Famous Birthdays By Date

Souhardya De, Indian author and columnist

Eric García, Spanish footballer

Peter Mamouzelos, Australian rugby league player

Zeke Nnaji, American basketball player

Luka Šamanić, Croatian basketball player

Kerris Dorsey, American actress

Brent Rivera, American social media personality and actor

Vítek Vaněček, Czech ice hockey player

Braden Hamlin-Uele, New Zealand rugby league player

Dominik Livaković, Croatian football goalkeeper

Nicola Peltz, American actress

Radek Faksa, Czech ice hockey player

Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English long jumper and heptathlete

Marcus Peters, American football player

Jack Campbell, American ice hockey player

Terrence Jones, American basketball player

Joseph Parker, Samoan heavyweight boxer

Ruby Soho, American wrestler

Álvaro Soler, Spanish singer-songwriter

Michael Beasley, American basketball player

Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress

Yana Maksimava, Belarusian heptathlete

Samardo Samuels, Jamaican-American basketball player

Chris Sandow, Australian rugby league player

Haris Sohail, Pakistani cricketer

Lee Yeon-hee, South Korean actress

Lucas Leiva, Brazilian footballer

Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jami Puustinen, Finnish footballer

Raphael Diaz, Swiss ice hockey player

Jéferson Gomes, Brazilian footballer

Amanda Mynhardt, South African netball player

Juan Francisco Torres, Spanish footballer

Catherine, Princess of Wales

Sharrod Ford, American basketball player

Ebi Smolarek, Polish footballer and manager

Édgar Álvarez, Honduran footballer

Sergio García, Spanish golfer

Shaun Hill, American football player

Luke Patten, Australian rugby league player and referee

Francisco Pavón, Spanish footballer

Mathieu Garon, Canadian ice hockey player

Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer and manager

Chad Johnson, American football player

AJ McLean, American singer, dancer, and actor

Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player

James Beckford, Jamaican long jumper

Omari Hardwick, American actor

Angela Bettis, American actress, director, and producer

Sean Paul, Jamaican rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor

Angie Martinez, American rapper, actress, and radio host

Lara Fabian, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress

Jimmy Adams, Jamaican cricketer and coach

Joey Lauren Adams, American actress

Giorgos Theofanous, Greek-Cypriot composer and producer

Matt Bevin, American politician, 62nd Governor of Kentucky

Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer

David Costabile, American actor

Steve Harwell, American rock singer (died 2023)

Dave Matthews, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Muggsy Bogues, American basketball player

Haddaway, Trinidadian-German singer and musician

Joely Richardson, English actress

Eric Erlandson, American musician and songwriter

Irwin McLean, Northern Irish biologist and academic

Ray Houghton, Scottish-born footballer

Didier Camberabero, French rugby player

Lisa Walters, Canadian golfer

Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate

Rob McClanahan, American ice hockey player

Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish assassin

Phil Lewis, English musician, singer and songwriter

Waltraud Meier, German soprano and actress

Imelda Staunton, English actress and singer

Bruce Boudreau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

J. K. Simmons, American actor

Philippa Gregory, Kenyan-English author and academic

Kaushik Basu, Indian economist and academic

M. L. Carr, American basketball player, coach, and executive

Crystal Gayle, American singer-songwriter and producer

Alec Jeffreys, English geneticist and academic

David Johansen, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2025)

Bill Cowsill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)

Jan Tomaszewski, Polish footballer, manager, and politician

Mohammad Ishaq Khan, Indian historian and academic (died 2013)

Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician, 45th Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs

John Doman, American actor

Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Syrian-Armenian scholar and politician, 1st President of Armenia

Harun Farocki, German filmmaker (died 2014)

Jimmy Page, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Mihalis Violaris, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actor

Robert Drewe, Australian author and playwright

Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2007)

Scott Walker, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2019)

Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist

Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (died 1993)

Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss journalist and politician, 86th President of the Swiss Confederation

Susannah York, English actress and activist (died 2011)

Claudette Boyer, Canadian educator and politician (died 2013)

K Callan, American actress and author

Marko Veselica, Croatian academic and politician (died 2017)

Bob Denver, American actor (died 2005)

