Did you know about John David Washington
A son of actor Denzel Washington, he started his career in college football at Morehouse College and signed with the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2006.
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- 1868 The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law. Source
- 2010 Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321. Source
Did you know about Freddie Fitzsimmons
Nicknamed Fat Freddie, and known for his mastery of the knuckle curve, Fitzsimmons' 217 wins were the third most by a National League (NL) right-hander in the period from 1920 to 1955, trailing only Burleigh Grimes and Paul Derringer.
Did you know about Francis Veber
Francis Veber helmed other hits like The Dinner Game (1998), for which he won the César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation, and The Closet (2001).
Did you know about Fahmida Riaz
Fahmida Riaz authored many books, such as Godaavari, Khatt-e Marmuz, and Khana e Aab O Gil in addition to the first translation in rhyme of the Masnavi of Jalaluddin Rumi from Persian into Urdu.
Did you know about Karl Popper
According to Popper, a theory in the empirical sciences can never be proven, but it can be falsified, meaning that it can be scrutinised with decisive experiments.
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1901
Freddie Fitzsimmons
American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1979)
Frederick Landis Fitzsimmons was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher, manager, and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1925 to 1943 with the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers. Nicknamed Fat Freddie, and known for his mastery of the knuckle curve, Fitzsimmons' 217 wins were the third most by a National League (NL) right-hander in the period from 1920 to 1955, trailing only Burleigh Grimes and Paul Derringer. In 1940 he set an NL record, which stood until 1959, with a single-season winning percentage of .889 (16–2). He was an agile fielder in spite of his heavy build, holding the major league record for career double plays (79) from 1938 to 1964, and tying another record by leading the league in putouts four times; he ranked eighth in NL history in putouts (237) and ninth in fielding percentage (.977) when his career ended.
1937
Francis Veber
French director and screenwriter
Francis Paul Veber is a French film director, screenwriter, producer, and playwright. A specialist in comedies, Francis Veber has written and directed both French and American films. His directorial work includes La Chèvre (1981), Les Compères (1983), and Les Fugitifs (1986)—all major box-office successes in France that inspired Hollywood remakes, notably Three Fugitives (1989) which he directed himself. He helmed other hits like The Dinner Game (1998), for which he won the César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation, and The Closet (2001). He also wrote scripts for French comedy classics including The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972) and La Cage aux Folles (1978). Whether as a screenwriter or as a director, he has been associated with many commercial successes in French cinema from the 1970s to the 2000s. In later years, he focused on writing and directing plays.
1946
Fahmida Riaz
Pakistani poet and activist (died 2018)
Fahmida Riaz was an Urdu writer, poet and activist from Pakistan. She authored many books, such as Godaavari, Khatt-e Marmuz, and Khana e Aab O Gil in addition to the first translation in rhyme of the Masnavi of Jalaluddin Rumi from Persian into Urdu. The author of more than 15 books of fiction and poetry, she remained at the center of controversies. When Badan Dareeda, her second collection of verses, appeared, she was accused of using erotic and sensual expressions in her work. The themes prevalent in her verse were, until then, considered taboo for women writers. She also translated the works of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai and Shaikh Ayaz from Sindhi to Urdu. Fleeing General Zia-ul Haq's religious tyranny, Riaz sought refuge in India and spent seven years there.
1902
Karl Popper
Austrian-English philosopher and academic (died 1994)
Sir Karl Raimund Popper was an Austrian–British philosopher, academic and social commentator. One of the 20th century's most influential philosophers of science, Popper is known for his rejection of the classical inductivist views on the scientific method in favour of empirical falsification made possible by his falsifiability criterion, and for founding the Department of Philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. According to Popper, a theory in the empirical sciences can never be proven, but it can be falsified, meaning that it can be scrutinised with decisive experiments. Popper was opposed to the classical justificationist account of knowledge, which he replaced with "the first non-justificational philosophy of criticism in the history of philosophy", namely critical rationalism.
1993
Cher Lloyd
English singer
Cher Lloyd is an English singer. She participated on the seventh series of the television talent show The X Factor in 2010, where she finished in fourth place. Following the show, Lloyd was signed to Syco Music in the United Kingdom and Epic Records in the United States. She released her debut studio album, Sticks and Stones, in 2011, which had two releases: its standard edition and a US version. The album peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart, while the latter version debuted at number nine in the US Billboard 200. It included the successful singles "Swagger Jagger", which entered at number one on the UK Singles Chart, "With Ur Love", and "Want U Back".
1938
Alberto Fujimori
Peruvian engineer, academic, and politician, President of Peru (died 2024)
Alberto Kenya Fujimori Inomoto was a Peruvian politician, professor, agriculture engineer, and dictator who served as the president of Peru from 1990 to 2000. During Fujimori's tenure, the Peruvian Armed Forces repressed the far-left guerrilla group Shining Path, halting the group's actions while also killing thousands of civilians. Fujimori became known for his neoliberal political and economic ideology of Fujimorism, which pushed a free market economy and social conservatism. He also collaborated with the head of the National Intelligence Service (SIN), Vladimiro Montesinos, to consolidate power and eliminate political opponents. Fujimori's presidency was marked by authoritarian measures, excessive use of propaganda, entrenched political corruption, multiple cases of extrajudicial killings, and human rights violations.
1951
Santiago Calatrava
Spanish architect and engineer, designed the Athens Olympic Sports Complex
Santiago Calatrava Valls is a Spanish-Swiss architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter, particularly known for his bridges supported by single leaning pylons, and his railway stations, stadiums, and museums, whose sculptural forms often resemble living organisms. His works include the Olympic Sports Complex of Athens, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Turning Torso tower in Malmö, Sweden, the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York City, the Auditorio de Tenerife in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in Dallas, Texas, and his largest project, the City of Arts and Sciences and Opera House in his birthplace, Valencia. His architectural firm has offices in New York City, Doha, and Zurich.
1954
Hugo Chávez
Venezuelan colonel and politician, President of Venezuela (died 2013)
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan politician, revolutionary, and military officer who was the president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. Chávez changed the country's name from the Republic of Venezuela to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, creating the fifth republic in Venezuelan history and led the Bolivarian Revolution. Chávez was the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the ruling party of Venezuela since 2007. The political ideology centered around Chávez's ideas is known as Chavismo.
1951
Doug Collins
American basketball player and coach
Paul Douglas Collins is an American basketball executive, former player, coach and television analyst in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA from 1973 to 1981 for the Philadelphia 76ers, earning four NBA All-Star selections. He then became an NBA coach in 1986, and had stints coaching the Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers. Collins also served as an analyst for various NBA-related broadcast shows. He is a recipient of the Curt Gowdy Media Award. In April 2024, Collins was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class of 2024 by the Contributors Committee.
