Who was born on November 20?

Famous people born on November 20 include: Maximinus II, Emperor Taizong of Song (died 997), Ernst Ludwig, Otto von Guericke, Fasilides.

What is Dierks Bentley known for?

Dierks Bentley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dierks Bentley & Other Famous Birthdays on November 20

Stanisław Kostka Potocki

Polish noble, politician and writer (died 1821)

Count Stanisław Kostka Potocki was a Polish nobleman, politician, writer, public intellectual, and patron of the arts. He was involved in public education and active in the period that has been termed as the Polish…

1755

Pope Pius VIII (died 1830)

Pope Pius VIII was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 31 March 1829 to his death in November 1830.

1761

Ignaz Schuppanzigh

Austrian violinist (died 1830)

Ignaz Schuppanzigh was an Austrian violinist and friend of Beethoven, and leader of Count Razumovsky's private string quartet. Schuppanzigh and his quartet premiered many of Beethoven's string quartets, and in…

1776

Karl Friedrich Eichhorn

German captain and jurist (died 1854)

Karl Friedrich Eichhorn was a German jurist.

1781

Bartolomeo Pinelli

Italian illustrator and engraver (died 1835)

Bartolomeo Pinelli was an Italian illustrator and engraver.

1781

Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os

Dutch painter (died 1861)

Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os, was a 19th-century painter from the Netherlands.

1782

Georgios Sinas

Greek entrepreneur and banker (died 1856)

Georgios Sinas was an Austrian–Greek entrepreneur and banker. He became a national benefactor of Greece and Romanians, and was the father of another Greek national benefactor, Simon Sinas. He was also the founder of the…

1783

Marianne von Willemer

Austrian actress and dancer (died 1860)

Marianne von Willemer was an Austrian actress and dancer best known for her relationship with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and her appearance in his poetry.

1784

Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse

German firearms inventor and manufacturer (died 1867)

Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse was a German firearms inventor and manufacturer. He is most famous for submitting the Dreyse needle gun in 1836 to the Prussian army, which was adopted for service in December 1840 as the…

1787

Félix Varela

Cuban-born Roman Catholic priest (died 1853)

Félix Varela y Morales was a Cuban Catholic priest and independence leader who is regarded as a notable figure in the Catholic Church in both his native Cuba and the United States, where he also served.

1788

Eduard Rüppell

German naturalist and explorer (died 1884)

Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon Rüppell, also spelled Rueppell was a German naturalist and explorer, best known for his collections and descriptions of plants and animals from Africa and Arabia.

1794

Mungo Ponton

Scottish inventor (died 1880)

Mungo Ponton FRS FRSE was a Scottish inventor who in 1839 created a method of permanent photography based on potassium dichromate.

1801

Albert Kazimirski de Biberstein

French orientalist (died 1887)

Albert Félix Ignace Kazimirski or Albin de Biberstein was a Polish orientalist, author of an Arabic-French dictionary and a number of Arab-French translations, including the Quran.

1808

Franz Miklosich

Slovenian linguist and philologist (died 1891)

Franz Miklosich was a Slovenian philologist and rector of the University of Vienna.

1813

Mikhail Dragomirov

Russian general (1905)

Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov was a Russian Imperial general and military writer of Ukrainian origin. His grandfather Ivan Antonovych Dragomirecki-Mockewicz after being granted a noble title in 1786, changed his name…

1830

Franjo Kuhač

Croatian conductor and composer (died 1911)

Franjo Ksaver Kuhač was a Croatian piano teacher, choral conductor, composer, and comparative musicologist who studied Croatian folk music. Kuhač did a great deal of field work in this area, collecting and publishing…

1834

Victor D'Hondt

Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (died 1901)

Victor Joseph Auguste D'Hondt was a Belgian lawyer and jurist of civil law at Ghent University. He devised a procedure, the D'Hondt method, which he first described in 1878, for allocating seats to candidates in…

1841

François Denys Légitime

Haitian general (died 1935)

François Denys Légitime was a Haitian general who served as President of Haiti from 1888 to 1889.

1841

Wilfrid Laurier

Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1919)

Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The first French Canadian prime minister, his 15-year tenure remains the longest uninterrupted term of office among Canadian…

1841

Joseph Samuel Bloch

Austrian rabbi and deputy (died 1923)

Joseph (Josef) Samuel Bloch was an Austrian rabbi and deputy of Polish descent.

1850

Charlotte Garrigue

wife of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (died 1923)

Charlotte Garrigue-Masaryk was the American-born wife of the Czechoslovak philosopher, sociologist, and politician, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first President of Czechoslovakia.

1850

Mikhail Albov

Russian writer (died 1911)

Mikhail Nilovich Albov was a writer from the Russian Empire.

1851

John Merle Coulter

American botanist (died 1928)

John Merle Coulter, Ph. D. was an American botanist and educator. In his career in education administration, Coulter is notable for serving as the president of Indiana University and Lake Forest College and the head of…

1851

Margherita of Savoy

Italian Queen consort (died 1926)

Margherita of Savoy was Queen of Italy by marriage to her first cousin King Umberto I of Italy. She was the daughter of Prince Ferdinando of Savoy, Duke of Genoa, and Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, and the mother of King…

1851

Oskar Potiorek

Austro-Hungarian Army officer (died 1933)

Oskar Potiorek was an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army, who served as Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1911 to 1914. He was a passenger in the car carrying Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife…

1853

Josiah Royce

American philosopher (died 1916)

Josiah Royce was an American pragmatist and objective idealist philosopher and the founder of American idealism. His philosophical ideas included his joining of pragmatism and idealism, his philosophy of loyalty, and…

1855

Helena Westermarck

Finnish artist and writer (died 1938)

Helena Charlotta Westermarck was a Swedish-speaking Finnish artist and writer. She is known for her pioneering biographies of women.

1857

Selma Lagerlöf

Swedish author and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1940)

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf was a Swedish writer. She published her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she was awarded in 1909. In…

1858

José Figueroa Alcorta

President of Argentina, (died 1931)

José María Cornelio Figueroa Alcorta was an Argentine lawyer and politician, who managed to be the only person to head the three powers of the State: Vice President of the Nation, from October 12, 1904 to March 12,…

1860

Camillo Laurenti

Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (died 1938)

Camillo Laurenti was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites from 1929 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1921.

1861

Georges Palante

French philosopher and sociologist (died 1925)

Georges Toussaint Léon Palante was a French philosopher and sociologist.

1862

Edvard Westermarck

Finnish philosopher and sociologist (died 1939)

Edvard Alexander Westermarck was a Finnish social anthropologist, sociologist and philosopher. He was the most internationally prominent Finnish scholar of his time, known for his work on the history of marriage and the…

1862

Percy Cox

British Indian Army officer (died 1937)

Major-General Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, was a British Indian Army officer and Colonial Office administrator in the Middle East. He is considered one of the main architects behind the current Middle Eastern borders.

1864

Kenesaw Mountain Landis

American lawyer and judge (died 1944)

Kenesaw Mountain Landis was an American jurist who served as a United States federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first commissioner of baseball from 1920 until his death in 1944. He is remembered for his…

1866

Maria Letizia Bonaparte

daughter of Prince Napoléon Bonaparte (died 1926)

Maria Letizia Bonaparte was one of three children born to Prince Napoléon and his wife Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy. In 1888, she married Prince Amadeo, Duke of Aosta, the former king of Spain and her uncle.…

1866

Patrick Joseph Hayes

American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (died 1938)

Patrick Joseph Hayes was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of New York from 1919 until his death. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1924.

1867

Gustav Giemsa

German chemist and bacteriologist (died 1948)

Berthold Carl Gustav Giemsa was a German chemist and bacteriologist who was a native of Medar-Blechhammer. He is best known for creating a dye solution commonly known as "Giemsa stain" which is used in staining for use…

1867

Zinaida Gippius

Russian writer and editor (died 1945)

Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius was a Russian poet, playwright, novelist, editor and religious thinker. She is considered one of the major figures in Russian symbolism.

1869

Josaphata Hordashevska

Ukrainian Greek-Catholic nun (died 1919)

Josaphata was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic religious sister in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. She was the first member and co-founder of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate.

1869

William Heard Kilpatrick

American pedagogue (died 1965)

William Heard Kilpatrick was an American pedagogue and a pupil, a colleague and a successor of John Dewey. Kilpatrick was a major figure in the progressive education movement of the early 20th century.

1871

Augusto Weberbauer

German naturalist (died 1948)

Augusto Weberbauer was a German naturalist, botanist and university professor. He conducted systematic exploration of Peru in search of new plant species. Weberbauer received his PhD in botany at the University of…

1871

Ramón Castillo

Argentine politician (died 1944)

Ramón Antonio Castillo Barrionuevo was President of Argentina from 1942 to 1943. He took office after the resignation of President Roberto María Ortiz, under whom he was the Vice President. He was a leading figure in…

1873

William Coblentz

American physicist (died 1962)

William Weber Coblentz was an American physicist notable for his contributions to infrared radiometry and spectroscopy.

1873

Georges Caussade

French composer (died 1936)

Georges Paul Alphonse Emilien Caussade was a French composer, music theorist, and music educator.

1873

Daniel Gregory Mason

American composer and music critic (died 1953)

Daniel Gregory Mason was an American composer and music critic.

