Famous Birthdays on July 25

Q: Who was born on July 25?

Famous people born on July 25 include: Thietmar, Casimir I the Restorer, Afonso I, Ibn Arabi, Arthur II.

Q: What is Alexei Filippenko known for?

Alexei Filippenko, American astrophysicist and academic

242 people 975 – 2002

July 25 has seen 242 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 975 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · July 25 — Wikipedia

1958 — Alexei Filippenko

American astrophysicist and academic

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He received a Bachelor of Arts in physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1979 and a Ph.D

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in astronomy from the California Institute of Technology in 1984, where he was a Hertz Foundation Fellow

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He was a postdoctoral Miller Fellow at Berkeley from 1984 to 1986 and was appointed to Berkeley's faculty in 1986

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In 1996 and 2005, he was a Miller Research Professor, and he is currently a Senior Miller Fellow

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Alexei Vladimir "Alex" Filippenko is an American astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley

Thietmar

bishop of Merseburg (died 1018)

Thietmar, Prince-Bishop of Merseburg from 1009 until his death in 1018, was an important chronicler recording the reigns of German kings and Holy Roman Emperors of the Ottonian (Saxon) dynasty. Two of Thietmar's…

975

Casimir I the Restorer

duke of Poland (died 1058)

Casimir I the Restorer, a member of the Piast dynasty, was the duke of Poland from 1040 until his death. Casimir was the son of Mieszko II Lambert and Richeza of Lotharingia. He is known as the Restorer because he…

1016

Afonso I

king of Portugal (died 1185)

Dom Afonso I nicknamed "the Conqueror", "the Founder" and "the Great" by the Portuguese, was the first king of Portugal, from 26 July 1139 until his death on 6 December 1185. He achieved the independence of the County…

1109

Ibn Arabi

Andalusian Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher (died 1240)

Ibn 'Arabī was a Sunni Muslim Arab scholar, Sufi mystic, poet, and Muslim philosopher from al-Andalus, who exercised notable influence within Sufi metaphysics and Islamic thought in general. There are 850 works…

1165

Arthur II

Duke of Brittany (died 1312)

Arthur II, of the House of Dreux, was Duke of Brittany from 1305 to his death. He was the first son of John II and Beatrice, daughter of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence.

1261

Hawys Gadarn

Welsh noblewoman (died 1353)

Hawys Gadarn (Hawys ferch Owain ap Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn), also known as the Hardy, the Powerful, the Intrepid, and Hawise de la Pole, (1291 – c. 1353) was the daughter of Owen de la Pole and the heir to Powys…

1291

Albert I

Duke of Bavaria (died 1404)

Albert I, Duke of Lower Bavaria was a feudal ruler of the counties of Holland, Hainaut, and Zeeland in the Low Countries. Additionally, he held a portion of the Bavarian province of Straubing, his Bavarian ducal line's…

1336

James I

king of Scotland (died 1437)

James I was King of Scots from 1406 to 1437. The youngest of three sons, he was born in Dunfermline Abbey to King Robert III and his wife Annabella Drummond. His older brother David, Duke of Rothesay died under…

1394

Philip I

Duke of Brabant (died 1430)

Philip I, also known as Philip of Saint Pol, was the younger son of Anthony, Duke of Brabant and Jeanne of Saint-Pol. He succeeded his brother John IV as Duke of Brabant in 1427, while he had inherited Saint-Pol and…

1404

Henry Percy

3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (died 1461)

Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, was an English magnate.

1421

Jakob Wimpfeling

Renaissance humanist (died 1528)

Jakob Wimpfeling was a Renaissance humanist and theologian.

1450

Albrecht VII

Duke of Mecklenburg (died 1547)

Albrecht VII, the Handsome, Duke of Mecklenburg in Güstrow, was a minor ruler in North Germany of the 16th century. He also asserted claims to Scandinavian thrones based on the royal lineage of the House of Mecklenburg.

1486

Hernando de Aragón

Archbishop of Zaragoza (died 1575)

Hernando de Aragón y de Gurrea, OCist, Archbishop of Zaragoza and Lieutenant General of Aragon, was an Aragonese humanist and historian.

1498

Alphonsus Rodriguez

Jesuit lay brother and saint (died 1617)

Alphonsus Rodríguez was a Spanish Jesuit religious brother who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1532

George Peele

English translator, poet, and dramatist (died 1596)

George Peele was an English translator, poet, and dramatist, who is most noted for his supposed, but not universally accepted, collaboration with William Shakespeare on the play Titus Andronicus. Many anonymous…

1556

Katō Kiyomasa

Japanese warlord (died 1611)

Katō Kiyomasa was a Japanese daimyō of the Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods. His court title was Higo no Kami . His name as a child was Yashamaru, and first name was Toranosuke. He was one of Hideyoshi's Seven Spears of…

1562

Christoph Scheiner

German astronomer and Jesuit (died 1650)

Christoph Scheiner was a Jesuit priest, physicist and astronomer in Ingolstadt.

