Famous Birthdays on June 27

Q: Who was born on June 27?

Famous people born on June 27 include: Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Manuel II Palaiologos, Henry Holland, Louis XII, Ernst II of Saxony.

Q: What is Dale Steyn known for?

Dale Steyn, South African cricketer

207 people 850 – 2002

June 27 has seen 207 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 850 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · June 27 — Wikipedia

1983 — Dale Steyn

South African cricketer

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During the 2007–08 season, Steyn achieved a tally of 78 wickets at an average of 16.24, and was subsequently rewarded with the ICC 2008 Test Cricketer of the Year Award

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He was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2013, and the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2013 in 2014's Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

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He was featured in Wisden Cricketers of the Decade at the end of 2019

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He also was included in the ICC Test Team of the Decade at the end of 2020.

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Dale Willem Steyn is a South African former professional cricketer who played for the South African cricket team

Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya

Aghlabid emir (died 902)

Abu Ishaq Ibrahim II ibn Ahmad was the Emir of Ifriqiya. He ruled from 875 until his abdication in 902. After the demise of his brother, Ibrahim was endorsed as emir where he took steps to improve safety in his domain…

850

Manuel II Palaiologos

Byzantine emperor (died 1425)

Manuel II Palaiologos or Palaeologus was Byzantine emperor from 1391 to 1425. Shortly before his death he was tonsured a monk and received the name Matthaios (Ματθαίος). Manuel was a vassal of the Ottoman Empire, which…

1350

Henry Holland

3rd Duke of Exeter, Lancastrian leader (died 1475)

Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, 3rd Earl of Huntington was a Lancastrian leader during the English Wars of the Roses. He was the only son of John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, and his first wife, Anne Stafford.

1430

Louis XII

king of France (died 1515)

Louis XII, also known as Louis of Orléans, was King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. The son of Charles I, Duke of Orléans, and Marie of Cleves, he succeeded his second cousin once…

1462

Ernst II of Saxony

Archbishop of Magdeburg (1476–1513) (died 1513)

Ernest II of Saxony held two episcopal titles: Archbishop of Magdeburg ; Administrator of the Diocese of Halberstadt.

1464

Ernest I

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1546)

Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg, also frequently called Ernest the Confessor, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a champion of the Protestant cause during the early years of the Protestant Reformation. He was the Prince of…

1497

Charles IX

king of France (died 1574)

Charles IX was King of France from 1560 until his death in 1574. He ascended the French throne upon the death of his brother Francis II in 1560, and as such was the penultimate monarch of the House of Valois.

1550

Maximilian

Prince of Dietrichstein (died 1655)

Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein, was a German prince member of the House of Dietrichstein, Imperial Count (Reichsgraf) of Dietrichstein and owner of the Lordship of Nikolsburg in Moravia; since 1629 2nd Prince…

1596

William Pepperrell

American merchant and soldier (died 1759)

Major-General Sir William Pepperrell, 1st Baronet was an American merchant, politician and military officer. He is widely remembered for organizing, financing, and leading the 1745 expedition that captured the French…

1696

Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier

French botanist and physicist (died 1799)

Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier was a French natural scientist and contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.

1717

Alexis Bouvard

French astronomer and academic (died 1843)

Alexis Bouvard was a French astronomer. He is particularly noted for his careful observations of the irregularities in the motion of Uranus and his hypothesis of the existence of an eighth planet in the Solar System.

1767

Napoléon Coste

French guitarist and composer (died 1883)

Claude Antoine Jean Georges Napoléon Coste was a French classical guitarist and composer.

1805

Augustus De Morgan

English mathematician and logician (died 1871)

Augustus De Morgan was a British mathematician and logician. He is best known for De Morgan's laws relating logical conjunction, disjunction, and negation, and for coining the term "mathematical induction", the…

1806

Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy Waterston

American writer (died 1899)

Anna Cabot Quincy Waterston was a 19th-century American writer from Massachusetts. The youngest daughter of Boston's mayor and Harvard University president Josiah Quincy III, she was a member of a prominent family with…

1812

Louise von François

German author (died 1893)

Marie Louise von François was a German writer, best known for her historical novel Die letzte Reckenburgerin (1871). She was a friend and correspondent of Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach and Conrad Ferdinand Meyer.

1817

Bryan O'Loghlen

Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (died 1905)

Sir Bryan O'Loghlen, 3rd Baronet was an Irish-born Australian colonial politician who was the 13th Premier of Victoria.

1828

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Indian journalist, author, and poet (died 1894)

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was a Bengali novelist, poet, essayist and journalist.

1838

Paul Mauser

German weapon designer, designed the Gewehr 98 (died 1914)

Peter Paul von Mauser was a German weapon designer, manufacturer, industrialist and politician.

1838

Charles Stewart Parnell

Irish politician (died 1891)

Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish nationalist politician who served as a leader of the Home Rule League from 1880 to 1882, and then of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1882 to 1891, holding the balance of power in…

1846

Jørgen Pedersen Gram

Danish mathematician and academic (died 1919)

Jørgen Pedersen Gram was a Danish actuary and mathematician who was born in Nustrup, Duchy of Schleswig, Denmark and died in Copenhagen, Denmark.

