Famous Birthdays on September 29

Q: Who was born on September 29?

Famous people born on September 29 include: Pompey, Margaret of England, Ferdinand the Holy Prince of Portugal (died 1443), Michael Servetus, John Lesley.

Q: What is Chuck Cooper known for?

Chuck Cooper, American basketball player (died 1984)

238 people 106 BC – 2000

September 29 has seen 238 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 106 BC – 2000. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · September 29 — Wikipedia

1926 — Chuck Cooper

American basketball player (died 1984)

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According to the November 18, 1950 issue of the Afro-American newspaper, he was the first Black "basketer" [sic] to be named an All-American college athlete

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Cooper was the first African-American to be drafted by a National Basketball Association (NBA) team; he was chosen by the Boston Celtics with the first pick of the second round of the 1950 NBA Draft

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Cooper and two others—Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton and Earl Lloyd—became the first African-American players in the NBA, in 1950

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Cooper played college basketball for the Duquesne Dukes and was named a consensus second-team All-American in 1950

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Louis Hawks, and the Fort Wayne Pistons, averaging 6.7 points and 5.9 rebounds per game.

Pompey

Roman general and politician (died 48 BC)

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the last decades of the Roman Republic. As a young man, he was a partisan and protégé of the…

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Margaret of England

Queen consort of Scots (died 1275)

Margaret of England was Queen of Alba (Scotland) by marriage to King Alexander III.

1240

Ferdinand the Holy Prince of Portugal (died 1443)

Ferdinand the Holy Prince, sometimes called the "Saint Prince" or the "Constant Prince", was an infante of the Kingdom of Portugal. He was the youngest of the "Illustrious Generation" of 15th-century Portuguese princes…

1402

Michael Servetus

Spanish physician, cartographer, and theologian (died 1553)

Michael Servetus was a Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer, and Renaissance humanist. He was the first European to correctly describe the function of pulmonary circulation, as discussed in Christianismi…

1511

John Lesley

Scottish bishop (died 1596)

John Lesley was a Scottish Catholic bishop and historian. His father was Gavin Lesley, rector of Kingussie, Badenoch.

1527

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (died 1616)

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his two-part novel Don Quixote, a work…

1547

William V

Duke of Bavaria (died 1626)

William V, called the Pious, was the duke of Bavaria from 1579 to 1597.

1548

Adriaan van Roomen

Flemish priest and mathematician (died 1615)

Adriaan van Roomen, also known as Adrianus Romanus, was a mathematician, professor of medicine and medical astrologer from the Duchy of Brabant in the Habsburg Netherlands who was active throughout Central Europe in…

1561

Ludovic Stewart

2nd Duke of Lennox, Scottish nobleman and politician (died 1624)

Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of Richmond was a Scottish nobleman and a second cousin of King James VI and I. He was involved in court theatre and the Plantation of Ulster in Ireland and the…

1574

Algernon Percy

10th Earl of Northumberland, English military leader (died 1668)

Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy,, was an English aristocrat, and supporter of the Parliamentary cause in the First English Civil War.

1602

Thomas Tenison

English archbishop (died 1715)

Thomas Tenison was an English church leader, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1694 until his death. During his primacy, he crowned two British monarchs.

1636

William Russell

Lord Russell, English politician (died 1683)

William Russell, Lord Russell was an English Country Party politician. He was a leading member of the Country Party, forerunners of the Whigs, who during the reign of Charles II of England laid the groundwork for…

1639

Antoine Coysevox

French sculptor and educator (died 1720)

Charles Antoine Coysevox was a French sculptor in the Baroque and Louis XIV style, best known for his sculpture decorating the gardens and Palace of Versailles and his portrait busts.

1640

Jacques-Martin Hotteterre

French flute player and composer (died 1763)

Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, also known as Jacques Martin or Jacques Hotteterre, was a French composer and flautist, instrument maker and teacher, who was the most celebrated of a family of wind instrument makers and wind…

1673

Richard Challoner

English bishop (died 1781)

Richard Challoner was an English Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of the London District during the greater part of the 18th century, and as Titular Bishop of Doberus. In 1738, he published a revision of…

1691

François Boucher

French painter and set designer (died 1770)

François Boucher was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style. Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories, and pastoral scenes.…

1703

Robert Clive

English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire (died 1774)

Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive,, also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Clive has been widely credited for laying the foundation of the British East India Company (EIC)…

1725

Horatio Nelson

1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (died 1805)

Vice-Admiral of the White Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte was a Royal Navy officer whose leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics led to multiple decisive British naval victories…

1758

Charlotte

Princess Royal of England (died 1828)

Charlotte, Princess Royal, was Queen of Württemberg as the wife of King Frederick I. She was the eldest daughter and fourth child of George III of the United Kingdom and his wife, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

1766

Guadalupe Victoria

Mexican general and politician (died 1843)

Guadalupe Victoria, born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix, was a Mexican general and politician who fought for independence against the Spanish Empire in the Mexican War of Independence and after the adoption…

1786

Jacques Charles François Sturm

French mathematician and theorist (died 1850)

Jacques Charles François Sturm was a French mathematician, who made a significant addition to equation theory with his work, Sturm's theorem.

1803

Henry Bennett

American lawyer and politician (died 1868)

Henry Bennett was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a United States representative from New York from 1849 to 1859.

1808

Elizabeth Gaskell

English author (died 1865)

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer detailed studies of Victorian society, including the lives of the very poor.…

1810

Adolph Göpel

German mathematician (died 1847)

Adolph Göpel was a German mathematician who wrote the first paper on hyperelliptic functions and who introduced Göpel tetrads.

1812

Joachim Oppenheim

Czech rabbi and author (died 1891)

Joachim (Ḥayyim) Oppenheim, also known as Joachim Heinrich Oppenheim, was a Czech rabbi and author.

