Famous Birthdays on June 1

Q: Who was born on June 1?

Famous people born on June 1 include: Geoffrey, Thomas of Brotherton, Giles Daubeney, Enno I, Tiedemann Giese.

Q: What is John Hunt Morgan known for?

John Hunt Morgan, American general (died 1864)

204 people 1134 – 1999

June 1 has seen 204 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1134 – 1999. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · June 1 — Wikipedia

1825 — John Hunt Morgan

American general (died 1864)

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In April 1862, he raised the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, fought at Shiloh, and then launched a costly raid in Kentucky, which encouraged Braxton Bragg's invasion of that state

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In July 1863, he set out on a 1,000-mile raid into Indiana and Ohio, taking hundreds of prisoners

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But after most of his men had been intercepted by U.S

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He was killed at Greeneville, Tennessee, in September 1864

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John Hunt Morgan was a Confederate general in the American Civil War

Geoffrey

Count of Nantes (died 1158)

Geoffrey VI was Count of Nantes from 1156 to 1158. He was also known as Geoffrey of Anjou and Geoffrey FitzEmpress. He was the son of Geoffrey Plantagenet and Empress Matilda. His brothers were Henry II of England and…

1134

Thomas of Brotherton

1st Earl of Norfolk, English politician, Lord Marshal of England (died 1338)

Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, was the fifth son of King Edward I of England (1239–1307), and the eldest child by his second wife, Margaret of France, the daughter of King Philip III of France. He was,…

1300

Giles Daubeney

1st Baron Daubeney (died 1508)

Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney was an English soldier, diplomat, courtier and politician.

1451

Enno I

Count of East Frisia, German noble (died 1491)

Enno I of East Frisia, count of East Frisia was the eldest son of Ulrich I of East Frisia and Theda Ukena, of a chiefly East Frisian family.

1460

Tiedemann Giese

Polish bishop (died 1550)

Tiedemann Giese, was Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno) first canon, later Prince-Bishop of Warmia (Ermland) whose interest in mathematics, astronomy, and theology led him to mentor a number of important young scholars, including…

1480

Maarten van Heemskerck

Dutch painter (died 1574)

Maarten van Heemskerck, also known as Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen, was a Dutch portrait and religious painter, who spent most of his career in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Jan van Scorel, and adopted his teacher's…

1498

Dirck Coornhert

Dutch writer and scholar (died 1590)

Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert, also known as Theodore Cornhert, was a Dutch writer, philosopher, translator, politician, theologian, and artist. Coornhert is often considered the Father of Dutch Renaissance scholarship.

1522

Robert Cecil

1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Secretary of State for England (died 1612)

Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury was an English statesman and alleged spymaster noted for his direction of the government during the Union of the Crowns, as Tudor England gave way to Stuart rule (1603). Lord…

1563

Frans Post

Dutch painter (died 1680)

Frans Janszoon Post was a painter during the Dutch Golden Age. He was the first European artist to paint landscapes of the Americas, during and after the period of Dutch Brazil. In 1636 he traveled to Dutch Brazil in…

1612

Geminiano Montanari

Italian astronomer and academic (died 1687)

Geminiano Montanari was an Italian astronomer, lens-maker, and proponent of the experimental approach to science. He was a member of various learned academies, notably the Accademia dei Gelati. Montanari's famous…

1633

Jacques Marquette

French missionary and explorer (died 1675)

Jacques Marquette, sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette, was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Sainte Marie, and later founded Saint Ignace. In 1673,…

1637

Georg Muffat

French organist and composer (died 1704)

Georg Muffat was a Baroque composer and organist. He is best known for the remarkably articulate and informative performance directions printed along with his collections of string pieces Florilegium Primum and…

1653

Francesco Scipione

marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist and playwright (died 1755)

Francesco Scipione Maffei was an Italian writer and art critic, author of many articles and plays. An antiquarian with a humanist education whose publications on Etruscan antiquities stand as incunables of Etruscology,…

1675

Edmund Ignatius Rice

Irish priest and missionary, founded the Irish Christian Brothers (died 1844)

Edmund Ignatius Rice, F.P.M., C.F.C. was a Catholic missionary and educationalist who founded two institutes of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers.

1762

Christiane Vulpius

mistress and wife of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (died 1816)

Johanna Christiana Sophie Vulpius von Goethe was the longtime lover and later wife of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

1765

Friedrich Laun

German author (died 1849)

Friedrich August Schulze was a German novelist, who wrote under the pen name Friedrich Laun. Schulze was born in Dresden. His first novel, Der Mann, auf Freiersfüssen (1801), was favorably received. He wrote many…

1770

Ferdinand Raimund

Austrian actor and playwright (died 1836)

Ferdinand Raimund was an Austrian actor and playwright.

1790

Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot

French physicist and engineer (died 1832)

Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot was a French military engineer and physicist. A graduate of the École polytechnique, Carnot served as an officer in the Engineering Arm of the French Army. He also pursued scientific studies,…

1796

Edward Deas Thomson

Australian educator and politician, Chief Secretary of New South Wales (died 1879)

Sir Edward Deas Thomson was a Scotsman who became an administrator and politician in Australia, and was chancellor of the University of Sydney.

