Famous Birthdays on September 12

Q: Who was born on September 12?

Famous people born on September 12 include: John Mowbray, Francis I of France (died 1547), María de Zayas, William Dugdale, Peter Dens.

Q: What is John Mowbray known for?

John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (died 1461)

1415 — John Mowbray

3rd Duke of Norfolk (died 1461)

September 12 has seen 229 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 1415 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · September 12 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 229 people 1415 – 2001

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Mowbray was born in 1415, the only son and heir of John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, and Katherine Neville

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As a minor he became a ward of King Henry VI and was placed under the protection of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, alongside whom Mowbray would later campaign in France

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John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk,, Earl Marshal was a fifteenth-century English magnate who, despite having a relatively short political career, played a significant role in the early years of the Wars of the Roses

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He fought in Calais in 1436, and during 1437–38 served as Warden of the Eastern March on the Anglo-Scottish border, before returning to Calais.

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He inherited his titles upon his father's death in 1432

Francis I of France (died 1547)

Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis XII, who died…

1494

María de Zayas

Spanish writer (died 1661)

María de Zayas y Sotomayor was a writer during the Spanish Golden Age. She is considered by many modern critics to be one of the pioneers of feminist literature, while others consider her simply a well-accomplished…

1590

William Dugdale

English genealogist and historian (died 1686)

Sir William Dugdale was an English antiquary and herald. As a scholar he was influential in the development of medieval history as an academic subject.

1605

Peter Dens

Flemish theologian and academic (died 1775)

Peter Dens was a Flemish Roman Catholic theologian.

1690

Hsinbyushin

Burmese king (died 1776)

Hsinbyushin, also known as Maung Rwa or Prince of Myedu (မြေဒူးမင်း), was the third emperor of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1763 to 1776. The second son of the dynasty founder Alaungpaya is best known…

1736

Mary Bosanquet Fletcher

Methodist preacher and philanthropist (died 1815)

Mary Bosanquet Fletcher was an English preacher credited with persuading John Wesley, a founder of Methodism, to allow women to preach in public. She was born into an affluent family, but after converting to Methodism,…

1739

Johann Heinrich Jung

German author and academic (died 1817)

Johann Heinrich Jung, better known by his assumed name Heinrich Stilling, was a German author. He is often called by both surnames as "Jung-Stilling".

1740

Benjamin Carr

English-American singer-songwriter, educator, and publisher (died 1831)

Benjamin Carr was an American composer, singer, teacher, and music publisher.

1768

Samuel Joseph May

American activist (died 1871)

Samuel Joseph May was an American reformer during the nineteenth century who championed education, women's rights, and abolition of slavery. May argued on behalf of all working people that the rights of humanity were…

1797

Edward Shepherd Creasy

English historian and jurist (died 1878)

Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy was an English historian and jurist.

1812

Richard March Hoe

American engineer and businessman, invented the Rotary printing press (died 1886)

Richard March Hoe was an American inventor from New York City who designed a rotary printing press identical to Josiah Warren's original invention, and related advancements, including the "Hoe web perfecting press" in…

1812

Aurora von Qvanten

Swedish writer and artist (died 1907)

Aurora Magdalena von Qvanten was a Swedish writer, translator and artist who used the pseudonym Turdus Merula.

1816

Richard Jordan Gatling

American inventor, invented the Gatling gun (died 1903)

Richard Jordan Gatling was an American inventor. He is best known for having invented the Gatling gun, which is considered to be the first successful machine gun.

1818

Theodor Kullak

German pianist, composer, and educator (died 1882)

Theodor Kullak was a German pianist, composer and teacher.

1818

William Morgan

English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (died 1883)

Sir William Morgan was the Premier of South Australia between 1878 and 1881.

1828

Anselm Feuerbach

German painter (died 1880)

Anselm Feuerbach was a German painter. He was the leading neoclassical painter of the German 19th-century school.

1829

Charles Dudley Warner

American essayist and novelist (died 1900)

Charles Dudley Warner was an American essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain, with whom he co-authored the novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today.

1829

William Sprague

American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (died 1915)

William Sprague IV was an American politician who served as the 27th governor of Rhode Island from 1860 to 1863, and a U.S. senator from 1863 to 1875. He participated in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American…

1830

Louis IV

Grand Duke of Hesse (died 1892)

Louis IV was the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until his death in 1892. Through his marriage to Queen Victoria's second daughter Alice, he was connected to the British royal family. Two of his…

1837

H. H. Asquith

English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1928)

Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, was a British statesman who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. He was the last prime minister from the Liberal Party to command a majority…

1852

Simon-Napoléon Parent

Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (died 1920)

Simon-Napoléon Parent, KC was the 12th premier of Quebec from October 3, 1900 to March 21, 1905, as well as serving as President of the Quebec Bridge and Railway Company.

1855

Johann Heinrich Beck

American composer and conductor (died 1924)

Johann Heinrich Beck was an American composer and conductor. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he wrote a number of pieces for orchestra, as well as a string sextet and a string quartet. He also gave music composition…

1856

Manuel Espinosa Batista

Colombian pharmacist and politician (died 1919)

Manuel Espinosa Batista was a Colombian pharmacist turned politician who campaigned for a separate Panama state and became one of "Founders of the Republic". He is known for his philanthropy.

1857

Carl Eytel

German-American painter and illustrator (died 1925)

Carl Eytel was a German American artist who built his reputation for paintings and drawings of desert subjects in the American Southwest. Immigrating to the United States in 1885, he settled in Palm Springs, California…

1862

Freeman Freeman-Thomas

1st Marquess of Willingdon, English cricketer and politician, 13th Governor General of Canada (died 1941)

Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, styled as the Earl of Willingdon between 1931 and 1936, was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada and as Viceroy and…

1866

Paweł Owerłło

Polish actor (died 1957)

Paweł Owerłło was a Polish stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 45 films between 1912 and 1939.

