Famous Birthdays By Date

Kylie Cantrall, American actress, singer, songwriter, dancer, and social media personality

Benson Boone, American singer-songwriter

Philip Broberg, Swedish professional ice hockey player

Kyle Chalmers, Australian swimmer

Pietro Fittipaldi, Brazilian-American race car driver

Andi Eigenmann, Filipino actress

Jhonas Enroth, Swedish ice hockey player

Miguel Layún, Mexican footballer

Therese Johaug, Norwegian cross-country skier

Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer and actress

Karim Matmour, Algerian footballer

Marc Janko, Austrian footballer

Rain, South Korean singer and actor

Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player

Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper

Richard Hughes, Scottish footballer

Busy Philipps, American actress

Aramis Ramírez, Dominican baseball player

José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer

Carlos Nieto, Argentinian-Italian rugby player

Neil Walker, American swimmer

Kiur Aarma, Estonian journalist and producer

Linda Cardellini, American actress

Albert Costa, Spanish tennis player and coach

Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player

Michele Merkin, American model and television host

Nisha Ganatra, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter

Glen Metropolit, Canadian ice hockey player

Milan Hnilička, Czech ice hockey player

Jamie Redknapp, English footballer and coach

Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Libyan engineer and politician

Karen Darke, English cyclist and author

Jason Gallian, Australian-English cricketer and educator

Rod Kafer, Australian rugby player and sportscaster

Angela Kinsey, American actress

Neil Lennon, Northern Irish-Scottish footballer and manager

Michael Tucker, American baseball player

Roope Latvala, Finnish guitarist

Erki Nool, Estonian decathlete and politician

Kevin Kelley, American football coach

Adrian Garvey, Zimbabwean-South African rugby player

Vaios Karagiannis, Greek footballer and manager

Tracey Spicer, Australian journalist

Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese-American basketball player (died 2024)

Napole Polutele, French politician

Kerri Pottharst, Australian beach volleyball player

Phil Emery, Australian cricketer

Johnny Herbert, English racing driver and sportscaster

John McCrea, American singer-songwriter and musician

Yann Martel, Spanish-born Canadian author

Doug Gilmour, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

George Michael, English singer-songwriter and producer (died 2016)

Timur Bekmambetov, Kazakh director, producer, and screenwriter

Ricky Gervais, English comedian, actor, director, producer and singer

Alastair Bruce of Crionaich, English-Scottish journalist and author

Craig Johnston, South African-Australian footballer and photographer

Laurent Rodriguez, French rugby player

Lutz Dombrowski, German long jumper and educator

Jari Puikkonen, Finnish ski jumper

Bobbie Vaile, Australian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1996)

William Basinski, American musician and composer

Greg Millen, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2025)

Anthony Bourdain, American chef and author (died 2018)

Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (died 2004)

Craig Young, Australian rugby player and coach

Vic Marks, English cricketer and sportscaster

Mario Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player

David Paich, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

Sonia Sotomayor, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Olivier Ameisen, French-American cardiologist and educator (died 2013)

Ian Davis, Australian cricketer

Péter Erdő, Hungarian cardinal

Tim Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter

Martin Gerschwitz, German singer-songwriter and keyboard player

Kristina Abelli Elander, Swedish artist

Eva Bayer-Fluckiger, Swiss mathematician and academic

Marcello Toninelli, Italian author and screenwriter

Richard Clarke, Irish archbishop

Patrick Tambay, French racing driver (died 2022)

Yoon Joo-sang, South Korean actor

John Powell, American discus thrower (died 2022)

Jimmie Walker, American actor

Paul-André Cadieux, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2024)

Roméo Dallaire, Dutch-Canadian general and politician

Allen Lanier, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2013)

Ian McDonald, English guitarist and saxophonist (died 2022)

Baba Gana Kingibe, Nigerian politician

Harry Womack, American singer (died 1974)

Robert Charlebois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Gary David Goldberg, American screenwriter and producer (died 2013)

Carly Simon, American singer-songwriter

Patricia Brake, English actress (died 2022)

Nikiforos Diamandouros, Greek academic and politician

Willis Reed, American basketball player, coach, and manager (died 2023)

Michel Tremblay, Canadian author and playwright

Denys Arcand, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter

John Albert Raven, Scottish academic and ecologist

Judy Amoore, Australian runner

Mary Beth Peil, American actress and singer

A. J. Quinnell, English-Maltese author (died 2005)

Clint Warwick, English bass player (died 2004)

