Famous Birthdays on March 25

Q: Who was born on March 25?

Famous people born on March 25 include: Conradin, Andronikos II Palaiologos, Andronikos III Palaiologos, Arnošt of Pardubice, Blanche of Lancaster (died 1369).

Q: What is Justine Dufour-Lapointe known for?

Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier

243 people 1252 – 2000

March 25 has seen 243 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1252 – 2000. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · March 25 — Wikipedia

1994 — Justine Dufour-Lapointe

Canadian skier

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She was the Olympic champion in the moguls event at the 2014 Winter Olympics and won a silver medal in moguls at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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The gold and silver she and her sister Chloe Dufour-Lapointe won in 2014 was the first time that Canadian sisters stood together on the podium, and the fourth time ever by all nations

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Dufour-Lapointe was the world champion in moguls at the 2015 World Championships has also won a silver and two other bronze medals in the moguls event at the Freestyle World Ski Championships.

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In winning the Olympics, she became the youngest freestyle skiing Olympic champion ever at nineteen years of age

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Dufour-Lapointe was the FIS World Cup rookie of the year for the 2010–11 season

Conradin

Duke of Swabia (died 1268)

Conrad III, called the Younger or the Boy, but usually known by the diminutive Conradin, was the last direct heir of the House of Hohenstaufen. He was Duke of Swabia (1254–1268) and nominal King of Jerusalem (1254–1268)…

1252

Andronikos II Palaiologos

Byzantine emperor (died 1332)

Andronikos II Palaiologos, Latinized as Andronicus II Palaeologus, reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328. His reign marked the beginning of the recently restored empire's final decline. The Turks conquered most…

1259

Andronikos III Palaiologos

Byzantine emperor (died 1341)

Andronikos III Palaiologos, commonly Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus, was the Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341. He was the son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia. He was proclaimed co-emperor in…

1297

Arnošt of Pardubice

the first Bohemian archbishop (died 1364)

Arnošt of Pardubice was the first Archbishop of Prague. He was also an advisor and diplomat to Emperor Charles IV.

1297

Blanche of Lancaster (died 1369)

Blanche of Lancaster was a member of the English-French royal House of Lancaster and the daughter of the kingdom's wealthiest and most powerful peer, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster. She was the first wife of…

1345

Catherine of Siena

Italian philosopher, theologian, and saint (died 1380)

Caterina di Jacopo di Benincasa, known as Catherine of Siena, was an Italian Catholic mystic and diplomat who engaged in papal and Italian politics through extensive letter-writing and advocacy. Canonized in 1461, she…

1347

John Beaufort

1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (died 1444)

John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, 3rd Earl of Somerset was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He was a paternal first cousin of King Henry V and the maternal grandfather of…

1404

Thomas Clifford

8th Baron de Clifford, English noble (died 1455)

Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, also 8th Lord of Skipton, was the elder son of John, 7th Baron de Clifford, and Elizabeth Percy.

1414

Eustochia Smeralda Calafato

Italian saint (died 1485)

Eustochia Smeralda Calafato is a Franciscan Italian saint belonging to the Order of the Poor Clares. She is co-patroness of Messina, which is also the centre of her cultus.

1434

Vasili III of Russia (died 1533)

Vasili III Ivanovich was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1505 until his death in 1533.

1479

Marie d'Albret

Countess of Rethel (died 1549)

Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel, Countess of Nevers was the suo jure Countess of Rethel, a title which she inherited at the age of nine upon the death of her mother, Charlotte of Nevers, Sovereign Countess of Rethel,…

1491

Guillaume Postel

French linguist (died 1581)

Guillaume Postel was a French linguist, Orientalist, astronomer, Christian Kabbalist, diplomat, polyglot, professor, religious universalist, and writer.

1510

Christopher Clavius

German mathematician and astronomer (died 1612)

Christopher Clavius, was a Jesuit German mathematician and physicist, head of mathematicians at the Collegio Romano, and astronomer who was a member of the Vatican commission that accepted the proposed calendar invented…

1538

Francesco I de' Medici

Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1587)

Francesco I was the second Grand Duke of Tuscany, ruling from 1574 until his death in 1587. He was a member of the House of Medici.

1541

John II

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (died 1622)

Hans the Younger was the duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.

1545

Giacomo Castelvetro

Italian writer (died 1616)

Giacomo Castelvetro was an Italian expatriate in Europe and England, humanist, teacher and travel writer.

1546

Jean de Brébeuf

French-Canadian missionary and saint (died 1649)

Jean de Brébeuf was a French Jesuit missionary who travelled to New France (Canada) in 1625. There he worked primarily with the Huron for the rest of his life, except for a few years in France from 1629 to 1633. He…

1593

Evliya Çelebi

Ottoman Turk traveller and writer (died 1682)

Dervish Mehmed Zillî, known as Evliya Çelebi, was an Ottoman Turkish explorer who traveled through his home country during its cultural zenith as well as neighboring lands. He travelled for over 40 years, recording his…

1611

Henric Piccardt

Dutch lawyer (died 1712)

Henric Piccardt was an ambitious Dutch lawyer who made good at the court of young king Louis XIV of France in Paris where he became a published poet in French. Returning to the Netherlands, he rose to become syndic of…

1636

Louis Moréri

French priest and scholar (died 1680)

Louis Moréri was a French priest and encyclopedist. Moreri was the author of Le Grand Dictionaire historique, ou le mélange curieux de l'histoire sacrée et profane. At least 24 editions of the encyclopedia were…

1643

Paul de Rapin

French soldier and historian (died 1725)

Paul de Rapin, sieur of Thoyras, was a Huguenot historian writing under English patronage. His History of England, written and first published in French in 1724–27, was an influential exposition of the Whig view of…

1661

Johann Adolph Hasse

German singer and composer (died 1783)

Johann Adolph Hasse was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a considerable quantity…

1699

Jean-Antoine Houdon

French sculptor and educator (died 1828)

Jean-Antoine, chevalier Houdon was a French neoclassical sculptor.

