Famous Birthdays on February 27

Q: Who was born on February 27?

Famous people born on February 27 include: Constantine the Great, Alberto d'Este, Ruprecht, João de Castro, Min Phalaung.

Q: What is Johnny Pesky known for?

Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager (died 2012)

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American baseball player and manager (died 2012)

February 27 has seen 240 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 272 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · February 27 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 240 people 272 – 2002

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He missed the 1943–45 seasons while serving in World War II

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Pesky was associated with the Boston Red Sox for 61 of his 73 years in baseball—from 1940 through June 3, 1952, 1961 through 1964, and from 1969 until his death

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Pesky also managed the Red Sox from 1963 to 1964, and in September 1980.

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He was a shortstop and third baseman during a ten-year major league playing career, appearing in 1,270 games played in 1942 and from 1946 to 1954 for three teams

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John Michael Pesky, nicknamed "the Needle" and "Mr

Constantine the Great

Roman emperor (died 337)

Constantine I, also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. He played a pivotal role in elevating the status of Christianity in the…

272

Alberto d'Este

Marquis of Ferrara (died 1393)

Albert (V) d'Este was Lord of Ferrara and Modena from 1388 until his death.

1343

Ruprecht

Archbishop of Cologne (died 1480)

Ruprecht of the Palatinate was the Archbishop and Prince Elector of Cologne from 1463 to 1480.

1427

João de Castro

Portuguese nobleman and fourth viceroy of Portuguese India (died 1548)

Dom João de Castro was a Portuguese nobleman, scientist, writer and colonial administrator, who served as the fourth Portuguese Viceroy of India from 1545 to 1548. He was called Strong Castro by the poet Luís de Camões.…

1500

Min Phalaung

Burmese monarch (died 1593)

Min Phalaung was king of Arakan from 1572 to 1593.

1535

William Alabaster

English poet (died 1640)

William Alabaster was an English Neo-Latin poet, playwright, and religious writer.

1567

Francis II

Duke of Lorraine (died 1632)

Francis II was the son of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine and Claude of Valois. He was Duke of Lorraine briefly in 1625, quickly abdicating in favour of his son.

1572

John Adolf

Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (died 1616)

Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.

1575

Carel Fabritius

Dutch painter (died 1654)

Carel Pieterszoon Fabritius was a Dutch painter. He was a pupil of Rembrandt and worked in his studio in Amsterdam. Fabritius, who was a member of the Delft School, developed his own artistic style and experimented with…

1622

Roche Braziliano

Dutch pirate (died 1671)

Roche Braziliano was a Dutch pirate from the city of Groningen. His piratical career lasted from 1654 until his death in 1681. He was first made famous in Alexandre Exquemelin's 1678 book The Buccaneers of America;…

1630

William Sherard

English botanist (died 1728)

William Sherard was an English botanist who, alongside John Ray, was considered to be a highly notable English botanist of his day, though recognition of his work was hampered by his lower class origins.

1659

Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł

Prussian-Lithuanian wife of Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (died 1695)

Princess Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł was a magnate Princess of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and an active reformer.

1667

Pietro Gnocchi

Italian composer, director, historian, and geographer (died 1775)

Pietro Gnocchi was an Italian composer, choir director, historian, and geographer of the late Baroque era, active mainly in Brescia, where he was choir director of Brescia Cathedral. In addition to composing an…

1689

Lord Sidney Beauclerk

English politician (died 1744)

Lord Sidney Beauclerk was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1733 to 1744. He acquired a reputation as a fortune hunter.

1703

Constantine Mavrocordatos

Ottoman ruler (died 1769)

Constantine Mavrocordatos was a Greek noble who served as Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia at several intervals between 1730 and 1769. As a ruler he issued reforms in the laws of each of the two Danubian…

1711

Frederick Michael

Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died 1767)

Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. He was the son of Christian III of Palatinate-Zweibrücken and Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken and a member of the House…

1724

Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin

French cardinal (died 1804)

Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin was a French prelate, statesman and cardinal. The Boisgelin of Cucé are the Cadet branch of the maison de Boisgelin). His cousin is the famous author Louis de Boisgelin.

1732

Louis-Jérôme Gohier

French politician, French Minister of Justice (died 1830)

Louis-Jérôme Gohier was a French politician of the Revolutionary period.

1746

Anders Sparrman

Swedish physician and activist (died 1820)

Anders Sparrman was a Swedish naturalist, abolitionist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.

1748

Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure

French lawyer and politician, 24th Prime Minister of France (died 1855)

Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure was a French lawyer and statesman.

1767

Thomas Hazlehurst

English businessman, founded Hazlehurst & Sons (died 1842)

Thomas Hazlehurst was an English businessman who founded the soap and alkali manufacturing company of Hazlehurst & Sons in Runcorn, Cheshire. He was also a devoted Methodist and he played a large part in the civic…

1779

Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza

Chilean lawyer and politician, Chilean Minister of National Defense (died 1818)

Manuel Xavier Rodríguez Erdoíza was a Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader, considered one of the founders of independent Chile. Rodríguez was of Basque descent.

1789

José Antonio Navarro

American merchant and politician (died 1871)

José Antonio Navarro was a Texas statesman, revolutionary, rancher, and merchant. The son of Ángel Navarro and Josefa María Ruiz y Peña, he was born into a distinguished noble family at San Antonio de Béxar in the…

1795

Edward Belcher

British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer (died 1877)

Sir Edward Belcher was a British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer.

1799

Frederick Catherwood

British artist, architect and explorer (died 1854)

Frederick Catherwood was an English artist, architect and explorer, best remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya civilization. He explored Mesoamerica in the mid 19th century with…

1799

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American poet and educator (died 1882)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was the first American to completely translate Dante…

1807

Jean-Charles Cornay

French missionary and saint (died 1837)

Jean-Charles Cornay was a French missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was martyred in Vietnam. He was executed in Ha Tay, Tonkin, now Vietnam, during the persecutions of Emperor Minh Mạng.

