Famous Birthdays on October 23

October 23 has 285 recorded notable births across history, from 1006 to 2004. This page lists every one of them, with the best-known people first.

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Margaret Qualley

1994 — Margaret Qualley

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Major events on October 23

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  1. 1850 The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts. Source
  2. 1991 Signing of the Paris Peace Accords which ends the Cambodian–Vietnamese War. Source

Did you know about Margaret Qualley

Margaret Qualley made her acting debut in the 2013 drama film Palo Alto and gained recognition for her supporting role in the HBO drama series The Leftovers (2014–2017).

Did you know about Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds's films as a leading actor have grossed $6.6 billion worldwide.

Did you know about Emilia Clarke

Emilia Clarke achieved international recognition for her role as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which she received nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards.

Did you know about "Weird Al" Yankovic

"Weird Al" Yankovic also performs original songs that are style pastiches of the work of other acts, as well as polka medleys of popular songs, most of which feature his trademark accordion.

Did you know about Sam Raimi

Sam Raimi is best known for writing and directing the Evil Dead trilogy (1981–1993) and directing the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007).


More major people born on October 23

Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.

1976 Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds

Canadian-American actor and producer
Ryan Rodney Reynolds is a Canadian and American actor, entrepreneur, and film producer. Known for starring in comedic and superhero films, he was the world's second-highest-paid actor in 2020 and 2024. Reynolds has received numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for two Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. His films as a leading actor have grossed $6.6 billion worldwide.
1986 Emilia Clarke

Emilia Clarke

English actress
Emilia Isobel Euphemia Rose Clarke is an English actress. She achieved international recognition for her role as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which she received nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards. She is also widely known for playing Sarah Connor in the science-fiction film Terminator: Genisys (2015) and Qi'ra in the film Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), and for starring in the romantic dramas Me Before You (2016) and Last Christmas (2019).
1959 "Weird Al" Yankovic

"Weird Al" Yankovic

American comedy musician, writer, and actor
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American musician. Yankovic is known for writing and performing comedy songs that often parody songs by other musicians. He also performs original songs that are style pastiches of the work of other acts, as well as polka medleys of popular songs, most of which feature his trademark accordion. Since having one of his comedy songs aired on The Dr. Demento Radio Show in 1976 at age 16, Yankovic has sold more than 12 million albums, recorded more than 150 parodies and original songs, and performed more than 2,000 live shows.
1959 Sam Raimi

Sam Raimi

American director, screenwriter and producer
Samuel M. Raimi is an American filmmaker. He is best known for writing and directing the Evil Dead trilogy (1981–1993) and directing the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). He also directed Darkman (1990), The Quick and the Dead (1995), A Simple Plan (1998), The Gift (2000), Drag Me to Hell (2009), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) and Send Help (2026).
1979 Prabhas

Prabhas

Telugu film actor
Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju , known mononymously as Prabhas, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He is one of the highest-paid actors in Indian cinema and has been featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2015. Referred to in the media as Rebel Star, he has appeared in over 24 films, and has received seven Filmfare Awards nominations, a Nandi Award, and a SIIMA Award.
1998 Amandla Stenberg

Amandla Stenberg

American actress
Amandla Stenberg is an American actress and musician. She began her career as a child actor and received recognition for playing Rue in the action film The Hunger Games (2012). As she grew older, she appeared in the supernatural series Sleepy Hollow (2013–2014) and the romance film Everything, Everything (2017). She received praise for her performance as a teenager witnessing a police shooting in the drama film The Hate U Give (2018). She has since starred in the comedy horror film Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) and the Star Wars series The Acolyte (2024) in a dual role.
1964 Robert Trujillo

Robert Trujillo

American bass player and songwriter
Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz is an American musician, best known as the fourth and current bassist for heavy metal band Metallica. He first rose to prominence as the bassist of crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies from 1989 to 1995, while also collaborating with Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir for funk metal supergroup Infectious Grooves. After leaving Suicidal Tendencies, he performed with Ozzy Osbourne, Jerry Cantrell, and heavy metal band Black Label Society. Trujillo joined Metallica in 2003, replacing the band's longtime third bassist, Jason Newsted. Trujillo is the band's longest-serving bassist. He was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Metallica in 2009.
1985 Masiela Lusha

Masiela Lusha

Albanian-American actress, poet, and humanitarian
Masiela Lusha is an Albanian-American actress and author. She gained recognition for playing Carmen Lopez on the globally syndicated ABC sitcom George Lopez, a role that earned her two consecutive Young Artist Awards for Leading Young Actress in a Comedy or Drama. After transitioning into film, she starred in Sony Pictures’ Blood: The Last Vampire. Lusha also starred alongside David Hasselhoff and Ian Ziering in SyFy's television movie Sharknado: The 4th Awakens.
1995 Ireland Baldwin

Ireland Baldwin

American model
Ireland Eliesse Baldwin, also known as Ireland Basinger Baldwin, is an American fashion model and actress. Baldwin started modeling and acting in 2013 and appeared in the film Grudge Match and in editorials for magazines such as Grazia. Baldwin is also a vocal advocate for animal rights and posed for PETA 24 years after her mother, Kim Basinger, did.
1957 Paul Kagame

Paul Kagame

Rwandan soldier and politician, 6th President of Rwanda
Paul Kagame is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who has been the president of Rwanda since 2000. He is considered to be Rwanda's de facto leader since 1994, from 1994 till 2000 while Vice President and Minister of Defence under President Pasteur Bizimungu. He was previously a commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a rebel armed force which invaded Rwanda in 1990. The RPF was one of the main belligerents of the Rwandan Civil War and was the armed force which ended the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
1970 Grant Imahara

Grant Imahara

American television presenter and engineer (died 2020)
Grant Masaru Imahara was an American electrical engineer, roboticist, television host and actor. He was best known for his work on the television series MythBusters, on which he designed, built, and operated numerous robots and machines to test myths over the course of the show.
1954 Ang Lee

Ang Lee

Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter
Ang Lee is a Taiwanese filmmaker. His films are known for their emotional charge and exploration of repressed and hidden emotions. During his career, Lee has received international critical and popular acclaim and numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. He is also the only filmmaker to win the Golden Bear twice and one of only four filmmakers to win the Golden Lion twice, and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2020.
1997 Nick Bosa

Nick Bosa

American football player
Nicholas John Bosa is an American professional football defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was selected second overall by the 49ers in the 2019 NFL draft. Bosa was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and helped his team reach Super Bowl LIV. In 2022, he won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award. He is the son of former NFL defensive end John Bosa and younger brother of current NFL defensive end Joey Bosa.
1989 Jonita Gandhi

Jonita Gandhi

Indo-Canadian singer
Jonita Gandhi, credited mononymously as Jonita, is a Canadian singer known for her work in the Indian film and music industries. Since 2024, she has performed as a solo pop artist by releasing her debut independent EP Love Like That.
1991 Princess Mako of Akishino

Princess Mako of Akishino

member of the Japanese Imperial Family
Mako Komuro , formerly Princess Mako of Akishino , is a Japanese art historian and a former member of the Japanese imperial family. She is the eldest child of Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko, niece of Emperor Naruhito, and granddaughter of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and his wife, Empress Emerita Michiko. In October 2021, upon her marriage to a commoner, Princess Mako formally lost her title, as required by the Imperial Household Law.
1985 Miguel

Miguel

American singer-songwriter and producer
Miguel Jontel Pimentel is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Raised in San Pedro, California, he began pursuing a music career at age thirteen. He signed with Jive Records to release his debut studio album, All I Want Is You (2010). Though underpromoted upon release, it became a sleeper hit and spawned the hit single "Sure Thing", which went viral on TikTok in 2023; as a result, it reached a second peak of number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains his most commercially successful release.
1992 Álvaro Morata

Álvaro Morata

Spanish footballer
Álvaro Borja Morata Martín is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Segunda División club Leganés, on loan from Serie A club Como.
1969 Bill O'Brien

Bill O'Brien

American football player and coach
William James O'Brien, is an American football coach who is currently the head coach at Boston College. Previously, he was the head coach of the Houston Texans from 2014 to 2020, and at Penn State from 2012 to 2013. Prior to Boston College, O'Brien was the offensive coordinator at the University of Alabama and for the New England Patriots. After the Patriots parted ways with longtime head coach Bill Belichick at the end of the 2023 season, O'Brien was not retained by the team.
1986 Jessica Stroup

Jessica Stroup

American actress
Jessica Stroup is an American former actress, known for her roles as Silver on 90210 (2008–2013), Max Hardy on The Following (2014–2015) and Joy Meachum on Iron Fist (2017–2018), which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). She is regarded as a scream queen for starring in the horror films Vampire Bats (2005), Left in Darkness (2006), The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007), Prom Night (2008) and Homecoming (2009).
1986 Inbar Lavi

Inbar Lavi

Israeli actress
Inbar Lavi is an Israeli actress. She is known for portraying Raviva on the 2012 MTV series Underemployed, Vee on the 2014 Fox television series Gang Related, and Sheba on the Fox series Prison Break. Lavi starred in the 2017–2018 Bravo television series Imposters, and played Eve in the final three seasons of the Netflix series Lucifer. She also appeared in The Last Ship on TNT.
1987 Seo In-guk

Seo In-guk

South Korean singer and actor
Seo In-guk is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actor. He began his singing career after winning the talent reality show Superstar K in 2009, and made his acting breakthrough in Reply 1997 (2012). Since then, he has starred in television series including High School King of Savvy (2014), Hello Monster (2015), Shopping King Louie (2016), and Death's Game (2023).
1986 Briana Evigan

Briana Evigan

American actress and dancer
Briana Evigan is an American actress and dancer best known for her lead roles as Andrea "Andie" West in the dance film Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) and its sequel Step Up: All In (2014), and Ms. Kathleen Merrywood in the musical horror film The Devil's Carnival (2012) and its sequel Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival (2016).
1984 Meghan McCain

Meghan McCain

American journalist, author, and television personality
Meghan Marguerite McCain is an American television personality, columnist, and author. She has worked for ABC News, Fox News, and MSNBC. She is the daughter of politician John McCain and diplomat Cindy McCain. McCain has been a public figure for much of her life, first appearing at the 1996 Republican National Convention.
2002 Ningning

Ningning

Chinese singer
Ning Yizhuo, known professionally as Ningning (Korean: 닝닝), is a Chinese singer based in South Korea. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Aespa.
1966 Alex Zanardi

