Famous Birthdays on January 15

Q: Who was born on January 15?

Famous people born on January 15 include: Afonso V of Portugal (died 1481), Edzard I, Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Maeda Toshiie, Henry Carey.

Q: What is Alexei Cherepanov known for?

Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (died 2008)

1989 — Alexei Cherepanov

Russian ice hockey player (died 2008)

January 15 has seen 227 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1432 – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · January 15 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 227 people 1432 – 2004

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Cherepanov was selected in the first round of the 2007 National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft by the New York Rangers, although he never played professional hockey in North America

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He won a gold medal at the 2007 World Under-18 Championships

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While playing at the Under-20 level, Cherepanov won silver and bronze medals in 2007 and 2008.

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Alexei Andreyevich Cherepanov was a Russian professional ice hockey player

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Previously, Cherepanov had played for Avangard's lower-level teams, and then for the senior men's team in the Russian Super League

Afonso V of Portugal (died 1481)

Afonso V, also known as the African, was King of Portugal from 1438 until he died in 1481, with a brief interruption in 1477. The son of Edward, King of Portugal, and Eleanor of Aragon, Afonso acceded to the throne when…

1432

Edzard I

Count of East Frisia, German noble (died 1528)

Edzard I, also Edzard the Great was count of East Frisia from 1491 until his death in 1528.

1462

Ashikaga Yoshizumi

Japanese shōgun (died 1511)[citation needed]

Ashikaga Yoshizumi was the 11th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1494 to 1508 during the Muromachi period of Japan. He was the son of Ashikaga Masatomo and grandson of the sixth shōgun Ashikaga…

1481

Maeda Toshiie

Japanese general (died 1599)

Maeda Toshiie was one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period of the 16th century extending to the Azuchi–Momoyama period. His preferred weapon was a yari, and Matazaemon (又左衛門) was his…

1538

Henry Carey

2nd Earl of Monmouth, English politician (died 1661)

Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, KB, known as Sir Henry Carey between 1616 and 1626 and as Lord Leppington between 1626 and 1639, was an English nobleman and translator.

1595

Molière

French actor and playwright (died 1673)

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world literature. His extant works include…

1622

Algernon Sidney

British philosopher (probable) (died 1683)

Algernon Sidney or Sydney was an English politician, republican political theorist and colonel. A member of the middle part of the Long Parliament and commissioner of the trial of King Charles I of England, he opposed…

1623

Abraham de la Pryme

English archaeologist and historian (died 1704)

Abraham de la Pryme was an English antiquary.

1671

Philip Livingston

American merchant and politician (died 1778)

Philip Livingston was an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and slave trader from New York City. He represented New York at the October 1774 First Continental Congress, where he favored imposing economic…

1716

John Aikin

English surgeon and author (died 1822)

John Aikin was an English medical doctor and surgeon. Later in life he devoted himself wholly to biography and writing in periodicals.

1747

Richard Martin

Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (died 1834)

Colonel Richard Martin, was an Irish politician and campaigner against cruelty to animals. He was known as Humanity Dick, a nickname bestowed on him by King George IV. He succeeded in getting the pioneering Cruel…

1754

Franz Grillparzer

Austrian author, poet, and playwright (died 1872)

Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer was an Austrian writer who was considered to be the leading Austrian dramatist of the 19th century. His plays were and are frequently performed at the Burgtheater in Vienna. He also wrote…

1791

Alexander Griboyedov

Russian playwright, composer, and poet (died 1829)

Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov was a Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer. His one notable work is the 1823 verse comedy Woe from Wit. He was Russia's ambassador to Qajar Persia, where he and all the…

1795

Marjorie Fleming

Scottish poet and author (died 1811)

Marjorie Fleming was a Scottish child writer and poet. She gained appreciation from Robert Louis Stevenson, Leslie Stephen, and possibly Walter Scott.

1803

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

French economist and politician (died 1865)

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon was a French anarchist, socialist, philosopher, and economist who founded mutualist philosophy and is considered by many to be the "father of anarchism". He was the first person to call himself an…

1809

William Bickerton

English-American religious leader, third President of the Church of Jesus Christ (died 1905)

William Bickerton was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement after the 1844 succession crisis. In 1862, Bickerton became the founding president of the church now known as The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite),…

1815

Samuel Arza Davenport

American lawyer and politician (died 1911)

Samuel Arza Davenport was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

1834

Jo Abbott

American judge, politician and Confederate army officer (died 1908)

Joseph B. "Jo" Abbott was a lawyer, judge, Confederate Army officer, member of the Texas House of Representatives and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas.

1840

Frederick Stanley

16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, sixth Governor General of Canada (died 1908)

Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893. An avid…

1841

Josef Breuer

Austrian physician and psychiatrist (died 1925)

Josef Breuer was an Austrian physician who made discoveries in neurophysiology, and whose work during the 1880s with his patient Bertha Pappenheim, known as Anna O., led to the development of the "cathartic method" for…

1842

Mary MacKillop

Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (died 1909)

Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ was an Australian religious sister. She was born in Melbourne but is best known for her activities in South Australia. Together with Fr Julian Tenison-Woods, she founded the Sisters of St Joseph…

1842

Leonard Darwin

English soldier, eugenicist, and politician (died 1943)

Leonard Darwin was an English politician, economist and eugenicist. He was a son of the naturalist Charles Darwin, and also a mentor to Ronald Fisher, a statistician and evolutionary biologist.

