Famous Birthdays on September 15

Q: Who was born on September 15?

Famous people born on September 15 include: Saichō, Marco Polo, Jacopo Salviati, Mary of Hungary, Catherine of Austria.

Q: What is Ashley Cooper known for?

Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player (died 2020)

260 people 767 – 2000

September 15 has seen 260 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 767 – 2000. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · September 15 — Wikipedia

1936 — Ashley Cooper

Australian tennis player (died 2020)

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He won three of the four Grand Slam events in 1958

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Cooper won the Slazenger Professional Championships tournament in 1959

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He won the Grand Prix de Europe professional tour of Europe in 1960

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Cooper won the European Cup professional tour of Europe in 1962

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Cooper won four singles and four doubles titles at Grand Slam tournaments

Saichō

Japanese monk (died 822)

Year 767 (DCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 767th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 767th year of the 1st millennium, the 67th year of the 8th…

767

Marco Polo

Italian merchant and explorer (died 1324)

Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo, a book that described the…

1254

Jacopo Salviati

Italian politician (died 1533)

Jacopo Salviati was a Florentine politician and son-in-law of Lorenzo de' Medici.

1461

Mary of Hungary

Dutch ruler (died 1558)

Mary of Austria, also known as Mary of Hungary, was Queen of Hungary and Bohemia as the wife of King Louis II, and was later governor of the Habsburg Netherlands.

1505

Catherine of Austria

Queen of Poland (died 1572)

Catherine of Austria was one of the fifteen children of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. In 1553, she married Polish King and Lithuanian Grand Duke Sigismund II Augustus and became Queen…

1533

Charles Annibal Fabrot

French lawyer and author (died 1659)

Charles Annibal Fabrot was a French jurisconsult.

1580

Giovanni Battista Rinuccini

archbishop of Fermo (died 1653)

Giovanni Battista Rinuccini (1592–1653) was an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop in the mid-seventeenth century. He was a noted legal scholar and became chamberlain to Pope Gregory XV. In 1625 Pope Urban VIII made him…

1592

François de La Rochefoucauld

French soldier and author (died 1680)

François de La Rochefoucauld, 2nd Duke of La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac was an accomplished French moralist of the era of French Classical literature and author of Maximes and Memoirs, the only two works of his…

1613

Titus Oates

English minister, fabricated the Popish Plot (died 1705)

Titus Oates was an English priest who fabricated the "Popish Plot", a supposed Catholic conspiracy to kill King Charles II.

1649

Sophia Dorothea of Celle (died 1726)

Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle was the repudiated wife of future King George I of Great Britain. The union with George, her first cousin, was a marriage of state, arranged by her father George William, her…

1666

Ignazio Prota

Italian composer and educator (died 1748)

Ignazio Prota was an Italian composer and music educator. He was the father of composer Tommaso Prota and the grandfather of composer Gabriele Prota.

1690

Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval

French general and engineer (died 1789)

Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval was a French artillery officer and engineer who revolutionised the French cannon, creating a new production system that allowed for lighter, more uniform guns…

1715

Jean Sylvain Bailly

French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris (died 1793)

Jean Sylvain Bailly was a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution. He presided over the Tennis Court Oath, served as the mayor of Paris from 1789 to…

1736

Cornelio Saavedra

Argentinean general and politician (died 1829)

Cornelio Judas Tadeo de Saavedra y Rodríguez was an Argentine military officer and statesman. He was instrumental in the May Revolution, the first step of Argentina's independence from Spain, and became the first head…

1759

Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien

Prussian general (died 1824)

Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel Graf Tauentzien von Wittenberg was a Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars.

1760

Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage

Portuguese poet and author (died 1805)

Manuel Maria Barbosa l'Hedois du Bocage, most often referred to simply as Bocage, was a Portuguese Neoclassic poet, writing at the beginning of his career under the pen name Elmano Sadino.

1765

James Fenimore Cooper

American novelist, short story writer, and historian (died 1851)

James Fenimore Cooper was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonial and indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought him fame and…

1789

James Gates Percival

American poet, surgeon and geologist (died 1856)

James Gates Percival was an American poet, surgeon, and geologist.

1795

Halfdan Kjerulf

Norwegian journalist and composer (died 1868)

Halfdan Kjerulf was a Norwegian composer.

1815

Cyprien Tanguay

Canadian priest and historian (died 1902)

Cyprien Tanguay was a French Canadian priest and historian.

1819

Alexander Butlerov

Russian chemist and academic (died 1886)

Alexander Mikhaylovich Butlerov was a Russian chemist, one of the principal creators of the theory of chemical structure (1857–1861), the first to incorporate double bonds into structural formulas, the discoverer of…

1828

Porfirio Díaz

Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (died 1915)

José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican general and politician who was the dictator of Mexico from 1876 until his overthrow in 1911. Seizing power in a military coup, he served as president of Mexico on three…

1830

George Franklin Grant

African-American educator, dentist, and inventor (died 1910)

George Franklin Grant was the first African-American professor at Harvard. He was also a Boston dentist, and an inventor of an early composite golf tee made from wood and natural rubber tubing.

1846

Edward Bouchet

American physicist and educator (died 1918)

Edward Alexander Bouchet was an American physicist and educator. He was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in any subject from an American university, completing his dissertation in physics at Yale University in…

1852

Jan Ernst Matzeliger

Surinamese-American inventor (died 1889)

Jan Ernst Matzeliger was a Surinamese-American inventor whose automated lasting machine brought significant change to the manufacturing of shoes. The Consolidated Lasting Machine Company was founded to make his…

1852

William Howard Taft

American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (died 1930)

William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He is the only person to have held both offices.

1857

Anna Winlock

American astronomer and academic (died 1904)

Anna Winlock (1857–1904) was an American astronomer and human computer, one of the first members of female computer group known as "the Harvard Computers." She made the most complete catalog of stars near the north and…

1857

Charles de Foucauld

French priest and martyr (died 1916)

Charles de Foucauld, born as Charles Eugène, vicomte de Foucauld de Pontbriand, in religion Charles of Jesus, was a French monk, Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg people in the Sahara in Algeria. He…

1858

Jenő Hubay

Hungarian violinist, composer, and educator (died 1937)

Jenő Hubay de Szalatnya, also known by his German name Eugen Huber, was a Hungarian violinist, composer and music teacher.

1858

M. Visvesvaraya

Indian engineer, scholar, and Bharat Ratna Laureate, Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom (died 1962)

Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, also referred to by his initials, MV, was an Indian civil engineer, administrator, and statesman, who served as the 19th Dewan of Mysore from 1912 to 1918.

