Famous Birthdays on June 7

Q: Who was born on June 7?

Famous people born on June 7 include: Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia (died 1048), Ichijō Kaneyoshi, Federico da Montefeltro, John III of Portugal (died 1557), Étienne Pasquier.

Q: What is Allen Iverson known for?

Allen Iverson, American basketball player

107 people 1003 – 2000

June 7 has seen 107 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1003 – 2000. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

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1975 — Allen Iverson

American basketball player

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He was an 11-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star Game MVP Award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2001

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Iverson is regarded as one of the game's greatest scorers, ball handlers, guards, and among the most influential athletes in all of American sports.

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Nicknamed "the Answer", he played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as both a shooting guard and point guard

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As an NBA rookie with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1997, Iverson was named NBA Rookie of the Year

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He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016

Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia (died 1048)

Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia, born Li Yuanhao or Tuoba Yuanhao, also known as Zhao Yuanhao (趙元昊), Weiming Yuanhao (嵬名元昊) and Weiming Nangxiao (嵬名曩霄), was the founding emperor of the Western Xia dynasty of China,…

1003

Ichijō Kaneyoshi

Japanese noble (died 1481)

Ichijō Kaneyoshi , also known as Ichijō Kanera, was the son of regent Tsunetsugu. He was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Muromachi period (1336–1573). He held regent positions sesshō in 1432, and kampaku from…

1402

Federico da Montefeltro

Italian condottiero (died 1482)

Federico da Montefeltro, also known as Federico III da Montefeltro KG, was one of the most successful mercenary captains (condottieri) of the Italian Renaissance. He became the lord of Urbino in 1444, and ruled the city…

1422

John III of Portugal (died 1557)

John III, nicknamed The Pious, was the King of Portugal and the Algarve from 1521 until he died in 1557. He was the son of King Manuel I and Maria of Aragon, the third daughter of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain,…

1502

Étienne Pasquier

French lawyer and jurist (died 1615)

Étienne Pasquier was a French lawyer and man of letters. By his own account he was born in Paris on 7 June 1529, but according to others he was born in 1528. He was called to the Paris bar in 1549.

1529

John VII

Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count and military theorist (died 1623)

Count John VII the Middle of Nassau-Siegen, German: Johann VII. der Mittlere Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Beilstein, was since 1606 Count of…

1561

Gaetano Berenstadt

Italian actor and singer (died 1734)

Gaetano Berenstadt was an Italian alto castrato who is best remembered for his association with the composer George Frideric Handel. Berenstadt created roles in three of Handel's operas. Berenstadt's parents were German…

1687

Louis George

Margrave of Baden-Baden (died 1761)

Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden was a German nobleman and the Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1707 until his death in 1761. From 1707 to 1727, his mother Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg was the regent of Baden-Baden. He…

1702

Georgiana Cavendish

Duchess of Devonshire (died 1806)

Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist. Born into the Spencer family and married into the Cavendish family, she was the first wife of…

1757

John Rennie the Elder

Scottish engineer (died 1821)

John Rennie was a Scottish civil engineer who designed many bridges, canals, docks and warehouses, and a pioneer in the use of structural cast-iron.

1761

Robert Jenkinson

2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1828)

Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, was a British Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. Before becoming prime minister he had been foreign secretary, home…

1770

Beau Brummell

English cricketer and fashion designer (died 1840)

George Bryan "Beau" Brummell was an important figure in Regency England, and for many years he was the arbiter of British men's fashion. At one time, he was a close friend of the Prince Regent, the future King George…

1778

James Young Simpson

Scottish obstetrician (died 1870)

Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet was a Scottish obstetrician and a significant figure in the history of medicine. He was the first physician to demonstrate the anaesthetic properties of chloroform in humans and…

1811

Amelia Edwards

English journalist and author (died 1892)

Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards, also known as Amelia B. Edwards, was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist. Her literary successes included the ghost story "The Phantom Coach" (1864), the novels…

1831

Alois Hitler

Austrian civil servant (died 1903)

Alois Hitler was an Austrian civil servant in the customs service and the father of Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany.

1837

Carlota of Mexico (died 1927)

Charlotte of Belgium, known by the Spanish version of her name, Carlota, was by birth a princess of Belgium and member of the House of Wettin in the branch of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. As the wife of Archduke Maximilian of…

1840

Leopold Auer

Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1930)

Leopold von Auer was a Hungarian violinist, academic, conductor, composer, and instructor. Many of his students went on to become prominent concert performers and teachers.

