Famous Birthdays on July 4

Q: Who was born on July 4?

Famous people born on July 4 include: Salonia Matidia, Usama ibn Munqidh, Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Johannes Aventinus, Murad III.

Q: What is Ömer Aşık known for?

Ömer Aşık, Turkish basketball player

1986 — Ömer Aşık

Turkish basketball player

July 4 has seen 234 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 68 – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · July 4 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 234 people 68 – 2003

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Aşık got his first chance playing professionally with the Turkish Basketball League team Fenerbahçe in 2005–06

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Aşık, standing at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), was sought after by many of the top Euroleague basketball teams at the age of 19

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After one season with Alpella, Aşık moved back to Fenerbahçe and eventually ended his Turkish club career with them in 2009–10

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He gained recognition playing for the Turkey national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship, and as the starting center, he helped Turkey win the silver medal

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Ömer Faruk Aşık is a Turkish former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and other leagues

Salonia Matidia

Roman daughter of Ulpia Marciana (died 119)

AD 68 (LXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silius Italicus and Trachalus, or the start of the Year of the Four Emperors. The…

Usama ibn Munqidh

Muslim poet, author and faris (Knight) (died 1188)

Majd ad-Dīn Usāma ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Munqidh al-Kināni al-Kalbī or Ibn Munqidh was a medieval Arab Muslim poet, author, faris (knight), and diplomat from the Banu Munqidh dynasty of Shaizar in northern Syria. His…

1095

Ashikaga Yoshiakira

Japanese shōgun (died 1367)

Ashikaga Yoshiakira was the second shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1358 to 1367 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshiakira was the son of the founder and first shōgun of the Muromachi shogunate,…

1330

Johannes Aventinus

Bavarian historian and philologist (died 1534)

Johann Georg Turmair, known by the pen name Johannes Aventinus or Aventin, was a Bavarian Renaissance humanist historian and philologist. He authored the 1523 Annals of Bavaria, a valuable record of the early history of…

1477

Murad III

Ottoman sultan (died 1595)

Murad III was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595.

1546

John Leake

Royal Navy admiral (died 1720)

Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake was a Royal Navy officer and politician who represented Rochester in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1715. He served in the Third Anglo-Dutch War as a junior…

1656

Louis-Claude Daquin

French organist and composer (died 1772)

Louis-Claude Daquin was a French composer, writing in the Baroque and Galant styles. He was a virtuoso organist and harpsichordist.

1694

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert

German poet and academic (died 1769)

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert was a German poet, novelist, and popular moralistic writer, one of the forerunners of the golden age of German literature that was ushered in by Lessing.

1715

Michel-Jean Sedaine

French playwright (died 1797)

Michel-Jean Sedaine was a French dramatist and librettist, especially noted for his librettos for opéras comiques, in which he took an important and influential role in the advancement of the genre from the period of…

1719

George Leonard

American lawyer, jurist and politician (died 1819)

George Leonard was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Norton, Massachusetts. Besides service on state court benches and in both houses of the state legislature, he represented Massachusetts in the U.S.…

1729

Jean-Pierre Blanchard

French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (died 1809)

Jean-Pierre François Blanchard was a French inventor, best known as a pioneer of gas balloon flight, who distinguished himself in the conquest of the air in a balloon. Notable for his successful hydrogen balloon flight…

1753

George Everest

Welsh geographer and surveyor (died 1866)

Sir George Everest was a British surveyor and geographer who served as Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843.

1790

Oscar I of Sweden (died 1859)

Oscar I was King of Sweden and Norway from 8 March 1844 until his death. He was the second monarch of the House of Bernadotte.

1799

Nathaniel Hawthorne

American novelist and short story writer (died 1864)

Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.

1804

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Italian general and politician (died 1882)

Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican. He contributed to the Unification of Italy (Risorgimento) and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy. He is considered to be one of Italy's…

1807

Hiram Walker

American businessman, founded Canadian Club whisky (died 1899)

Hiram Walker was an American entrepreneur and founder of the Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. distillery in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He was born in East Douglas, Massachusetts, and moved to Detroit in 1838. He purchased land…

1816

Stephen Foster

American songwriter and composer (died 1864)

Stephen Collins Foster, known as "the father of American music", was an American composer known primarily for his parlour and folk music during the Romantic period. Foster wrote more than 200 songs, including "Oh!…

1826

Hermann Cohen

German philosopher (died 1918)

Hermann Cohen was a German Jewish philosopher, one of the founders of the Marburg school of neo-Kantianism, and he is often held to be "probably the most important Jewish philosopher of the nineteenth century".

1842

Thomas John Barnardo

Irish philanthropist and humanitarian (died 1905)

Thomas John Barnardo was an Irish, Christian philanthropist and founder and director of homes for poor and deprived children. From the foundation of the first Barnardo's home in 1867 to the date of Barnardo's death,…

1845

James Anthony Bailey

American circus ringmaster, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (died 1906)

James Anthony Bailey was an American owner and manager of several 19th-century circuses, including the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

1847

Victor Babeș

Romanian physician and biologist (died 1926)

Victor Babeș was a Romanian physician, bacteriologist, academician and professor. One of the founders of modern microbiology, Victor Babeș is the author of one of the first treatises of bacteriology in the world –…

1854

Henrietta Swan Leavitt

American astronomer and academic (died 1921)

Henrietta Swan Leavitt was an American astronomer. Her discovery of how to effectively measure vast astronomical distances led to a shift in the understanding of the scale and nature of the universe.

1868

Hubert Cecil Booth

English engineer (died 1955)

Hubert Cecil Booth was an English engineer, best known for having invented one of the first powered vacuum cleaners.

1871

Calvin Coolidge

American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (died 1933)

Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he had served as the 29th vice president from 1921 to 1923, under President Warren G.…

1872

John McPhee

Australian journalist and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (died 1952)

Sir John Cameron McPhee, KCMG was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He was Premier of Tasmania from 15 June 1928 to 15 March 1934.

