Famous Birthdays on March 13

Q: Who was born on March 13?

Famous people born on March 13 include: Louis I, Lazarus Spengler, William Louis, Georges de La Tour, John Berchmans.

Q: What is Clifford Roach known for?

Clifford Roach, Trinidadian cricketer and footballer (died 1988)

174 people 1372 – 2004

March 13 has seen 174 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1372 – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · March 13 — Wikipedia

1904 — Clifford Roach

Trinidadian cricketer and footballer (died 1988)

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Clifford Archibald Roach was a Trinidadian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test match in 1928

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Roach played for Trinidad, but before having any great success at first-class level, he was chosen to tour England with a West Indies team in 1928 and scored over 1,000 runs

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Two years later, he scored the West Indies' first century in Test matches, followed two matches later by the team's first double century

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When England played in the West Indies in 1930, he recorded his ground-breaking centuries but had intermittent success at Test level afterwards

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He toured Australia in 1930–31 and returned to England in 1933, when he once more passed 1,000 runs, but was dropped from the team in 1935

Louis I

Duke of Orléans (died 1407)

Louis I was Duke of Orléans from 1392 to his death in 1407. He was also Duke of Touraine (1386–1392), Count of Valois (1386?–1406), Blois (1397–1407), Angoulême (1404–1407), Périgord (1400–1407) and Soissons (1404–07).

1372

Lazarus Spengler

German hymnwriter (died 1534)

Lazarus Spengler was a prominent supporter of Martin Luther and leader of the Protestant Reformation in Nuremberg, as well as a famous hymnwriter.

1479

William Louis

Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Dutch count (died 1620)

William Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg was Count of Nassau-Dillenburg from 1606 to 1620, and stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, and Drenthe.

1560

Georges de La Tour

French painter (probable; (died 1652)

Georges de La Tour was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648. He painted mostly religious chiaroscuro…

1593

John Berchmans

Belgian Jesuit scholastic and saint (died 1621)

John Berchmans, SJ was a Belgian Jesuit scholastic and is revered as a saint in the Catholic Church.

1599

Innocent XII

pope of the Catholic Church (died 1700)

Pope Innocent XII, born Antonio Pignatelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 July 1691 until his death in September 1700.

1615

Johann Wilhelm Weinmann

German botanist (died 1741)

Johann Wilhelm Weinmann, apothecary and botanist, is noted for his creation of the florilegium Phytanthoza iconographia between 1737 and 1745, an ambitious project which resulted in eight folio volumes with more than…

1683

Michel Blavet

French flute player and composer (died 1768)

Michel Blavet was a French composer and flute virtuoso. Although Blavet taught himself to play almost every instrument, he specialized in the bassoon and the flute which he held to the left, the opposite of how most…

1700

John Griffin

4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (died 1797)

Field Marshal John Griffin Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, KB, was a British Army officer, politician and peer. He served as a junior officer with the Pragmatic Army in the Dutch Republic and Germany during the War…

1719

Charles Bonnet

Swiss historian and author (died 1793)

Charles Bonnet was a Genevan naturalist and philosophical writer. He is responsible for coining the term phyllotaxis to describe the arrangement of leaves on a plant. He was among the first to notice parthenogenetic…

1720

Joseph II

Holy Roman Emperor (died 1790)

Joseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from 18 August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 29 November 1780 until his death. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and…

1741

Guillaume Brune

French general and diplomat (died 1815)

Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, 1st Count Brune was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

1763

Charles Grey

2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1845)

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey was a British Whig politician who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834. His government enacted the Reform Acts of 1832, which expanded the electorate in the United…

1764

Daniel Lambert

English animal breeder (died 1809)

Daniel Lambert was an English gaol keeper and animal breeder from Leicester, famous for his unusually large size. After serving four years as an apprentice at an engraving and die casting works in Birmingham, he…

1770

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

German painter and architect, designed the Konzerthaus Berlin (died 1841)

Karl Friedrich Schinkel was a Prussian architect, city planner and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets. Schinkel was one of the greatest German architects, a nineteenth century design genius, and a leader…

1781

Abigail Fillmore

American wife of Millard Fillmore, 14th First Lady of the United States (died 1853)

Abigail Fillmore was the first lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853 as the first wife of President Millard Fillmore. She began work as a schoolteacher at the age of 16, where she took on Millard Fillmore, who was…

1798

Mustafa Reşid Pasha

Ottoman politician, 212th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (died 1858)

Mustafa Reşid Pasha was an Ottoman Turkish statesman and diplomat, known best as the chief architect behind the imperial Ottoman government reforms known as Tanzimat.

