Famous Birthdays on October 8

Q: Who was born on October 8?

Famous people born on October 8 include: Pyrrhus of Epirus (died 272 BC), Narapatisithu, Margaret Douglas, Giulio Caccini, Jacques Auguste de Thou.

Q: What is Chelsea Gray known for?

Chelsea Gray, American basketball player

240 people 319 BC – 2003

October 8 has seen 240 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 319 BC – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · October 8 — Wikipedia

1992 — Chelsea Gray

American basketball player

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Gray won her first title with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2016

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She won her second title with the Las Vegas Aces in the 2022 WNBA Finals, where she was named Finals MVP, and she won her third and fourth title with Las Vegas Aces in 2023 and 2025

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She won gold medals for 5x5 basketball at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics

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Nicknamed "Point Gawd", she was the eleventh pick in the 2014 WNBA draft by the Connecticut Sun

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After missing the 2014 season due to injury, she made her debut in the following year

Pyrrhus of Epirus (died 272 BC)

Pyrrhus was a Greek king and statesman of the Hellenistic period. He was king of the Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house, and later he became king of Epirus. He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome, and…

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Narapatisithu

king of Burma (died 1211)

Narapati Sithu was king of Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1174 to 1211. He is considered the last important king of the Pagans. His peaceful and prosperous reign gave rise to Burmese culture which finally emerged…

1150

Margaret Douglas

daughter of Archibald Douglas (died 1578)

Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, born Lady Margaret Douglas, was the daughter of the Scottish queen dowager Margaret Tudor and her second husband Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and thus the granddaughter of…

1515

Giulio Caccini

Italian composer (died 1618)

Giulio Romolo Caccini was an Italian composer, teacher, singer, instrumentalist and writer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was one of the founders of the genre of opera, and one of the most…

1551

Jacques Auguste de Thou

French historian (died 1617)

Jacques Auguste de Thou was a French historian, book collector and president of the Parlement of Paris.

1553

Heinrich Schütz

German organist and composer (died 1672)

Heinrich Schütz was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He is…

1585

John Clarke

English physician (died 1676)

John Clarke was a New England English-born politician, physician, and Puritan Baptist minister, co-founder of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, author of its influential charter, and a leading…

1609

Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro

Spanish monk and scholar (died 1764)

Friar Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro was a Spanish monk and scholar who led the Spanish Enlightenment. He was an energetic popularizer noted for encouraging scientific and empirical thought in an effort to debunk…

1676

Yechezkel Landau

Polish rabbi and author (died 1793)

Yechezkel ben Yehuda HaLevi Landau was an influential authority in halakha. He is best known for the work Noda Biyhudah, by which title he is also known.

1713

Michel Benoist

French scientist and missionary (died 1774)

Michel Benoist was a Jesuit scientist who served for thirty years in the court of the Qianlong Emperor during the Qing dynasty, known for his architectural and landscape designs of the Old Summer Palace. Along with…

1715

Jean-François Rewbell

French lawyer and politician (died 1807)

Jean-François Reubell or Rewbell was a French lawyer, diplomat, and politician of the Revolution.

1747

Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden (died 1829)

Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden was the last Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg Abbey, and as such reigned as vassal monarch of the Holy Roman Empire.

1753

Harman Blennerhassett

English-Irish lawyer and politician (died 1831)

Harman Blennerhassett was an Anglo-Irish lawyer, a member of the Society of United Irishmen who emigrated in advance of their rebellion in 1798 to become a socially and politically distinguished plantation owner in…

1765

John Ruggles

American lawyer and politician (died 1874)

John Ruggles was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. He served in several important state legislative and judicial positions before serving in the U.S. Senate.

1789

William Swainson

English-New Zealand ornithologist and entomologist (died 1855)

William Swainson FLS, FRS, was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist.

1789

Harriet Taylor Mill

English philosopher and activist (died 1858)

Harriet Taylor Mill was an English philosopher and women's rights advocate. Her extant corpus of writing can be found in The Complete Works of Harriet Taylor Mill. Several pieces can also be found in The Collected Works…

1807

John Henninger Reagan

American judge and politician, 3rd Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1905)

John Henninger Reagan was an American politician from Texas. A Democrat, Reagan resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives when Texas seceded from the United States and joined the Confederate States of America. He…

1818

Walter Kittredge

American violinist and composer (died 1905)

Walter Kittredge, was a famous American minstrel and songwriter. Over his career he wrote over 500 songs, many of them dealing with themes of abolitionism and the American Civil War, the most famous of which was Tenting…

1834

Salomon Kalischer

German pianist, composer, and physicist (died 1924)

Salomon Kalischer, or Solomon Kalischer, was a German Jewish composer, pianist, and physicist.

1845

Rose Scott

Australian activist (died 1925)

Rose Scott was an Australian women's rights activist who advocated for women's suffrage and universal suffrage in New South Wales at the turn-of-the twentieth century. She founded the Women's Political Education League…

1847

Pierre De Geyter

Belgian composer (died 1932)

Pierre Chrétien De Geyter was a Belgian-French socialist and a composer, known for writing the music of "The Internationale."

1848

Henry Louis Le Châtelier

French chemist and academic (died 1936)

Henry Louis Le Chatelier was a French chemist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He devised Le Chatelier's principle, used by chemists to predict the effect a changing condition has on a system in chemical…

1850

John D. Batten

British painter, printmaker and illustrator (died 1932)

John Dickson Batten, born in Plymouth, Devon, was an English painter of figures in oils, tempera and fresco and a book illustrator and printmaker. He was an active member of the Society of Painters in Tempera, with his…

1860

Edythe Chapman

American actress (died 1948)

Edythe Chapman was an American stage and silent film actress.

