Famous Birthdays on September 17

Q: Who was born on September 17?

Famous people born on September 17 include: Charles the Simple, James of Portugal, Celio Calcagnini, Paul V, Edward Fortunatus.

Q: What is Kate Deines known for?

Kate Deines, American soccer player

1989 — Kate Deines

American soccer player

September 17 has seen 266 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 879 – 2002. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · September 17 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 266 people 879 – 2002

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After the formation of the National Women's Soccer League in late 2012, Deines played for the Seattle Reign during the league's first two seasons

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Deines was a fourth round pick of the Atlanta Beat of Women's Professional Soccer in the 2012 WPS Draft of college seniors on January 13, 2012

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The WPS Board of Governors voted to suspend the 2012 season on January 30 citing pending legal issues

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Subsequently, she was free to sign with other teams and rejoined the Seattle Sounders Women, the organization she had previously played for from 2007 to 2009

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She was traded to FC Kansas City in late 2014 but announced her retirement from professional soccer on March 31, 2015, before the 2015 season began.

Charles the Simple

Frankish king (died 929)

Charles III, called the Simple or the Straightforward, was the king of West Francia from 898 until 922 and the king of Lotharingia from 911 until 919–923. He was a member of the Carolingian dynasty.

879

James of Portugal

Portuguese prince and cardinal (died 1459)

Jaime or James of Portugal, also known as James of Coimbra, James of Lusitania, was a Portuguese infante (prince) of the House of Aviz, and a bishop and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

1433

Celio Calcagnini

Italian astronomer (died 1541)

Celio Calcagnini, also known as Caelius Calcagninus, was an Italian humanist and scientist from Ferrara. His learning as displayed in his collected works is very broad.

1479

Paul V

pope of the Catholic Church (died 1621)

Pope Paul V, born Camillo Borghese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 16 May 1605 to his death, in January 1621. In 1611, he honored Galileo Galilei as a member of the papal Accademia…

1550

Edward Fortunatus

German nobleman (died 1600)

Edward Fortunatus of Baden was Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern and Baden-Baden.

1565

John Prideaux

English administrator and bishop (died 1650)

John Prideaux was an English academic and Bishop of Worcester.

1578

Francesco Sacrati

Italian composer (died 1650)

Francesco Sacrati was an Italian composer of the Baroque era, who played an important role in the early history of opera. He wrote for the Teatro Novissimo in Venice as well as touring his operas throughout Italy. His…

1605

Ranuccio II Farnese

Duke of Parma (died 1694)

Ranuccio II Farnese was the sixth Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1646 until his death nearly 50 years later. He was also the Duke of Castro from 1646 until 1649.

1630

Hans Herr

Swiss bishop (died 1725)

Hans Herr was born in Zürich, Switzerland. While often cited as a descendant of the knight Hugo Herr, scholarship done in the 20th century has put this claim in doubt. He joined the Swiss Brethren and became a bishop.…

1639

Maria Luisa of Savoy

queen consort of Spain (died 1714)

Princess Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy, nicknamed La Savoyana, was Queen of Spain by marriage to King Philip V. She acted as regent during her husband's absence from 1702 until 1703 and had great influence as a…

1688

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

Prussian-American general (died 1794)

Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Fresher von Steuben, often referred to in English as Baron von Steuben, was a Prussian-born army officer who played a leading role in the American Revolutionary War by…

1730

John Rutledge

American judge and politician, 2nd Chief Justice of the United States (died 1800)

John Rutledge Jr. was an American Founding Father, politician, and jurist who served as one of the original associate justices of the Supreme Court and the second chief justice of the United States. Additionally, he…

1739

Marquis de Condorcet

French mathematician and political scientist (died 1794)

Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis of Condorcet, known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher, political economist, politician, and mathematician. His ideas, including support for free markets,…

1743

Johann August Apel

German jurist and author (died 1816)

Johann August Apel was a German writer and jurist. Apel was born and died in Leipzig.

1771

Jonathan Alder

American captain and farmer (died 1849)

Jonathan Alder was an American pioneer, and the first Euro-American settler in Madison County, Ohio. As a young child living in Virginia, Alder was kidnapped by Shawnee, and later adopted by a Mingo chief in the Ohio…

1773

Nadezhda Durova

Russian soldier (died 1866)

Alexander Andreevich Alexandrov was a Russian cavalry soldier and writer who participated in the Napoleonic Wars. Alexandrov was assigned female at birth, but solely presented as a man in adulthood.

1783

Teresa Casati

Italian noblewomen and revolutionary (died 1830)

Teresa Casati Confalonieri was an Italian noblewoman and revolutionist. She is known as the wife of revolutionist Federico Confalonieri, sister of former Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia, Gabrio Casati, and as…

1787

Heinrich Kuhl

German naturalist and zoologist (died 1821)

Heinrich Kuhl was a German naturalist and zoologist.

1797

Herman Adolfovich Trautscohold

German geologist and paleontologist (died 1902)

Gustav Heinrich Ludwig Hermann Trautschold was a German-Russian geologist and paleontologist and also pharmacist. From 1869 to 1888 he was a professor at the Petrovsky Agricultural and Forestry Academy. Trautschold was…

1817

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius

South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (died 1901)

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was a South African political leader. An Afrikaner, he helped establish the South African Republic, was the first president of the ZAR, and also compiled its constitution.

1819

Émile Augier

French playwright (died 1889)

Guillaume Victor Émile Augier was a French dramatist. He was the thirteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie française on 31 March 1857.

1820

Earl Van Dorn

Confederate general (died 1863)

Earl Van Dorn was an American Major General who started his military career as a United States Army officer and became famous for successfully leading two defenses of a Native American settlement from the Comanche. He…

1820

Arthur Saint-Léon

French choreographer (died 1870)

Arthur Saint-Léon was the Maître de Ballet of St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet from 1859 until 1869 and is famous for creating the choreography of the ballet Coppélia.

1821

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

American jurist and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1893)

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II was a Confederate soldier, American politician, diplomat, and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in both houses of Congress, served as the United…

1825

Bernhard Riemann

German-Italian mathematician and academic (died 1866)

Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann was a German mathematician who made profound contributions to analysis, number theory, and differential geometry. In the field of real analysis, he is mostly known for the first rigorous…

1826

Guerra Junqueiro

Portuguese journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1923)

Abílio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro was a Portuguese top civil servant, member of the Portuguese House of Representatives, journalist, author, and poet. His work helped inspire the creation of the Portuguese First Republic.…

1850

Frederick Corbett

British officer and Victoria Cross recipient (died 1912)

Frederick Corbett was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Corbett was born on 17 September 1853 in…

1853

David Dunbar Buick

Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick Motor Company (died 1929)

David Dunbar Buick was a Scottish-born American inventor, widely known for founding the Buick Motor Company. He headed this company and its predecessor from 1899–1906, thereby helping to create one of the most…

1854

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

Russian scientist and engineer (died 1935)

Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky was a Russian rocket scientist who pioneered astronautics. Along with Hermann Oberth and Robert H. Goddard, he is one of the pioneers of space flight and the founding father of modern…

1857

Frank Dawson Adams

Canadian geologist and academic (died 1942)

Frank Dawson Adams was a Canadian geologist.

