Famous Birthdays on July 1

Q: Who was born on July 1?

Famous people born on July 1 include: Liu Bowen, Clara Gonzaga, Christian II of Denmark (died 1559), Federico Cesi (cardinal), Louis II of Hungary (died 1526).

Q: What is Hilarie Burton known for?

Hilarie Burton, American actress

1982 — Hilarie Burton

American actress

July 1 has seen 256 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1311 – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · July 1 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 256 people 1311 – 2004

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Lauren Boswell on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2013), Molly Dawes on the ABC drama series Forever (2014), and Karen Palmer on the Fox television series Lethal Weapon (2016)

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Burton was a co-host on the Drama Queens podcast along with her former One Tree Hill co-stars Sophia Bush and Bethany Joy Lenz until the summer of 2024.

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Liu Bowen

Chinese military strategist, statesman and poet (died 1375)

Liu Ji, courtesy name Bowen, better known as Liu Bowen, was a Chinese military strategist, philosopher, and politician who lived in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. He was born in Qingtian County. He served as a…

1311

Clara Gonzaga

Italian noble (died 1503)

Clara Gonzaga, Countess of Montpensier, Dauphine of Auvergne, Duchess of Sessa was an Italian noblewoman of the House of Gonzaga. She was the daughter of Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua and the wife of Gilbert,…

1464

Christian II of Denmark (died 1559)

Christian II, a monarch under the Kalmar Union, reigned as King of Denmark and Norway from 1513 until 1523. He was briefly King of Sweden from 1520 until 1521. As king of Denmark and Norway, he was concurrently Duke of…

1481

Federico Cesi (cardinal)

Italian cardinal (died 1565)

Federico Cesi was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

1500

Louis II of Hungary (died 1526)

Louis II was King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia from 1516 to 1526. He died during the Battle of Mohács fighting the Ottomans, whose victory led to the Ottoman annexation of large parts of Hungary.

1506

Frederick II of Denmark (died 1588)

Frederick II was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1559 until his death in 1588.

1534

Peter Street

English carpenter and builder (died 1609)

Peter Street was an English carpenter and builder in London. He built the Fortune Playhouse and the Globe Theatre, two significant establishments in the history of the stage in England. He had a part in building King…

1553

Joseph Hall

English bishop and mystic (died 1656)

Joseph Hall was an English bishop, satirist and moralist. His contemporaries knew him as a devotional writer, and a high-profile controversialist of the early 1640s. In church politics, he tended in fact to a middle way.

1574

Claudio Saracini

Italian lute player and composer (died 1630)

Claudio Saracini was an Italian composer, lutenist, and singer of the early Baroque era. He was one of the most famous and distinguished composers of monody.

1586

Johann Heinrich Heidegger

Swiss theologian and author (died 1698)

Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian, was born at Bäretswil, in the Canton of Zürich.

1633

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

German mathematician and philosopher (died 1716)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist, and diplomat who is credited, alongside Isaac Newton, with the creation of calculus in addition to many other branches…

1646

Franz Xaver Murschhauser

German composer and theorist (died 1738)

Franz Xaver Anton Murschhauser was a German composer and theorist.

1663

Rhoda Delaval

English painter and aristocrat (died 1757)

Rhoda Delaval Astley was an English aristocrat and artist. She was married to Edward Astley, with whom she had a daughter and three sons. Lady Astley studied painting with Arthur Pond, who painted her portrait. Seaton…

1725

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur

comte de Rochambeau, French general (died 1807)

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau was a French Royal Army officer who played a critical role in the American victory at the siege of Yorktown in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. He was…

1725

Acharya Bhikshu

Jain saint (died 1803)

Acharya Bhikshu was the founder and first spiritual head of the Śvetāmbara Terapanth sect of Jainism.

1726

Adam Duncan

1st Viscount Duncan, Scottish-English admiral (died 1804)

Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan was a Royal Navy officer who served in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is best known for defeating the…

1731

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

German physicist and academic (died 1799)

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was a German physicist, satirist, and Anglophile. He was the first person in Germany to hold a professorship explicitly dedicated to experimental physics. He is remembered for his…

1742

Ferdinando Paer

Italian composer and conductor (died 1839)

Ferdinando Paer was an Italian composer known for his operas. He was of Austrian descent and used the German spelling Pär in application for printing in Venice, and later in France the spelling Paër.

1771

Jean-Victor Poncelet

French mathematician and engineer (died 1867)

Jean-Victor Poncelet was a French engineer and mathematician who served most notably as the Commanding General of the École Polytechnique. He is considered a reviver of projective geometry, and his work Traité des…

1788

Charles Gordon Greene

American journalist and politician (died 1886)

Charles Gordon Greene was an American journalist.

1804

George Sand

French author and playwright (died 1876)

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil, best known by her pen name George Sand, was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. Being more renowned than either Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balzac in Britain in the 1830s…

1804

Thomas Green Clemson

American politician and educator, founder of Clemson University (died 1888)

Thomas Green Clemson was an American politician and statesman who served as Chargé d'Affaires to Belgium and United States Superintendent of Agriculture. He founded Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina, served…

1807

Ygnacio del Valle

Mexican-American landowner (died 1880)

Ygnacio Ramón de Jesus del Valle was a Californio ranchero and politician. He owned much of the Santa Clarita Valley and served briefly as Mayor of Los Angeles and as a California State Assemblyman.

1808

Robert Richard Torrens

Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (died 1884)

Sir Robert Richard Torrens,, also known as Robert Richard Chute Torrens, was an Irish-born parliamentarian, writer, and land reformer. After a move to London in 1836, he became prominent in the early years of the Colony…

1814

Ignaz Semmelweis

Hungarian-Austrian physician and obstetrician (died 1865)

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis was a Hungarian medical doctor and scientist of German descent who was an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures and was described as the "saviour of mothers". Postpartum infection, also known…

1818

Karl von Vierordt

German physician, psychologist and academic (died 1884)

Karl von Vierordt was a German physiologist.

1818

Nguyễn Đình Chiểu

Vietnamese poet and activist (died 1888)

Nguyễn Đình Chiểu was a Vietnamese poet who was known for his nationalist and anti-colonial writings against the French colonization of Cochinchina, the European name for the southern part of Vietnam.

1822

Jadwiga Łuszczewska

Polish poet and author (died 1908)

Jadwiga Łuszczewska was a Polish poet, novelist and salonniére. She was born and died in Warsaw.

