Famous Birthdays on September 26

Q: Who was born on September 26?

Famous people born on September 26 include: Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, Anne of Bavaria, Thomas de Ros, Engelbert, Wolfgang.

Q: What is Vladimír Remek known for?

Vladimír Remek, Czech politician, diplomat, cosmonaut and military pilot

1948 — Vladimír Remek

Czech politician, diplomat, cosmonaut and military pilot

September 26 has seen 259 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 932 – 2003. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · September 26 — Wikipedia

Famous Birthdays 259 people 932 – 2003

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He flew aboard Soyuz 28 from 2 to 10 March 1978, becoming the first and only Czechoslovak in space

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As the first flight of the Soviet space program's Interkosmos, he was the first space traveller from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States

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The European Space Agency considers him the "first European in space"

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Remek is considered to be the first astronaut from the European Union

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Remek was a member of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2013 for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia

Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah

Arab caliph (died 975)

Abu Tamim Ma'ad al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah was the fourth Fatimid caliph and the 14th Ismaili imam, reigning from 953 to 975. It was during his caliphate that the center of power of the Fatimid dynasty was moved from…

932

Anne of Bavaria

German queen consort (died 1353)

Anne of Bavaria was Queen of Bohemia by marriage to Charles of Luxembourg. She was the daughter of Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Anna, daughter of Otto III of Carinthia.

1329

Thomas de Ros

8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (died 1430)

Thomas Ros or Roos, 8th Baron Ros of Helmsley was an English peer.

1406

Engelbert

Count of Nevers, younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves (died 1506)

Engelbert of Cleves, Count of Nevers was the younger son of John I, Duke of Cleves and Elizabeth of Nevers, only surviving child of John II, Count of Nevers.

1462

Wolfgang

Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died 1569)

Count Palatine Wolfgang of Zweibrücken was member of the Wittelsbach family of the Counts Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken from 1532. With the support of his regent, his uncle Rupert, Wolfgang introduced the Reformation…

1526

Sébastien Leclerc

French painter (died 1714)

Sébastien Leclerc or Le Clerc was an artist from the French province of the Three Bishoprics. He specialized in subtle reproductive drawings, etchings, and engravings of paintings; and worked mostly in Paris, where he…

1637

Nehemiah Grew

English plant anatomist and physiologist (died 1712)

Nehemiah Grew was an English plant anatomist and physiologist, known as the "Father of Plant Anatomy".

1641

Francis Daniel Pastorius

founder of Germantown, Philadelphia (died 1720)

Francis Daniel Pastorius was a German-born educator, lawyer, poet, and public official. He was the founder of Germantown, Pennsylvania, now part of Philadelphia, the first permanent German-American settlement and the…

1651

George William

Duke of Liegnitz (died 1675)

George William, also known as George IV William was the last Silesian duke of Legnica (Liegnitz) and Brzeg (Brieg) from 1672 until his death. He was the last male member of the Silesian Piast dynasty descending from…

1660

William Cavendish

3rd Duke of Devonshire (died 1755)

William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1721 to 1729.

1698

Richard Grenville-Temple

2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty (died 1779)

Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, KG, PC was a British politician and peer who served as Lord Privy Seal from 1757 to 1761. He is best known for his association with his brother-in-law William Pitt, serving…

1711

Cuthbert Collingwood

1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (died 1810)

Vice-Admiral of the Red Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, he…

1750

Cosme Argerich

Argentinian physician (died 1820)

Cosme Mariano Argerich was a pioneer of military medical practices in Argentina.

1758

Wenzel Müller

Austrian composer and conductor (died 1835)

Wenzel Müller was an Austrian composer and conductor. He is regarded as the most prolific opera composer of all time with his 166 operas.

1767

Johnny Appleseed

American gardener and environmentalist (died 1845)

John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced trees grown with apple seeds to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and the Canadian province of…

1774

Richard Griffin

3rd Baron Braybrooke, English politician and literary figure (died 1858)

Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, known as Richard Neville until 1797 and as the Hon. Richard Griffin between 1797 and 1825, was a British Whig politician and literary figure.

1783

Théodore Géricault

French painter and lithographer (died 1824)

Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault was a French painter and lithographer. His best-known painting is The Raft of the Medusa. Despite his short life, he was one of the pioneers of the Romantic movement.

1791

William Hobson

Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (died 1842)

Captain William Hobson was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who served as the first governor of New Zealand from 1841 to 1842. He was a co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi which he, as Crown…

1792

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Indian philosopher, painter, and academic (died 1891)

Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay, popularly known as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, was an Indian educator and social reformer of the 19th century.

1820

Louis-Olivier Taillon

Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (died 1923)

Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was the eighth premier of Quebec, serving two separate terms.

1840

Joseph Furphy

Australian author and poet (died 1912)

Joseph Furphy was an Australian author and poet. He mostly wrote under the pseudonym Tom Collins and is best known for his novel Such Is Life (1903), regarded as an Australian classic.

1843

Henry Walters

American art collector and philanthropist (died 1931)

Henry Walters was noted as an art collector and philanthropist, a founder of the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland, which he donated to the city in his 1931 will for the benefit of the public. From the late…

1848

Ivan Pavlov

Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was a Russian and Soviet experimental neurologist and physiologist known for his discovery of classical conditioning through his experiments with dogs. Pavlov also conducted significant research on…

1849

Anna Paaske

Norwegian opera singer and music teacher (died 1935)

Anna Paaske was a Norwegian opera singer and music teacher. She often performed in Wagner roles in concerts in Scandinavia and Northern Europe, and was especially popular in Germany. Her stage career ended after she…

1856

Archibald Butt

United States Army Officer (died 1912)

Archibald Willingham DeGraffenreid Clarendon Butt was an American Army officer and aide to presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. After a few years as a newspaper reporter, he served two years as the…

1865

Mary Russell

Duchess of Bedford (died 1937)

Mary Du Caurroy Russell, Duchess of Bedford, was a British aviator and ornithologist. She was honoured for her work in founding hospitals and working in them during the First World War. She later financed and took part…

1865

Komitas

Armenian-French priest and composer (died 1935)

Soghomon Soghomonian, ordained and commonly known as Komitas, was an Ottoman-Armenian priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster, who is considered the founder of the Armenian national school of…

1869

Christian X of Denmark (died 1947)

Christian X was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal union between Denmark and independent Iceland between 1918 and…

1870

Max Ehrmann

American poet and lawyer (died 1945)

Max Ehrmann was an American writer, poet, and attorney from Terre Haute, Indiana, widely known for his 1927 prose poem "Desiderata". He often wrote on spiritual themes.

