Famous Birthdays on March 17

Q: Who was born on March 17?

Famous people born on March 17 include: Harun al-Rashid, Emperor Shijō of Japan (died 1242), James IV of Scotland (died 1513), Giovanni Francesco Commendone, Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

1969 — Edgar Grospiron

French skier

March 17 has seen 211 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 763 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · March 17 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 211 people 763 – 2001

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He won a gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville

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He received a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer

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At the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics he was Chef de mission for the French Team

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He was in charge of the Annecy bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics

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This bid secured seven votes, behind Munich with 25 and the winner Pyeongchang with 63 votes

Harun al-Rashid

Abbasid caliph (died 809)

Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ar-Rashīd, or simply Hārūn ibn al-Mahdī, famously known as Hārūn al-Rashīd, was the fifth Abbasid caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning from September 786 until his death in March 809.…

763

Emperor Shijō of Japan (died 1242)

Emperor Shijō was the 87th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. This reign spanned the years 1232 through 1242.

1231

James IV of Scotland (died 1513)

James IV was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen on the death of his father, James III, at the Battle of Sauchieburn,…

1473

Giovanni Francesco Commendone

Catholic cardinal (died 1584)

Giovanni Francesco Commendone was an Italian cardinal and papal nuncio.

1523

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Japanese daimyō (died 1598)

Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as Kinoshita Tōkichirō and Hashiba Hideyoshi , was a Japanese samurai and daimyō of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.…

1537

Robert Douglas

Count of Skenninge, Swedish field marshal (died 1662)

Robert Douglas, was a professional soldier from East Lothian in Scotland. He spent his career in the Swedish Army and became a field marshal in 1657. He settled in Sweden, where the Douglas family remains prominent.

1611

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

French harpsichord player and composer (died 1729)

Élisabeth Claude Jacquet de La Guerre was a French musician, harpsichordist and composer. Jacquet de La Guerre was a significant figure in French Baroque music, particularly in the development of cantata and keyboard…

1665

Thomas Boston

Scottish philosopher and theologian (died 1732)

Thomas Boston was a Scottish Presbyterian church leader, theologian and philosopher. Boston was successively schoolmaster at Glencairn, and minister of Simprin in Berwickshire, and Ettrick in Selkirkshire. In addition…

1676

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

French painter and engraver (died 1755)

Jean-Baptiste Oudry was a French Rococo painter, engraver, and tapestry designer. He is particularly well known for his naturalistic pictures of animals and his hunt pieces depicting game. His son, Jacques-Charles…

1686

Lachlan McIntosh

Scottish-American general and politician (died 1806)

Lachlan McIntosh was a Scottish American military and political leader during the American Revolution and the early United States. In a 1777 duel, he fatally shot Button Gwinnett, who had signed the Declaration of…

1725

Patrick Brontë

Irish-English priest and author (died 1861)

Patrick Brontë was an Irish Anglican clergyman and author who spent most of his adult life in England. One of ten children from a very poor family, he managed to secure a scholarship to study theology at St John's…

1777

Roger B. Taney

American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1864)

Roger Brooke Taney was an American lawyer and politician who served as the fifth chief justice of the United States from 1836 until his death in 1864. Taney delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford…

1777

Thomas Chalmers

Scottish minister, economist, and educator (died 1847)

Thomas Chalmers, was a Scottish Presbyterian minister, professor of theology, political economist, and a leader of both the Church of Scotland and of the Free Church of Scotland. He has been called "Scotland's greatest…

1780

Ebenezer Elliott

English poet and educator (died 1849)

Ebenezer Elliott was an English poet, known as the Corn Law rhymer for his leading the fight to repeal the Corn Laws, which were causing hardship and starvation among the poor. Though a factory owner himself, his…

1781

Jim Bridger

American fur trader and explorer (died 1881)

James Felix Bridger was an American mountain man, trapper, Army scout, and wilderness guide who explored and trapped in the Western United States in the first half of the 19th century. He was known as Old Gabe in his…

1804

Norbert Rillieux

African American inventor and chemical engineer (died 1894)

Norbert Rillieux was a Louisiana Creole inventor who was widely considered one of the earliest chemical engineers and noted for his pioneering invention of the multiple-effect evaporator. This invention was an important…

1806

Jean Ingelow

English poet and author (died 1897)

Jean Ingelow was an English poet and novelist, who gained sudden fame in 1863. She also wrote several stories for children.

1820

Gottlieb Daimler

German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (died 1900)

Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler was a German engineer, industrial designer and industrialist. He was a pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development. He invented the high-speed liquid petroleum-fueled…

1834

Josef Rheinberger

Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer (died 1901)

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger was a composer and organist from Liechtenstein, residing in Bavaria for most of his life. As court conductor in Munich, he was responsible for the music in the royal chapel. He is known for…

1839

Rosina Heikel

Finnish physician (died 1929)

Emma Rosina Heikel was a Finnish medical doctor and feminist. In 1878, she became the first female physician in Finland, and specialised in gynaecology and paediatrics.