1850

Mihai Eminescu

Romanian journalist, author, and poet (died 1889)

Mihai Eminescu was a Romanian Romantic poet, novelist, and journalist from Moldavia, generally regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and…

1850

Sofia Kovalevskaya

Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (died 1891)

Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya was a Russian mathematician who made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differential equations and mechanics. She was a pioneer of equality for women in mathematics. Kovalevskaya…

1850

Jacques Damala

Greek-French soldier and actor (died 1889)

Aristides Damalas, known in France by the stage name Jacques Damala, was a Greek military officer-turned-actor, and husband of Sarah Bernhardt in his last years. Damala's characterisation by modern researchers is far…

1855

Giovanni Segantini

Italian painter (died 1899)

Giovanni Giovanni Battista Emanuele Maria Segantini was an Austrian-born stateless painter known for his large pastoral landscapes of the Alps. He was one of the most famous artists in Europe in the late 19th century,…

1858

Archibald Peake

English-Australian politician, 25th Premier of South Australia (died 1920)

Archibald Henry Peake was an Australian politician. He was Premier of South Australia on three occasions: from 1909 to 1910 for the Liberal and Democratic Union, and from 1912 to 1915 and 1917 to 1920 for its successor,…

1859

Wilhelm Marx

German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (died 1946)

Wilhelm Marx was a German judge, lawyer, and politician who twice served as chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic, from 1923 to 1925 and again from 1926 to 1928. He also briefly held the position of…

1863

Nathan Söderblom

Swedish archbishop, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1931)

Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom was a Swedish bishop. He was the Church of Sweden Archbishop of Uppsala from 1914 to 1931, and recipient of the 1930 Nobel Peace Prize. He is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the…

1866

Ruby Laffoon

American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Kentucky (died 1941)

Ruby Laffoon was an American attorney and politician who served as the 43rd governor of Kentucky from 1931 to 1935. A Kentucky native, at age 17, Laffoon moved to Washington, D.C., to live with his uncle, U.S.…

1869

Stanisław Wyspiański

Polish poet, playwright, and painter (died 1907)

Stanisław Mateusz Ignacy Wyspiański was a Polish playwright, painter, poet, and interior and furniture designer. A patriotic writer, he created symbolic national dramas accordant with the artistic premises of the Young…

1869

Pierre S. du Pont

American businessman and philanthropist (died 1954)

Pierre Samuel du Pont was an American entrepreneur, businessman, philanthropist and member of the prominent du Pont family.

1870

Arsen Kotsoyev

Russian author and translator (died 1944)

Arsen Kotsoyev was one of the founders of Ossetic prose, who had a large influence on the formation of the modern Ossetic language and its functional styles. He participated in all of the first Ossetic periodicals, and…

1872

Thomas Burke

American sprinter, coach, and journalist (died 1929)

Thomas Edmund Burke was an American sprinter. He was the first Olympic champion in the 100 and 400 meter sprint races.

1875

Lewis Terman

American psychologist, eugenicist, and academic (died 1956)

Lewis Madison Terman was an American psychologist, academic, and proponent of eugenics. He was noted as a pioneer in educational psychology in the early 20th century at the Stanford School of Education. Terman is best…

1877

Johanna Müller-Hermann

Austrian composer (died 1941)

Johanna Müller-Hermann was an Austrian composer and pedagogue.

1878

Mazo de la Roche

Canadian author and playwright (died 1961)

Mazo de la Roche was a Canadian writer who wrote the Jalna novels, one of the most popular series of books of her time.

1879

Ernest Thesiger

English actor (died 1961)

Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger was an English stage and film actor. He is noted for his performance as Doctor Septimus Pretorius in James Whale's film Bride of Frankenstein (1935).

1879

Henry Burr

Canadian singer, radio performer, and producer (died 1941)

Henry Burr was a Canadian singer, radio performer and producer. He was born Harry Haley McClaskey and used Henry Burr as one of his many pseudonyms, in addition to Irving Gillette, Henry Gillette, Alfred Alexander,…

1882

Princess Margaret of Connaught (died 1920)

Princess Margaret of Connaught was Crown Princess of Sweden as the first wife of the future King Gustaf VI Adolf. Known in Sweden as Margareta, she was the elder daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third son…

1882

Lorenz Böhler

Austrian physician and author (died 1973)

Lorenz Böhler was an Austrian physician and surgeon.

1885

Grover Lowdermilk

American baseball player (died 1968)

Grover Cleveland "Slim" Lowdermilk was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox between 1909 and…

1885

Michiaki Kamada

Japanese admiral (died 1947)

Michiaki Kamada was a vice-admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy who saw service in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

1890

Ray Chapman

American baseball player (died 1920)

Raymond Johnson Chapman was an American baseball player. He spent his entire career as a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians of the American League.

1891

Rex Ingram

Irish film director, producer, writer, and actor (died 1950)

Rex Ingram was an Irish film director, producer, writer, and actor. Director Erich von Stroheim once called him "the world's greatest director".

1893

Ivor Novello

Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (died 1951)

Ivor Novello was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century.

1893

Artturi Ilmari Virtanen

Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)

Artturi Ilmari Virtanen was a Finnish chemist and recipient of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method".

1895

Marjorie Bennett

Australian-American actress (died 1982)

Marjorie Bennett was an Australian actress who worked mainly in the United States. She began her acting career during the silent film era.

1896

Nâzım Hikmet

Greek-Turkish author, poet, and playwright (died 1963)

Mehmed Nâzım Ran, commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet, was a Turkish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director, and memoirist. He was acclaimed for the "lyrical flow of his statements". Described as a "romantic…

1902

Saud of Saudi Arabia (died 1969)

Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King of Saudi Arabia from 9 November 1953 until his abdication on 2 November 1964. During his reign, he served as Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1954 and from 1960 to 1962.…

1902

Paul A. Dever

American lieutenant and politician, 58th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1958)

Paul Andrew Dever was an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He served as the 58th governor of Massachusetts and was its youngest-ever attorney general. Among his notable accomplishments was the…

1903

Torin Thatcher

British actor (died 1981)

Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher was a British actor who was noted for his flashy portrayals of screen villains.

