Famous Birthdays on November 7

Q: Who was born on November 7?

Famous people born on November 7 include: Constans II, Ibn Hazm, Ögedei Khan, Simeon of Russia (died 1353), Margaret of Bavaria.

Q: What is David Petraeus known for?

David Petraeus, American general, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

270 people 630 – 2001

November 7 has seen 270 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 630 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · November 7 — Wikipedia

1952 — David Petraeus

American general, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

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David Howell Petraeus is a retired United States Army general who served as the fourth director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from September 2011 until his resignation in November 2012

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Prior to his assuming the directorship of the CIA, Petraeus served 37 years in the United States Army

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Forces – Afghanistan (USFOR-A) from July 2010 to July 2011

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Central Command (USCENTCOM) from October 2008 to June 2010, and as commanding general, Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF-I) from February 2007 to September 2008

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His other four-star assignments include serving as the 10th commander, U.S

Constans II

Byzantine emperor (died 668)

Constans II, also called "the Bearded", was the Byzantine emperor from 641 to 668. Constans was the last attested emperor to serve as consul, in 642, although the office continued to exist until the reign of Leo VI the…

630

Ibn Hazm

Arabian philosopher and scholar (died 1069)

Ibn Hazm was an Andalusi Muslim polymath, historian, traditionist, jurist, philosopher, and theologian, born in the Córdoban Caliphate, present-day Spain. Described as one of the strictest hadith interpreters, Ibn Hazm…

994

Ögedei Khan

Mongol ruler, 2nd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (died 1241)

Ögedei Khan was the second khan of the Mongol Empire. The third son of Genghis Khan, he continued the expansion of the empire that his father had begun.

1186

Simeon of Russia (died 1353)

Simeon Ivanovich, also known as Semyon Ivanovich, nicknamed the Proud, was Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1340 to 1353.

1316

Margaret of Bavaria

Electress Palatine, Princess of Bavaria-Landshut by birth (died 1501)

Margaret of Bavaria was a princess of Bavaria-Landshut and by marriage Princess of the Palatinate.

1456

Georg Cracow

German lawyer and politician (died 1575)

Georg Cracow, Kraków, Cracov, Cracau or Cracovius was a German lawyer and statesman.

1525

Francisco de Zurbarán

Spanish painter (died 1664)

Francisco de Zurbarán was a Spanish Baroque painter. He is known primarily for his religious paintings depicting monks, nuns, and martyrs, and for his still-lifes. Zurbarán gained the nickname "Spanish Caravaggio",…

1598

Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux

French author and poet (died 1692)

Gédéon Tallemant, Sieur des Réaux was a French writer known for his Historiettes, a collection of short biographies.

1619

John Robinson

English bishop and diplomat (died 1723)

John Robinson was an English diplomat and prelate. He became the Bishop of London and Dean of Windsor, succeeding to Henry Compton.

1650

Anton thor Helle

German-Estonian clergyman, author, and translator (died 1748)

Anton Thor Helle was a Baltic German Lutheran clergyman, linguist and Bible translator in Estonia. He led the initiative and served as chief editor of the first complete translation of the Bible into Estonian (1739),…

1683

William Stukeley

English archaeologist and physician (died 1765)

William Stukeley was an English antiquarian, physician and Anglican clergyman. A significant influence on the later development of archaeology, he pioneered the scholarly investigation of the prehistoric monuments of…

1687

Carlo Cecere

Italian violinist and composer (died 1761)

Carlo Cecere was an Italian composer of operas, concertos and instrumental duets including, for example, some mandolin duets and a concerto for mandolin. Cecere worked in the transitional period between the Baroque and…

1706

James Cook

English captain, navigator, and cartographer (died 1779)

Captain James Cook was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans between 1768 and 1779. He completed the first recorded…

1728

Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg

German poet and lawyer (died 1819)

Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg, was a German lawyer, and translator. He was also a poet of the Sturm und Drang and early Romantic periods.

1750

Carl Carl

Polish-born actor and theatre director (died 1854)

Karl Andreas Bernbrunn (1787–1854), known by the stage name Carl Carl, was a Kraków-born actor and theatre director.

1787

Alfred Kelley

American legislator, canal builder, and railroad magnate (died 1859)

Alfred Kelley was a banker, canal builder, lawyer, railroad executive, and state legislator in the state of Ohio in the United States. He is considered by historians to be one of the most prominent commercial,…

1789

Platt Rogers Spencer

American calligrapher and educator (died 1864)

Platt Rogers Spencer was the originator of Spencerian penmanship, a popular system of cursive handwriting. He was a teacher and active in the business school movement.

1800

Thomas Brassey

English engineer and businessman (died 1870)

Thomas Brassey was an English civil engineering contractor and manufacturer of building materials who was responsible for building much of the world's railways in the 19th century. By 1847, he had built about one-third…

1805

Emil du Bois-Reymond

German physician and physiologist (died 1896)

Emil Heinrich du Bois-Reymond was a German physiologist, the co-discoverer of nerve action potential, and the developer of experimental electrophysiology. His lectures on science and culture earned him great esteem…

1818

Andrea Debono

Maltese trader and explorer (died 1871)

Andrea Debono, also known as Latif Effendi, was a Maltese trader and explorer who was one of the first Europeans to explore the area around the White Nile in the mid-19th century.

1821

Emanuele Luigi Galizia

Maltese architect and civil engineer (died 1907)

Emanuele Luigi Galizia was a Maltese architect and civil engineer, who designed many public buildings and several churches. He is regarded as "the principal Maltese architect throughout the second half of the nineteenth…

1830

Andrew Dickson White

American historian, academic, and diplomat, co-founded Cornell University (died 1918)

Andrew Dickson White was an American historian and educator who co-founded Cornell University, one of eight Ivy League universities in the United States, and served as its first president for nearly two decades. He was…

1832

Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

French author and playwright (died 1889)

Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam was a French symbolist writer. His family called him Mathias while his friends called him Villiers; he would also use the name Auguste when…

1838

William Plankinton

American businessman, industrialist and banker (died 1905)

William Plankinton was an American businessman, manufacturer, and industrialist. He followed in his father's footsteps in the meat packing and meat processing industry.

1843

Ignaz Brüll

Austrian pianist and composer (died 1907)

Ignaz Brüll was a pianist and composer from Austria-Hungary. Born in Moravia, he lived and worked in Vienna.

1846

Chris von der Ahe

German-American businessman (died 1913)

Christian Friedrich Wilhelm von der Ahe was a German-American entrepreneur, best known as the owner of the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the American Association, now known as the St. Louis Cardinals.

