Famous Birthdays on November 17

Q: Who was born on November 17?

Famous people born on November 17 include: Vespasian, Sima Guang, Zanobi Strozzi, Alfonso, John Neville.

Q: What is Nick Markakis known for?

Nick Markakis, American baseball player

246 people 9 – 2005

November 17 has seen 246 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 9 – 2005. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · November 17 — Wikipedia

1983 — Nick Markakis

American baseball player

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Markakis was the Orioles' first-round draft pick in the 2003 Major League Baseball draft, and made his MLB debut in 2006

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Markakis is a three-time Gold Glove Award winner, and he won a Silver Slugger Award and was named an MLB All-Star in 2018

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Markakis previously held the MLB record for consecutive games by an outfielder without making an error (398)

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He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 15 seasons for the Baltimore Orioles and Atlanta Braves

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Markakis retired prior to the start of the 2021 season.

Vespasian

Roman emperor (died 79)

The 0s began on January 1, AD 1 and ended on December 31, AD 9, covering the first nine years of the Common Era.

Sima Guang

Chinese politician (died 1086)

Sima Guang, courtesy name Junshi, hao Yusou, was a Chinese historian, politician, and writer. He was a high-ranking Song dynasty scholar-official who authored the Zizhi Tongjian, a monumental work of history.

1019

Zanobi Strozzi

Italian painter (died 1468)

Zanobi di Benedetto di Caroccio degli Strozzi was an Italian Renaissance painter and manuscript illuminator active in Florence and nearby Fiesole. He was closely associated with Fra Angelico, probably as his pupil, as…

1412

Alfonso

Asturian prince (died 1468)

Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, called Alfonso the Innocent, was the figurehead of rebelling Castilian magnates against his half-brother Henry IV, who had recognized him as heir presumptive.

1453

John Neville

3rd Baron Latimer, English politician (died 1543)

John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer was an English peer. His third wife was Catherine Parr, later queen of England.

1493

Bronzino

Italian painter (died 1572)

Agnolo di Cosimo, usually known as Bronzino or Agnolo Bronzino, was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence. His sobriquet, Bronzino, may refer to his relatively dark skin or reddish hair.

1503

Roque González de Santa Cruz

Paraguayan missionary and saint (died 1628)

Roque González de Santa Cruz, SJ was a Guaraní-Spanish Jesuit priest who was the first missionary among the Guaraní in Paraguay. He was murdered in 1628 and is venerated as a martyr and a saint by the Catholic Church.

1576

Joost van den Vondel

Dutch poet and playwright (died 1679)

Joost van den Vondel was a Dutch playwright, poet, literary translator and writer. He is generally regarded as the greatest writer in the Dutch language as well as an important figure in the history of Western…

1587

Agnes of Jesus

French Catholic nun (died 1634)

Agnes of Jesus, OP was a French Catholic nun of the Dominican Order. She was prioress of her monastery at Langeac, and is venerated in the Catholic Church, having been beatified by Pope John Paul II on 20 November 1994.

1602

Dorgon

Chinese prince and regent (died 1650)

Dorgon was a Manchu prince and regent of the early Qing dynasty. Born in the House of Aisin-Gioro as the 14th son of Nurhaci, Dorgon started his career in military campaigns against the Mongols, the Koreans, and the…

1612

Pierre François le Courayer

French theologian and author (died 1776)

Pierre François le Courayer was a French Catholic theological writer, for many years an expatriate in England.

1681

Pierre Gaultier de Varennes

Canadian commander and explorer (died 1749)

Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye was a military officer, fur trader, and explorer. In the 1730s, he and his four sons explored the area west of Lake Superior and established trading posts there. They…

1685

Maria Antonia Ferdinanda

Sardinian queen consort (died 1785)

Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain was Queen of Sardinia by marriage to King Victor Amadeus III. She was the youngest daughter of Philip V of Spain and Elisabeth Farnese. She was the mother of the last three mainline…

1729

Nicolas Appert

French chef, invented canning (died 1841)

Nicolas Appert was a French confectioner and inventor who, in the early 19th century, invented airtight food preservation. Appert, known as the "father of food science", described his invention as a way "of conserving…

1749

Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg

American pastor and botanist (died 1815)

Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg was an American clergyman and botanist.

1753

Louis XVIII

king of France (died 1824)

Louis XVIII, known as the Desired, was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. Before his reign, he spent 23 years in exile from France beginning in 1791,…

1755

Jacques MacDonald

French general (died 1840)

Étienne Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, 1st duc de Tarente, was a Marshal of the Empire and military leader during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.

1765

Charlotte Georgine

duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1818)

Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and a Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz by birth and a Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen through her marriage to Frederick,…

1769

August Ferdinand Möbius

German mathematician and astronomer (died 1868)

August Ferdinand Möbius was a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer.

1790

Charles Lock Eastlake

English painter, historian, and academic (died 1865)

Sir Charles Lock Eastlake was a British painter, gallery director, collector and writer of the 19th century. After a period as keeper, he was the first director of the National Gallery. From 1850 to 1865 he served as…

1793

August Wilhelm Ambros

Austrian composer and historian (died 1876)

August Wilhelm Ambros was an Austrian music historian, critic and composer of Czech descent.

1816

Petko Slaveykov

Bulgarian journalist and poet (died 1895)

Petko Rachov Slaveykov was a Bulgarian poet, publicist, politician and folklorist.

1827

Andrew L. Harris

American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (died 1915)

Andrew Lintner Harris was one of the heroes of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War and served as the 44th governor of Ohio.

1835

Hubert Lyautey

French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1934)

Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey was a French Army general and colonial administrator. After serving in Indochina and Madagascar, he was appointed the first French Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925. In this…

1854

Joseph Babinski

French neurologist and academic (died 1932)

Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski was a French-Polish professor of neurology. He is best known for his 1896 description of the Babinski sign, a pathological plantar reflex indicative of corticospinal tract damage.

1857

Voltairine de Cleyre

American author and activist (died 1912)

Voltairine de Cleyre was an American anarchist feminist writer and public speaker.

1866

Korbinian Brodmann

German neurologist and academic (died 1918)

Korbinian Brodmann was a German neuropsychiatrist who is known for mapping the cerebral cortex and defining 52 distinct regions, known as Brodmann areas, based on their cytoarchitectonic (histological) characteristics.

