Famous Birthdays on November 12

Q: Who was born on November 12?

Famous people born on November 12 include: Jacques of Savoy, Johan Rantzau, Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen, Qi Jiguang, Claude of Valois.

Q: What is Tevin Campbell known for?

Tevin Campbell, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor

184 people 1450 – 2007

November 12 has seen 184 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1450 – 2007. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · November 12 — Wikipedia

1976 — Tevin Campbell

American R&B singer-songwriter and actor

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In 1996, Campbell released his third album, Back to the World, which was not as commercially or critically successful as his first two releases

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Following an audition for jazz musician Bobbi Humphrey in 1988, Campbell was signed to Warner Bros

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In 1989, Campbell collaborated with Quincy Jones performing lead vocals for "Tomorrow" on Jones' album Back on the Block and released his Platinum-selling debut album, T.E.V.I.N

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The album included his highest-charting single to date, "Tell Me What You Want Me to Do", peaking at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100

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His fourth album, Tevin Campbell, was released in 1999, but performed poorly on Billboard's album charts

Jacques of Savoy

Count of Romont, Prince of Savoy (died 1486)

Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont was a member of the House of Savoy and military commander during the Burgundian Wars.

1450

Johan Rantzau

German general (died 1565)

Johan Rantzau was a German-Danish field marshal and statesman known for his role in the Count's Feud. His military leadership ensured the succession of Christian III to the throne, which brought about the Reformation in…

1492

Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen

Princess of Anhalt by birth, by marriage Duchess of Saxony (died 1521)

Margaret of Anhalt was a member of the House of Ascania and was a princess of Anhalt by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxony.

1494

Qi Jiguang

Chinese general (died 1588)

Qi Jiguang, courtesy name Yuanjing, art names Nantang and Mengzhu, posthumous name Wuyi, was a Chinese military general and writer of the Ming dynasty. He is best known for leading the defense on the coastal regions…

1528

Claude of Valois

French princess (died 1575)

Claude of Valois was a French princess as the second daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici, and Duchess of Lorraine by marriage to Charles III, Duke of Lorraine.

1547

Albrecht of Hanau-Münzenberg

German nobleman (died 1635)

Albert of Hanau-Münzenberg was the younger son of Philip Louis I of Hanau-Münzenberg (1553-1580) and his wife, Countess Magdalene of Waldeck-Wildungen (1558-1599). The only sons of his parents to reach adulthood were…

1579

Jeanne Mance

French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (died 1673)

Jeanne Mance was a French nurse and settler of New France. She arrived in New France two years after the Ursuline nuns came to Quebec. Among the founders of Montreal in 1642, she established its first hospital, the…

1606

Richard Baxter

English minister, poet, and theologian (died 1691)

Richard Baxter was an English Nonconformist church leader and theologian from Rowton, Shropshire, who has been described as "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen". He made his reputation in the late 1630s by his…

1615

Diego Luis de San Vitores

Spanish Jesuit missionary (died 1672)

Diego Luis de San Vitores, SJ was a Spanish Jesuit missionary who founded the first Catholic church on the island of Guam. He is responsible for establishing the Christian presence in the Mariana Islands. He and his…

1627

Juana Inés de la Cruz

Mexican nun, poet, and scholar (died 1695)

Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, was a Hieronymite nun and a Novohispanic writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baroque period, nicknamed "The Tenth Muse",…

1651

Francis Nicholson

British Army general and colonial administrator (died 1727)

Lieutenant-General Francis Nicholson was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of South Carolina from 1721 to 1725. He also served as the governor of Nova Scotia from 1712 to 1715,…

1655

Edward Vernon

English admiral and politician (died 1757)

Admiral Edward Vernon was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He had a long and distinguished career, rising to the rank of admiral after 46 years service. As a vice admiral during the War of Jenkins' Ear, in 1739 he…

1684

Louis Antoine de Bougainville

French admiral and explorer (died 1811)

Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville was a French military officer and explorer. After having served in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War, Bougainville later gained fame for his expeditions,…

1729

Gerhard von Scharnhorst

Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (died 1813)

Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst was a Hanoverian-born general in Prussian service from 1801. As the first Chief of the Prussian General Staff, he was noted for his military theories, his reforms of the Prussian…

1755

Charles Bell

Scottish surgeon and artist (died 1842)

Sir Charles Bell was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist, physiologist, neurologist, artist, and philosophical theologian. Bell discovered the difference between sensory nerves and motor nerves in the spinal cord, and also…

1774

Piet Retief

South African ruler (died 1838)