1800

James Curtis Hepburn

American physician, linguist, and missionary (died 1911)

James Curtis Hepburn was an American physician, educator, translator and lay Christian missionary. He is known for the Hepburn romanization system for transliteration of the Japanese language into the Latin alphabet,…

1815

Hans Gude

Norwegian-German painter and academic (died 1903)

Hans Fredrik Gude was a Norwegian romanticist painter and is considered along with Johan Christian Dahl to be one of Norway's foremost landscape painters. He has been called a mainstay of Norwegian National Romanticism.…

1825

Percival Lowell

American astronomer and mathematician (died 1916)

Percival Lowell was an American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, and furthered theories of a ninth planet within the Solar System. He founded the…

1855

B. H. Roberts

English-American historian and politician (died 1933)

Brigham Henry Roberts was a historian, politician, and leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He edited the seven-volume History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and independently…

1857

Hugo Wolf

Slovene-Austrian composer (died 1903)

Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf was an Austrian composer, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, somewhat related to…

1860

Paul Prosper Henrys

French general (died 1943)

Paul Prosper Henrys was a French general.

1862

Alexej von Jawlensky

Russian-German painter (died 1941)

Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky, surname also spelt as Yavlensky, was a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany. He was a key member of the New Munich Artist's Association, Der Blaue Reiter group, and later…

1864

William Glackens

American painter and illustrator (died 1938)

William James Glackens was an American realist painter and one of the founders of the Ashcan School, which rejected the formal boundaries of artistic beauty laid down by the conservative National Academy of Design. He…

1870

Ellery Harding Clark

American jumper, coach, and lawyer (died 1949)

Ellery Harding Clark was an American track and field athlete and a writer. He was the first modern Olympic champion in high jump and long jump.

1874

Josef Gočár

Czech architect (died 1945)

Josef Gočár was a Czech architect. He was one of the founders of modern architecture in the Czech Republic.

1880

Enrico Toselli

Italian pianist and composer (died 1926)

Enrico Toselli, Count of Montignoso, was an Italian pianist and composer. Born in Florence, he studied piano with Giovanni Sgambati and composition with Giuseppe Martucci and Reginaldo Grazzini. He embarked on a career…

1883

Hugh Walpole

New Zealand-English author and educator (died 1941)

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry…

1884

Home Run Baker

American baseball player and manager (died 1963)

John Franklin "Home Run" Baker, also known as Frank Baker, was an American professional baseball player. A third baseman, Baker played in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1922 for the Philadelphia Athletics and New…

1886

Albert William Stevens

American captain and photographer (died 1949)

Albert William Stevens was an officer of the United States Army Air Corps, balloonist, and aerial photographer.

1886

Paul Morand

French author and diplomat (died 1976)

Paul Morand was a French author whose short stories and novellas were lauded for their style, wit and descriptive power. His most productive literary period was the interwar period of the 1920s and 1930s. He was much…

1888

Fritz Busch

German conductor and director (died 1951)

Fritz Busch was a German conductor.

1890

Janet Flanner

American journalist and author (died 1978)

Janet Flanner was an American writer and pioneering narrative journalist who served as the Paris correspondent of The New Yorker magazine from 1925 until she retired in 1975. She wrote under the pen name "Genêt". She…

1892

Yeghishe Charents

Armenian poet and activist (died 1937)

Yeghishe Charents was an Armenian poet, writer, and public activist. Charents's literary subject matter ranged from his experiences in the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and frequently Armenia and Armenians.…

1897

Henry Hathaway

American director and producer (died 1985)

Henry Hathaway was an American film director and producer, whose career spanned from the 1930s through the 1970s. He was best known as a director of Western, adventure, and noir films, especially starring John Wayne,…

1898

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1980)

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and mathematician who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977 for his contributions to the understanding of the behavior of electronic magnetism in solids. He shared the…

1899

Pancho Vladigerov

Bulgarian pianist and composer (died 1978)

Pancho Haralanov Vladigerov was a Bulgarian composer, pedagogue, and pianist.

1899

Andrée Bosquet

Belgian painter (died 1980)

Andrée Bosquet was a Belgian painter.

1900

Giorgos Seferis

Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)

Giorgos or George Seferis, the pen name of Georgios Seferiadis, was a Greek poet and diplomat. He was one of the most important Greek poets of the 20th century, and a Nobel laureate.

