Famous Birthdays on March 19

Q: Who was born on March 19?

Famous people born on March 19 include: Güyük Khan, Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Johannes Magnus, José de Anchieta, Jan Zamoyski.

Q: What is Gaston Lachaise known for?

Gaston Lachaise, French-American sculptor (died 1935)

173 people 1206 – 1999

March 19 has seen 173 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1206 – 1999. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · March 19 — Wikipedia

1882 — Gaston Lachaise

French-American sculptor (died 1935)

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A native of Paris, he is most noted for his robust female nudes such as his heroic Standing Woman

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Gaston Lachaise was a French-born sculptor, active in America in the early 20th century

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There, he became profoundly impressed by the great vitality and promise of his adopted country

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Gaston Lachaise was taught the fundamentals of European sculpture while living in France

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While still a student, he met and fell in love with an older American woman, Isabel Dutaud Nagle, then followed her after she returned to America

Güyük Khan

Mongol ruler, 3rd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (died 1248)

Güyük Khan or Güyüg Khagan, mononymously Güyüg, was the third Khagan of the Mongol Empire, the eldest son of Ögedei Khan and a grandson of Genghis Khan. He reigned from 1246 to 1248. He started his military career by…

1206

Ashikaga Yoshikatsu

Japanese shōgun (died 1443)

Ashikaga Yoshikatsu was the seventh shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1442 to 1443 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshikatsu was the son of 6th shōgun Ashikaga Yoshinori with his concubine, Hino…

1434

Johannes Magnus

Swedish archbishop and theologian (died 1544)

Johannes Magnus was the last functioning Catholic Archbishop in Sweden, and also a theologian, genealogist, and historian.

1488

José de Anchieta

Spanish missionary and saint (died 1597)

José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo, SJ was a Spanish missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in the second half of the 16th century. A highly influential figure in Brazil's history in the first century after its…

1534

Jan Zamoyski

Polish nobleman (died 1605)

Jan Sariusz Zamoyski was a Polish szlachcic (nobleman), magnate, statesman and the first ordynat of Zamość. He served as Royal Secretary from 1565, Deputy Chancellor from 1576, Grand Chancellor of the Crown from 1578,…

1542

Alonso Cano

Spanish painter, sculptor, and architect (died 1667)

Alonso Cano Almansa was a Spanish painter, architect, and sculptor born in Granada.

1601

John IV of Portugal (died 1656)

Dom John IV, also known by the Portuguese as John the Restorer, was the King of Portugal from 1640 until his death in 1656. He restored the independence of Portugal from Habsburg Spanish rule by terminating the…

1604

Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi

Syrian author and scholar (died 1731)

Shaykh 'Abd al-Ghani ibn Isma′il al-Nabulsi (an-Nabalusi), was an eminent Sunni Muslim scholar, poet, and author on works about Sufism, ethnography and agriculture.

1641

Francesco Gasparini

Italian composer and educator (died 1727)

Francesco Gasparini was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher whose works were performed throughout Italy, and also on occasion in the Holy Roman Empire and England.

1661

Jean Astruc

French physician and scholar (died 1766)

Jean Astruc was a professor of medicine in France at Montpellier and Paris, who wrote the first great treatise on syphilis and venereal diseases, and also, with a small anonymously published book, played a fundamental…

1684

Tobias Smollett

Scottish-Italian poet and author (died 1771) (baptised on this day)

Tobias George Smollett was a Scottish writer and surgeon. He was best known for writing picaresque novels such as The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748), The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751) and The Expedition of…

1721

Thomas McKean

American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (died 1817)

Thomas McKean was an American lawyer, politician, and Founding Father. During the American Revolution he was a Delaware delegate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, where he signed the Continental Association,…

1734

Charles-François Lebrun

duc de Plaisance, French lawyer and politician (died 1824)

Charles-François Lebrun, 1st duc de Plaisance was a French statesman who served as Third Consul of the French Republic and was later created Arch-Treasurer by Napoleon I.

