Famous Birthdays on November 30

Q: Who was born on November 30?

Famous people born on November 30 include: Gregory of Tours, Frederick II, John, John FitzAlan, Johann IV Roth.

Q: What is William-Adolphe Bouguereau known for?

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French painter and educator (died 1905)

253 people 539 – 2000

November 30 has seen 253 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 539 – 2000. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · November 30 — Wikipedia

1825 — William-Adolphe Bouguereau

French painter and educator (died 1905)

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In the 1980s, a revival of interest in figure painting led to a rediscovery of Bouguereau and his work

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He finished 822 known paintings, but the whereabouts of many are still unknown.

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a French academic painter

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During his life, he enjoyed significant popularity in France and the United States, was given numerous official honors, and received top prices for his work

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As the quintessential salon painter of his generation, he was reviled by the Impressionist avant-garde

Gregory of Tours

French bishop and saint (probable; (died 594)

Gregory of Tours was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours during the Merovingian period and is known as the "father of French history".

539

Frederick II

Margrave of Meissen (died 1349)

Frederick II was the margrave of Meissen from 1323 until his death.

1310

John

Duke of Berry (died 1416)

John of Berry or John the Magnificent was Duke of Berry and Auvergne and Count of Poitiers and Montpensier. His brothers were King Charles V of France, Duke Louis I of Anjou and Duke Philip the Bold of Burgundy. He was…

1340

John FitzAlan

2nd Baron Arundel, Scottish soldier (died 1390)

John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, 2nd Baron Maltravers jure matris, also called John de Arundel, of Buckland, Surrey, was the son and heir of John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel by his wife Eleanor Maltravers, the…

1364

Johann IV Roth

Roman Catholic bishop (died 1506)

Johann Roth was Bishop of Lavant from 1468 to 1482 and Prince-Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau) from 1482 until his death. He was known as a brilliant speaker, humanist and supporter of the arts and learning.

1426

Casimir IV Jagiellon

King of Poland (died 1492)

Casimir IV Jagiellon was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440 and King of Poland from 1447 until his death in 1492. He was one of the most active Polish-Lithuanian rulers; under him, Poland defeated the Teutonic Knights in…

1427

Mingyi Nyo

founder of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (died 1530)

Mingyi Nyo, also spelled Minkyi-nyo, was the founder of the Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). Under his 45-year leadership (1485–1530), Toungoo (Taungoo), grew from a remote backwater vassal state of Ava Kingdom to a…

1459

Andrea Doria

Italian admiral (died 1560)

Andrea Doria, Prince of Melfi was an Italian statesman, condottiero and admiral, who played a key role in the Republic of Genoa during his lifetime.

1466

Veronica Gambara

Italian poet and stateswoman (died 1550)

Veronica Gambara was an Italian poet and politician. She was the ruler of the County of Correggio from 1518 until 1550.

1485

Andrea Palladio

Italian architect and theoretician, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Teatro Olimpico (died 1580)

Andrea Palladio was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considered to be one of the most influential…

1508

Sir Henry Savile

English scholar and mathematician (died 1622)

Sir Henry Savile was an English scholar and mathematician, Warden of Merton College, Oxford, and Provost of Eton. He endowed the Savilian chairs of Astronomy and of Geometry at Oxford University, and was one of the…

1549

Philip Sidney

English soldier, courtier, and poet (died 1586)

Sir Philip Sidney was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age.

1554

Aubert Miraeus

Belgian historian (died 1640)

Aubert le Mire, Latinized Aubertus Miraeus was an ecclesiastical historian in the Spanish Netherlands.

1573

John Cosin

English bishop and academic (died 1672)

John Cosin was an English bishop.

1594

Andrea Sacchi

Italian painter (died 1661)

Andrea Sacchi was an Italian painter of High Baroque Classicism, active in Rome. A generation of artists who shared his style of art include the painters Nicolas Poussin and Giovanni Battista Passeri, the sculptors…

1599

William Howard

1st Viscount Stafford (died 1680)

William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford, FRS was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, and his wife, the former Alethea Talbot. A Fellow of the Royal Society from 1665, he was a Royalist supporter…

1614

Jean Domat

French scholar and jurist (died 1696)

Jean Domat, or Daumat was a French jurist.

1625

Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont

French historian and author (died 1698)

Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont was a French ecclesiastical historian.

1637

Andrea Pozzo

Jesuit Brother, architect and painter (died 1709)

Andrea Pozzo was an Italian Jesuit brother, Baroque painter, architect, decorator, stage designer, and art theoretician.

1642

Andreas Werckmeister

German organist, composer, and theorist (died 1706)

Andreas Werckmeister was a German organist, music theorist, and composer of the Baroque era. He was responsible for a temperament that resulted in all tonalities sounding acceptable on the keyboard. This important step…

1645

Jonathan Swift

Irish satirist and essayist (died 1745)

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. He was the author of the satirical prose novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) and the creator of the fictional island of Lilliput. He is…

1667

John Toland

Irish philosopher and author (died 1722)

John Toland was an Irish rationalist philosopher and freethinker, and occasional satirist, who wrote numerous books and pamphlets on political philosophy and philosophy of religion, which are early expressions of the…

1670

Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller

Austrian field marshal (died 1744)

Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Graf von Frankenburg-Aichleberg was a prominent Austrian field marshal.

1683

King Christian VI of Denmark (died 1746)

Christian VI was King of Denmark and Norway from 1730 to 1746. The eldest surviving son of Frederick IV and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, he is considered one of Denmark-Norway's more anonymous kings, but he was a…

1699

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (died 1772)

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was Princess of Wales by marriage to Frederick, Prince of Wales, eldest son and heir apparent of King George II. She never became queen consort, as Frederick predeceased his…

1719

William Livingston

American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (died 1790)

William Livingston was an American politician and lawyer who served as the first governor of New Jersey (1776–1790) during the American Revolutionary War. As a New Jersey representative in the Continental Congress, he…

1723

Joachim Albertini

Italian-Polish composer (died 1838)

Joachim Albertini or Gioacchino Albertini was an Italian-born composer, who spent most of his life in Poland. His opera Don Juan albo Ukarany libertyn was performed in the 1780s with both Italian and Polish libretti.

