Famous Birthdays on July 18

Q: Who was born on July 18?

Famous people born on July 18 include: Hermann of Reichenau, Isabella of Austria, Heinrich Bullinger, Zacharius Ursinus, Rudolf II.

Q: What is Joe Torre known for?

Joe Torre, American baseball player, manager, and executive

209 people 1013 – 2001

July 18 has seen 209 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1013 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · July 18 — Wikipedia

1940 — Joe Torre

American baseball player, manager, and executive

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With 2,342 hits during his playing career, Torre is the only major leaguer to achieve both 2,000 hits as a player and 2,000 wins as a manager

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He has served as a special assistant to the commissioner of Major League Baseball since 2020

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He previously served in the capacity of Major League Baseball's (MLB) chief baseball officer from 2011 to 2020

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From 1996 to 2007, he was the manager of the New York Yankees, and guided the team to six American League (AL) pennants and four World Series championships.

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Torre ranks fifth all-time in MLB history with 2,326 wins as a manager

Hermann of Reichenau

German composer, mathematician, and astronomer (died 1054)

Blessed Hermann of Reichenau or Herman the Cripple, also known by other names, was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and scholar. He composed works on history, music theory, mathematics, and astronomy, as well as many…

1013

Isabella of Austria

queen of Denmark (died 1526)

Isabella of Austria, also known as Elizabeth, was born an Archduchess of Austria and Infanta of Castile from the House of Habsburg, and subsequently became Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, under the Kalmar Union, as…

1501

Heinrich Bullinger

Swiss pastor and reformer (died 1575)

Heinrich Bullinger was a Swiss Reformer and theologian, the successor of Huldrych Zwingli as head of the Church of Zürich and a pastor at the Grossmünster. One of the most important leaders of the Swiss Reformation,…

1504

Zacharius Ursinus

German theologian (died 1583)

Zacharias Ursinus was a German Reformed theologian and Protestant reformer. He became the leading theologian of the Reformed Protestant movement of the Palatinate, serving both at the University of Heidelberg and the…

1534

Rudolf II

Holy Roman Emperor (died 1612)

Rudolf II was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–1608). He was a member of the House of Habsburg.

1552

Johannes Camphuys

Dutch politician, Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (died 1695)

Johannes Camphuys was the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1684 to 1691. Camphuys was born in Haarlem, in the Republic of the United Netherlands.

1634

Hyacinthe Rigaud

French painter (died 1743)

Jacint Rigau-Ros i Serra, known in French as Hyacinthe Rigaud, was a Catalan-French baroque painter most famous for his portraits of Louis XIV and other members of the French nobility.

1659

Giovanni Bononcini

Italian cellist and composer (died 1747)

Giovanni Bononcini was an Italian Baroque composer, cellist, singer and teacher, one of a family of string players and composers. He was a rival to George Frederic Handel.

1670

Maria Clementina Sobieska

Polish noble (died 1735)

Maria Clementina Sobieska was titular queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland by marriage to James Francis Edward Stuart, a Jacobite claimant to the thrones of the British Isles. A granddaughter of the Polish king John…

1702

Saverio Bettinelli

Italian poet, playwright, and critic (died 1808)

Saverio Bettinelli was an Italian Jesuit priest and writer. He became known as a polymath, dramatist, polemicist, poet, and literary critic. He was a friend of some of the leading authors of his times: Voltaire,…

1718

Gilbert White

English ornithologist and ecologist (died 1793)

Gilbert White was a "parson-naturalist", a pioneering English naturalist, ecologist, and ornithologist. He is best known for his Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne.

1720

Maria Antonia of Bavaria

Electress of Saxony (died 1780)

Maria Antonia, Princess of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony was a German princess, composer, singer, harpsichordist and patron of the arts, known particularly for her operas: Il trionfo della fedeltà and Talestri, regina…

1724

Frederick Adolf

duke of Östergötland (died 1803)

Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland was a Swedish Prince, youngest son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, a sister of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. He was given the title…

1750

Immanuel Hermann Fichte

German philosopher and academic (died 1879)

Immanuel Hermann Fichte was a German philosopher and son of Johann Gottlieb Fichte. In his philosophy, he was a theist and strongly opposed to the Hegelian school.

1796

William Makepeace Thackeray

English author and poet (died 1863)

William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel The…

1811

Louis Gerhard De Geer

Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (died 1896)

Baron Louis Gerard De Geer af Finspång was a Swedish statesman, lawyer, and writer who served as the first Prime Minister of Sweden from 1876 to 1880. He previously served as Prime Minister for Justice from 1858 to…

1818

Pauline Viardot

French soprano and composer (died 1910)

Pauline Viardot was a French dramatic mezzo-soprano, composer and pedagogue of Spanish descent. Born Michelle Ferdinande Pauline García, she came from a musical family and took up music at a young age. She began…

1821

Vasil Levski

Bulgarian priest and activist (died 1873)

Vasil Levski, born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev, was a Bulgarian revolutionary who is, today, a national hero of Bulgaria. Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate…

1837

William D. Coleman

13th President of Liberia (died 1908)

William David Coleman was an Americo-Liberian politician. A True Whig Party member, he served as the 13th president of Liberia from 1896 to 1900. Born in Fayette County, Kentucky, United States, he emigrated to Liberia…

1842

Virgil Earp

American marshal (died 1905)

