Famous Birthdays By Date

Gabriel Bateman, American actor

Armando Broja, Albanian-born English footballer

Nick Cross, American football player

Laura Taylor, Australian swimmer

Anna Blinkova, Russian tennis player

Sheck Wes, American rapper

Brooke Henderson, Canadian golfer

Troy Terry, American ice hockey player

Jack Grealish, English footballer

Matt Rife, American comedian and actor

Mohamed Sylla, French rapper

Sam Kerr, Australian footballer

Ricky Ledo, American basketball player

Ayub Masika, Kenyan footballer

Sam Morsy, Egyptian footballer

Corban Knight, Canadian ice hockey player

Manish Pandey, Indian cricketer

Matt Ritchie, English footballer

Bobby Sharp, Canadian wrestler

Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player

Jared Lee Loughner, American mass murderer

Paul Goldschmidt, American baseball player

Alex Saxon, American actor

Angel McCoughtry, American basketball player

Ashley Monroe, American singer-songwriter

Eoin Morgan, Irish- English cricketer

Aleksandrs Čekulajevs, Latvian footballer

James Graham, English rugby league player

Neil Walker, American baseball player

Sander Post, Estonian footballer

Harry Treadaway, English actor

Luke Treadaway, English actor

Drake Younger, American wrestler

Shawn James, Guyanese-American basketball player

Jérémy Toulalan, French footballer

Joey Votto, Canadian baseball player

Misty Copeland, American ballerina and author

Javi Varas, Spanish footballer

Marco Chiudinelli, Swiss tennis player

Germán Denis, Argentinian footballer

Bonnie Maxon, American wrestler

Roger Mason Jr., American basketball player

Trevor Murdoch, American wrestler

Mikey Way, American bass player and songwriter

Tetsuya Yamagami, Japanese assassin of Shinzo Abe

Jacob Young, American actor

Julia Goldsworthy, English politician

Alex Horne, British comedian

Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Lithuanian basketball player

Mike DiBiase, American wrestler

Caleb Ralph, New Zealand rugby player

Marty Holah, New Zealand rugby player

Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player

Vasilios Lakis, Greek footballer

Matt Morgan, American wrestler

Reinder Nummerdor, Dutch volleyball player

Dan O'Toole, Canadian sportscaster

Melanie Pullen, American photographer

Mohammad Akram, Pakistani cricketer and coach

Mirko Filipović, Croatian mixed martial artist, boxer, and politician

Ryan Phillippe, American actor and producer

Ben Wallace, American basketball player

Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer

Mark Huizinga, Dutch martial artist

Tim Stimpson, English rugby player

James Duval, American actor and producer

Bente Skari, Norwegian skier

Joe Bravo, American jockey

Ménélik, Cameroonian-French rapper

Dean Gorré, Surinamese footballer and manager

Paula Kelley, American singer-songwriter

Neera Tanden, American lawyer and policy analyst

Craig Innes, New Zealand rugby player

Johnathon Schaech, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Andreas Herzog, Austrian footballer and manager

Big Daddy Kane, American rapper, producer, and actor

Guy Ritchie, English director, producer, and screenwriter

Yuki Saito, Japanese singer and actress

Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

Jack Ma, Chinese businessman, co-founder of Alibaba Group

John E. Sununu, American engineer and politician

Randy Johnson, American baseball player

Bill Stevenson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer

Alison Bechdel, American author and illustrator

Margaret Ferrier, Scottish politician

Colin Firth, English actor and producer

Tim Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

David Lowery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Michael Earl, American actor, singer, and puppeteer (died 2015)

Chris Columbus, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer-songwriter and producer

Kate Burton, British-American actress

Carol Decker, English singer-songwriter

Johnnie Fingers, Irish keyboard player and songwriter

Pat Mastelotto, American rock drummer

Jackie Ashley, English journalist

Lorely Burt, English politician

Clark Johnson, American-Canadian actor

Don Wilson, American kickboxer and actor

Pat Cadigan, American science fiction author

Amy Irving, American actress

John Thurso, Scottish businessman and politician

Medea Benjamin, American activist, founder of Code Pink

Vic Toews, Paraguayan-Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th Canadian Minister of Justice

Sarah Coakley, English philosopher, theologian, and academic

Steve Keirn, American wrestler

Bill Rogers, American golfer

Rosie Flores, American singer and guitarist

Tom Lund, Norwegian football player

Joe Perry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Barriemore Barlow, English rock drummer and songwriter

Babette Cole, English author and illustrator (died 2017)

Don Muraco, American wrestler

Bill O'Reilly, American journalist and author

Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese historian and author

Brian Donohoe, Scottish politician

Judy Geeson, English actress

Bob Lanier, American basketball player and coach (died 2022)

Margaret Trudeau, Canadian actress and talk show host, 12th Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada

Charlie Waters, American football player, coach, and radio host

Larry Nelson, American golfer

David Pountney, English director and manager

Michèle Alliot-Marie, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs

Jim Hines, American sprinter and football player (died 2023)

Don Powell, English rock drummer

Patrick Norman, Canadian singer-songwriter

José Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and guitarist

Gerard Henderson, Australian journalist and author

Mike Mullane, American colonel and astronaut

Thomas Allen, English actor, singer, and academic

Danny Hutton, Irish-American singer

Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and author (died 2002)

Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (died 2014)

Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese video game designer, invented Game Boy (died 1997)

Roy Ayers, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, vibraphonist, and producer (died 2025)

Buck Buchanan, American football player (died 1992)

Bob Chance, American baseball player (died 2013)

David Hamilton, English radio and television host

Jared Diamond, American biologist, geographer, and author

Tommy Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015)