Pieter Retief was a Voortrekker leader. Settling in 1814 in the frontier region of the Cape Colony, he later assumed command of punitive expeditions during the sixth Xhosa War. He became a spokesperson for the frontier…

1780

Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz

Livonian physician and botanist (died 1831)

Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz was a Baltic German physician, naturalist, and entomologist. He was one of the earliest scientific explorers of the Pacific region, making significant collections of flora and…

1793

Thaddeus William Harris

American entomologist and botanist (died 1856)

Thaddeus William Harris was an American entomologist and librarian. His focus on insect life cycles and interactions with plants was influential in broadening American entomological studies beyond a narrow taxonomic…

1795

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

American activist (died 1902)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century. She was the main force behind the 1848 Seneca Falls…

1815

Bahá'u'lláh

Persian spiritual leader, founded the Baháʼí Faith (died 1892)

Baháʼu'lláh was an Iranian religious leader who founded the Baháʼí Faith. He was born to an aristocratic family in Iran and was exiled due to his adherence to the messianic Bábism. In 1863, in Ottoman Iraq, he first…

1817

Alexander Borodin

Russian composer and chemist (died 1887)

Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian–Russian parentage. He was one of the prominent 19th-century composers known as "The Five", a group dedicated to producing a…

1833

Auguste Rodin

French sculptor and illustrator, created The Thinker (died 1917)

François Auguste René Rodin was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a unique ability to…

1840

John William Strutt

3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, was a British physicist and hereditary peer who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904 for his discovery of argon.

1842

Eduard Müller

Swiss lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1919)

Eduard Müller was a Swiss politician who was Mayor of Bern (1888–1895), President of the Swiss National Council (1890/1891) and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1895–1919). He was a member of the Free Democratic…

1848

Mikhail Chigorin

Russian chess player and theoretician (died 1908)

Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin was a Russian chess player. He played two World Championship matches against Wilhelm Steinitz, losing both times. The last great player of the Romantic chess style, he also served as a major…

1850

Sun Yat-sen

Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (died 1925)

Sun Yat-sen, a.k.a. Sun Zhongshan, Sun Wen, was a Chinese revolutionary and statesman who founded the Republic of China (ROC) and the Kuomintang (KMT). Sun is credited with leading the 1911 Revolution and overthrowing…

1866

William Fay

Irish actor and producer (died 1947)

William George Fay was an actor and theatre producer who was one of the co-founders of the Abbey Theatre.

1872

Olev Siinmaa

Estonian-Swedish architect (died 1948)

Olev Siinmaa, was an Estonian architect who is perhaps best recalled for his work in the style coined "Pärnu Resort Functionalism".

1881

Maximilian von Weichs

German field marshal (died 1954)

Maximilian Maria Joseph Karl Gabriel Lamoral Reichsfreiherr von und zu Weichs an der Glonn was a German Generalfeldmarschall in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

1881

Günther Dyhrenfurth

German geologist and mountaineer (died 1975)

Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth was a German-born, German and Swiss mountaineer, geologist and Himalayan explorer. He won a gold medal in alpinism at the 1936 Summer Olympics, the third and final time the award was offered.

1886

Ben Travers

English author and playwright (died 1980)

Ben Travers was an English writer. His output includes more than 20 plays, 30 screenplays, 5 novels, and 3 volumes of memoirs. He is most notable for his long-running series of farces first staged in the 1920s and 1930s…

1886

DeWitt Wallace

American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest (died 1981)

William Roy DeWitt Wallace, publishing as DeWitt Wallace, was an American magazine publisher.

1889

Lily Kronberger

Hungarian figure skater (died 1974)

Lily Kronberger, also spelled Lili Kronberger, was a Hungarian figure skater competitive during the early years of modern figure skating. She was Hungary’s first World Champion.

1890

Tudor Davies

Welsh tenor and actor (died 1958)

Tudor Davies was a Welsh tenor.

1892

Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe

Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist (died 1976)

Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe was a Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist. He was the first person to describe a pecking order of hens, a discovery that contributed to understanding dominance hierarchies across…

1894

Manuel Alonso Areizaga

Spanish tennis player (died 1984)

Manuel Alonso de Areizaga was a Spanish tennis player. He was the first Spanish tennis player of international stature.