1905

Janusz Kusociński

Polish runner and soldier (died 1940)

Janusz Tadeusz Kusociński was a Polish athlete, winner in the 10,000 meters event at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

1907

Edward Teller

Hungarian-American physicist and academic (died 2003)

Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and chemical engineer who is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" and one of the creators of the Teller–Ulam design inspired by Stanisław…

1908

Jean Bugatti

German-French engineer (died 1939)

Jean Bugatti was a French automotive designer and test engineer for Bugatti. He was the son of Bugatti's founder Ettore Bugatti.

1909

Gene Krupa

American drummer, composer, and actor (died 1973)

Eugene Bertram Krupa was an American jazz drummer, bandleader, and composer. Krupa is widely regarded as one of the most influential drummers in the history of popular music. His drum solo on Benny Goodman's 1937…

1909

Michel Debré

French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1996)

Michel Jean-Pierre Debré was the first Prime Minister of the French Fifth Republic. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France. He served under President Charles de Gaulle from 1959 to 1962. In…

1912

Eugène Brands

Dutch painter (died 2002)

Eugène Brands was a Dutch painter, an early member of the COBRA avant-garde art movement.

1913

Lloyd Bridges

American actor (died 1998)

Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr. was an American film, stage and television actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. He was the father of four children, including the…

1913

Miriam Hyde

Australian pianist and composer (died 2005)

Miriam Beatrice Hyde was an Australian composer, classical pianist, music educator, and poet.

1913

Alexander Marinesko

Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (died 1963)

Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko was a Soviet career naval officer. During the last year of World War II, he became known as the captain of the submarine S-13, which sank the German military transport ship Wilhelm Gustloff…

1913

Stefan Bałuk

Polish general (died 2014)

Stefan Bałuk was a Polish general and photographer.

1914

Hugh Trevor-Roper

English historian and academic (died 2003)

Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton was an English historian. He was Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford.

1914

K. A. Thangavelu

Indian film actor and comedian (died 1994)

Karaikal Arunachalam Thangavelu popularly known as "Danaal Thangavelu", was an Indian actor and comedian popular in the 1950s to 1970s. Not known for physical, acrobatic comedy like his contemporaries J. P. Chandrababu…

1917

João Figueiredo

Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (died 1999)

João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo was a Brazilian military officer who served as the 30th president of Brazil from 1979 to 1985, and the last of the military regime that ruled the country following the 1964 Brazilian…

1918

Édouard Gagnon

Canadian cardinal (died 2007)

Édouard Gagnon, PSS, OC was a Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal and President of the Pontifical Council for the Family for 7 years, from 1983 to 1990. He became a cardinal on 25 May 1985.

1918

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Egyptian colonel and politician, second President of Egypt (died 1970)

Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein was an Egyptian military officer and revolutionary who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced…

1918

Maurice Herzog

French mountaineer and politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (died 2012)

Maurice André Raymond Herzog was a French mountaineer and administrator who was born in Lyon, France. He led the 1950 French Annapurna expedition that first climbed a peak over 8000m, Annapurna, in 1950, and reached the…

1919

George Cadle Price

Belizean politician, first Prime Minister of Belize (died 2011)

George Cadle Price was a Belizean statesman who served as the head of government of Belize from 1961 to 1984 and 1989 to 1993. He was the first minister and premier under British rule until independence in 1981 and was…

1919

Bob Davies

American basketball player and coach (died 1990)

Robert Edris Davies was an American professional basketball player. Davies and Bobby Wanzer formed one of the best backcourt duos in the National Basketball Association's (NBA) early years. Davies and Wanzer led the…

1920

Steve Gromek

American baseball player (died 2002)

Stephen Joseph Gromek was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for 17 seasons in the American League with the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers. In 447 career games, Gromek pitched…

1920

John O'Connor

American cardinal (died 2000)

John Joseph O'Connor was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of New York from 1984 until his death in 2000, and was made a cardinal in 1985. O'Connor's tenure was marred by his handling of the AIDS…

1920

Cliff Barker

American basketball player (died 1998)

Clifford Eugene Barker was an American basketball player who won the gold medal with the USA national basketball team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London and two national championships at the University of Kentucky.

1921

Babasaheb Bhosale

Indian lawyer and politician, eighth Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2007)

Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from January 1982 until February 1983.

1921

Frank Thornton

English actor (died 2013)

Frank Thornton Ball, professionally known as Frank Thornton, was an English actor. He was best known for playing Captain Peacock in the television sitcom Are You Being Served? and its sequel Grace & Favour and as…

1921

Sylvia Lawler

English geneticist (died 1996)

Sylvia Dorothy Lawler was an English geneticist who worked in the field of human genetics.

