Famous Birthdays on November 4

November 4 has 221 recorded notable births across history, from 1448 to 2006. This page lists every one of them, with the best-known people first.

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Major events on November 4

See what else happened on this day in history.

  1. 2008 Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected as President of the United States. Source
  2. 1924 Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States. Source

Did you know about Elisabeth Seitz

In 2022, she was part of the first German team to ever win a European team medal.

Did you know about Nikolaos Plastiras

A distinguished soldier known for his personal bravery, he became famous as "The Black Rider" during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, where he commanded the 5/42 Evzone Regiment.

Did you know about Ralph Macchio

Ralph Macchio is best known for portraying Daniel LaRusso in four Karate Kid films (1984–2025) and in Cobra Kai (2018–2025), a sequel television series.

Did you know about Orlando Pace

Pace was selected first overall in the 1997 NFL draft by the Rams, where he spent all but one season of his professional career.

Did you know about Hu Zongxian

As supreme commander, he was able to defeat Xu Hai's substantial raid in 1556 and capture the pirate lord Wang Zhi the next year through ruses.


More major people born on November 4

Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.

1883 Nikolaos Plastiras

Nikolaos Plastiras

Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1953)
Nikolaos Plastiras was a Greek general and politician, who served three times as Prime Minister of Greece. A distinguished soldier known for his personal bravery, he became famous as "The Black Rider" during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, where he commanded the 5/42 Evzone Regiment. Due to his fame, he retained his position despite the military reshuffle that commenced after the 1920 elections. After the Greek defeat in the war, along with other Venizelist officers he launched the 11 September 1922 Revolution that deposed King Constantine I of Greece and his government. The military-led government ruled until January 1924, when power was handed over to an elected National Assembly, which later declared the Second Hellenic Republic. In the interwar period, Plastiras remained a devoted Venizelist and republican. Trying to avert the rise of the royalist People's Party and the restoration of the monarchy, he led two coup attempts in 1933 and 1935, both of which failed, hastening the collapse of the Second Republic and forcing Plastiras to exile in France.
1961 Ralph Macchio

Ralph Macchio

American actor
Ralph George Macchio Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Daniel LaRusso in four Karate Kid films (1984–2025) and in Cobra Kai (2018–2025), a sequel television series. For his work in the latter, Macchio was nominated for two Critics' Choice Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. He is also known for portraying Johnny Cade in Francis Ford Coppola's ensemble 1983 film, The Outsiders, and Bill Gambini in Joe Pesci's 1992 film My Cousin Vinny. Additional notable performances were in Eight Is Enough (1980–1981), Crossroads (1986), Ugly Betty (2008–2009), and The Deuce (2017–2019). He has also worked as a director and has produced two short films. Macchio received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2024.
1975 Orlando Pace

Orlando Pace

American football player
Orlando Lamar Pace is an American former professional football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, primarily with the St. Louis Rams. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, winning the Lombardi Award in 1995 after blocking for Eddie George during his Heisman campaign. The following season, Pace won the Outland Trophy, his second Lombardi Award, the Jim Parker Trophy, and UPI Lineman of the Year. Pace was selected first overall in the 1997 NFL draft by the Rams, where he spent all but one season of his professional career. This included being a member of the Greatest Show on Turf. In his final season, he was a member of the Chicago Bears.
1512 Hu Zongxian

Hu Zongxian

Chinese general (died 1565)
Hu Zongxian, courtesy name Ruzhen (汝貞) and art name Meilin (梅林), was a Chinese general and politician of the Ming dynasty who presided over the government's response to the wokou pirate raids during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor. As supreme commander, he was able to defeat Xu Hai's substantial raid in 1556 and capture the pirate lord Wang Zhi the next year through ruses. Despite his accomplishments, Hu Zongxian's reputation had been tarnished by his association with the clique of Yan Song and Zhao Wenhua, traditionally reviled figures in Ming historiography. He was rehabilitated decades after his death and was given the posthumous name Xiangmao (襄懋) by the emperor in 1595.
1964 Yūko Mizutani

Yūko Mizutani

Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2016)
Yūko Mizutani was a Japanese actress, voice actress, narrator and singer from Ama District, Aichi. Throughout her career, she worked with Production Baobab, and was working with Aoni Production at the time of her death. Mizutani was best known for her anime voice roles of Sakiko Sakura in Chibi Maruko-chan, Mihoshi Kuramitsu in Tenchi Muyo! and Pinoko in Black Jack. She also portrayed Excellen Browning in Super Robot Wars, Sora Takenouchi in Digimon Adventure, Leina Stol in Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos, and Sarah Zabiarov and Cheimin Noa in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. Mizutani was the official Japanese voice actress for Minnie Mouse, and voiced her in the Kingdom Hearts franchise.
1879 Will Rogers

Will Rogers

American actor and screenwriter (died 1935)
William Penn Adair Rogers was a Cherokee-American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorist. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory, now part of Oklahoma, and is known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son". As an entertainer and humorist, he traveled around the world three times, made 71 films, and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. By the mid-1930s, Rogers was hugely popular in the United States for his leading political wit and was one of the higher paid Hollywood film stars. He died in 1935 with aviator Wiley Post when their small airplane crashed on takeoff from a lagoon near Barrow, Alaska.
1968 Carlos Baerga

Carlos Baerga

Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
Carlos Obed Ortiz Baerga is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player. Baerga was known for his superb hitting abilities during his first stint with the Cleveland Indians in the early-to-mid-1990s, accumulating impressive batting statistics, earning three All-Star appearances, two Silver Slugger Awards, and making key contributions to the Indians' 1995 postseason run. He was considered one of Major League Baseball's hardest-hitting middle infielders by 1995 with his superb bat speed and switch-hitting power. After spending most of his career as a second baseman, he was used at various positions late in his career. Baerga was elected into the Indians Hall of Fame in 2013.
1900 Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu

Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu

Romanian sociologist and activist (died 1954)
Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu was a Romanian communist politician and leading member of the Communist Party of Romania (PCR), also noted for his activities as a lawyer, sociologist and economist. For a while, he was a professor at the University of Bucharest. Pătrășcanu rose to a government position before the end of World War II and, after having disagreed with Stalinist tenets on several occasions, eventually came into conflict with the Romanian Communist government of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej. He became a political prisoner and was ultimately executed. Fourteen years after Pătrășcanu's death, Romania's new communist leader, Nicolae Ceaușescu, endorsed his rehabilitation as part of a change in policy.
1991 Alon Day

Alon Day

Israeli race car driver
Alon Day is an Israeli professional stock car racing driver. Day is a record four-time European Champion in the NASCAR Euro Series. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, competing in the No. 24 Toyota GR Supra for Sam Hunt Racing, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 25 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the same car for the same team. Day is the first Israeli driver to compete in an IndyCar-sanctioned series and is also the first Israeli to compete in one of NASCAR's top three touring series.
1984 Dustin Brown

Dustin Brown

American ice hockey player
Dustin James Brown is an American former professional ice hockey player. Brown played as a right winger and spent his entire NHL career with the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL), who drafted him 13th overall in the 2003 NHL entry draft. He served as team captain from 2008 to 2016; during this time he led the Kings to two Stanley Cup championships in 2012 and 2014, becoming the first Kings captain and second American captain to win the Stanley Cup. During the 2012–13 NHL lockout, he played for ZSC Lions in the Swiss National League A (NLA).
1975 Heather Tom

Heather Tom

American actress and director
Heather Tom is an American actress and director. She is best known for her roles as Victoria Newman on The Young and the Restless, Kelly Cramer on One Life to Live and All My Children, and Katie Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful. On The Bold and the Beautiful she has earned four Daytime Emmy Awards and a total of six in her career, tying her for the most wins by a soap actress. In addition to her acting work, she has directed episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, Dynasty, and Good Trouble.
1553 Roger Wilbraham

Roger Wilbraham

Solicitor-General for Ireland (died 1616)
Sir Roger Wilbraham was a prominent English lawyer who served as Solicitor-General for Ireland, under Elizabeth I and was judged one of her few really competent Law Officers. He held a number of positions at court under James I, including Master of Requests and surveyor of the Court of Wards and Liveries. He bought an estate at Dorfold in the parish of Acton, near his birthplace of Nantwich in Cheshire. He was active in charitable works locally, including founding two sets of almshouses for impoverished men. He also founded almshouses in Monken Hadley, Middlesex, where he is buried.
1887 Alfred Lee Loomis