1809

William Nicholson

English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Victoria (died 1865)

William Nicholson was an Australian colonial politician who became the third Premier of Victoria. He is remembered for having been called the "father of the ballot" due to his responsibility in introducing the secret…

1816

Ellen Terry

English actress (died 1928)

Dame Alice Ellen Terry was an English actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

1847

Hubert Parry

English composer and historian (died 1918)

Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet, was an English composer, teacher and historian of music. Born in Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, Parry's first major works appeared in 1880. As a composer he is best known for…

1848

Bertha Pappenheim

Austrian-German activist and author (died 1936)

Bertha Pappenheim was an Austrian-Jewish feminist, a social worker pioneer, and the founder of the Jewish Women's Association. Under the pseudonym Anna O., she was also one of Josef Breuer's best-documented patients…

1859

Joaquín Sorolla

Spanish painter (died 1923)

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida was a Spanish painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes, and monumental works of social and historical themes. His most typical works are characterized by a dexterous…

1863

George Herbert Mead

American sociologist and philosopher (died 1930)

George Herbert Mead was an American philosopher, sociologist, and psychologist, primarily affiliated with the University of Chicago. He was one of the key figures in the development of pragmatism. He is regarded as one…

1863

Eemil Nestor Setälä

Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 1935)

Eemil Nestor Setälä was a Finnish politician who served as Chairman of the Senate of Finland from September to November 1917. He is regarded as one of the principal authors of the Finnish Declaration of Independence.

1864

Irving Fisher

American economist and statistician (died 1947)

Irving Fisher was an American economist, statistician, inventor, eugenicist and progressive social campaigner. He was one of the earliest American neoclassical economists, though his later work on debt deflation has…

1867

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

Swedish composer and critic (died 1942)

Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger was a Swedish composer and music critic. As a composer, his main musical influences were Grieg, August Söderman and Wagner as well as Swedish folk idiom.

1867

Alice Hamilton

American physician and academic (died 1970)

Alice Hamilton was an American physician, research scientist, and author. She was a leading expert in the field of occupational health, laid the foundation for health and safety protections, and a pioneer in the field…

1869

Alexandru Vaida-Voevod

Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania (died 1950)

Alexandru Vaida-Voevod or Vaida-Voievod was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician who was a supporter and promoter of the union of Transylvania with the Romanian Old Kingdom. He later served as 28th Prime…

1872

Vladimir Filatov

Russian-Ukrainian ophthalmologist and surgeon (died 1956)

Vladimir Petrovich Filatov was a Russian Empire and Soviet ophthalmologist and surgeon best known for his development of tissue therapy. He introduced the tube flap grafting method, corneal transplantation and…

1875

Adela Verne

English pianist and composer (died 1952)

Adela Verne was a distinguished English pianist of German descent, born in Southampton. She was considered the greatest woman pianist of her era, ranked alongside the male keyboard giants of the time. She toured with…

1877

Joseph Grinnell

American zoologist and biologist (died 1939)

Joseph P. Grinnell was an American field biologist and zoologist. He made extensive studies of the fauna of California, and is credited with introducing a method of recording precise field observations known as the…

1877

Alvan T. Fuller

American businessman and politician, 50th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1958)

Alvan Tufts Fuller was an American businessman, politician, art collector, and philanthropist from Massachusetts. He opened one of the first automobile dealerships in Massachusetts, which in 1920 was recognized as "the…

1878

Xenophon Kasdaglis

Greek-Egyptian tennis player (died 1943)

Xenophon Emmanuel Kasdaglis, or Xenophon Casdagli, was an Egyptiote Greek – later a British citizen – tennis player. He competed in the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens.

1880

Sveinn Björnsson

Danish-Icelandic lawyer and politician, 1st President of Iceland (died 1952)

Sveinn Björnsson was the first president of Iceland, serving from 1944 to 1952.

1881

L. E. J. Brouwer

Dutch mathematician, philosopher, and academic (died 1966)

Luitzen Egbertus Jan "Bertus" Brouwer was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis. Regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th…

1881

Hugo Black

American captain, lawyer, politician, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (died 1971)

Hugo Lafayette Black was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A member of the…

1886

Pyotr Nesterov

Russian captain, pilot, and engineer (died 1914)

Pyotr Nikolayevich Nesterov was a Russian pilot, aircraft designer and aerobatics pioneer.

1887

Roberto Assagioli

Italian psychiatrist and psychologist (died 1974)

Roberto Assagioli was an Italian psychiatrist and pioneer in the fields of humanistic and transpersonal psychology. Assagioli founded the psychological movement known as psychosynthesis, which is still being developed…

1888

Lotte Lehmann

German-American soprano and actress (died 1976)

Charlotte "Lotte" Pauline Sophie Lehmann was a German-American dramatic soprano noted for her successful performances with international opera houses, on the recital stage and in teaching. She gave memorable appearances…

1888

Stephen McKenna

English novelist (died 1967)

Stephen McKenna was an English novelist who wrote forty-seven novels, mostly focusing on English upper-class society, and six non-fiction titles. He published his first novel, The Reluctant Lover, in 1912. His…

1888

Mabel Keaton Staupers

American nurse and advocate (died 1989)

Mabel Keaton Staupers was a Barbadian born American pioneer of the nursing profession. Being faced with racial discrimination after graduating nursing school, Staupers became an advocate for racial equality in nursing…

1890

David Sarnoff

American businessman, founded RCA (died 1971)

David Sarnoff was an American businessman who played an important role in the American history of radio broadcasting and television. He led the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) for most of his career in various…

1891

William Demarest

American actor (died 1983)

Carl William Demarest was an American actor, known especially for his supporting roles in screwball comedies by Preston Sturges and as Uncle Charley in the sitcom My Three Sons from 1965 until 1972. Demarest, who…

1892

Miyagiyama Fukumatsu

Japanese sumo wrestler (died 1943)

Miyagiyama Fukumatsu was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture. He was the sport's 29th yokozuna, and the last yokozuna in Osaka sumo.

