Famous Birthdays By Date

Darja Varfolomeev, Russian-German rhythmic gymnast

Tyrese Maxey, American basketball player

Sun Yingsha, Chinese table tennis player

Achraf Hakimi, Moroccan footballer

Kaitlin Hawayek, American ice dancer

Michael Christian Martinez, Filipino figure skater

John Olive, Australian rugby league player

Eric Paschall, American basketball player

Billy Stanlake, Australian cricketer

Ce'Aira Brown, American middle-distance runner

Elisabeth Seitz, German gymnast

Taylor Tomlinson, American stand-up comedian

Yurii Bieliaiev, Belarusian ice dancer

Hiroki Nakada, Japanese footballer

Julian Wießmeier, German footballer

Alon Day, Israeli race car driver

Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, Dutch tennis player

Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Canadian actor

Dez Bryant, American football player

David Mead, Papua New Guinean rugby league player

Nathan Ross, Australian rugby league player

Tim Breukers, Dutch footballer

Laura Geitz, Australian netball player

Artur Jędrzejczyk, Polish footballer

Suhas Gopinath, Indian businessman

Alexz Johnson, Canadian actress and singer-songwriter

Szymon Pawłowski, Polish footballer

Adrian Zaugg, South African race car driver

Marcell Jansen, German footballer

Miki Miyamura, Japanese tennis player

Dustin Brown, American ice hockey player

Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian footballer

Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (died 2014)

Devin Hester, American football player

Kamila Skolimowska, Polish hammer thrower (died 2009)

Guy Martin, English motorcycle racer

Vince Wilfork, American football player

Jerry Collins, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player (died 2015)

Richard Owens, American football player and coach

Emme Rylan, American actress

Dan Stoenescu, Romanian career diplomat, political scientist, journalist, and essayist

John Grabow, American baseball player

Larry Bigbie, American baseball player

Daniel Bahr, German banker and politician, German Federal Minister of Health

Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian race car driver

Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer

Kenji Osawa, Japanese mixed martial artist

James Dale Ritchie, American serial killer (died 2016)

Makoto Tamada, Japanese motorcycle racer

Peter Van Houdt, Belgian footballer

Éric Fichaud, Canadian ice hockey player

Eduard Koksharov, Russian handball player

Mikki Moore, American basketball player

Orlando Pace, American football player

Heather Tom, American actress and director

Lorenzen Wright, American basketball player (died 2010)

Steven Ogg, Canadian actor

Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer and sportscaster

Gregory Porter, American jazz singer-songwriter and actor

Tabu, Indian actress

Tim DeBoom, American triathlete

Malena Ernman, Swedish soprano

Anthony Ruivivar, American actor

Tony Sly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)

Sean Combs, American rapper, producer, and actor

Matthew McConaughey, American actor and producer

Samantha Smith, American actress

Matthew Tobin Anderson, American author, critic, and educator

Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach

Lee Germon, New Zealand cricketer

Daisuke Asakura, Japanese songwriter and producer

Yılmaz Erdoğan, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter

Karin Greiner, Austrian politician

Eric Karros, American baseball player and sportscaster

Asif Mujtaba, Pakistani cricketer

Wayne Static, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)

Yūko Mizutani, Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2016)

Marc Déry, Canadian singer and guitarist

Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and television host (died 1999)

Arvo Volmer, Estonian conductor

Daron Hagen, American pianist, composer, and conductor

Edward Knight, American composer and academic

Ralph Macchio, American actor

Jeff Probst, American television host and producer

Steve Rotheram, English politician, Lord Mayor of Liverpool

Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer and manager

Marc Awodey, American painter and poet (died 2012)

Kathy Griffin, American comedian and actress

Igor Liba, Slovak ice hockey player

Ken Kirzinger, Canadian actor and stuntman

Lee Jasper, English activist and politician

Anne Sweeney, American businesswoman

Tony Abbott, English-Australian scholar and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Australia

Richard Harrington, English businessman and politician

Aleksandr Tkachyov, Russian gymnast and coach

Tom Greenhalgh, Swedish singer-songwriter

James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (died 1982)

Jordan Rudess, American keyboard player and songwriter

Alhaj Moulana Ghousavi Shah, Indian author, poet, and scholar

Matti Vanhanen, Finnish journalist and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Finland

Chris Difford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Mick Buckley, English footballer (died 2013)

P. J. Carey, American baseball player and manager (died 2012)

Carlos Gutierrez, Cuban-American businessman and politician, 35th United States Secretary of Commerce

Peter Lord, English animator, director, and producer, co-founded Aardman Animations

Van Stephenson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)

Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria

Traian Băsescu, Romanian captain and politician, 4th President of Romania

Charles Frazier, American novelist

Markie Post, American actress (died 2021)

Nik Powell, English businessman, co-founded Virgin Group (died 2019)

Garo Aida, Japanese photographer and author

Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (died 2014)

