Famous Birthdays By Date

Joseph Fahnbulleh, Liberian-American sprinter

Nicholas Robertson, American ice hockey player

Leandro Bolmaro, Argentine-Italian basketball player

Zay Flowers, American football player

Harmony Tan, French tennis player

Ross Colton, American professional ice hockey player

Teuvo Teräväinen, Finnish ice hockey player

Farrah Moan, American drag queen and entertainer

Jonathan Adams, English discus thrower

Jordan Ayew, Ghanaian footballer

Kygo, Norwegian DJ

Jo Inge Berget, Norwegian footballer

Michael J. Willett, American actor and musician

Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer

Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress

Tyler Hoechlin, American actor

Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player

LaToya Sanders, American basketball player

Ben Scrivens, Canadian ice hockey player

Shaun Livingston, American basketball player

Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner

Ike Diogu, Nigerian-American basketball player

Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player

Elvan Abeylegesse, Ethiopian-Turkish runner

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian politician

Charles Kelley, American singer and musician

Dylan Klebold, American mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (died 1999)

Michael Sukkar, Australian politician

Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player

Greet Daems, Belgian politician

Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian racing driver

Eric Abidal, French footballer

Frank Francisco, Dominican baseball player

David Pizarro, Chilean footballer

Ariana Richards, American actress and artist

Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager

Jonny Buckland, Welsh guitarist

Ludacris, American rapper and producer

Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player

Tobias Zellner, German footballer

Tomáš Enge, Czech racing driver

Murali Kartik, Indian cricketer and sportscaster

Juan Cobián, Argentinian footballer

Pierre Issa, South African footballer

DeLisha Milton-Jones, American basketball player and coach

Richard Ashcroft, English singer-songwriter and musician

Antonio Gómez Medina, Mexican wrestler

Ted Leo, American singer and musician

Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer

Stefano Cagol, Italian artist, photographer and director

Eduardo Pérez, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster

Allan Alaküla, Estonian journalist

Paul Mayeda Berges, American director and screenwriter

Maria Bartiromo, American financial journalist and television personality

Harry Connick Jr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, actor, and talk show host

Sung Jae-gi, South Korean activist, founded Man of Korea (died 2013)

Charles Walker, English politician

Bashar al-Assad, Syrian politician, 21st President of Syria

Paul Heyman, American wrestling promoter, manager, and journalist

Moby, American singer-songwriter, musician, and DJ

Ellis Burks, American baseball player

Dave Bidini, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician

Kristy McNichol, American actress

Victoria Poleva, Ukrainian pianist and composer

Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer

Virginia Madsen, American actress

Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (died 2012)

Hiroshi Amano, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Anne Ramsay, American actress

David Frost, South African golfer

John Hawkes, American actor

Roxann Dawson, American actress and director

Scott Patterson, American actor and baseball player

Tony Gilroy, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Sharon Lamb, American psychologist and academic

Jani Allan, English-South African journalist and author (died 2023)

Sarita Francis, Former Montserrat Deputy Governor

Renée Geyer, Australian singer-songwriter (died 2023)

Tommy Shaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Catherine Bott, English soprano

Richard D. Gill, English-Dutch mathematician and academic

Johnny Neumann, American basketball player and coach (died 2019)

Hugo Porta, Argentinian rugby player

Anne Dell, Australian biochemist and academic

Bruce Doull, Australian footballer

Amy Madigan, American actress

Barry Sheene, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster (died 2003)

Roger Uttley, English rugby player and coach

Bill Whittington, American racing driver (died 2021)

John Martyn, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)

John Agrue, American serial killer (died 2009)

Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (died 2024)

Gianluigi Gelmetti, Italian composer and conductor (died 2021)

Leo Kottke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Everaldo, Brazilian footballer (died 1974)

Freddy Thielemans, Belgian educator and politician, Mayor of Brussels (died 2022)

André Caillé, Canadian chemist and businessman

Mickey Hart, American musician

Brian Perkins, New Zealand-English journalist and actor

Lola Falana, American actress, singer, and dancer

Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Civil Rights activist and Little Rock Nine member

Brian De Palma, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Nông Đức Mạnh, Vietnamese politician

Theodore Olson, American lawyer (died 2024)

Charles Geschke, American businessman, co-founded Adobe Systems (died 2021)

