Famous Birthdays By Date

Yeji, South Korean singer

Micah Parsons, American football player

Georgia Wareham, Australian cricketer

Mathew Barzal, Canadian ice hockey player

Lara Goodall, South African cricketer

Gong Myung, South Korean actor

Jason Adesanya, Belgian footballer

Ah Young, South Korean singer and actress

Paula Findlay, Canadian triathlete

Park Ye-eun, South Korean singer

Andrea Catellani, Italian footballer

Dani Samuels, Australian discus thrower

Olcay Şahan, Turkish footballer

Michel Tornéus, Swedish long jumper

Monika Christodoulou, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ashley Vincent, English footballer

Demy de Zeeuw, Dutch footballer

Nathan Merritt, Australian rugby league player

Hasan Kabze, Turkish footballer

Anthony Ervin, American swimmer

Jason Manford, English actor, screenwriter, and television host

Ben Zobrist, American baseball player

Louis-Jean Cormier, Canadian singer and songwriter

Ashley Massaro, American wrestler and model (died 2019)

Natalya Nazarova, Russian sprinter

Mehmet Okur, Turkish basketball player

Fabio Firmani, Italian footballer

Dan Parks, Australian-Scottish rugby player

Nikos Chatzivrettas, Greek basketball player

Raina Telgemeier, American author and cartoonist

Luca Toni, Italian footballer

Misaki Ito, Japanese actress and model

Paul Collingwood, English cricketer and coach

Stephen Curry, Australian comedian and actor

Kenny Florian, American mixed martial artist and sportscaster

Lauryn Hill, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer

Naomi Harris, Canadian-American photographer

Zaher Andary, Lebanese footballer

Matt Stone, American actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, and composer

Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese illustrator

John Baird, Canadian politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Siri Lindley, American triathlete and coach

Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter

Frederik X, King of Denmark

Philip Treacy, Irish milliner, hat designer

Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (died 2012)

Helena Bonham Carter, English actress

Zola Budd, South African runner

Caitlín R. Kiernan, Irish-American paleontologist and author

Lenny Kravitz, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor

Argiris Pedoulakis, Greek basketball player and coach

Simon Armitage, English poet, playwright and novelist

Claude Legault, Canadian actor and screenwriter

Black, English singer-songwriter (died 2016)

Genie Francis, Canadian-American actress

Tarsem Singh, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter

Dean Lukin, Australian weightlifter

Masahiro Matsunaga, Japanese racing driver

Romas Ubartas, Lithuanian discus thrower

Ole Bornedal, Danish actor, director, and producer

Arto Bryggare, Finnish hurdler and politician

Margaret Colin, American actress

Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (died 2013)

François Legault, Canadian businessman and politician

Roberto Ravaglia, Italian racing driver

Fiona Shackleton, English lawyer

Jyoti Gogte, Indian academician

Michael Devine, Irish Republican hunger strike participant (died 1981)

Alan Hollinghurst, English novelist, poet, short story writer, and translator

Denis Lebel, Canadian businessman and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Transport

Kay Hagan, American lawyer and politician (died 2019)

Don McAllister, English footballer and manager

Michael Portillo, English journalist, politician and TV presenter

Ramón Calderón, Spanish lawyer and businessman

Lou van den Dries, Dutch mathematician

Muhammed Faris, Syrian military aviator and cosmonaut (died 2024)

Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut, founded Sally Ride Science (died 2012)

Jeremy Corbyn, British journalist and politician

Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer, developed the first wiki

Pam Grier, American actress

Anne McGuire, Scottish educator and politician

Philip Michael Thomas, American actor

Hank Williams Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dayle Haddon, Canadian model and actress (died 2024)

Glenn Turner, New Zealand cricketer

Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian gymnast and coach

Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 1993)

Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2012)

Phil Edmonston, American-Canadian journalist and politician (died 2022)

Jan Kinder, Norwegian ice hockey player (died 2013)

Sam Posey, American race car driver and journalist

Erica Terpstra, Dutch swimmer, journalist, and politician

Aldrich Ames, American CIA officer and criminal (died 2026)

Jim Dobbin, Scottish microbiologist and politician (died 2014)

Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player and sportscaster

Imants Kalniņš, Latvian composer

Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, Canadian academic and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec

Levon Helm, American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (died 2012)

William Bolcom, American pianist and composer

Andrew Clennel Palmer, British engineer (died 2019)

Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian author and playwright

K. Bikram Singh, Indian director and producer (died 2013)

Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano and actress

Manorama, Indian actress and singer (died 2015)

Paul E. Patton, American politician, 59th Governor of Kentucky

Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian-Polish poet and activist (died 2013)

Eero Loone, Estonian philosopher and academic

Karim Emami, Indian-Iranian lexicographer and critic (died 2005)

J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (died 2014)

Ernie Carroll, Australian television personality and producer (died 2022)

Hans Freeman, Australian bioinorganic chemist and protein crystallographer (died 2008)

Catherine Sauvage, French singer and actress (died 1998)

Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and assisted suicide activist (died 2011)

Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (died 2014)

Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (died 1991)

Carmen Montejo, Cuban-Mexican actress (died 2013)

Alec McCowen, English actor (died 2017)

James Arness, American actor (died 2011)

Roy Dotrice, English actor (died 2017)

Inge Borkh, German soprano (died 2018)

Jack Cheetham, South African cricketer (died 1980)

Peggy Lee, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2002)

Rubén González, Cuban pianist (died 2003)

Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist and author (died 1972)

Vernon Alley, American bassist (died 2004)

Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (died 2009)

Peter Cushing, English actor (died 1994)

Pierre Daninos, French author (died 2005)

Karin Ekelund, Swedish actress (died 1976)

Josef Manger, German weightlifter (died 1991)

János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1989)

Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (died 1980)

Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (died 2005)

Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (died 1992)

Imi Lichtenfeld, Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast (died 1998)

Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager (died 1994)

Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (died 1969)

Robert Morley, English actor (died 1992)

Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Vietnamese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (died 1976)

Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist (died 2006)

John Wayne, American actor, director, and producer (died 1979)

Tamurbek Dawletschin, Tatar author and prisoner of war (died 1983)

George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (died 1961)

Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (died 1983)

Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (died 2002)

Karin Juel, Swedish singer, actress, and writer (died 1976)

Antonio Barrette, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (died 1968)

Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (died 1997)

Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1990)

Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (died 1965)

Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (died 1965)

Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer (died 1971)

Eugene Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer (died 1962)

Ba U, 2nd President of Burma (died 1963)

Al Jolson, American singer and actor (died 1950)

Peter Kürten, German serial killer (died 1931)

Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (died 1946)

Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (died 1955)

W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (died 1967)

Percy Perrin, English cricketer (died 1945)

Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (died 1958)

Mary of Teck, English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom (died 1953)

Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator (died 1933)

Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer (died 1917)

Edmond de Goncourt, French author and critic, founded the Académie Goncourt (died 1896)

August Kopisch, German poet and painter (died 1853)

William Morgan, British actuary (died 1833)

Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (died 1760)

Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (died 1722)

Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (died 1754)

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (died 1722)

William Petty, English economist and philosopher (died 1687)

Philippe de Champaigne, Dutch-French painter (died 1674)

Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan (died 1603)

James III, margrave of Baden-Hachberg (died 1590)

Clement VII, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1534)

Koreyasu, Japanese prince and shōgun (died 1326)