Famous Birthdays By Date

Harry Brook, English cricketer

Jerome Robinson, American basketball player

Ilya Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player

Kia Nurse, Canadian basketball player

Devonte' Graham, American basketball player

Nam Joo-hyuk, South Korean model and actor

Elfrid Payton, American basketball player

Dixon Machado, Venezuelan baseball player

Khalil Mack, American football player

Franco Vázquez, Argentine footballer

Jonathan Borlée, Belgian sprinter

Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress and model

Sergio Romero, Argentine footballer

Rajon Rondo, American basketball player

Hamer Bouazza, Algerian footballer

Georgios Printezis, Greek basketball player

Zach Roerig, American actor

Tommy Bowe, Irish rugby player

Branislav Ivanović, Serbian footballer

Brian Duensing, American baseball player

Clint McKay, Australian cricketer

Iliza Shlesinger, American stand-up comedian, actress and television host

Shaun Tait, Australian cricketer

Jeanette Biedermann, German singer-songwriter and actress

Brett Emerton, Australian footballer

Lee Na-young, South Korean actress

Hakan Yakin, Swiss footballer

Drew Barrymore, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

James Blunt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Chris Moyles, English radio and television host

Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (died 2013)

Juninho Paulista, Brazilian footballer

Scott Phillips, American musician and songwriter

Michael Chang, American tennis player and coach

Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater

Haim Revivo, Israeli footballer

Ben Sasse, American politician and college administrator

Lea Salonga, Filipino actress and singer

Thomas Jane, American actor

Brian Laudrup, Danish footballer and sportscaster

Marc Wilmots, Belgian footballer and manager

Shawn Graham, Canadian politician, 31st Premier of New Brunswick

Jeri Ryan, American model and actress

Kazuhiro Sasaki, Japanese baseball player

Jayson Williams, American basketball player and sportscaster

Paul Lieberstein, American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer

Psicosis II, Mexican wrestler

Rachel Dratch, American actress and comedian

Chris Dudley, American basketball player

Kieren Fallon, Irish jockey

Pat LaFontaine, American ice hockey player

Diane Charlemagne, English singer-songwriter (died 2015)

Andy Gray, English footballer and manager

Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport

Devon Malcolm, Jamaican-English cricketer

Vijay Singh, Fijian-American golfer

Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (died 2006)

Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Jiří Čunek, Czech politician

Kyle MacLachlan, American actor

Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor (died 2006)

Harry Leary, American BMX racer (died 2024)

Dave Spitz, American bass player and songwriter

Richard Greenberg, American playwright and television writer (died 2025)

Willie Smits, Dutch microbiologist and engineer

David Axelrod, American journalist and political adviser

Tim Young, Canadian ice hockey player

Nigel Planer, English actor and screenwriter

Bill Frist, American physician and politician

Joaquim Pina Moura, Portuguese Minister of Economy and Treasury and MP (died 2020)

Saufatu Sopoanga, Tuvaluan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (died 2020)

Ellen Greene, American singer and actress

Julius Erving, American basketball player and sportscaster

Lenny Kuhr, Dutch singer-songwriter

Miou-Miou, French actress

Genesis P-Orridge, English singer-songwriter (died 2020)

Julie Walters, English actress and author

John Duncan, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2022)

Niki Lauda, Austrian racing driver (died 2019)

Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player and coach

John Ashton, American actor (died 2024)

Dennis Awtrey, American basketball player

Pirjo Honkasalo, Finnish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter

Harvey Mason, American drummer

John Radford, English footballer and manager

Frank Van Dun, Belgian philosopher and theorist

Kresten Bjerre, Danish footballer and manager (died 2014)

Oliver, American pop singer (died 2000)

Jonathan Demme, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2017)

Mick Green, English guitarist (died 2010)

Robert Kardashian, American lawyer and businessman (died 2003)

Christopher Meyer, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (died 2022)

Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player and painter

Terry Eagleton, English philosopher and critic

Horst Köhler, Polish-German economist and politician, 9th President of Germany (died 2025)

Dick Van Arsdale, American basketball player (died 2024)

Tom Van Arsdale, American basketball player

Otoya Yamaguchi, Japanese assassin of Inejiro Asanuma (died 1960)

Christine Keeler, English model and dancer (died 2017)

Hipólito Mejía, Dominican politician, 52nd President of the Dominican Republic

Judy Cornwell, English actress

Chet Walker, American basketball player (died 2024)