1895

Marguerite Henry

Australian zoologist (died 1982)

Marguerite Henry was an Australian zoologist known for her research on freshwater crustaceans; she was active in the early 20th century. Henry's work contributed to the taxonomy and ecology of Australia's freshwater…

1895

Nima Yooshij

Iranian poet and academic (died 1960)

Nima Yooshij or Nimā Yushij, also called Nimā (نیما), born Ali Esfandiari, was a prominent Iranian poet. He is famous for his style of poetry which he popularised, called she'r-e now, also known as She'r-e Nimaa'i in…

1895

Salim Ali

Indian ornithologist and author (died 1987)

Sálim Moizuddin Abdul Ali was an Indian ornithologist and naturalist. Sometimes referred to as the "Birdman of India", Salim Ali was the first Indian to conduct systematic bird surveys across India and wrote several…

1896

Karl Marx

German composer and conductor (died 1985)

Karl Julius Marx was a German composer and music teacher.

1897

Leon Štukelj

Slovenian gymnast (died 1999)

Leon Štukelj was a Slovene professional gymnast. He was an Olympic gold medalist and athlete who represented Yugoslavia at the Olympics.

1898

Stanley Graham

New Zealand mass murderer (died 1941)

Eric Stanley George Graham was a New Zealander who killed seven people.

1900

James Luther Adams

American minister and theologian (died 1994)

James Luther Adams, an American professor at Harvard Divinity School, Andover Newton Theological School, and Meadville Lombard Theological School, and a Unitarian parish minister, was the most influential theologian…

1901

Jack Oakie

American actor (died 1978)

Jack Oakie was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio and television. He portrayed Napaloni in Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940), receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for…

1903

Max Hoffman

Austrian-born car importer and businessman (died 1981)

Maximilian Edwin Hoffman, was an Austrian-born, New York-based importer of luxury European automobiles during the 1950s.

1904

Louise Thaden

American pilot (died 1979)

Iris Louise McPhetridge Thaden was an American aviation pioneer, holder of numerous aviation records, and the first woman to win the Bendix trophy, alongside Blanche Noyes. She was inducted into the Arkansas Aviation…

1905

George Dillon

American soldier and poet (died 1968)

George Hill Dillon was an American editor and poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1932 for The Flowering Stone.

1906

Harry Blackmun

American lawyer and judge (died 1999)

Harold Andrew Blackmun was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1970 to 1994. Appointed by President Richard Nixon, Blackmun ultimately became…

1908

Dudley Nourse

South African cricketer (died 1981)

Arthur Dudley Nourse was a South African Test cricketer. Primarily a batsman, he was captain of the South African team from 1948 to 1951.

1910

Buck Clayton

American trumpet player and academic (died 1991)

Wilbur Dorsey "Buck" Clayton was an American jazz trumpeter who was a member of Count Basie's orchestra. His principal influence was Louis Armstrong, first hearing the record "Confessin' that I Love You" as he passed by…

1911

Roland Barthes

French philosopher, theorist, and critic (died 1980)

Roland Gérard Barthes was a French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician. His work engaged in the analysis of a variety of sign systems, mainly derived from Western popular culture. His ideas…

1915

Paul Emery

English racing driver (died 1993)

Paul Emery was a racing driver from England.

1916

Jean Papineau-Couture

Canadian composer and academic (died 2000)

Jean Papineau-Couture, was a Canadian composer and academic.

1916

Jo Stafford

American singer (died 2008)

Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American traditional pop singer, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s. Admired for the purity of her voice, she originally underwent classical training to…

1917

France Štiglic

Slovenian film director and screenwriter (died 1993)

France Štiglic was a Slovenian film director and screenwriter. His 1948 film On Our Own Land was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. His film The Ninth Circle (1960) was Yugoslavia's submission for the Academy…

1919

Richard Quine

American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1989)

Richard Quine was an American director, actor, and singer.

1920

Tadeusz Borowski

Polish poet, author, and journalist (died 1951)

Tadeusz Borowski was a Polish writer and journalist. His wartime poetry and stories dealing with his experiences as a prisoner at Auschwitz are recognized as classics of Polish literature.

1922

Kim Hunter

American actress (died 2002)

Kim Hunter was an American theatre, film, and television actress. She achieved prominence for portraying Stella Kowalski in the original production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which she reprised for…

1922

Ian Graham

English archaeologist and explorer (died 2017)

Ian James Alastair Graham OBE was a British Mayanist whose explorations of Maya ruins in the jungles of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize helped establish the Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions published by the…

1923

Loriot

German humorist, actor, and director (died 2011)

Bernhard-Viktor Christoph-Carl von Bülow, known as Vicco von Bülow or Loriot, was a German comedian, humorist, cartoonist, film director, actor and writer. As an artist, he was almost exclusively known under his pen…

1923

Rubén Bonifaz Nuño

Mexican poet and scholar (died 2013)

Rubén Bonifaz Nuño was a Mexican poet and classical scholar.

