Famous Birthdays By Date

Tom Cannon, British-Irish footballer

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Canadian actress

Iqbaal Ramadhan, Indonesian actor and singer

Tanguy Ndombele, French footballer

Dylan Cease, American baseball player

Mauricio Lemos, Uruguayan footballer

Nahitan Nández, Uruguayan footballer

Adam Peaty, English swimmer

Tomáš Jurčo, Slovak ice hockey player

Ayele Abshero, Ethiopian runner

Marcos Alonso, Spanish footballer

David Archuleta, American singer

John Henson, American basketball player

Bastiaan Lijesen, Dutch swimmer

Austin Barnes, American baseball player

Mackenzie Rosman, American actress

Thomas Dekker, American actor and musician

Tom Huddlestone, English footballer

Martin Kaymer, German golfer

Duane Solomon, American runner

Cedric Benson, American football player (died 2019)

Beau Garrett, American actress and model

François Gourmet, Belgian decathlete

Curtis Glencross, Canadian hockey player

Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer

Elizabeth Jordan Carr, American journalist

Sienna Miller, American-British actress and fashion designer

David Moss, American ice hockey player

Narsha, South Korean singer and dancer

Frank Turner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mika Väyrynen, Finnish footballer

Lomana LuaLua, Congolese footballer

Ryta Turava, Belarusian race walker

James Blake, American tennis player

Senna Gammour, German singer-songwriter

Bill Hall, American baseball player

Zach Hill, American musician and artist

André Holland, American actor

Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress

Chris Coyne, Australian footballer and manager

John Legend, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor

Derrick Brew, American sprinter

Shane Elford, Australian rugby league player

Vanessa Ferlito, American actress

Seun Ogunkoya, Nigerian sprinter

Brendan Hines, American actor and singer

Joe Manganiello, American actor

Trond Nymark, Norwegian race walker

Ben Tune, Australian rugby player

Igor Žiković, Croatian footballer

Deddy Corbuzier, Indonesian presenter and magician

B. J. Ryan, American baseball player

Jocelyn Enriquez, American singer

Rob Niedermayer, Canadian ice hockey player

Markus Weinzierl, German footballer and manager

Holger Blume, German sprinter

Marc Blume, German sprinter

Seth Meyers, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and talk show host

Ids Postma, Dutch speed skater

Roberto Palacios, Peruvian footballer

Patrick Rafter, Australian-Bermudian tennis player and model

Adam Vinatieri, American football player

Benny Agbayani, American baseball player

Sergi Barjuán, Spanish footballer and manager

Anita Doth, Dutch singer-songwriter

William Gates, American basketball player

Elaine Hendrix, American actress

James Jett, American sprinter and football player

Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Dutch tennis player

Linus Torvalds, Finnish-American computer programmer, developed Linux kernel

Akihiko Hoshide, Japanese engineer and astronaut

Chris Ware, American illustrator

Allar Levandi, Estonian skier

Tex Perkins, Australian singer-songwriter

Maite Zúñiga, Spanish runner

Michel Petrucciani, French jazz pianist (died 1999)

Kent Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager

Ray Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player

John Fitzgerald, Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster

Chad McQueen, American actor and race car driver (died 2024)

Melvin Turpin, American basketball player (died 2010)

Hansjörg Kunze, German runner and sportscaster

Daniel Léo Simpson, American composer

Ana Torroja, Spanish singer-songwriter

Terry Butcher, English footballer and manager

Curt Byrum, American golfer

Zoran Gajić, Serbian volleyball trainer

Nigel Kennedy, English violinist

Stephen Frost, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter

Liu Xiaobo, Chinese author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)

Tony Ables, American serial killer

Gayle King, American television journalist

Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer

Richard Clayderman, French pianist

Tatsumi Fujinami, Japanese wrestler and promoter, founded Dradition wrestling promotion

Charlie Pierce, American journalist and author

Martha Wash, American singer-songwriter

Arun Jaitley, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Indian Minister of Law and Justice (died 2019)

Bridget Prentice, Scottish educator and politician

Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)

Clifford Cocks, English mathematician and cryptographer

Rainer Maria Latzke, German-American painter and academic

Ziggy Modeliste, American drummer

Dick Diamonde, Dutch-Australian rock bass player (died 2024)

Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2000)

Mike Beebe, American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Arkansas

Pierre Falardeau, Canadian director, screenwriter, and activist (died 2009)

Hubert Green, American golfer (died 2018)

Tim Johnson, American lawyer and politician (died 2024)

Barbara, Lady Judge, American-English lawyer and businesswoman (died 2020)

