Famous Birthdays By Date

Lai Kuan-lin, Taiwanese film director

Song Yu-qi, Chinese singer

John Collins, American basketball player

Napheesa Collier, American basketball player

Lee Mi-joo, South Korean singer and entertainer

Bai Lu, Chinese Actress

Petteri Lindbohm, Finnish ice hockey player

Angel Garza, Mexican wrestler

Lee Alexander, Scottish footballer

Key, South Korean singer and entertainer

Melanie Oudin, American tennis player

Brandon Jennings, American basketball player

Taniela Lasalo, Australian rugby league player

Juan Martín del Potro, Argentinian tennis player

Kairi Sane, Japanese wrestler

Yannick Weber, Swiss ice hockey player

Skylar Astin, American actor and singer

Martin Cranie, English footballer

Chris Volstad, American baseball player

Joba Chamberlain, American baseball player

Chris Johnson, American football player

Cush Jumbo, British actress

Lukáš Kašpar, Czech ice hockey player

Hasan Minhaj, American comedian, actor, and television host

Patrick Ehelechner, German ice hockey player

Matt Kemp, American baseball player

Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch-American entertainer

Shane del Rosario, American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (died 2013)

Joffrey Lupul, Canadian ice hockey player

Mait Künnap, Estonian tennis player

Shyla Stylez, Canadian pornographic actress (died 2017)

Robert Doornbos, Dutch racing driver

Helen Richardson-Walsh, English field hockey player

Ricky Davis, American basketball player

Bryant McKinnie, American football player

Fábio Simplício, Brazilian footballer

Lote Tuqiri, Fijian-Australian rugby player

Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (died 2013)

Anthony Mackie, American actor

Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player

Dmitri Kulikov, Estonian footballer

Fabio Ongaro, Italian rugby player

Rachael Yamagata, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Sarah Blasko, Australian singer-songwriter and producer

Robert James-Collier, English actor

Kip Pardue, American actor and model

Valeriy Sydorenko, Ukrainian boxer

Volodymyr Sydorenko, Ukrainian boxer

Kim Dong-moon, South Korean badminton player

Chris Hawkins, English journalist and producer

Eric Miller, Irish rugby player, footballer, and coach

Vitali Yeremeyev, Kazakhstani ice hockey player

Ben Duckworth, Australian rugby league player

Matt Hardy, American wrestler

Layzie Bone, American rapper

Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian pianist

Vangelis Krios, Greek footballer and coach

Sam Bettens, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Alistair Campbell, Zimbabwean cricketer

Jermaine Dupri, American rapper and producer

Karl Pilkington, English actor and producer

Moin Khan, Pakistani cricketer and coach

Eric Montross, American basketball player and sportscaster (died 2023)

Sean Spicer, American political aide, 30th White House Press Secretary

Adrian Brunker, Australian rugby league player

Lucia Cifarelli, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player

Ani DiFranco, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Giorgos Koltsidas, Greek footballer

Donald Audette, Canadian ice hockey player

Patrick Fiori, French singer-songwriter

Jan Suchopárek, Czech footballer and manager

Yvette Fielding, English actress and producer

Adam Price, Welsh politician

LisaRaye McCoy, American actress, model, fashion designer, and First Lady of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Chris Wilder, English footballer and manager

Pete Harnisch, American baseball player and coach

Mark Woodforde, Australian tennis player and sportscaster

Clayton Blackmore, Welsh footballer and manager

Josefa Idem, German-born Italian kayaker

Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer-songwriter

Larry Krystkowiak, American basketball player and coach

Katie Mitchell, English director and producer

Julian Parkhill, English biologist and academic

Bill Phillips, American businessman and author

Anne-Marie Cadieux, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter

Alex Proyas, Egyptian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter

Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist (died 2019)

Chi McBride, American actor

William C. McCool, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)

Kurt Beyer, American wrestler

Luis Moya, Spanish race car driver

Jason Alexander, American actor, singer, and voice artist

Frank Cottrell-Boyce, English author and screenwriter

Hans Nijman, Dutch mixed martial artist and wrestler (died 2014)

Chris O'Sullivan, Australian rugby league player

Elizabeth Peña, American actress (died 2014)

Karen Pierce, English diplomat

Danielle Dax, English singer-songwriter and producer

Khaled El Sheikh, Bahraini singer-songwriter

Tony Fossas, Cuban-American baseball player and coach

Marvin Lewis, American football player and coach

Larry Mize, American golfer

Rosalind Chao, American actress

Peter David, American author, actor, and screenwriter (died 2025)

Tom Hogan, Australian cricketer

Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer (died 2020)

Charlie Barnett, American actor (died 1996)

Cherie Blair, English lawyer and academic

Nicholas Witchell, English journalist

Mark Bego, American author

Anshuman Gaekwad, Indian cricketer

Dennis Lamp, American baseball player

Kim Duk-soo, Korean musician

Jim Morrison, American baseball player and manager

Steven Springer, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2012)

George Garzone, American saxophonist and educator

Floella Benjamin, Trinidadian-English actress, academic, and politician

Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Kostas Tournas, Greek singer-songwriter

Dan Toler, American guitarist (died 2013)