1861

Horatio Parker

American organist, composer, and educator (died 1919)

Horatio William Parker was an American composer, organist and teacher. He was a central figure in musical life in New Haven, Connecticut in the late 19th century, and is best remembered as the undergraduate teacher of…

1863

Prince Sigismund of Prussia (died 1866)

Queen Victoria, the British monarch from 1837 to 1901, and Prince Albert had 9 children, 42 grandchildren, and 87 great-grandchildren. Their descendants married into many European royal houses, leading to Victoria being…

1864

Vladimir May-Mayevsky

Russian general (died 1920)

Vladimir Zenonovich May-Mayevsky KCMG was a Russian military leader who was a general in the Imperial Russian Army and one of the leaders of the counterrevolutionary White movement during the Russian Civil War.

1867

Bruno Walter

German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1962)

Bruno Walter was a German-born conductor, pianist, and composer. Born in Berlin, he left Nazi Germany in 1933, was naturalised as a French citizen in 1938, and settled in the United States in 1939. He worked closely…

1876

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Bengali novelist (died 1938)

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was a Bengali novelist and short story writer of the early 20th century. He generally wrote about the lives of Bengali family and society in cities and villages. However, his keen powers of…

1876

Jakob Ehrlich

Czech-Austrian politician (died 1938)

Jakob Ehrlich was an early Zionist and leader of the Jewish Community in Vienna, Austria. Ehrlich represented the city's 180,000 Jewish citizens in the city government before World War II, and was among those deported…

1877

Yente Serdatzky

Lithuanian-American author and playwright (died 1962)

Yente Serdatzky was a Russian-born American Yiddish-language writer of short fiction and plays, active in New York City.

1877

Joseph Lyons

Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1939)

Joseph Aloysius Lyons was an Australian politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Australia, from 1932 until his death in 1939. He held office as the inaugural leader of the United Australia Party (UAP),…

1879

Ettore Bugatti

Italian-French businessman, founded Bugatti (died 1947)

Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti was an Italian-French automobile designer and manufacturer. He received French citizenship in 1946 and is remembered as the founder and proprietor of the automobile manufacturing company…

1881

Esteban Terradas i Illa

Spanish mathematician and engineer (died 1950)

Esteban Terrades i Illa also known as Esteve Terradas, was a Spanish mathematician, scientist and engineer. He researched and taught widely in the fields of mathematics and the physical sciences, working not only in his…

1883

Paul Lévy

French mathematician and theorist (died 1971)

Paul Pierre Lévy was a French mathematician who was active especially in probability theory, introducing fundamental concepts such as local time, stable distributions and characteristic functions. Lévy processes, Lévy…

1886

Carlos Dávila

Chilean journalist and politician, President of Chile (died 1955)

Carlos Gregorio Dávila Espinoza was a Chilean political figure, journalist, chairman of the Government Junta of Chile in 1932, and secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS) from 1954 until his death…

1887

Antonio Ascari

Italian race car driver (died 1925)

Antonio Ascari was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing champion. He won four Grands Prix before his premature death at the 1925 French Grand Prix. He was the father of two-time World Champion Alberto Ascari.

1888

Robert Benchley

American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (died 1945)

Robert Charles Benchley was an American humorist, newspaper columnist and actor. From his beginnings at The Harvard Lampoon while attending Harvard University, through his many years writing essays and articles for…

1889

Claude McKay

Jamaican-American poet and author (died 1948)

Festus Claudius "Claude" McKay was a Jamaican-American writer and poet. He was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance.

1889

Ernest Bullock

English organist and composer (died 1979)

Sir Ernest Bullock was an English organist, composer, and teacher. He was organist of Exeter Cathedral from 1917 to 1928 and of Westminster Abbey from 1928 to 1941. In the latter post he was jointly responsible for the…

1890

Sonja Branting-Westerståhl

Swedish lawyer (died 1981)

Sonja Branting-Westerståhl was a Swedish lawyer and politician. She was one of the first female lawyers in Sweden and specialised in matrimonial law. A social democrat, she was active in raising awareness of the rise of…

1890

Agatha Christie

English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1976)

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan, Lady Mallowan, usually known by her first married name, Agatha Christie, was an English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections, particularly those…

1890

Frank Martin

Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (died 1974)

Frank Théodore Martin was a Swiss composer who spent much of his life in the Netherlands.

1890

Silpa Bhirasri

Italian sculptor and educator (died 1962)

Professor Silpa Bhirasri, born Corrado Feroci, was an Italian-born Thai sculptor. He is considered the father of modern art in Thailand and was instrumental in the founding of today's Silpakorn University.

1892

Chic Harley

American football player (died 1974)

Charles Wesley "Chic" Harley was an American football player and athlete, often credited with bringing Ohio State University's football program to national attention. Harley was Ohio State's first consensus first-team…

1894

Oskar Klein

Swedish physicist and academic (died 1977)

Oskar Benjamin Klein was a Swedish theoretical physicist now best remembered for the Klein-Gordon equation of relativistic quantum mechanics, the Kaluza-Klein theory, a unified field theory of gravitation and…

1894

Jean Renoir

French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1979)

Jean Renoir was a French filmmaker, actor, producer and author. His La Grande Illusion (1937) and The Rules of the Game (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made. In 2002, he was ranked…

1894

Magda Lupescu

mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania (died 1977)

Magda Lupescu, later known as Princess Carol of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was the mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania.

1895

Merle Curti

American historian and author (died 1997)

Merle Eugene Curti was an American progressive historian who influenced peace studies, intellectual history and social history, including by using cliometrics. At Columbia University and for decades at the University of…

1897

J. Slauerhoff

Dutch poet and author (died 1936)

Jan Jacob Slauerhoff, who published as J. Slauerhoff, was a Dutch poet and novelist. He is considered one of the most important Dutch language writers.

1898

Donald Bailey

English engineer, designed Bailey bridge (died 1985)

Sir Donald Coleman Bailey, OBE was an English civil engineer who invented the Bailey bridge. Field Marshal Montgomery is recorded as saying that "without the Bailey bridge, we should not have won the war."

1901

Roy Acuff

American singer-songwriter and fiddler (died 1992)

Roy Claxton Acuff was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. Known as the "King of Country Music", Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown" format to the…

1903

Umberto II of Italy (died 1983)

Umberto II was the last king of Italy. Umberto's reign lasted for 34 days, from 9 May 1946 until his formal deposition on 12 June 1946, although he had been the de facto head of state since 1944. Due to his short reign,…

1904

Sheilah Graham Westbrook

English-American actress, journalist, and author (died 1988)

Sheilah Graham was a British-born, internationally syndicated American gossip columnist during Hollywood's "Golden Age". In her youth, she had been a showgirl and a freelance writer for Fleet Street in London. These…

1904

Jacques Becker

French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1960)

Jacques Becker was a French film director and screenwriter. His films, made during the 1940s and 1950s, encompassed a wide variety of genres, and they were admired by some of the filmmakers who led the French New Wave…

1906

Walter E. Rollins

American songwriter (died 1973)

Walter Engle "Jack" Rollins was an American musician born in Scottdale, Pennsylvania and raised in Keyser, West Virginia.