1863

Ozias Leduc

Canadian painter and educator (died 1955)

Ozias Leduc was a Canadian painter who was an early painter in Quebec. He produced portraits and landscapes. According to Laurier Lacroix, he was the first Canadian artist who can be seen as a philosopher as well as a…

1864

Louis Vierne

French organist and composer (died 1937)

Louis Victor Jules Vierne was a French organist and composer. He was the organist of Notre-Dame de Paris from 1900 until his death. As a composer, much of his output was organ music, including six symphonies and four…

1870

Mary Engle Pennington

American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (died 1952)

Mary Engle Pennington was an American bacteriological chemist, food scientist and refrigeration engineer. She was an innovator in the preservation, handling, storage, and transportation of perishable foods and the first…

1872

Ejnar Hertzsprung

Danish chemist and astronomer (died 1967)

Ejnar Hertzsprung was a Danish chemist and astronomer. He is best remembered for his role in developing the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram of stars.

1873

Alexey Shchusev

Russian architect and academic, designed Lenin's Mausoleum (died 1949)

Alexey Victorovich Shchusev was a Russian and Soviet architect who was successful during three consecutive epochs of Russian architecture – Art Nouveau, Constructivism, and Stalinist architecture, being one of the few…

1873

Laurence Doherty

English tennis player and golfer (died 1919)

Hugh Laurence Doherty was a British tennis player and the younger brother of tennis player Reginald Doherty. He was a six-time Grand Slam champion and a double Olympic Gold medalist at the 1900 Summer Olympics in…

1875

Frederick Montague

1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (died 1966)

Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, CBE was a British Labour Party politician.

1876

Hans Heysen

German-Australian painter (died 1968)

Sir Hans Heysen was an Australian artist.

1877

Huntley Gordon

Canadian-American actor (died 1956)

Huntley Ashworth Gordon was a Canadian actor who began his career in the Silent Film era.

1879

Harry McClintock

American singer-songwriter and poet (died 1957)

Harry Kirby McClintock, also known as "Haywire Mac", was an American railroad man, radio personality, actor, singer, songwriter, and poet, best known for his song "The Big Rock Candy Mountains".

1882

Dick Burnett

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)

Richard Daniel Burnett was an American folk musician and songwriter from Kentucky.

1883

Otto Heinrich Warburg

German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)

Otto Heinrich Warburg was a German physiologist, medical doctor, and Nobel laureate. He served as an officer in the elite Uhlan during the First World War, and was awarded the Iron Cross for bravery. He was the sole…

1883

Walther von Reichenau

German field marshal (died 1942)

Walter Karl Gustav August Ernst von Reichenau was a German Generalfeldmarschall in the Heer (Army) of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was nicknamed "The Bull". Reichenau commanded the 6th Army, during the invasions…

1884

Ping Bodie

American baseball player (died 1961)

Frank Stephen "Ping" Bodie, born Francesco Stephano Pezzolo, was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox (1911–1914), Philadelphia Athletics (1917) and New York Yankees…

1887

Donie Bush

American baseball player, manager, and team owner (died 1972)

Owen Joseph "Donie" Bush was an American professional baseball player, manager, team owner, and scout. He was active in professional baseball from 1905 until his death in 1972. He was 84 years old.

1887

Ernst Kretschmer

German psychiatrist and author (died 1964)

Ernst Kretschmer was a German psychiatrist who researched the human constitution and established a typology.

1888

R. Fraser Armstrong

Canadian engineer (died 1983)

Roy Fraser Armstrong was a Canadian hospital administrator and engineer who served as the Superintendent of Kingston General Hospital from 1925 to 1957.

1889

Collett E. Woolman

American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (died 1966)

Collett Everman Woolman, commonly known as "C.E.", was an American airline entrepreneur best known as the principal founder and first CEO of Delta Air Lines.

1889

Snuffy Browne

Barbadian cricketer (died 1964)

Cyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne was a Barbadian Test cricketer who was a member of the first West Indies Test cricket team, playing against England in 1928.

1890

Eddie Rickenbacker

American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1973)

Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was an American fighter pilot in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was the most successful and most decorated United States flying ace of the war. He was…

1890

Philippe Thys

Belgian cyclist (died 1971)

Philippe Thys was a Belgian cyclist and three times winner of the Tour de France.

1890

Marina Tsvetaeva

Russian poet and author (died 1941)

Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva was a Russian poet. Her work is some of the best known in twentieth-century Russian literature. She lived through and wrote about the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent Moscow famine.

1892

Clarence Williams

American pianist and composer (died 1965)

Clarence Williams was an American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher.

1893

Zog I of Albania (died 1961)

Zog I was an Albanian statesman and aristocrat who served as the leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939. At age 27, he first served as Albania's youngest ever prime minister (1922–1924), then as president (1925–1928), and…

1895

Juan Perón

Argentinian general and politician, 29th President of Argentina (died 1974)

Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine military officer and politician who was the 29th and 40th president of Argentina, serving from 1946 to his overthrow in 1955, and from 1973 to 1974. He was the only Argentine…

1895

Julien Duvivier

French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1967)

Julien Duvivier was a French film director and screenwriter. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930–1960. Amongst his most original films, chiefly notable are La Bandera, Pépé le Moko, Little World of Don…

1896

Rouben Mamoulian

Georgian-American director and screenwriter (died 1987)

Rouben Zachary Mamoulian was an Armenian-American film and theater director.

1897

Marcel Herrand

French actor (died 1953)

Marcel Herrand was a French stage and film actor best remembered for his roles in swashbuckling or historical films.

1897

Eivind Groven

Norwegian composer and theorist (died 1977)

Eivind Groven was a Norwegian composer and music-theorist. He was from the traditional region of Vest-Telemark and had a background in the folk music of the area.

1901

Mark Oliphant

Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia (died 2000)

Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played an important role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and in the development of nuclear weapons.

1901

Georgy Geshev

Bulgarian chess player (died 1937)

Georgy (Georgi) Geshev (Geschew) was a Bulgarian chess master.

1903

Yves Giraud-Cabantous

French race car driver (died 1973)

Yves Aristide Marius Giraud-Cabantous was a racing driver from France. He drove in Formula One from 1950 to 1953, participating in 13 World Championship Grands Prix, plus numerous non-Championship Formula One and…

1904

Richard Sharpe Shaver

American author and illustrator (died 1975)

Richard Sharpe Shaver was an American writer and artist who achieved notoriety in the years following World War II as the author of controversial stories which were printed in science fiction magazines. Shaver claimed…

1907

Ezekias Papaioannou

Greek-Cypriot politician (died 1988)

Ezekias Papaioannou was a Greek Cypriot communist politician and Secretary General of AKEL.

