Famous Birthdays on March 16

Q: Who was born on March 16?

Famous people born on March 16 include: The Xuande Emperor, Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg, Kunigunde of Austria, Henry IV, Amar Singh I.

Q: What is José Paranhos known for?

José Paranhos, Brazilian politician (died 1880)

1819 — José Paranhos

Brazilian politician (died 1880)

March 16 has seen 351 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1399 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · March 16 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 351 people 1399 – 2001

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In 1871, Rio Branco became the president of the Council of Ministers

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Rio Branco was born in Salvador, in what was then the Captaincy of Bahia, to a wealthy family, but most of the fortune was lost after his parents' deaths early in his childhood

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After more than four years heading the Cabinet, Rio Branco resigned in 1875

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Rio Branco died in 1880 and was widely mourned throughout the country

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José Maria da Silva Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, was a Brazilian politician, monarchist, diplomat, teacher and journalist

The Xuande Emperor

ruler of Ming China (died 1435)

The Xuande Emperor, personal name Zhu Zhanji, was the fifth emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1425 to 1435. He succeeded his father, the Hongxi Emperor.

1399

Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg

Swiss priest and theologian (died 1510)

Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg was a priest, considered one of the greatest of the popular preachers of the 15th century. He was closely connected with the Renaissance humanists of Strasbourg, whose leader was the…

1445

Kunigunde of Austria

Duchess of Bavaria (died 1520)

Kunigunde of Austria, a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duchess of Bavaria from 1487 to 1508 by her marriage to the Wittelsbach duke Albert IV.

1465

Henry IV

Duke of Saxony (died 1541)

Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony was a Duke of Saxony from the House of Wettin. Succeeding his brother George, Duke of Saxony, a fervent Catholic who sought to extinguish Lutheranism by any means possible, Henry…

1473

Amar Singh I

successor of Maharana Pratap of Mewar (died 1620)

Maharana Amar Singh I the Sisodia-Rajput ruler of the Mewar Kingdom, was the eldest son and successor of Maharana Pratap I. He was the 14th Rana of Mewar, ruling from 19 January 1597 until his death on 26 January 1620.

1559

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

Dutch historian and poet (died 1647)

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft - Knight in the Order of Saint Michael - was a Dutch historian, poet and playwright who lived during the Dutch Golden Age in literature.

1581

Gerbrand Bredero

Dutch poet and playwright (died 1618)

Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero was a Dutch poet and playwright in the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.

1585

Ii Naotaka

Japanese daimyō (died 1659)

Ii Naotaka was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period who served under the Tokugawa shogunate. He was the son of the famous Tokugawa general Ii Naomasa. His childhood name was Bennosuke (弁之介).

1590

Ebba Brahe

Swedish countess (died 1674)

Ebba Magnusdotter Brahe was a Swedish countess, landowner, and courtier. She is foremost known for being the love object of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, who wished to marry her prior to his own marriage, a plan…

1596

Michael Franck

German poet and composer of hymns (died 1667)

Michael Franck was a German poet, composer and Protestant hymnwriter. He was born in Schleusingen, and died in Coburg.

1609

Agostino Mitelli

Italian painter (died 1660)

Agostino Mitelli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period and best known as a fresco painter of quadratura or illusionistic perspectival architectural frameworks.

1609

Georg Neumark

German poet and composer of hymns (died 1681)

Georg Neumark was a German poet and composer of hymns.

1621

René Le Bossu

French literary critic (died 1680)

René Le Bossu or le Bossu was a French literary critic.

1631

François Crépieul

Jesuit missionary (died 1702)

François Crépieul was a Jesuit missionary in Canada and vicar apostolic for the Montagnais Indians.

1638

Andreas Acoluthus

German scholar (died 1704)

Andreas Acoluthus was a German scholar of orientalism and professor of theology at Breslau (Wrocław). A native of Bernstadt (Bierutów), Lower Silesia, he was the son of Johannes Acoluthus, pastor of St. Elisabeth and…

1654

François de Franquetot de Coigny

French general (died 1759)

François de Franquetot de Coigny was a Marshal of France, Count, and from 1747, the Duke of Coigny.

1670

Jean Bouhier

French jurist and scholar (died 1746)

Jean Bouhier was a French magistrate, jurisconsultus, historian, translator, bibliophile and scholar. He served as the first président à mortier to the parlement de Bourgogne from 1704 to 1728, when he resigned to…

1673

Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

queen consort of Frederick William I (died 1757)

Sophia Dorothea of Hanover was Queen in Prussia and Electress of Brandenburg during the reign of her husband, King Frederick William I, from 1713 to 1740. She was the mother of Frederick the Great.

1687

Malhar Rao Holkar

Indian nobleman (died 1766)

Malhar Rao Holkar was a noble subedar of the Maratha Empire and the first Ruler of Indore from 1732 until his death in 1766. He was one of the early officers along with Ranoji Scindia (Shinde), appointed by shrimant…

1693

Daniel Lorenz Salthenius

Swedish theologian (died 1750)

Daniel Lorenz Salthenius was a professor of theology at the University of Königsberg from 1732 until his death.

1701

Maria Louise Albertine (died 1818)

Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg ; also known as Princess George, was heiress to the barony of Broich and by marriage Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt. She was the grandmother and educator of…

1729

Carlo Amoretti

Italian scientist (died 1816)

Carlo Amoretti was an ecclesiastic, scholar, writer, and scientist. He entered the Augustinian order in 1757. To further his studies, he went to Pavia and Parma where he also taught ecclesiastical law and he perfected…

1741

Nicolas-Germain Léonard

Guadeloupean poet and novelist (died 1793)

Nicolas-Germain Léonard was a poet and one of Guadeloupe's first writers.

1744

Caroline Herschel

German-English astronomer (died 1848)

Caroline Lucretia Herschel was a German astronomer, whose most significant contributions to astronomy were the discoveries of several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel–Rigollet, which bears her name. She…

1750

James Madison

American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States (died 1836)

James Madison was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison was popularly acclaimed as the "Father of the Constitution" for…

1751

François Amédée Doppet

French general (died 1799)

François Amédée Doppet was a Savoyard who briefly commanded three French armies during the French Revolutionary Wars without distinction. During the 1770s he enlisted in the French cavalry. Quitting the army after three…

1753

Johann Heinrich Meyer

Swiss painter and writer (died 1832)

Johann Heinrich Meyer was a Swiss painter, engraver and art critic. He served as the second Director of the Weimar Princely Free Drawing School. A close associate of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, he was often referred to…

1760

Jean-Frédéric Waldeck

French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer (died 1875)

Jean-Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck was a French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer. He was a man of talent and accomplishment, but his love of self-promotion and refusal to let the truth get in the way of a…

1766

Antoine-Jean Gros

French painter (died 1835)

Antoine-Jean Gros was a French painter of historical subjects. He was granted the title of Baron Gros in 1824.

1771

Juan Ramón Balcarce

Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (died 1836)

Juan Ramón González de Balcarce was an Argentine military leader and politician.

1773

Matthew Flinders

English navigator and cartographer (died 1814)

Captain Matthew Flinders was an English Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first…

1774

Johan Gijsbert Verstolk van Soelen

Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1845)

Johan Gijsbert Verstolk van Soelen was a Dutch politician. Between 1825 and 1841 he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

1776

Francis Rawdon Chesney

English general and explorer (died 1872)

Francis Rawdon Chesney was a British general and explorer.

1789

Georg Ohm

German physicist and mathematician (died 1854)

Georg Simon Ohm was a German mathematician and physicist. As a school teacher, Ohm began his research with the new electrochemical cell, invented by Italian scientist Alessandro Volta. Using equipment of his own…

1789

Ami Boué

Austrian geologist and ethnographer (died 1881)

Ami Boué was a geologist of French Huguenot origin. Born at Hamburg, he was trained in Edinburgh and across Europe. Based on fossil and the strata in which he observed them, he suggested that there were continuous…

1794

Alaric Alexander Watts

English poet and journalist (died 1864)

Alaric Alexander Watts was a British poet and journalist, born in London. His life was dedicated to newspaper creation and editing, and he was seen as a conservative writer. His newspaper ventures failed and led him to…

1797

Anna Atkins

English botanist and photographer (died 1871)

Anna Atkins was an English botanist and photographer. She is often considered the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images. Some sources say that she was the first woman to create a photograph.

1799

Emperor Ninkō of Japan (died 1846)

Emperor Ninkō was the 120th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession. Ninkō's reign spanned the years from 1817 until his death in 1846, and saw further deterioration of the power of the ruling…

1800

Ernst von Lasaulx

German philologist and politician (died 1861)

Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, known as Ernst von Lasaulx was a German philologist and politician.