Steve Barber, American baseball player (died 2007)

Tony Macedo, Gibraltarian born English footballer

Ishmael Reed, American poet, novelist, essayist

Tommy Aaron, American golfer

Joanna Russ, American author and activist (died 2011)

J. Michael Bishop, American microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate

Sparky Anderson, American baseball player and manager (died 2010)

Sheila Hancock, English actress and author

Katharine, Duchess of Kent (died 2025)

Ernie K-Doe, American R&B singer (died 2001)

Bobby Smith, English footballer (died 2010)

Ted Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2009)

Marni Nixon, American soprano and actress (died 2016)

James Hong, American actor and director

Rebecca Schull, American stage, film, and television actress

Clarence 13X, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Gods and Earths (died 1969)

Texas Johnny Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)

Paul Dooley, American actor

Bruce Forsyth, English singer and television host (died 2017)

Thomas E. Kurtz, American computer scientist and educator (died 2024)

Florencio Campomanes, Filipino political scientist and chess player (died 2010)

Guy Mitchell, American singer (died 1999)

Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter (died 1988)

Edward Gorey, American illustrator and poet (died 2000)

Gerald Stern, American poet and academic (died 2022)

François Cavanna, French author and editor (died 2014)

Bleddyn Williams, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (died 2009)

Zenaida Manfugás, Cuban pianist (died 2012)

Joe Wilder, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (died 2014)

Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (died 1996)

Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (died 1994)

Marshall Teague, American race car driver (died 1959)

Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2000)

Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (died 2014)

Robert Wadlow, American man, the tallest person in recorded history (died 1940)

Gus Lesnevich, American boxer (died 1964)

Renato Dulbecco, Italian-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)

George Hunt, English footballer (died 1996)

Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician, 56th President of Venezuela (died 1981)

John Mills, English actor (died 2005)

Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (died 1997)

Robert Young, American actor (died 1998)

Constance Stokes, Australian painter (died 1991)

Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (died 1990)

Frank P. Ramsey, English economist, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1930)

Luis Buñuel, Spanish-Mexican director and producer (died 1983)

George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter (died 1966)

Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (died 1947)

Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician (died 1979)

Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (died 1950)

Vlas Chubar, Russian economist and politician (died 1939)

Olave Baden-Powell, English scout leader, first World Chief Guide (died 1977)

R. G. Collingwood, English historian and philosopher (died 1943)

Owen Brewster, American captain and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (died 1961)

Savielly Tartakower, Polish journalist, author, and chess player (died 1956)

Pat Sullivan, Australian-American animator and producer (died 1933)

Hugo Ball, German author and poet (died 1927)

Marguerite Clark, American actress (died 1940)

Eric Gill, English sculptor and illustrator (died 1940)

Joseph B. Ely, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1956)

Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian journalist and politician (died 1937)

Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (died 1930)

Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist and academic (died 1947)

Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist (died 1938)

Bill Klem, American baseball player and umpire (died 1951)

Jules Renard, French author and playwright (died 1910)

Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic (died 1943)

Lewis Akeley, American academic (died 1961)

Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (died 1939)

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general, co-founded The Scout Association (died 1941)

Heinrich Hertz, German physicist, philosopher, and academic (died 1894)

Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1915)

August Bebel, German theorist and politician (died 1913)

Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar and academic (died 1906)

Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop (died 1898)

Pierre Janssen, French astronomer and mathematician (died 1907)

James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (died 1891)

Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician and academic (died 1880)

Józef Kremer, Polish historian and philosopher (died 1875)

Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, English poet and hymnwriter (died 1848)

Alexis Bachelot, French priest and missionary (died 1837)

Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian mathematician, astronomer, and sociologist (died 1874)

Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author (died 1860)

Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (died 1860)

Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist and theorist (died 1818)

George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (died 1799)

Charles-Nicolas Cochin, French artist (died 1790)

Bon Boullogne, French painter (died 1717)

Peder Syv, Danish historian (died 1702)

Nicholas Ferrar, English scholar (died 1637)

Charles de Ligne, 2nd Prince of Arenberg (died 1616)

Moses Isserles, Polish rabbi (died 1572)

Tahmasp I, Iranian shah (died 1576)

Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian cardinal (died 1564)

Ladislaus the Posthumous, Hungarian King (died 1457)

Charles VII of France (died 1461)

Rashi, French rabbi and author (died 1105)