Peter Lovesey, British writer (died 2025)

Mary Oliver, American poet (died 2019)

Charles Kuralt, American journalist (died 1997)

Roger Maris, American baseball player and coach (died 1985)

Jim Oberstar, American educator and politician (died 2014)

Larry Sitsky, Australian pianist, composer, and educator

Mr. Wrestling II, American wrestler (died 2020)

Yevgeny Khrunov, Russian colonel and cosmonaut (died 2000)

Karl Lagerfeld, German-French fashion designer and photographer (died 2019)

Bo Goldman, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (died 2023)

Isabel Colegate, English author and agent (died 2023)

Philip Baker Hall, American actor (died 2022)

Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player and engineer (died 2006)

Michel Bélanger, Canadian businessman and banker (died 1997)

John Golding, English historian, scholar, and curator (died 2012)

Arnold Palmer, American golfer and businessman (died 2016)

Roch Bolduc, Canadian civil servant and politician

Walter Ralston Martin, American minister and author, founded the Christian Research Institute (died 1989)

Jean Vanier, Canadian philosopher and humanitarian, founded L'Arche (died 2019)

Johnny Keating, Scottish trombonist, composer, and producer (died 2015)

Beryl Cook, English painter and illustrator (died 2008)

Roy Brown, American singer-songwriter (died 1981)

Dick Lucas, English minister and cleric

Boris Tchaikovsky, Russian pianist and composer (died 1996)

Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player and coach (died 1988)

Boyd K. Packer, American educator and religious leader, 26th President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (died 2015)

Glen P. Robinson, American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta (died 2013)

Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (died 2000)

John W. Morris, American general (died 2013)

Fabio Taglioni, Italian engineer (died 2001)

Lex van Delden, Dutch composer (died 1988)

Miguel Serrano, Chilean poet and diplomat (died 2009)

Edmond O'Brien, American actor (died 1985)

Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, Anglo-Irish captain and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (died 1990)

Robert Wise, American director and producer (died 2005)

Lincoln Gordon, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Brazil (died 2009)

Basappa Danappa Jatti, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Vice President of India (died 2002)

Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (died 2004)

Raymond Scott, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1994)

Waldo Rudolph Wedel, American archaeologist and author (died 1996)

Alva R. Fitch, American general (died 1989)

Dorothy Hill, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (died 1997)

Karl Wien, German geographer, academic, and mountaineer (died 1937)

Honey Craven, American horse rider and manager (died 2003)

Max Shachtman, American theorist and politician (died 1972)

Cyril Connolly, English author and critic (died 1974)

Bessie Love, American actress (died 1986)

Waldo Semon, American chemist and engineer (died 1999)

Georges Bataille, French philosopher, novelist, and poet (died 1962)

Hilde Hildebrand, German actress and singer (died 1976)

Adele Astaire, American actress and dancer (died 1981)

Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (died 1970)

Ye Ting, Chinese general (died 1946)

Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (died 1976)

Alexander Dovzhenko, Soviet screenwriter/producer/director of Ukrainian origin (died 1956)

Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)

Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (died 1978)

Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian-French fashion designer (died 1973)

Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian author, poet, and playwright (died 1945)

Mortimer Wheeler, British archaeologist and officer (died 1976)

Ivar Böhling, Finnish wrestler (died 1929)

Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (died 1976)

Giovanni Gronchi, Italian soldier and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (died 1978)

Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (died 1976)

Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (died 1961)

H.D., American poet, novelist, and memoirist (died 1961)

Johannes de Jong, Dutch cardinal (died 1955)

Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (died 1950)

Herbert Johanson, Estonian architect (died 1964)

Georgia Douglas Johnson, American poet and playwright (died 1966)

Laura Cornelius Kellogg, Native American activist (died 1947)

Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (died 1942)

George Hewitt Myers, American forester and philanthropist (died 1957)

Mamie Dillard, African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (died 1954)

Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (died 1933)

Charles Collett, English engineer (died 1952)

Jeppe Aakjær, Danish author and poet (died 1930)

Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (died 1933)

Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (died 1938)

Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (died 1937)

Alice Brown Davis, American tribal chief (died 1935)

Abel Hoadley, English-Australian candy maker, created the Violet Crumble (died 1918)

Isaac K. Funk, American minister and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (died 1912)

Charles Sanders Peirce, American mathematician, statistician, and philosopher (died 1914)

Joseph Wheeler, American general and politician (died 1906)

William Jervois, English captain, engineer, and politician, 10th Governor of South Australia (died 1897)

Marie Laveau, American voodoo practitioner (died 1881)

Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (died 1834)

Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and author (died 1868)

John J. Crittenden, American statesman and politician (died 1863)

Justina Jeffreys, Jamaican-born British gentlewoman (died 1869)

Nicolás Bravo, Mexican soldier and politician, 11th President of Mexico (died 1854)

William Mason, American surgeon and politician (died 1860)

Hannah Webster Foster, American author (died 1840)

John Soane, English architect and academic, designed the Royal Academy and Freemasons' Hall (died 1837)

Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (died 1774)

Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (died 1695)

Caspar Bartholin the Younger, Danish anatomist (died 1738)

Maria Theresa of Spain (died 1683)

Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (died 1689)

Nicholas Lanier, English singer-songwriter and lute player (died 1666)

Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Paraguayan-Argentinian soldier and politician (died 1634)

Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish general (died 1615)

George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (died 1596)

Wolfgang Musculus, German theologian (died 1563)

Pope Julius III (died 1555)

Eleanor, Princess of Asturias (died 1425)

Guo Wei, posthumously known as Emperor Taizu of Later Zhou

Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria (died 940)