Famous Birthdays on March 20

Q: Who was born on March 20?

Famous people born on March 20 include: Ovid, Magadu, Laurence Hastings, Cecily of York (died 1507), Jerome Emser.

228 people 43 BC – 2004

March 20 has seen 228 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 43 BC – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · March 20 — Wikipedia

1995 — Kei

South Korean singer

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She rose to fame as a member of South Korean girl group Lovelyz in November 2014

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Kei officially made her solo debut with the EP, Over and Over on October 8, 2019

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On November 16, 2021, she left Woollim Entertainment, although she remains as a member of Lovelyz

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She joined Palm Tree Island in January 2022 to focus on her musical career, before moving to A2Z Entertainment later that year

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In 2023, Kei participated in Mnet reality competition show Queendom Puzzle, debuting with the resulting project supergroup El7z Up in September of that year.

Ovid

Roman poet (died 17)

Publius Ovidius Naso, known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical…

-43

Magadu

renamed Wareru, founder of Ramanya Kingdom, renamed Hanthawady Kingdom of Pegu (died 1307)

Wareru, personal name Magadu, was the founder of the Martaban Kingdom, located in present-day Myanmar (Burma). By using both diplomatic and military skills, he successfully carved out a Mon-speaking polity in Lower…

1253

Laurence Hastings

1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1348)

Laurence de Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke was an English nobleman and held the titles 1st Earl of Pembroke, Baron Abergavenny and Baron Hastings under Edward II of England and Edward III of England.

1319

Cecily of York (died 1507)

Cecily of York, also known as Cecelia, was the third daughter of King Edward IV of England and his queen consort Elizabeth Woodville.

1469

Jerome Emser

German theologian and scholar (died 1527)

Jerome Emser, was a German theologian and antagonist of Martin Luther, was born of a good family at Ulm.

1477

Ippolito d'Este

Italian cardinal (died 1520)

Ippolito (I) d'Este was an Italian cardinal, and Archbishop of Esztergom. He was a member of the ducal House of Este of Ferrara, and was usually referred to as the Cardinal of Ferrara. Though a bishop of five separate…

1479

Pierino Belli

Italian soldier and jurist (died 1575)

Pierino Belli was an soldier and jurist.

1502

Juan de Ribera

Roman Catholic archbishop (died 1611)

Juan de Ribera was an influential figure during the reign of Philip III of Spain. He urged harsh measures against so-called New Christians, resulting in the expulsion of the Moriscos in 1609. Ribera held appointments as…

1532

Anne Bradstreet

Puritan American poet (died 1672)

Anne Bradstreet was among the most prominent of early English poets of North America and the first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. She is the first Puritan figure in American literature and…

1612

Dara Shikoh

Indian prince (died 1659)

Dara Shikoh, also transliterated as Dara Shukoh, was the eldest son and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Dara was designated with the title Padshahzada-i-Buzurg Martaba and was favoured as a successor by…

1615

Ivan Mazepa

Ukrainian diplomat, Hetman of Ukraine (died 1709)

Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa was a Ukrainian military, political, and civic leader who served as hetman of the Cossack Hetmanate in 1687–1709. His long and stable rule was marked by economical and political recovery from the…

1639

Emanuele d'Astorga

Italian composer (died 1736)

Emanuele Gioacchino Cesare Rincon, baron of Astorga was an Italian composer known mainly for his Stabat Mater.

1680

Abdul Hamid I

Ottoman sultan (died 1789)

Abdülhamid I or Abdul Hamid I was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1774 to 1789. A devout and pacifist sultan, he inherited a bankrupt empire and sought military reforms, including overhauling the Janissaries and…

1725

Rama I

Thai king (died 1809)

Phutthayotfa Chulalok, posthumously honoured as King Phutthayotfa Chulalok the Great, also known by his regnal name Rama I, was the founder of the Rattanakosin Kingdom and the first King of Siam from the reigning Chakri…

1737

Heinrich Clauren

German author (died 1854)

Carl Gottlieb Samuel Heun, better known by his pen name Heinrich Clauren, was a German author.

1771

Edward Gibbon Wakefield

English politician (died 1862)

Edward Gibbon Wakefield was an English politician in colonial Canada and New Zealand. He is considered a key figure in the establishment in the 1830s, 1840s and 1850s of British colonies in Australia and New Zealand. He…

1796

Karl August Nicander

Swedish poet and author (died 1839)

Karl August Nicander was a Swedish lyric poet.

1799

Braulio Carrillo Colina

Costa Rican lawyer and politician, President of Costa Rica (died 1845)

Braulio Evaristo Carrillo Colina was the Head of State of Costa Rica during two periods: the first between 1835 and 1837, and the de facto between 1838 and 1842.

1800

Thomas Cooper

British poet (died 1892)

Thomas Cooper was an English poet and a leading Chartist. His prison rhyme the Purgatory of Suicides (1845) runs to 944 stanzas. He also wrote novels and in later life religious texts. He was self-educated and worked as…

1805

Napoleon II

French emperor (died 1832)

Napoleon II was the disputed Emperor of the French for 2 days in 1815. He was the son of Emperor Napoleon I and Empress Marie Louise, daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria.

1811

George Caleb Bingham

American painter and politician, State Treasurer of Missouri (died 1879)

George Caleb Bingham is recognized as one of the most important American artists of the 19th century. Known in his lifetime as “the Missouri artist,” he is distinguished among the first generation of painters of the…

1811

Ned Buntline

American journalist, author, and publisher (died 1886)

Edward Zane Carroll Judson Sr., known by his pen name Ned Buntline, was an American publisher, journalist, and writer.