1573

Brian Twyne

English archivist (died 1644)

Brian Twyne was an English antiquary and an academic at the University of Oxford. After being educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and becoming a Fellow of the college in 1606, he published his one main work, a…

1581

Theodore Haak

German scholar (died 1690)

Theodore Haak was a German Calvinist scholar, resident in England in later life. Haak's communications abilities and interests in the new science provided the backdrop for convening the "1645 Group", a precursor of the…

1605

Joseph Williamson

English politician (died 1701)

Sir Joseph Williamson, PRS was an English civil servant, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1665 and 1701 and in the Irish House of Commons between 1692 and 1699. He was…

1633

Louis I

Prince of Monaco (died 1701)

Louis I was Prince of Monaco from 1662 until 1701.

1642

Agostino Steffani

Italian composer and diplomat (died 1728)

Agostino Steffani was an Italian bishop, polymath, diplomat and composer.

1654

Philipp Heinrich Erlebach

German composer (died 1714)

Philipp Heinrich Erlebach was a German Baroque composer, a prolific writer of church music and secular music. Much of his work is lost due to a fire.

1657

Archibald Campbell

1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (died 1703)

Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, 10th Earl of Argyll was a Scottish peer.

1658

Pieter Langendijk

Dutch playwright and poet (died 1756)

Pieter Langendijk was a damask weaver, city artist, dramatist, and poet.

1683

Henry Knox

American general and politician, 1st United States Secretary of War (died 1806)

Henry Knox was an American military officer, politician, bookseller, and a Founding Father of the United States. Knox, born in Boston, became a senior general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War,…

1750

Santiago de Liniers

1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish captain and politician, 10th Viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (died 1810)

Santiago Antonio María de Liniers y Bremond, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, KOM, OM was a Spanish military officer and a viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. Although born Jacques de Liniers in France, he is…

1753

Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (died 1889)

Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel was the wife of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the tenth-born child, and seventh son, of George III of the United Kingdom and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The longest-lived…

1797

Maria Weston Chapman

American abolitionist (died 1885)

Maria Weston Chapman was an American abolitionist. She was elected to the executive committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1839 and from 1839 until 1842, she served as editor of the anti-slavery journal The…

1806

Francis Garnier

French captain and explorer (died 1873)

Marie Joseph François Garnier was a French officer, inspector of Indigenous Affairs of Cochinchina and explorer. He eventually became mission leader of the Mekong Exploration Commission in 19th century Southeast Asia.

1839

Thomas Eakins

American painter, sculptor, and photographer (died 1916)

Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins was an American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important American artists.

1844

Paul Langerhans

German pathologist, physiologist and biologist (died 1888)

Paul Langerhans was a German pathologist, physiologist and biologist, credited with the discovery of the cells that secrete insulin, named after him as the islets of Langerhans.

1847

Arthur Balfour

Scottish-English lieutenant and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1930)

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. He also later served as foreign secretary in the Lloyd…

1848

Frank J. Sprague

American naval officer and inventor (died 1934)

Frank Julian Sprague was an American inventor who contributed to the development of the electric motor, electric railways, and electric elevators. His contributions were especially important in promoting urban…

1857

Jac. P. Thijsse

Dutch botanist and conservationist (died 1945)

Jacobus Pieter Thijsse was a Dutch conservationist and botanist. He founded the Society for Preservation of Nature Monuments in the Netherlands. Along with Eli Heimans and Johannes Bernink, he was active in a period of…

1865

Frederick Blackman

English physiologist and academic (died 1947)

Frederick Frost Blackman FRS was a British plant physiologist.

1866

Max Dauthendey

German author and painter (died 1918)

Max Dauthendey was a German author and painter of the impressionist period. He was born in Würzburg and died in Malang. Together with Richard Dehmel and Eduard von Keyserling, he is regarded as one of the most…

1867

Alexander Rummler

American painter (died 1959)

Alexander Joseph Rummler was an American painter best known for his work on murals and billboards.

1867

Platon

Estonian bishop and saint (died 1919)

Platon, born Paul Kulbusch, was an Estonian bishop and the first Orthodox saint of Estonian ethnicity.

1869

Maxfield Parrish

American painter and illustrator (died 1966)

Maxfield Parrish was an American painter and illustrator active in the first half of the 20th century. His works featured distinctive saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery. The National Museum of American…

1870

Jim Corbett

Indian hunter, environmentalist, and author (died 1955)

Edward James Corbett was an Anglo-Indian hunter and author. He gained fame through hunting and killing several man-eating tigers and leopards in Northern India, as detailed in his bestselling 1944 memoir Man-Eaters of…

1875

Masaharu Anesaki

Japanese philosopher and scholar (died 1949)

Masaharu Anesaki , also known under his pen name "Chōfū Anesaki" , was a leading Japanese intellectual and scholar of the Meiji period. Anesaki is credited as being the father of religious studies in Japan, but also…

1878

George S. Rentz

American commander (died 1942)

George Snavely Rentz was a United States Navy chaplain who served during World War I and World War II. For selfless heroism following the loss of USS Houston (CA-30) in the Battle of Sunda Strait, he was posthumously…

1882

Alfredo Casella

Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1947)

Alfredo Casella was an Italian composer, pianist and conductor.

