Robbie Dupree

American singer-songwriter

Robert Dupuis, known professionally as Robbie Dupree, is an American singer best known for his hit songs "Steal Away" and "Hot Rod Hearts".

1946

Edita Gruberová

Slovak soprano and actress (died 2021)

Edita Gruberová was a Slovak coloratura soprano. She made her stage debut in Bratislava in 1968 as Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, and successfully auditioned at the Vienna State Opera the following year,…

1946

Susan Lucci

American actress

Susan Victoria Lucci is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama All My Children during that show's entire network run from 1970 to 2011. The character is considered an…

1946

John Sullivan

English screenwriter, producer, and composer (died 2011)

John Richard Thomas Sullivan was an English television scriptwriter responsible for several British sitcoms, including Only Fools and Horses, Citizen Smith and Just Good Friends.

1946

Bill Rodgers

American runner

William Henry Rodgers is an American runner, Olympian, and former record holder in the marathon. Rodgers is best known for his four victories in both the Boston Marathon, including three straight from 1978 to 1980, and…

1947

David Davis

English politician, Minister of State for Europe

Sir David Michael Davis is a British Conservative Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Goole and Pocklington. He was previously the MP for Haltemprice and Howden and, before that, for…

1948

Jim Ferguson

American guitarist, composer, and journalist

James Edwin Ferguson is an American guitarist, composer, journalist, and educator.

1948

Jack Ham

American football player and sportscaster

Jack Raphael Ham Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1971 to 1982. He is considered one of the greatest…

1948

Rick Wohlhuter

American runner

Rick Wohlhuter is a retired American middle-distance runner.

1948

Adrian Belew

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Robert Steven "Adrian" Belew is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. A multi-instrumentalist primarily known as a guitarist and singer, he is noted for his unusual approach to the instrument,…

1949

Reinhold Weege

American screenwriter and producer (died 2012)

Reinhold Charles Weege was an American television writer, producer and director.

1949

Michael C. Burgess

American obstetrician and politician

Michael Clifton Burgess is an American physician and politician who represented Texas's 26th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2025. The district is anchored in Denton…

1950

Vicente del Bosque

Spanish footballer and manager

Vicente del Bosque González, 1st Marquess of Del Bosque is a Spanish retired football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time and is to date the only football manager to…

1950

Ilchi Lee

South Korean author and educator

Lee Seung-Heun, better known as Ilchi Lee, is a South Korean author and the founder of a variety of mind-body training methods, including Body & Brain, Brain Wave Vibration, Kookhak Qigong, and DahnMuDo, all falling…

1950

Anthony Phillips

English guitarist and songwriter

Anthony Edwin Phillips is an English musician and composer who gained prominence as the original lead guitarist of the rock band Genesis, from 1967 to 1970. He left in July 1970 and learned to play more instruments,…

1951

William Kristol

American journalist, publisher, activist, and pundit

William Kristol is an American neoconservative writer. A frequent commentator on several networks including CNN, he was the founder and editor-at-large of the political magazine The Weekly Standard. Kristol is…

1952

Andres Alver

Estonian architect and academic

Andres Alver is an Estonian architect.

1953

Gerrit W. Gong

American religious leader and academic

Gerrit Walter Gong is an American religious leader and former academic serving as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has been a general authority since…

1953

Raivo Järvi

Estonian radio host and politician (died 2012)

Raivo Järvi, commonly known under the pseudonym of Onu Raivo was an Estonian artist, radio personality and politician.

1954

Brian Teacher

American tennis player

Brian David Teacher is an American former professional tennis player. He reached career-high rankings of world No. 7 in singles and world No. 5 in doubles, both in 1981. Teacher is best remembered for being a major…

1954

Carol Ann Duffy

Scottish poet and playwright

Dame Carol Ann Duffy is a Scottish poet and playwright. She is a professor of contemporary poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University, and was appointed Poet Laureate in May 2009, serving in this position until her…

1955

Grace Knight

English-Australian singer-songwriter

Grace Ethel Knight is an English-born Australian vocalist and songwriter. During the 1980s she was a mainstay of pop group Eurogliders which formed in Perth, Western Australia. Knight later became a solo jazz singer and…

1955

Michele Alboreto

Italian race car driver (died 2001)

Michele Alboreto was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1981 to 1994. Alboreto was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1985 with Ferrari, and won five Grands Prix across…

1956

Dave Murray

English guitarist and songwriter

David Michael Murray is an English guitarist, best known as a member of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. He joined Iron Maiden early in its history, and is the second-longest serving member of the band after founder…

1956

Dan Bigras

Canadian singer-songwriter

Dan Bigras is a francophone rock singer and actor from Canada. He has released a number of albums of rock music, beginning with Ange Animal in 1990.

