Famous Birthdays on November 24

Q: Who was born on November 24?

Famous people born on November 24 include: Alphonso, Charles I, John Stafford, Pietro Torrigiano, Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar.

Q: What is Tom Odell known for?

Tom Odell, English singer-songwriter

1990 — Tom Odell

English singer-songwriter

November 24 has seen 241 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1273 – 1998. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · November 24 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 241 people 1273 – 1998

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He has won an Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year in 2014

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Most recently, he has brought out the album A Wonderful Life (2025).

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His debut extended play Songs from Another Love was released in 2012, earning him a BRITs Critics' Choice Award

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His debut studio album, Long Way Down, was released on 24 June 2013, and was followed by his second album, Wrong Crowd, on 10 June 2016

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Odell went on to release Jubilee Road (2018) and Monsters (2021), both through Columbia Records

Alphonso

Earl of Chester (died 1284)

Alphonso or Alfonso, also called Alphonsus and Alphonse and styled Earl of Chester, was an heir apparent to the English throne who never became king.

1273

Charles I

Duke of Orléans (died 1465)

Charles I was Duke of Orléans from 1407, following the murder of his father, Louis I, Duke of Orléans. He was also Duke of Valois, Count of Beaumont-sur-Oise and of Blois, Lord of Coucy, and the inheritor of Asti in…

1394

John Stafford

1st Earl of Wiltshire, English nobleman (died 1473)

John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire KG, KB was an English nobleman, the youngest son of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham. In 1461 he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Bath.

1427

Pietro Torrigiano

Italian sculptor (died 1528)

Pietro Torrigiano was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence, who had to flee the city after breaking Michelangelo's nose. He then worked abroad, and died in prison in Spain. He was important in introducing…

1472

Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar

Spanish poet and painter (died 1641)

Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar was a Spanish poet, scholar and painter in the Siglo de Oro.

1583

Philip Massinger

English dramatist (died 1640)

Philip Massinger was an English dramatist. His plays, including A New Way to Pay Old Debts, The City Madam, and The Roman Actor, are noted for their satire and realism, and their political and social themes.

1583

Henry Grey

10th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (died 1651)

Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent, known as Lord Ruthin from 1639 to 1643, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and succeeded to the title Earl of Kent in 1643.

1594

John

Count of Nassau-Idstein (1629–1677) (died 1677)

Count John of Nassau-Idstein was Count of Nassau and Protestant Regent of Idstein.

1603

Philip William

Elector Palatine (died 1690)

Philip William of Neuburg, Elector Palatine was Count Palatine of Neuburg from 1653 to 1690, Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1653 to 1679 and Elector of the Palatinate from 1685 to 1690. He was the son of Wolfgang Wilhelm,…

1615

Étienne Baluze

French scholar and academic (died 1718)

Étienne Baluze, known also as Stephanus Baluzius, was a French scholar and historiographer.

1630

Baruch Spinoza

Dutch philosopher and scholar (died 1677)

Baruch (de) Spinoza, also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin, who was born and lived in the Dutch Republic. A forerunner of the Enlightenment, Spinoza…

1632

Charles XI of Sweden (died 1697)

Charles XI or Carl was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death in 1697.

1655

Charles Theodore Pachelbel

German organist and composer (died 1750)

Charles Theodore Pachelbel was a German composer, organist and harpsichordist of the late Baroque era. He was the son of the more famous Johann Pachelbel, composer of the popular Canon in D. He was one of the first…

1690

Charles-Michel de l'Épée

French priest and educator (died 1789)

Charles-Michel de l'Épée was an 18th-century French Catholic priest and philanthropic educator who advocated for sign language as the preferred method of teaching deaf people, and has become known as the "Father of the…

1712

Ali II ibn Hussein

Tunisian ruler (died 1782)

Ali II ibn Hussein, commonly referred to as Ali II Bey or Ali Pacha Bey II was the fourth leader of the Husainid dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia from 1759 until his death in 1782. He was the son of Al-Husayn I ibn Ali.…

1712

Junípero Serra

Spanish priest and missionary (died 1784)

Junípero Serra Ferrer, popularly known simply as Junipero Serra, was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Order. He is credited with establishing the Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda, a…

1713

Laurence Sterne

Irish novelist and clergyman (died 1768)

Laurence Sterne was an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric. He is best known for his comic novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759–1767) and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy…

1713

Maria Amalia of Saxony (died 1760)

Maria Amalia was Queen of Spain from 10 August 1759 until her death in 1760 as the wife of King Charles III. Previously, she had been Queen of Naples and Sicily since marrying Charles on 19 June 1738. She was born a…

1724

Alexander Suvorov

Russian field marshal (died 1800)

Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, Prince of Italy was a Russian general and military theorist in the service of the Russian Empire.

1729

Maria Luisa of Spain (died 1792)

Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain was Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and Grand Duchess of Tuscany as the spouse of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor.

1745

Thomas Dick

Scottish minister, author, and educator (died 1857)

Reverend Thomas Dick, was a British church minister, science teacher and writer, known for his works on astronomy and practical philosophy, combining science and Christianity, and arguing for a harmony between the two.

1774

Zachary Taylor

American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (died 1850)

Zachary Taylor was the 12th president of the United States, serving from 1849 until his death in 1850. Before his presidency, Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of major general…

1784

Ludwig Bechstein

German author and poet (died 1860)

Ludwig Bechstein was a German writer and collector of folk fairy tales.