1923

Sam Jones

American bassist, cellist, and composer (died 1981)

Samuel Jones was an American jazz double bassist, cellist, and composer.

1924

Robert Goff

Baron Goff of Chieveley, English lawyer and judge (died 2016)

Robert Lionel Archibald Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, was an English barrister and judge who was Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, the equivalent of today's President of the Supreme Court. Best known for establishing…

1926

František Šťastný

Czech motorcycle racer and sportscaster (died 2000)

František Šťastný was a Czech Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

1927

Yutaka Taniyama

Japanese mathematician and theorist (died 1958)

Yutaka Taniyama was a Japanese mathematician known for the Taniyama–Shimura conjecture.

1927

Michael Ende

German author and fiction writer (died 1995)

Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction. He is known for his epic fantasy The Neverending Story ; other well-known works include Momo and Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver.…

1929

Grace Kelly

American actress, later Princess Grace of Monaco (died 1982)

Grace Patricia Kelly was an American actress and Princess of Monaco as the wife of Prince Rainier III from their marriage on April 18, 1956 until her death in 1982. Prior to her marriage, she achieved stardom in several…

1929

Bob Crewe

American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2014)

Robert Stanley Crewe was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and manager, best known mainly for co-writing and producing a string of Top 10 singles with Bob Gaudio for the 1960s pop rock band The…

1930

Charles Manson

American cult leader (died 2017)

Charles Milles Manson was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who was the founder of the Manson Family. He gained notoriety for ordering the Tate–LaBianca murders, where his followers murdered nine people…

1934

John McGahern

Irish author and educator (died 2006)

John McGahern was an Irish writer and novelist.

1934

Vavá

Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2002)

Edvaldo Izidio Neto, commonly known as Vavá, was a Brazilian professional footballer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest strikers of his generation. Nicknamed "Peito de Aço", he most notably played for…

1934

Ina Balin

American actress (died 1990)

Ina Balin was an American stage, film, and television actress. She is best known for her role in the film From the Terrace (1960), for which she received two Golden Globe Award nominations and won one for Most Promising…

1937

Richard H. Truly

NASA astronaut (died 2024)

Richard Harrison Truly was an American fighter pilot, engineer and Space Shuttle astronaut who served as a vice admiral in the United States Navy and as the eighth administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space…

1937

Delano Lewis

American diplomat (died 2023)

Delano Eugene Lewis was an American attorney, businessman and diplomat. He was the United States ambassador to South Africa from 2000 to 2001, and previously held leadership roles at the Peace Corps and National Public…

1938

Benjamin Mkapa

Tanzanian journalist and politician, 3rd President of Tanzania (died 2020)

Benjamin William Mkapa was the third president of Tanzania, in office from 1995 to 2005. He was Chairman of the Revolutionary State Political Party.

1938

Mort Shuman

American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1991)

Mortimer Shuman was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas". He also wrote and sang many songs in French, such as "Le Lac Majeur",…

1938

Lucia Popp

Slovak soprano (died 1993)

Lucia Popp was a Slovak operatic soprano. She began her career as a soubrette, and later moved into the light-lyric and lyric coloratura soprano repertoire and then the lighter Richard Strauss and Wagner operas. Her…

1939

Michel Audet

Canadian economist and politician

Michel Audet is an economist and a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the Finance Minister of Quebec in the first Charest government.

1940

Amjad Khan

Indian actor & director (died 1992)

Amjad Khan was an Indian actor and film director. He worked in over 132 films in a career spanning nearly twenty years. He was the son of the actor Jayant. He gained popularity for villainous roles in mostly Hindi…

1940

Jürgen Todenhöfer

German judge and politician

Jürgen Todenhöfer is a German author, journalist, politician, executive and former judge.

1940

Errol Brown

Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (died 2015)

Errol Ainsworth Glenstor Brown MBE was a British-Jamaican singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the soul and funk band Hot Chocolate. In 2004, Brown received the Ivor Novello Award for his Outstanding…

1943

Brian Hyland

American pop singer

Brian Hyland is an American pop singer and instrumentalist who was particularly successful during the early 1960s. He had a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" in…

1943

Wallace Shawn

American actor, comedian and playwright

Wallace Michael Shawn is an American actor, essayist, and writer. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), and Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2017–2024), and for…

1943

Björn Waldegård

Swedish racing driver (died 2014)

Björn Waldegård was a Swedish rally driver, and the winner of the World Rally Championship for drivers in 1979. His Swedish nickname was "Walle".