1873

James Michael Curley

American lawyer, politician, 53rd Governor of Massachusetts, and criminal (died 1958)

James Michael Curley was an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He served four terms as mayor of Boston between 1914 and 1950. Curley ran for mayor in every election for which he was legally…

1874

Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg

German diplomat (died 1944)

Friedrich-Werner Erdmann Matthias Johann Bernhard Erich Graf von der Schulenburg was a German diplomat who served as the last German ambassador to the Soviet Union before Operation Barbarossa, the German attack on the…

1875

Rudolf Koch

German designer (died 1934)

Rudolf Koch was a German type designer, professor, and a master of lettering, calligraphy, typography and illustration. Commonly known for his typefaces created for the Klingspor Type Foundry, his most widely used…

1876

Herbert Pitman

English sailor (died 1961)

Herbert John Pitman was a British Merchant Navy seaman, who was the Third Officer of RMS Titanic when it sank in the North Atlantic Ocean with heavy loss of life after striking an iceberg during the night of 14 April…

1877

Walter Brack

German swimmer (died 1919)

Walter Brack was a German backstroke and breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In the 1904 Olympics he won a gold medal in the 100 yard backstroke and a silver medal in the Men's 440 yard…

1880

Irakli Tsereteli

Georgian politician (died 1959)

Irakli Tsereteli was a Georgian politician and a leading spokesman of the Social Democratic Party of Georgia and later Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) during the era of the Russian Revolutions.

1881

Ernestas Galvanauskas

Lithuanian engineer and politician (died 1967)

Ernestas Galvanauskas was a Lithuanian engineer, politician, and one of the founders of the Peasant Union. He also served twice as Prime Minister of Lithuania.

1882

Edwin August

American actor and director (died 1964)

Edwin August Phillip von der Butz was an American actor, director, and screenwriter of the silent era.

1883

Tony Gaudio

Italian American cinematographer (died 1951)

Gaetano (Tony) Gaudio, A.S.C. was a pioneer Italian-American cinematographer of more than 1000 films. Gaudio won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Anthony Adverse, becoming the first Italian to have won an…

1883

Norman Thomas

American minister and politician (died 1968)

Norman Mattoon Thomas was an American Presbyterian minister, political activist, and perennial candidate for president. He achieved fame as a socialist and pacifist, and was the Socialist Party of America's candidate…

1884

George Holley

English footballer (died 1942)

George Holley was an English professional footballer who spent most of his career as an inside forward with Sunderland, helping them claim the Football League title in 1913. He was also joint top scorer in the First…

1885

Kaarlo Vasama

Finnish gymnast (died 1926)

Kaarlo Hjalmar Vasama was a Finnish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Finnish team, which won the silver medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event.

1885

Robert Hunter

American golfer (died 1971)

Robert Edward Hunter was an American amateur golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

1886

Karl von Frisch

Austrian-German ethologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1982)

Karl Ritter von Frisch, was a German-Austrian ethologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973, along with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz.

1886

Alexandre Stavisky

French financier and embezzler (died 1934)

Serge Alexandre Stavisky was a French financier and embezzler whose actions created a political scandal that became known as the Stavisky Affair.

1886

Jean Ducret

French footballer (died 1975)

Jean Ducret was a French international footballer. He played as a midfielder and played for five teams, most notably Olympique Lillois and Stade Français. Ducret was one of the national team's first-ever permanent…

1887

Dennis Fenton

American sports shooter (died 1954)

Dennis Fenton was an American sport shooter and Olympic champion. He was born in Ventry, Ireland, and died in San Diego, California.

1888

Edwin Hubble

American astronomer and cosmologist (died 1953)

Edwin Powell Hubble was an American astronomer. He played a crucial role in establishing the fields of extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology.

1889

Robert Armstrong

American actor (died 1973)

Robert William Armstrong was an American film and television actor noted for playing Carl Denham in the 1933 version of King Kong by RKO Pictures. He delivered the film's famous final line: "It wasn't the airplanes. It…

1890

Harald Madsen

Danish actor (died 1949)

Harald Martin Bergmann Madsen was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 51 films between 1917 and 1948. Harald Madsen was a part of the Danish comedian couple Fyrtårnet og Bivognen, known as "Long & Short" in the United…

1890

Lauri Tanner

Finnish gymnast (died 1950)

Lauri Arvo Tanner was a Finnish gymnast and amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

1890

Reginald Denny

English actor (died 1967)

Reginald Leigh Dugmore, known professionally as Reginald Denny, was an English actor, aviator, and UAV pioneer.

1891

James Collip

Canadian biochemist and academic, co-discovered insulin (died 1965)

James Bertram Collip was a Canadian biochemist who was part of the Toronto group which isolated insulin. He served as the chair of the department of biochemistry at McGill University from 1928 to 1941 and dean of…

1892

André Bloch

French mathematician (died 1948)

André Bloch was a French mathematician who is best remembered for his fundamental contribution to complex analysis.

1893

Grace Darmond

Canadian-American actress (died 1963)

Grace Darmond was a Canadian-American actress.

1893

Johann Nikuradse

Georgian-born German engineer and physicist (died 1979)

Johann Nikuradse was a Georgia-born German engineer and physicist. His brother, Alexander Nikuradse, was also a Germany-based physicist and geopolitician known for his ties with Alfred Rosenberg and for his role in…

1894

Pierre Cot

French politician (died 1977)

Pierre Jules Cot, was a French politician and leading figure in the Popular Front government of the 1930s.

1895

Chiyono Hasegawa

Japanese supercentenarian (died 2011)

Japanese supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Japan who have attained or surpassed the age of 110 years. As of January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims…

1896

Carl Mayer

Austrian-Jewish screenplay writer (died 1944)

Carl Mayer was an Austrian screenwriter. Mayer wrote or co-wrote the screenplays to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The Haunted Castle (1921), Der Letzte Mann (1924), Tartuffe (1926), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans…

1896

Germaine Krull

German photographer and political activist (died 1985)

Germaine Luise Krull was a photographer, political activist, and hotel owner. Her nationality has been categorized as German, French, and Dutch, but she spent years in Brazil, Republic of the Congo, Thailand, and India.…

1897

Richmond Landon

American high jumper (died 1971)

Richmond Wilcox Landon was an American high jumper who won a gold medal for the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

1898

Adrian Piotrovsky

Russian dramaturge (died 1937)

Adrian Ivanovich Piotrovsky was a Russian Soviet dramaturge, responsible for creating the synopsis for Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet. He was the "acknowledged godfather" of the Workers' Youth Theatre.

1898

Alicja Kotowska

Polish nun (died 1939)

Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska was a Polish religious sister who was head of the Resurrectionist convent in Wejherowo between 1934 and 1939. She was arrested by the Gestapo on 24 October 1939 during prayer and murdered…

1899

Florieda Batson

American Olympic hurdler (died 1996)

Florieda Burton Batson Gibbens was an American hurdler and captain of the United States team at the Women's Olympics in Paris in 1922.

1900

Helen Bradley

English painter (died 1979)

Helen Layfield Bradley MBE was an English artist born in Lees, Lancashire, England. Her paintings, mostly in oils, typically depict life in Lancashire in the Edwardian era.

1900

Chester Gould

American cartoonist and author, created Dick Tracy (died 1985)

Chester Gould was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip, which he wrote and drew from 1931 to 1977, incorporating numerous colorful and monstrous villains.

1900

José Leandro Andrade

Uruguayan footballer (died 1957)

José Leandro Andrade Quiroz was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a wing-half. He was nicknamed "the Black Marvel". During his prime he was regarded as one of the finest players in the world,…

1901

Gianpiero Combi

Italian footballer (died 1956)

Gianpiero Combi was an Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent his entire club career at Juventus, where he won five Italian League titles. At international level, he won the 1934 World Cup with the…

1902

Erik Eriksen

Danish politician (died 1972)

Erik Eriksen was a Danish politician, who served as the prime minister of Denmark from 1950 to 1953 and as the president of the Nordic Council in 1956. Eriksen was leader of the Danish Liberal party Venstre from 1950 to…

1902

Heini Meng

Swiss ice hockey player (died 1982)

Heinrich Anton Meng was a Swiss ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.

1902

Jean Painlevé

French photographer and filmmaker (died 1989)

Jean Painlevé was a French photographer and filmmaker who specialized in underwater fauna. He was the son of mathematician and twice prime minister of France Paul Painlevé.

1902

Philipp Schmitt

German officer of the Schutzstaffel (died 1950)

Philipp Johann Adolf Schmitt was a German officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS) who served as commandant of Fort Breendonk, a Nazi prison camp in German-occupied Belgium during World War II. For a year, he was also in…

1902

Alexandra Danilova

Russian-American ballerina and choreographer (died 1997)

Aleksandra Dionisyevna Danilova was a Russian-born prima ballerina, who became an American citizen. In 1989, she was recognized for lifetime achievements in ballet as a Kennedy Center Honoree.

1903

Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi

Pakistani historian and educator (died 1981)

Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi popularly known as I.H. Qureshi, SP, HI, was a Pakistani nationalist historian and playwright. He was the Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi from 1961 till 1971.

1903

Arnold Gartmann

Swiss bobsledder (died 1980)

Arnold "Noldi" Gartmann was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

1904

Minoo Masani

Indian lawyer and politician (died 1998)

Minocher Rustom "Minoo" Masani was an Indian politician, a leading figure of the erstwhile Swatantra Party. He was a three-time Member of Parliament, representing Gujarat's Rajkot constituency in the second, third and…

1905

Vera Tanner

English swimmer (died 1971)

Iris Vera Tanner was an English swimmer born in Eastbourne, who competed in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics. At the 1924 Olympics she won a silver medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event and was fifth in the 100 m…

1906

Fran Allison

American entertainer (died 1989)

Frances Helen Allison was an American television and radio comedienne, personality, and singer.

1907

Mihai Beniuc

Romanian writer (died 1988)

Mihai Beniuc was a Romanian socialist realist poet, dramatist, and novelist.

1907

Henri-Georges Clouzot

French film director, screenwriter and producer (died 1977)

Henri-Georges Clouzot was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Clouzot is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed The Wages of Fear (1953) and Les Diaboliques (1955), which…

1907

Anni Rehborn

German swimmer (died 1987)

Anni Rehborn was a German swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1927 European Aquatics Championships. She entered two swimming events at the 1928 Summer Olympics, but did not compete for…

1907

Louis

Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, the youngest son of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (died 1968)

Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine was the youngest son of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse by his second wife, Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich. He was a great-grandson of Queen Victoria.