1842

Kate Greenaway

English author and illustrator (died 1901)

Catherine Greenaway was an English Victorian artist and writer, known for her children's book illustrations. She received her education in graphic design and art between 1858 and 1871 from the Finsbury School of Art,…

1846

Ernesta Forti

Italian anarchist and dairy worker

Ernesta Forti was an Italian and French dairy worker and anarchist. She is best known for the Parisian dairy shop she ran with her partner, Constant Martin, in the 1880s and 1890s. This shop served as a gathering place…

1848

Charles F. Brush

American businessman and philanthropist, co-invented the Arc lamp (died 1929)

Charles Francis Brush was an American engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

1849

Cornelia Clapp

American marine biologist (died 1934)

Cornelia Maria Clapp was an American educator and zoologist, specializing in marine biology. She earned the first Ph.D. in biology awarded to a woman in the United States from Syracuse University in 1889, and she would…

1849

Mikhail Vrubel

Russian painter (died 1910)

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel was a Russian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. A prolific and innovative master in various media such as painting, drawing, decorative sculpture, and theatrical art, Vrubel is generally…

1856

Martha P. Falconer

American social reformer (died 1941)

Martha Platt Falconer was a pioneer social reformer.

1862

Silvio Gesell

Belgian merchant and economist (died 1930)

Johann Silvio Gesell was a German-Argentine economist, entrepreneur, and social reformer. He was the founder of Freiwirtschaft, an economic model for market socialism. In 1900, he founded the magazine Money and Land…

1862

Joseph Baptista

Indian engineer, lawyer, and politician (died 1930)

Joseph Baptista was an Indian politician and activist from Bombay, closely associated with the Lokmanya Tilak and the Home Rule Movement. He was the first president of the Indian Home Rule League established in 1916. He…

1864

Pierce Butler

American lawyer and jurist (died 1939)

Pierce Butler was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1923 until his death in 1939. He is notable for being the first Supreme Court justice from…

1866

Patrice Contamine de Latour

Spanish poet (died 1926)

Patrice Contamine de Latour, born in Tarragona as José Maria Vicente Ferrer Francisco de Paola Patricio Manuel Contamine and published as J. P. Contamine de Latour, was a Spanish poet who lived in Paris.

1867

Edith New

English militant suffragette (died 1951)

Edith Bessie New was an English suffragette who was one of the first two suffragettes to use vandalism as a tactic. She and Mary Leigh were surprised to find their destruction was celebrated, and they were pulled…

1877

Otto Gross

Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher (died 1920)

Otto Hans Adolf Gross was an Austrian psychoanalyst. A maverick early disciple of Sigmund Freud, he later became an anarchist and joined the utopian Ascona community.

1877

Ville Kiviniemi

Finnish politician (died 1951)

Vilhelm Kiviniemi was a Finnish farmer, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Lapland between November 1917 and September…

1877

Patrick Hastings

English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (died 1952)

Sir Patrick Gardiner Hastings was an English barrister and politician noted for his long and highly successful career as a barrister and his short stint as Attorney General. He was educated at Charterhouse School until…

1880

Lawrence Oates

English lieutenant and explorer (died 1912)

Lawrence Edward Grace "Titus" Oates was a British army officer, and later an Antarctic explorer, who died from hypothermia during the Terra Nova Expedition when he walked from his tent into a freezing blizzard. His…

1880

Walter Rudolf Hess

Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)

Walter Rudolf Hess was a Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1949 for mapping the areas of the brain involved in the control of internal organs. He shared the prize with Egas Moniz.

1881

Alcide Nunez

American clarinet player (died 1934)

Alcide Patrick Nunez, also known as Yellow Nunez and Al Nunez, was an American jazz clarinetist. He was one of the first musicians of New Orleans to make audio recordings.

1884

Ralph Rose

American track and field athlete (died 1913)

Ralph Waldo Rose was an American track and field athlete. He was born in Healdsburg, California. With six Olympic medals, Rose is one of the most successful track and field Olympians of all time.

1885

Princess Patricia of Connaught (died 1974)

Princess Patricia of Connaught was a member of the British royal family and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She was the third and youngest child and the second daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and…

1886

Paul Ramadier

French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1961)

Paul Ramadier was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France in 1947.

1888

Harry Clarke

Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator (died 1931)

Henry Patrick Clarke was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts movement.

1889

Ross McLarty

Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia (died 1962)

Sir Duncan Ross McLarty, was an Australian politician and the 17th Premier of Western Australia.

1891

Floyd B. Barnum

American college football coach (died 1965)

Floyd Bates Barnum was American football coach He was the fourth head football coach at Jamestown College—now known as the University of Jamestown—in Jamestown, North Dakota, serving for one season, in 1921, and…

1892

Sayed Darwish

Egyptian singer-songwriter and producer (died 1923)

Sayed Darwish was an Egyptian singer and composer who was considered the father of Egyptian popular music and one of Egypt's greatest musicians and seen by some as its single greatest composer.

