Famous Birthdays on January 10

Q: Who was born on January 10?

Famous people born on January 10 include: Husayn ibn Ali, Margaret of Austria, Louis of Nassau (died 1574), Isaac Jogues, Louis François.

Q: What is Rod Stewart known for?

Rod Stewart, British singer-songwriter

1945 — Rod Stewart

British singer-songwriter

January 10 has seen 209 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 626 – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · January 10 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 209 people 626 – 2003

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Joining Faces in 1969, he also launched a solo career, releasing his debut album, An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down, that year

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His 1972 follow-up album, Never a Dull Moment, also reached number one in the UK and Australia, while going top three in the US and Canada

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Known for his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is among the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 120 million records worldwide

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He was a member of various bands before joining the Jeff Beck Group in 1967

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His third album, 1971's Every Picture Tells a Story, was his breakthrough, topping the charts in the UK, US, Canada and Australia, as did its single "Maggie May"

Husayn ibn Ali

the third Shia Imam (died 680)

Husayn ibn Ali was an Alid political and religious leader. The second son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as a younger brother of Hasan ibn Ali, Husayn is regarded as the third…

626

Margaret of Austria

Duchess of Savoy (died 1530)

Margaret of Austria was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 to 1515 and again from 1519 until her death in 1530. She was the first of many female regents in the Netherlands. She was variously the Princess of…

1480

Louis of Nassau (died 1574)

Louis of Nassau was a Dutch nobleman, the third son of William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and Juliana of Stolberg, and the younger brother of Prince William of Orange Nassau.

1538

Isaac Jogues

French priest and missionary (died 1646)

Isaac Jogues was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Iroquois, Huron, and other Native populations in North America. He was the first European to name Lake George, calling it Lac du Saint…

1607

Louis François

duc de Boufflers, French general (died 1711)

Louis François de Boufflers, Duke of Boufflers, known in his lifetime as Chevalier Boufflers, was a prominent French soldier during the reign of Louis XIV of France. He was famed for his excellent defensive leadership…

1644

Joshua Barnes

English historian and scholar (died 1712)

Joshua Barnes, was an English scholar. His work Gerania; a New Discovery of a Little Sort of People, anciently discoursed of, called Pygmies (1675) was a utopian romance.

1654

Johannes Zick

German painter (died 1762)

Johannes (Johann) Zick was a German painter of frescoes in southern Germany and active during the Baroque period. He was the father of painter Januarius Zick and considered to be an important master of the Late Baroque.

1702

Christian August Crusius

German philosopher and theologian (died 1775)

Christian August Crusius was a German philosopher and Protestant theologian.

1715

Thomas Erskine

1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1823)

Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, was a British lawyer and Whig politician who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents.

1750

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg

German composer and conductor (died 1802)

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg was a German composer and conductor from the Classical period.

1760

Michel Ney

French general (died 1815)

Michel Ney, 1st Prince de la Moskowa, 1st Duke of Elchingen, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

1769

George Birkbeck

English physician and academic, founded Birkbeck, University of London (died 1841)

George Birkbeck was an English physician, academic, philanthropist, pioneer in adult education and a professor of natural philosophy at the Andersonian Institute. He is the founder of Birkbeck, University of London and…

1776

Martin Lichtenstein

German physician and explorer (died 1857)

Martin Hinrich Carl Lichtenstein was a German medical doctor, explorer, botanist and zoologist. He explored parts of southern Africa and collected natural history specimens extensively and many new species were…

1780

Carl Ritter von Ghega

Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (died 1860)

Karl Ritter von Ghega or Karl von Ghega was an Austrian-Albanian nobleman and the designer of the Semmering Railway from Gloggnitz to Mürzzuschlag. During his time, he was the most prominent of Austrian railway…

1802

Ferdinand Barbedienne

French engineer (died 1892)

Ferdinand Barbedienne was a French metalworker and manufacturer, who was well known as a bronze founder.

1810

Jeremiah S. Black

American jurist and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of State (died 1883)

Jeremiah Sullivan Black was an American statesman and lawyer. He served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (1851–1857) and as the Court's Chief Justice (1851–1854). He also served in the Cabinet of…

1810

William Haines

English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Victoria (died 1866)

William Clark Haines, Australian colonial politician, was the first Premier of Victoria.

1810

Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev

Azerbaijani national industrial magnate and philanthropist (died 1924)

Hajji Mirza Zeynalabdin Taghi oghlu Taghiyev was an Azerbaijani national industrial magnate and philanthropist.

1823

Amanda Cajander

Finnish medical reformer (died 1871)

Mathilda Fredrika "Amanda" Cajander, née Nygren, was a Finnish deaconess and a pioneer within medical care in Finland.

1827

Herman Koeckemann

German bishop and missionary (died 1892)

Herman Koeckemann, formally Bernard Hermann Koeckemann, SS.CC.,, served as the second vicar apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands — now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu — from 1881 to 1892.

