Famous Birthdays on October 13

Q: Who was born on October 13?

Famous people born on October 13 include: Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei, Thomas FitzAlan, Edward of Westminster, Mariotto Albertinelli, Claude of France (died 1524).

Q: What is Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi known for?

Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi, Georgian sumo wrestler

208 people 467 – 2001

October 13 has seen 208 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 467 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

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1987 — Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi

Georgian sumo wrestler

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Tochinoshin was demoted to sekiwake after posting losing records in the first two tournaments of 2019, but returned to ōzeki after winning ten matches at the May 2019 tournament

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In January 2018 he took his first and only top-division championship

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In May 2018, after finishing as runner-up with a 13–2 record and a total of 37 wins in his last three tournaments, he was promoted to ōzeki

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He was a member of the Kasugano stable and made his professional debut in March 2006

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He reached the top makuuchi division just two years later in May 2008

Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei

emperor of Northern Wei (died 499)

Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei ( 魏孝文帝), personal name Tuoba Hong (拓跋宏), later Yuan Hong (元宏), was an emperor of China's Northern Wei dynasty, reigning from September 20, 471 to April 26, 499.

467

Thomas FitzAlan

12th Earl of Arundel, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (died 1415)

Thomas Fitzalan, 5th Earl of Arundel, 10th Earl of Surrey was an English nobleman, one of the principals of the deposition of Richard II, and a major figure during the reign of Henry IV.

1381

Edward of Westminster

Prince of Wales, son and heir of Henry VI of England (died 1471)

Edward of Westminster, also known as Edward of Lancaster, was the only child of Henry VI of England and Margaret of Anjou. He was killed aged seventeen at the Battle of Tewkesbury.

1453

Mariotto Albertinelli

Italian painter and educator (died 1515)

Mariotto di Bindo di Biagio Albertinelli was an Italian Renaissance painter active in Florence. He was a close friend and collaborator of Fra Bartolomeo.

1474

Claude of France (died 1524)

Claude of France was Queen of France from 1 January 1515 as the wife of King Francis I and Duchess of Brittany in her own right from 9 January 1514 until her death in 1524. She was the eldest daughter of King Louis XII…

1499

Francis Caracciolo

Italian Catholic priest (died 1608)

Francis Caracciolo, born Ascanio dei Caracciolo Pisquizi, was an Italian Catholic priest who co-founded the Order of the Clerics Regular Minor with John Augustine Adorno and Fabrizio Caracciolo. He decided to adopt a…

1563

Richard Boyle

1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (died 1643)

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, also known as 'the Great Earl of Cork', was an English politician who served as Lord Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland.

1566

Luisa de Guzmán

Spanish-Portuguese wife of John IV of Portugal (died 1666)

Luisa María Francisca de Guzmán y Sandoval was a Spanish noblewoman who became Queen of Portugal as the wife of King John IV, the first Braganza ruler. She was the mother of two kings of Portugal and a queen of England.…

1613

John Hervey

2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Lord Privy Seal (died 1743)

John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, was an English courtier and political writer. Heir to the Earl of Bristol, he obtained the key patronage of Walpole, and was involved in many court intrigues and literary quarrels, being…

1696

Andrea Belli

Maltese architect and businessman (died 1772)

Andrea Belli was a Maltese architect and businessman. He designed several Baroque buildings, including Auberge de Castille in Valletta, which is now the Office of the Prime Minister of Malta.

1703

Allan Ramsay

Scottish-English painter (died 1784)

Allan Ramsay was a Scottish painter who specialised in portrait painting.

1713

James Gambier

1st Baron Gambier, English admiral and politician, 36th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (died 1833)

Admiral of the Fleet James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator. After seeing action at the capture of Charleston during the American Revolutionary War, he saw action again, as…

1756

Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin

French admiral and explorer (died 1839)

Counter-Admiral Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin was a French Navy officer and explorer. He fought in numerous naval engagements during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and conducted several exploratory…

1768

John William Dawson

Canadian geologist and academic (died 1899)

Sir John William Dawson (1820–1899) was a Canadian geologist and university administrator.