1741

John Barry

Irish-American naval officer and father of the American navy (died 1803)

John Barry was an Irish-born American naval officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War. He has been credited by some as "The…

1745

Joachim Murat

French general (died 1815)

Joachim Murat was a French Army officer and statesman who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Under the French Empire he received the military titles of Marshal of the Empire and Admiral of…

1767

Caroline Bonaparte

French daughter of Carlo Buonaparte (died 1839)

Carolina Maria Annunziata Bonaparte, better known as Caroline Bonaparte, was an Imperial French princess; the seventh child and third daughter of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino, and a younger sister of Napoleon I…

1782

Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen

German geologist and academic (died 1889)

Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen was a German geologist.

1800

José de Espronceda

Spanish poet and author (died 1842)

José Ignacio Javier Oriol Encarnación de Espronceda y Delgado was a Romantic Spanish poet, one of the most representative authors of the 19th century. He was influenced by Eugenio de Ochoa, Federico Madrazo, Alfred…

1808

Clinton L. Merriam

American banker and politician (died 1900)

Clinton Levi Merriam was a United States representative from New York.

1824

George Montgomery White

American politician (died 1860)

George Montgomery White was an American politician in North Carolina who was a two-term member of the North Carolina House of Commons from Bladen County.

1828

Myles Keogh

Irish-American colonel (died 1876)

Myles Walter Keogh was an Irish soldier. He served in the armies of the Papal States during the war for Italian unification in 1860, and was recruited into the Union Army during the American Civil War, serving as a…

1840

Hendrik Wortman

Dutch civil engineer (died 1939)

Hendrik Wortman was a Dutch civil engineer. Born in Amersfoort, Utrecht, he graduated from Delft Polytechnic in 1880 and joined the Rijkswaterstaat. He took offices throughout the country, focusing particularly on…

1859

Simon Flexner

American physician and academic (died 1946)

Simon Flexner was an American physician, scientist, administrator, and professor of experimental pathology at the University of Pennsylvania (1899–1903). He served as the first director of the Rockefeller Institute for…

1863

Gutzon Borglum

American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore (died 1941)

John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum was an American sculptor best known for his work on Mount Rushmore. He is also associated with various other public works of art across the U.S., including Stone Mountain in Georgia,…

1867

Arturo Toscanini

Italian-American cellist and conductor (died 1957)

Arturo Toscanini was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail…

1867

Bill Lockwood

English cricketer (died 1932)

William Henry Lockwood was an English Test cricketer, best known as a fast bowler and the unpredictable, occasionally devastating counterpart to the amazingly hard-working Tom Richardson for Surrey in the early County…

1868

Louis Perrée

French fencer (died 1924)

Louis Léonce Théophile Perrée was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal in the epee. He…

1871

Horatio Nelson Jackson

American race car driver and physician (died 1955)

Horatio Nelson Jackson was a Canadian-American physician, Army medical officer, businessman, and automobile pioneer. In 1903, he and his hired mechanic and driving partner Sewall K. Crocker became the first people to…

1872

Rudolf Rocker

German-American author and activist (died 1958)

Johann Rudolf Rocker was a German anarchist writer and activist. He was born in Mainz to an artisan family.

1873

Selim Sırrı Tarcan

Turkish educator and politician (died 1957)

Selim Sırrı Tarcan was a Turkish educator, sports official and politician. He is best remembered for his contribution to the establishment of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey and the introduction of the sport of…

1874

Irving Baxter

American high jumper and pole vaulter (died 1957)

Irving Knott Baxter was an American athlete, who won the gold medal in both the men's high jump and the pole vault at the 1900 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France.

1876

Walter Little

Canadian politician (died 1961)

Walter Little was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Timiskaming in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1953. He was a member of the Liberal Party until his death in 1961.

1877

František Janda-Suk

Czech discus thrower and shot putter (died 1955)

František Janda-Suk was a Czech athlete who competed for Bohemia in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics and Czechoslovakia at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

1878

Amedee Reyburn

American swimmer and water polo player (died 1920)

Amedee Valle Reyburn Jr. was an American freestyle swimmer and water polo player who won two bronze medals in the 1904 Summer Olympics in his native St. Louis. He played football for Washington University, and by 1905…

1879

Béla Bartók

Hungarian pianist and composer (died 1945)

Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hungary's greatest…

1881

Patrick Henry Bruce

American painter and educator (died 1936)

Patrick Henry Bruce was an American cubist painter.

1881

Mary Webb

English author and poet (died 1927)

Mary Gladys Webb was an English romance novelist and poet of the early 20th century, whose work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people whom she knew. Her novels have been…

1881

Jimmy Seed

English international footballer and manager (died 1966)

James Marshall Seed was an English footballer and football manager.

1885

Johannes Villemson

Estonian runner (died 1971)

Johannes Leopold Villemson was an Estonian runner who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the first round of the 800 m and 1500 m events.

1893

Siegfried Handloser

German general and physician (died 1954)

Siegfried Adolf Handloser was a German physician and war criminal, convicted for overseeing medical atrocities at concentration camps.

1895

Leslie Averill

New Zealand doctor and soldier (died 1981)

Leslie Cecil Lloyd Averill was a New Zealand soldier who served during the First World War on the Western Front. After the war, he became a doctor and established a private practice in his hometown of Christchurch. He…

1897

François Rozet

French-Canadian actor (died 1994)

François Rozet, was a French-born Canadian actor.

1899

George Carstairs

Australian rugby league player (died 1966)

George James Carstairs (1900–1966) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1920s and represented Australia.

1900

Ed Begley

American actor (died 1970)

Edward James Begley Sr. was an American actor of theatre, radio, film, and television. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) and appeared in such…

1901

Binnie Barnes

English-American actress (died 1998)

Gertrude Maud Barnes, known professionally as Binnie Barnes, was an English actress whose career in films spanned from 1923 to 1973. She was known as a leading lady in films such as The Private Life of Henry VIII, The…

1903

Frankie Carle

American pianist and bandleader (died 2001)

Frankie Carle was an American pianist and bandleader. As a very popular bandleader in the 1940s and 1950s, Carle was nicknamed "The Wizard of the Keyboard" for his piano skills. "Sunrise Serenade" was Carle's best-known…

1903

Nahum Norbert Glatzer

Ukrainian-American theologian and scholar (died 1990)

Nahum Norbert Glatzer was an Austrian and American scholar of Jewish history and philosophy from antiquity to mid 20th century.