Alex Zanardi

Italian racing driver and cyclist (died 2026)
Alessandro Leone Zanardi was an Italian racing driver and para-cyclist who competed in Formula One between 1991 and 1999, in CART between 1996 and 2001, in the World Touring Car Championship from 2005 to 2009, and at two editions of the Summer Paralympics in 2012 and 2016. In American open-wheel racing, Zanardi won two CART national championship titles in 1997 and 1998 with Chip Ganassi Racing. In para-cycling, he won four Paralympic gold medals and 12 UCI Road World Championships.
1987 Carmella

Carmella

American wrestler
Leah Van Dale is an American retired professional wrestler, dancer and model. She is best known for her tenure in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Carmella. She is a former WWE SmackDown Women's Champion, WWE Women's Tag Team Champion and WWE 24/7 Champion.
1957 Martin Luther King III

Martin Luther King III

American human rights activist, philanthropist and advocate
Martin Luther King III is an American human rights activist and philanthropist. The second child and eldest son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, he served as the fourth president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from 1997 to 2004. As of 2024, he is a professor of practice at the University of Virginia.
1984 Izabel Goulart

Izabel Goulart

Brazilian model
Maria Izabel Goulart Dourado is a Brazilian fashion model. She is best known as having been one of the Victoria's Secret Angels from 2005 to 2008 and for her work with Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Armani Exchange.
1978 Jimmy Bullard

Jimmy Bullard

English footballer
James Richard Bullard is an English former professional footballer, coach and television personality. He was the co-host of the Saturday morning Sky Sports show Soccer AM.
1997 Minnie

Minnie

Thai singer
Nicha Yontararak, known professionally as Minnie, is a Thai singer and actress based in South Korea. She is a member of South Korean girl group I-dle, which debuted as (G)I-dle on May 2, 2018, under Cube Entertainment. Minnie made her solo debut with the extended play Her on January 21, 2025.
1967 Dale Crover

Dale Crover

American musician
Dale Crover is an American rock musician. He is best known as the drummer for Melvins and has also been the drummer for Men of Porn, Shrinebuilder, Crystal Fairy and, for a brief time, Nirvana. He is also guitarist and vocalist for Altamont. He has toured with Fantômas, Off!, and Redd Kross. In 2016, Rolling Stone listed him as the 69th greatest drummer of all time.
1975 Michelle Beadle

Michelle Beadle

American sportscaster
Michelle Denise Beadle is an American sports reporter and host who is part of the San Antonio Spurs broadcast team. Beadle was formerly the co-host of the ESPN morning sports show Get Up! along with Jalen Rose and Mike Greenberg, the co-host of SportsNation on ESPN2, and former host of Winners Bracket on ABC with Marcellus Wiley.
1972 Jasmin St. Claire

Jasmin St. Claire

Virgin Islander-American actress
Jasmin St. Claire is an American former pornographic film actress. She is also known for her work as a professional wrestling personality, most notably for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). She has made appearances in the world of professional wrestling and such films as Communication Breakdown (2004) and National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2: College @ Sea (2006). She also makes frequent appearances for Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) as a manager for various wrestlers.
1991 Emil Forsberg

Emil Forsberg

Swedish footballer
Emil Peter Forsberg is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for Major League Soccer club New York Red Bulls.
1965 Al Leiter

Al Leiter

American baseball player and sportscaster
Alois Terry Leiter is an American former professional baseball player and current television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a left-handed pitcher from 1987 to 2005 for the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Florida Marlins, and New York Mets.
1975 Manuela Velasco

Manuela Velasco

Spanish actress
Manuela Velasco Díez is a Spanish actress and television personality. She is known for starring in the horror franchise REC (2007–2014), for which she won the Goya Award for Best New Actress in 2008.
1978 John Lackey

John Lackey

American baseball player
John Derran Lackey is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2002 through 2017 for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. A three-time World Series champion with three different teams, Lackey is regarded as a key figure in his clubs' postseason success, winning the title-clinching games of two out of the three Series. Selected to the MLB All-Star Game in 2007, he won that year's American League (AL) earned run average (ERA) title. After missing the 2012 season due to ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction surgery in his pitching elbow, and helping the Red Sox win the 2013 World Series, Lackey was named the winner of the Tony Conigliaro Award.
1975 Jessicka

Jessicka

American singer-songwriter
Jessicka Addams is an American visual artist and musician. Best known by her stage name Jessicka, she was the frontwoman for the alternative rock band Jack Off Jill, and later for the noise pop band Scarling.
1958 Michael Eric Dyson

Michael Eric Dyson

American activist, author, and academic
Michael Eric Dyson is an American academic, author, Baptist minister, and radio host. He is a professor in the College of Arts and Science and in the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University. Described by Michael A. Fletcher as "a Princeton Ph.D. and a child of the streets who takes pains never to separate the two", Dyson has authored or edited more than twenty books dealing with subjects such as race, religion and politics, as well as biographies on Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Marvin Gaye, Barack Obama, Bill Cosby, Tupac Shakur and Jay-Z.
1963 Rashidi Yekini

Rashidi Yekini

Nigerian footballer (died 2012)
Rashidi Yekini was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a forward. Yekini is widely regarded as one of the greatest Nigerian footballers of all time and one of the greatest players from the continent of Africa. Powerful, fast, and clinical in front of goal. His emotional World Cup celebration became one of the most iconic moments in Nigerian sports history. He was known by his Nigerian team mates and fans as "The Goals Father", he scored more than 480 goals in over 670 games in his career.
1989 Andriy Yarmolenko

Andriy Yarmolenko

Ukrainian footballer
Andriy Mykolayovych Yarmolenko is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Ukrainian Premier League club Dynamo Kyiv and captains the Ukraine national team.
1963 Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman

Canadian-American author
Gordon Korman is a Canadian author of children's and young adult fiction books. During the course of his four decade long writing career, Korman's books have sold more than 35 million copies worldwide, and have appeared at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list.
1947

Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi

co-founder of the Palestinian movement Hamas (died 2004)
Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi was a Palestinian political leader and co-founder of Hamas, along with Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in 1987. He also served as the chairman of the Hamas Shura Council from the assassination of Hamas founder Ahmed Yassin on 22 March 2004 until his own assassination in April 2004 and the first deputy chairman of the Hamas Shura Council from December 1987 until March 2004.
1960 Mirwais Ahmadzaï

Mirwais Ahmadzaï

Swiss-French keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
Mirwais Ahmadzaï (Pashto/ میرویس احمدزی :, known mononymously as Mirwais, is a French electronic dance music record producer and songwriter, born in Lausanne, Switzerland to an Afghan father and an Italian mother. A former member of the now-defunct 1980s group Taxi Girl, he is perhaps best known for his work with American artist Madonna, whom he first met in the late 1990s. After submitting a demo of his work to her label, Maverick Records, Mirwais eventually teamed-up with the singer in 1999 to create Music, a global smash record for Madonna; the album, as well as its title track single, peaked at No. 1 or within the Top 10 on the charts of several countries and territories, including the UK, US, Canada and Australia.
1942 Anita Roddick

Anita Roddick

English businesswoman and activist, founded The Body Shop (died 2007)
Dame Anita Lucia Roddick was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop, The Body Shop International Limited, a cosmetics company producing and retailing natural beauty products which shaped ethical consumerism. The company was one of the first to prohibit the use of products being tested on animals in some of its products and one of the first to promote fair trade with developing countries.
1975 Keith Van Horn

Keith Van Horn

American basketball player
Keith Adam Van Horn is an American former professional basketball player. A forward, Van Horn played for five teams in a National Basketball Association (NBA) career that spanned from 1997 to 2006.
1938 Alan Gilzean

Alan Gilzean

Scottish footballer and manager (died 2018)
Alan John Gilzean was a Scottish professional footballer, active from 1955 to 1975. A striker, Gilzean played most prominently for Dundee and Tottenham Hotspur, and also appeared in 22 international games for Scotland. He helped Dundee win the Scottish league championship in 1961–62 and Tottenham win the FA Cup in 1967, two League Cups and the 1971–72 UEFA Cup
1960 Wayne Rainey

Wayne Rainey

American motorcycle racer
Wayne Wesley Rainey is an American former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships in 1984 and from 1988 to 1993. He won the 500cc World Championship three times and the Daytona 200 once. He was characterized by his smooth, calculating riding style, and for his intense rivalry with compatriot Kevin Schwantz, between 1987 and 1993.
1979 Simon Davies

Simon Davies

Welsh footballer
Simon Davies is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a winger. Davies started his career at Peterborough United before playing for Premier League clubs Tottenham Hotspur, Everton and Fulham, earning a runner-up medal during the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League with Fulham. Davies made more than 350 appearances at senior club level in England, along with earning 58 caps for the Welsh national team. He was most recently the assistant manager of Crawley Town.
1972 Jimmy Wayne

Jimmy Wayne

American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jimmy Wayne Barber is an American country music singer and songwriter. He released his self-titled debut album in 2003 on the DreamWorks Records label. Four singles were released from it, including "Stay Gone" and "I Love You This Much", which both reached Top Ten on the Billboard country charts. A second album, Do You Believe Me Now, was released in August 2008 via Big Machine Records subsidiary Valory Music Group, and its title track became his first Number One hit in late 2008. Sara Smile followed in 2009.
1977 Brad Haddin

Brad Haddin

Australian cricketer
Bradley James Haddin, is an Australian former cricketer, vice-captain and coach who represented Australia in all three forms of international cricket. He played domestically for New South Wales as a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Haddin was a member of the Australian World cup winning squad at both the 2007 Cricket World Cup the 2015 Cricket World Cup and played for the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League.
1961 Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Halse Anderson

American author
Laurie Halse Anderson is an American writer known for children's and young adult novels. She received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2010 for her contribution to young adult literature and in 2023 she received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
1981 Lee Ki-woo

Lee Ki-woo

South Korean actor
Lee Ki-woo is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in The Classic (2003), Tale of Cinema (2005), A Love to Kill (2005), Flower Boy Ramyun Shop (2011), Rain or Shine (2017–2018), and My Liberation Notes (2022).
2003

Jacob Bethell

English cricketer
Jacob Graham Bethell is an English cricketer who plays for the England cricket team. He made his international debut in September 2024 against Australia at the Rose Bowl, Southampton and became England's youngest ever captain when led the Twenty20 International side against Ireland in September 2025. In domestic cricket, Bethell represents Warwickshire and Birmingham Phoenix, and in the Indian Premier League he plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
1978 Archie Thompson

Archie Thompson

New Zealand-Australian footballer
Archie Gerald Thompson is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a forward. He serves as a club ambassador for Melbourne Victory FC.
1964 Eddy Cue

