Famous Birthdays on June 13

Q: Who was born on June 13?

Famous people born on June 13 include: Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Charles the Bald, Charles the Fat, Taejong of Joseon, Ernest of Bavaria.

Q: What is Alessandro Piccolomini known for?

Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (died 1579)

1508 — Alessandro Piccolomini

Italian astronomer and philosopher (died 1579)

June 13 has seen 280 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 40 – 2006. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

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Famous Birthdays 280 people 40 – 2006

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His poetry, in which he followed the Petrarchan tradition, appeared first in various contemporary collections, and in 1549 he published as a single volume one hundred sonnets titled Cento sonetti

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In 1540, while a student at the University of Padua, he helped found the Infiammati Academy, in which he gave lectures in philosophy

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In his Trattato della grandezza della terra e dell'acqua (1558), he opposed the Aristotelian and Ptolemaic opinion that water was more extensive than land.

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Alessandro Piccolomini was an Italian humanist, astronomer and philosopher from Siena, who promoted the popularization in the vernacular of Latin and Greek scientific and philosophical treatises

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Much of his literary production consisted of translations from the Classics, of which Book XIII of Ovid's Metamorphoses and book VI of the Aeneid are early examples

Gnaeus Julius Agricola

Roman general (died 93)

AD 40 (XL) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus without colleague. The denomination AD 40 for this year has been used since the…

Charles the Bald

Holy Roman Emperor (died 877)

Charles the Bald was king of West Francia (843–77), king of Italy (875–77) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–77). After a series of civil wars during the reign of his father, Louis the Pious, Charles succeeded,…

823

Charles the Fat

Holy Roman Emperor (died 888)

Charles the Fat was the emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 881 to 887. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, Charles was the youngest son of Louis the German and Hemma, and a great-grandson of Charlemagne. He was the…

839

Taejong of Joseon

third monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea (died 1422)

Taejong, personal name Yi Pangwŏn, was the third monarch of Joseon and the father of Sejong the Great. The fifth son of King Taejo, the founder of the dynasty, he was himself a major contributor toward the establishment…

1367

Ernest of Bavaria

pledge lord of the County of Glatz (died 1560)

Duke Ernest of Bavaria was the Administrator of the dioceses of Passau and Salzburg and pledge lord of Glatz.

1500

Jost Amman

Swiss printmaker (died 1591)

Jost Amman was a Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations.

1539

Giovanni Antonio Magini

Italian mathematician, cartographer and astronomer (died 1617)

Giovanni Antonio Magini was an Italian astronomer, astrologer, cartographer, and mathematician.

1555

Willebrord Snell

Dutch astronomer and mathematician (died 1626)

Willebrord Snellius (born Willebrord Snel van Royen, also Willebrord van Roijen Snell, commonly known simply as Snellius and Snell, was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician.

1580

Jan Marek Marci

Czech medical doctor and scientist (died 1667)

Jan Marek Marci, also known as Johannes Marcus Marci was a Czech medical doctor and scientist. He was the rector of the University of Prague and official medical doctor to the Holy Roman Emperors. The crater Marci on…

1595

Sir Vincent Corbet

1st Baronet, English politician (died 1656)

Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet was an English lawyer and politician who sat for Shropshire in the House of Commons in the Short Parliament of 1640. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War.

1617

Adrien Baillet

French scholar and critic (died 1706)

Adrien Baillet was a French scholar and critic. He is now best known as a biographer of René Descartes.

1649

Sir Richard Glyn

1st Baronet, of Ewell, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (died 1773)

Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet was a British banker and politician, who together with Joseph Vere and Thomas Hallifax founded the Bank of Vere, Glyn & Hallifax, which evolved into Williams & Glyn's Bank.

1711

Frances Burney

English novelist and playwright (died 1840)

Frances Burney, also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English novelist, diarist and playwright. In 1786–1790 she held the post of "Keeper of the Robes" to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George…

1752

Antonín Vranický

Czech violinist and composer (died 1820)

Antonín Vranický, Germanized as Anton Wranitzky, and also seen as Wranizky, was a Czech violinist and composer of the 18th century. He was the half brother of Pavel Vranický.

1761

José Bonifácio de Andrada

Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (died 1838)

José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva was a Brazilian statesman, naturalist, mineralist, professor and poet, born in Santos, São Paulo, then part of the Portuguese Empire.

1763

Thomas Young

English physicist and physiologist (died 1829)

Thomas Young was a British polymath who made notable contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology. He was instrumental in the decipherment…

1773

Antoni Radziwiłł

Polish-Lithuanian composer and politician (died 1833)

Prince Antoni Henryk Radziwiłł was a Polish–Lithuanian and Prussian noble, aristocrat, musician, and politician. Initially a hereditary Duke of Nieśwież and Ołyka, as a scion of the Radziwiłł family he also held the…

1775

Winfield Scott

American general (died 1866)

Winfield Scott was an American military commander and a presidential candidate. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army from 1841 to 1861, and was a veteran of the War of 1812, American Indian Wars,…

1786

José Antonio Páez

Venezuelan general and politician, President of Venezuela (died 1873)

José Antonio Páez Herrera was a Venezuelan politician and military officer who served as the president of Venezuela three times. The first as the 5th president from 1830 to 1835, the second as the 8th president from…

1790

Heinrich Hoffmann

German psychiatrist and author (died 1894)

Heinrich Hoffmann was a German psychiatrist, who also wrote some short works including Der Struwwelpeter, an illustrated book portraying children misbehaving.

1809

Carl Schmidt

Latvian-German chemist and academic (died 1894)

Carl Ernst Heinrich Schmidt, also Karl Genrikhovich Schmidt was a Baltic German chemist from the Livonia Governorate, Russian Empire.

1822

Alberto Henschel

German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (died 1882)

Alberto Henschel was a German-born Brazilian photographer born in Berlin. Considered the hardest-working photographer and businessman in 19th-century Brazil, with offices in Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, and São…

1827

James Clerk Maxwell

Scottish physicist and mathematician (died 1879)

James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish physicist and mathematician who was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism and light as…

1831

Augusta Lundin

the first international Swedish fashion designer (died 1919)

Augusta Lundin was a Swedish fashion designer. She is considered to be the first international Swedish haute couture fashion designer as well as the first well known fashion designer in Sweden.

1840

Charles Algernon Parsons

English engineer, founded C. A. Parsons and Company (died 1931)

Sir Charles Algernon Parsons was an Anglo-Irish mechanical engineer and inventor who designed the modern steam turbine in 1884. His invention revolutionised marine propulsion, and he was also the founder of C. A.…

1854

Lucy

Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (died 1935)

Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff-Gordon was a leading British fashion designer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who worked under the professional name Lucile.