1903

Pete Johnson

American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist (died 1967)

Kermit Holden "Pete" Johnson was an American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist.

1904

Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim

German colonel (died 1944)

Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim was a German Army colonel and a resistance fighter in Nazi Germany involved in the 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler.

1905

Jean Sablon

French singer and actor (died 1994)

Jean Sablon was a French singer, songwriter, composer and actor. He was one of the first French singers to immerse himself in jazz. The man behind several songs by big French and American names, he was the first to use…

1906

A. J. P. Taylor

English historian and academic (died 1990)

Alan John Percivale Taylor was an English historian who specialised in 19th- and 20th-century European diplomacy. Both a journalist and a broadcaster, he became well known to millions through his television lectures.…

1906

David Lean

English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1991)

Sir David Lean was an English filmmaker and editor, widely considered one of the most important figures of British cinema. He directed the large-scale epics The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia…

1908

Magda Olivero

Italian soprano (died 2014)

Magda Olivero was an Italian operatic soprano. Her career started in 1932 when she was 22, and spanned five decades, establishing her "as an important link between the era of the verismo composers and the modern opera…

1910

Benzion Netanyahu

Polish-Israeli historian and academic (died 2012)

Benzion Netanyahu was a Polish-born Israeli encyclopedist, historian, and medievalist. Born in Warsaw, he served as a professor of history at Cornell University. A scholar of Judaic history, he was also an activist in…

1910

Melita Norwood

English civil servant and spy (died 2005)

Melita Stedman Norwood was a British civil servant, Communist Party of Great Britain member and KGB spy.

1912

Jean Vilar

French actor and director (died 1971)

Jean Vilar was a French actor and theatre director. He was the founder of the Festival d'Avignon and the Théâtre National Populaire.

1912

Reo Stakis

Cypriot-Scottish businessman, founded Stakis Hotels (died 2001)

Sir Reo Stakis was a Cypriot hotel magnate, longtime head of Stakis Hotels.

1913

Norman Borlaug

American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)

Norman Ernest Borlaug was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution. Borlaug was awarded multiple honors for…

1914

Tassos

Greek engraver, etcher and sculptor (died 1985)

Anastasios Alevizos was a Greek engraver, etcher and sculptor, who became famous under the name Tassos for his works on significant milestones of the 20th century history of Greece.

1914

Dorothy Squires

Welsh singer (died 1998)

Dorothy Squires was a Welsh singer. Her early successes were achieved with "The Gypsy", "A Tree in the Meadow" and "I'm Walking Behind You" by her partner Billy Reid, and "Say It with Flowers" written by Squires with…

1915

S. M. Pandit

Indian painter and educator (died 1993)

Sambanand Monappa Pandit was an Indian painter from Karnataka, popular in the school of Realism in contrast to the contemporaneous net-traditionalist Bengal Renaissance and other Indian modern art movements of his time.…

1916

Howard Cosell

American soldier, journalist, and author (died 1995)

Howard William Cosell was an American sports journalist, broadcaster and author. Cosell became prominent and influential during his tenure with ABC Sports from 1953 until 1985.

1918

Paul Scott

English author, poet, and playwright (died 1978)

Paul Mark Scott was an English novelist best known for his tetralogy The Raj Quartet. In the last years of his life, his novel Staying On won the Booker Prize (1977). The series of books was dramatised by Granada…

1920

Patrick Troughton

English actor (died 1987)

Patrick George Troughton was an English actor. He was best known for his work as a character actor in television, most notably starring as the second incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who…

1920

Usha Mehta

Gandhian and freedom fighter of India (died 2000)

Usha Mehta was a Gandhian and independence activist of India. She is also remembered for organizing the Congress Radio, also called the Secret Congress Radio, an underground radio station, which functioned for a few…

1920

Nancy Kelly

American actress (died 1995)

Nancy Kelly was an American actress in film, theater, and television. A child actress and model, she was a repertory cast member of CBS Radio's The March of Time, and appeared in several films in the late 1920s. She…

1921

Simone Signoret

French actress (died 1985)

Simone Signoret was a French actress. She received various accolades, including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, a César Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, in…

1921

Alexandra of Yugoslavia

the last Queen of Yugoslavia (died 1993)

Alexandra was the last Queen of Yugoslavia as the wife of King Peter II.

1921

Eileen Ford

American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (died 2014)

Eileen Cecile Ford was an American modeling agency executive. Along with her husband Gerard "Jerry" Ford, she co-founded Ford Models in 1946, which emerged as one of the earliest and most successful modeling agencies in…

1922

Bonnie Guitar

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)

Bonnie Buckingham, better known as Bonnie Guitar, was an American singer, musician, producer, and businesswoman. She was best known for her 1957 song, "Dark Moon", which was a country-pop crossover hit. She became one…

1923

Wim van Est

Dutch cyclist (died 2003)

Willem "Wim" van Est was a Dutch racing cyclist. He is best known for being the first Dutch cyclist to wear the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the Tour de France of 1951, and for falling into a…

1923

Roberts Blossom

American actor (died 2011)

Roberts Scott Blossom was an American poet and character actor of theatre, film, and television. He is best known for his roles as Old Man Marley in Home Alone (1990) and as Ezra Cobb in the horror film Deranged (1974).…

1924

Machiko Kyō

Japanese actress (died 2019)

Motoko Yano, better known as Machiko Kyō , was a Japanese actress who was active primarily in the 1950s. Considered one of Japan's first sex symbols and one of its greatest screen actresses, Kyō is best known for her…

1924

Flannery O'Connor

American short story writer and novelist (died 1964)

Mary Flannery O'Connor was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. She wrote two novels and 31 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries.

