Famous Birthdays on June 12

Q: Who was born on June 12?

Famous people born on June 12 include: Reizei, Gao Zong, Constance, Cosimo I de' Medici, Anna of Württemberg.

Q: What is Earl Watson known for?

Earl Watson, American basketball player and coach

1979 — Earl Watson

American basketball player and coach

June 12 has seen 203 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 950 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · June 12 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 203 people 950 – 2002

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He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, where he was a four-year starter and named all-conference as a senior in the Pac-10

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Watson was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 2001 NBA draft with the 39th overall selection

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He was the head coach of the Phoenix Suns from 2016 to 2017.

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He played 13 seasons in the NBA with seven teams before becoming a coach in 2014

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is an American professional basketball coach and former player, who serves as an assistant coach for the San Diego Toreros

Reizei

Japanese emperor (died 1011)

Emperor Reizei was the 63rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

950

Gao Zong

Chinese emperor (died 1187)

Emperor Gaozong of Song, personal name Zhao Gou, courtesy name Deji, was the tenth emperor of the Chinese Song dynasty and the first of the Southern Song dynasty, ruling between 1127 and 1162 and retaining power as…

1107

Constance

Duchess of Brittany (died 1201)

Constance was Duchess of Brittany from 1166 to her death in 1201 and Countess of Richmond from 1171 to 1201. Constance was the daughter of Duke Conan IV by his wife, Margaret of Huntingdon, a sister of the Scottish…

1161

Cosimo I de' Medici

Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1574)

Cosimo I de' Medici was the second and last duke of Florence from 1537 until 1569, when he became the first grand duke of Tuscany, a title he held until his death. Cosimo I succeeded his cousin to the duchy. He built…

1519

Anna of Württemberg

German princess (died 1616)

Anna of Württemberg was a German princess, member of the House of Württemberg, and by her two marriages duchess of Oława-Wołów and Legnica.

1561

John Casimir

Duke of Saxe-Coburg (died 1633)

John Casimir of Saxe-Coburg was the Duke of Saxe-Coburg. He was a descendant of the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin. Under his rule, the town of Coburg prospered and many Renaissance buildings were erected that…

1564

Robert Radclyffe

5th Earl of Sussex, soldier (died 1629)

Robert Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Sussex, was an English peer, ambassador and military officer.

1573

Paul Guldin

Swiss astronomer and mathematician (died 1643)

Paul Guldin was a Swiss Jesuit mathematician and astronomer. He discovered the Guldinus theorem to determine the surface and the volume of a solid of revolution. Guldin was noted for his association with the German…

1577

Adriaen van Stalbemt

Flemish painter (died 1662)

Adriaen or Adriaan van Stalbemt or Adriaen van Stalbempt was a Flemish painter and printmaker who is known for his landscapes with religious, mythological and allegorical scenes. He was also a gifted figure painter who…

1580

Maria Amalia of Courland

Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (died 1711)

Princess Maria Amalia of Courland was a Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel by her marriage to Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. She was a daughter of Jacob Kettler, Duke of Courland and Semigallia and Margravine Louise…

1653

Marie-Catherine Homassel Hecquet

French writer (died 1764)

Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc was a feral child of 18th century France who was known as The Wild Girl of Champagne, The Maid of Châlons, or The Wild Child of Songy.

1686

Louis Legrand

French priest and theologian (died 1780)

Louis Legrand, S.S. was a French Sulpician priest and theologian, and a Doctor of the Sorbonne.

1711

Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai

French author, playwright, journalist, and politician (died 1797)

Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray was a French novelist, playwright and journalist.

1760

Patrick Gass

American sergeant (Lewis and Clark Expedition) and author (died 1870)

Patrick Gass served as sergeant in the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806). He was important to the expedition because of his service as a carpenter, and he published the first journal of the expedition in 1807,…

1771

Karl Freiherr von Müffling

Prussian field marshal (died 1851)

Friedrich Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Müffling, nicknamed Weiss, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and military theorist. He served as Blücher's liaison officer in Wellington's headquarters during the Battle of…

1775

Robert Clark

American physician and politician (died 1837)

Robert Clark was a medical doctor and politician. He served in the New York State Assembly and one term as United States Representative from New York. With his family, he moved to Monroe, Michigan in 1823, joining the…

1777

Samuel Cooper

American general (died 1876)

Samuel Cooper was an American military officer, who served in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War in the United States Army. Although little-known today, Cooper was technically the highest-ranking…

1798

Samuel Wright Mardis

American politician (died 1836)

Samuel Wright Mardis was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama. He was born on June 12, 1800, in Fayetteville, Tennessee. He received academic training, attended…

1800

Harriet Martineau

English sociologist and author (died 1876)

Harriet Martineau was an English social theorist. She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte, and, rare for a woman writer at the time, earned enough to…

1802

John A. Roebling

German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (died 1869)

John Augustus Roebling was a German-born American civil engineer. He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a…

1806

Ante Kuzmanić

Croatian physician and journalist (died 1879)

Ante Kuzmanić was a Croatian physician and journalist.

