Famous Birthdays By Date

Doug the Pug, American celebrity dog

Jamie Chadwick, English race car driver

Nam Nguyen, Canadian figure skater

Kaoru Mitoma, Japanese footballer

Brian Kelly, Australian rugby league player

Ramy Rabia, Egyptian footballer

Caroline Zhang, American figure skater

Cate Campbell, Malawian-Australian swimmer

Jack Gleeson, Irish actor

Enes Kanter, Turkish basketball player

Fanny Smith, Swiss freestyle skier

Bastian Baker, Swiss singer, songwriter, and performer

Emre Çolak, Turkish footballer

Josh O'Connor, British actor

Siosia Vave, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

Joel Moon, Australian rugby league player

Mike Havenaar, Japanese footballer

Julian Wright, American basketball player

Dexter Blackstock, English footballer

Stéphane Mbia, Cameroonian footballer

Jiřina Svobodová, Czech pole vaulter

Chris Froome, Kenyan-English cyclist

Brendon Goddard, Australian footballer

Mauro Rafael da Silva, Brazilian footballer

Patrick Ewing Jr., American basketball player

Keith Grennan, American football player

N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Indian Film Actor

Óscar Cardozo, Paraguayan footballer

Matt Langridge, English rower

Petr Čech, Czech footballer

Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer

Jessica Raine, English actress

Daniel Ribeiro, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter

Iker Casillas, Spanish footballer

Rachel Platten, American singer and songwriter

Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player

Mark Winterbottom, Australian race car driver

Austin Kearns, American baseball player

Kassim Osgood, American football player

Andrew Scheer, Canadian politician, 28th Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada

Jayson Werth, American baseball player

Hristos Banikas, Greek chess player

Pavla Hamáčková-Rybová, Czech pole vaulter

Nils Schumann, German runner

Matt Czuchry, American actor

Leo Franco, Argentinian footballer

Angela Goethals, American actress

Stirling Mortlock, Australian rugby player

Vesa Toskala, Finnish ice hockey player

Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan-American baseball player

Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player

Juan Minujín, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter

Allison Amend, American novelist and short story writer

Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Indian film director, writer and actor

Nathan Long, Australian rugby league player

Michael Diamond, Australian shooter

Christophe Dominici, French rugby player (died 2020)

Busta Rhymes, American rapper, producer, and actor

Šárka Kašpárková, Czech triple jumper and coach

Hanne Stenvaag, Norwegian politician

Tony Stewart, American race car driver

Terrell Brandon, American basketball player

Louis Theroux, Singaporean-English journalist and producer

Road Dogg, American wrestler, producer, and soldier

Timothy Olyphant, American actor and producer

Graham Brady, English politician

Gabriele Muccino, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter

Dan Abrams, American journalist and author

Ted Allen, American television host and author

Stu Grimson, Canadian ice hockey player, sportscaster, and lawyer

Kōichirō Genba, Japanese politician, 80th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs

Edin Osmanović, Slovenian footballer, coach, and manager

Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, English journalist and author

David Wells, American baseball player and sportscaster

Clive Allen, English international footballer and manager

Nick Heyward, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Tony Goldwyn, American actor and director

Susan Cowsill, American singer-songwriter

Ron Reagan, American journalist and radio host

Jane Wiedlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

Yoshihiko Noda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 62nd Prime Minister of Japan

Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian-German author and critic (died 2025)

Gerry Peyton, English born Irish international footballer and coach

Douglas Preston, American journalist and author

Steve George, American keyboard player and songwriter

Zbigniew Preisner, Polish composer and producer

David Paterson, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of New York

Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway, Scottish lawyer and judge

Robert Doyle, Australian educator and politician, 103rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne

Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer and manager

Michael Wills, English politician, British Minister of Justice

Thomas Akers, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut

Christie Blatchford, Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (died 2020)

Mike Crapo, American lawyer and politician

Andy Johns, English-American engineer and producer (died 2013)

Reinaldo Merlo, Argentinian footballer and coach

Jane Parker-Smith, English organist (died 2020)

Robert Morin, Canadian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter

Michèle Roberts, English author and poet

Dave Thomas, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Steve Currie, English bass player (died 1981)

Greg Dyke, English journalist and academic

Cher, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster (died 2008)

Vladimiro Montesinos, Peruvian intelligence officer

Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter (died 2014)

Boudewijn de Groot, Indonesian-Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist

Keith Fletcher, English cricketer and manager

Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman, co-founder of Red Bull GmbH (died 2022)