1895

Marian Anderson

American singer (died 1993)

Marian Anderson was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music, from opera to spirituals. Anderson performed with renowned orchestras in major concert and recital venues throughout the United States and…

1897

Charles Best

American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered insulin (died 1978)

Charles Herbert Best, was an American-Canadian medical scientist and one of the co-discoverers of insulin with Frederick Banting. He served as the chair of the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research at the…

1899

Marino Marini

Italian sculptor and academic (died 1980)

Marino Marini was an Italian sculptor and educator.

1901

Kotama Okada

Japanese religious leader (died 1974)

Kōtama Okada was the founder of the Mahikari new religious movement (shinshūkyō) in Japan. Today, both Sukyo Mahikari and World Divine Light recognize him as the founder of their religions.

1901

Lúcio Costa

French-Brazilian architect and engineer, designed Gustavo Capanema Palace (died 1998)

Lúcio Marçal Ferreira Ribeiro Lima Costa was a Brazilian architect and urban planner, best known for his plan for Brasília.

1902

Gene Sarazen

American golfer and sportscaster (died 1999)

Gene Sarazen was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s, and the winner of seven major championships. He was the first of six players to win each of the four majors at…

1902

John Steinbeck

American journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)

John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has…

1902

Reginald Gardiner

English-American actor and singer (died 1980)

William Reginald Gardiner was an English actor on the stage, in films and on television.

1903

Hans Rohrbach

German mathematician (died 1993)

Hans Rohrbach was a German mathematician. He worked both as an algebraist and a number theorist and later worked as cryptanalyst at Pers Z S, the German Foreign Office cipher bureau, during World War II. He was latterly…

1903

Joseph B. Soloveitchik

Belarusian-American rabbi and philosopher (died 1993)

Joseph Ber Soloveitchik was a major American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher. He was a scion of the Lithuanian Jewish Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty.

1903

James T. Farrell

American author and poet (died 1979)

James Thomas Farrell was an American novelist, short story writer and poet.

1904

Yulii Borisovich Khariton

Russian physicist and academic (died 1996)

Yulii Borisovich Khariton was a Russian physicist who was a leading scientist in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons.

1904

André Leducq

French cyclist (died 1980)

André Leducq was a French cyclist who won the 1930 and 1932 Tours de France. He also won a gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the team road race event and the 1928 Paris–Roubaix.

1904

Tone Peruško

Croatian educator and social worker (died 1967)

Tone Peruško, was a Croatian educator, social worker and writer.

1905

Franchot Tone

American actor, singer, and producer (died 1968)

Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone was an American actor, producer, and director of stage, film and television. He was a leading man in the 1930s and early 1940s, and at the height of his career was known for his…

1905

Mildred Bailey

American singer (died 1951)

Mildred Bailey was an American jazz singer during the 1930s and 1940s, known as "The Queen of Swing", "The Rockin' Chair Lady", and "Mrs. Swing".

1907

Momčilo Đujić

Serbian-American priest and commander (died 1999)

Momčilo Đujić was a Serbian Orthodox priest and Chetnik vojvoda. He led a significant proportion of the Chetniks within the northern Dalmatia and western Bosnia regions of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), a…

1907

Joan Bennett

American actress (died 1990)

Joan Geraldine Bennett was an American stage, film, and television actress, one of three acting sisters from a show-business family. Beginning her career on the stage, Bennett appeared in more than 70 films from the era…

1910

Peter De Vries

American journalist and author (died 1993)

Peter De Vries was an American editor and novelist known for his satiric wit.

1910

Kelly Johnson

American engineer, co-founded Skunk Works (died 1990)

Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson was an American aeronautical and systems engineer. He is recognized for his contributions to a series of important aircraft designs, most notably the Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird.…

1910

Genrikh Kasparyan

Armenian chess player and composer (died 1995)

Genrikh Kasparyan was an Armenian chess player. He is considered to have been one of the greatest composers of chess endgame studies.

1910

Oscar Heidenstam

English bodybuilder (died 1991)

Oscar Frederick Heidenstam was a Cyprus-born British bodybuilding champion and physical culturist. He was president of the World Amateur Body Building Association (WABBA), the National Amateur Bodybuilders Association…

1911

Lawrence Durrell

British author, poet, and playwright (died 1990)

Lawrence George Durrell was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. He was the eldest brother of naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell.

1912

Kusumagraj

Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1999)

Vishnū Vāman Shirwādkar, popularly known by his pen name, Kusumāgraj, was a Marathi poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer, who wrote of freedom, justice and emancipation of the deprived.

1912

Paul Ricœur

French philosopher and academic (died 2005)

Jean Paul Gustave Ricœur was a French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutics. As such, his thought is within the same tradition as other major hermeneutic phenomenologists,…

1913

Kazimierz Sabbat

Polish soldier and politician, President of Poland (died 1989)

Kazimierz Aleksander Sabbat, was President of Poland-in-exile from 8 April 1986 until his death, 19 July 1989, after serving as Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile.

1913

Irwin Shaw

American author and screenwriter (died 1984)

Irwin Shaw was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions (1948), about the…

1913

Denis Whitaker

Canadian general, football player, and businessman (died 2001)

Brigadier William Denis Whitaker, was a Canadian athlete, soldier, businessman, and author.

1915

John Connally

American lieutenant and politician, 39th Governor of Texas and 61st United States Secretary of Treasury (died 1993)

John Bowden Connally Jr. was an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Texas from 1963 to 1969 and as the 61st United States secretary of the treasury from 1971 to 1972. He began his career as a Democrat…

1917

Chick Halbert

American basketball player (died 2013)

Charles Pinkney "Chick" Halbert IV was an American professional basketball player.

1919

Reg Simpson

English cricketer (died 2013)

Reginald Thomas Simpson was an English cricketer, who played in 27 Test matches from 1948 to 1955.