1974
Alexis Tsipras
Greek engineer and politician, 186th Prime Minister of Greece
Alexis Tsipras is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2015 to 2019. He is the founder and leader of the Greek Left Alliance political party. A prominent leftist figure, Tsipras served as the leader of the Greek political party Syriza from 2008 to 2023. Tsipras is the fourth prime minister who has governed in the course of the 2010s Greek government-debt crisis. Originally an outspoken critic of the austerity policies implemented during the crisis, his tenure in office was marked by an intense austerity policy, mostly in the context of the third EU bailout to Greece (2015–18).
1929
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
American journalist and socialite, 37th First Lady of the United States (died 1994)
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis was the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. She redefined the previously mostly ceremonial role into a platform for arts and culture by hosting multiple high-profile events at the White House and leading its restoration into being a historical site. Through her fashion and cultural literacy, she improved the global standing of the United States during the politically volatile Cold War. Her personal style became known as the "Jackie Look", which inspired worldwide fashion trends during the 1960s.
1943
Mike Bloomfield
American guitarist and songwriter (died 1981)
Michael Bernard Bloomfield was an American blues guitarist and composer. Born in Chicago, he became one of the first popular music stars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrumental prowess, as he rarely sang before 1969. Respected for his guitar playing, Bloomfield knew and played with many of Chicago's blues musicians before achieving his own fame and was instrumental in popularizing blues music in the mid-1960s. In 1965, he played on Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited, including the single "Like a Rolling Stone", and performed with Dylan at that year's Newport Folk Festival.
1993
Harry Kane
English footballer
Harry Edward Kane is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and captains the England national team. Known for his clinical finishing, passing, vision and tactical versatility, he is widely regarded as one of the best players in the world. Kane has scored over 500 career goals for club and country, being Tottenham Hotspur's all-time top goalscorer (280), England's all-time top goalscorer (91), and the highest-scoring English player in the UEFA Champions League (58). He is also the Premier League's second-highest all-time goalscorer (213) and Bayern Munich's sixth-highest all-time goalscorer (156).
1866
Beatrix Potter
English children's book writer and illustrator (died 1943)
Helen Beatrix Heelis, usually known as Beatrix Potter, was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit, which was her first commercially published work in 1902. Her books, including The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck and The Tale of Tom Kitten, have sold more than 250 million copies. An entrepreneur, Potter was a pioneer of character merchandising. In 1903, Peter Rabbit was the first fictional character to be made into a patented stuffed toy, making him the oldest licensed character.
1948
Gerald Casale
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director
Gerald Vincent Casale is an American musician. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as co-founder, co-lead vocalist and bass player of the new wave band Devo, which released a top 20 hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It". Casale is the main lyricist and one of the primary composers of Devo's music, as well as the director of most of the band's music videos. He is one of only two members who have been with Devo throughout its entire history. Bob, Casale's brother, also performed with the band until his death in 2014.
1948
Eiichi Ohtaki
Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013)
Eiichi Ohtaki was a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He first became known as a member of the rock band Happy End, but was better known for his solo work which began in 1972. In 2003, Ohtaki was ranked by HMV at number 9 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts. Patrick Macias referred to Ohtaki as Phil Spector, Brian Wilson, George Martin and Joe Meek "synthesized into a single human being," and called his work "an encyclopedia of everything that was great about pop music in the 20th century."
1936
Russ Jackson
Canadian football player and coach
Russell Stanley Jackson is a Canadian former professional football player. Jackson spent his entire 12-year professional football career with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a member of the Order of Canada, the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, and has been described as the best Canadian-born quarterback to play in the CFL. In 2006, Jackson was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#8) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN, the highest-ranked Canadian-born player on the list.
1964
Lori Loughlin
American actress
Lori Anne Loughlin is an American actress. From 1988 to 1995, she played Rebecca Donaldson Katsopolis on the ABC sitcom Full House and reprised the role for its Netflix sequel/spin-off Fuller House (2016–2018). She is also known for her roles of Jody Travis in The Edge of Night (1980–1983), Debbie Wilson in The CW series 90210 (2008–2012), Jennifer Shannon in the Garage Sale Mystery television film series (2013–2018), and Abigail Stanton in When Calls the Heart (2013–2019). She was a co-creator, producer, and star of the two seasons of The WB series Summerland (2004–2005).
1977
Manu Ginóbili
Argentinian basketball player
Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili Maccari is an Argentine former professional basketball player. During a 23-year professional career, Ginóbili played in Argentina, in Italy, and in the NBA; he also represented Argentina in international competition. A shooting guard, he is best known for playing for the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA from 2002 to 2018. Ginóbili, Tim Duncan, and Tony Parker became known as the Spurs' "Big Three"; together, the trio won four NBA championships. In April 2022, Ginóbili was announced as a first-ballot inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
1867
Charles Dillon Perrine
American-Argentinian astronomer (died 1951)
Charles Dillon Perrine was an American astronomer at the Lick Observatory in California (1893-1909) who moved to Cordoba, Argentina to accept the position of Director of the Argentine National Observatory (1909-1936). The Cordoba Observatory under Perrine's direction made the first attempts to prove Einstein's theory of relativity by astronomical observation of the deflection of starlight near the Sun during the solar eclipse of October 10, 1912 in Cristina (Brazil), and the solar eclipse of August 21, 1914 at Feodosia, Crimea, Russian Empire. Rain in 1912 and clouds in 1914 prevented results.
1941
Peter Cullen
Canadian voice actor (died 2026)
Peter Claver Cullen was a Canadian voice actor. He voiced Optimus Prime in the original 1980s Transformers animated series, later returning to the role in Transformers media in 2007, starting with the first live-action film. He also voiced many other characters across a wide variety of popular media, including Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh franchise, Monterey Jack in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, the first voice of KARR in Knight Rider and the vocalizations of the title character in Predator. He also voiced Thaedus in the animated series Invincible.
1984
DeMeco Ryans
American football player and coach
DeMeco Ryans is an American professional football coach and former linebacker who is the head coach for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he was a unanimous All-American. Ryans was selected by the Texans in the second round of the 2006 NFL draft, where he was recognized as the Defensive Rookie of the Year. Ryans was selected to two Pro Bowls before being traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2012, where he spent four seasons before retiring.
1977
Aki Berg
Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player
Aki-Petteri Arvid Berg is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted third overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1995 NHL entry draft. He played both for the Kings and the Toronto Maple Leafs over nine seasons and has represented Team Finland twice at the Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, a silver medal at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey in which Finland lost in the finals to host Canada, and a silver medal at the 2006 Torino Olympics.