1805

Félix De Vigne

Belgian painter (died 1862)

Félix De Vigne was a Belgian painter. He was a history painter, engraver, art historian, and instructor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, Belgium, the city of his birth. In 1847, he published Recherches…

1806

Hannah T. King

British-born American writer and pioneer (died 1886)

Hannah Dorcas Tapfield King was a 19th-century British-born American writer and pioneer. After converting to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England in 1850, her family emigrated to Utah in 1853 where…

1808

Gaëtan de Rochebouët

French prime minister (died 1899)

Gaëtan de Grimaudet, comte de Rochebouët was a French general who served as Prime Minister for less than a month in late 1877.

1813

Enrico Tamberlik

Italian tenor (died 1889)

Enrico Tamberlik was an Italian dramatic tenor who sang to great acclaim at Europe and America's leading opera venues. He excelled in the heroic roles of the Italian and French repertories and was renowned for his…

1820

Eduard Heine

German mathematician and academic (died 1881)

Heinrich Eduard Heine was a German mathematician.

1821

Rosa Bonheur

French painter and sculptor (died 1899)

Rosa Bonheur was a French artist known best as a painter of animals (animalière). She also made sculptures in a realist style. Her paintings include Ploughing in the Nivernais, first exhibited at the Salon of 1849, and…

1822

John Pope

American general (died 1892)

John Pope was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He had a brief successful stint in the Western Theater, but he is best known for his defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run…

1822

William Henry Monk

English organist and composer (died 1889)

William Henry Monk was an English organist, Anglican church musician, and music editor who composed popular hymn tunes, including "Eventide", used for the hymn "Abide with Me", and "All Things Bright and Beautiful". He…

1823

Camilo Castelo Branco

Portuguese writer (died 1890)

Camilo Castelo Branco, 1st Viscount of Correia Botelho, was a prolific Portuguese writer of the 19th century, having produced over 260 books. His writing is considered original in that it combines the dramatic and…

1825

Émile Deshayes de Marcère

French politician (died 1918)

Émile-Louis-Gustave Deshayes de Marcère was a French politician.

1828

James Hector

Scottish geologist and surgeon (died 1907)

Sir James Hector was a Scottish-New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon who accompanied the Palliser Expedition as a surgeon and geologist. He went on to have a lengthy career as a government employed man of…

1834

Andrew Smith Hallidie

English-American engineer and inventor (died 1900)

Andrew Smith Hallidie was an American entrepreneur who was the promoter of the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco. This was the world's first practical cable car system, and Hallidie is often therefore regarded…

1836

Sully Prudhomme

French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1907)

René François Armand "Sully" Prudhomme was a French poet and essayist. He was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1901.

1839

John Butler Yeats

Irish painter (died 1922)

John Butler Yeats RHA was an Irish artist and the father of W. B. Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett "Lollie" Yeats and Jack Butler Yeats. The National Gallery of Ireland holds a number of his portraits in oil and…

1839

Shibusawa Eiichi

Japanese industrialist (died 1931)

Shibusawa Eiichi, 1st Viscount Shibusawa was a Japanese business magnate widely known today as the "Father of Japanese capitalism", having introduced Western capitalism to Japan after the Meiji Restoration. He…

1840

Georg von der Gabelentz

German linguist and sinologist (died 1893)

Georg von der Gabelentz was a German general linguist and sinologist. His Chinesische Grammatik (1881), according to a critic, "remains until today recognized as probably the finest overall grammatical survey of the…

1840

Umegatani Tōtarō I

Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (died 1928)

Umegatani Tōtarō I was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from the town of Haki, Chikuzen Province, now Shiwa, Fukuoka Prefecture. He was the sport's 15th yokozuna. He was generally regarded as the strongest…

1845

Gösta Mittag-Leffler

Swedish mathematician and academic (died 1927)

Magnus Gustaf "Gösta" Mittag-Leffler was a Swedish mathematician. His mathematical contributions are connected chiefly with the theory of functions that today is called complex analysis. He founded the prestigious…

1846

Rebecca Cole

American physician and social reformer (died 1922)

Rebecca J. Cole was an American physician, organization founder and social reformer. In 1867, she became the second African-American woman to become a doctor in the United States, after Rebecca Lee Crumpler three years…

1846

Jurgis Bielinis

Lithuanian book smuggler (died 1918)

Jurgis Bielinis was one of the main organizers of the illegal book-smuggling at the time of the Lithuanian press ban (1864–1904). Bielinis is informally referred to as the King of Book Smugglers. Since 1989, Bielinis's…

1846

Axel Heiberg

Norwegian financier and diplomat (died 1932)

Axel Heiberg was a Norwegian diplomat and financier as well as a patron of the arts and sciences.

1848

Otto Bardenhewer

German theologian (died 1935)

Bertram Otto Bardenhewer was a German Catholic patrologist. His Geschichte der altkirchlichen Literatur is a standard work, re-issued in 2008. For Bardenhewer, a patrologist was not a literary historian of the Church…

1851

Martinus Beijerinck

Dutch microbiologist and botanist (died 1931)

Martinus Willem Beijerinck was a Dutch microbiologist and botanist who was one of the founders of virology and environmental microbiology. He is credited with the co-discovery of viruses (1898), which he called…

1851

Napoléon

Prince Imperial of France (died 1879)

Louis-Napoléon, Prince Imperial, also known as Louis-Napoléon, was the only child of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, and Empress Eugénie. After his father was dethroned in 1870, he moved to England with his family.…

1856

Charles Harding Firth

English historian (died 1936)

Sir Charles Harding Firth was a British historian. He was one of the founders of the Historical Association in 1906. Esmond de Beer wrote that Firth "knew the men and women of the seventeenth century much as a man knows…

1857

Alexander Stepanovich Popov

Russian physicist and inventor (died 1906)

Alexander Stepanovich Popov was a Russian physicist who was one of the first people to invent a radio receiving device.

1859

Patsy Donovan

Irish-American baseball player and manager (died 1953)

Patrick Joseph Donovan was an Irish born right fielder and manager in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from 1890 to 1907, most notably the Pittsburgh Pirates. Donovan started his career with Boston in…

1865

Willy Burmester

German violinist (died 1933)

Carl Adolph Wilhelm “Willy” Burmester was a German violinist.

1869

Hans Merensky

South African geologist and philanthropist (died 1951)

Hans Merensky was a South African geologist, prospector, scientist, conservationist and philanthropist.

1871

Frantz Reichel

French rugby player and hurdler (died 1932)

François Étienne "Frantz" Reichel was a French sports administrator, athlete, cyclist and journalist. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens as a runner and at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris as a rugby…

1871

Frédéric François-Marsal

French prime minister (died 1958)

Frédéric François-Marsal was a French politician of the Third Republic, who served briefly as Prime Minister in 1924. Due to his premiership he also served for two days as the Acting President of the French Republic…

1874

Léo-Ernest Ouimet

Canadian director and producer (died 1972)

Léo-Ernest Ouimet was a Canadian film pioneer. He was a theater operator, filmmaker, producer, and distributor.

1877

Clemens August Graf von Galen

German cardinal (died 1946)

Clemens Augustinus Emmanuel Joseph Pius Anthonius Hubertus Marie Graf von Galen, better known as Clemens August Graf von Galen, was a German count, Bishop of Münster, and cardinal of the Catholic Church. During World…

1878

Paul Jouve

French painter (died 1973)

Pierre-Paul Jouve was a French painter, sculptor and illustrator. He was notable for his paintings and sculptures of Africa's animals. He was first recipient of the Prix Abd-el-Tif in 1907, and later of the Prix…

1878

Fannie Charles Dillon

American composer (died 1947)

Fannie Charles Dillon was an American pianist, music educator and composer.

1881

James Lightbody

American runner (died 1953)

James Davies Lightbody was an American middle distance runner, winner of six Olympic medals in the early 20th century.

1882

Ethel Anderson

Australian poet, author, and painter (died 1958)

Ethel Campbell Louise Anderson was an early twentieth century Australian poet, essayist, novelist and painter. She considered herself to be mainly a poet, but is now best appreciated for her witty and ironic stories.…

1883

Eric P. Kelly

American journalist and author (died 1960)

Eric Philbrook Kelly was an American journalist, academic and author of children's books. He was a professor of English at Dartmouth College and briefly a lecturer at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He won the…

1884

J. Alfred Tanner

Finnish singer and songwriter (died 1927)

Johan Alfred Tanner, better known as J. Alfred Tanner, was a Finnish singer and songwriter. He is considered as one of Finland's most important songwriters ever, he wrote the lyrics to over 100 songs and recorded about…

1884

Giacomo Benvenuti

Italian composer and musicologist (died 1943)

Giacomo Benvenuti was an Italian composer and musicologist.