1892

Paul Green

American playwright and academic (died 1981)

Paul Eliot Green was an American playwright whose work includes historical dramas of life in North Carolina during the first decades of the twentieth century. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his 1927 play,…

1894

Lloyd Rees

Australian painter (died 1988)

Lloyd Frederic Rees was an Australian landscape painter who twice won the Wynne Prize for his landscape paintings.

1895

Alfred Newman

American composer and conductor (died 1970)

Alfred Newman was an American composer, arranger, and conductor of film music. From his start as a music prodigy, he came to be regarded as a respected figure in the history of film music. He won nine Academy Awards and…

1900

Bobby Jones

American golfer and lawyer (died 1971)

Robert Tyre Jones Jr. was an American amateur golfer who was one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport; he was also a lawyer by profession. Jones founded and helped design Augusta National Golf…

1902

Elli Stenberg

Finnish politician (died 1987)

Ellen Aleksandra Stenberg was a Finnish politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Communist Party of Finland (SKP) and the Finnish People's Democratic…

1903

Chaim Gross

Austrian-American sculptor and educator (died 1991)

Chaim Gross was an American sculptor and educator of Hungarian Jewish origin. Gross studied and taught at the Educational Alliance Art School in New York City’s Lower Manhattan.

1904

Lillian Yarbo

American comedienne, dancer, and singer (died 1996)

Lillian "Billie" Yarbo was an American stage and screen actress, dancer, and singer.

1905

Takeo Miki

Japanese politician, 41st Prime Minister of Japan (died 1988)

Takeo Miki was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1974 to 1976.

1907

Jean Van Houtte

Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (died 1991)

Jean Marie Joseph "Jan", Baron Van Houtte was a Belgian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Belgium from 1952 to 1954.

1907

Brigitte Helm

German-Swiss actress (died 1996)

Brigitte Helm was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double, the Maschinenmensch, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis.

1908

Sonny Werblin

American businessman and philanthropist (died 1991)

David Abraham "Sonny" Werblin was a prominent entertainment industry executive and sports impresario who was an owner of the New York Jets and served as chairman of Madison Square Garden, and who built and managed the…

1910

Bayard Rustin

American activist (died 1987)

Bayard Rustin was an American political activist and prominent leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. Rustin was the principal organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs…

1912

Sammy Baugh

American football player and coach (died 2008)

Samuel Adrian Baugh was an American professional football quarterback who played 16 seasons with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). Baugh also played safety on defense and was the team's…

1914

Robert S. Arbib Jr.

American ornithologist, writer and conservationist (died 1987)

Robert Simeon Arbib Jr. was an American ornithologist, writer and conservationist. From 1970 to 1984 he was editor of American Birds, the magazine of the National Audubon Society, and was the author of several books on…

1915

Bill Roycroft

Australian equestrian rider (died 2011)

James William George Roycroft, OBE was an Australian Olympic equestrian champion. He grew up on a dairy farm and learnt to ride horses there. After serving in the army in World War II, he moved with his family to a…

1915

Ray Ellington

English drummer and bandleader (died 1985)

Henry Pitts Brown, better known by his stage name Ray Ellington, was an English jazz musician and bandleader. He is best known for his appearances on The Goon Show from 1951 to 1960. The Ray Ellington Quartet had a…

1916

Hank Sauer

American baseball player (died 2001)

Henry John “Hank” Sauer was an American professional baseball player, coach and scout. He appeared in 1,399 games, primarily as a left fielder, in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs…

1917

Nat King Cole

American singer, pianist, and television host (died 1965)

Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and pop vocalist started in the late 1930s and spanned almost three decades where he…

1919

Mad Mike Hoare

British-Irish military officer and mercenary (died 2020)

Thomas Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare was a British-Irish military officer and mercenary who fought during the Simba rebellion and was involved in carrying out the 1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt.

1919

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (died 1975)

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, also known by the honorific Bangabandhu, was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman, activist and diarist who was the founding president of Bangladesh. As the leader of Bangladesh, he…

1920

Meir Amit

Israeli general and politician, 12th Israeli Minister of Communications (died 2009)

Meir Amit was an Israeli politician and cabinet minister. He served as the Chief Director and the head of global operations for Mossad from 1963 to 1968, before entering into politics and holding two ministerial…

1921

Patrick Suppes

American psychologist and philosopher (died 2014)

Patrick Colonel Suppes was an American philosopher who made significant contributions to philosophy of science, the theory of measurement, the foundations of quantum mechanics, decision theory, psychology and…

1922

Stephen Dodgson

English composer and educator (died 2013)

Stephen Cuthbert Vivian Dodgson was a British composer and broadcaster. Dodgson's prolific musical output covered most genres, ranging from opera and large-scale orchestral music to chamber and instrumental music, as…

1924

Gabriele Ferzetti

Italian actor (died 2015)

Gabriele Ferzetti was an Italian actor with more than 160 credits across film, television and stage. His career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s.

