Famous Birthdays on July 9

Q: Who was born on July 9?

Famous people born on July 9 include: Emperor Kameyama of Japan (died 1305), Frederick IV of Baden, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Elizabeth of Austria, Thomas West.

Q: What is Fred Savage known for?

Fred Savage, American actor, director, and producer

1976 — Fred Savage

American actor, director, and producer

July 9 has seen 205 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1249 – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · July 9 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 205 people 1249 – 2003

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He is best known for his role as Kevin Arnold in the American television series The Wonder Years (1988–1993)

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Savage has worked as a director, and in 2005 later starred in the television sitcom Crumbs

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He was fired from a The Wonder Years reboot in 2022 after the revelation of various misconduct allegations.

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Emperor Kameyama of Japan (died 1305)

Emperor Kameyama was the 90th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1260 through 1274.

1249

Frederick IV of Baden

Dutch bishop (died 1517)

Frederik of Baden was a German nobleman who served as Bishop of Utrecht from 1496 until his resignation in 1517.

1455

Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

queen consort of Denmark and Norway (died 1571)

Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg was queen consort of Denmark and Norway by marriage to King Christian III of Denmark. She was known to having wielded influence upon the affairs of state in Denmark.

1511

Elizabeth of Austria

Polish noble (died 1545)

Elizabeth of Austria was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania by marriage. She was the eldest of fifteen children of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and his wife Anne of Bohemia and Hungary. A member of the…

1526

Thomas West

3rd Baron De La Warr, English-American soldier and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (died 1618)

Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr was an English colonial administrator for whom the bay, the river, and, consequently, a Native American people and U.S. state, all later called "Delaware", were named. A member of the…

1577

Ferdinand II

Holy Roman Emperor (died 1637)

Ferdinand II was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637. He was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria, who were devout Catholics. In…

1578

Emperor Reigen of Japan (died 1732)

Satohito , posthumously honored as Emperor Reigen was the 112th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Reigen's reign spanned the years from 1663 through 1687.

1654

Philip Livingston

American merchant and politician (died 1749)

Philip Livingston was an American merchant, slave trader and politician in colonial New York. The son of Robert Livingston the Elder and elder brother of Robert of Clermont, Philip was the second lord of Livingston…

1686

Alexis Piron

French epigrammatist and playwright (died 1773)

Alexis Piron was a French epigrammatist and dramatist.

1689

Johann Nikolaus Götz

German poet and author (died 1781)

Johann Nikolaus Götz was a German poet from Worms.

1721

William Waldegrave

1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (died 1825)

Admiral of the Red William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, GCB was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Newfoundland.

1753

Ann Ward

English author and poet (died 1823)

Ann Radcliffe was an English novelist and poet who pioneered the Gothic novel. Her fourth and most popular novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, was published in 1794. She is also remembered for her third novel, The Romance…

1764

Matthew Lewis

English author and playwright (died 1818)

Matthew Gregory Lewis was an English novelist and dramatist, whose writings are often classified as "Gothic horror". He was frequently referred to as "Monk" Lewis, because of the success of his 1796 Gothic novel The…

1775

Paavo Ruotsalainen

Finnish farmer and lay preacher (died 1852)

Paavo Heikki Ruotsalainen was a Finnish farmer and lay preacher who became the leader of the revivalist Awakening religious movement in Finland.

1777

Alexander William Doniphan

American lawyer and colonel (died 1887)

Alexander William Doniphan was a 19th-century American attorney, soldier and politician from Missouri who is best known today as the man who prevented the summary execution of Joseph Smith, founder of The Church of…

1808

Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle

German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (died 1885)

Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle was a German physician, pathologist, and anatomist. He is credited with the discovery of the loop of Henle in the kidney. His essay, "On Miasma and Contagia," was an early argument for the…

1809

Elias Howe

American inventor, invented the sewing machine (died 1867)

Elias Howe Jr. was an American inventor best known for his creation of the modern lockstitch sewing machine.

1819

A. C. Gibbs

American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Oregon (died 1886)

Addison Crandall Gibbs was an American politician. He was the second governor of Oregon from 1862 until 1866, and previously served in the Oregon Territory's legislative body and later the state legislature.

1825

Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano

Italian cardinal (died 1913)

Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano was a cardinal of the Catholic Church in the late nineteenth century. He was Bishop of Ostia e Velletri and Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals from 1896 until his death.

1828

Jan Neruda

Czech journalist and poet (died 1891)

Jan Nepomuk Neruda was a Czech journalist, writer, poet and art critic; one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of the "May School".

1834

Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (died 1904)

Camille Maximilien Frédéric, Count de Renesse-Breidbach was a Belgian nobleman, entrepreneur and author.

1836

Robert I

Duke of Parma (died 1907)

Robert I was the last sovereign Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1854 until 1859, when the duchy was annexed to Sardinia-Piedmont during the Risorgimento. He was a member of the House of Bourbon-Parma and descended from…

1848

George F. Durand

Canadian architect (died 1889)

George Ferguson Durand was a Canadian architect. Born in London, Canada West, to a Scottish immigrant, he showed an interest in the arts from a young age. He apprenticed under William Robinson before working with Thomas…

1850

William Turner Dannat

American painter (died 1929)

William Turner Dannat was an American artist known especially for paintings of Spanish subject matter.

