Famous Birthdays By Date

Carlotta Truman, German singer-songwriter

Noof Al Maadeed, Qatari women's rights activist

Chance Perdomo, American-British actor (died 2024)

Bernadeth Pons, Filipino volleyball athlete

Sammis Reyes, Chilean-American football and basketball player

Cal Petersen, American ice hockey player

Anthony Santander, Venezuelan baseball player

Agnė Sereikaitė, Lithuanian speed skater

Hunter King, American actress

Abby Sunderland, American sailor

Lil Durk, American rapper

Shiho, Japanese actress and model

Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Tom Kilbey, English footballer

Janet Leon, Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer

Ciara Renée, American actress and singer

Endō Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler

James Gavet, New Zealand rugby league player

Mindaugas Kuzminskas, Lithuanian basketball player

Miroslav Stoch, Slovakian footballer

Rakuto Tochihara, Japanese actor

Janine Tugonon, Filipino model and television host

Zeph Ellis, English rapper and producer

Markiyan Kamysh, Ukrainian writer

Chris Lawrence, Australian rugby league player

Tsunenori Aoki, Japanese actor

Sam Groth, Australian tennis player

Danka Barteková, Slovak skeet shooter

Thundercat, American singer and record producer

Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress

Andy Lonergan, English footballer

Cara Santa Maria, American neuroscientist and blogger

Atom Araullo, Filipino journalist

J. A. Happ, American baseball player

Gillian Jacobs, American actress and director

Louis Oosthuizen, South African golfer

Gonzalo Pineda, Mexican footballer

Daan van Bunge, Dutch cricketer

Leon Bott, Australian rugby league player

Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver

José Bautista, Dominican baseball player

Rajai Davis, American baseball player

Benjamin Salisbury, American actor

José Luis López, Mexican footballer

Brian Robertson, American trombonist

Sachiko Sugiyama, Japanese volleyball player

Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver

Zakhar Dubensky, Russian footballer

Henri Sorvali, Finnish guitarist and keyboard player

Habib Beye, French-Senegalese footballer

Louis-José Houde, Canadian comedian and actor

Jason Reitman, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter

Raúl Tamudo, Spanish footballer

Mo Twister, Filipino radio and television host

Bruno Dias, Portuguese politician

Omar Gooding, American actor and producer

Jostein Gulbrandsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer

Desmond Harrington, American actor

Paul Hartley, Scottish footballer and manager

Hiroshi Sakai, Japanese footballer

Dan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player

Michael Young, American baseball player

Burak Güven, Turkish singer-songwriter and bass player

Hicham Arazi, Moroccan tennis player

Okan Buruk, Turkish footballer and manager

Joaquin Gage, Canadian ice hockey player

Keith Foulke, American baseball player

Pras, American rapper-songwriter, record producer, and actor

Andrew Griffiths, English politician

Chris Kattan, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Pedro Castillo, Peruvian politician, 130th President of Peru

Zdeno Cíger, Slovak ice hockey player and coach

John Edward, American psychic and author

Trey Parker, American actor, animator, producer, and screenwriter

Erwin Sánchez, Bolivian footballer and manager

Rodney Carrington, American comedian, actor, and singer

Amy Carter, American illustrator and activist

Yōji Matsuda, Japanese actor

Yoko Shimomura, Japanese pianist and composer

Jon Favreau, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Dimitris Lyacos, Greek poet and playwright

David Vann, American novelist and short story writer

Brad Daugherty, American basketball player and sportscaster

Todd Park Mohr, American rock singer-songwriter and musician

Ty Pennington, American model, carpenter and television host

Sinitta, American-British singer

Claude Callegari, English YouTube personality (died 2021)

Tracy Chevalier, American-English author

Brian Henninger, American golfer

Bendik Hofseth, Norwegian saxophonist and composer

Evander Holyfield, American boxer and actor

Svetlana Zainetdinova, Soviet-Estonian chess player and coach

Sunny Deol, Indian actor and producer

Cliff Lyons, Australian rugby league player and coach

Dawn Coe-Jones, Canadian golfer (died 2016)

Jennifer Holliday, American actress and singer

Takeshi Koshida, Japanese footballer

Susan Straight, American author and academic

Ayuo Takahashi, Japanese-American singer-songwriter

Dan Woodgate, English musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer

Nir Barkat, Israeli businessman and politician, Mayor of Jerusalem

Martin Kusch, German philosopher and academic

Carolyn Browne, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Kazakhstan

Hiromi Hara, Japanese footballer and manager

Tiriel Mora, Australian actor

Michael Steele, American journalist and politician, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland

Kevin Drum, American journalist and blogger (died 2025)

Dorinda Clark-Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Ray Richmond, American journalist and critic

Karl Wallinger, Welsh singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2024)

Steve Doocy, American journalist and author

Elena Garanina, Soviet ice dancer and coach

Grover Norquist, American activist, founded Americans for Tax Reform

Didier Theys, Belgian race car driver and coach

Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (died 2003)

Bruce Weber, American basketball player and coach

Dan Gutman, American author

LaSalle Ishii, Japanese actor and director

Lonnie Shelton, American basketball player (died 2018)

Sam Allardyce, English footballer and manager

Deborah Blum, American journalist and author

Joe Bryant, American basketball player and coach (died 2024)