1832

Miguel Miramón

Unconstitutional president of Mexico (died 1867)

Miguel Gregorio de la Luz Atenógenes Miramón y Tarelo, known as Miguel Miramón, was a Mexican conservative general who disputed the Mexican presidency with Benito Juárez at the age of 27 during the Reform War, serving…

1832

Mikhail Skobelev

Russian general (died 1882)

Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev was a Russian general became famous for his conquest of Central Asia and for his heroism during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Dressed in a white uniform and mounted on a white horse,…

1843

Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman

Argentinian lawyer and politician, 10th President of Argentina (died 1909)

Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman was the President of Argentina from 1886 until his resignation in 1890.

1844

Edward Pulsford

English-Australian politician and free-trade campaigner (died 1919)

Edward Pulsford was an English-born Australian politician and free-trade campaigner.

1844

Luther D. Bradley

American cartoonist (died 1917)

Luther Daniels Bradley was an American illustrator and political cartoonist associated with the Chicago Daily News. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale University in 1875. After some years at his…

1853

Ludwig Holborn

German physicist (died 1926)

Ludwig Friedrich Christian Holborn was a German physicist known for his work in the measurement of high temperature using optical pyrometry.

1863

Hugo Haase

German lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1919)

Hugo Haase was a German socialist politician, jurist and pacifist. With Friedrich Ebert, he co-chaired of the Council of the People's Deputies during the German Revolution of 1918–19.

1863

Miguel de Unamuno

Spanish philosopher and author (died 1936)

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher and academic. His major philosophical essay was Tragic Sense of Life (1913), and his most famous novels were Abel Sánchez: The…

1864

Mykhailo Hrushevskyi

Ukrainian historian, academic, and politician (died 1934)

Mykhailo Serhiiovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian and statesman who was one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century. Hrushevsky is often…

1866

Ludwig von Mises

Austrian-American economist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1973)

Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises was an Austrian and American political economist and philosopher of the Austrian school. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the social contributions of classical liberalism and the…

1881

Lilias Armstrong

English phonetician (died 1937)

Lilias Eveline Armstrong was an English phonetician. She worked at University College London, where she attained the rank of reader. Armstrong is most known for her work on English intonation as well as the phonetics…

1882

Ian Fairweather

Scottish-Australian painter (died 1974)

Ian Fairweather was a Scottish painter resident in Australia for much of his life. He combined Western and Asian influences in his work.

1891

Clarence Ashley

American singer, guitarist, and banjo player (died 1967)

Clarence "Tom" Ashley was an American musician and singer, who played the clawhammer banjo and the guitar. He began performing at medicine shows in the Southern Appalachian region as early as 1911, and gained initial…

1895

Joseph Banks Rhine

American botanist and parapsychologist (died 1980)

Joseph Banks Rhine, usually known as J. B. Rhine, was an American botanist who founded parapsychology as a branch of psychology, founding the parapsychology lab at Duke University, the Journal of Parapsychology, the…

1895

Roscoe Turner

American pilot (died 1970)

Roscoe Turner was a record-breaking American aviator who was a three-time winner of the Thompson Trophy air race and widely recognized by his flamboyant style and his pet, Gilmore the Lion. He also founded a US domestic…

1895

Herbert Agar

American journalist and historian (died 1980)

Herbert Sebastian Agar was an American journalist and historian, and an editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal.

1897

Trofim Lysenko

Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (died 1976)

Trofim Denisovich Lysenko was a Soviet agronomist. He rejected Mendelian genetics in favour of his own idiosyncratic, pseudoscientific ideas later termed Lysenkoism.

1898

László Bíró

Hungarian-Argentinian journalist and inventor, invented the ballpoint pen (died 1985)

László József Bíró, Hispanicized as Ladislao José Biro, was an Argentine, Hungary-born inventor who patented the first commercially successful modern ballpoint pen. The first ballpoint pen had been invented roughly 50…

1899

Billy Butlin

South African-English businessman, founded Butlins (died 1980)

Sir William Heygate Edmund Colborne Butlin was an entrepreneur whose name is synonymous with the British holiday camp. Although holiday camps such as Warner's existed in one form or another before Butlin opened his…

1899

Lanza del Vasto

Italian poet, philosopher, and activist (died 1981)

Lanza del Vasto was an Italian poet and nonviolent activist.

1901

Enrico Fermi

Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)

Enrico Fermi was an Italian–American physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Project. He won the 1938 Nobel Prize in…

1901

Miguel Alemán Valdés

Mexican lawyer and civilian politician, 46th President of Mexico (died 1983)

Miguel Alemán Valdés was a Mexican politician who served a full term as the President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952. He was the first civilian president after a string of revolutionary generals.

1903

Diana Vreeland

American journalist (died 1989)

Diana Vreeland was an American fashion columnist and editor. She worked for the fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar and as editor-in-chief at Vogue, later becoming a special consultant to the Costume Institute of the…

1903

Greer Garson

English-American actress (died 1996)

Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson was a British and American actress and singer. Known for playing graceful, noble, and dignified women in period and war dramas, she quickly rose to popularity during the Golden Age of…

1904

Michał Waszyński

Polish film director and producer (died 1965)

Michał Waszyński was first a film director in Poland, then in Italy, and later a producer of major American films, mainly in Spain. Known for his elegance and impeccable manners, he was known by his acquaintances as…

1904

Fidel LaBarba

American boxer and sportswriter (died 1981)

Fidel LaBarba was an American boxer and sportswriter. He was born in New York City and grew up in Los Angeles, California. LaBarba began his amateur career at fourteen, eventually winning the flyweight division at the…

1905

Henry Nash Smith

American academic (died 1986)

Henry Nash Smith was a scholar of American culture and literature. He is recognized as one of the founders of the academic discipline American studies. He was also a noted Mark Twain scholar, and the curator of the Mark…

1906

Gene Autry

American singer, actor, and businessman (died 1998)

Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry, nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner. He largely gained fame by singing in a crooning style on radio, in…

1907

George W. Jenkins

American businessman, founded Publix (died 1996)

George Washington Jenkins Jr. was an American businessman who founded Publix Super Markets. As of 2016, the employee-owned, privately held corporation included 1,100 stores in the Southeastern United States with 170,000…

1907

Eddie Tolan

American sprinter and educator (died 1967)

Thomas Edward Tolan, nicknamed the "Midnight Express", was an American track and field athlete who competed in sprints. He set world records in the 100-yard dash and 100 meters event and Olympic records in the 100…

1908

Virginia Bruce

American actress (died 1982)

Virginia Bruce was an American actress and singer.