1863

Rudolf Kjellén

Swedish political scientist and academic (died 1922)

Johan Rudolf Kjellén was a Swedish political scientist, geographer and politician who first coined the term "geopolitics". His work was influenced by Friedrich Ratzel. Along with Alexander von Humboldt, Carl Ritter, and…

1864

Dwight B. Waldo

American historian and academic (died 1939)

Dr. Dwight Bryant Waldo was the first President of Western Michigan University (WMU) in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Waldo was born in Arcade, N.Y. but spent his childhood in Plainwell, Michigan. Waldo was elected principal of…

1864

Karl Blossfeldt

German photographer (died 1932)

Karl Blossfeldt was a German photographer and sculptor. He is best known for his close-up photographs of plants and living things, published in 1929 as Urformen der Kunst. He was inspired, as was his father, by nature…

1865

W. B. Yeats

Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1939)

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with John…

1865

Wallace Clement Sabine

American physicist and academic (died 1919)

Wallace Clement Sabine was an American physicist who founded the field of architectural acoustics. Sabine was the architectural acoustician of Boston's Symphony Hall, widely considered one of the two or three best…

1868

Jules Bordet

Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)

Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet was a Belgian immunologist and microbiologist. The bacterial genus Bordetella is named after him. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to him in 1919 for his…

1870

Thomas N. Heffron

American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1951)

Thomas N. Heffron was a screenwriter, actor, and a director. He was born in Nevada, He worked as an attorney and danced in vaudeville before he began his career in film with Thanhousr in 1911, eventually landing him a…

1872

Karin Swanström

Swedish actress, director, and producer (died 1942)

Karin Swanström was a Swedish actress, producer and director.

1873

Paul Neumann

Austrian swimmer and medical doctor (died 1932)

Paul Neumann was an Austrian swimmer and physician, who competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and became the first ever Austrian gold medalist.

1875

William Sealy Gosset

English chemist and statistician (died 1937)

William Sealy Gosset was an English statistician, chemist and brewer who worked for Guinness. In statistics, he pioneered small-sample experimental design. Gosset published under the pen name Student and developed…

1876

Heinrich Gutkin

Estonian businessman and politician (died 1941)

Heinrich Gutkin was a trader and the Estonian National Assembly member.

1879

Charalambos Tseroulis

Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (died 1929)

Charalambos Tseroulis was a distinguished infantry officer of the Hellenic Army who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General.

1879

Leon Chwistek

Polish painter, philosopher, and mathematician (died 1944)

Leon Chwistek was a Polish logician, philosopher, mathematician, avant-garde painter, theoretician of modern art and literary critic.

1884

Étienne Gilson

French philosopher and academic (died 1978)

Étienne Henri Gilson was a French Catholic philosopher and historian of philosophy. A scholar of medieval philosophy, he originally specialised in the thought of Descartes; he also philosophized in the "existential"…

1884

Henry George Lamond

Australian farmer and author (died 1969)

Henry George Lamond was an Australian farmer and writer, notable for his novels about the land, people and animals of outback Queensland. In addition to his fiction and non-fiction books, he wrote over 900 essays and…

1885

André François-Poncet

French politician and diplomat (died 1978)

André François-Poncet was a French politician and diplomat whose post as ambassador to Germany allowed him to witness first-hand the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, and the Nazi regime's preparations…

1887

Bruno Frank

German-American author, poet, and playwright (died 1945)

Bruno Frank was a German author, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and humanist.

1887

Fernando Pessoa

Portuguese poet and critic (died 1935)

Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and publisher. He has been described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of…

1888

Gao Qifeng

Chinese painter (died 1933)

Gao Qifeng was a Chinese painter who co-founded the Lingnan School with his older brother Gao Jianfu and fellow artist Chen Shuren. Orphaned at a young age, Gao spent much of his childhood following Jianfu, learning the…

1889

Basil Rathbone

South African-born British-American actor (died 1967)

Philip St. John Basil Rathbone was an English actor. Born in South Africa and raised in Derbyshire, he rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in more than 70 films,…

1892

Alan Arnold Griffith

English engineer (died 1963)

Alan Arnold Griffith was an English engineer and the son of Victorian science fiction writer George Griffith. Among many other contributions, he is best known for his work on stress and fracture in metals that is now…

1893

Dorothy L. Sayers

English author and poet (died 1957)

Dorothy Leigh Sayers was an English crime novelist, playwright, translator and critic.

1893

Leo Kanner

Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and medical doctor (died 1981)

Leo Kanner was an Austrian-American psychiatrist, physician, and social activist best known for his work related to infantile autism. Before working at the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic at the Johns Hopkins Hospital,…

1894

Jacques Henri Lartigue

French photographer and painter (died 1986)

Jacques Henri Lartigue was a French photographer and painter, known for his photographs of automobile races, planes and female Parisian fashion models.

1894

Paavo Nurmi

Finnish runner and coach (died 1973)

Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner. He was called the "Flying Finn" because he dominated distance running in the 1920s. Nurmi set 22 official world records at distances between…

1897

Carlos Chávez

Mexican composer, conductor, and journalist, founded the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra (died 1978)

Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by native Mexican…

1899

Ian Hunter

British Cape Colony actor of stage and film (died 1975)

Ian Hunter was a South African-born British actor of stage, film and television.

1900

Tage Erlander

Swedish lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Sweden (died 1985)

Tage Fritjof Erlander was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the Social Democratic Party from 1946 to 1969. During his record-long premiership, Erlander was an…

1901

Carolyn Eisele

American mathematician and historian (died 2000)

Carolyn Eisele was an American mathematician and historian of mathematics known as an expert on the works of Charles Sanders Peirce.

1902

Willard Harrison Bennett

American physicist and chemist (died 1987)

Willard Harrison Bennett was an American scientist and inventor, born in Findlay, Ohio. Bennett conducted research into plasma physics, astrophysics, geophysics, surface physics, and physical chemistry. The Bennett…

1903

James T. Rutnam

Sri Lankan historian and author (died 1988)

James Thevathasan Rutnam (1905-1988) was a Sri Lankan historian, educationalist, writer, and politician.

1905

Bruno de Finetti

Austrian-Italian mathematician and statistician (died 1985)

Bruno de Finetti was an Italian probabilist statistician and actuary, noted for the "operational subjective" conception of probability. The classic exposition of his distinctive theory is the 1937 “La prévision: ses…

1906

E. M. S. Namboodiripad

Indian theorist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (died 1998)

Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad was an Indian communist politician, theorist, author and statesman who served as the first Chief Minister of Kerala in 1957–1959 and then again in 1967–1969. As a member of the…

1909

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

Spanish journalist, author, and playwright (died 1999)

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement.

1910

Mary Wickes

American actress (died 1995)

Mary Wickes was an American character actress, who worked in both film and television. From the 1940s to 1970s, she often played supporting roles as prim, professional women – such as secretaries, nurses, nuns,…

1910

Mary Whitehouse

English activist, founded the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (died 2001)

Constance Mary Whitehouse was a British teacher and conservative activist. She campaigned against social liberalism and the mainstream British media, both of which she accused of encouraging a more permissive society.…

1910

Luis Walter Alvarez

American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)

Luis Walter Alvarez was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for his discovery of resonance states in particle physics using the hydrogen bubble…

1911

Maurice Copeland

American actor (died 1985)

Maurice Copeland was an American actor. He had supporting roles in films such as Arthur, The Pope of Greenwich Village and Trading Places.

