Famous Birthdays on October 10

Q: Who was born on October 10?

Famous people born on October 10 include: Tiberius Gemellus, Saga, Li Siyuan, King Charles II of Navarre (died 1387), Mary of Waltham.

Q: What is Arif Peçenek known for?

Arif Peçenek, Turkish football player and manager (died 2013)

254 people 19 – 2002

October 10 has seen 254 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 19 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · October 10 — Wikipedia

1959 — Arif Peçenek

Turkish football player and manager (died 2013)

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With 192 first division inserts Peçenek is in the list of players with most premier league inserts for MKE Ankaragücü in 13th place

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In 1999/2000 season Peçenek took over Türk Telekomspor as his first head coaching experience

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Born in Ankara, he began his club football career with the capital club Ankara Güneşspor in 1976

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Prosperous goalkeeper continued to play respectively in Ankara Şekerspor, MKE Ankaragücü, İstanbulspor and Adana Demirspor until his retirement in 1995

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Peçenek who is associated with MKE Ankaragücü and perceived as one of the greatest players in the club's history inserts more than 200 caps for this club

Tiberius Gemellus

Roman son of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla; adoptive son of the Emperor Caligula (died 38)

AD 19 (XIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Balbus. The denomination AD 19 for this year has been used since the early…

Saga

emperor of Japan (died 842)

Emperor Saga was the 52nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Saga's reign lasted from 809 to 823.

786

Li Siyuan

Chinese emperor (died 933)

Li Siyuan, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Mingzong of Later Tang (後唐明宗), was the second emperor of the Later Tang dynasty of China, reigning from 926 until his death. He was an ethnic Shatuo originally…

867

King Charles II of Navarre (died 1387)

Charles II, known as the Bad, was King of Navarre beginning in 1349, as well as Count of Évreux beginning in 1343, holding both titles until his death in 1387.

1332

Mary of Waltham

duchess of Brittany (died 1361)

Mary of Waltham, Duchess of Brittany, was a daughter of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault and was the wife of John IV, Duke of Brittany, known in England as "John V" and "The Conqueror". Mary was made…

1344

Zhu Biao

Chinese prince (died 1392)

Zhu Biao was the eldest son of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the Ming dynasty. Upon the establishment of the Ming dynasty in 1368, Zhu Biao was appointed heir to the throne. In order to prepare for his future…

1355

John Paston

English politician (died 1466)

John Paston I was an English country gentleman and landowner. He was the eldest son of the judge William Paston, Justice of the Common Pleas. After he succeeded his father in 1444, his life was marked by conflict…

1421

Charles III

Duke of Savoy (died 1553)

Charles III of Savoy, often called Charles the Good, was Duke of Savoy from 1504 to 1553, although most of his lands were ruled by the French between 1536 and his death. Ruling for nearly 49 years, he is the third…

1486

Arnold III

Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg and Lord of Rheda (died 1606)

Arnold III of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Steinfurt-Limburg was a German nobleman. He was Count of Bentheim, Tecklenburg and Steinfurt, and jure uxoris Count of Limburg. He ruled as Arnold IV in Bentheim and Tecklenburg, and…

1554

Jacobus Arminius

Dutch theologian (died 1609)

Jacobus Arminius was a Dutch Reformed minister and theologian during the Protestant Reformation period whose views became the basis of Arminianism and the Dutch Remonstrant movement. He served from 1603 as professor in…

1560

Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (died 1597)

Catalina Micaela of Spain was Duchess of Savoy by marriage to Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy. She ruled the duchy several times as regent in Charles Emmanuel's absence, notably during his campaign in 1594. She was…

1567

Philip Herbert

4th Earl of Pembroke (died 1649)

Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and 1st Earl of Montgomery, was an English courtier, nobleman, and politician active during the reigns of James I and Charles I. He married Susan de Vere, the youngest daughter of…

1584

Étienne Moulinié

French composer and director (died 1676)

Étienne Moulinié was a French Baroque composer. He was born in Languedoc, and when he was a child he sang at the Narbonne Cathedral. Through the influence of his brother Antoine, Moulinié gained an appointment at court,…

1599

Richard Towneley

English mathematician and astronomer (died 1707)

Richard Towneley was an English mathematician, natural philosopher and astronomer, resident at Towneley Hall, Burnley in Lancashire. His uncle was the antiquarian and mathematician Christopher Towneley.

1629

Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné

French noblewoman (died 1705)

Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, comtesse de Grignan, was a French aristocrat, remembered for the letters that her mother, Madame de Sévigné, wrote to her.

1646

Nicolas de Largillière

French painter and academic (died 1746)

Nicolas de Largillière was a French painter and draughtsman. From 1733 until 1735, he was director of the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture.

1656

Johann Nicolaus Bach

German organist and composer (died 1753)

Johann Nicolaus Bach was a German composer of the Baroque period.

1669

John Campbell

2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish general and politician, Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland (died 1743)

Field Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich,, styled Lord Lorne from 1680 to 1703, was a British army officer and politician. He served on the continent in the Nine Years' War and fought at…

1678

Jean-Antoine Watteau

French painter (died 1721)

Jean-Antoine Watteau was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens. He revitalized the waning Baroque…

1684

Lambert-Sigisbert Adam

French sculptor and illustrator (died 1759)

Lambert-Sigisbert Adam was a French sculptor, born in 1700 in Nancy. The eldest son of sculptor Jacob-Sigisbert Adam, he was known as Adam l’aîné to distinguish him from his two sculptor brothers Nicolas-Sébastien Adam,…

1700

Henry Cavendish

French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher (died 1810)

Henry Cavendish was an English experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist. He is noted for his discovery of hydrogen, which he termed "inflammable air". He described the density of inflammable air, which formed…

1731

Adam Johann von Krusenstern Imperial Russian Admiral and explorer (died 1846)

Adam Johann von Krusenstern was a Russian admiral and explorer of Swedish and Baltic German descent, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth in 1803–1806.

1770

John Abercrombie

Scottish physician and philosopher (died 1844)

John Abercrombie was a Scottish physician, author, philosopher and philanthropist. His Edinburgh practice became one of the most successful medical practices in Scotland. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary says of him…

1780

William Whiting Boardman

American judge and politician (died 1871)

William Whiting Boardman was a politician and United States Representative from Connecticut.

1794

Alfred Kennerley

English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (died 1897)

Alfred Kennerley was an Australian politician and Premier of Tasmania from 4 August 1873 until 20 July 1876.