1943

John Walker

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)

John Joseph Maus, known professionally as John Walker, was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the founder of the Walker Brothers, who had their greatest success in the 1960s, particularly in the…

1943

Ken Houston

American football player

Kenneth Ray Houston is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in…

1944

Booker T. Jones

American pianist, saxophonist, songwriter, and producer

Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s. He has also worked as a session musician with many well-known…

1944

Al Michaels

American sportscaster

Alan Richard Michaels is an American television play-by-play sportscaster for Thursday Night Football and the NBA on Amazon Prime Video and in an emeritus role for NBC Sports. He has worked on network sports television…

1944

Michael Bishop

American author and educator (died 2023)

Michael Lawson Bishop was an American author. Over five decades and in more than thirty books, he created what has been called a "body of work that stands among the most admired and influential in modern science fiction…

1945

Judith Roitman

American mathematician and academic

Judith A. "Judy" Roitman is a mathematician, a retired professor at the University of Kansas. She specializes in set theory, topology, Boolean algebras, and mathematics education.

1945

Neil Young

Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Neil Percival Young is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. Son of journalist, sportswriter, and novelist Scott Young, Neil embarked on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s. Young moved to Los Angeles, forming…

1945

Alexandra Charles

Swedish businesswoman

Alexandra Charles is a Swedish former nightclub owner. Together with her first husband Noël Charles (1940–2013), she opened a membership restaurant-discothèque called Alexandra's in central Stockholm in 1968 which…

1946

Buck Dharma

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Donald Brian Roeser, known professionally as Buck Dharma, is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the sole constant member of hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult since the group's formation in 1967. He wrote…

1947

Patrice Leconte

French director and screenwriter

Patrice Leconte is a French film director, screenwriter and comic strip writer.

1947

Hassan Rouhani

Iranian lawyer and politician; 7th President of Iran

Hassan Rouhani is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. He is also a sharia lawyer ("Wakil"), academic, former diplomat and Islamic cleric. He served as a member of Iran's…

1948

Ron Lapointe

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1992)

Ron Lapointe was a Canadian ice hockey coach.

1949

Jack Reed

American soldier and politician

John Francis Reed is an American politician, lawyer, and former Army officer serving as the senior United States senator from Rhode Island, a seat he was first elected to in 1996. A member of the Democratic Party, he…

1949

Barbara Fairchild

American country and gospel singer-songwriter

Barbara Fairchild is an American country and gospel singer, who is best known for her hit 1973 country song "Teddy Bear Song" and other country hits.

1950

Baaba Maal

Senegalese singer-songwriter and guitarist

Baaba Maal is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. In addition to acoustic guitar, he also plays percussion. He has released several albums, both for independent and major labels. In…

1953

Paul McNamee

Australian tennis player

Paul McNamee is an Australian former doubles world No. 1 tennis player and prominent sports administrator.

1954

Les McKeown

Scottish pop singer (died 2021)

Leslie Richard McKeown was a Scottish singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the pop rock band Bay City Rollers during their most successful period in the 1970s. The band's original lead singer, Gordon "Nobby"…

1955

Tim Samaras

American engineer, storm chaser (died 2013)

Timothy Michael Samaras, was an American engineer and storm chaser best known for his field research on tornadoes and time on the Discovery Channel show Storm Chasers. He died in the 2013 El Reno tornado that occurred…

1957

Ivan Šuker

Croatian politician and economist (died 2023)

Ivan Šuker was a Croatian politician and economist. He served as Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2010, as a member of the Croatian Democratic Union.

1957

Megan Mullally

American actress and singer

Megan Mullally is an American actress, comedian and singer. She is best known for playing Karen Walker in the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, for which she received eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding…

1958

Mykola Vynnychenko

Ukrainian race walker

Mykola Alekseyevich Vynnychenko is a former Soviet Ukrainian race walker.

1958

Vincent Irizarry

American actor

Vincent Irizarry is an American actor. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1985 and 2002, and won in 2009.

1959

Toshihiko Sahashi

Japanese composer

Toshihiko Sahashi is a Japanese composer. He graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1986. Sahashi has composed music for various anime series, video games, films, dramas, and musicals.

1959

Maurane

Belgian singer and actress (died 2018)

Claudine Luypaerts, better known as Maurane, was a Francophone Belgian singer and actress.

1960

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and coach

Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner is a retired Romanian gymnast. She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976, at age 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at…

1961

Enzo Francescoli

Uruguayan footballer

Enzo Francescoli Uriarte, nicknamed "El Príncipe", is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. He is regarded as one of the best playmakers of his generation and as one of…

1961

Mariella Frostrup

British journalist and actress

Mariella Frostrup is an Irish-Norwegian journalist and presenter, known in British television and radio mainly for arts programmes.