1851

Bipin Chandra Pal

Indian academic and activist (died 1932)

Bipin Chandra Pal was an Indian nationalist, writer, orator, social reformer, and freedom fighter. He was one third of the "Lal Bal Pal" triumvirate. He was one of the main architects of the Swadeshi movement. He is…

1858

Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne

French general and engineer (died 1936)

Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne was a general of artillery and a specialist in military engineering, one of the founders of modern French artillery and French military aviation, and the creator of the French tank arm. He…

1860

Paul Peel

Canadian painter and academic (died 1892)

Paul Peel was a Canadian figure painter. Having won a medal at the 1890 Paris Salon, he became one of the first Canadian artists to receive international recognition in his lifetime.

1860

Jeff Milton

American police officer (died 1947)

Jefferson Davis Milton was an American lawman in the Old West and a son of Confederate Governor of Florida John Milton. He was the first officer appointed to the U.S. Immigration Service Border Patrol in 1924.

1861

Lesser Ury

German painter (died 1931)

Leo Lesser Ury was a German impressionist painter and printmaker, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

1861

Marie Curie

Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1934)

Maria Salomea Skłodowska Curie, better known as Marie Curie, was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist. She shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre Curie "for their joint…

1867

Lucille La Verne

American actress (died 1945)

Lucille La Verne Mitchum was an American actress known for her appearances in early sound films, as well as for her triumphs on the American stage. She is most widely remembered to modern audiences as the voice of the…

1872

Leonora Speyer

American poet and violinist (died 1956)

Leonora Speyer, Lady Speyer, was an American poet and violinist.

1872

Charlie Townsend

English cricketer and lawyer (died 1958)

Charles Lucas Townsend was a Gloucestershire cricketer. An all-round cricketer, Townsend was classically stylish, left-handed batsman, who was able to hit well despite his slender build. His off-side strokes were…

1876

Lise Meitner

Austrian-Swedish physicist and academic (died 1968)

Elise "Lise" Meitner was an Austrian and Swedish nuclear physicist who was instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission.

1878

King Baggot

American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1948)

William King Baggot was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America, Baggot was…

1879

Leon Trotsky

Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (died 1940)

Lev Davidovich Trotsky, better known as Leon Trotsky, was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician and political theorist. He was a key figure in the 1905 Revolution, the October Revolution of 1917, the Russian Civil…

1879

Aron Nimzowitsch

Russian-Danish chess player and theoretician (died 1935)

Aron Nimzowitsch was a Danish chess player and writer. In the late 1920s, Nimzowitsch was one of the best chess players in the world. He was the foremost figure amongst the hypermoderns and wrote a very influential book…

1886

C. V. Raman

Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)

Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was an Indian physicist known for his work in the field of light scattering. Using a spectrograph that he developed, he and his student K. S. Krishnan discovered that when light traverses a…

1888

Nestor Makhno

Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (died 1934)

Nestor Ivanovych Makhno, also known as Bat'ko Makhno, was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and the commander of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine during the Ukrainian War of Independence. He established the…

1888

Jan Matulka

Czech-American painter and illustrator (died 1972)

Jan Matulka was a Czech-American modern artist originally from Bohemia. Matulka's style ranged from Abstract expressionism to landscapes, sometimes in the same day. He has directly influenced artists like Dorothy…

1890

Genrikh Yagoda

director of the NKVD (died 1938)

Genrikh Grigoryevich Yagoda was a Soviet secret police official who served as director of the NKVD, the Soviet Union's security and intelligence agency, from 1934 to 1936. Appointed by Joseph Stalin, Yagoda supervised…

1891

Leatrice Joy

American actress (died 1985)

Leatrice Joy was an American actress most prolific during the silent film era.

1893

Margaret Leech

American historian and author (died 1974)

Margaret Kernochan Leech, also known as Margaret Pulitzer, was an American historian and fiction writer. She won the Pulitzer Prize for History both in 1942 and in 1960.

1893

Esdras Minville

Canadian economist and sociologist (died 1975)

Esdras Minville was a Canadian writer, economist and sociologist. He served as the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Université de Montréal, and was the first French-Canadian to serve as head of HEC…

1896

Herman J. Mankiewicz

American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1953)

Herman Jacob Mankiewicz was an American screenwriter who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). Both Mankiewicz and Welles went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for…

1897

Armstrong Sperry

American author and illustrator (died 1976)

Armstrong Wells Sperry was an American writer and illustrator of children's literature. His books include historical fiction and biography, often set on sailing ships, and stories of boys from Polynesia, Asia and…

1897

Margaret Morris

American actress (died 1968)

Margaret Morris was an American Broadway stage and film actress.

1898

Raphaël Salem

Greek-French mathematician and academic (died 1963)

Raphaël Salem was a Greek mathematician after whom the Salem numbers and Salem–Spencer sets are named, and whose widow founded the Salem Prize.

1898

Yitzhak Lamdan

Russian-Israeli journalist and poet (died 1954)

Yitzhak Lamdan was a Russian-born Israeli Hebrew-language poet, translator, editor and columnist.

1899

Nellie Campobello

Mexican writer who chronicled the Mexican Revolution (died 1986)

Nellie Francisca Ernestina Campobello Luna was a Mexican writer, notable for having written one of the few chronicles of the Mexican Revolution from a woman's perspective: Cartucho, which chronicles her experience as a…

1900

Norah McGuinness

Irish painter and illustrator (died 1980)

Norah Allison McGuinness was an Irish painter and illustrator.

1901

Ary Barroso

Brazilian pianist and composer (died 1964)

Ary Evangelista de Resende Barroso was a Brazilian composer, pianist, soccer commentator, and talent-show host on radio and TV. He was one of Brazil's most successful songwriters in the first half of the 20th century.…

1903

Dean Jagger

American actor (died 1991)

Dean Jagger was an American film, stage, and television actor who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Henry King's Twelve O'Clock High (1949).

1903

Konrad Lorenz

Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)

Konrad Zacharias Lorenz was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch. He is often regarded as one of the…

1903

William Alwyn

English composer, conductor, and educator (died 1985)

William Alwyn, was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher who composed over 200 cinematic scores, of which some 70 were for full-length features, as well as number of operas, concertos and symphonies.

1905

Eugene Carson Blake

American minister and educator (died 1985)

Eugene Carson Blake was an American Presbyterian Church leader.

1906

Marijac

French author and illustrator (died 1994)

Jacques Dumas, better known as Marijac, was a French comics writer, artist, and editor.

1908

Ruby Hurley

American civil rights activist (died 1980)

Ruby Hurley was an American civil rights activist. She was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement and administrator for the NAACP, and was known as the "queen of civil rights".

