Famous Birthdays By Date

Ismaël Gharbi, French-Spanish footballer

Savinho, Brazilian footballer

Fidias Panayiotou, Cypriot internet celebrity and politician

Claire Wineland, American activist and author (died 2018)

Andreas Christensen, Danish footballer

Siobhan Hunter, Scottish footballer

Jack Buchanan, Australian rugby league player

Chaz Mostert, Australian racing driver

Daisy Ridley, English actress

Ben Amos, English footballer

Andile Jali, South African footballer

Alex Pettyfer, English actor

Charlie Culberson, American baseball player

Chris Heston, American baseball pitcher

Kareem Jackson, American football player

Haley Joel Osment, American actor

Jan-Phillip Tadsen, German politician

Ahmed Adel Abdel Moneam, Egyptian footballer

Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano

Olivia Borlée, Belgian sprinter

Fernando Gago, Argentine footballer and manager

Corey Kluber, American baseball pitcher

Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer and manager

Tore Reginiussen, Norwegian footballer

Barkhad Abdi, Somali-American actor and director

Willo Flood, Irish footballer

Jesús Gámez, Spanish footballer

Dion Phaneuf, Canadian ice hockey player

Faustina Agolley, Australian television host

Jeremy Barrett, American figure skater

Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress

David Obua, Ugandan footballer

Damien Perquis, French-Polish footballer

Gonzalo Javier Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer

Jamie Chung, American actress

Andrew Dost, American guitarist and songwriter

Ryan Merriman, American actor

Hannes Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer

Andre Ethier, American baseball player

Laura Bell Bundy, American actress and singer

Liz McClarnon, English singer and dancer

Michael Pitt, American actor, model and musician

Alexei Semenov, Russian ice hockey player

Sean Avery, Canadian ice hockey player and model

Charlie Hunnam, English actor

Shao Jiayi, Chinese footballer

Kasey Kahne, American race car driver

Andy Ram, Israeli tennis player

Bryce Soderberg, American singer-songwriter and bass player

Iván Alonso, Uruguayan footballer

Kenyon Coleman, American football player

Rachel Corrie, American author and activist (died 2003)

Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor

Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer-songwriter

Pavlos Fyssas, Greek rapper (died 2013)

Peter Kopteff, Finnish footballer

Sir Christus, Finnish guitarist (died 2017)

Stephanie Sheh, Taiwanese-American voice actress, director, and producer

Clare Buckfield, English actress

Yoshino Kimura, Japanese actress and singer

Sara Renner, Canadian skier

Chris Carrabba, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Terrence Lewis, Indian dancer and choreographer

Eric Greitens, American soldier, author and politician

Petros Passalis, Greek footballer

Guillaume Canet, French actor and director

Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer and manager

Aidan Moffat, Scottish singer-songwriter

Christopher Simmons, Canadian-American graphic designer, author, and academic

Ian Harvey, Australian cricketer

Priit Kasesalu, Estonian computer programmer, co-created Skype

Indro Olumets, Estonian footballer and coach

Al Reyes, Dominican-American baseball player

Enrico Ciccone, Canadian ice hockey player

Leonard Doroftei, Romanian-Canadian boxer

Kenny Lattimore, American singer-songwriter

Q-Tip, American rapper, producer, and actor

Steve Glasson, Australian lawn bowler

Ekaterini Koffa, Greek sprinter

Metin Göktepe, Turkish photographer and journalist (died 1996)

Orlando Jones, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Donald Dufresne, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

David Rovics, American singer-songwriter

Tim Alexander, American drummer and songwriter

Anna-Leena Härkönen, Finnish author

Warren DeMartini, American guitarist and songwriter

Jeff Gray, American baseball player and coach

Doris Leuthard, Swiss lawyer and politician, 162nd President of the Swiss Confederation

Steve Tasker, American football player and sportscaster

Nicky Campbell, Scottish broadcaster and journalist

Carole Goble, English computer scientist and academic

Mark Jones, American basketball player

Steve Bisciotti, American businessman, co-founded Allegis Group

Katrina Leskanich, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Terry Teagle, American basketball player

Babyface, American singer-songwriter and producer

Yvan Loubier, Canadian economist and politician

Brian Setzer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Bob Bell, Northern Irish engineer

Yefim Bronfman, Uzbek-American pianist

Brigitte Holzapfel, German high jumper

Aliko Dangote, Nigerian businessman, founded Dangote Group

John M. Ford, American author and poet (died 2006)

Steve Gustafson, Spanish-American bass player

Rosemary Hill, English historian and author

Carol V. Robinson, English chemist and academic

Marit Breivik, Norwegian handball player and coach

Lesley Garrett, English soprano and actress

Mike Rinder, Australian-American former Scientologist, critic (died 2025)

Paul Bearer, American wrestler and manager (died 2013)

Anne Lamott, American author and educator

Peter MacNicol, American actor

Juan Williams, Panamanian-American journalist and author

David Moorcroft, English runner and businessman

Pamela Wallin, Swedish-Canadian journalist, academic, and politician

Narayan Rane, Indian politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra

Masashi Sada, Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and producer

Steven Seagal, American actor, producer, and martial artist

David Helvarg, American journalist and activist

Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player and manager

Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (died 1992)

Daniel Mangeas, French banker and sportscaster

Mel Blount, American football player

Jim Burns, Welsh artist

David A. Adler, American author and educator

Bunny Wailer, Jamaican singer-songwriter and drummer (died 2021)