1925

Anthony Quinton

Baron Quinton, English physician and philosopher (died 2010)

Anthony Meredith Quinton, Baron Quinton, FBA was an English political and moral philosopher, metaphysician, and materialist philosopher of mind. He served as President of Trinity College, Oxford from 1978 to 1987; and…

1925

Kishori Sinha

Indian politician, social activist and advocate (died 2016)

Kishori Sinha was an Indian politician, social activist, a lifelong advocate of women's empowerment and a former two-term Member of Parliament from the Vaishali constituency. She was married to the former Chief Minister…

1925

Riz Ortolani

Italian composer and conductor (died 2014)

Riziero "Riz" Ortolani was an Italian composer, conductor, and orchestrator, predominantly of film scores. He scored over 200 films and television programs between 1955 and 2014, with a career spanning over fifty years.

1926

László Papp

Hungarian boxer (died 2003)

László Papp was a Hungarian professional boxer from Budapest. He was left-handed and won gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and the 1956 Summer Olympics held in…

1926

Shirley Jean Rickert

American actress (died 2009)

Shirley Jean Rickert was an American child actress who was briefly the "blonde girl" for the Our Gang series in 1931, during the Hal Roach early talkie period.

1926

Jaime Sabines

Mexican poet and politician (died 1999)

Jaime Sabines Gutiérrez was a Mexican contemporary poet. Known as "the sniper of literature" as he formed part of a group that transformed literature into reality, he wrote ten volumes of poetry, and his work has been…

1926

Gene Shalit

American journalist and critic

Eugene Shalit is an American retired journalist, television personality, film and book critic and author. After starting to work part-time on NBC's The Today Show in 1970, he filled those roles from January 15, 1973,…

1926

P. Shanmugam

Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry (died 2013)

P. Shanmugam was the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Pondicherry. He served from 22 March 2000 to 27 October 2001.

1927

Jim Lovell

American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2025)

James Arthur Lovell Jr. was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he, along with Frank Borman and William Anders, became one of the…

1928

Gunnar Nielsen

Danish runner and typographer (died 1985)

Niels Gunnar Nielsen was a Danish middle distance runner who equalled the world record over both 880 yards and 1500 metres. He represented the Østerbro-based club Københavns Idræts Forening throughout his career.

1928

Peter O'Brien

Australian rugby league player (died 2016)

Peter O'Brien (1928-2016) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played in the NSWRFL premiership for North Sydney as a winger.

1928

Hans Steinbrenner

German sculptor (died 2008)

Hans Theodor Steinbrenner was a German painter and sculptor based in Frankfurt who focused on abstract figures in wood and stone. Many of his works are in public space.

1928

Cecil Taylor

American pianist and composer (died 2018)

Cecil Percival Taylor was an American pianist and poet.

1929

David Burge

American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2013)

David Russell Burge was an American pianist, conductor and composer. As a performer, he was noted for championing contemporary pieces. The New York Times called him "one of America's important pianists," and his…

1930

Carlo Mauri

Italian mountaineer and explorer (died 1982)

Carlo Mauri was an Italian mountaineer and explorer. Mauri was born in Lecco. Among his early climbs in the Alps two stand out: the first winter ascent of the via Comici route on the northern face of Cima Grande di…

1930

Rudy Minarcin

American baseball player and coach (died 2013)

Rudolph Anthony Minarcin [Buster] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1955 through 1957 for the Cincinnati Redlegs (1955) and Boston Red Sox (1956–57). Listed at 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m), 195 lb (88 kg), he…

1930

Humphrey Burton

English radio and television host (died 2025)

Sir Humphrey McGuire Burton was an English classical music television presenter, broadcaster, director, producer, impresario, lecturer and biographer of musicians. Burton was knighted in the 2020 New Year Honours for…

1931

Penelope Gilliatt

English novelist, short story writer, and critic (died 1993)

Penelope Gilliatt was an English novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and film critic. As one of the main film critics for The New Yorker magazine in the 1960s and 1970s, Gilliatt was known for her detailed…

1932

Wes Santee

American runner (died 2010)

David Wesley Santee was an American middle distance runner and athlete who competed mainly in the 1,500 meters and mile events.

1932

Johnny Burnette

American singer-songwriter (died 1964)

John Joseph Burnette was an American singer and songwriter of rockabilly and pop music. In 1952, Johnny, his brother Dorsey Burnette, and their mutual friend Paul Burlison, formed the band that became known as the Rock…

1934

Bernard King

Australian actor and chef (died 2002)

Bernard James King was an Australian stage actor, celebrity chef, and television personality.

1934

Karlheinz Schreiber

German-Canadian businessman

Karlheinz Schreiber is a German and Canadian citizen, an industrialist, lobbyist, fundraiser, arms dealer, businessman, and convicted criminal. He has been in the news regarding his alleged role in the 1999 CDU…

1934

Gloria Steinem

American feminist activist, co-founded the Women's Media Center

Gloria Marie Steinem is an American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

1934

Gabriel Elorde

Filipino boxer (died 1985)

Gabriel "Flash" Elorde was a Filipino professional boxer. He won the lineal super featherweight title in 1960. In 1963, he won the inaugural WBC and WBA super featherweight titles. He holds the record at super…

1935

Carl Kaufmann

American-German sprinter (died 2008)

Carl Kaufmann was an American born West German sprint runner.

1936

Tom Monaghan

American businessman, founded Domino's Pizza

Thomas Stephen Monaghan is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded Domino's Pizza in 1960. He also owns the Domino's Farms Office Park in Ann Arbor Charter Township, Michigan, and owned the Detroit…

1937

Hoyt Axton

American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1999)

Hoyt Wayne Axton was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. Among…

1938

Daniel Buren

French sculptor and painter

Daniel Buren is a French conceptual artist, painter, and sculptor. He has won numerous awards including the Golden Lion for best pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1986), the International Award for best artist in…

1938

Fritz d'Orey

Brazilian racing driver (died 2020)

Frederico José Carlos Themudo "Fritz" d'Orey was a Brazilian racing driver of German and Portuguese descent. He participated in three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 5 July 1959. He scored no…

1938

Toni Cade Bambara

American author, academic, and activist (died 1995)

Toni Cade Bambara, born Miltona Mirkin Cade, was an African-American author, documentary film-maker, social activist and college professor.

1939

D. C. Fontana

American screenwriter and producer (died 2019)

Dorothy Catherine Fontana was an American television script writer and story editor, best known for her work on the original Star Trek series.

