Famous Birthdays on September 5

Q: Who was born on September 5?

Famous people born on September 5 include: Fan Zhongyan, Louis VIII, Alix of Thouars, Agnes of Bohemia, Peter IV.

Q: What is Gregorio Paltrinieri known for?

Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italian swimmer

1994 — Gregorio Paltrinieri

Italian swimmer

September 5 has seen 277 notable people enter the world across recorded history — from 989 – 2001. Below are the most significant names born on this date.

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Famous Birthdays 277 people 989 – 2001

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He holds the European record in the long course 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle events with times of 7:39.27 and 14:32.80, respectively

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He is a former world record holder in the short course 1500-meter freestyle

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In the 1500-meter freestyle, he is a 2016 Olympic, three-time world long course, two-time world short course, three-time European long course, and three-time European short course champion

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In the 800-meter freestyle, he is a 2019 world long course, 2022 world short course, three-time European long course, and 2021 European short course champion

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In the 10 kilometre open water swim, he is a 2022 world and 2020 European champion

Fan Zhongyan

Chinese chancellor (died 1052)

Fan Zhongyan, courtesy name Xiwen (希文), was an accomplished statesman, writer, scholar, and reformer of the northern Song dynasty. After serving multiple regional posts and at the imperial court for over two decades,…

989

Louis VIII

king of France (died 1226)

Louis VIII, nicknamed The Lion, was King of France from 1223 to 1226. As a prince, he invaded England on 21 May 1216 and was excommunicated by a papal legate on 29 May 1216. On 2 June 1216, Louis was proclaimed "King of…

1187

Alix of Thouars

duchess of Brittany (died 1221)

Alix of Thouars, whose name may also be spelled Alis or Alice, was the Duchess of Brittany from 1203 until her death. She was also Countess of Richmond in the peerage of England.

1201

Agnes of Bohemia

Duchess of Austria (died 1296)[citation needed]

Agnes of Bohemia was a Bohemian princess, Countess of Habsburg, and Duchess of Austria.

1269

Peter IV

king of Aragon (died 1387)

Peter IV, called the Ceremonious, was from 1336 until his death the king of Aragon, Sardinia-Corsica, and Valencia, and count of Barcelona. In 1344, he deposed James III of Majorca and made himself King of Majorca.

1319

Isabel Neville

daughter of Richard Neville (died 1476)

Lady Isabel Neville was the elder daughter and co-heiress of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Anne de Beauchamp, suo jure 16th Countess of Warwick. She was the wife of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence.…

1451

Maria of Jever

ruler of the Lordship of Jever (died 1575)

Maria of Jever, known in Jeverland as Fräulein Maria, was the last ruler of the Lordship of Jever from the Wiemken family. She ruled from 1517 to her death.

1500

Jacopo Zabarella

Italian philosopher and logician (died 1589)

Giacomo Zabarella was an Italian Aristotelian philosopher and logician.

1533

Magnus of Holstein

prince of Denmark (died 1583)

Magnus of Denmark or Magnus of Holstein was a Prince of Denmark, Duke of Holstein, and a member of the House of Oldenburg. As a vassal of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, he was the titular King of Livonia from 1570 to 1578.

1540

Date Masamune

Japanese daimyō (died 1636)

Date Masamune was a Japanese samurai and daimyō during the Azuchi–Momoyama period through the early Edo period. Heir to a long line of powerful feudal lords in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city…

1567

Tommaso Campanella

Italian poet, philosopher, and theologian (died 1639)

Tommaso Campanella, baptized Giovanni Domenico Campanella, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet.

1568

Louis XIV

king of France (died 1715)

Louis XIV was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. He is a symbol of the Age of Absolutism in Europe for styling himself as "The Sun King", which portrayed him as supreme leader. He presided over a…

1638

Robert Spencer

2nd Earl of Sunderland, English diplomat (died 1702)

Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, was an English nobleman and politician of the Spencer family. An able and gifted statesman, his caustic temper and belief in absolute monarchy nevertheless made him numerous…

1641

Maria of Orange-Nassau

Dutch princess (died 1688)

Maria of Nassau or Maria of Orange-Nassau was a Dutch princess of the house of Orange and by marriage pfalzgräfin or countess of Simmern-Kaiserslautern.

1642

William Dampier

English explorer (died 1715)

William Dampier was an English explorer, pirate, privateer and naturalist who became the first Englishman to explore parts of what is today Australia, and the first person to circumnavigate the world three times. He has…

1651

Gottfried Arnold

German historian and theologian (died 1714)

Gottfried Arnold was a German Lutheran theologian and historian.

1666

Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri

Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1733)

Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri was an Italian Jesuit priest, scholastic philosopher, and mathematician. He is considered the forerunner of non-Euclidean geometry.

1667

František Václav Míča

Czech conductor and composer (died 1744)

František Antonín Míča was a conductor, tenor singer and composer from Bohemia.

1694

Carl Gustaf Tessin

Swedish politician and diplomat (died 1770)

Count Carl Gustaf Tessin was a Swedish count and politician and son of architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock. He was one of the most brilliant personages of his day, and the most prominent…

1695

Frederick Christian

Prince-Elector of Saxony (died 1763)

Frederick Christian was the Prince-Elector of Saxony for 73 days in 1763. He was a member of the House of Wettin. He was the third but eldest surviving son of Frederick Augustus II, Prince-Elector of Saxony and King of…

1722

Jean-Étienne Montucla

French mathematician and theorist (died 1799)

Jean-Étienne Montucla was a French mathematician and historian.

1725

Johann Christian Bach

German-English viol player and composer (died 1782)

Johann Christian Bach was a German composer of the Classical era and the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach.

1735

Robert Fergusson

Scottish poet and author (died 1774)

Robert Fergusson was a Scottish poet. After formal education at the University of St Andrews, Fergusson led a bohemian life in Edinburgh, the city of his birth, then at the height of intellectual and cultural ferment as…

1750

John Shortland

English commander (died 1810)

John Shortland was an officer of the Royal Navy, the eldest son of John Shortland. Shortland joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman and went to Quebec in a transport commanded by his father. From 1783 to 1787 he served…

1769

Archduke Charles

Duke of Teschen (died 1847)

Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Lawrence of Austria, Duke of Teschen was an Austrian field marshal, the third son of Emperor Leopold II and Maria Luisa of Spain. He was also the younger brother of Francis II, Holy…

1771

Fath-Ali Shah Qajar

Iranian king (died 1834)

Fath-Ali Shah Qajar was the second Shah of Qajar Iran. He reigned from 17 June 1797 until his death on 24 October 1834. His reign saw the irrevocable ceding of Iran's northern territories in the Caucasus, comprising…

1772

Caspar David Friedrich

German painter and etcher (died 1840)

Caspar David Friedrich was a German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation, whose often symbolic, and anti-classical work, conveys a subjective, emotional…

1774

Juan Martín Díez

Spanish general (died 1825)

Juan Martín Díez, nicknamed El Empecinado, was a Spanish military leader and guerrilla fighter, who fought in the Peninsular War.

