Famous Birthdays on December 8

Q: Who was born on December 8?

Famous people born on December 8 include: Horace, Wang Anshi, Astorre II Manfredi, Queen Jeonghui, Anselm Adornes.

274 people 65 BC – 2004

December 8 has seen 274 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 65 BC – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · December 8 — Wikipedia

1967 — Andy Kapp

German curler

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The following year, he finished 7th at the European Championships, but at the 1994 World Championships, he and his team won the bronze medal

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In December of the same year, Kapp won his second European Championship, shortly before the first official medal event for curling at the 1998 Nagano Olympics

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After participating in several tournaments at the Junior, Olympic, and World Championship levels, Kapp surprised many by winning the 1992 European championship

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In 1997, at the World Championships, Kapp achieved his best showing by leading his team to a silver medal, losing to Sweden's Peja Lindholm in the final

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However, he had a disappointing 1998 Olympics, where, as one of the top medal favorites, he finished 1-6, placing last in the 8-team field.

Horace

Roman poet (died 8 BC)

Quintus Horatius Flaccus, commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus. The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his Odes as the only Latin lyrics worth…

-65

Wang Anshi

Chinese economist and chancellor (died 1086)

Wang Anshi, courtesy name Jiefu, was a Chinese economist, philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty. He served as chancellor and attempted major and controversial socioeconomic reforms known as the New…

1021

Astorre II Manfredi

Italian lord (died 1468)

Astorre II Manfredi was lord of Imola from 1439 and of Faenza from 1443.

1412

Queen Jeonghui

Queen consort of Korea (died 1483)

Queen Jeonghui, of the Papyeong Yun clan, was a posthumous name bestowed on the wife and queen of Yi Yu, King Sejo. She was Queen of Joseon from 1455 until her husband's death in 1468, after which she was honoured as…

1418

Anselm Adornes

Belgian merchant, politician and diplomat (died 1483)

Anselm Adornes, also known as Anselm Adorno, was a merchant, patron, politician and diplomat, who belonged to the fifth generation of the Adornes family to live in Bruges.

1424

Miklós Istvánffy

Hungarian politician (died 1615)

Baron Miklós Istvánffy de Baranyavár et Kisasszonyfalva was a Hungarian politician, Humanist historian and poet, who served as Palatinal Governor of Hungary from 19 January 1582 to November 1608.

1538

Mary

Queen of Scots, daughter of James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise (died 1587)

Mary, Queen of Scots, also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication on 24 July 1567.

1542

François de La Rochefoucauld

Catholic cardinal (died 1645)

François de La Rochefoucauld was a French Cardinal and an "important figure in the French Counter Reformation church".

1558

Antonio de Benavides

colonial governor of Florida (died 1762)

Antonio Benavides Bazán y Molina was a Lieutenant General in the Spanish Army who held administrative positions in the Americas as Royal Governor of Spanish Florida (1718–1734), Governor of Veracruz (1734–1745),…

1678

Horatio Walpole

1st Baron Walpole, English politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (died 1757)

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, was a British diplomat and politician who served as the British ambassador to France from 1724 to 1730. He was the son of Robert Walpole and the younger brother of Robert Walpole, the…

1678

Maria Josepha of Austria

Queen Consort of Poland (died 1757)

Maria Josepha of Austria was the Queen of Poland, Grand Duchess of Lithuania and Electress of Saxony by marriage to Augustus III. From 1711 to 1717, she was heiress presumptive to the Habsburg monarchy.

1699

Francis I

Holy Roman Emperor (died 1765)

Francis I was Holy Roman Emperor from 1745 to 1765, Archduke of Austria from 1740 to 1765, Duke of Lorraine and Bar from 1729 to 1737, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1737 to 1765. He became the ruler of the Holy Roman…

1708

Claude Balbastre

French organist and composer (died 1799)

Claude Balbastre was a French composer, organist, harpsichordist and fortepianist. He was one of the most famous musicians of his time.

1724

Jan Ingenhousz

Dutch physician, physiologist, and botanist (died 1799)

Jan Ingenhousz was a Dutch-British physiologist, biologist and chemist.

1730

František Xaver Dušek

Czech pianist and composer (died 1799)

František Xaver Dušek ; 8 December 1731 – 12 February 1799) was a Czech composer and musician. He was one of the most important harpsichordists and pianists of his time.

1731

Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (died 1801)

Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria was Elector of Cologne and Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights from 1780 until his death. Influenced by Enlightenment ideals, he sought to implement reforms in various political…

1756

Eli Whitney

American engineer, invented the cotton gin (died 1825)

Eli Whitney Jr. was an American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin in 1793, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution that shaped the economy of the Antebellum South. Whitney's invention…

1765

Peter Andreas Hansen

Danish astronomer and mathematician (died 1874)

Peter Andreas Hansen was a Danish-born German astronomer.

1795

Friedrich Traugott Kützing

German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist (died 1893)

Friedrich Traugott Kützing was a German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist.

1807

August Belmont

Prussian-American financier and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (died 1890)

August Belmont Sr. was a German-American financier, diplomat, and Democratic Party politician. As chair of the Democratic National Committee from 1860 to 1872, during a period of turmoil and reconciliation for the party…

1813

Adolph Menzel

German painter and illustrator (died 1905)

Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel was a German Realist artist noted for drawings, etchings, and paintings. Along with Caspar David Friedrich, he is considered one of the two most prominent German painters of the 19th…

1815

Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs

Danish lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Denmark (died 1896)

Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs was a Danish nobleman and politician. He was Council President of Denmark from 1865 to 1870 as the leader of the Frijs Cabinet.

1817

Charles III

Prince of Monaco (died 1889)

Charles III was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 20 June 1856 to his death. He was the founder of the famous casino in Monte Carlo, as his name in Monegasque and Italian was Carlo III. He was born in Paris,…

1818

Jakov Ignjatović

Hungarian-Serbian author (died 1889)

Jakov Ignjatović was a novelist and prose writer, who primarily wrote in Serbian but also in Hungarian. He was also an active member of Matica Srpska.

1822

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Norwegian-French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1910)

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the…

1832

Amanda McKittrick Ros

Irish author and poet (died 1939)

Anna Margaret Ross, known by her pen-name Amanda McKittrick Ros, was an Irish writer. She published her first novel Irene Iddesleigh at her own expense in 1897. However, it was reprinted by Nonesuch Press in 1926; the…

1860

William C. Durant

American businessman, founded General Motors and Chevrolet (died 1947)

William Crapo Durant was an American businessman. A leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry, he was the founder of General Motors and a co-founder of Chevrolet. He created a system in which a company…

1861

Aristide Maillol

French sculptor and painter (died 1944)

Aristide Joseph Bonaventure Maillol was a French Catalan sculptor, painter, and printmaker.

