Famous Birthdays By Date

Athena Mapelli Mozzi, daughter of Princess Beatrice, born 11th in line of succession to the British throne

Pau Cubarsí, Spanish footballer

Caitlin Clark, American basketball player

Laia Codina, Spanish footballer

Andrew Thomas, American football player

Silento, American rapper, singer and songwriter

Walid Cheddira, Moroccan footballer

Fan Zhendong, Chinese table tennis player

Dillon Brooks, Canadian basketball player

Sami Gayle, American actress

Joshua Ho-Sang, Canadian ice hockey player

Kumi Sasaki, Japanese singer and model

Tyrone Taylor, American baseball player

Vincent Aboubakar, Cameroonian footballer

Stefan Kolb, German footballer

Alizé Cornet, French tennis player

Mike Hauschild, American baseball player

Logic, American rapper

Oscar Möller, Swedish ice hockey player

Theo Robinson, English footballer

Greg Oden, American basketball player

Marcel Schmelzer, German footballer

Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian skier

Shane Long, Irish footballer

Angel Olsen, American singer-songwriter

Ray Rice, American football player

Maher Magri, Tunisian footballer

Matt Simon, Australian footballer

Nicklas Grossmann, Swedish ice hockey player

Fotios Papoulis, Greek footballer

Yan Xu, Singaporean table tennis player

Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player

Ubaldo Jiménez, Dominican baseball player

Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer

Étienne Bacrot, French chess player

Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine footballer

Jason Peters, American football player

Willa Ford, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Beverley Mitchell, American actress

Ben Moody, American musician, songwriter, and producer

Ibrahima Sonko, French footballer

Christopher Masterson, American actor

Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer

Lizz Wright, American singer-songwriter

Carlos Ruiz, Panamanian baseball player

Robert Esche, American ice hockey player and sports executive

Chone Figgins, American baseball player

Mario Domm, Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer

Balthazar Getty, American actor and musician

David Výborný, Czech ice hockey player

Cameron McConville, Australian racing driver and sportscaster

Joseph Muscat, Maltese journalist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Malta

Rogério Ceni, Brazilian footballer

Terry Hill, Australian rugby league player (died 2024)

Gabriel Macht, American actor

Stan Collymore, English footballer and sportscaster

Katie Finneran, American actress

Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist

Olivia d'Abo, English-American singer-songwriter and actress

Guy Fieri, American chef, author, and television host

Heath, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2023)

Frank Leboeuf, French footballer, sportscaster, and actor

Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer

Manabu Nakanishi (中西 学), Japanese wrestler

Craig Salvatori, Australian rugby league player

Steven Adler, American rock drummer

DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ and producer

Diane Lane, American actress

Nigel Benn, English-Australian boxer

Stojko Vranković, Croatian basketball player

Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia

Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (died 2010)

Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (died 1997)

Linda Blair, American actress

Nikos Anastopoulos, Greek footballer and manager

Filiz Koçali, Turkish journalist and politician

Charles White, American football player (died 2023)

Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2022)

Rita Chatterton, American professional wrestling referee

Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician

Steve Riley, American drummer (died 2023)

Lester Hayes, American football player

Thomas David Jones, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

John Wesley Shipp, American actor

Tully Blanchard, Canadian-American wrestler

Winfried Berkemeier, German footballer and manager

Myung-whun Chung, South Korean pianist and conductor

Jim Jarmusch, American director and screenwriter

Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater and coach (died 1989)

Paul Bew, Northern Irish historian and academic

Frank Schade, American basketball player and coach

Steve Perry, American singer-songwriter and producer

Vladimir Oravsky, Czech-Swedish author and director

Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter and manager (died 2010)

Serge Savard, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

Christoph Schönborn, Austrian cardinal

Khosrow Golsorkhi, Iranian journalist, poet, and activist (died 1974)

Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer (died 2025)

Jaan Kaplinski, Estonian poet, philosopher, and critic (died 2021)

John Hurt, English actor (died 2017)

Gillian Shephard, English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education

Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (died 1996)

Alfredo Palacio, Ecuadoran physician and politician, President of Ecuador (died 2025)

Luigi Simoni, Italian footballer and manager (died 2020)

J. C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and scout (died 1994)

Peter Beard, Australian photographer and author (died 2020)

Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Brazilian footballer (died 2019)

Alma Delia Fuentes, Mexican actress (died 2017)

Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan politician (died 2020)

Joseph Wambaugh, American author (died 2025)

Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean architect and politician, 5th President of Singapore (died 2002)

Alan J. Heeger, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

Vijay Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004)

Bill Bixby, American actor and director (died 1993)

Yuri Chesnokov, Russian volleyball player and coach (died 2010)

Berthold Grünfeld, Norwegian psychiatrist and academic (died 2007)

Piper Laurie, American actress (died 2023)

Tom Railsback, American politician (died 2020)

