Famous Birthdays on November 9

Q: Who was born on November 9?

Famous people born on November 9 include: Gyeongjong, Niccolò III d'Este, Isabella of Valois, Albrecht III Achilles, John V.

Q: What is Fernando Meirelles known for?

Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter

213 people 955 – 1999

November 9 has seen 213 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 955 – 1999. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · November 9 — Wikipedia

1955 — Fernando Meirelles

Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter

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He is best known for co-directing the film City of God, released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S

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He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director in 2005 for The Constant Gardener, which garnered the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Rachel Weisz

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He also directed the 2008 adaptation of José Saramago's novel Blindness, and the 2011 film 360

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In 2019, Meirelles directed The Two Popes for Netflix.

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Fernando Ferreira Meirelles is a Brazilian filmmaker

Gyeongjong

Korean king (died 981)

Gyeongjong, personal name Wang Chu, was the fifth ruler of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. He was the eldest son of King Gwangjong, and was confirmed as Crown Prince in the year of his birth. He was also the maternal and…

955

Niccolò III d'Este

Marquis of Ferrara (died 1441)

Niccolò III d'Este was Marquess of Ferrara from 1393 until his death. He was also a condottiero.

1383

Isabella of Valois

French princess and queen of England (died 1409)

Isabella of Valois was Queen of England as the wife of Richard II, King of England, between 1396 and 1399, and Duchess of Orléans as the wife of Charles I, Duke of Orléans, from 1406 until her death in 1409. She had…

1389

Albrecht III Achilles

Elector of Brandenburg (died 1486)

Albrecht III was Elector of Brandenburg from 1471 until his death, the third from the House of Hohenzollern. A member of the Order of the Swan, he received the cognomen Achilles because of his knightly qualities and…

1414

John V

Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count (died 1516)

Count John V of Nassau-Siegen, German: Johann V. Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Breda, was since 1475 Count of Nassau-Siegen and of half Diez. He descended from the…

1455

Charles II

Duke of Guelders, count of Zutphen from 1492 (died 1538)

Charles II was a member of the House of Egmond who ruled as Duke of Guelders and Count of Zutphen from 1492 until his death. He had a principal role in the Frisian peasant rebellion and the Guelders Wars.

1467

Philippa of Guelders

twin sister of Charles II, Dutch duchess consort (died 1547)

Philippa of Guelders, was a Duchess consort of Lorraine. She served as regent of Lorraine in 1509 during the absence of her son. She was the great-grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots.

1467

Martin Chemnitz

German astrologer and theologian (died 1586)

Martin Chemnitz was an eminent second-generation German, Evangelical Lutheran, Christian theologian, and a Protestant reformer, churchman, and confessor. In the Evangelical Lutheran tradition he is known as Alter…

1522

Nanda Bayin

king of Burma (died 1600)

Nanda Bayin, also known as Ngah Hsuu Daayakaa, was king of the Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1581 to 1599. He presided over the collapse of the First Toungoo Empire.

1535

Johannes Narssius

Dutch physician and poet (died 1637)

Johannes Narssius was a Dutch physician and Neo-Latin poet, initially a Remonstrant minister.

1580

Hermann Conring

German philosopher and educator (died 1681)

Hermann Conring was a German intellectual. He made significant contributions to the study of medicine, politics and law.

1606

Johann Speth

German organist and composer (died 1719)

Johann (Johannes) Speth was a German organist and composer. He was born in Speinshart, some 150 km from Nuremberg, but spent most of his life in Augsburg, where he worked as cathedral organist for two years. His only…

1664

Henry Wharton

English librarian and author (died 1695)

Henry Wharton was an English writer and librarian.

1664

Carl Gustaf Armfeldt

Swedish officer, general and friherre (died 1736)

Carl Gustaf Armfeldt was a Swedish officer, general and friherre (baron) who took part in the Great Northern War.

1666

George II of Great Britain (died 1760)

George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) until his death in 1760.

1683

Claudio Casciolini

Italian singer and composer (died 1760)

Claudio Casciolini was an Italian composer.

1697

Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani

Italian priest, theoretician, and academic (died 1796)

Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani was an Italian law professor, priest, chess player, composer and theoretician. He is best known today for his chess writing.

1719

Mark Akenside

English physician and poet (died 1770)

Mark Akenside was an English poet and physician.

1721

Anna Amalia

Abbess of Quedlinburg (died 1787)

Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia was an early modern German composer and music curator who served as princess-abbess of Quedlinburg. She was a princess of Prussia as the daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and the…

1723

Benjamin Banneker

American farmer, surveyor, and author (died 1806)

Benjamin Banneker was an American naturalist, mathematician, astronomer and almanac author. A landowner, he also worked as a surveyor and farmer.

1731

Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse

French businesswoman and author (died 1776)

Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse was a French salon holder and letter writer. She held a prominent salon in Paris during the Enlightenment. She is best-known today, however, for her letters, first published in 1809,…

1732

Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd

Danish author (died 1856)

Baroness Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd was a Danish author, born in Copenhagen. Her maiden name was Buntzen.

1773

Nicolai Wergeland

Norwegian priest, writer and politician (died 1848)

Nicolai Wergeland was a Norwegian minister, writer and politician, and a member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll Manor that wrote the Constitution of Norway on 17 May 1814. He was elected as one of two…

1780

Gustav

Prince of Vasa (died 1877)

Gustav, Prince of Vasa, born Crown Prince of Sweden, was the son of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Queen Frederica. His Austrian princely title was actually spelled Wasa.