1821

Theodor von Heuglin

German explorer and ornithologist (died 1876)

Martin Theodor von Heuglin, was a German explorer and ornithologist. It is principally by his zoological, and more especially his ornithological, labours that Heuglin has taken rank as an independent authority.

1824

Henrik Ibsen

Norwegian poet, playwright, and director (died 1906)

Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright. He is considered one of the world's pre-eminent writers of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama". He pioneered theatrical realism but…

1828

Patrick Jennings

Northern Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (died 1897)

Sir Patrick Alfred Jennings, was an Irish-Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales.

1831

Solomon L. Spink

American lawyer and politician (died 1881)

Solomon Lewis Spink was an American lawyer who served as a delegate for the Dakota Territory in the United States House of Representatives.

1831

Charles William Eliot

American mathematician and academic (died 1926)

Charles William Eliot was an American academic who was president of Harvard University from 1869 to 1909, the longest term of any Harvard president. A member of the prominent Eliot family of Boston, he transformed…

1834

Ferris Jacobs

Jr., American general, lawyer, and politician (died 1886)

Ferris Jacobs Jr. was an American military officer, politician, and lawyer. He served in the Union Army in several roles during the American Civil War, and afterwards spent one term as United States representative from…

1836

Edward Poynter

English painter, illustrator, and curator (died 1919)

Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Baronet was an English painter, designer, and draughtsman, who served as President of the Royal Academy.

1836

Illarion Pryanishnikov

Russian painter (died 1894)

Illarion Mikhailovich Pryanishnikov was a Russian painter, one of the founders of the Peredvizhniki artistic cooperative, which broke away from the rigors of their time and became one of the most important Russian art…

1840

Ambrosio Flores

Filipino politician (died 1912)

Ambrosio Flores y Flores was a Filipino general in the Philippine Revolution and the first governor of the province of Rizal.

1843

Ismail Gasprinski

Crimean Tatar educator, publisher, and politician (died 1914)

Ismail bey Gasprinsky was a Crimean Tatar intellectual, educator, publisher and Pan-Turkist politician who inspired the Jadidist movement in Central Asia. He was one of the first Muslim intellectuals in the Russian…

1851

John Lavery

Irish painter (died 1941)

Sir John Lavery was an Irish painter best known for his portraits and wartime depictions.

1856

Frederick Winslow Taylor

American tennis player and engineer (died 1915)

Frederick Winslow Taylor was an American mechanical engineer. He was widely known for his methods to improve industrial efficiency. He was one of the first management consultants. In 1909, Taylor summed up his…

1856

Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck

German general (died 1964)

Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (popularly known as the Lion of Africa, was a general in the Imperial German Army and the commander of its forces in the German East Africa campaign. For four years, with a force of about…

1870

Börries von Münchhausen

German poet and activist (died 1945)

Börries Albrecht Conon August Heinrich Freiherr von Münchhausen was a German poet and Nazi activist.

1874

Payne Whitney

American businessman and philanthropist (died 1927)

William Payne Whitney was an American businessman and member of the influential Whitney family. He inherited a fortune and enlarged it through business dealings, then devoted much of his money and efforts to a wide…

1876

Maud Menten

Canadian physician and biochemist (died 1960)

Maud Leonora Menten was a Canadian physician and chemist. As a bio-medical and medical researcher, she made significant contributions to enzyme kinetics and histochemistry, and invented a procedure that remains in use.…

1879

René Coty

French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France (died 1962)

Gustave Jules René Coty was President of France from 1954 to 1959. He was the second and last president of the Fourth French Republic.

1882

Harold Weber

American golfer (died 1933)

Harold Weber was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

1882

Philipp Frank

Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1966)

Philipp Frank was an Austrian-American physicist, mathematician and philosopher of the early-to-mid 20th century. He was a logical positivist, and a member of the Vienna Circle. He was influenced by Mach and was one of…

1884

John Jensen

Australian public servant (died 1970)

Sir John Klunder Jensen was a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Department of Munitions between 1942 and 1948.

1884

Vernon Ransford

Australian cricketer (died 1958)

Vernon Seymour Ransford OBE was an Australian cricketer who played in 20 Test matches between 1907 and 1912.

1885

Amanda Clement

American baseball player, umpire, and educator (died 1971)

Amanda E. Clement was an American baseball umpire who was the first woman paid to referee a game, and may have also been the first woman to referee a high school basketball game. Clement served as an umpire on a regular…

1888

Lauritz Melchior

Danish-American tenor and actor (died 1973)

Lauritz Melchior was a Danish-American opera singer. He was the preeminent Wagnerian heldentenor of the 1920s through the 1940s and has come to be considered the quintessence of his voice type. Late in his career,…

1890

Amalie Sara Colquhoun

Australian landscape and portrait painter (died 1974)

Amalie Sara Colquhoun was an Australian landscape and portrait painter who is represented in national and state galleries. In addition to painting landscapes, portraits and still lifes, Colquhoun designed and supervised…

1894

Fredric Wertham

German-American psychologist and author (died 1981)

Fredric Wertham was a German–American psychiatrist and author. Wertham had an early reputation as a progressive psychiatrist who treated poor black patients at his Lafargue Clinic at a time of heightened discrimination…

1895

Frank Sheed

Australian-British Catholic writer and apologist (died 1981)

Francis Joseph Sheed was an Australian-born lawyer, Catholic writer, publisher, speaker, and lay theologian. He and his wife Maisie Ward were the names behind the imprint Sheed & Ward and as forceful public lecturers in…

1897

Eduard Wiiralt

Estonian artist (died 1954)

Eduard Wiiralt was an Estonian graphic artist. In art history, Wiiralt is considered as the most remarkable master of Estonian graphic art in the first half of his century. The best-known of his works include "Inferno",…

1898

Vladimír Mandl

Czechoslovak lawyer (died 1941)

Vladimír Mandl was a Czech lawyer and university lecturer. In 1932, he authored Das Weltraum-Recht: Ein Problem der Raumfahrt, the first stand-alone treatise on space law, which preceded the launch of Sputnik 1 by 25…

1899

Amelia Chopitea Villa

Bolivia's first female physician (died 1942)

María Amelia Chopitea Villa was Bolivia's first female physician and writer. She was born in a time when the Bolivian society was very patriarchal.