1850

Lafcadio Hearn

Greek-Japanese historian and author (died 1904)

Yakumo Koizumi was a Greek and Irish writer, translator, and teacher whose work played a significant role in the introduction of the culture and literature of Japan to the mainstream Western world.

1850

May Irwin

Canadian-American actress and singer (died 1938)

May Irwin was an actress, singer and star of vaudeville. Originally from Canada, she and her sister Flo Irwin found theater work after their father died. She was known for her performances as a coon shouter and for her…

1862

John Monash

Australian engineer and general (died 1931)

General Sir John Monash was an Australian military commander of the First World War and a civil engineer. He commanded the 13th Infantry Brigade before the war and then, shortly after its outbreak, became commander of…

1865

Kate Carew

American illustrator and journalist (died 1961)

Mary Williams, who wrote pseudonymously as Kate Carew, was an American caricaturist self-styled as "The Only Woman Caricaturist". She worked at the New York World, providing illustrated celebrity interviews.

1869

Emma Goldman

Lithuanian-Canadian philosopher and activist (died 1940)

Emma Goldman was a Russian-born anarchist revolutionary, political activist, and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of…

1869

Hans Spemann

German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)

Hans Spemann was a German embryologist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1935 for his student Hilde Mangold's discovery of the effect now known as embryonic induction, an influence, exercised by…

1869

Frank Rattray Lillie

American zoologist and embryologist (died 1947)

Frank Rattray Lillie was an American zoologist and an early pioneer of the study of embryology. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Lillie moved to the United States in 1891 to study for a summer at the Marine Biological…

1870

Heber Doust Curtis

American astronomer (died 1942)

Heber Doust Curtis was an American astronomer. He participated in 11 expeditions for the study of solar eclipses, and, as an advocate and theorist that additional galaxies existed outside of the Milky Way, was involved…

1872

Paul Laurence Dunbar

American author, poet, and playwright (died 1906)

Paul Laurence Dunbar was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the American Civil War,…

1872

Helen Keller

American author, academic, and activist (died 1968)

Helen Adams Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months…

1880

Eduard Spranger

German philosopher and academic (died 1963)

Eduard Spranger was a German philosopher and psychologist. A student of Wilhelm Dilthey, Spranger was born in Berlin and died in Tübingen. He was considered a humanist who developed a philosophical pedagogy as an act of…

1882

Gaston Bachelard

French philosopher and poet (died 1962)

Gaston Louis Pierre Bachelard was a French philosopher. He made contributions in the fields of poetics and the philosophy of science. To the latter, he introduced the concepts of epistemological obstacle and…

1884

Pierre Montet

French historian and academic (died 1966)

Jean Pierre Marie Montet was a French Egyptologist.

1885

Guilhermina Suggia

Portuguese cellist (died 1950)

Guilhermina Augusta Xavier de Medim Suggia Carteado Mena, known as Guilhermina Suggia was a Portuguese cellist. She studied in Paris with Pablo Casals, and built up an international reputation. She spent many years…

1885

Charlie Macartney

Australian cricketer and soldier (died 1958)

Charles George Macartney was an Australian cricketer who played in 35 Test matches between 1907 and 1926. He was known as "The Governor-General" in reference to his authoritative batting style and his flamboyant…

1886

Lewis Bernstein Namier

Polish-English historian and academic (died 1960)

Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier was a British historian of Polish-Jewish background. His best-known works were The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (1929), England in the Age of the American Revolution…

1888

Antoinette Perry

American actress and director (died 1946)

Mary Antoinette "Tony" Perry was an American actress, producer, director and administrator known for her work in theatre. She was co-founder and secretary of the American Theatre Wing and is the namesake of the Tony…

1888

Paul Colin

French illustrator (died 1985)

Paul Colin born in Nancy, France, died in Nogent-sur-Marne. Colin was a prolific master illustrator of Decorative Arts posters. Alexandre-Marie Colin was a relative.

1892

Juan Trippe

American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (died 1981)

Juan Terry Trippe was an American commercial aviation pioneer, entrepreneur and the founder of Pan American World Airways, one of the iconic airlines of the 20th century. He was involved in the introduction of the…

1899

Dixie Brown

British boxer (died 1957)

Anthony George Charles was a boxer, commonly known as Dixie Brown.

1900

Merle Tuve

American geophysicist and academic (died 1982)

Merle Antony Tuve was an American geophysicist who was the Chairman of Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) Section T, created in August 1940. He was founding director of the Johns Hopkins University…

1901

Armand Mondou

Canadian ice hockey player (died 1976)

Joseph Armand Mondou was a Canadian ice hockey forward.

1905

Vernon Watkins

Welsh-American poet and painter (died 1967)

Vernon Phillips Watkins was a Welsh poet and translator. He was a close friend of fellow poet Dylan Thomas, who described him as "the most profound and greatly accomplished Welshman writing poems in English".

1906

John McIntire

American actor (died 1991)

John Herrick McIntire was an American character actor who appeared in 65 theatrical films and many television series. McIntire is well known for having replaced Ward Bond, upon Bond's sudden death in November 1960, as…

1907

João Guimarães Rosa

Brazilian physician and author (died 1967)

João Guimarães Rosa was a Brazilian novelist, short story writer, poet and diplomat.