1801

William Webb Ellis

English priest, created Rugby football (died 1872)

William Webb Ellis was an English Anglican clergyman who, by tradition, has been credited as the inventor of rugby football while a pupil at Rugby School. According to legend, Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with…

1806

Ulrich Ochsenbein

Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (died 1890)

Johann Ulrich Ochsenbein, colloquially Ulrich Ochsenbein was a Swiss jurist, military officer, politician who most notably served on the Federal Council (Switzerland) from 1848 to 1854. He previously also served on the…

1811

Xavier Hommaire de Hell

French geographer and engineer (died 1848)

Ignace Xavier Morand Hommaire de Hell, often known as Xavier Hommaire de Hell, was a French geographer, engineer and traveller who carried out research in Turkey, southern Russia and Iran.

1812

Carlo Collodi

Italian journalist and author (died 1890)

Carlo Lorenzini, better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi, was an Italian author, humourist, and journalist, widely known for his fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio.

1826

John Alfred Brashear

American scientist, telescope maker and educator (died 1920)

John Alfred Brashear was an American astronomer and instrument builder.

1840

Frances Hodgson Burnett

English-American novelist and playwright (died 1924)

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).

1849

John Indermaur

British lawyer (died 1925)

John Indermaur was a British lawyer and legal writer, with his writing focus was on common law. He is known for having written An Epitome of Leading Common Law Cases in 1875, Principles of Common Law in 1876, and The…

1851

Miklós Kovács

Hungarian-Slovene poet and songwriter (died 1937)

Miklós Kovács was a Hungarian Slovene cantor and writer.

1857

Cass Gilbert

American architect, designed the United States Supreme Court Building and Woolworth Building (died 1934)

Cass Gilbert was an American architect. An early proponent of skyscrapers, his works include the Woolworth Building, the United States Supreme Court building, the state capitols of Minnesota, Arkansas, and West…

1859

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

French painter and illustrator (died 1901)

Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa, known as Toulouse-Lautrec, was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator. His immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris…

1864

Scott Joplin

American pianist and composer (died 1917)

Scott Joplin was an American composer and pianist. Dubbed the "King of Ragtime", he composed more than 40 ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas. One of his first and most popular pieces, the "Maple Leaf…

1868

Óscar Carmona

Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (died 1951)

António Óscar de Fragoso Carmona was a Portuguese army officer and politician who served as president of Portugal from 1926 until his death in 1951. Before his presidency, he served as prime minister of Portugal from…

1869

Julius Martov

Russian politician (died 1923)

Yuliy Osipovich Tsederbaum, better known as Julius Martov, was a Russian Marxist theorist, revolutionary, and a leader of the Mensheviks, the minority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP). A…

1873

Herbert Roper Barrett

English tennis player (died 1943)

Herbert Roper Barrett, KC was a tennis player from Great Britain.

1873

Charles William Miller

Brazilian footballer and referee (died 1953)

Charles William Miller was a Brazilian sportsman, who is considered to be the father of football in Brazil. Miller founded São Paulo Athletic Club (SPAC), one of the oldest sports clubs in Brazil, and founded the Liga…

1874

Walter Burley Griffin

American architect and urban planner, designed Canberra (died 1937)

Walter Burley Griffin was an American architect and landscape architect. He designed Canberra, Australia's capital city, the New South Wales towns of Griffith and Leeton, and the Sydney suburb of Castlecrag.

1876

Alben W. Barkley

American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (died 1956)

Alben William Barkley was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Truman. In 1905, he was elected to local…

1877

Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara

Indian police officer (died 1941)

Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara was the first Indian to become the Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Mumbai Police in 1928. He was in charge of the Crime Branch division and was noted for his intelligence network. A…

1877

Wylie Cameron Grant

American tennis player (died 1968)

Wylie Cameron Grant was an American tennis champion.

1879

Al Christie

Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1951)

Charles Herbert Christie and Alfred Ernest Christie were Canadian motion picture entrepreneurs.

1881

Ye Gongchuo

Chinese politician, poet, and calligrapher (died 1968)

Ye Gongchuo was a Chinese politician, calligrapher, poet, and art patron. Born in Panyu County, Guangdong, to the family of a Qing dynasty official, Ye passed the imperial examination and joined the Ministry of Posts…

1881

Nikolai Janson

Russian politician (died 1938)

Nikolay Mikhailovich Janson was an Estonian revolutionary, Soviet politician and statesman.

1882

Yitzhak Ben-Zvi

Ukrainian-Israeli historian and politician, 2nd President of Israel (died 1963)

Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was a historian, ethnologist, and Labor Zionist who was the second president of Israel from 1952 until his death in 1963. Ben-Zvi is Israel's longest-serving president.

1884

Theodor Altermann

Estonian actor, director, and producer (died 1915)

Theodor Altermann was an actor, theatre director and producer in the Russian Empire.