1874

Victor Kraft

Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1975)

Victor Kraft was an Austrian philosopher. He is best known for being a member of the Vienna Circle.

1880

Ulysses S. Grant III

American general (died 1968)

Ulysses Simpson Grant III was a United States Army officer and planner. He was the son of Frederick Dent Grant, and the grandson of General of the Armies and American President Ulysses S. Grant.

1881

Rube Goldberg

American sculptor, cartoonist, and engineer (died 1970)

Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor.

1883

Tom Longboat

Canadian runner and soldier (died 1949)

Thomas Charles Longboat was an Onondaga distance runner from the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario and, for much of his career, the dominant long-distance runner. He was known as the "bulldog of Britannia" and…

1886

Pio Pion

Italian engineer and businessman (died 1965)

Pio Pion was an Italian entrepreneur, known for founding the first Italian company producing movie projectors, the Fumagalli, Pion & C.

1887

Henry Armetta

Italian-American actor and singer (died 1945)

Henry Armetta was an American character actor who appeared in at least 150 American films, beginning in silent movies. His last film was released posthumously in 1946, the year after his death.

1888

Irving Caesar

American songwriter and composer (died 1996)

Irving Caesar was an American lyricist and composer primarily for theater who wrote lyrics for numerous song standards, including "Swanee", "Sometimes I'm Happy", "Crazy Rhythm", and "Tea for Two", one of the most…

1895

Mao Dun

Chinese journalist, author, and critic (died 1981)

Shen Dehong, best known by the pen name of Mao Dun, was a Chinese novelist, essayist, journalist, playwright, and literary and cultural critic. He was highly celebrated for his realist novels, including Midnight, which…

1896

Alluri Sitarama Raju

Indian activist (died 1924)

Alluri Sitarama Raju was an Indian revolutionary who waged an armed rebellion against the British colonial rule in India. He engaged in guerilla campaigns against the British forces across the border regions of…

1897

Pilar Barbosa

Puerto Rican-American historian and activist (died 1997)

Pilar Barbosa de Rosario was an educator, historian and political activist. She was the first female Official Historian of Puerto Rico.

1898

Gertrude Lawrence

British actress, singer, and dancer (died 1952)

Gertrude Lawrence was an English actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York.

1898

Gulzarilal Nanda

Indian politician (died 1998)

Gulzarilal Nanda was an Indian politician and economist who specialised in labour issues. He served as the acting Prime Minister of India for two 13-day tenures following the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and Lal…

1898

Gertrude Weaver

American supercentenarian (died 2015)

American supercentenarians are citizens or residents of the United States who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. By January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of…

1898

Belinda Dann

Indigenous Australian who was one of the Stolen Generation, reunited with family aged 107 (died 2007)

Belinda Dann was an Indigenous Australian born as Quinlyn Wardagoo to an Irish cattle station manager and a Nyikina mother in the Lunlungai community in Derby, Western Australia. At the age of 6, 7, or 8 she was taken…

1900

Nellie Mae Rowe

American folk artist (died 1982)

Nellie Mae Rowe was an African-American artist from Fayette County, Georgia. Although she is best known today for her colorful works on paper, Rowe worked across mediums, creating drawings, collages, altered…

1900

Meyer Lansky

American gangster (died 1983)

Meyer Lansky was an American organized crime figure associated with gambling operations and illicit finance in the United States, Cuba, and the Caribbean during the mid-20th century. He was closely linked to Charles…

1902

George Murphy

American actor and politician (died 1992)

George Lloyd Murphy was an American actor and politician. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1944 to…

1902

Flor Peeters

Belgian organist, composer, and educator (died 1986)

Franciscus Florentinus Peeters, Baron Peeters was a Belgian composer, organist and academic teacher. He was director of the Conservatorium in Antwerp, Belgium, and organist at Mechelen Cathedral from 1923 to his death…

1903

Angela Baddeley

English actress (died 1976)

Madeleine Angela Clinton-Baddeley was an English stage and television actress, widely remembered for her role as household cook Mrs. Bridges in the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs. Her stage career spanned seven…

1904

Irving Johnson

American sailor and author (died 1991)

Irving McClure Johnson was an American sail training pioneer, adventurer, lecturer and writer.

1905

Robert Hankey

2nd Baron Hankey, British diplomat and public servant (died 1996)

Robert Maurice Alers Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey, was a British diplomat and public servant.

1905

Lionel Trilling

American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (died 1975)

Lionel Mordecai Trilling was an American literary critic, short story writer, essayist, and teacher. One of the leading U.S. critics of the 20th century, he analyzed the contemporary cultural, social, and political…

1905

Vincent Schaefer

American chemist and meteorologist (died 1993)

Vincent Joseph Schaefer was an American chemist and meteorologist who developed cloud seeding. On November 13, 1946, while a researcher at the General Electric Research Laboratory, Schaefer modified clouds in the…

1906

John Anderson

American discus thrower (died 1948)

John Franklin Anderson was an American athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw. He won the gold medal in this event at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles.

1907

Howard Taubman

American author and critic (died 1996)

Hyman Howard Taubman was an American music critic, theater critic, and author.

1907

Alec Templeton

Welsh composer, pianist and satirist (died 1963)

Alec Andrew Templeton was a Welsh composer, pianist, and satirist.

1909

Robert K. Merton

American sociologist and scholar (died 2003)

Robert King Merton was an American sociologist who is considered a founding father of modern sociology, and a major contributor to the subfield of criminology. He served as the 47th president of the American…

1910

Gloria Stuart

American actress (died 2010)

Gloria Frances Stuart was an American actress, visual artist and activist. She was known for her roles in pre-code films, and garnered renewed fame late in life for her portrayal of Rose Dawson Calvert in James…

1910

Bruce Hamilton

Australian public servant (died 1989)

Leslie Bruce Hamilton was an Australian senior public servant and head of the Department of Social Services between 1966 and 1973.