1872

Wacław Berent

Polish author and translator (died 1940)

Wacław Berent was a Polish novelist, essayist and literary translator from the Art Nouveau period, publishing under the pen names S.A.M. and Wł. Rawicz. He studied Natural Science in Kraków and Zurich, and obtained a…

1873

Lewis Hine

American photographer and activist (died 1940)

Lewis Wickes Hine was an American sociologist and muckraker photographer. His photographs taken during times such as the Progressive Era and the Great Depression captured young children working in harsh conditions,…

1874

Charles Vyner Brooke

3rd Raj of Sarawak (died 1963)

Sir Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke was the last rajah of Sarawak from 1917 until his abdication in 1946. His cession of Sarawak to the British Empire marked the end of the Raj of Sarawak as well as the Brooke dynasty's…

1874

Edmund Gwenn

English-American actor (died 1959)

Edmund Gwenn was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street (1947), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the…

1875

Edith Abbott

American economist, social worker, and author (died 1957)

Edith Abbott was an American economist, statistician, social worker, educator, and author. Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska. Abbott was a pioneer in the profession of social work with an educational background…

1876

Ghulam Bhik Nairang

Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (died 1952)

Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang was a distinguished lawyer, poet and Pakistan Movement leader. He was the Deputy Leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1938 to 1942, and was appointed to the Constituent Assembly of…

1876

Ugo Cerletti

Italian neurologist and academic (died 1963)

Ugo Cerletti was an Italian neurologist who discovered the method of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) used in psychiatry. Electroconvulsive therapy is a therapy in which electric current is used to provoke a seizure for…

1877

Alfred Cortot

Swiss pianist and conductor (died 1962)

Alfred Denis Cortot was a French pianist, conductor, and teacher who was one of the most renowned classical musicians of the 20th century. A pianist of massive repertory, he was especially valued for his poetic insight…

1877

Bertha De Vriese

Belgian physician (died 1958)

Bertha De Vriese was a Belgian physician. When she earned her degree as a doctor of medicine at Ghent University, where she was the first woman to conduct research and the first woman physician to graduate from the…

1877

Walter Steinbeck

German actor (died 1942)

Walter Steinbeck was a German film actor.

1878

Jack Bickell

Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 1951)

John Paris Bickell was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and sports team owner. He is best known for his long-time association with the Toronto Maple Leafs professional ice hockey team as the owner, president,…

1884

Archibald Hill

English physiologist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1977)

Archibald Vivian Hill, better known to friends and colleagues as A. V. Hill, was a British physiologist, one of the founders of the diverse disciplines of biophysics and operations research. He shared the 1922 Nobel…

1886

Edwin Keppel Bennett

English author and poet (died 1958)

Edwin Keppel Bennett, noms de plume: Francis Bennett, Francis Keppel, was an English writer, poet, Germanist, and a prominent academic. He served as the president of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge between 1948…

1887

Antonio Moreno

Spanish-American actor and director (died 1967)

Antonio Garrido Monteagudo, better known as Antonio Moreno or Tony Moreno, was a Spanish-born American actor and film director of the silent film era and through the 1950s.

1887

Barnes Wallis

English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (died 1979)

Sir Barnes Neville Wallis was an English engineer and inventor. He is best known for having invented the bouncing bomb used by the Royal Air Force in Operation Chastise to attack the dams of the Ruhr Valley during World…

1887

J. Frank Dobie

American journalist and author (died 1964)

James Frank Dobie was an American folklorist, writer, and newspaper columnist best known for his many books depicting the richness and traditions of life in rural Texas during the days of the open range. He was known in…

1888

T. S. Eliot

English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)

Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, essayist and playwright. He was a leading figure of modernist poetry in the English language where he reinvigorated the art through his use of language, writing style, and verse…

1888

Gordon Brewster

Irish cartoonist (died 1946)

William Gordon Brewster was an Irish illustrator and editorial cartoonist.

1889

Martin Heidegger

German philosopher and academic (died 1976)

Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher whose work was central to the development of phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He has had significant impact within subsequent philosophy, social sciences and…

1889

Jack Tresadern

English footballer and manager (died 1959)

John Tresadern was an English professional football player and manager. He played twice for the England national team.

1890

William McKell

Australian politician, 12th Governor General of Australia (died 1985)

Sir William John McKell was an Australian politician who served as the 12th governor-general of Australia, in office from 1947 to 1953. He had previously been the 27th premier of New South Wales from 1941 to 1947, as…

1891

Charles Münch

French violinist and conductor (died 1968)

Charles Munch was an Alsatian French symphonic conductor and violinist. Noted for his mastery of the French orchestral repertoire, he was best known as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

1891

Hans Reichenbach

German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1953)

Hans Reichenbach was a leading philosopher of science, educator, and proponent of logical empiricism. He founded the Gesellschaft für empirische Philosophie in Berlin in 1928, also known as the "Berlin Circle". Carl…

1891

Robert Staughton Lynd

American sociologist and academic (died 1970)

Robert Staughton Lynd was an American sociologist and professor at Columbia University, New York City. He is best known for conducting the first Middletown studies of Muncie, Indiana, with his wife, Helen Lynd; as the…

1892

Gladys Brockwell

American actress (died 1929)

Gladys Brockwell was an American actress whose career began during the silent film era.

1894

Jürgen Stroop

German general (died 1952)

Jürgen Stroop was a German SS commander and perpetrator of the Holocaust during the Nazi era, who served as SS and Police Leader in occupied Poland and Greece from 1942–1943 and 1943–1944. He held the rank of…

1895

Pope Paul VI (died 1978)

Pope Paul VI was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding John XXIII, he continued the Second Vatican Council, which he closed in 1965,…

1897

Arthur Rhys-Davids

English lieutenant and pilot (died 1917)

Arthur Percival Foley Rhys-Davids, was an English flying ace of the First World War.