Alfred Lee Loomis

American physicist and philanthropist (died 1975)
Alfred Lee Loomis was an American attorney, investment banker, philanthropist, scientist, physicist, inventor of the LORAN Long Range Navigation System and a lifelong patron of scientific research. He established the Loomis Laboratory in Tuxedo Park, New York, and his role in the development of radar and the atomic bomb contributed to the Allied victory in World War II. He invented the Aberdeen Chronograph for measuring muzzle velocities, contributed significantly to the development of a ground-controlled approach technology for aircraft, and participated in preliminary meetings of the Manhattan Project.
1923 Freddy Heineken

Freddy Heineken

Dutch businessman (died 2002)
Alfred Henry Heineken was a Dutch businessman for Heineken International, the brewing company created in 1864 by his grandfather Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. He was chairman and CEO from 1971 until 1989. After his retirement as chairman and CEO, Heineken continued to sit on the board of directors until his death and was chairman of the supervisory board from 1989 to 1995. At the time of his death, Heineken was one of the richest people in the Netherlands, with a net worth of 9.5 billion guilders.
1942 Patricia Bath

Patricia Bath

American ophthalmologist and academic (died 2019)
Patricia Era Bath was an African American ophthalmologist and humanitarian, known for championing a community-focused approach to eye care and for innovations in cataract surgery. She became the first woman to lead a postgraduate training program in ophthalmology, and the first woman elected to the honorary staff of the UCLA Medical Center. Bath was the first African-American to serve as a resident in ophthalmology at New York University. She was also the first African-American woman to serve on staff as a surgeon at the UCLA Medical Center.
1953 Jacques Villeneuve

Jacques Villeneuve

Canadian race car driver
Jacques-Joseph Villeneuve is a Canadian racing driver. He is the younger brother of the late Gilles Villeneuve, and uncle to Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 Formula One World Champion. He is sometimes called "Uncle Jacques" to differentiate him from his nephew, and is also known by the nickname "Jacquo". Villeneuve had a varied motorsport career, taking in Formula Atlantic, CART, Can-Am, snowmobile racing and Formula One, and remains a revered figure in Canadian motorsport circles. Villeneuve was the first three-time winner of the World Championship Snowmobile Derby.
1965 Wayne Static

Wayne Static

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
Wayne Richard Wells, known professionally as Wayne Static, was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and primary lyricist for the industrial metal band Static-X, of which he was the only constant member until his death in 2014. He also released a solo album, Pighammer, in 2011. Static was recognizable for his unusual hairstyle; his hair was held up in a vertical position, a process that took about 25–45 minutes to complete. He was also known for his signature "chintail" beard.
1936 C. K. Williams

C. K. Williams

American poet, critic, and translator (died 2015)
Charles Kenneth "C. K." Williams was an American poet, critic and translator. Williams won many poetry awards. Flesh and Blood won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1987. Repair (1999) won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, was a National Book Award finalist and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The Singing won the 2003 National Book Award and Williams received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2005. The 2012 film The Color of Time relates aspects of Williams' life using his poetry.
1976 James Dale Ritchie

James Dale Ritchie

American serial killer (died 2016)
James Dale Ritchie was an American serial killer who, throughout 2016, murdered five individuals in and around Anchorage, Alaska, most of whom were in parks or along bike paths. He always committed his murders at night, often around midnight or a short time after. Ritchie was killed during a shootout with police officers in downtown Anchorage on November 12, 2016. Following his death, a Colt Python handgun on his person connected him to the string of murders he committed over the course of two months.
1929 Anastasios of Albania

Anastasios of Albania

Greek-Albanian archbishop (died 2025)
Archbishop Anastasios, was the Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania and as such the primate and Head of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania. He was elected in June 1992. He was Professor Emeritus of the National University of Athens and an honorary member of the Academy of Athens. Anastasios was one of the presidents of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches. He was also the honorary president of the World Conference of Religions for Peace.
1996 Michael Christian Martinez

Michael Christian Martinez

Filipino figure skater
Michael Christian "Mikee" Martinez is a Filipino Olympic figure skater. He is the 2015 Asian Figure Skating Trophy champion, a two-time Triglav Trophy champion and has won one ISU Challenger Series medal, silver at the 2014 Warsaw Cup. Martinez is the first skater from Southeast Asia and from a tropical country to qualify for the Olympics, was the only athlete to represent the Philippines at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and was one of only two to represent the Philippines at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
1923 Howie Meeker

Howie Meeker

Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician (died 2020)
Howard William Meeker was a Canadian professional hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL), youth coach and educator in ice hockey, and a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament. He became best known to Canadians as an excitable and enthusiastic television colour commentator for Hockey Night in Canada, breaking down strategy in between periods of games with early use of the telestrator. In the 1970s, he ran hockey camps and created numerous books and a television series promoting youth education in the sport.
1980 Jerry Collins

Jerry Collins

Samoan-New Zealand rugby player (died 2015)
Jerry Collins was a professional rugby union player. Although he was born in Apia, Samoa, he grew up in New Zealand and played for the New Zealand national team, earning 48 caps. At club level, he played for the Hurricanes Super Rugby franchise in New Zealand, Toulon and Narbonne in the Rugby Pro D2, Ospreys in Wales, and Yamaha Júbilo in Japan. He played as a flanker and number eight, and was considered to be one of the hardest tacklers in the sport.
1955 Matti Vanhanen

Matti Vanhanen

Finnish journalist and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Finland
Matti Taneli Vanhanen is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010 and then as the Speaker of Parliament from 2022 to 2023. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party from 2006 until 2010 and the party's presidential candidate in 2006 and 2018. Outside of that, he has served under multiple ministerial positions throughout his 27 years as a member of the Finnish parliament, with those being Finance Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister.
1953 Peter Lord

Peter Lord

English animator, director, and producer, co-founded Aardman Animations
Sir Peter Duncan Fraser Lord is a British animator, director, producer and co-founder of the Academy Award and BAFTA Award-winning Aardman Animations studio, an animation firm best known for its clay-animated films and shorts, particularly those featuring plasticine team Wallace & Gromit. He also directed Chicken Run along with Nick Park from DreamWorks Animation, and The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! from Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation which was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 85th Academy Awards.
1987 Laura Geitz

Laura Geitz

Australian netball player
Laura Geitz is an Australian former netball player and former captain of the Australian national team. Geitz was selected for the 2008 Australian national team, and has won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, a gold medal at the 2011 World Netball Championships and a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as captain. In domestic netball, Geitz played for the Queensland Firebirds in the ANZ Championship. She previously captained the AIS Canberra Darters in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy.
1929 Shakuntala Devi

Shakuntala Devi

Indian mathematician and astrologer (died 2013)
Shakuntala Devi was an Indian mental calculator, astrologer, and writer, popularly known as the "Human Computer". Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records. However, the certificate for the record was given posthumously on 30 July 2020, despite Devi achieving her world record on 18 June 1980 at Imperial College, London. Devi was a precocious child, and she demonstrated her arithmetic abilities at the University of Mysore without any formal education.
1950 Markie Post

Markie Post

American actress (died 2021)
Marjorie Armstrong Post, known professionally as Markie Post, was an American actress. Her best known roles include bail bondswoman Terri Michaels in The Fall Guy on ABC from 1982 to 1985; public defender Christine Sullivan on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1985 to 1992; Georgie Anne Lahti Hartman on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire from 1992 to 1995; and Barbara ‘Bunny’ Fletcher, the mother of Detective Erin Lindsay, on the NBC drama series Chicago P.D. from 2014 to 2017.
1930 Ranjit Roy Chaudhury

Ranjit Roy Chaudhury

Indian pharmacologist and academic (died 2015)
Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, was an Indian clinical pharmacologist, medical academic and health planner who headed the National Committee for formulating the policy and guidelines on drugs and clinical trials in India. He was the chairman of the joint programme of the World Health Organization and Government of India on Rational Use of Drugs in India. He was the founder president of the Delhi Medical Council and the president of the Delhi Society for Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs.
1943 Bob Wollek

Bob Wollek

French race car driver and skier (died 2001)
Robert Jean "Bob" Wollek, nicknamed "Brilliant Bob", was a race car driver from Strasbourg, France. He won a total of 76 races in his career, 71 in Porsche cars, including four editions of the 24 Hours of Daytona and one edition of the 12 Hours of Sebring. He died in a road accident in Florida while riding a bicycle back to his accommodation after the day's practice sessions for the following day's race, the 12 Hours of Sebring.
1972 Luís Figo