1859

Billy the Kid

American gunman (died 1881)

Henry McCarty, alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who was linked to nine murders. He was solely responsible for four of them, and he may have…

1859

I. L. Patterson

American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (died 1929)

Isaac Lee Patterson was the 18th governor of Oregon from 1927 to 1929. An Oregon native, he served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1918 to 1922, and was a farmer in the Willamette Valley. He was the first…

1859

Mihkel Martna

Estonian journalist and politician (died 1934)

Mihkel Martna was an Estonian politician and journalist.

1860

Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky

Ukrainian writer (died 1913)

Mykhailo Mykhailovych Kotsiubynsky was a Ukrainian author whose writings described typical Ukrainian life at the start of the 20th century. Kotsiubynsky's early stories were described as examples of an ethnographic…

1864

James Tancred

English admiral (died 1943)

Vice-Admiral James Charles Tancred, born James Charles Cleghorn, was a British officer of the Royal Navy. He saw service in the First World War, and rose to the rank of vice-admiral.

1864

William Murray McPherson

Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria (died 1932)

Sir William Murray McPherson, KBE was an Australian philanthropist and politician. He was the 31st Premier of Victoria.

1865

Vera Yevstafievna Popova

Russian chemist (died 1896)

Vera Yevstafievna Popova was a Russian chemist. She was one of the first female chemists in Russia, and the first Russian female author of a chemistry textbook. She "probably became the first woman to die in the cause…

1867

James Alexander Calder

Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (died 1956)

James Alexander Calder was a Canadian politician.

1868

Christian Lous Lange

Norwegian political scientist, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1938)

Christian Lous Lange was a Norwegian historian, teacher, and political scientist. He was one of the world's foremost exponents of the theory and practice of internationalism.

1869

Eivind Astrup

Norwegian explorer (died 1895)

Eivind Astrup was a Norwegian explorer and writer. Astrup participated in Robert Peary's expedition to Greenland in 1891–92 and mapped northern Greenland. In the follow-up Greenland expedition by Peary during 1893–94 he…

1871

Walter Murdoch

Australian author and academic (died 1970)

Sir Walter Logie Forbes Murdoch, was a prominent Australian academic and essayist famous for his intelligence and wit. He was a founding professor of English and former Chancellor of the University of Western Australia…

1874

Vincenzo Tommasini

Italian composer (died 1950)

Vincenzo Tommasini was an Italian composer.

1878

Rube Foster

American baseball player and manager (died 1930)

Andrew "Rube" Foster was an American baseball co-founder, player, manager, and executive in the Negro leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981.

1879

Periyar

Indian social activist and politician (died 1973)

Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy, commonly known as Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician. He was the organiser of the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam and is considered the architect of Dravidian…

1879

Alfred Carpenter

English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1955)

Vice-Admiral Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, VC was a Royal Navy officer who was selected by his fellow officers and men to receive the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face…

1881

William Carlos Williams

American poet, short story writer, and essayist (died 1963)

William Carlos Williams was an American-Puerto Rican poet and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism. His Spring and All (1923) was written in the wake of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land (1922). In his…

1883

Charles Griffes

American pianist and composer (died 1920)

Charles Tomlinson Griffes was an American composer for piano, chamber ensembles and voice. His initial works are influenced by German Romanticism, but after he relinquished the German style, his later works make him the…

1884

Anton Irv

Estonian captain (died 1919)

Anton Irv VR I/2, VR II/2, VR II/3 was a highly decorated Estonian combat soldier and military officer during World War I and in the Estonian War of Independence.

1886

Earl Webb

American baseball player and coach (died 1965)

William Earl Webb was an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball, playing from 1925 to 1933. He played for five teams, including the Boston Red Sox for three years. He batted…

1897

Hughie Critz

American baseball player (died 1980)

Hugh Melville Critz was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds in the 1920s and the New York Giants in the 1930s.

1900

Lena Frances Edwards

African-American physician, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (died 1986)

Lena Frances Edwards was a New Jersey physician who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964.

1900

J. Willard Marriott

American businessman, founded the Marriott Corporation (died 1985)

John Willard Marriott Sr. was an American entrepreneur and businessman. He was the founder of the Marriott Corporation, the parent company of the world's largest hospitality, hotel chains, and food services companies.…

1900

Martha Ostenso

Canadian screenwriter and novelist (died 1963)

Martha Ostenso was a Norwegian American novelist and screenwriter who is also an important figure in Canadian literary history.

1900

Hedwig Ross

New Zealand-born educator and political activist, founding member of the Communist Party of New Zealand (died 1971)

Hedwig "Hettie" Ross was a New Zealand-born Australian educator and political activist. She was a founding member of the Communist Party of New Zealand and a leader of the Australian Militant Woman's Group, a…

1900

Francis Chichester

English pilot and sailor (died 1972)

Sir Francis Charles Chichester KBE was a British businessman, pioneering aviator and solo sailor.

1901

Bea Miles

Australian author (died 1973)

Beatrice Miles was an Australian eccentric and bohemian rebel. Described as Sydney's "iconic eccentric", she was known for her contentious relationships with the city's taxi drivers and for her ability to quote any…

1902

Karel Miljon

Dutch boxer (died 1984)

Karel Leendert Miljon was a Dutch boxer, who won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

1903

Frank O'Connor

Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet (died 1966)

Frank O'Connor was an Irish author and translator. He wrote poetry, dramatic works, memoirs, journalistic columns and features on aspects of Irish culture and history, criticism, long and short fiction, biography, and…

1903

Minanogawa Tōzō

Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (died 1971)

Minanogawa Tōzō , also known as Asashio Kyojiro , was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tsukuba, Ibaraki. He was the sport's 34th yokozuna.

1903

Tshekedi Khama

regent of the Bamangwato tribe (died 1959)

Tshekedi Khama was the regent-king of the Bamangwato tribe in 1926 after the death of Sekgoma II.

1905

J. R. Jayewardene

Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (died 1996)

Junius Richard Jayewardene, commonly referred to by his initials JR, was a Sri Lankan lawyer, public official and statesman who served as prime minister of Sri Lanka from 1977 to 1978 and as the second president of Sri…

1906

Edgar Wayburn

American physician and environmentalist (died 2010)

Edgar Arthur Wayburn was an American environmentalist who served as the president of the Sierra Club five times in the 1960s. He has been recognized as one of the least-known yet most successful defenders of America's…

1906

Warren E. Burger

American lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1995)

Warren Earl Burger was an American attorney who served as the 15th chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986.