1869

Matsunosuke Onoe

Japanese actor and director (died 1926)

Matsunosuke Onoe , sometimes known as Medama no Matchan , was a Japanese actor. His birth name is Tsuruzo Nakamura. He is sometimes credited as Yukio Koki, Tamijaku Onoe, or Tsunusaburo Onoe, and as a kabuki artist he…

1875

H. L. Mencken

American journalist and critic (died 1956)

Henry Louis Mencken was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on literature, music, prominent politicians, and contemporary movements. His…

1880

Ion Agârbiceanu

Romanian journalist, politician, and archbishop (died 1963)

Ion Agârbiceanu was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian writer, journalist, politician, theologian and Greek-Catholic priest. Born among the Romanian peasant class of Transylvania, he was originally an Orthodox, but chose…

1882

Martin Klein

Estonian wrestler and coach (died 1947)

Martin Klein was an Estonian wrestler who competed for the Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal in the middleweight class, becoming the first Olympic medalist born in the territory of…

1884

Heinrich Hoffmann

German photographer and art dealer (died 1957)

Heinrich Hoffmann was a German Nazi politician and publisher who was Adolf Hitler's official photographer and a member of his inner circle. Hoffmann's photographs were a significant part of Hitler's propaganda campaign…

1885

Maurice Chevalier

French actor, singer, and dancer (died 1972)

Maurice Auguste Chevalier was a French singer, actor, and entertainer. He is best known for his signature songs, including "Livin' In The Sunlight", "Valentine", "Louise", "Mimi", and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls",…

1888

Ugo Pasquale Mifsud

Maltese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta (died 1942)

Sir Ugo Pasquale Mifsud was a Maltese politician, the 3rd Prime Minister of Malta under British home rule, and the first to serve a full term in power. He held office from 1924 to 1927 and from 1932 to 1933. He was a…

1889

Pedro Albizu Campos

Puerto Rican lawyer and politician (died 1965)

Pedro Albizu Campos was a Puerto Rican attorney and politician, and a leading figure in the Puerto Rican independence movement. He was the president and spokesperson of the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico from 1930…

1891

Jean-François Martial

Belgian actor (died 1977)

Jean-François Martial was a Belgian actor who appeared in mostly French films beginning in the silent film era of the early 1910s until his retirement in the early 1960s.

1891

Arthur Hays Sulzberger

American publisher (died 1968)

Arthur Hays Sulzberger was publisher of The New York Times from 1935 to 1961. During that time, daily circulation rose from 465,000 to 713,000 and Sunday circulation from 745,000 to 1.4 million; the staff more than…

1891

Alfred A. Knopf Sr.

American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf Inc. (died 1984)

Alfred Abraham Knopf Sr. was an American publisher of the 20th century, and co-founder of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. His contemporaries included the likes of Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, and Frank Nelson Doubleday, J.…

1892

Kyuichi Tokuda

Japanese lawyer and politician (died 1953)

Kyuichi Tokuda was a Japanese politician and first chairman of the Japanese Communist Party from 1945 until his death in 1953.

1894

Dorothy Maud Wrinch

Argentinian-English mathematician, biochemist and philosopher (died 1976)

Dorothy Maud Wrinch was a mathematician and biochemical theorist best known for her attempt to deduce protein structure using mathematical principles. She was a champion of the controversial 'cyclol' hypothesis for the…

1894

Freymóður Jóhannsson

Icelandic painter and composer (died 1973)

Freymóður Jóhannsson was an Icelandic artist, painter and song composer.

1895

Irène Joliot-Curie

French chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1956)

Irène Joliot-Curie was a French chemist and physicist who received the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with her husband, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, for their discovery of induced radioactivity. They were the second married…

1897

Walter B. Gibson

American magician and author (died 1985)

Walter Brown Gibson was an American writer and professional magician, best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow, and as a ghost-writer for many of his friend Harry Houdini's books. Gibson, under…

1897

Salvador Bacarisse

Spanish composer (died 1963)

Salvador Bacarisse Chinoria was a Spanish composer.

1898

Alma Moodie

Australian violinist and educator (died 1943)

Alma Mary Templeton Moodie was an Australian violinist who established an excellent reputation in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. She was regarded as being among the foremost female violinists during the inter-war…

1898

Ben Shahn

Lithuanian-American painter and photographer (died 1969)

Ben Shahn was an American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views, and his series of lectures published as The Shape of Content.

1898

Martha Atwell

American radio director (died 1949)

Martha Atwell was an American radio director, known for her association with Frank and Anne Hummert.

1900

Haskell Curry

American mathematician, logician, and academic (died 1982)

Haskell Brooks Curry was an American mathematician and computer scientist. Curry is best known for his work in combinatory logic. Although its initial concept was based on a paper by Moses Schönfinkel, Curry did much of…

1900

Shmuel Horowitz

Israeli agronomist and academic (died 1999)

Shmuel Hurwitz was an Israeli agronomist.

1901

Juscelino Kubitschek

Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (died 1976)

Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, also known by his initials JK, was a Brazilian politician who served as the 21st president of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. Kubitschek's government plan, dubbed "50 years in 5", was…

1902

Marya Zaturenska

Ukrainian-American poet and author (died 1982)

Marya Zaturenska was an American lyric poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1938.

1902

Linda Agostini

English-Australian murder victim (died 1934)

On 1 September 1934, the badly burned body of a woman with a bullet through the neck was found in a culvert running under Howlong Road in Albury, New South Wales, Australia. The woman became known as the Pyjama Girl.

