Famous Birthdays on November 8

Q: Who was born on November 8?

Famous people born on November 8 include: Nerva, Alain de Coëtivy, Philipp I, Queen Gonghye, Teofilo Folengo.

Q: What is Lauren Alaina known for?

Lauren Alaina, American singer and songwriter

262 people 30 – 2004

November 8 has seen 262 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 30 – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · November 8 — Wikipedia

1994 — Lauren Alaina

American singer and songwriter

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Alaina later achieved her first number one on the Country Airplay chart with the album's title track

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In addition to this song with Brown, Alaina became an in-demand duet vocalist throughout the next few years, appearing on number one collaborations with Hardy, Devin Dawson, and Dustin Lynch

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Her debut studio album, Wildflower, was released on October 11, 2011

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Her second album, Road Less Traveled, was released January 27, 2017

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Her third studio album, Sitting Pretty on Top of the World, was released on September 3, 2021.

Nerva

Roman emperor (died 98)

AD 30 (XXX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vinicius and Longinus. The denomination AD 30 for this year has been used since the…

Alain de Coëtivy

French cardinal (died 1474)

Alain (II) de Coëtivy was a prelate from a Breton noble family. He was bishop of Avignon, Nîmes and of Dol, cardinal of the titular church of Santa Prassede, then cardinal-bishop of Palestrina and cardinal-bishop of…

1407

Philipp I

Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1458–1480) (died 1480)

Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg was Count of Hanau. The county was divided between him and his nephew, Count Philipp I "the Younger". Philipp the Elder's part of the county was later called Hanau-Lichtenberg;…

1417

Queen Gonghye

Korean royal consort (died 1474)

Queen Gonghye, of the Cheongju Han clan, was the first wife of King Seongjong, 9th monarch of Joseon. She was the Queen of Joseon from 1469 until her death in 1474.

1456

Teofilo Folengo

Italian monk and poet (died 1544)

Teofilo Folengo, who wrote under the pseudonym of Merlino Coccajo or Merlinus Cocaius in Latin, was one of the principal Italian macaronic poets.

1491

Lettice Knollys

English noblewoman (died 1634)

Lettice Knollys was an English noblewoman and mother to the courtiers Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Penelope, Lady Rich. She was Countess of Essex during her first marriage to Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of…

1543

Nyaungyan Min

King of Burma (died 1605)

Nyaung-yan Min or Neow-ram Min, personal name Shin Thissah (ရှင်သစ္စာ), courtesy name Min-Yeh Nandamate (မင်းရဲနန္ဒိမိတ်), was king of the Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1599 to 1605. He is also referred to as…

1555

Henry II

Duke of Lorraine (died 1624)

Henry II, known as "the Good ", was Duke of Lorraine from 1608 until his death. Leaving no sons, both of his daughters became Duchesses of Lorraine by marriage. He was a brother-in-law of Henry IV of France.

1563

John Sigismund

Elector of Brandenburg (died 1619)

John Sigismund was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern. He became the Duke of Prussia through his marriage to Duchess Anna, the eldest daughter of Duke Albert Frederick of…

1572

Charles X Gustav of Sweden (died 1660)

Charles X Gustav, also Carl X Gustav, was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death in 1660. He was the son of John Casimir, Count Palatine (Pfalzgraf) of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg, and Catherine of Sweden. After his father's…

1622

Edmond Halley

English astronomer and mathematician (died 1742)

Edmond Halley was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720.

1656

Johann Ulrich von Cramer

German philosopher and judge (died 1772)

Johann Ulrich von Cramer was an eminent German judge, legal scholar, and Enlightenment philosopher.

1706

Sarah Fielding

English author (died 1768)

Sarah Fielding was an English writer and sister of the playwright, novelist and magistrate Henry Fielding. She wrote The Governess, or The Little Female Academy (1749), thought to be the first novel in English aimed…

1710

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (died 1797)

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern was Queen of Prussia and Electress of Brandenburg as the wife of Frederick the Great. She was the longest-serving Prussian queen, with a tenure of more than 46 years.…

1715

John Byron

English admiral and politician, 24th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (died 1786)

Vice-Admiral of the White John Byron was a Royal Navy officer, explorer, and colonial administrator. He earned the nickname "Foul-Weather Jack" in the British press due to his frequent encounters with bad weather at…

1723

Johann George Tromlitz

German flute player and composer (died 1805)

Johann George Tromlitz, born at Reinsdorf, near Artern, Germany, was a flautist, flute maker and composer. He wrote three books on the art of flute playing.

1725

Barbara Catharina Mjödh

Finnish poet (died 1776)

Barbara Catharina Mjödh was a Finnish poet. She was born to the vicar and politician Abraham Mjödh and Magdalena Ross. Mjödh wrote of great occasions in peoples' lives, such as weddings and funerals. In 1754, she…

1738

Henrik Gabriel Porthan

Finnish professor and historian (died 1804)

Henrik Gabriel Porthan was a professor and rector at the Royal Academy of Turku, Finland, which was then part of the Kingdom of Sweden. He was a scholar sometimes known as The Father of Finnish History. Porthan's legacy…

1739

Otto Wilhelm Masing

German-Estonian linguist and author (died 1832)

Otto Wilhelm Masing was a clergyman, writer, journalist, linguist, notable early Estophile and a major advocate of Estonian commoners' rights, especially regarding education.

1763

Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (died 1840)

Princess Augusta Sophia was the sixth child and second daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte.

1768

William Wirt

American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Attorney General (died 1834)

William Wirt was an American lawyer, politician and author who is credited with turning the position of United States Attorney General into one of influence. The longest-serving attorney general in U.S. history, Wirt…

1772

Mihály Bertalanits

Slovene poet and educator (died 1853)

Mihály Bertalanits was a Slovene cantor, teacher, and poet in Hungary.

1788

Robert Bulwer-Lytton

1st Earl of Lytton, English poet and diplomat, 30th Governor-General of India (died 1880)

Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton,, was a British statesman, Conservative politician and poet who used the pseudonym Owen Meredith. During his tenure as Viceroy of India between 1876 and 1880, Queen…

1831

Milton Bradley

American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (died 1911)

Milton Bradley was an American business magnate, game pioneer and publisher, credited by many with launching the board game industry, with his eponymous enterprise, which was purchased by Hasbro in 1984, and folded in…

1836

Ilia Chavchavadze

Georgian journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1907)

Tavadi (Prince) Ilia Chavchavadze was a Georgian journalist, publisher, writer and poet who spearheaded the revival of Georgian nationalism during the second half of the 19th century in the period of Tsarist rule. He…

1837

Jean Casimir-Perier

French politician, 6th President of France (died 1907)

Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Perier was a French politician who served as President of France from June 1894 to January 1895.

