Famous Birthdays on July 27

Q: Who was born on July 27?

Famous people born on July 27 include: Kūkai, Ludovico Sforza, Lucrezia Crivelli, Francesco Corteccia, Frances Howard.

Q: What is Yiannos Papantoniou known for?

Yiannos Papantoniou, French-Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of National Defence

1959 — Yiannos Papantoniou

French-Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of National Defence

July 27 has seen 253 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 774 – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

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Famous Birthdays 253 people 774 – 2003

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Yiannos Papantoniou is a former member of the National Parliament in Greece (MP) from 1988 to 2007, Minister of National Defense (2001−03), Minister of Economy and Finance (1994−2001)

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For his achievements he was 'highly commended' by Euromoney magazine in September 1998 as Finance Minister of the Year

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Prior to this, Papantoniou worked at the OECD (1978–81), served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1981 to 1984, and as advisor to the Greek prime minister on EEC Affairs and Integration

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He was elected as chairman of the board of governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in 1999

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From 2009 to 2010, he was visiting senior fellow in the Hellenic Observatory within the European Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science

Kūkai

Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of Esoteric (Shingon) Buddhism (died 835)

Kūkai , born Saeki no Mao posthumously called Kōbō Daishi , was a Japanese Buddhist monk, calligrapher, and poet who founded the esoteric Shingon school of Buddhism. He travelled to China, where he studied Tangmi under…

774

Ludovico Sforza

Italian son of Francesco I Sforza (died 1508)

Ludovico Maria Sforza, also known as Ludovico il Moro, and called the "arbiter of Italy" by historian Francesco Guicciardini, was an Italian nobleman who ruled as the Duke of Milan from 1494 to 1499.

1452

Lucrezia Crivelli

mistress of Ludovico Sforza (died 1508)

Lucrezia Crivelli (1464-1534), was an Italian noblewoman and lady-in-waiting. She was a mistress of Ludovico Sforza "il Moro", Duke of Milan. She was the mother of Sforza's son, Giovanni Paolo I Sforza, Marquess of…

1452

Francesco Corteccia

Italian composer (died 1571)

Francesco Corteccia was an Italian composer, organist, and teacher of the Renaissance. Not only was he one of the best known of the early composers of madrigals, and an important native Italian composer during a period…

1502

Frances Howard

Duchess of Richmond (died 1639)

Frances Stewart (née Howard), Duchess of Lennox and Richmond, Countess of Hertford was the daughter of a younger son of the Duke of Norfolk. An orphan of small fortune, she rose to be the only duchess at the court of…

1578

Murad IV

Ottoman Sultan (died 1640)

Murad IV was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640, known both for restoring the authority of the state and for the brutality of his methods. Murad IV was born in Constantinople, the son of Sultan Ahmed I…

1612

Edward Montagu

1st Earl of Sandwich (died 1672)

Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, was an English military officer, politician and diplomat from Barnwell, Northamptonshire. During the First English Civil War he served with the Parliamentarian army, and was a…

1625

Johann Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician and academic (died 1748)

Johann Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. He is known for his contributions to infinitesimal calculus and educating Leonhard Euler in the…

1667

Jeremiah Dixon

English surveyor and astronomer (died 1779)

Jeremiah Dixon was an English surveyor and astronomer best known for surveying the Mason–Dixon line with Charles Mason from 1763 to 1767. The line came to mark the borders between Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware.…

1733

Jeanne Baré

French explorer (died 1803)

Jeanne Baret was a French explorer, naturalist, and botanist who is recognised as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe, which she did via boat. A key part of her journey was as a…

1740

François-Hippolyte Barthélémon

French-English violinist and composer (died 1808)

François Hippolyte Barthélemon was a French violinist, pedagogue, and composer active in England.

1741

Samuel Smith

American general and politician (died 1839)

Samuel Smith was an American Senator and Representative from Maryland, a mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and a general in the Maryland militia. He was the older brother of cabinet secretary Robert Smith.

1752

Charlotte Corday

French assassin of Jean-Paul Marat (died 1793)

Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont, known as Charlotte Corday, was a reactionary figure of the French Revolution who assassinated revolutionary and Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat on 13 July 1793. Corday was an…

1768

Joseph Anton Koch

Austrian painter (died 1839)

Joseph Anton Koch was an Austrian painter of Neoclassicism and later the German Romantic movement; he is perhaps the most significant neoclassical landscape painter.

1768

Jacob Aall

Norwegian economist and politician (died 1844)

Jacob Aall was a Norwegian politician, historian, landowner and government economist.

1773

Thomas Campbell

Scottish-French poet and academic (died 1844)

Thomas Campbell was a Scottish poet at the intersection of the neoclassical with the Romantic style of British poetry.

1777

Henry Trevor

21st Baron Dacre, English general (died 1853)

General Henry Otway Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, CB was a peer and British Army officer.

1777

Mauro Giuliani

Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1828)

Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani was an Italian guitarist, cellist, singer, and composer. He was a leading guitar virtuoso of the early 19th century. One of his best known works is his Grand Overture, which has…

1781

Denis Davydov

Russian general and poet (died 1839)

Denis Vasilyevich Davydov was a Russian soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars who invented the genre of hussar poetry, characterised by hedonism and bravado. He used events from his own life to illustrate such poetry. He…

1784

Thomas Lanier Clingman

American general and politician (died 1897)

Thomas Lanier Clingman, known as the "Prince of Politicians," was an American politician who was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and from 1847 to 1858, and U.S.…

1812

Agostino Roscelli

Italian priest and saint (died 1902)

Agostino Roscelli, also known as Augustine Roscelli, and Augustin Roscelli, was an Italian priest who inspired social change in Genoa, Italy for children and disadvantaged women. He was canonized a saint in the Catholic…

1818

Alexandre Dumas

fils, French novelist and playwright (died 1895)

Alexandre Dumas fils was a French author and playwright, best known for the romantic novel La Dame aux Camélias, published in 1848, which was adapted into Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera La traviata, as well as numerous…

1824

Thomas George Bonney

English geologist, mountaineer, and academic (died 1923)

Thomas George Bonney was an English geologist, president of the Geological Society of London.