1922

Eric Willis

Australian sergeant and politician, 34th Premier of New South Wales (died 1999)

Sir Eric Archibald Willis was the 34th Premier of New South Wales, serving from 23 January 1976 to 14 May 1976. Born in Murwillumbah in 1922, Willis was educated at Murwillumbah High School and the University of Sydney,…

1922

Ivor Cutler

Scottish pianist, songwriter, and poet (died 2006)

Ivor Cutler was a Scottish poet, singer, musician, songwriter, artist and humorist. He became known for his regular performances on BBC radio, and in particular his numerous sessions recorded for John Peel's influential…

1923

Lee Teng-hui

Taiwanese economist and politician, fourth President of the Republic of China (died 2020)

Lee Teng-hui was a Taiwanese statesman, economist, and agronomist who served as the fourth president of the Republic of China and chairman of the Kuomintang from 1988 to 2000. He was the first president to be born in…

1923

George Lowe

New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (died 2013)

Wallace George Lowe, known as George Lowe, was a New Zealand-born mountaineer, explorer, film director and educator. He was the last surviving member of the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition, during which his friend…

1924

Ruth Slenczynska

American pianist and composer (died 2026)

Ruth Slenczynska was an American classical pianist and the last living piano student of Sergei Rachmaninoff. She was a child prodigy, pushed by her father, debuting with a full orchestra at age seven. She abandoned a…

1925

Ignacio López Tarso

Mexican actor (died 2023)

Ignacio López Tarso was a Mexican actor of stage, film and television. He acted in about 50 films and appeared in documentaries and in one short feature. In 1973 he was given the Ariel Award for Best Actor for Rosa…

1925

Maria Schell

Austrian-Swiss actress (died 2005)

Maria Margarethe Anna Schell was an Austrian-Swiss actress. She was one of the leading stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1954, she was awarded the Cannes Best Actress Award for her performance in Helmut…

1926

Phyllis Coates

American actress (died 2023)

Phyllis Coates was an American actress with a career spanning over fifty years. She was best known for her portrayal of reporter Lois Lane in the 1951 film Superman and the Mole Men and in the first season of the…

1927

Joanne Linville

American actress (died 2021)

Joanne Linville was an American actress. She later taught at the Stella Adler Academy in Los Angeles.

1928

W. R. Mitchell

English journalist and author (died 2015)

William Reginald Mitchell was a British writer who was the editor of Dalesman magazine for twenty years and over a sixty-year period wrote over 200 books, hundreds of articles, and delivered many talks on the history…

1928

Earl Hooker

American guitarist (died 1970)

Earl Zebedee Hooker was a Chicago blues guitarist known for his slide guitar playing. Considered a "musician's musician", he performed with blues artists such as Sonny Boy Williamson II, Junior Wells, and John Lee…

1929

Martin Luther King Jr.

American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights for people of…

1929

Eddie Graham

American professional wrestler and promoter (died 1985)

Edward F. Gossett, better known by his ring name Eddie Graham, was an American professional wrestler, promoter, booker, and trainer.

1930

Lee Bontecou

American painter and sculptor (died 2022)

Lee Bontecou was an American sculptor and printmaker and a pioneer figure in the New York art world. She kept her work consistently in a recognizable style, and received broad recognition in the 1960s. Bontecou made…

1931

Derek Meddings

British special effects designer (died 1995)

Derek Meddings was a British film and television special effects designer. He was initially noted for his work on the "Supermarionation" TV puppet series produced by Gerry Anderson, and later for the 1970s and 1980s…

1931

Lou Jones

American sprinter (died 2006)

Louis Woodard Jones was an American athlete. He won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

1932

Frank Bough

English journalist and radio host (died 2020)

Francis Joseph Bough was an English television presenter. He was best known as the host of BBC sports and current affairs shows including Grandstand, Nationwide and Breakfast Time, which he launched alongside Selina…

1933

Ernest J. Gaines

American author and academic (died 2019)

Ernest James Gaines was an American author. Four of his works were made into television movies.

1933

Peter Maitlis

English chemist and academic (died 2022)

Peter Michael Maitlis, FRS was a British organometallic chemist.

1933

V. S. Ramadevi

Indian civil servant and politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka (died 2013)

V. S. Ramadevi was an Indian politician who was the first lady to become the 8th Governor of Karnataka and 9th Chief Election Commissioner of India from 26 November 1990 to 11 December 1990. She was the first woman to…

1934

Robert Silverberg

American author and editor

Robert Silverberg is a prolific American science fiction author and editor. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand Master of SF…

1935

Richard Franklin

English actor, writer, director and political activist (died 2023)

Richard Kimber Franklin was an English actor, writer, director and political activist. Principally a stage actor, he also appeared as a regular character in several high-profile British television programmes, including…

1936

Margaret O'Brien

American actress and singer

Angela Maxine O'Brien, known professionally as Margaret O'Brien, is an American actress. Beginning a career in feature films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at age four, O'Brien became a child star and received a Juvenile…

1937

Ashraf Aman

Pakistani engineer and mountaineer

Ashraf Aman is a Pakistani mountaineer, adventurer, and engineer. In 1977, he became the first Pakistani to reach the summit of K2. He operates the travel and tourism-based company "Adventure Tours Pakistan". He is also…

1938

Estrella Blanca

Mexican wrestler (died 2021)

Estrella Blanca was a Mexican professional wrestler. Estrella Blanca was most known for his claim to have won more Luchas de Apuestas "bet matches" than anyone, winning more masks and hair than any other wrestler.…

1938

Chuni Goswami

Indian footballer and cricketer (died 2020)

Subimal "Chuni" Goswami was an Indian professional footballer and first-class cricketer. As footballer, he played as a striker or winger, captained both the Mohun Bagan club and the India national team. He is widely…

1938

Per Ahlmark

Swedish journalist and politician, first Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden (died 2018)

Per Axel Ahlmark was a Swedish politician and writer. He was the leader of the Liberal People's Party from 1975 to 1978, and Minister for Employment and Deputy Prime Minister in the Swedish government from 1976 to 1978.…

1939

Tony Bullimore

English sailor (died 2018)

Tony Bullimore was a British businessman and international yachtsman. During the 1996–97 Vendée Globe solo round-the-world yacht race, his vessel lost its keel and capsized in the Southern Ocean. He survived for four…

1939

Captain Beefheart

American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist (died 2010)

Don Van Vliet, known by his stage name Captain Beefheart, was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist. Conducting a rotating ensemble known as the Magic Band, he recorded 13 studio…

1941

Frank Joseph Polozola

American academic and judge (died 2013)

Frank Joseph Polozola was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.