1900

Hans Bellmer

German-French painter and sculptor (died 1975)

Hans Bellmer was a German artist, best known for his drawings, etchings that illustrates the 1940 edition of Histoire de l’œil, and the life-sized female dolls he produced in the mid-1930s. Historians of art and…

1902

Dorothy Tangney

Australian politician (died 1985)

Dame Dorothy Margaret Tangney DBE was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1943 to 1968. She was the first woman elected to…

1907

Walter Annenberg

American publisher, philanthropist, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (died 2002)

Walter Hubert Annenberg was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and diplomat. Annenberg owned and operated Triangle Publications, which included ownership of The Philadelphia Inquirer, TV Guide, the Daily…

1908

Myrtle Bachelder

American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer (died 1997)

Myrtle Claire Bachelder was an American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer, who is noted for her secret work on the Manhattan Project atomic bomb program, and for the development of techniques in the chemistry of…

1908

Sammy Kaye

American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (died 1987)

Sammy Kaye was an American bandleader and songwriter, whose tag line, "Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye", became one of the most famous of the Big Band Era. The expression springs from his first hit single in 1937, "Swing…

1910

Kemal Tahir

Turkish journalist and author (died 1973)

Kemal Tahir was a prominent Turkish novelist and intellectual. Tahir spent 13 years of his life imprisoned for political reasons and wrote some of his best known novels during this time.

1910

José Ardévol

Cuban composer and conductor (died 1981)

José Ardévol was a Cuban composer and conductor of Spanish derivation.

1911

L. Ron Hubbard

American author, founder of Scientology (died 1986)

Lafayette Ronald Hubbard was an American author and the founder of Scientology. A prolific writer of pulp science fiction and fantasy novels in his early career, in 1950 he authored the pseudoscientific book Dianetics:…

1911

William J. Casey

American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence (died 1987)

William Joseph Casey was an American lawyer who was the Director of Central Intelligence from 1981 to 1987. In this capacity he oversaw the entire United States Intelligence Community and personally directed the Central…

1913

Sergey Mikhalkov

Russian author and playwright (died 2009)

Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov was a Russian author of children's books and satirical fables. He wrote the lyrics for the Soviet and Russian national anthems.

1913

W. O. Mitchell

Canadian author and playwright (died 1998)

William Ormond Mitchell was a Canadian writer and broadcaster. His "best-loved" novel is Who Has Seen the Wind (1947), which portrays life on the Canadian Prairies from the point of view of a small boy and sold almost a…

1914

Edward O'Hare

American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1943)

Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry O'Hare was an American naval aviator of the United States Navy, who on February 20, 1942, became the Navy's first fighter ace of the war when he single-handedly attacked a formation of…

1914

Lindy Boggs

American educator and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the Holy See (died 2013)

Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs was a politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She was the first woman elected to Congress from…

1916

Jacque Fresco

American engineer and academic (died 2017)

Jacque Fresco was an American futurist and self-described social engineer. Self-taught, he worked in a variety of positions related to industrial design.

1916

Ralph J. Roberts

American businessman, co-founded Comcast (died 2015)

Ralph Joel Roberts was an American businessman who was the founder of Comcast, serving as its CEO for 46 years and as its chairman emeritus until his death in 2015.

1920

Al Jaffee

American cartoonist (died 2023)

Allan Jaffee was an American cartoonist. He was known for his work in the satirical magazine Mad, including his trademark feature, the Mad Fold-in. Jaffee was a regular contributor to the magazine for 65 years and is…

1921

Dimitrios Ioannidis

Greek general (died 2010)

Dimitrios Ioannidis, also known as Dimitris Ioannidis and as The Invisible Dictator, was a Greek military officer and one of the leading figures in the junta that ruled the country from 1967 to 1974. Ioannidis was…

1923

Roy Haynes

American drummer and composer (died 2024)

Roy Owen Haynes was an American jazz drummer. In the 1950s, he was given the nickname "Snap Crackle" for his distinctive snare drum sound and musical vocabulary. He is among the most recorded drummers in jazz. In a…

1925

Carlos Roberto Reina

Honduran lawyer and politician, President of Honduras (died 2003)

Carlos Roberto Reina Idiáquez was a Honduran politician, lawyer and diplomat who served as the President of Honduras from 1994 to 1998. He was a member of the Honduran Liberal Party.

