Famous Birthdays on October 4

Q: Who was born on October 4?

Famous people born on October 4 include: Alys, Rudolf I, Margaret of Brabant (died 1311), Louis X of France (died 1316), James Butler.

Q: What is Rutherford B. Hayes known for?

Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (died 1893)

236 people 1160 – 1997

October 4 has seen 236 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1160 – 1997. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · October 4 — Wikipedia

1822 — Rutherford B. Hayes

American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (died 1893)

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He was wounded five times, most seriously at the Battle of South Mountain in 1862

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Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881

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He served as Cincinnati's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861 and was known as a staunch abolitionist who defended refugee slaves in court proceedings

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Hayes served in Congress from 1865 to 1867 and was elected governor of Ohio, serving two consecutive terms from 1868 to 1872 and half of a third two-year term from 1876 to 1877 before his swearing-in as president.

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At the start of the Civil War, Hayes left a fledgling political career to join the Union army

Alys

Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (died c. 1220)

Alys of France, Countess of Vexin, known in English as "Alice", was a French princess, initially betrothed to Richard I of England. Her engagement was broken in 1190, through negotiations between Richard and her…

1160

Rudolf I

Duke of Bavaria (died 1319)

Rudolf I of Bavaria, called "the Stammerer", a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1294 until 1317.

1274

Margaret of Brabant (died 1311)

Margaret of Brabant, was the daughter of John I, Duke of Brabant and Margaret of Flanders. She was the wife of Henry, Count of Luxembourg, and after his election as King of Germany in 1308, she became Queen of Germany.

1276

Louis X of France (died 1316)

Louis X, known as the Quarrelsome, was King of France from 1314 and King of Navarre from 1305 until his death. He emancipated serfs who could buy their freedom and readmitted Jews into the kingdom. His short reign in…

1289

James Butler

2nd Earl of Ormond, Irish politician, Lord Justice of Ireland (died 1382)

James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He was Lord Justice of Ireland in 1359, 1364, and 1376, and a dominant political leader in Ireland in the 1360s and 1370s.

1331

Henry III of Castile (died 1406)

Henry III of Castile, called the Suffering due to his ill health, was the son of John I and Eleanor of Aragon. He succeeded his father as King of Castile in 1390.

1379

Francis Bigod

English noble (died 1537)

Sir Francis Bigod was an English nobleman who was the leader of Bigod's rebellion.

1507

Lucas Cranach the Younger

German painter (died 1586)

Lucas Cranach the Younger was a German Renaissance painter and portraitist, the son of Lucas Cranach the Elder and brother of Hans Cranach.

1515

Gabriele Paleotti

Catholic cardinal (died 1597)

Gabriele Paleotti was an Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Bologna. He was a significant figure in, and source about, the later sessions of the Council of Trent, and much later a candidate for the papacy in 1590, and…

1522

Francisco Vallés

Spanish physician (died 1592)

Francisco Vallés also known as Divino Vallés Covarrubias, 4 October 1524 – Burgos, 20 September 1592) was a Spanish physician, the best example of the medical Renaissance in Spain.

1524

Francisco de Toledo

Catholic cardinal (died 1596)

Francisco de Toledo was a Spanish Jesuit priest and theologian, Biblical exegete and professor at the Roman College. He is the first Jesuit to have been made a cardinal.

1532

Robert Bellarmine

Italian cardinal and saint (died 1621)

Robert Bellarmine was an Italian Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was canonized a saint in 1930 and named Doctor of the Church, one of only 27 at the time. He was one of the most important figures in the…

1542

Charles IX of Sweden (died 1611)

Charles IX, also Carl, reigned as King of Sweden from 1604 until 1611. He was the youngest son of King Gustav I and his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, the brother of King John III and half-brother of King Eric XIV,…

1550

Christen Sørensen Longomontanus

Danish astronomer and author (died 1647)

Christen Sørensen Longomontanus was a Danish astronomer.

1562

Péter Pázmány

Hungarian cardinal and philosopher (died 1637)

Péter Pázmány de Panasz, S.J., was a Hungarian Jesuit who was a noted philosopher, theologian, cardinal, pulpit orator and statesman. He was an important figure in the Counter-Reformation in Royal Hungary.

1570

Guido Bentivoglio

Italian cardinal (died 1644)

Guido Bentivoglio d'Aragona was an Italian cardinal, statesman and historian.

1579

Anna of Tyrol

Holy Roman Empress (died 1618)

Anna of Tyrol was by birth an Archduchess of Austria and member of the Tyrolean branch of the House of Habsburg. By marriage, she was Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Bohemia and Queen of Hungary.

1585

Jacqueline Pascal

French nun and composer (died 1661)

Jacqueline Pascal, sister of Blaise Pascal and Gilberte Périer, was born at Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France.

1625

Richard Cromwell

English academic and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (died 1712)

Richard Cromwell was an English statesman who served as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1658 to 1659. He was the son of Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell.

1626

Bernardino Ramazzini

Italian physician (died 1714)

Bernardino Ramazzini was an Italian physician.

1633

Francesco Solimena

Italian painter and illustrator (died 1747)

Francesco Solimena was a prolific Italian Baroque painter, one of an established family of painters and draughtsmen. In his early years, influenced above all by Luca Giordano and Mattia Preti, he developed a highly…

1657

Lord George Murray

Scottish Jacobite General (died 1760)

Lord George Murray, sixth son of John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, was a Scottish nobleman and soldier who took part in the Jacobite Risings of 1715 and 1719 and played a senior role in that of 1745.

1694

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Italian sculptor and illustrator (died 1778)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons". He was the father of Francesco Piranesi, Laura…

1720

Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus

German entomologist and author (died 1798)

Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus is best known for his work in the field of entomology in the middle to late 18th-century.

1723

Louis François Antoine Arbogast

French mathematician and academic (died 1803)

Louis François Antoine Arbogast was a French mathematician. He was born at Mutzig in Alsace and died at Strasbourg, where he was professor. He wrote on series and the derivatives known by his name: he was the first…

1759

Francisco José de Caldas

Colombian naturalist, executed by royalists in the war of independence (died 1816)

Francisco José de Caldas was a Neogranadine lawyer, military engineer, self-taught naturalist, mathematician, geographer and inventor, who was executed by orders of General Pablo Morillo during the Spanish American…

1768

François Guizot

French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (died 1874)

François Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a French historian, orator and statesman. Guizot was a dominant figure in French politics between the Revolution of 1830 and the Revolution of 1848.

