Famous Birthdays on March 3

Q: Who was born on March 3?

Famous people born on March 3 include: John II of Portugal (died 1495), Ascanio Sforza, Luís of Portugal, Matthias Flacius, Edward Herbert.

180 people 1455 – 2001

March 3 has seen 180 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1455 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · March 3 — Wikipedia

1964 — Raúl Alcalá

Mexican cyclist

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In 1986, Alcalá became the first Mexican cyclist to compete in the Tour de France and to date has been the most successful Mexican cyclist

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In the 1987 Tour de France, he won the young rider classification

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In both 1989 and 1990, he won a stage in the Tour de France and finished in 8th place

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In 2010, he won the national time trial championship at the age of 46

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Raúl Alcalá Gallegos is a Mexican former professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 1985 and 1999 and again in 2008 and 2010

John II of Portugal (died 1495)

John II, called the Perfect Prince, was King of Portugal from 1481 until his death in 1495, and also for a brief time in 1477. He is known for reestablishing the power of the Portuguese monarchy, reinvigorating the…

1455

Ascanio Sforza

Catholic cardinal (died 1505)

Ascanio Maria Sforza Visconti was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. Generally known as a skilled diplomat who played a major role in the election of Rodrigo Borgia as Pope Alexander VI, Sforza served as…

1455

Luís of Portugal

Duke of Beja (died 1555)

Infante Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja was the second son of King Manuel I of Portugal and his second wife, Maria of Aragon. He participated in the Conquest of Tunis.

1506

Matthias Flacius

Croatian theologian and reformer (died 1575)

Matthias Flacius Illyricus or Francovich was a Lutheran reformer from Istria, present-day Croatia. He was notable as a theologian, sometimes dissenting strongly with his fellow Lutherans, and as a scholar for his…

1520

Edward Herbert

1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English-Welsh soldier, historian, and diplomat (died 1648)

Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury KB was an English soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher.

1583

Gisbertus Voetius

Dutch minister, theologian, and academic (died 1676)

Gisbertus Voetius was a Dutch Calvinist theologian, pastor, and professor.

1589

Edmund Waller

English poet and politician (died 1687)

Edmund Waller, 3 March 1606 to 21 October 1687, was a poet and politician from Buckinghamshire. He sat as MP for various constituencies between 1624 and 1687, and was one of the longest serving members of the English…

1606

Thomas Otway

English playwright and author (died 1685)

Thomas Otway was an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for Venice Preserv'd, or A Plot Discover'd (1682).

1652

Madeleine de Verchères

Canadian rebel leader (died 1747)

Marie-Madeleine Jarret, known as Madeleine de Verchères was a woman of New France credited with repelling a raid on Fort Verchères when she was 14 years old.

1678

William Godwin

English journalist and author (died 1836)

William Godwin was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism and the first modern proponent of anarchism. Godwin is most famous for two…

1756

Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1841)

Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was Queen of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1841 as the wife of King Ernest Augustus. She was a German princess who married successively Prince Louis Charles of Prussia,…

1778

William Macready

English actor and manager (died 1873)

William Charles Macready was an English stage actor. The son of Irish actor-manager William Macready the Elder he emerged as a leading West End performer during the Regency era.

1793

Heinrich Georg Bronn

German geologist and paleontologist (died 1862)

Heinrich Georg Bronn was a German geologist and paleontologist. He was the first to translate Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species into German in 1860, although not without introducing his own interpretations, as…

1800

Thomas Field Gibson

English manufacturer who aided the welfare of the Spitalfields silk weavers (died 1889)

Thomas Field Gibson FGS was a Unitarian silk manufacturer and philanthropist. He supported several novel initiatives to enhance British manufacturing quality and international trade while improving life for working…

1803

Jonas Furrer

Swiss politician (died 1861)

Jonas Furrer was a Swiss lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Federal Council, from 1848 to 1861, and as the first president of the Swiss Confederation from 1848 to 1849, and again in 1852, 1855 and 1858.…

1805

William James Blacklock

English-Scottish painter (died 1858)

William James Blacklock was an English landscape painter, painting scenery in Cumbria, the Lake District and the Scottish Borders.

1816

Gustave de Molinari

Dutch-Belgian economist and theorist (died 1912)

Gustave de Molinari was a Belgian political economist and French Liberal School theorist associated with French laissez-faire economists such as Frédéric Bastiat and Hippolyte Castille.