1833

Miguel Grau Seminario

Peruvian admiral (died 1879)

Miguel María Grau Seminario was a Peruvian Navy officer and politician renowned for his role in the War of the Pacific. He earned the nickname "Gentleman of the Seas" for his kind and chivalrous treatment of defeated…

1834

Giosuè Carducci

Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1907)

Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci was an Italian poet, writer, literary critic and teacher. He was noticeably influential, and was regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy. In 1906, he became the first…

1835

Loránd Eötvös

Hungarian physicist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (died 1919)

Baron Loránd Eötvös de Vásárosnamény, also called Baron Roland von Eötvös in English literature, was a Hungarian physicist. He is remembered today largely for his work on gravitation and surface tension, and the…

1848

Friedrich Ernst Dorn

German physicist (died 1916)

Friedrich Ernst Dorn was a German physicist. He is best remembered for his discovery that radium emits a radioactive substance, later named radon.

1848

Vladimir Korolenko

Ukrainian journalist, author, and activist (died 1921)

Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko was a Russian writer, journalist and humanitarian of Ukrainian origin. His best-known work includes the short novel The Blind Musician (1886), as well as numerous short stories based…

1853

Elizabeth Plankinton

American philanthropist (died 1923)

Elizabeth Ann or Anne Plankinton was an American philanthropist in the early 20th century, the daughter of Milwaukee businessman John Plankinton. She was also known as "Miss Lizzie" and the people of Milwaukee called…

1853

Takahashi Korekiyo

Japanese accountant and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1936)

Viscount Takahashi Korekiyo was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1921 to 1922 and Minister of Finance when he was assassinated. He was also a member of the House of Peers and head of the…

1854

José Celso Barbosa

Puerto Rican physician, sociologist, and politician (died 1921)

José Celso Barbosa Alcala was a Puerto Rican physician, sociologist and political leader. Known as the father of the statehood movement in Puerto Rico, Barbosa was the first Puerto Rican, and one of the first people of …

1857

Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge

English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist (died 1934)

Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. He made numerous trips to Egypt…

1857

George Lyon

Canadian golfer and cricketer (died 1938)

George Seymour Lyon was a Canadian golfer, an Olympic gold medalist in golf, an eight-time Canadian Amateur Championship winner, and a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. He worked in the insurance industry.

1858

António José de Almeida

Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (died 1929)

António José de Almeida was a Portuguese politician who served as the president of Portugal from 1919 to 1923. António José de Almeida also served as prime minister from 1916 to 1917. He was the only president of the…

1866

Enrique Granados

Spanish pianist and composer (died 1916)

Enric Granados i Campiña, born Pantaleón Enrique Joaquín Granados Campiña was a Spanish and Catalan composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Joaquin Malats and other pianists, he was part of the modern Catalan…

1867

Hilaire Belloc

French-born British writer and historian (died 1953)

Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was a French-English writer and political activist. Belloc was considered one of the most versatile authors of the 20th century, producing essays on history, politics and economics as…

1870

Stanislav Binički

Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue. (died 1942)

Stanislav Binički was a Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue. A student of German composer Josef Rheinberger, he became the first director of the Opera Sector of the National Theatre in Belgrade in 1889 and began…

1872

Ernő Dohnányi

Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1960)

Ernst von Dohnányi was a Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor. He used the German form of his name on most published compositions.

1877

Francesco Gaeta

Italian poet (died 1927)

Francesco Gaeta was an Italian poet, writer and a journalist for Italian newspapers.

1879

Hans Fischer

German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1945)

Hans Fischer was a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin."

1881

Geoffrey de Havilland

English pilot and engineer, founded the de Havilland Aircraft Company (died 1965)

Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, was an English aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer who founded the aircraft company de Havilland. The company produced the Mosquito, which has been considered the most versatile warplane…

1882

Ernst May

German architect and urban planner (died 1970)

Ernst Georg May was a German architect and city planner.

1886

Vera Karalli

Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress (died 1972)

Vera Alexeyevna Karalli was a Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and silent film actress during the early years of the 20th century.

1889

Benjamin Miessner

American radio engineer and inventor (died 1976)

Benjamin Franklin Miessner was an American radio engineer and inventor. He is most known for his electronic organ, electronic piano, and other musical instruments. He was the inventor of the Cat's whisker detector.

1890

Armas Taipale

Finnish discus thrower and shot putter (died 1976)

Armas Rudolf Taipale was a Finnish athlete, who competed at three Olympic Games in 1912, 1920 and 1924 and won two gold medals and a silver medal.

1890

Jacob van der Hoeden

Dutch-Israeli veterinarian and academic (died 1968)

Jacob van der Hoeden was a Dutch-born Israeli veterinary research scientist.

1891

Ruby McKim

American quilter (died 1976)

Ruby Short McKim was an American quilt designer, entrepreneur, teacher, writer and magazine editor. She developed an early interest in drawing, and graduated from the New York School of Fine and Applied Art in 1912.…

1891

Ugo Agostoni

Italian cyclist (died 1941)

Ugo Agostoni was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Agostoni was professional from 1911 to 1924 during which time he won the Giro dell'Emilia, and a stage in the 1920 Giro d'Italia. Agostoni's greatest win was…

1893

Mientje Kling

Dutch actress (died 1966)

Mientje Kling was a Dutch theatre and film actress and radio personality.

1894

Robert George

Scottish air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (died 1967)

Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert Allingham George, was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force and Governor of South Australia from 23 February 1953 until 7 March 1960. He was born in the County of Ross and Cromarty,…

1896

Henri Longchambon

French lawyer and politician (died 1969)

Marie François Henri Longchambon was a French scientist and politician known for his work in geology, particularly on clay minerals, and his role in the French Resistance during World War II. He was awarded the Prix…

1896

Percy Hornibrook

Australian cricketer (died 1976)

Percival Mitchell Hornibrook was an Australian cricketer who played in six Test matches from 1929 to 1930. He played first-class cricket for Queensland from 1919–20 to 1933–34.

1899

Yaroslav Halan

Ukrainian playwright and publicist (died 1949)

Yaroslav Oleksandrovych Halan was a Soviet Ukrainian writer, playwright, and publicist.

1902

Nikolay Cherkasov

Russian actor (died 1966)

Nikolay Konstantinovich Cherkasov was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1947.