1799

Gail Borden

American surveyor and publisher, invented condensed milk (died 1874)

Gail Borden Jr. was an American inventor and manufacturing pioneer. He was born in New York state and settled in Texas in 1829, where he worked as a land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and food company entrepreneur. He…

1801

Elijah Parish Lovejoy

American minister, journalist, and activist (died 1837)

Elijah Parish Lovejoy was an American Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper editor, and abolitionist. After his murder by a mob, he became a martyr to the abolitionist cause opposing slavery in the United States.…

1802

Bernhard von Langenbeck

German general, surgeon, and academic (died 1887)

Bernhard Rudolf Konrad von Langenbeck was a German surgeon known as the developer of Langenbeck's amputation and founder of Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery.

1810

Ivan Turgenev

Russian author and playwright (died 1883)

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West.

1818

A. P. Hill

American general (died 1865)

Ambrose Powell Hill Jr. was a Confederate general who was killed in the American Civil War. He is usually referred to as A. P. Hill to differentiate him from Confederate general Daniel Harvey Hill, who was unrelated.

1825

Peter Lumsden

English general (died 1918)

General Sir Peter Stark Lumsden was a British military officer who served in India. Born in Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, he was the fourth son of Colonel Thomas Lumsden CB. He studied at Addiscombe Military Seminary,…

1829

Émile Gaboriau

French author and journalist (died 1873)

Étienne Émile Gaboriau was a French writer, novelist, journalist, and a pioneer of detective fiction.

1832

Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau

Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Quebec (died 1898)

Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, born in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, was a French-Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 7th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1892 to 1898.

1840

Edward VII of the United Kingdom (died 1910)

Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

1841

Louis Lewin

German pharmacologist and academic (died 1929)

Louis Lewin was a German pharmacologist. In 1887 he received his first sample of the Peyote cactus from Dallas, Texas-based physician John Raleigh Briggs (1851-1907), and later published the first methodical analysis of…

1850

Stanford White

American architect and partner, co-founded McKim, Mead & White (died 1906)

Stanford White was an American architect and a partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, one of the most significant Beaux-Arts firms at the turn of the 20th century. White designed many houses for the…

1853

Maud Howe Elliott

American activist and author (died 1948)

Maud Howe Elliott was an American novelist, most notable for her Pulitzer Prize-winning collaboration with her sisters, Laura E. Richards and Florence Hall, on their mother's biography The Life of Julia Ward Howe…

1854

Gigo Gabashvili

Georgian painter and educator (died 1936)

Giorgi "Gigo" Ivanes dze Gabashvili was a Georgian painter and educator. One of the earliest Georgian representatives of the Realist School of Georgian painting, his work is known for covering a wide range of subjects,…

1862

Marie Dressler

Canadian-American actress and singer (died 1934)

Leila Marie Koerber, known professionally as Marie Dressler, was a Canadian-born stage- and screen-actress script editor, writer, and comedian, popular in Hollywood in early silent and Depression-era film.

1869

Florence R. Sabin

American medical scientist (died 1953)

Florence Rena Sabin was an American physician and medical scientist known for pioneering work on the development of the lymphatic system and for later transforming public health in Colorado. She was the first woman to…

1871

Bohdan Lepky

Ukrainian author and poet (died 1941)

Bohdan Teodor Nestor Sylvestrovych Lepky, was a Ukrainian writer, poet, scholar, public figure, and artist.

1872

Otfrid Foerster

German neurologist and surgeon (died 1941)

Otfrid Foerster was a German neurologist and neurosurgeon, who made innovative contributions to neurology and neurosurgery, such as rhizotomy for the treatment of spasticity, anterolateral cordotomy for pain, the…

1873

Albert Francis Blakeslee

American botanist and academic (died 1954)

Albert Francis Blakeslee was an American botanist. He is best known for his research on the poisonous jimsonweed plant and the sexuality of fungi. He was the brother of the Far East scholar George Hubbard Blakeslee.

1874

Enrico De Nicola

Italian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of the Italian Republic (died 1959)

Enrico De Nicola was an Italian jurist, journalist, politician, and statesman who served as the first president of Italy in 1948 and provisional head of state of republican Italy from 1946 to 1948.

1877

Muhammad Iqbal

Pakistani philosopher, poet, and politician (died 1938)

Sir Muhammad Iqbal was an Islamic philosopher and poet. His poetry in Urdu is considered to be among the greatest of the 20th century, and his vision of a cultural and political ideal for the Muslims of British India is…

1877

Ahn Changho

Korean activist and politician (died 1938)

Ahn Chang Ho, sometimes An Chang-ho, was a prominent Korean politician, Korean independence activist, and an early leader of the Korean-American immigrant community in the United States. He is also commonly referred to…

1878

Jenő Bory

Hungarian architect and sculptor (died 1959)

Jenő Bory was a Hungarian architect and sculptor.

1879

Milan Šufflay

Croatian historian and politician (died 1931)

Milan Šufflay was a Croatian historian and politician. He was one of the founders of Albanology and the author of the first Croatian science fiction novel. As a Croatian nationalist, he was persecuted in the Kingdom of…

1879

Giles Gilbert Scott

English architect, designed the red telephone box (died 1960)

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott was a British architect known for his work on the New Bodleian Library, Cambridge University Library, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, Battersea Power Station, Liverpool Cathedral, and designing the…

1880

Edna May Oliver

American actress (died 1942)

Edna May Oliver was an American stage and film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the better-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-tongued spinsters.