1962

Mark Hunter

Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

Mark William Hunter is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive, coach, and former player. He currently is the owner and general manager for the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Hunter was born in…

1962

Neal Shusterman

American author and poet

Neal Shusterman is an American writer of young adult fiction. He won the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature for his book Challenger Deep and his novel, Scythe, was a 2017 Michael L. Printz Honor book.

1962

Vic Chesnutt

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)

James Victor Chesnutt was an American singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia. His first album, Little, was released in 1990. His commercial breakthrough came in 1996 with the release of Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the…

1964

David Ellefson

American bass player and songwriter

David Ellefson is an American musician, best known for his long tenure as the bassist and backing vocalist for heavy metal band Megadeth across two stints.

1964

Wang Kuang-hui

Taiwanese baseball player and coach

Wang Kuang-hui was a Taiwanese professional baseball player and coach. He spent his entire playing and coaching career in the Chinese Professional Baseball League with the Brother Elephants franchise.

1964

Barbara Stühlmeyer

German musicologist, church musician and writer

Barbara Stühlmeyer OblOSB is a German theologian, musicologist, and free-lance author, known especially for her work on the music of Hildegard of Bingen.

1964

Lex Lang

American voice actor and producer

Lex Lang is an American voice actor and voice director, who has provided voices and served as a director for a number of animations and video games. He is known for voicing Doctor Neo Cortex in the Crash Bandicoot…

1965

Bassim Al-Karbalaei

Iraqi Eulogy Reciter

Haj Basim Ismail Muhammad-Ali al-Karbalaei, commonly known as Basim Karbalaei is an Iraqi Shi'ite eulogy reciter.

1967

Disco Inferno

American wrestler and manager

Glenn Gilbertti is an American professional wrestler, writer and booker, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling as Disco Inferno from 1995 to 2001.

1967

Iryna Khalip

Belarusian journalist

Iryna Uladzimirawna Khalip is a Belarusian journalist, reporter and editor in the Minsk bureau of Novaya Gazeta, known for her criticism of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

1967

Michael Moorer

American boxer

Michael Lee Moorer is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2008. He won a world championship on four occasions in two weight classes, having held the WBO light heavyweight title from 1988 to…

1967

Grant Nicholas

Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist

Grantley Jonathan Nicholas is a Welsh musician and the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Feeder.

1967

Kathleen Hanna

American singer-songwriter

Kathleen Hanna is an American singer, musician and pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. She is the lead singer of feminist punk band Bikini Kill and fronts the electropunk band Le…

1968

Sammy Sosa

Dominican-American baseball player

Samuel Peralta Sosa is a Dominican former professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 18 seasons, primarily with the Chicago Cubs. After playing for the Texas Rangers and Chicago…

1968

Ian Bremmer

American political scientist and author

Ian Arthur Bremmer is an American political scientist, author, and entrepreneur focused on global political risk. He is the founder and president of Eurasia Group, a political risk research and consulting firm. He is…

1969

Jason Cundy

English footballer and sportscaster

Jason Victor Cundy is an English former professional footballer and radio broadcaster for Talksport who currently co-hosts The Sports Bar with Jamie O'Hara.

1969

Rob Schrab

American writer and artist

Robby Christopher Schrab is an American comic book creator, screenwriter, director, and producer. He is the creator of the comic book Scud: The Disposable Assassin, co-writer of the feature film Monster House,…

1969

Elektra

American wrestler, model, and dancer

Donna Adamo is an American retired professional wrestling valet and professional wrestler, better known by her ring name, Elektra. She is best known for her appearances with the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based…

1970

Tonya Harding

American figure skater

Tonya Maxene Price is an American former figure skater and boxer, and reality television personality.

1970

Oscar Strasnoy

French-Argentine composer

Oscar Strasnoy is a French-Argentine composer, conductor and pianist. Although primarily known for his stage works, the first of which Midea (2) premiered in Spoleto in 2000, his principal compositions also include two…

1970

Chen Guangcheng

Chinese-American lawyer and activist

Chen Guangcheng is a Chinese civil rights activist who has worked on human rights issues in rural areas of the People's Republic of China. Blind from an early age and self-taught in the law, Chen is frequently described…

1971

Rebecca Wisocky

American actress

Rebecca Wisocky is an American actress. Best known for her roles as Hetty Woodstone on the CBS sitcom Ghosts and Evelyn Powell on Lifetime comedy-drama Devious Maids, she has also had guest star roles in many popular…

1971

Vasilios Tsiartas

Greek footballer

Vasilios Tsiartas is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is considered by many to be the greatest modern No.10 in Greek history.