1853

John Verran

English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of South Australia (died 1932)

John Verran was an Australian politician and trade unionist. He served as premier of South Australia from 1910 to 1912, the second member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) to hold the position.

1856

Franz Boas

German-American anthropologist and linguist (died 1942)

Franz Uri Boas was a German-American anthropologist and ethnomusicologist. He was a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology". His work is associated with the movements…

1858

Georges Lecomte

French author and playwright (died 1958)

Georges Lecomte was a French novelist and playwright, who also wrote literary, historical and artistic studies.

1867

Carlos Chagas

Brazilian physician and parasitologist (died 1934)

Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, was a Brazilian sanitary physician, scientist, and microbiologist who worked as a clinician and researcher. Best known for the discovery of an eponymous protozoal infection called…

1879

Ottorino Respighi

Italian composer and conductor (died 1936)

Ottorino Respighi was an Italian composer, violinist, teacher, and musicologist and one of the leading Italian composers of the early 20th century. His compositions range over operas, ballets, orchestral suites, choral…

1879

James Ormsbee Chapin

American-Canadian painter and illustrator (died 1975)

James Ormsbee Chapin was an American painter and illustrator. He was the father of jazz musician Jim Chapin and grandfather of folk singer Harry Chapin.

1887

Saturnino Herrán

Mexican painter (died 1918)

Saturnino Herrán Guinchard was a Mexican painter influential to Latin culture in the late 19th and early 20th century.

1887

Samuel Eliot Morison

American admiral and historian (died 1976)

Samuel Eliot Morison was an American historian noted for his works of maritime history and American history that were both authoritative and popular. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1912, and taught…

1887

Léo Dandurand

American-Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee (died 1964)

Joseph Viateur "Léo" Dandurand, was an American-Canadian sportsman and businessman. He was the owner and coach of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL). He also was an owner of race…

1889

George Geary

English cricketer and coach (died 1981)

George Geary was a first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. Primarily a bowler, he took 46 wickets in 14 Tests.

1893

Barbara Cartland

English author (died 2000)

Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland was an English writer who published both contemporary and historical romance novels, the latter set primarily during the Victorian or Edwardian period. Cartland is one of the…

1901

Peter Acland

English soldier (died 1993)

Brigadier Peter Bevil Edward Acland was a British Army officer.

1902

Clarence Campbell

Canadian ice hockey player and referee (died 1984)

Clarence Sutherland Campbell was a Canadian ice hockey executive and referee, and soldier. He refereed in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 1930s, served in the Canadian Army during World War II, then served…

1905

Eddie Dean

American singer-songwriter (died 1999)

Eddie Dean was an American Western singer and actor. His smooth baritone impressed both Roy Rogers and Gene Autry, who considered Dean the best cowboy singer of all time.

1907

Allamah Rasheed Turabi

Pakistani philosopher and scholar (died 1973)

Raza Hussain also known as Allama Rasheed Turabi (9 July 1908 – 18 December 1973) was an Islamic scholar, religious leader, public speaker, poet and philosopher.

1908

Minor White

American photographer, critic, and educator (died 1976)

Minor Martin White was an American photographer, theoretician, critic, and educator.

1908

Basil Wolverton

American author and illustrator (died 1978)

Basil Wolverton was an American cartoonist and illustrator known for his intricately detailed grotesques of bizarre or misshapen people. Wolverton was described as "Producer of Preposterous Pictures of Peculiar People…

1909

Govan Mbeki

South African anti-apartheid and ANC leader and activist (died 2001)

Govan Archibald Mvunyelwa Mbeki was a South African politician, military commander, Communist leader who served as the Secretary of Umkhonto we Sizwe, at its inception in 1961. He was also the younger son of Chief…

1910

Mervyn Peake

English author and illustrator (died 1968)

Mervyn Laurence Peake was a British writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the Gormenghast books. The four works were part of what Peake conceived as a lengthy cycle,…

1911

John Archibald Wheeler

American physicist and author (died 2008)

John Archibald Wheeler was an American theoretical physicist. He was largely responsible for reviving interest in general relativity in the United States after World War II. Wheeler also worked with Niels Bohr to…

1911

Willi Stoph

German engineer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of East Germany (died 1999)

Wilhelm Stoph was a German politician. He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic from 1964 to 1973, and again from 1976 until 1989. He also served as chairman of the State…

1914

Mac Wilson

Australian rules footballer (died 2017)

Andrew McDonald "Mac" Wilson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was the second Carlton player to reach 100 years of age and was the oldest living…

1914

David Diamond

American composer and educator (died 2005)

David Leo Diamond was an American composer of classical music. He is considered one of the preeminent American composers of his generation. Many of his works are tonal or modal. His early compositions are typically…

1915

Lee Embree

American sergeant and photographer (died 2008)

Lee Embree was an American Army staff sergeant and photographer who took the first American air-to-air photographs of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Embree took the pictures of the attack from on board an…

1915

Dean Goffin

New Zealand composer (died 1984)

Sir Dean Goffin was one of New Zealand's first prolific Salvation Army composers who composed not only music for the Army but for non-Army bands as well.