1861

Georges Méliès

French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1938)

Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès was a French filmmaker, actor, magician, and toymaker. He led many technical and narrative developments in the early days of cinema, primarily in the fantasy and science fiction genres. Méliès…

1861

Georges Feydeau

French playwright (died 1921)

Georges-Léon-Jules-Marie Feydeau was a French playwright of the Belle Époque era, remembered for his farces, written between 1886 and 1914.

1862

Charles Lincoln Edwards

American zoologist (died 1937)

Charles Lincoln Edwards was an American zoologist. His research included studies of development in reptiles and sea cucumbers, chromosomes of Ascaris roundworms, and taxonomy of sea cucumbers and copepods, naming at…

1863

Camille Claudel

French illustrator and sculptor (died 1943)

Camille Rosalie Claudel was a French sculptor known for her figurative works in bronze and marble. She died in relative obscurity. Later in the 20th century, she gained renewed attention and recognition for the…

1864

Rüdiger von der Goltz

German general (died 1946)

Gustav Adolf Joachim Rüdiger Graf von der Goltz was a German army general during the First World War. He commanded the Baltic Sea Division, which intervened decisively in the Finnish Civil War in the spring of 1918,…

1865

Jacques Hadamard

French mathematician and academic (died 1963)

Jacques Salomon Hadamard was a French mathematician who made major contributions in number theory, complex analysis, differential geometry, and partial differential equations.

1865

Jean Sibelius

Finnish violinist and composer (died 1957)

Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early modern periods. He is widely regarded as his country's greatest composer, and his music is often credited with having helped Finland develop a stronger…

1865

Ernst Moro

Austrian physician and pediatrician (died 1951)

Ernst Moro (1874–1951) was a Slovenian physician and pediatrician who was the first in western medicine to describe an infant reflex that was named after him.

1874

Frederik Buch

Danish actor and screenwriter (died 1925)

Frederik Buch was a Danish film actor of the silent era in Denmark. He starred in over 100 films, and prolifically worked under Lau Lauritzen Sr. for thirty years.

1875

Paul Ladmirault

French pianist, violinist, and composer (died 1944)

Paul Émile Ladmirault was a French composer and music critic whose music expressed his devotion to Brittany. Claude Debussy wrote that his work possessed a "fine dreamy musicality", commenting on its characteristically…

1877

Johannes Aavik

Estonian linguist and philologist (died 1973)

Johannes Aavik was an Estonian linguist and innovator of the Estonian language.

1880

Tuomas Bryggari

Finnish politician (died 1964)

Tuomas Bryggari was a Finnish trade unionist, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Vaasa Province East between…

1881

Albert Gleizes

French painter (died 1953)

Albert Gleizes was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger wrote the first major treatise on Cubism, Du…

1881

Francis Balfour

English colonel and politician (died 1965)

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour was a British military officer and colonial administrator.

1884

Diego Rivera

Mexican painter and educator (died 1957)

Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art.

1886

Elizabeth Daryush

English poet (died 1977)

Elizabeth Daryush was an English poet.

1887

Bohuslav Martinů

Czech-American pianist and composer (died 1959)

Bohuslav Jan Martinů was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores, and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal, and instrumental works. He became a violinist in…

1890

Marcus Lee Hansen

American historian, author, and academic (died 1938)

Marcus Lee Hansen was an American historian, who won the 1941 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Atlantic Migration, 1607–1860 (1940).

1892

E. C. Segar

American cartoonist, created Popeye (died 1938)

Elzie Crisler Segar, known by the pen name E. C. Segar, was an American cartoonist. He created Popeye in 1929, introducing the character in his comic strip Thimble Theatre.

1894

James Thurber

American humorist and cartoonist (died 1961)

James Grover Thurber was an American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist, and playwright. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and attended Ohio State University (OSU), leaving in 1918 without graduating. He spent over a…

1894

Arthur Leslie

English-Welsh actor and playwright (died 1970)

Arthur Leslie Scottorn Broughton, better known as Arthur Leslie, was a British actor and playwright, best known for original character of public house landlord Jack Walker in television soap Coronation Street.

1899

John Qualen

Canadian-American actor (died 1987)

John Qualen was a Canadian-American character actor of Norwegian heritage who specialized in Scandinavian roles.

1899

Sun Li-jen

Chinese general and politician (died 1990)

Sun Li-jen was a Chinese National Revolutionary Army general best known for his leadership in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. His military achievements earned him the laudatory nickname "Rommel…

1900

Ants Oras

Estonian-American author and academic (died 1982)

Ants Oras was an Estonian translator and writer.

1900

Wifredo Lam

Cuban-French painter (died 1982)

Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla, better known as Wifredo Lam, was a Cuban artist who sought to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cuban spirit and culture. Inspired by and in contact with some of the…

1902

Zelma Watson George

Black American opera singer (died 1994)

Zelma Watson George was an African-American philanthropist who was famous for being an alternate in the United Nations General Assembly and as a headliner in Gian Carlo Menotti's opera The Medium in 1949, the first…

1903

Concha Piquer

Spanish singer and actress (died 1990)

María de la Concepción Piquer López, better known as Concha Piquer, was a Spanish singer and actress. She was known for her work in the copla form, and she performed her own interpretations of some of the key pieces in…

1908

John A. Volpe

American soldier and politician, 61st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1994)

John Anthony Volpe was an American businessman, diplomat, and politician from Massachusetts. A son of Italian immigrants, he founded and owned a large construction firm. Politically, he was a Republican in increasingly…

1908

Lee J. Cobb

American actor (died 1976)

Lee J. Cobb was an American actor, known both for film roles and his work on the Broadway stage, as well as for his starring role on the television series The Virginian. He often played arrogant, intimidating, and…

1911

Nikos Gatsos

Greek poet and songwriter (died 1992)

Nikos Gatsos was a Greek poet, translator and lyricist.

1911

Delmore Schwartz

American poet and short story writer (died 1966)

Delmore Schwartz was an American poet and short story writer.