1810

Giuseppe Verdi

Italian composer and philanthropist (died 1901)

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the modern province of Parma, to a family of moderate means, receiving a musical education…

1813

Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger

German theologian and author (died 1883)

Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger was a leading German Catholic theologian and author of the Enchiridion symbolorum et definitionum, a work commonly referred to simply as Denzinger after him.

1819

Paul Kruger

South African soldier and politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (died 1904)

Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger was a South African politician. He was one of the dominant political and military figures in 19th-century South Africa, and State President of the South African Republic from 1883 to…

1825

Samuel J. Randall

American captain, lawyer and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1890)

Samuel Jackson Randall was an American politician from Pennsylvania who represented the Queen Village, Society Hill, and Northern Liberties neighborhoods of Philadelphia from 1863 to 1890 and served as the 44th speaker…

1828

Isabella II of Spain (died 1904)

Isabella II was Queen of Spain from 1833 until her deposition in 1868. She is the only queen regnant in the history of unified Spain.

1830

Aleksis Kivi

Finnish author and playwright (died 1872)

Aleksis Kivi was a Finnish writer who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, Seitsemän veljestä, published in 1870. He is also known for his 1864 play, Nummisuutarit. Although Kivi was among the very…

1834

Robert Gould Shaw

American colonel (died 1863)

Robert Gould Shaw was an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born into an abolitionist family from the Boston upper class, he accepted command of the first all-black regiment in the…

1837

Emily Dobson

Australian philanthropist (died 1934)

Emily Dobson was an Australian philanthropist. She was known for her work supporting women's charities.

1842

Maurice Prendergast

American painter and academic (died 1924)

Maurice Brazil Prendergast was a Newfoundlander-American artist who painted in oil and watercolor, and created monotypes. His delicate landscapes and scenes of modern life, characterized by mosaic-like color, are…

1858

Fridtjof Nansen

Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)

Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, a scientist, a diplomat, a humanitarian, and the co-founder of…

1861

T. Frank Appleby

American businessman and politician (died 1924)

Theodore Frank Appleby was an American realtor, insurance agent, banker, and Republican Party politician from Asbury Park, New Jersey who represented Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean counties in the United States House of…

1864

Louise Mack

Australian journalist, author, and poet (died 1935)

Marie Louise Hamilton Mack was an Australian poet, journalist and novelist. She is most known for her writings and her involvement in World War I in 1914 as the first woman war correspondent in Belgium.

1870

Dionysios Kasdaglis

Egyptian-Greek tennis player (died 1931)

Dimitrios Emmanuel Kasdaglis was a Greek-Egyptian tennis player. He competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 1906 Intercalated Games, also in Athens. In some sources his first name is erroneously given as…

1872

William Morris

1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (died 1963)

William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, was an English motor manufacturer and philanthropist. He was the founder of Morris Motors Limited and is remembered for establishing the Nuffield Foundation, the Nuffield…

1877

Nikolai Klyuev

Russian poet and author (died 1937)

Nikolai Alekseevich Klyuev, was a notable Russian poet. He was influenced by the symbolist movement, intense nationalism, and a love of Russian folklore.

1884

Ida Wüst

German actress and screenwriter (died 1958)

Ida Wüst was a German stage and film actress whose career was prominent in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG (UFA).

1884

Walter Anderson

Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic (died 1962)

Walter Arthur Alexander Anderson was a Baltic German ethnologist (folklorist) and numismatist.

1885

Jean Peyrière

French actor (died 1965)

Jean Peyrière was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in several popular serial films during his career.

1885

Han van Meegeren

Dutch painter and forger (died 1947)

Henricus Antonius "Han" van Meegeren was a Dutch painter and portraitist, considered one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. Van Meegeren became a national hero after World War II when it was revealed…

1889

Alfred Neuland

Estonian weightlifter (died 1966)

Alfred Karl Neuland was an Estonian weightlifter. He competed in the 1920 and 1924 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal, respectively, becoming the first Olympic gold medalist from Estonia. He won a world title in…

1895

Fridolf Rhudin

Swedish actor (died 1935)

Fridolf Rhudin was a Swedish actor and comedian.

1895

Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen

German field marshal (died 1945)

Wolfram Karl Ludwig Moritz Hermann Freiherr von Richthofen was a German World War I flying ace who rose to the rank of Generalfeldmarschall in the Luftwaffe during World War II.

1895

Lilly Daché

French-American fashion designer (died 1989)

Lilly Daché was a French-born American milliner and fashion merchandiser. She started her career in a small bonnet shop, advanced to being a sales lady at Macy's department store, and from there started her own hat…

1898

Helen Hayes

American actress (died 1993)

Helen Hayes MacArthur was an American actress. Often referred to as the "First Lady of American Theatre", she was the second person and first woman to win the EGOT, and the first person to win the Triple Crown of…

1900

Alberto Giacometti

Swiss sculptor and painter (died 1966)

Alberto Giacometti was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker, who was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. His work was particularly influenced by artistic styles such as Cubism and…

1901

K. Shivaram Karanth

Indian journalist, author, and activist (died 1997)

Kota Shivaram Karanth, also abbreviated as K. Shivaram Karanth, was an Indian author, who was a novelist in the Kannada language, a playwright and an ecological conservationist. Ramachandra Guha called him the…

1902

Prince Charles

Count of Flanders (died 1983)

Prince Charles, Count of Flanders was a member of the Belgian royal family who served as regent of Belgium from 1944 until 1950, while a judicial commission investigated his elder brother, King Leopold III of Belgium,…

1903

Vernon Duke

Russian-American composer and songwriter (died 1969)

Vernon Duke was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter who also wrote under his birth name, Vladimir Dukelsky. He is best known for "Taking a Chance on Love," with lyrics by Ted Fetter and John Latouche (1940);…

1903

Bei Shizhang

Chinese biologist and academic (died 2009)

Bei Shizhang, or Shi-Zhang Bei, was a Chinese biophysicist, embryologist, politician, and writer. He was an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

1903

Aksella Luts

Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer, and choreographer (died 2005)

Aksella Luts was an Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer, choreographer, film editor and photojournalist.