1787

Charles Pearson

English lawyer and politician (died 1862)

Charles Pearson was a British lawyer and politician. He was solicitor to the City of London, a reforming campaigner, and – briefly – Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Lambeth. He campaigned against corruption in…

1793

Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine

Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Canada East (died 1864)

Sir Louis-Hippolyte Ménard dit La Fontaine, 1st Baronet, KCMG was a Canadian politician, jurist and statesman, who served as the first Premier of the United Province of Canada and the first head of a responsible…

1807

Jean-François Millet

French painter and educator (died 1875)

Jean-François Millet was a French artist and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his paintings of peasant farmers and can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement.…

1814

Jenny Twitchell Kempton

American opera singer and educator (died 1921)

Jane Elizabeth Kempton was an American contralto opera solo singer who had an active career spanning over fifty years starting in 1850. She sang in hundreds of performances across the United States and Europe during her…

1835

Juliette Adam

French author (died 1936)

Juliette Adam was a French author and feminist.

1836

Auguste-Réal Angers

Canadian judge and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1919)

Sir Auguste-Réal Angers was a Canadian judge and parliamentarian, holding seats both as a member of the House of Commons of Canada, and as a Senator. He was born in 1837 probably in Quebec City and died in Westmount,…

1837

Prudente de Morais

Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (died 1912)

Prudente José de Morais Barros was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as the third president of Brazil from 1894 to 1898. Morais was elected in 1894, being the first civilian president of the country, the…

1841

Maria Sophie of Bavaria (died 1925)

Duchess Maria Sophie Amalie in Bavaria was the last Queen of the Two Sicilies as the wife of Francis II of the Two Sicilies. She was one of the ten children of Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria and Princess Ludovika of…

1841

Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas

Palestinian nun and Catholic Saint (died 1927)

Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, OP was a Palestinian Catholic nun who founded the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Jerusalem, the first Palestinian religious congregation. She was beatified by Archbishop…

1843

Léon Serpollet

French businessman (died 1903)

Léon Serpollet was a French engineer and developer of flash steam boilers and steam automobiles.

1858

Walter Rauschenbusch

American pastor and theologian (died 1918)

Walter Rauschenbusch (1861–1918) was an American theologian and Baptist pastor who taught at the Rochester Theological Seminary. Rauschenbusch was a key figure in the Social Gospel and single tax movements that…

1861

Frederic Remington

American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 1909)

Frederic Sackrider Remington was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in the genre of Western American Art. His works are known for depicting the Western United States in the last…

1861

Johanna van Gogh-Bonger

sister-in-law of Vincent van Gogh, who is credited with promoting his posthumous fame (died 1925).

Johanna Gezina van Gogh-Bonger was a Dutch editor who translated the hundreds of letters of her first husband, art dealer Theo van Gogh, and his brother, painter Vincent van Gogh.

1862

Edward Stratemeyer

American author and publisher (died 1930)

Edward Stratemeyer (; was an American publisher, writer of children's fiction and founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate.

1862

Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear

Argentinian lawyer and politician, 20th President of Argentina (died 1942)

Máximo Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear y Pacheco served as president of Argentina from 1922 to 1928.

1868

John Ellis

English executioner (died 1932)

John Ellis was a British executioner for 23 years, from 1901 to 1924. His other occupations were as a Rochdale hairdresser and newsagent.

1874

Florence Eliza Allen

American mathematician and suffrage activist (died 1960)

Florence Eliza Allen (1876–1960) was an American mathematician and women's suffrage activist. In 1907 she became the second woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the fourth…

1876

Razor Smith

English cricketer (died 1946)

William Charles "Razor" Smith was a Surrey slow bowler. Nicknamed "Razor" because of his extreme thinness, Smith was a frail man and prone to serious injury; he could rarely get through a full season's cricket, but when…

1877

Robert Edwards

American artist, musician, and writer (died 1948)

Robert Edwards, also known as Bobby Edwards, was an American artist, musician, and writer, and a prominent figure among New York City's Greenwich Village in the 1920s and '30s. He was editor and publisher of the…

1879

Damon Runyon

American newspaperman and short story writer. (died 1946)

Alfred Damon Runyon was an American journalist and short-story writer.

1880

Walther von Brauchitsch

German field marshal (died 1948)

Walther Heinrich Alfred Hermann von Brauchitsch was a German Generalfeldmarschall and Commander-in-Chief (Oberbefehlshaber) of the German Army during the first two years of World War II. Born into an aristocratic…

1881

Ramchandra Shukla

Indian historian and author (died 1941)

Ram Chandra Shukla, better known as Acharya Shukla, was an Indian historian of Hindi literature. He is regarded as the first codifier of the history of Hindi literature in a scientific system by using wide, empirical…

1884

Lucy Tayiah Eads

American tribal chief (died 1961)

Lucy Tayiah Eads or Cha-me (1888–1961) was elected the first female tribal chief of the Kaw Indians in 1922. She was the first chief of the Kaws since 1908.

1888

Oscar Mathisen

Norwegian speed skater (died 1954)

Oscar Wilhelm Mathisen was a Norwegian speed skater and celebrity, almost rivalling Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen as symbols for a young nation. He represented Kristiania Skøiteklub.

1888

Alan L. Hart

American physician and author (died 1962)

Alan L. Hart was an American physician, radiologist, tuberculosis researcher, writer, and novelist. Hart pioneered the use of X-ray photography in tuberculosis detection; he worked in sanitariums and X-ray clinics in…

1890

Osman Cemal Kaygılı

Turkish writer and journalist (died 1945)

Osman Cemal Kaygılı was a Turkish writer and journalist.

1890

Engelbert Dollfuss

Austrian soldier and politician, 14th Federal Chancellor of Austria (died 1934)

Engelbert Dollfuss was an Austrian politician and dictator who served as chancellor of Austria between 1932 and 1934. Having served as Minister for Forests and Agriculture, he ascended to Federal Chancellor in 1932 in…

1892

Hermann Glauert

English aerodynamicist and author (died 1934)

Hermann Glauert, FRS was a British aerodynamicist and Principal Scientific Officer of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough until his death in 1934.