Virgil Walter Earp was an American lawman. He was both deputy U.S. marshal and the city marshal of Tombstone, in the Arizona Territory when he led his younger brothers Wyatt and Morgan, and Doc Holliday, in a…

1843

Tristan Corbière

French poet (died 1875)

Tristan Corbière, born Édouard-Joachim Corbière, was a French poet born in Coat-Congar, Ploujean in Brittany, where he lived most of his life before dying of tuberculosis at the age of 29. He was a French poet, close to…

1845

W. G. Grace

English cricketer and physician (died 1915)

William Gilbert Grace was an English cricketer who is widely held to have been one of the sport's all-time greatest players. Always known by his initials as "W. G.", his first-class career spanned a record-equalling 44…

1848

Hendrik Lorentz

Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1928)

Hendrik Antoon Lorentz was a Dutch theoretical physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for their discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect. He derived the Lorentz…

1853

Kadambini Ganguly

Indian physician, one of the first Indian women to obtain a degree (died 1923)

Kadambini Bose Ganguly was the first Indian female doctor of western medicine along with Anandibai Joshi. Both got their degree in Western medicine in 1886. However, she was India's first practicing lady doctor, as…

1861

Philip Snowden

1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1937)

Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, PC was a British politician. A strong speaker, he became popular in trade union circles for his denunciation of capitalism as unethical and his promise of a socialist utopia. He was…

1864

Margaret Brown

American philanthropist and activist (died 1932)

Margaret Brown, posthumously known as the "Unsinkable Molly Brown", was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was a survivor of the RMS Titanic, which sank in 1912, and she unsuccessfully urged the crew in…

1867

Giacomo Balla

Italian painter (died 1958)

Giacomo Balla was an Italian painter, art teacher and poet best known as a key proponent of Futurism. In his paintings, he depicted light, movement and speed. He was concerned with expressing movement in his works, but…

1871

Sada Yacco

Japanese actress and dancer (died 1946)

Sada Yacco or Sadayakko was a Japanese geisha, actress and dancer.

1871

Julius Fučík

Czech composer and conductor of military bands (died 1916)

Julius Ernst Wilhelm Fučík was a Czech composer and conductor of military bands. He became a prolific composer, with over 400 marches, polkas and waltzes to his name. As most of his works were for military bands, Fučík…

1872

Larry McLean

Canadian-American baseball player (died 1921)

John Bannerman McLean was a Canadian professional baseball catcher between 1901 until 1915. During his years in Major League Baseball, he played with five different teams. Beginning his career with the Boston Americans,…

1881

Alberto di Jorio

Italian cardinal (died 1979)

Alberto di Jorio was a cardinal of the Catholic Church and for many years along with the layman Bernardino Nogara the powerhouse behind the growing wealth of the Vatican and the Istituto per le Opere di Religione.

1884

Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.

American general (died 1945)

Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a lieutenant general in the United States Army during World War II who served in the Pacific Theater. As commanding general of Alaska Defense Command, Buckner commanded American-Canadian…

1886

Vidkun Quisling

Norwegian military officer and politician, Minister President of Norway (died 1945)

Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator who headed the puppet government of Norway during the country's occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II.

1887

Kōichi Kido

Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan (died 1977)

Marquess Kōichi Kido was a Japanese statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan from 1940 to 1945, and was the closest advisor to emperor Hirohito throughout World War II. He was convicted of war…

1889

Frank Forde

Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1983)

Francis Michael Forde was an Australian politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Australia from 6 to 13 July 1945, in a caretaker capacity following the death of John Curtin. He was deputy leader of the…

1890

Arthur Friedenreich

Brazilian footballer (died 1969)

Arthur Friedenreich was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He was nicknamed The Tiger or Golden Foot. He played for the Brazil national team and was a record nine times top scorer of the state…

1892

David Ogilvy

12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (died 1968)

Colonel David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, was a Scottish peer, soldier and courtier. He was the father-in-law of Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy.

1893

Olga Spessivtseva

Russian-American ballerina (died 1991)

Olga Alexandrovna Spessivtseva was a Russian ballerina whose stage career spanned from 1913 to 1939.

1895

Machine Gun Kelly

American gangster (died 1954)

George Kelly Barnes, better known by his nickname Machine Gun Kelly, was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, active during the Prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine…

1895

Ernest Eldridge

English race car driver and engineer (died 1935)

Ernest Arthur Douglas Eldridge was a British racing driver who broke the world land speed record in 1924. His was the last land speed record set on an open road.

1897

John Stuart

Scottish-English actor (died 1979)

John Stuart was a Scottish actor, and was a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He successfully made the transition to talking pictures in the 1930s and his film career went on to span almost…

1898

Ernst Scheller

German soldier and politician, 8th Mayor of Marburg (died 1942)

Ernst Scheller was a German Nazi Hauptmann and politician.

1899

Nathalie Sarraute

French lawyer and author (died 1999)

Nathalie Sarraute was a French writer and lawyer. She was nominated in 1969 for the Nobel Prize in Literature by Nobel Committee member Lars Gyllensten.

1900

Jessamyn West

American author (died 1984)

Mary Jessamyn West was an American author of short stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945). A Quaker from Indiana, she graduated from Fullerton Union High School in 1919 and Whittier College in 1923.…

1902

Chill Wills

American actor (died 1978)

Theodore Childress "Chill" Wills was an American actor and a singer in the Avalon Boys quartet.

