Famous Birthdays By Date

Vesko Kountchev, Bulgarian viola player, composer, and producer

Derrick Mason, American football player

Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican footballer and actor

Chris Bowen, Australian politician, 37th Treasurer of Australia

Liz Ellis, Australian netball player and sportscaster

Aaron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Giorgos Balogiannis, Greek basketball player

Richard Burns, English race car driver (died 2005)

Kid Rock, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Sylvie Testud, French actress, director, and screenwriter

Cássio Alves de Barros, Brazilian footballer

Jeremy Roenick, American ice hockey player and actor

Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-American animator, director, and producer

Naveen Andrews, English actor

Lukas Moodysson, Swedish director, screenwriter, and author

Tiësto, Dutch DJ and producer

Rowan Pelling, English journalist and author

Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Dutch author, poet, and scholar

Richard Hawley, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Trish Johnson, English golfer

Joshua Malina, American actor

Shabba Ranks, Jamaican rapper, musician, and songwriter

Sylvain Turgeon, Canadian ice hockey player

Michelle Obama, American lawyer and activist, 44th First Lady of the United States

John Schuster, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player

Colin Gordon, English footballer, agent, manager and chief executive

Kai Hansen, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Jun Azumi, Japanese broadcaster and politician, 46th Japanese Minister of Finance

Jim Carrey, Canadian-American actor, comedian, and producer

Sebastian Junger, American journalist and author

Denis O'Hare, American actor and singer

Brian Helgeland, American director, producer, and screenwriter

John Crawford, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Chili Davis, Jamaican-American baseball player and coach

Susanna Hoffs, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

Tony Kouzarides, English biologist, cancer researcher

Steve Harvey, American actor, comedian, television personality and game show host

Ann Nocenti, American journalist and author

Damian Green, English journalist and politician

Paul Young, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Steve Earle, American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, author and actor

Pietro Parolin, Italian cardinal

Steve Javie, American basketball player and referee

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., American environmental lawyer, writer, and conspiracy theorist

Jeff Berlin, American bass player and educator

Carlos Johnson, American singer and guitarist

Tom Deitz, American author (died 2009)

Darrell Porter, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2002)

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese pianist, composer, and producer (died 2023)

Luis López Nieves, Puerto Rican-American author and academic

Anita Borg, American computer scientist and academic (died 2003)

Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (died 2014)

Augustin Dumay, French violinist and conductor

Andy Kaufman, American actor and comedian (died 1984)

Mick Taylor, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Davíð Oddsson, Icelandic politician, 21st Prime Minister of Iceland

Joanna David, English actress

Jane Elliot, American actress

Javed Akhtar, Indian poet, playwright, and composer

Anne Cutler, Australian psychologist and academic (died 2022)

Ann Oakley, English sociologist, author, and academic

Chris Montez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

René Préval, Haitian agronomist and politician, 52nd President of Haiti (died 2017)

Muhammad Ali, American boxer and activist (died 2016)

Ita Buttrose, Australian journalist and author

Ulf Hoelscher, German violinist and educator

Nigel McCulloch, English bishop

István Horthy, Jr., Hungarian physicist and architect

Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (died 2015)

Kipchoge Keino, Kenyan athlete

Tabaré Vázquez, Uruguayan physician and politician, 39th President of Uruguay (died 2020)

Christodoulos of Athens, Greek archbishop (died 2008)

Maury Povich, American talk show host and producer

John Bellairs, American author and academic (died 1991)

Toini Gustafsson, Swedish cross country skier

Alain Badiou, French philosopher and academic

John Boyd, English academic and diplomat, British ambassador to Japan (died 2019)

A. Thangathurai, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (died 1997)

Ruth Ann Minner, American businesswoman and politician, 72nd Governor of Delaware (died 2021)

Donald Cammell, Scottish-American director and screenwriter (died 1996)

Dalida, Egyptian-French singer and actress (died 1987)

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French-Pakistani diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (died 2003)

Shari Lewis, American actress, puppeteer/ventriloquist, and television host (died 1998)

John Cater, English actor (died 2009)

Sheree North, American actress and dancer (died 2005)

James Earl Jones, American actor (died 2024)

Douglas Wilder, American sergeant and politician, 66th Governor of Virginia

Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2014)

Philip Latham, British actor (died 2020)

Jacques Plante, Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (died 1986)

Tan Boon Teik, Malaysian-Singaporean lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of Singapore (died 2012)

Jean Barraqué, French composer (died 1973)

Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser and businessman (died 2012)

Thomas Anthony Dooley III, American physician and humanitarian (died 1961)

Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer (died 2008)

Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (died 2014)

E. W. Swackhamer, American director and producer (died 1994)

Newton N. Minow, American lawyer and politician (died 2023)

Moira Shearer, Scottish-English ballerina and actress (died 2006)

Clyde Walcott, Barbadian cricketer (died 2006)

Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (died 2017)

Robert Cormier, American author and journalist (died 2000)

Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer and author (died 1996)

Rik De Saedeleer, Belgian footballer and journalist (died 2013)

Jewel Plummer Cobb, American biologist, cancer researcher, and academic (died 2017)

Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright (died 1962)

Luis Echeverría, Mexican academic and politician, 50th President of Mexico (died 2022)

Nicholas Katzenbach, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 65th United States Attorney General (died 2012)

Betty White, American actress, game show panelist, television personality, and animal rights activist (died 2021)

Jackie Henderson, Scottish footballer (died 2005)

Asghar Khan, Pakistani general and politician (died 2018)

Charlie Mitten, English footballer and manager (died 2002)

Antonio Prohías, Cuban cartoonist (died 1998)

Georges Pichard, French author and illustrator (died 2003)

Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (died 1994)

George M. Leader, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (died 2013)

M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor, director, and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (died 1987)

Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., American lieutenant and politician (died 2011)

Anacleto Angelini, Italian-Chilean businessman (died 2007)

Irving Brecher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)

Howard Marion-Crawford, English actor (died 1969)

Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot (died 2015)

William Stafford, American poet and author (died 1993)

Busher Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1966)

John S. McCain Jr., American admiral (died 1981)

George Stigler, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)

Cus D'Amato, American boxing manager and trainer (died 1985)

Henk Badings, Indonesian-Dutch composer and engineer (died 1987)

Alfred Wainwright, British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator (died 1991)

Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (died 2005)

Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader (died 2007)

Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic (died 1950)

Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (died 1966)

Jan Zahradníček, Czech poet and translator (died 1960)

Hem Vejakorn, Thai painter and illustrator (died 1969)

Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher and author (died 1973)

Al Capone, American mob boss (died 1947)

Robert Maynard Hutchins, American philosopher and academic (died 1977)

Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (died 1960)

Lela Mevorah, Serbian librarian (died 1972)

Marcel Petiot, French physician and serial killer (died 1946)

Babu Gulabrai, Indian philosopher and author (died 1963)

Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (died 1975)

Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (died 1955)

Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish author, poet, and playwright (died 1972)

Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (died 1946)

Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician and academic (died 1941)

Harry Price, English psychologist and author (died 1948)

Mack Sennett, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (died 1960)

Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist (died 1937)

May Gibbs, English-Australian author and illustrator (died 1969)

Frank Hague, American lawyer and politician, 30th Mayor of Jersey City (died 1956)

Florencio Sánchez, Uruguayan journalist and playwright (died 1910)

David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, English admiral (died 1936)

Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (died 1940)

Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios (died 1939)

Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel, pilot, and polo player (died 1934)

Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1951)

David Lloyd George, Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1945)

Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (died 1938)

Douglas Hyde, Irish academic and politician, 1st President of Ireland (died 1949)

Tomás Carrasquilla, Colombian author (died 1940)

Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1941)

Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American engineer (died 1935)

Alva Belmont, American suffragist (died 1933)

T. Alexander Harrison, American painter and academic (died 1930)

A. B. Frost, American author and illustrator (died 1928)

Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, Brazilian cardinal (died 1930)

Alexander Taneyev, Russian pianist and composer (died 1918)

August Weismann, German biologist, zoologist, and geneticist (died 1914)

Henry Martyn Baird, American historian and academic (died 1906)

Lewis A. Grant, American lawyer and general, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1918)

Ede Reményi, Hungarian violinist and composer (died 1898)

Anne Brontë, English author and poet (died 1849)

Ellen Wood, English author (died 1887)

Antonio José Martínez, Spanish-American priest, rancher and politician (died 1867)

August Neander, German historian and theologian (died 1850)

Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, Scottish geologist and geophysicist (died 1832)

François-Joseph Gossec, French composer and conductor (died 1829)

Stanisław August Poniatowski, Polish-Lithuanian king (died 1798)

Johann Gottfried Müthel, German pianist and composer (died 1788)

William Vernon, American businessman (died 1806)

John Stanley, English organist and composer (died 1786)

Benjamin Franklin, American publisher, inventor, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (died 1790)

Melchor de Navarrete, Spanish colonial governor of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia, 1739 – 1742); of Spanish Florida (1749 – 1752); and of Yucatán (Mexico, 1754 – 1758) (died 1761)

Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author (died 1766)

Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist and physician (died 1723)

Antonio Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (died 1745)

Jonathan Singletary Dunham, American settler (died 1724)

Thomas Fairfax, English general and politician (died 1671)

Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright and poet (died 1681)

William Backhouse, English alchemist and astrologer (died 1662)

Robert Fludd, English physician, astrologer, and mathematician (died 1637)

Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist, physician, and academic (died 1624)

Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English Duke (died 1554)

Pope Pius V (died 1572)

Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (died 1566)

George Spalatin, German priest and reformer (died 1545)

Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Italian captain (died 1508)

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (died 1525)

Antoine Duprat, French cardinal (died 1535)

Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Italian artist (diedc. 1498)

Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (died 1404)