Eddy Cue

American computer scientist and businessman
Eduardo H. Cue is Apple's senior vice president of services, reporting to CEO John Ternus. Cue oversees Apple's numerous content stores and products including the iTunes Store, the Apple Books Store, Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple Pay, Siri, Apple Maps, iAd, iCloud services, and Apple's productivity and creativity apps. Cue testified in the antitrust case against Apple for conspiring on eBook pricing.
1936 Charles Goodhart

Charles Goodhart

English economist and academic
Charles Albert Eric Goodhart, is a British economist. He worked at the Bank of England on its public policy from 1968 to 1985, and worked at the London School of Economics from 1966 to 1968 and 1986 to 2002. His work focuses on central bank governance practices and monetary frameworks. He also conducted academic research into foreign exchange markets. He is best known for formulating Goodhart's law, which states: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."
1970 Matthew Barzun

Matthew Barzun

American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Matthew Winthrop Barzun is an American businessman, diplomat and political fundraiser who served as United States Ambassador to Sweden from 2009 to 2011, and the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2017. He is a business executive who is known for his work with CNET Networks and for his fundraising work on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. He was selected by President Barack Obama as National Finance Chair for the president's 2012 re-election campaign. He is author of The Power of Giving Away Power from Optimism Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
1987 Naomi Watanabe

Naomi Watanabe

Japanese actress
Naomi Watanabe is a Japanese comedian, actress, and fashion designer. She rose to fame in 2008 for her imitation of Beyoncé, after which she was given the title "the Japanese Beyoncé".
1998 Jordan Goodwin

Jordan Goodwin

American basketball player
Jordan Goodwin is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Saint Louis Billikens.
1997 Élie Okobo

Élie Okobo

French basketball player
Élie-Franck Okobo is a French professional basketball player for Dubai Basketball of the ABA League and the EuroLeague. A 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) tall combo guard, the Bordeaux native began his club career at age 16. Okobo subsequently competed for the youth team of Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez, reaching the LNB Espoirs title game in 2016. In the 2016–17 season, he assumed a greater role with the senior team, and in the following year, he became a regular starter.
1969 Trudi Canavan

Trudi Canavan

Australian author and illustrator
Trudi Canavan is an Australian writer of fantasy novels, best known for her best-selling fantasy trilogies The Black Magician and Age of the Five. While establishing her writing career she worked as a graphic designer. She completed her third trilogy, The Traitor Spy trilogy, in August 2012 with The Traitor Queen. Subsequently, Canavan has written a series called Millennium's Rule, with a completely new setting consisting of multiple worlds which characters can cross between. Though originally planned as a trilogy, a fourth and final book in the Millennium's Rule series was published.
1974 Sander Westerveld

Sander Westerveld

Dutch footballer
Sander Westerveld is a Dutch football coach and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He was the goalkeeping coach of South African Premier Soccer League club Ajax Cape Town.
1977 Alex Tudor

Alex Tudor

English cricketer and coach
Alex Jeremy Tudor is an English former professional cricketer who spent two spells with Surrey County Cricket Club as well as playing for Essex. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. He was twice awarded the NBC Denis Compton Award during the 1997 and 1998 seasons. A highly talented performer with bat and ball, his career was hampered by frequent injury trouble.
1925 Fred Shero

Fred Shero

Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 1990)
Frederick Alexander Shero was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, and general manager. Nicknamed "The Fog", he played for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL), but spent most of his playing career in the minor leagues. Following his playing career, Shero spent 13 years coaching in the minor leagues before making it to the NHL. As the head coach of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers, Shero won the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975 and reached the Stanley Cup Final a third time, in 1976. He also had four consecutive seasons of having a 0.700 or better winning percentage and remains the Flyers all-time leader in coaching victories. Shero controversially left the Flyers following the 1977–78 season to become the head coach of the New York Rangers, whom he led to the Stanley Cup Final in his first season. He resigned from the Rangers after coaching for less than three seasons. Shero had a unique style of coaching that led to several innovations that are still used today. He was the first coach to hire a full-time assistant coach, employ systems, have his players use in season strength training, study film, and he was one of the first coaches to utilize a morning skate. In 2013 Shero was recognized for his contributions when he was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder.
1988 Jordan Crawford

Jordan Crawford

American basketball player
Jordan Lee Crawford is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers and the Xavier Musketeers. His brother is Joe Crawford, who has also played in the NBA.
1987 Faye

Faye

Swedish singer-songwriter
Fanny Matilda Dagmar Hamlin, known professionally as Faye, is a Swedish former singer, songwriter, and model. She was the lead singer of the Swedish pop group Play in the early 2000s. In 2012, she debuted as a solo artist. Hamlin quit the music industry in 2014.
1991 Jorge Taufua

Jorge Taufua

Australian rugby league player
Jorge Taufua is a professional rugby league footballer who last played as a winger for Bradford Bulls in the Championship. He has played for both Tonga and Samoa at international level. He is currently playing rugby union for Bradford Salem RFC
1978 Steve Harmison

Steve Harmison

English cricketer and sportscaster
Stephen James Harmison is an English former first-class cricketer, who played all formats of the game. A fast bowler, he represented England in 63 Tests, 58 ODIs and 2 T20s. He also played county cricket for Durham and Yorkshire.
1940 Pelé

Pelé

Brazilian footballer and actor (died 2022)
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known by his nickname Pelé, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, he was among the most successful and popular sports figures of the 20th century. His 1,279 goals in 1,363 games, which includes exhibition games, is recognised as a Guinness World Record. In 1999, he was named Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee and was included in the Time list of the 100 most important people of the 20th century. In 2000, Pelé was voted World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) and was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the Century, alongside Diego Maradona.
1946 Alicia Borinsky

Alicia Borinsky

Argentine writer
Alicia Borinsky, is a US-based Argentine novelist, poet and literary critic. Alicia Borinsky is professor of Latin American and Comparative Literature and Director of the Writing in the Americas Program at Boston University. Her critical work has helped frame the discussion about the writers of the Latin American Boom or Boom latinoamericano, an important movement in Latin American literature. Among her other scholarly achievements is the introduction of the figure of Macedonio Fernández—Borges’s master—to a wider reading public, the exploration of the intersection between literary theory, cultural and gender studies and numerous works about poetry, Latino writers and World literature. Borinsky was named to the Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española (ANLE) and awarded the "Enrique Anderson Imbert Prize" in recognition of her lifelong dedication to Arts and Literature."
1951 Charly García

Charly García

Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Carlos Alberto García Moreno, better known by his stage name Charly García, is an Argentine singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and record producer, considered one of the most important rock musicians in Argentine and Latin American music. Named "the father of rock nacional", García is widely acclaimed for his recording work, both in his multiple groups and as a soloist, and for the complexity of his music compositions, covering genres like folk rock, progressive rock, symphonic rock, jazz, new wave, pop rock, funk rock, and synth-pop. His lyrics are known for being transgressive and critical towards modern Argentine society, especially during the era of the military dictatorship, and for his rebellious and extravagant personality, which has drawn significant media attention over the years.
1953 Joaquín Lavín

Joaquín Lavín

Chilean politician and economist
Joaquín José Lavín Infante is a Chilean politician of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) party and former mayor of Las Condes, in the northeastern zone of Santiago. Formerly Lavín has also been mayor of Santiago, Minister of Education and Minister of Social Development. He ran for president twice in 1999 and 2005, losing both times. In 2021 he tried to run again, but this time he was defeated in a primary election by Sebastián Sichel. Besides his political involvement Lavín has been active in education in the University for Development, of which he was one of the founders and original owners, and as editor of the economics section in El Mercurio.
1948 Brian Ross

Brian Ross

American journalist
Brian Elliot Ross is an American investigative journalist who served as the Chief Investigative Correspondent for ABC News until 2018. He reported for ABC World News Tonight with David Muir, Nightline, Good Morning America, 20/20 and ABC News Radio. Ross joined ABC News in July 1994 and was fired in 2018. His investigative reports have often covered government corruption. From 1974 until 1994, Ross was a correspondent for NBC News.
1972 Tiffeny Milbrett

Tiffeny Milbrett

American soccer player
Tiffeny Carleen Milbrett is an American former professional soccer forward who was a longtime member of the United States women's national team. In May 2018, the National Soccer Hall of Fame announced Milbrett will be enshrined in the Hall. A native of Oregon, she starred at the University of Portland where she scored a then school record 103 goals during her career. She won an Olympic gold medal in 1996 in Atlanta and a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. She also played in three World Cups, winning in 1999. She is in the top five all-time in the United States national soccer team in three offensive categories.
1900 Douglas Jardine

Douglas Jardine

Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (died 1958)
Douglas Robert Jardine was a cricketer who played 22 Test matches for England, captaining the side in 15 of those matches between 1931 and 1934. A right-handed batsman, he is best known for captaining the English team during their successful 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia. During that series, England employed "Bodyline" tactics against the Australian batsmen, headed by Donald Bradman, wherein bowlers pitched the ball short on the line of leg stump to rise towards the bodies of the batsmen in a manner that some contemporary players and critics viewed as intimidatory and physically dangerous. As captain, Jardine was the person responsible for the implementation of Bodyline.
1909 Zellig Harris

Zellig Harris

American linguist and methodologist (died 1992)
Zellig Sabbettai Harris was an American linguist, mathematical syntactician, and methodologist of science widely considered to have been influential in his fields. Originally a Semiticist, he is best known for his work in structural linguistics and discourse analysis and for the discovery of transformational structure in language. These developments from the first 10 years of his career were published within the first 25. His contributions in the subsequent 35 years of his career include transfer grammar, string analysis, elementary sentence-differences, algebraic structures in language, operator grammar, sublanguage grammar, a theory of linguistic information, and a principled account of the nature and origin of language.
1634 Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp

Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp

Swedish queen (died 1715)
Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp was Queen of Sweden from 1654 until 1660 as the wife of King Charles X Gustav. She served as regent during the minority of her son, King Charles XI, from 1660 until 1672, and during the minority of her grandson, King Charles XII, in 1697. She also represented Charles XII during his absence in the Great Northern War from 1700 until the regency of her granddaughter Ulrika Eleonora in 1713. Hedwig Eleonora was described as a dominant personality, and was regarded as the de facto first lady of the royal court for 61 years, from 1654 until her death.
1981 Leticia Dolera

Leticia Dolera

Spanish actress
Leticia Dolera is a Spanish actress, screenwriter, and director. She is best known for her roles as Clara in the 2013 horror film REC 3: Genesis, Teresa in Imagining Argentina (2003), and as Carmen in the UK television series Mad Dogs.
1875 Gilbert N. Lewis