1909

Bill Boyd

American singer and guitarist (died 1977)

William Lemuel Boyd was an American Western-style singer and guitarist.

1910

Diosdado Macapagal

Philippine 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

Charles Court

English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia (died 2007)

Sir Charles Walter Michael Court was an Australian politician who was the premier of Western Australia from 8 April 1974 to 25 January 1982. A member of the Liberal Party, Court was the member for Nedlands in the…

1911

Reginald Victor Jones

British physicist and scientific military intelligence expert (died 1997)

Reginald Victor Jones was a British physicist and scientific military intelligence expert who played an important role in the defence of Britain in World War II by solving scientific and technical problems, and by the…

1911

Michelangelo Antonioni

Italian director and screenwriter (died 2007)

Michelangelo Antonioni was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for a trio of films often dubbed the "alienation trilogy": L'Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961), and L'Eclisse (1962); the…

1912

Trevor Howard

English actor (died 1988)

Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith was an English stage and screen actor. After varied work in the theatre, he achieved leading man star status in the film Brief Encounter (1945), followed by The Third Man (1949), portraying…

1913

Stanley Kramer

American director and producer (died 2001)

Stanley Earl Kramer was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous "message films" and a liberal movie icon. As an independent producer and director, he brought…

1913

Rutherford Ness Robertson

Australian botanist and biologist (died 2001)

Sir Rutherford Ness "Bob" Robertson FRSE was an Australian botanist and biologist, and winner of the Clarke Medal in 1955.

1913

Olive Dehn

English author and poet (died 2007)

Olive Marie Dehn was an English children's writer, anarchist, farmer and poet who was active from the 1930s to the 2000s. She began her writing career with a satirical poem in German, and wrote stories for the BBC Radio…

1914

Vincent DeDomenico

American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (died 2007)

Vincent Michael "Vince" DeDomenico, Sr. was an American entrepreneur, one of the inventors of Rice-A-Roni, and a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Train.

1915

Oscar Handlin

American historian and academic (died 2011)

Oscar Handlin was an American historian. As a professor of history at Harvard University for over 50 years, he directed 80 PhD dissertations and helped promote social and ethnic history, virtually inventing the field of…

1915

Brenda Marshall

American actress (died 1992)

Brenda Marshall was an American film actress.

1915

Carl Giles

English cartoonist (died 1995)

Ronald "Carl" Giles OBE, often referred to simply as Giles, was a cartoonist who worked for the British newspaper the Daily Express.

1916

Josef Traxel

German operatic tenor (died 1975)

Josef Traxel was a German operatic tenor, particularly associated with Mozart roles and the German repertory.

1916

Billy Bevis

English footballer (died 1994)

William Ernest Bevis DSM was an English footballer who played for Southampton as an outside right in the years either side of the Second World War.

1918

Bill Proud

English cricketer (died 1961)

Roland Barton "Bill" Proud was an English first-class cricketer.

1919

Peter D. Mitchell

English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1992)

Peter Dennis Mitchell FRS was a British biochemist who was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his theory of the chemiosmotic mechanism of ATP synthesis.

1920

James Cross

Irish-British diplomat (died 2021)

James Richard Cross was an Irish-born British diplomat who served in India, Malaysia and Canada. While posted in Canada, Cross was kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) during the October…

1921

John Ritchie

New Zealand composer and educator (died 2014)

John Anthony Ritchie was a New Zealand composer and professor of music at the University of Canterbury.

1921

Reed Irvine

American economist and activist (died 2004)

Reed Irvine was an American economist and activist who founded the conservative media watchdog organization Accuracy in Media, and remained its head for 35 years. Irvine was motivated by his belief that established news…

1922

Lizabeth Scott

American actress (died 2015)

Lizabeth Virginia Scott was an American actress, singer, and model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency, known for her "smoky voice". She was called "the most beautiful face of film noir during the 1940s and 1950s".…

1922

Stan Berenstain

American author and illustrator (died 2005)

Stanley Melvin Berenstain and Janice Marian Berenstain were American writers and illustrators best known for creating the children's book series The Berenstain Bears.

1923

Bum Phillips

American football player and coach (died 2013)

Oail Andrew "Bum" Phillips Jr. was an American football coach at the high school, college and professional levels. He served as head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers from 1975 to 1980…

1923

Steve Forrest

American actor (died 2013)

Steve Forrest was an American actor who was well known for his role as Lt. Hondo Harrelson in the hit television series S.W.A.T., which was broadcast on ABC from 1975 to 1976. He was also known for his performance in…

1925

Paul MacCready

American engineer, founded AeroVironment (died 2007)

Paul Beattie MacCready Jr. was an American aeronautical engineer. He was the founder of AeroVironment and the designer of the human-powered aircraft that won the first Kremer prize. He devoted his life to developing…

1925

Pete Elliott

American football player and coach (died 2013)

Peter R. Elliott was an American football player and coach. Elliott served as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1956), the University of California, Berkeley (1957–1959), the University of…

1926

Pete McCloskey

American politician (died 2024)

Paul Norton "Pete" McCloskey Jr. was an American politician who represented San Mateo County, California, as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983.