1800

Brigham Young

American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1877)

Brigham Young was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death in 1877. He also served as the first governor of…

1801

Mikhail Glinka

Russian composer (died 1857)

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country and is often regarded as the fountainhead of Russian classical music. His compositions were an important influence…

1804

Henry Parker

English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (died 1881)

Sir Henry Watson Parker, was Premier of New South Wales. He fitted into colonial society and politics in the era before responsible government, but his style was not suited to the democratic politics that began to…

1808

Otto of Greece (died 1862)

Otto was King of Greece from the establishment of the Kingdom of Greece on 7 May 1832, under the Convention of London, until he was deposed in October 1862.

1815

Francis V

Duke of Modena (died 1875)

Francis V, Duke of Modena, Reggio and Guastalla, Archduke of Austria-Este, Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, Duke of Mirandola and of Massa, Prince of Carrara was a reigning prince. He was Duke of Modena, Reggio, and…

1819

Clementina Maude

Viscountess Hawarden, English portrait photographer (died 1865)

Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden, commonly known as Lady Clementina Hawarden, was a Scottish amateur portrait photographer of the Victorian era. She produced over 800 photographs mostly of her adolescent daughters.

1822

John Bell Hood

American general (died 1879)

John Bell Hood was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.

1831

John Marshall Harlan

American lawyer, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and politician; Attorney General of Kentucky (died 1911)

John Marshall Harlan was an American lawyer and politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1877 until his death in 1911. He is often called "The Great Dissenter" due to…

1833

Henry Faulds

Scottish physician and missionary, developed fingerprinting (died 1930)

Henry Faulds was a Scottish doctor, missionary and scientist who is noted for the development of fingerprinting.

1843

Richard Wünsch

German philologist (died 1915)

Richard Wünsch was a German classical philologist.

1869

Elena Alistar

Bessarabian politician (died 1955)

Elena Alistar-Romanescu was a Bessarabian physician and politician who was part of Sfatul Țării from Bessarabia.

1873

Yury Nikolaevich Voronov

Russian botanist (died 1931)

Yury Nikolaevitch Voronov was a Russian botanist. He worked at the Botanical Garden in Leningrad.

1874

John Masefield

English author and poet (died 1967)

John Edward Masefield was an English poet and writer. He was Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967, during which time he lived at Burcot, Oxfordshire, near Abingdon-on-Thames. Among his best known works are…

1878

Sam Dreben

American soldier and mercenary (died 1925)

Samuel Dreben, sometimes misspelled "Drebben" or "Drebin", and known as "The Fighting Jew", was a highly decorated soldier in the US Army and a mercenary who fought in a variety of wars and revolutions.

1878

Max Emmerich

American triathlete and gymnast (died 1956)

Max Philip Emmerich was an American track and field athlete and gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Indianapolis, Indiana.

1879

Clive Brook

English actor (died 1974)

Clifford Hardman "Clive" Brook was an English stage and film actor.

1887

Charles Kay Ogden

English linguist and philosopher (died 1957)

Charles Kay Ogden was a British linguist, philosopher, and writer. Described as a polymath but also an eccentric and outsider, he took part in many ventures related to literature, politics, the arts, and philosophy,…

1889

Frank Morgan

American actor (died 1949)

Francis Phillip Wuppermann, known professionally as Frank Morgan, was an American character actor. He was best known for his appearances in films starting in the silent era in 1916, and then numerous sound films…

1890

Amanullah Khan

sovereign of the Kingdom of Afghanistan, (died 1960)

Ghazi Amanullah Khan Barakzai was Emir of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1926, and then King of Afghanistan from 1926 until his abdication in 1929. After the end of the Third Anglo-Afghan War in August 1919, Afghanistan was…

1892

Sydney Kyte

British bandleader (died 1981)

Sydney Bernard Kyte was a British dance band leader and violinist who became known in the 1930s, when he led the resident band at The Piccadilly Hotel in London's West End. Kyte made numerous recordings, and remained…

1896

Hap Day

Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager (died 1990)

Clarence Henry "Happy" Day was a Canadian professional hockey player who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Americans. Day enjoyed a 33-year career as a player,…

1901

Tom Gorman

Australian rugby league player (died 1978)

John Thomas Gorman was an Australian rugby league footballer. He was a centre for the Australian national team. He played in 10 Tests between 1924 and 1930 as captain on 7 occasions.

