Famous Birthdays By Date

Macklin Celebrini, Canadian ice hockey player

Pablo García, Spanish footballer

Bowen Byram, Canadian ice hockey player

Sung Han-bin, South Korean singer

Penny Oleksiak, Canadian swimmer

Emily Fanning, New Zealand tennis player

Laura Ucrós, Colombian tennis player

Deepika Kumari, Indian archer

Atsuhiro Inukai, Japanese actor

Cansin Köktürk, German politician

Simona Senoner, Italian ski jumper (died 2011)

Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater (died 2018)

Semi Radradra, Fijian rugby league player

Will Claye, American jumper

Ryan Mason, English footballer

Kang Si-ra, South Korean singer

James McCann, American baseball player

Nicole Riner, Swiss tennis player

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, English actor

Ben Barba, Australian rugby league player

James Calado, English racing driver

Ryan McDonagh, American ice hockey defenseman

Daniel Mortimer, Australian rugby league player

Andreas Samaris, Greek footballer

Tommy Searle, English motocross racer

Hassan Whiteside, American basketball player

Erica Wiebe, Canadian wrestler

Gabe Carimi, American football player

Kerttu Niskanen, Finnish cross-country skier

Reece Noi, British actor

Cody Walker, American actor

Marko Grgić, Croatian footballer

Kat Dennings, American actress and comedian

Keisuke Honda, Japanese footballer

Jonathan Lucroy, American baseball catcher

Ashley Olsen, American child actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman

Mary-Kate Olsen, American child actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman

DJ Snake, French DJ and record producer

Lea Verou, Greek computer scientist and author

Måns Zelmerlöw, Swedish singer

Filipe Albuquerque, Portuguese racing driver

Silvio Bankert, German footballer

Pedro Strop, Dominican baseball player

Danny Syvret, Canadian ice hockey player

Nery Castillo, Mexican-Uruguayan footballer

Kaori Icho, Japanese wrestler

Antje Möldner-Schmidt, German runner

Steve Novak, American basketball player

Jason Spezza, Canadian ice hockey player

Rachel Taylor, Welsh rugby union player

Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian runner

Krzysztof Bosak, Polish politician

Nate Jones, American football player

Chris Evans, American actor and producer

David Madden, founder and executive director of the National History Bee and the National History Bowl

Radim Vrbata, Czech ice hockey player

Florent Malouda, French footballer

Diego Mendieta, Paraguayan footballer (died 2012)

Jamario Moon, American basketball player

Juan Carlos Navarro, Spanish basketball player

Darius Vassell, English footballer

Markus Winkelhock, German racing driver

Esther Anderson, Australian actress

Nila Håkedal, Norwegian volleyball player

Miguel Pate, American long jumper

Ryan Pickett, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Ethan Embry, American actor

Vishwananda, Hindu guru

Romain Mesnil, French pole vaulter

Earthwind Moreland, American football player

Riikka Purra, Finnish politician

Kym Marsh, English singer-songwriter and actress

Ante Covic, Australian footballer

Jeff Davis, American screenwriter and producer

Jennifer Nicole Lee, American model, actress, and author

Jaan Pehk, Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Riccardo Scimeca, English footballer

Valeri Bure, Russian-American ice hockey player

Steve-O, American stunt performer

Sam Adams, American football player

Tanner Foust, American race car driver and television host

Mattias Hellberg, Swedish singer-songwriter

Stuart Karppinen, Australian cricketer and coach

Ville Laihiala, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Natalie MacMaster, Canadian fiddler

Maria Minakowska, Polish philosopher, historian, genealogist

Nóra Köves, Hungarian tennis player

Chris Cairns, New Zealand cricketer

Rivers Cuomo, American rock musician

Shaun Young, Australian cricketer

Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Spanish actress, director, and screenwriter

Virginie Despentes, French author, screenwriter, and director

Laura Kightlinger, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter

Svetlana Krivelyova, Russian shot putter

Søren Rasted, Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Fabio Baldato, Italian cyclist

Peter DeBoer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Darren Dreger, Canadian sportscaster

David Gray, English-Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Denise Pearson, English singer-songwriter