1908

Kirk Alyn

American actor (died 1999)

Kirk Alyn was an American actor, best known for being the first actor to play the DC Comics character Superman in live-action for the 1948 movie serial Superman and its 1950 sequel Atom Man vs. Superman, as well as…

1910

Paulette Dubost

French actress (died 2011)

Paulette Dubost was a French actress who began her career at the age of 7 at the Paris Opera.

1910

Gus Hall

American soldier and politician (died 2000)

Gus Hall was an American communist activist who served as the general secretary of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) from 1959 to 2000. As a labor leader, Hall was closely associated with the so-called "Little Steel"…

1910

Helmut Kallmeyer

German chemist and soldier (died 2006)

Helmut Kallmeyer was a German chemist in the era of National Socialism. He served as a consultant in Adolf Hitler's Chancellery for gasification methods. Later, he worked in the Technical Institute for the Detection of…

1910

Ray Lewis

Canadian runner (died 2003)

Raymond Gray Lewis, CM was a Canadian track and field athlete, and the first Canadian-born black Olympic medalist.

1910

Robert R. Gilruth

American pilot and engineer (died 2000)

Robert Rowe Gilruth was an American aerospace engineer and an aviation/space pioneer who was the first director of NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center, later renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.

1913

Marios Makrionitis

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (died 1959)

Marios Makrionitis, SJ was a Greek Jesuit prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of Athens from 1953 until 1959, when he died from injuries caused by an automobile accident.

1913

Billy Conn

American boxer (died 1993)

William David Conn was an American professional boxer and Light Heavyweight Champion famed for his fights with Joe Louis. He had a professional boxing record of 63 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, with 14 wins by knockout.…

1917

Walter Lord

American historian and author (died 2002)

John Walter Lord Jr. was an American author, lawyer, copywriter and popular historian known for his 1955 account of the sinking of the Titanic, A Night to Remember.

1917

Danny Murtaugh

American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1976)

Daniel Edward Murtaugh was an American second baseman, manager, front-office executive, and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). Murtaugh is best known for his 29-year association with the Pittsburgh Pirates, with whom…

1917

Rodney Robert Porter

English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)

Rodney Robert Porter was a British biochemist and Nobel laureate.

1917

Halfdan Hegtun

Norwegian radio host and politician (died 2012)

Halfdan Hegtun was a Norwegian radio personality, comedian and writer, former politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party.

1918

Jens Christian Skou

Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)

Jens Christian Skou was a Danish biochemist and Nobel laureate.

1918

Jack McGrath

American race car driver (died 1955)

John James McGrath was an American racecar driver. McGrath died in an accident at Bobby Ball Memorial; he lost control of his car at Turn 3, crashed and flipped, dying instantly.

1919

Kiichi Miyazawa

Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2007)

Kiichi Miyazawa was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1991 to 1993.

1919

Frank Herbert

American journalist, photographer, and author (died 1986)

Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel Dune and five sequels to it. He also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book…

1920

Abraham Sarmiento

Filipino lawyer and jurist (died 2010)

Abraham Florendo Sarmiento Sr. was a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1987 to 1991. An active figure in the political opposition against the martial law…

1921

Nils Liedholm

Swedish footballer, coach, and manager (died 2007)

Nils Erik Liedholm was a Swedish football midfielder and coach. Il Barone, as he is affectionately known in Italy, was renowned for being part of the Swedish "Gre-No-Li" trio of strikers along with Gunnar Gren and…

1922

Herbert B. Leonard

American production manager and producer (died 2006)

Herbert Breiter Leonard was an American producer and writer. Leonard was a production manager at Screen Gems for many years.

1922

Alphons Egli

Swiss lawyer and politician, 77th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2016)

Alphons Blasius Egli colloquially Alphons Egli was a Swiss attorney and politician who most notably served on the Federal Council (Switzerland) between 1983 and 1987 and as President of the Swiss Confederation in 1986…

1924

Aloísio Lorscheider

Brazilian cardinal (died 2007)

Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. was a Brazilian Catholic cardinal during the 1970s and 1980s. He was known as an advocate of liberation theology in the 1970s and was seen by some observers as a serious candidate…

1924

Thirunalloor Karunakaran

Indian poet and scholar (died 2006)

Thirunalloor Karunakaran was a poet, scholar, teacher and leftist intellectual of Kerala, India.

1924

John Nelder

English mathematician and statistician (died 2010)

John Ashworth Nelder was a British statistician known for his contributions to experimental design, analysis of variance, computational statistics, and statistical theory.

1924

Álvaro Magaña

Salvadoran economist and politician, President of El Salvador (died 2001)

Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja was a Salvadoran politician, lawyer, and economist who was the 35th president of El Salvador from 1982 to 1984.

1925

Raaj Kumar

Indian police officer and actor (died 1996)

Raaj Kumar was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi films. In a career that spanned over four decades, he went on to star in 70 films and is regarded as one of the most successful actors of Indian cinema.

1926

Jim Elliot

American missionary and translator (died 1956)

Philip James Elliot was an American Christian missionary and one of five people killed during Operation Auca, an attempt to evangelize the Huaorani people of Ecuador.

1927

César Milstein

Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)

César Milstein, CH, FRS was an Argentine biochemist in the field of antibody research. Milstein shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984 with Niels Kaj Jerne and Georges J. F. Köhler for developing the…

1927

Didi

Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2001)

Waldyr Pereira, also known as Didi, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder or as a forward. He played in three FIFA World Cups, winning the latter two.