1901

John Van Druten

English-American playwright and director (died 1957)

John William Van Druten was an English playwright and theatre director. He began his career in London, and later moved to America, becoming a U.S. citizen. He was known for his plays of witty and urbane observations of…

1901

Vasyl Velychkovsky

Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (died 1973)

Vasyl Vsevolod Velychkovsky, CSsR was a Ukrainian religious priest of the Redemptorists and a prelate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He is considered a martyr in the Catholic Church, due to his death in 1973 of…

1903

Hans Vogt

Norwegian linguist and academic (died 1986)

Hans Kamstrup Vogt was a Norwegian linguist who specialized in the Caucasian languages, especially Georgian. He also did significant early work on the Kalispel language and produced an interesting dictionary of the…

1903

Robert Newton

English-American actor (died 1956)

Robert Guy Newton was an English actor. Along with Errol Flynn, Newton was one of the more popular actors among the male juvenile audience of the 1940s and early 1950s, especially with British boys. Known for his…

1905

Jan Patočka

Czech philosopher (died 1977)

Jan Patočka was a Czech philosopher. Having studied in Prague, Paris, Berlin, and Freiburg, he was one of the last pupils of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. In Freiburg he also developed a lifelong philosophical…

1907

Frank Whittle

English airman and engineer, developed the jet engine (died 1996)

Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle was an English engineer, inventor and Royal Air Force (RAF) air officer. He is credited with co-creating the turbojet engine. A patent was submitted by Maxime Guillaume in 1921 for a…

1907

Yechezkel Kutscher

Slovak-Israeli philologist and linguist (died 1971)

Edward Yechezkel Kutscher or Yechezkel Kutscher was an Israeli philologist and Hebrew linguist.

1909

Gyula Kállai

Hungarian communist leader, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary (died 1996)

Gyula Kállai was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1949 to 1951, Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1965 to 1967 and Speaker of the National Assembly from 1967 to…

1910

Herbert Tichy

Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer (died 1987)

Herbert Tichy was an Austrian writer, geologist, journalist and climber.

1912

Bill Deedes

English journalist and politician (died 2007)

William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes, was a British Conservative politician, army officer and journalist. He was the first person in Britain to have been both a member of the Cabinet and the editor of a major daily…

1913

John Randolph

American actor (died 2004)

Emanuel Hirsch Cohen, better known by the stage name John Randolph, was an American film, television and stage actor.

1915

William Standish Knowles

American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)

William Standish Knowles was an American chemist. He was born in Taunton, Massachusetts. Knowles was one of the recipients of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He split half the prize with Ryōji Noyori for their work…

1917

Robert Clarke

American actor and producer (died 2005)

Robert Irby Clarke was an American actor best known for his cult classic science fiction films of the 1950s. In succeeding decades he appeared in more conventional television, and in The King Family Show, a variety show…

1920

Nelson Riddle

American composer and bandleader (died 1985)

Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s. He worked with many vocalists at Capitol Records, including Frank…

1921

Joan Caulfield

American model and actress (died 1991)

Beatrice Joan Caulfield was an American actress and model. After being discovered by Broadway producers, she began a stage career in 1943 that eventually led to signing as an actress with Paramount Pictures.

1922

Povel Ramel

Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2007)

Baron Povel Karl Henric Ramel was a Swedish entertainer. Ramel was a singer, pianist, vaudeville artist, author and a novelty song composer. His style was characterized by imaginative wit, both verbal and musical. He…

1922

William Sloane Coffin

American minister and activist (died 2006)

William Sloane Coffin Jr. was an American Christian clergyman and peace activist. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church, and later received ministerial standing in the United Church of Christ. In his younger days…

1924

Dilia Díaz Cisneros

Venezuelan teacher (died 2017)

Dilia Elena Díaz Cisneros was a Venezuelan teacher and poet born in El Hatillo, Miranda and married Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel in 1947. She was the founder of the public schools "Bogotá", "Los Jardines" and…

1925

Johnny Berry

English footballer (died 1994)

Reginald John Berry, also listed as John James Berry, was an English footballer. Berry joined Manchester United from Birmingham City in 1951. Despite his diminutive stature, he was a natural right winger with technique…

1926

Andy Griffith

American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)

Andy Samuel Griffith was an American actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer whose career spanned seven decades in music and television. Known for his Southern drawl, his characters with a…

1926

Marilyn Monroe

American model and actress (died 1962)

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's…

1926

George Robb

English international footballer and teacher (died 2011)

George Robb was a footballer who played outside left for Tottenham Hotspur and England. Robb represented Great Britain at the 1952 Olympic Games. He also had a career as a schoolteacher. He died on Christmas Day 2011…

1926

Richard Schweiker

American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (died 2015)

Richard Schultz Schweiker was an American businessman and politician who served as the 14th U.S. secretary of health and human services under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1983. A member of the Republican Party,…

1926

Georgy Dobrovolsky

Soviet Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (died 1971)

Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the three-man crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft. They became the world's first space station crew aboard Salyut 1, but died of asphyxiation because of…

1928

Steve Dodd

Australian actor and composer (died 2014)

Steve Dodd was an Aboriginal Australian actor, notable for playing Aboriginal characters across seven decades of Australian film. After beginning his working life as a stockman and rodeo rider, Dodd was given his first…

1928

Bob Monkhouse

English actor and screenwriter (died 2003)

Robert Alan Monkhouse was an English comedian, television presenter, writer and actor. He was the host of television game shows including The Golden Shot, Celebrity Squares, Family Fortunes and Wipeout.

1928

K. W. Lee

American journalist (died 2025)

Kyung Won Lee was an American journalist who worked for mainstream daily publications in the continental United States. Lee was also the founding president of the Korean American Journalists Association.