1819

Shiranui Kōemon

Japanese sumo wrestler (died 1879)

Shiranui Kōemon was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kikuchi, Higo Province. He was the sport's 11th yokozuna. He gives his name to one of the two styles for the yokozuna's in-ring ceremony, although the…

1825

George Pullman

American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (died 1897)

George Mortimer Pullman was an American engineer and industrialist. He designed and manufactured the Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town in Chicago for the workers who manufactured it. This ultimately led to…

1831

Jamsetji Tata

Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (died 1904)

Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Tata Group, India's largest conglomerate. He established the city of Jamshedpur.

1839

John Murray

Canadian-Scottish oceanographer and biologist (died 1914)

Sir John Murray was a pioneering Canadian-born British oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist. He is considered to be the father of modern oceanography.

1841

Georg Cantor

Russian-German mathematician and philosopher (died 1918)

Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor was a mathematician who played a pivotal role in the creation of set theory, which has become a fundamental theory in mathematics. Cantor established the importance of one-to-one…

1845

Alexander Graham Bell

Scottish-American engineer and academic, invented the telephone (died 1922)

Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company…

1847

John Montgomery Ward

American baseball player and manager (died 1925)

John Montgomery Ward, also known as Monte Ward, was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop, second baseman, third baseman, manager, executive, union organizer, owner and author. Ward, of English descent,…

1860

Fred A. Busse

American lawyer and politician, 39th Mayor of Chicago (died 1914)

Fred A. Busse was the mayor of Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois, from 1907 to 1911.

1866

Émile Chartier

French philosopher and journalist (died 1951)

Émile-Auguste Chartier, commonly known as Alain, was a French philosopher, journalist, essayist, pacifist, and teacher of philosophy.

1868

Henry Wood

English conductor (died 1944)

Sir Henry Joseph Wood was an English conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade concerts, known as the Proms. He conducted them for nearly half a century, introducing hundreds of…

1869

Maurice Garin

Italian-French cyclist (died 1957)

Maurice-François Garin was an Italian-French road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903, and for being stripped of his title in the second Tour in 1904 along with eight others, for…

1871

Frida Felser

German opera singer and actress (died 1941)

Frida Felser was a German soprano opera singer and actress.

1872

William Green

American union leader and politician (died 1952)

William B. Green was an American trade union leader. Green is best remembered as the president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) from 1924 to 1952. He was a strong supporter for labor-management co-operation and…

1873

Yōsuke Matsuoka

Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1946)

Yōsuke Matsuoka was a Japanese diplomat and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan during the early stages of World War II. He is best known for his defiant speech at the League of Nations in February…

1880

Elisabeth Abegg

German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (died 1974)

Luise Wilhelmine Elisabeth Abegg was a German educator and resistance fighter against Nazism. She provided shelter to around 80 Jews during the Holocaust and was consequently recognised as Righteous Among the Nations.

1882

Charles Ponzi

Italian businessman and convicted con man (died 1949)

Charles Ponzi was an Italian charlatan and con artist who operated in the United States and Canada. His aliases included Charles Ponci, Carlo, Benny Broncko and Charles P. Bianchi.

1882

Damaskinos of Athens

Greek archbishop (died 1949)

Archbishop Damaskinos Papandreou, born Dimitrios Papandreou, was the archbishop of Athens and All Greece from 1941 until his death in 1949. He was also the regent of Greece between the pull-out of the German occupation…

1891

Beatrice Wood

American illustrator and potter (died 1998)

Beatrice Wood was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Dada movement in the United States; she founded and edited The Blind Man and Rongwrong magazines in New York City with French artist Marcel Duchamp…

1893

Ragnar Frisch

Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)

Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch was an influential Norwegian economist and econometrician known for being one of the major contributors to establishing economics as a quantitative and statistically informed science in the…

1895

Emil Artin

Austrian-German mathematician and academic (died 1962)

Emil Artin was an Austrian mathematician of Armenian descent.

1898

Edna Best

British stage and film actress (died 1974)

Edna Clara Best was a British actress.

1900

Ruby Dandridge

African-American film and radio actress (died 1987)

Ruby Jean Dandridge was an American actress from the early 1900s through to the late 1950s. Dandridge is best known for her role on the radio show Amos 'n Andy, in which she played Sadie Blake and Harriet Crawford, and…

1902

Vasily Kozlov

Belarusian general and politician (died 1967)

Vasily Ivanovich Kozlov was a Soviet Belarusian partisan, politician, and recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union (1942).