1885

Sydney Chaplin

English actor (died 1965)

Sydney John Chaplin was an English actor. Chaplin was the elder half-brother of actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin and in later life, served as his business manager.

1885

Herbert Lindström

Swedish tug of war player (died 1951)

Carl Herbert Lindström was a Swedish fisherman who won a gold medal in the tug of war competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

1886

Emilio Lunghi

Italian runner (died 1925)

Emilio Lunghi was an Italian athlete. He won the silver medal in the men's 800 metres race at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, making him the first Italian to win an Olympic medal.

1887

S. Stillman Berry

American marine zoologist (1984)

Samuel Stillman Berry was an American marine zoologist who specialized in cephalopods.

1887

Reggie Walker

South African athlete (died 1951)

Reginald Edgar Walker was a South African athlete and the 1908 Olympic champion in the 100 metres.

1889

César Vallejo

Peruvian poet (died 1938)

César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist. Although he published only two books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th…

1892

Ernest Labrousse

French historian (died 1988)

Camille-Ernest Labrousse was a French historian specializing in social and economic history who was born in Barbezieux, Charente and died in Paris.

1895

Antonio Donghi

Italian painter (died 1963)

Antonio Donghi was an Italian painter of scenes of popular life, landscapes, and still life.

1897

Conrad Nagel

American actor (died 1970)

John Conrad Nagel was an American film, stage, television and radio actor. He was considered a famous matinée idol and leading man of the 1920s and 1930s. He was given an Honorary Academy Award in 1940, and three stars…

1897

Cyril Hume

American novelist and screenwriter (died 1966)

Cyril Hume was an American novelist and screenwriter. Hume was a graduate of Yale University, where he edited campus humor magazine The Yale Record. He was an editor of the collection The Yale Record Book of Verse:…

1900

Mencha Karnicheva

Macedonian revolutionary and assassin (died 1964)

Melpomena Dimitrova Karnicheva, commonly known as Mencha Karnicheva, was a revolutionary of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO). The wife of IMRO leader Ivan Mihaylov, she is known for…

1900

Alexis Chantraine

Belgian footballer (died 1987)

Joseph Dieudonné Alexis Chantraine was a Belgian footballer.

1901

Mike Mansfield

American politician and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (died 2001)

Michael Joseph Mansfield was an American Democratic Party politician and diplomat who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1953 and United States Senate from 1953 to 1977. As…

1903

Buddy Myer

American baseball player (died 1974)

Charles Solomon "Buddy" Myer was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman from 1925 through 1941. A two-time All-Star, Myer was notable for being the 1935 American…

1904

Francisco Ayala

Spanish sociologist, author, and translator (died 2009)

Francisco Ayala García-Duarte was a Spanish writer, the last representative of the Generation of '27.

1906

Maurice Turnbull

Welsh-English cricketer and rugby player (died 1944)

Maurice Joseph Lawson Turnbull was a Welsh cricketer who played in nine Test matches for the England cricket team between 1930 and 1936.

1906

Lloyd Waner

American baseball player (died 1982)

Lloyd James Waner, nicknamed "Little Poison", was a Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder. His small stature at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) and 132 lb (60 kg) made him one of the smallest players of his era. Along with his…

1906

Henny Youngman

English-American violinist and comedian (died 1998)

Henry "Henny" Youngman was an American comedian and musician famous for his mastery of the "one-liner", his best known being "Take my wife... please".

1906

René Daumal

French author and poet (died 1944)

René Daumal was a French spiritual para-surrealist writer, critic and poet, best known for his posthumously published novel Mount Analogue (1952) as well as for being an early, outspoken practitioner of pataphysics.

1908

Ernest Rogez

French water polo player (died 1986)

Ernest Rogez was a French water polo player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

1908

Robert Rossen

American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1966)

Robert Rossen was an American screenwriter, film director, and producer whose film career spanned almost three decades.

1908

Don Raye

American songwriter (died 1985)

Don Raye was an American songwriter, best known for his songs for The Andrews Sisters such as "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", "The House of Blue Lights", "Just for a Thrill" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." The latter…

1909

Aladár Gerevich

Hungarian fencer (died 1991)

Aladár Gerevich was a Hungarian fencer, regarded as "the greatest Olympic swordsman ever". He won seven gold medals in sabre at six different Olympic Games.

1910

Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi

Indian-English cricketer and politician, 8th Nawab of Pataudi (died 1952)

Nawab Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, sometimes I. A. K. Pataudi, was an Indian prince and cricket player.

1910

Pierre Harmel

Belgian lawyer and diplomat, Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2009)

Pierre Charles José Marie, Count Harmel was a Belgian lawyer, Christian Democratic politician and diplomat. Harmel served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1965 to 1966, leading a centre-left cabinet.

1911

Josef Mengele

German physician, SS captain and mass-murderer (died 1979)

Josef Mengele, often dubbed the "Angel of Death", was a German military officer and physician during World War II at the Soviet front and then at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. He conducted research and experiments on…

1911

Philip Pavia

American painter and sculptor (died 2005)

Philip Pavia (1911-2005) was a culturally influential American artist of Italian descent, known for his scatter sculpture and figurative abstractions, and the debate he fostered among many of the 20th century's most…

1911

Pat Nixon

American teacher, First Lady of the United States (died 1993)

Thelma Catherine "Pat" Nixon was First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974 as the wife of Richard Nixon, the 37th U.S. president. From 1953 to 1961, she had been the second lady of the United States when her…

1912

Rémy Raffalli

French soldier (died 1952)

Barthélémy "Rémy" Raffalli was a French Army major who fought in World War II and the First Indochina War.

1913

Kunihiko Kodaira

Japanese mathematician (died 1997)

Kunihiko Kodaira was a Japanese mathematician known for distinguished work in algebraic geometry and the theory of complex manifolds, and as the founder of the Japanese school of algebraic geometers. He was awarded a…

1915

Mercedes McCambridge

American actress (died 2004)

Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge was an American actress of radio, stage, film, and television. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress". She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting…

1916

Tsutomu Yamaguchi

Japanese engineer and businessman (died 2010)

Tsutomu Yamaguchi was a Japanese marine engineer who survived and witnessed both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II. Although at least 160 people are known to have been affected by both…

1916

Mehrdad Pahlbod

Iranian politician (died 2018)

Mehrdad Pahlbod was an Iranian politician who served as the first culture minister of Iran from 1964 until 1978.

1917

Laure Pillay

Mauritian lawyer and jurist (died 2017)

Laure Pillay was a Mauritian lawyer and jurist who was the country's first female barrister and first female magistrate.

1917

Louis C. Wyman

American lawyer and politician (died 2002)

Louis Crosby Wyman was an American politician and lawyer. He was a United States representative and a U.S. senator from New Hampshire. He was a member of the Republican Party.

1917

Frederick Reines

American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)

Frederick Reines was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his co-detection of the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment. He may be the only scientist in history "so…

1918

Aldo van Eyck

Dutch architect (died 1999)

Aldo van Eyck was a Dutch architect. He was one of the most influential protagonists of the architectural movement Structuralism.

1918

John Addison

English-American soldier and composer (died 1998)

John Mervyn Addison was a British composer best known for his film scores.

1920

Sid Fleischman

American author and screenwriter (died 2010)

Albert Sidney Fleischman was an American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and…

1920

Traudl Junge

German secretary (died 2002)

Gertraud "Traudl" Junge was a German editor who worked as Adolf Hitler's last private secretary from December 1942 to April 1945. After typing Hitler's will, she remained in the Berlin Führerbunker until his death.

1920

Leo McKern

Australian-English actor (died 2002)

Reginald "Leo" McKern was an Australian actor who appeared in numerous British, Australian and American television programmes and films, and in more than 200 stage roles. His notable roles include Clang in Help! (1965),…

1920

Harding Lemay

American screenwriter and playwright (died 2018)

Harding Lemay, also known as Pete Lemay, was an American screenwriter and playwright who was the head writer for the soap opera Another World.

1922

Heinz Wallberg

German conductor (died 2004)

Heinz Wallberg was a German conductor.