1907

John Creasey

English author and politician (died 1973)

John Creasey was an English author known mostly for detective and crime novels but who also wrote science fiction, romance and westerns. He wrote more than six hundred novels using twenty-eight different pseudonyms.

1908

Rafael Israelyan

Armenian architect and educator, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral (died 1973)

Rafayel "Rafo" Israyelian was a Soviet Armenian architect.

1908

Elizabeth Enright

American author and illustrator (died 1968)

Elizabeth Wright Enright Gillham was an American writer of children's books, an illustrator, writer of short stories for adults, literary critic and teacher of creative writing. Perhaps best known as the Newbery…

1909

Irena Kwiatkowska

Polish actress (died 2011)

Irena Kwiatkowska was a popular Polish actress, known in Poland for her many cabaret roles and monologues, as well as appearances in movies and television shows.

1912

Maksim Tank

Belarusian poet, journalist, and translator (died 1995)

Maksim Tank was a Belarusian Soviet poet, journalist and translator.

1912

Thomas J. Bata

Czech-Canadian businessman (died 2008)

Tomáš Jan Baťa,, also known as Thomas Bata Jr. and Tomáš Baťa ml., was a Czech-Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He ran the Bata Shoe Company from the 1940s until the 80s.

1914

William Grut

Swedish pentathlete (died 2012)

William Oscar Guernsey Grut was a Swedish modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he won the gold medal in modern pentathlon. Grut was a multiple Swedish swimming champion and…

1914

Shin Kanemaru

Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (died 1996)

Shin Kanemaru was a Japanese politician who was a significant figure in the political arena of Japan from the 1970s to the early 1990s. He was also Director General of the Japan Defense Agency from 1977 to 1978.

1914

M. F. Husain

Indian painter and director (died 2011)

Maqbool Fida Husain was an Indian painter and film director who painted narrative paintings in a modified Cubist style. One of the founding members of Bombay Progressive Artists' Group, Husain is associated with Indian…

1915

Mary Stewart

British author and poet (died 2014)

Mary, Lady Stewart was a British novelist who developed the romantic mystery genre, featuring smart, adventurous heroines who could hold their own in dangerous situations. She also wrote children's books and poetry, but…

1916

Ib Melchior

Danish-American author and screenwriter (died 2015)

Ib Jørgen Melchior was a Danish-American novelist, short-story writer, film producer, film director, and screenwriter of low-budget American science fiction movies, most of them released by American International…

1917

Isang Yun

South Korean-German composer and educator (died 1995)

Isang Yun, or Yun I-sang, was a Korean-born composer who made his later career in West Germany.

1917

Lea Gottlieb

Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the Gottex Company (died 2012)

Lea Gottlieb was an Israeli fashion designer and businesswoman. She immigrated to Israel from Hungary after World War II, and founded the Gottex company.

1918

Chaim Herzog

Irish-born Israeli general and politician, 6th President of Israel (died 1997)

Chaim Herzog was an Irish-Israeli politician, military officer, lawyer and author who served as President of Israel from 1983 to 1993. Born in Belfast and raised primarily in Dublin, the son of Ireland's Chief Rabbi…

1918

Dinah Sheridan

English actress (died 2012)

Dinah Sheridan was an English actress with a career spanning seven decades. She was best known for the films Genevieve (1953) and The Railway Children (1970), the long-running BBC comedy series Don't Wait Up…

1920

Hans Otto Jung

German viticulturist, jazz musician and patron of music (died 2009)

Hans Otto Jung was a German viticulturist, jazz musician and patron of music. In the 1940s, he played as a pianist in the Hotclub Combo, which he cofounded with Emil Mangelsdorff and others. In 1987, he was a cofounder…

1920

Agostinho Neto

Angolan poet and politician, 1st President of Angola (died 1979)

António Agostinho Neto Kilamba was an Angolan communist revolutionary, politician and poet. He served as the first president of Angola from 1975 to 1979, after leading the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola…

1922

Ralph Sharon

English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2015)

Ralph Simon Sharon was a British-American jazz pianist and arranger. He is best known for working with Tony Bennett as his pianist on numerous recordings and live performances.

1923

Hank Williams

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1953)

Hiram "Hank" Williams was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. An early pioneer of country music, he is regarded as one of the most significant and influential musicians of the 20th century. Williams recorded…

1923

Dorothy Loudon

American actress and singer (died 2003)

Dorothy Loudon was an American actress and singer. She won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in 1977 for her performance as Miss Hannigan in Annie. Loudon was also nominated for Tony Awards for her lead…

1925

John List

American murderer (died 2008)

John Emil List was an American mass murderer and long-time fugitive. On November 9, 1971, he killed his wife, mother, and three children in their Westfield, New Jersey home, then disappeared. He had planned the murders…

1925

Bill Black

American bass player and bandleader (died 1965)

William Patton Black Jr. was an American musician and bandleader who is noted as one of the pioneers of rock and roll. He played in Elvis Presley's early trio, the Blue Moon Boys. Black later formed Bill Black's Combo.

1926

Curtis Harrington

American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2007)

Gene Curtis Harrington was an American film and television director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor. He emerged in the experimental film scene of the 1940s and ‘50s, notably as a collaborator of Kenneth…

1926

Hovie Lister

American minister and pianist (died 2001)

Hovie Franklin Lister was an American gospel musician, Baptist Minister, and politician. Lister was best known for his time as the front man of the Statesmen Quartet, perhaps the most well known and renowned Southern…

1926

Jean-Marie Lustiger

French cardinal (died 2007)

Jean-Marie Aron Lustiger was a French cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 1981 until his resignation in 2005. He was made a cardinal in 1983 by Pope John Paul II. His life is depicted…

1926

Jack McDuff

American singer and organist (died 2001)

Eugene McDuffy, known professionally as "Brother" Jack McDuff or "Captain" Jack McDuff, was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader. He was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz era of the 1960s,…

1926

George Blanda

American football player (died 2010)

George Frederick Blanda was an American professional football quarterback and placekicker who played in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). Blanda played 26 seasons of professional…

1927

Kevin Schubert

Australian rugby league player (died 2007)

Kevin Schubert (1927-2007) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. An international and interstate representative hooker, he played his club football in the Illawarra…

1927

Park Honan

American author and academic (died 2014)

Leonard Hobart Park Honan was an American academic and author who spent most of his career in the UK. He wrote widely on the lives of authors and poets and published important biographies of such writers as Robert…

1928

Roddy McDowall

English-American actor (died 1998)

Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall was a British-born American actor, whose career spanned over 270 screen and stage roles across more than 60 years.

1928

Sil Austin

American saxophonist (died 2001)

Sylvester Austin was an American jazz saxophonist. He achieved his biggest success in an overtly commercial rather than jazz vein, but he regarded Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Sonny Stitt as his major influences.