1905

Paul Creston

American composer and educator (died 1985)

Paul Creston was an American composer of classical music. He composed six symphonies and several concertante works for violin, piano, accordion, marimba and saxophone. He has been described as a leading American…

1906

Fei Mu

Chinese director and screenwriter (died 1951)

Fei Mu, also romanised as Fey Mou, was a Chinese film director of the pre-Communist era. His Spring in a Small Town (1948) was declared the greatest Chinese film ever made by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society.

1906

R. K. Narayan

Indian author (died 2001)

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanaswami, better known as R. K. Narayan, was an Indian writer and novelist known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He was a leading author of early Indian…

1906

Johnny Green

American conductor and composer (died 1989)

John Waldo Green was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, conductor and pianist. He was given the nickname "Beulah" by colleague Conrad Salinger. His most famous song was one of his earliest, "Body and…

1908

Mercè Rodoreda

Catalan author and poet (died 1983)

Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí was a Catalan novelist, who wrote in Catalan language.

1908

Robert F. Boyle

American production designer and art director (died 2010)

Robert Francis Boyle was an American film art director and production designer. He was nominated for four Academy Awards for North by Northwest (1959), Gaily, Gaily (1969), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), and The Shootist…

1909

Julius Shulman

American photographer and environmentalist (died 2009)

Julius Shulman was an American architectural photographer best known for his photograph "Case Study House #22, Los Angeles, 1960. Pierre Koenig, Architect." The house is also known as the Stahl House. Shulman's…

1910

Clare Hollingworth

English journalist and author (died 2017)

Clare Hollingworth was an English journalist and author. She was the first war correspondent to report the outbreak of World War II, described as "the scoop of the century". As a rookie reporter for The Daily Telegraph…

1911

Ram Vilas Sharma

Indian poet and critic (died 2000)

Ram Vilas Sharma was a progressive literary critic, linguist, poet and thinker. He was born in Unchgaon Sani, Unnao District, Uttar Pradesh. In a career spanning nearly five decades, Sharma authored over 50 books. He…

1912

Claude Simon

Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)

Claude Eugène Henri Simon was a French novelist and recipient of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature.

1913

Tommy Fine

American baseball player and businessman (died 2005)

Thomas Morgan Fine was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in 23 games for the Boston Red Sox (1947) and St. Louis Browns (1950). The native of Cleburne, Texas, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed…

1914

Ivory Joe Hunter

American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1974)

Ivory Joe Hunter was an American rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter, and pianist. After a series of hits on the US R&B chart starting in the mid-1940s, he became more widely known for his hit recording "Since I Met You…

1914

Harry Edison

American trumpet player and composer (died 1999)

Harry "Sweets" Edison was an American jazz trumpeter and a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. His most important contribution was as a Hollywood studio musician, whose muted trumpet can be heard backing singers, most…

1915

Thelonious Monk

American pianist and composer (died 1982)

Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk",…

1917

Willard Estey

Canadian academic and jurist (died 2002)

Willard Zebedee "Bud" Estey was a Canadian justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

1919

Gerry Gomez

Trinidadian cricketer, manager, and umpire (died 1996)

Gerry Ethridge Gomez was a cricketer who played 29 Test matches for the West Indies cricket team between 1939 and 1954, scoring 1,243 runs and taking 58 wickets. He captained in one match for the West Indies when…

1919

Kim Ki-young

South Korean director, screenwriter, producer, and editor (died 1997)

Kim Ki-young was a South Korean film director, known for his intensely psychosexual and melodramatic horror films, often focusing on the psychology of their female characters. Kim was born in Seoul during the colonial…

1919

William Kruskal

American mathematician and statistician (died 2005)

William Henry Kruskal was an American mathematician and statistician. He is best known for having formulated the Kruskal–Wallis one-way analysis of variance, a widely used nonparametric statistical method.

1919

Edgar Laprade

Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)

Edgar Louis "Beaver" Laprade was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League. The son of Thomas and Edith Laprade, he was born in the New Ontario community…

1919

Gail Halvorsen

American air force pilot known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" (died 2022)

Colonel Gail Seymour Halvorsen was a senior officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. He rose to fame for dropping candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to 1949, for which he was…

1920

Merv Pregulman

American football player, businessman, and philanthropist (died 2012)

Mervin Pregulman was an American football player, businessman, and philanthropist. He played college football as a tackle and center for the Michigan Wolverines from 1941 to 1943 and was selected as a first-team…

1922

Louis Gottlieb

American singer and bass player (died 1996)

Louis Gottlieb credited as Lou Gottlieb, was an American bassist and comic spokesman for music trio The Limeliters. He held a PhD in musicology and was considered one of the so-called "new comedy" performers, a new…

1923

Nicholas Parsons

English actor and game show host (died 2020)

Christopher Nicholas Parsons was an English actor, straight man and radio and television presenter. He was the long-running presenter of the comedy radio show Just a Minute and hosted the game show Sale of the Century…

1923

Murray Walker

English journalist and sportscaster (died 2021)

Graeme Murray Walker was an English motorsport commentator and journalist. He provided television commentary of live Formula One coverage for the BBC between 1976 and 1996, and for ITV between 1997 and 2001.

1923

James Clavell

Australian-American director, producer, screenwriter, and author (died 1994)

Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell, known as James Clavell, was a British and American writer, filmmaker and a British Army officer during the Second World War. He is best known for his Asian Saga novels, a number of which…

1924

Ludmilla Tchérina

French actress, ballerina, and choreographer (died 2004)

Ludmilla Tchérina was a French prima ballerina and actress.

1924

Ed Wood

American actor, director, producer, screenwriter (died 1978)

Edward Davis Wood Jr. was an American filmmaker, actor and novelist.

1924

Oscar Brown

American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (died 2005)

Oscar Brown Jr. was an American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, actor, and civil rights activist. Aside from his career, Brown ran unsuccessfully for office in both the Illinois state legislature and the U.S.…

1926

Richard Jaeckel

American actor (died 1997)

Richard Jaeckel was an American character actor of film and television whose career spanned six decades. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor with his role in the 1971 adaptation of Ken…

1926

Dana Elcar

American actor and director (died 2005)

Ibsen Dana Elcar was an American television and film character actor. He appeared in about 40 films as well as in the 1960s television series Dark Shadows as Sheriff George Patterson and the 1980s and 1990s television…

1927

Jon Locke

American actor (died 2013)

Joseph Lockey Yon, also known as credited as Jon Locke, was an American actor who appeared in many television and film westerns.