1908

Marion M. Magruder

American Marine officer, commander of the VMF(N)-533 squadron (died 1997)

Marion Milton Magruder was an officer in the United States Marine Corps, and a pioneer in Radar Intercept Night Fighting. He was the first commanding officer of Marine aircraft squadron VMF(N)-533, then known as "Black…

1911

E. R. Braithwaite

Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (died 2016)

Eustace Edward Ricardo Braithwaite, publishing as E. R. Braithwaite, was a Guyanese-born British-American novelist, writer, teacher and diplomat best known for his stories of social conditions and racial discrimination…

1912

Elton Britt

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1972)

Elton Britt was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician, who was best known for his western ballads and yodelling songs.

1913

Philip Guston

American painter and academic (died 1980)

Philip Guston was a Canadian and American painter, printmaker, muralist and draftsman. "Guston worked in a number of artistic modes, from Renaissance-inspired figuration to formally accomplished abstraction," and is now…

1913

Willie Mosconi

American pool player (died 1993)

William Joseph Mosconi was an American professional pool player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mosconi is widely considered one of the greatest pool players of all time. Between the years of 1941 and 1957, he won the…

1913

Robert Aickman

English author and activist, co-founded the Inland Waterways Association (died 1981)

Robert Fordyce Aickman was an English writer and conservationist. As a conservationist, he co-founded the Inland Waterways Association, a group which has preserved from destruction and restored England's inland canal…

1914

Helena Benitez

Filipina academic and administrator (died 2016)

Helena Zoila Tirona Benitez was a Filipina academic and administrator of the Philippine Women's University.

1914

Giorgio Almirante

Italian journalist and politician (died 1988)

Giorgio Almirante was an Italian politician who founded the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement, which he led until his retirement in 1987.

1914

Grace Lee Boggs

American philosopher, author, and activist (died 2015)

Grace Lee Boggs was an American author, social activist, philosopher, and feminist. She is known for her years of political collaboration with C. L. R. James and Raya Dunayevskaya in the 1940s and 1950s. In the 1960s…

1915

John Alexander Moore

American zoologist and academic (died 2002)

John Alexander Moore was an American zoology professor.

1915

Robert Normann

Norwegian guitarist (died 1998)

Robert Uno Normann was a Norwegian guitarist and considered a jazz guitar pioneer.

1916

Adolph Kiefer

American swimmer (died 2017)

Adolph Gustav Kiefer was an American competition swimmer who swam for the University of Texas, a 100-meter gold medalist in the 1936 Summer Olympics, and a former world record-holder in numerous backstroke events. He…

1918

M. Carl Holman

American author, educator, poet, and playwright (died 1988)

M. Carl Holman was an American author, poet, playwright, and civil rights advocate. In 1968, Ebony listed him as one of the 100 most influential Black Americans.

1919

Amala Shankar

Indian danseuse (died 2020)

Amala Shankar was an Indian dancer. She was the wife of dancer and choreographer Uday Shankar and mother of musician Ananda Shankar and dancer Mamata Shankar and sister-in-law of musician and composer Ravi Shankar.…

1919

Fernando Riera

Chilean football player and manager (died 2010)

Fernando José Riera Bauzá was a Chilean professional football player and manager, patriarch of Chilean football.

1920

Muriel Pavlow

English actress (died 2019)

Muriel Lilian Pavlow was a British actress. Her mother was French and her father Russian.

1921

George Walker

American composer (died 2018)

George Theophilus Walker was an American composer, pianist, and organist, and the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music, which he received for his work Lilacs in 1996. Walker was married to pianist…

1922

Jacques Berthier

French organist and composer (died 1994)

Jacques Berthier was a French composer of liturgical music, best known for writing much of the music used at Taizé.

1923

Elmo Hope

American pianist and composer (died 1967)

St. Elmo Sylvester Hope was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, chiefly in the bebop and hard bop genres. He grew up playing and listening to jazz and classical music with Bud Powell, and both were close…

1923

Bob Appleyard

English cricketer and businessman (died 2015)

Robert Appleyard was a Yorkshire and England first-class cricketer. He was one of the best English bowlers of the 1950s, a decade which saw England develop its strongest bowling attack of the twentieth century. Able to…

1924

Leonard Lerman

American geneticist and biologist (died 2012)

Leonard Solomon Lerman was an American scientist most noted for his work on DNA.

1925

Doc Pomus

American singer-songwriter (died 1991)

Jerome Solon Felder, known professionally as Doc Pomus, was an American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the co-writer of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame…

1925

Wayne Terwilliger

American second baseman, coach, and manager (died 2021)

Willard Wayne Terwilliger, nicknamed "Twig", was an American professional baseball second baseman. He played nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1949 and 1960 for the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers,…

1925

Bob Keeshan

American actor and producer (died 2004)

Robert James Keeshan was an American television producer and actor. He created and played the title role in the children's television program Captain Kangaroo, which ran from 1955 to 1984, the longest-running nationally…

1927

Rudy Perpich

American dentist and politician, 34th Governor of Minnesota (died 1995)

Rudolph George Perpich Sr. was an American politician who served as the 34th and 36th governor of Minnesota from 1976 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. To date, he is the only…

1928

Dick the Bruiser

American football player and wrestler (died 1991)

William Fritz Afflis Jr. was an American professional wrestler, promoter, and National Football League player, better known by his ring name, Dick the Bruiser. During his NFL days he played four seasons with the Green…

1929

Peter Maas

American journalist and author (died 2001)

Peter Maas was an American journalist and author. He was born in New York City and attended Duke University. Maas had Dutch and Irish ancestry.