Luís Figo

Portuguese footballer and sportscaster
Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Inter Milan. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team, a one-time record. Figo is widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest wingers in the history of the sport. He ranks second for the all-time Portuguese top assist providers in the UEFA Champions League (15).
1986 Alexz Johnson

Alexz Johnson

Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
Alexzandra Spencer Johnson is a Canadian actress, singer, songwriter, and musician. Known for her distinctive sound since her debut in 2010, her first album, Voodoo, was independently released with her brother, Brendan Johnson. Over the years, she has released several albums and EPs, including: The Basement Recordings series (2011–2013), Skipping Stone (2012) and her sophomore album Let 'Em Eat Cake (2014). She continued to evolve with subsequent albums A Stranger Time (2017), Still Alive (2020) and Seasons (2023).
1919 Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1996)
Martin Henry Balsam was an American actor. He had a prolific career in character roles in film, theatre, and television. An early member of the Actors Studio, he began his career on the New York stage, winning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Robert Anderson's You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running (1968). He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in A Thousand Clowns (1965).
1947 Ivonne Coll

Ivonne Coll

Puerto Rican actress
Ivonne Coll Mendoza is a Puerto Rican actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Puerto Rico 1967 and competed in the Miss Universe 1967 pageant but did not place. She later became an actress, appearing in films such as The Godfather Part II and Lean on Me and television series including Switched at Birth, Glee, and Teen Wolf. From 2014 to 2019, Coll starred as Alba Villanueva in the CW comedy-drama series Jane the Virgin.
1982 Kamila Skolimowska

Kamila Skolimowska

Polish hammer thrower (died 2009)
Kamila Skolimowska was a Polish hammer thrower. She is best known for her gold medal in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, which made her the youngest Olympic hammer champion, as well as for her two medals from the European Championships. Her personal best throw, and former Polish record, was 76.83 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Doha. She died on 18 February 2009 in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal at the Polish national team training camp.
1931 Bernard Francis Law

Bernard Francis Law

Mexican-American cardinal (died 2017)
Bernard Francis Law was a Mexican-born American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Boston from 1984 to 2002. Once considered an influential voice in the American Catholic hierarchy and in Boston as a supporter of Church orthodoxy, social justice and ecumenism, a 2002 exposé revealed that he covered up the serial rape of children by Catholic priests. This led to his resignation as Archbishop of Boston in December of that year.
1915 Marguerite Patten

Marguerite Patten

English economist and author (died 2015)
Hilda Elsie Marguerite Patten,, was a British home economist, food writer and broadcaster. She was one of the earliest celebrity chefs who became known during World War II thanks to her programme on BBC Radio, where she shared recipes that could work within the limits imposed by war rationing. After the war, she was responsible for popularising the use of pressure cookers and her 170 published books have sold over 17 million copies.
1968 Matthew Tobin Anderson

Matthew Tobin Anderson

American author, critic, and educator
Matthew Tobin Anderson is an American writer of children's books that range from picture books to young adult novels. He won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2006 for The Pox Party, the first of two "Octavian Nothing" books, which are historical novels set in Revolution-era Boston. Anderson is known for using wit and sarcasm in his stories, as well as advocating that young adults are capable of mature comprehension.
1971 Tabu

Tabu

Indian actress
Tabassum Fatima Hashmi, professionally known as Tabu, is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. Widely regarded as one of Hindi cinema's most accomplished actresses, she is known for portraying complex, often troubled women, in both mainstream and independent films. She has received numerous accolades, including two National Film Awards, seven Filmfare Awards, and two Filmfare Awards South. In 2011, she was honoured with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award.
1592 Gerard van Honthorst

Gerard van Honthorst

Dutch painter (died 1656)
Gerard "Gerrit" van Honthorst was a Dutch Golden Age painter who became known for his depiction of artificially lit scenes, eventually receiving the Italian nickname Gherardo delle Notti. Early in his career he visited Rome, where he had great success painting in a style influenced by Caravaggio. Following his return to the Netherlands he became a leading portrait painter. Van Honthorst's contemporaries included Utrecht painters Hendrick ter Brugghen and Dirck van Baburen.
1990 Jean-Luc Bilodeau

Jean-Luc Bilodeau

Canadian actor
Jean-Luc Bilodeau is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Ben Wheeler in the ABC Family channel program Baby Daddy. Bilodeau has also appeared in films and television series such as Ill Fated, Trick 'r Treat, 16 Wishes, Kyle XY, No Ordinary Family and Best Player. He was also in Emmalyn Estrada's music video "Don't Make Me Let You Go", and plays Jeremy in the film LOL.
1809 Benjamin Robbins Curtis

Benjamin Robbins Curtis

American lawyer and jurist (died 1874)
Benjamin Robbins Curtis was an American lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1851 to 1857. Curtis was the only Whig justice of the Supreme Court, and he was the first Supreme Court justice to have a formal law degree. He is often remembered as one of the two dissenters in the Supreme Court's infamous 1857 decision Dred Scott v. Sandford.
1930 Dick Groat

Dick Groat

American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)
Richard Morrow Groat was an American professional baseball and basketball player. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily as a shortstop, and was an eight-time All-Star. He won the National League Most Valuable Player Award and the league's batting title in 1960, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates win the 1960 World Series; he later won a second championship with the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1964 World Series.
1968 Lee Germon

Lee Germon

New Zealand cricketer
Lee Kenneth Germon is a sporting body administrator and former New Zealand cricketer, wicket-keeper and former captain. He played for the provinces of Canterbury and Otago and is the most successful Canterbury cricket captain of the modern era. He was made captain of the New Zealand Cricket team on his Test match debut. He holds the unofficial record for the most runs (70), from a single over in first-class cricket.
1969 Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey

American actor and producer
Matthew David McConaughey is an American actor. He achieved his breakthrough with a supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993). After a number of supporting roles, his first success as a leading man came in the legal drama A Time to Kill (1996). His career progressed with lead roles in the science fiction film Contact (1997), the historical drama Amistad (1997), and the war film U-571 (2000).
1976 Daniel Bahr

Daniel Bahr

German banker and politician, German Federal Minister of Health
Daniel Bahr is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as Federal Minister of Health from 2011 to 2013. His party failed to get a seat in Bundestag at the 2013 federal elections, and he started to work for Allianz insurance group. Due to his previous position as Minister of Health, his move to a private sector healthcare player has been heavily criticized by the public.
1994 Billy Stanlake

Billy Stanlake

Australian cricketer
Billy James Stanlake is an Australian cricketer. He is a fast bowler who represented Australia in the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and played One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket for the full national team. He plays domestic cricket for the Tasmania cricket team and the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League. Stanlake is the tallest person to ever represent Australia in international cricket, standing at 204 cm.
1957 Richard Harrington

Richard Harrington

English businessman and politician
Richard Irwin Harrington, Baron Harrington of Watford is a non-affiliated member of the House of Lords and businessman. From 2010 until 2019, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Watford. He was the Minister for Business and Industry from June 2017 to March 2019. Harrington had the Conservative whip removed on 3 September 2019, but on 29 October he was one of ten MPs to have it restored.
1916 Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

American journalist, voice actor, and producer (died 2009)
Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. Cronkite received numerous honors including two Peabody Awards, a George Polk Award, an Emmy Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
1983 Anton Buslov

Anton Buslov

Russian astrophysicist and journalist (died 2014)
Anton Sergeevich Buslov was an astrophysicist, top Russian blogger, columnist at The New Times magazine, and expert on transportation systems. He is also known as a founder of non-governmental organization "Voronezh Citizens for Trams Committee" and both co-chair and co-founder of inter-regional non-governmental organization "City and Transportation". Anton Buslov was highly involved in social activity and acted as a transport expert for urbanist organization "City 4 People".
1913 Gig Young

Gig Young

American actor (died 1978)
Gig Young was an American actor. He was active in film, television, and theater from the late 1930s through the 1970s, and was initially known for his portrayals of characters with "light-hearted sophistication." He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), with two previous nominations for Come Fill the Cup (1952) and Teacher's Pet (1959).
1889 Alton Adams

Alton Adams

American composer and bandleader (died 1987)
Alton Augustus Adams, Sr. was an American from the US Virgin Islands who is remembered primarily as the first black bandmaster in the United States Navy. His music was performed by the bands of John Philip Sousa and Edwin Franko Goldman and his march "The Governor's Own" (1921) appears as the first selection on the bicentennial album Pride of America, released by New World Records.
1923 Eugene Sledge

