Famous Birthdays on June 30

Q: Who was born on June 30?

Famous people born on June 30 include: John de Warenne, John, Charles VIII of France (died 1498), John, John Frederick I.

Q: What is Michael Phelps known for?

Michael Phelps, American swimmer

199 people 1286 – 1998

June 30 has seen 199 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1286 – 1998. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · June 30 — Wikipedia

1985 — Michael Phelps

American swimmer

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He won more Olympic medals than any other athlete, a total of 28 medals across four Olympic Games

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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Phelps tied the record of eight medals of any color at a single Games, held by gymnast Alexander Dityatin, by winning six gold and two bronze medals

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Four years later, when he won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, he broke fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven first-place finishes at any single Olympic Games

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At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps won four gold and two silver medals, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won five gold medals and one silver

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Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals (23), Olympic gold medals in individual events (13), and Olympic medals in individual events (16)

John de Warenne

7th Earl of Surrey, English magnate (died 1347)

John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, was the last Warenne Earl of Surrey.

1286

John

Elector of Saxony (died 1532)

John, known as John the Steadfast or John the Constant, was Elector of Saxony from 1525 until 1532. He belonged to the House of Wettin.

1468

Charles VIII of France (died 1498)

Charles VIII, called the Affable, was King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. He succeeded his father Louis XI at the age of 13. His elder sister Anne acted as regent jointly with her husband Peter II, Duke of…

1470

John

Prince of Asturias, Son of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (died 1497)

John, Prince of Asturias and Girona was the only son of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile, and heir apparent to both their thrones for nearly his entire life.

1478

John Frederick I

Elector of Saxony (died 1554)

John Frederick I was the Prince-Elector and Arch-Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire (1532–1547) from the Ernestine branch of the Saxon ruling House of Wettin, who initially governed over the Ernestine Electorate of…

1503

Martín de Rada

Spanish missionary (died 1578)

Martín de Rada was one of the first members of the Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) to spread the Christian doctrine in the Philippines, as well as one of the first Christian missionaries to visit Ming China.

1533

Giovanni Maria Sabino

Italian organist, composer, and educator (died 1649)

Giovanni Maria Sabino was an Italian composer, organist and teacher.

1588

Meinhardt Schomberg

3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (died 1719)

General Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, 1st Duke of Leinster, KG, was a German-born military officer and peer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in 1691. He spent the majority of his military…

1641

John Gay

English poet and playwright (died 1732)

John Gay was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became…

1685

Abu l-Hasan Ali I

ruler of Tunisia (died 1756)

Abu l-Hasan Ali I, commonly referred to as Ali I Bey ) was the second leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia from 1735 to 1756.

1688

Jiří Antonín Benda

Czech composer, violinist and Kapellmeister (died 1795)

Georg Anton Benda was a Bohemian composer, violinist and Kapellmeister of the classical period.

1722

Paul Barras

French soldier and politician (died 1829)

Paul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras, commonly known as Paul Barras, was a French politician of the French Revolution, and the main executive leader of the Directory regime of 1795–1799.

1755

Horace Vernet

French painter and academic (died 1863)

Émile Jean-Horace Vernet, better known as Horace Vernet, was a French painter of battles, portraits, and Orientalist subjects.

1789

Félix Savart

French physicist and psychologist (died 1841)

Félix Savart was a French physicist and mathematician who is primarily known for the Biot–Savart law of electromagnetism, which he discovered together with his colleague Jean-Baptiste Biot. His main interest was in…

1791

Thomas Lovell Beddoes

English poet, playwright, and physician (died 1849)

Thomas Lovell Beddoes was an English poet, dramatist and physician.

1803

Friedrich Theodor Vischer

German author, poet, and playwright (died 1887)

Friedrich Theodor Vischer was a German novelist, poet, playwright, and writer on the philosophy of art. Today, he is mainly remembered as the author of the novel Auch Einer, in which he developed the concept of Die…

1807

Joseph Dalton Hooker

English botanist and explorer (died 1911)

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For 20 years he served as director of the Royal Botanical…

1817

Ernest Mason Satow

English orientalist and diplomat (died 1929)

Sir Ernest Mason Satow, was a British diplomat, scholar and Japanologist. He is better known in Japan, where he was known as Satō Ainosuke , than in Britain or the other countries in which he served as a diplomat. He…

1843

Frederick Bligh Bond

English architect and archaeologist (died 1945)

Frederick Bligh Bond, was an English architect, illustrator, archaeologist, psychical researcher and member of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia.

1864

Georges Duhamel

French author and critic (died 1966)

Georges Duhamel was a French author, born in Paris. Duhamel trained as a doctor, and during World War I was attached to the French Army. In 1920, he published Confession de minuit, the first of a series featuring the…

1884

Archibald Frazer-Nash

English motor car designer, engineer and founder of Frazer Nash (died 1965)

Archibald Goodman Frazer Nash, was an early English motor car designer, engineer, and inventor who specialised in manufacturer of light "cycle cars" and sports cars in England.