1929

Ross Perot

American businessman and politician (died 2019)

Henry Ross Perot was an American businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chief executive officer of Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems. He ran an independent campaign in the 1992 U.S.…

1930

Tommy Kono

Japanese American weightlifter (died 2016)

Tamio "Tommy" Kono was an American weightlifter of Japanese descent. A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Kono set world records in four different weight classes: lightweight, middleweight, light-heavyweight and…

1930

Charles Bronfman

Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist

Charles Bronfman, is a Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist and is a member of the Canadian Jewish Bronfman family. With an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion in 2023, Bronfman was ranked by Forbes as the…

1931

Martinus J. G. Veltman

Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)

Martinus Justinus Godefriedus "Tini" Veltman was a Dutch theoretical physicist. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with his former PhD student Gerardus 't Hooft for their work on particle theory.

1931

Eddie Kasko

American baseball player and manager (died 2020)

Edward Michael Kasko was an American infielder, manager, scout and front office executive in Major League Baseball (MLB).

1932

Anna Moffo

American operatic soprano (died 2006)

Anna Moffo was an American opera singer, television personality, and actress. One of the leading lyric-coloratura sopranos of her generation, she possessed a warm and radiant voice of considerable range and agility.…

1932

Hugh Wood

English composer (died 2021)

Hugh Wood was a British composer.

1932

Lucille Clifton

American author and poet (died 2010)

Lucille Clifton was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Clifton was a finalist twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

1936

Shirley Anne Field

English actress (died 2023)

Shirley Anne Field was an English actress who performed on stage, film and television from 1955 until her death. She was prominent during the British New Wave.

1936

Joseph P. Allen

American physicist and astronaut

Joseph Percival Allen IV is an American former NASA astronaut. He logged more than 3,000 hours flying time in jet aircraft.

1937

Otto Herrigel

Namibian lawyer and politician (died 2013)

Otto Herrigel was a Namibian businessman, and politician. He served as Namibia's first Minister of Finance between 1990 and 1992.

1937

Kirkpatrick Sale

American author and scholar

Kirkpatrick Sale is an American author who has written prolifically about political decentralism, environmentalism, luddism and technology. He has been described as having a "philosophy unified by decentralism" and as…

1937

Bruce Babbitt

American lawyer and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Interior

Bruce Edward Babbitt is an American attorney and politician who served as the 47th United States secretary of the interior from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He previously served as the 16th governor of…

1938

David Hope

Baron Hope of Craighead, Scottish lieutenant and judge

James Arthur David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead is a retired Scottish judge who served as the Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General, Scotland's most senior judge, and later as first Deputy…

1938

Konrad Kujau

German illustrator (died 2000)

Konrad Paul Kujau was a German illustrator and forger. He became famous in 1983 as the creator of the so-called Hitler Diaries, for which he received DM 2.5 million from a journalist, Gerd Heidemann, who in turn sold it…

1938

R. D. Burman

Indian singer-songwriter (died 1994)

Rahul Dev Burman was an Indian music director and singer, who is considered to be one of the greatest and most successful music directors of the Hindi film music industry. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed…

1939

Neil Hawke

Australian cricketer and footballer (died 2000)

Neil James Napier Hawke was an Australian Test cricketer and leading Australian rules footballer.

1939

Brereton C. Jones

American politician, 58th Governor of Kentucky (died 2023)

Brereton Chandler Jones was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. From 1991 to 1995, he was the state's 58th governor, and had served from 1987 to 1991 as the 50th lieutenant governor of Kentucky.…

1939

Ian Lang

Baron Lang of Monkton, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland

Ian Bruce Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, PC DL is a British Conservative Party politician and Life Peer who served as the Member of Parliament for Galloway, and then Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, from 1979 to 1997.

1940

Bill Baxley

American lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama

William Joseph Baxley II, is an American Democratic politician and attorney from Dothan, Alabama.

1941

James P. Hogan

English-Irish author (died 2010)

James Patrick Hogan was a British science fiction author. His major works include the Giants series of five novels published between 1977 and 2005.

1941

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Polish director and screenwriter (died 1996)

Krzysztof Kieślowski was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He is known internationally for Dekalog (1989), The Double Life of Veronique (1991), and the Three Colours trilogy (1993–1994).

1941

Bruce Johnston

American singer-songwriter and producer

Bruce Johnston is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer, best known as a former member of the Beach Boys. He also collaborated on many records with Terry Melcher and composed the 1975 Barry…

1942

Frank Mills

Canadian pianist and composer

Frank Mills is a Canadian pianist and recording artist, best known for his solo instrumental hit "Music Box Dancer".

