Famous Birthdays on July 23

Q: Who was born on July 23?

Famous people born on July 23 include: Otto, Louis I, Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder, Francesco I Sforza, Danjong of Joseon.

Q: What is Nikos Galis known for?

Nikos Galis, American basketball player

1957 — Nikos Galis

American basketball player

July 23 has seen 238 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1301 – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · July 23 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 238 people 1301 – 2003

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In 2007, he became an inaugural member of the FIBA Hall of Fame

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In 1991, Galis was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players

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In 2008, he was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors

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In 2017, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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Otto

Duke of Austria (died 1339)

Otto, known as the Merry, was Duke of Austria and Styria from 1330, as well as Duke of Carinthia from 1335 until his death. A member of the House of Habsburg, he ruled jointly with his elder brother Duke Albert II.

1301

Louis I

Duke of Anjou (died 1384)

Louis I of Anjou was a French prince, the second son of John II of France and Bonne of Bohemia. His career was markedly unsuccessful. Born at the Château de Vincennes, Louis was the first of the Angevin branch of the…

1339

Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder

humanist (died 1444 or 1445)

Pier Paolo Vergerio was an Italian humanist, statesman, pedagogist and canon lawyer.

1370

Francesco I Sforza

Italian husband of Bianca Maria Visconti (died 1466)

Francesco I Sforza was an Italian condottiere who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its (fourth) duke from 1450 until his death. Renowned for his military skill and political acumen, he was…

1401

Danjong of Joseon

King of Joseon (died 1457)

Danjong, personal name Yi Hong-wi, was the sixth monarch of Joseon. He ascended to the throne at the age of 11, upon the death of his sickly father, King Munjong. Three years later, he was forced to abdicate by his…

1441

Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (died 1547)

Anna of Bohemia and Hungary, sometimes known as Anna Jagellonica, was Queen of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary and Archduchess of Austria as the wife of King Ferdinand I.

1503

Bonaventura Peeters the Elder

Flemish painter (died 1652)

Bonaventura Peeters (I) or Bonaventura Peeters the Elder (23 July 1614 – 25 July 1652) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and etcher. He became one of the leading marine artists in the Low Countries in the first half of…

1614

Adam Dollard des Ormeaux

New France garrison commander (died 1660)

Adam Dollard des Ormeaux is an iconic figure in the history of New France. Arriving in the colony in 1658, Dollard was appointed the position of garrison commander of Fort Ville-Marie. In the spring of 1660, Dollard led…

1635

Pope Clement XI (died 1721)

Pope Clement XI, born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721.

1649

Francis Blomefield

English historian and author (died 1752)

Rev. Francis Blomefield, FSA, Rector of Fersfield in Norfolk, was an English antiquarian who wrote a county history of Norfolk: An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. It includes detailed…

1705

Luís António Verney

Portuguese philosopher and pedagogue (died 1792)

Luís António Verney was a Portuguese philosopher, theologian, and pedagogue. An estrangeirado, Verney is sometimes called the most important figure of the Portuguese Enlightenment.

1713

Thomas Brisbane

Scottish general and politician, 6th Governor of New South Wales (died 1860)

Major-General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet was a British Army officer, colonial administrator and astronomer. He served in many important wars of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including…

1773

Abraham Colles

Irish anatomist (died 1841)

Abraham Colles was an Irish surgeon and physician who served as Professor of Anatomy, Surgery and Physiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and the President of the RCSI in 1802 and 1830. A…

1773

Étienne-Louis Malus

French physicist and mathematician (died 1812)

Étienne-Louis Malus was a French officer, engineer, physicist, and mathematician.

1775

Philipp Otto Runge

German painter and illustrator (died 1810)

Philipp Otto Runge was a German artist, draftsman, painter, and color theorist. Runge and Caspar David Friedrich are often regarded as the leading painters of the German Romantic movement. He is frequently compared with…

1777

Franz Berwald

Swedish surgeon and composer (died 1868)

Franz Adolf Berwald was a Swedish Romantic composer and violinist. He made his living as an orthopedist and later as the manager of a saw mill and glass factory, and became more appreciated as a composer after his death…

1796

Manuel María Lombardini

Mexican general and president (died 1853)

Manuel Apolinario Josef María Ignacio Antonio Lombardini de la Torre (1802–1853) was a Mexican soldier who served as president briefly for about three months in 1853. He rose to power in the wake of a revolution against…

1802

Alexandre-Antonin Taché

Canadian archbishop and missionary (died 1894)

Alexandre-Antonin Taché was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, missionary of the Oblate order, author, and the first Archbishop of Saint Boniface in Manitoba, Canada.