1889

Paul Boffa

Maltese physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (died 1962)

Sir Paul Boffa, OBE, was a Maltese politician and medical doctor who served as prime minister in the Colony of Malta after self-rule was reinstated by the British colonial authorities, following the end of the Second…

1890

Man Mountain Dean

American wrestler and sergeant (died 1953)

Frank Simmons Leavitt was an American professional wrestler of the early 20th century, known by the ring name Man Mountain Dean.

1891

Ed Lewis

American wrestler and manager (died 1966)

Robert Herman Julius Friedrich, better known by the ring name Ed "Strangler" Lewis, was an American professional wrestler and trainer. During his wrestling career, which spanned four decades, Lewis was a four-time World…

1891

Stanley Spencer

English painter (died 1959)

Sir Stanley Spencer was an English painter. Shortly after leaving the Slade School of Art, Spencer became well known for his paintings depicting Biblical scenes occurring as if in Cookham, Berkshire, the small village…

1891

Pierre Blanchar

Algerian-French actor and director (died 1963)

Pierre Blanchar was a French actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1922 and 1961. Blanchar was married to actress Marthe Vinot, with whom he had a daughter, actress Dominique Blanchar. He played Napoleon in…

1892

Nellah Massey Bailey

American politician and librarian (died 1956)

Nellah Izora Massey Bailey was an American politician and librarian. She was the first lady of Mississippi from 1944 to 1946 and the Mississippi state tax collector from 1948 to 1956. A member of the Democratic Party,…

1893

Walter Ulbricht

German soldier and politician, chief decision maker and head of state of the GDR (East Germany) (died 1973)

Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht was a German communist politician. Ulbricht played a leading role in the creation of the Weimar-era Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and later in the early development and establishment of the…

1893

Heinz Warneke

German-American sculptor and educator (died 1983)

Heinrich Johann Dietrich "Heinz" Warneke was a German-born American sculptor, best remembered as an animalier, or sculptor of animals. His role in the direct carving movement "assured him a place in the annals of…

1895

Madge Bellamy

American actress (died 1990)

Madge Bellamy was an American stage and film actress. She was a popular leading lady in the 1920s and early 1930s. Bellamy's career declined in the sound era and ended following a romantic scandal in the 1940s.

1899

Marianne Angermann

German–Spanish–New Zealand biochemist (died 1977)

Mathilde Marianne Bielschowsky was a German-born Spanish–New Zealand biochemist and anti-fascist. Trained at the universities of Greifswald, Freiburg, Cologne, and Bonn, she earned a doctorate in chemistry in 1928 and…

1904

John Van Ryn

American tennis player (died 1999)

John Van Ryn was an American tennis champion of the 1930s. He was primarily known as the doubles partner of Wilmer Allison.

1905

Anthony Mann

American actor and director (died 1967)

Anthony Mann was an American film director and stage actor. He came to prominence as a skilled director of film noir and Westerns, and for his historical epics.

1906

Roman Shukhevych

Ukrainian general and politician (died 1950)

Roman-Taras Osypovych Shukhevych was a Ukrainian nationalist and a military leader of the nationalist Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which during the Second World War fought against the Soviet Union and to a lesser…

1907

Winston Graham

English author (died 2003)

Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE, born Winston Grime, was an English novelist best known for the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall, though he also wrote numerous other works, including contemporary…

1908

Luigi Rovere

Italian film producer (died 1996)

Luigi Rovere was an Italian film producer.

1908

Rob Nieuwenhuys

Dutch writer (died 1999)

Robert Nieuwenhuys was a Dutch writer of Indo descent. The son of a 'Totok' Dutchman and an Indo-European mother, he and his younger brother Roelof, grew up in Batavia, where his father was the managing director of the…

1908

Juan Bosch

43rd President of the Dominican Republic (died 2001)

Juan Emilio Bosch y Gaviño, also known as El Profesor, was a Dominican politician, historian, writer, essayist, educator, and the first democratically elected president of the Dominican Republic for seven months in 1963.

1909

Czesław Miłosz

Polish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)

Czesław Miłosz was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. He primarily wrote his poetry in Polish. Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in…

1911

Nagarjun

Indian poet (died 1998)

Vaidyanath Mishra, better known by his pen name Nagarjun, was a Hindi and Maithili poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, literary biographies and travelogues, and was known as Janakavi- the…

1911

Ludwig Bölkow

German engineer (died 2003)

Ludwig Bölkow was a German aeronautical engineer.

