Famous Birthdays on July 10

Q: Who was born on July 10?

Famous people born on July 10 include: Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (died 1471), James III of Scotland (died 1488), Cho Sik, John Calvin, Francisco de Toledo.

Q: What is William Blackstone known for?

William Blackstone, English lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1780)

271 people 1419 – 2024

July 10 has seen 271 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1419 – 2024. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · July 10 — Wikipedia

1723 — William Blackstone

English lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1780)

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On 3 July, 1753, he formally gave up his practice as a barrister, and embarked on a series of lectures on English law, the first of their kind

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Sir William Blackstone was an English jurist, justice, and Tory politician most noted for his Commentaries on the Laws of England, which became the best-known description of the doctrines of the English common law

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Born into a middle-class family in London, Blackstone was educated at Charterhouse School before matriculating at Pembroke College, Oxford, in 1738

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After switching to and completing a Bachelor of Civil Law degree, he was made a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, on 2 November 1743, admitted to Middle Temple, and called to the Bar there in 1746

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Following a slow start to his career as a barrister, Blackstone was involved heavily in university administration, becoming accountant, treasurer, and bursar on 28 November 1746, and Senior Bursar in 1750

Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (died 1471)

Emperor Go-Hanazono was the 102nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1428 through 1464.

1419

James III of Scotland (died 1488)

James III was King of Scots from 1460 until his death at the Battle of Sauchieburn in 1488. He inherited the throne as a child following the death of his father, King James II, at the siege of Roxburgh Castle. James…

1451

Cho Sik

Korean poet and scholar (died 1572)

Cho Sik was a Korean philosopher, poet, and politician during the Joseon period. He was a Neo-Confucian scholar who had a major influence on the Northerners in the Joseon Dynasty factional politics.

1501

John Calvin

French pastor and theologian (died 1564)

John Calvin was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was the principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism, including…

1509

Francisco de Toledo

Viceroy of Peru (died 1582)

Francisco Álvarez de Toledo, also known as The Viceroyal Solon, was an aristocrat and soldier of the Kingdom of Spain and the fifth Viceroy of Peru. Often regarded as the "best of Peru's viceroys", he is as often…

1515

Odet de Coligny

French cardinal (died 1571)

Odet de Coligny was a French aristocrat, cardinal, Bishop-elect of Beauvais, Peer of France, and member of the French Royal Council. From 1534 he was usually referred to as the Cardinal of Châtillon.

1517

Antonio Possevino

Italian diplomat (died 1611)

Antonio Possevino was a Jesuit protagonist of Counter-Reformation, serving as a papal diplomat, Jesuit controversialist, polemicist, encyclopedist, and bibliographer. He was the first Jesuit to visit Russia, Sweden,…

1533

Pierre d'Hozier

French genealogist and historian (died 1660)

Pierre d'Hozier, seigneur de la Garde, was a French genealogist.

1592

Arthur Annesley

1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (died 1686)

Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, PC was an Anglo-Irish royalist statesman. After short periods as President of the Council of State and Treasurer of the Navy, he served as Lord Privy Seal between 1673 and 1682 for…

1614

Jean Herauld Gourville

French adventurer (died 1703)

Jean Hérault, Baron of Gourville was a French adventurer and aristocrat.

1625

David Teniers III

Flemish painter (died 1685)

David Teniers III, also referred to as David Teniers Junior was a Flemish painter and tapestry designer who was mainly active in Antwerp, Madrid and Brussels. He is known for his portraits, religious compositions and…

1638

John Ernest Grabe

German theologian and academic (died 1711)

John Ernest Grabe, Anglican divine, was born at Königsberg, where his father, Martin Sylvester Grabe, was professor of theology and history.

1666

Roger Cotes

English mathematician and astronomer (died 1716)

Roger Cotes was an English mathematician, known for working closely with Isaac Newton by proofreading the second edition of his famous book, the Principia, before publication. He also devised the quadrature formulas…

1682

Eva Ekeblad

Swedish noble and agronomist (died 1786)

Eva Ekeblad was a Swedish agriculturist and salon hostess. She discovered a method to make alcohol and flour from potatoes, significantly reducing Sweden's incidence of famine. She became the first female member of the…

1724

David Humphreys (soldier)

American Revolutionary War colonel, politician, foreign minister and entrepreneur.

David Humphreys was an American Revolutionary War colonel and aide de camp to George Washington, a secretary and intelligence agent for Benjamin Franklin in Paris, American minister to Portugal and then to Spain,…

1752

St. George Tucker

United States federal judge (died 1827)

St. George Tucker was a Bermudian-born American lawyer, military officer and professor who taught law at the College of William & Mary. He strengthened the requirements for a law degree at the college, as he believed…

1752

George M. Dallas

American lawyer and politician, 11th Vice President of the United States (died 1864)

George Mifflin Dallas was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 11th vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849. He also served as the mayor of Philadelphia from 1828 to 1829, and as the U.S.…

1792

Robert Chambers

Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (died 1871)

Robert Chambers was a Scottish publisher, geologist, evolutionary thinker, author and journal editor who, like his elder brother and business partner William Chambers, was highly influential in mid-19th-century…

1802

Alfred Ronalds

British fly fishing author, artisan and Australian pioneer (died 1860)

Alfred Ronalds was an English author, artisan, and Australian pioneer, best known for his book The Fly-fisher's Entomology.

1802

Emma Smith

American religious leader (died 1879)

Emma Hale Smith Bidamon was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement and a prominent member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as well as the first wife of Joseph Smith, the movement's…

1804

Friedrich August von Quenstedt

German geologist and palaeontologist (died 1889)

Friedrich August von Quenstedt was a German geologist and palaeontologist.

1809

Louis-Napoléon Casault

Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1908)

Sir Louis-Napoléon Casault was a Quebec lawyer, judge, professor and political figure. He represented Bellechasse in the 1st Canadian Parliament from 1867 to 1870 as a Conservative member.

1823

Camille Pissarro

Danish-French painter (died 1903)

Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of Saint Thomas. His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and…

1830

Alvan Graham Clark

American astronomer (died 1897)

Alvan Graham Clark was an American astronomer and telescope-maker.

1832

Henryk Wieniawski

Polish violinist and composer (died 1880)

Henryk Wieniawski was a Polish virtuoso violinist, composer, and pedagogue, who is regarded amongst the most distinguished violinists in history. His younger brother Józef Wieniawski and nephew Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski…

1835

Adolphus Busch

German brewer, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (died 1913)

Adolphus Busch was the German-born co-founder of Anheuser-Busch with his father-in-law, Eberhard Anheuser. He introduced numerous innovations, building the success of the company in the late 19th and early 20th…

1839

Nikola Tesla

Serbian-American electrical and mechanical engineer (died 1943)

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American engineer, futurist, and inventor. He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.