1883

Edward Cummins

American golfer (died 1926)

Edward McClellan Cummins was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he was part of the American team which won the gold medal. He finished 25th in this competition. In the individual…

1886

Walter Brennan

American actor (died 1974)

Walter Andrew Brennan was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938) and The Westerner (1940), making him the only male or female actor…

1894

Gavrilo Princip

Bosnian Serb revolutionary and assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife (died 1918)

Gavrilo Princip was a Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. The…

1894

Ingeborg Spangsfeldt

Danish actress (died 1968)

Ingeborg Spangsfeldt was a Danish film actress whose career began in the early 1910s until her retirement upon getting married in 1924.

1895

Jack Perrin

American actor and stuntman (died 1967)

Jack Perrin was an American actor specializing in Westerns.

1896

Josephine Tey

Scottish author and playwright (died 1952)

Elizabeth MacKintosh, known by the pen name Josephine Tey, was a Scottish author. Her 1951 novel The Daughter of Time, a detective work investigating the death of the Princes in the Tower, was chosen by the Crime…

1896

Ruth Krauss

American author and poet (died 1993)

Ruth Ida Krauss was an American writer of children's books, including The Carrot Seed, and of theatrical poems for adult readers. Many of her books are still in print.

1901

Mohammed Helmy

Egyptian physician and Righteous Among the Nations (died 1982)

Mohammed ″Mod″ Helmy was an Egyptian-German physician who was recognized by Israel as one of the Righteous Among the Nations in 2013, with his name being listed at Yad Vashem in the city of Jerusalem. Born in Sudan, he…

1901

Lila Lee

American actress and singer (died 1973)

Lila Lee was a prominent screen actress, primarily a leading lady, of the silent film and early sound film eras.

1901

Eric Hoffer

American philosopher and author (died 1983)

Eric Hoffer was an American philosopher and social critic. A conservative moderate with an atypical working-class background, Hoffer wrote ten books over his career and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in…

1902

Elias Canetti

Bulgarian-Swiss novelist, playwright, and memoirist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)

Elias Canetti was a German-language writer, known as a modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and nonfiction writer.

1905

Georges Grignard

French race car driver (died 1977)

Auguste Georges Paul Grignard was a racing driver from France. He raced in Formula One from 1947 to 1953, participating in one World Championship Grand Prix on 28 October 1951. He also participated in numerous…

1905

Denys Watkins-Pitchford

English author and illustrator (died 1990)

Denys James Watkins-Pitchford MBE was an English naturalist, artist and author under the pen name 'BB'. He won the 1942 Carnegie Medal for The Little Grey Men.

1905

Johnny Hodges

American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 1970)

John Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges was an American alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years. Hodges was also featured on soprano…

1906

Bill Bowes

English cricketer (died 1987)

William Eric Bowes was an English professional cricketer active from 1929 to 1947 who played in 372 first-class matches as a right arm fast bowler and a right-handed tail end batsman. He took 1,639 wickets with a best…

1908

Ambroise-Marie Carré

French priest and author (died 2004)

Ambroise-Marie Carré OP was a Catholic priest, author and member of the Académie française. Born in Fleury-les-Aubrais in Loiret, France, Carré studied at l'école Saint-Joseph and the collège Sainte-Croix de Neuilly…

1908

Jack Gilford

American actor (died 1990)

Jack Gilford was an American Broadway, film, and television actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Save the Tiger (1973).

1908

Elizabeth Francis

American centenarian (died 2024)

Elizabeth Francis was an American supercentenarian who was the oldest-living person in the United States from the death of Edith Ceccarelli on February 22, 2024, until her own death on October 22, 2024.

1909

Woody Strode

American football player and actor (died 1994)

Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode was an American athlete, actor, and author. He was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first Black American players in the National Football League (NFL) in the postwar era.…

1914

S. U. Ethirmanasingham

Sri Lankan businessman and politician (date of death unknown)

Somasunderam Udayar Ethirmanasingham MBE was a Ceylon Tamil businessman and politician who served as a Member of Parliament.

1915

Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.

American lieutenant and pilot (died 1944)

Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. was an American naval aviator who was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Kennedy family and the oldest of the nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald…

1915

Lucien Saulnier

Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1989)

Lucien Saulnier, was a Canadian politician. He was chair of the Montreal Urban Community during the October Crisis. He was also chairman and chief executive officer of the Société de développement industriel du Québec.

1916

Fritz Honegger

Swiss lawyer and politician (died 1999)

Fritz Honegger was a Swiss politician.

1917

Jane Frank

American painter and sculptor (died 1986)

Jane Schenthal Frank was an American multidisciplinary artist, known as a painter, sculptor, mixed media artist, illustrator, and textile artist. Her landscape-like, mixed-media abstract paintings are included in public…

1918

Rosalind Franklin

English biophysicist, chemist, and academic. Contributor to basic research of DNA. (died 1958)

Rosalind Elsie Franklin was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer. Her work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. Although her works on coal and…

1920

Adolph Herseth

American soldier and trumpet player (died 2013)

Adolph Sylvester "Bud" Herseth was principal trumpet in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1948 until 2001, and served as principal trumpet emeritus from 2001 until his retirement in 2004.