1902

S. I. Hayakawa

Canadian-American academic and politician (died 1992)

Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa was a Canadian-born American academic and politician of Japanese ancestry. A professor of English, he served as president of San Francisco State University and then as U.S. Senator from California…

1906

Clifford Odets

American director, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1963)

Clifford Odets was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. In the mid-1930s, he was widely seen as the potential successor to Nobel Prize–winning playwright Eugene O'Neill, as O'Neill began to withdraw from…

1906

Peace Pilgrim

American mystic and activist (died 1981)

Peace Pilgrim, born Mildred Lisette Norman, was an American spiritual teacher, mystic, pacifist, vegetarian activist and peace activist. In 1952, she became the first woman to walk the entire length of the Appalachian…

1908

Lupe Vélez

Mexican-American actress and dancer (died 1944)

María Guadalupe "Lupe" Villalobos Vélez was a Mexican actress, singer, and dancer during the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.

1908

Beatrice Aitchison

American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist (died 1997)

Beatrice Aitchison was an American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist who directed the Transport Economics Division of the United States Department of Commerce, and later became the top woman in…

1908

Bishnu Dey

Indian poet, critic, and academic (died 1982)

Bishnu Dey was a leading Bengali poet, writer, essayist, academician, art appreciator, and connoisseur in the era of modernism and post-modernism.

1909

Andrei Gromyko

Belarusian-Russian economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1989)

Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko was a Soviet politician and diplomat during the Cold War. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1957–1985) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1985–1988). Gromyko was…

1909

Mohammed Daoud Khan

Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (died 1978)

Mohammad Daoud Khan,, also romanized as Daud Khan or Dawood Khan, was an Afghan military officer and politician who served as prime minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and, as leader of the 1973 Afghan coup d'état…

1909

Harriet Nelson

American singer and actress (died 1994)

Harriet Nelson was an American actress. Nelson is best known for her role on the sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

1909

Diptendu Pramanick

Indian businessman (died 1989)

Diptendu Pramanick was an Indian film personality from Calcutta. He was the founder secretary of the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association in Calcutta, India, a fraternity of film personnel which is an interface…

1910

Mamadou Dia

Senegalese politician; 1st Prime Minister of Senegal (died 2009)

Mamadou Dia was a Senegalese politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Senegal from 1957 until 1962, when he was forced to resign and was subsequently imprisoned amidst allegations that he was planning to…

1910

Hume Cronyn

Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)

Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. was a Canadian-American actor, screenwriter and playwright. He appeared in many stage productions, television and film roles throughout his career, and received many honors, including three…

1911

Red Skelton

American actor and comedian (died 1997)

Richard Bernard Skelton was an American entertainer best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show. He has stars on the…

1913

Gino Bartali

Italian cyclist (died 2000)

Gino Bartali,, nicknamed Gino the Pious and Ginettaccio, was a champion road cyclist. He was the most renowned Italian cyclist before the Second World War, having won the Giro d'Italia twice, in 1936 and 1937, and the…

1914

Oscar Heisserer

French footballer (died 2004)

Oscar Heisserer was a French footballer. Born in Schirrhein, Alsace-Lorraine, he played as a midfielder for RC Strasbourg, and appeared for France in the 1938 World Cup, where he scored a goal. He died in Strasbourg.

1914

Carequinha

Brazilian clown and actor (died 2006)

George Savalla Gomes, better known as Carequinha or Baldy the Clown, was a Brazilian clown and actor, born in a circus to a circus family. He had a thick head of hair, but wore a bald wig, starting from five years old –…

1915

Louis Le Bailly

British Royal Navy officer (died 2010)

Vice-Admiral Sir Louis Edward Stewart Holland Le Bailly was a Royal Navy officer who became director-general of intelligence and later a writer.

1915

Charles Kittel

American physicist (died 2019)

Charles Kittel was an American physicist. He was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley from 1951 and was professor emeritus from 1978 until his death. He is known for co-introducing the…

1916

Henri Salvador

French singer and guitarist (died 2008)

Henri Salvador was a French Caribbean singer, comedian and cabaret artist.

1917

Paul Streeten

Austrian-born British economics professor (died 2019)

Paul Patrick Streeten was an Austrian-born British economics professor. He was a professor at Boston University, US until his retirement. He has been a distinguished academic working on development economics since the…

1917

Nelson Mandela

South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist and statesman who was the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first Black head of state and the first elected in…

1918

Lilia Dale

Italian actress (died 1991)

Lilia Dale was an Italian film actress.

1919

Eric Brandon

English race car driver and businessman (died 1982)

Eric Brandon was a motor racing driver and businessman. He was closely associated with the Cooper Car Company, and was instrumental in the early development of the company.

1920

Peter Austin

English brewer, founded Ringwood Brewery (died 2014)

Peter Austin, was a British brewer. He founded Ringwood Brewery and was a co-founder and first chairman of the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA). He built some 140 new breweries in the UK and 16 other countries.

1921

Aaron Beck

American psychiatrist and academic (died 2021)

Aaron Temkin Beck was an American psychiatrist who was a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. He is regarded as the father of cognitive therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy…

1921

John Glenn

American colonel, astronaut, and politician (died 2016)

John Herschel Glenn Jr. was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his…

1921

Richard Leacock

English-French director and producer (died 2011)

Richard Leacock was a British-born documentary film director and one of the pioneers of direct cinema and cinéma vérité.

1921

Heinz Bennent

German actor (died 2011)

Heinz Bennent was a German actor.