1927

Barbara Mertz

American historian and author (died 2013)

Barbara Louise Mertz, known professionally as Elizabeth Peters and as Barbara Michaels, was an American author. In 1952, she received a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. She was best known for her…

1927

Cid Moreira

Brazilian journalist and television anchor (died 2024)

Cid Moreira was a Brazilian journalist and television anchor who was active from 1947 onwards. He was born in Taubaté, São Paulo, and was mostly recognized for his work as the main anchor on Rede Globo's primetime news…

1927

Eric Lubbock

4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (died 2016)

Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, was an English politician and human rights campaigner. He served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Orpington from 1962 to 1970. He then served in the House of Lords,…

1928

Brajesh Mishra

Indian politician and diplomat, 1st Indian National Security Advisor (died 2012)

Brajesh Chandra Mishra was an Indian politician and diplomat from the Indian Foreign Service who is best known for serving as the first National Security Advisor of India from 1998 to 2004. He also served as the…

1928

Jeffrey O'Connell

American legal expert, professor, and attorney (died 2013)

Jeffrey Thomas O'Connell was an American legal expert, professor, and attorney. In 1965, O'Connell and Harvard Law School professor Robert Keeton co-authored the book Basic Protection for the Traffic Victim: A Blueprint…

1928

Richard Bonynge

Australian pianist and conductor

Richard Alan Bonynge is an Australian conductor and pianist. He is the widower of Australian dramatic coloratura soprano Dame Joan Sutherland. Bonynge conducted virtually all of Sutherland's operatic performances from…

1930

Colin Dexter

English author and educator (died 2017)

Norman Colin Dexter was an English crime writer known for his Inspector Morse series of novels, which were written between 1975 and 1999 and adapted as an ITV television series, Inspector Morse, from 1987 to 2000. His…

1930

James Cronin

American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)

James Watson Cronin was an American particle physicist.

1931

Anita Ekberg

Swedish-Italian model and actress (died 2015)

Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg was a Swedish actress active in American and European films, known for her beauty and curvaceous figure. She became prominent in her iconic role as Sylvia in the Federico Fellini film La…

1931

Joseph M. McDade

American politician (died 2017)

Joseph Michael McDade was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district.

1931

Robert Benton

American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)

Robert Douglas Benton was an American film director and screenwriter. He, along with his co-writer David Newman, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. In…

1932

Mehmood

Indian actor, singer, director and producer (died 2004)

Mehmood Ali, popularly known simply as Mehmood, was an Indian actor, singer, director and producer, best known for playing Comic,Serious,emotional and versatile roles in Hindi films.

1932

Samora Machel

Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (died 1986)

Samora Moisés Machel was a Mozambican politician and revolutionary. A socialist in the tradition of Marxism–Leninism, he served as the first President of Mozambique from the country's independence in 1975 until his…

1933

Mars Rafikov

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut (died 2000)

Mars Zakirovich Rafikov was a Soviet cosmonaut who was dismissed from the Soviet space program for disciplinary reasons.

1933

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Hungarian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021)

Mihaly Robert Csikszentmihalyi was a Hungarian-American psychologist. He recognized and named the psychological concept of "flow", a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity. He was the Distinguished…

1934

Stuart M. Kaminsky

American author and screenwriter (died 2009)

Stuart M. Kaminsky was an American mystery writer and film professor. He is known for three long-running series of mystery novels featuring the protagonists Toby Peters, a private detective in 1940s Hollywood…

1934

Jerry Lee Lewis

American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2022)

Jerry Lee Lewis was an American pianist, singer, and songwriter. Nicknamed "The Killer", he was described as "rock 'n' roll's first great wild man". A pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music, Lewis made his first…

1935

Carmen Delgado Votaw

Puerto Rican civil rights pioneer (died 2017)

Carmen Delgado Votaw was a civil rights pioneer, a public servant, an author, and community leader. She earned an associate degree at the University of Puerto Rico and graduated from American University in Washington,…

1935

Silvio Berlusconi

Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (died 2023)

Silvio Berlusconi was an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as the prime minister of Italy in three governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies…

1936

James Fogle

American author (died 2012)

James Fogle was the American author of the autobiographical novel Drugstore Cowboy, which became the basis for the film of the same name. He was born in Elcho, Wisconsin.

1936

Hal Trosky

Jr., American baseball player (died 2012)

Harold Arthur Trosky Jr. was an American professional baseball player who appeared as a pitcher in Major League Baseball in two games for the Chicago White Sox during the 1958 season. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he was the…

1936

Kōichirō Matsuura

Japanese diplomat

Kōichirō Matsuura is a Japanese diplomat. He is the former Director-General of UNESCO. He was first elected in 1999 to a six-year term and reelected on 12 October 2005 for four years, following a reform instituted by…

1937

Tom McKeown

American poet and educator

Thomas Shanks McKeown is an American poet and educator. He published his first poetry chapbooks in the late 1960s and continued to develop his reputation as a poet of surrealist sensibilities throughout the 1970s,…

1937

Wim Kok

Dutch union leader and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2018)

Willem "Wim" Kok was a Dutch politician and trade union leader who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 August 1994 until 22 July 2002. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA).

1938

Michael Stürmer

German historian

Michael Stürmer is a conservative German historian who specializes in the history of the German Empire (1871–1918). He is best known for his role in the Historikerstreit of the 1980s, for his geographical interpretation…

1938

Jim Baxter

Scottish footballer (died 2001)

James Curran Baxter was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left half. He is generally regarded as one of the country's greatest ever players. He was born, educated and started his career in Fife, but his…

1939

Larry Linville

American actor (died 2000)

Lawrence Lavon Linville was an American actor known for his portrayal of the surgeon Major Frank Burns on the television series M*A*S*H.