1739

Túpac Amaru II

Peruvian rebel leader (died 1781)

Túpac Amaru II was an Indigenous cacique who led a large Andean rebellion against the Spanish in Peru as self-proclaimed Sapa Inca of the new Inca Empire. He was later elevated to a mythical status in the Peruvian…

1742

Elias Hicks

American farmer, minister, and theologian (died 1830)

Elias Hicks was a traveling Quaker minister from Long Island, New York. In his ministry he promoted doctrines deemed unorthodox by many which led to lasting controversy, and caused the second major schism within the…

1748

Edward Pakenham

Anglo-Irish general and politician (died 1815)

Major-General Sir Edward Michael Pakenham, was a British Army officer and politician. He was the son of the Baron Longford and the brother-in-law of the Duke of Wellington, with whom he served in the Peninsular War.…

1778

José Prudencio Padilla López

Colombian naval commander and politician (died 1828)

Admiral José Prudencio Padilla López was a Neogranadine military leader who fought in the Spanish American wars of independence and a hero in the battles of independence for Gran Colombia . He was the foremost naval…

1784

Fredrik Pacius

German composer and conductor (died 1891)

Fredrik Pacius ; in German and in Estonian Friedrich Pacius; 19 March 1809 – 8 January 1891) was a German composer, violinist and conductor who lived most of his life in Finland. He is regarded as the "Father of Finnish…

1809

David Livingstone

Scottish missionary and explorer (died 1873)

David Livingstone was a Scottish doctor, Congregationalist, pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, and an explorer in Africa. Livingstone was married to Mary Moffat Livingstone, from the…

1813

Johannes Verhulst

Dutch composer and conductor (died 1891)

Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst was a Dutch composer and conductor. As a composer mainly of songs and as administrator of Dutch musical life, his influence during his lifetime was considerable.

1816

Richard Francis Burton

English soldier, geographer, and diplomat (died 1890)

Sir Richard Francis Burton was a British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa and South America, as well as his extensive knowledge of languages and…

1821

Arthur Blyth

English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (died 1891)

Sir Arthur Blyth was Premier of South Australia three times; 1864–65, 1871–72 and 1873–75.

1823

William Allingham

Irish poet, author, and scholar (died 1889)

William Allingham was an Irish poet, diarist and editor. He wrote several volumes of lyric verse, and his poem "The Faeries" was much anthologised. But he is better known for his posthumously published Diary, in which…

1824

Carl Frederik Tietgen

Danish businessman (died 1901)

Carl Frederik Tietgen was a Danish financier and industrialist. He played an important role in the industrialisation of Denmark as the founder of numerous prominent Danish companies, many of which are still in operation…

1829

Minna Canth

Finnish journalist, playwright, and activist (died 1897)

Minna Canth was a Finnish writer and social activist. Canth began to write while managing her family draper's shop and living as a widow raising seven children. Her work addresses issues of women's rights, particularly…

1844

Albert Pinkham Ryder

American painter (died 1917)

Albert Pinkham Ryder was an American painter best known for his poetic and moody allegorical works and seascapes, as well as his eccentric personality. While his art shared an emphasis on subtle variations of color with…

1847

Wyatt Earp

American police officer (died 1929)

Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp was an American lawman and an assistant marshal to his brother, Virgil Earp. Earp was involved in the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which he and other lawmen killed three outlaws. While…

1848

Alfred von Tirpitz

German admiral and politician (died 1930)

Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz was a German grand admiral and State Secretary of the German Imperial Naval Office, the administrative branch of the German Imperial Navy from 1897 until 1916.

1849

Kang Youwei

Chinese scholar and politician (died 1927)

Kang Youwei was a Chinese political thinker and reformer in the late Qing dynasty. His increasing closeness to and influence over the young Guangxu Emperor sparked conflict between the emperor and his adoptive mother,…

1858

William Jennings Bryan

American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (died 1925)

William Jennings Bryan was an American lawyer, orator, and politician. He was a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 1896, 1900,…

1860

Lomer Gouin

Canadian lawyer and politician, Premier of Quebec (died 1929)

Sir Jean Lomer Gouin was a Canadian politician. He served as 13th premier of Quebec, as a Cabinet minister in the federal government of Canada, and as the 15th lieutenant governor of Quebec.

1861

Charles Marion Russell

American painter and sculptor (died 1926)

Charles Marion Russell, also known as C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an American artist of the American Old West. He created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Native Americans, and landscapes…

1864

William Morton Wheeler

American entomologist, myrmecologist, and academic (died 1937)

William Morton Wheeler was an American entomologist, myrmecologist and professor at Harvard University.

1865

Senda Berenson Abbott

Lithuanian-American basketball player and educator (died 1954)

Senda Berenson Abbott was a figure of women's basketball and the author of the first Basketball Guide for Women (1901–07). She was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor on July 1, 1985, the…

1868

Schofield Haigh

English cricketer and coach (died 1921)

Schofield Haigh was a Yorkshire and England cricketer. He played for nineteen seasons for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, sporadically for England from 1898–99 to 1912, and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1901.