1775

Anton Diabelli

Austrian composer and publisher (died 1858)

Anton Diabelli was an Austrian music publisher, editor, and composer. Best known in his time as a publisher, he is most familiar today as the composer of the waltz on which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his set of…

1781

François Sulpice Beudant

French mineralogist and geologist (died 1850)

François Sulpice Beudant was a French mineralogist and geologist. The mineral beudantite was named after him.

1787

Giacomo Meyerbeer

German pianist and composer (died 1864)

Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera Robert le diable and its successors, he gave…

1791

Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy

French geologist and mineralogist (died 1857)

Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy was a French geologist and mineralogist.

1792

Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière

French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1865)

Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière was a 19th-century French general.

1806

Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy

Russian poet, author, and playwright (died 1875)

Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, often referred to as A. K. Tolstoy, was a Russian poet, novelist, and playwright. He is considered to be the most important nineteenth-century Russian historical dramatist,…

1817

Edmund Kennedy

Australian explorer and surveyor (died 1848)

Edmund Besley Court Kennedy was an explorer in Australia in the mid-19th century. He was the Assistant-Surveyor of New South Wales, working with Sir Thomas Mitchell. Kennedy explored the interior of Queensland and…

1818

John Wisden

English cricketer and businessman (died 1884)

John Wisden was an English cricketer who played 187 first-class cricket matches for three English county cricket teams, Kent, Middlesex and Sussex. He is now best known for launching the eponymous Wisden Cricketers'…

1826

Goffredo Mameli

Italian poet and songwriter (died 1849)

Goffredo Mameli was an Italian patriot, poet and writer who was a notable figure in the Risorgimento. He is famously the lyricist of "Il Canto degli Italiani"—the national anthem of Italy.

1827

Lester Allan Pelton

American inventor (died 1908)

Lester Allan Pelton was an American inventor who contributed significantly to the development of hydroelectricity and hydropower in the American Old West as well as world-wide. In the late 1870s, he invented the Pelton…

1829

Victorien Sardou

French author and playwright (died 1908)

Victorien Sardou was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-century operas such…

1831

George Huntington Hartford

American businessman (died 1917)

George Huntington Hartford headed the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) from 1878 to 1917. During this period, A&P created the concept of the chain grocery store and expanded into the country's largest…

1833

Justiniano Borgoño

Peruvian soldier and politician, 57th President of Peru (died 1921)

Justiniano Borgoño Castañeda was a Peruvian brigadier general and politician who served as the President of Peru, an office he held for four months in 1894. The son of a brigadier general in the Peruvian Army, Borgoño…

1836

Jesse James

American outlaw (died 1882)

Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Raised a Southern sympathizer in the "Little Dixie" area of Missouri, James and his brother Frank joined…

1847

Eugen Goldstein

German physicist (died 1930)

Eugen Goldstein was a German physicist. He was an early investigator of discharge tubes, and the discoverer of anode rays or canal rays, later identified as positive ions in the gas phase including the hydrogen ion.

1850

Thomas E. Watson

American lawyer, publisher, and politician (died 1922)

Thomas Edward Watson was an American politician, attorney, newspaper editor, and writer from Georgia. In the 1890s Watson championed poor farmers as a leader of the Populist Party, articulating an agrarian political…

1856

Amy Beach

American pianist and composer (died 1944)

Amy Marcy Cheney Beach was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music.

1867

Friedrich Akel

Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d 1941)

Friedrich Karl Akel was an Estonian diplomat and politician who served as State Elder of Estonia in 1924.

1871

V. O. Chidambaram Pillai

Indian lawyer and politician (died 1936)

Valliappan Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, businessman, Tamil scholar, and politician. He founded the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in 1906 to compete against the monopoly of…

1872

Horace Rice

Australian tennis player (died 1950)

Horace Rice was an Australian tennis player.

1872

Cornelius Vanderbilt III

American general and engineer (died 1942)

Brigadier General Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III was an American military officer, inventor, engineer, and yachtsman. He was a member of the Vanderbilt family.

1873

Nap Lajoie

American baseball player and manager (died 1959)

Napoléon Lajoie, also known as Larry Lajoie, was an American professional baseball second baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "the Frenchman", he represented both Philadelphia…

1874

Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb

German field marshal (died 1956)

Wilhelm Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb was a German Generalfeldmarschall of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War, who was subsequently convicted of war crimes. Leeb was a highly decorated officer in World War I and…

1876

José María of Manila

Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (died 1936)

José María of Manila was a Criollo Catholic priest and friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He was martyred in the early phase of the Spanish Civil War, and is the third Filipino to have been declared blessed by…

1880

Otto Bauer

Austrian philosopher and politician, Foreign Minister of Austria (died 1938)

Otto Bauer was an Austrian politician who was one of the founders and leading thinkers of the Austromarxists who sought a middle ground between social democracy and revolutionary socialism. He was a member of the…

1881

Henry Maitland Wilson

1st Baron Wilson, English field marshal (died 1964)

Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, also known as Jumbo Wilson, was a senior British Army officer of the 20th century. He saw active service in the Second Boer War and then during the First World War…

1881

Otto Erich Deutsch

Austrian musicologist and scholar (died 1967)

Otto Erich Deutsch was an Austrian musicologist. He is known for compiling the first comprehensive catalogue of Franz Schubert's compositions, first published in 1951 in English, with a revised edition published in 1978…

1883

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (died 1975)

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian academic, philosopher and statesman who served as the Vice President of India from 1952 to 1962 and President of India from 1962 to 1967. He was the ambassador of India to the…

1888

Joseph Szigeti

Hungarian violinist and educator (died 1973)

Joseph Szigeti was a Hungarian violinist.

1892

Morris Carnovsky

American actor (died 1992)

Morris Carnovsky was an American stage and film actor. He was one of the founders of the Group Theatre (1931-1940) in New York City and had a thriving acting career both on Broadway and in films until, in the early…

1897

Arthur Nielsen

American market analyst, founded ACNielsen (died 1980)

Arthur Charles Nielsen Sr. was an American businessman, electrical engineer and market research analyst who created and tracked the Nielsen ratings for television as founder of the A.C. Nielsen Company.