1820

Rudolf Virchow

German physician, biologist, and politician (died 1902)

Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician. He is known as "the father of modern pathology" and as the founder of social…

1821

Charles Frederick Worth

English fashion designer, founded House of Worth (died 1895)

Charles Frederick Worth was an English fashion designer who founded the House of Worth, one of the foremost fashion houses of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is considered by many fashion historians to be the…

1825

Ernest Myers

English poet and author (died 1921)

Ernest James Myers, was a British poet, Classicist and author. He was the second son of the Rev. Frederic Myers, author of Catholic Thoughts, and Susan Harriett Myers. His elder brother was F W H Myers, the poet, critic…

1844

Lillie Langtry

English actress and singer (died 1929)

Emilie Charlotte, Lady de Bathe, known as Lillie Langtry and nicknamed "The Jersey Lily", was a British socialite, stage actress and producer.

1853

Mary Kingsley

English explorer and author (died 1900)

Mary Henrietta Kingsley was an English explorer, travel writer, and ethnographic observer known for her journeys through West Africa and for her influential writings on African societies and colonial policy.

1862

Jacques Inaudi

Italian calculating prodigy (died 1950)

Giacomo Inaudi, also known as Jacques Inaudi in France, was an Italian calculating prodigy.

1867

Albert Jay Nock

American theorist, author, and critic (died 1945)

Albert Jay Nock was an American libertarian author, editor first of The Nation and then The Freeman, educational theorist, Georgist, and social critic of the early and middle 20th century. He was an outspoken opponent…

1870

Leon Leonwood Bean

American hunter, businessman, and author, founded L.L.Bean (died 1967)

Leon Leonwood Bean was an American inventor, author, outdoor enthusiast, and founder of the company L.L.Bean.

1872

Georgios Kafantaris

Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece (died 1946)

Georgios Kafantaris was a Greek politician, a political personality of the first half of the 20th century and a prominent member of the Liberal Party.

1873

József Klekl

Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (died 1948)

József Klekl was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest from Prekmurje and politician in Hungary, writer, governor of the Slovene People's Party (Slovenska lüdska stranka), later a delegate in Belgrade. Klekl was an active…

1874

Rube Waddell

American baseball player (died 1914)

George Edward "Rube" Waddell was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). A left-hander, he played for 13 years, with the Louisville Colonels, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Orphans in the National League,…

1876

Patrick Joseph Hartigan

Australian priest and author (died 1952)

Monsignor Patrick Joseph Hartigan was an Australian Roman Catholic priest, educator, author and poet, writing under the name John O'Brien.

1878

Edward Hennig

American gymnast (died 1960)

Edward August Hennig was an American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He died in Summit County, Ohio.

1879

Sasha Chorny

Russian poet and author (died 1932)

Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg, better known as Sasha Chorny or Cherny, was a Russian poet, satirist and children's writer.

1880

Jozef Tiso

Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (died 1947)

Jozef Gašpar Tiso was a Slovak politician, dictator and Catholic priest who served as president of the First Slovak Republic, a client state of Nazi Germany during World War II, from 1939 to 1945. After the war, in…

1887

Conrad Richter

American journalist and novelist (died 1968)

Conrad Michael Richter was an American novelist whose lyrical work is concerned largely with life on the American frontier in various periods. His novel The Town (1950), the last story of his trilogy The Awakening Land…

1890

Irene Rich

American actress (died 1988)

Irene Frances Rich was an American actress who worked in both silent films, talkies, and radio.

1891

Kurt Reidemeister

German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (died 1971)

Kurt Werner Friedrich Reidemeister was a mathematician born in Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany.

1893

Mike Gazella

American baseball player and manager (died 1978)

Michael Gazella was an American Major League Baseball player who played for the New York Yankees on several championship teams in the 1920s.

1895

Piero Dusio

Italian footballer, businessman and racing driver (died 1975)

Piero Dusio was an Italian footballer, businessman, racing driver and racing car manufacturer.

1899

Gerald Marks

American composer (died 1997)

Gerald Marks was an American composer of popular music. He was best known for the 1931 song "All of Me", which he co-wrote with Seymour Simons and has been recorded about 2,000 times. He also wrote the songs "That's…

1900

Arna Bontemps

American librarian, author, and poet (died 1973)

Arna Wendell Bontemps was an American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance.

