Famous Birthdays on September 28

Q: Who was born on September 28?

Famous people born on September 28 include: Confucius, Javanshir, Agnolo Firenzuola, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Théodore de Mayerne.

Q: What is Frankie Jonas known for?

Frankie Jonas, American actor, singer, and songwriter

272 people 551 BC – 2004

September 28 has seen 272 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 551 BC – 2004. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · September 28 — Wikipedia

2000 — Frankie Jonas

American actor, singer, and songwriter

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In 2009, Jonas won "Choice Breakout TV Star – Male" at the Teen Choice Awards

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Jonas voiced Sōsuke in the English dub of the 2008 film Ponyo and was a recurring character in the Disney Channel series Jonas

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He also appeared in a minor role in the Disney Channel original film Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam

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In 2023, he launched a music career as a singer and songwriter

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Franklin Nathaniel Jonas is an American singer and actor

Confucius

Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. (died 479 BC)

Confucius, born Kong Qiu, was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. Much of the shared cultural heritage of the Sinosphere originates in the…

-551

Javanshir

King of Caucasian Albania (died 680)

Juansher was the Mihranid prince of Caucasian Albania, ruling the principality from 637 to 669. He was the son and successor of Varaz Grigor.

616

Agnolo Firenzuola

Italian poet and playwright (died 1545)

Agnolo Firenzuola was an Italian writer and poet, of mainly secular works, despite having been a Vallombrosan monk.

1494

Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne

Marshal of France (died 1623)

Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon, was a member of the powerful House of La Tour d'Auvergne, the Prince of Sedan and a marshal of France. He was a prominent Huguenot figure.

1555

Théodore de Mayerne

Swiss physician (died 1654)

Sir Théodore Turquet de Mayerne was a Genevan-born physician who treated kings of France and England and advanced the theories of Paracelsus.

1573

Ismaël Bullialdus

French astronomer and mathematician (died 1694)

Ismaël Boulliau was a 17th-century French astronomer, mathematician, and Catholic priest, who was also interested in history, theology, classical studies, and philology. He was an active member of the Republic of…

1605

Johann Mattheson

German composer, lexicographer, and diplomat (died 1764)

Johann Mattheson was a German composer, critic, lexicographer and music theorist. His writings on the late Baroque and early Classical period were highly influential, specifically, "his biographical and theoretical…

1681

Henry Fox

1st Baron Holland, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (died 1774)

Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, PC was an English peer and Whig politician who served as the Secretary at War from 1746 to 1755. He also held the offices of Secretary of State for the Southern Department from 1755 to 1756…

1705

Johann Peter Kellner

German organist and composer (died 1772)

Johann Peter Kellner was a German organist and composer. He was the father of Johann Christoph Kellner.

1705

Augustus FitzRoy

3rd Duke of Grafton, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1811)

Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era. He is one of a handful of dukes who have served as prime minister.

1735

William Jones

English-Welsh philologist and scholar (died 1794)

Sir William Jones was a Welsh philologist, scholar and judge. Born in Westminster, London to Welsh mathematician William Jones, he moved to the Bengal Presidency where Jones served as a puisne judge on the Supreme Court…

1746

Frederick Christian II

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1814)

Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg was a Danish prince and feudal magnate. He held the island of Als and some other castles in Schleswig.

1765

Prosper Mérimée

French archaeologist, historian, and author (died 1870)

Prosper Mérimée was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an important figure in the…

1803

Alvan Wentworth Chapman

American physician and botanist (died 1899)

Alvan Wentworth Chapman was an American physician and pioneering botanist in the study of flora of the American Southeast. He wrote Flora of the Southern United States, the first comprehensive description of U.S. plants…

1809

Narcís Monturiol

Spanish engineer and publisher (died 1885)

Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol was a Spanish lawyer, artist, journalist, newspaper publisher and engineer born in Figueres, Catalonia. He was the inventor of the first air-independent and combustion-engine-driven…

1819

Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs

American minister and politician (died 1874)

Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, II was an American Presbyterian minister who served as Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction of Florida, and, along with U.S. Congressman Josiah Thomas Walls, was among the…

1821

Alexandre Cabanel

French painter and educator (died 1889)

Alexandre Cabanel was a French painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter. He was Napoleon III's preferred painter and, with…

1823

Francis Turner Palgrave

English poet and critic (died 1897)

Francis Turner Palgrave was a British critic, anthologist and poet.

1824

Thomas Crapper

English plumber, invented the ballcock (died 1910)

Thomas Crapper was an English plumber and businessman. He founded Thomas Crapper & Co in London, a plumbing equipment company. His notability with regard to toilets has often been overstated, mostly due to the…

1836

Georges Clemenceau

French journalist, physician, and politician, 85th Prime Minister of France (died 1929)

Georges Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman who was prime minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. A physician turned journalist, he played a central role in the politics of the Third…

1841

Robert Stout

Scottish-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1930)

Sir Robert Stout was a New Zealand politician who was the 13th premier of New Zealand on two occasions in the late 19th century, and later Chief Justice of New Zealand. He was the only person to hold both these offices.…

1844

Henri Moissan

French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1907)

Ferdinand Frédéric Henri Moissan was a French chemist and pharmacist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds. Among his other contributions, Moissan discovered…

1852

Isis Pogson

British astronomer and meteorologist (died 1945)

Elizabeth Isis Pogson, was a British astronomer and meteorologist who was one of the first women to be elected as a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.

1852

John French

1st Earl of Ypres, British Army officer (died 1925)

Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres,, known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer.

1852

Kate Douglas Wiggin

American author and educator (died 1923)

Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American educator, author and composer. She wrote children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and composed collections of children's songs. She…

1856

Paul Ulrich Villard

French chemist and physicist (died 1934)

Paul Ulrich Villard was a French chemist and physicist. He discovered gamma rays in 1900 while studying the radiation emanating from radium.

1860

Amélie of Orléans

queen consort of Portugal (died 1951)

Amélie of Orléans was the last Queen of Portugal as the wife of Carlos I of Portugal. She was regent of Portugal during the absence of her husband in 1895.

1861

Hiranuma Kiichirō

Japanese lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1952)

Baron Kiichirō Hiranuma was a Japanese lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in 1939.

1867

James Edwin Campbell

American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist (died 1896)

James Edwin Campbell was an American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist. Campbell was the first principal of the West Virginia Colored Institute from 1892 until 1894, and is considered…

1867

Florent Schmitt

French composer and critic (died 1958)

Florent Schmitt was a French composer. He was part of the group known as Les Apaches. His most famous pieces are La tragédie de Salome and Psaume XLVII. He has been described as "one of the most fascinating of France's…

1870

Albert Young

American boxer and promoter (died 1940)

Albert Young was an American welterweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a gold medal in boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics.