1897

Humphrey Cobb

American author and screenwriter (died 1944)

Humphrey Cobb was an Italian-born, Canadian-American screenwriter and novelist. He is known for writing the novel Paths of Glory (1935), which was made into an acclaimed 1957 anti-war film Paths of Glory by Stanley…

1899

Helen Creighton

Canadian author and educator (died 1989)

Mary Helen Creighton, CM was a prominent Canadian folklorist. She collected over 4,000 traditional songs, stories, and beliefs in a career that spanned several decades, and she published many books and articles on Nova…

1899

Florence Eldridge

American actress (died 1988)

Florence Eldridge was an American actress. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1957 for her performance in Long Day's Journey into Night.

1901

Mario Scelba

Italian politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Italy (died 1991)

Mario Scelba was an Italian politician and statesman who was the 33rd prime minister of Italy from February 1954 to July 1955. A founder of Christian Democracy (DC), Scelba was one of the longest-serving Minister of the…

1901

Jean Dalrymple

American playwright, producer, manager, and publicist (died 1998)

Jean Van Kirk Dalrymple was an American theater producer, manager, publicist, and playwright. She was instrumental in the founding of New York City Center, and is best known for her productions there.

1902

Darryl F. Zanuck

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

Darryl Francis Zanuck was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era. Best known as a co-founder of 20th Century Fox, he played a major part in…

1902

Vera Bradford

Australian pianist and educator (died 2004)

Vera Florence Bradford was an Australian classical pianist and teacher, with a very long career. Her playing was admired for its depth and beauty of tone, classical unity and tremendous power.

1904

Maurice Challe

French general (died 1979)

Maurice Challe was a French general during the Algerian War, one of four generals who took part in the Algiers putsch.

1905

Arthur Koestler

Hungarian-English journalist and author (died 1983)

Arthur Koestler was an Austro-Hungarian-born author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest, and was educated in Austria, apart from his early school years. In 1931, Koestler joined the Communist Party of Germany…

1905

Justiniano Montano

Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2005)

Justiniano Solis Montano Sr. was a Filipino lawyer and politician who was elected for one term to the Philippine Senate and for multiple terms as a member of the House of Representatives.

1905

Ralston Crawford

American painter, lithographer, and photographer (died 1978)

Ralston Crawford (1906–1978) was a Canadian-born American painter, lithographer, photographer, and teacher. He is best known for his abstract representations of urban life and industry. He taught at the Cincinnati Art…

1906

Sunnyland Slim

American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1995)

Albert Luandrew, known as Sunnyland Slim, was an American blues pianist born in the Mississippi Delta and moved to Chicago, helping to make that city a center of postwar blues.

1906

Josué de Castro

Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (died 1973)

Josué de Castro, born Josué Apolônio de Castro, was a Brazilian physician, nutritionist, geographer, writer, public administrator, and activist against world hunger.

1908

Joaquín Nin-Culmell

German-American pianist and composer (died 2004)

Joaquín María Nin-Culmell was a Cuban-Spanish composer, internationally known concert pianist, and emeritus professor of music at the University of California, Berkeley.

1908

Cecilia Seghizzi

Italian composer and painter (died 2019)

Cecilia Seghizzi was an Italian composer, painter, teacher and supercentenarian.

1908

Renzo Rivolta

Italian engineer (died 1966)

Renzo Rivolta was an Italian engineer and entrepreneur who founded the Iso vehicle company that produced appliances, scooters and later sports cars.

1908

Hans Carste

German pianist and conductor (died 1971)

Hans Friedrich August Carste was a German composer and conductor. He arrived in Berlin in 1931 after working in Vienna and Breslau. He composed film music and as well as songs for the stage. Electrola offered him and…

1909

Bernard Delfont

Russian-English talent manager (died 1994)

Bernard Delfont, Baron Delfont was a Russian-born British theatrical impresario and media proprietor. He was the brother of fellow impresarios Lew and Leslie Grade, and was a prominent figure in British entertainment…

1909

Archie Jackson

Scottish-Australian cricketer (died 1933)

Archibald Jackson, occasionally known as Archibald Alexander Jackson, was an Australian international cricketer who played eight Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1929 and 1931. A teenage prodigy, he played…

1909

Leila Mackinlay

English author (died 1996)

Leila Antoinette Sterling Mackinlay was a British writer of romance novels from 1930 to 1979 as Leila S. Mackinlay or Leila Mackinlay and also under the pseudonym Brenda Grey. Some of her novels are based on real people…

1910

Phiroze Palia

Indian cricketer (died 1981)

Phiroze Edulji Palia was an early Indian cricketer. His first name is sometimes written as other orthographic variations including Phiroz. Palia represented India in his first ever Test match at Lord's in 1932. He…

1910

John Cage

American composer and theorist (died 1992)

John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, artist, and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of…

1912

Kristina Söderbaum

Swedish-German actress and photographer (died 2001)

Beata Margareta Kristina Söderbaum was a Swedish-German film actress, film producer, and photographer. She performed in Nazi-era films made by a German state-controlled production company, several of them directed by…

1912

Frank Thomas

American voice actor, animator, and screenwriter (died 2004)

Franklin Rosborough Thomas was an American animator and pianist. He was one of Walt Disney's leading team of animators known as the Nine Old Men.

1912

Stuart Freeborn

English make up artist (died 2013)

Stuart Freeborn was a British motion picture make-up artist. He has been referred to as the "grandfather of modern make-up design" and is perhaps best known for his work on the original Star Wars trilogy, most notably…

1914

Gail Kubik

American violinist, composer, and educator (died 1984)

Gail Thompson Kubik was an American composer, music director, violinist, and teacher.

1914

Nicanor Parra

Chilean physicist, mathematician, and poet (died 2018)

Nicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval was a Chilean physicist and poet. He has been considered one of the most influential Spanish-language Chilean poets of the 20th century.

1914

Frank Shuster

Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2002)

Frank Shuster, was a Canadian comedian best known as a member of the comedy duo Wayne and Shuster, alongside Johnny Wayne. Wayne played to Shuster's straight man.

1916

Frank Yerby

American novelist (died 1991)

Frank Garvin Yerby was an American writer, best known for his 1946 historical novel The Foxes of Harrow.

1916

Pedro E. Guerrero

American photographer (died 2012)

Pedro E. Guerrero was an American photographer known for his extraordinary access to Frank Lloyd Wright. He was a sought-after architectural photographer in the 1950s. In a career shift that was part serendipity and…

1917

Sören Nordin

Swedish harness racer and trainer (died 2008)

Ernst Sören Nordin was a Swedish harness racing driver and trainer who later started a stable in America. Nordin won 3,221 races in 10 different countries as a driver, he won the Swedish Trotting Derby 11 times – still…

1917

Luis Alcoriza

Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1992)

Luis Alcoriza de la Vega was a Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor.