1925

Siegfried Lenz

Polish-German author and playwright (died 2014)

Siegfried Lenz was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's birth.…

1926

Betty Allen

American soprano and educator (died 2009)

Betty Allen was an American operatic mezzo-soprano who had an active international singing career during the 1950s through the 1970s. In the latter part of her career her voice acquired a contralto-like darkening, which…

1927

William John McKeag

Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (died 2007)

William John McKeag, was a Manitoba politician and office-holder. He served as the province's 17th Lieutenant Governor between 1970 and 1976.

1928

Paul Horn

American-Canadian flute player and saxophonist (died 2014)

Paul Horn was an American flautist, saxophonist, composer and producer. He became a pioneer of world and new age music with his 1969 album Inside. He received five Grammy nominations between 1965 and 1999, including…

1930

James Irwin

American colonel, pilot, and astronaut, eighth astronaut to walk on the moon (died 1991)

James Benson Irwin was an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot. He served as Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15, the fourth human lunar landing. He was the eighth…

1930

Patricia Breslin

American actress (died 2011)

Patricia Rose Breslin was an American actress and philanthropist. She had a prominent career in television, which included recurring roles as Amanda Miller on The People's Choice (1955–58), and as Laura Harrington…

1931

David Peakall

English-American chemist and toxicologist (died 2001)

David Beaumont Peakall was an internationally recognised toxicologist. His research into the effects of DDE and DDT on eggshells contributed to the ban on DDT in the United States. He proved that the chemicals caused…

1931

Dick Curless

American country music singer (died 1995)

Dick Curless was an American-Canadian country music singer and guitarist known for his extensive vocal range, trademark eye patch, and songs about life on the road. Rising to fame with the 1965 hit "A Tombstone Every…

1932

Myrlie Evers-Williams

American journalist and activist

Myrlie Louise Evers-Williams is an American civil rights activist and journalist who worked for over three decades to seek justice for the 1963 murder of her husband Medgar Evers, another civil rights activist. She also…

1933

Penelope Lively

English author

Dame Penelope Margaret Lively is a British writer of fiction for both children and adults. Lively has won both the Booker Prize and the Carnegie Medal for British children's books.

1933

Fred T. Mackenzie

American biologist and academic (died 2024)

Frederick T. Mackenzie was an American sedimentary and global biogeochemist. Mackenzie applied experimental and field data coupled to a sound theoretical framework to the solution of geological, geochemical, and…

1935

Adam Wade

American singer, drummer, and actor (died 2022)

Patrick Henry "Adam" Wade was an American singer, musician, and actor.

1935

Ida Kleijnen

Dutch chef (died 2019)

Ida Kleijnen was a Dutch Michelin-starred chef.

1936

Ladislav Kupkovič

Slovak composer and conductor (died 2016)

Ladislav Kupkovič was a Slovak composer and conductor.

1936

Ken Mattingly

American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (died 2023)

Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II was an American aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, rear admiral in the United States Navy, and astronaut who orbited the Moon on Apollo 16 and flew on the STS-4 and STS-51-C missions.

1936

Galina Samsova

Russian ballerina (died 2021)

Galina Samsova was a Russian ballet dancer and company director.

1937

Rudolf Nureyev

Russian-French dancer and choreographer (died 1993)

Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev was a Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is widely regarded as the preeminent male ballet dancer of the 20th century, as well as one of the greatest ballet dancers of all…

1938

Keith O'Brien

Northern Ireland-born Scottish cleric, theologian, and cardinal (died 2018)

Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien was a senior-ranking Catholic prelate in Scotland. He was the Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh from 1985 to 2013.

1938

Zola Taylor

American singer (died 2007)

Zoletta Lynn Taylor was an American singer and musician. Beginning her career in the early 1950s, Taylor was the original female member of the American vocal group The Platters from 1954 until 1962, when the group…

1938

Jim Gary

American sculptor (died 2006)

Jim Gary was an American sculptor popularly known for his large, colorful creations of dinosaurs made from discarded automobile parts. These sculptures were typically finished with automobile paint although some were…

1939

Bill Graham

Canadian academic and politician, 4th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2022)

William Carvel Graham was a Canadian lawyer, academic and politician. Graham served as the minister of foreign affairs, minister of national defence, leader of the opposition and interim leader of the Liberal Party of…

1939

Robin Knox-Johnston

English sailor and first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe

Sir William Robert Patrick Knox-Johnston CBE RD* is a British sailor. In 1969, he became the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. Along with Sir Peter Blake, he won in 1994 the…

1939

Giovanni Trapattoni

Italian footballer and manager

Giovanni Trapattoni, popularly nicknamed "Trap", is an Italian former football manager and player, considered the most successful club coach in Italian football.

1939

Mark White

American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Texas (died 2017)

Mark Wells White Jr. was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 43rd governor of Texas from 1983 to 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 74th secretary of state of Texas from 1973 to…

1940

Wang Jin-pyng

Taiwanese soldier and politician

Wang Jin-pyng is a Taiwanese politician. He served as President of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2016, which makes him Taiwan's longest-serving legislative speaker. Once a leading figure of the Kuomintang (KMT),…

1941

Paul Kantner

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)

Paul Lorin Kantner was an American rock musician. He is best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and a secondary vocalist of Jefferson Airplane, a leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era. He…

1941

Max Stafford-Clark

English director and academic

Maxwell Robert Guthrie Stewart "Max" Stafford-Clark is a British theatre director.