1828

Epameinondas Deligeorgis

Greek lawyer, journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1879)

Epameinondas Deligiorgis was a Greek freemason, lawyer and politician - the youngest Prime Minister of Greece, taking office at the age of 36. His parliamentary activity numbered 13 years and he served as Prime Minister…

1829

John Dalberg-Acton

1st Baron Acton, Italian-English historian and politician (died 1902)

John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 13th Marquess of Groppoli,, better known as Lord Acton, was an English Catholic historian, Liberal politician, and writer. A strong advocate for individual liberty,…

1834

Louis-Nazaire Bégin

Canadian cardinal (died 1925)

Louis-Nazaire Bégin was a Canadian cardinal of the Catholic Church. Begin held a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and was later appointed Archbishop of Quebec by Pope Leo…

1840

Luigi Pigorini

Italian paleontologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (died 1925)

Luigi Pigorini was an Italian palaeoethnologist, archaeologist and ethnographer.

1842

Frank James

American soldier and criminal (died 1915)

Alexander Franklin James was a Confederate soldier and guerrilla; who became an outlaw in the post-Civil War period. The older brother of outlaw Jesse James, Frank was also part of the James–Younger Gang.

1843

Reinhold Sadler

American merchant and politician, 9th governor of Nevada (died 1906)

Reinhold Sadler was an American politician who was the 9th governor of Nevada. He was a member of the Silver Party.

1848

Robert Crosbie

Canadian theosophist, founded the United Lodge of Theosophists (died 1919)

Robert Crosbie was a theosophist and founder of the United Lodge of Theosophists (ULT).

1849

John Wellborn Root

American architect, designed the Rookery Building and Monadnock Building (died 1891)

John Wellborn Root was an American architect who was based in Chicago with Daniel Burnham. He was one of the founders of the Chicago School style. Two of his buildings have been designated National Historic Landmarks ;…

1850

Jessie Bond

mezzo-soprano roles in Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas.(died 1942)

Jessie Charlotte Bond was an English singer and actress best known for creating the mezzo-soprano soubrette roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. She spent twenty years on the stage, the bulk of them with the…

1853

Ramón Corral

Mexican general and politician, 6th Vice President of Mexico (died 1912)

Ramón Corral Verdugo was a Mexican politician who served as the Vice President of Mexico under President Porfirio Díaz from 1904 when it was reestablished until their resignations in May 1911, due to mounting pressure…

1854

Heinrich Zille

German illustrator and photographer (died 1929)

Rudolf Heinrich Zille was a German illustrator, caricaturist, lithographer and photographer.

1858

Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia

Spanish philosopher and academic (died 1909)

Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, widely known as Francisco Ferrer, was a Spanish radical freethinker, anarchist, and educationist behind a network of secular, private, libertarian schools in and around Barcelona. His…

1859

Charles G. D. Roberts

Canadian poet and author (died 1943)

Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts was a Canadian poet and prose writer. He was one of the first Canadian authors to be internationally known. He published various works on Canadian exploration and natural history,…

1860

Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (died 1931)

Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia was a Russian Grand Duke and a member of the Russian Imperial Family.

1864

Algernon Maudslay

English sailor (died 1948)

Algernon Maudslay CBE was a British yachtsman and an administrator of refugee, Red Cross and relief organisations. Maudslay represented Great Britain in sailing competitions at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan,…

1873

Jack O'Neill

Irish-American baseball player (died 1935)

John Joseph O'Neill was an Irish born catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1902–03), Chicago Cubs (1904–05) and Boston Beaneaters (1906). He batted and threw right-handed.

1873

George Orton

Canadian runner and hurdler (died 1958)

George Washington F. Orton was a Canadian middle and long-distance runner. In 1900, he became the first Canadian to win a medal at an Olympic Games. He won a bronze in the 400 metre hurdles, and then, forty-five minutes…

1873

Issai Schur

German mathematician and academic (died 1941)

Issai Schur was a Russian mathematician who worked in Germany for most of his life. He studied at the University of Berlin. He obtained his doctorate in 1901, became lecturer in 1903 and, after a stay at the University…

1875

Frederick Gardner Cottrell

American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist (died 1948)

Frederick Gardner Cottrell was an American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist. He is best known for his invention of the electrostatic precipitator, one of the first inventions designed to eliminate air…

1877

John McLean

American hurdler, football player, and coach (died 1955)

John Frederick McLean was an All-American college football player, track and field athlete, and coach. He won a silver medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris with a time of 15.5 seconds. He…

1878

Manuel Azaña

Spanish jurist and politician, 7th President of Spain (died 1940)

Manuel Azaña Díaz was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic, organizer of the Popular Front in 1935 and the last President of the Republic (1936–1939). He has been called the…

1880

Francis X. Bushman

American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1966)

Francis Xavier Bushman was an American film actor and director. His career as a matinee idol started in 1911 in the silent film His Friend's Wife. He gained a large female following and was one of the biggest stars of…

1883

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Russian journalist, author, and poet (died 1945)

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian and Soviet writer whose works span across many genres, but mainly belonged to science fiction and historical fiction.

1883

Robinson Jeffers

American poet and philosopher (died 1962)

John Robinson Jeffers was an American poet known for his work about the central Californian coast. Much of his poetry was written in narrative and epic form; however, he is also known for his shorter verse and is…

1887

Pina Menichelli

Italian actress (died 1984)

Giuseppa Iolanda Menichelli, known professionally as Pina Menichelli, was an Italian actress. After a career in theatre and a series of small film roles, Menichelli was launched as a film star when Giovanni Pastrone…

1890

Heinrich Behmann

German mathematician and academic (died 1970)

Heinrich Behmann was a German mathematician. He performed research in the field of set theory and predicate logic.