1911

Erwin Wilhelm Müller

German physicist and academic (died 1977)

Erwin Wilhelm Müller was a German physicist who invented the Field Emission Electron Microscope (FEEM), the Field Ion Microscope (FIM), and the Atom-Probe Field Ion Microscope. He and his student, Kanwar Bahadur, were…

1911

Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau

Canadian poet and painter (died 1943)

Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau was a Canadian poet, writer, letter writer, and essayist, who "was posthumously hailed as a herald of the Quebec literary renaissance of the 1950s". He is mainly recognized for his literary…

1912

Ralph Edwards

American radio and television host (died 2005)

Ralph Livingstone Edwards was an American radio and television host, radio producer, and television producer, best known for his radio-TV game shows Truth or Consequences and reality documentary series This Is Your Life.

1913

Yitzhak Pundak

Israeli general, diplomat and politician (died 2017)

Yitzhak Pundak was an Israeli general, diplomat and politician.

1913

Frederic Franklin

English-American ballet dancer and director (died 2013)

Frederic Franklin, sometimes also called "Freddie", was a British-American ballet dancer, choreographer and director.

1914

Don Budge

American tennis player and coach (died 2000)

John Donald Budge was an American tennis player. He is most famous as the first tennis player—male or female—to win all four Grand Slam tournaments in one year and complete the Grand Slam. Budge was the second man to…

1915

Wu Zhengyi

Chinese botanist and academic (died 2013)

Wu Zhengyi was a Chinese botanist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Wu specialized in Botanical Geography and Medicinal Botany. He is also known by the alternative spellings of 'Wu Cheng-yih',…

1916

Teddy Turner

English actor (died 1992)

Joseph Edward Turner was a Yorkshire-born English actor and comedian who played dustbin man Chalky Whiteley in the soap opera Coronation Street. He also played the part of the similarly named farmer Bill Whiteley in…

1917

Augusto Roa Bastos

Paraguayan novelist (died 2005)

Augusto Roa Bastos was a Paraguayan novelist and short story writer. As a teenager he fought in the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia, and he later worked as a journalist, screenwriter and professor. He is best…

1917

Ben Johnson

American actor and stuntman (died 1996)

Francis Benjamin Johnson Jr. was an American actor, stuntman, and professional rodeo cowboy.

1918

Helmut Lent

German soldier and pilot (died 1944)

Helmut Johannes Siegfried Lent was a German night-fighter ace in World War II. Lent shot down 110 aircraft, 102 of them at night. Born into a devoutly religious family, he showed an early passion for glider flying;…

1918

Percy Rodriguez

Canadian-American actor (died 2007)

Percy Rodriguez was a Canadian actor who appeared in many television shows and films from the 1950s to the 1980s. He was of Afro-Portuguese heritage and was born in the Saint-Henri neighbourhood of Montreal. Born with…

1918

Rolf Huisgen

German chemist and academic (died 2020)

Rolf Huisgen was a German chemist. His importance in synthetic organic chemistry extends to the enormous influence he had in post-war chemistry departments in Germany and Austria, due to many of his habilitants becoming…

1920

Iosif Vorovich

Russian mathematician and engineer (died 2001)

Iosif Izrailevich-Girshevich Vorovich was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, scientific engineer, author and was made a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1970. He was a specialist in continuum mechanics and…

1920

Lennart Strand

Swedish runner (died 2004)

Lennart Strand was a Swedish middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 m. In this event, he won the national title in 1945–47, 1949 and 1950 and the European title in 1946, beating his compatriot Henry…

1921

Etienne Leroux

South African author (died 1989)

Etienne Leroux was an Afrikaans writer and a member of the South African Sestigers literary movement.

1922

Lloyd Conover

American chemist and inventor (died 2017)

Lloyd Hillyard Conover was an American chemist and the inventor of tetracycline. For this invention, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Conover was the first to make an antibiotic by chemically…

1923

Kristine Miller

American actress (died 2015)

Kristine Miller was an American film actress. She appeared in film noir and Westerns. A discovery of Paramount producer Hal Wallis, she appeared in I Walk Alone (1948), Jungle Patrol (1948), Too Late for Tears (1949),…

1925

Jérôme Lejeune

French pediatrician and geneticist (died 1994)

Jérôme Jean Louis Marie Lejeune was a French pediatrician and geneticist. He is best known for his work on the links between chromosome abnormalities like Down syndrome (trisomy-21) and cri du chat syndrome. He is also…

1926

Paul Lynde

American actor and comedian (died 1982)

Paul Edward Lynde was an American comedian, actor, and game-show panelist. A character actor with a distinctively campy and snarky persona that often poked fun at his closeted homosexuality, Lynde was well known for his…

1926

Slim Dusty

Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)

Slim Dusty, AO MBE was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He was an Australian cultural icon, referred to universally as Australia's King of Country Music and one of the country's…

1927

Giacomo Biffi

Italian cardinal (died 2015)

Giacomo Biffi was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, having served as archbishop there from 1984 to 2003. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985.

1928

Renée Morisset

Canadian pianist (died 2009)

Renée Morisset, was a Canadian pianist. She and her husband, Victor Bouchard, were one of the foremost piano duos in Canadian classical music.

1928

John Forbes Nash

Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)

John Forbes Nash Jr., known and published as John Nash, was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, real algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and partial differential…

1928

Ralph McQuarrie

American illustrator (died 2012)

Ralph Angus McQuarrie was an American concept artist who worked in film and television. His career included work on the original Star Wars trilogy, the original Battlestar Galactica television series, the film E.T. the…

1929

Robert W. Scott

American farmer and politician, 67th Governor of North Carolina (died 2009)

Robert Walter "Bob" Scott was an American politician who served as the 67th Governor of North Carolina from 1969 to 1973. He was born and died in Haw River, North Carolina.

1929

Gotthard Graubner

German painter and educator (died 2013)

Gotthard Graubner was a German painter, born in Erlbach, in Saxony, Germany.

1930

Ryszard Kukliński

Polish colonel and spy (died 2004)

Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński was a Polish Army colonel and Cold War spy for NATO. He was posthumously promoted to brigadier general by Polish President Andrzej Duda.

1930

Paul Veyne

French archaeologist, historian, and academic (died 2022)

Paul Veyne was a French historian and a specialist of Ancient Rome. A student of the prestigious École Normale Supérieure in Paris and member of the École française de Rome in the Palazzo Farnese (1955–1957), he was…

1930

Nora Kovach

Hungarian-American ballerina (died 2009)

Nora Kovach was a Hungarian ballerina who defected in 1953 together with her husband and fellow ballet dancer Istvan Rabovsky, the first highly publicized defection of individuals in the field of dance to the West from…

1931

Reed Scowen

Canadian politician (died 2020)

Philip Reed Scowen was a Canadian business executive, author and politician, living in Quebec.

1931

Irvin D. Yalom

American psychotherapist and academic

Irvin David Yalom is an American existential psychiatrist who is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, as well as author of both fiction and nonfiction.