1885

Christian Wirth

German SS officer (died 1944)

Christian Wirth was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and leading Holocaust perpetrator who was one of the primary architects of the program to exterminate the Jewish people of Poland, known as Operation Reinhard. His…

1885

Margaret Caroline Anderson

American publisher, founded The Little Review (died 1973)

Margaret Caroline Anderson was the American founder, editor and publisher of the art and literary magazine The Little Review, which published a collection of modern American, English and Irish writers between 1914 and…

1886

Raoul Paoli

French boxer and rower (died 1960)

Jacques Marie Lucien Raoul Simonpaoli was a French athlete, boxer, wrestler, rower and actor. Aged 12, he served as a coxswain in the French coxed pair and won a bronze medal at the 1900 Summer Olympics. He competed in…

1887

Erich von Manstein

German field marshal (died 1973)

Erich von Manstein was a German military officer who served as a Generalfeldmarschall in the Heer (Army) of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was subsequently convicted of war crimes and sentenced to 18 years'…

1887

Dale Carnegie

American author and educator (died 1955)

Dale Carnegie was an American writer and teacher of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. Born into poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of…

1888

Fredrick Willius

American cardiologist and author (died 1972)

Dr. Fredrick Arthur Willius was an American cardiologist and medical historian. He earned both his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Medicine degrees from the University of Minnesota before joining the Mayo Clinic in…

1888

Vasil Gendov

Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1970)

Vasil Gendov was a Bulgarian film and stage actor, film director and screenwriter. Gendov wrote, directed and had a starring role as an actor in the first feature-length film released in Bulgaria; the 1915 silent film…

1891

Charles F. Hurley

American soldier and politician, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1946)

Charles Francis Hurley was an American attorney and the 54th Governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and one of its first Irish-American governors.

1893

Herbert Sutcliffe

English cricketer and businessman (died 1978)

Herbert Sutcliffe was an English professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Apart from one match in 1945, his first-class career spanned the period between the two world wars.…

1894

Esther Applin

American geologist and paleontologist (died 1972)

Esther Applin was an American geologist and paleontologist. She completed her undergraduate degree in 1919 from the University of California, Berkeley. Later, she completed a master's degree which was focused on…

1895

Lucky Luciano

Italian-American mob boss (died 1962)

Charles "Lucky" Luciano was an Italian gangster who operated mainly in the United States. He started his criminal career in the Five Points Gang and was instrumental in the development of the National Crime Syndicate.…

1897

Dorothy Shepherd-Barron

English tennis player (died 1953)

Dorothy Shepherd-Barron was a tennis player from Great Britain who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

1897

Ward Morehouse

American author, playwright, and critic (died 1966)

Ward Morehouse was an American theater critic, newspaper columnist, playwright, and author.

1899

Albert Ross Tilley

Canadian captain and surgeon (died 1988)

Albert Ross Tilley, was a Canadian plastic surgeon who pioneered the treatment of burned airmen during the Second World War.

1904

Libertad Lamarque

Argentinian actress and singer (died 2000)

Libertad Lamarque Bouza was an Argentine-born Mexican actress and singer, who became one of the most iconic stars of the Golden Age of cinema in both Argentina and Mexico. She achieved fame throughout Latin America, and…

1908

Larry Siemering

American football player and coach (died 2009)

Lawrence Edwin Siemering was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of San Francisco and professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Boston Redskins in 1935…

1910

Kirby Grant

American actor (died 1985)

Kirby Grant, born Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., was an American actor, mostly remembered for having played the title role in the Western-themed adventure television series Sky King. Between 1949 and 1954, Grant starred in 10…

1911

Joe Medwick

American baseball player and manager (died 1975)

Joseph Michael Medwick, nicknamed "Ducky", "Muscles", and "Mickey", was an American professional baseball left fielder. He played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Dodgers,…

1911

Bernard Delfgaauw

Dutch philosopher and academic (died 1993)

Bernardus Maria Ignatius "Bernard" Delfgaauw was a Dutch philosopher. He studied Dutch language and (thomistic) philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. In 1947 he earned his doctoral degree on the French…

1912

Garson Kanin

American director and screenwriter (died 1999)

Garson Kanin was an American writer, director, actor and musician. He wrote and directed a number of plays and films and was nominated for three Academy Awards and three Tony Awards for his work.

1912

Joan Sanderson

English actress (died 1992)

Joan Sanderson was an English actress. During a long career on stage and screen, her tall and commanding disposition led to her playing mostly dowagers, spinsters and matrons, as well as intense Shakespearean roles. Her…

1912

Charles Schneeman

American soldier and illustrator (died 1972)

Charles Schneeman was an American illustrator of science fiction.

1912

Teddy Wilson

American pianist and educator (died 1986)

Theodore Shaw Wilson was an American jazz pianist. Described by critic Scott Yanow as "the definitive swing pianist", Wilson's piano style was gentle, elegant, and virtuosic. His style was highly influenced by Earl…

1912

Howard Duff

American actor, director, and producer (died 1990)

Howard Green Duff was an American actor. He started in radio during World War II before appearing in many Hollywood features and television programs from 1947 to 1990. He also directed for television. His career was…

1913

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Irish-American actress (died 2005)

Geraldine Mary Wilma Fitzgerald was an Irish American actress. She received the Daytime Emmy Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. She was a member of the American…

1913

Lynn Chadwick

English sculptor (died 2003)

Lynn Russell Chadwick, was an English sculptor and artist. Much of his work is semi-abstract sculpture in bronze or steel. His work is in the collections of MoMA in New York, the Tate in London and the Centre Georges…

1914

Bessie Blount Griffin

American physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist (died 2009)

Bessie Virginia Griffin, better known as Bessie Blount, was an African American writer, nurse, physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist. Blount was known for her groundbreaking work in assistive technologies…

1914

Forrest J Ackerman

American soldier and author (died 2008)

Forrest James Ackerman was an American magazine editor; science fiction writer, and literary agent; a founder of science fiction fandom; a leading expert on science fiction, horror, and fantasy films; a prominent…

1916

Shabtai Rosenne

English-Israeli academic, jurist, and diplomat (died 2010)

Shabtai Rosenne was a Professor of International Law and an Israeli diplomat. Rosenne was awarded the 1960 Israel Prize for Jurisprudence, the 1999 Manley O. Hudson Medal for International Law and Jurisprudence, the…

