Famous Birthdays on September 10

Q: Who was born on September 10?

Famous people born on September 10 include: Eutychius, Guo Wei, Eleanor, Pope Julius III (died 1555), Wolfgang Musculus.

Q: What is Bill Stevenson known for?

Bill Stevenson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer

249 people 877 – 2004

September 10 has seen 249 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 877 – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · September 10 — Wikipedia

1963 — Bill Stevenson

American drummer, songwriter, and producer

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He went on to record with Black Flag on several of their albums until 1985, including the highly influential My War

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John William Stevenson is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer

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In late December 1981, he played a few concerts with the hardcore punk band Black Flag because their drummer, Robo, was detained in England after a tour there

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After this, he focused his attention on Descendents and played with the band until lead singer Milo Aukerman left in 1987

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ALL went on to have two more singers, Scott Reynolds (1989–1993) and Chad Price (1993–present)

Eutychius

patriarch of Alexandria (died 940)

Eutychius of Alexandria was the Melkite Patriarch of Alexandria. He is known for being one of the first Christian Egyptian writers to use the Arabic language. His writings include the chronicle Nazm al-Jawhar, also…

877

Guo Wei

posthumously known as Emperor Taizu of Later Zhou

Guo Wei, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Later Zhou (後周太祖), was the founding emperor of the Chinese Later Zhou dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, reigning from 951 until his…

904

Eleanor

Princess of Asturias (died 1425)

Eleanor of Castile was heir presumptive to the throne of the Crown of Castile and Princess of Asturias from 1424 until a few months before her death.

1423

Pope Julius III (died 1555)

Pope Julius III, born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 February 1550 to his death, in March 1555.

1487

Wolfgang Musculus

German theologian (died 1563)

Wolfgang Musculus was a Reformed theologian of the Reformation.

1497

George I

Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (died 1596)

George I of Hesse-Darmstadt was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1567 to 1596.

1547

Alonso Pérez de Guzmán

7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish general (died 1615)

Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y de Zúñiga-Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, GE, was a Spanish aristocrat who was most noted for his role as commander of the Spanish Armada that was to attack Southern England in 1588. He…

1550

Hernando Arias de Saavedra

Paraguayan-Argentinian soldier and politician (died 1634)

Hernando Arias de Saavedra, commonly known as Hernandarias, was a soldier and politician of criollo ancestry. He was the first person born in the Americas to become a governor of a European colony in the New World,…

1561

Nicholas Lanier

English singer-songwriter and lute player (died 1666)

Nicholas Lanier, sometimes Laniere was an English composer and musician; the first to hold the title of Master of the King's Music from 1625 to 1666, an honour given to musicians of great distinction. He was the court…

1588

Thomas Sydenham

English physician and author (died 1689)

Thomas Sydenham was an English physician. He was the author of Observationes Medicae (1676) which became a standard textbook of medicine for two centuries so that he became known as 'The English Hippocrates'. Among his…

1624

Maria Theresa of Spain (died 1683)

Maria Theresa of Spain was Queen of France from 1660 to 1683 as the wife of King Louis XIV. She was born an Infanta of Spain and Portugal as the daughter of King Philip IV and Elisabeth of France, and was also an…

1638

Caspar Bartholin the Younger

Danish anatomist (died 1738)

Caspar Bartholin the Younger, was a Danish anatomist who first described the "Bartholin's gland" in the 17th century. The discovery of the Bartholin's gland is sometimes mistakenly credited to his grandfather.

1655

Henry Purcell

English organist and composer (died 1695)

Henry Purcell was an English composer and organist of the middle Baroque era. He was extremely prolific, having composed more than 100 songs, a tragic opera Dido and Aeneas, and wrote incidental music to a version of…

1659

Niccolò Jommelli

Italian composer (died 1774)

Niccolò Jommelli was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School. Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France, he was responsible for certain operatic reforms including reducing ornateness of…

1714

John Soane

English architect and academic, designed the Royal Academy and Freemasons' Hall (died 1837)

Sir John Soane was an English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style. The son of a bricklayer, he rose to the top of his profession, becoming professor of architecture at the Royal Academy and an official…

1753

Hannah Webster Foster

American author (died 1840)

Hannah Webster Foster was an American novelist.

1758

Nicolás Bravo

Mexican soldier and politician, 11th President of Mexico (died 1854)

Nicolás Bravo Rueda was a Mexican soldier and politician who served as interim President of Mexico three times, in 1839, 1842, and 1846. Previously, he fought in the Mexican War of Independence, and served as Mexico's…

1786

William Mason

American surgeon and politician (died 1860)

William Mason was an American physician and politician who served one term as a United States representative from New York from 1835 to 1837.

1786

John J. Crittenden

American statesman and politician (died 1863)

John Jordan Crittenden was an American statesman and politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and twice served as United States…

1787

Justina Jeffreys

Jamaican-born British gentlewoman (died 1869)

Justina Jeffreys was a Jamaican-born British gentlewoman in Wales. She resided the majority of her life at Glandyfi Castle which was built by her husband.

1787

Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes

French archaeologist and author (died 1868)

Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, sometimes referred to as Boucher de Perthes, was a French archaeologist and antiquary notable for his discovery, in about 1830, of flint tools in the gravels of the Somme valley.

1788

Harriet Arbuthnot

English diarist (died 1834)

Harriet Arbuthnot was an early 19th-century English diarist, social observer and political hostess on behalf of the Tory party. During the 1820s she was the closest woman friend of the hero of Waterloo and British Prime…

1793

Marie Laveau

American voodoo practitioner (died 1881)

Marie Catherine Laveau was a Louisiana Creole practitioner of Voodoo, an herbalist, and a midwife who was renowned in New Orleans. Her daughter, Marie Laveau II, also practiced rootwork, conjure, and Native American and…

1801

William Jervois

English captain, engineer, and politician, 10th Governor of South Australia (died 1897)

Lieutenant-General Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois was a British military engineer and diplomat. After joining the British Army in 1839, he saw service, as a second captain, in South Africa. In 1858, as a major, he…

1821

Joseph Wheeler

American general and politician (died 1906)

Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler was an American military officer. He was a cavalry general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, and then a general in the United States Army during both the Spanish-American…

1836

Isaac K. Funk

American minister and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (died 1912)

Isaac Kaufmann Funk was an American Lutheran minister, editor, lexicographer, publisher, and spelling reformer. He was the co-founder of Funk & Wagnalls Company, the father of author Wilfred J. Funk, and the grandfather…

1839

Charles Sanders Peirce

American mathematician, statistician, and philosopher (died 1914)

Charles Sanders Peirce was an American scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism". According to philosopher Paul Weiss, writing in 1934, Peirce was "the most…

1839

Abel Hoadley

English-Australian candy maker, created the Violet Crumble (died 1918)

Abel Hoadley was an English-born Australian businessman, confectioner, orchardist and manufacturer of jams and sauces, remembered today as establishing the company's that bear his name A. Hoadley and Company and the…

1844

Hans Niels Andersen

Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (died 1937)

Hans Niels Andersen was a Danish shipping magnate, businessman, diplomat and founder of the East Asiatic Company.