1931

Raymond Jolliffe

5th Baron Hylton, English politician

Raymond Hervey Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton, ARICS, DL, is a British peer and landowner. He was one of 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, sitting…

1932

Bob McGrath

American singer and actor (died 2022)

Robert Emmett McGrath was an American actor, singer, and children's author best known for playing original human character and music teacher Bob Johnson on the educational television series Sesame Street from 1969 to…

1932

Billy Williams

American baseball player and coach (died 2013)

William Williams was an American professional baseball player. He appeared in four Major League Baseball (MLB) games for the 1969 Seattle Pilots. Williams also had an extensive minor league baseball playing career,…

1932

Tom King

Baron King of Bridgwater, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Defence

Thomas Jeremy King, Baron King of Bridgwater, is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet from 1983 to 1992, and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of…

1933

Norman Lloyd-Edwards

Welsh lawyer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan

Sir Norman Lloyd-Edwards served as the Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan from 1990 to 2008.

1933

Bill Blakeley

American basketball player and coach (died 2010)

Billy Buie Blakeley was an American basketball coach. He coached at the high school, college, and professional levels.

1934

Lucjan Brychczy

Polish footballer and coach (died 2024)

Lucjan Antoni Brychczy was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. Born in New Bytom, Upper Silesia, where after starting at local lower league clubs, he played for nearby the then third division Piast Gliwice.

1934

Manuel Clouthier

Mexican businessman and politician (died 1989)

Manuel de Jesús Clouthier del Rincón was a Mexican agriculturalist, businessman and politician. His 1988 presidential campaign challenged the dominance of Mexico's PRI party in the nation's politics, with rhetoric and…

1934

James Anthony Griffin

American bishop

James Anthony Griffin is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Griffin served as bishop of the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio from 1983 to 2004. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of…

1934

Uriel Jones

American drummer (died 2009)

Uriel Jones was an American musician. Jones was a recording session drummer for Motown's in-house studio band, the Funk Brothers, during the 1960s and early 1970s.

1934

Leonard Kleinrock

American computer scientist and engineer

Leonard Kleinrock is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Kleinrock made…

1934

Christo

Bulgarian-French sculptor and painter (died 2020)

Christo Vladimirov Javacheff and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935–2009), known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations, often large…

1935

Jeanne-Claude

Moroccan sculptor and painter (died 2009)

1935

Samak Sundaravej

Thai politician, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (died 2009)

Samak Sundaravej was a Thai politician who briefly served as the Prime Minister of Thailand and Minister of Defence in 2008, as well as the leader of the People's Power Party in 2008.

1935

Eleanor Holmes Norton

American lawyer and politician

Eleanor Holmes Norton is an American politician, lawyer, and human rights activist. Norton is a congressional delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she has represented the District of Columbia since 1991…

1937

Erich Ribbeck

German footballer and manager

Erich Ribbeck is a German former professional football player and manager, best known for coaching in the Bundesliga. In 1988, he won the UEFA Cup as manager of Bayer Leverkusen, the first title in the club's history.

1937

Andreas Whittam Smith

English journalist and publisher, co-founded The Independent (died 2025)

Sir Andreas Whittam Smith was an English financial journalist, who was one of the founders of The Independent newspaper, which began publication in October 1986 with Whittam Smith as editor. He was a onetime president…

1937

Bobby Freeman

American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2017)

Robert Thomas Freeman was an American rock, soul and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer from San Francisco, best known for his two top ten hits, the first in 1958 on Josie Records called "Do You Want to Dance"…

1940

Dallas Long

American shot putter and medical doctor (died 2024)

Dallas Crutcher Long was an American track and field athlete, who mostly competed in the shot put. Between 1959 and 1964 he set six official and five unofficial world records.

1940

Marcel Lachemann

American baseball player, coach and manager

Marcel Ernest Lachemann is an American professional baseball executive and a former player, manager and pitching coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). As a player, he was a relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics.

1941

Serge Lemoyne

Canadian painter (died 1998)

Serge Lemoyne was a Canadian artist from Quebec. He worked as a performance artist as well as creating paintings, assemblages and prints. Lemoyne explored themes such as the environment, technology, and social justice.…

1941

Marv Tarplin

American guitarist and songwriter (died 2011)

Marvin “Marv” Tarplin was an American musician, best known as the guitarist for the Miracles from the 1950s through the early 1970s. He was one of the group's original members and co-wrote several of their biggest hits,…

1941

Yiannis Boutaris

Greek businessman and politician, Mayor of Thessaloniki (died 2024)

Yiannis Boutaris was a Greek winemaker and politician who served as Mayor of Thessaloniki from 2011 to 2019. From 2003 tο 2011 he served as a municipal councilor of Thessaloniki, a position he held again from January…

1942

Harry Collins

English sociologist, author and academic

Harry Collins, FLSW, is a British sociologist of science at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Wales. In 2012 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. In 2013, he was elected a Fellow of the…

1943

Malcolm McDowell

English actor and producer

Malcolm McDowell is an English actor. He first became known for portraying Mick Travis in Lindsay Anderson's If.... (1968), a role he later reprised in O Lucky Man! (1973) and Britannia Hospital (1982). His performance…

1943

Jim Guy Tucker

American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Arkansas (died 2025)

James Guy Tucker Jr. was an American politician, businessman and attorney who served as the 43rd governor of Arkansas from 1992 until his resignation in 1996 after his conviction for fraud during the Whitewater affair.…

1943

Christine Beasley

English nursing administrator

Dame Christine Joan Beasley, is a British nurse and NHS healthcare administrator.

1944

David Curry

English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

David Maurice Curry is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Skipton and Ripon from 1987 to 2010.

1944

Ban Ki-moon

South Korean politician and diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

Ban Ki-moon is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Ban was the South Korean…

1944

Whitley Strieber

American author

Louis Whitley Strieber is an American writer best known for his horror novels The Wolfen and The Hunger and for Communion, a non-fiction account of his alleged experiences with non-human entities. He has maintained a…

1945

Sher Bahadur Deuba

Nepalese politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Nepal

Sher Bahadur Deuba is a Nepalese politician who served as the 32nd prime minister of Nepal for five terms. He was the president of the Nepali Congress since 2016 until 2026 and was the Member of Parliament for the…

1946

Paul L. Modrich

American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Paul Lawrence Modrich is an American biochemist, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is known for his research on DNA mismatch repair.…

1946

Gabriel of Komana

Belgian-Dutch archbishop (died 2013)

Gabriel of Komana was an Eastern Orthodox archbishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate who led the Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe from 2003 to 2013.

1946

Garnet Bailey

Canadian-American ice hockey player and scout (died 2001)

Garnet Edward "Ace" Bailey was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and scout who was a member of Stanley Cup and Memorial Cup-winning teams. He died at the age of 53 while aboard United Airlines Flight 175, which…

1948

Joe Roth

American director and producer, co-founded Morgan Creek Productions

Joseph Emanuel Roth is an American film executive, producer and director. He co-founded Morgan Creek Entertainment in 1988 and was chairman of 20th Century Fox (1989–1993), Caravan Pictures (1993–1994), and Walt Disney…

1948

Ann Druyan

American popular science writer

Ann Druyan is an American documentary producer and director specializing in the communication of science. She co-wrote the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan, whom she married in 1981. She was the…

1949

Dennis Locorriere

American singer and musician (died 2026)

Dennis Michael Locorriere was an American musician best known as a founding member, guitarist, and primary lead vocalist of the country rock group Dr. Hook.