Gilbert N. Lewis

American chemist and academic (died 1946)
Gilbert Newton Lewis was an American physical chemist and a dean of the college of chemistry at University of California, Berkeley. Lewis was best known for his discovery of the covalent bond and his concept of electron pairs; his Lewis dot structures and other contributions to valence bond theory have shaped modern theories of chemical bonding. Lewis successfully contributed to chemical thermodynamics, photochemistry, and isotope separation, and is also known for his concept of acids and bases. Lewis also researched on relativity and quantum physics, and in 1926 he coined the term "photon" for the smallest unit of radiant energy.
1920 Vern Stephens

Vern Stephens

American baseball player (died 1968)
Vernon Decatur Stephens was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop from 1941 through 1955. An eight-time All-Star, Stephens was notable for being the 1945 American League home run champion and was a three-time American League RBI champion. He was the cleanup hitter for the only St. Louis Browns team to win an American League pennant in 1944, and was a top power hitter for the Boston Red Sox. Nicknamed "Little Slug", "Junior", and "Buster", Stephens batted and threw right-handed. He was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2006.
1931 Johnny Kitagawa

Johnny Kitagawa

Japanese businessman, and talent manager (died 2019)
John Hiromu Kitagawa, known professionally as Johnny Kitagawa, was a Japanese business magnate, promoter, and record producer. He was best known as the founder of Johnny & Associates, a talent agency for numerous popular boy bands in Japan. In 2023, after his death, a BBC documentary, Predator: The Secret Scandal of J-Pop, reignited discussion of allegations that he had taken advantage of his position to engage in improper sexual relationships with boys under contract to his talent agency. This led to an independent probe which concluded that Kitagawa had "repeated and widely" abused boys in his organizations since the 1970s.
1942 Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton

American author and screenwriter (died 2008)
John Michael Crichton was an American author and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction genres. Crichton's novels often explore human technological advancement and attempted dominance over nature, both with frequently catastrophic results; many of his works are cautionary tales, especially regarding themes of biotechnology. Several of his stories center on themes of genetic modification, hybridization, paleontology and/or zoology. Many feature medical or scientific underpinnings, reflective of his own medical background.
1894 Rube Bressler

Rube Bressler

American baseball player (died 1966)
Raymond Bloom "Rube" Bressler was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1914 to 1916 and Cincinnati Reds from 1917 to 1920, before being converted to an outfielder and first baseman for Cincinnati from 1918 to 1927, the Brooklyn Robins from 1928 to 1931 and the Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals in his final year of 1932. The first two teams he played for made it to a World Series, the 1914 Philadelphia Athletics lost to the miracle Boston Braves, while the 1919 Cincinnati Reds won against the scandal-tainted Chicago White Sox.
1960 Katoucha Niane

Katoucha Niane

French model and actress (died 2008)
Katoucha Niane was a Guinean model, activist and author. Nicknamed "The Peul Princess", she worked, and later wrote, under the single name "Katoucha". She was known as the muse of Yves Saint Laurent during the 1980s.
1937 Carlos Lamarca

Carlos Lamarca

Brazilian captain (died 1971)
Carlos Lamarca was a Brazilian Army Captain who deserted to join the armed struggle against the Brazilian military dictatorship. He was part of the Popular Revolutionary Vanguard and became, along with Carlos Marighella, one of the leaders of the armed struggle. Such groups were armed chiefly for self-protection from the right-wing dictatorship that unleashed state terrorism against any who opposed their regime, including students, the clergy, and the children of those who called for democracy. The kidnappings by a few armed groups were conducted to free comrades suffering extremely brutal torture in Brazil's prisons.
1939 C. V. Vigneswaran

C. V. Vigneswaran

Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st Chief Minister of the Northern Province
Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Vigneswaran, PC is a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, judge, politician and Member of Parliament. After practising law for more than 15 years, Vigneswaran was a member of the judiciary for 25 years. He was a magistrate and a judge of the District Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He was Chief Minister of the Northern Province from October 2013 to October 2018. He was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in August 2020. Vigneswaran is leader of the Tamil People's Alliance and the Tamil People's National Alliance.
1953 Taner Akçam

Taner Akçam

Turkish sociologist and historian
Altuğ Taner Akçam is a Turkish-German historian and sociologist. During the 1990s, he was the first Turkish scholar to acknowledge the Armenian genocide, and has written several books on the genocide, such as A Shameful Act (1999), From Empire to Republic: Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide (2004), The Young Turks' Crime Against Humanity (2012), and Killing Orders (2018). He is recognized as a "leading international authority" on the subject. Akçam's frequent participation in public debates on the legacy of the genocide have been compared to Theodor Adorno's role in postwar Germany.
1936 Philip Kaufman

Philip Kaufman

American director, producer, and screenwriter
Philip Kaufman is an American film director and screenwriter who has directed fifteen films over a career spanning nearly five decades. He has received numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award along with nominations for an Academy Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. He has been described as a "maverick" and an "iconoclast," notable for his versatility and independence, often directing eclectic and controversial films. He is considered an "auteur" whose films have always expressed his personal vision. Kaufman's works have included genres such as realism, horror, fantasy, erotica, western, and crime.
1920 Ted Fujita

Ted Fujita

Japanese-American meteorologist and academic (died 1998)
Tetsuya Theodore Fujita was a Japanese and American meteorologist whose research primarily focused on severe weather. His research at the University of Chicago on severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and typhoons revolutionized the knowledge of each. Although he is best known for creating the Fujita scale of tornado intensity and damage, he also discovered downbursts and microbursts and was an instrumental figure in advancing modern understanding of many severe weather phenomena and how they affect people, airplanes, and communities, especially through his work exploring the relationship between wind speed and damage.
1939 Archie Fisher

Archie Fisher

Scottish folk musician, singer-songwriter, and radio presenter (died 2025)
Archie Macdonald Fisher was a Scottish folk singer and songwriter. He released several solo albums since his first, eponymous album, in 1968. Fisher composed the song "The Final Trawl", recorded on the album Windward Away, that several other groups and singers, including The Clancy Brothers, have also recorded. Starting in the mid-1970s, he produced four folk albums with Makem and Clancy. He also performed with them and other groups as a backup singer and guitarist. Fisher hosted his own radio show on BBC Radio Scotland for almost three decades.
1796 Stefano Franscini

Stefano Franscini

Swiss statistician and politician (died 1857)
Stefano Franscini was a Swiss politician and statistician. He was one of the initial members of the Swiss Federal Council elected in 1848 and Switzerland's first native Italian speaking federal councillor. Franscini was affiliated to the Liberal Radical Party of Switzerland. During his office tenure he held the Department of Home Affairs. Important elements of his political legacy include political reforms in the Ticino during the 1830s and 1840s, Switzerland's first federal population census in 1850, and the creation of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1854/1855.
1989 Zach Brown

Zach Brown

American football player
Zachary Vinzale Brown is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels and was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft. He also played for the Buffalo Bills, where he made the Pro Bowl, Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, and Arizona Cardinals.
1255 Ferdinand de la Cerda

Ferdinand de la Cerda

Spanish noble (died 1275)
Ferdinand de la Cerda was the heir apparent to the Crown of Castile as the eldest son of Alfonso X and Violant of Aragon. His nickname, de la Cerda, means "of the bristle" in Spanish. There are various accounts of the origin of this name, including that it was a reference to being born with a full head of hair or that he was born with a hairy mole, resembling a bristle or mane, on his chest or back according to different accounts.
1945 Graça Machel

Graça Machel

Mozambican politician and humanitarian
Graça Machel is a Mozambican politician and humanitarian. She is an international advocate for women's and children's rights and was made an honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997 for her humanitarian work. Machel is also the only woman in modern history to have served as First Lady of two countries: South Africa and Mozambique. She is the widow of former President of Mozambique Samora Machel and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela.
1923 Ned Rorem

Ned Rorem

American composer and author (died 2022)
Ned Miller Rorem was an American composer of contemporary classical music and a writer. Best known for his art songs, which number over 500, Rorem was considered the leading American of his time writing in the genre. Frequently described as a neoromantic composer, he showed limited interest in the emerging modernist aesthetic of his lifetime. As a writer, he kept—and later published—numerous diaries in which he spoke candidly of his exchanges and relationships with many cultural figures of America and France.
1929 Shamsur Rahman

Shamsur Rahman

Bangladeshi poet and journalist (died 2006)
Shamsur Rahman was a Bangladeshi poet, columnist and journalist. A prolific writer, Rahman produced more than sixty books of poetry collection and is considered a key figure in Bengali literature from the latter half of the 20th century. He was regarded as the unofficial poet laureate of Bangladesh. Major themes in his poetry and writings include liberal humanism, human relations, romanticised rebellion of youth, the emergence of and consequent events in Bangladesh, and opposition to religious fundamentalism.
1927 Leszek Kołakowski

Leszek Kołakowski

Polish-English historian and philosopher (died 2009)
Leszek Kołakowski was a Polish philosopher and historian of ideas. He is best known for his critical analysis of contemporary Marxist thought and theory, as in his three-volume history of Marxist philosophy Main Currents of Marxism (1976). In his later work, Kołakowski increasingly focused on religious questions. In his 1986 Jefferson Lecture, he asserted that "we learn history not in order to know how to behave or how to succeed, but to know who we are".
1931 Jim Bunning

Jim Bunning

American baseball player and politician (died 2017)
James Paul David Bunning was an American professional baseball pitcher and politician from Kentucky who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1999 and a member of the United States Senate from 1999 to 2011. He is the only Major League Baseball athlete to have been elected to both the United States Senate and the National Baseball Hall of Fame to date.
1945 Kim Larsen

Kim Larsen

Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)
Kim Mellius Flyvholm Larsen was a Danish singer, songwriter, author, and guitarist. He began his musical career in 1968 after a brief period as an elementary school teacher and became known from 1969 as a member of the rock group Gasolin. During his time with Gasolin, Larsen also released solo albums and records with his leisure band, which went by several names. After the disbandment of Gasolin, Larsen continued as a solo artist and band leader.
1896 Hilario Abellana

Hilario Abellana

Filipino politician (died 1945)
Hilario "Dodong" Abellana y Hermosa was a Filipino Visayan lawyer, politician and legislator from Cebu, Philippines. He was the municipal president of Cebu (1922–1931), a member of the House of Representatives (1934–1935), a two-term member of the National Assembly (1935–1941), and provincial governor of Cebu during World War II (1941–1943). After his escape and eventual captivity, he was executed by the Japanese Imperial Army and the resting place of his remains is still unknown.
1984 Keiren Westwood