1942

George Ambrum

Australian rugby league player (died 1986)

George Ambrum (1943–1986) was a retired Australian rugby league player who used to play in the 1960s and 1970s.

1943

Margaret Beckett

English metallurgist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Margaret Mary Beckett, Baroness Beckett, is a British politician who was the United Kingdom's first female Foreign Secretary and a member of Parliament (MP) for more than 45 years, first from 1974 to 1979 and then from…

1943

Stuart E. Eizenstat

American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the European Union

Stuart Elliott Eizenstat is an American diplomat and attorney. He served as the United States Ambassador to the European Union from 1993 to 1996 and as the United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to…

1943

Mike Marshall

American baseball player (died 2021)

Michael Grant Marshall was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1967 and from 1969 through 1981 for nine different teams. Marshall won the National League Cy Young Award…

1943

Jenny Nimmo

English author

Jenny Nimmo is a British author of children's books, including fantasy and adventure novels, chapter books, and picture books. Born in England, she has lived mostly in Wales for 40 years. She is probably best known for…

1944

Ko Chun-hsiung

Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (died 2015)

Ko Chun-hsiung was a Taiwanese actor, director and politician. He had been acting since the 1960s and had appeared in more than 200 films.

1945

Vince Foster

American lawyer and political figure (died 1993)

Vincent Walker Foster Jr. was an American attorney who served as deputy White House counsel during the first six months of the Clinton administration.

1945

William R. Higgins

American colonel (died 1990)

William Richard Higgins was a United States Marine Corps colonel who was captured in Lebanon in 1988 while serving on a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission. He was held hostage, tortured, and, 17 months later, he…

1945

Princess Michael of Kent

Princess Michael of Kent is a member of the British royal family. She is married to Prince Michael of Kent, a grandson of King George V. Marie-Christine worked as an interior designer and later became an author,…

1945

David Pleat

English footballer, manager, and sportscaster

David John Pleat is an English football player turned manager, and sports commentator. Pleat made 185 Football League appearances for five clubs, scoring 26 goals. He had two spells as manager of Luton Town, and four as…

1945

Charles Brown

American actor (died 2004)

Charles Brown was an American actor and a member of New York City, New York, theater troupe the Negro Ensemble Company. He was best known for his performances in Off-Broadway and Broadway plays by Samm-Art Williams and…

1946

Mary Hogg

English lawyer and judge

The Honourable Dame Mary Claire Hogg, is a British lawyer and former High Court judge. She is the daughter of Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, and his wife, Mary Evelyn Martin, and is the sister of…

1947

Andrea Martin

American-Canadian actress, singer, and screenwriter

Andrea Louise Martin is an American and Canadian actress and comedian, best known for her work in the television series SCTV and Great News. She has appeared in films such as Black Christmas (1974) and its 2006 remake,…

1947

Ronnie Van Zant

American singer-songwriter (died 1977)

Ronald Wayne Van Zant was an American singer, best known as the founding lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was the older brother of Johnny Van Zant, the current lead…

1948

Luis Alvarado

Puerto Rican-American baseball player (died 2001)

Luis César Alvarado Martínez was a Puerto Rican infielder in Major League Baseball (MLB). From 1968 through 1977, he played for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, New York…

1949

Alasdair Liddell

English businessman (died 2012)

Alasdair Donald MacDuff Liddell was one of the architects of Britain's health strategy in the 1990s. As Director of Planning at the Department of Health (1994–2000), he led the process of setting national priorities for…

1949

Ian Stewart

Scottish runner

Ian Stewart MBE is a Scottish former long-distance running athlete. Stewart was one of the world's leading distance runners between the late 1960s and mid-1970s. Stewart won the bronze medal in the Men's 5000 metres at…

1949

Howard Twitty

American golfer

Howard Allen Twitty is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.

1949

Marius Trésor

French footballer and coach

Marius Paul Trésor is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation.

1950

Ernie DiGregorio

American basketball player

Ernest DiGregorio, also known as "Ernie D.", is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Buffalo Braves, Los Angeles Lakers, and Boston Celtics…

1951

Boris Blank

Swiss singer-songwriter

Boris Blank is a Swiss artist and musician. He forms the musical duo Yello with Dieter Meier.

1952

Andrzej Fischer

Polish footballer (died 2018)

Andrzej Lucjan Fischer was a Polish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1952

Muhammad Wakkas

Bangladeshi teacher and parliamentarian (died 2021)

Muhammad Wakkas was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, teacher, former Member of Parliament and State Minister. He was the founder of Jamia Imdadia Madaninagar Madrasa, the largest madrasa in South Bengal, accommodating…

1952

Randy White

American football player

Randall Lee White, nicknamed "the Manster", is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL) from 1975 to 1988. He played college…

1953

Jose Dalisay

Jr., Filipino poet, author, and screenwriter

Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. is a Filipino writer. He has won numerous awards and prizes for fiction, poetry, drama, non-fiction, and screenwriting, including 16 Palanca Awards.

1954

Nigel Benson

English author and illustrator

Nigel C. Benson is a British author and illustrator.

1955

Andreas Gursky

German photographer

Andreas Gursky is a German artist best known for his photography. He is a former professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany.