1892

Robert Lawson

American author and illustrator (died 1957)

Robert Lawson was an American writer and artist, best known for his work as an author and illustrator of children's literature. Lawson won the Caldecott Medal in 1941 for his illustrations in They Were Strong and Good…

1892

Buster Keaton

American film actor, director, and producer (died 1966)

Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts. He frequently maintained a…

1895

Richard Sorge

German journalist and spy (died 1944)

Richard Gustavovich Sorge was a German-Russian journalist and Soviet military intelligence officer who was active before and during World War II and worked undercover as a German journalist in both Nazi Germany and the…

1895

Dorothy Lawrence

English reporter, who secretly posed as a man to become a soldier during World War I (died 1964)

Dorothy Lawrence was an English journalist who posed as a male soldier to report from the front line during World War I. In 1915, she went to France, where she managed to obtain a military uniform and a false identity.

1896

August Mälk

Estonian author and playwright (died 1987)

August Mälk was an Estonian writer and politician.

1900

Bona Arsenault

Canadian genealogist, historian, and politician (died 1993)

Bona Arsenault, was a Canadian historian, genealogist and a federal and provincial politician.

1903

John Vincent Atanasoff

American physicist and academic, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (died 1995)

John Vincent Atanasoff was an American physicist and inventor credited with inventing the first electronic digital computer. Atanasoff invented the first electronic digital computer in the 1930s at Iowa State College.…

1903

Pierre Garbay

French general (died 1980)

Pierre Garbay was a French Army General.

1903

Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Austrian-German lawyer and general, convicted Nuremberg war criminal (died 1946)

Ernst Kaltenbrunner was an Austrian high-ranking SS official during the Nazi era, major perpetrator of the Holocaust and convicted war criminal. After the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942, and a brief period…

1903

Mary Celine Fasenmyer

American mathematician (died 1996)

Mary Celine Fasenmyer, RSM was an American mathematician and Catholic religious sister. She is most noted for her work on hypergeometric functions and linear algebra.

1906

Alain Daniélou

French-Swiss historian and academic (died 1994)

Alain Daniélou was a French historian, Indologist, intellectual, musicologist, translator, writer and convert to and scholar of the Shaivite branch of Hinduism.

1907

Frankie Crosetti

American baseball player and coach (died 2002)

Frank Peter Joseph Crosetti, nicknamed "The Crow", was an American baseball player. From 1932 to 1948, he spent his entire seventeen-year Major League Baseball playing career with the New York Yankees at shortstop.…

1910

Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı

Turkish poet and author (died 1956)

Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı was a Turkish poet and author from Türkiye. Identified with the poem "Otuz Beş Yaş", Tarancı adhered to the understanding of "art for art's sake". He mostly included the themes of joy of life and…

1910

Mary Two-Axe Earley

Canadian indigenous women's rights activist (died 1996)

Mary Two-Axe Earley was a Canadian Mohawk and Oneida women's rights activist from the reserve of Kahnawake in Quebec. After losing her legal Indian status due to marrying a non-status man, Two-Axe Earley advocated for…

1911

Martial Célestin

Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti (died 2011)

Martial Lavaud Célestin was named Prime Minister of Haïti by President Leslie Manigat in February 1988 under the provisions of the 1987 Constitution, and was approved by the Parliament that formed as a result of the…

1913

Jim Cairns

Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (died 2003)

James Ford Cairns was an Australian politician who was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s, and was briefly Treasurer and the fourth deputy prime minister of Australia, both in the Whitlam…

1914

Brendan Gill

American journalist and essayist (died 1997)

Brendan Gill was an American journalist. He wrote for The New Yorker for more than 60 years. Gill also contributed film criticism for Film Comment, wrote about design and architecture for Architectural Digest, and…

1914

Vitaly Ginzburg

Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)

Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg ForMemRS was a Russian physicist who was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003, together with Alexei Abrikosov and Anthony Leggett for their "pioneering contributions to the theory…

1916

Jan Murray

American comedian, actor, and game show host (died 2006)

Jan Murray was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and game-show host who originally made his name on the Borscht Belt and later was known for his frequent television appearances over several decades.

1916

George Sidney

American director and producer (died 2002)

George Sidney was an American film director and producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His work includes cult classics Bye Bye Birdie (1963) and Viva Las Vegas (1964). With an extensive background in…

1916

Ken Wood

inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (died 1997)

Kenneth Wood was an English engineer, entrepreneur and businessman. He is best known as the founder of the Kenwood Manufacturing Company and for the development of the eponymous Kenwood Chef food mixer.

1916

Violeta Parra

Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1967)

Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena, a renewal and a reinvention of Chilean folk music…

1917

Kenichi Fukui

Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)

Kenichi Fukui was a Japanese chemist. He became the first person of East Asian ancestry to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry when he won the 1981 prize with Roald Hoffmann, for their independent investigations…

1918

Stella Pevsner

American children's author (died 2020)

Stella Pevsner was an American author of children's books and works of young adult literature published since the late 1960s.

1921

Malcolm Baldrige Jr.

American businessman and politician, 26th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1987)

Howard Malcolm "Mac" Baldrige Jr. was an American businessman. He served as the United States secretary of commerce from 1981 until he died in 1987. He was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1988.

1922

Shin Kyuk-ho

South Korean-Japanese businessman, founded Lotte Group (died 2020)

Shin Kyuk-ho, known in Japan as Takeo Shigemitsu , was a Zainichi Korean businessman known for being the founder of the South Korean-Japanese conglomerate Lotte Corporation (Group), now one of the largest chaebols in…

1922

Don Lenhardt

American baseball player and coach (died 2014)

Donald Eugene Lenhardt was an American outfielder, first baseman, third baseman, scout and coach in Major League Baseball. In his playing days, he stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall, weighed 195 pounds (88 kg), and…

1922

Charlton Heston

American actor, director and gun rights activist (died 2008)

Charlton Heston was an American actor. He gained stardom for his leading man roles in numerous Hollywood films including biblical epics, historical drama films, science-fiction films, and action films. He won an Academy…

1923

Donald J. Sobol

American soldier and author (died 2012)

Donald J. Sobol was an American author best known for his children's books, especially the Encyclopedia Brown mystery series.