1877

Joseph Ruddy

American swimmer and water polo player (died 1962)

Joseph Aloysius Ruddy Sr. was an American competition swimmer and water polo player who competed for the New York Athletic Club and represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.

1878

Pedro de Cordoba

American actor (died 1950)

Pedro de Cordoba was an American actor.

1881

Mart Saar

Estonian organist and composer (died 1963)

Mart Saar was an Estonian composer, organist and collector of folk songs.

1882

Albert Peyriguère

French priest, hermit and ethnologist (died 1959)

Albert Peyriguère was a Catholic priest, hermit and ethnologist from Southern France. Following the example of Charles de Foucauld, he lived as a hermit in the Atlas mountains in Morocco. While the care for the local…

1883

Emil Väre

Finnish wrestler, coach, and referee (died 1974)

Emil Ernst Väre was a Finnish wrestler who won the gold medals in the lightweight class at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics.

1885

Avery Brundage

American businessman, 5th President of the International Olympic Committee (died 1975)

Avery Brundage was the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee, serving from 1952 to 1972, the only American and first non-European to attain that position. Brundage is remembered as a zealous advocate of…

1887

Jack Fournier

American baseball player and coach (died 1973)

John Frank Fournier was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Robins, and Boston Braves from…

1889

Florence Violet McKenzie

Australian electrical engineer (died 1982)

Florence Violet McKenzie, affectionately known as "Mrs Mac", was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC) and lifelong promoter of technical education for…

1890

Elmer Rice

American playwright (died 1967)

Elmer Rice was an American playwright. He is best known for his plays The Adding Machine (1923) and his Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of New York tenement life, Street Scene (1929).

1892

Hilda Geiringer

Austrian mathematician (died 1973)

Hilda Geiringer, also known as Hilda von Mises and Hilda Pollaczek-Geiringer, was an Austrian mathematician.

1893

Giannis Skarimpas

Greek author, poet, and playwright (died 1984)

Giannis Skarimpas, Giannis Skarimbas, or Yiannis Skarimbas, was a Greek writer, dramatist, and poet.

1893

Carl Clauberg

German Nazi physician (died 1957)

Carl Clauberg was a German gynecologist who conducted medical experiments on Jewish and Romani women at Auschwitz concentration camp. He worked with Horst Schumann in X-ray sterilization experiments at Auschwitz…

1898

Mijo Mirković

Croatian economist and author (died 1963)

Mijo (Miho) Mirković, also known by his pen name Mate Balota, was a prominent Croatian poet, novelist and economist. Considered one of the most prominent Croatian poets of the 20th century and often credited as the…

1898

Isabel Pell

American socialite, fought as part of the French Resistance during WWII (died 1951)

Isabel Townsend Pell was an American socialite and member of the French Resistance during World War II. She was subsequently decorated with the Legion of Honour.

1900

William S. Paley

American broadcaster, founded CBS (died 1990)

William Samuel Paley was an American businessman, primarily involved in the media, and best known as the chief executive who built the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) from a small radio network into one of the…

1901

Ed Sullivan

American television host (died 1974)

Edward Vincent Sullivan was an American television host, impresario, sports and entertainment reporter, and syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. He was the…

1901

Haywood S. Hansell

American general (died 1988)

Haywood Shepherd Hansell Jr. was an American general officer in the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II, and later the United States Air Force. He became an advocate of the doctrine of strategic…

1903

Max Schmeling

German boxer (died 2005)

Maximilian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling was a German boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. His two fights with Joe Louis in 1936 and 1938 were worldwide cultural events because of…

1905

Heikki Savolainen

Finnish gymnast and physician (died 1997)

Heikki Ilmari Savolainen was a Finnish artistic gymnast. He competed in five consecutive Olympics from 1928 to 1952 and won at least one medal in each of them. In 1928, he won a bronze on pommel horse, which was the…

1907

Bhagat Singh

Indian activist (died 1931)

Bhagat Singh was an Indian anti-colonial revolutionary who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer in December 1928 in what was intended to be retaliation for the death of an Indian…

1907

Al Capp

American author and illustrator (died 1979)

Alfred Gerald Caplin, better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner, which he created in 1934 and continued writing and drawing until 1977. He also…

1909

Diosdado Macapagal

Filipino lawyer and politician, 9th President of the Philippines (died 1997)

Diosdado Pangan Macapagal Sr. was the ninth president of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965. He served as the 5th vice president from 1957 to 1961 under Carlos P. Garcia. He also served as a member of the House…

1910

Wenceslao Vinzons

Filipino lawyer and politician (died 1942)

Wenceslao "Bintao" Quinito Vinzons Sr. was a Filipino patriot and leader of the Philippine armed resistance against the Japanese invasion in World War II. He was the youngest delegate to the 1935 Philippine…

1910

Warja Honegger-Lavater

Swiss illustrator (died 2007)

Warja Lavater was born in Winterthur, Switzerland. She was a Swiss artist and illustrator noted primarily for working in the artist's books genre by creating accordion fold books that re-tell classic fairy tales with…

1913

Alice Marble

American tennis player (died 1990)

Alice Irene Marble was an American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam championships between 1936 and 1940: five in singles, six in women's doubles, and seven in mixed doubles. She was ranked world No. 1 in 1939.

1913

Maria Franziska von Trapp

Austrian-American refugee and singer (died 2014)

Maria Agatha Franziska Gobertina 'Mitzi' von Trapp was the second-oldest daughter of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von Trapp. She was a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives inspired the…

1914

Ethel Rosenberg

American spy (died 1953)

Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were an American married couple who were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union, including providing top-secret information about American radar, sonar, jet propulsion engines, and…

1915

Peter Finch

English-Australian actor (died 1977)

Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch was an English and Australian actor.

1916

Olga Lepeshinskaya

Ukrainian-Russian ballerina and educator (died 2008)

Olga Vasilyevna Lepeshinskaya was a Soviet ballerina. She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1951.

1916

Wee Chong Jin

Singaporean judge (died 2005)

Wee Chong Jin was a Malayan-born Singaporean jurist who served as a chief justice of Singapore for 27 years, from 1963 to 1990, where he was the first Asian lawyer appointed as a judge to head the Supreme Court of…

1917

Ángel Labruna

Argentinian footballer and manager (died 1983)

Ángel Amadeo Labruna was an Argentine footballer and coach who played as a forward. With 323 goals scored in official matches, which include 294 league goals, Labruna is the 2nd all-time top scorer of Primera División…

1918

Arnold Stang

American actor (died 2009)

Arnold Sidney Stang was an American actor and comedian. Recognized by his small stature and squawky, Brooklyn-accented speaking voice, he steadily worked on the stage, radio, and television and provided animation…

1918

Doris Singleton

American actress (died 2012)

Dorthea "Doris" Singleton was an American actress, perhaps best remembered as Lucy Ricardo's frenemy, Carolyn Appleby, in I Love Lucy.