1920

Theodore Van Kirk

American soldier, pilot, and navigator (died 2014)

Theodore Jerome "Dutch" Van Kirk was a navigator in the United States Army Air Forces, best known as the navigator of the Enola Gay when it dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Upon the death of fellow crewman…

1921

Hans Rookmaaker

Dutch historian, author, and scholar (died 1977)

Henderik Roelof "Hans" Rookmaaker was a Dutch Christian scholar, professor, and author who wrote and lectured on art theory, art history, music, philosophy, and religion.

1922

Dexter Gordon

American saxophonist, composer, and actor (died 1990)

Dexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians. Gordon's height was 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm), so he was also known as "Long Tall…

1923

Kenneth Koch

American poet, playwright and professor (died 2002)

Kenneth Koch was an American poet, playwright, and professor, active from the 1950s until his death at age 77.) He was a prominent poet of the New York School of poetry. This was a loose group of poets including Frank…

1925

Pia Sebastiani

Argentine pianist and composer (died 2015)

Olimpia Ana Pía Sebastiani was an Argentine pianist and composer.

1925

David H. Hubel

Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)

David Hunter Hubel was an American Canadian neurophysiologist noted for his studies of the structure and function of the visual cortex. He was co-recipient with Torsten Wiesel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or…

1926

Aira Samulin

Finnish dancer and entrepreneur (died 2023)

Aira Laila Suvio-Samulin was a Finnish dance teacher and businesswoman.

1927

Peter Whittle

English-New Zealand mathematician and theorist (died 2021)

Peter Whittle was a mathematician and statistician from New Zealand, working in the fields of stochastic nets, optimal control, time series analysis, stochastic optimisation and stochastic dynamics. From 1967 to 1994,…

1927

René Clemencic

Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player (died 2022)

René Clemencic was an Austrian composer, conductor, harpsichordist, clavichordist and recorder player.

1928

Jack Gibson

Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2008)

John Arthur Gibson OAM, nicknamed 'Supercoach' was an Australian rugby league coach, player, and commentator.

1929

Djalma Santos

Brazilian footballer (died 2013)

Djalma Pereira Dias dos Santos, known simply as Djalma Santos was a Brazilian footballer who starred for the Brazil national team in four World Cups and winning the 1958 and 1962 editions. Santos is considered to be one…

1929

Patricia Ward Hales

British tennis player (died 1985)

Patricia Ward Hales was a tennis player from the United Kingdom who reached the singles final of the 1955 U.S. Championships, losing to Doris Hart.

1929

Jovan Krkobabić

Serbian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (died 2014)

Jovan Krkobabić was a Serbian politician. He was the leader of the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia in charge of social affairs, appointed on 7 July 2008 and Minister of Labour,…

1930

Peter Stone

American screenwriter and producer (died 2003)

Peter Hess Stone was an American screenwriter and playwright. Stone is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the screenplays he wrote or co-wrote in the mid-1960s, Charade (1963), Father Goose (1964), and…

1930

Paul von Ragué Schleyer

American chemist and academic (died 2014)

Paul von Ragué Schleyer was an American physical organic chemist whose research is cited with great frequency. A 1997 survey indicated that Dr. Schleyer was, at the time, the world's third most cited chemist, with over…

1930

Joanne Woodward

American actress

Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward is an American retired actress. She made her career breakthrough in the 1950s and earned esteem and respect playing complex women with a characteristic nuance and depth of character.…

1930

Elizabeth Taylor

English-American actress and humanitarian (died 2011)

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was a British and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She then…

1932

David Young

Baron Young of Graffham, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (died 2022)

David Ivor Young, Baron Young of Graffham, was a British Conservative politician, businessman, and life peer. He served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Employment and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry…

1932

Raymond Berry

American football player and coach (died 2026)

Raymond Emmett Berry Jr. was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He played as a split end for the Baltimore Colts from 1955 to 1967, and after several assistant…

1933

Malcolm Wallop

American politician (died 2011)

Malcolm Wallop was an American rancher and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Wyoming for three terms from 1977 to 1995, after three terms in the Wyoming Legislature.

1933

Vincent Fourcade

French interior designer (died 1992)

Vincent Gabriel Fourcade was a French interior designer and the business and life partner of Robert Denning. "Outrageous luxury is what our clients want," he once said.

1934

N. Scott Momaday

American poet and writer (died 2024)

Navarre Scott Momaday was a Kiowa and American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His novel House Made of Dawn was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969, and is considered the first major work of…

1934

Ralph Nader

American lawyer, politician, and activist

Ralph Nader is an American lawyer and political activist involved in consumer protection, environmentalism, and government reform causes. He has been a presidential candidate. His 1965 book Unsafe at Any Speed, which…

1934

Mirella Freni

Italian soprano and actress (died 2020)

Mirella Freni was an Italian operatic soprano who had a career of 50 years and appeared at major international opera houses. She received international attention at the Glyndebourne Festival, where she appeared as…

1935

Uri Shulevitz

American author and illustrator (died 2025)

Uri Shulevitz was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He won the 1969 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, an Eastern European…

1935

Ron Barassi

Australian footballer and coach (died 2023)

Ronald Dale Barassi was an Australian rules footballer, coach and media personality. Regarded as one of the greatest and most important figures in the history of the game, Barassi was the first player to be inaugurated…

1936

Sonia Johnson

American feminist activist and author

Sonia Ann Johnson, is an American feminist activist and writer. She was an outspoken supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and in the late 1970s was publicly critical of the position of the Church of Jesus…

1936

Roger Mahony

American cardinal

Roger Michael Mahony is an American Catholic retired prelate who served as archbishop of Los Angeles in California from 1985 to 2011. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Fresno in California…

1936

Barbara Babcock

American actress

Barbara Babcock is an American actress. She began her career on television in mid-1950s with guest-starring appearances in more than 60 television series through her career. She made several appearances on Star Trek:…

1937

Jake Thackray

English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (died 2002)

John Philip "Jake" Thackray was an English singer-songwriter, poet, humourist and journalist. Best known in the late 1960s and early 1970s for his topical comedy songs performed on British television, his work ranged…

1938

Don McKinnon

English-New Zealand farmer and politician, 12th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand

Sir Donald Charles McKinnon is a New Zealand politician who served as the 12th deputy prime minister of New Zealand and the minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand. He was the fourth secretary-general of the…

1939

Peter Revson

American race car driver (died 1974)

Peter Jeffrey Revlon Revson was an American racing driver, who competed in Formula One between 1964 and 1974. Revson won two Formula One Grands Prix across five seasons.

