Famous Birthdays on February 8

Q: Who was born on February 8?

Famous people born on February 8 include: Vettius Valens, Proclus, Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, Yaroslav II of Vladimir (died 1246), Afonso IV of Portugal.

Q: What is Khaled Mashud known for?

Khaled Mashud, Bangladeshi cricketer

1976 — Khaled Mashud

Bangladeshi cricketer

February 8 has seen 171 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 120 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · February 8 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 171 people 120 – 2001

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Bangladeshi coach Dav Whatmore called Mashud the "best wicketkeeper in Asia." He contributed to Bangladesh's first ever ODI hat-trick by taking two catches off Shahadat Hossain's bowling

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After his international retirement in 2008, he continued to play domestic cricket in Bangladesh as captain of the Rajshahi Division team

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In 2025 he was elected as a director of Bangladesh Cricket Board.

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A wicketkeeper and middle-order batsman, he was a regular member of the national team between 1995 and 2007

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Mashud announced his retirement from domestic cricket after captaining his team to win the title in 2011

Vettius Valens

Greek astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer (died ~175)

Year 120 (CXX) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Fulvus. The denomination 120 for this year has been used since the early…

120

Proclus

Greek mathematician and philosopher (died ~485)

Proclus Lycius, called Proclus the Successor, was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers of late antiquity. He set forth one of the most elaborate and fully developed systems of…

412

Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid

Egyptian commander and politician, Abbasid Governor of Egypt (died 946)

Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Ṭughj ibn Juff ibn Yiltakīn ibn Fūrān ibn Fūrī ibn Khāqān, better known by the title al-Ikhshīd after 939, was an Abbasid commander and governor who became the autonomous ruler of Egypt and parts…

882

Yaroslav II of Vladimir (died 1246)

Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich, also transliterated as Iaroslav, was Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1238 to 1246. He collaborated with Batu Khan following the Mongol invasion, before he was ultimately poisoned.

1191

Afonso IV of Portugal

Portuguese king (died 1357)

Afonso IV, called the Brave, was King of Portugal from 1325 until his death in 1357. He was the only legitimate son of King Denis of Portugal and Elizabeth of Aragon.

1291

Constantine XI Palaiologos

Byzantine emperor (died 1453)

Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus was the last reigning Byzantine emperor from 23 January 1449 until his death in battle at the fall of Constantinople on 29 May 1453. Constantine's death marked…

1405

Ulrich

Duke of Württemberg, German duke (died 1550)

Duke Ulrich of Württemberg succeeded his kinsman Eberhard II as Duke of Württemberg in 1498. He was declared of age in 1503. His volatile personality made him infamous, being called the "Swabian Henry VIII" by…

1487

Daniele Barbaro

Venetian churchman, diplomat and scholar (died 1570)

Daniele Matteo Alvise Barbaro was an Italian cleric and diplomat. He was also an architect, writer on architecture, and translator of, and commentator on, Vitruvius.

1514

Agrippa d'Aubigné

French poet and soldier (died 1630)

Théodore-Agrippa d'Aubigné was a French poet, soldier, propagandist and chronicler. His epic poem Les Tragiques (1616) is widely regarded as his masterpiece. In a book about his Catholic contemporary Jean de La Ceppède,…

1552

Robert Burton

English priest, physician, and scholar (died 1640)

Robert Burton was an English author and fellow of Oxford University, known for his encyclopaedic The Anatomy of Melancholy.

1577

Guercino

Italian painter (died 1666)

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, better known as (il) Guercino, was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vigorous naturalism of his early manner…

1591

Charles-Jean-François Hénault

French historian and author (died 1770)

Charles-Jean-François Hénault was a French writer and historian.

1685

Daniel Bernoulli

Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (died 1782)

Daniel Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician and physicist and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family from Basel. He is particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to…

1700

Emperor Sakuramachi

Japanese emperor (died 1750)

Teruhito , posthumously honored as Emperor Sakuramachi was the 115th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He was enthroned as Emperor in 1735, a reign that would last until 1747 with his…

1720

André Grétry

Belgian-French organist and composer (died 1813)

André Ernest Modeste Grétry was a composer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, who worked from 1767 onwards in France and took French nationality. He is most famous for his opéras comiques. His music influenced Mozart…

1741

Gia Long

Vietnamese emperor (died 1820)

Gia Long, born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh (阮暎), was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last dynasty of Vietnam, which would rule the unified territories that constitute modern-day Vietnam until…