1847

Bram Stoker

Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (died 1912)

Abraham Stoker was an Irish writer, barrister, and theatre manager. He was the author of Dracula (1897) and the creator of the fictional character Count Dracula. The novel and its antagonist are milestones in the fields…

1847

Gottlob Frege

German mathematician and philosopher (died 1925)

Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege was a German philosopher, logician, and mathematician. He was a mathematics professor at the University of Jena, and is understood by many to be the father of analytic philosophy,…

1848

Johannes Rydberg

Swedish physicist and academic (died 1919)

Johannes (Janne) Robert Rydberg was a Swedish physicist known for devising the Rydberg formula, in 1888, which is used to describe the wavelengths of photons emitted by changes in the energy level of an electron in a…

1854

Nikolaos Triantafyllakos

Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1939)

Nikolaos Triantafyllakos was a Prime Minister of Greece during a tumultuous time in Greek history from August to September 1922.

1855

Herbert Austin

1st Baron Austin, English businessman, founded the Austin Motor Company (died 1941)

Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin was an English automobile designer and builder who founded the Austin Motor Company. For the majority of his career he was known as Sir Herbert Austin, and the Northfield bypass is…

1866

Felix Hausdorff

German mathematician and academic (died 1942)

Felix Hausdorff was a German mathematician, pseudonym Paul Mongré, who is considered to be one of the founders of modern topology and who contributed significantly to set theory, descriptive set theory, measure theory,…

1868

Dorothea Bate

English palaeontologist and archaeozoologist (died 1951)

Dorothea Minola Alice Bate, also known as Dorothy Bate, was a Welsh palaeontologist and pioneer of archaeozoology. Her life's work was to find fossils of recently extinct mammals with a view to understanding how and why…

1878

Clarence Gagnon

Canadian painter and illustrator (died 1942)

Clarence Alphonse Gagnon, LL. D. was a French Canadian painter, draughtsman, engraver and illustrator. He is known for his landscape paintings of the Laurentians and the Charlevoix region of eastern Quebec.

1881

Arnold Bax

English composer and poet (died 1953)

Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax was an English composer, poet, and author. His prolific output includes songs, choral music, chamber pieces, and solo piano works, but he is best known for his orchestral music. In addition…

1883

Charles Demuth

American painter (died 1935)

Charles Henry Buckius Demuth was an American painter who specialized in watercolors and turned to oils late in his career, developing a style of painting known as Precisionism.

1883

Hermann Rorschach

Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (died 1922)

Hermann Rorschach was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. His education in art helped to spur the development of a set of inkblots that were used experimentally to measure various unconscious parts of the subject's…

1884

George Bouzianis

Greek painter (died 1959)

George Bouzianis was a major Greek expressionist painter.

1885

Hans Cloos

German geologist and academic (died 1951)

Hans Cloos was a prominent German structural geologist.

1885

Emil Fahrenkamp

German architect and academic (died 1966)

Emil Fahrenkamp was a German architect and professor. One of the most prominent architects of the period between the first and second World Wars, he is best known for his 1931 Shell-Haus in Berlin.

1885

Tomoyuki Yamashita

Japanese general and politician, 4th Japanese Military Governors of the Philippines (died 1946)

Tomoyuki Yamashita was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Yamashita led Japanese forces during the invasion of Malaya and Battle of Singapore. His conquest of Malaya and Singapore in 70 days…

1885

David Monrad Johansen

Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1974)

David Monrad Johansen was a Norwegian composer.

1888

Prajadhipok

Thai king (died 1941)

Prajadhipok, also known as Rama VII was the seventh monarch of the Chakri dynasty and the last king of Siam under the absolute monarchy. He ascended the throne in 1925 and reigned until his abdication in 1935 during his…

1893

Erika Abels d'Albert

Austrian painter and graphic artist (died 1975)

Erika Abels d'Albert (1896–1975) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist.

1896

Bucky Harris

American baseball player and manager (died 1977)

Stanley Raymond "Bucky" Harris was an American professional baseball second baseman, manager and executive. While Harris played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers, it was his…

1896

Marie Prevost

Canadian-American actress and singer (died 1937)

Marie Prevost was a Canadian film actress. During her 20-year career, she made 121 silent and sound films.

1896

Dorothy Day

American journalist and activist (died 1980)

Dorothy Day was an American journalist, social activist and anarchist who, after a bohemian youth, became a Catholic without abandoning her social activism. She was perhaps the best-known political radical among…

1897

Margaret Mitchell

American journalist and author (died 1949)

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind, for which she won the…

1900

A. J. M. Smith

Canadian poet and anthologist (died 1980)

Arthur James Marshall Smith was a Canadian poet and anthologist. He "was a prominent member of a group of Montreal poets" – the Montreal Group, which included Leon Edel, Leo Kennedy, A. M. Klein, and F. R. Scott — "who…

1902

Cedric Belfrage

English-American journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian (died 1990)

Cedric Henning Belfrage was an English film critic, journalist, writer and political activist. He is best remembered as a co-founder of the radical US weekly National Guardian. Later Belfrage was referenced as a Soviet…

1904

Martha Gellhorn

American journalist and author (died 1998)

Martha Ellis Gellhorn was an American novelist, travel writer and journalist who is considered one of the great war correspondents of the 20th century. She reported on virtually every major world conflict that took…

1908

James McCormack

American general (died 1975)

James McCormack Jr. was a United States Army officer who served in World War II, and was later the first Director of Military Applications of the United States Atomic Energy Commission.

1910

Al Brosch

American golfer (died 1975)

Albert Wenzel "Red" Brosch was an American professional golfer.

1911

Robert Jackson

Australian public servant and diplomat (died 1991)

Sir Robert Gillman Allen Jackson was an Australian naval officer, public servant and United Nations administrator who specialised in technical and logistical assistance to the developing world.

1911

June Havoc

American actress, singer and dancer (died 2010)

June Havoc was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer, stage director and memoirist.

1912

Stylianos Pattakos

Greek general and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (died 2016)

Stylianos G. Pattakos was a Greek military officer. Pattakos was one of the principals of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 that overthrew the government of Panagiotis Kanellopoulos in a coup d'état on 21 April 1967.