1917

David Kossoff

English actor and screenwriter (died 2005)

David Kossoff was a British actor. In 1954 he won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for his appearance as Geza Szobek in The Young Lovers. He played Alf Larkin in TV sitcom The Larkins…

1919

John Lindsay

American lawyer and politician, 103rd Mayor of New York City (died 2000)

John Vliet Lindsay was an American politician and lawyer. During his political career, Lindsay was a U.S. congressman, the mayor of New York City, and a candidate for U.S. president. He was also a regular guest host of…

1921

Claus Moser

Baron Moser, German-English statistician and academic (died 2015)

Claus Adolf Moser, Baron Moser, was a British statistician who made major contributions in both academia and the Civil Service. He prided himself rather on being a non-mathematical statistician, and said that the thing…

1922

Eileen Barton

American singer (died 2006)

Eileen Barton was an American singer best known for her 1950 hit song, "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake."

1924

Lorne Munroe

Canadian-American cellist and educator (died 2020)

Lorne Munroe was an American cellist. He was principal cellist of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1951 to 1964 and principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic from 1964 to 1996. He was a featured soloist more than…

1924

William F. Buckley Jr.

American publisher and author, founded the National Review (died 2008)

William Frank Buckley Jr. was an American conservative writer, public intellectual, political commentator, and novelist.

1925

Simon van der Meer

Dutch-Swiss physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)

Simon van der Meer was a Dutch particle accelerator physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led to the discovery of the W and Z particles,…

1925

Tsung-Dao Lee

Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)

Tsung-Dao Lee was a Chinese-American physicist known for his work on parity violation, the Lee–Yang theorem, particle physics, relativistic heavy ion (RHIC) physics, nontopological solitons, and soliton stars. He was a…

1926

Ahmadou Kourouma

Ivorian-French author and playwright (died 2003)

Ahmadou Kourouma was an Ivorian novelist.

1927

Alfredo Kraus

Spanish tenor (died 1999)

Alfredo Kraus Trujillo was a distinguished Spanish tenor from the Canary Islands, particularly known for the artistry he brought to opera's bel canto roles. He was also considered an outstanding interpreter of the title…

1927

Emma Lou Diemer

American composer (died 2024)

Emma Lou Diemer was an American composer.

1927

Kevin Skinner

New Zealand rugby player (died 2014)

Kevin Lawrence Skinner was a rugby union player from New Zealand who won 20 full caps for the All Blacks, two of them as captain. He was also a heavyweight boxer, winning the New Zealand championship in 1947.

1927

Franciszek Kokot

Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist (died 2021)

Franciszek Kokot was a Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist. He was known as a pioneer of nephrology in Eastern Europe. Kokot was a full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, having previously served as its…

1929

George Moscone

American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th Mayor of San Francisco (died 1978)

George Richard Moscone was an American attorney and politician who served as the 37th mayor of San Francisco from January 1976 until his assassination in November 1978.

1929

Ken Barrington

English cricketer (died 1981)

Kenneth Frank Barrington, was an English international cricketer who played for the England cricket team and Surrey County Cricket Club in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional leg-spin…

1930

Bob Friend

American baseball player and politician (died 2019)

Robert Bartmess Friend was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher between 1951 and 1966, most notably as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. A four-time…

1930

Tommy Allsup

American guitarist (died 2017)

Thomas Douglas Allsup was an American country music, rockabilly and Western swing musician. He was an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation.

1931

Arthur Chaskalson

South African lawyer and judge, 18th Chief Justice of South Africa (died 2012)

Arthur Chaskalson SCOB, was President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 1994 to 2001 and Chief Justice of South Africa from 2001 to 2005. Chaskalson was a member of the defence team in the Rivonia Trial…

1931

Claudio Naranjo

Chilean psychiatrist (died 2019)

Claudio Benjamín Naranjo Cohen was a Chilean psychiatrist who is considered a pioneer in integrating psychotherapy and the spiritual traditions. He was one of the three successors named by Fritz Perls, a student of…

1932

Fred Titmus

English cricketer and coach (died 2011)

Frederick John Titmus was an English cricketer, whose first-class career, mostly for Middlesex with a short stint for Surrey, spanned five decades. He was the fourth man after W.G. Grace, Wilfred Rhodes and George Hirst…

1932

John Sheridan

English rugby player and coach (died 2012)

John Sheridan was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at club level for Lock Lane ARLFC, and Castleford (captain), as a…

1933

Alfred Schnittke

German-Russian journalist and composer (died 1998)

Alfred Garrievich Schnittke was a Soviet-era Russian composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a "composer who was…

1934

Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa

Bahraini politician, Prime Minister of Bahrain (died 2020)

Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa was a Bahraini royal and politician who served as the prime minister of Bahrain from 10 January 1970 until his death in 2020. He took office over a year before Bahrain's independence on 15…

1935

Ron Dellums

American soldier and politician, 48th Mayor of Oakland (died 2018)

Ronald Vernie Dellums was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oakland from 2007 to 2011. He had previously served thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 9th…

1935

Mordicai Gerstein

American author, illustrator, and director (died 2019)

Mordicai Gerstein was an American artist, writer, and film director, best known for illustrating and writing children's books. He illustrated the comic mystery fiction series Something Queer is Going On.