Brian F. G. Johnson, English chemist and academic

Robert Crippen, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

Queen Paola of Belgium

Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (died 2014)

Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer

Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2000)

Margaret Booth, English lawyer and judge (died 2021)

William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (died 2002)

Nicola Pietrangeli, Italian tennis player (died 2025)

Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian and academic (died 2014)

Cathryn Damon, American actress and dancer (died 1987)

Jean-Claude Forest, French author and illustrator (died 1998)

Saleh Selim, Egyptian footballer, manager, and actor (died 2002)

Luis García, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (died 2014)

Primož Kozak, Slovenian playwright (died 1981)

Patrick Mayhew, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2016)

Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (died 2014)

Earl Holliman, American actor (died 2024)

Keith Holman, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2011)

G. David Schine, American soldier and businessman (died 1996)

Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (died 2005)

Harry Somers, Canadian soldier and composer (died 1999)

Daniel Akaka, American soldier, engineer, and politician (died 2018)

Tom Landry, American football player and coach (died 2000)

Rudolf Vrba, Czech-Canadian pharmacologist and educator (died 2006)

Betsy Drake, American actress (died 2015)

Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer and academic (died 1984)

Alan Badel, English actor (died 1982)

Leaford Bearskin, American tribal leader and colonel (died 2012)

Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (died 2008)

Herbert Lom, Czech-born English actor (died 2012)

Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (died 1989)

Jessica Mitford, English-American journalist and author (died 1996)

Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and horse breeder (died 2001)

Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (died 2015)

Dajikaka Gadgil, Indian jeweller (died 2014)

Serbian Patriarch Pavle II (died 2009)

Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (died 1983)

Jacinto Convit, Venezuelan physician and academic (died 2014)

Lala Amarnath, Indian cricketer (died 2000)

Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1971)

Alvar Lidell, English journalist (died 1981)

Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (died 1974)

Karl Plutus, Estonian lawyer and jurist (died 2010)

Theodor Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (died 1969)

Stephen Etnier, American lieutenant and painter (died 1984)

D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman, founded Gold Kist (died 1999)

Philipp Bouhler, German politician (died 1945)

Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (died 2000)

Anton Koolmann, Estonian wrestler and coach (died 1953)

Gerald Templer, English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (died 1979)

Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (died 1982)

Douglas Hawkes, English-Greek racing driver and engineer (died 1974)

William Thomas Walsh, American historian, author, and educator (died 1949)

D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1930)

Herbert Stothart, American composer and conductor (died 1949)

Sudhamoy Pramanick, Indian activist and politician (died 1974)

Louis Coatalen, French engineer (died 1962)

Felix Dzerzhinsky, Polish-Russian academic and politician (died 1926)

James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1946)

Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (died 1924)

Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona, Italian racing driver, mountaineer, and politician (died 1927)

Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (died 1929)

Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor General of Canada (died 1935)

Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician (died 1910)

O. Henry, American short story writer (died 1910)

Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist (died 1921)

James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (died 1934)

Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian author and playwright (died 1905)

Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (died 1921)

John Ireland, Irish-American archbishop (died 1918)

Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, author, and explorer (died 1870)

Thomas Hill, American painter (died 1908)

Eduard Hanslick, Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and critic (died 1904)

Carl Zeiss, German lens maker, created the Optical instrument (died 1888)

Daniel S. Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of New York (died 1866)

Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (died 1895)

Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer (died 1832)

Mungo Park, Scottish surgeon and explorer (died 1806)

Valentino Fioravanti, Italian organist and composer (died 1837)

Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (died 1827)

Johann Bernhard Basedow, German author and educator (died 1790)

William Boyce, English organist and composer (died 1779)

James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (died 1748)

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (died 1741)

Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (died 1675)

Vincenzo Maculani, Catholic cardinal (died 1667)

Daniyal, Imperial Prince of the Royal House of Timur (died 1604)

Joseph Calasanz, Spanish priest and founder of Piarists (died 1648)

John George, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1598)

Pierre de Ronsard, French poet and author (died 1585)

Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian ornithologist and botanist (died 1605)

Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders (1518–1538) (died 1572)

Louise of Savoy, French regent (died 1531)

Bernardo Accolti, Italian poet (died 1536)

Eleanor of Lancaster, countess of Arundel (died 1372)

Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shōgun (died 1204)

Yuknoom Ch'een II, Mayan ruler