Albano Carrisi, Italian singer, actor, and winemaker

Deryck Murray, Trinidadian cricketer

Raymond Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States

Lynn Davies, Welsh sprinter and long jumper

Carlos Hathcock, American sergeant and sniper (died 1999)

Frew McMillan, South African tennis player

Goh Chok Tong, Singaporean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Singapore

John Strasberg, American actor and teacher

Shorty Long, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1969)

Stan Mikita, Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2018)

Sadaharu Oh, Japanese-Taiwanese baseball player and manager

Balu Mahendra, Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (died 2014)

Dave Hill, American golfer (died 2011)

Derek Lampe, English footballer

Anthony Zerbe, American actor

José Mujica, Uruguayan guerrilla leader and politician, 40th President of Uruguay (died 2025)

Constance Towers, American actress and singer

Ken Boyer, American baseball player and manager (died 1982)

Louis Smith, American trumpeter (died 2016)

Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach (died 2009)

Pedro Trebbau, German-born Venezuelan zoologist (died 2021)

Gilles Loiselle, Canadian politician and diplomat, 33rd Canadian Minister of Finance (died 2022)

Bud Grant, American football player and coach (died 2023)

David Hedison, American actor (died 2019)

Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (died 2016)

Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (died 1956)

Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (died 2001)

David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (died 2014)

Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (died 1976)

Edith Fellows, American actress (died 2011)

Sam Selvon, Trinidad-born writer (died 1994)

Ted Hinton, Northern Irish international footballer (died 1988)

Wolfgang Borchert, German author and playwright (died 1947)

Hal Newhouser, American baseball player and scout (died 1998)

Hao Wang, Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician (died 1995)

John Cruickshank, Scottish lieutenant and banker, Victoria Cross recipient (died 2025)

George Gobel, American comedian (died 1991)

Alexandra Boyko, Russian tank commander (died 1996)

Edward B. Lewis, American biologist, geneticist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)

Tony Cliff, Israeli-English author and activist (died 2000)

Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (died 1967)

Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (died 2015)

Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (died 2001)

Ondina Valla, Italian sprinter and hurdler (died 2006)

Peter Copley, English actor (died 2008)

Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1981)

Joff Ellen, Australian comedian and actor (died 1999)

Teodoro Fernández, Peruvian footballer (died 1996)

William Redington Hewlett, American engineer, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (died 2001)

Carlos J. Gradin, Argentine Archaeologist (died 2002)

Gardner Fox, American author (died 1986)

Annie M. G. Schmidt, Dutch author and playwright (died 1995)

Henry Bolte, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Victoria (died 1990)

Louis Daquin, French actor and director (died 1980)

Francis Raymond Fosberg, American botanist and author (died 1993)

James Stewart, American actor (died 1997)

Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist (died 2004)

Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (died 1989)

Margery Allingham, English author of detective fiction (died 1966)

Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (died 1981)

Doris Fleeson, American journalist (died 1970)

Sumitranandan Pant, Indian poet and author (died 1977)

Aleksandr Deyneka, Russian painter and sculptor (died 1969)

John Marshall Harlan II, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court (died 1971)

Eduard Ole, Estonian painter (died 1995)

Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (died 1983)

Malcolm Nokes, English hammer and discus thrower (died 1986)

R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B (died 1937)

Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian guru and scholar (died 1994)

Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray Sports Club (died 1951)

Faisal I of Iraq (died 1933)

Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1949)

Hans Meerwein, German chemist (died 1965)

Pat Leahy, Irish-American Olympic jumper (died 1927)

Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch Olympic rower and head of the Dutch Red Cross (died 1953)

Eduard Buchner, German chemist, zymologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917)

Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (died 1910)

George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (died 1937)

Emile Berliner, German-American inventor, invented the Gramophone record (died 1929)

Jules Méline, French lawyer and politician, 65th Prime Minister of France (died 1925)

Hector Malot, French author (died 1907)

Antoinette Brown Blackwell, the first woman to be ordained as a mainstream Protestant minister in the U.S. (died 1921)

Cadmus M. Wilcox, Confederate States Army general (died 1890)

Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1912)

William Fargo, American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express (died 1881)

Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1887)

John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher (died 1873)

Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (died 1850)

Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847–1848) (died 1854)

Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer (died 1862)

Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets (died 1828)

Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (died 1835)

William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (died 1828)

Francis Cotes, English painter and academic (died 1770)

Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor and architect (died 1714)

Robert Heath, English judge and politician (died 1649)

Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist (died 1619)

Thado Minsaw of Ava, Viceroy of Ava (died 1584)

Levinus Lemnius, Dutch writer (died 1568)

Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal, poet, and scholar (died 1547)

Bonne of Luxembourg, first wife of John II of France (died 1349)