1924

Roger Wood

Belgian-American journalist (died 2012)

Roger Wood was the editor of the Daily Express and New York Post.

1925

Raymond Watson

American businessman (died 2012)

Raymond "Ray" L. Watson was the former president of the Irvine Company, and served as chief planner during the 1960s and 1970s. He was also chairman of Walt Disney Productions from 1983 to 1984, and served on the Disney…

1926

Wolf Kahn

American painter and academic (died 2020)

Wolf Kahn was a German-born American painter.

1927

Alvin Toffler

German-American journalist and author (died 2016)

Alvin Eugene Toffler was an American writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on their…

1928

Torben Ulrich

Danish-American tennis player (died 2023)

Torben Ulrich was a Danish writer, musician, filmmaker, and professional tennis player. He was the father of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.

1928

Scotty Beckett

American actor and singer (died 1968)

Scott Hastings Beckett was an American actor. He began his career as a child actor in the Our Gang shorts and later costarred on Rocky Jones, Space Ranger.

1929

John E. Mack

American psychiatrist and author (died 2004)

John Edward Mack was an American psychiatrist, writer, and professor of psychiatry. He served as the head of the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School from 1977 to 2004. In 1977, Mack won the Pulitzer Prize…

1929

Leroy Van Dyke

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Leroy Frank Van Dyke is an American country music and honky-tonk singer and guitarist, best known for his hits "The Auctioneer" (1956) and "Walk on By" (1961).

1929

Terence Conran

English designer and businessman (died 2020)

Sir Terence Orby Conran was a British designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer. He founded the household retailer Habitat in 1964, and the Design Museum in Shad Thames, London in 1989. The British designer Thomas…

1931

Basil D'Oliveira

South African-English cricketer and footballer (died 2011)

Basil Lewis D'Oliveira CBE OIS was an England international cricketer of South African Cape Coloured background, whose potential selection by England for the scheduled 1968–69 tour of apartheid-era South Africa caused…

1931

Richard Rorty

American philosopher and author (died 2007)

Richard McKay Rorty was an American philosopher, historian of ideas, and public intellectual. Educated at the University of Chicago and Yale University, Rorty's academic career included appointments as the Stuart…

1931

Felicia Farr

American actress and model

Felicia Farr is an American former actress and model.

1932

German Moreno

Filipino television host and actor (died 2016)

German Molina Moreno, also known as Kuya Germs and dubbed as "The Master Showman", was a Filipino television host, presenter, actor, comedian, talent manager, producer, writer, and director.

1933

Ann Thwaite

English author

Ann Thwaite is a British writer who is the author of five major biographies. AA Milne: His Life was the Whitbread Biography of the Year, 1990. Edmund Gosse: A Literary Landscape was described by John Carey as…

1933

Sam Huff

American football player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021)

Robert Lee "Sam" Huff was an American professional football player whose frequent battles against Cleveland Browns star fullback Jim Brown made him the first member of the defense to gain widespread prominence in the…

1934

Jimmy Orr

American football player (died 2020)

James Edward Orr Jr. was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, running from 1958 to 1970.

1935

Charlie Hurley

Irish footballer and manager (died 2024)

Charles John Hurley was an Irish footballer who mainly played in the centre half position. Nicknamed 'King', Hurley was a defender for both Sunderland, where he was named as "Player of the Century" by his fans in 1979,…

1936

Giles Radice

Baron Radice, English politician (died 2022)

Giles Heneage Radice, Baron Radice was a British Labour Party politician and author. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1973 to 2001, representing part of County Durham, and then as a life peer in the House…

1936

Jackie Collins

English-American author and actress (died 2015)

Jacqueline Jill Collins was an English romance novelist and actress. She moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and spent most of her career there. She wrote 32 novels, all of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller…

1937

David Crocker

American philosopher and academic

David A. Crocker, is Research Professor in the School of Public Policy, at the University of Maryland, he is also the founder and former president of the International Development Ethics Association (IDEA). His work has…

1937

Gail Gilmore

Canadian-American actress and dancer (died 2014)

Gail Gilmore was a Canadian television and film actress. She was from Edmonton, Alberta. She was sometimes known as Gail Gibson.

1937

Lloyd Green

American steel guitar player

Lloyd Lamar Green is an American pedal steel guitarist and session musician. Green was a member of the country music studio musician collective known as the Nashville A-Team, and has performed on more than 5,000…

1937

Jim Sillars

Scottish lawyer and politician

James Sillars is a Scottish politician and campaigner for Scottish independence. Sillars served as a Labour Party MP for South Ayrshire from 1970 to 1976. He founded and led the pro-Scottish Home Rule Scottish Labour…

1937

Norman D. Wilson

American actor (died 2004)

Norman D. Wilson was an American actor. He appeared in Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Always Outnumbered (1998) and The Stone Killer (1973). He died on December 9, 2004, in Los Angeles.

1938

Kurt Wüthrich

Swiss chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate

Kurt Wüthrich is a Swiss chemist/biophysicist and Nobel Chemistry laureate, known for developing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods for studying biological macromolecules.

1938

Ivan Mauger

New Zealand speedway rider (died 2018)

Ivan Gerald Mauger was a New Zealand motorcycle speedway rider. He won a record six World Championships (Finals), a feat equalled only with the inclusion of the Speedway GP Championships by Bartosz Zmarzlik of Poland…

1939

Vic Hadfield

Canadian ice hockey player

Victor Edward Hadfield is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played sixteen years in the National Hockey League (NHL), spending thirteen with the New York Rangers and three with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

1940

Silvio Marzolini

Argentinian footballer and manager (died 2020)

Silvio Marzolini was an Argentine footballer who gained recognition during his tenure on Boca Juniors (1960–72). He is widely regarded as the best Argentine left-back of all time, playing that position for the Argentina…

1940

Steve Swallow

American bass player and composer

Steve Swallow is an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley. He was one of the first jazz double bassists to switch entirely to electric bass…

1940

Alberto Vilar

American businessman and philanthropist (died 2021)

Alberto Vilar, a.k.a. Albert Vilar was an American investment manager who became particularly known as a patron of opera companies, performing arts organizations, and educational institutions. Following the collapse of…

1940

Roy Blount Jr.