1807

Edmond Hébert

French geologist and academic (died 1890)

Edmond Hébert, French geologist, was born at Villefargau, Yonne.

1812

Charles Kingsley

English priest, historian, and author (died 1875)

Charles Kingsley was an English clergyman, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. A broad church priest of the Church of England, he is particularly associated with Christian socialism, Anti-Catholicism, the…

1819

Johanna Spyri

Swiss author, best known for Heidi (died 1901)

Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories. She wrote the popular book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zürich, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in…

1827

Robert Herbert

English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (died 1905)

Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert,, was the first Premier of Queensland, Australia. At 28 years and 181 days of age, he was the youngest person ever to become premier of an Australian state.

1831

Watson Fothergill

English architect, designed the Woodborough Road Baptist Church (died 1928)

Watson Fothergill was a British architect who designed over 100 unique buildings in Nottingham in the East Midlands of England. His influences were mainly from the Gothic Revival and Old English vernacular architecture…

1841

David Gill

Scottish-English astronomer and author (died 1914)

Sir David Gill was a Scottish astronomer who spent most of his career as H.M. Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope. He was born in Aberdeen, trained as a watch and clock-maker, and spent ten years in the family business,…

1843

Oliver Lodge

English physicist and academic (died 1940)

Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge was an English physicist and electrical engineer whose investigations into electromagnetic radiation (EMR) contributed to the development of radio. He identified EMR independent of Heinrich…

1851

Maurice Perrault

Canadian architect, engineer, and politician, 15th Mayor of Longueuil (died 1909)

Maurice Perrault was a Canadian architect, civil engineer, and politician.

1857

Harry Johnston

English botanist and explorer (died 1927)

Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston was a British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator, and linguist who travelled widely across Africa to speak some of the languages spoken by people on that continent. He…

1858

Henry Scott Tuke

English painter and photographer (died 1929)

Henry Scott Tuke was an English artist. His most notable work was in the Impressionist style and he is best known for his paintings of nude boys and young men.

1858

William Attewell

English cricketer and umpire (died 1927)

William Attewell was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and England. Attewell was a medium pace bowler who was renowned for his extraordinary accuracy and economy. On the many sticky or…

1861

Frank Chapman

American ornithologist, photographer, and author (died 1945)

Frank Michler Chapman was an American ornithologist and pioneering writer of field guides.

1864

Jacques Pellegrin

French zoologist (died 1944)

Jacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.

1873

Thomas C. Hart

American admiral and politician (died 1971)

Thomas Charles Hart was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy, whose service extended from the Spanish–American War through World War II. Following his retirement from the Navy, he served briefly as a United…

1877

Fernand Gonder

French pole vaulter (died 1969)

Fernand Gonder was a French pole vaulter who won the gold medal at the 1906 Intercalated Games.

1883

Robert Lowie

Austrian-American anthropologist and academic (died 1957)

Robert Harry Lowie was an Austrian-American anthropologist. An expert on Indigenous peoples of the Americas, he was instrumental in the development of modern anthropology and has been described as "one of the key…

1883

Zygmunt Janiszewski

Polish mathematician and academic (died 1920)

Zygmunt Janiszewski was a Polish mathematician.

1888

Egon Schiele

Austrian soldier and painter (died 1918)

Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele was an Austrian Expressionist painter. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portraits. The…

1890

Djuna Barnes

American novelist, journalist, and playwright (died 1982)

Djuna Barnes was an American artist, illustrator, journalist, and writer who is perhaps best known for her novel Nightwood (1936), a cult classic of lesbian fiction and an important work of modernist literature.

1892

Eugénie Brazier

French chef (died 1977)

Eugénie Brazier, known as "la Mère Brazier", was a French chef who, in 1933, became the first person awarded six Michelin stars, three each at two restaurants: La Mère Brazier in the rue Royale, one of the main streets…

1895

Anthony Eden

English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1977)

Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, was a British politician and military officer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1955 until his resignation in 1957.

1897

Fritz Albert Lipmann

German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)

Fritz Albert Lipmann was a German-American biochemist and a co-discoverer in 1945 of coenzyme A. For this, together with other research on coenzyme A, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953.

1899

Weegee

Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (died 1968)

Ascher Fellig, known by his pseudonym Weegee, was a photographer and photojournalist, known for his stark black and white street photography in New York City.

1899

Hendrik Elias

Belgian lawyer and politician, Mayor of Ghent (died 1973)

Hendrik Jozef Elias was a Belgian politician and Flemish nationalist, notable as the leader of the Vlaams Nationaal Verbond between 1942 and 1944.

1902

Ray Barbuti

American sprinter and football player (died 1988)

Raymond James Barbuti was an American football player and sprint runner who won two gold medals at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Barbuti traveled to Amsterdam to initially only compete for the 400…

1905

Sandro Penna

Italian poet (died 1977)

Sandro Penna was an Italian poet.

1906

Marina Semyonova

Russian ballerina and educator (died 2010)

Marina Timofeyevna Semyonova was the first Soviet-trained prima ballerina. She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1975, and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1988.

