Famous Birthdays By Date

Robert Irwin, Australian conservationist and television personality

Carole Monnet, French tennis player

Lloyd Pope, Australian cricketer

Nico Schlotterbeck, German footballer

Sada Williams, Barbadian sprinter

Jung Chae-yeon, South Korean actress and singer

Agnė Čepelytė, Lithuanian tennis player

Jenna Fife, Scottish footballer

James Wilson, English footballer

Seedy Njie, English footballer

Reena Pärnat, Estonian archer

Beau Webster, Australian cricketer

Masahudu Alhassan, Ghanaian footballer

Javier Báez, Puerto Rican baseball player

Linos Chrysikopoulos, Greek basketball player

Gary Payton II, American basketball player

Marco van Ginkel, Dutch footballer

Rakeem Christmas, American basketball player

Hilda Melander, Swedish tennis player

Sun Yang, Chinese swimmer

Tomáš Tatar, Slovak ice hockey player

Sotelúm, Mexican trumpet player, composer, and producer

Tyler Joseph, American musician and singer

Zoë Kravitz, American actress, singer, and model

Dan Mavraides, Greek-American basketball player

Michael Raffl, Austrian ice hockey player

Simon Dawkins, English footballer

Tabarie Henry, Virgin Islander sprinter

Vance Joy, Australian singer-songwriter

Brett Williams, English footballer

DeSean Jackson, American football player

Philip DeFranco, American media host and YouTube personality

Ilfenesh Hadera, American actress

Janelle Monáe, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Emiliano Viviano, Italian footballer

Charles Michael Davis, American actor

Yolandi Visser, South African rapper and actress

Riz Ahmed, English actor and rapper

Christos Kalantzis, Greek footballer

Christos Melissis, Greek footballer

Park Hyo-shin, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor

Luke McPharlin, Australian footballer

I Made Wirawan, Indonesian footballer

Iftikhar Anjum, Pakistani cricketer

Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer and politician

Mubarak Hassan Shami, Kenyan-Qatari runner

Gianna Terzi, Greek singer

Stephanie Brown Trafton, American discus thrower

Ryan Malone, American ice hockey player

Richard James, Jamaican sprinter

Mat Kearney, American musician

Brad Delson, American guitarist and producer

Sophie Guillemin, French actress

Lee McKenzie, Scottish journalist

Nate Torrence, American actor and comedian

Tomasz Adamek, Polish boxer

Laura Ling, American journalist and author

Dean O'Gorman, New Zealand actor, artist, and photographer

Matthew Shepard, American hate crime victim (died 1998)

Evangelos Sklavos, Greek basketball player

Matt Fraction, American author

Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, American keyboard player and producer (died 2014)

Thomas Schie, Norwegian racing driver and sportscaster

Farah Shah, Pakistani actress and host

Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer

Costinha, Portuguese footballer and manager

Steve Gibb, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Stanton Barrett, American race car driver and stuntman

Bart Millard, American singer-songwriter

Christian Pescatori, Italian race car driver

Mika Pohjola, Finnish-American pianist and composer

John Schlimm, American author and educator

Golden Brooks, American actress

Jonathan Coulton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Kirk Rueter, American baseball player

Sarah Silverman, American comedian, actress, and singer

Tisha Waller, American high jumper and educator

Richard Carrier, American author and blogger

Justin Chadwick, English actor and director

Sarah Fitzgerald, Australian squash player

Anders Holmertz, Swedish swimmer

Nestor Carbonell, American actor

Reggie Sanders, American baseball player

Andrew Adamson, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter

Katherine LaNasa, American actress, ballet dancer, and choreographer

Larry Walker, Canadian baseball player and coach

Henry Honiball, South African rugby player

Magnifico, Slovenian singer

Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer (died 2024)

Jo Walton, Welsh-Canadian author and poet

Marco Greco, Brazilian race car driver

Nathalie Lambert, Canadian speed skater

Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer and politician

Sylvie Daigle, Canadian speed skater

Pamela McGee, American basketball player and coach

Safra Catz, Israeli-American businesswoman and boss of Oracle

Raymond E. Goldstein, American biophysicist and academic

Jeremy Northam, English actor

Carol Alt, American model and actress

Shirin M. Rai, Indian-English political scientist and academic

Jane Turner, Australian actress and producer

Billy Childish, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter

Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster

Javier Aguirre, Mexican footballer and manager

Candace Bushnell, American journalist and author

Alberto Cova, Italian runner

Gary Peters, American politician

Charlene Tilton, American actress and singer

Chris Poland, American guitarist and songwriter

Deep Roy, Kenyan-British actor

Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2011)

Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (died 2022)

Veikko Aaltonen, Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter

Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress (died 2021)

Udit Narayan, Indian playback singer

Pat Spillane, Irish footballer and sportscaster

Karen Tumulty, American journalist

Alan Dedicoat, English journalist

Judith Hackitt, English chemist and engineer

François Van der Elst, Belgian footballer (died 2017)

Stephen Poliakoff, English director, producer, and playwright

Rick Scott, American politician and businessman

Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov, Bulgarian cosmonaut

Obba Babatundé, American actor, director, and producer

Doug Mulray, Australian radio and television host (died 2023)

Jaco Pastorius, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 1987)