1927

Thomas Wilson

American-Scottish composer and educator (died 2001)

Thomas Wilson CBE FRSE was an American-born Scottish composer, a key figure in the revival of interest in Scottish classical music after the second world war.

1927

Leyla Gencer

Turkish soprano (died 2008)

Leyla Gencer also known as La Diva Turca was a Turkish operatic soprano.

1928

Sheila Walsh

English author (died 2009)

Sheila Frances Walsh was a British writer of romance novels from 1975 to 2001; she also wrote as Sophie Leyton.

1928

Ayten Alpman

Turkish singer (died 2012)

Ayten Alpman was a Turkish jazz and pop singer who gained fame in the 1970s with the song "Memleketim" during the 1974 Cyprus Peace Operation.

1929

Herb Levinson

American actor (died 2012)

Herbert S. Levinson was an American television and movie actor. Levinson played a variety of character roles, often set in Baltimore, Maryland. Most notably, he played the character Dr. Lausanne in the NBC police…

1929

Bernard Mayes

English-American journalist and academic (died 2014)

Anthony Bernard Duncan Mayes was a British broadcaster, university dean and author. In the United States, he founded KQED-FM, was Executive Vice President of KQED TV, then co-founded and became first working chairman of…

1929

Eugenio Castellotti

Italian race car driver (died 1957)

Eugenio Castellotti was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One at 14 Grands Prix from 1955 to 1957. Nicknamed "il Bello", Castellotti won the Mille Miglia and 12 Hours of Sebring, both in 1956 with…

1930

Yves Chauvin

French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)

Yves Chauvin was a French chemist and Nobel Prize laureate. He was honorary research director at the Institut français du pétrole and a member of the French Academy of Sciences. He was known for his work for deciphering…

1930

Harold Pinter

English playwright, screenwriter, director Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)

Harold Pinter was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. His…

1930

Adlai Stevenson III

American lawyer and politician (died 2021)

Adlai Ewing Stevenson III was an American attorney and politician from Illinois. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1970 to 1981. A member of the prominent Stevenson…

1930

Harry Smith

English footballer (died 2016)

Harry Arthur Smith was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Torquay United and Bristol City. He was born in Wolverhampton.

1932

Jay Sebring

American hair stylist and businessman (died 1969)

Thomas John Kummer, known professionally as Jay Sebring, was an American celebrity hair stylist, and the founder of the hairstyling corporation Sebring International. Sebring was murdered by members of the Manson Family…

1933

Khalil al-Wazir

Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (died 1988)

Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir was a Palestinian leader and co-founder of the nationalist party Fatah. As a top aide of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat, al-Wazir had considerable influence in…

1935

André Bureau

Canadian lawyer and businessman (died 2019)

André Bureau, was a Canadian lawyer and communications executive.

1935

Judith Chalmers

English television host and actress

Judith Rosemary Locke Chalmers is an English retired television presenter who is best known for presenting the travel programme Wish You Were Here...? from 1974 to 2003.

1935

Gerhard Ertl

German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

Gerhard Ertl is a German physicist and a Professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany. Ertl's research laid the foundation of modern…

1936

Bruce Devlin

Australian golfer and sportscaster

Bruce William Devlin is an Australian professional golfer, sportscaster and golf course designer.

1937

Peter Underwood

Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (died 2014)

Peter George Underwood, was an Australian jurist and the Governor of Tasmania from 2008 until his death in 2014. He was the Chief Justice of Tasmania from 2004 to 2008, having been a judge of the Supreme Court of…

1937

Oleg Gordievsky

Russian intelligence officer and author (died 2025)

Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky was a colonel of the KGB who became KGB resident-designate (rezident) and bureau chief in London and a British spy.

1938

Leroy Hood

American biologist and academic

Leroy "Lee" Edward Hood is an American biologist who has served on the faculties at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of Washington. His inventions include the first gas phase protein…

1938

Daidō Moriyama

Japanese photographer

Daidō Moriyama is a Japanese photographer best known for his black-and-white street photography and association with the avant-garde photography magazine Provoke.

1938

Lily Tuck

American novelist and short story writer

Lily Tuck is an American novelist and short story writer whose novel The News from Paraguay won the 2004 National Book Award for Fiction. Her 2008 biography Woman of Rome: A Life of Elsa Morante won the Premio Elsa…

1938

Winston Churchill

English journalist and politician (died 2010)

Winston Spencer Churchill, generally known as Winston Churchill, was an English Conservative politician and a grandson of the British prime minister of the same name. During the period of his prominence as a public…

1940

Peter Coyote

American actor, director, and screenwriter

Peter Coyote is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, and narrator of films, theater, television, and audiobooks. He is known for his appearances in films such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Cross…

1941

Ken Saro-Wiwa

Nigerian author and activist (died 1995)

Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian writer, teacher, television producer, and social rights activist. He was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in the Niger Delta whose homeland, Ogoniland, has been…

1941

Janis Hansen

American singer and author (died 2017)

Janice Sue Klinger, professionally known as Janis Hansen, was an American recording artist and author.

1942

Radu Vasile

Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (died 2013)

Radu Vasile was a Romanian politician, historian, academic/professor, and poet.

1942

Frederick Barthelme

American novelist and short story writer

Fredrick Barthelme is an American novelist and short story writer of minimalist fiction. He is the director of the Center For Writers at The University of Southern Mississippi and editor of New World Writing

1943

Christopher Hill

English bishop

Christopher John Hill, is a retired British Anglican bishop. From 1996 to 2004, he was the Bishop of Stafford, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Lichfield. From 2004 to 2013, he was the Bishop of Guildford, the…

1945

Vanburn Holder

Barbadian cricketer

Vanburn Alonzo Holder is a Barbadian former first-class cricketer who played in 40 Test matches and 12 One Day Internationals for the West Indies cricket team between 1969 and 1979. A fast-medium bowler, he bowled…

1945

Headman Shabalala

South African bass singer (died 1991)

Headman Msongelwa Shabalala was a member of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a South African choral group founded by his brother Joseph.

1945

Charles Dance

English actor, director, and screenwriter

Walter Charles Dance OBE is an English actor. He is known for playing intimidating, authoritarian characters and villains. Dance started his career on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) before appearing in…

1946

Naoto Kan

Japanese lawyer and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan

Naoto Kan is a Japanese former politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) from June 2010 to September 2011.

