Famous Birthdays on June 28

Q: Who was born on June 28?

Famous people born on June 28 include: Carloman I, Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (died 1304), Charlotte, Pope Paul IV (died 1559), Albert of Brandenburg.

Q: What is Hans Blix known for?

Hans Blix, Swedish politician and diplomat, 33rd Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs

231 people 751 – 2005

June 28 has seen 231 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 751 – 2005. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · June 28 — Wikipedia

1928 — Hans Blix

Swedish politician and diplomat, 33rd Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs

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He was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (1978–1979) and later became the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency

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In February 2010, Blix became head of the United Arab Emirates' advisory board for its nuclear power program

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Blix was the first Western representative to inspect the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster in the Soviet Union on-site and led the agency's response to them

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Blix was also the head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission from March 2000 to June 2003, when he was succeeded by Dimitris Perrikos

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In 2002, the commission began searching Iraq for weapons of mass destruction, ultimately finding none

Carloman I

king of the Franks (died 771)

Carloman I, German Karlmann, Karlomann, was king of the Franks from 768 until his death in 771. He was the second surviving son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon and was a younger brother of Charlemagne. His death…

751

Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (died 1304)

Emperor Go-Fukakusa was the 89th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. This reign spanned the years 1246 through 1260.

1243

Charlotte

Queen of Cyprus (died 1487)

Charlotte was the Queen of Cyprus from 1458 until 1464. She was the eldest and only surviving daughter of King John II of Cyprus and Helena Palaiologina. At the age of 14, she succeeded to the Cypriot throne upon the…

1444

Pope Paul IV (died 1559)

Pope Paul IV, born Gian Pietro Carafa, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 May 1555 to his death, in August 1559. While serving as papal nuncio in Spain, he developed an anti-Spanish…

1476

Albert of Brandenburg

German archbishop (died 1545)

Albert von Brandenburg was a German cardinal, elector, Archbishop of Mainz from 1514 to 1545, and Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1513 to 1545.

1490

Henry VIII of England (died 1547)

Henry VIII was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. After the Pope refused to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, Henry passed legislation that severed England and Ireland from the Roman…

1491

Giovanni della Casa

Italian author and poet (died 1556)

Giovanni della Casa was an Italian poet, diplomat, clergyman and inquisitor, and writer on etiquette and society. He is celebrated for his famous treatise on polite behavior, Il Galateo overo de’ costumi (1558). From…

1503

Cristofano Malvezzi

Italian organist and composer (died 1599)

Cristofano Malvezzi was an Italian organist and composer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the most famous composers in the city of Florence during a time of transition to the Baroque style.

1547

Philip Howard

20th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (died 1595)

Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman. He was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970, as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Howard lived mainly during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; he was…

1557

Giovanni Paolo Lascaris

Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (died 1657)

Giovanni Paolo Lascaris di Ventimiglia e Castellar was an Italian nobleman and Grand Master of the Knights of Malta.

1560

Henry Danvers

1st Earl of Danby, English noble (died 1644)

Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby was an English soldier. Outlawed after a killing, he regained favour and became a Knight of the Garter.

1573

Peter Paul Rubens

Flemish painter and diplomat (died 1640)

Sir Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens's highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and…

1577

William Fiennes

1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English politician (died 1662)

William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele was an English nobleman and politician. He was a leading critic of Charles I's rule during the 1620s and 1630s. He was known also for his involvement in several companies for…

1582

Heinrich Albert

German composer and poet (died 1651)

Heinrich Albert was a German composer and poet of the 17th century. He was a member of the Königsberg Poetic Society. As a song composer, he was strongly influenced by Heinrich Schütz.

1604

Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien

consort to King John III Sobieski (died 1716)

Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, known also by the diminutive form "Marysieńka", was a French noblewoman who became the queen consort of Poland and grand duchess consort of Lithuania from 1674 to 1696 by…

1641

Muhammad Azam Shah

Mughal emperor (died 1707)

Mirza Abu al-Fayaz Qutb al-Din Muhammad Aazam, commonly known as Azam Shah, was briefly the seventh Mughal emperor from 14 March to 20 June 1707. He was the third son of the sixth Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and his chief…

1653

John Wesley

English cleric and theologian (died 1791)

John Wesley was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a principal leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies he founded became the dominant form of the…

1703

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Swiss philosopher and polymath (died 1778)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, philosophe, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French…

1712

Étienne François

duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1785)

Lieutenant-General Étienne François de Choiseul, Duke of Choiseul, KOHS, OGF was a French Royal Army officer, diplomat and statesman. From 1758 to 1761 and again from 1766 to 1770, he served as Foreign Minister of…

1719

Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier

French organist and composer (died 1794)

Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier was a celebrated French organist and composer.

1734

William Hooper

American physician, lawyer, and politician (died 1790)

William Hooper was an American Founding Father, lawyer, and politician. As a member of the Continental Congress representing North Carolina, Hooper signed the Continental Association and the Declaration of Independence.

