Famous Birthdays By Date

Onyeka Okongwu, American basketball player

Matthew Tkachuk, American ice hockey player

Hailee Steinfeld, American actress, singer and songwriter

Abbi Grant, Scottish footballer

Yalitza Aparicio, Mexican actress

Tiffany Alvord, American singer-songwriter

Malcolm Brogdon, American basketball player

Alexa Demie, American actress and singer

Kellie Harrington, Irish boxer

Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer

Violetta Bock, German politician

Clifton Geathers, American football player

Alex Russell, Australian actor

Miranda Tapsell, Australian actress

Roy Hibbert, American basketball player

Karla Souza, Mexican actress

Leighton Baines, English footballer

Sandra Echeverría, Mexican actress and singer

James Ellsworth, American wrestler

Xosha Roquemore, American actress

Roman Harper, American football player

Pablo Pérez Companc, Argentine race car driver

Rebekkah Brunson, American basketball player and coach

Jason Kennedy, American journalist

Jeff McComsey, American author and illustrator

Paul Medhurst, Australian footballer

Javier Saviola, Argentine footballer

Adi Keissar, Israeli poet

Kristjan Kitsing, Estonian basketball player

Colleen Hoover, American author

Valdis Mintals, Estonian figure skater

Rider Strong, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Roy Wood, Jr., American comedian, actor, and radio host

Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey player

Shareef Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player, coach, and manager

Yujiro Shirakawa, Japanese actor

Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist

Maarten Lafeber, Dutch golfer

Rey Mysterio, American wrestler

Lisa Ortiz, American theatre and voice actress

Ben Shephard, English journalist and television host

Gete Wami, Ethiopian runner

Mos Def, American rapper

Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish ice hockey player

Sami Al-Jaber, Saudi Arabian footballer and manager

Murray Goodwin, Zimbabwean cricketer

Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2014)

Willie McGinest, American football player and sportscaster

Victoria Fuller, American model and actress

Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess player

Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer and manager

Max Martini, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Alessandro Melli, Italian footballer and manager

Emmanuelle Charpentier, French researcher in microbiology, genetics and biochemistry, and Nobel laureate

Fabrizio Ravanelli, Italian footballer and manager

Peter Kelamis, Australian voice actor

Mo'Nique, American comedian, actress, and producer

Chris Shepherd, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter

Katy Steding, American basketball player and coach

Gary Dourdan, American actor

Erik Honoré, Norwegian guitarist and producer

Göran Kropp, Swedish race car driver and mountaineer (died 2002)

Leon Lai, Hong Kong singer and actor

Jay Bell, American baseball player and coach

Gavin Hill, New Zealand rugby player

Glenn Lazarus, Australian rugby league player and politician

Giannis Ragousis, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence

Justin Currie, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dave Schools, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

Carolyn Waldo, Canadian swimmer and sportscaster

Mario Been, Dutch footballer and manager

Mark Greatbatch, New Zealand cricketer

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, German tennis player

John Lammers, Dutch footballer and manager

Nigel Winterburn, English footballer and coach

Ben Browder, American actor

Dave King, Irish-American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Steve Nicol, Scottish footballer and manager

Macky Sall, Senegalese engineer and politician, fourth President of Senegal

Marco Pierre White, English chef and mentor

Anders Eldebrink, Swedish ice hockey player and coach

Chris Hughton, English-born Irish footballer and manager

Tom Shadyac, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Nikki Sixx, American bass player, songwriter, and producer

Peter Bagge, American author and illustrator

Lani Brockman, American actress and director

Andrew Lansley, English politician, Secretary of State for Health

Gene Grossman, American economist and academic

Stu Jackson, American basketball player, coach, and manager

Ray Kelvin, British fashion designer

Christian Sackewitz, German footballer and manager

Brad Bryant, American golfer

Sylvester Clarke, Barbadian cricketer (died 1999)

Santiago Creel, Mexican lawyer and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior

Jermaine Jackson, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic guitarist, mathematician, and engineer

Bess Armstrong, American actress

Mazlan Othman, Malaysian astrophysicist and astronomer

Ria Stalman, Dutch discus thrower and shot putter

Christina Onassis, Greek-Argentine businesswoman, socialite, and heiress (died 1988)

Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek guitarist and composer

Shinji Tanimura, Japanese singer-songwriter (died 2023)

Rhoma Irama, Indonesian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Rick McCosker, Australian cricketer

Diana Palmer, American journalist and author

Teri Garr, American actress and comedian (died 2024)

Jon Garrison, American tenor and educator

Lynda Day George, American actress

Michael Lang, American concert promoter and producer (died 2022)

Brenda Lee, American singer-songwriter

John Kerry, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 68th United States Secretary of State