1909

Norman Krasna

American director, producer, screenwriter, and playwright (died 1984)

Norman Krasna was an American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and film director who penned screwball comedies centered on a case of mistaken identity. Krasna directed three films during a forty-year career in…

1909

Victor Beaumont

German-English actor (died 1977)

Victor Beaumont was a German-born British film and television actor.

1912

Albert Camus

French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1960)

Albert Camus was a French philosopher, novelist, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest…

1913

Alekos Sakellarios

Greek director and screenwriter (died 1991)

Alekos Sakellarios was a Greek writer and a director.

1913

Mikhail Solomentsev

Soviet politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (died 2008)

Mikhail Sergeyevich Solomentsev was a Soviet politician and bureaucrat.

1913

Archie Campbell

American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1987)

Archie Campbell was an American comedian, writer, and star of Hee Haw, a country-flavored network television variety show. He was also a recording artist with several hits for RCA Victor in the 1960s.

1914

R. A. Lafferty

American author (died 2002)

Raphael Aloysius Lafferty was an American science fiction, fantasy and historical fiction writer best known for his imaginative and eccentric short stories and novels from the 1960s and 1970s.

1914

Philip Morrison

American astrophysicist and academic (died 2005)

Philip Morrison was a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is known for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II, and for his later work in quantum physics, nuclear…

1915

M. Athalie Range

American activist and politician (died 2006)

M. Athalie Range was a Bahamian American civil rights activist and politician who was the first African-American to serve on the Miami, Florida City Commission, and the first African-American since Reconstruction and…

1915

Titos Vandis

Greek actor (died 2003)

Titos Vandis was a Greek actor.

1917

Paul Aussaresses

French general (died 2013)

Paul Aussaresses was a French Army general, who fought during World War II, the First Indochina War and Algerian War. His actions during the Algerian War—and later defense of those actions—caused considerable…

1918

Billy Graham

American minister and author (died 2018)

William Franklin Graham Jr. was an American evangelist, ordained Southern Baptist minister, and civil rights advocate, whose broadcasts and world tours featuring live sermons became well known in the mid-to-late 20th…

1918

Maria Teresa de Noronha

Portuguese singer (died 1993)

D. Maria Teresa do Carmo de Noronha, was a Portuguese aristocrat and a fado singer. As a granddaughter of the Counts of Paraty and Belmonte, she belonged to a family of the most ancient Nobility in the Iberian…

1918

Ellen Stewart

American director and producer (died 2011)

Ellen Stewart was an American theatre director and producer and the founder of La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. During the 1950s, she worked as a fashion designer for Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Lord &…

1919

Max Kampelman

American lawyer and diplomat (died 2013)

Max Kampelman was an American diplomat.

1920

Elaine Morgan

Welsh writer, aquatic ape hypothesis (died 2013)

Elaine Morgan OBE, FRSL, was a Welsh writer for television and the author of several books on evolutionary anthropology. She advocated the aquatic ape hypothesis, which advocated as a corrective to what she saw as…

1920

Lisa Ben

American singer-songwriter and journalist (died 2015)

Edythe D. Eyde better known by her pen name Lisa Ben, was an American editor, author, active fantasy-fiction fan and fanzine contributor, and songwriter. She created the first known lesbian publication in North America,…

1921

Jack Fleck

American golfer (died 2014)

Jackson Donald Fleck was an American professional golfer, best known for winning the U.S. Open in 1955 in a playoff over Ben Hogan.

1921

Susanne Hirzel

member of the White Rose (died 2012)

Susanne Zeller was a German resistance member who was part of the White Rose.

1921

Ghulam Azam

Bangladeshi politician (died 2014)

Ghulam Azam was a Bangladeshi writer and politician who headed the far-right Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (BJI).

1922

Al Hirt

American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1999)

Alois Maxwell "Al" Hirt was an American trumpeter and bandleader. He is best remembered for his million-selling recordings of "Java" and the accompanying album Honey in the Horn (1963), and for the theme music to The…

1922

Gene Callahan

American art director and production designer (died 1990)

Gene Callahan was an American art director as well as set and production designer who contributed to over fifty films and more than a thousand TV episodes. He received nominations for the British Academy Film Award and…

1923

Joan Sutherland

Australian soprano (died 2010)

Dame Joan Alston Sutherland was an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano known for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s to the 1980s.

1926

Herbert Flam

American tennis player (died 1980)

Herbert Flam was an American tennis player who was ranked by Lance Tingay as the World No. 4 amateur in 1957.

1927

Hiroshi Yamauchi

Japanese businessman (died 2013)

Hiroshi Yamauchi was the third president of Nintendo, serving in the role from 25 April 1949 to 24 May 2002, and principal owner of the Seattle Mariners from 1992 until his death. Before joining Nintendo, he had strong…

1927

Richard G. Scott

American engineer and religious leader (died 2015)

Richard Gordon Scott was an American scientist and religious leader who served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

1928

Jesús de Polanco

Spanish publisher and businessman (died 2007)

Jesús Polanco Gutiérrez, also known as Jesús de Polanco, was a businessman from Spain who built one of the largest media empires in the world. In 2005, he was ranked 3rd richest person in Spain and at number 210 in…

1929

Eric Kandel

Austrian-American neuroscientist and psychiatrist, Nobel Prize laureate

Eric Richard Kandel is an Austrian-born American medical doctor who specialized in psychiatry. He was also a neuroscientist and a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at…

1929

Lila Kaye

English actress (died 2012)

Lila Kaye was an English actress. She spent a number of years working in the United States, on Broadway and in television, before returning to England.

1929

Rudy Boschwitz

German-American politician

Rudolph Ely Boschwitz is an American politician and businessman from Minnesota. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1991. From 1987 to 1989, Boschwitz served…

1930

G. Edward Griffin

American director, producer, and author

George Edward Griffin is an American author, filmmaker, lecturer, and a conspiracy theorist. Griffin's writings promote a number of right-wing views and conspiracy theories regarding politics, defense and health care.…

1931

Lubomír Beneš

Czech animator, producer and author (died 1995)

Lubomír Beneš was a Czech animator, director, and author, best known as the co-creator of Pat & Mat, an animated series about two highly inventive, yet incredibly clumsy handymen neighbours.

1935

W. S. Rendra

Indonesian poet and playwright (died 2009)

Willibrordus Surendra Broto Narendra, widely known as Rendra or W. S. Rendra, was an Indonesian dramatist, poet, activist, performer, actor and director.