1919

Liv Dommersnes

Norwegian actress (died 2014)

Liv Dommersnes was a Norwegian actress and reciter of poetry. She was a member of group that founded Studioteatret in 1945.

1922

Larry Munson

American sportscaster (died 2011)

Lawrence Harry Munson was an American sports announcer and talk show host. He was best known for handling radio play-by-play of the Georgia Bulldogs football games from 1966 to 2008. He also handled the play-by-play for…

1922

Jules Sedney

Prime Minister of Suriname (died 2020)

Jules Sedney was a Surinamese politician, and Prime Minister of Suriname from 20 November 1969 to 24 December 1973. In 1980, he became governor of the Central Bank of Suriname, but had to flee the country in 1983 after…

1922

Tuli Kupferberg

American singer, poet, and writer (died 2010)

Naphtali "Tuli" Kupferberg was an American counterculture poet, author, singer, editorial cartoonist, comic artist, columnist, publisher, and co-founder of the rock band The Fugs.

1923

John Scott

9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire (died 2007)

Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch and 11th Duke of Queensberry,, known as Lord Eskdaill from birth to 1935 and then as the Earl of Dalkeith from 1935 to 1973, was a Scottish peer,…

1923

William Windom

American actor (died 2012)

William Windom was an American actor. He was known as a character actor of the stage and screen. He is well known for his recurring role as Dr. Seth Hazlitt alongside Angela Lansbury in the CBS mystery series Murder,…

1923

Rudolf Barshai

Russian-Swiss viola player and conductor (died 2010)

Rudolf Borisovich Barshai was a Soviet and Russian conductor and violist.

1924

Marcello Mastroianni

Italian-French actor and singer (died 1996)

Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni was an Italian actor. He is generally regarded as one of Italy's most iconic male performers of the 20th century. He played leading roles for many of the country's top directors,…

1924

Seymour Cray

American computer scientist, founded the CRAY Computer Company (died 1996)

Seymour Roger Cray was an American electrical engineer, computer scientist, mathematician, and supercomputer architect who designed a series of computers that were the fastest in the world for decades, and founded Cray…

1925

Cromwell Everson

South African composer (died 1991)

Cromwell Everson was primarily known as a composer during his lifetime. He was brought up as an Afrikaner by his mother, Maria De Wit and father, Robert Everson. He continued this tradition and all his children were…

1925

Martin David Kruskal

American physicist and mathematician (died 2006)

Martin David Kruskal was an American mathematician and physicist. He made fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, ranging from plasma physics to general relativity and from nonlinear analysis…

1925

Jerry Clower

American soldier, comedian, and author (died 1998)

Howard Gerald Clower was an American stand-up comedian. Born and raised in the state of Mississippi, Clower was best known for his stories of the rural South and was given the nickname "The Mouth of Mississippi".

1926

Bonnie Leman

American art historian, writer, and publisher of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine (died 2010)

Bonnie Lee Hale Leman was the founder of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, the first quilting-focused magazine in the United States. She was one of the first women magazine publishers in the country and was inducted into…

1926

Koko Taylor

American singer (died 2009)

Koko Taylor was an American singer whose style encompassed Chicago blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues, and soul blues. Sometimes called "The Queen of the Blues", she was known for her rough, powerful vocals. Over…

1928

Lata Mangeshkar

Indian playback singer and composer (died 2022)

Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Her contribution to the Indian…

1929

Tommy Collins

American country music singer-songwriter (died 2000)

Leonard Raymond Sipes, better known as Tommy Collins, was an American country music singer and songwriter.

1930

Immanuel Wallerstein

American sociologist, author, and academic (died 2019)

Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein was an American sociologist and economic historian. He is perhaps best known for his development in sociology of world-systems approach. He was a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University…

1930

Jeremy Isaacs

Scottish screenwriter and producer

Sir Jeremy Israel Isaacs is a Scottish television producer and executive, and an opera manager.

1932

Víctor Jara

Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (died 1973)

Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and Communist political activist. He developed Chilean theater by directing a broad array of works, ranging from locally…

1932

Joe Benton

English soldier and politician

Joseph Edward Benton is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bootle from 1990 to 2015.

1933

Miguel Ortiz Berrocal

Spanish sculptor and educator (died 2006)

Miguel Ortiz Berrocal was a Spanish figurative and abstract sculptor. He is best known for his puzzle sculptures, which can be disassembled into many abstract pieces. These works are also known for the miniature…

1933

Johnny "Country" Mathis

American singer-songwriter (died 2011)

"Country" Johnny Mathis was an American country music singer and songwriter. He was a successful solo performer and one half of the duo Jimmy & Johnny. Mathis is credited with penning more than 500 tunes over the course…

1933

Brigitte Bardot

French actress and animal rights activist (died 2025)

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot, often referred to by her initials B.B., was a French actress, singer, model, and animal rights activist. She became one of the best-known symbols of the sexual revolution and gained…

1934

Bruce Crampton

Australian golfer

Bruce Crampton is an Australian professional golfer.

1935

David Hannay

Baron Hannay of Chiswick, English diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations

David Hugh Alexander Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick is a British diplomat.

1935

Ronald Lacey

English actor (died 1991)

Ronald William Lacey was an English actor. He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period. His roles included Harris in Porridge (1977), Frankie in the Bud Spencer comedy Charleston (1978), SD…

1935

Emmett Chapman

American guitarist, invented the Chapman Stick (died 2021)

Emmett Chapman was an American jazz musician best known as the inventor of the Chapman Stick and maker of the Chapman Stick family of instruments.

1936

Eddie Lumsden

Australian rugby league player (died 2019)

Edmund Lumsden was an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He was a wing with the St. George Dragons during their eleven-year premiership winning run from 1956 to 1966, playing in and winning nine grand…

1936

Robert Wolders

Dutch television actor (died 2018)

Robert Wolders was a Dutch television actor known for his role in the US television series Laredo and appearing in series such as The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Bewitched and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He was married to Merle…

1936

Alice Mahon

English trade union leader and politician (died 2022)

Alice Mahon was a British trade unionist and Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Halifax from 1987 until 2005.

1937

Glenn Sutton

American country music songwriter and record producer (died 2007)

Royce Glenn Sutton was an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, and one of the architects of the countrypolitan sound.