1883

Theodor Kaluza

German mathematician and physicist (died 1954)

Theodor Franz Eduard Kaluza was a German mathematician and physicist known for the Kaluza–Klein theory, involving field equations in five-dimensional space-time. His idea that fundamental forces can be unified by…

1885

Velimir Khlebnikov

Russian poet and playwright (died 1922)

Viktor Vladimirovich Khlebnikov, better known by the pen name Velimir Khlebnikov, was a Russian poet and playwright, a central part of the Russian Futurist movement, but his work and influence stretch far beyond it.…

1885

Aureliano Pertile

Italian tenor and educator (died 1952)

Aureliano Pertile was an Italian lyric tenor. Many critics consider him one of the most exciting operatic artists of the inter-war period, and one of the most important tenors of the 20th century.

1885

Hermann Weyl

German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (died 1955)

Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl was a German mathematician, theoretical physicist, logician and philosopher. Although much of his working life was spent in Zürich, Switzerland, and then Princeton, New Jersey, he is associated…

1885

Ed Wynn

American actor (died 1966)

Isaiah Edwin Leopold, better known as Ed Wynn, was an American actor and comedian. He began his career in vaudeville in 1903 and was known for his Perfect Fool comedy character, his pioneering radio show of the 1930s,…

1886

Jean Monnet

French economist and diplomat (died 1979)

Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet was a French civil servant, entrepreneur, diplomat, financier, and administrator. An influential supporter of European unity, he is considered one of the founding fathers of the European…

1888

Louisa E. Rhine

American botanist and parapsychologist (died 1983)

Louisa Ella Rhine was an American doctor of botany and is known for her work in parapsychology. At the time of her death, she was recognized as the foremost researcher of spontaneous psychic experiences, and has been…

1891

Mae Marsh

American actress (died 1968)

Mae Marsh was an American film actress whose career spanned over 50 years.

1894

Dietrich von Choltitz

General of the German Army during World War II (died 1966)

Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz was a German general. Sometimes referred to as the Saviour of Paris, he served in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as serving in the Reichswehr of the Weimar…

1894

Harvey Hendrick

American baseball player (died 1941)

Harvey "Gink" Hendrick was an American Major League Baseball player who played for several different teams during an eleven-year career.

1897

Ronald George Wreyford Norrish

English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1978)

Ronald George Wreyford Norrish FRS was a British chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.

1897

Oskar Loorits

Estonian author and academic (died 1961)

Oskar Loorits was an Estonian folklorist.

1900

Anthony Asquith

English director and screenwriter (died 1968)

Anthony Asquith was an English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy (1948) and The Browning Version (1951), among other adaptations. His other notable films…

1902

Viktor Brack

German SS officer (died 1948)

Viktor Hermann Brack was a member of the Schutzstaffel (SS), a convicted Nazi war criminal and one of the prominent organisers of the involuntary euthanasia programme Aktion T4; this Nazi initiative resulted in the…

1904

Heiti Talvik

Estonian poet (died 1947)

Heiti Talvik was an Estonian poet.

1904

Erika Mann

German-Swiss actress and author (died 1969)

Erika Julia Hedwig Mann was a German actress and writer, daughter of the novelist Thomas Mann.

1905

Arthur Rudolph

German scientist and engineer (died 1996)

Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph was a German rocket engineer who was a leader of the effort to develop the V-2 rocket. After World War II, the United States government's Office of Strategic Services (OSS) brought him to the…

1906

Paulene Myers

American actress (died 1996)

Paulene Elenora Myers was an American actress. Variations on the spelling of her name include Pauline Myers and Pauline Meyers. She was a pioneer among African–American actors who performed on Broadway stage and…

1913

Thomas Berry

American priest, historian, and theologian (died 2009)

Thomas Berry, CP was an American Catholic priest, cultural historian, and scholar of the world's religions, especially Asian traditions. Later, as he studied Earth history and evolution, he called himself a "geologian".…

1914

Hedy Lamarr

Austrian-American actress and inventor (died 2000)

Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian and American actress and inventor. Regarded as a successful film star, she also co-invented a radio guidance system during World War II.

1914

André François

Romanian-French illustrator, painter, and sculptor (died 2005)

André François, born André Farkas, was a Hungarian-born French cartoonist. He was one of the most influential graphic artists of his generation. Since the 1960s he had worked primarily as a painter, sculptor,…

1915

Sargent Shriver

American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st United States Ambassador to France (died 2011)

Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. was an American diplomat, politician, and activist. He was a member of the Shriver family by birth, and a member of the Kennedy family through his marriage to Eunice Kennedy. Shriver was the…

1915

Martha Settle Putney

American lieutenant, historian, and educator (died 2008)

Martha Settle Putney was an American educator and historian who chronicled the roles of African Americans in the armed forces. After serving as one of the first black members of the Women's Army Corps during World War…

1916

Spiro Agnew

American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (died 1996)

Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973 under President Richard Nixon. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 3rd Executive of…

1918

Florence Chadwick

American swimmer (died 1995)

Florence May Chadwick was an American swimmer known for long-distance open water swimming. She was the first woman to swim across the English Channel in both directions, setting a time record each time. She was also the…

1918

Thomas Ferebee

American colonel (died 2000)

Thomas Wilson Ferebee was the bombardier aboard the B-29 Superfortress, Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima in 1945.

1918

Choi Hong Hi

South Korean general and martial artist, co-founded taekwondo (died 2002)

Choi Hong-hi was a South Korean Army general, and martial artist who was an important figure in the history of the Korean martial art of Taekwondo, albeit controversial due to his introduction of taekwondo to North…

1918

Eva Todor

Brazilian actress (died 2017)

Eva Todor Nolding was a Brazilian actress and dancer.