1912

Dan Reeves

American businessman and philanthropist (died 1971)

Daniel Farrell Reeves was an American sports entrepreneur, best known as the owner of the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He owned the franchise when it was operating in Cleveland, Ohio in 1941,…

1912

María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías

Mexican architect (died 2009)

María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías was a Mexican architect who worked for close to 50 years in the Federal District of Mexico City, primarily designing single-family homes and apartment buildings. She was the first Mexican…

1912

Alfonso López Michelsen

Colombian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Colombia (died 2007)

Alfonso López Michelsen was a Colombian politician and lawyer who served as the 25th President of Colombia from 1974 to 1978. He was nicknamed "El Pollo", a popular Colombian idiom for people with precocious careers.

1913

Harry Wismer

American sportscaster (died 1967)

Harry Wismer was an American sports broadcaster and the founder of the Titans of New York franchise in the American Football League (AFL).

1913

Francisco da Costa Gomes

Portuguese general and politician, 15th President of Portugal (died 2001)

Francisco da Costa Gomes, ComTE GOA was a Portuguese military officer and politician who was the president of Portugal from 1974 to 1976. Earlier on, he had been deployed to Angola as part of the Portuguese Colonial War.

1914

Allan Houser

American sculptor and painter (died 1994)

Allan Capron Houser or Haozous was a Chiricahua Apache sculptor, painter, and book illustrator born in Oklahoma. He was one of the most renowned Native American painters and Modernist sculptors of the 20th century.

1914

Susan Hayward

American actress (died 1975)

Susan Hayward was an American actress best known for her film portrayals of women that were based on true stories.

1917

Lena Horne

American actress, singer, and activist (died 2010)

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was an American singer, actress, dancer and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years and covered film, television and theater.

1917

Willa Kim

American costume designer (died 2016)

Wullah Mei Ok Kim, known as Willa Kim, was an American costume designer for stage, dance, and film.

1917

Ed Yost

American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (died 2007)

Paul Edward Yost was the American inventor of the modern hot air balloon and is referred to as the "Father of the Modern Day Hot-Air Balloon." He worked for a high-altitude research division of General Mills in the…

1919

Eleanor Ross Taylor

American poet and educator (died 2011)

Eleanor Ross Taylor was an American poet who published six collections of verse from 1960 to 2009. Her work received little recognition until 1998, but thereafter received several major poetry prizes. Describing her…

1920

Washington SyCip

American-Filipino accountant (died 2017)

Washington Z. SyCip, PLH BOLk RNO1kl was a Chinese-Filipino-American accountant. He was the founder of the accounting firm EY SGV & Company and the Asian Institute of Management.

1921

Max Trepp

Swiss sprinter (died 1990)

Max Trepp was a Swiss sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

1924

Fred Schaus

American basketball player and coach (died 2010)

Frederick Appleton Schaus was an American basketball player, head coach and athletic director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, player for the National Basketball Association's Fort Wayne Pistons and New…

1925

Ebrahim Amini

Iranian politician (died 2020)

Ebrahim Haj Amini Najafabadi was an Iranian principlist politician who was a member of the Assembly of Experts. He was also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, and was previously identified as a possible…

1925

Paul Berg

American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)

Paul Berg was an American biochemist and professor at Stanford University. He received the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to…

1926

Shirley Fry Irvin

American tennis player (died 2021)

Shirley June Fry Irvin was an American tennis player. During her career, which lasted from the early 1940s until the mid-1950s, she won the singles title at all four Grand Slam events, as well as 13 doubles titles, and…

1927

James Goldman

American screenwriter and playwright (died 1998)

James Goldman was an American playwright and screenwriter. He won an Academy Award for his screenplay The Lion in Winter (1968). His younger brother was novelist and screenwriter William Goldman.

1927

Mario Lanfranchi

Italian director, screenwriter, producer, collector and actor (died 2022)

Mario Lanfranchi was an Italian film, theatre, and television director, screenwriter, producer, collector, and actor.

1927

Frank McCabe

American basketball player (died 2021)

Frank Reilly McCabe was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, McCabe played collegiately at Marquette University. He was part of the American basketball…

1927

Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli

Islamic philosopher, theologian, mathematician and mystic (died 2021)

Hasan Hasanzade Amoli was an Iranian Shi'ite theologian known for his mystical tendencies and Islamic philosophy. He was among clerics who overcame the traditional opposition to teaching philosophy courses at Shi'ite…

1928

Nathaniel Tarn

American poet, essayist, anthropologist, and translator (died 2024)

Nathaniel Tarn was a French-American poet, essayist, anthropologist, and translator. He was born Edward Michael Mendelson in Paris, France, to a French-Romanian mother and a British-Lithuanian father.

1928

Yang Ti-liang

Chinese judge (died 2023)

Sir Ti-liang Yang, was a Hong Kong-Chinese jurist. He was the Chief Justice of Hong Kong from 1988 to 1996, the only ethnic Chinese person to hold this office during British colonial rule.

