Famous Birthdays By Date

Cesare Casadei, Italian footballer

Santi Aldama, Spanish basketball player

Erik Botheim, Norwegian footballer

Reneé Rapp, American singer-songwriter and actress

Mason Mount, English footballer

Youssouf Fofana, French footballer

Patrick Herbert, New Zealand rugby league player

Blake Lawrie, Australian rugby league player

Budda Baker, American football player

Matthew Dufty, Australian rugby league player

Dylan Edwards, Australian rugby league player

Ahmed Sayed, Egyptian footballer

Tobias Rieder, German ice hockey player

Chad Townsend, Australian rugby league player

John Carlson, American ice hockey player

Martin Jones, Canadian ice hockey player

Ishiura Shikanosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler

Cody Walker, Australian rugby league player

Ali Gabr, Egyptian footballer

Leonard Patrick Komon, Kenyan runner

César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer

Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player

Marcus Freeman, American football coach

Robert Nilsson, Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player

Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer

Ariane Friedrich, German high jumper

Kalki Koechlin, Indian actress

Julien Brellier, French footballer

Tomasz Brzyski, Polish footballer

Jared Kushner, American real estate investor and political figure

Belinda Snell, Australian basketball player

Sarah Shahi, American actress

Rastislav Staňa, Slovak ice hockey player

Simone Cavalli, Italian footballer

Silvia Kumpan-Takacs, Austrian politician

Henrik Tallinder, Swedish ice hockey player

Brent Smith, American singer and songwriter

Tamina Snuka, American wrestler

Johan van der Wath, South African cricketer

A. J. Bramlett, American basketball player

Clark Haggans, American football player (died 2023)

Khairy Jamaluddin, Malaysian politician, Malaysian Minister of Health

Adam Kennedy, American baseball player

Jake Delhomme, American football player

Jemaine Clement, New Zealand comedian, actor, and musician

Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer and manager

Steve Marlet, French footballer and coach

Bob Peeters, Belgian footballer and manager

Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor

Glenn Robinson, American basketball player

Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican boxer

Mohammed Benzakour, Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author

Alisa Marić, Serbian chess player and politician, Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports

Simone Bagel-Trah, German businessperson

Zoe Tay, Singaporean actress and model

Jeremy Sims, Australian actor

Brad Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Malcolm Dunford, New Zealand-Australian footballer

Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater (died 2001)

Michael Fortier, Canadian lawyer and politician

Kathryn S. McKinley, American computer scientist and academic

Evan Handler, American actor

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist, author, and educator

Richard Bartle, British game designer and academic

Gurinder Chadha, Kenyan-English director, producer, and screenwriter

Brian Cowen, Irish lawyer and politician, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland

Benoît Pelletier, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2024)

Chandra Cheeseborough, American sprinter and coach

Chris Van Hollen, American lawyer and politician

Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter and producer

Shawn Colvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish author

Michael Schenker, German musician and songwriter

Baba Vaziroglu, Azerbaijani writer, poet and translator

Pat Benatar, American singer-songwriter

Bobby Rahal, American race car driver

Kemal Derviş, Turkish economist and politician, Turkish Minister of Economy (died 2023)

George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman (died 2025)

Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress and activist (died 2002)

Remu Aaltonen, Finnish musician

Donald Fagen, American singer-songwriter and musician

Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist and sportscaster

George Alec Effinger, American author (died 2002)

James Morris, American opera singer

Peer Steinbrück, German politician, German Minister of Finance

Tiit Vähi, Estonian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Estonia

John Fahey, New Zealand-Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Premier of New South Wales (died 2020)

Rod Stewart, British singer-songwriter

Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist, invented plastination

Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American comics and fantasy artist (died 2011)

William Sanderson, American actor

Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and actor (died 2016)

Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter (died 1973)

Graeme Gahan, Australian footballer and coach (died 2018)

Tom Clarke, Scottish politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland

Godfrey Hewitt, English geneticist and academic (died 2013)

K. J. Yesudas, Indian singer and music director

David Horowitz, American writer and activist (died 2025)

Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)

Sal Mineo, American actor (died 1976)

Bill Toomey, American athlete

Elza Ibrahimova, Azerbaijani composer (died 2012)

Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and mathematician

Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician

Willie McCovey, American baseball player (died 2018)

Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and author (died 2002)

Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate

Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)

Sherrill Milnes, American opera singer and educator

Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine (died 2022)

Lou Henson, American college basketball coach (died 2020)

Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (died 2004)

Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, Grenadian-English academic and politician (died 2025)

Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (died 2015)

Roy E. Disney, American businessman (died 2009)

Philip Levine, American poet and academic (died 2015)

Peter Mathias, English historian and academic (died 2016)

Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (died 2003)

Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1990)

Otto Stich, Swiss lawyer and politician, 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2012)

Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and politician (died 2017)

Billie Sol Estes, American financier and businessman (died 2013)

Earl Bakken, American inventor (died 2018)

Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (died 1996)

Billy Liddell, Scottish-English footballer (died 2001)

Rodger Ward, American aviator, race car driver and sportscaster (died 2004)

Rosella Hightower, American ballerina (died 2008)

Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (died 2015)

Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (died 1977)

Milton Parker, American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli (died 2009)

Les Bennett, English footballer and manager (died 1999)

Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (died 2008)

Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (died 2008)

Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)

Eldzier Cortor, American painter (died 2015)

Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2007)

Dean Dixon, American-Swiss conductor (died 1976)

Cynthia Freeman, American author (died 1988)

Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 23rd Premier of the Republic of China (died 2000)

Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (died 1991)

Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (died 1981)

Della H. Raney, American Army Air Corps officer (died 1987)

Maria Mandl, Austrian Lagerführerin at Auschwitz koncentration camp (died 1948)

Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (died 2013)

Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist (died 2004)

Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (died 1976)

Jaime Garcia Goulart, Portuguese Catholic missionary and bishop (died 1997)

Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director (died 1992)

Bernard Lee, English actor (died 1981)

Gordon Kidd Teal, American engineer and inventor (died 2003)

Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer (died 1987)

Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (died 1975)

Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (died 1997)

Violette Cordery, English racing driver (died 1983)

Katharine Burr Blodgett, American physicist and engineer (died 1979)

Yong Mun Sen, Malaysian watercolour painter (died 1962)

Dinkar G. Kelkar, Indian art collector (died 1990)

Percy Cerutty, Australian athletics coach (died 1975)

Pingali Lakshmikantam, Indian poet and author (died 1972)

Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1932)

Dumas Malone, American historian and author (died 1986)

Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish soldier, journalist, and author (died 1974)

Heinrich Behmann, German mathematician and academic (died 1970)

Ann Shoemaker, American actress (died 1978)

Pina Menichelli, Italian actress (died 1984)

Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (died 1962)

Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1966)

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian journalist, author, and poet (died 1945)

Manuel Azaña, Spanish jurist and politician, 7th President of Spain (died 1940)

John McLean, American hurdler, football player, and coach (died 1955)

Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist (died 1948)

Issai Schur, German mathematician and academic (died 1941)

Algernon Maudslay, English sailor (died 1948)

Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (died 1935)

George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (died 1958)

Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (died 1931)

Charles G. D. Roberts, Canadian poet and author (died 1943)

Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (died 1909)

Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (died 1929)

Ramón Corral, Mexican general and politician, 6th Vice President of Mexico (died 1912)

Jessie Bond, mezzo-soprano roles in Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas.(died 1942)

John Wellborn Root, American architect, designed the Rookery Building and Monadnock Building (died 1891)

Robert Crosbie, Canadian theosophist, founded the United Lodge of Theosophists (died 1919)

Reinhold Sadler, American merchant and politician, 9th Governor of Nevada (died 1906)

Frank James, American soldier and criminal (died 1915)

Luigi Pigorini, Italian paleontologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (died 1925)

Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (died 1925)

John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Italian-English historian and politician (died 1902)

Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Greek lawyer, journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1879)

Herman Koeckemann, German bishop and missionary (died 1892)

Amanda Cajander, Finnish medical reformer (died 1871)

Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, Azerbaijani national industrial magnate and philanthropist (died 1924)

Ferdinand Barbedienne, French engineer (died 1892)

Jeremiah S. Black, American jurist and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of State (died 1883)

William Haines, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Victoria (died 1866)

Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (died 1860)

Martin Lichtenstein, German physician and explorer (died 1857)

George Birkbeck, English physician and academic, founded Birkbeck, University of London (died 1841)

Michel Ney, French general (died 1815)

Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, German composer and conductor (died 1802)

Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1823)

Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (died 1775)

Johannes Zick, German painter (died 1762)

Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (died 1712)

Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (died 1711)

Isaac Jogues, French priest and missionary (died 1646)

Louis of Nassau (died 1574)

Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (died 1530)

Husayn ibn Ali, the third Shia Imam (died 680)