Famous Birthdays on March 1

Q: Who was born on March 1?

Famous people born on March 1 include: Alfonso VII, Antoninus of Florence, Isabella of Coimbra (died 1455), Vladislaus II of Hungary (died 1516), Rudolph Goclenius.

Q: What is Dinah Shore known for?

Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (died 1994)

186 people 1105 – 2001

March 1 has seen 186 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1105 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · March 1 — Wikipedia

1917 — Dinah Shore

American singer and actress (died 1994)

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She had a string of eighty charted popular hits, spanning from 1940 to 1957, and after appearing in a handful of feature films, she went on to a four-decade career in American television

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Stylistically, Shore was compared to two singers who followed her in the mid-to-late 1940s and early 1950s, Jo Stafford and Patti Page.

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She starred in her own music and variety shows from 1951 through 1963 and hosted two talk shows in the 1970s

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TV Guide ranked her at number 16 on their list of the top 50 television stars of all time

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Dinah Shore was an American singer, actress, television personality, author, and talk show host

Alfonso VII

king of León and Castile (died 1157)

Alfonso VII, called the Emperor, became the King of Galicia in 1111 and King of León and Castile in 1126. Alfonso, born Alfonso Raimúndez, first used the title Emperor of All Spain, alongside his mother Urraca, once she…

1105

Antoninus of Florence

Italian archbishop and saint (died 1459)

Antoninus of Florence was an Italian Dominican friar who served as Archbishop of Florence in the 15th century. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1389

Isabella of Coimbra (died 1455)

Infanta Isabel of Coimbra was a Portuguese infanta and Queen of Portugal as the first wife of King Afonso V of Portugal.

1432

Vladislaus II of Hungary (died 1516)

Vladislaus II, also known as Vladislav, Władysław or Wladislas ;, was King of Bohemia from 1471 to 1516 and King of Hungary and King of Croatia from 1490 to 1516. As the eldest son of Casimir IV Jagiellon, he was…

1456

Rudolph Goclenius

German philosopher and lexicographer (died 1628)

Rudolph Goclenius the Elder was a German scholastic philosopher. He is sometimes credited with coining the term psychology in 1590, though the term had been used by Pier Nicola Castellani and Gerhard Synellius 65 years…

1547

William Stafford

English courtier and conspirator (died 1612)

William Stafford was an English courtier and conspirator.

1554

Richard Weston

1st Earl of Portland (died 1635)

Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, KG, was Chancellor of the Exchequer and later Lord Treasurer of England under James I and Charles I, being one of the most influential figures in the early years of Charles I's…

1577

Jean-Charles della Faille

Flemish priest and mathematician (died 1652)

Jean-Charles della Faille, born in Antwerp, 1 March 1597 and died in Barcelona, 4 November 1652, was a Flemish Jesuit priest from Brabant, and a mathematician of repute.

1597

John Pell

English mathematician and linguist (died 1685)

John Pell was an English mathematician and political agent abroad. He was made Royal Chair of Mathematics at Orange College by the Prince of Orange, and was under the patronage of Sir Charles Cavendish. He was also a…

1611

Abraham Teniers

Flemish painter (died 1670)

Abraham Teniers was a Flemish painter and engraver who specialized in genre paintings of villages, inns and monkey scenes. He was a member of artist family Teniers which came to prominence in the 17th century. He was…

1629

John de Brito

Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr (died 1693)

John de Britto, SJ was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary and an evangelist, often called "the Portuguese St. Francis Xavier" by Indian Catholics. He is also called "the John the Baptist of India."

1647

Samuel Werenfels

Swiss theologian and author (died 1740)

Samuel Werenfels was a Swiss theologian. He was a major figure in the move towards a "reasonable orthodoxy" in Swiss Reformed theology.

1657

Tsangyang Gyatso

sixth Dalai Lama (died 1706)

The 6th Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso was recognized as the 6th Dalai Lama after a delay of many years, permitting the Potala Palace to be completed. He was an unconventional Dalai Lama that preferred a Nyingma school…

1683

Caroline of Ansbach

British queen and regent (died 1737)

Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Electress of Hanover from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) until her death in 1737 as the wife of King George II.

1683

Manuel do Cenáculo

Portuguese prelate and antiquarian (died 1814)

Dom Frei Manuel do Cenáculo, T.O.R. was a Portuguese Franciscan prelate, who served as the first Bishop of Beja (1770–1802) and as Archbishop of Évora (1802–1814).

1724

William Cushing

American lawyer and judge (died 1810)

William Cushing was an American lawyer who was one of the original five associate justices of the United States Supreme Court; confirmed by the United States Senate on September 26, 1789, he served until his death. His…

1732

François Buzot

French lawyer and politician (died 1794)

François Nicolas Léonard Buzot was a French politician and leader of the French Revolution.