1856

Austin Chapman

Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (died 1926)

Sir Austin Chapman was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1901 until his death in 1926. He held ministerial office in the governments of Alfred Deakin and Stanley Bruce, serving as…

1864

Prince Maximilian of Baden (died 1929)

Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, also known as Max von Baden, was a German aristocrat, general and politician. A member of the House of Baden, in October and November 1918 he briefly served as the last chancellor of the…

1867

Marcel Proust

French novelist, critic, and essayist (died 1922)

Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist best known for his novel À la recherche du temps perdu, which was published in seven volumes between 1913 and 1927. He is…

1871

Sergey Konenkov

Russian sculptor (died 1971)

Sergey Timofeyevich Konenkov, also Sergei Konyonkov was a Russian and Soviet sculptor. He was often called "the Russian Rodin".

1874

Mary McLeod Bethune

American educator and activist (died 1955)

Mary McLeod Bethune was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935, and proceeded to establish the Aframerican…

1875

Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám

Hungarian politician (died 1973)

Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám de Dancka was a conservative Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister and temporary Minister of Finance of the second counter-revolutionary government in Szeged for one month in 1919.…

1875

Ernst Bresslau

German zoologist (died 1935)

Ernst Ludwig Bresslau was a German zoologist. He was the son of historian Harry Bresslau.

1877

Otto Freundlich

German painter and sculptor (died 1943)

Otto Freundlich was a German painter and sculptor of Jewish origin. One of the first generation of abstract artists, Freundlich deeply admired cubism and spent much of his life in France. He was murdered at the Majdanek…

1878

Ima Hogg

American society leader, philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts (died 1975)

Ima Hogg, known as "The First Lady of Texas", was an American society leader, philanthropist, mental health advocate, patron and collector of the arts, and one of the most respected women in Texas during the 20th…

1882

Johannes Blaskowitz

German general (died 1948)

Johannes Albrecht Blaskowitz was a German Generaloberst during World War II. After joining the Imperial German Army in 1901, Blaskowitz served throughout World War I, where he earned the Iron Cross for bravery. During…

1883

Hugo Raudsepp

Estonian playwright and politician (died 1952)

Hugo Raudsepp was an influential and prolific Estonian playwright and politician. In 1951 he was deported to the Irkutsk region by the Soviet authorities, where he died.

1883

Giorgio de Chirico

Greek-Italian painter and set designer (died 1978)

Giuseppe Maria Alberto Giorgio de Chirico was a Greek-Italian artist and writer born in Volos, Greece. In the years before World War I, he founded the scuola metafisica art movement, which profoundly influenced the…

1888

Toyohiko Kagawa

Japanese evangelist, author, and activist (died 1960)

Toyohiko Kagawa was a Japanese Evangelical Christian pacifist, Christian reformer, and labour activist. Kagawa wrote, spoke, and worked at length on ways to employ Christian principles in the ordering of society and in…

1888

Edith Quimby

American medical researcher and physicist (died 1982)

Edith Smaw Quimby was an American medical researcher and physicist, best known as one of the founders of nuclear medicine. Her work involved developing diagnostic and therapeutic applications of X-rays. One of her main…

1891

Jimmy McHugh

American composer (died 1969)

James Francis McHugh was an American composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he is credited with over 500 songs. His songs were recorded by many artists, including Chet Baker, June…

1894

Carl Orff

German composer and educator (died 1982)

Carl Heinrich Maria Orff was a German composer and music educator, who composed the cantata Carmina Burana (1937). The concepts of his Schulwerk were influential for children's music education.

1895

Thérèse Casgrain

Canadian politician (died 1981)

Marie Thérèse Casgrain was a Canadian feminist, reformer, politician and senator. She was a leader in the fight for women's right to vote in the province of Quebec, as well as the first woman to lead a political party…

1896

Legs Diamond

American gangster (died 1931)

Jack "Legs" Diamond, also known as John Nolan and Gentleman Jack, was an Irish-American gangster in Philadelphia and New York City during the Prohibition era. A bootlegger and close associate of gambler Arnold…

1897

Karl Plagge

German general and engineer (died 1957)

Karl Plagge was a German officer who rescued Jews during the Holocaust in Lithuania by issuing work permits to non-essential workers. A partially disabled veteran of World War I, Plagge studied engineering and joined…

1897

Renée Björling

Swedish actress (died 1975)

Renée Björling was a Swedish film actress. She was born in Lovö, Sweden and died in Täby.

1898

John Gilbert

American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1936)

John Gilbert was an American actor, screenwriter and director. He rose to fame during the silent era and became a popular leading man known as "The Great Lover". His breakthrough came in 1925 with his starring roles in…

1899

Heiri Suter

Swiss cyclist (died 1978)

Heinrich 'Heiri' Suter was a Swiss road racing cyclist. Excelling mainly in the classics, Suter was the first non-Belgian winner of the Tour of Flanders in 1923. Two weeks after his win in the Tour of Flanders, he won…

1899

Mitchell Parish

Lithuanian-American songwriter (died 1993)

Mitchell Parish was an American lyricist, notably as a writer of songs for stage and screen.

1900

Sampson Sievers

Russian monk and mystic (died 1979)

Sampson Sievers, July 10, 1900 – August 24, 1979 was a Russian Orthodox Christian elder, hieromonk, priest, confessor of Russian patriarch and higher clergy, and mystic of English ancestry, who was imprisoned and sent…

1900

Kurt Alder

German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)

Kurt Alder was a German chemist and Nobel laureate.

1902

Nicolás Guillén

Cuban poet, journalist, and activist (died 1989)

Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista was a Cuban poet, journalist and political activist. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba.

1902

Werner Best

German SS officer and jurist (died 1989)

Karl Rudolf Werner Best was a German jurist, police chief, SS-Obergruppenführer, Nazi Party leader, and theoretician from Darmstadt. He was the first chief of Department 1 of the Gestapo, Nazi Germany's secret police,…

1903

John Wyndham

English author (died 1969)

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris was an English science fiction writer best known for his works published under the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John…

1903

Lili Damita

French-American actress (died 1994)

Lili Damita was a French-American actress, singer, and dancer who appeared in 33 films between 1922 and 1937.

