Famous Birthdays on May 20

Q: Who was born on May 20?

Famous people born on May 20 include: Bonne of Luxembourg, Pietro Bembo, Levinus Lemnius, Thado Minsaw of Ava, Hieronymus Fabricius.

Q: What is Rachel Platten known for?

Rachel Platten, American singer and songwriter

211 people 1315 – 2012

May 20 has seen 211 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1315 – 2012. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · May 20 — Wikipedia

1981 — Rachel Platten

American singer and songwriter

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Platten won a Daytime Emmy Award for a live performance of the song on Good Morning America

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After releasing two albums independently in 2003 and 2011, she signed with Columbia Records in 2015

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Platten is best known for her Diamond certified single "Fight Song", which peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100, topped charts in the UK, and peaked within the top ten of multiple charts worldwide

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Her major-label debut studio album, Wildfire (2016), was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and featured the follow-up singles "Stand by You" and "Better Place"

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Her second major-label album, Waves (2017), came out a year later.

Bonne of Luxembourg

first wife of John II of France (died 1349)

Bonne of Luxemburg or Jutta of Luxemburg, was born Jutta (Judith), the second daughter of King John of Bohemia, and his first wife, Elisabeth of Bohemia. She was the first wife of King John II of France; however, as she…

1315

Pietro Bembo

Italian cardinal, poet, and scholar (died 1547)

Pietro Bembo, O.S.I.H. was a Venetian scholar, poet, and literary theorist who also was a member of the Knights Hospitaller and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. As an intellectual of the Italian Renaissance, Pietro…

1470

Levinus Lemnius

Dutch writer (died 1568)

Levinus Lemnius was a Dutch physician and author.

1505

Thado Minsaw of Ava

Viceroy of Ava (died 1584)

Thado Minsaw was viceroy of Ava (Inwa) from 1555 to 1584 during the reigns of kings Bayinnaung and Nanda of Toungoo Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). He fought alongside his brothers Bayinnaung, Minye Sithu, Thado Dhamma Yaza…

1531

Hieronymus Fabricius

Italian anatomist (died 1619)

Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente, also known as Girolamo Fabrizio or Hieronymus Fabricius, was a pioneering anatomist and surgeon known in medical science as "The Father of Embryology".

1537

Robert Heath

English judge and politician (died 1649)

Sir Robert Heath was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1625.

1575

Andreas Schlüter

German sculptor and architect (died 1714)

Andreas Schlüter was a German baroque sculptor and architect, active in the Holy Roman Empire, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and Russia.

1664

Francis Cotes

English painter and academic (died 1770)

Francis Cotes was an English painter who was one of the pioneers of English pastel painting and co-founded the Royal Academy in 1768.

1726

William Thornton

Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (died 1828)

William Thornton was an American physician, inventor, painter and architect who designed the United States Capitol. He also served as the first Architect of the Capitol and first Superintendent of the United States…

1759

Andreas Vokos Miaoulis

Greek admiral and politician (died 1835)

Andreas Vokos, better known by his nickname Miaoulis, was a Greek revolutionary, admiral, and politician who commanded Greek naval forces during the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829).

1769

Sir William Congreve

2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets (died 1828)

Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet KCH FRS was a British Army officer, Tory politician, publisher and inventor. A pioneer in the field of rocket artillery, he was renowned for his development and use of Congreve rockets…

1772

Simon Fraser

American-Canadian fur trader and explorer (died 1862)

Simon Fraser was a Canadian explorer and fur trader who charted much of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia. He also built the first European settlement in British Columbia.

1776

Pedro María de Anaya

Mexican soldier. President (1847–1848) (died 1854)

Pedro Bernardino María de Anaya y Álvarez was a Mexican soldier who served twice as interim president of Mexico during the Mexican-American War. Inbetween presidencies, he directly participated in the fighting as an…

1795

Honoré de Balzac

French novelist and playwright (died 1850)

Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.

1799

John Stuart Mill

English economist, civil servant, and philosopher (died 1873)

John Stuart Mill was an English philosopher, political economist, politician and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism and social liberalism, he contributed widely to social…

1806

Alfred Domett

English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1887)

Alfred Domett was the fourth premier of New Zealand, a close friend of the poet Robert Browning and author of the epic poem Ranolf and Amohia, a South Sea Day Dream. Born in England, he emigrated to New Zealand in 1842…

1811

William Fargo

American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express (died 1881)

William George Fargo was an American businessman and politician who founded Wells Fargo and Company, originally shipping, mail delivery, a stagecoach line, and banking, now Wells Fargo banking corporation, and American…

1818

Frédéric Passy

French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1912)

Frédéric Passy was a French economist and pacifist who was a founding member of several peace societies and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. He was also an author and politician, sitting in the Chamber of Deputies from…

1822

Cadmus M. Wilcox

Confederate States Army general (died 1890)

Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and also was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.

1824

Antoinette Brown Blackwell

the first woman to be ordained as a mainstream Protestant minister in the U.S. (died 1921)

Antoinette Louisa Brown, later Antoinette Brown Blackwell, was the first woman to be ordained as a mainstream Protestant minister in the United States. She was a well-versed public speaker on the paramount issues of her…

1825

Hector Malot

French author (died 1907)

Hector-Henri Malot was a French writer born in La Bouille, Seine-Maritime. He studied law in Rouen and Paris, but eventually literature became his passion. He worked as a dramatic critic for Lloyd Francais and as a…

1830

Jules Méline

French lawyer and politician, 65th Prime Minister of France (died 1925)

Félix Jules Méline was a French statesman, Prime Minister of France from 1896 to 1898.

