Famous Birthdays on May 30

Q: Who was born on May 30?

Famous people born on May 30 include: Ren Zong, Theobald IV, Georg von Peuerbach, Barbara of Brandenburg, Fadrique de Toledo.

Q: What is Manny Ramirez known for?

Manny Ramirez, Dominican-American baseball player and coach

1972 — Manny Ramirez

Dominican-American baseball player and coach

May 30 has seen 234 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1010 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · May 30 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 234 people 1010 – 2002

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His 21 grand slams are third all-time, and his 29 postseason home runs are the most in MLB history

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He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for parts of 19 seasons

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He was a nine-time Silver Slugger and was one of 28 players to hit 500 career home runs

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He appeared in 12 All-Star Games, with a streak of eleven consecutive games beginning in 1998 that included every season that he played with the Red Sox.

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Manuel Arístides Ramírez Onelcida is a Dominican-American former professional baseball outfielder

Ren Zong

Chinese emperor (died 1063)

Emperor Renzong of Song, personal name Zhao Zhen, was the fourth emperor of the Northern Song dynasty of China. He reigned for about 41 years from 1022 to his death in 1063, making him the longest reigning Song dynasty…

1010

Theobald IV

count of Champagne (died 1253)

Theobald I, also called the Troubadour and the Posthumous, was Count of Champagne from birth and King of Navarre from 1234. He initiated the Barons' Crusade, was famous as a trouvère, and was the first Frenchman to rule…

1201

Georg von Peuerbach

German mathematician and astronomer (died 1461)

Georg von Peuerbach was an Austrian astronomer, poet, mathematician and instrument maker, best known for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the Theoricae Novae Planetarum. Peuerbach was instrumental…

1423

Barbara of Brandenburg

Bohemian queen (died 1515)

Barbara of Brandenburg, a member of the German House of Hohenzollern, was by birth Margravine of Brandenburg, and by her two marriages, Duchess of Głogów from 1472 to 1476, and Queen of Bohemia after her secon marriage…

1464

Fadrique de Toledo

1st Marquis of Villanueva de Valdueza (died 1634)

Fadrique de Toledo Osorio, 1st Marquess of Valdueza, was a Spanish Navy officer and nobleman. He was a Knight of the Order of Santiago and became Captain General of the Spanish Navy at the age of 37.

1580

Samuel Bochart

French Protestant biblical scholar (died 1667)

Samuel Bochart was a French biblical scholar and Reformed minister, a student of Thomas Erpenius and the teacher of Pierre Daniel Huet. His two-volume Geographia Sacra seu Phaleg et Canaan exerted a profound influence…

1599

John Egerton

2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (died 1686)

John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, PC, was an English nobleman from the Egerton family.

1623

Antonina Houbraken

Dutch illustrator (died 1736)

Antonina Houbraken was a Dutch draughtswoman who is known for her many topographical drawings of Dutch sites. She also drew landscapes. She is recorded as a skilled portraitist.

1686

Wills Hill

1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1793)

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire,, known as the 2nd Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the 1st Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era.

1718

Roger Newdigate

English politician (died 1806)

Sir Roger Newdigate, 5th Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1742 and 1780. He was a collector of antiquities.

1719

Henry Addington

1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1844)

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth was a British Tory statesman who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804 and as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1789 to 1801.

1757

Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty

French general (died 1815)

Étienne-Marie-Antoine Champion, comte de Nansouty was a French cavalry commander during the French Revolutionary Wars who rose to the rank of General of Division in 1803 and subsequently held important military commands…

1768

Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann

German mineralogist and geologist (died 1873)

Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, also known as Karl Friedrich Naumann, was a German mineralogist and geologist. The crater Naumann on the Moon is named after him.

1797

Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose

French cardinal (died 1883)

Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose was a French Catholic and senator. He was the last surviving cardinal to have been born in the 18th century.

1800

Mikhail Bakunin

Russian philosopher and theorist (died 1876)

Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin was a Russian revolutionary anarchist and political philosopher. He is among the most influential figures of anarchism and a major figure in the revolutionary socialist, social anarchist,…

1814

Eugène Charles Catalan

Belgian-French mathematician and academic (died 1894)

Eugène Charles Catalan was a French and Belgian mathematician who worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics. His notable contributions included discovering a periodic minimal…

1814

William McMurdo

English general (died 1894)

Sir William Montagu Scott McMurdo was a British Army officer who rose to the rank of general. He saw active service in India, helped to run a military railway in the Crimean War and then managed various groups of…

1819

Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau

Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (died 1890)

Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Chauveau was the first premier of Quebec, following the establishment of Canada in 1867. Appointed to the office in 1867 as the leader of the…

1820

Alfred Austin

English author, poet, and playwright (died 1913)

Alfred Austin was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896, after an interval following the death of Tennyson, when the other candidates had either caused controversy or refused the honour. It was claimed…

1835

Félix Arnaudin

French poet and photographer (died 1921)

Félix Arnaudin was a French poet, photographer, and specialist in Haute-Lande folklore. In Gascony, M. Arnaudin created his collection of tales by attending gatherings, as well as eddings nd various agricultural…

1844

Amadeo I

Spanish king (died 1890)

Amadeo I, also known as Amadeus, was an Italian prince who reigned as King of Spain from 1870 to 1873. The only king of Spain to come from the House of Savoy, he was the second son of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and was…

1845

Peter Carl Fabergé

Russian goldsmith and jeweler (died 1920)

Peter Carl Gustavovich Fabergé was a Russian goldsmith and jeweller. He is best known for creating Fabergé eggs made in the style of genuine Easter eggs, but using precious metals and gemstones rather than more mundane…

1846

Mirza Alakbar Sabir

Azerbaijani philosopher and poet (died 1911)

Mirza Ali-Akbar Tahirzada, commonly known by his pseudonym Sabir (صابر), was a satirist and poet in the Russian Empire, who played a leading role in development of Azerbaijani literature.