1937

Ben E. King

American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)

Benjamin Earl King was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group the Drifters, singing the lead vocals on three of their biggest…

1938

Stuart Kauffman

American biologist and academic

Stuart Alan Kauffman is an American medical doctor, theoretical biologist, and complex systems researcher who studies the origin of life on Earth. He was a professor at the University of Chicago, University of…

1939

David Lewis

American philosopher and academic (died 2001)

David Kellogg Lewis was an American philosopher. Lewis taught briefly at UCLA and then at Princeton University from 1970 until his death. He is closely associated with Australia, whose philosophical community he visited…

1941

Edmund Stoiber

German lawyer and politician, Minister President of Bavaria

Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber is a German politician who served as the 16th minister-president of the state of Bavaria between 1993 and 2007 and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU) between 1999 and 2007. In 2002, he…

1941

Charley Taylor

American football player (died 2022)

Charles Robert Taylor was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for 13 seasons with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for the…

1941

Pierre Clémenti

French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999)

Pierre André Clémenti was a French actor.

1942

Edward "Little Buster" Forehand

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)

Little Buster was an American soul and blues musician. He was born sighted, but developed glaucoma at the age of three. By the time his vision was completely gone, he was fluent on six instruments, including the guitar.

1942

Warren Lieberfarb

American businessman

Warren N. Lieberfarb is Chairman of Warren N. Lieberfarb & Associates, LLC (WNLA), a boutique consulting and investment firm based in Los Angeles focused on digital media technology and distribution.

1943

George W. S. Trow

American novelist, playwright, and critic (died 2006)

George William Swift Trow Jr. was an American essayist, novelist, playwright, and media critic. He worked for The New Yorker for almost 30 years, and wrote numerous essays and several books. He is best known for his…

1943

Nick St. Nicholas

German-Canadian bass player

Nick St. Nicholas is a German-born Canadian musician who was the bassist of the rock band Steppenwolf in the late 1960s.

1943

Richie Karl

American golfer

Richard Karl is an American professional golfer who is best known as the last golf club professional to win an official PGA Tour event.

1944

Marcia Muller

American journalist and author

Marcia Muller is an American author of mystery and thriller novels.

1944

Marielle Goitschel

French skier

Micheline Françoise Marielle Goitschel is a French former alpine skier. Marielle is the younger sister of Christine Goitschel, another champion skier of the time, and the aunt of speed skier Philippe Goitschel.

1945

Manolis Rasoulis

Greek singer-songwriter and journalist (died 2011)

Manolis Rasoulis, best known as the lyricist of famous songs, was a Greek music composer, singer, writer, and journalist. He is often regarded as one of the Greek lyricists of exceptional talent.

1945

Fusako Shigenobu

Japanese activist, founded the Japanese Red Army

Fusako Shigenobu is a Japanese communist activist, writer, and the founder and leader of the now-disbanded militant group Japanese Red Army (JRA).

1945

Tom Bower

English journalist and author

Thomas Michael Bower is a British writer and former BBC journalist and television producer. He is known for his investigative journalism and for his unauthorised biographies, often of business tycoons and newspaper…

1946

Jeffrey Jones

American actor

Jeffrey Duncan Jones is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus (1984), Edward R. Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Charles Deetz in Beetlejuice (1988), Dr. Skip Tyler in…

1946

Majid Khan

Indian-Pakistani cricketer

Majid Jahangir Khan, nicknamed "Majestic Khan" by the British press, is a former cricketer, batsman and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. In his prime, he was considered to be one of the best batsmen in the…

1946

Bob Carr

Australian journalist and politician, 37th Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Robert John Carr is an Australian retired politician and journalist who served as the 39th premier of New South Wales from 1995 to 2005, as the leader of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party. He…

1947

Sheikh Hasina

Bangladeshi politician, 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina Wazed is a Bangladeshi politician who served as Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2024. A daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of Bangladesh, she is…

1947

Jon Snow

English journalist and academic

Jonathan George Snow is an English journalist and television presenter. He is best known as the longest-running presenter of Channel 4 News, which he presented from 1989 to 2021. On 29 April 2021, Snow announced his…

1947

Rhonda Hughes

American mathematician and academic

Rhonda Jo Hughes is an American mathematician, the Helen Herrmann Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College.

1947

Jim Henshaw

Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter

Jim Henshaw is a Canadian actor, screenwriter and film and television producer.

1949

Vernee Watson-Johnson

American actress

Vernee Christell Watson is an American actress, author, and acting coach. Watson-Johnson is known for her recurring roles as Vernajean Williams on Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979), as Viola "Vy" Smith on The Fresh…

1949

Paul Burgess

English drummer

Paul Burgess is an English rock drummer, notable for his association with a wide range of British rock bands. In addition to extensive session work, he has been a member of 10cc, Jethro Tull, Camel, Magna Carta, and The…

1950

Christina Hoff Sommers

American author and philosopher

Christina Marie Hoff Sommers is an American author and philosopher. Specializing in ethics, she is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Sommers is known for her critique of contemporary feminism. Her…

1950

John Sayles

American novelist, director, and screenwriter

John Thomas Sayles is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. He is known for writing and directing the films The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Matewan (1987), Eight Men…

1950

Jim Diamond

Scottish singer-songwriter and musician (died 2015)

James Aaron Diamond was a Scottish singer-songwriter, best known for his three top 5 hits: "I Won't Let You Down" (1982), as the lead singer of PhD; and his solo performances "I Should Have Known Better", a United…

1951

Christopher Buckley

American satirical novelist

Christopher Taylor Buckley is an American author and political satirist. He also served as chief speechwriter to Vice President George H. W. Bush. He is known for writing God Is My Broker, Thank You for Smoking, Little…

1952

Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou

Greek basketball player and coach

Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou is a Greek former professional basketball coach.

1952

Sylvia Kristel

Dutch model and actress (died 2012)

Sylvia Maria Kristel was a Dutch actress and model who appeared in over 50 films. She was the eponymous character in five of the seven Emmanuelle films, including originating the role with Emmanuelle (1974).

1952

Andy Ward

English drummer

Andrew John Ward is an English progressive rock drummer.

1952

Otmar Hasler

Liechtensteiner educator and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein

Otmar Hasler is a former politician from Liechtenstein who served as Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2001 to 2009. He was previously the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein in 1995 and served in the Landtag…

1953

Steve Largent

American football player and politician

Stephen Michael Largent is an American former professional football wide receiver and politician who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. A member of the Republican…

1954

George Lynch

American guitarist and songwriter

George Lynch is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the hard rock/heavy metal band Dokken and his post-Dokken solo band Lynch Mob. He is regarded as one of the most renowned and influential metal…

1954

John Scott

English rugby player

John Scott is a former rugby union international who represented England from 1978 to 1984.