1926

Zbigniew Messner

Polish economist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (died 2014)

Zbigniew Stefan Messner was a Polish communist politician and economist. His ancestors were of German Polish descent who had assimilated into Polish society. In 1972, he became Professor of Karol Adamiecki University of…

1929

Walter Jacob

American Reform rabbi (died 2024)

Walter Jacob was an American Reform rabbi. He was rabbi at the Rodef Shalom Congregation in Pittsburgh from 1955 to 1997. He served as chairman of organizations such as the Central Conference of American Rabbis and…

1930

Diane Dillon

American illustrator

Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon were American illustrators of children's books and adult paperback book and magazine covers. One obituary of Leo called the work of the husband-and-wife team "a seamless amalgam of both their…

1933

Mahdi Elmandjra

Moroccan economist and sociologist (died 2014)

Mahdi Elmandjra was a Moroccan futurologist, economist and sociologist. He is one of the founders of the International Federation for Future Studies (Futuribles). He predicted a number of events, the most important of…

1933

Gero von Wilpert

German author and academic (died 2009)

Gero von Wilpert was a German author, a senior lecturer in German at the University of New South Wales and, from 1980, Professor of German at the University of Sydney.

1933

David Nobbs

English author and screenwriter (died 2015)

David Gordon Nobbs was an English comedy writer, best known for writing the 1970s television series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, adapted from his own novels.

1935

Robert Gammage

American captain and politician (died 2012)

Robert Alton Gammage was an American politician, having served as a Democrat in the Texas House of Representatives, the Texas State Senate, and the United States House of Representatives.

1938

Neil Sedaka

American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2026)

Neil Sedaka was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Beginning his music career in 1957, he sold millions of records worldwide and wrote or co-wrote over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating…

1939

Donella Meadows

American environmentalist, author, and academic (died 2001)

Donella Hager "Dana" Meadows was an American environmental scientist, educator, and writer. She is best known as lead author of the books The Limits to Growth and Thinking In Systems: A Primer.

1941

Lee Moses

American R&B Soul Singer and Guitarist (died 1998)

Vincent Lee Moses, known as Lee Moses, was an American R&B and soul singer and guitarist. His recordings in the late 1960s as well as his 1971 LP Time and Place, are highly regarded within the deep soul genre.

1941

Dave Cutler

American computer scientist and engineer

David Neil Cutler Sr. is an American software engineer. He developed several computer operating systems, namely Microsoft Windows NT, and Digital Equipment Corporation's RSX-11M, VAXELN, VMS, and MICA.

1942

Mahmoud Darwish

Palestinian poet and author (died 2008)

Mahmoud Darwish was a Palestinian author and poet. He wrote the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, which formally established the State of Palestine in November 1988, and is widely regarded as the country's…

1942

Scatman John

American singer-songwriter (died 1999)

John Paul Larkin, known professionally under the alias Scatman John, was an American musician. A prolific jazz pianist and vocalist for several decades, he rose to prominence in 1994 through his fusion of scat singing…

1942

George Negus

Australian journalist and television host (died 2024)

George Edward Negus AM was an Australian journalist, author, television and radio presenter specialising in international affairs. He was a pioneer of Australian broadcast journalism, first appearing on the ABC's This…

1942

Terence Burns

Baron Burns, English economist and academic

Terence Burns, Baron Burns, sometimes known as Terry Burns, is a British economist. He made a life peer in 1998 for his services as former Chief Economic Advisor and Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury. He served as…

1944

Anatoly Fomenko

Russian mathematician and academic

Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko is a Soviet and Russian professor of Mathematics at Moscow State University. He is well-known as a topologist and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is a painter and illustrator of…

1945

Yonatan Netanyahu

American-Israeli colonel (died 1976)

Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu was an Israeli military officer who commanded Sayeret Matkal during the Entebbe raid. The raid was launched in response to the 1976 hijacking of an international civilian passenger flight from…

1946

Lesley Collier

English ballerina and educator

Lesley Faye Collier is an English ballerina and teacher of dance. In 1972 she became a principal dancer of the Royal Ballet. In 1995 she left the company and began to teach at the Royal Ballet School. She is a…

1947

Beat Richner

Swiss pediatrician and cellist (died 2018)

Beat Richner was a Swiss pediatrician, cellist and founder of children's hospitals in Cambodia. He created the Kantha Bopha Foundation in Zürich in 1992 and became its head. Along with another expatriate, he oversaw and…

1947

Lyn St. James

American race car driver

Lyn St. James is an American former race car driver. She competed in the IndyCar series, with eleven CART and five Indy Racing League starts to her name. St. James is one of nine women who have qualified for the…

1947

Ze'ev Bielski

Israeli politician

Ze'ev Bielski is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima between 2009 and 2013. He previously chaired the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization and worked as a Jewish Agency…

1949

Sian Elias

New Zealand lawyer and politician, 12th Chief Justice of New Zealand

Dame Sian Seerpoohi Elias is a former New Zealand judge who served as the 12th chief justice of New Zealand, and was therefore the most senior member of the country's judiciary. She was the inaugural presiding judge of…

1949

Trevor Sorbie

Scottish hairdresser (died 2024)

Trevor John Sorbie was a Scottish celebrity hairdresser and businessman. He is credited as the creator of the wedge haircut and was a four-time winner of British Hairdresser of the Year.