1862

Grace Andrews

American mathematician (died 1951)

Grace Andrews was an American mathematician. She, along with Charlotte Angas Scott, was one of only two women listed in the first edition of American Men of Science, which appeared in 1906.

1869

Ernest Duchesne

French physician (died 1912)

Ernest Duchesne was a French physician who noted that certain molds kill bacteria. He made this discovery 32 years before Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic properties of penicillin, a substance derived from…

1874

Giovanni Gentile

Italian philosopher and academic (died 1944)

Giovanni Gentile was an Italian pedagogue, philosopher, and politician.

1875

Colin Blythe

English cricketer and soldier (died 1917)

Colin Blythe, also known as Charlie Blythe, was an English first-class cricketer, active from 1899 to 1914. Born in Deptford, he played for Kent as a slow left arm orthodox (SLA) bowler and a right-handed batsman. He…

1879

Konstantin Ramul

Estonian psychologist and academic (died 1975)

Konstantin Ramul was an Estonian professor of psychology and longtime chair of psychology at the University of Tartu. He is best known for his work on the history of experimental psychology.

1879

Georg von Küchler

German field marshal (died 1968)

Georg Carl Wilhelm Friedrich von Küchler was a German Generalfeldmarschall of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War, who was subsequently convicted of war crimes. He commanded the 18th Army and Army Group North…

1881

Wyndham Halswelle

English runner and soldier (died 1915)

Wyndham Halswelle was a British athlete. He won the controversial 400 m race at the 1908 Summer Olympics, becoming the only athlete to win an Olympic title by a walkover.

1882

Sandy Pearce

Australian rugby league player (died 1930)

Sidney Charles Pearce, better known as Sandy, was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer and boxer. He is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century. In 1907 he played for New South…

1883

Siegmund Glücksmann

German soldier and politician (died 1942)

Siegmund Glücksmann was a German-Jewish socialist politician. In the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most prominent figures of the German minority socialist movement in Poland, functioned as its 'party ideologue' and…

1884

Villem Grünthal-Ridala

Estonian poet and linguist (died 1942)

Villem Grünthal-Ridala, born Wilhelm Grünthal was an Estonian poet, translator, linguist and folklorist.

1885

Laurent Barré

Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1964)

Laurent Barré was a Quebec author, politician and Cabinet Minister for 16 years.

1886

Randolph Bourne

American theorist and author (died 1918)

Randolph Silliman Bourne was a progressive writer and intellectual born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and a graduate of Columbia University. He is considered to be a spokesman for the young radicals living during World War…

1886

Alexander Archipenko

Ukrainian-American sculptor and illustrator (died 1964)

Alexander Porfyrovych Archipenko was a Ukrainian-American avant-garde artist, sculptor, and graphic artist, active in France and the United States. He was one of the first to apply the principles of Cubism to…

1887

Emil Reesen

Danish pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1964)

Emil Reesen was a Danish composer, conductor and pianist. Aside from composing for ballets and operas he was also a noted film score composer. He is remembered mainly for his operetta Farinelli (1942), which is still…

1887

Roger Salengro

French soldier and politician, French Minister of the Interior (died 1936)

Roger Henri Charles Salengro was a French politician. He achieved fame as Minister of the Interior during the Popular Front government in 1936. He committed suicide a few months after taking office, after being hounded…

1890

Fernando Amorsolo

Filipino painter (died 1972)

Fernand Amorsolo y Cueto was a portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes. Nicknamed the "Grand Old Man of Philippine Art," he was the first-ever to be recognized as a National Artist of the Philippines. He…

1892

Hubertus van Mook

Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1965)

Hubertus Johannes "Huib" van Mook was a Dutch administrator in the East Indies. During the Indonesian National Revolution, he served as the lieutenant governor-general of the Dutch East Indies from 1942 to 1948. Van…

1894

Maurice Tate

English cricketer (died 1956)

Maurice William Tate was an English cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s and the leader of England's Test bowling attack for a long time during this period. He was also the first Sussex cricketer to take a wicket with his…

1895

Howard Hawks

American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1977)

Howard Winchester Hawks was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. The critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American director who is not a household name." Roger…

1896

Frank Wise

Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (died 1986)

Frank Joseph Scott Wise AO was a Labor Party politician who was the 16th Premier of Western Australia. He took office on 31 July 1945 in the closing stages of the Second World War, following the resignation of his…

1897

John Gilroy

English artist and illustrator (died 1985)

John Thomas Young Gilroy was an English artist and illustrator, best known for his advertising posters for Guinness, the Irish stout. He signed many of his works, simply, "Gilroy".

1898

Irving Thalberg

American screenwriter and producer (died 1936)

Irving Grant Thalberg was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. He was called "The Boy Wonder" for his youth and ability to select scripts, choose actors, gather production staff, and make…

1899

Alfred Karindi

Estonian pianist and composer (died 1969)

Alfred Karindi was an Estonian organist and composer.

1901

Cornelia Otis Skinner

American actress and author (died 1979)

Cornelia Otis Skinner was an American writer and actress.

1901

Stepin Fetchit

American actor and dancer (died 1985)

Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry, better known by his stage name Stepin Fetchit, was an American vaudevillian, comedian, and film actor of Jamaican and Bahamian descent, considered to be the first black actor to…

1902

Countee Cullen

American poet and author (died 1946)

Countee Cullen was an American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright, particularly well known during the Harlem Renaissance.

1903

Bruno Gröning

German mystic and author (died 1959)

Bruno Gröning was a German mystic who rose to fame in the late 1940s for performing faith healings.