1911

Mitch Miller

American singer and producer (died 2010)

Mitchell William Miller was an American choral conductor, record producer, record-industry executive, and professional oboist. He was involved in almost all aspects of the industry, particularly as a conductor and…

1911

Elizabeth Peratrovich

Alaskan-American civil rights activist (died 1958)

Elizabeth Peratrovich was an American civil rights activist, Grand President of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, and a Tlingit who worked for equality on behalf of Alaska Natives. In the 1940s, her advocacy was credited as…

1911

Nuccio Bertone

Italian automobile designer (died 1997)

Giuseppe Bertone, also called "Nuccio", was an automobile designer and constructor. He took over Carrozzeria Bertone from his father, Giovanni after World War II, growing the small business to a car building and…

1914

Timmie Rogers

American actor and singer-songwriter (died 2006)

Timmie Rogers was an American comedian, singer-songwriter, bandleader and actor who appeared on many national TV shows in the 1960s and 1970s. Rogers was one of the first Black comedians allowed to directly address a…

1915

Iva Toguri D'Aquino

American typist and broadcaster (died 2006)

Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino was an American citizen visiting Japan when World War II began. Unable to return to the United States, she risked her life smuggling food to American service men held in prisoner of war camps.

1916

Eppie Lederer

American journalist and radio host (died 2002)

Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer, better known by the pen name Ann Landers, was an American advice columnist and eventually a nationwide media celebrity. She began writing the "Ask Ann Landers" column in 1955 and…

1918

Johnnie Parsons

American race car driver (died 1984)

John Woodrow Parsons was an American racing driver in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series. He was the 1949 AAA national champion, and won the 1950 Indianapolis 500.

1918

King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga

(died 2006)

Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV was King of Tonga from 1965 until his death in 2006. He was the tallest and heaviest Tongan monarch, weighing 209.5 kg (462 lb) and measuring 196 cm.

1918

Alec Bedser

English cricketer (died 2010)

Sir Alec Victor Bedser was an English professional cricketer, primarily a medium-fast bowler. He is widely regarded as one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century.

1918

Eric Bedser

English cricketer (died 2006)

Eric Arthur Bedser was a cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club. He was the elder identical twin brother of Alec Bedser (1918–2010), widely regarded as one of England's top bowlers of the 20th century. Eric…

1918

Pauline Phillips

American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby (died 2013)

Pauline Esther Phillips, also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the well-known Dear Abby newspaper column in 1956. It became the most widely syndicated newspaper…

1918

Norm Drucker

American basketball player and referee (died 2015)

Norm Drucker was a major influence in professional basketball officiating for over 35 years. His NBA and ABA officiating career as both a referee and Supervisor of Officials spanned the careers of all-time pro…

1920

Leona Helmsley

American businesswoman (died 2007)

Leona Roberts Helmsley was an American businesswoman. After allegations of non-payment were made by contractors hired to improve Helmsley's Connecticut home, she was investigated and convicted of federal income tax…

1920

Fritz Wilde

German footballer and manager (died 1977)

Fritz Wilde was a German football player and manager, who played as a forward.

1920

Paul Bannai

American politician (died 2019)

Paul Takeo Bannai was an American politician who was the first Japanese American to ever serve in the California State Legislature. He served in the State Assembly as a Republican legislator from 1973 until 1980, when…

1920

Gérard Debreu

French economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)

Gérard Debreu was a French-born economist and mathematician. Best known as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he began work in 1962, he won the 1983 Nobel Memorial Prize in…

1921

Nasser Sharifi

Iranian sports shooter

Nasser Sharifi is an Iranian former sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre rifle, three positions event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

1921

Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut (died 2014)

Mikhail of Asyut, was the elder metropolitan of the Holy Metropolis of Asyut (Lycopolis), (Hieracon, and of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and was the abbot of the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great, in…

1921

Philip Rose

American actor, playwright, and producer (died 2011)

Philip Rose was a Broadway theatrical producer of such productions as A Raisin in the Sun, The Owl and the Pussycat, Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, Purlie, and Shenandoah. His work was particularly notable for its social…

1921

Tibor Varga

Hungarian violinist and conductor (died 2003)

Tibor Varga was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, and music teacher who developed pedagogic methods for teaching string music. He was a founding member of the string department in the Musikhochschule Detmold.

1921

R. James Harvey

American politician (died 2019)

Russell James Harvey usually known as James Harvey, was a United States representative from Michigan and an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of…

1922

Rudolf Friedrich

Swiss lawyer and politician (died 2013)

Rudolf Heinrich Friedrich was a Swiss attorney and politician. He served as a member of the Federal Council (Switzerland) for the Free Democratic Party from 1982 to 1984, where he held the position as Head of the…

1923

Eva Marie Saint

American actress

Eva Marie Saint is an American former actress. In a career spanning more than seven decades, she received an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. As of July 2024, Saint…

1924

Delia Fiallo

Cuban author and screenwriter (died 2021)

Delia Fiallo was a Cuban author and screenwriter who lived in Miami, Florida. She was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba. She was one of the most distinguished representatives of the contemporary…

1924

Harry Stewart Jr.