1919

Byron De La Beckwith

American assassin of Medgar Evers (died 2001)

Byron De La Beckwith Jr. was an American white supremacist and member of the Ku Klux Klan who murdered civil rights leader Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963, in Jackson, Mississippi.

1920

Philip G. Hodge

American engineer and academic (died 2014)

Philip Gibson Hodge Jr. was an American engineer who specialized in mechanics of elastic and plastic behavior of materials. His work resulted in significant advancements in plasticity theory including developments in…

1920

Pierrette Alarie

Canadian soprano and actress (died 2011)

Pierrette Alarie, was a French Canadian coloratura soprano. She was married to the French-Canadian tenor Léopold Simoneau.

1921

Viktor Chukarin

Ukrainian gymnast and coach (died 1984)

Viktor Ivanovich Chukarin was a Ukrainian gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union. He won eleven medals, including seven gold medals at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and was the all-around world champion in 1954.…

1921

Dorothy Dandridge

American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1965)

Dorothy Jean Dandridge was an American actress and singer. She was the first African American to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Carmen Jones (1954). Dandridge had also performed as a vocalist in…

1922

Raymond Devos

Belgian-French comedian and clown (died 2006)

Raymond Devos was a French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown. He is best known for his sophisticated puns and surreal humour.

1922

Imre Lakatos

Hungarian mathematician, philosopher, and academic (died 1974)

Imre Lakatos was a Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science, known for his thesis of the fallibility of mathematics and its "methodology of proofs and refutations" in its pre-axiomatic stages of development, and…

1922

Alice Coachman

American high jumper (died 2014)

Alice Marie Coachman Davis was an American athlete. She specialized in high jump and was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal.

1923

Elizabeth Hawley

American-Nepali journalist and historian (died 2018)

Elizabeth Hawley was an American journalist, author, and chronicler of Himalayan mountaineering expeditions. Hawley's The Himalayan Database became the unofficial record for climbs in the Nepalese Himalaya. She was also…

1923

James Schuyler

American poet and author (died 1991)

James Marcus Schuyler was an American poet. His awards include the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 1980 collection The Morning of the Poem. He was a central figure in the New York School and is often associated with…

1923

Robert Frank

Swiss-American photographer and director (died 2019)

Robert Frank was a Swiss American photographer and documentary filmmaker. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled The Americans, earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day de Tocqueville for his fresh and nuanced…

1924

Alistair Horne

English-American journalist, historian, and author (died 2017)

Sir Alistair Allan Horne was a British historian and academic best known for his works about armed conflicts involving 19th- and 20th-century France, including his classic about the Algerian War, A Savage War of Peace.…

1925

Vicente Aranda

Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)

Vicente Aranda Ezquerra was a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.

1926

Luis Miguel Dominguín

Spanish bullfighter (died 1996)

Luis Miguel González Lucas, better known as Luis Miguel Dominguín, was a Spanish bullfighter. The son of the noteworthy bullfighter Domingo Dominguín, he adopted his father's pseudonymic last name to gain popularity.

1926

Anne Sexton

American poet and academic (died 1974)

Anne Sexton was an American poet known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967 for her book Live or Die. Her poetry details her long battle with bipolar disorder,…

1928

Marc Favreau

Canadian actor and poet (died 2005)

Marc Favreau, was a French Canadian humorist, film actor, and poet born in Montreal, Quebec. He is best known for developing and portraying the clown character Sol.

1929

Imre Kertész

Hungarian author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)

Imre Kertész was a Hungarian author and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history". He was the…

1929

Whitey Herzog

American baseball player and manager (died 2024)

Dorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog was an American professional baseball outfielder and manager, most notable for his Major League Baseball (MLB) managerial career.

1931

Valery Shumakov

Russian surgeon and transplantologist (died 2008)

Valery Ivanovich Shumakov was a Russian surgeon and transplantologist, famous for being the founding father of organ transplants in Russia and was a pioneer of artificial organ surgery.

1931

George Witt

American baseball player and coach (died 2013)

George Adrian "Red" Witt, was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball (1957–62) with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Angels and…

1931

Frank Selvy

American basketball player and coach (died 2024)

Franklin Delano Selvy was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player who was best known for holding the record for the most points (100) in a Division I college basketball game. Born in Corbin, Kentucky,…

1932

Ed Corney

American professional bodybuilder (died 2019)

Edward Charles Corney was an American professional bodybuilder. He won many prizes in his 30s, including Mr. Universe in 1972, and was featured in the 1977 bodybuilding docudrama Pumping Iron. Known for his excellent…

1933

Jim Perry

American game show host (died 2015)

James Edward Perry was a Canadian television game show host, singer, announcer, and performer in the 1970s and 1980s.

1933

Ingvar Carlsson

Swedish economist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Sweden

Gösta Ingvar Carlsson is a Swedish retired politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1986 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 1996. He was leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1986 to 1996. He led…

1934

Ronald Harwood

South African author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2020)

Sir Ronald Harwood was a South African-born British author, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for The Dresser and The Pianist, for which he won the…

1934

Carl Sagan

American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (died 1996)

Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator. Initially an assistant professor at Harvard, Sagan later moved to Cornell, where he was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy…

1934

Bob Gibson

American baseball player and coach (died 2020)

Robert Gibson, nicknamed "Gibby" and "Hoot", was an American baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played his entire career for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1959 to 1975. Known for his fiercely competitive…

1935

David Wolfson

Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale, English businessman and politician (died 2021)

David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale was a British Conservative politician and businessman.