1949

Joe Bugner

Hungarian-British boxer and actor (died 2025)

József Kreul Bugner was a Hungarian-born British–Australian professional boxer, who competed in the heavyweight division, and actor. He held triple nationality, originally being a citizen of Hungary and becoming a…

1950

Bernard Julien

Trinidadian cricketer

Bernard Denis Julien was a Trinidad and Tobago cricketer who played as an allrounder. As a right-handed batsman who bowled both left-arm pace and spin, Julien played in 24 Tests and 12 One Day Internationals for the…

1950

Charles Krauthammer

American physician, journalist, and author (died 2018)

Charles Krauthammer was an American political columnist. A moderate liberal who turned independent conservative as a political pundit, Krauthammer won the Pulitzer Prize for his columns in The Washington Post in 1987.…

1950

William H. Macy

American actor, director, and screenwriter

William Hall Macy Jr. is an American actor and filmmaker. He is a two-time Emmy Award and four-time Screen Actors Guild Award winner, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, a Drama Critics' Circle Award, and five…

1950

Wolfgang Rihm

German composer and educator

Wolfgang Michael Rihm was a German composer of contemporary classical music and an academic teacher based in Karlsruhe. He was an influential post-war European composer, as "one of the most original and independent…

1952

Tim Sebastian

English journalist and author

Tim Sebastian is an English television journalist and novelist. He is the moderator of Conflict Zone and New Arab Debates on Deutsche Welle. He previously worked for the BBC, where he hosted Doha Debates and was the…

1952

Andy Bean

American golfer (died 2023)

Thomas Andrew Bean was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.

1953

Michael Curry

American bishop, 27th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church

Michael Bruce Curry is an American retired bishop who was the 27th presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church. Elected in 2015, he was the first African American elected to the role, having previously served…

1953

Deborah Raffin

American actress (died 2012)

Deborah Iona Raffin was an American actress, model and audiobook publisher.

1953

Valerie Amos

Baroness Amos, Guyanese-English politician and diplomat

Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos is a British Labour Party politician and diplomat who served as the eighth UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Before her appointment to…

1954

Robin Duke

Canadian actress and screenwriter

Robin Duke is a Canadian actress, comedian, and voice actress. Duke may be best known for her work on the television comedy series SCTV and, later, Saturday Night Live. She co-founded Women Fully Clothed, a sketch…

1954

Bruno Conti

Italian footballer and manager

Bruno Conti is an Italian football manager and former player. He is currently head of AS Roma's youth sector.

1955

Glenne Headly

American actress (died 2017)

Glenne Aimee Headly was an American actress. She was widely known for her roles in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), Dick Tracy (1990), and Mr. Holland's Opus (1995). Headly received a Theatre World Award and four Joseph…

1955

Olga Rukavishnikova

Russian pentathlete

Olga Aleksandrovna Rukavishnikova is a Soviet athlete who competed in the women's pentathlon event during her career.

1955

Dana Delany

American actress and producer

Dana Delany is an American actress. After appearing in small roles early in her career, Delany received her breakthrough role as Colleen McMurphy on the ABC television drama China Beach (1988–1991), for which she…

1956

Jamie Dimon

North-American businessman and banker

James Dimon is an American businessman who has been the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of JPMorgan Chase since 2006.

1956

John Hoeven

American banker and politician, 31st Governor of North Dakota

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1957

Moses Hogan

American composer and conductor (died 2003)

Moses George Hogan was an American composer and arranger of choral music. He was best known for his settings of spirituals. Hogan was a pianist, conductor, and arranger of international renown. His works are celebrated…

1957

Mágico González

Salvadoran footballer

Jorge Alberto González Barillas, popularly known as El Mágico, is a Salvadoran former professional footballer who played mainly as a forward.