1918

Bob Katter

Sr., Australian captain and politician (died 1990)

Robert Cummin Katter was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1966 to 1990, representing the National Party. He served as Minister for the Army in the McMahon government in 1972. His…

1918

Fred McCarthy

American cartoonist and monk (died 2009)

Frederick Francis "Fred" McCarthy, O.F.S., was an American Franciscan cartoonist, creator of the popular Brother Juniper single-panel comic strip.

1918

Elisabeth Volkenrath

German SS officer and executed war criminal (died 1945)

Elisabeth Volkenrath was a German supervisor at several Nazi concentration camps during World War II.

1919

Peter Racine Fricker

English-American composer and educator (died 1990)

Peter Racine Fricker was an English composer, among the first to establish his career entirely after the Second World War. He lived in the US for the last thirty years of his life. Fricker wrote over 160 works in all…

1920

Fons Rademakers

Dutch-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007)

Alphonse Marie "Fons" Rademakers was a Dutch actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter.

1920

Murray Henderson

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2013)

John Murray "Moe" Henderson was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 405 games in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins between 1945 and 1952.

1921

Jack Valenti

American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (died 2007)

Jack Joseph Valenti was an American political advisor and lobbyist who served as a Special Assistant to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was also the longtime president of the Motion Picture Association of America.…

1921

Denys Wilkinson

English physicist and academic (died 2016)

Sir Denys Haigh Wilkinson FRS was a British nuclear physicist.

1922

David Hamer

Australian captain and politician (died 2002)

David John Hamer was an Australian politician and Royal Australian Navy officer.

1923

Ken Meuleman

Australian cricketer (died 2004)

Kenneth Douglas Meuleman was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match in 1946. His cricket career started in Victoria, but after moving to Perth, Western Australia, he established himself as an important…

1923

Paul Dietzel

American football player and coach (died 2013)

Paul Franklin Dietzel was an American college football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Louisiana State University (1955–1961), the United States Military Academy (1962–1965),…

1924

Frank Armitage

Australian-American artist (died 2016)

Frank Armitage was an Australian-born American painter and muralist, known for painting the backgrounds of several classic animated Disney films, designing areas of and painting murals for Walt Disney World and Tokyo…

1924

Justin Kaplan

American author (died 2014)

Justin Daniel Kaplan was an American writer and editor. The general editor of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, he was best known as a biographer, particularly of Samuel Clemens, Lincoln Steffens, and Walt Whitman. He won…

1925

Paul Volcker

American economist and academic (died 2019)

Paul Adolph Volcker Jr. was an American economist who served as the 12th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987. During his tenure as chairman, Volcker was widely credited with having ended the high levels of…

1927

Joyce Hatto

English pianist and educator (died 2006)

Joyce Hilda Hatto was an English concert pianist and piano teacher. In 1956 she married William Barrington-Coupe, a record producer who was convicted of Purchase Tax evasion in 1966. Hatto became famous very late in…

1928

Albert Mangelsdorff

German trombonist and educator (died 2005)

Albert Mangelsdorff was a German jazz trombonist. Working mainly in free jazz, he was an innovator in multiphonics.

1928

Bob Newhart

American comedian and actor (died 2024)

George Robert Newhart was an American comedian and actor. Newhart was known for his deadpan and stammering delivery style. Beginning his career as a stand-up comedian, he transitioned his career to acting in television.…

1929

Andriyan Nikolayev

Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (died 2004)

Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev was a Soviet cosmonaut. In 1962, aboard Vostok 3, he became the third Soviet cosmonaut to fly into space. Nikolayev was an ethnic Chuvash and because of it is considered the first Turkic…

1929

Carol Lawrence

American actress and singer

Carol Lawrence is an American actress, appearing in musical theatre and on television. She is known for creating the role of Maria on Broadway in the musical West Side Story (1957), receiving a nomination for the Tony…

1932

Robert H. Dennard

American electrical engineer and inventor (died 2024)

Robert Heath Dennard was an American electrical engineer and inventor.

1932

Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa

Chilean cardinal

Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa is a Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Santiago from 1998 to 2010. He has been a cardinal since 2001 and was a member of Pope Francis' Council of Cardinal…

1933

Paul Josef Cordes

German cardinal (died 2024)

Paul Josef Cordes was a German cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum (1995–2010) and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2007.

1934

Dennis Letts

American actor and educator (died 2008)

Dennis Letts was an American college professor, and later, in a second career, an actor. As the latter, he originated the critically successful role of Beverly Weston in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of the…

1934

Kevin McNamara

English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2017)

Joseph Kevin McNamara was a British Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for almost 40 years.

1934

Werner Erhard

American author and philanthropist, founded Werner Erhard and Associates and The Hunger Project

Werner Hans Erhard is an American author and lecturer who founded Erhard Seminars Training (est), a course of personal and social transformation, which was offered from 1971 to 1984. In 1985, Erhard replaced est with a…

1935

Helen Gifford

Australian composer and educator

Helen Margaret Gifford OAM is an Australian composer. On Australia Day 1996 she was appointed to the Medal of the Order of Australia, "in recognition of service to music as a composer". At the APRA Music Awards of 2016…

1935

Lucille Soong

Chinese-American actress

Lucille Soong is a Chinese-American actress. In the 1960s she occasionally worked under the stage name Soong Ling. She is best known for her role as Jenny Huang in the television series Fresh Off the Boat (2015–2020).…

1935

Robert Burns

Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2014)

Robert Burns was a Canadian politician, attorney and union activist from Quebec, Canada.

1936

John Danforth

American politician and diplomat, 24th United States Ambassador to the United Nations

John Claggett Danforth is an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and Episcopal priest who served as the attorney general of Missouri from 1969 to 1976 and as a United States senator from 1976 to 1995. A member of…

1936

Jonathan Kozol

American sociologist, author, and educator

Jonathan Kozol is an American writer, progressive activist, and educator, best known for his books on public education in the United States.

1936

Bill Mazeroski

American baseball player and coach (died 2026)

William Stanley Mazeroski, nicknamed "Maz" and "the Glove", was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played his entire career for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1956 to 1972. A ten-time All-Star…

1936

Knuts Skujenieks

Latvian poet, journalist, and translator (died 2022)

Knuts Skujenieks was a Latvian poet, journalist, and translator from fifteen European languages.