1928

M. Russell Ballard

American lieutenant and religious leader (died 2023)

Melvin Russell Ballard Jr. was an American businessman and religious leader who served as the Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2018 until his…

1928

Neil Harvey

Australian cricketer

Robert Neil Harvey is an Australian former cricketer who was a member of the Australian cricket team between 1948 and 1963, playing in 79 Test matches. He was the vice-captain of the team from 1957 until his retirement.…

1928

Bill Maynard

English actor (died 2018)

Walter Frederick George Williams, better known by his stage name Bill Maynard, was an English comedian and actor. He began working in television in the 1950s, notably starring alongside Terry Scott in Great Scott – It's…

1928

Betty Boothroyd

English politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (died 2023)

Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, was a British politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000. A member of the Labour Party, she served as Speaker of…

1929

Pepper Adams

American saxophonist and composer (died 1986)

Park Frederick "Pepper" Adams III was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and composer. He composed 42 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28 years, and participated in 600 sessions as a sideman. He…

1930

Alasdair Milne

Indian-English director and producer (died 2013)

Alasdair David Gordon Milne was a British television producer and executive. He had a long career at the BBC, where he was eventually promoted to Director-General, and was described by The Independent as "one of the…

1930

Faith Ringgold

American painter and activist (died 2024)

Faith Ringgold was an American painter, author, mixed media sculptor, performance artist, and intersectional activist, perhaps best known for her narrative quilts.

1930

Toru Takemitsu

Japanese composer and theorist (died 1996)

Tōru Takemitsu was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu was admired for his subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre. He is known for combining…

1930

Bill Brown

Scottish footballer (died 2004)

William Dallas Fyfe Brown was a Scottish football goalkeeper.

1931

Ray Reardon

Welsh snooker player and police officer (died 2024)

Raymond Reardon was a Welsh professional snooker player who dominated the sport in the 1970s, winning the World Snooker Championship six times and claiming more than a dozen other professional titles. Due to his dark…

1932

Kader Asmal

South African academic and politician (died 2011)

Abdul Kader Asmal was a lawyer in South Africa and Ireland and later a South African politician. He was a Senior Lecturer in Trinity College Dublin and a professor of human rights at the University of the Western Cape,…

1934

Gerry Hitchens

English footballer and manager (died 1983)

Gerald Archibald Hitchens was an English footballer who played as a centre forward.

1934

James Holshouser

American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (died 2013)

James Eubert Holshouser Jr. was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 68th Governor of North Carolina from 1973 to 1977. He was the first Republican candidate to be elected as governor of the state since…

1934

Albert Roux

French-English chef (died 2021)

Albert Henri Roux was a French restaurateur and chef. He and his brother Michel operated Le Gavroche in London's Mayfair, the first restaurant in the UK to gain three Michelin stars. He helped train a series of chefs…

1935

Rona Barrett

American journalist and businesswoman

Rona Barrett is a retired American TV News Correspondent, Interviewer,gossip columnist and businesswoman. She runs the Rona Barrett Foundation, a non-profit organization in Santa Ynez, California, dedicated to the aid…

1936

Merle Park

British ballerina and educator

Dame Merle Park, is a British ballet dancer and teacher, now retired. As a prima ballerina with the Royal Ballet during the 1960s and 1970s, she was known for "brilliance of execution and virtuoso technique" as well as…

1937

Paul Schell

American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle (died 2014)

Paul Schell was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 50th mayor of Seattle, Washington, from 1998 to 2002.

1937

William Corlett

English author and playwright (died 2005)

William Corlett, was an English author, best known for his quartet of children's novels, The Magician's House, published between 1990 and 1992.

1938

Walter Gretzky

Canadian ice hockey coach and author (died 2021)

Walter Gretzky was a Canadian philanthropist who was the father of Canadian ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky.

1938

Bronislovas Lubys

Lithuanian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania (died 2011)

Bronislovas Lubys was a Lithuanian entrepreneur, former Prime Minister of Lithuania, signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, and businessman.

1938

Fred Stolle

Australian-American tennis player and sportscaster (died 2025)

Frederick Sydney Stolle, AO was an Australian amateur world No. 1 tennis player and commentator. He was born in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. He was the father of former Australian Davis Cup player Sandon Stolle.

1938

Paul Hogan

Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter

Paul Hogan is an Australian actor and comedian. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance as…

1939

Elvīra Ozoliņa

Latvian javelin thrower

Elvīra Anatoļjevna Ozoliņa is a retired Soviet javelin thrower. In 1960 she won gold medal with an Olympic Record of 55.98 m and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. Between 1960 and 1963 she set three…

1939

Harvey Pekar

American author and critic (died 2010)

Harvey Lawrence Pekar was an American underground comic book writer, music critic, and media personality, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor comic series. In 2003, the series inspired a well-received…

1939

Lynne Stewart

American lawyer and criminal (died 2017)

Lynne Irene Stewart was an American defense attorney who was known for representing controversial, famous defendants. She herself was convicted on charges of conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists in…

1939

Fred Cash

American singer

Fred Cash is an American soul singer. He was a member of The Impressions, a group in which he replaced Jerry Butler in 1960. As one of the group's longest-serving members, he is also a 1991 inductee into the Rock and…

1940

George Bellamy

English singer, guitarist, and producer

The Tornados are an English instrumental rock group of the 1960s that acted as backing group for many of record producer Joe Meek's productions and also for singer Billy Fury. They enjoyed several chart hits in their…

1941

Jesse Jackson

American minister and activist (died 2026)

Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. was an American civil rights activist, LGBTQ rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. A protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. and James Bevel during the civil rights movement, he…

1941

Shane Stevens

American author (died 2007)

Shane Craig Stevens was an American author of crime novels. His parents are John and Caroline (Royale) Stevens.

1941

Stanley Bates

English actor and screenwriter

Stanley Kevin Bates is a British actor and screen writer best known for the role of Bungle, and as a scriptwriter, in the children's television programme, Rainbow between 1973 and 1989, series 2 to series 17. Other…

1942

Chevy Chase

American comedian, actor, and screenwriter

Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase is an American comedian, actor and writer.