1891

Ann Shoemaker

American actress (died 1978)

Ann Shoemaker was an American actress who appeared in 70 films and TV movies between 1928 and 1976. She portrayed Sara Roosevelt, mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, in both the stage and film versions of Sunrise at…

1891

Dumas Malone

American historian and author (died 1986)

Dumas Malone was an American historian, minister, and biographer. A professor by occupation, Malone spent the majority of his career teaching at the University of Virginia (UVA), where he served as the Thomas Jefferson…

1892

Melchior Wańkowicz

Polish soldier, journalist, and author (died 1974)

Melchior Wańkowicz was a Polish army officer, popular writer, political journalist and publisher. He is most famous for his reporting for the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II and writing a book about…

1892

Albert Jacka

Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1932)

Albert Jacka, was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. Jacka was the…

1893

Pingali Lakshmikantam

Indian poet and author (died 1972)

Pingali Lakshmikantam was an Indian poet and writer.

1894

Percy Cerutty

Australian athletics coach (died 1975)

Percy Wells Cerutty was an Australian athletics coach in the 1950s and 1960s.

1895

Yong Mun Sen

Malaysian watercolour painter (died 1962)

Yong Mun Sen was a Malaysian artist and one of the founders of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, then Malaya. Born Yong Yen Lang in Kuching, Sarawak, he changed his name to Yong Mun Sen in 1922.

1896

Dinkar G. Kelkar

Indian art collector (died 1990)

Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar was an Indian writer, editor, art collector and historian. He is best remembered for establishing the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum in Pune.

1896

Katharine Burr Blodgett

American physicist and engineer (died 1979)

Katharine Burr Blodgett was an American physicist and chemist known for her work on surface chemistry, in particular her invention of "invisible" or nonreflective glass while working at General Electric. She was the…

1898

Violette Cordery

English racing driver (died 1983)

Violette Cordery was a British racing driver and long distance record breaker.

1900

Barbara Hepworth

English sculptor (died 1975)

Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth was an English sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, Hepworth was a leading figure in the…

1903

Voldemar Väli

Estonian wrestler (died 1997)

Voldemar Väli was an Estonian two-time Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.

1903

Ray Bolger

American actor and dancer (died 1987)

Raymond Wallace Bolger was an American actor, dancer, singer, vaudevillian, and stage performer who started his movie career in the silent-film era. Bolger was a major Broadway performer in the 1930s and beyond. He is…

1904

Gordon Kidd Teal

American engineer and inventor (died 2003)

Gordon Kidd Teal was an American engineer. He invented a method of applying the Czochralski method to produce extremely pure germanium single crystals used in making greatly improved transistors. He, together with…

1907

Jaime Garcia Goulart

Portuguese Catholic missionary and bishop (died 1997)

Jaime Garcia Goulart was a Portuguese Catholic prelate and missionary in Portuguese Timor who served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Dili from 1945 to 1967. Born on the island of Pico in the Azores, he entered the…

1908

Paul Henreid

Italian-American actor and director (died 1992)

Paul Henreid was an Austrian-American actor, director, producer, and writer. He is best remembered for several film roles during the Second World War, including Capt. Karl Marsen in Night Train to Munich (1940), Victor…

1908

Bernard Lee

English actor (died 1981)

John Bernard Lee was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first 11 Eon-produced James Bond films. His film career spanned the years 1934 to 1979, though he had appeared on stage from the age of six.

1908

Jean Martinon

French conductor and composer (died 1976)

Jean Francisque-Étienne Martinon was a French conductor and composer.

1910

Binod Bihari Chowdhury

Bangladeshi activist (died 2013)

Binod Bihari Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi social worker and anti-colonial revolutionary. An influential member in the Indian independence movement and veteran of the civil society of Bangladesh, he is mostly known for…

1911

Norman Heatley

English biologist and chemist (died 2004)

Norman George Heatley OBE was an English biologist and biochemist. He was a member of the team of Oxford University scientists who developed penicillin. Heatley developed the back-extraction technique for efficiently…

1911

Della H. Raney

American Army Air Corps officer (died 1987)

Della Hayden Raney was an American nurse in the Army Nurse Corps. Raney was the first African American nurse to report for duty in World War II and the first to be appointed chief nurse. In 1944, she became the first…

1912

Maria Mandl

Austrian Lagerführerin at Auschwitz koncentration camp (died 1948)

Maria Mandl was an Austrian-born Holocaust perpetrator and convicted war criminal. From 1942 until her arrest in 1945, she served as the Schutzhaftlagerführerin at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. She also…

1912

Gustáv Husák

Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (died 1991)

Gustáv Husák was a Slovak politician who served as the long-time First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1969 to 1987 and the President of Czechoslovakia from 1975 to 1989.