1929

Ben Atchley

American politician (died 2018)

Curtis Bentley Atchley Jr., known as Ben Atchley, was an American politician in the state of Tennessee. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1972 to 1976 and the Tennessee State Senate from 1977 to…

1930

Ahmed Zaki Yamani

Saudi Arabian politician (died 2021)

Ahmed Zaki Yamani was a Saudi Arabian politician who served as Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources under four Saudi monarchs from 1962 to 1986, and a minister in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting…

1930

Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad

Syrian bishop (died 2018)

Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad was patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syriac Catholic Church. He served as patriarch from 2001 to 2008, when he resigned and retired.

1930

Yo-Yo Davalillo

Venezuelan baseball player and manager (died 2013)

Pompeyo Antonio Davalillo Romero [da-va-LEE-yo] was a Venezuelan professional baseball player and minor league manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop for the Washington Senators; he also played…

1931

Andrew Hill

American pianist and composer (died 2007)

Andrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.

1931

Ronald Rene Lagueux

American judge (died 2023)

Ronald Rene Lagueux was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.

1931

Kaye Vaughan

American football player (died 2023)

Charles Kaye Vaughan was an American-born Canadian professional football player, a lineman with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for twelve seasons. He won the CFL's Outstanding Lineman…

1931

Tomislav Ivić

Croatian football coach and manager (died 2011)

Tomislav Ivić was a Croatian professional football player and manager. Often described as a brilliant strategist, Ivić is credited with helping develop the modern style of the game. In April 2007, Italian sports daily…

1933

Joan Murrell Owens

American educator and marine biologist (died 2011)

Joan Murrell Owens was an American educator and marine biologist specializing in corals. She received degrees in Geology, Fine Art, and Guidance Counseling. She described a new genus, Rhombopsammia, and three new…

1933

M. J. K. Smith

English cricketer and rugby player

Michael John Knight Smith, known as M. J. K. Smith or Mike Smith is an English former cricketer and rugby union player. Smith was educated at Stamford School and St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he read geography. He was…

1933

Orval Tessier

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022)

Orval Roy Tessier was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and coach who played parts of three seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins between 1954 and 1960, appearing in…

1933

Australian Major Mitchell's cockatoo, oldest recorded parrot (died 2016)

Cookie was a male pink cockatoo residing at Brookfield Zoo, near Chicago, Illinois, United States. He was believed to be the oldest member of his species alive in captivity, at the age of 82 in June 2015, having…

1933

Harry Blackstone Jr.

American magician and author (died 1997)

Harry Bouton Blackstone Jr. was an American stage magician, author, and television performer. He is estimated to have pulled 80,000 rabbits from his sleeves and hats.

1934

John Harlin

American pilot and mountaineer (died 1966)

John Elvis Harlin II was an American alpinist and US Air Force pilot who was killed while making an ascent of the north face of the Eiger at age 30.

1935

Assia Djebar

Algerian-French author and translator (died 2015)

Fatima-Zohra Imalayen, known by her pen name Assia Djebar, was an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with obstacles faced by women, and she is noted for her feminist stance. She is…

1936

Nancy Dussault

American actress and singer

Nancy Dussault is an American actress and singer.

1936

Tony Musante

American actor and screenwriter (died 2013)

Anthony Peter Musante Jr. was an American actor, best known for the TV series Toma as Detective David Toma, Nino Schibetta in Oz (1997), and Joe D'Angelo in As the World Turns (2000–2003). In movies, he achieved fame…

1936

Dave Van Ronk

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)

David Kenneth Ritz Van Ronk was an American folk singer. An important figure in the American folk music revival and New York City's Greenwich Village scene in the 1960s, he was nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street".

1936

Larry Henley

American singer-songwriter (died 2014)

Larry Joel Henley was an American singer and songwriter, best known for co-writing the 1989 hit record "Wind Beneath My Wings". He is also known for his distinctive falsetto singing voice, which he used prominently when…

1937

Billy Mills

American distance runner

William Mervin Mills, also known by his Oglala Lakota name Tamakhóčhe Theȟíla, is an American Oglala Lakota former track and field athlete who won a gold medal in the 10,000 metre run (6.2 mi) at the 1964 Tokyo…

1938

Jeri Taylor

American screenwriter (died 2024)

Jeri Cecile Suer, known professionally as Jeri Taylor, was an American television scriptwriter and producer who wrote many episodes of the Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager series.

1938

Tony Hatch

English pianist, composer, and producer

Anthony Peter Hatch is an English composer for musical theatre and television. He is also a songwriter, pianist, arranger and producer.