1921

Lionel Terray

French mountaineer (died 1965)

Lionel Terray was a French climber who made many first ascents, including on the 1955 French Makalu expedition in the Himalaya and Cerro Fitz Roy in the Patagonian Andes.

1921

John B. Goodenough

American materials scientist, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)

John Bannister Goodenough was an American materials scientist, a solid-state physicist, and a Nobel laureate in chemistry. From 1986 he was a professor of Materials Science, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical…

1922

Estelle Getty

American actress (died 2008)

Estelle Gettleman, known professionally as Estelle Getty, was an American actress and comedian. She was best known for her portrayal of Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls (1985–1992), for which she won a Golden Globe…

1923

Edgar Gilbert

American mathematician and theorist (died 2013)

Edgar Nelson Gilbert was an American mathematician and coding theorist, a longtime researcher at Bell Laboratories. His accomplishments include the Gilbert–Varshamov bound in coding theory, the Gilbert–Elliott model…

1923

Maria Gripe

Swedish journalist and author (died 2007)

Maria Gripe, born Maja Stina Walter, was a Swedish author of books for children and young adults, which were often written in magical and mystical tone. She has written almost forty books, with many of her characters…

1923

Frank Church

American lawyer and politician (died 1984)

Frank Forrester Church III was an American politician and lawyer. From 1957 to 1981, he served as a U.S. senator from Idaho, and is currently the last Democrat to do so. He was the longest serving Democratic senator…

1924

Scotch Taylor

South African cricketer and hockey player (died 2004)

Alistair Innes "Scotch" Taylor was a South African sportsman who played first-class cricket and hockey for Transvaal, and captained the Transvaal cricket team for four seasons. Taylor represented South Africa in one…

1924

Benny Benjamin

American R&B drummer (died 1969)

William "Benny" Benjamin, nicknamed Papa Zita, was an American musician, most notable as the primary drummer for the Motown Records studio band The Funk Brothers. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in…

1925

Jerry Paris

American actor and director (died 1986)

William Gerald Paris was an American actor and director best known for playing Jerry Helper, the dentist and next-door neighbor of Rob and Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show, and for directing the majority of the…

1925

Dick Passwater

American race car driver (died 2020)

Richard Passwater was an American racecar driver who raced in NASCAR and USAC Stock Cars. He won the fifth race of the 1953 NASCAR Grand National Series at Charlotte Speedway.

1925

Jutta Zilliacus

Finnish journalist and politician

Jutta Armelle Zilliacus is a Finnish-born ethnic Estonian journalist and author in the Swedish language. She was also a politician, and served as a Member of Parliament for the Swedish People's Party for Helsinki from…

1925

Whitey Lockman

American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2009)

Carroll Walter "Whitey" Lockman was an American left-handed hitting first baseman and outfielder, coach, manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball.

1926

Bernard Thompson

British television producer and director (died 1998)

Bernard Thompson was a British television producer and director most famous for his work on Last of the Summer Wine and Are You Being Served?. Thompson served as producer and director during Last of the Summer Wine's…

1926

Beatriz Segall

Brazilian actress (died 2018)

Beatriz Segall was a Brazilian actress. One of her most notable works is the role of Odete Roitman on the telenovela Vale Tudo (1988), considered the greatest villain in the history of Brazilian television.

1926

Daniel Ceccaldi

French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2003)

Daniel Ceccaldi was a French actor.

1927

Midge Decter

American journalist and author (died 2022)

Midge Decter was an American journalist and author. Originally a liberal, she was one of the pioneers of the neoconservative movement in the 1970s and 1980s. She was a critic of feminism and the women's liberation…

1927

Sadiq Hussain Qureshi

Pakistani politician, 10th Governor of Punjab (died 2000)

Nawab Sadiq Hussain Qureshi was a Pakistani politician who served as the eighth chief minister of Punjab from 1975 till Zia-ul-Haq's military coup in 1977. He also served as the governor of Punjab from 1974 to 1975. He…

1927

Jean-Marie Seroney

Kenyan activist and politician (died 1982)

Jean-Marie Seroney was a Kenyan human rights advocate, legislator, and an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience. He was detained as a prisoner of conscience for 1,155 days.

1927

Dolphy

Filipino actor, singer, and producer (died 2012)

Rodolfo Vera Quizon Sr., known professionally as Dolphy, was a Filipino comedian and actor. Widely regarded by Philippine media as the country's "King of Comedy", he starred in a long list of comedy films and television…

1928

Mario Montenegro

Filipino actor (died 1988)

Mario Montenegro was a Filipino actor and painter. He rose to stardom during the Golden Age of Philippine cinema as a heroic lead in historical and adventure films. He was dubbed "Brown Adonis" for his physique and…

1928

Nils Taube

Estonian-English businessman (died 2008)

Baron Nils Taube was Britain's longest serving fund manager. A colleague of George Soros and advisor to Lord Rothschild, he also anticipated the 1987 stockmarket crash, while delivering an annual return of 15 percent…

1928

Judd Buchanan

Canadian businessman and politician, 36th Canadian Minister of Public Works

Julian Judd Buchanan is a Canadian former politician and businessman.