1943

R. L. Stine

American author, screenwriter, and producer

Robert Lawrence Stine is an American novelist. He is the writer of Goosebumps, a horror fiction novel series for children which has sold over 400 million copies globally in 35 languages, becoming the second-best-selling…

1943

Ed Kirkpatrick

American baseball player (died 2010)

Edgar Leon Kirkpatrick was an American professional baseball outfielder and catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1962 through 1977 for the Los Angeles / California Angels, Kansas City Royals,…

1944

Susan Raye

American singer

Susan Raye is an American country music singer. She enjoyed great popularity during the early and mid-1970s, and chalked up seven top-10 and 19 top-40 country hits, most notably the song "L.A. International Airport", an…

1944

Hanan Ashrawi

Palestinian scholar, activist, and politician

Hanan Daoud Mikhael Ashrawi is a Palestinian politician, activist, and scholar.

1946

Jean-Jacques Beineix

French director and producer (died 2022)

Jean-Jacques Beineix was a French film director best known for the films Diva and Betty Blue. His work is regarded as a prime example of the cinéma du look film movement in France.

1946

Dennis Kucinich

American journalist and politician, 53rd Mayor of Cleveland

Dennis John Kucinich is an American politician. Originally a Democrat, Kucinich served as U.S. Representative from Ohio's 10th congressional district from 1997 to 2013. From 1977 to 1979, he served a term as mayor of…

1946

Bel Mooney

English journalist and author

Beryl Ann "Bel" Mooney is an English journalist and broadcaster. As of 2025, she currently writes a column for the Daily Mail, having previously written – mainly as a columnist – for other publications including the…

1946

Jon Ekerold

South African motorcycle racer

Jonathan "Jon" Ekerold is a South African former professional motorcycle racer. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1975 to 1983

1946

Richard Morris

English archaeologist, historian, and author

Richard Morris, OBE is a British writer and archaeologist who explores landscape, the archaeology of churches and battlefields, and cultural and aviation history. He is a professor (emeritus) at the University of…

1947

Emiel Puttemans

Belgian runner

Emiel Adrien "Miel" Puttemans is a Belgian former middle- and long-distance runner who set world records for 3000 metres in 1972, for 2 miles in 1971, for 5000 metres in 1972, and 3 miles in 1972 (12:47.8). He won two…

1947

Stephen Shore

American photographer and educator

Stephen Shore is an American photographer known for his images of scenes and objects of the banal, and for his pioneering use of color in art photography. His books include Uncommon Places (1982) and American Surfaces…

1947

Bill Zorn

folk musician

William Zorn is an American folk music singer, banjo player, and guitarist who was a member of The New Christy Minstrels, The Limeliters, and The Kingston Trio, as well as lesser known groups The Windjammers and Arizona…

1947

Hansa Yogendra

Indian yoga guru

Hansa Yogendra is an Indian yoga teacher, author, researcher, and television presenter. She is the director of The Yoga Institute, a non-profit yoga organization based in Mumbai, which was founded in 1918 by her…

1947

Benjamin Cheever

American journalist and author

Benjamin Hale Cheever is an American writer and editor. He has written four adult fiction novels, one children's book, and two nonfiction books.

1948

Claude Jade

French actress (died 2006)

Claude Marcelle Jorré, better known as Claude Jade, was a French actress. She starred as Christine in François Truffaut's three films Stolen Kisses (1968), Bed and Board (1970) and Love on the Run (1979). Jade acted in…

1948

Johnny Ramone

American guitarist and songwriter (died 2004)

John William Cummings, better known by his stage name Johnny Ramone, was an American musician who was the guitarist and a founding member of the Ramones, a band that helped pioneer the punk movement. The band was…

1948

Hamish Stuart

Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

James Hamish Stuart is a Scottish guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer. He was an original member of the Average White Band.

1949

Sigourney Weaver

American actress and producer

Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver is an American actress. Prolific in film since the late 1970s, she is known for her pioneering portrayals of action heroines in blockbusters and for her various roles in independent…

1949

Robert "Kool" Bell

American singer-songwriter and bass player

Robert Earl "Kool" Bell, also known by the name Muhammad Bayyan, is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is the last surviving founding member of the American R&B, soul, funk and disco band Kool & the Gang.

1950

Blake Morrison

English poet, author, and academic

Philip Blake Morrison is an English poet and author who has published in a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres. His greatest success came with the publication of his memoirs And When Did You Last See Your…

1950

Jack O'Connell

American educator and politician

Jack T. O'Connell is an American politician, educator and formerly the 26th California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, having been elected to the post in November 2002 with 61% of the vote. He was re-elected…

1951

Timo Salonen

Finnish race car driver

Timo Olavi Salonen is a Finnish former rally driver who won the 1985 World Rally Championship season for Peugeot. It was commented of him that he stood out from other drivers, because he was overweight, wore thick…

1951

Shannon C. Stimson

American philosopher, historian, and theorist

Shannon C. Stimson is an American political theorist and historian of ideas, whose more recent work and teaching spans the economic and political thought of the early modern period through the nineteenth century. She is…

1951

Adrian Palmer

4th Baron Palmer, British aristocrat and landowner (died 2023)

Adrian Bailie Nottage Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer, was a British aristocrat and landowner in Scotland. Lord Palmer succeeded his uncle in the peerage in 1990, and was one of the original ninety hereditary peers elected to…

1951

Takis Koroneos

Greek basketball player and coach

Panagiotis "Takis" Koroneos is a retired Greek professional basketball player and a professional basketball coach. He is also a former member of the Greece men's national basketball team. During his playing career, his…

1952

Jan Marijnissen

Dutch journalist and politician

Johannes Guillaume Christianus Andreas "Jan" Marijnissen is a retired Dutch politician of the Socialist Party (SP).

1952

Edward Zwick

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Edward M. Zwick is an American filmmaker. He has worked primarily in the comedy drama and epic historical film genres and received an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for his work producing Shakespeare in Love (1998).

1952

Robert Saxton

English composer and educator

Robert Saxton is a British composer.

1953

Michael Dudikoff

American actor

Michael Joseph Stephen Dudikoff Jr., is an American actor, model and martial artist. He was born in the Los Angeles suburb of Redondo Beach, California and held various jobs to pay for his education, during this time he…

1954

Huub Rothengatter

Dutch race car driver and manager

Hubertus "Huub" Rothengatter is a former racing driver from the Netherlands. He participated in 30 Formula One (F1) Grands Prix, debuting on 17 June 1984. He scored no championship points. He drove for Spirit, Osella…

1954

Bill Elliott

American race car driver

William Clyde Elliott Sr., also known as "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville", "Million Dollar Bill", or "Wild Bill" is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the Superstar Racing…

1955

Alain Ferté

French race car driver

Alain Serge Léon Ferté is a French professional racing driver. He is the elder brother of Michel Ferté, who was also a professional racing driver.