1838

Emile Berliner

German-American inventor, invented the Gramophone record (died 1929)

Emile Berliner was a German-American inventor and businessman who invented the lateral-cut flat disc record, also known as a "gramophone record," used with a gramophone. He founded the United States Gramophone Company…

1851

George Prendergast

Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (died 1937)

George Michael "Mick" Prendergast was an Australian politician who served as the 28th Premier of Victoria. He was born to Irish emigrant parents in Adelaide, but he grew up in Stawell, Victoria. He was apprenticed as a…

1854

Henri-Edmond Cross

French Neo-Impressionist painter (died 1910)

Henri-Edmond Cross, born Henri-Edmond-Joseph Delacroix, was a French painter and printmaker. He is most acclaimed as a master of Neo-Impressionism and he played an important role in shaping the second phase of that…

1856

Eduard Buchner

German chemist, zymologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917)

Eduard Buchner was a German chemist and expert on fermentation, awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on fermentation.

1860

Hendrik Offerhaus

Dutch Olympic rower and head of the Dutch Red Cross (died 1953)

Hendrik Karel Offerhaus was a Dutch medical doctor and rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Dutch boat Minerva Amsterdam, which finished third in the eight event.

1875

Pat Leahy

Irish-American Olympic jumper (died 1927)

Patrick Joseph Leahy was an Irish athlete who won Olympic medals in the high jump and long jump at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

1877

Hans Meerwein

German chemist (died 1965)

Hans Meerwein was a German chemist. Several reactions and reagents bear his name, most notably the Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley reduction, the Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement, the Meerwein arylation reaction, and Meerwein's…

1879

Sigrid Undset

Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949)

Sigrid Undset was a Danish-born Norwegian novelist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.

1882

Faisal I of Iraq (died 1933)

Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi was a Hejazi statesman who served as the King of Iraq from 23 August 1921 until his death in 1933. A member of the Hashemite family, he was a leader of the Great Arab Revolt…

1883

Ali Sami Yen

Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray Sports Club (died 1951)

Ali Sami Yen, born Ali Sami Frashëri was a Turkish Albanian sports official best known as the founder of the Galatasaray Sports Club.

1886

Chandrashekarendra Saraswati

Indian guru and scholar (died 1994)

Jagadguru Shri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Shankaracharya Mahaswamigal also known as the Sage of Kanchi or Mahaperiyava was the 68th Jagadguru Shankaracharya of the Moolamnaya Saravjna Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham.…

1894

R. J. Mitchell

English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B (died 1937)

Reginald Joseph Mitchell was a British aircraft designer who worked for the Southampton aviation company Supermarine from 1916 until 1936. He is best known for designing racing seaplanes, such as the Supermarine S.6B,…

1895

Diego Abad de Santillán

Spanish economist and author (died 1983)

Sinesio Baudillo García Fernández, commonly known by his pseudonym Diego Abad de Santillán, was a Spanish Argentine anarcho-syndicalist economist. Born in León, his family moved to Argentina while he was young. He…

1897

Malcolm Nokes

English hammer and discus thrower (died 1986)

Malcolm Cuthbert Nokes MC MA BSc was a British schoolteacher, soldier, research scientist and Olympic athlete, who competed in the hammer throw and discus throw.

1897

Eduard Ole

Estonian painter (died 1995)

Eduard Ole was an Estonian painter. Some of his most representative works are on permanent exhibition at the Kumu Art Museum of Estonia.

1898

Aleksandr Deyneka

Russian painter and sculptor (died 1969)

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka was a Soviet painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the most important Russian modernist figurative painters of the first half of the 20th century. His Collective…

1899

John Marshall Harlan II

American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court (died 1971)

John Marshall Harlan was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1955 to 1971. Harlan is usually called John Marshall Harlan II to distinguish him from his…

1899

Sumitranandan Pant

Indian poet and author (died 1977)

Sumitranandan Pant was an Indian poet. He was one of the most celebrated 20th century poets of the Hindi language and was known for romanticism in his poems which were inspired by nature, people and beauty within.

1900

Max Euwe

Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (died 1981)

Machgielis "Max" Euwe was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion, a title he held from 1935 until 1937. He served as President of…

1901

Doris Fleeson

American journalist (died 1970)

Doris Fleeson was an American journalist and columnist and was the first woman in the United States to have a nationally syndicated political column.

1901

Margery Allingham

English author of detective fiction (died 1966)

Margery Louise Allingham was an English novelist from the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", and considered one of its four "Queens of Crime", alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Ngaio Marsh.

1904

Giuseppe Siri

Italian cardinal (died 1989)

Giuseppe Siri was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Genoa from 1946 to 1987, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1953. A protégé of Pope Pius XII, he took part in the Second…

1906

Carl Mydans

American photographer and journalist (died 2004)

Carl Mydans was an American photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration and Life magazine.

1907

Henry Bolte

Australian politician, 38th Premier of Victoria (died 1990)

Sir Henry Edward Bolte was an Australian politician who served as the 38th premier of Victoria from 1955 to 1972. He held office as the leader of the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) and was a…

1908

Louis Daquin

French actor and director (died 1980)

Louis Daquin was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 14 films between 1938 and 1963. He also appeared in 11 films between 1937 and 1979.

