Famous Birthdays By Date

Johnny Brackins, American long jumper and hurdler

Mirjam Björklund, Swedish tennis player

Clayton Keller, American ice hockey player

Liam O'Brien, Canadian ice hockey player

Nicole Melichar, American tennis player

Dak Prescott, American football player

Karen Torrez, Bolivian swimmer

Dale Copley, Australian rugby league player

Irakli Logua, Russian footballer

Shin Se-kyung, South Korean actress, singer and model

Grit Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete

Tarjei Bø, Norwegian biathlete

Okinoumi Ayumi, Japanese sumo wrestler

Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer

Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player

Oh Beom-seok, South Korean footballer

Chad Billingsley, American baseball player

Wilson Palacios, Honduran footballer

Jason Belmonte, Australian bowler

Inés Gómez Mont, Mexican journalist and actress

Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian ice hockey player

Jerious Norwood, American football player

Elise Testone, American singer-songwriter

Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer

Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer

Allison Mack, American actress and criminal

Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver

Andrés Madrid, Argentinian footballer

Troy Perkins, American soccer player

Ryan Braun, Canadian-American baseball player

Fernando González, Chilean tennis player

Ben Koller, American drummer

John Morris, Australian rugby league player

Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer

Ronald Murray, American basketball player

Juris Umbraško, Latvian basketball player

Mike Adams, American baseball player

Marina Lazarovska, Macedonian tennis player

Yoshihiro Akiyama, Japanese mixed martial artist

Lanka de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer

Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer

Jaanus Sirel, Estonian footballer

Josh Radnor, American actor and musician

Stephen Dorff, American actor and producer

Denis Urubko, Kazakh mountaineer

Anssi Kela, Finnish singer and songwriter

Wil Wheaton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Andrea Philipp, German sprinter

Adele Griffin, American author

Andi Peters, English journalist, actor, and producer

John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer

Paavo Lötjönen, Finnish cellist and educator

Sally Gunnell, English hurdler and sportscaster

Stuart Lampitt, English cricketer

Martina McBride, American singer-songwriter and producer

Luis Alicea, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach

Dean Haglund, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter

Adam Holloway, English captain and politician

Stan Koziol, American soccer player (died 2014)

Chang-Rae Lee, South Korean-American author and academic

Xavier Waterkeyn, Australian author

Woody Weatherman, American guitarist and songwriter

Jaanus Veensalu, Estonian footballer

Hans-Holger Albrecht, Belgian-German businessman

Jim Beglin, Irish footballer and sportscaster

Julie Elliott, English politician

Azeem Hafeez, Pakistani cricketer

Alexandra Paul, American actress and producer

Graham Poll, English footballer, referee, and journalist

Carl Cox, English DJ and producer

Frank Neubarth, German footballer and manager

Vincent Rousseau, Belgian runner

Scott Steiner, American wrestler

Didier Van Cauwelaert, French author

Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor, singer, and producer

Ruud Janssen, Dutch blogger and illustrator

Dave LaPoint, American baseball player and manager

John Sykes, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)

Gail Dines, English-American author, activist, and academic

Simon Nye, English screenwriter and producer

Cynthia Rowley, American fashion designer

Liam Davison, Australian author and educator (died 2014)

Viktor Gavrikov, Lithuanian-Swiss chess player (died 2016)

Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast and coach

Teddy Atlas, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster

Ronnie Musgrove, American lawyer and politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi

Faustino Rupérez, Spanish cyclist

Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor, director, and screenwriter

Dave Stevens, American illustrator (died 2008)

Stephen Timms, English politician, Minister of State for Competitiveness

Ken Burns, American director and producer

Tim Gunn, American television host and actor

Geddy Lee, Canadian musician

Frank McGuinness, Irish poet and playwright

Patti Scialfa, American musician

Norman Blackwell, Baron Blackwell, English businessman and politician

Joe Johnson, English snooker player and sportscaster

Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Greek politician

Susan Blackmore, English psychologist and theorist

Dan Driessen, American baseball player and coach

Dean Pitchford, American actor, director, screenwriter, and composer

Jenny Holzer, American painter, author, and dancer

Leslie Easterbrook, American actress

Jamil Mahuad, Ecuadorian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Ecuador

John Clarke, New Zealand-Australian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2017)

Dick Harmon, American golfer and coach (died 2006)

Ximena Armas, Chilean painter

Stig Blomqvist, Swedish race car driver

Neal Doughty, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

Alessandro Gogna, Italian mountaineer and adventurer

Diane Keen, English actress

Aleksei Tammiste, Estonian basketball player

Sharon Creech, American author and educator

Mircea Lucescu, Romanian footballer, coach, and manager

Jim Bridwell, American rock climber and mountaineer (died 2018)

David Taylor, English snooker player and sportscaster

Doug Ashdown, Australian singer-songwriter

Tony Sirico, American actor (died 2022)

Jennifer Dunn, American engineer and politician (died 2007)