1904

Mildred Benson

American journalist and author (died 2002)

Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was an American journalist and writer of children's books. She wrote some of the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries and created the detective's adventurous personality. Benson wrote under the…

1905

Thomas Gomez

American actor (died 1971)

Thomas Gomez was an American actor.

1905

Wolfram Sievers

German physician (died 1948)

Wolfram Sievers was a Nazi and convicted war criminal for medical atrocities carried out while he was managing director of the Ahnenerbe from 1935–1945. He was convicted of war crimes in the Doctors' Trial in 1947 and…

1905

Blind Boy Fuller

American singer and guitarist (died 1941)

Fulton Allen, known as Blind Boy Fuller, was an American blues guitarist and singer. Fuller was one of the most popular of the recorded Piedmont blues artists, along with Blind Blake, Josh White, and Buddy Moss.

1907

Donald Sinclair

English lieutenant and businessman (died 1981)

Donald William Sinclair was an English naval officer and hotel owner. He was the co-proprietor of the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay in Devon. He helped manage the hotel after an extensive career as an officer in the…

1909

Terry-Thomas

English comedian and character actor (died 1990)

Terry-Thomas was an English character actor and comedian who became internationally known through his films during the 1950s and 1960s. He often portrayed disreputable members of the upper classes, especially cads,…

1911

Cootie Williams

American trumpeter and bandleader (died 1985)

Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams was an American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter.

1911

Salvador Espriu

Spanish author, poet, and playwright (died 1985)

Salvador Espriu i Castelló was a Catalan poet from Spain.

1913

Joe Shuster

Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (died 1992)

Joseph Shuster was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with Jerry Siegel, in Action Comics #1.

1914

Rempo Urip

Indonesian film director (died 2001)

Rempo Urip was an Indonesian film director. He began his career in the theatre, serving as an extra and footballer for the Dardanella theatre company beginning in 1934. After six years and three troupes, Urip entered…

1914

Judith Jasmin

Canadian journalist (died 1972)

Judith Jasmin was a journalist from Quebec. Born in Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada, she was the first woman from Quebec to become a grand reporter.

1916

Hugh Alexander

American baseball player and scout (died 2000)

Hugh Alexander was an American professional baseball player and scout. He was an outfielder during his brief playing career, but after he suffered a career-ending injury at the age of 20 he became one of baseball's most…

1917

Don Herbert

American television host known as "Mr. Wizard" (died 2007)

Donald Jeffry Herbert, better known as Mr. Wizard, was an American television host. He was the creator and host of Watch Mr. Wizard and Mr. Wizard's World (1983–1990), which were educational television programs for…

1917

Reg Smythe

English cartoonist (died 1998)

Reginald Smyth was a British cartoonist who created the popular, long-running Andy Capp comic strip.

1917

James Aldridge

Australian-English journalist and author (died 2015)

Harold Edward James Aldridge was an Australian-British writer and journalist. His World War II despatches were published worldwide and he was the author of over 30 books, both fiction and non-fiction works, including…

1918

Chuck Stevens

American baseball player (died 2018)

Charles Augustus Stevens Jr. was an American professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB).

1918

Frank L. Lambert

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Occidental College (died 2018)

Frank L. Lambert was an American academic who was Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Occidental College, Los Angeles. He is known for his advocacy of changing the definition of thermodynamic entropy as "disorder" in US…

1918

Fred Wacker

American race driver and engineer (died 1998)

Frederick G. Wacker Jr. was an engineer and former president of two large Chicago companies. He was also a prominent Chicago socialite, a jazz musician, and a racing driver. He participated in five Formula One World…

1918

Pierre Gamarra

French author, poet, and critic (died 2009)

Pierre Gamarra was a French poet, novelist and literary critic, a long-time chief editor and director of the literary magazine Europe.Gamarra is best known for his poems and novels for the youth and for narrative and…

1919

Ian Wallace

English actor and singer (died 2009)

Ian Bryce Wallace OBE was an English bass-baritone opera and concert singer, actor and broadcaster of Scottish extraction.

1919

David Brinkley

American journalist (died 2003)

David McClure Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997.

1920

Owen Chamberlain

American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2006)

Owen Chamberlain was an American physicist who shared with Emilio Segrè the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the antiproton, a sub-atomic antiparticle.

1920

Cyril Grant

English footballer (died 2002)

Cyril Grant was an English professional footballer. He was born in Wath, Yorkshire.

1920

Harvey Ball

American illustrator, created the Smiley (died 2001)

Harvey Ross Ball was an American commercial artist. He played a major role in the adoption and design of the modern day smiley face, which became an enduring and notable international icon. Ball was approached by…

1921

Jeff Donnell

American actress (died 1988)

Jean Marie "Jeff" Donnell was an American actress.

1921

John K. Singlaub

U.S. Army Major General (died 2022)

Major General John Kirk Singlaub was a major general in the United States Army, founding member of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and a highly decorated officer in the former Office of Strategic Services (OSS).

1921

Eunice Kennedy Shriver

American activist, co-founded the Special Olympics (died 2009)

Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver was an American philanthropist. Shriver was a member of the Kennedy family by birth, and a member of the Shriver family through her marriage to Sargent Shriver, who was the United States…

1921

Jean Kerr

American author and playwright (died 2003)

Jean Kerr was an American author and playwright who authored the 1957 bestseller Please Don't Eat the Daisies and the plays King of Hearts in 1954 and Mary, Mary in 1961.

1922

Herb McKenley

Jamaican sprinter (died 2007)

The Hon. Herbert Henry McKenley OM was a Jamaican track and field sprinter. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics in six events in total, and won one gold and three silver medals.

1922

Jake LaMotta

American boxer and actor (died 2017)

Giacobbe "Jake" LaMotta was an American professional boxer who was world middleweight champion between 1949 and 1951. Nicknamed "the Bronx Bull" or "Raging Bull" for his technique of constant stalking, brawling and…

1922

Amalia Mendoza

Mexican singer and actress (died 2001)

Amalia Mendoza García, nicknamed as La Tariácuri, was a Mexican singer and actress. "Échame a mi la culpa" and "Amarga navidad" were some of her greatest hits. Her best friend since her youth was Martha de Miranda…

1923

John Bradley

American soldier (died 1994)

John Henry "Jack" "Doc" Bradley was a United States Navy Hospital corpsman who was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Marines during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. During…

1923

Suzanne Cloutier

Canadian actress and producer (died 2003)

Suzanne Cloutier was a Canadian film actress.