1939

Gudmund Hernes

Norwegian sociologist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Research

Gudmund Hernes is a Norwegian professor and politician for the Labour Party. He was the state secretary to the Secretariat for Long-Term Planning 1980–1981, Minister of Education and Research and Ministry of Church and…

1941

Robert J. Birgeneau

Canadian-American physicist

Robert Joseph Birgeneau is a Canadian-American physicist and university administrator. He was the fourteenth president of the University of Toronto from 2000 to 2004, and the ninth chancellor of the University of…

1942

Aretha Franklin

American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2018)

Aretha Louise Franklin was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Regarded as the "Queen of Soul", she was twice named by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest singer of all time.

1942

Richard O'Brien

English actor and screenwriter

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1942

Kim Woodburn

English television host (died 2025)

Patricia Mary "Kim" Woodburn was an English television personality, writer, and expert cleaner. Known as the "Queen of Clean", she came to prominence by co-presenting the Channel 4 series How Clean Is Your House?…

1942

Paul Michael Glaser

American actor and director

Paul Michael Glaser is an American actor, director, and writer whose career has spanned five decades. He made his acting debut in the television series Love Is a Many Splendored Thing and went on to have many acting…

1943

Leila Diniz

Brazilian actress (died 1972)

Leila Roque Diniz was a Brazilian television, film and stage actress, whose liberal ideas and attitudes about sex had raised the discontent of both the feminists and the Brazilian military government of the 1960s.

1945

Cliff Balsom

English footballer

Clifford Gene "Cliff" Balsom is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Torquay United. He was born in Torquay, Devon.

1946

Daniel Bensaïd

French philosopher and author (died 2010)

Daniel Bensaïd was a philosopher and a leader of the Trotskyist movement in France. He became a leading figure in the student revolt of 1968, while studying at the University of Paris X-Nanterre.

1946

Stephen Hunter

American author and critic

Stephen Hunter is an American novelist, essayist, and film critic.

1946

Maurice Krafft

French volcanologist (died 1991)

Catherine Joséphine "Katia" Krafft and her husband, Maurice Paul Krafft were French volcanologists and filmmakers who died in a pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen, Nagasaki, Japan, on 3 June 1991. The Kraffts became well…

1946

Richard Cork

English historian and critic

Richard Cork is a British art historian, editor, critic, broadcaster and exhibition curator. He has been an art critic for the Evening Standard, The Listener, The Times and the New Statesman. Cork was also editor for…

1947

Elton John

English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor

Sir Elton Hercules John is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. His music and showmanship have had a significant, lasting effect on the music industry, and his songwriting partnership with the lyricist Bernie…

1947

Bonnie Bedelia

American actress

Bonnie Bedelia is an American actress. After beginning her career in theatre in the 1960s, Bedelia starred in the CBS daytime soap opera Love of Life and made her film debut in The Gypsy Moths. Bedelia subsequently…

1948

Michael Stanley

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)

Michael Stanley was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and radio and television personality. As a solo artist and with the Michael Stanley Band (MSB), and Michael Stanley and the Resonators (MS&R), his brand of…

1948

Ronnie Flanagan

Northern Irish Chief Constable (Royal Irish Constabulary, Police Service of Northern Ireland)

Sir Ronald Flanagan is a retired senior Northern Irish police officer. He was the Home Office Chief Inspector of Constabulary for the United Kingdom excluding Scotland. Flanagan was previously the Chief Constable of the…

1949

Sue Klebold

American activist

Susan Frances Klebold is an American author and suicide prevention activist. Her son, Dylan Klebold, was one of the perpetrators of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre. Sixteen years after the massacre, she…

1949

Chuck Greenberg

American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (died 1995)

Chuck Greenberg, born in Chicago, Illinois, was an American musical artist, composer and producer.

1950

Ronnie McDowell

American singer-songwriter

Ronald Dean McDowell Sr. is an American country music artist. McDowell charted more than 30 top-40 hits on the Billboard country music charts. Two of his singles – "Older Women" and "You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation"…

1950

David Paquette

American-New Zealander pianist

David Paquette is an American jazz pianist. He has recorded more than 3 albums. Highlights of his career include touring the European jazz circuit, establishing and directing a two-year running annual Jazz Festival on…

1950

Jumbo Tsuruta

Japanese wrestler (died 2000)

Tomomi "Tommy" Tsuruta , better known by his ring name Jumbo Tsuruta , was a Japanese professional wrestler who wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) for most of his career, and is well known for being the first…

1951

Stephen Dorrell

English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health

Stephen James Dorrell is a British politician. He served as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Loughborough between 1979 and 1997 and then for Charnwood from 1997 to 2015, before joining the Liberal…

1952

Antanas Mockus

Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician, Mayor of Bogotá

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1952

Christos Ardizoglou

Greek footballer

Christos Ardizoglou is a Greek former international footballer who played as mainly a midfielder.

1953

Robert Fox

English producer and manager

Robert Michael John Fox was an English theatre and film producer, whose work included the 2002 film The Hours, a film for which he was nominated for an Academy Award.

1953

Vesna Pusić

Croatian sociologist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia

Vesna Pusić is a Croatian sociologist and politician who served as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the centre-left cabinet of Zoran Milanović. She was Croatia's second female…

1953

Haroon Rasheed

Pakistani cricketer and coach

Haroon Rasheed Dar is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played in 23 Test matches and 12 One Day International from 1977 to 1983.

1953

Thom Loverro

American journalist and author

Thomas F. Loverro, is an American sportswriter. He was voted by the National Sports Media Association the Maryland sportswriter of the year in 2009 and District of Columbia sportswriter of the year in 2014.