1900

Edgar Buchanan

American actor (died 1979)

William Edgar Buchanan II was an American actor with a long career in both film and television. He is most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, and The Beverly Hillbillies…

1903

B. F. Skinner

American psychologist and author (died 1990)

Burrhus Frederic Skinner was an American psychologist, behaviorist, inventor, and social philosopher. He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1948 until his retirement in 1974.

1904

Jean Galia

French rugby player and boxer (died 1949)

Jean Galia was a French rugby union and rugby league footballer and champion boxer. He is credited with establishing the sport of rugby league in France in 1934, where it is known as rugby à treize.

1905

Abraham Beame

American accountant and politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (died 2001)

Abraham David Beame was an English-born American accountant, investor, and Democratic Party politician who served from 1974 to 1977 as the 105th mayor of New York City. Beame presided over the city during the 1975 New…

1906

Ozzie Nelson

American actor and bandleader (died 1975)

Oswald George Nelson was an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and bandleader. He originated and starred in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, a radio and television series with his wife Harriet and two sons David…

1906

Hugh MacLennan

Canadian author and educator (died 1990)

John Hugh MacLennan was a Canadian writer and professor of English at McGill University. He won five Governor General's Awards and a Royal Bank Award.

1907

Elisabeth Geleerd

Dutch-American psychoanalyst (died 1969)

Elisabeth Rozetta Geleerd Loewenstein was a Dutch-American psychoanalyst. Born to an upper-middle-class family in Rotterdam, Geleerd studied psychoanalysis in Vienna, then London, under Anna Freud. Building a career in…

1909

Erwin Blask

German hammer thrower (died 1999)

Erwin Blask was a German athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw event. He won the silver medal for Germany at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

1910

Alfonso García Robles

Mexican lawyer and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)

Alfonso García Robles was a Mexican diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982.

1911

Ralph Hauenstein

American businessman and philanthropist (died 2016)

Ralph Hauenstein was an American philanthropist, army officer and business leader, best known as a newspaper editor. His leadership has produced institutions such as the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at…

1912

Nikolai Stepulov

Russian-Estonian boxer (died 1968)

Nikolai Stepulov was an Estonian lightweight boxer, military officer and criminal. As a boxer he won silver medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin and 1937 European Championships, and fought professionally in…

1913

Wendell Corey

American actor and politician (died 1968)

Wendell Reid Corey was an American stage, film, and television actor. He was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and a board member of the Screen Actors Guild, and also served on the Santa…

1914

Rudolf Kirchschläger

Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria (died 2000)

Rudolf Kirchschläger was an Austrian diplomat, politician and judge. From 1974 to 1986, he served as the president of Austria.

1915

Sviatoslav Richter

Ukrainian pianist and composer (died 1997)

Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter was a Soviet and Russian classical pianist. He is regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time, and has been praised for the "depth of his interpretations, his virtuoso technique,…

1915

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1973)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her Gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric…

1915

Pierre Messmer

French lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 2007)

Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 – the longest serving since Étienne François, duc de Choiseul under Louis XV –…

1916

Yigael Yadin

Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (died 1984)

Yigael Yadin was an Israeli archeologist, soldier and politician. He was the second Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and Deputy Prime Minister from 1977 to 1981.

1917

Jack Barry

American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (died 1984)

Jack Barry was an American game show host, television personality and executive who made a name for himself in the game show field. Barry served as host of several game shows in his career, many of which he developed…

1918

Donald Featherstone

English soldier and author (died 2013)

Donald F. Featherstone was a British author of more than forty books on wargaming and military history.

1918

Marian McPartland

English-American pianist and composer (died 2013)

Margaret Marian McPartland OBE, was an English and American jazz pianist, composer, and writer. She was the host of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on National Public Radio from 1978 to 2011.

1918

Bernd Alois Zimmermann

German composer (died 1970)

Bernd Alois Zimmermann was a German composer. He is perhaps best known for his opera Die Soldaten, which is regarded as one of the most important German operas of the 20th century, after those of Berg. His eclectic…

1918

Gerhard Barkhorn

German fighter ace (died 1983)

Gerhard "Gerd" Barkhorn was a German military aviator who was a renowned wing commander in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he was the second most successful fighter pilot of all time after fellow…

1919

Rosemary Timperley

English author and screenwriter (died 1988)

Rosemary Timperley was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter. She wrote a wide range of fiction, publishing 66 novels in 33 years, and several hundred short stories, but is best remembered for her…

1920

Usmar Ismail

Indonesian filmmaker (died 1971)

Usmar Ismail was an Indonesian film director, author, journalist and revolutionary of Minangkabau descent. He is widely regarded as the native Indonesian pioneer of the cinema of Indonesia.

1921

Dušan Pirjevec

Slovenian historian and philosopher (died 1977)

Dušan Pirjevec, known by his nom de guerre Ahac, was a Slovenian Partisan, literary historian and philosopher. He was one of the most influential public intellectuals in post–World War II Slovenia.