1902

Karl Leichter

Estonian musicologist and academic (died 1987)

Karl Leichter was an Estonian musicologist. In 1929 he graduated in theory and composition, studying under Heino Eller with pupils such as Eduard Tubin, Alfred Karindi, Eduard Oja and Olav Roots. Between 1929 and 1931…

1902

Wilfred Pickles

English actor and radio host (died 1978)

Wilfred Pickles was an English actor and radio presenter.

1904

Yves Allégret

French director and screenwriter (died 1987)

Yves Allégret was a French film director, often working in the film noir genre. He was born in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine and died in Paris.

1905

John Rinehart Blue

American military officer, educator, businessperson, and politician (died 1965)

John Rinehart Blue was an American military officer, educator, businessperson, and politician in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Blue was a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing…

1905

Coloman Braun-Bogdan

Romanian footballer and manager (died 1983)

Coloman Braun-Bogdan was a Romanian football midfielder and football manager.

1905

Herblock

American author and illustrator (died 2001)

Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock, was an American editorial cartoonist and author best known for his commentaries on national domestic and foreign policy.

1909

Art Tatum

American jazz pianist (died 1956)

Arthur Tatum Jr. was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever. From early in his career, fellow musicians acclaimed Tatum's technical ability as extraordinary. Tatum also extended jazz…

1909

Ashok Kumar

Indian film actor (died 2001)

Ashok Kumar was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema. He is considered to be the first superstar of Indian cinema…

1911

Millosh Gjergj Nikolla

Albanian poet and author (died 1938)

Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, commonly known by the acronym pen name Migjeni, was an Albanian poet and writer, considered one of the most important of the 20th century. After his death, he was recognized as one of the main…

1911

Cornel Wilde

Slovak-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1989)

Cornelius Louis Wilde was a Hungarian-American actor and filmmaker. His acting career began on Broadway in 1935, followed by small, uncredited appearances in films. By the 1940s he had signed a contract with 20th…

1912

Igor Torkar

Slovenian poet and playwright (died 2004)

Igor Torkar was the pen name of Boris Fakin, a Slovenian writer, playwright, and poet best known for his literary descriptions of Communist repression in Yugoslavia after World War II.

1913

Terry Frost

English painter and academic (died 2003)

Sir Terence Ernest Manitou Frost RA was a British abstract artist, who worked in Newlyn, Cornwall. Frost was renowned for his use of the Cornish light, colour and shape to start a new art movement in England. He became…

1915

Reed Erickson

American philanthropist (died 1992)

Reed Erickson was an American transgender man and philanthropist who, according to sociology specialist Aaron H. Devor, largely informed "almost every aspect of work being done in the 1960s and 1970s in the field of…

1917

George Osmond

American talent manager (died 2007)

George Virl Osmond Sr. was the patriarch of the singing Osmond family.

1917

Robert Walker

American actor (died 1951)

Robert Hudson Walker was an American actor who starred as the villain in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Strangers on a Train (1951), which was released shortly before his premature death.

1918

Laraine Day

American actress (died 2007)

Laraine Day was an American actress, radio and television commentator, and former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) contract star. As a leading lady, she was paired opposite major film stars, including Robert Mitchum, Lana…

1920

Yves Montand

Italian-French actor and singer (died 1991)

Ivo Livi, better known as Yves Montand, was an Italian-born French actor and singer. He is said to be one of France's greatest 20th-century artists.

1921

Nathaniel Clifton

American athlete (died 1990)

Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton was an American professional basketball player who was one of the first African Americans to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was also a professional baseball player.

1922

Gilberto Mendes

Brazilian composer (died 2016)

Gilberto Mendes was a 20th-century Brazilian avant-garde composer, and one of the pioneering fathers of the company New Consonant Music.

1922

John C. Champion

American screenwriter and producer (died 1994)

John C. Champion was an American producer and screenwriter.

1923

Rosemary Anne Sisson

English author and playwright (died 2017)

Rosemary Anne Sisson was an English television dramatist and novelist. She was described by playwright Simon Farquhar in 2014 as being "one of television's finest period storytellers", and in 2017 fellow dramatist Ian…

1923

Faas Wilkes

Dutch footballer (died 2006)

Servaas "Faas" Wilkes was a Dutch football forward, who earned a total of 38 caps for the Netherlands national team, in which he scored 35 goals. However, for a prolonged period of his career, June 1949 through till…

1923

Terry Gibbs

American vibraphone player and bandleader

Terry Gibbs is an American jazz vibraphonist and band leader.