Christian Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player

Mary Kay Place, American actress

Neal Smith, American drummer and songwriter

Franz Fischler, Austrian politician

Bernard Maris, French economist and journalist (died 2015)

Genista McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh, English politician

Davorin Popović, Bosnian singer-songwriter (died 2001)

Anne Wheeler, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter

Igor Ivanov, Russian politician and diplomat, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Alan Old, English rugby player

Paul Petersen, American actor, singer, author, and activist

Eric Bogle, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter

Marty Schottenheimer, American football player and coach (died 2021)

Sila María Calderón, Puerto Rican-American businesswoman and politician, 12th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico

Colin Low, Baron Low of Dalston, Scottish scholar and politician

David Renneberg, Australian cricketer

George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (died 1971)

Simon Nolet, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Norma Winstone, English singer-songwriter

Michel Temer, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 25th Vice President of Brazil

Dick Thornett, Australian rugby player and water polo player (died 2011)

Henry Blofeld, English cricketer and journalist

Roy Buchanan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1988)

Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham, English politician

Sonny Vaccaro, American businessman

Arie L. Kopelman, American businessman (died 2024)

Romy Schneider, German-French actress (died 1982)

Jacques Poulin, Canadian author and translator (died 2025)

George Eastham, English footballer (died 2024)

Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 91st President of Peru (died 2006)

Sylvain Saudan, Swiss skier

Tareq Suheimat, Jordanian physician, general, and politician (died 2014)

Prem Chopra, Indian actor

Les McCann, American soul-jazz singer and pianist (died 2023)

Ron Tindall, English-Australian footballer, cricketer, and manager (died 2012)

Per Olov Enquist, Swedish journalist, author, and playwright (died 2020)

Lloyd J. Old, American immunologist and academic (died 2011)

Georg Keßler, German footballer and manager

Hilly Kristal, American businessman, founded CBGB (died 2007)

Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (died 2013)

Gerald Merrithew, Canadian educator and politician (died 2004)

Sehba Akhtar, Pakistani poet and songwriter (died 1996)

Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (died 1987)

Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 2004)

Frank Foster, American saxophonist and composer (died 2011)

Roger Grimsby, American journalist and actor (died 1995)

André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (died 2013)

John William Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist and composer (died 1967)

Denis C. Twitchett, English historian and scholar (died 2006)

Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and publisher (died 1978)

Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist (died 2016)

Vello Helk, Estonian-Danish historian and author (died 2014)

Mickey Rooney, American actor, singer, director, and producer (died 2014)

El Santo, Mexican Luchador enmascarado, film actor, and folk icon (died 1984)

Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (died 2006)

Aldo Moro, Italian academic and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1978)

Julius Baker, American flute player and educator (died 2003)

Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2001)

Carl-Henning Pedersen, Danish painter and sculptor (died 2007)

Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (died 2005)

Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (died 1980)

Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician (died 2003)

Jakob Streit, Swiss anthroposophist and author (died 2009)

Lorenc Antoni, Kosovo-Albanian composer and conductor (died 1991)

Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Indian poet, academic, and politician (died 1974)

Tiny Bradshaw, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1958)

Anne Desclos, French journalist and author (died 1998)

Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (died 1976)

Charles Ritchie, Canadian diplomat, High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom (died 1995)

Arthur Folwell, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator (died 1966)

Cec Fifield, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1957)

Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and academic (died 2003)

Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)

Bill Stone, English soldier (died 2009)

Tom C. Clark, American lawyer and judge, 59th Attorney General of the United States (died 1977)

Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (died 1988)

Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician (died 1977)

Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (died 1994)

Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor and singer (died 1984)

Miron Merzhanov, Russian architect and engineer (died 1975)

Johnny Mokan, American baseball player (died 1985)

Friedrich Paulus, German field marshal (died 1957)

Walter Lippmann, American journalist and publisher, co-founded The New Republic (died 1974)

John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish biologist, physician, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)

Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli rabbi and scholar (died 1968)

Mary Mallon, American cook and typhoid carrier (died 1938)

John Lomax, American teacher, musicologist, and folklorist (died 1948)

Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (died 1933)

Emma Orczy, Hungarian-English author and playwright (died 1947)

Suzanne Valadon, French model and painter (died 1938)

Mary Church Terrell, American author and activist (died 1954)

Robert Bosch, German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH (died 1942)

Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen (died 1923)

James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (died 1917)

William Stewart Halsted, American physician and surgeon (died 1922)

Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (died 1930)

Victoria Woodhull, American journalist and activist (died 1927)

John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (died 1902)

Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (died 1896)

William Holmes McGuffey, American author and academic (died 1873)

Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (died 1865)

Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (died 1813)

Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (died 1860)

Mariano Moreno, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1811)

Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (died 1840)

John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer (died 1836)

Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (died 1813)

Ferdinand VI of Spain (died 1759)

Jeremy Collier, English bishop and theologian (died 1726)

Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (died 1720)

Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Italian violinist and composer (died 1678)

Eleonore Gonzaga, Italian wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1655)

Francesco Barberini, Catholic cardinal (died 1679)

Bagrat III of Imereti, King of Imereti (died 1565)

Kublai Khan, Mongolian emperor (died 1294)

Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (died 1186)

Augustus, Roman emperor (died 14 AD)