1990
Soulja Boy
American rapper, producer, and actor
DeAndre Cortez Way, better known by his stage name Soulja Boy, is an American rapper. He rose to prominence with his self-released 2007 debut single, "Crank That ", which peaked atop the US Billboard Hot 100 for seven non-consecutive weeks. After a commercial re-release by Collipark Music, an imprint of Interscope Records, the song and its follow-up, "Soulja Girl", both preceded his debut studio album, Souljaboytellem.com (2007). While critical reception was generally negative, the album peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200 and spawned the single "Yahhh!"
1981
Willie Green
American basketball player and coach
William Julius Green is an American professional basketball coach and former player who currently is an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played professionally in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers, New Orleans Hornets, Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers, and Orlando Magic. He was selected in the second round of the 2003 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics and later acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers from Seattle in a draft-night trade for the draft rights to Paccelis Morlende and cash considerations.
1977
Miyabiyama Tetsushi
Japanese sumo wrestler
Miyabiyama Tetsushi is a former sumo wrestler from Mito, Ibaraki, Japan. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 1998. With the exception of two tournaments, he was ranked in the top division of professional sumo from 1999 until the end of his career in 2013, holding the second highest rank of ōzeki from 2000 to 2001. He won eight special prizes and was runner-up in four top division tournaments. He wrestled for Fujishima stable, where he worked as a coach until opening his own Futagoyama stable.
1958
Terry Fox
Canadian runner and activist (died 1981)
Terrance Stanley Fox was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist. In 1980, having had one leg amputated due to cancer, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. The annual Terry Fox Run, first held in 1981, has grown to involve millions of participants in over 60 countries and is the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research; over C$1 billion has been raised in his name through the Terry Fox Research Institute as of February 2026.
1983
Sam Dastyari
Iranian-Australian politician
Sam Dastyari is an Australian former politician, who from 2013 to 2018 represented New South Wales in the Australian Senate as a member of the Australian Labor Party. Dastyari was previously General Secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Labor Party. He was the first person of Iranian origin and Azerbaijani descent to sit in the Australian Parliament. As a Senator, Dastyari was the subject of a Chinese-related donations scandal, which eventually led to his resignation from the Senate on 25 January 2018.
1959
Mark Meadows
American politician, Donald Trump's former Chief of Staff
Mark Randall Meadows is an American politician who served as the 29th White House chief of staff from 2020 to 2021 under the first Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district from 2013 to 2020. During his legislative tenure, Meadows chaired the Freedom Caucus from 2017 to 2019. He was considered one of Donald Trump's closest allies in the House of Representatives before his appointment as chief of staff.
1981
Michael Carrick
English footballer and coach
Michael Carrick is an English professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Manchester United. He is best known for his 12-year playing career with Manchester United, which he also captained in his final season there. Carrick was a midfielder who primarily played in a deep-lying role, but he was also used as an emergency centre-back under Alex Ferguson, David Moyes, Louis van Gaal and José Mourinho. His playing style was grounded in his passing ability.
1924
Luigi Musso
Italian racing driver (died 1958)
Luigi Musso was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1953 to 1958. Musso won the 1956 Argentine Grand Prix with Ferrari. Born in Rome, Musso started his career in sportscar racing before progressing to Formula One in 1953 with Maserati at the Italian Grand Prix. He returned in 1954, finishing second at the Spanish Grand Prix to score his maiden podium finish. Musso raced full-time for Maserati in 1955, repeating his podium feat at the Dutch Grand Prix.
1804
Ludwig Feuerbach
German anthropologist and philosopher (died 1872)
Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach was a German philosopher and anthropologist who was a leading figure among the Young Hegelians. He is best known for his 1841 book, The Essence of Christianity, which argued that God is a projection of the essential attributes of humanity. His critique of religion formed the basis for his advocacy of atheism, materialism, and sensualism. His thought served as a critical bridge between the philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and that of Karl Marx.
1893
Bullet Rogan
American baseball player (died 1967)
Charles Wilber Rogan, nicknamed "Bullet Joe", was an American pitcher, outfielder, second baseman and player-manager for the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro baseball leagues from 1920 to 1938. Renowned as a two-way player who could both hit and pitch successfully, one statistical compilation shows Rogan winning more games than any other pitcher in Negro leagues history and ranking fourth highest in career batting average. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.
1941
Susan Roces
Filipino actress and producer (died 2022)
Jesusa Purificación Levy Sonora-Poe, known professionally as Susan Roces, was a Filipino actress. She rose to fame in mid-1950s and became the biggest box-office star of the 1960s. Known for playing wholesome and sweet characters in romantic comedies and musicals during her youth, she dabbled into horror and drama in the succeeding decades. She was dubbed the "Queen of Philippine Movies" and appeared in more than 130 films throughout her career that spanned over six decades.
1984
Zach Parise
American ice hockey player
Zachary Justin Parise is an American former professional ice hockey player who was a left winger for the New Jersey Devils, Minnesota Wild, New York Islanders, and Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 2005 to 2024. Parise captained the Devils to the 2012 Stanley Cup Final, where they lost to the Los Angeles Kings in six games. Parise was also an alternate captain for the American team at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
1915
Dick Sprang
American illustrator (died 2000)
Richard W. Sprang was an American comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on the superhero Batman during the period fans and historians call Golden Age of Comic Books. Sprang was responsible for the 1950 redesign of the Batmobile and the original design of the Riddler, who has appeared in film, television and other media adaptations. Sprang's Batman was notable for his square chin, expressive face and barrel chest.
1915
Charles H. Townes
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
Charles Hard Townes was an American physicist. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices. He shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov. Townes was an adviser to the U.S. Government, meeting every President from Harry S. Truman (1945) to Bill Clinton (1999).
1746
Thomas Heyward Jr.
American judge and politician (died 1809)
Thomas Heyward Jr. was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, and politician. Heyward was active politically during the Revolutionary Era. As a member of the Continental Congress representing South Carolina, he signed the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation. Heyward's imprisonment in Florida by the British for nearly a year and the loss of a considerable number of slaves led to his being proclaimed a martyr of the revolution.
1922
Jacques Piccard
Belgian-Swiss oceanographer and engineer (died 2008)
Jacques Piccard was a Swiss oceanographer and engineer, known for having developed submarines for studying ocean currents. In the Challenger Deep, on 23 January 1960 he and Lieutenant Don Walsh of the United States Navy were the first people to explore the deepest known part of the world's ocean, and the deepest known location on the surface of Earth's crust, the Mariana Trench, located in the western North Pacific Ocean.
1999
GloRilla
American rapper
Gloria Hallelujah Woods, known professionally as GloRilla, is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. She first became known for her 2022 single "F.N.F. ", which peaked within the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for Best Rap Performance at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. Its success led her to sign with fellow Memphis rapper Yo Gotti's record label, Collective Music Group, in July of that year.