1823

Édouard Colonne

French violinist and conductor (died 1910)

Édouard Juda Colonne was a French conductor and violinist, and a champion of the music of Berlioz and other eminent 19th-century composers.

1838

Peder Severin Krøyer

Norwegian-Danish painter (died 1909)

Peder Severin Krøyer, also known as P. S. Krøyer, was a Danish painter.

1851

Ernest Belfort Bax

English barrister, journalist, philosopher, men's rights advocate, socialist and historian (died 1926)

Ernest Belfort Bax was an English barrister, journalist, philosopher, men's rights advocate, socialist, and historian.

1854

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Indian lawyer and journalist (died 1920)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak, was an Indian nationalist and self-rule activist in the Indian independence movement. He was one third of the Lal Bal Pal triumvirate. The honorific "Lokmanya" was applied to him by his supporters.

1856

Apolinario Mabini

Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (died 1903)

Apolinario Mabini y Maranán was a Filipino revolutionary leader, educator, lawyer, and statesman who served first as a legal and constitutional adviser to the Revolutionary Government, and then as the first Prime…

1864

Henry Norris

English businessman and politician (died 1934)

Sir Henry George Norris was an English businessman, politician and football club director, most famous for his chairmanship of both Fulham and Arsenal.

1865

Francesco Cilea

Italian composer and academic (died 1950)

Francesco Cilea was an Italian composer. Today he is particularly known for his operas L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur.

1866

James Thomas Milton Anderson

Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Saskatchewan (died 1946)

James Thomas Milton Anderson was the fifth premier of Saskatchewan and the first Conservative to hold the office.

1878

Kâzım Karabekir

Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (died 1948)

Musa Kâzım Karabekir was a Turkish general and politician. He was the commander of the Eastern Army of the Ottoman Empire during the Turkish War of Independence, and fought a successful military campaign against the…

1882

Alan Brooke

1st Viscount Alanbrooke, French-English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the County of London (died 1963)

Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, was a senior officer of the British Army. He was Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), the professional head of the British Army, during the Second World…

1883

Emil Jannings

Swiss-German actor (died 1950)

Emil Jannings was a Swiss-born German actor who was popular in Hollywood films in the 1920s. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for starring in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh.…

1884

Izaak Killam

Canadian financier and philanthropist (died 1955)

Izaak Walton Killam was a Canadian financier.

1885

Georges V. Matchabelli

Georgian-American businessman, created Prince Matchabelli perfume (died 1935)

Prince Georges Vasili Matchabelli was a Georgian perfumer. A nobleman and diplomat, he emigrated to the United States after the 1921 Soviet invasion of Georgia.

1885

Salvador de Madariaga

Spanish historian and diplomat (died 1978)

Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo was a Spanish "eminent liberal", diplomat, writer, historian and pacifist who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Nobel Peace Prize and awarded the Charlemagne Prize in…

1886

Walter H. Schottky

Swiss-German physicist and engineer (died 1976)

Walter Schottky was a German physicist and electrical engineer who played a major early role in developing the theory of thermionic emission, invented the screen-grid vacuum tube in 1915, co-invented the ribbon…

1886

Raymond Chandler

American crime novelist and screenwriter (died 1959)

Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at age 44, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression.…

1888

Louis T. Wright

American surgeon and civil rights activist (died 1952)

Louis Tompkins Wright was an American surgeon and civil rights activist. In his position at Harlem Hospital he was the first African-American on the surgical staff of a non-segregated hospital in New York City. He was…

1891

Haile Selassie

Ethiopian emperor (died 1975)

Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as the Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia under Empress Zewditu between 1916 and 1930.

1892

Arthur Treacher

English-American actor and television personality (died 1975)

Arthur Veary Treacher, Jr. was an English film and stage actor active from the 1920s to the 1960s, and known for playing English types, especially butler and manservant roles, such as the P. G. Wodehouse valet character…

1894

Aileen Pringle

American actress (died 1989)

Aileen Pringle was an American stage and film actress during the silent film era.

1895

Daniel Cosío Villegas

Mexican historian, economist (died 1976)

Daniel Cosío Villegas was a Mexican economist, essayist, historian, and diplomat.