1912

Lou Ambers

American boxer (died 1995)

Luigi Giuseppe d'Ambrosio, also known as Lou Ambers, was an American two-time Undisputed World Lightweight boxing champion who fought from 1932 to 1941. Ambers fought many other boxing greats, such as Henry Armstrong…

1913

Norman Lloyd

American actor, director, and producer (died 2021)

Norman Nathan Lloyd was an American actor, producer, director, and centenarian with a career in entertainment spanning nearly a century. He worked in every major facet of the industry, including theatre, radio,…

1914

Clinton Jones

American Episcopal priest and gay rights activist (died 2006)

Canon Clinton Robert Jones Jr. was an Episcopal priest and gay rights activist based in Hartford, Connecticut.

1916

Kazuo Sakamaki

Japanese soldier (died 1999)

Kazuo Sakamaki was a Japanese naval officer who became the first prisoner of war of World War II to be captured by U.S. forces.

1918

Hermann Zapf

German typographer and calligrapher (died 2015)

Hermann Zapf was a German type designer and calligrapher who lived in Darmstadt, Germany. He was married to the calligrapher and typeface designer Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse. Typefaces he designed include Palatino, Optima,…

1918

James S. Ackerman

American historian and academic (died 2016)

James Sloss Ackerman was an American architectural historian, a major scholar of Michelangelo's architecture, of Palladio and of Italian Renaissance architectural theory.

1919

Sitara Devi

Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2014)

Sitara Devi was an Indian dancer of the classical Kathak style of dancing, a singer, and an actress. She was the recipient of several awards and accolades, and performed at several prestigious venues in India and…

1920

Esther Rolle

American actress (died 1998)

Esther Elizabeth Rolle was an American actress. She is best known for her role as Florida Evans, on the CBS television sitcom Maude, for two seasons (1972–1974), and its spin-off series Good Times, for which she was…

1920

Eugênio Sales

Brazilian cardinal (died 2012)

Eugênio de Araújo Sales was a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, having been elevated by Pope Paul VI on 28 April 1969. He served as archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro for thirty years until his…

1920

Douglas Townsend

American composer, musicologist, and academic (died 2012)

Douglas Townsend was an American composer and musicologist. Born in Manhattan, Townsend became interested in composition while a student at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, in…

1921

Christiaan Barnard

South African surgeon and academic (died 2001)

Christiaan Neethling Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation. On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted the heart of accident victim Denise…

1922

Thea D. Hodge

American computer scientist and academic (died 2008)

Thea Drell Hodge was a member of the Association for Computing Machinery and a cofounder of the Minneapolis chapter of the Association for Women in Computing. Hodge was a pioneer for women in computer science and…

1922

Ademir Marques de Menezes

Brazilian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (died 1996)

Ademir Marques de Menezes was a Brazilian footballer, regarded as one of the best forwards in the country's history. His prominent underbite earned him the nickname Queixada. He was also the top goalscorer of the 1950…

1922

Yisrael Friedman

Romanian-born Israeli rabbi (died 2017)

Yisrael Friedman, also known as the "Pashkaner Rebbe", was a historian, Rabbi, and Rosh Yeshiva. "Ben-Shalom", a man of peace, was appended to the surname in reference to his forebear Sholom Shachne of Prohobisht.

1923

Jack Kilby

American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)

Jack St. Clair Kilby was an American electronics engineer who took part, along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor, in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments in 1958.…

1923

Johnny Bower

Canadian ice hockey player and soldier (died 2017)

John William Bower nicknamed "The China Wall", was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender and inductee to the Hockey Hall of Fame, who won four Stanley Cups during his career with the Toronto Maple Leafs. In 2017 he was named…

1924

Joe Flynn

American actor (died 1974)

Joseph Anthony Flynn III was an American actor. He was known for playing Captain Wallace Binghamton in the 1960s ABC television situation comedy McHale's Navy. Flynn was also a frequent guest star on 1960s TV shows,…

1924

Robert V. Hogg

American statistician and academic (died 2014)

Robert Vincent Hogg was an American statistician and professor of statistics of the University of Iowa. Hogg is known for his widely used textbooks on statistics and on mathematical statistics. Hogg has received…

1924

Victorinus Youn Kong-hi

South Korean archbishop

Victorinus Youn Kong-hi was the third Archbishop, and current Archbishop Emeritus, of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kwangju. Born in Nampho, South Pyongan, North Korea, he was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of…

1924

Dmitry Yazov

Marshal of the Soviet Union (died 2020)

Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov was a Marshal of the Soviet Union. A veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Yazov served as Minister of Defence from 1987 until he was arrested for his part in the 1991 August coup, four months…

1924

Darleane C. Hoffman

American nuclear chemist (died 2025)

Darleane Christian Hoffman was an American nuclear chemist who was among the researchers who confirmed the existence of seaborgium, element 106. She was a faculty senior scientist in the Nuclear Science Division of…

1926

L. K. Advani

Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India

Lal Krishna Advani is an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. He is one of the co-founders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a member of the…

1927

Chris Connor

American singer (died 2009)

Mary Jean Loutsenhizer, known professionally as Chris Connor, was an American jazz singer.

1927

Ken Dodd

English singer and comedian (died 2018)

Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd was an English comedian, actor and singer. He was described as "the last great music hall entertainer" and was primarily known for his live stand-up performances. As a singer he sold more than…

1927

Nguyễn Khánh

Vietnamese general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of Vietnam (died 2013)

Nguyễn Khánh was a Vietnamese military officer and politician. A general of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, he was the leader of South Vietnam from January 1964 until February 1965 while at the head of a military…

1927

Patti Page

American singer and actress (died 2013)

Clara Ann Fowler, better known by her stage name Patti Page, was an American singer. Primarily known for pop and country music, she was the top-charting female vocalist and best-selling female artist of the 1950s,…

1927

Des Corcoran

Australian politician, 37th Premier of South Australia (died 2004)

James Desmond Corcoran was an Australian politician who served as the 37th premier of South Australia between February and September 1979, following the resignation of Don Dunstan. During his brief premiership Corcoran…

1928

Bobby Bowden

American football player and coach (died 2021)

Robert Cleckler Bowden was an American college football coach. Bowden coached the Florida State Seminoles of Florida State University (FSU) from 1976 to 2009 and is considered one of the greatest college football…

1929

António Castanheira Neves

Portuguese philosopher and academic

António Castanheira Neves is a Portuguese legal philosopher and a professor emeritus at the law faculty of the University of Coimbra.

1929

Jim Redman

English-Rhodesian motorcycle racer

James Albert Redman, is a Rhodesian former professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1959 to 1966. Redman is notable for being a six-time Grand Prix road racing world champion. In…

1931

Morley Safer

Canadian-American journalist and author (died 2016)

Morley Safer was a Canadian-American broadcast journalist, reporter, and correspondent for CBS News. He was best known for his long tenure on the news magazine 60 Minutes, whose cast he joined in 1970 after its second…

1931

Paolo Taviani

Italian film director and screenwriter (died 2024)

Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani, collectively referred to as the Taviani brothers, were Italian film directors and screenwriters who collaborated on numerous film productions.