1906

Gunnar Ekelöf

Swedish poet and author (died 1968)

Bengt Gunnar Ekelöf was a Swedish poet and writer. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1958 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy by Uppsala University in 1958. He won a number of prizes for his…

1907

Fay Wray

Canadian-American actress (died 2004)

Vina Fay Wray was a Canadian-American actress best known for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film King Kong. Through an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Wray attained international recognition as an…

1907

Kid Sheik

American trumpet player (died 1996)

George Colar, actually Cola but he used Colar, better known as Kid Sheik or Kid Sheik Cola, was a New Orleans jazz trumpeter and band leader. He is most associated with Dixieland jazz and was a long-term performer with…

1908

Penny Singleton

American actress and singer (died 2003)

Penny Singleton was an American actress and labor leader. During her six decade career on stage, screen, radio and television, Singleton appeared as the comic-strip heroine Blondie Bumstead in a series of 28 motion…

1908

C. N. Annadurai

Indian educator and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (died 1969)

Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai, also known as Perarignar Anna, was an Indian politician who was the founder and first general-secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). He served as the fourth and last chief…

1909

Phil Arnold

American actor (died 1968)

Phil Arnold was an American screen, stage, television, and vaudeville actor and dancer. He appeared in approximately 150 films and television shows between 1939 and 1968.

1909

Betty Neels

English nurse and author (died 2001)

Betty Neels was a prolific British writer of over 134 romance novels, beginning in 1969 and continuing until her death. Her work is known for being particularly chaste.

1910

Karsten Solheim

Norwegian-American businessman, founded PING (died 2000)

Karsten Solheim was a golf club designer and businessman. He founded Karsten Manufacturing, a golf club maker better known by the name of PING, and the Solheim Cup, the premier international team competition in women's…

1911

Luther Terry

American physician and academic, 9th Surgeon General of the United States (died 1985)

Luther Leonidas Terry was an American physician and public health official. He was appointed the ninth Surgeon General of the United States from 1961 to 1965, and is best known for his warnings against the dangers and…

1911

Henry Brant

Canadian-American composer and conductor (died 2008)

Henry Dreyfuss Brant was a Canadian-born American composer. An expert orchestrator with a flair for experimentation, many of Brant's works featured spatialization techniques.

1913

Bruno Hoffmann

German glass harp player (died 1991)

Bruno Hoffmann was a German glass harpist. Hoffmann is widely acknowledged as the virtuoso who reanimated contemporary interest in the glass harp and glass harmonica.

1913

John N. Mitchell

American lawyer, and politician, 67th United States Attorney General (died 1988)

John Newton Mitchell was the 67th attorney general of the United States under President Richard Nixon. He also was chairman of Nixon's 1968 and 1972 presidential campaigns. Prior to that, he had been a municipal bond…

1913

Johannes Steinhoff

German general and pilot (died 1994)

Johannes "Macky" Steinhoff was a Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II, German general, and NATO official. He was one of very few Luftwaffe pilots who survived to fly operationally through the whole of the war…

1913

Creighton Abrams

American general (died 1974)

Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. was a United States Army general who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972. He was then Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1972 until his death in…

1914

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Argentinian journalist and author (died 1999)

Adolfo Bioy Casares was an Argentine fiction writer, journalist, diarist, and translator. He was a friend and frequent collaborator of his fellow countryman Jorge Luis Borges. He is the author of the Fantastique novel…

1914

Orhan Kemal

Turkish author (died 1970)

Orhan Kemal is the pen name of Turkish novelist Mehmet Reşit Öğütçü. He is known for his realist novels that describe the life of the poor in Turkey.

1914

Robert McCloskey

American author and illustrator (died 2003)

John Robert McCloskey was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He both wrote and illustrated eight picture books, and won two Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association for the year's…

1914

Fawn M. Brodie

American historian and author (died 1981)

Fawn McKay Brodie was an American biographer and one of the first female professors of history at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is best known for Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History (1974), a…

1915

Al Casey

American guitarist and composer (died 2005)

Albert Aloysius Casey was an American jazz guitarist who was a member of Fats Waller's band during the 1930s and early 1940s.

1915

Albert Whitlock

English-American special effects designer (died 1999)

Albert J. Whitlock Jr. was a British-born motion picture matte artist best known for his work with Disney and Universal Studios.

1915

Margaret Lockwood

Pakistani-English actress (died 1990)

Margaret Mary Day Lockwood was a British actress. One of Britain's most popular film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, her film appearances included The Lady Vanishes (1938), Night Train to Munich (1940), The Man in Grey…

1916

Frederick C. Weyand

American general (died 2010)

Frederick Carlton Weyand was a general in the United States Army. Weyand was the last commander of United States military operations in the Vietnam War from 1972 to 1973, and served as the 28th Chief of Staff of the…

1916

Hilde Gueden

Austrian soprano (died 1988)

Hilde Güden was an Austrian soprano who was one of the most appreciated Straussian and Mozartian sopranos of her day. Her youthful and lively interpretations made her an ideal interpreter of roles such as Zerbinetta in…

1917

Buddy Jeannette

American basketball player and coach (died 1998)

Harry Edward "Buddy" Jeannette was an American professional basketball player and coach.

1917

Alfred D. Chandler Jr.