1916

Edward Heath

English colonel and politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1970-74 (died 2005)

Sir Edward Richard George Heath was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Heath also served for 51 years as a…

1916

Krystyna Dańko

Polish orphan, survivor of Holocaust (died 2019)

Krystyna Dańko, née Chłond, was a Polish orphan from the town of Otwock, daughter of Karol Chłond – a respected city official in prewar Poland – who was awarded the title of Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem in…

1917

Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn

Dutch mathematician and academic (died 2012)

Nicolaas Govert "Dick" de Bruijn was a Dutch mathematician, noted for his many contributions in the fields of analysis, number theory, combinatorics and logic.

1918

Jarl Wahlström

Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (died 1999)

Jarl Holger Wahlström was the 12th General of The Salvation Army (1981–86).

1918

David C. Jones

American general (died 2013)

David Charles Jones was a United States Air Force general and the ninth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this capacity, Jones served as the highest-ranking uniformed officer of the United States Armed Forces.…

1921

Kathleen Booth

British computer scientist and mathematician (died 2022)

Kathleen Hylda Valerie Booth was a British computer scientist and mathematician who co-wrote the first assembly language and co-designed the assembler and autocode for the first computer systems at Birkbeck College,…

1922

Angelines Fernández

Spanish-Mexican actress (died 1994)

María de los Ángeles Fernández Abad, known professionally as Angelines Fernández, was a Mexican actress. She is best remembered for playing Doña Clotilde "La Bruja del 71" in the sitcom El Chavo del Ocho. She was an…

1922

Jim Pollard

American basketball player and coach (died 1993)

James Clifford Pollard was an American professional basketball player and coach. As a player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Pollard was considered one of the best forwards in the 1950s and was known for…

1922

Pierre Cochereau

French organist and composer (died 1984)

Pierre Eugène Charles Cochereau was a French organist, improviser, composer, and pedagogue.

1924

Guru Dutt

Indian actor, director, and producer (died 1964)

Guru Dutt was an Indian film actor, director, producer, choreographer, and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema. He was heavily influenced by Alfred Hitchcock in his initial films…

1925

Charles E. Wicks

American engineer, author, and academic (died 2010)

Charles Edward Wicks was an American chemical engineer. He was a professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Oregon State University. His focus was mass transfer, which was the subject of the textbook he…

1925

Ronald I. Spiers

American ambassador (died 2021)

Ronald Ian "Ron" Spiers was an American diplomat who served as an Ambassador to several countries during the 1970s and 1980s.

1925

Murphy Anderson

American illustrator (died 2015)

Murphy C. Anderson Jr. was an American comics artist, known as one of the premier inkers of his era, who worked for companies such as DC Comics for over fifty years, starting in the Golden Age of Comic Books in the…

1926

Ben Roy Mottelson

American-Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)

Ben Roy Mottelson was an American-Danish nuclear physicist. He won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the non-spherical geometry of atomic nuclei.

1926

Pedro Dellacha

Argentine football defender and coach (died 2010)

Pedro Rodolfo Dellacha was an Argentine football player and coach. A defender, he was the captain of the Argentina national team that won the 1957 Copa América and earned the nickname "Don Pedro del Area". As a manager,…

1926

Mathilde Krim

Italian-American medical researcher and health educator (died 2018)

Mathilde Krim was a medical researcher and the founding chairman of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR).

1926

Ed Ames

American singer and actor (died 2023)

Edmund Dantes Urick, known professionally as Ed Ames or Eddie Ames, was an American pop singer and actor. He was known for playing Mingo in the television series Daniel Boone, and for his Easy Listening No. 1 hits of…

1927

Red Kelly

Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician (died 2019)

Leonard Patrick "Red" Kelly was a Canadian professional hockey player and coach. Kelly won eight Stanley Cups, four each with Detroit and then Toronto. These cup victories are more than any other player who never played…

1927

Federico Bahamontes

Spanish cyclist (died 2023)

Federico Martín Bahamontes, born Alejandro Martín Bahamontes, was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He won the 1959 Tour de France and a total of 11 Grand Tour stages between 1954 and 1965. He won a total of…

1928

Vince Edwards

American actor, singer, and director (died 1996)

Vince Edwards was an American actor, director, and singer. He was best known for his TV role as Dr. Ben Casey and as Major Cliff Bricker in the 1968 war film The Devil's Brigade.

1928

Lee Hazlewood

American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2007)

Barton Lee Hazlewood was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s and…

1929

Jesse McReynolds

American singer and mandolin player (died 2023)

Jesse Lester McReynolds was an American bluegrass musician. He was best known for his innovative crosspicking and split-string styles of mandolin playing.

1929

Chi Haotian

Chinese general

Chi Haotian, also spelled as Chih Hao-tien, is a retired general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He served as Minister of National Defense from 1993 to 2003.

