Famous Birthdays By Date

Joe Locke, Manx actor

Gaeul, South Korean singer, rapper, and dancer

Nikolas Cruz, American mass murderer

Tosin Adarabioyo, English footballer

Sonya Deville, American wrestler and mixed martial artist

Ben Platt, American actor, singer, and songwriter

Oriol Romeu, Spanish footballer

Vontaze Burfict, American football player

Pia Wurtzbach, Filipina actress, model, and beauty queen, Miss Universe 2015

Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player

Steven Kampfer, American ice hockey player

Kyle Sullivan, American actor

Spencer Treat Clark, American actor

Matthew Connolly, English footballer

Grey Damon, American actor

Max Lercher, Austrian politician

Eloise Mumford, American actress

Jonathan Soriano, Spanish footballer

Bobby Brown, American basketball player

Liam Finn, Australian-New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist

Randy Foye, American basketball player

Ben Harris, Australian rugby league player

Morgan Hamm, American gymnast

Paul Hamm, American gymnast

Jeff Karstens, American baseball player

Ryan Briscoe, Australian race car driver

Drew Gooden, American basketball player

Daniele Bennati, Italian cyclist

Dean Canto, Australian race car driver

Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer

Victoria Pendleton, English cyclist

John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer

Fábio Aurélio, Brazilian footballer

Kim Jong-min, South Korean singer

Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer

Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer and manager

Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, American football player

Casey Rabach, American football player

Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player

Ian Bohen, American actor

Stephanie McMahon, American wrestler and businesswoman

Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actor and singer (died 2013)

Vahur Vahtramäe, Estonian footballer

John McDonald, American baseball player

Eddie George, American football player and sportscaster

Gillian Lindsay, Scottish rower

Rodrick Rhodes, American basketball player and coach

Conor Burns, British politician

Kate Fleetwood, English actress

Michael S. Engel, American paleontologist and entomologist

Mike Michalowicz, American businessman and author

Kevin Millar, American baseball player and sportscaster

Peter Salisbury, English drummer

Shawn Crahan, American drummer, songwriter, and producer

Christopher Pincher, English politician

Shamim Sarif, English author, director, and screenwriter

Paul Ray Smith, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2003)

Megan Ward, American actress

Noreena Hertz, English economist, author, and academic

Christophe Bouchut, French race car driver

Rajesh Khattar, Indian voice actor

Bernard Gilkey, American baseball player

Stefan Molyneux, Irish-Canadian philosopher, author, and blogger

Michael O. Varhola, American journalist and author

Robert Irvine, English chef and television host

Njål Ølnes, Norwegian saxophonist and composer

Sean McNabb, American singer and bass player

Janet Weiss, American drummer

Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban-American baseball player

Marko Pomerants, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior

Ronald van der Kemp, Dutch fashion designer

Michael Potter, Australian rugby player and coach

Ben Preston, English journalist

Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer and manager

Mike Phelan, English footballer, coach, and manager

Tim Supple, English director and producer

Nia Vardalos, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter

Ilgvars Zalāns, Latvian painter

Christopher L. Eisgruber, American lawyer and academic

John Logan, American screenwriter and producer

Luc Picard, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter

Amy Sky, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Theo Paphitis, Cypriot-English businessman

Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer

Kevin Sorbo, American actor and producer

Wolfgang Wolf, German footballer and manager

Hubie Brooks, American baseball player

Riccardo Illy, Italian businessman and politician, President of Friuli Venezia Giulia

Marco Tardelli, Italian footballer and coach

Dieter Hochheimer, German footballer and manager

Mark Sandman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1999)

Douglas Kmiec, American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Malta

Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster

John Kessel, American author, poet, and playwright

Harriet Walter, English actress

Baleka Mbete, South African politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa

Anders Arborelius, Swedish cardinal

Gordon Clapp, American actor

Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (died 1998)

Garth Porter, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and producer

Stephen Mueller, American painter (died 2011)

Jerry Donahue, American guitarist and producer

Joe Greene, American football player, coach, and actor

Lars Emil Johansen, Greenlandic educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greenland

César Pedroso, Cuban pianist and songwriter (died 2022)

Pat Pocock, Welsh-English cricketer

María Teresa Ruiz, Chilean astronomer

Lou Dobbs, American journalist and author (died 2024)

Carson Van Osten, American comics creator and musician (died 2015)

John Rutter, English composer, conductor, and producer

Eavan Boland, Irish poet and academic (died 2020)

Sven-Ole Thorsen, Danish bodybuilder and stuntman

Victoria Vetri, Playboy's 1967 Miss September and 1968 Playmate of the Year.