1897

George Gershwin

American pianist and composer (died 1937)

George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the orchestral…

1898

Suzanne Belperron

French jewelry designer (died 1983)

Suzanne Belperron, born in Saint-Claude, France, was an influential 20th-century jewellery designer based in Paris. She worked for the Boivin and Herz jewellery houses before the outbreak of World War II. Subsequently,…

1900

George Raft

American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1980)

George Raft was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and the 1940s. A stylish leading man in dozens of movies, Raft is remembered for his gangster…

1901

Ted Weems

American bandleader and musician (died 1963)

Wilfred Theodore Wemyes, known professionally as Ted Weems, was an American bandleader and musician. Weems's work in music was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1901

Albert Anastasia

Italian-American mobster (died 1957)

Umberto "Albert" Anastasia was an Italian-American mobster, hitman and crime boss. One of the founders of the modern American Mafia, and a co-founder and later boss of the Murder, Inc. organization, Anastasia eventually…

1902

Millito Navarro

Puerto Rican baseball player (died 2011)

Emilio Navarro, better known as "Millito Navarro", was a Puerto Rican second baseman and shortstop. Navarro was the second Puerto Rican to play baseball in the American Negro leagues, two years after Gacho Torres played…

1905

Karl Rappan

Austrian footballer and coach (died 1996)

Karl Rappan was an Austrian footballer and coach. He played and managed mostly in Switzerland, where he won multiple titles. He had four tenures as coach of the Switzerland national team, which he managed in three World…

1905

Anthony Blunt

English historian and spy (died 1983)

Anthony Frederick Blunt, styled Sir Anthony Blunt from 1956 until November 1979, was a leading British art historian and a Soviet spy.

1907

Shug Fisher

American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and comedian (died 1984)

Shug Fisher was an American character actor, singer, musician, and comedian. During his 50-year entertainment career, he performed in many Western films, often as a member of the Sons of the Pioneers in serials and in B…

1907

Bep van Klaveren

Dutch boxer (died 1992)

Lambertus "Bep" van Klaveren was a Dutch boxer, who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Van Klaveren remains the only Dutch boxer to have won an Olympic gold medal.…

1907

Bill France Sr.

American race car driver, founded NASCAR (died 1992)

William Henry Getty France was an American businessman and racing driver. He was also known as Bill France Sr. or Big Bill. He is best known for founding and managing NASCAR, a sanctioning body of American-based stock…

1909

A. P. Hamann

American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (died 1977)

Anthony P. "Dutch" Hamann was the city manager of San Jose, California, United States, from 1950 to 1969. During his tenure, San Jose grew from a small agriculture-based city of 95,000 residents to a large, economically…

1909

Al Helfer

American sportscaster (died 1975)

George Alvin "Al" Helfer was an American radio sportscaster.

1911

Frank Brimsek

American ice hockey player (died 1998)

Francis Charles "Mr. Zero" Brimsek was an American professional ice hockey player. He was a goaltender for ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins and Chicago Black Hawks. He won the Calder…

1913

Achille Compagnoni

Italian skier and mountaineer (died 2009)

Achille Compagnoni was an Italian mountaineer and skier. Together with Lino Lacedelli on 31 July 1954 he was in the first party to reach the summit of K2.

1914

Jack LaLanne

American fitness expert (died 2011)

Francois Henri "Jack" LaLanne was an American fitness and nutrition guru and motivational speaker. He described himself as being a "sugarholic" and a "junk food junkie" until he was 15 years old. He also had behavioral…

1914

Réal Caouette

Canadian journalist and politician (died 1976)

David Réal Caouette was a Canadian politician from Quebec. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) and leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada and founder of the Ralliement des créditistes. Outside politics he worked as…

1917

Tran Duc Thao

Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (died 1993)

Trần Đức Thảo was a Vietnamese philosopher. His work attempted to unite phenomenology with Marxist philosophy. His work had some currency in France in the 1950s and 1960s, and was cited favorably by Jacques Derrida,…

1917

Eric Morley

English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World (died 2000)

Eric Douglas Morley was an English television host and the founder of the Miss World pageant and Come Dancing programme. His widow, Julia Morley, is now head of the pageant and his son, Steve Douglas, is one of its…

1918

Barbara Britton

American actress (died 1980)

Barbara Britton was an American film and television actress. She is best known for her Western film roles opposite Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Gene Autry and for her two-year tenure as inquisitive amateur sleuth…

1919

Matilde Camus

Spanish poet and author (died 2012)

Aurora Matilde Gómez Camus was a Spanish poet from Cantabria who also wrote non-fiction.

1919

Takis Miliadis

Greek actor (died 1985)

Panagiotis "Takis" Miliadis was a Greek actor who is known for his comedic acting roles.

1922

Nicholas Romanov

Prince of Russia (died 2014)

Nicholas Romanovich Romanov was a claimant to the headship of the House of Romanov and president of the Romanov Family Association. Although undoubtedly a descendant of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, his claimed titles…

1922

Dev Anand

Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011)

Dev Anand was an Indian actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is considered as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema. Through a career that…

1923

Hugh Griffiths

Baron Griffiths, English cricketer, lawyer, and judge (died 2015)

William Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, MC, PC was a British soldier, cricketer, barrister, judge and life peer.

1923

James Hennessy

English businessman and diplomat (died 2024)

Sir James Patrick Ivan Hennessy was a British diplomat and public servant who was Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons from 1982 to 1987.

1923

Jean Hoerni

Swiss physicist, inventor and businessman (died 1997)

Jean Amédée Hoerni was a Swiss-born American engineer. He was a silicon transistor pioneer, and a member of the "traitorous eight". He developed the planar process, an important technology for reliably fabricating and…

1924

Norm Dussault

American-Canadian ice hockey player (died 2012)

Joseph Normand Marcel "Ti-Nomme" Dussault was an American-born Canadian ice hockey player who played 206 games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens from 1947 to 1951. The rest of his career lasted…

1925

Marty Robbins

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (died 1982)

Martin David Robinson, known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American country and western singer and songwriter. He was one of the most popular and successful singers of his genre for most of his nearly…

1925

Julie London

American singer and actress (died 2000)

Julie London was an American singer and actress whose career spanned more than 40 years. A torch singer noted for her contralto voice, London recorded over thirty albums of pop and jazz standards between 1955 and 1969.…

1926

Manfred Mayrhofer

Austrian philologist and academic (died 2011)

Manfred Mayrhofer was an Austrian Indo-Europeanist who specialized in Indo-Iranian languages. Mayrhofer served as professor emeritus at the University of Vienna. He is noted for his etymological dictionary of Sanskrit.

1926

Robert Cade

American physician and educator, co-invented Gatorade (died 2007)

James Robert Cade was an American physician, university professor, research scientist and inventor. Cade, a native of Texas, earned his bachelor and medical degrees at the University of Texas, and became a professor of…

1927

Patrick O'Neal

American actor (died 1994)

Patrick Wisdom O'Neal was an American actor and restaurateur.

1927

Enzo Bearzot

Italian footballer and manager (died 2010)

Enzo Bearzot was an Italian professional football player and manager. A defender and midfielder in his playing career, he also coached the Italy national team to victory in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

1927

Bob Van der Veken

Belgian actor (died 2019)

Bob Van Der Veken was a Belgian actor.