1941

John Wayne Gacy

American serial killer and rapist (died 1994)

John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured and murdered at least thirty-three young men and boys between 1972 and 1978 in Norwood Park Township, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. He…

1942

Yoko Yamamoto

Japanese actress (died 2024)

Yoko Yamamoto was a Japanese actress represented by Kabushikigaisha Sanyō Kikaku. Yamamoto was born on March 17, 1942, and died on February 20, 2024, at the age of 81.

1942

Jeff Banks

Welsh fashion designer

Jeff Banks PPCSD is a Welsh fashion designer of men's and women's clothing, jewellery, and home furnishings. Born in Ebbw Vale, Wales, Banks co-founded the fashion chain Warehouse in the late 1970s. He later created and…

1943

Andrew Brook

Canadian philosopher, author, and academic

Andrew Brook is a Canadian philosopher, author and academic particularly known for his writings on Immanuel Kant and the interplay between philosophy and cognitive science. Brook is Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of…

1943

Pattie Boyd

English model, author, and photographer

Patricia Anne Boyd is a retired English model and photographer. Boyd married George Harrison in 1966, experiencing the height of the Beatles' popularity and sharing their embrace of Indian spirituality. She divorced…

1944

Cito Gaston

American baseball player and manager

Clarence Edwin "Cito" Gaston is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder, coach and manager. His major league career as a player lasted from 1967 to 1978, most notably with the San Diego Padres and…

1944

Michael Hayden

American general, 20th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Michael Vincent Hayden is a retired United States Air Force four-star general and former director of the National Security Agency, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and Director of the Central…

1945

Dennis Bond

English footballer (died 2025)

Dennis Joseph Thomas Bond was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Watford, Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic and represented England at School and Youth level.

1947

Yury Chernavsky

Russian-American songwriter and producer (died 2025)

Yury Alexandrovich Chernavsky was a Russian producer, composer and songwriter. Chernavsky was a member of performance rights organisations such as GEMA, BMI, and RAO, and had also been recognized as an Honored Artist of…

1947

William Gibson

American-Canadian author and screenwriter

William Ford Gibson is an American and Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk, a category from which he has repeatedly distanced…

1948

Alex MacDonald

Scottish footballer and manager

Alexander MacDonald is a Scottish former professional football player and manager. MacDonald played for St Johnstone, Rangers and Hearts. He also played in one full international match for Scotland, in 1976. Towards the…

1948

Pat Rice

Irish footballer and coach

Patrick James Rice, MBE is a Northern Irish former football player and coach. As a player, he made nearly 400 appearances for Arsenal, winning the Double, and later made a hundred more appearances for Watford. He also…

1949

Stuart Rose

English businessman

Stuart Alan Ransom Rose, Baron Rose of Monewden is a British businessman and life peer, who was the executive chairman of Marks & Spencer until 2010, remaining as chairman until early 2011.

1949

Scott Gorham

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

William Scott Gorham is an American guitarist and songwriter who is one of the "twin lead guitarists" for the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. Although not a founding member of Thin Lizzy, he served as a continuous member…

1951

Craig Ramsay

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Craig Edward Ramsay is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He played in the NHL from 1971 to 1985 for the Buffalo Sabres, notably featuring in the 1975 Stanley Cup Final with the Sabres. After…

1951

Barry Horne

English activist (died 2001)

Barry Horne was an English animal rights activist. He became known around the world in December 1998 when he engaged in a 68-day hunger strike in an effort to persuade the government to hold a public inquiry into animal…

1952

Filemon Lagman

Filipino activist (died 2001)

Filemon Castelar Lagman, also known by the aliases Ka Popoy and Carlos Forte, was a Filipino revolutionary socialist and labor leader who supported Marxism-Leninism. He split with the Communist Party of the Philippines…

1953

Chuck Muncie

American football player (died 2013)

Harry Vance "Chuck" Muncie was an American professional football player who was a running back for the New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers in the National Football League (NFL) from 1976 to 1984. He was selected…

1953

Cynthia McKinney

American activist and politician

Cynthia Ann McKinney is a former American politician. As a member of the Democratic Party, she served six terms in the United States House of Representatives. She was the first African American woman elected to…

1955

Patrick McDonnell

American author and illustrator

Patrick McDonnell is a cartoonist, author, and playwright. He is the creator of the daily comic strip Mutts, which follows the adventures of a dog and a cat, that has been syndicated since 1994. Prior to creating Mutts,…

1956

Rory McGrath

British comedian, television personality, and writer

Patrick Rory McGrath is a British comedian, television personality, and writer. He came to prominence in the comedy show Who Dares Wins and was a regular panellist on the game show They Think It's All Over. He acted in…

1956

Michael Kelly

American journalist and author (died 2003)

Michael Thomas Kelly was an American journalist for The New York Times, a columnist for The Washington Post and The New Yorker, and a magazine editor for The New Republic, National Journal, and The Atlantic. He came to…

1957

Danny Ainge

American baseball and basketball player

Daniel Ray Ainge is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and professional baseball player who serves as the chief executive officer for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).…

1959

Paul Black

American singer-songwriter and drummer

Paul Mars Black is an American singer and drummer. He is most notable for his time as lead vocalist in L.A. Guns, with whom he wrote most of their self-titled debut album.