1921

Thomas Kuhn

American physicist, historian, and philosopher (died 1996)

Thomas Samuel Kuhn was an American historian and philosopher of science whose 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was influential in both academic and popular circles, introducing the term paradigm shift,…

1922

Jerome H. Lemelson

American engineer and businessman (died 1997)

Jerome "Jerry" Hal Lemelson was an American engineer, inventor, and patent holder. Several of his inventions relate to warehouses, industrial robots, cordless telephones, fax machines, videocassette recorders,…

1923

Michael Medwin

English actor (died 2020)

Michael Hugh Medwin was an English actor and film producer.

1923

Inge Sørensen

Danish swimmer (died 2011)

Inge Sørensen, later Inge Tabur, sometimes known as "Lille henrivende Inge" was a Danish swimmer who at age 12 won a bronze medal in the 200 meter breaststroke at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. This makes her the…

1924

Tullio Altamura

Italian actor

Tullio Altamura is an Italian actor, best known for his roles in spaghetti Westerns and action films in the 1960s.

1924

Shirley Strickland

Australian runner and hurdler (died 2004)

Shirley Barbara de la Hunty AO, MBE, known as Shirley Strickland during her early career, was an Australian athlete. She won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in running sports.

1925

Friedrich Zimmermann

German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (died 2012)

Friedrich Zimmermann was a German politician and a member of the Christian Social Union (CSU). From 1982 to 1989, he was the federal minister of interior. From 1989 to 1991 he held the position of federal minister for…

1925

Raymond Jones

Australian Modernist architect (died 2022)

Raymond Alfredo Daniel Jones was an Australian Modernist architect. His work includes many building types, including residential, ecclesiastical, educational, commercial, and prefabricated kit buildings.

1925

Windy McCall

American baseball relief pitcher (died 2015)

John William McCall was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1948 through 1957 for the Boston Red Sox (1948–49), Pittsburgh Pirates (1950) and New York Giants (1954–57). Listed at 6 feet…

1925

Margaret Laurence

Canadian author and academic (died 1987)

Jean Margaret Laurence was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, and is one of the major figures in Canadian literature. She was also a founder of the Writers' Trust of Canada, a non-profit literary organization…

1926

Nita Bieber

American actress (died 2019)

Nita Gale Bieber was an American actress and dancer.

1926

Bernard Pons

French politician and medical doctor (died 2022)

Bernard Pons was a French politician and medical doctor who was a member of the Union of Democrats for the Republic from 1971 to 1976 and a member of the Rally for the Republic party thereafter. He served as Secretary…

1926

Maunu Kurkvaara

Finnish film director and screenwriter (died 2023)

Maunu Kurkvaara was a Finnish film director and screenwriter. Kurkvaara has been widely regarded as the initiator of the "new wave" of Finnish cinema in the spirit of French New Wave cinema. He directed 22 films between…

1926

Elizabeth Jennings

English poet (died 2001)

Elizabeth Joan Jennings was a British poet. She won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1955 for her second poetry collection, A Way of Looking.

1926

Mehdi Hassan

Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer (died 2012)

Mehdi Hassan Khan, known as Mehdi Hassan, was a Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer of great renown. Known as Shahenshah-e-Ghazal, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in the…

1927

Kurt Masur

German conductor and educator (died 2015)

Kurt Masur was a German conductor. Called "one of the last old-style maestros", he directed many of the principal orchestras of his era. He had a long career as the Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and…

1927

Antonio García-Trevijano

Spanish republican, political activist, and author (died 2018)

Antonio García-Trevijano Forte was a Spanish republican lawyer, notary public, jurist, philosopher, art critic, author and political activist. Born in Alhama de Granada, he was a prominent figure in the opposition to…

1927

Keith MacDonald

Canadian politician (died 2021)

Keith Ostrander MacDonald was a politician in Ontario, Canada.

1927

Anthony Mirra

American gangster, member of the Bonanno Crime Family (died 1982)

Anthony "Tony" Mirra was an American mobster, soldier and later caporegime for the Bonanno crime family. He is known for introducing FBI Special Agent Joseph "Donnie Brasco" Pistone into the Bonanno family.

1927

Andrea Gallo

Italian priest and author (died 2013)

Don Andrea Gallo was an Italian presbyter. He was the founder and leader of the Community of San Benedetto al Porto. He often called himself a "priest of the sidewalk", referring to his activity of helping poor and…

1928

Baddiewinkle

American internet personality

Helen Elam Van Winkle, better known as Baddiewinkle or Baddie Winkle, was an American Internet personality. She became an Internet sensation at the age of eighty-five. Her popular social media tag line was, "Stealing…

1928

Dick Button

American figure skater and actor (died 2025)

Richard Totten Button was an American figure skater and skating analyst. He was a two-time Olympic champion and five-time consecutive world champion (1948–1952). He was also the only non-European man to have become…

1929

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (died 2000)

Jalacy J. "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins was an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer. Famed chiefly for his powerful, shouting vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as…

1929

Robert Ellis Miller

American director and screenwriter (died 2017)

Robert Ellis Miller was an American film director.

1932

Jean Yanne

French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)

Jean Yanne was a French actor, screenwriter, producer, director and composer. In 1972, he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film We Won't Grow Old Together.

1933

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Russian poet and playwright (died 2017)

Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko was a Soviet and Russian poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, publisher, actor, editor, university professor, and director of several films.