1905

Werner Flume

German jurist (died 2009)

Werner Flume was a German jurist and professor of Roman law, private law, tax law and a legal historian. He has significantly influenced the modern development of German private law and has been called a "lawyer of the…

1908

Donald MacDonald

Canadian trade union leader and politician (died 1986)

Donald MacDonald was a Canadian social democratic politician and trade unionist who led the Nova Scotia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and was elected as a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1941. In…

1909

Jesse Owens

American sprinter and long jumper (died 1980)

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete who made history at the 1936 Olympic Games by winning four gold medals, setting Olympic records in each event. He is widely regarded as one of the…

1913

Desmond Llewelyn

Welsh-English soldier and actor (died 1999)

Desmond Wilkinson Llewelyn was a Welsh actor. He was best known for his role as Q, MI6's quartermaster, in 17 of the Eon-produced James Bond films between 1963 and 1999.

1914

Frank McGee

American journalist (died 1974)

Frank McGee was an American television journalist, best known for his work with NBC from the late 1950s into the early 1970s.

1921

Stanisław Lem

Polish philosopher and author (died 2006)

Stanisław Herman Lem was a Polish writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories…

1921

Turgut Cansever

Turkish architect, city planner, and thinker (died 2009)

Turgut Cansever was a Turkish architect and city planner. He is the only architect to win the Aga Khan Award for Architecture three times. He is known as "the wise architect." He played a significant role in urban…

1921

Antonio Cafiero

Argentinian accountant and politician, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (died 2014)

Antonio Francisco Cafiero was an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. Cafiero held a number of important posts throughout his career, including, most notably, the governorship of Buenos Aires Province from 1987 to…

1922

Jackson Mac Low

American poet, playwright, and composer (died 2004)

Jackson Mac Low was an American poet, performance artist, composer and playwright, known to most readers of poetry as a practitioner of systematic chance operations and other non-intentional compositional methods in his…

1922

Mark Rosenzweig

American psychologist and academic (died 2009)

Mark Richard Rosenzweig was an American research psychologist whose research on neuroplasticity in animals indicated that the adult brain remains capable of anatomical remodelling and reorganization based on life…

1922

Amílcar Cabral

Guinea-Bissauan political leader (died 1973)

Amílcar Lopes Cabral was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, political organizer, diplomat, and half-brother of Luís Cabral. He was widely remembered as one of Africa's foremost anti-colonial…

1924

Stan Lopata

American baseball player (died 2013)

Stanley Edward Lopata was an American professional baseball player. A catcher, Lopata played in Major League Baseball for 13 seasons in the National League with the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Braves. In 853…

1925

Dickie Moore

American actor (died 2015)

John Richard Moore Jr. was an American actor who was one of the last survivors of the silent film era. A busy and popular actor during his childhood and youth, he appeared in over 100 films until the early 1950s. Among…

1925

Mathé Altéry

French soprano and actress

Mathé Altéry is a French soprano prominent in the 1950s and 1960s. Mathé Altéry is the daughter of French tenor Mario Altéry. In 1956, both Altéry and Dany Dauberson individually represented France in the first…

1927

Robert Irwin

American painter and gardener (died 2023)

Robert Walter Irwin was an American installation artist who explored perception and the conditional in art, often through site-specific, architectural interventions that alter the physical, sensory and temporal…

1928

Muriel Siebert

American businesswoman and philanthropist (died 2013)

Muriel Faye Siebert was an American businesswoman who was the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and the first woman to head one of the NYSE's member firms. She joined the 1,365 male…

1928

Ernie Vandeweghe

Canadian-American basketball player and physician (died 2014)

Ernest Maurice Vandeweghe Jr. was a Canadian professional basketball player. Vandeweghe was best known for playing for the New York Knicks of the NBA and for the athletic successes of his family.

1928

Joseph John Gerry

American Roman Catholic prelate (died 2023)

Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B., was an American Benedictine monk and prelate of the Catholic Church.

1928

Harvey Schmidt

American composer and illustrator (died 2018)

Harvey Lester Schmidt was an American composer for musical theatre and illustrator. He was best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, The Fantasticks, which ran off-Broadway for 42…

1929

Larry Austin

American composer and educator (died 2018)

Larry Don Austin was an American composer noted for his electronic and computer music works. He was a co-founder and editor of the avant-garde music periodical Source: Music of the Avant Garde. Austin gained additional…

1930

Ian Holm

English actor (died 2020)

Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert was an English actor. After graduating from RADA and beginning his career on the British stage as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he became a successful and prolific performer on…

1931

George Jones

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)

George Glenn Jones was an American country musician, singer, and songwriter. He achieved international fame for a long list of hit records, and is well known for his distinctive voice and phrasing. For the last two…

1931

Atli Dam

Faroese engineer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 2005)

Atli Pætursson Dam was a Faroese politician who served as prime minister of the Faroe Islands on three occasions. From 1970 to 1981, 1985 to 1989, and 1991 to 1993. To this date, he is the longest-serving prime minister…

1932

Glenn Davis

American hurdler, sprinter, and football player (died 2009)

Glenn Ashby "Jeep" Davis was an American Olympic hurdler and sprinter who won a total of three gold medals in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic games.

1934

Jaegwon Kim

South Korean-American philosopher and academic (died 2019)

Jaegwon Kim was a Korean-American philosopher. At the time of his death, Kim was an emeritus professor of philosophy at Brown University. He also taught at several other leading American universities during his…

1934

Nellie Wong

Chinese American poet and activist

Nellie Wong was an American poet and activist for feminist and socialist causes. Wong was also an active member of the Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women.

1934

Richard Hunt

American sculptor (died 2023)

Richard Howard Hunt was an American artist and sculptor. In the second half of the 20th century, he became "the foremost African-American abstract sculptor and artist of public sculpture." A Chicago native, Hunt studied…

1935

George Chuvalo

Canadian boxer

George Louis Chuvalo is a Canadian former professional boxer who was a five-time Canadian heavyweight champion and two-time world heavyweight title challenger. He is known for having never been knocked down in any of…

1937

Wes Hall

Barbadian cricketer and politician

Sir Wesley Winfield Hall is a Barbadian former cricketer and politician. A tall, strong and powerfully built man, Hall was a genuine fast bowler and despite his very long run up, he was renowned for his ability to bowl…

1937

Judy Clay

American soul and gospel singer (died 2001)

Judy Clay was an American soul and gospel singer, who achieved greatest success as a member of two recording duos in the 1960s.