1959

Sam Bowie

American basketball player

Samuel Paul Bowie is an American former professional basketball player. A national sensation in high school and outstanding collegian and Olympic team member, Bowie's professional promise was undermined by repeated…

1961

Dana Reeve

American actress, singer, and activist (died 2006)

Dana Charles Reeve was an American actress and singer. She was the wife of actor Christopher Reeve and mother of television reporter and anchor Will Reeve.

1961

Carsten Almqvist

Swedish business executive

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1962

Ank Bijleveld

Dutch politician

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1962

Janet Gardner

American singer and guitarist

Janet Patricia Gardner is an American rock singer. She is best known as the former lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the all-female glam metal band Vixen joining in 1983. She was the band's longest serving vocalist…

1962

Clare Grogan

Scottish singer and actress

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1962

Rob Sitch

Australian actor, director, and producer

Robert Ian Sitch is an Australian filmmaker, actor and comedian. He directed and co-wrote the comedy films The Castle (1997) and The Dish (2000); the former of which is often considered one of the greatest Australian…

1962

Roger Harper

Guyanese cricketer and coach

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1963

Stefano Borgonovo

Italian footballer (died 2013)

Stefano Borgonovo was an Italian footballer and manager, who played as a striker. An opportunistic striker, Borgonovo played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, and came to prominence while playing…

1964

Lee Dixon

English footballer and journalist

Lee Michael Dixon is an English pundit and retired professional footballer who played as a right-back. Dixon was also capped 22 times for England.

1964

Rob Lowe

American actor

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1964

Jacques Songo'o

Cameroonian footballer and coach

Jacques Celestin Songo'o is a Cameroonian former professional football goalkeeper who is the current goalkeeping coach of the Cameroon national team.

1964

Andrew Hudson

South African cricketer

Andrew Charles Hudson is a former South African Test and ODI cricketer. The right-handed batsman played 35 Tests and 89 One Day Internationals for South Africa in the 1990s.

1965

Andrew Rosindell

English journalist and politician

Andrew Richard Rosindell is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Romford since 2001. He was elected as a Conservative MP before his defection to Reform UK on 18 January 2026.

1966

Barry Minkow

American pastor and businessman

Barry Jay Minkow is a former American businessman, pastor, and a repeat convicted felon. While still in high school, Minkow founded ZZZZ Best, which appeared to be an immensely successful carpet-cleaning and restoration…

1967

Eri Nitta

Japanese singer-songwriter and actress

Eri Nitta is a Japanese singer, actress, lyricist, and tarento. She made her professional debut as the fourth member of the all-female singing group Onyanko Club in 1985. She made her solo debut with the hit song…

1968

Alexander McQueen

English fashion designer, founded eponymous brand (died 2010)

Lee Alexander McQueen was a British fashion designer and couturier. He founded the eponymous fashion house Alexander McQueen in 1992, and worked as chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001. He won four British…

1969

Patrick Lebeau

Canadian ice hockey player

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1970

Gene Ween

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

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1970

Bill Mueller

American baseball player and coach

William Richard Mueller is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB). Mueller's MLB playing career was spent with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs…

1971

Torquil Campbell

English-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor

Torquil Campbell is the co-lead singer and a songwriter for the Montreal-based indie rock band Stars. In addition to singing, he also plays the melodica, trumpet, synthesizer, and tambourine. Campbell is also an actor…

1972

Rico Blanco

Filipino singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

Rico Rene Granados Blanco is a Filipino singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor, endorser and entrepreneur. He began his career as one of the founding members, and served as the chief…

1973

Vance Wilson

American baseball player and manager

Vance Allen Wilson is an American former professional baseball catcher and current coach. He is the third base coach for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played all or parts of eight seasons in…

1973

Mark Dolan

English comedian and television host

Mark Dolan is an English presenter and comedian. He has hosted various shows on UK television, including Balls of Steel for Channel 4 2005 until 2008 and the self titled Mark Dolan Tonight and Friday Night Live with…

1974

Justin Hawkins

English singer-songwriter

Justin David Hawkins is an English musician, Internet personality, singer, and songwriter best known as the founder, lead singer, and lead guitarist of The Darkness, of which his younger brother Dan is also a member. He…

1975

Puneeth Rajkumar

Indian actor, singer, and producer (died 2021)

Puneeth Rajkumar, affectionately known as Appu, was an Indian actor, playback singer, film producer, television presenter and philanthropist who worked in Kannada cinema. He was the youngest son of legendary actor and…

1975

Test

Canadian-American wrestler (died 2009)

Andrew James Robert Patrick Martin was a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. He was best known for his tenures with World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE) where he competed under the ring name Test.