1742

Paul Broca

French physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (died 1880)

Paul Pierre Broca was a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. He is best known for his research on Broca's area, a region of the frontal lobe that is named after him. Broca's area is involved with language.…

1824

Emil Erlenmeyer

German chemist (died 1909)

Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer, known simply as Emil Erlenmeyer, was a German chemist known for contributing to the early development of the theory of chemical structure and formulating the Erlenmeyer rule. He also…

1825

Joseph Joachim

Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1907)

Joseph Joachim was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, composer and teacher who made an international career, based in Hanover and Berlin. A close collaborator of Johannes Brahms, he is widely regarded as one of the most…

1831

Emmanuel Rhoides

Greek journalist and author (died 1904)

Emmanuel Rhoides was a Greek writer, journalist, and translator. He is considered one of the most influential writers of 19th century Greece and a significant figure of Modern Greek literature. His most popular work,…

1836

John Boyle O'Reilly

Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (died 1890)

John Boyle O'Reilly was an Irish poet, journalist, author and activist. As a youth in Ireland, he was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenians, for which he was transported to Western Australia.

1844

Charles Cruft

English showman, founded Crufts Dog Show (died 1938)

Charles Alfred Cruft was a British showman who founded the Crufts dog show. Charles first became involved with dogs when he began to work at Spratt's, a manufacturer of dog biscuits. He rose to the position of general…

1852

Luigi Pirandello

Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)

Luigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer most noted for his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic…

1867

Alexis Carrel

French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1944)

Alexis Carrel was a French surgeon and biologist who spent most of his scientific career in the United States. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912 for pioneering vascular suturing…

1873

Henri Lebesgue

French mathematician and academic (died 1941)

Henri Léon Lebesgue was a French mathematician known for his theory of integration, which was a generalization of the 17th-century concept of integration—summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function…

1875

Wilhelm Steinkopf

German chemist (died 1949)

Georg Wilhelm Steinkopf was a German chemist. Today he is mostly remembered for his work on the production of mustard gas during World War I.

1879

John Meyers

American swimmer and water polo player (died 1971)

Edward John Meyers was an American freestyle swimmer and water polo player for the Missouri Athletic Club who won a bronze medal for the U.S. in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.

1880

Pierre Laval

French soldier and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France (died 1945)

Pierre Jean Marie Laval was a French politician. He served as Prime Minister of France three times: 1931–1932 and 1935–1936 during the Third Republic, and 1942–1944 during Vichy France. After the war, Laval was tried as…

1883

Lamina Sankoh

Sierra Leonean banker and politician (died 1964)

Lamina Sankoh, born Etheldred Nathaniel Jones, was a Sierra Leone Creole pre-independence politician, educator, banker and cleric. Sankoh is known most prominently for helping to found the Peoples Party in 1948, one of…

1884

George Challenor

Barbadian cricketer (died 1947)

George Challenor was a Barbadian cricketer who was part of the first West Indies Test side, and who faced the very first ball bowled to a West Indian cricketer in a Test match. He was recognised as the first great West…

1888

Stefi Geyer

Hungarian violinist and educator (died 1956)

Stefi Geyer was a Hungarian violinist who was considered one of the leading violinists of her generation.

1888

Esther Forbes

American historian and author (died 1968)

Esther Louise Forbes was an American novelist, historian, and children's writer who received the Pulitzer Prize and the Newbery Medal. She was the first woman elected to membership in the American Antiquarian Society.

1891

Carl Spaatz

American general (died 1974)

Carl Andrew Spaatz, nicknamed "Tooey", was an American World War II general. As commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe in 1944, he successfully pressed for the bombing of the enemy's oil production facilities as a…

1891

Carl Panzram

American serial killer (died 1930)

Charles "Carl" Panzram was an American rapist, serial killer, and habitual offender. In prison confessions and in his autobiography, Panzram confessed to having murdered twenty-one boys and men, only five of which could…

1892

August Zamoyski

Polish-French sculptor (died 1970)

Count August Zamoyski was a Polish sculptor, member of groups Bunt and Formiści.

1893

Jessie Baetz

Canadian-American artist, composer and pianist (died 1974 or later)

Jessie Baetz was a Canadian-American artist, composer, and pianist.

1894

Francis Hunter

American tennis player (died 1981)

Francis "Frank" Townsend Hunter was an American tennis player who won an Olympic gold medal. He won the U.S. National Indoor Championships in 1922 and 1930 and the Eastern Clay Court Championships in 1919.

1894

Richard Rodgers

American playwright and composer (died 1979)

Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the best-known American composers of the 20th…

1902

Maria Goeppert Mayer

German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1972)

Maria Goeppert Mayer was a German–American theoretical physicist who shared the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner. One half of the prize was awarded jointly to Goeppert Mayer and…

1906

Jimmy Mundy

American saxophonist and composer (died 1983)

James Mundy was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, arranger, and composer, best known for his arrangements for Benny Goodman, Count Basie, and Earl Hines.