Lionel Hollins, American basketball player and coach

Peter Bone, English accountant and politician

Verónica Castro, Mexican actress and singer

Demetrios Christodoulou, Greek mathematician and physicist

Annie Golden, American actress and singer

Kurt Schrader, American veterinarian and politician

Yeslam bin Ladin, Saudi Arabian-Swiss businessman

Lynn Dickey, American football player and radio host

James Howard Kunstler, American author and critic

Dave Mallow, American voice actor and screenwriter (died 2025)

Patrick Simmons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian author and illustrator

Bob Holland, Australian cricketer and surveyor (died 2017)

Philip Pullman, English author and academic

Keith Reid, English songwriter and lyricist (died 2023)

Angus Deaton, Scottish-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Divine, American drag queen performer, and actor (died 1988)

Patricia Ireland, American lawyer and activist

Gloria Jones, American singer-songwriter

John Lithgow, American actor

Jeannie C. Riley, American singer

Martin Welz, South African journalist

George McCrae, American singer

Bill Melchionni, American basketball player

Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1987)

Robin Holloway, English composer and academic

Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek footballer and coach (died 2025)

L. E. Modesitt, Jr., American author and poet

Andrew Vachss, American lawyer and author (died 2021)

Peter Thornley, English professional wrestler best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki

Simon Ward, English actor (died 2012)

Larry Chance, American singer-songwriter (died 2023)

Michael Gambon, Irish-British actor (died 2023)

Rosny Smarth, Haitian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Haiti (died 2025)

David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere, Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office

Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, Jamaican-English union leader and politician

Marilyn Bell, Canadian swimmer

Peter Max, German-American illustrator

Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield, English banker and politician (died 2018)

James Bevel, American civil rights activist and minister (died 2008)

Tony Lo Bianco, American actor (died 2024)

Don Ward, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2014)

Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian general and politician, 3rd Head of State of Nigeria

Dave Guard, American folk music singer-songwriter, arranger, and musician (died 1991)

Brian Booth, Australian cricketer and educator (died 2023)

Anthony Skingsley, English air marshal (died 2019)

Robert Reed, American actor (died 1992)

Ed Emberley, American author and illustrator

John le Carré, English intelligence officer and author (died 2020)

Atsushi Miyagi, Japanese tennis player (died 2021)

John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside, English union leader and politician (died 2016)

Mavis Nicholson, Welsh-English journalist (died 2022)

Lewis Wolpert, South African-English biologist, author, and academic (died 2021)

Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (died 2013)

Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter and illustrator

Stephen Keynes, English businessman (died 2017)

Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2009)

Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (died 2004)

Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (died 2015)

Marjorie Tallchief, American ballerina (died 2021)

Bernard Hepton, English actor and producer (died 2018)

Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (died 2015)

Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (died 2010)

Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (died 2013)

Baby Dalupan, Filipino basketball player and coach (died 2016)

Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (died 2005)

George Nader, American actor (died 2002)

Peter Aduja, Filipino-American politician (died 2007)

Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian activist, philosopher, and spiritual leader (died 2003)

LaWanda Page, American actress (died 2002)

Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (died 2009)

Charles Evans, English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (died 1995)

Russell Kirk, American theorist and author (died 1994)

Robert Schwarz Strauss, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (died 2014)

William Joel Blass, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)

Walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer, author, and academic (died 2019)

Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande, Indian mathematician (died 2020)

Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)

Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (died 1985)

Minoru Yasui, American soldier, lawyer, and activist (died 1986)

Juanita Moore, American actress (died 2014)

Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (died 1980)

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1995)

Shunkichi Hamada, Japanese field hockey player (died 2009)

Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (died 1980)

Farid al-Atrash, Syrian actor and singer (died 1980)

Marguerite Perey, French physicist and academic (died 1975)

Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1981)

Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader and composer (died 1962)

Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (died 1971)

Arleigh Burke, American admiral (died 1996)

Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (died 1990)

Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer and baseball player (died 1991)

Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1957)

Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)

Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani chemist and scholar (died 1994)

Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player and manager (died 1988)

Frank Durbin, American soldier (died 1999)

Lewis Mumford, American historian, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1990)

Charles E. Merrill, American banker and philanthropist, co-founded Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (died 1956)

Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (died 1916)

Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist (died 1919)

Mordecai Brown, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1945)

Mihkel Pung, Estonian lawyer and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1941)

Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (died 1925)

Bart King, American cricketer (died 1965)

Bertha Knight Landes, American academic and politician, Mayor of Seattle (died 1943)

Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (died 1954)

George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (died 1937)

Annie Smith Peck, American mountaineer and academic (died 1935)

Ralph Tollemache, English priest (died 1895)

Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter (died 1878)

Cassius Marcellus Clay, American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (died 1903)

Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and philosopher (died 1853)

Leigh Hunt, English poet and critic (died 1859)

Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist and sinologist (died 1800)

John Woolman, American-English preacher, journalist, and activist (died 1772)

Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (died 1804)

William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist (died 1752)

John Abernethy, Irish minister (died 1740)

Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (died 1733)

Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1704)

Charles of Sezze, Italian Franciscan friar and saint (died 1670)

James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English-Irish general, academic, and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1688)

Gerrard Winstanley, English Protestant religious reformer (died 1676)

Thomas Browne, English physician and author (died 1682)

Dmitry of Uglich, Russian crown prince and saint (died 1591)

John Juvenal Ancina, Italian Oratorian and bishop (died 1604)

Viglius, Dutch politician (died 1577)

Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (died 1499)

Prince Hisaaki of Japan (died 1328)

Yingtian, empress of the Khitan Liao Dynasty (died 953)