1845

George Washington Ball

American legislator from Iowa (died 1915)

George Washington Ball was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Iowa. He served in the Iowa General Assembly as Representative of Johnson County and later as State Senator. He also served on the city…

1847

Paul Gauguin

French painter and sculptor (died 1903)

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influential…

1848

Ture Malmgren

Swedish journalist and politician (died 1922)

Ture Robert Ferdinand Malmgren was a Swedish journalist, book publisher, and municipal politician. A prominent figure in his hometown of Uddevalla, Malmgren became a colorful and well-known part of the city's history…

1851

Robina Nicol

New Zealand photographer and suffragist (died 1942)

Robina Nicol was a Scottish-born New Zealand photographer and suffragist.

1861

Philipp Lenard

Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1947)

Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard was a Hungarian–German experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1905 for his work on cathode rays. This work led to his experimental realization of the…

1862

Bones Ely

American baseball player and manager (died 1952)

William Frederick "Bones" Ely was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball. He was born in North Girard, Pennsylvania.

1863

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Scottish painter and architect (died 1928)

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism. His work, alongside that of his wife Margaret Macdonald, was…

1868

Roelof Klein

Dutch-American rower and engineer (died 1960)

Roelof Klein was a Dutch rower who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. Klein was part of the Dutch eight team that won a bronze medal with Hermanus Brockmann as the coxswain. Brockmann also steered the boat…

1877

Knud Rasmussen

Danish anthropologist and explorer (died 1933)

Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen was a Greenlandic-Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" and was the first European to cross the Northwest Passage via dog sled. He remains…

1879

Joan Voûte

Dutch astronomer and academic (died 1963)

Joan George Erardus Gijsbertus Voûte was a Dutch astronomer.

1879

Sylvanus Morley

American archaeologist and scholar (died 1948)

Sylvanus Griswold Morley was an American archaeologist and epigrapher who studied the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in the early 20th century. Morley led extensive excavations of the Maya site of Chichen Itza on…

1883

Ester Claesson

Swedish landscape architect (died 1931)

Ester Laura Matilda Claesson was a Swedish landscaping pioneer and is considered the first female landscape architect in Sweden.

1884

Henri Coandă

Romanian engineer, designed the Coandă-1910 (died 1972)

Henri Marie Coandă was a Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer, and builder of an experimental aircraft, the Coandă-1910, which never flew. He invented a great number of devices, designed a "flying saucer" and…

1886

Clarence DeMar

American runner and educator (died 1958)

Clarence Harrison DeMar was a U.S. marathoner, winner of seven Boston Marathons, and Bronze medalist at the 1924 Paris Olympics. He was known by the nickname "Mr. DeMarathon."

1888

Karl Lashley

American psychologist and behaviorist (died 1958)

Karl Spencer Lashley was an American psychologist and behaviorist remembered for his contributions to the study of learning and memory. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Lashley as the…

1890

Leo Reise

Canadian ice hockey player (died 1975)

Leopold Adolph Emile Reise, Sr. was a Canadian hockey player who played 8 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Hamilton Tigers, New York Americans and New York Rangers. Prior to turning professional in…

1892

Gillis Grafström

Swedish figure skater and architect (died 1938)

Gillis Emanuel Grafström was a Swedish figure skater. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He won three successive Olympic gold medals in Men's Figure Skating as well as an Olympic silver medal in the same event in 1932,…

1893

Alexander P. de Seversky

Georgian-American pilot and engineer, co-designed the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (died 1974)

Alexander Nikolaievich Prokofiev de Seversky was a Russian-American aviation pioneer, inventor, and influential advocate of strategic air power.

1894

Douglas Campbell

American lieutenant and pilot (died 1990)

Douglas Campbell was an American aviator and World War I flying ace. He was the first American aviator flying in an American-trained air unit to achieve the status of ace.

1896

Robert S. Mulliken

American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)

Robert Sanderson Mulliken was an American physical chemist, primarily responsible for the early development of molecular orbital theory, i.e. the elaboration of the molecular orbital method of computing the structure of…

1896

Imre Nagy

Hungarian soldier and politician, 44th Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1958)

Imre Nagy was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1953 to 1955. In 1956 Nagy became leader of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956…

1896

George Szell

Hungarian-American conductor and composer (died 1970)

George Szell, originally György Széll, György Endre Széll, or Georg Szell, was an Austro-Hungarian-born American conductor, composer and pianist. Considered one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors, he was…

1897

Elizabeth Bowen

Anglo-Irish author and critic (died 1973)

Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer notable for her books about "the Big House" of Irish landed Protestants as well as her fiction about life in wartime London.