1852

Alice Brown Davis

American tribal chief (died 1935)

Alice Brown Davis was the first female Principal Chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and served from 1922 to 1935, appointed by President Warren G. Harding. She was of Seminole and Scots descent. Her older brother…

1852

Marianne von Werefkin

Russian-Swiss painter (died 1938)

Mariamna Vladimirovna Veryovkina, commonly known as Marianne von Werefkin, was a Russian-born painter, active in Germany and Switzerland during the late Belle Époque and interwar periods. She is particularly known for…

1860

Carl Correns

German botanist and geneticist (died 1933)

Carl Erich Correns was a German botanist and geneticist notable primarily for his independent discovery of the principles of heredity, which he achieved simultaneously but independently of the botanist Hugo de Vries,…

1864

Jeppe Aakjær

Danish author and poet (died 1930)

Jeppe Aakjær was a Danish poet and novelist, a member of the 'Jutland Movement' in Danish literature". A regionalist, much of his writings was about his native Jutland. He was known for writings that reflected his…

1866

Charles Collett

English engineer (died 1952)

Charles Benjamin Collett was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway from 1922 to 1941. He designed the GWR's 4-6-0 Castle and King Class express passenger locomotives.

1871

Ranjitsinhji

Indian cricketer (died 1933)

Colonel Kumar Sri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji II, often known as Ranji or K. S. Ranjitsinhji, was an Indian cricketer who later became ruler of his native Indian princely state of Nawanagar, from 1907 to 1933. The main…

1872

Mamie Dillard

African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (died 1954)

Mary "Mamie" J. Dillard was an American educator, clubwoman and suffragist.

1874

George Hewitt Myers

American forester and philanthropist (died 1957)

George Hewitt Myers was an American forester and philanthropist.

1875

Hugh D. McIntosh

Australian businessman (died 1942)

Hugh Donald "Huge Deal" McIntosh was an Australian theatrical entrepreneur, sporting promoter and newspaper proprietor

1876

Georgia Douglas Johnson

American poet and playwright (died 1966)

Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson, better known as Georgia Douglas Johnson, was an American poet and playwright. She was one of the earliest female African-American playwrights, and an important figure of the Harlem…

1880

Laura Cornelius Kellogg

Native American activist (died 1947)

Laura Cornelius Kellogg was an Oneida leader, author, orator, activist and visionary. Kellogg, a descendant of distinguished Oneida leaders, was a founder of the Society of American Indians. Kellogg was an advocate for…

1880

Herbert Johanson

Estonian architect (died 1964)

Herbert Voldemar Johanson was an Estonian architect.

1884

Johannes de Jong

Dutch cardinal (died 1955)

Johannes de Jong was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Utrecht from 1936 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.

1885

Carl Clinton Van Doren

American critic and biographer (died 1950)

Carl Clinton Van Doren was an American critic and biographer. He was the brother of critic and teacher Mark Van Doren and the uncle of Charles Van Doren.

1885

H.D.

American poet, novelist, and memoirist (died 1961)

Hilda Doolittle was an American modernist poet, novelist, and memoirist who wrote under the name H.D. throughout her life. Her career began in 1911 after she moved to London and co-founded the avant-garde Imagist group…

1886

Giovanni Gronchi

Italian soldier and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (died 1978)

Giovanni Gronchi was an Italian politician from Christian Democracy who served as the president of Italy from 1955 to 1962 and was marked by a controversial and failed attempt to bring about an "opening to the left" in…

1887

Kenneth Mason

English soldier and geographer (died 1976)

Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Mason MC was a British soldier and explorer notable as the first statutory professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. His work surveying the Himalayas was rewarded in 1927 with a…

1887

Govind Ballabh Pant

Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (died 1961)

Govind Ballabh Pant was an Indian independence activist and politician who was the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Alongside Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel, Pant was a key figure in the…

1887

Israel Abramofsky

Russian-American painter (died 1976)

Israel Abramofsky, was a Russian-born artist, who trained in Paris and settled in the United States, known for his landscape works, and works depicting Jewish life in Eastern Europe.

1888

Ivar Böhling

Finnish wrestler (died 1929)

Ivar Theodor Böhling was a Finnish wrestler who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

1889

Bob Heffron

New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (died 1978)

Robert James Heffron, also known as Bob Heffron or R. J. Heffron, was a long-serving New South Wales politician, union organiser and Australian Labor Party (ALP) Premier of New South Wales from 1959 to 1964. Born in New…

1890

Elsa Schiaparelli

Italian-French fashion designer (died 1973)

Elsa Schiaparelli was an Italian fashion designer from an aristocratic background. She created Maison Schiaparelli in Paris in 1927, which she managed from the 1930s to the 1950s. Starting with knitwear, Schiaparelli's…

1890

Franz Werfel

Austrian-Bohemian author, poet, and playwright (died 1945)

Franz Viktor Werfel was a Czech novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II. He is primarily known as the author of The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, a novel based…

1890

Mortimer Wheeler

British archaeologist and officer (died 1976)

Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler CH CIE MC TD was a British archaeologist and officer in the British Army. Over the course of his career, he served as Director of both the National Museum of Wales and London Museum,…

1890

Arthur Compton

American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)

Arthur Holly Compton was an American physicist who shared the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics with C. T. R. Wilson for his discovery of the Compton effect, which demonstrated the particle nature of electromagnetic…

1892

Alexander Dovzhenko

Soviet screenwriter/producer/director of Ukrainian origin (died 1956)

Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko, also Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko, was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Ukrainian origin. He is often cited as one of the most important early Soviet filmmakers, alongside…

1894

Viswanatha Satyanarayana

Indian poet and author (died 1976)