1907

Yvonne Sylvain

First female Haitian physician (died 1989)

Yvonne Sylvain was a Haitian physician who was the first female medical doctor from the country. She was also the first woman accepted into the University of Haiti Medical School, and earned her medical degree in 1940.…

1907

Eric Ambler

English author and screenwriter (died 1998)

Eric Clifford Ambler OBE was an English author of thrillers, in particular spy novels. Also working as a screenwriter, Ambler used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books written with Charles Rodda.

1909

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker

German physicist and philosopher (died 2007)

Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker was a German physicist and philosopher. He was the longest-living member of the team which performed nuclear research in Nazi Germany during the Second World War, under Werner…

1912

Franz Antel

Austrian director and producer (died 2007)

Franz Antel was a veteran Austrian filmmaker.

1913

George Lloyd

English soldier and composer (died 1998)

George Walter Selwyn Lloyd was a British composer.

1913

Walter Oesau

German colonel and pilot (died 1944)

Walter "Gulle" Oesau was a German fighter pilot during World War II. A fighter ace, he served in the Luftwaffe from 1934 until his death in 1944. He rose to command Jagdgeschwader 1, which was named in his honor after…

1913

Aribert Heim

Austrian SS physician and Nazi war criminal (died 1992)

Aribert Ferdinand Heim, also known as Dr. Death and Butcher of Mauthausen, was an Austrian Schutzstaffel (SS) doctor. During World War II, he served at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Mauthausen, killing and…

1914

A. E. Hotchner

American author and playwright (died 2020)

Aaron Edward Hotchner was an American editor, novelist, playwright, and biographer. He wrote many television screenplays as well as noted biographies of Doris Day and Ernest Hemingway. He co-founded the charity food…

1917

William Whitelaw

1st Viscount Whitelaw, Scottish-English politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1999)

William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw was a British Conservative Party politician who served in a wide number of Cabinet positions, most notably as Home Secretary from 1979 to 1983 and as de facto Deputy…

1918

Joseph P. Lordi

American government official (died 1983)

Joseph P. Lordi was an American law enforcement official who served as the Essex County, New Jersey prosecutor and as the first Chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.

1919

Clarissa Eden

Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2021)

Anne Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon was an English memoirist and the second wife of Anthony Eden, who served as British prime minister from 1955 to 1957. She married Eden in 1952, becoming Lady Eden in 1954 when he was…

1920

P. V. Narasimha Rao

Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (died 2004)

Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao was an Indian independence activist, lawyer, and statesman from the Indian National Congress who served as the prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He was the first person from…

1921

Pete Candoli

American trumpet player (died 2008)

Walter Joseph "Pete" Candoli was an American jazz trumpeter. He played with the big bands of Woody Herman and Stan Kenton and worked in the studios of the recording and television industries.

1923

Adolfo Schwelm Cruz

Argentinian racing driver (died 2012)

Adolfo Carlos Julio Schwelm-Cruz was a racing driver from Argentina. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on 18 January 1953. He scored no championship points. His father, Adolfo Julius…

1923

Gaye Stewart

Canadian ice hockey player (died 2010)

James Gaye Stewart was a professional ice hockey forward. He played nine seasons as a left winger in the National Hockey League.

1923

Kalevi Keihänen

Finnish entrepreneur (died 1995)

Åke Kalevi Keihänen was a Finnish travel agency entrepreneur, director of Keihäsmatkat and a groundbreaking figure in Finnish tourism. Keihänen became known for his extravagant behaviour, long hair and unique style of…

1924

George Booth

American cartoonist (died 2022)

George Booth was an American cartoonist who worked for The New Yorker magazine. His cartoons usually featured an older everyman, everywoman, or everycouple beset by modern complexity, perplexing each other, or…

1926

Mel Brooks

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Melvin James Brooks is an American actor, filmmaker, comedian, songwriter, and playwright. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and…

1926

Robert Ledley

American academic and inventor (died 2012)

Robert Steven Ledley, professor of physiology and biophysics and professor of radiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, pioneered the use of electronic digital computers in biology and medicine. In 1959, he…

1926

Correlli Barnett

English historian and author (died 2022)

Correlli Douglas Barnett was an English military historian, who also wrote works of economic history, particularly on the United Kingdom's post-war deindustrialization.

1927

Frank Sherwood Rowland

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

Frank Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics. His best-known work…

1927

Patrick Hemingway

American writer

Patrick Miller Hemingway was an American wildlife manager and writer who was novelist Ernest Hemingway's second son and the first born to Hemingway's second wife Pauline Pfeiffer. During his childhood he travelled…

1928

Harold Evans

English-American historian and journalist (died 2020)

Sir Harold Matthew Evans was a British-American journalist and writer. In his career in his native Britain, he was editor of The Sunday Times from 1967 to 1981, and its sister title The Times for a year from 1981,…

1928

Peter Heine

South African cricketer (died 2005)

Peter Samuel Heine was a South African cricketer who played in fourteen Test matches between 1955 and 1962. On his Test debut, he took five wickets in the first innings against England at Lord's in 1955.

