Famous Birthdays By Date

Pedri, Spanish footballer

Talen Horton-Tucker, American basketball player

Kaja Juvan, Slovenian tennis player

Dennis Smith Jr., American basketball player

Danny Kent, English motorcycle racer

Ana Bogdan, Romanian tennis player

Philipp Grubauer, German ice hockey player

Stephanie Hsu, American actress

Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (died 2010)

Jay Spearing, English footballer

Trevor Booker, American basketball player

Katie Cassidy, American actress

Remona Fransen, Dutch pentathlete

Peter Siddle, Australian cricketer

Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (died 2022)

Jhulan Goswami, Indian cricketer

Mitchell Claydon, Australian-English cricketer

Michael Garnett, Canadian ice hockey player

Xabi Alonso, Spanish footballer

Lee Bum-ho, South Korean baseball player

Barbara Pierce Bush, American activist

Jenna Bush Hager, American journalist

Jared Jeffries, American basketball player

Chevon Troutman, American basketball player

John-Michael Liles, American ice hockey player

Josh Mathews, American wrestler and sportscaster

Aaron Mokoena, South African footballer

Alviro Petersen, South African cricketer

Nick Swisher, American baseball player

Steffen Thier, German rugby player

Jerry Ferrara, American actor

Joel Kinnaman, Swedish actor

Ringo Sheena, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer

Guillermo Cañas, Argentinian tennis player

Jill Flint, American actress

Marcus Marshall, Australian race car driver

Clint Mathis, American soccer player and coach

Donovan McNabb, American football player and sportscaster

Olena Vitrychenko, Ukrainian gymnast and coach

Kristian Nairn, Northern Irish actor and DJ

Kenneth Mitchell, Canadian actor (died 2024)

Steven de Jongh, Dutch cyclist

Octavio Dotel, Dominican baseball player

Erick Strickland, American basketball player

Eddie Steeples, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Gerard King, American basketball player

Deepa Marathe, Indian cricketer

Petteri Nummelin, Finnish ice hockey player

Christina Applegate, American actress

Magnus Arvedson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach

Göksel Demirpençe, Turkish singer-songwriter

Anthony Peeler, American basketball player

Jill Hennessy, Canadian actress and singer

Erick Sermon, American rapper and producer

Anthony Nesty, Surinamese swimmer

Gregg Turkington, Australian comedian and singer

Billy Burke, American actor

Stacy Lattisaw, American R&B singer

Cris Carter, American football player, coach, and sportscaster

Mark Lanegan, American singer-songwriter (died 2022)

Kevin Chamberlin, American actor and director

Holly Cole, Canadian singer and actress

Chip Kelly, American football player and coach

Gilbert Delorme, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Hironobu Sakaguchi, Japanese videogame designer

Jimon Terakado, Japanese comedian and actor

Tarzan Basaruddin, Indonesian professor of computer science

Paul Comstive, English footballer (died 2013)

Amy Grant, American singer-songwriter

John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer, journalist, and publisher (died 1999)

Charles Kennedy, Scottish journalist and politician (died 2015)

Steve Rothery, English guitarist and songwriter

Naomi Oreskes, American historian of science

Bob Ehrlich, American lawyer and politician, 60th Governor of Maryland

Don Hahn, American director and producer

Kurt Niedermayer, German footballer and manager

Connie Palmen, Dutch author

Bruno Tonioli, Italian dancer and choreographer

Graham Eadie, Australian rugby league player and coach

Mark Frost, American author, screenwriter, and producer

Jeffrey Skilling, American businessman

Crescent Dragonwagon, American author and educator

John Lynch, American businessman and politician, 80th Governor of New Hampshire

Gabriele Oriali, Italian footballer and manager

Bucky Dent, American baseball player and manager

Charlaine Harris, American author and poet

Bill Morrissey, American singer-songwriter (died 2011)

Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Spanish author and journalist

Johnny Rep, Dutch footballer and manager

Chris Claremont, English-American author

Giorgio Faletti, Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (died 2014)

Alexis Wright, Australian author

Kerry O'Keeffe, Australian cricketer and sportscaster

Jacques Dupuis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of Quebec

Lars Eighner, American author (died 2021)

Jonathan Kaplan, French-American director and producer (died 2025)

John Larroquette, American actor

Marc Brown, American author and illustrator

Mike Doyle, English footballer (died 2011)

Gail Collins, American journalist and author

Patrick Nagel, American painter and illustrator (died 1984)

George Webster, American football player (died 2007)

Ben Stein, American actor, television personality, game show host, lawyer, and author

Michael Kijana Wamalwa, Kenyan lawyer and politician, 8th Vice President of Kenya (died 2003)

Jerry Portnoy, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player

Naomi Stadlen was a British therapist and writer (died 2025)

Bob Lind, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mimis Papaioannou, Greek footballer and manager (died 2023)

Christos Papanikolaou, Greek pole vaulter

Gerald Seymour, English journalist and author

Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Pakistani spiritual leader and author

Reinhard Furrer, Austrian-German physicist and astronaut (died 1995)

Joe Gibbs, American football coach and auto racing executive

Karl Offmann, Mauritian politician, 3rd President of Mauritius (died 2022)

Shyamal Kumar Sen, Indian jurist and politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal

Percy Sledge, American singer (died 2015)

Martin Feldstein, American economist and academic (died 2019)

Erol Güngör, Turkish sociologist and psychologist (died 1983)

Rosanna Schiaffino, Italian actress (died 2009)

Trisha Brown, American dancer and choreographer (died 2017)

Robert Berner, American geologist and academic (died 2015)

Kathryn Crosby, American actress and singer (died 2024)

Takayo Fischer, American actress and singer

Nat Adderley, American cornet and trumpet player (died 2000)

Judy Crichton, American director and producer (died 2007)

John K. Cooley, American journalist and author (died 2008)

Poul Anderson, American author (died 2001)

Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (died 1969)

Ranganath Misra, Indian lawyer and jurist, 21st Chief Justice of India (died 2012)

Paul Desmond, American saxophonist and composer (died 1977)

Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (died 2015)

Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, philosopher, and critic (died 2012)

Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, 9th President of Finland (died 2017)

Art Wall Jr., American golfer (died 2001)

Ilja Hurník, Czech composer and playwright (died 2013)

Fernance B. Perry, Portuguese-American businessman and philanthropist (died 2014)

Shelagh Fraser, English actress (died 2000)

Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (died 2009)

Noel Neill, American actress (died 2016)

Norman Tokar, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1979)

Luigi Poggi, Italian cardinal (died 2010)

Alparslan Türkeş, Cypriot-Turkish colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (died 1997)

Peg Lynch, American actress and screenwriter (died 2015)

Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and politician, 30th President of Chile (died 2006)

Armando Villanueva, Peruvian politician, 121st Prime Minister of Peru (died 2013)

Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach (died 1999)

Léon Zitrone, Russian-French journalist (died 1995)

Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and educator (died 1993)

Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (died 1984)

P. D. Eastman, American author and illustrator (died 1986)

Natyaguru Nurul Momen, Bangladeshi playwright, author, educator, director and media personality (died 1990)

John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (died 1938)

Alice Ambrose, American philosopher and logician (died 2001)

Samiha Ayverdi, Turkish mystic and author (died 1993)

Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower and shot putter (died 1964)

Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (died 2000)

Eddie Shore, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 1985)

Arthur Liebehenschel, German SS officer, commandant of Auschwitz and later Majdanek, convicted war criminal (died 1948)

Rudolf Höss, German SS officer, commandant of Auschwitz, convicted war criminal (died 1947)

Helen Gahagan Douglas, American actress and politician (died 1980)

Debaki Bose, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1971)

Aarne Viisimaa, Estonian tenor and director (died 1989)

Albertus Soegijapranata, Indonesian archbishop (died 1963)

Virgil Thomson, American composer and critic (died 1989)

Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (died 1991)

Anastas Mikoyan, Soviet politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (died 1978)

Helen Hooven Santmyer, American poet and author (died 1986)

Ludvík Svoboda, Czech general and politician, 8th President of Czechoslovakia (died 1979)

Joseph Wood Krutch, American author and critic (died 1970)

Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (died 1941)

Isaac Rosenberg, English soldier and poet (died 1918)

Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (died 1956)

Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (died 1943)

Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (died 1939)

Jacob Fichman, Romanian-Israeli poet and critic (died 1958)

Pope John XXIII (died 1963)

John Flynn, Australian minister and pilot, founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (died 1951)

Elsie J. Oxenham, English author (died 1960)

Harley Granville-Barker, British actor, director and playwright (died 1946)

Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (died 1936)

Joe Gans, American boxer (died 1910)

Albert Henry Krehbiel, American painter and illustrator (died 1945)

Robert Maysack, American gymnast and triathlete (died 1960)

Winthrop Ames, American director, producer, and playwright (died 1937)

Maurice Denis, French painter of Les Nabis movement (died 1943)

Ben Lindsey, American lawyer and judge (died 1934)

Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (died 1937)

Talaat Harb, Egyptian economist, founded the Banque Misr (died 1941)

Kate Gleason, American engineer, businesswoman, and philanthropist (died 1933)

Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (died 1901)

Gustaf Söderström, Swedish tug of war competitor, shot putter, and discus thrower (died 1958)

Alfred Capus, French journalist, author, and playwright (died 1922)

Carrie Nation, American activist (died 1911)

José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese-French journalist and author (died 1900)

Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (died 1929)

Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1919)

Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic (died 1902)

Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist (died 1919)

John Bigelow, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to France (died 1911)

William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (died 1904)

Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (died 1878)

Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist and composer (died 1863)

Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (died 1856)

John Armstrong, Jr., American general and politician, 7th United States Secretary of War (died 1843)

Robert Townsend, American spy (died 1838)

Johann Friedrich Reichardt, German composer and critic (died 1814)

Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (died 1784)

Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri, Italian violin maker (died 1740)

Catherine of Braganza (died 1705)

Henrietta Maria of France, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (died 1669)

Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet, English politician (died 1666)

Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch admiral (died 1629)

John Heminges, English actor (died 1630)

Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright and poet (died 1635)

Osanna of Cattaro, Dominican visionary and anchoress (died 1565)

Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre, Knight of Henry VIII of England (died 1525)

Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus (died 1510)

Emperor Taizong of Jin (died 1135)

Emperor Taizong of Liao (died 947)