1903

Jean Harlow

American actress (died 1937)

Jean Harlow was an American actress. Known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters, she was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the pre-Code era of American cinema. Often…

1911

Hugues Lapointe

Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1982)

Hugues Lapointe was a Canadian lawyer, Member of Parliament and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1966 to 1978.

1911

Margaret Bonds

American pianist and composer (died 1972)

Margaret Allison Bonds was an American composer, pianist, arranger, and teacher. One of the first Black composers and performers to gain recognition in the United States, she is best remembered today for her popular…

1913

Harold J. Stone

American actor (died 2005)

Harold J. Stone was an American stage, radio, film, and television character actor.

1913

Asger Jorn

Danish painter and sculptor (died 1973)

Asger Oluf Jorn was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. He was a founding member of the avant-garde movement COBRA and the Situationist International.

1914

Paul Halmos

Hungarian-American mathematician (died 2006)

Paul Richard Halmos was a Hungarian-born American mathematician and probabilist who made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional…

1916

Sameera Moussa

Egyptian physicist and academic (died 1952)

Sameera Moussa or Samira Musa Ali was an Egyptian atomic scientist and physicist, she is the first female Egyptian nuclear physicist. Moussa held a doctorate in atomic radiation.

1917

Arthur Kornberg

American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)

Arthur Kornberg was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959 for the discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid"…

1918

Julius Boros

American golfer and accountant (died 1994)

Julius Nicholas Boros was an American professional golfer noted for his effortless-looking swing and strong record on difficult golf courses, particularly at the U.S. Open.

1920

James Doohan

Canadian-American actor and soldier (died 2005)

James Montgomery Doohan was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. Doohan's characterization of the Scottish chief engineer of the Starship…

1920

Ronald Searle

English-French soldier and illustrator (died 2011)

Ronald William Fordham Searle was an English artist and satirical cartoonist, comics artist, sculptor, medal designer and illustrator. He is perhaps best remembered as the creator of St Trinian's School and for his…

1920

Diana Barrymore

American actress (died 1960)

Diana Blanche Barrymore Blythe was an American film and stage actress.

1921

Nándor Hidegkuti

Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2002)

Nándor Hidegkuti was a Hungarian football player and manager. He played as a forward or attacking midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career at MTK Hungária FC. During the 1950s he was also a key member of…

1922

Tamara Lisitsian

Soviet film director and screenwriter (died 2009)

Tamara Nikolaevna Lisitsian was a Soviet film director and screenwriter, who received the Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1985.

1923

Barney Martin

American police officer and actor (died 2005)

Barney Martin was an American actor, best known for playing Morty Seinfeld, father of Jerry, on the sitcom Seinfeld (1991–1998). He also played supporting roles in Mel Brooks's The Producers (1967), and the Dudley Moore…

1923

Doc Watson

American bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician (died 2012)

Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson was an American guitarist, songwriter, and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues, and gospel music. He won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. His…

1923

Tomiichi Murayama

Japanese soldier and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Japan (died 2025)

Tomiichi Murayama was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1994 to 1996. He was the country's first socialist premier since Tetsu Katayama in 1948, and is best remembered for the Murayama…

1924

James Merrill

American poet and playwright (died 1995)

James Ingram Merrill was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1977 for Divine Comedies. His poetry falls into two distinct bodies of work: the polished and formalist lyric poetry of his…

1926

Pierre Aubert

Swiss lawyer and politician (died 2016)

Pierre Aubert was a Swiss politician, lawyer and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1978–1987) from the canton of Neuchâtel. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS).

1927

Ion Iliescu

Romanian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Romania (died 2025)

Ion Iliescu was a Romanian politician and engineer who served as the first and third President of Romania since the country's transition to democracy, from 1990 to 1996 and 2000 to 2004. Iliescu was also a senator for…

1930

Roy Fisher

Australian rugby league player

Roy Fisher is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played for Parramatta and North Sydney as a prop.

1932

Lee Radziwill

American socialite, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (died 2019)

Princess Caroline Lee Radziwill, previously known as Lee Canfield and Lee Ross, was an American socialite, public relations executive, and interior designer. She was the younger sister of former First Lady Jacqueline…

1933

Peter Brooke

Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2023)

Peter Leonard Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet under prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and was a member of…

1934

Jimmy Garrison

American bassist and educator (died 1976)

James Emory Garrison was an American jazz double bassist. He is best remembered for his association with John Coltrane from 1961 to 1967.