1834

Florence Earle Coates

American poet (died 1927)

Florence Van Leer Nicholson Coates was an American poet whose prolific output was published in dozens of literary magazines, some of it set to music. She was mentored by the English poet Matthew Arnold, with whom she…

1850

Willard Metcalf

American painter (died 1925)

Willard Leroy Metcalf was an American painter born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and later attended Académie Julian, Paris. After early figure-painting and…

1858

Velma Caldwell Melville

American editor and writer of prose and poetry (died 1924)

Velma Caldwell Melville was an American editor, and writer of prose and poetry from Wisconsin. She edited the Practical Farmer and the Wisconsin Farmer. Melville was one of the most voluminous writers of her time in…

1858

DeLancey W. Gill

American painter (died 1940)

DeLancey Walker Gill was an American drafter, landscape painter, and photographer. Gill first became noted for his landscape illustrations and watercolors, featuring subjects such as Native American pueblos in addition…

1859

William Grant Stairs

Canadian-English captain and explorer (died 1892)

William Grant Stairs was a Canadian-British explorer, soldier, and adventurer who had a leading role in two expeditions during the Scramble for Africa.

1863

William Strunk Jr.

American author and educator (died 1946)

William Strunk Jr. was an American professor of English at Cornell University and the author of The Elements of Style (1918). After his former student E. B. White revised and extended the book, The Elements of Style…

1869

Louis Blériot

French pilot and engineer (died 1936)

Louis Charles Joseph Blériot was a French aviator, inventor, and engineer. He developed the first practical headlamp for cars and established a profitable business manufacturing them, using much of the money he made to…

1872

William Duddell

English physicist and engineer (died 1917)

William Du Bois Duddell was an English physicist and electrical engineer. His inventions include the moving coil oscillograph, as well as the thermo-ammeter and thermo-galvanometer.

1872

Alice Guy-Blaché

French-American film director, producer and screenwriter (died 1968)

Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché was a French pioneer film director. She was one of the first filmmakers to make a narrative fiction film, as well as the first woman to direct a film. From 1896 to 1906, she was probably…

1873

Andrass Samuelsen

Faroese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 1954)

Andrass Samuelsen was a Faroese politician and member of the Union Party. He was the first Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands after the autonomy of the Faroe Islands in 1948 (Heimastýrislógin).

1873

Joseph Weil

American con man (died 1976)

Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weil was one of the best known American con men of his era. Weil's biographer, W. T. Brannon, wrote of Weil's "uncanny knowledge of human nature". During the course of his career, Weil is reputed to…

1875

T. J. Ryan

Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (died 1921)

Thomas Joseph Ryan was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland from 1915 to 1919, as leader of the state Labor Party. He resigned to enter federal politics, sitting in the House of Representatives…

1876

Jacques Rosenbaum

Estonian-German architect (died 1944)

Jacques Rosenbaum was an Estonian architect of Baltic German descent. Between 1904 and 1907 he served as municipal architect of Tartu, Estonia, and is best known for his Art Nouveau buildings in Tallinn.

1878

Léon Jouhaux

French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)

Léon Jouhaux was a French trade union leader who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1951.

1879

Edward Battersby Bailey

English geologist (died 1965)

Sir Edward Battersby Bailey FRS FRSE MC was an English geologist.

1881

Bidhan Chandra Roy

Indian physician and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal (died 1962)

Bidhan Chandra Roy was an Indian physician and politician who served as Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1950 until his death in 1962. He played a key role in the founding of several institutions and cities like Salt…

1882

Arthur Borton

English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1933)

Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Drummond Borton, was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

1883

Dorothea Mackellar

Australian author and poet (died 1968)

Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar was an Australian poet and fiction writer. Her poem "My Country" is widely known in Australia, especially its second stanza, which begins: "I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping…

1885

Amber Reeves

New Zealand-English author and scholar (died 1981)

Amber Blanco White was a New Zealand–born British feminist writer and scholar.

1887

James M. Cain

American author and journalist (died 1977)

James Mallahan Cain was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is widely regarded as a progenitor of the hardboiled school of American crime fiction.

1892

László Lajtha

Hungarian composer and conductor (died 1963)

László Lajtha was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor.

1892

Thomas A. Dorsey

American pianist and composer (died 1993)

Thomas Andrew Dorsey was an American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music. He penned 3,000 songs, a third of them gospel, including…

1899

Charles Laughton

English-American actor and director (died 1962)

Charles Laughton was an English actor and director. Over his career he received an Academy Award and a Grammy Award as well as nominations for two BAFTAs and a Golden Globe. He earned a motion picture star on the…

1899

Konstantinos Tsatsos

Greek scholar and politician, President of Greece (died 1987)

Konstantinos D. Tsatsos was a Greek diplomat, professor of law, scholar and politician. He served as the second President of the Third Hellenic Republic from 1975 to 1980.

1899

Irna Phillips

American screenwriter (died 1973)

Irna Phillips was an American scriptwriter, screenwriter, casting agent, and actress who pioneered a style of daytime soap opera in the United States geared specifically toward women. Phillips created, produced, and…

1901

William Wyler

French-American film director, producer and screenwriter (died 1981)

William Wyler was a German-born American film director and producer. Known for his work in numerous genres over five decades, he received numerous accolades, including the most nominations for the Academy Award for Best…

1902

Amy Johnson

English pilot (died 1941)

Amy Johnson was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia.

1903

Beatrix Lehmann

English actress (died 1979)

Beatrix Alice Lehmann was a British actress, theatre director, writer and novelist.

1903

Jean Dieudonné

French mathematician and academic (died 1992)

Jean Alexandre Eugène Dieudonné was a French mathematician, notable for research in abstract algebra, algebraic geometry, and functional analysis, for close involvement with the Nicolas Bourbaki pseudonymous group and…

1906

Estée Lauder

American businesswoman, co-founder of Estée Lauder Companies (died 2004)

Estée Lauder was an American businesswoman. She co-founded her eponymous cosmetics company with her husband, Joseph Lauter. Lauder was the only woman on Time magazine's 1998 list of the 20 most influential business…

1906

Norman Pirie

Scottish-English biochemist and virologist (died 1997)

Norman Wingate Pirie FRS, was a British biochemist and virologist who, along with Frederick Bawden, discovered that a virus can be crystallized by isolating tomato bushy stunt virus in 1936. This was an important…

1907

Emmett Toppino

American sprinter (died 1971)

Martin Emmett Toppino was an American athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

1909

Glenn Hardin

American hurdler (died 1975)

Glenn Foster "Slats" Hardin was an American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

1910

Arnold Alas

Estonian landscape architect and artist (died 1990)

Arnold Alas was an Estonian landscape architect and artist.