1936

Antonio Valentín Angelillo

Argentine footballer and manager (died 2018)

Antonio Valentín Angelillo was an Italian Argentine football forward who played the majority of his professional career in the Italian Serie A; he was a member of both the Argentine and the Italy national teams.

1937

Dick Clement

English director, producer, and screenwriter

Dick Clement is an English writer, director and producer. He became known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais for television series including The Likely Lads, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Porridge,…

1937

John Ferguson

Sr., Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2007)

John Bowie "Fergy" Ferguson Sr. was a professional ice hockey player and executive. Ferguson played left wing for the Montreal Canadiens from 1963 to 1971. After retiring from active play, he became a coach, and later a…

1938

Doreen Massey

Baroness Massey of Darwen, English politician (died 2024)

Doreen Elizabeth Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen, was a British life peer and a Labour member of the House of Lords.

1938

Claudette Colvin

American nurse and activist (died 2026)

Claudette Colvin was an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and nurse aide. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman…

1939

William Devane

American actor, director, and screenwriter

William Joseph Devane is an American actor. He is known for his role as Greg Sumner on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing (1983–1993) and as James Heller on the Fox serial dramas 24 (2001–2010) and 24: Live Another…

1939

George Lazenby

Australian actor, the second to play James Bond

George Robert Lazenby is a retired Australian actor. He began his professional career as a model and an actor in commercials. He had no film acting experience when he was cast as the fictional British spy James Bond for…

1939

John Stewart

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)

John Coburn Stewart was an American songwriter and singer. He is known for his contributions to the American folk music movement of the 1960s while with the Kingston Trio (1961–1967) and as a popular music songwriter of…

1939

George Tremlett

English journalist, author, and politician (died 2021)

George William Tremlett was an English author, bookshop owner, and politician.

1939

Valerie Howarth

Baroness Howarth of Breckland, English politician

Valerie Georgina Howarth, Baroness Howarth of Breckland, was a British social worker, first chief executive of Childline, child and adult welfare advocate and a crossbench member of the House of Lords.

1940

Raquel Welch

American actress and singer (died 2023)

Jo Raquel Welch was an American actress. Welch first gained attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she signed a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to the British…

1940

Dave Dryden

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022)

David Murray Dryden was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, who created and first used the modern goaltending mask, consisting of fibreglass and a cage. From 1962 to 1980, he played nine seasons in the…

1941

Werner Herzog

German actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Werner Herzog is a German filmmaker, actor, opera director, author and documentarian. Regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema, his films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with…

1942

Eduardo Mata

Mexican conductor and composer (died 1995)

Eduardo Mata was a Mexican conductor and composer.

1942

Dulce Saguisag

Filipino social worker and politician, 10th Filipino Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (died 2007)

Dulce Maramba Quintans-Saguisag was a Filipino politician and former Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development under the administration of former President Joseph Estrada. Saguisag was one of…

1943

Dario Bellezza

Italian poet, author, and playwright (died 1996)

Dario Bellezza was an Italian poet, author and playwright. He won the Viareggio, Gatto, and Montale prizes.

1944

Gareth Evans

Australian lawyer and politician, 33rd Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Gareth John Evans is an Australian politician, international policymaker, academic, and barrister. He represented the Labor Party in the Senate and House of Representatives from 1978 to 1999, serving as a Cabinet…

1944

Eva Bergman

Swedish director and screenwriter

Eva Bergman is a Swedish film, theatre and television director who worked at Dramaten. She is the daughter of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, and was married to crime writer Henning Mankell from 1998 until his death in…

1945

Al Stewart

Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Alastair Ian Stewart is a British singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s. He developed a style of combining folk-rock songs with tales…

1945

Kyongae Chang

South Korean astrophysicist and academic

Kyongae Chang is a South Korean astrophysicist. She is best known for her work on gravitational lensing, including the Chang-Refsdal lens.

1946

Dennis Dugan

American actor and director

Dennis Dugan is an American film director, actor, and comedian. He is known for directing the films Problem Child, Brain Donors, Beverly Hills Ninja and National Security, and his partnership with comedic actor Adam…

1946

Dean Ford

Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)

Dean Ford was a Scottish singer and songwriter best known for his tenure as lead vocalist and frontman of the beat pop group Marmalade from 1966 to 1974. Ford co-wrote the group's worldwide hit "Reflections of My Life"…

1946

Freddie Mercury

British singer and songwriter (died 1991)

Freddie Mercury was a British singer and songwriter who achieved global fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music, he is known for…

1946

Loudon Wainwright III

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Loudon Snowden Wainwright III is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actor. He has released twenty-six studio albums, four live albums, and six compilations. Some of his best-known songs include "The Swimming…

1946

Mel Collins

Manx saxophonist and flute player

Melvyn Desmond Collins is a British saxophonist, flautist and session musician.

1947

Chip Davis

American pianist, songwriter, and producer

Louis F. "Chip" Davis Jr. is the founder and leader of the music group Mannheim Steamroller. Davis composed the music for several C. W. McCall albums, including the hit 1975 song "Convoy". He has also written and made…

1947

Buddy Miles

American singer-songwriter and drummer (died 2008)

George Allen "Buddy" Miles Jr. was an American composer, drummer, guitarist, vocalist and producer. He was a founding member of the Electric Flag (1967), a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys (1969–1970), founder…

1947

Bruce Yardley

Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2019)

Bruce Yardley was an Australian cricketer who played in 33 Test matches and seven One Day Internationals between 1978 and 1983, taking 126 Test wickets.

1947

Benita Ferrero-Waldner

Austrian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria

Benita Ferrero-Waldner is an Austrian diplomat and politician, and a member of the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). Ferrero-Waldner served as Foreign Minister of Austria 2000–2004 and was the candidate of the…

1948

Clem Clempson

English guitarist and songwriter

David "Clem" Clempson is an English rock guitarist who has played in a number of bands, including Colosseum and Humble Pie.

1949

Rosie Cooper

English businesswoman and politician

Rosemary Elizabeth Cooper is a British health official and former politician. Cooper was a Liberal and later Liberal Democrat member of the Liverpool City Council from 1973 until 1999, when she joined the Labour Party.…

1950

Cathy Guisewite

American cartoonist, created Cathy

Cathy Lee Guisewite is an American cartoonist who created the comic strip Cathy, which had a 34-year run. The strip focused on a career woman facing the issues and challenges of eating, work, relationships, and having a…

1950

Paul Breitner

German footballer

Paul Breitner is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and left-back. Considered one of the best full-backs and midfielders of all time, and one of the best players of his era, Breitner was…

1951

Michael Keaton

American actor and producer

Michael John Douglas, known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA…

1951

Jamie Oldaker

American drummer and percussionist (died 2020)

James Oldaker was an American rock music, blues rock and country music drummer and percussionist.