1928

Nargis

Indian actress (died 1981)

Nargis Dutt, known mononymously as Nargis, was an Indian actress and politician who worked in Hindi cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Hindi cinema, Nargis often portrayed sophisticated…

1929

James H. Billington

American academic and Thirteenth Librarian of Congress (died 2018)

James Hadley Billington was an American academic and author who taught history at Harvard and Princeton before serving for 42 years as CEO of four federal cultural institutions. He served as the 13th Librarian of…

1929

Matt Poore

New Zealand cricketer (died 2020)

Matt Beresford Poore was a New Zealand cricketer who played 14 Test matches for New Zealand in the 1950s. He was born in Christchurch.

1930

Edward Woodward

English actor (died 2009)

Edward Albert Arthur Woodward was an English actor and singer. He began his career on stage, appearing in productions in both the West End of London and on Broadway in New York City. He came to wider attention from 1967…

1930

Walter Horak

Austrian footballer (died 2019)

Walter Horak was an Austrian football player.

1931

Frank Cameron

New Zealand cricketer (died 2023)

Francis James Cameron was a New Zealand cricketer who played 19 Tests for New Zealand as a fast bowler.

1932

Christopher Lasch

American historian and critic (died 1994)

Robert Christopher Lasch was an American historian and social critic who was a history professor at the University of Rochester. Lasch's books, including The New Radicalism in America (1965), Haven in a Heartless World…

1932

Haruo Remeliik

Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (died 1985)

Haruo Ignacio Remeliik was the first President of Palau from 2 March 1981 until his assassination on 30 June 1985. He is buried at Kloulklubed in his home state of Peleliu. Remeliik was of mixed Japanese and Palauan…

1933

Pat Boone

American singer-songwriter and actor

Patrick Charles Eugene Boone is an American singer, songwriter, actor, author, television personality, radio host, and philanthropist. One of the best-selling American recording artists of the 1950s and early 1960s, he…

1934

Peter Masterson

American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (died 2018)

Peter Masterson was an American actor, director, producer, and writer. He made his Broadway debut in November 1967 in The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, playing the title character. Although he got good notices, the play…

1934

Doris Buchanan Smith

American author (died 2002)

Doris Buchanan Smith was an American author of award-winning Children's books, including A Taste of Blackberries.

1934

Norman Foster

Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded Foster and Partners

Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, is an English architect. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture, Lord Foster is recognised as a key figure in British modernist architecture.…

1935

Reverend Ike

American minister and television host (died 2009)

Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, better known as Reverend Ike, was an American minister and evangelist based in New York City. He was known for the slogan "You can't lose with the stuff I use!" Though his preaching is…

1935

Jack Kralick

American baseball player (died 2012)

John Francis Kralick was an American professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1959 to 1967. He participated in 235 games in the course of an eight-year career that included stints with the…

1935

John C. Reynolds

American computer scientist and academic (died 2013)

John Charles Reynolds was an American computer scientist.

1935

Anatoly Albul

Soviet and Russian wrestler (died 2013)

Anatoly Mikhaylovich Albul was a Russian wrestler. He was born in Leningrad. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Freestyle wrestling in 1960, competing for the Soviet Union. He won a silver medal at the 1963 World…

1936

André Bourbeau

Canadian politician (died 2018)

André Bourbeau, was a Canadian politician. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, Bourbeau served as member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Laporte serving from 1981 until 2003.

1936

Bekim Fehmiu

Bosnian actor (died 2010)

Bekim Fehmiu was a Yugoslav theater and film actor. He was the first Eastern European actor to star in Hollywood during the Cold War, and one of the internationally best-known ethnic Albanian actors.

1936

Gerald Scarfe

English illustrator and animator

Gerald Anthony Scarfe is an English satirical cartoonist and illustrator. He has worked as editorial cartoonist for The Sunday Times and illustrator for The New Yorker.

1936

Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer

Morgan Freeman is an American actor, producer, and narrator. In a career spanning six decades, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for a…

1937

Rosaleen Linehan

Irish actress

Rosaleen Philomena Linehan is an Irish stage, screen, and television actress.

1937

Colleen McCullough

Australian neuroscientist and author (died 2015)

Colleen McCullough was an Australian author. Raised in Sydney, she trained as a neurophysiologist and spent her early career working at hospitals and universities in Australia and overseas. In 1974, while working as a…

1937

Cleavon Little

American actor and comedian (died 1992)

Cleavon Jake Little was an American actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of Purlie, for which he earned both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award. His…

1939

René Auberjonois

American actor (died 2019)

René Marie Murat Auberjonois was an American actor. He was a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award winner, and a three-time Emmy Award nominee, among other accolades.

1940

Katerina Gogou

Greek writer and actress (died 1993)

Katerina Gogou was a Greek poet, author and actress.

1940

Kip Thorne

American physicist, astronomer, and academic

Kip Stephen Thorne is an American astrophysicist and author. He shared the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics with Rainer Weiss and Barry C. Barish "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of…

1940

Dean Chance

American baseball player and manager (died 2015)

Wilmer Dean Chance was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, he played in 11 Major League Baseball seasons for the Los Angeles / California Angels, Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, New…

1941

Toyo Ito

Japanese architect, designed the Torre Realia BCN and Hotel Porta Fira

Toyo Ito is a Japanese architect known for creating conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical and virtual worlds. He is a leading exponent of architecture that addresses the…

1941

Alexander V. Zakharov

Russian physicist and astronomer

Alexander Valentinovich Zakharov is a Soviet and Russian chief scientist and astronomer serving at the Russian Space Research Institute (IKI).