American military officer and fighter pilot (died 2025)

Harry Thaddeus Stewart Jr. was an American fighter pilot. He was an officer in the United States Army Air Forces, and a Distinguished Flying Cross recipient who served in the 332nd Fighter Group, best known as the…

1924

Ciril Zlobec

Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and politician (died 2018)

Ciril Zlobec was a Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and former politician. He is best remembered for his poems, publishing several volumes of poetry in his lifetime. In 1990 he became a member of the…

1925

Dorothy Head Knode

American tennis player (died 2015)

Alice Dorothy Head Knode, also known as Dottie Head Knode, was an American tennis player who reached the women's singles final of the French International Championships in 1955, losing to Angela Mortimer in three sets,…

1925

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014)

Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé was an Argentine and naturalised Spanish professional footballer and manager who played as a forward, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the greatest Real…

1926

Lake Underwood

American race car driver and businessman (died 2008)

Lake Carl Underwood was an American entrepreneur who competed as a champion in the racing of prototype automobiles and motorcycles. He was a master mechanic who, although high performance fuel delivery and carburetor…

1926

Gina Lollobrigida

Italian actress and photographer (died 2023)

Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida OMRI was an Italian actress, model, photojournalist, and sculptor. She was one of the highest-profile European actresses of the 1950s and 1960s, a period in which she was an international sex…

1927

Neil Simon

American playwright and screenwriter (died 2018)

Marvin Neil Simon was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays. He received three Tony Awards and…

1927

Giampiero Boniperti

Italian footballer and politician (died 2021)

Giampiero Boniperti was an Italian footballer who played his entire 15-season career at Juventus between 1946 and 1961, winning five Serie A titles and two Coppa Italia titles. He also played for the Italy national team…

1928

Teofisto Guingona Jr.

Filipino politician; 11th Vice President of the Philippines

Teofisto "Tito" Tayko Guingona Jr. is a Filipino statesman and diplomat who served as the 11th vice president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2004, during the first term of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Born in San…

1928

Jassem Alwan

Syrian Army Officer (died 2018)

Jassem Alwan was a Syrian military officer and prominent military figure in Syria in the early 1960s. He rose to prominence during the period of the United Arab Republic (UAR) when he served as the Commander of the…

1928

Shan Ratnam

Sri Lankan physician and academic (died 2001)

Emeritus Professor Sittampalam Shanmugaratnam, also known as Shan Ratnam, was a Singaporean obstetrician and gynaecologist.

1928

Chuck Tanner

American baseball player and manager (died 2011)

Charles William Tanner was an American professional baseball player and manager. A left fielder and pinch hitter who appeared in 396 games in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1955 and 1962, he was known for his…

1928

Al Davis

American football player, coach, and manager (died 2011)

Allen R. Davis was an American professional football executive and coach. He was the managing general partner, principal owner and de facto general manager for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL)…

1929

Bill Tuttle

American baseball player (died 1998)

William Robert Tuttle was an American professional baseball player. Primarily a center fielder, he appeared in 1,270 games played in Major League Baseball over 11 seasons for the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics…

1929

George Steinbrenner

American businessman (died 2010)

George Michael Steinbrenner III, nicknamed "the Boss", was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees from 1973 until his death in 2010. He was…

1930

Stephen Boyd

Northern Ireland-born American actor (died 1977)

William Millar, better known by his stage name Stephen Boyd, was an actor from Northern Ireland. He emerged as a leading man during the late 1950s with his role as the villainous Messala in Ben-Hur (1959), a role that…

1931

Rick Casares

American football player and soldier (died 2013)

Richard Jose Casares was an American professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) for twelve seasons during the 1950s and 1960s. Casares played…

1931

Sébastien Japrisot

French author, director, and screenwriter (died 2003)

Sébastien Japrisot was a French author, screenwriter and film director. His pseudonym was an anagram of Jean-Baptiste Rossi, his real name. Renowned for subverting the rules of the crime genre, Japrisot broke down the…

1931

Peter Richardson

English cricketer (died 2017)

Peter Edward Richardson was an English cricketer, who played for Worcestershire and Kent County Cricket Clubs and in 34 Test matches for the England cricket team.

1931

Aurèle Vandendriessche

Belgian runner (died 2023)

Aurèle Vandendriessche was a Belgian marathon runner, who won silver medals at the 1962 and 1966 European Championships. He competed at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Summer Olympics with the best result of seventh place in…

1932

Yvonne B. Miller

American academic and politician (died 2012)

Yvonne Bond Miller was a Virginia educator and American politician who became the first African-American woman to serve in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. A Democrat, in 1983 Miller became the first…

1934

Colin Welland

English actor and screenwriter (died 2015)

Colin Welland was an English actor and screenwriter. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Mr Farthing in Kes (1969) and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for…

1934

Paul Scoon

Grenadian politician, 2nd Governor-General of Grenada (died 2013)

Sir Paul Godwin Scoon was a Grenadian politician who served as governor-general of Grenada from 1978 to 1992. His tenure is notable for the hectic events related to the rise and fall of the People's Revolutionary…

1935

Zdzisława Donat

Polish soprano and actress

Zdzisława Donat-Pajda is a Polish coloratura soprano. She studied in Warsaw and Siena, where she was a pupil of Gino Bechi.

1936

Thomas Nagel

American philosopher and academic

Thomas Nagel is an American postanalytic philosopher. He is a professor of philosophy, a professor of law, and University Professor of Philosophy and Law Emeritus at New York University. From 2001 to 2003, he was the…

1937

Queen Sonja of Norway

Sonja is Queen of Norway as the wife of King Harald V. She is Norway's first queen consort since Queen Maud, the wife of King Haakon VII, who died in 1938.

1937

Richard Rhodes

American journalist and historian

Richard Lee Rhodes is an American historian, journalist, and author of both fiction and nonfiction, best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Making of the Atomic Bomb (1986).

1937

Eric Walters

Australian journalist (died 2010)

Eric Walters was an Australian journalist, media trainer and former television presenter. He was best known for his long-running stint as early morning anchor for the Nine Network, both on the Today and National Nine…

1937

Steven Rose

English biologist and academic

Steven Peter Russell Rose was an English neuroscientist, author and social commentator. He was an emeritus professor of biology and neurobiology at the Open University and Gresham College, London.