1906

Germaine Tillion

French anthropologist and academic (died 2008)

Germaine Tillion was a French ethnologist, known for her work in Algeria in the 1950s on behalf of the Government of France. A member of the French Resistance in World War II, she spent time in Ravensbrück concentration…

1907

Hannes Alfvén

Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)

Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén was a Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). He described the class of MHD waves now known as…

1908

Mel Blanc

American voice actor (died 1989)

Melvin Jerome Blanc was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over sixty years. Referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices", he is regarded as the greatest and most influential voice actor…

1908

Jacques Canetti

French music executive and talent agent (died 1997)

Nessim Jacques Canetti was a French music executive and a talent agent. Born into a Sephardic Jewish family, his parents were Jacques Elias (Elieser) and Mathilde (Mazal) Canetti. He was the brother of the Nobel…

1909

Freddie Frith

English motorcycle road racer (died 1988)

Frederick Lee Frith OBE was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion. A former stonemason and later a motor cycle retailer in Grimsby, he was a stylish rider and five times winner of the Isle of Man…

1909

Benny Goodman

American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (died 1986)

Benjamin David Goodman was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing".

1909

Harry Bernstein

English-American journalist and author (died 2011)

Harry Louis Bernstein was a British-born American writer. Bernstein lived in Brick Township, New Jersey. He died at the age of 101, on June 3, 2011.

1910

Julius Axelrod

American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)

Julius Axelrod was an American biochemist. He won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1970 along with Bernard Katz and Ulf von Euler. The Nobel Committee honored him for his work on the release and…

1912

Erich Bagge

German physicist and academic (died 1996)

Erich Rudolf Bagge was a German scientist. Bagge, a student of Werner Heisenberg for his doctorate and Habilitation, was engaged in German Atomic Energy research and the German nuclear energy project during the Second…

1912

Hugh Griffith

Welsh actor (died 1980)

Hugh Emrys Griffith was a Welsh actor. Described by BFI Screenonline as a "wild-eyed, formidable character player", Griffith appeared in more than 100 theatre, film, and television productions in a career that spanned…

1912

Millicent Selsam

American author and academic (died 1996)

Millicent Ellis Selsam was an American children's author.

1912

Joseph Stein

American playwright and author (died 2010)

Joseph Stein was an American playwright best known for writing the books for such musicals as Fiddler on the Roof and Zorba.

1912

Akinoumi Setsuo

Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (died 1979)

Akinoumi Setsuo , born Nagata Setsuo , was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Hiroshima. He was the sport's 37th yokozuna.

1914

Len Carney

English footballer and soldier (died 1996)

Leonard Francis Carney was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward.

1915

Justin Catayée

French soldier and politician (died 1962)

Justin Catayée was a French politician who served in the French National Assembly from 1958 to 1962 and was the founder of the Guianese Socialist Party and fought in World War II. He was born in Cayenne, French Guiana,…

1916

Mort Meskin

American illustrator (died 1995)

Morton Meskin was an American comic book artist best known for his work in the 1940s Golden Age of Comic Books, well into the late-1950s and 1960s Silver Age.

1916

Pita Amor

Mexican poet and author (died 2000)

Guadalupe Teresa Amor Schmidtlein, who wrote as Pita Amor, was a Mexican poet.

1918

Bob Evans

American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants (died 2007)

Robert Lewis Evans was an American restaurateur and marketer of pork sausage products. He founded a restaurant chain bearing his name. The company also owns Owens Country Sausage.

1918

René Barrientos

Bolivian general and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (died 1969)

René Emilio Barrientos Ortuño was a Bolivian military officer and politician who served as the 47th president of Bolivia from 1964 to 1965 and 1966 to 1969. During his first term, he shared power with Alfredo Ovando as…

1919

Franklin J. Schaffner

Japanese-American director and producer (died 1989)

Franklin James Schaffner was an American film, television, and stage director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for Patton (1970), and is known for the films Planet of the Apes (1968), Nicholas and Alexandra…

1920

Hal Clement

American author and educator (died 2003)

Harry Clement Stubbs, better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was an American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre. He also painted astronomically oriented artworks under the name…

1922

Anthony Dryden Marshall

American CIA officer and diplomat (died 2014)

Anthony Dryden Marshall was an American theatrical producer and C.I.A. intelligence officer and ambassador. After being convicted of financially exploiting his mother Brooke Astor, Marshall was sentenced to prison, and…

1924

John Henry Marks

English physician and author (died 2022)

John Henry Marks was an English medical doctor who was Chairman of the British Medical Association, a position he held from 1984 to 1990.

1925

Johnny Gimble

American country/western swing musician (died 2015)

John Paul Gimble was an American country musician associated with Western swing. He was considered one of the most important fiddlers in the genre. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 in the…

1926

Christine Jorgensen

American trans woman and actress (died 1989)

Christine Jorgensen was an American actress, singer, and transgender activist. A trans woman, she was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.

1926

Joan Birman

American mathematician

Joan Sylvia Lyttle Birman is an American mathematician, specializing in low-dimensional topology. She has made contributions to the study of knots, 3-manifolds, mapping class groups of surfaces, geometric group theory,…

1927

Clint Walker

American actor and singer (died 2018)

Norman Eugene "Clint" Walker was an American actor. He rose to stardom for playing the title character in the Western series Cheyenne (1955–1962).

1927

Billy Wilson

Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1993)

William Alfred Wilson was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. An Australia national and New South Wales state representative front-row forward, he captained the…

1927

Pro Hart

Australian painter (died 2006)

Kevin Charles "Pro" Hart, MBE, was an Australian artist, born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, who was considered the father of the Australian Outback painting movement and his works are widely admired for capturing the…

1928

Agnès Varda

Belgian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2019)

Agnès Varda was a Belgian-born French filmmaker, artist, and photographer.

1928

Radoslav Rotković

Montenegrin historian (died 2013)

Radoslav Rotković was a Montenegrin historian, philologist and academician. He is known for his works in Montenegrin history and literature.

1928

Georges Gilson

French archbishop (died 2024)

Georges Robert Edmond Gilson was a French Roman Catholic archbishop.

1929

Mark Birley

English businessman, founded Annabel's (died 2007)

Marcus Oswald Hornby Lecky Birley was a British entrepreneur known for his investments in the hospitality industry.