1762

Joseph Leopold Eybler

Austrian composer and conductor (died 1846)

Joseph Leopold Eybler was an Austrian composer and contemporary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

1764

Caroline Augusta of Bavaria

German princess (died 1873)

Princess Caroline Augusta of Bavaria was Empress of Austria by marriage to Francis I of Austria. She was the penultimate child and third daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of…

1792

Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia

Russian grand duke (died 1849)

Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia was a Russian grand duke, the tenth child and fourth son of Paul I of Russia and his second wife, Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg, who took the name Maria Feodorovna. He was the…

1798

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

English sculptor and zoologist (died 1889)

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins was an English sculptor and natural history artist renowned for his work on the life-size models of dinosaurs in the Crystal Palace Park in south London. The models, accurately made using the…

1807

Richard S. Ewell

American general (died 1872)

Richard Stoddert Ewell was an American military officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He achieved fame as a senior commander under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee and fought effectively…

1817

John Ruskin

English author, critic, and academic (died 1900)

John Ruskin was an English polymath – a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as art, architecture, political economy,…

1819

William Tecumseh Sherman

American general (died 1891)

William Tecumseh Sherman was an American businessman, author, and United States Army general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865). As a general he earned recognition for his command of military…

1820

Maxime Du Camp

French photographer and journalist (died 1894)

Maxime Du Camp was a French writer and photographer.

1822

Henry Walter Bates

English geographer, biologist, and explorer (died 1892)

Henry Walter Bates was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. He was most famous for his expedition to the rainforests of the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace,…

1825

Jules Verne

French author, poet, and playwright (died 1905)

Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.

1828

Vital-Justin Grandin

French-Canadian bishop and missionary (died 1902)

Vital-Justin Grandin was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop. He has been labelled as a key architect of the Canadian Indian residential school system by contemporary news sources, which has been considered an instrument…

1829

Dmitri Mendeleev

Russian chemist and academic (died 1907)

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev was a Russian chemist known for formulating the periodic law and creating a version of the periodic table of elements. He used the periodic law not only to correct the then-accepted properties…

1834

Kate Chopin

American author (died 1904)

Kate Chopin was an American author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. She is considered by scholars to have been a forerunner of American 20th-century feminist authors of Southern or Catholic background,…

1850

Adella Brown Bailey

American politician and suffragist (died 1937)

Adella Brown Bailey (1860–1937) was an American politician and suffragist.

1860

Moses Gomberg

Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (died 1947)

Moses Gomberg was a chemistry professor at the University of Michigan. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and served as president of the American Chemical Society.

1866

Paula Modersohn-Becker

German painter (died 1907)

Paula Modersohn-Becker was a German Expressionist painter and draftswoman of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She is noted for the many self-portraits, including nudes. She is considered one of the most important…

1876

Martin Buber

Austrian-Israeli philosopher and academic (died 1965)

Martin Buber was an Austrian-Israeli philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism centered on the distinction between the I–Thou relationship and the I–It relationship.

1878

Franz Marc

German soldier and painter (died 1916)

Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of German Expressionism. He was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter, a journal whose name later became synonymous with the circle…

1880

Viktor Schwanneke

German actor and director (died 1931)

Viktor Eduard Julius Schwanneke was a German stage director and actor, writer, and film actor whose acting career began at the turn of the 20th century.

1880

Thomas Selfridge

American lieutenant and pilot (died 1908)

Thomas Etholen Selfridge was an American first lieutenant in the U.S. Army and the first person to die in an airplane crash. He was also the first active-duty member of the U.S. military to die in a crash while on duty.…

1882

Isak Penttala

Finnish politician (died 1955)

Isak Penttala was a Finnish newspaper editor, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Vaasa Province South between…

1883

Joseph Schumpeter

Czech-American economist and political scientist (died 1950)

Joseph Alois Schumpeter was an Austrian political economist. He served briefly as Finance Minister of Austria in 1919. In 1932, he emigrated to the United States to become a professor at Harvard University, where he…

1883

Snowy Baker

Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor (died 1953)

Reginald Leslie "Snowy" Baker was an Australian athlete, sports promoter, and actor. Born in Surry Hills, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Baker excelled at a number of sports, winning New South Wales…

1884

Charlie Ruggles

American actor (died 1970)