1929

Hassan II of Morocco (died 1999)

Hassan II was King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. Before his accession, he served as Crown Prince of Morocco from 1957 to 1961 and held key positions including commander-in-chief of the Royal Armed Forces…

1929

K. Balachander

Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)

Kailasam Balachander was an Indian playwright, film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor who worked mainly in the Tamil cinema. He was well known for his distinct film-making style, which tackled…

1930

Buddy Bregman

American composer and conductor (died 2017)

Louis Isidore "Buddy" Bregman was an American arranger and conductor.

1930

Janice Lourie

American computer scientist and graphic artist

Janice Richmond "Jan" Lourie is an American computer scientist and graphic artist. In the late 1960s she was a pioneer in CAD/CAM for the textile industry. She is best known for inventing a set of software tools that…

1930

Elsa Lystad

Norwegian actress (died 2023)

Elsa Lystad was a Norwegian film and stage actress. She was a recipient of the Leonard Statuette, the King's Medal of Merit, the Amanda Honorary Award, and Gullruten.

1930

Patricia Newcomb

American publicist

Margot Patricia "Pat" Newcomb Wigan is an American publicist and producer. After working for Pierre Salinger, she was hired by the agency of Arthur P. Jacobs and briefly represented Marilyn Monroe in 1956. In 1960, she…

1930

Roy McLean

South African cricketer and rugby player (died 2007)

Roy Alastair McLean was a South African cricketer who played in 40 Test matches between 1951 and 1964. A stroke-playing middle-order batsman, he scored over 2,000 Test runs, but made 11 ducks in 73 Test innings.

1930

Haynes Johnson

American journalist and author (died 2013)

Haynes Bonner Johnson was an American journalist, author, and television analyst. He reported on most of the major news stories of the latter half of the 20th century and was widely regarded as one of the top American…

1931

Sylvia Bacon

American judge (died 2023)

Sylvia Adelaide Bacon was an American judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia who was considered by both Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan as a potential nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States…

1931

Donald Rumsfeld

American captain and politician, 13th United States Secretary of Defense (died 2021)

Donald Henry Rumsfeld was an American politician, businessman, naval officer, and diplomat who served as the 13th United States secretary of defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and again as the 21st…

1932

Amitzur Shapira

Israeli sprinter and long jumper (died 1972)

Amitzur Shapira was an Israeli sprinter and long jumper. He was head coach for the Israeli track and field team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. He was killed in the Munich massacre.

1932

Oliver Sacks

English-American neurologist, author, and academic (died 2015)

Oliver Wolf Sacks was a British neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and writer.

1933

Michael Graves

American architect, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building (died 2015)

Michael Graves was an American architect, designer, and educator, and principal of Michael Graves and Associates and Michael Graves Design Group. He was a member of The New York Five and the Memphis Group and a…

1934

Wim Duisenberg

Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Finance (died 2005)

Willem Frederik "Wim" Duisenberg was a Dutch politician, economist and senior official who served as the first President of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2003. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), he previously…

1935

Mercedes Sosa

Argentine singer and activist (died 2009)

Haydée Marta Mercedes Sosa Girón was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout Latin America and many countries outside the region. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent…

1935

Michael Williams

English actor (died 2001)

Michael Leonard Williams was a British actor who played both classical and comedy roles. He was best known for voicing Dr. Watson in the long-running Sherlock Holmes adaptations for BBC Radio, opposite Clive Merrison as…

1935

June Jordan

American poet and educator (died 2002)

June Millicent Jordan was an American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist. In her writing she explored issues of gender, race, immigration, and representation.

1936

David Zinman

American violinist and conductor

David Zinman is an American conductor.

1936

David Hockney

English painter and photographer (died 2026)

David Hockney was a British painter, stage designer and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th and 21st…

1937

Brian Dennehy

American actor (died 2020)

Brian Manion Dennehy was an American actor. Renowned for his performances on stage and screen and once described as "perhaps the foremost living interpreter" of Eugene O'Neill's works, he received two Tony Awards, a…

1938

Sanjeev Kumar

Indian film actor (died 1985)

Sanjeev Kumar was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi and Gujarati cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest and finest actors in the history of Indian cinema, Kumar was known for his acting versatility. He acted in a…

1938

David B. Frohnmayer

American lawyer and politician, 12th Oregon Attorney General (died 2015)

David Braden Frohnmayer was an American attorney, politician, and academic administrator from Oregon. He was the 15th president of the University of Oregon, serving from 1994 to 2009. His tenure as president was the…

1940

Eugene Victor Wolfenstein

American psychoanalyst and theorist (died 2010)

Eugene Victor Wolfenstein was an American social theorist, practicing psychoanalyst, and a professor of political science at University of California, Los Angeles.