1929

David Craig

Baron Craig of Radley, Northern Irish air marshal and politician

Marshal of the Royal Air Force David Brownrigg Craig, Baron Craig of Radley, is a retired Royal Air Force officer and member of the House of Lords. He was a fast jet pilot in the 1950s, a squadron commander in the 1960s…

1929

Stirling Moss

English racing driver and sportscaster (died 2020)

Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss was a British racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1951 to 1961. Widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers to never win the Formula One World Drivers'…

1929

David Huddleston

American actor (died 2016)

David William Huddleston was an American actor. He had a prolific career as a character actor between 1960 and 2014, appearing in over 140 film and television productions, as well as playing the title character in both…

1930

Lalgudi Jayaraman

Indian violinist and composer (died 2013)

Lalgudi Gopala Iyer Jayaraman was an Indian Carnatic violinist, vocalist and composer. He is commonly grouped with M.S. Gopalakrishnan and T.N.Krishnan as part of the violin trinity of Carnatic music. He was awarded the…

1930

Theo Loevendie

Dutch clarinet player and composer

Johan Theodorus Loevendie is a Dutch composer and clarinet player.

1930

Edgar Mitchell

American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2016)

Edgar Dean Mitchell was a United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, ufologist, and NASA astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14 in 1971 he spent nine hours working on the lunar…

1930

Jim Rohn

American philosopher and author (died 2009)

Emanuel James Rohn was an American entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker. He wrote numerous books including How to obtain wealth and happiness.

1930

Thomas P. Stafford

American general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2024)

Thomas Patten Stafford was an American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and one of 24 Apollo astronauts who flew to the Moon. He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1969 to 1971.

1930

Anne Bancroft

American actress (died 2005)

Anne Bancroft was an American actress. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a…

1931

Jean-Claude Carrière

French actor and screenwriter (died 2021)

Jean-Claude Carrière was a French novelist, screenwriter and actor. He received an Academy Award for best short film for co-writing Heureux Anniversaire (1963), and was later given an Honorary Oscar in 2014. He was…

1931

Robert B. Parker

American author and academic (died 2010)

Robert Brown Parker was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works include the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser. In the mid-1980s,…

1932

Indarjit Singh

Indian-English journalist

Indarjit Singh, Baron Singh of Wimbledon,, sometimes transliterated Inderjit Singh, is a British journalist and broadcaster, a prominent British Indian active in Sikh and interfaith activities, and a member of the House…

1932

Samuel Ogbemudia

Nigerian army officer and politician (died 2017)

Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia was a Nigerian army officer and politician. He was military Governor (1967–1975) of the Mid-West State, later renamed Bendel State, part of which in turn later became Edo State. After the…

1932

Bulldog Brower

American wrestler (died 1997)

Richard T. Gland, better known by his ring name Dick "Bulldog" Brower, was an American professional wrestler.

1933

Chuck Grassley

American lawyer and politician

Charles Ernest Grassley is an American politician serving as the senior U.S. senator from Iowa, a seat he has held since 1981. Since 2025, he has been the president pro tempore of the United States Senate, a position he…

1933

Claude Provost

Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 1984)

Claude Joseph Antoine Provost was a Canadian professional ice hockey player.

1933

Maureen Connolly

American tennis player (died 1969)

Maureen Catherine Connolly-Brinker, known as "Little Mo", was an American tennis player, the winner of nine major singles titles in the early 1950s. In 1953, she became the first woman to win a Grand Slam. She is also…

1934

Ken Kesey

American novelist, essayist, and poet (died 2001)

Kenneth Elton Kesey was an American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s.

1935

Gerald Guralnik

American physicist and academic (died 2014)

Gerald Stanford "Gerry" Guralnik was the Chancellor’s Professor of Physics at Brown University. In 1964, he co-discovered the Higgs mechanism and Higgs boson with C. R. Hagen and Tom Kibble (GHK). As part of Physical…

1936

Michael Hennagin

American composer and educator (died 1993)

Michael Hennagin was an American composer and university professor.

1936

Nigel Boocock

English-Australian motorcycle racer (died 2015)

Nigel Boocock was a motorcycle speedway rider from England. who appeared in eight Speedway World Championship finals. He holds the record number of caps for Great Britain (64) and the record for total number of caps,…

1937

Orlando Cepeda

Puerto Rican baseball player (died 2024)

Orlando Manuel Cepeda Pennes, nicknamed "the Baby Bull" and "Peruchin", was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player, coach and scout. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman from 1958 to 1974,…

1937

Sitakant Mahapatra

Indian poet and literary critic

Sitakant Mahapatra is an Indian poet and literary critic in Odia as well as English. He served in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) from 1961 until he retired in 1995, and has since held ex officio posts such as…

1937

Paul Benedict

American actor (died 2008)

Paul Bernard Benedict was an American actor who made numerous appearances in television and films, beginning in 1965. He was known for his roles as The Number Painter on the PBS children's show Sesame Street and as the…

1938

Perry Robinson

American clarinet player and composer (died 2018)

Perry Morris Robinson was an American jazz clarinetist and composer. He was the son of composer Earl Robinson.

1938

Bobby Wine

American baseball player and coach

Robert Paul Wine Sr. is an American former shortstop, coach and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). An excellent fielder who struggled as a hitter, Wine spent 12 seasons in the National League with the Philadelphia…

1938

Carl Dennis

American poet and educator

Carl Dennis is an American poet and educator. His book Practical Gods won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

1939

Shelby Flint

American singer-songwriter and voice actress

Shelby Flint is an American singer-songwriter who had two top-100 hits, "Angel on My Shoulder" in 1961 and "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" in 1966.

1939

David Souter

American lawyer and jurist (died 2025)

David Hackett Souter was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1990 to 2009. Appointed by President George H. W. Bush to fill the seat that had…

1939

Jan Eliasson

Swedish politician and diplomat, 4th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

Jan Kenneth Eliasson is a Swedish diplomat who was Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations from July 2012 to December 2016. A member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Eliasson served as Minister for Foreign…

1940

Peter Lever

English cricketer (died 2025)

Peter Lever was an English cricketer, who played in seventeen Tests and ten ODIs for England from 1970 to 1975. A fast-medium opening bowler, he took 41 wickets and was a handy lower-order batsman with a top score of 88…

1940

Gilberto Parlotti

Italian motorcycle racer (died 1972)

Gilberto Parlotti was an Italian professional motorcycle racer competing in the FIM World Championship between 1969 and 1972. He competed for the Benelli, Derbi, Morbidelli and Tomos factories.