1928

Wilford White

American football player (died 2013)

Wilford Parley "Whizzer" White was an American professional football player who was a halfback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He also was a member of the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian…

1928

Philip Bosco

American actor (died 2018)

Philip Michael Bosco was an American actor. He was known for his Tony Award-winning performance as Saunders in the 1989 Broadway production of Lend Me a Tenor and for his starring role in the 2007 film The Savages.…

1930

Joe Brown

English mountaineer and author (died 2020)

Joseph Brown was an English mountaineer who was regarded as an outstanding pioneer of rock climbing during the 1950s and early 1960s. Together with his early climbing partner, Don Whillans, he was one of a new breed of…

1930

Kenneth Parnell

American sex offender (died 2008)

Kenneth Eugene Parnell was an American convicted sex offender, child rapist, and kidnapper infamously known for committing the abductions of 7-year-old Steven Stayner in Merced, California, in 1972 and 5-year-old…

1931

Donna Douglas

American actress (died 2015)

Donna Douglas was an American actress and singer, known for her role as Elly May Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971). Following her acting career, Douglas became a real estate agent, gospel singer,…

1932

Joyce Jameson

American actress (died 1987)

Joyce Jameson was an American actress, known for many television roles, including recurring guest appearances as Skippy, one of the "fun girls" in the 1960s television series The Andy Griffith Show as well as "the…

1932

Manmohan Singh

Indian economist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of India (died 2024)

Manmohan Singh was an Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician and statesman who served as the prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He was the fourth longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira…

1932

Vladimir Voinovich

Russian author and poet (died 2018)

Vladimir Nikolayevich Voinovich was a Russian writer and former Soviet dissident, and the "first genuine comic writer" produced by the Soviet system. Among his most well-known works are the satirical epic The Life and…

1932

Neil Coles

English golfer and architect

Neil Chapman Coles, MBE is an English professional golfer. Coles had a successful career in European golf, winning 29 important tournaments between 1956 and 1982. After reaching 50, he won a further 14 important Seniors…

1934

Bob Barber

English cricketer

Robert William "Bob" Barber is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, Lancashire and Warwickshire from 1954 to 1969. He also played 28 Test matches for England. He was named…

1935

Lou Myers

American actor (died 2013)

Lou Myers, known alternately as Lou Leabengula Myers, was an American actor.

1935

Joe Sherlock

Irish politician (died 2007)

Joe Sherlock was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 2002 to 2007, 1987 to 1992 and 1981 to 1982. He was a Senator for the Labour Panel from 1993 to 1997.

1935

Leroy Drumm

American sailor and songwriter (died 2010)

Leroy Maxey Drumm was an American bluegrass and country songwriter whose work became part of the recorded repertoire of several prominent artists in the genre. He is best known as co-writer of "Colleen Malone,"…

1936

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

South African academic and politician, 8th First Lady of South Africa (died 2018)

Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela-Mandela, also known as Winnie Mandela, was a South African politician, anti-apartheid activist, and second wife of Nelson Mandela. During her political career, she served as a Member…

1936

Valentin Pavlov

Russian banker and politician, 11th Premier of the Soviet Union (died 2003)

Valentin Sergeyevich Pavlov was a Soviet official who became a Russian banker following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Born in the city of Moscow, then part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic,…

1937

Jerry Weintraub

American film producer and agent (died 2015)

Jerome Charles Weintraub was an American film producer, talent manager and actor whose television films won him three Emmys.

1937

Lucette Aldous

New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator (died 2021)

Lucette Aldous was an Australian prima ballerina during her performing years. She was the resident principal dancer with The Australian Ballet, and well known for performing the role of Kitri in the film of Rudolf…

1938

Jonathan Goldsmith

American actor

Jonathan Goldsmith is an American character actor. He began his career on the New York stage, then started a career in film and television. He appeared in several TV shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. He is best known…

1938

Lars-Jacob Krogh

Norwegian journalist (died 2010)

Lars-Jacob Krogh was a Norwegian anchorman and television presenter.

1938

Ricky Tomlinson

English actor and screenwriter

Eric Tomlinson is an English actor. He is best known for his television roles as Bobby Grant in the soap opera Brookside (1982–1988), DCI Charlie Wise in Cracker (1993–2006) and Jim Royle in The Royle Family…

1939

Salvatore Accardo

Italian violinist and conductor

Salvatore Accardo is an Italian violinist and conductor, who is known for his performances of the works of Niccolò Paganini.

1941

Martine Beswick

Jamaican-English model and actress

Mary Rose Penso Beswick is a Jamaican-born British actress and model perhaps best known for her roles in two James Bond films, From Russia with Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965), who went on to appear in several other…

1941

David Frizzell

American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist

David Frizzell is an American country music singer. He is the younger brother of country musician, Lefty Frizzell. His career started in the late 1950s, but he had his greatest success in the 1980s.

1941

Kent McCord

American actor

Kent Franklin McWhirter, known by his stage name Kent McCord, is an American retired actor, best known for his roles as Officer Jim Reed on the television series Adam-12, Captain "Boxey" Troy on Galactica 1980, and IASA…

1942

Gloria E. Anzaldúa

American scholar of Chicana cultural theory (died 2004)

Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa was an American philosopher and scholar of Chicana feminism, cultural theory, and queer theory. She loosely based her best-known book, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987), on her…

1942

Ian Chappell

Australian cricketer and sportscaster

Ian Michael Chappell is an Australian commentator and former cricketer. Known as "Chappelli", he is considered as one of the greatest captains the game has seen. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before…

1943

Tim Schenken

Australian racing driver

Timothy Theodore Schenken is a former racing driver from Sydney, Australia. He participated in 36 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 16 August 1970. He achieved one career podium at the 1971…

1943

Jan Brewer

American politician, 22nd Governor of Arizona

Janice Kay Brewer is an American politician who served as the 22nd governor of Arizona from 2009 to 2015, as a member of the Republican Party. Prior to this, Brewer was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives,…

1944

Keith O'Nions

English geologist and academic

Sir Robert Keith O'Nions, is a British scientist and ex-President & Rector of Imperial College London. He is the former Director General of the Research Councils UK as well as Professor of the Physics and Chemistry of…

1944

Anne Robinson

English journalist and game show host

Anne Josephine Robinson is a British journalist and television presenter, best known as the host of BBC game show The Weakest Link from 2000 to 2012, and again in 2017 for a one-off celebrity special for Children in…

1944

Louise Beaudoin

Canadian academic and politician

Louise Beaudoin is a Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Rosemont in the National Assembly of Quebec until 2012, as a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ). She sat as an independent from June 6,…

1945

Gal Costa

Brazilian singer (died 2022)

Gal Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos, known professionally as Gal Costa, was a Brazilian singer of popular music. Twelve-time Brazilian Music Awards winner, she was one of the main figures of the tropicalia music scene…

1945

Bryan Ferry

English singer-songwriter

Bryan Ferry is an English singer and musician. He became known as the frontman of the band Roxy Music and also launched a solo career.