1908

Francis Raymond Fosberg

American botanist and author (died 1993)

Francis Raymond Fosberg was an American botanist. A prolific collector and author, he played a significant role in the development of coral reef and island studies.

1908

James Stewart

American actor (died 1997)

James Maitland Stewart was an American actor and military aviator. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart appeared in 80 films from 1935 to 1991. His films are considered some of the…

1908

Gardner Fox

American author (died 1986)

Gardner Francis Cooper Fox was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics. He is estimated to have written more than 4,000 comics stories, including 1,500 for DC Comics. Fox…

1911

Annie M. G. Schmidt

Dutch author and playwright (died 1995)

Anna Maria Geertruida "Annie" Schmidt was a Dutch writer. She is called the mother of the Dutch theatrical song, and the queen of Dutch children's literature, praised for her "delicious Dutch idiom," and considered one…

1911

Teodoro Fernández

Peruvian footballer (died 1996)

Teodoro "Lolo" Fernández Meyzán was a Peruvian professional footballer who played as forward. All his football work was carried out as a player of the Universitario de Deportes of the Peruvian First Division. He was…

1913

William Redington Hewlett

American engineer, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (died 2001)

William Redington Hewlett was an American engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP).

1913

Carlos J. Gradin

Argentine Archaeologist (died 2002)

Carlos Joaquín Gradin, also known as Carlos Gradín, was an Argentine surveyor and archaeologist. He carried out numerous studies in the Patagonian region, and is known for his extensive studies of Cueva de las Manos. He…

1913

Peter Copley

English actor (died 2008)

Peter Copley was an English television, film and stage actor.

1915

Moshe Dayan

Israeli general and politician, 5th Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1981)

Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958) during the 1956 Sinai War,…

1915

Joff Ellen

Australian comedian and actor (died 1999)

Joff Ellen, was an Australian entertainer, TV pioneer, actor and comedian.

1915

Owen Chadwick

English rugby player, historian, and academic (died 2015)

William Owen Chadwick was a British Anglican priest, academic, rugby international, writer and prominent historian of Christianity. As a leading academic, Chadwick became Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History in…

1916

Alexey Maresyev

Russian soldier and pilot (died 2001)

Aleksey Petrovich Maresyev was a Soviet and Russian military pilot who became a Soviet fighter ace during World War II despite becoming a double amputee.

1916

Ondina Valla

Italian sprinter and hurdler (died 2006)

Trebisonda "Ondina" Valla was an Italian female athlete, and the first Italian woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal. She won it in the 80 m hurdles event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, after establishing the…

1916

Tony Cliff

Israeli-English author and activist (died 2000)

Tony Cliff was a Trotskyist activist. Born to a Jewish family in Ottoman Palestine, he moved to Britain in 1947 and by the end of the 1950s had assumed the pen name of Tony Cliff. A founding member of the Socialist…

1917

Guy Favreau

Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (died 1967)

Guy Favreau was a Canadian lawyer, politician and judge.

1917

Alexandra Boyko

Russian tank commander (died 1996)

Aleksandra Leontievna Boiko was a tank commander in the Soviet Army active in the Eastern Front of the Second World War.

1918

Edward B. Lewis

American biologist, geneticist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)

Edward Butts Lewis was an American geneticist, a corecipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He helped to found the field of evolutionary developmental biology.

1918

George Gobel

American comedian (died 1991)

George Leslie Goebel was an American humorist, actor, and comedian. He was best known as the star of his own weekly comedy variety television series, The George Gobel Show, on NBC from 1954 to 1959 and on CBS from 1959…

1919

John Cruickshank

Scottish lieutenant and banker, Victoria Cross recipient (died 2025)

John Alexander Cruickshank, was a Scottish banker, Royal Air Force officer, and a Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to…

1920

Wolfgang Borchert

German author and playwright (died 1947)

Wolfgang Borchert was a German author and playwright whose work was strongly influenced by his experience of dictatorship and his service in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. His work is among the best-known…

1921

Hal Newhouser

American baseball player and scout (died 1998)

Harold Newhouser, nicknamed "Prince Hal" and "Hurricane Hal," was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a pitcher from 1939 to 1955, most notably for the Detroit Tigers, where…

1921

Hao Wang

Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician (died 1995)

Hao Wang was a Chinese-American logician, philosopher, mathematician, and commentator on Kurt Gödel.

1921

Ted Hinton

Northern Irish international footballer (died 1988)

Edward Hinton was a Northern Irish international footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League. He was famed for keeping his false teeth in the back of his net when he played.

1922

Edith Fellows

American actress (died 2011)

Edith Marilyn Fellows was an American actress who became a child star in the 1930s. Best known for playing orphans and street urchins, Fellows was an expressive actress with a good singing voice. She made her screen…

1923

Sam Selvon

Trinidad-born writer (died 1994)

Samuel Dickson Selvon was a Trinidad-born writer, who moved to London, England, in 1950. His 1956 novel The Lonely Londoners is groundbreaking in its use of creolised English, or "nation language", for narrative as well…

1923

David Chavchavadze

English-American CIA officer and author (died 2014)

David Chavchavadze was a British-born American author and a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer of Georgian-Russian origin.