1972

Radha Mitchell

Australian actress

Radha Rani Amber Indigo Ananda Mitchell is an Australian actress. She began her career on television, playing Catherine O'Brien on the Australian soap opera Neighbours (1996–97), before transitioning to working in…

1973

Ethan Zohn

American pro soccer player and Survivor: Africa winner

Ethan Zohn is an American motivational speaker, former professional soccer player, and reality television personality who won Survivor: Africa, the third season of the reality TV series Survivor. He went on to compete…

1973

Tamala Jones

American actress

Tamala Reneé Jones is an American actress. She is known for her roles in films such as Booty Call, The Wood, Kingdom Come, The Brothers, and What Men Want. Her prominent television roles include Tina, a recurring…

1974

Kiara Bisaro

Canadian mountain biker

Kiara Bisaro is a Canadian mountain biker.

1975

Jason Lezak

American swimmer

Jason Edward Lezak is an American former competitive swimmer and swimming executive who competed for the University of California, Santa Barbara. Lezak specialized in the 50 and 100-meter freestyle races, and…

1975

Judith Holofernes

German singer-songwriter and guitarist

Judith Holfelder-Roy, known by her stage name Judith Holofernes, is a German singer, guitarist, songwriter and author.

1976

Richelle Mead

American author and educator

Richelle Mead is an American fantasy author best known for Georgina Kincaid, Vampire Academy, Bloodlines and the Dark Swan.

1976

Benni McCarthy

South African footballer

Benedict Saul McCarthy is a South African professional soccer coach and former player who is currently the manager of the Kenya national football team. A former forward, McCarthy is the South Africa national team's…

1977

Lee Murray

English mixed martial artist

Lee Brahim Lamrani-Murray is a Moroccan-English convicted bank robber and former mixed martial artist. During his MMA career from 1999 to 2004, he fought 12 times, including a victory in the Ultimate Fighting…

1977

Ashley Williams

American actress

Ashley Churchill Williams is an American actress. She is known for starring in the television series The Jim Gaffigan Show on TV Land and in the NBC series Good Morning Miami. Williams played Victoria in 15 episodes of…

1978

Cote de Pablo

Chilean actress

María José de Pablo Fernández, known professionally as Coté de Pablo, is a Chilean-American actress. Born in Santiago, Chile, she moved to the United States at the age of 10, where she studied acting.

1979

Lucas Glover

American golfer

Lucas Hendley Glover is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is best known for winning the 2009 U.S. Open.

1979

Nur Fettahoğlu

German-Turkish journalist and actress

Asiye Nur Fettahoğlu is a Turkish-German actress, model, television presenter and fashion designer known for playing numerous characters in several films and television series, including her role as Mahidevran Sultan in…

1980

Ryan Gosling

Canadian actor, producer and singer

Ryan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian actor. His work includes both independent films and major studio features, and his accolades include a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, a…

1980

Charlie Hodgson

English rugby player

Charles Christopher Hodgson is a retired English rugby union player, having previously been a player for Sale Sharks and Saracens. His position was fly-half and he is the leading Premiership points scorer of all time. …

1980

Annika Becker

German pole vaulter

Annika Becker is a retired German pole vaulter.

1981

DJ Campbell

English footballer

Dudley Junior Campbell is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1981

Anne Hathaway

American actress

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Her films have grossed over $6.8 billion…

1982

Charlie Morton

American baseball player

Charles Alfred Morton IV is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Rays,…

1983

Jorge Masvidal

American Mixed Martial Artist

Jorge Luis Masvidal is an American professional boxer and former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Welterweight and Lightweight divisions. Masvidal competed professionally for 20 years from 2003…

1984

Omarion

American singer, songwriter, actor and dancer

Omari Ishmael Grandberry, better known by his stage name Omarion, is an American R&B and pop singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. He rose to prominence as lead vocalist of the boy band B2K, which was formed in 1998…

1984

Sandara Park

South Korean singer, dancer, and actress

Sandara Park, also known mononymously as Dara (다라), is a South Korean singer, actress and television presenter. She rose to fame in the Philippines as a contestant on the ABS-CBN original talent show Star Circle Quest…

1984

Adlène Guedioura

French-Algerian footballer

Adlène Guedioura is a former professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

1985

Jason Day

Australian golfer

Jason Anthony Day is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, were he has won 13 times including the Players Championship in 2016 and the 2014 PGA Championship, his first major. He is a former world…

1987

Kengo Kora

Japanese actor

Kengo Kora is a Japanese actor.