1924

Moturu Udayam

Indian activist and politician (died 2002)

Moturu Udayam was an Indian politician and women's rights activist. She was the General Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Mahila Sangham for eighteen years, and then the honorary president of the organisation between 1992…

1924

Roberto Eduardo Viola

Argentinian general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (died 1994)

Roberto Eduardo Viola was an Argentine military officer who served as the 43rd President of Argentina and the 2nd President of the National Reorganization Process from 29 March to 11 December 1981 as a military dictator.

1924

Lenny Bruce

American comedian and actor (died 1966)

Leonard Alfred Schneider, better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist. He was renowned for his open, free-wheeling, and critical style of comedy that…

1925

Armand Mouyal

Algerian-French fencer and police officer (died 1988)

Armand Mouyal was a French epee world champion fencer.

1925

Margaret Thatcher

English chemist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2013)

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the…

1925

Gustav Winckler

Danish singer-songwriter (died 1979)

Gustav Frands Wilzeck Winckler was a popular Danish singer, composer and music publisher. He grew up in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen and started his career as a decorator.

1925

Ray Brown

American bassist and cellist (died 2002)

Raymond Matthews Brown was an American jazz double bassist, known for his extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald. He was also a founding member of the group that would later develop into the Modern Jazz…

1926

Killer Kowalski

American wrestler (died 2008)

Wladek Kowalski was a Canadian professional wrestler, known by his ring name Killer Kowalski.

1926

Tommy Whittle

Scottish-English saxophonist (died 2013)

Tommy Whittle was a British jazz saxophonist.

1926

Eddie Yost

American baseball player and coach (died 2012)

Edward Frederick Joseph Yost was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played most of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career as a third baseman for the Washington Senators, then played two seasons each…

1926

Anita Kerr

American singer and arranger (died 2022)

Anita Jean Kerr was an American singer, arranger, composer, conductor, pianist, and music producer. She recorded and performed with her vocal harmony groups in Nashville, Los Angeles, and Europe.

1927

Lee Konitz

American saxophonist and composer (died 2020)

Leon "Lee" Konitz was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer.

1927

Turgut Özal

Turkish engineer and politician, 8th President of Turkey (died 1993)

Halil Turgut Özal was a Turkish politician, bureaucrat, engineer and statesman who served as the president of Turkey from 1989 to 1993. He previously served as the prime minister of Turkey from 1983 to 1989 as the…

1927

Richard Howard

American poet, critic, and translator (died 2022)

Richard Joseph Howard, adopted as Richard Joseph Orwitz, was an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. He was poet laureate of New York from 1993 to 1995. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and…

1929

Walasse Ting

Chinese-American painter and poet (died 2010)

Walasse Ting was a Chinese-American visual artist and poet. His colorful paintings have attracted critical admiration and a popular following. Common subjects include nude women and cats, birds and other animals.

1929

Bruce Geller

American screenwriter and producer (died 1978)

Bruce Bernard Geller was an American lyricist, screenwriter, director, and television producer. He was best known for the action series Mission: Impossible (1966-1973), and detective drama Mannix (1967-1975).

1930

Raymond Kopa

French footballer (died 2017)

Raymond Kopa was a French professional footballer, integral to the France national team of the 1950s. At club level he was part of the legendary Real Madrid team of the 1950s, winning three European Cups.

1931

Eddie Mathews

American baseball player and manager (died 2001)

Edwin Lee Mathews was an American professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 17 seasons for the Boston / Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves (1952–1966); Houston Astros (1967) and Detroit…

1931

Johnny Lytle

American vibraphone player and drummer (died 1995)

John “Johnny” Dillard Lytle was an American jazz drummer and vibraphonist.

1932

Liliane Montevecchi

French-Italian actress, dancer and singer (died 2018)

Liliane Dina Montevecchi was a French actress, dancer, and singer. She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in the original Broadway production of Nine, and was nominated for Best…

1932

Thomas Bingham

Baron Bingham of Cornhill, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (died 2012)

Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill was a British judge who was successively Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice and Senior Law Lord. On his death in 2010, he was described as the greatest judge of his…

1933

Raynald Fréchette

Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2007)

Raynald Fréchette was a Quebec lawyer, judge and political figure.