1935

Al Attles

American basketball player and coach (died 2024)

Alvin Austin Attles Jr. was an American professional basketball player, coach, and executive who spent his entire career with the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed the…

1936

Gwyneth Jones

Welsh soprano

Dame Gwyneth Jones is a Welsh dramatic soprano, widely regarded as one of the greatest Wagnerian sopranos of the second half of the 20th century. The possessor of a large-scaled, powerful dramatic soprano voice, joined…

1936

Mary Daheim

American journalist and author (died 2022)

Mary Rene Richardson Daheim was an American writer of romance and mystery novels.

1937

Dee Clark

American singer-songwriter (died 1990)

Dee Clark was an American soul singer and songwriter best known for a string of R&B and pop hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including the song "Raindrops", which became a million-seller in the United States in…

1938

Jake Gibbs

American baseball player and coach

Jerry Dean "Jake" Gibbs is an American former Major League Baseball player who played for the New York Yankees as a platoon catcher from 1962 to 1971. Although Gibbs was the regular starting catcher for New York in 1967…

1938

Jim Kaat

American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster

James Lee Kaat, nicknamed "Kitty", is an American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator. A left-handed pitcher, he played Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators /…

1938

Barry Newman

American actor (died 2023)

Barry Foster Newman was an American actor of stage, screen, and television known for his portrayal of Kowalski in Vanishing Point, and for his title role in the 1970s television series Petrocelli. He was nominated for…

1938

Barbara Liskov

American computer scientist and academic

Barbara Jane Liskov is an American computer scientist who has made pioneering contributions to programming languages and distributed computing. Her notable work includes the introduction of abstract data types and the…

1939

Dakin Matthews

American actor, director, and playwright

Melvin Richard "Dakin" Matthews is an American actor, playwright, theatre director, and theatrical scholar. He is best known as Herb Kelcher in My Two Dads (1987–1989), Hanlin Charleston in Gilmore Girls (2000–2007),…

1940

Antonio Skármeta

Chilean author and academic

Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic was a Chilean writer, screenwriter, and director. His novel Ardiente paciencia was the basis for the film Il Postino. In Chile, he was popularly known for hosting a television show on…

1940

Madeline Gins

American poet and architect (died 2014)

Madeline Helen Arakawa Gins was an American artist, architect, and poet.

1941

Angelo Scola

Italian cardinal and philosopher

Angelo Scola is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church, a prominent philosopher, and theologian. He served as Archbishop of Milan from 2011 to 2017, overseeing one of the largest dioceses in the world, and…

1941

Tom Peters

American businessman and author

Thomas J. Peters, an American writer on business-management practices, became best-known for his 1982 book In Search of Excellence

1942

Johnny Rivers

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Johnny Rivers is an American musician. He achieved commercial success and popularity throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a singer and guitarist, characterized as a versatile and influential artist. Rivers is best known…

1942

Jean Shrimpton

English model and actress

Jean Rosemary Shrimpton is an English model and actress. She was an icon of Swinging London and is considered to be one of the world's first supermodels. She appeared on numerous magazine covers including Vogue,…

1942

Silvia Cartwright

New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 18th Governor-General of New Zealand

Dame Silvia Rose Cartwright is a New Zealand jurist who served as the 18th governor-general of New Zealand, from 2001 to 2006. She was the second woman to hold the office, after Dame Catherine Tizard.

1943

Stephen Greenblatt

American theorist, scholar, and critic

Stephen Jay Greenblatt is an American literary historian and author. He has served as the John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University since 2000. Greenblatt is the general editor of The…

1943

Boris Gromov

Russian general and politician, Governor of Moscow Oblast

Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov is a Russian politician and former military officer. He was the Governor of Moscow Oblast between January 2000 and May 2012. Deployed thrice to fight in the Soviet–Afghan War, Gromov was the…

1943

Joni Mitchell

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter. As one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for…

1943

Michael Spence

American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Andrew Michael Spence is a Canadian-American economist and Nobel laureate.

1943

Gigi Riva

Italian footballer and manager (died 2024)

Luigi "Gigi" Riva was an Italian professional footballer who played as a striker.

1944

Peter Wilby

English journalist

Peter John Wilby is a British journalist and convicted sex offender. He is a former editor of The Independent on Sunday and the New Statesman.

1944

Pekka Vennamo

Finnish politician (died 2026)

Pekka Veikko Vennamo was a Finnish politician and corporate executive. He was the leader of the Finnish Rural Party from 1979 to 1989. He was also member of the Parliament of Finland from 1972 to 1975 representing the…

1944

Joe Niekro

American baseball player (died 2006)

Joseph Franklin Niekro was an American professional baseball pitcher. During a 22-year baseball career, he pitched from 1967 to 1988 for seven different teams, primarily for the Houston Astros.

1945

Chrystos

American writer and activist

Chrystos is a two-spirit writer and activist whose work explores Native American civil rights, social justice, and feminism. They are of mixed Menominee–Lithuanian/Alsace–Lorraine heritage. Chrystos is also a lecturer,…

1946

Bob Anderson

English darts player

Robert Charles Anderson is an English former professional darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation and Professional Darts Corporation events. He won the 1988 BDO World Darts Championship. Nicknamed the…

1947

Rebecca Eaton

American television producer

Rebecca Eaton is an American television producer and film producer best known for introducing American audiences to British costume and countryside dramas as executive producer of the PBS Masterpiece series.

1947

Yutaka Fukumoto

Japanese baseball player and coach

Yutaka Fukumoto is a retired Japanese professional baseball player in Nippon Professional Baseball. An aggressive lead-off man and superior defensive centerfielder, he holds the Japanese career records in triples and…

1947

Ron Leavitt

American screenwriter and producer (died 2008)

Ronald Leavitt was an American television writer and producer. He was the co-creator of the American television show Married... with Children. The show's 259 episodes over 11 seasons made it the second-longest lasting…

1947

Sondhi Limthongkul

Thai journalist and politician

Sondhi Limthongkul is a Thai media proprietor, conspiracy theorist, pro-Beijing anti-democracy reactionary activist, demagogue, and leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD). In 2009, he was elected leader of…

1947

Stephen Green

Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint, English businessman and politician

Stephen Keith Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint, is a British politician, former Conservative Minister of State for Trade and Investment, former group chairman of HSBC Holdings plc, and Anglican priest.

1948

Buck Martinez

American baseball player and manager

John Albert "Buck" Martinez is an American former professional baseball catcher and manager, and was the television color commentator for the Toronto Blue Jays until his retirement in 2026. He played 17 seasons in Major…

1948

Alex Ribeiro

Brazilian race car driver

Alex Dias Ribeiro is a former racing driver from Brazil. He entered in 20 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix but scored no World Championship points.