1946

Peter Mahovlich

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Peter Joseph Mahovlich is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, coach and executive. Known in his playing years as "Little M", as his older brother Frank was the "Big M", Mahovlich played in the National…

1946

Anne Mather

English author and screenwriter

Anne Mather is the pseudonym used by Mildred Grieveson, a popular British author of over 160 romance novels. She also signed novels as Caroline Fleming and Cardine Fleming.

1946

John Prine

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)

John Edward Prine was an American singer-songwriter of country-folk music. Widely cited as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, Prine was known for his signature blend of humorous lyrics about…

1946

Raymond Tallis

English physician, philosopher, author, and academic

Raymond C. Tallis is a philosopher, poet, novelist, cultural critic and a retired medical physician and clinical scientist. Specialising in geriatrics, Tallis served on several UK commissions on medical care of the aged…

1946

Chris Tarrant

English radio and television host

Christopher John Tarrant is an English retired broadcaster, television personality, radio DJ, and comedian. He is best known for presenting the ITV children's television show Tiswas from 1974 to 1981 and the game show…

1946

Ben Vereen

American actor, singer, and dancer

Benjamin Augustus Vereen is an American actor, dancer, and singer. He gained prominence for his performances in the original Broadway productions of the musicals Jesus Christ Superstar, for which he received a Tony…

1946

Willard White

Jamaican-English actor and singer

Sir Willard Wentworth White, OM, CBE is a Jamaican-born British operatic bass baritone.

1946

Gary Beach

American actor and singer (died 2018)

Gary Beach was an American actor of stage, film and television. He portrayed Roger De Bris in both the stage and film productions of The Producers, for which he won a Tony Award; he received a Tony nomination for his…

1947

Giant Haystacks

English wrestler (died 1998)

Martin Austin Ruane was a British professional wrestler of Irish parentage, best known by the ring name Giant Haystacks. He was one of the best-known wrestlers on the British wrestling scene in the 1970s and 1980s. He…

1947

Sue Campbell

Baroness Campbell of Loughborough, English academic and businesswoman

Susan Catherine Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough is a British sports administrator who was chair of UK Sport between 2003 and 2013.

1948

Cyril Neville

American R&B percussionist and singer

Cyril Garrett Neville is an American percussionist and vocalist who first came to prominence as a member of his brother Art Neville's funky New Orleans–based band, The Meters. He joined Art in the Neville Brothers band…

1948

Séverine

French singer and actress

Séverine is a French singer.

1948

Warren Burt

American-Australian composer

Warren Burt is an Australia-based composer of American birth. He is known for composing in a wide variety of new music styles, ranging from acoustic music, electroacoustic music, sound art installations to text-based…

1949

Lance Cairns

New Zealand cricketer

Bernard Lance Cairns is a former all-rounder who played for the New Zealand national cricket team, and is the father of New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns.

1949

Jessica Harper

American actress

Jessica Randolph Harper is an American actress and singer. Harper began her feature film career with a starring role in Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise (1974), and subsequently featured in films including Love…

1949

Wang Wanxing

Chinese activist

Wang Wanxing is a prominent Chinese pro-democracy activist who was a prisoner of conscience for 13 years in Chinese detention centres and psychiatric institutions called Ankang. Wang was the only person to have been…

1949

Charlie George

English footballer

Frederick Charles George is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1950

Nora Roberts

American author

Nora Roberts is an American author of over 225 novels, known for romance published under her own name. She also writes police procedurals which have elements of science fiction under the name J. D. Robb, and has…

1950

Epeli Ganilau

Fijian general and politician, 16th Minister for Fijian Affairs (died 2023)

Brigadier-General Ratu Epeli Ganilau, MC, MSD, was a Fijian military officer and politician. His career previously encompassed such roles as Commander of the Fiji Military Forces and Chairman of the Bose Levu…

1951

Bob Nystrom

Swedish ice hockey player

Robert Thore Nystrom is a Swedish–Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He played for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1972 to 1986. He is best remembered as having scored…

1952

Dela Smith

English educator

Dame Dela Smith is a retired British schoolteacher and educator. She was Headteacher at Beaumont Hill Technology College, Darlington, from 1992 until she retired in 2010, after 35 years in the field of education.

1952

Fiona Rae

Scottish painter

Fiona Rae is a Hong Kong-born British artist. She is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who rose to prominence in the 1990s. Throughout her career, she has been known for having a portfolio of work that includes…

1953

Midge Ure

Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

James "Midge" Ure is a Scottish singer-songwriter and record producer. His stage name, Midge, is a phonetic reversal of Jim. Ure enjoyed particular success in the 1970s and 1980s in bands including Slik, Thin Lizzy,…

1953

Aleksander Veingold

Estonian chess player and coach

Aleksander Veingold is an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Chess Championship. He was awarded the Soviet Master title in 1975 and International Master title in 1983.

1953

Gus Williams

American basketball player

Gus Williams was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Wizard", he was a two-time NBA All-Star playing for the Seattle SuperSonics, winning an NBA…

1953

Václav Patejdl

Slovak musician (died 2023)

Vašo Patejdl was a Slovak musician and composer. He was best known for being a co-founder and long-term member of the pop-rock band Elán. He wrote songs for other musicians, including the Richard Müller single "Po…

1954

Rekha

Indian actress

Bhanurekha Ganesan, better known by her mononymous stage name Rekha, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Hindi films. Acknowledged as one of the finest actresses in Indian cinema, she has starred in more…

1954

David Lee Roth

American singer-songwriter and producer

David Lee Roth known as "Diamond Dave" is an American rock singer. Known for his wild and energetic stage persona, he was the lead vocalist of the hard rock band Van Halen for three separate periods: from 1974 to 1985,…

1954

Fernando Santos

Portuguese footballer and manager

Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who played as a left-back.

1954

Amanda Burton

Northern Irish actress and producer

Amanda Burton is a Northern Irish actress. Her notable credits include Heather Haversham in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–1986), Beth Glover in the ITV drama series Peak Practice (1993–1995), Sam Ryan in the…

1956

David Hempleman-Adams

English businessman and adventurer

Sir David Kim Hempleman-Adams is a British industrialist and adventurer.

1956

Taur Matan Ruak

East Timorese politician, 3rd President of East Timor

José Maria de Vasconcelos, popularly known as Taur Matan Ruak, is an East Timorese politician who served as the fifth president of East Timor from 2012 to 2017 and as the 9th prime minister from 2018 to 2023.