1748

Ernst Chladni

German physicist and author (died 1827)

Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni was a German physicist and musician. His most important work, for which he is sometimes labeled the father of acoustics, included research on vibrating plates and the calculation of the…

1756

Franz Xaver Gerl

Austrian singer and composer (died 1827)

Franz Xaver Gerl was a bass singer and composer of the classical era. He sang the role of Sarastro in the premiere of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute.

1764

Jędrzej Śniadecki

Polish physician, chemist, and biologist (died 1838)

Jędrzej Śniadecki was a Polish writer, physician, chemist, biologist and philosopher. His achievements include being the first person who linked rickets to lack of sunlight. He also created modern Polish terminology in…

1768

Alexander Berry

Scottish surgeon, merchant, and explorer (died 1873)

Alexander Berry was a Scottish-born colonist and merchant who, in 1822, was given a large land grant of 10,000 acres (40 km2) with 100 convicts to establish an estate on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia.

1781

Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg

Austrian field marshal and politician (died 1848)

Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg was an Austrian soldier, statesman, journalist and writer, who held the military rank of field marshal. He had a short but important role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.

1791

Carl Loewe

German singer, composer, and conductor (died 1869)

Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, usually called Carl Loewe, was a German composer, tenor singer and conductor from the late Classical and early Romantic periods. In his lifetime, his songs ("Balladen") were well enough…

1796

Oliver Winchester

American businessman and politician, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (died 1880)

Oliver Fisher Winchester was an American businessman and politician, best known as being the founder of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.

1810

Louise-Victorine Ackermann

French poet and author (died 1890)

Louise-Victorine Ackermann was a French Parnassian poet.

1813

Charles-Valentin Alkan

French pianist and composer (died 1888)

Charles-Valentin Alkan was a French composer and virtuoso pianist. At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was, alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt, among the leading…

1813

Theodor Mommsen

German jurist, historian, and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1903)

Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19th century. He received…

1817

Frederick Temple

English archbishop and academic (died 1902)

Frederick Temple was an English academic, teacher and churchman, who served as Bishop of Exeter (1869–1885), Bishop of London (1885–1896) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1896–1902).

1821

James Dickson

English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Queensland (died 1901)

Sir James Robert Dickson, was an Australian politician and businessman, the 13th Premier of Queensland and a member of the first federal ministry.

1832

Mark Twain

American novelist, humorist, and critic (died 1910)

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling…

1835

Lord Frederick Cavendish

Anglo-Irish soldier and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (died 1882)

Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish was a British Liberal politician and protégé of the Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone. Cavendish was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland in May 1882 but was killed along with…

1836

Henry Birks

Canadian businessman, founded Birks & Mayors (died 1928)

Henry Birks was a Canadian businessman and founder of Henry Birks and Sons, a chain of high-end Canadian jewellery stores.

1840

Martha Ripley

American physician (died 1912)

Martha George Rogers Ripley was an American physician, suffragist, and professor of medicine. Founder of the Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ripley was one of the most outspoken activists for disadvantaged…

1843

Afonso Pena

Brazilian lawyer and politician, 6th President of Brazil (died 1909)

Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena was a Brazilian lawyer, professor, and politician who served as the sixth president of Brazil, from 1906 until his death in 1909. Pena was elected in 1906, the chosen successor of president…

1847

Bobby Abel

English cricketer (died 1936)

Robert Abel, nicknamed "The Guv'nor", was a Surrey and England opening batsman who was one of the most prolific run-getters in the early years of the County Championship. He was the first England player to "carry his…

1857

Jagadish Chandra Bose

Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (died 1937)

Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose was a polymath with interests in biology, physics and writing science fiction. He was a pioneer in the investigation of radio microwave optics, made significant contributions to botany, and was…

1858

Andrés Bonifacio

Filipino activist and politician, co-founded Katipunan (died 1897)

Andrés Bonifacio was a Filipino revolutionary leader. He is often called "The Father of the Philippine Revolution", considered a national hero of the Philippines.

1863

Andrey Lyapchev

Bulgarian politician, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (died 1933)

Andrey Tasev Lyapchev (Tarpov) (Bulgarian: Андрей Тасев Ляпчев (Tърпов); 30 November 1866 – 6 November 1933) was a Bulgarian Prime Minister in three consecutive governments.

1866

Gustaf Dalén

Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1937)

Nils Gustaf Dalén was a Swedish engineer and inventor who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1912 "for his invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses…

1869

James Hamilton

3rd Duke of Abercorn, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Northern Ireland (died 1953)

James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, styled Marquess of Hamilton between 1885 and 1913, was a British peer and Unionist politician. He was the first Governor of Northern Ireland, a post he held between…

1869

John McCrae

Canadian physician, soldier, and poet (died 1918)

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium. He is best known for writing the famous war…

1872

Božena Benešová

Czech author and poet (died 1936)

Božena Benešová, née Zapletalová, was a Czech author and poet whose work is considered to have been at the forefront of psychological prose. The greater part of her youth was spent in Uherské Hradiště and Napajedla,…

1873

Winston Churchill

English colonel, journalist, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. For…

1874

Lucy Maud Montgomery

English-Canadian author and poet (died 1942)

Lucy Maud Montgomery, published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables.

1874

Myron Grimshaw

American baseball player (died 1936)

Myron Frederick "Moose" Grimshaw was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1905 through 1907 for the Boston Americans. Listed at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), 173 lb., Grimshaw was a switch-hitter and…

1875

Otto Strandman

Estonian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Estonia (died 1941)

Otto August Strandman was an Estonian politician, who served as Prime Minister (1919) and State Elder of Estonia (1929–1931).

1875

Gustav Suits

Estonian-Swedish poet and politician (died 1956)

Gustav Suits is considered one of the greatest Estonian poets. He was also an early leader of the literary movement group Noor-Eesti.

1883

Andrej Gosar

Slovenian economist, lawyer, and politician (died 1970)

Andrej Gosar was a Slovenian and Yugoslav politician, sociologist, economist and political theorist.