1871

Anna Held

Polish singer (died 1918)

Helene Anna Held was a Polish-born French stage performer of Jewish origin on Broadway. While appearing in London, she was spotted by impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, who brought her to America as his common-law wife. From…

1872

Max Reger

German pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1916)

Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, a musical director at the Leipzig University Church, a professor at the…

1873

Zhang Zuolin

Chinese warlord (died 1928)

Zhang Zuolin was a Chinese warlord who ruled Manchuria from 1916 until his assassination in 1928. He led the Fengtian clique, one of the most powerful factions during the Warlord Era. In 1927, he became the leader of…

1875

Felix Jacoby

German philologist (died 1959)

Felix Jacoby was a German classicist and philologist. He is best known among classicists for his highly important work Fragmente der griechischen Historiker, a collection of text fragments of ancient Greek historians.

1876

Ernestine Rose

American librarian and advocate (died 1961)

Ernestine Rose was a librarian at the New York Public Library responsible for the purchase and incorporation of the Arthur A. Schomburg collection.

1880

Edith Nourse Rogers

American social worker and politician (died 1960)

Edith Rogers was an American social welfare volunteer and politician who served as a Republican in the United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Until 2012, she was the…

1881

Norman Haworth

English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1950)

Sir Walter Norman Haworth FRS was a British chemist best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid while working at the University of Birmingham. He received the 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his…

1883

Joseph Stilwell

American general (died 1946)

Joseph Warren "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell was a United States Army general who served in the China Burma India theater during World War II. Stilwell served as commander of the US forces in the theater, and also as deputy for…

1883

Attik

Greek composer (died 1944)

Attik was a significant Greek composer of the early 20th century.

1885

Josef Albers

German-American painter and educator (died 1976)

Josef Albers was a German-born American artist and educator who is considered one of the most influential 20th-century art teachers in the United States. Born in 1888 in Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany, into a Roman…

1888

Léon Scieur

Belgian cyclist (died 1969)

Léon Scieur was a Belgian cyclist who won the 1921 Tour de France, along with stages 3 and 10. His first great victory was the 1920 Liège–Bastogne–Liège; he won a stage and finished fourth in the 1919 and 1920 Tours de…

1888

Earl Warren

American lieutenant, jurist, and politician, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1974)

Earl Warren was an American attorney and politician who served as the 30th governor of California from 1943 to 1953, and as the 14th chief justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969. The Warren Court presided over a…

1891

Theodore Sizer

American professor of the history of art (died 1967)

Theodore Sizer was an American professor of the history of art at Yale University and a director of the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut. He was named the first Pursuivant of Arms for Yale…

1892

Ado Vabbe

Estonian painter (died 1961)

Ado Vabbe was an Estonian painter, printmaker, and teacher.

1892

James Van Fleet

American general and diplomat (died 1992)

General James Alward Van Fleet was a United States Army officer who served during World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Van Fleet was a native of New Jersey, who was raised in Florida and graduated from the…

1892

Gertrud Dorka

German archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director (died 1976)

Gertrud Dorka was a German archaeologist, prehistorian, museum director and teacher. She was the museum director of the State Museum for Prehistory and Early History between 1947 and 1958.

1893

Moms Mabley

American comedian and singer (died 1975)

Loretta Mary Aiken, known by her stage name Jackie "Moms" Mabley, was an American stand-up comedian and actress. Mabley began her career on the theater stage in the 1920s and became a veteran entertainer of the Chitlin'…

1894

Carmen Carbonell

Spanish stage and film actress (died 1988)

Carmen Carbonell Nonell (1900–1988) was a Spanish stage and film actress. She received the National Theater Award twice, in 1950 and 1980.