1948

Stephen Bruton

American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2009)

Turner Stephen Bruton was an American actor and musician.

1949

Steven Stucky

American composer and academic (died 2016)

Steven Edward Stucky was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer.

1949

David S. Ware

American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (died 2012)

David Spencer Ware was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.

1949

Lindsay Duncan

Scottish actress

Lindsay Vere Duncan is a Scottish actress. She is the recipient of three BAFTA nominations and one Scottish BAFTA nomination, as well as two Olivier Awards and a Tony Award for her work on stage.

1950

John Lang

Australian rugby league player and coach

John Lang is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and coached in the 1980s through to the 2010s. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international…

1950

Gerard F. Gilmore

New Zealand astronomer and academic

Gerard Francis Gilmore FRS FRAS FInstP is Emeritus Professor of Experimental Philosophy, in the Institute of Astronomy, at the University of Cambridge. His research has centred on studying stars in the Galaxy to…

1951

Kevin MacMichael

Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and record producer (died 2002)

Kevin Scott Macmichael was a Canadian guitarist, songwriter and record producer, best known for being a member of the 1980s UK-based pop-rock band, Cutting Crew, who had a number-one hit in 1986 with "(I Just) Died in…

1951

Lawrence O'Donnell

American journalist and talk show host

Lawrence Francis O'Donnell Jr. is an American television anchor, actor, author, screenwriter, liberal political commentator, and host of The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, an MS NOW opinion and news program that…

1951

John Tamargo

American baseball player and coach

John Felix Tamargo is an American former professional baseball catcher, coach, and long-time minor league manager. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors from 1976 until 1980. He currently serves as the…

1951

Modibo Sidibé

Sudanese–Malian police officer and politician, Prime Minister of Mali

Modibo Sidibé is a Malian politician who was Prime Minister of Mali from September 2007 to April 2011.

1952

Valeriy Zuyev

Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2016)

Valeriy Zuyev was a Ukrainian football player and coach.

1952

Maire Aunaste

Estonian journalist and author

Maire Aunaste is an Estonian journalist and politician. In 2015, she was elected to the 13th Riigikogu, representing the Pro Patria and Res Publica Union party.

1953

Erik Balke

Norwegian saxophonist and composer

Erik Balke is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone), known as leader of the "Lille Frøen Saksofonkvartett" with Vidar Johansen, Arne Frang and Odd Riisnæs/Tore Brunborg/Olav Dale, as member of his younger brother Jon…

1953

Christopher Foster

English bishop

Christopher Richard James Foster is a retired Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Portsmouth in the Church of England from 2010 to 2021.

1953

Lucinda Green

English equestrian and journalist

Lucinda Jane Green is a British equestrian and journalist who competed in eventing. She is the 1982 World Champion and twice European Champion (1975–77). She also won World team Gold (1982), three European team golds…

1953

James Gray

Scottish politician

James Gray, CStJ is a British politician who served as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for North Wiltshire from 1997 to 2024.

1954

Kamal Haasan

Tamil actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Kamal Haasan is an Indian filmmaker and politician, currently serving as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha for Tamil Nadu. He is an actor, director, producer, screenwriter, playback singer and lyricist who works…

1954

Guy Gavriel Kay

Canadian lawyer and author

Guy Gavriel Kay is a Canadian writer of fantasy fiction. The majority of his novels take place in fictional settings that resemble real places during real historical periods, such as Constantinople during the reign of…

1954

Gil Junger

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Gil Junger is an American film and television director. He is best known for directing 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), his directorial film debut. He is a 1972 graduate of the Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, New…

1954

Mikhail Alperin

Ukrainian pianist and composer (died 2018)

Michail Jefimowitsch Alperin, usually credited as Misha Alperin, was a Soviet-Norwegian jazz pianist, known as a key member of the Moscow Art Trio.

1956

Jonathan Palmer

English race car driver and businessman

Jonathan Charles Palmer is a British former racing driver, motorsport executive, and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1983 to 1989.

1956

Judy Tenuta

American comedian, actress, and comedy musician (died 2022)

Judy Lynn Tenuta was an American comedian, actress, and comedy musician. She was known for her whimsical and brash persona of "The Love Goddess", mixing insult comedy, observational humor, self-promotion, and bawdy…

1956

John Benitez

American DJ, songwriter, and producer

John Benitez, also known as Jellybean, is an American musician, songwriter, DJ, remixer, and music producer. He has produced and remixed artists such as Madonna, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, and the Pointer…

1957

King Kong Bundy

American wrestler (died 2019)

Christopher Alan Pallies was an American professional wrestler, stand-up comedian and actor better known by the ring name, King Kong Bundy. Under this gimmick, he portrayed a pugnacious, trash-talking villain character.

1957

Christopher Knight

American actor

Christopher Anton Knight is an American actor and businessman. He is best known for playing Peter Brady in the 1970s series The Brady Bunch. He has since gone on to become a businessman and enjoyed a semi-resurgence in…

1957

Dmitry Kozak

Russian politician; Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

Dmitry Nikolayevich Kozak is a Russian politician who served as the Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff from January 2020 to September 2025. He previously served as the Vice Prime Minister from 2008 to 2020. He has the…

1958

Billy Gillispie

American basketball player and coach

Billy Clyde Gillispie, also known by his initials BCG and Billy Clyde, is an American college basketball who was most recently the men's basketball coach at Tarleton State. Gillispie has previously been head coach at…

1959

Alexandre Guimarães

Brazilian-Costa Rican footballer and manager

Alexandre Henrique Borges Guimarães is a football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Born in Brazil, he played for the Costa Rica national team.

1959

Tommy Thayer

American guitarist and songwriter

Thomas Cunningham Thayer is an American musician. Thayer was the lead guitarist and vocalist for the hard rock band Kiss from 2002 to 2023. He was also the lead guitarist for the band Black 'n Blue.

1960

Shyamaprasad

Indian filmmaker

Shyamaprasad is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor who works in Malayalam films.

1960

Orlando Mercado

American baseball player and coach

Orlando Mercado Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player. He played all or parts of eight seasons in Major League Baseball with the Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles…

1961

Tracie Savage

American actress and journalist

Tracie Savage is an American actress and journalist. She has starred in movies and on television.

