Famous Birthdays By Date

Moo Deng, Thai celebrity pygmy hippopotamus

Mason Thames, American actor

Reece Walsh, Australian rugby league player

Isabela Merced, American actress

April Ivy, Portuguese composer and singer

San, South Korean singer and dancer

Angus Cloud, American actor (died 2023)

Chae Soo-bin, South Korean actress

Han Yu, Chinese pool player

Daishōmaru Shōgo, Japanese sumo wrestler

Adam Reynolds, Australian rugby league player

Trent Richardson, American football player

Chiyonokuni Toshiki, Japanese sumo wrestler

Antonio Brown, American football player

Heather Hemmens, American actress, director, and producer

Sarah Walker, New Zealand BMX rider

Park Chu-young, South Korean footballer

B. J. Crombeen, American ice hockey player

Mario Gómez, German footballer

Funda Oru, Belgian politician

Nikolaos Mitrou, Greek footballer

Giuseppe De Feudis, Italian footballer

Matthew Egan, Australian footballer

Gabi, Spanish footballer

Kim Hee-chul, Korean entertainer and singer

Joelson José Inácio, Brazilian footballer

Doug Kramer, Filipino basketball player

Anthony Watmough, Australian rugby league player

Sherif Ekramy, Egyptian footballer

Alex Arrowsmith, American guitarist and producer

Juliya Chernetsky, Ukrainian-American television host

Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer

Jeffrey Walker, Australian actor and director

Aleksandar Tunchev, Bulgarian footballer

Alejandro Millán, Mexican singer-songwriter and keyboard player

Adam Petty, American race car driver (died 2000)

Claudia Leitte, Brazilian singer-songwriter

James Rolfe, American actor, director, and producer

Jessica Simpson, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer

Mvondo Atangana, Cameroon footballer

Gong Yoo, Korean actor

Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor

Edmílson, Brazilian footballer

Elijah Blue Allman, American singer and guitarist

Ludovic Giuly, French footballer

Adrian Grenier, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Brendon Lade, Australian footballer and coach

Lars Ricken, German footballer

Andrew Firestone, American businessman

Brendan Gaughan, American race car driver

Alain Nasreddine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor (died 2018)

Richard Westbrook, English race car driver

Imelda May, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer

Brian Thompson, American insurance executive (died 2024)

Peter Serafinowicz, English actor

Sofía Vergara, Colombian-American actress and producer

Tilo Wolff, German-Swiss singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Adam Foote, Canadian ice hockey player

Gregory Goodridge, Barbadian footballer and coach

Gary LeVox, American singer-songwriter

Jason Orange, English singer-songwriter and dancer

John Simm, English actor

Marty Cordova, American baseball player

Gale Harold, American actor

Tom Meents, American professional monster truck driver

Rebekah Del Rio, American singer-songwriter (died 2025)

Gillian Tett, English journalist and author

Ikki Sawamura, Japanese model, actor and television presenter

John Yoo, South Korean-American lawyer, author, and educator

Clive Efford, English politician

Johnny Grunge, American wrestler (died 2006)

Christian Stangl, Austrian skier and mountaineer

Anna Bråkenhielm, Swedish business executive

Scott McCarron, American golfer

Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark, European Princess

Ken Mellons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Martin Laurendeau, Canadian tennis player and coach

Urban Meyer, American football player and coach

Wilfried Peeters, Belgian cyclist

Ian Lougher, Welsh motorcycle racer

Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and film actor

Marc Riley, English guitarist and radio DJ

Ariel Castro, Puerto Rican-American convicted kidnapper and rapist (died 2013)

Ellen Kuras, American director and cinematographer

Sandy West, American singer, drummer and songwriter (died 2006)

Béla Fleck, American banjo player and songwriter

Fiona Shaw, Irish actress and director

Derry Grehan, Canadian rock guitarist and songwriter

Tom McClintock, American lawyer and politician

K. Rajagopal, Malaysian football manager

Nic Dakin, English educator and politician

Geoff Gerard, Australian rugby league player

Tommy Bowden, American football player and coach

Andre Dawson, American baseball player

Neil Tennant, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

Rik Emmett, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Zoogz Rift, American musician and wrestler (died 2011)