1928

Cyril Smith

English politician (died 2010)

Sir Cyril Richard Smith was a British Liberal Party and Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochdale from 1972 to 1992.

1928

Alfred Miodowicz

Polish politician (died 2021)

Alfred Miodowicz was a Polish politician and trade union activist. He was born in Poznań. A member of communist Polish United Workers' Party, he held posts in the State National Council, Central Committee and Political…

1929

William C. Campbell

Irish-American biologist and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate

William Cecil Campbell is an Irish and American microbiologist known for his work in discovering a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworms, for which he was jointly awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in…

1930

Itamar Franco

Brazilian engineer and politician, 33rd President of Brazil (died 2011)

Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco was a Brazilian politician who served as the 33rd president of Brazil from 29 December 1992 to 1 January 1995. Previously, he was the 21st vice president of Brazil from 1990 until the…

1930

Jack Gold

English director and producer (died 2015)

Jacob Michael Gold was a British film and television director. He was part of the British realist tradition which followed the Free Cinema movement.

1930

Hans Alfredson

Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2017)

Hans Folke "Hasse" Alfredson was a Swedish actor, film director, writer, and comedian. Born in Malmö, Sweden, he is known for his collaboration with Tage Danielsson as the duo Hasse & Tage and their production company…

1931

Junior Johnson

American race car driver (died 2019)

Robert Glenn Johnson Jr. , better known as Junior Johnson, was an American professional stock car racing driver, engineer, and team owner as well as an entrepreneur. He won 50 NASCAR races in his career before retiring…

1931

Lucien Victor

Belgian cyclist (died 1995)

Lucien Victor was a road racing cyclist from Belgium. He won the gold medal in the men's team road race, alongside André Noyelle and Robert Grondelaers at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a professional rider from 1953…

1931

Pat Morita

American actor (died 2005)

Noriyuki "Pat" Morita was an American actor and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian, before becoming known to television audiences for his recurring role as diner owner Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on the…

1932

Gusty Spence

Northern Irish loyalist and politician (died 2011)

Augustus Andrew Spence was a Northern Irish Ulster loyalist, politician, and militant who was the leader of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). One of the first UVF members to be convicted of murder, Spence…

1933

Robert Carswell

Baron Carswell, Northern Irish lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (died 2023)

Robert Douglas Carswell, Baron Carswell,, was a British barrister and judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.

1934

Roy Gilchrist

Jamaican cricketer (died 2001)

Roy Gilchrist was a West Indian cricketer who played 13 Tests for the West Indies in the 1950s. He was born in Saint Thomas, Jamaica and died of Parkinson's disease in St Catherine, Jamaica at the age of 67.

1934

Bette Greene

American journalist and author (died 2020)

Bette Jean Greene was the author of several books for children and young adults, including Summer of My German Soldier, The Drowning of Stephan Jones, and the Newbery Honor book Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe.

1934

Carl Levin

American lawyer and politician (died 2021)

Carl Milton Levin was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee…

1934

Georges Wolinski

Tunisian-French journalist and cartoonist (died 2015)

Georges David Wolinski was a French cartoonist and comics writer. He was killed on 7 January 2015 in the Charlie Hebdo shooting.

1934

John Inman

English actor (died 2007)

Frederick John Inman was an English actor and singer best known for his role as Mr. Humphries in Are You Being Served?, a British sitcom between 1972 and 1985, and the spin-off series Grace and Favour. He was the only…

1935

Chuck Howley

American football player

Charles Louis Howley is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Dallas Cowboys. He spent his first two seasons with…

1936

George Knudson

Canadian golfer (died 1989)

George Alfred Christian Knudson, CM was a Canadian professional golfer, who along with Mike Weir holds the record for the Canadian with the most wins on the PGA Tour, with eight career victories.

1937

Fernand Labrie

Canadian endocrinologist and academic (died 2019)

Fernand Labrie, was a Canadian medical researcher who specialized in endocrinological research and prostate cancer research.

1937

Ron Luciano

American baseball player and umpire (died 1995)

Ronald Michael Luciano was an American professional baseball umpire who worked in Major League Baseball's American League from 1969 to 1979. He was known for his flamboyant style, clever aphorisms, and a series of…

1937

John Byner

American actor and comedian

John Byner is an American actor, comedian and impressionist who has had a lengthy television and film career. His voice work includes the cartoon series The Ant and the Aardvark, in which the title characters are voiced…

1938

Leon Panetta

American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of Defense

Leon Edward Panetta is an American retired politician and government official who served under several Democratic administrations as Secretary of Defense (2011–2013), Director of the Central Intelligence Agency…

1938

S. Sivamaharajah

Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher and politician (died 2006)

Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah was a Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher, politician and Member of Parliament.