1934
Jacques d'Amboise
American dancer and choreographer (died 2021)
Jacques d'Amboise was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator. He joined the New York City Ballet in 1949 and was named principal dancer in 1953, and throughout his time with the company he danced 24 roles for George Balanchine. He also made film appearances, including Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Carousel. He choreographed 17 ballets for the New York City Ballet and retired from performing in 1984.
1957
Scott Pelley
American journalist and author
Scott Cameron Pelley is an American author and broadcast journalist. Pelley is the author of the 2019 book, Truth Worth Telling, and a former correspondent for the CBS News magazine 60 Minutes. Pelley served as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from 2011 to 2017, a period in which the broadcast added viewers. Pelley served as CBS News's chief White House correspondent from 1997 to 1999.
1943
Bill Bradley
American basketball player and politician
William Warren Bradley is an American politician and former professional basketball player. After playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 10 seasons with the New York Knicks, he served as a United States senator from New Jersey from 1979 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a candidate for the party's nomination for president in the 2000 election, losing to Vice President Al Gore.
1954
Steve Morse
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Steve J. Morse is an American guitarist and songwriter. A seven-time Grammy nominee, he is best known as the founder of the Dixie Dregs and as the longest serving guitarist for Deep Purple, having joined in 1994. Morse also enjoyed a successful solo career and was a member of the group Kansas in the mid-1980s. Morse became a member of the supergroup Flying Colors in 2011.
1947
Sally Struthers
American actress
Sally Anne Struthers is an American actress and activist. She is known for her portrayal of Gloria Stivic, the daughter of Archie and Edith Bunker on the sitcom All in the Family (1971–1978). For this role, Struthers received numerous accolades, including four Golden Globe Award nominations and five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, two of which she won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
2003
Malik Nabers
American football player
Malik Nabers is an American professional football wide receiver for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the LSU Tigers, finishing as their all-time leader in receiving yards and earning unanimous All-American honors in 2023. Nabers was selected sixth overall by the Giants in the 2024 NFL draft, and set numerous rookie wide receiver and franchise records.
1966
Jimmy Pardo
American stand-up comedian, actor, and host
James Ronald Pardo, Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and host of the comedy podcast Never Not Funny. From the show's inception until mid-2015, he performed as the Conan O'Brien program Conan's warm-up comedian and cast member, after which he received a general development deal with O'Brien's production company. He last hosted the game show Race to Escape on the Science Channel.
1988
Gunnar Nelson
Icelandic professional fighter and mixed martial artist
Gunnar Lúðvík Nelson is an Icelandic professional mixed martial artist, currently competing in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, which was awarded by Renzo Gracie after impressive results at the 2009 IBJJF Pan-Ams and the 2009 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship. Nelson is a member of Mjölnir MMA in Iceland, and SBG Ireland.
1860
Elias M. Ammons
American businessman and politician, 19th Governor of Colorado (died 1925)
Elias Milton Ammons served as the 19th governor of Colorado from 1913 to 1915. He is perhaps best remembered for ordering National Guard troops into Ludlow, Colorado during the Colorado Coalfield War, which resulted in the Ludlow Massacre. He was also instrumental in starting the National Western Stock Show, which is still active. His son, Teller Ammons, was also governor of Colorado.
1931
Darryl Hickman
American actor (died 2024)
Darryl Gerard Hickman was an American actor, screenwriter, television executive, and acting coach. He started his career as a child actor in the Golden Age of Hollywood and appeared in numerous television serials as an adult, including several episodes of the CBS series The Nanny. He appeared in films such as The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and Leave Her to Heaven (1945).
1941
Riccardo Muti
Italian conductor and educator
Riccardo Muti is an Italian conductor. He is the current music director of the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini. Muti has previously held posts at the Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He was named music director emeritus in Chicago in 2023.
1949
Vida Blue
American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)
Vida Rochelle Blue Jr. was an American professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1986, most notably as an integral member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive World Series championships from 1972 to 1974. He won the American League (AL) Cy Young Award and Most Valuable Player Award in 1971.
1974
Elizabeth Berkley
American actress
Elizabeth Berkley is an American actress. She is best known for playing Jessie Spano in the Saved by the Bell television franchise and Nomi Malone in the controversial 1995 film Showgirls. She had supporting roles in the box office hits The First Wives Club and Any Given Sunday, as well as in The Curse of the Jade Scorpion and Roger Dodger.
1609
Judith Leyster
Dutch painter (died 1660)
Judith Jans Leyster was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, portraits, and still lifes. Her work was highly regarded by her contemporaries but largely forgotten after her death. Her entire oeuvre came to be attributed to Frans Hals or to her husband, Jan Miense Molenaer. In 1893, she was rediscovered and scholars began to attribute her works correctly.
1986
Lauri Korpikoski
Finnish ice hockey player
Lauri Korpikoski is a Finnish professional ice hockey left winger who is currently playing for HC TPS of the Liiga. Korpikoski has previously played in the NHL for the Arizona Coyotes, Edmonton Oilers, Dallas Stars, Columbus Blue Jackets and the New York Rangers, the organization that drafted him in the first round, 19th overall, at the 2004 NHL entry draft.
1952
Glenn A. Baker
Australian journalist and author (died 2026)
Glenn A. Baker was an Australian journalist, historian, commentator, author and broadcaster known for his vast knowledge of rock music. He wrote books and magazine articles on rock music and travel as well as album sleeves, interviewed celebrities, managed bands such as Ol' 55 as well as co-founding local record label Raven Records and promoting tours of international stars.
1936
Garfield Sobers
Barbadian cricketer (died 2026)
Sir Garfield St Auburn Sobers, also known as Gary or Garry Sobers, was a Barbadian cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974. A highly skilled and aggressive batsman, a versatile bowler and an excellent fielder, he is widely considered to be cricket's greatest ever all-rounder and one of the greatest cricketers of all time.
1986
Nolan Gerard Funk
Canadian actor
Nolan Gerard Funk is a Canadian actor and singer, known for portraying Hunter Clarington in the musical comedy-drama television series Glee, Collin Jennings in the comedy-drama television series Awkward, FBI agent Van White in The Flight Attendant, Angel Eyes in the drama series Counterpart and Conrad Birdie in the 2009 Broadway revival of the musical Bye Bye Birdie.
1992
Spencer Boldman
American actor
Spencer Boldman is an American actor and producer. He first gained recognition for his role of Adam Davenport on Disney XD's Lab Rats. His subsequent work includes the film Cruise (2018) and the Hulu limited series Welcome to Chippendales (2022). In 2026, Boldman starred as James in the supernatural thriller You Can’t Leave, which he also executive produced.
