Famous Birthdays on October 30

Q: Who was born on October 30?

Famous people born on October 30 include: Julia the Elder, Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (died 1234), Andrew, Lucas Watzenrode, Anne d'Alençon.

Q: What is Courtney Walsh known for?

Courtney Walsh, Jamaican cricketer

257 people 39 BC – 2000

October 30 has seen 257 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 39 BC – 2000. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · October 30 — Wikipedia

1962 — Courtney Walsh

Jamaican cricketer

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He held the record of most Test wickets from 2000, after he broke the record of Kapil Dev

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This record was later broken in 2004 by Shane Warne

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He was the first bowler to reach 500 wickets in Test cricket

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Courtney Andrew Walsh OJ is a Jamaican former cricketer who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the team in 22 Test matches

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Walsh played 132 Tests and 205 ODIs for the West Indies and took 519 and 227 wickets respectively

Julia the Elder

Roman daughter of Augustus (died 14 AD)

Julia the Elder, known to her contemporaries as Julia Caesaris filia or Julia Augusti filia, was the daughter and only surviving biological child of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, and his second wife, Scribonia.…

-39

Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (died 1234)

Emperor Chūkyō was the 85th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned only two months in 1221, and he was not officially listed amongst the emperors until 1870 because of…

1218

Andrew

Duke of Calabria (died 1345)

Andrew, Duke of Calabria was the first husband of Joanna I of Naples, and a son of Charles I of Hungary and brother of Louis I of Hungary.

1327

Lucas Watzenrode

Prince-Bishop of Warmia (died 1512)

Lucas Watzenrode the Younger was Prince-Bishop of Warmia (Ermland) and patron to his nephew, astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.

1447

Anne d'Alençon

French noblewoman (died 1562)

Anne d'Alençon, Lady of La Guerche, was a French noblewoman and a Marquise of Montferrat as the wife of William IX, Marquis of Montferrat. She acted as Regent of the Marquisate of Montferrat for her son, Boniface from…

1492

Jacques Amyot

French bishop and translator (died 1593)

Jacques Amyot, French Renaissance bishop, scholar, writer and translator, was born of poor parents, at Melun.

1513

Jacques-Nompar de Caumont

duc de La Force, Marshal of France (died 1652)

Jacques Nompar de Caumont, 1st Duke of La Force was a Marshal of France and Peer of France.

1558

Paul Pellisson

French historian and author (died 1693)

Paul Pellisson was a French writer, associated with the Baroque Précieuses movement.

1624

Christopher Wren

English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (died 1723)

Sir Christopher Wren was an English architect, astronomer, mathematician and physicist who is one of the most highly acclaimed architects in the history of England. Known for his work in the English Baroque style, he…

1632

Ernest August

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1731)

Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg was the third son of Duke Ernest Günther and his wife Auguste.

1660

Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (died 1705)

Sophia Charlotte of Hanover was the first Queen consort in Prussia as the wife of King Frederick I. She was the only daughter of Elector Ernest Augustus of Hanover and Sophia of the Palatinate. Her eldest brother,…

1668

Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis

Maltese linguist, historian and cleric (died 1770)

Canon Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis, often called de Soldanis, was a Maltese linguist, historian and cleric from the island of Gozo. He wrote the first lexicon and systematic grammar of the Maltese…

1712

Mary Hayley

English businesswoman (died 1808)

Mary Hayley was an English businesswoman. She parlayed an inheritance from her first husband into a sizeable estate with her second husband. Upon the latter's death, she took over the business and successfully operated…

1728

John Adams

American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (died 1826)

John Adams was a Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain. During…

1735

Angelica Kauffman

painter (died 1807)

Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann, usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered primarily as a history painter, Kauffman was a skilled…

1741

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Irish-English poet, playwright, and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (died 1816)

Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812, representing the constituencies of Stafford, Westminster and…

1751

André Chénier

Turkish-French poet and playwright (died 1794)

André Marie Chénier was a French poet associated with the events of the French Revolution, during which he was sentenced to death. His sensual, emotive poetry marks him as one of the precursors of the Romantic movement.…

1762

Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé

Canadian captain and author (died 1871)

Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé was a Canadian lawyer, writer, and seigneur. He is known chiefly for his novel Les Anciens Canadiens, considered the first classic of French Canadian fiction.

1786

Ignace Bourget

Canadian bishop (died 1885)

Ignace Bourget was a Canadian Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Montreal from 1840 to 1876.

1799

Alfred Sisley

French-English painter (died 1899)

Alfred Sisley was a French-Born British Impressionist landscape painter who was born to British parents, but spent most of his life in France. He was the most consistent of the Impressionists in his dedication to…

1839

Georges Gilles de la Tourette

French-Swiss physician and neurologist (died 1904)

Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette was a French neurologist and the eponym of Tourette syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by tics. His main contributions in medicine were in the…

1857

Antoine Bourdelle

French sculptor and painter (died 1929)

Antoine Bourdelle, born Émile Antoine Bordelles, was a French sculptor and teacher. He was a student of Auguste Rodin, a teacher of Giacometti and Henri Matisse, and an important figure in the Art Deco movement and the…

1861

António Cabreira

Portuguese polygraph (died 1953)

D. António Tomás da Guarda Cabreira de Faria e Alvelos Drago da Ponte was a Portuguese mathematician, polygraph and publicist. A member of the aristocratic Cabreira family, António Cabreira was a claimant to the…

1868

Buck Freeman

American baseball player (died 1949)

John Frank "Buck" Freeman was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball at the turn of the 20th century. Listed at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) and 169 lb (77 kg), he both batted and threw left-handed. Freeman was one of…

1871

Paul Valéry

French poet and philosopher (died 1945)

Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction, his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, music, and current events.

1871

Francisco I. Madero

Mexican businessman and politician, 33rd President of Mexico (died 1913)

Francisco Ignacio Madero González was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer, politician and statesman who served as the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed and assassinated in a coup d'état in…

1873

Hugo Celmiņš

Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia (died 1941)

Hugo Celmiņš was a Latvian politician, a public employee, agronomist, twice the Prime Minister of Latvia. Arrested and deported to the USSR after the Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940, imprisoned in Moscow's Lefortovo…

1877

Arthur Scherbius

German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (died 1929)

Arthur Scherbius was a German electrical engineer who invented the mechanical cipher Enigma machine. He patented the invention and later sold the machine under the brand name Enigma.