1955

Darrell Hammond

American comedian and actor

Darrell Clayton Hammond is an American actor, comedian, impressionist, and announcer. He was a regular cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2009, and has been its announcer since…

1955

Paul Lennon

Australian politician, 42nd Premier of Tasmania

Paul Anthony Lennon is an Australian Labor Party politician. He was Premier of Tasmania from 21 March 2004 until his resignation on 26 May 2008. He was member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the seat of Franklin…

1955

Lonnie Pitchford

American singer and guitarist (died 1998)

Lonnie Pitchford was an American blues musician and instrument maker from Lexington, Mississippi, United States. He was one of only a handful of young African American musicians from Mississippi who had learned and was…

1955

Jeff Lahti

American baseball player

Jeffrey Allen Lahti is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is an alumnus of Portland State University.

1956

Janice E. Voss

American engineer and astronaut (died 2012)

Janice Elaine Voss was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. Voss received her B.S. in engineering science from Purdue University, her M.S. in electrical engineering from MIT, and her PhD in aeronautics and…

1956

Stephanie Zimbalist

American actress

Stephanie Zimbalist is an American actress best known for her role as Laura Holt in the NBC detective series Remington Steele.

1956

Antonio Cabrini

Italian footballer and manager

Antonio Cabrini is an Italian professional football manager and a former player. He played as a left-back, mainly with Juventus. He won the 1982 FIFA World Cup with the Italy national team. Cabrini was nicknamed…

1957

Steve Coll

American journalist and author

Steve Coll is an American journalist, historian, academic, and executive.

1958

Bret Lott

American journalist, author, and academic

Bret Lott is the New York Times author and professor of English at the College of Charleston. He is Crazyhorse magazine's nonfiction editor and leads a study abroad program every summer to Spoleto, Italy.

1958

Ruffin McNeill

American football player and coach

Ruffin Horne McNeill Jr. is an American football coach and former player who currently serves as the special assistant to the head coach at NC State University. He previously served as the assistant head coach and…

1958

Ursula von der Leyen

Belgian-German physician and politician, Defense Minister of Germany, President of the European Commission

Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen is a German politician and physician who has served as President of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding positions…

1958

Gavin Friday

Irish singer-songwriter, actor, and producer

Gavin Friday is an Irish singer and songwriter, composer, actor and painter, best known as a founding member of the post-punk group The Virgin Prunes.

1959

Erik Gundersen

Danish motorcycle racer

Erik Gundersen is a former motorcycle speedway rider. Gundersen is one of the most successful speedway riders of all time, having won the Speedway World Champion on three occasions, the Long Track World Championship…

1959

Peter Horrocks

English journalist and producer

Peter John Gibson Horrocks CBE is a broadcast executive and a former Vice-Chancellor of The Open University. He was educated at the independent King's College School in Wimbledon and at Christ's College, Cambridge. He…

1959

Mike Morgan

American baseball player and coach

Michael Thomas Morgan is an American former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for 12 different teams over 25 years, and is one of 31 players in baseball history to appear in Major League baseball…

1959

Carlos I. Noriega

Peruvian-American colonel and astronaut

Carlos Ismael Noriega Jiménez is a Peruvian-American NASA employee, a former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. Carlos became the first Peruvian-born astronaut who went to space. Carlos…

1959

Andrea Anastasi

Italian volleyball player and coach

Andrea Anastasi is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player. He was a member of the Italy national team from 1981 to 1991, and during his career won the 1990 World Champion title.

1960

Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir

Icelandic politician

Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir is an Icelandic politician and former member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, she represented the Reykjavík constituency from April 1995 to May 2003 and the Reykjavík…

1960

Reed Hastings

American businessman, co-founded Netflix

Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr. is an American billionaire businessman. He is the co-founder of Netflix, which provides the eponymous streaming service. Hastings serves on a number of boards and works with various non-profit…

1960

Rano Karno

Indonesian actor and politician

Rano Karno is an Indonesian actor and politician who has served as the vice governor of Jakarta since 20 February 2025. Previously, he served as governor of Banten from 2014 to 2017 and its vice governor from 2012 to…

1960

Ralf Minge

German footballer and manager

Ralf Minge is a German footballer former coach and player who works as sporting director of Dynamo Dresden.

1960

François Pérusse

Canadian singer-songwriter and comedian

François Pérusse is a Québécois comedian and musician famous for his radio sketches featuring puns and absurd humour. His best-known sketches are from the series Les 2 minutes du peuple.

1960

Mike Teague

English rugby player

Michael Clive Teague is an English rugby union player who played for the British Lions on two tours.

1960

Jon Stevens

New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter

Jon Stevens is a New Zealand singer, best known as the lead singer of the band Noiseworks in 1986–1992, the portrayal of Judas in a 1992 Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar, and as the lead singer for the…

1961

Simon Burke

Australian actor and producer

Simon Gareth Burke is an Australian actor, active in films, television and theatre.

1961

Kim Wayans

American actress and comedian

Kimberly Nichole Wayans is an American actress, comedian and director. Having made her television debut as Allison in the first season of The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World (1987–1988), she became known for her…

1961

Bruno Thiry

Belgian race car driver

Bruno Thiry is a Belgian rally driver. He was born in St. Vith, Liège Province.

1962

Chen Xiaoxia

Chinese diver

Chen Xiaoxia is a former Chinese diver and the first Chinese world champion in diving. She was dubbed "Diving Queen" by the US Swimming World Magazine.

1962

Jakob Arjouni

German author (died 2013)

Jakob Bothe, better known by his pen name Jakob Arjouni, was a German author. He received the 1992 German Crime Fiction Prize for One Man, One Murder.