American historian and academic (died 2007)

Alfred DuPont Chandler Jr. was a professor of business history at Harvard Business School and Johns Hopkins University, who wrote extensively about the scale and the management structures of modern corporations. His…

1918

Phil Lamason

New Zealand soldier and pilot (died 2012)

Phillip John Lamason, was a pilot in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the Second World War, who rose to prominence as the senior officer in charge of 168 Allied airmen taken to Buchenwald concentration…

1918

Margot Loyola

Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015)

Margot Loyola Palacios was a Chilean folklorist, musician, dancer, and teacher. She is considered one of the most influential musicians of Chile, pioneering folkloric research and transforming traditional music…

1918

Nipsey Russell

American comedian and actor (died 2005)

Julius "Nipsey" Russell was an American entertainer best known for his appearances as a panelist on game shows from the 1960s through the 1990s, including Match Game, Password, Hollywood Squares, To Tell the Truth, and…

1918

Fausto Coppi

Italian cyclist and soldier (died 1960)

Angelo Fausto Coppi was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist of the years after the Second World War. His successes earned him the title Il Campionissimo. He was an all-round racing cyclist: he…

1919

Nelson Gidding

American author and screenwriter (died 2004)

Nelson Roosevelt Gidding was an American screenwriter specializing in film adaptation. A longtime collaboration with director Robert Wise began with Gidding's screenplay for I Want to Live! (1958), which earned him an…

1919

Heda Margolius Kovály

Czech author and translator (died 2010)

Heda Margolius Kovály was a Czech writer and translator. As a Jewish woman during the Holocaust, she survived the Łódź ghetto and Auschwitz where her parents were murdered. She later escaped while being marched to…

1919

Kym Bonython

Australian race car driver, drummer, and radio host (died 2011)

Hugh Reskymer "Kym" Bonython, was an Australian politician, World War Two veteran, musician, gallery owner, and racing driver.

1920

Richard Gordon

English surgeon and author (died 2017)

Richard Gordon, was an English ship's surgeon and anaesthetist. As Richard Gordon, Ostlere wrote numerous novels, screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history, mostly dealing with the practice of…

1921

Gene Roland

American pianist and composer (died 1982)

Gene Roland was an American jazz musician, composer, and arranger who contributed richly to American jazz, especially through his work with the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Born in Dallas, Texas, he played multiple…

1921

Bob Anderson

English fencer and choreographer (died 2012)

Robert James Gilbert Anderson was an English Olympic fencer and a renowned film fight choreographer, with a cinema career that spanned more than 50 years and included films such as Highlander, The Three Musketeers,…

1922

Jackie Cooper

American actor (died 2011)

John Cooper Jr., known professionally as Jackie Cooper, was an American actor and director. He began his career as a child actor and was a featured member of the Our Gang ensemble 1929–1931. At age nine, he became the…

1922

Gaetano Cozzi

Italian historian and academic (died 2001)

Gaetano Cozzi was an Italian historian, professor at Padua University, and researcher with the Giorgio Cini Foundation and Fondazione Benetton Studi e Ricerche. He was a specialist in Venetian history, with special…

1922

Mary Soames

English author (died 2014)

Mary Soames, Baroness Soames was an English author. The youngest of the five children of Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine, she worked for public organisations including the Red Cross and the Women's Voluntary…

1922

Anton Heiller

Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (died 1979)

Anton Heiller was an Austrian organist, harpsichordist, composer and conductor.

1923

Lucebert

Dutch poet and painter (died 1994)

Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk, known professionally as Lucebert, was a Dutch artist who first became known as the poet of the COBRA movement.

1924

György Lázár

Hungarian politician, 50th Prime Minister of Hungary (died 2014)

György Lázár was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1975 to 1987. He retired from politics in 1988.

1924

Bobby Short

American singer and pianist (died 2005)

Robert Waltrip Short was an American cabaret singer and pianist who interpreted songs by popular composers from the first half of the 20th century such as Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen,…

1924

Mordechai Tzipori

Israeli politician and soldier (died 2017)

Mordechai Tzipori was an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Communications from 1981 until 1984.

1924

Stanley Chapman

English architect and author (died 2009)

Stanley Chapman was a British architect, designer, translator and writer. His interests included theatre and 'pataphysics. He was involved with founding the Royal National Theatre in London, became a member of Oulipo in…

1925

Erika Köth

German soprano (died 1981)

Erika Köth was a German operatic coloratura soprano, particularly associated with the roles of Zerbinetta and Zerlina.

1925

Carlo Rambaldi

Italian special effects artist (died 2012)

Carlo Rambaldi was an Italian special effects and makeup effects artist. He was the winner of three Academy Awards: one Special Achievement Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1977 for the 1976 version of King Kong…

1925

Helle Virkner

Danish actress and singer (died 2009)

Helle Genie Virkner née Lotinga was a Danish actress, author and spouse of Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag

1925

Shohei Imamura

Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2006)

Shōhei Imamura was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in the depiction of the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st…

1926

Jean-Pierre Serre

French mathematician and academic

Jean-Pierre Serre is a French mathematician who has made contributions to algebraic topology, algebraic geometry and algebraic number theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1954 and the inaugural Abel Prize in 2003.

1926

Henry Silva

American actor (died 2022)

Henry Silva was an American actor, with a film and television career which spanned fifty years. A prolific character actor in over 140 productions, he was known for his "dark, sepulchral" looks and brooding screen…

1926

Rudolf Anderson

pilot and commissioned officer in the United States Air Force (died 1962)

Rudolf Anderson Jr. was an American Air Force major and pilot. He was the first recipient of the Air Force Cross, the U.S. military's and Air Force's second-highest award and decoration for valor. The only U.S. fatality…

1927

Norm Crosby

American comedian and actor (died 2020)

Norman Lawrence Crosby was an American comedian born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was often referred to as "The Master of Malaprop".

1927

David Stove

Australian philosopher and academic (died 1994)

David Charles Stove was an Australian philosopher whose writings often challenged prevailing academic orthodoxy. He was known for his critiques of postmodernism, feminism, and multiculturalism.

1927

Cannonball Adderley

American saxophonist and bandleader (died 1975)

Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.

1928

Eva Burrows

Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army (died 2015)

Eva Evelyn Burrows AC OF was an Australian Salvation Army Officer who was the 13th General of the Salvation Army, serving from 1986 to 1993. She served as an Officer of the Salvation Army from 1951 until her retirement…

1929

Murray Gell-Mann

American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)

Murray Gell-Mann was an American theoretical physicist who played a preeminent role in the development of the theory of elementary particles. Gell-Mann introduced the concept of quarks as the fundamental building blocks…

1929

Stan Kelly-Bootle

English singer-songwriter, computer scientist, and author (died 2014)

Stanley Bootle, known as Stan Kelly-Bootle, was a British author, academic, singer-songwriter and computer scientist.

1929

Dick Latessa

American actor (died 2016)

Richard Robert Latessa was an American stage, film, and television actor.

1929

John Julius Norwich

English historian and author (died 2018)

John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich,, also known as John Julius Norwich, was an English popular historian, writer of widely read travel books, and television personality.

1929

Wilbur Snyder

American football player and wrestler (died 1991)

Wilbur Snyder was an American football player and professional wrestler. He played college football for the Utah Utes.

1929

Mümtaz Soysal

Turkish academic and politician, 30th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2019)

Osman Mümtaz Soysal was a Turkish professor of constitutional law, political scientist, politician, human rights activist, ex-prisoner of conscience, senior advisor, columnist, and author.