1939

Rhodri Morgan

Welsh politician, 2nd First Minister of Wales (died 2017)

Hywel Rhodri Morgan was a Welsh Labour politician who was the First Minister of Wales and the Leader of Welsh Labour from 2000 to 2009. He was also the Assembly Member for Cardiff West from 1999 to 2011 and the Member…

1939

Billy Cobb

English footballer

Walter William Cobb, known as Billy Cobb, was an English footballer who scored 38 goals from 199 appearances in the Football League playing for Nottingham Forest, Plymouth Argyle, Brentford and Lincoln City. He played…

1940

Oscar H. Ibarra

Filipino-American theoretical computer scientist

Oscar H. Ibarra is a Filipino-American theoretical computer scientist, prominent for work in automata theory, formal languages, design and analysis of algorithms and computational complexity theory. He was a Professor…

1941

Jon Brower Minnoch

famous for being the world's heaviest person recorded (died 1983)

Jon Brower Minnoch was an American man who is reported as the heaviest recorded human in history, weighing approximately 1,400 lb at his peak. Obese since childhood, Minnoch normally weighed 800–900 lb during his adult…

1941

Robert Lieber

American writer and academic

Robert J. Lieber is an American academic and Professor of Government and International Affairs at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Lieber is the author or editor of a total of seventeen books and has served as…

1941

Felice Gimondi

Italian cyclist (died 2019)

Felice Gimondi was an Italian professional racing cyclist. With his 1968 victory at the Vuelta a España, only three years after becoming a professional cyclist, Gimondi, nicknamed "The Phoenix", was the second cyclist…

1942

Madeline Kahn

American actress and singer (died 1999)

Madeline Gail Kahn was an American actress, comedian, and singer. She was known for her comedic roles in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks, including What's Up, Doc? (1972), Young Frankenstein (1974),…

1942

Ian McShane

English actor

Ian David McShane is an English actor. His television performances include the title role in the BBC series Lovejoy, Al Swearengen in Deadwood (2004–2006) and its 2019 film continuation, and Mr. Wednesday in American…

1942

Bill Nelson

American politician

Clarence William Nelson II is an American politician, attorney, and former astronaut who served from 2001 to 2019 as a United States senator from Florida and from 2021 to 2025 as the administrator of the National…

1942

Jean-Luc Ponty

French violinist and composer

Jean-Luc Ponty is a French jazz and jazz fusion violinist and composer. He is considered a pioneer of jazz-rock, particularly for his use of the electric violin starting in the 1970s. He rose to prominence for his…

1942

Janet Powell

Australian educator and politician (died 2013)

Janet Frances Powell was an Australian politician.

1942

Steve Tesich

Serbian-American screenwriter and playwright (died 1996)

Stojan Steve Tesich was a Serbian-American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1979 for the film Breaking Away.

1942

Juan Flores

American academic and professor (died 2014)

Juan Flores was a Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and director of Latino Studies at New York University. He was considered a leading pioneer, scholar, and expert in Latin American and Nuyorican culture, often…

1943

Lech Wałęsa

Polish electrician and politician, 2nd President of Poland, Nobel Prize laureate

Lech Wałęsa is a Polish statesman, dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995. After winning the 1990 election, Wałęsa became the first democratically elected…

1943

Isla Blair

British actress and singer

Isla Blair Glover is a British actress and singer. She made her first stage appearance in 1963 as Philia in the London debut of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

1944

Mike Post

American composer and producer

Mike Post is an American composer, best known for his television theme music for various shows, including The White Shadow; Law & Order; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Law & Order: Criminal Intent; The A-Team; The…

1944

Kyriakos Sfetsas

Greek composer and poet

Kyriakos Sfetsas was a Greek composer. His body of work consists of a large number of compositions: symphonic, choral, ballet and theatre music, chamber, electronic, film scores, pieces for solo instruments, pieces in…

1945

Lella Cuberli

American soprano

Lella Cuberli is an American soprano, particularly associated with the Belcanto repertory.

1945

Patricia Hodge

English actress

Patricia Hodge is an English actress. She is known on-screen for playing Phyllida Erskine-Brown in Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992), Jemima Shore in Jemima Shore Investigates (1983), Penny in Miranda (2009–2015) and…

1946

Arturo Lindsay

Panamanian-American artist

Arturo Lindsay is a Panamanian-born artist and professor of art and art history at Spelman College. His scholarship specializes in ethnographic research on African spiritual and aesthetic retentions in contemporary…

1946

Richard J. Evans

British historian

Sir Richard John Evans is a British historian of 19th- and 20th-century Europe with a focus on Germany. He is the author of eighteen books, including his three-volume The Third Reich Trilogy (2003–2008). Evans was…

1947

Ülo Kaevats

Estonian philosopher, academic, and politician (died 2015)

Ülo Kaevats was an Estonian statesman, academic and philosopher.

1947

S. H. Kapadia

Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (died 2016)

Sarosh Homi Kapadia was the 38th Chief Justice of India. He was the first chief justice born after the partition of India.

1947

Mark Farner

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mark Fredrick Farner is an American musician. He was the original singer and guitarist of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad, which he co-founded in 1969, and later as a contemporary Christian musician.

1948

Bryant Gumbel

American journalist and sportscaster

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1948

Theo Jörgensmann

German clarinet player and composer (died 2025)

Theodor Franz Jörgensmann was a German jazz clarinetist and academic teacher. Professionally known as Theo Jörgensmann, he belonged to the second generation of European free jazz musicians, part of the clarinet…

1948

John M. McHugh

American politician

John Michael McHugh is an American politician from the U.S. state of New York who served as the 21st United States Secretary of the Army, and represented the state's 23rd congressional district in the United States…

1948

George Dalaras

Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist

George Dalaras is a Greek singer and musician. He is one of the most prominent figures of Greek music. In October 2006, he was selected as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency.

1949

Douglas Frantz

American investigative journalist and author

Douglas Frantz is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning former investigative journalist and author, and served as the deputy secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development from 2015 to…

1949

Merle Collins

Grenadian poet and short story writer

Merle Collins is a Grenadian poet, novelist and short-story writer.

1950

Michelle Bachelet

Chilean politician, President of Chile

Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Chilean politician who served as the 33rd and 35th president of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and from 2014 to 2018. She is the first and to date only woman to hold the presidency. She…

1951

Pier Luigi Bersani

Italian educator and politician, 6th President of Emilia-Romagna

Pier Luigi Bersani is an Italian politician and was Secretary of the Democratic Party (PD), Italy's leading centre-left party, from 2009 to 2013. Bersani was Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftmanship from 1996 to…

1951

Roslyn Schwartz

Canadian author

Roslyn Schwartz is a Canadian children's author and animator.