Anna Carteret, English actress

Max Baucus, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 11th United States Ambassador to China

J. P. Parisé, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2015)

Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (died 1988)

J. Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter (died 1991)

David Gates, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Donna Mills, American actress and producer

Tom Hayden, American activist and politician (died 2016)

Thomas McGuane, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter

Enrico Macias, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist

McCoy Tyner, American jazz musician (died 2020)

Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (died 2016)

Hans van den Broek, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs

Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician

Pranab Mukherjee, Indian journalist and politician, 13th President of India (died 2020)

Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1998)

Salim Durani, Afghan-Indian cricketer (died 2023)

Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino civil servant and politician, 23rd President of the Senate of the Philippines (died 2019)

Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan colonel and engineer (died 1991)

Keith Waldrop, American author and poet (died 2023)

Ernie Beck, American basketball player (died 2024)

Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and scholar (died 2013)

Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican actress, singer, and dancer

Pierre Pilote, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2017)

Rajneesh, Indian guru, mystic, and educator (died 1990)

Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress (died 2016)

Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2022)

Axel Anderson, German actor and production manager (died 2012)

Subhash Gupte, Indian cricketer (died 2002)

John Buscema, American illustrator (died 2002)

Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (died 1984)

Aaron Feuerstein, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2021)

Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)

James Sullivan, American politician (died 2012)

Doc Blanchard, American football player and colonel (died 2009)

Betsy Blair, American actress and dancer (died 2009)

Lillian Cahn, Hungarian-born American businesswoman, co-founded Coach, Inc. (died 2013)

Morrie Turner, American comics creator (died 2014)

Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (died 2005)

Dilip Kumar, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2021)

Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)

Grace Paley, American short story writer and poet (died 2007)

Ilmar Laaban, Estonian poet and publicist (died 2000)

Liz Smith, English actress (died 2016)

Mary Ivy Burks, American environmental activist (died 2007)

Denis Jenkinson, English motorcycle racer and journalist (died 1996)

Cliff Michelmore, English television host and producer (died 2016)

Marie Windsor, American actress (died 2000)

Clinton Adams, American painter and historian (died 2002)

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, historian, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)

Elena Garro, Mexican author and playwright (died 1998)

Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and bandleader (died 1989)

Jean Marais, French actor and director (died 1998)

Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer (died 2007)

Val Guest, English-American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (died 2006)

Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, playwright, and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2006)

Qian Xuesen, Chinese aerodynamicist and academic (died 2009)

Mildred Cleghorn, Native American chairwoman and educator (died 1997)

Ronald McKie, Australian soldier, journalist, and author (died 1991)

Elliott Carter, American composer and academic (died 2012)

Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)

Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese educator and politician, fourth Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 1987)

Amon Göth, Austrian Nazi war criminal (died 1946)

Robert Henriques, English farmer, author, and broadcaster (died 1967)

Gilbert Roland, Mexican-American actor and singer (died 1994)

Marge, American cartoonist (died 1993)

Hermína Týrlová, Czech animator, screenwriter and film director (died 1993)

Gerd Arntz, German Modernist artist, co-creator of Isotype (died 1988)

Julio de Caro, Argentinian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1980)

Ronald Skirth, English soldier (died 1977)

Leo Ornstein, Russian-American pianist and composer (died 2002)

Arnold Majewski, Finnish military hero of Polish descent (died 1942)

Carlos Gardel, French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor (died 1935)

Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator (died 1976)

Walter Knott, American farmer and businessman, founded Knott's Berry Farm (died 1981)

Piet Ooms, Dutch swimmer and water polo player (died 1961)

Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist and poet (died 1921)

Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)

Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (died 1947)

Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (died 1951)

Yehuda Leib Maimon, Moldovan-Israeli rabbi and politician (died 1962)

Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician and academic (died 1967)

René Bull, British illustrator and photographer (died 1942)

Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (died 1941)

Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry, British Army officer and Anglo-Irish peer (died 1923)

Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian director, producer, and playwright (died 1943)

Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher, theorist, and author (died 1918)

Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, American baseball pitcher (died 1897)

Robert Koch, German microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1910)

John Labatt, Canadian brewer and businessman (died 1915)

Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (died 1887)

Kamehameha V of Hawaii (died 1872)

Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (died 1857)

Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (died 1869)

Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German poet and playwright (died 1836)

David Brewster, Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (died 1868)

Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist, economist, and jurist (died 1835)

Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, conductor, and educator (died 1832)

George Mason, American lawyer and politician (died 1792)

Francesco Algarotti, Italian poet, philosopher, and critic (died 1764)

Amar Singh Rathore, Rajput nobleman (died 1644)

Hŏ Mok, Korean politician, poet and scholar (died 1682)

Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese organist and composer (died 1650)

Pope Leo X (died 1521)

Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (died 1489)

Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (died 1496)