1908

Alistair Cooke

British-American journalist and author (died 2004)

Alistair Cooke, KBE was a British-American writer whose work as a journalist, television personality and radio broadcaster was done primarily in the United States. Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter…

1908

Jenő Vincze

Hungarian footballer (died 1988)

Jenő Vincze (Serbian: Eugen Vince) was a Hungarian footballer and a legend of Újpest FC, most famous for playing for the Hungary national team in the 1938 World Cup Final.

1908

John Berger

Swiss cross-country skier (died 2002)

John Berger was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s. He was born in Överluleå and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

1909

Vicente Feola

Brazilian football manager and coach (died 1975)

Vicente Ítalo Feola was a Brazilian football manager and coach from São Paulo. He is best known for leading the Brazil national team to its first FIFA World Cup title in 1958.

1909

Piero Gherardi

Italian costume and set designer (died 1971)

Piero Gherardi was an Italian costume designer, production designer and art director. He is best known to international audiences for his collaborations with directors Mario Monicelli and Federico Fellini. Gherardi has…

1909

Samand Siabandov

Soviet Red Army writer (died 1989)

Samand Aliyevich Siabandov was a Soviet writer, military officer and politician who was a Yazidi Kurd. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union during the Soviet war against Nazi Germany.

1909

Willem Jacob van Stockum

Dutch mathematician, pilot, and academic (died 1944)

Willem Jacob van Stockum was a Dutch mathematician who made an important contribution to the early development of general relativity.

1910

Pauli Murray

American civil rights activist, women's rights activist, lawyer, Episcopal priest, and author (died 1985)

Anna Pauline "Pauli" Murray was an American civil rights activist, advocate, legal scholar and theorist, author and – later in life – an Episcopal priest. Murray's work influenced the civil rights movement and expanded…

1910

Eduard Kainberger

Austrian footballer (died 1974)

Eduard "Edi" Kainberger was an Austrian association football player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Austrian team, which won the silver medal in the football tournament. He played all four…

1911

David Seymour

Polish photographer (died 1956)

David Seymour, or Chim, was a Polish photographer and photojournalist.

1911

Jean Shiley

American high jumper (died 1998)

Jean Shiley Newhouse was an American high jumper. She was born Jean Shiley in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and later moved to Havertown, a Philadelphia suburb, where she joined the team at Haverford High School.

1911

Rupert Weinstabl

Austrian sprint canoeist (died 1953)

Rupert Weinstabl was an Austrian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1930s.

1911

Paul Zielinski

German footballer (died 1966)

Paul Zielinski was a German football player who participated in the 1934 FIFA World Cup.

1911

Enrique Garcia

Argentine footballer (died 1969)

Enrique García was an Argentine footballer. Nicknamed Chueco, or El Poeta de la Zurda, is regarded as the best Argentine left winger ever.

1912

Otto von Habsburg

the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary (died 2011)

Otto von Habsburg was the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary from 1916 until its dissolution in November 1918. In 1922, he became the pretender to the former thrones, head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and…

1912

Franz Berghammer

Austrian field handballer (died 1944)

Franz Berghammer was an Austrian field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Austria field handball team that won the silver medal in handball at the Olympics. He played two…

1913

Charles Berlitz

American linguist (died 2003)

Charles Frambach Berlitz was an American polyglot, language teacher and writer, known for his language-learning courses and his books on paranormal phenomena.

1913

Charles Bettelheim

French Marxian economist and historian (died 2006)

Charles Bettelheim was a French Marxian economist and historian, founder of the Center for the Study of Modes of Industrialization at the EHESS, economic advisor to the governments of several developing countries during…

1913

Judy Canova

American actress and comedian (died 1983)

Judy Canova, born Juliette Canova, was an American comedienne, actress, singer, and radio personality who appeared on Broadway and in films. She hosted her own eponymous network radio program, a popular series broadcast…

1913

Kostas Choumis

Greek footballer (died 1981)

Kostas Choumis was a Greek-Romanian football player who played as a striker. He is often regarded in Greece and Romania as one of the greatest strikers from the 1930s.

1913

Russell Rouse

American screenwriter, director and producer (died 1987)

Russell Rouse was an American screenwriter, director, and producer who is noted for the "offbeat creativity and originality" of his screenplays and for film noir movies and television episodes produced in the 1950s.

1913

Libertas Schulze-Boysen

German opponent of the Nazis (died 1942)

Libertas Viktoria "Libs" Schulze-Boysen was a German noblewoman and resistance fighter against the Nazis. From the early 1930s to 1940, she attempted to build a literary career, first as a press officer and later as a…

1913

Yakov Zak

Soviet pianist (died 1976)

Yakov Izrailevich Zak was a Soviet pianist and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1966).

1913

Emilio Pucci

Italian fashion designer and politician (died 1992)

Emilio Pucci, Marchese di Barsento was an Italian aristocrat, fashion designer and politician. He and his eponymous company Pucci designed geometric prints in many colors.

1914

Kurt Lundqvist

Swedish high jumper (died 1976)

Kurt Lundqvist was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. He was the 1938 European champion in the event.

1914

Kon Ichikawa

Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)

Kon Ichikawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films The Burmese Harp (1956) and Fires on the Plain (1959), to the documentary Tokyo…

1915

Hu Yaobang

Chinese politician (died 1989)

Hu Yaobang was a Chinese politician who was a high-ranking official of the People's Republic of China. He held the top office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1981 to 1987, first as Chairman from 1981 to 1982,…

1915

Charles E. Osgood

American psychologist (died 1991)

Charles Egerton Osgood was an American psychologist and professor at the University of Illinois. He was known for his research on behaviourism versus cognitivism, semantics, cross-culturalism, psycholinguistic theory,…

1916

Michael J. Ingelido

American general (died 2015)

Michael Joseph Ingelido was an American Air Force major general who was commander of the Fourteenth Aerospace Force,, Ent Air Force Base, Colorado.

1916

Evelyn Keyes

American actress (died 2008)

Evelyn Louise Keyes was an American film actress. She is best known for her role as Suellen O'Hara in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind.

1916

Donald T. Campbell

American social scientist (died 1996)

Donald Thomas Campbell was an American social scientist. He is noted for his work in methodology. He coined the term evolutionary epistemology and developed a selectionist theory of human creativity. A Review of General…

1916

Robert Byrd

American lawyer and politician (died 2010)

Robert Carlyle Byrd was an American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A Democrat, Byrd also served as a U.S. representative for six…

1917

Leonard Jimmie Savage

American mathematician (died 1971)

Leonard Jimmie Savage was an American mathematician and statistician. Economist Milton Friedman said Savage was "one of the few people I have met whom I would unhesitatingly call a genius."

1917

Erich Leo Lehmann

American statistician (died 2009)

Erich Leo Lehmann was a German-born American statistician, who made a major contribution to nonparametric hypothesis testing. He is one of the eponyms of the Lehmann–Scheffé theorem and of the Hodges–Lehmann estimator.

1917

Bobby Locke

South African golfer (died 1987)

Arthur D'Arcy "Bobby" Locke was a South African professional golfer. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time. He won The Open Championship four times and 15 PGA Tour events in total. In…

1917

Corita Kent

American nun, illustrator, and educator (died 1986)

Corita Kent, born Frances Elizabeth Kent and also known as Sister Mary Corita Kent, was an American artist, designer and educator, and former religious sister. Key themes in her work included Christianity and social…

1918

Dora Ratjen

German high jumper (died 2008)

Heinrich Ratjen, born Dora Ratjen, was a German athlete who competed for Germany in the women's high jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics at Berlin, finishing fourth, but was later determined to be male and/or intersex. In…

1918

Alan Brown

English race car driver (died 2004)

Alan Everest Brown was a British racing driver from England. He took up motor racing in a Cooper, later forming the Ecurie Richmond team with Eric Brandon. He participated in nine World Championship Formula One Grands…

1919

Phyllis Thaxter

American actress (died 2012)

Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter was an American actress. She is best known for portraying Ellen Lawson in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) and Martha "Ma" Kent in Superman (1978). She also appeared in Bewitched (1945), Blood…

1919

Douglas Dick

American actor and psychologist (died 2015)

Douglas Harvey Dick was an American actor and occasional screenwriter. His most famous role came in the 1948 film Rope. In 1971, Dick left the entertainment industry to work as a psychologist.

1920

Jim Garrison

American lawyer and judge (died 1992)

James Carothers Garrison was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, from 1962 to 1973 and later a state appellate court judge. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best known for his investigations into…

1921

Gunnar Åkerlund

Swedish sprint canoer (died 2006)

Ernst Gunnar Åkerlund was a Swedish canoe sprinter who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won two Olympic medals in the K-2 10000 m event: a gold in 1948 and a silver in 1952.

1923

Danny Dayton

American actor and director (died 1999)

Danny Dayton was an American actor and television director. Beginning in the 1950s, he played many roles in film and on TV. He had a recurring role as Hank Pivnik on All in the Family and had guest roles in M*A*S*H, The…

1923

Tonino Delli Colli

Italian cinematographer (died 2005)

Antonio "Tonino" Delli Colli was an Italian cinematographer.

1923

Nadine Gordimer

South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)

Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer and political activist. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognised as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writing has ... been of very great benefit…

1923

Bill Borthwick

Australian politician (died 2001)

William Archibald Borthwick was an Australian politician. Borthwick was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the electorates of Scoresby (1960–1967) and Monbulk (1967–1982).