1939

Pierre Duchesne

Canadian lawyer and politician, 28th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec

Pierre Duchesne is a Canadian public servant who was the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec and former secretary general of the National Assembly of Quebec. As lieutenant governor he was the viceregal representative of…

1940

Howard Hesseman

American actor (died 2022)

Howard Hesseman was an American actor known for his television roles as burned-out disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati and the lead role of history teacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class. He appeared…

1940

Bill Hunter

Australian actor (died 2011)

William John Hunter was an Australian actor of film, stage and television, who was also prominent as a voice-over artist. He appeared in more than 60 films and won two AFI Awards. He was also a recipient of the…

1940

Paddy Ashdown

British soldier and politician (died 2018)

Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, better known as Paddy Ashdown, was a British politician and diplomat who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1999. Internationally, he…

1941

Jimmy Burns

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jimmy Burns is an American soul blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although he was born in the Mississippi Delta, Burns has spent nearly all his life in Chicago. His elder brother, Eddie "Guitar"…

1942

Robert H. Grubbs

American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)

Robert Howard Grubbs ForMemRS was an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel…

1942

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

American journalist

Alberta Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an American civil rights activist, journalist and former foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, CNN, and the Public Broadcasting Service. Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes…

1942

Klaus-Dieter Sieloff

German footballer (died 2011)

Klaus-Dieter Sieloff was a German footballer who played as a defender. He spent 11 seasons in the Bundesliga with VfB Stuttgart and Borussia Mönchengladbach. He played in two World Cup Qualifying matches in 1966.

1942

Mary Frann

American actress (died 1998)

Mary Frann was an American stage, film, and television actress.

1943

Morten Lauridsen

American composer and conductor

Morten Johannes Lauridsen III is an American composer and teacher. A National Medal of Arts recipient (2007), he was composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale from 1994 to 2001, and is professor emeritus…

1943

Carlos Alberto Parreira

Brazilian footballer and manager

Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira is a Brazilian former football manager who holds the record for attending the most FIFA World Cup final tournaments as manager with six appearances. He also managed five different national…

1943

Ken Grimwood

American author (died 2003)

Kenneth Milton Grimwood was an American author, who also published work under the name of Alan Cochran. In his fantasy fiction, Grimwood combined themes of life-affirmation and hope with metaphysical concepts, themes…

1944

Graeme Pollock

South African cricketer and coach

Robert Graeme Pollock is a South African former cricketer who played for Transvaal and Eastern Province. A member of a famous cricketing family, Pollock is widely regarded as one of South Africa's greatest ever…

1944

Roger Scruton

English philosopher and writer (died 2020)

Sir Roger Vernon Scruton was an English philosopher, writer, and social critic who specialised in aesthetics and political philosophy, particularly in the furtherance of conservative views. The founding-editor of The…

1944

Alan Guth

American physicist and cosmologist

Alan Harvey Guth is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who is the Victor Weisskopf Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Along with Alexei Starobinsky and Andrei Linde, he won…

1947

Gidon Kremer

Latvian violinist and conductor

Gidon Markusovich Kremer is a Latvian classical violinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica.

1947

Sonia Manzano Vela

Ecuadorian writer

Sonia Manzano Vela is an Ecuadorian writer and poet.

1947

Mary Gibby

British botanist and professor (died 2024)

Professor Mary Gibby was a British botanist, pteridologist and cytologist. She was an expert on ferns, becoming president of the British Pteridological Society and long-time editor of its journal, the Fern Gazette.…

1949

Debra Monk

American actress, singer, and writer

Debra Monk is an American actress, singer, and writer, best known for her performances on the Broadway stage. She is the recipient of a Tony Award (1993), two Drama Desk Awards, the Helen Hayes Award (1994), the Obie…

1949

Annabel Goldie

Scottish lawyer and politician

Annabel MacNicoll Goldie, Baroness Goldie is a Scottish politician and life peer who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2005 to 2011 and Minister of State for Defence from 2019 to 2023. She was a…

1950

Julia Neuberger

Baroness Neuberger, English rabbi and politician

Julia Babette Sarah Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger, is a British rabbi and politician. She was the second woman to be ordained as a rabbi in the UK and the first to lead a synagogue.

1950

Carl A. Anderson

13th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus

Carl Albert Anderson is an American lawyer who served as the thirteenth Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus from October 2000 until his retirement in February 2021.

1951

Lee Atwater

American journalist, activist and political strategist (died 1991)

Harvey LeRoy "Lee" Atwater was an American political consultant and strategist for the Republican Party. He was an adviser to Republican U.S. presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and chairman of the Republican…

1951

Walter de Silva

Italian car designer

Walter Maria de Silva is an Italian car designer and former head of Volkswagen Group Design, until 2015. Since beginning his car design career in 1972 as trainee car designer for Fiat's Style Centre, De Silva has also…

1951

Steve Harley

English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)

Stephen Malcolm Ronald Nice, known by his stage name Steve Harley, was an English singer-songwriter and frontman of the rock group Cockney Rebel. The band achieved five UK hit albums, including The Psychomodo (1974) and…

1951

Dwight Jones

American basketball player (died 2016)

Dwight Elmo Jones was an American professional basketball player. A 6'10" forward/center, he was the leading scorer and rebounder on the 1972 Olympic team that lost the controversial gold medal game to the Soviet Union.…