1929

Somnath Chatterjee

Indian lawyer and politician, 14th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (died 2018)

Somnath Chatterjee was an Indian politician who was associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for most of his life, though he had been a non affiliated independent during his last decade. He was the Speaker…

1929

Eddie Mazur

Canadian ice hockey player (died 1995)

Edward Joseph "Spider" Mazur was a Canadian ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks between 1951 and 1956. The rest of his career, which lasted…

1929

Murray Chapple

New Zealand cricketer and manager (died 1985)

Murray Ernest Chapple was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 14 Test matches over 13 years, scoring three fifties with a highest score of 76. He captained New Zealand in one Test in 1966.

1930

Maureen Forrester

Canadian actress and singer (died 2010)

Maureen Kathleen Stewart Forrester, was a Canadian operatic contralto.

1930

Alice Parizeau

Polish-Canadian journalist and criminologist (died 1990)

Alice Parizeau was a Polish-Canadian writer, essayist, journalist and criminologist.

1930

Herbert Scarf

American economist and academic (died 2015)

Herbert Eli "Herb" Scarf was an American mathematical economist and Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University.

1930

Annie Ross

Scottish-American singer and actress (died 2020)

Annie Ross was a British-born American singer and actress, best known as a member of the influential jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. She helped pioneer the vocalese style of jazz singing, with a style…

1930

James Butler

English sculptor and educator (died 2022)

James Walter Butler MBE RA was a British sculptor most famous for his 1980 statue of Richard III in Leicester.

1931

Paul J. Weitz

American astronaut (died 2017)

Paul Joseph Weitz was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2, the first crewed…

1932

Don Ellis

American trumpet player and composer (died 1978)

Donald Johnson Ellis was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of time signatures. Later in his life he…

1934

Claude Zidi

French director and screenwriter

Claude Zidi is a French film director and screenwriter. From 1971, he became known as a director of comedies, the majority of which were box-office hits in France. He was one of France's most commercially successful…

1934

Barbara Harris

American actress and singer (died 2018)

Barbara Densmoor Harris was an American Tony Award-winning Broadway stage star and Academy Award-nominated motion picture actress.

1935

Adnan Khashoggi

Saudi Arabian businessman (died 2017)

Adnan Khashoggi was a Saudi businessman and arms dealer known for his business dealings, extensive geopolitical influence, and opulent lifestyle, which earned him the moniker "The Great Gatsby of the Middle East."…

1935

Gilbert Parent

Canadian educator and politician, 33rd Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (died 2009)

Gilbert "Gib" Parent was a Canadian member of Parliament. He is best known in his role as speaker of the House of Commons between 1994 and 2001.

1935

John Robinson

American football player and coach (died 2024)

John Alexander Robinson was an American football coach best known for his two stints as head coach of the USC Trojans and for his tenure as the head coach for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL)…

1935

Larry Sherry

American baseball player and coach (died 2006)

Lawrence Sherry was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed relief pitcher from 1958 to 1968, most prominently as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers and…

1935

Lars Werner

Swedish lawyer and politician (died 2013)

Lars Helge Werner was a Swedish socialist politician.

1935

Gerry Ashmore

English race car driver (died 2021)

Joseph Frederick Harold Gerald "Gerry" Ashmore was a British motor racing driver from England. He participated in four Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, scoring no championship points.

1936

Glenn Murcutt

English-Australian architect and academic

Glenn Marcus Murcutt is an Australian architect. He has been the recipient of the 1992 Alvar Aalto Medal, the 2002 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the 2009 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and the 2021 Praemium…

1936

Colin Renfrew

Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, English archaeologist and academic

Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn was a British archaeologist, paleolinguist and Conservative peer noted for his work on radiocarbon dating, the prehistory of languages, archaeogenetics,…

1937

S. Ramadoss

Indian politician

S. Ramadoss is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu. He is the founder and president of the Pattali Makkal Katchi.. In 2025, following a months long dispute with his son, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, he formed Ayya Pattali…

1939

Richard Ballantine

American-English journalist and author (died 2013)

Richard Ballantine was a cycling writer, journalist and cycling advocate. Born in America, the son of Ian and Betty Ballantine of Ballantine Books, and educated at the Browning School in New York and Columbia…

1940

Manny Charlton

Spanish-born Scottish rock musician and songwriter (died 2022)

Manuel Charlton was a Scottish musician, record producer and founding member of the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth. He was the band's lead guitarist from 1968 to 1990. He also produced Nazareth albums in the 1970s,…

1941

Nate Thurmond

American basketball player (died 2016)