1868

Frank Calder

English-Canadian journalist and businessman (died 1943)

Frank Sellick Calder was a British-born Canadian ice hockey executive, journalist, and athlete.

1877

Grace Abbott

American social worker (died 1939)

Grace Abbott was an American social worker who specifically worked in improving the rights of immigrants and advancing child welfare, especially the regulation of child labor. She served as director of the U.S.…

1878

Augustus Goessling

American swimmer and water polo player (died 1963)

Augustus Michael "Gus" Goessling, usually known as "Gus", was an American water polo player, and breaststroke and backstroke swimmer who represented the United States at the 1904 St. Louis and 1908 London Summer…

1878

Walter Terence Stace

English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant (died 1967)

Walter Terence Stace was a British civil servant, educator, public philosopher and epistemologist, who wrote on Hegel, mysticism, and moral relativism. He worked with the Ceylon Civil Service from 1910 to 1932, and from…

1886

Bernard Montgomery

1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal (died 1976)

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, nicknamed "Monty", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War.

1887

Lester Allen

American screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director (died 1949)

Lester M. Allen was an American actor, dancer, singer, comedian, and circus performer. After beginning his career as a child acrobat with the Barnum and Bailey Circus, he became a performer in minstrel shows, burlesque,…

1891

Lev Vygotsky

Belarusian-Russian psychologist and philosopher (died 1934)

Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky was a Russian and Soviet psychologist, best known for his work on psychological development in children and creating the framework known as cultural-historical activity theory. After his early…

1896

Frank Fay

American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1961)

Frank Fay was an American vaudeville comedian, film actor, and stage actor. Considered an important pioneer in comedy, he has been referred to as "the first stand-up." For a time he was a well known and influential…

1897

Gregorio López y Fuentes

Mexican journalist, author, and poet (died 1966)

Gregorio López y Fuentes was a Mexican writer and journalist. He fought against the United States in Veracruz and for the Constitutionalists in the Mexican Revolution, and later held positions in government institutions.

1897

Douglas Shearer

Canadian-American engineer (died 1971)

Douglas Graham Shearer was a Canadian American pioneering sound designer and recording director who played a key role in the advancement of sound technology for motion pictures. The elder brother of actress Norma…

1899

Walter Hallstein

German academic and politician, first President of the European Commission (died 1982)

Walter Hallstein was a German academic, diplomat and statesman who was the first president of the Commission of the European Economic Community and one of the founding fathers of the European Union.

1901

Lee Strasberg

Ukrainian-American actor and director (died 1982)

Lee Strasberg was an American acting coach and actor. Born in Budzanów, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he immigrated to the United States in 1909. He co-founded, with theatre directors Harold Clurman and…

1901

Eugene Wigner

Hungarian physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)

Eugene Paul Wigner was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who also contributed to mathematical physics. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 "for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus…

1902

Isamu Noguchi

American sculptor and architect (died 1988)

Isamu Noguchi was an American artist, furniture designer and landscape architect whose career spanned six decades from the 1920s. Known for his sculpture and public artworks, Noguchi also designed stage sets for…

1904

Astrid of Sweden (died 1935)

Princess Astrid of Sweden was a member of the Swedish House of Bernadotte and later became Queen of the Belgians as the first wife of King Leopold III. Following her marriage to Leopold in November 1926, she assumed the…

1905

Mischa Auer

Russian-American actor (died 1967)

Mischa Auer was a Russian-American actor who moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s. He first appeared in film in 1928. Auer had a long career playing in many of the era's best known films. He was nominated for the…

1905

Arthur Chipperfield

Australian cricketer (died 1987)

Arthur Gordon Chipperfield was an Australian cricketer who played in 14 test matches between 1934 and 1938. He is one of three players to make a score of 99 runs on his Test match debut.

1905

Soichiro Honda

Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company (died 1991)

Soichiro Honda was a Japanese engineer and industrialist. In 1948, he established Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and oversaw its expansion from a wooden shack manufacturing bicycle motors to a multinational automobile and…

1906

Rollie Stiles

American baseball player (died 2007)

Rolland Mays Stiles was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns from 1930 to 1933. Born in Ratcliff, Arkansas, he batted and threw right-handed, and was 9–14 with an…

1906

Israel Regardie

English occultist and author (died 1985)

Francis Israel Regardie was an English and American occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer who spent much of his life in the United States. He wrote fifteen books on the subject of occultism.

1907

Christian Fouchet

French lawyer and politician, French Minister of the Interior (died 1974)

Christian Marie Joseph Fouchet was a French politician.

1911

Shelby Foote

American historian and author (died 2005)

Shelby Dade Foote Jr. was an American writer and journalist. Although he primarily viewed himself as a novelist, he is now best known for his authorship of The Civil War: A Narrative, a three-volume history of the…

1916

Ruth Aaronson Bari

American mathematician (died 2005)

Ruth Aaronson Bari was an American mathematician known for her work in graph theory and algebraic homomorphisms. She was a professor at George Washington University, beginning in 1966.

1917

Kim Heungsou

Korean painter and educator (died 2014)

Kim Heungsou was a Korean painter who was sometimes called the "Picasso of Korea". Jang soo hyun, his partner and executive curator of Kim Heungsou museum died of ovarian cancer in November 2012.

1919

Camillo Felgen

Luxembourgian singer-songwriter (died 2005)

Camillo Jean Nicolas Felgen was a Luxembourgish singer, lyricist, disc jockey, and television presenter, who represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 and in 1962.

1920

Gemini Ganesan

Indian actor and director (died 2002)

Ramasamy Ganesan, better known by his stage name Gemini Ganesan, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was referred as Kaadhal Mannan for his romantic roles in films. Ganesan was one of the "three…

1920

Albert Bertelsen

Danish painter and illustrator (died 2019)

Albert Bertelsen was a Danish autodidact painter and graphic artist.

1921

Stanley Cohen

American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)

Stanley Cohen was an American biochemist who, along with Rita Levi-Montalcini, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986 for the isolation of nerve growth factor and the discovery of epidermal growth…

1922

Jack Froggatt

English footballer (died 1993)

Jack Froggatt was an English footballer.