1924

Zelmar Michelini

Uruguayan journalist and politician (died 1976)

Zelmar Raúl Michelini Guarch was a Uruguayan reporter and politician, assassinated in Buenos Aires in 1976 as part of Operation Condor.

1924

Alexei Tupolev

Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (died 2001)

Aleksey Andreevich Tupolev was a Soviet and Russian aircraft designer who led the development of the first supersonic passenger jet, the Tupolev Tu-144. He also helped design the Buran space shuttle and the long-range…

1925

Bob Sweikert

American race car driver (died 1956)

Robert Charles Sweikert was an American racing driver, best known as the winner of the 1955 Indianapolis 500 and the 1955 National Championship, as well as the 1955 Midwest Sprint car championship – the only driver in…

1926

Bud Grant

American football player and coach (died 2023)

Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Jr. was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). Grant was head coach of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings for 18…

1927

David Hedison

American actor (died 2019)

Albert David Hedison Jr. was an American film, television, and stage actor. He was known for his roles as the title character in The Fly (1958), Captain Lee Crane in the television science fiction drama Voyage to the…

1927

Franciszek Macharski

Polish cardinal (died 2016)

Franciszek Macharski was a Polish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed Archbishop of Kraków from 1978, named by Pope John Paul II to succeed him in that role. Macharski was elevated to the cardinalate…

1927

Pedro Trebbau

German-born Venezuelan zoologist (died 2021)

Pedro Trebbau was a German-born Venezuelan zoologist. His career was characterized by the promotion and preservation of Venezuelan wildlife and nature. His research and collaboration with the herpetologist Peter…

1929

Gilles Loiselle

Canadian politician and diplomat, 33rd Canadian Minister of Finance (died 2022)

Gilles Loiselle was a Canadian politician.

1929

Sam Etcheverry

American football player and coach (died 2009)

Samuel Etcheverry, nicknamed "the Rifle", was a professional American and Canadian football player and head coach. Etcheverry played the quarterback position, most famously with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian…

1930

Ken Boyer

American baseball player and manager (died 1982)

Kenton Lloyd Boyer was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) third baseman, coach and manager who played with the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, and Los Angeles Dodgers for 15 seasons, 1955…

1931

Louis Smith

American trumpeter (died 2016)

Edward Louis Smith was an American jazz trumpeter from Memphis, Tennessee.

1931

Constance Towers

American actress and singer

Constance Mary Towers is an American film, stage, and television actress. She gained prominence for her appearances in several mainstream 1950s films before transitioning to theater, starring in numerous Broadway…

1933

José Mujica

Uruguayan guerrilla leader and politician, 40th President of Uruguay (died 2025)

José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano was a Uruguayan politician, revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros, he was tortured and…

1935

Anthony Zerbe

American actor

Anthony Jared Zerbe is an American actor. After pursuing an interest in theater in his early years, including a stint at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City, he enlisted in the Air Force and later…

1936

Dave Hill

American golfer (died 2011)

James David Hill was an American professional golfer. He was the brother of Mike Hill who was also a professional golfer.

1937

Derek Lampe

English footballer

Derek Lampe is an English former professional footballer who played for Fulham and represented England Youth, playing in the position of centre half.

1937

Balu Mahendra

Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (died 2014)

Balanathan Benjamin Mahendran, commonly known as Balu Mahendra, was a Sri Lankan Tamil cinematographer, director, screenwriter, actor and film editor who worked in various Indian film industries, primarily in Tamil and…

1939

Shorty Long

American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1969)

Frederick Earl "Shorty" Long was an American soul singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer for Motown's Soul Records imprint. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1980.

1940

Stan Mikita

Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2018)

Stanley Mikita was a Slovak-born Canadian ice hockey player for the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League, generally regarded as the best centre of the 1960s. In 2017, he was named one of the 100 Greatest…

1940

Sadaharu Oh

Japanese-Taiwanese baseball player and manager

Sadaharu Oh, also known as Wang Chen-chih, is a Chinese-Japanese former professional baseball player and manager who is currently the chairman of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Oh's…

1940

Goh Chok Tong

Singaporean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Singapore

Goh Chok Tong, also known by his initials GCT, is a Singaporean retired politician who served as the second prime minister of Singapore from 1990 to 2004 and as a senior minister of Singapore from 2004 to 2011. He…

1941

John Strasberg

American actor and teacher

John Strasberg is the son of Lee and Paula Strasberg of the Actors Studio, and brother of actress Susan Strasberg.

1941

Raymond Chrétien

Canadian lawyer and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States

Raymond A. J. Chrétien is a Canadian lawyer and diplomat. He served as ambassador to the United States from 1994–2000. His uncle, Jean Chrétien, was the 20th prime minister from 1993 to 2003.

1942

Lynn Davies

Welsh sprinter and long jumper

Lynn Davies CBE is a Welsh former track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. He was the 1964 Olympic champion in the event.