1898

Bengt Djurberg

Swedish actor and singer (died 1941)

Bengt Djurberg was a Swedish actor and singer. He appeared in about 25 roles in films from 1919 to 1940. His film debut was in Mauritz Stiller's film Sången om den eldröda blomman in 1919.

1898

Red Dutton

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1987)

Norman Alexander "Red" Dutton was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive. Also known earlier by the nickname "Mervyn", he played for the Calgary Tigers of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) and the…

1898

Herman Kruusenberg

Estonian wrestler (died 1970)

Herman Kruusenberg was an Estonian Greco-Roman wrestler who competed in the light heavyweight event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

1898

Jacob Marschak

Ukrainian-American economist, journalist, and author (died 1977)

Jacob Marschak was a Russian and American economist. Affiliated with the Mensheviks in his youth, he had a brief participation in the Russian Revolution, serving as labour minister in the Terek Soviet Republic before…

1898

Gustav Heinemann

German lawyer and politician, 3rd President of West Germany (died 1976)

Gustav Walter Heinemann was a German politician who was President of West Germany from 1969 to 1974. He served as mayor of Essen from 1946 to 1949, West German Minister of the Interior from 1949 to 1950, and Minister of…

1899

Julia Davis Adams

American author and journalist (died 1993)

Julia Davis Adams was an American writer best known for her young adult books, historical and biographical novels and dramas.

1900

John Babcock

Canadian-American sergeant (died 2010)

John Henry Foster Babcock was a Canadian electrician and soldier. At age 109, he was the last known surviving veteran of the Canadian military to have served in the First World War and, after the death of Harry Patch,…

1900

Inger Margrethe Boberg

Danish folklore researcher and writer (died 1957)

Inger Margrethe Boberg was a Danish folklore researcher and writer. She studied philology at the University of Copenhagen and received her Master's degree in 1925. In 1927, she stayed at Lund University with the…

1900

Hank Worden

American actor and singer (died 1992)

Hank Worden was an American cowboy-turned-character actor who appeared in many Westerns, including a dozen John Ford films, such as The Searchers, and the TV series The Lone Ranger.

1901

Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer

Puerto Rican brothel owner and madam in barrio Maragüez, Ponce, Puerto Rico (died 1974)

Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer, better known as "Isabel la Negra", was a Puerto Rican brothel owner and madam in barrio Maragüez, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Her name and her brothel, Elizabeth's Dancing Club, became part of Puerto…

1901

Leopold Engleitner

Austrian author and educator (died 2013)

Leopold Engleitner was an Austrian conscientious objector, as one of Jehovah's Witnesses, and a concentration camp survivor who spoke publicly and with students about his experiences. He was the subject of the…

1905

Vladimir Prelog

Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)

Vladimir Prelog was a Croatian-Swiss organic chemist who received the 1975 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions. Prelog was born, and spent his infancy,…

1906

Chandra Shekhar Azad

Indian activist (died 1931)

Chandra Shekhar Sitaram Tiwari, popularly known as Chandra Shekhar Azad, was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican…

1906

M. H. Abrams

American author, critic, and academic (died 2015)

Meyer Howard Abrams, usually cited as M. H. Abrams, was an American literary critic, known for works on romanticism, in particular his book The Mirror and the Lamp. Under Abrams's editorship, The Norton Anthology of…

1912

Michael Wilding

English actor (died 1979)

Michael Charles Gauntlet Wilding was an English stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for a series of films he made with Anna Neagle; he also made two films with Alfred Hitchcock, Under Capricorn (1949)…

1912

Michael Foot

English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment (died 2010)

Michael Mackintosh Foot was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1983. Foot began his career as a journalist on Tribune and the Evening Standard. He co-wrote…

1913

Nassos Daphnis

Greek-American painter (died 2010)

Nassos Daphnis was a Greek-born American abstract painter, sculptor and tree peony breeder.

1914

Virgil Finlay

American illustrator (died 1971)

Virgil Finlay was an American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator. He has been called "part of the pulp magazine history ... one of the foremost contributors of original and imaginative art work for the…

1914

Elly Annie Schneider

German-American actress (died 2004)

The Doll Family was an American quartet of sibling entertainers with dwarfism from Stolpen, Germany. They were popular performers in circuses and sideshows in the United States from the mid-1910s until their retirement…

1914

Laurel Martyn

Australian ballerina and choreographer (died 2013)

Laurel Martyn was an Australian ballerina.

1916

Abraham Bueno de Mesquita

Dutch comedian and actor (died 2005)

Abraham "Appie" Bueno de Mesquita was a Dutch comedian, actor and stage artist, well known for his ability to make funny faces.

