Famous Birthdays By Date

Josh Giddey, Australian basketball player

Sami Niku, Finnish ice hockey player

Courtland Sutton, American football player

Bae Suzy, South Korean singer, actress and model

Mike Tobey, American-Slovenian basketball player

Marquez Valdes-Scantling, American football player

Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cuban baseball player

Jayden Stockley, English footballer

Anthony Brown, American basketball player

Michael Carter-Williams, American basketball player

Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer-songwriter and producer

Lali Espósito, Argentinian actress and singer

Mariana Pajón, Colombian cyclist

Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer

Shelby Miller, American baseball player

Geno Smith, American football player

Kolten Wong, American baseball player

Jeurys Familia, Dominican baseball player

Emer Kenny, English actress and screenwriter

Shaun Fensom, Australian rugby league player

Brown Ideye, Nigerian footballer

Rose McIver, New Zealand actress

Ryan Mathews, American football player

Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player

Andrew McCutchen, American baseball player

Ellen Andrea Wang, Norwegian bassist and composer

Marina Diamandis, Welsh singer-songwriter and pianist

Rostislav Olesz, Czech ice hockey player

Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer

Jean-Baptiste Grange, French skier

Ryan Hollins, American basketball player and commentator

Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress and singer

Paul Posluszny, American football player

Troy Tulowitzki, American baseball player

Yasser Al-Qahtani, Saudi Arabian footballer

David Cal, Spanish sprint canoeist

Tony Khan, American sports executive

Dan Stevens, English actor

Gavin Shuker, English lawyer and politician

Laura Tobin, English weather reporter

Julie Pomagalski, French snowboarder (died 2021)

Kangta, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player

Mýa, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress

Naomi Levari, Israeli film producer and director

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American model and actress

Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-American skateboarder

Pat Burrell, American baseball player

Shane Doan, Canadian ice hockey player

Ihsahn, Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Ramón Morales, Mexican footballer and manager

Plácido Polanco, Dominican-American baseball player

Asi Cohen, Israeli actor and screenwriter

Oded Kattash, Israeli basketball player and coach

Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentinian footballer

Dale Earnhardt Jr., American race car driver and actor

Lucy Powell, English politician

Chris Pronger, Canadian ice hockey player

Mario Lopez, American actor, television personality, and producer

Zach Thornton, American soccer player and coach

Jun Lana, Filipino director, producer, playwright, and screenwriter

Alexei Zhitnik, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player

Graham Alexander, English-Scottish footballer and manager

Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist

Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, German sled racer

Matthew Pinsent, English rower and sportscaster

Manu Bennett, New Zealand-Australian actor

Dilsa Demirbag Sten, Swedish journalist and author

Francis Escudero, Filipino lawyer and politician

Brett Favre, American football player

Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress

Bart Brentjens, Dutch cyclist

Feridun Düzağaç, Turkish singer-songwriter

Chris Ofili, British painter

Michael Giacchino, American composer

Jonathan Littell, American-French author and humanitarian

Mike Malinin, American drummer and producer

Gavin Newsom, American businessman and politician, 40th and current Governor of California

Jacek Zieliński, Polish footballer and coach

Tony Adams, English footballer and manager

Bai Ling, Chinese-American model and actress

Toshi, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer

Chris Penn, American actor (died 2006)

Sarah Lancashire, English actress and director

Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer

Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (died 2003)

Daniel Pearl, American-Israeli journalist (died 2002)

Vegard Ulvang, Norwegian skier

Thomas Rusch, German photographer

Henrik Jørgensen, Danish runner (died 2019)

Martin Kemp, English singer-songwriter and bass player

Crystal Waters, American singer-songwriter, musician and producer

Ron Flockhart, Canadian ice hockey player

Russell Slade, English football manager

Simon Townshend, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Michael Cobley, English-Scottish author

Kirsty MacColl, English singer-songwriter (died 2000)

Arif Peçenek, Turkish football player and manager (died 2013)

Bill Rammell, English academic and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces

Julia Sweeney, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter

Bradley Whitford, American actor and producer

Tanya Tucker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator

Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress and producer

David Hempleman-Adams, English businessman and adventurer

Taur Matan Ruak, East Timorese politician, 3rd President of East Timor

Václav Patejdl, Slovak musician (died 2023)

Rekha, Indian actress

David Lee Roth, American singer-songwriter and producer

Fernando Santos, Portuguese footballer and manager

Fiona Rae, Scottish painter

Midge Ure, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Aleksander Veingold, Estonian chess player and coach

Gus Williams, American basketball player

Bob Nystrom, Swedish ice hockey player

Dela Smith, English educator

Epeli Ganilau, Fijian general and politician, 16th Minister for Fijian Affairs (died 2023)

Charlie George, English footballer

Nora Roberts, American author

Warren Burt, American-Australian composer

Lance Cairns, New Zealand cricketer

Jessica Harper, American actress

Wang Wanxing, Chinese activist

Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough, English academic and businesswoman

Cyril Neville, American R&B percussionist and singer

Séverine, French singer and actress

Gary Beach, American actor and singer (died 2018)

Giant Haystacks, English wrestler (died 1998)

Charles Dance, English actor, director, and screenwriter

Naoto Kan, Japanese lawyer and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan

Peter Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Anne Mather, English author and screenwriter

John Prine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)