1903

Michail Stasinopoulos

Greek jurist and politician, President of Greece (died 2002)

Michail Stasinopoulos was a Greek jurist and politician who served as the President of Greece from 18 December 1974 to 19 July 1975. A member of New Democracy, he was the first officeholder under the Third Hellenic…

1903

Mārtiņš Zīverts

Latvian playwright (died 1990)

Mārtiņš Zīverts was a Latvian playwright.

1903

Lyudmila Rudenko

Soviet chess player (died 1986)

Lyudmila Vladimirovna Rudenko was a Soviet chess player and the second women's world chess champion, from 1950 until 1953.

1904

Leo Durocher

American baseball player and manager (died 1991)

Leo Ernest Durocher, nicknamed "Leo the Lip" and "Lippy", was an American professional baseball player, manager, and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an infielder. Upon his retirement, he ranked fifth…

1905

Jerzy Giedroyc

Polish author and activist (died 2000)

Jerzy Władysław Giedroyć was a Polish writer, lawyer, publicist and political activist. For many years, he worked as editor of the highly influential Paris-based periodical, Kultura.

1906

Herbert Jasper

Canadian psychologist and neurologist (died 1999)

Herbert Henri Jasper was a Canadian psychologist, physiologist, neurologist, and epileptologist.

1906

Ross Alexander

American stage and film actor (died 1937)

Ross Alexander was an American stage and film actor.

1907

Carl McClellan Hill

American educator and academic administrator (died 1995)

Carl McClellan Hill was an American educator and academic administrator who served as president of Kentucky State University from 1962 to 1975, and as the 11th president of Hampton University from 1976 to 1978.

1907

Irene Fischer

Austrian-American geodesist and mathematician (died 2009)

Irene Kaminka Fischer was an Austrian-American mathematician and geodesist. She was a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, and inductee of the National Imagery and…

1907

Joseph Mitchell

American journalist and author (died 1996)

Joseph Quincy Mitchell was an American writer best known for the work he published in The New Yorker. He is known for his carefully written portraits of eccentrics and people on the fringes of society, especially in and…

1908

Julien Gracq

French author and critic (died 2007)

Julien Gracq was a French writer. He wrote novels, critiques, a play, and poetry. His literary works were noted for their dreamlike abstraction, elegant style and refined vocabulary. He was close to the surrealist…

1910

Lupita Tovar

Mexican-American actress (died 2016)

Guadalupe Natalia Tovar Sullivan, known professionally as Lupita Tovar, was a Mexican-American actress best known for her starring role in the 1931 Spanish-language version of Drácula. It was filmed in Los Angeles by…

1910

Rayner Heppenstall

English author and poet (died 1981)

John Rayner Heppenstall was a British novelist, poet, diarist, and a BBC radio producer.

1911

Vernon Elliott

English bassoon player, composer, and conductor (died 1996)

Vernon Pelling Elliott was a British bassoonist, conductor and composer. He was an influential teacher of the bassoon for over 40 years. From the 1960s he became more widely known as the composer of music for short…

1912

George L. Street III

American Navy captain, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2000)

George Levick Street III was a submariner in the United States Navy. He received the Medal of Honor during World War II.

1913

August Sang

Estonian poet and translator (died 1969)

August Sang was an Estonian poet and literary translator. Sang was a member of the Arbujad literary group, which represented a new direction in Estonian poetry before the outbreak of World War II. He was known as a…

1914

Mario Del Monaco

Italian tenor (died 1982)

Mario Del Monaco was an Italian operatic tenor.

1915

Josef Priller

German colonel and pilot (died 1961)

Josef "Pips" Priller was a German military aviator and wing commander in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he was credited with 101 enemy aircraft shot down in 307 combat missions. All of his…

1915

Elizabeth Hardwick

American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (died 2007)

Elizabeth Bruce Hardwick was an American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer.

1916

Skippy Williams

American saxophonist and arranger (died 1994)

Elmer, or Elbert, "Skippy" Williams was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and musical arranger.

1916

Keenan Wynn

American actor (died 1986)

Francis Xavier Aloysius James Jeremiah Keenan Wynn was an American character actor. His expressive face was his stock-in-trade. Though he rarely had a lead role, he had prominent billing in most of his film and…

1916

Leonard Rose

American cellist and educator (died 1984)

Leonard Joseph Rose was an American cellist and pedagogue.

1918

Henry D. "Homer" Haynes

American comedian and musician (died 1971)

Henry Doyle Haynes was an American comedy entertainer and musician who gained fame on radio and television as a country and jazz guitarist and as the character Homer of the country music comedy and parody duo Homer and…

1920

Garry Davis

American pilot and activist, created the World Passport (died 2013)

Sol Gareth "Garry" Davis was an international peace activist best known for renouncing his American citizenship and interrupting the United Nations in 1948 to advocate for world government as a way to end nationalistic…

1921

Émile Genest

Canadian-American actor (died 2003)

Émile Genest was a Canadian actor.

1921

Adolfo Celi

Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1986)

Adolfo Celi was an Italian film actor and director. Born in Curcuraci, Messina, Sicily, Celi appeared in nearly 100 films. Although a prominent actor in Italian cinema and famed for many roles, he is best remembered…

1922

Norman Lear

American screenwriter and producer (died 2023)

Norman Milton Lear was an American screenwriter and producer who wrote and produced more than 100 television shows during a career that lasted over 70 years. Lear created and produced numerous popular 1970s sitcoms,…

1922

Mas Oyama

South Korean-Japanese martial artist (died 1994)

Masutatsu Ōyama, commonly known outside Japan as Mas Oyama, was a Korean-Japanese karateka. He was the founder of Kyokushin Karate, considered the first and most influential style of full contact karate.

1923

Vincent Canby

American historian and critic (died 2000)

Vincent Canby was an American film and theatre critic who was the chief film critic for The New York Times from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in 2000. He reviewed…

1924

Otar Taktakishvili

Georgian composer and conductor (died 1989)

Otar Vasilisdze Taktakishvili was a prominent Georgian composer, teacher, conductor, and musicologist of the Soviet period. Although in the West Taktakishvili is perhaps best known for his 1968 Sonata for Flute and…

1924

Guy Carawan

American singer and musicologist (died 2015)

Guy Hughes Carawan Jr. was an American folk musician and musicologist. He served as music director and song leader for the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee.