1913

Floyd Tillman

American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)

Floyd Tillman was an American country musician who, in the 1930s and 1940s, helped create the Western swing and honky tonk genres. Tillman was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Country…

1914

Ernie Toshack

Australian cricketer (died 2003)

Ernest Raymond Herbert Toshack was an Australian cricketer who played in 12 Tests from 1946 to 1948. A left arm medium paced bowler known for his accuracy and stamina in the application of leg theory, Toshack was a…

1914

Ernest Lehman

American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2005)

Ernest Paul Lehman was an American screenwriter and film producer. He was nominated six times for Academy Awards for his screenplays during his career, but did not win. At the 73rd Academy Awards in 2001, he received an…

1915

Richard Fleischer

American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2006)

Richard Owen Fleischer was an American film director. His career spanned more than four decades, beginning at the height of the Golden Age of Hollywood and lasting through the American New Wave. He was the son of…

1916

Ian Johnson

Australian cricketer and administrator (died 1998)

Ian William Geddes Johnson, was an Australian cricketer who played 45 Test matches as a slow off-break bowler between 1946 and 1956. Johnson captured 109 Test wickets at an average of 29.19 runs per wicket and as a…

1917

Peter Tali Coleman

Samoan-American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of American Samoa (died 1997)

Peter Tali Coleman was an American Samoan politician and lawyer. Coleman was the first and only person of Samoan descent to be appointed governor of American Samoa between 1956 and 1961 and later became the territory's…

1919

Julia Bowman Robinson

American mathematician and theorist (died 1985)

Julia Hall Bowman Robinson was an American mathematician noted for her contributions to the fields of computability theory and computational complexity theory—most notably in decision problems. Her work on Hilbert's…

1919

Kateryna Yushchenko

Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (died 2001)

Kateryna Lohvynivna Yushchenko was a Ukrainian computer and information research scientist, corresponding member of USSR Academy of Sciences (1976), and member of The International Academy of Computer Science. She…

1919

McDonald Bailey

Trinidadian-English sprinter and rugby player (died 2013)

Emmanuel McDonald Bailey was a British and Trinidadian athlete, who was born in Williamsville, Trinidad and Tobago and competed at two Olympic Games.

1920

Lucian Freud

German-English painter and illustrator (died 2011)

Lucian Michael Freud was a British painter and draughtsman, specialising in figurative art, who is known as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists.

1922

Jean Ritchie

American singer-songwriter (died 2015)

Jean Ruth Ritchie was an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player, called by some the "Mother of Folk". In her youth she learned hundreds of folk songs in the traditional way, many of which were…

1922

Dewey Martin

American actor (died 2018)

Dewey Dallas Martin was an American film and television actor.

1923

Rudolph Pariser

Chinese-American soldier and chemist (died 2021)

Rudolph Israel Pariser was an American physical and polymer chemist.

1923

Lionel Gilbert

Australian historian, author, and academic (died 2015)

Lionel Arthur Gilbert CF was an Australian historian, author, curator, lecturer, and biographer, specializing in applied, natural, and local history. Born in Burwood, New South Wales, he studied at Sydney Teachers…

1924

Sammy Davis Jr.

American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1990)

Samuel George Davis Jr. was an American singer, actor, comedian, dancer, and musician.

1925

Nasir Kazmi

Pakistani Urdu poet (died 1972)

Nasir Raza Kazmi was an Urdu poet from Pakistan. Kazmi was born in Ambala, Punjab, British India.

1925

Carmen Martín Gaite

Spanish author and poet (died 2000)

Carmen Martín Gaite was a Spanish author who wrote many novels, short stories, screenplays, and essays across multiple genres. Her work has received significant recognition: in 1957, she was awarded the Premio Nadal for…

1925

Jimmy Smith

American organist (died 2005)

James Oscar Smith was an American jazz musician who helped popularize the Hammond B-3 organ, creating a link between jazz and 1960s soul music.

1925

Ralph Puckett

American Army officer (died 2024)

Ralph Puckett Jr. was a United States Army officer. He led the Eighth Army Ranger Company during the Korean War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions on November 25, 1950, when his company of…

1926

Niklas Luhmann

German thinker and social theorist (died 1998)

Niklas Luhmann was a German sociologist, philosopher of social science, and systems theorist.

1927

Vladimir Shatalov

Kazakhstani general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2021)

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4 (1969), Soyuz 8 (1969), and Soyuz 10 (1971). From 1987 to 1991, he headed the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut…

1927

Bill Hewitt

Canadian journalist and sportscaster (died 1996)

Foster William Alfred Hewitt was a Canadian radio and television sportscaster. He was the son of hockey broadcaster Foster Hewitt and the grandson of Toronto Star journalist W. A. Hewitt.

1928

Ulric Neisser

German-American psychologist, neuroscientist, and academic (died 2012)

Ulric Richard Gustav Neisser (December 8, 1928 – February 17, 2012) was a German-American psychologist, Cornell University professor, and member of the US National Academy of Sciences. He has been referred to as the…

1928

Victor Nosach

chronicler of the history of workers and trade union of Russia (died 2011)

Victor Ivanovich Nosach was a Soviet and Russian historian, Doctor of Historian Sciences, Member of the Academy of Humanitarian Sciences, Honored Scientist of Russian Federation.

1929

Julian Critchley

English journalist and politician (died 2000)

Sir Julian Michael Gordon Critchley was a British journalist, author and Conservative Party politician. He was the member of parliament for Rochester and Chatham from 1959 to 1964 and Aldershot from 1970 to 1997.

1930

Maximilian Schell

Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)

Maximilian Schell was a Swiss actor, theatre director, filmmaker, and musician of Austrian origin. He was one of the most internationally acclaimed German-speaking actors of his generation, earning accolades for his…

1930

Bob Arum

American boxing promoter, founded Top Rank

Robert Arum is an American lawyer and boxing promoter. He is the founder and CEO of Top Rank, a professional boxing promotion company based in Las Vegas. Prior to becoming a boxing promoter, Arum was employed as an…

1931

Claus Luthe

German automotive designer (died 2008)

Claus Luthe was a German car designer, noted for his design work on the NSU Ro 80, Volkswagen K70 and numerous seminal models from Audi and BMW. Luthe was a pioneer of aerodynamics and digital design within the…

1932

Johnny Green

American basketball player (died 2023)

John Michael Green, nicknamed "Jumpin' Johnny", was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans, earning…

1933

Flip Wilson

American actor and comedian (died 1998)

Clerow "Flip" Wilson Jr. was an American comedian and actor best known for his television appearances during the late 1960s and 1970s. From 1970 to 1974, Wilson hosted his own weekly variety series The Flip Wilson Show,…

1933

Dharmendra

Indian actor, producer, and politician (died 2025)

Dharmendra was an Indian actor, producer and politician, primarily known for his work in Hindi films. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema. In a…

1935

Tatiana Zatulovskaya

Russian-Israeli chess player (died 2017)

Tatiana Zatulovskaya was an Israeli chess player. She was a three-time Soviet women's champion and twice the world women's senior champion. She was awarded the titles Woman International Master (WIM) in 1961 and Woman…

1935

David Carradine

American actor, director, and producer (died 2009)

David Carradine was an American actor, director, and producer, whose career included over 200 major and minor roles in film, television and on stage. He was widely known to television audiences as the star of the series…

1936

Michael Hobson

American publisher (died 2020)

Michael Zametkin Hobson was an American publisher who was an executive vice president for Marvel Comics.