1930

Robert Ryman

American painter (died 2019)

Robert Ryman was an American painter identified with the movements of monochrome painting, minimalism, and conceptual art. He was best known for abstract, white-on-white paintings. He lived and worked in New York City.

1930

Larry Silverstein

American real estate magnate

Larry A. Silverstein is an American billionaire businessman. Among his real estate projects, he is the developer of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City, as well as one of New York's…

1931

Ray Cooney

English actor and playwright

Raymond George Alfred Cooney OBE is a retired English playwright, actor, and director.

1932

Pauline Oliveros

American accordion player and composer (died 2016)

Pauline Oliveros was an American composer and accordionist.

1932

Ivor Richard

Baron Richard, Welsh politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2018)

Ivor Seward Richard, Baron Richard, was a British Labour politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1964 until 1974. He was also a member of the European Commission and latterly sat as a life peer in the…

1932

Alexei Leonov

Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (died 2019)

Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and aviator, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a spacewalk, exiting the capsule during the…

1934

Alketas Panagoulias

Greek footballer and manager (died 2012)

Alketas 'Alkis' Panagoulias was a Greek association football player and manager. He managed the national teams of both Greece and the United States. He also managed several clubs, including Aris, his birthplace team,…

1934

Ruta Lee

Canadian-American actress and dancer

Ruta Lee is a Canadian-born American actress and dancer of Lithuanian descent. She was born in Montreal, Canada, to Lithuanian immigrant parents. Ruta Lee appeared as one of the brides in the musical Seven Brides for…

1935

Guy Tardif

Canadian academic and politician (died 2005)

Guy Tardif was a Canadian politician. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1985 and was a cabinet minister in the governments of René Lévesque and Pierre-Marc Johnson. He is…

1935

Keir Dullea

American actor

Keir Atwood Dullea is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of astronaut David Bowman in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and its 1984 sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact.

1936

Christopher Haskins

Anglo-Irish businessman, life peer, and British politician

Christopher Robin Haskins, Baron Haskins was an Irish-born businessman and life peer, who was a member of the British House of Lords from 1998 to 2020.

1937

Rick Mather

American-English architect (died 2013)

Rick Mather was an American-born architect working in England. Born in Portland, Oregon and awarded a B.arch. at the University of Oregon in 1961, he came to London in 1963 and worked at the architectural firm Lyons…

1937

Billie Letts

American author and educator (died 2014)

Billie Dean Letts was an American novelist and educator. She was a professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

1938

Michael J. Pollard

American actor (died 2019)

Michael J. Pollard was an American character actor. With his distinctive bulbous nose, dimpled chin and smirk, he gained a cult following, usually portraying quirky, off-beat, simplistic but likeable supporting…

1939

Dieter Quester

Austrian race car driver

Dietrich Erwin Quester is an Austrian former racing driver. Quester participated in 53 24-Hour Races. He competed in a single Formula One race in which he finished ninth.

1939

Tim Waterstone

Scottish businessman, founded Waterstones

Sir Timothy John Stuart Waterstone is a British bookseller, businessman and author. He is the founder of Waterstones, the United Kingdom-based bookseller retail chain, the largest in Europe.

1939

Jagmohan Dalmiya

Indian cricket administrator (died 2015)

Jagmohan Dalmiya was an Indian cricket administrator and businessman from the city of Kolkata. He was the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India as well as the Cricket Association of Bengal. He had also…

1940

Gilles Villemure

Canadian-American ice hockey player

Joseph Hector Gilles Villemure is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played for the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks in the 1960s and 1970s.

1940

John Gladwin

English bishop

John Warren Gladwin is a retired Anglican bishop. From 2004 to 2009, he was the Bishop of Chelmsford in the Church of England. He stands in the open evangelical tradition.

1942

Carole Stone

English journalist and author

Carole Stone, CBE is a British author and freelance radio and television broadcaster. Stone spent 27 years at the BBC beginning as a newsroom secretary and eventually becoming the producer of Radio 4's flagship…

1942

James Chaney

American civil rights activist (died 1964)

James Earl Chaney was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three civil rights workers murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan on June 21, 1964. The others were Andrew Goodman…

1943

Anders Michanek

Swedish motorcycle racer

Anders Michanek is a Swedish Speedway rider. In 1974 he won the Speedway World Championship in his Swedish homeland with a maximum score of 15 points. He earned 101 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.

1943

Gale Sayers

American football player and philanthropist (died 2020)

Gale Eugene Sayers was an American professional football halfback and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL). Sayers played for the Chicago Bears from 1965 to 1971, though injuries effectively limited…

1943

Lenny Davidson

English guitarist and songwriter

The Dave Clark Five, also known as the DC5, were an English rock and roll band formed in 1958 in Tottenham, London. Drummer Dave Clark was the group's leader, producer and co-songwriter. In January 1964, they had their…

1944

Meredith MacRae

American actress (died 2000)

Meredith Lynn MacRae was an American actress, singer and talk show host. She is known for her roles as Sally Morrison on My Three Sons (1963–1965) and as Billie Jo Bradley on Petticoat Junction (1966–1970).

1944

Stav Prodromou

Greek-American engineer and businessman

Stavro Evangelo "Stav" Prodromou is a Palestinian Greek American businessman, and the founder and former chief executive officer of Poqet Computer Corporation. Prodromou has been CEO of Alien Technology, Peregrine…

1944

Gladys Horton

American singer (died 2011)

Gladys Catherine Horton was an American R&B and pop singer, notable for being the founder and lead singer of the all-female vocal group the Marvelettes, the first successful Motown girl group.

1945

Allan Chapman

English historian and author

Allan Chapman was a British historian of science.

1946

Dragan Džajić

Serbian and Yugoslav footballer

Dragan Džajić is a Serbian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Football Association of Serbia from 14 March 2023.