1954

Daniel Boulud

French chef and author

Daniel Boulud is a French chef and restaurateur with restaurants in New York City, Palm Beach, Miami, Toronto, Montréal, Singapore, the Bahamas, and Dubai. He is best known for his eponymous restaurant Daniel, opened in…

1955

Lee Mazzilli

American baseball player, coach, and manager

Lee Louis Mazzilli is an American former professional baseball player, coach, and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder for the New York Mets, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh…

1955

Christina Boxer

English runner and journalist

Christina Tracy Cahill née Boxer is a female retired middle distance athlete from England. She represented Great Britain at three Olympic Games, in Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988 and trained at Aldershot,…

1957

Kanellos Kanellopoulos

Greek cyclist

Kanellos Kanellopoulos is a Greek former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was also the pilot and human engine for the 1988 MIT Daedalus project, completing the 72.4…

1957

Jonathan Michie

English economist and academic

Jonathan Michie is a British economist who is president of Kellogg College, Oxford, where he is professor of innovation and knowledge exchange and pro-vice-chancellor without portfolio.

1957

Aleksandr Puchkov

Russian hurdler

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Puchkov was a Soviet and Russian hurdler and Olympic bronze medallist, who competed for the Soviet Union during his career. Born in Ulyanovsk on 25 March 1957, he died in Saint Petersburg on 9…

1957

Jim Uhls

American screenwriter and producer

James "Jim" Uhls is an American screenwriter, best known for writing the screenplay for the film Fight Club (1999), directed by David Fincher. His other major credits include the science fiction film Jumper (2008) and…

1957

Susie Bright

American journalist, author, and critic

Susannah Bright is an American feminist, author and journalist, often writing on the subject of politics and sexuality.

1958

Lorna Brown

Canadian artist, curator, and writer

Lorna Brown is a Canadian artist, curator and writer. Her work focuses on public space, social phenomena such as boredom, and institutional structures and systems.

1958

Sisy Chen

Taiwanese journalist and politician

Sisy Chen or Chen Wen-chien is a Taiwanese journalist, television commentator, writer and former politician. She hosts Sisy's World News, a weekly newscast at the Chung T'ien Television and UFO Dinner, a daily radio…

1958

María Caridad Colón

Cuban javelin thrower and shot putter

María Caridad Colón Rueñes-Salazar is a former javelin thrower from Cuba who won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, setting a new record.

1958

John Ensign

American physician and politician

John Eric Ensign is an American veterinarian and former politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 2001 until his resignation in 2011 amid a Senate Ethics Committee investigation into his attempts…

1958

Ray Tanner

American baseball player and coach

Donald Ray Tanner Jr. is a former baseball coach at the University of South Carolina. Tanner began this role after leading the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program for sixteen seasons. He is currently the athletic…

1958

Åsa Torstensson

Swedish politician, 3rd Swedish Minister for Infrastructure

Åsa-Britt Maria Torstensson is a Swedish politician and a member of the Centre Party. She has a university degree in social work. She was a member of the Riksdag between 1998 and 2002 representing Västra Götaland…

1958

Mike Aulby

American bowler

Michael Aulby is an American former professional bowler and former member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). He is one of only five PBA bowlers to win both the Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year…

1960

Steve Norman

English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer

Steven Antony Norman is an English musician who played tenor saxophone, guitar, percussion and other instruments for the English new wave band Spandau Ballet.

1960

Peter O'Brien

Australian actor

Peter O'Brien is an Australian actor, best known for his role as an original cast member in 1985 of Australian soap opera Neighbours as Shane Ramsay. He has also acted in numerous British and American productions.

1960

Brenda Strong

American actress

Brenda Lee Strong is an American actress. She began her career in television, including guest starring appearances in Twin Peaks, Party of Five, Seinfeld, Scandal, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Blossom and Sports…

1960

Mark Brooks

American golfer

Mark David Brooks is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions.

1961

Marcia Cross

American actress

Marcia Cross is an American actress. She acted in daytime soap operas such as The Edge of Night, Another World, and One Life to Live before moving to primetime television with a recurring role on Knots Landing. From…

1962

David Nuttall

English lawyer and politician

David Taylor Nuttall is a former British Conservative Party politician. He is a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury North, having won his seat in the House of Commons at the 2010 general election. He lost his seat…

1962

Karen Bruce

English dancer and choreographer

Karen Bruce is a choreographer and director who has worked in theatre and television.

1963

Velle Kadalipp

Estonian architect

Velle Kadalipp is an Estonian architect.

1963

Andrew O'Connor

British actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer

Andrew Mark O'Connor is an English actor, comedian, magician, and television producer.

1963

Norm Duke

American bowler

Norm Duke is an American retired professional bowler who previously competed on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour and on the PBA50 Tour. He has won 40 titles on the PBA Tour, including seven major…

1964

Buzz Osborne

American musician

Roger "Buzz" Osborne, also known as King Buzzo, is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is a founding member of the rock band Melvins, as well as Fantômas and Venomous Concept.

1964

René Meulensteen

Dutch footballer and coach

Reinhard Jozef Petrus "René" Meulensteen is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is currently assistant coach of the Iraq national team.

1964

Ken Wregget

Canadian ice hockey player

Kenneth Lee Wregget is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.

1964

Avery Johnson

American basketball player and coach

Avery DeWitt Johnson is an American basketball television commentator, former player and coach who previously served as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team. He is an NBA and college basketball…

1965

Stefka Kostadinova

Bulgarian high jumper

Stefka Georgieva Kostadinova is a Bulgarian former athlete who competed in the high jump. Her world record of 2.09 metres stood since 1987 until being broken by Yaroslava Mahuchikh in 2024. She is the 1996 Olympic…

1965

Sarah Jessica Parker

American actress, producer, and designer

Sarah Jessica Parker is an American actress and television producer. In a career spanning over five decades, she has performed across several productions of both screen and stage. Her accolades include six Golden Globe…

1965

Tom Glavine

American baseball player

Thomas Michael Glavine is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), for the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets (2003–2007).

1966

Humberto Gonzalez

Mexican boxer

Humberto González is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1995. He is a three-time light-flyweight champion having held the World Boxing Council (WBC) title three times and then unified with the…

1966

Jeff Healey

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)

Norman Jeffrey Healey was a Canadian blues, rock and jazz guitarist, singer and songwriter who attained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s. He reached No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Angel Eyes" and…

1966

Anton Rogan

Northern Irish footballer

Anton Rogan is a former professional footballer. His playing career included spells at Lisburn Distillery, Celtic, Sunderland, Oxford United, Millwall and Blackpool. Rogan also played 18 times for the Northern Ireland…

1966

Matthew Barney

American sculptor and photographer

Matthew Barney is an American contemporary artist and film director who works in the fields of sculpture, film, photography and drawing. His works explore connections among geography, biology, geology and mythology as…

1967

Doug Stanhope

American comedian and actor

Doug Stanhope is an American stand-up comedian, author, actor, political activist and podcast host. His stand-up material consist of profane and confrontational observations of life.