Charles Sherman Ruggles was an American comic character actor. In a career spanning six decades, Ruggles appeared in close to 100 feature films, often in mild-mannered and comic roles. He was also the elder brother of…

1886

Edith Evans

English actress (died 1976)

Dame Edith Mary Evans was an English actress. She was best known for her work on the West End stage, but also appeared in films at the beginning and towards the end of her career. Between 1964 and 1968, she was…

1888

Claro M. Recto

Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1960)

Claro Mayo Recto Jr. was a Filipino lawyer, jurist, writer, author, columnist, diplomat, and statesman who served as a senator of the Philippines from 1931 until his death in 1960. Recto was the primary author of the…

1890

Ba Maw

Burmese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Burma (died 1977)

Ba Maw, known honorifically as Dr. Ba Maw, was a Burmese lawyer and politician, active during the interwar period and Second World War. He was the first Burma Premier (1937–1939) and head of State of Burma from 1943 to…

1893

King Vidor

American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1982)

King Wallis Vidor was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His 67-year career spanned the silent and sound eras, with works distinguished by a sympathetic depiction of contemporary social issues.…

1894

Khorloogiin Choibalsan

Prime Minister of Mongolia (died 1952)

Khorloogiin Choibalsan was a Mongolian politician who served as the leader of the Mongolian People's Republic as the chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) from 1939 until his death in 1952. He was also the…

1895

Zakir Husain

Indian academic and politician, 3rd president of India (died 1969)

Zakir Husain Khan was an Indian educationist and politician who served as the vice president of India from 1962 to 1967 and president of India from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969.

1897

Lonnie Johnson

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1970)

Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson was an American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and songwriter. He was a pioneer of jazz guitar and jazz violin and is recognized as the first to play an electrically amplified violin.

1899

Demchugdongrub

Mongol prince and politician, head of state of Mengjiang (died 1966)

Demchugdongrub, also known as Prince De, courtesy name Xixian, was a Qing dynasty Chinese Mongol prince descended from the Borjigin imperial clan who lived during the 20th century and became the leader of an…

1902

Greta Keller

Austrian-American singer and actress (died 1977)

Margaretha "Greta" Keller was an Austrian and American cabaret singer and actress, who worked in some Hollywood movies and television dramas.

1903

Tunku Abdul Rahman

1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 1990)

Tunku Abdul Rahman, widely known simply as Tunku, was a Malaysian statesman who served as the first prime minister of Malaysia from 1957 until 1970. He was also the only chief minister of the Federation of Malaya from…

1903

Chester Carlson

American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography (died 1968)

Chester Floyd Carlson was an American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney born in Seattle, Washington.

1906

Elisabeth Murdoch

Australian philanthropist (died 2012)

Dame Elisabeth Joy Murdoch, Lady Murdoch, also known as Elisabeth, Lady Murdoch, was an Australian philanthropist and matriarch of the Murdoch family. She was the wife of Australian newspaper publisher Sir Keith Murdoch…

1909

Elizabeth Bishop

American poet and author (died 1979)

Elizabeth Bishop was an American poet and short-story writer. She was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1949 to 1950, the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1956, the National Book Award winner in…

1911

Betty Field

American actress (died 1973)

Betty Field was an American film and stage actress.

1913

Danai Stratigopoulou

Greek singer-songwriter (died 2009)

Danai Stratigopoulou was a Greek singer, writer, and university academic. She acquired recognition in the literary world for translating the works of the Chilean nobel laureate Pablo Neruda into the Greek language.

1913

Bill Finger

American author and screenwriter, co-created Batman (died 1974)

Milton "Bill" Finger was an American comic book writer who is credited with co-creating the DC Comics character Batman with Bob Kane. Despite making major contributions as an innovative writer, visionary mythos/world…

1914

Georges Guétary

Egyptian-French singer, dancer, and actor (died 1997)

Georges Guétary, born Lambros Vorloou was a French singer, dancer, cabaret performer and film actor, best known for his role in the 1951 musical An American in Paris.

1915

Freddie Blassie

American wrestler and manager (died 2003)

Frederick Kenneth Blassie was an American professional wrestler and manager, known by the ring name "Classy" Freddie Blassie. His achievements in the ring included holding the Los Angeles-based World Wrestling…

1918

Barney Danson

Canadian colonel and politician, 21st Canadian Minister of National Defence (died 2011)

Barnett Jerome "Barney" Danson was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister.