1900

Frédéric Joliot-Curie

French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)

Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie was a French chemist and physicist who received the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with his wife, Irène Joliot-Curie, for their discovery of induced radioactivity. They were the second married…

1900

Jo Mielziner

French-American set designer (died 1976)

Joseph Mielziner was an American theatrical scenic, and lighting designer born in Paris, France. He was described as "the most successful set designer of the Golden era of Broadway", and worked on both stage plays and…

1901

Joe Rollino

American weightlifter and boxer (died 2010)

Joseph Rollino was an American decorated World War II veteran, weightlifter, and strongman. The son of Italian immigrants, Rollino dubbed himself the world's strongest man in the 1920s, moving 3,200 pounds (1,500 kg)…

1905

Albert Speer

German architect and politician, convicted Nuremberg war criminal (died 1981)

Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer was a German architect who served as Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany during most of World War II. A close friend and ally of Adolf Hitler, he was convicted…

1905

Clara Breed

American librarian and activist (died 1994)

Clara Estelle Breed was an American librarian remembered chiefly for her support for Japanese American children during World War II. After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, many residents of California who…

1906

Adolf Eichmann

German SS officer, one of the main organizers of the Holocaust (died 1962)

Otto Adolf Eichmann was a German-Austrian official of the Nazi Party, an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), a convicted war criminal, and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust. He participated in the January 1942…

1906

Elizabeth Maconchy

British/Irish composer (died 1994)

Dame Elizabeth Violet Maconchy LeFanu was an English-Irish composer. She is considered to be one of the finest composers Great Britain and Ireland have produced.

1907

Louis Hayward

South African-American actor (died 1985)

Louis Charles Hayward was a South African-born, British-American actor.

1909

Marjorie Linklater

Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment of Orkney (died 1997)

Marjorie Linklater was a Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment on the island of Orkney. She gave up acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art to get involved in conservation, education, and health matters…

1909

Joseph Carroll

American general (died 1991)

Lieutenant General Joseph Francis Carroll was the founding director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the first commander of the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations.

1910

Hugh Watt

Australian-New Zealand engineer and politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1980)

Hugh Watt was a New Zealand politician who was a Labour member of Parliament and the acting prime minister of New Zealand between 31 August and 6 September 1974, following the death of Prime Minister Norman Kirk. He had…

1912

Leonidas Alaoglu

Canadian-American mathematician and theorist (died 1981)

Leonidas (Leon) Alaoglu was a Canadian-American mathematician and operations researcher. During his six-year stint as a mathematician from 1938 to 1944, Alaoglu studied several topics, including topology, number theory,…

1914

Jay Berwanger

American football player and coach (died 2002)

John Jacob "Jay" Berwanger was an American college football player and referee. In 1935, Berwanger was the first recipient of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, renamed the Heisman Trophy the following year. At its…

1914

Robert G. Cole

American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1944)

Robert George Cole was an American soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Normandy in World War II. Cole, the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment…

1915

Patricia Morison

American actress and singer (died 2018)

Eileen Patricia Augusta Fraser Morison was an American stage, television and film actress of the Golden Age of Hollywood and mezzo-soprano singer. She made her feature film debut in 1939 after several years on the…

1915

Eric Christmas

English-Canadian actor (died 2000)

Eric Cuthbert Christmas was an English actor, with over 40 films and numerous television roles to his credit. He is probably best known for his role as Mr. Carter, the principal of Angel Beach High School, in the 1981…

1916

Irving Wallace

American journalist, author, and screenwriter (died 1990)

Irving Wallace was an American best-selling author and screenwriter. He was known for his heavily researched novels, many with a sexual theme.

1916

Laszlo Szabo

Hungarian chess player (died 1998)

László Szabó was a Hungarian chess player. He was awarded the title of International Grandmaster in 1950, when it was instituted by FIDE.

1917

Lennie Tristano

American pianist, composer, and educator (died 1978)

Leonard Joseph Tristano was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and teacher of jazz improvisation.

1919

Kjell Aukrust

Norwegian author, poet, and painter (died 2002)

Kjell Aukrust was a Norwegian author, poet, artist and humorist. Aukrust is principally known for his Flåklypa stories and Flåklypa drawings.

1920

Tommy Cooper

British magician and prop comedian (died 1984)

Thomas Frederick Cooper was a Welsh prop comedian, actor, entertainer and magician. He was large and lumbering at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and habitually wore a red fez when performing. He served in the British Army for…

1921

Guy Lewis

American basketball player and coach (died 2015)

Guy Vernon Lewis II was an American basketball player and coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at the University of Houston from 1956 to 1986. Lewis led his Houston Cougars to five appearances in the…

1922

Hiroo Onoda

Japanese lieutenant (died 2014)

Hiroo Onoda 19 March 1922 – 16 January 2014) was a Japanese soldier who served as a second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. One of the last Japanese holdouts, Onoda continued fighting for…

1922

Pamela Britton

American actress (died 1974)

Pamela Britton was an American actress, best known for appearing as Lorelei Brown in the television series My Favorite Martian (1963–1966) and for her female lead in the film noir classic D.O.A. (1950). Throughout her…

1923

Benito Jacovitti

Italian illustrator (died 1997)

Benito Jacovitti was an Italian comics artist.