1934

Mal Anderson

Australian tennis player

Malcolm James Anderson is an Australian former tennis player who was active from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. He won the singles title at the 1957 U.S. National Championships and achieved his highest amateur…

1935

Michael Walzer

American philosopher and academic

Michael Laban Walzer is an American political theorist and public intellectual. A professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, he is editor emeritus of the left-wing magazine…

1935

Zhelyu Zhelev

Bulgarian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of Bulgaria (died 2015)

Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev was a Bulgarian politician and former dissident who served as the first democratically elected and non-Communist president of Bulgaria, from 1990 to 1997. Zhelev was one of the most prominent figures…

1935

Larry Burkett

American author and radio host (died 2003)

Larry Burkett was an American radio personality whose work focused on financial counseling from a Christian point of view.

1939

M. L. Jaisimha

Indian cricketer (died 1999)

Motganhalli Laxminarsu Jaisimha was an Indian test cricketer.

1939

Germán Castro Caycedo

Colombian author and journalist (died 2021)

Germán Castro Caycedo was a Colombian journalist and writer. Castro Caycedo's topics revolve around the Colombian reality, under the parameters of the cultural identity and its social and economic phenomena.

1940

Perry Ellis

American fashion designer, founded Perry Ellis (died 1986)

Perry Edwin Ellis was an American fashion designer who founded his eponymous sportswear house in the mid-1970s. Ellis's influence on the fashion industry has been called "a huge turning point" because he introduced new…

1940

Jean-Paul Proust

French-Monégasque police officer and politician, 21st Minister of State of Monaco (died 2010)

Jean-Paul Proust was a French and Monegasque civil servant. He served as the Minister of State of Monaco.

1940

Mike Pender

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Michael John Prendergast, known professionally by the stage name Mike Pender, is an English musician. He was an original founding member of Merseybeat group the Searchers. He is best known as the lead vocalist on many…

1941

George Miller

Australian director, producer, and screenwriter

George Miller is an Australian filmmaker. Over the course of four decades he has received critical and popular success, and is widely known for creating and directing every film in the Mad Max franchise starting in…

1945

Hattie Winston

American actress

Hattie Winston is an American film, television and Broadway actress. She is known for her roles as Margaret Wyborn on Becker, Lucy Carmichael in Rugrats, The Rugrats Movie, and the spin off series All Grown Up! and as a…

1945

Clifton Snider

American author, poet, and critic (died 2021)

Clifton Mark Snider was an American poet, novelist, literary critic, scholar, and educator.

1947

Jennifer Warnes

American singer-songwriter and producer

Jennifer Jean Warnes is an American singer and songwriter who has performed as a vocalist on a number of film soundtracks. She has won two Grammy Awards, in 1983 for the Joe Cocker duet "Up Where We Belong", and in 1987…

1947

Willie Wise

American basketball player

Willie M. Wise is an American former professional basketball player. After a successful ABA tenure, which eventually resulted in him making the ABA All-Time Team, Wise's NBA career was ended prematurely by a knee injury.

1947

Steve Wilhite

American computer scientist, developer of the GIF image format at CompuServe in 1987 (died 2022)

Stephen Earl Wilhite was an American computer scientist who worked at CompuServe and was the engineering lead on the team that created the GIF image file format in 1987. GIF went on to become the de facto standard for…

1948

Ron Chernow

American historian, journalist, and author

Ronald Chernow is an American writer, journalist, and biographer. He has written bestselling historical non-fiction biographies.

1949

Bonnie J. Dunbar

American engineer, academic, and astronaut

Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar is an American engineer and retired NASA astronaut. She flew on five Space Shuttle missions between 1985 and 1998, including two dockings with the Mir space station.

