Famous Birthdays By Date

Jeremy Swayman, American ice hockey player

Marcus Bontempelli, Australian footballer

Nabil Bentaleb, Algerian footballer

Ivi Adamou, Cypriot-Greek singer-songwriter

Joe Pigott, English footballer

Sergei Kulbach, Ukrainian figure skater (died 2023)

Mario Gaspar, Spanish footballer

Sarah Hyland, American actress

Tom Odell, English singer-songwriter

Michael Oldfield, Australian rugby league player

Jarrod Parker, American baseball player

Asim Chaudhry, British comedian and actor

Jimmy Graham, American football player

Pedro León, Spanish footballer

Julia Alexandratou, Greek model, actress, and singer

David Booth, American ice hockey player

Maria Höfl-Riesch, German skier

Dean Ashton, English footballer

Lars Eckert, German rugby player

André Laurito, German footballer

Gwilym Lee, Welsh actor

José López, Venezuelan baseball player

Shavlik Randolph, American basketball player

Karine Vanasse, Canadian actress and producer

Ryan Fitzpatrick, American football player

Sean O'Loughlin, English rugby player

Kabir Ali, English cricketer

Brandon Hunter, American basketball player (died 2023)

Beth Phoenix, American wrestler

Branko Radivojevič, Slovak ice hockey player

Joseba Llorente, Spanish footballer

Carmelita Jeter, American sprinter "fastest woman alive".

Horacio Ramírez, Mexican-American baseball player

Katherine Heigl, American actress and producer

Colin Hanks, American actor

Celaleddin Koçak, German-Turkish footballer

Mona Hanna-Attisha, British-American pediatrician, professor, and public health advocate

Christian Laflamme, Canadian ice hockey player

Chen Lu, Chinese figure skater

Thomas Kohnstamm, American author

Amy Faye Hayes, American boxing ring announcer and model

Stephen Merchant, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Machel Montano, Trinidadian singer-songwriter and producer

Taro Yamamoto, Japanese actor and politician

Alejandro Ávila, Mexican actor

Danielle Nicolet, American actress

Ruxandra Dragomir, Romanian tennis player

Marek Lemsalu, Estonian footballer

Lola Glaudini, American actress

Cosmas Ndeti, Kenyan runner

Keith Primeau, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach

Doug Brien, American football player

Julieta Venegas, American-Mexican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Ashley Ward, English footballer and businessman

David Adeang, Nauruan lawyer and politician

Romesh Kaluwitharana, Sri Lankan cricketer

Rob Nicholson, American bass player and songwriter

Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer and manager

Scott Krinsky, American actor and comedian

Dawn Robinson, American singer and actress

Henrik Brockmann, Danish singer-songwriter

Jon Hein, American radio personality

Russell Watson, English tenor and actor

Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress

Garret Dillahunt, American actor

Conleth Hill, Northern Irish actor

Brad Sherwood, American actor and game show host

Neale Cooper, Scottish footballer (died 2018)

John Kovalic, English author and illustrator

John Squire, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Paul Thorburn, German-Welsh rugby player and manager

Ioannis Topalidis, Greek footballer and manager

Tracey Wickham, Australian swimmer

Carlos Carnero, Spanish lawyer and politician

Arundhati Roy, Indian writer and activist

Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer

Todd Brooker, Canadian skier and sportscaster

Roy Aitken, Scottish footballer and manager

Margaret Curran, Scottish academic and politician

Nick Knight, British photographer

Denise Crosby, American actress and producer

Edward Stourton, English journalist and author

Terry Lewis, American musician, producer, and songwriter

Ruben Santiago-Hudson, American actor, playwright, and director

Ian Botham, English cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster

Scott Hoch, American golfer

Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for Culture

Najib Mikati, Lebanese businessman and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Lebanon

Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer and author

Clem Burke, American drummer (died 2025)

Emir Kusturica, Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter

Margaret Wetherell, English psychologist and academic

Rachel Chagall, American actress

Norbert Haug, German journalist and businessman

Thierry Lhermitte, French actor, producer, and screenwriter

Parveen Shakir, Pakistani Urdu poet (died 1994)

Jim Sheridan, Scottish politician (died 2022)

Ken Wilson, Australian rugby league player (died 2022)

Mimis Androulakis, Greek author and politician

Chet Edwards, American businessman and politician

Margaret Mountford, Northern Irish-British lawyer and businesswoman

Graham Price, Egyptian-Welsh rugby player

Bob Burns, American drummer and songwriter (died 2015)

Stanley Livingston, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Henry Bibby, American basketball player and coach

Shane Bourne, Australian comedian, actor, and television host

Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington, English politician

Sally Davies, English hematologist and academic

Spider Robinson, American-Canadian author and critic

Rudy Tomjanovich, American basketball player and coach

Steve Yeager, American baseball player and coach

Dwight Schultz, American actor

Dave Sinclair, English keyboard player

Ted Bundy, American serial killer (died 1989)

Tony Clarkin, English guitarist and songwriter (died 2024)

Penny Jordan, English author (died 2011)

Roberto Chale, Peruvian footballer (died 2024)

Nuruddin Farah, Somali novelist

Lee Michaels, American singer-songwriter and musician

Bev Bevan, English drummer

Candy Darling, American model and actress (died 1974)

Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian academic and diplomat, 9th Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Dan Glickman, American businessman and politician, 26th United States Secretary of Agriculture

Dave Bing, American basketball player and politician, 70th Mayor of Detroit

Richard Tee, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 1993)

Margaret E. M. Tolbert, American chemist and academic

Robin Williamson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian and actor

Marlin Fitzwater, American soldier and journalist, 17th White House Press Secretary

Jean Ping, Gabonese politician and diplomat

Andrew Stunell, English minister and politician (died 2024)