1942

Carlos Hathcock

American sergeant and sniper (died 1999)

Carlos Norman Hathcock II was a United States Marine Corps (USMC) sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. His record and the extraordinary details of the missions he undertook made him a legend in the U.S.…

1942

Frew McMillan

South African tennis player

Frew Donald McMillan is a former professional tennis player from South Africa who won five grand slam doubles titles including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. All together, he won 63 doubles titles, surpassed only by…

1942

Albano Carrisi

Italian singer, actor, and winemaker

Albano Antonio Carrisi, better known as Al Bano, is an Italian singer and actor. Having sold over 25 million records globally and career spanning seven decades, he is one of the most recognisable Italian singers in the…

1943

Deryck Murray

Trinidadian cricketer

Deryck Lance Murray is a former West Indies cricketer. A wicketkeeper and right-handed batsman, Murray kept wicket to the West Indian fast bowling attacks of the 1970s ; his glovework effected 189 Test dismissals and…

1943

Joe Cocker

English singer-songwriter (died 2014)

John Robert "Joe" Cocker was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movements. Most of his best known singles were interpretations of songs…

1944

Boudewijn de Groot

Indonesian-Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist

Frank Boudewijn de Groot is a Dutch singer-songwriter, known for "Welterusten mijnheer de president" (1966).

1944

Keith Fletcher

English cricketer and manager

Keith William Robert Fletcher is an English former first-class cricketer who played for Essex and England. He later became England's team manager. His nickname was "The Gnome of Essex", so christened by his Essex…

1944

Dietrich Mateschitz

Austrian businessman, co-founder of Red Bull GmbH (died 2022)

Dietrich Markwart Eberhart Mateschitz was an Austrian entrepreneur. He was the co-founder and 49% owner of Red Bull GmbH. In April 2022, Mateschitz's net worth was estimated at US$27.4 billion.

1944

Pekka Siitoin

Finnish neo-Nazi and Satanist (d. 2003)

Timo Pekka Olavi Siitoin was a Finnish neo-Nazi, Satanist, and occultist.

1944

Vladimiro Montesinos

Peruvian intelligence officer

Vladimiro Lenin Ilich Montesinos Torres is a Peruvian former intelligence officer and lawyer, most notorious for his role as the head of Peru's National Intelligence Service (SIN) during the presidency of Alberto…

1945

Cher

American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Cher is an American singer and actress. Dubbed the "Goddess of Pop", she is known for her androgynous contralto voice, bold fashion and visual presentation, and multifaceted career. Her screen roles often reflect her…

1946

Bobby Murcer

American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster (died 2008)

Bobby Ray Murcer was an American professional baseball outfielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1965 and 1983. He played the majority of his career for the New York Yankees, whom he later…

1946

Steve Currie

English bass player (died 1981)

T. Rex, originally Tyrannosaurus Rex, were an English rock band formed in London in 1967 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan, who was their leader, frontman and only consistent member. Originally an acoustic…

1947

Greg Dyke

English journalist and academic

Gregory Dyke is a British media executive, football administrator, journalist and broadcaster. Since the 1960s, Dyke has had a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast journalism. He is credited with…

1947

Robert Morin

Canadian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter

Robert Morin is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. In 2009, he received the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.

1949

Michèle Roberts

English author and poet

Michèle Brigitte Roberts FRSL is a British writer, novelist and poet. She is the daughter of a French Catholic teacher mother and English Protestant father, and has dual UK–France nationality.

1949

Dave Thomas

Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

David William Thomas is a Canadian actor, comedian and television writer, known for being one half of the duo Bob and Doug McKenzie with Rick Moranis. He appeared as Doug McKenzie on SCTV, for which he won a Primetime…

1949

Andy Johns

English-American engineer and producer (died 2013)

Jeremy Andrew Johns was a British sound engineer and record producer who worked on several well-known rock albums, including the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St. (1972), Television's Marquee Moon (1977), and a series…

1950

Reinaldo Merlo

Argentinian footballer and coach

Reinaldo Carlos Merlo, better known as Mostaza, is an Argentine former football coach and former player, who played as a midfielder for Club Atlético River Plate throughout his entire career, while he is also idol as a…

1950

Jane Parker-Smith

English organist (died 2020)

Jane Caroline Rebecca Parker-Smith was a British classical organist. Her obituary in The Guardian said she had "a stellar international career, popular with audiences for her wide-ranging sympathies and jaw-dropping…

1950

Thomas Akers

American colonel, engineer, and astronaut

Thomas Dale Akers is a former American astronaut in NASA's Space Shuttle program.

1951

Christie Blatchford

Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (died 2020)

Christie Marie Blatchford was a Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster. She published four non-fiction books.

1951

Mike Crapo

American lawyer and politician

Michael Dean Crapo is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Idaho, a seat he has held since 1999. A member of the Republican Party, Crapo served from 1993 to 1999 as the U.S.…

1951

Roger Milla

Cameroonian footballer and manager

Albert Roger Miller, known as Roger Milla, is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was one of the first African players to be a major star on the international stage. He played in…

1952

Michael Wills

English politician, British Minister of Justice

Michael David Wills, Baron Wills is a British politician and life peer who served as Minister of State for Justice from 2007 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Swindon North from…

1952

Robert Doyle

Australian educator and politician, 103rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne

Robert Keith Bennett Doyle is an Australian politician who was the 103rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne, elected on 30 November 2008 until he resigned on 4 February 2018 amidst allegations of sexual harassment. He was…

1953

David Paterson

American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of New York

David Alexander Paterson is an American politician who served as the 55th governor of New York, succeeding Eliot Spitzer, who resigned, and serving out nearly three years of Spitzer's term from March 2008 to December…

1954

Colin Sutherland

Lord Carloway, Scottish lawyer and judge

Colin John MacLean Sutherland, Lord Carloway is a Scottish advocate and judge who served as the Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General from 2015 until his retirement in February 2025. He was…