1760

François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers

French general (died 1796)

François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers was a French general of the Revolutionary Wars.

1769

Wilford Woodruff

American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1898)

Wilford Woodruff Sr. was an American religious leader who served as the fourth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1889 until his death. He ended the public practice of plural marriage…

1807

Frédéric Chopin

Polish pianist and composer (died 1849)

Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading composer of his era whose "poetic genius was…

1810

Augustus Pugin

English architect, co-designed the Palace of Westminster (died 1852)

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin was an English architect, designer, artist and critic with French and Swiss origins. He is principally remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival style of architecture. Among…

1812

Giovanni Duprè

Italian sculptor and educator (died 1882)

Giovanni Dupré was an Italian sculptor, of distant French stock long settled in Tuscany, who developed a reputation second only to that of his contemporary Lorenzo Bartolini.

1817

Joseph Hubert Reinkens

German bishop and academic (died 1896)

Joseph Hubert Reinkens was the first German Old Catholic bishop.

1821

Philip Fysh

English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (died 1919)

Sir Philip Oakley Fysh was an English-born Australian politician. He arrived in Tasmania in 1859 and became a leading merchant in Hobart. He served two terms as premier of Tasmania and became a leader of the colony's…

1835

William Dean Howells

American novelist, playwright, and critic (died 1920)

William Dean Howells was an American realist novelist, literary critic, playwright, and diplomat, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as…

1837

Nikolaos Gyzis

Greek painter and academic (died 1901)

Nikolaos Gyzis is considered one of Greece's most important 19th century painters. He was most famous for his work Eros and the Painter, his first genre painting. It was auctioned in May 2006 at Bonhams in London, being…

1842

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Irish-American sculptor and academic (died 1907)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens was an American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. Saint-Gaudens was born in Dublin to an Irish-French family, and raised in New York City.…

1848

Théophile Delcassé

French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1923)

Théophile Delcassé was a French politician who served as foreign minister from 1898 to 1905. He is best known for his hatred of Germany and efforts to secure alliances with Russia and the United Kingdom that became the…

1852

Alexander Golovin

Russian painter and set designer (died 1930)

Aleksandr Yakovlevich Golovin was a Russian and Soviet decorator, painter, and stage designer. He designed productions for Sergei Diaghilev, Constantin Stanislavski, and Vsevolod Meyerhold.

1863

E. M. Antoniadi

Greek-French astronomer and academic (died 1944)

Eugène Michel Antoniadi was a Greek-French astronomer. He is known for creating the Antoniadi scale as well as for his observations of the planets, and was a major opponent of the notion of Martian canals. He created…

1870

Henri de Baillet-Latour

Belgian businessman (died 1942)

Henri de Baillet-Latour, Count of Baillet-Latour was a Belgian aristocrat and the third president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

1876

Lytton Strachey

British writer and critic (died 1932)

Giles Lytton Strachey was an English writer and critic. A founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of Eminent Victorians, he established a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are…

1880

Oskar Kokoschka

Austrian-Swiss painter, poet, and playwright (died 1980)

Oskar Kokoschka was an Austrian artist, poet, playwright and teacher, best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes, as well as his theories on vision that influenced the Viennese Expressionist…

1886

Ewart Astill

English cricketer and billiards player (died 1948)

William Ewart Astill was, along with George Geary, the mainstay of the Leicestershire team from 1922 to about 1935. He played in nine Test matches but was never picked for a home Test or for an Ashes tour. However, for…

1888

Fanny Walden

English cricketer and umpire, international footballer (died 1949)

Frederick Ingram Walden was an English professional footballer who played outside right for Northampton Town, Tottenham Hotspur and at international level for England during the 1910s and 1920s. He also played cricket…

1888

Tetsuro Watsuji

Japanese historian and philosopher (died 1960)

Tetsurō Watsuji was a Japanese historian and moral philosopher.

1889

Theresa Bernstein

Polish-American painter and author (died 2002)

Theresa Ferber Bernstein-Meyerowitz was an American artist, writer, and supercentenarian born in Kraków, in what is now Poland, and raised in Philadelphia. She received her art training in Philadelphia and New York…

1890

Ralph Hitz

Austrian-American hotelier (died 1940)

Ralph Hitz was a pioneer in the hotel industry, whose ideas for marketing and customer service became the industry standard for luxury lodging. During the 1930s he was the head of the National Hotel Management Company,…

1891

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Japanese author and educator (died 1927)

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , art name Chōkōdō Shujin (澄江堂主人), was a Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan. He is regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story", and Japan's premier literary award, the…

1892

Mercedes de Acosta

American author, poet, and playwright (died 1968)

Mercedes de Acosta was an American poet, playwright, and novelist. Although she failed to achieve artistic and professional distinction, de Acosta is known for her many lesbian affairs with celebrated Broadway and…

1893

Dimitri Mitropoulos

Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1960)

Dimitri Mitropoulos was a Greek and American conductor, pianist, and composer.