1923

Cornell Borchers

Lithuanian-German actress and singer (died 2014)

Cornell Borchers was a Lithuanian-German actress and singer, active in the late 1940s and 1950s. She is best remembered for her roles opposite Montgomery Clift in The Big Lift (1950) and Errol Flynn and Nat King Cole in…

1925

Mary Hinkson

American dancer and choreographer (died 2014)

Mary De Haven Hinkson was an African American dancer and choreographer known for breaking racial boundaries throughout her dance career in both modern and ballet techniques. She is best known for her work as a member of…

1925

Ervin Kassai

Hungarian basketball player and referee (died 2012)

Ervin Kassai was a Hungarian basketball referee.

1925

Luis E. Miramontes

Mexican chemist and engineer (died 2004)

Luis Ernesto Miramontes Cárdenas was a Mexican chemist known as co-inventor and the first to synthesize an oral contraceptive, progestin norethisterone.

1925

Charles Goodell

American lawyer and politician (died 1987)

Charles Ellsworth Goodell Jr. was an American politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1968 and the United States Senate from 1968 to 1971. In both cases, he took…

1926

Jerry Lewis

American actor and comedian (died 2017)

Jerry Lewis was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. Across his seven-decade career, he was regarded as one of the greatest comedians of the 20th century. He is nicknamed the "King of Comedy".

1926

Vladimir Komarov

Russian pilot, engineer, and cosmonaut (died 1967)

Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov was a Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer, and cosmonaut. In October 1964, he commanded Voskhod 1, the first spaceflight to carry more than one crew member. He became the first Soviet…

1927

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2003)

Daniel Patrick "Pat" Moynihan was an American politician, diplomat and social scientist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented New York in the United States Senate from 1977 until 2001 after serving as an…

1927

Olga San Juan

American actress and dancer (died 2009)

Olga San Juan was an American actress and comedian. Born in Brooklyn, she began her brief film career with Paramount Pictures after being scouted at Copacabana. She performed in several Hollywood musicals in the 1940s…

1927

Wakanohana Kanji I

Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (died 2010)

Wakanohana Kanji was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 45th yokozuna. He was a popular wrestler and was nicknamed the "Devil of the Dohyō" due to his great fighting spirit and endurance.

1928

Christa Ludwig

German opera singer (died 2021)

Christa Ludwig was a German mezzo-soprano and sometime dramatic soprano, distinguished for her performances of opera, lieder, oratorio, and other major religious works like masses, passions, and solos in symphonic…

1928

Betty Johnson

American singer (died 2022)

Betty Johnson was an American traditional pop and cabaret singer who reached her career peak in the 1950s.

1929

Tihomir Novakov

Serbian-American physicist and academic (died 2015)

Tihomir Novakov, also known as Tica Novakov was a Serbian-born American physicist. As a scientist, Novakov is known for his black carbon, air quality, and climate change research. James Hansen dubbed him "the godfather…

1929

Nadja Tiller

Austrian actress (died 2023)

Nadja Tiller was an Austrian actress in film, television, and on stage. She was one of the most popular German-speaking actresses in the international cinema of the 1950s and 1960s, receiving international recognition…

1929

Tommy Flanagan

American pianist and composer (died 2001)

Thomas Lee Flanagan was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. Within months of…

1930

Minoru Miki

Japanese composer (died 2011)

Minoru Miki was a Japanese composer and Artistic director. He was known for promoting Japanese, Chinese and Korean traditional instruments as well as some of their performers.

1930

Augusto Boal

Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician (died 2009)

Augusto Boal was a Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed and Forum Theatre, a theatrical form originally used in popular education…

1931

Alan Heyman

American-South Korean musicologist and composer (died 2014)

Alan Charles Heyman, Korean name Hae Eui-man (Korean: 해의만), was a South Korean musicologist and composer. Born in the United States, he first came to South Korea in 1953 with the United States Army during the Korean…

1931

Anthony Kenny

English philosopher and academic

Sir Anthony John Patrick Kenny is a British philosopher whose interests lie in the philosophy of mind, ancient and scholastic philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and the philosophy of Wittgenstein of whose literary…

1931

John Munro

Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Labour (died 2003)

John Carr Munro was a Canadian politician. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1962 election, and served continuously as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hamilton, Ontario in the electoral…

1931

Don Blasingame

American baseball player and manager (died 2005)

Donald Lee Blasingame, nicknamed "Blazer", was an American professional baseball player. He played as a second baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals (1955–1959), San Francisco Giants…

1932

Walter Cunningham

American astronaut (died 2023)

Ronnie Walter Cunningham was an American astronaut, fighter pilot, physicist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author of the 1977 book The All-American Boys. NASA's third civilian astronaut, he was a lunar module…

1932

Kurt Diemberger

Austrian mountaineer and author

Kurt Diemberger is an Austrian mountaineer and author of several books. He is the only living person who has made the first ascents on two mountains over 8,000 metres: of Broad Peak in 1957 and of Dhaulagiri in 1960. In…

1932

Herbert Marx

Canadian politician (died 2020)

Herbert Marx was a Canadian lawyer, university law professor, politician, and judge. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1979 to 1989, a cabinet minister, and a Justice of the Quebec Superior Court.

1932

Keith Critchlow

English architect and academic, co-founded Temenos Academy (died 2020)

Keith Barry Critchlow was a British artist, lecturer, author, sacred geometer, professor of architecture, and a co-founder of the Temenos Academy in the UK.

1933

Sanford I. Weill

American banker, financier, and philanthropist

Sanford I. "Sandy" Weill is an American banker, financier, and philanthropist. He is a former chief executive and chairman of Citigroup. He served in those positions from 1998 until October 1, 2003, and April 18, 2006,…

1933

Jean Cournoyer

Canadian politician

Jean Cournoyer is a retired Quebec politician. He was a Member of the provincial legislature in Quebec.

1934

Ray Hnatyshyn

Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Governor General of Canada (died 2002)

Ramon John "Ray" Hnatyshyn was a Canadian lawyer and statesman who served as the 24th governor general of Canada from 1990 to 1995.

1934

Roger Norrington

English violinist and conductor (died 2025)

Sir Roger Arthur Carver Norrington was an English conductor, best known for historically informed performances of baroque, classical, and romantic music, which often entailed minimal use of vibrato and applying…

1934

Howard Schnellenberger

American football player and coach (died 2021)

Howard Leslie Schnellenberger was an American football coach with long service at both the professional and college levels. He held head coaching positions with the National Football League (NFL)'s Baltimore Colts and…

1934

Teresa Berganza

Spanish soprano and actress (died 2022)

Teresa Berganza Vargas OAXS was a Spanish mezzo-soprano. She is most closely associated with roles such as Rossini's Rosina and La Cenerentola, and later Bizet's Carmen, admired for her technical virtuosity, musical…

1935

Pepe Cáceres

Colombian bullfighter (died 1987)

José Humberto Eslava "Pepe" Cáceres was a Colombian bullfighter.

1935

Raymond Vahan Damadian

Armenian-American inventor, invented the MRI (died 2022)

Raymond Vahan Damadian was an American physician, medical researcher, and inventor of the first nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) scanning machine.

1936

Fred Neil

American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)

Fred Neil was an American folk singer-songwriter active in the 1960s and early 1970s. He is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material, particularly "Everybody's Talkin'", which became a hit for…

1936

David Frith

English historian, journalist, and author

David Edward John Frith is an English cricket writer and historian. Cricinfo describes him as "an author, historian, and founding editor of Wisden Cricket Monthly".

1937

Attilio Nicora

Italian cardinal (died 2017)

Attilio Nicora was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who held senior positions in the administration of the Roman Curia as president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See from 2002 to 2011…

1937

Amos Tversky

Israeli-American psychologist and academic (died 1996)

Amos Nathan Tversky was an Israeli cognitive and mathematical psychologist and a key figure in the discovery of systematic human cognitive bias and handling of risk.

1937

Carlos Bilardo

Argentinian footballer and manager

Dr. Carlos Salvador Bilardo is an Argentine former gynecologist, football player, and manager.

1938

Yvon Côté

Canadian politician and teacher

Yvon Côté is a former member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993.

1939

Vagif Mustafazadeh

Azerbaijani pianist and composer (died 1979)

Vagif Mustafazadeh, also known as Vaqif Mustafa-Zadeh, was a Soviet-Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer, acclaimed for fusing jazz and the traditional Azerbaijani folk music, known as mugham. According to many world…

1940

Jan Pronk

Dutch academic and politician, Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

Johannes Pieter "Jan" Pronk Jr. is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Labour Party (PvdA) and activist.