1887

Beatrice Kerr

Australian swimmer and diver (died 1971)

Beatrice Maude Williams, known professionally as Beatrice Kerr, was an Australian swimmer, diver, and aquatic performer. Born in Melbourne, Kerr learnt to swim at Albert Park Lake, and won medals at both the Victorian…

1887

Harry Altham

English cricketer and coach (died 1965)

Harry Surtees Altham was an English first-class cricketer who became an important figure in the game as an administrator, historian and coach. He was born in Camberley in November 1888. Shortly after completing his…

1888

Edgar Adrian

1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1977)

Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian was an English electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with Sir Charles Sherrington for work on the function of neurons. He provided…

1889

Reuvein Margolies

Ukrainian-Israeli author and scholar (died 1971)

Reuben Margolies was an Israeli author, Talmudic scholar and head of the Rambam library.

1889

Firpo Marberry

American baseball player and manager (died 1976)

Frederick "Firpo" Marberry was an American right-handed starting and relief pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1923 to 1936, most notably with the Washington Senators. The sport's first prominent reliever, he has…

1898

Clyfford Still

American painter and educator (died 1980)

Clyfford Still was an American painter, and one of the leading figures in the first generation of abstract expressionists, who developed a new, powerful approach to painting in the years immediately following World War…

1904

John Dickson Carr

American author and playwright (died 1977)

John Dickson Carr was an American author of detective stories, who also published using the pseudonyms Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson, and Roger Fairbairn.

1906

Andrés Henestrosa

Mexican poet, linguist, and politician (died 2008)

Andrés Henestrosa Morales was a Mexican writer and politician. In addition to his prose and poetry, Henestrosa was elected to the federal legislature, serving three terms in the Chamber of Deputies, and as a senator for…

1906

Jacques Barzun

French-American historian and author (died 2012)

Jacques Martin Barzun was a French-born American historian known for his studies of the history of ideas and cultural history. He wrote about a wide range of subjects, including baseball, mystery novels, and classical…

1907

Robert Nighthawk

American singer and guitarist (died 1967)

Robert Lee McCollum was an American blues musician who played and recorded under the pseudonyms Robert Lee McCoy and Robert Nighthawk. He was the father of the blues musician Sam Carr. Nighthawk was inducted into the…

1909

Carle Hessay

German-Canadian painter (died 1978)

Hans Karl Hesse, known in later life as Carle Hessay, was a German-born Canadian painter. Although much remains uncertain of his early years, he immigrated to Canada in 1927, and later studied at art academies in Paris…

1911

Jorge Negrete

Mexican singer and actor (died 1953)

Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno was a Mexican singer and actor. He specialized in the musical genre of ranchera. His posthumous album "Fiesta Mexicana Volumen II" has been ranked No. 163 by critics on their list of the…

1911

Jaan Hargel

Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (died 1966)

Jaan (Joann) Hargel was an Estonian conductor, music teacher, oboe and flute player.

1912

Gordon Parks

American photographer and director (died 2006)

Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and filmmaker, who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particularly in issues of…

1912

Brownie McGhee

American folk-blues singer and guitarist (died 1996)

Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee was an American folk and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaboration with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.

1915

Henry Taube

Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)

Henry Taube was a Canadian-born American chemist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "his work in the mechanisms of electron-transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes." He was the second…

1915

Dena Epstein

American musicologist and author (died 2013)

Dena Julia Polacheck Epstein was an American music librarian, author, and musicologist.

1916

Michael Gwynn

English actor (died 1976)

Michael Gwynn was an English actor whose career spanned 40 years, across a variety of stage, film, and television roles.

1916

Efrem Zimbalist

Jr., American actor (died 2014)

Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was an American actor and theatre producer. Known for his "mellifluous voice and air of sophistication," he was known to television audiences for his starring roles on the crime drama series 77…

1918

Jane C. Wright

American oncologist and cancer researcher (died 2013)

Jane Cooke Wright, also known as Jane Jones, was a pioneering cancer researcher and surgeon noted for her contributions to chemotherapy. In particular, Wright is credited with developing the technique of using human…

1919

Virginia Mayo

American actress (died 2005)

Virginia Mayo was an American actress. She was in a series of popular comedy films with Danny Kaye and was Warner Bros.' biggest box-office draw in the late 1940s. She is also known for her roles in the war drama The…

1920

Elliott Blackstone

American police officer and activist (died 2006)

Elliott R. Blackstone was a sergeant in the San Francisco Police Department, known as a longtime advocate for the lesbian, gay and transgender community in that city.

1924

Shirley Chisholm

American activist, educator and politician (died 2005)

Shirley Anita Chisholm was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional district, a district centered…

1924

Allan Sherman

American actor, comedian, singer, producer, and screenwriter (died 1973)

Allan Sherman was an American musician, comedian, and television producer who became known as a song parodist in the early 1960s. His first album, My Son, the Folk Singer (1962), became the fastest-selling record album…

1924

Maryon Pittman Allen

American journalist and politician (died 2018)

Maryon Allen was an American journalist who served as United States Senator from Alabama for five months in 1978, after her husband, Senator James B. Allen, died in office. She held no public office prior to her…

1925

William H. Gates

Sr., American lawyer and philanthropist (died 2020)

William Henry Gates II, better known as Bill Gates Sr., was an American attorney, philanthropist, and civic leader. He was the founder of the law firm Shidler McBroom & Gates, and also served as president of both the…

1925

Teresa Gisbert Carbonell

Bolivian architect and art historian (died 2018)

Teresa Gisbert Carbonell de Mesa was a Bolivian architect and art historian. She specialized in the history of the Andean region.

1926

Richard Crenna

American actor, director, and producer (died 2003)

Richard Donald Crenna was an American actor and television director.

1926

Andrew Schally

Polish-American endocrinologist (died 2024)

Andrzej Viktor "Andrew" Schally was a Polish-American endocrinologist who was a co-recipient, with Roger Guillemin and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

1926

Robert Guillaume

American actor and singer (died 2017)

Robert Guillaume was an American actor and singer. He played Benson DuBois in the ABC television series Soap and its spin-off, Benson. He also voiced the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King, and played Isaac Jaffe in Aaron…

1927

Takako Doi

Japanese scholar and politician 68th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan (died 2014)

Takako Doi was a Japanese politician. She was leader of the Japan Socialist Party from 1986 to 1991 and its successor party the Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2003. In the former role, she became the first female…

1928

Joe B. Hall

American basketball player and coach (died 2022)

Joe Beasman Hall was an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach at the University of Kentucky from 1972 to 1985, leading the Wildcats to a national championship in 1978.