1921

Nexhmije Hoxha

Albanian politician (died 2020)

Nexhmije Hoxha was an Albanian communist politician. She was the wife of Enver Hoxha, the first leader of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania and the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania. Very close…

1921

Balram Singh Rai

Guyanese politician, 1st Minister of Home Affairs (died 2022)

Balram Singh Rai was a Guyanese politician. He served as Minister of Community Development and Education from 1959 to 1961, then the first Minister of Home Affairs from 1961 to 1962.

1921

Lana Turner

American actress (died 1995)

Julia Jean "Lana" Turner was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life. In the…

1921

Audrey Meadows

American actress and banker (died 1996)

Audrey Meadows was an American actress who portrayed the deadpan housewife Alice Kramden on the 1950s American television comedy The Honeymooners. She was the younger sister of actress Jayne Meadows.

1922

Jack Lemmon

American actor (died 2001)

John Uhler Lemmon III was an American actor. Considered proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, he was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in comedy-drama films. He received numerous…

1925

Neal Cassady

American author and poet (died 1968)

Neal Leon Cassady was an American writer who was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s.

1926

Birgitte Reimer

Danish film actress (died 2021)

Birgitte Reimer was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 17 films between 1947 and 1964. Reimer died in April 2021 at the age of 95.

1926

Alejandro Rey

Argentinian-American actor and director (died 1987)

Alejandro Rey was an Argentine-American actor and television director.

1930

James Dean

American actor (died 1955)

James Byron Dean was an American actor. He became one of the most influential figures in Hollywood in the 1950s, and his impact on cinema and popular culture was profound, although his career lasted only five years. He…

1931

Shadia

Egyptian actress and singer (died 2017)

Fatma Ahmad Kamal Shaker, better known by her stage name Shadia, was an Egyptian actress and singer. She was famous for her roles in light comedies and drama in the 1950s and 1960s. She was the third wife of Salah…

1931

Cliff Allison

English racing driver and businessman (died 2005)

Henry Clifford Allison was a British racing driver from England, who participated in Formula One during seasons 1958 to 1961 for the Lotus, Scuderia Centro Sud, Ferrari and UDT Laystall teams. He was born and died in…

1932

John Williams

American pianist, composer, and conductor

John Towner Williams is an American composer and conductor. Over his seven-decade career, he has composed many of the best known scores in film history. His compositional style blends romanticism, impressionism, and…

1932

Elly Ameling

Dutch soprano

Elisabeth Sara "Elly" Ameling is a Dutch soprano, who is particularly known for lieder recitals and for performing works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Performing with distinguished pianists and ensembles around the globe,…

1933

Joe Raposo

American pianist and composer (died 1989)

Joseph Guilherme Raposo, OIH was an American composer and songwriter. He is best known for his work on the children's television series Sesame Street, for which he wrote the theme song, and several notable songs,…

1937

Harry Wu

Chinese human rights activist (died 2016)

Harry Wu was a Chinese-American human rights activist. Wu spent 19 years in Chinese labor camps, and he became a resident and citizen of the United States. In 1992, he founded the Laogai Research Foundation.

1937

Jose Maria Sison

Filipino activist and theorist (died 2022)

Jose Maria Canlas Sison, also known as Joma, was a Filipino writer, poet, and activist who founded and led the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and added elements of Maoism to its philosophy—which would be known…

1939

Sophie Lihau-Kanza

Congolese politician (died 1999)

Sophie Lihau-Kanza or Zala Lusibu N'Kanza was a Congolese politician and sociologist. She was the first woman of her country to receive a secondary education, the first to graduate from a university, and the first to…

1940

Ted Koppel

English-American journalist

Edward James Martin Koppel is an American broadcast journalist, best known as the anchor for Nightline, from the program's inception in 1980 until 2005.

1940

Nick Nolte

American actor and producer

Nicholas King Nolte is an American actor. Known for his leading man roles in both dramas and romances, he has received a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.…

1941

Tom Rush

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Tom Rush is an American folk and blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter whose success helped launch the careers of other singer-songwriters in the 1960s and who has continued his own singing career for 60 years.