1938

Claude Ruel

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)

Claude Ruel was a professional ice hockey coach for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL).

1938

Tatiana Troyanos

American operatic soprano (died 1993)

Tatiana Troyanos was an American mezzo-soprano remembered as "one of the defining singers of her generation". Her voice, "a paradoxical voice — larger than life yet intensely human, brilliant yet warm, lyric yet…

1938

Henry Waxman

American lawyer and politician

Henry Arnold Waxman is an American politician and lobbyist who was a U.S. representative from California from 1975 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

1939

Linda Gray

American model and actress

Linda Ann Gray is an American actress, best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, the long-suffering wife of Larry Hagman's character J.R. Ewing on the CBS television drama series Dallas. The role also earned her a…

1940

Michel Drucker

French journalist

Michel Drucker, CQ is a popular French journalist and TV host. He has been on screen for so long on various shows and different networks, both public and private, that he once said that some people joked that he was…

1942

Tomás Marco

Spanish composer

Tomás Marco Aragón is a Spanish composer and writer on music.

1942

Maria Muldaur

American folk and blues singer

Maria Muldaur is an American folk and blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s. She recorded the 1973 hit song "Midnight at the Oasis" and has recorded albums in the folk, blues,…

1942

François Tavenas

Canadian engineer and academic (died 2004)

François Tavenas, was a Canadian engineer and academic.

1942

Ralph Neely

American football player (died 2022)

Ralph Eugene Neely was an American professional football player who was an offensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL). He played 13 seasons and 172 games for the Cowboys from 1965 to…

1943

Michael Ondaatje

Sri Lankan-Canadian author and poet

Philip Michael Ondaatje is a Ceylon-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist.

1943

Lonnie Mayne

American wrestler (died 1978)

Ronald Doyle "Lonnie" Mayne was an American professional wrestler in the 1960s and 1970s who frequently went by the name Moondog Mayne. He wrestled in various National Wrestling Alliance territories, as well as the…

1944

Vladimir Spivakov

Russian violinist and conductor

Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov is a Soviet and Russian conductor and violinist best known for his work with the Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra.

1944

Barry White

American singer-songwriter (died 2003)

Barry Eugene White was an American R&B, soul and disco singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. A two-time Grammy Award winner known for his bass voice and romantic image, his greatest success came in the 1970s…

1944

Russell "Jungle Jim" Liberman

American drag racer (died 1977)

Russell James Liberman was an American funny car drag racer, nicknamed "Jungle Jim." In 2001, he was named #17 on the list of the Top 50 NHRA drivers of all time. Liberman was known for driving backwards at 100 miles…

1945

Milo Manara

Italian author and illustrator

Maurilio Manara, known professionally as Milo Manara, is an Italian comic book writer and artist.

1945

John Mauceri

American conductor and producer

John Francis Mauceri is an American conductor, composer, author, and educator whose work has focused on orchestral music, opera, Broadway, and film-related repertoire. A graduate of Yale University, where he later…

1945

Tony Bellamy

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)

Redbone is an American rock band that was originally formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1969 by brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas. All members during their commercial peak were of Chicano and Native American heritage,…

1946

Neil Lyndon

British journalist and writer

Neil Alexander Lyndon is a British journalist and writer. He has written for The Sunday Times, The Times, The Independent, the Evening Standard the Daily Mail and the Telegraph.

1946

David Grant

English engineer and academic

Sir David Grant FLSW is a British academic who was the vice-chancellor of Cardiff University in Wales from 2001 to 2012. Following his appointment, Grant oversaw the merger between Cardiff University and the University…

1947

Gerald Howarth

English soldier, pilot, and politician, Minister for International Security Strategy

Sir James Gerald Douglas Howarth is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldershot from 1997 until 2017, having been the MP for Cannock and Burntwood from 1983 to 1992.

1947

Christopher Neame

English actor

Christopher Neame is an English actor who resides in the United States.

1947

Steve Turre

American trombonist and educator

Stephen Johnson Turre is an American jazz trombonist and a pioneer of using seashells as instruments, a composer, arranger, and educator at the collegiate-conservatory level. For sixty-two years, Turre has been active…

1948

Max Walker

Australian footballer, cricketer, sportscaster, and architect (died 2016)

Maxwell Henry Norman Walker was an Australian sportsman who played both cricket and Australian rules football at high levels. After six years of balancing first-class cricket in summer, professional football in winter…

1948

Charles Burlingame

American captain and pilot (died 2001)

Charles Frank "Chic" Burlingame III was the captain of American Airlines Flight 77, the aircraft that was crashed by terrorists into the Pentagon during the September 11 attacks.

1949

Irina Rodnina

Russian figure skater and politician

Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina is a Russian politician and retired figure skater, who is the only pair skater to win 10 successive World Championships (1969–78) and three successive Olympic gold medals. She was elected to…

1949

Marguerite Blais

Canadian journalist and politician

Marie Josephine Marguerite Blais is a Canadian politician, journalist, radio host and television host from Quebec. She was a Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) and a previous…

1950

Gustav Brunner

Austrian engineer

Gustav Brunner is an Austrian Formula One designer and engineer.

1950

Bruce Mahler

American actor and screenwriter

Bruce Mahler is an American actor, producer, and writer. He is known for his role as Sgt. Fackler in the comedy films Police Academy, and as Rabbi Glickman on the sitcom Seinfeld.