1878

Elizabeth Madox Roberts

American poet and author (died 1941)

Elizabeth Madox Roberts was a Kentucky novelist and poet, primarily known for her novels and stories set in central Kentucky's Washington County, including The Time of Man (1926), "My Heart and My Flesh," The Great…

1881

Oldřich Duras

Czech chess player and composer (died 1957)

Oldřich Duras was a Czech chess master. He was among the leading chess masters of the early 20th century.

1882

William Halsey Jr.

American admiral (died 1959)

William Frederick "Bull" Halsey Jr. was an American Navy admiral during World War II. He is one of four officers to have attained the rank of five-star fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being William…

1882

Günther von Kluge

Polish-German field marshal (died 1944)

Günther Adolf Ferdinand von Kluge was a German Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. Kluge held commands on the Eastern and Western Fronts, until his suicide in connection with the 20 July plot.

1882

Ezra Pound

American poet and critic (died 1972)

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a collaborator in Fascist Italy and the Salò Republic during World War II. His works include Ripostes…

1885

Zoë Akins

American author, poet, and playwright (died 1958)

Zoe Byrd Akins was an American playwright, poet, and author. She won the 1935 Pulitzer Prize for drama for The Old Maid.

1886

Sukumar Ray

Indian-Bangladeshi author, poet, and playwright (died 1923)

Sukumar Ray was a Bengali writer and poet from British India. He is remembered mainly for his writings for children. He was the son of children's story writer Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury and the father of Indian…

1887

Louis Menges

American soccer player, soldier, and politician (died 1969)

Louis John Menges was an American politician, businessman, and amateur soccer player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

1888

Konstantinos Tsiklitiras

Greek footballer and high jumper (died 1913)

Konstantinos "Kostis" Tsiklitiras was a Greek athlete and Olympic champion.

1888

Charles Atlas

Italian-American bodybuilder (died 1972)

Charles Atlas was an Italian-born American bodybuilder best remembered as the developer of a bodybuilding method and its associated exercise program which spawned a landmark advertising campaign featuring his name and…

1892

Roland Freisler

German soldier, lawyer, and judge (died 1945)

Karl Roland Freisler was a German jurist, judge, and politician who served as the State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Justice from 1935 to 1942 and as president of the People's Court from 1942 to 1945. As a…

1893

Jean Rostand

French biologist and philosopher (died 1977)

Jean Edmond Cyrus Rostand was a French biologist, historian of science, and philosopher.

1894

Peter Warlock

English composer and critic (died 1930)

Philip Arnold Heseltine, known by the pseudonym Peter Warlock, was a British composer and music critic. The Warlock name, which reflects Heseltine's interest in occult practices, was used for all his published musical…

1894

Gerhard Domagk

German pathologist and bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)

Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk was a German pathologist and bacteriologist.

1895

Dickinson W. Richards

American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)

Dickinson Woodruff Richards Jr. was an American physician and physiologist. He was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 with André Cournand and Werner Forssmann for the development of…

1895

Rex Cherryman

American actor (died 1928)

Rexford Raymond "Rex" Cherryman was an American actor of the stage and screen whose career was most prolific during the 1920s.

1896

Ruth Gordon

American actress and screenwriter (died 1985)

Ruth Gordon Jones was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and novelist, widely known for a career that spanned seven decades, beginning by performing on Broadway at age 19. Known for her nasal voice and…

1896

Kostas Karyotakis

Greek poet and educator (died 1928)

Kostas Karyotakis is considered one of the most representative Greek poets of the 1920s and one of the first poets to use iconoclastic themes in Greece.

1896

Harry R. Truman

American soldier and inn keeper on Mount St. Helens, killed in the eruption (died 1980)

Harry R. Truman was an American businessman, bootlegger, and prospector. He lived near Mount St. Helens, a dormant volcano in the Cascade Range in the state of Washington, and was the owner and caretaker of Mount St.…

1896

Antonino Votto

Italian conductor (died 1985)

Antonino Votto, sometimes spelt Antonio Votto, was an Italian operatic conductor and vocal coach. Votto developed an extensive discography with the Teatro alla Scala in Milan during the 1950s, when EMI produced the bulk…

1896

Agustín Lara

Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (died 1970)

Ángel Agustín María Carlos Fausto Mariano Alfonso del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Lara y Aguirre del Pino, known as Agustín Lara, was a Mexican composer and performer of songs and boleros. He is recognized as one of the…

1897

Bill Terry

American baseball player and manager (died 1989)

William Harold Terry was an American professional baseball first baseman and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Giants from 1923 to 1936 and managed the Giants from 1932 to 1941. Terry…

1898

Ragnar Granit

Finnish-Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)

Ragnar Arthur Granit was a Finnish and Swedish neurophysiologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1967 along with Haldan Keffer Hartline and George Wald "for their discoveries concerning the…

1900

Johnny Miles

English-Canadian runner (died 2003)

John C. Miles, was a Canadian marathon runner. He won the Boston Marathon in 1926 and 1929.

1905

Giuseppe Farina

Italian race car driver (died 1966)

Emilio Giuseppe "Nino" Farina was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956. Farina won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in its inaugural 1950 season with Alfa Romeo, and won…

1906

Hermann Fegelein

German general (died 1945)

Hans Otto Georg Hermann Fegelein was a high-ranking commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany. He was a member of Adolf Hitler's entourage and brother-in-law to Eva Braun through his marriage to her sister Gretl.

1906

Alexander Gode

German-American linguist and translator (died 1970)

Alexander Gottfried Friedrich Gode-von Aesch was a German-born American linguist, translator and the driving force behind the creation of the auxiliary language Interlingua.

1906

Sol Tax

American anthropologist and academic (died 1995)

Sol Tax was an American anthropologist. He is best known for creating action anthropology and his studies of the Meskwaki, or Fox Indians, for "action-anthropological" research titled the Fox Project, and for founding…

1907

Patsy Montana

American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1996)

Ruby Rose Blevins, known professionally as Patsy Montana, was an American country and western singer and songwriter. Montana was the first female country performer to have a million-selling single with her signature…

1908

U. Muthuramalingam Thevar

Indian politician (died 1963)

Ukkirapandi Muthuramalinga Thevar ,also known as Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, was a politician and a patriarch of India from Tamil Nadu. He was elected three times to the national Parliamentary Constituency.

1908

Peter Smith

English cricketer (died 1967)

Thomas Peter Bromley Smith was an English cricketer, who played for Essex and England. Smith was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1947. An all-rounder, Smith played for Essex from 1929 to 1951.