1935

Bob Graham

American lawyer and politician, 38th Governor of Florida (died 2024)

Daniel Robert Graham was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 38th governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1987 to 2005. He was a member of the…

1936

Mikhail Tal

Latvian-Russian chess player and author (died 1992)

Mikhail Tal was a Soviet Latvian chess grandmaster and the eighth World Chess Champion. He is considered a creative genius and is widely regarded as one of the most influential players in chess history. Tal played in an…

1936

Mary Travers

American singer-songwriter (died 2009)

Mary Allin Travers was an American singer who found fame as a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, along with Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey. Travers grew up amid the burgeoning folk scene in New York…

1936

Roger McGough

English author, poet, and playwright

Roger Joseph McGough is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. McGough was one of the…

1937

Donald Trelford

English journalist and academic (died 2023)

Donald Gilchrist Trelford was a British journalist and academic who was editor of The Observer newspaper from 1975 to 1993. He was also a director of The Observer from 1975 to 1993 and chief executive from 1992 to 1993.

1937

Clyde Wells

Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Newfoundland

Clyde Kirby Wells, was the fifth provincial premier of Newfoundland from 1989 to 1996, and subsequently Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador, sitting on the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1998 to…

1937

Ti-Grace Atkinson

American author and critic

Grace Atkinson, better known as Ti-Grace Atkinson, is an American radical feminist activist, writer and philosopher. She was an early member of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and presided over the New York…

1938

Paul Cameron

American psychologist and academic

Paul Drummond Cameron is an American psychologist. While employed at various institutions, including the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, he conducted research on passive smoking, but he is best known today for his…

1939

Bryan Davies

Baron Davies of Oldham, English academic and politician

Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, PC is a Labour politician and former member of the House of Commons and House of Lords. He served as Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2003 to 2010, and as…

1939

David Constant

English cricketer and umpire

David John Constant is a former English professional cricketer and cricket umpire. He played first-class cricket from 1961 to 1968 for Kent County Cricket Club and Leicestershire County Cricket Club. He later became an…

1941

Tom Fogerty

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1990)

Thomas Richard Fogerty was an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

1941

John Singleton

Australian businessman

John Desmond Singleton is an Australian entrepreneur. He built his success and wealth in the advertising business in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s, and later also had diverse investment interests in radio…

1941

Victor Blank

English businessman and philanthropist

Sir Maurice Victor Blank is an English businessman and philanthropist. He is the former chairman of Lloyds TSB and the current chairman of several educational and charitable organisations including the Social Mobility…

1942

Tom Weiskopf

American golfer and sportscaster (died 2022)

Thomas Daniel Weiskopf was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. His most successful decade was the 1970s. He won 16 PGA Tour titles between 1968 and 1982, including the 1973…

1942

Chitresh Das

Indian dancer and choreographer (died 2015)

Chitresh Das was a classical dancer of the North Indian style of Kathak. Born in Calcutta, Das was a performer, choreographer, composer and educator. He was instrumental in bringing Kathak to the US and is credited with…

1944

Phil May

English singer-songwriter (died 2020)

Philip Dennis Arthur May was an English vocalist. He gained fame in the 1960s as the lead singer of The Pretty Things, of which he was a founding member. May remained a member throughout the band's changing line-up over…

1944

Moeletsi Mbeki

South African economist and academic

Moeletsi Goduka Mbeki is a South African political economist and the deputy chairman of the South African Institute of International Affairs, an independent think tank based at the University of the Witwatersrand, and a…

1945

Charlie Robinson

American actor (died 2021)

Charlie Robinson was an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for his role on the NBC sitcom Night Court as Macintosh "Mac" Robinson, the clerk of the court and a Vietnam War veteran.

1945

Benny Mardones

American singer-songwriter (died 2020)

Ruben Armand "Benny" Mardones was an American pop/rock singer and songwriter who was best known for his hit single "Into the Night", which hit the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart twice, in 1980 (#11) and again in…

1946

Marina Warner

English author and academic

Dame Marina Sarah Warner is an English historian, mythographer, art critic, novelist and short story writer. She is known for her many non-fiction books relating to feminism and myth. She has written for many…

1946

Robert David Hall

American actor, singer, and pianist

Robert David Hall is an American actor, best known for his role as coroner Dr. Albert Robbins, M.D. on the television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

1947

Bille August

Danish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter

Bille August R. is a Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of film and television.

1948

Joe Bouchard

American bass player and songwriter

Blue Öyster Cult is an American rock band formed on Long Island, New York, in the hamlet of Stony Brook, in 1967. They have sold 25 million records worldwide, including 7 million in the United States. Their fusion of…

1948

Jane Humphries

English economist, historian, and academic

Katherine Jane Humphries, CBE FBA, is a Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford with the Title of Distinction of professor of economic history. Her research interest has been in economic growth and development…

1948

Michel Pagliaro

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Michel Armand Guy Pagliaro is a Québécois rock singer, songwriter and guitarist from Montreal, Quebec. Although he writes and records predominantly in French, Pagliaro has reached international success mainly with…

1948

Luiz Felipe Scolari

Brazilian footballer and manager

Luiz Felipe Scolari, also known as Felipão, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who is the technical director of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio.

1948

Parekura Horomia

New Zealand politician, 40th Minister of Māori Affairs (died 2013)

Parekura Tureia Horomia was a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as Minister of Māori Affairs between 2000 and 2008.