1942

Danny Schechter

American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)

Daniel Isaac Schechter was an American television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic. He wrote and spoke about many issues including apartheid, civil rights, economics, foreign policy,…

1942

Ravi Batra

Indian-American economist and academic

Raveendra Nath "Ravi" Batra is an Indian-American economist, author, and professor at Southern Methodist University. Batra is the author of six bestselling books, two of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller…

1943

Will Jennings

American songwriter (died 2024)

Wilbur Herschel Jennings was an American lyricist. He wrote the lyrics for the songs "Up Where We Belong", "Higher Love", "Tears in Heaven", "My Heart Will Go On" and "Valerie". He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall…

1944

Angela King

English environmentalist and author, co-founded Common Ground

Angela King co-founded Common Ground, a British organisation which campaigns to link nature with culture and the positive investment people can make in their own localities, with Sue Clifford in 1983. She was Friends…

1944

Patrick Sercu

Belgian cyclist (died 2019)

Patrick Sercu was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titles in the…

1944

Joey Covington

American drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 2013)

Joseph Edward Covington was an American drummer, best known for his involvements with Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna and Jefferson Starship.

1945

Norma Kamali

American fashion designer

Norma Kamali is an American fashion designer and entrepreneur best known for the "Sleeping Bag" Coat, sweats as everyday sportswear, and swimwear. She lives in New York City.

1945

Camile Baudoin

American guitarist

The Radiators, also known as The New Orleans Radiators, are an American swamp rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The band's musical style, which draws from blues, rock, rhythm and blues, funk and soul…

1948

Vera Wang

American fashion designer

Vera Ellen Wang is an American fashion designer. Wang initially pursued a career in figure skating before transitioning to fashion. She got her start working for Vogue and Ralph Lauren before launching her own bridal…

1949

Ulf Andersson

Swedish chess player

Ulf Andersson is a leading Swedish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1972.

1951

Julia Duffy

American actress

Julia Margaret Duffy is an American actress.

1951

Gilson Lavis

English drummer and portrait artist

David Leslie Gilson Lavis was an English drummer and portrait artist. He gained fame as drummer with the band Squeeze in the 1970s and 1980s. Lavis was for more than 30 years drummer for Jools Holland and his Rhythm &…

1951

Mary McAleese

Irish academic and politician, 8th President of Ireland

Mary Patricia McAleese is an Irish activist lawyer, academic, author, and former politician who served as the president of Ireland from November 1997 to November 2011. McAleese was first elected as president in 1997,…

1951

Madan Bhandari

Nepalese politician (died 1993)

Nepal Ratna Madan Kumar Bhandari, commonly known as Madan Bhandari, was a Nepali political leader. He was elected as the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Nepal, which fought for multiparty democracy and basic…

1952

Igor Gräzin

Estonian academic and politician

Igor Gräzin (birth name: Russian: Игорь Николаевич Грязин, romanized: Igor Nikolayevich Gryazin is an Estonian academic and politician currently serving as a member of the Tallinn City Council. He is a former member of…

1953

Alice McDermott

American novelist

Alice McDermott is an American writer and university professor. She is the author of nine novels and a collection of essays. For her 1998 novel Charming Billy she won an American Book Award and the U.S. National Book…

1953

Richard Ibbotson

English admiral

Vice Admiral Sir Richard Jeffrey Ibbotson, is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet.

1954

Isabelle Adjani

French actress

Isabelle Yasmine Adjani is a French actress and singer, known for portraying tragic and emotionally complex characters across various genres, particularly psychological films. She has received various accolades,…

1955

Heiner Dopp

German field hockey player and politician

Heiner Dopp is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who competed at three Summer Olympics for his native country. He won the silver medal with his team, in 1984 and in 1988 (Seoul). Dopp made his Olympic…

1956

Gabriella Dorio

Italian runner

Gabriella Dorio is an Italian former athlete and Olympic gold winner. She won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.

1957

Lisa Germano

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Lisa Ruth Germano is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Indiana.

1958

Jeffrey Lee Pierce

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1996)

Jeffrey Lee Pierce was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and author. He was one of the founding members of the post-punk band the Gun Club, and released material as a solo artist.

1958

Dan Jurgens

American author and illustrator

Dan Jurgens is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for his work on the DC comic book storyline "The Death of Superman" and for creating characters such as Doomsday, Hank Henshaw, Jon Kent, and Booster…

1959

Lorrie Morgan

American singer

Loretta Lynn Morgan is an American country music singer and actress. She is the daughter of George Morgan, widow of Keith Whitley, and ex-wife of Jon Randall and Sammy Kershaw, all of whom are also country music…

1959

Craig Hodges

American basketball player and coach

Craig Anthony Hodges is an American former professional basketball player and former head coach of the Westchester Knicks of the NBA Development League. He played in the NBA for 10 seasons and led the league in 3-point…

1960

Michael Mayer

American theatre director

Michael Mayer is an American director, playwright, and producer. He won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical in 2007 for directing Spring Awakening.