1941

Parveen Kumar

Pakistani-English physician and academic

Dame Parveen June Kumar is a British- Indian doctor who is a Professor of Medicine and Education at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. She worked in the NHS for over 40 years as a consultant…

1942

Orietta Berti

Italian singer and actress

Orietta Galimberti, known professionally as Orietta Berti, is an Italian folk-pop singer and television personality.

1943

Richard Goode

American pianist

Richard Goode is an American classical pianist who is especially known for his interpretations of Mozart and Beethoven.

1943

Lorrie Wilmot

South African cricketer (died 2004)

Anthony Lorraine "Lorrie" Wilmot was a South African first-class cricketer from Cape Province who played from 1960–61 to 1988–89.

1943

Colin Blakemore

British neurobiologist (died 2022)

Sir Colin Blakemore was a British neurobiologist, specialising in vision and the development of the brain. He was Yeung Kin Man Professor of Neuroscience and senior fellow of the Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study…

1944

Robert Powell

English actor

Robert Thomas Powell is an English actor who is known for the title roles in Mahler (1974) and Jesus of Nazareth (1977), and for his portrayal of secret agent Richard Hannay in The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) and its…

1944

Linda Scott

American singer

Linda Scott is an American pop singer and actress who was active from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Her biggest hit was the 1961 million-selling single "I've Told Every Little Star"., recorded and released when…

1945

Lydia Shum

Chinese-Hong Kong actress (died 2008)

Lydia Shum Din-ha or Lydia Sum Tin-ha was a Hong Kong comedian, emcee, actress and singer. Known for her portly figure, signature dark-rimmed glasses and bouffant hairstyle, she was affectionately known to peers and…

1945

Frederica von Stade

American soprano and actress

Frederica von Stade is an American former classical singer. Best known for her work in opera, she was also a recitalist and concert artist, and she recorded more than a hundred albums and videos. She is especially…

1945

Brian Cox

Scottish actor

Brian Denis Cox is a Scottish actor. A classically trained Shakespearean actor, he is known for his work on stage and screen. His numerous accolades include two Laurence Olivier Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a…

1946

Ron Dennis

English businessman, founded the McLaren Group

Sir Ronald Dennis is a British businessman and motorsport executive. From 1981 to 2009, Dennis served as team principal, CEO and co-owner of McLaren in Formula One, winning seven World Constructors' Championship titles…

1947

Jonathan Pryce

Welsh actor and singer

Sir Jonathan Pryce is a Welsh actor. He is known for his performances on stage and in film and television. He has received numerous awards, including two Tony Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards as well as…

1947

Ronnie Wood

English guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Ronald David Wood is an English rock musician, best known as a member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, and a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group.

1947

Powers Boothe

American actor (died 2017)

Powers Allen Boothe was an American actor known for his commanding character actor roles on film and television. He received a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

1948

Tomáš Halík

Czech Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian and scholar

Tomáš Halík is a Czech Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian. He is a professor of sociology at the Charles University in Prague, pastor of the Academic Parish by St. Salvator Church in Prague, and president of…

1948

Michel Plasse

Canadian ice hockey player (died 2006)

Michel Pierre Plasse was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League from 1970 to 1982. He was selected first overall in the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft by the Montreal Canadiens.

1948

Perrin Beatty

Canadian businessman and politician

Henry Perrin Beatty is a Canadian corporate executive and former politician, who served as a Progressive Conservative of the House of Commons from 1972 to 1993, and as a cabinet minister from 1979 to 1980 and again from…

1950

Charlene

American singer-songwriter

Charlene Marilynn Oliver, better known mononymously as Charlene, is an American easy-listening and R&B singer best known for the song "I've Never Been to Me", which, initially being a commercial flop upon its original…

1950

Jean Lambert

English educator and politician

Jean Denise Lambert is an English politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the London Region between 1999 and 2019.

1950

Michael McDowell

American author and screenwriter (died 1999)

Michael McEachern McDowell was an American novelist and screenwriter. He was described by Stephen King as "the finest writer of paperback originals in America today." His best-known work is the screenplay for the Tim…

1950

Şenol Güneş

Turkish footballer and manager

Şenol Güneş is a Turkish football manager and former player who is currently the director of professional football for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor. His most notable managerial achievements to date include coaching the…

1952

Mihaela Loghin

Romanian shot putter

Mihaela Loghin is a shot putter from Romania. She won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics, one centimetre behind Claudia Losch, and a bronze medal at the 1986 European Indoor Championships.

1952

Ronnie Dunn

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ronald Gene Dunn is an American country music singer-songwriter and record executive. Starting in 2011, Dunn has worked as a solo artist following the temporary dissolution of Brooks & Dunn. He released his self-titled…

1953

Ted Field

American entrepreneur and race car driver

Frederick Woodruff "Ted" Field is an American media mogul, record executive, entrepreneur and film producer.

