Famous Birthdays By Date

Iker Bravo, Spanish footballer

Oksana Selekhmeteva, Russian tennis player

Harley Smith-Shields, Australian rugby league player

Douglas Augusto, Brazilian footballer

Egan Bernal, Colombian cyclist

Luis Díaz, Colombian footballer

Henry Ellenson, American basketball player

Connor McDavid, Canadian ice hockey player

Ivan Provorov, Russian ice hockey player

Natalia Dyer, American actress

Maxim Mamin, Russian ice hockey player

Eros Vlahos, English actor and comedian

Vasilije Micić, Serbian basketball player

Max Whitlock, English artistic gymnast

Adam Matthews, Welsh footballer

Dinah Pfizenmaier, German tennis player

Austin Watson, American ice hockey player

Rob Kiernan, English-Irish footballer

Vincenzo Fiorillo, Italian footballer

Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor

Morgan Burnett, American football player

Heath Hembree, American baseball player

Doug Martin, American football player (died 2025)

Beau Mirchoff, Canadian-American actor

Josh Freeman, American football player

Stefano Del Sante, Italian footballer

Jack Johnson, American ice hockey player

Florica Leonida, Romanian gymnast

Steven Michaels, Australian rugby league player

Daniel Oss, Italian cyclist

Marc Staal, Canadian ice hockey player

Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater

Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer

Kamghe Gaba, German sprinter

Nick Mangold, American football player (died 2025)

Ender Arslan, Turkish basketball player

Sebastian Kneißl, German footballer

Julian Morris, English actor

Mauricio Romero, Argentinian footballer

Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player

Kamran Akmal, Pakistani cricketer

Guillermo Coria, Argentinian tennis player

Constantinos Makrides, Cypriot footballer

Ruth Wilson, English actress

Shad Gaspard, American wrestler and actor (died 2020)

Krzysztof Czerwiński, Polish organist and conductor

Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer

Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer

Wolfgang Loitzl, Austrian ski jumper

Mirko Soltau, German footballer

Katy Brand, English actress and screenwriter

Mohit Sharma, Indian soldier (died 2009)

Nate Silver, American journalist and statistician, developed PECOTA

Orlando Bloom, English actor

Mi-Hyun Kim, South Korean golfer

Elliot Mason, English trombonist and keyboard player

James Posey, American basketball player and coach

Ross McCall, Scottish actor

Michael Peña, American actor

Mario Yepes, Colombian footballer

Rune Eriksen, Norwegian guitarist and composer

Mailis Reps, Estonian academic and politician, 31st Estonian Minister of Education and Research

Andrew Yang, American entrepreneur, founder of Venture for America, and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate

Sergei Brylin, Russian ice hockey player and coach

Jason Sasser, American basketball player

Gigi Galli, Italian race driver

Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian ice hockey player

Mark Bosnich, Australian footballer and sportscaster

Nicole Eggert, American actress

Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast

Keith Coogan, American actor

Frank Kooiman, Dutch footballer

Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (died 2004)

Shonda Rhimes, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

Stefania Belmondo, Italian skier

Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player and journalist

Traci Bingham, American actress, model, and television personality

Mike Whitlow, English footballer and coach

Suzanne Cryer, American actress

Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car driver

Leo Visser, Dutch speed skater and pilot

Bill Bailey, English musician and comedian

Penelope Ann Miller, American actress

Trace Adkins, American singer-songwriter and actor

Paul Higgins, Canadian ice hockey player

Kevin Mitchell, American baseball player

Wayne Coyne, American singer-songwriter and musician

Kelly Hrudey, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress, comedian, and producer

Suggs, English singer-songwriter, musician, and actor

Kevin Anderson, American actor

Eric Betzig, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

Matthew Bourne, English choreographer and director

Winnie Byanyima, Ugandan engineer, politician, and diplomat

Francisco Buyo, Spanish footballer and manager

Juan Pedro de Miguel, Spanish handball player (died 2016)

Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (died 2014)

Mary Glindon, English lawyer and politician

Lorrie Moore, American author

Mark O'Meara, American golfer

Paul Kelly, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Jay McInerney, American novelist and critic

Anne Pringle, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia

Richard Blackford, English composer

Trevor Rabin, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Silvana Gallardo, American actress and producer (died 2012)

Stephen Glover, English journalist, co-founded The Independent

Clive Betts, English economist and politician

Bob Forsch, American baseball player (died 2011)

Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian footballer and manager (died 2014)

Rakesh Sharma, Indian commander, pilot, and cosmonaut

Brandon Tartikoff, American screenwriter and producer (died 1997)

Gaj Singh, Indian lawyer and politician

Jacek Majchrowski, Polish historian, lawyer, and politician

Carles Rexach, Spanish footballer and coach

Ordal Demokan, Turkish physicist and academic (died 2004)

Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish saxophonist, composer, and conductor

Gordon McVie, English oncologist and author (died 2021)

Peter Simpson, English footballer

William Duckworth, American composer and author (died 2012)

Richard Moll, American actor (died 2023)

Pasqual Maragall, Spanish academic and politician, 127th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya

Meinhard Nehmer, German bobsledder

Edmund White, American novelist, memoirist, and essayist (died 2025)

Edgardo Cozarinsky, Argentinian author, screenwriter, and director (died 2024)

Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach

Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player

Daevid Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015)

Richard Anthony, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (died 2015)

Charlie Brill, American actor, voice artist, and comedian

Cabu, French cartoonist (died 2015)

Dave Edwards, American captain and politician (died 2013)

Billy Gray, American actor, competitive motorcycle racer and inventor

Tord Grip, Swedish footballer and manager

Anna Home, English children's television executive and producer

Guy Dodson, New Zealand-English biochemist and academic (died 2012)

Renato Bruson, Italian opera singer

Tom Gola, American basketball player, coach, and politician (died 2014)

Barry Bishop, American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (died 1994)

Ian Hendry, English actor (died 1984)

Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian, director, game show panelist, and television personality (died 2007)

Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (died 2019)

Chris Wiggins, English-born Canadian actor (died 2017)

Frances Sternhagen, American actress (died 2023)

Joe Pass, American guitarist and composer (died 1994)

Brock Adams, American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Transportation (died 2004)

Liz Anderson, American singer-songwriter (died 2011)

Sydney Brenner, South African biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)

Michael Bond, English author, created Paddington Bear (died 2017)

Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (died 2003)

Melba Liston, American trombonist and composer (died 1999)

Rosemary Murphy, American actress (died 2014)

Vanita Smythe, American singer and actress (died 1994)

Ron Tauranac, Australian engineer and businessman (died 2020)

Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (died 2000)

Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (died 1994)

Roland Petit, French dancer and choreographer (died 2011)

Daniil Shafran, Russian cellist (died 1997)

Willem Slijkhuis, Dutch runner (died 2003)

Jack Watling, English actor (died 2001)

Albert Lamorisse, French director and producer (died 1970)

Necati Cumalı, Greek-Turkish author and poet (died 2001)

Dachine Rainer, American-English author and poet (died 2000)

Arthur Stevens, English footballer (died 2007)

Robert Stack, American actor (died 2003)

Osa Massen, Danish-American actress (died 2006)

Ted Willis, Baron Willis, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1992)

Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (died 2005)

Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter and illustrator (died 1989)

Helm Glöckler, German race car driver (died 1993)

Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist, sinologist, and academic (died 2017)

Kay Francis, American actress (died 1968)

Jack London, English sprinter and pianist (died 1966)

Richard Addinsell, English composer (died 1977)

Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American violinist and composer (died 1992)

Dick Rowley, Irish footballer (died 1984)

Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (died 1985)

A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist, screenwriter, historian (died 1991)

Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish priest and historian (died 1978)

Shimizugawa Motokichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (died 1967)

Gertrude Mary Cox, American mathematician (died 1978)

Charles Arnison, English lieutenant and pilot (died 1974)

Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (died 1963)

Clark Ashton Smith, American poet, sculptor, painter, and author (died 1961)

Chaïm Soutine, Belarusian-French painter (died 1943)

Ermanno Aebi, Italian-Swiss footballer (died 1976)

Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (died 1945)

Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 1964)

Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer and actress (died 1966)

Alfred Fuller, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Fuller Brush Company (died 1973)

Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (died 1967)

Essington Lewis, Australian engineer and businessman (died 1961)

Lionel Groulx, Canadian priest and historian (died 1967)

Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist and anatomist (died 1959)

Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (died 1931)

Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian bassoon player and composer (died 1901)

Princess Marie of Orléans (died 1908)

Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1928)

Max Nonne, German neurologist and academic (died 1959)

Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (died 1943)

Oskar Minkowski, Lithuanian-German biologist and academic (died 1931)

Félix Tisserand, French astronomer and academic (died 1896)

Horatio Alger, Jr., American novelist and journalist (died 1899)

Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (died 1883)

Ernestine Rose, American suffragist, abolitionist, and freethinker (died 1892)

Salmon P. Chase, American jurist and politician, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1873)

Thomas Dyer, American lawyer and politician, 18th Mayor of Chicago (died 1862)

Paul Gavarni, French illustrator (died 1866)

John Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1854)

Maler Müller, German poet, painter, and playwright (died 1825)

Richard Hurd, English bishop (died 1808)

Christoph Graupner, German harpsichord player and composer (died 1760)

Lucy Filippini, Italian teacher and saint (died 1732)

Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1694)

Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic and author (died 1680)

Maria Anna of Bavaria, archduchess of Austria (died 1665)

Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter and illustrator (died 1656)

Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet and soldier (died 1601)

Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1571)

Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland (died 1527)

Infante John, Constable of Portugal (died 1442)

Colette of Corbie, French abbess and saint in the Catholic Church (died 1447)

Chŏng Mong-ju, Korean civil minister, diplomat and scholar (died 1392)

Henry II, king of Castile and León (died 1379)

Al-Hakam II, Umayyad caliph (died 976)

Lucius Aelius, Roman adopted son of Hadrian (died 138)

Guangwu of Han, Chinese emperor (died 57)