1908

Otto Skorzeny

German SS officer (died 1975)

Otto Johann Anton Skorzeny was an Austrian-born German SS-Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen-SS during World War II. During the war, he was involved in a number of operations, including the removal from power of…

1908

Bill Cowley

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1993)

William Mailes "Cowboy" Cowley was a Canadian professional ice hockey center who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for the St. Louis Eagles and Boston Bruins. Described as the Wayne Gretzky of his era,…

1912

Carl Hovland

American psychologist and academic (died 1961)

Carl Iver Hovland was a psychologist working primarily at Yale University and for the US Army during World War II who studied attitude change and persuasion. He first reported the sleeper effect after studying the…

1912

Jean Victor Allard

Canadian general (died 1996)

General Jean Victor Allard was the first French Canadian to become Chief of the Defence Staff, the highest position in the Canadian Forces, from 1966 to 1969. He was also the first to hold the accompanying rank of…

1913

Desmond Piers

Canadian admiral (died 2005)

Rear Admiral Desmond William Piers, was a rear-admiral in the Royal Canadian Navy. Born in Halifax and long-time resident of Chester, Nova Scotia, Piers served in the RCN from 1932 to 1967. In 1930, he was the first…

1913

William Lundigan

American actor (died 1975)

William Paul Lundigan was an American film actor. His more than 125 films include Dodge City (1939), The Fighting 69th (1940), The Sea Hawk (1940), Santa Fe Trail (1940), Dishonored Lady (1947), Pinky (1949), Love Nest…

1914

Go Seigen

Chinese-Japanese Go player (died 2014)

Wu Chuan, courtesy name Wu Ching-yuan, better known by the Japanese pronunciation of his courtesy name, Go Seigen , was a Chinese-Japanese master of the game of Go. He is considered by many players to have been the…

1914

Priscilla Lane

American actress (died 1995)

Priscilla Lane was an American actress, and the youngest sibling in the Lane Sisters' family of singers and actresses. She is best remembered for her roles in the films The Roaring Twenties (1939) co-starring with James…

1915

Christopher Mayhew

English soldier and politician (died 1997)

Christopher Paget Mayhew, Baron Mayhew was a British politician who was a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1950 and from 1951 to 1974, when he left the Labour Party to join the Liberals. In 1981 Mayhew…

1915

David Rockefeller

American banker and businessman (died 2017)

David Rockefeller was an American economist and investment banker who served as chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Corporation. He was the oldest living member of the Rockefeller family from 2004 until his…

1915

Irwin Allen

American director and producer (died 1991)

Irwin Allen was an American film and television producer and director, known for his work in science fiction, then later as the "Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genre. His most successful…

1916

Raúl Héctor Castro

Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona (died 2015)

Raúl Héctor Castro was a Mexican American politician, diplomat and judge. In 1964, Castro was selected to be U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, a position he held until 1968 when he was appointed U.S. ambassador to…

1916

Georgia Louise Harris Brown

American architect (died 1999)

Georgia Louise Harris Brown, is considered to be the second African American woman to become a licensed architect in the United States. She was also the first black woman to earn a degree in architecture from the…

1918

Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer

Sri Lankan-Australian mathematician and academic (died 2001)

Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer was a Ceylon Tamil mathematician, physicist and academic.

1918

Uta Hagen

German-American actress and educator (died 2004)

Uta Thyra Hagen was a German and American actress and theatre practitioner. She originated the role of Martha in the 1962 Broadway premiere of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee, who called her "a…

1919

Dave Berg

American soldier and cartoonist (died 2002)

Dave Berg was an American cartoonist, most noted for his five decades of work in Mad of which The Lighter Side of... was the most famous.

1920

Peter Jones

English actor and screenwriter (died 2000)

Peter Geoffrey Francis Jones was an English actor, screenwriter and broadcaster.

1920

Luis García Berlanga

Spanish director and screenwriter (died 2010)

Luis García-Berlanga Martí was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic critiques of Spanish culture under the…

1921

James Archibald Houston

Canadian author and illustrator (died 2005)

James Archibald Houston was a Canadian artist, designer, children's author and filmmaker who played an important role in the recognition of Inuit art and introduced printmaking to the Inuit. The Inuit named him Saumik,…

1921

Margherita Hack

Italian astrophysicist and author (died 2013)

Margherita Hack was an Italian astrophysicist and science communicator. The asteroid 8558 Hack, discovered in 1995, was named in her honour.

1922

George H. W. Bush

American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States (died 2018)

George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. Bush was Ronald Reagan's vice president from 1981 to 1989. He was the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of…

1924

Grete Dollitz

German-American guitarist and radio host (died 2013)

Grete Franke Dollitz was an American classical music radio presenter, classical guitarist, and guitar teacher in Richmond, Virginia. She was born in Germany, and immigrated to the United States with her mother and…

1924

Amadeo Carrizo

Argentine footballer (died 2020)

Amadeo Raúl Carrizo Larretape, popularly known by his first name "Amadeo", was an Argentine football goalkeeper and manager. Carrizo is considered a pioneer of the position, helping to innovate techniques and strategies…

1926

Vic Damone

American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2018)

Vic Damone was an American traditional pop and big band singer and actor. He was best known for his performances of songs such as the number one hit "You're Breaking My Heart", and other hits such as "On the Street…

1928

Petros Molyviatis

Greek politician and diplomat, Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 2025)

Petros G. Molyviatis was a Greek politician and diplomat who served three times as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2006, May to June 2012, and August to September 2015.