Viswanatha Satyanarayana was a 20th-century Telugu writer. His works included poetry, novels, dramatic play, short stories and speeches, covering a wide range of subjects such as analysis of history, philosophy,…

1895

Adele Astaire

American actress and dancer (died 1981)

Adele Astaire Douglass was an American dancer, stage actress, and singer. After beginning work as a dancer and vaudeville performer at the age of nine, Astaire built a successful performance career with her younger…

1896

Robert Taschereau

Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (died 1970)

Robert Taschereau was a lawyer who served as the 11th Chief Justice of Canada from 1963 to 1967, as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1940 to 1963, and briefly as the Administrator of the Government…

1896

Ye Ting

Chinese general (died 1946)

Ye Ting was a Chinese military officer and figure who played a key role in the Northern Expedition to reunify China after the 1911 Revolution. After serving with the Kuomintang, Ye later joined the Chinese Communist…

1896

Georges Bataille

French philosopher, novelist, and poet (died 1962)

Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille was a French intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, and poetry, explored such…

1897

Hilde Hildebrand

German actress and singer (died 1976)

Emma Minna Hilde Hildebrand was a German actress born in Hanover, Germany on 10 September 1897. She died at the age of 78 in Grunewald, Berlin, on 27 May 1976.

1897

Bessie Love

American actress (died 1986)

Bessie Love was an American-British actress who achieved prominence playing innocent, young girls and wholesome leading ladies in silent and early sound films. Her acting career spanned nearly seven decades—from silent…

1898

Waldo Semon

American chemist and engineer (died 1999)

Waldo Lonsbury Semon was an American inventor born in Demopolis, Alabama. He is credited with inventing methods for making polyvinyl chloride useful.

1898

Cyril Connolly

English author and critic (died 1974)

Cyril Vernon Connolly CBE was an English literary critic and writer. He was the editor of the influential literary magazine Horizon (1940–49) and wrote Enemies of Promise (1938), which combined literary criticism with…

1903

Honey Craven

American horse rider and manager (died 2003)

Clarence Leo "Honey" Craven, was an American equestrian, ringmaster and manager of the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, the Devon Horse Show in Pennsylvania, and ringmaster at nearly every…

1904

Max Shachtman

American theorist and politician (died 1972)

Max Shachtman was an American Marxist theorist. He went from being an associate of Leon Trotsky to a social democrat and mentor of senior assistants to AFL–CIO President George Meany. The Marxist tendency associated…

1904

Karl Wien

German geographer, academic, and mountaineer (died 1937)

Karl ("Carlo") Wien was a German mountaineer.

1906

Alva R. Fitch

American general (died 1989)

Alva Revista Fitch was a lieutenant general in the United States Army and was deputy director of Defense Intelligence Agency from 1964 to 1966. He commanded an artillery battalion during the Battle of Bataan and was a…

1907

Dorothy Hill

Australian geologist and palaeontologist (died 1997)

Dorothy Hill, was an Australian geologist and palaeontologist, the first female professor at an Australian university, and the first female president of the Australian Academy of Science.

1907

Angus Bethune

Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (died 2004)

Sir Walter Angus Bethune was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He was Premier of Tasmania from 26 May 1969 to 3 May 1972.

1908

Raymond Scott

American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1994)

Raymond Scott was an American composer, band leader, pianist and record producer. Known best in his time as a composer of production music, Scott is today regarded as an early pioneer of electronica.

1908

Waldo Rudolph Wedel

American archaeologist and author (died 1996)

Waldo Rudolph Wedel was an American archaeologist and a central figure in the study of the prehistory of the Great Plains. He was born in Newton, Kansas to a family of Mennonites.

1908

Basappa Danappa Jatti

Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Vice President of India (died 2002)

Basappa Danappa Jatti was the vice president of India, serving from 1974 to 1979. He was the acting president of India from 11 February to 25 July 1977. He also served as the chief minister of Karnataka. Jatti rose from…

1912

Lincoln Gordon

American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Brazil (died 2009)

Abraham Lincoln Gordon was the 9th President of the Johns Hopkins University (1967–1971) and a United States Ambassador to Brazil (1961–1966). Gordon had a career both in government and in academia, becoming a Professor…

1913

Terence O'Neill

Baron O'Neill of the Maine, Anglo-Irish captain and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (died 1990)

Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC (NI), was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader (1963–1969) of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). A moderate unionist who sought to reconcile…

1914

Robert Wise

American director and producer (died 2005)

Robert Earl Wise was an American filmmaker. He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his musical films West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965). He was also nominated for Best Film…

1914

Edmond O'Brien

American actor (died 1985)

Eamon Joseph O'Brien, known professionally as Edmond O'Brien, was an American actor of stage, screen, and television, and film director. His career spanned almost 40 years, and he won one Academy Award, two Golden Globe…

1915

Miguel Serrano

Chilean poet and diplomat (died 2009)

Miguel Joaquín Diego del Carmen Serrano Fernández was a Chilean diplomat, writer, occultist, and fascist activist. A Nazi sympathiser in the late 1930s and early 1940s, he later became a prominent figure in the neo-Nazi…

1917

Lex van Delden

Dutch composer (died 1988)

Lex van Delden, born Alexander Zwaap was a Dutch composer and the father of actor Lex van Delden.

1919

Fabio Taglioni

Italian engineer (died 2001)

Fabio Taglioni was an Italian engineer. He is known for creating the Ducati 125 Desmo engine.

1920

Joann Lõssov

Estonian basketball player and coach (died 2000)

Joann Lõssov, also known as Ioann Fyodorovich Lysov, was an Estonian basketball player. Lõssov trained at VSS Kalev, in Tallinn. He was named MVP of the 1947 EuroBasket. Member of the Soviet Union basketball team in…

1921

John W. Morris

American general (died 2013)

John Woodland Morris was an American lieutenant general who became Chief of Engineers.