1938

Bill Withers

American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2020)

William Harrison Withers Jr. was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. Born in Slab Fork, West Virginia, and raised in Beckley, West Virginia, he is known for having several hits over a career spanning 18…

1938

Pat Stapleton

Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020)

Patrick James "Whitey" Stapleton was a Canadian ice hockey player. A defenceman, Stapleton played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA), most notably for the Chicago Black…

1940

Sam Farr

American politician

Samuel Sharon Farr is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for California's 17th (1993–2013) and 20th congressional districts (2013–17). He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to…

1941

Tomaž Šalamun

Croatian-Slovenian poet and academic (died 2014)

Tomaž Šalamun was a Slovenian poet who was a leading figure of postwar neo-avant-garde poetry in Central Europe and an internationally acclaimed absurdist. His more than 50 books of Slovene poetry have been translated…

1941

Pavel Sedláček

Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist

Pavel Sedláček is a Czech rock and roll singer, songwriter and guitarist. When he was 15 played "Rock Around the Clock" on the show for amateur musicians. From 1962 he collaborated with theatre Semafor. At the same time…

1941

Brian Willson

American soldier, lawyer, and activist

S. Brian Willson is a U.S. American Vietnam veteran, peace activist, and trained attorney.

1941

Hal Lanier

American baseball player, coach, and manager

Harold Clifton Lanier is an American former infielder, coach and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). Known as a brainy, defense-first player, he won National League Manager of the Year as a rookie manager for…

1942

Floyd Little

American football player and coach (died 2021)

Floyd Douglas Little was an American professional football player who was a halfback for the Denver Broncos, initially in the American Football League (AFL) and later the National Football League (NFL). He played…

1942

Stefan Meller

French-Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2008)

Stefan Meller was a Polish diplomat and academician. He served as foreign minister of Poland from 31 October 2005, to 9 May 2006, in the cabinet of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz.

1942

Prince Michael of Kent

Prince Michael of Kent is a member of the British royal family who is 53rd in line to the British throne as of 2026. The younger son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, he is a…

1942

Peter Rowan

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Peter Rowan is an American bluegrass musician and composer. He plays guitar, fiddle, dobro, banjo, bass, piano and mandolin. He has a wide vocal range and yodels. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music…

1942

Conny Bauer

German trombonist

Konrad "Conny" Bauer is a German free jazz trombonist. He is the brother of the trombonist Johannes Bauer.

1943

Emerson Boozer

American football player and sportscaster

Emerson Boozer is an American former professional football player who spent his entire career as a running back for the New York Jets in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). In the last…

1943

Adam Hart-Davis

English historian, author, and photographer

Adam John Hart-Davis is an English scientist, author, photographer, historian and broadcaster. He presented the BBC television series Local Heroes and What the Romans Did for Us, the latter spawning several spin-off…

1943

Geraldo Rivera

American lawyer, journalist, and author

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1943

Fred Wesley

American jazz and funk trombonist

Fred Wesley is an American trombonist who worked with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s, and Parliament-Funkadelic in the second half of the 1970s.

1943

Alan Wilson

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1970)

Alan Christie Wilson, nicknamed "Blind Owl", was an American musician, best known as the co-founder, leader, co-lead singer, and primary composer of the blues rock band Canned Heat. He sang and played harmonica and…

1943

Andre Spitzer

Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (died 1972)

Andre Spitzer was an Israeli fencing master and coach of Israel's 1972 Summer Olympics team. He was one of 11 athletes and coaches taken hostage and subsequently killed by terrorists in the Munich massacre.

1945

Ron Kovic

American author and activist

Ronald Lawrence Kovic is an American anti-war activist, author, and United States Marine Corps sergeant who was wounded and paralyzed in the Vietnam War. His best selling 1976 memoir Born on the Fourth of July was made…

1946

Michael Milken

American businessman and philanthropist

Michael Robert Milken is an American financier. He is known for his role in the development of the market for high-yield bonds, which led to his reputation as the "Junk Bond King", and his conviction and sentence…

1946

Lembit Ulfsak

Estonian actor and director (died 2017)

Lembit Ulfsak was an Estonian stage and film actor. Ulfsak starred in the 2014 film Tangerines which was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards. It was also among the five nominated…

1947

René Arnoux

French race car driver

René Alexandre Arnoux is a French former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1978 to 1989. Arnoux won seven Formula One Grands Prix across 12 seasons.

1948

Tommy Körberg

Swedish singer and actor

Bert Gustav Tommy Körberg is a Swedish singer, actor and musician. English-speaking audiences know him best for his role as Anatoly/"The Russian" in the musical Chess. He played the role on the 1984 concept album, and…

1948

Jeremy Spencer

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jeremy Cedric Spencer is a British musician, best known for playing slide guitar and piano in the original line-up of the rock band Fleetwood Mac. A member since Fleetwood Mac's inception in July 1967, he remained with…

1948

Philip Craven

English basketball player and swimmer

Sir Philip Lee Craven is an English sports administrator, former Paralympic wheelchair basketball player, swimmer and track and field athlete. Between 2001 and 2017 he was the second president of the International…

1950

David Jensen

Canadian-English radio and television host

David Allan Jensen is a Canadian-born British radio DJ and television presenter. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Jensen began as a radio DJ on Radio Luxembourg. Jensen was later a broadcaster for the BBC from 1976…

1950

John Alexander

Australian tennis player and politician

John Gilbert Alexander, nicknamed JA, is an Australian former professional tennis player, sports broadcaster, and federal politician.

1951

Ralph Johnson

American R&B drummer and percussionist

Ralph Randolph Johnson is an American singer, songwriter, musician and producer. Johnson is a member and percussionist of the funk/soul/disco band Earth, Wind & Fire.