Raymond Tallis, English physician, philosopher, author, and academic

Chris Tarrant, English radio and television host

Ben Vereen, American actor, singer, and dancer

Willard White, Jamaican-English actor and singer

Christopher Hill, English bishop

Vanburn Holder, Barbadian cricketer

Headman Shabalala, South African bass singer (died 1991)

Frederick Barthelme, American novelist and short story writer

Janis Hansen, American singer and author (died 2017)

Radu Vasile, Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (died 2013)

Peter Coyote, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (died 1995)

Winston Churchill, English journalist and politician (died 2010)

Oleg Gordievsky, Russian intelligence officer and author (died 2025)

Leroy Hood, American biologist and academic

Daidō Moriyama, Japanese photographer

Lily Tuck, American novelist and short story writer

Bruce Devlin, Australian golfer and sportscaster

Peter Underwood, Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (died 2014)

Gerhard Ertl, German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (died 1988)

André Bureau, Canadian lawyer and businessman (died 2019)

Judith Chalmers, English television host and actress

Jay Sebring, American hair stylist and businessman (died 1969)

Harry Smith, English footballer (died 2016)

Eugenio Castellotti, Italian race car driver (died 1957)

Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)

Harold Pinter, English playwright, screenwriter, director Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)

Adlai Stevenson III, American lawyer and politician (died 2021)

Ayten Alpman, Turkish singer (died 2012)

Herb Levinson, American actor (died 2012)

Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (died 2014)

Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (died 2008)

Sheila Walsh, English author (died 2009)

Dana Elcar, American actor and director (died 2005)

Jon Locke, American actor (died 2013)

Thomas Wilson, American-Scottish composer and educator (died 2001)

Oscar Brown, American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (died 2005)

Richard Jaeckel, American actor (died 1997)

James Clavell, Australian-American director, producer, screenwriter, and author (died 1994)

Ludmilla Tchérina, French actress, ballerina, and choreographer (died 2004)

Ed Wood, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter (died 1978)

Louis Gottlieb, American singer and bass player (died 1996)

Nicholas Parsons, English actor and game show host (died 2020)

Murray Walker, English journalist and sportscaster (died 2021)

Merv Pregulman, American football player, businessman, and philanthropist (died 2012)

Gail Halvorsen, American air force pilot known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" (died 2022)

Willard Estey, Canadian academic and jurist (died 2002)

Gerry Gomez, Trinidadian cricketer, manager, and umpire (died 1996)

Kim Ki-young, South Korean director, screenwriter, producer, and editor (died 1997)

William Kruskal, American mathematician and statistician (died 2005)

Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)

Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (died 1982)

Harry Edison, American trumpet player and composer (died 1999)

Tommy Fine, American baseball player and businessman (died 2005)

Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1974)

Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)

Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (died 2000)

Clare Hollingworth, English journalist and author (died 2017)

Julius Shulman, American photographer and environmentalist (died 2009)

Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director (died 2010)

Johnny Green, American conductor and composer (died 1989)

Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan author and poet (died 1983)

Paul Creston, American composer and educator (died 1985)

Fei Mu, Chinese director and screenwriter (died 1951)

R. K. Narayan, Indian author (died 2001)

Aksella Luts, Estonian actress, screenwriter, dancer, and choreographer (died 2005)

Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (died 1983)

Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (died 1969)

Bei Shizhang, Chinese biologist and academic (died 2009)

K. Shivaram Karanth, Indian journalist, author, and activist (died 1997)

Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (died 1966)

Helen Hayes, American actress (died 1993)

Lilly Daché, French-American fashion designer (died 1989)

Alfred Neuland, Estonian weightlifter (died 1966)

Fridolf Rhudin, Swedish actor (died 1935)

Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (died 1945)

Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter and forger (died 1947)

Walter Anderson, Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic (died 1962)

Jean Peyrière, French actor (died 1965)

Nikolai Klyuev, Russian poet and author (died 1937)

Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (died 1958)

William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (died 1963)

Dionysios Kasdaglis, Egyptian-Greek tennis player (died 1931)

Louise Mack, Australian journalist, author, and poet (died 1935)

T. Frank Appleby, American businessman and politician (died 1924)

Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)

Maurice Prendergast, American painter and academic (died 1924)

Emily Dobson, Australian philanthropist (died 1934)

Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (died 1863)

Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (died 1872)

Isabella II of Spain (died 1904)

Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1890)

Paul Kruger, South African soldier and politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (died 1904)

Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian and author (died 1883)

Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer and philanthropist (died 1901)

Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (died 1897)

William Whiting Boardman, American judge and politician (died 1871)

John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (died 1844)

Adam Johann von Krusenstern Imperial Russian Admiral and explorer (died 1846)

Henry Cavendish, French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher (died 1810)

Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor and illustrator (died 1759)

Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter (died 1721)

John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish general and politician, Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland (died 1743)

Johann Nicolaus Bach, German organist and composer (died 1753)

Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (died 1746)

Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, French noblewoman (died 1705)

Richard Towneley, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1707)

Étienne Moulinié, French composer and director (died 1676)

Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (died 1649)

Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (died 1597)

Jacobus Arminius, Dutch theologian (died 1609)

Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg and Lord of Rheda (died 1606)

Charles III, Duke of Savoy (died 1553)

John Paston, English politician (died 1466)

Zhu Biao, Chinese prince (died 1392)

Mary of Waltham, duchess of Brittany (died 1361)

King Charles II of Navarre (died 1387)

Li Siyuan, Chinese emperor (died 933)

Saga, emperor of Japan (died 842)

Tiberius Gemellus, Roman son of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla; adoptive son of the Emperor Caligula (died 38)