American humorist and journalist

Roy Alton Blount Jr. is an American writer, speaker, reporter, and humorist.

1941

Karen Cushman

American author

Karen Cushman is an American writer of historical fiction.

1941

Karl Oppitzhauser

Austrian race car driver

Karl Oppitzhauser is a former racing driver from Austria. He is chiefly known for his optimistic attempt to enter the 1976 Formula One Austrian Grand Prix.

1941

Anne Rice

American author (died 2021)

Anne Rice was an American author of Gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Bible fiction. She is best known for writing The Vampire Chronicles. She later adapted the first volume in the series into a commercially…

1941

Frank Stagg (Irish republican)

died on hunger strike (died 1976)

Frank Stagg was an Irish militant and Republican activist. He was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) hunger striker from County Mayo, Ireland who died in 1976 in Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, England after 62…

1941

Robert Wilson

American director and playwright (died 2025)

Robert Wilson was an American director and playwright of experimental theater. He also worked as a choreographer, performer, painter, sculptor, video artist, and sound and lighting designer. He is best known for his…

1941

Bernice Johnson Reagon

American singer-songwriter (died 2024)

Bernice Johnson Reagon was an American song leader, composer, professor of American history, curator at the Smithsonian, and social activist. In the early 1960s, she was a founding member of the Freedom Singers,…

1942

Karl W. Richter

American lieutenant and pilot (died 1967)

Karl Wendell Richter was an officer in the United States Air Force and an accomplished fighter pilot during the Vietnam War. At the age of 23 he was the youngest pilot in that conflict to shoot down a MiG in air-to-air…

1942

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

Icelandic politician, 24th Prime Minister of Iceland

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is an Icelandic politician, who served as prime minister of Iceland from 2009 to 2013. She was Iceland's first female prime minister and the first openly LGBTQ head of government in the world.

1942

Christopher Stone

American actor and screenwriter (died 1995)

Christopher Stone was an American actor.

1942

H. Rap Brown

American activist (died 2025)

Jamil Abdullah al-Amin was an African-American activist who served as the fifth chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the 1960s. Calling himself H. Rap Brown in that period, he was one of…

1943

Owen Davidson

Australian tennis player (died 2023)

Owen Keir Davidson was an Australian professional tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s.

1943

Karl-Gustav Kaisla

Finnish ice hockey player and referee (died 2012)

Karl-Gustav Kaisla was a Finnish ice hockey referee. He officiated in three World Championships and in one Olympic Tournament.

1943

Dietmar Mürdter

German footballer

Dietmar Mürdter is a former professional German footballer.

1943

Jimy Williams

American baseball player and manager (died 2024)

James Francis Williams was an American professional baseball infielder, coach and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1966 and 1967 and managed the Toronto Blue Jays, Boston…

1943

Colin Bundy

South African-English historian and academic

Colin James Bundy is a South African historian, former principal of Green Templeton College, Oxford and former SOAS University of London director. Bundy was an influential member of a generation of historians who…

1944

Rocío Dúrcal

Spanish singer and actress (died 2006)

María de los Ángeles de las Heras Ortiz, better known as Rocío Dúrcal, was a Spanish singer and actress. Her career, which spanned more than four decades, began in the 1960s, when she established herself as an actress…

1944

Tony La Russa

American baseball player and manager

Anthony La Russa Jr. is an American former professional baseball infielder and manager. His Major League Baseball (MLB) career has spanned from 1963 to 2022, in several roles. He is the former manager of the St. Louis…

1944

John McFall

Baron McFall of Alcluith, Scottish educator and politician

John Francis McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith,, is a Scottish politician and life peer who served as Lord Speaker, the presiding officer of the House of Lords, from 2021 to 2026. He was a member of Parliament for the…

1944

Clifton Davis

American singer-songwriter, actor, and minister

Clifton Duncan Davis is an American actor, singer, songwriter, minister, and author.

1945

Larry Clapp

American lawyer and politician (died 2013)

Larry R. Clapp was an American lawyer and politician.

1946

Chuck Hagel

American sergeant and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Defense

Charles Timothy Hagel is an American politician and Army veteran who served as the 24th United States secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015 in the administration of Barack Obama. He previously served as chairman of the…

1946

Michael Mullen

American admiral

Michael Glenn "Mike" Mullen is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the 17th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 2007 to September 2011.

1946

Susan Sarandon

American actress and activist

Susan Abigail Sarandon is an American actor. With a career spanning over five decades, she has received accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition…

1946

Julien Clerc

French singer-songwriter and pianist

Paul-Alain Auguste Leclerc, better known by his stage name Julien Clerc, is a French singer-songwriter.

1947

Jim Fielder

American bass player

Jim Fielder is an American bassist, best known for his work as an original member of Blood, Sweat & Tears. Prior to BS&T, he was rhythm guitarist for Frank Zappa's band The Mothers of Invention.

1947

Ann Widdecombe

English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health

Ann Noreen Widdecombe is a British politician and television personality who has been Reform UK's Immigration and Justice spokesperson since 2023. Originally a member of the Conservative Party, she was Member of…

1947

Iain Hewitson

New Zealand-Australian chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality

Iain "Huey" Hewitson, is a New Zealand-born Australian chef, restaurateur, author and television personality who moved to Australia in 1972. He is best known for his television involvement with Network Ten. He was also…

1948

Linda McMahon

American businesswoman and politician

Linda Marie McMahon is an American administrator, business executive and former professional wrestling executive who has served as the 13th United States secretary of education since 2025. A member of the Republican…

1948

Duke Robillard

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Michael John "Duke" Robillard is an American guitarist and singer. He founded the band Roomful of Blues and was a member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Although he is known as a rock and blues guitarist, he also plays…

1948

Armand Assante

American actor and producer

Armand Anthony Assante Jr. is an American actor. He played mobster John Gotti in the 1996 HBO television film Gotti, Odysseus in the 1997 miniseries adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey, Nietzsche in When Nietzsche Wept,…

1949

Stephen Gyllenhaal

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Stephen Roark Gyllenhaal is an American film director and poet. He is the father of actors Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

1949

Alan Rosenberg

American actor

Alan Rosenberg is an American actor best known for portraying the character Eli Levinson in both American legal drama series Civil Wars and L.A. Law; as well as, Ira Woodbine on the television sitcom Cybill, Stuart…

1950

Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov

Kazakh poet and author

Bakhytzhan Musakhanuli Kanapyanov is a Kazakh poet, writer, publisher, and translator. Kanapyanov is a member of the Russian and the Kazakh PEN clubs, an honorary professor at the Shakarim University (Semey) and an…

1951

Truck Robinson

American basketball player and coach

Leonard Eugene "Truck" Robinson is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Washington Bullets (1974–1977), Atlanta Hawks (1977), New…

1951

Anita DeFrantz

American rower and sports administrator

Anita Lucette DeFrantz is an American Olympic rower, member of the International Olympic Committee, and twice vice-president of International Rowing Federation (FISA).