1967

Debi Thomas

American figure skater and physician

Debra Janine Thomas is an American figure skater and physician. She is the 1986 World champion, the 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national champion. Her rivalry with East Germany's Katarina Witt at…

1967

George Chlitsios

Greek conductor and composer

George Chlitsios is a Greek conductor and composer.

1969

Dale Davis

American basketball player

Elliott Lydell "Dale" Davis is an American former professional basketball player who played center and power forward.

1969

Cathy Dennis

English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress

Catherine Dennis is a British singer, songwriter and record producer. She was discovered as a teenager by music manager Simon Fuller, which led to her featuring on the hit dance single "C'mon and Get My Love" with D Mob…

1969

Jeffrey Walker

English singer-songwriter and bass player

Jeffrey Walker is an English musician, best known as the bassist and lead vocalist of extreme metal band Carcass, for which he also serves as the primary lyricist. Before Carcass, he played in English thrashcore band…

1969

Magnus Larsson

Swedish tennis player

Per Henrik Magnus Larsson is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.

1970

Stacy Dragila

American pole vaulter and coach

Stacy Renée Mikaelson, married Stacy Renée Dragila, is a former American pole vaulter. She is an Olympic gold medalist and a multiple-time world champion.

1971

Cammi Granato

American ice hockey player and sportscaster

Catherine Michelle Granato is an American former ice hockey player and one of the first women to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 2010. She currently works as an assistant general manager for the…

1971

Sheryl Swoopes

American basketball player and coach

Sheryl Denise Swoopes is an American former professional basketball player. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA, is a three-time WNBA MVP, and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All Time at…

1971

Naftali Bennett

Israeli politician, 13th Prime Minister of Israel

Naftali Bennett is an Israeli politician, businessman, and soldier who served as the prime minister of Israel from 2021 to 2022, and as the alternate prime minister from July to November 2022. Bennett has served as the…

1972

Giniel de Villiers

South African racing driver

Giniel de Villiers is a South African racing and rally driver, best known for winning the 2009 Dakar Rally.

1972

Phil O'Donnell

Scottish footballer (died 2007)

Philip O'Donnell was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Motherwell, Celtic and Sheffield Wednesday. He also earned one international cap for Scotland and twice won the PFA Scotland Young…

1972

Michaela Dorfmeister

Austrian skier

Michaela Dorfmeister is an Austrian former alpine ski racer who competed in the Olympic Games and World Cup. Her specialities were both the downhill and the super-G disciplines, although she skied in and had success in…

1973

Anders Fridén

Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

Pär Anders Fridén is a Swedish vocalist, best known as the lead singer of the heavy metal band In Flames. He was also the vocalist of Dark Tranquillity and side project Passenger.

1973

Bob Sura

American basketball player

Robert Sura Jr. is an American World Series of Poker player and former professional basketball player who played ten seasons for five different teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). At 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m),…

1973

Serge Betsen

Cameroonian-French rugby player

Serge Betsen Tchoua is a former French rugby union player who played as a flanker for London Wasps and Biarritz at club level and for France internationally.

1974

Lark Voorhies

American actress and singer

Lark Voorhies is an American actress. She played Lisa Turtle on the NBC sitcom Saved by the Bell (1989–1993) and was nominated for the Young Artist Award six times, winning in 1990 and 1993 for her work on the show.

1974

Ladislav Benýšek

Czech ice hockey player

Ladislav Benýšek is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 161 games in the National Hockey League with the Edmonton Oilers and Minnesota Wild between 1997 and 2003. The rest of his career, which…

1975

Melanie Blatt

English singer-songwriter and actress

Melanie Ruth Blatt is an English singer. She rose to fame in 1997 as a member of the girl group All Saints. The group have gained five UK number-one singles, two multi-platinum albums and two BRIT Awards, and have sold…

1975

Erika Heynatz

Papua New Guinean-Australian model and actress

Erika Heynatz is an Australian model, actress, singer, and television personality. She joined long-running Australian TV series Home and Away in June 2015, as villainous biology teacher Charlotte King.

1975

Francie Bellew

Irish footballer

Francis "Francie" Bellew is a Gaelic footballer who played for the Armagh county team. He has won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal, five Ulster Championships and a National League title with the county.…

1976

Lars Figura

German sprinter

Lars Figura is a former German sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres.

1976

Wladimir Klitschko

Ukrainian boxer

Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2017. He held multiple heavyweight world championships between 2000 and 2015, including unified titles between 2008 and 2015. During…

1976

Rima Wakarua

New Zealand-Italian rugby player

Rima Shane Wakarua-Noema is a former professional rugby union footballer and coach. He played as a fly-half for North Harbour in New Zealand before moving to Italy in 1999, where he played for Leonessa, Gran Parma, I…

1976

Natalie Clein

English cellist and educator

Natalie Clein is a British classical cellist. Her mother is a professional violinist. Her sister is the actress Louisa Clein.

1977

Andrew Lindsay

Scottish rower

Andrew James Ronald Lindsay is a British Olympic gold medal-winning rower and former co-CEO of Telecom Plus, which owns Utility Warehouse.

1977

Gennaro Delvecchio

Italian footballer

Gennaro Delvecchio is an Italian football official and a former player who played as a midfielder. He works as the head of youth development at Bari.

1978

Teddy Lussi-Modeste

French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher

Teddy Lussi-Modeste is a French Romani film director, screenwriter and literature teacher. He wrote and directed the films Jimmy Rivière (2011), The Price of Success (2017), and The Good Teacher (2024).