1987

Russell Westbrook

American basketball player

Russell Westbrook III is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Known for his agility, intensity and explosiveness, he is considered one of the…

1988

Florent Manaudou

French swimmer

Florent Manaudou is a French competitive swimmer, an Olympic champion of the 50-meter freestyle at the 2012 London Olympics, and the younger brother of Laure Manaudou, a 2004 Olympic gold medalist in swimming. He…

1990

Marcell Ozuna

Dominican baseball player

Marcell Ozuna Idelfonso, nicknamed "the Big Bear", is a Dominican professional baseball designated hitter and outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the…

1990

Harmeet Singh

Norwegian footballer

Harmeet Singh is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

1990

Siim-Sander Vene

Estonian basketball player

Siim-Sander Vene is an Estonian professional basketball player for Šiauliai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). Standing at 2.03 m, he plays both the small forward and power forward positions. Vene represents the…

1990

Cairo Santos

Brazilian gridiron football player

Cairo Fernandes Santos is a Brazilian-American professional American football placekicker for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tulane Green Wave, and was signed…

1991

Gijs Van Hoecke

Belgian cyclist

Gijs Van Hoecke is a retired Belgian cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty.

1991

Dāvis Bertāns

Latvian basketball player

Dāvis Bertāns is a Latvian professional basketball player for Dubai Basketball of the ABA League and the EuroLeague. Nicknamed the "Latvian Laser", he also represents the Latvian national team. He was the 42nd pick in…

1992

Trey Burke

American basketball player

Alfonso Clark "Trey" Burke III is an American professional basketball player for the Astros de Jalisco of the CIBACOPA. He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines where in the 2012–13 season, he earned…

1992

Adam Larsson

Swedish ice hockey player

Nils Erik Adam Larsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman and alternate captain for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected fourth overall by the New Jersey…

1992

Luguelín Santos

Dominican sprinter

Luguelín Miguel Santos Aquino is a Dominican sprinter, who specialises in the 400 m. He was the silver medallist in the event at the 2012 London Olympics at the age of nineteen. His personal best is 44.11 seconds.

1992

Tomáš Hertl

Czech ice hockey player

Tomáš Hertl is a Czech professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hertl was selected 17th overall in the 2012 NHL entry draft by the San Jose…

1993

Guillaume Cizeron

French ice dancer

Guillaume Cizeron is a French ice dancer. With current partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry, he is the 2026 Olympic champion, the 2026 World champion, the 2026 European champion, the 2025–26 Grand Prix Final silver…

1994

Kseniya Alexandrova

Russian model (died 2025)

Kseniya Sergeyevna Alexandrova was a Russian model, television host, psychologist and beauty pageant titleholder. She was first runner-up at the Miss Russia 2017 pageant and later represented Russia at the Miss Universe…

1994

Thomas Lemar

French footballer

Thomas Benoît Lemar is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Girona, on loan from Atlético Madrid. He is known for his versatility, being able to play on both wings and through the…

1995

xQc

Canadian online streamer

Félix Lengyel, better known as xQc, is a Canadian online streamer, influencer, and former professional Overwatch player.

1995

Dexter Lawrence

American football player

Dexter Lawrence II, nicknamed "Sexy Dexy", is an American professional football nose tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Clemson Tigers and was…

1997

Jules Koundé

French footballer

Jules Olivier Koundé is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for La Liga club Barcelona and the France national team. Primarily a right-back, he is also capable of playing as a centre-back.

1998

Elias Pettersson

Swedish ice hockey player

Fredrik Elias Pettersson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a forward and alternate captain for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Pettersson was selected fifth overall by the…

1998

Choi Yoo-jung

South Korean singer, dancer, rapper, and actress

Choi Yoo-jung, known mononymously as Yoojung, is a South Korean singer and actress signed under Fantagio. She debuted as member of I.O.I in May 2016 after achieving third place in the 2016 survival program Produce 101.…

1999

Raffey Cassidy

English actress

Raffey Camomile Cassidy is an English actress. She first appeared as a child actress in the television movie Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen (2009), adding her first brief film role in Dark Shadows (2012), her first…

2001

Paolo Banchero

Italian-American basketball player

Paolo Napoleon James Banchero is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. Banchero was named…

2002

Tino Livramento

English footballer

Valentino Francisco Livramento is an English professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Premier League club Newcastle United and the England national team.

2002