1950

Lou Ferrigno

American bodybuilder and actor

Louis Jude Ferrigno Sr. is an American actor and retired professional bodybuilder. He won an IFBB Mr. America title and two consecutive IFBB Mr. Universe titles, and appeared in the documentary film Pumping Iron (1977).…

1951

Sherrod Brown

American academic and politician

Sherrod Campbell Brown is an American politician who served from 2007 to 2025 as a United States senator from Ohio. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district…

1952

Gladys Requena

Venezuelan politician

Gladys del Valle Requena is a Venezuelan politician. She served in the National Assembly until 2015, becoming the Minister for Women and Gender Equality under Nicolás Maduro. After serving in his cabinet, she became a…

1952

Jim Riggleman

American baseball player, coach, and manager

James David Riggleman is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) manager and bench coach who coached with several teams between 1989 and 2019.

1952

Gaétan Hart

Canadian boxer

Gaëtan Hart is a former lightweight/welterweight boxer from Québec, who was a three-time boxing champion for his country. He lost his only world title fight against Aaron Pryor in 1980. Boxer Cleveland Denny died 16…

1953

Aed Carabao

Thai singer-songwriter and guitarist

Yuenyong Opakul, known professionally as Aed Carabao, is a Thai musician, activist, and entrepreneur. He is best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter, and a founding member of the Thai rock band…

1954

Bob Nault

Canadian lawyer and politician

Robert Daniel Nault is a Canadian politician.

1955

Thomas Quasthoff

German opera singer

Thomas Quasthoff is a German bass-baritone. Quasthoff has a range of musical interest from Bach cantatas, to lieder, and solo jazz improvisations. Born with severe birth defects caused by thalidomide, Quasthoff is 1.34…

1959

Tony Slattery

British actor, comedian and television personality (died 2025)

Tony Declan James Slattery was an English actor and comedian. He appeared on British television regularly from the mid-1980s, including as a regular on the Channel 4 improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?. His…

1959

Andreas Brehme

German footballer and manager (died 2024)

Andreas "Andi" Brehme was a German professional football player and coach. At international level, he is best known for scoring the winning goal for Germany in the 1990 FIFA World Cup final against Argentina from an…

1960

Sarah Franklin

American-English anthropologist and academic

Sarah Franklin is an American anthropologist who has substantially contributed to the fields of feminism, gender studies, cultural studies and the social study of reproductive and genetic technology. She has conducted…

1960

Demetra Plakas

American drummer

Demetra Plakas is an American musician, best known for being the drummer in the rock band L7.

1960

Jill Dando

English journalist (died 1999)

Jill Wendy Dando was an English journalist, television presenter and newsreader. She spent most of her career at the BBC and was the corporation's Personality of the Year in 1997. At the time of her death, her…

1961

Anthony Bowie

American basketball player

Anthony Lee Bowie is an American former professional basketball player. He is a former NBA shooting guard, most renowned for his stint with the Orlando Magic. With the Magic, Bowie became one of the top bench players,…

1963

Robert Duncan McNeill

American actor, director, and producer

Robert Duncan McNeill is an American film director, producer, and actor. As an actor, he is best known for his role as Lieutenant Tom Paris on the television series Star Trek: Voyager. He has also served as an executive…

1964

Daphne Guinness

English-Irish model and actress

Hon. Daphne Diana Joan Susanna Guinness is an English fashion designer, socialite, actress, film producer, and musician.

1965

Andrei Lapushkin

Russian footballer

Andrei Veniaminovich Lapushkin is a former Russian professional football player.

1965

Ryan Murphy

American television writer, producer, and director

Ryan Patrick Murphy is an American writer, director, and producer, working mainly in television. He has often been described as "the most powerful man" in modern television and signed the largest development deal in…

1965

Bryn Terfel

Welsh opera singer

Sir Bryn Terfel Jones is a Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer. Terfel was initially primarily associated with the roles of Mozart, particularly Figaro, Leporello and Don Giovanni, but he has subsequently…

1965

Ricky Otto

English footballer

Ricky Junior Otto is an English former footballer.

1967

Nazzareno Carusi

Italian pianist and educator

Nazzareno Carusi is an Italian pianist. A pupil of Alexis Weissenberg and Victor Merzhanov, he also studied with Lucia Passaglia and Adriano Vendramelli. The classical studies with Ugo Maria Palanza and Vittoriano…

1968

Colin Hay

English political scientist, author, and academic

Colin Hay is Professor of Political Sciences at Sciences Po, Paris and Affiliate Professor of Political Analysis at the University of Sheffield, joint editor-in-chief of the journal Comparative European Politics. and…

1968

Sandra Denton

Jamaican-American rapper and actress

Sandra Jacqueline Denton, better known by her stage name Pepa or Pep, is a Jamaican-American rapper, best known for her work as a member of the female rap trio Salt-N-Pepa. Denton starred in The Salt-N-Pepa Show, a…

1969

Ramona Milano

Canadian actress

Ramona Milano is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Francesca Vecchio in Due South, Teresa in Cra$h & Burn, and as Audra Torres in Degrassi: The Next Generation. She has also appeared in numerous…

1969

Roxanne Shanté

American rapper

Lolita Shanté Gooden, better known by her stage name Roxanne Shanté, is an American rapper. She first gained attention in 1984 through the Roxanne Wars, and was part of the Juice Crew. The 2017 film Roxanne Roxanne is a…

1969

Allison Wolfe

American singer-songwriter

Allison Wolfe is a Los Angeles–based singer, songwriter, writer, and podcaster. As a founding member and lead singer of the punk rock band Bratmobile, she became one of the leading voices of the riot grrl movement.