1933

Nana Mouskouri

Greek singer and politician

Ioanna "Nana" Mouskouri is a Greek singer and politician. Over the span of her career, she has released an estimated 450 albums in at least thirteen languages, including Greek, French, English, German, Dutch,…

1934

Etterlene DeBarge

American singer-songwriter (died 2024)

Etterlene Louise Rodriguez was an American gospel singer, songwriter, and the matriarch of the American R&B/soul vocal group DeBarge. She was the author of Other Side of the Pain, which documented her struggles in her…

1935

Bruce Morrow

American radio host and actor

Bruce Morrow is an American radio performer, publicly known as Cousin Brucie or Cousin Bruce Morrow. In an October 2020 interview, Morrow said he received the moniker "Cousin" while in the lobby of his midtown Manhattan…

1935

Chitti Babu

Indian veena player and composer (died 1996)

Chitti Babu was a classical musician from India, and arguably one of the greatest Veena artistes, in the Carnatic Music genre of South India, who became a legend in his own lifetime. His name was synonymous with the…

1936

Shirley Caesar

American gospel singer-songwriter

Shirley Ann Caesar-Williams, known professionally as Shirley Caesar, is an American gospel singer. Her career began in 1951, when she signed to Federal Records at the age of 12. Throughout her seven decade career,…

1938

Hugo Young

English journalist and author (died 2003)

Hugo John Smelter Young was a British journalist and columnist and senior political commentator at The Guardian.

1938

Larry Bowie

American football player (died 2012)

Lawrence Glen Bowie was a National Football League (NFL) guard. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the sixth round of the 1962 NFL draft. He played college football at Purdue.

1939

Melinda Dillon

American actress (died 2023)

Melinda Ruth Dillon was an American actress. She was nominated for a 1963 Tony Award for her Broadway debut in the original production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best…

1939

Chris Farlowe

English rock, blues, and soul singer

Chris Farlowe is an English rock, blues and blue-eyed soul singer. He is best known for his hit single "Out of Time" written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, which rose to No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1966, and…

1940

Pharoah Sanders

American saxophonist and bandleader (died 2022)

Pharoah Sanders was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", Sanders played a prominent role in the…

1940

Neil Aspinall

Welsh-English record producer and manager (died 2008)

Neil Stanley Aspinall was a British music industry executive. A school friend of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, he went on to head the Beatles' company Apple Corps.

1941

Jim Price

American baseball player (died 2023)

Jimmie William Price was an American professional baseball catcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers from 1967 to 1971. He was also the color commentator for the Detroit Tigers Radio…

1941

Paul Simon

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for his solo work and his collaborations with Art Garfunkel. He and Garfunkel, whom he met in elementary school in 1953, came to prominence in…

1941

John Snow

English cricketer

John Augustine Snow is a retired English international cricketer who played for Sussex from 1961 to 1977 and represented England in 49 Test matches. He was born in Peopleton, Worcestershire.

1941

Rutanya Alda

Latvian-American actress

Rutanya Alda is a Latvian-American actress. She began her career in the late 1960s, and went on to have supporting parts in The Deer Hunter (1978), Rocky II (1979), and Mommie Dearest (1981). She also appeared in a lead…

1942

Bob Bailey

American baseball player and manager (died 2018)

Robert Sherwood Bailey was an American professional baseball player. He played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1962 and 1978 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, Cincinnati…

1942

Jerry Jones

American businessman

Jerral Wayne Jones Sr. is an American billionaire businessman who is the owner, president, and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He bought the team from Bum Bright in 1989.

1942

Walter McGowan

Scottish boxer (died 2016)

Walter McGowan, MBE, was a Scottish boxer born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire. He was known for having been the lineal flyweight champion, winning the The Ring, EBU and BBBofC titles after defeating Salvatore Burruni in…

1942

Peter Sauber

Swiss businessman, founded the Sauber F1 Team

Peter Paul Sauber is a retired Swiss motorsport executive. He was the team principal and owner of various motorsports teams, most visibly the eponymous Sauber Formula One team.