Eugene Sledge

American soldier, author, and academic (died 2001)
Eugene Bondurant Sledge was a United States Marine, university professor, and author. His 1981 memoir With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa chronicled his combat experiences during World War II and was used as source material for the Ken Burns PBS documentary The War (2007), as well as the HBO miniseries The Pacific (2010), in which he is portrayed by Joseph Mazzello.
1992 Yurii Bieliaiev

Yurii Bieliaiev

Belarusian ice dancer
Yurii Bieliaiev is a Belarusian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Viktoria Kavaliova, he has won two medals on the ISU Challenger Series and two national titles. They have competed in the final segment at four ISU Championships – 2012 Junior Worlds in Minsk, Belarus; 2014 Junior Worlds in Sofia, Bulgaria; 2016 Europeans in Bratislava, Slovakia; and 2017 Europeans in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
1901 Spyridon Marinatos

Spyridon Marinatos

Greek archaeologist, author, and academic (died 1974)
Spyridon Marinatos was a Greek archaeologist who specialised in the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations of the Aegean Bronze Age. He is best known for the excavation of the Minoan site of Akrotiri on Thera, which he conducted between 1967 and 1974. He received many honours in Greece and abroad, and was considered one of the most important Greek archaeologists of his day.
1967 Yılmaz Erdoğan

Yılmaz Erdoğan

Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter
Yılmaz Erdoğan is a Turkish filmmaker, actor and poet who is most famous for his box-office record-breaking debut comedy film Vizontele (2001) and the television series Bir Demet Tiyatro (1995–2002/2006–2007). He founded BKM Theatre and Film Production. He was awarded the Best Supporting Actor at 4th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards for his performance in The Water Diviner (2014).
1980 Dan Stoenescu

Dan Stoenescu

Romanian career diplomat, political scientist, journalist, and essayist
Dan Stoenescu is a Romanian career diplomat, political scientist and ambassador. He was a minister in the technocratic government of Prime Minister Dacian Cioloș. He is a specialist in international relations, the Arab World and migration. He is interested in the protection of the rights of the Romanian diaspora and in the preservation of the language and culture of ethnic Romanians abroad.
1984 Ayila Yussuf

Ayila Yussuf

Nigerian footballer
Atanda Ayila Yussuf is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a central defender or defensive midfielder. A former Nigerian youth international player, he moved to Ukrainian Premier League Dynamo Kyiv from Nigerian side Union Bank in 2003. Despite injuries, Yussuf became a regular for both Dynamo Kyiv and the Nigeria national team. He joined Metalist Kharkiv on loan in 2014.
1998 Achraf Hakimi

Achraf Hakimi

Moroccan footballer
Achraf Hakimi Mouh is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain. Born in Spain, he plays for and captains the Morocco national team. Known for his attacking prowess and strong defensive contribution, he is widely regarded as one of the best right-backs of all time, and is the African player with the most European titles.
1575 Guido Reni

Guido Reni

Italian painter and illustrator (died 1642)
Guido Reni was an Italian Baroque painter, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious works, but also mythological and allegorical subjects. Active in Rome, Naples, and his native Bologna, he became the dominant figure in the Bolognese School that emerged under the influence of the Carracci.
1932 Tommy Makem

Tommy Makem

Irish singer-songwriter (died 2007)
Thomas Makem was an Irish folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banjo, tin whistle, low whistle, guitar, bodhrán and bagpipes, and sang in a distinctive baritone. He was sometimes known as "The Bard of Armagh" and "The Godfather of Irish Music".
1933 Charles K. Kao

Charles K. Kao

Chinese physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
Sir Charles Kuen Kao was a Hong Kong electrical engineer who contributed to the development and use of fibre optics in telecommunications. In the 1960s, Kao created various methods to combine glass fibres with lasers in order to transmit digital data, which laid the groundwork for the evolution of the Internet and the eventual creation of the World Wide Web.
1740 Augustus Toplady

Augustus Toplady

English cleric and hymn writer (died 1778)
Augustus Montague Toplady was an English Anglican cleric and hymn writer. He was a major Calvinist opponent of John Wesley. He is best remembered as the author of the hymn "Rock of Ages". Three of his other hymns – "A Debtor to Mercy Alone", "Deathless Principle, Arise" and "Object of My First Desire" – are still occasionally sung today.
1816 Stephen Johnson Field

Stephen Johnson Field

American lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of California (died 1899)
Stephen Johnson Field was an American jurist. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1863 to 1897, and prior to that, he was the fifth Chief Justice of California. He had the third-longest tenure of any justice and is the only justice to have served contemporaneously with a relative: his nephew, David J. Brewer.
1961 Jeff Probst

Jeff Probst

American television host and producer
Jeff Probst is an American television presenter, producer, actor and young adult fiction writer. He is best known as the host of the American version of the reality television show Survivor since 2000. He was also the host of The Jeff Probst Show, a syndicated daytime talk show produced by CBS Television Distribution from September 2012 to May 2013.
1970 Tony Sly

Tony Sly

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
Anthony James Sly was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the lead singer and lead guitarist of the punk rock band No Use for a Name. In his later years he also gained attention for his acoustic solo work, with two acoustic split albums he released with Lagwagon front man Joey Cape and two solo albums.
1916 John Basilone

John Basilone

American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1945)
John Basilone was a United States Marine Corps gunnery sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal campaign, and the Navy Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was the only enlisted Marine to receive both of these decorations in World War II.
1933 C. Odumegwu Ojukwu

C. Odumegwu Ojukwu

Nigerian colonel and politician, President of Biafra (died 2011)
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu also known as Ikemba, was a Nigerian military officer and politician who served as President of Biafra from 1967 to 1970. As the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria, which he declared as the independent state of Biafra, Ojukwu led the Biafran forces during the Nigerian Civil War against the Nigerian government forces.
1967 Eric Karros

Eric Karros

American baseball player and sportscaster
Eric Peter Karros is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was the National League Rookie of the Year in 1992 and won a Silver Slugger Award in 1995. Karros currently works as a sportscaster, covering the Dodgers on Spectrum SportsNet LA.
1970 Malena Ernman

Malena Ernman

Swedish soprano
Sara Magdalena Ernman, known professionally as Malena Ernman, is a Swedish mezzo-soprano opera singer. Besides operas and operettas, she has also performed chansons, cabaret, jazz, and appeared in musicals. She is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Ernman represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "La Voix", finishing in 21st place.
1988 Dez Bryant

Dez Bryant

American football player
Desmond Demond Bryant is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons, primarily with the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys, earning consensus All-American honors as a sophomore in 2008. Bryant missed most of his junior season due to violating an NCAA bylaw.
1951 Traian Băsescu

Traian Băsescu

Romanian captain and politician, 4th President of Romania
Traian Băsescu is a Romanian politician who served as the president of Romania from 2004 to 2014. Prior to his presidency, Băsescu served as Romanian minister of transport on multiple occasions between 1991 and 2000, and as Mayor of Bucharest from 2000 to 2004. Additionally, he was elected as leader of the Democratic Party (PD) in 2001.
1957 Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott

English-Australian scholar and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Australia
Anthony John Abbott is an Australian politician who served as the 28th prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015, holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party. He was the member of Parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Warringah from 1994 to 2019 and is the current president of the Liberal Party.
1996 Eric Paschall

Eric Paschall

American basketball player
Eric Luther Paschall is an American professional basketball player for Bambitious Nara of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the Fordham Rams and the Villanova Wildcats. He was selected with the 41st overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors and named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2020.
1884 Harry Ferguson

Harry Ferguson

Irish engineer, invented the tractor (died 1960)
Henry George Ferguson was an Irish mechanic and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor and its three-point linkage system, for being the first person in Ireland to build and fly his own aeroplane, and for developing the first four-wheel drive Formula One car, the Ferguson P99.
1649 Samuel Carpenter

Samuel Carpenter

Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania (died 1714)
Samuel Carpenter was a Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania. He signed the historic document "The Declaration of Fealty, Christian Belief and Test" dated 10 September 1695; the original is in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Carpenter was also called the "First Treasurer" of Pennsylvania, and was a partner and friend of proprietor William Penn.
1861 Alice Gossage