David Angell, American screenwriter and producer (died 2001)

Bob Watson, American baseball player and manager (died 2020)

Adolf Winkelmann, German director, producer, and screenwriter

Kevin Berry, Australian swimmer (died 2006)

Andrzej Badeński, Polish-German sprinter (died 2008)

Margaret Pemberton, English author

Nick Auf der Maur, Canadian journalist and politician (died 1998)

Ian Callaghan, English footballer

Stuart Dybek, American novelist, short story writer, and poet

Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, (died 2022)

Harold Long, Canadian politician (died 2013)

Paul Theroux, American novelist, short story writer, and travel writer

Gloria Hunniford, British radio and television host

Claudio Magris, Italian scholar, author, and translator

Don Meredith, American football player and sportscaster (died 2010)

Bella Akhmadulina, Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (died 2010)

John A. Bennett, American soldier (died 1961)

David A. Hardy, British artist

John Howell, English long jumper

John Madden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021)

Bobby Smith, American singer (died 2013)

Patrick Garland, English actor and director (died 2013)

Peter Hollingworth, Australian bishop, 23rd Governor General of Australia

Christos Yannaras, Greek philosopher, theologian and author (died 2024)

David Halberstam, American journalist and author (died 2007)

Rokusuke Ei, Japanese composer and author (died 2016)

Helen McElhone, Scottish politician (died 2013)

Delphine Seyrig, Swiss/Alsatian French actress (died 1990)

Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor and screenwriter (died 2015)

Claude Bolling, French pianist, composer, and actor (died 2020)

Dolores Huerta, American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers

Spede Pasanen, Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor (died 2001)

Mike Hawthorn, English racing driver (died 1959)

Liz Sheridan, American actress (died 2022)

Max von Sydow, Swedish-French actor (died 2020)

Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress (died 2006)

Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2010)

Jacques Castérède, French pianist and composer (died 2014)

Junior Samples, American comedian (died 1983)

Angelo Poffo, American wrestler and promoter (died 2010)

Kenneth Noland, American soldier and painter (died 2010)

Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and author (died 2000)

Jane Kean, American actress and singer (died 2013)

Floyd Simmons, American decathlete and actor (died 2008)

Sid Tickridge, English footballer (died 1997)

John Watkins, South African cricketer (died 2021)

Chuck Connors, American baseball player and actor (died 1992)

Jake Warren, Canadian soldier and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (died 2008)

Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2003)

John Houbolt, American engineer and academic (died 2014)

Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (died 2013)

Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)

Lee Jung-seob, Korean painter (died 1956)

Harry Morgan, American actor and director (died 2011)

Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (died 2014)

Jack Badcock, Australian cricketer (died 1982)

Stefan Heym, German-American soldier and author (died 2001)

Boris Kidrič, Austrian-Slovenian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovenia (died 1953)

Martin Denny, American pianist and composer (died 2005)

Maurice Schumann, French journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs for France (died 1998)

Margaret Clapp, American scholar and academic (died 1974)

Helenio Herrera, Argentinian footballer and manager (died 1997)

Steve Anderson, American hurdler (died 1988)

Patroklos Karantinos, Greek architect (died 1976)

Clare Turlay Newberry, American author and illustrator (died 1970)

Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil, Indian economist (died 1971)

Arnold Orville Beckman, American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist (died 2004)

Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (died 1990)

Ben Nicholson, British painter (died 1982)

Otto Steinböck, Austrian zoologist (died 1969)

Frank Barson, English footballer and coach (died 1968)

Louis Rougier, French philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1982)

Bernardo Houssay, Argentinian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)

Johnny Hayes, American runner and trainer (died 1965)

Frances Perkins, American sociologist, academic, and politician, United States Secretary of Labor (died 1965)

Montague Summers, English clergyman and author (died 1948)

Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (died 1921)

Alfred Kubin, Austrian author and illustrator (died 1959)

George Clawley, English footballer (died 1920)

Kyösti Kallio, Finnish farmer, banker, and politician, 4th President of Finland (died 1940)

George Arliss, English actor and playwright (died 1946)

Asriel Günzig, Moravian rabbi (died 1931)

George William Russell, Irish author, poet, and painter (died 1935)

Jack Miner, American-Canadian farmer, hunter, and environmentalist (died 1944)

Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (died 1932)

Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American journalist, publisher, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (died 1911)

William Booth, English minister, founded The Salvation Army (died 1912)

Lew Wallace, American general, lawyer, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (died 1905)

Juliette Drouet, French actress (died 1883)

Leonidas Polk, Scottish-American general and bishop (died 1884)

Matthew C. Perry, English-Scottish American commander (died 1858)

William Hazlitt, English essayist and critic (died 1830)

Jean Lannes, French marshal (died 1809)

Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic (died 1834)

Samuel Hahnemann, German-French physician and academic (died 1843)

John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (died 1788)

Michel Corrette, French organist, composer, and author (died 1795)

Benjamin Heath, English scholar and author (died 1766)

René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian settler, founded Rimouski (died 1718)

Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, and physician (died 1708)

Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and jurist (died 1645)

James V, king of Scotland (died 1542)

William I, count of Nassau-Siegen (died 1559)

Philibert II, duke of Savoy (died 1504)

Margaret of York, English princess (died 1472)

Nizam al-Mulk, Persian scholar and vizier (died 1092)

Theodosius II, Roman emperor (died 450)