1924

Timothy Evans

Welshman wrongfully convicted of murder (died 1950)

Timothy John Evans was a Welsh lorry driver who was wrongfully accused of murdering his wife Beryl and infant daughter Geraldine at their residence in Notting Hill, London. In January 1950, Evans was tried and convicted…

1924

Karen Harup

Danish swimmer (died 2009)

Karen Margrethe Harup Petersen was a Danish swimmer. She competed in four events at the 1948 Summer Olympics and won three medals: a gold in the 100 m backstroke and silvers in the 400 m and 4 × 100 m freestyle, placing…

1924

Benoit Mandelbrot

Polish-American mathematician and economist (died 2010)

Benoit B. Mandelbrot was a Polish-born French-American mathematician and polymath with broad interests in the practical sciences, especially regarding what he labeled as "the art of roughness" of physical phenomena and…

1924

Michael Riffaterre

French literary critic and theorist (died 2006)

Michel Riffaterre, known as Michael Riffaterre, was an influential French literary critic and theorist. He pursued a generally structuralist approach. He is well known in particular for his book Semiotics of Poetry, and…

1924

Henk Vredeling

Dutch agronomist and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (died 2007)

Hendrikus "Henk" Vredeling was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).

1924

June Christy

American singer (died 1990)

June Christy was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. Her success as a singer began with The Stan Kenton Orchestra. She pursued a solo career from 1954 and is…

1925

Robert F. Kennedy

US Navy officer, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (died 1968)

Robert Francis Kennedy, also known by his initials RFK, was an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy served as the 64th United States attorney general from 1961 to 1964, and as a U.S.…

1925

Maya Plisetskaya

Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (died 2015)

Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she held both Lithuanian and Spanish citizenship. She danced during the Soviet era…

1925

John Gardner

English soldier and author (died 2007)

John Edmund Gardner was an English writer of spy and thriller novels. He is best known for his James Bond continuation novels, but also wrote a series of Boysie Oakes books and three novels containing Sir Arthur Conan…

1926

Tôn Thất Đính

Vietnamese general (died 2013)

Lieutenant General Tôn Thất Đính was an officer who served in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). He is best known as one of the key figures in the November 1963 coup that led to the arrest and assassination of…

1926

Édouard Leclerc

French businessman and entrepreneur (died 2012)

Édouard Leclerc was a French businessman and entrepreneur who founded the French supermarket chain E.Leclerc in 1948. From his first store, Leclerc's chain has multiplied into more than 550 locations in France and 114…

1926

Miroslav Tichý

Czech photographer (died 2011)

Miroslav Tichý was a photographer who from the 1960s until 1985 took thousands of surreptitious pictures of women in his hometown of Kyjov in the Czech Republic, using homemade cameras constructed of cardboard tubes,…

1926

Vakhtang Balavadze

Georgian wrestler (died 2018)

Vakhtang Balavadze was a Georgian welterweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1956. He won the world title in 1954 and 1957, and was a runner-up in 1959.…

1927

Ed Freeman

American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2008)

Ed W. "Too Tall" Freeman was a United States Army helicopter pilot who received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Battle of Ia Drang during the Vietnam War.…

1927

Estelle Parsons

American actress and director

Estelle Parsons is an American actress.

1927

Wolfgang Schreyer

German writer (died 2017)

Wolfgang Schreyer was a German writer of fiction, historic adventures mixed with documentary, science fiction for TV shows and movies and is best known as the author of over 20 adventure stories.

1927

Mikhail Ulyanov

Soviet and Russian actor (died 2007)

Mikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov was a Soviet and Russian actor who was one of the most recognized persons of the post-World War II Soviet theatre and cinema. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1969, a Hero of…

1927

Aleksey Batalov

Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2017)

Aleksey Vladimirovich Batalov was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, film director, screenwriter, and pedagogue acclaimed for his portrayal of noble and positive characters. He was named a People's Artist of the…

1928

Franklin Cover

American actor (died 2006)

Franklin Edward Cover was an American actor best known for his role in The Jeffersons, Tom Willis, half of one of the first interracial marriages to be seen on prime-time television.

1928

Pedro Ferrándiz

Spanish basketball coach (died 2022)

Pedro Ferrándiz González was a Spanish professional coach in the sport of basketball. He is most famous for having been the head coach of Real Madrid's basketball club, in the 1960s and 1970s. The International Olympic…

1928

John Disley

Welsh athlete (died 2016)

John Ivor Disley CBE was a Welsh athlete. He competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase before co-founding the London Marathon and becoming active in sports promotion and administration.

1928

Pete Rademacher

American boxer (died 2020)

Thomas Peter Rademacher was an American heavyweight boxer. As an amateur, he was a gold medalist at the 1956 Olympics. Rademacher became the only person to challenge for the world heavyweight championship in his first…

1928

Genrikh Sapgir

Russian writer (died 1999)

Genrikh Sapgir was a Russian poet and fiction writer of Jewish descent.

1928

Jerry Hardin

American actor

Jerry Hardin is an American actor. Hardin has appeared in film and television roles, including the character nicknamed Deep Throat in The X-Files. He has guest starred in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek:…

1929

Raymond Lefèvre

French composer (died 2008)

Raymond Lefèvre was a French easy listening orchestra leader, arranger and composer.

1929

Gabriel Ochoa Uribe

Colombian footballer (died 2020)

Gabriel Ochoa Uribe was a Colombian football player and manager. He won four league titles and the Copa Colombia with Millonarios as a player and fourteen league titles as a manager, making him the most successful…

1929

Ron Willey

Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2004)

Ronald William Willey (1929−2004) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach. He was a representative for the Australian national side. After playing, Willey had a long and successful first grade and State…

1929

Christine Arnothy

French writer (died 2015)

Christine Arnothy was a Hungarian-born French writer. She was born in Budapest. Her first book, J'ai quinze ans et je ne veux pas mourir was submitted for a literary competition and won the Grand Prix Verité in 1954.

1930

Aarón Hernán

Mexican actor (died 2020)

Aarón Hernán was a Mexican telenovela and film actor.

1930

Bernard Horsfall

English-Scottish actor (died 2013)

Bernard Arthur Gordon Horsfall was an English actor of stage and screen.

1930

Choe Yong-rim

North Korean Premier

Choe Yong-rim is a North Korean politician who served as the Premier of North Korea from June 2010 to April 2013 and was a member of the 6th Presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea. He has been described by The New…

1930

Wayne Moore

American swimmer (died 2015)

Wayne Richard Moore was an American competition swimmer, who competed for Yale University, a 1952 Helsinki Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder.

1931

Richard Dawson

English-American actor and game show host (died 2012)

Richard Dawson was an English actor, comedian, game-show host, and panelist. He was well known for playing Corporal Peter Newkirk in Hogan's Heroes, as a regular panelist on Match Game (1973–1978), and as the original…

1932

Yorozuya Kinnosuke

Japanese kabuki actor (died 1997)

Yorozuya Kinnosuke (萬屋錦之介) was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Kin'ichi Ogawa , son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizō III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke.…

1932

Sándor Mátrai

Hungarian footballer (died 2002)

Sándor Mátrai was a Hungarian footballer.

1932

Paulo Valentim

Brazilian footballer (died 1984)

Paulo Angelo Valentim was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker for clubs in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.

1932

Colville Young

Governor-General of Belize

Sir Colville Norbert Young is a Belizean politician who served as the second governor-general of Belize. He is also a patron of the Scout Association of Belize. He was appointed as the Governor-General in 1993, taking…

1932

Paco Ibáñez

Spanish singer and musician

Francisco "Paco" Ibáñez is a Spanish singer and musician. He never composed his own lyrics, but used famous poems, like those of Federico García Lorca, Luis Cernuda, Rafael Alberti or Miguel Hernández. He also sang…

1934

Lev Polugaevsky

Soviet Chess Grandmaster (died 1995)

Lev Abramovich Polugaevsky was a Soviet chess player. He was awarded the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE in 1962 and was a frequent contender for the World Championship, although he never achieved that title.…

1934

Leo Falcam

Micronesian politician and 5th President of Micronesia (died 2018)

Leo Amy Falcam was a Micronesian political figure. He was born in Pohnpei. He served as the first elected Governor of Pohnpei from 1979 to 1983 and as Vice President of Micronesia from May 1997 to May 1999. He then…

1935

Imre Makovecz

Hungarian architect (died 2011)

Imre Makovecz was a Hungarian architect active in Europe from the late 1950s onward.

1935

Hans van Abeelen

Dutch geneticist (died 1998)

Hans van Abeelen was the first Dutch behaviour geneticist. He obtained his M.Sc from the University of Groningen and his Ph.D. from the Catholic University of Nijmegen in 1965, where he stayed for the rest of his career…

1936

Don DeLillo

American novelist, essayist, and playwright

Donald Richard DeLillo is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as consumerism, nuclear war, the complexities of language, art,…

1936

Luciano Fabro

Italian sculptor and artist (died 2007)

Luciano Fabro was an Italian sculptor, conceptual artist and writer associated with the Arte Povera movement.

1936

Charles R. Larson

American admiral (died 2014)

Charles Robert Larson was an Admiral of the United States Navy.

1936

René Kollo

German tenor

René Kollo is a German operatic tenor, especially known for his Wagnerian Heldentenor roles. He also performed a wide variety of operas and operettas, and made several recordings.

1937

Ruth Laredo

American pianist and educator (died 2005)

Ruth Laredo was an American classical pianist.

1937

Eero Mäntyranta

Finnish skier (died 2013)

Eero Antero Mäntyranta was one of the most successful Finnish cross-country skiers. He competed in four Winter Olympics (1960–1972) winning seven medals at three of them. His performance at the 1964 Winter Olympics…

1937

Bruno Mealli

Italian cyclist (died 2023)

Bruno Mealli was an Italian professional road cyclist. He competed in eight editions of the Giro d'Italia.