Nathaniel Thurmond was an American professional basketball player who spent the majority of his 14-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Golden State Warriors franchise. He played the center…

1941

Emmett Till

African-American lynching and kidnapping victim (died 1955)

Emmett Louis Till was an African-American boy who, at 14 years old, was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery store. The…

1941

Bruce Woodley

Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Bruce William Woodley is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. He was a founding member of the successful folk-pop group the Seekers, and co-composer of the songs "I Am Australian," "Red Rubber Ball," and Simon…

1942

Jim McCarty

English singer and drummer

James Stanley McCarty is an English musician, best known as the drummer for the Yardbirds and Renaissance. McCarty has performed and recorded as a drummer and occasional singer with the Yardbirds, Together, Renaissance,…

1943

Erika Steinbach

Polish-German politician

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1943

Sally Beauman

English journalist and author (died 2016)

Sally Vanessa Beauman was an English journalist and writer. She was the author of eight widely translated and best-selling novels.

1944

José Areas

Nicaraguan drummer

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1946

Nicole Farhi

French fashion designer and sculptor

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1946

John Gibson

American radio host

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1946

Rita Marley

Cuban-Jamaican singer

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1946

P. Selvarasa

Sri Lankan politician

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1946

Ljupka Dimitrovska

Macedonian-Croatian pop singer (died 2016)

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1946

Steve Goodman

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1984)

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1948

Mark Clarke

English singer-songwriter and bass player

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1950

Jack Thompson

American lawyer and activist

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1951

Verdine White

American bass player and producer

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1951

Eduardo Souto de Moura

Portuguese architect, designed the Estádio Municipal de Braga

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1952

Walter Payton

American football player and race car driver (died 1999)

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1953

Joseph A. Tunzi

Chicago based author, foremost expert on Elvis Presley

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1953

Robert Zoellick

American banker and politician, 14th United States Deputy Secretary of State

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1953

Ken Greer

Canadian guitarist, keyboard player, and producer

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1954

Sheena McDonald

Scottish journalist

Sheena Elizabeth McDonald is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster.

1954

Jochem Ziegert

German footballer and manager

Jochem Ziegert is a former German footballer.

1954

Iman

Somalian-English model and actress

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1955

Randall Bewley

American guitarist and songwriter (died 2009)

Randall Eugene Bewley was the guitarist for the Athens, Georgia-based band Pylon.

1955

Frances Arnold

American scientist and engineer

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1956

Mark Hunter

English politician

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1957

Steve Podborski

Canadian skier

Stephen Gregory Podborski is a Canadian former World Cup and Olympic downhill ski racer.

1957

Thurston Moore

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

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1958

Fyodor Cherenkov

Russian footballer and manager (died 2014)

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1959

Geoffrey Zakarian

American chef and author

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1959

Alain Robidoux

Canadian snooker player

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1960

Justice Howard

American photographer

Justice Howard is an American photographer whose work includes shooting erotica, pin-up and celebrities. Her work has appeared in over 50 hardcover books and in thousands of magazines including Vogue Paris, Esquire,…

1960

Māris Martinsons

Latvian film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor

Māris Martinsons is a Latvian film director, producer, screenwriter and film editor. From 1991 he has lived and worked in Lithuania, but moved back to his homeland Latvia in 2010.

1960

Carin Bakkum

Dutch tennis player

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1962

Doug Drabek

American baseball player and coach

Douglas Dean Drabek is an American former professional baseball pitcher, and a current minor league baseball coach. He is the pitching coach for the Reno Aces, the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major…

1962

Denis Coderre

Canadian politician, 44th Mayor of Montreal

Denis Coderre is a Canadian politician who served as the 44th mayor of Montreal from 2013 to 2017.

1963

Julian Hodgson

Welsh chess player

Julian Michael "Jules" Hodgson is a British chess player, grandmaster, and former British chess champion.

1963

Anne Applebaum

American journalist and author

Anne Elizabeth Applebaum is an American journalist and historian. She has written about the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe. She became a Polish citizen in 2013.

1964

Tony Granato

American ice hockey player and coach

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1964

Breuk Iversen

American designer and journalist

Breuk Iversen is an American designer and writer. He is known for launching 11211 Magazine and creating 2003 site-specific exhibit "Offal: Salon des Refuses", with Jan McLaughlin, at the Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery, that…

1964

Marty Brown

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dennis Martin Brown is an American country music artist. Active between 1991 and 1996, he has released six studio albums and has charted one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Marty Brown and his wife,…

1965

Illeana Douglas

American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

Illeana Hesselberg, known professionally as Illeana Douglas, is an American actress and filmmaker. Following her screen debut with a small part in Hello Again (1987), she went on to appear in a variety of mainstream and…

1965

Torey Lovullo

American baseball player and coach

Salvatore Anthony "Torey" Lovullo is an American former professional baseball infielder and the current manager for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB).