1929

Endel Lippmaa

Estonian physicist and academic (died 2015)

Endel Lippmaa was an Estonian scientist, academician, politician, and twice government minister in 1990–1991 and 1995–1996.

1930

Brian Henderson

New Zealand-Australian journalist, actor, and producer (died 2021)

Brian Weir Henderson was a New Zealand-born Australian radio and television personality and pioneer known for his association with the Nine Network as a television news anchor in Sydney, as well as a variety show…

1931

Neil Bartlett

English-American chemist and academic (died 2008)

Neil Bartlett was a British chemist who specialized in fluorine and compounds containing fluorine, and became famous for creating the first noble gas compounds. He taught chemistry at the University of British Columbia…

1932

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Spanish conductor and composer (died 2014)

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos was a Spanish conductor and composer. Frühbeck was born in Burgos, Spain to a family of German ancestry. He first took up conducting while on military service in the Spanish Army before…

1933

Jim Rodger

Scottish footballer (died 2024)

James McPhail Rodger was a Scottish footballer. An inside forward and a right winger, Rodger played for Rangers, St Mirren, Newport County, Hearts, Queen of the South and East Fife. After his football career, Rodger…

1933

Tomie dePaola

American author and illustrator (died 2020)

Thomas Anthony "Tomie" dePaola was an American writer and illustrator who created more than 260 children's books, such as Strega Nona. He received the Children's Literature Legacy Award for his lifetime contribution to…

1934

Fred Nile

Australian soldier, minister, and politician

Frederick John Nile is an Australian former politician and ordained Christian minister. Nile was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1981 to 2023, except for a period in 2004. Nile was re-elected at…

1934

Dinkha IV

Iraqi patriarch (died 2015)

Mar Dinkha IV, born Dinkha Khanania was an Eastern Christian prelate who served as the 120th Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East. He was born in the village of Darbandokeh (Derbendoki), Iraq, and led…

1935

Sara Henderson

Australian farmer and author (died 2005)

Sara Jane Henderson was an Australian pastoralist and author who became an Australia household name after the publication of her autobiography From Strength to Strength in 1993 about rebuilding Bullo River cattle…

1936

Joey Carew

Trinidadian cricketer (died 2011)

Michael Conrad "Joey" Carew was a West Indian cricketer who played in 19 Tests from 1963 to 1972.

1937

Fernando de la Rúa

Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Argentina (died 2019)

Fernando de la Rúa was an Argentine politician who served as the President of Argentina from 1999 until his resignation in 2001. A member of the Radical Civic Union, he previously served as national senator for Buenos…

1937

King Curtis Iaukea

American wrestler (died 2010)

Curtis Piehu Iaukea III was an American professional wrestler better known as King Curtis Iaukea. Iaukea won championships in several of the major regional U.S. promotions, both as a single and in various tag team…

1937

Robert Lucas Jr.

American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)

Robert Emerson Lucas Jr. was an American economist at the University of Chicago. Widely regarded as the central figure in the development of the new classical approach to macroeconomics, he received the Nobel Memorial…

1937

Pino Puglisi

Italian priest and martyr (died 1993)

Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who openly challenged the Sicilian Mafia controlling his Palermo neighbourhood of Brancaccio. The Mafia killed him on his 56th birthday. His life story has…

1937

Gaylord Perry

American baseball player and coach (died 2022)

Gaylord Jackson Perry was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for eight teams from 1962 to 1983, becoming one of the most durable and successful pitchers in history. A five-time…

1938

Subramanian Swamy

Indian economist, academic, and politician, Indian Minister of Law and Justice

Subramanian Swamy is an Indian politician, economist and statistician. Before joining politics, he was a professor of Mathematical Economics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is known for his Hindu…

1939

George Walden

English journalist and politician

George Gordon Harvey Walden is an English journalist, former diplomat and former politician for the Conservative Party, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham from 1983 to 1997 and Minister for Higher…

1939

Merlin Olsen

American football player, sportscaster, and actor (died 2010)

Merlin Jay Olsen was an American professional football player, announcer, and actor. For his entire 15-year professional football career, he was a defensive tackle with the Los Angeles Rams in the National Football…

1940

Flórián Albert

Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2011)

Flórián György Albert was a Hungarian professional football player, manager and sports official, who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1967. Nicknamed "The Emperor", he played as a forward, and has been…

1941

Signe Toly Anderson

American rock singer (died 2016)

Signe Toly Anderson was an American singer who was one of the founding members of the American rock band Jefferson Airplane.

1941

Mirosław Hermaszewski

Polish general, pilot and cosmonaut (died 2022)

Mirosław Hermaszewski was a Polish cosmonaut, fighter plane pilot, and Polish Air Force officer. He became the first and, at the time of his death in December 2022, only Polish national to ever go to space when he flew…

1941

Yuriy Norshteyn

Russian animator, director, and screenwriter

Yuri Borisovich Norstein is a Russian animator best known for his animated shorts Hedgehog in the Fog and Tale of Tales made in collaboration with his wife, Francheska Yarbusova. Since 1981, he has been working on a…

1941

Viktor Zubkov

Russian businessman and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Russia

Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov is a Russian civil servant, politician and businessman who served as the 36th Prime Minister of Russia from September 2007 to May 2008. He was Vladimir Putin's First Deputy Prime Minister…

1941

Lee Dorman

American bass player (died 2012)

Douglas Lee Dorman was an American bass guitarist best known as a member of the psychedelic rock band Iron Butterfly. He was also a founding member of the British-American supergroup Captain Beyond.

1942

Philip Harris

Baron Harris of Peckham, English businessman and politician

Philip Charles Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham, is an English businessman and politician. Although a prominent Conservative Party donor and former Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party Board of Treasurers, he…

1942

Ksenia Milicevic

French painter and architect

Ksenia Milicevic is a French painter, architect and town planner. She is based in Paris, with a studio in Bateau-Lavoir in Montmartre and also maintains a base in South West France.