1896

Moriz Seeler

German playwright and producer (died 1942)

Moriz Seeler was a German poet, writer, film producer, and man of the theatre.

1896

Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski

German SS officer (died 1972)

Erich Julius Eberhard von dem Bach-Zelewski was a German politician of Polish-Kashubian descent, military officer and high-ranking SS commander. During World War II, he was in charge of the Nazi security warfare against…

1899

Basil Bunting

British poet (died 1985)

Basil Cheesman Bunting was a British modernist poet whose reputation was established with the publication of Briggflatts in 1966, generally regarded as one of the major achievements of the modernist tradition in…

1900

Paul Hartman

American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1973)

Paul Hartman was an American dancer, stage performer and television actor.

1904

Glenn Miller

American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (died 1944)

Alton Glen "Glenn" Miller was an American big band conductor, arranger, composer, trombonist, and recording artist before and during World War II, when he was an officer in the US Army Air Forces. His civilian band,…

1904

Doris Hare

Welsh-English actress, singer, and dancer (died 2000)

Doris Breamer Hare was a Welsh actress, comedian, singer, and dancer best known for portraying "Mum" Mabel Butler in the British sitcom On the Buses and its film spin-offs, after replacing the original actress Cicely…

1905

Phạm Văn Đồng

Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam (died 2000)

Phạm Văn Đồng was a Vietnamese politician who served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 to 1976. He later served as Prime Minister of Vietnam, following reunification of North and South Vietnam, from 1976…

1906

Eugene Esmonde

English lieutenant and pilot (died 1942)

Lieutenant-Commander Eugene Esmonde, was a distinguished Irish pilot in the Fleet Air Arm who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy awarded to members…

1909

Winston Sharples

American pianist and composer (died 1978)

Winston Singleton Sharples was an American composer known for his work with animated short subjects, especially those created by the animation department at Paramount Pictures. In his 35-year career, Sharples scored…

1909

Archer John Porter Martin

English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)

Archer John Porter Martin was a British chemist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of partition chromatography with Richard Synge.

1910

David Niven

English soldier and actor (died 1983)

James David Graham Niven was an English actor, soldier, raconteur, memoirist and novelist. Niven was known as a handsome and debonair leading man in Classic Hollywood films. His accolades include an Academy Award and…

1910

Gerald Emmett Carter

Canadian cardinal (died 2003)

Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Toronto from 1978 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979.

1912

Boris Chertok

Polish-Russian engineer and academic (died 2011)

Boris Yevseyevich Chertok was a Russian engineer in the former Soviet space program, mainly working in control systems, and later found employment in Roscosmos.

1912

Harry Caray

American sportscaster (died 1998)

Harry Christopher Caray was an American radio and television sportscaster. During his career he called the play-by-play for five Major League Baseball teams, beginning with 25 years of calling the games of the St. Louis…

1914

Ralph Ellison

American novelist and literary critic (died 1994)

Ralph Waldo Ellison was an American writer, literary critic, and scholar best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953.

1914

Robert Lowell

American poet (died 1977)

Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could trace its origins back to the Mayflower. His ancestors and contemporary family were important subjects in his…

1917

João Goulart

Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (died 1976)

João Belchior Marques Goulart, commonly known as Jango, was a Brazilian politician who served as the 24th president of Brazil from 1961 until a military coup d'état deposed him in 1964. He was considered the last…

1918

Gladys Spellman

American educator and politician (died 1988)

Gladys Noon Spellman was an American educator who served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 5th congressional district from January 3, 1975, to February 24, 1981, when her seat was declared vacant after she fell…

1918

Max Bentley

Canadian ice hockey player (died 1984)

Maxwell Herbert Lloyd Bentley was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Chicago Black Hawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League (NHL) as part of a professional…

1920

Howard Nemerov

American poet and academic (died 1991)

Howard Nemerov was an American poet. Nemerov was the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor of English and Distinguished Poet in Residence at Washington University in St. Louis. He was twice Poet…

1920

Cameron Argetsinger

American race car driver and lawyer (died 2008)

Cameron Argetsinger was an American sports car enthusiast, lawyer and auto racing executive best known for creating the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York, and making it the home of the…

1921

Terence Cooke

American cardinal (died 1983)

Terence James Cardinal Cooke was a senior-ranking American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of New York from 1968 until his death, quietly battling leukemia throughout his tenure. He was named a cardinal in…

1921

Richard Wilbur

American poet, translator, and essayist (died 2017)

Richard Purdy Wilbur was an American poet and literary translator. One of the foremost poets of the World War II generation, Wilbur's work, often employing rhyme, and composed primarily in traditional forms, was marked…

1921

William Gaines

American publisher (died 1992)

William Maxwell "Bill" Gaines was an American publisher and co-editor of EC Comics. Following a shift in EC's direction in 1950, Gaines presided over what became an artistically influential and historically important…

1922

Yitzhak Rabin

Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)

Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli statesman and general who was the prime minister of Israel, having served two terms in office, 1974–1977, and from 1992 until his assassination in 1995. He was the first prime minister to…

1922

Fred Scolari

American basketball player (died 2002)

Fred Joseph Scolari was an American professional basketball player. At 5'10", he played the point guard position.