Alice Gossage

American journalist (died 1929)
Rhoda Alice Gossage was an American newspaper editor, journalist, and activist. Often referred to as the "Mother of Rapid City", she was inducted into the South Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame in 1934 and the South Dakota Hall of Fame in 1978. She was one of, if not the, first newspaperwomen in South Dakota.
1963 Lena Zavaroni

Lena Zavaroni

Scottish singer and television host (died 1999)
Lena Hilda Zavaroni was a Scottish singer. At the age of 10, with her debut album Ma! , she was the youngest person to have had an album in the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart. Later, she starred in her own television series, made numerous TV guest-star appearances, and appeared on stage.
1976 Mario Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Dutch footballer
Mario Dino Patrick Melchiot is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played both as a right-back and as a centre-back, and also occasionally played in midfield. He represented the Netherlands national football team at UEFA Euro 2008, and mostly played abroad for football clubs in England, France and Qatar.
1982 Devin Hester

Devin Hester

American football player
Devin Devorris Hester Sr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL). As the only primary return specialist to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Hester is widely considered to be the greatest return specialist in NFL history.
1918 Cameron Mitchell

Cameron Mitchell

American actor (died 1994)
Cameron McDowell Mitchell was an American actor whose career spanned 55 years across film, stage, and television. Mitchell began his career on Broadway before entering films in the 1950s, appearing in several major features. Later in his career, he became known for his roles in numerous exploitation films in the 1970s and 1980s.
1993 Ce'Aira Brown

Ce'Aira Brown

American middle-distance runner
Ce'Aira Brown is an American middle-distance runner. Representing the United States at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, she placed 8th in the final of the women's 800 metres. Brown placed third in the 800 meters at 2019 The Match Europe v USA. In 2023 Brown was inducted into the MEAC Hall of Fame.
1909 Evelyn Bryan Johnson

Evelyn Bryan Johnson

American colonel and pilot (died 2012)
Evelyn Stone Bryan Johnson, nicknamed "Mama Bird", was the world's oldest flight instructor, and—at one point—the pilot with the highest number of flying hours in the world, of any living pilot. She was a colonel in the Civil Air Patrol and a founding member of the Morristown, Tennessee Civil Air Patrol squadron.
1946 Laura Bush

Laura Bush

American educator and librarian, 45th First Lady of the United States
Laura Lane Welch Bush is an American educator who was the first lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009 as the wife of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States. Bush was also the first lady of Texas from 1995 to 2000 when her husband was governor.
1953 Carlos Gutierrez

Carlos Gutierrez

Cuban-American businessman and politician, 35th United States Secretary of Commerce
Carlos Miguel Gutierrez is an American former CEO and former United States Secretary of Commerce. He is currently a co-founder and executive chairman of EmPath. Gutierrez is a former chairman of the board and CEO of the Kellogg Company. He served as the 35th U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 2005 to 2009.
1960 Kathy Griffin

Kathy Griffin

American comedian and actress
Kathleen Mary Griffin is an American comedian and actress who has starred in television series, comedy specials and has released multiple comedy albums. In 2007 and 2008, Griffin won Primetime Emmy Awards for her reality show Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List. She has also appeared in supporting roles in films.
1985 Marcell Jansen

Marcell Jansen

German footballer
Marcell Jansen is a German former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He was well known for his accurate crossing and pace, despite his tall stature. A versatile player, Jansen primarily played as a full back or wing back on the left flank, but could also play as a left-winger.
1937 Loretta Swit

Loretta Swit

American actress and singer (died 2025)
Loretta Swit was an American stage and television actress. She was widely known for her character roles, especially her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H, for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards in each season of the long-running show, and won two, in 1980 and 1982.
1948 Alexis Hunter

Alexis Hunter

New Zealand-English painter and photographer (died 2014)
Alexis Jan Atthill Hunter was a New Zealand painter and photographer, who used feminist theory in her work. She lived and worked in London UK, and Beaurainville France. Hunter was also a member of the Stuckism collective. Her archive and artistic legacy is now administered by the Alexis Hunter Trust.
1948 Amadou Toumani Touré

Amadou Toumani Touré

Malian soldier and politician, President of Mali (died 2020)
Amadou Toumani Touré, also popularly known by his initials ATT, was a Malian politician and military officer who served as Mali's head of state twice, from 1991 to 1992 as acting president and again as a democratically elected president from 2002 until he was deposed in a coup in 2012.
1908 Joseph Rotblat

Joseph Rotblat

Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
Sir Joseph Rotblat was a Polish and British physicist. During World War II he worked on Tube Alloys and the Manhattan Project, but left the Los Alamos Laboratory on grounds of conscience after it became clear to him in 1944 that Germany had ceased development of an atomic bomb.
1914 Carlos Castillo Armas

Carlos Castillo Armas

Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (died 1957)
Carlos Castillo Armas was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who was the 28th president of Guatemala, serving from 1954 to 1957 after taking power in a coup d'état. A member of the far-right National Liberation Movement (MLN) party, his authoritarian government was closely allied with the United States.
1909 Bert Patenaude

Bert Patenaude

American soccer player (died 1974)
Bertrand "Bert" Arthur Patenaude was an American soccer player who played as a forward. Although it was formerly disputed, he is officially credited by FIFA as the scorer of the first hat-trick in World Cup history. He is a member of the United States Soccer Hall of Fame.
1919 Eric Thompson

Eric Thompson

English race car driver and businessman (died 2015)
Eric David Thompson was a British racing driver, book dealer and insurance broker. He participated in sports car racing between 1949 and 1955 taking his greatest success by finishing third in the 1951 Les 24 Heures du Mans and took part in the 1952 RAC British Grand Prix.
1939 Michael Meacher

Michael Meacher

English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (died 2015)
Michael Hugh Meacher was a British politician who served as a government minister under Harold Wilson, James Callaghan and Tony Blair. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham West and Royton, previously Oldham West, from 1970 until his death in 2015.
1956 Tom Greenhalgh

Tom Greenhalgh

Swedish singer-songwriter
Thomas Charles Greenhalgh is a singer, songwriter and multimedia artist best known as a foundational member with the post-punk band the Mekons. While primarily credited as a guitarist in the early Mekons recordings, Greenhalgh's role as a lead singer and songwriter came to the forefront during the 1980s.
1975 Éric Fichaud

Éric Fichaud

Canadian ice hockey player
Éric Joseph Fichaud is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 95 games in the National Hockey League with four teams between 1996 and 2000. He was selected in the first round of the 1994 NHL entry draft, 16th overall, by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
1975 Lorenzen Wright

Lorenzen Wright

American basketball player (died 2010)
Lorenzen Vern-Gagne Wright was an American professional basketball player for thirteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted seventh overall in the 1996 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers and also played for the Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers.
1631 Mary

Mary

Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (died 1660)
Mary, Princess Royal, was a British princess, a member of the House of Stuart, and by marriage Princess of Orange and Countess of Nassau. She acted as regent for her minor son from 1651 to 1660. She was the first holder of the title Princess Royal.
1952 Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria

Pope Tawadros II is the 118th and current pope of Alexandria and patriarch of the See of St. Mark, succeeding the late Pope Shenouda III as leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. He took office on 18 November 2012, two weeks after being selected.
1993 Taylor Tomlinson

Taylor Tomlinson

American stand-up comedian
Taylor Elyse Tomlinson is an American stand-up comedian. She has released four Netflix stand-up specials: Quarter-Life Crisis (2020), Look At You (2022), Have It All (2024) and Prodigal Daughter (2026). She hosted the CBS late-night show After Midnight, which ran from January 2024 through June 2025.
1853 Anna Bayerová

Anna Bayerová

Czech medical doctor (died 1924)
Anna Bayerová was a Czech medical doctor. She is known as the second Czech female medical doctor. Both of them were prevented from practicing as medical doctors in their own country so Kecková became a Czech midwife, whereas Bayerová had a medical practise in Bern.
1916 Ruth Handler

Ruth Handler

American businesswoman, created Barbie (died 2002)
Ruth Marianna Handler was an American business magnate and inventor. She is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959 and being co-founder of toy manufacturer Mattel with her husband Elliot, as well as serving as the company's first president from 1945 to 1975.
2006 Darja Varfolomeev

Darja Varfolomeev

Russian-German rhythmic gymnast
Darja Varfolomeev is a Russian-born German rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2024 Olympic all-around champion, a three-time consecutive World all-around champion and the 2026 European all-around champion. She is also the 2022 World all-around silver medalist and a two-time European all-around bronze medalist.
1908 Stanley Cortez