1955

Khalid Islambouli

Egyptian lieutenant (died 1982)

Khalid al-Islambuli was an Egyptian military officer who participated in the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, during the annual 6th October victory parade on 6 October 1981. Al-Islambuli stated that his…

1955

Vitaly Kaloyev

Russian architect

Vitaly Konstantinovich Kaloyev is a Russian former architect and convicted murderer who was found guilty of the premeditated killing of an air traffic controller after his family died aboard BAL Bashkirian Airlines…

1956

Mayawati

Indian educator and politician, 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh

Kumari Mayawati is an Indian politician who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1995 to 1995, 1997 to 1997, 2002 to 2003 and from 2007 to 2012. She is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj…

1956

Marc Trestman

American football player and coach

Marc Marlyn Trestman is an American professional football coach. He led the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) to back-to-back Grey Cup victories in 2009 and 2010, and another as head coach of the…

1956

David Ige

American politician

David Yutaka Ige is an American politician and engineer who served as the eighth governor of Hawaii from 2014 to 2022. A Democrat, he served in the Hawaii State Senate from 1994 to 2014 and the Hawaii House of…

1957

Marty Lyons

American football player and sportscaster

Martin Anthony Lyons is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle and defensive end for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1970s and 1980s. Lyons played college…

1957

Andrew Tyrie

English journalist and politician

Andrew Guy Tyrie, Baron Tyrie, is a British politician, economist and former chair of the Competition and Markets Authority (2018–2020). A former member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP)…

1957

Mario Van Peebles

Mexican-American actor and director

Mario Cain Van Peebles is a Mexican-born American actor and director. He is the son of Melvin Van Peebles, whom he played in the 2003 biopic Baadasssss!, which he also co-wrote, produced, and directed. He also starred…

1957

Ken Judge

Australian footballer and coach (died 2016)

Ken Judge was an Australian rules footballer and coach.

1958

Boris Tadić

Serbian psychologist and politician, 16th President of Serbia

Boris Tadić is a Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2004 to 2012. He led the Democratic Party (DS) from 2004 to 2012 as well, and previously served as minister of defence from 2003 to 2004.

1958

Greg Dowling

Australian rugby league player

Greg Ian Dowling is an Australian former politician and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative prop forward, he…

1959

Pavle Kozjek

Slovenian mountaineer and photographer (died 2008)

Pavle Kozjek was a Slovenian mountaineering pioneer and a photographer.

1959

Serhiy N. Morozov

Ukrainian footballer and coach

Serhiy N. Morozov is a former professional footballer from Ukraine who played as a forward. He became topscorer of the Meistriliiga 1994–95 by scoring 25 goals for Lantana Marlekor. He also played as a professional in…

1961

Yves Pelletier

Canadian actor and director

Yves P. Pelletier is a Canadian film director, actor, and comedian. He was part of comedy troupe Rock et Belles Oreilles from 1981 to 1995. He appeared in a number of films and on television. He made his debut as a…

1961

Craig Fairbrass

English actor, producer, and screenwriter

Craig John Fairbrass is an English actor, producer, and screenwriter. He has made appearances in For Queen and Country (1988), London's Burning (1990), Cliffhanger (1993), Killing Time (1998), EastEnders (1999–2001),…

1963

Osmo Tapio Räihälä

Finnish composer

Osmo Tapio Everton Räihälä is a Finnish composer of contemporary music. He has written chamber music, vocal and electronic music, as well as several concertos and a few works for symphony orchestra.

1964

Maurizio Fondriest

Italian cyclist

Maurizio Fondriest is a retired Italian professional road racing cyclist. He won the road race at the 1988 World Cycling Championships, and the UCI Road World Cup in 1991 and 1993.

1965

Bernard Hopkins

American boxer and coach

Bernard Hopkins Jr. is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2016. He is one of the most successful boxers of the past three decades, having held multiple world championships in two weight…

1965

Adam Jones

American musician and songwriter

Adam Thomas Jones is an American musician, songwriter, visual artist, and music video director, best known as the guitarist of Tool. Jones has been rated the 75th-greatest guitarist of all time by the Rolling Stone and…

1965

James Nesbitt

Northern Irish actor

William James Nesbitt is an actor from Northern Ireland. From 1987, Nesbitt spent seven years performing in plays that varied from the musical Up on the Roof to the political drama Paddywack (1994). He made his feature…

1965

Ted Tryba

American golfer

Ted Tryba is an American professional golfer. He has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.

1967

Chad Lowe

American actor, director, and producer

Charles Davis Lowe II is an American actor and director. He is the younger brother of actor Rob Lowe. He won an Emmy Award for his supporting role in Life Goes On as a young man living with HIV. He has had recurring…

1968

Delino DeShields

American baseball player and manager

Delino Lamont DeShields, also nicknamed "Bop", is an American former professional baseball second baseman and current baseball coach. He played for 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos, Los…

1969

Michele Granger

American softball player

Michele Marie Granger is an American, former collegiate four-time NCAA Division I First Team All-American and 1996 gold medal-winning Olympian softball pitcher. She played college softball for four seasons, over five…

1970

Shane McMahon

American wrestler and businessman

Shane Brandon McMahon is an American businessman and professional wrestler. He is best known for his various roles with WWE between 1988 and 2024.