1950

Mike Murphy

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Michael John Murphy is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for 13 years for the St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers and the Los Angeles Kings and has been assistant…

1950

Bertie Ahern

Irish accountant and politician, 11th Taoiseach of Ireland

Bartholomew Patrick "Bertie" Ahern is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1997 to 2008, and as Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1994 to 2008. A Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 2011, he served as…

1951

Norm Dubé

Canadian ice hockey player

Normand G. Dubé is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 57 games in the National Hockey League and 148 games in the World Hockey Association. He played with the Kansas City Scouts and Quebec…

1951

Ray Gravell

Welsh rugby player and actor (died 2007)

Raymond William Robert Gravell was a Welsh rugby union centre who played club rugby for Llanelli RFC. At international level, Gravell earned 23 caps for Wales and was selected for the 1980 British Lions tour to South…

1951

Joe Pantoliano

American actor and producer

Joseph Peter Pantoliano is an American actor who has played more than 150 roles across film, television, and theater. He won an Emmy for his portrayal of the sadistic gangster Ralph Cifaretto in HBO's The Sopranos. His…

1951

Ali-Ollie Woodson

American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2010)

Ali-Ollie Woodson was an American R&B singer, musician, songwriter, keyboardist, drummer, and occasional actor best known for his twelve years with the Temptations alongside Otis Williams. He also worked with Aretha…

1951

Gerry Beckley

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Gerald Linford Beckley is an American singer, songwriter, and musician, and a founding member of the band America.

1952

Neil Peart

Canadian drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 2020)

Neil Ellwood Peart was a Canadian musician and author, who was the drummer, percussionist, and primary lyricist of the progressive rock band Rush. He was nicknamed "the Professor", after his resemblance to the…

1952

Nan Goldin

American photographer

Nancy Goldin is an American photographer and activist. Her work explores in snapshot-style the emotions of the individual, in intimate relationships, and the bohemian LGBT subcultural communities, especially dealing…

1953

Robert Gober

American sculptor

Robert Gober is an American sculptor. His work is often related to domestic and familiar objects such as sinks, doors, and legs.

1954

Scott Hamilton

American saxophonist

Scott Hamilton is an American jazz tenor saxophonist associated with swing and straight-ahead jazz. His eldest son, Shō Īmura, is the vocalist of the Japanese rock band Okamoto's.

1954

Peeter Volkonski

Estonian singer-songwriter and actor

Prince Peeter Volkonski is an Estonian rock-musician, composer, actor, and theatre director.

1954

Peter Scolari

American actor (died 2021)

Peter Thomas Scolari was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Henry Desmond in the ABC sitcom Bosom Buddies (1980–1982) and Michael Harris on the CBS sitcom Newhart (1984–1990), the latter of which…

1955

Brian Smith

English footballer (died 2013)

Brian Smith was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1955

Leslie Cheung

Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (died 2003)

Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing was a Hong Kong singer and actor. One of the most influential cultural icons in the Sinophone world, Cheung was known for his debonair demeanour, flamboyant screen characters, and avant-garde,…

1956

David Goodhart

English journalist and author

David Goodhart is a British journalist, commentator and author. He is the founder and a former editor of Prospect magazine.

1956

BA Robertson

Scottish songwriter

Brian Alexander Robertson is a Scottish musician, composer and songwriter. He had a string of hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including "Kool in the Kaftan", "Knocked It Off", "To Be or Not to Be" and "Bang…

1956

Walter Woon

Singaporean lawyer and politician, 7th Attorney-General of Singapore

Walter Woon Cheong Ming is a Singaporean lawyer who served as the fifth attorney-general of Singapore between 2008 and 2010. He is currently an Emeritus Professor at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law,…

1956

Paul M. Sharp

British academic and educator

Paul Martin Sharp is a British bioinformatician who is a professor of genetics at the University of Edinburgh, where he holds the Alan Robertson chair of genetics in the Institute of Evolutionary Biology.

1957

Jan Egeland

Norwegian politician, diplomat and humanitarian

Jan Egeland is a Norwegian diplomat, political scientist, humanitarian leader, and former Labour Party politician who has been Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council since 2013. He served as State Secretary…

1957

Rachel Ward

English-Australian actress

Rachel Claire Ward is a British and Australian actress. She gained recognition as an actress for her performance in the American television miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983), which earned her one of three Golden Globe…

1957

Hans Zimmer

German composer and producer

Hans Florian Zimmer is a German film composer and music producer. He has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and five Grammy Awards, as well as nominations…

1957

Wilfred Benítez

American boxer

Wilfred "Wilfredo" Benítez Rosa, better known as Wilfred Benitez, is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer and the youngest world champion in the sport's history. Earning his first of three career world titles in…

1958

Gregg Edelman

American actor and singer

Gregg Edelman is an American actor. He has starred in numerous Broadway productions earning four Tony Award nominations for his roles in City of Angels (1990), Anna Karenina (1993), 1776 (1998), and Into the Woods…

1958

Scott Brown

American colonel and politician

Scott Philip Brown is an American diplomat and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was the United States ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa from 2017 to 2020 under President Donald Trump.

1959

Deron Cherry

American football player and sportscaster

Deron Leigh Cherry is an American former professional football player who was a safety for the Kansas City Chiefs in the National Football League (NFL) from 1981 to 1991. Cherry was a free safety and punter at Rutgers…

1959

Sigmar Gabriel

German educator and politician, 17th Vice-Chancellor of Germany

Sigmar Hartmut Gabriel is a German politician who was the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018 and the vice-chancellor of Germany from 2013 to 2018. He was Leader of the Social Democratic Party of…

1959

Road Warrior Animal

American wrestler (died 2020)

Joseph Michael Laurinaitis, better known by his ring name Road Warrior Animal, was an American professional wrestler. Along with Road Warrior Hawk, he was one-half of the tag team the Road Warriors.