1928

Steele Hall

Australian politician, 36th Premier of South Australia (died 2024)

Raymond Steele Hall was an Australian politician who served as the 36th Premier of South Australia from 1968 to 1970. He also served in the federal Parliament as a senator for South Australia from 1974 to 1977 and…

1928

Andres Narvasa

Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (died 2013)

Andres dela Rosa Narvasa was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from December 1, 1991, to November 30, 1998.

1928

Elmira Nazirova

Azerbaijani composer (died 2014)

Elmira Mirza Rza-kyzy Nazirova was an Azerbaijani composer. Born to a Georgian Jewish family, she was a child prodigy who excelled at music and trained at the Azerbaijan State Conservatory for several years. At 14, she…

1928

Dick Clark

American television host and producer, founded Dick Clark Productions (died 2012)

Richard Wagstaff Clark was an American television and radio personality and television producer who hosted American Bandstand from 1956 to 1989. He also hosted five incarnations of the Pyramid game show from 1973 to…

1929

Joan Ganz Cooney

American screenwriter and producer, co-created Sesame Street

Joan Ganz Cooney is an American television writer and producer. She is one of the founders of Sesame Workshop, the organization famous for the creation of the children's television show Sesame Street, which was…

1929

G. Gordon Liddy

American lawyer, radio host, television actor and criminal (died 2021)

George Gordon Battle Liddy was an American lawyer and FBI agent who was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and illegal wiretapping for his role in the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration.

1930

Vivian Lynn

New Zealand artist (died 2018)

Vivian Isabella Lynn was a New Zealand artist.

1931

Bill Walsh

American football player and coach (died 2007)

William Ernest Walsh was an American professional and college football coach. He served as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and the Stanford Cardinal, during which time he popularized the West Coast offense. After…

1931

Margot Zemach

American author and illustrator (died 1989)

Margot Zemach was an American illustrator of more than forty children's books, some of which she also wrote. Many were adaptations of folk tales from around the world, especially Yiddish and other Eastern European…

1931

Bob Moore

American bassist (died 2021)

Bob Loyce Moore was an American session musician, orchestra leader, and double bassist who was a member of the Nashville A-Team during the 1950s and 1960s. He performed on over 17,000 documented recording sessions,…

1932

Cho Nam-chul

South Korean Go player (died 2006)

Cho Namchul was a professional Go player. He died of natural causes in Seoul at the age of 83.

1932

Norman Deeley

English footballer and manager (died 2007)

Norman Victor Deeley was an English professional footballer, who spent the majority of his league career with Wolverhampton Wanderers. He scored two goals in the 1960 FA Cup Final, in a performance that won him the Man…

1933

Sam Gilliam

American painter and educator (died 2022)

Sam Gilliam was an American abstract painter, sculptor, and arts educator. Born in Mississippi and raised in Kentucky, Gilliam spent his entire adult life in Washington, D.C., eventually being described as the "dean" of…

1933

Marcel Prud'homme

Canadian politician (died 2017)

Marcel Prud'homme, was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Senate and the House of Commons of Canada.

1934

Woody Allen

American actor, director, and screenwriter

Heywood "Woody" Allen is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and comedian. In a career spanning eight decades, he has written for film, television, and theater. Allen has received many accolades, including the most…

1935

Dmitri Anosov

Russian mathematician and academic (died 2014)

Dmitri Victorovich Anosov was a Russian mathematician active during the Soviet Union. He is best known for his contributions to dynamical systems theory.

1936

Abbie Hoffman

American activist and author, co-founded the Youth International Party (died 1989)

Abbot Howard Hoffman was an American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and was a member of the Chicago Seven. He was also a leading proponent of the Flower Power…

1936

Jimmy Bowen

American record producer, songwriter, and pop singer

James Albert Bowen is an American record producer and former rockabilly singer.

1937

Praveen Chaudhari

Indian-American physicist and academic (died 2010)

Praveen Chaudhari was an Indian American physicist who has contributed to the field of material physics. His research focused on structure and properties of amorphous solids, defects in solids, mechanical properties of…

1937

Frank Ifield

English-Australian singer and guitarist (died 2024)

Francis Edward Ifield was an Australian country music singer and guitarist who often incorporated yodelling into his music.

1937

Luther Ingram

American R&B/soul singer-songwriter (died 2007)

Luther Thomas Ingram was an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter. His most successful record, "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right", reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 3 on the Hot 100 in…

1937

Ridley Scott

English director, producer, and production designer

Sir Ridley Scott is an English filmmaker. His work includes science fiction, crime, and historical epic films, with an atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. He ranks among the highest-grossing directors,…

1937

Tom Simpson

English cyclist (died 1967)

Thomas Simpson was one of Britain's most successful professional cyclists. He was born in Haswell, County Durham, and later moved to Harworth, Nottinghamshire. Simpson began road cycling as a teenager before taking up…

1937

Adeline Yen Mah

Chinese-American physician and author

Adeline Yen Mah (馬嚴君玲) is a Chinese-American author and physician. She grew up in Tianjin, Shanghai and Hong Kong, and is known for her autobiography Falling Leaves.

1937

Jean Eustache

French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1981)

Jean Eustache was a French film director and editor. During his short career, he completed numerous short films, in addition to a pair of highly regarded features, of which the first, The Mother and the Whore, is…

1938

John M. Goldman

English haematologist and oncologist (died 2013)

John M. Goldman was a British haematologist, oncologist and medical researcher. A specialist in chronic myeloid leukaemia, Goldman conducted pioneering research into leukaemia treatment – he was instrumental in the…

1938

Kevin Phillips

American political analyst and author (died 2023)

Kevin Price Phillips was an American writer and commentator on politics, economics, and history. He emerged as a Republican Party strategist who helped devise its Southern Strategy in the 1960s. Phillips became…

1940

Dan Tieman

American basketball player and coach (died 2012)

Daniel Theodore Tieman was an American basketball player, coach, and teacher.