1936

Peter Parfitt

English cricketer

Peter Howard Parfitt is an English former cricketer. He attended Fakenham Grammar School, and King Edward VII Grammar School, in Kings Lynn, Norfolk.

1936

Juan Ricardo Faccio

Uruguayan football player and manager (died 2024)

Juan Ricardo Faccio Porta was a Uruguayan football player and manager.

1936

James MacArthur

American actor (died 2010)

James Gordon MacArthur was an American actor and recording artist.

1937

Arne Næss Jr.

German-Norwegian mountaineer and businessman (died 2004)

Arne Næss Jr. was a Norwegian businessman and the second husband of actress and singer Diana Ross.

1937

Red Berenson

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Gordon Arthur "Red" Berenson is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre, world champion, Stanley Cup champion and head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team from 1984 to 2017. Berenson was…

1939

Jerry Butler

American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2025)

Jerry Butler Jr. was an American soul singer-songwriter, producer, musician, and politician. He was the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group the Impressions, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame…

1939

James Galway

Irish flute player

Sir James Galway is an Irish virtuoso flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Flute". After several years working as an orchestral musician, he established an international career as a solo flute…

1939

Felipe Gozon

Filipino lawyer and businessman

Felipe Enrique "Henry" Lapuz Gozon, is a Filipino lawyer, business executive, and the current chairman and adviser of the board of GMA Network Inc., one of the largest media conglomerate in the Philippines.

1939

Dariush Mehrjui

Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023)

Dariush Mehrjui was an Iranian filmmaker, screenwriter, and a member of the Iranian Academy of the Arts.

1939

Soko Richardson

American drummer (died 2004)

Eulis Soko Richardson was an American rhythm and blues drummer. His career spanned almost fifty years, during which he performed and recorded with seminal groups including John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and the Ike & Tina…

1939

Brant Alyea

American baseball player (died 2024)

Garrabrant Ryerson Alyea was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, and St. Louis Cardinals. In 1965, he…

1940

Ed Brinkman

American baseball player and coach (died 2008)

Edwin Albert Brinkman was an American professional baseball player, coach and scout. He played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball from 1961 to 1975, most prominently as a member of the Washington Senators and the…

1941

Bob Brown

American football player (died 2023)

Robert Stanford Brown, nicknamed "the Boomer", was an American professional football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1964 through 1973. He played college football for the Nebraska…

1941

Duke Cunningham

American commander and politician (died 2025)

Randall Harold "Duke" Cunningham was an American politician, Vietnam War veteran and fighter ace. A member of the Republican Party, Cunningham represented three California districts in the United States House of…

1941

Bobby Elliott

English drummer

Robert Hartley Elliott is an English rock drummer, best known for playing with the Hollies. He has been described as "one of the very finest drummers in all of pop/rock".

1941

Geoff Hurst

English footballer and manager

Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst is an English former professional footballer. A striker, he became the first player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final, as England recorded a 4–2 victory over West Germany at Wembley in…

1941

Bob Love

American basketball player (died 2024)

Robert Earl Love was an American professional basketball player who spent the prime of his career with the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls. A versatile forward who could shoot with either his left or…

1942

Larry Martin

American paleontologist and ornithologist (died 2013)

Larry Dean Martin was an American vertebrate paleontologist and curator of the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center at the University of Kansas. Among Martin's work is research on the Triassic reptile…

1943

Jim Morrison

American singer-songwriter and poet (died 1971)

James Douglas Morrison was an American singer-songwriter and poet who was the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band the Doors. Due to his charismatic persona, poetic lyrics, distinctive voice, and…

1943

James Tate

American poet (died 2015)

James Vincent Tate was an American poet. His work earned him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He was a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a member of the American Academy…

1943

Bodo Tümmler

German runner

Bodo Tümmler is a German former middle-distance runner. He competed for West Germany at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the 1500 meter event, and won a bronze medal in 1968.

1943

Mary Woronov

American actress, director, and screenwriter

Mary Woronov is an American actress, writer, and figurative painter. She is primarily known as a cult film star because of her work with Andy Warhol and her roles in Roger Corman's cult films. Woronov has appeared in…

1943

George Baker

Dutch singer-songwriter

Johannes "Hans" Bouwens, known as George Baker, is a Dutch singer and songwriter who, with his band George Baker Selection, scored three international hits: "Little Green Bag" (1969), "Paloma Blanca" (1975) and "Santa…

1944

Bertie Higgins

American singer-songwriter

Elbert Joseph "Bertie" Higgins is an American singer-songwriter. In 1982, Higgins had a top 40 album with Just Another Day in Paradise. It spawned the hit song "Key Largo", which referenced the Humphrey Bogart and…

1944

Ted Irvine

Canadian ice hockey player

Edward Amos Irvine is a Canadian former professional hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League from 1964 to 1977.

1944

Vince MacLean

Canadian educator and politician

Vincent James MacLean was leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party in 1985 and again from 1986 to 1992. He was replaced by John Savage.

1944

John Banville

Irish novelist and screenwriter

William John Banville is an Irish novelist, short story writer, adapter of dramas, and screenwriter. He also had a 30-year career working in the Irish newspaper industry and served as literary editor of The Irish Times…

1945

Julie Heldman

American tennis player

Julie Heldman is an American tennis player who won 22 singles titles. In 1968 and 1969, she was ranked No. 2 in the U.S. She was Canadian National 18 and Under Singles Champion at age 12, U.S. Champion in Girls' 15…

1945

Chava Alberstein

Polish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist

Chava Alberstein is an Israeli musician, lyricist, composer, and musical arranger. She moved to Israel in 1950 and started her music career in 1964. Alberstein has released over sixty albums in Hebrew, English, and…

1946

John Rubinstein

American actor, director, and composer

John Rubinstein is an American actor, composer and director.

1946

Gregg Allman

American musician (died 2017)

Gregory LeNoir Allman was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was known for performing in the Allman Brothers Band. Allman grew up with an interest in rhythm and blues music, and the Allman Brothers Band…

1947

Gérard Blanc

French singer, guitarist, and actor (died 2009)

Gérard Blanc was a French singer, guitarist and actor.

1947

Thomas Cech

American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Thomas Robert Cech is an American chemist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Sidney Altman for their discovery of the catalytic properties of RNA.

1947

Kati-Claudia Fofonoff

Finnish author and poet (died 2011)

Kati-Claudia Fofonoff was a Skolt Sámi author and translator who wrote in Skolt Sámi and Finnish. Her books have also been translated into Northern Sámi, Norwegian and Icelandic.