1921

Glen P. Robinson

American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta (died 2013)

Glen Parmelee Robinson, Jr., called the "father of high-tech industry in Georgia", was an American businessman and founder of Scientific Atlanta, formerly a subsidiary of Cisco Systems. Robinson was the first employee…

1923

Ted Kluszewski

American baseball player and coach (died 1988)

Theodore Bernard Kluszewski, nicknamed "Big Klu", was an American professional baseball player, best known as a power-hitting first baseman for the Cincinnati Reds teams of the 1950s. He played from 1947 through 1961…

1924

Boyd K. Packer

American educator and religious leader, 26th President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (died 2015)

Boyd Kenneth Packer was an American religious leader and educator who served as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2008 until his death. He also served…

1924

Roy Brown

American singer-songwriter (died 1981)

Roy James Brown was an American blues singer who had a significant influence on the early development of rock and roll and the direction of R&B. His original song and hit recording "Good Rockin' Tonight" has been…

1925

Dick Lucas

English minister and cleric

Richard Charles Lucas is an Anglican cleric, best known for his long ministry at St Helen's Bishopsgate, a conservative evangelical church in London, England, and for his work as founder of the Proclamation Trust and…

1925

Boris Tchaikovsky

Russian pianist and composer (died 1996)

Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky, PAU, was a Soviet and Russian composer, born in Moscow, whose oeuvre includes orchestral works, chamber music, and film music. He is considered as part of the second generation of…

1925

Beryl Cook

English painter and illustrator (died 2008)

Beryl Cook, OBE was a British painter best known for her original and instantly recognisable paintings. Often comical, her works pictured people whom she encountered in everyday life, including people enjoying…

1926

Johnny Keating

Scottish trombonist, composer, and producer (died 2015)

John Keating was a Scottish musician, songwriter, arranger and trombonist.

1927

Roch Bolduc

Canadian civil servant and politician

Roch Bolduc is a former Canadian civil servant and Senator from the province of Quebec.

1928

Walter Ralston Martin

American minister and author, founded the Christian Research Institute (died 1989)

Walter Ralston Martin was an American Baptist Christian minister and author who founded the Christian Research Institute in 1960 as a parachurch ministry specializing as a clearing-house of information in both general…

1928

Jean Vanier

Canadian philosopher and humanitarian, founded L'Arche (died 2019)

Jean Vanier was a Canadian Catholic philosopher and theologian. In 1964, he founded L'Arche, an international federation of communities spread over 37 countries for people with developmental disabilities and those who…

1928

Michel Bélanger

Canadian businessman and banker (died 1997)

Michel Bélanger, was a Canadian businessman and banker.

1929

John Golding

English historian, scholar, and curator (died 2012)

Harold John Golding was a British artist, art scholar, and curator. Born in East Sussex, Golding spent most of his childhood in Mexico, where both his parents were settled. There, he met several artistic and cultural…

1929

Arnold Palmer

American golfer and businessman (died 2016)[citation needed]

Arnold Daniel Palmer was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Since embarking on a professional career in 1955, he won…

1929

Aino Kukk

Estonian chess player and engineer (died 2006)

Aino Kukk was an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship in 1955.

1930

Isabel Colegate

English author and agent (died 2023)

Isabel Diana Colegate was a British author and literary agent.

1931

Philip Baker Hall

American actor (died 2022)

Philip Baker Hall was an American character actor. He is known for his collaborations with Paul Thomas Anderson, including Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), and Magnolia (1999). He also starred in leading roles…

1931

Bo Goldman

American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (died 2023)

Bo Goldman was an American screenwriter and playwright. He received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Writers Guild of America Awards, as well as the Lifetime Achievement…

1932

Yevgeny Khrunov

Russian colonel and cosmonaut (died 2000)

Yevgeny Vasilyevich Khrunov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 5/Soyuz 4 mission.

1933

Karl Lagerfeld

German-French fashion designer and photographer (died 2019)[citation needed]

Karl Otto Lagerfeld, also called Kaiser Karl, was a German fashion designer, photographer, and creative director.

1933

Charles Kuralt

American journalist (died 1997)[citation needed]

Charles Bishop Kuralt was an American television, newspaper and radio journalist and author. He is most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on The CBS Evening News with Walter…

1934

Roger Maris

American baseball player and coach (died 1985)[citation needed]

Roger Eugene Maris was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He is best known for setting a new MLB single-season home run record with 61 home runs in 1961.

1934

Jim Oberstar

American educator and politician (died 2014)

James Louis Oberstar was an American politician and congressman who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2011. Hailing from Minnesota and a member of the state's local…

1934

Larry Sitsky

Australian pianist, composer, and educator

Lazar "Larry" Sitsky is an Australian composer, pianist, and music educator and scholar.

1934

Mr. Wrestling II

American wrestler (died 2020)

John Francis Walker, better known by the ring name Mr. Wrestling II, was an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Championship Wrestling from Florida and Georgia Championship…

1934

Mary Oliver

American poet (died 2019)

Mary Jane Oliver was an American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and the National Book Award in 1992. She found inspiration for her work in nature and had a lifelong habit of solitary walks in the wild. Her…

1935

Peter Lovesey

British writer (died 2025)

Peter Harmer Lovesey, also known by his pen name Peter Lear, was a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era…

1936

Jared Diamond

American biologist, geographer, and author

Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist, historian, and author. He has written hundreds of scientific and popular articles and books, most notably Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997), which received multiple awards,…

1937

Tommy Overstreet

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015)

Thomas Cary Overstreet was an American country music singer. Often referred to as "T.O." by fans and radio disc jockeys, Overstreet had five top-five hit singles in the Billboard country charts and 11 top-10 singles.…

1937

David Hamilton

English radio and television host

David Hamilton is an English radio and television presenter.

1938

Roy Ayers

American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, vibraphonist, and producer (died 2025)

Roy Edward Ayers Jr. was an American vibraphonist, record producer, and composer. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several studio albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor…

1940

Buck Buchanan

American football player (died 1992)[citation needed]

Junious "Buck" Buchanan was an American professional football defensive tackle who played for the Kansas City Chiefs in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). Buchanan was inducted into…

1940

Bob Chance

American baseball player (died 2013)

Robert Chance was an American first baseman and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators and California Angels in part of six seasons spanning 1963 through 1969.…

1940

Stephen Jay Gould

American paleontologist, biologist, and author (died 2002)

Stephen Jay Gould was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, historian of science, and one of the most influential and widely read authors of popular science of his generation. Gould spent most of his…

1941

Christopher Hogwood

English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (died 2014)

Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood was an English conductor, harpsichordist, and musicologist. Founder of the early music ensemble the Academy of Ancient Music, he was an authority on historically informed performance and…

1941

Gunpei Yokoi

Japanese video game designer, invented Game Boy (died 1997)