1931

Stéphane Audran

French actress (died 2018)

Stéphane Audran was a French film actress. She was known for her performances in the films of her husband Claude Chabrol, including Les Biches (1968) and Le Boucher (1970), Luis Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the…

1932

Ben Bova

American journalist and author (died 2020)

Benjamin William Bova was an American writer and editor. During a writing career of 60 years, he was the author of more than 120 works of science fact and fiction, an editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact, for which…

1932

Peter Arundell

English race car driver (died 2009)

Peter John Arundell was a British racing driver, who competed in Formula One at 13 Grands Prix between 1963 and 1966.

1933

Alain Delon

French-Swiss actor, producer, screenwriter (died 2024)

Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of the foremost…

1935

Stratos Dionysiou

Greek singer-songwriter (died 1990)

Stratos Dionysiou, nicknamed "To Geraki tis Pistas", was a Greek singer, composer and lyricist.

1935

Alfonso López Trujillo

Colombian cardinal (died 2008)

Alfonso López Trujillo was a Colombian Cardinal Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and president of the Pontifical Council for the Family.

1935

Virna Lisi

Italian actress (died 2014)

Virna Lisa Pieralisi, known as just Virna Lisi, was an Italian actress. Her international film appearances included How to Murder Your Wife (1965), Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966), The Secret of Santa Vittoria…

1936

Driss Basri

Moroccan police officer and politician (died 2007)

Driss Basri was a Moroccan politician who served as interior minister from 1979 to 1999. His name has been associated with the Years of Lead in Morocco. During this time, he was known as the "King's Policeman".

1938

Satch Sanders

American basketball player

Thomas Ernest "Satch" Sanders is an American former professional basketball player and coach who played as a power forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics. Sanders won…

1938

Richard Stoker

English composer, author, and poet (died 2021)

Richard Stoker was a British composer, writer, actor and artist.

1938

Meg Wynn Owen

British actress (died 2022)

Margaret Wright, better known as Meg Wynn Owen, was a British actress known for her role as Hazel Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs. She also appeared in Gosford Park, Love Actually, Pride & Prejudice, Irina Palm, The…

1939

Nerys Hughes

Welsh actress

Nerys Hughes is a Welsh actress and narrator, known primarily for her television roles, including her parts in the BBC TV series The Liver Birds (1971–1978) and The District Nurse (1984–1987).

1941

Angel Cordero Jr.

Puerto Rican-American jockey

Ángel Tomás Cordero Jr. is a Puerto Rican jockey. He is known for being one of the winningest Thoroughbred horse racing jockeys of the late 20th-century and the first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the United States'…

1942

Sandro Mazzola

Italian footballer and sportscaster

Alessandro "Sandro" Mazzola is an Italian former professional footballer, who played as a forward or attacking midfielder for Internazionale and the Italy national team. He has worked also as a football analyst and…

1942

Martin Peters

English footballer and manager (died 2019)

Martin Stanford Peters was an English footballer and manager. As a member of the England team which won the 1966 FIFA World Cup, he scored the second of England's four goals in the final against West Germany. He also…

1943

Bonnie Bramlett

American singer and actress

Bonnie Bramlett is an American singer and occasional actress known for performing with her husband, Delaney Bramlett, as Delaney & Bonnie. She continues to sing as a solo artist.

1944

Arduino Cantafora

Italian-Swiss architect, painter, and author

Arduino Cantafora is an Italian-Swiss architect, painter, and writer. He was a student of Aldo Rossi.

1945

Joseph James DeAngelo

American serial killer

Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. is an American serial killer, serial rapist and former police officer known as the Golden State Killer, the Original Night Stalker, the East Area Rapist and the Visalia Ransacker, who committed…

1945

John Farrar

Australian-born music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist

John Clifford Farrar is an Australian music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist. As a musician, Farrar is a former member of several rock and roll groups including The Mustangs (1963–1964), The…

1945

Don Murray

American drummer (died 1996)

Donald Ray Murray was an American drummer and Hanna-Barbera animator, best known for his work with the Turtles. After leaving the group, Murray played with Paul Williams's psychedelic folk group the Holy Mackerel. In…

1945

Vincent Nichols

English cardinal

Vincent Gerard Nichols is an English Catholic prelate. A cardinal since 2014, he served as Archbishop of Westminster from 2009 to 2025. He was the Archbishop of Birmingham from 2000 to 2009 and was president of the…

1945

Arnold Rosner

American composer (died 2013)

Arnold Rosner was an American composer of classical music.

1945

Guus Hiddink

Dutch footballer and manager

Guus Hiddink is a Dutch former football manager and professional player. He enjoyed a long career playing as a midfielder in his native Netherlands. After retiring as a player in 1982, Hiddink went into management,…

1946

Roy Wood

English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Roy Wood is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard.

1946

Michael Perham

English bishop (died 2017)

Michael Francis Perham was a British Anglican bishop. From 2004 to 2014, he served as the Bishop of Gloucester in the Church of England.

1947

Minnie Riperton

American singer-songwriter (died 1979)

Minnie Julia Riperton was an American soul singer and songwriter best known for her 1974 single "Lovin' You", her five-octave vocal range, and her use of the whistle register.

1947

Margaret Rhea Seddon

American physician and astronaut

Margaret Rhea Seddon is an American surgeon and retired NASA astronaut. After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women in 1978, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as a mission…

1947

Lewis Yocum

American physician and surgeon (died 2013)

Lewis Yocum was an American orthopedic surgeon.

1947

Dale Gardner

American captain and astronaut (died 2014)

Dale Allan Gardner was a NASA astronaut, and naval flight officer who flew two Space Shuttle missions during the mid 1980s.

1948

Wayne LaPierre

American businessman, author, and activist

Wayne Robert LaPierre Jr. is an American gun rights lobbyist who was the CEO and executive vice president of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), a position he held between 1991 and 2024.

1949

Bonnie Raitt

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American singer-songwriter. In 1971, Raitt released her self-titled debut album. Following this, she released a series of critically acclaimed roots-influenced albums that incorporated elements…

1949

Mary Hart

American journalist and actress

Mary Hart is an American television personality. She was the host (1982–2011) of the syndicated gossip and entertainment round-up television program Entertainment Tonight. She was Miss South Dakota 1970.

