Famous Birthdays By Date

Jarell Quansah, English footballer

Lee Dae-hwi, South Korean singer

Joel Eriksson Ek, Swedish ice hockey player

Jack Roslovic, American ice hockey player

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer

Markel Brown, American basketball player

Maxi Kleber, German basketball player

Mohamed Abou Gabal, Egyptian footballer

Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player

Ayobami Adebayo, Nigerian author

Jake Auchincloss, American politician, businessman, and Marine veteran

Hank Conger, American baseball player

Shay Logan, English footballer

José Abreu, Cuban baseball player

Alex Avila, American baseball player

Jessica Burkhart, American author

Vladimír Mihálik, Slovak ice hockey player

Chris Bourque, American ice hockey player

Thomas Greiss, German ice hockey player

Jair Jurrjens, Curaçaoan baseball player

Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player

Isabel Lucas, Australian actress and model

Rag'n'Bone Man, English singer-songwriter

Tim Gleason, American ice hockey player

Adam Lambert, American singer, songwriter and actor

Tenoch Huerta, Mexican actor

Jonny Lang, American singer, songwriter and guitarist

Jason James Richter, American actor and musician

Andrew Keegan, American actor

Christina Koch, American engineer and astronaut

Justin Hartley, American actor

Sam Jaeger, American actor and screenwriter

Sharif Atkins, American actor

Sara Gilbert, American actress, producer, and talk show host

Kelly Packard, American actress

Megan McArdle, American journalist

Jason Schmidt, American baseball player

Brian Wood, American writer, illustrator and graphic designer

Clare Balding, English broadcaster, journalist and author

Heather Graham, American actress

Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian colonel and politician

Paul Ryan, American politician, 62nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

Sam Trammell, American actor

Edward Burns, American actor, director, writer, and producer

Monte Cook, American game designer and writer

Aeneas Williams, American football player

Sean Burke, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Stacey King, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

David Agus, American physician and author

Dominik Hašek, Czech ice hockey player

Roddy Frame, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician

Andre Reed, American football player

Gauri Lankesh, Indian journalist and activist (died 2017)

Lee Terry, American politician and lawyer

Nicholas Turturro, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Strive Masiyiwa, Zimbabwean businessman and philanthropist

Cho-liang Lin, Taiwanese-American musician

Greg Louganis, American diver and author

Steve Sax, American baseball player

Gia Carangi, American supermodel (died 1986)

Judy Norton, American actress and theater director

Diane Delano, American actress (died 2024)

Ron Franscell, American author and journalist

Irlene Mandrell, American musician, actress, and model

Amii Stewart, American singer and dancer

Greg Ballard, American basketball player and coach (died 2016)

John Tate, American boxer (died 1998)

Terry Kinney, American actor and director

Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productions

Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (died 1995)

Charlie Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer

Pete Geren, American attorney and politician

Tim Healy, British actor

Ann Jillian, American actress and singer

Miklós Vámos, Hungarian writer, novelist, screenwriter and translator

Doris Davenport, American poet and teacher

Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (died 2014)

Raymond Keene, English chess player and author

Cristina Saralegui, Cuban-American journalist, actress and talk show host

Marc Singer, Canadian-American actor

Linda B. Buck, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

David Byron, English singer-songwriter (died 1985)

Marián Varga, Slovak organist and composer (died 2017)

Geater Davis, American singer-songwriter (died 1984)

Bettye LaVette, American singer-songwriter

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (died 2022)

Tom Selleck, American actor and businessman

Tony Blackburn, English radio and television host

Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)

Mark Wynter, English singer and actor

Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Cuban military officer, legislator and cosmonaut

Robin Morgan, American actress, journalist, and author

Gamini Jayawickrama Perera, Sri Lankan politician (died 2024)

Justino Díaz, Puerto Rican opera singer

Katharine Ross, American actress and author

Germaine Greer, Australian journalist and author

Jeanne Lee, American jazz singer, poet and composer (died 2000)

Jeff Clyne, British musician (died 2009)

James Jamerson, American bass player (died 1983)

Veturi, Indian poet and songwriter (died 2010)

Alan Cowley, British chemist (died 2020)

Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (died 2004)

Raman Subba Row, English cricketer and referee (died 2024)

Leslie Bricusse, English playwright and composer (died 2021)

Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 2nd President of Hungary (died 2011)

Elio Petri, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1982)

Joseph Kruskal, American mathematician and computer scientist (died 2010)

Lee Shau-kee, Hong Kong real estate billionaire (died 2025)

Edward Abbey, American environmentalist and author (died 1989)

Abdus Salam, Pakistani-British physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)

Paddy Chayefsky, American author and screenwriter (died 1981)

Eddie Taylor, American electric blues guitarist and singer (died 1985)

Paul Gayten, American R&B pianist, songwriter, producer, and record company executive (died 1991)

John Forsythe, American actor (died 2010)

John Raitt, American actor and singer (died 2005)

Roy Markham, British plant virologist (died 1979)

Bill Peet, American author and illustrator (died 2002)

John Serry Sr., Italian-American concert accordionist and composer (died 2003)

Victor Mature, American actor (died 1999)

Barnett Newman, American painter and etcher (died 1970)

Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network (died 1965)

E. P. Taylor, Canadian businessman and horse breeder (died 1989)

Muna Lee, American poet and author (died 1965)

Ernst Lubitsch, German American film director, producer, writer, and actor (died 1947)

Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (died 1970)

Wellington Koo, Chinese statesman (died 1985)

Karl Freudenberg, German chemist (died 1983)

Juhan Aavik, Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor (died 1982)

Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist (died 1975)

W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (died 1946)

Havergal Brian, English composer (died 1972)

John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (died 1960)

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish journalist and author (died 1928)

Romain Rolland, French historian, author, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1944)

Richard Arman Gregory, British astronomer (died 1952)

Frederick Delius, English composer (died 1934)

Florida Ruffin Ridley, American civil rights activist, teacher, editor, and writer (died 1943)

Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (died 1904)

Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic (died 1916)

Frederic Hymen Cowen, Jamaican-English pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1935)

Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician and physicist (died 1915)

William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (died 1901)

Ernst Kummer, Polish-German mathematician and academic (died 1893)

Mary Whitwell Hale, American teacher, school founder, and hymnwriter (died 1862)

Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1857)

Lemuel H. Arnold, American politician (died 1852)

Daniel Auber, French composer (died 1871)

Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1849)

Henry Lee III, American general and politician, 9th Governor of Virginia (died 1818)

Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (died 1806)

Christian VII of Denmark (died 1808)

Thomas Paine, English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary (died 1809)

Paul Rabaut, French pastor (died 1794)

Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (died 1797)

Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian organist and composer (died 1777)

Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (died 1788)

Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (died 1772)

Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (died 1703)

Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (died 1651)

Franciscus Junius, German pioneer philologist (died 1677)

Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (died 1647)

Lelio Sozzini, Italian humanist and reformer (died 1562)

Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther; formerly a Roman Catholic nun (died 1552)

Giuliano Bugiardini, Italian painter (died 1555)

Johann Reuchlin, German-born humanist and scholar (died 1522)