1978

Nate Bargatze

American stand-up comedian and actor

Nathanael Bargatze is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He has been called a clean comedian, and has been noted for his deadpan, monotone delivery. Bargatze was the highest-grossing stand-up comic in 2024, with…

1979

Muriel Hurtis-Houairi

French sprinter

Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, née Muriel Hurtis, is a French track and field athlete. She came to prominence in 2002 when she won the 200 m gold medals at both the European Indoor Championships and the European Athletics…

1979

Kathrine Sørland

Norwegian fashion model and television presenter

Kathrine Sørland is a Norwegian fashion model, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder who has competed at Miss World and Miss Universe beauty pageants.

1980

Casey Neistat

American YouTube personality

Casey Owen Neistat is an American YouTube personality, filmmaker, vlogger and co-founder of the multimedia company Beme, which was later acquired by CNN. In 2018, he founded 368, a creative space for creators to…

1981

Danica Patrick

American race car driver

Danica Sue Patrick is an American former professional racing driver who competed in the IndyCar Series from 2005 to 2011 and the NASCAR Cup Series from 2012 to 2018. She is the most successful woman in the history of…

1982

Álvaro Saborío

Costa Rican footballer

Álvaro Alberto Saborío Chacón is a Costa Rican former professional footballer, who played as a forward. Saborío originally retired in 2017 but returned months later.

1982

Jenny Slate

American comedian, actress and author

Jenny Slate is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and writer. After early acting and stand-up roles on television, Slate gained recognition for her live variety shows in New York City and for co-creating the…

1982

Mickaël Hanany

French high jumper

Mickaël Hanany is a French high jumper. His biggest success to date is winning the bronze medal at the 2012 European Championships in Helsinki.

1983

Katharine McPhee

American singer-songwriter and actress

Katharine Hope McPhee is an American actress and singer. In May 2006, she was the runner-up on the fifth season of American Idol.

1984

Liam Messam

New Zealand rugby player

Liam Justin Messam is a retired New Zealand rugby union player who played in the TOP14 for RC Toulonnais. In Super Rugby, he previously played for the Chiefs, and for Waikato in the ITM Cup. Messam predominantly plays…

1984

Carmen Rasmusen

Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress

Carmen Rasmusen Herbert is a Canadian-American country music artist who ranked sixth on the second season of American Idol in 2003. Rasmusen also plays piano and guitar.

1985

Diana Rennik

Estonian figure skater

Diana Rennik is an Estonian former competitive pair skater. She competed with Aleksei Saks. Together, they are the four times Estonian national champions. They placed 17th at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

1985

Marco Belinelli

Italian basketball player

Marco Stefano Belinelli is an Italian former professional basketball player. He was selected 18th overall in the 2007 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors. In 2014, he won the NBA championship with the San Antonio…

1986

Megan Gibson

American softball player

Megan Lynn Gibson-Loftin is an American former collegiate All-American, professional softball pitcher and current director of softball operations for Twelve Softball. She is also the former pitching coach at Houston.…

1986

Kyle Lowry

American basketball player

Kyle Terrell Lowry is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A six-time All-Star, he was named to the All-NBA Third Team in 2016 and won an…

1986

Mickey Paea

Australian rugby league player

Mickey Paea is a former Tonga international rugby league footballer who played as a prop.

1986

Jacob Bagersted

Danish handball player

Jacob Bagersted is a Danish handballer, currently playing for Danish side SønderjyskE Håndbold. He has previously played for German sides SC Magdeburg and Frisch Auf Göppingen.

1987

Victor Obinna

Nigerian footballer

Victor Nsofor Obinna is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

1987

Nobunari Oda

Japanese figure skater

Nobunari Oda is a Japanese retired competitive figure skater. He is the 2006 Four Continents champion, a four-time Grand Prix Final medalist, the 2005 World Junior champion and the 2008 Japanese national champion.

1987

Hyun-jin Ryu

South Korean baseball player

Hyun-jin Ryu is a South Korean professional baseball pitcher for the Hanwha Eagles of the KBO League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays.

1987

Big Sean

American rapper, singer and songwriter

Sean Michael Leonard Anderson, known professionally as Big Sean, is an American rapper. He met Kanye West as a teenager, and signed with his record label GOOD Music, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings in 2007. He gained…

1988

Ryan Lewis

American music producer

Ryan Scott Lewis is an American musician and record producer based in Seattle, Washington. Along with producing his own album, Instrumentals, Lewis produced the recordings The VS. EP (2009), The Heist (2012), and This…

1988

Mitchell Watt

Australian long jumper

Mitchell Watt is an Australian track & field athlete. His main event is the long jump and holds the current Oceania record for the long jump – 8.54m. He was the first ever Australian long jump medalist at a World…

1988

Arthur Zeiler

German rugby player

Arthur Zeiler is a German international rugby union player, playing for the Heidelberger RK in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.

1988

Aly Michalka

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Alyson Renae Michalka is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and musician. Michalka rose to prominence with her starring role as Keely Teslow in the Disney Channel sitcom Phil of the Future (2004–2006). She went on…

1989

Scott Sinclair

English footballer

Scott Andrew Sinclair is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger. He represented England at youth level, from the under-17s to the under-21s, and also played for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer…

1989

Mehmet Ekici

Turkish footballer

Mehmet Ekici is a professional footballer who most recently played as a central midfielder for Fenerbahçe.

1990

Alexander Esswein

German footballer

Alexander Esswein is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Oberliga Baden-Württemberg club VfR Mannheim.

1990

Scott Malone

English footballer

Scott Liam Malone is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back or left-sided midfielder. He currently plays for Crawley Town.

1991

Meg Lanning

Australian cricketer

Meghann Moira Lanning is an Australian cricketer who formerly captained the national women's team. Lanning has been a member of seven successful world championship campaigns, winning two Women's Cricket World Cup and…

1992

Jacob Gagan

Australian rugby league player

Jacob Gagan is an Australian professional rugby league footballer currently playing for the Norths Devils in the Queensland Cup.

1993

Sam Johnstone

English footballer

Samuel Luke Johnstone is an English professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.

1993

Mikey Madison

American actress

Mikaela "Mikey" Madison Rosberg is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award and BAFTA Award, in addition to nominations for two Actor Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.

1999

Ozan Kabak

Turkish footballer

Ozan Muhammed Kabak is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim and the Turkey national team.

2000

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