1927

Pierre Granier-Deferre

French director and screenwriter (died 2007)

Pierre Granier-Deferre was a French film director and screenwriter.

1927

Will Jordan

American comedian and actor (died 2018)

Will Jordan was an American character actor and stand-up comedian best known for his resemblance to, and impressions of, television host and newspaper columnist Ed Sullivan.

1927

C. Rajadurai

Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Batticaloa

Chelliah Rajadurai was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, government minister, and Member of Parliament. He served as the 1st Mayor of Batticaloa from 1967 to 1968.

1927

John Seigenthaler

American journalist and academic (died 2014)

John Lawrence Seigenthaler was an American journalist, writer, and political figure. He was known as a prominent defender of First Amendment rights.

1927

Joseph Kittinger

American colonel and pilot (died 2022)

Joseph William Kittinger II was an American military pilot who was an officer in the United States Air Force. He served from 1950 to 1978 and earned Command Pilot status before retiring with the rank of colonel. He held…

1928

Jean Baudrillard

French sociologist and philosopher (died 2007)

Jean Baudrillard was a French sociologist and philosopher with an interest in cultural studies. He is best known for his analyses of media, contemporary culture, and technological communication, as well as his…

1929

Harvey Fuqua

American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2010)

Harvey Fuqua was an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and record label executive.

1929

Jack Higgins

English author and academic (died 2022)

Henry Patterson, commonly known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel The Eagle Has Landed (1975) sold more than 50 million…

1929

Marc Wilkinson

French-Australian composer and conductor (died 2022)

Marc Wilkinson was an Australian-British composer and conductor best known for his film scores, including Blood on Satan's Claw, and incidental music for the theatre, most notably for Peter Shaffer's The Royal Hunt of…

1929

Joy Whitby

English director, producer, and screenwriter

Joy Whitby is an English television executive, television, and radio producer who specialises in children's programmes and animated films.

1930

Shirley Williams

English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Education (died 2021)

Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby was a British politician and academic. Originally a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP), she served in the Labour cabinet from 1974 to 1979. She…

1930

Khieu Samphan

Cambodian academic and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Cambodia

Khieu Samphan is a Cambodian former politician, economist, and revolutionary who was Chairman of the State Presidium of Democratic Kampuchea from 1976 until 1979. As such, he served as Cambodia's head of state and was…

1931

Jerry Van Dyke

American actor (died 2018)

Jerry McCord Van Dyke was an American actor and comedian. He was the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke.

1931

Forest Able

American basketball player

Forest Edward Able, nicknamed Frosty, was an American professional basketball player.

1932

Diane Webber

American model, dancer and actress (died 2008)

Marguerite Diane Webber was an American model, dancer, actress and nudist.

1932

Nick Reynolds

American singer and bongo player (died 2008)

Nicholas Wells Reynolds was an American folk musician and recording artist. Reynolds was one of the founding members of the Kingston Trio, whose folk and folk-style material captured international attention during the…

1933

Ted Whitten

Australian football player and journalist (died 1995)

Edward James Whitten Sr. OAM was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

1933

Hillar Kärner

Estonian chess player (died 2017)

Hillar Kärner was an Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship seven times. He received the FIDE title of International Master (IM) in 1980.

1935

Billy McCullough

Northern Irish footballer

William James McCullough was a Northern Irish footballer who made more than 250 appearances for Arsenal in the Football League and was capped 10 times for Northern Ireland.

1935

J. Robert Hooper

American businessman and politician (died 2008)

James Robert Hooper was an American politician who served on the Maryland Senate from 1999 to 2007.

1936

Anna Dawson

English actress and singer

Anna Dawson is an English actress and singer.

1937

Don Galloway

American actor (died 2009)

Donald Poe Galloway was an American stage, film and television actor, best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Ed Brown in the series Ironside (1967–1975). He reprised the role for a TV film in 1993. He was also a…

1937

Robert Holmes à Court

South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (died 1990)

Michael Robert Hamilton Holmes à Court was a South African-born Australian businessman who became Australia's first billionaire. He died suddenly of heart failure in 1990 at the age of 53.

1937

Pierre Christin

French comics creator and writer (died 2024)

Pierre Christin was a French comics writer.

1938

Gary Gygax

American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (died 2008)

Ernest Gary Gygax was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson.

1938

William Eggleston

American photographer and academic

William Eggleston is an American photographer. He is widely credited with increasing recognition of color photography as a legitimate artistic medium. Eggleston's books include William Eggleston's Guide (1976) and The…

1939

Michael Longley

Northern Irish poet and academic (died 2025)

Michael George Longley was a Northern Irish poet. In his later years Longley observed: "It's a mystery where poems come from. If I knew where poems came from I would go there ... When I write a poem I am moving into…

1939

Paulo Silvino

Brazilian comedian, composer and actor (died 2017)

Paulo Ricardo Campos Silvino was a Brazilian comedian, composer and actor.

1939

Pina Bausch

German dancer and choreographer (died 2009)

Philippine "Pina" Bausch was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as Tanztheater. Bausch's approach was noted for a stylised blend of dance…

1940

Christian Boesch

Austrian opera singer

Christian Boesch is an Austrian operatic baritone. He is the son of the soprano Ruthilde Boesch, and studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, from 1959 to 1964. He was the pupil of Alfred Jerger,…

1941

Johannes Fritsch

German viola player and composer (died 2010)

Johannes Georg Fritsch was a German composer.

1941

Édith Butler

Canadian singer-songwriter

Édith Butler is an Acadian-Canadian singer-songwriter and folklorist from New Brunswick’s Acadian Peninsula.

1942

Bobbie Gentry

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Bobbie Gentry is an American retired singer-songwriter. She was one of the first female artists in the United States to compose and produce her own material.

1942

John Pleshette

American actor, director, and screenwriter

John Pleshette is an American actor and screenwriter, best known for his role as Richard Avery on the television drama Knots Landing, and for portraying Lee Harvey Oswald in the TV movie The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald.…

1942

Dennis Ralston

American tennis player (died 2020)

Richard Dennis Ralston was an American professional tennis player whose active career spanned the 1960s and 1970s.