1958

Rick Lazio

American lawyer and politician

Enrico Anthony Lazio is an American attorney and former four-term U.S. representative from the State of New York. A Long Island native, Lazio became well-known during his bid for U.S. Senate in New York's 2000 Senate…

1958

Caryl Phillips

Caribbean-English author and playwright

Caryl Phillips is a Kittitian-British novelist, playwright and essayist. Best known for his novels, Phillips is often described as a Black Atlantic writer, since much of his fictional output is defined by its interest…

1958

Dirk Wellham

Australian cricketer

Dirk MacDonald Wellham is a former Australian cricketer who played in six Test matches and 17 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1981 and 1987. He is one of four players to score a century in both his first class and…

1959

Adam Clayton

English-Irish musician and songwriter

Adam Charles Clayton is an English-Irish musician who is the bass guitarist of the rock band U2. Born in Oxfordshire, England, he lived in County Dublin, Ireland after his family moved to Malahide in 1965, when he was…

1960

Joe Ranft

American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor (died 2005)

Joseph Henry Ranft was an American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor. He worked for Pixar Animation Studios and Disney at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Television Animation. His younger brother Jerome…

1960

Alfredo Maia

Portuguese politician

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1962

Mariano Duncan

Dominican baseball player and manager

Mariano Duncan Nalasco is a Dominican former second baseman and shortstop who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, and Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball…

1963

Vance Johnson

American football player

Vance Edward Johnson is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arizona Wildcats. Johnson…

1963

Fito Páez

Argentine musician, songwriter and filmmaker

Rodolfo "Fito" Páez is an Argentine Latin rock musician and filmmaker. A former member of the Trova Rosarina, he is dubbed the "Troubadour of Argentine rock" and is considered an important figure in the genre and in…

1963

Will Clark

American baseball player

William Nuschler Clark Jr. is an American professional baseball first baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1986 through 2000. He played for the San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles,…

1964

Craig Dimond

Australian rugby league player

Craig Dimond is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played his club football career for the Illawarra Steelers, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Canberra…

1964

Trevor Gillmeister

Australian rugby league player and coach

Trevor Gillmeister is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who is employed as a rugby league analyst at Channel 7 Brisbane. During his playing days, Gillmeister played for the Eastern Suburbs…

1964

Chico Science

Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 1997)

Francisco de Assis França, better known as Chico Science, was a Brazilian singer and composer and one of the founders of the manguebeat cultural movement. He died in a car accident in 1997 in Recife, Pernambuco, at the…

1966

Andrés Escobar

Colombian footballer (died 1994)

Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga was a Colombian professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He played for Atlético Nacional, BSC Young Boys, and the Colombia national team. Nicknamed The Gentleman, he was known for…

1967

Pieter Vink

Dutch footballer and referee

Pieter Vink is a former Dutch football referee, who also officiated for FIFA and UEFA. He was the first referee to take charge of a match at the "New Wembley Stadium" in 2007. His other occupation was as a police…

1967

Darren Fritz

Australian rugby league player

Darren Fritz is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Queensland, and at club level for Canberra Raiders, Wakefield Trinity,…

1969

Tim Story

American director and producer

Timothy Kevin Story is an American film director, producer, and editor. He is best known for Barbershop (2002), Fantastic Four (2005), and the Ride Along franchise. He has been nominated for two NAACP Image Awards for…

1970

Annabeth Gish

American actress

Annabeth Gish is an American actress. She played roles in the films Shag, Hiding Out, Mystic Pizza, SLC Punk!, The Last Supper and Double Jeopardy. On television, she played Special Agent Monica Reyes on The X-Files,…

1971

Allan Nielsen

Danish footballer and manager

Allan Nielsen is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. His most notable period of football was four years at English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur with whom he won the 1999 League…

1971

Adina Porter

American actress

Adina Elizabeth Porter is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Lettie Mae Thornton on the HBO fantasy horror series True Blood (2008–2014), Kendra James on the HBO drama series The Newsroom…

1971

Common

American rapper and actor

Lonnie Rashid Lynn, known professionally as Common, is an American rapper, actor and activist. The recipient of three Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award, he signed with the…

1972

Trent Dilfer

American football player, coach, and analyst

Trent Farris Dilfer is an American football coach and former quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons. Dilfer achieved his greatest professional success as the starting quarterback of…

1972

Edgar Davids

Surinamese-Dutch footballer and manager

Edgar Steven Davids is a Dutch former professional footballer. Davids was nicknamed "The Pitbull" because of his marking ability, aggression, and hard tackling style of play.