1952

Gavin Esler

Scottish journalist and author

Gavin William James Esler is a Scottish journalist, television presenter and author. He was a main presenter on BBC Two's flagship political analysis programme, Newsnight, from January 2003 until January 2014, and…

1953

Ian Khama

English-Botswanan lieutenant and politician, 4th President of Botswana

Seretse Khama Ian Khama is a Motswana politician and former military officer who served as the fourth President of Botswana from 1 April 2008 to 1 April 2018. After serving as Commander of the Botswana Defence Force, he…

1953

Stelios Kouloglou

Greek journalist, author, director and politician

Stelios Kouloglou is a Greek journalist, writer, and documentary director. He is the creator of the news web channel "TVXS". Political analyst and major Greek publications columnist in international press including Le…

1953

Neal Schon

American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter

Neal Joseph Schon is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist for the rock band Journey. He is the last original member to remain throughout the group's history. He was a…

1954

Belus Prajoux

Chilean tennis player

Belus Prajoux Nadjar is a retired professional tennis player from Chile.

1955

Meena Keshwar Kamal

Afghan activist, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (died 1987)

Meena Keshwar Kamal, commonly known as Meena, was an Afghan revolutionary political activist, women's rights activist, and founder of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). She was…

1956

Danny Antonucci

Canadian animator, producer, and screenwriter

Daniel Antonucci is a Canadian animator, cartoonist, director, producer, writer, and voice actor. He created the Cartoon Network animated comedy series Ed, Edd n Eddy as well as Lupo the Butcher and The Brothers Grunt…

1957

Kevin Curran

American screenwriter and television producer (died 2016)

Kevin Patrick Curran was an American television comedy writer. He wrote for Late Night with David Letterman, Married... with Children, and The Simpsons. He was also the voice of Buck the Dog on Married... with Children.

1957

Robert de Castella

Australian runner

Francois Robert de Castella is an Australian former world champion marathon runner.

1957

Adrian Smith

English guitarist and songwriter

Adrian Frederick Smith is an English guitarist and singer best known as a member of heavy metal band Iron Maiden, for whom he also writes songs and performs backing vocals.

1957

Timothy Spall

English actor

Timothy Leonard Spall is an English actor. He gained recognition for his character actor roles on stage and screen. In 2000, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.

1957

Naas Botha

South African rugby player and sportscaster

Hendrik Egnatius 'Naas' Botha is a South African former rugby union player who played as a Fly-half for Northern Transvaal, Rugby Rovigo and South Africa.

1958

Maggie Hassan

American politician, 81st Governor of New Hampshire

Margaret Wood Hassan is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator for New Hampshire since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Hassan was the 81st governor of New Hampshire, from…

1958

Andrés Gómez

Ecuadorian tennis player

Andrés Gómez Santos is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 4 in singles and world No. 1 in doubles. Gómez won 21 singles titles and 33 doubles titles during his career,…

1960

Johnny Van Zant

American singer-songwriter

John Roy Van Zant is an American singer and the current lead vocalist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He is the younger brother of Lynyrd Skynyrd co-founder and former lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, and of the 38…

1960

James Worthy

American basketball player and sportscaster

James Ager Worthy is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Big Game James", he played his entire professional career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).…

1961

Adam Baldwin

American actor

Adam Baldwin is an American actor. He made his film debut in My Bodyguard (1980) and later appeared in films including Full Metal Jacket (1987), Predator 2 (1990), Independence Day (1996), The Patriot (2000), and…

1962

Grant Show

American actor

Grant Show is an American actor. Show is widely known for his role on Melrose Place as Jake Hanson, which he played from 1992 to 1997. From 2017 to 2022, he portrayed Blake Carrington in the soap opera reboot Dynasty.

1962

Nasty Suicide

Finnish musician and pharmacist

Nasty Suicide, sometimes known as Nasty Homicide, is a Finnish guitarist. He is most famous for being one of the founding members of Hanoi Rocks and the group's rhythm guitarist between 1979 and 1985. Hanoi Rocks was a…

1963

Jeffrey Pasley

American educator and academic

Jeffrey Lingan Pasley is a professor of American history at the University of Missouri, specializing in the Early Republic.

1964

Pedro Chaves

Portuguese racing driver

Pedro António Matos Chaves is a Portuguese racing driver.

1965

Noah Emmerich

American actor

Noah Nicholas Emmerich is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in films such as Beautiful Girls (1996), The Truman Show (1998), Frequency (2000), Miracle (2004), Little Children (2006), and Super 8 (2011).…

1965

Baltasar Kormákur

Icelandic actor, director, and producer

Baltasar Kormákur Baltasarsson is an Icelandic actor, theatre and film director, and film producer. He directed the films 101 Reykjavík, The Sea, A Little Trip to Heaven, Contraband, 2 Guns, Everest, Touch, and the TV…

1966

Donal Logue

Canadian actor and director

Donal Francis Logue is a Canadian-American film and television actor. He played the starring role of Sean Finnerty on the sitcom Grounded for Life (2001–05), and Detective Harvey Bullock on the DC Comics adaptation…

1966

Jony Ive

English-American industrial designer, former chief design officer of Apple

Sir Jonathan Paul Ive is a British-American designer. He is best known for his work at Apple Inc., where he was senior vice-president of industrial design and chief design officer. Ive is the founder of LoveFrom, a…

1967

Dănuț Lupu

Romanian footballer

Dănuț Lupu is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

1967

Matt Stairs

Canadian baseball player and sportscaster

Matthew Wade Stairs is a Canadian former professional baseball outfielder, first baseman, and designated hitter, who holds the record for most pinch-hit home runs in Major League Baseball (MLB) history with 23. His…

1968

Juan E. Gilbert

American computer scientist, inventor, and academic

Juan E. Gilbert is an American computer scientist, researcher, inventor, and educator. An advocate of diversity in the computing sciences, Gilbert's efforts to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in the…

1969

Kent Desormeaux

American jockey

Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year with 598 wins in 1989. He has won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes…

1970

Patricia Petibon

French soprano and actress

Patricia Josette Petibon is a French soprano.