1913

Mehmet Shehu

Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (died 1981)

Mehmet Ismail Shehu was an Albanian communist politician who served as the Prime Minister of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1954 to 1981. He was known as a close confidant of Enver Hoxha and served in…

1913

Yu Kuo-hwa

Chinese politician, 23rd Premier of the Republic of China (died 2000)

Yu Kuo-hwa was a Taiwanese economist who served as the Premier of the Republic of China from 1984 to 1989.

1914

Dean Dixon

American-Swiss conductor (died 1976)

Charles Dean Dixon was an American conductor.

1915

Cynthia Freeman

American author (died 1988)

Beatrice Cynthia Freeman, later Beatrice Feinberg, best-known under the pen name Cynthia Freeman, was an American romance novelist. She was known for multigenerational romances centered on Jewish family life and the…

1915

Sune Bergström

Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)

Karl Sune Detlof Bergström was a Swedish biochemist. In 1975, he was appointed to the Nobel Foundation Board of Directors in Sweden, and was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University, together with…

1916

Eldzier Cortor

American painter (died 2015)

Eldzier Cortor was an American artist and printmaker. His work typically features elongated nude figures in intimate settings, influenced by both traditional African art and European surrealism. He is known for his…

1916

Don Metz

Canadian ice hockey player (died 2007)

Donald Maurice Metz was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played parts of nine seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from 1939 to 1949. While with the Maple Leafs he won…

1916

Jerry Wexler

American journalist and producer (died 2008)

Gerald Wexler was a music journalist turned music producer, and was a major influence on American popular music from the 1950s through the 1980s. He coined the term "rhythm and blues", and was integral in signing and/or…

1917

Les Bennett

English footballer and manager (died 1999)

Leslie Donald Bennett was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward for Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United.

1918

Arthur Chung

Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (died 2008)

Arthur Raymond Chung was President of Guyana from 17 March 1970 to 6 October 1980. He was the first ethnic Chinese president and head of state of a non-Asian country. A leader in Guyana's fight for independence during…

1918

Terukuni Manzō

Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (died 1977)

Terukuni Manzō was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ogachi, Akita. He was the sport's 38th yokozuna. He was promoted to yokozuna without any top division tournament titles to his name, although he later…

1919

Milton Parker

American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli (died 2009)

Milton Parker was a co-owner of the Carnegie Deli, located at 55th Street and Seventh Avenue next to Carnegie Hall in the New York City borough of Manhattan, serving as the behind-the-scenes preparer of towering…

1919

Rosella Hightower

American ballerina (died 2008)

Rosella Hightower was an American ballerina and member of the Choctaw Nation. One of the Five Moons, she achieved fame in both the United States and Europe, and later enjoyed a career as an instructor and opera director.

1920

Roberto M. Levingston

Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (died 2015)

Roberto Marcelo Levingston Laborda was an Argentine Army general who was the 36th President of Argentina from 1970 to 1971. His presidency was marked by a protectionist economic policy amid the country's financial…

1920

Rodger Ward

American aviator, race car driver and sportscaster (died 2004)

Rodger Morris Ward was an American racing driver best known for his open-wheel career. He is generally regarded as one of the finest drivers of his generation, and is best known for winning two National Championships,…

1921

Billy Liddell

Scottish-English footballer (died 2001)

William Beveridge Liddell was a Scottish footballer who played his entire professional career with Liverpool. He signed with the club as a teenager in 1938 and retired in 1961, having scored 228 goals in 534…

1922

Earl Bakken

American inventor (died 2018)

Earl Elmer Bakken was an American engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist. He founded Medtronic, where he developed the first external, battery-operated, transistorized, wearable artificial pacemaker in 1957.

1924

Ludmilla Chiriaeff

Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (died 1996)

Ludmilla Chiriaeff was a Russian-Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, and company director.

1924

Billie Sol Estes

American financier and businessman (died 2013)

Billie Sol Estes was an American businessman and financier best known for his involvement in a business fraud scandal that complicated his ties to friend and future U.S. President Lyndon Johnson.

1925

Musallam Bseiso

Palestinian journalist and politician (died 2017)

Musallam Wajih Bseiso was a Palestinian journalist and politician.

1926

Gisele MacKenzie

Canadian-American singer and actress (died 2003)

Gisèle MacKenzie was a Canadian-American singer, actress, and commercial spokesperson, best known for her performances on the US television program Your Hit Parade.

1927

Johnnie Ray

American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1990)

John Alvin Ray was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced…

1927

Otto Stich

Swiss lawyer and politician, 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2012)

Otto Anton Stich was a Swiss professor and politician. He served as a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1984 to 1995 and held the Swiss presidency in 1988 and 1994.

1927

Philip Levine

American poet and academic (died 2015)

Philip Levine was an American poet best known for his poems about working-class Detroit. He taught for more than thirty years in the English department of California State University, Fresno and held teaching positions…

1928

Peter Mathias

English historian and academic (died 2016)

Peter Mathias, was a British economic historian and the former Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford. His research focused on the history of industry, business, and technology, both in…

1928

Roy E. Disney

American businessman (died 2009)

Roy Edward Disney was an American businessman, media executive, and filmmaker. He was best known for serving as a senior executive for the Walt Disney Company and the chairman of its animation division, both of which…

1930

Peter Barnes

English playwright and screenwriter (died 2004)

Peter Barnes was an English Olivier Award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His best known work is the play The Ruling Class, which was made into a 1972 film for which Peter O'Toole received an Oscar nomination.