1902
Albert Namatjira
Australian painter (died 1959)
Albert Namatjira was an Arrernte painter from the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia, widely considered one of the most notable Australian artists. As a pioneer of contemporary Indigenous Australian art, he was arguably one of the most famous Indigenous Australians of his generation. He was the first Aboriginal artist to receive popularity from a wide Australian audience.
1925
Baruch Samuel Blumberg
American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)
Baruch Samuel Blumberg, known as Barry Blumberg, was an American physician, geneticist, and co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his work on the hepatitis B virus while an investigator at the NIH and at the Fox Chase Cancer Center. He was president of the American Philosophical Society from 2005 until his death.
1971
Stephen Lynch
American singer-songwriter and actor
Stephen Andrew Lynch is an American comedian, musician and actor who is known for his satirical songs mocking daily life and popular culture. Lynch has released four studio albums and four live albums along with a live DVD. This 2004 DVD, Live at the El Rey, was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
1973
Steve Staios
Canadian ice hockey player
Steve Staios is a Canadian ice hockey executive and former professional player. He currently serves as president of hockey operations and general manager for the Ottawa Senators. Staios played right defence in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks, Atlanta Thrashers, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, and New York Islanders during his career.
1938
Chuan Leekpai
Thai lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Thailand
Chuan Leekpai MPCh MVM ThChW is a Thai politician who was Prime Minister of Thailand from 1992 to 1995, and from 1997 to 2001. He was President of the National Assembly of Thailand and speaker of the Thai House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023; he also held the latter role from 1986 to 1988.
1971
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Iraqi leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (died 2019)
Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri, commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was an Iraqi militant leader and former teacher who was the founder and first leader of the Islamic State (IS), who proclaimed himself caliph in 2014 and stayed in power until his suicide in an American military operation in 2019.
1966
Liz Cheney
American politician, daughter of Dick Cheney
Elizabeth Lynne Cheney is an American attorney and former politician who was the U.S. representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district from 2017 to 2023, and served as chair of the House Republican Conference from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she is known for her vocal opposition to Donald Trump.
1960
Yōichi Takahashi
Japanese illustrator
Yōichi Takahashi is a Japanese cartoonist and manga artist, best known for his work Captain Tsubasa. Takahashi has published art books, manga, novels, and guides, most of which are about Captain Tsubasa. He is also known for his soccer series, Hungry Heart: Wild Striker. He is currently the chairman of Nankatsu SC.
1979
Birgitta Haukdal
Icelandic singer-songwriter and producer
Birgitta Haukdal Brynjarsdóttir, known mononymously as Birgitta, is an Icelandic singer. She rose to domestic media prominence as the lead singer of pop band Írafár. She represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with the song "Open Your Heart", tying in eighth place with the Spanish contestant Beth with 81 points.
1943
Richard Wright
English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2008)
Richard William Wright was an English keyboardist, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd. He appeared on almost every Pink Floyd album and performed on all of their tours. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 as a member of Pink Floyd.
1974
Afroman
American rapper and comedian
Joseph Edgar Foreman, known by his stage name Afroman, is an American rapper, singer, and musician. His fourth studio album, The Good Times (2001), featured the singles "Because I Got High" and "Crazy Rap". "Because I Got High" was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2002 for Best Rap Solo Performance.
1979
Lee Min-woo
South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
Lee Min-woo, also known by the stage name M, is a South Korean entertainer and singer. He is best known as a member of the South Korean boy band Shinhwa. Lee was the first Shinhwa member to debut as a solo artist in 2003, and has since released three studio albums.
1932
Natalie Babbitt
American author and illustrator (died 2016)
Natalie Zane Babbitt was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Her 1975 novel, Tuck Everlasting, was adapted into two feature films and a Broadway musical. She received the Newbery Honor and Christopher Award, and was the U.S. nominee for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1982.
1945
Jim Davis
American cartoonist, created Garfield
James Robert Davis is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is the creator of the comic strips Garfield and U.S. Acres. Published since 1978, Garfield is one of the world's most widely syndicated comic strips. Davis's other comics work includes T.K. Ryan's Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat, and Mr. Potato Head.
1993
Evan Rodrigues
Canadian ice hockey player
Evan Rodrigues is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, Colorado Avalanche, and Florida Panthers, winning back-to-back Stanley Cups with the Panthers in 2024 and 2025.
1879
Stefan Filipkiewicz
Polish painter (died 1944)
Stefan Filipkiewicz was a Polish painter and designer. He was born in Tarnów, Austria-Hungary, and died in Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, Nazi Germany, during the Holocaust. Notable for his landscapes inspired by the Young Poland movement, he was a leading representative of the Polish Art Nouveau style of painting.
1896
Barbara La Marr
American actress and screenwriter (died 1926)
Barbara La Marr was an American film actress and screenwriter who appeared in twenty-seven films during her career between 1920 and 1926. La Marr was also noted by the media for her beauty, dubbed as the "Girl Who Is Too Beautiful", as well as her tumultuous personal life.
1956
John Feinstein
American sportswriter and commentator (died 2025)
John Feinstein was an American sportswriter, author, and sports commentator. A long-time sports reporter at the Washington Post, he also wrote numerous books and was particularly known for A Season on the Brink, published in 1986, which chronicled a season with Bob Knight's Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team.
1961
Yannick Dalmas
French racing driver
Yannick Paul Marie Dalmas is a former racing driver from France. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times, each time with a different car manufacturer, a unique feature in the history of the race. Prior to this, he participated in 49 Formula One Grands Prix.
1986
Alexandra Chando
American actress
Alexandra Chando is an American actress and director. She is known for her role as Maddie Coleman in the CBS soap opera, As the World Turns and for her dual role as identical twins, Emma Becker and Sutton Mercer in the ABC Family drama series, The Lying Game.
1983
Ilir Latifi
Swedish-Kosovar mixed martial artist
Ilir Latifi is a Swedish mixed martial artist who fights in the Heavyweight division, most recently in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A two-time national wrestling champion and a professional MMA competitor since 2008, Latifi has also competed in Shark Fights, Rumble of The Kings, and GLORY.
1879
Lucy Burns
American activist, co-founded the National Woman's Party (died 1966)
Lucy Burns was an American suffragist and women's rights advocate. She was an activist in the United States and the United Kingdom, who joined the militant suffragettes. Burns was a close friend of Alice Paul, and together they ultimately formed the National Woman's Party.
1954
Gerd Faltings
German mathematician and academic
Gerd Faltings is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1986 for his proofs of the Mordell conjecture and several related conjectures. He won the Abel Prize in 2026 for these achievements.