1939

Barry Hines

English author and screenwriter (died 2016)

Melvin Barry Hines, FRSL was an English author, playwright and screenwriter. His novels and screenplays explore the political and economic struggles of working-class Northern England, particularly in his native West…

1939

José Emilio Pacheco

Mexican poet and author (died 2014)

José Emilio Pacheco Berny was a Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the major Mexican poets of the second half of the 20th century. The Berlin International Literature…

1939

Mark Spoelstra

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007)

Mark Warren Spoelstra was an American singer-songwriter and folk and blues guitarist.

1940

Peter Pollock

South African cricketer and author

Peter Maclean Pollock is a retired South African cricketer. He has played a continuing role in the South Africa cricket team as a player and selector. He was voted a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1966. He was…

1941

Robert Ballard

American lieutenant and oceanographer

Robert Duane Ballard is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is noted for his work in underwater archaeology and marine geology. He is best known by the…

1942

Ron Harris

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Ronald Thomas Harris is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 476 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Detroit Red Wings, Oakland Seals, Atlanta Flames, and New York Rangers.

1942

Florence Ballard

American pop/soul singer (died 1976)

Florence Glenda Chapman was an American singer and a founding member of the Motown vocal female group the Supremes. She sang on 16 top 40 singles with the group, including nine number-one hits. After being removed from…

1943

Saeed Akhtar Mirza

Indian director and screenwriter

Saeed Akhtar Mirza is an Indian screenwriter and director in Hindi films and television. He is the maker of notable parallel films such as Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984), Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai (1980), Salim…

1943

Terry Funk

American wrestler (died 2023)

Terrance Dee Funk was an American professional wrestler and actor. Funk is known for the length of his career, which spanned more than 50 years and included multiple short-lived retirements. He is also known for his…

1944

Raymond Moody

American parapsychologist and author

Raymond A. Moody Jr. is an American philosopher, psychiatrist, physician, and author, most widely known for his books about afterlife and near-death experiences (NDE), a term that he coined in 1975 in his best-selling…

1944

Glenn Shorrock

English-Australian singer-songwriter

Glenn Barrie Shorrock is an Australian singer and songwriter. He was a founding member of rock bands the Twilights, Axiom, Little River Band and post LRB spin-off trio Birtles Shorrock Goble, as well as being a solo…

1944

Ron Swoboda

American baseball player and sportscaster

Ronald Alan Swoboda is an American former professional baseball player and television sports color commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1965 through 1973, most notably as a member of the…

1944

Uwe Kliemann

German footballer, coach, and manager

Uwe Kliemann is a German former professional footballer who played as a central defender. and coach. As a player, he spent 11 seasons in the Bundesliga with Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hertha BSC and…

1949

Andy Scott

Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Andrew David Scott is a Welsh musician and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead guitarist and a backing vocalist in the glam rock band Sweet. Following bassist Steve Priest's death in June 2020, Scott is the…

1949

Bùi Thanh Liêm

Vietnamese cosmonaut (died 1981)

Bùi Thanh Liêm was a Vietnamese cosmonaut.

1949

Stanley Clarke

American bass player and composer

Stanley Clarke is an American bassist, composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first…

1951

Athanassios S. Fokas

Greek mathematician and academic

Athanassios Spyridon Fokas is a United Kingdom–based Greek academic, educator and scientist, with degrees in Aeronautical Engineering and Medicine. Since 2002, he is Professor of Nonlinear Mathematical Science in the…

1952

David Garrison

American actor and singer

David Earl Garrison is an American actor and singer. He is best known for playing Steve Rhoades on the television series Married... with Children. He has also appeared in numerous theatrical roles, particularly that of…

1952

Hal Lindes

American-English guitarist and film score composer

Hal Lindes is an American guitarist and film score composer best known for his time as a member of Dire Straits from 1980 until late 1984.

1953

Stephen Barlow

English organist, composer, and conductor

Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley is a British actress, presenter, author, television producer, activist and former model. She has won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous…

1954

Pierre Charles

Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (died 2004)

Pierre Charles was a Dominican politician who served as Prime Minister of Dominica from 2000 to his death in 2004. At the time of his death, he was also serving as Member of Parliament for Grand Bay since 1985.

1954

Serzh Sargsyan

Armenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia

Serzh Azati Sargsyan is an Armenian politician who served as the third President of Armenia from 2008 to 2018, and twice as the Prime Minister of Armenia from 2007 to 2008 and again from 17 to 23 April 2018, when he was…

1954

Wayne Swan

Australian academic and politician, 14th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

Wayne Maxwell Swan is an Australian politician serving as the 25th and current National President of the Labor Party since 2018, previously serving as the 14th deputy prime minister of Australia and the deputy leader of…

1954

Brian Vollmer

Canadian singer

Brian Joseph Vollmer is the lead singer and only remaining original member of Canadian hard rock group Helix. Since the band's inception in 1974, Vollmer had gone from lead singer to de facto leader of the band,…

1955

Egils Levits

Latvian judge, jurist, 10th President of Latvia

Egils Levits is a Latvian politician, lawyer, political scientist and jurist who served as the tenth president of Latvia from 2019 to 2023. He was a member of the European Court of Justice from 2004 to 2019.

