Famous Birthdays By Date

Darci Lynne, American ventriloquist

Iris Apatow, American actress

Jongho, South Korean singer and actor

Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Irish actor and musician

Curtis Scott, Australian rugby league player

James Graham, British singer

Owen Watkin, Welsh rugby player

Jessica Hogg, Welsh artistic gymnast

Sean Monahan, Canadian ice hockey player

Olivia Smoliga, American swimmer

Ketel Marte, Dominican baseball player

Josh Hutcherson, American actor and producer

Nicolao Dumitru, Italian footballer

Henri Lansbury, English footballer

Anna Ohmiya, Japanese curler

Sam Whitelock, New Zealand rugby player

Calum Scott, British singer

Marvin Ogunjimi, Belgian footballer

Ioannis Maniatis, Greek footballer

Sergio Peter, German footballer

Cristhian Stuani, Uruguayan footballer

Tyler Blackburn, American actor

Michelle Carter, American shot putter

Mike Green, Canadian hockey player

Anna Iljuštšenko, Estonian high jumper

Greig Laidlaw, Scottish rugby player

Carl Söderberg, Swedish ice hockey player

Alex Brosque, Australian footballer

Carlton Cole, English footballer

Katie Piper, English philanthropist, broadcaster, and acid violence survivor

Mariko Yamamoto, Japanese cricketer

Tom Guiry, American actor

Marcel Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player

Brian Kerr, Scottish footballer and manager

Giuseppe Lanzone, American rower

Brian J. Smith, American actor

Conrad Smith, New Zealand rugby player

Sun Tiantian, Chinese tennis player

Ledley King, English footballer

Ann Wauters, Belgian basketball player

Steven Agnew, Northern Irish politician

Steve Borthwick, English rugby player and coach

Jordan Pundik, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Stefan Binder, German footballer

Baden Cooke, Australian cyclist

Marko Jarić, Serbian basketball player

Cristie Kerr, American golfer

Bode Miller, American skier

Javier Toyo, Venezuelan footballer

Simon Bridges, New Zealand politician

Susana Félix, Portuguese singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Marion Jones, American basketball player and runner

Randy Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player

Stephen Lee, English snooker player

Lesli Brea, Dominican baseball player

Martin Corry, English rugby player

Juan Manuel Silva, Argentinian race car driver

Tom Van Mol, Belgian footballer

Tony Fiore, American baseball player

Steve Johnston, Australian motorcycle racer

Bronzell Miller, American football player and actor (died 2013)

Kirk Cameron, American actor, screenwriter, and Christian evangelical/anti-evolution activist

Patrick Musimu, Belgian diver and physiotherapist (died 2011)

Tanyon Sturtze, American baseball player

Charlie Ward, American basketball player and coach

Martie Maguire, American singer-songwriter, violinist, and producer

Željko Milinovič, Slovenian footballer

Dwayne Roloson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

José Valentín, American baseball player, coach, and manager

Bill Auberlen, American race car driver

Paul Harragon, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

Hugh Jackman, Australian actor, singer, and producer

Leon Lett, American football player

Adam Rich, American actor (died 2023)

Becky Iverson, American golfer

Jonathan Crombie, Canadian actor and voice over artist (died 2015)

Wim Jonk, Dutch footballer

Brian Kennedy, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Brenda Romero, American game designer

Dan Abnett, English author

Chris Chandler, American football player

J. J. Daigneault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Scott O'Grady, American captain and pilot

Raimond Aumann, German footballer

Hideki Fujisawa, Japanese composer

Satoshi Kon, Japanese animator and screenwriter (died 2010)

Dave Legeno, English actor and mixed martial artist (died 2014)

Alan McDonald, Irish footballer and manager (died 2012)

Luis Polonia, Dominican baseball player

Carlos Bernard, American actor and director

Michelle Botes, South African actress (died 2024)

Chris Botti, American trumpet player and composer

John Coleman, English footballer and manager

Branko Crvenkovski, Macedonian engineer and politician, 3rd President of the Republic of Macedonia

Deborah Foreman, American actress and photographer

Mads Eriksen, Norwegian guitarist and composer

Chendo, Spanish footballer

Steve Lowery, American golfer

Carlo Perrone, Italian footballer and manager

Hiroyuki Sanada, Japanese actor and martial artist

Dorothee Vieth, German Paralympic cyclist

Anna Escobedo Cabral, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Treasurer of the United States

Steve Austria, American lawyer and politician

Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias, Portuguese historian, author, and academic (died 2013)

Jeff Keith, American rock singer-songwriter

Bryn Merrick, Welsh bass player (died 2015)

Clémentine Célarié, French actress, singer, and director

Serge Clerc, French comic book artist and illustrator

Mike Dowler, Welsh football goalkeeper

Annik Honoré, Belgian journalist and music promoter (died 2014)

William F. Laurance, Australian biologist

Rafael Ábalos, Spanish author

Allan Evans, Scottish footballer

Lutz Haueisen, German cyclist

Catherine Holmes, Australian judge

Gerti Schanderl, German figure skater

David Vanian, English singer-songwriter

Einar Jan Aas, Norwegian footballer

Pat DiNizio, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)

Ante Gotovina, Croatian general

Jane Siberry, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer

Evalie A. Bradley, Anguillian politician and member of the House of Assembly of Anguilla

Massimo Ghini, Italian actor

Michael Roe, American singer, songwriter, and record producer

Linval Thompson, Jamaican singer and producer

Les Dennis, English comedian and actor

David Threlfall, English actor and director

Trevor Chappell, Australian cricketer and coach

Béla Csécsei, Hungarian educator and politician (died 2012)