1945

Andrea Dworkin

American activist and author (died 2005)

Andrea Rita Dworkin was an American radical feminist writer and activist best known for her analysis of pornography. Her feminist writings, beginning in 1974, span 30 years. They are found in a dozen solo works: nine…

1946

John MacLachlan Gray

Canadian actor, playwright, and composer

John MacLachlan Gray, OC is a Canadian writer-composer-performer for stage, TV, film, radio and print. He is best known for his stage musicals and for his two seasons as a satirist on CBC TV's The Journal, as well as an…

1946

Mary Beth Hurt

American actress (died 2026)

Mary Beth Hurt was an American actress of stage and screen. She was a three-time Tony Award-nominated actress, as well as a BAFTA Award and Independent Spirit Award nominee. Hurt was also the recipient of an Obie Award…

1946

Radha Krishna Mainali

Nepalese politician

Radha Krishna Mainali, better known as R. K. Mainali is a Nepalese politician. In the early 1970s he was one of the radical communists who led the Jhapa rebellion, inspired by the Naxalite movement in India.

1946

Louise Simonson

American author

Louise Simonson is an American comic book writer and editor. She is best known for her work on comic book titles such as Conan the Barbarian, Power Pack, X-Factor, The New Mutants, Superman: The Man of Steel, and Steel.…

1946

Claudette Werleigh

Haitian Prime Minister

Claudette Werleigh is a Haitian politician who served as the prime minister of Haiti from 1995 to 1996. She was Haiti's first female prime minister.

1946

Lucius Allen

American basketball player

Lucius Oliver Allen Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. He is one of only a select few players to have won at least one high school state championship, collegiate national championship, and NBA…

1947

Lynn Anderson

American singer and actress (died 2015)

Lynn René Anderson was an American country singer and television personality. Her crossover signature recording, "Rose Garden", was a number one hit internationally. She also charted five number one and 18 top-ten…

1947

Philippe Lavil

French singer and actor

Philippe Lavil, pseudonym of Philippe Durand de La Villejégu du Fresnay, is a French singer. He remained particularly famous for his hits singles "Il tape sur des bambous", "Elle préfère l'amour en mer" and "Kolé séré",…

1947

Dick Roth

American swimmer

Richard William Roth was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record holder in two events - the long course 200 m and 400 m individual medley.

1947

Olivia Newton-John

English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (died 2022)

Dame Olivia Newton-John was a British and Australian singer, songwriter and actress. With over 100 million records sold, Newton-John is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, as well as the highest-selling…

1948

Clodoaldo

Brazilian footballer and manager

Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana, better known as Clodoaldo, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

1949

Wendy Saddington

Australian singer and journalist (died 2013)

Wendy June Saddington, also known as Gandharvika Dasi, was an Australian blues, soul and jazz singer, and was in the bands Chain, Copperwine and the Wendy Saddington Band. She wrote for teen pop newspaper Go-Set from…

1949

Jane Smiley

American novelist

Jane Smiley is an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel A Thousand Acres (1991).

1949

Minette Walters

English journalist and author

Minette Caroline Mary Walters is an English writer.

1949

Andy Haden

New Zealand rugby player (died 2020)

Andrew Maxwell Haden was a New Zealand rugby union player and All Black captain. He played at lock for Auckland and for New Zealand from 1972 until 1985. He also played club rugby for Ponsonby RFC in Auckland and for…

1950

Tommy Taylor

English footballer and manager

Thomas Frederick Taylor is an English football manager and former footballer. As a footballer, he played as a defender.

1951

Stuart Tosh

Scottish singer-songwriter and drummer

Stuart Mcbeath Tosh is a Scottish drummer, songwriter and vocalist. He recorded and toured with a succession of bands during the 1970s and 1980s, including Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, 10cc, Camel, and Roger Daltrey.

1951

Dolores Keane

Irish singer and actress

Dolores Keane was an Irish folk singer. She was a founding member of the group De Dannan and later pursued a solo recording and touring career.

1953

Douglas A. Melton

American biologist and academic

Douglas A. Melton is an American medical researcher who is the Xander University Professor at Harvard University, and was an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute until 2022. Melton is a co-director of the…

1953

Paul Stephenson

English police officer

Sir Paul Robert Stephenson is a British retired police officer who served as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2009 to 2011.

1953

Craig Chaquico

American guitarist

Craig Clinton Chaquico is an American guitarist, songwriter, and composer. From 1974 to 1990 he was lead guitarist for the rock bands Jefferson Starship and Starship. In 1993, he started a solo career as an acoustic…

1954

Kevin Kennedy

American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster

Kevin Curtis Kennedy is an American former player, coach, and manager in professional baseball. Following an eight-season playing career in Minor League Baseball, he managed for 12 seasons in the minor leagues and four…

1954

Cesar Rosas

Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Cesar J. Rosas is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist best known as a member of the rock and roll group Los Lobos. Rosas also participates in the Latin supergroup Los Super Seven. Rosas is known for his…

1954

Carlene Carter

American singer-songwriter

Carlene Carter is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of June Carter Cash and her first husband, Carl Smith.

1955

Steve Butler

American race car driver and engineer

Steve Butler is an American former auto racing driver. He won six national driving championships in USAC Sprint Car and Silver Crown open-wheel racing. Butler was highly regarded for his technical skills and performed…

1956

Linda Hamilton

American actress

Linda Carroll Hamilton is an American actress. Known for portraying tough, resilient characters, she made her film debut in 1979 before achieving fame with her starring role as Sarah Connor in The Terminator (1984) and…

1956

Bob Staake

American author and illustrator

Bob Staake STAK is an American illustrator, cartoonist, children's book author and designer. He lives and works in Chatham, Massachusetts on the elbow of Cape Cod.

1957

Klaus Augenthaler

German footballer and manager

Klaus "Auge" Augenthaler is a German former professional football player and manager. A defender, he won seven Bundesliga titles in his 15-year club career with Bayern Munich. He also represented the West Germany…

1957

Michael Dweck

American photographer and director

Michael Dweck is an American visual artist and filmmaker. Best known for his narrative photography, Dweck's work "explores ongoing struggles between identity and adaptation in endangered societal enclaves." In 2003, he…

1957

Oscar Andrade

Brazilian politician (died 2026)

Oscar Ilton de Andrade was a Brazilian politician. A member of the Liberal Front Party, he served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1996 to 2003.