1940

Keith Rowe

English guitarist

Keith Rowe is an English free improvisation tabletop guitarist and painter. Rowe is a founding member of both AMM in the mid-1960s and M.I.M.E.O. Having trained as a visual artist, his paintings have appeared on most of…

1940

Kaak

Indian cartoonist (died 2025)

Harish Chandra Shukla, known by his pen name Kaak, was an Indian editorial cartoonist and caricaturist who worked in Hindi-language media. He worked with leading newspapers such as Jansatta, Navbharat Times, Dainik…

1940

Bernardo Bertolucci

Italian director and screenwriter (died 2018)

Bernardo Bertolucci was an Italian film director and screenwriter with a career that spanned 50 years. Considered one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, Bertolucci's work achieved international acclaim.…

1941

Robert Guéï

Ivorian soldier and politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (died 2002)

Robert Guéï was an Ivorian politician who served as the third president of the Ivory Coast from 24 December 1999 to 26 October 2000. He succeeded President Henri Konan Bédié after the 1999 Ivorian coup d'état and lost…

1941

Chuck Woolery

American game show host and television personality (died 2024)

Charles Herbert Woolery was an American television host, actor, and musician. He had long-running tenures hosting several game shows. Woolery was the original host of the original daytime Wheel of Fortune from 1975…

1941

Roger Crozier

Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 1996)

Roger Allan Crozier was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was a goaltender for fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Buffalo Sabres and Washington Capitals. During…

1942

Jean-Pierre Schosteck

French politician

Jean-Pierre Schosteck is a French politician. He is mayor of Châtillon and a member of The Republicans.

1942

James Soong

Chinese-Taiwanese politician, Governor of Taiwan Province

Soong Chu-yu, also known by his English name James Soong, is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician who is the founder and chairman of the People First Party. Soong was the first and only elected governor of…

1942

Gijs van Lennep

Dutch race car driver

Gijsbert "Gijs" van Lennep is a Dutch racing driver who competed in eight Formula One races. However, his main achievements were in sports car racing. He is a member of the untitled Dutch nobility.

1942

Jerry Jeff Walker

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)

Jerry Jeff Walker was an American country and folk singer-songwriter. He was a leading figure in the progressive country and outlaw country music movement. He is best known for writing the 1968 song "Mr. Bojangles".

1942

Álvaro de Soto

Peruvian diplomat

Álvaro de Soto Polar is a Peruvian diplomat. He ended a 25-year career with the United Nations in May 2007.

1943

Ursula Goodenough

American biologist, zoologist, and author

Ursula W. Goodenough is a retired Professor of Biology Emerita at Washington University in St. Louis, where she researched on eukaryotic algae. She authored the textbook Genetics and the best-selling book The Sacred…

1943

Hans Heyer

German race car driver

Hans Heyer is a German retired racing driver who mainly raced touring cars. He is most commonly known for starting one Formula One World Championship race, the 1977 German Grand Prix, despite failing to qualify.

1943

Harry van Hoof

Dutch conductor, composer, and music arranger (died 2024)

Harry van Hoof was a Dutch conductor, composer, and music arranger.

1943

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

American computer scientist and academic

Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum, sometimes referred to by the handle AST, is an American-born Dutch computer scientist and retired professor emeritus of computer science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

1944

Douglas Ahlstedt

American tenor (died 2023)

Douglas Ahlstedt was an American operatic tenor who had an international performance career with major opera houses from the 1970s through the 1990s. He was a member of the Metropolitan Opera and of the Deutsche Oper am…

1945

Sigmund Groven

Norwegian harmonica player and composer

Sigmund Groven is a Norwegian classical harmonica player, today considered one of the world's leading classical harmonica players. He plays with a large number of the world's leading musicians and orchestras, and he has…

1946

Mary Kaldor

English economist and academic

Mary Henrietta Kaldor is a British academic, currently Professor of Global Governance at the London School of Economics, where she is also the Director of the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit. She also…

1946

J. Z. Knight

American New Age teacher and author

Judy "Zebra" Knight is an American spiritual teacher and author known for her purported channelling of a spiritual entity named Ramtha. Critics consider her to be a cult leader.

1946

Guesch Patti

French singer

Patricia Porrasse, known professionally as Guesch Patti, is a French singer.

1946

Michael Owen Bruce

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Michael Owen Bruce is an American rock musician who was a founding member of the original Alice Cooper band.

1948

Richard Desjardins

Canadian singer-songwriter and director

Richard Desjardins is a Québécois folk singer and film director.

1948

Catherine Quéré

French politician

Catherine Quéré is a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party.

1948

Erik Estrada

American actor

Henry Enrique Estrada is an American actor. He is widely known for his co-starring lead role as California Highway Patrol officer Francis (Frank) Llewelyn "Ponch" Poncherello in the police drama television series CHiPs,…

1949

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

Victor Garber, is a Canadian stage and film actor, and a singer. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has been nominated for three Gemini Awards, four Tony Awards and six Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2022 he was made…

1949

Elliott Murphy

American-French singer-songwriter and journalist

Elliott James Murphy is an American rock singer-songwriter, novelist, record producer, and journalist.

1949

Peter Forster

English bishop

Peter Robert Forster is a British former Anglican bishop. He was Bishop of Chester in the Church of England from 1996 and a Lord Spiritual from 2001 until his retirement in 2019. He was received into the Roman Catholic…

1950

Kate Nelligan

Canadian actress

Patricia Colleen Nelligan, known professionally as Kate Nelligan, is a Canadian stage, film and television actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1991 film The Prince of…

1950

Edhem Šljivo

Bosnian footballer

Edhem "Etko" Šljivo is a Bosnian former professional footballer. He started his career with FK Sarajevo, going on to become one of the best midfielders of the Yugoslav First League. At international level, he…

1950

Ray Benson

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Ray Benson Seifert is an American musician, actor, and voice actor who is the frontman of the Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel.

1951

Abdelmajid Bourebbou

Algerian footballer

Abdelmajid Bourebbou is an Algerian former footballer who played as a forward. He played as a striker for several French clubs as well as the Algeria national football team. He represented Algeria at the 1982 FIFA World…

1951

Oddvar Brå

Norwegian skier

Oddvar Brå is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. He was among the best skiers in Norway, the three-times winner of the World Cup and the winner of 16 national championships. His success in the major international…

1951

Joe DeLamielleure

American football player

Joseph Michael DeLamielleure is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). He was an All-American playing college football for the Michigan State Spartans. He…

1951

Alexandre Gonzalez

French long-distance runner

Alexandre Gonzalez is a French long-distance runner. He competed in the men's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

1951

Claus Peter Flor

German conductor

Claus Peter Flor is a German conductor.

1953

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in more than 120 feature films, mostly in starring roles. Regarded as one of the most respected actresses in French cinema, she has appeared in films…

1953

Rainer Knaak

German chess player

Rainer Fritz Albert Knaak is a German chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM).

1953

Richard Stallman

American computer scientist and programmer

Richard Matthew Stallman, also known by his initials rms, is an American free software movement activist and programmer. He campaigns for software to be distributed in such a manner that its users have the freedom to…

1953

David Heath

English politician

David William St John Heath is a British optometrist and Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Somerton and Frome from 1997 to 2015. He served as the Minister of State for Agriculture and…

1954

Colin Ireland

English serial killer (died 2012)

Colin Ireland was a British serial killer known as the Gay Slayer, because his victims were gay men.

1954

Jimmy Nail

English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

James Michael Aloysius Bradford, known professionally as Jimmy Nail, is an English singer-songwriter, actor, film producer, and television writer. He played the role of Leonard "Oz" Osborne in the television show Auf…

1954

Tim O'Brien

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Timothy O'Brien is an American country and bluegrass musician. In addition to singing, he plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, bouzouki and mandocello. He has released more than ten studio albums, in addition to…

1954

Dav Whatmore

Sri Lankan-Australian cricketer and coach

Davenell Frederick Whatmore is a Sri Lanka born Australian cricket coach and former cricketer.

1954

Nancy Wilson

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress

Nancy Lamoureux Wilson is an American musician. She rose to fame alongside her older sister Ann Wilson as guitarist and second vocalist in the rock band Heart.

1954

Svetlana Alexeeva

Russian ice dancer and coach

Svetlana Lvovna Alekseeva is a Russian figure skating coach and former ice dancer.

1955

Rimantas Astrauskas

Lithuanian physicist

Rimantas Astrauskas is a physicist, ecologist, and signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.

1955

Bruno Barreto

Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter

Bruno Villela Barreto Borges is a Brazilian film director.

1955

Linda Lepomme

Belgian actress and singer

Linda Lepomme is a Belgian actress and singer who represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 in which she sang "Laat me nu gaan". She earned seven points finishing in 19th (last) place overall.