1962

Dirk Shafer

American model, actor, and director (died 2015)

Dirk Alan Shafer was an American model, actor, screenwriter and director. Born in Carbondale, Illinois, he was most noted in the modeling world for having been Playgirl magazine's 1992 "Man of the Year". Shafer related…

1962

John Barnes

Jamaican-English footballer and manager

John Charles Bryan Barnes is a former professional football player and manager. Often considered one of the greatest England players of all time and one of Liverpool's greatest ever players, Barnes works as an author,…

1963

Sam Graves

American farmer and politician

Samuel Bruce Graves Jr. is an American politician who is currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives for Missouri's 6th congressional district, with him being the dean of Missouri's congressional delegation…

1963

Troy Beyer

American actress, director, and screenwriter

Troy Byer is an American psychologist, author, director, screenwriter, and actress. For most of her acting career she was credited as Troy Beyer.

1964

Philip Hollobone

English politician

Philip Thomas Hollobone is a former British Conservative Party politician and former investment banker. He was the Member of Parliament for Kettering from the 2005 general election to the 2024 general election.

1964

Liam Ó Maonlaí

Irish keyboard player and songwriter

Liam Ó Maonlaí is an Irish musician best known as a member of Hothouse Flowers. Ó Maonlaí formed the band in 1985 with his schoolmate Fiachna Ó Braonáin.

1964

Dana Plato

American actress (died 1999)

Dana Michelle Plato was an American actress. She rose to fame for playing Kimberly Drummond on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986), which established her as a teen idol of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

1964

Bonnie St. John

American skier and scholar

Bonnie St. John is an American former Paralympic skier, author, and public speaker. St. John had her right leg amputated below the knee when she was 5 years old. Despite these challenges, she went on to excel as an…

1964

Steve Parkin

English footballer and manager

Stephen John Parkin is an English football manager and former player who played as a defender. As of 2021, he serves as the assistant manager at Wrexham. He played for Mansfield Town, Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion…

1965

Sigrun Wodars

German runner and physiotherapist

Sigrun Grau is a former East German middle distance athlete who was born in Neu Kaliß, Bezirk Schwerin.

1965

Francis Takirwa

Ugandan general (died 2026)

Major General Francis Takirwa was a Ugandan military officer who, at the time of his death, served as the deputy commander of the UPDF Land Forces. He had previously served as the commanding officer of the Second…

1965

Calvin Borel

American jockey

Calvin H. Borel is an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing and rode the victorious mount in the 2007 Kentucky Derby, the 2009 Kentucky Derby and the 2010 Kentucky Derby. His 2009 Derby win with Mine That Bird…

1966

Steve Di Giorgio

American bass player

Steve Di Giorgio is an American bassist. He is known for his work with numerous heavy metal bands such as Sadus, Death, Testament, Megadeth, Sebastian Bach, Iced Earth, Autopsy, Obituary, Control Denied, Dragonlord and…

1967

David Guetta

French DJ, record producer, remixer, and songwriter

Pierre David Guetta is a French DJ and record producer. He has sold over 10 million albums and 65 million singles globally, with more than 30 billion streams on Spotify. Guetta was voted the number one DJ in the DJ Mag…

1967

Hikaru Ijūin

Japanese radio host

Hikaru Ijūin , real name Ken Shinooka, formerly Ken Tanaka, born 7 November 1967, is a Japanese comedian, radio personality, computer game reviewer, and commentator. He was born in Kita, Tokyo. He is married to former…

1967

Rafael Herbert Reyes

Dominican wrestler

Rafael Herbert Reyes is a Dominican born professional wrestler, who has worked most of his career in Mexico. Reyes has used many ring names during his career, most notably Kendo Star, El Salsero, Pierko el Boricua and…

1967

Sharleen Spiteri

Scottish singer-songwriter and actress

Sharleen Eugene Spiteri is a Scottish singer–songwriter and guitarist who has a contralto vocal range, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Texas, who rose to prominence in 1989 with the release of their debut…

1967

Russ Springer

American baseball player

Russell Paul Springer is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. Springer made his major league debut on April 17, 1992, with the New York Yankees. He also pitched for the California Angels,…

1968

Michelle Clunie

American actress

Michelle Renee Clunie is an American actress and former ballet dancer. A native of Portland, Oregon, Clunie studied ballet from an early age, earning a scholarship at the Academy of Professional Ballet. In 1992, she…

1969

Hélène Grimaud

French pianist

Hélène Rose Paule Grimaud is a French classical pianist and the founder of the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, New York.

1969

Michel Picard

Canadian ice hockey player and scout

Michel Daniel Picard is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Picard played in the National Hockey League with the Hartford Whalers, San Jose Sharks, Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers, and…

1969

Andy Houston

American race car driver

Andrew Houston is an American stock car racing spotter and former driver. He is a veteran of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, scoring three wins.

1970

Marc Rosset

Swiss-Monacan tennis player

Marc Rosset is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He is best known for winning the men's singles gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He also won a major doubles title, at the French Open in 1992 partnering…

1970

Morgan Spurlock

American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)

Morgan Valentine Spurlock was an American documentary filmmaker, writer and television producer. He directed 23 films and was the producer of nearly 70 films throughout his career. Spurlock received acclaim for…

1970

Paul Ware

English footballer (died 2013)

Paul David Ware was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Cardiff City, Macclesfield Town, Nuneaton Borough, Rochdale, Stockport County and Stoke City.

1970

Robin Finck

American guitarist and songwriter

Robert John "Robin" Finck is an American guitarist. Finck is the longest-serving touring musician for Nine Inch Nails, performing with the band from 1994 to 2000, and returning in 2008. With Nine Inch Nails, Finck…

1971

Matthew Ryan

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Matthew Ryan is an American musician, singer and songwriter, born in Chester, Pennsylvania and inspired by such artists as U2, The Replacements, and Leonard Cohen. He logged several years in a series of bands before…

1971

Trivikram Srinivas

Indian director and screenwriter

Trivikram Srinivas is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his work in Telugu cinema. Recognised for his witty dialogues, humour, and philosophical themes, he is one of the highest-paid directors in Indian…

1971

Danny Grewcock

English rugby player

Daniel Jonathan Grewcock MBE is an English former rugby union player who played as a lock. He played for Coventry, Saracens and Bath. He won 69 caps for England and five for the British & Irish Lions.

1972

Jason London

American actor and producer

Jason Paul London is an American actor, known for his roles as Reese Witherspoon’s love interest Court Foster in The Man In the Moon , Randall "Pink" Floyd in director Richard Linklater's film Dazed and Confused (1993),…

1972

Jeremy London

American actor and producer

Jeremy Michael London is an American actor. He is best known for his regular roles on Party of Five, 7th Heaven, and I'll Fly Away, a starring role in the 1995 comedy film Mallrats, as well as a notable supporting role…

1972

Hasim Rahman

American boxer

Hasim Sharif Rahman is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2014. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion, having held the unified WBC, IBF, IBO and lineal titles in 2001; and the WBC…

1972

Marcus Stewart

English footballer and coach

William Marcus Paul Stewart is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward from 1991 until 2011.