1942

Jeremy Greenstock

English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations

Sir Jeremy Quentin Greenstock is a British retired diplomat, active from 1969 to 2004.

1943

Jean-Marie Leblanc

French cyclist and journalist

Jean-Marie Leblanc is a French retired professional road bicycle racer who was general director of the Tour de France from 1989 to 2007, when he reached pensionable age and was succeeded by Christian Prudhomme.

1944

Barbara Thomson

English saxophonist and composer (died 2022)

Barbara Gracey Thompson MBE was an English jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer. She studied clarinet, flute, piano and classical composition at the Royal College of Music, but the music of Duke Ellington and John…

1944

Vito D'Amato

Italian footballer (died 2025)

Vito D'Amato was an Italian professional footballer who played as a forward.

1944

Peter Reading

English poet and author (died 2011)

Peter Reading was an English poet and the author of 26 collections of poetry. He is known for his deep interest in nature and the use of classical metres. He was widely regarded as an influential alternative presence…

1946

Kazuyoshi Miura

Japanese businessman (died 2008)

Kazuyoshi Miura was a Japanese businessman who was accused of being involved in the killing of his wife, Kazumi Miura. The prolonged legal battle, lasting decades, ended with his death, ruled a suicide, in October 2008.

1947

Giora Spiegel

Israeli footballer and coach

Giora Spiegel is an Israeli former footballer and coach. As a footballer, he holds the record for the longest Israeli international career, spanning 14 years and 357 days.

1947

Betty Thomas

American actress, director, and producer

Betty Thomas is an American director and actress. She is known for her role as Sergeant Lucy Bates on the television series Hill Street Blues, a role for which she was nominated for an Emmy award seven times, winning…

1947

Peggy Fleming

American figure skater and sportscaster

Peggy Gale Fleming is a retired American figure skater. She is the 1968 Winter Olympic Champion in the ladies' singles, being the only American gold medalist at these Games, and a three-time World Champion (1966–1968)…

1948

James Munby

English lawyer and judge

Sir James Lawrence Munby was an English judge who was President of the Family Division of the High Court of England and Wales. He was replaced by Sir Andrew McFarlane on reaching the mandatory retirement age.

1948

Henny Vrienten

Dutch singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2022)

Henny Vrienten was a Dutch musician best known as the singer and bassist of the popular 1980s ska pop band Doe Maar. He also composed music for television and film.

1948

Maury Chaykin

American-Canadian actor (died 2010)

Maury Alan Chaykin was an American-Canadian actor. Described as "one of the most recognizable faces in Canadian cinema," he was best known for his portrayal of Rex Stout's detective Nero Wolfe on the television series A…

1949

André Dupont

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

André Dupont is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Philadelphia Flyers and Quebec Nordiques. He won…

1949

Rory MacDonald

Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player

Roderick "Rory" MacDonald is a Scottish songwriter and musician. He was bassist, and a primary song writer, for Celtic rock band Runrig, alongside his younger brother, Calum MacDonald. Generally, Rory wrote the…

1949

Maureen McGovern

American singer and actress

Maureen Therese McGovern is an American singer and Broadway actress, well known for her renditions of the songs "The Morning After" from the 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure; "We May Never Love Like This Again" from The…

1949

Robert Rankin

English author and illustrator

Robert Fleming Rankin is a prolific British author of comedic fantasy novels. Born in Parsons Green, London, he started writing in the late 1970s, and first entered the bestsellers lists with Snuff Fiction in 1999, by…

1949

Simon Jones

English actor

Simon Jones is an English actor. He is best known for originating the role of Arthur Dent, protagonist of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He also played the role of Donald Shellhammer in Miracle on…

1950

Roseanna Cunningham

Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs

Roseanna Cunningham is a retired Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform from 2016 to 2021. She was previously Cabinet Secretary for Fair…

1951

Bob Diamond

American-English banker and businessman

Robert Edward Diamond Jr. is an American banker and former chief executive officer of Barclays plc. In 2010, he became its president and deputy group chief executive; and in January 2011, succeeded John Varley as group…

1951

Rolf Thung

Dutch tennis player

Rolf Thung is a retired Dutch tennis player. With Louk Sanders, he won the doubles title of the 1978 British Hard Court Championships.

1951

Marvin Barnes

American basketball player (died 2014)

Marvin Jerome "Bad News" Barnes was an American professional basketball player. A forward, he was an All-American at Providence College, and played professionally in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and…

1952

Roxanne Hart

American actress

Roxanne Hart is an American actress. She played Brenda Wyatt in the 1986 film Highlander, and Nurse Camille Shutt on the CBS medical drama series Chicago Hope (1994–1998). Hart received a Tony Award nomination for her…

1952

Chung Dong-young

South Korean journalist and politician, 31st South Korean Minister of Unification

Chung Dong-young is a South Korean politician who has served as the minister of unification since late July 2025.

1953

Yahoo Serious

Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Yahoo Serious is an Australian actor. His films include the comedy films Young Einstein (1988), Reckless Kelly (1993), and Mr. Accident (2000). Serious writes, directs, produces, stars in, and has composed the scores…

1953

Philippe Alliot

French race car driver and sportscaster

Philippe René Gabriel Alliot is a French former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1984 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1994.

1954

G. S. Bali

Indian lawyer and politician (died 2021)

Gurmukh Singh Bali was a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Nagrota Bagwan, Himachal Pradesh, India. He was born on 27 July 1954 at Kangra. He had a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. He got married on 20 June…

1954

Mark Stanway

English keyboard player

Mark Stanway is an English musician. He was the keyboard player for the hard rock band Magnum from 1980 until the end of 2016.

1954

Ricardo Uceda

Peruvian journalist and author

Ricardo Uceda Pérez is a Peruvian journalist notable for his award-winning coverage of military and government corruption.