1922

Hubertus Brandenburg

Swedish bishop (died 2009)

Hubertus Brandenburg was a Catholic bishop of Stockholm. He was ordained priest in Osnabrück on 20 December 1952. On 12 December 1974, he was appointed by Pope Paul VI as auxiliary bishop of Osnabrück. On 21 November…

1923

Mike Garcia

American baseball player (died 1986)

Edward Miguel "Mike" Garcia, nicknamed "Big Bear" and "Mexican Mike", was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). Garcia was born in San Gabriel, California, and grew up in Orosi, Tulare County.

1923

Aristides Pereira

Cape Verdean politician, first President of Cape Verde (died 2011)

Aristides Maria Pereira was a Cape Verdean politician. He was the first President of Cape Verde, serving from 1975 to 1991.

1923

Bert Sutcliffe

New Zealand cricketer and coach (died 2001)

Bert Sutcliffe was a New Zealand Test cricketer. Sutcliffe was a successful left-hand batsman. His batting achievements on tour in England in 1949, which included four fifties and a century in the Tests, earned him the…

1923

Jean Faut

American baseball player and bowler (died 2023)

Jean Anna Faut [Winsch/Eastman] was an American starting pitcher who played from 1946 through 1953 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m), 137 lb., she batted and…

1925

Rock Hudson

American actor (died 1985)

Rock Hudson was an American actor. One of the most popular film stars of his time, he had a screen career spanning more than three decades, and was a prominent figure in the Golden Age of Hollywood.

1925

Charles Mackerras

American-Australian oboe player and conductor (died 2010)

Sir Alan Charles MacLaurin Mackerras (; was an American-born Australian conductor. He was an authority on the operas of Janáček and Mozart, and the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. He was long associated with the…

1925

Robert Drasnin

American clarinet player and composer (died 2015)

Robert Jackson Drasnin was an American composer and clarinet player.

1927

Fenella Fielding

English actress (died 2018)

Fenella Fielding was an English stage, film and television actress who rose to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, and was often referred to as "England's first lady of the double entendre". She was known for her…

1927

Nicholas Taylor

Canadian geologist, businessman, and politician (died 2020)

Nicholas William "Nick" Taylor was a geologist, businessman and politician from Alberta, Canada.

1927

Arman

French-American painter and sculptor (died 2005)

Arman was a French and American artist. Born Armand Fernandez in Nice, France, Arman was a painter who moved from using objects for the ink or paint traces they leave to using them as the artworks themselves. He is best…

1928

Rance Howard

American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2017)

Rance Howard was an American actor who starred in film and on television. He was the father of actor and filmmaker Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard, and grandfather of actresses Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard.

1928

Colin McDonald

Australian cricketer (died 2021)

Colin Campbell McDonald was an Australian cricketer. He played in 47 Test matches from 1952 to 1961, and 192 first-class matches between 1947 and 1963. He was born in Glen Iris, Victoria.

1928

Gorō Naya

Japanese actor and director (died 2013)

Gorō Naya was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and theatre director from Hakodate, Hokkaidō. He was part of Theatre Echo all his career, and was the older brother of actor and voice actor Rokurō Naya.

1929

Norm Zauchin

American baseball player (died 1999)

Norbert Henry Zauchin was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators (1958–59). He batted and threw…

1929

Bob Mathias

American decathlete, actor, and politician (died 2006)

Robert Bruce Mathias was an American decathlete, politician, and actor. Representing the United States, he won two Olympic gold medals in the Decathlon, at the 1948 and the 1952 Summer Games. As a Republican, he served…

1930

Jeremy Black

English admiral (died 2015)

Sir John Jeremy Black, also known as J. J. Black, was a senior Royal Navy officer. He commanded the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible during the Falklands War, and later served as Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command…

1932

Dan Osinski

American baseball player (died 2013)

Daniel Osinski, nicknamed "the Silencer", was an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher. The 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), 195 pounds (88 kg) right-hander was signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent before…

1933

Orlando Peña

Cuban-American baseball player and scout

Orlando Gregorio Peña Guevara is a Cuban former professional baseball pitcher. The right-hander played in Major League Baseball for all or parts of 14 seasons between 1958 and 1975 for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City…

1933

Jim Inhofe

American soldier and politician, senior senator of Oklahoma (died 2024)

James Mountain Inhofe was an American politician who served from 1994 to 2023 as a United States senator from Oklahoma. A member of the Republican Party, he was the longest-serving U.S. senator from Oklahoma. He served…

1934

Anthony King

Canadian-English Psephologist and academic (died 2017)

Anthony Stephen King was a Canadian-British professor of government, psephologist and commentator. He taught at the Department of Government at the University of Essex for many years.

1934

Terry Rand

American basketball player (died 2014)

Lynwood Terry Rand was an American basketball player, best known for his college career at Marquette University. Despite being drafted in the second round of the 1954 NBA draft, he never played in the NBA, instead…

1934

Bobby Joe Conrad

American football player

Bobby Joe Conrad is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for…

1935

Toni Sailer

Austrian skier and actor (died 2009)

Anton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer was an Austrian alpine ski racer, considered among the best in the sport. At age 20, he won all three gold medals in alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He nearly duplicated the feat…

1935

Masatoshi Sakai

Japanese record producer (died 2021)

Masatoshi Sakai was a Japanese record producer who produced a large number of hit songs. He received the Person of Cultural Merit in November 2020. He achieved sales of records to the value of more than ¥870 billion. He…

1935

Crispian Hollis

English Roman Catholic bishop

Roger Francis Crispian Hollis is the Bishop Emeritus of Portsmouth for the Roman Catholic Church.

1936

Peter Cook

English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 1995)

Peter Edward Cook was an English comedian, actor, satirist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s, and he was associated with the anti-establishment comedic…

1937

Charles Guthrie

Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, Scottish general (died 2025)

Field Marshal Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, was a senior officer of the British Army who served as Chief of the General Staff from 1994 to 1997 and Chief of the Defence Staff from 1997…

1938

Gordon Lightfoot

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. was a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved worldwide success and helped define the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s. Widely considered one of Canada's greatest songwriters, he had…

1938

Auberon Waugh

English journalist and author (died 2001)

Auberon Alexander Waugh was a British journalist and novelist, and eldest son of the novelist Evelyn Waugh. He was widely known by his nickname "Bron".