1953

David Berkowitz

American serial killer and arsonist: 73

David Richard Berkowitz, also known as the Son of Sam, the .44 Caliber Killer and the Phantom of the Bronx, is an American serial killer, serial arsonist and former United States Army soldier who committed a stabbing…

1953

Jill Black

Lady Black of Derwent, English lawyer and judge

Jill Margaret Black, Lady Black of Derwent, is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

1954

Chiyonofuji Mitsugu

Japanese sumo wrestler (died 2016)

Chiyonofuji Mitsugu , born Mitsugu Akimoto , was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 58th yokozuna of the sport.

1955

Lorraine Moller

New Zealand runner

Lorraine Mary Moller is a former athlete from New Zealand, who competed in track athletics and later specialised in the marathon. Moller's international career lasted over 20 years and included winning a silver medal in…

1955

Tony Snow

American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (died 2008)

Robert Anthony Snow was an American journalist, political commentator, anchor, columnist, musician, and the 25th White House press secretary under President George W. Bush, from May 2006 until his resignation in…

1955

Patrick Besson

French writer and journalist

Patrick Besson is a French writer and journalist.

1956

Petra Morsbach

German author

Petra Morsbach is a German author.

1956

Jeff Hawkins

American neuroscientist and engineer

Jeffrey Hawkins is an American businessman, computer scientist, neuroscientist and engineer. He co-founded Palm Computing where he co-created the PalmPilot, the Palm Treo and Handspring.

1957

Nambaryn Enkhbayar

Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia

Nambaryn Enkhbayar is a Mongolian politician who served as the prime minister of Mongolia from 2000 to 2004, as the chairman of the State Great Khural from 2004 to 2005, and as the third president of Mongolia from 2005…

1958

Gennadiy Valyukevich

Belarusian triple jumper (died 2019)

Gennadiy Valyukevich was a triple jumper who represented the USSR and later Belarus. He won three medals at the European Indoor Championships.

1958

Martin Brundle

English racing driver and sportscaster

Martin John Brundle is a British former racing driver and broadcaster who competed in Formula One from 1984 to 1996. In endurance racing, Brundle won the World Sportscar Championship in 1988 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans…

1959

Alan Wilder

English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

Alan Charles Wilder is an English musician, composer, arranger, and record producer. A classically trained musician, Wilder was a member of the English electronic band Depeche Mode from 1982 to 1995. After his departure…

1959

Simon Gallup

English musician

Simon Johnathon Gallup is an English musician who is best known as bassist for The Cure, which he first joined in 1979 and for which he has played through most of the band's history. Gallup is the second-longest-serving…

1960

Vladimir Krutov

Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2012)

Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov, nicknamed "The Tank", was a Russian professional ice hockey forward. Together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, he was part of the famed KLM Line. He is considered one of the best ice…

1960

Sergey Kuznetsov

Russian footballer and manager

Sergey Ivanovich Kuznetsov is a former Russian professional footballer.

1960

Giorgos Lillikas

Cypriot politician, 8th Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs

Giorgos Lillikas is a Cypriot politician. Following the election of Tassos Papadopoulos as president in 2003, Lillikas became minister of commerce and industry. He was subsequently the foreign minister from 2006 to…

1960

Lucy McBath

American politician

Lucia Kay McBath is an American politician who has served in the United States House of Representatives from a district in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, since 2019. She represented Georgia's 6th congressional…

1960

Elena Mukhina

Russian gymnast (died 2006)

Elena Vyacheslavovna Mukhina was a Soviet gymnast who won the all-around title at the 1978 World Championships in Strasbourg, France. Her career was on the rise, and she was widely touted as the next great gymnastics…

1960

Paul Coffey

Canadian ice hockey player

Paul Patrick Coffey is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for nine teams over 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1980 to 2000. Known for his speed and scoring prowess,…

1961

Mark Curry

American actor

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1961

Werner Günthör

Swiss shot putter and bobsledder

Werner Günthör is a former Swiss track and field athlete, who was the best shot putter in the history of Swiss track and field.

1961

John Huston

American golfer

Johnny Ray Huston is an American professional golfer who won seven PGA Tour events and currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions.

1961

Peter Machajdík

Slovak-German pianist and composer

Peter Machajdík is a Slovak composer of classical music, performer and sound artist. He was born and grew up in Bratislava, Slovakia. He has received critical acclaim for his chamber, orchestral, electronic, choral, and…

1961

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Russian oligarch, mercenary chief and restaurateur (died 2023)

Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin was a Russian mercenary leader, rebel commander, and oligarch. He led the Wagner Group, a private military company, and was a close confidant of Russian president Vladimir Putin until he…

1961

Vital Borkelmans

Belgian footballer

Vital Philomene Borkelmans is a Belgian football coach and a former left fullback who mainly played for Club Brugge, in the Belgian First Division.

1963

Miles J. Padgett

Scottish physicist and academic

Miles John Padgett is a Royal Society Research Professor of Optics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow. He has held the Kelvin Chair of Natural Philosophy since 2011 and served as Vice…

1963

David Westhead

English actor and producer

David William Logan Westhead is an English actor.

