Famous Birthdays By Date

Yunus Musah, American soccer player

MJ Melendez, American baseball player

Ye Qiuyu, Chinese tennis player

Lovie Simone, American actress

Nick Richards, Jamaican basketball player

Laura Marano, American actress and singer

Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, English swimmer

Shaun Lane, Australian rugby league player

Julius Randle, American basketball player

Stefon Diggs, American football player

Ben Nugent, English footballer

Becky James, Welsh cyclist

Diego Boneta, Mexican actor and singer

Sheldon Richardson, American football player

Andrej Šustr, Czech ice hockey player

Yacouba Sylla, French footballer

Adam Chapman, Northern Irish footballer

Abby Bishop, Australian basketball player

Dana Brooke, American wrestler and bodybuilder

Damon Harrison, American football player

Bradley Hudson-Odoi, Ghanaian footballer

Russell Wilson, American football player

Wayne Ellington, American basketball player and coach

Asa Hall, English footballer

Shannon Brown, American basketball player

Dominic Roma, English footballer

Ji Hyun-woo, South Korean actor and musician

Franchesca Ramsey, American comedian

Aylin Tezel, German actress

Tanisha Wright, American basketball player and coach

Lucas Black, American actor

Gemma Chan, English actress

Fawad Khan, Pakistani actor, model and singer

Jon Klassen, Canadian writer and illustrator

Janina Gavankar, American actress and singer

Dean Howell, English footballer

Adam Barrett, English footballer

The Game, American rapper

Lauren German, American actress

Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer

Andy Beshear, American attorney and politician, 63rd Governor of Kentucky

Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater

Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (died 2020)

Anna Faris, American actress

Craig Ireland, Scottish footballer

Scott McCulloch, Scottish footballer

Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player (died 2011)

Sarah Jones, American actress and playwright

Jedediah Purdy, American legal scholar and cultural commentator

Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer and manager

Fredrik Norrena, Finnish ice hockey player

Brian Baumgartner, American actor and producer

Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player and sportscaster

David E. Campbell, Canadian political scientist

Steve May, American soldier and politician

Gena Lee Nolin, American actress and model

Larry Joe Campbell, American actor and director

Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer and coach

Tomas Brolin, Swedish footballer

Mariano Rivera, Panamanian-American baseball player

Dee Brown, American basketball player and executive

Jonathan Knight, American singer

Andy Melville, Welsh footballer

Iolanda Nanni, Italian politician (died 2018)

Fernando Ramos da Silva, Brazilian actor (died 1987)

Charles Smith, American basketball player

Rebecca Wolff, American author and poet

John Layfield, American wrestler, football player, and news commentator

Dru Pagliassotti, American author

Sophia Rosenfeld, American author

Lauren Child, English author

Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian and actress

Don Cheadle, American actor and producer

Ken Monkou, Dutch footballer

Will Downing, American singer-songwriter and producer

Lalit Modi, Indian businessman

Ronny Jordan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)

Andrew McCarthy, American actor and director

Kim Delaney, American actress

Tom Sizemore, American actor (died 2023)

Marco Bucci, Italian discus thrower (died 2013)

Cathy Moriarty, American actress

Richard Borcherds, South African-English mathematician and academic

Neal Broten, American ice hockey player

Rahm Emanuel, American businessman and politician, 55th Mayor of Chicago

Michael Dempsey, Zimbabwean-English bass player

John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaian historian and politician, 4th President of Ghana

Janet Napolitano, American politician, lawyer, and university administrator

Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker

Hinton Battle, German-American actor, dancer, and choreographer (died 2024)

Yvonne Fovargue, English lawyer and politician

Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian, actor, and television host

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somali politician, 8th president of Somalia

Joel Coen, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Chirlane McCray, American writer, editor, and activist

Alex Grey, American visual artist and author

Vlado Kreslin, Slovenian singer-songwriter

Christine Pascal, French actress, writer and director (died 1996)

John D. Barrow, English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician (died 2020)

Jeff Fahey, American actor and producer

Barry Goudreau, American guitarist and songwriter

Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1999)

Marie Laberge, Canadian actress, educator and writer

Kevin O'Donnell Jr., American author (died 2012)

Jerry Lawler, American wrestler and sportscaster

Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2016)

Steve Smith, American lawyer and politician (died 2014)

Yōichi Masuzoe, Japanese politician

Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (died 1992)

Ronnie Montrose, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2012)

Suzy Chaffee, American skier

Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist

Csaba Pléh, Hungarian psychologist and linguist

Felix Cavaliere, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Bobbi Martin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)

Sue Miller, American novelist and short story writer

Michael Craze, British actor (died 1998)

Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and academic (died 1995)