1921

Alfréd Rényi

Hungarian mathematician and theorist (died 1970)

Alfréd Rényi was a Hungarian mathematician known for his work in probability theory, though he also made contributions in combinatorics, graph theory, and number theory.

1921

Larry Elgart

American saxophonist and bandleader (died 2017)

Lawrence Joseph Elgart was an American jazz bandleader. With his brother Les, he recorded "Bandstand Boogie", the theme to the long-running dance show American Bandstand.

1922

Ray Goulding

American actor and screenwriter (died 1990)

Raymond Walter Goulding was an American comedian, who, together with Bob Elliott formed the comedy duo of Bob and Ray.

1922

Con Martin

Irish footballer and manager (died 2013)

Cornelius Joseph Martin was an Irish footballer. Martin initially played Gaelic football for the Dublin county team before switching codes and embarking on a successful soccer career, playing for, among others,…

1923

Shaukat Siddiqui

Pakistani journalist, author, and activist (died 2006)

Shaukat Siddiqi was a Pakistani writer of fiction who wrote in Urdu language. He is best known for his novels Khuda Ki Basti and Jangloos, the former of which won the Adamjee Literary Award in 1960.

1923

John Ehrlichman

American lawyer, 12th White House Counsel (died 1999)

John Daniel Ehrlichman was an American political aide who served as White House Counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon. Ehrlichman was an important influence on Nixon's…

1925

John Joubert

South African-English composer and academic (died 2019)

John Pierre Herman Joubert was a British composer of South African birth, particularly of choral works. He lived in Moseley, a suburb of Birmingham, England, for over 50 years. A music academic in the universities of…

1927

Jerome Biffle

American long jumper and coach (died 2002)

Jerome Cousins Biffle was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump, where he was the Gold Medalist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games.

1928

James P. Gordon

American physicist and engineer (died 2013)

James Power Gordon was an American physicist known for his work in the fields of optics and quantum electronics. His contributions include the design, analysis and construction of the first maser in 1954 as a doctoral…

1928

William Andrew MacKay

Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2013)

William Andrew MacKay was a Canadian lawyer and former judge, civil servant, legal academic, and university president.

1929

Germán Robles

Spanish-Mexican actor and director (died 2015)

Germán Horacio Robles San Agustín was a Spanish actor who came to Mexico when he was 17, after the Spanish civil war.

1929

S. Arasaratnam

Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (died 1998)

Sinnappah Arasaratnam was a Sri Lankan academic, historian and author, born during British colonial rule. Known as 'Arasa', he was a lecturer at the University of Ceylon, University of Malaya and University of New…

1930

Dinos Christianopoulos

Greek poet (died 2020)

Konstantinos Dimitriadis, better known by his pen name Dinos Christianopoulos, was a Greek contemporary and post-war poet, novelist, folklorist, and scholar. He was also a music scholar who wrote about rebetiko.

1931

Rein Raamat

Estonian director and screenwriter

Rein Raamat is an Estonian animation film director, artist and screenwriter. He is the first internationally successful Estonian animator and along with Elbert Tuganov is regarded as the "Father of Estonian Animation".…

1931

Lateef Adegbite

Nigerian lawyer and politician (died 2012)

Lateef Adegbite was a lawyer who became Attorney General of the Western Region of Nigeria, and who later became Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs.

1933

George Altman

American baseball player

George Lee Altman was an American professional baseball outfielder who had a lengthy career in both Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball. A three-time National League (NL) All-Star, he appeared…

1933

Willie Brown

American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Mayor of San Francisco

Willie Lewis Brown Jr. is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as mayor of San Francisco from 1996 to 2004, the first African American to hold the office.

1934

David Malouf

Australian author and playwright (died 2026)

David George Joseph Malouf was an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and librettist. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in London in 2008, Malouf lectured at both the University…

1934

Ted Bessell

American actor and director (died 1996)

Howard Weston "Ted" Bessell Jr. was an American television actor and director widely known for his role as Donald Hollinger, the boyfriend and eventual fiancé of Marlo Thomas's character in the TV series That Girl…

1935

Bettye Washington Greene

American chemist (died 1995)

Bettye Washington Greene was an American industrial research chemist. She was one of the first few African American women to earn her Ph.D. in chemistry and she was the first African American female Ph.D. chemist to…

1935

Lee "Scratch" Perry

Jamaican singer, songwriter, music producer, and inventor (died 2021)

Lee "Scratch" Perry was a Jamaican record producer, songwriter and singer noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style. Perry was a pioneer in the 1970s development of dub music with his early…

1936

Mark Saville

Baron Saville of Newdigate, English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge

Mark Oliver Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate, is an English judge and former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

1936

Jerry Reed

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2008)

Jerry Reed Hubbard, known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter, and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included "Guitar Man",…

1937

Sergei Novikov

Russian mathematician and academic, winner of the Fields Medal (died 2024)

Sergei Petrovich Novikov was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, noted for work in both algebraic topology and soliton theory. He became the first Soviet mathematician to receive the Fields Medal in 1970.

1938

Gerald Curran

American lawyer and politician (died 2013)

Gerald Curran was an American politician and lawyer.

1939

Don Edwards

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)

Don Edwards was an American cowboy singer, guitarist, and recording artist who specialized in Western music. Two of his albums, Guitars & Saddle Songs and Songs of the Cowboy, are included in the Folklore Archives of…

1939

Walter Jakob Gehring

Swiss biologist and academic (died 2014)

Walter Jakob Gehring was a Swiss developmental biologist who was a professor at the Biozentrum Basel of the University of Basel, Switzerland. He obtained his PhD at the University of Zurich in 1965 and after two years…

1939

Brian Mulroney

Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2024)

Martin Brian Mulroney was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993. He led the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and served as a member of…

1939

Stathis Chaitas

Greek footballer and manager

Stathis Chaitas is a retired Greek footballer who played as a midfielder during the 1960s and '70s. He was named the 1969 Greek Athlete of the Year.