1942

Mauro Piacenza

Italian cardinal

Mauro Piacenza is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. A cardinal since 2010, he was Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary from 2013 to 2024. He was Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 7…

1944

Graham Taylor

English footballer and manager (died 2017)

Graham Taylor was an English football player, manager, pundit and chairman of Watford Football Club. He was the manager of the England national football team from 1990 to 1993, and also managed Lincoln City, Watford,…

1944

Carmen Maura

Spanish actress

María del Carmen García Maura is a Spanish actress. In a career that has spanned six decades, she has starred in films such as Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, ¡Ay Carmela!, Common Wealth, and Volver. With…

1945

Jessye Norman

American soprano (died 2019)

Jessye Mae Norman was an American opera singer and recitalist. She was able to perform dramatic soprano roles, but did not limit herself to that voice type. A commanding presence on operatic, concert and recital stages,…

1945

Hans-Gert Pöttering

German lawyer and politician, 23rd President of the European Parliament

Hans-Gert Pöttering is a German lawyer, historian and conservative politician, who served as President of the European Parliament from January 2007 to July 2009 and as Chairman of the CDU-affiliated Konrad Adenauer…

1945

Ron Shelton

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Ronald Wayne Shelton is an American film director and screenwriter and former minor league baseball infielder. Shelton is known for the many films he has made about sports. His 1988 film Bull Durham, based in part on…

1945

Tommy Lee Jones

American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Thomas Lee Jones is an American actor, film director, and former football player. He has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild…

1946

Mike Procter

South African cricketer, coach, and referee (died 2024)

Michael John Procter was a South African cricketer, whose involvement in international cricket was limited by South Africa's banishment from world cricket in the 1970s and 1980s. A fast bowler and hard-hitting batsman,…

1946

Oliver Stone

American director, screenwriter, and producer

William Oliver Stone is an American filmmaker. An acclaimed director who tackled subjects ranging from the Vietnam War and American politics to musical biopics and crime dramas, Stone has received numerous accolades…

1946

Howard Waldrop

American author and critic (died 2024)

Howard Waldrop was an American science fiction author who worked primarily in short fiction. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2021.

1946

Russel L. Honoré

American general

Russel Luke Honoré is a retired lieutenant general of the United States Army. He served as the 33rd commanding general of the U.S. First Army at Fort Gillem, Georgia, from 2004 until his retirement in 2008.

1947

Viggo Jensen

Danish footballer and manager

Viggo Biehl Jensen is a Danish former football player and manager. He was most recently the manager of Danish Superliga side Silkeborg IF.

1947

Diane E. Levin

American educator and author

Diane Elizabeth Levin is an American author, educator, and advocate known for her work in media literacy and media effects on children.

1947

Theodore Long

American wrestling referee and manager

Theodore Robert Rufus Long is an American retired professional wrestling referee, manager and authority figure. He is best known for his tenures in WWE, WCW and NWA.

1947

Joe Barton

American lawyer and politician

Joseph Linus Barton is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Texas's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 2019. The district included Arlington,…

1949

Rajiv Malhotra

Indian author

Rajiv Malhotra is an Indian-born American right-wing Hindutva ideologue and the founder of Infinity Foundation, which focuses on Indic studies, and also funds projects such as Columbia University's project to translate…

1950

Mirza Masroor Ahmad

Pakistani-English caliph and scholar

Mirza Masroor Ahmad is the current and fifth leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. His official title within the movement is Fifth Caliph of the Messiah. He was elected on 22 April 2003, three days after the death…

1950

Pete Carroll

American football player and coach

Peter Clay Carroll is an American football coach. He served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons, primarily with the Seattle Seahawks, and as the head coach of the USC Trojans for nine…

1951

Johan Neeskens

Dutch footballer and manager (died 2024)

Johannes Jacobus Neeskens was a Dutch football manager and player. A midfielder, he was an important member of the Netherlands national team that finished as runners-up in the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups and is…

1951

Fred Seibert

American television producer, co-founder of MTV

Fred Seibert is an American television executive. Seibert began his professional career as a jazz and blues record producer and audio engineer in the 1970s. He co-founded the record label Oblivion Records by 1972 and…

1951

Richard Brodeur

Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Richard Brodeur, is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was one of a select group of goaltenders to play in every season of the seven-year existence of the World Hockey Association, doing so with…

1952

Paula Duncan

Australian actress

Paula Margaret Duncan is an Australian actress, known for her television roles in Number 96 as Carol Finlayson, The Young Doctors as Lisa Brooks, Cop Shop as Danni Francis and Prisoner as Lorelei Wilkinson.

1952

Ratnajeevan Hoole

Sri Lankan engineer and academic

Professor Samuel Ratnajeevan Herbert Hoole is a Sri Lankan Tamil engineer and academic. He was a member of the Election Commission of Sri Lanka.

1952

Kelly Keagy

American singer and drummer

Kelly Dean Keagy is an American drummer and vocalist, best known for his work with the hard rock band Night Ranger. Keagy sang lead vocals on several of their hits, such as "Sister Christian", "Sing Me Away", and…

1952

Margie Moran

Filipino peace advocate and beauty queen, Miss Universe 1973

Maria Margarita "Margie" Roxas Moran-Floirendo is a Filipino model, actress, socialite, peace advocate, and beauty queen who was the president of Ballet Philippines, and previously served as chairperson of the Cultural…

1953

Keiko Takeshita

Japanese actress

Keiko Takeshita is a Japanese actress. She starred in the Japanese version of From Up on Poppy Hill as Hana Matsuzaki.

1953

Adrian Adonis

American wrestler (died 1988)

Keith Adonis Franke was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Adorable" Adrian Adonis. He was best known for his appearances with the American Wrestling Association and World Wrestling…

1954

Hrant Dink

Turkish journalist (died 2007)

Hrant Dink was a Turkish-Armenian journalist, founder and editor-in-chief of Agos. As editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos, Dink was a prominent member of the Armenian minority in Turkey best…

1954

Barry Shabaka Henley

American actor

Barry Shabaka Henley is an American character actor. Henley has appeared as a regular in a number of television series, has numerous film credits, and is a fixture in films by director Michael Mann, having worked with…

1954

Željka Antunović

Croatian politician, 9th Croatian Minister of Defence

Željka Antunović is a Croatian former politician who served as acting president of the Social Democratic Party between April and June 2007, and as Minister of Defence from 2002 until 2003 in the second cabinet of Ivica…

1955

Abdul Qadir

Pakistani cricketer (died 2019)

Abdul Qadir Khan SI was an international cricketer who bowled leg spin for Pakistan in the late 1970s and 1980s. Qadir's style of bowling consisted of a rhythmic cantering walk before an aggressive ball toss. He was the…

1955

Bruce Reitherman

American voice actor, singer, cinematographer, and producer

Bruce Reitherman is an American filmmaker and former child actor. He voiced Christopher Robin in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree and Mowgli in The Jungle Book.

