Famous Birthdays on May 9

Q: Who was born on May 9?

Famous people born on May 9 include: Minamoto no Yoritomo, al-Adid, Maharana Pratap, Jerónima de la Asunción, Louis Henry.

1995 — Beth Mead

English footballer

May 9 has seen 110 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1147 – 2000. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · May 9 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 110 people 1147 – 2000

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At UEFA Women's Euro 2022, she became the Golden Boot winner, Player of the Tournament, and top assist provider, leading England to win a major tournament for the first time

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She was part of the England squad which won UEFA Euro 2025, having her penalty saved in the shootout of the tournament's final.

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Later that year, she was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year, becoming the first women's footballer to win the prestigious award; and finished runner-up for the Ballon d'Or and UEFA Player of the Year

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A creative and prolific forward, she has all-time most assists and all-time second-most goal contributions in the WSL

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Bethany Jane Mead is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Women's Super League (WSL) club Arsenal and the England national team

Minamoto no Yoritomo

Japanese shōgun (died 1199)

Minamoto no Yoritomo was a samurai, daimyo and the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate, ruling from 1192 until 1199, also the first shogun in the history of Japan to hold de-facto power over Japan.…

1147

al-Adid

last Fatimid caliph (died 1171)

Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf ibn al-Ḥāfiẓ, better known by his regnal name al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh, was the fourteenth and last caliph of the Fatimid dynasty, and the twenty-fourth imam of the Hafizi Isma'ili branch…

1151

Maharana Pratap

Indian ruler (died 1597)

Pratap Singh I, popularly known as Maharana Pratap, was king of the Kingdom of Mewar, in north-western India in the present-day state of Rajasthan, from 1572 until his death in 1597. He is notable for leading the Rajput…

1540

Jerónima de la Asunción

Spanish Catholic nun and founder of the first monastery in Manila (died 1630)

Jerónima de la Asunción, O.S.C. was a Spanish Catholic nun and abbess who founded the Real Monasterio de Santa Clara in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines.

1555

Louis Henry

Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg, military leader in the Thirty Years' War (died 1662)

Louis Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg, was Count, and from 1654 Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg. During the Thirty Years' War, he was a senior officer. He climbed to the rank of Major General. Before 1635, he served on the…

1594

Frederick

Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (died 1655)

Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Eschwege was from 1632 until his death Landgrave of the apanage of Hesse-Eschwege, which stood under the suzerainty of Hesse-Kassel.

1617

Giovanni Paisiello

Italian composer and educator (probable; (died 1816)

Giovanni Paisiello was an Italian composer of the Classical era, and was the most popular opera composer of the late 1700s. His operatic style influenced Mozart and Rossini.

1740

Gaspard Monge

French mathematician and engineer (died 1818)

Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse was a French mathematician, commonly presented as the inventor of descriptive geometry, technical drawing, and the father of differential geometry.

1746

János Batsányi

Hungarian-Austrian poet and author (died 1845)

János Batsányi was a Hungarian poet.

1763

John Brown

American abolitionist (died 1859)

John Brown was an American abolitionist in the decades preceding the American Civil War. An evangelical Christian of strong religious convictions, Brown was profoundly influenced by the Puritan faith of his upbringing.…

1800

Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood

English politician, founded the town of Fleetwood (died 1866)

Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, 1st Baronet, was an English landowner, developer and Member of Parliament who founded the town of Fleetwood, in Lancashire, England. Born Peter Hesketh, he changed his name by Royal assent…

1801

John Brougham

Irish-American actor and playwright (died 1880)

John Brougham was an Irish and American actor, dramatist, poet, theatre manager, and author. As an actor and dramatist he had most of his career in the United States, where he was celebrated for his portrayals of comic…

1814

Frederick Weld

English-New Zealand politician, 6th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1891)

Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld, was an English-born New Zealand politician and colonial administrator of various British colonies and territories located in Oceania and Southeast Asia. He was the sixth Prime Minister of…

1823

Jacob ben Moses Bachrach

Polish apologist and author (died 1896)

Jacob ben Moses Bachrach was a noted apologist of Rabbinic Judaism. He was descended from Rabbi Yair Chayim Bacharach, and in turn from the Maharal of Prague.

1824

James Collinson

Victorian painter (died 1881)

James Collinson was a Victorian painter who was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood from 1848 to 1850. Collinson was known for the paintings,The Renunciation of St Elizabeth of Hungary, To Let and For Sale.…

1825

Ferdinand Monoyer

French ophthalmologist, invented the Monoyer chart (died 1912)

Ferdinand Monoyer was a French ophthalmologist, known for introducing the dioptre in 1872.