1970

Regina King

American actress

Regina Rene King is an American actress, director and producer. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2019, Time magazine named her one…

1971

Shelia Burrell

American heptathlete

Shelia Burrell is an American athletics coach and former heptathlete who is the head coach of the San Diego State Aztecs women's cross country and women's track & field teams at San Diego State University (SDSU). She…

1972

Christos Kostis

Greek footballer

Christos Kostis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward. Kostis is widely regarded to be one of the most technical players Greece has ever produced, but his great injury in 1997 stopped his…

1972

Claudia Winkleman

English journalist and critic

Claudia Anne Irena Winkleman is an English broadcaster and writer. She co-presented the BBC One dance competition Strictly Come Dancing (2010–2025) and hosts the BBC One reality series The Traitors (2022–present), the…

1972

Essam El Hadary

Egyptian footballer

Essam Kamal Tawfiq El Hadary is an Egyptian goalkeeping coach and former professional football goalkeeper.

1973

Séverine Deneulin

international development academic

Séverine Marie Paule Deneulin is a Belgian senior lecturer in International Development at the Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, and a fellow of the Human Development and Capability…

1974

Mary Pierce

Canadian-American tennis player and coach

Mary Caroline Pierce is a French former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 3 in singles and in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Pierce won 18 singles titles on the WTA Tour, including…

1975

Martin Štrbák

Slovak ice hockey player

Martin Štrbák is a Slovak former ice hockey defenceman, who last played for HC Košice.

1975

Doug Gottlieb

American basketball player and sportscaster

Douglas Mitchell Gottlieb is an American men's college basketball coach, former media personality and player. Doug is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. He played NCAA…

1976

Alexander Korolyuk

Russian ice hockey player

Alexander Ivanovich Korolyuk is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the San Jose Sharks before playing the remainder of his career in the Kontinental…

1976

Iryna Lishchynska

Ukrainian runner

Iryna Lishchynska, née Nedelenko (Неделенко) is a Ukrainian middle-distance athlete who specializes in the 1500 metres.

1976

Dorian Missick

American actor

Dorian Crossmond Missick is an American actor known for his role as Damian Henry in the television series Six Degrees (2006–2007) and for voicing Victor Vance in the 2006 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.…

1976

Scott Murray

Scottish rugby player

Scott Murray is a former rugby union player who played lock for Scotland. He was at one time the record caps holder for Scotland having represented them on 87 occasions, five of which as captain and playing at three…

1976

Florentin Petre

Romanian footballer and manager

Florentin Petre is a Romanian professional football manager and former player.

1976

Eddie Cahill

American actor

Edmund Patrick Cahill is an American actor known for portraying "Miracle on Ice" goalie Jim Craig in the 2004 film Miracle, and for playing the roles of Tag Jones in Friends and Detective Don Flack in CSI: NY. He has…

1978

Franco Pellizotti

Italian cyclist

Franco Pellizotti is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2018 for the Alessio, Liquigas–Doimo, Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec and Bahrain–Merida teams. Pellizotti now…

1978

Ryan Sidebottom

English cricketer

Ryan Jay Sidebottom is a former England international cricketer who played domestic cricket for Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire and retired in 2017, after taking more than 1,000 career wickets. He is the only player in…

1978

Drew Brees

American football player

Drew Christopher Brees is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons. A member of the New Orleans Saints for most of his career, he is second…

1979

Michalis Morfis

Cypriot footballer

Michalis Morfis is a former Cypriot former football goalkeeper who last played for Doxa Katokopias in Cypriot First Division.

1979

Martin Petrov

Bulgarian footballer

Martin Petyov Petrov is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a winger, most notably for VFL Wolfsburg, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, and Bolton Wanderers. He also played 90 times for Bulgaria.

1979

Matt Holliday

American baseball player

Matthew Thomas Holliday is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, and New York…

1980

Dylan Armstrong

Canadian shot putter and hammer thrower

Dylan Armstrong is a Canadian athletics coach and retired competitive shot putter. He is the 2008 Olympic bronze medallist, a two-time World Athletics Championships medallist, a two-time Pan American Games champion, and…

1981

Vanessa Henke

German tennis player

Vanessa Henke, also known as Vanessa Paffrath, is a German former professional tennis player.

1981

Pitbull

American rapper and producer

Armando Christian Pérez, known professionally as Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor. He began his career in the early 2000s as a reggaeton, Latin hip-hop, and crunk performer, and signed with…

1981

El Hadji Diouf

Senegalese footballer

El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a winger or a forward.

1981

Armando Galarraga

Venezuelan baseball player

Armando Antonio Galarraga Barreto is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. Galarraga made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Texas Rangers on September 15, 2007. He was traded to the Detroit…

1982

Francis Zé

Cameroonian footballer

Francis Zé is a Cameroonian footballer.

1982

Hugo Viana

Portuguese footballer

Hugo Miguel Ferreira Gomes Viana is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He is the current director of football of Premier League club Manchester City.

1983

Jermaine Pennant

English footballer

Jermaine Lloyd Pennant is an English retired professional footballer who played as a winger. Pennant made over 350 league appearances for 15 clubs, and scored 25 league goals.

1983

Ben Shapiro

American author and commentator

Benjamin Aaron Shapiro is an American conservative political commentator, media host, attorney, and movie director. He writes columns for Creators Syndicate, Newsweek, and Ami Magazine, and is editor emeritus for The…

1984

Victor Rasuk

American actor

Victor Rasuk is an American actor.

1984

René Adler

German footballer

René Adler is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, mainly for Bayer Leverkusen and Hamburg.

1985

Kenneth Emil Petersen

Danish footballer

Kenneth Emil Petersen, also known as KEP, is a Danish football pundit and former player. He played as a centre back.

1985

Pavel Podkolzin

Russian basketball player

Pavel Nikolaevitch Podkolzin is a Russian footballer and former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a 2.26 m tall center.