Keiren Westwood

English footballer
Keiren Westwood is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is now goalkeeping coach for The New Saints. Born in England, he played international football for the Republic of Ireland.
1918 Paul Rudolph

Paul Rudolph

American architect and academic, designed the Lippo Centre (died 1997)
Paul Marvin Rudolph was an American architect and the chair of Yale University's Department of Architecture from 1958 to 1965. He was known for his use of reinforced concrete and highly complex floor plans. His best-known works include the Boston Government Service Center and the Yale Art and Architecture Building, a spatially-complex Brutalist concrete structure. He is one of the modernist architects considered an early practitioner of the Sarasota School of Architecture.
1949 Oscar Martínez

Oscar Martínez

Argentine theater actor
Oscar Martínez is an Argentine actor, author and theatre director who works both in his country and in Spain, where he is based. He received the Premio Konex de Platino in 1991 for his film work, and again in 2001 for his work as the theatre actor. He also received the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 73rd Venice Film Festival for his role in the comedy-drama The Distinguished Citizen.
1981 Jeroen Bleekemolen

Jeroen Bleekemolen

Dutch racing driver
Jeroen Pascal Bleekemolen is a Dutch professional racing driver. In the Chrysler Viper GTS-R, he drove in the FIA GT Championship, with great success. He competed in the German Formula Three Championship and drove a number of times at the Masters of Formula 3 at Circuit Zandvoort, the unofficial F3 World Championship. Together with Opel, he raced in the DTM. In 2005, Bleekemolen won the ELF BRL V6 championship.
1946 Mel Martínez

Mel Martínez

American lawyer and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Melquíades Rafael Ruiz Martínez is a Cuban-American attorney and former elected official who served as a United States senator from Florida from 2005 to 2009 and as general chairman of the Republican Party from November 2006 until October 19, 2007. Previously, Martínez served as the 12th secretary of housing and urban development from 2001 to 2004 under President George W. Bush. Martinez was the first Cuban-American cabinet member.
1971 Chris Horner

Chris Horner

American cyclist
Christopher Brandon Horner is an American retired professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 1996 and 2019. A current resident of Bend, Oregon, Horner dominated the American road racing scene by winning the points standings in the 2002, 2003 and 2004 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar. He won the Vuelta a España in 2013, becoming the oldest winner of any of cycling's grand tours in the process.
1987 Félix Doubront

Félix Doubront

Venezuelan baseball player
Félix Antonio Doubront [doo-bront'] is a Venezuelan pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays and Oakland Athletics in a span of six seasons from 2010 through 2015. He has also pitched in the KBO League for the Lotte Giants and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Uni-President Lions.
1922 Jean Barker

Jean Barker

Baroness Trumpington, English politician (died 2018)
Jean Alys Barker, Baroness Trumpington, was a British Conservative politician and life peer. In the 1960s and 1970s she served in local government in Cambridgeshire. In 1980 she was created a life peer after which she served in the House of Lords. From an upper-class background, she was a socialite and a secretary before entering politics, as well as serving in naval intelligence in World War II.
1945 Ernie Watts

Ernie Watts

American saxophonist
Ernest James Watts is an American jazz and R&B saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones. He has worked with Charlie Haden's band Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's album The Grand Wazoo, he played the "Mystery Horn", a straight-necked C melody saxophone. Watts also played the saxophone riff on "The One You Love" from Glenn Frey's album No Fun Aloud.
1905 Gertrude Ederle

Gertrude Ederle

American swimmer (died 2003)
Gertrude Caroline Ederle was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder in five events. On August 6, 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel with her finish time of 14 hours and 45 minutes, beating the record set by Enrique Tirabocchi in 1923 by one hour, 48 minutes. Among other nicknames, the press called her "Queen of the Waves".
1920 Gianni Rodari

Gianni Rodari

Italian writer (died 1980)
Giovanni Francesco "Gianni" Rodari was an Italian writer and journalist, most famous for his works of children's literature, notably Il romanzo di Cipollino. For his lasting contribution as a children's author, he received the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1970. He is considered Italy's most important 20th-century children's author, and his books have been translated into many languages, though few have been published in English.
1997 Jaydn Su'A

Jaydn Su'A

New Zealand rugby league player
Jaydn Su'A is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League (NRL).
1905 Yen Chia-kan

Yen Chia-kan

Chinese lawyer and politician, President of the Republic of China (died 1993)
Yen Chia-kan, also known as C. K. Yen, was a Chinese politician, chemist, and economist who was the 2nd president of the Republic of China from 1975 to 1978. As a member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he served in various important government positions throughout his lifetime, including Minister of Finance, Premier of the Republic of China, and Vice President of the Republic of China.
1956 Dwight Yoakam

Dwight Yoakam

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Dwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and filmmaker. He first achieved mainstream attention in 1986 with the release of his debut album Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.. Yoakam had considerable success throughout the late 1980s onward, with a total of ten studio albums for Reprise Records. Later projects have been released on Audium, New West, Warner, Sugar Hill Records, and Thirty Tigers.
1987 Kyle Gibson

Kyle Gibson

American baseball player
Kyle Benjamin Gibson is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, and St. Louis Cardinals. Gibson played college baseball for the Missouri Tigers. He was selected by the Twins in the first round of the 2009 MLB draft, and made his MLB debut in 2013.
1869 John Heisman

John Heisman

American football player and coach (died 1936)
John William Heisman was an American sportsman, writer, and actor. He was a player and coach of American football, baseball, and basketball, and served as the head football coach at Oberlin College, Buchtel College, Auburn University, Clemson University, Georgia Tech, the University of Pennsylvania, Washington & Jefferson College, and Rice University, compiling a career college football coaching record of 186–70–18.
1835 Adlai Stevenson I

Adlai Stevenson I

American lawyer and politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (died 1914)
Adlai Ewing Stevenson I was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States from 1893 to 1897 under President Grover Cleveland. A member of the Democratic Party, Stevenson served as a U.S. Representative for Illinois in the late 1870s and early 1880s. He was the founder of the Stevenson political family.
1989 Anisya Kirdyapkina

Anisya Kirdyapkina

Russian race walker
Anisya Byasyrovna Kirdyapkina is a Russian race walker. She is married to Sergey Kirdyapkin, who is also a racewalker. She was discovered by the race walking coach Konstantin Nacharkin at the age of nine. She met her future husband through race walking and they were married when she was 18. As of 2014, they shared a coach, Viktor Chegin.
1970 Zoe Wiseman

Zoe Wiseman

American model and photographer
Zoe Wiseman is a former American model and is now a photographer known for her fine art nude photography, and is the web owner of Community Zoe which promotes specifically fine art nude photography. Several photo books, soundtracks and magazines have showcased her photography. She was awarded Gold at the Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) in 2022.
1844 Robert Bridges

Robert Bridges

English poet and playwright (died 1930)
Robert Seymour Bridges was an English poet who was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life. His poems reflect a deep Christian faith, and he is the author of many well-known hymns. It was through Bridges's efforts that the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins achieved posthumous fame.
1908 Ilya Frank

Ilya Frank

Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990)
Ilya Mikhailovich Frank was a Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Pavel Cherenkov and Igor Tamm, also of the Soviet Union. He received the award for his work in explaining the phenomenon of Cherenkov radiation. He received the Stalin prize in 1946 and 1953 and the USSR state prize in 1971.
1985 Mohammed Abdellaoue

Mohammed Abdellaoue

Norwegian footballer
Mohammed "Moa" Abdellaoue is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his career with Skeid and Vålerenga before moving to Germany where he played for Hannover 96 and VfB Stuttgart. After returning to Vålerenga he ended his career due to knee problems. At international level, Abdellaoue represented the Norway national team.
1940 Ellie Greenwich

Ellie Greenwich

American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2009)
Eleanor Louise Greenwich was an American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer. She wrote or co-wrote "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Be My Baby", "Maybe I Know", "Then He Kissed Me", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Christmas ", "Hanky Panky", "Chapel of Love", "Leader of the Pack", and "River Deep – Mountain High", among others.
1947 Kazimierz Deyna

Kazimierz Deyna

Polish footballer (died 1989)
Kazimierz Deyna was a Polish professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder in the playmaker role and was one of the most highly regarded players of his generation, due to his excellent vision. Throughout his career he played for such clubs as Legia Warsaw, Manchester City and San Diego Sockers.
1949 Würzel

Würzel

English singer and guitarist (died 2011)
Michael Richard Burston, commonly known by the stage name Würzel, was an English musician who played professionally for three decades. He played guitar in British rock band Motörhead from 1984 to 1995, playing on six studio albums and two live albums. Würzel died at the age of 61, following heart complications.
1951 David Wills

David Wills

American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
David Wills is an American country music singer-songwriter. Wills released three studio albums and charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart between 1975 and 1988. Two of his songs, "There's a Song on the Jukebox" and "From Barrooms to Bedrooms," reached the Top 10 in 1975.
1873 William D. Coolidge

William D. Coolidge

American physicist and engineer (died 1975)
William David Coolidge was an American physicist and engineer, who made major contributions to X-ray machines. He was the director of the General Electric Research Laboratory and a vice-president of the corporation. He was also famous for the development of "ductile tungsten", which is important for the incandescent light bulb.
1885 Lawren Harris

Lawren Harris

Canadian painter and educator (died 1970)
Lawren Stewart Harris LL. D. was a Canadian painter, best known as one of the founding members of the Group of Seven. He played a key role as a catalyst in Canadian art, as a visionary in Canadian landscape art and in the development of modern art in Canada.
1937 Deven Verma

Deven Verma

Indian actor, director, and producer (died 2014)
Deven Verma was an Indian film and television actor, particularly known for his comic roles, with Bollywood directors like Basu Chatterji, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Gulzar. He also produced and directed films, including Besharam. He won Filmfare Best Comedian Award for Chori Mera Kaam, Chor Ke Ghar Chor and Angoor.
1880 Una O'Connor

Una O'Connor

Irish-American actress and singer (died 1959)
Una O'Connor was an Irish-born American actress who worked extensively in theatre before becoming a character actress in film and in television. She often portrayed comical wives, housekeepers and servants. In 2020, she was listed at number 19 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
1698 Ange-Jacques Gabriel

Ange-Jacques Gabriel

French architect, designed the École Militaire (died 1782)
Ange-Jacques Gabriel was the principal architect of King Louis XV. His major works included the Place de la Concorde, the École Militaire, and the Petit Trianon and opera theater at the Palace of Versailles. His style was a careful balance between French Baroque architecture and French neoclassicism.
1918 Augusta Dabney