1940

Phil Willis

Baron Willis of Knaresborough, English politician

George Philip Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords, and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrogate and Knaresborough from…

1941

Norma Alarcón

American author and professor

Norma Alarcón is a Chicana author and publisher in the United States. She is the founder of Third Woman Press and a major figure in Chicana feminism. She is Professor Emerita of Chicano/Latino Studies at the University…

1943

Terrence Malick

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Terrence Frederick Malick is an American filmmaker. Malick began his career as part of the New Hollywood generation of filmmakers and received numerous accolades, including the Palme d'Or and the Golden Bear, in…

1943

George Graham

Scottish footballer and manager

George Graham is a Scottish former football player and manager.

1944

Hilary Armstrong

Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Hilary Jane Armstrong, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top,, is a British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Durham from 1987 to 2010.

1945

Roger Glover

Welsh bass player, songwriter, and producer

Roger David Glover is a Welsh bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a member of the hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Glover was inducted into the Rock and Roll…

1945

Vani Jairam

Indian playback singer (died 2023)

Vani Jairam was an Indian playback singer in Indian cinema. She is referred to as the "Meera of modern India" Vani's career started in 1971 and has spanned over five decades. She did playback for over one thousand…

1945

John R. Powers

American author and playwright (died 2013)

John R. Powers was an American novelist and playwright.

1945

George Duffield

English jockey and trainer

George Duffield MBE is an English retired flat racing jockey.

1946

Sergio Badilla Castillo

Chilean-Swedish poet and translator

Sergio Badilla Castillo is a Chilean poet who is the founder of poetic transrealism in contemporary poetry. He is considered the Latin American poet with the broadest Nordic influence, from the Finnish poets, Edith…

1947

David Mamet

American playwright, screenwriter, and director

David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). He first gained critical…

1947

Jim Chones

American basketball player

James Bernett "Bunny" Chones is an American former professional basketball player, and current radio analyst for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

1949

Matthew Festing

79th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (died 2021)

Fra' Robert Matthew Festing GCStJ OBE TD DL was an English Roman Catholic official who was the Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 2008 until his resignation on 28 January 2017,…

1949

Jimmy London

Jamaican singer-songwriter

Jimmy London is a Jamaican reggae singer who first recorded in the late 1960s, and achieved chart success both in Jamaica and the United Kingdom in the early and mid-1970s.

1949

Matti Caspi

Israeli singer-songwriter (died 2026)

Matti Caspi was an Israeli composer, musician, singer, arranger and lyricist. He has been hailed as one of Israel's most beloved and prolific musicians.

1949

Patricia Ann Tracey

American Naval Vice Admiral

Patricia Ann Tracey is a retired United States naval officer and the first woman to be promoted to the rank of vice admiral in the United States Navy. She held the positions of chief of naval education and training…

1950

Paul Westphal

American basketball player and coach (died 2021)

Paul Douglas Westphal was an American basketball player and coach.

1950

Daniel Petrie

Jr., American director, producer, and screenwriter

Daniel Mannix Petrie Jr. is a Canadian-American producer, writer, and director of film and television. He is best known for pioneering the sub-genres of action comedy and buddy cop films through films like Beverly Hills…

1951

Semyon Bychkov

Russian-American conductor

Semyon Mayevich Bychkov is a Soviet-born American conductor. He is the chief conductor and artistic director of the Czech Philharmonic.

1952

Mandy Patinkin

American actor and singer

Mandel Bruce Patinkin is an American actor and singer in musical theatre, television, and film. As a Broadway performer, he has collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

1952

Shuggie Otis

American singer-songwriter and musician

Johnny Shuggie Otis is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist.

1953

June Pointer

American singer and actress (died 2006)

June Antoinette Pointer was an American singer, best known as the youngest of the founding members of the vocal group the Pointer Sisters.

1953

David Sancious

American rock and jazz keyboard player and guitarist

David Sancious is an American musician. He was an early member of Bruce Springsteen's backing group, the E Street Band, and contributed to the first three Springsteen albums, and again on Human Touch (1992), Tracks…

1953

Wayne Bartholomew

Australian surfer

Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew is an Australian world champion surfer, surf sports innovator, community advocate and politician. Bartholomew is the former CEO and president of the Association of Surfing Professionals and…

1954

Lawrence Summers

American economist and academic

Lawrence Henry Summers is an American economist. He served as the 71st United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001, the 27th president of Harvard University from 2001 to 2006, and the eighth director of…

1954

Michael Beschloss

American historian and author

Michael Richard Beschloss is an American historian specializing in the United States presidency. He is the author of nine books on the presidency.

1955

Richard Burr

American businessman, academic, and politician

Richard Mauze Burr is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from North Carolina from 2005 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Burr was previously a member of the United…

1955

Kevin Conroy

American actor (died 2022)

Kevin Conroy was an American actor. He appeared in a variety of stage performances, television series, and television films. Conroy earned fame for voicing the DC Comics superhero Batman in various animated media,…

1955

Andy Gray

Scottish footballer and sportscaster

Andrew Mullen Gray is a Scottish football broadcaster and former player.

1955

Billy Idol

English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

William Michael Albert Broad, known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English rock singer. He achieved fame in the 1970s on the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of Generation X. He later embarked on a solo…

1955

John Ashton

English guitarist, songwriter, and producer

John Geza Ashton is an English musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer, with a career spanning more than 40 years. He is best known as the guitarist of the Psychedelic Furs.

1957

Richard Barbieri

English keyboard player and songwriter

Richard Barbieri is an English musician, composer and sound designer. Originally a member of new wave band Japan, he became the keyboard player in the progressive rock band Porcupine Tree in 1993. Besides its founder…

1957

Joël Champetier

Canadian author and screenwriter (died 2015)

Joël Champetier was a French-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.