1940

Bob Matsui

American lawyer and politician (died 2005)

Robert Takeo Matsui was an American politician from the state of California. Matsui was a member of the Democratic Party and served in the U.S. House of Representatives as the congressman for California's 5th…

1941

Robert Graysmith

American author and illustrator

Robert Graysmith is an American true crime author and former cartoonist, known for authoring the 1986 book Zodiac, based on his work on the Zodiac Killer case.

1942

Des Lynam

Irish-English journalist and author

Desmond Michael Lynam is an Irish-born British television and radio presenter. In a broadcasting career spanning more than forty years, he has hosted television coverage of many of the world's major sporting events,…

1942

Lupe Ontiveros

American actress (died 2012)

Guadalupe Ontiveros was an American actress best known for portraying Rosalita in The Goonies, and Yolanda Saldívar in the film Selena. She acted in numerous films and television shows. Ontiveros was nominated for an…

1942

Les Emmerson

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)

Robert Leslie Emmerson was a Canadian musician and singer. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist for the band Five Man Electrical Band, and their predecessor band The Staccatos. He also recorded as a solo artist,…

1944

Reinhold Messner

Italian mountaineer and explorer

Reinhold Andreas Messner is an Italian climber, explorer, and author from the German-speaking province of South Tyrol. He made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along with Peter Habeler, the first ascent of…

1944

Jean Taylor

American mathematician and academic

Jean Ellen Taylor is an American mathematician who is a professor emerita at Rutgers University and visiting faculty at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University.

1944

David Emerson

Canadian economist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada

David Lee Emerson is a Canadian politician and economist who was the member of Parliament (MP) for Vancouver Kingsway from 2004 to 2008. First elected as a Liberal, Emerson served as minister of industry from 2004 to…

1945

Phil Jackson

American basketball player and coach

Philip Douglas Jackson is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Jackson is a 13-time NBA champion, having won two as a player and eleven as…

1945

Bhakti Charu Swami

Indian religious leader (died 2020)

Bhakti Charu Swami was an Indian spiritual leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). He was also a disciple of ISKCON's founder A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

1945

Billy Bonds

English footballer and manager (died 2025)

William Arthur Bonds was an English professional footballer and manager, who was most often associated with West Ham United with whom he spent 27 years as player and manager. He played 799 first-team games for West Ham…

1946

Heimar Lenk

Estonian journalist and politician

Heimar Lenk is an Estonian journalist and politician. He has supported the Estonian Centre Party since 1994.

1946

Tessa Jowell

English social worker and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office (died 2018)

Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell, Baroness Jowell, was a British Labour Party politician and life peer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dulwich, from 1992 to 1997, followed by Dulwich and West Norwood,…

1947

Enrique Krauze

Mexican historian, critic, and publisher

Enrique Krauze Kleinbort is a Mexican historian, essayist, editor, and entrepreneur. He has written more than twenty books, some of which are: Mexico: Biography of Power, Redeemers, and El pueblo soy yo. He has also…

1947

Gail Carson Levine

American author

Gail Carson Levine is an American author of young adult books. Her first novel, Ella Enchanted, received a Newbery Honor in 1998.

1947

Jeff MacNelly

American cartoonist (died 2000)

Jeffrey Kenneth MacNelly was an American editorial cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Shoe. After Shoe had been established in papers, MacNelly created the single-panel strip Pluggers. The Wall Street Journal…

1947

Kemal Monteno

Bosnian singer-songwriter (died 2015)

Kemal Monteno was a Bosnian recording artist and singer-songwriter whose career stretched from the 1960s to the 2010s. He is widely considered one of the greatest songwriters of the former Yugoslavia.

1948

John Ritter

American actor and producer (died 2003)

Johnathan Southworth Ritter was an American actor. He was a son of the singing cowboy star Tex Ritter and the father of actors Jason and Tyler Ritter. He played Jack Tripper on the popular ABC sitcom Three's Company…

1948

Ron Stevens

Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2014)

Ronald Gordon "Ron" Stevens was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Glenmore as a Progressive Conservative until his resignation on May…

1949

Narendra Modi

Indian politician; Chief Minister of Gujarat and 14th Prime Minister of India

Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician who has served as the prime minister of India since 26 May 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament (MP) for…

1950

Fee Waybill

American singer-songwriter and producer

John Waldo "Fee" Waybill is the lead singer and songwriter of San Francisco band The Tubes. Waybill has also worked with other acts, including Toto, Richard Marx, and Billy Sherwood.

1950

Russell Brown

Scottish politician

Russell Leslie Brown is a Scottish Labour Party politician. He is a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Dumfriesshire (1997–2005) and Dumfries and Galloway (2005–2015). He lost his seat at the 2015 general election to…

1951

Cassandra Peterson

American actress, television host, and producer

Cassandra Gay Peterson is an American actress best known for her portrayal of the horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Peterson gained fame on Los Angeles television station KHJ-TV in her stage persona…

1951

Kermit Washington

American basketball player

Kermit Alan Washington is an American former professional basketball player. Washington is best remembered for punching opposing player Rudy Tomjanovich during an on-court fight in 1977. Washington was not a highly…

1951

Harold Solomon

American tennis player and coach

Harold Solomon is an American former professional tennis player who played during the 1970s and 1980s. He achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 5 in singles in 1980, and of No. 4 in doubles in 1976. Over the…

1952

Luís Amado

Portuguese politician, former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Luís Filipe Marques Amado is a Portuguese politician who served as Minister of Defence, from 2005 to 2006, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 2006 to 2011, in the XVII and XVIII Constitutional Governments of…

1953

Junior Bridgeman

American basketball player and businessman (died 2025)

Ulysses Lee "Junior" Bridgeman Jr. was an American professional basketball player and businessman. Bridgeman played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Clippers from 1975…

1953

Tamasin Day-Lewis

English chef and author

Lydia Tamasin Day-Lewis is a British television chef and food critic, who has also published a dozen books about food, restaurants, recipes and places. She writes regularly for The Daily Telegraph, Vanity Fair, and…

1953

Altaf Hussain

Pakistani-English soldier and politician

Altaf Hussain is a British Pakistani politician who is known as the founder of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. He holds United Kingdom citizenship and has been living in exile in the UK since the start of Operation…

1953

Rita Rudner

American actress, comedian, and screenwriter

Rita Rudner is an American stand-up comedian and actress. Beginning her career as a Broadway actress, Rudner noticed the lack of female comedians in New York City and turned to stand-up comedy, where she has performed…

1953

Joël-François Durand

French pianist and composer

Joël-François Durand is a French composer.

1954

Bill Irwin

American wrestler

Barney William Irwin is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Wild" Bill Irwin. Irwin is also known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation as The Goon in 1996 to…

1954

Scott Simpson

American golfer

Scott William Simpson is an American professional golfer.