1954

Steve George

American keyboard player and songwriter

Steve George is an American keyboard player, saxophone player and singer who is perhaps best known as the keyboardist and background vocalist for the 1980s band, Mr. Mister. He co-wrote all of the Mr. Mister songs,…

1955

Zbigniew Preisner

Polish composer and producer

Zbigniew Preisner is a Polish film score composer, best known for his work with film director Krzysztof Kieślowski. He is the recipient of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis as well as the Knight's Cross…

1955

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

Norwegian-German author and critic (died 2025)

Ingvar Even Ambjørnsen-Haefs was a Norwegian writer. He is best known for his "Elling" tetralogy: Utsikt til paradiset (1993), Fugledansen (1995), Brødre i blodet (1996), and Elsk meg i morgen (1999).

1956

Gerry Peyton

English born Irish international footballer and coach

Gerald Joseph Peyton is a football coach and former footballer who is the interim coach of Indian Super League club Odisha FC. A goalkeeper, Peyton had lengthy spells with Fulham and AFC Bournemouth. Following his…

1956

Douglas Preston

American journalist and author

Douglas Jerome Preston is an American journalist and author. Although he is best known for his thrillers in collaboration with Lincoln Child, he has also written six solo novels, including the Wyman Ford series and a…

1956

Yoshihiko Noda

Japanese lawyer and politician, 62nd Prime Minister of Japan

Yoshihiko Noda is a Japanese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Japan from 2011 to 2012. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2000.

1957

Ron Reagan

American journalist and radio host

Ronald Prescott Reagan is an American political commentator and broadcaster. He is a former radio host and political analyst for KIRO and Air America Radio, with which he hosted his own daily three-hour show. He has…

1958

Jane Wiedlin

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

Jane Wiedlin is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actress, best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and backing vocalist of the new wave band the Go-Go's. She voices Dusk, the drummer and backup…

1958

Susan Cowsill

American singer-songwriter

Susan Claire Cowsill is a musician, vocalist and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the family band The Cowsills. After touring with Dwight Twilley for quite some time in the 1980s, she co-formed the band…

1959

Tony Goldwyn

American actor and director

Anthony Howard Goldwyn is an American actor and director. He made his debut appearing as Darren in the slasher film Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) and had his breakthrough starring as Carl Bruner in the…

1960

Clive Allen

English international footballer and manager

Clive Darren Allen is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward for seven different London clubs. Allen was a prolific striker throughout his career.

1961

Nick Heyward

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Nicholas Heyward is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He came to international attention in the early 1980s as the lead singer and songwriter for Haircut One Hundred. He and the band parted ways after their…

1961

David Wells

American baseball player and sportscaster

David Lee Wells is an American former baseball pitcher who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for nine teams, most notably the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees. Nicknamed "Boomer", Wells was…

1963

Kōichirō Genba

Japanese politician, 80th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs

Kōichirō Genba is a Japanese politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2012. He is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet, and was a member to the Democratic Party of Japan and…

1964

Edin Osmanović

Slovenian footballer, coach, and manager

Edin Osmanović is a Slovenian football manager and former player. He began his career in Rudar Trbovlje and later coached many clubs in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the highest level in Slovenian football, including Celje,…

1964

Charles Spencer

9th Earl Spencer, English journalist and author

Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, styled Viscount Althorp between 1975 and 1992, is a British peer, author, journalist, and broadcaster. He is the younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the…

1964

Ted Allen

American television host and author

Edward Reese Allen is an American author and television personality. He was the food and wine connoisseur on the Bravo network's television program Queer Eye, and has been the host of the TV cooking competition series…

1965

Stu Grimson

Canadian ice hockey player, sportscaster, and lawyer

Stuart Grimson is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Grimson played in the National Hockey League from 1989 to 2002. During this time, he played for the Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, Mighty Ducks of…

1965

Dan Abrams

American journalist and author

Daniel Abrams is an American media entrepreneur, television host, and author. He is currently the host of On Patrol: Live on Reelz, and The Dan Abrams Show: Where Politics Meets The Law on SiriusXM's P.O.T.U.S. channel.…

1966

Graham Brady

English politician

Graham Stuart Brady, Baron Brady of Altrincham,, is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Altrincham and Sale West from 1997 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the…

1967

Gabriele Muccino

Italian director, producer, and screenwriter

Gabriele Muccino is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has worked his way from making short films only aired on Italian television to become a well-known and successful American filmmaker. He is the elder…

1967

Timothy Olyphant

American actor and producer

Timothy David Olyphant is an American actor. He made his acting debut in an off-Broadway theater in 1995 in The Monogamist, winning the Theatre World Award for his performance. Olyphant then originated David Sedaris'…

1968

Road Dogg

American wrestler, producer, and soldier

Brian Girard James is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE under a Legends contract. James was best known for his initial tenure with World Wrestling Federation as The Roadie from 1994 to 1995…

1969

Terrell Brandon

American basketball player

Thomas Terrell Brandon is an American former professional basketball player. He played for three teams during his 11-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A two-time All-Star, Brandon was a key…

1970

Louis Theroux

Singaporean-English journalist and producer

Louis Sebastian Theroux is a British journalist, broadcaster and author. He has received three British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award.

1970

Šárka Kašpárková

Czech triple jumper and coach

Šárka Kašpárková is a Czech former track and field athlete who specialised in the triple jump.