1923

G. A. Kulkarni

Indian author and academic (died 1987)

G. A. Kulkarni, or known simply as "GA", was an Indian Sahitya Akademi Award winner Marathi writer of short stories.

1923

Johnny Bach

American basketball player and coach (died 2016)

John William Bach was an American professional basketball player and coach. A swingman, Bach played college basketball at Fordham University and Brown University. He was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 1948…

1924

Bobo Brazil

American wrestler (died 1998)

Houston Harris was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Bobo Brazil. Credited with breaking down barriers of racial segregation in professional wrestling, Harris is considered one of the…

1924

Mahathir Mohamad

Malaysian physician and politician, 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia

Mahathir bin Mohamad is a Malaysian politician, author and doctor who served as the fourth and seventh prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and again from 2018 to 2020. He was the country's longest-serving prime…

1925

Ernest Bertrand Boland

American Roman Catholic bishop (died 2023)

Ernest Bertrand Boland OP was an American Roman Catholic bishop.

1925

Carleton Carpenter

American actor, magician, songwriter, and novelist (died 2022)

Carleton Upham Carpenter Jr. was an American film, television and stage actor, magician, songwriter, and novelist.

1926

Fred Gwynne

American actor (died 1993)

Frederick Hubbard Gwynne was an American actor, artist, and author, who is widely known for his roles in the 1960s television sitcoms Car 54, Where Are You? and The Munsters, as well as his later film roles in The…

1926

Grigory Barenblatt

Russian mathematician and academic (died 2018)

Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt was a Russian mathematician.

1927

David Dinkins

American soldier and politician, 106th Mayor of New York City (died 2020)

David Norman Dinkins was an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 107th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993.

1927

William Smithers

American actor

William Smithers is an American actor, perhaps best known for his recurring role as Jeremy Wendell in the television series Dallas. He appeared in the series in 1981 and from 1984 to 1989.

1927

Don Bolles

American investigative reporter (died 1976)

Donald Fifield Bolles was an American investigative reporter for The Arizona Republic newspaper who was known for his coverage of organized crime in and around Phoenix, Arizona, especially by the Chicago Outfit. His…

1928

Bernard Buffet

French painter and illustrator (died 1999)

Bernard Buffet was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor. An extremely prolific artist, he produced a varied and extensive body of work. His style was exclusively figurative and is often classified as Expressionist…

1928

Alejandro de Tomaso

Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (died 2003)

Alejandro de Tomaso was an Argentine racing driver and businessman. His name is sometimes seen in an Italianised form as Alessandro de Tomaso. He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting…

1928

Moshe Greenberg

American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (died 2010)

Moshe Greenberg was an American rabbi, Bible scholar, and professor emeritus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1928

John Glenn

American baseball player (died 2023)

John Glenn was an American professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder. Over the course of 15 minor league seasons, he made appearances in 32 games for the St. Louis Cardinals in…

1928

Winnie Ewing

Scottish lawyer and politician (died 2023)

Winifred Margaret Ewing was a Scottish lawyer and politician who figured prominently in the Scottish National Party.

1929

George Clayton Johnson

American author and screenwriter (died 2015)

George Clayton Johnson was an American science fiction writer, who co-wrote with William F. Nolan the novel Logan's Run, the basis for the MGM 1976 film. He also wrote television scripts for The Twilight Zone, and the…

1929

Moe Norman

Canadian golfer (died 2004)

Murray Irwin "Moe" Norman was a Canadian professional golfer whose accuracy and ability to hit shot after shot perfectly straight gave him the reputation as a golf swing "genius" with the nicknames, "Pipeline Moe" and…

1929

José Vicente Rangel

Venezuelan politician; 21st Vice President of Venezuela (died 2020)

José Vicente Rangel Vale was a Venezuelan politician. He ran for president three times in the 1970s and 1980s and later supported Hugo Chávez. He served under Chávez as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2001, as…

1929

Bruce Boa

Canadian actor (died 2004)

Andrew Bruce Boa was a Canadian actor, who found success playing the token American in British films and television, usually playing military types. Boa's most notable film role is in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as…

1930

Janette Sherman

American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (died 2019)

Janette Dexter Sherman was a physician, toxicologist, author, and activist in the U.S. She researched pesticides, nuclear radiation, birth defects, breast cancer, and illnesses caused by toxins in homes and was a…

1930

Josephine Veasey

English soprano and actress (died 2022)

Josephine Veasey CBE was a British mezzo-soprano, particularly associated with Wagner and Berlioz roles.

1930

Nick Adams

American actor and screenwriter (died 1968)

Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock, better known as Nick Adams, was an American film and television actor and screenwriter. He was noted for his roles in several Hollywood films during the 1950s and 1960s, including Rebel…

1931

Jerry Herman

American composer and songwriter (died 2019)

Gerald Sheldon Herman was an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway theatre.

1931

Julian May

American author (died 2017)

Julian Clare May was an American science fiction, fantasy, horror, science and children's writer who also used several literary pseudonyms. She is best known for her Saga of Pliocene Exile and Galactic Milieu Series…

1931

Alice Munro

Canadian short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)

Alice Ann Munro was a Canadian short story writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Her work tends to move forward and backward in time, with integrated short story cycles.

1931

Carlo Maria Abate

Italian race car driver (died 2019)

Carlo Maria Abate was an Italian auto racing driver. He was one of the best Ferrari 250 GTO specialists. Abate preferred to be addressed as "Carlo Mario Abate" instead of his christened name.

1932

Neile Adams

Filipino-American actress, singer and dancer

Maria Ruby Neilam Arrastia y Salvador, known as Neile Adams, is a Filipina-American actress, singer, and dancer who made more than 20 appearances in films and television series between 1952 and 1991.

1932

Manfred Preußger

German athlete

Manfred Preußger is a retired East German athlete. He competed in the men's pole vault at the 1956, 1960 and the 1964 Summer Olympics.

1932

Jumpin' Gene Simmons

American rockabilly singer-songwriter (died 2006)

Morris Eugene Simmons, better known as Jumpin' Gene Simmons, was an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1964 novelty single "Haunted House".

1933

C.K. Yang

Taiwanese decathlete and pole vaulter (died 2007)

Yang Chuan-kwang, or C.K. Yang, was a Taiwanese Olympian decathlete. Yang attended college at UCLA, where he trained and competed with teammate and Olympian Rafer Johnson and was coached by Elvin C. Drake.

1933

Marshall Brodien

American actor (died 2019)

Marshall Brodien was an American professional magician who played Wizzo the Wizard, a wizard clown character which appeared on WGN-TV's Bozo's Circus and The Bozo Show from 1968 to 1994.