1956

Rumiko Takahashi

Japanese author and illustrator

Rumiko Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with Urusei Yatsura in 1978, she is one of Japan's best-known and wealthiest manga artists. Her works are…

1957

Tanya Tucker

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Tanya Denise Tucker is an American country singer who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. During her career Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing…

1958

Michael Cobley

English-Scottish author

Michael Cobley is a British science fiction and fantasy author from Glasgow.

1959

Kirsty MacColl

English singer-songwriter (died 2000)

Kirsty Anna MacColl was a British singer and songwriter. The daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl, she recorded several pop hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's…

1959

Bill Rammell

English academic and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces

William Ernest Rammell is a former British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harlow from 1997 until 2010, and served as a Minister of State in several departments from 2002. From August…

1959

Julia Sweeney

American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter

Julia Anne Sweeney is an American actress and comedian. She gained fame as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1994. She played Mrs. Keeper in the film Stuart Little and voiced…

1959

Bradley Whitford

American actor and producer

Bradley Whitford is an American actor and producer. From 1999 to 2006, Whitford starred as Josh Lyman, White House Deputy Chief of Staff, in NBC's political drama television series The West Wing. He won a Primetime Emmy…

1959

Ron Flockhart

Canadian ice hockey player

Ronald Everett Flockhart is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He is the brother of Rob Flockhart.

1960

Russell Slade

English football manager

Russell Mark Slade is an English former professional football manager and coach.

1960

Simon Townshend

English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Simon Townshend is a British guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is the younger brother of the Who's guitarist Pete Townshend, and is most associated with the Who and the various side projects of its original members.…

1960

Henrik Jørgensen

Danish runner (died 2019)

Henrik Høve Jørgensen was a Danish marathon runner, who won the London Marathon in 1988. He finished 5th in 1985 in 2:09.43 hours – this time remains the Danish national record and stood as the Nordic record for over 30…

1961

Martin Kemp

English singer-songwriter and bass player

Martin John Kemp is an English musician and actor, best known as the bassist in the new wave band Spandau Ballet and for his role as Steve Owen in EastEnders.

1961

Crystal Waters

American singer-songwriter, musician and producer

Crystal Waters is an American house and dance music singer and songwriter, best known for her 1990s dance hits "Gypsy Woman", "100% Pure Love", and 2007's "Destination Calabria" with Alex Gaudino. All three of her…

1961

Thomas Rusch

German photographer

Thomas Rusch is a German photographer living in Berlin, Hamburg and Paris.

1962

Jolanda de Rover

Dutch swimmer

Jolanda de Rover is a female former backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands.

1963

Anita Mui

Hong Kong singer and actress (died 2003)

Anita Mui Yim-fong was a Hong Kong singer and actress who made major contributions to the Cantopop music scene and received numerous awards and honours. She remained an idol throughout her career, and is regarded as…

1963

Daniel Pearl

American-Israeli journalist (died 2002)

Daniel Pearl was an American journalist who worked for The Wall Street Journal. On January 23, 2002, he was kidnapped by jihadist militants while he was on his way to what he had expected would be an interview with…

1963

Vegard Ulvang

Norwegian skier

Vegard Ulvang is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier who won three Olympic gold medals, two silver, and one bronze. At the opening ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games, he took the ceremonial Olympic Oath on…

1963

Sarah Lancashire

English actress and director

Sarah-Jane Abigail Lancashire is an English actress. Known for her work in television and theatre, she has received numerous accolades over a career spanning four decades, including three British Academy Television…

1964

Toshi

Japanese singer-songwriter and producer

Toshimitsu Deyama , known exclusively by his stage name Toshi, is a Japanese singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist and a co-founder of the rock band X Japan, who rose to prominence in the late 1980s and early…

1965

Chris Penn

American actor (died 2006)

Christopher Shannon Penn was an American actor. He was the younger brother of both actor and filmmaker Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn. Noted as a skilled character actor, he was typically cast as a tough character,…

1965

Tony Adams

English footballer and manager

Tony Alexander Adams is an English former football player and manager. Adams played for Arsenal and England, captaining both. Known as "Mr. Arsenal", he spent his entire playing career of 19 years as a centre-back…

1966

Bai Ling

Chinese-American model and actress

Bai Ling is a Chinese American actress and musician. After acting in numerous Chinese productions, she played small roles in American films such as The Crow (1994) and Nixon (1995) before starring as the female lead in…

1966

Michael Giacchino

American composer

Michael Giacchino is an American film, television, and video game score composer. He has received many accolades for his work, including an Academy Award for Up (2009), an Emmy for Lost (2004), and three Grammy Awards.

1967

Jonathan Littell

American-French author and humanitarian

Jonathan Littell is an American-born writer living in Barcelona. His first novel written in French, The Kindly Ones, won two major French awards, including the Prix Goncourt and the Prix de l'Académie française.

1967

Mike Malinin

American drummer and producer

Michael Theodore Malinin is an American musician known for his work as drummer of the Goo Goo Dolls. He played drums for Tanya Tucker from July 2016 to February 2023, and now plays with the Nashville based band, The FBR.

1967

Gavin Newsom

American businessman and politician, 40th and current Governor of California

Gavin Christopher Newsom is an American politician and businessman serving as the 40th governor of California since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from…

1967

Jacek Zieliński

Polish footballer and coach

Jacek Marek Zieliński is a Polish football executive, former professional manager and player who played as a defender. He is currently an advisor of Legia Warsaw's board, and was the club's sporting director from…

1967

Bart Brentjens

Dutch cyclist

Bart Jan-Baptist Marie Brentjens is a Dutch racing cyclist in mountain biking.

1968

Feridun Düzağaç

Turkish singer-songwriter

Feridun Düzağaç is a Turkish rock music singer and songwriter, usually known for his melancholic songs.

1968

Chris Ofili

British painter

Christopher Ofili, is a British painter who won the Turner Prize in 1998. He has used resin, beads, oil paint, glitter, lumps of elephant dung and cut-outs from pornographic magazines as painting elements. Ofili's work…

1968

Manu Bennett

New Zealand-Australian actor

Jonathan Manu Bennett is a New Zealand actor. He is primarily known for portraying characters in epic fantasy works, such as Crixus in the TV series Spartacus, Allanon in The Shannara Chronicles, Slade Wilson /…

1969

Dilsa Demirbag Sten

Swedish journalist and author

Dilşa Demirbağ-Sten is a Kurdish-Swedish author and journalist. She is the Secretary General of Berättarministeriet, a foundation she co-founded together with Robert Weil and Sven Hagströmer in 2011.