1940

Mary Ellen Mark

American photographer and journalist (died 2015)

Mary Ellen Mark was an American photographer known for her photojournalism, documentary photography, portraiture, and advertising photography. She photographed people who were "away from mainstream society and toward…

1940

Giampiero Moretti

Italian race car driver and businessman, founded the Momo company (died 2012)

Gianpiero Moretti was an Italian racing driver and the founder of the MOMO company in the 1960s. He was born in Milan.

1940

Pat Corrales

American baseball player and manager (died 2023)

Patrick Corrales was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1964 to 1973, primarily for the Cincinnati Reds as well as the Philadelphia Phillies,…

1941

Kenji Kimihara

Japanese runner

Kenji Kimihara is a retired Japanese long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and finished in eighth, second and fifth place, respectively. He won two gold medals in the…

1941

Robin Luke

American singer-songwriter

Robin Luke is an American rock and roll singer who is best known for his 1958 song, "Susie Darlin'". He later worked as a University professor in Marketing. Luke has been enshrined in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

1942

Gerard Malanga

American poet and photographer

Gerard Joseph Malanga is an American poet, photographer, filmmaker, actor, curator, and archivist.

1943

Douglas Tompkins

American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (died 2015)

Douglas Rainsford Tompkins was an American businessman, conservationist, outdoorsman, philanthropist, filmmaker, and agriculturalist. He founded the North Face Inc, co-founded Esprit and various environmental groups,…

1943

Paul Junger Witt

American director and producer (died 2018)

Paul Junger Witt was an American film and television producer. He, with his partners Tony Thomas and Susan Harris, produced such television shows as Here Come the Brides, The Partridge Family, The Golden Girls, Soap,…

1943

John Cameron

English composer and conductor

John Cameron is a British composer, arranger, conductor and musician. He is well known for his many film, TV and stage credits, and for his contributions to pop recordings, notably those by Donovan, Cilla Black and the…

1944

Camille Cosby

American author, producer, and philanthropist

Camille Olivia Cosby is an American television producer, philanthropist, and the wife of comedian Bill Cosby. The character of Clair Huxtable from The Cosby Show was based on her. Cosby has avoided public life, but has…

1944

Alan Harper

English-Irish archbishop

Alan Edwin Thomas Harper, is a retired Anglican bishop. He served in the Church of Ireland as Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 2007 to 2012.

1944

Henry Bartholomay

American soldier and pilot (died 2015)

Flight leader Lieutenant Henry Adams "Black Bart" Bartholomay was a United States Naval Aviator. He was a recipient of the Silver Star and the Distinguished Flying Cross.

1945

Jay Ingram

Canadian television host and author

Jay Ingram CM is a Canadian author, broadcaster and science communicator. He was host of the television show Daily Planet, which aired on Discovery Channel Canada, since the channel's inception in 1995. Ingram's last…

1945

Pat Riley

American basketball player, coach and executive

Patrick James Riley is an American professional basketball executive, former coach, and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995, and he…

1945

Tim Yeo

English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health

Timothy Stephen Kenneth Yeo is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of South Suffolk between the 1983 United Kingdom general election and…

1945

Douglas B. Green

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Douglas Bruce Green, better known by his stage name Ranger Doug, is an American musician, arranger, award-winning Western music songwriter, and Grand Ole Opry member best known for his work with Western music and the…

1946

Malcolm Simmons

English motorcycle racer (died 2014)

Malcolm Simmons was a motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned 73 international caps for the England national speedway team and five caps for the Great Britain team.

1946

John Boswell

American historian, philologist, and academic (died 1994)

John Eastburn Boswell was an American historian and a full professor at Yale University. Many of Boswell's studies focused on the issue of religion and homosexuality, specifically Christianity and homosexuality. Much of…

1947

John de Lancie

American actor

John Sherwood de Lancie, Jr. is an American actor.

1948

Nikos Papazoglou

Greek singer-songwriter and producer (died 2011)

Nikolaos "Nikos" Papazoglou was a Greek singer-songwriter, musician, and producer from Thessaloniki.

1948

Richard Dowden

English journalist and educator

Richard Dowden is an English journalist who has specialised in African issues. Since 1975, he has worked for several British media and was formerly Executive Director of the Royal African Society (2002–2017). He is the…

1949

Geoff Brabham

Australian race car driver

Geoffrey John Brabham is an Australian racing driver. Brabham spent the majority of his racing career in the United States.

1952

David Greenaway

English economist and academic

Sir David Greenaway DL is a British economist. He is Emeritus Professor of Economics and was previously the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, having succeeded Sir Colin Campbell on 1 October 2008.

1952

Phil Judd

New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter

Philip Raymond Judd is a New Zealand singer-songwriter known for being one of the founders of the bands Split Enz and The Swingers.

1953

Mike Francesa

American radio talk show host and television commentator

Michael Patrick Francesa is an American sports-radio talk-show host. Together with Chris Russo, he launched Mike and the Mad Dog in 1989 on WFAN in New York City, which ran until 2008 and is one of the most successful…

1954

Liana Kanelli

Greek journalist and politician

Garyfallia "Liana" Kanelli is a Greek journalist and Member of the Greek Parliament for the Communist Party of Greece since 2000.

1954

Paul Mirabella

American baseball player

Paul Thomas Mirabella is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Mirabella, who threw left-handed, played all or parts of 13 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers, New York Yankees (1979),…

1954

Nina Kiriki Hoffman

American author

Nina Kiriki Hoffman is an American fantasy, science fiction and horror writer.