Stanley Cortez

American cinematographer and photographer (died 1997)
Stanley Cortez, ASC was an American cinematographer. He worked on over 100 films between 1929 and 1980, and was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. He served as President of the American Society of Cinematographers from 1985 to 1987.
1915 Ismail Abdul Rahman

Ismail Abdul Rahman

Malaysian politician (died 1973)
Ismail bin Abdul Rahman was a Malaysian politician who served as the second Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from September 1970 to his death in August 1973. A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), he previously held several ministerial posts.
1967 Karin Greiner

Karin Greiner

Austrian politician
Karin Greiner is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she has represented Styria since October 2019. She had previously represented Styria Centre, the Federal List and Greater Graz in the National Council.
1969 Sean Combs

Sean Combs

American rapper, producer, and actor
Sean John Combs, also known professionally as Diddy, is an American former rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor. He is credited with the discovery and development of musical artists such as the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and Usher, among others.
1918 Art Carney

Art Carney

American actor (died 2003)
Arthur William Matthew Carney was an American actor and comedian. A recipient of an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and six Primetime Emmy Awards, he was best known for his role as Ed Norton on the sitcom The Honeymooners (1955–1956).
1981 Vince Wilfork

Vince Wilfork

American football player
Vincent Lamar Wilfork is an American former professional football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, primarily with the New England Patriots. He is regarded as one of the greatest defensive tackles of all time.
1986 Suhas Gopinath

Suhas Gopinath

Indian businessman
Suhas Gopinath is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the founder, CEO, and Chairman of Globals Inc., a multinational IT company. He became CEO at the age of 17, three years after founding the company. In 2017, he founded the start-up ShopsUp.
1947 Alexei Ulanov

Alexei Ulanov

Russian figure skater
Alexei Nikolaevich Ulanov is a retired pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With Irina Rodnina, he is the 1972 Olympic champion and a four-time (1969–1972) world champion. With his then-wife Lyudmila Smirnova, he is a two-time world silver medalist.
1980 Richard Owens

Richard Owens

American football player and coach
Richard Owens is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). The Minnesota Vikings acquired him as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football for the Louisville Cardinals.
1961 Steve Rotheram

Steve Rotheram

English politician, Lord Mayor of Liverpool
Steven Philip Rotheram is a British politician serving as the strategic authority mayor for the Liverpool City Region since 2017. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Walton from 2010 to 2017.
1959 Ken Kirzinger

Ken Kirzinger

Canadian actor and stuntman
Kenneth Kirzinger is a Canadian actor and stuntman best known for his portrayals of Jason Voorhees in Freddy vs. Jason (2003), Pa in Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007), and Rusty Nail in Joy Ride 3: Roadkill (2014).
1971 Gregory Porter

Gregory Porter

American jazz singer-songwriter and actor
Gregory Porter is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He has twice won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album: first in 2014 for Liquid Spirit and then again in 2017 for Take Me to the Alley.
1988 David Mead

David Mead

Papua New Guinean rugby league player
David Mead is a Papua New Guinean former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a winger, centre or fullback for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Papua New Guinea at international level.
1909 Skeeter Webb

Skeeter Webb

American baseball player and manager (died 1986)
James Laverne "Skeeter" Webb was an American professional baseball infielder in Major League Baseball from 1932 to 1949. He played 12 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, and Philadelphia Athletics.
1925 Doris Roberts

Doris Roberts

American actress (died 2016)
Doris May Roberts was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned seven decades of television and film. She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which began in 1948.
1976 Makoto Tamada

Makoto Tamada

Japanese motorcycle racer
Makoto Tamada (玉田誠) is a Japanese former professional motorcycle racer currently working as a rider instructor at Suzuka Racing School. He is one of the few riders to win races in both MotoGP and Superbike World Championship.
2000 Tyrese Maxey

Tyrese Maxey

American basketball player
Tyrese Kendrid Maxey is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is known for his elite speed, dribbling, and shot-making. He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats.
1896 Carlos P. Garcia

Carlos P. Garcia

Filipino lawyer and politician, 8th President of the Philippines (died 1971)
Carlos Polestico García, often referred to by his initials CPG, was the eighth president of the Philippines, serving from 1957 to 1961. He served as the fourth vice president of the Philippines from 1953 to 1957.
1897 Dolly Stark

Dolly Stark

American baseball player and umpire (died 1968)
Albert D. "Dolly" Stark was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1928 to 1935 and from 1937 to 1940. Stark was the first Jewish umpire in modern baseball.
1973 Steven Ogg

Steven Ogg

Canadian actor
Steven Ogg is a Canadian actor. He is best known for portraying Trevor Philips in the video game Grand Theft Auto V (2013), Simon in The Walking Dead (2016–2018), and as a spokesman for Old Spice.
1868 La Belle Otero

La Belle Otero

Spanish actress, singer, and dancer (died 1965)
Agustina del Carmen Otero Iglesias, better known as Carolina Otero or La Belle Otero, was a Spanish actress, dancer and courtesan. She had a reputation for great beauty and was famous for her numerous lovers.
1930 James E. Brewton

James E. Brewton

American painter (died 1967)
James Edward Brewton was an American painter and printmaker who synthesized expressionism, graffiti and Pataphysics. At the time of his death, Brewton was beginning to distinguish himself as one of Philadelphia's premier painters and printmakers.
1976 Kenji Osawa

Kenji Osawa

Japanese mixed martial artist
Kenji Osawa Japanese: 大沢ケンジ is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist from Tokyo. He debuted in MMA over a decade ago, and trains and fights out of Wajitsu Keishukai, where he teaches once a week.
1921 Mary Sherman Morgan

Mary Sherman Morgan

American scientist and engineer (died 2004)
Mary Sherman Morgan was an American rocket fuel scientist credited with the invention of the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957, which powered the Jupiter-C rocket that boosted the United States' first satellite, Explorer 1.
1937 Michael Wilson

Michael Wilson

Canadian academic and politician, 31st Canadian Minister of Finance (died 2019)
Michael Holcombe Wilson was a Canadian businessman, politician and diplomat who served as minister of finance from 1984 to 1991 and minister of international trade from 1991 to 1993 under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
1976 Bruno Junqueira

Bruno Junqueira

Brazilian race car driver
Bruno Furtado Junqueira is a Brazilian professional racing driver who most recently competed in the IRL IndyCar Series. He is a former Formula 3000 champion and three-time runner-up in the Champ Car World Series.
1448 Alfonso II of Naples (died 1495)

Alfonso II of Naples (died 1495)

Alfonso II was Duke of Calabria and ruled as King of Naples from 25 January 1494 to 23 January 1495. He was a soldier and a patron of Renaissance architecture and the arts.
1787 Edmund Kean

Edmund Kean

British Shakespearean stage actor (died 1833)
Edmund Kean was a British Shakespearean actor, who performed, among other places, in London, Belfast, New York, Quebec, and Paris. He was known for his short stature, tumultuous personal life, and controversial divorce.
1963 Michel Therrien

Michel Therrien

Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Michel Therrien is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach. (NHL). Therrien was the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens (twice), and the Pittsburgh Penguins, and was an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Flyers.
1977 Larry Bigbie

Larry Bigbie

American baseball player
Larry Robert Bigbie is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball from 2001 through 2006 for the Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, and St. Louis Cardinals.
1996 Kaitlin Hawayek

Kaitlin Hawayek

American ice dancer
Kaitlin Hawayek is an American ice dancer. With her skating partner, Jean-Luc Baker, she is the 2018 Four Continents champion, the 2018 NHK Trophy champion, and a four-time U.S. national bronze medalist (2019–22).
1978 John Grabow

John Grabow

American baseball player
John William Grabow, nicknamed "Grabes" is an American former professional baseball left-handed relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs from 2003 to 2011.
1932 Thomas Klestil

Thomas Klestil

Austrian politician and diplomat, 10th President of Austria (died 2004)
Thomas Klestil was an Austrian diplomat and politician who served as the president of Austria from 1992 until his death in 2004. He was elected in 1992 and re-elected in 1998.
1999 Emma Maltais

Emma Maltais

Canadian ice hockey player
Emma Maltais is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Montréal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and member of the Canadian national team.
1970 Anthony Ruivivar