1911

Sergey Sokolov

Russian marshal and politician, Soviet Minister of Defence (died 2012)

Sergei Leonidovich Sokolov was a Soviet military commander, Hero of the Soviet Union, and served as Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 22 December 1984 until 29 May 1987.

1911

David Brower

American environmentalist, founder of the Sierra Club Foundation (died 2000)

David Ross Brower was a prominent environmentalist and the founder of many environmental organizations, including the John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies (1997), Friends of the Earth (1969), Earth Island…

1912

Sally Kirkland

American journalist (died 1989)

Sally Kathleen Kirkland was a manager at Lord & Taylor, a fashion editor at Vogue magazine, and served as the only fashion editor at Life magazine between 1947 and 1969.

1912

Frank Barrett

American baseball player (died 1998)

Francis Joseph Barrett was an American baseball player. He was a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves, and Pittsburgh Pirates.

1913

Lee Guttero

American basketball player (died 2004)

Lee A. "Rubberlegs" Guttero was an American basketball player who was the University of Southern California's first two-time NCAA All-American.

1913

Vasantrao Naik

Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 1979)

Vasantrao Phulsingh Naik was an Indian politician, social reformer and Pioneer of Green, White Revolution and Guarantee Employment Scheme. He served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1963 until 1975. He is the…

1913

Thomas Pearson

British Army officer (died 2019)

General Sir Thomas Cecil Hook Pearson, was a senior officer of the British Army who served as Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe from 1972 to 1974. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living…

1914

Christl Cranz

German alpine skier (died 2004)

Christl Franziska Antonia Cranz-Borchers was a German alpine ski racer. She dominated international competition in the 1930s, winning twelve world championship titles between 1934 and 1939. At the 1936 Winter Olympics…

1914

Bernard B. Wolfe

American politician (died 2016)

Bernard B. Wolfe was an American politician in the state of Illinois.

1914

Willie Dixon

American blues singer-songwriter, bass player, guitarist and producer (died 1992)

William James Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he is…

1915

Philip Lever

3rd Viscount Leverhulme, British peer (died 2000)

Philip William Bryce Lever, 3rd Viscount Leverhulme was a British peer and racehorse owner.

1915

Boots Poffenberger

American baseball pitcher (died 1999)

Cletus Elwood "Boots" Poffenberger was an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1937–1939) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1939).

1915

Joseph Ransohoff

American soldier and neurosurgeon (died 2001)

Dr. Joseph Ransohoff, II was a member of the Ransohoff family and a pioneer in the field of neurosurgery. In addition to training numerous neurosurgeons, his "ingenuity in adapting advanced technologies" saved many…

1915

Nguyễn Văn Linh

Vietnamese politician (died 1998)

Nguyễn Văn Linh was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician. Nguyễn Văn Linh was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1986 to 1991 and a political leader of the Vietcong during the Vietnam War.…

1915

Olivia de Havilland

British-American actress (died 2020)

Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland was an actress. Born in Japan, she held citizenship of the United Kingdom, United States and France. She appeared in 49 feature films throughout her career, with the major works of her…

1916

Iosif Shklovsky

Ukrainian astronomer and astrophysicist (died 1985)

Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky was a Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist. He is remembered for his work in theoretical astrophysics and other topics, as well as for his 1962 book on extraterrestrial life, the revised and…

1916

George C. Stoney

American director and producer (died 2012)

George Cashel Stoney was an American documentary filmmaker, educator, and the "father of public-access television." Among his films were Palmour Street, A Study of Family Life (1949), All My Babies (1953), How the Myth…

1916

Álvaro Domecq y Díez

Spanish aristocrat (died 2005)

Don Álvaro Domecq y Díez was born into an aristocratic Spanish sherry family in Jerez, of Cádiz, a province of Andalucia in southwestern Spain.

1917

Ralph Young

American singer and actor (died 2008)

Ralph Young was an American singer and actor. He was best known as the singing partner of Belgian-born Tony Sandler in the duo of Sandler and Young.

1918

Ahmed Deedat

South African writer and public speaker (died 2005)

Ahmed Husein Deedat was an Indian-South African Islamic author, intellectual, and orator on comparative religion. He was best known as a Muslim missionary, who held numerous inter-religious public debates with…

1918

Pedro Yap

Filipino lawyer (died 2003)

Pedro López Yap was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines in 1988. He briefly served for two and a half months from April 19, 1988, to June 30, 1988, the shortest in history until Chief Justice…

1918

Arnold Meri

Estonian colonel (died 2009)

Arnold Meri was a Soviet World War II veteran and the first Estonian Hero of the Soviet Union. After Estonia became independent, he was later charged with genocide for his role in the deportation of some Estonians to…

1919

Malik Dohan al-Hassan

Iraqi politician (died 2021)

Malik Dohan al-Hassan was an Iraqi politician and academician, who served as Minister of Culture and Information in 1967, headed the Iraqi Bar Association in 2003, and was the Minister of Justice in the Iraqi Interim…

1919

Gerald E. Miller

American vice admiral (died 2014)

Gerald Edward Miller was a vice admiral in the United States Navy. He was a commander of the United States Sixth Fleet. He graduated in 1942 from the United States Naval Academy. Miller died of cancer in 2014 at his…

1919

Henri Amouroux

French historian and journalist (died 2007)

Henri Amouroux was a French historian and journalist.

1920

Harold Sakata

Japanese-American wrestler and actor (died 1982)

Toshiyuki Sakata , known as Harold Sakata, was an American Olympic weightlifter, professional wrestler, and film actor. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London in weightlifting, and later became a…

1920

George I. Fujimoto

American-Japanese chemist (died 2023)

George Iwao Fujimoto was an American chemist of Japanese descent.

1920

Seretse Khama

Batswana lawyer and politician, 1st President of Botswana (died 1980)

Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE was a Motswana politician who served as the first President of Botswana, a post he held from 1966 to his death in 1980.