1955

Ian Moss

Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter

Ian Richard Moss is an Australian rock musician from Alice Springs. He is the founding mainstay guitarist and occasional singer of Cold Chisel. In that group's initial eleven year phase from 1973 to 1984, Moss was…

1955

Mariya Takeuchi

Japanese singer-songwriter

Mariya Takeuchi is a Japanese singer-songwriter and record producer. Regarded as the "Queen of City Pop", Takeuchi is one of the best-selling music artists in Japan with over 16 million records sold. Internationally,…

1955

Catherine Ashton

English politician, Vice-President of the European Commission

Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland is a British Labour politician who served as the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and First Vice President of the European…

1956

Anne Donahue

American lawyer and politician

Anne de la Blanchetai Donahue is an American politician from the state of Vermont. She has served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives since 2003, representing the Washington-1 district, which includes…

1956

Naoto Takenaka

Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director

Naoto Takenaka is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director from Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, affiliated with From First Production. He is married to idol singer and actress Midori Kinouchi. He is…

1956

David Foster

Australian woodchopper

David George Foster OAM is an Australian world champion woodchopper, and Tasmanian community figure. He has held the World Woodchopping Championship title for 21 consecutive years, and is Australia's most successful…

1957

Spike Lee

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an American filmmaker and actor. His work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and…

1957

Chris Wedge

American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor

John Christian Wedge is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. He is best known for being the lead animator of the sci-fi action film Tron (1982), co-founding animation studio Blue Sky Studios, and directing…

1957

Rickey Jackson

American football player

Rickey Anderson Jackson is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints (1981–1993) and the San Francisco 49ers (1994–1995). He…

1958

Dave Beasant

English footballer and coach

David John Beasant is an English football coach and former goalkeeper.

1959

Mary Roach

American author

Mary Roach is an American author specializing in popular science and humor. She has published eight New York Times bestsellers: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (2003), Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife…

1959

Sting

American wrestler

Steve Borden, better known by the ring name Sting, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), with which he continues to make sporadic appearances since his retirement.…

1959

Peter Truscott

Baron Truscott, British Labour Party politician and peer

Peter Derek Truscott, Baron Truscott is a British petroleum and mining consultant, independent member of the House of Lords and writer. He was a Labour Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 to 1999 and was…

1959

Norm Magnusson

American painter and sculptor

Norm Magnusson is a New York-based artist and political activist and founder, in 1991, of the art movement funism; he began his career creating allegorical animal paintings with pointed social commentaries. Eventually…

1960

Norbert Pohlmann

German computer scientist and academic

Norbert Pohlmann is a computer scientist and a professor at the Westfälische Hochschule. He is also chairman of the board of the IT security association TeleTrusT.

1960

Yuri Shargin

Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut

Yuri Georgiyevich Shargin is a retired cosmonaut of the Russian Space Forces.

1960

Ingrid Arndt-Brauer

German politician

Ingrid Arndt-Brauer is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of the Bundestag from 1999 until 2021.

1961

Jesper Olsen

Danish footballer and manager

Jesper Olsen is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a left winger. He is best remembered for representing Ajax of the Netherlands and Manchester United of England. He was a regular player for the…

1961

Sara Wheeler

English author and journalist

Sara Diane Wheeler is an English travel author and biographer, noted for her accounts of polar regions.

1961

Stephen Sommers

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Stephen Sommers is an American film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for big-budget action films, such as The Mummy (1999), its sequel, The Mummy Returns (2001), Van Helsing (2004), and G.I. Joe: The Rise…

1962

Paul Annacone

American tennis player and coach

Paul Annacone is an American former touring professional tennis player and current tennis coach. He is the former coach of 20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer, 14-time Grand Slam winner Pete Sampras, and 2017 US…

1963

Yelena Romanova

Russian runner (died 2007)

Yelena Nikolaevna Romanova was a Russian distance runner. She won an Olympic gold medal in women's 3000 metres in 1992.

1963

Natacha Atlas

Belgian singer-songwriter

Natacha Atlas is an Egyptian-Belgian singer known for her fusion of Arabic and Western music, particularly hip-hop. She once termed her music "cha'abi moderne". Her music has been influenced by many styles including…

1964

William Dalrymple

Scottish historian and author

William Benedict Hamilton-Dalrymple is a Scottish historian, art historian, indologist, curator, broadcaster, critic and author.

1965

Xavier Beauvois

French actor, director, and screenwriter

Xavier Beauvois is a French actor, film director and screenwriter.

1967

Mookie Blaylock

American basketball player

Daron Oshay "Mookie" Blaylock is an American former professional basketball player. He spent 13 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks, and the Golden State Warriors.

1967

A. J. Jacobs

American journalist and author

Arnold Stephen Jacobs Jr., commonly called A.J. Jacobs, is an American journalist, author, and lecturer best known for writing about his lifestyle experiments. He is an editor at large for Esquire and has worked for the…

1968

Paul Merson

English footballer and manager

Paul Charles Merson is an English former professional footballer, manager, commentator and sports television pundit for Sky Sports.

1968

Ultra Naté

American singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ, and promoter

Ultra Naté is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ, and promoter who has achieved success on the pop charts with songs such as "Free", "If You Could Read My Mind", and "Automatic".

1968

Ken Ono

Japanese-American mathematician

Ken Ono is an American mathematician with fields of study in number theory. Formerly the STEM Advisor to the Provost and the Marvin Rosenblum Professor of Mathematics at the University of Virginia, he now works in…

1968

Yvette Cooper

English economist and politician, former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Yvette Cooper is a British politician who has served as Foreign Secretary since September 2025, having previously served as Home Secretary from 2024 to 2025. A member of the Labour Party, Cooper has been Member of…

1969

Fabien Galthié

French rugby player

Fabien Galthié is a French rugby union coach and former player, currently the head coach of the France national team.