1946

Jocelyne Bourassa

Canadian golfer (died 2021)

Jocelyne Bourassa, CM was a Canadian professional golfer, who had a distinguished amateur career. She was Rookie of the Year on the LPGA Tour in 1972 and ended her career with one victory on the tour.

1947

Johan De Muynck

Belgian former professional road racing cyclist

Johan De Muynck is a former Belgian professional road racing cyclist who raced from 1971 to 1983. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1978 Giro d'Italia. Other Grand Tour highlights include a very…

1948

Michael Piller

American screenwriter and producer (died 2005)

Michael Piller was an American television scriptwriter and producer, who was best known for his contributions to the Star Trek franchise.

1948

David Thorpe

Australian rules footballer

David Thorpe is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Richmond in the VFL.

1948

P.J. Carlesimo

American basketball player and coach

Peter John Carlesimo is an American former basketball coach who coached in both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and college basketball for nearly 40 years. He is also a television broadcaster and has worked…

1949

Paul Coleridge

English lawyer and judge

Sir Paul James Duke Coleridge is a retired judge of the High Court of England and Wales. He is currently the Chairman of the Marriage Foundation.

1949

Bob Willis

English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2019)

Robert George Dylan Willis was an English cricketer, who represented England between 1971 and 1984. A right-handed fast bowler, Willis is regarded by many as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time. He was a part…

1949

Bertrand Delanoë

French politician, 14th Mayor of Paris

Bertrand Delanoë is a French retired politician who served as Mayor of Paris from 2001 to 2014. A member of the Socialist Party (PS), he previously served in the National Assembly from 1981 to 1986 and in the Senate…

1950

Paresh Rawal

Indian actor, producer, and politician

Paresh Rawal is an Indian actor film producer and former politician, known for his works primarily in Hindi films. Considered as one of the finest actors of Hindi cinema, he has appeared in over 240 films and is the…

1950

Joshua Rozenberg

English lawyer, journalist, and author

Joshua Rufus Rozenberg KC (hon) is a British solicitor, legal affairs commentator, and journalist.

1950

Zdravko Čolić

Bosnian Serb singer-songwriter

Zdravko Čolić is a Bosnian and Serbian pop singer who is widely considered one of the greatest vocalists and cultural icons of the former Yugoslavia. He has been compared to Paul McCartney and Tom Jones by music critics…

1951

Fernando Lugo

Paraguayan bishop and politician, President of Paraguay

Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez is a Paraguayan politician and laicized Catholic bishop who was President of Paraguay from 2008 to 2012. Previously, he was a Roman Catholic priest and bishop, serving as Bishop of the…

1951

Stephen Tobolowsky

American actor, singer, and director

Stephen Harold Tobolowsky is an American character actor and writer. He is known for film roles such as insurance agent Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day and amnesiac Sammy Jankis in Memento, as well as such television…

1951

Daniel Grodnik

American screenwriter and producer

Daniel Grodnik is an American film producer living in Los Angeles, California.

1952

Kerry Fraser

Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and sportscaster

Kerry Fraser is a hockey analyst, broadcaster and former senior referee in the National Hockey League. During his career, he called 1,904 regular season games, 12 Stanley Cup Finals, and over 261 Stanley Cup playoff…

1952

Jim Hunter

Canadian skier

James Mark Hunter, nicknamed "Jungle Jim", is a Canadian former alpine ski racer who represented Canada at two Winter Olympic Games in 1972 and 1976, and won a bronze medal in the 1972 World Championships. He was a…

1953

Colm Meaney

Irish actor

Colm J. Meaney is an Irish actor. Known for his performances across screen and stage, he has received seven nominations from the Irish Film & Television Academy, winning twice for 2001's How Harry Became a Tree, and…

1953

Topper Headon

English drummer and songwriter

Nicholas Bowen "Topper" Headon is an English drummer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the drummer of punk rock band the Clash. Headon was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the rest of the Clash in…

1955

Jacqueline McGlade

English-Canadian biologist, ecologist, and academic

Jacqueline Myriam McGlade is a British-born Canadian marine biologist and environmental informatics professor. Her research concerns the spatial and nonlinear dynamics of ecosystems, climate change and scenario…

1955

Caroline Swift

English lawyer and judge

Dame Caroline Jane Swift, Lady Openshaw,, formerly styled The Hon. Mrs Justice Swift, is a British barrister and former High Court judge. She was leading counsel to the Inquiry in the Shipman Inquiry, which began in…

1955

Colm Tóibín

Irish novelist, poet, playwright, and critic

Colm Tóibín is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet.

1955

Jake Roberts

American professional wrestler

Aurelian Smith Jr. better known by the ring name Jake "the Snake" Roberts, is an American actor, podcaster and retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he serves as a special…

1955

Tim Lucas

American author, screenwriter, and critic

Timothy Ray Lucas is an American film critic, biographer, novelist, screenwriter and blogger, best known for publishing and editing the video review magazine Video Watchdog.

1956

Jonathan Idema

American soldier, mercenary, con artist, vigilante, and criminal (died 2012)

Jonathan Keith "Jack" Idema was an American con artist, mercenary and former United States Army reserve non-commissioned officer, known for his vigilante activities during the War in Afghanistan.

1956

Mike Clayton

Australian golfer

Michael Andrew Clayton is an Australian professional golfer, golf course architect and commentator on the game. He won the 1984 Timex Open on the European Tour and won six times on the PGA Tour of Australasia between…

1957

Eugene Belliveau

Canadian football player

Eugene Belliveau is a Canadian former professional football defensive lineman.

1958

Marie Fredriksson

Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2019)

Gun-Marie Fredriksson was a Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of pop-rock duo Roxette, which she formed in 1986 with Per Gessle. The duo achieved international success in the late 1980s and early…

1958

Steve Israel

American lawyer and politician

Steven Jay Israel is an American political commentator, lobbyist, author, bookseller, and former politician. He served as a U.S. representative from New York from 2001 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was…

1958

Michael López-Alegría

Spanish-American captain, pilot, and astronaut

Michael López-Alegría is an astronaut, test pilot and commercial astronaut with dual nationality, American and Spanish; a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission. He is known…

1958

Ted McGinley

American actor

Theodore Martin McGinley is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jefferson D'Arcy on the television sitcom Married... with Children, Charley Shanowski on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith, and Derek Bishop on the…

1958

Phil Brown

English footballer, coach, and manager

Philip Brown is an English former professional footballer and coach who is currently director of football at Southern League Premier Division Central club Peterborough Sports.