1921

Michalina Wisłocka

Polish gynecologist and sexologist (died 2005)

Michalina Anna Wisłocka was a Polish gynecologist, sexologist, and author of Sztuka kochania, the first guide to sexual life in a communist country. Her book became a bestseller, with a total circulation of 7 million…

1921

Arthur Johnson

Canadian canoeist (died 2003)

Arthur Leonard Johnson was a Canadian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s. He finished eighth in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

1921

Toshi Seeger

German-American activist, co-founder of the Clearwater Festival (died 2013)

Toshi Seeger was an American filmmaker, producer and environmental activist. A filmmaker who specialized in the subject of folk music, her credits include the 1966 film Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison and the…

1922

Mordechai Bibi

Israeli politician (died 2023)

Mordechai Bibi was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Ahdut HaAvoda and its successors between 1959 and 1974.

1922

Scotty Bowers

American marine, author and pimp (died 2019)

George Albert "Scotty" Bowers, active from 1945 to 1980, was best known for procuring prostitutes for Hollywood industry insiders, many closeted about bisexual or homosexual liaisons. Bowers was described as having "a…

1923

Antoni Ramallets

Spanish footballer and manager (died 2013)

Antoni Ramallets Simón was a Spanish football goalkeeper and manager.

1924

Florence Stanley

American actress (died 2003)

Florence Stanley was an American actress of stage, film, and television. She is best known for her roles in Barney Miller (1975–1977) and its spinoff Fish (1977–1978), My Two Dads (1987–1990), and Nurses (1991–1994),…

1924

Georges Rivière

French actor (died 2011)

Georges Aristide Claude Félix Rivière is a French retired actor who worked in Argentine cinema in the 1950s. He appeared in nearly 50 films between 1948 and 1970. Georges Rivière was considered the "beau of Argentine…

1924

Farley Granger

American actor (died 2011)

Farley Earle Granger Jr. was an American actor. Granger was first noticed in a small stage production in Hollywood by a Goldwyn casting director, and given a significant role in The North Star (1943), a controversial…

1925

Art McNally

American football referee (died 2023)

Arthur Ignatius McNally was an American professional football executive who was director of officiating for the National Football League (NFL) from 1968 to 1991. Before becoming director of officiating—succeeding Mark…

1925

Robert Fogel

American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)

Robert William Fogel was an American economic historian and winner of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. As of his death, he was the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American…

1926

Carl Hahn

German businessman (died 2023)

Carl Horst Hahn was a German businessman and head of the Volkswagen Group from 1982 to 1993. He served as the chairman of the board of management of the parent company, Volkswagen AG. During his tenure, the group's car…

1926

Mohamed Abshir Muse

Somali general (died 2017)

Mohamed Abshir Muse ; 1 July 1926 – 25 October 2017), also known as Mahamed Abshir Haamaan, was a prominent Somali General and the first Commander of the Somali Police Force.

1926

Hans Werner Henze

German composer and educator (died 2012)

Hans Werner Henze was a German composer. His large oeuvre is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Neoclassicism, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as traditional schools…

1926

Alan J. Charig

English paleontologist and author (died 1997)

Alan Jack Charig was an English palaeontologist and writer who popularised his subject on television and in books at the start of the wave of interest in dinosaurs in the 1970s.

1927

Winfield Dunn

American politician, 43rd Governor of Tennessee (died 2024)

Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn was an American businessman and politician who served as the 43rd governor of Tennessee from 1971 to 1975. He was the state's first Republican governor in fifty years. Dunn was an…

1927

Joseph Martin Sartoris

American bishop (died 2025)

Joseph Martin Sartoris was an American Catholic prelate who served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California from 1994 to 2002.

1927

Chandra Shekhar

8th Prime Minister of India (died 2007)

Chandra Shekhar was an Indian politician and the prime minister of India, between 10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991. He headed a minority government of a breakaway faction of the Janata Dal with outside support from the…

1927

Gerald Edelman

American biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)

Gerald Maurice Edelman was an American biologist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work with Rodney Robert Porter on the immune system. Edelman's Nobel Prize-winning research concerned…

1929

Moustapha Akkad

Syrian-American director and producer (died 2005)

Moustapha al Akkad was a Syrian-American film producer and director, best known for producing the original series of Halloween films and directing The Message and Lion of the Desert. He was killed along with his…

1930

Carol Chomsky

American linguist and academic (died 2008)

Carol Doris Chomsky was an American linguist and education specialist who studied language acquisition in children.

1930

Leslie Caron

French actress and dancer

Leslie Claire Margaret Caron is a French and American former actress and dancer. She is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy…

1931

Ze'ev Schiff

French-Israeli journalist and author (died 2007)

Ze'ev Schiff was an Israeli journalist and military correspondent for Haaretz.

1932

C. Scott Littleton

American anthropologist and academic (died 2010)

Covington Scott Littleton was an American anthropologist who was Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Occidental College. A co-founder of the Journal of Indo-European Studies, Littleton was an expert…

1933

Claude Berri

French actor, director and screenwriter (died 2009)

Claude Berri was a French film director, producer, screenwriter, distributor and actor.

1934

Jamie Farr

American actor

Jamie Farr is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for playing Corporal Maxwell Klinger, a soldier who tried to get discharged from the army by cross-dressing, on the CBS sitcom M*A*S*H. After M*A*S*H, Farr…

1934

Jean Marsh

English actress and screenwriter (died 2025)

Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh was an English actress and writer. She co-created and starred in the ITV series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975), for which she won the 1975 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama…

1934

Sydney Pollack

American actor, director and producer (died 2008)

Sydney Irwin Pollack was an American film director, producer, and actor. Known for directing commercially and critically acclaimed studio films, he received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards and two…

1934

James Cotton

American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (died 2017)

James Henry Cotton was an American blues harmonica player, singer/songwriter, who performed and recorded with many fellow blues artists, including Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters and with his own band, the James Cotton…

1935

David Prowse

English actor (died 2020)

David Charles Prowse was an English actor, bodybuilder, strongman and weightlifter. He portrayed Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy and a manservant in Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange. In 2015,…

1935

Wally Amos

American entrepreneur, founder of Famous Amos (died 2024)

Wallace Amos Jr. was an American writer and businessman. He was the founder of the Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie, the Cookie Kahuna, and Aunt Della's Cookies gourmet cookie brands, and was the host of the adult…

1936

Craig Anderson

American baseball player and coach

Norman Craig Anderson is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets for all or parts of four seasons (1961–1964). A native of…

1938

Hariprasad Chaurasia

Indian flute player and composer

Hariprasad Chaurasia is an Indian music director and classical flautist, who plays the bansuri, in the Hindustani classical tradition.