1938

Simon Douglas-Pennant

7th Baron Penrhyn, British baron

Simon Douglas-Pennant, 7th Baron Penrhyn, is a British nobleman. He is the current holder of the title of Baron Penrhyn – he succeeded his father Nigel's elder brother the 6th Baron, who died without male issue in 2003.

1938

Klaus Schmiegel

German chemist

Klaus Schmiegel, is a German chemist best known for his work in organic chemistry, which led to the invention of Prozac, a widely used antidepressant.

1939

Karpal Singh

Malaysian lawyer and politician (died 2014)

Karpal Singh s/o Ram Singh Deo was an Indian Malaysian politician and lawyer. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bukit Gelugor in the state of Penang from 2004 to 2014. During that time, he was…

1940

Muhammad Yunus

Bangladeshi economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and statesman. Yunus pioneered the modern concept of microcredit and microfinance, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. He is the founder of Grameen Bank and…

1940

Al Downing

American baseball player and sportscaster

Alphonso Erwin Downing is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1961 through…

1941

Joseph Goguen

American computer scientist and academic, developed the OBJ language (died 2006)

Joseph Amadee Goguen was an American computer scientist. He was professor of Computer Science at the University of California and University of Oxford, and held research positions at IBM and SRI International.

1941

David Johnston

Canadian academic, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor General of Canada

David Lloyd Johnston is a Canadian academic, author, and statesman who served as the 28th governor general of Canada from 2010 to 2017. Johnston was the special rapporteur appointed to investigate reports of foreign…

1941

Chris Hani

South African politician (died 1993)

Chris Hani was a South African military commander, politician, and revolutionary. He served as the leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and chief of staff of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the former armed wing…

1942

Hans-Joachim Walde

German decathlete (died 2013)

Hans-Joachim Walde was a West German track and field athlete. He competed in the decathlon at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1964 and a silver in 1968.

1942

Frank Zane

American professional bodybuilder and author

Frank Zane is a retired American professional bodybuilder and author. Known as "the Chemist", Zane is a three-time Mr. Olympia winner, having won the competition every year from 1977 to 1979. He previously reigned as…

1942

Jens Birkemose

Danish painter (died 2022)

Jens Birkemose was a Danish contemporary painter.

1943

Donald Johanson

American paleontologist and academic

Donald Carl Johanson is an American paleoanthropologist. He is best known for discovering the fossil of a female hominin australopithecine known as "Lucy" in the Afar Triangle region of Hadar, Ethiopia.

1943

Klaus von Klitzing

German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Klaus von Klitzing is a German physicist, known for discovery of the integer quantum Hall effect, for which he was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics.

1943

Ken Buchanan

Scottish boxer (died 2023)

Ken Buchanan was a Scottish professional boxer who competed between 1965 and 1982. He held multiple championships at lightweight; the World Boxing Association (WBA) and Ring magazine titles from 1970 to 1972; and the…

1945

David Knights

English bass player and producer

Procol Harum were an English rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in 1967. Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", one of the few singles to have sold more than 10 million…

1945

Raul Seixas

Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1989)

Raul Santos Seixas was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, considered "Father of Brazilian Rock". His musical work consists of seventeen albums released during his 26-year career. His…

1945

Türkan Şoray

Turkish actress, director, and screenwriter

Türkan Şoray is a Turkish actress, writer and film director. She is known as "Sultan" of the Cinema of Turkey. She started her career in 1960, and won her first award as the most successful actress at the 1st Antalya…

1945

Robert Asprin

American soldier and author (died 2008)

Robert Lynn Asprin was an American science fiction and fantasy author and active fan, known best for his humorous series MythAdventures and Phule's Company.

1946

Bruce Davison

American actor and director

Bruce Davison is an American actor who has appeared in more than 270 films, television and stage productions since his debut in 1968. His breakthrough role was as Willard Stiles in the 1971 cult horror film Willard. He…

1946

David Duckham

English rugby player (died 2023)

David John Duckham MBE was an English rugby union player. He played 36 games for England, in three tests on the 1971 British Lions tour to New Zealand and for Barbarians F.C. in their 1973 defeat of New Zealand.

1946

Robert Xavier Rodríguez

American classical composer

Robert Xavier Rodríguez is an American classical composer, best known for his eight operas and his works for children.

1946

Jaime Guzmán

Chilean lawyer and politician (died 1991)

Jaime Jorge Guzmán Errázuriz was a Chilean constitutional law professor, politician, and founding member of the conservative Independent Democratic Union party. In the 1960s, he strongly opposed the University Reform…

1946

Gilda Radner

American actress and comedian (died 1989)

Gilda Susan Radner was an American actress and comedian.