1959

Randy Ferbey

Canadian curler

Randy S. Ferbey is a Canadian retired curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta. Ferbey is a six-time Canadian champion and a four-time World Champion. He recently coached the Rachel Homan women's team.

1959

Frank Vanhecke

Belgian politician

Frank Arthur Hyppolite Vanhecke is a Belgian politician. Vanhecke started his career in Belgian politics as a student by joining the Jong Studentenverbond and later the Nationalistische Studentenvereniging. He gave up…

1959

Harry Enfield

English actor, director, and screenwriter

Henry Richard Enfield is an English comedy actor and writer known in particular for his television work. His shows include Harry Enfield's Television Programme, Harry Enfield & Chums and Harry & Paul, across which he…

1961

John Terlesky

American actor

John Todd Terlesky is an American actor, film director, television director and screenwriter. As an actor, he is known for playing Deathstalker in the 1987 film Deathstalker II, and Mike in Chopping Mall (1986).

1961

Bob Yari

Iranian-American director and producer

Bob Yari is an Iranian-born American film producer and director.

1961

Kevin Eastman

American author and illustrator, co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Kevin Brooks Eastman is an American comic book writer and artist best known for co-creating the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Peter Laird. Eastman was also formerly the editor and publisher of the magazine Heavy…

1962

Richard Fuller

English lawyer and politician

Richard Quentin Fuller is a British politician who has been Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury since November 2024, having previously served as the interim Chairman of the Conservative Party from July to November…

1962

Tim Loughton

English businessman and politician

Timothy Paul Loughton, is a British politician and former banker who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for East Worthing and Shoreham from 1997 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Parliamentary…

1962

Tonya Pinkins

American actress and singer

Tonya Pinkins is an American actress and filmmaker.

1962

Michel Langevin

Canadian drummer and songwriter

Michel "Away" Langevin is a Canadian musician, best known as a founding member and drummer of heavy metal band Voivod. He has been a constant member of the band since its formation in 1982. Langevin is credited with the…

1963

Élise Lucet

French journalist

Élise Lucet is a French journalist and television host. Known for her investigative journalism work on France Télévisions shows such as Pièces à Conviction, Cash Investigation and Envoyé spécial, she has been dubbed…

1963

Helen Sharman

English chemist and astronaut

Helen Patricia Sharman is a British chemist and cosmonaut who became the first British person, first Western European woman and first privately funded woman in space, as well as the first woman to visit the Mir space…

1963

Wynonna Judd

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

Wynonna Ellen Judd Moser, known simply as Wynonna, is an American country music singer. She is one of the most widely recognized and awarded female country musicians in history. She has had 19 No. 1 singles, including…

1964

Andrea Montermini

Italian race car driver

Andrea Montermini is an Italian racing driver. He drove in Formula One from 1994 to 1996.

1964

Tom Morello

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Thomas Baptist Morello is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and political activist. He is known for his tenure with the rock bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave. Between 2016 and 2019, Morello was a…

1964

Troy Coker

Australian rugby player

Troy Coker is a former Australian international rugby union player. He played as a number 8 and was capped 27 times for Australia between 1987 and 1997. He was a member of the winning Australian squad at the 1991 Rugby…

1965

Billy Donovan

American basketball player and coach

William John Donovan Jr. is an American professional basketball coach and former player who most recently was the head coach of the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Before moving to the NBA,…

1965

Iginio Straffi

Italian animator and producer, founded Rainbow S.r.l.

Iginio Straffi is an Italian animator and former comic book author. He is the founder and president of Rainbow SpA, which he co-owned alongside the American media company Paramount Global from 2011 until 2023. Straffi…

1965

Sonya Curry

mother of American basketball players

Sonya Alicia Curry is an American educator and author. She is the mother of professional basketball players Stephen Curry and Seth Curry.

1966

Thomas Häßler

German footballer and manager

Thomas Jürgen "Icke" Häßler is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. At club level, he made a century of appearances for four teams: 1. FC Köln, Karlsruher SC and 1860 Munich in…

1966

Stephen Malkmus

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Stephen Joseph Malkmus is an American musician best known as the primary songwriter, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Pavement. Beginning as a duo, Pavement subsequently grew to a quintet. The band…

1966

Tim Burgess

English singer-songwriter

Timothy Allan Burgess is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Charlatans.

1967

Rechelle Hawkes

Australian hockey player

Rechelle Margaret Hawkes is an Australian former field hockey player. Hawkes spent eight years as the captain of the Australian Women's Hockey Team, the Hockeyroos, and became the second Australian woman after swimmer…

1967

Sven Pipien

German-American bass player

Sven Pipien is a musician best known as the bassist of the southern rock band The Black Crowes.