Anthony Ruivivar

American actor
Anthony Ruivivar is an American actor. He is known for playing Carlos Nieto on Third Watch and Alex Longshadow on Banshee. He also voiced Batman on Beware the Batman.
1986 Adrian Zaugg

Adrian Zaugg

South African race car driver
Adrian Zaugg is a South African former race car driver of Dutch descent. He was the champion of the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in the Silver class.
1986 Szymon Pawłowski

Szymon Pawłowski

Polish footballer
Szymon Pawłowski is a Polish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger. He is currently in charge of Klasa A club GES Sport Academy Poznań.
1933 Tito Francona

Tito Francona

American baseball player (died 2018)
John Patsy Francona was an American Major League Baseball player, an outfielder and first baseman for nine teams. As a child, he was nicknamed "Tito" by his father.
1946 Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe

American photographer (died 1989)
Robert Michael Mapplethorpe was an American photographer and artist. Best known for his black-and-white photographs, his work encompassed celebrity portraits, self-portraits, erotic photographs, and still lifes of flowers.
1956 Jordan Rudess

Jordan Rudess

American keyboard player and songwriter
Jordan Rudess is an American keyboardist, composer, and software developer, best known as a member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater and the supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment.
1960

Igor Liba

Slovak ice hockey player
Igor Liba is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. He played 37 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings during the 1988–89 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1979 to 2003, was mainly spent in the Czechoslovak Extraliga and in other European leagues. Internationally Liba played for the Czechslovak national team in several tournaments, including the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the latter. In 2005 Liba was inducted into the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the player category of the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2024.
1661 Charles III Philip

Charles III Philip

Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (died 1742)
Charles III Philip was Elector Palatine, Count of Palatinate-Neuburg, and Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1716 to 1742. Until 1728 he was also Count of Megen.
1935 Elgar Howarth

Elgar Howarth

English conductor and composer (died 2025)
Elgar Howarth was an English conductor, composer and trumpeter. Grove noted that "his performances are marked by powerful concentration and a clear communication of sometimes complex scores".
1963 Marc Déry

Marc Déry

Canadian singer and guitarist
Marc Déry a French Canadian singer and guitarist from Quebec. He was a member of the band Zébulon. and also released four albums as a solo artist.
1996 John Olive

John Olive

Australian rugby league player
John Olive is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Newtown Jets in the NSW Cup as a centre and on the wing.
1873 Kyōka Izumi

Kyōka Izumi

Japanese author, poet, and playwright (died 1939)
Kyōtarō Izumi , known by his pen name Izumi Kyōka , was a Japanese novelist, writer and kabuki playwright who was active during the prewar period.
1992 Julian Wießmeier

Julian Wießmeier

German footballer
Julian Wießmeier is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian club Dornbirn. Wießmeier has previously played for Austrian Bundesliga club SV Ried.
1955 Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah

Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah

Indian author, poet, and scholar
Moulana Ghousavi Shah is a Muslim Mystic Teacher, Writer and Columnist who is famous as a great humanist in south India. He is from Jami-us-Salasil.
1926

Carlos "Patato" Valdes

Cuban-American conga player and composer (died 2007)
Carlos Valdés Galán, better known as Patato, was a Cuban conga player. In 1954, he emigrated from La Habana to New York City where he continued his prolific career as a sideman for several jazz and Latin music ensembles, and occasionally as a bandleader. He contributed to the development of the tunable conga drum which revolutionized the use of the instrument in the US. His experimental descarga albums recorded for Latin Percussion are considered the counterpart to the commercial salsa boom of the 1970s. Tito Puente once called him "the greatest conguero alive today".
1957

Aleksandr Tkachyov

Russian gymnast and coach
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Tkachyov is a former Soviet/Russian gymnast and two times Olympic Champion. He trained in Dynamo, Voronezh. His trainer was USSR national Pyotr Fyodorovich Korchagin. Tkachyov was one of the world's strongest gymnasts between 1977 and 1981. In 1977 Tkachyov performed for the first time a Horizontal Bar element that was later named Tkachev after him and that has become one of the most popular and impressive elements, frequently used on international gymnastics competitions. In 2005–2006, he coached Girls' Compulsory Program at Peninsula Gymnastics in San Mateo, California.
1836 Henry J. Lutcher

Henry J. Lutcher

American businessman (died 1912)
Henry Jacob Lutcher was a sawmiller and business partner of the Lutcher and Moore Lumber Company. His business ventures would help establish Orange, Texas, as the timber-processing capital of the South in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
1941

Kafi Benz

American conservationist, environmentalist, historic preservationist, author, artist, community leader
Kafi Benz is an American author and artist who began participation in social entrepreneurship through environmental preservation and regional planning in 1959 as a member of the Jersey Jetport Site Association, which opposed plans by the New York Port Authority to found a new airport in the Great Swamp, the central feature of a massive 55-square-mile watershed in New Jersey bounded to the south and east by the Watchung Mountains, 30 miles west of Manhattan.
1904 Tadeusz Żyliński

Tadeusz Żyliński

Polish engineer, technician, and academic (died 1967)
Tadeusz Żyliński was a Polish technician, textilist and mechanical engineer. He was a professor of Technical University of Łódź, creator of Polish school of textile metrology. Author of Metrologia włókiennicza and Nauka o włóknie.
1925

Gamani Corea

Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (died 2013)
Deshamanya Gamani Corea was a Sri Lankan economist, civil servant and diplomat. He was also the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1974 to 1984, Ceylon's Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs of Ceylon and the Senior Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon.
1939

Gail E. Haley

American author and illustrator
Gail E. Haley is an American writer and illustrator. She has won the annual awards for children's book illustration from both the American and British librarians, for two different picture books. She won the 1971 Caldecott Medal for A Story a Story, which she retold from an African folktale, and the 1976 Kate Greenaway Medal for The Post Office Cat, her own historical fiction about a London post office.
1970

Tim DeBoom

American triathlete
Tim DeBoom, is a retired professional triathlete from Boulder, Colorado, from 1995 to 2012. During that tenure, DeBoom participated in hundreds of triathlons around the world, winning both short course and long course triathlons. After a 10th place finish in the Hawaii Ironman in 1995, DeBoom focused on long distance racing, eventually winning the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii twice.
1980

Emme Rylan

American actress
Emme Marcy Rylan is an American actress. From 2005 until 2013, she was credited as Marcy Rylan. She is recognized for her portrayals on the CBS soap operas Guiding Light as Lizzie Spaulding and The Young and the Restless as Abby Newman. From 2013 to 2020, she portrayed the role of Lulu Spencer on ABC's General Hospital.
1953

Van Stephenson

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)
Van Wesley Stephenson was an American singer-songwriter. He scored three US Billboard Hot 100 hits in the 1980s as a solo artist, and later became tenor vocalist in the country music band BlackHawk in the 1990s. In addition, Van co-wrote several singles for other artists, such as Restless Heart. Stephenson died of melanoma in 2001.
1950

Nik Powell

English businessman, co-founded Virgin Group (died 2019)
Nikolas Mark Powell was a British businessman and one of the co-founders of Virgin Records with Richard Branson. After operating a mail-order company, a small record shop, and a recording studio, the partners established the label in 1972. It became one of the UK's major recording labels until its sale to EMI in 1992.
1958

Lee Jasper

English activist and politician
Lee Jasper is a British politician and activist. He served as Senior Policy Advisor on Equalities to the then Mayor of London Ken Livingstone until he resigned on 4 March 2008. More recently, Jasper stood as the Respect Party candidate for the Croydon North by-election in November 2012, and is a race relations activist.
1958

Anne Sweeney

American businesswoman
Anne Marie Sweeney is an American businesswoman. From 2015 to 2026, she served as a member of the board of directors at Netflix. She was formerly the co-chair of Disney Media Networks and President of the Disney–ABC Television Group, and the President of Disney Channel from 1996 to 2014.
1967

Asif Mujtaba

Pakistani cricketer
Mohammad Asif Mujtaba is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played in 25 Test matches and 66 One Day Internationals from 1986 to 1997. During the, 1994–95 period he briefly served as the deputy captain to Saleem Malik in the Pakistan national team.
1928

Eugenio Lopez Jr.