1899

Glen Gray

American saxophonist and bandleader (died 1963)

Glenn Gray Knoblauch, known professionally as Glen Gray, was an American jazz saxophonist and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra.

1900

Georges Van Parys

French composer (died 1971)

Georges Van Parys was a French composer of film music and operettas. Among his musical influences were the group Les Six, Maurice Ravel, and Claude Debussy. Later in his career he served as vice-president of the Société…

1902

Herman B Wells

American banker, author, and academic (died 2000)

Herman B Wells, a native of Boone County, Indiana, was the eleventh president of Indiana University Bloomington and its first university chancellor. He was pivotal in the transformation of Indiana University from a…

1902

James J. Braddock

American world heavyweight boxing champion (died 1974)

James Walter Braddock was an American boxer who was the world heavyweight champion from 1935 to 1937.

1905

Sigvard Bernadotte

Count of Wisborg (died 2002)

Sigvard Oscar Fredrik, Prince Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg born as, and until 1934 known as, Prince Sigvard of Sweden, Duke of Uppland, was a member of the Swedish Royal Family and a successful industrial designer.

1907

Virginia Apgar

American anesthesiologist and pediatrician, developed the Apgar test (died 1974)

Virginia Apgar was an American physician, obstetrical anesthesiologist and medical researcher, best known as the inventor of the Apgar score, a way to quickly assess the health of a newborn child immediately after birth…

1909

Peter W. Rodino

American lawyer, and politician (died 2005)

Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1989. A liberal Democrat, he represented parts of Newark, New Jersey and surrounding Essex…

1909

Jessica Tandy

English-American actress (died 1994)

Jessie Alice Tandy, known professionally as Jessica Tandy, was an English and American actress. She appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film and TV, receiving an Academy Award, four Tony…

1909

Arthur Gardner

American actor and producer (died 2014)

Arthur Gardner was an American actor and film producer. He was known for his television western, The Rifleman. He was a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

1910

Til Kiwe

German actor and screenwriter (died 1995)

Jan Heinrich Tilman Kiwe, also known as Til Kiver or Till Kiwe, was a German actor, voice actor and screenwriter who also was an ethnologist and highly decorated army officer and POW. Thus, he often played soldiers,…

1910

Mike Sebastian

American football player and coach (died 1989)

Michael John "Lefty" Sebastian was an American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cincinnati Reds, Boston Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Cleveland Rams. Nicknamed…

1910

Bradford Washburn

American mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer (died 2007)

Henry Bradford Washburn Jr. was an American explorer, mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer. He established the Boston Museum of Science, served as its director from 1939–1980, and from 1985 until his death served…

1910

Marion Post Wolcott

American photographer (died 1990)

Marion Post Wolcott was an American photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression, documenting poverty, the Jim Crow South, and deprivation.

1910

Bluey

Australian cattle dog, second-oldest recorded dog (died 1939)

Bluey was a female Australian Cattle Dog owned by Les and Rosalie Hall of Rochester, Victoria. She holds the Guinness World Record as the oldest verified dog to have ever lived. The record was briefly disputed by Bobi,…

1910

Brooks Stevens

American engineer and designer, designed the Wienermobile (died 1995)

Clifford Brooks Stevens was an American industrial designer of home furnishings, appliances, automobiles, passenger railroad cars, and motorcycles, as well as a graphic designer and stylist. Stevens founded Brooks…

1911

Jacques Hélian

French bandleader (died 1986)

Jacques Mikaël Der Mikaëlian better known as Jacques Hélian, was a famous French orchestra conductor for French music-hall.

1912

Gwendolyn Brooks

American poet (died 2000)

Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May…

1917

Dean Martin

American singer, actor, and producer (died 1995)

Dean Martin was an American singer, actor, comedian and television host. Nicknamed the "King of Cool", he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century.

1917

Georges Marchais

French mechanic and politician (died 1997)

Georges René Louis Marchais was the head of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1972 to 1994, and a candidate in the 1981 French presidential election.

1920

Jules Deschênes

Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2000)

Jules Deschênes, was a Canadian Quebec Superior Court judge.

1923

Ernestina Herrera de Noble

Argentine publisher and executive (died 2017)

Ernestina Laura Herrera de Noble was a prominent Argentine publisher and executive. She was the largest shareholder of the Grupo Clarín media conglomerate and director of the flagship Clarín newspaper. She was the first…

1925

Jean-Noël Tremblay

Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2020)

Jean-Noël Tremblay, was a Canadian politician, who made career at both the federal and the provincial levels.