Gerry Marsden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)

John Mackey, American football player (died 2011)

Linda McCartney, American singer, photographer, and activist (died 1998)

Yves Navarre, French author (died 1994)

Wayne Henderson, American trombonist and producer (died 2014)

Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (died 2015)

Jacques Vallée, French ufologist

Steve Douglas, American saxophonist, flute player, and producer (died 1993)

Sivanthi Adithan, Indian businessman (died 2013)

Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, created The Muppets (died 1990)

Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2018)

John Brunner, English-Scottish author and screenwriter (died 1995)

John Kasmin, English art dealer

Bernard Nevill, English painter, designer, and academic (died 2019)

Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (died 2013)

Manfred Wörner, German politician and diplomat, 7th Secretary General of NATO (died 1994)

Donald Wrye, American director, screenwriter, and producer (died 2015)

Raffaele Farina, Italian cardinal

Mel Taylor, American drummer (died 1996)

Miguel Montuori, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (died 1998)

Walter Wallmann, German politician, Minister-President of Hesse (died 2013)

Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and printmaker (died 2021)

Cardiss Collins, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)

Brian Glanville, English journalist and author (died 2025)

Anthony Newley, English singer and actor (died 1999)

Mike Parkes, English race car driver (died 1977)

Jack Gaughan, American illustrator (died 1985)

Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (died 1998)

Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (died 1977)

Benjamin Romualdez, Filipino politician and diplomat (died 2012)

John W. Young, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (died 2018)

John Carter, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and flute player (died 1991)

Arthur Malet, English-American actor and singer (died 2013)

Autar Singh Paintal, Indian physiologist and academic (died 2004)

Nina Bocharova, Ukrainian gymnast (died 2020)

Voula Zouboulaki, Egyptian-Greek actress (died 2015)

Louis Edmonds, American actor (died 2001)

Fats Navarro, American trumpet player and composer (died 1950)

Raoul Bott, Hungarian-American mathematician (died 2005)

Ettore Bastianini, Italian actor and singer (died 1967)

Bert I. Gordon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023)

Theresa Merritt, American actress and singer (died 1998)

John Moffatt, English actor and playwright (died 2012)

Jim McKay, American sportscaster and journalist (died 2008)

Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2014)

Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1945)

Jan Carew, Guyanese-American author, poet, and playwright (died 2012)

Ovadia Yosef, Iraqi-Israeli rabbi and scholar (died 2013)

Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model (died 1997)

Audra Lindley, American actress (died 1997)

Ruth Leach Amonette, American businesswoman and author (died 2004)

Esther Eng, Chinese-American film director (died 1970)

John Kerr, Australian politician, 18th Governor-General of Australia (died 1991)

Andrzej Panufnik, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1991)

Herb Jeffries, American singer (died 2014)

Robert Lewis Taylor, American author (died 1998)

Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and de facto leader of the USSR (died 1985)

Jean Servais, Belgian-French actor (died 1976)

Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish historian and architect (died 1966)

Ben Oakland, American pianist, composer, and songwriter (died 1979)

Leonard Marsh, Canadian sociologist and academic (died 1982)

Józef Nawrot, Polish footballer (died 1982)

Severo Ochoa, Spanish–American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)

Alexandra Adler, Austrian neurologist and psychologist (died 2001)

Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (died 1955)

William Dobell, Australian painter (died 1970)

Bessie Braddock, British politician (died 1970)

Howard Florey, Australian pharmacologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)

Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (died 1990)

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (died 1940)

André Frédéric Cournand, French physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)

Tommy Armour, Scottish-American golfer and sportscaster (died 1968)

Billy Bletcher, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1979)

Blind Lemon Jefferson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1929)

Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Québec (died 1956)

Mike González, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1977)

A. P. Herbert, English author and playwright (died 1971)

Artur Lemba, Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (died 1963)

Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (died 1963)

İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey (died 1973)

Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer and engineer (died 1953)

Franklin Clarence Mars, American businessman, founded Mars, Incorporated (died 1934)

Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American high jumper and coach (died 1951)

Max Decugis, French tennis player (died 1978)

Sarah Knauss, American super-centenarian, oldest verified American person ever (died 1999)

Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (died 1947)

María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui, Cuban pianist and composer (died 1957)

Jaan Teemant, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th State Elder of Estonia (died 1941)

Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (died 1960)

Georges Claude, French chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting (died 1960)

Bhikaiji Cama, Indian activist (died 1936)

Julius Klengel, German cellist and composer (died 1933)

Eugene Foss, American businessman and politician, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1939)

Nikolai Anderson, Estonian philologist and author (died 1905)

Charles S. West, American jurist and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (died 1885)

Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher (died 1901)

Mary Ann Browne, British poet and writer of musical scores (died 1845)

Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (died 1868)

Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1862)

Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor and educator (died 1875)

F.L.Æ. Kunzen, German-Danish composer and conductor (died 1817)

John Marshall, American Continental Army officer, jurist, and politician, 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (died 1835)

Horace Walpole, English historian, author, and politician (died 1797)

Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (died 1766)

Jean-Louis Lully, French composer (died 1688)

Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (died 1672)

Albrecht von Wallenstein, Bohemian general (died 1634)

William Adams, English sailor and navigator (died 1620)

Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (died 1581)

Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, physician, and astrologer (died 1576)

Georg von Frundsberg, German Knight and landowner (died 1528)

Shekha of Amarsar, Rajput chieftain (died 1488)

Anne of Cyprus, Duchess of Savoy (probable; (died 1462)

Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (died 1372)

'Adud al-Dawla, Buyid king (died 983)

Vitellius, Roman emperor (died 69)