1965

Dale Shearer

Australian rugby league player

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1965

Daryl Halligan

New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster

Daryl John Halligan is a rugby league commentator and former professional player. A New Zealand international winger, he was the pre-eminent goal-kicker of his era, retiring as the highest point scorer in Australian…

1966

Maureen Herman

American bass player

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1966

Diana Johnson

English politician

Dame Diana Ruth Johnson is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull North since the 2005 general election. A member of the Labour Party, she has served as Minister of…

1966

Matt LeBlanc

American actor and producer

Matthew Steven LeBlanc is an American actor. He gained global recognition with his portrayal of Joey Tribbiani in the NBC sitcom Friends (1994–2004), and in its spin-off series Joey (2004–2006). For his work on Friends,…

1967

Ruth Peetoom

Dutch minister and politician

Gerhardine Ruth Peetoom is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). She was the party chair of the Christian Democratic Appeal between 2 April 2011 and 9 February 2019.

1967

Tommy Skjerven

Norwegian footballer and referee

Tommy Skjerven is a Norwegian football referee from Kaupanger. He debuted as a referee in 1984, and served as a FIFA referee from 2001 until 2012. He is no longer included on the FIFA list as of 2013, because he reached…

1967

Rudi Bryson

South African cricketer

Rudi Edwin Bryson is a former South African cricketer who played seven One Day Internationals in 1997. He also played in 96 first-class and 155 List A matches during his career.

1968

Shi Tao

Chinese journalist and poet

Shi Tao is a Chinese journalist, writer and poet, who in 2005 was sentenced to 10 years in prison for releasing a document of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to an overseas Chinese democracy site. Yahoo! China was…

1968

Jon Barry

American basketball player and sportscaster

Jon Alan Barry is an American former professional basketball player and television analyst for ABC and ESPN. Barry is currently the lead analyst for ESPN Radio's coverage of the NBA.

1969

Annastacia Palaszczuk

Australian politician, 39th Premier of Queensland

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1969

D. B. Woodside

American actor

David Bryan Woodside is an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as the bass singer Melvin Franklin in The Temptations, Robin Wood in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Malcolm Franks in Single Ladies, Jeff…

1969

Roger Creager

American singer-songwriter

Roger Creager is an American Texas country music singer and songwriter from Corpus Christi, Texas.

1971

Tracy Murray

American basketball player

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1971

Billy Wagner

American baseball player and coach

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1971

David Penna

Australian rugby league player and coach

David Penna is an Australian rugby league coach and former footballer who played for the Parramatta Eels and the South Sydney Rabbitohs during his long professional career.

1972

David Denman

American actor

David Denman is an American actor. He made his film debut in The Replacements (2000) before his breakout role as Roy Anderson on the NBC sitcom The Office, which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award.

1973

Dani Filth

English singer-songwriter

Daniel Lloyd Davey, known professionally as Dani Filth, is an English singer who is the lead vocalist, lyricist and founding member of the extreme metal band Cradle of Filth.

1973

Kevin Phillips

English footballer

Kevin Mark Phillips is an English former professional footballer who was most recently the head coach of National League North club AFC Fylde.

1973

Igli Tare

Albanian footballer

Igli Tare is an Albanian football executive and former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is currently the sporting director of Serie A club Milan.

1973

Lauren Faust

American animator, producer, and screenwriter

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1974

Julia Laffranque

Estonian lawyer and judge

Julia Laffranque, is an Estonian jurist, judge, and legal scientist. She is a visiting professor of European law, justice at the Supreme Court of Estonia, judge at the European Court of Human Rights (2011-2020).

1974

Kenzo Suzuki

Japanese rugby player and wrestler

Kenzo Suzuki is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), in Mexico with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and in the United States…

1974

Jody Craddock

English footballer and coach

Jody Darryl Craddock is an English former professional footballer and artist who played as a centre back in the Premier League for Sunderland and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

1975

Jean-Claude Darcheville

Guianan-French footballer

Jean-Claude Jacques Ducan Darcheville is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for various clubs in France, England, Scotland, and Greece. He represented French Guiana at the 2012…

1975

El Zorro

Mexican wrestler

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1975

Brian Gibson

American bass player

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1975

Evgeni Nabokov

Russian ice hockey player

Yevgeni Viktorovich Nabokov is a Kazakh-born Russian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the San Jose Sharks, New York Islanders, and Tampa Bay Lightning of National Hockey League (NHL) and for…

1975

Marcos Assunção

Brazilian footballer

Marcos dos Santos Assunção is a Brazilian former professional footballer. A central midfielder, he was renowned as a world-class free kick specialist.

1976

Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan

Macedonian poet and critic

Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan is a Macedonian poet, essayist and literary critic.

1976

Javier Vázquez

Puerto Rican-American baseball player

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1976

Kenny Thomas

American basketball player

Kenneth Cornelius Thomas is an American former professional basketball player who played eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

1977

Gerard Warren

American football player

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1978

Ali Carter

English snooker player

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1979

Tom Lungley

English cricketer and umpire

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1979

Ahmed Tantawi

Egyptian politician and journalist

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1979

Shawn Riggans

American baseball player

Shawn Willis Riggans is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2006 to 2009 for the Tampa Bay Rays.