1967

Jason Kenney

Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Alberta

Jason Thomas Kenney is a former Canadian politician who served as the 18th premier of Alberta from 2019 until 2022, and the leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP) from 2017 until 2022. He also served as the…

1968

Zacarias Moussaoui

French citizen, sentenced to life in prison related to September 11 attacks

Zacarias Moussaoui is an Islamic terrorist who was a member of the al-Qaeda militant organization. He likely planned to participate in the September 11 attacks (9/11) in 2001, in which 19 members of al-Qaeda hijacked…

1968

Naomi Kawase

Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter

Naomi Kawase is a Japanese film director. She was also briefly known as Naomi Sento , with her former husband's surname. Many of her works have been documentaries, including Embracing, about her search for the father…

1969

Ryuhei Kitamura

Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter

Ryuhei Kitamura is a Japanese film director, producer, and screenwriter. Kitamura relocated to Sydney, Australia at age 17 and attended a school for visual arts for two years. In 1997, Kitamura directed and produced…

1969

Paul Grayson

English rugby player and coach

Paul James Grayson, is the former assistant head coach of Northampton Saints rugby union club. He formerly played at fly-half for Northampton, for whom he was the all-time leading points scorer, and England. He is…

1971

Duncan Jones

English director, producer, and screenwriter

Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones is a British film director, film producer and screenwriter. He directed the films Moon (2009), Source Code (2011), Warcraft (2016), and Mute (2018). For Moon, he won the BAFTA Award for…

1971

Idina Menzel

American singer-songwriter and actress

Idina Kim Menzel is an American actress, singer and songwriter.

1971

Jiří Šlégr

Czech ice hockey player and politician

Jiří Šlégr is a Czech professional ice hockey executive and player who is the general manager of the Czech men's national team. Playing as a defenceman, he was a member of the 2001–02 Detroit Red Wings that won the 2002…

1971

Adrian Vowles

Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

Adrian Vowles is a former professional Scotland international rugby league footballer who played as a loose forward or centre in the 1990s and 2000s. He played in Australia for several years, gaining State of Origin…

1971

Big L

American rapper (died 1999)

Lamont Coleman, known professionally as Big L, was an American rapper and record producer. Emerging from Harlem in New York City in 1992, Big L became known among underground hip-hop fans for his freestyling ability. He…

1974

Kostas Chalkias

Greek footballer

Konstantinos "Kostas" Chalkias is a Greek retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Panathinaikos, Apollon Athens, Iraklis, Portsmouth, Real Murcia, Aris, PAOK and Panachaiki.

1974

Shin Ha-kyun

South Korean actor

Shin Ha-kyun is a South Korean actor. He first gained recognition for his role in Joint Security Area (2000), followed by notable performances in Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Save the Green Planet! (2003), and…

1974

David Wilkie

American ice hockey player and coach

David John Wilkie is an American former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, Tampa Bay Lightning, and New York Rangers. He played defense and shot…

1974

Evan Eschmeyer

American basketball player

Evan Bruce Eschmeyer is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the second round of the 1999 NBA draft. He spent six years on the Northwestern University Wildcats,…

1975

Brian Fair

American singer-songwriter

Brian James Fair is an American musician from Massachusetts, best known as lead vocalist of the metalcore band Shadows Fall.

1975

Andy Farrell

English rugby player and coach

Andrew David Farrell is an English professional rugby union coach and former rugby league and rugby union footballer. Farrell has been head coach of the Ireland national rugby union team since 2019.

1975

CeeLo Green

American singer-songwriter

Thomas DeCarlo Callaway-Burton, known professionally as CeeLo Green, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, he gained initial prominence as a member…

1975

Marissa Mayer

American computer scientist and businesswoman

Marissa Ann Mayer is an American business executive, software engineer, and investor who served as president and chief executive officer of Yahoo! from 2012 to 2017, when it was sold to Verizon. She was a long-time…

1975

Arna Lára Jónsdóttir

Icelandic politician

Arna Lára Jónsdóttir is an Icelandic politician and member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, she has represented the Northwest constituency since November 2024.

1976

Rasho Nesterović

basketball player

Radoslav "Rasho" Nesterović is a Slovenian former professional basketball player. He holds citizenship in both Slovenia and Greece. During his career in the NBA, Nesterović played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, San…

1976

Magnus Norman

Swedish tennis player and coach

Magnus Norman is a Swedish former professional tennis player and current coach. He was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), in June 2000. Norman won twelve ATP Tour…

1976

Margaret Okayo

Kenyan runner

Margaret Okayo is a professional Kenyan marathon runner. She has won four World Marathon Majors with victories in the New York City Marathon, the Boston Marathon and the London Marathon, setting three course records.…

1976

Rachael Stirling

English actress

Rachael Atlanta Stirling is a British stage, film, and television actress. She played Nancy Astley in the BBC drama Tipping the Velvet, and Millie in the ITV series The Bletchley Circle. She has also guest-starred in…

1977

Federico Vilar

Argentinian-Italian footballer

Federico Vilar Baudena is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper.

1977

Mike Bishai

Canadian ice hockey player

Michael Bishai is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. Bishai was never drafted but played in the National Hockey League with the Edmonton Oilers.

1979

Clint Bowyer

American race car driver

Clinton Aaron Bowyer is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and commentator for NASCAR on Fox.

1979

Francis Lessard

Canadian ice hockey player

Francis Lessard is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward who most recently played for the Trois-Rivières Blizzard in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH). While he had stints in the NHL with the…

1979

Steven Gerrard

English international footballer and manager

Steven George Gerrard is an English professional football manager and a former player who most recently managed Saudi Pro League club Al Ettifaq. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time and one of…

1980

Ilona Korstin

Russian basketball player

Ilona Kalyuvna Korstin, alternatively spelled Korstine, is a retired Russian basketball forward of Estonian origin, who competed for her native Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2012…

1980

Ryōgo Narita

Japanese author

Ryōgo Narita is a Japanese light novelist and manga writer. He won the Gold Prize in the 9th Dengeki Novel Prize for Baccano!, which was made into an anime television series in 2007. His series Durarara!! was also made…

1980

Devendra Banhart

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Devendra Obi Banhart is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist. He was born in Texas and grew up in Venezuela and California. In 2000, he dropped out of the San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco to…

1981

Gianmaria Bruni

Italian race car driver

Gianmaria "Gimmi" Bruni is an Italian Porsche factory auto racing driver who drove in the 2004 Formula One World Championship for Minardi. He is a GP2 Series race winner and is now racing in the FIA World Endurance…

1981

Ahmad Elrich

Australian footballer

Ahmad Elrich is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a right winger for Australian club Parramatta FC.