Bill Lee, American baseball player and author

Laffit Pincay Jr., Panamanian jockey

Edgar Winter, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

Birendra, King of Nepal (died 2001)

Max Hastings, English journalist, historian, and author

Sandra Faber, American astronomer and academic

Johnny Isakson, American sergeant and politician (died 2021)

Kary Mullis, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)

Gordon Taylor, English footballer

Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Peruvian cardinal

David Peterson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Ontario

Joan Ruddock, Welsh politician

Roger Swerts, Belgian cyclist

Intikhab Alam, Indian-Pakistani cricketer and coach

A. K. Antony, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence

Don Francisco, Chilean-American journalist and talk show host

Philip Anschutz, American businessman, founded Anschutz Entertainment Group

Frank McLintock, Scottish footballer and manager

Michelle Urry, American journalist and illustrator (died 2006)

Dick Sudhalter, American trumpet player, scholar, and critic (died 2008)

Ratan Tata, Indian businessman and philanthropist (died 2024)

Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)

Lawrence Schiller, American journalist, director, and producer

Rudi Faßnacht, German footballer and manager (died 2000)

Maggie Smith, English actress (died 2024)

John Y. Brown Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 55th Governor of Kentucky (died 2022)

Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (died 2002)

Dorsey Burnette, American singer-songwriter (died 1979)

Roy Hattersley, English journalist and politician, Shadow Home Secretary

Harry Howell, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2019)

Nichelle Nichols, American actress (died 2022)

Manuel Puig, Argentine author and playwright (died 1990)

Guy Debord, French theorist and author (died 1994)

Martin Milner, American actor (died 2015)

Mariam A. Aleem, Egyptian illustrator and academic (died 2010)

Brian Redhead, English journalist and author (died 1994)

Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 1970)

Maarten Schmidt, Dutch astronomer (died 2022)

Moe Koffman, Canadian flute player, saxophonist, and composer (died 2001)

John William Thomson, Canadian politician (died 2025)

Donald Carr, German-English cricketer and referee (died 2016)

Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer (died 2002)

Milton Obote, Ugandan engineer and politician, 2nd President of Uganda (died 2005)

Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Ethiopian politician; President of Ethiopia (died 2018)

Lionel Bowen, Australian politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (died 2012)

Stan Lee, American publisher, producer, and actor (died 2018)

Johnny Otis, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2012)

Tufty Mann, South African cricketer (died 1952)

Bruce McCarty, American architect, designed the Knoxville City-County Building (died 2013)

Steve Van Buren, Honduran-American football player (died 2012)

Al Wistert, American football player and coach (died 2016)

Emily Cheney Neville, American author (died 1997)

Ellis Clarke, Trinidadian politician, 1st President of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2010)

Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (died 1974)

Pops Staples, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)

Lou Jacobi, Canadian-American actor (died 2009)

Wil van Beveren, Dutch sprinter and journalist (died 2003)

Billy Williams, American singer (died 1972)

Lew Ayres, American actor (died 1996)

Ze'ev Ben-Haim, Ukrainian-Israeli linguist and academic (died 2013)

Earl Hines, American pianist and bandleader (died 1983)

John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (died 1957)

Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher and author (died 2001)

Shen Congwen, Chinese author and educator (died 1988)

Ted Lyons, American baseball player (died 1986)

Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish-American meteorologist and academic (died 1957)

Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (died 1947)

Carol Ryrie Brink, American author and playwright (died 1981)

Quincy Wright, American political scientist, historian, and academic (died 1970)

F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1931)

Werner Kolhörster, German physicist and academic (died 1946)

Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (died 1944)

Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter (died 1931)

Charles Bennett, English runner (died 1949)

Kathleen O'Melia, Canadian religious sister (died 1939)

Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (died 1925)

Woodrow Wilson, American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1924)

Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (died 1891)

Carl Remigius Fresenius, German chemist and academic (died 1897)

Thomas Henderson, Scottish astronomer and mathematician (died 1844)

Catharine Maria Sedgwick, American novelist of "domestic fiction" (died 1867)

Jean-Gabriel Eynard, Swiss banker and photographer (died 1863)

John Molson, English-Canadian brewer, founded the Molson Brewery (died 1836)

Christoph Franz von Buseck, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (died 1805)

Eliza Lucas, Caribbean-American agriculturalist (died 1793)

George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (died 1716)

Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (died 1698)

Johann Krieger, German organist and composer (died 1735)

Elizabeth Stuart, second daughter of King Charles I of England (died 1650)

Antoine Furetière, French author and scholar (died 1688)

Martin Eisengrein, German theologian (died 1578)

Nicholas Bacon, English politician (died 1579)

Louise of Savoy, French nun (died 1503)