1939

Luke Kelly

Irish singer, folk musician and actor (died 1984)

Luke Kelly was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor from Dublin, Ireland. Born into a working-class household in the city, he moved to England in his late teens and became involved in the folk music revival there.…

1940

Derek Clayton

English-Australian runner

Derek James Clayton is a former Australian long-distance runner, born in Cumbria, England and raised in Northern Ireland.

1942

Partha Dasgupta

Bangladeshi economist and academic

Sir Partha Sarathi Dasgupta is an Indian-British economist who is Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, and a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge.

1942

Bob Gaudio

American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

Robert John Gaudio is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer, best known mainly as the keyboardist and backing vocalist of the 1960s pop rock band The Four Seasons. Gaudio wrote or co-wrote the…

1942

Lesley Rees

English endocrinologist and academic

Dame Lesley Howard Rees DBE is a British professor, medical doctor, and endocrinologist. She was Dean of St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College (Bart's) from 1989 to 1995, the first and only woman to hold this post.…

1942

István Rosztóczy

Hungarian-Japanese microbiologist and physician (died 1993)

István Rosztóczy was a Hungarian microbiologist, medical researcher, blood donor organizer, who devoted his life to research and science.

1942

Martin Scorsese

American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor

Martin Charles Scorsese is an American filmmaker. One of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, he is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential directors in the history of cinema. He has received…

1942

Lauren Hutton

American model and actress

Lauren Hutton is an American model and actress. Born and raised in the southern United States, Hutton relocated to New York City in her early adulthood to begin a modeling career. Though she was initially dismissed by…

1943

Jim Boeheim

American basketball player and coach

James Arthur Boeheim Jr. is an American former college basketball coach and current Special Assistant to the Athletic Director at Syracuse University. From 1976 until 2023, he was the head coach of the Syracuse Orange…

1944

Malcolm Bruce

English-Scottish journalist, academic, and politician

Malcolm Gray Bruce, Baron Bruce of Bennachie, is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Gordon from 1983 to 2015 and was the chairman of the International Development Select Committee…

1944

Gene Clark

American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1991)

Harold Eugene Clark was an American singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk rock band the Byrds. He was the Byrds' principal songwriter between 1964 and early 1966, writing most of the band's best-known…

1944

Danny DeVito

American actor, director, and producer

Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for his short stature, raspy voice, distinct accent, and energetic comedy roles, he gained prominence for his portrayal of the taxi dispatcher Louie De…

1944

Rem Koolhaas

Dutch architect and academic, designed the Seattle Central Library

Remment Lucas Koolhaas is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He is often cited as a…

1944

Lorne Michaels

Canadian-American screenwriter and producer, created Saturday Night Live

Lorne Michaels is a Canadian and American television and film producer, comedian, screenwriter and director. He created and produced Saturday Night Live and produced the Late Night series, The Kids in the Hall, and The…

1944

Tom Seaver

American baseball pitcher (died 2020)

George Thomas Seaver, nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "the Franchise", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds,…

1944

Sammy Younge Jr.

American civil rights activist (died 1966)

Samuel Leamon Younge Jr. was a civil rights and voting rights activist who was murdered for trying to desegregate a "whites only" restroom. Younge was an enlisted service member in the United States Navy, where he…

1944

Lesley Abdela

English journalist and activist

Lesley Julia Abdela.

1945

Jeremy Hanley

English accountant and politician, British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Sir Jeremy James Hanley, KCMG is a politician and former chartered accountant from the United Kingdom. He served as the Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1994 to 1995, and as a member of parliament (MP)…

1945

Elvin Hayes

American basketball player and sportscaster

Elvin Ernest Hayes, nicknamed "the Big E", is an American former professional basketball player and radio analyst for his alma mater Houston Cougars. He is a member of the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams, and an…

1945

Roland Joffé

English-French director, producer, and screenwriter

Roland Joffé is an English film and television director, producer and screenwriter. He is known for directing the critically-acclaimed films The Killing Fields (1984) and The Mission (1986), both of which earned him…

1945

Abdelmadjid Tebboune

Algerian politician, 8th President of Algeria

Abdelmadjid Tebboune is an Algerian politician currently serving as the president of Algeria since December 2019 alongside as its minister of defence. Following the death of Liamine Zéroual in 2026, Tebboune is the only…

1945

Martin Barre

English guitarist and songwriter

Martin Lancelot Barre is an English guitarist. He was lead guitarist of British rock band Jethro Tull, with whom he recorded and toured from 1968 until the band's initial dissolution in 2011. Barre played on all of…

1946

Terry Branstad

American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Governor of Iowa and U.S. Ambassador to China (2017-2020)

Terry Edward Branstad is a retired American politician and U.S. Army veteran who served as the 39th and 42nd governor of Iowa and the United States ambassador to China (2017–2020). A member of the Republican Party,…

1946

Petra Burka

Dutch-Canadian figure skater and coach

Petra Burka is a Canadian former competitive figure skater and now coach. She won the 1964 Olympic bronze medal in women's figure skating and the 1965 World championship in the sport.

1946

Rod Clements

British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist

Roderick Parry Clements is a British guitarist, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He formed the folk-rock band Lindisfarne with Alan Hull in 1970, and wrote "Meet Me on the Corner", a UK Top 5 hit in March…

1947

Howard Dean

American physician and politician, 79th Governor of Vermont

Howard Brush Dean III is an American physician and retired politician who served as the 79th governor of Vermont from 1991 to 2003 and chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 2005 to 2009. Dean was an…

1948

East Bay Ray

American guitarist

Raymond John Pepperell, more commonly known by the stage name "East Bay Ray", is an American musician who plays guitar for the San Francisco Bay area-based punk band Dead Kennedys. His guitar work was influenced by jazz…

1948

Howard Fineman

American journalist and television commentator (died 2024)

Howard David Fineman was an American journalist and television commentator. In a career that spanned nearly five decades, Fineman covered nine presidential campaigns as a reporter, writer, and analyst. For 30 years, he…

1948

John Boehner

American businessman and politician, 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

John Andrew Boehner is a American retired politician and lobbyist who served as the 53rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served 13 terms as…

1949

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng

Vietnamese soldier and politician, eighth Prime Minister of Vietnam

Nguyễn Tấn Dũng is a Vietnamese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Vietnam from 2006 to 2016. He was confirmed by the National Assembly on 27 June 2006, having been nominated by his predecessor, Phan Văn…

1949

Michael Wenden

Australian swimmer

Michael Vincent Wenden, is a champion swimmer who represented Australia in the 1968 Summer Olympics and 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1968 he won four medals: gold in both the 100- and 200-metre freestyle and a silver and a…

1949

Roland Matthes

German swimmer (died 2019)

Roland Matthes was a German swimmer and the most successful backstroke swimmer of all time. Between April 1967 and August 1974 he won all backstroke competitions he entered. He won four European championships and three…

1950

Butch Davis

American football player and coach

Paul Hilton "Butch" Davis Jr. is an American football coach. He was most recently the head football coach at Florida International University. After graduating from the University of Arkansas, he became an assistant…

1951

Werner Hoyer

German economist and politician

Werner Hoyer is a German economist and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) between 2012 and 2023.