1981

Remy Ma

American rapper

Reminisce Kioni Smith, known professionally as Remy Ma, is an American rapper. Discovered by the late rapper Big Pun, she came to prominence for her work as a member of Fat Joe's group, Terror Squad. Her debut solo…

1981

Lars Møller Madsen

Danish handball player

Lars Møller Madsen is a Danish team handball player. He has played for the Swedish clubs IFK Kristianstad and HIF Karlskrona, Polish Wisla Plock and Danish side Skjern Håndbold. He ended his career in 2008 at the age of…

1981

Hisanori Takada

Japanese footballer

Hisanori Takada was a Japanese professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1981

Eddie Griffin

American basketball player (died 2007)

Eddie Jamaal Griffin was an American professional basketball player from Philadelphia. He last played for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, who waived him on March 13, 2007. Months later, he was killed in a car crash.

1982

James Simpson-Daniel

English rugby player

James David Simpson-Daniel is a former English rugby union footballer who played wing or centre for Gloucester Rugby.

1982

Leonid Radvinsky

American businessman (died 2026)

Leonid Saveliyovych Radvinsky was an American billionaire businessman and the majority owner of OnlyFans. Born in the Ukrainian SSR, Radvinsky was the founder of the cam site MyFreeCams, and the majority owner of…

1982

Sham Kwok Fai

Hong Kong footballer

Sham Kwok Fai is a Hong Kong former professional footballer who played as a right back.

1984

Matt Maguire

Australian footballer

Matthew John Maguire is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the St Kilda Football Club and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).

1984

Alexander Sulzer

German ice hockey player

Alexander Sulzer is a German former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) and National Hockey League (NHL).

1984

Igor Kurnosov

Russian chess player (died 2013)

Igor Kurnosov was a Russian chess grandmaster.

1985

Igor Lewczuk

Polish footballer

Igor Lewczuk is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for III liga club KS CK Troszyn. Besides Poland, he has played in France.

1985

Aaron Volpatti

Canadian ice hockey player

Anthony Aaron Volpatti is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played with the Vancouver Canucks and the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL).

1985

Nikolay Bodurov

Bulgarian international footballer

Nikolay Georgiev Bodurov is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for Pirin Blagoevgrad and the Bulgaria national team. Bodurov plays mainly as a centre back but has also played as a right back on some occasions.

1986

Will Peltz

American actor

William Peltz is an American actor, known for his roles in the supernatural horror film Unfriended (2014), the comedy-drama film Men, Women & Children (2014), and the supernatural drama television series Manifest (2021).

1986

Ailee

Korean-American singer and songwriter

Amy Lee, known professionally as Ailee (에일리), is an American singer and songwriter based in South Korea. Amassing digital sales success in South Korea, she has released four studio albums, six extended plays, and twenty…

1989

Lesia Tsurenko

Ukrainian tennis player

Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko is a Ukrainian inactive professional tennis player. Tsurenko has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and eight doubles tournaments on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18…

1989

Im Yoon-ah

South Korean singer and actress

Lim Yoona, also known mononymously as Yoona, is a South Korean singer and actress. After training for five years, she debuted as a member of girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007, which went on to become one of…

1990

Andrei Loktionov

Russian ice hockey player

Andrei Vyacheslavovich Loktionov is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is currently a free agent. Most recently he played for Sibir Novosibirsk of the KHL. He also played in the National Hockey League (NHL)…

1990

Zack Wheeler

American baseball player

Zachary Harrison Wheeler is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Mets.

1990

Jonathan Fox

English swimmer

Jonathan Andrew Fox is a British Paralympic swimmer.

1991

Harrison Barnes

American basketball player

Harrison Bryce Jordan Barnes is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels before…

1992

Danielle Harold

English actress

Danielle Amy Harold is an English actress. She rose to prominence playing Lola Pearce in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Her portrayal of Lola's glioblastoma brain tumour storyline, that ultimately resulted in the…

1992

Jeremy Lamb

American basketball player

Jeremy "Fly Guy" Emmanuel Lamb is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the UConn Huskies, where he was the second-leading scorer on the 2011 national champion UConn Huskies…

1992

Scott Laughton

Canadian ice hockey player

Scott Laughton is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a free agent.

1994

Beatriz Haddad Maia

Brazilian tennis player

Beatriz "Bia" Haddad Maia is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 10 in singles and doubles by the WTA, becoming the first Brazilian woman to enter the top 10 in singles…

1996

Aleksandr Golovin

Russian footballer

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Golovin is a Russian professional footballer who alternates between an attacking midfielder and a left winger for Ligue 1 club Monaco and captains the Russia national team.

1996

Jung Eun-bi

South Korean singer and actress

Jung Eun-bi, better known by her stage name Eunha (은하), is a South Korean singer. She is a vocalist in the girl groups GFriend and Viviz.

1997

Charlie Hall

American actor

Charlie Hall is an American television and film actor.

1997

Jake Short

American actor

Jacob Patrick Short is an American actor. His roles have included Fletcher Quimby in the Disney Channel sitcom A.N.T. Farm (2011–2014), Oliver in the Disney XD series Mighty Med (2013–2015) and Lab Rats: Elite Force…

1997

Eddie Nketiah

English footballer

Edward Keddar Nketiah is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Crystal Palace. He has played once for the England national team.

1999

Guanyu Zhou

Chinese race car driver

Zhou Guanyu is a Chinese racing driver who serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Cadillac. Zhou competed in Formula One from 2022 to 2024, and remains the only Chinese driver to compete in Formula One.

1999

Jared S. Gilmore

American actor

Jared Scott Gilmore is an American former actor and Twitch streamer. He is best known for his role in the series Once Upon a Time (2011–2018) as Henry Mills.

2000

Natty

Thai singer based in South Korea

Anatchaya Suputhipong, known professionally as Natty, is a Thai singer based in South Korea. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Kiss of Life which debuted under S2 Entertainment on July 5, 2023. She was…

2002

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