1964

CeCe Winans

American singer-songwriter

Priscilla Marie Love, known professionally by her stage name as CeCe Winans, is an American gospel singer who has received 18 Grammy Awards, the most for any female gospel singer; 36 GMA Dove Awards, 28 Stellar Awards,…

1964

Matt Biondi

American swimmer and coach

Matthew Nicholas Biondi is an American former competitive swimmer and water polo player. As a swimmer, he is an eleven-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in five events. Biondi competed in the Summer…

1965

Ardal O'Hanlon

Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter

Ardal O'Hanlon is an Irish comedian, actor, and author. He played Father Dougal McGuire in Father Ted (1995–1998), George Sunday/Thermoman in My Hero (2000–2005), and DI Jack Mooney in Death in Paradise (2017–2020). He…

1965

Harri Koskela

Finnish wrestler

Harri Matias Koskela is a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling.

1965

C. J. Ramone

American singer-songwriter and bass player

Christopher Joseph Ward, better known as C. J. Ramone, is an American musician. He is best known for performing from 1989 to 1996 as the bassist, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of the punk rock group the…

1965

Art Barr

American wrestler (died 1994)

Arthur Leon Barr was an American professional wrestler. While he wrestled briefly for World Championship Wrestling, he found his greatest success in Mexico's Asistencia Asesoría y Administración promotion.

1966

Karyn Parsons

American actress and producer

Karyn Parsons Rockwell is an American actress, author and comedian. She is best known for her role as Hilary Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air from 1990 to 1996. Parsons also starred in the 1995 film…

1966

Teddy Riley

American singer-songwriter and producer

Edward Theodore Riley is an American record producer and songwriter credited with the creation of new jack swing, a hip-hop and R&B fusion genre. Musical artists who utilized Riley's production and songwriting — namely…

1967

Zvonimir Boban

Croatian footballer and sportscaster

Zvonimir Boban is a Croatian former professional footballer who serves as president of GNK Dinamo Zagreb. A midfielder, Boban played most of his career for Italian club AC Milan with whom he won four Serie A titles and…

1968

Emily Procter

American actress

Emily Procter is an American actress and activist. She played Ainsley Hayes in the NBC political drama The West Wing and Det. Calleigh Duquesne in the CBS police procedural drama CSI: Miami (2002–2012).

1968

Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui

Congolese colonel

Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui is a colonel in the Congolese army and a former senior commander of the National Integrationist Front (FNI) and the Patriotic Resistance Force in Ituri (FRPI).

1970

Matt Damon

American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Matthew Paige Damon is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was ranked among Forbes's most bankable stars in 2007, and in 2010 was one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has received…

1970

Anne-Marie Duff

English actress

Anne-Marie Duff is an English actress and narrator. She is best known for her BAFTA nominated television roles in Shameless and The Virgin Queen, and her performance as Grace Williams in Bad Sisters, for which she won…

1970

Sadiq Khan

English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Transport, Mayor of London

Sir Sadiq Aman Khan is a British politician serving as the third and current mayor of London since 2016. He was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting from 2005 until 2016. A member of the Labour Party,…

1970

Tetsuya Nomura

Japanese video game designer and director

Tetsuya Nomura is a Japanese video game artist, designer, producer, and director working for Square Enix. He was hired by Square initially as a monster designer for Final Fantasy V (1992), before being shifted towards…

1970

Marc Ellis

New Zealand rugby player and television host

Marc Christopher Gwynne Ellis is a New Zealand businessman, television presenter, and former rugby union and rugby league player who played in the 1990s and 2000s.

1971

David Gauke

English lawyer and politician

David Michael Gauke is a British political commentator, solicitor, and former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Hertfordshire from 2005 to 2019. He served in the Cabinet under Theresa May,…

1971

Pınar Selek

Turkish sociologist, author, and academic

Pınar Selek is a Turkish sociologist, feminist, and author. She is known for her work on the rights of vulnerable communities in Turkey, including women, the poor, street children, sexual minorities, and Kurdish…

1971

Monty Williams

American basketball player and coach

Tavares Montgomery Williams is an American professional basketball coach, executive, and former player of the National Basketball Association (NBA) who is the head coach of the TMI Episcopal’s boys basketball team in…

1971

Terry Balsamo

American guitarist and songwriter

Terry Philip Balsamo II is an American musician who is best known as a former guitarist of the rock bands Cold and Evanescence.

1972

Stanislav Varga

Slovak footballer and manager

Stanislav Varga is a Slovak professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš.

1972

Jim Fairchild

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Kirby James Fairchild is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is best known as a guitarist of the indie rock bands Grandaddy and Modest Mouse. Fairchild has released solo material under the pseudonym All…

1973

Kari Korhonen

Finnish cartoonist

Kari Korhonen is a Finnish cartoonist known for his stories about Donald Duck.

1973

Kevyn Adams

American ice hockey player and coach

Kevyn William Adams is an American former professional ice hockey center and executive. During his career, Adams played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Columbus Blue Jackets, Florida Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes, Phoenix…

1974

Fredrik Modin

Swedish ice hockey player

Jan Fredrik Modin is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. A left winger, he played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is best remembered for his most productive years with the Tampa Bay…

1974

Koji Murofushi

Japanese hammer thrower

Alexander Koji Murofushi is a Japanese former hammer thrower and sports scientist. He has been among the world elite since the 2001 World Championships, where he won the silver medal. He was the 2004 Olympic champion.…

1974

Karina Bacchi

Brazilian model and actress

Karina Bacchi is a Brazilian actress, model and television presenter, best known for being the winner of the first season of the Brazilian version of Dancing with the Stars and the winner of the second season of the…

1976

Jinnih Beels

Belgian politician

Jinnih Beels is a Belgian politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives. A member of Vooruit, she has represented Antwerp since June 2024.

1976

Renate Groenewold

Dutch speed skater and cyclist

Renate Titzia Groenewold is a Dutch former long track speed skater and road bicycle racer.