1975

Scott Downs

American baseball player

Scott Jeremy Downs is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Atlanta…

1976

Stephen Gately

Irish singer-songwriter and actor (died 2009)

Stephen Patrick David Gately was an Irish singer who, with Ronan Keating, was co-lead singer of the pop group Boyzone. All of Boyzone's studio albums during Gately's lifetime hit number one in the United Kingdom, their…

1976

Álvaro Recoba

Uruguayan footballer

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1976

Tamar Braxton

American singer and television personality

Tamar Estine Braxton is an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality.

1977

Zachery Kouwe

American journalist

Zachery "Zach" Kouwe is a communications strategist and former financial journalist. He is known for serving as a media and strategic communications advisor to corporations and financial firms including activist…

1978

Stormy Daniels

American adult film actress

Stephanie A. Gregory Clifford, known professionally as Stormy Daniels, is an American pornographic film actress, director and former stripper. She has won many industry awards and is a member of the NightMoves Hall of…

1979

Andrew Ference

Canadian ice hockey player

Andrew James Stewart Ference is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played as a defenceman for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames, Boston Bruins and the Edmonton Oilers. In 2011, Ference helped the…

1979

Stephen Kramer Glickman

Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and fashion designer

Stephen Kramer Glickman is a Canadian actor, comedian and singer. He is best known for his role as Gustavo Rocque on the Nickelodeon sitcom Big Time Rush (2009–2013), and for co-hosting the podcast The Night Time Show.

1979

Mineko Nomachi

Japanese essayist

Mineko Nomachi is a Japanese essayist, columnist, illustrator, and radio and television personality. She is best known for her blog I'm Queer but I'm an Office Lady , which was published as a book by Bungeishunjū in…

1979

Samoa Joe

American professional wrestler

Nuufolau Joel Seanoa, better known by the ring name Samoa Joe, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the leader of the Opps. He is a former two-time AEW World…

1979

Danny Califf

American soccer player

Daniel Benjamin Califf is an American retired professional soccer player who played as a defender.

1980

Aaron Baddeley

American-Australian golfer

Aaron John Baddeley is an Australian professional golfer.

1981

Servet Çetin

Turkish footballer

Servet Çetin is a Turkish football manager and former player who's currently coaching Sarıyer. Çetin began his football journey in 1990 when he joined Kartalspor after a chance encounter. Initially an amateur, he…

1981

Nicky Jam

Puerto Rican singer-songwriter

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1981

Kyle Korver

American basketball player

Kyle Elliot Korver is an American professional basketball executive and former player who is the assistant general manager for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball…

1981

Steven Pienaar

South African footballer

Steven Jerome Pienaar is a South African former professional footballer and current coach of the U14 team of Sharjah FC in the United Arab Emirates.

1982

James Heath

English golfer

James Joseph Heath is an English professional golfer.

1983

Raul Meireles

Portuguese footballer

Raul José Trindade Meireles is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1983

Attila Vajda

Hungarian sprint canoeist

Attila Vajda is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who has competed since the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics he has won two medals in the C-1 1000 m event with a gold in 2008 and a bronze in 2004.

1983

Chris Copeland

American basketball player and coach

Christopher Stephen Copeland, nicknamed "the X-Factor", is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Colorado, Boulder.

1984

Ryan Rottman

American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Ryan Rottman is an American actor.

1984

Tuğba Karademir

Turkish-Canadian figure skater

Tuğba Karademir is a Turkish former competitive figure skater. She won silver medals at the 2008 International Challenge Cup and 2008 Ondrej Nepela Memorial. She qualified to the free skate at two Winter Olympics, two…

1985

César Valdez

Dominican baseball player

César Miguel Valdez is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Dorados de Chihuahua of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Oakland…

1985

Chris Davis

American baseball player

Christopher Lyn Davis, nicknamed "Crush Davis", is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles. He batted left-handed and…

1986

Edin Džeko

Bosnian footballer

Edin Džeko is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and captains the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Nicknamed the "Bosnian Diamond" or simply the "Diamond", he is…

1986

Miles Kane

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Miles Peter Kane is an English singer and musician, best known as a solo artist and the co-frontman of the Last Shadow Puppets. He was also the former frontman of the Rascals, before the band announced their break-up in…

1986

Jeremy Pargo

American basketball player

Jeremy Raymon Pargo is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. In 2011 he reached the EuroLeague Final with Maccabi Tel Aviv, earning an All-EuroLeague Second…

1986

Silke Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

Silke Spiegelburg is a former German pole vaulter. She is the younger sister of Richard Spiegelburg. She represented Germany at the Summer Olympics in 2004, 2008 and 2012, as well as having competed at the World…

1986

Federico Fazio

Argentine footballer

Federico Julián Fazio is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

1987

Rob Kardashian

American television personality

Robert Arthur Kardashian is an American television personality. He is known for appearing on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, a reality television series that centers on his family, as well as its spin-offs. In 2011,…

1987

Carlos Lampe

Bolivian footballer

Carlos Emilio Lampe Porras is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for División Profesional club Bolívar and the Bolivia national team.