1931

Rosalind Howells

Baroness Howells of St Davids, Grenadian-English academic and politician (died 2025)

Rosalind Patricia-Anne Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids,, COG was a British Labour politician, who served as member of the House of Lords from 1999 to 2019.

1931

Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat

Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (died 2015)

Nik Abdul Aziz bin Nik Mat was a Malaysian politician and Muslim cleric. He was the Menteri Besar of Kelantan from 1990 to 2013 and the Mursyidul Am or Spiritual Leader of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) from 1991…

1931

Lou Henson

American college basketball coach (died 2020)

Louis Ray Henson was an American college basketball coach. He retired as the all-time leader in victories at the University of Illinois with 423 victories and New Mexico State with 289 victories. Overall, Henson won 779…

1932

Leonid Kravchuk

Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine (died 2022)

Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk was a Ukrainian politician who served as the first president of Ukraine from 5 December 1991 to 19 July 1994. Kravchuk's presidency was marked by Ukraine achieving independence from the Soviet…

1934

Ronnie Hawkins

American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)

Ronald Cornett Hawkins was an American rock and roll singer, long based in Canada, whose career spanned 66 years. His career began in Arkansas, United States, where he was born and raised. He found success in Ontario,…

1935

Sherrill Milnes

American opera singer and educator

Sherrill Milnes is an American dramatic baritone most famous for his Verdi roles. From 1965 until 1997 he was associated with the Metropolitan Opera. His voice is a high dramatic baritone, combining good legato with an…

1935

Stephen E. Ambrose

American historian and author (died 2002)

Stephen Edward Ambrose was an American historian, academic, and author, most noted for his books on World War II and his biographies of U.S. presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a longtime professor…

1936

Robert Woodrow Wilson

American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate

Robert Woodrow Wilson is an American astronomer who shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics with Arno Penzias "for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation".

1936

Elza Ibrahimova

Azerbaijani composer (died 2012)

Elza Imameddin qizi Ibrahimova was an Azerbaijani composer, People's Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2008), and People's Artist of Dagestan.

1938

Donald Knuth

American computer scientist and mathematician

Donald Ervin Knuth is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He is the 1974 recipient of the ACM Turing Award, informally considered the Nobel Prize of…

1938

Frank Mahovlich

Canadian ice hockey player and politician

Francis William Mahovlich is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and a former Liberal Senator in the Canadian Senate. He played on six Stanley Cup-winning teams and is an inductee of the Hockey Hall of…

1938

Willie McCovey

American baseball player (died 2018)

Willie Lee McCovey, nicknamed "Stretch" and "Willie Mac", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman from 1959 to 1980, most notably as a member of the San…

1938

David Horowitz

American writer and activist (died 2025)

David Joel Horowitz was an American conservative writer and activist. He was a founder and president of the David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC); editor of the Center's website FrontPage Magazine; and director of…

1939

Scott McKenzie

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)

Scott McKenzie was an American singer and songwriter who recorded the 1967 hit single "San Francisco ".

1939

Sal Mineo

American actor (died 1976)

Salvatore Mineo Jr. was an American actor. He was best known for his role as John "Plato" Crawford in the coming-of-age drama film Rebel Without a Cause (1955), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for…

1939

Bill Toomey

American athlete

William Anthony Toomey is an American former track and field competitor and was the 1968 Olympic decathlon champion.

1939

Godfrey Hewitt

English geneticist and academic (died 2013)

Godfrey Matthew Hewitt was a British professor and evolutionary geneticist at the University of East Anglia who was very influential in the development of the fields of molecular ecology, phylogeography, speciation and…

1940

K. J. Yesudas

Indian singer and music director

Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian playback singer and musician who sings Indian classical, devotional and film songs. He is widely considered one of the greatest singers in the history of Indian music and is the…

1940

Tom Clarke

Scottish politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland

Sir Thomas Clarke, is a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1982 until 2015, representing Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill from 2005 until losing his seat to Philip Boswell of the…

1941

Graeme Gahan

Australian footballer and coach (died 2018)

Graeme Arthur Gahan was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

1942

Jim Croce

American singer-songwriter (died 1973)

James Joseph Croce was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he released five studio albums and numerous singles. During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he…

1943

Jeffrey Catherine Jones

American comics and fantasy artist (died 2011)

Jeffrey Catherine Jones was an American artist whose work is best known from the late 1960s through the 2000s. Jones created the cover art for more than 150 books through 1976, as well as venturing into fine art during…

1944

William Sanderson

American actor

William Sanderson is an American retired actor. He played J. F. Sebastian in the feature film Blade Runner (1982), and had regular roles on several television series, playing Larry on Newhart (1982–1990), E. B. Farnum…

1944

Frank Sinatra

Jr., American singer and actor (died 2016)

Francis Wayne Sinatra, known professionally as Frank Sinatra Jr., was an American jazz and big band singer, songwriter, conductor and actor. He was the second child and only son of singer and actor Frank Sinatra and his…

1944

John Fahey

New Zealand-Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Premier of New South Wales (died 2020)

John Joseph Fahey was an Australian politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1992 to 1995 and as the federal Minister for Finance from 1996 to 2001. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative…

1945

Gunther von Hagens

German anatomist, invented plastination

Gunther von Hagens is a German anatomist, businessman, and lecturer. He developed the technique for preserving biological tissue specimens called plastination. Von Hagens has organized numerous Body Worlds public…

1945

George Alec Effinger

American author (died 2002)

George Alec Effinger was an American science fiction author, born in Cleveland, Ohio.