Allen Fox, American tennis player and coach

Eddie Floyd, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter

Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland, English politician (died 2019)

Doreen Wells, English ballerina and actress

B. J. Habibie, Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Indonesia (died 2019)

Bert Hölldobler, German biologist and entomologist

Ray Butt, English television producer and director (died 2013)

Salihu Ibrahim, Nigerian Army Officer (died 2018)

Taufiq Ismail, Indonesian poet and activist

Larry Kramer, American author, playwright, and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (died 2020)

Don Demeter, American professional baseball player (died 2021)

Tony Lanfranchi, English racing driver (died 2004)

Judy Howe, American artistic gymnast

Charles Sheffield, English-American mathematician, physicist, and author (died 2002)

Jean Geissinger, American baseball player (died 2014)

Jack W. Hayford, American minister and author (died 2023)

Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (died 2006)

Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect, designed the Porto School of Architecture

Peter Blake, English painter and illustrator

George Sluizer, French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)

V. P. Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (died 2008)

Eric Carle, American author and illustrator (died 2021)

Francesco Marchisano, Italian cardinal (died 2014)

Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)

Michel Brault, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)

Peyo, Belgian author and illustrator, created The Smurfs (died 1992)

Antal Róka, Hungarian runner (died 1970)

Arnold Wolfendale, English astronomer and academic (died 2020)

Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (died 1973)

Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (died 2015)

Stig Sollander, Swedish Alpine skier (died 2019)

June Lockhart, American actress (died 2025)

Robert Venturi, American architect and academic (died 2018)

Virginia Patton, American actress and businesswoman (died 2022)

Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011)

Dimitar Isakov, Bulgarian football player

Madan Mohan, Iraqi-Indian composer and director (died 1975)

William J. Castagna, American lawyer and judge (died 2020)

Sam Francis, American soldier and painter (died 1994)

Dorothy Gilman, American author (died 2012)

Jamshid Amouzegar, 43rd Prime Minister of Iran (died 2016)

Johnny Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2013)

Celia Franca, English-Canadian ballerina and choreographer, founded the National Ballet of Canada (died 2007)

Lassie Lou Ahern, American actress (died 2018)

P. H. Newby, English soldier and author (died 1997)

Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (died 2012)

Claude Seignolle, French author (died 2018)

Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (died 1990)

Cyril Fletcher, English actor and screenwriter (died 2005)

William T. Cahill, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (died 1996)

William Howard Stein, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1980)

Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic (died 2000)

J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)

Rupert Wildt, German-American astronomer and academic (died 1976)

George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (died 1950)

Anne Revere, American actress (died 1990)

Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu of Japan (died 1953)

Harold Roe Bartle, American businessman and politician, 47th Mayor of Kansas City (died 1974)

Marta Abba, Italian actress (died 1988)

Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian/Soviet astronomer (died 1969)

Georgia Hale, American silent film actress and real estate investor (died 1985)

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (died 1979)

Kay Sage, American painter and poet (died 1963)

Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (died 1989)

Shirō Ishii, Japanese microbiologist and general (died 1959)

George Abbott, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)

Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian author, poet, and journalist (died 1938)

Henry H. Arnold, American general (died 1950)

Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (died 1917)

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German-French art collector and historian (died 1979)

Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (died 1944)

Eloísa Díaz, Chilean doctor and Chile's first female physician (died 1950)

Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)

Émile Francqui, Belgian soldier and diplomat (died 1935)

Gustave Charpentier, French composer and conductor (died 1956)

Georges Courteline, French author and playwright (died 1929)

Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (died 1926)

James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (died 1888)

Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and engineer (died 1896)

David Douglas, Scottish-English botanist and explorer (died 1834)

Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (died 1776)

Joseph Foullon de Doué, French soldier and politician, Controller-General of Finances (died 1789)

Francesco Araja, Italian composer (died 1762)

Girolamo Corner, Venetian statesman and military commander (died 1690)

John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (died 1634)

Gunilla Bielke, Queen of Sweden (died 1597)

Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (died 1634)

Elisabeth Parr, Marchioness of Northampton (died 1565)

Bartholomeus V. Welser, German banker (died 1561)

Joanna II of Naples (died 1435)

William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English commander (died 1397)

Beatrice of England (died 1275)