Famous Birthdays By Date

Julia Grabher, Austrian tennis player

Ryan Murphy, American swimmer

Henrik Kristoffersen, Norwegian skier

Derrick White, American basketball player

Vince Staples, American rapper and actor

Saweetie, American rapper

Madison Chock, American ice dancer

Kayla Harrison, American judoka

Merritt Mathias, American soccer player

Morag McLellan, Scottish field hockey player

Margot Robbie, Australian actress and producer

Danny Rose, English footballer

Bill Tupou, New Zealand rugby league player

Nadezhda Grishaeva, Russian basketball player

Alex Morgan, American soccer player

Lee Chung-yong, South Korean footballer

Esteban Granero, Spanish footballer

Brett Cecil, American baseball player

Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer

Chad Henne, American football player

Ashley Tisdale, American actress, singer, and producer

Thomas Kortegaard, Danish footballer

Johnny Weir, American figure skater

Michelle Branch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Kyle Hogg, English cricketer

Nathan Ellington, English footballer

Carlos Rogers, American football player

Nyjer Morgan, American baseball player

Walter Davis, American triple jumper

Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (died 2001)

Sam Hornish Jr., American race car driver

Joe Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player

Jüri Ratas, Estonian politician, 42nd Mayor of Tallinn

Deniz Barış, Turkish footballer

Krisztián Lisztes, Hungarian footballer

Tomáš Vokoun, Czech-American ice hockey player

Ľudovít Ódor, Prime minister of Slovakia

Éric Dazé, Canadian ice hockey player

Kristen Michal, Estonian lawyer and politician

Elizabeth Reaser, American actress

Stefan Terblanche, South African rugby player

Sean Casey, American baseball player and sportscaster

Darren Shan, Irish author

Troy Brown, American football player and actor

Bryan Redpath, Scottish rugby player and coach

Derrick Adkins, American hurdler

Steve Morrow, Northern Irish footballer and manager

Tim Rodber, English rugby player

Norbert Röttgen, German lawyer and politician

Jose Canseco, Cuban-American baseball player and mixed martial artist

Ozzie Canseco, Cuban-American baseball player, coach, and manager

Joe Magrane, American baseball player and sportscaster

Neil Williams, English cricketer (died 2006)

Clark Kellogg, American basketball player and sportscaster

Erwin Olaf, Dutch photographer (died 2023)

Pavan Malhotra, Indian actor

Bret Hart, Canadian wrestler

Jüri Raidla, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice

Purvis Short, American basketball player

Jerry Hall, American model and actress

Kim Carr, Australian educator and politician, 31st Australian Minister for Human Services

Chris Huhne, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

Wendy Schaal, American actress

Sylvia Rivera, American transgender rights activist (died 2002)

Anatoliy Solomin, Ukrainian race walker and coach

Lynne Brindley, English librarian and academic

Jon Trickett, English politician

Greg Brown, American musician

Robert Paquette, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyan lawyer and politician (died 2013)

Larry David, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter

Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, English politician, Minister for International Security Strategy

Richard Axel, American neuroscientist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate

Ron Silver, American actor, director, and political activist (died 2009)

Larry Lake, American-Canadian trumpet player and composer (died 2013)

John Eekelaar, South African-English lawyer and scholar

Vicente Fox, Mexican businessman and politician, 35th President of Mexico

William Guest, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)

Wendell Mottley, Trinidadian sprinter, economist, and politician

Kenneth Clarke, English politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Georgi Ivanov, Bulgarian military officer, cosmonaut and politician

Mike Castle, American politician, 69th Governor of Delaware (died 2025)

Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (died 1976)

John H. Sununu, American engineer and politician, 14th White House Chief of Staff

Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (died 1973)

David Owen, English physician and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Polly Holliday, American actress (died 2025)

Richard Petty, American race car driver and sportscaster

Omar Suleiman, Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt (died 2012)

Gilbert Kalish, American pianist and educator

Tom Springfield, English musician (died 2022)

Peter Desbarats, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (died 2014)

Kenny Wharram, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2017)

Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Wendy's (died 2002)

Ahmad Jamal, American jazz musician (died 2023)

Carlos Menem, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina (died 2021)

Imelda Marcos, Filipino politician; 10th First Lady of the Philippines

Lee Allen, American saxophone player (died 1994)

James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

Brock Peters, American actor (died 2005)

Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (died 2007)

Medgar Evers, American soldier and activist (died 1963)

Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (died 1961)

Marvin Rainwater, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)

Chia-ying Yeh, Chinese-born Canadian poet and sinologist (died 2024)

Cyril M. Kornbluth, American soldier and author (died 1958)

Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)

Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (died 2020)

Paula Valenska, Czech actress (died 1994)

John Kneubuhl, Samoan-American historian, screenwriter, and playwright (died 1992)

Jean Craighead George, American author (died 2012)

Athos Bulcão, Brazilian painter and sculptor (died 2008)

Leonard J. Arrington, American author and academic, founded the Mormon History Association (died 1999)

Ken Curtis, American actor and singer (died 1991)

Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German colonel and pilot (died 1982)

Reino Kangasmäki, Finnish wrestler (died 2010)

Zélia Gattai, Brazilian author and photographer (died 2008)

Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, British peer, politician and soldier (died 2014)

Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator (died 2004)

Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and engineer (died 1990)

Erich Topp, German admiral (died 2005)

Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic (died 1999)

Reg Parnell, English race car driver and manager (died 1964)

Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and civil rights activist, 32nd Solicitor General of the United States, and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (died 1993)

Hans Bethe, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)

Károly Kárpáti, Hungarian Jewish wrestler (died 1996)

Séra Martin, French middle-distance runner (died 1993)

René Lacoste, French tennis player and businessman, created the polo shirt (died 1996)

Alec Douglas-Home, English cricketer and politician, 66th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1995)

Olav V, Norwegian king, 1957–1991 (died 1991)

K. Kanapathypillai, Sri Lankan author and academic (died 1968)

Tyrone Guthrie, English actor and director (died 1971)

Ralph Hancock, Welsh gardener and author (died 1950)

Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and author (died 1931)

Royal Hurlburt Weller, American lawyer and politician (died 1929)

Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)

Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") (died 1939)

Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist and academic (died 1933)

Wilhelm Cuno, German businessman and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1933)

Liane de Pougy, French-Swiss dancer and author (died 1950)

Lily Braun, German author and publicist (died 1916)

William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1942)

Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (died 1919)

Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (died 1917)

Émile Ollivier, French statesman (died 1913)

Charles Tupper, Canadian physician and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1915)

George Law Curry, American publisher and politician, 5th Governor of the Oregon Territory (died 1878)

Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 (died 1894)

Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer (died 1900)

Francisco Javier Echeverría, Mexican businessman and politician. President of Mexico (1841) (died 1852)

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet and author (died 1803)

Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (died 1787)

Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal and art collector (died 1740)

Samuel Penhallow, English-American soldier and historian (died 1726)

Arp Schnitger, German organ builder (died 1719)

Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1730)

Theodoor Rombouts, Flemish painter (died 1637)

Elizabeth Tudor, English daughter of Henry VII of England (died 1495)

Thomas Cranmer, English archbishop, theologian, and Protestant martyr (died 1556)

Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (died 1570)

Louis V, Elector Palatine (died 1544)

Valentinian III, Roman emperor (died 455)