Famous Birthdays By Date

Sadie Sink, American actress

Anya Taylor-Joy, Argentine-British actress

Taylor Townsend, American tennis player

Chance the Rapper, American rapper

Mirai Nagasu, Japanese-American figure skater

Brian Poe Llamanzares, Filipino journalist and politician

Nolan Arenado, American baseball player

Kim Kyung-jung, South Korean footballer

Reggie Jackson, American basketball player

Vangelis Mantzaris, Greek basketball player

Tony McQuay, American sprinter

Kyle Okposo, American ice hockey player

Cenk Akyol, Turkish basketball player

Aaron Lennon, English international footballer

Shinji Okazaki, Japanese footballer

Peter Regin, Danish ice hockey player

Epke Zonderland, Dutch gymnast

Luol Deng, Sudanese-English basketball player

Nate Diaz, American mixed martial artist

Brendon Leonard, New Zealand rugby player

Katerina Stikoudi, Greek singer, actress, TV host, model, businesswoman, former champion swimmer and beauty pageant titleholder.

Taye Taiwo, Nigerian footballer

Teddy Blass, American composer and producer

Claire Foy, English actress

Tucker Fredricks, American speed skater

Paweł Kieszek, Polish footballer

Kerron Stewart, Jamaican sprinter

Marié Digby, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

Cat Osterman, American softball player

Gina Carano, American mixed martial artist and actress

Boris Diaw, French basketball player

Jonathan Vilma, American football player

Anestis Agritis, Greek footballer

Maya Dunietz, Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist

Matthieu Proulx, Canadian football player

Christijan Albers, Dutch racing driver

Lars Börgeling, German pole vaulter

Daniel Browne, New Zealand rugby player

Freddie Ljungberg, Swedish footballer

Lukas Haas, American actor and musician

Kelli O'Hara, American actress and singer

Akon, Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter

Charlotta Sörenstam, Swedish golfer

Teddy Cobeña, Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor

Conchita Martínez, Spanish-American tennis player

Tracy K. Smith, American poet and educator

Cameron Blades, Australian rugby player

Selena, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (died 1995)

Seigo Yamamoto, Japanese racing driver

Natasha Zvereva, Belarusian tennis player

Dero Goi, German singer-songwriter and drummer

Margreth Olin, Norwegian filmmaker

Walt Williams, American basketball player

Patrik Järbyn, Swedish skier

Fernando Viña, American baseball player and sportscaster

Vickie Guerrero, American wrestler and manager

Rüdiger Stenzel, German runner

Jarle Vespestad, Norwegian drummer

Yves-François Blanchet, Canadian politician

Jon Cryer, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Martin Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist (died 2008)

Saleem Malik, Pakistani cricketer

Jimmy Osmond, American singer

Anna Dello Russo, Italian journalist

Jarbom Gamlin, Indian lawyer and politician, seventh Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (died 2014)

Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (died 2007)

Rafael Benítez, Spanish footballer and manager

Pierre Littbarski, German footballer and manager

Alison Ramsay, English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer

Tim Flach, English photographer and director

Ulf Wakenius, Swedish guitarist

Patricia De Martelaere, Belgian philosopher, author, and academic (died 2009)

David M. Brown, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)

T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (died 2010)

Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier

Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Ellen Barkin, American actress

John Bowe, Australian racing driver

Mike Zuke, Canadian ice hockey player

Peter Garrett, Australian singer-songwriter and politician

Michel Blanc, French actor and director (died 2024)

Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli sprinter and hurdler

Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian author and photographer

David Graf, American actor (died 2001)

Colleen Hewett, Australian singer and actress

Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board (died 2011)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player and coach

Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (died 2011)

Margot Adler, American journalist and author (died 2014)

Ernst Bakker, Dutch politician (died 2014)

Johnnie Lewis, Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (died 2015)

R. Carlos Nakai, American flute player

Tom Allen, American lawyer and politician

Petro Tyschtschenko, Austrian-German businessman

John Watkins, Australian cricketer

Nikos Gioutsos, Greek footballer (died 2023)

Jim Lonborg, American baseball pitcher

Sir Frank Williams, English businessman, founded the Williams F1 Racing Team (died 2021)

Allan Segal, American director and producer (died 2012)

Benoît Bouchard, Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport

David Holford, Barbadian cricketer (died 2022)

Fotis Kafatos, Greek biologist, founding president of the European Research Council (ERC) (died 2017).