1955

Bob Ley

American sports anchor and reporter

Robert A. Ley is a retired American sports anchor and reporter, best known for his work at ESPN. A multiple Emmy Award-winner, he was the longest-tenured on-air employee of the network, having joined ESPN just three…

1955

Andy Scott

Canadian politician (died 2013)

Robert Andrew Keith Scott was a Liberal Member of Parliament who represented the electoral district of Fredericton from 1993 to 2008. He was a member the Cabinet of Canada, most recently serving as the eighteenth…

1955

Jiro Watanabe

Japanese boxer

Jiro Watanabe is a Japanese former boxer. Watanabe, who fought only in Japan and South Korea, was one of the first World super flyweight champions, as the division was relatively new when he was crowned.

1955

Ozzie Newsome

American football player and executive

Ozzie Newsome Jr. is an American professional football executive and former player who is the executive vice president of player personnel of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). Newsome was a…

1956

Clifton Powell

American actor, director, and producer

Clifton Powell is an American actor who primarily plays supporting roles in films, such as in Ray (2004), for which he received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture nomination. He is…

1956

Yoriko Shono

Japanese writer

Yoriko Shono , born 16 March 1956, is a Japanese writer who describes her writing as 'avant-pop'.

1956

Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf

Swiss lawyer and politician

Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2008 to 2015. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) until 2008, she was then a member of the…

1956

Jorge Ramos

Mexican-American journalist and author

Jorge Gilberto Ramos Ávalos is a Mexican journalist and author.

1958

Phillip Wilcher

Australian pianist and composer

Phillip Leslie Wilcher is an Australian pianist and composer who was a founding member of the children's music group the Wiggles. When Wilcher published his first work, "Daybreak", at the age of 14, he was one of the…

1958

Kate Worley

American author (died 2004)

Kathleen Louise Worley was an American comic book writer, best known for her work on Omaha the Cat Dancer, a sexually explicit anthropomorphic animal comic book series about a female stripper. Worley was also a…

1958

Michael J. Bloomfield

American astronaut

Michael John "Bloomer" Bloomfield is an American former astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions.

1959

Sebastian Currier

American composer and educator

Sebastian Currier is an American composer of music for chamber groups and orchestras. He was also a professor of music at Columbia University from 1999 to 2007.

1959

Greg Dyer

Australian cricketer

Gregory Charles Dyer is a former New South Wales and Australian wicketkeeper. Dyer played in six Tests and 23 ODIs from 1986 to 1988, including playing in the victorious 1987 World Cup Final. He toured India in 1986 as…

1959

Flavor Flav

American rapper and actor

William Jonathan Drayton Jr., better known by his stage name Flavor Flav, is an American rapper, hype man, and television personality. Known for his catchphrase "Yeah, boyeee!" when performing, he is a founding member,…

1959

Charles Hudson

American baseball player

Charles Lynn Hudson is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, and Detroit Tigers, from 1983 to 1989.

1959

Steve Marker

American musician

Steven W. Marker is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the co–founder and guitarist of the alternative rock band Garbage.

1959

Jens Stoltenberg

Norwegian economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Norway, 13th Secretary General of NATO

Jens Stoltenberg is a Norwegian politician who has served as the minister of finance since 2025, a position he previously held from 1996 to 1997. A member of the Labour Party, he also served as the prime minister of…

1959

Scott L. Schwartz

American actor stuntman and wrestler (died 2024)

Scott Leslie Schwartz also known as The Ultimate Bad Guy, was an American film and television actor, stuntman and professional wrestler. His size and agility at 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) and 303 pounds (137 kg) had allowed…

1959

Jenny Eclair

English comedian, actress and screenwriter

Jenny Eclair is a Malaysian-born English comedian, novelist, and actress, best known for her roles in Grumpy Old Women between 2004 and 2007 and in Loose Women in 2011 and 2012.

1960

John Hemming

English businessman and politician

John Alexander Melvin Hemming is a British Liberal Democrat politician and businessman who served as the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley from 2005 until 2015.

1960

Duane Sutter

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Duane Calvin Sutter is a Canadian former National Hockey League player and head coach. Sutter was a first round pick in 1979 and made the major league early in the 1979-80 season with the Islanders and played in all 21…

1960

Todd McFarlane

Canadian author, illustrator, and businessman, founded McFarlane Toys

Todd McFarlane is a Canadian comic-book creator, best known for his work as an artist on The Amazing Spider-Man and as the creator, writer, and artist on the superhero horror-fantasy series Spawn, as well as being the…

1961

Franck Fréon

French race car driver

Franck Fréon is a French race car driver. Fréon won the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class with Mazda, and the overall 2001 24 Hours of Daytona with Corvette.

1962

Liliane Gaschet

French athlete

Liliane Gaschet is a French athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 meters. Gaschet competed in the women's 100 and 200 meters and also the 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

1962

Jerome Flynn

English actor and singer

Jerome Patrick Flynn is an English actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Bronn in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). His other roles include Paddy Garvey of the King's Fusiliers in the ITV…

1963

Kevin Smith

New Zealand actor and singer (died 2002)

Kevin Tod Smith was a New Zealand actor and musician, best known for starring as the Greek God of war, Ares, in the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and in its two spin-offs – Xena: Warrior Princess and Young…

1963

Patty Griffin

American singer-songwriter

Patricia Jean Griffin is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She is a vocalist and plays guitar and piano. She is known for her stripped-down songwriting style in the folk music genre. Her songs have been…

1964

Jaclyn Jose

Filipino actress (died 2024)

Mary Jane Santa Ana Guck, known professionally as Jaclyn Jose, was a Filipino actress. Known for her penetrating eyes and antagonistic roles in film and soap operas, she was a recipient of various accolades, including…

1964

Pascal Richard

Swiss racing cyclist

Pascal Richard is a Swiss former racing cyclist. He is most notable as a former King of the Mountains winner at the Giro d'Italia and Olympic Games gold medalist. He won the Swiss National Road Race championship in 1989…

1964

Gore Verbinski

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Gregor Justin "Gore" Verbinski is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and musician. He is best known for directing Mouse Hunt (1997), The Ring (2002), the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films, Rango…

1964

Steve Armstrong

American wrestler

Steven James, better known by his ring name Steve Armstrong, is an American professional wrestler. He is the son of fellow wrestler "Bullet" Bob Armstrong, and has three brothers who also wrestled: Scott, Brad, and…

1965

Sergei Bazarevich

Russian basketball player and coach

Sergei Valerianovich Bazarevich is a Russian basketball coach and former basketball player. At 191 cm and 79 kg (174 lb), he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.

1965

Cindy Brown

American basketball player

Cynthia Louise "Cindy" Brown is an American former women's basketball player, at the college, Olympic and professional levels. Brown was a member of the USA Basketball team which went on to win a gold medal at the Pan…

1965

Mark Carney

Canadian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Canada

Mark Joseph Carney is a Canadian politician and economist who has served as the 24th prime minister of Canada since 2025. Carney was also elected as the leader of the Liberal Party and the member of Parliament (MP) for…

1965

Cristiana Reali

Italian-Brazilian actress

Cristiana Reali is a Brazilian actress. She has appeared in numerous theatre pieces, television series, and films.

1965

H.P. Baxxter

German musician

Hans Peter Geerdes, professionally known by his stage name H. P. Baxxter, and sometimes by his nickname Dave, is a German musician best known as the lead vocalist of the German techno band Scooter. He founded Scooter…

1966

Chrissy Redden

Canadian cross-country cyclist

Chrissy Redden is a Canadian cross-country cyclist.

1966

Tracy Bonham

American singer and violinist

Tracy Kristin Bonham is an American alternative rock musician. Born and raised in Eugene, Oregon, she is a classically trained violinist and pianist, and a self-taught guitarist.

1967

John Darnielle

American musician and novelist

John Darnielle is an American musician and novelist best known as the primary, and originally sole, member of the American indie folk band The Mountain Goats, for which he is the writer, composer, guitarist, pianist,…

1967

Lauren Graham

American actress and producer

Lauren Graham is an American actress and author. She is best known as Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, and Sarah…

1967

Ronnie McCoury

American bluegrass mandolin player, singer and songwriter

Ronald Delano McCoury, known as Ronnie McCoury, is an American mandolin player, singer, and songwriter. He is the son of bluegrass musician Del McCoury, and is best known for his work with the Del McCoury Band and the…

1967

Heidi Zurbriggen

Swiss alpine skier

Heidi Andenmatten-Zurbriggen is a Swiss former alpine skier. She is the sister of Pirmin Zurbriggen, an aunt of Elia Zurbriggen and cousin of Silvan Zurbriggen. She won 3 Downhill races on the World Cup tour. She…

1967

Judah Friedlander

American comedian and actor

Judah Friedlander is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He is known for playing the role of writer Frank Rossitano on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock. Friedlander is also known for his role as Toby Radloff in the film…

1969

Ottis Gibson

Barbadian cricketer and coach

Ottis Delroy Gibson is a cricket coach and former cricketer from Barbados, who played for the West Indies. From 2010 to 2014, Gibson was the head coach for the West Indies, where he led the team to be champions of the…

1969

Alina Ivanova

Russian athlete

Alina Petrovna Ivanova is a retired Russian long-distance athlete who had been competing in race walking and road running. She is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's 10 km walk at the 1991 World…

1969

Evangelos Koronios

Greek basketball player and coach

Evangelos Koronios, most commonly known as Angelos Koronios, is a Greek former professional basketball player and coach.