1951

Dean Paul Martin

American singer, actor, and pilot (died 1987)

Dean Paul Martin Jr. was an American pop singer and film and television actor. A member of the California Air National Guard, Martin died in a crash during a military training flight. He was the son of entertainer Dean…

1951

Stephen Root

American actor

Stephen Root is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), as Milton Waddams in the film Office Space (1999), and voiced Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on the animated…

1951

Jack Vettriano

Scottish painter and philanthropist (died 2025)

Jack Vettriano was a Scottish painter, known for his distinctive figurative style, often depicting scenes of romance, mystery, and nostalgia. Largely self-taught, Vettriano gained international recognition with his 1992…

1951

David Emanuel

Welsh fashion designer

David Emanuel is a Welsh fashion designer who designed, with his wife, Elizabeth, the wedding dress worn by Lady Diana Spencer at her wedding to Prince Charles in 1981.

1952

Ties Kruize

Dutch field hockey player

Ties Kruize is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands. He competed at the 1972 and 1984 Olympic Games and finished in fourth and sixth place, respectively. He became world champion in 1973, European champion…

1952

Runa Laila

Bangladeshi singer

Runa Laila is a Bangladeshi playback singer and composer. Widely recognized as one of the most prominent singers in South Asia, she is often referred to by the honorific title "Queen of Melody". Over her extensive,…

1952

Cyril Ramaphosa

South African businessman and politician, fifth President of South Africa

Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African businessman and politician serving as the president of South Africa since 2018. A former anti-apartheid activist and trade union leader, Ramaphosa is also the president of the…

1952

Babis Tennes

Greek footballer and manager

Babis Tennes is a Greek association football coach and retired association football player who played as midfielder.

1953

Chopper Read

Australian criminal and author (died 2013)

Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read was an Australian convicted criminal, gang member and author. Read wrote a series of semi-autobiographical fictional crime novels and children's books. The 2000 film Chopper is based on his…

1954

Peter Cox

English singer-songwriter

Peter John Cox is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the English pop duo Go West. As a solo artist, he scored three top 40 hits on the UK singles chart in the 1990s.

1955

Yolanda King

American actress and activist (died 2007)

Yolanda Denise King was an American activist and campaigner for African-American rights and first-born child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, who pursued artistic and entertainment…

1955

Dennis Maruk

Ukrainian-Canadian ice hockey player

Dennis John Maruk is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1975 to 1989, scoring a career-high 60 goals for the Washington Capitals in 1981–82. Maruk is of…

1955

Angelika Machinek

German glider pilot (died 2006)

Angelika Machinek was a German glider pilot. Born in the district of Holzminden, she started gliding at the age of 14, gained her pilot’s license in 1973 and received her instructor’s license in 1980. She was five times…

1956

Jim McGovern

Scottish politician

James McGovern is a Scottish Labour politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dundee West from 2005 to 2015.

1956

Jim Babjak

American guitarist and songwriter

Jim Babjak is an American guitarist and ex-banker. He is the lead guitar player and co-founder of The Smithereens. Babjak has written and sung several songs for the band. He also is the leader of the band Buzzed Meg.

1957

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

American actress and singer

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is an American actress and singer. She made her Broadway debut as an understudy in the 1980 revival of West Side Story, and went on to appear in the 1983 film Scarface as Al Pacino's…

1958

Terry Fenwick

English footballer and manager

Terence William Fenwick is an English former football manager and player who played either as a centre-back or a full-back.

1959

William R. Moses

American actor and producer

William Remington Moses is an American actor.

1959

Jaanus Tamkivi

Estonian politician

Jaanus Tamkivi is an Estonian politician of the Estonian Reform Party. He was Mayor of Kuressaare from 1996 to 2005, a member of the Riigikogu from 2005 to 2015, and the Minister of the Environment from 2007 to 2011.…

1959

Michael Hertwig

German footballer and manager

Michael Hertwig is a former German football player and manager.

1960

Jonathan Ross

English actor and talk show host

Jonathan Stephen Ross is an English broadcaster, television personality, comedian, and writer. He has presented television comedy chat shows, including BBC's Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001–2010) and ITV's The…

1960

RuPaul

American drag queen performer, actor, and singer

RuPaul Andre Charles is an American drag queen, television host, singer, producer, writer, and actor. He produces, hosts, and judges the reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race and has received several accolades,…

1960

Steve Stipanovich

American basketball player

Stephen Samuel Stipanovich is an American former professional basketball player. A 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) center who played college basketball for the Missouri Tigers between 1979 and 1983, he and Jon Sundvold helped coach…

1960

Robert Stethem

American soldier (died 1985)

Robert Dean Stethem was a United States Navy Seabee diver who was murdered by Hezbollah members during the hijacking of the commercial airliner he was aboard, TWA Flight 847. At the time of his death, his Navy rating…

1961

Pat Toomey

American businessman and politician

Patrick Joseph Toomey Jr. is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he served three terms as the U.S.…

1961

Dédé Fortin

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)

André "Dédé" Fortin was a founding member, frontman, and guitarist of the Québécois band Les Colocs, formed in 1990.

1962

Adrian Branch

American basketball player and sportscaster

Adrian Francis Branch is a retired American professional basketball player.

1963

Daniel Scott

American novelist and short story writer

Daniel Scott is an American novelist and short story writer best known for his discussions of marginalized characters of American society. He has also been cited as an "almost post-gay" writer in that he sometimes…

1963

Dylan Walsh

American actor

Dylan Walsh is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Dr. Sean McNamara on the FX television series Nip/Tuck, Al Burns on Unforgettable, Sam Lane on Superman & Lois, and David Hollander on Heated Rivalry.