1923

Henry Morgentaler

Polish-Canadian physician and activist (died 2013)

Henekh "Henry" Morgentaler was a Polish-born Canadian physician and abortion rights advocate who fought numerous legal battles aimed at expanding abortion rights in Canada. As a Jewish youth during World War II,…

1923

Joe Gaetjens

Haitian footballer (died 1964)

Joseph Edouard Gaetjens was a professional soccer player who played as a center forward. Born in Haiti, he represented its national team before and after playing for the United States team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup, in…

1924

Brent Scowcroft

American general and diplomat, 9th United States National Security Advisor (died 2020)

Brent Scowcroft was a United States Air Force officer, and a two-time United States National Security Advisor, first under U.S. President Gerald Ford and then under George H. W. Bush. He served as Military Assistant to…

1925

Richie Ashburn

American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1997)

Don Richard Ashburn, also known by the nicknames "Putt-Putt", "the Tilden Flash", and "Whitey", was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as a…

1927

Hans Küng

Swiss theologian and author (died 2021)

Hans Küng was a Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author. He was a leading and often controversial figure in modern Catholic thought, known for his critique of papal infallibility and his advocacy of a…

1928

Patrick McGoohan

Irish-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2009)

Patrick Joseph McGoohan was an Irish-American actor, director, producer, and writer of film, television, and theatre. Born in New York City to Irish parents, he was raised in Ireland and England. He began his career in…

1928

Emma Andijewska

Ukrainian poet, writer and painter

Emma Andijewska is a Ukrainian modern poet, writer and painter living in Germany. Her works are marked with surreal style. Some of Andijewska's works have been translated to English and German. Andijewska lives and…

1931

Gay Brewer

American golfer (died 2007)

Gay Robert Brewer Jr. was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and won the 1967 Masters Tournament.

1932

Peter Hall

English geographer, author, and academic (died 2014)

Sir Peter Geoffrey Hall was an English town planner, urbanist and geographer. He was the Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration at The Bartlett, University College London and president of both the Town and…

1932

Gail Kobe

American actress and producer (died 2013)

Gail Kobe was an American actress and television producer.

1932

Richard Williams

Canadian-English animator, director, and screenwriter (died 2019)

Richard Edmund Williams was a Canadian and British animator, voice actor, and painter. A three-time Academy Award winner, he is best known as the animation director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)—for which he won two…

1933

Nancy Malone

American actress, director, and producer (died 2014)

Nancy Malone was an American television actress from the 1950s to 1970s, who later moved into producing and directing in the 1980s and 1990s.

1935

Ben Lexcen

Australian sailor and architect (died 1988)

Benjamin Lexcen AM was an Australian yachtsman and marine architect. He is famous for the winged keel design applied to Australia II which, in 1983, became the first non-American challenger to win the prestigious…

1936

Egon Krenz

German politician, briefly leader of East Germany

Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz is a German former politician who was the last Communist leader of the German Democratic Republic during the Revolutions of 1989. He succeeded Erich Honecker as the General Secretary of the ruling…

1937

Joe Kapp

American football player, coach, and actor (died 2023)

Joseph Robert Garcia Kapp was an American football player, coach, and executive. He played college football as a quarterback for the California Golden Bears. Kapp played professionally in the Canadian Football League…

1938

Heather Robertson

Canadian journalist and author (died 2014)

Heather Margaret Robertson was a Canadian journalist, novelist and non-fiction writer. She published her first book, Reservations are for Indians, in 1970, and her last book, Walking into Wilderness, in 2010. She was a…

1942

Nate Bowman

American basketball player (died 1984)

Nathan "Nate the Snake" Bowman was an American basketball player born in Fort Worth, Texas.

1943

Mario J. Molina

Mexican chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)

Mario José Molina-Pasquel Henríquez was a Mexican physical chemist. He played a pivotal role in the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole, and was a co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his role in…

1943

Mario Monti

Italian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Italy

Mario Monti is an Italian politician, economist and academic who served as the prime minister of Italy from 2011 to 2013, leading a technocratic government in the wake of the Italian debt crisis.

1943

Vern Schuppan

Australian race car driver

Vernon John Schuppan is an Australian former motor racing driver. Schuppan drove in various categories, participating in Formula One, the Indianapolis 500 and most successfully in sports car racing.