Kim Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Peter van Heemst, Dutch politician

Cheryl Wheeler, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Rajnath Singh, Indian Politician and Union Home Minister of India

Tony Baldry, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, British Minister of State for Agriculture

Prokopis Pavlopoulos, President of Greece, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for the Interior

Anna Czerwińska, Polish mountaineer and author (died 2023)

Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster

Greg Kihn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)

Ronnie Cutrone, American painter (died 2013)

Chico Resch, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Natalya Sedykh, Russian figure skater, ballet dancer, actor

John Whitehead, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2004)

Arlo Guthrie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Jean-Pierre Jarier, French race car driver

Chin Han, Taiwanese actor

Ron Glass, American actor (died 2016)

Hal McRae, American baseball player and manager

John Motson, English sportscaster (died 2023)

Jean-Marie Poiré, French director, producer, and screenwriter

Virginia Wade, English tennis player and sportscaster

Mick Grant, English motorcycle racer

Norman Hammond, English archaeologist and academic

Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and journalist (died 1993)

Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Zambian politician

Jerry Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)

Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2010)

Pyotr Klimuk, Belarusian general, pilot, and astronaut

Sixto Rodriguez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)

Lopo do Nascimento, Angolan politician; 1st Prime Minister of Angola

Jake Eberts, Canadian film producer (died 2012)

David G. Hartwell, American anthologist, author, and critic (died 2016)

Robert Pine, American actor and director

Ian Whitcomb, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2020)

Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, Indian-English economist and politician

Helen Donath, American soprano and actress

Brian Priestley, English pianist and composer

Keith Stackpole, Australian cricketer (died 2025)

Phil Kelly, Irish-English footballer and manager (died 2012)

Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, journalist and educator (died 1999)

Mavis Staples, American singer

Paul Andreu, French architect (died 2018)

Lee Morgan, American trumpet player and composer (died 1972)

Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (died 2014)

Gun Svensson, Swedish politician

Herbert Boyer, American businessman, co-founded Genentech

Tunne Kelam, Estonian journalist and politician

Margaret McEntee, American Catholic religious sister and educator

Wilson Tuckey, Australian politician

Wilson Whineray, New Zealand rugby player and businessman (died 2012)

Marshall Brodien, American actor (died 2019)

Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (died 2012)

Jumpin' Gene Simmons, American rockabilly singer-songwriter (died 2006)

C.K. Yang, Taiwanese decathlete and pole vaulter (died 2007)

Carlo Maria Abate, Italian race car driver (died 2019)

Neile Adams, Filipino-American actress, singer and dancer

Manfred Preußger, German athlete

Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (died 1968)

Jerry Herman, American composer and songwriter (died 2019)

Julian May, American author (died 2017)

Alice Munro, Canadian short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)

Bruce Boa, Canadian actor (died 2004)

Janette Sherman, American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (died 2019)

Josephine Veasey, English soprano and actress (died 2022)

Winnie Ewing, Scottish lawyer and politician (died 2023)

George Clayton Johnson, American author and screenwriter (died 2015)

Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (died 2004)

José Vicente Rangel, Venezuelan politician; 21st Vice President of Venezuela (died 2020)

Don Bolles, American investigative reporter (died 1976)

Bernard Buffet, French painter and illustrator (died 1999)

Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (died 2003)

Moshe Greenberg, American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (died 2010)

John Glenn, American baseball player (died 2023)

Grigory Barenblatt, Russian mathematician and academic (died 2018)

David Dinkins, American soldier and politician, 106th Mayor of New York City (died 2020)

William Smithers, American actor

Carleton Carpenter, American actor, magician, songwriter, and novelist (died 2022)

Fred Gwynne, American actor (died 1993)

Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysian physician and politician, 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia

Ernest Bertrand Boland, American Roman Catholic bishop (died 2023)

Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach (died 2016)

Bobo Brazil, American wrestler (died 1998)

Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer and actress (died 2001)

John Bradley, American soldier (died 1994)

Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian actress and producer (died 2003)