1950

Gerald Alston

American R&B singer

Gerald Alston is an American soul/R&B singer, and the lead singer of the Manhattans. Between late 1970 and 1988, the group had 25 top 40 R&B and 12 Hot 100 hit singles. Alston was lead singer on their most successful…

1951

Alfredo Astiz

Argentine military commander

Alfredo Ignacio Astiz is an Argentine former military commander, intelligence officer, and naval commando who served in the Argentine Navy during the military dictatorship of Jorge Rafael Videla during the Proceso de…

1951

Larry Burnett

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Larry Burnett is an American singer and guitarist who was one of the original members of the pop-rock group Firefall.

1951

Laura Cox

English lawyer and judge

Dame Laura Mary Cox, styled The Hon. Mrs Justice Cox, is a former English High Court judge of the Queen's Bench Division, serving from 2002 until her retirement in 2016. Before serving on the bench, she was a barrister…

1951

Peter Suber

American philosopher and academic

Peter Dain Suber is an American philosopher specializing in the philosophy of law and open access to knowledge. He is a Senior Researcher at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Director of the Harvard…

1951

John Denny

American baseball player and coach

John Allen Denny is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cincinnati Reds,…

1952

Christie Hefner

American publisher and businesswoman

Christie Ann Hefner is an American businesswoman. She was chairman and CEO of Playboy Enterprises from 1988 to 2009, and is the daughter of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner.

1952

Jan Raas

Dutch cyclist

Jan Raas is a Dutch former professional cyclist whose 115 wins include the 1979 World Road Race Championship in Valkenburg, the Tour of Flanders in 1979 and 1983, Paris–Roubaix in 1982 and Milan–San Remo in 1977. He won…

1952

Jerry Remy

American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2021)

Gerald Peter Remy was an American professional baseball player and sports broadcaster. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman for ten seasons—three with the California Angels (1975–1977) and seven…

1952

Alfre Woodard

American actress

Alfre Woodard is an American actress. Known for portraying strong-willed and dignified roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including four Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three Screen…

1952

Giorgos Foiros

Greek footballer and manager

Georgios Firos is a Greek football manager and former football player.

1953

John Musker

American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter

John Edward Musker is an American animator and filmmaker. He often collaborates with fellow director Ron Clements and is best known for writing and directing the Disney animated films The Great Mouse Detective (1986),…

1953

Nand Kumar Patel

Indian politician (died 2013)

Nand Kumar Patel was an Indian National Congress politician from the province of Chhattisgarh. He was elected to the Kharsia Assembly Constituency five times in a row.

1953

David Bret

French-English journalist and author

David Bret is a British author of show business biographies. He chiefly writes on the private life of film stars and singers.

1954

Michael D. Brown

American lawyer and radio host

Michael DeWayne Brown is an American attorney, and former government official who served as the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from 2003 to 2005. He joined FEMA as general counsel in…

1954

Timothy Egan

American journalist and author

Timothy P. Egan is an American author, journalist, and former op-ed columnist for The New York Times. Egan has written ten books. Egan, a third-generation Westerner, lives in Seattle.

1954

Kazuo Ishiguro

Japanese-British novelist, screenwriter, and short story writer

Sir Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese-born British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. He is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary fiction authors writing in English, having been awarded…

1954

Rickie Lee Jones

American singer-songwriter and producer

Rickie Lee Jones is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. Over the course of a career that spans five decades and 15 studio albums, she has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, pop, soul, and…

1954

Thanasis Pafilis

Greek jurist and politician

Athanasios Pafilis is a Greek communist politician, member of the Hellenic Parliament and member of the central committee of the Communist Party of Greece. He is also the General Secretary of the World Peace Council and…

1954

Patricia Barber

American singer-songwriter and pianist

Patricia Barber is an American songwriter, composer, singer, and pianist.

1955

Jeffrey Ford

American author and educator

Jeffrey Ford is an American writer in the fantastic genre tradition, although his works have spanned genres including fantasy, science fiction and mystery. His work is characterized by a sweeping imaginative power,…

1955

Mari Boine

Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer

Mari Boine is a Norwegian Sámi singer. She combined a form of Sámi joik singing with rock. In 2008, she became a professor of musicology at Nesna University College.

1956

Richard Curtis

New Zealand-English screenwriter, film and television producer, and film director

Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis is a British screenwriter, producer and director. One of Britain's most successful comedy screenwriters, he is known for romantic comedy-drama films, including Four Weddings and a Funeral…

1956

Steven Miller

American record producer and engineer

Steven Miller is an American record producer and executive. He is best known for his association with Windham Hill Records, where his ambient sound helped create notable instrumental recordings such as Michael Hedges’…

1956

Alan Curbishley

English footballer and manager

Llewellyn Charles "Alan" Curbishley is an English former football player and manager. He played as a midfielder for West Ham United, Birmingham City, Aston Villa, Charlton Athletic and Brighton & Hove Albion. He became…

1957

Tim Shaw

American swimmer

Timothy Andrew Shaw is an American former Olympic medal-winning swimmer and water polo player. He swam at the 1976 Summer Olympics and played on the American team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is one of a handful of…

1957

Porl Thompson

English guitarist and songwriter

Pearl Thompson is an English musician and artist. Thompson is best known as a member of the English alternative rock band the Cure from 1983 to 1993 and from 2005 to 2011, during which he was credited as Porl Thompson…

1957

Hardi Volmer

Estonian singer and director

Hardi Volmer is an Estonian film director, puppet theatre set decorator and musician. Volmer is the singer in the Estonian punk rock band Singer Vinger.

1957

Don Byron

American clarinet player and composer

Donald Byron is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He primarily plays clarinet but has also played bass clarinet and saxophone in a variety of genres that includes free jazz and klezmer.

1958

Ken Lamberton

American author and educator

Kenneth J. Lamberton is an American writer and former teacher. Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Lamberton attended the University of Arizona, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and a Master of Fine Arts…

1958

Selçuk Yula

Turkish footballer and journalist (died 2013)

Selçuk Yula was a Turkish football player and topscorer.

1958

Miroslav Janů

Czech footballer and manager (died 2013)

Miroslav Janů was a Czech football defender and later manager. As a player, he played a total of 240 matches in the Czechoslovak First League, scoring five times.

1959

Chi Chi LaRue

American drag queen performer and director

Larry David Paciotti is an American director of pornographic films. He appears as the drag-diva persona Chi Chi LaRue, and has been credited as director under the names "Lawrence David" and "Taylor Hudson".

1959

Oleg Menshikov

Russian actor, singer, and director

Oleg Evgenyevich Menshikov, PAR is a Russian actor, theatre director and occasional singer. He is the current artistic director of the Yermolova Theatre in Moscow.