1969

Joakim Berg

Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Herbert Joakim "Jocke" Berg is a Swedish singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Kent.

1970

Greg Johnson

Canadian ice hockey player (died 2019)

Gregory James Johnson was a Canadian professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Chicago Blackhawks, and Nashville Predators.

1971

Alan Tudyk

American actor

Alan Wray Tudyk is an American actor. His film work includes roles in 28 Days (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), and Trumbo (2015). He starred in the black…

1971

Ismaïl Sghyr

French-Moroccan long-distance runner

Ismaïl Sghyr is a French-Moroccan long-distance runner. He won a bronze medal at the over 3000 metres at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In 5000 metres he finished fourth at the World Championships the same…

1972

Tim Kang

American actor

Yila Timothy Kang is an American actor. He is known for his role as Kimball Cho in the television series The Mentalist and Gordon Katsumoto in the reboot series Magnum P.I.

1973

Andrey Mizurov

Kazakhstani road bicycle racer

Andrey Mizurov is a Kazakhstani former professional road bicycle racer.

1973

Vonda Ward

American boxer

Vonda Ward is an American former professional boxer and NCAA basketball player. As a boxer, she competed from 2000 to 2008 and held multiple heavyweight world championships, including the WBC title in 2007. She also…

1973

Georgios Anatolakis

Greek footballer and politician

Georgios Anatolakis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is well known in Greece for his strength, passion and persistence. A strong aerial challenger, he also advances on set pieces to…

1974

Anne Charrier

French actress

Anne Charrier is a French actress, who is credited with 7 films and 22 TV productions between 2000 and 2009.

1974

Heath Streak

Zimbabwean cricketer (died 2023)

Heath Hilton Streak was a Zimbabwean cricketer and cricket coach who played for and captained the Zimbabwe national cricket team. He was the all time leading wicket taker for Zimbabwe in Test cricket with 216 wickets…

1974

Luciano Castro

Argentine actor

Luciano Daniel Castro is an Argentine actor. He has worked as the lead actor in several successful telenovelas, such as Valientes, Herederos de una venganza and Sos mi hombre.

1975

Sienna Guillory

English model and actress

Sienna Tiggy Guillory is an English actress and former model. She portrayed Jill Valentine in several entries of the Resident Evil action-horror film series. Other prominent roles include elf princess Arya Dröttningu in…

1975

Lionel Torres

French archer

Lionel Torres is a French athlete from Perpignan who competes in recurve archery. He competed at the 2000 Olympic Games, qualifying in 11th place but losing in the first knockout round, and has won two individual medals…

1975

Blu Cantrell

American singer-songwriter and producer

Tiffany Cobb, known professionally as Blu Cantrell, is an American R&B and soul singer.

1976

Zhu Chen

Qatari chess Grandmaster

Zhu Chen is a Chinese and Qatari chess grandmaster. In 1999, she became China's second women's world chess champion after Xie Jun, and China's 13th Grandmaster. In 2006, she obtained Qatari citizenship and since then…

1976

Kim Johnsson

Swedish ice hockey player

Kim Emil Jörgen Johnsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Minnesota Wild and Chicago…

1976

Leila Lejeune

French handballer

Leila Lejeune is a French former handballer who played for the French national team. She is a world champion from 2003. She also represented France at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Lejeune scored six goals in the…

1976

Susanne Ljungskog

Swedish cyclist

Susanne Ljungskog is a Swedish former cyclist. As a four-time Olympian, she won the world road race championship in 2002 and 2003. The same years, she was UCI points champion. She has also won two World Cup races.

1976

Abraham Núñez

Dominican baseball player

Abraham Orlando Núñez Adames [NOO-nyez] is a Dominican former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1997 to 2008 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia…

1976

Mónica Cruz

Spanish actress and dancer

Mónica Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress and dancer. She is the younger sister of actress Penélope Cruz. She has appeared in the films The Inquiry (2006), Last Hour (2008), Jerry Cotton (2010) and Iron Cross (2011).

1977

Thomas Rupprath

German swimmer

Thomas Rupprath is an Olympic swimmer from Germany, who is nicknamed "The New Albatross".

1977

Brooke Burns

American fashion model, television personality, and actress

Brooke Elizabeth Burns is an American actress, fashion model, game show host, and television personality. Burns began her television career in 1995, portraying the supporting character Peg in the Spanish-American teen…

1978

Annett Renneberg

German actress and singer

Annett Renneberg (born 16 March 1978 in Rudolstadt) is a German actress and singer.

1978

Tyler Arnason

American ice hockey player

Tyler Lawrence Arnason is an American former professional ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Blackhawks, Ottawa Senators and the Colorado Avalanche.

1979

Hee-seop Choi

South Korean baseball player

Hee-seop Choi is a South Korean former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, and Los Angeles Dodgers and in the KBO League for the Kia…

1979

Christina Liebherr

Swiss equestrian

Christina Liebherr is a Swiss equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping.

1979

Rashad Moore

American football player

Glenn Rashad Moore is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL draft.…

1979

Sébastien Ostertag

French handball player

Sébastien Ostertag is a French team handball player. He played on the France men's national handball team which won gold medals at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia and at the 2010 European…

1979

Leena Peisa

Finnish keyboard player and songwriter

Leena Maria "Awa" Peisa is a Finnish keyboard player. Her former bands include Lordi, Punaiset Messiaat and Dolchamar. Currently, she plays in Lordi's ex-drummer's Kita's band "Sampsa Astala & Qma".

1979

Andrei Stepanov

Estonian footballer

Andrei Stepanov is an Estonian former professional footballer. He played the position of defender.

1979

Todd Heap

American football player

Todd Benjamin Heap is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily for the Baltimore Ravens. He was selected to the Pro Bowl twice…

1980

Felipe Reyes

Spanish basketball player

Felipe Reyes Cabanás is a Spanish former professional basketball player. He represented the senior Spain national team. Standing at a height of 2.06 m, and weighing 120 kg (260 lb), he plays at the power forward and…

1980

Andrew Bree

Irish swimmer

Andrew Patrick Bree is a breaststroke swimmer from Helen's Bay, County Down, Northern Ireland. He is a two-time Olympian, having swum at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics for Ireland. He also represented Northern Ireland four…

1981

Danny Brown

American rapper

Daniel Dewan Sewell, better known by his stage name Danny Brown, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and podcaster.

1981

Curtis Granderson

American baseball player

Curtis Granderson Jr., nicknamed "the Grandyman", is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Los…

1981

Julien Mazet

French road bicycle racer

Julien Mazet is a French former professional road bicycle racer.

1981

Fabiana Murer

Brazilian pole vaulter

Fabiana de Almeida Murer is a retired Brazilian pole vaulter. She holds the South American record in the event with an indoor best of 4.82 m and an outdoor best of 4.87 m, making her the fourth highest vaulter ever at…

1981

Julia Letlow

American politician

Julia Janelle Letlow is an American politician and academic administrator serving as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 5th congressional district since 2021. Letlow is the first Republican woman to represent…

1982

Miguel Comminges

Guadeloupean footballer

Miguel Gregory Comminges is a Guadeloupean former professional footballer. Having spent his career in France, England, Wales, and the United States, he played for the Guadeloupe national team. A versatile player, he…

1982

Riley Cote

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Riley D. Cote is a former Canadian professional ice hockey left winger and formerly an assistant coach with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League (AHL). He played four National Hockey League (NHL)…

1982

Jesús Del Nero

Spanish road bicycle racer

Jesús del Nero Montes is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for the UCI Professional Continental Team NetApp. Del Nero turned professional with the Basque continental team Orbea in 2005…

1982

Brian Wilson

American baseball player

Brian Patrick Wilson, nicknamed "the Beard" and "B-Weezy", is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers. He…

1982

Stephen Drew

American baseball player

Stephen Oris Drew is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and…

1983

Brandon League

American baseball player

Brandon Paul League is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He is a former closer and one-time…

1983

Nicolas Rousseau

French road bicycle racer

Nicolas Rousseau is a French professional road bicycle racer for St. Michel–Preference Home–Auber93. He won stage 3 of the 2010 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo.