1938

Karen Black

American actress (died 2013)

Karen Blanche Black was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently portraying eccentric and offbeat…

1939

Delaney Bramlett

American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (died 2008)

Delaine Alvin "Delaney" Bramlett was an American singer and guitarist. He was best known for his musical partnership with his wife Bonnie Bramlett in the band Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, which included a wide variety…

1939

Craig Brown

Scottish footballer and manager (died 2023)

James Craig Brown was a Scottish professional football player and manager. After his playing career with Rangers, Dundee and Falkirk was curtailed by a series of knee injuries, Brown entered management with Clyde in…

1940

Ela Gandhi

South African activist and politician

Ela Gandhi, is a South African peace activist and former politician. She served as a Member of Parliament in South Africa from 1994 to 2004, where she aligned with the African National Congress (ANC) party representing…

1940

Cahit Zarifoğlu

Turkish poet and author (died 1987)

Abdurrahman Cahit Zarifoğlu was a Turkish poet and writer.

1940

Rod Gilbert

Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2021)

Rodrigue Gabriel Gilbert was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played his entire career for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Known as "Mr. Ranger", he played right wing on the GAG…

1941

Alfred G. Gilman

American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)

Alfred Goodman Gilman was an American pharmacologist and biochemist. He and Martin Rodbell shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in…

1941

Nicolae Saramandu

Romanian linguist and philologist

Nicolae Saramandu is a Romanian linguist and philologist of Aromanian ethnicity. He has been professor in several universities and vice president and later president of the Atlas Linguarum Europae, also being a…

1941

Myron Scholes

Canadian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Myron Samuel Scholes is a Canadian–American financial economist. Scholes is the Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance, Emeritus, at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, and…

1941

Twyla Tharp

American dancer and choreographer

Twyla Tharp is an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1965 she formed the company Twyla Tharp Dance, which merged with American Ballet Theatre in 1988. She regrouped the…

1941

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri

Iraqi field marshal and politician (died 2020)

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri was an Iraqi politician, military officer and field marshal. He served as Vice Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council until the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States and was…

1942

Geneviève Bujold

Canadian actress

Geneviève Bujold is a Canadian actress. For her portrayal of Anne Boleyn in the period drama film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Bujold received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other film…

1942

Andraé Crouch

American singer-songwriter, producer and pastor (died 2015)

Andraé Edward Crouch was an American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor. Referred to as "the father of modern gospel music" by contemporary Christian and gospel music professionals, Crouch…

1942

Julia Higgins

English chemist and academic

Dame Julia Stretton Higgins is a British polymer scientist. Since 1976, she has been based at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London, where she is emeritus professor and senior research…

1942

Philip Brunelle

American conductor and organist

Philip Brunelle is an American choral scholar, conductor and organist. He is the founder of VocalEssence. In the course of an international career as a choral and opera conductor Brunelle has been awarded Commander of…

1943

Peeter Lepp

Estonian politician, 37th Mayor of Tallinn

Peeter Lepp is an Estonian politician. From 1993 to 2002, he was a member of the Estonian Coalition Party. After its dissolution, he joined the Estonian Reform Party.

1943

Jeff Wayne

American composer, musician and lyricist

Jeffry Wayne is an American-British composer, musician and lyricist. In 1978, he released Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, his musical adaptation of H. G. Wells' science-fiction novel The War of…

1943

Nurul Haque Miah

Bangladeshi professor and writer (died 2021)

Muhammad Nurul Haque Miah was a professor at Dhaka College and the head of its Department of Chemistry. He is renowned for writing high school and degree textbooks.

1944

Mike Burstyn

American actor and singer

Michael Burstein is an Israeli-American actor known onstage as Mike Burstyn. He was born in New York City to the late Yiddish-language actors, Pesach Burstein and Lillian Lux. His first cousin was Borsch Belt comedian,…

1945

Debbie Harry

American singer-songwriter and actress

Deborah Ann Harry is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Four of her songs with the band reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 between 1979 and 1981.

1945

Mick Aston

English archaeologist and academic (died 2013)

Michael Antony Aston was an English archaeologist who specialised in Early Medieval landscape archaeology. Over the course of his career, he lectured at both the University of Bristol and University of Oxford and…

1946

Erkki Tuomioja

Finnish sergeant and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs

Erkki Sakari Tuomioja is a Finnish politician and has previously been a member of the Finnish Parliament. From 2000 to 2007 and 2011 to 2015, he served as the minister for foreign affairs. He was president of the Nordic…

1946

Kojo Laing

Ghanaian novelist and poet (died 2017)

B. Kojo Laing or Bernard Kojo Laing was a Ghanaian novelist and poet, whose writing is characterised by its hybridity, whereby he uses Ghanaian Pidgin English and vernacular languages alongside standard English. His…

1946

Kazuyoshi Hoshino

Japanese race car driver

Kazuyoshi Hoshino is a Japanese former racing driver and businessman.

1947

Malcolm Wicks

English academic and politician (died 2012)

Malcolm Hunt Wicks was a British Labour Party politician and academic specialising in social policy. He was a member of parliament (MP) from 1992, first for Croydon North West and then for Croydon North, until his death…

1947

John Ford

English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist

John Ford is a British musician. He has toured and recorded with Velvet Opera, The Strawbs, Hudson/Ford and The Monks.

1948

Néjia Ben Mabrouk

Tunisian-Belgian director and screenwriter

Néjia Ben Mabrouk is a Tunisian screenwriter and director, known for her work on the award-winning film Sama and on the documentary The Gulf War... What Next?.

1949

John Farnham

English-Australian singer-songwriter

John Peter Farnham is an Australian singer. Farnham was a teen pop idol from 1967 until the mid-1970s, billed as Johnny Farnham. He has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been…

1949

David Hogan

American composer and educator (died 1996)

H. David Hogan was an American composer and musical director of CIGAP, a choir composed of openly gay men.

1949

Venkaiah Naidu

Indian lawyer and politician

Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu is an Indian politician who served as the vice president of India from 2017 to 2022. He has also served as the minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development and…

1949

David Duke

American white supremacist, politician and Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard

David Ernest Duke is an American former politician, white supremacist, neo-Nazi, conspiracy theorist, and former grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. From 1989 to 1992, he was a Republican member of the…

1950

Trevor Eve

English actor and producer

Trevor John Eve is an English actor. In 1979, he gained fame as the eponymous lead in the detective series Shoestring (1979–1980) and is also known for his role as Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd in the long-running…

1951

Anne Feeney

American singer-songwriter and activist (died 2021)

Anne Feeney was an American folk musician, singer-songwriter, political activist and attorney. She began her career in 1969 as a student activist playing a Phil Ochs song at a Vietnam War protest, one of many causes she…

1951

Julia Goodfellow

English physicist and academic

Dame Julia Mary Goodfellow is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent, and Chair of the British Science Association. She was the president of Universities UK from 1 August 2015 until July 2017.