1957

Peter Wynn

Australian rugby league player and businessman

Peter Wynn is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He played for the Parramatta Eels in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition.

1957

Joan Severance

American actress

Joan Marie Severance is an American actress and former fashion model.

1958

Victoria Williams

American singer-songwriter

Victoria Williams is an American singer, songwriter, and musician, from Shreveport, Louisiana, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the…

1958

Ezzat el Kamhawi

Egyptian journalist and author

Ezzat El Kamhawi is an Egyptian novelist and journalist. In December 2012, El Kamhawi was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for his novel House of the Wolf. In June 2022 he was awarded the Samir Kassir…

1961

Ketan J. Patel

Kenyan-English biologist and academic

Ketan Jayakrishna Patel is a British–Kenyan scientist who is Director of the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine and the MRC Molecular Haematology Unit at the University of Oxford. Until 2020 he was a tenured…

1961

Carol Smillie

Scottish model and actress

Carol Patricia Smillie is a Scottish former television presenter, actress and model from Glasgow. Smillie became famous as a television presenter during the 1990s and early 2000s. She was best known for assisting Nicky…

1961

Lorna Tolentino

Filipino actress and producer

Victoria Lorna Perez Aluquin-Fernandez, better known by her stage name Lorna Tolentino, sometimes known as L.T., an abbreviation of her screen name, is a Filipino actress, model, film producer and television…

1961

Bertrand Gachot

Belgian race car driver

Bertrand Jean Louis Gachot is a Belgian and French former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1989 to 1995. In endurance racing, Gachot won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1991 with Mazda.

1962

Stefan Hell

Romanian-German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

Stefan Walter Hell is a Romanian-German physicist and one of the directors of the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen, and of the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg,…

1962

Kang Je-gyu

South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter

Kang Je-gyu is a South Korean filmmaker, active as a director, scriptwriter, and producer. He rose to international prominence with his action thriller Shiri (1999) and further solidified his reputation with the…

1962

Keiji Mutoh

Japanese wrestler and actor

Keiji Muto is a Japanese professional wrestling executive, actor and retired professional wrestler. He is known for his work under his real name and as his alter ego The Great Muta in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW),…

1962

Jim Harbaugh

American football player and coach

James Joseph Harbaugh is an American professional football coach and former quarterback who is the head coach for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the head coach at…

1963

Jess Harnell

American singer-songwriter and voice actor

Jess Harnell is an American voice actor and singer. His roles include Wakko Warner in Animaniacs, Captain Hero in Drawn Together, Taxicrab in Jungle Junction, Chilly in Doc McStuffins, Cedric in Sofia the First, Texas…

1963

Donna Tartt

American author

Donna Louise Tartt is an American novelist. She wrote the novels The Secret History (1992), The Little Friend (2002), and The Goldfinch (2013), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was adapted into a 2019 film…

1963

Ante Zelck

German businessman

Ante Zelck is a German entrepreneur and hostel pioneer.

1963

Eddie Vedder

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Eddie Jerome Vedder is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist, primary lyricist, and one of three guitarists for the rock band Pearl Jam. He was previously a guest vocalist for supergroup…

1964

Badi Assad

Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Badi Assad is a Brazilian singer, composer and guitarist in the jazz and worldbeat genres.

1966

Carla Bruni

Italian-French singer-songwriter and model

Carla Bruni-Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa is an Italian and French singer, songwriter and fashion model who served as the first lady of France from 2008—when she married then president Nicolas Sarkozy—to 2012.

1967

Otis Grant

Jamaican-Canadian boxer, coach, and manager

Otis Grant is a Canadian retired boxer. As an amateur he won a silver medal for Canada at the 1987 Pan American Games, losing to Cuba's Angel Espinosa in the final. He is a two-time North American Boxing Federation…

1967

Karyn Bryant

American journalist, actress, producer, and screenwriter

Karyn Bryant is an American actress, writer, and television personality.