Marcel Theroux, Ugandan-English journalist and author

Taşkın Aksoy, German-Turkish footballer and manager

Henry Bond, English photographer and curator

Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician

Naoki Hattori, Japanese race car driver

Sunny Balwani, Pakistani-American businessman and criminal

Infanta Cristina Federica of Spain

Vassilis Karapialis, Greek footballer

Lukas Ligeti, Austrian-American drummer and composer

Maninder Singh, Indian cricketer

Christian Wilhelm Berger, Romanian organist, composer, and educator

Kathy Burke, English actress, director, and playwright

Piyush Goyal, Indian politician, Minister of Railways

Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Lithuanian basketball player

Bettina Bunge, Swiss-German tennis player

Sarah Connolly, English soprano and actress

Audrey Niffenegger, American author and academic

Davey Hamilton, American race car driver

Glenn Michibata, Canadian-American tennis player and coach

Ally Sheedy, American actress and author

Hannah Storm, American journalist and author

Jacques Rougeau, Canadian wrestler

Boyko Borissov, Bulgarian footballer and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Bulgaria

Maurice G. Dantec, French-born Canadian science fiction writer (died 2016)

Steve Georganas, Australian politician

Klaus Iohannis, Romanian educator and politician, 5th President of Romania

Ron Areshenkoff, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2019)

Roy Cooper, American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of North Carolina

Bruce Flowers, American basketball player

Andrzej Morozowski, Polish journalist and author

Dicky Thompson, American golfer

Blair Chapman, Canadian ice hockey player

Sal Paolantonio, American lieutenant and journalist

Alan Hansen, Scottish footballer and sportscaster

Leah Ward Sears, German-American lawyer and jurist

Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (died 2011)

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian economist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Nigeria

Tim Allen, American actor, comedian, and producer

Jean-Marie Dedecker, Belgian martial artist and politician

Howard Leese, American guitarist and producer

Richard Thomas, American actor, director, and producer

Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor

Nick Brown, English politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Gerd Zewe, German footballer and manager

Ann Druyan, American popular science writer

Dennis Locorriere, American singer and musician

Ulla Schmidt, German educator and politician, German Federal Minister of Health

Red Symons, English-Australian musician, television, and radio personality

Garnet Bailey, Canadian-American ice hockey player and scout (died 2001)

Joe Roth, American director and producer, co-founded Morgan Creek Productions

Sher Bahadur Deuba, Nepalese politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Nepal

Paul L. Modrich, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Gabriel of Komana, Belgian-Dutch archbishop (died 2013)

Whitley Strieber, American author

Christine Beasley, English nursing administrator

David Curry, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Ban Ki-moon, South Korean politician and diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

Harry Collins, English sociologist, author, and academic

Malcolm McDowell, English actor and producer

Jim Guy Tucker, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Arkansas (died 2025)

Yiannis Boutaris, Greek businessman and politician, Mayor of Thessaloniki

Marcel Lachemann, American baseball player, coach, and manager

Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (died 1998)

Marv Tarplin, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2011)

Bobby Freeman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2017)

Dallas Long, American shot putter and physician (died 2024)

Eleanor Holmes Norton, American lawyer and politician

Erich Ribbeck, German footballer and manager

Andreas Whittam Smith, English journalist and publisher, co-founded The Independent

Christo, Bulgarian-French sculptor and painter (died 2020)

Jeanne-Claude, Moroccan sculptor and painter (died 2009)

Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (died 2009)

Bill Blakeley, American basketball player and coach (died 2010)

Lucjan Brychczy, Polish footballer and coach (died 2024)

Manuel Clouthier, Mexican businessman and politician (died 1989)

James Anthony Griffin, American bishop

Uriel Jones, American drummer (died 2009)

Leonard Kleinrock, American computer scientist and engineer

Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Defence

Norman Lloyd-Edwards, Welsh lawyer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan

Raymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton, English politician

Bob McGrath, American singer and actor (died 2022)

Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach (died 2013)

Nora Kovach, Hungarian-American ballerina (died 2009)

Reed Scowen, Canadian politician (died 2020)

Irvin D. Yalom, American psychotherapist and academic

Gotthard Graubner, German painter and educator (died 2013)

Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and spy (died 2004)

Paul Veyne, French archaeologist, historian, and academic (died 2022)

Ralph McQuarrie, American illustrator (died 2012)