1949

Jesse Jefferson

American baseball player (died 2011)

Jesse Harrison Jefferson was an American professional baseball pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles (1973-1975), Chicago White Sox (1975-1976), Toronto Blue Jays (1977-1980), Pittsburgh Pirates (1980) and California…

1949

Kamal Ahmed Majumder

Bangladeshi politician

Kamal Ahmed Majumder is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-15 since its inception in 2009 until 2024. He served as a State Minister of Industries during…

1950

Lindsay Cooper

English composer, bassoon and oboe player (died 2013)

Lindsay Cooper was an English bassoon and oboe player and composer. Best known for her work with the band Henry Cow, she was also a member of Comus, National Health, News from Babel and David Thomas and the Pedestrians.…

1951

Andy Murray

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Andy Murray is a Canadian former professional ice hockey coach, who last served as the head coach for the Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey team of the NCAA Division I National Collegiate Hockey Conference…

1951

Heizō Takenaka

Japanese economist and politician

Heizō Takenaka is a Japanese economist, and key figure in Junichiro Koizumi's administration (2001-2006), played a significant role in Japan's structural reforms, including labor market deregulation. As Minister of…

1951

Rudy Fernandez

Filipino actor and producer (died 2008)

Rodolfo Valentino Padilla Fernandez, better known as Rudy Fernandez or Daboy, was a Filipino actor and producer. He came to prominence as an action star in Philippine cinema during the 1970s up to the 1990s.

1952

Robyn Hitchcock

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Robyn Rowan Hitchcock is an English musician. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano, and bass guitar. After leading the Soft Boys in the late 1970s and releasing the influential…

1953

Zico

Brazilian footballer and coach

Arthur Antunes Coimbra, better known as Zico, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. Often called the "White Pelé", he was a creative playmaker with excellent technical…

1953

Keith Fergus

American golfer

Keith Carlton Fergus is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, the Nationwide Tour and the Champions Tour.

1954

Robert Gossett

American actor

Robert Gossett is an American actor. He is best known for his role of Commander Russell Taylor on the TNT crime drama The Closer and on its successor series Major Crimes.

1954

John Lilley

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

John Lilley is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for being a member of rock band the Hooters.

1954

Édouard Lock

Moroccan-Canadian dancer and choreographer

Édouard Lock is a Canadian dance choreographer and the founder of the Canadian dance group, La La La Human Steps.

1954

Michele Singer Reiner

American film producer (died 2025)

Michele Singer Reiner was an American photographer, political activist, and film producer. Reiner was the second wife of filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner. She was originally a photographer, taking the cover picture of The…

1955

John Ribot

Australian rugby league player and administrator

John Ribot, also known by the nickname of "Reebs", is an Australian sports administrator and former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international…

1955

Darnell Williams

English-American actor and director

Darnell Williams is a British television actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Jesse Hubbard on the ABC soap opera All My Children from 1981 to 1988, and from 2008 to 2011, a role which has earned him two Daytime…

1955

Zbigniew Boniek

Polish footballer and manager

Zbigniew Boniek is a Polish former footballer and was most recently a UEFA vice-president. A former midfielder, who was also capable of playing mostly as a right winger and second striker, he is considered one of the…

1956

John Fulton Reid

New Zealand cricketer (died 2020)

John Fulton Reid was a New Zealand cricketer. He was born in Auckland.

1956

Stephen Budiansky

American historian, journalist, and author

Stephen Budiansky is an American writer, historian and biographer, best known for his books on animal behaviour and his criticism of animal rights. He is also the author of a number of scholarly publications about the…

1957

Thom Hoffman

Dutch actor and photographer

Thomas Antonius Cornelis Ancion, known by the pseudonym Thom Hoffman, is a Dutch actor and photographer.

1957

Johnny Moore

American basketball player and coach

John Brian Moore is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), primarily with the San Antonio Spurs. He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns under head…

1958

Miranda Richardson

English actress

Miranda Jane Richardson is an English actress who has worked in film, television and theatre.

1958

Ira Glass

American radio host and producer

Ira Jeffrey Glass is an American public radio personality. He is the host and producer of the radio and television series This American Life and has participated in NPR programs, including Morning Edition, All Things…

1959

Duško Vujošević

Montenegrin basketball player and coach (died 2026)

Duško Vujošević was a Yugoslav and Serbian basketball coach of Montenegrin descent.