1955

Charles Martinet

American actor

Charles Andre Martinet is an American actor. From 1991 to 2023, Martinet was the voice of Mario in the Mario franchise. He also voiced other characters in the series such as Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, and the baby…

1955

Mike Parson

American politician, 57th Governor of Missouri

Michael Lynn Parson is an American politician and former law enforcement officer who served as the 57th governor of Missouri, from 2018 to 2025. A member of the Republican Party, Parson assumed the governorship upon the…

1955

Almazbek Atambayev

Kyrgyz politician, 4th President of Kyrgyzstan

Almazbek Sharshenovich Atambayev is a Kyrgyzstani politician who served as the fourth president of Kyrgyzstan from 2011 to 2017. He previously served as the 11th prime minister of Kyrgyzstan from 2010 to 2011, and from…

1956

Thad Bosley

American baseball player and coach

Thaddis Bosley Jr. is an American former professional baseball outfielder and coach.

1956

Mandawuy Yunupingu

Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)

Mandawuy Djarrtjuntjun Yunupingu, formerly Tom Djambayang Bakamana Yunupingu, and also known as Dr Yunupingu, was a teacher and musician, and frontman of the Aboriginal rock group Yothu Yindi from 1986. He was an…

1956

David Bintley

English ballet dancer and director

Sir David Julian Bintley is an English former ballet dancer, the artistic director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, and co-artistic director of the New National Theatre Tokyo ballet company.

1957

Steve Bryles

American businessman and politician (died 2012)

Steven Mark Bryles was an American politician and businessman. He was a member of the Arkansas Senate from 2001 to 2011, and a member of the Democratic Party.

1957

Nurten Yılmaz

Austrian politician

Nurten Yılmaz is an Austrian politician and former member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she represented Vienna North West from October 2013 to December 2022. She was a member of the…

1957

Janez Janša

Slovenian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Slovenia

Ivan Janša, better known as Janez Janša, is a Slovenian politician who has served as Prime Minister of Slovenia since 2026, a position he previously held from 2004 to 2008, from 2012 to 2013 and from 2020 to 2022. Since…

1958

Tom Waddell

Scottish-American baseball player (died 2019)

Thomas David Waddell was a Scottish Major League Baseball pitcher. One of only eight Scotland natives to ever be a major league ballplayer, he pitched for the Cleveland Indians from 1984 to 1985, and again in 1987.

1958

John Bottomley

Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2011)

John Bottomley was a Canadian singer-songwriter.

1960

Kevin Clash

American puppeteer

Kevin Jeffrey Clash is an American puppeteer, director and producer best known for puppeteering Elmo on Sesame Street from 1985 to 2012. He also performed puppets for Labyrinth, Dinosaurs, Oobi, and various Muppet…

1960

John Franco

American baseball player

John Anthony Franco is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed relief pitcher between 1984 and 2005. Franco established himself as an All-Star player with the…

1960

Damon Hill

English racing driver and guitarist

Damon Graham Devereux Hill is a British former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1992 to 1999. Hill won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1996 with Williams, and won 22 Grands…

1960

Alan Krueger

American economist and academic (died 2019)

Alan Bennett Krueger was an American economist who was the James Madison Professor of Political Economy at Princeton University and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He served as Assistant…

1960

Jim Cornette

American wrestling manager and sportscaster

James Mark Cornette is an American author, sports historian, and podcaster who previously worked in the professional wrestling industry as an agent, booker, color commentator, manager, photographer, promoter, trainer,…

1961

Giorgos Koumoutsakos

Greek politician

Giorgos Koumoutsakos is a Greek politician with the liberal New Democracy party, and a member of the European Parliament.

1961

Ty Tabor

American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ty Tabor is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the hard rock band King's X. Tabor has a wide-ranging guitar style, from big guitar riffs to middling melodic passages.…

1961

Paul Feig

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Paul Feig is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for directing films such as Bridesmaids (2011), The Heat (2013), Spy (2015), Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (2016), A Simple Favor (2018), Last Christmas…

1962

Baz Luhrmann

Australian director, producer, and screenwriter

Bazmark Anthony Luhrmann is an Australian film director, producer, writer and actor whose various projects extend from film and television into opera, theatre, music and the recording industries. He is regarded by some…

1962

Dustin Nguyen

Vietnamese-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Dustin Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American actor and martial artist. He is best known for his roles as Harry Truman Aioki on 21 Jump Street and as Johnny Loh on V.I.P. He starred as Zing in the Cinemax/Max martial arts…

1962

Hesham Qandil

Egyptian engineer and politician, 51st Prime Minister of Egypt

Hesham Mohamed Qandil is an Egyptian engineer and civil servant who served as the 51st prime minister of Egypt from 2012 to 2013. Qandil was appointed as prime minister by President Mohamed Morsi on 24 July 2012 and…

1962

Wayne Riley

Australian golfer

Wayne Riley is an Australian professional golfer.

1962

BeBe Winans

American singer-songwriter and producer

Benjamin "BeBe" Winans is an American gospel and R&B singer from Detroit, Michigan. He is a member of the noted Winans family, most members of which are also gospel artists. Winans has released nine solo albums, seven…

1962

Masahiro Chono

American-Japanese wrestler and manager

Masahiro Chono is an American-born Japanese retired professional wrestler and actor best known for his 26-year stint with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). As the leader of nWo Japan, Team 2000 and Black New Japan, he…

1963

James Urbaniak

American actor, producer, and screenwriter

James Christian Urbaniak is an American actor. As a character actor, is best known for his roles as Simon Grim in three Hal Hartley films: Henry Fool (1997), Fay Grim (2006) and Ned Rifle (2014), Robert Crumb in…

1963

Kyle Chandler

American actor

Kyle Martin Chandler is an American actor. He received critical acclaim for his performance as Eric Taylor in the NBC series Friday Night Lights (2006–2011), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor…

1965

Yuji Naka

Japanese video game designer, created Sonic the Hedgehog

Yuji Naka , sometimes credited as YU2, is a Japanese former video game designer and programmer. He is the co-creator of the Sonic the Hedgehog series and was the president of Sonic Team at Sega until his departure in…

1965

Guy Picciotto

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Guy Picciotto is an American songwriter, musician, and record producer from Washington, D.C. He is best known as the guitarist and co-lead vocalist in Fugazi and as lead vocalist of Rites of Spring.

1965

Bryan Singer

American director, producer, and screenwriter

Bryan Jay Singer is an American director, producer and writer. He is the founder of Bad Hat Harry Productions and has produced almost all of the films he has directed, as well as multiple television series.

1965

Doug E. Fresh

American rapper and producer

Douglas Davis, known professionally as Doug E. Fresh, is a Barbadian-born American rapper, record producer, and beatboxer, also known as the "Human Beat Box". The pioneer of 20th-century American beatboxing, Fresh is…

1966

Michael Carbajal

American boxer

Michael Carbajal is an American Six-time world boxing champion of Mexican descent. His nickname was "Little Hands of Stone" after his favorite boxer, "Hands of Stone" Roberto Durán.