1918

Ruth Duccini

American actress (died 2014)

Ruth Leone Duccini was an American actress.

1918

Pee Wee Reese

American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1999)

Harold Peter Henry "Pee Wee" Reese was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958. A ten-time All-Star,…

1918

Calvert DeForest

American actor (died 2007)

Calvert Grant DeForest, also known by his character name Larry "Bud" Melman, was an American actor and comedian, best known for his appearances on Late Night with David Letterman and Late Show with David Letterman.

1921

Damiano Damiani

Italian director and screenwriter (died 2013)

Damiano Damiani was an Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer. Poet and director Pier Paolo Pasolini referred to him as "a bitter moralist hungry for old purity", while film critic Paolo Mereghetti said…

1922

Jenny Pike

Canadian WWII servicewoman and photographer (died 2004)

Jenny Pike was a Canadian photographer and servicewoman. She worked in London during WWII, and was the only female photographer to help develop the first photos of the D-Day landings. After the war, she worked as a…

1922

Morris Halle

Latvian-American linguist and academic (died 2018)

Morris Halle was a Latvian-born American linguist who was an Institute Professor, and later professor emeritus, of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The father of "modern phonology", he was best…

1923

Gavin Lambert

English-American screenwriter and author (died 2005)

Gavin Lambert was an English screenwriter, film critic, novelist and biographer. Described as "an incisive observer of life in Hollywood," his writing was mainly fiction and nonfiction about the film industry,…

1924

Gazanfer Bilge

Turkish wrestler (died 2008)

Gazanfer Bilge was a Turkish sports wrestler of Circassian descent who won the gold medal in the Featherweight class of Men's Freestyle Wrestling at the 1948 Olympics.

1924

Tajuddin Ahmad

Bangladeshi politician, 1st Prime Minister of Bangladesh (died 1975)

Tajuddin Ahmad was a Bangladeshi politician. He led the first government of Bangladesh as its prime minister during the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971, and is regarded as one of the most instrumental figures in…

1925

Quett Masire

Botswana politician, the former Vice-President of Botswana (died 2017)

Ketumile Quett Joni Masire GCMG was a Motswana politician and statesman who was the second and longest-serving president of Botswana, in office from 1980 to 1998. He was given an honorary knighthood of the Grand Cross…

1925

Alain Decaux

French historian and author (died 2016)

Alain Decaux was a French historian. He was elected to the Académie française on 15 February 1979.

1925

Gloria DeHaven

American actress and singer (died 2016)

Gloria Mildred DeHaven was an American actress and singer who was a contract star for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).

1925

Ludvík Vaculík

Czech journalist and author (died 2015)

Ludvík Vaculík was a Czech writer and journalist. He was born in Brumov, Moravian Wallachia. A prominent samizdat writer, he was best known as the author of the "Two Thousand Words" manifesto of June 1968.

1926

Gérard Brach

French director and screenwriter (died 2006)

Gérard Brach was a French screenwriter best known for his collaborations with the film directors Roman Polanski and Jean-Jacques Annaud. He directed two movies: La Maison and Le Bateau sur l'herbe.

1927

Leon Fleisher

American pianist and conductor (died 2020)

Leon Fleisher was an American classical pianist, conductor and pedagogue. He was one of the most renowned pianists and pedagogues in the world. Music correspondent Elijah Ho called him "one of the most refined and…

1928

Vera Rubin

American astronomer and academic (died 2016)

Vera Florence Cooper Rubin was an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. She uncovered the discrepancy between the predicted and observed angular motion of galaxies by studying galactic…

1928

Hubert Selby

Jr., American author and screenwriter (died 2004)

Hubert "Cubby" Selby Jr. was an American novelist. Two of his books, Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) and Requiem for a Dream (1978), were adapted into films, both of which he appeared in.

1928

Danny Barcelona

American drummer (died 2007)

Danny Barcelona was an American jazz drummer best known for his years with Louis Armstrong's All-Stars. He was a Filipino-American born in Waipahu, Hawaii, a community of Honolulu, Hawaii. He was also frequently…

1929

Lateef Jakande

Nigerian journalist and politician, 5th Governor of Lagos State (died 2021)

Lateef Kayode Jakande was a Nigerian journalist and politician who served as governor of Lagos State from 1979 to 1983, and later Minister of Works under the Sani Abacha military regime.