1928

Richard M. Sherman

American composer and director (died 2024)

Richard Morton Sherman was an American songwriter who specialized in musical films with his brother Robert B. Sherman. According to the official Walt Disney Company website and independent fact checkers, "The Sherman…

1928

Brigid Brophy

English author and critic (died 1995)

Brigid Antonia Brophy was an English author, literary critic and polemicist. She was an influential campaigner who agitated for many types of social reform, including homosexual parity, vegetarianism, humanism, and…

1929

Roy Bull

Australian rugby league player (died 2004)

Roy Bull was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s and spent his whole career – as player, coach & administrator – with the Manly-Warringah club in Sydney. In addition to playing in…

1929

Anne Frank

German-Dutch diarist; victim of the Holocaust (died 1945)

Annelies Marie Frank was a German-born Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim. She gained worldwide notability posthumously for keeping a diary documenting her life in hiding during the German occupation of the…

1929

Jameel Jalibi

Pakistani linguist and academic (died 2019)

Jameel Jalibi was a noted linguist, critic, writer, and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics from Pakistan. He also was a former vice-chancellor of the University of Karachi.

1929

John McCluskey

Baron McCluskey, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland (died 2017)

John Herbert McCluskey, Baron McCluskey was a Scottish lawyer, judge and politician, who served as Solicitor General for Scotland, the country's junior Law Officer from 1974 to 1979, and as a Senator of the College of…

1929

Jim Burke

Australian cricketer (died 1979)

James Wallace Burke was an Australian cricketer who played in 24 Test matches from 1951 to 1959. Burke holds the record for the most innings in a complete career without scoring a duck, with 44.

1930

Donald Byrne

American chess player (died 1976)

Donald Byrne was an American university professor and chess player. He held the title International Master, and competed for his country in the Chess Olympiad on several occasions.

1930

Innes Ireland

Scottish racing driver and engineer (died 1993)

Robert McGregor Innes Ireland was a British racing driver and journalist, who competed in Formula One from 1959 to 1966. Ireland won the 1961 United States Grand Prix with Lotus.

1930

Jim Nabors

American actor and singer (died 2017)

James Thurston Nabors was an American actor, singer, and comedian, widely known for his signature character, Gomer Pyle.

1930

Trevanian

American author and scholar (died 2005)

Rodney William Whitaker was an American film scholar and writer who wrote several novels under the pen name Trevanian. Whitaker wrote in a wide variety of genres, achieved bestseller status, and published under several…

1931

Rona Jaffe

American novelist (died 2005)

Rona Jaffe was an American novelist who published numerous works from 1958 to 2003. During the 1960s, she also wrote cultural pieces for Cosmopolitan.

1931

Mimi Coertse

South African soprano and producer (died 2026)

Maria Sophia Coertse was a South African soprano who appeared professionally as Mimi Coertse. Born in Durban, she began her vocal studies in 1949. She moved to Europe in 1953, first to England and later to the…

1932

Mamo Wolde

Ethiopian runner (died 2002)

Degaga "Mamo" Wolde was an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competed in track, cross-country, and road running events. He was the winner of the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

1932

Eddie Adams

American photographer and journalist (died 2004)

Edward Thomas Adams was an American photographer and photojournalist noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and for coverage of 13 wars. He is best known for his photograph of the execution of Nguyễn Văn…

1933

John A. Alonzo

American actor and cinematographer (died 2001)

John Ayala Alonzo, ASC was an American cinematographer, television director, and actor.

1934

Kevin Billington

English director and producer (died 2021)

Kevin Billington was a British film director, who worked in the theatre, film and television from the 1960s.

1934

Ian Craig

Australian cricketer (died 2014)

Ian David Craig was an Australian cricketer who represented the Australian national team in 11 Tests between 1953 and 1958. A right-handed batsman, Craig holds the records for being the youngest Australian to make a…

1935

Paul Kennedy

English lawyer and judge

Sir Paul Joseph Morrow Kennedy, PC is an English jurist. He is a former vice-president of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, and former Interception of Communications…

1935

Vladimir Arnold

Russian-French mathematician and academic (died 2010)

Vladimir Igorevich Arnold was a Soviet and Russian mathematician. He is best known for the Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem regarding the stability of integrable systems, and contributed to several areas, including…

1937

Klaus Basikow

German footballer and manager (died 2015)

Klaus Basikow was a German football player and manager.