1935

Willy Claes

Belgian conductor and politician, 8th Secretary General of NATO

Willem Werner Hubert Claes is a Belgian politician who served as the eighth secretary general of NATO, from 1994 to 1995. Claes was forced to resign from his NATO position after he was found guilty of corruption, which…

1938

Oscar Robertson

American basketball player and sportscaster

Oscar Palmer Robertson, nicknamed "the Big O", is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a 12-time…

1938

Charles Starkweather

American spree killer (died 1959)

Charles Raymond Starkweather was an American spree killer who murdered eleven people in Nebraska and Wyoming between December 1957 and January 1958, when he was nineteen years old. He killed ten of his victims between…

1938

Marshall Berman

American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer (died 2013)

Marshall Howard Berman was an American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer. He was a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the City College of New York and at the Graduate Center of the City University of…

1940

Paul Tagliabue

American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of the National Football League (died 2025)

Paul John Tagliabue was an American lawyer who was the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL). He took the position in 1989 and served until September 1, 2006. He had previously served as a lawyer for the…

1940

Eric Wilson

Canadian author and educator

Eric Hamilton Wilson is a Canadian author of young adult fiction. His detective novels follow the adventures of Tom and Liz Austen, young sleuths in Canada. Wilson has taught elementary and secondary school in White…

1940

Pete Best

Indian-English drummer and songwriter

Randolph Peter Best is a British retired musician who was the drummer for the Beatles from 1960 to 1962. He was dismissed shortly before the band attained global fame and is one of several people referred to as a fifth…

1941

Donald "Duck" Dunn

American bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 2012)

Donald "Duck" Dunn was an American bass guitarist, session musician, record producer, and songwriter. Dunn was notable for his 1960s recordings with Booker T. & the M.G.'s and as a session bassist for Stax Records. At…

1941

Wayne Jackson

American trumpeter (died 2016)

Wayne Lamar Jackson was an American soul and R&B musician, playing the trumpet in The Mar-Keys, in the house band at Stax Records and later as one of The Memphis Horns, described as "arguably the greatest soul horn…

1941

Billy Connolly

Scottish comedian and actor

Sir William Connolly is a Scottish actor, musician, television presenter, artist and retired stand-up comedian. He is sometimes known by the Scots nickname the Big Yin. Known for his idiosyncratic and often improvised…

1942

Marlin Fitzwater

American soldier and journalist, 17th White House Press Secretary

Max Marlin Fitzwater is an American writer-journalist who served as White House Press Secretary for six years under U.S. presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, making him one of the longest-serving press…

1942

Jean Ping

Gabonese politician and diplomat

Jean Ping is a Gabonese diplomat and politician who served as Chair of the African Union Commission from 2008 to 2012. Born to a Chinese father and Gabonese mother, he is the first individual of Chinese descent to lead…

1942

Andrew Stunell

English minister and politician (died 2024)

Robert Andrew Stunell, Baron Stunell, was a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament for Hazel Grove from 1997 until he stood down in 2015, and then as a member of the House of Lords from…

1942

Dave Bing

American basketball player and politician, 70th Mayor of Detroit

David Bing is an American former professional basketball player, businessman and politician who served as the 74th mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 2009 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

1943

Richard Tee

American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 1993)

Richard Edward Tee was an American jazz fusion pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger. Tee had several hundred studio credits and played on such hits as "I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow " (1967), "Until You Come Back To…

1943

Margaret E. M. Tolbert

American chemist and academic

Margaret Ellen Mayo Tolbert is a biochemist who worked as a professor and director of the Carver Research Foundation at Tuskegee University, and was an administrative chemist at British Petroleum. From 1996 to 2002 she…

1943

Robin Williamson

Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Robin Duncan Harry Williamson is a Scottish multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and storyteller who was a founding member of the Incredible String Band, as well as having a solo career.

1943

Bev Bevan

English drummer

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1944

Candy Darling

American model and actress (died 1974)

Candy Darling was an American actress. Best known as a Warhol superstar, she was a pioneer for transgender visibility.

1944

Ibrahim Gambari

Nigerian academic and diplomat, 9th Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs

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1944

Dan Glickman

American businessman and politician, 26th United States Secretary of Agriculture

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1944

Nuruddin Farah

Somali novelist

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1945

Lee Michaels

American singer-songwriter and musician

Lee Eugene Michaels is an American rock musician who sings and accompanies himself on organ, piano, or guitar. He is best known for his 1971 Top 10 US hit single, "Do You Know What I Mean". In 1988 he founded the Marina…

1945

Ted Bundy

American serial killer (died 1989)

Theodore Robert Bundy was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped and murdered dozens of young women and girls throughout 1974, 1975, and 1978. His modus operandi typically consisted of convincing his target that…

1946

Tony Clarkin

English guitarist and songwriter (died 2024)

Anthony Michael Clarkin was an English musician, best known as the guitarist of the rock band Magnum. He was the sole songwriter throughout Magnum's history, writing all of the material on their 23 studio albums as well…

1946

Penny Jordan

English author (died 2011)

Penelope Halsall was a prolific English writer of over 200 romance novels. She started writing regency romances as Caroline Courtney, and wrote contemporary romances as Penny Jordan and historical romances as Annie…

1946

Roberto Chale

Peruvian footballer (died 2024)

Roberto Carlos Chale Olarte was a Peruvian footballer, recognized as one of Peru's most important midfielders.