Sam Cooke, American singer-songwriter (died 1964)

Galina Zybina, Russian shot putter and javelin thrower (died 2024)

Mariví Bilbao, Spanish actress (died 2013)

Daniel Camargo Barbosa, Colombian serial killer (died 1994)

Éamon de Buitléar, Irish accordion player and director (died 2013)

Petr Eben, Czech composer, organist and choirmaster (died 2007)

Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian, author, and academic (died 2004)

Lou Creekmur, American football player and sportscaster (died 2009)

Joe Perry, American football player (died 2011)

J. J. Johnson, American trombonist and composer (died 2001)

Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (died 2015)

Charles Lisanby, American production designer and art director (died 2013)

Diana Douglas, British-American actress (died 2015)

Howard Moss, American poet, playwright and critic (died 1987)

Irving Kristol, American journalist, author, and academic, founded The National Interest (died 2009)

Alf Ramsey, English footballer and coach (died 1999)

Diomedes Olivo, Dominican baseball player and scout (died 1977)

Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)

Bruce Shand, British Army officer, and father of Queen Camilla (died 2006)

Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1972)

Henri Dutilleux, French pianist, composer, and educator (died 2013)

Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and astrologist (died 1994)

Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician, Mayor of Berlin (died 1993)

Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek violinist and composer (died 2001)

Henry Bauchau, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (died 2012)

William Conway, Irish cardinal (died 1977)

Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (died 2003)

Bruno Kreisky, Austrian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (died 1990)

Martha Norelius, Swedish-born American swimmer (died 1955)

Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican racing driver, polo player, and diplomat (died 1965)

Ann Sothern, American actress and singer (died 2001)

U Thant, Burmese educator and diplomat, 3rd United Nations Secretary-General (died 1974)

Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)

Douglas Corrigan, American pilot and engineer (died 1995)

Dixie Dean, English footballer (died 1980)

Robert E. Howard, American author and poet (died 1936)

Willy Hartner, German physicist, historian, and academic (died 1981)

George Balanchine, Georgian-American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the New York City Ballet (died 1983)

Arkady Gaidar, Russian journalist and author (died 1941)

Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic (died 1966)

Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler, coach, and academic (died 1970)

Ernst Busch, German actor and singer (died 1980)

James Hamilton Doggart, English ophthalmic surgeon (died 1989)

Martti Haavio, Finnish poet and mythologist (died 1973)

Ross Barnett, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Mississippi (died 1987)

Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (died 1948)

Denise Legeay, French actress (died 1968)

Rosa Ponselle, American operatic soprano (died 1981)

Dilipkumar Roy, a Bengali Indian musician, musicologist, novelist, poet and essayist. (died 1980)

Conrad Veidt, German-American actor, director, and producer (died 1943)

Marcel Dassault, French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation (died 1986)

Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher and politician (died 1937)

Fred M. Vinson, American judge and politician, 13th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1953)

Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (died 1935)

Amos Strunk, American baseball player and manager (died 1979)

Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (died 1972)

John J. Becker, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1961)

Ira Thomas, American baseball player and manager (died 1958)

Bill O'Neill, Canadian-American baseball player (died 1920)

Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician and academic (died 1956)

Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (died 1953)

Tom Jones, American baseball player and manager (died 1923)

D. W. Griffith, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1948)

Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (died 1940)

Jay Hughes, American baseball player and coach (died 1924)

José Vicente de Freitas, Portuguese colonel and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal (died 1952)

Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (died 1943)

Wilbur Scoville, American chemist and pharmacist (died 1942)

George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (died 1940)

Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (died 1943)

August Strindberg, Swedish novelist, poet, and playwright (died 1912)

Ernest Wilberforce, English bishop (died 1907)

Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (died 1917)

Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (died 1914)

Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (died 1878)

Ludger Duvernay, Canadian journalist, publisher, and politician (died 1852)

Maria Leopoldina of Austria (died 1826)

Karl Ernst Claus, Estonian-Russian chemist, botanist, and academic (died 1864)

Lady Lucy Whitmore, English noblewoman, hymn writer (died 1840)

Lord Byron, English poet and playwright (died 1824)

François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (died 1849)

Noah Phelps, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (died 1809)

Philip Carteret, English admiral and explorer (died 1796)

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher and author (died 1781)

Nicolas Lancret, French painter (died 1743)

Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet (died 1729)

William Kidd, Scottish sailor and pirate hunter (probable); (died 1701)

Pierre Gassendi, French mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (died 1655)

John Donne, English poet and cleric in the Church of England, wrote the Holy Sonnets (died 1631)

Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (died 1631)

Francis Bacon, English philosopher and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (died 1626)

Walter Raleigh, English poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer (died 1618)

Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, (died 1545)

Ivan III of Russia (died 1505)

Ibn Taymiyyah, Syrian scholar and theologian (died 1328)