Famous Birthdays By Date

Diego Lainez, Mexican footballer

George Jennings, Australian rugby league player

Zach Hyman, Canadian ice hockey player

Yannick Agnel, French swimmer

Boyd Cordner, Australian rugby league player

Aaron M. Johnson, American jazz saxophonist

Matthias Mayer, Austrian skier

Antonella Alonso, Venezuelan pornographic actress

Dídac Vilà, Spanish footballer

Jason Demers, Canadian ice hockey defenseman

Sara Isaković, Slovenian swimmer

Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Greek footballer

Mae Whitman, American actress

Jaan Mölder, Estonian race car driver

Doug Legursky, American football player

Yadier Pedroso, Cuban baseball player (died 2013)

Ashley Postell, American gymnast

Richard Kahui, New Zealand rugby player

Sonam Kapoor, Indian model and actress

Sebastian Telfair, American basketball player

Yulieski Gourriel, Cuban baseball player

Jake Newton, Guyanese footballer

Asko Paade, Estonian basketball player

Masoud Shojaei, Iranian footballer

Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer

Firas Al-Khatib, Syrian footballer

Josh Cribbs, American football player

Dwayne Jones, American basketball player

Danny Richar, Dominican-American baseball player

Yoshito Ōkubo, Japanese footballer

Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer-songwriter

Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress

Parinya Charoenphol, Thai boxer, model, and actress

D'banj, Nigerian singer-songwriter and harmonica player

Mike Fontenot, American baseball player

Udonis Haslem, American basketball player

Lehlohonolo Seema, South African footballer

Dario Dainelli, Italian footballer

Amanda Lassiter, American basketball player

Matt Bellamy, English singer, musician and songwriter

Shandi Finnessey, American model and actress, Miss USA 2004

Miroslav Klose, German footballer

Heather Mitts, American soccer player

Hayden Schlossberg, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Usman Afzaal, Pakistani-English cricketer

Paul Hutchison, English cricketer

Olin Kreutz, American football player

Peja Stojaković, Serbian basketball player

Otto Addo, German-Ghanaian footballer and manager

Ameesha Patel, Indian actress and model

Andrew Symonds, English-Australian cricketer (died 2022)

Samoth, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Aigars Apinis, Latvian discus thrower and shot putter

Tedy Bruschi, American football player and sportscaster

Frédéric Choffat, Swiss director, producer, and cinematographer

Grant Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player

Matt Horsley, Australian footballer and coach

Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer and sportscaster

Jean Galfione, French pole vaulter and sportscaster

Jackie McKeown, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

André Racicot, Canadian ice hockey player

Eric Wynalda, American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster

Niki Bakoyianni, Greek high jumper and coach

Rubén Maza, Venezuelan runner

Jian Ghomeshi, Iranian-Canadian radio personality

Gloria Reuben, Canadian-American actress

Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (died 2009)

Gilad Atzmon, Israeli-English saxophonist, author, and activist

Johnny Depp, American actor

David Koepp, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Yuval Banai, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ken Rose, American football player

David Trewhella, Australian rugby league player

Thomas Benson, American football player

Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, producer, and author

Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter, producer, and playwright

Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist and author

Peter Fowler, Australian golfer

David Ancrum, American basketball player and coach

Randy Read, English crystallographer and academic

Berit Aunli, Norwegian skier

Patricia Cornwell, American journalist and author

Marek Gazdzicki, Polish nuclear physicist

Joaquín, Spanish footballer

John Le Lievre, British squash player (died 2021)

Kayhan Mortezavi, Iranian director

Francine Raymond, French Canadian singer-songwriter

Nikolai Tsonev, Bulgarian politician

Rudolf Wojtowicz, Polish footballer

Pete Byrne, English singer-songwriter

Paul Chapman, Welsh guitarist and songwriter (died 2020)

Gregory Maguire, American author

Elizabeth May, American-Canadian environmentalist, lawyer, and politician

George Pérez, American author and illustrator (died 2022)

Ken Navarro, Italian-American guitarist and composer

Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (died 2004)

Billy Knight, American basketball player

Michael Patrick Cronan, American graphic designer and academic (died 2013)

James Newton Howard, American composer, conductor, and producer

Dave Parker, American baseball player and coach (died 2025)

Brian Taylor, American basketball player

Trevor Bolder, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 2013)

Fred Jackson, American football player and coach

Giorgos Kastrinakis, Greek-American basketball player

Kiran Bedi, Indian police officer and activist

Jim Bailey, American football player

Gudrun Schyman, Swedish social worker and politician

Tim Sullivan, American novelist (died 2024)

Robert Indermaur, Swiss painter

Robbie Vincent, UK disc jockey and radio presenter

Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Point (died 2004)

James Kelman, Scottish author and playwright

Peter Kilfoyle, English politician

Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, Italian politician and diplomat, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon, English accountant and politician