1926

Paul Salamunovich

American conductor and educator (died 2014)

Paul Salamunovich was a Grammy-nominated American conductor and educator.

1927

Herbert R. Axelrod

American tropical fish expert, publisher of pet books, and entrepreneur (died 2017)

Herbert Richard Axelrod was an American tropical fish expert, a publisher of pet books, and an entrepreneur. In 2005 he was sentenced in U.S. court to 18 months in prison for tax fraud.

1927

James Ivory

American director, producer, and screenwriter

James Francis Ivory is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a principal in Merchant Ivory Productions along with Indian film producer Ismail Merchant and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The…

1928

John Turner

Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2020)

John Napier Wyndham Turner was the 17th prime minister of Canada, serving from June to September 1984. He served as leader of the Liberal Party and leader of the Opposition from 1984 to 1990.

1929

Virginia McKenna

English actress and author

Dame Virginia Anne McKenna is a British stage and screen actress, author, animal rights activist, and wildlife campaigner. She is best known for the films The Cruel Sea (1953), A Town Like Alice (1956), Carve Her Name…

1931

Per Maurseth

Norwegian historian, academic, and politician (died 2013)

Per Maurseth was a Norwegian historian and politician for the Socialist Left Party.

1932

Harry Crews

American novelist, playwright, short story writer, and essayist (died 2012)

Harry Eugene Crews was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. He often made use of violent, grotesque characters and set them in regions of the Deep South.

1935

Bert Sugar

American author and boxing historian (died 2012)

Herbert Randolph Sugar was an American sportswriter known for his work covering boxing and baseball. As the author of over 80 books, The New York Times called Sugar an "accomplished raconteur with a bottomless sack of…

1936

Pippo Baudo

Italian television presenter (died 2025)

Giuseppe Raimondo Vittorio "Pippo" Baudo was an Italian television presenter. One of the most notable in his native country, he had a career spanning six decades, which included 13 editions of the Sanremo Music Festival…

1936

Ian St John

Scottish international footballer and manager (died 2021)

John "Ian" St John was a Scottish professional football player, coach and broadcaster. St John played as a forward for Liverpool throughout most of the 1960s. Signed by Bill Shankly in 1961, St John was a key member of…

1938

Yuli Turovsky

Russian-Canadian cellist, conductor and educator (died 2013)

Yuli Turovsky OC CQ was a Soviet-born Canadian cellist, conductor and music educator, known for founding the I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra.

1939

Tom Jones

Welsh singer and actor

Sir Thomas Jones Woodward is a Welsh singer. His career began with a string of top 10 hits in the 1960s and he has since toured regularly, with appearances in Las Vegas from 1967 to 2011. His voice has been described by…

1940

Ronald Pickup

English actor (died 2021)

Ronald Alfred Pickup was an English actor. He was active in television, film, and theatre, beginning with a 1964 appearance in Doctor Who. Theatre critic Michael Billington described him as "a terrific stage star and an…

1940

Lady Elizabeth Shakerley

British party planner, writer and socialite (died 2020)

Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Shakerley was a British party planner, writer and socialite from the Anson family. She was a first cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II and sister of Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield.

1941

Nikki Giovanni

American poet, writer and activist (died 2024)

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni Jr. was an American poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator. One of the world's best-known African-American poets, her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and…

1943

"Superstar" Billy Graham

American wrestler (died 2023)

Eldridge Wayne Coleman Jr., better known by his ring name "Superstar" Billy Graham, was an American professional wrestler. He gained recognition for his tenure as the WWWF Heavyweight Champion from 1977 to 1978. He was…

1943

Wolfgang Schüssel

Austrian lawyer and politician, 26th Chancellor of Austria

Wolfgang Schüssel is a retired Austrian politician. He was Chancellor of Austria for two consecutive terms from February 2000 to January 2007. While being recognised as a rare example of an active reformer in…

1945

Zbigniew Seifert

Polish musician (died 1979)

Zbigniew Seifert was a Polish jazz violinist.