1983

Tramon Williams

American football player

Tramon Vernell Williams Sr. is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, and…

1983

Aisling Bea

Irish comedienne and actress

Aisling Clíodhnadh O'Sullivan, known professionally as Aisling Bea, is an Irish comedian, actress and screenwriter. She created, wrote and starred in the comedy series This Way Up on Channel 4. As a stand-up comedian,…

1984

Levi Brown

American football player

Levi James Brown III is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals fifth overall in the 2007 NFL draft. He…

1984

Sharon Cherop

Kenyan long-distance runner

Sharon Jemutai Cherop is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. She won a bronze medal at the age of sixteen in the 5000 metres at the World Junior Championships. She was the bronze medal winner…

1984

Hosea Gear

New Zealand rugby player

Hosea Emiliano Gear is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played as a wing. He has also played 14 international matches for New Zealand.

1984

Brandon Prust

Canadian ice hockey player

Brandon Raymond James Prust is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. He was selected in the third round, 70th overall, by the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 2004 NHL entry draft.…

1984

Teddy Atine-Venel

French athlete

Teddy Atine-Venel is a French athlete who specialises in the 400 meters. He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics as well as three outdoor and one indoor World Championships.

1985

Eddy Lover

Panamanian singer-songwriter

Eduardo Mosquera, better known by his stage name Eddy Lover, is a Panamanian reggaeton and Spanish reggae singer and songwriter. Lover rose to international fame with his guest appearance on La Factoría's 2006 smash hit…

1985

Aleksei Sokirskiy

Russian hammer thrower

Aleksey Nikolaevich Sokirskiy is a Ukrainian and Russian hammer thrower. His personal best is 76.96, achieved 19 June 2011 in Stockholm. He became a Russian citizen in 2015.

1985

Alexandra Daddario

American actress

Alexandra Anna Daddario is an American actress. She had her breakthrough portraying Annabeth Chase in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) and its sequel (2013). She has since starred in Hall Pass…

1986

Toney Douglas

American basketball player

Toney Bernard Douglas is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for the Auburn Tigers, and the Florida State Seminoles.…

1986

Kenny Dykstra

American wrestler

Kenneth George Doane is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he works as a producer, as well as a trainer at the WWE Performance Center. During his time in WWE as a wrestler, he was…

1986

T. J. Jordan

American basketball player

Taurean Yves Jordan is a women's basketball player who played collegiately for Old Dominion University. She holds several ODU scoring records, and was regarded as one of the best players in the Colonial Athletic…

1986

Boaz Solossa

Indonesian footballer

Boaz Theofilus Erwin Solossa is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 2 club Persipura Jayapura. He is considered to be one of the greatest Indonesian players of all time.

1986

Daisuke Takahashi

Japanese figure skater

Daisuke Takahashi is a Japanese figure skater, ice show producer and actor. As a singles skater, he is the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2010 World champion, the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time Four…

1986

Fabien Lemoine

French football player

Fabien Lemoine is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Across his career, he played for Rennes, Saint-Étienne, Lorient, and Versailles.

1987

Jhené Aiko

American singer-songwriter and rapper

Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo is an American R&B singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Aiko embarked on her musical career in 2002, as a backing vocalist and music video performer for the R&B group B2K. She was…

1988

Jessica Gregg

Canadian speed skater

Jessica Gregg is a former Canadian short track speed skater.

1988

Patrick Herrmann

German footballer

Patrick Herrmann is a German professional former footballer.

1988

Agustín Marchesín

Argentinian footballer

Agustín Federico Marchesín is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors.

1988

Jiří Tlustý

Czech ice hockey player

Jiří Tlustý is a Czech former professional ice hockey left winger. He was originally a first-round draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2006 NHL entry draft, and split time between the Maple Leafs and the…

1988

Blake Griffin

American basketball player

Blake Austin Griffin is an American former professional basketball player. Griffin primarily played with the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and played college basketball for the…

1989

Jung So-min

South Korean actress

Kim Yoon-ji, known professionally as Jung So-min (정소민), is a South Korean actress. Jung made her screen debut in 2010 with a supporting role in the television series Bad Guy. She then got her first leading role that…

1989

Magalie Pottier

French racing cyclist

Magalie Pottier is a French racing cyclist who represents France in BMX. She was selected to represent France at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's BMX event and finished in seventh place.

1989

Theo Walcott

English footballer

Theo James Walcott is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger and a striker. He represented England at the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2012 and won 47 caps, scoring eight goals. Walcott currently…

1989

Josh Johnson

American comedian and writer

Josh Johnson is an American stand-up comedian and writer. He is best known for his work on The Daily Show, having first joined as a staff writer in 2017. Johnson became a correspondent in February 2024, and was later…

1990

Andre Young

American basketball player

Andre Young is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at 5 ft 9 in, Young played the point guard or shooting guard position. He played four years of collegiate basketball with Clemson followed by…

1990

Chris Boswell

American football player

Christopher Lynn Boswell is an American professional football placekicker for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Rice Owls and was signed by the Houston…

1991

Reggie Bullock

American basketball player

Reginald Ryedell Bullock Jr. is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar…

1991

Admir Mehmedi

Swiss footballer

Admir Mehmedi is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a second striker or centre forward. Born in North Macedonia, Mehmedi represented the Switzerland national team. He was most recently the sporting…

1991

Wolfgang Van Halen

American bassist

Wolfgang William Van Halen is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. The son of actress Valerie Bertinelli and guitarist Eddie Van Halen, he performed alongside his father and his uncle Alex as the bassist for…

1991

Tim Hardaway Jr.

American basketball player

Timothy Duane Hardaway Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines and declared for the…

1992

Brett Davern

American actor

Brett Davern is an American actor known for his role as Jake Rosati on the MTV series Awkward.

1992

George Ford

English rugby union player

George Thomas Ford is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a fly-half for Premiership Rugby club Sale Sharks and the England national team.

1993

Marine Lorphelin

French model and beauty queen, Miss France 2013

Marine Lorphelin is a French model, beauty pageant titleholder and General practitioner who was crowned Miss France 2013 on 8 December 2012, representing the region of Burgundy and then represented France at Miss World…

1993

Camilo

Colombian singer

Camilo Echeverri Correa, known mononymously as Camilo, is a Colombian singer, musician and songwriter. Born in Medellín, Antioquia, his accolades include six Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Award nominations.

1994

Joel Embiid

Cameroonian basketball player

Joel Hans Embiid is a Cameroonian and American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks, he…

1994

Sierra McClain

American actress

Sierra Aylina McClain is an American actress and singer. As an actress, she was first recognized for her role as Sierra in Daddy's Little Girls (2007). She had her breakthrough as Nessa Parker in Empire (2016–2018), and…

1994

Inga Janulevičiūtė

Lithuanian figure skater

Inga Janulevičiūtė is a Lithuanian figure skater. She is the 2014 Lithuanian national champion.

1995

Ajiona Alexus

American actress and singer

Ajiona Alexus Brown is an American actress and singer. She began her career starring in the TV One sitcom The Rickey Smiley Show (2012–2014), and later played Teenage Cookie Lyon in the Fox musical drama series, Empire…

1996

Ivan Toney

English footballer

Ivan Benjamin Elijah Toney is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli and the England national team.

1996

Tim David

Singaporean-born Australian cricketer

Timothy Hays David is a Singaporean-born Australian cricketer who plays for the Australian national cricket team in Twenty20 International. He also plays in various franchise leagues, including the Big Bash League, for…

1996

Dominic Calvert-Lewin

English footballer

Dominic Nathaniel Calvert-Lewin is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Leeds United and the England national team.

1997

Florian Neuhaus

German footballer

Florian Christian Neuhaus is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach.

1997

Tyrel Jackson Williams

American actor

Tyrel Jackson Williams, also known under the stage name theMetroNorth, is an American actor, rapper, singer and record producer. He starred as Leo Dooley in the Disney XD series Lab Rats. Williams also co-starred in the…

1997

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

Canadian baseball player

Vladimir Guerrero Ramos, known by fans as Vladdy, is a Dominican-Canadian professional baseball first baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2019 and bats and throws…

1999

Jalen Smith

American basketball player

Jalen Rasheed Smith is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Stix", he played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins.

2000

Kyle Hamilton

American football player

Kyle Devin Hamilton is an American professional football safety for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, earning consensus…

2001

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