Goenawan Mohamad, Indonesian poet and playwright

David Warner, English actor (died 2022)

Betty Harris, American chemist

Winnie Monsod, Filipina economist and political commentator

Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (died 2005)

Jean Rochon, Canadian physician and politician (died 2021)

Daniel McFadden, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate

Elizabeth Dole, American lawyer and politician, 20th United States Secretary of Labor

Peter Schreier, German tenor and conductor (died 2019)

Lou Albano, Italian-American wrestler, manager, and actor (died 2009)

Colin Davis, English race car driver (died 2012)

Robert Fuller, American actor and rancher

Randy Sparks, American folk singer-songwriter and musician (died 2024)

Leslie Fielding, English diplomat (died 2021)

Nancy Kassebaum, American businesswoman and politician

Kjell Karlsen, Norwegian pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2020)

Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer (died 2018)

Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (died 2010)

Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, Scottish physician, academic, and politician (died 2015)

Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic (died 2014)

Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and sportscaster (died 2019)

Hilary Smart, American sailor (died 2000)

Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer (died 2021)

Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (died 2005)

Robert Horton, American actor (died 2016)

George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer (died 2013)

Edgar Cortright, American scientist and engineer (died 2014)

Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (died 2012)

Gordon Mitchell, American bodybuilder and actor (died 2003)

Richard Egan, American actor (died 1987)

Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (died 2012)

Neville Jeffress, Australian businessman (died 2007)

Don Ingalls, American writer and producer (died 2014)

Edwin O'Connor, American journalist and author (died 1968)

Mary Lee Settle, American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (died 2005)

Rochus Misch, German SS officer (died 2013)

Budd Boetticher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)

Charlie Christian, American guitarist (died 1942)

Rupert Hamer, Australian politician, 39th Premier of Victoria (died 2004)

Bruce R. McConkie, American colonel and religious leader (died 1985)

Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1998)

Irwin Corey, American actor and activist (died 2017)

Erich Priebke, German war criminal, leader of the 1944 Ardeatine massacre (died 2013)

Foster Furcolo, American lawyer and politician, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1995)

Archbishop Iakovos of America (died 2005)

Gale Page, American actress (died 1983)

Samm Sinclair Baker, American author (died 1997)

Chester Himes, American-Spanish author (died 1984)

Melvin Belli, American lawyer (died 1996)

Thelma Todd, American actress and singer (died 1935)

Clara Bow, American actress (died 1965)

Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laureate (died 1961)

Stanley Kunitz, American poet and translator (died 2006)

Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (died 1982)

J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (died 1993)

Mary V. Austin, Australian community worker and political activist (died 1986)

Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (died 1976)

Teresa Noce, Italian labor leader, activist, and journalist (died 1980)

Don Redman, American composer, and bandleader (died 1964)

Walter Beall, American baseball player (died 1959)

Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (died 1988)

Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general (died 1983)

Maria L. de Hernández, Mexican-American rights activist (died 1986)

William Powell, American actor and singer (died 1984)

Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynecologist and academic (died 1966)

Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer (died 1951)

Theda Bara, American actress (died 1955)

Ralph Austin Bard, American financier and politician, 2nd Under Secretary of the Navy (died 1975)

Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (died 1942)

Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist revolutionary and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1945)

Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright (died 1937)

Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher (died 1949)

J. S. Woodsworth, Canadian minister and politician (died 1942)

Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, lawyer, and politician (died 1957)

Jakob Mändmets, Estonian writer and journalist (died 1930)

Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (died 1946)

Berthold Oppenheim, Moravian rabbi (died 1942)

Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (died 1940)

Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz, Portuguese priest (died 1948)

Max Nordau, Hungarian physician, author, and critic, co-founded the World Zionist Organization (died 1923)

Sophie Menter, German pianist and composer (died 1918)

Isabel, Brazilian princess (died 1921)

Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (died 1901)

Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (died 1912)

Ivan Aivazovsky, Armenian-Russian painter and illustrator (died 1900)

Martin Körber, German pastor, composer, and conductor (died 1893)

Horace Abbott, American businessman and banker (died 1887)

Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher (died 1859)

George Bradshaw, English cartographer and publisher (died 1853)

Daniel Drew, American businessman and financier (died 1879)

Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (died 1845)

Giulio Maria della Somaglia, Italian cardinal (died 1830)

Johann Theile, German organist and composer (died 1724)

Simon Dach, German poet and hymn-writer (died 1659)

Francesco Mochi, Italian sculptor (died 1654)

Philip II, duke of Pomerania-Stettin (died 1618)

Pedro Téllez-Girón, Spanish nobleman (died 1590)

Martin the Elder, king of Aragon, Valencia and Majorca (died 1410)

Henry II, French nobleman and king of Jerusalem (died 1197)

Fujiwara no Norimichi, Japanese nobleman (died 1075)

Muhammad al-Mahdi, The 12th Imam of Muslims (Shiites) (died 941)