1959

Mary Page Keller

American actress and producer

Mary Page Keller is an American actress known for roles on television. She began her career on the daytime soap operas Ryan's Hope (1982–83) and Another World (1983–1985) and later starred in a number of television…

1961

John Matteson

American biographer

John Matteson is an American professor of English and legal writing at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. He won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for his first book, Eden's…

1961

Fatima Whitbread

English javelin thrower

Fatima Whitbread, is a British retired javelin thrower. She broke the world record with a throw of 77.44 m in the qualifying round of the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, and became the first British…

1961

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

American heptathlete and long jumper

Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee, née Joyner, is an American former track and field athlete who competed in both the heptathlon and long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic medals at four different…

1962

Herschel Walker

American football player, mixed martial artist, and activist

Herschel Junior Walker is an American former professional football player, political candidate, and diplomat serving as the United States Ambassador to the Bahamas since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he ran…

1962

Khaltmaagiin Battulga

Mongolian politician and wrestler, 5th President of Mongolia

Khaltmaagiin Battulga, also referred to as Battulga Khaltmaa, is a Mongolian politician and sambo wrestler who served as the president of Mongolia from 2017 to 2021. He served as a member of the State Great Khural from…

1963

Martín Fiz

Spanish runner

Martín Fiz Martín is a Spanish former long-distance runner.

1963

Laura Harring

Mexican-American model and actress, Miss USA 1985

Laura Elena Harring is a Mexican and American actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1985 and later began acting in television and film. She is best known for her lead role as Rita in the 2001 movie…

1964

Glenn Kulka

Canadian ice hockey player and wrestler

Glenn Kulka is a Canadian retired professional wrestler, hockey, and football player who competed in Canadian independent promotions during the late 1990s and had a brief stint in the World Wrestling Federation in 1997.

1964

Dragan Stojković

Serbian footballer and manager

Dragan Stojković, also known by the nickname Piksi, is a Serbian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He was most recently the head coach of the Serbia national team. Stojković was…

1965

Tone Lōc

American rapper, producer, and actor

Anthony Terrell Smith, better known by his stage name Tone Loc, is an American rapper, voice artist, and actor. He is known for his raspy voice, his hit songs "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina", for which he was…

1966

Timo Tolkki

Finnish guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Timo Tapio Tolkki is a Finnish musician best known as the former guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer of the power metal band Stratovarius. With his tenure lasting for more than twenty years, he was the longest…

1966

Brian Cox

English keyboard player and physicist

Brian Edward Cox is an English physicist and musician. He is a professor of particle physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester and the Royal Society Professor for Public…

1968

Brian Leetch

American ice hockey player

Brian Joseph Leetch is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 18 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Boston Bruins. He has been called one…

1968

Julie Bowen

American actress

Julie Bowen is an American actress. She is best known as Claire Dunphy in ABC sitcom Modern Family (2009–2020), for which she received widespread critical acclaim, winning two Primetime Emmy Awards.

1970

Inzamam-ul-Haq

Pakistani cricketer and coach

Syed Inzamam-ul-Haq SI, also known as Inzi, is a former Pakistan cricketer and captain of Pakistan national cricket team. He is regarded as one of the greatest players Pakistan has produced and one of the best…

1970

Charlie Brooker

English journalist, producer, and author

Charlton Brooker is an English screenwriter, producer, presenter, author, cartoonist, and social critic. He first became known for creating and presenting satirical television shows that featured criticism of modern…

1971

Tyler Florence

American chef and author

Tyler Florence is an American chef and television host of several Food Network shows.

1971

Darren Anderton

English footballer and sportscaster

Darren Robert Anderton is an English former professional footballer and pundit.

1972

Martin Procházka

Czech ice hockey player

Martin Procházka is a Czech former professional ice hockey player. Procházka was drafted 135th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1991 NHL entry draft and played 32 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for…

1972

Xavier Bettel

Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg

Xavier Bettel is a Luxembourgish lawyer and politician who serves as the deputy prime minister of Luxembourg and as the minister for Foreign Affairs since 2023. He served as the prime minister of Luxembourg from 2013 to…

1973

David Faustino

American actor

David Anthony Faustino is an American actor who played Bud Bundy on the Fox sitcom Married... with Children. He has also voiced animated characters for Nickelodeon, including Mako on The Legend of Korra and Helia on…

1974

Patric Chiha

Austrian film director and screenwriter

Patric Chiha is an Austrian film director, screenwriter and film editor of Hungarian and Lebanese origin. After directing several short films and documentaries, his first feature film, Domain (2009), premiered at the…

1975

Kampamba Mulenga Chilumba

Zambian politician

Kampamba Mulenga Chilumba is a Zambian politician and a member of the Patriotic Front. She is currently the member of parliament for Kalulushi constituency. She served as the Minister of Information and Broadcasting…

1976

Fraser Gehrig

Australian footballer

Fraser Gehrig is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL).