1908

Dmitry Ustinov

Marshal of the Soviet Union (died 1984)

Dmitry Fyodorovich Ustinov was a Soviet politician and a Marshal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He served as a Central Committee secretary in charge of the Soviet military–industrial complex from 1965 to 1976…

1908

Homi J. Bhabha

Indian-French physicist and academic (died 1966)

Homi Jehangir Bhabha, FNI, FASc, FRS was an Indian nuclear theoretical physicist who is widely credited as the "father of the Indian nuclear programme". He was the founding director and professor of physics at the Tata…

1909

Miguel Hernández

Spanish poet and playwright (died 1942)

Miguel Hernández Gilabert was a 20th-century Spanish-language poet and playwright associated with the Generation of '27 and the Generation of '36 movements. Born and raised in a family of low resources, he was…

1910

Luciano Sgrizzi

Italian-Monegasque organist and composer (died 1994)

Luciano Sgrizzi was an Italian harpsichordist, organist, pianist and composer.

1910

Ruth Hussey

American actress (died 2005)

Ruth Carol Hussey was an American actress best known for her Academy Award-nominated role as photographer Elizabeth Imbrie in The Philadelphia Story.

1911

Richard E. Holz

American minister and composer (died 1986)

Richard E Holz, was an American brass band composer, served as Chaplain to the U.S. Army Air Forces in New Guinea, Philippines and Japan. He married Ruby Walker in 1941. After the war, Holz was active in the Salvation…

1914

Leabua Jonathan

Basotho lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (died 1987)

Joseph Leabua Jonathan was the first prime minister of Lesotho. He succeeded Chief Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane following a by-election and held that post from 1965 to 1986.

1914

Anna Wing

English actress (died 2013)

Anna Wing was a British actress who had a long career in television and theatre, known for playing Beale family matriarch Lou Beale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

1914

Fred W. Friendly

American journalist and producer (died 1998)

Fred W. Friendly was a president of CBS News and the creator, along with Edward R. Murrow, of the documentary television program See It Now. He originated the concept of public-access television cable TV channels.

1915

Jane Randolph

American-Swiss actress and singer (died 2009)

Jane Randolph, was an American film actress. She is best known for her portrayals of Alice Moore in the 1942 horror film Cat People, and its sequel, The Curse of the Cat People (1944).

1915

Leon Day

American baseball player (died 1995)

Leon Day was an American professional baseball pitcher, center fielder, and second baseman who spent the majority of his career in the Negro leagues. Recognized as one of the most versatile athletes in the league during…

1916

Bobby Bragan

American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2010)

Robert Randall Bragan was an American shortstop, catcher, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball and an influential minor league executive. His professional baseball career encompassed 73 years, from his first…

1917

Minni Nurme

Estonian writer and poet (died 1994)

Minni Katharina Nurme was an Estonian writer.

1917

Nikolai Ogarkov

Russian field marshal (died 1994)

Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov was a prominent Soviet military personality. He was promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1977. Between 1977 and 1984, he was Chief of the General Staff of the USSR. He became widely…

1917

Maurice Trintignant

French race car driver (died 2005)

Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant was a French racing driver and winemaker, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1964. Trintignant won two Formula One Grands Prix across 15 seasons. In endurance racing,…

1917

Christy Ring

Irish sportsman (died 1979)

Nicholas Christopher Michael Ring was an Irish hurler whose league and championship career at senior level with the Cork county team spanned twenty-four years from 1939 to 1963. He established many championship records,…

1920

Valli Lember-Bogatkina (died 2016)

Valli Lember-Bogatkina was known as "The Grand Old Lady of Estonian watercolor". Her works are exhibited in cities around the world.

1921

Elena Mikhnenko

Ukrainian exile (died 1993)

Elena Nestorovna Mikhnenko was the daughter of the Ukrainian anarchist revolutionaries Nestor Makhno and Halyna Kuzmenko. Born in exile, she spent her early life in France, where she was living at the outbreak of World…

1922

Iancu Țucărman

Romanian Holocaust survivor (died 2021)

Iancu Țucărman was a Romanian Jewish agricultural engineer and survivor of the Holocaust and the Iași pogrom. He was the penultimate survivor of the "Death's Train" that was used to deport Jews from the Iași railway…

1922

Jane White

American actress and singer (died 2011)

Jane White was an American actress and singer best known for her Broadway and off-Broadway stage performances. She won Obie Awards in 1966 for her performance in a Shakespeare in the Park productions of Love's Labour's…

1922

Gloria Oden

American poet and academic (died 2011)

Gloria Catherine Oden was an American poet, editor and retired professor of English. She was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for Resurrections, a collection of poems that responded to the unsolved murder of her…

1923

John P. Craven

American soldier and engineer (died 2015)

John Piña Craven was an American scientist who was known for his involvement with Bayesian search theory and the recovery of lost objects at sea. He was Chief Scientist of the Special Projects Office of the United…

1924

Tommy Ridgley

American singer and bandleader (died 1999)

Thomas Herman Ridgley was an American R&B singer, pianist, songwriter and bandleader in New Orleans, Louisiana. In a musical career lasting half a century Ridgley was a stalwart of the New Orleans rhythm and blues…

1925

Jacques Swaters

Belgian race car driver and manager (died 2010)

Jacques Swaters was a racing driver from Belgium and former team owner of Ecurie Belgique, Ecurie Francorchamps, and Ecurie Nationale Belge.

1926

Joe Adcock

American baseball player and manager (died 1999)

Joseph Wilbur Adcock was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1950 to 1966, most prominently as a member of the Milwaukee Braves teams that won…

1927

Daniel Nathans

American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)

Daniel Nathans was an American microbiologist. Along with American researcher Hamilton Smith and Swiss researcher Werner Arber, he shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction…

1928

Jean Chapman

English author

Jean Chapman is a British writer of romance novels since 1981 and a lecturer in creative writing. Her debut novel The Unreasoning Earth and The Red Pavilion were both shortlisted for the Parker Pen Romantic Novel of the…

1929

Olga Zubarry

Argentinian actress (died 2012)

Olga Zubarry was an Argentine actress who appeared in film between 1943 and 1997. She made over 60 appearances in film, spanning six decades of Argentine cinema, but is best known for her work during the Golden Age of…

1929

Néstor Almendros

Spanish-American director and cinematographer (died 1992)

Néstor Almendros Cuyás, ASC was a Spanish cinematographer.