1836

Adam Opel

German engineer, founded the Opel Company (died 1895)

Adam Opel was a German entrepreneur who founded the company Adam Opel AG, then a manufacturer of bicycles and sewing machines.

1837

Gustaf de Laval

Swedish engineer and businessman (died 1913)

Karl Gustaf Patrik de Laval was a Swedish engineer and inventor who made important contributions to the design of steam turbines and centrifugal separation machinery for dairy.

1845

Edward Weston

English-American chemist (died 1936)

Edward Weston was an English-born American chemist and engineer noted for his achievements in electroplating and his development of the electrochemical cell, named the Weston cell, for the voltage standard. Weston was a…

1850

Julius Röntgen

German-Dutch composer (died 1932)

Julius Engelbert Röntgen was a German-Dutch composer of classical music. He was a friend of Liszt, Brahms and Grieg.

1855

J. M. Barrie

Scottish novelist and playwright (died 1937)

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet was a British novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful…

1860

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Indian economist and politician (died 1915)

Gopal Krishna Gokhale was an Indian political leader and a social reformer during the Indian independence movement, and political mentor of Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi. Gokhale was a senior leader of the…

1866

Harry Vardon

British golfer (died 1937)

Henry William Vardon was a professional golfer from Jersey. He was a member of the Great Triumvirate with John Henry Taylor and James Braid. Vardon won The Open Championship a record six times, and also won the 1900…

1870

Anton Cermak

Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (died 1933)

Anton Joseph Cermak was an American politician who served as the 44th Mayor of Chicago from 1931 until he was fatally wounded in 1933 by Giuseppe Zangara, who was trying to assassinate President-elect Franklin D.…

1873

Howard Carter

English archaeologist and historian (died 1939)

Howard Carter was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who became known for discovering the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun in November 1922, the best-preserved pharaonic tomb ever found in the…

1874

George Barker

American painter (died 1965)

George Barker was a portrait and landscape painter from the United States. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, much of his work was done in Southern California. While teaching at Long Beach Polytechnic High School in the late…

1882

Henry J. Kaiser

American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards (died 1967)

Henry John Kaiser was an American industrialist who became known for his shipbuilding and construction projects, then later for his involvement in fostering modern American health care. Prior to World War II, Kaiser was…

1882

José Ortega y Gasset

Spanish philosopher, author, and critic (died 1955)

José Ortega y Gasset was a Spanish philosopher and essayist. He worked during the first half of the 20th century while Spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism and dictatorship. His philosophy has been…

1883

Valdemar Psilander

Danish actor (died 1917)

Valdemar Einar Psilander was a Danish silent film actor, who was the highest-paid performer of his period and received critical acclaim as the greatest male lead during the golden era of Danish cinema.

1884

Gianni Vella

Maltese artist (died 1977)

Gianni Vella was a Maltese artist. After studying in Rome, he produced many religious works which can be found in many churches in the Maltese Islands, but he also produced some secular works, including landscape…

1885

Francesco Baracca

Italian fighter pilot (died 1918)

Francesco Baracca was Italy's top fighter ace of World War I. He was credited with 34 aerial victories. The emblem he wore side by side on his plane of a black horse prancing on its two rear hooves inspired Enzo Ferrari…

1888

Rolf de Maré

Swedish art collector (died 1964)

Rolf de Maré, sometimes called Rolf de Mare, was a Swedish art collector and leader of the Ballets Suédois in Paris in 1920–25. In 1931 he founded the world's first research center and museum for dance in Paris.

1888

Zita of Bourbon-Parma

last Empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (died 1989)

Zita of Bourbon-Parma was the last Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, in addition to other titles. She ascended to these titles when her husband, Charles I, became the last monarch of Austria-Hungary. She was…

1892

William Moulton Marston

American psychologist and author (died 1947)

William Moulton Marston, also known by the pen name Charles Moulton, was an American psychologist who, with his wife Elizabeth Holloway, invented an early prototype of the polygraph. He was also known as a self-help…

1893

Benjamin Graham

British-American economist, professor, and investor (died 1976)

Benjamin Graham was an English-American financial analyst, economist, accountant, investor and professor. He is widely known as the "father of value investing", and wrote two of the discipline's founding texts: Security…

1894

Richard Barthelmess

American actor (died 1963)

Richard Semler Barthelmess was an American film actor, principally of the Hollywood silent era. He starred opposite Lillian Gish in D. W. Griffith's Broken Blossoms (1919) and Way Down East (1920) and was among the…

1895

Lucian Blaga

Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (died 1961)

Lucian Blaga was a Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright, poetry translator and novelist. He is one of the most important philosophers and poets of Romania, and a prominent philosopher of the interwar period in Eastern…

1895

Frank Foss

American pole vaulter (died 1989)

Frank Kent Foss was an American pole vaulter. He won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics, while breaking his own unofficial world record.