1980

Toni Vilander

Finnish race car driver

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1980

David Wachs

American actor and producer

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1980

Scott Waldrom

New Zealand rugby player

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1980

Finn Bálor

Irish wrestler

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1981

Conor Casey

American soccer player

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1981

Constantinos Charalambidis

Cypriot footballer

Constantinos Charalambidis is a Cypriot former professional footballer.

1981

Yūichi Komano

Japanese footballer

Yuichi Komano is a former Japanese professional footballer who last played as a defender. He last played for Japan national team until 2013.

1981

Mac Lethal

American rapper and producer

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1981

Jani Rita

Finnish ice hockey player

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1981

Jason Dundas

Australian TV host

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1982

Brad Renfro

American actor and musician (died 2008)

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1982

Nenad Krstić

Serbian basketball player

Nenad Krstić is a Serbian basketball executive and former professional player.

1983

Loukas Mavrokefalidis

Greek basketball player

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1984

Robert Clardy

American football coach

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1984

James Lafferty

American actor and athlete

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1985

Nelson Piquet Jr.

Brazilian race car driver

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1985

Hugo Rodallega

Colombian footballer

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1985

Abraham Gneki Guié

Ivorian footballer

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1986

Hulk

Brazilian footballer

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1986

Richard Bachman

American ice hockey player

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1987

Mitchell Burgzorg

Dutch footballer and rapper

Mitchell Burgzorg is a Dutch former professional footballer and a rapper under the name Priester.

1987

Fernando

Brazilian footballer

Fernando Francisco Reges, known simply as Fernando, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

1987

Jax Jones

English DJ, singer and songwriter

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1987

Eran Zahavi

Israeli footballer

Eran Zahavi is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1987

Sarah Geronimo

Filipino singer and actress

Sarah Asher Tua Geronimo is a Filipina singer, record producer and actress. Known for her vocal versatility, genre-spanning repertoire, and commanding stage presence, Geronimo is widely regarded as one of the most…

1988

John Goossens

Dutch footballer

John Goossens is a Dutch former professional footballer who mainly played as a defensive midfielder, although he was capable of playing in several positions in midfield, and even as a left winger. Since his retirement…

1988

Tom Hiariej

Dutch footballer

Tom Jan Hiariej is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or right-back. He is of Moluccan descent.

1988

Stacey Kemp

English skater

Stacey King is an English former competitive pair skater who represented Great Britain. With her husband David King, she is an eight-time British national champion.

1988

Paulinho

Brazilian footballer

José Paulo Bezerra Maciel Júnior, known as Paulinho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1988

Anthony Stokes

Irish footballer

Anthony Christopher Stokes is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

1988

Natalia Vieru

Russian basketball player

Natalia Stanislavovna Vieru is a Russian former basketball player. She is a member of the Russia women's national basketball team and competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics. Vieru played last for the Russian club UMMC…

1989

Thodoris Karapetsas

Greek footballer

Thodoris "Theodoros" Karapetsas is a Greek footballer.

1990

Toni Duggan

English footballer

Toni Duggan is an English former footballer who played as a winger or forward. During her career, she played in England for Everton and Manchester City, and in Spain for Barcelona and Atlético Madrid.

1991

Hasan Piker

American Twitch streamer

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1991

Sergei Simonov

Russian ice hockey player (died 2016)

Sergei Sergeevich Simonov was a Russian professional ice hockey player. He played with HC Lipetsk of the Russian Hockey League.

1992

Natalija Stevanović

Serbian tennis player

Natalija Stevanović is a Serbian inactive tennis player. She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 145 on 17 July 2023. On 6 May 2024, she peaked at No. 152 in the WTA doubles rankings.

1994

Andrei Vasilevskiy

Russian ice hockey player

Andrei Andreyevich Vasilevskiy is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the first round, 19th overall, by the…

1994

Alvin Kamara

American football player

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1995

Maria Sakkari

Greek tennis player

Maria Sakkari is a Greek professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the WTA, which she first achieved on 21 March 2022, making her the highest-ranked Greek women's tennis player. Her…

1995

Nat Butcher

Australian rugby league player

Nathaniel Zane Butcher is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-rower and lock for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL). He won an NRL premiership with the Roosters…

1997

Meg Donnelly

American actress

Meg Elizabeth Donnelly is an American actress, singer, songwriter, dancer, and model. She played Taylor Otto in the ABC sitcom American Housewife (2016–2021), Addison Wells in the Disney Channel film series Zombies…

2000

Zhang Hao

Chinese singer

Zhang Hao is a Chinese singer based in South Korea and signed under YH Entertainment. He was a member of the South Korean boy band Zerobaseone from its debut in July 2023 until his contract expired in March 2026. He…

2000

Bryce Young

American football player

Bryce Christopher Young is an American professional football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, setting the school…

2001

Alperen Şengün

Turkish basketball player

Alperen Şengün is a Turkish professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the senior Turkish national team. Known for his post skills and…

2002

Adam Hložek

Czech footballer

Adam Hložek is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim and the Czech Republic national team.

2002

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