1963

Susan Rice

American academic and politician, 24th United States National Security Advisor

Susan Elizabeth Rice is an American former diplomat, policy advisor, and public official. As a member of the Democratic Party, Rice served as the 22nd director of the United States Domestic Policy Council from 2021 to…

1964

Mitch Williams

American baseball player and sportscaster

Mitchell Steven Williams, nicknamed "Wild Thing", is an American former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for six teams from 1986 to 1997. He was also a studio analyst for the MLB Network from…

1964

Darren Beadman

Australian jockey

Darren Beadman is an Australian champion jockey. In 2007 at age 41 he was the youngest jockey ever to be inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, being the first to do so while still active in the industry.

1965

Pam Bondi

American politician and attorney, 87th U.S. Attorney General

Pamela Jo Bondi is an American attorney and politician who served as the 87th United States attorney general from 2025 to 2026. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the 37th attorney general of Florida from…

1965

Amanda Brown

Australian violinist and composer

Amanda Gabrielle Brown is an Australian composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. She was the violinist of Australian indie rock band the Go-Betweens from 1986 to 1989 and recorded on their studio albums…

1965

Ben Allison

American bassist and composer

Ben Allison is an American double bassist, composer, producer, bandleader, educator. In addition to his work as a performer, he co-founded the non-profit Jazz Composers Collective and served as its Artistic Director for…

1966

Jeff Buckley

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1997)

Jeffrey Scott Buckley was an American musician. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, he attracted a following in the early 1990s performing at venues in the East Village, Manhattan. He signed with…

1966

Kate Ceberano

Australian singer-songwriter and actress

Catherine Yvette Ceberano is an Australian singer and actress who performs in the rock, soul, jazz and pop genres, as well as in film and musicals such as Jesus Christ Superstar. Her single "Bedroom Eyes" received a…

1966

Richard Fortus

American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Richard Fortus is an American guitarist. He has been a member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses since 2002 and has recorded one studio album with them. Fortus has also collaborated extensively with The Psychedelic…

1966

Daisy Fuentes

Cuban-American model and actress

Daisy Fuentes is an American model, television host, actress and former weather presenter. Fuentes became MTV's first Latina VJ and Revlon's first Latina spokesperson to be signed to a worldwide contract.

1966

Sophie Marceau

French actress, director, and screenwriter

Sophie Marceau is a French actress. As a teenager, she achieved popularity with her debut films La Boum (1980) and La Boum 2 (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Actress. She became a film star in Europe…

1966

Alvin Patrimonio

Filipino basketball player and manager

Alvin Dale Vergara Patrimonio is a Filipino retired professional basketball player from the Philippine Basketball Association and is the current team manager for the Magnolia Hotshots.

1966

Tab Benoit

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Tab Benoit is an American blues guitarist, musician, and singer. His playing combines a number of blues styles, primarily Delta blues.

1967

Ronnie DeVoe

American singer, producer, and actor

Ronald Boyd DeVoe Jr., is an American singer and rapper. known as one of the members of the R&B/pop group New Edition, and the R&B/hip hop group Bell Biv DeVoe. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

1967

Sean Miller

American basketball player and coach

Sean Edward Miller is an American college basketball coach who currently serves as head coach at the University of Texas at Austin. He previously served as head coach at the University of Arizona from 2009 to 2021 and…

1968

Ryōtarō Okiayu

Japanese voice actor and singer

Ryōtarō Okiayu is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer affiliated with Aoni Production. His major roles include Byakuya Kuchiki in Bleach, Treize Khushrenada in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Hisashi Mitsui in Slam Dunk,…

1969

Jean-Michel Saive

Belgian table tennis player

Jean-Michel Saive is a Belgian former professional table tennis player. Saive competed at seven consecutive Olympics between 1988 and 2012, and he was also a winner in singles at European Championship 1994.

1969

Rebecca Walker

American author

Rebecca Walker is an American writer, feminist, and activist. Walker has been regarded as one of the prominent voices of Third Wave Feminism, and the coiner of the term "third wave", since publishing a 1992 article on…

1969

Paul Allender

English guitarist and songwriter

Paul James Allender is an English guitarist, best known for his work with the English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. He was a longtime member with stints in the band from 1992 to 1995 and then again from 1999 to…

1970

Tania Zaetta

Australian actress

Tania Zaetta is an Australian actress, television and radio presenter.

1970

David Ramsey

American actor

David Paul Ramsey is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in The CW Arrowverse series Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, and Batwoman as John Diggle / Spartan, portraying Diggle and Bass Reeves in Legends of…

1971

Tonje Sagstuen

Norwegian handball player, journalist, newspaper editor, and gambling executive

Tonje Sagstuen is a Norwegian former team handball player, journalist, newspaper editor, and gambling executive.

1971

Kimya Dawson

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Kimya Dawson is an American folk singer-songwriter, one half of the anti-folk duo the Moldy Peaches. Dawson's work with the Moldy Peaches earned them a cult following and critical acclaim, with their 2001 song "Anyone…

1972

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

Joanne Gwendoline Goode MBE is an English badminton player. She represented Great Britain at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games, and won the 2000 mixed doubles bronze medal with Simon Archer. Goode also won seven gold…

1972

Lorraine Pascale

English model and chef

Lorraine Pascale is a British TV chef and USA Food Network host and former model, best known for selling almost one million books in the UK alone. Her TV shows are in 70 countries worldwide. She had her own cooking show…

1972

Leonard Roberts

American actor

Leonard Roberts is an American actor. He portrayed Sean Taylor in Drumline, Forrest Gates on the fourth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and D. L. Hawkins on Heroes.

1972

Andreas Hedlund

Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

Andreas Hedlund, better known by his stage names Vintersorg and Mr. V, is a Swedish vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who has played in several heavy metal bands, including Borknagar, Cronian and Vintersorg.

1973

Eli Marrero

Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager

Elieser Marrero, is a Cuban former Major League Baseball player. Marrero started his career as a catcher, but spent time at first base, third base and in the outfield.