1943

Said Musa

Belizean lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Belize

Said Wilbert Musa is a Belizean lawyer and politician. He was the third prime minister of Belize from 28 August 1998 to 8 February 2008.

1944

Sirhan Sirhan

Palestinian-Jordanian assassin of Robert F. Kennedy

Sirhan Bishara Sirhan is a Palestinian-Jordanian man who assassinated U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, the younger brother of U.S. president John F. Kennedy and a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 1968…

1944

John Holder

English cricketer and umpire

John Wakefield Holder is a Barbadian-born English former first-class cricketer and international cricket umpire. Holder was born in Saint George, Barbados. After completing his education, he emigrated to England in…

1945

Modestas Paulauskas

Lithuanian basketball player and coach

Modestas "Iron Modė" Paulauskas is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and coach.

1945

Ruth Pointer

American musician

Ruth Esther Pointer is an American singer best known as the eldest member of the family vocal group the Pointer Sisters. Pointer joined her sisters in 1972 to make the group a quartet.

1946

Marinho Peres

Brazilian footballer and coach (died 2023)

Mário Peres Ulibarri, known as Marinho Peres, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a centre-back, in particular with Sport Club Internacional and the Brazil national team. He captained the Brazil team to fourth…

1947

David Schnitter

American saxophonist and educator

David Schnitter is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

1948

Blase J. Cupich

American theologian and cardinal

Blase Joseph Cupich is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Chicago since 2014. He was made a cardinal in 2016.

1949

José S. Palma

Filipino archbishop

José Serofia Palma is a Filipino prelate who served as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cebu from 2011 to 2025. He had previously served as Metropolitan Archbishop of Palo in Leyte from 2006 to 2010, and as president of the…

1950

Warren Lees

New Zealand cricketer and coach

Warren Kenneth Lees is a New Zealand cricketer and coach. He played 21 Test matches and 31 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1976 and 1983 as a wicket-keeper batsman. He was coach of the New Zealand national cricket…

1952

Martin Ravallion

Australian economist and academic (died 2022)

Martin Ravallion was an Australian economist. He was the inaugural Edmond D. Villani Professor of Economics at Georgetown University, and had previously been director of the research department at the World Bank. He…

1952

Ian Blair

English police officer (died 2025)

Ian Warwick Blair, Baron Blair of Boughton, was a British police officer who held the position of Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2005 to 2008.

1953

Peter Hendy

English businessman, Minister of State for Rail

Peter Gerard Hendy, Baron Hendy of Richmond Hill,, is a British transport executive and politician who has served as Minister of State for Rail since July 2024.

1953

Ricky Wilson

American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1985)

Ricky Helton Wilson was an American musician best known as the original guitarist and founding member of rock band the B-52s. Born in Athens, Georgia, Wilson was the brother of fellow member Cindy Wilson. The B-52s were…

1953

Cho Kwang-rae

South Korean footballer, coach, and manager

Cho Kwang-rae is a former South Korean football midfielder and manager. He is the current director of Daegu FC.

1954

Scott May

American basketball player

Scott Glenn May is an American former professional basketball player. As a college player at Indiana University, May led the Hoosiers to an undefeated record and national championship in the 1975–76 season. He was a…

1954

Yegor Gaidar

Russian economist and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (died 2009)

Yegor Timurovich Gaidar was a Soviet and Russian economist, politician, and author who was the acting Prime Minister of Russia in 1992 and simultaneously held several other cabinet roles. Gaidar was also in the State…

1956

Dudley Bradley

American basketball player

Dudley Leroy Bradley is an American former professional basketball player who played nine seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

1957

Andy Reid

American football player and coach

Andrew Walter Reid is an American professional football coach who is the head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He was previously the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999…

1958

Eliane Elias

Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist

Eliane Elias is a Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, composer and arranger.

1960

Neil LaBute

American director and screenwriter

Neil N. LaBute is an American playwright, film director, and screenwriter. He is best known for a play which he wrote and later adapted for film, In the Company of Men (1997) winning awards from the Sundance Film…

1963

Yoko Kanno

Japanese pianist and composer

Yoko Kanno is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer of soundtracks for anime series, video games, television dramas and movies. She has written scores for Cowboy Bebop, Terror in Resonance, Ghost in the…

1964

Michael Crockart

Scottish police officer and politician

Michael Bruce Crockart is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh West from 2010 to 2015.