1954

Cat Bauer

American journalist, author, and playwright

Catherine Bauer is the award-winning author of contemporary novels featuring the young protagonist, Harley Columba, and is known for her unique and honest voice. Publishers Weekly said, "Bauer creates a witty and…

1955

Allan Border

Australian cricketer and coach

Allan Robert Border is an Australian former international cricketer and current cricket commentator. A batsman, Border was for many years the captain of the Australian team, and led his team to victory in the 1987…

1955

John Howell

English journalist and politician

John Michael Howell is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 2008 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he won a by-election to replace Boris Johnson, who resigned…

1955

Bobby Rondinelli

American drummer

Robert Rondinelli is an American rock drummer best known for his work with the hard rock/heavy metal bands Blue Öyster Cult, Rainbow, Quiet Riot, Black Sabbath, The Lizards, The Handful, and Rondinelli. In July 2013,…

1955

Carol Leifer

American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer

Carol Leifer is an American comedian, writer, and producer whose career as a stand-up comedian started in the 1970s when she was in college. She has written many television scripts including The Larry Sanders Show,…

1956

Bill Engvall

American comedian, actor, and producer

William Ray Engvall Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and television host. He has released stand-up comedy albums through Warner Records and BNA Records, which is defunct. His most-known album is his 1996…

1957

Christopher Dean

English figure skater and choreographer

Sir Christopher Colin Dean is a British ice dancer considered, with his skating partner, Jayne Torvill, amongst the greatest ice dancers of all time. The pair won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics and a bronze…

1958

Kimmo Hakola

Finnish composer

Kimmo Hannu Tapio Hakola is a Finnish composer. Born in Jyväskylä, he studied composition with Einojuhani Rautavaara and Magnus Lindberg at Sibelius Academy. He first came to prominence with his First String Quartet,…

1958

Joe DeSa

American baseball player (died 1986)

Joseph DeSa was an American Major League Baseball first baseman.

1959

Hugh Green

American football player

Hugh Donell Green is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1981 to 1991. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers as…

1959

Neil King Jr.

American journalist and author (died 2024)

Neil Caldwell King Jr. was an American journalist and author. He shared in the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting in 2002. His first book, American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal, was published by…

1959

Jo Durie

English tennis player and sportscaster

Joanna Mary Durie is a British former tennis player. Her highest singles ranking was world number five; in doubles she reached number nine, and won two Grand Slam titles, both in the mixed doubles with Jeremy Bates.

1960

Conway Savage

Australian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2018)

Conway Victor Savage was an Australian rock musician. He was a member of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, providing piano, organ & backing vocals from 1990 to 2017.

1960

Emily Thornberry

English lawyer and politician

Dame Emily Anne Thornberry is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington South and Finsbury since 2005. A member of the Labour Party, she served as Shadow Attorney General for England…

1960

Ed Orgeron

American football coach

Edward James Orgeron Jr., nicknamed "Coach O", is an American college football coach who is currently the special assistant to recruiting and defense at Louisiana State University (LSU). He was the head football coach…

1961

Neil Brooks

Australian swimmer

Neil Brooks is an Australian former sprint freestyle swimmer best known for winning the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet. Brooks was as much known for his…

1962

Karl Mueller

American bass player (died 2005)

Karl Mueller was an American rock musician. He was the bass guitarist and a founding member of the Minneapolis alternative rock band Soul Asylum.

1962

Donnie Yen

Chinese-Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist

Donnie Yen Chi-tan is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and action director. His accolades include three Golden Horse Awards and five Hong Kong Film Awards. He is best known for portraying Wing Chun…

1963

Rex Brown

American bass player and songwriter

Rex Robert Brown is an American musician. He is the longtime bassist for heavy metal band Pantera, having joined the band in 1982. Following the band's reunion in 2022, Brown is the longest-serving member of the band.…

1964

José Luis Chilavert

Paraguayan footballer

José Luis Félix Chilavert González is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Sportivo Luqueño, Guaraní, San Lorenzo de Almagro, Real Zaragoza, Vélez Sarsfield, RC Strasbourg, Peñarol…

1965

Steve Tilson

English footballer and manager

Stephen Brian Tilson is an English football manager and former player.

1966

Rahul Bose

Indian journalist, actor, director, and screenwriter

Rahul Bose is an Indian actor, sports administrator and former rugby player who works in Hindi films. Bose serves as the president of Rugby India since 2021.

1967

Juliana Hatfield

American singer-songwriter and musician

Juliana Hatfield is an American musician and singer-songwriter from the Boston area. She was formerly a member of the indie rock bands Blake Babies, Some Girls, and the Lemonheads. Hatfield also fronted her own band,…

1967

Hans Mathisen

Norwegian guitarist and composer

Hans Mathisen is a Norwegian Jazz guitarist, educated on the Jazzprogram at Trondheim musikkonservatorium (1988–90), well known for his Pat Metheny and Wes Montgomery inspired performances. He is the brother of Jazz…

1967

Neil Smith

English cricketer

Neil Michael Knight Smith is a former English cricketer who played in seven One Day Internationals from 1986 to 1996. He then went on to work at Warwick School, Myton Road, Warwick as the Groundsman but has recently…

1967

Craig Wolanin

American ice hockey player

Craig William Wolanin is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1985 until 1998.

1967

Maria Grazia Cucinotta

Italian actress and producer

Maria Grazia Cucinotta is an Italian actress who has featured in films and television series since 1990. Internationally she is best known for her roles in Il Postino and The World Is Not Enough.