1933

Edward Bond

English director, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2024)

Thomas Edward Bond was an English playwright, theatre director, poet, dramatic theorist and screenwriter. He was the author of some 50 plays, among them Saved (1965), the production of which was instrumental in the…

1934

Darlene Conley

American actress (died 2007)

Darlene Conley was an American actress. Conley's career spanned fifty years, but she was best known for her performances in daytime television, and in particular, for her portrayal of larger-than-life fashion…

1934

Tenley Albright

American former figure skater and physician

Tenley Emma Albright is an American former figure skater and surgeon. She is the 1956 Olympic champion, the 1952 Olympic silver medalist, the 1953 and 1955 World Champion, the 1953 and 1955 North American champion, and…

1935

Jayendra Saraswathi

Indian guru, 69th Shankaracharya (died 2018)

Jagadguru Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal was the 69th Shankaracharya Guru and head or pithadhipati of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. Subramanyam Iyer was nominated by his predecessor, Chandrashekarendra…

1935

Roald Hoffmann

Polish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Roald Hoffmann is a Polish-American theoretical chemist who shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Kenichi Fukui “for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions”. He has…

1937

Hunter S. Thompson

American journalist and author (died 2005)

Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author, regarded as a pioneer of New Journalism along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, and Tom Wolfe. He rose to prominence with the…

1937

John Connelly

English footballer (died 2012)

John Michael Connelly was an English footballer. He played as an outside forward and was capped 20 times for his country.

1938

Ian Stewart

Scottish keyboard player and manager (died 1985)

Ian Andrew Robert Stewart was a Scottish keyboardist and co-founder of the Rolling Stones. He was removed from the lineup in May 1963 at the request of manager Andrew Loog Oldham who felt he did not fit the band's…

1938

Paul Verhoeven

Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter

Paul Verhoeven is a Dutch filmmaker, who has worked variously in the Netherlands, the United States, and in France. He is known for directing genre films with strong satirical elements, often featuring graphic violence…

1938

Brian Auger

English rock and jazz keyboard player

Brian Albert Gordon Auger is an English jazz rock and rock keyboardist who specialises in the Hammond organ.

1939

Dion DiMucci

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dion Francis DiMucci, better known mononymously as Dion, is an American singer and songwriter. His music incorporates elements of doo-wop, pop, rock, R&B, folk and blues. Initially the lead singer of the vocal group…

1939

Jerry Moore

American football player and coach

Gerald Hundley Moore is an American former college football coach and player. He served as the head football coach at North Texas State University—now the University of North Texas—from 1979 to 1980, at Texas Tech…

1939

James Brolin

American actor

James Brolin is an American actor, producer, and director. He has appeared in over 140 film and television productions since his debut in 1961 and is the recipient of two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.

1940

Frank Farian

German songwriter and producer (died 2024)

Franz Reuther, known professionally as Frank Farian, was a German record producer and singer who founded the 1970s disco-pop group Boney M., and the pop bands No Mercy and Milli Vanilli. He frequently created vocal…

1941

Lonnie Mack

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)

Lonnie McIntosh, known as Lonnie Mack, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was an early influence in the development of blues rock music, Southern rock music, and rock guitar soloing.

1941

Martha Reeves

American singer and politician

Martha Rose Reeves is an American R&B and pop singer. She is best known for being the lead singer of the Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas, which scored several major Hot 100 hits such as "Nowhere to Run",…

1941

Giacinto Facchetti

Italian footballer (died 2006)

Giacinto Facchetti was an Italian footballer who played as a left-back for Inter Milan from 1960 to 1978. He later served as Inter chairman from January 2004 until his death in 2006. He played 634 official games for the…

1942

Adolf Ogi

Swiss politician, 84th President of the Swiss Confederation

Adolf Ogi is a Swiss politician who most recently served as Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on Sport for Development and Peace from 2001 to 2008. He previously served as member of the Federal Council…

1942

Joseph J. Ellis

American historian and author

Joseph John-Michael Ellis III is an American historian whose work focuses on the lives and times of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His book American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson won a National…

1943

David Hemery

English hurdler and author

David Peter Hemery is an English former track and field athlete. He was the winner of the 400 metres hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City in a new world record.

1944

Pat Doherty

Irish Republican politician

Patrick Doherty is a retired Sinn Féin politician, who served as the abstentionist Member of Parliament (MP) for West Tyrone from 2001 to 2017. He was also a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for West Tyrone…

1945

Kalpana Mohan

Indian actress (died 2012)

Kalpana was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi cinema in the 1960s. She featured alongside notable actors such as Shammi Kapoor in the film Professor (1962), Shashi Kapoor and Kishore Kumar in Pyar Kiye Jaa (1966),…

1946

Steve Forbes

American publisher and politician

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr. is an American publisher, businessman, and politician who is the chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes, the business magazine. The son of longtime Forbes publisher Malcolm Forbes and the…

1947

Carlos Colón Sr.