1954

Margot Wallström

Swedish politician and diplomat, 42nd Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs

Margot Elisabeth Wallström is a Swedish politician of the Swedish Social Democratic Party who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2019 and Minister for Nordic…

1954

Stéphane Dion

Canadian sociologist and politician, 15th Canadian Minister of the Environment

Stéphane Maurice Dion is a Canadian diplomat, academic and former politician who served as the Canadian ambassador to France and Monaco from 2022 to 2025 and special envoy to the European Union from 2017 to 2025. He…

1955

Mercy Manci

Xhosa sangoma and HIV activist from South Africa

Mercy Manci is a Xhosa sangoma and HIV activist from South Africa. She has participated and presented at conferences in a.o. Cameroon, Nigeria, and Italy.

1955

Kenny Kirkland

American pianist (died 1998)

Kenneth David Kirkland was an American pianist and keyboardist.

1955

Bill Cassidy

American politician and physician

William Morgan Cassidy is an American politician and physician who is the senior United States senator from Louisiana, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Louisiana State…

1957

Laura Bruce

American artist

Laura Bruce is an American contemporary artist living in Berlin.

1959

Ron Fellows

Canadian race car driver

Ronald Charles Fellows CM is a Canadian former auto racing driver. A long-term Corvette factory driver, Fellows won the 24 Hours of Daytona overall in 2001, the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice in class and the 12 Hours of…

1959

Gary Ayres

Australian footballer and coach

Gary James Ayres is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently the senior coach for the Warragul Football Club in the…

1960

Tom Byrum

American golfer

Thomas Elliott Byrum is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions.

1960

Frank Hammerschlag

German footballer and manager

Frank Hammerschlag is a German football manager and former player.

1960

Gus Logie

Trinidadian cricketer

Augustine Lawrence Logie, commonly known as Gus Logie, is a former West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago cricketer and is currently an international cricket coach. He coached the West Indies to win the 2004 ICC Champions…

1960

Kamlesh Patel

Baron Patel of Bradford, English politician

Kamlesh Kumar Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford, is a member of the House of Lords. Having been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours, he was created a life peer as…

1960

Jennifer Rush

American singer-songwriter

Jennifer Rush is an American pop and rock singer. She achieved initial success during the mid-1980s with several singles and studio albums, including the million-selling single "The Power of Love", which she co-wrote…

1960

Socrates Villegas

Filipino archbishop

Sócrates Buenaventura Villegas, O.P. is a Filipino prelate, and a professed member of the Dominican Order. He is the fifth and current Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in Pangasinan since November 4, 2009, and is the…

1960

Helen Grant

English lawyer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics

Helen Grant is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone and The Weald from 2010 until 2024 when the constituency was abolished, and subsequently Maidstone and Malling since July…

1961

Gregory Jbara

American actor and singer

Gregory Jbara is an American actor and singer. He is known for his roles as Deputy Commissioner Garrett Moore in the CBS police procedural Blue Bloods (2010–2023), Dan O'Keefe in the Fox sitcom Grounded for Life, and…

1961

Quentin Kawānanakoa

American lawyer and politician

Quentin Kūhiō Kawānanakoa is an American politician and member of the House of Kawānanakoa. Kawānanakoa is an organizer of the Republican Party of Hawaii. He is also an heir to the James Campbell estate.

1961

Anne White

American tennis player

Anne White is an American former professional tennis player from Charleston, West Virginia. She is most famous for wearing a white body suit at Wimbledon in 1985.

1961

Grant Fuhr

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Grant Scott Fuhr is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL) and former goaltending coach for the Arizona Coyotes, who played for the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980s during…

1962

Laurie Rinker

American golfer

Laurie Anne Rinker is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s.

1962

Dietmar Schacht

German footballer and manager

Dietmar "Didi" Schacht is a German football coach and former player who most recently was in charge of SV Straelen.

1962

Chuck Taylor

American journalist

Chuck Taylor is an American music journalist. He served as a reporter, senior writer, columnist and senior editor at Billboard magazine from 1995 to 2009. There, he held the titles of Senior Editor/Talent, Senior…

1962

Steve Blackman

American wrestler and martial artist

Steve Blackman is an American martial arts instructor and former professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation from 1997 to 2002, where he was a frequent challenger for…

1963

Érik Comas

French race car driver

Érik Gilbert Comas is a French former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 1994. In Japanese motorsport, Comas won the All-Japan GT Championship in 1998 and 1999 with Nismo.

1963

Johnny Dawkins

American basketball player and coach

Johnny Earl Dawkins Jr. is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the UCF men's basketball team. From 2008 to 2016, he was the head coach of Stanford. He was a two-time All-American and…

1963

Greg Weisman

American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter

Greg Weisman is an American writer, producer and voice actor. He is best known as the creator of the animated series Gargoyles, The Spectacular Spider-Man and Young Justice and as a producer for the second season of…

1963

Claudio Borghi

Argentinian footballer and manager

Claudio Daniel Borghi Bidos, nicknamed Bichi, is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder.

1964

Gregor Fisken

Scottish race car driver

Gregor Fisken is a British racing driver and businessman who currently races historic and modern-day sportscars. He is one of only a handful of racing drivers to have driven in all four classes at the famous Le Mans 24…

1964

Janeane Garofalo

American comedian, actress, and screenwriter

Janeane Garofalo is an American comedian and actress. The accolades she has received include nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

1964

Paul Jewell

English footballer and manager

Paul Jewell is an English football manager and former player, who was most recently director of football at Swindon Town.

1964

Mārtiņš Roze

Latvian lawyer and politician (died 2012)

Mārtiņš Roze was a Latvian politician. From 2002 till 2009 he was Minister for Agriculture of Latvia. He was member of Latvian Farmers' Union. He graduated from the University of Latvia.

1964

B.G.

the Prince of Rap, American rapper (died 2023)

Bernard Greene, also known as B.G. the Prince of Rap, was an American rapper and singer. He experienced modest success in Germany, where he lived after being posted by the U.S. Army.

1965

Scott Adams

American football player (died 2013)

Scott Alexander Adams was an American professional football player who played guard for a six-season career, in-which he played for the Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and…

1966

Maria Canals-Barrera

Cuban-American actress

Maria Pilar Canals-Barrera is an American actress. She is known for starring as Theresa Russo in the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–2012), Connie Torres in Camp Rock (2008) and Camp Rock 2: The…

1966

Puri Jagannadh

Indian director, producer, and screenwriter

Petla "Puri" Jagannadh is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who works primarily in the Telugu film Industry. He made his directorial debut in 2000 with the Telugu film Badri starring Pawan Kalyan,…

1966

Mira Sorvino

American actress

Mira Katherine Sorvino is an American actress. She rose to stardom with her performance as a prostitute in the comedy film Mighty Aphrodite (1995), which won her both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best…

1967

Moon Zappa

American actress and author

Moon Unit Zappa is an American actress, singer, and author. She is a daughter of musician Frank Zappa.