1971

Hanne Stenvaag

Norwegian politician

Hanne Beate Stenvaag is a Norwegian politician and member of the Storting. A member of the Red Party, she was elected to represent Troms at the 2025 parliamentary election.

1971

Tony Stewart

American race car driver

Anthony Wayne Stewart, nicknamed "Smoke", is an American professional auto racing driver, and former NASCAR team co-owner of Stewart–Haas Racing. He competes in the NHRA Top Fuel class for Elite Motorsports, and…

1971

Michael Diamond

Australian shooter

Michael Constantine Diamond, OAM is a professional target shooter from Australia.

1972

Christophe Dominici

French rugby player (died 2020)

Christophe Dominici was a French rugby union player. In a career spanning seventeen years between 1991 and 2008, he played wing for Stade Français and France, scoring a total of 25 tries in 67 international caps,…

1972

Busta Rhymes

American rapper, producer, and actor

Trevor George Smith Jr., known professionally as Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. He has received 12 Grammy Award nominations, making him one of the most-nominated artists without a win.…

1972

Nathan Long

Australian rugby league player

Nathan Long is an Australian former rugby league footballer. He played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Northern Eagles, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the St. George Illawarra Dragons as a second-row forward.

1973

Allison Amend

American novelist and short story writer

Allison Amend is an American novelist and short story writer.

1974

Shiboprosad Mukherjee

Indian film director, writer and actor

Shiboprosad Mukherjee is an Indian film director, writer and actor. With Nandita Roy as his co-director, he made his directorial debut with the film Icche, which garnered critical acclaim and commercial success. The…

1974

Juan Minujín

Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter

Juan Gervasio Minujín is an Argentine actor and film director. He is the nephew of plastic artist Marta Minujín.

1975

Ramón Hernández

Venezuelan-American baseball player

Ramón José Hernández Marin is a Venezuelan former professional baseball catcher and current major league staff assistant for the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB with the Oakland Athletics…

1976

Tomoya Satozaki

Japanese baseball player

Tomoya Satozaki is a former Japanese professional baseball player. He played his entire career with the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for Japan in the 2006 World Baseball…

1976

Matt Czuchry

American actor

Matthew Charles Czuchry is an American actor known for playing Logan Huntzberger in Gilmore Girls (2005–2007), Cary Agos on The Good Wife (2009–2015) and Conrad Hawkins on The Resident (2018–2023).

1977

Leo Franco

Argentinian footballer

Leonardo "Leo" Neoren Franco is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1977

Angela Goethals

American actress

Angela Bethany Goethals is an American film, television and stage actress. Goethals made her acting debut as a child actor in the 1987 Broadway production of Coastal Disturbances, and was 14-years-old when she won the…

1977

Stirling Mortlock

Australian rugby player

Stirling Austin Mortlock is an Australian former professional rugby union player. He has scored more than 1,000 points in Super Rugby, and nearly 500 test points for the Wallabies. Mortlock is a former Wallaby,…

1977

Vesa Toskala

Finnish ice hockey player

Vesa Tapani Toskala is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender.

1977

Hristos Banikas

Greek chess player

Hristodoulos Banikas is a Greek chess grandmaster from Thessaloniki.

1978

Pavla Hamáčková-Rybová

Czech pole vaulter

Pavla Rybová is a Czech pole vaulter.

1978

Nils Schumann

German runner

Nils Schumann is a former German athlete, winner of the 800 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics, who retired in 2009. For most of the five years before his retirement he had featured sparingly at an international level due to…

1978

Andrew Scheer

Canadian politician, 28th Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada

Andrew James Scheer is a Canadian politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Regina—Qu'Appelle since 2004. Scheer was the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada from 2017 to 2020. He served as the…

1979

Jayson Werth

American baseball player

Jayson Richard Gowan Werth is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2002 to 2017. His 15-season career was split among the Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles…

1979

Austin Kearns

American baseball player

Austin Ryan Kearns is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2002 through 2013 for the Cincinnati Reds, Washington Nationals, Cleveland Indians, New York…

1980

Kassim Osgood

American football player

Kassim Alexandre Osgood is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and special teamer in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for San Diego State University and…

1980

Iker Casillas

Spanish footballer

Iker Casillas Fernández is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and currently works as a football commentator. Dubbed "San Iker", he is considered to be one of the greatest goalkeepers of…

1981

Lindsay Taylor

American basketball player

Lindsay Corine Taylor is an American former professional basketball player. She played in the WNBA, KBSL, LFB, WKBL, Polish Women's League, WCBA, and Angola Women's Basketball League, usually playing the center…

1981

Mark Winterbottom

Australian race car driver

Mark James "Frosty" Winterbottom is an Australian semi-retired professional racing driver. He currently drives the No. 6 Ford Mustang S650 with Cameron Waters as an endurance co-driver in the Repco Supercars…

1981

Petr Čech

Czech footballer

Petr Čech is a Czech former professional football goalkeeper and current ice hockey goaltender who plays for the Haringey Huskies of the NIHL Division 2 South. He has been described as one of the greatest goalkeepers of…

1982

Imran Farhat

Pakistani cricketer

Imran Farhat is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played for Pakistan national cricket team between 2001 and 2013. He usually opened the batting in most of his international innings. In January 2021, he…

1982

Jessica Raine

English actress

Jessica Raine is an English actress. She rose to prominence as Nurse Jennifer Lee in Call the Midwife (2012–2014) and is also best known as Verity Lambert in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013).