1922

Arnold Drake

American author and screenwriter (died 2007)

Arnold Drake was an American comic book writer and screenwriter best known for co-creating the DC Comics characters Deadman and the Doom Patrol, and the Marvel Comics characters the Guardians of the Galaxy, Havok and…

1924

Deke Slayton

American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (died 1993)

Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton was an American Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts. He went on to become NASA's first chief of the Astronaut Office and…

1924

Robert Clary

French-American actor and author (died 2022)

Robert Clary was a French actor who was mainly active in the United States. He is best known for his role as Corporal Louis LeBeau on the television sitcom Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971). He also had recurring roles on the…

1926

Cesare Danova

Italian-American actor (died 1992)

Cesare Danova was an Italian actor. He was best known for his roles in The Captain's Daughter (1947), Viva Las Vegas (1964), Chamber of Horrors (1966), Mean Streets (1973), National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and…

1926

Pete Rozelle

American businessman and 3rd National Football League Commissioner (died 1996)

Alvin Ray "Pete" Rozelle was an American professional football executive. Rozelle served as the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) for nearly thirty years, from January 1960 until his retirement in…

1926

Allan Stanley

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2013)

Allan Herbert Stanley was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers and Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League…

1926

George O. Abell

American astronomer, academic, and skeptic (died 1983)

George Ogden Abell was an American astronomer and professor. He taught at UCLA, primarily as a research astronomer. He earned his B.S. in 1951, his M.S. in 1952 and his Ph.D. in 1957, all from Caltech. He was a Ph.D.…

1927

Harry Belafonte

American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2023)

Harry Belafonte was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte's career breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the…

1927

Robert Bork

American lawyer and scholar, United States Attorney General (died 2012)

Robert Heron "Bob" Bork was an American legal scholar who served as solicitor general of the United States from 1973 until 1977. A law professor by training, he was acting United States Attorney General from 1973 to…

1927

Jacques Rivette

French director, screenwriter, and critic (died 2016)

Jacques Rivette was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma. He made twenty-nine films, including L'Amour fou (1969), Out 1…

1928

Georgi Markov

Bulgarian journalist and author (died 1978)

Georgi Ivanov Markov was a Bulgarian dissident writer. He worked as a novelist, screenwriter and playwright in his native country, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, until his defection in 1969. After relocating to…

1929

Monu Mukhopadhyay

Indian Bengali actor (died 2020)

Sourendra Mohan Mukherjee, known as Monu Mukherjee, was an Indian actor who worked in Bengali language films and television serials. In 1958, he became a prompter. His first acting assignment was in the play Khudha, and…

1930

Gastone Nencini

Italian cyclist (died 1980)

Gastone Nencini was an Italian road racing cyclist who won the 1960 Tour de France and the 1957 Giro d'Italia.

1930

Jean-Michel Folon

Belgian painter and sculptor (died 2005)

Jean-Michel Folon was a Belgian artist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor.

1934

Joan Hackett

American actress (died 1983)

Joan Ann Hackett was an American actress. She acted in film, television, and theatre. She played roles in The Group (1966), Will Penny (1968), Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969), The Last of Sheila (1973), and The…

1934

Robert Conrad

American actor, radio host and stuntman (died 2020)

Robert Conrad was an American actor, singer, and stuntman. He is best known for his role in the 1965–1969 television series The Wild Wild West, playing the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West. He also…

1935

Jean-Edern Hallier

French author (died 1997)

Jean-Edern Hallier was a French writer, critic and publisher.

1936

Leo Brouwer

Cuban guitarist, composer, and conductor

Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida is a Cuban composer, conductor, and classical guitarist. He is a Member of Honour of the International Music Council.

1939

Mustansar Hussain Tarar

Pakistani author

Mustansar Hussain Tarar S.I. is a Pakistani author, travel enthusiast, mountaineer, writer, novelist, columnist, TV host and former actor.

1939

Robin Gray

Australian politician, 37th Premier of Tasmania

Robin Trevor Gray is an Australian former politician who was Premier of Tasmania from 1982 to 1989. A Liberal, he was elected Liberal state leader in 1981 and in 1982 defeated the Labor government of Harry Holgate on a…

1940

Robert Grossman

American painter, sculptor, and author (died 2018)

Robert Samuel Grossman was an American painter, sculptor, filmmaker, comics artist, illustrator and author. He is a member of The Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame.