1937

Antal Festetics

Hungarian-Austrian biologist and zoologist

Antal Festetics, exactly, is a Hungarian-Austrian biologist, zoologist and behavioural researcher. A student of Konrad Lorenz, in 1973 he became a university professor and director of the Institute for Hunting Biology…

1937

Chips Moman

American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter (died 2016)

Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman was an American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter. He is known for working in R&B, pop music and country music, operating American Sound Studios and producing hit albums like Elvis…

1937

Jean-Marie Doré

Guinean lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (died 2016)

Jean-Marie Doré was a Guinean politician who was the prime minister of Guinea from January 2010 until December 2010. Doré, who was the president of the Union for the Progress of Guinea (UPG), was an opposition leader…

1938

Tom Oliver

English-Australian actor

Tom Oliver is a British-born naturalised Australian retired actor, known internationally for his long-running role in TV soap opera Neighbours as Lou Carpenter, a role he played for some 25 years becoming one of the…

1938

Ron Lynch

Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2024)

Ron Lynch was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. An Australian international and New South Wales interstate representative forward, he played club football in NSW for…

1939

Frank McCloskey

American sergeant and politician (died 2003)

Francis Xavier McCloskey was an American journalist, lawyer, and politician from Indiana who served in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1983 to 1995.

1939

Jacques Brassard

Canadian educator and politician

Jacques Brassard is a former Quebec politician and Cabinet Minister. He was the National Assembly of Quebec for Lac-Saint-Jean from 1976 to 2002 and occupied several portfolios as a Minister under the Parti Québecois…

1940

Marv Albert

American sportscaster

Marv Albert is an American former sportscaster. Honored for his work by the Basketball Hall of Fame, he was commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball". From 1967 to 2004, he was also known as "the voice of the…

1941

Chick Corea

American pianist and composer (died 2021)

Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba", and "Windows" are considered…

1941

Roy Harper

English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Roy Harper is an English folk rock singer, songwriter, poet and guitarist. He has released 22 studio albums across a career that stretches back to 1966. As a musician, Harper is known for his distinctive fingerstyle…

1941

Reg Presley

English singer-songwriter (died 2013)

Reginald Maurice Ball, known professionally as Reg Presley, was an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer with the 1960s rock and roll band the Troggs, whose hits included "Wild Thing" and "With a Girl…

1941

Lucille Roybal-Allard

American politician

Lucille Elsa Roybal-Allard is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1993 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she first entered Congress in 1993. Her district, numbered as…

1941

Len Barry

American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2020)

Leonard Warren Borisoff, known professionally by the stage name Len Barry, was an American singer, songwriter, lyricist, record producer, author, and poet.

1942

Bert Sakmann

German physiologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate

Bert Sakmann is a German cell physiologist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Erwin Neher in 1991 for their work on "the function of single ion channels in cells," and the invention of the patch…

1942

Pat Jennings

Northern Irish footballer and coach

Patrick Anthony Jennings is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is widely recognised as one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of the sport and was nominated for the…

1945

Michel Bergeron

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Michel Bergeron is a Canadian former ice hockey coach.

1946

Bobby Gould

English footballer and manager

Robert Alfred Gould is an English former footballer and manager.

1946

Catherine Bréchignac

French physicist and academic

Catherine Bréchignac is a French physicist. She is a commander of the Légion d'honneur, "secrétaire perpétuel honoraire" of the Académie des sciences and former president of the CNRS. The Times says she has "a…

1946

Hans Binder

Austrian racing driver

Hans Binder is an Austrian former Formula One driver who raced for the Ensign, Wolf, Surtees and ATS teams.

1948

Herbert Meyer

German footballer

Herbert Meyer is a German former footballer who made a total of 201 appearances in the Bundesliga during his playing career.

1948

Len Wein

American comic book writer and editor (died 2017)

Leonard Norman Wein was an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men. Additionally,…

1948

Jens Böhrnsen

German judge and politician

Jens Böhrnsen is a German politician of the SPD who served as President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen from 2005 to 2015. From 1 November 2009 until 31 October 2010, he was President of the Bundesrat. As such, he was…

1949

Marc Tardif

Canadian ice hockey player

Joseph Gérard Marquis Tardif is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played left winger in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA), principally for the Quebec…

1949

John Wetton

English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2017)

John Kenneth Wetton was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He was known for his bass playing as well as his baritone voice. In 1971, he was a member of the rock band Family for a short time, before joining…

1949

Oğuz Abadan

Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Oğuz Abadan is a Turkish musician born in Ankara.

1950

Michael Fabricant

English politician

Sir Michael Louis David Fabricant is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lichfield in Staffordshire, formerly Mid Staffordshire, from 1992 until his…

1950

Sonia Manzano

American actress

Sonia Manzano is an American actress, writer and speaker. She is best known for playing Maria on Sesame Street from 1971 to 2015. She received a Lifetime Achievement Daytime Emmy Award in 2016.