Augusta Dabney

American actress (died 2008)
Augusta Keith Dabney was an American actress known for her roles on many soap operas, such as the wealthy but kindly matriarch Isabelle Alden on the daytime series Loving. She played the role from 1983 to 1987, from 1988 to 1991, and again from 1994 to 1995.
1931 William P. Clark

William P. Clark

Jr., American judge and politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor (died 2013)
William Patrick Clark Jr. was an American rancher, judge, and public servant who served under President Ronald Reagan as the deputy secretary of state from 1981 to 1982, United States national security advisor from 1982 to 1983, and the secretary of the interior from 1983 to 1985.
1933 Carol Fran

Carol Fran

American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2021)
Carol Fran was an American soul blues singer, pianist, and songwriter, best known for her string of single releases in the 1950s and 1960s, and her later musical association with her husband, Clarence Hollimon. She released six albums since 1992 including four as a duo with Hollimon.
1967 Omar Linares

Omar Linares

Cuban baseball player
Omar Linares Izquierdo is a Cuban former professional baseball third baseman, first baseman and coach. He played for the Cuba national baseball team as well as professionally for Vegueros de Pinar del Río of the Cuban National Series (SNB) and Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
1981 Ben Francisco

Ben Francisco

American baseball player
Louis Benjamin Francisco, is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who is currently a major league scout for the Los Angeles Angels. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, Toronto Blue Jays, Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Rays, and New York Yankees.
1766 Emmanuel de Grouchy

Emmanuel de Grouchy

Marquis de Grouchy, French general (died 1847)
Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy was a French military leader who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was the last Marshal of the Empire to be created by Napoleon, and is best known for his actions during the Waterloo campaign.
1911 Jack Keller

Jack Keller

American hurdler (died 1978)
John Alton Claude Keller was an American hurdler who set world records in 120 -yard/110-meter and 220-yard events. He won the 110 m hurdles at the 1932 United States Olympic Trials, but narrowly missed out on a medal at the Olympics, placing a close fourth.
1945 Maggi Hambling

Maggi Hambling

English sculptor and painter
Margaret J. Hambling is a British artist. Though principally a painter, her best-known public works are the sculptures A Conversation with Oscar Wilde and A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft in London, and the 4-metre-high steel Scallop on Aldeburgh beach. All three works have attracted controversy.
1927 Dezső Gyarmati

Dezső Gyarmati

Hungarian water polo player and coach (died 2013)
Dezső Gyarmati was a Hungarian professional water polo player and three-time Olympic champion; he later became the coach of the Hungarian national water polo team. Widely regarded as a "legendary player", Gyarmati was the most decorated player in the history of the sport.
1705 Maximilian Ulysses Browne

Maximilian Ulysses Browne

Austrian field marshal (died 1757)
Maximilian Ulysses, Reichsgraf von Browne, Baron de Camus and Mountany was an Austrian military officer, one of the highest-ranking officers serving the Habsburg Emperor during the middle of the 18th century. An Irish refugee, he was a scion of the Wild Geese.
1928 Zhu Rongji

Zhu Rongji

Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 2026)
Zhu Rongji was a Chinese politician who served as the premier of China from 1998 to 2003 under CCP general secretary Jiang Zemin. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1992 to 2002.
1832 Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg

Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg

Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland (died 1873)
Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg was a Finnish priest, who worked as a chaplain in Alavieska and as a deputy pastor in Haapajärvi. He is best known as the father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first president of the Republic of Finland.
1918 James Daly

James Daly

American actor (died 1978)
James Firman Daly was an American actor. Recognized for his work on stage and screen, he is perhaps best known for his role as Paul Lochner in the hospital drama series Medical Center, in which he played Chad Everett's superior.
1925 Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson

American television host (died 2005)
John William Carson was an American television host, comedian, and writer. He was best known as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, the third installment of The Tonight Show, which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1992.
1999 Yui Kobayashi

Yui Kobayashi

Japanese idol
Yui Kobayashi , also known as Yousti, is a Japanese singer and model. She is a former member of the idol group Sakurazaka46. She is represented by Sony Music Records and is an exclusive model with a fashion magazine with.
1982 Kristjan Kangur

Kristjan Kangur

Estonian basketball player
Kristjan Kangur is an Estonian professional basketball coach and former player who currently serves as an assistant coach for Estonian national team. He is 2.03 m tall, and played at both the small forward and power forward positions.
1801 Albert Lortzing

Albert Lortzing

German singer-songwriter and actor (died 1851)
Gustav Albert Lortzing was a German composer, librettist, actor and singer. He is considered to be the main representative of the German Spieloper, a form similar to the French opéra comique, which grew out of the Singspiel.
1870 Francis Kelley

Francis Kelley

Canadian-American bishop (died 1948)
Francis Clement Kelley was a Canadian-born Catholic bishop. He was the second Bishop of Oklahoma City, as well as an author and diplomat. He was a Catholic priest for 54 years, and bishop for 23 years.
1876 Franz Schlegelberger

Franz Schlegelberger

German judge and politician, Reich Ministry of Justice (died 1970)
Louis Rudolph Franz Schlegelberger was State Secretary in the German Reich Ministry of Justice (RMJ) who served as Justice Minister during the Third Reich. He was the highest-ranking defendant at the Judges' Trial in Nuremberg.
1905 Felix Bloch

Felix Bloch

Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1983)
Felix Bloch was a Swiss–American theoretical physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics with Edward Mills Purcell "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith."
1951 Ángel de Andrés López

Ángel de Andrés López

Spanish actor (died 2016)
Ángel de Andrés López was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than 60 films and television shows between 1977 and 2015. He died at his home in Miraflores de la Sierra from natural causes.
1857 Juan Luna

Juan Luna

Filipino painter and sculptor (died 1899)
Juan Luna de San Pedro y Novicio was a Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century. He became one of the first recognized Philippine artists.
1874 Charles Kilpatrick

Charles Kilpatrick

American runner and educator (died 1921)
Charles Henry Kilpatrick was an American athlete. His best event was the 880 yard run, in which he became the national champion three times and established a long-lived world record time of 1:53.4.
1899 Bernt Balchen

Bernt Balchen

Norwegian aviator (died 1973)
Bernt Balchen was a Norwegian pioneer polar aviator, navigator, aircraft mechanical engineer and military leader. A Norwegian native, he later became an American citizen and was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross.
1930 Boozoo Chavis

Boozoo Chavis

American zydeco pioneer, accordion player, singer-songwriter and bandleader (died 2001)
Wilson Anthony "Boozoo" Chavis was an American accordion player, singer, songwriter and bandleader. He was one of the pioneers of zydeco, the fusion of Louisiana Creole and blues music developed in southwest Louisiana.
1817 Pierre Larousse

Pierre Larousse

French lexicographer and author (died 1875)
Pierre Athanase Larousse was a French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedist. He published many of the outstanding educational and reference works of 19th-century France, including the 15-volume Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle.
1940 Jane Holzer

Jane Holzer

American model, actress, producer, and art collector
Jane Holzer, also known as Baby Jane, is an American model, actress, art collector, and real estate investor. She rose to prominence during the 1960s as Pop artist Andy Warhol's first "Superstar."
1983 Valentin Demyanenko

Valentin Demyanenko

Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani canoeist
Valentin Yuryevich Demyanenko is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani former flatwater canoeist. He is a four times world champion, three times European champion and silver medalist of 2016 Summer Olympics in C-1 200 metres.
1930 Unto Mononen

Unto Mononen

Finnish musician (died 1968)
Unto Uuno Mononen was a Finnish songwriter and musician. He is best known for his numerous tango compositions including the famous Finnish tango song, "Satumaa". His first name was originally Uuno.
1006 Wen Yanbo

Wen Yanbo

Chinese grand chancellor (died 1097)
Wen Yanbo, courtesy name Kuanfu, was a scholar-official of the Song dynasty who served four emperors over more than five decades. He was a grand councilor during Emperor Renzong's reign.
1941 Colin Milburn

Colin Milburn

English cricketer (died 1990)
Colin Milburn was an English cricketer, who played in nine Test matches for England, before an accident led to the loss of much of his sight and prompted his retirement.
1979 Lynn Greer

Lynn Greer

American basketball player
Lynn Terence Greer Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. He played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. He was an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection in 2004.
1981 Daniela Alvarado

Daniela Alvarado

Venezuelan actress
Daniela del Carmen Alvarado Álvarez is a Venezuelan television, theatre and film actress. She is the daughter of actor Daniel Alvarado and actress Carmen Julia Álvarez and has 6 brothers.
1982 Rodolfo

Rodolfo

Brazilian footballer
Rodolfo Dantas Bispo is a Brazilian football coach and a former player who played center-back or central midfielder. He is an assistant coach with the Russian club FC Akhmat Grozny.
1880 Dominikus Böhm

Dominikus Böhm

German architect (died 1955)
Dominikus Böhm was a German architect specializing in churches. He built churches in Cologne, the Ruhr area, Swabia, and Hesse. Many of his buildings are examples of Brick Expressionism.
1910 Hayden Rorke

Hayden Rorke

American actor (died 1987)
William Henry Rorke, known professionally as Hayden Rorke, was an American actor best known for playing Colonel Alfred E. Bellows on the 1960s American sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.
1942 Douglas Dunn

Douglas Dunn

Scottish poet, critic, and academic
Douglas Eaglesham Dunn, OBE FRSL was a Scottish poet, academic and critic. He was Professor of English and Director of St Andrews Scottish Studies Institute at St Andrews University.
1987 Robin Copeland

Robin Copeland

Irish rugby player
Robin Copeland is an Irish rugby union player for Soyaux Angoulême. He plays primarily as a number 8, but has occasionally played as a flanker and lock.
1762 Samuel Morey

Samuel Morey

American engineer (died 1843)
Samuel Morey was an American inventor, who worked on early internal combustion engines and was a pioneer in steamships who accumulated a total of 20 patents.
1920 Bob Montana

Bob Montana

American illustrator (died 1975)
Robert William Montana was an American comic strip artist who created the original likenesses for characters published by Archie Comics and in the newspaper strip Archie.
1922 Coleen Gray

Coleen Gray

American actress (died 2015)
Coleen Gray was an American actress, best known for her roles in the films Nightmare Alley (1947), Red River (1948), and Stanley Kubrick's The Killing (1956).
1923 Frank Sutton