1937

Viktoriya Tokareva

Russian author and screenwriter

Viktoriya Samuilovna Tokareva is a Soviet and Russian screenwriter and short story writer. Her work has been translated into English and is available in several anthologies as well as in The Talisman and Other Stories -…

1937

Colin Fox

Canadian actor (died 2025)

Colin R. Fox was a Canadian actor, who appeared in various Canadian and American films and television series. His best known roles included Jean Paul Desmond / Jacques Eloi Des Mondes on Strange Paradise (1969–70),…

1938

Jerry Colangelo

American businessman

Jerry Colangelo is an American businessman and sports executive. He formerly owned the Phoenix Suns of the NBA, the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, the Arizona Sandsharks of the Continental Indoor Soccer League, the…

1939

Copi

Argentine writer and artist (died 1987)

Raúl Damonte Botana, better known by the nom de plume Copi, was an Argentine writer, cartoonist, and playwright who spent most of his career in Paris.

1939

Dick Smothers

American actor and comedian

Richard Remick Smothers is an American actor, comedian, composer, and musician, best known as one half of the folk‑comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, alongside his older brother Tom Smothers.

1939

Jan Szczepański

Polish boxer (died 2017)

Jan Antoni Szczepański was a Polish boxer, who won the gold medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the final he defeated Hungary's László Orbán on points (5:0).

1939

Wendy Doniger

American indologist

Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty is an American Indologist whose professional career has spanned five decades. A scholar of Sanskrit and Indian textual traditions, her major works include The Hindus: An Alternative History;…

1940

Helma Sanders-Brahms

German director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)

Helma Sanders-Brahms was a German film director, screenwriter and producer.

1940

Ediz Hun

Turkish actor and politician

Ediz Hun is a Turkish film actor, academician and politician.

1940

Arieh Warshel

Israeli-American biochemist and biophysicist

Arieh Warshel is an Israeli-American biochemist and biophysicist. He is a pioneer in computational studies on functional properties of biological molecules, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and…

1940

Oliver Sipple

U.S. Marine and Vietnam War veteran (died 1989)

Oliver Wellington "Billy" Sipple was an American man known for intervening to foil an assassination attempt against U.S. President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975. A decorated U.S. Marine and disabled Vietnam War…

1941

Dr. John

American singer and songwriter (died 2019)

Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. His music combined New Orleans blues, jazz, R&B, soul and funk.

1941

Joe Biden

American politician, 46th President of the United States

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to…

1942

Bob Einstein

American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2019)

Stewart Robert Einstein was an American actor, comedy writer, and producer. He created and performed the satirical stuntman character Super Dave Osborne, and was also known for his roles as Marty Funkhouser in Curb Your…

1942

Norman Greenbaum

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Norman Joel Greenbaum is an American singer-songwriter, known for his 1969 hit song "Spirit in the Sky". The song made him one of the most famous acts with a best-selling one-hit wonder of all time.

1942

Meredith Monk

American composer and choreographer

Meredith Jane Monk is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. From the 1960s onwards, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which combine music, theatre, and dance,…

1942

Paulos Faraj Rahho

Chaldean Catholic Archeparch of Mosul (died 2008)

Paulos Faraj Rahho was a Chaldean Catholic prelate who served as the Archeparch of Mosul in the northern part of Iraq from 2001 until his death in 2008 at the hands of terrorists.

1942

David Douglas-Home

British businessman and politician (died 2022)

David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home, was a British banker and hereditary peer. He was a Conservative member of the House of Lords from 1996 until his death in 2022.

1943

Veronica Hamel

American actress and model

Veronica Hamel is an American actress and model. She was nominated five times for an Emmy Award for her role as attorney Joyce Davenport in the TV police drama Hill Street Blues.

1943

Ivan Hrdlička

Slovak footballer

Ivan Hrdlička is a Slovak former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Czechoslovakia, playing 17 matches and scoring two goals. He was a participant at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

1943

Suze Rotolo

American artist (died 2011)

Susan Elizabeth Rotolo, known as Suze Rotolo, was an American artist and political activist. From 1961 to 1964, she was in a relationship with musician Bob Dylan. Dylan later acknowledged her strong influence on his…

1943

Louie Dampier

American basketball player and coach

Louis Dampier is an American former professional basketball player. He played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA), primarily playing with the Kentucky…

1944

Wayne Maki

Canadian ice hockey player (died 1974)

Wayne Maki was a professional ice hockey player and an early star of the Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1944

Anthea Stewart

Zimbabwean field hockey player

Anthea Dorine Stewart is a former field hockey player who was a member of the Zimbabwe national women's team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Previously, she had represented South Africa…

1944

Deborah Eisenberg

American writer, actress and teacher

Deborah Eisenberg is an American short story writer, actress and teacher. She was a professor of writing at Columbia University.

1945

Duane Allman

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1971)

Howard Duane Allman was an American rock and blues guitarist and the founder and original leader of the Allman Brothers Band, for which he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

1946

Algimantas Butnorius

Lithuanian chess Grandmaster (died 2017)

Algimantas Butnorius was a Lithuanian chess grandmaster and world seniors champion in 2007. From 2014 he represented Monaco.

1946

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow

Kirill or Cyril is a Russian Orthodox bishop. He became Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' and Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church on 1 February 2009.

1946

Samuel E. Wright

American actor, voice actor and singer (died 2021)

Samuel Ernest Wright was an American actor. He was best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's The Little Mermaid, for which he provided the lead vocals to "Under the Sea", which won the Academy Award for Best…

1946

Nurlan Balgimbayev

Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (died 2015)

Nūrlan Ötepūly Balğymbaev was a Kazakh politician who served as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 10 October 1997 to 1 October 1999.

1947

Eli Ben Rimoz

Israeli footballer

Eliahu Ben Rimoz is an Israeli former international footballer who competed at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

1947

Joe Walsh

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

Joseph Fidler Walsh is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Best known as a member of the rock band Eagles, his six-decade career includes solo work and stints in other bands: the James Gang, Ringo Starr & His…

1947

John R. Bolton

American lawyer and diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations

John Robert Bolton II is an American attorney, diplomat, Republican consultant, and political commentator who served as the 25th United States ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006, and as the 26th United…

1948

Park Chul-soo

South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)

Park Chul-soo was a South Korean film director, producer, screenwriter and occasional actor. He was one of the most active filmmakers in Korean cinema in the 1980s and '90s.

1948

Barbara Hendricks

American-Swedish soprano and actress

Barbara Hendricks is an American lyric soprano and humanitarian. Born in Arkansas, Hendricks studied chemistry and mathematics at the University of Nebraska before becoming a singer. She gained acclaim for her operatic…

1948

Richard Masur

American actor and director

Richard Masur is an American character actor who has appeared in more than 40 films. From 1995 to 1999, he served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). He is best known for playing David Kane on One…

1948

Gunnar Nilsson

Swedish race car driver (died 1978)

Gunnar Axel Arvid Nilsson was a Swedish racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1976 to 1977. Nilsson won the 1977 Belgian Grand Prix with Lotus.

1948

Kenjiro Shinozuka

Japanese race car driver (died 2024)

Kenjiro Shinozuka was a Japanese rally driver. After his debut in 1967, his greatest successes were as a works driver for Mitsubishi Motors.

1948

Jeff Dowd

American film producer and activist

Jeff Dowd is an American film producer and political activist.

1949

Thelma Drake

American politician

Thelma Day Drake is an American politician and former member of Congress for Virginia's 2nd congressional district. A Republican, she served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2005 to 2009. Prior to serving in…

1949

Ulf Lundell

Swedish writer and composer

Ulf Gerhard Lundell is a Swedish writer, poet, songwriter, composer, musician and artist.

1949

Juha Mieto

Finnish cross-country skier

Juha Iisakki Mieto is a Finnish former cross-country skier, who was born in Kurikka. He competed in the 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics and won five medals, including a gold medal in the 4 × 10 km relay in 1976. He…

1949

Nené

Portuguese footballer

Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Batista, known as Nené, is a retired Portuguese professional footballer. A prolific striker, he played his entire career with Benfica, appearing in nearly 600 official games for the club and…

1949

Jacqueline Gourault

French politician

Jacqueline Gourault is a French politician who served as Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex from 2018…

1950

Gary Green

British musician

Gary William Green is an English musician. During the 1970s, he was the guitarist for the progressive rock band Gentle Giant. Green was with the band throughout their recording career. Green's style was different from…

1950

Rodger Bumpass

American actor and singer

Rodger Bumpass is an American actor. He is a main cast member on the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, providing the voice of Squidward Tentacles and several other voices.

1951

León Gieco

Argentine folk rock singer and interpreter

Raúl Alberto Antonio Gieco, better known as León Gieco, is an Argentine folk rock singer, songwriter, musician and interpreter. He is known for mixing popular folkloric genres with Argentine rock, and lyrics with social…

1951

Aleksey Spiridonov

Soviet hammer thrower (died 1998)

Aleksey Sergeyevich Spiridonov was a Soviet athlete who mainly competed in the men's hammer throw event. Born in Leningrad he trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad.

1951

David Walters

American businessman and politician, 24th Governor of Oklahoma

David Lee Walters is an American businessman and politician who served as the 24th governor of Oklahoma from 1991 to 1995.

1951

John Van Boxmeer

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

John Martin Van Boxmeer is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He also worked extensively as a hockey coach and scout after his playing career ended in 1984.

1952

Fábio Jr.

Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor

Fábio Correa Ayrosa Galvão, known as Fábio Jr. or Fábio Júnior, is a Brazilian MPB singer, songwriter and actor.

1953

Greg Gibson

American wrestler

Gregory P. Gibson is an American former wrestler who competed in the 100 kg weight division. He is the only American to win World medals in three styles of wrestling — Freestyle, Greco-Roman and Sambo.

1953

Halid Bešlić

Bosnian musician and singer (died 2025)

Halid Bešlić was a Bosnian folk singer and musician whose career spanned nearly five decades. Renowned for his distinctive baritone voice and emotive delivery, he became one of the most influential and best-selling…

1953

Nirmal Selvamony

Indian Tamil academician and ecocritic

Nirmal Selvamony is an Indian academician and scholar with specialization in the field of ecocriticism.