1963

Larisa Lazutina

Russian skier

Larisa Yevgenyevna Lazutina is a Russian former professional cross-country skier.

1965

Olga Nazarova

Russian sprinter

Olga Vladimirovna Nazarova is a Russian former track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She represented the Soviet Union. She won two Olympic gold medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay, in 1988 and…

1965

Greg Schiano

American football player and coach

Gregory Edward Schiano is an American football coach. He is currently the head football coach at Rutgers University, a position he held from 2001 to 2011 and resumed before the 2020 season. Schiano has the most wins in…

1966

Jason Donovan

Australian actor and singer

Jason Sean Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap Neighbours, playing Scott Robinson, before beginning a career in music. In 1988 Jason was signed to PWL and has…

1968

Mathias Rust

German aviator

Mathias Rust is a German aviator. In 1987, as a teenage amateur pilot, he flew from Helsinki, Finland, to Moscow, without authorization. According to Russian claims, he was tracked several times by Soviet Air Defence…

1968

Luis García Postigo

Mexican footballer

Luis García Postigo is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1969

Teri Polo

American actress

Theresa Elizabeth Polo is an American actress. She starred as Pamela Martha Focker in the Meet the Parents franchise, Helen Santos in The West Wing, Christine Daaé in Phantom of the Opera (1990), and played the role of…

1969

Alexi Lalas

American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster

Panayotis Alexander Lalas is an American former soccer player who played as a centre-back. He is best known for his participation with the United States national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where his appearance…

1970

Alison Hinds

British-Barbadian soca singer

Alison Amanda Hinds is a British-born Bajan soca singer based in Barbados. She is often referred to as the Bajan "Queen of Soca" as a result of her impact on the genre.

1970

Mario Cimarro

Cuban-American actor and singer

Mario Antonio Cimarro Paz is a Cuban actor. His television career began in the late 1990s and solidified in the early 2000s with leading roles in dramatic productions.

1971

Frédérik Deburghgraeve

Belgian swimmer

Frédérik Edouard Robert "Fred" Deburghgraeve is a former Belgian swimmer who won the gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke and set a world record during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. After his retirement…

1973

Adam Garcia

Australian actor

Adam Garcia is an Australian actor who is best known for lead roles in musicals such as Saturday Night Fever and Kiss Me, Kate. He is also a trained tap dancer and singer. Garcia has been nominated twice at the Laurence…

1973

Heidi Klum

German-American model, fashion designer, and producer

Heidi Klum is a German and American model, television host, actress, producer, and businesswoman. She appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 1998 and was the first German model to become a…

1973

Derek Lowe

American baseball player

Derek Christopher Lowe is an American former professional baseball pitcher. During his career, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves,…

1973

Alanis Morissette

Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress

Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter and record producer. Regarded as the "Queen of Alt-Rock Angst", she became a cultural phenomenon in the 1990s, gaining international fame for her…

1974

Michael Rasmussen

Danish cyclist

Michael Rasmussen is a Danish retired professional cyclist who competed in road racing and mountain biking. His most notable victories include four stages of the Tour de France, and one stage of the Vuelta a España. He…

1974

Sarah Teather

English politician

Sarah Louise Teather, Baroness Teather is a British politician and advocate who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent Central, previously Brent East, from 2003 to 2015, and as Minister of State for Children and…

1974

Michal Grošek

Czech-Swiss ice hockey player and coach

Michal Grošek is a Czech former professional ice hockey right winger. He played in the National Hockey League for 11 seasons, from 1993 to 2004.

1975

Frauke Petry

German politician

Frauke Petry is a German far right politician who chaired the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party from July 2015 to September 2017. A chemist by training and with a professional background as a businesswoman, some…

1975

Marlon Devonish

English sprinter and coach

Marlon Ronald Devonish, is an English former sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. A prodigious relay runner with particular strength as a 'bend' runner, Devonish ran the third leg for the Great…

1976

Arsen Gitinov

Russian and Kyrgyzstani freestyle wrestler

Arsen Gitinov is a Russian and Kyrgyzstani male freestyle wrestler from Dagestan. He participated in Men's freestyle 74 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. After defeating Krystian Brzozowski and Ibrahim Aldatov in the…

1977

Danielle Harris

American actress

Danielle Harris is an American actress and filmmaker. She is known as a "scream queen" for her roles in multiple horror films, including four entries in the Halloween franchise: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers…

1977

Brad Wilkerson

American baseball player and coach

Stephen Bradley Wilkerson is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman who played eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).