1973

David Draiman

American singer-songwriter

David Michael Draiman is an American heavy metal singer. Noted for his distorted baritone voice and percussive singing style, he has been the lead vocalist of Disturbed since 1996. He has written some of the band's most…

1973

Bobby Jackson

American basketball player and coach

Bobby Jackson is an American professional basketball coach and former player, who is an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Western…

1973

James Brinkley

Scottish cricketer

James Brinkley is a Scottish former cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He played five One Day Internationals in May 1999. He played List A cricket until 2004 and participated in…

1974

Thomas Enqvist

Swedish tennis player and sportscaster

Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist is a Swedish tennis coach and a former professional player. He reached the final of the 1999 Australian Open and won a total of 19 singles titles, including three Masters titles. He has a…

1974

Mark Clattenburg

English football referee

Mark Clattenburg is an English former professional football referee.

1975

Troy Hudson

American basketball player and rapper

Troy Elderon Hudson is an American former professional basketball point guard. He played 11 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) after going undrafted in 1997. He averaged a career-high 14.2 points per…

1976

Danny Masterson

American actor and producer

Daniel Peter Masterson is an American actor. He portrayed Steven Hyde in That '70s Show (1998–2006), Milo Foster in Men at Work (2012–2014), and Jameson "Rooster" Bennett in The Ranch (2016–2018).

1976

Tom Danielson

American cyclist

Thomas Danielson is an American retired professional road racing cyclist who competed professionally between 2002 and 2015 for the Mercury Cycling Team (2002), the Saturn Cycling Team (2003), Fassa Bortolo (2004),…

1978

Johan Santana

Venezuelan baseball player

Johan Alexander Santana Araque is a Venezuelan former professional baseball starting pitcher. Santana pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins from 2000 to 2007 and for the New York Mets from 2008…

1979

Cédric Van Branteghem

Belgian sprinter

Cédric Marie Carlos Thérèse Van Branteghem is a former Belgian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

1979

Caron Butler

American basketball player

James Caron Butler is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. He was the 2002 Big East Conference Men's Basketball…

1980

Brad Watts

Australian rugby league player

Brad Watts is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who competed in the National Rugby League. He played for the Melbourne Storm from 1999 to 2001, then for the South Sydney Rabbitohs from 2002 to…

1980

Izi Castro Marques

Brazilian basketball player

Iziane "Izi" Castro Marques is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player. Castro Marques played for the Brazil national team and played for the Miami Sol, Phoenix Mercury, Seattle Storm, Atlanta Dream,…

1982

Nicole Ohlde

American basketball player

Nicole Katherine Ohlde is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Minnesota Lynx, Phoenix Mercury and Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

1982

Kaitlin Sandeno

American swimmer

Kaitlin Sandeno-Hogan is an American former competition swimmer who is an Olympic gold medalist, world champion and former world record-holder. Sandeno was a member of the American team that set a new world record in…

1983

Geeta Basra

Indian actress

Geeta Basra is an English former actress who has appeared in Bollywood films.

1984

Alcides

Brazilian footballer

Alcides Eduardo Mendes de Araújo Alves, known simply as Alcides, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as either a right back or a central defender.

1985

Emile Hirsch

American actor

Emile Davenport Hirsch is an American actor. His portrayal of Chris McCandless in Into the Wild (2007) earned him acclaim and multiple award nominations.

1985

Neil Wagner

South African-New Zealand cricketer

Neil Wagner is a New Zealand former Test cricketer who played for New Zealand and Northern Districts cricket teams. He played for Northerns until 2007/08 and Otago between 2008 and 2018. Wagner was a member of the New…

1986

Marco Andretti

American race car driver

Marco Michael Andretti is an American retired auto racing driver who competed in the IndyCar Series from 2006 to 2025. He is the grandson of racing legend Mario Andretti, the son of CART champion Michael Andretti, and…

1987

Andreas Beck

German footballer

Andreas Beck is a former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Born in the Soviet Union, he represented Germany at youth and senior levels.

1987

Furdjel Narsingh

Dutch footballer

Furdjel Robby Narsingh is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger. He formerly played for AZ, Volendam, Telstar, PEC Zwolle, SC Cambuur, De Graafschap and Ararat-Armenia.

1988

Holger Badstuber

German footballer

Holger Felix Badstuber is a German former professional footballer who primarily played as a centre-back.

1989

Peaches Geldof

English columnist, television personality, and model (died 2014)

Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof was an English columnist, television personality, and model.