Gunpei Yokoi , sometimes transliterated as Gumpei Yokoi, was a Japanese toy maker and video game designer. As a long-time Nintendo employee, he was best known as the original designer of several notable Nintendo…

1941

Danny Hutton

Irish-American singer

Daniel Anthony Hutton is an Irish-American singer, best known as one of the three lead vocalists in the band Three Dog Night. Hutton was a songwriter and singer for Hanna-Barbera Records from 1965 to 1966. Hutton had a…

1942

Thomas Allen

English actor, singer, and academic

Sir Thomas Boaz Allen is an English operatic baritone. He is widely admired in the opera world for his voice, the versatility of his repertoire, and his acting—leading many to regard him as one of the best lyric…

1944

José Feliciano

Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and guitarist

José Montserrate Feliciano García is a Puerto Rican musician. He recorded many international hits, including his rendition of the Doors' "Light My Fire" and his self-penned Christmas song "Feliz Navidad". Music genres…

1945

Gerard Henderson

Australian journalist and author

Gerard Henderson is an Australian author, columnist and political commentator noted for his right-wing Catholic and conservative views. He founded and is the executive director of The Sydney Institute, a privately…

1945

Mike Mullane

American colonel and astronaut

Richard Michael Mullane is an engineer and weapon systems officer, a retired USAF officer, and a former NASA astronaut. During his career, he flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-D, STS-27, and STS-36.

1945

Michèle Alliot-Marie

French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs

Michèle Yvette Marie-Thérèse Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie, known in France as MAM, is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the Republicans, part of the European…

1946

Jim Hines

American sprinter and football player (died 2023)

James Ray Hines was an American track and field athlete and National Football League (NFL) player, who held the 100-meter world record for 15 years. In 1968, he became the first man to officially break the 10-second…

1946

Don Powell

English rock drummer

Donald George Powell is an English musician who was the drummer for glam rock and later hard rock group Slade for over fifty years, from 1966 until he was dismissed by Dave Hill in 2020.

1946

Patrick Norman

Canadian singer-songwriter

Yvon Éthier better known as Patrick Norman is a Canadian country musician. He sings both in French and English and has had hits in Quebec and in the rest of Canada.

1946

Larry Nelson

American golfer

Larry Gene Nelson is an American professional golfer. He has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.

1947

David Pountney

English director and manager

Sir David Willoughby Pountney is a British-Polish theatre and opera director and librettist internationally known for his productions of rarely performed operas and new productions of classic works. He has directed over…

1947

Zhang Chengzhi

Chinese historian and author

Zhang Chengzhi is a contemporary Hui Chinese author. Often named as the most influential Muslim writer in China, his historical narrative History of the Soul, about the rise of the Jahriyya (哲合忍耶) Sufi order, was the…

1948

Brian Donohoe

Scottish politician

Sir Brian Harold Donohoe is a former British Labour Party politician and former trade union official, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Ayrshire from 2005 until losing his seat in 2015. Prior to…

1948

Judy Geeson

English actress

Judith Amanda Geeson is an English film, stage, and television actress. She began her career primarily working on British television series, with a leading role on The Newcomers from 1965 to 1967, before making her…

1948

Bob Lanier

American basketball player and coach (died 2022)

Robert Jerry Lanier Jr. was an American professional basketball player. He played center for the Detroit Pistons and the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Lanier was inducted into the…

1948

Margaret Trudeau

Canadian actress and talk show host, 12th Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada

Margaret Joan Trudeau is a Canadian activist and the mother of Justin Trudeau, the 23rd prime minister of Canada. She married Pierre Trudeau, the 15th prime minister of Canada, in 1971, three years after he became prime…

1948

Charlie Waters

American football player, coach, and radio host

Charlie Tutan Waters is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 12-year career as a safety for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the…

1948

Barriemore Barlow

English rock drummer and songwriter

Barrie "Barriemore" Barlow is an English musician, best known as the drummer and percussionist for the rock band Jethro Tull, from May 1971 to June 1980.

1949

Babette Cole

English author and illustrator (died 2017)

Babette Cole was an English children's writer and illustrator.

1949

Don Muraco

American wrestler

Don Muraco is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation from 1981 to 1988, where he held the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship on two…

1949

Bill O'Reilly

American journalist and author

William James O'Reilly Jr. is an American conservative commentator, journalist, author, and television host.

1949

Rosie Flores

American singer and guitarist

Rosie Flores is an American rockabilly, blues and country musician who has been writing and performing since the 1970s. She currently resides in Austin, Texas, where August 31 was declared Rosie Flores Day by the Austin…

1950

Tom Lund

Norwegian football player

Tom Lund is a former Norwegian football coach and striker. He played his entire career at Norwegian club Lillestrøm, taking them from the third division to the first and winning the Double. He never played…

1950

Joe Perry

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Joseph Anthony Pereira, professionally known as Joe Perry, is an American musician best known as a founding member, guitarist, and backing and occasional lead vocalist of the rock band Aerosmith, who has appeared on…

1950

Sarah Coakley

English philosopher, theologian, and academic

Sarah Anne Coakley is an English Anglican priest, systematic theologian, and philosopher of religion with interdisciplinary interests. She became an honorary professor at the Logos Institute, the University of St…

1951

Steve Keirn

American wrestler

Stephen Paul Keirn is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in multiple National Wrestling Alliance territories as Steve Keirn as one-half of the tag team The Fabulous Ones, as…

1951

Bill Rogers

American golfer

William Charles Rogers is an American professional golfer who is best known as the winner of the 1981 Open Championship.

1951

Medea Benjamin

American activist, founder of Code Pink

Medea Benjamin is an American political activist who, along with Jodie Evans and others, co-founded Code Pink. She also co-founded, along with her then husband Kevin Danaher, the fair trade advocacy group Global…

1952

Vic Toews

Paraguayan-Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th Canadian Minister of Justice

Victor Toews is a Canadian politician and jurist. Toews is a justice of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba. He represented Provencher in the House of Commons of Canada from 2000 until his resignation on July 9, 2013,…

1952

Pat Cadigan

American science fiction author

Patricia Oren Kearney Cadigan is a British-American science fiction author, whose work is most often identified with the cyberpunk movement. Her novels and short stories often explore the relationship between the human…

1953

Amy Irving

American actress

Amy Irving is an American actress and singer, who has worked in film, stage, and television. Her accolades include an Obie Award, and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award.