1973

Bernd Schneider

German footballer

Bernd Schneider is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. After retiring in June 2009, he took up an advisory role at his first club, Carl Zeiss Jena, and a scouting position at Bayer…

1973

Alexei Urmanov

Russian figure skater and coach

Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov is a Russian figure skating coach and former competitor. He is the 1994 Olympic champion, the 1993 World bronze medalist, the 1997 European champion, the 1995–96 Champions Series Final…

1973

Eunice Barber

Sierra Leonean-French heptathlete and long jumper

Eunice Claudia Barber is a Sierra Leonean-French athlete competing in heptathlon and long jump. Barber initially competed for Sierra Leone and then for France from 1999 onwards. She won the heptathlon at the World…

1974

Leslie Bibb

American actress and producer

Leslie Louise Bibb is an American actress and model. She first received wider attention for playing Brooke McQueen on the WB teen series Popular (1999–2001). Bibb later portrayed journalist Christine Everhart in Marvel…

1974

Berto Romero

Spanish comedian and actor

Alberto Romero Tomás, better known as Berto Romero, is a Spanish comedian.

1974

Kinga Baranowska

Polish mountaineer

Kinga Baranowska is a Polish mountaineer. She made ascents of nine eight-thousanders and is the first Polish woman to have climbed Dhaulagiri, Manaslu and Kangchenjunga. She has also climbed the seven summits.

1975

Lee Carseldine

Australian cricketer

Lee Andrew Carseldine is a retired professional Australian cricketer, entrepreneur and media personality.

1975

Jerome James

American basketball player

Jerome Keith James is an American former professional basketball player. Originally from Tampa, Florida, James played college basketball for the Florida A&M Rattlers for three seasons and was the national leader in…

1975

Brandon Call

American actor

Brandon Spencer Lee Call is an American former television and film actor. He played Hobie Buchannon in the first year of Baywatch and J.T. Lambert on Step by Step.

1976

Diane Neal

American actress and director

Diane Neal is an American-Israeli actress. She is best known for portraying New York Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak in the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2003 to 2012. She is also…

1976

Ryk Neethling

South African swimmer

Ryk Neethling OIS is a South African businessman who rose to prominence as a three-time World Aquatic Champion and four-time World Record breaking Olympic swimming champion, participating in four Olympics for South…

1977

Glen Air

Australian rugby league player

Glen Air is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. His usual position was as at halfback and he could also operate at five-eighth.

1978

Zoë Bell

New Zealand actress and stuntwoman

Zoë E. Bell is a New Zealand stuntwoman and actress. Some of her most notable stunt-work includes doubling for Lucy Lawless in Xena: Warrior Princess and for Uma Thurman in Kill Bill.

1978

Tom Ellis

Welsh actor

Thomas John Ellis is a Welsh actor. He became known for playing Gary Preston in the BBC One sitcom Miranda (2009–2015), then achieved wider recognition for his role as Lucifer Morningstar in the Fox/Netflix urban…

1978

Rachel McAdams

Canadian actress

Rachel Anne McAdams is a Canadian actress. A graduate of York University in 2001 with a BFA in theatre, she is known for her starring roles in comedy and drama films as well as her work in television and theater. Her…

1978

Reggie Wayne

American football player

Reginald Wayne is an American professional football coach and a former professional wide receiver who played 14 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He is currently the wide…

1978

Matthew Spring

English footballer

Matthew John Spring is an English semi-professional footballer and coach who last played as a midfielder for Southern League Division One Central club Hitchin Town. He previously played for Luton Town, Leeds United,…

1979

Jay Bradley

American wrestler

Bradley Thomas Jay is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in Impact Wrestling under the ring names of Jay Bradley and Aiden O'Shea, and WWE as Ryan Braddock.

1980

Sarah Harding

English singer, dancer, and actress (died 2021)

Sarah Harding was an English singer, model, and actress. Her professional career began in 2002 when she successfully auditioned for the ITV reality series Popstars: The Rivals, during which Harding won a place in the…

1981

Doug Walker

American actor, comedian, film critic, internet personality, and filmmaker

Douglas Darien Walker is an American YouTuber, filmmaker, film critic, comedian and actor. He is best known for creating and starring in the satirical film review web series Nostalgia Critic, wherein the title character…

1981

Katie Feenstra-Mattera

American basketball player

Katharen Ruth Mattera is an American college basketball coach and former player for the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

1982

Yusuf Pathan

Indian cricketer

Yusuf Khan Pathan is an Indian former cricketer and politician of the Trinamool Congress. Pathan made his debut in first-class cricket in 2001/02 as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. His younger…

1982

Hollie Smith

New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist

Hollie Smith is a New Zealand soul singer-songwriter based in Auckland. Her four solo albums Long Player, Humour and the Misfortune of Others, Water or Gold, and Coming In From The Dark have all reached number one on…

1982

Viva Bianca

Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter

Viva Bianca is an Australian actress best known for her role as Ilithyia on the Starz network series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Spartacus: Vengeance.

1983

Ioannis Bourousis

Greek basketball player

Ioannis Bourousis, commonly known as Giannis Bourousis is a Greek former professional basketball player and basketball executive. He is the general manager of the Greek basketball club ASK Karditsa. During his playing…

1983

Ryan Bradley

American figure skater

Ryan Scott Bradley is an American former competitive figure skater. He is the 2008 Skate Canada International silver medalist, the 2009 Skate America bronze medalist, the 2011 U.S. national champion, and a three-time…

1983

Ryan Braun

American baseball player

Ryan Joseph Braun is an American former professional baseball player. A left fielder, he played his entire career for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2007 to 2020. Braun also played right field…

1983

Trevor Crowe

American baseball player

Trevor Thornton Crowe is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians and Houston Astros. Prior to playing professionally, Crowe attended the…

1983

Jodie Henry

Australian swimmer

Jodie Clare Henry, is an Australian former competitive swimmer, Olympic gold medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics and former world-record holder.

1983

Harry Lloyd

English actor, producer, and screenwriter

Harry Charles Salusbury Lloyd is an English actor. His performance in the Channel 4 miniseries The Fear (2012) earned him a British Academy Television Award nomination. He gained prominence through his roles as Will…

1983

Scott Moore

American baseball player

Scott Alanboyd Moore is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles and Houston Astros. He played with the St. Louis Cardinals…

1983

Christopher Paolini

American author

Christopher James Paolini is an American and Italian author. He is best known for The Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon (2002), Eldest (2005), Brisingr (2008), Inheritance (2011), the follow-up short…

1983

Amanda Evora

American figure skater

Amanda Evora is an American former competitive pair skater. She competed with Mark Ladwig. They are two-time U.S. silver medalists, 2012 U.S. bronze medalists and two-time U.S. pewter medalists.