1967

Francois Botha

South African boxer and mixed martial artist

Francois "Frans" Botha is a South African former professional boxer and kickboxer. He competed in boxing from 1990 to 2014, and is perhaps best known for winning the IBF heavyweight title against Axel Schulz in 1995,…

1968

Mika Häkkinen

Finnish race car driver

Mika Pauli Häkkinen is a Finnish former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 2001. Nicknamed "the Flying Finn", Häkkinen won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1998 and…

1968

Trish Keenan

English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)

Patricia Anne Keenan was an English musician and singer. She was the lead vocalist and founding member of the electronic band Broadcast, which she formed in 1995. The band released a total of five studio albums,…

1968

Sean Levert

American R&B singer-songwriter and actor (died 2008)

Sean Edward Levert was an American singer-songwriter and actor. Levert was best known as a member of the R&B vocal group LeVert. Levert was the son of O'Jays lead singer Eddie Levert and younger brother of singer Gerald…

1968

Rob Moroso

American race car driver (died 1990)

Robert James Moroso was an American NASCAR racing driver who was champion of the NASCAR Busch Series in 1989, and was posthumously awarded the 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year award. A promising young driver,…

1968

Naomi Watts

English-Australian actress and producer

Naomi Ellen Watts is a British actress. Known for her work predominantly in independent films, she has received various accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden…

1968

Kerri Chandler

electronic music producer and DJ

Kerri Camar Chandler is an American DJ and record producer. He has been dubbed a pioneer within house music, a genre in which he has an "eclectic brand".

1969

Marcel Dost

Dutch decathlete

Henk Marcel Dost is a retired decathlete from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. There he finished in 18th place in the men's decathlon…

1969

Ben Greenman

American journalist and author

Ben Greenman is an American novelist, magazine journalist, and publisher who has written nearly thirty fiction and non-fiction books, including collaborations with pop-music artists like Questlove, George Clinton, Brian…

1969

Piper Kerman

American author and memoirist

Piper Eressea Kerman is an American author. She was indicted in 1998 on charges of felonious money-laundering activities, and sentenced to 15 months' detention in a federal correctional facility, of which she served 13…

1969

Éric Lapointe

Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player

Éric Lapointe is a Francophone lead singer and guitarist for his eponymous band. His band is characterized by a heavy metal style containing elements of punk, grunge, pop, and hard rock. Lapointe has released eight…

1969

Sascha Maassen

German race car driver

Sascha Maassen is a veteran sports car driver.

1969

Angus Robertson

Scottish politician

Angus Struan Carolus Robertson is a Scottish politician serving as the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture since 2021. Formerly Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from…

1969

Nico Vaesen

Belgian footballer

Nico-Jos Theodoor Vaesen is a Belgian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He retired from football shortly after joining Lierse, but returned to the game in 2008 with K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel for one season…

1969

Kimiko Date

Japanese tennis player

Kimiko Date is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals of the 1994 Australian Open, the 1995 French Open and the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, and won the Japan Open a record four…

1970

Mike DeJean

American baseball player

Michael Dwain DeJean is an American former right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball.

1970

Gualter Salles

Brazilian race car driver

Gualter Salles, is an open wheel race car driver. He raced in the 1997-2000 and 2003 CART seasons, as well as one Indy Racing League event, totalling 49 IndyCar starts overall. He also competed in Stock Car Brasil…

1970

Joseph Arthur

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Joseph Lyburn Arthur is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio. He is best known for his solo material, and as a member of Fistful of Mercy and RNDM. Arthur has built his reputation over the years…

1971

George Eustice

English lawyer and politician

Charles George Eustice is a British politician and former public relations executive who held office as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs between 2020 and 2022. A former UKIP member, he later…

1971

Braam van Straaten

South African rugby player

Abraham Johannes Jacobus van Straaten is a South African former professional rugby union footballer. He was capable of playing either at fly-half or centre, and played for the South Africa national team in 21 tests…

1971

Alan Wright

English footballer and manager

Alan Geoffrey Wright is an English professional football manager and former player who is currently interim assistant coach at Premier League club Manchester United. He also serves as the assistant head coach of the…

1971

Leila McKinnon

Iranian-Australian journalist and television host

Leila McKinnon is an Australian journalist and television presenter.

1972

Dita Von Teese

American model and dancer

Heather Renée Sweet, known professionally as Dita Von Teese, is an American vedette, burlesque dancer, model, actress, and businesswoman. She is credited with re-popularizing burlesque performance, earning the moniker…

1972

Brian Rafalski

American ice hockey player

Brian Christopher Rafalski is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils and Detroit Red Wings, in the SM-liiga for HPK and HIFK, in…

1973

Marco Di Loreto

Italian footballer and manager

Marco Di Loreto is an Italian former footballer turned manager. He has played over 200 matches at Italian Serie A since his debut at age 26.

1974

Mariya Kiselyova

Russian swimmer

Mariya Aleksandrovna Kiselyova is a female synchronised swimmer from Russia. She competes in synchronised swimming and has won three Olympic golds and three golds in the world championships. In Russia, she is currently…

1974

Joonas Kolkka

Finnish footballer and coach

Joonas Einari Kolkka is a Finnish retired professional footballer who played as a left winger most of his career, but could also play on the right wing. Having started his career in his native Finland, he went on to…

1974

Shane Webcke

Australian rugby league player and coach

Shane Webcke is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, who spent his entire club career playing for the Brisbane Broncos. Webcke represented Queensland in the State of Origin 21 times and also…

1974

Stuart Clark

Australian cricketer and manager

Stuart Rupert Clark is an Australian former cricketer who played for New South Wales and the Australian team. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler. His nickname "Sarfraz" originates from the similarities of his bowling…

1975

Isamu Jordan

American journalist and academic (died 2013)

Isamu Jordan was an American journalist, musician, and professor. When he was 15 years old, he joined the staff of The Spokesman-Review, where he wrote articles for Our Generation, the teen section of the newspaper.…

1975

Lenny Krayzelburg

Russian-American swimmer

Lenny Krayzelburg is an American former backstroke swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record holder. He swam in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, winning a total of four Olympic gold medals.