1940

Mac MacLeod

English musician (died 2020)

Keith "Mac" MacLeod, was an English musician who was a part of the Hertfordshire folk and blues scene from 1959 onwards. He played in St Albans alongside Mick Softley and Maddy Prior and toured with John Renbourn.…

1941

David Chidgey

Baron Chidgey, English engineer and politician (died 2022)

David William George Chidgey, Baron Chidgey was a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastleigh from 1994 to 2005, and latterly sat in the House of Lords from 2005 until his…

1942

Richard Roundtree

American actor (died 2023)

Richard Arnold Roundtree was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of private detective John Shaft in the 1971 film Shaft and four of its sequels, Shaft's Big Score! (1972), Shaft in Africa (1973), its…

1942

John Casper

American colonel, pilot, and astronaut

John Howard Casper is a former American astronaut and retired United States Air Force pilot.

1943

Judith M. Brown

Indian-English historian and academic

Judith Margaret Brown is a British historian, academic and Anglican priest, who specialises in the study of modern South Asia.

1944

John Cunniff

American ice hockey player and coach (died 2002)

John Paul Cunniff was an American ice hockey coach and former professional player who appeared in 65 World Hockey Association regular season games between 1972 and 1976. After his playing career he worked as a coach,…

1944

Tabassum

Indian actress and talk show host (died 2022)

Tabassum, was an Indian actress, talk show host and YouTuber, who started her career as child actor Baby Tabassum in 1947. She later had a television career as the host of first TV talk show of Indian television, Phool…

1944

Dean Koontz

American author and screenwriter

Dean Ray Koontz is an American author. His novels are billed as suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Many of his books have appeared on The…

1945

Root Boy Slim

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)

Foster MacKenzie III, known professionally as Root Boy Slim, was an American musician and songwriter.

1945

Bon Scott

Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (died 1980)

Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott was an Australian singer who was the second lead vocalist and lyricist of the hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980. In the July 2004 issue of Classic Rock, Scott was ranked…

1946

Haruomi Hosono

Japanese singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

Haruomi Hosono , sometimes credited as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is considered to be one of the most influential musicians in Japanese pop music history, credited…

1947

Mitch Mitchell

English drummer (died 2008)

John Graham "Mitch" Mitchell was an English rock and jazz drummer, best known for his contributions in the Jimi Hendrix Experience, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. He was inducted…

1947

O. J. Simpson

American football player and actor (died 2024)

Orenthal James Simpson, nicknamed "the Juice", was an American football player, actor, and media personality. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons—nine with the Buffalo Bills—and is regarded as…

1947

Patrick Wormald

English historian (died 2004)

Charles Patrick Wormald was a British historian born in Neston, Cheshire, son of historian Brian Wormald.

1947

Hassan Wirajuda

Indonesian lawyer and politician, 15th Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Noer Hassan Wirajuda is an Indonesian politician who was the foreign minister of Indonesia from 2001 to 2009. He served during the presidencies of Megawati Sukarnoputri and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

1948

Raoul Cédras

Haitian military officer and politician

Joseph Raoul Cédras is a Haitian former military officer who was the de facto ruler of Haiti from 1991 to 1994. Cedras was the last military ruler of Haiti.

1949

Amal ibn Idris al-Alami

Moroccan physician and neurosurgeon

Amal El Alami is a Moroccan physician, neurosurgeon and writer. He was born at Casablanca, the quartier Habous, in a nationalist family linked to the Istiqlal Party.

1950

Adriano Panatta

Italian tennis player and sailor

Adriano Panatta is an Italian former professional tennis player. He won the 1976 French Open, becoming the first Italian man in the Open Era to win a major singles title. That year, Panatta also led Italy to the Davis…

1950

Viktor Yanukovych

Ukrainian engineer and politician, 4th President of Ukraine

Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014. He also served as the prime minister of Ukraine several times between 2002 and 2007 and was a member…

1950

Moisés Canelo

Honduran singer-songwriter (died 2024)

Moisés Canelas Withol, better known as Moisés Canelo, was a Honduran singer and songwriter.

1950

Chris Cooper

American actor

Christopher Walton Cooper is an American actor. Having made his debut as a stage actor, he made his breakthrough on television as Sheriff July Johnson in the acclaimed Western television miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989).…

1951

Māris Gailis

Latvian politician, businessman, and former Prime Minister of Latvia

Māris Gailis is a Latvian businessman and former politician. He is the former prime minister of Latvia, an office he held from September 1994 to December 1995. In the government of the Prime Minister Valdis Birkavs,…

1951

John Tesh

American pianist, composer, and radio and television host

John Frank Tesh Jr. is an American musician and radio and television presenter. He wrote the NBA on NBC basketball theme "Roundball Rock" and hosts the Intelligence for Your Life radio show. In addition, since 2014, he…

1952

Margie Gillis

Canadian dancer and choreographer

Margie Gillis is a Canadian dancer and choreographer. Gillis has been creating original works of modern dance for over thirty-five years. Her repertoire includes more than one hundred pieces, which she performs as…

1953

Thomas Ligotti

American author

Thomas Ligotti is an American horror author, philosopher, and writer. His writings are rooted in several literary genres – most prominently weird fiction – and have been described by critics as works of philosophical…

1953

Théophile Abega

Cameroonian footballer and politician (died 2012)

Théophile Abega Mbida, nicknamed Doctor, was a Cameroonian football player and politician. Playing as a midfielder he was part of the Cameroon national team, playing all three matches at the 1982 FIFA World Cup and…

1954

Kevin O'Leary

Canadian journalist and businessman

Terrence Thomas Kevin O'Leary, self stylized as Mr. Wonderful, is a Canadian businessman and television personality. From 2004 to 2014, he appeared on various Canadian television shows, including the business news…

1954

Steve Coppell

English footballer and manager

Stephen James Coppell is an English professional football manager and former player.