Frank Sutton

American actor (died 1974)
Frank Spencer Sutton was an American actor best remembered for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter on the CBS television series Gomer Pyle – USMC.
1790 Chauncey Allen Goodrich

Chauncey Allen Goodrich

American minister, lexicographer, and educator (died 1860)
Chauncey Allen Goodrich was an American clergyman, educator and lexicographer. He was the son-in-law of Noah Webster and edited his Dictionary after his father-in-law's death.
1929 Luis Alarcón

Luis Alarcón

Chilean actor (died 2023)
Luis Alfonso Alarcón Mansilla, popularly known as Lucho Alarcón, was a Chilean actor, theatre director, and activist with a distinguished film, television, and stage career.
1956 Adam Nawałka

Adam Nawałka

Polish football player and manager
Adam Nawałka is a Polish professional football manager and former player. From 2013 to 2018, he was the head coach of the Poland national team.
1985 Chris Neal

Chris Neal

English footballer
Christopher Michael Neal is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and is now goalkeeping coach at National League club AFC Fylde.
1970

Kenji Nomura

Japanese voice actor
Kenji Nomura is a Japanese voice actor from Okayama Prefecture affiliated with Aksent. Known for playing characters large in size, he has starring roles in anime shows, including Mitsunori Kugayama in Genshiken, Chairman Harabote in Kinnikuman: Ultimate Muscle, Lorenzo in Ristorante Paradiso, and Gilles de Rais in Drifters. He also voices in a bunch of supporting roles in anime series including Battle Spirits, First Love Limited, Jormungand, Kanokon, Valkyria Chronicles, Yes! PreCure5, and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. He voices several villain characters in One Piece.
1975

Yoon Son-ha

South Korean actress and singer
Yoon Son-ha is a South Korean actress, singer and television personality. She is signed onto Sony Music Japan's SME Records division. Since making her debut in the MBC dramas, she has acted in Korea and Japan, probably due to her fluency in Japanese as well as in her native Korean, where she has gained popularity from starring in the Fuji TV drama, Fighting Girl with co-star Kyoko Fukada. In Japan, however, she is known as Yun Sona (ユンソナ).
1935

JacSue Kehoe

American neuroscientist (died 2019)
JacSue Kehoe was an American neuroscientist and neuroscience researcher. She spent decades working with the neurons of Aplysia californica, studying post-synaptic nerve response. She discovered that one neurotransmitter can have multiple types of receptors, which could vary in level and type of response. Kehoe worked for the Centre national de la recherche scientifique, where she made many other discoveries in neuroscience.
1932

Vasily Belov

Russian novelist, poet and playwright (died 2012)
Vasily Ivanovich Belov was a Soviet and Russian writer, poet and dramatist, who published more than sixty books which sold seven million copies. A prominent member of the influential 1970s–1980s derevenschiki movement, Belov's best known novels include Business as Usual, Eves, The Best is Yet to Come and The Year of a Major Breakdown.
1946

Graeme Barker

English archaeologist and academic
Graeme William Walter Barker, is a British archaeologist, notable for his work on the Italian Bronze Age, the Roman occupation of Libya, and landscape archaeology. Having taught at the University of Sheffield and the University of Leicester, he was Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge from 2004 to 2014.
1972

Bryan Pratt

American lawyer and politician
Bryan Pratt is the former representative for District 55 in the Missouri House of Representatives. A Republican, Pratt was elected to the House in November 2002. He was elected the Speaker Pro Tem in September 2007. He was unable to run for re-election in 2010 because of state term limits.
1939

Charlie Foxx

American R&B/soul singer and guitarist (died 1998)
Inez Foxx and her elder brother Charlie Foxx were an American rhythm and blues and soul duo from Greensboro, North Carolina. Inez sang lead vocal, while Charlie sang backing vocals and played guitar. Casey Kasem, and doubtless many others, mistakenly thought that the two were husband and wife.
1956

Darrell Pace

American archer
Darrell Owen Pace is a former archer from the United States, who won two individual Olympic and World Championships titles each during his career. In 2011, as part of the World Archery Federation's 80th anniversary celebration, he was declared as by the WAF as "Archer of the Century"
1975

Phillip Gillespie

Australian cricket umpire
Phillip J. Gillespie is an Australian cricket umpire and former cricketer. A member of the Australian National Umpire Panel, Gillespie has umpired 6 Women's One Day International cricket matches, 10 first-class matches, 9 List A matches, 10 Twenty20 matches and 9 Women's Twenty20 matches as of March 2017.
1979

Jorge Solís

Mexican boxer
Jorge Iván Solís Pérez is a Mexican former professional boxer. He is a former holder of various minor and regional titles including, the Jalisco State Featherweight title, Mexican Super Bantamweight and Featherweight divisions and WBA Fedecentro titles. He's also the brother of former IBF Champion Ulises Solís.
1904

Harvey Penick

American golfer and coach (died 1995)
Harvey Morrison Penick was an American professional golfer and coach, who coached many Hall of Fame players. Late in life, he became a best-selling writer. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002, seven years after his death.
1923

Aslam Farrukhi

Indian-Pakistani linguist, author, and scholar (died 2016)
Aslam Farrukhi was an Urdu author, literary critic, linguist, scholar, and radio scriptwriter from Pakistan. He is also known for writing children's books. He remained associated as a professor and chairman with the Department of Urdu, University of Karachi, for many years.
1952

Ken Tipton

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Ken Tipton is an American entrepreneur and Internet hoaxster who has worked as a film actor since 1978. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), and he has also worked as director, screenplay writer, film producer and editor.
1865

Neltje Blanchan

American historian and author (died 1918)
Blanchan De Graff Doubleday was a United States scientific historian and nature writer who published several books on wildflowers and birds under the pen name Neltje Blanchan. Her work is known for its synthesis of scientific interest with poetic phrasing.
1892

Speckled Red

American blues/boogie-woogie piano player and singer-songwriter (died 1973)
Rufus George Perryman, known as Speckled Red, was an American blues and boogie-woogie piano player and singer noted for his recordings of "The Dirty Dozens", exchanges of insults and vulgar remarks that have long been a part of African-American folklore.
1924

Arthur Brittenden

English journalist (died 2015)
Charles Arthur Brittenden was a British newspaper editor. A career journalist, he worked for Yorkshire Post, Daily Express and Daily Mail, before joining News International, where he helped to make The Sun the UK's top selling daily newspaper.
1979

Bud Smith

American baseball player
Robert Allan "Bud" Smith is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for St. Louis Cardinals from 2001 to 2002. He is best known for throwing a no-hitter on September 3, 2001.
1986

Jake Robinson

English footballer
Jake David Robinson is an English former footballer who played for Brighton & Hove Albion, Northampton Town and is best known for his form at Billericay Town. Robinson played either as a winger or striker.
1949

Nick Tosches

American journalist, author, and poet (died 2019)
Nicholas P. Tosches was an American journalist, novelist, biographer, and poet. His 1982 biography of Jerry Lee Lewis, Hellfire, was praised by Rolling Stone magazine as "the best rock and roll biography ever written."
1950

Maths O. Sundqvist

Swedish businessman (died 2012)
Maths-Olov Sundqvist was a Swedish entrepreneur and business magnate. Sundqvist was one of Sweden's wealthiest individuals; however, during the Great Recession, he was forced to sell most of his possessions at huge losses.
1967

Jaime Yzaga

Peruvian tennis player
Jaime Yzaga Tori is a Peruvian former professional tennis player. He reached two major singles quarterfinals during his career, at the 1991 Australian Open and the 1994 US Open.
1972

Eduardo Paret

Cuban baseball player
Eduardo Paret Pérez is a Cuban former baseball player. He is a shortstop for Villa Clara of the Cuban National Series, and for the Cuban national baseball team.
1987

Miyuu Sawai

Japanese model and actress
Miyuu Sawai is a Japanese actress and model. Her best-known role was Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon in the live-action adaptation of Sailor Moon which ran from 2003 to 2004.
1961

Vinicio Gómez

Guatemalan politician (died 2008)
Carlos Vinicio Gómez Ruiz was a Guatemalan politician; at the time of his death, aged 48, he was serving as the country's interior minister (ministro de gobernación).
1902

Robert Eberan von Eberhorst

Austrian engineer (died 1982)
Robert Eberan von Eberhorst, later known as Robert Eberan-Eberhorst, was a noted Austrian engineer, who designed the Auto Union Type D Grand Prix motor racing car.
1980

Pedro Liriano

Dominican baseball player
Pedro Antonio Liriano is a Dominican former professional baseball starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers (2004) and Philadelphia Phillies (2005).
1948

Gerry Robinson

Irish-born British businessman, arts patron and television personality (died 2021)
Sir Gerrard Jude Robinson was an Irish-born British business executive and television presenter. He was non-executive chairman of Allied Domecq and chairman/chief executive of Granada.
1516 Charlotte of Valois

Charlotte of Valois

French princess (died 1524)
Charlotte of France was the second child and second daughter of the French King Francis I and his wife Queen Claude.
1654

Johann Bernhard Staudt

Austrian composer (died 1712)
Johann Bernhard Staudt was an Austrian Jesuit composer.
1713 Pieter Burman the Younger

Pieter Burman the Younger

Dutch philologist, poet, and educator (died 1778)
Pieter Burman, also known as Peter or Pieter Burmann and distinguished from his uncle as "the Younger", was a Dutch philologist.
1805 John Russell Bartlett

John Russell Bartlett

American linguist and historian (died 1886)
John Russell Bartlett was an American historian and linguist.
1813 Ludwig Leichhardt

Ludwig Leichhardt

German-Australian explorer (died 1848)
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt, known as Ludwig Leichhardt, was a German explorer and naturalist, most famous for his exploration of northern and central Australia.
1815 João Maurício Vanderlei

João Maurício Vanderlei

Baron of Cotejipe, Brazilian politician (died 1889)
João Maurício Vanderlei or Wanderley, Baron of Cotegipe, was a Brazilian magistrate and politician of the Conservative Party.
1822 Gustav Spörer

Gustav Spörer

German astronomer (died 1895)
Friederich Wilhelm Gustav Spörer was a German astronomer.
1837 Moritz Kaposi

Moritz Kaposi

Hungarian dermatologist (died 1902)
Moritz Kaposi was a physician and dermatologist from the Austro-Hungarian Empire who discovered the skin tumor that received his name.
1863 Mirko Breyer

Mirko Breyer

Croatian writer, bibliographer, antiquarian, and one of the notable alleged and false victims of the Stara Gradiška concentration camp (died 1946)
Mirko Breyer was a known Croatian writer, bibliographer and antiquarian.
1878 Jaan Lattik