1934

Jerry Nelson

American puppeteer and voice actor (died 2012)

Jerry Nelson was an American puppeteer, best known for his work with the Muppets. Known for his wide range of characters and singing abilities, he performed Muppet characters on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle…

1934

Margaret McEntee

American Catholic religious sister and educator

Margaret C. McEntee SR. SC., also known by her confirmation name Marita James, is an American Catholic religious sister and educator who is known as being the inspiration for the character of Sister James in the…

1935

Wilson Tuckey

Australian politician

Charles Wilson Tuckey is an Australian politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1980 to 2010, representing the seat of O'Connor in Western Australia for the Liberal Party. He was a minister in…

1935

Wilson Whineray

New Zealand rugby player and businessman (died 2012)

Sir Wilson James Whineray was a New Zealand business executive and rugby union player. He was the longest-serving captain of the national rugby union team, the All Blacks, until surpassed by Richie McCaw in 2014. Rugby…

1935

Herbert Boyer

American businessman, co-founded Genentech

Herbert Wayne "Herb" Boyer is an American biotechnologist, researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. Along with Stanley N. Cohen and Paul Berg, he discovered recombinant DNA, a method to coax bacteria into producing…

1936

Tunne Kelam

Estonian journalist and politician

Tunne-Väldo Kelam is an Estonian politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Estonia. He is a member of the Pro Patria and Res Publica Union, part of the European People's Party.

1936

Edwards Barham

American farmer and politician (died 2014)

Erle Edwards Barham was a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate. He first won the Senate seat in December 1975 beating L. B. Loftin by just 89 votes.

1937

Gun Svensson

Swedish politician

Gun Brynhild Svensson is a Swedish politician and blogger. She was born in Stensele and is a Pirate Party member and blogs under the name Farmor Gun i Norrtälje. In 2009, she won "Stora bloggpriset" in the category…

1937

Paul Andreu

French architect (died 2018)

Paul Andreu was a French architect, known for his designs of multiple airports such as Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, and multiple prestigious projects in China, including the National Centre for the Performing…

1938

Lee Morgan

American trumpet player and composer (died 1972)

Edward Lee Morgan was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s and a cornerstone of the Blue Note label, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording with…

1938

Phil Kelly

Irish-English footballer and manager (died 2012)

James Philip Vincent Kelly was an Irish footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a full back.

1939

Ahmet Taner Kışlalı

Turkish political scientist, journalist and educator (died 1999)

Ahmet Taner Kışlalı was a Turkish professor, politician, and commentator. He served in the Parliament of Turkey in 1977 and was minister of culture in 1978 and 1979. He was killed in 1999.

1939

Mavis Staples

American singer

Mavis Staples is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer and civil rights activist. She rose to fame as a member of her family's band the Staple Singers, of which she is the last surviving member. During her time…

1939

Meghnad Desai

Baron Desai, Indian-English economist and politician

Meghnad Jagdishchandra Desai, Baron Desai was an Indian-born British economist and Labour politician.

1940

Helen Donath

American soprano and actress

Helen Jeanette Donath is an American soprano with a career spanning fifty years.

1940

Brian Priestley

English pianist and composer

Brian Priestley is an English jazz writer, pianist, and arranger.

1940

Keith Stackpole

Australian cricketer (died 2025)

Keith Raymond Stackpole MBE was an Australian cricketer who played in 43 Test matches and six One Day Internationals between 1966 and 1974. He went on to become a cricket commentator on radio and television in the 1980s…

1940

Jake Eberts

Canadian film producer (died 2012)

Jake Eberts, OC was a Canadian film producer, executive and financier. He was known for his work on Academy Award-winning titles Chariots of Fire, Gandhi (1982), Dances with Wolves (1990), and the successful animated…

1941

David G. Hartwell

American anthologist, author, and critic (died 2016)

David Geddes Hartwell was an American critic, publisher, and editor of thousands of science fiction and fantasy novels. He was best known for work with Signet, Pocket, and Tor Books publishers. He was also noted as an…

1941

Robert Pine

American actor and director

Robert Pine is an American actor. He is best known as Sgt. Joseph Getraer on the television series CHiPs (1977–1983). Including CHiPs, Pine has appeared in over 400 episodes of various television shows.

1941

Ian Whitcomb

English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2020)

Ian Timothy Whitcomb was an English entertainer, singer-songwriter, record producer, writer, broadcaster and actor. As part of the British Invasion, his hit song "You Turn Me On" reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot…

1941

Ronnie James Dio

American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2010)

Ronald James Padavona, known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal singer. He fronted numerous bands throughout his career, including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hell.

1942

Pyotr Klimuk

Belarusian general, pilot, and astronaut

Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk is a former Soviet cosmonaut and the first Belarusian to travel in space. Klimuk made three flights into space. From 1991 to 2003, he headed the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

1942

Sixto Rodriguez

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)

Sixto Diaz Rodríguez, mononymously known as Rodríguez, was an American musician from Detroit, Michigan.

1942

Lopo do Nascimento

Angolan politician; 1st Prime Minister of Angola

Lopo Fortunato Ferreira do Nascimento is an Angolan retired politician. He served as the first Prime Minister of Angola from 11 November 1975 to 9 December 1978 and was Secretary-General of the Popular Movement for the…

1942

Arthur Ashe

American tennis player and journalist (died 1993)

Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. was an American professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles in singles and two in doubles. Ashe was the first Black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team, and the only…

1943

Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika

Zambian politician

Princess Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika is a Zambian politician who has served as Ambassador of the Republic of Zambia to the United States of America. She presented her credentials to U.S. President George W. Bush on 26…

1943

Jerry Miller

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)

Jerry Miller was an American songwriter, guitarist and vocalist. He performed as a solo artist and as a member of the Jerry Miller Band. He was also a founding member of the 1960s San Francisco band Moby Grape, which…

1943

Mick Grant

English motorcycle racer

Mick Grant is an English former professional motorcycle road racer and TT rider. A works-supported rider for Norton, Kawasaki, Honda and Suzuki, he is a seven-time winner of the Isle of Man TT motorcycle race on various…

1944

Norman Hammond

English archaeologist and academic

Norman Hammond is a British archaeologist, academic and Mesoamericanist scholar, noted for his publications and research on the pre-Columbian Maya civilization.

1944

Ron Glass

American actor (died 2016)

Ronald Earle Glass was an American actor. He was known for his roles as literary Detective Ron Harris in the television sitcom Barney Miller (1975–1982), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and as…

1945

Hal McRae

American baseball player and manager

Harold Abraham McRae is an American former designated hitter, outfielder, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for the Cincinnati Reds and Kansas City Royals (1973–87).