1951

David Glen Eisley

American rock singer-songwriter and actor

David Glen Eisley is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor.

1952

Victor Davis Hanson

American historian and journalist

Victor Davis Hanson is an American classicist, military historian, and conservative political commentator. He has been a commentator on modern and ancient warfare and contemporary politics for the New York Times, the…

1953

Murray Mexted

New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster

Murray Graham Mexted is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played 34 consecutive tests for the All Blacks from 1979 to 1985. He also played 38 non-test games including 7 as captain. During his time with the All…

1953

Eiki Nestor

Estonian engineer and politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs

Eiki Nestor is an Estonian politician, member of the Social Democratic Party. He was the leader of the party from 1994 to 1996. Nestor has been a member of the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Parliament of Estonia,…

1953

Paul Piché

Canadian singer-songwriter

Paul Piché is a Canadian singer-songwriter, environmentalist and political activist

1953

Richard Austin

Jamaican footballer and cricketer (died 2015)

Richard Arkwright Austin was an international cricketer from Jamaica, who played two Tests and one One Day International for the West Indies.

1954

Frederick Kempe

American journalist and author

Frederick Kempe is president and chief executive officer of the Atlantic Council, a foreign policy think tank and public policy group based in Washington, D.C. He is a journalist, author, columnist and a regular…

1954

Low Thia Khiang

Singaporean businessman and politician

Low Thia Khiang is a Singaporean former politician who has served as the secretary-general of the Workers' Party (WP) between 2001 and 2018 and the de facto leader of the opposition between 2006 and 2018. He was the…

1956

Roine Stolt

Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Roine Stolt is a Swedish guitarist, vocalist and composer. A major figure in Sweden's rock history, Stolt led two of his country's most successful progressive rock bands: Kaipa in the 1970s and The Flower Kings in the…

1956

Debbie Turner

American actress

Debra Turner is an American actress who played the role of Marta von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music.

1956

Rudi Gores

German footballer and manager

Rudi Gores is a German former professional football player and coach.

1957

Peter Winnen

Dutch cyclist

Peter Johannes Gertrudis Winnen is a Dutch former road racing cyclist. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in road racing and finished in 26th place. After the Games he turned professional in 1981. Among his 14…

1957

Lars Danielsson

Swedish bassist, composer, and producer

Lars Danielsson is a Swedish jazz bassist, composer, and record producer.

1958

Frank Schirrmacher

German journalist and publisher (died 2014)

Frank Schirrmacher was a German journalist, literature expert and essayist, writer, and from 1994 co-publisher of the national German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

1959

Willie Gault

American football player, athlete, and actor

Willie James Gault is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons with the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Raiders. Considered one of the…

1960

Don Kulick

Swedish anthropologist and academic

Don Kulick is an American anthropologist and linguist. He is a professor in anthropology at the University of Hong Kong. Kulick works within the frameworks of both cultural and linguistic anthropology, and has carried…

1960

Marc-André Hamelin

Canadian pianist and composer

Marc-André Hamelin, OC, OQ is a Canadian virtuoso pianist and composer who has received 11 Grammy Award nominations. He is on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music.

1961

Tracy Edwards

English sailor and coach

Tracy Edwards, MBE is a British sailor. In 1989 she skippered the first all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race in Maiden, becoming the first woman to receive the Yachtsman of the Year Trophy and was…

1962

John McGrath

Welsh businessman

John Edward McGrath is the British artistic director and chief executive of Aviva Studios, home of Factory International.

1962

Juan Alderete

American bass player and songwriter

Juan Alderete de la Peña is an American musician. He is best known as the longtime bassist of both Racer X and The Mars Volta, and for his tenures touring and collaborating with Deltron 3030, Dr. Octagon and Marilyn…

1963

Kristian Alfonso

American actress and model

Kristian-Joy Alfonso is an American actress, former figure skater, and fashion model. She is best known for playing the role of Hope Williams Brady on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives. She was nominated for a…

1963

Jeff Brantley

American baseball player and sportscaster

Jeffrey Hoke Brantley is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 14 seasons, from 1988 to 2001. Brantley, whose nickname is Cowboy, was hired in 2006 as a…

1963

Terry Ellis

American R&B singer–songwriter and actress

Terry Lynn Ellis is an American singer. She is best known as a founding member of the R&B/pop vocal group En Vogue which formed in 1989.

1963

Taki Inoue

Japanese race car driver and manager

Takachiho "Taki" Inoue is a Japanese former racing driver. He competed in Formula One from 1994 to 1995, driving for Simtek and Footwork Arrows.

1963

Frank Farina

Australian footballer and manager

Frank Farina OAM is an Australian soccer coach and former player who played as a forward.

1964

Sergei Loznitsa

Belarusian-Ukrainian director and screenwriter

Sergei Vladimirovich Loznitsa or Serhii Volodymyrovych Loznytsia, is a Ukrainian filmmaker of Belarusian origin. He is most known for his archival footage documentaries about Soviet Union history, and for his slow…

1964

Ken Norman

American basketball player

Kenneth Darnel Norman is an American former professional basketball player. After graduating from Crane High School in Chicago, Kenny was an outstanding forward for the Illinois Fighting Illini who was selected 19th…

1964

Thomas Mikal Ford

American actor (died 2016)

Thomas Mikal Ford was an American actor and comedian. He was best known for his role as Thomas "Tommy" Strawn in the sitcom Martin, which originally aired from 1992 until 1997. He also had a recurring role as Mel Parker…

1964

David Brabham

Australian race car driver

David Philip Brabham is an Australian racing driver and one of the most successful and experienced specialists in sports car racing. He has won three international Sports Car series and is one of four Australians to…

1965

Hoshitango Imachi

Japanese wrestler

Hoshitango Imachi is an Argentine-born Japanese former professional sumo wrestler and professional wrestler. His highest rank was jūryō 3.

1965

Nick Talbot

English geneticist and academic

Nicholas José Talbot FRS FRSB is a British biologist who currently serves as Group Leader and Executive Director at The Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich.

1965

Achero Mañas

Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter

Achero Mañas is a Spanish film director and former actor. He made three successful short films before winning recognition and several awards for his feature film debut El Bola.

1966

Milinko Pantić

Serbian footballer and manager

Milinko Pantić is a Serbian retired footballer and current manager.

1966

Matthias Sammer

German footballer and manager

Matthias Sammer is a German football official and former player and coach. He played as a defensive midfielder and later in his career as a sweeper.