1940

Robert Hass

American poet

Robert L. Hass is an American poet. He served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. He won the 2007 National Book Award and shared the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for the collection Time and…

1941

Dave Marcis

American stock car racing driver

David Alan Marcis is an American former professional stock car racing driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit whose career spanned five decades. Marcis won five times over this tenure, twice at Richmond, including his…

1941

Richard Myers

American general

Richard Bowman "Dick" Myers is a retired United States Air Force general who served as the 15th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As chairman, Myers was the highest ranking uniformed officer of the United States…

1942

Gil Amelio

American businessman

Gilbert Frank Amelio is an American technology executive. Amelio worked at Bell Labs, Fairchild Semiconductor, and the semiconductor division of Rockwell International, and was also the CEO of National Semiconductor and…

1943

José Ángel Iribar

Spanish footballer and manager

José Ángel Iribar Kortajarena, nicknamed El Chopo, is a Spanish former professional football goalkeeper and manager.

1943

Rashid Sunyaev

Russian-German astronomer and physicist

Rashid Alievich Sunyaev is a Soviet, and Russian, German astrophysicist of Tatar descent. He got his MS degree from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) in 1966. He became a professor at MIPT in 1974.…

1943

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of West Bengal

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was an Indian communist politician, statesman and a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), who served as the 7th Chief Minister of West Bengal from 2000 to 2011. In a…

1944

John Breaux

American lawyer and politician

John Berlinger Breaux is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician from Louisiana. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987 and as a United States senator from 1987 to 2005. A…

1944

Mike d'Abo

English singer

Michael David d'Abo is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of Manfred Mann from 1966 to the group's dissolution in 1969, and as the composer of the songs "Handbags and Gladrags" and "Build…

1944

Roger Daltrey

English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Sir Roger Harry Daltrey is an English singer, musician and actor. He is the co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band the Who, known for his powerful voice and charismatic stage presence. His stage persona earned…

1944

Dirk Benedict

American actor and director

Dirk Benedict is an American actor and author. He is best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica film and television series and Templeton "Face" Peck in The A-Team…

1945

Gerry Boulet

Canadian singer-songwriter (died 1990)

Joseph Gaétan Robert Gérald (Gerry) Boulet was a French Canadian rock singer. He was most well known as the vocalist for the Quebec rock band Offenbach, he also released two solo albums. He was considered one of the…

1946

Jim Crace

English author and academic

James Crace is an English novelist, playwright and short story writer. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1999, Crace was born in Hertfordshire and has lectured at the University of Texas at Austin.…

1946

Alan Thicke

Canadian-American actor and composer (died 2016)

Alan Willis Thicke was a Canadian-American actor, songwriter, and game/talk show host. He was the father of singer Robin Thicke. Thicke was best known for playing Dr. Jason Seaver on the 1980s sitcom Growing Pains on…

1947

Sergei Kourdakov

Russian-American KGB agent (died 1973)

Sergei Nikolayevich Kourdakov was a self described former KGB agent and Soviet Navy officer who from his late teens allegedly carried out more than 150 raids in underground Christian communities in regions of the Soviet…

1951

Dave Barr

Canadian golfer

David Allen Barr is a Canadian professional golfer who has played on the Canadian Tour, PGA Tour and Champions Tour.

1952

Nevada Barr

American actress and author

Nevada Barr is an American author of mystery fiction. She is known for her Anna Pigeon series, which is primarily set in a series of national parks and other protected areas of the United States.

1952

Janice Burgess

American television executive, screenwriter, and producer (died 2024)

Janice Burgess was an American television executive, screenwriter and producer for Nickelodeon. She created the Nick Jr. series The Backyardigans and worked as a writer and story editor for Nickelodeon's revival of Winx…

1952

Leigh Matthews

Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster

Leigh Raymond Matthews is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and coached Collingwood and the Brisbane Lions in the VFL and renamed Australian…

1952

Jerri Nielsen

American physician and explorer (died 2009)

Jerri Lin Nielsen was an American physician with extensive emergency room experience, who self-treated her breast cancer while stationed at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica until she could be safely…

1952

Martin O'Neill

Northern Irish footballer and manager

Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic.

1952

Brian Winters

American basketball player and coach

Brian Joseph Winters is an American former basketball player and coach.

1952

Sinan Çetin

Turkish actor, director, and producer

Sinan Çetin is a Turkish film director, actor and producer. He won the best director award at the 12th Dhaka International Film Festival.