1960

Evan Jenkins

American academic and politician

Evan Hollin Jenkins is an American politician and judge. He served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, joining the Court in 2018 and serving as chief justice in 2021. He resigned from the…

1960

Stefanos Korkolis

Greek pianist and composer

Stefanos Korkolis is a Greek composer and pianist. He has performed in theaters and auditoriums all around the world, including the Concertgebouw, the Belém Cultural Center, the Royal Theater Carré, the Athens Concert…

1960

Mylène Farmer

Canadian-French singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Mylène Jeanne Gautier, known professionally as Mylène Farmer, is a French singer and songwriter. Having sold more than 35 million records worldwide, she is among the most successful recording artists of all time in…

1961

Sunay Akın

Turkish poet, journalist, and philanthropist

Sunay Akın is a Turkish poet, writer, TV host, journalist, and a philanthropist. He is the founder of Istanbul Toy Museum.

1962

Amy Yasbeck

American actress

Amy Yasbeck is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Casey Chappel Davenport on the sitcom Wings from 1994 to 1997 and for having played the mermaid Madison in the television film Splash, Too in 1988.…

1962

Greg Gutfeld

American television journalist and author

Gregory John Gutfeld is an American television host, political commentator, comedian, and author. He is the host of the late-night comedy talk show Gutfeld!, which was formerly aired on Saturday nights as The Greg…

1964

Dieter Hecking

German footballer and manager

Dieter-Klaus Hecking is a German former professional football manager and player who is VfL Wolfsburg's managing director for sport

1964

Einstein Kristiansen

Norwegian animator and producer

Øistein Kristiansen, formerly known under his artist name Einstein Kristiansen, is a Norwegian cartoonist, designer, entrepreneur, TV host and co-founder of Earthtree Media AS, who together with his two business…

1965

Vernon Maxwell

American basketball player

Vernon Maxwell is an American former professional basketball player. He was a shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for thirteen seasons during the late 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s.

1965

Midnight

Jamaican wrestler

Ann-Marie Crooks is a Jamaican-born American former female bodybuilder and professional wrestler. She was previously working for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1999 under the ring name Midnight.

1965

Darren E. Burrows

American actor

Darren E. Burrows is an American actor. He is best known for playing Ed Chigliak in the television series Northern Exposure. He also appeared in the films Cry-Baby, Amistad, Sunset Strip, Forty Shades of Blue, in a…

1966

Ben Folds

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Benjamin Scott Folds is an American singer-songwriter. After playing in several small independent bands from the late 1980s through the early '90s, Folds came to prominence as the frontman and pianist of the alternative…

1966

Vezio Sacratini

Canadian ice hockey player

Vezio Sacratini is a retired Italian-Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for various teams across Europe, most notably the Cardiff Devils, and the Italian national team. Sacratini was a member of the…

1966

Louis C.K.

American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

Louis Alfred Székely, known professionally as Louis C.K., is an American stand-up comedian, actor and filmmaker. C.K. has won six Emmy Awards, and three Grammy Awards, three Critics' Choice Awards, three Peabody Awards…

1967

Pat Listach

American baseball player, coach, and manager

Patrick Alan Listach is an American professional baseball shortstop, coach, and manager. As a player, Listach appeared in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers and Houston Astros from 1992 and 1997. He won the…

1967

Larry LaLonde

American guitarist and songwriter

Reid Laurence LaLonde, also known as Ler LaLonde, is an American musician. He has been the guitarist for the rock band Primus since 1989, where he is known for his experimental accompaniment to the bass playing of…

1968

Nicholas Russell

6th Earl Russell, English politician (died 2014)

Nicholas Lyulph Russell, 6th Earl Russell, styled Viscount Amberley between 1987 and 2004, was the elder son of Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell and Elizabeth Russell. He succeeded to the Earldom of Russell on his…

1968

Richard Snell

South African cricketer and physiotherapist

Richard Peter Snell is a former South African cricketer who played in five Test matches and 42 One Day Internationals for South Africa.

1968

Paul F. Tompkins

American comedian, actor, and writer

Paul Francis Tompkins is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He has worked in television on such programs as BoJack Horseman, Mr. Show with Bob and David, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Best Week Ever, later…

1968

Max Boot

Russian-American historian and author

Max A. Boot is a Russian-born naturalized American author, editorialist, lecturer, and military historian. He worked as a writer and editor for The Christian Science Monitor and then for The Wall Street Journal in the…

1969

Ángel Cabrera

Argentinian golfer

Ángel Leopoldo Cabrera is an Argentine professional golfer who has played on both the European Tour and PGA Tour. He is known affectionately as "El Pato" in Spanish ("The Duck") for his waddling gait. He is a two-time…

1969

James Frey

American author and screenwriter

James Christopher Frey is an American writer and businessman. His first two books, A Million Little Pieces (2003) and My Friend Leonard (2005), were bestsellers marketed as memoirs. Large parts of the books were later…

1969

Shigeki Maruyama

Japanese golfer

Shigeki Maruyama is a Japanese professional golfer.

1969

Will Chase

American actor, director, and singer

Frank William Chase is an American actor, director, and singer, best known for his work on Broadway and for his role as country superstar Luke Wheeler on ABC's Nashville.

1970

Nathan Larson

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Nathan Peter Larson is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and author. He came to prominence in the 1990s as the guitarist for the rock group Shudder to Think. He has since worked on many film score compositions.…

1970

Younes El Aynaoui

Moroccan tennis player

Younes El Aynaoui is a Moroccan coach and former professional tennis player.