1976

Anne-Caroline Chausson

French cyclist

Anne-Caroline Chausson is a French professional cyclist who competes in bicycle enduro, bicycle motocross (BMX), downhill time trial and cross-country mass start, dual, and four-cross mountain bicycle racing. She is…

1977

Jamie Marchi

American voice actress, director, and screenwriter

Jamie Marchi is an American voice actress, ADR director and script writer. She has provided a number of voices for English-language versions of anime and video games. She is known for her role as Masane Amaha in…

1977

Paul Burchill

English wrestler

Paul Birchall, better known by his ring name Paul Burchill, is an English professional wrestler, making appearances for the National Wrestling Alliance under the ring name Burchill. He is best known for his time with…

1979

Kristanna Loken

American actress

Kristanna Sommer Loken is an American actress and model. After her modelling career, in which she participated in the 1994 Elite Model Look, Loken started her acting career in 1994 as the third actress to play Danielle…

1979

Nick Cannon

American actor, rapper, and producer

Nicholas Scott Cannon is an American comedian, actor, and rapper. He began his career on Nickelodeon's All That before going on to host Wild 'n Out, America's Got Talent, Lip Sync Battle Shorties, and The Masked Singer.

1980

The Miz

American wrestler, actor, and television personality

Michael Gregory Mizanin is an American professional wrestler, actor, and television personality. As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE since 2004, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name The Miz.

1980

J. R. Ramirez

Cuban-American actor

J. R. Ramirez is a Cuban-American actor. He is best known for his series regular role of Detective Jared Vasquez on the NBC/Netflix series Manifest. Prior, he was a series regular as Julio on the Starz series Power and…

1980

Raffi Torres

Canadian ice hockey player

Raphael Torres is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He was drafted by the New York Islanders fifth overall in the 2000 NHL entry draft. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York…

1981

Miloš Pavlović

Serbian race car driver

Miloš Pavlović is a Serbian professional racing driver.

1982

Annemiek van Vleuten

Dutch cyclist

Annemiek van Vleuten is a retired Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.

1982

Travis Pastrana

American motorcycle racer

Travis Alan Pastrana is an American professional athlete known for his success across multiple disciplines, including freestyle motocross, rally racing, NASCAR, and stunt performance. He rose to prominence in the early…

1983

Domenik Hixon

American football player

Domenik Hixon is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Denver Broncos in the fourth round of the 2006…

1984

Bruno Mars

American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Peter Gene Hernandez, known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and dancer. Regarded as a pop icon, he is known for his three-octave tenor vocal range, live performances,…

1985

Camilla Herrem

Norwegian handball player

Camilla Herrem is a Norwegian handball player for Sola HK and formerly the Norwegian national team.

1986

Aya Hirano

Japanese voice actress and singer

Aya Hirano is a Japanese actress and singer. Beginning in the entertainment industry as a child actor in television commercials, she appeared in her first voice acting role in the anime television series Angel Tales…

1987

Hassan Maatouk

Lebanese footballer

Hassan Ali Maatouk is a Lebanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Lebanese Premier League club Jwaya. Known for his pace and technical skills, Maatouk is the Lebanon national team's all-time top…

1987

Rachel Klamer

Zimbabwean-Dutch triathlete

Rachel Klamer is a Dutch professional triathlete and member of the National team. She placed third at the Junior World Championships in 2009.

1990

Jordan McLean

Australian rugby league player

Jordan McLean is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australia at international level.

1991

Angus T. Jones

American actor

Angus Turner Jones is an American former actor. Jones made his film debut in Simpatico (1999) at the age of six and followed with roles in the films See Spot Run (2001), The Rookie (2002) and Bringing Down the House…

1993

Garbiñe Muguruza

Spanish tennis player

Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco is a Venezuelan-born Spanish former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and world No. 10 in doubles. Muguruza…

1993

Molly Quinn

American actress and producer

Molly Caitlyn Quinn is an American actress who has worked in theatre, film, and television. Her roles include Alexis Castle, daughter of the title character on ABC's Castle.

1993

Bubba Wallace

American race car driver

William Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 23 Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing.

1993

Grayson Allen

American basketball player

Grayson James Allen is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played four years of college basketball at Duke University, where he helped Duke…

1995

G Herbo

American rapper

Herbert Randall Wright III, better known by his stage name G Herbo, is an American rapper. He signed with the Chicago-based record label Machine Entertainment Group in 2011, at the age of 16. His debut mixtape, Welcome…

1995

Sara Sorribes Tormo

Spanish tennis player

Sara Sorribes Tormo is a Spanish professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 32 achieved on 7 February 2022 and a best doubles ranking of No. 17, reached on 6 May 2024. Her most…

1996

Sara Takanashi

Japanese ski jumper

Sara Takanashi is a Japanese ski jumper. She is one of the most successful female ski jumpers to date, as well as one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four World Cup overall…

1996

Bella Thorne

American actress

Annabella Avery Thorne is an American actress, singer, and writer. She first received recognition for her roles as Margaux Darling in the series Dirty Sexy Money (2007–2008) and as Ruthy Spivey in the drama series My…

1997

Putthipong Assaratanakul

Thai actor and singer

Putthipong Assaratanakul, nicknamed Billkin, is a Thai actor and singer. He is known for his roles as Tao in My Ambulance (2019), as Teh in I Told Sunset About You (2020) and I Promised You the Moon (2021), and as M in…

1999

Camila Rossi

Brazilian rhythmic gymnast

Camila Rossi is a Brazilian rhythmic gymnast.

1999

Brian Thomas Jr.

American football player

Brian Thomas Jr. is an American professional football wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the LSU Tigers, leading the FBS in touchdown…

2002

Zheng Qinwen

Chinese tennis player

Zheng Qinwen is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 4 by the WTA, achieved in June 2025, and is only the second Chinese player to reach the top 5 in women's singles after Li Na. Zheng has…

2002

Ángela Aguilar

Mexican-American singer

Ángela Aguilar Álvarez is a Mexican and American singer. She was born in Los Angeles while her mother was accompanying her father, Pepe Aguilar, on tour. Aguilar gained notable recognition after performing "La Llorona"…

2003

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Known forNicknamed "Point Gawd", she was the eleventh pick in the 2014 WNBA draft by the Connecticut Sun

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Gray won her first title with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2016

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