1930

Christopher Foster

English economist and academic (died 2022)

Sir Christopher David Foster was a British academic at the University of Oxford and MIT, a professor of economics at the London School of Economics, a consultant at Coopers & Lybrand and PricewaterhouseCoopers, and a…

1930

Clifford Brown

American trumpet player and composer (died 1956)

Clifford Benjamin Brown was an American jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer. He died at the age of 25 in a car crash, leaving behind four years' worth of recordings. His compositions "Sandu", "Joy Spring", and…

1930

Don Meineke

American basketball player (died 2013)

Don "Monk" Meineke was an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Dayton and was a consensus second-team All-American in 1952. He later played professionally in the National…

1930

Vince Callahan

American lieutenant and politician (died 2014)

Vincent Francis Callahan Jr. was an American politician who served for 40 years as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. From January 1968 to January 2008, he represented the 34th district, which covers McLean,…

1931

David M. Wilson

Manx archaeologist, historian, and curator

Sir David Mackenzie Wilson is a British archaeologist, art historian, and museum curator, specialising in Anglo-Saxon art and the Viking Age. From 1977 until 1992 he served as the director of the British Museum, where…

1931

Barun De

Indian historian and author (died 2013)

Barun De was an Indian historian. He served as the first professor of social and economic history of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, founder-director of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta…

1932

Louis Malle

French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)

Louis Marie Malle was a French filmmaker who worked in France and Hollywood. Described as "eclectic" and "difficult to pin down", his works often depict provocative or controversial subject matter.

1932

Col Campbell

New Zealand gardener and television host (died 2012)

Colin "Col" Campbell was a presenter on Gardening Australia, a TV show on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He was also a presenter on Brisbane radio station 4BC as the "Gardening Guru" of weekend mornings, in…

1933

Keith Barnes

Welsh-Australian rugby player and coach (died 2024)

William Keith Barnes AM, also known by the nickname of "Golden Boots", was a Welsh-born Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He was a fullback…

1934

Frans Brüggen

Dutch flute player and conductor (died 2014)

Franciscus ("Frans") Jozef Brüggen was a Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist.

1934

Robert Caro

American journalist and author

Robert Allan Caro is an American journalist and author known for his biographies of United States political figures Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson.

1935

Ágota Kristóf

Hungarian-Swiss author (died 2011)

Ágota Kristóf was a Hungarian writer who lived in Switzerland and wrote in French. Kristóf received the "European prize" from ADELF, the association of Francophone authors, for Le Grand Cahier. It was followed by two…

1935

Jim Perry

American baseball player

James Evan Perry Jr. is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1959 to 1975 for the Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, and Oakland Athletics.…

1935

Michael Winner

English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)

Michael Robert Winner was a British filmmaker, writer, and media personality. He is known for directing numerous action, thriller, and black comedy films in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, including several collaborations…

1935

Polina Astakhova

Ukrainian gymnast and trainer (died 2005)

Polina Ghrighorievna Astakhova was a Soviet and Ukrainian artistic gymnast. She won ten medals at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.

1936

Dick Vermeil

American football player and coach

Richard Albert Vermeil is an American former football coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons. He was the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles for seven seasons, the St.…

1936

Claude Lelouch

French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained…

1937

Brian Price

Welsh rugby player (died 2023)

Brian Price was a Wales international rugby union player. Price first played international rugby for Wales in 1961 after impressing in the Barbarians squad against South Africa. He was selected for the 1966 British…

1937

Morris Lurie

Australian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 2014)

Moses "Morris" Lurie was an Australian writer of comic novels, short stories, essays, plays, and children's books. His work focused on the comic mishaps of Jewish-Australian men of Lurie's generation, who are invariably…

1938

Harvey Goldstein

English statistician and academic (died 2020)

Harvey Goldstein was a British statistician known for his contributions to multilevel modelling methodology, statistical software, social statistics, and for applying this to educational assessment and league tables.

1939

Leland H. Hartwell

American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Leland Harrison "Lee" Hartwell is an American former president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington. He shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Paul Nurse…

1939

Eddie Holland

American singer-songwriter and producer

Edward James Holland Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer, brother to songwriter and record producer Brian Holland.

1939

Grace Slick

American singer-songwriter and model

Grace Slick is an American painter and musician whose musical career spanned four decades. She was a prominent figure in San Francisco's psychedelic music scene during the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.

1939

Marcel Berlins

French-English lawyer, journalist, and academic (died 2019)

Marcel Berlins was a French lawyer, writer and broadcaster. He was best known for his work in the United Kingdom, writing for British national newspapers The Times and The Guardian, presenting BBC Radio 4's legal…

1941

Aleksandr Dulichenko

Russian-Estonian linguist and academic

Aleksandr Dmitrievich Dulichenko was a Russian-Estonian Esperantist, linguist, and expert in Slavic microlanguages who lived in Estonia. He was a professor at the University of Tartu, where he was the head of the…

1941

Theodor W. Hänsch

German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Theodor Wolfgang Hänsch is a German physicist. He received one-fourth of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics for "contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb…

1941

Otis Williams

American singer-songwriter and producer

Otis Williams is an American second tenor/baritone singer. He is occasionally also a songwriter and a record producer. Williams is the founder and last surviving original member of the Motown vocal group the…

1941

Bob Wilson

English footballer and sportscaster

Robert Primrose Wilson is a former Scotland international football goalkeeper and later broadcaster / anchorman.

1941

Sven-David Sandström

Swedish composer and historian (died 2019)

Sven-David Sandström was a Swedish classical composer of operas, oratorios, ballets, and choral works, as well as orchestral works.

1942

Paul Claes

Belgian poet and translator

Paul Claes is a Flemish scholar, writer, poet and translator.

1943

Joanna Shimkus

Canadian actress

Joanna Marie Shimkus is a Canadian film actress. She is the widow of actor Sidney Poitier and mother of actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier.

1943

David Triesman

Baron Triesman, English union leader and politician

David Maxim Triesman, Baron Triesman was a British politician, merchant banker and trade union leader.

1943

Ahmed Chalabi

Iraqi businessman and politician (died 2015)

Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabi was an Iraqi convicted fraudster and founder of the Iraqi National Congress (INC) who served as the President of the Governing Council of Iraq and a Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq under Ibrahim…

1944

Henry Winkler

American actor, comedian, director, and producer

Henry Franklin Winkler is an American actor, producer, director, and author. Widely known as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984), Winkler has distinguished himself as a character actor for…

1945

Lynne Marta

American actress (died 2024)

Lynne Marta, also credited as Lynn Marta, was an American actress and singer.