1967

Malik Yoba

American actor

Abdul-Malik Kashie Yoba is an American actor. He is known for his starring role as NYPD Detective J. C. Williams on the Fox police drama New York Undercover and as Yul Brenner in the film Cool Runnings. He appeared as…

1967

Anastacia

American singer-songwriter

Anastacia Lyn Newkirk, known mononymously as Anastacia, is an American singer-songwriter who has released eight albums and sold over 50 million records worldwide, and collecting a total of 227 gold and platinum…

1968

Cheryl Strayed

American author

Cheryl Strayed is an American writer and podcast host. She has written four books: the novel Torch (2006) and the nonfiction books Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (2012), Tiny Beautiful Things (2012)…

1968

Tito Vilanova

Spanish footballer and manager (died 2014)

Francesc "Tito" Vilanova Bayó was a Spanish professional football central midfielder and manager.

1968

Valeri Zelepukin

Russian ice hockey player and coach

Valeri Mikhailovich Zelepukin is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers and the Chicago Blackhawks…

1968

Adam Devlin

English guitarist and songwriter

Adam Patrick Devlin is an English musician, best known as the guitarist and songwriter for indie rock band the Bluetones.

1969

Ken Doherty

Irish snooker player

Kenneth Joseph Doherty is an Irish retired professional snooker player who also works as a commentator and pundit on televised snooker broadcasts. From Ranelagh in Dublin, he is the sport's only world champion from the…

1969

Keith Flint

English singer-songwriter (died 2019)

Keith Charles Flint was an English singer, motorcyclist, hype man, and a vocalist of the electronic dance act the Prodigy. Starting out as a dancer for the group, he became the vocalist and performed on the group's two…

1969

Matthew Settle

American actor

Jeffrey Matthew Settle is an American actor. He is known for playing Will Benson in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Captain Ronald Speirs on the 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers and Rufus Humphrey on the CW…

1969

Paul Varelans

American MMA fighter and wrestler

Paul Varelans was an American professional mixed martial artist. He competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship from 1995 to 1996, and had a worked match in Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1996.

1969

Nate Berkus

American interior designer and television host

Nathan Jay Berkus is an American interior designer, author, and television personality. He runs the Chicago interior design firm Nate Berkus Associates and was a regularly featured guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show,…

1971

Mike Catt

South African-English rugby player and coach

Michael John Catt OBE is a South African-born former rugby union player who played for the England national rugby union team. He played professionally for the clubs London Irish and Bath. He earned 75 international caps…

1971

Andy Edwards

English footballer

Andrew David Edwards is an English former professional footballer and manager, currently working as an assistant coach at Notts County.

1971

Bobby Lee

American actor and comedian

Robert Young Lee Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster. Lee co-hosts the podcasts Bad Friends with Andrew Santino and TigerBelly with Khalyla Kuhn.

1971

Mauro Milanese

Italian footballer and manager

Mauro Milanese is an Italian former professional football player and manager, who played as a defender. In 2014, he was manager of Leyton Orient.

1971

Diego Albanese

Argentine rugby player

Diego Luis Albanese is an Argentine retired rugby union player who played as a winger. He played for the San Isidro Club in Argentina, French side Grenoble, Gloucester and Leeds Tykes. Albanese made 17 appearances for…

1973

Demis Nikolaidis

Greek footballer

Demis Nikolaidis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was the forty second president of AEK Athens and is considered one of the greatest Greek forwards of his generation. In his early…

1973

Nona Gaye

American singer, model, and actress

Nona Marvisa Gaye is an American singer-songwriter, former fashion model, and retired actress. The daughter of singer Marvin Gaye and maternal granddaughter of jazz musician Slim Gaillard, Gaye began her career as a…

1974

Tormod Granheim

Norwegian skier and explorer

Tormod Granheim is a Norwegian adventurer and motivational speaker involved in expeditions and extreme skiing. On May 16, 2006, he made the first ski descent of Mount Everest's North Face by the Norton Couloir.

1974

Craig Spence

Australian golfer

Craig A. Spence is an Australian professional golfer.

1974

Rasheed Wallace

American basketball player and coach

Rasheed Abdul Wallace is an American basketball coach and former professional player. A native of Philadelphia, Wallace played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels before declaring for the draft in 1995.…

1974

Wilko de Vogt

Dutch footballer

Wilko de Vogt is a former Dutch football goalkeeper.

1975

Jimmie Johnson

American race car driver

Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 84 Toyota Camry XSE for Legacy Motor Club, and part-time in the…

1975

Pumpkinhead

American rapper (died 2015)

Robert Alan Diaz known by his stage name Pumpkinhead or P.H., was an American rapper and hip hop artist. He grew up in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn, New York with his mother and younger sister.

1975

Sam Esmail

American screenwriter

Sam Esmail is an American film and television producer, director, and screenwriter who runs the production company Esmail Corp. He is best known as the creator, writer, and director of the award-winning USA Network…

1977

Simone Perrotta

Italian footballer

Simone Perrotta is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in England, he represented the Italy national team. Throughout his career, he stood out for his work-rate, energy, and box-to-box play…

1977

Nick Cordero

Canadian actor and singer (died 2020)

Nicholas Eduardo Alberto Cordero was a Canadian actor and singer. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Cheech in the 2014 Broadway musical Bullets Over Broadway and…

1978

Shawn Horcoff

Canadian ice hockey player

Shawn Paul Horcoff is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He was selected in the fourth round of the 1998 NHL entry draft, 99th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers, with whom he played 12 seasons and served as…

1978

Arne Slot

Dutch football manager

Arend Martijn "Arne" Slot is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of Premier League club Liverpool.

1978

Steffen Algreen

Danish footballer

Steffen R. Algreen is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a defender.

1979

Chuck Comeau

Canadian musician

Charles-André "Chuck" Comeau is a Canadian musician best known for being the drummer of the rock band Simple Plan. He also founded the apparel company Role Model Clothing along with his bandmate Pierre Bouvier and the…

1979

Billy Miller

American actor

William John Miller II was an American actor. He was recognized for his work on American soap operas, including his award-winning work as Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless and his dual portrayals of Jason…

1979

Chris Minns

Australian politician, 47th Premier of New South Wales

Christopher John Minns is an Australian politician who has served as the 47th premier of New South Wales since 2023 and the leader of the New South Wales Labor Party since 2021. He has been the member of parliament (MP)…

1979

Bakari Koné

Ivorian footballer

Bakari Koné is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a winger.

1981

Garth Murray

Canadian ice hockey player

Garth Robert Murray is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, Florida Panthers and the Phoenix Coyotes.

1982

Ice Seguerra

Filipino singer, actor, director, and former chairman of the National Youth Commission of the Philippines (2016–18)

Ice Seguerra, formerly Aiza Seguerra, is a Filipino actor, singer-songwriter, director and guitarist.