1957

Thomas McElwee

Irish Republican and hunger striker (died 1981)

Thomas McElwee was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who participated in the 1981 hunger strike. From Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, he died at the age of 23 after 62 days on hunger…

1957

Patrick McLoughlin

English miner and politician, Secretary of State for Transport

Patrick Allen McLoughlin, Baron McLoughlin, is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he first became the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Derbyshire following the 1986 by-election. The constituency…

1957

Colin Mochrie

Scottish-Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

Colin Andrew Mochrie is a Scottish-born Canadian actor and improv comedian, best known for his appearances on the British and American versions of the improvisational TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, having appeared on…

1957

Margaret Spellings

American educator and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Education

Margaret M. LaMontagne Spellings is an American government and non-profit executive who serves as president and CEO of the Bipartisan Policy Center. She previously served as the eighth United States secretary of…

1957

Stacey Q

American pop singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

Stacey Lynn Swain, known by her stage name Stacey Q, is an American pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. Her best-known single, "Two of Hearts", released in 1986, reached number one in Canada, number three on the…

1958

Cherie Currie

American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress

Cherie Currie is an American singer, musician, actress, and artist. Currie was the lead vocalist of the Runaways, a rock band from Los Angeles, in the mid-to-late 1970s. She later became a solo artist. Currie and her…

1959

Lorraine Kelly

Scottish journalist and actress

Lorraine Kelly is a Scottish television presenter. She has presented various television shows for ITV and STV, including Good Morning Britain (1988–1992), GMTV (1993–2010), This Morning, Daybreak (2012–2014), The Sun…

1959

Hugo Swire

English soldier and politician, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Hugo George William Swire, Baron Swire, is a British politician. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Devon from 2001 until 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he has had several ministerial roles,…

1959

Bill Halter

American scholar, activist, and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

William A. Halter Jr is an American politician who served as the 18th lieutenant governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to succeed the late Republican Winthrop Paul…

1960

Gary Lineker

English footballer and sportscaster

Gary Winston Lineker is an English sports broadcaster and former professional footballer who played as a striker. Regarded as one of the best players of his generation and one of England's greatest players, Lineker is…

1960

Michael O'Connor

Australian rugby player

Michael David O'Connor is an Australian former rugby league and rugby union footballer who represented Australia in both codes. He played for the Wallabies in 13 Tests from 1979 to 1982 and then the Kangaroos in 17…

1960

Bob Tewksbury

American baseball player and coach

Robert Alan Tewksbury is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres and the…

1960

Ron Simons

American theatre producer and actor (died 2024)

Ronald Keith Simons was an American actor and producer. He was a four-time Tony Award winner.

1960

Innocent Egbunike

Nigerian sprinter and coach

Innocent Ejima Egbunike is a former sprinter from Nigeria.

1961

Ian Morris

Trinidadian footballer and sprinter

Ian "Frinty" Morris is a retired male track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 400 metres. A former soccer player for the Siparia Angels in South Trinidad, he did not take up athletics…

1961

Jimmy Del Ray

American wrestler and manager (died 2014)

David Everett Ferrier was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray. Del Ray was best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as one half of the…

1962

Bo Jackson

American football and baseball player

Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson is an American former professional baseball and football player. He is the only professional athlete in history to have been named an All-Star in two major American sports. Jackson's…

1962

Daniel Keys Moran

American computer programmer and author

Daniel Keys Moran, also known by his initials DKM, is an American computer programmer and science fiction writer.

1962

Jushin Thunder Liger

Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist

Keiichi Yamada , better known as Jushin Liger and later Jushin Thunder Liger , is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as a trainer. He is the…

1964

Aldair

Brazilian footballer

Aldair Nascimento dos Santos, known simply as Aldair, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a centre back, and who was part of the Brazil national team that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

1965

Fumihito

Prince Akishino, Japanese royal (younger brother of Emperor Naruhito and first in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne)

Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino is the heir presumptive to the Japanese throne. He is the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito, and the younger son of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko. Since his…

1965

David Laws

English banker and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury

David Anthony Laws is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Yeovil from 2001 to 2015. A member of the Liberal Democrats, in his third parliament he served at the outset as a Cabinet…

1965

Ben Stiller

American actor, director, producer and screenwriter

Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Known for his blend of slapstick humor and sharp wit, Stiller rose to fame through comedies such as There's Something About Mary (1998),…

1965

Nigel Adams

English businessman and politician

Nigel Adams is a British former politician who served as Minister of State without Portfolio at the Cabinet Office from 2021 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Selby and…

1966

David Berkoff

American swimmer

David "Dave" Charles Berkoff is an American former competition Hall of Fame swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events. Berkoff was a backstroke specialist who won a total of four medals…

1966

John Bishop

English comedian, presenter, and actor

John Bishop is an English comedian, presenter, actor, and former semiprofessional footballer. His first television appearance was in 2007 on the RTÉ topical-comedy show The Panel, where he was a regular panelist until…

1966

Philippe Bozon

French ice hockey player

Philippe Bozon is a French former professional ice hockey player who played for the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League (NHL) between the 1991–92 and 1994-95 seasons. He is the first of only seven French-born…

1966

David Nicholls

English author and screenwriter

David Alan Nicholls is a British novelist and screenwriter. Initially an actor after graduating from college, he became a screenwriter, notably creating the television series Rescue Me (2002) and adaptations of novels,…

1966

Mika Salo

Finnish racing driver

Mika Juhani Salo is a Finnish former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1994 to 2002. In sportscar racing, Salo won the 2007 American Le Mans Series title, as well as winning the 24 Hours of…

1966

Joseph Corré

English fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Agent Provocateur

Joseph Ferdinand Corré is a British activist and businessman, who co-founded Agent Provocateur in 1994.

1967

Rajiv Dixit

Indian author and activist (died 2010)

Rajiv Dixit was an Indian social activist who founded the Azadi Bachao Andolan. His organisation promoted a message of swadeshi-economics that opposed globalisation and neo-liberalism. In alliance with Ramdev, he formed…

1967

Richard Harry

Australian rugby player

Richard Lewis Lloyd Harry is an Australian former rugby union player who played as a prop.

1967

Des'ree

English R&B singer-songwriter

Desirée Annette Weekes, known by her stage name Des'ree, is a British pop and soul recording artist and songwriter, who rose to prominence during the 1990s. Known for her distinctive contralto voice and uplifting…

1968

Laurent Jalabert

French cyclist and sportscaster

Laurent Jalabert is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002. Despite neither denying nor admitting using EPO in his notorious cycling teams throughout the 1990s, French Senate investigation…

1968

Marc Forster

German-Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter

Marc Forster is a German-Swiss filmmaker. He is best known for directing the feature films Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, Stranger than Fiction, Quantum of Solace, World War Z, and Christopher Robin, and has…

1969

Marc Goossens

Belgian racing driver

Marc Goossens, nicknamed "the Goose", is a Belgian professional racing driver that currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, priorly driving the No. 14 Chevrolet Camaro for SpeedHouse in the EuroNASCAR PRO…

1969

Chris Weitz

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Christopher John Weitz is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He is best known for his work with his brother Paul on the comedy films American Pie and About a Boy; the latter earned the Weitz…

1969

Phil Babb

English footballer and manager

Philip Andrew Babb is a sports television pundit and former professional football player and manager.