1952

Jody Stephens

American rock drummer

Jody Stephens is an American musician and producer who has played drums in Big Star and Golden Smog. After the deaths of Chris Bell in 1978, and Alex Chilton and Andy Hummel, both in 2010, Stephens is the last surviving…

1952

Zinha Vaz

Bissau-Guinean women's rights activist and politician

Francisca Maria Monteira e Silva Vaz , better known as Zinha Vaz, is a Bissau-Guinean women's rights activist and politician. She has been a member of the National People's Assembly for several terms for the Resistance…

1952

Gil Moore

Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer

Gil Moore is a Canadian musician. Born in Toronto, Moore is the drummer and co-vocalist of the power trio Triumph. Before Moore was in Triumph he was in a band called Sherman & Peabody which also featured Buzz Shearman…

1953

Andreas Vollenweider

Swiss harp player

Andreas Vollenweider is a Swiss harpist. He is generally categorised as a new-age musician and uses a modified electroacoustic harp of his own design. He has worked with Bobby McFerrin, Carly Simon, Luciano Pavarotti…

1953

John Rutherford

Scottish rugby player

John Young Rutherford is a former Scotland international rugby union player. His regular playing position was Fly half.

1955

Jorge Valdano

Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager

Jorge Alberto Francisco Valdano Castellanos is an Argentine former football player, coach, and the former general manager of Real Madrid. He is currently working as a commentator for beIN Sports. Nicknamed "The…

1955

Lesley Glaister

English author and playwright

Lesley Glaister is a British novelist, poet and playwright. She has written 16 novels, A Particular Man (2024) being the most recent, one play and numerous short stories and radio plays. She is a lecturer in creative…

1956

Charlie Leibrandt

American baseball player

Charles Louis Leibrandt Jr. is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1979 to 1993 for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Atlanta Braves, and Texas Rangers. Leibrandt was a member of the…

1956

Sherri Turner

American golfer

Sherri Turner is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1984 and won three LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career.

1956

Christoph Waltz

Austrian-German actor

Christoph Waltz is an Austrian and German actor. Waltz gained international recognition for his portrayal of villainous and supporting roles in English-language films. His accolades include two Academy Awards, two…

1956

Bill Fagerbakke

American actor

William Fagerbakke is an American actor. He voices Patrick Star in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise, and played Michael "Dauber" Dybinski on the sitcom Coach. He also appeared in 12 episodes of the sitcom How I Met…

1957

Yngve Moe

Norwegian bass player and songwriter (died 2013)

Yngve Moe was a Norwegian bass guitarist and founding member of the rock band Dance with a Stranger.

1957

Russell Simmons

American businessman, founded Def Jam Recordings and Phat Farm

Russell Wendell Simmons is an American entrepreneur, writer and record executive. He co-founded the hip-hop label Def Jam Recordings, and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and Tantris. He has…

1957

Barbara Kooyman

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Barbara Kooyman is an American singer-songwriter based in Austin, Texas. In the 1980s, she, her then-husband Pat MacDonald, and a drum machine formed the recording act Timbuk 3 whose 1986 signature song was "The…

1958

Wendy Makkena

American actress

Wendy Rosenberg Makkena is an American actress best known for playing Sister Mary Robert in the film Sister Act (1992) and its sequel Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) and numerous other roles in film and…

1958

Anneka Rice

Welsh radio and television host

Anne Lucinda Hartley "Anneka" Rice is a British television and radio presenter, journalist and painter.

1958

Chris Lowe

English singer and keyboard player

Christopher Sean Lowe is an English musician, songwriter, and co-founder of the synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, which he formed with Neil Tennant in 1981. He is primarily the keyboardist and occasionally a vocalist, and he…

1959

Tony Meo

English snooker player

Anthony Christian Meo is a retired English snooker player. He won the 1989 British Open by defeating Dean Reynolds 13–6 in the final, and was runner-up to Steve Davis at the 1984 Classic. He won four World Doubles…

1959

Hitonari Tsuji

Japanese author, composer, and director

Hitonari Tsuji is a Japanese writer, composer, musician, painter and film director. In his film and singing work he uses the art name Jinsei Tsuji, an alternative reading his given name. His novels and essays have been…

1959

Joe Boever

American baseball player

Joseph Martin Boever is an American former professional baseball right-handed relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1985 to 1996 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia…

1960

Henry Worsley

English colonel and explorer (died 2016)

Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Edward Henry Worsley, was a British explorer and British Army officer. He was part of a 2009 expedition that retraced Ernest Shackleton's footsteps in the Antarctic.

1960

Philippe Russo

French singer-songwriter and guitarist

Philippe Russo is a French singer-songwriter. He had a hit between 1986 and early 1987 in France with his single "Magie noire", devoted to the discothèques, which peaked at #10 on the SNEP Singles Chart. Then he…

1961

Jon Secada

Cuban-American singer-songwriter

Juan Francisco Secada Ramírez, better known as Jon Secada, is a Cuban-born American singer. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 15 million records, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. His music…

1961

Kazuki Takahashi

Japanese author and illustrator, created Yu-Gi-Oh! (died 2022)

Kazuo Takahashi , known professionally as Kazuki Takahashi , was a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the author of Yu-Gi-Oh!, published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1996 to 2004. The manga spawned a trading card…

1961

Carlos Carsolio

Mexican mountaineer

Carlos Carsolio Larrea is a Mexican mountain climber. Carsolio is known for being the fourth man and the second youngest to climb the world's 14 eight-thousanders, all of them without supplemental oxygen.