1984

Park Han-byul

South Korean model and actress

Park Han-byul is a South Korean actress and model.

1984

Luis Aguiar

Uruguayan footballer

Luis Bernardo Aguiar Burgos is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

1985

Sékou Camara

Malian footballer (died 2013)

Abdoulaye Sékou Camara, better known as Sékou Camara, was a Malian footballer. Nicknamed "McCarthy", Camara primarily played as a striker and as a centre forward. At the time of his death, he was a striker for Pelita…

1985

Carolina Neurath

Swedish journalist

Anna Carolina Neurath is a Swedish journalist and writer. She specializes in writing business articles for the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. In 2016 her first work of fiction, Fartblinda, was published.

1985

Everth Cabrera

Nicaraguan baseball player

Everth Cabrera is a Nicaraguan former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres and Baltimore Orioles. He led the National League (NL) in stolen bases in 2012,…

1986

Fabio Concas

Italian footballer

Fabio Concas is an Italian footballer who plays for the Serie D side Derthona as a winger.

1986

Aaron Finch

Australian cricketer

Aaron James Finch is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer who previously captained the Australia national cricket team in both One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International…

1986

Nani

Portuguese footballer

Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha, commonly known as Nani, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Kazakhstan Premier League club Aktobe. He is known for his pace, flair and work ethic.

1986

Greg Rutherford

English long jumper

Gregory James Rutherford is a retired British track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. He represented Great Britain at the Olympics, World and European Championships, and England at the Commonwealth…

1986

Justine Michelle Cain

English actress

Justine Michelle Andrews is an English actress, best known for her roles of Charlie in the BBC sitcom Some Girls between 2012 to 2014 and Carly in the ITV sitcom Edge of Heaven in 2014.

1987

Craig Noone

English footballer

Craig Stephen Noone is an English professional football manager and player who plays as a winger for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Warrington Town where he is a player-coach. During his playing career,…

1987

Gemma Spofforth

English swimmer

Gemma Mary Spofforth is an English former competition swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. Spofforth is the…

1987

Justin Cooper

American actor

Justin Cooper is an American former child actor. He has starred in the film Liar Liar and in the sitcom Brother's Keeper. He serves as an executive producer of The Ben Maller Show on Fox Sports Radio.

1988

Ryan Griffin

American football player

Ryan Walsh Griffin is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tulane Green Wave. He was signed by the New Orleans…

1989

Seth Lugo

American baseball player

Jacob Seth Lugo is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Mets and San Diego Padres. He made his MLB debut…

1989

Roman Zozulya

Ukrainian footballer

Roman Vyacheslavovych Zozulya is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a striker.

1989

Elías Díaz

Venezuelan baseball player

Elías David Díaz Soto is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has preivously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Colorado Rockies, and San Diego…

1990

Damiris Dantas

Brazilian basketball player

Damiris Dantas do Amaral is a Brazilian basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Botaş SK of the Turkish Super League.

1992

Katarzyna Kawa

Polish tennis player

Katarzyna Kawa is a Polish professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are No. 64 in doubles, set on 10 October 2022, and No. 112 in singles, achieved on 9 November 2020. She has won five WTA Challenger…

1992

Danielle Kettlewell

Australian synchronised swimmer

Danielle Merlyn Reedy is an Australian synchronised swimmer. She competed in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

1992

Taylor Gold

American snowboarder

Taylor Riley "Ty" Gold is an American Olympian snowboarder. He competes in the halfpipe.

1993

Raquel Castro

American actress and singer

Raquel Castro is an American actress and singer. She is known for starring in the 2004 film Jersey Girl as Gertie Trinké, the daughter of Ollie Trinké and Gertrude Steiney, for which Castro won the Young Artist Award…

1994

Rose Ayling-Ellis

British actress

Rose Lucinda Ayling-Ellis is an English actress, television presenter and writer of children's books. Deaf since birth, she is a British Sign Language user.

1994

Elise Mertens

Belgian tennis player

Elise Mertens is a Belgian professional tennis player. She became the world No. 1 in women's doubles on 10 May 2021, the third Belgian to hold a top ranking in either singles or doubles. She has won 34 WTA Tour-level…

1995

Panashe Muzambe

Scottish rugby union player

Panashe Muzambe is a Scottish professional rugby union player. She is the first black woman to play rugby for Scotland.

1995

Minkah Fitzpatrick

American football player

Minkah Annane Fitzpatrick Jr. is an American professional football safety for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, and was selected by the…

1996

Jamayne Taunoa-Brown

Australian rugby league player

Jamayne Taunoa-Brown is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer.

1996

Dragan Bender

Croatian basketball player

Dragan Bender is a Croatian former professional basketball player. He stands 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) and played the power forward and center positions. He was selected by the Phoenix Suns with the fourth overall pick in the…

1997

Julian Ryerson

Norwegian footballer

Julian Ryerson is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a full-back or wing-back for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Norway national team.

1997

Yugyeom

South Korean singer

Kim Yu-gyeom, known mononymously as Yugyeom, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer who made his debut as a member of the South Korean boy band Got7 in 2014 and the subunit Jus2.

1997

Gabi Gonçalves

Brazilian politician

Gabriela Cristina Gonçalves da Silva Cordeiro, better known as Gabi Gonçalves, is a Brazilian politician. In 2022, she was elected state deputy for Alagoas.

1999

Joanne Züger

Swiss tennis player

Joanne Züger is an inactive Swiss tennis player.

2000

Kate Douglass

American swimmer

Katherine Cadwallader Douglass is an American competitive swimmer. Douglass is a five-time Olympic medalist, including two golds, and has won 34 medals with 16 golds at the World Championships. Since 2024, she has been…

2001

Linda Nosková

Czech tennis player

Linda Nosková is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 by the WTA, achieved on 5 January 2026, and a doubles ranking of No. 60, set on 19 August 2024. Nosková has won…

2004

Anna Tanaka

Japanese singer and model

Anna Tanaka , known mononymously as Anna (Korean: 안나), is a Japanese singer and model based in South Korea. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Meovv, which debuted in September 2024 under The Black Label.

2005

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