1977

Sarah Wayne Callies

American actress

Sarah Wayne Callies is an American actress. She is known for starring as Sara Tancredi in Fox's Prison Break, Lori Grimes in AMC's The Walking Dead, and more recently, as Birdie Nicolletti in ABC's The Company You Keep.…

1977

Antonietta Di Martino

Italian high jumper

Antonietta Di Martino is a retired Italian high jumper. She currently holds the Italian national women's high jump record at 2.03 metres for outdoor events and 2.04 metres for indoor events. She also currently holds the…

1978

Santana Moss

American football player

Santana Terrell Moss is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes, earning…

1979

Markus Persson

Swedish game designer, founded Mojang

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1979

Brandi Carlile

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Brandi Marie Carlile is an American singer-songwriter and producer. Her music spans multiple genres, including folk rock, alternative country, Americana, and classic rock. During her career, she has received eleven…

1981

Amy Schumer

American comedian and actress

Amy Beth Schumer is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer, and director. Schumer ventured into comedy in the early 2000s before appearing as a contestant on the fifth season of the NBC reality…

1981

Carlos Zambrano

Venezuelan baseball player

Carlos Alberto Zambrano Matos, nicknamed "Big Z" or "El Toro", is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2001 to 2012 for the Chicago Cubs and Miami Marlins.…

1981

Aleksei Mikhailovich Uvarov

Russian footballer

Aleksei Mikhailovich Uvarov is a Russian former professional footballer.

1981

Justine Henin

Belgian tennis player

Justine Henin is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 117 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in 2003, 2006 and…

1982

Jean Beausejour

Chilean footballer

Jean André Emanuel Beausejour Coliqueo is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a left-sided wing-back.

1984

Olivier Tielemans

Dutch racing driver

Olivier Tielemans is a Dutch racing driver.

1984

Nikki Glaser

American comedian

Nicole Rene Glaser is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She has had four television stand-up specials, hosted numerous award shows, and performed at numerous televised roasts, gaining significant popularity for…

1984

Dinesh Karthik

Indian cricketer

Krishnakumar Dinesh Karthik is an Indian cricket commentator, coach and former international cricketer. Karthik played for the India national cricket team and also captained Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket. He is…

1985

Nick Young

American basketball player

Nicholas Aaron Young, nicknamed "Swaggy P", is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the USC Trojans and was a two-time first-team all-conference selection in the Pac-10.…

1985

Sam Young

American basketball player

Samuel David Young is an American former professional basketball player who played four seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), among other leagues worldwide. He played college basketball for the…

1985

Moses Ndiema Masai

Kenyan runner

Moses Ndiema Masai is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres.

1986

Chinedu Obasi

Nigerian footballer

Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1986

Ben Smith

New Zealand rugby player

Benjamin Robert Smith is a retired New Zealand rugby union player, currently working for Super Rugby side Highlanders' management team. He formerly played for the Highlanders in the Super Rugby competition, Otago in the…

1986

Zoltán Harsányi

Slovak footballer

Zoltán Harsányi is a Slovak footballer who plays for OFK Rapid Ohrady.

1987

Yarisley Silva

Cuban pole vaulter

Yarisley Silva Rodríguez is a Cuban pole vaulter. She won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics – the first Latin American athlete to win an Olympic medal in that event.

1987

Javier Hernández

Mexican footballer

Javier Hernández Balcázar, commonly known by the nickname Chicharito, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker. He is known for his clinical finishing, pace, and technical ability. He is widely…

1988

Nataliya Goncharova

Ukrainian/Russian volleyball player

Nataliya Olegovna Goncharova, from 2012 to 2016 Obmochaeva, is a Russian volleyball player. She played for the Ukraine women's national volleyball team until 2010 when she became part of the Russia women's national…

1989

Sammy Alex Mutahi

Kenyan runner

Sammy Alex Mutahi is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.

1989

Miller Bolaños

Ecuadoran footballer

Miller Alejandro Bolaños Reasco is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a striker for Ecuadorian Serie B club 9 de Octubre.

1990

Carlota Ciganda

Spanish golfer

Carlota Ciganda Machiñena is a professional golfer from Spain who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She won the LET's Order of Merit in her debut season in 2012, and was also named Player of the Year…

1990

Zazie Beetz

German-American actress

Zazie Olivia Beetz is a German-American actress. She is known for her role as Van in the FX comedy-drama series Atlanta (2016–2022), for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding…

1991

Tyrone Roberts

Australian rugby league player

Tyrone Roberts is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Ballina Seagulls in the NRRRL as a halfback or five-eighth.

1991

Kagayaki Taishi

Japanese sumo wrestler

Kagayaki Taishi is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He wrestles for Takadagawa stable and made his professional debut in May 2010. Kagayaki reached the top division for the first time in 2016. His highest rank is…

1994

Edvinas Gertmonas

Lithuanian footballer

Edvinas Gertmonas is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga I club Universitatea Cluj and the Lithuania national team.

1996

Tom Holland

English actor

Thomas Stanley Holland is an English actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award and three Saturn Awards. Holland's films as a lead actor have grossed over $9.9 billion worldwide, making…

1996

Technoblade

American YouTuber and streamer (died 2022)

Alexander, known online as Technoblade, was an American YouTuber known for his Minecraft videos, livestreams, and involvement in the Dream SMP. Technoblade registered his main channel on YouTube in 2013. His videos…

1999

Dmytro Udovychenko

Ukrainian violinist

Dmytro Udovychenko is a Ukrainian classical violinist who won the 2023 Montreal International Musical Competition and the 2024 Queen Elisabeth Competition.

1999

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John Hunt Morgan — Confederate Army general of the American Civil War (1825–1864)

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Known forIn April 1862, he raised the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, fought at Shiloh, and then launched a costly raid in Kentucky, which encouraged Braxton Bragg's invasion of that state

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