1955

Lindsey Graham

American lawyer and politician

Lindsey Olin Graham is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina, a seat he has held since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he chaired the Senate…

1955

Jimmy Smits

American actor and producer

Jimmy L. Smits is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Attorney Victor Sifuentes on the legal drama L.A. Law, NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the police drama NYPD Blue, Matt Santos on the political drama…

1955

Willie Wilson

American baseball player and manager

Willie James Wilson is an American former professional baseball player. He played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, and Chicago Cubs. He was an outfielder known for his…

1955

Tom Hanks

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon.…

1956

Michael Lederer

American author, poet, and playwright

Michael Lederer is an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist currently living in Berlin, Germany. Die Welt has called him "an archaeologist among the great American writers."

1956

Marc Almond

English singer-songwriter

Peter Mark Almond is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell. He is known for his distinctive soulful voice and androgynous image, and has had a diverse career…

1957

Tim Kring

American screenwriter and producer

Richard Timothy Kring is an American screenwriter and television producer, best known for his creation of the drama series Strange World, Crossing Jordan, Heroes, and Touch.

1957

Kelly McGillis

American actress

Kelly Ann McGillis is an American actress. She is known for her film roles such as Rachel Lapp in Witness (1985), for which she received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations; Charlie in Top Gun (1986); Made in Heaven…

1957

Paul Merton

English comedian, actor, and screenwriter

Paul James Martin, known by the stage name Paul Merton, is an English comedian who is best known as one of the two regular panellists on the television show Have I Got News for You.

1957

Abdul Latiff Ahmad

Malaysian politician

Abdul Latiff bin Ahmad is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Special Functions from 2021 to 2022. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mersing from 1999 to 2022.

1958

Jacob Joseph

Malaysian football coach

Jacob Joseph is a Malaysian football coach.

1958

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer-songwriter and keyboard player

James Kerr is a Scottish musician, singer and songwriter, best known for being the frontman of the rock band Simple Minds. Commercially successful singles released by Simple Minds include "Glittering Prize" (1982),…

1959

Kevin Nash

American professional wrestler and actor

Kevin Scott Nash is an American retired professional wrestler, actor and podcaster. He is signed to WWE under a legends contract. He is also known for his tenures in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop…

1959

Clive Stafford Smith

English lawyer and author

Clive Adrian Stafford Smith is a British attorney who specialises in the areas of civil rights and working against capital punishment in the United States. He worked to overturn death sentences for convicts, and helped…

1959

Yūko Asano

Japanese actress and singer

Yūko Asano is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best actress at the 19th Japan Academy Prize for Kura. She was born in Kobe.

1960

Wally Fullerton Smith

Australian rugby league player

Wally John Fullerton-Smith is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative back-rower, he played…

1960

Eduardo Montes-Bradley

Argentine journalist, photographer, and author

Eduardo Montes-Bradley is a documentary filmmaker born in Córdoba, whose work focuses on biographical, cultural, and historical subjects. He is co-founder of Heritage Film Project and resides in Charlottesville. In…

1960

Klaus Theiss

German footballer

Klaus Theiss is a German former professional footballer. He made a total of 146 appearances in the Bundesliga and 94 in the 2. Bundesliga during his playing career.

1963

Courtney Love

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

Courtney Michelle Love is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actress whose career has spanned four decades. She has had a significant impact on female-fronted alternative acts and performers, with NME naming…

1964

Gianluca Vialli

Italian footballer and coach (died 2023)

Gianluca Vialli was an Italian football player and manager who played as a striker. Vialli started his club career at his hometown club Cremonese in 1980, where he made 105 league appearances and scored 23 goals. His…

1964

Frank Bello

American bass player

Frank Bello is an American musician who plays bass for the thrash metal band Anthrax. He was also a member of Helmet from 2004 to 2005 and was the touring bassist of Norwegian black metal band Satyricon in 2024.

1965

Thomas Jahn

German director and screenwriter

Thomas Jahn is a German film and television director.

1965

Jason Rhoades

American sculptor (died 2006)

Jason Fayette Rhoades was an American installation artist. Better known in Europe, where he exhibited regularly for the last twelve years of his life, Rhoades was celebrated for his combination dinner party/exhibitions…

1965

Pamela Adlon

American actress and voice artist

Pamela Adlon is an American actress, writer, and director. She is known for voicing Bobby Hill in the animated comedy series King of the Hill, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award. She also voiced Baloo in Jungle…

1966

Zheng Cao

Chinese-American soprano and actress (died 2013)

Zheng Cao was a Chinese-born, American operatic mezzo-soprano known for her signature role of Suzuki in Madama Butterfly. She performed this role with opera companies such as San Francisco Opera, Grand Théâtre de…

1966

Gary Glasberg

American television writer and producer (died 2016)

Gary Glasberg was an American television writer and producer. He was born in New York City. He was the showrunner on NCIS and creator of NCIS: New Orleans.