1970

Sara Blakely

American businesswoman, founded Spanx

Sara Treleaven Blakely is an American Billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist. She founded Spanx, an intimate apparel company with pants and leggings, in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2024, Blakely created the footwear…

1971

Derren Brown

English magician and painter

Derren Brown is an English mentalist, illusionist, and writer. He is a self-described "psychological illusionist" whose acts are often designed to expose the methods of those who claim to possess supernatural powers,…

1971

Roman Giertych

Polish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland

Roman Jacek Giertych is a Polish political figure and attorney, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of National Education from 2006 to 2007.

1971

David Rikl

Czech-English tennis player

David Rikl is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His success came mostly in doubles, winning 30 titles and finishing runner-up at the 2004 US Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships Doubles…

1971

Rozonda Thomas

American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

Rozonda Thomas, also known by her stage name Chilli, is an American singer, dancer and actress who is a member of the group TLC, one of the best-selling girl groups of the late 1990s.

1971

Richard Coyle

English actor

Richard Coyle is an English film, television, and stage actor. He has also narrated numerous audiobooks. Coyle got his big break on the television comedy Coupling, playing the role of Jeff Murdock. He played the lead…

1972

Peter Andre

English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor

Peter Andre is an Australian singer, songwriter, and media personality.

1973

Carte Goodwin

former United States senator from West Virginia

Carte Patrick Goodwin is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia in 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he was appointed by Governor Joe Manchin on July 16, 2010…

1974

Aitor González

Spanish racing driver

Aitor González Jiménez is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1998 and 2005, and was the winner of the 2002 Vuelta a España.

1975

Prodromos Korkizoglou

Greek decathlete

Prodromos Korkizoglou is a Greek decathlete. He is the current holder of the national decathlon record and his highest distinction was the gold medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. He also competed at two Olympic…

1975

Ludovic Capelle

Belgian cyclist

Ludovic Capelle is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist. He was professional from 1998 until 2009, riding for Ville de Charleroi–New Systems (1998–2000), AG2R Prévoyance (2001–2002), Landbouwkrediet–Colnago…

1976

Cornelia Ecker

Austrian politician

Cornelia Ecker is an Austrian politician and former member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she represented Salzburg from October 2013 to September 2023. She has been mayor of Bürmoos…

1976

Tony Gonzalez

American football player

Anthony David Gonzalez is an American former professional football tight end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. Gonzalez spent his first 12 seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, who selected…

1976

Sergei Semak

Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager

Sergei Bogdanovich Semak is a Russian football manager and a former international midfielder who manages Russian Premier League side Zenit Saint Petersburg.

1976

James Beattie

English footballer and manager

James Scott Beattie is an English football coach and a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently a first-team coach at Reading.

1978

Kakha Kaladze

Georgian footballer and politician

Kakhaber "Kakha" Kaladze is a Georgian politician and former footballer who has served as the Mayor of Tbilisi since November 2017. A versatile player, he was capable of playing as both a centre-back and left-back, or…

1978

Emelie Öhrstig

Swedish skier and cyclist

Emelie Öhrstig, born 27 February 1978 in Borås, Sweden, is a Swedish cross-country skier and road racing cyclist. As a cross-country skier she who won a gold medal during the 2005 Nordic World Ski Championships in…

1978

Simone Di Pasquale

Italian ballet dancer

Simone Di Pasquale is an Italian dancer, television personality, and dance teacher.

1978

Brandon Beemer

American actor

Brandon Beemer is an American actor, best known for his role in the soap operas as Shawn-Douglas Brady in the NBC/Peacock soap opera Days of Our Lives and Owen Knight in the CBS daytime series The Bold and the Beautiful…

1980

Chelsea Clinton

American journalist and academic

Chelsea Victoria Clinton is an American writer. She is the only child of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

1980

Bobby V

American singer-songwriter

Bobby Marcel Wilson, better known by his stage name Bobby V, is an American R&B singer. Born in Jackson, Mississippi and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, he formed the R&B group Mista in 1994, prior to signing with Ludacris'…

1980

Natalie Grandin

English-South African tennis player

Natalie Grandin is a retired tennis player from South Africa. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of 144 as of 12 September 2005. On 14 May 2012, she peaked at No. 22 in the doubles rankings.

1981

Josh Groban

American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Joshua Winslow Groban is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. His first four solo albums have been certified multi-platinum, and he was charted in 2007 as the number-one best selling artist in the United States,…

1981

Élodie Ouédraogo

Belgian sprinter

Élodie Ouédraogo is a retired Belgian sprinter of Burkinabé descent, who specializes in the 200 metres and 400 m hurdles. An Olympic gold medalist, her personal best time in the 200 m is 23.11 seconds, achieved in July…

1981

Ali Bastian

English actress

Alexandra Louise Bastian is an English actress, known for her roles as Becca Dean in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, Sally Armstrong in the ITV drama series The Bill and Becky Clarke in the BBC soap opera Doctors.…

1982

Pat Richards

Australian rugby league player

Pat Richards is a former professional rugby league footballer. An Ireland international winger, he played in the National Rugby League for Sydney clubs the Parramatta Eels and the Wests Tigers, with whom he won the 2005…

1982

Bruno Soares

Brazilian tennis player

Bruno Fraga Soares is a Brazilian former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.

1982

Devin Harris

American basketball player

Devin Lamar Harris is an American sports analyst and former professional basketball player. He played for 15 seasons, primarily with the Dallas Mavericks and New Jersey Nets.