1929

Te Atairangikaahu

Māori queen (died 2006)

Dame Te Atairangikaahu reigned as Māori Queen from 1966 until her death in 2006. Her reign was the longest of any Māori monarch.

1931

Claude Fournier

Canadian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 2023)

Claude Fournier was a Canadian film director, screenwriter, editor and cinematographer. He is one of the forerunners of the Cinema of Quebec. He was the twin brother of Guy Fournier.

1931

Guy Fournier

Canadian author and screenwriter

Guy Fournier, CM is a Quebec author, playwright, and screenwriter. He was the creator of the well-known Quebec sitcom Two's a Crowd. From 8 September 2005 to 19 September 2006 he was chairman of the board of directors…

1931

Raimund Abraham

Austrian architect, designed the Austrian Cultural Forum (died 2010)

Raimund Johann Abraham was an Austrian architect.

1933

Bert Convy

American actor, singer, and game show host (died 1991)

Bernard Whalen "Bert" Convy was an American actor, singer, game-show panelist, and host known for Tattletales, Super Password and Win, Lose or Draw.

1933

Benedict Groeschel

American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (died 2014)

Benedict Joseph Groeschel, C.F.R. was an American Franciscan friar, Catholic priest, retreat master, author, psychologist, activist, and television host. He hosted the television talk program Sunday Night Prime on the…

1933

Richard Rogers

Italian-English architect, designed the Millennium Dome and Lloyd's building (died 2021)

Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside was a British and Italian architect noted for his modernist and constructivist designs in high-tech architecture. He was the founder at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners,…

1933

Jim Hall

American race car driver

James Ellis Hall is a retired American racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner. While he is best known as a car constructor, he was one of the greatest American racing drivers of his generation, capturing…

1935

Don Drysdale

American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1993)

Donald Scott Drysdale, nicknamed "Big D", was an American professional baseball pitcher and broadcaster who played in Major League Baseball (MLB). He spent his entire 14-year career with the Brooklyn / Los Angeles…

1936

Anthony Kennedy

American lawyer and jurist

Anthony McLeod Kennedy is an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1988 until his retirement in 2018. He was nominated to the court in 1987 by President Ronald…

1936

Dave Webster

American football player and engineer (died 2006)

David A. Webster Jr. in Atlanta, Texas, was an American professional football player who was a cornerback for two seasons with the American Football League's (AFL) Dallas Texans (1960–1961). He was an All-AFL selection…

1937

Juliet Anderson

American porn actress and producer (died 2010)

Judith Carr known professionally as Juliet Anderson, was an American pornographic film actress and adult movie producer, relationship counselor and author. Entering the adult movie business relatively late in life, she…

1938

Ronny Cox

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Daniel Ronald Cox is an American actor and musician. He has appeared in numerous films and television series since his acting debut in Deliverance (1972). He is best known for his roles in Beverly Hills Cop (1984),…

1938

Charles Harrelson

American murderer (died 2007)

Charles Voyde Harrelson was an American contract killer and organized crime figure who was convicted of assassinating federal judge John H. Wood Jr., the first federal judge assassinated in the 20th century. Charles…

1938

Bert Newton

Australian actor and television host (died 2021)

Albert Watson Newton was an Australian media personality. He was a Logie Hall of Fame inductee, quadruple Gold Logie–winning entertainer, and radio, theatre and television personality and compère.

1938

Danielle Collobert

French author, poet, and journalist (died 1978)

Danielle Collobert was a French author, poet and journalist.

1940

Don Imus

American radio host (died 2019)

John Donald Imus Jr., also known as Imus, was an American radio personality, television show host, recording artist, and author. His radio show Imus in the Morning was aired on various stations and digital platforms…

1940

John Nichols

American novelist (died 2023)

John Treadwell Nichols was an American novelist. He wrote the New Mexico Trilogy - The Milagro Beanfield War (1974), The Magic Journey (1978), and The Nirvana Blues (1981) - as well as numerous other works of fiction…

1940

Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa

Italian economist and politician, Italian Minister of Finance (died 2010)

Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, OMRI was an Italian banker and economist who served as Italy's Minister of Economy and Finance from 2006 to 2008. He previously served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central…

1940

Christopher Andrew

English historian and academic

Christopher Maurice Andrew is an Emeritus Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Cambridge with an interest in international relations and in particular the history of intelligence services.