1987

Ryan Parent

Canadian ice hockey player

Ryan Parent is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Philadelphia Flyers and the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is currently head coach with the Utica Comets.

1987

Bobby Ryan

American ice hockey player

Robert Shane Ryan is an American former professional ice hockey winger. He played for the Anaheim Ducks, Ottawa Senators and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted second overall by the…

1987

Emmanuel Sanders

American football player

Emmanuel Niamiah Sanders is an American former professional football wide receiver who played for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the SMU Mustangs, and was drafted by the…

1987

Rasmus Elm

Swedish footballer

Rasmus Christoffer Elm is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the assistant coach of Kalmar FF. During his career, he played for Kalmar FF in Sweden, for AZ in the…

1988

Fraser Forster

English footballer

Fraser Gerard Forster is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Bournemouth.

1988

Grimes

Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and visual artist

Claire Elise Boucher, known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her work often invokes themes of science fiction, feminism, and fantasy. She has released five…

1988

Brent Meuleman

Belgian politician

Brent C. M. Meuleman is a Belgian politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives. A member of Vooruit, he has represented East Flanders since June 2024.

1988

Ryan White

Canadian ice hockey player

Ryan White is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He was selected in the third round, 66th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2006 NHL entry draft. White also played for the Philadelphia Flyers,…

1988

Mikael Backlund

Swedish ice hockey player

Mikael Backlund is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a centre and captain of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL).

1989

Shinji Kagawa

Japanese footballer

Shinji Kagawa is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cerezo Osaka. He is widely regarded as one of the best Japanese players of all time.

1989

Juan Lagares

Dominican baseball player

Juan Osvaldo Lagares is a Dominican former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Los Angeles Angels, and in the KBO League for the SSG Landers. Known for…

1989

Harry Melling

English actor

Harry Edward Melling is an English actor who first came to international attention for playing Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter films (2001–2010). Since then, he has come to prominence for his well-received…

1989

Hozier

Irish musician

Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, known mononymously as Hozier, is an Irish singer and musician. His music primarily draws from folk, soul and blues, often using religious and literary themes and taking political or social…

1990

Saina Nehwal

Indian badminton player

Saina Nehwal is an Indian former badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in 2009, it was only in 2015 that…

1990

Jean Segura

Dominican baseball player

Jean Carlos Enrique Segura is a Dominican former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Milwaukee Brewers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Seattle…

1990

Sergey Kalinin

Russian ice hockey player

Sergey Pavlovich Kalinin is a Russian professional ice hockey forward who plays for CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He formerly played for the New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1991

Cordarrelle Patterson

American football player

Cordarrelle Patterson, nicknamed "Flash", is an American professional football running back. As a versatile utility player, he is also a kick returner and occasionally at wide receiver. Patterson played college football…

1991

Thomas Robinson

American-Lebanese basketball player

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1991

John Boyega

British actor and producer

John Adedayo Bamidele Adegboyega, known professionally as John Boyega, is a British actor and producer. He first gained recognition in Britain for his role as a teenage gang leader in the comedy horror film Attack the…

1992

Patrick Cantlay

American golfer

Patrick Stephen Cantlay is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, where he has won eight tournaments.

1992

Yeltsin Tejeda

Costa Rican footballer

Yeltsin Ignacio Tejeda Valverde is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga FPD club Herediano, which he captains, and the Costa Rica national team.

1992

Matteo Bianchetti

Italian footballer

Matteo Bianchetti is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie B club Cremonese.

1993

Rhys Hoskins

American baseball player

Rhys Dean Hoskins is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers.

1993

Yao Yuanjun

Chinese Border police officer (died 2011)

Yao Yuanjun was a border police officer with the rank of Private who served in the People's Armed Police Border Defense Corps. Yao drowned in the Shweli river while attempting to arrest a drug trafficker on the…

1993

DeForest Buckner

American football player

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1994

Terry Rozier

American basketball player

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1994

Ivan Provedel

Italian footballer

Ivan Provedel is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Lazio.

1994

Marcel Sabitzer

Austrian footballer

Marcel Sabitzer is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Austria national team. Predominantly a central midfielder, Sabitzer can play in a multitude…

1994

Claressa Shields

American boxer and mixed martial artist

Claressa Maria Shields is an American professional boxer and former professional mixed martial artist. She has held 18 major world championships spanning five weight classes, including the undisputed female light…

1995

Katie Ledecky

American swimmer

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1997

Daniel Sprong

Dutch ice hockey player

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1997

Brandon Aiyuk

American football player

Brandon Aiyuk is an American professional football wide receiver who plays for the San Francisco 49ers. He played college football for the Sierra College Wolverines and Arizona State Sun Devils and was selected by the…

1998

Pietro Pellegri

Italian footballer

Pietro Pellegri is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Empoli on loan from Torino. He has been capped once by the Italy national team.

2001

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Rojava conflict: At a conference in Rmelan, the Movement for a Democratic Society declares the establishment of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria. Wikipedia →

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