1983

Kate Mara

American actress

Kate Rooney Mara is an American actress. She is known for her work in television, playing reporter Zoe Barnes in the Netflix political drama House of Cards, computer analyst Shari Rothenberg in the Fox thriller series…

1983

James Augustine

American basketball player

James Augustine is an American former professional basketball player who played as a forward. During the career he played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini before being drafted 41st overall in the 2006…

1984

Jumbo Díaz

Dominican baseball player

Jose Rafael "Jumbo" Diaz is a Dominican former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds and Tampa Bay Rays. He made his MLB debut in 2014. Diaz is nicknamed…

1984

Akseli Kokkonen

Norwegian ski jumper

Akseli Ensio "Axu" Kokkonen is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 2001 to 2010. He originally had Finnish nationality, but from the 2009/10 World Cup season onwards he represented Norway.

1984

Aníbal Sánchez

Venezuelan baseball player

Aníbal Alejandro Sánchez Jr. is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2006 with the Florida Marlins and also played for the Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves,…

1984

Lotta Schelin

Swedish footballer

Charlotta Eva Schelin is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1984

Denard Span

American baseball player

Keiunta Denard Span is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Washington Nationals, San Francisco Giants, Tampa Bay Rays and Seattle…

1984

Asami Abe

Japanese singer and actress

Asami Abe is a former Japanese singer and actress, also known as the younger sister of Japanese singer and actress Natsumi Abe. She started her career doing commercials for Nintendo Puzzle Collection, and she has also…

1985

Diniyar Bilyaletdinov

Russian footballer

Diniyar Rinatovich Bilyaletdinov is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1985

Vladislav Kulik

Ukrainian-Russian footballer

Vladislav Mikhailovich Kulik is a Russian former footballer who played as a central midfielder. Born and raised in Poltava, Ukraine, he decided to represent Russia on international level.

1985

Thiago Neves

Brazilian footballer

Thiago Neves Augusto is a Brazilian coach and former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current head coach of the U-20 team of Bangu AC.

1985

Yovani Gallardo

Mexican baseball player

Yovani Gallardo is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. He was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the second round of the 2004 Major League Baseball draft out of Trimble Technical High School in Fort Worth,…

1986

Daniel Gibson

American basketball player and coach

Daniel Hiram "Boobie" Gibson is an American former professional basketball player. He was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the 2006 NBA draft and played seven seasons for them.

1986

Jonathan Moreira

Brazilian footballer

Jonathan Cícero Moreira, sometimes known as just Jonathan, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

1986

Sandeep Singh

Indian field hockey player

Sandeep Singh is an Indian professional field hockey player from Haryana and an ex-captain of the Indian national hockey team. He generally features as a full back and is a penalty corner specialist for the team. He has…

1986

Valeriy Andriytsev

Ukrainian wrestler

Valerii Oleksandrovych Andriitsev is a male freestyle wrestler from Ukraine. He won the silver medal in the Men's freestyle 96 kg at 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the silver in the 2012 European Wrestling Championships.…

1987

Florence Kiplagat

Kenyan runner

Florence Jebet Kiplagat is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. She is a two-time world champion, having won at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.…

1987

Dustin Jeffrey

Canadian ice hockey player

Dustin Jeffrey is a Canadian former professional ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). Jeffrey was drafted as the 171st overall selection in the sixth round of the 2007 NHL entry draft by the…

1988

Iain Ramsay

Australian footballer

Iain Irinco Ramsay is a former professional footballer who played as a left winger or a left back. Born in Australia, he played for the Philippines national team. He previously made competitive appearances for Sydney…

1988

David Button

English footballer

David Robert Edmund Button is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Ipswich Town.

1989

Lloyd Rigby

English footballer

Lloyd Joseph Rigby is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

1989

Chandler Jones

American football player

Chandler James Jones is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. He played college football for the Syracuse Orange and was selected…

1990

Adam Morgan

American baseball player

Adam Christopher Morgan is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs.

1990

Lindsey Morgan

American actress

Lindsey Marie Morgan is an American actress. She is known for playing Raven Reyes in the CW science fiction drama series The 100 (2014–2020) and Micki Ramirez in the action crime drama series Walker (2021–2022).

1990

Azeem Rafiq

Pakistani cricketer

Azeem Rafiq is an English cricketer who played professionally in England for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. A right-arm off-spin bowler, Rafiq played for the county between 2008 and 2014 and 2016 and 2018, making his…

1991

Meyers Leonard

American basketball player

Meyers Patrick Leonard is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini before being selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 11th overall pick…

1992

Ioannis Potouridis

Greek footballer

Ioannis Potouridis is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Greek club Aris Petroupolis.

1992

Jonjo Shelvey

English footballer

Jonjo Shelvey is an English football coach and former player who played as a central midfielder. He is head coach of UAE Second Division League side Arabian Falcons.

1992

Callum Wilson

English footballer

Callum Eddie Graham Wilson is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club West Ham United.

1992

Alphonse Areola

French footballer

Alphonse Francis Areola is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club West Ham United and the France national team.

1993

Mike Matheson

Canadian ice hockey player

Michael Matheson is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman and alternate captain for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round, 23rd overall,…

1994

Laura Gulbe

Latvian tennis player

Laura Gulbe is a Latvian tennis player.

1995

Sergej Milinković-Savić

Serbian footballer

Sergej Milinković-Savić, also known mononymously as Sergej, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal. Born in Spain, he plays for the Serbia national team.

1995

Tomáš Souček

Czech footballer

Tomáš Souček is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club West Ham United and the Czech Republic national team.

1995

Chris Godwin

American football player

Rod Christopher Godwin Jr. is an American professional football wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions and was…

1996

Ten

Thai singer and dancer

Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul, known professionally as Ten, is a Thai singer, dancer, and rapper based in South Korea and China. He debuted with the South Korean boy band under SM Entertainment, NCT, in 2016 as part of…

1996

Todd Cantwell

English footballer

Todd Owen Cantwell is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for and captains EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers.

1998

Johnny Davis

American basketball player

Jonathan Christian Davis is an American professional basketball player for the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers.

2002

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