1953

John Thurso

Scottish businessman and politician

John Archibald Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso, known also as John Thurso, is a Scottish businessman, Liberal Democrat politician and hereditary peer who is notable for having served in the House of Lords both before and…

1953

Jackie Ashley

English journalist

Jacqueline Ashley is an English journalist and broadcaster.

1954

Lorely Burt

English politician

Lorely Jane Burt, Baroness Burt of Solihull, is a British politician, who was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Solihull from 2005 to 2015. She received a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours. She is…

1954

Clark Johnson

American-Canadian actor

Clark Johnson is an American-Canadian actor and director, who has worked in both television and film. He is best known for his roles as David Jefferson on Night Heat (1985–88), Clark Roberts on E.N.G. (1989–94),…

1954

Don Wilson

American kickboxer and actor

Donald Glen Wilson, nicknamed "the Dragon", is an American former professional kickboxer, boxer, actor, and martial artist. An 11-time world champion who scored 47 knockouts in four decades, he has been called by the…

1954

Pat Mastelotto

American rock drummer

Lee Patrick Mastelotto is an American rock drummer and record producer. He has been a member of King Crimson, Stick Men, Mr. Mister and O.R.k., as well as working as a session drummer with XTC, The Pointer Sisters and…

1955

Johnnie Fingers

Irish keyboard player and songwriter

John Peter Moylett, known professionally as Johnnie Fingers, is an Irish keyboardist and co-founding member of the new wave band the Boomtown Rats. He was notable for his attire of striped pyjamas on stage and his…

1956

Kate Burton

British-American actress

Katherine Burton is a Welsh and American actress, the daughter of actors Richard Burton and Sybil Christopher. On television, Burton received critical acclaim as Dr. Ellis Grey in the drama series Grey's Anatomy, and as…

1957

Carol Decker

English singer-songwriter

Carol Ann Decker is an English singer. She is the lead vocalist of the pop band T'Pau, which had international success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Although Decker is mainly associated with the group, she also…

1957

Chris Columbus

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Christopher Joseph Columbus is an American filmmaker. Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. After writing…

1958

Siobhan Fahey

Irish singer-songwriter and producer

Siobhan Maire Deirdre Fahey is an Irish singer whose vocal range is a light contralto. She was a founding member of the British girl group Bananarama, who have had ten top-10 hits including the US number one hit single…

1958

Michael Earl

American actor, singer, and puppeteer (died 2015)

Michael Earl was an American puppeteer. A four-time Emmy Award-winner whose credits include Mr. Snuffleupagus on Sesame Street (1978–1981) and Dr. Ticktock in Ticktock Minutes, a musical series of PSA's on PBS he also…

1959

Alison Bechdel

American author and illustrator

Alison Bechdel is an American cartoonist. Originally known for the long-running comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, she came to critical and commercial success in 2006 with her graphic memoir Fun Home. Fun Home was…

1960

Margaret Ferrier

Scottish politician

Margaret Ferrier is a Scottish politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rutherglen and Hamilton West from 2015 to 2017, and again from 2019 to 2023. She was first elected to the House of Commons at the…

1960

Colin Firth

English actor and producer

Colin Andrew Firth is an English actor and producer. He is the recipient of a number of awards and honours, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Volpi Cup as well as…

1960

Tim Hunter

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Timothy Robert Hunter is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, and most recently the head coach of the Moose Jaw Warriors of the Western Hockey League (WHL), having previously served as an assistant coach in…

1960

David Lowery

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

David Charles Lowery is an American musician and academic. He is the founder of the alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven and the co-founder of Cracker, a more traditional rock band. Lowery released his first solo…

1960

Randy Johnson

American baseball player[citation needed]

Randall David Johnson, nicknamed "the Big Unit," is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) (1988–2009) for six teams, primarily the Seattle Mariners and…

1963

Jack Ma

Chinese businessman, co-founder of Alibaba Group [citation needed]

Ma Yun, also known as Jack Ma, is a Chinese businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder of the Jack Ma Foundation, and co-founder of Alibaba Group and Yunfeng Capital. As of May 2025, Ma's net worth was estimated…

1964

John E. Sununu

American engineer and politician

John Edward Sununu is an American politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2003 and the U.S. Senate representing New Hampshire from 2003 to 2009. He is the son of John H.…

1964

Yuki Saito

Japanese singer and actress

Yuki Saito is a Japanese actress, singer and narrator. She attended Kanagawa Prefectural Shimizugaoka High School.

1966

Joe Nieuwendyk

Canadian ice hockey player and manager[citation needed]

Joseph Nieuwendyk is a Canadian former National Hockey League (NHL) player. He was a second round selection of the Calgary Flames, 27th overall, at the 1985 NHL entry draft and played 20 seasons for the Flames, Dallas…

1966

Andreas Herzog

Austrian footballer and manager

Andreas "Andi" Herzog is an Austrian former footballer and manager who most recently was the assistant manager of South Korea. As a player, he played as an attacking midfielder, most notably for Werder Bremen. A full…

1968

Big Daddy Kane

American rapper, producer, and actor

Antonio Hardy, better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is an American rapper, producer and actor who began his career in 1986 as a member of the Juice Crew. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential…

1968

Guy Ritchie

English director, producer, and screenwriter

Guy Stuart Ritchie is an English filmmaker known primarily for British comedy gangster films and large-scale action-adventure films.

1968

Craig Innes

New Zealand rugby player

Craig Ross Innes, also known by the nickname of "Postie", is a New Zealand former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. After a successful rugby union career which saw him represent…

1969

Johnathon Schaech

American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Johnathon Schaech is an American actor and screenwriter. He first gained recognition for his role in How to Make an American Quilt (1995). Other films include The Doom Generation (1995), That Thing You Do! (1996), Hush…

1969

Ménélik

Cameroonian-French rapper

Ménélik, is a Cameroonian-French rapper and singer.

1970

Dean Gorré

Surinamese footballer and manager

Dean Roberto Gorré is a Surinamese football coach and former player. He was recently the interim coach of the Curaçao national team.

1970

Paula Kelley

American singer-songwriter

Paula Anne Kelley is an American indie pop singer-songwriter and orchestral arranger/composer from Boston, Massachusetts.