1945

John Motson

English sportscaster (died 2023)

John Walker Motson was an English football commentator. Beginning as a television commentator with the BBC in 1971, he commentated on over 2000 games on television and radio. From the late 1970s to 2008, Motson was the…

1945

Jean-Marie Poiré

French director, producer, and screenwriter

Jean-Marie Poiré, also credited as Jean-Marie Gaubert, is a French film director, and screenwriter. He is the son of the producer Alain Poiré.

1945

Virginia Wade

English tennis player and sportscaster

Sarah Virginia Wade is a British former professional tennis player. She won three major tennis singles championships and four major doubles championships, and is the only British woman in history to have won titles at…

1945

Jean-Pierre Jarier

French race car driver

Jean-Pierre Jacques Jarier is a French former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1971 to 1983.

1946

Chin Han

Taiwanese actor

Chin Han, is a Taiwanese actor whose birth name is Sun Siang-chong (孫祥鐘), and got his first stage name Kang Kai (康凱) from Li Han-hsiang (李翰祥) at the beginning of his acting career. He changed his stage name to Sun Ge…

1946

Arlo Guthrie

American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Arlo Davy Guthrie is an American folk singer-songwriter. He is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice, and storytelling while performing songs, following the tradition of his father, Woody Guthrie.…

1947

Ronnie Cutrone

American painter (died 2013)

Ronnie Cutrone was an American Neo-pop painter and nightclub impresario. He began his career as Pop Artist Andy Warhol's assistant before becoming known for his own paintings of cartoon characters. He was a performer…

1948

Chico Resch

Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Glenn Allan "Chico" Resch is a Canadian–American former professional ice hockey player and television sportscaster. He played as a goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1973 to 1987, and won a Stanley Cup…

1948

Natalya Sedykh

Russian figure skater, ballet dancer, actor

Natalya Yevgenyevna Sedykh is a Russian retired figure skater, ballet dancer, and film actor.

1948

John Whitehead

American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2004)

John Cavadus Whitehead was an American singer and songwriter. He was best known as one of the key members of the Philadelphia International record label, and was one-half of the successful team of McFadden & Whitehead…

1948

Anna Czerwińska

Polish mountaineer and author (died 2023)

Anna Czerwińska was a Polish climber. She is known for being the then-oldest woman to summit Mount Everest, doing so at the age of 50. She also published several books about mountaineering.

1949

Sunil Gavaskar

Indian cricketer and sportscaster

Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar, is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer. He captained the Indian national cricket team while representing India and Mumbai from 1971 to 1987. He was the first batsman to…

1949

Greg Kihn

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)

Gregory Stanley Kihn was an American rock musician, radio personality, and novelist. He founded and led the Greg Kihn Band and he wrote several popular horror novels. He is best known for the hits "The Breakup Song " in…

1949

Tony Baldry

English colonel, lawyer, and politician, British Minister of State for Agriculture

Sir Antony Brian Baldry, is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Banbury from 1983 to 2015.

1950

Prokopis Pavlopoulos

President of Greece, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for the Interior

Prokopios "Prokopis" Pavlopoulos is a Greek retired politician, who served as the president of Greece from 2015 to 2020. A member of New Democracy, he previously was Minister of the Interior from 2004 to 2009. He was…

1950

Cheryl Wheeler

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Cheryl Wheeler is an American singer-songwriter of contemporary folk music. She has recorded thirteen folk albums to date and has toured extensively throughout the United States since the mid-1970s.

1951

Rajnath Singh

Indian Politician and Union Home Minister of India

Rajnath Singh, is an Indian politician and lecturer who is serving as the 29th Minister of Defence since 2019 and as the Deputy Leader of the House, Lok Sabha since 2014. He previously served as the 25th Union Minister…

1951

Kim Mitchell

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Joseph Kim Mitchell is a Canadian rock musician. He was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Max Webster before going on to a solo career. His 1984 single, "Go for Soda", was his only charted song on the US…

1952

Peter van Heemst

Dutch politician

Erik Peter van Heemst is a Dutch politician. From 1991 to 2006 he was a member of the House of Representatives for the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA). Since the municipal elections of 2006 he was the leader of the PvdA in…

1952

Rik Emmett

Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Richard Gordon Emmett is a Canadian vocalist, guitarist, and member of the hard rock band Triumph.

1953

Zoogz Rift

American musician and wrestler (died 2011)

Zoogz Rift was an American musician, painter and professional wrestling personality.

1953

Tommy Bowden

American football player and coach

Tommy Pearce Bowden is an American former college football coach. He served as the head coach at Clemson University from 1999 until October 13, 2008. He is a son of Bobby Bowden, former head football coach of Florida…

1954

Andre Dawson

American baseball player

Andre Nolan Dawson, nicknamed "the Hawk" and "Awesome Dawson", is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for four different teams as a center…

1954

Neil Tennant

English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

Neil Francis Tennant is an English singer, songwriter and music journalist, and co-founder of the synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, which he formed with Chris Lowe in 1981. He is the lead singer and main lyricist of the…

1954

Nic Dakin

English educator and politician

Sir Nicholas Dakin is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Scunthorpe since 2024, having previously served from 2010 to 2019. A member of the Labour party, he has served as…

1955

Geoff Gerard

Australian rugby league player

Geoff Gerard is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. An Australia international and New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he played his club…

1955

Tom McClintock

American lawyer and politician

Thomas Miller McClintock II is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 5th congressional district since 2009. His district stretches from the Sacramento suburbs to the outer suburbs of…

1956

K. Rajagopal

Malaysian football manager

Datuk K. Rajagobal is a Malaysian football manager and former player. He is the former head coach of the Malaysia national team and the under-23 football team, guiding the team to win the 2010 AFF Championship earning…

1956

Derry Grehan

Canadian rock guitarist and songwriter

Dermot Fergus "Derry" Grehan is a Canadian guitarist best known as a member of the rock band Honeymoon Suite. The band was co-founded by Johnnie Dee, keyboardist and vocalist Brad Bent, and drummer Mike Lengyell in 1981.

1957

Béla Fleck

American banjo player and songwriter

Béla Anton Leoš Fleck is an American virtuoso banjo player whose work blends bluegrass with other genres, including jazz, and who is known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.…

1958

Fiona Shaw

Irish actress and director

Fiona Shaw is an Irish actress in screen and stage. She did extensive work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, as well as in film and television. In 2020, she was listed at No. 29 on The Irish…

1958

Ellen Kuras

American director and cinematographer

Ellen Kuras is an American cinematographer, known for documentary and narrative film, as well as music videos and commercials, both from studio and independent media.