1960

Michael Nyqvist

Swedish actor and producer (died 2017)

Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist was a Swedish actor. Educated at the School of Drama in Malmö, he rose to prominence domestically for playing police officer John Banck in Beck (1997-1998) and for his leading role in the 2002…

1960

Micky Adams

English footballer and manager

Michael Richard Adams is an English former professional footballer and football manager. As a player, he was a full back, and made a total of 438 league appearances in a 19-year professional career in the English…

1961

Leif Garrett

American singer, actor, and television personality

Leif Garrett is an American actor, singer, and television personality, who was a teen idol in the 1970s. He later received much publicity for his drug abuse and legal troubles.

1961

Paul McKenna

English hypnotist and author

Paul McKenna is a British hypnotist, behavioural scientist, television and radio broadcaster and author of self-help books.

1963

Jeff Blauser

American baseball player and manager

Jeffrey Michael Blauser is an American former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs from 1987 to 1999.

1965

Craig Chester

American actor and screenwriter

Craig Chester is an American actor, writer, and screenwriter.

1965

Mike Matarazzo

American bodybuilder and boxer (died 2014)

Michael Richard Matarazzo was an American IFBB professional bodybuilder.

1965

Patricia Poleo

Venezuelan journalist

Patricia Poleo is a Venezuelan journalist and the winner of the King of Spain Journalism Award for her investigation into the whereabouts of Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori's right-hand man, Vladimiro Montesinos. She…

1965

Gordon Ramsay

British chef, restaurateur, and television host/personality

Gordon James Ramsay is a British celebrity chef, restaurateur, television presenter, and writer. His restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, was founded in 1997 and has been awarded 17 Michelin stars overall and…

1966

Henry Rodriguez

Dominican baseball player

Henry Anderson Rodríguez Lorenzo is a Dominican former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, and Florida…

1967

Keith Jones

Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Keith Jones is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current executive. He was a hockey studio analyst for NBC/NBCSN from 2005–2021 and TNT from 2021–2023. He currently works as the President of Hockey…

1968

José Offerman

Dominican baseball player and manager

José Antonio Offerman Dono is a Dominican professional baseball manager and former infielder who most recently served as the manager for the Algodoneros de Unión Laguna of the Mexican League. He played professional…

1968

Sergio Porrini

Italian footballer and manager

Sergio Porrini is an Italian football coach and former centre-back and right-back defender.

1968

Parker Posey

American actress

Parker Christian Posey is an American actress. Known for playing eccentric characters in independent films, she was named "Queen of the Indies" by Time in 1997. She has received nominations for two Primetime Emmy…

1968

Tom Anderson

American businessman, co-founded Myspace

Thomas Anderson is an American technology entrepreneur and co-founder of the social networking website Myspace, which he founded in 2003 with Chris DeWolfe. He was later president of Myspace and a strategic adviser for…

1970

David Hemp

Bermudian cricketer

David Lloyd Hemp is a Bermudian cricket coach and former cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler, who has played domestic cricket for Glamorgan, Free State, and Warwickshire. Hemp has…

1970

Michael Jackson

Canadian actor

Michael Jackson is a Canadian actor, grip and gaffer. He is known for his acting role as "Trevor" in the comedy TV series Trailer Park Boys (2001–2018) and the later film Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006).

1970

Diana King

Jamaican singer-songwriter

Diana King is a Jamaican singer and songwriter who performs a mixture and fusion of reggae, reggae fusion and dancehall. They are best known for their hit 1995 single "Shy Guy" and their remake of "I Say a Little…

1970

José Porras

Costa Rican footballer and coach

José Francisco Porras Hidalgo is a Costa Rican retired footballer who last played for Carmelita in Costa Rica.

1970

Carlos Atanes

Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter

Carlos Atanes is a Spanish film director, writer and playwright. He was born in Barcelona, and is a member of The Film-Makers' Cooperative, founded by Jonas Mekas, Shirley Clarke, Ken Jacobs, Andy Warhol, Jack Smith and…

1971

Tech N9ne

American musician, record producer, and actor

Aaron Dontez Yates, better known by his stage name Tech N9ne, is an American rapper, songwriter, and singer. In 1999, he and business partner Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. He has sold over two…

1971

Chris Fydler

Australian swimmer

Christopher John Fydler is a former competitive swimmer from Australia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. Fydler represented Australia at an international level…

1972

Gretchen Mol

American model and actress

Gretchen Mol is an American actress. She is known for her role as Gillian Darmody in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014). She also appeared in the films Rounders (1998), Celebrity (1998), The Thirteenth Floor…

1972

Kylie Shadbolt

Australian artistic gymnast

Kylie Shadbolt is an Australian artistic gymnast.

1972

František Kaberle

Czech ice hockey player

František "Frank" Kaberle is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman. His playing career extended over 20 seasons, most notably in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings, Atlanta Thrashers, and…

1973

Jesse Marsch; American soccer player and manager

Jesse Alan Marsch is an American professional soccer coach and former player who is the head coach of the Canada men's national team. Marsch played 14 seasons as a midfielder in Major League Soccer (MLS) with D.C.…

1973

Sven Mikser

Estonian politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Defence

Sven Mikser is an Estonian politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has served as a member of the European Parliament for Estonia since 2019. He previously served as minister of foreign affairs between…

1973

David Muir

American journalist

David Jason Muir is an American journalist and anchor for ABC World News Tonight and co-anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20, part of the news department of the ABC broadcast-television network, based in New York City.…

1973

Joshua Ferris

American author

Joshua Ferris is an American author best known for his debut novel Then We Came to the End (2007). The novel is a comedy about the American workplace, is narrated in the first-person plural, and is set in a fictitious…

1974

Penelope Heyns

South African swimmer

Penelope ("Penny") Heyns OIS is a South African former swimmer, who is best known for being the only woman in the history of the Olympic Games to have won both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events – at the 1996…

1974

Masashi Kishimoto

Japanese author and illustrator, created Naruto

Masashi Kishimoto is a Japanese manga artist. His manga series, Naruto, which was in serialization from 1999 to 2014, has sold over 250 million copies worldwide in 46 countries as of May 2019. The series has been…

1974

Seishi Kishimoto

Japanese illustrator

Seishi Kishimoto is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for O-Parts Hunter, which was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 2001 to 2007. He has since completed four more manga series, Blazer Drive…

1974

Matthew Rhys

Welsh actor

Matthew Rhys Evans is a Welsh actor. He gained recognition for playing Kevin Walker in the family drama series Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011) and Philip Jennings in the spy drama series The Americans (2013–2018). For…

1974

Antony Hickling

English film maker, actor

Antony Hickling is an English independent filmmaker, actor, writer, voiceover artist, and professor.