1945

Robert L. Gibson

American captain, pilot, and astronaut

Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson is a former American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. A retired NASA astronaut, he also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1992 to 1997. Today Gibson…

1946

Andrea Mitchell

American journalist

Andrea Mitchell is an American television journalist, anchor and commentator for NBC News, based in Washington, D.C.

1946

Anthony Shorrocks

English economist, author, and academic

Anthony F. Shorrocks is a British development economist.

1946

Chris Slade

Welsh drummer

Chris Slade is a Welsh drummer, who is perhaps best known for playing for Manfred Mann's Earth Band from its inception in 1971 to 1978 on eight albums, and AC/DC, for which he drummed from 1989 to 1994 and performed on…

1946

Glenn Andreotta

American soldier (died 1968)

Glenn Urban Andreotta was an American helicopter crew chief in the Vietnam War noted for being one of three who intervened in the Mỹ Lai massacre, in which 504 unarmed children, women and men were murdered.

1947

Tim Kirk

American illustrator and designer

Tim Kirk is both a professional artist and an American fan artist. He worked as a senior designer at Tokyo DisneySea, as an Imagineer for the Walt Disney company.

1947

Timothy B. Schmit

American singer-songwriter and bass player

Timothy Bruce Schmit is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He has performed as the bassist and vocalist for rock bands Poco and the Eagles, having replaced Randy Meisner in both cases. Schmit has also worked…

1947

Herschel Weingrod

American screenwriter and producer

Herschel Alan Weingrod is an American screenwriter. He has written and co-written a number of Hollywood films, including Trading Places, Twins, Kindergarten Cop, and Space Jam with fellow writer Timothy Harris.

1947

Richard Alston

English dancer and choreographer

Sir Richard Alston CBE is a British choreographer. He has been resident choreographer and artistic director for the Ballet Rambert and is currently artistic director at The Place. His works include Windhover (1972),…

1948

Garry McDonald

Australian actor and screenwriter

Garry George McDonald AO is an Australian comedian, television host, actor, satirist and mental health activist. In a career spanning six decades he has had many theatre, television and film roles, and has been listed…

1948

Larry Gene Bell

American murderer (died 1996)

Larry Gene Bell was an American serial killer who abducted, raped, and murdered at least three women and girls in the Carolinas from 1984 to 1985. In addition to this, Bell remains the prime suspect in at least one…

1949

Leon Rippy

American actor

Leon Rippy is an American actor. Active on screen since 1983, Rippy has appeared in numerous films and recurring roles on television. He is best known for his roles as Earl the Angel on the series Saving Grace, saloon…

1949

Phil Chenier

American basketball player and broadcaster

Philip Chenier is an American former professional basketball player who was a shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for ten seasons. He was also a television sports broadcaster for the NBA's…

1950

Tim Sheens

Australian rugby league player and coach

Timothy Sheens is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. Head Coach of the Australia national team between 2009 and 2015, he has also been the head coach of National Rugby League (NRL)…

1950

Tony Bettenhausen Jr.

American race car driver and businessman (died 2000)

Tony Lee Bettenhausen Jr. was an American Champ Car team owner and driver who died in a 2000 plane crash. He was the son of former 14-time Indianapolis 500 competitor Tony Bettenhausen and the brother of 21-time Indy…

1951

Trilok Gurtu

Indian drummer and songwriter

Trilok Gurtu is an Indian percussionist and composer whose work blends the music of India with jazz fusion and world music.

1951

Harry Hamlin

American actor

Harry Robinson Hamlin is an American actor, author, and entrepreneur. He is widely known for his roles as Perseus in the 1981 fantasy film Clash of the Titans, a role he reprised in 2007's Santa Monica Studio video game…

1951

Poncho Sanchez

American singer and conga player

Poncho Sánchez is an American conguero, Latin jazz band leader, and salsa singer. In 2000, he and his ensemble won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album for their work on the Concord Picante album Latin Soul.…

1951

Pete Hoekstra

Dutch-American lawyer and politician

Cornelis Piet Hoekstra is an American politician and diplomat serving since 2025 as the 33rd United States ambassador to Canada. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the United States ambassador to…

1953

Charles Martin Smith

American actor, director, and screenwriter

Charles Martin Smith is an American actor, film and television director and screenwriter, long based in British Columbia, Canada.

1953

Mahmoud El Khatib

Egyptian footballer

Mahmoud Ibrahim Ibrahim El Khatib, popularly nicknamed Bibo, is an Egyptian retired footballer and current President of Al Ahly. He is considered as one of the best forwards in the history of African football.

1954

T. Graham Brown

American country singer-songwriter

Anthony Graham Brown, known professionally as T. Graham Brown, is an American country music singer. Active since 1973, Brown has recorded a total of thirteen studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on…

1954

Jeannie Kendall

American country singer-songwriter

The Kendalls were an American country music duo, consisting of Royce Kendall and his daughter Jeannie Kendall .Between the 1960s and 1990s, they released 16 albums on various labels, including five on Mercury Records.…

1954

Mario Testino

Peruvian-English photographer

Mario Eduardo Testino Silva OBE HonFRPS is a Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer.

1954

Heidi Heitkamp

American lawyer and politician, 28th Attorney General of North Dakota

Mary Kathryn "Heidi" Heitkamp is an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States senator from North Dakota from 2013 to 2019. A member of the North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party, her 2012…

1955

Juliet Stevenson

English actress

Juliet Anne Virginia Stevenson, is an English actress of stage and screen, and a narrator. She is known for her role in the film Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best…

1956

Shlomo Mintz

Israeli violinist and conductor

Shlomo Mintz is a Russian-born Israeli violinist and conductor. He regularly appears with orchestras and conductors on the international scene and is heard in recitals and chamber music concerts around the world.

1957

Kevin Pollak

American actor, game show host, and producer

Kevin Elliot Pollak is an American actor, comedian, impressionist and podcaster. He has appeared in over 90 films; his roles include Sam Weinberg in Rob Reiner's A Few Good Men, Jacob Goldman in Grumpy Old Men and its…

1957

Olav Dale

Norwegian saxophonist and composer (died 2014)

Olav Dale was a Norwegian composer, orchestra leader and jazz saxophonist. In addition to saxophone he played other woodwinds. He received little formal education in music, but he completed studies at the Voss Folk High…

1958

Joe Delaney

American football player (died 1983)

Joe Alton Delaney was an American professional football player who was a running back for two seasons in the National Football League (NFL). In his two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, Delaney set four franchise…

1958

Ramona d'Viola

American cyclist and photographer

Ramona d'Viola is an American cyclist.