1959

Sandy West

American singer, drummer and songwriter (died 2006)

Sandra Sue Pesavento, known professionally as Sandy West was an American singer, drummer and songwriter. She was one of the founding members of the Runaways, a teenage all-girl rock band that achieved some success in…

1959

Ariel Castro

Puerto Rican-American convicted kidnapper and rapist (died 2013)

Between 2002 and 2004, Ariel Castro abducted Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus from the roads of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and later held them captive in his home at 2207 Seymour Avenue in the city's…

1960

Jacky Cheung

Hong Kong singer and film actor

Jacky Cheung Hok-yau is a Hong Kong singer and actor. One of the most influential artists in the Greater China region, Cheung is widely regarded as a Heavenly King of Cantopop music and an icon of Hong Kong popular…

1961

Marc Riley

English guitarist and radio DJ

Marc Riley is an English radio DJ, alternative rock critic, musician, and former music businessman. He currently presents on BBC Radio 6 Music.

1961

Ian Lougher

Welsh motorcycle racer

Ian Lougher is a retired Welsh motorcycle racer, noted for 8 victories at the North West 200, 10 wins at the Isle of Man TT Races and 32 wins at the Southern 100 Races in his career.

1963

Martin Laurendeau

Canadian tennis player and coach

Martin Laurendeau is a tennis coach and a former professional player and captain of the Canada Davis Cup team.

1964

Urban Meyer

American football player and coach

Urban Frank Meyer III is an American sportscaster and former football coach. He spent most of his coaching career at the collegiate level, having served as the head coach of the Bowling Green Falcons from 2001 to 2002,…

1964

Wilfried Peeters

Belgian cyclist

Wilfried Peeters is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Nowadays, he is sporting director of the Quick Step team. During his cycling-career, he was a major help for Johan Museeuw in classics such as the…

1964

Scott McCarron

American golfer

Scott Michael McCarron is an American professional golfer. McCarron was formerly a member of the PGA Tour but now plays on the PGA Tour Champions.

1965

Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark

European Princess

Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark is the eldest child of Constantine II and Anne-Marie, who were King and Queen of Greece from 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1973. She was heiress presumptive to the…

1965

Ken Mellons

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Kenneth Edward Mellons is an American country music artist who released his self-titled debut album in 1994. This album produced the single "Jukebox Junkie", a Top Ten hit on the Hot Country Songs charts. Mellons…

1965

Clive Efford

English politician

Clive Stanley Efford is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eltham and Chislehurst, previously Eltham, since 1997.

1966

Johnny Grunge

American wrestler (died 2006)

Michael Lynn Durham was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Johnny Grunge. He is known for his appearances with Eastern/Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling and the…

1966

Christian Stangl

Austrian skier and mountaineer

Christian Stangl is an Austrian alpine style mountaineer and mountain guide. He has become known as Skyrunner by numerous exceptionally fast ascents of high mountains. His major success was in 2013, when he became the…

1966

Anna Bråkenhielm

Swedish business executive

Anna Birgitta Bråkenhielm, during a period of time Anna Carrfors Bråkenhielm, is a Swedish business leader and producer of television programming. She was also owner and CEO of the magazine Passion for Business and…

1966

Tom Meents

American professional monster truck driver

Thomas William Meents is an American former professional monster truck driver. He primarily drove Monster Patrol (1993-1998), Bulldozer (1999), Goldberg (2000-2001), Team Meents (2001-2002), and Maximum Destruction/…

1967

Rebekah Del Rio

American singer-songwriter (died 2025)

Rebekah Del Rio was an American singer-songwriter and actress from Chula Vista, California.

1967

Gillian Tett

English journalist and author

Gillian Romaine Tett is a British author and journalist who serves as a member of the editorial board for the Financial Times and provost of King's College, Cambridge. She writes weekly columns, covering a range of…

1967

Ikki Sawamura

Japanese model, actor and television presenter

Kōzo Nomura , known professionally as Ikki Sawamura , is a Japanese model, film and television actor, and television presenter signed to Ken-On.

1967

John Yoo

South Korean-American lawyer, author, and educator

John Choon Yoo is a South Korean-born American legal scholar and former government official who is the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. While serving in the George W. Bush…

1967

Marty Cordova

American baseball player

Martin Kevin Cordova is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians, and Baltimore Orioles. He was born…

1969

Gale Harold

American actor

Gale Morgan Harold III is an American actor, known for his leading and recurring roles on Queer as Folk, Deadwood, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, The Secret Circle and Defiance. He also starred in the romantic…

1969

Gary LeVox

American singer-songwriter

Gary LeVox is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead vocalist of the contemporary country music band Rascal Flatts, and his stage name was taken from the studio-console label for his lead…

1970

Jason Orange

English singer-songwriter and dancer

Jason Thomas Orange is an English retired singer. He is best known for being a member of the pop group Take That from the band's creation in 1990 until their split in 1996, and again from their reunion in 2005 until he…

1970

John Simm

English actor

John Ronald Simm is an English actor, director, and musician. He is best known for playing Sam Tyler in Life on Mars, the Master in Doctor Who, and Det Supt Roy Grace in Grace. His other television credits include State…

1970

Adam Foote

Canadian ice hockey player

Adam David Vernon Foote is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was also the former head coach of the Kelowna…

1971

Gregory Goodridge

Barbadian footballer and coach

Gregory Ronald St Clair Goodridge is a Barbadian former professional footballer. He has captained the Barbados national team and played professionally in the English Football League.

1971

Peter Serafinowicz

English actor

Peter Szymon Serafinowicz is an English actor, comedian and writer. He is known for his roles as the voice of Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), Pete in Shaun of the Dead (2004), Garthan…

1972

Sofía Vergara

Colombian-American actress and producer

Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara is a Colombian and American actress and television personality. She has received five nominations each at the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards. She is one of the…

1972

Tilo Wolff

German-Swiss singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Tilo Wolff is a German musician and artist. He was born in Frankfurt am Main and currently lives in Switzerland.

1972

Imelda May

Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer

Imelda Mary Higham, professionally known as Imelda May, is an Irish singer, songwriter, television presenter and multi-instrumentalist. She became known for her musical style of rockabilly revival and has also been…

1974

Brian Thompson

American insurance executive (died 2024)

Brian Thompson, the CEO of the American health insurance company UnitedHealthcare, was shot to death in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on December 4, 2024. The shooting occurred early in the morning outside an…

1974

Andrew Firestone

American businessman

Andrew Boulton Firestone is an American television personality and businessman.