1969

Nelson Diebel

American swimmer and coach

Nelson W. Diebel is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

1970

Domino

American DJ and producer

Damian Siguenza, known by his stage name, Domino, is an American record producer, manager, DJ, and one of the members of the Oakland, California-based underground hip hop collective, Hieroglyphics.

1970

Guido Görtzen

Dutch volleyball player

Guido Görtzen is a volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta. There he won the gold medal with the Dutch Men's National…

1970

Bill Guerin

American ice hockey player, coach, and executive

William Robert Guerin is an American former professional ice hockey player, and the current general manager of the Minnesota Wild. He previously was the assistant general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins and general…

1970

Chris Jericho

American-Canadian wrestler

Christopher Keith Irvine, better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-Canadian professional wrestler, rock musician, and actor. As of January 2019, he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he…

1970

Scarface

American rapper and producer

Brad Terrence Jordan, better known by his stage name Scarface, is an American rapper and record producer, notable for his solo career and as a member of the Geto Boys, a hip-hop group from Houston, Texas. Raised in the…

1970

Susan Tedeschi

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Susan Tedeschi is an American singer and guitarist. A multiple Grammy Award nominee, she is a member of the Tedeschi Trucks Band, a conglomeration of her band, her husband Derek Trucks' band, and other musicians.

1970

David Duval

American golfer and sportscaster

David Robert Duval is an American professional golfer who competed on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. Duval won 13 PGA Tour…

1971

Sabri Lamouchi

French footballer and manager

Sabri Lamouchi is a football manager and former player who played for the French national team, and currently serves as head coach of the Tunisia national football team.

1971

Eric Dane

American actor (died 2026)

Eric William Dane was an American actor. After multiple television roles in the 1990s and 2000s, including his recurring role as Jason Dean on Charmed, he was cast as Dr. Mark Sloan on the ABC medical drama Grey's…

1972

Naomi Shindō

Japanese voice actress and singer

Naomi Shindō is a Japanese voice actress who works for Aoni Production. She is best known for her voice roles as Shizuru Fujino (Mai-hime), Jane Diethel in Shaman King, Risai in 12 Kingdoms, Elias "Ace" Hono in…

1972

Corin Tucker

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Corin Lisa Tucker is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for her work with rock band Sleater-Kinney. Tucker is also a member of the alternative rock supergroup Filthy Friends, and previously…

1972

Alyson Court

Canadian actress and producer

Alyson Stephanie Court is a Canadian actress. She began her career as a child actress, she made her first television role as herself in Mr. Dressup (1984–1994) and later made her first film role as Ruthie in Sesame…

1973

Nick Lachey

American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Nicholas Scott Lachey is an American singer-songwriter, TV personality, producer and actor. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the multi-platinum-selling boyband 98 Degrees and later starred in the reality series…

1973

Gabrielle Miller

Canadian actress and director

Gabrielle Sunshine Miller is a Canadian actress who, since the start of her career in 1993, has appeared in many television films and series episodes, including leading roles in two of Canada's most popular…

1973

Zisis Vryzas

Greek footballer and coach

Zisis Vryzas is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward for various teams in Greece and abroad, as well as for Greece, when they won the Euro 2004. After his retirement, he worked for PAOK as…

1973

Alessandro Del Piero

Italian footballer

Alessandro Del Piero is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a second striker, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. Since 2015, he has worked as a pundit for Sky…

1974

Giovanna Mezzogiorno

Italian actress

Giovanna Mezzogiorno is an Italian actress.

1974

Gareth Malone

English singer and conductor

Gareth Edmund Malone is an English choirmaster and broadcaster, self-described as an "animateur, presenter and populariser of choral singing". He is best known for his television appearances in programmes such as The…

1975

Mathew Sinclair

New Zealand cricketer

Mathew Stuart Sinclair is a former Australian-born New Zealand cricketer. He is a right-handed middle order batsman who has also opened the innings. He holds the equal world record for the highest Test score (214) by a…

1975

Tochiazuma Daisuke

Japanese sumo wrestler

Tochiazuma Daisuke is a retired sumo wrestler. He began his professional career in 1994, reaching the top division just two years later after winning a tournament championship in each of the lower divisions. After…

1976

Chris Morgan

English footballer and manager

Christopher Paul Morgan is an English former professional footballer and football coach. An "uncompromising" defender, he scored 24 goals in 491 league and cup appearances in a 16-year career in English football.

1977

Omar Trujillo

Mexican footballer

Gustavo Omar Trujillo Corona was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent most of his career with Monarcas Morelia.

1977

Even Ormestad

Norwegian bass player and producer

Even Enersen Ormestad is a Norwegian bass guitarist and music producer, known as a member of the band Jaga Jazzist.

1978

Sisqó

American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Mark Althavan Andrews, known professionally as Sisqó, is an American R&B singer. Following his tenure as lead performer of the R&B group Dru Hill, he quickly reached success as a solo act with the release of his debut…

1978

Dave Bush

American baseball player

David Thomas Bush is an American professional baseball coach and former pitcher who is the current assistant pitching coach for the Texas Rangers. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays,…

1979

Adam Dunn

American baseball player

Adam Troy Dunn, nicknamed "Big Donkey", is an American former professional baseball left fielder and first baseman. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the Cincinnati Reds. A two-time MLB…

1979

Caroline Flack

English television presenter, radio presenter, and model (died 2020)

Caroline Louise Flack was an English television presenter. Flack grew up in Norfolk and took an interest in dancing and theatre while at school. She began her professional career as an actress, starring in the comedy…

1979

Martin Taylor

English footballer

Martin Taylor is an English retired footballer who played as a defender.