Robert W. Scott, American farmer and politician, 67th Governor of North Carolina (died 2009)

Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (died 2015)

Renée Morisset, Canadian pianist (died 2009)

John Forbes Nash, Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)

Slim Dusty, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)

Jérôme Lejeune, French pediatrician and geneticist (died 1994)

Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian (died 1982)

Kristine Miller, American actress (died 2015)

Lloyd Conover, American chemist and inventor (died 2017)

Etienne Leroux, South African author (died 1989)

Lennart Strand, Swedish runner (died 2004)

Rolf Huisgen, German chemist and academic (died 2020)

Iosif Vorovich, Russian mathematician and engineer (died 2001)

Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (died 1996)

Helmut Lent, German soldier and pilot (died 1944)

Percy Rodriguez, Canadian-American actor (died 2007)

Teddy Turner, English actor (died 1992)

Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (died 2005)

Wu Zhengyi, Chinese botanist and academic (died 2013)

Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (died 2000)

Frederic Franklin, English-American ballet dancer and director (died 2013)

Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host (died 2005)

Yitzhak Pundak, Israeli general, diplomat and politician (died 2017)

Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (died 1943)

Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)

Maurice Copeland, American actor (died 1985)

Erwin Wilhelm Müller, German physicist and academic (died 1977)

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Spanish journalist, author, and playwright (died 1999)

Mary Wickes, American actress (died 1995)

Mary Whitehouse, English activist, founded the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (died 2001)

E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian theorist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (died 1998)

Bruno de Finetti, Austrian-Italian mathematician and statistician (died 1985)

James T. Rutnam, Sri Lankan historian and author (died 1988)

Willard Harrison Bennett, American physicist and chemist (died 1987)

Carolyn Eisele, American mathematician and historian (died 2000)

Tage Erlander, Swedish lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Sweden (died 1985)

Ian Hunter, British Cape Colony actor of stage and film (died 1975)

Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer, conductor, and journalist, founded the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra (died 1978)

Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner and coach (died 1973)

Leo Kanner, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (died 1981)

Jacques Henri Lartigue, French photographer and painter (died 1986)

Alan Arnold Griffith, English engineer (died 1963)

Dorothy L. Sayers, English author and poet (died 1957)

Basil Rathbone, South African-born British-American actor (died 1967)

Gao Qifeng, Chinese painter (died 1933)

Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and critic (died 1935)

André François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat (died 1978)

Bruno Frank, German-American author, poet, and playwright (died 1945)

Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author (died 1969)

Leon Chwistek, Polish painter, philosopher, and mathematician (died 1944)

Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and academic (died 1978)

Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (died 1941)

Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (died 1929)

William Sealy Gosset, English chemist and statistician (died 1937)

Paul Neumann, Austrian swimmer and physician (died 1932)

Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (died 1942)

Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1951)

Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)

Wallace Clement Sabine, American physicist and academic (died 1919)

Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer (died 1932)

W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1939)

Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist and academic (died 1922)

Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (died 1939)

Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (died 1935)

Charles Algernon Parsons, English engineer, founded C. A. Parsons and Company (died 1931)

Augusta Lundin, the first international Swedish fashion designer (died 1919)

James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (died 1879)

Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (died 1882)

Carl Schmidt, Latvian-German chemist and academic (died 1894)

Heinrich Hoffmann, German psychiatrist and author (died 1894)

José Antonio Páez, Venezuelan general and politician, President of Venezuela (died 1873)

Winfield Scott, American general (died 1866)

Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian composer and politician (died 1833)

Thomas Young, English physicist and physiologist (died 1829)

José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (died 1838)

Antonín Vranický, Czech violinist and composer (died 1820)

Frances Burney, English novelist and playwright (died 1840)

Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Ewell, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (died 1773)

Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (died 1706)

Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet, English politician (died 1656)

Jan Marek Marci, Czech physician and scientist (died 1667)

Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (died 1626)

Giovanni Antonio Magini, Italian mathematician, cartographer and astronomer (died 1617)

Jost Amman, Swiss printmaker (died 1591)

Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (died 1579)

Ernest of Bavaria, pledge lord of the County of Glatz (died 1560)

Taejong of Joseon, third monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea (died 1422)

Charles the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor (died 888)

Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (died 877)

Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general (died 93)