1969

Edoardo Ballerini

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Edoardo Ballerini is an American actor, narrator, writer, and film director. On screen he is best known for his work as junkie Corky Caporale in The Sopranos and the hotheaded chef in the indie film Dinner Rush (2001).…

1970

Josephine Medina

Filipino Paralympic table tennis player (died 2021)

Josephine Rebeta Medina was a Filipino table tennis player. Medina represented the Philippines at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics.

1970

Manny Alexander

Dominican baseball player

Manuel De Jesús Alexander is a Dominican former professional baseball infielder. He has played for the Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets (1997), Chicago Cubs (1997–1999), Boston Red Sox (2000), Texas Rangers (2004) and…

1971

Touré

American journalist and author

Touré is an American writer, music journalist, cultural critic, podcaster, and television personality. He was a co-host of the TV show The Cycle on MSNBC. He was also a contributor to MSNBC's The Dylan Ratigan Show, and…

1971

Chilly Gonzales

Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Jason Charles Beck, professionally known as Chilly Gonzales or just Gonzales, is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and producer. Currently based in London, England, he previously lived for several years in Paris, Berlin,…

1972

Alex Kapranos

English-Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Alexander Paul Kapranos is a Scottish musician. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist of Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand. He has also been a part of the supergroups FFS and BNQT.

1972

Greg Searle

English rower

Gregory Mark Pascoe Searle is a British Olympic rower educated at Hampton School and London South Bank University.

1972

Marco Sejna

German footballer

Marco Sejna is a German former professional footballer as a goalkeeper.

1972

Cristel Vahtra

Estonian skier

Cristel Vahtra is an Estonian cross-country skier who competed from 1994 to 2001. Her best World Cup finish was 22nd in a 10 km event in Russia in 1996.

1972

Nicky Boje

South African cricketer

Nico Boje is a South African former cricketer who played in 43 Tests, 115 One Day Internationals and single Twenty20 International for South Africa. Boje was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC…

1973

Natalya Khrushcheleva

Russian runner

Natalya Khrushcheleva is a retired Russian middle-distance runner who won a bronze medal in 800 metres at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. She has also been a member of the Russian 4 × 400 metres relay team.

1973

Talal Khalifa Aljeri

Kuwaiti businessman

Talal Khalifa Al Jeri is a Kuwaiti businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of Al Jeri Holding Group, chosen by Forbes in 2018 as a leading educational company.

1973

Carsten Ramelow

German footballer

Carsten Ramelow is a German former professional footballer who played as either a central defender or a defensive midfielder.

1974

Ramin Bahrani

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Ramin Bahrani is an American director and screenwriter. Film critic Roger Ebert ranked Bahrani's Chop Shop (2007) as the sixth-best film of the 2000s, calling him "the new director of the decade". Bahrani was the…

1975

Isolde Kostner

Italian skier

Isolde Kostner is an Italian former Alpine skier who won two bronze medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. She was the Italian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2002…

1975

Kevin Betsy

English-Seychelles footballer and manager

Kevin Eddie Lewis Betsy is a football coach and a former professional footballer having played at the Championship level, briefly in the Premier League, and for the Seychelles national team. Betsy is currently the first…

1978

Brent Sherwin

Australian rugby league player

Brent Sherwin is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. Bearing the iconic nickname "Shifty", Sherwin plays in the Illawarra Carlton League which is an indirect feeder league to the St George…

1978

Shinnosuke Abe

Japanese baseball player

Shinnosuke Abe is a Japanese former professional baseball player and current manager. He spent his entire 19-year career with Nippon Professional Baseball's Yomiuri Giants, serving as the team's captain from 2007 to…

1979

Daniel Cormier

American mixed martial artist

Daniel Ryan Cormier is an American former professional mixed martial artist, freestyle wrestler, and current color commentator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As a former UFC Light Heavyweight and…

1979

Keven Mealamu

New Zealand rugby player

Keven Filipo Mealamu is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer. He played at hooker for the Blues in Super Rugby, Auckland in the National Provincial Championship, and the New Zealand national team. He was part of…

1979

Jamal Crawford

American basketball player

Aaron Jamal Crawford is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2000 to 2020. Nicknamed "J-Crossover", he is regarded as one of the best ball…

1980

Robertas Javtokas

Lithuanian basketball player

Robertas Javtokas is a Lithuanian professional basketball executive and former player. He most recently served as sports director of Žalgiris Kaunas. Standing at 2.11 m, he played the center position. He has been a…

1980

Michelle Snow

American basketball player

Donnette Jé-Michelle Snow is an American former professional basketball player who played most recently in the Turkish Women's Basketball League.

1980

Ian Murray

Scottish footballer

Ian William Murray is a Scottish football player and coach, who is the manager of Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton.

1981

Carl Webb

Australian rugby league player (died 2023)

Carl Webb was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop, second-row and lock in the 2000s and 2010s.

1981

Terrence Duffin

Zimbabwean cricketer

Terrence Duffin is a former Zimbabwean international cricketer, who played Test matches and One Day Internationals, captaining the side in ODIs.

1982

Tomasz Kuszczak

Polish footballer

Tomasz Mirosław Kuszczak is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was most recently the goalkeeping coach of the Poland national team.