1947

Margaret Geller

American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic

Margaret J. Geller is an American astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Her work has included pioneering maps of the nearby universe, studies of the relationship between galaxies and…

1947

Luis Caffarelli

Argentinian-American mathematician and academic

Luis Ángel Caffarelli is an Argentine-American mathematician. He studies partial differential equations and their applications. Caffarelli is a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, and the…

1948

John Waters

English-Australian actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist

John Waters is an English-born Australian film, theatre and television actor, presenter, singer, songwriter, musician and playwright. He is the son of British actor Russell Waters. John Waters was part of the Australian…

1948

Mary Gordon

American author, critic, and academic

Mary Catherine Gordon is an American writer from Queens and Valley Stream, New York. She is the McIntosh Professor of English at Barnard College. She is best known for her novels, memoirs and literary criticism. In…

1949

Nancy Meyers

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Nancy Jane Meyers is an American filmmaker. She has written, produced, and directed many critically and commercially successful films. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Private…

1949

Robert Sternberg

American psychologist and academic

Robert J. Sternberg is an American psychologist and psychometrician. He is a professor of Human Development at Cornell University. He is a distinguished associate of the Psychometrics Centre at the University of…

1949

Rick Baker

American actor and makeup artist

Richard Alan "Rick" Baker is an American actor and retired special make-up effects creator. He is mostly known for his creature designs and effects. Baker has won the Academy Award for Best Makeup a record seven times…

1950

Tim Foli

American baseball player, coach, and manager

Timothy John Foli is an American former professional baseball player, coach and minor league manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop for the New York Mets, Montreal Expos, San Francisco Giants,…

1950

Dan Hartman

American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1994)

Daniel Earl Hartman was an American pop rock musician. Among songs he wrote and recorded were "Free Ride" as a member of the Edgar Winter Group, and the solo hits "Relight My Fire", "Instant Replay", "I Can Dream About…

1950

Bill Bryson

American essayist, travel and science writer

William McGuire Bryson is an American-British journalist and author. Bryson has written nonfiction books on topics including travel, the English language, and science. Born in the United States, he has resided in…

1951

Richard Desmond

English publisher and businessman, founded Northern & Shell

Richard Clive Desmond is a British ex-publisher, businessman and former pornographer. He is the founder of Northern & Shell, a publisher that started by publishing music magazines in the 1970s, followed by variety of…

1951

Jan Eggum

Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jan Eggum is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. He has been characterized as a "face for the melancholy", and the themes in his songs often revolve around broken hearts, loneliness, and sorrow. Sometimes, his lyrics include…

1951

Steve Atkinson

English-Hong Kong cricketer

Stephen Robert Atkinson is an English-born former cricketer who represented both the Netherlands and Hong Kong in international cricket.

1952

Khaw Boon Wan

Malayan-Singaporean politician, Singaporean Minister of Health

Khaw Boon Wan is a Malaysian-born Singaporean former politician who served as Minister for Transport between 2015 and 2020, Minister for National Development between 2011 and 2015, and Minister for Health between 2003…

1952

Kim Basinger

American actress

Kimila Ann Basinger is an American actress. She has garnered acclaim for her work in film, for which she has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and…

1953

Norman Finkelstein

American author, academic, and activist

Norman Gary Finkelstein is an American political scientist and activist. His primary fields of research are the politics of the Holocaust and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

1953

Roy Firestone

American sportscaster and journalist

Roy Firestone is an American sports commentator and journalist. Firestone is a graduate of Miami Beach High School and the University of Miami.

1953

Sam Kinison

American comedian (died 1992)

Samuel Burl Kinison was an American stand-up comedian and actor. A former Pentecostal preacher, he performed stand-up routines that were characterized by intense sudden tirades, punctuated with his distinctive scream.…

1953

Władysław Kozakiewicz

Lithuanian-Polish pole vaulter and coach

Władysław Kozakiewicz is a Lithuanian-born retired Polish athlete who specialised in the pole vault. He is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the bras d'honneur gesture which…

1953

Steve Yates

English footballer

Steve Yates is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back. He made nearly 300 appearances in the Football League mainly for Southend United.

1953

Harold Hongju Koh

American lawyer, academic, and politician

Harold Hongju Koh is an American diplomat, lawyer, legal scholar, politician, and writer. Except for his periods of government service, he has taught at Yale Law School from 1985 to the present, including as the law…

1954

Frits Pirard

Dutch cyclist

Frits Pirard was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. Pirard won stage 1 of the 1983 Tour de France. He also competed in the team time trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

1954

Milenko Zablaćanski

Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2008)

Milenko Zablaćanski,, , was a Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter.

1955

Warren Cuccurullo

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Warren Bruce Cuccurullo is an American musician, songwriter, restaurant owner, and former bodybuilder who first worked with Frank Zappa during the 1970s. He was also a founding member of Missing Persons in the 1980s. In…

1956

Andrius Kubilius

Lithuanian academic and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Lithuania

Andrius Kubilius is a Lithuanian politician who is currently serving as the European Commissioner for Defence and Space in the Second von der Leyen Commission. He previously served as a Member of the European Parliament…

1956

Slick

American wrestler and manager

Kenneth Wayne Johnson is an American retired professional wrestling manager, better known by his ring name, Slick. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) between 1986 and 1993. He…

1956

Mike Buchanan

British men's rights advocate

Gordon Michael Alexander Buchanan is a retired businessman and men's rights activist, who founded and for two separate periods has led the organisation Justice for Men and Boys (J4MB), which formerly operated as a minor…

1957

James Cama

American martial artist and educator (died 2014)

James Cama Sr. was an American martial arts practitioner and teacher.

1957

Phil Collen

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Philip Kenneth Collen is an English musician who is best known as the co-lead guitarist for the rock band Def Leppard. Collen joined the band in 1982 during the recording of the Pyromania album. Before joining Def…

1957

Rob Byrnes

American author and blogger

Robert Charles "Rob" Byrnes Jr. is a 21st-century gay American, novelist and blogger, whose fiction focuses primarily on gay men and other sexual minorities. He serves on the Steering Committee for The Publishing…

1958

Rob Curling

Malayan-English journalist

Rob Curling is a British television presenter and journalist. He presents the sport for Sky News. He also fronts the tennis coverage for British Eurosport. Up to and including 2011, he anchored BBC Sport's interactive…

1958

Arlette Sombo-Dibélé

Central African lawyer and politician

Arlette Sombo-Dibélé is a Central African lawyer and politician.

1958

Michel Ferté

French race car driver (died 2023)

Michel Ferté was a French professional racing driver. He was the younger brother of Alain Ferté, who is also a professional racing driver.