1967

Jane Sixsmith

English field hockey player

Janet Theresa "Jane" Sixsmith is a field hockey player, who was a member of the British squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She retired from the international scene after scoring…

1967

Serhiy Kovalets

Ukrainian footballer and manager

Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets is a Ukrainian former footballer who recently is a manager of Metalurh Zaporizhzhia.

1968

Dennis Scott

American basketball player and sportscaster

Dennis Eugene Scott Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. A 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) small forward from Georgia Tech, and the 1990 ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year, Scott was selected by the Orlando…

1968

Robin van der Laan

Dutch footballer and coach

Robertus Petrus van der Laan is a Dutch former football player and manager.

1968

Brad Wilk

American singer-songwriter and drummer

Brad Wilk is an American drummer. He is best known as a member of the rock bands Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and Prophets of Rage (2016–2019).

1968

Leonardo Araújo

Brazilian footballer and manager

Leonardo Nascimento de Araújo, known as Leonardo Araújo or simply Leonardo, is a Brazilian football executive and former player and manager. He last served as the sporting director of Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain…

1969

Mariko Kouda

Japanese voice actress, singer, and radio host

Mariko Kouda is a Japanese actress, voice actress, J-pop singer and radio personality. She graduated from Kasukabe Kyōei High School and went on to major in Communications at Tamagawa University in Machida City, Tokyo,…

1969

Mark Ramprakash

English cricketer and coach

Mark Ravindra Ramprakash is an English former cricketer and cricket coach.

1969

Dweezil Zappa

American actor and musician

Dweezil Zappa is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor. He is the son of musical composer and performer Frank Zappa. Exposed to the music industry from an early age, Zappa developed a strong affinity for…

1969

Liam Lynch

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, puppeteer, and director

William Patrick Niederst, better known as Liam Lynch, is an American filmmaker, singer, musician, songwriter, and puppeteer.

1970

Mohammad Rafique

Bangladeshi cricketer

Mohammed Rafique is a Bangladeshi cricket coach and former cricketer. He was the first Bangladeshi bowler to take 100 wickets in both formats, Test matches and ODI matches.

1970

Gilbert Remulla

Filipino journalist and politician

Gilbert Cesar Catibayan Remulla is a Filipino journalist and politician who currently serves as member of PAGCOR's board of directors.

1970

Johnny Vegas

English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Michael Joseph Pennington, known by the stage name Johnny Vegas, is an English actor, comedian, director and writer. He is known for his thick Lancashire accent, husky voice, angry comedic rants and use of surreal…

1970

Adam Hollioake

Australian cricketer and mixed martial artist

Adam John Hollioake is a former cricketer who represented England and is now a cricket coach. He has also competed as a professional boxer and had one fight as a mixed martial artist. Hollioake is currently head coach…

1971

Shane Sewell

Canadian-American wrestler and referee

Shane Sewell is a Canadian professional wrestler and referee. He has worked for the World Wrestling Council, the International Wrestling Association and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as both a referee and wrestler.…

1972

Guy Whittall

Zimbabwean cricketer

Guy James Whittall is a former Zimbabwean international cricketer who played 46 Test matches and 147 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and captained Zimbabwe in four ODIs. He played as an all-rounder and was known as an…

1972

Paddy Considine

English actor, director, and screenwriter

Patrick George Considine is an English actor, director, screenwriter and musician. He is known for playing antiheroes in independent films. He has received two British Academy Film Awards, three Evening Standard British…

1973

Rose McGowan

American actress

Rósa Arianna McGowan is an American actress and activist. After her film debut in a brief role in the comedy Encino Man (1992), she achieved recognition for her performance in the dark comedy The Doom Generation (1995),…

1973

Lauren Jeska

British fell runner convicted of the attempted murder of Ralph Knibbs

Lauren Jeska is a British former fell runner from Lancaster. Jeska, was convicted of the attempted murder of Ralph Knibbs, HR manager for UK Athletics,

1974

Rawl Lewis

Grenadian cricketer

Rawl Nicholas Lewis is a Grenadan former cricketer. Lewis featured as a leg spinner for both the Windward Islands and the West Indies in his cricketing career. Lewis also formerly managed the West Indies.

1974

Ken-Marti Vaher

Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior

Ken-Marti Vaher is a leading member of the Estonian Pro Patria and Res Publica Union party.

1974

Rod Barajas

American baseball player and manager

Rodrigo Richard Barajas is an American former professional baseball catcher and current quality control coach for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Barajas served as the interim manager for the San Diego…

1975

George Boateng

Dutch footballer and manager

George Antwi Boateng is a football manager and former player who is head coach of Belgian club Mons.

1975

Randy Choate

American baseball player

Randol Doyle Choate is an American former professional baseball pitcher. The New York Yankees selected him in the 1997 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft from Florida State University. Choate made his MLB debut for the…

1975

Matt Geyer

Australian rugby league player and coach

Matt Geyer is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. A New South Wales State of Origin representative wing, he played his club football primarily with the Melbourne Storm of the National Rugby League…

1975

Tatiana Gutsu

Ukrainian gymnast

Tatiana Gutsu, rarely Tetiana Hutsu, is a Ukrainian former artistic gymnast from the Soviet Union and the winner of the all-around title in the 1992 Summer Olympics. She was renowned for performing some of the most…

1976

Carice van Houten

Dutch actress and singer

Carice Anouk van Houten is a Dutch actress. Her first leading role in the television film Suzy Q (1999) won her the Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama; two years later, she won the Golden Calf for Best…

1976

Rosevelt Colvin

American football player and sportscaster

Rosevelt Colvin, III is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers and was selected by the Chicago…

1977

Joseba Etxeberria

Spanish footballer

Joseba Andoni Etxeberria Lizardi is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mostly as a winger, currently a manager.

1977

Minoru Fujita

Japanese wrestler

Minoru Fujita is a Japanese professional wrestler who works as a freelancer. He is known for working at Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling.

1977

Nazr Mohammed

American basketball player

Nazr Tahiru Mohammed is an American former professional basketball player who had a journeyman career in the National Basketball Association (NBA), playing for eight different teams over 18 seasons. He is the current…

1977

Laura Bertram

Canadian actress

Laura Maureen Bertram is a Canadian actress best known for her roles as Amanda Zimm in Ready or Not and Trance Gemini in Andromeda.