Amadou Toumani Touré, Malian soldier and politician, President of Mali (died 2020)

Ivonne Coll, Puerto Rican actress

Jerry Fleck, American actor, director, and production manager (died 2003)

Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer and coach (died 2022)

Ali Özgentürk, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)

Alexei Ulanov, Russian figure skater

Ludmila Velikova, Russian figure skater and coach

Laura Bush, American educator and librarian, 45th First Lady of the United States

Frederick Elmes, American cinematographer

Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (died 1989)

Clark Graebner, American tennis player

Bob Wollek, French race car driver and skier (died 2001)

Patricia Bath, American ophthalmologist and academic (died 2019)

Kafi Benz, American conservationist, environmentalist, historic preservationist, author, artist, community leader

Lyndall Gordon, South African-English author and academic

Sally Baldwin, Scottish social sciences professor (died 2003)

Marlène Jobert, French actress, singer, and author

Delbert McClinton, American singer-songwriter

Gail E. Haley, American author and illustrator

Michael Meacher, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (died 2015)

Loretta Swit, American actress and singer (died 2025)

Michael Wilson, Canadian academic and politician, 31st Canadian Minister of Finance (died 2019)

C. K. Williams, American poet, critic, and translator (died 2015)

Barry Crocker, Australian singer, actor, and television host

Elgar Howarth, English conductor and composer (died 2025)

Tito Francona, American baseball player (died 2018)

Charles K. Kao, Chinese physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)

C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Nigerian colonel and politician, President of Biafra (died 2011)

Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician and diplomat, 10th President of Austria (died 2004)

Tommy Makem, Irish singer-songwriter (died 2007)

Bernard Francis Law, Mexican-American cardinal (died 2017)

James E. Brewton, American painter (died 1967)

Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Indian pharmacologist and academic (died 2015)

Dick Groat, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)

Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (died 2012)

Anastasios of Albania, Greek-Albanian archbishop (died 2025)

Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (died 2013)

Larry Bunker, American drummer and vibraphone player (died 2005)

Eugenio Lopez Jr., Filipino businessman and chairman of the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (died 1999)

Hannah Weiner, American poet and author (died 1997)

Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Cuban-American conga player and composer (died 2007)

Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (died 2013)

Doris Roberts, American actress (died 2016)

Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (died 2002)

Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician (died 2020)

Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (died 2001)

Benno Besson, Swiss-German actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2006)

Mary Sherman Morgan, American scientist and engineer (died 2004)

Martin Balsam, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1996)

Eric Thompson, English race car driver and businessman (died 2015)

Art Carney, American actor (died 2003)

Cameron Mitchell, American actor (died 1994)

John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1945)

Walter Cronkite, American journalist, voice actor, and producer (died 2009)

Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created Barbie (died 2002)

Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (died 2015)

Ismail Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician (died 1973)

Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (died 1957)

Gig Young, American actor (died 1978)

Botong Francisco, Filipino painter (died 1969)

Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (died 1978)

Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricketer (died 1983)

Dixie Lee, American actress and singer (died 1952)

Evelyn Bryan Johnson, American colonel and pilot (died 2012)

Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (died 1974)

Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (died 1986)

Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer and photographer (died 1997)

Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)

Sterling North, American author and critic (died 1974)

Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet and translator (died 2007)

Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer, technician, and academic (died 1967)

Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist, author, and academic (died 1974)

Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist (died 1954)

Dolly Stark, American baseball player and umpire (died 1968)

Carlos P. Garcia, Filipino lawyer and politician, 8th President of the Philippines (died 1971)

Klabund, German author and poet (died 1928)

Alton Adams, American composer and bandleader (died 1987)

Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist (died 1975)

Harry Ferguson, Irish engineer, invented the tractor (died 1960)

Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1953)

Will Rogers, American actor and screenwriter (died 1935)

Charles Despiau, French sculptor (died 1946)

Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (died 1939)

La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer, and dancer (died 1965)

Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor and director (died 1932)

Alice Gossage, American journalist (died 1929)

Anna Bayerová, Czech physician (died 1924)

William Giblin, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (died 1887)

Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman (died 1912)

Thomas Keefer, Canadian engineer and businessman (died 1915)

Stephen Johnson Field, American lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of California (died 1899)

Benjamin Robbins Curtis, American lawyer and jurist (died 1874)

Edmund Kean, British Shakespearean stage actor (died 1833)

Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician and engineer (died 1836)

Augustus Toplady, English cleric and hymn writer (died 1778)

Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (died 1742)

Samuel Carpenter, Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania (died 1714)

Carlo Mannelli, Italian violinist and composer (died 1697)

Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (died 1660)

Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter (died 1656)

Guido Reni, Italian painter and illustrator (died 1642)

Roger Wilbraham, Solicitor-General for Ireland (died 1616)

Hu Zongxian, Chinese general (died 1565)

Alfonso II of Naples (died 1495)