1950

Brad Delp

American musician and singer (died 2007)

Bradley Edward Delp was an American singer and musician who was the original lead vocalist of the American rock band Boston. A Massachusetts native, Delp began collaborating with leader Tom Scholz in 1970, and was the…

1951

Andranik Margaryan

Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (died 2007)

Andranik Nahapeti Margaryan was an Armenian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Armenia from 12 May 2000, when the President appointed him, until his death on 25 March 2007. He was a member of the Republican…

1951

Spencer Abraham

American academic and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Energy

Edward Spencer Abraham is an American attorney, author, and politician who served as the 10th United States Secretary of Energy from 2001 to 2005, under President George W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, he…

1952

Junior Brown

American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jamieson "Junior" Brown is an American country guitarist and singer. He has released 12 studio albums in his career, and has charted twice on the Billboard country singles charts. Brown's signature instrument is the…

1952

Rocky Burnette

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jonathan "Rocky" Burnette is an American singer and musician and the son of the rockabilly and pop singer Johnny Burnette. Rocky is best known for his 1980 hit single "Tired of Toein' the Line" which he co-wrote with…

1953

Árni Steinar Jóhannsson

Icelandic politician (died 2015)

Árni Steinar Jóhannsson was an Icelandic politician and member of the Althing. A member of the Left-Green Movement, he represented the Northeastern constituency from May 1999 to May 2003.

1953

Terry Alderman

Australian cricketer and sportscaster

Terence Michael Alderman is a former Australian international cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm fast-medium bowler.

1956

Michael Angelo Batio

American heavy metal guitarist

Michael Angelo Batio, also known as Michael Angelo, Mike Batio or MAB, is an American heavy metal guitarist. He was the lead guitarist for the glam metal band Nitro in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is currently the…

1956

Timothy Busfield

American actor, director, and producer

Timothy Busfield is an American actor and director. He played Arnold Poindexter in the first two Revenge of the Nerds films, Elliot Weston on the television series Thirtysomething, Mark in Field of Dreams, and Danny…

1957

Javed Miandad

Pakistani cricketer and coach

Mohammad Javed Miandad, PP, SI, popularly known as Javed Miandad, is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer known for his unconventional style of captaincy and batting. ESPNcricinfo described him as…

1957

Meredith Brooks

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Meredith Ann Brooks is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A member of the Oregon music scene, she received international acclaim with her solo album Blurring the Edges (1997) and its single, "Bitch", which…

1958

Barry Michael Cooper

American writer, producer and director (died 2025)

Barry Michael Cooper was an American writer, producer, and director, best known for his screenplays for the films New Jack City (1991), Sugar Hill (1994), and Above the Rim (1994), sometimes called his "Harlem Trilogy".

1958

John Linnell

American singer-songwriter and musician

John Sidney Linnell is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist, and a co-founder of alternative rock band They Might Be Giants with John Flansburgh, which was formed in 1982. In addition to singing and songwriting,…

1959

Scott Thompson

Canadian actor and comedian

John Scott Thompson is a Canadian actor and comedian, best known as member of the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall and for playing Brian on The Larry Sanders Show.

1959

Joe Kopicki

American basketball player and coach

Joseph Gerard Kopicki is an American former basketball player. At 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m) and 240 pounds (110 kg), he played the power forward position.

1960

Jordan Peterson

Canadian psychologist, professor and cultural critic

Jordan Bernt Peterson is a Canadian psychologist, author, and media commentator. He received widespread attention in the late 2010s for his views on cultural and political issues. Often described as conservative,…

1962

Philippe Bugalski

French racing driver (died 2012)

Philippe Bernard Bugalski was a French rally driver.

1963

Warwick Capper

Australian footballer, coach, and actor

Warwick Richard Capper is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League (AFL), known before 1990 as the Victorian Football League (VFL). An…

1963

Derek Higgins

Irish racing driver

Derek Higgins is an Irish former race car driver. He was born in Dublin.

1964

Takashi Yamazaki

Japanese filmmaker

Takashi Yamazaki is a Japanese filmmaker and visual effects supervisor. Known for his blockbusters featuring advanced visual effects, he is considered a leading figure in the Japanese film industry. Yamazaki is the…

1964

Adrian Toole

Australian rugby league player

Adrian James Toole is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for the North Sydney Bears, primarily as a prop.

1965

Gwen Torrence

American sprinter

Gwendolyn Lenna Torrence is a retired American sprinter and Olympic champion. She was born in Decatur, Georgia. She attended Columbia High School and the University of Georgia. She was offered a scholarship because of…

1965

Cathy Tyson

English actress

Catherine Tyson is a British actress. She won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film Mona Lisa (1986), which also earned her Best Supporting Actress…

1965

Marc Glanville

Australian rugby league player

Marc Glanville is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played the 1980s and 1990s.

1966

Tom Misteli

Swiss cell biologist

Tom Misteli is a Swiss-born (Solothurn) cell biologist who has pioneered the field of genome cell biology. From 2016-2024 he was the Director of the Center for Cancer Research at the National Cancer Institute, NIH.

1966

Aivar Kuusmaa

Estonian basketball player and coach

Aivar Kuusmaa is an Estonian basketball coach and former professional basketball player who currently serves as head coach for Tartu Ülikool of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. He played mostly at the shooting…

1967

Frances O'Connor

English-Australian actress

Frances Ann O'Connor is an Australian actress. She appears in roles in the films Mansfield Park, Bedazzled, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Timeline. In television, she had main roles…

1967

Scott Aldred

American baseball player and coach

Scott Phillip Aldred is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and current minor league pitching coach.