1968

Tom Goodwin

American baseball player and coach

Thomas Jones Goodwin is an American former professional baseball player. He played professionally for 14 seasons, primarily as a center fielder, from 1991 to 2004. As a player, he was listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m)…

1968

Sabina Jeschke

Swedish-German engineer and academic

Sabina Jeschke is a German university professor for information sciences in mechanical engineering at the RWTH Aachen University. As of 10 November 2017, she was named member of the management board of Deutschen Bahn AG…

1968

Julian McMahon

Australian actor and producer (died 2025)

Julian Dana William McMahon was an Australian-American actor. He was the only son of William McMahon, a former Prime Minister of Australia. He was best known for his roles as Ben Lucini in Home and Away, Detective John…

1968

Ricardo Rosset

Brazilian race car driver

Ricardo Rosset is a Brazilian racing driver. Runner-up in the 1995 International Formula 3000 Championship, he later participated in 33 Formula One Grands Prix, making his debut at the 1996 Australian Grand Prix. He…

1968

Triple H

American wrestler and actor

Paul Michael Levesque, also known by the ring name Triple H, is an American business executive, professional wrestling promoter, and retired wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he serves as its chief content officer,…

1969

Jonty Rhodes

South African cricketer and coach

Jonathan Neil "Jonty" Rhodes is a South African professional cricket coach, commentator and former Test and One Day International cricketer. He is regarded as one of the greatest fielders of all time and was the first…

1969

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Danish actor and producer

Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau is a Danish actor. His breakthrough role was in Denmark with the film Nightwatch in 1994. He played Jaime Lannister in the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, for which he received…

1970

David Davies

English-Welsh politician

David Thomas Charles Davies is a British politician who was Secretary of State for Wales from 2022 to 2024. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouth from 2005 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he…

1970

Matthew Johns

Australian rugby league player, sportscaster and television host

Matthew James Johns is an Australian rugby league media personality, commentator and former professional player. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative five-eighth, Johns played…

1971

Anna Menconi

Italian Paralympic archer

Anna Menconi is an Italian Paralympic archer.

1971

Clint Robinson

Australian kayaker

Clint David Robinson, OAM, born 27 July 1972, is an Australian sprint kayaker and surf lifesaver. He won three medals at the Summer Olympics: gold in the K-1 1000 meters at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, silver in the K-2…

1972

Maya Rudolph

American actress

Maya Khabira Rudolph is an American actress and comedian. In 2000, she became a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL). During her tenure on the show, she appeared in supporting roles in the…

1972

Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor

Malaysian surgeon and astronaut

Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha is a Malaysian doctor. He launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on 10 October 2007. Sheikh Muszaphar flew under…

1972

Cassandra Clare

American journalist and author

Judith Lewis, better known by her pen name Cassandra Clare, is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for her bestselling series The Mortal Instruments.

1973

Erik Nys

Belgian long jumper

Erik Nys is a retired Belgian long jumper.

1973

Gorden Tallis

Australian rugby league player and coach

Gorden James Tallis, also known by the nickname of "Raging Bull" for his on-field aggression, is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He is currently a commentator…

1973

Eason Chan

Hong Kong singer, actor, and producer

Eason Chan Yick-shun is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He is one of the most popular and influential singers in both Cantopop and Mandopop. Besides holding the record for winning the "Ultimate Male Singer – Gold" award…

1974

Pete Yorn

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Peter Joseph Yorn is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He first gained international recognition after his debut record, Musicforthemorningafter, was released to critical and commercial acclaim in 2001. He…

1974

Serkan Çeliköz

Turkish keyboard player and songwriter

Kargo is a rock band from Istanbul, Turkey. Its current line-up includes Selim Öztürk on electric guitar, Burak Karataş on drums and Ozan Anlaş on vocals.

1975

Shea Hillenbrand

American baseball player

Shea Matthew Hillenbrand is an American former professional baseball third baseman and first baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Toronto Blue Jays, San…

1975

Fred Mascherino

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Frederick Paul Mascherino is an American musician best known for his work as lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist in alternative rock band Taking Back Sunday. He is currently active with bands The Color Fred, Say…

1975

Alessandro Pistone

Italian footballer

Alessandro Pistone is an Italian former professional football player and manager.

1975

Alex Rodriguez

American baseball player

Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez, nicknamed "A-Rod", is an American former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman and current businessman. Rodriguez played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the…

1975

Singrid Campion

French businesswoman and singer

1976

Demis Hassabis

English computer scientist and academic

Sir Demis Hassabis is a British artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs, and a UK Government AI Adviser. In 2024,…

1976

Scott Mason

Australian cricketer (died 2005)

Scott Robert Mason was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Tasmania. He was a left-handed batsman who averaged 27.21 with the bat in 28 first-class games and 9.42 with the bat in 8 one-day…

1976

Foo Swee Chin

Singaporean illustrator

Foo Swee Chin is a Singaporean comic book artist and illustrator.

1977

Björn Dreyer

German footballer

Björn Dreyer is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1977

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Irish actor

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles in the films Michael Collins (1996), Velvet Goldmine (1998), Titus (1999), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Alexander (2004), Match Point (2005), Mission:…

1977

Diarmuid O'Sullivan

Irish hurler and manager

Diarmuid O'Sullivan is an Irish hurling coach and hurler who plays for Cork Premier Championship club Cloyne. He played for the Cork senior hurling team for 12 years, during which time he usually lined out as a…

1978

Marielle Franco

Brazilian politician, feminist, and human rights activist (died 2018)

Marielle Franco was a Brazilian politician, sociologist, feminist, socialist and human rights activist. Franco served as a city councillor of the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro for the Socialism and Liberty Party…

1979

Jorge Arce

Mexican boxer

Jorge Armando Arce Armenta, best known as Jorge Arce, is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2014. He is a multiple-time world champion, and the second boxer from Mexico to win world titles in…

1979

Sidney Govou

French footballer

Sidney Rodrigue Noukpo Govou is a French former professional footballer who played primarily as a left winger, but was occasionally deployed as a striker. He is most prominent for his lengthy playing career at Lyon…

1979

Shannon Moore

American wrestler and singer

Shannon Moore is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his work with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) between 1999 and 2001 and with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for several years in the…

1979

Allan Davis

Australian cyclist

Allan Howard Davis is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTour team Orica–GreenEDGE. Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland and in Spain. Known…

1980

Wesley Gonzales

Filipino basketball player

Wesley Olan Gonzales is a Filipino former professional basketball player. Gonzales last played for the Barako Bull Energy Cola before retiring after a stellar college career and a 10-year stint in the PBA.

1980

Dolph Ziggler

American wrestler and comedian

Nicholas Theodore Nemeth is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performs under his real name, stylized as Nic Nemeth. He is best known for his tenure in WWE…

1980

Susan King Borchardt

American basketball player

Susan King Borchardt is an American professional women's basketball player.