1958

Pétur Guðmundsson

Icelandic basketball player and coach

Pétur Karl Guðmundsson is an Icelandic former professional basketball player and coach. Standing 2.18 m, weighing 118 kg (260 lb) and playing the center position, Pétur was the first Icelander and one of the first…

1958

Vincent Lagaf'

French actor, singer, and game show host

Vincent Rouïl , better known as Vincent Lagaf', is a French humorist, TV presenter, singer and actor.

1959

Charnele Brown

American actress and singer

Charnele Brown is an American actress, producer, writer, fashion designer and singer. She is known for her roles as Paula in the 1992 film How Ya Like Me Now and as Kimberly Reese on NBC comedy sitcom A Different World…

1960

Grayson Hugh

American singer-songwriter

Grayson Hugh is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, Hammond B3 organ player and composer. He is best known for his 1988 hit "Talk It Over", and his other blue-eyed soul hits "Bring It All Back" and "How 'Bout Us?".

1960

Diego Maradona

Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2020)

Diego Armando Maradona was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the…

1960

Scott Garrelts

American baseball player

Scott William Garrelts is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the San Francisco Giants from 1982 to 1991. Garrelts's best year as a Giant came during the 1989 season, when he went 14-5 with a…

1961

Giorgos Papakonstantinou

Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance

Giorgos Papakonstantínou, is a Greek economist and politician and former Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change of Greece and former Minister for Finance. Following expulsion from his party PASOK, he…

1961

Larry Wilmore

American comedian and television host

Elister Larry Wilmore III is an American comedian, writer, producer, and actor. He served as the "Senior Black Correspondent" on The Daily Show from 2006 to 2014, and hosted The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore in 2015…

1961

Stefan Kuntz

German footballer and manager

Stefan Kuntz is a German professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He was most recently sporting director of Bundesliga side Hamburger SV.

1962

Danny Tartabull

Puerto Rican baseball player

Danilo Tartabull Mora is a Cuban–Puerto Rican former professional baseball right fielder and designated hitter. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners (1984–1986), Kansas City…

1962

Michael Beach

American actor and producer

Michael Anthony Beach is an American actor. He has appeared in the films Lean on Me (1989), One False Move (1992), True Romance (1993), Short Cuts (1993), Waiting to Exhale (1995), A Family Thing (1996), Soul Food…

1963

Rebecca Heineman

American video game designer and programmer

Rebecca Ann Heineman was an American video game designer and programmer. Heineman was a founder or co-founder of video game companies Interplay Productions, Logicware, Contraband Entertainment, and Olde Sküül. She was…

1963

Andrew Solomon

American-English journalist and author

Andrew Solomon is an American writer on politics, culture and psychology, who lives in New York City and London. He has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Artforum, Travel and Leisure, and other…

1963

Mike Veletta

Australian cricketer and coach

Michael Robert John Veletta is a former Australian cricketer.

1963

Kristina Wagner

American actress

Kristina Wagner is an American actress. She is sometimes credited by the name Kristina Malandro. She is best known for her role as Felicia Jones on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. She also briefly had a small role…

1963

Adnan Al Talyani

Emirati footballer

Adnan Khamis Mohammed Obaid Al-Talyani Al-Suwaidi is a retired footballer from the United Arab Emirates who played as a forward for the country's Pro Football League, Al-Shaab CSC, and the national team. He is…

1964

Humayun Kabir Dhali

Bangladeshi journalist and author

Humayun Kabir Dhali is an author and journalist from Bangladesh.

1964

Howard Lederer

American poker player

Howard Henry Lederer is an American professional poker player. He has won two World Series of Poker bracelets and holds two World Poker Tour titles. Lederer has also contributed to several books on poker strategy and…

1964

Gavin Rossdale

English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Gavin McGregor Rossdale is an English musician, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Bush. He helped form Bush in 1992. Upon the band's separation in 2002, Rossdale became the lead singer…

1965

Brad Aitken

Canadian ice hockey player

Bradley E. Aitken is a Canadian former professional ice hockey Left wing who played 14 games in the National Hockey League.

1967

Leonidas Kavakos

Greek violinist and conductor

Leonidas Kavakos is a Greek violinist and conductor. He has won several international violin competition prizes, including the Sibelius, Paganini, Naumburg, and Indianapolis competitions. He is an Onassis Foundation…

1967

Emmanuelle Claret

French biathlete (died 2013)

Emmanuelle Claret was a French biathlete. Her best performance came in 1996 when she became world champion in the Biathlon World Championships 1996 in Ruhpolding at 15 km. She also won a silver medal with the French…

1968

Jack Plotnick

American actor, director, and producer

Jack Plotnick is an American film and television actor, writer, and producer. Notable main television roles include Lovespring International, Drawn Together, and Action. Notable film roles include Gods and Monsters,…

1968

Ken Stringfellow

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Kenneth Stuart Stringfellow is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and producer. Best known for his work with The Posies, R.E.M., and the re-formed Big Star, Stringfellow's discography…

1968

Stanislav Gross

Czech lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (died 2015)

Stanislav Gross was a Czech lawyer and politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic and leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party from 2004 until 2005 when he resigned as a result of his financial…

1969

Snow

Canadian rapper and reggae singer-songwriter

Darrin Kenneth O'Brien, known by his stage name Snow, is a Canadian rapper and musician. His 1992 single "Informer" spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

1969

Vangelis Vourtzoumis

Greek basketball player

Evangelos "Vangelis" Vourtzoumis is a retired Greek professional basketball player.

1969

Ben Bailey

American comedian and game show host

Benjamin Ray Bailey is an American comedian best known as the host of the game show Cash Cab. He also does stand-up comedy, and as an actor has appeared in some films and television shows. He has received multiple…

1970

Tory Belleci

American visual effects designer and television presenter

Salvatore Paul Belleci is an American television personality and model maker, best known for his work on the Discovery Channel television program MythBusters. He has also worked with Industrial Light and Magic on films…

1970

Christine Bersola-Babao

Filipino journalist and actress

Maria Concepcion "Christine" Peji Bersola-Babao, also known as Tin Tin, is a Filipina multi-media personality. She is best known for appearing in the educational television program Sine'skwela.