1955

Volker Beck

German hurdler and coach

Volker Beck is a former East German athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

1956

David Lidington

English historian, academic, and politician, Minister of State for Europe

Sir David Roy Lidington is a British former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aylesbury from 1992 until 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and…

1956

David Alan Grier

American actor, singer, and comedian

David Alan Grier is an American actor and comedian. Known for his roles on stage and screen, Grier gained popularity playing multiple roles in the American sketch comedy television series In Living Color (1990–1994) and…

1956

Bud Black

American baseball player and manager

Harry Ralston "Bud" Black is an American professional baseball manager and pitcher who most recently served as manager for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB from 1981 through 1995,…

1957

Sterling Marlin

American race car driver

Sterling Burton Marlin is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, winning the Daytona 500 in 1994 and…

1957

Pam Royle

British television presenter, journalist and voice coach

Pamela June Royle is a British television journalist and presenter.

1958

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Finnish conductor and composer

Esa-Pekka Salonen is a Finnish conductor and composer. He is the principal conductor designate of Orchestre de Paris and creative director designate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He is also conductor laureate of the…

1958

Vincent D'Onofrio

American actor

Vincent Philip D'Onofrio is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his supporting and leading roles in both film and television. He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

1959

Daniel Goldhagen

American political scientist, author, and academic

Daniel Jonah Goldhagen is an American author, and former associate professor of government and social studies at Harvard University. Goldhagen received attention as the author of two controversial books about the…

1959

Brendan Perry

English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Brendan Michael Perry is a British singer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work as half of the duo Dead Can Dance with Lisa Gerrard.

1959

Sakis Tsiolis

Greek footballer and manager

Sakis Tsiolis is a Greek professional football manager and former player.

1959

Sandip Verma

Baroness Verma, Indian-English businesswoman and politician

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1959

Jack McConnell

Scottish educator and politician, 3rd First Minister of Scotland

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1960

Murray Cook

Australian musician, actor, songwriter and producer

Murray James Cook, AM is an Australian musician, actor, and DJ. Cook was one of the founding members of the children's band the Wiggles from 1991 to 2012. Cook provided guitar, vocals, and songwriting in the group, and…

1960

Lynne Jolitz

American computer scientist and programmer

Lynne Greer Jolitz is a figure in free software and founder of many startups in Silicon Valley. Together with her husband William, she created 386BSD, the first open-source Unix-based operating system for personal…

1961

Clive Nolan

English musician, composer and producer

Clive Nolan is a British musician, composer and producer who has played a prominent role in the development of progressive rock. He has been the regular keyboard player in Pendragon (1986–present), Shadowland…

1961

Tony Fernández

Dominican baseball player (died 2020)

Octavio Antonio Fernández Castro, better known as Tony Fernandez, was a Dominican baseball player who played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball (MLB) for seven teams from 1983 to 2001, most notably the Toronto Blue…

1962

Julianne Regan

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Julianne Regan is an English/Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. She was the lead singer and songwriter of the band All About Eve, which had four top-50 albums in the late 1980s and early 1990s. AllMusic describes…

1962

Olha Bryzhina

Ukrainian sprinter

Olha Bryzhina is a retired athlete who represented the Soviet Union and later Ukraine.

1963

Rupert Graves

English actor, director, and screenwriter

Rupert Graves is an English film, television, and theatre actor. He is known for his roles in A Room with a View, Maurice, The Madness of King George, and The Forsyte Saga. From 2010 to 2017 he starred as DI Lestrade in…

1963

Yngwie Malmsteen

Swedish guitarist and songwriter

Yngwie Johan Malmsteen is a Swedish-American guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in heavy metal, and has released 22 studio albums in a career spanning over 40 years.

1963

Alexandra

Countess of Frederiksborg

Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg,, formerly Princess Alexandra of Denmark, is the former wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark, the younger brother of King Frederik X of Denmark.

1964

Mark Waters

American director and producer

Mark Stephen Waters is an American director.

1964

Steve Duchesne

Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach

Steve Duchesne is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League with several teams from 1986 until 2002. A notable offensive defenceman who scored 20 or more goals in a…

1965

Cho Jae-hyun

South Korean actor

Cho Jae-hyun is a South Korean film, stage, and TV actor. He is commonly dubbed "director Kim Ki-duk's persona" since Cho has starred as leading and supporting characters in a number of films directed by Kim.