1953

Richard Brooker

English actor and stuntman (died 2013)

Richard Brooker was a British actor and stuntman, best known for his role in Friday the 13th Part III as Jason Voorhees.

1954

Antonina Koshel

Soviet artistic gymnast

Antonina Vladimirovna Koshel is a retired Soviet artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a gold medal in the team allround competition. Individually her best…

1954

Frank Marino

Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter

Francesco Antonio Marino is a Canadian guitarist and singer, best known as the leader of Canadian hard rock band Mahogany Rush. Often compared to Jimi Hendrix, he is described as one of the most underrated guitarists of…

1954

Bin Shimada

Japanese voice actor

Bin Shimada is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator affiliated with the talent management firm Aoni Production.

1954

Angela Finocchiaro

Italian actress

Angela Finocchiaro is an Italian actress.

1955

Toshio Matsuura

Japanese footballer

Satoshio Matsuura is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

1955

Ray Ozzie

American software industry entrepreneur

Raymond "Ray" Ozzie is an American software industry entrepreneur who held the positions of Chief Technical Officer and Chief Software Architect at Microsoft between 2005 and 2010. Before Microsoft, he was best known…

1955

Bo Derek

American actress and producer

Bo Derek is an American actress and model. She began her career as a child model before deciding to pursue acting on the advice of a talent agent she met through actress Ann-Margret, who was familiar with her parents.…

1956

Stefan Bellof

German race car driver (died 1985)

Stefan Bellof was a German racing driver. Bellof was the winner of the Drivers' Championship in the 1984 FIA World Endurance Championship, driving for the factory Rothmans Porsche team. His lap record on the…

1957

John Eriksen

Danish footballer (died 2002)

John Hartmann Eriksen was a Danish professional footballer who played as a striker. He scored 319 league goals over the course of 15 seasons. He played in four countries, namely his native Denmark, the Netherlands,…

1957

Jean-Marc Furlan

French football manager

Jean-Marc Furlan is a French football manager and former player who played as a defender.

1957

Goodluck Jonathan

President of Nigeria

Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to former military head of state General Muhammadu Buhari and was…

1957

Rickson Gracie

Brazilian mixed martial artist and choreographer

Rickson Gracie is a Brazilian retired mixed martial artist. He is a member of the Gracie family: the third oldest son of Hélio Gracie, brother to Rorion and Relson Gracie, and half-brother to Rolker, Royce, Robin and…

1958

Diane James

British politician

Diane Martine James is a British politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 2014 to 2019. She was briefly leader-elect of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from September…

1959

Mario Martone

Italian director and screenwriter

Mario Martone is an Italian filmmaker. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His films have been shown in prestigious international film festivals over the world.

1959

Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst

German prelate of the Catholic Church and theologian

Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst is a German prelate of the Catholic Church and theologian. He was a vicar and an auxiliary bishop in Münster before becoming the Bishop of Limburg in January 2008. Pope Francis removed him…

1959

Sean Young

American actress and dancer

Mary Sean Lujan is an American actress. She is known for starring in science-fiction and comedy films throughout the 1980s and 1990s, although she has performed in many genres.

1959

Ye Jiangchuan

Chinese chess player

Ye Jiangchuan is a Chinese chess grandmaster. He is the second Chinese player, after Ye Rongguang, to achieve the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 1993. On 1 January 2000, he became the first ever Chinese…

1960

Pierre Hermé

French pastry chef and chocolatier

Pierre Hermé is a French pastry chef and chocolatier. He began his career at the age of 14 as an apprentice to Gaston Lenôtre. Called "the Picasso of Pastry" by Vogue, Hermé was awarded the title of World's Best Pastry…

1961

Živko Budimir

Bosnian politician

Živko Budimir is a Bosnian Croat politician who served as the 9th President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the two autonomous entities that compose Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 17 March 2011 until 9…

1962

Rajkumar Hirani

Indian director

Rajkumar "Raju" Hirani is an Indian filmmaker known for his works in Hindi films. Hirani's films have won several accolades, including four National Film Awards and 11 Filmfare Awards. A prolific director of Hindi…

1962

Peng Liyuan

wife of Xi Jinping

Peng Liyuan is a Chinese singer who has served as the First Lady of China since 2012, as the wife of Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and paramount leader of China.

1962

Gerardo Martino

Argentine footballer and manager

Gerardo Daniel "Tata" Martino is an Argentine professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Major League Soccer club Atlanta United.

1962

Tim Gavin

Australian rugby player

Bryant Timothy Gavin is an Australian former state and national representative rugby union player who played Number 8 for the Wallabies in 47 Test matches in between 1988 and 1996.

1963

Timothy Gowers

English mathematician and academic

Sir William Timothy Gowers, is a British mathematician. He is the holder of the Combinatorics chair at the Collège de France, a Research Professor at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College,…

1963

Beezie Madden

American show jumper

Elizabeth Madden is an American Olympic champion equestrian competing in show jumping. She has two Olympic golds and one silver in team jumping, and an individual bronze. She won the FEI Show Jumping World Cup twice;…

1963

Ming-Na Wen

Chinese-American actress

Ming-Na Wen is an American actress and model. She has won multiple awards throughout her career, including an Annie Award and a Saturn Award, in addition to a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. She was honored…

1963

Boris Dežulović

Croatian journalist and author

Boris Dežulović is a Croatian journalist, writer and columnist, best known as one of the founders of the now defunct satirical magazine Feral Tribune.

1964

Andriy Kalashnykov

Ukrainian wrestler

Andriy Mykolaiovych Kalashnikov is a former Ukrainian wrestler and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He trained at Sports Club Kolos Kiev.

1964

John MacLean

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

John Carter MacLean is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He most recently served as the assistant coach for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He spent the majority of…

1964

Mike D

American rapper and drummer

Michael Louis Diamond, known professionally as Mike D, is an American rapper, musician, and music producer. He is a founding member of the hip-hop group Beastie Boys.

1965

Nigel Gibbs

English footballer and coach

Nigel James Gibbs is an English professional football manager and former player. He is assistant head coach at West Bromwich Albion, a role he previously held at Swansea City, has previously worked as a coach with the…

1965

Yehuda Glick

American-Israeli Orthodox rabbi

Yehudah Joshua Glick or Yehudah Glick, alternatively spelled “Yahudah (Yahushua) Glick”, “Yehuda Yehoshua Glick”, “Yehuda Yeshua Glick”, “Jehuda Joshua Glick” and “Judah Jesua Glick” is an American Orthodox-Jewish…

1965

Jimmy Vasser

American race car driver

James Vasser Jr. is an American former racing driver who competed primarily in the CART series and Champ Car. Vasser won ten CART series races and won the 1996 CART championship with Chip Ganassi Racing. Vasser was the…

1965

Yoshiki

Japanese musician

Yoshiki Hayashi , known mononymously as Yoshiki, is a Japanese musician, songwriter, composer, record producer, film director, and fashion designer. He is best known as the leader of the visual kei rock bands X Japan…

1965

Neil Broad

British tennis player

Neil Broad is a former professional tennis player who represented Great Britain for most of his playing career. He is a former UK number 1 who won seven ATP tour doubles titles in his career, and won the silver medal in…

1966

Kevin Gilbert

American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1996)

Kevin Matthew Gilbert was an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and producer. He was best known for his solo progressive rock projects, Toy Matinee and his contributions to Tuesday Night Music Club (1993),…

1966

Terry Lovejoy

Australian information technologist

Terry Lovejoy is an information technologist from Thornlands, Queensland, Australia, most widely known as an amateur astronomer. He has discovered six comets, including C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy), the first Kreutz Sungrazing…

1966

Jill Thompson

American author and illustrator

Jill Thompson is an American comics artist and writer who has worked for stage, film, and television. Well known for her work on Neil Gaiman's The Sandman characters and her own Scary Godmother series, she has worked on…

1966

Teoman

Turkish singer

Fazlı Teoman Yakupoğlu is a Turkish acoustic rock singer and songwriter. His biggest hits include Paramparça, Senden Önce Senden Sonra, 17 and Papatya. On Papatya, Turkish rock singer Özlem Tekin is featured as a…

1967

James Dutton

American astronaut

James Patrick Dutton Jr. is an engineer, former NASA astronaut pilot of the Class of 2004, and a former test pilot in the US Air Force with the rank of colonel.

1968

Andrei Kharlov

Russian chess player

Andrei Vasilyevich Kharlov was a Russian chess grandmaster.

1968

David Einhorn

American hedge fund manager

David M. Einhorn is an American investor, hedge fund manager, and amateur poker player. He is the founder and president of Greenlight Capital, a "long-short value-oriented hedge fund".

1968

Kristian Ghedina

Italian alpine ski racer

Kristian Ghedina is an Italian alpine skiing coach and former competitive racer. His 13 victories are the second most by an Italian downhill specialist in World Cup history: the first is Dominik Paris with 21 victories.…

1969

Chris Harris

New Zealand cricketer

Chris Zinzan Harris is a former New Zealand cricketer who became, over the course of the 1990s, a folk-hero in New Zealand cricket. Harris was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.

1969

Callie Thorne

American actress and producer

Callie Thorne is an American actress known for her role as Dr. Dani Santino on the USA Network series Necessary Roughness. She is also known for past work such as her roles on Homicide: Life on the Street as Detective…

1969

Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan

deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, simply referred to as Sheikh Mansour, is an Emirati royal and politician who is a current vice president and deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, as well as…

1970

Matt Blunt

American lieutenant and politician, 54th Governor of Missouri

Matthew Roy Blunt is an American politician who served as the 54th governor of Missouri from 2005 to 2009. He previously served ten years in the United States Navy and as Missouri secretary of state.