Puerto Rican-American wrestler and promoter

Carlos Edwin Colón González Sr. is a Puerto Rican wrestling promoter and retired professional wrestler, better known as Carlitos Colón or simply Carlos Colón. He is, along with Victor Jovica, an owner of the Puerto…

1948

Jeanne Córdova

American journalist and activist (died 2016)

Jeanne Córdova was an American writer and supporter of the lesbian and gay rights movement, founder of The Lesbian Tide, and a founder of the West Coast LGBT movement. A former Catholic nun, Córdova was a second-wave…

1948

Hartmut Michel

German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Hartmut Michel is a German biochemist, who received the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determination of the first crystal structure of an integral membrane protein, a membrane-bound complex of proteins and co-factors…

1948

Dennis Lillee

Australian cricketer and coach

Dennis Keith Lillee, is a retired Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation". Lillee formed a new ball partnership with Jeff Thomson, which is recognised as one of the greatest bowling…

1949

Richard Branson

English businessman, founded Virgin Group

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate who co-founded the Virgin Group in 1970, and, as of 2016, controlled five companies.

1950

Jack Dongarra

American computer scientist and academic

Jack Joseph Dongarra is an American computer scientist and mathematician. He is a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the…

1950

Kostas Eleftherakis

Greek footballer

Kostas Eleftherakis is a Greek former international football player who played as a midfielder. His nickname was "the Deer" (Greek: "το Ελάφι").

1950

Glenn Hughes

American disco singer and actor (died 2001)

Glenn Michael Hughes was an American singer who was the original "Leatherman" character in the disco group Village People from 1977 to 1996.

1950

Shahid Khan

Pakistani-American businessman and sports executive

Shahid Rafiq Khan is a Pakistani and American businessman. He owns the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) and Fulham F.C. of the Premier League and is also a lead investor of the American…

1950

Jack Layton

Canadian political scientist, academic, and politician (died 2011)

John Gilbert Layton was a Canadian politician and academic who served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2003 to 2011 and leader of the Official Opposition in 2011. He previously sat on Toronto City…

1950

Mark Udall

American educator and politician

Mark Emery Udall is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Colorado from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives,…

1950

Elio Di Rupo

Belgian chemist, academic, and politician, 68th Prime Minister of Belgium

Elio Di Rupo is a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 2011 to 2014, heading the Di Rupo Government, and as minister-president of Wallonia for three non-consecutive terms between 1999 and…

1951

Margo Martindale

American actress

Margo Martindale is an American character actress who has appeared on television, film, and stage. In 2011, she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award for her recurring role as Mags Bennett on…

1951

Ricky Skaggs

American singer-songwriter, mandolin player, and producer

Rickie Lee Skaggs, known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin, but he also plays fiddle, guitar, and…

1954

Bernd Fasching

Austrian painter and sculptor

Bernd Fasching was an Austrian painter and sculptor. He lived and worked in Vienna.

1955

Nick Faldo

English golfer and sportscaster

Sir Nicholas Alexander Faldo is an English retired professional golfer and television commentator. Faldo was renowned for his dedication to the game, and was ranked number one on the Official World Golf Ranking for a…

1957

Keith Levene

English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2022)

Julian Keith Levene was an English musician who was a founding member of both the Clash and Public Image Ltd (PiL). While Levene was in PiL, their debut studio album Public Image: First Issue (1978) reached No. 22 on…

1957

Simon Heffer

English journalist and author

Simon James Heffer, Baron Blackwater is an English historian, journalist, author, political commentator and member of the House of Lords. He has published several biographies and a series of books on the social history…

1960

Elizabeth McGovern

American actress

Elizabeth Lee McGovern is an American actress. She has received three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Satellite Award, and two Golden…

1961

Alan Pardew

English footballer and manager

Alan Scott Pardew is an English football manager and former professional footballer, who most recently managed Greek Super League club Aris Thessaloniki.

1961

Pasi Rautiainen

Finnish footballer, coach, and manager

Pasi Pentti Rautiainen is a Finnish football manager and former player. He made 29 appearances for Finland national football team, scoring one goal. Rautiainen was named in the Finnish Football Hall of Fame in 2021.

1961

Shaun Micallef

Australian comedian, producer, and screenwriter

Shaun Patrick Micallef is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, television presenter and former lawyer. He was the host of the satirical news comedy series Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell on the ABC. He also hosted the…

1962

Marc Girardelli

Austrian-Luxembourgian skier

Marc Girardelli is an Austrian–Luxembourgish former alpine ski racer, a five-time World Cup overall champion who excelled in all five alpine disciplines.

1963

Martín Torrijos

Panamanian economist and politician, 35th President of Panama

Martín Erasto Torrijos Espino is a Panamanian politician who was President of Panama from 2004 to 2009.

1963

Wendy Williams

American talk show host

Wendy Williams Hunter is an American former broadcaster, media personality and author. Williams began her career as a radio DJ and quickly became known as a shock jock in New York City. She gained notoriety for her…

1964

Vesselina Kasarova

Bulgarian soprano

Vesselina Kasarova is a Bulgarian operatic mezzo-soprano.

1965

Dan O'Brien

American decathlete and coach

Daniel Dion O'Brien is an American former decathlete and Olympic gold medalist. He won the Olympic title in 1996, three consecutive world championships, and set the world record in 1992.

1966

Vin Diesel

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Mark Sinclair Vincent, known professionally as Vin Diesel, is an American actor and filmmaker. One of the world's highest-grossing actors, he gained prominence for portraying Dominic "Dom" Toretto in the Fast & Furious…

1967

Grant Bowler

New Zealand-Australian actor

Grant Bowler is a New Zealand-Australian actor and television presenter who has worked in American, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian film, television, and theatre.