1951

Mike Enriquez

Filipino television and radio newscaster (died 2023)

Miguel "Mike" Castro Enriquez was a Filipino broadcast journalist and television presenter. He started his career as a radio broadcaster in 1969, and after signing with GMA Network in 1995, he became an anchor for…

1951

Roy Campbell

Jr., American trumpet player (died 2014)

Roy Sinclair Campbell Jr. was an American trumpeter frequently linked to free jazz, although he also performed rhythm and blues and funk during his career.

1952

Pete Hautman

American author

Peter Murray Hautman is an American author best known for his novels for young adults. One of them, Godless, won the 2004 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The National Book Foundation summary is, "A…

1952

Max Sandlin

American lawyer, judge, and politician

Max Allen Sandlin Jr. is an American politician who served eight years in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Texas's 1st congressional district from 1997 to 2005.

1952

Mona Baker

Egyptian-British professor

Mona Baker is former professor of Translation Studies and founder of the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies of the University of Manchester in England.

1953

Drake Hogestyn

American actor (died 2024)

Donald Drake Hogestyn was an American actor best known for his long-running role as John Black on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives.

1953

Janis F. Kearney

American author, lecturer and publisher

Janis Faye Kearney is an American author, lecturer, and publisher. She served as a personal diarist to President Bill Clinton from 1995 to 2001.

1953

Marshall Holman

American bowler and sportscaster

Marshall Holman is a retired professional ten-pin bowler and current American sports broadcaster. He was known for his flamboyant, fiery demeanor and his success on the PBA Tour from the mid-1970s to the end of the…

1954

Harry E. Johnson

American lawyer and public servant

Harry Edward Johnson is an American lawyer, academic, and businessman. Johnson is a former national president of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and was the president and CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial…

1954

Geoffrey Marcy

American astronomer

Geoffrey William Marcy is an American astronomer. He was an early influence in the field of exoplanet detection, discovery, and characterization. Marcy was a professor of astronomy at the University of California,…

1954

Mark Mitchell

Australian actor

Mark Mitchell is an Australian actor, comedian and contemporary artist, best known for his roles in the sketch comedy series The Comedy Company, most especially his character of Greek Australian green grocer Con the…

1954

Cindy Morgan

American actress (died 2023)

Cynthia Ann Cichorski, known professionally as Cindy Morgan, was an American actress best known for playing Lora Baines/Yori in Tron and Lacey Underall in Caddyshack.

1954

Ann Bancroft

American explorer and author

Ann Bancroft is an American author, teacher, adventurer, and public speaker. She was the first woman to finish a number of expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame…

1955

Joe Donnelly

American politician and lawyer

Joseph Simon Donnelly Sr. is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2013 and as a U.S. senator from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party…

1955

Gwen Ifill

American journalist (died 2016)

Gwendolyn L. Ifill was an American journalist, television newscaster, and author. In 1999, she became the first African-American woman to host a nationally televised U.S. public affairs program with Washington Week in…

1955

Susanne Antonetta

American poet and author

Susanne Antonetta is the pen name of Suzanne Paola, an American poet and author who is most widely known for her book Body Toxic: An Environmental Memoir. In 2001, Body Toxic was named by the New York Times as a…

1956

Sebastian Coe

English sprinter and politician

Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe,, often referred to as Seb Coe, is a British sports administrator, former politician and retired track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals,…

1956

Suzzy Roche

American singer-songwriter and actress

Suzzy Roche is an American singer, best known for her work with the vocal group the Roches, alongside sisters Maggie and Terre. Suzzy is the youngest of the three, and joined the act in 1977. She is the author of the…

1956

Chris Broad

English cricketer and referee

Brian Christopher Broad is an English cricket official, broadcaster, and former player. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1987 Cricket World Cup.

1957

Andrew Dice Clay

American comedian and actor

Andrew Clay Silverstein known professionally as Andrew Dice Clay is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He rose to prominence in the late 1980s with a brash, deliberately offensive persona known as "The Diceman", a…

1957

Uwe Foullong

German politician

Uwe Foullong is a German politician and member of the Bundestag. A member of The Left, he has represented North Rhine-Westphalia since 2025.

1957

Joel Gallen

American director, producer and screenwriter

Joel Gallen is an American director and producer. He is the founder of Tenth Planet Productions, a Los Angeles-based production company.

1957

Mark Nicholas

English cricketer and sportscaster

Mark Charles Jefford Nicholas is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer and broadcaster. He played for Hampshire from 1978 to 1995, captaining them from 1985 to his retirement. On 1 October 2023, he…

1957

Andy Straka

American author

Andy Straka is a Shamus Award-winning American crime novelist. Born and raised in upstate New York and a graduate of Williams College, he worked in publishing and medical sales for nearly fifteen years before turning to…

1958

Karen Young

American actress

Karen Young is an American film, television, and stage actress.

1958

Jon Fosse

Norwegian author and dramatist

Jon Olav Fosse is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable."

1959

Marissa Moss

American author

Marissa Moss is an American children's book author.

1959

Raf

Italian singer-songwriter

Raffaele Riefoli, known as simply Raf, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He first became known in the early 1980s as a singer of Italo disco and as original singer and co-author of the hit "Self Control". He has turned…

1959

Rob Deer

American baseball player

Robert George Deer is an American former professional baseball outfielder.