1960

Robert King

English harpsichordist and conductor

Robert King is an English conductor, harpsichordist, editor and author. His career has concentrated on period performance of classical music, in particular from the baroque and early modern periods. In 2007, he was…

1960

Jeremy Swift

English actor

Jeremy Paul Swift is an English actor. He studied drama at Guildford School of Acting from 1978 to 1981 and worked almost exclusively in theatre throughout the 1980s, working with companies such as Deborah Warner's Kick…

1960

Michael Ball

English actor and singer

Michael Ashley Ball is an English singer, presenter and actor. In 1985, he made his West End debut as Marius Pontmercy in the original production of Les Misérables. In 1989, he reached number two in the UK singles chart…

1962

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Hong Kong actor and singer

Tony Leung Chiu-wai is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He is one of Asia's most successful and internationally recognized actors. He has won many international acting prizes, including the Cannes Film Festival award for…

1962

Sunanda Pushkar

India-born Canadian businesswoman (died 2014)

Sunanda Pushkar was an Indian-born Canadian businesswoman. She was a sales director in the Dubai-based TECOM Investments, and a co-owner of the India-based Rendezvous Sports World (RSW), a cricket franchise in the…

1962

Wendy Alexander

Scottish politician, Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning

Wendy Cowan Alexander, Baroness Alexander of Cleveden is a Scottish politician Life Peer and the former Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Paisley North from 1999 until 2011. She held various Scottish…

1963

Johnny Benson Jr.

American race car driver

Jonathan Frederick Benson Jr. is an American retired stock car racing driver and the son of former Michigan modified driver John Benson Sr. Benson has raced across NASCAR's three national series, and his career…

1963

Stephan Brenninkmeijer

Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter

Stephan Brenninkmeijer is a Dutch film director, screenwriter and producer.

1964

Chuck Person

American basketball player and coach

Chuck Connors Person is an American former basketball player and coach. Person played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and was the 1987 NBA Rookie of the Year. Person played college basketball for…

1964

Simon Sebag Montefiore

English journalist, historian, and author

Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore is a British historian, television presenter and author of history books and novels, including Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (2003), Jerusalem: The Biography (2011), The Romanovs…

1965

S. Manikavasagam

Malaysian politician and social activist

Manikavasagam s/o Sundaram is a Malaysian politician and social activist who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kapar from March 2008 to May 2013. He is a member of the Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM), a component…

1965

Óscar Vega

Spanish boxer

Spain was the host nation for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The Games were quite exceptional for Spain because their athletes were competing not only in their home country, but also in the home city of IOC…

1965

J. J. Abrams

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Jeffrey Jacob Abrams is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his work in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and produced films such as Regarding Henry (1991), Forever Young (1992),…

1966

Jörg Bergen

German footballer and manager

Jörg Bergen is a German football manager and former player.

1966

Jeff Conine

American baseball player and sportscaster

Jeffrey Guy Conine is an American former professional baseball left fielder / first baseman and current front office assistant for the Miami Marlins, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 17 seasons, with six…

1966

Aigars Kalvītis

Latvian politician, businessman, and former Prime Minister of Latvia

Aigars Kalvītis is a Latvian businessman and a former politician who was the Prime Minister of Latvia from 2004 to 2007. Currently he is the president of Latvian Ice Hockey Federation and the Chairman of the Board of…

1966

Sylvie Fréchette

Canadian swimmer and coach

Sylvie Fréchette, is a Canadian former synchronised swimmer. She is the 1992 Olympic champion in the women's solo event.

1967

George Hamilton

Northern Irish police officer

Sir George Ernest Craythorne Hamilton is a Northern Ireland retired police officer. From 2014 to 2019, he served as the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. He was previously the Assistant Chief…

1967

Vasiliy Kaptyukh

Belarusian discus thrower

Vasiliy Borisovich Kaptyukh is a Belarusian former discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 1996. He has in fact never won gold or silver medals in major competitions, and finished fourth in major contests…

1967

Phil Kearns

Australian rugby player and sportscaster

Philip Nicholas Kearns is an Australian former rugby union player. He represented the Wallabies 67 times and was captain on ten occasions. He is a rugby commentator with Fox Sports Australia.

1967

Kelly Ayotte

American lawyer and politician, Governor of New Hampshire

Kelly Ann Ayotte is an American attorney and politician serving since 2025 as the 83rd governor of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, she served from 2011 to 2017 as a United States senator from New…

1968

Viktor Petrenko

Ukrainian figure skater

Viktor Vasyliovych Petrenko is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Ukraine during his career. He is the 1992 Olympic Champion for the Unified Team.…

1969

Régine Cavagnoud

French skier (died 2001)

Régine Cavagnoud was a World Cup alpine ski racer from France. She was the World Cup and World Champion in Super-G in 2001. Later that year, Cavagnoud was involved in a high-speed collision while training and died two…

1970

John Eales

Australian rugby player and businessman

John Anthony Eales is an Australian former rugby union player and the most successful captain in the history of Australian rugby. In 1999, he became one of the first players to win multiple Rugby World Cups.

1970

Jim Edmonds

American baseball player and sportscaster

James Patrick Edmonds is an American former professional baseball center fielder and sports commentator. He played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the California / Anaheim Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, San…

1970

Jo Frost

English nanny, television personality, and author

Joanne Frost, known professionally as Jo Frost, is a British television personality, nanny, and author. She is best known for the reality television programme Supernanny UK, in which she was the central figure. The show…

1970

Serginho

Brazilian footballer

Sérgio Cláudio dos Santos, better known as Serginho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a left-back, left midfielder or left winger. Known for his speed and energetic attacking runs down the…

1971

Dawud Wharnsby

Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Dawud Wharnsby is a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, performer, educator and television personality. A multi-instrumentalist, he is best known for his work in the musical/poetic genre of English Language nasheed and…

1972

Abbath Doom Occulta

Norwegian musician

Olve Eikemo, better known by his stage name Abbath Doom Occulta or simply Abbath, is a Norwegian musician best known as a founding member of the black metal band Immortal. Before founding Immortal, Abbath performed with…

1973

Simon Archer

English badminton player

Simon David Archer MBE is an English former badminton player. Archer once held the world record for the fastest smash at 162 mph.