1971

Shocker

Mexican wrestler

José Luis Jair Soria, best known under the ring name Shocker, is a Mexican retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He has previously worked for AAA in…

1971

Gideon Emery

English-American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Gideon Emery is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Deucalion in Teen Wolf and starring as himself in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. His career also includes providing voice-over work in video games,…

1972

Paul Green

Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2022)

Paul Gregory Green was an Australian professional rugby league football coach, best known for taking the North Queensland Cowboys to the NRL premiership in 2015, and a professional rugby league footballer who played in…

1972

Sidney Souza

Brazilian footballer

Sidney da Silva Souza known as Sidney is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Cerâmica. Sidney spent most of his career in Rio Grande do Sul.

1972

Kara David

Filipino journalist and documentarian

Kara Patria Constantino David-Cancio is a Filipino journalist, host, professor, and educational administrator. She is known because of investigative and multi-awarded documentaries in i-Witness. These documentaries are…

1973

Martina Ertl-Renz

German skier

Martina Maria Ertl-Renz is a German former alpine skier. She was two times world champion and also won several medals at Olympic Winter Games and World Championships.

1973

Martin Lapointe

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Martin T. Lapointe is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, and Ottawa Senators. He won the Stanley…

1973

Paul Walker

American actor (died 2013)

Paul William Walker IV was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Brian O'Conner in the Fast & Furious franchise (2001–2015).

1973

Caroline Aigle

French soldier and pilot (died 2007)

Commandant Caroline Aigle was a French aviator who achieved a historical first when at the age of 25, she became the first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force. Her promising military career was cut short by…

1974

Jennifer Nettles

American singer-songwriter

Jennifer Odessa Nettles is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer.

1974

Guy Smith

English race car driver

Guy James Mutlow Smith is a British professional racing driver, who has competed in various levels of motorsport, most notably the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which he won in 2003, and the American Le Mans Series, which he won…

1974

Kenichi Suzumura

Japanese voice actor and singer-songwriter

Kenichi Suzumura is a Japanese voice actor, narrator, and singer who is affiliated with and a representative of INTENTION, a voice acting company he founded in March 2012. He voiced Morley in Macross 7, Hikaru…

1974

Nuno Valente

Portuguese footballer and coach

Nuno Jorge Pereira da Silva Valente is a former Portuguese professional footballer who played as a left-back or a winger. He later became a manager.

1974

Luis Castillo

Dominican baseball player

Luis Antonio Castillo is a Dominican former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball for the Florida Marlins, New York Mets, and Minnesota Twins from 1996 through 2010.

1975

Bill Kirby

Australian swimmer and coach

William Ashley Kirby is an Australian swimmer who was competitive on an international level in the nineties and early 2000s. He specialized in freestyle and butterfly and won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in…

1975

Lauren Stamile

American actress

Lauren Stamile is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Nurse Rose on the ABC series Grey's Anatomy, Michelle Slater on the NBC series Community, and CIA Agent Dani Pearce on the USA Network series Burn…

1976

Maciej Żurawski

Polish footballer

Maciej Stanisław Żurawski is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1976

Nathan Bracken

Australian cricketer

Nathan Wade Bracken is a former Australian cricketer. A tall left-arm fast-medium bowler, Bracken is capable of swinging the ball both ways. He has represented Australia in all forms of the game. Bracken represented New…

1977

Grant Denyer

Australian racing driver and journalist

Grant Craig Denyer is an Australian television and radio presenter and motor racing driver. He has worked for several television networks, including Seven Network and Network 10, mostly serving as a presenter. He…

1977

Jeff Irwin

American singer-songwriter and producer

Jeff Irwin is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist. He has performed with Griffin House, Cerys Matthews, Derek Webb and Sandra McCracken, Mat Kearney, Taylor Sorensen & the Trigger Code, and Counting Crows.

1977

David Thompson

English footballer

David Anthony Thompson is an English football pundit currently working for the BBC. Thompson played as a midfielder, though he had to retire aged 29 through an osteochondral defect of the left knee sustained at age 25.…

1977

Elisabetta Canalis

Italian model and actress

Elisabetta Canalis is an Italian actress and television personality.

1978

Benjamin McKenzie

American actor

Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan is an American actor, author, and commentator. He is best known for his starring television roles as Ryan Atwood on the teen drama The O.C. (2003–2007), Ben Sherman on the crime drama…

1978

Ruben Studdard

American R&B, pop, and gospel singer

Christopher Theodore Ruben Studdard is an American singer and actor. He rose to fame as the winner of the second season of American Idol and received a Grammy Award nomination in 2003 for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance…

1978

Sean Burroughs

American baseball player (died 2024)

Sean Patrick Burroughs was an American professional baseball third baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2002 to 2005 and 2011 to 2012 for the San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Arizona…

1980

Fernando César de Souza

Brazilian footballer

Fernando César de Souza is a footballer from Brazil who plays as a defender. He has spent much of his playing career in the Swiss Super League.

1980

Yao Ming

Chinese basketball player

Yao Ming is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), and then spent his entire nine-year National Basketball…

1980

Kevin Sinfield

English rugby player

Kevin Sinfield is an English rugby union coach who is the skills and kicking coach for the England national team. He is a former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Leeds Rhinos, England and Great…

1980

Josef Vašíček

Czech ice hockey player (died 2011)

Josef Vašíček was a Czech professional ice hockey player. Vašíček last played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and died in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. He had played seven…

1980

Jennifer Hudson

American singer and actress

Jennifer Kate Hudson, also known by her nickname J.Hud, is an American singer, actress, producer, and talk show host. Having received numerous accolades for her work in music, film, television, and theater, Hudson…

1981

Staciana Stitts

American swimmer

Staciana Stitts Winfield, née Staciana Stitts, is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist. She was a 2000 Summer Olympics and 1999 Pan American Games gold medalist, and 1998 Goodwill Games…

1981

Zoran Planinić

Croatian basketball player

Zoran Planinić is a Croatian former professional basketball player.