1951

Klaus-Peter Justus

German runner

Klaus-Peter Justus is a retired East German middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.

1951

Tom Kozelko

American basketball player

Thomas William Kozelko is a retired American basketball player who played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

1951

Terrence Mann

American actor, singer and dancer

Terrence Vaughan Mann is an American actor and baritone singer. He is best known for his appearances on the Broadway stage, which include Lyman in Barnum, The Rum Tum Tugger in Cats, Inspector Javert in Les Misérables,…

1951

Fred Schneider

American singer-songwriter and keyboard player

Frederick William Schneider III is an American singer-songwriter and frontman of the rock band the B-52s, of which he is a founding member. Schneider is well known for his sprechgesang, which he developed from reciting…

1951

Victor Willis

American singer-songwriter, pianist and actor

Victor Edward Willis is an American singer, songwriter and a founding member of the disco group Village People. He performed as their lead singer and was co-songwriter for all of their most successful singles. In the…

1951

Dan Aykroyd

Canadian actor, producer and screenwriter

Daniel Edward Aykroyd is a Canadian and American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer.

1952

David Arkenstone

American composer and performer

David Arkenstone is an American composer and performer. His music is primarily instrumental, with occasional vocalizations. Most of Arkenstone's music falls into the new age category; however, he also worked in other…

1952

David Lane

English oncologist and academic

Sir David Philip Lane is a British immunologist, molecular biologist and cancer researcher. He is currently working in the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology at the Karolinska Institute and is Chairman…

1952

Steve Shutt

Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Stephen John Shutt is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1972 to 1985, 12 seasons for the Montreal Canadiens and 1 season for the Los Angeles…

1952

Timothy J. Tobias

American pianist and composer (died 2006)

Timothy John Tobias was an American composer and musician. He died aged 54 of lymphoma.

1952

Lawrence Gonzi

Maltese lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Malta

Lawrence Gonzi is a Maltese politician, retired Nationalist politician and lawyer, who served for twenty-five years in various critical roles in Maltese politics. Gonzi was Prime Minister of Malta from 2004 to 2013, and…

1953

Mike Haynes

American football player

Michael James Haynes is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Raiders. Regarded as one of the…

1953

Jadranka Kosor

Croatian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Croatia

Jadranka Kosor is a Croatian politician and former journalist who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2009 to 2011, having taken office following the sudden resignation of her predecessor Ivo Sanader. Kosor was the…

1953

Keith Whitley

American singer and guitarist (died 1989)

Jackie Keith Whitley was an American country music and bluegrass singer and songwriter. During his career, he released only two albums, but charted 12 singles on the Billboard country charts, and seven more after his…

1954

Hossein Nuri

Iranian artist and director

Hossein Nuri is an Iranian painter, playwright and film director. One of Nuri's pre-eminent characteristics is that despite his physical limitations he has gained professional acclaim in three fields of painting,…

1954

Nikolai Demidenko

Russian pianist and educator

Nikolai Demidenko is a Russian-born classical pianist.

1955

Li Keqiang

Chinese economist and politician, 7th Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 2023)

Li Keqiang was a Chinese politician and economist who served as Premier of China from 2013 to 2023 and was the second-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Politburo Standing Committee from 2012 to 2022.

1955

Lisa Scottoline

American lawyer and author

Lisa Scottoline is an American author of legal thrillers.

1955

Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi

Tongan politician and military officer, Deputy Prime Minister (died 2021)

'Siosaʻia Lausiʻi, Lord Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi, also known as Lord Maʻafu, was a Tongan politician, military officer, and member of the Tongan nobility.

1955

Alan Ruck

American actor

Alan Douglas Ruck is an American actor. He is known for portraying Cameron Frye in John Hughes's film Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), as well as television roles as Stuart Bondek on the ABC sitcom Spin City (1996–2002)…

1956

Lisa Blount

American actress and producer (died 2010)

Lisa Suzanne Blount was an American actress and film producer. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year for her performance in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), and later won an Academy…

1957

Hannu Kamppuri

Finnish ice hockey player

Hannu Juhani Kamppuri is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. Kamppuri, who was born in Helsinki, was an accomplished SM-liiga goaltender, who played from 1975 to 1990, and was one of the first Finnish…

1957

Sean O'Driscoll

English footballer and manager

Sean Michael O'Driscoll is a former professional footballer and manager. He has previously managed AFC Bournemouth, Doncaster Rovers, Crawley Town, Nottingham Forest, Bristol City and Walsall. He was known by the…

1957

Jack Dyer Crouch II

American diplomat, United States Deputy National Security Advisor

Jack Dyer Crouch II is an American diplomat and national security adviser. Between 2014 and October 2025, he served as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the United Service Organizations (USO).

1958

Michael Beattie

Australian rugby league player and coach

Michael Beattie is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for the St. George Dragons (captain) and Castleford.

1960

Lynn Jennings

American runner

Lynn Alice Jennings is a retired American long-distance runner. She is one of the best female American runners of all time, with a range from 1500 meters to the marathon. She excelled at all three of the sport's major…

1960

Evelyn "Champagne" King

American soul/disco singer

Evelyn "Champagne" King is an American singer. Her first hit was the disco single "Shame", which was released in 1977, at the height of disco's popularity. King had other hits from the early to mid-1980s, including "I'm…

1960

Kevin Swords

American rugby player

Kevin Robert Swords is an American rugby player. He won 36 caps between 1985 and 1994, and was the first American to play for the Barbarians. His brother Brian Swords also played for the Eagles as a lock. Brian, a much…

1960

Malcolm Elliott

English cyclist

Malcolm Elliott is a former English professional cyclist, whose professional career has lasted from 1984 to 1997 when he retired and from 2003 up to 2011 when he made his comeback in British domestic racing.