1895

Richard Day

Canadian-American art director and set decorator (died 1972)

Richard Day was a Canadian art director in the film industry. He won seven Academy Awards and was nominated for a further 13 in the category of Best Art Direction. He worked on 265 films between 1923 and 1970. He was…

1896

Maria Malicka

Polish stage and film actress (died 1992)

Maria Malicka was a Polish stage and film actress. She appeared in ten films between 1927 and 1966.

1900

Jackie Grant

Trinidadian cricketer (died 1978)

George Copeland "Jackie" Grant was a West Indian cricketer who captained the West Indies in Test cricket between 1930 and 1935. He was later a missionary in South Africa and Rhodesia.

1907

Baldur von Schirach

German politician (died 1974)

Baldur Benedikt von Schirach was a German politician who was the leader (Reichsjugendführer) of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940. From 1940 to 1945, he was the Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter of Vienna.

1907

Billy Jurges

American baseball player and manager (died 1997)

William Frederick Jurges was an American shortstop, third baseman, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball. He was born in the Bronx, New York. During the 1930s, he was central to three National League…

1908

Gordon Bunshaft

American architect, designed the Solow Building (died 1990)

Gordon Bunshaft was an American architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century. A partner in Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Bunshaft joined the firm in 1937 and remained with it for more…

1909

Pedro Armendáriz

Mexican-American actor (died 1963)

Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings was a Mexican actor. With the actresses Dolores del Río and María Félix, he was one of the best-known Latin American movie stars of the 1940s and 1950s. He won the Ariel Award for Best…

1912

Carlo Maria Giulini

Italian conductor and director (died 2005)

Carlo Maria Giulini was an Italian conductor. From the age of five, when he began to play the violin, Giulini's musical education was expanded when he began to study at Italy's foremost conservatory, the Conservatorio…

1914

J. Merrill Knapp

American musicologist (died 1993)

John Merrill Knapp was an American musicologist and academic. He was considered an authority on the life and works of George Frideric Handel. Born in New York City, Knapp graduated from the Hotchkiss School before…

1914

Hank Snow

Canadian-American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999)

Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow was a Canadian-American country music guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts between 1950 and 1980. Snow…

1914

Mike Wallace

American journalist (died 2012)

Myron Leon Wallace was an American broadcast journalist, and television personality. Known for his investigative journalism, he interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during his seven-decade career. He was one…

1918

Daniel Berrigan

American priest, poet, and activist (died 2016)

Daniel Joseph Berrigan was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, playwright, poet, and author.

1921

Sophie Scholl

German activist (died 1943)

Sophia Magdalena Scholl was a German student and anti-Nazi political activist, active in the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany.

1921

Bulat Okudzhava

Russian singer, poet, and author (died 1997)

Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava was a Soviet and Russian poet, writer, musician, novelist, and singer-songwriter of Georgian-Armenian ancestry. He was one of the founders of the Soviet genre called "author song", or "guitar…

1924

Manfred Eigen

German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)

Manfred Eigen was a German biophysical chemist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on measuring fast chemical reactions.

1927

Pancho Gonzales

American tennis player (died 1995)

Ricardo Alonso "Pancho" González, known sometimes as Richard Gonzales, was an American tennis player. He won 15 major singles titles, including two U.S. National Championships in 1948 and 1949, and 13 Professional…

1928

Barbara Ann Scott

Canadian figure skater (died 2012)

Barbara Ann Scott was a Canadian figure skater. She was the 1948 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (1947–1948), and a four-time Canadian national champion in ladies' singles. Known as "Canada's Sweetheart",…

1928

Joan Sims

English actress (died 2001)

Irene Joan Marion Sims was an English actress and comedienne, best remembered for her roles in the Carry On franchise, appearing in 24 of the films.