1957

Rudi Cerne

German figure skater and journalist

Rudi Cerne is a German TV presenter and former figure skater. He is the 1984 European silver medalist and a two-time West German national champion. He competed at two Winter Olympics, finishing fourth in 1984.

1958

Darby Crash

American singer-songwriter (died 1980)

Jan Paul Beahm was an American singer who, along with longtime friend Pat Smear, co-founded the punk rock band the Germs and was best known as their lead vocalist. In 1980, he committed suicide by deliberately…

1958

Robert Kagan

Greek-American historian and author

Robert Kagan is an American columnist. He is a neoconservative scholar. He is a U.S. foreign policy analyst and commentator and a leading advocate of liberal internationalism.

1958

Kenny Sansom

English footballer

Kenneth Graham Sansom is a former professional footballer who played as a left-back. An England international, he played for clubs such as Crystal Palace, Arsenal, Newcastle United, Coventry City, Queens Park Rangers,…

1958

Richard B. Weldon Jr.

American sailor and politician

Richard Weldon was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing Maryland District 3B, which then included parts of Frederick and Washington County, Maryland. He defeated Lisa Baugher in 2002 for the new 3B…

1958

Andrew Bolt

Australian journalist

Andrew Bolt is an Australian conservative social and political commentator. He has worked at the News Corp-owned newspaper company The Herald and Weekly Times (HWT) for many years, for both The Herald and its successor,…

1959

Trevor Dodds

Namibian golfer

Trevor George Dodds is a Namibian professional golfer who formerly played on the PGA Tour. He is known for winning the 1998 edition of Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic.

1959

Rich Gedman

American baseball player and coach

Richard Leo Gedman is an American professional baseball hitting adviser with the Boston Red Sox, and a former coach and player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for the Red Sox (1980–1990), Houston…

1959

Ilya Kormiltsev

Russian poet and translator (died 2007)

Ilya Valeryevich Kormiltsev was a Russian poet, translator, and publisher. Kormiltsev is most famous for working during the 1980s and the 1990s as a songwriter in Nautilus Pompilius, one of the most popular rock bands…

1959

Uwe Bein

German footballer and manager

Uwe Bein is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1960

Jouke de Vries

Dutch academic and politician

Jouke de Vries is a Dutch political scientist, university administrator, and politician. He is chairman of the Executive Board of the University of Groningen (RUG) in the Netherlands. Before that he was Dean of the…

1960

Doug Supernaw

American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)

Douglas Anderson Supernaw was an American country music artist. After several years performing as a local musician throughout the state of Texas, he signed with BNA Records in 1993.

1960

Jeanie Buss

American sports executive

Jeanie Marie Buss is an American sports executive who is the governor and minority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and co-owner and promoter of the U.S. women's professional…

1961

Cindy Herron

American singer-songwriter and actress

Cynthia Ann Herron, professionally known as Cindy Herron and sometimes credited as Cindy Herron–Braggs, is an American singer and actress. Herron is best known as a founding member of the R&B/pop group En Vogue, one of…

1961

Marianne Mikko

Estonian journalist and politician

Marianne Mikko is an Estonian politician and former Member of the European Parliament and former Member of the Parliament of Estonia for the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists. Mikko was…

1961

Will Self

English novelist and journalist

William Woodard Self is an English writer, journalist, political commentator and broadcaster. He has written 11 novels, five collections of shorter fiction, three novellas and nine collections of non-fiction writing.…

1961

Melissa Sue Anderson

American-Canadian actress

Melissa Sue Anderson is an American-Canadian actress. She began her career as a child actress after appearing in several commercials in Los Angeles. Anderson is known for her role as Mary Ingalls in the NBC drama series…

1962

Jonas Bergqvist

Swedish ice hockey player

Jonas Pär Bergqvist is a Swedish former professional ice hockey right winger, who twice won an Olympic medal in his career.

1962

Mark Haddon

English author and poet

Mark Haddon is an English novelist, best known for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003). He won the Whitbread Award, the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, the Guardian Prize, and a Commonwealth…

1962

Steve Moneghetti

Australian runner

Stephen James Moneghetti,, is an Australian long-distance runner and physical health consultant who has represented Australia on many occasions. He is a personal development consultant with the Ministry of Education and…

1962

Al Pitrelli

American guitarist and songwriter

Al Pitrelli is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth, Alice Cooper and Savatage. He has performed with various acts as a band member, session musician and touring…

1962

Tracey Thorn

English singer-songwriter and writer

Tracey Thorn is an English singer, songwriter, and author. She is best known as a member of the duo Everything but the Girl, active from 1982 to 2000, and again from 2022. She was in the band Marine Girls from 1980 to…

1962

Jacky Wu

Taiwanese singer, actor, and television host

Jacky Wu is a Taiwanese television show host, singer, and actor. He hosts numerous variety shows, such as the long running popular Taiwanese variety show Guess.

1962

Lysette Anthony

English actress and producer

Lysette Anne Chodzko, known professionally as Lysette Anthony, is an English actress and model. She is known for her roles in the film Husbands and Wives (1992), as Princess Lyssa in the 1983 fantasy epic Krull, Christa…

1963

Joe Nemechek

American race car driver

Joseph Frank Nemechek III is an American professional stock car racing driver. The 1992 NASCAR Busch Series champion, he has the second most national series starts in NASCAR history.

1963

Dave Martinez

American baseball player and coach

David Martinez is a former American professional baseball manager and outfielder who most recently managed the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously served as the bench coach for the Tampa…

1964

Radisav Ćurčić

Serbian-Israeli basketball player

Radisav Ćurčić is a Serbian-Israeli former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) and weighing 275 pounds (125 kg), he played the center position. He represented the Yugoslavia national…

1965

Petro Poroshenko

Ukrainian businessman and politician, 5th President of Ukraine

Petro Oleksiiovych Poroshenko is a Ukrainian politician, oligarch, and former bureaucrat who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2010,…

1965

Jillian Barberie

Canadian actress and sportscaster

Jillian Marie Barberie is a Canadian television hostess, sportscaster, radio personality and actress. From 1995 to 2012, she was a co-host on the Los Angeles television morning news and entertainment program Good Day…

1966

Christos Dantis

Greek singer-songwriter and producer

Christos Dantis, is a Greek multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, lyricist, and record producer best known for his hits such as "To Palio Mou Palto" and "Ena Tragoudi Akoma" and later for co-writing the song "My…

1966

Shane Dye

New Zealand jockey

Raymond Shane Dye, is a former jockey. He was an apprentice jockey to Dave O’Sullivan at Matamata, before moving to Sydney, Australia where he was initially working with Vic Thompson at Warwick Farm in the late-1980s.…

1966

Craig Heyward

American football player (died 2006)

Craig William Heyward, nicknamed "Ironhead", was an American professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers. He then played…

1966

Bruno Akrapović

Bosnian footballer and manager

Bruno Akrapović is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player.