1970

Billy Brown

American actor

Billy Brown is an American actor best known for his lead roles as Richard 'Death Row' Reynolds on the FX sports drama series Lights Out (2011), Archer Petit on the CBS drama series Hostages (2013–14), and Detective…

1970

Nia Long

American actress

Nia Talita Long is an American actress. Best known for her work in black cinema, Long rose to prominence after starring in the film Boyz n the Hood (1991), and for her portrayal of Beullah "Lisa" Wilkes on the NBC…

1970

Ekaterini Voggoli

Greek discus thrower

Ekaterini Voggoli is a retired Greek discus thrower.

1970

Fredi Bobic

Slovenian-German footballer and manager

Fredi Bobic is a German football executive and former player who played as a striker. He is currently the head of football operations at Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw.

1971

Tzanis Stavrakopoulos

Greek basketball player

Tzanis Stavrakopoulos is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.02 m, he played at the small forward and power forward positions.

1971

Suzan van der Wielen

Dutch field hockey player

Suzan Jacobien Unia van der Wielen is a former field hockey player from the Netherlands, who played 191 international matches for the Netherlands, in which the striker scored a total number of seventy goals.

1971

Jessica Hynes

English actress, producer, and screenwriter

Jessica Hynes is an English actress, director and writer. Best known as a comedy actress, she has played Cheryl in The Royle Family (1998–2010), Siobhan Sharpe in Twenty Twelve (2011–2012) and W1A (2014–2017) and Emily…

1972

Michael Buettner

Australian rugby league player and official

Michael Buettner is an Australian rugby league official and former professional footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative back, he played club…

1973

Silvia Corzo

Colombian lawyer and journalist

Silvia Milena Corzo Pinto is a Colombian lawyer and presenter.

1973

Edge

Canadian wrestler and actor

Adam Joseph Copeland is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under his real name. He is best known for his tenures with the World Wrestling…

1973

Michael Oakes

English footballer and manager

Michael Christian Oakes is an English football coach and former professional footballer.

1973

Raci Şaşmaz

Turkish actor, producer, and screenwriter

Raci Şaşmaz is a Turkish film producer, writer and actor.

1973

Ian D'Sa

English-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Ian D'Sa is a Canadian guitarist, producer and songwriter best known as a member of the rock band Billy Talent.

1975

Marco Scutaro

Venezuelan baseball player

Marcos Scutaro, better known as Marco Scutaro, is a Venezuelan former professional baseball infielder. He bats and throws right-handed. Scutaro made his major league debut with the New York Mets in 2002, and…

1975

Stern John

Trinidadian footballer

Stern John is a Trinidadian football manager and former player who is currently managing Saint Lucia. He managed Anguilla from 2020 to 2022. He previously played for a number of American and English football clubs that…

1976

Ümit Özat

Turkish footballer and manager

Ümit Özat is a Turkish professional football manager and former player.

1976

Maurice Taylor

American basketball player

Maurice De Shawn Taylor is an American former professional basketball player. He played power forward and center positions. Originally from Detroit, Taylor played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines and was…

1976

Martin Dossett

American football player

Martin William Dossett is a former NFL wide receiver who signed with the Green Bay Packers in 2003. He played college football & ran track at Baylor University. As of January 2025, his son, Mason, is a redshirt wide…

1978

Stephanie Izard

American chef

Stephanie Izard is an American chef and television personality best known as the first female chef to win Bravo's Top Chef, taking the title during its fourth season. She is the co-owner and executive chef of three…

1978

Matthew Morrison

American singer-songwriter and actor

Matthew James Morrison is an American actor, dancer, and singer, best known for his role as Will Schuester on the Fox television show Glee (2009–2015).

1978

Dan Poulter

English physician and politician

Daniel Leonard James Poulter is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich from 2010 to 2024. Poulter is a psychiatrist, and served as a Parliamentary…

1978

Derren Witcombe

New Zealand rugby player and cricketer

Derren John Charles Witcombe is an Australian-born New Zealand rugby union coach and former player. As a player, he played at hooker. He was educated at Pompallier Catholic College.

1978

Jason Bartlett

American baseball player

Jason Alan Bartlett is a Filipino American former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Rays, and San Diego Padres.

1979

Rich Alvarez

Filipino-Japanese basketball player

Richard Alvarez is a Japanese-born Filipino professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Macau Black Knights of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He played his whole…

1980

Choi Hong-man

South Korean wrestler and mixed martial artist

Choi Hong-man, often anglicised to Hongman Choi, is a South Korean kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and former ssireum wrestler. In Asia, he is called "Che Man", "Techno Goliath", "Korean Monster" and "Korean Colossus".…

1980

Kareem Rush

American basketball player

Kareem Lamar Rush is an American former professional basketball player, who played for five National Basketball Association (NBA) franchises between 2002 and 2010, as well as other leagues in the U.S. and abroad. Rush's…

1980

Fiona Dourif

American actress

Fiona Christianne Dourif is an American actress and producer. She is best known for portraying Dr. Cassie McKay in the HBO Max medical drama series The Pitt (2025–present), for which she and the cast won an Actor's…

1981

Joshua Jay

American magician and author

Joshua Jay is an American magician, author, and lecturer. He has performed in over 100 countries and was awarded top prize at the World Magic Seminar in 1998. He worked with Penn and Teller on the show Fool Us, and he…

1981

Jun Ji-hyun

South Korean model and actress

Wang Ji-hyun, known professionally as Jun Ji-hyun (전지현) and Gianna Jun, is a South Korean actress and model. She rose to fame with her role in the romantic comedy film My Sassy Girl (2001), which was popular in several…

1981

Ayaka Kimura

Japanese singer and actress

Ayaka Tanihara , born Ayaka Kimura October 30, 1981 and known professionally as Ayaka Nagate , is a Japanese actress and former singer. From 1998 to 2008, Nagate was part of Hello! Project as a member of the…

1981

Shaun Sipos

Canadian actor

Shaun Sipos is a Canadian actor, known for playing Jack on the series Complete Savages (2004–2005), David Breck on Melrose Place (2009–2010), Eric Daniels on Life Unexpected (2010–2011), Aaron Whitmore on The Vampire…

1981

Ian Snell

American baseball player

Ian Dante Snell is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Seattle Mariners. From 2001 to 2003, he went by the name Ian…

1981

Ivanka Trump

American model and businesswoman

Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump is an American businesswoman. She is the second child of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, and his first wife, Ivana Trump. Ivanka was a presidential advisor in…

1981

Andy Greene

American ice hockey player

Andrew Greene is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played sixteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), primarily for the New Jersey Devils, with whom he served as team captain. He also…

1982

Manny Parra

American baseball player

Manuel Alex Parra is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds.