1968

Barry Kooser

American painter and animator

Barry R. Kooser is an American artist, painter, and educator who worked at Walt Disney Feature Animation Studios between 1992 and 2003 as a background artist on films such as The Lion King, Pocahontas, Mulan, Lilo &…

1968

Manuel Rivera-Ortiz

Puerto Rican-American photographer

Manuel Rivera-Ortiz is a stateside Puerto Rican photographer. He is best known for his social documentary photography of people's living conditions in less developed nations. Rivera-Ortiz lives in Rochester, New York,…

1968

René Tretschok

German footballer and manager

René Tretschok is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. As a player of Borussia Dortmund he was part of their Champions League victory in 1997. He scored an important goal in the semi-final…

1968

Catriona LeMay Doan

Canadian speed skater and sportscaster

Catriona Ann Le May Doan, is a retired Canadian speed skater and a double Olympic champion in the 500 m. She served as the chef de mission for Team Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

1970

Karine Polwart

Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Karine Polwart is a Scottish singer-songwriter. She writes and performs music with a strong folk and roots feel, her songs dealing with a variety of issues from alcoholism to genocide. She has been most recognised for…

1970

Corey Haim

Canadian actor (died 2010)

Corey Ian Haim was a Canadian actor who rose to fame in the 1980s as a teen heartthrob. He starred in Silver Bullet (1985), Murphy's Romance (1985), Lucas (1986), License to Drive (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989).…

1971

Jo Johnson

English banker, journalist, and politician

Joseph Edmund Johnson, Baron Johnson of Marylebone is a British politician and peer who was Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation from 2015 to 2018, and from July to September 2019. A…

1971

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

English model, actress, and author (died 2017)

Tara Claire Palmer-Tomkinson was an English socialite and television personality. She appeared in several television shows, including the reality programme I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. She died from a…

1971

Morgan

Italian singer-songwriter and composer

Marco Castoldi, better known by his stage name Morgan, is an Italian singer, songwriter and musician. His musical genres are mainly alternative rock and electronic rock, sometimes experimental rock and synth-pop. He has…

1972

Christian Potenza

Canadian actor, voice actor and singer

Anthony Christian Potenza is a Canadian actor, comedian and teacher. He has voiced Jude Lizowski on 6teen as well as Brando Beaver and both of the Bison Brothers in Pikwik Pack. From 2007 to 2022, Potenza was the voice…

1972

Agustín Delgado

Ecuadorian footballer and politician

Agustín Javier Delgado Chalá is an Ecuadorian politician and former professional footballer who played as a forward. Nicknamed El Tín, he was the all-time top scorer for the Ecuador national team with 31 goals in 71…

1974

Mieszko Talarczyk

Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2004)

Mieszko Talarczyk was the lead singer and guitarist of the Swedish grindcore band Nasum, Genocide Superstars, and Krigshot. Known for his engineering and production abilities, he co-founded Soundlab studios with…

1974

Lady Starlight

American singer-songwriter

Colleen Martin, known professionally as Lady Starlight, is an American DJ and musical performer. Based in New York City's Lower East Side, she is best known for her numerous collaborations with Lady Gaga. Starlight…

1975

Joanna Hayes

American hurdler and coach

Joanna Dove Hayes is an American hurdler, who won the gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

1976

Brad Lidge

American baseball player

Bradley Thomas Lidge, nicknamed "Lights Out", is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Lidge played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 2002 to 2012. He played for the Houston Astros,…

1976

Jamie Noble

American wrestler and producer

James Gibson is an American retired professional wrestler better known by the ring name Jamie Noble. He is signed to WWE, where he works as a producer. In addition to his work with WWE, Noble is known for his tenures in…

1976

Mikael Samuelsson

Swedish ice hockey player

Karl Mikael Samuelsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player and current player development coach for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

1976

Matt Baker

English television presenter

Matthew James Baker is a British television presenter. He co-presented the children's television show Blue Peter from 1999 until 2006, BBC One's Countryfile since 2009 and The One Show from 2011 to 2020, with Alex Jones.

1977

Alge Crumpler

American football player

Algernon Darius Crumpler is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons. He was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round of the…

1977

Tore Johansen

Norwegian trumpeter and composer

Tore Johansen is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter and the younger brother of drummer Roger Johansen. He has worked with Chick Corea, Karin Krog, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Swallow, Lars Jansson, Hal Galper, Siri Gellein, and Jan…

1977

Jari Mäenpää

Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jari Mäenpää is a Finnish singer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is the founder of the melodic death metal band Wintersun for which he sings and records the majority of instruments except the drums.…

1977

Esthero

Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer

Esthero is a Canadian singer-songwriter who lives in Los Angeles, California. The name Esthero refers both to the singer and formerly to the two-person team of herself and producer Doc McKinney. Esthero is a portmanteau…

1978

Aleš Kotalík

Czech ice hockey player

Aleš Kotalík is a Czech former professional ice hockey right winger who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres, Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, and Calgary Flames.