1979

Vanessa Lachey

Filipino-American television host and actress

Vanessa Joy Lachey is a Filipino-born American television host, model and actress. She was named Miss Teen USA in 1998. She has been a New York–based correspondent for Entertainment Tonight and hosted Total Request Live…

1980

Dominique Maltais

Canadian snowboarder

Dominique Maltais is a Canadian snowboarder, specialising in snowboard cross. She is a two-time Olympic medallist, winning a bronze medal at the 2006 Torino Games and a silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Games. She also…

1980

Eyedea

American rapper and producer (died 2010)

Micheal David Larsen, better known by his stage name Eyedea, was an American rapper. He was a freestyle battle champion and songwriter from Saint Paul, Minnesota.

1981

Jobi McAnuff

Jamaican footballer

Joel Joshua Frederick Melvin "Jobi" McAnuff is a former footballer. He was predominantly a winger but he has also played as an occasional central midfielder. Since his retirement he has worked as a pundit.

1981

Kane Waselenchuk

Canadian racquetball player

Kane Waselenchuk is a professional racquetball player born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Waselenchuk finished the 2018–19 season as the #1 player on the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) Archived 2018-11-27 at the…

1981

Boaz Myhill

American-Welsh footballer

Glyn Oliver "Boaz" Myhill is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He represented the Wales national team from 2008 to 2013.

1982

Jana Pittman

Australian hurdler

Jana Pittman is an Australian former athlete. During her athletic career Pittman specialised in the 400 metres run and 400-metre hurdles events. She is a two-time world champion in the 400 m hurdles, from 2003 and 2007.…

1982

Rob Elloway

German rugby player

Rob Elloway is a former German international rugby union player, playing for the Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship and the German rugby team.

1983

Ted Potter Jr.

American golfer

Theodore Charles Potter Jr. (born November 9, 1983) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He is a left-handed golfer, but is naturally right-handed. He is a two-time winner on the PGA Tour,…

1983

Michael Turner

English footballer

Michael Thomas Turner is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.

1983

Delta Goodrem

Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress

Delta Lea Goodrem AM is an Australian singer, songwriter and television personality. She has a total of nine number-one singles and 17 top-ten hits on the ARIA Singles Chart. She has sold over eight million albums…

1984

French Montana

Moroccan-American rapper

Karim Kharbouch, known professionally as French Montana, is a Moroccan and American rapper. Born and raised in Morocco, he immigrated to New York City with his family at the age of 13 and began his career as a battle…

1984

Seven

South Korean singer, dancer, and actor

Choi Dong-wook, better known by his stage name Seven, is a South Korean singer. He made his debut in 2003 with the studio album Just Listen, which sold over 210,000 copies by the end of the year and spawned the hit…

1984

Bakary Soumaré

Malian footballer

Bakary Soumaré is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played professionally in the United States, France, Germany and Canada, and earned twelve caps for the Mali national team.

1985

Carl Gunnarsson

Swedish ice hockey player

Carl Gunnarsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. A defenceman, he played for Linköpings HC of the Elitserien (SEL) and the Toronto Maple Leafs and St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL).

1986

Nikki Blonsky

American actress, singer, and dancer

Nicole Blonsky is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Tracy Turnblad in the film Hairspray (2007), for which she won two Critics' Choice Awards and nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen…

1988

Lio Tipton

American actor and model

Lio Tipton is an American actor and fashion model. Tipton was the last contestant eliminated on Cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model and played roles in the films Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), Warm Bodies (2013), and Two…

1988

Baptiste Giabiconi

French model and singer

Baptiste Giabiconi is a French model and singer. A muse of Karl Lagerfeld, for many years he was the male face of major fashion houses Chanel, Fendi and Karl Lagerfeld.

1989

Nosa Igiebor

Nigerian footballer

Emmanuel Nosakhare Igiebor, commonly known as Nosa Igiebor or Nosa, is a Nigerian former professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He was called up to Nigeria's 23-man squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

1990

Pete Dunne

English wrestler

Peter Thomas England, better known by his ring name Pete Dunne, is an English professional wrestler, trainer and producer. As of January 2026, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand as Rayo Americano as…

1993

Lyrica Okano

American actress

Lyrica Okano is an American actress. She is known for playing the role of Nico Minoru in the Hulu original series Runaways.

1994

Finn Cole

English actor

Finlay Lewis J. Cole is an English actor. He is known for his role as Michael Gray in the BBC series Peaky Blinders (2014–2022). He also starred as Joshua "J" Cody in TNT's Animal Kingdom (2016–2022) and played young…

1995

Daniel Naroditsky

American chess grandmaster (died 2025)

Daniel Aaron "Danya" Naroditsky was an American chess grandmaster, commentator, and content creator. During his career, he was widely considered one of the best speed chess players in the world and was consistently…

1995

Momo Hirai

Japanese dancer and singer

Momo Hirai , known mononymously as Momo, is a Japanese singer, dancer, and rapper based in South Korea. She is a member of South Korean girl group Twice under JYP Entertainment and its subunit MiSaMo.

1996

Prithvi Shaw

Indian cricketer

Prithvi Pankaj Shaw is an Indian cricketer who has played for the Indian cricket team in all formats. He represents Maharashtra in domestic cricket and Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. Shaw captained the…

1999

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