1976

Isabel Granada

Filipino-Spanish actress (died 2017)

Isabella Villarama Granada was a Filipino actress and singer.

1976

Keit Pentus-Rosimannus

Estonian politician, 28th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Keit Pentus-Rosimannus is an Estonian politician who served as Minister of Finance in the government of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas between 26 January 2021 and 19 October 2022. She is also the vice-chairwoman of the…

1976

Ronan Keating

Irish singer-songwriter and actor

Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish singer, songwriter and media personality. He debuted in 1993 alongside Keith Duffy, Michael Graham, Shane Lynch, and Stephen Gately, as the co-lead singer of Irish pop group…

1977

Buddy Valastro

American chef and television host

Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro Jr. is an American baker, reality television personality, and businessman. He has taken his small, family-owned bake shop, Carlo's Bakery, and turned it into a baking and restaurant empire.…

1977

Albert Jorquera

Spanish footballer

Albert Jorquera Fortià is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1979

Katherine Waterston

English-American actress

Katherine Boyer Waterston is a British-born American actress. She made her feature film debut in Michael Clayton (2007). She had supporting roles in films including Robot & Frank, Being Flynn and The Disappearance of…

1980

Lil' Flip

American rapper, songwriter, and producer

Wesley Eric Weston Jr., better known by his stage name Lil' Flip, is an American rapper. Raised in Houston, Texas, he began his musical career as a freestyle and battle rapper before signing with the local record label…

1981

Julius Malema

South African politician

Julius Sello Malema is a South African politician. He is the founder and leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a communist and black nationalist political party since 2013. Before founding the EFF, he served as…

1981

Emmanuel Pappoe

Ghanaian footballer

Emmanuel Addoquaye Pappoe is a former Ghanaian professional footballer who played as a defender.

1981

Jessica Biel

American actress, singer, and producer

Jessica Claire Timberlake is an American actress. Biel began her career as a vocalist appearing in musical productions until she was cast as Mary Camden in the family drama series 7th Heaven (1996–2007).

1982

Tolu Ogunlesi

Nigerian journalist and writer

Tolu Ogunlesi is a Nigerian journalist, poet, photographer, fiction writer, and blogger. Ogunlesi was appointed to the role of special assistant on digital/new media by President Muhammadu Buhari on 18 February 2016.

1982

Colton Orr

Canadian ice hockey player

Colton Douglas Orr is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Having played nearly 500 games in the NHL, Orr was known as an enforcer for his physical style of play and for regularly fighting.

1982

Brent Tate

Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

Brent Tate is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre or winger in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australia international and Queensland State of Origin representative, he played his…

1982

Ashley Hansen

Australian footballer

Ashley Hansen is a former Australian Rules footballer. He played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL)

1983

Sarah Poewe

South African swimmer

Sarah Poewe is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer who has competed internationally for both South Africa and Germany.

1983

Valerio Bernabò

Italian rugby player

Valerio Bernabò is a retired Italian rugby union player. He has also been selected for the Italian national team with 33 caps, making his debut in 2004 against the USA. He also captained the Italian under-21 team. His…

1984

Santonio Holmes

American football player

Santonio Holmes Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) and current wide receivers coach for Central State University. He was selected by the…

1984

Ivar

American wrestler

Todd James Smith is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Ivar. He is in a tag team with Erik called The War Raiders, where they are two-time…

1984

Alexander Semin

Russian ice hockey player

Alexander Valeryevich Semin is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger. He last played with HC Vityaz of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) the top league in Russia. He previously played in the National Hockey…

1984

Toby Turner

American Internet personality

Tobias Joseph Turner, also known by his stage name Tobuscus, is an American Internet personality, actor, and musician. He is best known for his YouTube videos including vlogs, Let's Plays and music. As of August 2025,…

1985

Jed Collins

American football player

Jedidiah Gabriel Collins is an American former professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2008. After…

1986

Stacie Orrico

American singer-songwriter

Stacie Joy Orrico is an American singer and songwriter. After signing to ForeFront Records, Orrico recorded her first album, Genuine (2000). Her second studio album Stacie Orrico (2003), released by ForeFront and…

1986

Mehmet Topal

Turkish footballer

Mehmet Topal is a Turkish professional football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești.