1970

Neera Tanden

American lawyer and policy analyst

Neera Tanden is an American political consultant and former government official who is the president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, a Democratic think tank. Tanden was director of the United States…

1970

Joe Bravo

American jockey

Joe Bravo is an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. The son and grandson of jockeys, he began his professional career in Thoroughbred flat racing at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida Where he made…

1971

James Duval

American actor and producer

James Edward Duval is an American actor. He is known for his roles in Independence Day (1996), Donnie Darko (2001), and the films of Gregg Araki.

1972

Bente Skari

Norwegian skier

Bente Skari, née Martinsen, is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. She is one of the most successful cross-country skiers ever.

1972

Ferdinand Coly

Senegalese footballer

Ferdinand Alexandre Coly is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a full-back.

1973

Mark Huizinga

Dutch martial artist

Mark Huizinga is a Dutch judoka and Olympic champion.

1973

Tim Stimpson

English rugby player

Timothy Richard George Stimpson is a former rugby union international full back. During his career he played for Wakefield, West Hartlepool, Newcastle Falcons, Leicester Tigers, Perpignan, Leeds Tykes and Nottingham,…

1973

Mohammad Akram

Pakistani cricketer and coach

Mohammad Akram is a former Pakistani cricketer. He is the current Director of Cricket for the Pakistan Super League team Peshawar Zalmi.

1974

Mirko Filipović

Croatian mixed martial artist, boxer, and politician

Mirko Filipović, better known by his ring name Mirko Cro Cop, is a Croatian former professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer and amateur boxer. He is mostly known for his time in Pride Fighting Championships. Cro Cop…

1974

Ryan Phillippe

American actor and producer

Matthew Ryan Phillippe is an American actor. After appearing as Billy Douglas on the soap opera One Life to Live (1992–1993) and making his feature film debut in Crimson Tide (1995), he came to prominence in the late…

1974

Ben Wallace

American basketball player

Benjamin Camey Wallace is an American basketball executive and former professional player who played most of his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Detroit Pistons. Nicknamed "Big Ben", he is…

1974

Dan O'Toole

Canadian sportscaster

Daniel Gerard O'Toole is a former Canadian television sports anchor who was last employed by TSN. From 2003 to 2013 and 2017 to February 2021, he co-hosted the 1:00 AM (ET) weekday broadcast of TSN's SportsCentre,…

1975

Melanie Pullen

American photographer

Melanie Pullen is an American photographer who lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

1975

Marty Holah

New Zealand rugby player

Martin Rowan Holah is a New Zealand former rugby union player, who has played for Welsh regional side Ospreys, the Waikato provincial team and the Chiefs Super Rugby franchise. Holah was capped in 36 international test…

1976

Gustavo Kuerten

Brazilian tennis player

Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals for 43 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in…

1976

Vasilios Lakis

Greek footballer

Vasilios Lakis is a Greek former professional footballer. He was nicknamed "Turbo" for his speed when attacking along the right wing and his ability to provide accurate crosses.

1976

Matt Morgan

American wrestler

Matthew Thomas Morgan is an American politician and retired professional wrestler. He is known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he performed on the SmackDown brand, and Total Nonstop Action…

1976

Reinder Nummerdor

Dutch volleyball player

Reinder Aart Nummerdor is a Dutch volleyball player who represented his native country at five consecutive Summer Olympics. Two times as a member of the indoor volleyball team in 2000 and 2004, and three more times…

1976

Mike DiBiase

American wrestler

Michael Wills Foreman DiBiase II is an American retired professional wrestler. A third generation wrestler, DiBiase is the grandson of Iron Mike DiBiase and Helen Hild and the son of "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase.

1977

Caleb Ralph

New Zealand rugby player

Caleb Stan Ralph is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. Ralph began his first-class career with Bay of Plenty, then moved to Auckland before heading to Canterbury. He started his Super Rugby career with the Chiefs in…

1977

Julia Goldsworthy

English politician

Julia Anne Goldsworthy is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Falmouth and Camborne from 2005 until 2010. A member of the Liberal Democrats, she was narrowly defeated by 66 votes by the…

1978

Alex Horne

British comedian

Alexander James Jeffery Horne is an English comedian and musician. He is the creator of BAFTA award-winning TV series Taskmaster, in which he takes the role of assistant to the Taskmaster Greg Davies. He is the host and…

1978

Ramūnas Šiškauskas

Lithuanian basketball player

Ramūnas Šiškauskas is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and coach. Listed at 1.98 m tall, he could play at both the shooting guard and small forward positions. His individual accolades as a player…

1978

Jacob Young

American actor

Jacob Wayne Young is an American actor and producer. He is a five-time Daytime Emmy Award nominee, winning once in 2002 for his role as Lucky Spencer in the soap opera General Hospital (2000–2003). He is best known for…

1979

Roger Mason Jr.

American basketball player

Roger Philip Mason Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. He is the former deputy executive director of the NBA Players Association. He is the former president and commissioner of Big3.

1980

Trevor Murdoch

American wrestler

William Theodore Mueller, better known by his ring name, Trevor Murdoch, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he works as a producer. Murdoch is best…

1980

Mikey Way

American bass player and songwriter

Michael James Way is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the bassist of the rock band My Chemical Romance. He also serves as the multi-instrumentalist and backing vocalist of rock duo Electric Century.…

1980

Tetsuya Yamagami

Japanese assassin of Shinzo Abe

Tetsuya Yamagami is a Japanese Navy veteran who assassinated Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan, on 8 July 2022, in Nara. A resident of Nara, he was arrested at the scene of the assassination. At the time…

1980

Marco Chiudinelli

Swiss tennis player

Marco Chiudinelli is a retired tennis player from Switzerland. A member of Switzerland's winning 2014 Davis Cup squad, he reached his highest singles ranking of 52 in February 2010 during a career that was often…

1981

Germán Denis

Argentinian footballer

Germán Gustavo Denis is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1981

Bonnie Maxon

American wrestler

Bonnie Maxson, better known by her ring name Rain, is an American retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Shine Wrestling and the Mexican Asistencia…

1981

Misty Copeland

American ballerina and author

Misty Danielle Copeland is an American ballet dancer and author. She has danced primarily for American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. On June 30, 2015,…

1982

Javi Varas

Spanish footballer

Javier 'Javi' Varas Herrera is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1982

Shawn James

Guyanese-American basketball player

Shawn Fitzalbert James is a Guyanese-American former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), he played at the power forward and center positions. In 2010–11, he was the top rebounder in the…

1983

Jérémy Toulalan

French footballer

Jérémy Toulalan is a French former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, but was also utilized as a central defender. He is best known for his humble demeanor, simple distribution, good technique…

1983

Joey Votto

Canadian baseball player

Joseph Daniel Votto is a Canadian-American former professional baseball first baseman who spent his entire 17-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Cincinnati Reds from 2007 to 2023. He was the second…

1983

Sander Post

Estonian footballer

Sander Post is an Estonian football coach and former player who played as a centre back. He is the current manager of Meistriliiga club FC Kuressaare.