1975

Brendan Gaughan

American race car driver

William Brendan Gaughan is an American former professional racing driver who has competed in off-road and stock cars. He is the grandson of Vegas gaming pioneer Jackie Gaughan, and son of Michael Gaughan, a hotel and…

1975

Alain Nasreddine

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Alain Jean-Paul Mohammed Nasreddine is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played as a defenceman in the NHL.

1975

Stefán Karl Stefánsson

Icelandic actor (died 2018)

Stefán Karl Stefánsson was an Icelandic actor and singer. He was best known for portraying Robbie Rotten, the antagonist of the children's television series LazyTown.

1975

Richard Westbrook

English race car driver

Richard Westbrook is a British professional racing driver noted for his success in racing Porsche and International sports cars. As a junior, he attended St Joseph's College, Ipswich. He has won both the Porsche…

1975

Edmílson

Brazilian footballer

José Edmílson Gomes de Moraes, known simply as Edmílson, is a Brazilian football executive and former professional footballer. He is currently a technical consultant for São Caetano.

1976

Elijah Blue Allman

American singer and guitarist

Elijah Sky Blue Allman, known professionally as P. Exeter Blue I , is an American musician known for leading the group Deadsy.

1976

Ludovic Giuly

French footballer

Ludovic Vincent Giuly is a French former professional footballer who played as a winger.

1976

Adrian Grenier

American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Adrian Sean Grenier is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Vincent Chase in the television series Entourage (2004–2011). He has appeared in films such as Drive Me Crazy (1999), The Devil Wears Prada…

1976

Brendon Lade

Australian footballer and coach

Brendon Lade is a former Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently a senior assistant coach with the Western Bulldogs Football Club.

1976

Lars Ricken

German footballer

Lars Ricken is a German retired footballer and the current managing director of Borussia Dortmund. From 2008 to 2024, he was the youth coordinator at Dortmund.

1976

Chiwetel Ejiofor

English actor

Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor is a British actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime…

1977

Mvondo Atangana

Cameroon footballer

Simon Pierre Mvondo Atangana is a Cameroonian former footballer who played as a forward for many clubs across multiple countries. His career began in native Cameroon, playing for Olympic Mvolyé and Tonnerre Yaoundé with…

1979

Gong Yoo

Korean actor

Gong Ji-cheol, known professionally as Gong Yoo (공유), is a South Korean actor. He is known for his starring roles in the television series Coffee Prince (2007), Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016–2017), the…

1979

Alejandro Millán

Mexican singer-songwriter and keyboard player

Alejandro Millán Montoya is the singer, keyboardist, and composer for the band Hello Madness. After winning a music production contest by CONARTE, he released the album "Light and Life After Dusk". He founded the…

1980

Adam Petty

American race car driver (died 2000)

Adam Kyler Petty was an American professional stock car racing driver. A member of the Petty racing family, he was the fourth generation from the Petty family to drive in races in the highest division of NASCAR racing,…

1980

Claudia Leitte

Brazilian singer-songwriter

Cláudia Cristina Leite Inácio is a Brazilian singer and television personality. She rose to fame in late 2002 as the lead vocalist of the Axé music group Babado Novo. The group achieved a string of consecutive…

1980

James Rolfe

American actor, director, and producer

James D. Rolfe is an American YouTuber, filmmaker, and actor. He is best known for creating and starring in the comedic retro gaming web series Angry Video Game Nerd (2004–present). His spin-off projects include reviews…

1980

Jessica Simpson

American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer

Jessica Ann Johnson is an American singer, actress, and fashion designer. After performing in church choirs as a child, Simpson signed with Columbia Records in 1997, aged seventeen. Her debut studio album, Sweet Kisses…

1980

Aleksandar Tunchev

Bulgarian footballer

Aleksandar Blagov Tunchev is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He is currently in charge of Arda Kardzhali.

1981

Alex Arrowsmith

American guitarist and producer

Alex Michael Arrowsmith is a rock/pop musician from Portland, Oregon. He is best known for his work with the Minders and the Shaky Hands, as well as his solo catalog.

1982

Juliya Chernetsky

Ukrainian-American television host

Juliya Chernetsky Denning, is a television personality best known for her stage name Mistress Juliya and the popularity on the music-themed network Fuse.

1982

Sebastian Mila

Polish footballer

Sebastian Mila is a Polish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was most recently the assistant coach of the Poland national team.

1982

Jeffrey Walker

Australian actor and director

Jeffrey Walker (born 10 July 1982) is an Australian director and former actor, best known to the Australian public for his appearances as a child actor in Ocean Girl and Round the Twist. He moved on to direct episodes…

1982

Giuseppe De Feudis

Italian footballer

Giuseppe De Feudis is an Italian former professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

1983

Matthew Egan

Australian footballer

Matthew Egan is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He served as interim senior coach at the Essendon Football Club after the…

1983

Gabi

Spanish footballer

Gabriel Luis Fernández Arenas, known as Gabi, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, currently a manager.

1983

Kim Hee-chul

Korean entertainer and singer

Kim Hee-chul, better known mononymously as Heechul, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper, presenter, and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Super Junior and has further participated in its…

1983

Joelson José Inácio

Brazilian footballer

Joelson José Inácio, known as just Joelson, is a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward, and current head coach of Serie D club Real Calepina.

1983

Doug Kramer

Filipino basketball player

Douglas Rimorin Kramer is a Filipino former basketball player. Playing power forward for the Ateneo Blue Eagles, he then played for eight teams in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1983

Anthony Watmough

Australian rugby league player

Anthony Watmough is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he played the majority of his career with the…

1983

Sherif Ekramy

Egyptian footballer

Sherif Ekramy Ahmed Ahmed El-Shahat is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Pyramids FC. He has also played for the Egypt national team.

1983

Nikolaos Mitrou

Greek footballer

Nikolaos Mitrou is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1984

Park Chu-young

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1985

B. J. Crombeen

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1985

Mario Gómez

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1985

Funda Oru

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1985

Antonio Brown

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1988

Heather Hemmens

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1988

Sarah Walker

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1988

Adam Reynolds

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1990

Trent Richardson

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1990

Chiyonokuni Toshiki

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1990

Daishōmaru Shōgo

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1991

Han Yu

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1992

Chae Soo-bin

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1994

Angus Cloud

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1998

April Ivy

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1999

San

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1999

Isabela Merced

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2001

Reece Walsh

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2002

Mason Thames

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2007

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2024

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