1975

Brevin Knight

American basketball player and sportscaster

Brevin Adon Knight is an American former professional basketball point guard who played with nine teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1997 to 2009. Knight played college basketball for the Stanford…

1975

José Manuel Pinto

Spanish footballer

José Manuel Pinto Colorado is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1975

Tara Reid

American actress

Tara Donna Reid is an American actress. Her film roles established her status as a sex symbol in the late 1990s.

1975

Alena Vašková

Czech tennis player

Alena Vašková is a retired Czech tennis player.

1975

Jaroslav Bednář

Czech ice hockey player

Jaroslav Bednář is a Czech former professional ice hockey winger.

1976

Brett Lee

Australian cricketer and sportscaster

Brett Lee is an Australian former international cricketer, who played all three formats of the game. During his international career, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in the world.

1976

Colin Strause

American director, producer, and visual effects designer

Greg and Colin Strause, known professionally as The Brothers Strause, are film directors, producers and special effects artists. They are known for directing the 2007 film Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem and the 2010 film…

1976

Jully Black

Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Jullyann Inderia Gordon Black is a Canadian singer, songwriter, actress and wellness leader. She has released four studio albums, two mixtapes, two remix EPs and several singles and has collaborated with and written for…

1977

Bucky Covington

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

William Joel "Bucky" Covington III is an American country music singer. He placed eighth on the 5th season of the Fox Network's talent competition series American Idol. In December 2006, he signed a recording contract…

1977

Nick Punto

American baseball player

Nicholas Paul Punto is an American former professional baseball infielder and current coach for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Philadelphia Phillies, Minnesota Twins, St.…

1977

Matthew Bulbeck

English cricketer

Matthew Paul Leonard Bulbeck is a former English First-class and List A cricketer who made appearances for Somerset during his senior career. He also made appearances at Youth Test and Youth One Day International level…

1978

Tim de Cler

Dutch footballer

Tim de Cler is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a left-back for Ajax, AZ, Feyenoord and AEK Larnaca.

1978

Maurice Evans

American basketball player

Maurice Eugene Evans is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has served as a vice president of the NBA Players Association.

1978

Ali Karimi

Iranian footballer and manager

Mohammad Ali Karimi Pashaki is an Iranian football coach and former professional player. During his professional football career, he has played as a playmaker in the Iran Pro League, UAE Pro League, Qatar Stars League…

1978

Kensaku Kishida

Japanese actor and entertainer

Kensaku Kishida is a Japanese actor and entertainer who also works as a vocalist in his solo project, Ash Berry. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Kōhoku High School. He has an exclusive contract with GF Enterprise.

1978

Emma Lewell-Buck

English social worker and politician

Emma Louise Lewell is a Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Shields since 2013.

1978

Júlio Sérgio

Brazilian footballer and manager

Júlio Sérgio Bertagnoli is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current assistant manager of Coritiba.

1978

Shyne

Belizean rapper and politician

Moses Michael Levi Barrow, best known by his stage name Shyne, is a Belizean politician and former rapper. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives, and the leader of the Belize United…

1978

Andrea Benatti

Italian rugby player

Andrea Benatti is an Italian rugby union player who last played for Aironi in the Pro12 in Italy. Once considered a star prospect, Benatti sat out several games for the national team in reserve for Mauro Bergamasco. A…

1979

Aaron Hughes

Irish footballer

Aaron William Hughes is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Hughes played mainly at centre back, but was also used at right back or left back, as well as anywhere in midfield. He is…

1979

Dania Ramirez

Dominican actress

Dania Ramirez is a Dominican actress. Her credits include the roles of Maya Herrera in the NBC series Heroes, Alex in the HBO series Entourage, and Blanca during the last season of the HBO crime drama The Sopranos on…

1979

Andrew Unger

Canadian writer

Andrew Unger is a Canadian novelist and satirist. He is the author of the satirical news website The Unger Review, as well as the novel Once Removed and the collection The Best of the Bonnet.

1979

Luís Fabiano

Brazilian footballer

Luís Fabiano Clemente, commonly known as Luís Fabiano, is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker most notably for Sevilla, São Paulo, and the Brazil national team. He is a prolific…

1980

Laura Jane Grace

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Laura Jane Grace is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the founder, lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist of the punk rock band Against Me!. In addition to Against Me!, Grace fronts the…

1980

Holly Walsh

English radio and television host

Holly Dione Walsh is an English comedian and comedy writer.

1980

Joe Cole

English footballer

Joseph John Cole is an English football coach and former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger. He was long touted as a child prodigy and as the hottest prospect in English football,…

1981

Yann Kermorgant

French footballer

Yann Alain Kermorgant is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.

1981

Ted DiBiase

Jr., American wrestler and actor

Theodore Marvin DiBiase Jr. is an American retired professional wrestler and actor. He is best known for his tenure in WWE.

1982

Mika Kallio

Finnish motorcycle racer

Mika Kallio is a Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, currently serving as the lead test and development rider for the Red Bull KTM team in MotoGP. He debuted in the 125cc World Championship with the Finnish rookie team…

1982

Sam Sparro

Australian singer-songwriter and producer

Samuel Falson, better known by his stage name Sam Sparro, is an Australian singer, songwriter and record producer. He was signed to the British record label Island Records. Sparro is best known for his 2008 single…

1982

Danielle Valore Evans

American short story writer

Danielle Valore Evans is an American fiction writer. She is a graduate of Columbia University and the University of Iowa. In 2011, she was honored by the National Book Foundation as one of its "5 Under 35" fiction…

1983

Sinan Güler

Turkish basketball player

Sinan Güler is a Turkish former professional basketball player.

1983

Katharina Molitor

German javelin thrower

Katharina Molitor is a German sportswoman who competes as a javelin thrower and volleyball player. As a javelin thrower, she is a World Champion, having won gold in 2015, and her personal best throw is 67.69 m. As a…

1983

Remko Pasveer

Dutch footballer

Remko Jurian Pasveer is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo.

1983

Pavel Pogrebnyak

Russian footballer

Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1983

Nikola Rachelle

English-New Zealand singer-songwriter and producer

Nikola Rachelle Bedingfield, also known as Nikola Rachelle or Nikola Bedingfield, is an English singer and songwriter. She is the younger sister of Daniel and Natasha Bedingfield. Nikola has created music for…

1983

Kuntal Chandra

Bangladeshi cricketer (died 2012)

Kuntal Chandra was a cricketer from Bangladesh.