1946

Dwight Schultz

American actor

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1947

Dave Sinclair

English keyboard player

David Sinclair is a British keyboardist associated with the psychedelic/progressive rock Canterbury Scene since the late 1960s. He became famous with the band Caravan and was responsible as a songwriter for creating…

1947

Spider Robinson

American-Canadian author and critic

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1948

Rudy Tomjanovich

American basketball player and coach

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1948

Steve Yeager

American baseball player and coach

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1948

Henry Bibby

American basketball player and coach

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1949

Shane Bourne

Australian comedian, actor, and television host

Shane Jerome Bourne is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, musician, and television host.

1949

Ewen Cameron

Baron Cameron of Dillington, English politician

Ewen James Hanning Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington, is a British farmer, landowner and life peer who sits as a crossbench member of the House of Lords.

1949

Sally Davies

English hematologist and academic

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1949

Bob Burns

American drummer and songwriter (died 2015)

Robert Lewis Burns Jr. was an American drummer who was in the original lineup of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.

1950

Stanley Livingston

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Stanley Bernard Livingston is an American actor.

1950

Mimis Androulakis

Greek author and politician

Dimitris (Mimis) Androulakis is a Greek author and politician.

1951

Chet Edwards

American businessman and politician

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1951

Margaret Mountford

Northern Irish-British lawyer and businesswoman

Margaret Rose Mountford is a British lawyer, businesswoman, academic and television personality from Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, best known for her role in the BBC reality TV series The Apprentice.

1951

Graham Price

Egyptian-Welsh rugby player

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1951

Rachel Chagall

American actress

Rachel Chagall is an American actress, best known for roles as Gaby in the film Gaby: A True Story (1987), for which she was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama and as Val Toriello…

1952

Norbert Haug

German journalist and businessman

Norbert Friedrich Haug is a German journalist and the former vice president of Mercedes-Benz motorsport activity, including Formula One, Formula 3 and DTM. Under his direction, Mercedes-Benz enjoyed considerable success…

1952

Thierry Lhermitte

French actor, producer, and screenwriter

Thierry Michel Lhermitte is a French actor, director, writer and producer, best known for his comedic roles. He was a founder of the comedy troupe Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, Christian Clavier,…

1952

Parveen Shakir

Pakistani Urdu poet (died 1994)

Parveen Shakir was a Pakistani poet and civil servant of the government of Pakistan. She is best known for her poems, which brought a distinctive feminine voice to Urdu literature.

1952

Jim Sheridan

Scottish politician (died 2022)

James Sheridan was a British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, formerly Renfrewshire West, from 2001 to 2015.

1952

Ken Wilson

Australian rugby league player (died 2022)

Ken Wilson, nicknamed Squeaker, was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s.

1952

Clem Burke

American drummer (died 2025)

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1954

Emir Kusturica

Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter

Emir Kusturica is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer and musician. Kusturica has been an active filmmaker since the 1980s.

1954

Margaret Wetherell

English psychologist and academic

Margaret Wetherell is a prominent academic in the area of discourse analysis.

1954

Ian Botham

English cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster

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1955

Scott Hoch

American golfer

Scott Mabon Hoch is an American professional golfer, who represented his country in the Ryder Cup in 1997 and 2002.

1955

Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth

Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for Culture

Lena Elisabeth Adelsohn Liljeroth is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for Culture and Sports from 2006 to 2014. A member of the Moderate Party, she was an MP of the Swedish Riksdag from 2002 to 2014.

1955

Najib Mikati

Lebanese businessman and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Lebanon

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1955

Takashi Yuasa

Japanese lawyer and author

Takashi Yuasa is a Japanese lawyer and television personality. He belongs to the Horipro talent agency.

1955

Terry Lewis

American musician, producer, and songwriter

James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III and Terry Steven Lewis are an American R&B/pop songwriting and record production team. Their productions have received commercial success since the 1980s with various artists, most…

1956

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

American actor, playwright, and director

Ruben Santiago-Hudson is an American actor, playwright, and director who has won national awards for his work in all three categories. He has received a Tony Award and three Drama Desk Awards as well as a nomination for…

1956

Denise Crosby

American actress and producer

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1957

Edward Stourton

English journalist and author

Edward John Ivo Stourton is a British broadcaster and presenter of the BBC Radio 4 programme Sunday, and was a frequent contributor to the Today programme, where for ten years he was one of the main presenters. He is…

1957

Roy Aitken

Scottish footballer and manager

Robert Sime "Roy" Aitken is a Scottish former football player and manager. He made over 480 league appearances for Celtic, and later played for Newcastle United, St Mirren and Aberdeen. Aitken also made 57 international…

1958

Margaret Curran

Scottish academic and politician

Margaret Patricia Curran, Baroness Curran, is a Scottish Labour Party politician. She served in the House of Commons as the member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow East from 2010 and 2015, and was Shadow Secretary of…

1958

Nick Knight

British photographer

Nicholas David Gordon Knight is a British fashion photographer and founder and director of SHOWstudio.com. He is an honorary professor at University of the Arts London and was awarded an honorary Ph.D. by the same…

1958

Todd Brooker

Canadian skier and sportscaster

Todd Brooker is a former alpine ski racer member Crazy Canucks and a ski commentator on television.

1959

Edgar Meyer

American bassist and composer

Edgar Meyer is an American bassist and composer. His styles include classical, bluegrass, newgrass, and jazz. He has won seven Grammy Awards and been nominated ten times.

1960

Carlos Carnero

Spanish lawyer and politician

Carlos Carnero González is a Member of the European Parliament for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1994. On 7 December 2006, he was appointed a…

1961

Arundhati Roy

Indian writer and activist

Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the biggest-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author.…

1961

John Kovalic

English author and illustrator

John Kovalic is an American cartoonist, illustrator, and writer.