1975

Fedor Emelianenko

Russian mixed martial artist and politician

Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist (MMA), sambist, judoka and politician. Emelianenko was the PRIDE Heavyweight Champion from 2003 to the organisation's closure in…

1976

Bonzi Wells

American basketball player

Gawen DeAngelo "Bonzi" Wells is an American basketball player and coach. He was an assistant coach at Georgia Tech and previously was head coach at LeMoyne-Owen. He played college basketball at Ball State University and…

1976

Pak Se-ri

South Korean golfer

Pak Se-ri or Se-ri Pak is a South Korean former professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour from 1998 to 2016. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2007.

1977

Young Jeezy

American rapper

Jay Wayne Jenkins, known by his stage name Jeezy, is an American rapper. He is credited, alongside fellow Georgia-based rappers T.I. and Gucci Mane, with pioneering the hip hop subgenre trap music for mainstream…

1977

Peter Cambor

American actor

Peter Cambor is an American actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Barry on Grace and Frankie and operational psychologist Nate Getz on the CBS show NCIS: Los Angeles.

1978

Ben Edmondson

Australian cricketer

Ben Matthew Edmondson is an Australian cricketer who has played for the Western Warriors, Southern Redbacks and Gloucestershire. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler born at Southport, Queensland.

1978

Bam Margera

American skateboarder, actor, and stuntman

Brandon Cole "Bam" Margera is an American former professional skateboarder, stunt performer, television personality, and filmmaker. He rose to prominence in the early 2000s as one of the stars of the MTV reality stunt…

1979

Taki Tsan

American-Greek rapper and producer

Panagiotis Stravalexis, also known by his stage names Waze-Taki-Tsan Timvorihos, Pedi Thavma, and Taki Tsan; is a Greek music producer, tattoo artist and rapper. He is a founding member of the group Zontanoi Nekroi and…

1979

Marlon Parmer

American basketball player

Marlon Palmer is an American former professional basketball player.

1980

Greg Anderson

American pianist and composer

Greg Anderson is an American pianist, composer, video producer, and writer. According to his website, Anderson's mission is to "make classical piano music a relevant and powerful force in society."

1981

Willy Caballero

Argentine footballer

Wilfredo Daniel "Willy" Caballero Lazcano is an Argentine professional football coach and former goalkeeper.

1981

José Calderón

Spanish basketball player

José Manuel Calderón Borrallo is a Spanish basketball executive and former player who is a special advisor for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played professionally for 21 years…

1981

Jorge Guagua

Ecuadorian footballer

Jorge Daniel Guagua Tamayo is an Ecuadorian retired professional footballer who played as a defender. He is currently a sporting director of Club 9 de Octubre.

1981

Jerrika Hinton

American actress

Jerrika Hinton is an American actress, best known for her role as Dr. Stephanie Edwards in the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy.

1981

Iracema Trevisan

Brazilian bass player

Iracema Trevisan Carneiro, also known as Ira, is a Brazilian designer. She was the bassist for Brazilian indie-electro band CSS.

1981

Aleksandr Anyukov

Russian footballer

Aleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov is a Russian association football coach and a former player, who played as a right-back. He is an assistant coach with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.

1982

Abhinav Bindra

Indian target shooter

Abhinav Bindra is an Indian former sport shooter and a businessman. He is an Olympic gold medalist as well as the first and one of only two Indians to win an individual Olympic gold medal. Bindra is also the first…

1982

Ray Emery

Canadian ice hockey player (died 2018)

Raymond Robert Emery was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who was a goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL) for eleven seasons, between 2003 and 2015. Emery was chosen 99th overall by the Ottawa Senators…

1982

Ranbir Kapoor

Indian actor and director

Ranbir Kapoor is an Indian actor who works in Hindi-language films. He has received several accolades, including seven Filmfare Awards, and is known for his work across a range of film genres. Kapoor has featured in…

1982

Nolwenn Leroy

French singer-songwriter and actress

Nolwenn Le Magueresse, known by her stage name Nolwenn Leroy, is a French singer-songwriter and actress.

1982

Emeka Okafor

American basketball player

Chukwuemeka Ndubuisi "Emeka" Okafor is an American former professional basketball player. Okafor attended Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas and the University of Connecticut, where in 2004 he won a national…

1982

Dustin Penner

Canadian ice hockey player

Dustin Penner is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings and Washington Capitals. Undrafted by any NHL…

1982

Aivar Rehemaa

Estonian skier

Aivar Rehemaa is an Estonian cross-country skier. He competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He represented Estonia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. His best finish at the Winter Olympics is 8th in the…

1982

Anderson Varejão

Brazilian basketball player

Anderson França Varejão is a Brazilian former professional basketball player who is currently a Player Development Consultant and Global Ambassador for the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he spent 13 of his 14 seasons in the…

1982

St. Vincent

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Anne Erin Clark, known professionally as St. Vincent, is an American musician, singer and songwriter. Her guitar-playing has been praised for its melodic style and use of distortion, and she has been listed among the…

1982

Stefan Moore

English footballer

Stefan Leroy Moore is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.

1983

John Schwalger

New Zealand rugby player

John Schwalger is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played at the prop position.

1983

Jenny Omnichord

Canadian singer-songwriter

Jenny Mitchell, better known by the stage name Jenny Omnichord, is a Canadian indie rock musician. She has released three solo albums and an EP as a solo artist, and also records and performs with the bands The…

1984

Luke Pomersbach

Australian cricketer

Luke Anthony Pomersbach is a former Australian cricketer. He played mainly for Western Australia and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Citing mental health issues, he retired from the game in June 2014.

1984

Naim Terbunja

Kosovan-Swedish boxer

Naim Terbunja is a Swedish professional boxer of Kosovar-Albanian descent who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at middleweight.

1984

Melody Thornton

American singer-songwriter and dancer

Melody Thornton is an American singer and television personality. After graduating high school, Thornton became one of the main vocalists of the girl group the Pussycat Dolls and released the albums PCD (2005) and Doll…

1984

Mathieu Valbuena

French footballer

Mathieu Valbuena is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Olympiacos B. He occasionally plays as a winger and is known for his pace, technical ability, and tenacious style of play. He…

1984

Ryan Zimmerman

American baseball player

Ryan Wallace Zimmerman is an American former professional baseball infielder who spent his entire 17-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Washington Nationals. Zimmerman graduated from Kellam High School in…

1984

Shindong

South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer

Shin Dong-hee, known professionally as Shindong, is a South Korean rapper, singer, dancer, host, radio personality, and video director. He is best known as a member of Super Junior and its subgroups Super Junior-T,…

1985

Alina Ibragimova

Russian-English violinist

Alina Rinatovna Ibragimova is a Russian-British violinist.

1985

Andrés Guardado

Mexican footballer

José Andrés Guardado Hernández is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

1986

Meskerem Legesse

Ethiopian runner (died 2013)

Meskerem Legesse was an Ethiopian distance runner. She participated in the 1,500 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Legesse turned professional and participated in a number of U.S. events at various distances.