1970

Walter Emanuel Jones

American actor and dancer

Walter Emanuel Jones, also known as Tre Emanuel, is an American actor, martial artist, singer and dancer, known for playing the role of Zack Taylor, the first Black Ranger on the hit television series Mighty Morphin…

1970

Natalie Williams

American basketball player and executive

Natalie Jean Williams is an American basketball executive and former player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Williams was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. She was also an…

1970

Ray Durham

American baseball player

Ray Durham is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman. He is a 14-year major league veteran owning a .277 lifetime batting average with 1,249 runs scored, 2,054 hits, 440 doubles, 79 triples, 192 home…

1971

Christophe Beck

Canadian television and film score composer and conductor

Jean-Christophe Beck is a Canadian television and film score composer. He is best known for his collaborations with Disney and its subsidiaries, which include composing the soundtracks of The Muppets (2011) and Muppets…

1972

Dan Jarvis

English soldier and politician

Daniel Owen Woolgar Jarvis is a British politician and former Army officer who has served as Minister of State for Security since 2024, and as Minister of State in the Cabinet Office since 2025. He has been the Member…

1972

Stanislav Kitto

Estonian footballer

Stanislav Kitto is a former professional footballer, who last played in Estonian Meistriliiga, for JK Trans Narva. He played the position of midfielder. His former clubs include FC TVMK Tallinn and FK Rīga.

1972

Abel Xavier

Portuguese footballer and manager

Abel Luís da Silva Costa Xavier is a Portuguese football manager and former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

1972

Christian Cage

Canadian wrestler, actor, and podcaster

William Jason Reso is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Christian Cage.

1973

Mark Blount

American basketball player

Mark D. Blount is an American former professional basketball center with four teams in the National Basketball Association between 2000 and 2009.

1975

Mindy McCready

American singer-songwriter (died 2013)

Malinda Gayle McCready was an American country music singer. Active from 1995 until her suicide in 2013, she recorded a total of five studio albums. Her debut album, 1996's Ten Thousand Angels, was released on BNA…

1975

Ben Thatcher

English footballer

Benjamin David Thatcher is a former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

1975

Marta Burgay

Italian astronomer

Marta Burgay is an Italian radio astronomer. Her initial claim to fame was being the discoverer of PSR J0737-3039, the first double pulsar, through using the 64-metre Parkes radio telescope in Australia.

1976

Marco Castro

Peruvian-American director and cinematographer

Marco Castro is a Peruvian make-up artist, film director, and entrepreneur.

1976

Andres Lacson

Filipino politician

Andres "Andy" David Lacson is a Filipino politician. He was a mayor of Concepcion, Tarlac and former Vice Chairman of Aksyon Demokratiko.

1976

Josh Lewsey

English rugby player

Owen Joshua Lewsey MBE is an English former rugby union player who represented England and the British and Irish Lions. Lewsey is a former British Army Officer.

1976

Paul Nuttall

British politician

Paul Andrew Nuttall is a British politician who has been the Deputy Chairman of Reform UK since July 2025. He served as Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2016 to 2017. He was elected to the European…

1976

Richard Elias Anderson

Canadian basketball player and coach

Richard Elias Anderson is a Canadian former professional basketball player who last played for the Halifax Rainmen at the center position. He is currently an assistant coach at Carleton University.

1977

Steve Aoki

American DJ and producer, founded Dim Mak Records

Steven Hiroyuki Aoki is an American DJ and record producer. In 2012, Pollstar designated Aoki as the highest-grossing electronic dance music artist in North America from tours. In 2024, Gold House recognized him as one…

1977

Iván Guerrero

Honduran footballer and manager

Mario Iván Guerrero Ramírez is a Honduran former footballer.

1977

Kazumi Saito

Japanese baseball player and coach

Kazumi Saito is a Japanese former professional baseball starting pitcher, and current fourth squad manager for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He was a two-time winner of the Eiji…

1977

Olivier Schoenfelder

French ice dancer and coach

Olivier Schoenfelder is a French retired ice dancer and coach. With partner Isabelle Delobel, he is the 2008 World champion, the 2007 European and the 2008 Grand Prix Final champion.

1977

Clay Aiken

American singer

Clayton Holmes Aiken is an American singer, television personality, actor and political activist. Aiken finished second place on the second season of American Idol in 2003, and his debut album, Measure of a Man, went…

1978

Gael García Bernal

Mexican actor and producer

Gael García Bernal is a Mexican actor and filmmaker. He is known for his performances in the films Amores perros (2000), Y tu mamá también (2001), Bad Education (2004), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), Babel (2006), Coco…

1978

Benjamin Lense

German footballer

Benjamin Lense is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. Lense made 64 appearances in the Bundesliga during his playing career.

1978

Chris Atkinson

Australian racing driver

Christopher James Atkinson is a professional rally driver. In the World Rally Championship (WRC), Atkinson drove for the Subaru World Rally Team between 2004 and 2008. His best finish on an individual WRC event is…

1979

Andrés Nocioni

Italian-Argentine basketball player

Andrés Marcelo Nocioni is an Argentine former professional basketball player. He was a two-time All-EuroLeague selection before spending eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 2004 to 2012.…

1979

Cem Adrian

Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and director

Cem Filiz, better known by his stage name Cem Adrian, is a Turkish musician of Bosniak descent, singer-songwriter and record producer.

1980

Jamie Ashdown

English footballer

Jamie Lawrence Ashdown is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent a large part of his career at Portsmouth, for whom he made the majority of his professional appearances. He was an…

1980

Shane Victorino

American baseball player

Shane Patrick Victorino, nicknamed "the Flyin' Hawaiian", is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles…

1980

Rich Harden

Canadian baseball player

James Richard Harden is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, and Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball.