1978

Chris Hipkins

New Zealand politician, 41st Prime Minister of New Zealand

Christopher John Hipkins is a New Zealand politician who has served as leader of the New Zealand Labour Party since January 2023 and leader of the Opposition since November 2023. He was the 41st prime minister of New…

1978

Chris Jack

New Zealand rugby player

Christopher Raymond Jack is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played as a lock. He played for Canterbury and the Tasman Mako in the National Provincial Championship and its successor, the Air New Zealand Cup;…

1978

Sylvester Joseph

Antiguan cricketer

Sylvester Cleofoster Joseph is a West Indian cricketer who has played in five Test matches and 13 One Day Internationals from 2000 to 2005. He captained the West Indies in one of those ODI games due to the more…

1978

Zhang Zhong

Chinese chess player

Zhang Zhong is a Chinese chess grandmaster, a twice Chinese champion and the 2005 Asian champion. In 1998, he became China's 9th Grandmaster.

1978

John Carew

Norwegian footballer

John Alieu Carew is a Norwegian actor and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was capped 91 times and scored 24 goals for the Norway national team. At club level, he played professionally for…

1979

Stacey Dales

Canadian basketball player and sportscaster

Stacey Dales is a Canadian-American former basketball player and a current reporter on the NFL Network. Dales was born in Collingwood, Ontario, and raised in Brockville, Ontario.

1979

Julien Lizeroux

French skier

Julien Lizeroux is a retired French World Cup alpine ski racer. He competed mainly in slalom, but also in giant slalom and combined.

1979

Salvatore Mastronunzio

Italian footballer

Salvatore Mastronunzio is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward.

1979

George O'Callaghan

Irish footballer

George Paul O'Callaghan is an Irish former football player and manager.

1979

Franco Costanzo

Argentine footballer

Franco Costanzo Geymonat is an Argentine former football goalkeeper who last played for Chilean club Universidad Católica of the Primera División.

1980

Kevin Simm

British singer

Kevin Ian Simm is an English singer and songwriter. He was a member of Liberty X (2001–2007). Simm also won The Voice UK in 2016.

1980

Daniel Moreno

Spanish cyclist

Daniel Moreno Fernández is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the Relax–GAM, Omega Pharma–Lotto, Team Katusha, Movistar Team and EF Education…

1981

Kai Rüütel

Estonian opera singer

Kai Rüütel is a mezzo-soprano opera singer from Estonia.

1981

Filippo Volandri

Italian tennis player

Filippo Volandri is an Italian tennis coach and former professional player. Volandri reached a career-high singles ranking of world no. 25 in July 2007. He turned professional in 1997 and earned almost $4 million in…

1981

Alexandre Geijo

Spanish-Swiss footballer

Alexandre "Álex" Geijo Pazos is a former professional footballer who played as a striker.

1982

Eugen Bopp

Ukrainian-German footballer

Eugen Bopp is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Ukraine, he represented the Germany national under-19 team.

1983

Pablo Granoche

Uruguayan footballer

Pablo Mariano Granoche Louro is a Uruguayan football coach and former player, in the role of striker, currently in charge as assistant coach of FC Clivense in the Eccellenza amateur league. During his playing career, he…

1983

Lincoln Riley

American football coach

Lincoln Michael Riley is an American college football coach and former player who is the head football coach at the University of Southern California. Riley previously served as the head coach at the University of…

1983

Antony Sweeney

English footballer

Antony Thomas Sweeney is an English professional football coach and former player. A midfielder, he played in the Football League for Hartlepool United and Carlisle United, in a senior career that lasted between 2001…

1983

Chris Young

American baseball player

Christopher Brandon Young is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Boston Red…

1983

Alison Bell

Scottish field hockey player

Alison Bell is a Scottish female field hockey player who plays for the Scotland women's national field hockey team. She has represented Scotland in few international competitions including the 2005 Women's Hockey Junior…

1984

Chris Anker Sørensen

Danish cyclist (died 2021)

Chris Anker Sørensen was a Danish road bicycle racer who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the Team Designa Køkken, Tinkoff–Saxo, Fortuneo–Vital Concept, and Riwal Platform teams. Sørensen then worked as a…

1984

Justin Dentmon

American basketball player

Justin Lorenzo Dentmon is an American professional basketball player for the Halcones Rojos Veracruz of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). He played college basketball for Washington. In 2010, he was…

1985

Ryan Guy

American soccer player

Ryan Michael Guy is a football coach and former professional football player. He was capped 33 times and scored four goals for the Guam national team.

1985

Colt McCoy

American football player

Daniel "Colt" McCoy is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, winning several…

1986

Pragyan Ojha

Indian cricketer

Pragyan Ojha is an Indian former cricketer, who represented India in all forms of cricket. He played as an attacking left-arm orthodox bowler and left-handed tail-ender batsman for Hyderabad. In his 24 Tests, he only…

1986

Denni Avdić

Swedish footballer

Denni Robin Avdić is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Vasalunds IF.

1988

Felipe Caicedo

Ecuadorian footballer

Felipe Salvador Caicedo Corozo is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a striker.

1988

Emmy Raver-Lampman

American actress and singer

Emmy Raver-Lampman is an American actress and singer. She began her career working in musical theater, and has performed in various Broadway and national touring productions such as Hair, Jekyll & Hyde, Wicked, and…

1988

Elena Delle Donne

American basketball player

Elena Delle Donne is an American former professional basketball player. Delle Donne played college basketball for the Delaware Blue Hens from 2009 to 2013. She was drafted by the Chicago Sky with the second overall pick…

1989

Kat Graham

American actress and singer

Katerina Alexandre Hartford Graham is a Swiss-born American actress, singer, dancer, and activist. She played Bonnie Bennett on the CW supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017). Her film credits include…

1989

Craig Smith

American ice hockey player

Craig Smith is an American former professional ice hockey forward who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Nashville Predators in the fourth round, 98th overall, of the 2009 NHL…

1989

José Ángel Valdés

Spanish footballer

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1989

Ben Youngs

English rugby player

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1989

Lance Stephenson

American basketball player

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1990

Yuna Kim

South Korean figure skater

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1990

Franco Zuculini

Argentine footballer

Franco Zuculini is an Argentine footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

1990

Skandar Keynes

English actor and political adviser

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1991

Pablo Reyes

Dominican baseball player

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1993

T. J. Warren

American basketball player

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1993

Lucas Wallmark

Swedish ice hockey player

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1995

Jarren Duran

American baseball player

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1996

Sigrid

Norwegian singer

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1996

Richairo Zivkovic

Dutch footballer

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1996

Steven Kwan

American baseball player

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1997

Kyōko Saitō

Japanese idol

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1997

Caroline Dolehide

American tennis player

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1998

Mac Jones

American football player

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1998

Davion Mitchell

American basketball player

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1998

Filip Chytil

Czech ice hockey player

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1999

Bukayo Saka

English footballer

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2001

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow

Australian rugby league player

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2001

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