1962

A. C. Green

American basketball player

A.C. Green Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Iron Man", he holds a National Basketball Association (NBA) record for most consecutive regular-season games played with 1,192. Green…

1963

Koji Ishikawa

Japanese author and illustrator

Kōji Ishikawa is a Japanese children's book author and illustrator. His work includes advertisements, magazine illustration, web, character design and book design. In recent years he has made children's books. He lives…

1963

Francis Magalona

Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (died 2009)

Francis Durango Magalona, also known as Francis M, was a Filipino rapper, songwriter, and actor. He is regarded as an influential figure in Pinoy hip hop.

1964

Yvonne Murray

Scottish runner

Yvonne Carole Grace Murray-Mooney is a Scottish former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete. She won a bronze medal in the 3000 metres at the 1988 Olympic Games, and gold medals at this…

1964

Olaf Backasch

German footballer

Olaf Backasch is a retired German footballer.

1965

Skip Heller

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Fred Steven "Skip" Heller is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Although active in many different types of music as a performer, producer, and historian coming out of the Philadelphia jazz scene, and in…

1965

Steve Olin

American baseball player (died 1993)

Steven Robert Olin was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for four seasons in the American League with the Cleveland Indians. Olin was a right-handed submarining relief pitcher for the…

1965

Micky Ward

American boxer

George Michael Ward Jr., often known by his nickname, "Irish" Micky Ward, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2003. He challenged once for the IBF light welterweight title in 1997, and…

1965

Vicky Bullett

American basketball player and coach

Victoria Andrea Bullett is an American former professional basketball player and current women's basketball head coach at West Virginia Wesleyan College. She played for the Charlotte Sting and Washington Mystics in the…

1967

Nick Green

Australian rower

Nicholas David Green OAM is an Australian former rower, a dual Olympic gold medallist and four time World Champion. From 1990 to 1998 he was a member of Australia's prominent world class crew – the coxless four known as…

1967

Liev Schreiber

American actor and director

Isaac Liev Schreiber is an American actor. He has received accolades including a Tony Award as well as nominations for nine Primetime Emmy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards.

1967

Richard Hancox

English footballer and manager

Richard Hancox is an English former professional footballer. He has held various roles at Torquay United in his career.

1968

Tim Wise

American activist and author

Timothy Jacob Wise is an American activist and writer on the topic of race. He is a consultant who provides anti-racism lectures to institutions.

1968

Abraham Benrubi

American actor

Abraham Rubin Hercules Benrubi is an American actor. He is known for his appearances as Jerry Markovic on the long-running medical television drama ER, for his first role as Larry Kubiac on the series Parker Lewis Can't…

1969

Darren Middleton

Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Darren Middleton is an Australian musician, best known as lead guitarist and songwriter for alternative rock band Powderfinger. He was also lead singer/songwriter for Drag.

1971

M. Ward

American singer-songwriter

Matthew Stephen "M." Ward is an American singer-songwriter, Grammy nominated producer and guitarist from Glendale, California. Ward's solo work is a mixture of folk and blues-inspired Americana analog recordings. He has…

1973

Paco León

Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Francisco León Barrios, known as Paco León is a Spanish actor, producer, director, screenwriter and activist.

1974

Cristiano Lucarelli

Italian footballer and manager

Cristiano Lucarelli is an Italian football manager and a former player who played as a forward.

1975

Mauro Camoranesi

Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager

Mauro Germán Camoranesi Serra is an Argentinian-Italian football manager and former player who played as a right midfielder or right winger. Camoranesi is currently manager of Cyprus First Division side Anorthosis…

1976

Alicia Silverstone

American actress, producer, and author

Alicia Silverstone is an American actress. She made her film debut in the thriller The Crush (1993), earning the 1994 MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, and gained further prominence as a teen idol when…

1976

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (died 2017)

Ueli Steck was a Swiss rock climber and alpinist. He set speed records on the North Face trilogy in the Alps. His claim to have climbed Annapurna solo via its South Face is disputed. He won two Piolet d'Or awards, in…

1976

Richard Reed Parry

Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Richard Reed Parry is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, best known as a core member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire, where he plays a wide variety of instruments, often switching between guitar,…

1977

Dana Davis

American actress and author

Dana Davis is an American actress and novelist known for playing Monica Dawson on the NBC series Heroes (2007), Chastity Church on the ABC Family television series 10 Things I Hate About You (2009–10) and Carmen…

1978

Kyle Lohse

American baseball player

Kyle Matthew Lohse is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers,…

1978

Caitríona Balfe

Irish actress

Caitríona Mary Balfe is an Irish actress, former model, executive producer and director. She began her career as a fashion model in Paris at age 18, working with fashion houses such as Chanel and Louis Vuitton, before…

1979

Rachael Leigh Cook

American actress

Rachael Leigh Cook is an American actress and model. She has starred in the films The Baby-Sitters Club (1995), She's All That (1999), and Josie and the Pussycats (2001), and in the television series Into the West and…

1979

Adam Voges

Australian cricketer

Adam Charles Voges is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who played for the Australian national team at Test, One Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20I) level, and also captained…

1979

Sarah Fisher

American race car driver

Sarah Marie Fisher is an American retired professional race car driver who competed in the Indy Racing League and the Indianapolis 500 intermittently from 1999 to 2010. She also raced in the NASCAR West Series in 2004…

1980

James Jones

American basketball player

James Andrew Jones is an American professional basketball executive and former player. He is the executive vice president, head of basketball operations for the National Basketball Association (NBA). Jones played 14…

1980

Tomáš Rosický

Czech footballer

Tomáš Rosický is a Czech former professional footballer who was the captain of the Czech Republic national team for a ten-year period. He played club football for Sparta Prague, Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal. Currently,…

1980

Justin Williams

Canadian-American ice hockey player

Justin Craig Williams is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Carolina Hurricanes, Los Angeles Kings, and Washington Capitals.

1981

Tony Gwynn Jr.