1960

John Paxson

American basketball player and executive

John MacBeth Paxson is an American basketball administrator and former player who was vice president of basketball operations for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2009 to 2020. He was…

1960

Mohammed Dahlan

Palestinian politician

Mohammad Yusuf Dahlan is a Palestinian politician. Arrested by Israel for being involved with the Fatah Hawks—the Fatah youth movement—he subsequently helped in negotiations for the Oslo Accords, later becoming a critic…

1961

Julia Gillard

Welsh-Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Australia

Julia Eileen Gillard is an Australian former politician who served as the 27th prime minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013. She held office as the leader of the Labor Party (ALP), having previously served as the 13th…

1961

Roger Bart

American actor

Roger Bart is an American actor. He won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for his performance as Snoopy in the 1999 revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

1962

Dave Andreychuk

Canadian ice hockey player

David John Andreychuk is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres, Toronto Maple Leafs, New Jersey Devils, Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche, and Tampa Bay…

1963

Les Claypool

American bass player, singer, songwriter, and producer

Leslie Edward Claypool is an American musician, best known as the founder, lead singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of Primus. Ranked as one of the greatest bassists of all time by Rolling Stone, his unique playing…

1963

Francis Jue

American actor and singer

Francis Jue is an American actor and singer. Jue is known for his performances on Broadway, in national tours, off-Broadway and in regional theatre, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area and at The Muny in St.…

1963

PJ Manney

American writer

Patricia J. Manney is an American writer and speaker on humanist and futurist topics. She is the author of (R)EVOLUTION, a near-future techno thriller, which Publishers Weekly called "intriguing" and described it as…

1964

Suzanne Kamata

American author and educator

Suzanne Kamata is an American author and educator.

1965

Robert F. Worth

American journalist

Robert Forsyth Worth is an American author and journalist. He was the former chief of The New York Times Beirut bureau. He is the author of Rage for Order, which won the 2017 Lionel Gelber Prize.

1965

Hersey Hawkins

American basketball player and coach

Hersey R. Hawkins Jr. is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After starring at George Westinghouse College Prep, the 6-foot-3-inch (1.91 m) shooting guard…

1966

Ben Miles

English actor

Benjamin Charles Miles is an English actor. He gained recognition after starring in the television comedy sitcom Coupling (2000–2004) and the drama serial The Forsyte Saga (2002–2003). He also had recurring roles in…

1966

Bujar Nishani

Albanian politician, 7th President of Albania (died 2022)

Bujar Faik Nishani was an Albanian politician who served as President of Albania from 2012 to 2017.

1966

Ken Norton Jr.

American football player and coach

Kenneth Howard Norton Jr. is an American professional football coach and former player who is the linebackers coach for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football as a…

1966

Jill Whelan

American actress

Jill Whelan is an American actress. After working in television commercials, she landed her breakthrough role playing Vicki Stubing, the daughter of Captain Stubing, in six of the nine seasons of the American television…

1966

Sara Sankey

English badminton player

Sara Sankey is a retired English badminton player.

1967

Brett Anderson

English singer and songwriter

Brett Lewis Anderson is an English singer best known as the lead singer-songwriter and primary lyricist of the rock band Suede. After Suede disbanded in 2003, he fronted the Tears with former Suede guitarist Bernard…

1967

Darius de Haas

American stage actor and singer

Darius de Haas is an American stage actor and singer.

1968

Luke Goss

English actor

Luke Damon Goss is an English actor, and drummer of the 1980s band Bros. He has appeared in numerous films including Blade II (2002) as Jared Nomak, One Night with the King (2006) as King Xerxes, Hellboy II: The Golden…

1968

Adam Segal

American cybersecurity expert

Adam Segal is an American cybersecurity expert. He serves as the Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security and Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program at the Council on Foreign…

1968

Erika Eleniak

American model and actress

Erika Eleniak is an American-Canadian actress and model known for her role as Shauni McClain in Baywatch. Her film debut was in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). She also starred in the films The Blob (1988), Under…

1969

Robert Kurzban

American author and professor

Robert Kurzban is an American freelance writer and former psychology professor specializing in evolutionary psychology.

1969

Carlos Watson

American entrepreneur, journalist and television host

Carlos Watson is an American entrepreneur, journalist, television host, executive producer, and education advocate. He co-founded College Track, a college completion program for underserved students, with Laurene Powell…

1969

Natasha Gregson Wagner

American actress

Natasha Gregson Wagner is an American actress. She is the daughter of film producer Richard Gregson and actress Natalie Wood. She has appeared in films including Lost Highway, Two Girls and a Guy, First Love, Last…

1970

Khushbu Sundar

Indian actress, producer, and politician

Khusbhu Sundar is an Indian politician, actress, film producer and television personality. She is known for her work predominantly in Tamil and Telugu language films in addition to Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films.

1970

Emily Lloyd

English actress

Emily Alice Lloyd-Pack, known as Emily Lloyd, is a British retired actress. At the age of 16, she starred in her debut and breakthrough role in the 1987 film Wish You Were Here, for which she received critical acclaim…

1970

Russell Peters

Canadian comedian, actor, and producer

Russell Dominic Peters is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, and producer. He began performing in Toronto in 1989 and won a Gemini Award in 2008. In 2013, he was number three on Forbes' list of the world's…

1970

Yoshihiro Tajiri

Japanese wrestler

Yoshihiro Tajiri is a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter primarily known under the ring name Tajiri, he has also competed under his real name as well as under the names Aquarius and Kikkoman and briefly worked…

1970

Joanna Brooks

American author and professor

Joanna Brooks is an American author and scholar of American literature. Brooks is currently the Associate Vice President of Faculty Advancement and Student Success at San Diego State University (SDSU). Before working in…

1971

Ray Buchanan

American football player

Raymond Louis Buchanan, nicknamed "Big Play Ray," is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the third round of the 1993 NFL draft…

1971

Mackenzie Crook

English actor and screenwriter

Mackenzie Crook is an English actor, director, comedian and writer best known for his roles in television and film. He gained widespread recognition for portraying Gareth Keenan in the British sitcom The Office…

1971

Theodore Shapiro

American composer

Theodore Michael Shapiro is an American composer known for his film scores.