1941

Richie Evans

American race car driver (died 1985)

Richard Ernest Evans, was an American racing driver who won nine NASCAR National Modified Championships, including eight in a row from 1978 to 1985. The International Motorsports Hall of Fame lists this achievement as…

1941

Sergio Mattarella

Italian lawyer, judge, and politician, 12th President of Italy

Sergio Mattarella is an Italian politician who has been serving as the president of Italy since 2015. He is the longest-serving president in the history of the Italian Republic. Since Giorgio Napolitano died in 2023,…

1941

Sallyanne Atkinson

Australian journalist and politician, Lord Mayor of Brisbane

Sallyanne Atkinson AO is an Australian former politician who served as Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1985 to 1991 in Queensland, Australia. She is the only woman to have held the position. As of 2017, she was Chairman of…

1942

Madeline Bell

American singer-songwriter

Madeline Bell is an American soul singer, who became famous as a performer in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s with pop group Blue Mink, having arrived from the United States in the gospel show Black Nativity in 1962,…

1942

Richard E. Dauch

American businessman, co-founded American Axle (died 2013)

Richard E. "Dick" Dauch was an American businessman, and co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of American Axle and Manufacturing, now Dauch Corporation. Previously, Dauch served as a manufacturing manager at…

1942

Dimitris Liantinis

Greek philosopher and author (died 1998)

Dimitris Liantinis was a Greek philosopher. He was associate professor at the Department of Pedagogy of the Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology of the University of Athens, teaching the course "Philosophy of…

1942

Randall Forsberg

American scientist (died 2007)

Dr. Randall Caroline Forsberg led a lifetime of research and advocacy on ways to reduce the risk of war, minimize the burden of military spending, and promote democratic institutions. Her career started at the Stockholm…

1943

Tony Joe White

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)

Tony Joe White, nicknamed the Swamp Fox, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but which was first made popular…

1943

Dino Danelli

American drummer (died 2022)

Dino Danelli was an American drummer. Danelli was best known as an original member and the drummer in the rock group the Young Rascals. He has been called "one of the great unappreciated rock drummers in history". He…

1944

Maria João Pires

Portuguese pianist

Maria João Alexandre Barbosa Pires is a Portuguese classical pianist, widely regarded as one of the leading interpreters of the repertoire of the 18th and 19th centuries.

1944

Edward Gregson

English composer and educator

Edward Gregson is an English composer of instrumental and choral music, particularly for brass and wind bands and ensembles, as well as music for the theatre, film, and television. He was also principal of the Royal…

1945

Jon Sammels

English footballer

Jonathon Charles Sammels is an English former footballer.

1945

Andy Mackay

English oboe player and composer

Andrew Mackay is an English musician, best known as a founding member of the art rock group Roxy Music.

1946

René Ricard

American poet, painter, and critic (died 2014)

Rene Ricard was an American poet, actor, art critic, and painter.

1946

Gardner Dozois

American journalist and author (died 2018)

Gardner Raymond Dozois was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of The Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction (1986–2004),…

1947

David Essex

English singer-songwriter, and actor

David Essex is an English singer-songwriter and actor. From 1973 to 1994, he had nineteen Top-40 singles in the UK and sixteen Top-40 albums. Internationally, he had the most success with his 1973 single "Rock On".

1947

Torsten Palm

Swedish race car driver

Torsten Palm is a former racing driver from Sweden.

1947

Robin Simon

English historian, critic, and academic

Robin Simon is a Welsh art historian and critic, and editor of the British Art Journal.

1947

Ross Cranston

Australian-English lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales

Sir Ross Frederick Cranston is a professor of Law at London School of Economics and a retired High Court judge. He is also a former British Labour Party politician, and served as the Member of Parliament for Dudley…

1948

John Cushnahan

Northern Irish educator and politician

John Walls Cushnahan is a former Northern Irish politician who served as leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland from 1984 to 1987, as well as a member of Belfast City Council for the Area H District from 1977…

1948

John Hall

American politician

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1948

Stanisław Targosz

Polish general (died 2013)

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1948

Clive Rice

South African cricketer and coach (died 2015)

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1949

Wasyl Medwit

Polish-born Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch (died 2024)

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1949

Alex Kozinski

Romanian-born American lawyer and judge

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1950

Ian Thomas

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

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1950

Blair Thornton

Canadian guitarist and songwriter

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1950

Alan Turner

Australian cricketer

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1950

Paul Hibbert

Australian cricketer and coach (died 2008)

Paul Anthony Hibbert was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1977. He was born in Brunswick, Victoria.