1949

Ulla Schmidt

German educator and politician, German Federal Minister of Health

Ursula "Ulla" Schmidt is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). From 2001 to 2009 she was Federal Minister of Health in the German Government. Between 2013 and 2017, she served as…

1949

Red Symons

English-Australian musician, television, and radio personality

Redmond Symons is an Australian musician and television and radio personality. He was the lead guitarist in the band Skyhooks, the snide judge of 'Red Faces' and a judge on talent search show Australia's Got Talent. He…

1949

Nick Brown

English politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Nicholas Hugh Brown is a British former politician and trade unionist who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne East between 1983 and 2024. He represented the Labour Party until his resignation in…

1950

Gerd Zewe

German footballer and manager

Gerd Zewe is a German former football player and manager.

1950

Howard Leese

American guitarist and producer

Howard M. Leese is an American guitarist, record producer, and musical director who played with Heart as guitarist and keyboardist for 23 years. He continues to record and tour as a solo artist, and as guitarist with…

1951

Richard Thomas

American actor, director, and producer

Richard Earl Thomas is an American actor. He is best known for his leading role as budding author John-Boy Walton in the CBS drama series The Waltons for which he won an Emmy Award. He also received another Emmy…

1951

Stellan Skarsgård

Swedish actor

Stellan John Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Lars von Trier, appearing in Breaking the Waves (1996), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), Melancholia (2011), and…

1951

Jean-Marie Dedecker

Belgian martial artist and politician

Jean-Marie Louis Dedecker is a Belgian politician.

1952

Tim Allen

American actor, comedian, and producer

Timothy Alan Dick, known professionally as Tim Allen, is an American actor and comedian. He is known for playing Tim "The Toolman" Taylor on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement (1991–1999) for which he won a Golden Globe…

1953

Andrzej Lepper

Polish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (died 2011)

Andrzej Zbigniew Lepper was a Polish politician, farmer, and trade unionist who led the Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland, an agrarian populist party that, between 2005 and 2007, was the third-largest political…

1954

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Nigerian economist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Nigeria

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian economist who has been serving as the director-general of the World Trade Organization since March 2021. She is the first ever woman and also the first African to lead the World…

1954

Alan Hansen

Scottish footballer and sportscaster

Alan David Hansen MBE is a Scottish former footballer and BBC television football pundit. Regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time, he enjoyed a highly decorated playing career, winning eight First Division…

1955

Leah Ward Sears

German-American lawyer and jurist

Leah Ward Sears is an American jurist and former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Sears was the first African-American female chief justice of a state supreme court in the United States. When she was first…

1955

Blair Chapman

Canadian ice hockey player

Blair Douglas Chapman is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.

1956

Sal Paolantonio

American lieutenant and journalist

Salvatore Anthony Nicholas Paolantonio is a Philadelphia-based bureau reporter for ESPN. Since joining ESPN in 1995, Paolantonio has become a staple in their NFL coverage, as he contributes to shows such as…

1956

Ron Areshenkoff

Canadian ice hockey player (died 2019)

Ronald Areshenkoff was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He was drafted in the second round, 32nd overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1977 NHL amateur draft. He played in four games in the National Hockey…

1957

Roy Cooper

American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of North Carolina

Roy Asberry Cooper III is an American politician and lawyer who was the 75th governor of North Carolina from 2017 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 50th attorney general of North Carolina from 2001…

1957

Bruce Flowers

American basketball player

Bruce Flowers is an American former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.04 m tall, he played as a power forward. Flowers is one of the few American players to have won all three of the different major…

1957

Andrzej Morozowski

Polish journalist and author

Andrzej Morozowski is a Polish journalist, television personality and writer, connected with Radio ZET and TVN 24.

1957

Dicky Thompson

American golfer

Dicky Thompson is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.

1957

Boyko Borissov

Bulgarian footballer and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Bulgaria

Boyko Metodiev Borisov is a Bulgarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria on three separate occasions, serving a total of 9 years between 2009 and 2021, making him the country's longest-serving…

1959

Maurice G. Dantec

French-born Canadian science fiction writer (died 2016)

Maurice Georges Dantec was a French-born Canadian science fiction writer and musician.

1959

Steve Georganas

Australian politician

Steven Georganas is an Australian politician and is the Australian Labor Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Adelaide in South Australia since the 2019 Australian federal election. Previously, he had…

1959

Klaus Iohannis

Romanian educator and politician, 5th President of Romania

Klaus Werner Iohannis is a Romanian politician, physicist, and former teacher who served as the president of Romania from 2014 until his resignation in 2025. Prior to entering national politics, Iohannis was a physics…

1959

Jacques Rougeau

Canadian wrestler

Jacques Rougeau Jr. is a Canadian former professional wrestler best known for his appearances in the 1980s and 1990s with the World Wrestling Federation. He began his career under his real name as half of the tag team…

1960

Davey Hamilton

American race car driver

David Jay Hamilton is a race car driver who competed in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series and Stadium Super Trucks. He has made 56 series starts and while never winning a race, finished second three times. He placed…

1962

Glenn Michibata

Canadian-American tennis player and coach

Glenn Michibata is a former professional tennis player and former head coach of the Princeton University Tigers tennis team.

1962

Ally Sheedy

American actress and author

Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy is an American actress, author and teacher. Born in New York City, Sheedy began her career as a teenager acting in commercials and guest roles on television. She made her theatrical film debut…

1962

Hannah Storm

American journalist and author

Hannah Lynn Storen Hicks, known professionally as Hannah Storm, is an American television sports journalist, serving as the anchor of ESPN's SportsCenter. She was also host of the NBA Countdown pregame show on ABC as…

1962

Bettina Bunge

Swiss-German tennis player

Bettina Bunge is a retired German tennis player. Born in Adliswil, Switzerland, she was part of a large group of successful German players in the 1980s, which also included Steffi Graf, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Sylvia…

1963

Sarah Connolly

English soprano and actress

Dame Sarah Patricia Connolly is an English mezzo-soprano. Although best known for her baroque and classical roles, Connolly has a wide-ranging repertoire which has included works by Wagner as well as various…

1963

Audrey Niffenegger

American author and academic

Audrey Niffenegger is an American writer, artist, and academic. Her debut novel, The Time Traveler's Wife, published in 2003, was a bestseller.

1963

Christian Wilhelm Berger

Romanian organist, composer and educator

Christian Wilhelm Berger is a Romanian composer, organist, and a lecturer at the Bucharest Academy.