1941

Jagjit Singh

Indian singer-songwriter (died 2011)

Jagjit Singh was an Indian composer, singer and musician. He composed and sang in numerous languages and is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian classical art form, by choosing poetry that was…

1941

Robert Klein

American comedian, actor, and singer

Robert Klein is an American stand-up comedian, singer, and actor. He is known for his appearances on stage and screen. He has released four standup comedy albums: A Child of the 50s (1973), Mind Over Matter (1974), New…

1942

Terry Melcher

American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2004)

Terrence Paul Melcher was an American record producer, singer, and songwriter who was instrumental in shaping the mid-to-late 1960s California sound and folk rock movements. His best-known contributions were producing…

1942

Creed Bratton

American actor and musician

Creed Bratton is an American actor and musician. A former member of the rock band the Grass Roots, he is best known for playing a fictionalized version of himself on the NBC comedy The Office (2005–2013), which earned…

1943

Valerie Thomas

American scientist and inventor

Valerie L. Thomas is an American data scientist and inventor. She invented the illusion transmitter, for which she received a patent in 1980. She was responsible for developing the digital media formats that image…

1943

Roger Lloyd-Pack

English actor (died 2014)

Roger Anthony Lloyd Pack was a British actor. He is best known for playing Trigger in Only Fools and Horses from 1981 to 2003, and Owen Newitt in The Vicar of Dibley from 1994 to 2007. He later starred as Tom in The Old…

1944

Sebastião Salgado

Brazilian photographer and journalist (died 2025)

Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior was a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist.

1944

Dan Seals

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)

Danny Wayland Seals, also known as England Dan, was an American musician. The younger brother of Seals & Crofts member Jim Seals, he first gained fame as one half of the soft rock duo England Dan & John Ford Coley, who…

1948

Brooke Adams

American actress, producer, and screenwriter

Brooke Adams is an American actress, best known for her film roles in Days of Heaven (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and The Dead Zone (1983).

1949

Niels Arestrup

French actor, director, and screenwriter

Niels Arestrup was a French-Danish actor, film director and screenwriter.

1949

Marinho Chagas

Brazilian footballer and coach (died 2014)

Francisco das Chagas Marinho, generally known as Marinho Chagas or Francisco Marinho, was a Brazilian professional footballer. One of the best left-backs of his era, he is best known for his flowing curly blond hair and…

1952

Mary Steenburgen

American actress

Mary Nell Steenburgen is an American actress, comedian, singer, and songwriter. After studying at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse in the 1970s, she made her professional acting debut in the Western comedy film Goin'…

1953

John Grisham

American lawyer and author

John Ray Grisham Jr. is an American writer, lawyer, and former politician, known for his best-selling legal thrillers. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 37 consecutive number-one…

1955

Jim Neidhart

American wrestler (died 2018)

James Henry Neidhart was an American professional wrestler known for his appearances in the 1980s and 1990s in the World Wrestling Federation as Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart, where he was a two-time WWF Tag Team Champion…

1955

Marques Johnson

American basketball player and sportscaster

Marques Kevin Johnson is an American former professional basketball player and character actor who is a basketball analyst for the Milwaukee Bucks on FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin. He played as a small forward in the…

1956

Karine Chemla

French historian of mathematics and sinologist

Karine Chemla is a French historian of mathematics and sinologist who works as a director of research at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). She is also a senior fellow at the New York University…

1957

Sherri Martel

American wrestler and manager (died 2007)

Sherry Lynn Schrull was an American professional wrestler and manager, better known by her ring names, Sherri Martel and Sensational Sherri.

1958

Marina Silva

Brazilian environmentalist and politician

Maria Osmarina Marina da Silva Vaz de Lima, known as Marina Silva, is a Brazilian politician and environmentalist, currently serving as Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, a position she previously held from…

1958

Henry Czerny

Canadian actor

Henry Czerny is a Canadian stage, film, and television actor. He is known for his roles in the films The Boys of St. Vincent, Clear and Present Danger, The Ice Storm, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Fido, Remember, Ready or…

1959

Heinz Gunthardt

Swiss tennis player

Heinz Peter Günthardt is a retired tennis player from Switzerland.