Filipino businessman and chairman of the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (died 1999)
Eugenio "Geny" Moreno López Jr. was the chairman emeritus of ABS-CBN Corporation from 1997 to 1999. He was known within the López Group of Companies as "Kapitán". His great-grandfather Eugenio J. López (1839–1906) was also known as "Kapitán Eugenio" during his time.
1947

Rod Marsh

Australian cricketer and coach (died 2022)
Rodney William Marsh was an Australian professional cricketer who played as a wicketkeeper for the Australian national team. He was a part of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1975 Cricket World Cup.
1949

Garo Aida

Japanese photographer and author
Garo Aida is a Japanese photographer known widely for his erotic work. He has also worked in advertising, contributing his photographs to various Japanese companies' commercial ads, such as those by Fujitsu and Nippon Oil.
1930

Frank J. Prial

American journalist and author (died 2012)
Francis Joseph Prial was a journalist and author, and the wine columnist for The New York Times for 25 years, writing the weekly "Wine Talk" column largely since 1972 until his retirement in 2004.
1928

Larry Bunker

American drummer and vibraphone player (died 2005)
Lawrence Benjamin Bunker was an American jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and percussionist. A member of the Bill Evans Trio in the mid-1960s, he also played timpani with the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra.
1928

Hannah Weiner

American poet and author (died 1997)
Hannah Adelle Weiner was an American poet who is often grouped with the Language poets because of the prominent place she assumed in the poetics of that group.
1941

Lyndall Gordon

South African-English author and academic
Lyndall Gordon is a British-based biographical and former academic writer, known for her literary biographies. She is a senior research fellow at St Hilda's College, Oxford.
1946

Frederick Elmes

American cinematographer
Frederick Elmes, ASC is an American cinematographer, known for his association with the independent film movement, having worked mostly with directors David Lynch and Jim Jarmusch.
1640

Carlo Mannelli

Italian violinist and composer (died 1697)
Carlo Mannelli was an Italian violinist, castrato and composer.
1765 Pierre-Simon Girard

Pierre-Simon Girard

French mathematician and engineer (died 1836)
Pierre-Simon Girard was a French mathematician and engineer, who worked on fluid mechanics.
1821 Thomas Keefer

Thomas Keefer

Canadian engineer and businessman (died 1915)
Thomas Coltrin Keefer CMG was a Canadian civil engineer.
1840 William Giblin

William Giblin

Australian politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (died 1887)
William Robert Giblin was Premier of Tasmania (Australia) from 5 March 1878 until 20 December 1878 and from 1879 until 1884.
1862 Rasmus Rasmussen

Rasmus Rasmussen

Norwegian actor and director (died 1932)
Rasmus Rasmussen was a Norwegian actor, folk singer and theatre director.
1874 Charles Despiau

Charles Despiau

French sculptor (died 1946)
Charles Despiau was a French sculptor and teacher. He also worked as a draftsman, graphic artist and book illustrator.
1890 Klabund

Klabund

German author and poet (died 1928)
Alfred Henschke, better known by his pseudonym Klabund, was a German writer.
1905 Dragutin Tadijanović

Dragutin Tadijanović

Croatian poet and translator (died 2007)
Dragutin Tadijanović was a Croatian poet, and in his native Croatia he is referred to as a "Bard."
1906 Sterling North

Sterling North

American author and critic (died 1974)
Thomas Sterling North was an American writer. He is best known for the children's book Rascal, a bestseller in 1963.
1911 Dixie Lee

Dixie Lee

American actress and singer (died 1952)
Dixie Lee was an American actress, dancer, and singer. She was the first wife of singer Bing Crosby.
1911

Violet Biever

American politician (died 2010)
Violet S. Biever was an American politician. A Democrat, she served in the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1975 to 1982.
1912 Botong Francisco

Botong Francisco

Filipino painter (died 1969)
Carlos Modesto "Botong" Villaluz Francisco was a Filipino muralist from Angono, Rizal.
1912 Giff Vivian

Giff Vivian

New Zealand cricketer (died 1983)
Henry Gifford Vivian was a New Zealand cricketer who played in seven Test matches between 1931 and 1937.
1912

Vadim Salmanov

Russian pianist and composer (died 1978)
Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov was a Soviet composer and pedagogue.
1922 Benno Besson

Benno Besson

Swiss-German actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2006)
Benno Besson was a Swiss Theatre Director.
1935

Barry Crocker

Australian singer, actor, and television host
Barry Hugh Crocker is an Australian Gold Logie-winning character actor, television personality, singer, and variety entertainer with a crooning vocal style.
1940

Delbert McClinton

American singer-songwriter
Delbert McClinton is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist.
1940 Marlène Jobert

Marlène Jobert

French actress, singer, and author
Marlène Jobert is a French author and retired actress.
1940

Sally Baldwin

Scottish social sciences professor (died 2003)
Sally Baldwin was a University of York social sciences professor and author.
1943

Clark Graebner

American tennis player
Clark Edward Graebner is an American former professional tennis player.
1947

Ali Özgentürk

Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)
Ali Özgentürk was a Turkish film director, screenwriter and producer.
1947

Jerry Fleck

American actor, director, and production manager (died 2003)
Gerald R. Fleck was an American assistant director best known for his work on the Star Trek franchise across eleven years.
1947 Ludmila Velikova

Ludmila Velikova

Russian figure skater and coach
Ludmila Georgiyevna Velikova is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitor.
1950

Charles Frazier

American novelist
Charles Frazier is an American novelist. He won the 1997 National Book Award for Fiction for Cold Mountain.
1953

Mick Buckley

English footballer (died 2013)
Mick Buckley was an English footballer who played for Everton, Sunderland, Hartlepool United, Carlisle United and Middlesbrough as a midfielder.
1953

P. J. Carey

American baseball player and manager (died 2012)
Paul Jerome "P. J." Carey was an American professional baseball player, manager, instructor, and farm system official.
1954 Chris Difford

Chris Difford

English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Christopher Henry Difford is an English musician. He is a founding member and songwriter of the rock group Squeeze.
1956 James Honeyman-Scott

James Honeyman-Scott

English guitarist and songwriter (died 1982)
James Honeyman-Scott was an English guitarist, songwriter and founding member of the rock band the Pretenders.
1960

Marc Awodey

American painter and poet (died 2012)
Marc Awodey was an American contemporary artist and poet.
1961 Daron Hagen

Daron Hagen

American pianist, composer, and conductor
Daron Aric Hagen is an American composer, writer, and filmmaker.
1961 Edward Knight

Edward Knight

American composer and academic
Edward Knight is an American composer. His work eschews easy classification, moving freely between jazz, theatrical and concert worlds.
1961 Nigel Worthington

Nigel Worthington

Northern Irish footballer and manager
Nigel Worthington is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of York City.
1962

Arvo Volmer

Estonian conductor
Arvo Volmer is an Estonian conductor.
1967

Daisuke Asakura

Japanese songwriter and producer
Daisuke Asakura is a Japanese musician, songwriter and producer who is known for his compositional work and skill at keyboards.
1969 Samantha Smith

Samantha Smith

American actress
Samantha A. Smith is an American actress. She is known for her role as Mary Winchester on Supernatural.
1975 Eduard Koksharov

Eduard Koksharov

Russian handball player (died 2026)
Eduard Aleksandrovich Koksharov was a Russian handball player and coach.
1975 Mikki Moore

Mikki Moore

American basketball player
Clinton Renard "Mikki" Moore is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
1976 Peter Van Houdt

Peter Van Houdt

Belgian footballer
Peter Van Houdt is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a forward and manager.
1981 Guy Martin

Guy Martin

English motorcycle racer
Guy Martin is a British former motorcycle racer, heavy vehicle mechanic and television presenter. He retired from motorcycle racing in July 2017.
1985 Miki Miyamura

Miki Miyamura

Japanese tennis player
Miki Miyamura is a Japanese former tennis player.
1987 Artur Jędrzejczyk

Artur Jędrzejczyk

Polish footballer
Artur Marcin Jędrzejczyk is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a defender.
1987 Tim Breukers

Tim Breukers

Dutch footballer
Tim Gerard Johan Breukers is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right back.
1988 Nathan Ross

Nathan Ross

Australian rugby league player
Nathan Ross, nicknamed "White Lightning" or "Ross Dog", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a wing, fullback and centre.
1991 Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove

Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove

Dutch tennis player
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.
1992

Hiroki Nakada

Japanese footballer
This is a list of J.League designated special players, picked by J.League clubs from universities and high schools all over Japan.
2000 Sun Yingsha

Sun Yingsha

Chinese table tennis player
Sun Yingsha is a Chinese professional table tennis player and World Champion.

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