1966

Marco Pennette

American screenwriter and producer

Marco Pennette is an American television writer and producer.

1966

Gunnar Axén

Swedish politician

Hans Gunnar Axén is a Swedish Moderate Party politician and a member of the Swedish Riksdag for Östergötland from 1998 to 2014.

1967

Yordan Letchkov

Bulgarian footballer

Yordan Letchkov Yankov is a Bulgarian former professional footballer. He is generally regarded as one of the best players to come out of Bulgaria and was a key member of the squad which reached the semi-finals of the…

1967

Mark Stoops

American football player and coach

Mark Thomas Stoops is an American college football coach and former player who is the special assistant to the head coach at the University of Texas. He most recently served as head football coach for the University of…

1967

Julie Thomas

Welsh lawn bowler

Julie Thomas is a Welsh lawn bowler.

1967

Paolo Di Canio

Italian footballer and manager

Paolo Di Canio is an Italian former professional footballer and manager. During his playing career he made over 500 league appearances and scored over one hundred goals as a forward. He primarily played as a deep-lying…

1968

Nicklas Barker

Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Nicklas Barker, formerly Berg, is a Swedish musician best known as the founder, guitarist, vocalist and keyboardist of the progressive rock band Anekdoten. He is also involved with other bands and projects, such as…

1969

Jason Kearton

Australian footballer and coach

Jason Brett Kearton is an Australian soccer coach and former professional player.

1969

Trent Green

American football player and sportscaster

Trent Jason Green is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons. He was a member of five teams during his career, most notably the Kansas City…

1970

Masami Tsuda

Japanese author and illustrator

Masami Tsuda is a Japanese manga artist. She specialises in shōjo manga, the most famous being Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances, which is set in Kanagawa.

1970

Marc Andreessen

American software developer, co-founded Netscape

Marc Lowell Andreessen is an American businessman, venture capitalist, and former software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first web browser to display inline images; co-founder of Netscape; and co-founder…

1971

Ara Babajian

American drummer and songwriter

Ara Babajian is an American drummer who has been a member of such bands as Leftöver Crack and The Slackers.

1972

Kelly Holcomb

American football player and sportscaster

Bryan Kelly Holcomb is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders. Holcomb was signed by…

1973

Siân Berry

English environmentalist and politician

Siân Rebecca Berry is a British politician who has served as the member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion since July 2024, succeeding Caroline Lucas. She was a co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales…

1974

Ian Bradshaw

Barbadian cricketer

Ian David Russell Bradshaw is a former Barbadian cricketer who played for the West Indies cricket team as a left-arm fast bowler. A former West Indies under-19s and Barbados captain, he was a notable member of the West…

1974

Gary Kelly

Irish footballer

Gary Oliver Kelly is an Irish former footballer who played his entire professional career with Leeds United.

1974

Kārlis Skrastiņš

Latvian ice hockey player (died 2011)

Kārlis Skrastiņš was a Latvian professional ice hockey player. Skrastiņš was drafted by the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League in 1998 as a defenceman and spent twelve years in the league playing for the…

1974

Nikola Šarčević

Swedish singer-songwriter and bass player

Nikola Šarčević is a Swedish musician of Serbian origin. He is the bassist, vocalist, and primary songwriter for the Swedish punk rock band Millencolin and also has a solo career with four studio albums. He also runs…

1974

Shelton Benjamin

American wrestler

Shelton James Benjamin is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler. As of October 2024, he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Hurt Syndicate and a former AEW World…

1975

Isaac Brock

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Isaac Kristofer Brock is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is the lead vocalist, principal songwriter, guitarist and only constant member of the indie rock band Modest Mouse, as well as his side project…

1975

Robert Koenig

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Robert Koenig is an American film director, producer, writer and editor. Koenig directed the documentary film "Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army", which won the 2008 Artivist Award for Child Advocacy and…

1975

Craig Quinnell

Welsh rugby player

Craig Quinnell is a Welsh former rugby union player.

1975

Jack White

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

John Anthony White is an American musician who was the guitarist and lead vocalist of the rock duo the White Stripes. He was a key artist of the 2000s indie and garage rock movements, noted for his distinctive musical…

1975

Thomas Cichon

Polish-German footballer and manager

Thomas Joachim Cichon is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

1976

Radike Samo

Fijian-Australian rugby player

Radike Samo is an Australian retired rugby union player. He plays lock, flanker, number 8 and can even play on the wing.