1978

Víctor Martínez

Venezuelan baseball player

Víctor Jesús Martínez, also known by his nickname "V-Mart", is a Venezuelan former professional baseball catcher and designated hitter. Martínez played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Boston…

1978

Johan Franzén

Swedish ice hockey player

Johan Marcus Gunnar Franzén is a Swedish former professional ice hockey winger who played 11 seasons for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). His career ended early in the 2015–16 season due to…

1979

Scott Gomez

American ice hockey player

Scott Carlos Gomez is an American ice hockey coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Chicago Steel of the United States Hockey League (USHL).

1979

Holly Madison

American model, television personality, and actress

Holly Madison is an American television personality, actress and model best known as a former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner and for her appearance in the reality television show The Girls Next Door. She also starred in her…

1979

Megan Mayhew Bergman

American author and educator

Megan Mayhew Bergman is an American writer and environmental journalist, author of the books Almost Famous Women, Birds of a Lesser Paradise, and How Strange a Season, and a forthcoming biography on the International…

1979

Kenny Miller

Scottish footballer

Kenneth Miller is a Scottish professional football coach and former player. Miller, who played as a striker, is one of only five post-war players to have played for both Rangers and Celtic.

1979

Yukifumi Murakami

Japanese javelin thrower

Yukifumi Murakami is a Japanese javelin thrower. He was the first Japanese athlete to win a World Championship medal in the javelin, taking bronze at the 2009 edition with a throw of 82.97 metres.

1979

Cody Ross

American baseball player

Cody Joseph Ross, nicknamed "Toy Cannon" and "Ross the Boss," is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 12 seasons; with the Detroit Tigers (2003), Los Angeles…

1980

Maritza Correia

Puerto Rican-American swimmer

Maritza Correia, also known by her married name Maritza McClendon, is a former Olympic swimmer from Puerto Rico who swam representing the United States. When she qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in 2004, she became…

1981

Yuriorkis Gamboa

Cuban boxer

Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano is a Cuban professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight title from 2009 to 2011, and the International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight title from 2010 to…

1981

Hiro Fujiwara

Japanese manga artist

Hiro Fujiwara is a Japanese manga artist.

1981

Agnes Milowka

Polish-Australian diver, explorer, photographer, and author (died 2011)

Agnes Milowka was an Australian technical diver, underwater photographer, author, maritime archaeologist and cave explorer. She gained international recognition for penetrating deeper than previous explorers into cave…

1981

Mario Santana

Argentine footballer

Mario Alberto Santana is an Argentine football coach and former professional player, in the role of winger, currently working as the head coach of amateur club Palermo Calcio Popolare.

1981

Zbyněk Michálek

Czech ice hockey player

Zbyněk Michálek is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman. He most recently played for Sparta Praha of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). Michálek has also previously played in the NHL for the Minnesota Wild, Arizona…

1982

Shaone Morrisonn

Canadian-Croatian ice hockey player

Shaone Morrisonn is a Canadian-Croatian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played for the Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals and the Buffalo Sabres during his eight-year NHL career. He currently serves as a…

1982

Thomas Rohregger

Austrian cyclist

Thomas Rohregger is an Austrian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2005 and 2013. Over his career, Rohregger competed for Elk Haus–Simplon, Team Milram and RadioShack–Leopard.

1982

Michael Chopra

English footballer

Rocky Michael Chopra is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.

1983

Lisa Dobriskey

English runner

Lisa Jane Dobriskey is a retired English middle-distance runner. She was the Commonwealth Games champion in the 1500 m in 2006 and won a silver medal in the same distance at the 2009 World Championships.

1983

Hanley Ramírez

Dominican baseball player

Hanley Ramírez is a Dominican-American former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Florida / Miami Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Cleveland Indians.…

1983

Dudu Aharon

Israeli singer-songwriter

Dudu Aharon is a singer-songwriter, musician, and composer from Israel.