1947

James Morris

American opera singer

James Peppler Morris is an American bass-baritone opera singer. He is known for his interpretation of the role of Wotan in Richard Wagner's operatic cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen. The Metropolitan Opera video recording…

1947

Peer Steinbrück

German politician, German Minister of Finance

Peer Steinbrück is a German politician who was the Chancellor-candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the 2013 federal election. Steinbrück served as the eighth Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia…

1947

Tiit Vähi

Estonian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Estonia

Tiit Vähi is an Estonian politician who was Prime Minister of Estonia from 1995 to 1997. He was also acting Prime Minister for several months during 1992 under the transitional government.

1947

Remu Aaltonen

Finnish musician

Henry Olavi "Remu" Aaltonen is a Finnish drummer and singer. He is the lead musician of the band Hurriganes, but has also pursued a solo singing career.

1948

Donald Fagen

American singer-songwriter and musician

Donald Jay Fagen is an American singer-songwriter and musician who is the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter…

1948

Bernard Thévenet

French cyclist and sportscaster

Bernard Thévenet is a retired professional cyclist. His sporting career began with ACBB Paris. He is a two-time winner of the Tour de France and known for ending the reign of five-time Tour champion Eddy Merckx, though…

1948

Kemal Derviş

Turkish economist and politician, Turkish Minister of Economy (died 2023)

Kemal Derviş was a Turkish economist and politician who was head of the United Nations Development Programme. He was honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to mainstreaming Japan's development…

1949

George Foreman

American boxer, actor, and businessman (died 2025)

George Edward Foreman was an American professional boxer, businessman, minister, and author. In boxing, he competed between 1967 and 1997, and was nicknamed "Big George". He was a two-time world heavyweight champion and…

1949

Linda Lovelace

American pornographic actress and activist (died 2002)

Linda Lovelace was an American actress who became famous for her performance in the 1972 hardcore film Deep Throat. She later spoke out about the fact that her abusive husband, Chuck Traynor, had threatened and coerced…

1949

Pat Benatar

American singer-songwriter

Patricia Mae Giraldo is an American singer and songwriter. In the US, she has two multi-platinum albums, five platinum albums, and 15 US Billboard top 40 singles, while in Canada she had eight straight platinum albums,…

1953

Bobby Rahal

American race car driver

Robert Woodward Rahal is an American racing driver and motorsports executive. As a driver, he won three championships and 24 races in the CART open-wheel series, including the 1986 Indianapolis 500. As co-owner of Rahal…

1953

Baba Vaziroglu

Azerbaijani writer, poet and translator

Baba Vaziroglu is a prosaist, poet, translator, member of Union of Azerbaijani Writers since 1981, laureate of Republic Komsomol award, and an Honoured Art Figure of Azerbaijan Republic since 1 August 2005.

1954

Michael Schenker

German musician and songwriter

Michael Schenker is a German guitarist. He played in the rock band UFO and leads the Michael Schenker Group (MSG). He was an early member of the hard rock band Scorpions, a band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf…

1955

Shawn Colvin

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Shawna Lee "Shawn" Colvin is an American singer and songwriter. She began her career performing in several folk and rock bands throughout the 1970s and 1980s before touring with Suzanne Vega in 1988, which landed her a…

1956

Antonio Muñoz Molina

Spanish author

Antonio Muñoz Molina is a Spanish writer, a full member of the Royal Spanish Academy since 8 June 1995. He received the 1991 Premio Planeta, the 2013 Jerusalem Prize, and the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for literature.

1956

Chandra Cheeseborough

American sprinter and coach

Chandra Danette Cheeseborough is a retired American sprinter. She won two gold medals and a silver at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

1959

Chris Van Hollen

American lawyer and politician

Christopher Van Hollen Jr. is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maryland, a seat he has held since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S.…

1959

Fran Walsh

New Zealand screenwriter and producer

Dame Frances Rosemary Walsh is a New Zealand screenwriter and film producer.

1959

Richard Bartle

British game designer and academic

Richard Allan Bartle is a British writer, professor and game researcher in the massively multiplayer online game industry. He co-created MUD1 in 1978, and is the author of the 2003 book Designing Virtual Worlds.

1960

Gurinder Chadha

Kenyan-English director, producer, and screenwriter

Gurinder Kaur Chadha, is a Kenyan-born British film director of Indian origin, best known for the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham (2002). Most of her films explore the lives of Indians living in England. The common theme…

1960

Brian Cowen

Irish lawyer and politician, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland

Brian Bernard Cowen is an Irish former politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 2008 to 2011. Cowen served as a TD for the constituency of Laois–Offaly from 1984 to 2011 and served in several…

1960

Benoît Pelletier

Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2024)

Benoît Pelletier was a Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician in the province of Quebec.