1964

Kathy Burke

English actress, director and playwright

Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke is an English actress and comedian. She appeared in sketch shows such as French and Saunders (1988–1999), Harry Enfield's Television Programme (1990–1992), and Harry Enfield & Chums…

1964

Piyush Goyal

Indian politician, Minister of Railways

Piyush Vedprakash Goyal is an Indian politician who is serving as the 13th Minister of Commerce and Industry since 2019, also being the longest serving minister for the same. He also served as Minister of Textiles and…

1964

Šarūnas Marčiulionis

Lithuanian basketball player

Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. Widely considered one of the greatest international players, he was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the National…

1964

Sunny Balwani

Pakistani-American businessman and criminal

Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani is a businessman who was the former president and chief operating officer of Theranos, which was a privately held health technology company founded by his then-girlfriend Elizabeth Holmes. He and…

1965

Infanta Cristina Federica of Spain

Infanta Cristina is the younger daughter of King Juan Carlos I and his wife, Queen Sofía. She is sixth in the line of succession to the Spanish throne, after her brother King Felipe VI's children, her sister Infanta…

1965

Vassilis Karapialis

Greek footballer

Vassilis Karapialis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

1965

Lukas Ligeti

Austrian-American drummer and composer

Lukas Ligeti is an Austrian composer and percussionist. His work incorporates elements of jazz, contemporary classical and various world musics, especially African traditional and popular music styles.

1965

Maninder Singh

Indian cricketer

Maninder Singh is a former Indian cricket player and a cricket commentator. He represented India in 35 Test matches and 59 One Day Internationals. A slow left-arm orthodox spin, Maninder was considered the heir apparent…

1965

Henry Bond

English photographer and curator

Henry Bond, FHEA is an English writer, photographer, and visual artist. In his Lacan at the Scene (2009), Bond made contributions to theoretical psychoanalysis and forensics.

1966

Grigori Perelman

Russian mathematician

Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman is a Russian mathematician and geometer who is known for his contributions to the fields of geometric analysis, Riemannian geometry, and geometric topology. In 2005, Perelman resigned from…

1966

Naoki Hattori

Japanese race car driver

Naoki Hattori is a motoring journalist and racing driver from Japan.

1966

Taşkın Aksoy

German-Turkish footballer and manager

Taşkın Aksoy is a German football manager and former player.

1967

Fabio Baldato

Italian cyclist

Fabio Baldato is an Italian former racing cyclist. In 2008, he was the oldest rider in a ProTour team. His cycling career ended when he crashed heavily in the Eneco Tour. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and…

1968

Peter DeBoer

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

George Peter DeBoer is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the 12th round, 237th overall,…

1968

Darren Dreger

Canadian sportscaster

Darren Dreger is a Canadian sportscaster for TSN, and is one of TSN's Hockey Insiders. He had previously hosted Leafs Lunch on CFMJ AM640 Toronto Radio.

1968

David Gray

English-Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

David Peter Gray is a British singer-songwriter. He released his debut album in 1993. Gray received worldwide attention upon the release of White Ladder and its hit single, "Babylon". White Ladder was the first of three…

1968

Denise Pearson

English singer-songwriter

Denise Lisa Maria Pearson, sometimes credited as Deniece Pearson, is an English singer-songwriter. She was the lead vocalist with the British pop/R&B group Five Star, which comprised herself and her four siblings. The…

1968

Marcel Theroux

Ugandan-English journalist and author

Marcel Raymond Theroux is an English-American novelist and broadcaster. He has written novels such as The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes: A Paper Chase (2001), A Blow to the Heart (2006), Far North (2009), and Strange…

1968

Cayetana Guillén Cuervo

Spanish actress, director and screenwriter

Cayetana Guillén Cuervo is a Spanish screen and stage actress, journalist and television presenter.

1969

Virginie Despentes

French author, screenwriter and director

Virginie Despentes is a French author, screenwriter, director, and actress. She is known for her work exploring gender, sexuality, and people who live in poverty or other marginalised conditions.

1969

Laura Kightlinger

American actress, comedian, producer and screenwriter

Laura Kightlinger is an American actress, writer and comedian. She was a writer and consulting producer on Will & Grace, while also occasionally appearing on the show as the character Nurse Sheila. Her 2003 documentary…

1969

Svetlana Krivelyova

Russian shot putter

Svetlana Vladimirovna Krivelyova is a former Russian track and field athlete who specialised in the shot put.

1969

Søren Rasted

Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

Søren Nystrøm Rasted is a Danish musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He plays keyboards, guitar and sings backing vocals. He was a member of the Danish-Norwegian Eurodance group Aqua.

1969

Chris Cairns

New Zealand cricketer

Christopher Lance Cairns is a former New Zealand cricketer and former ODI captain, who played for the New Zealand cricket team as an all-rounder. Cairns finished his Test career with a batting average of 33.53 and a…

1970

Rivers Cuomo

American rock musician

Rivers Cuomo is an American musician and the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Weezer. Cuomo was born in New York City and raised in several Buddhist communities around the Northeastern…

1970

Shaun Young

Australian cricketer

Shaun Young is an Australian Football administrator for Eastlake Football Club, Canberra, and former professional cricketer who played in a single Test match for Australia in 1997. He played for Tasmania in Australian…

1970

Nóra Köves

Hungarian tennis player

Nóra Köves is a former Hungarian tennis player. She won a total of four singles and ten doubles ITF titles during her career and on 24 May 1999 peaked at No. 181 in the singles rankings. On 7 June 1999, Köves achieved a…

1971

Natalie MacMaster

Canadian fiddler

Natalie MacMaster is a Canadian fiddler from Troy, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, who plays Cape Breton fiddle music. She has toured with the Chieftains, Faith Hill, Carlos Santana and Alison Krauss, and has recorded…

1972

Maria Minakowska

Polish philosopher, historian, genealogist

Maria Jadwiga Minakowska is a Polish historian, genealogist and demographer creator of the Polish genealogy database Wielka Genealogia Minakowskiej. In 2024 Minakowska announced her transition from male to female.

1972

Sam Adams

American football player

Samuel Aaron Adams is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies, earning…

1973

Tanner Foust

American race car driver and television host

Tanner Lee Foust is an American professional racing driver, stunt driver, and television host. He competes in rally, drift, ice racing, time attack, hill climb and rallycross with multiple podium placements, national…

1973

Mattias Hellberg

Swedish singer-songwriter

Mattias Hellberg is a Swedish musician. Hellberg has worked with a variety of Swedish bands and artists in different genres, both as a permanent member and as guest or session member.

1973

Stuart Karppinen

Australian cricketer and coach

Stuart James Karppinen is a former Australian cricketer who is also the former strength and conditioning coach of the Australian national cricket team. Born in Townsville, Karppinen moved to Canberra with his family at…

1973

Ville Laihiala

Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ville Laihiala is a Finnish musician. He was the vocalist and guitarist of the gothic metal band Poisonblack, and the frontman for Sentenced from 1996 until the group ended their career in 2005. When joining Sentenced,…

1973

Valeri Bure

Russian-American ice hockey player

Valeri Vladimirovich "Val" Bure is a Russian-American former professional ice hockey player. He was a right winger for 10 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, Florida…

1974

Steve-O

American stunt performer

Stephen Gilchrist Glover, known professionally as Steve-O, is a British-born American stunt performer, comedian, television personality, and podcaster. He rose to fame in the early 2000s as a cast member of the MTV…

1974

Ante Covic

Australian footballer

Ante Covic is an Australian soccer manager and former player who is the manager of Bankstown City (Women) in NSW League One. A goalkeeper, Covic was a member of the Australian national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in…

1975

Jeff Davis

American screenwriter and producer

Jeff Davis is an American writer and television producer best known for creating Criminal Minds and the Teen Wolf 2010s TV series and 2023 movie reboot.