1971

Jörgen Jönsson

Swedish ice hockey player

Ulf Peter Jörgen Jönsson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who last played for Färjestads BK of the Swedish Elitserien. He has represented the Team Sweden 285 times, making him the record holder for…

1972

Robert Webb

English comedian, actor and writer

Robert Patrick Webb is an English comedian, actor and writer. He rose to prominence alongside David Mitchell as part of the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb.

1972

Alfie Boe

English tenor and actor

Alfred Giovanni Roncalli Boe is an English actor and singer who performs primarily in musical theatre.

1973

Alexis Cruz

American actor

Alexis Cruz is an American actor, known for his performances as Rafael in Touched by an Angel and as Skaara in Stargate and Stargate SG-1.

1974

Dedric Ward

American football wide receiver

Dedric Lamar Ward is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets, Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots and Dallas…

1974

Stephanie Klein

American author

Stephanie Klein is an American weight loss strategist and consultant, blogger and the author of Straight Up and Dirty: A Memoir and Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp.

1975

Darren Byfield

English-Jamaican footballer

Darren Asherton Byfield is a professional football manager and former player who is the caretaker manager of EFL League Two club Walsall. A forward, Byfield scored 110 goals in 484 appearances across all domestic…

1976

Kelvin Davis

English footballer

Kelvin Geoffrey Davis is an English professional football manager and former footballer who is the manager of Northern Premier League club Hednesford Town.

1976

Heath Bell

American baseball player

Heath Justin Bell is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. As a closer with the San Diego Padres from 2009 to 2011, Bell was a three-time All-Star and twice won the Rolaids Relief Man Award. He was…

1977

Kurt Nilsen

Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Kurt Erik Nilsen is a Norwegian pop/country singer. He won the first season of the Norwegian reality show Idol, which aired on TV 2 in May 2003. He then won a one-off international version of Pop Idol called World Idol…

1978

Neville Roach

English footballer

Neville Roach is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward.

1978

Nathan West

American actor, musician, and singer

Nathan Luke West is an American actor, musician, and singer.

1978

Dallas Green

Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dallas Michael John Albert Green is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who records under the name City and Colour. He is also known for his contributions as a singer, rhythm guitarist,…

1980

Zachary Levi

American actor and singer

Zachary Levi Pugh is an American actor. He starred as Chuck Bartowski in the action comedy series Chuck (2007–2012), and as the titular character in the superhero film Shazam! (2019) and its 2023 sequel.

1980

Chrissy Metz

American actress

Chrissy Metz is an American actress and singer. She played Kate Pearson in the television series This Is Us (2016–2022), which earned her nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. She has also…

1980

Kelly McCreary

American actress

Kelly J. McCreary is an American actress, best known for her role on the ABC drama series Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Maggie Pierce, the half-sister of series protagonist Meredith Grey. She joined the series as a guest at the…

1981

Suzanne Shaw

English actress and singer

Suzanne Christine Crowshaw, known as Suzanne Shaw, is an English actress, singer and television personality, who rose to fame after winning the talent contest Popstars and subsequently being a member of the pop group…

1981

Ryan Garry

English footballer and coach

Ryan Mayne Felix Garry is an English professional football coach and a former defender who is currently a first team coach for EFL Championship club Norwich City. During his playing career he featured for Arsenal and…

1983

Per Mertesacker

German footballer

Per Mertesacker is a German football coach and former professional player who played as a centre back. He is set to step down as manager of the Arsenal Academy.

1984

Calvin Johnson

American football player

Calvin Johnson Jr. is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons with the Detroit Lions. Nicknamed "Megatron" after the Transformers…

1985

Michelle Payne

Australian jockey

Michelle J. Payne is a retired Australian jockey. She won the 2015 Melbourne Cup, riding Prince of Penzance, and is the first female jockey to win the event.

1985

Inika McPherson

American track and field athlete

Inika McPherson is an American track and field athlete specializing in the high jump. She was the 2013 US Indoor champion.

1986

Josh Farro

American musician

Joshua Neil Farro is an American musician, best known as co-founder, former lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band Paramore. Since leaving Paramore in 2010, he has pursued a solo career as the lead…

1987

Kevin Durant

American basketball player

Kevin Wayne Durant, also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Slim Reaper", he is widely regarded…

1988

Shyima Hall

Egyptian human rights activist

Shyima Hall, from South Alexandria, Egypt, is known for advocating against human trafficking by sharing her personal experiences as a child slave. At eight years old, she was sold into slavery by her parents to a rich…

1989

Jordan Schroeder

American ice hockey player

Jordan John Schroeder is an American professional ice hockey center who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for Brynäs IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

1990

Souleymane Doukara

French footballer

Souleymane Doukara is a professional footballer who plays as a striker or a winger for the Mauritania national team. He is nicknamed Dudu or The Duke. Born in France, he plays for the Mauritania national team.

1991

Enxhi Seli-Zacharias

German politician

Enxhi Seli-Zacharias is an Albanian-born German politician serving as a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2022. She is the deputy group leader of the Alternative for Germany.

1993

Halsey

American singer

Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, known professionally as Halsey, is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Noted for her distinctive singing voice, she has received numerous accolades, including three Billboard Music…

1994

Nicholas Galitzine

English actor

Nicholas Dimitri Constantine Galitzine is an English actor. After his acting debut in The Beat Beneath My Feet (2014), he appeared in an episode of the television series Legends, and had leading roles in the 2016 teen…

1994

Sasha Lane

American actress

Sasha Bianca Lane is an American actress. She made her film debut in American Honey (2016), directed by Andrea Arnold, before portraying Hunter C-20 in the first season of the Disney+ television series Loki, set in the…

1995

Choi Ye-na

South Korean singer and dancer

Choi Ye-na, known mononymously as Yena, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is a soloist and actress under YH Entertainment, and a former member of South Korean–Japanese girl group Iz*One, having finished fourth…

1999

Jaden McDaniels

American basketball player

Jaden McDaniels is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies. He attended Federal Way…

2000

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