1965

Anna Levandi

Russian figure skater and coach

Anna Levandi, née Kondrashova, is an Estonian former competitive figure skater and politician. Levandi, who is of Russian origin who represented the former Soviet Union in international competition. She was the 1984…

1965

Gary Pallister

English footballer and sportscaster

Gary Andrew Pallister is an English former professional footballer and sports television pundit. As a player he was a defender from 1984 to 2001 and is most noted for his nine-year spell at Manchester United, where he…

1965

Mitch Richmond

American basketball player

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1965

Mike Tyson

American boxer and actor

Michael Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005, and again in 2024. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "the Baddest Man on the…

1966

Patrik Bodén

Swedish javelin thrower

Lars Patrik Bodén is a retired Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He holds the Swedish national record at 89.10 m, which he set on 24 March 1990. He briefly held the world record with…

1967

David Busst

English footballer and manager

David John Busst is an English football manager and former professional player who played as a centre-back from 1992 until 1996.

1967

Victoria Kaspi

American-Canadian astrophysicist and academic

Victoria Michelle Kaspi is a Canadian astrophysicist and a professor at McGill University. Her research primarily concerns neutron stars and pulsars.

1967

Phil Anselmo

American singer-songwriter and producer

Philip Hansen Anselmo is an American musician best known as the lead singer for groove metal band Pantera, southern metal/sludge metal supergroup Down, and hardcore band Superjoint, amongst other musical projects. He is…

1968

Sanath Jayasuriya

Sri Lankan cricketer and politician

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1969

Uta Rohländer

German sprinter

Uta Rohländer, nee Fromm is a retired German sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres.

1969

Sébastien Rose

Canadian director and screenwriter

Sébastien Rose is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His debut film, How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause , won the Claude Jutra Award for the best Canadian film by a first-time director in 2003.

1969

Brian Bloom

American actor and screenwriter

Brian Keith Bloom is an American actor and screenwriter. He co-wrote the screenplay and starred in The A-Team, produced by brothers Tony and Ridley Scott. Bloom is the voice of Captain America in The Avengers: Earth's…

1970

Antonio Chimenti

Italian footballer and manager

Antonio Chimenti is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and current goalkeeping coach of Uzbekistan national team.

1970

Mark Grudzielanek

American baseball player and manager

Mark James Grudzielanek is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop. Grudzielanek played for six different teams during his 15-season career. He batted and threw right-handed. He was most…

1970

Monica Potter

American actress

Monica Potter is an American actress. She is known for her starring roles in the films Con Air (1997), Patch Adams (1998), and Along Came a Spider (2001). She also appeared in the horror film, Saw (2004), and The Last…

1971

Sandra Cam

Belgian swimmer

Sandra Cam is a Belgian retired freestyle swimmer who represented her country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, in Barcelona, Spain (1992) and Atlanta, United States (1996). She is best known for winning two medals at…

1972

Molly Parker

Canadian actress

Molly Parker is a Canadian actress, writer, and director. She garnered critical attention for her portrayal of a necrophiliac medical student in the controversial drama Kissed (1996). She subsequently starred in the…

1972

Chan Ho Park

South Korean baseball player

Chan Ho Park is a South Korean former professional baseball pitcher. Park was the first South Korean-born player in MLB history, and the first South Korean player to be named an MLB All-Star. He played for the Los…

1973

Frank Rost

German footballer and manager

Frank Rost is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1973

Katrin Auer

Austrian politician

Katrin Auer is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she has represented Traunviertel since October 2024.

1974

Hezekiél Sepeng

South African runner

Hezekiél Sello Sepeng, is a South African middle distance runner who won silver in the Olympic 800 metres final in Atlanta 1996, the 1998 Commonwealth Games and the World Championships' final in Seville 1999. He was…

1974

James Bannatyne

New Zealand footballer

James Bannatyne is a New Zealand former association football goalkeeper. He last played for Team Wellington in the New Zealand Football Championship. He represented New Zealand at international level, generally as…

1975

Ralf Schumacher

German race car driver

Ralf Schumacher is a German former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1997 to 2007. Schumacher won six Formula One Grands Prix across 11 seasons.