1943

Robert Lamm

American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Robert William Lamm is an American musician and a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He is best known for his songwriting, vocals, and keyboard melodies, most significantly on the band's debut studio album,…

1944

Dési Bouterse

Surinamese general and politician, 9th President of Suriname (died 2024)

Desiré Delano Bouterse was a Surinamese military officer, politician, and convicted drug trafficker who served as the eighth president of Suriname from 2010 to 2020, having previously led the country twice as a military…

1945

Poure Puobe VII Paramount Chief of Nandom in the Upper East Region of Ghana (died 2019)

Poure Puobe VII was a traditional ruler in Ghana and Paramount Chief of Nandom in the Upper East Region. He was the eighth president of the National House of Chiefs and served in an acting capacity in 1999.

1945

Levon Ananyan

Armenian journalist and author (died 2013)

Levon Ananyan was an Armenian journalist and translator.

1946

Edwina Currie

English politician

Edwina Currie is a British writer, broadcaster and former politician, serving as Conservative Party Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire from 1983 until 1997. She was a Junior Health Minister for two years,…

1946

Lacy J. Dalton

American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist

Lacy J. Dalton is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for her gritty, powerful vocals, which People Magazine likened to a country equivalent of Bonnie Raitt.

1946

Joe Dolce

American-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Joseph Dolce is an American and Australian singer, songwriter, poet and essayist.

1947

Sammy Hagar

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Samuel Roy Hagar, also known as the Red Rocker, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose before launching…

1947

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Pakistani musician (died 1997)

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, also known by his initials NFAK, was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music director, primarily associated with qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music…

1948

Tom Mees

American sportscaster (died 1996)

Thomas E. Mees was an American sportscaster best known for his role in hosting and in the play-by-play role of professional and collegiate ice hockey and for being a prominent personality on ESPN during that network's…

1949

Patrick Nève

Belgian racing driver (died 2017)

Patrick Marie Ghislain Pierre Simon Stanislas Nève de Mévergnies was a Belgian racing driver. He participated in 14 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 16 May 1976. He was notable for being the first driver for…

1949

Mollie Katzen

American chef and author

Mollie Katzen is an American cookbook author and artist, best known for the vegetarian cookbook published by Ten Speed Press, The Moosewood Cookbook (1977), a revised version of the 1974 self-published cookbook by…

1950

Simon Nicol

English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Simon John Breckenridge Nicol is an English guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He was a founding member of British folk rock group Fairport Convention and is the only founding member still in…

1950

Annegret Richter

German sprinter

Annegret Richter, née Annegret Irrgang is a German athlete and the 1976 Olympic 100 m champion.

1950

Stephen Bayley

Welsh journalist, author, and critic

Stephen Paul Bayley is a Welsh writer and critic, known particularly for his commentary on architecture and design. He was founding CEO of the Design Museum in London in 1989, and has been a regular architecture, art…

1951

Mundo Earwood

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)

Raymond "Mundo" Earwood was an American country music singer-songwriter. Earwood's eponymous debut album was released by Excelsior Records in 1981. His most successful single, "Things I'd Do for You", reached the Top 20…

1952

Beverly Johnson

American model, actress, and singer

Beverly Ann Johnson is an American model, actress, singer, and businesswoman. Johnson rose to fame when she became the first Black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in August 1974, after Donyale Luna was…

1952

John Lone

Hong Kong-American actor

John Lone is a Chinese-American retired actor. He starred as Puyi in the Academy Award-winning film The Last Emperor (1987), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

1952

Pat Day

American jockey

Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is a retired American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991 and the Arkansas…

1953

George Frazier

American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)

George Allen Frazier was an American professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1978 to 1987, primarily as a set-up reliever.

1954

Claude Ribbe

French historian and academic

Claude Ribbe is a French writer, activist and filmmaker.

1954

Chris Carter

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Christopher Carl Carter is an American television and film producer, director and writer. Born in Bellflower, California, Carter graduated with a degree in journalism from California State University, Long Beach before…

1956

Sinan Sakić

Serbian singer (died 2018)

Sinan Sakić was a Serbian pop-folk singer.

1956

Joseph Toal

Scottish bishop

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1956

Reggie Theus

American basketball player and coach

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1957

Maria Cantwell

American lawyer and politician

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1958

Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells

American bassist and composer

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1958

Marie Osmond

American singer, actress, and television spokesperson

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1959

Joey Belladonna

American singer and songwriter

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1960

Eric Joyce

Scottish soldier and politician

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1960

Rachel De Thame

English gardener and television presenter

Rachel de Thame is an English gardener, television presenter and actress.