1969

Francis Escudero

Filipino lawyer and politician

Francis Joseph "Chiz" Guevara Escudero is a Filipino politician and lawyer who has served as a senator of the Philippines since 2022 and previously from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Nationalist People's Coalition, he…

1969

Brett Favre

American football player

Brett Lorenzo Favre is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons, primarily with the Green Bay Packers. Favre had 321 consecutive starts from…

1969

Wendi McLendon-Covey

American actress

Wendi McLendon-Covey is an American actress and comedian known primarily for her work in comedic and improvisational roles. From 2013 until 2023, she played the role of family matriarch Beverly Goldberg on the ABC…

1969

Silke Kraushaar-Pielach

German sled racer

Silke Kraushaar-Pielach is a German luger who competed from 1995 to 2008. In June 2008, she was named sports manager for the luge section of Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland.

1970

Matthew Pinsent

English rower and sportscaster

Sir Matthew Clive Pinsent, is an English rower and broadcaster. During his rowing career, he won 10 world championship gold medals and four consecutive Olympic gold medals.

1970

Graham Alexander

English-Scottish footballer and manager

Graham Alexander is a professional football coach and former player who manages EFL League One club Bradford City. In a lengthy playing career, Alexander represented Scunthorpe United, Luton Town, Preston North End and…

1971

Evgeny Kissin

Russian pianist

Evgeny Igorevich Kissin is a Russian-born concert pianist and composer. He became a British citizen in 2002 and an Israeli citizen in 2013. He first came to international fame as a child prodigy. He has a wide…

1971

Jun Lana

Filipino director, producer, playwright, and screenwriter

Rodolfo "Jun" Robles Lana Jr. is a Filipino filmmaker. The winner of 11 Palanca Awards for Literature, he became the youngest member of the Palanca Hall of Fame in 2006. In 2015, he directed the actual one-shot film,…

1972

Alexei Zhitnik

Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player

Alexei Zhitnik is a Ukrainian-Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He has represented the Soviet Union, CIS, and Russia internationally; and Ukraine during two NHL All-Star Games. His number, 13, has been…

1972

Mario Lopez

American actor, television personality, and producer

Mario Lopez is an American actor and television host. He has appeared on several television series, in films, and on Broadway. He is known for his portrayal of A.C. Slater on Saved by the Bell, Saved by the Bell: The…

1973

Zach Thornton

American soccer player and coach

Zach Thornton is an American soccer player who is goalkeeping coach for Chicago Fire FC. A goalkeeper, he spent 16 seasons in Major League Soccer with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars (1996–97), Chicago Fire…

1973

Asi Cohen

Israeli actor and screenwriter

Assi Cohen is an Israeli comedian and actor. He is best known for his appearances in the feature film Colombian Love, as well as for television performances in Love Hurts, "Rak BeYsrael" with his comedy duo of "Assi and…

1974

Oded Kattash

Israeli basketball player and coach

Oded Kattash is an Israeli professional basketball coach for Maccabi Tel Aviv and former player. During his playing career, at a height of 194 cm, he played at the point guard position. He was the 1998 Israeli…

1974

Julio Ricardo Cruz

Argentinian footballer

Julio Ricardo Cruz is an Argentine former footballer. He played for clubs in Argentina, the Netherlands and Italy before retiring in 2010. The longest spell of his career was spent with Inter Milan, with whom he won…

1974

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

American race car driver and actor

Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr., also known as "Dale Jr" or simply "Junior", is an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, broadcaster for Amazon Prime Video and TNT Sports, and podcaster. A third-generation…

1974

Lucy Powell

English politician

Lucy Maria Powell is a British politician who is Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since October 2025, having previously been Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council from July 2024 to September…

1974

Chris Pronger

Canadian ice hockey player

Christopher Robert Pronger is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player for the 1999–2000 season and was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame…

1974

Ihsahn

Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Vegard Sverre Tveitan, better known by his stage name Ihsahn, is a Norwegian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and composer who is best known for his work with the black metal band Emperor. Tveitan is also…

1975

Ramón Morales

Mexican footballer and manager

Ramón Morales Higuera is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and manager.

1975

Plácido Polanco

Dominican-American baseball player

Plácido Enrique Polanco is a Dominican-American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers and Miami Marlins. He was…

1975

Bob Burnquist

Brazilian-American skateboarder

Robert Dean Silva Burnquist is a Brazilian-American professional skateboarder who competed for Brazil throughout his career. In 2010, he became the first skateboarder to land a "fakie 900", making Burnquist the fifth…

1976

Pat Burrell

American baseball player

Patrick Brian Burrell, nicknamed "Pat the Bat", is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Rays, and San Francisco Giants.…

1976

Shane Doan

Canadian ice hockey player

Shane Albert Doan is a Canadian ice hockey executive and former player currently serving as an assistant general manager for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Doan spent the entirety of his…

1976

Naomi Levari

Israeli film producer and director

Naomi Levari is a German-American-Israeli film producer, development executive, and script consultant. She is the co-founder of Black Sheep Film Productions and Electric Sheep GmbH. Her work has premiered at the Cannes…

1978

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

American model and actress

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe is an American actress, model, and fashion designer. She came to prominence as Cassidy Bridges on the television series Nash Bridges (1996–2001) and played Gretchen Morgan on Prison Break (2007–2009),…

1978

Kangta

South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

An Chil-hyun, known professionally as Kangta (강타), is a South Korean singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, actor and radio personality. Known for his work as a member of boy band H.O.T., he is currently an…

1979

Nicolás Massú

Chilean tennis player

Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried, nicknamed El Vampiro, is a Chilean tennis coach and a former professional player. A former world No. 9 in singles, he won the singles and doubles gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics.…

1979

Mýa

American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress

Mya Marie Harrison, known professionally as Mýa, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She was born in Washington D.C. and studied ballet, jazz, and tap dance as a child. Her career began in television…

1979

Julie Pomagalski

French snowboarder (died 2021)

Julie Pomagalski was a French snowboarder.