1955

Renzo Rosso

Italian fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Diesel Clothing

Renzo Rosso is an Italian entrepreneur and a businessman. He is the founder of Diesel and the president of OTB Group, the parent company of Maison Margiela, Marni, Viktor & Rolf, Jil Sander. In 2022, Forbes estimated…

1955

Ross J. Anderson

British academic and educator (died 2024)

Ross John Anderson was a British researcher, author, and industry consultant in security engineering. He was Professor of Security Engineering at the Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of…

1956

Rick Garcia (activist)

American LGBTQ rights activist

Rick Garcia was an American LGBTQ activist known primarily for his work in Chicago and for LGBTQ acceptance within the Roman Catholic Church. As a co-founder of Equality Illinois, he advocated for equal treatment and…

1956

Maggie Reilly

Scottish singer-songwriter

Maggie Reilly is a Scottish singer. She performed lead vocals on the Mike Oldfield songs "Family Man", "Moonlight Shadow", "To France", and "Foreign Affair", all of which were international hits in the early 1980s.

1956

Ned Rothenberg

American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer

Ned Rothenberg is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He specializes in woodwind instruments, including the alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, and shakuhachi. He is known for his work in…

1956

Joel Quenneville

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Joel Norman Quenneville is a Canadian–American professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Coach Q", he is second in NHL…

1958

Wendie Jo Sperber

American actress (died 2005)

Wendie Jo Sperber was an American actress, known for her performances in the films I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), Bachelor Party (1984), and Back to the Future (1985), as well as the television sitcoms Bosom Buddies…

1958

Mark Kirk

American commander, lawyer, and politician

Mark Steven Kirk is an American retired politician and attorney who served as a United States senator from Illinois from 2010 to 2017, and as the United States representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district…

1959

Ed Solomon

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Edward James Solomon is an American filmmaker. He is best known for creating the Bill & Ted franchise alongside Chris Matheson; together wrote the screenplays to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), Bill & Ted's…

1960

Lisa Vanderpump

British restaurateur, television personality, and author

Lisa Jane Vanderpump is an English restaurateur, businesswoman and television personality. She initially gained fame as a main cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, which she starred in from 2010 until…

1960

Terry Lamb

Australian rugby league player and coach

Terence John Lamb, also nicknamed "Baa", is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. He played 350 games, with the Western Suburbs (1980–1983) and Canterbury (1984–1996).

1961

Helen Margetts

British political scientist

Helen Zerlina Margetts, is Professor of Internet and Society at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford and from 2011 to 2018 was Director of the OII. She was formerly Director of the Public Policy…

1961

Dan Marino

American football player and sportscaster

Daniel Constantine Marino Jr. is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons with the Miami Dolphins. He played college football for the…

1961

Patrick Patterson

Jamaican cricketer

Balfour Patrick Patterson is a former fast bowler for the West Indies cricket team in the mid-1980s to early 1990s. He is remarkable in that, in an era when the West Indies dominated world cricket through strength of…

1961

Amanda Wakeley

English fashion designer

Amanda Jane Wakeley OBE is a British fashion designer best known for her evening and cocktail dresses and accessories, and for her “clean glam” signature style, has also developed a presence in daywear, including…

1962

Pete Myers

American basketball player and coach

Peter Eddie Myers is an American former professional basketball player and a former assistant coach for the National Basketball Association (NBA) team Chicago Bulls. He is most famous for having been Michael Jordan's…

1963

Stephen C. Spiteri

Maltese military historian

Stephen C. Spiteri is a Maltese military historian, author, lecturer and preservationist. His work mainly deals with the military history of Malta, particularly military architecture, and he is regarded as the "leading…

1963

Robert Fico

Slovak academic and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Slovakia

Robert Fico is a Slovak politician and lawyer who has served as the prime minister of Slovakia since 2023. Fico holds the distinction as the longest-serving prime minister in the country's history. His collective time…

1964

Steve Watkin

Welsh cricketer

Steven Llewellyn Watkin is a former Welsh cricketer who played for Glamorgan County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. A reliable seam bowler who never suffered serious injury despite several lesser niggles, he…

1964

Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein

American guitarist and songwriter

Paul Caiafa, known professionally as Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, is an American guitarist best known for his material with the horror punk band the Misfits and his own band eponymously named Doyle.

1964

Wenn V. Deramas

Filipino director and screenwriter (died 2016)

Edwin Villanes Deramas, more commonly known as Direk Wenn or Wenn V. Deramas, was a Filipino film and TV director and screenwriter.

1966

Sherman Douglas

American basketball player

Sherman Douglas is an American former professional basketball player from Syracuse University who played for the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets and the Los Angeles Clippers from 1989 to…

1966

Paul Abbott

American baseball player and coach

Paul David Abbott is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1990 and 2004 for six different teams. He was part of the 2001 Seattle Mariners team that tied the…

1967

Rodney Eyles

Australian squash player

Rodney James Eyles is a former professional squash player from Australia. He is best remembered for winning the World Open title in 1997.

1967

Danny Nucci

American actor

Danny Nucci is an American actor. He is best known for his supporting roles in blockbuster films, including his roles as Danny Rivetti in Crimson Tide (1995), Lieutenant Shepard in The Rock (1996), Deputy Monroe in…

1968

Revaz Arveladze

Georgian footballer

Revaz Arveladze is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for various sides in Georgia, Germany and Belgium.

1969

Corby Davidson

American radio personality

Corby Davidson, is an American radio personality.

1969

Géraldine Carré

French journalist and television presenter (died 2024)

Géraldine Carré was a French journalist and television presenter. She was also a voice actress, providing dubs for documentaries and advertisements. She published a book on motherhood with Alix Girod de l'Ain in 1998.

1969

Allen Shellenberger

American drummer (died 2009)

Lit is an American rock band formed in the 1990's in Orange County, California. They have released seven studio albums, and they are best known for their 1999 album A Place in the Sun, which featured the hit single "My…

1969

Nathan Astle

New Zealand cricketer and coach

Nathan John Astle is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played all formats of the game. A right-handed batsman who played as an opener in One Day Internationals (ODI), while batting in the middle order in Test matches.…

1971

Josh Charles

American actor and director

Joshua Aaron Charles is an American film, television, and theater actor best known for playing Will Gardner on The Good Wife, a role which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He also appeared in Sports…

1971

Wayne Ferreira

South African tennis player

Wayne Richard Ferreira is a South African tennis coach and a former professional player. Ferreira won 15 ATP singles titles and 11 doubles titles. His career-high rankings were world No. 6 in singles and world No. 9 in…

1971

Jimmy Carr

English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

James Anthony Patrick Carr is a British and Irish comedian. He began his stand-up career in 1997. He has regularly appeared on television as the host of Channel 4 panel shows such as The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, 8 Out…

1972

Kit Chan

Singaporean singer-songwriter

Chan Kit Yee (Chinese: 陈洁仪; Jyutping: Can4 Git3 Ji4; born 15 September 1972), known professionally as Kit Chan, is a Singaporean singer and actress.