1946

Thurman Munson

American baseball player (died 1979)

Thurman Lee Munson was an American professional baseball catcher who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees, from 1969 until his death in 1979. A seven-time All-Star, Munson had a…

1947

Liam Neeson

Irish-American actor

William John Neeson is an actor from Northern Ireland. He has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards and one Volpi Cup. With a…

1952

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish-American novelist, screenwriter, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Ferit Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, he has sold over 13 million books in 63 languages, making…

1952

Louise Erdrich

American novelist and poet

Karen Louise Erdrich is an American author of novels, short stories, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. She is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa…

1954

Juan Luis Guerra

Dominican singer, composer, and record producer

Juan Luis Guerra Seijas is a Dominican musician, singer, composer, and record producer. Throughout his career, he has won numerous awards including 31 Latin Grammy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and one Latin Billboard…

1957

Prince

American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor (died 2016)

Prince Rogers Nelson, known mononymously as Prince, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, actor, and filmmaker. Often being credited as one of the greatest musicians of his generation, he pioneered the…

1958

Mike Pence

48th Vice President of the United States, 50th Governor of Indiana

Michael Richard Pence is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 48th vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party, he previously…

1959

Jim Hartung

American gymnast (died 2026)

James Nicholas Hartung was an American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

1960

Lance Reddick

American actor (died 2023)

Lance Solomon Reddick was an American actor. He portrayed Cedric Daniels in The Wire (2002–2008), Phillip Broyles in Fringe (2008–2013), and Chief Irvin Irving in Bosch (2014–2020). In film, he played Charon in the John…

1962

Damien Hirst

English painter and art collector

Damien Steven Hirst is an English artist and art collector. He was one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingdom's richest living…

1965

Mick Foley

American wrestler

Michael Francis Foley is an American comedian, author, and retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, under a WWE Legends contract.

1965

Dave Navarro

American musician

David Michael Navarro is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the rock band Jane's Addiction, appearing on all four studio albums. Between 1993 and 1998 during their first breakup,…

1967

Cafu

Brazilian footballer

Marcos Evangelista de Morais, known as Cafu, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Widely regarded as one of the greatest full-backs of all time, he is known for his pace and…

1970

Bear Grylls

English adventurer, author, and television host

Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls is a British adventurer, television presenter and former SAS trooper. He holds several world records in hostile environments, and appeared in numerous wilderness survival television series…

1974

Bill Hader

American actor, comedian, and screenwriter

William Thomas Hader Jr. is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2013, for which he received four Primetime Emmy…

1978

Michael Cera

Canadian actor and musician

Michael Austin Cera is a Canadian actor and musician. Over his career he has received nominations for a British Academy Film Award, three Critics' Choice Movie Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award.

1988

Iggy Azalea

Australian rapper, singer, songwriter, and model

Amethyst Amelia Kelly, known professionally as Iggy Azalea, is an Australian former rapper and songwriter. Born in Sydney, Azalea moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a career in music. She earned…

1990

Rasmus Vestergaard Madsen

Danish politician

Rasmus Vestergaard Madsen is a Danish politician and Member of the Folketing. A member of the Red–Green Alliance, he has represented South Jutland since March 2026.

1991

Emily Ratajkowski

American model and actress

Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski, known occasionally as EmRata, is an American model and actress. Born in London, England, to American parents and raised in Encinitas, California, United States, she signed to Ford Models at a…

1991

Fetty Wap

American rapper, singer, and songwriter

Willie Junior Maxwell II, better known by his stage name Fetty Wap, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He quickly rose to mainstream prominence after his 2014 song "Trap Queen" peaked at number two on the…

1991

Jordan Clarkson

Filipino-American basketball player

Jordan Taylor Clarkson is an American and Filipino professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for two seasons with the Tulsa Golden…

1992

George Ezra

English singer-songwriter

George Ezra Barnett is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and podcaster. After releasing two EPs, Did You Hear the Rain? (2013) and Cassy O' (2014), Ezra rose to prominence with the release of his hit single…

1993

Swae Lee

American rapper

Khalif Malik Ibn Shaman Brown, known professionally as Swae Lee, is an American rapper and singer from Inglewood, California. Known for his wide-ranged, reverb-heavy vocals and genre-blending, Lee is one half of the…

1993

Christian McCaffrey

American football player

Christian Jackson McCaffrey is an American professional football running back for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal and was selected by…

1996

David Montgomery

American football player

David Montgomery, nicknamed Knuckles, is an American professional football running back for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Iowa State Cyclones and was…

1997

Ōnosato Daiki

Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 75th yokozuna

Ōnosato Daiki is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 75th yokozuna. After a successful amateur career at university level, where he was called "the most eagerly awaited prospect to come out of collegiate sumo…

2000

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