1961

Ivan Kaye

English actor

Ivan Blakeley Kaye is an English actor and producer. His international fame came with roles in historical drama shows like the Duke of Milan in all three seasons of The Borgias, and King Aelle in the first four Seasons…

1961

Carl Lewis

American long jumper and runner

Frederick Carlton Lewis is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. Lewis was a dominant sprinter…

1961

Diana

Princess of Wales (died 1997)

Diana, Princess of Wales, was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles III and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her activism and glamour made her an international icon and earned her…

1961

Michelle Wright

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Michelle Wright is a Canadian country music artist. She won the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice. In 2011, Wright was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.

1961

Andre Braugher

American actor (died 2023)

Andre Keith Braugher was an American actor known for his roles as Detective Frank Pembleton in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999) and Captain Raymond Holt in the Fox/NBC police comedy…

1962

Mokhzani Mahathir

Malaysian businessman

Mokhzani bin Mahathir is a Malaysian businessman. He worked as a petroleum engineer before founding oil-equipment fabricator Kencana Petroleum. Kencana Petroleum later merged with SapuraCrest to form SapuraKencana…

1962

Roddy Bottum

American singer and keyboard player

Roswell Christopher Bottum is an American musician, best known as the keyboardist for the San Francisco alternative metal band Faith No More. He is also guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the pop group Imperial Teen. In…

1963

Nick Giannopoulos

Australian actor

Nicholas "Nick" Giannopoulos is an Australian stand-up comedian, stage, TV and film actor and film director. He is best known for his comedy stage show Wogs Out of Work alongside George Kapiniaris, the television sitcom…

1963

David Wood

American lawyer and environmentalist (died 2006)

David E. Wood was an attorney and environmental activist. Best known for his work in the field of electronics recycling, he was executive director of the GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN) in Madison, Wisconsin and…

1963

Bernard Laporte

French rugby player and coach

Bernard Laporte is a French rugby union coach, administrator and former player. Since 2023 he has been director of rugby at Montpellier. He served as French Secretary of State for Sport from 2007 to 2009, and was…

1964

Carl Fogarty

English motorcycle racer

Carl George Fogarty, often known as Foggy, is an English former motorcycle racer. With four World Superbike titles, he is one of the most successful superbike racers of all time. He also holds the fourth highest number…

1965

Garry Schofield

English rugby player and coach

Garry Edward Schofield OBE is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and is a member of the British Rugby League Hall of Fame.

1965

Harald Zwart

Norwegian director and producer

Harald Zwart is a Dutch-Norwegian director, writer and producer.

1965

Enrico Annoni

Italian footballer and coach

Enrico Annoni is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

1966

Shawn Burr

Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2013)

Shawn Christopher Burr was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger. Burr played in the NHL for parts of 16 seasons from 1985 to 2000.

1966

Pamela Anderson

Canadian-American model and actress

Pamela Denise Anderson is a Canadian-American actress, model and media personality. She came to public prominence after being selected as the February 1990 Playboy Playmate of the Month following her appearance on the…

1967

Séamus Egan

American-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Seamus Egan is an Irish-American musician.

1969

Missy Elliott

American rapper, producer, dancer and actress

Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott, also known as Misdemeanor, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. She began her musical career as a member of the R&B girl group Sista during the 1990s, who were…

1971

Julianne Nicholson

American actress

Julianne Nicholson is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the film August: Osage County (2013) and the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2006–2009), Masters of Sex (2013–2014), Eyewitness…

1971

Jefferson Pérez

Ecuadorian race walker

Jefferson Leonardo Pérez Quezada is an Ecuadorian retired race walker. He specialised in the 20 km event, in which he won the first two medals his country achieved in the Olympic Games.

1974

Jonathan Roumie

American actor

Jonathan Roumie is an American actor known for his role as Jesus in The Chosen, a crowd-funded television series about the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth. In 2023, he portrayed evangelist Lonnie Frisbee in the…

1974

Sean Colson

American basketball player and coach

Sean Tyree Colson is an American former professional basketball player. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At a height of 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) tall, he played at the point guard position.

1975

Sufjan Stevens

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Sufjan Stevens is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has released ten solo studio albums and multiple collaborative albums with other artists. Stevens has received Grammy and Academy Award…

1975

Patrick Kluivert

Dutch footballer and coach

Patrick Stephan Kluivert is a Dutch football coach and former player. As a player, he played as a striker for Ajax, Barcelona and the Netherlands national team.

1976

Hannu Tihinen

Finnish footballer

Hannu Tihinen is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Since January 2014, he worked as a technical director at the Football Association of Finland. In October 2022, Tihinen was appointed…

1976

Albert Torrens

Australian rugby league player

Albert Torrens is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Northern Eagles and St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL…

1976

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Dutch footballer and manager

Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij, commonly known by his anglicised name of Ruud van Nistelrooy, is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is currently working as an assistant coach of the…

1976

Szymon Ziółkowski

Polish hammer thrower

Szymon Jerzy Ziółkowski is a retired Polish hammer thrower and politician.

1976

Tom Frager

Senegalese-French singer-songwriter and guitarist

Tom Frager is a French songwriter and performer in the group Gwayav' and is also a ten-time surfing champion in Guadeloupe. He is primarily known for his French hit "Lady Melody", number one on the French charts for…

1977

Keigo Hayashi

Japanese musician

Flow is a Japanese rock band formed in 1998 as a five-piece band made up of two vocalists, a guitarist, a bassist, and a drummer. They are signed to Sacra Music. As of November 2023, the band has released 40 singles and…

1977

Jarome Iginla

Canadian ice hockey player

Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played over 1,500 games as a winger in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary Flames, Pittsburgh…

1977

Liv Tyler

American actress

Liv Rundgren Tyler is an American actress. She began her career as a model before making her film debut in Silent Fall (1994). She went on to receive critical recognition and attention after her starring roles in…

1977

Forrest Griffin

American mixed martial artist and actor

Forrest Griffin is an American retired mixed martial artist. He is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2013. He is now the Vice President of Athlete Development at the…

1979

Nelson Cruz

Dominican-American baseball player

Nelson Ramón Cruz Martínez, nicknamed "Boomstick", is a Dominican-American former professional baseball designated hitter and right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Texas…

1980

Carlo Del Fava

South African-Italian rugby player

Carlo Antonio Del Fava is a former rugby union player. His preferred position was Lock. After hanging his boots up he then decided to take up coaching. Born in South Africa, he played for Italy internationally.