1983

Mary DeScenza

American swimmer

Mary Elizabeth Mohler is an American former competition swimmer and former world record-holder in the Women's 200-meter butterfly.

1984

John Kucera

Canadian skier

John Kucera is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Canada.

1984

Patrick van Luijk

Dutch sprinter

Patrick Jermaine Herschel van Luijk is a Dutch sprinter.

1984

Tomáš Berdych

Czech tennis player

Tomáš Berdych is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in May 2015. Berdych won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, including a…

1985

Brendan Clarke

Irish footballer

Brendan Clarke is an Irish football player who plays for League of Ireland First Division club Athlone Town.

1985

José Gonçalves

Portuguese footballer

José Júlio Gomes Gonçalves is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as a left back or central defender.

1985

Alexander Ovechkin

Russian ice hockey player

Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a left winger and captain for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "the Great 8" and "Ovi", as well as…

1985

Mason Raymond

Canadian ice hockey player

Mason Evan Raymond is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played as a winger in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and the Anaheim Ducks.…

1985

Ravichandran Ashwin

Indian cricketer

Ravichandran Ashwin is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm off spin bowler and a lower order batter. Widely regarded as one of the most prolific spinners of all time, he represented the Indian cricket team and was…

1986

Paolo De Ceglie

Italian footballer

Paolo De Ceglie is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a left-back, wing-back, or as a winger.

1986

Sophie

English music producer, disc jockey and singer (died 2021)

Sophie Xeon, known mononymously as Sophie, was a British music producer, songwriter, and DJ. Her distinctive musical style incorporated experimental sound design, "sugary" synthesised textures, and underground dance…

1986

Paul Huntington

English footballer

Paul David Huntington is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

1987

Danielle Brooks

American actress

Danielle Brooks is an American actress. After studying drama at the Juilliard School she earned her breakthrough in television before expanding to theater and film. She has received a Grammy Award as well as nominations…

1989

Pixie Geldof

English model and singer

Little Pixie Geldof is an English-born model and singer. She is the third daughter of Irish musician Bob Geldof and Paula Yates.

1990

Sean Scannell

English footballer

Sean Scannell is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Isthmian League South East Division club Cray Valley Paper Mills.

1990

Marcus Semien

American baseball player

Marcus Andrew Semien is an American professional baseball shortstop and second baseman for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics,…

1990

Ryo Ishikawa

Japanese golfer

Ryo Ishikawa , also known by the nickname Hanikami Ōji , is a Japanese professional golfer.

1991

Mena Massoud

Egyptian-Canadian actor

Mena Mansour Massoud is an Egyptian-born Canadian actor. He made his film debut in the 2017 Canadian dramatic thriller Ordinary Days. His breakthrough came with playing the title character in the Disney fantasy film…

1991

Egor Yakovlev

Russian ice hockey player

Egor Konstantinovich Yakovlev is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman for Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New…

1991

Alfonzo McKinnie

American basketball player

Alfonzo McKinnie is an American professional basketball player who last played for Busan KCC Egis of the Basketball Champions League Asia. He played college basketball for Eastern Illinois University and University of…

1992

Danny Ramirez

American actor

Daniel Ramirez is an American actor. He gained recognition for his role as Joaquin Torres / Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Captain America: Brave New World (2025) and the Disney+ series The Falcon…

1992

José Ramírez

Dominican baseball player

José Enrique Ramírez is a Dominican professional baseball third baseman for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He signed with the Cleveland Indians as an international free agent in 2009, and made…

1992

Sofiane Boufal

Moroccan footballer

Sofiane Boufal is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Ligue 1 club Le Havre. Born in France, he plays for the Morocco national team.

1993

Sophie Howard

Scottish footballer

Sophie Louise Howard is a footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Como. Born in Germany, she has been a member of the Scotland national team since 2017.

1993

Na In-woo

South Korean actor

Na Jong-chan, better known by his stage name Na In-woo (나인우), is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in Mr. Queen (2020–2021), River Where the Moon Rises (2021), Marry My Husband (2024), and Motel…

1994

Denyse Tontz

Salvadoran-American actress and singer

Denyse Tontz is an American actress, singer and songwriter. Tontz is known for her roles as Cortney Strathmore on Freeform's The Fosters, Miranda Montgomery on All My Children, Nikki Ortiz on Dog with a Blog, Elena on…

1994

Michael Bunting

Canadian ice hockey player

Michael Bunting is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a left winger for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). Bunting was selected by the Arizona Coyotes, 117th overall, in the 2014 NHL…

1995

Patrick Mahomes

American football player

Patrick Lavon Mahomes II is an American professional football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). After becoming the Chiefs' starting quarterback in 2018, he led the team to…

1995

Yoo Si-ah

South Korean singer

Yoo Si-ah, known professionally as YooA (유아), is a South Korean singer and actress. She is a member of the girl group Oh My Girl under WM Entertainment. She made her debut as a solo artist, with her first EP Bon Voyage,…

1995

Duje Ćaleta-Car

Croatian footballer

Duje Ćaleta-Car is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Real Sociedad, on loan from Ligue 1 club Lyon, and the Croatia national team.

1996

Esteban Ocon

French Formula One racing driver

Esteban José Jean-Pierre Ocon-Khelfane is a French racing driver who competes in Formula One for Haas. Ocon won the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix with Alpine.

1996

Slayyyter

American singer and songwriter

Catherine Grace Garner, known professionally as Slayyyter, is an American singer-songwriter. She started her career independently releasing songs through SoundCloud. Her eponymous debut mixtape, Slayyyter, was…

1996

Choi Young-jae

South Korean singer and actor

Choi Young-jae, professionally known by the mononym Youngjae, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Got7.

1996

Auston Matthews

American ice hockey player

Auston Taylour Matthews is an American professional ice hockey player who is a center and captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is widely considered as one of the best players in…

1997

Kim Dong-hyun

South Korean singer

Kim Dong-hyun, known mononymously as Donghyun, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actor. He is known for his participation in the reality competition show Produce 101 Season 2. He later debuted as a part of the…

1998

Jaimee Fourlis

Australian tennis player

Jaimee Fourlis is an Australian inactive tennis player of Greek descent. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 147, achieved on 18 July 2022, and a highest doubles ranking of No. 138, reached on 2 March…

1999

Daniel Huttlestone

English actor

Daniel Richard Huttlestone is a British actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Gavroche in Tom Hooper's Les Misérables (2012) and Jack in the musical film Into the Woods (2014), which both earned him a 2013…

1999

Elina Avanesyan

Russian-Armenian tennis player

Elina Ararati Avanesyan is an Armenian tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 36, achieved on 17 March 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 163, achieved on 12 August 2024. She is currently…

2002

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