1968

Scott Gourley

Australian rugby player

Scott Robert Gourley is an Australian former rugby league and rugby union footballer who played from 1986 to 1998 and achieved the status of a dual-code international representing his country in both sports. He made…

1968

Elizabeth Gilbert

American author

Elizabeth Gilbert is an American journalist and author. Her 2006 memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, has sold over 12 million copies and has been translated into over 30 languages. The book was also made into a film of the same…

1969

The Great Sasuke

Japanese wrestler and politician

Masanori Murakawa , best known under his ring name The Great Sasuke , is a Japanese professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter and politician. He is the founder of Michinoku Pro Wrestling (MPW). Aside from…

1969

Penny Hardaway

American basketball player and coach

Anfernee Deon "Penny" Hardaway is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Memphis Tigers men's team in the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Hardaway played…

1971

Sukhwinder Singh

Indian singer-songwriter and actor

Sukhwinder Singh is an Indian playback singer who primarily sings Bollywood songs. He sang "Jai Ho" in the film Slumdog Millionaire, for which he won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television…

1971

Alan Morrison

British poet

Alan Duncan Morrison is a British poet.

1974

Torii Hunter

American baseball player

Torii Kedar Hunter is an American former professional baseball center fielder and right fielder. Hunter currently serves as Special Assistant to Los Angeles Angels general manager Perry Minasian. He played in Major…

1975

Daron Malakian

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Daron Malakian is an Armenian-American musician. He is the guitarist, songwriter, and second vocalist of the metal band System of a Down, and the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter of…

1975

M.I.A.

English rapper and producer

Mathangi Arulpragasam, known as Maya and professionally as M.I.A., is a British singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, and activist. Her music combines elements of alternative, dance, electronic, hip hop and world…

1975

Elsa Pataky

Spanish actress

Elsa Lafuente Medianu, known professionally as Elsa Pataky, is a Spanish model and actress. Pataky is known for her leading role of Raquel Alonso in the Spanish teen drama Al salir de Clase (1997–2002), before garnering…

1976

Go Soo-hee

South Korean actress

Go Soo-hee is a South Korean actress.

1976

Alexander Morozevich

Russian chess player and author

Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1994. Morozevich is a two-time World Championship candidate, two-time Russian champion and has represented…

1977

Kelly Reilly

English actress

Jessica Kelly Siobhán Reilly is an English actress. Her television work includes starring roles in the British crime drama Above Suspicion (2009–2012), the American psychological medical drama Black Box (2014), the…

1977

Adabel Guerrero

Argentinian actress, singer, and dancer

Adabel Anahí Guerrero Melachenko, better known simply as Adabel Guerrero, is an Argentine professional theater and burlesque dancer, actress, and supervedette, who has also dabbled as a model and as a singer in several…

1978

Shane Horgan

Irish rugby player and sportscaster

Shane Patrick Horgan is an Irish former rugby union player who played wing or centre for Leinster and Ireland.

1978

Crystal Mangum

American murderer responsible for making false rape allegations in the Duke lacrosse case

Crystal Gail Mangum is an American former stripper from Durham, North Carolina, who was incarcerated for murder from 2013 until her release in February 2026{{…

1978

Joo Sang-wook

South Korean actor

Joo Sang-wook is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in generational saga Giant, medical drama Good Doctor, romantic comedy Cunning Single Lady, Birth of a Beauty, and crime procedural Special Affairs…

1978

Ben Sheets

American baseball player and coach

Ben Michael Sheets is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, and Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball. Sheets is a four-time MLB All-Star. He won a…

1978

Mélissa Theuriau

French journalist

Mélissa Theuriau is a French journalist and news anchor for M6. She studied journalism and became a television news presenter. She is the former anchor and co-editor in chief of Zone interdite on French TV.

1978

Deion Branch

American football player

Anthony Deion Branch Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He is currently the wide receivers coach at the University of Louisville. He was…

1979

Joey Mercury

American wrestler and producer

Adam Birch, better known by the ring name Joey Mercury, is an American professional wrestler, producer, trainer, and wrestling agent. He is best known for his tenures in WWE and Ring of Honor.

1979

Kristen Bell

American actress

Kristen Anne Bell is an American actress and singer. Her work includes both film and television, and her accolades include two Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for three Golden Globe Awards. In 2025, Time…

1980

David Blu

American–Israeli basketball player

David Blu is an American–Israeli former professional basketball player, who spent 10 seasons playing in the EuroLeague. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he played at the small forward and power forward positions. He is…

1980

Ryōko Hirosue

Japanese actress

Ryōko Hirosue is a Japanese actress and singer, best known to international audiences for her roles in the Luc Besson-produced Wasabi (2001) and the Academy Award-winning Japanese film Departures (2008). She also…

1980

Dennis Seidenberg

German ice hockey player

Dennis Marvin Seidenberg is a German former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers, New York…

1981

Ryan Cabrera

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ryan Frank Cabrera is an American musician. He began his career as a lead singer for the Dallas band Rubix Groove before pursuing his solo career. Following the 2001 release of independent album Elm St., he released his…

1982

Priyanka Chopra

Indian actress, singer, and film producer

Priyanka Chopra Jonas is an Indian actress and film producer. The winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant, she is India's highest-paid actress and her accolades include two National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards.…

1982

Carlo Costly

Honduran footballer

Carlo Yaír Costly Molina is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga de Ascenso club Lone FC.

1982

Mishaal Al-Saeed

Saudi Arabian footballer

Mishaal Al-Saeed is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a defender for Al-Wehda in the Saudi Professional League.