1985

Jessy Schram

American actress and model

Jessy Schram is an American actress, model and singer. Her most notable roles include Hannah Griffith in Veronica Mars, Rachel Seybolt in Life, Karen Nadler in Falling Skies, Cinderella/Ashley Boyd in Once Upon a Time…

1986

Greg Inglis

Australian rugby league player

Gregory Paul Inglis, also known by the nickname of "G.I.", is a retired Indigenous Australian professional rugby league footballer, who regularly played as a centre, fullback, five-eighth and wing.

1987

Tsegaye Kebede

Ethiopian runner

Tsegaye Kebede Wordofa is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in road running events, including marathons. He quickly rose to become a prominent distance runner after his international debut at the Amsterdam…

1987

Kelly Kelly

American wrestler and model

Barbara Jean Coba, known professionally as Barbie Blank and by her ring name Kelly Kelly, is an American model and former professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, as an ambassador.

1987

David Knight

English footballer

David Sean Knight is an English footballer who last played for Spennymoor Town as a goalkeeper.

1987

Kelleigh Ryan

Canadian fencer

Kelleigh Ryan is a Canadian Olympic fencer.

1987

Daniel Caligiuri

German footballer

Daniel Caligiuri is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1988

Skrillex

American DJ and producer

Sonny John Moore, known professionally as Skrillex, is an American DJ, record producer, singer, and musician. Raised in Northeast Los Angeles and Northern California, he began his career in 2004 as the lead vocalist of…

1988

Donald Sloan

American basketball player

Donald Wayne Sloan is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Texas A&M Aggies. Sloan played parts of five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the…

1988

Jun. K

South Korean singer

Kim Min-jun, known professionally as Jun. K (준케이), is a South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, dancer and actor. He is the main vocalist and leader of 2PM, and he has written and composed several of…

1988

Nicole Ross

American Olympic foil fencer

Nicole Ross is an American foil fencer. Fencing for the Columbia Lions fencing team, she won the 2010 NCAA individual women's foil title, and was a three time All-American. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in…

1989

Martin Dúbravka

Slovak footballer

Martin Dúbravka is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Burnley and the Slovakia national team.

1989

Sidney Franklin

American actor and tap dancer

Sidney Franklin Buehner is an American actor, tap dancer, and film director who appeared in the series Watch Over Me (2006–2007), the film Excision (2012), a production of Legally Blonde (2025), and multiple productions…

1990

Robert Trznadel

Polish footballer

Robert Trznadel is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

1990

Slava Voynov

Russian ice hockey player

Vyacheslav "Slava" Leonidovich Voynov is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was previously suspended by the National Hockey League (NHL) resulting…

1990

Chris Warren

American actor

Christopher Warren Jr. is an American actor. He is best known as Zeke Baylor in the High School Musical franchise, Ty in The Fosters and Jason Parker in Grand Hotel. Since 2020 he has played Hayden in BET TV series…

1990

Marc Bartra

Spanish footballer

Marc Bartra Aregall is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Real Betis.

1991

Matt Duffy

American baseball player

Matthew Michael Duffy, nicknamed "Duffman", is an American professional baseball third baseman who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Tampa Bay Rays,…

1991

Mitch Garver

American baseball player

Mitchell Lynn Garver is an American professional baseball catcher and designated hitter for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers.…

1991

Nicolai Jørgensen

Danish footballer

Nicolai Mick Jørgensen is a Danish former professional footballer who plays as a forward.

1991

Darya Klishina

Russian long jumper

Darya Igorevna Klishina is a Russian long jumper.

1991

James Mitchell

Australian basketball player

James Robert Mitchell is an Australian professional basketball player for the Cairns Marlins of the NBL1 North. Between 2010 and 2016, he was based in his hometown of Cairns playing for the Marlins in the QBL and the…

1991

Joël Veltman

Dutch footballer

Joël Ivo Veltman is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back or centre-back for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.

1992

Joshua King

Norwegian footballer

Joshua Christian Kojo King is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Saudi club Al-Khaleej.

1992

Kadeem Allen

American basketball player

Kadeem Frank Allen is an American professional basketball player for Juvi Cremona of the Lega Serie A2. He played college basketball for Hutchinson Community College and Arizona.

1993

Eric Dier

English footballer

Eric Jeremy Edgar Dier is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Monaco.

1994

Dove Cameron

American actress and singer

Dove Olivia Cameron is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame for her dual role of the eponymous characters in Disney Channel's comedy series Liv and Maddie (2013–2017) and her leading role in the network's…

1996

Deebo Samuel

American football player

Tyshun Raequan "Deebo" Samuel Sr. is an American professional football wide receiver. He played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks and was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the second round of the…

1996

Alexandra Eade

Australian artistic gymnast

Alexandra Eade is a retired Australian artistic gymnast.

1998

Ben Godfrey

English footballer

Benjamin Matthew Godfrey is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Danish Superliga club Brøndby, on loan from Serie A side Atalanta. He has represented England from youth to senior level.

1998

Chloe Kelly

English footballer

Chloe Maggie Kelly is an English professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Women's Super League club Arsenal and the England national team. Kelly started her senior career at Arsenal, prior to…

1998

Triston Casas

American baseball player

Triston Ray Casas is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Red Sox selected him in the first round of the 2018 MLB draft and he made his MLB debut in…

2000

Tim Stützle

German ice hockey player

Tim Stützle is a German professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Rated one of the top prospects available for the 2020 NHL entry draft, he was selected…

2002

Grace VanderWaal

American singer-songwriter

Grace Avery VanderWaal is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She is known for her distinctive voice and has often accompanied herself on the ukulele.

2004

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