1984

Harry Treadaway

English actor

Harry John Newman Treadaway is an English actor. His credits include Control (2007), City of Ember (2008), Fish Tank (2009), Pelican Blood (2010), Flight of the Storks (2012), Mr. Mercedes (2017–2018), The Crown (2019),…

1984

Luke Treadaway

English actor

Luke Antony Newman Treadaway is an English actor. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor from the National Theatre's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in 2013.

1984

Drake Younger

American wrestler

Drake Wuertz is an American professional wrestling referee and professional wrestler.

1984

Aleksandrs Čekulajevs

Latvian footballer

Aleksandrs Čekulajevs is a Latvian footballer who plays as a forward. Čekulajevs is widely famous for his goal scoring abilities. Scoring 46 goals in the 2011 Meistriliiga season he was named in third position as…

1985

James Graham

English rugby league player

James Graham is an English former professional rugby league player who played as a prop for St Helens in the Super League, and at international level for England and Great Britain.

1985

Neil Walker

American baseball player

Neil Martin Andrew Walker is an American former professional baseball second baseman and current broadcaster. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Milwaukee…

1985

Angel McCoughtry

American basketball player

Angel Lajuane McCoughtry is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and a two-time Olympic gold medalist. McCoughtry…

1986

Ashley Monroe

American singer-songwriter

Ashley Lauren Monroe is an American country music singer-songwriter.

1986

Eoin Morgan

Irish- English cricketer

Eoin Joseph Gerard Morgan is a cricket commentator and former cricketer who played for Ireland and England. He captained the England in limited overs cricket from 2015 until his international retirement in June 2022. He…

1986

Paul Goldschmidt

American baseball player

Paul Edward Goldschmidt is an American professional baseball first baseman for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks and St. Louis Cardinals,…

1987

Alex Saxon

American actor

Alex Saxon is an American actor known for playing Wyatt in The Fosters, Max in Finding Carter, and Ace in Nancy Drew. He has also had roles in other television series: Awkward (2011); Ray Donovan (2013–2015); and The…

1987

Bobby Sharp

Canadian wrestler

Robert Sharp is an active Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Lion Warrior" Bobby Sharp. He is currently working for numerous companies across Canada including Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling,…

1988

Jordan Staal

Canadian ice hockey player

Jordan Staal is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre and captain for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is regarded as a premier penalty-killer and skilled two-way…

1988

Jared Lee Loughner

American mass murderer

Jared Lee Loughner is an American mass murderer who pleaded guilty to 19 charges of murder and attempted murder in connection with the January 8, 2011, Tucson shooting, in which he shot and severely injured U.S.…

1988

Manish Pandey

Indian cricketer

Manish Krishnanand Pandey is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed top-order batsman representing, Karnataka in domestic cricket and Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He became the first…

1989

Matt Ritchie

English footballer

Matthew Thomas Ritchie is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or wing-back for EFL League One club Reading. Ritchie represented the Scotland national team from 2015 to 2018. Prior to joining his first club…

1989

Corban Knight

Canadian ice hockey player

Corban Knight is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently a free agent. He was a fifth-round selection, 135th overall, by the Florida Panthers in the 2009 NHL entry draft, but was traded to the…

1990

Sam Morsy

Egyptian footballer

Samy Sayed Mekkawy Saied Morsy is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Bristol City. Born in England, he won nine caps for the Egypt national team.

1991

Ricky Ledo

American basketball player

Ricardo Julio Ledo is an American professional basketball player for the Trotamundos de Carabobo of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto (SPB). He committed to play for the Providence Friars, but the National…

1992

Ayub Masika

Kenyan footballer

Ayub Timbe Masika is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Crossing Schaerbeek

1992

Sam Kerr

Australian footballer

Samantha May Kerr is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Women's Super League club Chelsea, and the Australia national team, which she has captained since 2019. Known for her speed,…

1993

Jack Grealish

English footballer

Jack Peter Grealish is an English professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Premier League club Everton, on loan from Manchester City.

1995

Matt Rife

American comedian and actor

Matthew Steven Rife is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his self-produced comedy specials Only Fans (2021), Matthew Steven Rife (2023), and Walking Red Flag (2023), his 2023 Netflix specials Natural…

1995

Brooke Henderson

Canadian golfer

Brooke Mackenzie Henderson is a Canadian professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.

1997

Troy Terry

American ice hockey player

Troy Nathan Terry is an American professional ice hockey player who is a right winger for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Terry was drafted by the Ducks at the 2015 NHL entry draft, in the fifth…

1997

Anna Blinkova

Russian tennis player

Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 34, achieved on 7 August 2023, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 45, achieved on 14 September…

1998

Sheck Wes

American rapper

Khadimou Rassoul Cheikh Fall, known professionally as Sheck Wes, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for his 2017 single "Mo Bamba", which went viral and peaked at number six on the Billboard…

1998

Laura Taylor

Australian swimmer

Laura Taylor is an Australian swimmer.

1999

jschlatt

American YouTuber and singer

jschlatt, also known as Schlatt, is an American YouTuber, entrepreneur, singer, and voice actor. He produces a variety of gaming, commentary, and reaction content. He is a former member of Minecraft server communities…

1999

Armando Broja

Albanian-born English footballer

Armando Broja is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League side Burnley. Born in England, he plays for the Albania national team.

2001

Nick Cross

American football player

Nicolas Cross is an American professional football safety for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). Cross played college football for the Maryland Terrapins and was selected by the…

2001

Gabriel Bateman

American actor[citation needed]

Gabriel Bateman is an American actor. He is best known for starring in numerous horror films, including as Robert in Annabelle (2014), Martin Wells in Lights Out (2016), Andy Barclay in Child's Play (2019), and Kyle…

2004

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Polaris Dawn, the first private crewed spaceflight to involve a spacewalk, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Wikipedia →

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Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in 134 deaths and $77.2 billion (2017 USD) in damage. Wikipedia →

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