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

Joan Snyder, American painter

Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys, English banker and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (died 2023)

John Amabile, American football player and coach (died 2012)

Dusty Springfield, English singer and record producer (died 1999)

Rich Rollins, American baseball player

Gordon Wilson, Scottish lawyer and politician (died 2017)

Gert Potgieter, South African hurdler and coach

George Steele, American wrestler and actor (died 2017)

Vadim Kuzmin, Russian physicist and academic (died 2015)

Marcel Carrière, Canadian director and screenwriter

Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (died 2013)

Lennart Risberg, Swedish boxer (died 2013)

Dominique Venner, French journalist and historian (died 2013)

Bobby Vinton, American singer

Vince Hill, English singer-songwriter (died 2023)

Robert Stigwood, Australian producer and manager (died 2016)

Barrie Unsworth, Australian politician, 36th Premier of New South Wales

Vicar, Chilean cartoonist (died 2012)

Marcos Alonso Imaz, Spanish footballer (died 2012)

Joan Bakewell, English journalist and author

Perry Botkin Jr., American composer, arranger and musician (died 2021)

Vera Krepkina, Russian long jumper (died 2023)

Ike Pappas, American journalist and actor (died 2008)

Maury Meyers, American lawyer and politician (died 2014)

Julian Carroll, American politician, 54th Governor of Kentucky (died 2023)

Doug Beasy, Australian footballer and educator (died 2013)

Herbie Mann, American flute player and composer (died 2003)

Roy Hamilton, American singer (died 1969)

Ralph Slatyer, Australian biologist and ecologist (died 2012)

Ed Townsend, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2003)

Night Train Lane, American football player (died 2002)

Edie Adams, American actress and singer (died 2008)

Pope Benedict XVI (died 2022)

Rolf Schult, German actor (died 2013)

Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (died 2013)

John Harvey-Jones, English academic and businessman (died 2008)

Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (died 1994)

Madanjeet Singh, Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (died 2013)

Warren Barker, American composer (died 2006)

Arch A. Moore Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of West Virginia (died 2015)

Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, and critic (died 1995)

Lawrence N. Guarino, American colonel (died 2014)

Leo Tindemans, Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2014)

Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (died 2014)

Peter Ustinov, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004)

Ananda Dassanayake, Sri Lankan politician (died 2012)

Prince Georg of Denmark (died 1986)

Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (died 2009)

Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer (died 2011)

Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect (died 2013)

Hsuan Hua, Chinese-American monk and author (died 1995)

Spike Milligan, Irish actor, comedian, and writer (died 2002)

Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (died 2013)

Barry Nelson, American actor (died 2007)

Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet, and translator (died 1979)

Robert Speck, Canadian politician, first Mayor of Mississauga (died 1972)

John Hodiak, American actor (died 1955)

Guy Burgess, English-Russian spy (died 1963)

Berton Roueché, American journalist and author (died 1994)

Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist (died 2004)

Ray Ventura, French jazz bandleader (died 1979)

Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (died 1964)

August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (died 1947)

Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (died 2005)

Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer (died 1983)

Paul Waner, American baseball player and manager (died 1965)

Polly Adler, Russian-American madam and author (died 1962)

Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (died 1988)

Robert Henry Best, American journalist (died 1952)

Árpád Weisz, Hungarian footballer (died 1944)

Ove Arup, English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup (died 1988)

Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian journalist and author (died 1968)

John Norton, American hurdler (died 1979)

Dora Richter, German transgender woman and the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female gender-affirming surgery (died 1966)

Howard Mumford Jones, American author, critic, and academic (died 1980)

Dorothy P. Lathrop, American author and illustrator (died 1980)

Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (died 1954)

Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (died 1979)

Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (died 1977)

Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (died 1940)

Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American football player and javelin thrower (died 1957)

Ernst Thälmann, German politician (died 1944)

Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (died 1960)

Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, journalist, and politician (died 1963)

Seth Bingham, American organist and composer (died 1972)

R. E. Foster, English cricketer and footballer (died 1914)

Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general (died 1936)

John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright (died 1909)

Wilbur Wright, American inventor (died 1912)

José de Diego, Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1918)

Harry Chauvel, Australian general (died 1945)

Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (died 1915)

Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, third Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (died 1930)

Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (died 1919)

Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (died 1906)

Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1924)

Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì, Italian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1908)

Charles Lennox Richardson, English merchant (died 1862)

Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet and bookseller (died 1879)

Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (died 1891)

Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (died 1852)

Ford Madox Brown, French-English soldier and painter (died 1893)

Juraj Dobrila, Croatian bishop and national revivalist (died 1882)

Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, sixth United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1864)

George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal and politician (died 1888)

John Franklin, English admiral and politician, fourth Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (died 1847)

Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (died 1842)

Henry Clinton, English general and politician (died 1795)

Joseph Black, French-Scottish physician and chemist (died 1799)

Johann Gottlieb Görner, German organist and composer (died 1778)

John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant (died 1744)

Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury (died 1715)

Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic (died 1753)

Jules Hardouin-Mansart, French architect (probable; (died 1708)

Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter (died 1681)

John Davies, English poet and lawyer (died 1626)

Tabinshwehti, Burmese king (died 1550)

Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1557)

Jungjong of Joseon (died 1544)