Jaan Lattik

Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1967)
Jaan Lattik was an Estonian politician, writer and a former Estonian Minister of Education and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia.
1883 Hugo Wast

Hugo Wast

Argentine writer (died 1962)
Gustavo Adolfo Martínez Zuviría, best known under his pseudonym Hugo Wast, was a renowned Argentine novelist and script writer.
1888 Onésime Gagnon

Onésime Gagnon

Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1961)
Onésime Gagnon was a Canadian politician who served as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Québec.
1894 Emma Vyssotsky

Emma Vyssotsky

American astronomer and academic (died 1975)
Emma T. R. Williams Vyssotsky was an American astronomer who received the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy in 1946.
1896 Lilyan Tashman

Lilyan Tashman

American actress (died 1934)
Lilyan Tashman was an American stage, silent film, and sound film actress.
1897 John Baker

John Baker

English air marshal (died 1978)
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Wakeling Baker, was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the mid-20th century.
1897 Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena

Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena

Spanish writer (died 1975)
Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena y García de Torres, 2nd Marquis of Luca de Tena was a Spanish politician, diplomat, journalist and playwright.
1902 Luther Evans

Luther Evans

American political scientist and politician (died 1981)
Luther Harris Evans was an American political scientist who served as the tenth Librarian of Congress and third Director-General of UNESCO.
1908 František Douda

František Douda

Czech shot putter (died 1990)
František Douda was a Czech shot putter who competed for Czechoslovakia at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
1910

Richard Mortensen

Danish painter and educator (died 1993)
Richard Mortensen was a Danish painter.
1915 Simo Puupponen

Simo Puupponen

Finnish writer (died 1967)
Simo Tapio Puupponen, better known by the pen name Aapeli, was a Finnish journalist and novelist.
1919 Manolis Andronikos

Manolis Andronikos

Greek archaeologist and academic (died 1992)
Manolis Andronikos was a Greek archaeologist and a professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
1927

Sonny Criss

American saxophonist and composer (died 1977)
William "Sonny" Criss was an American jazz musician.
1931 Diana Dors

Diana Dors

English actress (died 1984)
Diana Dors was an English actress and singer.
1933 Carlos Lemos Simmonds

Carlos Lemos Simmonds

sixth Vice President of Columbia (died 2003)
Carlos Apolinar Lemos Simmonds was the sixth Vice President of Colombia.
1934

Caitro Soto

Afro-Peruvian musician (died 2004)
Pedro Carlos Soto de la Colina, popularly known as Caitro Soto, was an Afro-Peruvian musician and composer.
1937 Johnny Carroll

Johnny Carroll

American rockabilly musician (died 1995)
Johnny Carroll was an American rockabilly musician.
1941 Igor Smirnov

Igor Smirnov

Moldovan engineer and politician, 1st President of Transnistria
Igor Nikolaevich Smirnov is a Russian-born Transnistrian politician who served as the first president (1991–2011) of the internationally unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.
1941 René Metge

René Metge

French rally driver (died 2024)
René Jean Metge was a French professional rally driver. He won the Dakar Rally three times, in 1981, 1984 and 1986.
1942

Bernd Erdmann

German footballer and manager
Bernd Erdmann is a former German football player and manager.
1943 Alida Chelli

Alida Chelli

Italian actress and singer (died 2012)
Alida Rustichelli, known professionally as Alida Chelli, was an Italian singer and actress, mainly known for her appearances in stage musicals.
1944 Mike Harding

Mike Harding

English singer-songwriter and comedian
Mike Harding is an English singer, songwriter, comedian, writer, broadcaster and musician.
1945

Maury Yeston

American composer, lyricist, and music theorist
Maury Yeston is an American composer, lyricist and music theorist.
1946

Miklós Németh

Hungarian javelin thrower
Miklós Németh is a Hungarian Olympic champion and former world record holder in the javelin throw.
1947 Greg Ridley

Greg Ridley

English bass player (died 2003)
Alfred Gregory Ridley was an English bassist who was the bassist and a founding member of the rock band Humble Pie and Spooky Tooth.
1948 Hermann Hauser

Hermann Hauser

Austrian-English businessman, co-founded Acorn Computers and Olivetti Research Laboratory
Hermann Maria Hauser KBE is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist and inventor who is primarily associated with the Cambridge technology community in England.
1948 Jordi Sabatés

Jordi Sabatés

Spanish musician (died 2022)
Jordi Sabatés Navarro was a Spanish pianist, composer, and arranger.
1949

Krešimir Ćosić

Croatian soldier and politician
Krešimir Ćosić is a Croatian soldier and politician.
1951 Fatmir Sejdiu

Fatmir Sejdiu

Kosovan academic and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo
Fatmir Sejdiu is a Kosovan politician. He was the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and was President of Kosovo.
1952 Pierre Moerlen

Pierre Moerlen

French drummer (died 2005)
Pierre Moerlen was a French drummer and percussionist, best known for his work with Gong and Mike Oldfield and as Pierre Moerlen's Gong.
1953 Pauline Black

Pauline Black

English singer, actress and author
Belinda Magnus, better known as Pauline Black, is an English singer, actress and author.
1955 Toshio Hosokawa

Toshio Hosokawa

Japanese composer
Toshio Hosokawa is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music.
1956 Dianne Reeves

Dianne Reeves

American singer
Dianne Elizabeth Reeves is an American jazz singer. Reeves has won five Grammy awards from a total nine nominations.
1957

Graham Rix

English footballer and coach
Graham Cyril Rix is an English former professional football player who later became a coach and manager.
1958 Frank Schaffer

Frank Schaffer

German sprinter
Frank Schaffer is an East German retired athlete who specialised in the 400 metres.
1958 Rose Nabinger

Rose Nabinger

German singer
Rose Nabinger is a German jazz singer.
1960 Randy Pausch

Randy Pausch

American author and academic (died 2008)
Randolph Frederick Pausch was an American educator, a professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1961 Andoni Zubizarreta

Andoni Zubizarreta

Spanish footballer and sportscaster
Andoni Zubizarreta Urreta is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
1965 Augusten Burroughs

Augusten Burroughs

American author and screenwriter
Augusten Xon Burroughs is an American writer best known for his New York Times bestselling memoir Running with Scissors (2002).
1969 Brooke Theiss

Brooke Theiss

American actress
Brooke Theiss-Genesse is an American actress who has starred in film and on television.
1969 Dolly Buster

Dolly Buster

Czech film producer and director, actress and author
Nora Baumberger, known by the stage name Dolly Buster, is a Czech-German former pornographic actress, filmmaker, and author.
1971 Carlo Forlivesi

Carlo Forlivesi

Italian-Japanese composer and scholar
Carlo Forlivesi is an Italian composer, performer and researcher.
1972 Dominika Paleta

Dominika Paleta

Polish-Mexican actress
Dominika Paleta Paciorek is a Polish-Mexican actress.
1973 Christian Dailly

Christian Dailly

Scottish footballer
Christian Eduard Dailly is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
1974

Aravind Adiga

Indian journalist and author
Aravind Adiga is an Indian-born Australian writer and journalist. His debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Man Booker Prize.
1974 Beatrice Faumuina

Beatrice Faumuina

New Zealand discus thrower
Beatrice Roini Liua Faumuina is a former New Zealand discus thrower.
1974

Christine Yoshikawa

Canadian pianist
Christine Mari Yoshikawa is a Canadian American classical pianist.
1975

Odalys García

Cuban actress
Odalys García is a Cuban actress, model, singer and television presenter.
1976 Cat Deeley

Cat Deeley

English model, actress, and television host
Catherine Elizabeth Deeley is an English television presenter. Since 2024, she has co-presented ITV's This Morning, alongside Ben Shephard.
1976

Sergio Diduch

Argentine footballer
Sergio Diduch is an Argentine association football player who currently plays for Hispano F.C. in the Honduran top division.
1979 Ramón Castro

Ramón Castro

Venezuelan baseball player
Ramón Alfredo Castro Muñoz is a Venezuelan former infielder. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics.
1980

Mate Bilić

Croatian footballer
Mate Bilić is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a striker.
1981 Mirel Rădoi

Mirel Rădoi

Romanian footballer
Mirel Matei Rădoi is a Romanian football manager and former professional player.
1982 Aleksandar Luković

Aleksandar Luković

Serbian footballer
Aleksandar Luković is a Serbian football manager and former player who played as a defender. He appeared in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
1982 Rickey Paulding

Rickey Paulding

American basketball player
Rickey Paulding is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Missouri.
1982 Valentin Badea

Valentin Badea

Romanian footballer
Valentin Vasile Badea is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
1983

Filippos Darlas

Greek footballer
Filippos Darlas is a retired Greek professional footballer who played as a left-back.
1983 Goldie Harvey

Goldie Harvey

Nigerian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Susan Oluwabimpe "Goldie" Filani Harvey was a Nigerian professional singer and a Big Brother Africa star.
1984

Jeffrey Hoogervorst

Dutch footballer
Jeffrey Hoogervorst is a Dutch retired footballer who played as a central defender.
1984 Michael Sim

Michael Sim

Australian golfer
Michael Sim is an Australian professional golfer.
1984

Simone Masini

Italian footballer
Simone Masini is an Italian retired footballer and current manager. Masini spent most of his career in Italian third tier.
1985

Luca Spinetti

Italian footballer
Luca Spinetti is a former Italian professional footballer.
1985

Panagiotis Vouis

Greek footballer
Panagiotis Vouis is a Greek professional footballer. Although being born in Greece, He holds Australian Citizenship
1986 Jovanka Radičević

Jovanka Radičević

Montenegrin handball player
Jovanka Radičević is a Montenegrin former handball player.
1988 Aleksandr Salugin

Aleksandr Salugin

Russian footballer
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Salugin is a Russian former footballer who played as a forward.
1988 Carolin Schiewe

Carolin Schiewe

German footballer
Carolin Schiewe is a German football midfielder. She played for SC Freiburg.
1989

Alain Baroja

Venezuelan footballer
Alain Baroja Méndez is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Always Ready and the Venezuela national team.
1989 Viktor Agardius

Viktor Agardius

Swedish footballer
Viktor Agardius is a Swedish footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back´for Kristianstad FC.
1993 Josh Ruffels

Josh Ruffels

English footballer
Joshua Andrew Bernard Ruffels is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for EFL League Two club Shrewsbury Town.
2004

Niccolò Pisilli

Italian footballer
Niccolò Pisilli is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma and the Italy national team.

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