1966

Olaf Marschall

German footballer and manager

Olaf Marschall is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1966

Andy Sinton

English footballer and manager

Andrew Sinton is an English football manager and former professional footballer, who is club ambassador for Queens Park Rangers.

1966

Sandra Dombrowski

Swiss ice hockey player and referee

Sandra Frey is a Swiss retired ice hockey player and referee. After playing for the Swiss national team, she became the first female referee to work in the men's Swiss League. She later became the first woman to referee…

1967

Vladimir Konstantinov

Russian-American ice hockey player

Vladimir Nikolaevich Konstantinov is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career, from 1991 to 1997 with the Detroit Red Wings. Previously, he had played for…

1967

Tyrone Hill

American basketball player and coach

Tyrone Hill is an American former professional basketball player and former assistant coach for the National Basketball Association's Atlanta Hawks. Hill spent four years playing collegiately at Xavier University, in…

1968

Harald Johnsen

Norwegian bassist and composer (died 2011)

Harald Gill Johnsen was a Norwegian jazz double bassist, known for his contributions in bands like Køhn/Johansen Sextet and Tord Gustavsen Trio, and a series of recordings with such as Sonny Simmons, Sigurd Køhn,…

1970

Michael Krumm

German race car driver

Michael Krumm is a German former professional racing driver and current team manager at TOM'S in Super GT. Krumm is best-known for his successes in the All-Japan GT Championship, where he triumphed in the GT500 class in…

1970

Janne Laukkanen

Finnish ice hockey player

Janne Laukkanen is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise, the Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Tampa…

1970

Ashley Giles

English cricketer and coach

Ashley Fraser Giles is a former English first-class cricketer, who played 54 Test matches and 62 One Day Internationals for England before being forced to retire due to a recurring hip injury. Giles played the entirety…

1973

Antonio Daniels

American basketball player

Antonio Robert Daniels is an American former professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the television color analyst for the New Orleans Pelicans…

1975

Derek Chauvin

American criminal and former police officer

Derek Michael Chauvin is an American former police officer who murdered George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1976

Andre Miller

American basketball player

Andre Lloyd Miller is an American former professional basketball player who most recently served as the head coach for the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G League. Miller has played professional basketball for the…

1976

Alessandro Nesta

Italian footballer and manager

Alessandro Nesta is an Italian professional football coach and former player who played as a centre-back. He was most recently the head coach of Serie A club Monza. Nesta is widely considered as one of the greatest…

1976

David Ross

American baseball player and manager

David Wade Ross is an American former professional baseball catcher and manager. He managed the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2020 to 2023. He played in MLB for 15 seasons.

1977

Cydonie Mothersille

Jamaican-Caymanian sprinter

Cydonie Camille Mothersille is a female former track and field sprinter from the Cayman Islands. Her speciality at the beginning of her career was the 100 metres, while the 200 metres gradually became her main event.…

1978

Sheldon Brown

American football player

Sheldon Dion Brown is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the South Carolina Gamecocks. Brown was selected by the…

1979

Ivan Ljubičić

Croatian tennis player

Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian former professional tennis player, coach and Tennis TV commentator. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on 1 May 2006. His career…

1979

Christos Patsatzoglou

Greek footballer

Christos Patsatzoglou is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a right-back or defensive midfielder.

1979

Hedo Türkoğlu

Turkish basketball player

Hidayet "Hedo" Türkoğlu is a Turkish basketball executive and former professional player. A 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) forward, Türkoğlu played for six teams in his 15-season career in the National Basketball Association…

1979

Luca Ferri

Italian footballer

Luca Ferri is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender.

1980

Taichi Ishikari

Japanese wrestler

Taichiro Maki is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Taichi , shortened from his previous ring name Taichi Ishikari . He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former…

1980

Mikuni Shimokawa

Japanese singer-songwriter

Mikuni Shimokawa is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter. She is best known for her songs used for anime theme music, particularly the opening and ending themes of the Full Metal Panic! series. In addition to her vocal…

1980

Theo Von

American stand-up comedian

Theodor Capitani von Kurnatowski III, known professionally as Theo Von, is an American comedian and former reality television personality. He hosts the This Past Weekend podcast and has appeared on MTV and Comedy…

1980

Steve Cummings

English cyclist

Stephen Philip Cummings is an English former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2019 for the Landbouwkrediet–Colnago, Discovery Channel, Barloworld, Team Sky, BMC Racing Team and Team Dimension…

1981

Casey Jacobsen

American basketball player and sportscaster

Casey Gardner Jacobsen is an American retired professional basketball player who played four seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also had an extensive European basketball career, mostly while…

1981

Kolo Touré

Ivorian footballer

Kolo Abib Touré is an Ivorian professional football manager and former player who is currently an assistant manager at Premier League club Manchester City.