1958

Bob Greene

American physiologist and author

Bob Greene is an American exercise physiologist and certified personal trainer specializing in fitness, metabolism, and weight loss. Greene is the creator of Best Life, a diet and fitness plan, and Best Life Foods,…

1958

Mirosław Okoński

Polish footballer

Mirosław Okoński is a Polish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

1958

George Rogers

American football player

George Washington Rogers Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a running back for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1981 to 1987. He played college football for the South…

1958

Stephen Jefferies

South African cricketer and coach

Stephen Thomas Jefferies is a former South African first-class cricketer.

1959

Mark Steyn

Canadian-American author and critic

Mark Steyn is a Canadian author and a radio, television, and on-line presenter. He has written several books, including The New York Times bestsellers America Alone, After America, and Broadway Babies Say Goodnight. In…

1959

Aaron Allston

American game designer and author (died 2014)

Aaron Dale Allston was an American game designer and author of many science fiction books, notably Star Wars novels. His works as a game designer include game supplements for role-playing games, several of which served…

1960

Lim Guan Eng

Malaysian accountant and politician

Lim Guan Eng is a Malaysian politician and accountant who served as the Minister of Finance of Malaysia from 2018 to 2020. A member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), he has served as the party's second advisor since…

1960

Mark Bugden

Australian rugby league player

Mark Bugden, nicknamed "Buggo", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who primarily played as a hooker. The teams he played for at a club level were: the Newtown Jets (1981−83), the…

1961

Ann Coulter

American political commentator and author

Ann Hart Coulter is an American conservative political activist, author, syndicated columnist, and lawyer. She became known as a media pundit in the late 1990s, appearing in print and on cable news as an outspoken…

1961

Conceição Lima

São Toméan poet

Maria da Conceição de Deus Lima is a São Toméan poet.

1961

Mikey Robins

Australian comedian and television host

Mikel Mason "Mikey" Robins is an Australian media personality, comedian and writer. He is best known for the satirical game show Good News Week, which ran on the ABC and Network Ten between 1996 and 2000, and returned…

1961

Steve Elkington

Australian-American golfer

Stephen John Elkington is an Australian professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions. Formerly on the PGA Tour, he spent more than fifty weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking from 1995 to 1998.…

1962

Marty Friedman

American-Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and television host

Martin Adam Friedman is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist of thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000. He is also known for playing alongside Jason Becker in Cacophony from 1986…

1962

Nikos Karageorgiou

Greek footballer and manager

Nikos Karageorgiou is a Greek professional football manager and former player.

1962

Berry van Aerle

Dutch footballer

Berry van Aerle is a Dutch former professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back but also as a midfielder.

1962

Greg Howe

American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Gregory Howe is an American guitarist and composer. An active musician across four decades, he has released ten studio albums in addition to collaborating with a wide variety of artists.

1963

Toshiaki Kawada

Japanese wrestler

Toshiaki Kawada is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), whom he worked for from his debut in 1982 up until 2008. In the promotion, he was a…

1963

Wendell Pierce

American actor

Wendell Edward Pierce is an American actor and businessman. Having trained at Juilliard School, Pierce rose to prominence as a character actor of stage and screen. He first gained recognition portraying Detective Bunk…

1963

Ricky Walford

Australian rugby league player

Ricky Walford is an Indigenous Australian former professional and state representative rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for the Sydney Roosters, North Sydney Bears and the St. George…

1963

James Blundell

Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

James Blundell is an Australian country music singer. Born in Stanthorpe, Queensland, Blundell first rose to prominence after being named "best new talent" at the 1987 Country Music Awards of Australia. Blundell has…

1964

Teri Hatcher

American actress

Teri Lynn Hatcher is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Lois Lane on the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997). She also played Paris Carver in the James Bond film…

1964

Chigusa Nagayo

Japanese wrestler

Chigusa Nagayo is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her mainstream popularity in the 1980s as a member of the Crush Gals with long-time tag team partner Lioness Asuka. In 1995 she founded GAEA Japan and…

1964

Óscar Ramírez

Costa Rican footballer and coach

Óscar Antonio Ramírez Hernández, is a Costa Rican former footballer who played as a midfielder and is the manager of the Alajuelense.

1964

David Harewood

English actor

David Michael Harewood OBE is an English actor and presenter who has served as president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art since February 2024. He is known for his television roles as David Estes in Homeland…

1965

Theo Maassen

Dutch actor, producer, and screenwriter

Theodorus Wilhelmus (Theo) Maassen is a Dutch comedian and actor who grew up in the village of Zijtaart in the Dutch province of North Brabant. He currently lives in Eindhoven. In addition to his shows, he has also made…

1965

Teresa Weatherspoon

American basketball player and coach

Teresa Gaye Weatherspoon is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for Vinyl BC of the Unrivaled basketball league. She was previously the head coach of the Chicago Sky of the…

1965

Bushwick Bill

Jamaican-American rapper (died 2019)

Richard William Stephen Shaw, better known by his stage name Bushwick Bill, was a Jamaican rapper. He was a member of the Texas hip hop group Geto Boys, a group he originally joined as a breakdancer in 1986 as Little…

1966

Les Ferdinand

English footballer and coach

Leslie Ferdinand is an English football coach, former professional footballer and television pundit.

1966

Matthew Labyorteaux

American actor

Matthew Charles Labyorteaux is an American film, television and voice actor. In many of his credits, his last name is spelled as "Laborteaux". He is also credited as Matthew Charles for his work in animation.

1966

Tyler Mane

Canadian wrestler and actor

Daryl Karolat is a Canadian actor and retired professional wrestler, better known by the name Tyler Mane. He is known for playing supervillain Sabretooth in X-Men (2000), X-Men: The Official Game (2006) and Deadpool &…

1966

Sinéad O'Connor

Irish singer-songwriter (died 2023)

Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor, also known as Shuhada' Sadaqat, was an Irish singer, musician and activist. During her musical career, which encompassed several hit records and artist collaborations, O'Connor drew…

1966

Jeff George

American football player

Jeffrey Scott George is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons. He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini, winning the…

1967

Kotono Mitsuishi

Japanese voice actress and singer

Kotono Mitsuishi is a Japanese actress and narrator. She was affiliated with Arts Vision and Lasley Arrow, but is now freelance. Mitsuishi lived in Nagareyama, Chiba. She graduated from high school and entered the…

1967

Darren Sheridan

English footballer and manager

Darren Stephen Sheridan is an English former footballer and manager. As a player, Sheridan played as a centre midfielder. He had one spell as a player-manager, with Barrow, before managing Salford City.