1968

Bobby Sheehan

American bass player and songwriter (died 1999)

Blues Traveler is an American rock band that formed in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1987. The group is known for creative segues during live performances and pioneering the H.O.R.D.E. touring music festival.

1968

Zsolt Daczi

Hungarian guitarist (died 2007)

Zsolt Daczi was a Hungarian guitarist. He was born in Kiskunhalas, Hungary.

1969

Héctor Garza

Mexican wrestler (died 2013)

Héctor Solano Segura was a Mexican professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Héctor Garza. During his career he worked for various major Mexican professional wrestling promotions such as Consejo Mundial de…

1969

Mathieu Schneider

American ice hockey player

Mathieu David Schneider is an American former professional ice hockey player. Considered an offensive defenseman, Schneider played 1,289 games in the National Hockey League with ten different teams, scoring 233 goals…

1969

Heinz-Christian Strache

Austrian politician

Heinz-Christian Strache is an Austrian politician and dental technician who served as Vice-Chancellor of Austria from 2017 to 2019 before resigning owing to his involvement in the Ibiza affair. He was also Minister of…

1969

Mark Henry

American weightlifter and wrestler

Mark Jerrold Henry is an American former powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter, strongman, and retired professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under a Legends contract.

1971

Ryan Klesko

American baseball player

Ryan Anthony Klesko is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman and corner outfielder who played for the Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants. He attended Westminster High School in…

1971

Jérôme Romain

Caribbean-Dominican triple jumper and coach

Jérôme Romain is a former world-class track and field athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump.

1971

Jason Caffey

American basketball player and coach

Jason Andre Caffey is an American former professional basketball player who won two NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s. He later became the head coach of the American Basketball Association's Mobile…

1973

Darryl White

Australian footballer

Darryl White is an Australian rules footballer whose career with the Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL) lasted from 1992 to 2005.

1973

Flávio Conceição

Brazilian footballer

Flávio da Conceição is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

1974

Hideki Matsui

Japanese baseball player

Hideki Matsui , nicknamed "Godzilla", is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim,…

1974

Bryan Alvarez

American wrestler and journalist

Bryan Alvarez is an American independent professional wrestler, martial artist, satellite radio host, podcaster, and journalist. Alvarez is the editor and publisher of Figure Four Weekly, a fan run, online newsletter…

1975

Stéphanie Szostak

French-American actress

Stéphanie Szostak is a French actress and author who started her career in the early 2000s. Szostak is best known for having appeared in the films The Devil Wears Prada, Dinner for Schmucks, Iron Man 3, and R.I.P.D.…

1975

Antawn Jamison

American basketball player and sportscaster

Antawn Cortez Jamison is an American former professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He serves as director of pro personnel for the Washington Wizards. Jamison…

1976

Ray Price

Zimbabwean cricketer

Raymond William Price is a former Zimbabwean international cricketer. He bowls left-arm orthodox spin. He is the nephew of the renowned Zimbabwean golfer Nick Price.

1976

Thomas Sørensen

Danish footballer

Thomas Løvendahl Sørensen is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1976

Paul Stenning

English author

Paul David Stenning is an English author and ghostwriter. He has written twenty-nine books, of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and biography. The best-known of his books is The Robert Pattinson Album, a biography of Robert…

1976

Wade Redden

Canadian ice hockey player

Wade Redden is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and a development coach of the Ottawa Senators, with whom he spent the majority of his career in the National Hockey League (NHL), which lasted from 1996…

1977

Lewis Moody

English rugby player

Lewis Walton Moody is an English retired rugby union player. He played for Leicester Tigers and Bath and was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side. Moody was chosen for the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour to New…

1978

Dallas Clark

American football player

Dallas Dean Clark is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily for the Indianapolis Colts. He played college football for the…

1979

Martine Dugrenier

Canadian wrestler

Martine Dugrenier is a Canadian retired wrestler. A three time world champion, she has also competed twice at the Olympics, finishing in 5th place both times.

1979

Diego Milito

Argentine footballer

Diego Alberto Milito is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was nicknamed El Principe because of his physical resemblance with former Uruguayan footballer Enzo Francescoli, who had…

1979

Robyn

Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer

Robin Miriam Carlsson, known professionally as Robyn, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer, and DJ. Musically, she is noted for performing upbeat dance-oriented songs that often feature melancholic lyrics,…

1979

Marco Bortolami

Italian rugby player

Marco Bortolami is a rugby union coach and retired Italian international player, whose career includes experience playing in the national top-level Italian, French, and English championships, before joining the then…

1980

Raitis Grafs

Latvian basketball player

Raitis Grafs is a Latvian former professional basketball player. He played at the center position. Grafs represented the senior men's Latvian national team. He was a FIBA EuroStar in 2007.

1981

Adriana Lima

Brazilian model and actress

Adriana Lima is a Brazilian model. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2000 to 2018, having made her Victoria's Secret Fashion Show debut in 1999, making her the longest-running Victoria's Secret Angel and model. In…

1981

Shailaja Pujari

Indian weightlifter

Shailaja Pujari is a former Indian weightlifter. Pujari competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where she won gold medals in the 75 kg snatch, 75 kg clean and jerk and 75 kg total events.