Roger Heath-Brown, English mathematician and theorist

Sally Little, South African-American golfer

Ed Royce, American businessman and politician

Norio Suzuki, Japanese golfer

Susan Anton, American actress and model

Dave Freudenthal, American economist and politician, 31st Governor of Wyoming

Dave Lloyd, English cyclist and coach

Carlos the Jackal, Venezuelan terrorist

Barclay Shaw, American artist

Paul Went, English footballer and manager (died 2017)

John Engler, American businessman and politician, 46th Governor of Michigan

Rick Parfitt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)

Chris Wallace, American journalist

Drew Edmondson, American politician

Ashok Mankad, Indian cricketer (died 2008)

Daryl Runswick, English bassist and composer

Aurore Clément, French actress

Dusty Rhodes, American wrestler (died 2015)

Angela Rippon, English journalist and author

Kostas Tsakonas, Greek actor (died 2015)

Melvin Franklin, American soul bass singer (died 1995)

Michael Mansfield, English lawyer, academic, and republican

Paul Hawkins, Australian race car driver (died 1969)

Robert Mangold, American painter

Don Howe, English footballer and manager (died 2015)

Tony Kubek, American baseball player and sportscaster

Sam Moore, American soul singer-songwriter (died 2025)

Shivraj Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence

Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor and actor (died 2007)

James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2012)

Richard Meier, American architect, designed the Getty Center and City Tower

Albert Shiryaev, Russian mathematician and academic

Oğuz Atay, Turkish engineer and author (died 1977)

Constantine Manos, Greek-born American photographer (died 2025)

Guido Molinari, Canadian painter and art collector (died 2004)

Dick Gregory, American comedian, actor, and author (died 2017)

Ned Jarrett, American race car driver and sportscaster

Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist and academic, co-developed Simula (died 2002)

Denis Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player and photographer (died 2013)

Milica Kacin Wohinz, Slovenian historian and author (died 2021)

Nappy Brown, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 2008)

Robert Coles, American psychologist, author, and academic

Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic journalist and academic (died 2007)

Al Held, American painter and academic (died 2005)

Domna Samiou, Greek singer and musicologist (died 2012)

Eliška Misáková, Czech gymnast (died 1948)

Denis Lazure, Canadian psychiatrist and politician (died 2008)

Leonidas Kyrkos, Greek politician (died 2011)

Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (died 2015)

Goody Petronelli, American boxer, trainer, and manager (died 2012)

William H. Sullivan, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (died 2013)

Art Clokey, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor, created Gumby (died 2010)

Jaroslav Drobný, Czech-English tennis player and ice hockey player (died 2001)

Logie Bruce Lockhart, Scottish rugby player and journalist (died 2020)

Christopher Soames, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (died 1987)

Steve Conway, British singer (died 1952)

Gilles Beaudoin, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Trois-Rivières (died 2007)

Doris Miller, American cook and soldier (died 1943)

Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer and manager (died 2004)

James Phillip McAuley, Australian Poet (died 1976)

Alice Childress, American actress and playwright (died 1994)

Lock Martin, American actor (died 1959)

John E. Hodge, African-American chemist (died 1996)

Alice Chetwynd Ley, English author and educator (died 2004)

Muhammad Shamsul Huq, Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2006)

Vijay Merchant, Indian cricketer (died 1987)

Robert Fitzgerald, American poet, critic, and translator (died 1985)

Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and academic (died 2013)

Dorothy Livesay, Canadian poet (died 1996)

Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1991)

Ann Petry, American novelist (died 1997)

Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager (died 1984)

John Murray, American playwright and producer (died 1984)

Piero Taruffi, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (died 1988)

Lester Dent, American journalist and author (died 1959)

Anthony F. DePalma, American orthopedic surgeon and professor (died 2005)

Ding Ling, Chinese author and educator (died 1986)

Josephine Hutchinson, American actress (died 1998)

Eugenio Montale, Italian poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)

Elisabeth of Romania, queen consort of Greece (died 1956)

Velvalee Dickinson, American spy (died 1980)

Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano and actress (died 1975)

Edith Stein, Polish nun and martyr; later canonized (died 1942)

Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese soldier and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1945)

Dietrich von Hildebrand, German Catholic philosopher and author (died 1977)

Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (died 1913)

Kullervo Manner, Finnish Speaker of the Parliament, the Prime Minister of the FSWR and the Supreme Commander of the Red Guards (died 1939)

Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (died 1956)

Aleister Crowley, English magician and author (died 1947)

Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (died 1942)

Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (died 1958)

August Horch, German engineer and businessman, founded Audi (died 1951)

Mariano Trías, Filipino general and politician, 1st Vice President of the Philippines (died 1914)

Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1937)

Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1940)

Kamini Roy, British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist, and feminist writer (died 1933)

Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass (died 1930)

Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (died 1922)

Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (died 1909)

George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (died 1905)

Kathinka Kraft, Norwegian memoirist (died 1895)

William J. Hardee, American general (died 1873)

Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1873)

Pedro I, emperor of Brazil (died 1834)

Christian Gmelin, German chemist and pharmacist (died 1860)

Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (died 1810)

Jonathan Trumbull, American colonel and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (died 1785)

Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German lute player and composer (died 1750)

Henry More, English philosopher (died 1687)

William Chillingworth, English scholar and theologian (died 1644)

Thomas Dudley, English-American soldier and politician, 3rd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (died 1653)

Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (died 1651)

Maximilian III, archduke of Austria (died 1618)

Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, English diplomat (died 1601)

Edward VI, king of England (died 1553)

Asakura Yoshikage, Japanese ruler (died 1573)

Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer and priest (died 1548)

Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Duke of Moscow (died 1389)

Trần Thánh Tông, emperor of Vietnam (then Đại Việt) (died 1290)

Go-Ichijō, emperor of Japan (died 1036)