1967

Michael Cole

American sportscaster and journalist

Sean Michael Coulthard, better known by his on screen name Michael Cole, is an American professional wrestling commentator and journalist. Since 1997, he has been signed to WWE, where he serves as the play-by-play…

1968

Mike Mussina

American baseball player and coach

Michael Cole Mussina, nicknamed "Moose", is an American former baseball starting pitcher who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1991–2000) and the New York Yankees (2001–2008).…

1968

Doriano Romboni

Italian motorcycle racer (died 2013)

Doriano Romboni was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

1968

Kristin Lauter

American mathematician and cryptographer

Kristin Estella Lauter is an American mathematician and cryptographer whose research interest is broadly in application of number theory and algebraic geometry in cryptography. She is particularly known for her work in…

1969

Abdullah Ercan

Turkish footballer and manager

Abdullah Ercan is a retired Turkish international footballer and manager.

1971

Indrek Allmann

Estonian architect

Indrek Allmann is an Estonian architect and city planner.

1972

Janae Kroc

American powerlifter

Janae Marie Kroczaleski is an American who previously competed as a professional powerlifter and competitive bodybuilder.

1972

Édson Ribeiro

Brazilian sprinter

Édson Luciano Ribeiro is a Brazilian sprinter competing mostly in 100 metres. He has been successful on regional level, and won two Olympic medals with the Brazilian 4 x 100 metres relay team.

1972

Corey Taylor

American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor

Corey Todd Taylor is an American musician, songwriter, author and actor. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #8, as well as the lead vocalist and guitarist…

1973

Cristian Castro

Mexican singer

Cristian Sáinz Castro is a Mexican pop singer. He is the son of actors Verónica Castro and Manuel "El Loco" Valdés, and nephew of actors Ramón Valdés and Germán "Tin-Tan" Valdés. Castro has sold over 12 million records,…

1974

Nick Zinner

American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Nicholas Joseph Zinner is the guitarist and record producer for the New York rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Zinner is also a photographer.

1974

Kevin Harvick

American race car driver

Kevin Michael Harvick is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and commentator for NASCAR on Fox.

1975

Brettina

Bahamian-American singer-songwriter and actress

Brettina Lorena Robinson is a Bahamian singer-songwriter, model, and actress, based in Los Angeles.

1976

Reed Johnson

American baseball player

Reed Cameron Johnson is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, Miami Marlins, and…

1976

Zoe Konstantopoulou

Greek lawyer and politician

Zoe Konstantopoulou is a Greek politician and lawyer who served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament from February to October 2015. Since 2016 she serves as the president of the Course of Freedom.

1976

Dominic Monaghan

German-British actor

Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan is a British actor. He is best known for playing Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck in Peter Jackson's film trilogy The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003), and Charlie Pace on the ABC…

1976

Ryan Newman

American race car driver

Ryan Joseph Newman, nicknamed "Rocket Man", is an American professional stock car racing driver that competed in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2000 to 2023. He claimed 18 official wins including the 2008 Daytona 500 and…

1977

Aleksandra Olsza

Polish tennis player

Aleksandra Olsza is a Polish former tennis player. Her career highlights include winning of the 1995 Wimbledon Championships in both girls' singles and doubles. At the 1996 US Open, Olsza defeated world No. 12,…

1977

Anita Weyermann

Swiss runner and journalist

Anita Weyermann is a Swiss former middle- and long-distance runner.

1977

John Oster

English-Welsh footballer

John Morgan Oster is a football coach and former professional player who played as a midfielder.

1978

Frédéric Piquionne

French footballer

Frédéric Michel Piquionne is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1978

Anwar Siraj

Ethiopian footballer

Anwar Siraj is retired Ethiopian footballer.

1978

Ian Somerhalder

American actor

Ian Joseph Somerhalder is a retired American actor. He is known for playing Boone Carlyle in ABC's science fiction adventure drama television series Lost (2004–2010) and Damon Salvatore in the CW supernatural teen drama…

1978

Vernon Wells

American baseball player

Vernon Wells III is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and the New York Yankees.

1978

Daniel Fitzhenry

Australian rugby player

Daniel Fitzhenry is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. He played for the Wests Tigers in the NRL and Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League. He primarily played on the…

1979

Johan Forssell

Swedish lawyer and politician

Carl Johan Henrik Forssell is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 10 September 2024, having served as Minister…

1979

Raymond Lam

Chinese actor and singer

Raymond Lam is a Hong Kong actor and singer who is best known for roles in the television dramas A Step into the Past, Twin of Brothers, Moonlight Resonance, Highs and Lows and Line Walker and was dubbed the King of…

1979

Ingrid Michaelson

American singer-songwriter and pianist

Ingrid Ellen Michaelson is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 2006 single "The Way I Am" and her 2014 single "Girls Chase Boys", both of which achieved success on Billboard's Adult Contemporary and…

1979

Christian Wilhelmsson

Swedish footballer

Christian Ulf Wilhelmsson is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger. Beginning his career with Mjällby AIF in 1997, he went on to represent clubs in Norway, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain,…

1979

Yuliya Krevsun

Ukrainian runner

Yuliya Krevsun is a Ukrainian middle-distance running athlete who specialises in the 800 metres. She is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics club in Turkey.

1980

Brandt Snedeker

American golfer

Brandt Newell Snedeker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2012 FedEx Cup with a victory in the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club, a win that moved Snedeker into the top 10 of…

1980

Philip Rivers

American football player

Philip Michael Rivers is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons, primarily with the Chargers franchise. He played college football for the NC…

1981

Alfredo Aceves

Mexican baseball player

Alfredo Aceves Martínez is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.

1982

Halil Altıntop

Turkish footballer

Halil Altıntop is a Turkish former professional footballer. During his playing days, he was deployed as an attacking midfielder, centre-forward, or winger. Halil is the identical twin brother of Hamit Altıntop.

1982

Hamit Altıntop

Turkish footballer

Hamit Altıntop is a Turkish former professional footballer and current board member of the Turkish Football Federation. He was a versatile midfielder who could play either in a defending or attacking role and on both…

1982

Chrisette Michele

American singer-songwriter

Chrisette Michele Payne is an American R&B and soul singer. She won a Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in 2009 for her song "Be OK".

1982

Nicki Minaj

Trinidadian-American rapper and actress

Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, known professionally as Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Dubbed the "Queen of Rap" and one of the most influential rappers of all time, she is noted for her dynamic…

1982

Serena Ryder

Canadian singer-songwriter

Serena Lauren Ryder is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Born in Toronto, she grew up in Millbrook, Ontario. Ryder first gained national recognition with her ballad "Weak in the Knees" in 2007 and has released eight studio…

1982

Neel Jani

Swiss race car driver

Neel Jani is a Swiss professional racing driver.

1983

Emma Green Tregaro

Swedish high jumper

Emma Anna-Maria Green, also known as Emma Green Tregaro is a retired Swedish high jumper. She won a bronze medal in the event at the 2005 IAAF World Championships. She represented Sweden at the 2008 and 2012 Summer…

1984

Greg Halford

English footballer

Gregory Halford is an English former footballer. He was naturally a right-back or centre-back but could play in numerous positions including central midfield, right midfield and even as a striker.