Dick Enberg, American sportscaster (died 2017)

John Graham, New Zealand rugby player and educator (died 2017)

Brian Harradine, Australian politician (died 2014)

Bart Starr, American football player and coach (died 2019)

Roy Dwight, English footballer (died 2002)

Wilbur Smith, Zambian-English journalist and author (died 2021)

Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author and critic (died 2008)

Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (died 2015)

Heiner Müller, German poet, playwright, and director (died 1995)

Judith Krantz, American novelist (died 2019)

Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (died 1994)

Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 2002)

Len Quested, English footballer and manager (died 2012)

Lee Van Cleef, American actor (died 1989)

Sergei Parajanov, Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter (died 1990)

Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate (died 2011)

Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (died 1984)

Ágnes Keleti, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (died 2025)

Clive Dunn, English actor (died 2012)

Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (died 1998)

William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet and academic (died 2007)

Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and golfer (died 2005)

Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor, singer, and director (died 1982)

Anita Louise, American actress (died 1970)

Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader (died 1985)

Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (died 1994)

Basil Langton, English actor, director, photographer, and teacher (died 2003)

Ralph Tubbs, English architect, designed the Dome of Discovery (died 1996)

Anthony Mamo, Maltese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Malta (died 2008)

Patrick Peyton, Irish-American priest, television personality, and activist (died 1992)

Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author (died 1986)

Rudolf Bing, American impresario and businessman (died 1997)

Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint, founded Opus Dei (died 1975)

Vilma Bánky, Hungarian-American actress (died 1991)

Richard Halliburton, American journalist and author (died 1939)

Harald Tammer, Estonian journalist and weightlifter (died 1942)

Gracie Fields, English actress and singer (died 1979)

Karl Löwith, German philosopher, author, and academic (died 1973)

Halyna Kuzmenko, Ukrainian teacher and anarchist revolutionary (died 1978)

Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-English conductor and director (died 1971)

Edwin Baker, Canadian soldier and educator, co-founded the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (died 1968)

Eva Bowring, American lawyer and politician (died 1985)

Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (died 1938)

Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (died 1935)

Vrindavan Lal Verma, Indian author and playwright (died 1969)

Lloyd Loar, American sound engineer and instrument designer (died 1943)

Charles Bacon, American runner and hurdler (died 1968)

Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic (died 1938)

Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and poet (died 1956)

John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (died 1958)

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (died 1942)

Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet (died 1934)

Thomas Curtis, American sprinter and hurdler (died 1944)

John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower (died 1938)

Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge (died 1938)

S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist and academic (died 1939)

Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1926)

Carrie Chapman Catt, American activist, founded the League of Women Voters and International Alliance of Women (died 1947)

Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (died 1912)

Jennie Jerome, American-born wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, mother of Sir Winston Churchill (died 1921)

John Hartley, English tennis player (died 1935)

Princess Frederica of Hanover (died 1926)

John Knowles Paine, American composer and academic (died 1906)

Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (died 1900)

Thomas William Robertson, English director and playwright (died 1871)

Adolf Schlagintweit, German botanist and explorer (died 1857)

Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (died 1908)

Carol Benesch, Czech-Romanian architect, designed the Peleș Castle (died 1896)

James Francis, English-Australian businessman and politician, 9th Premier of Victoria (died 1884)

Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (died 1881)

Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English journalist and author (died 1856)

Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish Ney player and composer (died 1846)

Cassandra Austen, English painter and illustrator (died 1845)

Luísa Todi, Portuguese soprano and actress (died 1833)

Caleb Strong, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1819)

John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral and politician (died 1823)

Thomas Warton, English poet, historian, and critic (died 1790)

Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (died 1766)

Reinhard Keiser, German composer (died 1739)

Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet, English noble and politician (date baptized; (died 1712)

Empress Meishō of Japan (died 1696)

William Dugard, English printer (died 1662)

Simon Vouet, French painter (died 1649)

Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, French commander (died 1621)

Pope Gregory XV (died 1623)

Juan Ramón Folch III de Cardona, Aragonese admiral (died 1485)

Hōjō Takatoki, Japanese shikken of the Kamakura bakufu (died 1333)[unreliable source?]

Emperor Daizong of Tang (died 779)