1952

Bill Nyrop

American ice hockey player and coach (died 1995)

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1952

John Rutsey

Canadian drummer (died 2008)

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1952

Janis Siegel

American jazz singer

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1952

Graham Gooch

English cricketer and coach

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1953

Najib Razak

Malaysian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia

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1953

Jo Brand

English comedian, actress, and screenwriter

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1957

Theo van Gogh

Dutch actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004)

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1957

Quentin Willson

English TV presenter, Top Gear

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1957

Ken Green

American golfer

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1958

Tomy Winata

Indonesian businessman and philanthropist, founded the Artha Graha Peduli Foundation

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1958

Nancy Savoca

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Nancy Laura Savoca is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.

1959

Gary Ella

Australian rugby player

Gary Albert Ella is an Australian former rugby union player. Ella represented Australia six times between 1982 and 1988.

1960

Susan Graham

American soprano and educator

Susan Graham is an American mezzo-soprano.

1960

Al Perez

American wrestler

Al Perez is an American retired professional wrestler. He held 16 titles during a 20-year career, including the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship.

1960

André Ducharme

Canadian comedian and author

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1961

Michael Durant

American pilot and author

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1961

Martin Gore

English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

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1961

Woody Harrelson

American actor and activist

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1961

Milind Gunaji

Indian actor, model, television show host, and author

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1961

Eriq La Salle

American actor, director, and producer

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1962

Mark Laurie

Australian rugby league player

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1962

Alain Lefèvre

Canadian pianist and composer

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1962

Slobodan Zivojinovic

Serbian tennis player

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1963

Uwe Barth

German politician

Uwe Barth is a German politician and member of the FDP.

1964

Nick Menza

German drummer and songwriter (died 2016)

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1964

Rob Dickinson

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Robert Dickinson is a British musician and auto restorer. He came to prominence as the singer for English alternative rock group Catherine Wheel, active 1990 to 2000. Dickinson was raised in Norfolk, England, and is the…

1965

Slash

English-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

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1965

Philip Seymour Hoffman

American actor, director, and producer (died 2014)

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1967

Elden Campbell

American basketball player (died 2025)

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1968

Gary Payton

American basketball player and actor

Gary Dwayne Payton Sr. is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 17 seasons. Nicknamed "the Glove" for his defensive abilities, he is widely…

1968

Stephanie Seymour

American model and actress

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1968

Andrew Cassels

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

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1969

Raphael Warnock

American politician and minister

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1969

Charisma Carpenter

American actress

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1970

Thea Dorn

German author and playwright

Thea Dorn is a German writer of crime fiction and TV host. She lives and works in Berlin.

1970

Sam Watters

American singer-songwriter and producer

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1970

Saulius Skvernelis

13th Prime Minister of Lithuania

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1970

Dalvin DeGrate

American rapper and producer

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1971

Alison Krauss

American singer-songwriter and fiddler

Alison Maria Krauss is an American singer, fiddler, and music producer. She entered the American music industry at an early age, competing in local contests by the age of eight and recording for the first time at 14.…

1971

Joel Stein

American journalist

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1971

Suat Kılıç

Turkish journalist, lawyer, and politician, former Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports

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1972

Floyd Reifer

Barbadian cricketer and coach

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1972

Marlon Wayans

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

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1972

Nomar Garciaparra

American baseball player and sportscaster

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1973

Kathryn Hahn

American actress

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1973

Fran Healy

Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

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1973

Monica Lewinsky

American activist and former White House intern

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1973

Himesh Reshammiya

Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director

Himesh Reshammiya is an Indian playback singer, music director, songwriter, producer and actor, with over 1,300 credited songs. He started his career as a music director in the film Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya in 1998 and…

1973

Andrea Scanavacca

Italian rugby player and manager

Andrea Scanavacca is a former Italian rugby union footballer. His usual position was as a fly half.

1973

Terry Glenn

American football player and coach (died 2017)

Terry Tyree Glenn was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, and Dallas Cowboys. He was selected by the…

1974

Maurice Greene

American sprinter

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1974

Rik Verbrugghe

Belgian cyclist

Rik Verbrugghe is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist.