1982

James Tomlinson

English cricketer

James Andrew Tomlinson is an English former cricketer. A left-arm medium pace bowler, capable of producing swing at a brisk pace, Tomlinson first appeared in senior cricket for the Hampshire Cricket Board in List A…

1982

Bryan Habana

South African rugby player

Bryan Gary Habana OIS is a South African former professional rugby union player. Playing mainly as a wing, he is widely considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. He played for the Golden…

1983

Christine Sinclair

Canadian soccer player

Christine Margaret Sinclair is a Canadian former professional soccer player. An Olympic gold medallist, two-time Olympic bronze medallist, CONCACAF champion, and 14-time winner of the Canada Soccer Player of the Year…

1983

James Kwalia

Kenyan-Qatari runner

James Kwalia C'Kurui is an athlete who represents Qatar after switching from his homeland Kenya. Specializing in the 3000 and 5000 metres, his personal best times are 7:28.28 minutes and 12:54.58 minutes respectively.…

1984

Bruno Soriano

Spanish footballer

Bruno Soriano Llido is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

1984

Dave Franco

American actor

David John Franco is an American actor and filmmaker. He began his career with small roles in films such as Superbad (2007) and Charlie St. Cloud (2010). Following a starring role in the ninth season of the comedy…

1985

Blake Ross

American computer programmer, co-created Mozilla Firefox

Blake Aaron Ross is an American software engineer who is best known for his work as the co-creator of the Mozilla Firefox web browser with Dave Hyatt. In 2005, he was nominated for Wired magazine's top Rave Award,…

1985

Sam Thaiday

Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

Samuel Arthur Thaiday is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League, serving as their captain from 2012 until 2013. An Australian…

1985

Kendra Wilkinson

American model, actress, and author

Kendra Leigh Wilkinson, born June 12, 1985, is an American television personality and real estate agent. She first gained recognition as one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends and for her role on the E! reality television…

1985

Salim Mehajer

Australian politician

Salim Mehajer is an Australian convicted criminal, property developer and former deputy mayor of Auburn City Council. In March 2018, Mehajer was declared bankrupt and in April 2018 was found guilty of electoral fraud,…

1986

Eren Derdiyok

Swiss footballer

Eren Derdiyok is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is a former Swiss international. Derdiyok has played for ten different clubs in Europe, as well as a one year stint in Uzbekistan's…

1988

Mauricio Isla

Chilean footballer

Mauricio Aníbal Isla Isla is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a right-back and midfielder.

1988

Emma Eliasson

Swedish ice hockey player

Emma Maria Josefin Eliasson is a Swedish retired ice hockey player. Considered one of the greatest Swedish defenders to ever play the game and known for her offensive abilities and physical style of play, she averaged…

1989

Ibrahim Jeilan

Ethiopian runner

Ibrahim Jeilan Gashu is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner who specialises in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres on the track, as well as cross country running. He is a former world champion in 10,000 metres.

1989

Jrue Holiday

American basketball player

Jrue Randall Holiday is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for one season with the UCLA Bruins before…

1990

David Worrall

English footballer

David Richard Worrall is an English former professional football player. He was a versatile, aggressive player who could play wide right or in central midfield.

1990

Avisaíl García

Venezuelan baseball player

Avisaíl Antonio García Yaguarin is a Venezuelan former professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Milwaukee Brewers, and…

1991

Philippe Coutinho

Brazilian footballer

Philippe Coutinho Correia is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He is currently a free agent after playing for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Vasco da Gama. He is known for his…

1992

Allie DiMeco

American actress and musician

Alexandra Jean Theresa "Allie" DiMeco is an American actress, reality television personality, multi-instrumentalist, and model, primarily known for playing the role of Nat Wolff's main love interest Rosalina in the…

1992

Don Toliver

American rapper and singer-songwriter

Caleb Zackary "Don" Toliver is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. His debut mixtape, Donny Womack (2018), was released one day prior to fellow Houston rapper Travis Scott's album Astroworld, on which Toliver…

1994

Gustav Forsling

Swedish ice hockey player

Gustav Forsling is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Forsling was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the fifth round of the 2014…

1996

Davinson Sánchez

Colombian footballer

Davinson Sánchez Mina is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Colombia national team.

1996

Shonica Wharton

Barbadian netball player

Shonica Wharton is a Barbadian netball player who represents Barbados internationally and plays in the positions of goal shooter and goal keeper. She competed at the Netball World Cup on two occasions in 2015 and 2019.…

1996

CarryMinati

Indian YouTuber

Ajey Nagar, better known as CarryMinati, is an Indian YouTuber, streamer and rapper. He is known for his roasting videos, comedic skits and reactions to various online topics on his channel CarryMinati. His other…

1999

Koni De Winter

Belgian footballer

Koni De Winter is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Serie A club AC Milan and the Belgium national team.

2002

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