1972

Catê

Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2011)

Marco Antônio Lemos Tozzi, commonly known as Catê, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played for clubs of Brazil, Chile, Italy, the United States and Venezuela.

1973

Yunjin Kim

South Korean-American actress

Yunjin Kim is a South Korean and American actress. She is best known for her role as North Korean spy Bang-Hee in the South Korean film Shiri (1999) and Sun-Hwa Kwon on the American television series Lost (2004–2010).…

1973

Martín Palermo

Argentinian footballer and manager

Martín Palermo is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker.

1973

Kris Benson

American baseball player

Kristin James Benson is an American former Major League Baseball starting pitcher who played for several teams between 1999 and 2010.

1974

Brigitte Foster-Hylton

Jamaican hurdler

Brigitte Ann Foster-Hylton, née Brigitte Ann Foster, is a Jamaican 100 m hurdler. She was the World Champion over 100 m hurdles in 2009.

1974

Christian Gómez

Argentinian footballer

Christian Gómez is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1974

Chris Summers

Norwegian drummer

Christer Engen, also known by his stage name Chris Summers, is a Norwegian musician best known as the drummer for rock bands Turbonegro, Bigbang and Euroboys. Engen was a founding member of Bigbang and played with the…

1974

Venkat Prabhu

Indian actor, director, and screenwriter

Venkat Kumar Gangai Amaren, better known by his stage name Venkat Prabhu, is an Indian film director, actor and playback singer in Tamil cinema. After completing his education, he began pursuing an acting career, with…

1975

Rob Caggiano

American guitarist and producer

Robert Caggiano is an American guitarist and record producer. He was the lead guitarist of the Danish rock band Volbeat from 2013 to 2023 and of thrash metal band Anthrax from 2001 to 2005 and 2007 to 2013. He was also…

1976

Mark Philippoussis

Australian tennis player and model

Mark Anthony Philippoussis is an Australian tennis coach, commentator and former professional tennis player of Greek and Italian descent. Philippoussis' greatest achievements are winning two Davis Cup titles with…

1976

Lindsay Czarniak

American journalist and sportscaster

Lindsay Ann Czarniak is an American sports anchor and reporter. She formerly worked for Fox Sports as a sideline reporter for NFL games. After spending six years with WRC-TV, the NBC owned-and-operated station in…

1977

Andres Oper

Estonian footballer

Andres Oper is an Estonian football coach and former professional player. With 38 goals in 134 appearances, Oper is Estonia's all-time record goalscorer.

1977

María Sánchez Lorenzo

Spanish tennis player

María Antonia Sánchez Lorenzo is a former professional tennis player from Spain.

1977

Anthony Thomas

American football player and coach

Anthony "A-Train" Thomas is an American former professional football player who was a running back for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines from…

1977

Mohamed Aboutrika

Egyptian footballer

Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed Aboutrika and known as Mohamed Aboutrika is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a forward. He was voted first place in the African Footballer of…

1978

Elisabeth Bachman

American volleyball player and coach

Elisabeth Anne "Wiz" Bachman is an American retired volleyball player who represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in fifth place with the USA National Team.

1978

Rio Ferdinand

English footballer

Rio Gavin Ferdinand is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, and was a television pundit for TNT Sports, for ten years. He played 81 times for the England national team between 1997 and…

1978

Tomoya Nagase

Japanese singer-songwriter

Tomoya Nagase is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and model. He was a member of Tokio, a Johnny & Associates musical group. He was the primary vocalist, in addition to playing the guitar alongside Tokio's leader,…

1978

Barry Robson

Scottish footballer

Barry Gordon George Robson is a Scottish professional football manager and former player. Robson played as a midfielder for several clubs in Scotland, England and Canada and represented Scotland internationally. He is…

1978

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink

Dutch footballer

Johannes "Jan" Vennegoor of Hesselink is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker.

1978

Mike Commodore

Canadian ice hockey player

Michael W. Commodore is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Commodore played for several teams in the National Hockey League (NHL). In 2006, he won the Stanley Cup as part of the Carolina Hurricanes.…

1979

Will Demps

American football player

William Henry Demps Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at San Diego State and was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as…

1979

Danny Fonseca

Costa Rican footballer

Danny Alberto Fonseca Bravo is a Costa Rican professional football coach and a former midfielder. He is an assistant coach with Cartaginés.

1979

Barney Harwood

English television host and actor

Barnaby John Harwood is an English actor and television presenter. He is known for his work with CBBC beginning in 2002.

1979

Jon Peter Lewis

American singer-songwriter and actor

Jon Peter Lewis is an American singer and songwriter, and was one of the finalists on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series American Idol. He was frequently referred to by the judges and Ryan…

1979

Amy Purdy

American actress, model and snowboarder

Amy Michelle Purdy is an American actress, model, para-snowboarder, motivational speaker, fashion designer and author. Purdy is a 2014 Paralympic bronze medalist, 2018 Paralympics silver medalist, and co-founder of…

1979

Joey Ryan

American wrestler

Joseph Ryan Meehan, is an American actor, writer, producer, former professional wrestler, and promoter.

1979

Otep Shamaya

American singer-songwriter and actress

Otep Shamaya is an American former singer and rapper, best known as the lead vocalist and founder of the eponymous metal band Otep.

1979

Sergio Almirón

Argentinian footballer

Sergio Bernardo Almirón is an Argentine former footballer who played as a central midfielder known for his passing and powerful shots.

1980

Gervasio Deferr

Spanish gymnast

Gervasio Deferr Ángel is a Spanish former artistic gymnast who competed at three Olympic Games. He is a two-time Olympic champion on the vault and an Olympic silver medalist on the floor exercise (2008). He is also the…

1980

James Franklin

New Zealand cricketer

James Edward Charles Franklin is a New Zealand cricket coach and former cricketer, who played all forms of the game internationally.

1980

Karthik

Indian singer-songwriter

Karthik is an Indian playback singer and composer. Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been working as a playback singer. He has sung more than 8000 songs in 15+ Indian…

1980

Luciana Salazar

Argentinian model, actress, and singer

Luciana Salazar is an Argentine model, actress, dancer and businesswoman.

1980

Muhammad Hassan

American wrestler and educator

Marc Julian Copani is an American retired professional wrestler and educator. He is best known for his appearances in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 2004 to 2005, where he portrayed an Arab American under the…

1981

Nana Katase

Japanese model, actress, and singer

Nana Katase is a Japanese actress, singer, and fashion model. She is known for acting in Death Note 2: The Last Name (2006), Arakawa Under the Bridge (2010) and 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008).