John Grillo, English actor and playwright

Bill Freehan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021)

Denny Doherty, Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and actor (died 2007)

Oscar Espinosa Chepe, Cuban-Spanish economist and journalist (died 2013)

Chuck Mangione, American horn player and composer (died 2025)

Janet Smith, English lawyer and judge

Henry T. Yang, Taiwanese/Chinese-American engineer and academic

Peter Bergman, American comedian, actor and screenwriter (died 2012)

Meco, American record producer and musician (died 2023)

Johnny Crossan, Northern Irish footballer, author and sports analyst

Eric Barnes, English footballer (died 2014)

Gregory Gillespie, American painter (died 2000)

Bill Jenkins, American politician

Thomas J. O'Brien, American bishop (died 2018)

Willie Morris, American writer (died 1999)

John Mayall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2024)

James Rosenquist, American painter and illustrator (died 2017)

Ed Bickert, Canadian jazz guitarist (died 2019)

Jacques Chirac, French soldier and politician, 22nd President of France (died 2019)

John Gary, American singer and television host (died 1998)

Pierre Toubert, French historian (died 2025)

Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer (died 1997)

Shirley Porter, English politician, Lord Mayor of Westminster

Vladimir Šenauer, Croatian footballer (died 2013)

Alan Lee Williams, English academic and politician

Derek Jameson, English journalist and radio host (died 2012)

Woo Yong-gak, North Korean soldier (died 2012)

Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter and educator (died 2021)

Paul Simon, American soldier and politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (died 2003)

Vin Scully, American sportscaster and game show host (died 2022)

Beji Caid Essebsi, Tunisian lawyer and politician, President of Tunisia (died 2019)

Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (died 2015)

Chuck Daigh, American race car driver (died 2008)

Michael Howard, English-American historian, author, and academic (died 2019)

Jackie Stallone, American astrologer and wrestling promoter (died 2020)

Yegor Ligachyov, Russian engineer and politician (died 2021)

Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (died 2014)

Mildred Rebstock, American medicinal chemist (died 2011)

Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the IFBB (died 2013)

Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet (died 2007)

Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French director and screenwriter (died 2017)

Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1983)

Fran Ryan, American actress and comedian (died 2000)

Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (died 2008)

Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (died 1967)

Elizabeth Choy, Malaysian-Singaporean educator and politician (died 2006)

Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian actor and director (died 1961)

Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American pastor and politician (died 1972)

Barbara C. Freeman, English writer and poet (died 1999)

Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop and theologian (died 1991)

Margaret Barr, Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama (died 1991)

Mildred Gillars, American broadcaster, employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during WWII (died 1988)

Andrija Artuković, Croatian Minister of Interior (died 1988)

Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, oldest Italian person ever (died 2017)

C. S. Lewis, British novelist, poet, and critic (died 1963)

Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (died 1976)

William Tubman, Liberian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Liberia (died 1971)

Julius Raab, Austrian engineer and politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria (died 1964)

Henri Fabre, French pilot and engineer (died 1984)

Artur Phleps, Romanian-German general (died 1944)

Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer (died 1963)

Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator and politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming (died 1977)

Francis Dodd, Welsh-English painter and academic (died 1949)

Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician and neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)

Suzan Rose Benedict, American mathematician and academic (died 1942)

Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer (died 1917)

Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (died 1911)

Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (died 1921)

John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer (died 1945)

Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer (died 1932)

Empress Dowager Cixi of China (died 1908)

Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (died 1888)

Frederick Townsend Ward, American sailor and soldier (died 1862)

William Crichton, Scottish engineer and shipbuilder (died 1889)

Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and psychologist (died 1893)

La Fayette Grover, American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Oregon (died 1911)

George Brown, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 10th Premier of West Canada (died 1880)

William Ellery Channing, American poet and author (died 1901)

Morrison Waite, American jurist and politician, 7th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1888)

Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician and physicist (died 1853)

Gottfried Semper, German architect and academic, designed the Semper Opera House (died 1879)

Wilhelm Hauff, German poet and author (died 1827)

Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and academic (died 1888)

Alexander Brullov, Russian painter and architect, designed the Pulkovo Observatory (died 1877)

Hamilton Rowan Gamble, American jurist and politician (died 1864)

Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (died 1848)

Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet and philosopher (died 1865)

Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (died 1833)

The Public Universal Friend, American evangelist (died 1819)

Michael Christian Festing, English violinist and composer (died 1752)

Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (died 1747)

John Ray, English biologist and botanist (died 1705)

Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, English politician (died 1592)

Andrea della Valle, Italian cardinal (died 1534)

Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont, English Baron (died 1460)

Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1368)

John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, English Baron (died 1361)

William of Septimania, Frankish nobleman (died 850)