1961

Derek Harper

American basketball player

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1961

Doc Rivers

American basketball player and coach

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1961

T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh

American actress and author

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1962

Kelly Preston

American actress (died 2020)

Kelly Kamalelehua Smith, known professionally as Kelly Preston, was an American actress. She appeared in more than 60 television and film productions, including Mischief (1985), Twins (1988), Jerry Maguire (1996), and…

1962

Jerry Rice

American football player

Jerry Lee Rice is an American former professional football wide receiver who played for 20 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He won three Super Bowl titles with the San Francisco 49ers before two shorter…

1962

Colin Channer

Jamaican-American author and academic

Colin Channer is a Jamaican writer, often referred to as "Bob Marley with a pen," due to the spiritual, sensual, social themes presented from a literary Jamaican perspective. His first two full-length novels, Waiting in…

1963

Chip Foose

American engineer and television host

Douglas Sam "Chip" Foose is an American automobile designer, artist, and star designer of the car-customization reality television series Overhaulin'.

1963

Fanie de Villiers

South African cricketer

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1964

Doug Emhoff

American lawyer and second gentlemen of the United States

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1964

Nie Haisheng

Chinese general, pilot, and astronaut

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1964

Christopher Judge

American actor and producer

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1964

Marco Travaglio

Italian journalist and author

Marco Travaglio is an Italian journalist, writer, and pundit. Since 2015, he has been the editor-in-chief of the independent daily newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano. Travaglio began his journalistic career in the late 1980s…

1964

Matt Walsh

American actor and comedian

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1964

Johan Museeuw

Belgian cyclist

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1965

Larry Collmus

American sportscaster

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1966

Baja Mali Knindža

Serbian singer

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1966

John Regis

English sprinter

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1966

Aleksander Čeferin

Slovenian lawyer and football administrator, 7th president of UEFA

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1967

Scott Cooper

American baseball player

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1967

Trevor Hoffman

American baseball player

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1967

Javier Sotomayor

Cuban high jumper

Javier Sotomayor Sanabria is a Cuban former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. His world record of 2.45 m makes him the only person ever to have cleared…

1967

Steve Vickers

English footballer

Stephen Vickers is an English former association footballer who played as a central defender. He made nearly 600 appearances in the Football League and the Premier League, the majority of which were for Tranmere Rovers…

1967

Kate Walsh

American actress and producer

Kathleen Erin Walsh is an American actress and businesswoman. She is best known for her role as Dr. Addison Montgomery in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice (2007–2013).

1967

Tisha Campbell-Martin

American actress and singer

Tisha Michelle Campbell is an American actress and singer. She made her screen debut appearing in the 1986 rock musical comedy film Little Shop of Horrors, and later starred on the NBC musical comedy drama Rags to…

1968

Nancy Kerrigan

American figure skater and actress

Nancy Ann Kerrigan is an American former figure skater. She won bronze medals at the 1991 World Championships and the 1992 Winter Olympics, silver medals at the 1992 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics, as…

1969

Cady McClain

American actress and singer

Cady McClain is an American actress, singer, and author.

1969

Serena Altschul

American journalist

Serena Altschul is an American broadcast journalist, known for her work at MTV News and CBS.

1970

Rob Howley

Welsh rugby player and coach

Robert Howley is a Welsh rugby union coach and former player. As a player, he won 59 caps for Wales, 22 of them as captain. He was part of the Wales coaching staff from 2008 to 2019.

1970

Paul Potts

English tenor

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1970

Sacha Baron Cohen

English comedian, actor, and screenwriter

Sacha Noam Baron Cohen is an English actor and comedian. Known for his creation and portrayal of the fictional satirical characters Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, Brüno Gehard, and Admiral General Haffaz Aladeen, he has…

1971

Billy Bush

American television journalist and radio host

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1971

Pyrros Dimas

Albanian-Greek weightlifter and politician

Pyrros Dimas is a Greek politician and former weightlifter. He is currently the technical director for USA Weightlifting, having taken that position in June 2017. Dimas has also been involved in politics as a member of…

1971

Summer Sanders

American swimmer and sportscaster

Summer Elizabeth Sanders is an American sports commentator, reporter, television personality, actress, former competition swimmer and Olympic champion from 1992.