1981

Jonathan Fanene

American football player

Jonathan David Fanene is a Samoan former professional American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL draft. He…

1982

Brad Jones

Australian footballer

Bradley Scott Jones is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper.

1982

Hana Kobayashi

Venezuelan singer

Hana Kobayashi is a Venezuelan singer of Japanese descent.

1982

Landon Powell

American baseball player and manager

Landon Reed Powell is an American former professional baseball player and current coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 2009 to 2011 for the Oakland Athletics. Powell is the current head baseball…

1982

Inesa Jurevičiūtė

Lithuanian figure skater

Inesa Jurevičiūtė is a Lithuanian retired figure skater. She is the 2000 Lithuanian national champion. She withdrew from the 2001 World Figure Skating Championships just before the event. She also competed in ice…

1985

Tyler Bozak

Canadian ice hockey player

Tyler Bozak is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League (NHL). Prior to being signed by the Maple Leafs as a free…

1986

Ahmad Bradshaw

American football player

Ahmad Bradshaw is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Marshall Thundering Herd. Bradshaw was selected in the…

1986

AJ Lee

American wrestler and author

April Jeanette Mendez is an American professional wrestler and author. As a wrestler, she has been signed to WWE since September 2025, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name AJ Lee.

1987

Michal Švec

Czech footballer

Michal Švec is a Czech footballer who plays for Slavia Prague U20. He is a central midfielder. He made his debut for the Czech Republic national team in 2009.

1987

Miloš Teodosić

Serbian basketball player

Miloš Teodosić is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He also represented the National Basketball Team of Serbia internationally. He primarily played the point guard and shooting guard positions. He is a…

1987

Clayton Kershaw

American baseball player

Clayton Edward Kershaw is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 18 seasons for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). A left-handed starting pitcher, Kershaw was an 11-time…

1988

Ben Uzoh

Nigerian-American basketball player

Benjamin Chukwukelo Uzoh is a Nigerian-American former basketball player. He played in international competitions for Nigeria. Standing at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) and playing at the point guard, Uzoh played in the National…

1988

EJ Manuel

American football player

Erik James "EJ" Manuel Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles, leading them to an…

1990

Anders Nilsson

Swedish ice hockey player

Bengt Per Anders Nilsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender. Nilsson was drafted 62nd overall in the 2009 NHL entry draft by the New York Islanders and played in the NHL with the Islanders, Edmonton…

1990

Aleksandr Kokorin

Russian footballer

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kokorin is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cypriot First Division club Aris Limassol.

1991

Hakim Ziyech

Moroccan footballer

Hakim Ziyech is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger or an attacking midfielder for Botola Pro club Wydad AC and the Morocco national team. He is nicknamed "The Wizard", a title given to him by the…

1993

Héctor Bellerín

Spanish footballer

Héctor Bellerín Moruno is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back or wing-back for La Liga club Real Betis.

1995

Julia Montes

Filipino actress

Mara Hautea Schnittka, known professionally as Julia Montes, is a Filipino actress. Known for playing strong female characters and romantic leads in a range of genres across film and television, she has received various…

1995

Yung Gravy

American rapper

Matthew Raymond Hauri, known professionally as Yung Gravy, is an American rapper.

1996

Barbara Haas

Austrian tennis player

Barbara Haas is an inactive Austrian tennis player. She has won 16 singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 24 February 2020, she reached her best singles ranking by the WTA of 133. On 27 September…

1996

Quenton Nelson

American football player

Quenton Emerson Nelson is an American professional football guard for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Notre Dame, earning unanimous All-American honors in…

1996

Caylee Cowan

American actress

Catherine Caylee Cowan is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in Sunrise in Heaven (2019), Willy's Wonderland (2021), Spinning Gold (2022), and Frank and Penelope (2022).

1998

Julian Love

American football player

Julian Love is an American professional football safety for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

1998

Sakura Miyawaki

Japanese singer

Sakura Miyawaki , also known mononymously as Sakura, is a Japanese singer and actress based in South Korea. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Le Sserafim, and a former member of South Korean–Japanese girl…

1998

Nico Collins

American football player

Dominique Stephon "Nico" Collins is an American professional football wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines and was selected…

1999

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