1973

Christian Kane

American singer-songwriter and actor

Christian Kane is an American actor and singer-songwriter. His television roles include Lindsey McDonald in Angel, Eliot Spencer in Leverage and its revival Leverage: Redemption, Jacob Stone in The Librarians and its…

1974

Christopher O'Neill

English-American businessman

Christopher Paul O'Neill, is a British-American financier and husband of Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, with whom he has three children. He declined to become a Swedish citizen and accept…

1974

Ace Darling

American wrestler

Michael Maraldo is an American professional wrestler, best known by his ring name Ace Darling. Darling has wrestled in various independent promotions in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, most notably for the East…

1975

Bianca Del Rio

American drag queen and comedian

Roy R. Haylock, better known by the stage name Bianca Del Rio, is an American drag queen, comedian, actor, and costume designer. He is known for winning the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Since his time on Drag…

1975

Sarah Evanetz

Canadian swimmer

Sarah Evanetz is a former competition swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 15th in the 100-metre butterfly, and in fifth place…

1975

Tobey Maguire

American actor

Tobias Vincent Maguire is an American actor and film producer. He began his career in supporting roles, before gaining international recognition and critical praise for his role as Spider-Man in Sam Raimi's 2002 film…

1975

Daryle Ward

American baseball player

Daryle Lamar Ward is an American former professional baseball first baseman and left fielder. He played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1998 to 2008 for the Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh…

1975

Johnny Estrada

American baseball player

Johnny Pulado Estrada III is an American former professional baseball catcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks, Milwaukee Brewers, and…

1976

Leigh Nash

American singer-songwriter

Leigh Anne Bingham Nash is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known as the lead vocalist of the Christian alternative rock band Sixpence None the Richer, and was also a member of the musical collective…

1976

Arkadiusz Radomski

Polish footballer

Arkadiusz Radomski is a Polish professional manager and former player who played as a holding midfielder. He is currently in charge of III liga club Zagłębie Lubin II.

1977

Apparat

German musician

Sascha Ring, better known by the stage name Apparat, is a German electronic musician. He was previously co-owner of Shitkatapult records. Starting out with dancefloor-oriented techno, he shifted focus towards ambient…

1978

Martin Bourboulon

French film director and screenwriter

Martin Bourboulon is a French film director and screenwriter. He directed the films Daddy or Mommy (2015), Daddy or Mommy 2 (2016), Eiffel (2021), The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023) and The Three Musketeers: Milady…

1979

Hugo Campagnaro

Argentinian footballer

Hugo Armando Campagnaro is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a centre back.

1980

Jennifer Goodridge

American keyboard player

Jennifer Goodridge Cruz is an American film and television producer, writer, director, and musician. She has produced notable works for Netflix, The Disney Channel, and YouTube Red as well as many commercials and music…

1980

Alexander Peya

Austrian tennis player

Alexander Peya is an Austrian tennis coach and a former professional player. His career-high doubles ranking was World No. 3, first achieved in August 2013. He also reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 92 in…

1980

Kevin Pietersen

South African-English cricketer

Kevin Peter Pietersen is a former England international cricketer. He is regarded as one of England's greatest ever batsmen and renowned for his competitive, and often controversial nature. He was a right-handed batsman…

1980

Craig Terrill

American football player

Craig Adam Terrill is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). In 88 career games, Terrill had 103 combined tackles, with…

1980

Andrew Embley

Australian footballer

Andrew Gerard Embley is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is known for winning the Norm Smith Medal as the best player in the 2006 AFL…

1981

Jim Johnson

American baseball player

James Robert Johnson is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles…

1983

Nikola Rakočević

Serbian actor

Nikola Rakočević is a Serbian actor proclaimed as one of Europe’s leading young screen actors. Rakočević has received numerous awards at major international film festivals.

1983

Aiden Blizzard

Australian cricketer

Aiden Craig Blizzard is a former Australian cricketer who played domestic cricket for Tasmania, South Australia, and Victoria. An aggressive left-handed batsman, he hit 89 from 38 balls on his Twenty20 debut for…

1984

Khloé Kardashian

American model, businesswoman, and radio host

Khloé Alexandra Kardashian is an American media personality, socialite, and businesswoman. She rose to fame starring with her family in the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians from 2007 to 2021.…

1984

D.J. King

Canadian ice hockey player

Dwayne "D. J." King Jr. is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues and the Washington Capitals.

1984

Gökhan Inler

Swiss footballer

Gökhan Inler is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He is currently in charge as a technical director of Italian football club Udinese.