1930

Vance D. Brand

American pilot, engineer, and astronaut

Vance DeVoe Brand is a retired American naval officer, aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He served as command module pilot during the first U.S.-Soviet joint spaceflight in 1975, and as…

1931

Geraldine McEwan

English actress (died 2015)

Geraldine McEwan was an English actress, who had a long career in film, theatre and television. Michael Coveney described her, in a tribute article, as "a great comic stylist, with a syrupy, seductive voice and a…

1932

Alan Bennett

English screenwriter, playwright, and novelist

Alan Bennett is an English playwright, author, actor and screenwriter. He has received numerous awards and honours including four BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2005, he received the…

1934

Nokie Edwards

American guitarist (died 2018)

Nole Floyd "Nokie" Edwards was an American musician and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was primarily a guitarist, best known for his work with The Ventures, and was known in Japan as the 'King of Guitars'.…

1935

Albert Finney

English actor (died 2019)

Albert Finney was an English actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining fame for film acting during the early 1960s, debuting with The Entertainer (1960), directed by…

1936

Glenda Jackson

English actress and politician (died 2023)

Glenda May Jackson was an English actress and politician. Over the course of her distinguished career she received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, three Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, making her one of…

1936

Carroll Cole

American serial killer (died 1985)

Carroll Edward "Eddie" Cole was an American serial killer who was executed in Nevada in 1985 for killing two women by strangulation. He was also convicted of murdering three other women in Texas and is believed to have…

1938

Charles Simić

Serbian-American poet and editor (died 2023)

Dušan Simić, known as Charles Simic, was a Serbian American poet and poetry co-editor of The Paris Review. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1990 for The World Doesn't End and was a finalist of the Pulitzer…

1938

Ion Țiriac

Romanian tennis player and manager

Ion Țiriac (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon t͡siriˈak]; born 9 May 1939), also known as the "Brașov Bulldozer", is a Romanian businessman, former professional tennis and ice hockey player and current president of the…

1939

James L. Brooks

American director, producer, and screenwriter

James Lawrence Brooks is an American director, producer and screenwriter, and the founder of Gracie Films. He co-created the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Simpsons and directed the films Terms of…

1940

Dorothy Hyman

English sprinter

Dorothy Hyman is an English retired sprinter. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m events, winning three medals. She also won individual 100 m gold and 200 m silver at the…

1941

John Ashcroft

American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General

John David Ashcroft is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and former politician who served as the 79th United States attorney general under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. A Republican from Missouri, Ashcroft…

1942

David Gergen

American political consultant (died 2025)

David Richmond Gergen was an American political commentator and longtime presidential adviser who served during the administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. He was later a senior…

1942

Vince Cable

English economist and politician, former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

Sir John Vincent Cable is a British politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017 to 2019. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Twickenham from 1997 to 2015 and from 2017 to 2019. He also served in the…

1943

Colin Pillinger

English astronomer, chemist, and academic (died 2014)

Colin Trevor Pillinger, was an English planetary scientist. He was a founding member of the Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute at The Open University in Milton Keynes; he was also the principal investigator…

1943

Jupp Heynckes

German footballer and manager

Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is a German retired professional footballer and manager. For the majority of his playing career he was as a striker for Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden era of the 1960s and '70s, when they…

1945

Candice Bergen

American actress and producer

Candice Patricia Bergen is an American actress. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards as the title character on Murphy Brown. She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama…

1946

Yukiya Amano

Japanese diplomat (died 2019)

Yukiya Amano was a Japanese diplomat, who served as the Director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1 December 2009 until his death on 18 July 2019. Previously, Amano served as an…

1947

Calvin Murphy

American basketball player and radio host

Calvin Jerome Murphy is an American former professional basketball player who after a prolific collegiate career at Niagara University, where he averaged 33.1 points per game over his three years, played in the National…

1948

Billy Joel

American singer-songwriter and pianist

William Martin Joel is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Nicknamed the "Piano Man", after his 1973 signature song of the same name, Joel has had a successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s. From 1971…

1949

Alley Mills

American actress

Allison Mills, also known as Alley Bean, is an American actress known for her roles on television. She starred as Norma Arnold in the coming-of-age ABC comedy series The Wonder Years (1988–1993). In 2006, she began…

1951

Joy Harjo

American poet, musician, playwright and author, 23rd United States Poet Laureate

Joy Harjo is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author. She served as the 23rd United States poet laureate from 2019 to 2022, the first Native American to hold that honor. She was also only the second Poet…

1951

Meles Zenawi

Prime Minister of Ethiopia (died 2012)

Meles Zenawi Asres, born Legesse Zenawi Asres was an Ethiopian politician and former rebel militant commander who served as president of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and as prime minister from 1995 until his death in 2012.

1955

Anne Sofie von Otter

Swedish soprano and actress

Anne Sofie von Otter is a Swedish mezzo-soprano. Her repertoire encompasses lieder, operas, oratorios and also rock and pop songs.