1989

Sandy León

Venezuelan baseball player

Sandy David León López is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the Saraperos de Saltillo of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals, Boston Red…

1989

Marko Marin

German footballer

Marko Marin is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and winger. He was known for his acceleration, dribbling, agility, creativity, versatility, technical skill and playmaking…

1989

Robert Wickens

Canadian racing driver

Robert Tyler Wickens is a Canadian racing driver from Guelph, Ontario, driving in the Sprint Cup of the IMSA SportsCar Championship for DXDT Racing. In 2009 he finished in second place in the FIA Formula Two…

1989

Anicet Abel

Malagasy footballer

Anicet Abel Andrianantenaina is a Malagasy retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1990

Marcell Dareus

American football player

Marcell Dareus is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he was named defensive…

1990

Daniel Greig

Australian speed skater

Daniel Greig is an Australian speed skater. He was selected for Australia as a speed skater during the 2014 Winter Olympics for the men's 500, 1000 and 1500 m events. During the 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating…

1991

Tristan Thompson

American basketball player

Tristan Trevor James Thompson is a Canadian–American professional basketball player who has played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Throughout his career, he has played for the Cleveland…

1991

Lucy Fry

Australian actress

Lucy Elizabeth Fry is an Australian actress. She is known for portraying Zoey in Lightning Point, Lyla in Mako: Island of Secrets, and Lissa Dragomir in the film Vampire Academy. Fry was also cast in Hulu's eight part…

1992

George MacKay

English actor

George Andrew J. MacKay is an English actor. He began his career as a child actor in Peter Pan (2003). He had starring roles in the British war drama Private Peaceful (2012), the romantic film How I Live Now (2013), For…

1992

Ozuna

Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and rapper

Juan Carlos Ozuna Rosado , known professionally as Ozuna, is a Puerto Rican singer. Five of his studio albums have topped the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, with Aura (2018) reached number seven on the Billboard 200.…

1992

South Korean actor and singer

Kim Myung-soo, known professionally as L (Korean: 엘), is a South Korean singer and actor. He debuted as a vocalist of boy band Infinite in 2010 and its sub-group Infinite F in 2014.

1992

Tyrone Mings

English footballer

Tyrone Deon Mings is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Aston Villa.

1993

Gerard Deulofeu

Spanish footballer

Gerard Deulofeu Lázaro is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger. He is currently a free agent.

1994

Mohammed Siraj

Indian cricketer

Mohammed Siraj is an Indian international cricketer who plays as a right-arm fast bowler for the India national team. He plays for Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League and Hyderabad in domestic cricket. He was a…

1994

Mikaela Shiffrin

American skier

Mikaela Pauline Shiffrin is an American alpine skier. Shiffrin is the most decorated American alpine skier in World Championships history. She has the most World Cup wins of any alpine skier in history and is the only…

1995

Jang Su-jeong

South Korean tennis player

Jang Su-jeong is a South Korean professional tennis player. On 11 July 2022, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 114. On 22 May 2023, she peaked at No. 82 in the WTA doubles rankings.

1995

Brayden Point

Canadian ice hockey player

Brayden Point is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Lightning selected Point in the third round, 79th overall of the 2014 NHL…

1996

Pyper America

American model, actress, and musician

Pyper America Whitworth is an American model, actress, and musician.

1997

Landry Shamet

American basketball player

Landry Michael Shamet is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wichita State Shockers and was selected 26th…

1997

Jay-Roy Grot

Dutch footballer

Jay-Roy Jornell Grot is a professional footballer who plays as a striker or right winger for Danish Superliga club OB. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Suriname national team.

1998

Jack Harlow

American rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor

Jackman Thomas Harlow is an American rapper and singer. He began his recording career in 2015, and released several EPs and mixtapes until signing with Don Cannon and DJ Drama's record label Generation Now, an imprint…

1998

Beomgyu

South Korean singer-songwriter

Choi Beom-gyu, known mononymously as Beomgyu, is a South Korean singer and songwriter. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Tomorrow X Together, formed by Big Hit Entertainment in 2019. He released his first solo…

2001

Thomas Dearden

Australian rugby league player

Thomas Dearden is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who captains and plays as a five-eighth or halfback for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League

2001

Frank Gore Jr.

American football player

Franklin Gore Jr. is an American professional football running back for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles and was signed by the Bills…

2002

Coco Gauff

American tennis player

Cori Dionne "Coco" Gauff is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 2 in singles and of world No. 1 in doubles by the WTA. Gauff has won 11 career singles titles, including two…

2004

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