1960

Evan Handler

American actor

Evan Handler is an American actor who is best known for playing Harry Goldenblatt, a divorce attorney and later husband of Charlotte York, on Sex and the City (2002–2004) and its revival series And Just Like That...…

1961

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

Italian-American violinist, author, and educator

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg is an Italian and American classical violinist and teacher.

1961

Michael Fortier

Canadian lawyer and politician

Michael M. Fortier is a Canadian investment banker, lawyer and former politician who was Minister of Public Works and Government Services from 2006 to 2008 and Minister of International Trade in 2008. A member of the…

1962

Kathryn S. McKinley

American computer scientist and academic

Kathryn S. McKinley is an American computer scientist noted for her research on compilers, runtime systems, and computer architecture. She is also known for her leadership in broadening participation in computing.…

1962

Malcolm Dunford

New Zealand-Australian footballer

Malcolm Dunford is a former successful New Zealand association football player who frequently represented his country in the 1980s and 90s. A centre back, Dunford played with a number of central defenders including…

1963

Kira Ivanova

Russian figure skater (died 2001)

Kira Valentinovna Ivanova was a Soviet Russian figure skater. She was the 1984 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1985 World silver medalist, a four-time European silver medalist, and a three-time Soviet national champion.

1963

Brad Roberts

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Bradley Kenneth Roberts is a Canadian singer and songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is the lead singer and guitarist for the Canadian folk-rock band Crash Test Dummies and the only constant member since its…

1964

Jeremy Sims

Australian actor

Jeremy Hartley Sims is an Australian actor and director.

1966

Zoe Tay

Singaporean actress and model

Zoe Tay Hui Gek is a Singaporean actress and former model. She has been referred to as the "Queen of Caldecott Hill" and "Ah Jie".

1968

Simone Bagel-Trah

German businessperson

Simone Bagel-Trah is a German businesswoman who serves as chairwoman of the Supervisory Board and of the Shareholders' Committee of Henkel.

1969

Alisa Marić

Serbian chess player and politician, Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports

Alisa Marić is a Serbian chess player and politician who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and International Master (IM). She was Minister of Youth and Sports from 2012 to 2013.

1970

Mohammed Benzakour

Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author

Mohammed Benzakour is a Moroccan-Dutch columnist, essayist, poet, writer and politician. He is the third child in a family of five. At age three, he and mother and siblings settle in Zwijndrecht, Netherlands, where his…

1972

Glenn Robinson

American basketball player

Glenn Alan Robinson Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Big Dog" and "the Chosen One", he played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1994 to 2005 for the Milwaukee Bucks,…

1973

Félix Trinidad

Puerto Rican boxer

Félix Juan Trinidad García, professionally known as Tito Trinidad, is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes and is…

1973

Jemaine Clement

New Zealand comedian, actor, and musician

Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement is a New Zealand actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker. He has released several albums with Bret McKenzie as the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, and created the comedy…

1974

Davide Dionigi

Italian footballer and manager

Davide Dionigi is an Italian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Serie B club Reggiana.

1974

Steve Marlet

French footballer and coach

Steve Marlet is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was capped 23 times and scored six goals for the France national team, winning the Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003 and featuring at…

1974

Bob Peeters

Belgian footballer and manager

Bob Peeters is a Belgian football executive and former player and manager. He currently serves as sporting director of Challenger Pro League club Beveren.

1974

Hrithik Roshan

Indian actor

Hritik Rakesh Nagrath, known professionally as Hrithik Roshan, is an Indian actor and producer who works in Hindi cinema. Referred to as the millennial superstar, he has portrayed a variety of characters and is known…

1974

Jake Delhomme

American football player

Jake Christopher Delhomme is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). Delhomme played college football at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette,…

1975

Khairy Jamaluddin

Malaysian politician, Malaysian Minister of Health

Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar, also known as KJ, is a Malaysian politician, radio presenter, and podcaster. He is currently a presenter on Hot FM and co-hosts the political podcast Keluar Sekejap with Shahril Hamdan.…

1976

Adam Kennedy

American baseball player

Adam Thomas Kennedy is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Washington…

1976

A. J. Bramlett

American basketball player

Aaron Jordan Bramlett is an American former professional basketball player.

1977

Clark Haggans

American football player (died 2023)

Clark Cromwell Haggans was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Colorado State Rams as a defensive end, and was selected…

1977

Brent Smith

American singer and songwriter

Brent Smith is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and one of the main songwriters of the rock band Shinedown.

1978

Tamina Snuka

American wrestler

Sarona Moana Marie Reiher Snuka-Polamalu is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE where she performs under the ring name, Tamina.

1978

Johan van der Wath

South African cricketer

Johannes Jacobus van der Wath is a South African former cricketer who played Limited Over Internationals.

1978

Simone Cavalli

Italian footballer

Simone Cavalli is a former Italian footballer who played as a forward.

1979

Silvia Kumpan-Takacs

Austrian politician

Silvia Kumpan-Takacs is an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party serving as a member of the National Council since 2024. She has been a city councillor of Rauchenwarth since 2015.

1979

Henrik Tallinder

Swedish ice hockey player

Henrik Per Tallinder is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils.