1981

Collins Obuya

Kenyan cricketer

Collins Omondi Obuya is a former Kenyan cricketer and captain of the Kenyan cricket team. An allrounder, Obuya bats right-handed and bowls leg spin. He came to prominence in the 2003 Cricket World Cup where he was one…

1981

Dash Snow

American painter and photographer (died 2009)

Dashiell Alexander Whitney Snow was an American artist based in New York City. Snow's photographs included scenes of sex, drugs, violence, and the art world; his work often depicted the decadent lifestyle of young New…

1981

Christopher Weselek

German rugby player

Christopher Weselek is a rugby coach and retired German international rugby union player, having last played for the RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He is currently one of…

1981

Neil Harbisson

English-Catalan painter, composer, and activist

Neil Harbisson is a Catalan-raised British-Irish cyborg artist and cyborg rights advocate who has been described as the world's first legally recognised cyborg and as the world's first cyborg artist. International…

1982

Lorik Cana

Albanian footballer

Lorik Agim Cana is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or midfielder. He is currently the Grassroots ambassador for children's football in Albania, a role assigned by the Albanian Football…

1983

Martijn Maaskant

Dutch cyclist

Martijn Maaskant is a retired Dutch professional road racing cyclist. Maaskant competed professionally between 2008 and 2014.

1983

Goran Pandev

Macedonian footballer

Goran Pandev is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the best Macedonian footballers of all time.

1983

Soccor Velho

Indian footballer (died 2013)

Soccor Velho was an Indian footballer who last played for Air India in the I-League. He previously played for Cabral, Golden Gunners and Central Railway.

1983

Antoine Bethea

American football player

Antoine Akeem Bethea is an American former professional football player who was a safety for 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Howard Bison and was selected by the…

1984

Cecilie Myrseth

Norwegian politician

Cecilie Myrseth is a Norwegian psychologist and politician for the Labour Party. She is currently the minister of trade and industry since 2024. She also served as minister of fisheries between 2023 and 2024. She is…

1984

Tsuyoshi Nishioka

Japanese baseball player

Tsuyoshi Nishioka is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder and current hitting and first base coach for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played in NPB for the Marines and…

1984

Max Scherzer

American baseball player

Maxwell Martin Scherzer, nicknamed "Mad Max", is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit…

1984

Taylor Schilling

American actress

Taylor Schilling is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Piper Chapman on the Netflix original comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019), for which she received a nomination for the…

1984

Kenny Wormald

American actor, dancer, and choreographer

Kenny Wormald is an American dancer, reality television star and actor. He played Ren McCormack in the 2011 remake of 1984's Footloose. Wormald was a regular on the MTV reality television series Dancelife in 2007.

1984

Husain Abdullah

American football player

Husain Ibn Muhammed Abdullah is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) as an…

1985

Matteo Pratichetti

Italian rugby player

Matteo Pratichetti is a former Italian rugby union player.

1985

Ajmal Shahzad

English cricketer

Ajmal Shahzad is an English cricket coach and retired cricketer. He was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.

1985

DeMarre Carroll

American basketball player

DeMarre LaEdrick Carroll is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected as the 27th overall…

1986

Ryan Flaherty

American baseball player

Ryan Edward Flaherty is an American professional baseball coach and former infielder. He is the current bench coach for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Baltimore Orioles,…

1986

Ryan Griffen

Australian footballer

Ryan Leigh Griffen is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs and the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL).

1986

Jacoby Ford

American football player

Jacoby Ford is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and return specialist. He was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL draft. He was also an accomplished…

1987

Marek Hamšík

Slovak footballer

Marek Hamšík is a Slovak football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the team manager and assistant coach for the Slovakia national team.

1987

Jordan Hill

American basketball player

Jordan Craig Hill is an American former professional basketball player.

1987

Sarah Parsons

American ice hockey player

Sarah Sturgis Parsons is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She was a member of Dartmouth College's class of 2010.

1987

Adam Biddle

Australian footballer

Adam Biddle is a former Australian footballer who played for Sydney FC and Bankstown City.

1988

Yoervis Medina

Venezuelan baseball player

Yoervis José Medina was a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Chicago Cubs from 2013 to 2015.

1988

Ryan Tannehill

American football player

Ryan Timothy Tannehill III is an American retired professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons with the Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans. He played college…

1988

Maya Ali

Pakistani actress

Maryam Tanveer Ali known professionally Maya Ali, is a Pakistani actress who works in Urdu films and television series. She has received several accolades, including a Lux Style Award and three Hum Awards.

1989

Nick Hogan

American race car driver and actor

Nick Bollea is an American wrestling commissioner and former television personality. He is known for his appearances on the reality show Hogan Knows Best, and its spin-off Brooke Knows Best, featuring his father Hulk…

1990

Paolo Hurtado

Peruvian footballer

Cristopher Paolo César Hurtado Huertas, commonly known as Paolo Hurtado, is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Unión Huaral.

1990

Cheyenne Kimball

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Cheyenne Nichole Kimball is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and mandolinist. Her debut album, The Day Has Come, was released in July 2006, coinciding with an MTV reality series following her entry into the…

1990

Stephen Li-Chung Kuo

Taiwanese-American figure skater

Stephen Li-Chung Kuo is a Taiwanese-American figure skater who represented Taiwan in men's singles. He is a two-time Taiwanese national champion (2010–2011) and competed in the free skate at three ISU Championships.

1990

Kriti Sanon

Indian actress

Kriti Sanon is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. She is a recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards. Sanon was featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100…

1990

Wandy Peralta

Dominican baseball player

Wandy Luis Peralta Dominguez is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, and New…

1991

Tory Lanez

Canadian singer and rapper

Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson, known professionally as Tory Lanez, is a Canadian singer and rapper. Known for his versatility and blending R&B and hip-hop in his music, he was first discovered by Sean Kingston. He came…

1992

Max Power

English footballer

Max McAuley Power is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League One side Bradford City.

1993

Jordan Spieth

American golfer

Jordan Alexander Spieth is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. Spieth has won three major championships.

1993

Miguel Gutiérrez

Spanish footballer

Miguel Gutiérrez Ortega is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for Serie A club Napoli.

2001

Elvina Kalieva

American tennis player

Elvina Kalieva is an American tennis player. Kalieva has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 143, achieved on 30 March 2026. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 194, reached on 6 February…

2003

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