Nozipho Schroeder, South African lawn bowler

Treat Williams, American actor (died 2023)

Manju Bansal, Indian biologist and academic

Ross Hannaford, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)

Richard Keith, American actor and drummer

Gary Panter, American illustrator and painter

Filippos Petsalnikos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice (died 2020)

Jan Brett, American author and illustrator

Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist (died 1993)

Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and politician, 35th President of Chile (died 2024)

George Foster, American baseball player and radio host

Sarfraz Nawaz, Pakistani cricketer and politician

John Roskelley, American mountaineer and author

Neil Warnock, English footballer and manager

N. T. Wright, English bishop and scholar

Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Nigerian civil servant and politician, Governor of Kaduna State (died 2012)

Alain Bashung, French singer-songwriter and actor (died 2009)

Bob Fulton, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021)

Jonathan Katz, American comedian and actor

Kemal Kurspahić, Bosnian journalist and author (died 2021)

Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer-songwriter and pianist

Ásta B. Þorsteinsdóttir, Icelandic politician

Lyle Bien, American vice admiral in the United States Navy

Bette Midler, American singer-songwriter, actress and producer

Eric Bloom, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

John Densmore, American drummer and songwriter

Michael Hagee, American general

Tahar Ben Jelloun, Moroccan author and poet

Kenny Moore, American runner and journalist (died 2022)

Mohamed Kamel Amr, Egyptian politician, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs

John Crowley, American author and academic

Ross Edwards, Australian cricketer

Mike Denness, Scottish cricketer and referee (died 2013)

Jerry Lawson, American electronic engineer and inventor (died 2011)

Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2005)

Tasso Wild, German footballer

Lee Trevino, American golfer and sportscaster

Sandy Nelson, American rock and roll drummer (died 2022)

Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano and actress (died 2005)

Gordon Crosse, English composer and academic (died 2021)

Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Latvian psychologist and politician, President of Latvia

Igor Rodionov, Russian general and politician, 3rd Russian Minister of Defence (died 2014)

Sola Sierra, Chilean human rights activist (died 1999)

Billy Paul, American soul singer (died 2016)

Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2006)

Violette Verdy, French ballerina (died 2016)

Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (died 1986)

Jim Nesbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007)

George Maxwell Richards, Trinidadian politician, 4th President of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2018)

Marie Bashir, Australian psychiatrist, academic, and politician, 37th Governor of New South Wales

Joachim Hoffmann, German historian and author (died 2002)

David Doyle, American actor (died 1997)

Emily McLaughlin, American actress (died 1991)

Malachi Throne, American actor (died 2013)

Micheline Bernardini, French dancer and model

Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (died 2013)

Allyn Ann McLerie, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2018)

Keith Michell, Australian actor (died 2015)

Robert Symonds, American actor (died 2007)

Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, Scottish businessman (died 2010)

Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)

Masao Horiba, Japanese businessman, founded Horiba (died 2015)

Dick Shawn, American actor (died 1987)

Stansfield Turner, American admiral and academic, 12th Director of Central Intelligence (died 2018)

Vsevolod Bobrov, Russian ice hockey player, footballer, and manager (died 1979)

Vernon McGarity, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2013)

Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, Japanese priest, 1st Bishop of Naha (died 2014)

Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor (died 1995)

Marty Marion, American baseball player and manager (died 2011)

Wan Li, Chinese educator and politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 2015)

Mary Martin, American actress and singer (died 1990)

Billy Raimondi, American baseball player (died 2010)

Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (died 1986)

Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (died 1984)

Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman (died 1999)

Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (died 2004)

Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter and coach (died 1994)

Nikolai Voznesensky, Soviet economic planner, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (died 1950)

Ilona Fehér, Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator (died 1988)

Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker (died 1987)

Stuart Garson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Manitoba (died 1977)

Cyril Ritchard, Australian-American actor and singer (died 1977)

Georgy Zhukov, Russian general and politician, 2nd Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (died 1974)

Henry Williamson, English farmer, soldier, and author (died 1977)

Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral, Brazilian herpetologist (died 1982)

Rex Stout, American detective novelist (died 1975)

Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China (died 1976)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter and etcher (died 1976)

Henry Cadbury, American historian, scholar, and academic (died 1974)

Archie MacLaren, English cricketer (died 1944)

Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (died 1923)

John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (died 1943)

Julia A. Moore, American poet (died 1920)

Ledi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (died 1923)

Alexandra of Denmark (died 1925)

9th Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader (died 1815)

Mihály Vörösmarty, Hungarian poet (died 1855)

Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and geometer (died 1856)

Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (died 1850)

Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (died 1817)

Étienne Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (died 1791)

Franz Xaver Richter, Czech composer, violinist, and conductor (died 1789)

Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (died 1764)

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (died 1637)

Sophie Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess consort of Pomerania-Wolgast (died 1631)

Bernardino Realino, Italian Jesuit (died 1616)

Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (died 1600)

Takeda Shingen, Japanese daimyō (died 1573)

Magdalena of France, French princess (died 1495)

Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, son of Charles I (died 1503)

Jan Długosz, Polish historian (died 1480)

Anna Komnene, Byzantine physician and scholar (died 1153)

Louis VI, French king (died 1137)

Hasan ibn Ali, the second Shia Imam (died 670)