1979

Sarah Shahi

American actress

Aahoo Jahansouzshahi, known professionally as Sarah Shahi, is an American actress. She played Carmen on The L Word in 2005, Kate Reed in the USA Network legal drama Fairly Legal (2011–2012), Sameen Shaw on the CBS crime…

1980

Rastislav Staňa

Slovak ice hockey player

Rastislav Staňa is a Slovak former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 6 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Washington Capitals during the 2003–04 season. The rest of his career, which lasted…

1980

Jared Kushner

American real estate investor and political figure

Jared Corey Kushner is an American businessman, investor, government official and politician. Through his marriage to Ivanka Trump, he is the son-in-law of the 45th and 47th president of the United States Donald Trump.…

1981

Belinda Snell

Australian basketball player

Belinda Snell is an Australian former professional basketball player. She played 10 seasons in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in addition to the WNBA and Europe.

1981

Julien Brellier

French footballer

Julien Brellier is a French former footballer who played as a midfielder. His former clubs include Hearts and Norwich City.

1982

Tomasz Brzyski

Polish footballer

Tomasz Brzyski is a Polish footballer who played as a left back or midfielder who plays for regional league club Cisowianka Drzewce.

1982

Marouane Chamakh

Moroccan footballer

Marouane Chamakh is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is described as a prototypical target man and is noted for his "link-up play", "tall stature" and "excellent heading ability". Chamakh is…

1984

Ariane Friedrich

German high jumper

Ariane Friedrich is a German high jumper. She won the silver medal at the 2009 World Championships and represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the German outdoor record holder in…

1984

Kalki Koechlin

Indian actress

Kalki Koechlin is a French actress who works in films and stage. Known for her unconventional body of work, primarily in Hindi films, she is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Award and a…

1984

Robert Nilsson

Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player

Robert Åke Nilsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward. He last played with the ZSC Lions of the National League (NL).

1985

Kirsten Flipkens

Belgian tennis player

Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens is a Belgian tennis coach and a former professional player. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Flipkens has won one singles title on the WTA…

1986

Marcus Freeman

American football coach

Marcus Louis Freeman is an American football coach and former linebacker who is the 30th head football coach at the University of Notre Dame. He previously served as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at…

1986

César Cielo

Brazilian swimmer

César Augusto Cielo Filho is a Brazilian former competitive swimmer who specialized in sprint events. He is the most successful Brazilian swimmer in history, having obtained three Olympic medals, winning six individual…

1987

Leonard Patrick Komon

Kenyan runner

Leonard Patrick Komon is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner and was the world record holder in the 10 kilometres. His 10K world record in 2010 with a time of 26:44 is a 17 seconds improvement on the previous…

1988

Ali Gabr

Egyptian footballer

Ali Gabr Gabr Mossad is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays for Egyptian Premier League side Pyramids and the Egyptian national team as a centre-back.

1989

John Carlson

American ice hockey player

John Carlson is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the first round, 27th overall, in…

1990

Martin Jones

Canadian ice hockey player

Martin Jones is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played as a goaltender for 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks, Philadelphia Flyers, Seattle…

1990

Ishiura Shikanosuke

Japanese sumo wrestler

Ishiura Shikanosuke is a retired Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tottori Prefecture. Wrestling for Miyagino stable, he debuted in sumo wrestling in January 2013 and made his makuuchi debut in November 2016.…

1990

Cody Walker

Australian rugby league player

Cody Walker is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth and halfback for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.

1990

Chad Townsend

Australian rugby league player

Chad Townsend is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a halfback for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL).

1991

Tobias Rieder

German ice hockey player

Tobias Rieder is a German professional ice hockey player who is a forward for EHC Red Bull München of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Rieder was originally selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the fourth round, 114th…

1993

Budda Baker

American football player

Bishard "Budda" Baker is an American professional football safety for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Washington Huskies, and was selected by the Cardinals…

1996

Matthew Dufty

Australian rugby league player

Matthew Lawrence Dufty is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NSW Cup.

1996

Dylan Edwards

Australian rugby league player

Dylan Edwards is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL, New South Wales in State of Origin and Australia at international level. He is regarded as…

1996

Ahmed Sayed

Egyptian footballer

Ahmed Mostafa Mohamed Sayed commonly known as Zizo, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly and the Egypt national team.

1996

Patrick Herbert

New Zealand rugby league player

Patrick Herbert is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Wests Tigers in the NRL.

1997

Blake Lawrie

Australian rugby league player

Blake Lawrie is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop and lock for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL).

1997

Mason Mount

English footballer

Mason Tony Mount is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United.

1999

Youssouf Fofana

French footballer

Youssouf Fofana is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club AC Milan.

1999

Erik Botheim

Norwegian footballer

Erik Botheim is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Allsvenskan club Malmö FF and the Norway national team.

2000

Reneé Rapp

American singer-songwriter and actress

Reneé Jane Rapp is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She gained recognition for starring as Regina George in the Broadway musical Mean Girls (2019–2020). She reprised the role in the 2024 musical film…

2000

Santi Aldama

Spanish basketball player

Santiago Aldama Toledo is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named most valuable player (MVP) of the 2019 FIBA U18 European…

2001

Cesare Casadei

Italian footballer

Cesare Casadei is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Torino.

2003

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