1969
Alexis Arquette
American actress (died 2016)
Alexis Arquette was an American actress and transgender activist. Born in Los Angeles, she was the fourth of five children of actor and director Lewis Arquette and Brenda Olivia "Mardi", an actress. Her siblings include actors Rosanna, Richmond, Patricia, and David Arquette.
1969
Dana White
American businessman, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Dana Frederick White Junior. is an American businessman who is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a global mixed martial arts organization. In 2025, White's net worth was estimated at over $600 million by Forbes.
1979
Alena Popchanka
Belarusian-French swimmer and coach
Alena Popchanka is a 4-time Olympic freestyle and butterfly swimmer originally from Belarus. She swam for Belarus at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics. At the 2008 Olympics she swam for France, after her marriage to Frenchman Frédéric Vergnoux in early 2005.
1984
Ali Krieger
American soccer player
Alexandra Blaire Krieger is an American former professional soccer player who played as a right back or center back. She made more than 100 appearances for the United States from 2008 to 2021, with which she won two FIFA Women's World Cups.
1887
Marcel Duchamp
French-American painter and sculptor (died 1968)
Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp was a French-American artist, chess player, and inventor who played a key role in the development of the avant-garde in the United States and in New York City, where he spent the last 25 years of his life.
1986
Essence Carson
American basketball player
Essence Carson is an American former professional basketball player. She played college basketball for Rutgers University. After a successful college career there, Carson was drafted by the New York Liberty with the 7th overall pick in the 2008 WNBA draft.
1347
Margaret of Durazzo
Queen of Naples and Hungary (died 1412)
Margaret of Durazzo was Queen of Naples and Hungary and Princess of Achaea as the spouse of Charles III of Naples. She was regent of Naples from 1386 until 1393 during the minority of her son Ladislaus of Naples.
1946
Linda Kelsey
American actress
Linda Kelsey is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Billie Newman on the CBS drama television series Lou Grant (1977–1982), which earned her three Golden Globe Award nominations and five Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
1982
Cain Velasquez
Mexican-American mixed martial artist and wrestler
Cain Ramírez Velásquez is an American former professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is widely known for his time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he competed in the heavyweight division and became a two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion.
1976
Jacoby Shaddix
American singer-songwriter
Jacoby Dakota Shaddix is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and television presenter. He is best known as a founding member and the continuous lead singer of the California-based rock band Papa Roach since the band's formation in 1993.
1866
Albertson Van Zo Post
American fencer (died 1938)
Albertson Van Zo Post was an American fencer and writer. He earned two gold medals in the 1904 Summer Olympics as well as a silver and two bronze medals, and also competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
1938
Arsen Dedić
Croatian singer-songwriter and poet (died 2015)
Arsenije "Arsen" Dedić was a Yugoslav and Croatian singer-songwriter. He wrote and performed chansons, as well as film music. He was also an award-winning poet, and was one of the best-selling poets of former Yugoslavia and Croatia.
1949
Simon Kirke
English drummer
Simon Frederick St George Kirke is an English musician who was the co-founder, drummer, and only continuous member of the rock supergroup Bad Company. Prior to forming Bad Company, he was the drummer and co-founder of Free.
1994
Walker Buehler
American baseball player
Walker Anthony Buehler is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and San Diego Padres.
1985
Dustin Milligan
Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
Dustin Wallace Milligan is a Canadian actor best known as Jack Snowman in Hot Frosty, Ted Mullens on Schitt's Creek, Ethan Ward on 90210, Tom Cummings in X Company, and Josh Carter on Rutherford Falls.
1849
James Edson White
American author and publisher, second son of Ellen G. White and James S. White
James Edson White, frequently known as Edson White, was an American author, publisher and the second son of two of the pioneers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, James S. White and Ellen G. White.
1874
Ernst Cassirer
Polish-American philosopher and academic (died 1945)
Ernst Alfred Cassirer was a German philosopher and historian of philosophy. Trained within the Marburg school of neo-Kantianism, he initially followed his mentor Hermann Cohen in attempting to supply an idealistic philosophy of science.
1909
Aenne Burda
German publisher (died 2005)
Aenne Burda, born Anna Magdalene Lemminger, was a German publisher of the Burda Group, a media group based in Offenburg and Munich, Germany. She was one of the symbols of the German economic miracle.
1930
Junior Kimbrough
American singer and guitarist (died 1998)
David Malone "Junior" Kimbrough Jr. was an American blues musician. His best-known works are "Keep Your Hands off Her" and "All Night Long". In 2023, he was inducted in the Blues Hall of Fame.
1970
Michael Amott
Swedish guitarist and songwriter
Michael Amott is a Swedish guitarist, founding member of the metal bands Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars and Carnage, as well as a former member of Carcass. He is the older brother of Christopher Amott.
1996
Harriet Dart
British tennis player
Harriet Dart is a British professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 70 on 9 September 2024, and a best doubles ranking of No. 59, on 14 October 2024.
1863
Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski
Russian general (died 1919)
Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski, or Nakhichevansky, francised spelling: Hussein Nahitchevansky, was a Russian Cavalry General of Azerbaijani origin. He was the only Muslim to serve as General Adjutant of the H. I. M. Retinue.
1909
Malcolm Lowry
English novelist and poet (died 1957)
Clarence Malcolm Lowry was an English poet and novelist who is best known for his 1947 novel Under the Volcano, which was voted No. 11 in the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list.
1857
Ballington Booth
English-American activist, co-founded Volunteers of America (died 1940)
Ballington Booth was a British-born American Christian minister who co-founded Volunteers of America, a Christian charitable organization, and became its first General (1896-1940). He was a former officer in The Salvation Army.
1915
Frankie Yankovic
American polka musician (died 1998)
Frank John Yankovic was an American accordion player and polka musician. Known as "America's Polka King", Yankovic was considered the premier artist to play in the Slovenian style during his long career.
1933
Charlie Hodge
Canadian ice hockey player and scout (died 2016)
Charles Edward Hodge was a Canadian ice hockey player who played as a goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks, and Oakland Seals of the National Hockey League between 1954 and 1971.
1952
Vajiralongkorn
King of Thailand
Vajiralongkorn, also known by his regnal name Rama X, is King of Thailand, reigning since 2016. He is the tenth monarch of the Chakri dynasty, succeeding his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
1950
Shahyar Ghanbari
Iranian singer-songwriter
Shahyar Ghanbari, also spelled incorrectly as Shahryar Ghanbari is an Iranian poet, writer, lyricist, songwriter, and singer of Persian pop music. He is also a film director and radio-TV producer.
1983
Cody Hay
Canadian figure skater
Cody Hay is a Canadian professional figure skating coach and former figure skater. With Anabelle Langlois, he is the 2008 Canadian national champion. He is now a coach with Langlois.