1967

Shannon Hoon

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)

Richard Shannon Hoon was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer of the band Blind Melon from 1990 until his death in 1995.

1967

Craig Janney

American ice hockey player

Craig Harlan Janney is an American former professional ice hockey center who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1987–88 until 1998–99, when blood clots ended his career prematurely.

1967

Jim Caviezel

American actor

James Patrick Caviezel Jr. is an American actor. He played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ (2004), Tim Ballard in Sound of Freedom (2023), and starred as John Reese on the CBS series Person of Interest (2011–2016).…

1968

Ben Shenkman

American actor

Ben Shenkman is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the comedy-drama series Royal Pains and the acclaimed HBO miniseries Angels in America, which earned him both Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award…

1968

Andy Petterson

Australian footballer and coach

Andrew Keith Petterson is an Australian former soccer player and coach who is a goalkeeping coach for East Bengal.

1969

David Slade

English director and producer

David Aldrin Slade is an English film and television director and actor. His works include the films Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Slade is also a director for television, directing…

1969

Holger Stanislawski

German footballer and manager

Holger Stanislawski is a German football manager and former player.

1969

Paul Warhurst

English footballer and manager

Paul Warhurst is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender, midfielder or striker.

1969

Daryl Beattie

Australian motorcycle racer

Daryl Glen Beattie is a former Grand Prix solo motorcycle road racer.

1970

Sheri Moon Zombie

American actress and fashion designer

Sheri Moon Zombie is an American actress, model, dancer, and fashion designer.

1970

David Parland

Swedish guitarist (died 2013)

David Vincent Parland, also known by his stage name Blackmoon, was a Swedish metal guitarist noted for his work the bands Dark Funeral, Necrophobic and Infernal, all of which he co-founded.

1970

Ras Kass

American rapper and producer

John R. Austin II, better known by his stage name Ras Kass, is an American rapper. He is a member of the hip hop supergroup The Hrsmn, along with Canibus, Killah Priest, and Kurupt in 2014. He is also a member of the…

1972

Beto O'Rourke

American politician

Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, O'Rourke was the party's…

1972

Shawn Stockman

American singer

Shawn "Slim" Stockman is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as a member of the vocal group Boyz II Men. In addition to Boyz II Men, Stockman was a member of the group Black Men United.…

1972

Marty Casey

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Martin Xavier "Marty" Casey is an American rock musician who is the lead singer, primary songwriter and second guitarist of Lovehammers. After years of building a strong local following in Chicago and the Midwest,…

1973

Julienne Davis

American actress, producer, and screenwriter

Julienne Davis is an American actress, singer, and model.

1973

Dr. Luke

American record producer and songwriter

Łukasz Sebastian Gottwald, known professionally as Dr. Luke, Tyson Trax, and Made in China, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He began his professional music career as the Saturday Night Live…

1973

Chris Small

Scottish snooker player and coach

Christopher Small is a retired Scottish professional snooker player and now a qualified snooker coach. His playing career was ended by the spinal condition ankylosing spondylitis.

1973

Olga Vasdeki

Greek triple jumper

Olga Vasdeki is a Greek triple jumper.

1973

Boris Cepeda

German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat

Boris Cepeda is a German-Ecuadorian Pianist and Diplomat.

1974

Gary Hall Jr.

American swimmer

Gary Wayne Hall Jr. is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics and won ten Olympic medals. He is a former world record-holder in two relay events.…

1974

Martin Müürsepp

Estonian basketball player and coach

Martin Müürsepp is an Estonian professional basketball coach and former player, who is the head coach of Haljala NGU of the I liiga. Widely regarded as one of Estonia's greatest basketball players of all time, he is the…

1974

Emma Härdelin

Swedish singer and violinist

Emma Härdelin is a Swedish musician. She is a violinist and lead singer in folk-rock band Garmarna, which she joined in 1993 for their first album, and also lead singer for the folk band Triakel.

1975

Jake Paltrow

American director and screenwriter

Jake Paltrow is an American film director, screenwriter and actor. Coming from a family of actors, he is the younger brother of Gwyneth Paltrow and the son of Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner.

1975

Chiara Schoras

German actress

Chiara Schoras is a German actress.

1975

Michael Ballack

German footballer

Michael Ballack is a German former professional footballer who is now a football agent. He was selected by Pelé as one of FIFA's 100 Greatest Living Players, and as the UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year in 2002. He won…

1976

Sami Vänskä

Finnish bass player

Sami Vänskä is the former bassist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish.

1976

Kerem Özyeğen

Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mor ve Ötesi is a Turkish alternative rock band from Istanbul. Its four current members are Harun Tekin, Kerem Kabadayı (drums), Burak Güven (bass) and Kerem Özyeğen. Former members include Alper Tekin and Derin Esmer.…

1977

Aka Plu

Japanese comedian and actor

Yuko Matsuoka , better known as Aka Plu , is a Japanese comedian who is represented by the talent agency, Ohta Production. Her old stage name was Akai Plutonium . Her husband is Shingo Matsuoka which they were a comedy…

1977

Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot

Kenyan runner

Robert "Mwafrika" Kipkoech Cheruiyot, sometimes known as Omar Ahmed, is a Kenyan marathon runner and is the former record holder and four-time winner of the Boston Marathon.

1978

Chris Kunitz

Canadian ice hockey player

Christopher Kunitz is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Anaheim Ducks, Atlanta Thrashers, the Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning and…

1979

Naomichi Marufuji

Japanese wrestler

Naomichi Marufuji is a Japanese professional wrestler, wrestling executive, and restaurateur. He is signed to Pro Wrestling Noah, and is the vice-president of CyberFight, the parent company of Noah. Known as the Genius…

1979

Fuifui Moimoi

Tongan-New Zealand rugby league player

Fuifui Moana Moimoi is a rugby league footballer who plays as a prop.