G. A. Kulkarni, Indian author and academic (died 1987)

Jean Kerr, American author and playwright (died 2003)

Herb McKenley, Jamaican sprinter (died 2007)

Jake LaMotta, American boxer and actor (died 2017)

Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the Smiley (died 2001)

Jeff Donnell, American actress (died 1988)

John K. Singlaub, U.S. Army Major General (died 2022)

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, co-founded the Special Olympics (died 2009)

David Brinkley, American journalist (died 2003)

Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2006)

Cyril Grant, English footballer (died 2002)

Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (died 2009)

Ian Wallace, English actor and singer (died 2009)

James Aldridge, Australian-English journalist and author (died 2015)

Chuck Stevens, American baseball player (died 2018)

Frank L. Lambert, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Occidental College (died 2018)

Fred Wacker, American race driver and engineer (died 1998)

Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (died 2000)

Don Herbert, American television host known as "Mr. Wizard" (died 2007)

Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (died 1998)

Judith Jasmin, Canadian journalist (died 1972)

Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (died 1992)

Rempo Urip, Indonesian film director (died 2001)

Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (died 1985)

Terry-Thomas, English comedian and character actor (died 1990)

Cootie Williams, American trumpeter and bandleader (died 1985)

Donald Sinclair, English lieutenant and businessman (died 1981)

Blind Boy Fuller, American singer and guitarist (died 1941)

Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (died 2002)

Thomas Gomez, American actor (died 1971)

Wolfram Sievers, German physician (died 1948)

Lili Damita, French-American actress (died 1994)

Werner Best, German SS officer and jurist (died 1989)

John Wyndham, English author (died 1969)

Kurt Alder, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)

Nicolás Guillén, Cuban poet, journalist, and activist (died 1989)

Mitchell Parish, Lithuanian-American songwriter (died 1993)

Sampson Sievers, Russian monk and mystic (died 1979)

John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1936)

Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (died 1978)

Renée Björling, Swedish actress (died 1975)

Legs Diamond, American gangster (died 1931)

Karl Plagge, German general and engineer (died 1957)

Thérèse Casgrain, Canadian politician (died 1981)

Carl Orff, German composer and educator (died 1982)

Jimmy McHugh, American composer (died 1969)

Edith Quimby, American medical researcher and physicist (died 1982)

Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and set designer (died 1978)

Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese evangelist, author, and activist (died 1960)

Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (died 1948)

Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian playwright and politician (died 1952)

Ima Hogg, American society leader, philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts (died 1975)

Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (died 1943)

Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (died 1935)

Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (died 1955)

Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Hungarian politician (died 1973)

Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor (died 1971)

Marcel Proust, French novelist, critic, and essayist (died 1922)

Prince Maximilian of Baden (died 1929)

Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (died 1926)

Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American electrical and mechanical engineer (died 1943)

Adolphus Busch, German brewer, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (died 1913)

Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (died 1880)

Alvan Graham Clark, American astronomer (died 1897)

Camille Pissarro, Danish-French painter (died 1903)

Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1908)

Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (died 1889)

Emma Smith, American religious leader (died 1879)

Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (died 1871)

Alfred Ronalds, British fly fishing author, artisan and Australian pioneer (died 1860)

George M. Dallas, American lawyer and politician, 11th Vice President of the United States (died 1864)

David Humphreys (soldier), American Revolutionary War colonel, politician, foreign minister and entrepreneur.

St. George Tucker, United States federal judge (died 1827)

Eva Ekeblad, Swedish noble and agronomist (died 1786)

William Blackstone, English lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1780)

Roger Cotes, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1716)

John Ernest Grabe, German theologian and academic (died 1711)

David Teniers III, Flemish painter (died 1685)

Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (died 1703)

Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (died 1686)

Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist and historian (died 1660)

Antonio Possevino, Italian diplomat (died 1611)

Odet de Coligny, French cardinal (died 1571)

Francisco de Toledo, Viceroy of Peru (died 1582)

John Calvin, French pastor and theologian (died 1564)

Cho Sik, Korean poet and scholar (died 1572)

James III of Scotland (died 1488)

Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (died 1471)