1981

Anushka Shetty

Indian actress

Sweety Shetty, known professionally as Anushka Shetty, is an Indian actress known for her works in Telugu and Tamil cinema. With a career spanning over two decades as a lead actress in a variety of roles, Shetty is…

1981

Rina Uchiyama

Japanese actress and model

Rina Uchiyama is a Japanese actress and idol.

1981

Pascal Leclaire

Canadian ice hockey player

Pascal Leclaire is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Leclaire was selected in the first round of the 2001 NHL entry draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets and played in the Blue Jackets' organization for…

1982

Adam DeVine

American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and singer

Adam DeVine is an American comedian, actor, producer and screenwriter. He is one of the stars and co-creators of the Comedy Central comedy television series Workaholics and Adam DeVine's House Party.

1983

Forrest Kline

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Forrest Scott Kline is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is the lead vocalist of the power pop band Hellogoodbye.

1983

Patrick Thoresen

Norwegian ice hockey player

Patrick Thoresen is a Norwegian former professional ice hockey left winger who last played for Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Hockey League. He has a younger brother, Steffen who's also an ice hockey player. His father…

1983

Esmerling Vásquez

Dominican baseball player

Esmerling de Jesús Vásquez is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Minnesota Twins and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the…

1983

Mihkel Aksalu

Estonian footballer

Mihkel Aksalu is a former Estonian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1984

Jonathan Bornstein

American-Israeli soccer player

Jonathan Rey Bornstein is an American former professional soccer player who played as a left-back. He has captained and made 38 appearances for the United States national team. In addition to also playing for Chivas USA…

1984

Gervais Randrianarisoa

Malagasy footballer

Mamy Gervais Nirina Randrianarisoa is a Malagasy footballer who plays as a centre back for Réunionnais club JS Saint-Pierroise and the Madagascar national team.

1984

Amelia Vega

Dominican actress and singer, Miss Universe 2003

Amelia Patricia Vega Polanco is a Dominican actress, model, author, singer and beauty queen. At the age of 18, she won the Miss Universe 2003 pageant, becoming the first ever Miss Universe from the Dominican Republic,…

1984

Sebastian Aldén

Swedish motorcycle racer

Sebastian Carl Aldén is a triathlete and former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.

1985

Darnell Jackson

American basketball player

Darnell Edred Jackson is an American former professional basketball player, who is currently an assistant coach for the San Diego Clippers of the NBA G League and plays in the Big 3 League for the Detroit Amplifiers. He…

1985

Lucas Neff

American actor

Lucas Neff is an American actor. Known primarily for his work in television, Neff received mainstream recognition for his lead role as James "Jimmy" Chance on the Fox sitcom Raising Hope (2010–2014).

1985

Andy Hull

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

John Andrew Hull is an American singer, musician and songwriter. He serves as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary songwriter of the indie rock band Manchester Orchestra. He also has a side project, Right…

1986

David Nelson

American football player

David Alan Nelson is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Gators, where he was a member of two BCS…

1986

Doukissa Nomikou

Greek model and television host

Doukissa Nomikou is a Greek TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Star Hellas 2007 and represented her country at the Miss Universe 2007 pageant in Mexico.

1986

Mitch Brown

Australian rugby league player

Mitchell Ronald Edwin Brown is a former Australian professional footballer who played for the Warrington Wolves in the Super League. He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, the Cronulla-Sutherland…

1987

Marek Semjan

Slovak tennis player

Marek Semjan is a Slovak tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 30 August 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 218.

1987

Alexandr Dolgopolov

Ukrainian tennis player

Alexandr Dolgopolov, formerly known as Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr., is a Ukrainian retired professional tennis player. He changed his forename spelling to the current form in May 2010. Dolgopolov reached the quarterfinals…

1988

Simone Favaro

Italian rugby player

Simone Favaro is a retired Italian international rugby union player. He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 20 June 2009. He formerly played for Glasgow Warriors and Treviso in the Pro12. Favaro plays at…

1988

Gani Lawal

Nigerian-American basketball player

Gani Oladimeji Lawal Jr. is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Georgia Tech.

1988

Thomas Schneider

German sprinter

Thomas Schneider is a German sprint athlete.

1988

Tinie Tempah

English rapper and producer

Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu, better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, is an English rapper and singer. Born and raised in London, he created his own entertainment company Disturbing London in 2006, alongside Dumi…

1988

Sonny Gray

American baseball player

Sonny Douglas Gray is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds,…

1989

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

Russian singer and political activist

Nadezhda Andreyevna "Nadya" Tolokonnikova is a Russian musician, conceptual artist, and political activist. She is a founding member of the feminist group Pussy Riot, and has a history of political activism with the…

1989

Daniel Ayala

Spanish footballer

Daniel Sánchez Ayala is a Spanish professional footballer who last played as a centre-back for Potters Bar Town. His first club was Premier League club Liverpool. He joined Norwich City in 2011, and joined Middlesbrough…

1990

Matt Corby

Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Matthew John Corby is an Australian singer-songwriter. He achieved his commercial breakthrough with his fourth EP, Into the Flame (2011), which peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Singles Chart, and by April 2012, was certified…

1990

David de Gea

Spanish footballer

David de Gea Quintana is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for and captains Serie A club Fiorentina. He is regarded as one of the best goalkeepers of his generation.

1990

Joelle Hadjia

Australian singer-songwriter

Joanne Hadjia, known professionally as Joey Djia, is an Australian singer. She is first known as a contestant in the fourth season of The X Factor Australia, where she performed as part of the duo Good Question, and…

1990

Felix Rosenqvist

Swedish race car driver

Karl Felix Helmer Rosenqvist is a Swedish professional racing driver who currently drives the No. 60 Honda for Meyer Shank Racing in the NTT IndyCar Series. He was named Rookie of the Year for the IndyCar Series in 2019.

1991

Apisai Koroisau

Australian-Fijian rugby league player

Apisai Koroisau is an Australian-born Fijian international rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker and is the captain of the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL).

1992

Gervonta Davis

American boxer

Gervonta Bryant Davis, also known by his nickname "Tank", is an American professional boxer. He has held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super featherweight title in 2017, the World Boxing Association (WBA)…

1994

Haruna Iikubo

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1994

Algee Smith

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1994

Lorde

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1996

Erika Hendsel

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1997

Nana Okada

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1997

Hongjoong

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1998

Trevor Rainbolt

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1998

Mink Nutcharut

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1999

Callum Hudson-Odoi

English footballer

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2000

Amybeth McNulty

Irish actress

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2001

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