1975

Jennifer Nicole Lee

American model, actress and author

Jennifer Nicole Lee is an American fitness model, motivational speaker, and author. She is known for losing 70 pounds and launching a career as a fitness guru after bearing two children.

1975

Jaan Pehk

Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jaan Pehk is an Estonian writer, singer and guitarist.

1975

Riccardo Scimeca

English footballer

Riccardo Scimeca is an English football coach and former professional player.

1975

Kym Marsh

English singer-songwriter and actress

Kimberley Gail Marsh is an English actress, television presenter and singer. In 2001, she won a place in the band Hear'Say as a result of appearing on the reality television series Popstars. Hear'Say enjoyed brief…

1976

Romain Mesnil

French pole vaulter

Romain Mesnil is a retired, French pole vaulter. His personal outdoor best is 5.95 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Castres. His personal indoor best is 5.86 metres, set in March 2001 in Toulouse. His coach was…

1977

Earthwind Moreland

American football player

Earthwind Chatavian Moreland is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL), Arena Football League (AFL), and NFL Europe.

1977

Riikka Purra

Finnish politician

Riikka Katriina Purra is a Finnish politician, serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Finland, and Finance Minister, since 2023. She is also a member of the Parliament of Finland for the Finns Party for the Uusimaa…

1977

Ethan Embry

American actor

Ethan Embry, credited early in his career as Ethan Randall, is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, with starring roles in the films Dutch (1991), All I Want for Christmas (1991), and A Far Off Place…

1978

Vishwananda

Hindu guru

Vishwananda, known to followers as Paramahamsa Sri Swami Vishwananda, is a Mauritian neo-Hindu religious leader. He is the founder of Bhakti Marga, a neo-Hindu organization. His main ashram is in the small village of…

1978

Esther Anderson

Australian actress

Esther Jackie Anderson is an Australian actress and model, best known for her role as Charlie Buckton on the Australian soap opera Home and Away from 2008 until 2012. She was nominated for two Gold Logie Awards in 2010…

1979

Nila Håkedal

Norwegian volleyball player

Nila Ann Håkedal is a Norwegian female beach volleyball player.

1979

Miguel Pate

American long jumper

Miguel Pate is an American track and field athlete. His speciality is the long jump, although during his high school and collegiate career he also competed in the triple jump, high jump, 100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 m relay,…

1979

Ryan Pickett

American director, producer and screenwriter

Ryan Pickett is an American film director, writer & producer, and television actor.

1979

Florent Malouda

French footballer

Florent Johan Malouda is a French football coach and former professional player who played as a left winger. Born in French Guiana, he represented both France and French Guiana at the international level. Malouda was…

1980

Diego Mendieta

Paraguayan footballer (died 2012)

Diego Mendieta was a Paraguayan professional footballer who played as a forward. His death on 3 December 2012 reportedly caused by cytomegalovirus, an easily treatable disease, sparked international outrage after it was…

1980

Jamario Moon

American basketball player

Jamario Raman Moon is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for one season at Meridian Community College and began his professional career with teams in the United States…

1980

Juan Carlos Navarro

Spanish basketball player

Juan Carlos Navarro Feijoo, commonly known as either Juan Carlos Navarro or J. C. Navarro, is a Spanish former professional basketball player and current basketball executive. He is the current general manager of the…

1980

Darius Vassell

English footballer

Darius Markus Vassell is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward for Aston Villa, Manchester City, Ankaragücü and Leicester City.

1980

Markus Winkelhock

German racing driver

Markus Winkelhock is a German professional racing driver. He made one Formula One start for Spyker at the 2007 European Grand Prix, where he led for several laps under heavy rain before retiring with hydraulic issues.…

1980

Chris Evans

American actor and producer

Christopher Robert Evans is an American actor. He gained worldwide recognition for portraying Steve Rogers / Captain America in various Marvel Cinematic Universe films, from Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) to…

1981

David Madden

founder and executive director of the National History Bee and the National History Bowl

David Charles "Dave" Madden is an American game show contestant, academic competition organizer, and art historian. He is a former 19-day champion on Jeopardy! and holds the eighth-longest streak in Jeopardy! history.…

1981

Radim Vrbata

Czech ice hockey player

Radim Vrbata is a Czech former professional ice hockey player. Playing as a right winger, he had a 16-year career in the National Hockey League (NHL). Vrbata was drafted in 1999 by the Colorado Avalanche, and later also…

1981

Kenenisa Bekele

Ethiopian runner

Kenenisa Bekele Beyecha is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5,000-metre and 10,000-metre from 2004 until 2020. He won the gold medal in both the 5,000 m and 10,000 m events…

1982

Krzysztof Bosak

Polish politician

Krzysztof Bosak is a far-right Polish politician. He serves as the Deputy Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland. He was a member of the Sejm for the League of Polish Families from 2005 to 2007 and has been a…

1982

Nate Jones

American football player

Nathan Jones is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos and New England Patriots. He was selected…

1982

Steve Novak

American basketball player

Steven Michael Novak is an American former professional basketball player who is currently a television analyst for the New York Knicks on MSG Networks. He is listed as 6'10", 225 lbs. He played college basketball for…

1983

Jason Spezza

Canadian ice hockey player

Jason Rocco Anthony Spezza is a Canadian ice hockey executive and former professional player. He is currently the assistant general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL), and the general…

1983

Rachel Taylor

Welsh rugby union player

Rachel Taylor is a Welsh former rugby union player who plays in either Lock or back row for the Bristol Ladies/Newport Gwent Dragons and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She won her first international cap…

1983

Nery Castillo

Mexican-Uruguayan footballer

Nery Alberto Castillo Confalonieri is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1984

Kaori Icho

Japanese wrestler

Kaori Icho is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She is a ten-time World Champion and four-time Olympic Champion, winning gold in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Icho was undefeated between 2003 and 2016. On 29 January 2016 at…

1984

Antje Möldner-Schmidt

German runner

Antje Möldner-Schmidt is a retired German track and field athlete who specialised in middle distance running and the 3000 metres steeplechase.

1984

Filipe Albuquerque

Portuguese racing driver

Filipe Miguel Delgadinho Araújo Albuquerque is a Portuguese professional racing driver, currently driving an Cadillac V-Series.R in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Wayne Taylor Racing, and an Oreca 07 in the…

1985

Silvio Bankert

German footballer

Silvio Bankert is a German footballer who plays for 1. FC Magdeburg in the Regionalliga Nordost.

1985

Pedro Strop

Dominican baseball player

Pedro Ángel Strop is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, and Chicago Cubs.

1985

Danny Syvret

Canadian ice hockey player

Danny Syvret is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 59 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). Syvret was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the third round of the 2005 NHL entry draft.

1985

Kat Dennings

American actress and comedian

Katherine Victoria Litwack, known professionally as Kat Dennings, is an American actress. She is known for her starring roles as Max Black in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls (2011–2017) and as Darcy Lewis in the Marvel…

1986

Keisuke Honda

Japanese footballer

Keisuke Honda is a Japanese professional football manager and player who plays as a midfielder for Singapore Premier League side FC Jurong.