1984

Bernard Pollard

American football player

Bernard Karmell Pollard is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers, and was selected by the Kansas…

1984

Josh Satin

American baseball player

Joshua Blake Satin is an American former professional baseball corner infielder. Satin played first base, second base, and third base. During his career, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets,…

1984

Sebastian Werle

German rugby player

Sebastian Werle is a retired German international rugby union player, having last playing for the RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.

1984

Dev Hynes (also known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion)

English singer, songwriter, producer, and composer

Devonté Hynes, also known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, composer and director based in New York City. From 2004 to 2006, Hynes was a member of the…

1985

Harry Judd

English drummer and songwriter

Harry Mark Christopher Judd is an English musician who is the drummer for the rock band McFly.

1985

Alison Sudol

American actress and singer-songwriter

Alison Sudol is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She was formerly known as the singer A Fine Frenzy, and is known for her role as Queenie Goldstein in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), as well…

1985

Thomas Bourgin

French motorcycle racer (died 2013)

Thomas Bourgin was a French motorcycle racer. He was in 68th place in the overall ranking of his first Dakar Rally.

1986

Beau Champion

Australian rugby league player

Beau Champion is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Melbourne Storm, Gold Coast Titans and Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League. He is the second…

1986

Balázs Dzsudzsák

Hungarian footballer

Balázs Dzsudzsák is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Debreceni VSC.

1986

T. J. Oshie

American ice hockey player

Timothy Leif "T. J." Oshie is an American former professional ice hockey right winger. He was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the first round of the 2005 NHL entry draft, as the 24th overall pick. He then spent the…

1986

Tommaso Bellazzini

Italian footballer

Tommaso Bellazzini is an Italian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Aglianese.

1987

Owen Franks

New Zealand rugby player

Owen Thomas Franks is a New Zealand former rugby player who last played for Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition. His usual position is tighthead prop.

1987

Jori Lehterä

Finnish ice hockey player

Jori Jonatan Lehterä is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a centre for HIFK of the Liiga. He was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the third round, 65th overall, of the 2008 NHL entry draft. He won a…

1987

Mallory Hagan

American beauty queen, Miss America 2013

Mallory Hytes Hagan Stramara is an American former news anchor and beauty queen. She won Miss America 2013 as Miss New York 2012 and campaigned unsuccessfully for the Alabama House of Representatives in 2022.

1988

David Szymanski

American video game developer

David Szymanski is an American video game developer. Szymanski is known for having developed games such as Dusk, Iron Lung, and Gloomwood.

1989

Brice Dja Djédjé

Ivorian footballer

Brice Florentin Dja Djédjé is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a right back or wing back for Championnat National 3 club ES Fosséenne.

1990

Mitch Haniger

American baseball player

Mitchell Evan Haniger is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Seattle Mariners, and San Francisco Giants.

1990

Anna Maria Perez de Tagle

American actress and singer

Anna Maria Francesca Enriquez Kline is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Ashley Dewitt on Hannah Montana and Ella Pador on Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. She also played Miracle…

1990

Kyren Wilson

English snooker player

Kyren James Wilson is an English professional snooker player from Kettering. He has won 10 ranking titles.

1991

Spencer Daniels

American actor

Spencer Eli Daniels is an American film and television actor born in Tarzana, Los Angeles. He began acting professionally at the age of ten and has appeared in over 30 films and TV series including The Curious Case of…

1992

Mbwana Samatta

Tanzanian footballer

Mbwana Ally Samatta is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Le Havre, and captains the Tanzania national team.

1992

Jeff Schlupp

German footballer

Jeffrey Schlupp is a professional footballer who plays for EFL Championship club Norwich City. A versatile player, Schlupp has played as a left-back, central midfielder, left winger or forward in his career.

1992

Reed Alexander

American actor

Reed Alexander is an American actor, journalist, and author. He is currently a correspondent for Insider, formerly “Business Insider,” covering the business of entertainment and the global media industry. Among his most…

1994

Bartosz Kapustka

Polish footballer

Bartosz Kapustka is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw and the Poland national team.

1996

Samuel Lino

Brazilian footballer

Samuel Dias Lino is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left winger or wing-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo and the Brazil national team.

1999

Victor Boniface

Nigerian footballer

Victor Okoh Boniface is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen, on loan from Bayer Leverkusen, and the Nigeria national team.

2000

Finn Wolfhard

Canadian actor and musician

Finn Michael Wolfhard is a Canadian actor, musician, and film director. He received international attention for playing Mike Wheeler on the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016–2025). He also played Richie Tozier in the…

2002

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