1946

Mark Helprin

American novelist and journalist

Mark Helprin is an American-Israeli novelist, journalist, conservative commentator, Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, Fellow of the American Academy in…

1947

Laura Tyson

American economist and academic

Laura D'Andrea Tyson is an American economist and university administrator who is currently a Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School at the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley and a…

1947

Kathy Bates

American actress

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1948

Sergei Bodrov

Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter

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1948

Deborah Moggach

English author and screenwriter

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1948

Daniel Wegner

Canadian-American psychologist and academic (died 2013)

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1948

Don Baylor

American baseball player and coach (died 2017)

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1949

Philip Fowke

English pianist and educator

Philip Fowke is an English pianist.

1950

Mauricio Rojas

Chilean-Swedish economist and politician

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1950

Chris Speier

American baseball player and coach

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1950

Mick Cronin

Australian rugby league player and coach

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1951

Mark Shand

English conservationist and author (died 2014)

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1951

Lalla Ward

English actress and author

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1951

Enis Batur

Turkish poet and author

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1952

Pietro Mennea

Italian sprinter and politician (died 2013)

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1952

Jean-Christophe Rufin

French physician and author

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1952

A. A. Gill

Scottish author and critic (died 2016)

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1954

Alice Krige

South African actress

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1954

Shirley Cheriton

British actress

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1955

Amira Hass

Israeli journalist and author

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1956

Noel Mugavin

Australian footballer and coach

Noel Mugavin is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

1956

Lance Nethery

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

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1957

Georgi Parvanov

Bulgarian historian and politician, 4th President of Bulgaria

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1957

Mike Skinner

American race car driver

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1957

Jim Spanarkel

American basketball player and sportscaster

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1957

Donna Edwards

American lawyer and politician

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1958

Félix Gray

Tunisian-French singer-songwriter

Félix Boutboul, best known by the pseudonym of Félix Gray, is a French singer and songwriter.

1958

Clint Boon

English singer and keyboard player

Clinton David Boon is an English musician, DJ and radio presenter. Boon originally rose to fame as the keyboard player of Inspiral Carpets.

1959

John Shelley

British illustrator

John Shelley (ジョン・シェリー) is a British illustrator, particularly noted for his work in Japan.

1959

John Elway

American football player and manager

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1960

Roland Melanson

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

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1960

Kurt Eichenwald

American journalist

Kurt Alexander Eichenwald is an American journalist and a New York Times bestselling author of five books, one of which, The Informant (2000), was made into a motion picture in 2009. He was a senior writer and…

1961

Jeff Malone

American basketball player and coach

Jeffrey Nigel Malone is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Mississippi State Bulldogs, and is mostly known for his time with the Washington Bullets (1983–1990) of the…

1961

Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu

Romanian long jumper

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1962

Artur Hajzer

Polish mountaineer (died 2013)

Artur Henryk "Słon” Hajzer was a Polish mountaineer. Hajzer summitted seven eight-thousanders, several via new routes and made the first winter climb of Annapurna on February 3, 1987.

1962

Ann-Louise Skoglund

Swedish hurdler

Eva Ann-Louise Skoglund is a retired track and field hurdler from Sweden. She is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's 400m hurdles at the 1982 European Championships, and she set the world best year…

1962

Peter Baynham

Welsh actor, producer, and screenwriter

Peter Baynham is a Welsh screenwriter, stand-up comedian and performer. His writing work includes collaborations with comedy figures such as Armando Iannucci, Steve Coogan, Chris Morris, Sacha Baron Cohen and Sarah…

1963

Charlie Clouser

American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

Charles Alexander Clouser is an American keyboardist, composer, record producer, and remixer. He worked with Trent Reznor for Nine Inch Nails from 1994 to 2000, and is a composer for film and television; among his…

1963

Christina Ashcroft

Canadian sport shooter

Christina Ashcroft is a Canadian sport shooter.

1964

Mark Grace

American baseball player and sportscaster

Mark Eugene Grace is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman who spent 13 seasons with the Chicago Cubs and three seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks of the National League (NL). He was a member…

1964

Bernie McCahill

New Zealand rugby player

Bernard Joseph McCahill is a former rugby union player from New Zealand who played for Auckland RFU and the All Blacks.

1964

Dan Stains

Australian rugby league player and coach

Dan Stains is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. He played primarily for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, usually as a second-row, prop and as a hooker.

1964

Steve Williamson

English saxophonist and composer

Steve Williamson is an English saxophonist and composer. He has been called "one of the most distinctive saxophone voices in contemporary British jazz".

1964

Jessica Hecht

American actress

Jessica Hecht is an American actress known for her roles as Gretchen Schwartz on Breaking Bad, Susan Bunch on Friends, Carol Mannheim on The Boys, and Karen on Special, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy…

1965

Tiaan Strauss

South African rugby player

Christiaan Petrus 'Tiaan' Strauss, is a former rugby union and rugby league footballer who represented both South Africa and Australia at international level in rugby union and also played top-level domestic rugby…

1965

Peeter Allik

Estonian painter and illustrator (died 2019)

Peeter Allik was an Estonian artist and Surrealist.