1982

Clémence Poésy

French actress and model

Clémence Guichard, known professionally as Clémence Poésy, is a French actress and fashion model. After starting on the stage as a child, Poésy studied drama and has been active in both film and television since 1999,…

1982

Stalley

American rapper

Kyle Alfonso Myricks, better known by his stage name Stalley, is an American rapper from Massillon, Ohio.

1982

Trent Edwards

American football player

Trent Edwards is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal and was selected by the Buffalo Bills in…

1983

Iain Hume

Canadian soccer player

Iain Edward Hume is a soccer manager and former professional soccer player who played as a forward.

1983

Maor Melikson

Israeli footballer

Maor Melikson is an Israeli former professional association footballer who played as a winger. As a result of injury, he announced his retirement on 1 January 2020.

1983

Gedo

Egyptian footballer

Mohamed Nagy Ismail Afash, commonly known as Gedo, is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1984

Eva Marcille

American model and actress

Eva Marcille Pigford is an American actress, fashion model and television personality. She rose to prominence after she won the third cycle of America's Next Top Model. Afterwards, she starred as Tracie Evans in Tyler…

1984

David Mooney

Irish footballer

David Mooney is an Irish footballer who has played for several clubs in Ireland and the United Kingdom. As of 2019, he was playing as a striker for Leinster Senior League side Lucan United.

1984

Isaac Ross

New Zealand rugby player

Isaac Beattie Ross is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the lock position for the San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby (MLR) competition in the U.S.

1984

Tyson Strachan

Canadian ice hockey player

Tyson Strachan is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He most recently played for the Cardiff Devils in the EIHL. He was drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes in the fifth round, 137th overall, in the…

1984

Ragnar Klavan

Estonian footballer

Ragnar Klavan is an Estonian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is regarded as one of the greatest Estonian footballers of all time. A left-footed centre back, he also played as a left back…

1985

Desmond Jennings

American baseball player

Desmond Delane Jennings is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays.

1986

Thomas Morgenstern

Austrian ski jumper

Thomas Morgenstern is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 2002 to 2014. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the World Cup overall title twice with 23 individual wins, the…

1986

Keisuke Sohma

Japanese actor

Keisuke Sohma is a former Japanese actor known for his portrayal as Genta Umemori/ ShinkenGold in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.

1986

Tamera Young

American basketball player

Tamera "Ty" Young is an American former basketball player and assistant coach with the Chicago Sky. After playing collegiately for James Madison University, Young was drafted by the Atlanta Dream with the 8th overall…

1986

Danielle Fong

Canadian entrepreneur, co-founder and chief scientist of LightSail Energy

Danielle Fong is a Canadian scientist and entrepreneur. She was the co-founder and chief scientist of LightSail Energy, and as of late 2025 is working at another startup, LightCell Energy.

1987

Ashley Graham

American model

Ashley Graham Ervin is an American model and television presenter. She made her debut on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2016. A year later, she published her first book, A New Model: What…

1987

Ali Riley

New Zealand footballer

Alexandra Lowe Riley is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in the United States, she represented the New Zealand national team. She captained both her club and national teams. As a…

1987

Janel Parrish

American actress and singer

Janel Meilani Parrish is an American actress and singer. She starred as Mona Vanderwaal in Pretty Little Liars (2010–17) and its spin-off, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists (2019), and as Margot Covey in the To…

1988

Ashley Barnes

Austrian-English footballer

Ashley Luke Barnes is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Burnley.

1989

Nastia Liukin

Russian-American gymnast and actress

Anastasia "Nastia" Valeryevna Liukin is a Russian–American former artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic all-around champion, a five-time Olympic medalist, the 2005 and 2007 World champion on the balance beam, and…

1989

Joe Panik

American baseball player

Joseph Matthew Panik is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays, and Miami Marlins. Panik was an…

1990

Suwaibou Sanneh

Gambian sprinter

Suwaibou Sanneh is a Gambian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He was born in Soma. He set a personal best and national record time of 10.16 seconds during the Twilight Series Meet #3 on 30 May 2013 in New…

1990

Jarell Eddie

American basketball player

Jarell Alexander Eddie is an American professional basketball player who last played for Al-Ittihad Jeddah of the Saudi Premier League. He played college basketball for Virginia Tech before splitting the first four…

1991

Artemi Panarin

Russian ice hockey player

Artemi Sergeyevich Panarin, nicknamed the "Breadman", or simply "Bread", is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a left winger for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously…

1991

Tomáš Satoranský

Czech basketball player

Tomáš Satoranský is a Czech professional basketball player and the team captain for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he primarily plays at the point guard…

1991

Matt Parcell

Australian rugby league player

Matt Steven Parcell is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for Western Clydesdales in the Queensland Cup.

1992

Camila Silva

Chilean tennis player

Camila Silva Espinoza is a Chilean former tennis player.

1992

Marcus Mariota

American football player

Marcus Ardel Taulauniu Mariota is an American professional football quarterback for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon Ducks. In 2014, Mariota…

1993

Mia Eklund

Finnish tennis player

Mia Nicole Eklund is a retired Finnish tennis player.

1994

Devin Booker

American basketball player

Devin Armani Booker is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, winning SEC…

1996

Dennis Gilbert

American ice hockey player

Dennis Gilbert is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Belleville Senators in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was…

1996

Kennedy McMann

American actress

Kennedy Paige McMann is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of the character Nancy Drew in the CW television series of the same name (2019–2023).

1996

Kim Ji-sung

South Korean actress

Kim Ji-sung (Korean: 김지성) is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles in dramas such as Mysterious Personal Shopper (2018), Graceful Friends (2020), and How to Be Thirty (2021). She also appeared in movies…

1996

Tage Thompson

American ice hockey player

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Courtney Walsh — Jamaican cricketer (born 1962)

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Known forHe played as a fast bowler and is considered one of the all-time greats, best known for his opening bowling partnership with fellow West Indian Curtly Ambrose for several years

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First rescue of a prisoner during the Israeli invasion of Gaza. Wikipedia →

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A pedestrian suspension bridge collapses in the city of Morbi, Gujarat, leading to the deaths of at least 135 people. Wikipedia →

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A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami. At least 119 people die mainly due to collapsed buildings. Wikipedia →

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