1983

Carlos Diogo

Uruguayan footballer

Carlos Andrés Diogo Enseñat is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a right-sided wing-back or midfielder. An ex-international for Uruguay, he is best known for his unsuccessful tenure at Real Madrid.

1983

Aaron Gillespie

American singer-songwriter and drummer

Aaron Roderick Gillespie is an American musician, best known for being the drummer and clean vocalist for the rock band Underoath, of which he is the only original member. He is also the lead singer and rhythm guitarist…

1983

Mikk Pahapill

Estonian decathlete

Mikk Pahapill is a retired Estonian decathlete. His personal best score is 8398 points, achieved at the 2011 Hypo-Meeting in Götzis. His coach is Remigija Nazarovienė. He won the 2009 European Indoor Championships in…

1983

Jan Schlaudraff

German footballer

Jan Schlaudraff is a German professional football official and a former player who played as a midfielder and striker. He is the managing director of sports for the Austrian club SKN St. Pölten.

1983

Ben Askren

American mixed martial artist and boxer

Benjamin Michael Askren is an American former professional mixed martial artist, professional boxer and Olympic wrestler. He formerly competed in the Welterweight divisions of Bellator Fighting Championships and ONE FC,…

1984

Chace Crawford

American actor

Christopher Chace Crawford is an American actor. He is known for his television portrayals of Nate Archibald on the series Gossip Girl (2007–2012) and of Kevin Moskowitz / The Deep in the television series The Boys…

1985

Panagiotis Lagos

Greek footballer

Panagiotis Lagos is a Greek former professional footballer. Lagos had the ability to play in various positions as much as on the wings as on the center, due to the combination of the speed and technique of his play.

1985

James Norton

English actor

James Geoffrey Ian Norton is an English actor. He is known for roles in the television series Happy Valley (2014–2023), Grantchester (2014–2019), War & Peace (2016), and McMafia (2018). He played the title role in the…

1985

Natalia Mikhailova

Russian ice dancer

Natalia Yurievna Mikhailova is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With Arkadi Sergeev, she is the 2006 World Junior silver medalist.

1986

Tontowi Ahmad

Indonesian badminton player

Tontowi Ahmad is a retired Indonesian badminton player. He plays for PB. Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and joined the club in 2005. Tontowi Ahmad rose to prominence in the world badminton in 2010 when…

1987

Änis Ben-Hatira

German-Tunisian footballer

Änis Ben-Hatira is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for German Regionalliga club Hertha BSC II. Between 2012 and 2016 he made 12 appearances for the Tunisia national team scoring…

1988

César Villaluz

Mexican footballer

César Osvaldo Villaluz Martínez is a former Mexican professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Cancún.

1988

Jamie Benn

Canadian ice hockey player

Jamie Randolph Benn is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward and captain for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL).

1989

Sebastian Mielitz

German footballer

Sebastian Mielitz is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Werder Bremen II.

1989

Yohan Mollo

French footballer

Yohan Mollo is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger or right-back for Régional 1 club Berre SpC.

1989

Canelo Álvarez

Mexican boxer

Santos Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez Barragán is a Mexican professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, from light middleweight to light heavyweight, including unified titles in three of…

1990

Mandy Rose

American wrestler and television personality

Amanda Rose Saccomanno is an American professional wrestler, television personality, and fitness and figure competitor. She is best known for her tenure in WWE from 2015 to 2022, where she performed under the ring name…

1991

Eugenio Suárez

Venezuelan baseball player

Eugenio Alejandro Suárez is a Venezuelan professional baseball third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, and Arizona…

1991

Lee Tae-min

South Korean singer and actor

Lee Tae-min, known mononymously as Taemin, is a South Korean singer, dancer, and actor. He debuted as a member of the South Korean boy band Shinee in May 2008 and the supergroup SuperM in 2019, both under SM…

1993

Michael Lichaa

Australian rugby league player

Michael Lichaa is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker.

1993

Nilo Soares

East Timorese footballer

Nilo Soares is an East Timorese footballer who plays as midfielder for Karketu Dili and the Timor-Leste national team.

1994

Yung Lean

Swedish rapper and singer-songwriter

Jonatan Aron Leandoer Håstad, known professionally as Yung Lean, is a Swedish rapper. Widely cited as one of the most influential figures in the early cloud rap era, Yung Lean rose to prominence in 2013 with his song…

1996

Smriti Mandhana

Indian cricketer

Smriti Mandhana is an Indian international cricketer and the vice-captain of the Indian women's national team. She was part of the Indian team that won the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup, the Women's Asia Cup in 2016…

1996

Shudufhadzo Musida

Miss South Africa 2020

Shudufhadzo Musida is a South African model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss South Africa 2020. She is the second title holder from the province of Limpopo - the first being Bokang Montjane. She is…

1996

Bam Adebayo

American basketball player

Edrice Femi "Bam" Adebayo is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats before being selected by…

1997

Noah Lyles

American sprinter

Noah Lyles is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 60 meters, 100 meters and 200 meters events. His personal best of 19.31 seconds in the 200 m is the American record, and makes him the third fastest…

1997

Sarah Kinsley

American singer-songwriter

Sarah Kinsley is an American singer-songwriter. Throughout her childhood, she performed classical music in youth orchestras and eventually studied music at Columbia University, where she began to produce her own alt pop…

2000

Agustina Roth

Argentine BMX rider

Agustina Roth is an Argentine BMX rider.

2001

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