1893
Rued Langgaard
Danish organist and composer (died 1952)
Rued Langgaard was a late-Romantic Danish composer and organist. His then-unconventional music was at odds with that of his Danish contemporaries but was recognized 16 years after his death.
1916
David Brown
American journalist and producer (died 2010)
David Brown was an American film and theatre producer and writer who was best known for producing the 1975 film Jaws based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley.
1959
William T. Vollmann
American novelist, short story writer and journalist
William Tanner Vollmann is an American novelist, journalist, war correspondent, short story writer and essayist. He won the 2005 National Book Award for Fiction with the novel Europe Central.
1860
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (died 1922)
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia was by birth member of the House of Romanov and a Grand Duchess of Russia and by marriage Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
1783
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck
German army officer and writer (died 1860)
Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Bismarck was a German lieutenant general, diplomat and military writer. He wrote several major military-political works and military histories, which were very pro-Napoleon.
1901
Rudy Vallée
American actor, singer, and saxophonist (died 1986)
Hubert Prior Vallée, known professionally as Rudy Vallée, was an American singer, musician, actor, and radio host. He was one of the first modern teen-idol pop stars.
1969
Garth Snow
American ice hockey player and manager
Garth E. Snow is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender and former general manager, president, and alternate governor of the New York Islanders of the NHL.
1947
Peter Cosgrove
Australian general and politician, 26th Governor General of Australia
General Sir Peter John Cosgrove is an Australian retired senior Army officer who served as the 26th governor-general of Australia, in office from 2014 to 2019.
1994
Hyojung
South Korean singer
Choi Hyo-jung, better known mononymously as Hyojung is a South Korean singer. She is the leader of the South Korean girl group Oh My Girl.
1942
John Sattler
Australian rugby league player (died 2023)
John William Sattler was an Australian professional rugby league footballer played as a prop in the 1960s and 1970s. He captained South Sydney to four premiership victories from 1967 to 1971 and who played four Tests for Australia – three as national captain. Known as "Satts", he was one of the hardmen of Australian rugby league and was regarded as an aggressive on field player but a softly spoken gentleman off the field – hence his other nickname "Gentleman John". His son Scott Sattler also played professionally, winning a premiership with the Penrith Panthers in 2003.
1949
Randall Wallace
American screenwriter and producer
Randall Wallace is an American screenwriter, film director and producer who came to prominence by writing the screenplay for the historical drama film Braveheart (1995). His work on the film earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a Writers Guild of America Award in the same category. He has since directed films such as The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), We Were Soldiers (2002), Secretariat (2010) and Heaven Is for Real (2014).
1815
Stefan Dunjov
Bulgarian colonel (died 1889)
Stefan Dunjov was a Banat Bulgarian military figure and revolutionary known for participating in both the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and the Italian unification (Risorgimento), as well as for being the first ethnic Bulgarian Colonel.
1951
Ray Kennedy
English footballer (died 2021)
Raymond Kennedy was an English footballer who won every domestic honour in the game with Arsenal and Liverpool in the 1970s and early 1980s. Kennedy played as a forward for Arsenal and then played as a left-sided midfielder for Liverpool. He scored 148 goals in 680 league and cup appearances in a 15-year career in the English Football League. Also, he won 17 caps for England between 1976 and 1980, scoring three international goals.
1960
Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
Luiz Fernando Carvalho is a Brazilian film and television director, screenwriter, producer and editor, known for works closely linked to literature that constitute a renovation in Brazilian audiovisual aesthetics. He has already brought to the screen works by Ariano Suassuna, Raduan Nassar, Machado de Assis, Eça de Queirós, Roland Barthes, Clarice Lispector, Milton Hatoum, José Lins do Rego, and Graciliano Ramos, among others.
1970
Paul Strang
Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
Paul Andrew Strang is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former international player. A leg-spinning all-rounder, he played in 24 Test matches and 95 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe between 1994 and 2001. He played Test cricket alongside his brother, Bryan Strang; their father, Ronald Strang, was a first-class umpire and was TV umpire for two of Zimbabwe's Test matches in 1994/5.
1972
Robert Chapman
English cricketer
Robert James Chapman is an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire and Worcestershire between 1992 and 1998, and List A cricket for Lincolnshire in the early 21st century. He is the son of footballer Bob Chapman, who was often known as 'Sammy'.
1907
Earl Tupper
American inventor and businessman, founded Tupperware Brands (died 1983)
Earl Silas Tupper was an American businessman and inventor, best known as the inventor of Tupperware, an airtight plastic container for storing food, and for founding the related home products company that bears his name, Tupperware Plastics Company.
1942
Tonia Marketaki
Greek director and screenwriter (died 1994)
Tonia Marketaki was a Greek film director and screenwriter. She was born in Pireas and spent many of her childhood years in the Zografou district of Athens. Her maternal origins are from Kardamyla, in the island of Chios.
1966
Shikao Suga
Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
Shikao Suga is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter from Tokyo known for writing the theme songs for several anime, movies and commercial ads. His name in kanji is 菅 止戈男, but he uses katakana as his professional name.
1971
Annie Perreault
Canadian speed skater
Annie Perreault is a Canadian short track speed skater, who won medals in the 500 m and 3000 m relay at the 1998 Winter Olympics. She had already won a relay gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
1930
Ramsey Muir Withers
Canadian general (died 2014)
General Ramsey Muir Withers, CMM, CD was a Canadian Army Officer and Chief of the Defence Staff, the highest ranking position in the Canadian Forces, from 1980 to 1983. He died of a heart attack in 2014.
1978
Hitomi Yaida
Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
Hitomi Yaida 矢井田瞳 is a Japanese pop/folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. She often goes by the nickname Yaiko. Yaida is an established musical artist in Japan and has also had minor club hits in the United Kingdom.
1987
Christofer Ranzmaier
Austrian politician
Christofer Ranzmaier is an Austrian politician of the Freedom Party. He has been a member of the National Council since 2024, and was a member of the Tyrolean Landtag from 2018 to 2022.
1954
Mikey Sheehy
Irish footballer
Michael Sheehy is an Irish Gaelic football selector and former player. His league and championship career at senior level with the Kerry county team spanned fifteen seasons from 1973 to 1988.
1966
Sossina M. Haile
Ethiopian American chemist
Sossina M. Haile is an Ethiopian-American chemist, known for developing the first solid acid fuel cells. She is a professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern University, Illinois, US.
1920
Andrew V. McLaglen
English-American director and producer (died 2014)
Andrew Victor McLaglen was a British-born American film and television director. He was best known for his Westerns and adventure films, often starring John Wayne or James Stewart.
1458
Jacopo Sannazaro
Italian poet, humanist and epigrammist (died 1530)
Jacopo Sannazaro was an Italian poet, humanist, member and head of the Accademia Pontaniana from Naples.