1974

Dan Rogerson

Cornish politician

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1975

Judit Polgár

Hungarian chess player

Judit Polgár is a Hungarian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the strongest female chess player of all time. She is the only woman to be ranked in the world top 10, the only woman to achieve a rating over 2700,…

1976

Scott Clemmensen

American ice hockey player and coach

Scott Lee Clemmensen is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. Drafted in the eighth round, 215th overall, of the 1997 NHL entry draft, he played with the New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs, and…

1977

Gail Emms

English badminton player

Gail Elizabeth Emms MBE is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in doubles tournaments. A badminton player since the age of four, Emms was first chosen to represent England in 1995…

1977

Néicer Reasco

Ecuadorian footballer

Néicer Reasco Yano is an Ecuadorian retired footballer who played as a defender.

1977

Shawn Thornton

Canadian ice hockey player

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1977

Stuart Elliott

Northern Irish footballer

Stuart Elliott is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder from 1998 to 2013.

1978

Stefanie Sun

Singaporean singer-songwriter and pianist

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1978

Lauren Groff

American novelist and short story writer

Lauren Groff is an American novelist and short story writer. She has written five novels and three short story collections, including Delicate Edible Birds (2009), Fates and Furies (2015), Matrix (2022), The Vaster…

1978

Perro Aguayo Jr.

Mexican wrestler and promoter (died 2015)

Pedro Aguayo Ramírez was a Mexican professional wrestler and promoter who achieved fame in wrestling as Perro Aguayo Jr. or El Hijo del Perro Aguayo. He was the real-life son of legend Perro Aguayo and not a storyline…

1979

Sotirios Kyrgiakos

Greek footballer

Sotirios Kyrgiakos is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

1979

Richard Sims

Zimbabwean cricketer

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1979

Ricardo Sperafico

Brazilian race car driver

Ricardo Sperafico is a Brazilian professional racing driver.

1979

Cathleen Tschirch

German sprinter

Cathleen Tschirch is a German sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. Her personal best time on the individual distance is 22.97 seconds, achieved in August 2007 in Bochum. She has a personal best of 11.42 seconds…

1979

Michelle Williams

American singer-songwriter and actress

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1979

Daniel McClellan

American biblical scholar and social media personality

Daniel Orrin McClellan is an American biblical scholar. He is well known for his activities on social media, regularly creating and sharing videos on religious topics from a historical critical perspective. He is a…

1980

Sandeep Parikh

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

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1980

Steve Jocz

Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and director

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1981

Dmitriy Karpov

Kazakhstani decathlete

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1981

Aleksandr Kulik

Estonian footballer

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1981

Jarkko Nieminen

Finnish tennis player

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1981

Ömer Aysan Barış

Turkish footballer

Ömer Aysan Barış is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1982

Joe Mather

American baseball player

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1982

Gökhan Ünal

Turkish footballer

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1982

Gerald Wallace

American basketball player

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1982

Paul Wesley

American actor, director, and producer

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1982

Pia Maria Wieninger

Austrian politician

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1982

Bec Hewitt

Australian actress

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1983

Aaron Peirsol

American swimmer

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1983

David Strettle

English rugby player

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1983

Walter Gargano

Uruguayan footballer

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1984

Matthew Murphy

English singer and guitarist

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1984

Brandon Roy

American basketball player

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1984

Celeste Thorson

American actress, producer, and screenwriter

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1984

Tessa Bonhomme

Canadian ice hockey player and sports broadcaster

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1985

Luis Ángel Landín

Mexican footballer

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1985

Aya Uchida

Japanese voice actress and singer

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1986

Nelson Philippe

French race car driver

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1986

Yelena Sokolova

Russian long jumper

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1986

Alessio Cerci

Italian footballer

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1987

Felipe Dylon

Brazilian singer

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1987

Serdar Kurtuluş

Turkish footballer

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1987

Julien Ribaudo

Belgian politician

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1987

Daniel Radcliffe

English actor

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1989

Donald Young

American tennis player

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1989

Harris English

American professional golfer

Harris English is an American professional golfer and currently a member of the PGA Tour.

1989

Kevin Reynolds

Canadian figure skater

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1990

Lauren Mitchell

Australian gymnast

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1991

Jarrod Wallace

Australian rugby league footballer

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1991

Danny Ings

English footballer

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1992

Alexandra Andresen

Norwegian heiress and equestrian

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1996

David Dobrik

Slovak YouTube personality

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1996

Kasperi Kapanen

Finnish ice hockey player

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1996

Deandre Ayton

Bahamian basketball player

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1998

Lily Phillips

British pornographic actress

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2001

Séléna Janicijevic

French tennis player

Séléna Janicijevic is a French tennis player of Serbian origin.

2002

Alex Consani

Model and Influencer

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2003

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