1953

Carlos Queiroz

Portuguese footballer and manager

Carlos Manuel Brito Leal de Queiroz is a Portuguese football manager who manages the Ghana national team. He has served as the manager of the Portugal national team, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Iran,…

1953

M. K. Stalin

Indian Tamil politician, 8th and incumbent Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin is an Indian politician who has served as the eighth Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu since 2021. He became president of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on 28 August 2018, after serving as the…

1953

Catherine Bach

American actress

Catherine Bach is an American actress. She is known for playing Daisy Duke in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard and Margo Dutton in African Skies. In 2012, she joined the cast of the CBS soap opera The Young…

1954

Ron Howard

American actor, director, and producer

Ronald William Howard is an American filmmaker and actor. Howard started his career as a child actor before transitioning to directing films. Over his six-decade career, Howard has received multiple accolades, including…

1954

Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence

member of the British royal family and Royal Navy officer

Vice Admiral Sir Timothy James Hamilton Laurence is a British retired Royal Navy officer and husband of Anne, Princess Royal, the only sister of King Charles III.

1955

Tim Daly

American actor, director, and producer

James Timothy Daly is an American actor, producer and director, best known for his roles as Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom Wings and his recurring role as drug-addicted screenwriter J.T. Dolan on The Sopranos. He starred…

1956

Dalia Grybauskaitė

Lithuanian politician, 8th President of Lithuania

Dalia Grybauskaitė is a Lithuanian politician who served as the eighth president of Lithuania from 2009 to 2019. She is the first and so far only woman to hold the position and in 2014 she became the first President of…

1956

Nik Kershaw

English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Nicholas David Kershaw is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He came to prominence in 1984 as a solo artist, releasing eight singles that entered the top 40 of the UK singles chart during the…

1958

Wayne B. Phillips

Australian cricketer and coach

Wayne Bentley Phillips is a former Australian cricketer who played in 27 Test matches and 48 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1982 and 1986 as a batsman and wicket-keeper. He played for South Australia between 1978…

1958

Bertrand Piccard

Swiss psychiatrist and aviator

Bertrand Piccard FRSGS is a Swiss explorer, psychiatrist and environmentalist. Along with Brian Jones, he was the first to complete a non-stop balloon flight around the globe, in a balloon named Breitling Orbiter 3. He…

1958

Nick Griffin

English politician

Nicholas John Griffin is a British far-right politician who was chairman of the British National Party (BNP) from 1999 to 2014, and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England from 2009 to 2014.…

1959

Mike Rozier

American football player

Michael M. Rozier is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the United States Football League (USFL) for two seasons and the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons from 1985…

1961

Bryan Batt

American actor

Bryan Batt is an American actor best known for his role in the AMC series Mad Men as Salvatore Romano, the closeted art director for the Sterling Cooper agency. Primarily a theater actor, he has had a number of starring…

1963

Ron Francis

Canadian ice hockey player and manager

Ronald Michael Francis Jr. is a Canadian ice hockey executive and former player who most recently served as the president of hockey operations for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). He spent most of…

1963

Magnus Svensson

Swedish ice hockey player

Magnus Svensson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. He won a gold medal with Team Sweden at the 1994 Winter Olympics. He also played 46 games in the National Hockey League with the Florida Panthers.

1963

Russell Wong

American actor

Russell Wong is an American actor. Born in New York, Wong attended Santa Monica City College while training to become a dancer. With the desire of becoming an actor, he moved to Hong Kong in 1983, where he learned…

1963

Booker T

American professional wrestler and sportscaster

Booker T. Huffman Jr., better known by his ring name Booker T, is an American retired professional wrestler and professional wrestling trainer. He is currently signed to WWE, where he serves as a color commentator on…

1965

Chris Eigeman

American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer

Christopher Eigeman is an American actor and film director.

1965

Stewart Elliott

Canadian jockey

Stewart Elliott is a Canadian jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.

1965

Don Lemon

American journalist

Don Renaldo Lemon-Clark is an American television journalist best known for being a host on CNN from 2014 until 2023. He anchored weekend news programs on local television stations in Alabama and Pennsylvania during his…

1966

Zack Snyder

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Zachary Edward Snyder is an American filmmaker. After starting his career primarily directing music videos, he made his feature film debut in 2004 with Dawn of the Dead, a remake of the 1978 horror film of the same…

1966

George Eads

American actor

George Coleman Eads III is an American actor, known for his role as Nick Stokes on the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He later starred as Jack Dalton on the CBS action-adventure series MacGyver for…

1967

Aron Winter

Surinamese-Dutch footballer and manager

Aron Winter is a Dutch football manager and former player who most recently managed Suriname. A midfielder, he played for Ajax and Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and for Italian sides Lazio and Inter Milan. Born…

1967

Javier Bardem

Spanish actor and producer

Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem is a Spanish actor. In a career spanning over three decades, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award,…