1962

John Squire

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jonathan Thomas Squire is an English musician, songwriter and painter. He was the guitarist for The Stone Roses, a rock band in which he formed a songwriting partnership with singer Ian Brown. Squire has been described…

1962

Paul Thorburn

German-Welsh rugby player and manager

Paul Thorburn (born 24 November 1962 in Rheindahlen, West Germany) is a former Neath RFC and international Wales rugby union player who played at full back and also featured in the Welsh international team.

1962

Ioannis Topalidis

Greek footballer and manager

Ioannis Topalidis is a Greek professional football manager and former player.

1962

Tracey Wickham

Australian swimmer

Tracey Lee Wickham is an Australian former middle distance swimmer. Wickham was the World Champion for the 400 m and 800 m freestyle in 1978, and won gold in both events at the 1978 and 1982 Commonwealth Games. She is a…

1962

Neale Cooper

Scottish footballer (died 2018)

Neale James Cooper was a Scottish football player and coach. He played as a midfielder during the 1980s and 1990s, most prominently for the Aberdeen team managed by Alex Ferguson, and later played for Aston Villa,…

1963

Garret Dillahunt

American actor

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1964

Conleth Hill

Northern Irish actor

Conleth Seamus Eoin Croiston Hill is a Northern Irish actor. He has performed on stage in productions in the UK, Ireland, Canada and the US. He has won two Laurence Olivier Awards and received two Tony Award…

1964

Brad Sherwood

American actor and game show host

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1964

Shirley Henderson

Scottish actress

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1965

Russell Watson

English tenor and actor

Russell Watson is an English crossover and popular singer, almost in the tenor range, who has released singles and albums of both quasi-operatic-style and pop songs.

1966

Henrik Brockmann

Danish singer-songwriter

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1967

Jon Hein

American radio personality

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1967

Bülent Korkmaz

Turkish footballer and manager

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1968

Scott Krinsky

American actor and comedian

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1968

Dawn Robinson

American singer and actress

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1968

David Adeang

Nauruan lawyer and politician

David Ranibok Waiau Adeang is a Nauruan politician, currently serving as President of Nauru. Adeang is the former Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru, and Nauru's Minister of Finance and Justice, as well as the Minister…

1969

Romesh Kaluwitharana

Sri Lankan cricketer

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1969

Rob Nicholson

American bass player and songwriter

Rob Nicholson also known as Blasko, is an American bassist, musician and manager. He is the bassist and backing vocalist of Rob Zombie and former bassist for Ozzy Osbourne, and is also a manager for Black Veil Brides.…

1969

Doug Brien

American football player

Douglas Robert Zachariah Brien is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the California Golden Bears…

1970

Julieta Venegas

American-Mexican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Julieta Venegas Percevault is a Mexican singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer who specializes in pop-rock-indie music in Spanish. She embarked on her musical journey by joining several bands, including the…

1970

Ashley Ward

English footballer and businessman

Ashley Ward is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre forward.

1970

Lola Glaudini

American actress

Lola Glaudini is an American actress. She is known for her portrayal of Elle Greenaway on CBS's Criminal Minds and for her role as Deborah Ciccerone-Waldrup on HBO's The Sopranos.

1971

Cosmas Ndeti

Kenyan runner

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1971

Keith Primeau

Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach

Keith David Primeau is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers, Carolina Hurricanes and Philadelphia Flyers.

1971

Ruxandra Dragomir

Romanian tennis player

Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie is a retired tennis player from Romania.

1972

Marek Lemsalu

Estonian footballer

Marek Lemsalu is an Estonian former professional footballer. He played as a centre-back for Pärnu KEK, Sport Tallinn, Pärnu Kalakombinaat/MEK, Flora, Mainz 05, Kuressaare, Strømsgodset, Tulevik, Start, Bryne and Levadia.

1972

Alejandro Ávila

Mexican actor

Alejandro Ávila is a Mexican telenovela actor.

1973

Danielle Nicolet

American actress

Danielle Nicolet is an American actress known for roles on 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), Second Time Around (2004–05), The Starter Wife (2008), Family Tools (2013), Born Again Virgin (2015–16), and The Flash…

1973

Amy Faye Hayes

American boxing ring announcer and model

Amy Hayes is an American ring announcer and model. She is a regular aunnancer on Fox Sports Net, and in 2001 was the exclusive ring announcer on Fox Sport's networks "Sunday Night Fights" series under promoter Dan…

1974

Stephen Merchant

English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Stephen James Merchant is an English comedian, writer, director, and actor. He was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series The Office (2001–2003), and co-writer, co-director, and co-star of both…

1974

Machel Montano

Trinidadian singer-songwriter and producer

Machel Montano is a Trinidadian singer, songwriter and record producer. He is widely regarded for globalising and pioneering the soca music genre. Renowned for his high-energy, fast-paced, and often unpredictable…

1974

Taro Yamamoto

Japanese actor and politician

Tarō Yamamoto is a Japanese politician and former actor, who is the founder and current leader of the anti-establishment political party Reiwa Shinsengumi. Yamamoto served in the House of Councillors representing Tokyo…

1974

Thomas Kohnstamm

American author

Thomas Kohnstamm is an American author from Seattle, Washington.

1975

Mona Hanna-Attisha

British-American pediatrician, professor, and public health advocate

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1976

Christian Laflamme

Canadian ice hockey player

Christian Lucien Laflamme is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played parts of eight seasons in the National Hockey League between 1996 and 2004.