1959

Andrew Hoy

Australian equestrian rider

Andrew James Hoy is an Australian equestrian rider. He has won six Olympic medals: three gold, two silvers and one bronze. He has competed in eight Olympic games, from 1984 to 2020 with the exception of 2008, which is…

1959

Mauricio Macri

Argentinian businessman and politician, President of Argentina

Mauricio Macri is an Argentine businessman and politician who served as President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. He has been the leader of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party since its founding in 2005. He previously…

1959

Benigno Aquino III

Filipino politician, 15th President of the Philippines (died 2021)

Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Cojuangco Aquino III, also known colloquially as PNoy, was the 15th president of the Philippines, serving from 2010 to 2016. A member of the Liberal Party, he was the son of assassinated…

1960

Dino Ciccarelli

Canadian ice hockey player

Dino Ciccarelli is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who was a right winger for 19 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Minnesota North Stars, Washington Capitals, Detroit Red Wings, Tampa…

1960

Vince Neil

American singer-songwriter and actor

Vincent Neil Wharton is an American musician and singer. He is the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, which he fronted from their 1981 formation until his departure in 1992. Neil reunited with the band in…

1961

Mohammad Azharuddin

Indian cricketer and politician

Mohammad Azizuddin Azharuddin is an Indian politician and a former cricketer who also served as the Indian national cricket team's captain. He was a right-handed middle order batter and an occasional medium fast bowler.…

1963

Arlie Petters

Belizean-American mathematical physicist and academic

Arlie Oswald Petters, MBE is a Belizean-American mathematical physicist, who is the Benjamin Powell Professor of mathematics and a professor of physics and economics at Duke University. Petters became the provost at New…

1964

Santosh Sivan

Indian director, cinematographer, producer, and actor

Santosh Sivan ISC is an Indian cinematographer, film director, producer and actor known for his works in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi cinema. Santosh graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India and has, to…

1964

Trinny Woodall

English fashion designer and author

Sarah-Jane Duncanson "Trinny" Woodall is a British beauty entrepreneur, businesswoman, and the founder of cosmetics brand Trinny London.

1964

Kirk Muller

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Kirk Christopher Muller is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre and coach. He played in the NHL for 19 seasons from 1984–85 until 2002–03 with the Dallas Stars, Florida Panthers, New Jersey Devils, New York…

1966

Hristo Stoichkov

Bulgarian footballer and manager

Hristo Stoichkov is a Bulgarian former professional footballer and current football commentator for TUDN. A prolific forward, he is widely regarded as the greatest Bulgarian footballer of all time. He was the runner-up…

1966

Adelir Antônio de Carli

Brazilian priest and balloonist

Adelir Antônio de Carli, also known as Padre Baloeiro or Padre do Balão, was a Brazilian Catholic priest who died after a cluster-ballooning attempt on 20 April 2008. Carli undertook the exercise to raise money to fund…

1967

Michael Ansley

American basketball player

Michael Antonio Ansley is an American former professional basketball player. He played three seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and last played with Sportino Inowrocław of the Polish Dominet Bank…

1967

Gary Coleman

American actor (died 2010)

Gary Wayne Coleman was an American actor, known as a high-profile child star of the late 1970s and 1980s. Born in Zion, Illinois, Coleman grew up with his adoptive parents. Due to the corticosteroids and other…

1968

Pauly Fuemana

New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)

Paul Lawrence Fuemana was a New Zealand singer, songwriter and musician from Auckland. One of the first globally successful pioneers of his country's unique style of hip-hop, Fuemana was one of New Zealand's greatest…

1969

Mary Robinette Kowal

American puppeteer and author

Mary Robinette Kowal is an American author, translator, art director, and puppeteer. As an author, she is a four-time Hugo Award winner, a Nebula Award and Locus Award winner, and served as the president of the Science…

1969

Mary McCormack

American actress and producer

Mary McCormack is an American actress.

1969

Stephanie Courtney

American actress and comedian

Stephanie Courtney is an American actress and comedian, best known for playing the advertising character Flo in television and radio commercials for Progressive Corporation beginning in 2008.

1970

John Filan

Australian footballer and coach

John Richard Filan is an Australian football coach and former professional player.

1970

Alonzo Mourning

American basketball player and executive

Alonzo Harding Mourning Jr. is an American former professional basketball player who has served as vice president of player programs and development for the Miami Heat since June 2009. Mourning played most of his…

1970

Aidy Boothroyd

English footballer and manager

Adrian Neil Boothroyd is an English former footballer who was most recently the manager of Indian Super League club Jamshedpur.

1971

Mika Karppinen

Swedish-Finnish drummer and songwriter

Mika Kristian Karppinen, better known as Gas Lipstick, is a Swedish-Finnish musician, best known as the previous drummer of the Finnish gothic rock band HIM. He is also a drummer for other bands currently on hiatus,…

1971

Susan Misner

American actress

Susan Misner is an American actress and dancer. She has appeared in a number of TV series as a guest star, as well as several recurring roles.