1981

Tadhg Kennelly

Irish-Australian footballer

Tadhg Kennelly is an Irish-Australian former international sportsperson turned recruiter and coach. He is most known for his top-level careers in both Gaelic football and Australian rules football being the first holder…

1981

Justin Huber

Australian baseball player

Justin Patrick Huber is an Australian former professional baseball player. A first baseman and outfielder, Huber has played in Major League Baseball, Nippon Professional Baseball, and the Australian Baseball League. He…

1982

Joachim Johansson

Swedish tennis player

Joachim Johansson is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden. He reached the semifinals of the 2004 US Open, won 3 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 9 in February 2005.

1982

Adrian Ward

American football player

Adrian Michael Ward is an American former professional football cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings and the New York Giants in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Texas…

1982

Fedi Nuril

Indonesian actor, model, and musician

Fedi Nuril is an Indonesian actor, model, and musician. He is known for his roles as Fahri in Ayat-Ayat Cinta (2008) and Ayat-Ayat Cinta 2 (2016), and as Genta in 5 cm (2012). Nuril has been referred to as an icon of…

1982

Leeteuk

South Korean singer and entertainer

Park Jeong-su, known professionally as Leeteuk, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, presenter, radio personality, and actor. He debuted as the leader of the boy band Super Junior in November 2005 and since then has…

1983

Donald Thomas

Bahamian high jumper

Donald Thomas is a Bahamian high jumper from Freeport, Bahamas.

1984

Chris Perez

American baseball player

Christopher Ralph Perez is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched collegiately for the University of Miami, and was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round of the 2006 Major League…

1985

Léa Seydoux

French actor

Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonne is a French actress. Prolific in both French cinema and Hollywood, she has received five César Award nominations, two Lumière Awards, a Palme d'Or and a BAFTA Award nomination. In…

1985

Charlie Blackmon

American baseball player

Charles Cobb Blackmon, nicknamed "Chuck Nazty", is an American former professional baseball outfielder who spent his entire 14-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Colorado Rockies. He made his MLB debut in…

1986

Andrew Lee

Australian footballer

Andrew Dwayne Lee is an Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted from the Burnie Dockers, via the Tassie Mariners U18s and the…

1986

Julian Prochnow

German footballer

Julian Prochnow is a German footballer who plays for SV Babelsberg 03.

1986

Michael Schrader

German decathlete

Michael Schrader is a German decathlete. He finished tenth at the 2008 Olympic Games. His personal best score is 8670 points, winning him the silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow.

1987

Dedé

Brazilian footballer

Anderson Vital da Silva, commonly known as Dedé is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre back.

1988

Aleksander Lesun

Russian modern pentathlete

Aleksander Leonidovich Lesun is a Belarusian-born naturalized Russian modern pentathlete. He is a multiple-time medalist at the World and European Championships, and was a top-ranked male modern pentathlete in the world…

1988

Kent Bazemore

American basketball player

Kenneth Lamont Bazemore Jr. is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League. As a junior at Old Dominion University in 2010–11, Bazemore won the Lefty…

1989

Hannah Murray

English actress

Tegan Lauren-Hannah Murray is a retired English actress. She played Cassie in Skins and Gilly in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2012–2019), for which she has been nominated along with her castmates for three…

1989

Daniel Ricciardo

Australian race car driver

Daniel Joseph Ricciardo is an Australian former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2011 to 2024. Nicknamed "the Honey Badger", Ricciardo won eight Formula One Grands Prix across 14 seasons.

1989

Lucas Vázquez

Spanish footballer

Lucas Vázquez Iglesias is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back or winger for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.

1991

Michael Wacha

American baseball player

Michael Joseph Wacha is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Tampa Bay Rays,…

1991

Aaron Sanchez

American baseball player

Aaron Jacob Sanchez is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Kansas City Royals organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Houston Astros, San Francisco…

1992

Chloé Paquet

French tennis player

Chloé Paquet is a French professional tennis player. She has achieved career-high WTA rankings of No. 96 in singles on 5 August 2024, and 247 in doubles on 12 June 2017.

1994

Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo

Belgian footballer

Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo is a professional footballer who plays as a left back for Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège.

1995

Savvy Shields

Miss America 2017

Savannah Janine Shields Wolfe is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Fayetteville, Arkansas, who was crowned Miss Arkansas 2016. On September 11, 2016, she was crowned Miss America 2017 by Miss America 2016,…

1995

Taeyong

South Korea rapper

Lee Tae-yong, known mononymously as Taeyong, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and dancer. He is a member and leader of South Korean boy band NCT under SM Entertainment, having debuted in the group's first…

1995

Adelina Sotnikova

Russian figure skater

Adelina Dmitriyevna Sotnikova is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2014 Olympic gold medalist in ladies' singles, a two-time European silver medalist, a two-time Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist, and a four-time…

1996

Chloe Bailey

American singer-songwriter and actress

Chloe Elizabeth Bailey, also known mononymously as Chlöe, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She rose to prominence alongside her sister Halle Bailey as Chloe x Halle. The duo released two…

1998

Susan Bandecchi

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1998

Aleksandra Golovkina

Lithuanian figure skater

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1998

Lalu Muhammad Zohri

Indonesian sprinter

Lalu Muhammad Zohri is an Indonesian track and field sprinter. He is the first Indonesian male to win a medal at the IAAF World U20 Championships by winning a gold medal in the 100m. He is the current holder of the…

2000

Chosen Jacobs

American actor and singer

Chosen Jacobs is an American actor, singer, songwriter, musician and rapper best known for his recurring role as Will Grover on the CBS television series Hawaii Five-0 and his role as Mike Hanlon in the 2017 film…

2001

Tate McRae

Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer

Tate Rosner McRae is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and dancer. She first gained prominence as a contestant on the American reality television series So You Think You Can Dance in 2016. She signed with RCA Records and…

2003

Storm Reid

American actress

Storm Reid is an American actress. After early roles in the television show A Cross to Bear (2012), the drama film 12 Years a Slave (2013), and the superhero film Sleight (2016), she played the lead role of Meg Murry in…

2003

Daniela Avanzini

American singer and dancer

Daniela Andrea Avanzini Llorente is an American singer and dancer. She is best known as a member of the girl group Katseye, formed through the 2023 reality show Dream Academy. She was previously a contestant on the 13th…

2004

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Known forA former host of MTV's Total Request Live, she portrayed Peyton Sawyer on The WB/The CW drama One Tree Hill for six seasons (2003–2009)

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