American baseball player

Anthony Keith Gwynn Jr. is an American former professional baseball outfielder. Gwynn played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Philadelphia Phillies.…

1982

Ilhan Omar

American politician

Ilhan Abdullahi Omar is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district since 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Before her election to Congress, Omar…

1982

Jered Weaver

American baseball player

Jered David Weaver is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels and San Diego Padres. Weaver was drafted in the first round in the…

1982

Vicky Krieps

Luxembourgish actress

Vicky Krieps is a Luxembourgish-German actress. She has appeared in a number of American, Luxembourgish, French, and German productions. Her breakout role was in the London-based period film Phantom Thread (2017),…

1983

Kurt Suzuki

American baseball player

Kurtis Kiyoshi Suzuki is an American baseball manager and former catcher who is the manager for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Oakland Athletics, Washington Nationals,…

1983

Lena Katina

Russian singer-songwriter

Elena Sergeyevna Katina, better known as Lena Katina, is a Russian singer who gained fame as one half of the pop/electronica duo t.A.T.u. She started her career at the age of eight, joining the Russian children's act…

1984

Petri Kontiola

Finnish ice hockey player

Petri Kontiola is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey centre. Kontiola has previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Blackhawks, the organization that drafted him 196th overall in the…

1984

Karolina Tymińska

Polish heptathlete

Karolina Tymińska is a Polish heptathlete. She has represented Poland twice at the Olympic Games and three times at the World Championships in Athletics. She is the bronze medalist in the heptathlon from the 2011 World…

1984

Shontelle

Barbadian singer-songwriter

Shontelle Delia Layne, known mononymously as Shontelle, is a Barbadian singer and songwriter. She released her debut album Shontelligence in 2008. Her second album, No Gravity, was released in 2010. Her singles…

1985

Thorsten Wiedemann

German rugby player

Thorsten Wiedemann is a German international rugby union player, playing for the Heidelberger RK in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.

1985

Marina Weisband

German politician

Marina Weisband is a German politician. From May 2011 until April 2012 she was a member of the senior leadership of the Pirate Party Germany. In 2018 she joined the Green Party of Germany.

1987

Melissa Benoist

American actress and singer

Melissa Marie Benoist is an American actress and singer. Her first major role was as Marley Rose on the Fox musical comedy drama Glee (2012–2014), in which she was a series regular during the fifth season. She rose to…

1988

Lonnie Chisenhall

American baseball player

Lonnie David Chisenhall is an American former professional baseball third baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians. He made his MLB debut with the Indians in June 2011…

1988

Caner Erkin

Turkish footballer

Caner Erkin is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Sakaryaspor.

1988

Evgeni Krasnopolski

Israeli figure skater

Evgeni Krasnopolski is a Ukrainian-born Israeli retired pair skater. Krasnopolski and Andrea Davidovich were the first pair representing Israel to qualify for Israel at the 2014 Olympics. They finished 15th in Sochi.…

1988

Derrick Rose

American basketball player

Derrick Martell Rose is an American former professional basketball player. He played one year of college basketball for the Memphis Tigers before being drafted first overall by his hometown Chicago Bulls in the 2008 NBA…

1988

Dakota Johnson

American actress

Dakota Mayi Johnson is an American actress. Her accolades include a nomination for a British Academy Film Award.

1989

Signy Aarna

Estonian footballer

Signy Aarna is an Estonian footballer who plays as a forward for Finnish club Åland United and for the Estonia national team. She previously played for Finnish club Pallokissat and FC Lootos of the Estonian Naiste…

1990

Saki

Japanese guitarist and songwriter

Saki is a Japanese heavy metal musician and songwriter, best known as guitarist of the band Mary's Blood from 2012 until their hiatus in 2022. She is currently active as a solo artist, as one-half of the duo Amahiru…

1990

Sergey Shubenkov

Russian hurdler

Sergey Vladimirovich Shubenkov is a Russian athlete who competes in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the 2015 World Champion, two-time European Champion and 2013 World bronze medalist in men's 110 m hurdles.

1990

Leigh-Anne Pinnock

English singer and songwriter

Leigh-Anne Pinnock is an English singer and actress. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Little Mix, which was formed on, and won, the eighth series of The X Factor UK. As part of the group, she won…

1991

Mitchell Swepson

Australian cricketer

Mitchell Joseph Swepson is an Australian cricketer. A leg-spin bowler, he made his international debut for the Australia cricket team in June 2018, and plays for Queensland and the Melbourne Stars in Australian domestic…

1993

Mike Williams

American football player

Michael K. Williams is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Los Angeles Chargers. He played college football…

1994

Jeonghan

South Korean singer

Yoon Jeong-han, known mononymously as Jeonghan, is a South Korean singer. Managed by Pledis Entertainment, he is a member of the South Korean boy band Seventeen, its vocal team, and its second subunit, JxW.

1995

Kenny Clark

American football player

Kenneth Duane Clark Jr. is an American professional football defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). Playing college football for the UCLA Bruins, he was named a third-team…

1995

Mikolas Josef

Czech singer and songwriter

Mikolas Josef, also known mononymously as Mikolas, is a Czech singer-songwriter and former model. He represented the Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Lie to Me" and finished in sixth…

1995

Ella Balinska

English actress

Ella Balinska is a British actress who starred in the action-comedy film Charlie's Angels (2019) and the Netflix original series Resident Evil (2022).

1996

Rishabh Pant

Indian cricketer

Rishabh Rajendra Pant is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian national team as a wicket-keeper batter. He is currently the vice-captain of the Indian cricket team in the Test format. He captains…

1997

Yuju

South Korean singer

Choi Yu-na, better known by her stage name Yuju (유주), is a South Korean singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in 2015 as a member of the South Korean girl group GFriend and became known for her vocals, having participated…

1997

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Rutherford B. Hayes — President of the United States from 1877 to 1881

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Known forHe served as Cincinnati's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861 and was known as a staunch abolitionist who defended refugee slaves in court proceedings

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1822 — Rutherford B. Hayes

He was wounded five times, most seriously at the Battle of South Mountain in 1862

Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881

He served as Cincinnati's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861 and was known as a staunch abolitionist who defended refugee slaves in court proceedings

Hayes served in Congress from 1865 to 1867 and was elected governor of Ohio, serving two consecutive terms from 1868 to 1872 and half of a third two-year term from 1876 to 1877 before his swearing-in as president.

At the start of the Civil War, Hayes left a fledgling political career to join the Union army

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