1975

Ben Cousins

Australian footballer

Benjamin Luke Cousins is an Australian former professional Australian rules footballer and media presenter. He played 270 games for the West Coast and Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL) between 1996 and…

1978

Patrick Ivuti

Kenyan runner

Patrick Mukutu Ivuti is a Kenyan long distance athlete, who currently resides in Nairobi, Kenya. A two-time silver medallist at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, he made his marathon debut in 2005 and had his…

1978

Claudio Rivalta

Italian footballer

Claudio Rivalta is a retired Italian football defender. He represented Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

1978

Sylvain Chavanel

French cyclist

Sylvain Chavanel is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2018 for the Cofidis, Omega Pharma–Quick-Step, IAM Cycling and two spells with the Brioches La…

1979

Rade Prica

Swedish footballer

Rade Stanislav Prica is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the only player who has won league championships in the three Scandinavian countries – Sweden, Denmark and Norway. He also…

1980

Seyi Olofinjana

Nigerian footballer

Oluwaseyi George Olofinjana is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1980

Ryan ten Doeschate

Dutch cricketer

Ryan Neil ten Doeschate is a Dutch cricket coach and former cricketer. He is currently one of the assistant coaches of Indian men’s cricket team. Born in South Africa, he played for the Netherlands national cricket team…

1980

Can Artam

Turkish race car driver

Can Artam is a Turkish race car driver born into a car racing family. He raced in the 2005 GP2 Series for the iSport team and was the 2001 US Barber Formula Dodge champion.

1981

Matt Kirk

Canadian football player

Matt Kirk is a Canadian former professional football defensive tackle who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was selected by the Ottawa Renegades in the 2004 CFL draft. He played CIS Football at Queen's.

1981

Desi Lydic

American comedian and actress

Desi Lydic is an American comedian and actress who is a senior correspondent and rotating host on the late-night talk and news satire program The Daily Show. She has won three Emmy Awards: one as a host of The Daily…

1981

Barbora Špotáková

Czech javelin thrower

Barbora Špotáková is a former Czech track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She is a two-time Olympic Champion and three-time World Champion, as well as the current world record holder with a throw of…

1981

Ben Utecht

American football player

Benjamin Jeffrey Utecht is an American singer and former professional football player. He played football as a tight end for the Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He was…

1981

Lizzy Caplan

American actress

Elizabeth Anne Caplan is an American actress. Her performances as Virginia E. Johnson in the Showtime series Masters of Sex (2013–2016) and as Libby Epstein in FX on Hulu's Fleishman Is in Trouble (2022) have earned her…

1982

Ignacio Carrasco

Mexican footballer

Oscar Ignacio Carrasco Sotelo is a Mexican footballer who last played as a midfielder for Venados F.C. in Ascenso MX. He had previously played for a number of teams in the Mexican second tier after having played for…

1982

Marcus Burghardt

German cyclist

Marcus Burghardt is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2021 for the Team Columbia–HTC, BMC Racing Team and Bora–Hansgrohe teams. During his career, Burghardt took…

1983

Katherine Ryan

UK-based Canadian comedian and presenter

Katherine Louisa Ryan is a Canadian comedian, writer, presenter, actress and singer. She has appeared on British TV and radio panel shows, including 8 Out of 10 Cats, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, A League of Their Own,…

1983

Cheryl

English singer and TV personality

Cheryl Ann Tweedy is an English singer and television personality. She rose to fame as a member of Girls Aloud, a pop girl group created through ITV's reality competition show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. Named the…

1983

Fantasia Barrino

American singer-songwriter and actress

Fantasia Monique Barrino-Taylor, also known mononymously as Fantasia, is an American singer and actress. She rose to prominence in 2004 with her performance of the Porgy and Bess standard "Summertime" during the third…

1984

Dax Harwood

American wrestler

David Michael Harwood is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Dax Harwood. He is also one-half of the current and record-tying three-time…

1984

Tunku Ismail Idris

Crown Prince of Johor, Malaysia

Tunku Ismail ibni Sultan Ibrahim, is the heir apparent to the Johor throne. He is the eldest son of Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar and Raja Zarith Sofiah.

1984

Trevor Ariza

American basketball player

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1985

Cody Rhodes

American wrestler

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1985

Fabiana Vallejos

Argentinian footballer

Fabiana Gisela Vallejos is an Argentine footballer who plays as a midfielder for San Luis FC.

1985

Alicia Fox

American wrestler, model, and actress

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1986

Fredy Guarín

Colombian footballer

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1986

Nicola Pozzi

Italian footballer

Nicola Pozzi is an Italian football coach and former striker, currently in charge as a technical collaborator at Serie B club Sampdoria.

1986

Allegra Versace

Italian-American businesswoman

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1986

Ryan Cook

American baseball player

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1987

Andrew Hedgman

New Zealand runner

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1987

Jacksfilms

American YouTuber

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1988

Joe Mazzulla

American basketball coach

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1988

Asbel Kiprop

Kenyan runner

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1989

Steffen Liebig

German rugby player

Steffen Liebig is a German international rugby union player, playing for the Heidelberger RK in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.

1989

David Myers

Australian footballer

David Myers is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

1989

Trea Turner

American baseball player

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1993

bbno$

Canadian singer-songwriter

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1995

A. J. Brown

American football player

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1997

Reuben Garrick

Australian rugby league player

Reuben Garrick is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League.

1997

Tom Davies

English footballer

Thomas Davies is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Sheffield United.

1998

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