1981

Elisha Cuthbert

Canadian actress

Elisha Ann Cuthbert is a Canadian actress. As a child actress, she made her first televised appearance as an extra on Are You Afraid of the Dark? and co-hosted Popular Mechanics for Kids. She made her feature-film debut…

1982

Jason Pominville

Canadian-American ice hockey player

Jason John Pominville is a Canadian-American former professional ice hockey right winger. He played for the Buffalo Sabres and the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL).

1982

Adrian Cristea

Romanian footballer

Adrian Cristea is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a winger.

1983

Vladislav Polyakov

Kazakhstani swimmer

Vladislav Vitalyevich Polyakov is a Kazakhstani swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He swam for his native Kazakhstan at three Olympic Games, and eventually finished fifth in both 100 and 200 m breaststroke…

1983

Nigel de Jong

Dutch footballer

Nigel de Jong is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the technical director of the KNVB, the national Dutch football federation. He has also worked as an English…

1984

Alan Hutton

Scottish footballer

Alan Hutton is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a right back.

1984

Olga Rypakova

Kazakhstani triple jumper

Olga Sergeyevna Rypakova ; 30 November 1984) is a former Kazakhstani track and field athlete. Originally a heptathlete, she switched to focus on the long jump and began to compete in the triple jump after 2007. Her…

1984

Francisco Sandaza

Spanish footballer

Francisco "Fran" José Sandaza Asensio is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

1984

Kaley Cuoco

American actress

Kaley Christine Cuoco is an American actress. She starred as Bridget Hennessy on the ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules (2002–2005), Penny on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019), and as the title character in the HBO…

1985

Hikari Mitsushima

Japanese actress and singer

Hikari Mitsushima is a Japanese actress, model and former singer. In 2017 she was the vocalist and dancer in Mondo Grosso's videos for "Labyrinth", which has garnered over 42 million views on YouTube as of December…

1985

Chrissy Teigen

American model

Christine Diane Teigen is an American model, television personality, and author. She made her professional modeling debut in the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, in 2010, and appeared on the 50th-anniversary…

1985

Luis Valbuena

Venezuelan baseball player (died 2018)

Luis Adan Valbuena was a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder. He played eleven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 2008 through 2018, for the Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Houston…

1985

Jordan Farmar

American basketball player

Jordan Robert Farmar is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In high school, he was named the Los Angeles Times High School Player of the…

1986

Evgenia Linetskaya

Israeli tennis player

Evgenia Simonovna Linetskaya is an Israeli former professional tennis player.

1986

Vasilisa Bardina

Russian tennis player

Vasilisa Alekseyevna Bardina is a Russian former professional tennis player.

1987

Christel Khalil

American actress

Christel Adnana Mina Khalil is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Lily Winters in The Young and the Restless, which earned her a Daytime Emmy Award in 2012. She is also known for providing the voice…

1987

Naomi

American wrestler, model, and dancer

Trinity LaShawn Fatu is an American professional wrestler, dancer and actress. As of January 2024, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Naomi.

1987

Daniel Noboa

Politician and businessman, President of Ecuador

Daniel Roy Gilchrist Noboa Azín is an Ecuadorian politician and businessman serving as the 48th and current president of Ecuador since 2023. Having first taken office at the age of 35, he is the second-youngest…

1987

Dougie Poynter

English singer-songwriter and bass player

Dougie Lee Poynter is an English musician, songwriter, fashion model, aspiring clothing designer and children's author. He is the bassist of the pop rock band McFly. He won the eleventh series of the ITV reality series…

1987

Phillip Hughes

Australian cricketer (died 2014)

Phillip Joel Hughes was an Australian Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who played domestic cricket for South Australia and Worcestershire. He was a left-handed opening batsman who played for two seasons…

1988

Vitaliy Polyanskyi

Ukrainian footballer

Vitaliy Polyanskyi is a Ukrainian professional footballer, who lastly played for FK Utenis. He plays the position of defender. His former clubs include FC Olkom Melitopol, FC Pärnu Vaprus, FC Volyn Lutsk, FC…

1988

Rebecca Rittenhouse

American actress

Rebecca Rittenhouse is an American actress. She has played Cody LeFever in the ABC prime time soap opera Blood & Oil and Dr. Anna Ziev in the Hulu romantic comedy series The Mindy Project. In 2022, she played the title…

1988

Tomi Saarelma

Finnish footballer

Tomi Saarelma is a Finnish footballer who plays for Möhlin Riburg in the 6th highest level in Switzerland.

1988

Adelaide Clemens

Australian actress

Adelaide Clemens is an Australian actress. On television, she has played Harper on the W series Love My Way (2007), Valentine on the BBC/HBO series Parade's End (2012), Tawney on the Sundance TV series Rectify…

1989

Vladimír Weiss

Slovak footballer

Vladimír Weiss is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Slovan Bratislava. The third Vladimír Weiss to play for his country, he comes from a footballing background with…

1989

Magnus Carlsen

Norwegian chess player

Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, reigning six-time World Rapid Chess Champion, reigning nine-time World Blitz Chess Champion and the reigning FIDE…

1990

Antoine N'Gossan

Ivorian footballer

Jean-Etienne Antoine N'Gossan is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a midfielder.

1990

Agnatius Paasi

Tongan rugby league player

Agnatius Paasi is a Tongan professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for St Helens in the Super League and Tonga at international level.

1991

Sofia Araújo

Portuguese tennis player

Sofia Araújo is a Portuguese former professional tennis player and currently a professional padel player.

1994

Marko Daňo

Austrian-Slovak ice hockey player

Marko Daňo is an Austrian-born Slovak professional ice hockey right winger for HC Oceláři Třinec of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He was originally drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first round, 27th overall, at…

1994

Lancey Foux

British rapper and singer

Lance O. Omal, known professionally as Lancey Foux, is a British rapper and singer from Stratford, London. The Guardian credited Omal as "fundamental" to the development of the UK underground rap scene.

1995

Grant Williams

American basketball player

Grant Dean Williams is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Williams played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers. He was drafted…

1998

Jane Paknia

American musician

Jane Rosalyn Paknia is an American synthesizer player and composer from New York City. An accomplished trumpeter in her teenage years, her music in adulthood primarily focuses on dance-pop and electronic jazz. Her debut…

2000

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau — French academic painter (1825–1905)

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Known forIn his realistic genre paintings, he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body

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