1951

Vladimir Tismăneanu

Romanian-American political scientist, sociologist, and academic

Vladimir Tismăneanu is a Romanian American political scientist, political analyst, sociologist, and professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. A specialist in political systems and comparative politics, he…

1951

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

American lawyer and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland

Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend is an American politician and attorney who served as the sixth lieutenant governor of Maryland from 1995 to 2003. She was the first woman to serve in that role. A member of the…

1951

Álvaro Uribe

Colombian lawyer and politician, 39th President of Colombia

Álvaro Uribe Vélez is a Colombian politician who served as the 32nd President of Colombia from 7 August 2002 to 7 August 2010. He is a member and leader of the right-wing political party Democratic Center.

1952

Carol MacReady

English actress

Carol MacReady is an English actress. She has been working in the profession since 1961. She is known for the role of Mrs Dribelle in the series Bodger and Badger.

1952

John Waite

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

John Charles Waite is an English rock musician. As a solo artist, he has released ten studio albums and is best known for the 1984 hit single "Missing You", which reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the top…

1952

Paul Rogat Loeb

American author and activist

Paul Rogat Loeb is an American writer whose work has focused on activism, civic engagement, and social change.

1952

Francis Maude

English lawyer and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office

Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude, Baron Maude of Horsham, is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General from 2010 to 2015. He also served in several posts…

1953

Jim Beattie

American baseball player, coach, and manager

James Louis Beattie is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners from 1978 to 1986. He also served as the Montreal Expos' general manager from 1995 to…

1954

Morganna

American model, actress, and dancer

Morganna Roberts is an American entertainer who became known as Morganna or Morganna, the Kissing Bandit in baseball and other sports from 1969 through 1999. She was also billed as "Morganna the Wild One" when appearing…

1954

Devendra Kumar Joshi

21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy

Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM is the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands since 2017 and the Vice Chairman of Islands Development Agency (IDA). He was an Admiral in the Indian…

1954

Eero Heinäluoma

Finnish politician

Eero Olavi Heinäluoma is a Finnish politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2019. A former chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, he was replaced in the party's leadership…

1955

Kevin Nichols

Australian cyclist

Kevin John Nichols is a former track cyclist and Olympic gold medallist.

1955

Robert Sinclair MacKay

British academic and educator

Robert Sinclair MacKay is a British mathematician and professor at the University of Warwick. He researches dynamical systems, the calculus of variations, Hamiltonian dynamics and applications to complex systems in…

1956

Rein Lang

Estonian politician and diplomat, 25th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Rein Lang is an Estonian politician, a member of the Estonian Reform Party since 1995, and a diplomat. He was the Minister of Culture in Andrus Ansip's third cabinet until his resignation.

1957

Vera Leth

Greenlandic Ombudsman

Vera Leth is a Greenlandic civil servant who was the County Council Ombudsman for the Parliament of Greenland between 1997 and 2023.

1958

Kirk Pengilly

Australian guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter

Kirk Pengilly is an Australian musician and member of the Australian rock group INXS. Kirk plays saxophone and guitar, and also performs as a backing vocalist.

1958

Carl Valentine

Canadian soccer player, coach, and manager

Carl Howard Valentine is a former professional soccer player and coach who has had a long association with soccer in the Vancouver area.

1958

Victoria Abril

Spanish actress and singer

Victoria Mérida Rojas, better known as Victoria Abril, is a Spanish film actress and singer based in France. She is possibly best known to international audiences for her performance in the film Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!…

1959

Roland Ratzenberger

Austrian race car driver (died 1994)

Roland Walter Ratzenberger was an Austrian racing driver, who competed in Formula One at three Grands Prix in 1994.

1960

Richard Garriott

English-American video game designer, created the Ultima series

Richard Allen Garriott de Cayeux is a British-born American video game developer, entrepreneur and private astronaut.

1961

Pam Shriver

American tennis player and sportscaster

Pamela Howard Shriver is an American former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster, pundit, and coach. She was ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and…

1962

Henri Leconte

French tennis player and sportscaster

Henri Leconte is a French former professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991.…

1963

Laureano Márquez

Spanish-Venezuelan political scientist and journalist

Laureano Olegario Márquez Pérez is a Spanish-born Venezuelan humorist and political scientist.

1963

José Oquendo

Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach

José Manuel Oquendo Contreras, nicknamed "the Secret Weapon", is a Puerto Rican professional baseball coach and former utility player who is the fundamentals coordinator of the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League…

1963

Sonia Pierre

Haitian-Dominican human rights activist (died 2011)

Solange Pierre, known as Sonia Pierre, was a human rights advocate in the Dominican Republic who worked to end antihaitianismo, which is discrimination against individuals of Haitian origin either born in Haiti or in…

1963

Cle Kooiman

American soccer player and manager

Christopher Clemence "Cle" Kooiman is an American former soccer defender. He played professionally in both Mexico and the United States including the first Major Indoor Soccer League, Western Soccer Alliance, American…

1964

Elie Saab

Lebanese fashion designer

Elie Saab is a fashion designer based in Lebanon. He started his business in the early 1980s, and specialized in bridal couture. His work includes the use of materials such as lace, gemstones, crystals, pearls, and…

1964

Edi Rama

Albanian politician

Edvin Kristaq "Edi" Rama is an Albanian politician, artist, writer, and former professional basketball player who has served as prime minister of Albania since 2013 and as chairman of the Socialist Party of Albania…

1964

Mark Slaughter

American singer-songwriter and producer

Mark Allen Slaughter is an American singer and guitarist and one of the founders of the glam metal band Slaughter.

1964

Mark Whiting

American actor, director, and screenwriter

Mark Randolph Whiting is an American writer, director, designer and actor.

1964

Harvey Grant

American basketball player and coach

Harvey Grant is an American former professional National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player. He is the identical twin brother of Horace Grant, also a former NBA player.