1986

Daniel Platzman

American musician

Daniel James Platzman is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and composer. He is best known as the former drummer for the pop rock band Imagine Dragons.

1986

Dominic Waters

American basketball player

Dominic Wayne Waters is an American professional basketball player, who lastly played for Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli Premier League. Standing at 1.85 m, he plays at the point guard position. In 2013, he was the…

1986

Pierre Becken

German footballer

Pierre Dominik Becken is a German footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for VfB Lübeck.

1987

Gary Deegan

Irish footballer

Gary Richard Deegan is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Beginning his career in his native Ireland, he played in the Scottish Premiership for Hibernian and various clubs in all three…

1987

Hilary Duff

American singer-songwriter and actress

Hilary Erhard Duff is an American actress, singer-songwriter, businesswoman, and author. Her accolades include a World Music Award, seven Kids' Choice Awards, four Teen Choice Awards, and two Young Artist Awards. In…

1987

Chloë Hanslip

English violinist

Chloë Elise Hanslip is a British classical violinist.

1987

Viktoria Leks

Estonian high jumper

Viktoria Leks is an Estonian high jumper and National Indoor Champion 2006–2007.

1987

Marin Čilić

Croatian tennis player

Marin Čilić is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in men's singles by the ATP, achieved in January 2018. Čilić has won 21 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including the 2014…

1988

Esmée Denters

Dutch singer-songwriter

Esmée Denters is a Dutch singer and YouTuber. Denters started promoting herself as a musician online in 2006, covering songs by artists including Justin Timberlake and Natasha Bedingfield. Denters was signed by…

1988

Jason Jordan

American wrestler

Nathan Everhart is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he works as the lead producer for Raw and SmackDown. He is best known for performing with WWE under the ring name Jason Jordan…

1988

Olivia Jordan

American actress, model, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder

Olivia Jordan Thomas is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 2015. Jordan later represented the United States at Miss Universe 2015, where she was finished as the second runner-up.…

1988

Hana Mae Lee

American actress, model, and fashion designer

Hana Mae Lee is an American actress, model, comedian, and fashion designer. She portrayed Lilly Onakurama in the musical comedy Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017) and Sonya in the horror comedy film The Babysitter…

1988

Aleks Vrteski

Australian footballer

Aleksandar "Aleks" Vrteski is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Stirling Lions. Born in Australia, he represented Australia internationally before switching to represent Macedonia.

1988

Worakls

French DJ and electronic musician

Kevin Rodrigues, known by his stage name Worakls, is a French electronic musician and composer. He is known for blending orchestral and electronic instrumentation with rock and pop influences. On tour he performs solo,…

1988

Çağla Büyükakçay

Turkish tennis player

Çağla Büyükakçay is a Turkish professional tennis player. She won her first title at her home tournament in Istanbul becoming the first Turkish woman to lift a WTA Tour title.

1989

Darius Johnson-Odom

American basketball player

Darius "Darjo" Earvin Johnson-Odom is an American professional basketball player for the Astros de Jalisco of the Mexican CIBACOPA. In 2009, he transferred to Marquette University from Hutchinson Community College. As a…

1989

Mark Randall

English footballer

Mark Leonard Randall is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for NIFL Premiership club Larne.

1989

Phoenix Battye

Australian rugby player

Phoenix Battye is an Australian rugby union player. He currently plays in the French Pro D2 competition but started his professional career with the Western Force. His usual position is lock.

1990

Eddie Rosario

Puerto Rican baseball player

Eddie Manuel Rosario, Jr. is a Puerto Rican professional baseball left fielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves,…

1991

Elvyonn Bailey

American sprinter

Elvyonn Bailey is an American former sprinter specializing in the 400 metres and the 2016 World Athletics Indoor Championships gold medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay by virtue of running in the heats. Before that moment,…

1991

Khem Birch

Canadian basketball player

Khem Xavier Birch is a Canadian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers and the UNLV Runnin' Rebels.

1992

Keir Gilchrist

Canadian actor and musician

Keir David Peters Gilchrist is a Canadian actor. On television, he portrayed Marshall Gregson on the Showtime comedy-drama United States of Tara (2009–2011) and headlined the Netflix comedy-drama Atypical (2017–2021).…

1992

Alex Landi

American actor

Alex Landi is an American actor and model of Korean-Italian descent, best known for his role as Dr. Nico Kim on ABC's Grey's Anatomy and Station 19.

1992

Paula Ormaechea

Argentine tennis player

Paula Ormaechea is an Argentine tennis player based in Italy. She has won sixteen singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 21 October 2013, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 59.

1992

Adam Thompson

English-Northern Irish footballer

Adam Lee Thompson is a professional footballer who plays for Enfield Town as a defender. A graduate of Watford's youth academy, he made his professional debut for Watford in 2010, and his senior international debut for…

1992

Kōko Tsurumi

Japanese gymnast

Kōko Tsurumi is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. She is the 2009 World all-around bronze medalist, uneven bars silver medalist, and a two-time Olympian.

1992

Jodie Williams

English sprinter

Jodie Alicia Williams is a British retired sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres, having begun her career concentrating on 100 and 200 metres.

1993

Juancho Hernangómez

Spanish basketball player

Juan Alberto "Juancho" Hernangómez Geuer is a Spanish professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He was selected by the Denver Nuggets with the 15th overall…

1995

Caleb Martin

American basketball player

Caleb Martin is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the NC State Wolfpack and the Nevada Wolf Pack. He was…

1995

Cody Martin

American basketball player

Cody Lee Martin is an American professional basketball player for the Noblesville Boom of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the NC State Wolfpack and the Nevada Wolf Pack. He is the identical twin…

1995

Jason Williams

English footballer

Jason Norrel Williams is an English footballer who plays for Tonbridge Angels.

1995

Aiden Moffat

British race car driver

Aiden Robert Moffat is a British racing driver who is set to compete in the British Touring Car Championship for LKQ Euro Car Parts with Power Maxed Racing. He became the youngest driver ever to compete in the BTCC when…

1996

Panna Udvardy

Hungarian tennis player

Panna Udvardy is a Hungarian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 71, achieved on 6 April 2026 and a best doubles ranking of No. 65, achieved on 24 October 2022.

1998

Kayla Day

American tennis player

Kayla Day is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 84 by the WTA reached in April 2024. As a junior, she won the 2016 US Open in singles and was a finalist in…

1999

Isack Hadjar

French-Algerian racing driver

Isack Alexandre Hadjar is a French and Algerian racing driver who competes under the French flag in Formula One for Red Bull Racing.

2004

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