1984

Sam Hunt

American singer-songwriter

Sam Lowry Hunt is an American country music singer and songwriter. Born in Cedartown, Georgia, Hunt played football in his high school and college years and attempted to pursue a professional sports career before…

1984

Josh Donaldson

American baseball player

Joshua Adam Donaldson is an American former professional baseball third baseman. In his 13-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he played for the Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta…

1985

Meagan Duhamel

Canadian figure skater

Meagan Duhamel is a retired Canadian pair skater. With partner Eric Radford, she is a two-time world champion, a 2018 Olympic gold medallist in the team event, a 2014 Olympic silver medallist in the team event, a 2018…

1985

Dwight Howard

American basketball player

Dwight David Howard II is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Superman" for his athletic prowess, he is an NBA champion, eight-time All-Star, eight-time All-NBA Team honoree, five-time…

1985

Oleksiy Pecherov

Ukrainian basketball player

Oleksiy Ivanovych Pecherov is a Ukrainian former professional basketball player. He was also a member of the Ukraine national basketball team.

1985

Enzo Amore

American wrestler and rapper

Eric Arndt is an American professional wrestler. He is performing on the independent circuit under the ring name Real1. He is best known for his tenure in WWE under the ring name Enzo Amore and came to prominence for…

1986

Amir Khan

English boxer

Amir Iqbal Khan is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2022. Born and raised in Bolton, Khan began to box competitively at the age of 11. He rose to fame during the 2004 Summer Olympics, where…

1986

Sam Tagataese

New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player

Sam Tagataese pronounced is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who last played as a prop forward for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL.

1986

Kate Voegele

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

Kate Elizabeth Voegele is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She made her musical debut in 2003, with the release of her extended play The Other Side. She performed numerous local live shows to promote the…

1986

Drew Doughty

Canadian ice hockey player

Drew Doughty is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman and alternate captain for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected second overall by the Kings in the 2008…

1989

Jen Ledger

English musician and singer

Jennifer Carole Ledger is an English and American musician who serves as the drummer and co-vocalist for the Christian rock band Skillet. At the age of 18, she became Skillet's drummer when previous drummer Lori Peters…

1989

Andrew Nicholson

Canadian basketball player

Andrew Fabian Nicholson is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Seoul Samsung Thunders of the Korean Basketball League (KBL). He played college basketball for the St. Bonaventure Bonnies before being…

1989

Jesse Sene-Lefao

New Zealand rugby league player

Jesse Sene-Lefao is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop or second-row forward for the Sheffield Eagles in the RFL Championship.

1989

Philip Holm

Swedish ice hockey player

Philip Holm is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenseman who is currently playing with Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

1991

Mattias Janmark

Swedish ice hockey player

Mattias Janmark Nylén is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played in the NHL for the Dallas Stars, Chicago Blackhawks…

1992

Yui Yokoyama

Japanese idol, model, and actress

Yui Yokoyama is a Japanese actress, YouTuber and former singer. She is a former member of the idol group AKB48. She was the second General Manager of the AKB48 Group. She had served as the captain of AKB48 Team A, and…

1992

Janari Jõesaar

Estonian basketball player

Janari Jõesaar is an Estonian professional basketball player for Bosna of the Bosnian League and the ABA League. He is a 1.98 m tall small forward. He played college basketball for the Ole Miss Rebels and the Texas–Pan…

1993

Cara Mund

American model, Miss America 2018

Cara D. Mund is an American attorney and former Miss America from Bismarck, North Dakota. In June 2017, she was crowned Miss North Dakota 2017. On September 10, 2017, she was crowned Miss America 2018 in Atlantic City…

1993

Jordan Obita

English footballer

Jordan John Obita is a professional footballer who plays as left-back or winger for Scottish Premiership club Hibernian, and the Uganda national football team.

1993

AnnaSophia Robb

American actress

AnnaSophia Robb is an American actress, model, and singer. She began her career as a child actress making her feature film debut in Because of Winn-Dixie (2005). Robb then starred in a string of successful films playing…

1993

Cyriel Dessers

Belgian-Nigerian footballer

Cyriel Kolawole Dessers is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League club Panathinaikos. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Nigeria national team.

1994

Conseslus Kipruto

Kenyan runner

Conseslus Kipruto is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was the 2016 Rio Olympic champion in the event. At the World Athletics Championships, Kipruto won gold medals in…

1994

Raheem Sterling

English footballer

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1994

Thatcher Demko

American ice hockey player

Thatcher Douglas Demko is an American professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Demko was selected by the Canucks in the second round of the 2014…

1995

Scott McTominay

Scottish footballer

Scott Francis McTominay is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Napoli and the Scotland national team.

1996

Hakeem Adeniji

American football player

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1997

Sam Hauser

American basketball player

Samuel David Hauser is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Marquette and, in his senior season, the Virginia…

1997

Josh Dunne

American ice hockey player

Josh Dunne is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). His elder sister Jincy, currently plays for the Minnesota Frost, and his younger sister Joy currently…

1998

Owen Teague

American actor

Owen William Teague is an American actor. With diverse film and television roles, he first came to attention playing the psychopathic bully Patrick Hockstetter in It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), followed by main…

1998

Reece James

English footballer

Reece Lewis James is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Chelsea, which he captains, and the England national team.

1999

Tyrus Wheat

American football player

Tyrus Darrell Wheat Sr. is an American professional football defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

1999

DeMario Douglas

American football player

DeMario "Pop" Douglas is an American professional football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Liberty Flames, and was selected by the…

2000

Bayron Matos

Dominican American football player

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2000

Andy Pages

Cuban baseball player

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2000

Josh Christopher

American basketball player

Joshua Evan Christopher is an American professional basketball player for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Arizona State Sun Devils. He is a 6-foot-4-inch (1.93 m),…

2001

Sunghoon

South Korean singer

Park Sung-hoon, known mononymously as Sunghoon, is a South Korean singer and former figure skater. He competed as a figure skater from 2010 to early 2020; while simultaneously being a K-pop trainee since 2018. He…

2002

Billie Starkz

American professional wrestler

Lillian Bridget, better known by the ring name Billie Starkz, is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), but predominantly appears in AEW's sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH),…

2004

Momoe Mori

Japanese entertainer

Momoe Mori is a Japanese rapper, dancer, model, and actress. She is best known as a member of the girl group @onefive, and is a former member of the idol group Sakura Gakuin. She is represented by the talent agency…

2004

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Andy Kapp — German curler (born 1967)

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Known forAfter participating in several tournaments at the Junior, Olympic, and World Championship levels, Kapp surprised many by winning the 1992 European championship

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