1965

Horace Grant

American basketball player and coach

Horace Junior Grant Sr. is an American former professional basketball player who is a special advisor to Michael Reinsdorf, the president and chief operating officer of the Chicago Bulls. He played college basketball…

1965

Kiriakos Karataidis

Greek footballer and manager

Kyriakos Karataidis is a former Greek football player. He played for Olympiacos, as well as for the national side.

1965

Gérard Watkins

English actor and playwright

Gérard Watkins is a British and French actor, playwright, director, and songwriter.

1965

Ronni Ancona

Scottish actress and screenwriter

Veronica Jane Ancona is a British actress, comedian, impressionist and writer. She co-wrote and starred in The Big Impression, which was, for four years, one of BBC One's top-rated comedy programmes, winning a BAFTA in…

1966

Minas Hantzidis

German-Greek footballer

Minas Hantzidis is a Greek former footballer. He played for Bayer Leverkusen, VfL Bochum, Olympiacos, Iraklis, Veria, Wuppertaler SV, SV Elversberg, Union Solingen, 1. FC Kleve, TSV 05 Ronsdorf and SpVgg Radevormwald,…

1966

Lee Reherman

American actor (died 2016)

Lee Reherman was an American actor, appearing in television and film and hosting television reality shows.

1966

Vinny Castilla

Mexican baseball player and manager

Vinicio "Vinny" Castilla Soria is a Mexican former Major League Baseball third baseman who played his best years with the Colorado Rockies. During his career, he played with the Atlanta Braves, Colorado Rockies, Tampa…

1967

Sébastien Deleigne

French athlete

Sébastien Deleigne is a French modern pentathlete. He competed in four Olympic Games between 1992 and 2004.

1967

Al Golden

American football player and coach

Alfred James Golden Jr. is an American professional football coach and former tight end who is the defensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He served as the head football…

1969

Todd Marinovich

American football player and coach

Todd Marvin Marinovich is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL), Canadian Football League (CFL), and Arena Football League (AFL). He played college…

1969

Wilfred Mugeyi

Zimbabwean footballer and coach

Wilfred Mugeyi is a Zimbabwean former footballer whose last job was coach at South African Premier Soccer League club AmaZulu FC.

1969

Stephen Giles

Canadian canoe racer and engineer

Stephen Giles is a Canadian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won the bronze in the C-1 1000 m event at Sydney in 2000.

1972

Mike Knuble

Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach

Michael Rudolf Knuble is a Canadian-born American former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). During his 16 NHL seasons, he played for the Detroit Red Wings, New York…

1972

Keiko Ihara

Japanese race car driver

Keiko Ihara is a Japanese auto racing driver and businesswoman. She was a former race queen, a model who appears in a swimsuit or other fashionable apparel at race circuits, before deciding to become a racing driver.…

1973

Gackt

Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor

Gakuto Oshiro , better known as Gackt, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor.

1973

Michael Johnson

English-Jamaican footballer and manager

Michael Owen Johnson is a former footballer who played as a defender, primarily at centre back, although he also played left-back when called upon. He is a current England U18s coach and club ambassador of Derby County.…

1973

Anjelika Krylova

Russian ice dancer and coach

Anjelika Alexeyevna Krylova is a Russian retired ice dancer. With partner Oleg Ovsyannikov, she is the 1998 Olympic silver medalist and two-time World champion. She currently works as a coach and choreographer in…

1973

Jan Magnussen

Danish race car driver

Jan Ellegaard Magnussen is a Danish professional racing driver and was a factory driver for General Motors until the end of the 2020 season. He has competed in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), NASCAR, the FIA…

1973

Tony Popovic

Australian footballer and manager

Tony Popovic is an Australian soccer manager and former player who serves as head coach of the Australia national team.

1973

Jill Craybas

American tennis player

Jill N. Craybas is an American former professional tennis player.

1974

La'Roi Glover

American football player and sportscaster

La'Roi Damon Glover is an American professional football coach and former player who is the defensive line coach for the Orlando Storm of the United Football League (UFL). He played as a defensive tackle in the National…

1974

Adrian Griffin

American basketball player and coach

Adrian Darnell Griffin Sr. is an American professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as the head coach for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the…

1974

Daijiro Kato

Japanese motorcycle racer (died 2003)

Daijiro Kato was a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, the 2001 250cc world champion, and the 2000 and 2002 Suzuka 8 Hours winner. He died as a result of injuries sustained after a crash during the 2003 Japanese…

1976

Yevgeniya Medvedeva

Russian skier

Yevgeniya Vladimirovna Medvedeva is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 1996. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she won two medals at Turin in 2006 with a gold in the 4 × 5 km relay and a bronze in the…

1976

Marcos Daniel

Brazilian tennis player

Marcos Diniz Daniel is a retired professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1997. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 56 in September 2009. He is coached by his…

1978

Émile Mpenza

Belgian footballer

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1978

Siim Kabrits

Estonian politician

Siim Kabrits is an Estonian entrepreneur and former politician. He was a member of Riigikogu from April 6, 2011, to March 26, 2014.

1979

Josh McCown

American football player

Joshua Treadwell McCown is an American professional football coach and former quarterback. He is the offensive passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League…

1979

Renny Vega

Venezuelan footballer

Renny Vicente Vega Hernández is a Venezuelan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1979

Kwame Steede

Bermudan footballer

Kwame Steede is a Bermudian football coach and former player. He was appointed head coach of the Devonshire Cougars in 2015.

1980

Dedé

Angolan footballer

Adérito Waldemar Alves Carvalho, commonly known as Dedé, is an Angolan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1981

Brock Berlin

American football player

Brock Sterling Berlin is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Gators and Miami Hurricanes. Berlin was…

1981

Christoph Preuß

German footballer

Christoph Preuß is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender or defensive midfielder.