1976

Chen Lu

Chinese figure skater

Chen Lu is a Chinese former figure skater. She is the 1994 and 1998 Olympic bronze medalist and the 1995 World Champion. Chen won the first ever Olympic medal in figure skating for China.

1976

Colin Hanks

American actor

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1977

Celaleddin Koçak

German-Turkish footballer

Celaleddin Koçak is a Turkish footballer.

1977

Katherine Heigl

American actress and producer

Katherine Heigl is an American actress and model. She portrayed Dr. Izzie Stevens on the ABC television medical drama Grey's Anatomy from 2005 to 2010, a role that brought her recognition and accolades, including the…

1978

Joseba Llorente

Spanish footballer

Joseba Llorente Etxarri is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward.

1979

Carmelita Jeter

American sprinter "fastest woman alive".

Carmelita Jeter is a retired American sprinter, who competed in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. For over a decade, between 2009 and 2021, Jeter was called the "Fastest woman alive" after running a 100 m personal best of…

1979

Horacio Ramírez

Mexican-American baseball player

Horacio Ramírez is a Mexican-American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and in…

1979

Kabir Ali

English cricketer

Kabir Ali is an English former cricketer. A right-arm seam bowler and useful lower-order right-handed batsman, he played one Test match for England in 2003, while also earning 14 ODI caps between 2003 and 2006.

1980

Brandon Hunter

American basketball player (died 2023)

Brandon Hunter was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

1980

Beth Phoenix

American wrestler

Elizabeth Copeland, better known as Beth Phoenix, is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her tenure in WWE, where she is a former WWE Divas Champion and a three-time WWE Women's Champion.

1980

Branko Radivojevič

Slovak ice hockey player

Branko Radivojevič is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player who began and finished his career playing for HK Dukla Trenčín of the Slovak Extraliga. He also played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the…

1980

Ryan Fitzpatrick

American football player

Ryan Joseph Fitzpatrick is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. He started at quarterback for nine teams, the most in league history.…

1982

Sean O'Loughlin

English rugby player

Sean O'Loughlin is an English professional rugby league coach who is an assistant coach at the Wigan Warriors in the Super League and former professional rugby league footballer.

1982

Dean Ashton

English footballer

Dean Ashton is an English former professional footballer. He made over 240 appearances as a forward in the Football League and Premier League for Crewe Alexandra, Norwich City and West Ham United, and was capped by…

1983

Lars Eckert

German rugby player

Lars Eckert is a German international rugby union player, playing for the SC Neuenheim in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.

1983

André Laurito

German footballer

André Laurito is a German footballer who plays for Bayernliga club SV Donaustauf.

1983

Gwilym Lee

Welsh actor

Gwilym Lee is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in Midsomer Murders (2013–2016), A Song for Jenny (2015), Jamestown (2017), Top End Wedding (2019), The Great (2020–2023), and for playing guitarist Brian…

1983

José López

Venezuelan baseball player

José Celestino López Echevarria is a Venezuelan former professional baseball infielder. López played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins, Cleveland Indians, and…

1983

Shavlik Randolph

American basketball player

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1983

Karine Vanasse

Canadian actress and producer

Karine Vanasse is a Canadian actress, who had roles in the films Polytechnique, Séraphin: Heart of Stone , Switch and Set Me Free (Emporte-moi). Internationally she is best known for her roles as Colette Valois in Pan…

1983

David Booth

American ice hockey player

David Jonathan Booth is an American professional ice hockey player. He is a forward currently playing for the Fife Flyers of the Elite Ice Hockey League.

1984

Maria Höfl-Riesch

German skier

Maria Höfl-Riesch is a German former alpine ski racer. She is a three-time Olympic champion, two-time World champion, an overall World Cup champion and five-time World junior champion.

1984

Julia Alexandratou

Greek model, actress, and singer

Julia Alexandratou is a Greek socialite, media personality, glamour model, singer, actress, and pornographic actress. In 2002, at age 16, she won the beauty pageant title "Miss Young" in Greece. Four years later,…

1985

Asim Chaudhry

British comedian and actor

Asim Chaudhry is a British comedian, writer, director, rapper and actor best known for playing Chabud "Chabuddy G" Gul in the BBC mockumentary series People Just Do Nothing, which he co-created. For this role, he won a…

1986

Jimmy Graham

American football player

Jimmy Graham is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played only one year of college football for the Miami Hurricanes after playing four years of…

1986

Pedro León

Spanish footballer

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1986

Jarrod Parker

American baseball player

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1988

Mario Gaspar

Spanish footballer

Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back.

1990

Sarah Hyland

American actress

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1990

Michael Oldfield

Australian rugby league player

Michael Oldfield is a Tongan international rugby league footballer who last played as a winger and centre for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL.

1990

Sergei Kulbach

Ukrainian figure skater (died 2023)

Sergei Kulbach was a Ukrainian pair skater. He won national titles with former partners Elizaveta Usmantseva and Natalja Zabijako. With Zabijako, he also competed at the 2011 World Championships, placing 16th.

1992

Ivi Adamou

Cypriot-Greek singer-songwriter

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1993

Joe Pigott

English footballer

Joseph David Wozencroft Pigott is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Folkestone Invicta.

1993

Nabil Bentaleb

Algerian footballer

Nabil Bentaleb is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lille. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.

1994

Marcus Bontempelli

Australian footballer

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1995

Jeremy Swayman

American ice hockey player

Jeremy Rion Swayman, nicknamed "Sway" or "Bulldog", is an American professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Bruins selected him in the fourth…

1998

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