1972

Queen Letizia of Spain

Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano is Queen of Spain as the wife of King Felipe VI.

1972

Prince Daniel

Duke of Västergötland, Swedish prince

Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland is a member of the Swedish royal family by marriage to Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, making him the presumptive consort of Sweden. Prior to his marriage to the heir apparent to…

1973

Arata Iura

Japanese actor, model, and fashion designer

Arata Iura , previously known as Arata, is a Japanese actor, model, and fashion designer. He is the Director of fashion brand Elnest Creative Activity. He holds the position of Director at the Artisan Culture…

1974

Tom Dolan

American swimmer

Thomas Fitzgerald Dolan is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

1975

Martina Krupičková

Czech painter

Martina Krupičková is a Czech oil on canvas artist.

1975

Brett Kimmorley

Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

Brett "Noddy" Kimmorley is an Australian rugby league coach and former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s, & early 2010s. A New South Wales interstate and Australian international…

1976

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nigerian author

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer, whose works include fiction, nonfiction, and lectures. She is widely recognised as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature.

1977

Angela Aki

Japanese singer-songwriter

Kiyomi Angela Aki known professionally as Angela Aki , is a Japanese pop singer, songwriter and pianist.

1977

Sophie Dahl

English model and author

Sophie Dahl is an English writer and former fashion model. Her first book, a novella, The Man With The Dancing Eyes, was published in 2003, followed by a novel, Playing With The Grown-Ups, in 2007. In 2009, she wrote a…

1977

Tom Hardy

English actor, producer, and screenwriter

Edward Thomas Hardy is an English actor. Known for his intense screen presence and versatility, he has established a career across independent films, major studio productions, and television, often portraying complex…

1977

Marisa Ramirez

American actress

Marisa Maguire Ramirez is an American actress, known for her work on television soap operas and for her role on the police procedural television drama series Blue Bloods and its spin-off Boston Blue as Detective Maria…

1977

Jason Terry

American basketball player

Jason Eugene Terry, also known by the initialism JET, is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 19…

1977

Zach Filkins

American guitarist

Zachary Douglas Filkins is an American musician, actor and songwriter. He is a guitarist for the pop rock band OneRepublic.

1978

Eiður Guðjohnsen

Icelandic footballer

Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen is an Icelandic professional football coach and former player who played as a forward. Eiður saw his greatest success in England and Spain with Chelsea and Barcelona respectively, where he won the…

1978

Dave Annable

American actor

David Rodman Annable is an American actor. His roles include Justin Walker on the ABC television drama Brothers & Sisters (2006–11), Henry Martin on the ABC supernatural drama 666 Park Avenue (2012–13), Pierce Harrison…

1979

Amy Davidson

American actress

Amy Davidson is an American actress. She played Kerry Hennessy in the ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules.

1979

Patrick Marleau

Canadian ice hockey player

Patrick Denis Marleau is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. With 1,779 NHL games played, he is the all-time leader in regular season games played in league history. He passed the record previously held…

1979

Carlos Ruiz

Guatemalan footballer

Carlos Humberto Ruiz Gutiérrez, initially nicknamed El Pescadito or "The Little Fish" but later became El Pescado or "The Fish", is a Guatemalan former professional footballer who played as a striker. A product of CSD…

1979

Reece Young

New Zealand cricketer

Reece Alan Young is a New Zealand former Test cricketer who played for Auckland and Canterbury. He was the 250th Test cap for New Zealand.

1979

David Diehl

American football player and sportscaster

David Michael Diehl is a Croatian-German college football coach and former professional player who spent his entire career as an offensive lineman with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He is…

1980

Mike Dunleavy Jr.

American basketball player

Michael Joseph Dunleavy Jr. is an American professional basketball executive and former player who is the general manager for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college…

1980

Ben Schwartz

American actor, comedian and writer

Benjamin Joseph Schwartz is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for his recurring role as Jean-Ralphio Saperstein on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, his starring role as Clyde…

1981

Yuka Hirata

Japanese actress and model

Yuka Hirata is a Japanese actress, voice actress, tarento, and gravure idol from Hokkaido. She portrayed Mele in the Super Sentai Series Juken Sentai Gekiranger. She has also appeared in Food Fight, an episode of…

1983

Prince Harry

Duke of Sussex

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales, and is fifth in the line of succession to the British throne.

1984

Marshal Yanda

American football player

Marshal John Yanda is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 13-year career as a guard for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the…

1984

Jenna Marbles

American YouTuber and comedian

Jenna Nicole Mourey, better known as Jenna Marbles, is an American former YouTuber. Over the span of ten years, her YouTube channel has accumulated approximately 1.8 billion video views and, at its peak, over 20 million…

1986

Heidi Montag

American reality television personality and singer

Heidi Blair Pratt is an American reality television personality and singer. In 2006, Montag came to prominence after being cast in the MTV reality television series The Hills. The show chronicled the personal and…

1986

Vaila Barsley

Scottish footballer

Vaila Marie Barsley is a Scottish football defender.

1987

Chelsea Kane

American actress and singer

Chelsea Kane Staub is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Stella Malone in the Disney Channel sitcom television series Jonas and the role of Riley Perrin in the Freeform sitcom, Baby Daddy.…

1988

Tim Moltzen

Australian rugby league player

Tim Moltzen is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. He mostly played at fullback, halfback and five-eighth, but could also fill in at…

1988

Aaron Mooy

Australian footballer

Aaron Frank Mooy is an Australian former professional soccer player who primarily played as a midfielder.

1990

Matt Shively

American actor

Matthew James Shively Jr. is an American actor best known for his role as Ryan Laserbeam on the Nickelodeon television series True Jackson, VP. Beginning in June 2011, he began appearing on two more Nickelodeon shows:…

1990

Megan Stalter

American actress and comedian

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1990

Lee Jung-shin

South Korean musician and actor

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1991

Phil Ofosu-Ayeh

German-Ghanaian footballer

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1991

Josh Richardson

American basketball player

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1993

Dennis Schröder

German basketball player

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1993

Rafael Santos Borré

Colombian footballer

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1995

Terry McLaurin

American football player

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1995

Joe Ofahengaue

New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player

Joseph Anthony Young Ofahengaue is a Tonga at international rugby league footballer who plays as a loose forward and prop forward for the Leigh Leopards in the Super League.

1995

David Raya

Spanish footballer

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1995

Quin Houff

American racing driver

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1997

Jaren Jackson Jr.

American basketball player

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1999

Felix

Australian singer based in South Korea, member of Stray Kids

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2000

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