1980

Gavin Shuker

English lawyer and politician

Gavin Shuker is a British former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Luton South from 2010 to 2019. Shuker was a Labour and Co-operative Party MP before defecting to form Change UK. He then left…

1981

Laura Tobin

English weather reporter

Laura Elizabeth Tobin FRMetS is an English broadcast meteorologist and scientist. She worked for the BBC before moving to the ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak in 2012. Daybreak was later replaced by Good Morning Britain…

1981

Yasser Al-Qahtani

Saudi Arabian footballer

Yasser Saeed Mosleh Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as a forward for Al-Hilal FC in the Saudi Professional League. He was also captain of the Saudi Arabia national team.

1982

David Cal

Spanish sprint canoeist

David Cal Figueroa is a Spanish sprint canoeist who has competed since 1999. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he has won five medals with a gold and four silvers. With this latest medal in the London 2012 Olympic…

1982

Tony Khan

American sports executive

Antony Rafiq Khan is an American businessman, sports executive, and professional wrestling promoter. He is best known as the founder, owner, president, chief executive officer, executive producer, and head booker of All…

1982

Dan Stevens

English actor

Daniel Jonathan Stevens is an English actor. He first drew international attention for his role as Matthew Crawley in the ITV period drama series Downton Abbey (2010–2012). He also portrayed The Beast in Disney's live…

1982

Stephanie Cheng

Hong Kong singer

Stephanie Cheng is a Hong Kong cantopop singer. She debuted under Go East Entertainment with the song "Grown Up" in 2003 and has since released more than six albums and EPs. She is best known for her song "Traffic…

1984

Jean-Baptiste Grange

French skier

Jean-Baptiste Grange is a French retired World Cup alpine ski racer. He competed primarily in slalom and earlier also in giant slalom and combined.

1984

Ryan Hollins

American basketball player and commentator

Ryan Kenwood Hollins is an American former professional basketball player who is a color commentator for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UCLA…

1984

Chiaki Kuriyama

Japanese actress and singer

Chiaki Kuriyama is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. She played Takako Chigusa in Kinji Fukasaku's 2000 film Battle Royale, Gogo Yubari in Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film Kill Bill: Volume 1, and Yuko Mizushima in…

1984

Paul Posluszny

American football player

Paul Michael Posluszny is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He played college…

1984

Troy Tulowitzki

American baseball player

Troy Trevor Tulowitzki, nicknamed "Tulo", is an American professional baseball coach and former shortstop who played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Colorado Rockies. He also played for the…

1984

Marina Diamandis

Welsh singer-songwriter and pianist

Marina Lambrini Diamandis, known mononymously as Marina and previously by the stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer, songwriter, poet and record producer.

1985

Rostislav Olesz

Czech ice hockey player

Rostislav Olesz is a professional ice hockey left winger for HC Olomouc of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). Olesz was drafted in the first round, seventh overall, by the Florida Panthers in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

1985

Nathan Jawai

Australian basketball player

Nathan Leon Jawai is an Australian former professional basketball player. Jawai first played for the Cairns Marlins in the Queensland Basketball League in 2004, before heading to Canberra the following year to attend…

1986

Andrew McCutchen

American baseball player

Andrew Stefan McCutchen is an American professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates, San…

1986

Ellen Andrea Wang

Norwegian bassist and composer

Ellen Andrea Wang is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer. She is the cousin of singer-songwriter Marthe Wang. Raised in Søndre Land Municipality in Oppland, she released her debut album, Diving, in 2014. She formed…

1986

Ryan Mathews

American football player

Ryan Jefforey Mathews is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Fresno State Bulldogs, earning second-team…

1987

Shaun Fensom

Australian rugby league player

Shaun Fensom is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a lock and second-row forward in the 2000s and 2010s.

1988

Brown Ideye

Nigerian footballer

Aide Brown Ideye is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He represented the Nigeria national team at international level, winning the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

1988

Rose McIver

New Zealand actress

Frances Rose McIver is a New Zealand actress. She portrays Samantha Arondekar in the CBS supernatural sitcom Ghosts (2021–present), Olivia "Liv" Moore in The CW supernatural comedy-drama series iZombie (2015–2019),…

1988

Jeurys Familia

Dominican baseball player

Jeurys Familia Mojica is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, and Boston…

1989

Emer Kenny

English actress and screenwriter

Emer Kenny is a British actress and screenwriter. She is best known for playing Zsa Zsa Carter in EastEnders and its spin-off EastEnders: E20, Danielle Reeves in Pramface and Penelope "Bunty" Windermere in Father Brown.

1989

Shelby Miller

American baseball player

Shelby Charles Miller is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks,…

1990

Geno Smith

American football player

Eugene Cyril Smith III is an American professional football quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers, receiving first-team…

1990

Kolten Wong

American baseball player

Kolten Kaha Wong is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, and Los Angeles Dodgers.

1990

Michael Carter-Williams

American basketball player

Michael Carter-Williams is an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted in the first round with the 11th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers, after playing college…

1991

Gabriella Cilmi

Australian singer-songwriter and producer

Gabriella Lucia Cilmi is an Australian pop singer and songwriter. A contralto, Cilmi is known for her distinctive raspy singing voice.

1991

Lali Espósito

Argentinian actress and singer

Mariana "Lali" Espósito is an Argentine singer, actress, dancer, and model. She began her career in 2003 in the children's telenovela Rincón de Luz. Espósito continued to build her acting and singing career with…

1991

Mariana Pajón

Colombian cyclist

Mariana Pajón Londoño ODB OLY is a Colombian cyclist, two-time Olympic gold medalist and BMX World Champion.

1991

Xherdan Shaqiri

Swiss footballer

Xherdan Shaqiri is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Swiss Super League club Basel.

1991

Anthony Brown

American basketball player

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1992

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

Cuban baseball player

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1993

Jayden Stockley

English footballer

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1993

Bae Suzy

South Korean singer, actress and model

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1994

Mike Tobey

American-Slovenian basketball player

Michael Edward Tobey is an American–born naturalized Slovenian professional basketball player for Gran Canaria of the Spain Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers.

1994

Marquez Valdes-Scantling

American football player

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1994

Courtland Sutton

American football player

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1995

Sami Niku

Finnish ice hockey player

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1996

Josh Giddey

Australian basketball player

Joshua James Giddey is an Australian professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder with the sixth overall pick in the…

2002

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Arif Peçenek — Turkish footballer and manager

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Birth year1959

Known forBorn in Ankara, he began his club football career with the capital club Ankara Güneşspor in 1976

Birthdays on this date254 (19 – 2002)

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