1981

Francisco Cruceta

Dominican baseball player

Francisco Alberto Cruceta is a former professional baseball pitcher. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers, in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO)…

1981

Will Smith

American football player (died 2016)

William Raymond Smith III was an American professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was selected by the New Orleans…

1981

Vladimir Boisa

Georgian basketball player

Vladimir Boisa or Vladimer Boisa is a Georgian former professional basketball player. Since 2013 he is the vice-president of Georgian Basketball Federation.

1982

Vladimir Gusev

Russian cyclist

Vladimir Nikolayevich Gusev is a Russian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2015 for the Team CSC, Discovery Channel, Astana, Team Katusha and Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli teams.

1982

Jeff Lima

New Zealand rugby league player

Jeff Lima is a former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL. A New Zealand international representative prop, he previously played for the Wests Tigers, Melbourne…

1982

Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino

American model, author and television personality

Michael Paul Sorrentino, also known as The Situation, is an American television personality. He appeared on all six seasons of the MTV reality show Jersey Shore from 2009 through 2012, and has since returned to the…

1982

Melanie Fiona

Canadian singer-songwriter

Melanie Fiona Hallim is a Canadian R&B singer. Born and raised in Toronto, she began her career in 2002 as part of a Canadian R&B trio X-Quisite, who was nominated for a Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year for…

1983

Amantle Montsho

Botswanan sprinter

Amantle Montsho is a Botswana former sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the final at the latter edition. She was the first woman to…

1983

Miguel Pinto

Chilean footballer

Miguel Ángel Pinto Jerez is a Chilean former football goalkeeper. He is the current assistant coach of Esteban González in Querétaro.

1983

Amol Rajan

Indian-English journalist

Amol Rajan is an Indian–British journalist, broadcaster and writer working in the United Kingdom. Formerly the media editor of BBC News, he presented the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 from 2021 to 2026. He has…

1983

Mattia Serafini

Italian footballer

Mattia Serafini is an Italian footballer.

1983

Jin Akanishi

Japanese singer-songwriter

Jin Akanishi is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor. He has been active since 1998 as one of the two lead vocalists of the J-pop boy-band KAT-TUN before starting a solo career in 2009. Akanishi has also acted in…

1984

Kane Tenace

Australian footballer

Kane Tenace is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

1985

Dimitrios Mavroeidis

Greek basketball player

Dimitrios Mavroeidis is a Greek former professional basketball player and currently the team manager for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. During his career as a player, he stood…

1985

Wason Rentería

Colombian footballer

Wason Libardo Rentería Cuesta is a Colombian retired professional footballer who played as a forward.

1985

Nguyen Ngoc Duy

Vietnamese footballer

Nguyễn Ngọc Duy is a Vietnamese retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1986

Rafael Arévalo

Salvadoran tennis player

Rafael Arévalo González is a retired professional tennis player from El Salvador. The majority of Arévalo's professional career has been restricted to playing on the Futures (ITF) circuit, with a further 22 appearances…

1986

Willem Janssen

Dutch footballer

Willem Janssen is a Dutch professional football official and a former player who played as a central defender. He is the technical director of VVV-Venlo.

1986

Terrance Knighton

American football player

Terrance O'Neil Knighton is an American football coach and former defensive tackle. He was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the third round of the 2009 NFL draft after playing college football for the Temple…

1986

Marte Elden

Norwegian skier

Marte Elden is a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed between 2005 and 2011.

1986

Wude Ayalew

Ethiopian runner

Wude Ayalew Yimer is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner. She was the bronze medallist over 10,000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and took the silver in that event at the 2011 All-Africa…

1987

Guram Kashia

Georgian footballer

Guram Kashia is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Niké Liga club Slovan Bratislava and the Georgia national team.

1987

Angelique Boyer

French-Mexican actress

Angelique Monique-Paulette Boyer Rousseau, simply known as Angelique Boyer, is a Mexican actress. Among her most notable works is her participation in soap operas such as Rebelde, and Teresa.

1988

Benjamin Büchel

Liechtensteiner footballer

Benjamin Büchel is a Liechtensteiner professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swiss Challenge League club Vaduz, which he captains, and the Liechtenstein national team.

1989

Jake Gardiner

American ice hockey player

Jake William Gardiner is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 17th overall by the…

1990

Richard Mpong

Ghanaian footballer

Richard Mpong is a Ghanaian professional footballer who currently plays as a winger, for Elmina Sharks and the Ghana national football team.

1990

Naoki Yamada

Japanese footballer

Naoki Yamada is a Japanese footballer who plays for J3 League club FC Gifu.

1990

Ihar Yasinski

Belarusian footballer

Ihar Syarheyevich Yasinski is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays for Bumprom Gomel.

1990

Ángel Romero

Paraguayan footballer

Ángel Rodrigo Romero Villamayor is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors and the Paraguay national team. He is the twin brother of Óscar Romero.

1992

Óscar Romero

Paraguayan footballer

Óscar David Romero Villamayor is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Primera División club Huracán and the Paraguay national team. He is the twin brother of Ángel Romero.

1992

Tom Barkhuizen

English footballer

Thomas John Barkhuizen is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for National League club Barrow.

1993

Post Malone

American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer

Austin Richard Post, known professionally as Post Malone, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. His music blends various genres including pop, hip-hop, trap, country, R&B, and rock.

1995

Moa Kikuchi

Japanese musician

Moa Kikuchi , better known by her stage name Moametal, is a Japanese singer and dancer. She is best known as a member of the kawaii metal band Babymetal, and was formerly a member of the idol group Sakura Gakuin. She is…

1999

Polina Bogusevich

Russian singer

Polina Sergeyevna Bogusevich, also known as Nanamé, is a Russian singer. She represented Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Wings", and went on to win the competition. She is the second…

2003

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