1969

Yolanda Griffith

American basketball player and coach

Yolanda Evette Griffith is an American former professional basketball player who played in both the ABL and WNBA. An eight time WNBA All-Star, she was named the 1999 WNBA MVP and the WNBA Finals MVP in 2005 when she won…

1970

Ma Dong-seok

South Korean-American actor

Lee Dong-seok, better known by the stage names Ma Dong-seok (마동석) and Don Lee, is an American actor and film producer based in South Korea. He gained early recognition for his supporting roles in Nameless Gangster:…

1971

Brad Falchuk

American screenwriter, director, and producer

Bradley Douglas Falchuk is an American television writer, director, and producer. He is best known for co-creating the television series Glee, American Horror Story, Scream Queens, The Brothers Sun, and Pose with Ryan…

1971

Jack Davenport

English actor

Jack Arthur Davenport is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series This Life and Coupling, and as James Norrington in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. He has also appeared in…

1973

Ryan Peake

Canadian musician and songwriter

Ryan Anthony Peake is a Canadian musician who is the rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist of the rock band Nickelback. He has been with the band since their inception and is best known for his prominent…

1973

Emiliya Vacheva

Bulgarian judoka

Emiliya Vacheva is a Bulgarian judoka. She competed in the women's half-lightweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

1973

Chris Webber

American basketball player and sportscaster

Mayce Edward Christopher Webber III, nicknamed "C-Webb", is an American former professional basketball player. Webber played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), with the largest portion of his…

1973

Mark-Paul Gosselaar

American actor

Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar is an American actor. He is best known for playing Zack Morris in the NBC series Saved by the Bell (1989–1993), its sequel Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993–1994), and the…

1974

Rens Blom

Dutch pole vaulter

Rens Blom is a Dutch retired track and field athlete who competed in the pole vault. He is the 2005 world champion and former Dutch record holder with personal bests of 5.81 m outdoor and 5.75 m indoor.

1977

Jensen Ackles

American actor and musician

Jensen Ross Ackles is an American actor and musician. He gained recognition for his portrayal of Dean Winchester in The WB/CW dark fantasy drama series Supernatural (2005–2020) and appearing in television series such as…

1978

Mikkel Kessler

Danish boxer

Mikkel Kessler is a Danish former professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2013. He held multiple super-middleweight world championships, including the World Boxing Association (WBA) title three times between 2004…

1979

Bruno Langlois

Canadian cyclist

Bruno Langlois is a Canadian racing cyclist, who currently rides for club team Cartel RT.

1979

Shahid Afridi

Pakistani cricketer

Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi is a Pakistani former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. An all-rounder, Afridi was a right-handed leg spinner and a right-handed batsman.

1980

Sercan Güvenışık

German-Turkish footballer

Sercan Bilinç Güvenışık is a Turkish footballer currently playing for Miami Dade FC.

1980

Djimi Traoré

French-Malian footballer

Djimi Traoré is a former professional footballer who works as a coach for the Right to Dream Academy. He played as a left-back or centre-back. Born in France, Traoré played for Mali, and at club level, he played for…

1980

Will Power

Australian race car driver

William Steven Power is an Australian racing driver who competes in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 26 Dallara-Honda for Andretti Global. He won the 2018 Indianapolis 500 and has won the IndyCar Championship twice,…

1981

Travis Diener

American-Italian basketball player

Travis Lyle Diener is an American-Italian former professional basketball player who last played for Vanoli Cremona in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He also holds Italian citizenship, and has played for the…

1982

Daniel Carvalho

Brazilian footballer

Daniel da Silva Carvalho, more commonly known as Daniel Carvalho, is a Brazilian former football attacking midfielder.

1983

Lupita Nyong'o

Kenyan-Mexican actress

Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (born 1 March 1983) is an actress who has received various accolades, including an Actor Award, an Academy Award and a Daytime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for two British Academy Film…

1983

Alexander Steen

Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player

Alexander Lennart Steen is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. He was drafted 24th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2002 NHL entry draft, and started his NHL career with Toronto. He was traded to…

1984

Claudio Bieler

Argentinian footballer

Claudio Daniel Bieler is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Huracán de Vera.

1984

Andreas Ottl

German footballer

Andreas Ottl is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He signed his first professional contract for Bayern Munich in 2005. He also played for Germany's U-21 Team.

1985

Big E

American professional wrestler

Ettore Ewen, known professionally under the ring name Big E, is an American broadcaster, retired professional wrestler and former powerlifter. He is signed to WWE, where he primarily appears as a panelist and analysist…

1986

Jonathan Spector

American soccer player

Jonathan Michael Paul Spector is an American former soccer player who played as a defender. In his 16-year career playing first-team soccer he played over 400 games for club and country, and helped the United States win…

1986

Alec Utgoff

Ukrainian-English actor

Alec Utgoff is a British actor known for his roles in various films and television series. Born in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, he moved to the UK at a young age.