1976

Sarah Ashton-Cirillo

American journalist

Sarah Ashton-Cirillo is an American former journalist who has worked as a spokesperson for Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces, in which she is a junior sergeant. A self-described "recovering political operative" from…

1977

Kara Goucher

American runner

Kara Goucher is an American long-distance runner, author, television commentator, and podcaster. She was the 10,000 meters silver medalist at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and represented the US at the 2008…

1978

Nuno Santos

Portuguese footballer

Nuno Filipe Oliveira Santos is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1978

Gary Chaw

Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter

Gary Chaw, also known as Gary Cao or Cao Ge or by his alter ego Cao Xiaoge, is a Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter based in Taiwan, who has had achieved success in Taiwan, Mainland China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and…

1979

Lee Chun-soo

South Korean footballer

Lee Chun-soo is a South Korean retired football player. He played as a forward for the South Korea national team at the 2002 and 2006 editions of the FIFA World Cup. Early in his career he was regarded as one of the…

1981

Junauda Petrus

American author and performance artist

Junauda Juanita Petrus is an American author, filmmaker, performance artist, "pleasure activist", and Poet Laureate. Her debut novel, The Stars and the Blackness Between Them, was a winner of a Coretta Scott King Honor…

1981

Alecko Eskandarian

American soccer player and manager

Alecko Eskandarian is an American retired soccer player. A 2004 and 2006 MLS All-Star, Eskandarian notably scored two goals in the 2004 MLS Cup where he was named the match MVP after helping to win the championship for…

1982

Sakon Yamamoto

Japanese race car driver

Sakon Yamamoto is a Japanese politician and former racing driver, who competed in Formula One between 2006 and 2010. Yamamoto was a member of the House of Representatives of Japan from 2021 to 2024, representing Tōkai…

1982

Chris Campoli

Canadian ice hockey player

Christopher Campoli is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Dundas Real McCoys of the Ontario Hockey Association's Allan Cup Hockey. He played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Ottawa Senators, New York…

1984

Gianni Fabiano

Italian footballer

Gianni Fabiano is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie D club A.C. Mestre.

1984

Jacob Hoggard

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jacob William Hoggard is a Canadian musician who was the lead singer for the pop rock band Hedley. Hoggard competed on the second season of Canadian Idol in 2004, where he placed third.

1984

Ave Pajo

Estonian footballer

Ave Pajo is an Estonian football player, who plays as a striker for Naiste Meistriliiga club Kalev Tallinn.

1984

Piia Suomalainen

Finnish tennis player

Piia Suomalainen is a Finnish former tennis player.

1984

LA Tenorio

Filipino basketball player

Lewis Alfred Vasquez Tenorio is a Filipino professional basketball player and head coach for the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and the Gilas Youth. He was an…

1984

Paweł Korzeniowski

Polish swimmer

Paweł Korzeniowski is a Polish competitive swimmer who won the 200-meter butterfly at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. He also competes in the freestyle events.

1985

Ashley Young

English footballer

Ashley Simon Young is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger and full-back. Young joined Sky Sports as a guest pundit for the Premier League since the 2025–26 season.

1985

Sébastien Bassong

Cameroonian footballer

Sébastien Aymar Bassong Nguena is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in France, he opted to play for the Cameroon national team.

1986

Simon Dumont

American skier

Simon Francis Dumont is an American freestyle skier.

1986

Kiely Williams

American singer-songwriter and dancer

Kiely Williams is an American singer, dancer and actress. She is known for her membership in the girl groups 3LW, the Cheetah Girls and BluPrint.

1986

Gert Jõeäär

Estonian cyclist

Gert Jõeäär is an Estonian road bicycle racer, who rides for Estonian amateur team CFC Spordiklubi. From 2013 to 2016, Jõeäär competed with UCI Professional Continental cycling team Cofidis.

1987

Rebecca Sugar

American animator, composer, and screenwriter

Rebecca Sugar is an American animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, producer, director, and musician. A pioneer of LGBTQ representation in children's television, she is best known for being the creator of the…

1987

Raul Rusescu

Romanian footballer

Raul Andrei Rusescu is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1988

Earl Bamber

New Zealand race car driver

Earl Anderson Bamber is a New Zealand professional racing driver and racing team owner who currently competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and the FIA World Endurance Championship for Cadillac Hertz Team Jota and…

1990

Fábio

Brazilian footballer

Fabio Pereira da Silva, known as Fabio, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who last played as a full-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio.

1990

Rafael

Brazilian footballer

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1990

Mitchel Musso

American actor and singer

Mitchel Tate Musso is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his Disney Channel roles as Oliver Oken in Hannah Montana, Jeremy Johnson in the animated series Phineas and Ferb, and his Disney XD role as King…

1991

Mitch Larkin

Australian swimmer

Mitchell James Larkin is an Australian former competitive swimmer who specialises in backstroke events. He represented the Cali Condors as part of the International Swimming League. Larkin competed for Australia at the…

1993

DeAndre Yedlin

American footballer

DeAndre Roselle Yedlin is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake. Primarily a right-back, Yedlin has also featured as a right wing-back and wide…

1993

Claire Corlett

American voice actress

Claire Margaret Corlett Brown is a Canadian actress and singer, known most notably for providing the voice of Sweetie Belle in the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. She is the daughter of…

1999

Conor Bradley

Northern Irish footballer

Conor Bradley is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Northern Ireland national team.

2003

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