1971

Big Show

American wrestler and actor

Paul Donald Wight II is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under his real name. He is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1995 to…

1972

Michelle Brogan

Australian basketball player

Michelle Brogan is an Australian former basketball player who won the bronze medal with the Australia women's national basketball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Four years later she was on the side that claimed the…

1973

Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo

French musician, singer, composer, and record producer

Guillaume Emmanuel "Guy-Manuel" de Homem-Christo is a French musician, composer, and record producer. He is best known as one-half of the former French house music duo Daft Punk, alongside Thomas Bangalter. He has…

1974

Seth Green

American actor, voice artist, comedian, producer, writer, and director

Seth Benjamin Green is an American actor and producer. His film debut was The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), and he went on to have supporting roles in comedy films in the 1980s, including Radio Days, Can't Buy Me Love and…

1974

Joshua Morrow

American actor

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1974

Kimbo Slice

Bahamian-American mixed martial artist (died 2016)

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1974

Nicolas Vouilloz

French rally driver and mountain biker

Nicolas Vouilloz is a French professional mountain biker and former professional rally driver.

1976

Dave Farrell

American musician and songwriter

David Michael Farrell, also known by his stage name Phoenix, is an American musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band Linkin Park. He was also a member of Tasty Snax, a ska punk band.

1977

Roman Kostomarov

Russian ice dancer

Roman Sergeyevich Kostomarov is a Russian former ice dancer. With partner Tatiana Navka, he is the 2006 Olympic champion, two-time World champion (2004–05), three-time Grand Prix Final champion (2003–05), and three-time…

1977

Ranveer Brar

Indian chef, author, restauranteur, and television personality

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1978

Mick de Brenni

Australian politician

Michael Christopher de Brenni, is an Australian politician currently serving as the Manager of Opposition Business in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

1978

Aaron Cook

American baseball player

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1979

William Jackson Harper

American actor

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1980

Steve Gohouri

Ivorian footballer (died 2015)

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1981

Myriam Montemayor Cruz

Mexican singer

Myriam Montemayor Cruz, better known mononymously as Myriam, is a Mexican recording artist known for winning the first season of Mexican talent show La Academia.

1981

Jim Parrack

American actor

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1981

Jermaine Anderson

Canadian basketball player

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1983

Cory Jane

New Zealand rugby player

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1983

Sean Bergenheim

Finnish ice hockey player

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1984

Cecily Strong

American actress

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1984

Panagiotis Vasilopoulos

Greek basketball player

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1984

Petra Cetkovská

Czech tennis player

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1985

Jeremy Davis

American bass player and songwriter

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1985

Félix Pie

Dominican baseball player

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1985

Brian Randle

American basketball player and coach

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1985

Anderson .Paak

American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer

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1986

Javi García

Spanish footballer

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1987

Carolina Kostner

Italian figure skater

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1987

Keegan Meth

Zimbabwean cricketer

Keegan Orry Meth is a former Zimbabwean cricketer. He played domestically for the Matabeleland Tuskers and represented Zimbabwe in international cricket. An all-rounder, he bowled right-arm medium-fast and generally…

1988

Zac Guildford

New Zealand rugby player

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1989

JaJuan Johnson

American basketball player

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1989

Julio Jones

American football player

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1989

Brendan Smith

Canadian ice hockey player

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1989

Courtney Vandersloot

American-Hungarian basketball player

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1989

Bethany Hamilton

American surfer

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1990

Klay Thompson

American basketball player

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1990

Nam Woo-hyun

South Korean singer

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1991

Bruno Martins Indi

Portuguese-Dutch footballer

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1992

Hakan Çalhanoğlu

Turkish footballer

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1994

Nikki Yanofsky

Canadian singer-songwriter

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1994

Gabriel Deck

Argentine basketball player

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1995

Joshua Kimmich

German footballer

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1995

Kenedy

Brazilian footballer

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1996

Leighton Vander Esch

American football player

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1996

Kathryn Newton

American actress

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1997

Rui Hachimura

Japanese basketball player

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1998

Alessia Russo

English footballer

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1999

I.N

South Korean singer

Yang Jeong-in, known professionally as I.N (아이엔), is a South Korean singer. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Stray Kids formed by JYP Entertainment in 2017.

2001

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Known forA wicketkeeper and middle-order batsman, he was a regular member of the national team between 1995 and 2007

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