1982

José Moreira

Portuguese footballer

José Filipe da Silva Moreira is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1982

Carolina Padrón

Venezuelan journalist

Carolina Desireé José Padrón Ríos is a Venezuelan-Mexican sportscaster, journalist and television host currently working for ESPN Deportes and ESPN Mexico. Padrón is the co-anchor of ESPN's Spanish version of…

1983

Jenni Vartiainen

Finnish singer

Jenni Mari Vartiainen is a Finnish pop singer. Before her professional musical endeavours, she was a figure skater in her teenage years and attended the Kuopio Senior High of Music and Dance. Vartiainen rose to…

1983

Vikram Banerjee

English cricketer

Vikram Banerjee is an English former cricketer and cricket executive. A slow left-arm orthodox bowler, he played first-class and limited-overs cricket primarily for Gloucestershire between 2006 and 2011, having…

1984

Valtteri Filppula

Finnish ice hockey player

Valtteri Filppula is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward.

1984

IJustine

American YouTuber

Justine Ezarik is an American YouTuber. She is best known as iJustine, with over one billion views on her YouTube channel. She gained attention as a lifecaster who communicated directly with her millions of viewers on…

1984

Fernando Torres

Spanish footballer

Fernando José Torres Sanz is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Atlético Madrid B. Due to his consistent goalscoring as a young player, Torres came to be…

1984

Morgan Amalfitano

French footballer

Morgan Henri René Amalfitano is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1985

Ronnie Brewer

American basketball player

Ronnie Brewer is an American former professional basketball player and currently an assistant coach. Brewer played collegiately at the University of Arkansas, where his father Ron Brewer was a star in the late 1970s.…

1985

Nicolas Lombaerts

Belgian footballer

Nicolas Robert Christian Lombaerts is a Belgian professional football coach and a former centre-back.

1985

Dean Geyer

South African-Australian singer-songwriter and actor

Dean Stanley Geyer is a South African Australian singer-songwriter, actor and martial artist who finished third in the 2006 season of the talent show television series Australian Idol, and has had a notable role in the…

1986

Julián Magallanes

Argentinian footballer

Julián David Magallanes is an Argentine footballer who played professionally for a number of clubs in the Italian leagues.

1986

Román Torres

Panamanian footballer

Román Aureliano Torres Morcillo is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Tacoma Stars.

1986

Daniel Maa Boumsong

Cameroonian footballer

Daniel Maa Boumsong is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1987

Jon Brockman

American basketball player

Jonathan Rodney Brockman is an American former professional basketball player. He was the starting power forward and team captain for the University of Washington men's basketball team. He is the University of…

1987

Jô

Brazilian footballer

João Alves de Assis Silva, known as Jô or João Alves, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1987

Pedro Ken

Brazilian footballer

Pedro Ken Morimoto Moreira, known as Pedro Ken, is a Brazilian former footballer. He is of Japanese descent.

1987

Sergei Kostitsyn

Belarusian ice hockey player

Sergei Olegovich Kostitsyn is a Belarusian professional ice hockey winger for Metallurg Zhlobin of the Belarusian Extraleague (BHL). He was selected in the seventh round, 200th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the…

1987

Xavier Dolan

Canadian actor and director

Xavier Dolan-Tadros is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his feature…

1989

Tamim Iqbal

Bangladeshi cricketer

Tamim Iqbal Khan, commonly known as Tamim Iqbal, is a Bangladeshi former international cricketer as well as a commentator from Chittagong who was captain of the national team in ODI matches from 2020 to 2023. He is the…

1989

Blake Ferguson

Australian rugby league player

Blake Ferguson is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer.

1990

Brad Hand

American baseball player

Bradley Richard Hand is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Between 2011 and 2023, he played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida/Miami Marlins, San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians,…

1990

Marcos Rojo

Argentine footballer

Faustino Marcos Alberto Rojo is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender for Argentine Primera División club Racing Club. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a left-back.

1990

Mattia Destro

Italian footballer

Mattia Destro is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker. He has also featured at international level, holding eight caps for Italy.

1991

Michał Kucharczyk

Polish footballer

Michał Kucharczyk is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a winger or a striker for III liga club Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki. In 2025, he joined Canal+ as a pundit, becoming a part of their Ekstraklasa coverage…

1991

Nick Leddy

American ice hockey player

Nicholas Michael Leddy is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the first round, 16th overall, by the Minnesota…

1991

Justin Faulk

American ice hockey player

Justin Michael Faulk is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Carolina Hurricanes for the first eight years of…

1992

Fabian Fahl

German politician

Fabian Fahl is a German politician and member of the Bundestag. A member of The Left, he has represented North Rhine-Westphalia since 2025.

1993

JaKarr Sampson

American basketball player

JaKarr Jordan Sampson is an American professional basketball player for Zhejiang Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm. He is a frequent rebounder…

1993

Nick Paul

Canadian ice hockey player

Nicholas Paul is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Dallas Stars in the fourth round, 101st overall, of the…

1995

Hyunjin

South Korean rapper

Hwang Hyun-jin, known mononymously as Hyunjin, is a South Korean rapper and singer. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Stray Kids, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2017.

2000

Trevor Zegras

American ice hockey player

Trevor John Zegras is an American professional ice hockey player who is a center for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected ninth overall by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2019 NHL entry…

2001

Jahmyr Gibbs

American football player

Jahmyr Gibbs, nicknamed "Sonic", is an American professional football running back for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Alabama…

2002

Cooper Hoffman

American actor

Cooper Alexander Hoffman is an American actor. The son of late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, he made his acting debut with a leading role in Paul Thomas Anderson's coming-of-age film Licorice Pizza (2021) for which he…

2003

Belle

American singer

Shim Hye-won, better known by her stage name Belle (벨), is an American singer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Kiss of Life.

2004

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