Pete Best, Indian-English drummer and songwriter

Donald "Duck" Dunn, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 2012)

Wayne Jackson, American trumpeter (died 2016)

Marshall Berman, American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer (died 2013)

Paul Tagliabue, American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of the National Football League (died 2025)

Eric Wilson, Canadian author and educator

Willy Claes, Belgian conductor and politician, 8th Secretary General of NATO

Oscar Robertson, American basketball player and sportscaster

Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (died 1959)

Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahraini politician, Prime Minister of Bahrain (died 2020)

Ron Dellums, American soldier and politician, 48th Mayor of Oakland (died 2018)

Mordicai Gerstein, American author, illustrator, and director (died 2019)

Alfred Schnittke, German-Russian journalist and composer (died 1998)

John Sheridan, English rugby player and coach (died 2012)

Claudio Naranjo, Chilean psychiatrist (died 2019)

Fred Titmus, English cricketer and coach (died 2011)

Tommy Allsup, American guitarist (died 2017)

Arthur Chaskalson, South African lawyer and judge, 18th Chief Justice of South Africa (died 2012)

Ken Barrington, English cricketer (died 1981)

Bob Friend, American baseball player and politician (died 2019)

Franciszek Kokot, Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist (died 2021)

George Moscone, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th Mayor of San Francisco (died 1978)

Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian-French author and playwright (died 2003)

Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (died 1999)

Emma Lou Diemer, American composer (died 2024)

Kevin Skinner, New Zealand rugby player (died 2014)

Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)

William F. Buckley Jr., American publisher and author, founded the National Review (died 2008)

Simon van der Meer, Dutch-Swiss physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)

Eileen Barton, American singer (died 2006)

Lorne Munroe, Canadian-American cellist and educator (died 2020)

Claus Moser, Baron Moser, German-English statistician and academic (died 2015)

John Lindsay, American lawyer and politician, 103rd Mayor of New York City (died 2000)

David Kossoff, English actor and screenwriter (died 2005)

Shabtai Rosenne, English-Israeli academic, jurist, and diplomat (died 2010)

Forrest J Ackerman, American soldier and author (died 2008)

Lynn Chadwick, English sculptor (died 2003)

Bessie Blount Griffin, American physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist (died 2009)

Howard Duff, American actor, director, and producer (died 1990)

Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-American actress (died 2005)

Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (died 1993)

Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (died 1999)

Joan Sanderson, English actress (died 1992)

Charles Schneeman, American soldier and illustrator (died 1972)

Teddy Wilson, American pianist and educator (died 1986)

Kirby Grant, American actor (died 1985)

Joe Medwick, American baseball player and manager (died 1975)

Larry Siemering, American football player and coach (died 2009)

Libertad Lamarque, Argentinian actress and singer (died 2000)

Albert Ross Tilley, Canadian captain and surgeon (died 1988)

Ward Morehouse, American author, playwright, and critic (died 1966)

Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (died 1962)

Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, English tennis player (died 1953)

Esther Applin, American geologist and paleontologist (died 1972)

Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer and businessman (died 1978)

Charles F. Hurley, American soldier and politician, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1946)

Vasil Gendov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1970)

Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (died 1955)

Fredrick Willius, American cardiologist and author (died 1972)

Raoul Paoli, French boxer and rower (died 1960)

Erich von Manstein, German field marshal (died 1973)

Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher, founded The Little Review (died 1973)

Theodor Altermann, Estonian actor, director, and producer (died 1915)

Christian Wirth, German SS officer (died 1944)

Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Ukrainian-Israeli historian and politician, 2nd President of Israel (died 1963)

Nikolai Janson, Russian politician (died 1938)

Al Christie, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1951)

Ye Gongchuo, Chinese politician, poet, and calligrapher (died 1968)

Wylie Cameron Grant, American tennis player (died 1968)

Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (died 1956)

Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian police officer (died 1941)

Walter Burley Griffin, American architect and urban planner, designed Canberra (died 1937)

Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer and referee (died 1953)

Julius Martov, Russian politician (died 1923)

Herbert Roper Barrett, English tennis player (died 1943)

Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (died 1951)

Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (died 1917)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator (died 1901)

Cass Gilbert, American architect, designed the United States Supreme Court Building and Woolworth Building (died 1934)

Miklós Kovács, Hungarian-Slovene poet and songwriter (died 1937)

John Indermaur, British lawyer (died 1925)

Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (died 1924)

John Alfred Brashear, American scientist, telescope maker and educator (died 1920)

Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (died 1890)

Xavier Hommaire de Hell, French geographer and engineer (died 1848)

Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (died 1890)

William Webb Ellis, English priest, created Rugby football (died 1872)

Ludwig Bechstein, German author and poet (died 1860)

Zachary Taylor, American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (died 1850)

Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, author, and educator (died 1857)

Maria Luisa of Spain (died 1792)

Alexander Suvorov, Russian field marshal (died 1800)

Maria Amalia of Saxony (died 1760)

Junípero Serra, Spanish priest and missionary (died 1784)

Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist and clergyman (died 1768)

Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French priest and educator (died 1789)

Ali II ibn Hussein, Tunisian ruler (died 1782)

Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German organist and composer (died 1750)

Charles XI of Sweden (died 1697)

Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (died 1677)

Étienne Baluze, French scholar and academic (died 1718)

Philip William, Elector Palatine (died 1690)

John, Count of Nassau-Idstein (1629–1677) (died 1677)

Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (died 1651)

Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter (died 1641)

Philip Massinger, English dramatist (died 1640)

Pietro Torrigiano, Italian sculptor (died 1528)

John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English nobleman (died 1473)

Charles I, Duke of Orléans (died 1465)

Alphonso, Earl of Chester (died 1284)