1966

Bobby Bare Jr.

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Robert Joseph Bare Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician.

1966

John Cusack

American actor and screenwriter

John Paul Cusack is an American actor. With a career spanning over four decades, he has appeared in over eighty films. He began acting in films during the 1980s, appearing in coming-of-age dramedies such as Sixteen…

1966

Mary Stuart Masterson

American actress

Mary Stuart Masterson is an American actress and director. After making her acting debut as a child in The Stepford Wives (1975), Masterson took a ten-year hiatus to focus on her education. Her early film roles include…

1966

Leona Aglukkaq

Canadian politician, 7th Canadian Minister of Health

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1967

Gil Bellows

Canadian actor and producer

Gil Bellows is a Canadian actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. Upon graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he began acting in films and television. Bellows also earned critical acclaim for his…

1967

Zhong Huandi

Chinese runner

Zhong Huandi is a retired Chinese long-distance runner who concentrated on the 3000 and 10,000 metres, and later the marathon. She became a four-time Asian champion and two-time World Championships silver medalist. On 8…

1967

Lars Riedel

German discus thrower

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1967

Chayanne

Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and actor

Elmer Figueroa Arce, known professionally as Chayanne, is a Puerto Rican singer and actor. He has released 21 albums and sold over 15 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists.

1968

Tichina Arnold

American actress and singer

Tichina Rolanda Arnold is an American actress.

1969

Stéphane Chapuisat

Swiss footballer

Stéphane Chapuisat is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently the sporting director of BSC Young Boys.

1969

Fabrizio Mori

Italian hurdler

Fabrizio Mori is an Italian hurdler, best known for his gold medal at the 1999 World Championships.

1969

Mushtaq Ahmed

Pakistani cricketer and coach

Mushtaq Ahmed is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who currently acts as the spin bowling coach for the Bangladesh national cricket team. A leg break googly bowler, at his peak he was described as one of…

1970

Tom Merritt

American journalist

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1970

Mike White

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Michael Christopher White is an American filmmaker and actor. He created, writes, and directs the ongoing HBO satirical comedy anthology series The White Lotus, for which he has won three Primetime Emmy Awards.

1970

Lorenzo Amoruso

Italian footballer

Lorenzo Amoruso is an Italian sports commentator and former professional footballer who played as a defender for seven teams in Italy, Scotland, England, and San Marino during his footballing career, but is perhaps best…

1971

Fabien Barthez

French footballer

Fabien Alain Barthez is a French former professional footballer and racing driver who played as a goalkeeper. At club level, he played football in both France and England with Toulouse, Marseille, Monaco, Manchester…

1971

Bobby Hurley

American basketball player and coach

Robert Matthew Hurley is an American college basketball coach and former professional player. He was previously the head coach at the University at Buffalo and Arizona State University.

1971

Ron Mahay

American baseball player and scout

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1971

Elon Musk

South African-born American entrepreneur

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1971

Aileen Quinn

American actress and singer

Aileen Marie Quinn is an American actress, singer and dancer. She played the title character in the 1982 film Annie, which earned her two Golden Globe Award nominations.

1971

Ngô Bảo Châu

Vietnamese-French mathematician and academic

Ngô Bảo Châu is a Vietnamese-French mathematician at the University of Chicago, best known for proving the fundamental lemma for automorphic forms. He is the first Vietnamese national to have received the Fields Medal.

1972

Chris Leslie

English politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

Christopher Michael Leslie is a British business executive and former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley from 1997 to 2005 and Nottingham East from 2010 to 2019. A former member of the…

1972

Geeta Tripathee

Nepali poet, lyricist and literary critic

Geeta Tripathee is a Nepali poet, lyricist, essayist, literary critic and scholar. An eminent writer in Nepali, Geeta Tripathee has two volumes of poetry collection, one of lyrical poems and seven books in other…

1972

Alessandro Nivola

American actor

Alessandro Antine Nivola is an American actor. His work includes both screen and stage, and his accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and an Independent Spirit Award.

1972

Adrián Annus

Hungarian hammer thrower

Adrián Zsolt Annus is a Hungarian hammer thrower, who was stripped of his gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens for a doping violation in a highly publicized scandal. The disqualification received…

1973

Corey Koskie

Canadian baseball player

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1973

Rob Dyrdek

American skateboarder, entrepreneur, and reality television star

Robert Stanley Dyrdek is an American actor, producer, reality TV personality, and former professional skateboarder. He is best known for his roles in the MTV reality and variety shows Rob & Big, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy…

1974

Jon Nödtveidt

Swedish singer-songwriter, and guitarist (died 2006)

Jon Andreas Nödtveidt was a Swedish musician best known as the founder, vocalist and lead guitarist of the melodic black/death metal band Dissection. With the band, he released the seminal and influential extreme metal…

1975

Shinobu Asagoe

Japanese tennis player

Shinobu Asagoe is a Japanese former tennis player. She turned professional in 1997, and retired in 2006.