1516
William
Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, German nobleman (died 1592)
William of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, known as William the Rich, was a Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1539–1592).
1645
Marguerite Louise d'Orléans
French princess (died 1721)
Marguerite Louise d'Orléans was a French princess who became grand duchess of Tuscany as the wife of Grand Duke Cosimo III de' Medici.
1659
Charles Ancillon
French jurist and diplomat (died 1715)
Charles Ancillon was a French jurist and diplomat.
1750
Fabre d'Églantine
French actor, playwright, and politician (died 1794)
Philippe François Nazaire Fabre d'Églantine, commonly known as Fabre d'Églantine, was a French actor, dramatist, poet, and politician of the French Revolution.
1796
Ignaz Bösendorfer
Austrian businessman, founded the Bösendorfer Company (died 1859)
Ignaz Bösendorfer was an Austrian musician and piano manufacturer, who in 1828 founded the Bösendorfer company in Vienna-Josefstadt.
1844
Gerard Manley Hopkins
English poet (died 1889)
Gerard Manley Hopkins was an English poet and Jesuit priest.
1872
Albert Sarraut
French journalist and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (died 1962)
Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.
1887
Willard Price
Canadian-American journalist and author (died 1983)
Willard DeMille Price was a Canadian-born American traveller, journalist and author.
1898
Lawrence Gray
American actor (died 1970)
Lawrence Gray was an American actor of the 1920s and 1930s.
1914
Carmen Dragon
American conductor and composer (died 1984)
Carmen Dragon was an American conductor, composer, and arranger who in addition to live performances and recording, worked in radio, film, and television.
1923
Ray Ellis
American conductor and producer (died 2008)
Ray Ellis was an American record producer, arranger, conductor, and saxophonist. He was responsible for the orchestration in Billie Holiday's Lady in Satin (1958).
1926
Charlie Biddle
American-Canadian bassist (died 2003)
Charles Reed Biddle, was an American-Canadian jazz bassist. He lived most of his life in Montreal, organizing and performing in jazz music events.
1927
John Ashbery
American poet (died 2017)
John Lawrence Ashbery was an American poet and art critic.
1930
Firoza Begum
Bangladeshi singer (died 2014)
Firoza Begum was a Bangladeshi Bengali Nazrul Geeti singer. She was awarded the Independence Day Award in 1979 by the government of Bangladesh.
1930
Jean Roba
Belgian author and illustrator (died 2006)
Jean Roba was a Belgian comics author from the Marcinelle school. His best-known work is Boule et Bill.
1931
Alan Brownjohn
English poet and author (died 2024)
Alan Charles Brownjohn was an English poet and novelist. He also worked as a teacher, lecturer, critic and broadcaster.
1931
Johnny Martin
Australian cricketer (died 1992)
John Wesley Martin was an Australian cricketer who played in eight Test matches from 1960 to 1967.
1932
Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra
Brazilian colonel (died 2015)
Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra was a Brazilian army officer, politician and known and convicted torturer who served as a colonel in the Brazilian Army.
1935
Neil McKendrick
English historian and academic
Neil McKendrick MA FRHistS was the 40th Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He is now a life fellow of the college.
1937
Peter Duchin
American pianist and bandleader
Peter Oelrichs Duchin is an American pianist and band leader.
1938
Luis Aragonés
Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (died 2014)
Luis Aragonés Suárez was a Spanish football player and manager.
1941
Bill Crider
American author (died 2018)
Bill Crider was an American author of crime fiction among other work.
1946
Jonathan Edwards
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jonathan Edwards is an American country and folk singer-songwriter best known for his 1971 hit single "Sunshine".
1948
Georgia Engel
American actress and comedian (died 2019)
Georgia Bright Engel was an American actress and comedian.
1950
Tapley Seaton
Kittitian politician, 4th Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (died 2023)
Sir Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton was the fourth governor-general of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 2015 to 2023.
1951
Gregg Giuffria
American rock musician and businessman
Gregg Giuffria is an American rock musician and businessman. He was the keyboardist for album-oriented rock bands Angel, House of Lords, and Giuffria.
1954
Nnenna Freelon
American jazz singer, composer, and arranger
Nnenna Freelon is an American jazz singer, composer, producer, and arranger.
1956
Robert Swan
English explorer
Robert Charles Swan, OBE, FRGS is the first person to walk to both poles.
1958
Michael Hitchcock
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Michael Hitchcock is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and television producer.
1960
Jon J. Muth
American author and illustrator
Jon J Muth is an American writer and illustrator of children's books as well as graphic novels and comic books.
1962
Rachel Sweet
American singer, television writer, and actress
Rachel Sweet is an American singer, television writer and actress.
1965
Delfeayo Marsalis
American jazz musician (trombonist), member of the Marsalis family
Delfeayo Ferdinand Marsalis is an American jazz trombonist, record producer and educator.
1965
Priscilla Chan
Hong Kong singer
Priscilla Chan Wai-han is a Hong Kong singer. She is known for her contralto singing voice and her clear, technically skilled, and emotion-rich vocals.
1966
Miguel Ángel Nadal
Spanish footballer
Miguel Ángel Nadal Homar is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a versatile defender and midfielder.
1967
Taka Hirose
Japanese bass player
Takashi Hirose is a Japanese musician who is the current bass guitarist for the rock band Feeder.
1970
Isabelle Brasseur
Canadian figure skater
Isabelle Brasseur, is a Canadian former competitive pair skater. With her partner, Lloyd Eisler, she won two Olympic medals and the 1993 World Championships.
1971
Ludmilla Lacueva Canut
Andorran writer
Ludmilla Lacueva Canut is an Andorran writer of both fiction and non-fiction works, as well as an opinion columnist for the newspaper Bondia.
1973
Marc Dupré
Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Marc Dupré is a Canadian singer-songwriter and comedian from Quebec.
1975
Leonor Watling
Spanish actress
Leonor Elizabeth Ceballos Watling is a Spanish film actress and singer.
1979
Henrik Hansen
Danish footballer
Henrik Hallenberg Hansen is a Danish former professional football midfielder. He is currently an assistant coach of Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF.
1985
Mathieu Debuchy
French footballer
Mathieu Debuchy is a French former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
1987
Pedro
Spanish footballer
Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma, known as Pedro, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a winger.
1987
Yevhen Khacheridi
Ukrainian-Greek footballer
Yevhen Hryhorovych Khacheridi is a Ukrainian former professional footballer.
1990
Simone Pizzuti
Italian footballer
Simone Pizzuti is an Italian footballer who plays for Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Lecco.
2000
Emile Smith Rowe
English footballer
Emile Smith Rowe is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Fulham and the England national team..