1955

Wendy Crewson

Canadian actress and producer

Wendy Jane Crewson is a Canadian actress and producer. She began her career on Canadian television, before her breakthrough role in the 1991 dramatic film The Doctor.

1956

Tony Gwynn

American baseball player and coach (died 2014)

Anthony Keith Gwynn Sr., nicknamed "Mr. Padre", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 20 seasons (1982–2001) in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres. The left-handed hitting…

1960

John Corbett

American actor

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1961

Steve Yzerman

Canadian ice hockey player and manager

Stephen Gregory Yzerman is a Canadian former professional hockey player who is currently the executive vice president and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, where he spent all 22 seasons of his NHL playing…

1965

Ruth Kelly

British economist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport

Ruth Maria Kelly is the chair of Water UK, the trade association representing all of the water and wastewater companies of the United Kingdom.

1968

Marie-José Pérec

French sprinter

Marie-José Pérec is a retired French track and field sprinter who specialised in the 200 and 400 metres and is a three-time Olympic gold medalist. She was born in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe and moved…

1968

Doug Christie

American basketball player and coach

Douglas Dale Christie is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

1970

Hao Haidong

Chinese footballer

Hao Haidong is a Chinese former international footballer. He holds the record for being China's top goalscorer.

1970

Ghostface Killah

American rapper and actor

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1970

Tegla Loroupe

Kenyan runner

Tegla Chepkite Loroupe is a former Kenyan long-distance track and road runner. She is also a global spokeswoman for peace, women's rights and education. Loroupe holds the world records for 25 and 30 kilometers and…

1973

Tamia

Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Tamia Marilyn Washington Hill is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Tamia performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. In 1994, after signing a development deal…

1975

Averno

Mexican wrestler

Renato Ruíz Cortes, better known by his ring name Averno (Hell), is a Mexican professional wrestler, signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Ruíz initially worked for (CMLL) as Rencor Latino in 1995, but did…

1977

Marek Jankulovski

Czech footballer

Marek Jankulovski is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender. His most notable achievements include winning the UEFA Champions League with AC Milan and being voted the 2007 Czech Footballer of…

1977

Svein Tuft

Canadian cyclist

Svein Tuft is a Canadian former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2019 for the Symmetrics, Garmin–Transitions, SpiderTech–C10, Mitchelton–Scott and Rally UHC Cycling teams. Tuft was the winner…

1977

Rosario Dawson

American actress

Rosario Isabel Dawson is an American actress and activist. She made her feature-film debut in the 1995 independent drama Kids. Her subsequent film roles include He Got Game (1998), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), 25th…

1979

Brandon Webb

American baseball player

Brandon Tyler Webb is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Webb pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2003 through 2009, and, after multiple shoulder surgeries, signed…

1979

Grant Hackett

Australian swimmer

Grant George Hackett OAM is an Australian swimmer, most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led…

1980

Gilles Müller

Luxembourgian tennis player

Gilles Müller is a Luxembourgish former professional tennis player. He is a two-time major singles quarterfinalist, making him by far the most successful male tennis player in Luxembourgish history. Müller won two…

1983

Prince Fielder

American baseball player

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1984

Kevin Gameiro

French footballer

Kevin Dominique Gameiro is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was a strong striker known for his clinical finishing, which compensated for his relatively light frame.

1987

J. R. Fitzpatrick

Canadian racing driver

John Ryan Fitzpatrick is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. Fitzpatrick was the youngest driver to ever win the now defunct CASCAR Super Series championship, winning in the series' final season of 2006 at…

1988

Ellen White

English footballer

Ellen Toni Convery is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. She is the record goalscorer for the England women's national team.

1989

Daniel Rosenfeld

German musician

Daniel Rosenfeld, known professionally as C418, is a German musician, composer, producer, and sound designer. Known for his minimalistic ambient work, he rose to fame as the original composer and sound designer for the…

1989

Majlinda Kelmendi

Kosovar judoka

Majlinda Kelmendi is a Kosovan-Albanian former judoka and judo coach.

1991

Dan Burn

English footballer

Daniel Johnson Burn is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Newcastle United and the England national team.

1992

Tommy Edman

American baseball player

Thomas Hyunsu Edman, is an American professional baseball utility player for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals. Edman also represents the…

1995

Shaboozey

American rapper and singer-songwriter

Collins Obinna Chibueze, known professionally as Shaboozey, is an American singer. His music combines country, Americana and hip-hop. After releasing two albums, Lady Wrangler (2017) and Cowboys Live Forever, Outlaws…

1995

Noah Centineo

American actor

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1996

Trey Lance

American football player

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2000

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