1986

Kesha

American singer-songwriter and actress

Kesha Rose Sebert, formerly stylized as Ke$ha, is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter. She has earned two number-one albums on the US Billboard 200 with Animal (2010) and Rainbow (2017), and the top-ten records…

1987

Kyle O'Reilly

Canadian professional wrestler

Kyle Richard Thomas Greenwood, better known by his ring name Kyle O'Reilly, is a Canadian professional wrestler. As of May 2022, he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Paragon and The…

1987

Trevor Cahill

American baseball player

Trevor John Cahill is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Kansas…

1988

Jarvis Varnado

American basketball player

Jarvis Lamar Varnado is an American former professional basketball player who played for two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), for the Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, and Philadelphia…

1988

Tenille Dashwood

Australian professional wrestler

Tenille Averil Dashwood is an Australian/American professional wrestler and social influencer. She is best known for her tenure in WWE, under the ring name Emma. She is also known for her time in Ring of Honor (ROH) and…

1989

Daniella Monet

American actress

Daniella Monet Gardner is an American actress, entrepreneur and television personality. She is best known for her role as Trina Vega in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious (2010–2013) and its spin-off Hollywood…

1989

Emeraude Toubia

Canadian-American actress

Emeraude Toubia is a Canadian-American actress. From 2016 to 2019, she portrayed Isabelle Lightwood on the Freeform fantasy series Shadowhunters. Toubia has been starred as Lily Diaz on the Amazon Prime Video romantic…

1989

Carlos Vela

Mexican footballer

Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido is a Mexican former professional footballer. A versatile offensive player, Vela could be deployed as a forward, winger, and attacking midfielder.

1989

Joe Mantiply

American baseball player

Joseph Newman Mantiply is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, and Arizona…

1991

Édouard Mendy

Senegalese footballer

Édouard Osoque Mendy is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for and captains Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli. Born in France, he plays for the Senegal national team.

1992

Tom Walsh

New Zealand athlete

Tomas Walsh is a New Zealand athlete who competes mainly in the shot put. He is the current national record holder both outdoors and indoors for the event. His personal best of 22.90 m, set in Doha, 5 October 2019, is…

1992

Juan Bernat

Spanish footballer

Juan Bernat Velasco is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Segunda División club Eibar.

1993

Michael Conforto

American baseball player

Michael Thomas Conforto, nicknamed "Scooter", is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Mets, San Francisco…

1993

Josh McEachran

English footballer

Joshua Mark McEachran is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Bristol Rovers.

1993

Victor Rask

Swedish ice hockey player

Victor Rask is a Swedish professional ice hockey center who is currently playing with the SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the National League (NL) after he spent eight years in the National Hockey League (NHL), playing for…

1993

Jordan Veretout

French footballer

Jordan Marcel Gilbert Veretout is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Qatar Stars League club Al-Arabi.

1993

Justin Bieber

Canadian singer-songwriter

Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian singer. Regarded as a prominent figure in contemporary popular music, he rose to fame in the late 2000s with his debut extended play, My World (2009), receiving international recognition…

1994

Asanoyama Hiroki

Japanese sumo wrestler

Asanoyama Hiroki is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Toyama Prefecture. He wrestles for Takasago stable. He debuted in sumo in March 2016 and made his makuuchi debut in September 2017. His highest rank has…

1994

Tyreek Hill

American football player

Tyreek Hill is an American professional football wide receiver. He played college football for the Garden City Broncbusters, Oklahoma State Cowboys, and West Alabama Tigers before being selected by the Kansas City…

1994

Maximilian Philipp

German footballer

Maximilian Marcus Philipp is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg. He represented Germany internationally at youth levels U20 and U21.

1994

Oswaldo Cabrera

Venezuelan baseball player

Oswaldo Alberto Cabrera is a Venezuelan professional baseball utility player for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He signed with the Yankees as a free agent when he was 16 years old. He made his MLB…

1999

Brogan Hay

Scottish footballer

Brogan Yvonne Hay is a Scottish footballer who plays for Rangers in the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) as a right winger or forward.

1999

Ja'Marr Chase

American football player

Ja'Marr Anthony Chase is an American professional football wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the LSU Tigers, where he won the Fred Biletnikoff…

2000

Wander Franco

Dominican baseball player

Wander Samuel Franco Aybar, nicknamed "El Patron", is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2021 and was an All-Star in 2023.

2001

Sapnap

American YouTuber

Sapnap is an American YouTuber and livestreamer known for his Minecraft content. Along with Dream and GeorgeNotFound, he is part of the Dream Team and was a founding member of the Dream SMP Minecraft server. He has…

2001

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