1972

Brian Dawkins

American football player and coach

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1973

Matt Hughes

American wrestler and mixed martial artist

Matthew Allen Hughes is an American retired mixed martial artist with a background in wrestling. Widely considered among the greatest fighters in the history of MMA, he is a former two-time UFC Welterweight Champion,…

1973

Gareth Batty

English cricketer

Gareth Jon Batty is an English former cricketer who is best known as a spin-bowler. He has represented England in all formats and was the captain of Surrey County Cricket Club between 2015 and 2017. In October 2021,…

1977

Benjamin Clapp

American drummer

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1977

Antonio Di Natale

Italian footballer

Antonio Di Natale is an Italian football coach and former professional player who played as a striker.

1977

Justin Peroff

Canadian drummer and actor

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1977

Paul Pierce

American basketball player

Paul Anthony Pierce is an American former professional basketball player. He played 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), predominantly with the Boston Celtics.

1977

Kiele Sanchez

American actress

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1977

Jermaine O'Neal

American basketball player

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1978

Wes Brown

English footballer

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1979

Mamadou Niang

Senegalese footballer

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1979

Ashanti

American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

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1980

David Haye

English boxer

David Deron Haye is a British former professional boxer. He competed between 2002 and 2018. He held the unified, and the Ring magazine cruiserweight championship from 2007 to 2008; and the WBA heavyweight title from…

1980

Magne Hoseth

Norwegian footballer

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1980

Scott Parker

English footballer

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1980

Taylor Buchholz

American baseball player

Taylor Buchholz is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Colorado Rockies, Toronto Blue Jays, and New York Mets.

1981

Kele Okereke

English singer, songwriter, and musician

Rowland Kelechukwu Okereke, also known mononymously as Kele, is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the indie rock band Bloc Party. Additionally, he…

1981

Antonio Pavanello

Italian rugby player

Antonio Pavanello is an Italian former rugby union player. His preferred position was as lock although he could also play equally well in the back row. He played for Benetton Treviso in the Pro14 competition and the…

1982

Ian Thorpe

Australian swimmer

Ian James Thorpe is an Australian retired swimmer who specialised in freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the second most won by any Australian after…

1982

Brian Hoyer

American football player

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1985

Andrej Meszároš

Slovak ice hockey player

Andrej Meszároš is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player.

1985

Gabriel Agbonlahor

English footballer

Gabriel Imuetinyan Agbonlahor is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward; he mostly played as a striker, but he was also capable of playing on the wing. He spent his entire professional career…

1986

Sergio Pérez Moya

Mexican footballer

Sergio Pérez Moya is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

1986

Adrian Poparadu

Romanian footballer

Adrian Poparadu is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for ACS Dumbrăvița.

1987

Norris Cole

American basketball player

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1988

Scott Jamieson

Australian footballer

Scott Alexander Jamieson is an Australian retired soccer player who played as a left back.

1988

Brace Belden

American communist and trade union activist, volunteer in the People's Protection Units

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1989

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

American politician

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1989

Clive Rose

Australian cricketer

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1989

Andrej Rendla

Slovak footballer

Andrej Rendla is a retired Slovak footballer who played as a forward.

1990

Adrián Sardinero

Spanish footballer

Adrián Sardinero Corpa is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Super League Kerala club Kannur Warriors.

1990

Jakob Silfverberg

Swedish ice hockey player

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1990

Igor Ozhiganov

Russian ice hockey player

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1992

Shelby Rogers

American tennis player

Shelby Nicole Rogers is an American former professional tennis player. She had career-high WTA rankings of No. 30 in singles and No. 40 in doubles, and won six singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.…

1992

Tiffany Trump

American socialite

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1993

Ryan Matterson

Australian rugby league player

Ryan Matterson is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-rower or lock forward for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL.

1994

Yuta Watanabe

Japanese basketball player

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1994

Jimin

South Korean singer

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1995

Joshua Wong

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist

Joshua Wong Chi-fung is a Hong Kong activist and politician. He served as secretary-general of the pro-democracy party Demosistō until it disbanded following implementation of the Hong Kong national security law on 30…

1996

Andrew Capobianco. American diver

Andrew Capobianco is an American Olympic diver.

1999

Caleb McLaughlin

American actor

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2001

Cam Thomas

American basketball player

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2001

De'Von Achane

American football player

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2001

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