1984

Keith Lee

American wrestler

Keith Gerald Lee II is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a former AEW World Tag Team Champion. He is on hiatus due to an injury. He is also known for his time in…

1984

Yoko Mitsuya

Japanese model and actress

Yoko Mitsuya is a Japanese gravure idol and actress.

1984

Steven Webb

English actor

Steven Michael Webb is an English actor in theatre, television and film.

1984

Magda Apanowicz

Canadian actress

Magda Apanowicz is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Andy Jensen in the ABC Family series Kyle XY, as Lacy Rand in the Syfy science fiction drama series Caprica, and as Emily in the science fiction…

1985

Míchel

Spanish footballer

Miguel Marcos Madera, commonly known as Míchel, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

1985

Jack Osbourne

English-American television personality

Jack Joseph Osbourne is a British media personality. He is the youngest child of Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne. He starred on MTV's reality series The Osbournes (2002–2005), along with his father, mother Sharon, and…

1985

Patricia Mayr-Achleitner

Austrian tennis player

Patricia Mayr-Achleitner is a retired Austrian tennis player.

1986

Jamie Roberts

Welsh rugby player

Jamie Huw Roberts is a Welsh former professional rugby union player who played as a centre.

1986

Aaron Swartz

American computer programmer and activist (died 2013)

Aaron Hillel Swartz, also known as AaronSw, was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist. As a programmer, Swartz helped develop the web feed format RSS; the…

1986

Édgar Benítez

Paraguayan footballer

Édgar Milciades Benítez Santander, nicknamed Pájaro, is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a midfielder. He also holds Mexican citizenship. A Paraguayan international on 56 occasions since 2008, he represented his…

1987

Sam Bradford

American football player

Samuel Jacob Bradford is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL).

1987

Mohd Faiz Subri

Malaysian footballer

Mohd Faiz bin Subri is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Malaysia Super League side Penang. He is best known for his free-kick goal which won him the 2016 FIFA…

1987

Yasmani Grandal

Cuban-American baseball player

Yasmani Grandal is a Cuban-American professional baseball catcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago…

1988

Jessica Lowndes

Canadian actress and singer

Jessica Suzanne Lowndes is a Canadian actress, director, singer, and songwriter. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Lowndes began her acting career at a young age, appearing in various television shows and films…

1988

Lucia Slaničková

Slovak heptathlete

Lucia Slaničková-Vadlejch is a Slovak retired athlete who specialises in the heptathlon.

1988

Malcolm Thomas

American basketball player

Malcolm Iseiah Thomas is an American professional basketball player for the Sagesse Club of the Lebanese Basketball League (LBL). He played college basketball for the San Diego State Aztecs, where he twice earned…

1988

Morgan Schneiderlin

French footballer

Morgan Fernand Gérard Schneiderlin is a French former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

1989

Giancarlo Stanton

American baseball player

Giancarlo Cruz-Michael Stanton, until 2012 known as Mike Stanton, is an American professional baseball designated hitter and outfielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played…

1989

SZA

American singer-songwriter

Solána Imani Rowe, known professionally as SZA, is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her diaristic songwriting and genre explorations, she is regarded as a prominent figure in influencing contemporary R&B music…

1989

Flavinha

Brazilian politician

Ana Flávia Rodrigues Ramiro, better known as Flavinha, is a Brazilian politician. From May to September 2023, she was a member of the Chamber of Deputies. In the 2024 municipal elections, she was a candidate for mayor…

1990

Ingrid Puusta

Estonian sailor

Ingrid Puusta is an Estonian Olympic windsurfer, who specializes in the Neil Pryde RS:X class. She represented Estonia at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, and trains at Noblessner Yacht Club in Tallinn under her…

1990

Aaron Fotheringham

American wheelchair athlete

Aaron Fotheringham is an American extreme wheelchair athlete who performs tricks adapted from skateboarding and BMX. He competes in the Vegas Am Jam series in skate park competitions, usually against BMX riders.

1991

Jack Littlejohn

Australian rugby league player

Jack Littlejohn is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Salford Red Devils in the Super League. He previously played for the Wests Tigers and the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the…

1991

Riker Lynch

American actor and singer

Riker Anthony Lynch is an American singer and actor. He was previously cast as Jeff, one of the members of the Dalton Academy Warblers singing group, on Fox's television series Glee. He finished in second place on…

1991

DanTDM

English YouTube personality and pro gamer

Daniel Robert Middleton, better known as DanTDM, is an English YouTuber, gamer, and author. He is primarily known for his Let's Play videos, particularly those featuring Minecraft, Roblox, Pokémon and Five Nights at…

1991

Christophe Vincent

French footballer

Christophe Vincent is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 2 club Bastia.

1992

Przemek Karnowski

Polish basketball player

Przemysław Marcin "Przemek" Karnowski is the Arizona men’s basketball graduate assistant and a former professional basketball player.

1993

Fraser Mullen

Scottish footballer

Fraser Mullen is a professional footballer, who plays as a right-back for Johnstone Burgh. Mullen has previously played for both Edinburgh derby rivals, Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian, as well as Raith Rovers and…

1993

Jens Stage

Danish footballer

Jens Dalsgaard Stage is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga side Werder Bremen.

1996

Leonardo Fernández

Uruguayan footballer

Leonardo "Leo" Cecilio Fernández López is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Uruguayan Primera División club Peñarol.

1997

Akram Tawfik

Egyptian footballer

Akram Tawfik Mohamed Hassan Elhagrasi is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or a defensive midfielder for Qatar Stars League club Al-Shamal and the Egypt national team.

1997

Isaac Bonga

German basketball player

Isaac Evolue Etue Bofenda Bonga is a German professional basketball player for Partizan Belgrade of the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS), the ABA League and the EuroLeague. Standing 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he began his…

1999

Katherine Uchida

Canadian rhythmic gymnast

Katherine Uchida is a Canadian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is 2019 Canadian champion, and she won the silver medal in the all-around at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

1999

Jade Pettyjohn

American actress

Jade Elizabeth Pettyjohn is an American actress. She is known for her roles as McKenna Brooks in An American Girl: McKenna Shoots for the Stars, as Summer on the Nickelodeon television series School of Rock, as Lexie…

2000

Jasmine Thompson

English singer

Jasmine Ying Thompson is an English singer and songwriter. She began her career at the age of ten by filming herself singing and uploading the videos to YouTube. In 2014, she was featured on German deep house producer…

2000

Ilyas Ansah

German footballer

Ilyas Ansah is a German professional football player who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Union Berlin.

2004

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Lauren Alaina — American singer & songwriter (born 1994)

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Known forShe was the runner-up on the tenth season of American Idol, losing to Scotty McCreery

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