1982

Daniel Ribeiro

Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter

Daniel Ribeiro is a Brazilian film director known for his works You, Me and Him and I Don't Want To Go Back Alone, was later made into the full-length feature The Way He Looks in 2014.

1982

N. T. Rama Rao Jr.

Indian Film Actor

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, popularly known as NTR Jr, is an Indian actor, producer, and television presenter who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He is one of the highest-paid actors in Indian cinema and has been…

1983

Óscar Cardozo

Paraguayan footballer

Óscar René Cardozo Marín, best known as Tacuara, is a retired Paraguayan professional footballer who played as a striker.

1983

Matt Langridge

English rower

Matthew Langridge MBE is a British rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he was part of the British crew that won the bronze medal in the men's eight. He was the 2015 European Champion in the men's pair, along…

1983

Mauro Rafael da Silva

Brazilian footballer

Mauro Rafael da Silva is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward.

1984

Patrick Ewing Jr.

American basketball player

Patrick Aloysius Ewing Jr. is a Jamaican-American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Brisbane Bullets of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL) and head coach of…

1984

Keith Grennan

American football player

Keith Grennan is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played…

1984

Chris Froome

Kenyan-English cyclist

Christopher Clive Froome is a British professional road racing cyclist who most recently rode for UCI ProTeam Israel-Premier Tech. He has won seven Grand Tours: four editions of the Tour de France, one Giro d'Italia…

1985

Brendon Goddard

Australian footballer

Brendon James Goddard is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and Essendon in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for the St Kilda Football Club from 2003 to 2012, then…

1985

Dexter Blackstock

English footballer

Dexter Anthony Titus Blackstock is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played most notably for Queens Park Rangers and Nottingham Forest.

1986

Stéphane Mbia

Cameroonian footballer

Stéphane Mbia Etoundi is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or defender.

1986

Jiřina Svobodová

Czech pole vaulter

Jiřina Kudličková is a Czech former pole vaulter. She won the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki and the 2014 World Indoor Championships.

1986

Mike Havenaar

Japanese footballer

Mike Havenaar is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1987

Julian Wright

American basketball player

Julian Emil-Jamaal Wright is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks. In 2014–15, he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League.

1987

Joel Moon

Australian rugby league player

Joel Moon is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre and five-eighth in the 2000s and 2010s. He last played for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League.

1988

Siosia Vave

Australian-Tongan rugby league player

Siosaia Vave is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the St Mary's Saints in the Ron Massey Cup. He previously played for the Parramatta Eels, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles,…

1989

Josh O'Connor

British actor

Joshua Mathias O'Connor is an English actor. From 2016 to 2019 he had a major role portraying Larry Durrell in ITV's The Durrells. He had his breakthrough playing the lead role of a closeted sheep farmer in Francis…

1990

Bastian Baker

Swiss singer, songwriter, and performer

Bastien Kaltenbacher, better known as Bastian Baker, is a Swiss singer-songwriter.

1991

Emre Çolak

Turkish footballer

Emre Çolak is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or a winger.

1991

Cate Campbell

Malawian-Australian swimmer

Cate Natalie Campbell, is an Australian former competitive swimmer. She is the current world record holder in the short course 100 m freestyle. She is also a former world record holder in the long course 100 m…

1992

Jack Gleeson

Irish actor

Jack Gleeson is an Irish actor. He is best known for portraying Joffrey Baratheon in the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2014). Following this role, Gleeson took a six-year hiatus from screen acting. He…

1992

Enes Kanter

Turkish basketball player

Enes Kanter Freedom is a Turkish and American human rights activist (2022) Nobel peace prize nominee, New York Times bestselling author and former NBA basketball player who played 11 seasons in the National Basketball…

1992

Fanny Smith

Swiss freestyle skier

Fanny Smith is a Swiss freestyle skier. She represented Switzerland at the 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympics. As of January 2023, she has 29 victories and 67 podiums on the World Cup circuit. She won gold at…

1992

Ramy Rabia

Egyptian footballer

Ramy Hisham Abdel Aziz Mostafa Rabia is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for UAE Pro League club Al Ain and the Egypt national team.

1993

Caroline Zhang

American figure skater

Caroline Zhao Zhang is an American figure skater. She is a two-time Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2007 World Junior Champion, the 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and a three-time U.S. national medalist.

1993

Brian Kelly

Australian rugby league player

Brian Kelly is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League (NRL).

1996

Kaoru Mitoma

Japanese footballer

Kaoru Mitoma is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Japan national team. He is best known for his dribbling ability.

1997

Jamie Chadwick

English race car driver

Jamie Laura Chadwick is a British racing driver who competes for IDEC Sport in the European Le Mans Series, and previously raced for Andretti Global in Indy NXT. She won the inaugural W Series season in 2019, before…

1998

Nam Nguyen

Canadian figure skater

Nam Nguyen is a Canadian retired competitive figure skater. He is the 2014 World Junior champion, 2019 Skate Canada silver medallist, and two-time Canadian national champion. He has placed as high as fifth at the World…

1998

Doug the Pug

American celebrity dog

Doug the Pug is a celebrity pug living in Nashville, Tennessee, who has gained a large internet and social media following.

2012

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