1986

Jonathan Lucroy

American baseball catcher

Jonathan Charles Lucroy is an American former professional baseball catcher. Between 2010 and 2021, he spent 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) playing for the Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers, Colorado Rockies,…

1986

Ashley Olsen

American child actress, fashion designer and businesswoman

Ashley Fuller Olsen is an American businesswoman, fashion designer and former actress. She began her acting career at the age of nine months, sharing the role of Michelle Tanner with her twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen in…

1986

Mary-Kate Olsen

American child actress, fashion designer and businesswoman

Mary-Kate Olsen is an American businesswoman, fashion designer, equestrian, and former actress. Her acting career began at the age of nine months, sharing the role of Michelle Tanner with her twin sister Ashley Olsen in…

1986

DJ Snake

French DJ and record producer

William Sami Étienne Grigahcine, known by his stage name DJ Snake, is a French record producer. He was first credited with production work on several singles for other artists—including "Shut It Down" by Pitbull and…

1986

Lea Verou

Greek computer scientist and author

Lea Verou is a Greek-American computer scientist, front end web developer, speaker and author, originally from Lesbos, Greece. Verou is currently a research assistant at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)…

1986

Måns Zelmerlöw

Swedish singer

Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw is a Swedish singer and television presenter. He took part in Idol 2005, eventually finishing fifth, won the first season of Let's Dance, and scored a hit with his 2007 song "Cara…

1986

Marko Grgić

Croatian footballer

Marko Grgić is a Croatian former footballer who played as a forward. He was called up for the Croatian national under-21 team in 2008, but was never capped.

1987

Gabe Carimi

American football player

Gabriel Andrew Carimi is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). Carimi had 49 starts at left tackle in his four-year Wisconsin Badgers college career,…

1988

Kerttu Niskanen

Finnish cross-country skier

Kerttu Elina Niskanen is a Finnish cross-country skier. She is a five-time Olympic medalist.

1988

Reece Noi

British actor

Reece Noi is a British Ghanaian actor. He is best known for portraying Taylor Mitchell in the BBC school-based drama serial, Grange Hill, from 2004 to 2007, and also Noel Parkin and Earl Kelly in the second and fourth…

1988

Cody Walker

American actor

Cody Beau Walker is an American actor. He is the youngest brother of the late actor Paul Walker; and helped complete the final scenes for Paul's character, Brian O'Conner, in the film Furious 7 (2015) following his…

1988

Ben Barba

Australian rugby league player

Benjamin Barba is an Australian former professional dual code rugby league and rugby union footballer who last played for St Helens in the Super League. He primarily played as a fullback or five-eighth.

1989

James Calado

English racing driver

James John Calado is a British professional racing driver from England who is competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Ferrari - AF Corse in the Hypercar class and other selected GT races for AF Corse. He…

1989

Ryan McDonagh

American ice hockey defenseman

Ryan Patrick McDonagh is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman and alternate captain for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted in the first round, 12th overall, by…

1989

Daniel Mortimer

Australian rugby league player

Daniel Mortimer is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a hooker, scrum-half or stand-off for the Leigh Centurions in the Championship. He previously played for the Parramatta…

1989

Andreas Samaris

Greek footballer

Andreas Samaris is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1989

Tommy Searle

English motocross racer

Tommy Searle is an English professional motocross and supercross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 2005 to 2008 and competed in the AMA Motocross Championships in 2009 and 2010. He returned to…

1989

Hassan Whiteside

American basketball player

Hassan Niam Whiteside is an American professional basketball player for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Marshall Thundering Herd before being selected in…

1989

Erica Wiebe

Canadian wrestler

Erica Elizabeth Wiebe is a Canadian retired wrestler. She won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in women's 75 kg freestyle. Wiebe was the third Canadian champion ever in wrestling at the Olympics, and second Canadian…

1989

James McCann

American baseball player

James Thomas McCann, nicknamed "McCannon", is an American professional baseball catcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White…

1990

Nicole Riner

Swiss tennis player

Nicole Riner is a Swiss former tennis player.

1990

Aaron Taylor-Johnson

English actor

Aaron Perry Taylor-Johnson is an English actor. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two British Academy Film Awards and a British Independent Film Award.

1990

Will Claye

American jumper

Will Claye is an American track and field athlete who competes in the long jump and triple jump. He won a bronze medal in 2011 World Championships in Athletics and the gold medals at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor…

1991

Ryan Mason

English footballer

Ryan Glen Mason is an English professional football coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion.

1991

Kang Si-ra

South Korean singer

Kang Si-ra, is a South Korean singer. She was a contestant on Produce 101. She released her first EP, Sira, on January 19, 2017.

1991

Semi Radradra

Fijian rugby league player

Semi Radradra Turagasoli-Waqavatu is a Fijian professional rugby union and former rugby league footballer. He plays rugby union for the Japanese club Shizuoka Blue Revs and the Fiji national team. Nicknamed 'Semi…

1992

Cansin Köktürk

German politician

Cansın Köktürk is a German politician and member of the Bundestag. A member of The Left, she has represented North Rhine-Westphalia since March 2025.

1993

Simona Senoner

Italian ski jumper (died 2011)

Simona Senoner was an Italian cross-country racer and ski jumper.

1993

Denis Ten

Kazakhstani figure skater (died 2018)

Denis Yurievich Ten was a Kazakhstani figure skater. He was the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time World medalist, the 2015 Four Continents champion, the 2017 Winter Universiade champion, and an eight-time…

1993

Deepika Kumari

Indian archer

Deepika Kumari is an Indian recurve archer. A four-time Olympian and two-time World Championships silver medallist, Deepika is one of the most decorated Indian recurve archer and the first Indian archer to rise to the…

1994

Atsuhiro Inukai

Japanese actor

Atsuhiro Inukai is a Japanese actor. He is represented with Burning Production.

1994

Emily Fanning

New Zealand tennis player

Emily Fanning is a former tennis player from New Zealand. Her career-high junior ranking is 38, achieved in July 2012. In her career, Fanning won three doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit.

1995

Laura Ucrós

Colombian tennis player

Laura Ucrós Téllez is a Colombian former tennis player.

1995

Penny Oleksiak

Canadian swimmer

Penelope Oleksiak is a Canadian competitive swimmer. Nicknamed "Magic Penny", she is one of her country's most decorated Olympians. Oleksiak rose to fame during the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she became the first…

2000

Bowen Byram

Canadian ice hockey player

Bowen Byram is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL and has appeared with…

2001

Sung Han-bin

South Korean singer

Sung Han-bin is a South Korean singer and dancer. He is best known for competing on the Mnet reality competition show Boys Planet, where he ranked second in the final episode, making him a member of Zerobaseone.

2001

Macklin Celebrini

Canadian ice hockey player

Macklin Richard Celebrini is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre and alternate captain for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Selected first overall by the Sharks in the 2024…

2006

Pablo García

Spanish footballer

Pablo García Fernández is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Real Betis and the Spain national under-21 team.

2006

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