1986

Shraddha Kapoor

Indian actress, singer, and designer

Shraddha Kapoor is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. One of India's highest-paid actresses, Kapoor has been featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2014 and was featured by Forbes Asia in…

1987

Jesús Padilla

Mexican footballer

Jesús Andrés Padilla Cisneros is an American former soccer player who played as a striker.

1987

Andrei Zubarev

Russian ice hockey player

Andrey Sergeevich Zubarev is a Russian professional ice hockey player currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously played in…

1987

Teodora Mirčić

Serbian tennis player

Teodora Mirčić is a Serbian former professional tennis player. Over her career, she won three singles and 33 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, and also played for the Serbia Fed Cup team.

1988

Michael Morrison

English footballer

Michael Brian Morrison is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for and captains EFL League Two club Cambridge United.

1988

Jan-Arie van der Heijden

Dutch footballer

Jan-Arie van der Heijden is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

1988

Max Waller

English cricketer

Maximilian Thomas Charles Waller is an English professional cricketer who played first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket for the Somerset County Cricket Club. He was a right-handed batsman and a leg break bowler.

1988

Erwin Mulder

Dutch footballer

Erwin Gerardus Theodorus Franc Mulder is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1989

Vlado Janković

Greek-Serbian basketball player

Vladimir "Vlado" Janković is a Serbian–Greek professional basketball player and the team captain for Peristeri of the Greek Basketball League. Standing at 2.02 m, he mainly plays at the small forward position. He is the…

1990

Park Cho-rong

South Korean singer-songwriter and actress

Park Cho-rong, better known mononymously as Chorong, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actress. She is best known as the leader of the South Korean girl group Apink.

1991

Anri Sakaguchi

Japanese actress

Anri Sakaguchi is a Japanese variety entertainer.

1991

Gabriela Cé

Brazilian tennis player

Gabriela Vianna Cé is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 221, achieved on 9 September 2019 and a best doubles ranking of No. 109, reached on 18 April 2016. She has…

1993

Josef Dostál

Czech kayaker

Josef Dostál is a Czech sprint canoeist.

1993

Antonio Rüdiger

German footballer

Antonio Rüdiger is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Germany national team. He is known for his aggressive playing style, speed, tackling ability and strong…

1993

Michael Thomas

American football player

Michael William Thomas Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Ohio State and was…

1993

Dilson Herrera

Colombian baseball player

Dilson José Herrera García is a Colombian former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, and Baltimore Orioles.

1994

Umika Kawashima

Japanese singer and actress

Umika Kawashima is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She is a former member of the Japanese girl group 9nine. Her solo single "Maji de Koi Suru 5 Byō Mae/Ichigo Iro no Kimochi", on the Watashi no…

1994

Bryan Cristante

Italian footballer

Bryan Cristante is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Roma, where he is the captain, and the Italy national team.

1995

Maine Mendoza

Filipina actress

Nicomaine "Maine" Dei Capili Mendoza-Atayde is a Filipino television host and actress. She is best known for her viral Dubsmash videos and her role as Yaya Dub in the noontime variety show Eat Bulaga! segment…

1995

Cameron Johnson

American basketball player

Cameron Jordan Johnson is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers and the North Carolina…

1996

Andile Phehlukwayo

South African cricketer

Andile Lucky Phehlukwayo is a South African professional cricketer. He is a left handed lower order batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He made his international debut for South Africa in September 2016.

1996

Camila Cabello

Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress

Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the pop girl group Fifth Harmony, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. While in the group, Cabello…

1997

David Neres

Brazilian footballer

David Neres Campos is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Napoli.

1997

Jayson Tatum

American basketball player

Jayson Christopher Tatum Sr. is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a McDonald's All-American in high school in Missouri and played…

1998

Corey Kispert

American basketball player

Corey James Kispert is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs, where he was a consensus…

1999

Jevon Holland

Canadian-American football player

Jevon Holland is a Canadian-American professional football safety for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon Ducks, and was selected by the Miami Dolphins in…

2000

Jvke

American singer-songwriter

Jacob Dodge Lawson, known professionally as JVKE, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and social media personality. During the COVID-19 lockdowns, he started creating TikTok videos for his songs, one of…

2001

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A bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 48 people and injured 200 others in a predominantly Shia Muslim area. Wikipedia →

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James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion. Wikipedia →

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Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling. Wikipedia →

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