1979

Cameron Mooney

Australian footballer

Cameron Mooney is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne and Geelong Football Clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL). A forward, standing at 197 cm Mooney is renowned for his…

1979

Jaycie Phelps

American gymnast

Jaycie Lynn Phelps is an American retired Olympic gymnast and member of the 1996 Olympic gold medal U.S. women's gymnastics team, the Magnificent Seven. She is known for her consistency and clean lines in her gymnastics.

1979

Taavi Rõivas

Estonian politician, 16th Prime Minister of Estonia

Taavi Rõivas is an Estonian former politician and businessman who served as Prime Minister of Estonia from 2014 to 2016. He led the Reform Party from 2014 to 2017 and was previously the Minister of Social Affairs from…

1979

Jacob Tierney

Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter

Jacob Daniel Tierney is a Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer of film and television. He is the co-creator, co-writer, director, and executive producer of the Canadian sitcom Letterkenny (2016–2023),…

1979

Patrick Friesacher

Austrian racing driver

Patrick Friesacher is an Austrian racing driver. He is the longest-serving Red Bull driver, and also drove for the Minardi Formula One team during the first half of the 2005 season.

1980

Brooks Orpik

American ice hockey player

Richard Brooks Orpik is an American former professional ice hockey player. A defenseman, he played for the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). A stay-at-home defenseman…

1980

Daniel Sedin

Swedish ice hockey player

Daniel Hans Sedin is a Swedish ice hockey executive and former winger who played his entire 17-season National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Vancouver Canucks from 2000 to 2018. He and Henrik both currently serve…

1980

Henrik Sedin

Swedish ice hockey player

Henrik Lars Sedin is a Swedish ice hockey executive and former centre who played his entire 17-season National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Vancouver Canucks from 2000 to 2018. He additionally served as the…

1980

Asuka

Japanese professional wrestler

Kanako Urai is a Japanese professional wrestler. She has been signed to WWE since August 2015, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Asuka . Previously known as Kana (華名), she started her professional…

1981

Yao Beina

Chinese singer (died 2015)

Yao Beina, also known as Bella Yao, was a Chinese singer and songwriter. She debuted as a professional singer with her portrayal of the diva of the musical Jin Sha (金沙) in 2005. After graduating from China Conservatory…

1981

Christina Milian

American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

Christina Milian is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Following a number of minor television and film roles in the late 1990s, Milian made her recording debut on American rapper Ja Rule's 2000 single "Between…

1981

Ayumi Tsunematsu

Japanese voice actress

Ayumi Tsunematsu is a Japanese voice actress.

1981

Serena Williams

American tennis player

Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five…

1981

Rob Burrow

English rugby player (died 2024)

Robert Geoffrey Burrow was an English professional rugby league footballer who played as a scrum-half or hooker. Burrow spent his entire professional career with the Leeds Rhinos, making nearly 500 appearances as well…

1982

John Scott

Canadian ice hockey player

John Howard Scott is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman and winger. A professional player for nearly 10 seasons, Scott saw National Hockey League (NHL) action with the Minnesota Wild, Chicago…

1982

Sun Li

Chinese actress

Sun Li, also known as Susan Sun, is a Chinese actress, best known for TV dramas such as Goddess of Mercy (2003), Happiness as Flowers (2005), Shanghai Bund (2007), Empresses in the Palace (2011), The Legend of Mi Yue…

1982

Ricardo Quaresma

Portuguese footballer

Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger.

1983

Nev Schulman

American photographer, television host, and producer

Yaniv "Nev" Schulman is an American TV host and producer. He is best known for the 2010 documentary film Catfish and the follow-up TV series Catfish: The TV Show on MTV of which he is the host and executive producer.

1984

Talulah Riley

English actress

Talulah Jane Riley-Milburn is an English actress. She has appeared in films, including Pride & Prejudice (2005), St Trinian's (2007) and its sequel St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), The Boat That…

1985

Sean Doolittle

American baseball player

Sean Robert Doolittle is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current coach for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Oakland Athletics, Nationals, Cincinnati…

1986

Rosanna Munter

Swedish singer-songwriter

Rosanna Bella Victoria Eriksdotter Munter is an actress and recording artist from Sweden. She is best known as a member of the Swedish girl group Play, and she was in a collaborative project with White Lies bassist…

1987

Chris Archer

American baseball player

Christopher Alan Archer is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates and Minnesota Twins.

1988

James Blake

English singer-songwriter and producer

James Blake Litherland is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. Known for his emotive, soulful light head voice and use of falsetto, he first gained recognition following the release of three extended…

1988

Kiira Korpi

Finnish figure skater

Kiira Linda Katriina Korpi is a Finnish figure skater. She is a three-time European medalist, the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard champion, the 2012 Rostelecom Cup champion, a two-time Cup of China medalist, and a five-time…

1988

Buddy Matthews

Australian wrestler

Matthew Adams is an Australian professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Buddy Matthews and is a former AEW World Trios Champion. He also makes appearances…

1988

Jonny Bairstow

English cricketer

Jonathan Marc Bairstow is an English cricketer who played internationally for England in all formats as a right-handed wicket-keeper-batter. He represents Yorkshire in domestic cricket and Welsh Fire in The Hundred.…

1989

Alma Jodorowsky

French actress, fashion model and singer

Alma Jodorowsky is a French actress, singer, and fashion model.

1991

Dan Preston

English footballer

Daniel Sean Preston is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Northern Premier League Division One Midlands club Bedworth United.

1991

Yoo Ara

South Korean singer and actress

Yoo Ara is a South Korean singer and actress, known for her work as a former member of the South Korean girl group Hello Venus.

1992

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

American basketball player

Michael Anthony Edward Kidd-Gilchrist Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. Kidd-Gilchrist was drafted second overall by the Charlotte Bobcats in the 2012 NBA draft. He played for the University of…

1993

Jack Conger

American swimmer

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1994

Miloš Veljković

Serbian footballer

Miloš Veljković is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Red Star Belgrade. Born in Switzerland, he represents Serbia national team.

1995

Frankie Amaya

American soccer player

Franuel "Frankie" Amaya is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal, on loan from Liga MX club Toluca.

2000

Princess Salma bint Abdullah

Jordanian princess

Princess Salma bint Abdullah is the second daughter and third child of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan.

2000

Xinyu Wang

Chinese tennis player

Wang Xinyu is a Chinese professional tennis player. Wang reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 30 on 23 February 2026, and set a doubles ranking of No. 16 on 20 May 2024. Partnering with Hsieh Su-wei, she…

2001

Jane Remover

American musician

Jane Remover is an American rapper, producer, and singer-songwriter. They made their debut with Teen Week in 2021, a progressive pop and digicore EP with themes of adolescence. The same year, they released their debut…

2003

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