1984

James Hook

Welsh rugby player

James William Hook is a Welsh retired rugby union player. Hook has won 81 caps for Wales and is Wales' fifth highest all-time points scorer. Most often playing as a fly-half, Hook is known as a utility player, and has…

1985

Svetlana Kuznetsova

Russian tennis player

Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and No. 3 in doubles by the WTA. During her career, Kuznetsova won 18 singles and 16…

1985

Nico Rosberg

German race car driver

Nico Erik Rosberg is a German and Finnish former racing driver, entrepreneur, and broadcaster who competed under the German flag in Formula One from 2006 to 2016. Rosberg won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship…

1985

Sam Claflin

British actor

Samuel George Claflin is an English actor. After graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2009, he began his acting career on television and had his first film role as Philip Swift in Pirates of…

1986

Drake Bell

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Jared Drake Bell is an American actor and musician. Born in Newport Beach, California, he began his career as a child actor in the 1990s, appearing on Home Improvement (1994) and in several commercials. He rose to…

1986

Bryan Fletcher

American skier

Bryan Fletcher is an American former Nordic combined skier who has competed between 2002 and 2018.

1986

LaShawn Merritt

American sprinter

LaShawn Merritt is an American retired track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events, specializing in the 400 metres. He is a former Olympic champion over the distance and his personal best of 43.65 seconds…

1986

India de Beaufort

English actress

India de Beaufort is a British actress. She has acted in several films and television shows, including The Better Half (2015), Kimi (2022) and Night Court (2023−24).

1987

Ed Westwick

English actor

Ed Westwick is an English actor and musician best known for his role as Chuck Bass on The CW's Gossip Girl as well as Vincent Swan in the TV series White Gold. He made his feature film debut in Children of Men (2006)…

1987

Stefani Bismpikou

Greek gymnast

Stefani Bismpikou is a Greek artistic gymnast who competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. She is the first Greek female gymnast ever to win a medal at the European Championships, and has also won several medals on the…

1988

Matthew Spiranovic

Australian footballer

Matthew Thomas Spiranovic is an Australian former soccer player who played as a defender.

1988

Kate Ziegler

American swimmer

Kate Marie Ziegler is an American competition swimmer who specializes in freestyle and long-distance events. Ziegler has won a total of fifteen medals in major international competition, including eight golds, five…

1988

Hana Birnerová

Czech tennis player

Hana Birnerová is a Czech former tennis player.

1989

Sabino Brunello

Italian chess grandmaster

Sabino Brunello is an Italian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2010.

1989

Matthew Lewis

English actor

Matthew David Lewis is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter film series.

1989

Bobby Wagner

American football player

Bobby Joseph Wagner is an American professional football linebacker. He played college football for the Utah State Aggies and was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft. Wagner spent…

1990

Oliver Stark

British actor

Oliver Leon Jones, known professionally as Oliver Stark, is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Evan "Buck" Buckley in 9-1-1 on Fox/ABC, and as Ryder in AMC's martial arts-based drama Into the Badlands.

1991

Ahn So-hee

South Korean singer and actress

Ahn So-hee, known mononymously as Sohee, is a South Korean actress and former singer. She is a former member of the South Korean girl group Wonder Girls. She is best known for her performance in the film Train to Busan…

1992

Karthika Nair

Indian actress

Karthika Nair is a former Indian actress who primarily worked down South in all language films. She made her debut in the 2009 Telugu film Josh, opposite Naga Chaitanya. She rose to fame starring in her second and her…

1992

Johanna Talihärm

Estonian biathlete

Johanna Talihärm is an Estonian biathlete. She competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2013, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. She represented Estonia at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

1993

Alberto Campbell-Staines

Australian athlete

Alberto Jonathan Campbell-Staines is an Australian athlete with an intellectual disability who competes in the T20 classification. He won two bronze medals at the 9th INAS Athletics World Championships.

1993

Anita Husarić

Bosnian tennis player

Anita Wagner is a Bosnian tennis player.

1994

Monté Morris

American basketball player

Monté Robert Morris is an American professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Iowa State Cyclones.

1995

Yordan Alvarez

Cuban baseball player

Yordan Ruben Alvarez is a Cuban professional baseball designated hitter and left fielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2019 with the Astros. Alvarez stands 6 ft 4 in…

1997

Jehyve Floyd

American basketball player

Jehyve Jamal Floyd is an American professional basketball player for Petkim Spor of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Floyd played college basketball for the Holy Cross Crusaders, with whom he was named Patriot League…

1997

H.E.R.

American singer-songwriter

Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson, known professionally as H.E.R. is an American R&B singer-songwriter. She has won an Academy Award, a Children's and Family Emmy Award, and five Grammy Awards, and been nominated for a Golden…

1997

Will Levis

American football player

William Donovan Levis is an American professional football quarterback for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions and Kentucky Wildcats…

1999

Chandler Riggs

American actor

Chandler Carlton Riggs is an American actor and musician. He rose to prominence for his regular role as Carl Grimes on the AMC horror-drama television series The Walking Dead from 2010 to 2018. For his work on the…

1999

Chris Olave

American football player

Christian Josiah Olave is an American professional football wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, where he holds the…

2000

Kelee Ringo

American football player

Kelee Jahare-Hale Ringo is an American professional football cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs. He was a two-time CFP…

2002

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