Wally Gabler, American football player and sportscaster

John Fitzpatrick, English race car driver

Charles Saatchi, Iraqi-English businessman, co-founded Saatchi & Saatchi

Anton Burghardt, German footballer and manager (died 2022)

Nicholas Lloyd, English journalist

Richard A. Cash, American global health researcher (died 2024)

Jon Lord, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2012)

André Vallerand, Canadian businessman and politician

Ileana Cotrubaș, Romanian soprano and actress

Eric Fernie, Scottish historian and academic

David Hobbs, English race car driver and sportscaster

Dick Vitale, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

Charles Webb, American author (died 2020)

Jeremy Hardie, English economist and businessman

Giles Havergal, Scottish actor, director, and playwright

Charles Wuorinen, American composer and educator (died 2020)

Harald Rosenthal, German hydrobiologist and academic

Nell Dunn, English playwright, screenwriter and author

Mick O'Dwyer, Irish Gaelic footballer and manager (died 2025)

George Radda, Hungarian chemist and academic

Dutch Savage, American wrestler and promoter (died 2013)

Michael Mates, English colonel and politician

Jackie Wilson, American singer-songwriter (died 1984)

Al Cantello, American javelin thrower and coach (died 2024)

Jackie Mason, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2021)

Nandini Satpathy, Indian author and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Odisha (died 2006)

Bill Virdon, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2021)

Barbara, French singer (died 1997)

Jordi Pujol, Spanish physician and politician, 126th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya

Johnny Ace, American singer and pianist (died 1954)

R. Geraint Gruffydd, Welsh critic and academic (died 2015)

George Nigh, American politician, 17th and 22nd Governor of Oklahoma (died 2025)

Jim Nolan, American basketball player (died 1983)

Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American singer and bass player (died 2010)

Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, 31st Second Lady of the United States (died 2015)

Keith Laumer, American soldier and author (died 1993)

Herman Sarkowsky, German-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Seattle Seahawks (died 2014)

Ed Farhat, American wrestler and manager (died 2003)

Gerald Götting, German politician (died 2015)

George Axelrod, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)

Hein Eersel, Surinamese linguist and Minister of Education (died 2022)

John Gillespie Magee Jr., Anglo-American pilot and poet (died 1941)

Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist and academic (died 1988)

Arthur Hertzberg, American rabbi and scholar (died 2006)

Jean Lacouture, French journalist, historian, and author (died 2015)

John Hospers, American philosopher and politician (died 2011)

Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (died 2012)

Jurij Brězan, German soldier and author (died 2006)

Siegfried Graetschus, German SS officer (died 1943)

Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (died 2009)

Jim McDonald, American football player and coach (died 1997)

Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2009)

Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1970)

Robert Cummings, American actor, singer, and director (died 1990)

Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (died 1984)

Luis Kutner, American lawyer, author, and activist (died 1993)

Branch McCracken, American basketball player and coach (died 1970)

Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and businessman, founded Repository for Germinal Choice (died 1997)

Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (died 1953)

Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (died 1996)

Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1969)

Fred Waring, American singer, bandleader, and television host (died 1984)

Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (died 1952)

Archie Weston, American football player and journalist (died 1981)

Irish Meusel, American baseball player and coach (died 1963)

Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (died 1964)

Leslie Banks, English actor, director, and producer (died 1952)

Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Polish general and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Poland (died 1962)

Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (died 1963)

Harry DeBaecke, American rower (died 1961)

Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)

Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter and wrestler (died 1930)

Jane Avril, French model and dancer (died 1943)

Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (died 1914)

Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1931)

Jeanne Bérangère, French actress (died 1928)

Pierre Duhem, French physicist, mathematician, and historian (died 1916)

Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, Russian-German chemist and physicist (died 1938)

Charles Joseph Bonaparte, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Attorney General (died 1921)

Michael Ancher, Danish painter and academic (died 1927)

Frank Norton, American baseball player (died 1920)

Bertha von Suttner, Austrian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1914)

Hazard Stevens, American military officer, mountaineer, politician and writer (died 1918)

Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie, English author (died 1919)

Michele Rua, Italian Catholic priest and saint (died 1910)

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and politician (died 1917)

Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer and academic (died 1910)

Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor (died 1849)

George Stephenson, English engineer, designed the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (died 1848)

Samuel Slater, English-American engineer and businessman (died 1835)

Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth, English general and politician, Governor of Barbados (died 1815)

Giuseppe Demachi, Italian violinist and composer (died 1791)

Shiva Rajaram, infant Chattrapati of the Maratha Empire (died 1726)

Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1747)

Peter the Great, Russian emperor (died 1725)

Feodor III of Russia (died 1682)

Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1705)

Sarah Rapelje, the "first white child" of New Netherland (died 1685)

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Dutch painter (died 1665)

Władysław IV Vasa, Polish king (died 1648)

Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (died 1666)

Daniel Heinsius, Belgian poet and scholar (died 1655)

Blanche II of Navarre (died 1464)

Deokjong of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (died 1034)