1970

Phife Dawg

American rapper (died 2016)

Malik Izaak Taylor, known professionally as Phife Dawg, was a Trinidadian-American rapper and a member of the group A Tribe Called Quest with Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. He was also known as the "Five-Foot Assassin"…

1970

Delia Gonzalez

American boxer

Delia 'Chiquita' Gonzalez is an American former flyweight female boxer. She has a record of 13-9-4 with 3 knockout wins, although several of her losses have been controversial.

1970

Stéphane Houdet

French wheelchair tennis player

Stéphane Houdet is a French wheelchair tennis player. Houdet is a former singles and doubles world number one. In 2014, he became the first man in history to complete the calendar-year Grand Slam in men's wheelchair…

1970

Geoffrey Keezer

American pianist and educator

Geoffrey Keezer is an American jazz pianist. In 2023, he won the Best Instrumental Composition Grammy for Refuge

1970

Joey Galloway

American football player and sportscaster

Joseph Scott Galloway is an American former professional football player who is an analyst with ESPN. He was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). Galloway was selected by the Seattle Seahawks with the…

1971

Joel McHale

American comedian, actor, and producer

Joel Edward McHale is an American actor, comedian, and television presenter. He is best known for hosting The Soup (2004–2015) and his role as Jeffrey "Jeff" Winger on the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015). He has…

1971

Ed Benes

Brazilian comic book artist

José Edilbenes Bezerra, better known by his professional name Ed Benes, is a Brazilian comic book artist, known for his work for DC Comics, on such titles as Birds of Prey, Supergirl, Superman, and Justice League of…

1972

Corinne Niogret

French biathlete

Corinne Niogret is a former French biathlete. She won 2 Olympic medals and 15 medals in the Biathlon World Championships. In 1999/2000 she finished 3rd in the overall World Cup, and she has a total of 8 victories in…

1972

Tatiana Turanskaya

Transnistrian politician

Tatiana Mikhailovna Turanskaya is a Transnistrian politician who served as Prime Minister of Transnistria from 2013 to 2015. Prior to her tenure as prime minister she was active in the local affairs of Rîbnița, where…

1972

Angelica Bridges

American actress and singer

Angelica Bridges is an American actress, model, and singer. Bridges is best known for her role as Lt. Taylor Walsh on Baywatch.

1973

Neil Hodgson

English motorcycle racer and sportscaster

Neil Stuart Hodgson is a British former motorcycle racer, who won the 2000 British Superbike Championship, and the 2003 Superbike World Championship titles. He then went on to have a moderately successful four years in…

1973

Daniela Anschütz-Thoms

German speed skater

Daniela Anschütz-Thoms is a German former speed skater. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, she won a gold medal in the women's team pursuit with the German team, and four years later she defended the title in Vancouver. She…

1974

Drew Ginn

Australian rower

Drew Cameron Ginn OAM is an Australian five-time world champion rower, a four time Olympian and triple Olympic gold medallist. From 1995 to 1998 he was a member of Australia's prominent world class crew – the coxless…

1974

Mengke Bateer

Chinese Inner Mongolian basketball player

Mönkhbaatar, commonly known by his Chinese name Mengke Bateer, is a Mongolian-Chinese former professional basketball player. As a center, he played parts of three seasons in the NBA, winning the NBA Finals with the San…

1975

J. D. Drew

American baseball player

David Jonathan "J. D." Drew is an American former Major League Baseball right fielder. He began his major league career in 1998 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and also played for the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers,…

1975

Davey Havok

American singer-songwriter

David Paden Marchand, known professionally as Davey Havok, is an American singer who is the lead vocalist of the rock band AFI, the synth-pop band Blaqk Audio, the hardcore punk band XTRMST, and the new wave band…

1975

Mohamed Barakat

Egyptian footballer

Mohamed Barakat Ahmed Bastamy is an Egyptian former professional footballer. A right-footed playmaker, he usually played as an right winger or attacking midfielder for Egyptian club Al Ahly and the Egypt national team.

1976

DeJuan Collins

American basketball player

DeJuan Collins is an American former professional basketball player. He was listed at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) in height, and 190 pounds (86 kg) in weight. Collins was best known as a scorer, and also for organizing and…

1976

Dominique Dawes

American gymnast and actress

Dominique Margaux Dawes is a retired American artistic gymnast. Known in the gymnastics community as 'Awesome Dawesome', she was a 10-year member of the U.S. national gymnastics team, the 1994 U.S. all-around senior…

1976

Tusshar Kapoor

Indian Bollywood actor and producer

Tusshar Ravi Kapoor is an Indian actor and producer who works in Hindi films.

1976

Pascal Roller

German basketball player

Pascal Roller is a German former professional basketball player. At a height of 1.80 m, and a weight of 81 kg (179 lb), he played at the point guard position.

1976

Nebojša Stefanović

Serbian politician

Nebojša Stefanović is a Serbian politician who served as deputy prime minister of Serbia from 2016 to 2022 and as minister of defence from 2020 to 2022. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), he previously…

1976

Doug Viney

New Zealand boxer

Douglas Ma'afu Hawke, better known as Doug "Vicious" Viney is a Tongan-New Zealander heavyweight boxer and kickboxer. He is the K-1 World GP 2007 in Las Vegas champion, who also represented Tonga as a super heavyweight…

1976

Ji Yun-nam

North Korean footballer

Ji Yun-Nam is a North Korean former professional footballer who played for April 25 in the DPR Korea League.

1976

Mikhail Ivanov

Russian cross-country skier

Mikhail Petrovich Ivanov ; born 20 November 1977 in Ostrov, Soviet Union) is a Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1996 to 2007.

1977

Daniel Svensson

Swedish drummer and producer

Daniel Svensson is a Swedish drummer. He is currently a member of the Swedish supergroup The Halo Effect (2021–) and formerly a drummer of the metal bands In Flames, Sacrilege GBG and Diabolique.

1977

Josh Turner

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Joshua Otis Turner is an American country singer and songwriter. In 2003, he signed to MCA Nashville Records. That same year, his debut album's title track, "Long Black Train", was his breakthrough single release. His…

1977

Kéné Ndoye

Senegalese track and fielder

Kéné Ndoye was a Senegalese track and field athlete, competing internationally for Senegal. She was 14th in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.

1978

Maree Bowden

New Zealand netball player

Maree Bowden is a New Zealand international netball player. Bowden played with the Canterbury Flames in the National Bank Cup from 1999 to 2007. She continued with the Canterbury franchise, which became the Canterbury…

1979

Kateryna Burmistrova

Ukrainian wrestler

Kateryna Burmistrova is a Ukrainian wrestler.

1979

Naide Gomes

Portuguese heptathlete and long jumper

Enezenaide "Naide" do Rosário da Vera Cruz Gomes is a São Toméan and Portuguese retired track and field athlete who competed in jumping, throwing, hurdling, and combined events. She is the 2004 World Indoor Champion in…

1979

Joseph Hallman

American composer and academic

Joseph Hallman is an American composer. A functional orphan, Hallman was born and raised in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Girard College from first to twelfth grades. Based in…

1979

Anastasiya Kapachinskaya

Russian sprint athlete

Anastasiya Alexandrovna Kapachinskaya is a Russian former sprint athlete. She was the 2003 World champion in the 200 m. She was disqualified from competitions in 2004 and 2008 due to doping offences. As a result, the…

1979

Hassan Mostafa

Egyptian footballer

Hassan Mostafa Hassan Abdel Rahman is an Egyptian former footballer. He played as a defensive midfielder for Al Ahly and Zamalek and The Egyptian national team. He is currently the manager of Sharkia SC.

1979

Shalini

Indian actress

Shalini is a former Indian actress and child artist who worked in Tamil and Malayalam films. During the 80s, Shalini was a child artist in Malayalam and Tamil films.

1979

Arpad Sterbik

Serbian handball player

Arpad Sterbik Capar is a retired handball player who represented the national teams of Yugoslavia and Spain.

1979

Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym

Thai boxer

Chalermwong Udomna, who boxes as Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym, is a retired professional boxer from Thailand who fought in the Super bantamweight division. He is a former WBA Regular Bantamweight and Super Bantamweight…

1980

Carlos Boozer

American basketball player

Carlos Austin Boozer Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. A two-time NBA All-Star, he played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz, Chicago Bulls, and Los Angeles Lakers, and then spent his last…

1981

Yuko Kavaguti

Japanese ice skater

Yuko Kavaguti is a retired pair skater who represented Japan and Russia in international competition. In 2006, she began competing with Alexander Smirnov for Russia. They are two-time European champions, two-time World…

1981

Andrea Riseborough

English actress

Andrea Louise Riseborough is an English actress. She made her film debut with a small part in Venus (2006), and has since appeared in more prominent roles in Brighton Rock (2010), W.E. (2011), Shadow Dancer (2012),…

1981

Kimberley Walsh

English singer-songwriter and actress

Kimberley Jane Scott is an English singer, dancer, television presenter and actress. She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality series Popstars: The Rivals on ITV. The series announced that Walsh…

1981

Dương Hồng Sơn

Vietnamese footballer

Dương Hồng Sơn is a Vietnamese football manager and former player who is the manager of Quang Nam. He is best known for his performance helping the Vietnam national team to win their first ASEAN Championship. He was…

1982

Rémi Mathis

French historian and curator

Rémi Mathis is a French historian and curator. He was president of Wikimedia France from 2011 to 2014.

1982

Shermine Shahrivar

Iranian model

Shermine Shahrivar is an Iranian-German model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Europe 2005.

1982

Future

American rapper

Nayvadius DeMun Cash, known professionally as Future, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Known for his mumble-style, rap-singing and prolific output, Future is credited with helping pioneer…

1983

Mónika Kovacsicz

Hungarian handballer

Mónika Kovacsicz is a retired Hungarian handballer of Slovak descent.