1976

Seth Wescott

American snowboarder

Seth Wescott is an American snowboarder. He is a two-time Olympic champion in the snowboard cross.

1976

Chris Spurling

American baseball player

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1977

Mark Stoermer

American bass player, songwriter, and producer

Mark August Stoermer is an American musician. He is best known as the bassist for the rock band the Killers, with whom he has recorded six studio albums.

1977

Harun Tekin

Turkish singer and guitarist

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1977

Simon Larose

Canadian tennis player

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1978

Felicia Day

American actress and writer

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1979

Randy McMichael

American football player

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1979

Florian Zeller

French author and playwright

Florian Zeller is a French playwright, novelist, theatre director, and filmmaker. He has written over a dozen plays that have been staged worldwide, making him one of the most celebrated contemporary playwrights.

1979

Jevgeni Novikov

Estonian footballer

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1980

Savage

New Zealand rapper

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1981

Michael Crafter

Australian singer-songwriter

Michael Crafter is an Australian singer, songwriter and entertainment manager. His music career began as lead vocalist for I Killed the Prom Queen.

1981

Guillermo Martínez

Cuban javelin thrower

Guillermo Martínez López is a Cuban javelin thrower.

1981

Brandon Phillips

American baseball player

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1981

Ibrahim Camejo

Cuban long jumper

Ibrahim Camejo Sayas is a Cuban long jumper.

1982

Phil Bardsley

English footballer

Phillip Anthony Bardsley is a former professional footballer who played as a full back. He also played international football for the Scotland national team.

1985

Colt Hynes

American baseball player

Joshua Colt Hynes is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres and Toronto Blue Jays.

1985

Kellie Pickler

American singer-songwriter

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1986

Sonata Tamošaitytė

Lithuanian hurdler

Sonata Tamošaitytė is a Lithuanian athlete. She was born in Kaunas.

1987

Terrence Williams

American basketball player

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1987

Jason Clark

Australian rugby league player

Jason Clark is an Australian former rugby league footballer who last played as a loose forward for the Limoux Grizzlies in the Elite One Championship.

1989

Andrew Fifita

Australian rugby league player

Andrew Fifita is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop. He has played for Tonga and Australia at international level.

1989

David Fifita

Australian rugby league player

David Fifita is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for The Entrance Tigers in the Central Coast League in NSW, Australia.

1989

Julia Zlobina

Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater

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1989

Markiplier

American internet personality

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1989

Nicole Rottmann

Austrian tennis player

Nicole Rottmann is an Austrian former professional tennis player.

1989

Seohyun

South Korean singer, dancer, and actress

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1991

Kevin De Bruyne

Belgian footballer

Kevin De Bruyne is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Napoli and the Belgium national team. Widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation and one of the best…

1991

Kang Min-hyuk

South Korean singer, drummer, and actor

Kang Min-hyuk, also known mononymously as Minhyuk, is a South Korean musician, singer-songwriter, and actor. He is the drummer of South Korean rock band CNBLUE.

1991

Oscar Hiljemark

Swedish footballer

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1992

Elaine Thompson

Jamaican sprinter

Elaine Sandra-Lee Thompson-Herah, née Thompson, is a Jamaican sprinter who competes in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres. Regarded as one of the greatest female sprinters of all time, she is a five-time Olympic…

1992

Bradley Beal

American basketball player

Bradley Emmanuel Beal Sr. is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Big Panda", he is a three-time NBA All-Star and one-time…

1993

Hussein

Crown Prince of Jordan

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1994

Donna Vekić

Croatian tennis player

Donna Vekić is a Croatian professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 17 on 27 January 2025. Her best performance at a major is reaching the semifinals at the 2024 Wimbledon…

1996

Larissa Werbicki

Canadian rower

Larissa Werbicki is a Canadian rower.

1996

Tadasuke Makino

Japanese racing driver

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1997

Shakur Stevenson

American boxer

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1997

Markéta Vondroušová

Czech tennis player

Markéta Vondroušová is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 6 in singles by the WTA. Vondroušová has won three WTA Tour-level singles titles, including the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. She…

1999

Marta Kostyuk

Ukrainian tennis player

Marta Olehivna Kostyuk is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 16 in singles, achieved on 17 June 2024 and No. 27 in doubles, achieved on 8 May 2023. On the WTA Tour, she has…

2002

Tom Bischof

German footballer

Tom Bischof is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or full-back for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team.

2005

Pio Esposito

Italian footballer

Francesco Pio Esposito is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Italy national team.

2005

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