1982

Sal Rinauro

American wrestler

Salvatore Rinauro is an American professional wrestler, performing for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He is best known for his work in Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro and National Wrestling Alliance in addition…

1982

Tom Geißler

German footballer

Tom Geißler is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1983

Daniel Muir

American football player

Daniel Travanti Muir is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He…

1983

Sergio Parisse

Argentinian-Italian rugby player

Sergio Francesco Parisse is an Italian-Argentine former rugby union player. He is currently the lineout coach for French club Toulon. He played for the Italy national team from 2002 until the 2019 Rugby World Cup.…

1983

Clayton Richard

American baseball player

Clayton Colby Richard is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, and Toronto Blue Jays.

1983

Carly Smithson

Irish singer-songwriter

Carly Sarah Smithson is an Irish soul and pop rock singer who was the sixth place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol in 2008. In 2001, Smithson had released her first studio album for MCA Records called…

1983

Niels Tas

Belgian politician

Niels E. M. Tas is a Belgian politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives. A member of Vooruit, he has represented East Flanders since March 2025.

1983

Nashat Akram

Iraqi footballer

Nashat Akram Abid Ali Al-Eissa is an Iraqi former professional footballer. Popularly dubbed "The Maestro", he usually played as a playmaker or as an attacking midfielder and was known for his exceptional vision and…

1984

Chelsea Carey

Canadian curler

Chelsea Danielle Carey is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently skips her own team out of Manitoba. She is the 2016 and 2019 Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba provincial…

1984

Petra Marklund

Swedish singer

Petra Linnea Paula Marklund, known also by her previous stage name September, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and television presenter. Marklund started recording in professional studios around the age of twelve, and…

1984

Alfie Allen

English actor

Alfie Evan Allen is an English actor. He portrayed Theon Greyjoy on all eight seasons of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for…

1986

Joanne Jackson

English swimmer

Joanne Amy Jackson is an English freestyle swimmer. She is the sister of retired Olympic swimmer Nicola Jackson. She was born in Northallerton and went to Richmond School, North Yorkshire.

1986

Yuto Nagatomo

Japanese footballer

Yūto Nagatomo is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a full back for J1 League club FC Tokyo and the Japan national team.

1986

Dimitrios Regas

Greek sprinter

Dimítrios Régas, in Lesbos (Mytilini) island, is a Greek sprint athlete.

1986

Emmy Rossum

American singer and actress

Emmanuelle Grey Rossum is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Her accolades include a Saturn Award and Critics' Choice Award, with nominations for a Golden Globe Award and an Independent Spirit Award.

1986

Amanda Jenssen

Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jenny Amanda Katarina Jenssen is a Swedish singer and songwriter who first rose to prominence as the Swedish Idol 2007 runner-up. Her first album, Killing My Darlings (2008), became one of that year's best-selling…

1988

Guðmundur Ari Sigurjónsson

Icelandic politician

Guðmundur Ari Sigurjónsson is an Icelandic politician and member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, he has represented the Southwest constituency since November 2024.

1988

Freddie Freeman

American-Canadian baseball player

Frederick Charles Freeman is a Canadian and American professional baseball first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Freeman made his MLB debut with the Atlanta Braves in 2010 and played…

1989

Andrew Luck

American football player

Andrew Austen Luck is an American football executive and former professional quarterback who is the general manager of the Stanford Cardinal. He previously played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons…

1989

Mike Towell

Scottish professional boxer (died 2016)

Mike Towell was a Scottish professional boxer.

1991

Scott Wootton

English footballer

Scott James Wootton is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Perth Glory in the A-League.

1991

Alexia Fast

Canadian actress

Alexia Fast is a Canadian actress who began her career at the age of seven when she wrote, directed and starred in the short film The Red Bridge, which premiered at the 2002 Atlantic and Reel to Reel Film Festivals. She…

1992

Sviatlana Pirazhenka

Belarusian tennis player

Sviatlana Aliaksandrauna Pirazhenka is a Belarusian former tennis player.

1992

Kelsea Ballerini

American country pop singer

Kelsea Nicole Ballerini is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. A five-time Grammy Award nominee, she began having success in the 2010s, being honored with the Gene Weed Milestone Award at the Academy of…

1993

Druski

American comedian and actor

Drew Desbordes, known professionally as Druski, is an American comedian, actor, and influencer. He is known for his sketch comedy, Coulda Been Records, and collaborations with various musicians in their music videos,…

1994

South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer

Kim Nam-joon, known professionally as RM, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is the leader of South Korean boy band BTS, under Big Hit Music. Born in Seoul and raised in Ilsan, RM began his…

1994

Elina Svitolina

Ukrainian tennis player

Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and No. 108 in doubles from the WTA. Svitolina has won 20 WTA Tour singles titles, including…

1994

Steven Gardiner

Bahamian sprinter

Steven Gardiner is a Bahamian track and field sprinter competing in the 400 metres and 200 metres. He is the 2020 Olympic and 2019 world champion in the 400 m, and also won the silver medal at the 2017 World…

1995

Colin Ford

American actor

Colin Lee Ford is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Josh Wheeler in Daybreak; Joe McAlister in Under the Dome; the voice of Jake on Jake and the Never Land Pirates; Mikey on Can You Teach My Alligator…

1996

Sydney Sweeney

American actress

Sydney Bernice Sweeney is an American actress. She gained early recognition for her roles in Everything Sucks!, The Handmaid's Tale, and Sharp Objects in 2018. She received wider acclaim for her performances in the…

1997

Almida de Val

Swedish curler

Almida Winquist de Val is a Swedish curler from Sundbyberg. She currently plays third and is vice skip on Team Isabella Wranå, also known as Team Panthera. With this team, she won a gold medal at the 2017 World Junior…

1997

Jerome Ford

American football player

Jerome Ford is an American professional football running back for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide and Cincinnati Bearcats and was…

1999

Ziaire Williams

American basketball player

Ziaire Williams Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal.

2001

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