1983

Jeremy Jordan

American actor

Jeremy Michael Jordan is an American actor and singer. He has performed on Broadway, in television and film, in concert, as well as in other theatrical productions.

1984

Moe Meguro

Japanese curler

Moe Meguro is a Japanese curler. She was born November 20, 1984, in Kushiro, Hokkaido, but grew up in Minamifurano, Hokkaido.

1984

Florencia Mutio

Argentine field hockey player

María Florencia Mutio is an Argentine field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Argentina field hockey team where the team achieved the silver medal. Florencia also won one Champions Trophy,…

1984

Monique van der Vorst

Dutch cyclist

Monique van der Vorst is a Dutch racing cyclist. She is a two-time silver medal winner at the Paralympic Games.

1984

Lee Yun-yeol

South Korean gamer

Lee Yun-yeol, better known as NaDa, is a South Korean entrepreneur, video game designer and former professional gamer who competitively played StarCraft: Brood War and StarCraft II. He is known for being one of the most…

1984

Greg Holland

American baseball player

Gregory Scott Holland is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals, Arizona…

1985

Maria Mukhortova

Russian skater

Maria Vladimirovna Mukhortova is a Russian pair skater. With former partner Maxim Trankov, she is the 2008 European silver medalist, a five-time Grand Prix medalist, 2005 World Junior champion, 2004 Junior Grand Prix…

1985

Aaron Yan

Taiwanese actor and singer

Aaron Yan is a Taiwanese actor, singer, television host and businessman. He was also one of the members of Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit.

1985

Ashley Fink

American actress and singer

Ashley Fink is an American actress and singer. She is known for roles such as Lauren Zizes in the television series Glee and as Carter McMahon in Huge.

1986

Kōhei Horikoshi

Japanese manga artist

Kōhei Horikoshi is a Japanese manga artist known for creating the manga series Oumagadoki Zoo, Barrage, and My Hero Academia, all of which have been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump.…

1986

Oliver Sykes

English singer-songwriter

Oliver Scott Sykes, known professionally as Oli Sykes is an English musician, and the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Bring Me the Horizon. He founded apparel company Drop Dead Clothing and opened a…

1986

Amelia Rose Blaire

American actress

Amelia Rose Blaire Dechart is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Willa Burrell on the HBO series True Blood, portraying the Tracis in the game Detroit: Become Human, and Piper Shaw on the MTV series…

1987

Mylène Lazare

French swimmer

Mylène Lazare is a French swimmer, who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 4 × 200 m freestyle.

1987

Nathan Lyon

Australian cricketer

Nathan Michael Lyon is an Australian international cricketer. He made his Test debut in 2011 and plays domestic cricket for New South Wales. Lyon is an off-spin bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman.…

1987

Joëlle Numainville

Canadian cyclist

Joëlle Numainville is a Canadian former road bicycle racer.

1987

Marie-Laure Brunet

French biathlete

Marie-Laure Brunet is a retired French biathlete and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal in the women's pursuit at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games of Vancouver.

1988

Aya Medany

Egyptian modern pentathlete.

Aya Medany is an Egyptian modern pentathlete. She made her Olympic début at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, as the youngest competitor both in the Egyptian team and competing in the pentathlon.

1988

Max Pacioretty

American ice hockey player

Maximillian Kolenda Pacioretty is an American former professional ice hockey left winger.

1988

Dariga Shakimova

Kazakhstani boxer

Dariga Shakimova is a Kazakhstani boxer. In 2015, she was named the Female Boxer of the Year by the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation. She won a bronze medal in the middleweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Shakimova…

1988

Dušan Tadić

Serbian footballer

Dušan Tadić is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for UAE Pro League club Al Wahda. Positionally, he can be deployed as an attacking midfielder, winger or forward.

1988

Rhys Wakefield

Australian actor and director

Rhys Wakefield is an Australian actor and director, known for his roles in Australian TV series Home and Away, the feature film The Black Balloon (2008) and in season 3 of HBO's True Detective in 2019.

1988

Babita Kumari

Indian wrestler

Babita Kumari Phogat is a former Indian professional wrestler and a politician from the state of Haryana. She is a multiple Commonwealth Games medalist, winning the gold medal in 2014 Commonwealth Games, and silver…

1989

Cody Linley

American actor and singer

Cody Linley is an American actor and singer. He played a recurring role as Jake Ryan in the television series Hannah Montana, and was a contestant on the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars, in which he was…

1989

Sergei Polunin

Ukrainian ballet dancer

Sergei Vladimirovich Polunin is a Russian ballet dancer, actor and model. He has Russian and Serbian citizenships, and has "always regarded himself as Russian". In 2025, he was stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship.

1989

Eduardo Vargas

Chilean footballer

Eduardo Jesús Vargas Rojas is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chilean Primera División club Universidad de Chile.

1989

Haley Anderson

American swimmer

Haley Danita Anderson is an American competitive swimmer, who competed for the University of Southern California, and is an Olympic silver medalist. She placed second in the 10-kilometer open water event at the 2012…

1990

Mark Christian

Manx cyclist

Mark Peter Christian is a Manx former racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTeam Eolo–Kometa.

1990

Aleksandra Król

Polish snowboarder

Aleksandra Król-Walas is a Polish snowboarder.

1990

Irene Esser

Venezuelan actress and model

Irene Sofía Esser Quintero is a Venezuelan actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Venezuela 2011. Esser grew up in Río Caribe, Sucre, Venezuela. She represented Venezuela in Miss Universe…

1991

Grant Hanley

Scottish footballer

Grant Campbell Hanley is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Scottish Premiership club Hibernian and the Scotland national team.

1991

Amit Guluzade

Azerbaijani footballer

Amit Guluzade is head coach of the club "Qaradağ Lökbatan" and a former Azerbaijani football player. In July 2025, Amit married Dizhe Valeriуa.

1992

Zoltán Harcsa

Hungarian boxer

Zoltán Ádám Harcsa is a Hungarian middleweight boxer who won bronze medals at the 2013 and 2017 European Championships and the 2015 European Games. He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, but was eliminated in the…

1992

Kristiina Mäkelä

Finnish triple jumper

Meri Kristiina Mäkelä is a Finnish athlete whose specialty is the triple jump. She has competed in two Olympics and four World Athletics Championships, with the best result of 9th in 2022. Her personal bests in the…

1992

Jenna Prandini

American track and field athlete

Jenna Elizabeth Prandini is an American track and field athlete who has competed in both sprinting and long jump. She is a two-time national champion at 200 meters, and a two-time Olympian in 2016 and 2020. She won a…

1992

Anna Prugova

Russian ice hockey player

Anna Aleksandrovna Prugova is a Russian ice hockey player and member of the Russian national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with Agidel Ufa.

1993

Timothy Kitum

Kenyan middle-distance runner

Timothy Kitum is a Kenyan middle distance runner.

1994

Timothy Cheruiyot

Kenyan athlete

Timothy Cheruiyot is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specialising in the 1500 metres. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the event and the 11th fastest athlete all time over the distance. At the World…

1995

Shaolin Sándor Liu

Hungarian short track speed skater

Shaolin Sándor Liu is a Chinese-Hungarian Olympic champion short track speed skater. He has won one gold and one bronze as part of the Hungarian team in short track speed skating relays at the 2018 and 2022 Winter…

1995

Kyle Snyder

American wrestler

Kyle Frederick Snyder is an American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler who competes at 97 kilograms. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division of Real American Freestyle (RAF), where he…

1995

Blaž Janc

Slovenian handballer

Blaž Janc is a Slovenian professional handball player who plays for FC Barcelona and the Slovenia national team. He is the older brother of fellow handball player Mitja Janc.

1996

Denis Zakaria

Swiss footballer

Denis Lemi Zakaria Lako Lado is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the Switzerland national team. He has also represented Switzerland internationally at youth…

1996

Levi Garcia

Trinidadian footballer

Levi Samuel García is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow and the Trinidad and Tobago national team.

1997

Connie Talbot

English singer-songwriter

Connie Victoria Elizabeth Talbot is a British singer who was the runner-up of the first series of Britain's Got Talent in 2007. She then signed with Rainbow Recording Company and released her debut album Over the…

2000

Caty McNally

American tennis player

Catherine "Caty" McNally is an American professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 54 on 22 May 2023 and her best WTA doubles ranking of No. 11 on 4 April 2022. She has won…

2001

Adrien Truffert

French footballer

Adrien Lilian Gaëtan Truffert is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Bournemouth.

2001

Madisyn Shipman

American actress

Madisyn Shipman is an American actress, singer and model. She is known for playing Kenzie Bell in the Nickelodeon sitcom Game Shakers.

2002

Famous Birthdays on November 20

1975 — Dierks Bentley

Bentley moved to Nashville in the late 90s to pursue a career in music, leading up to his releasing the self-funded and independent album Don't Leave Me in Love in 2001

In 2003, he signed to Capitol Nashville and released his eponymous debut album

Both it and its follow-up, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, are certified Platinum in the United States, and his third album, 2006's Long Trip Alone, is certified Gold

His fourth album, Feel That Fire, was released in February 2009, and a bluegrass album, Up on the Ridge, was released on June 8, 2010

His sixth album, Home, followed in February 2012, as did a seventh one, Riser, in 2014

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1975 — Dierks Bentley

Bentley moved to Nashville in the late 90s to pursue a career in music, leading up to his releasing the self-funded and independent album Don't Leave Me in Love in 2001

In 2003, he signed to Capitol Nashville and released his eponymous debut album

Both it and its follow-up, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, are certified Platinum in the United States, and his third album, 2006's Long Trip Alone, is certified Gold

His fourth album, Feel That Fire, was released in February 2009, and a bluegrass album, Up on the Ridge, was released on June 8, 2010

His sixth album, Home, followed in February 2012, as did a seventh one, Riser, in 2014

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