Today's 10 December Famous Birthdays in History

  • 1452 Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer, born in Blaubeuren, Germany (d. 1531)
  • 1538 Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd), born in Ferrara, Italy (d. 1612)
  • 1588 Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher, born in Middelburg, Netherlands (d. 1637)
  • 1679 Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau and governor of Zeeuws-Flanders, born in The Hague (d. 1753)
  • 1691 Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter and cartoonist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1759)
  • 1741 Aagje Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children), born in Amstelveen, Netherlands (d. 1804)
  • 1751 George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist, born in Bierton, Buckinghamshire (d. 1813)
  • 1764 Louis-Sébastien Lebrun, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1829)
  • 1765 Alexander Gogel, Dutch minister of Finance, born in Vught, Netherlands (d. 1821)
  • 1787 Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American pioneer of educating the deaf, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1851)
  • 1794 James Wolfe Ripley, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Windham County, Connecticut (d. 1870)
  • 1804 Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician, born in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1851)
  • 1805 Johannes Elias Feisser, Dutch theologist and founder of 1st Dutch baptist church, born in Winsum, Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1865)
  • 1805 Joseph Škoda, Bohemian physician, born in Pilsen, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1881)

American abolitionist, and publisher ("The Liberator"), born in Newburyport, Massachusetts

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  • 1813 Errico Petrella, Italian composer, born in Palermo, Kingdom of Sicily (d. 1877)
  • 1813 Zachariah Chandler, American merchant and politician (found Republican Party), born in Bedford, New Hampshire (d. 1879)
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  • 1820 David Allen Russell, United States Army officer (Union), born in Salem, New York (d. 1864)
  • 1820 Princess Elizabeth of Clarence, second daughter of Duke and Duchess of Clarence, later King William IV and Queen Adelaide, born in St James's Palace, London. England (d. 1821)
  • 1821 Nikolay Alekseyevich Nekrasov, Russian poet, writer and publisher (Russkije Zjenjshiny), born in Nemyriv, Russian Empire (d. 1877)
  • 1822 César Franck, Belgian composer and organist (Symphonic Variations), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1890)
  • 1822 Thomas Casimer Devin, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in New York City (d. 1878)
  • 1823 Theodore Kirchner, German pianist, organist, and composer, born in Neukirchen, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1903)
  • 1823 Wilhelm Kuhe, German composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1912)
  • 1824 George MacDonald, Scottish poet and sci-fi author (Princess & Curdie), born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (d. 1905)
  • 1827 Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and brewer (O'Keefe Brewery Company of Toronto Limited), born in Bandon, County Cork (d. 1913)

American poet (Collected Poems), born in Amherst, Massachusetts

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  • 1831 Alexander Conze, German archaeologist, born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1914)
  • 1851 Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator (created Dewey Decimal System for libraries), born in Adams Center, New York (d. 1931)
  • 1855 Henry Nicholas Ridley, British botanist (Malay Peninsula rubber industry), born in West Harling, Norfolk, England (d. 1956)
  • 1868 Louis Victor Saar, Dutch-American composer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1937)
  • 1870 Adolf Loos, Austrian post-modern architect (building of houses) and critic (Ornaments and Crime), born in Brno, Austria-Hungary (d. 1933) [1]
  • 1870 Mary Bonaparte, eldest surviving daughter of Prince Napoléon Bonaparte of Canino and Christine Ruspoli, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1947)
  • 1870 Pierre Louÿs, French novelist and poet (Aphrodite, Woman & Puppet), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1925)
  • 1870 Rudolf Wilhelm Canne, Fries playwright (Der de Wier Us), born in Wûns (d. 1931)
  • 1870 Thomas Gore, American politician, one of the first two US Oklahoma senators (1907-21, 1931-7), born in Webster County, Mississippi (d. 1949)
  • 1870 Tom McKibbin, Australian cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, 17 wickets; NSW CA), born in Bathurst, Australia (d. 1939)
  • 1872 Johann Babtist Thaller, German composer, born in Röhrmoos, German Empire (d. 1952)
  • 1872 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (study of graves), born in Hannover, Germany (d. 1956)
  • 1876 Anton Mauve (Jr), Dutch painter, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1962)
  • 1878 C. Rajagopalachari, India's freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India, born in Thorapalli, Madras Presidency, British India (d. 1972)
  • 1879 James E. Norris, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame team owner (Detroit Red Wings), born in Montréal, Canada (d. 1952)
  • 1880 Fred Immler, German actor (Zapata's Gang, Madame DuBarry), born in Germany (d. 1965)
  • 1882 Otto Neurath, Austrian-British philosopher (Foundation of Social Sciences), born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1945)
  • 1883 Andrej J. Vysjinski, Russian lawyer and UN ambassador, born in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1954)
  • 1883 Jesse Harper, American College Football HOF coach (Notre Dame 57–17–7 [football; 67–29 [basketball]; 88–53–1 [baseball]), born in Paw Paw, Illinois (d. 1961)
  • 1884 Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian painter, born in Kharkov, Russian Empire (d. 1967)
  • 1885 János Hammerschlag, Hungarian composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1954)
  • 1885 Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer (Behind the Barbed Wire Fence), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1967)

English actor (The Informer - Academy Award 1935), born in Tunbridge Wells, England

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  • 1886 William Booth, England Test cricket batsman (WWI 2 Tests), born in Pudsey, England (d. 1916)
  • 1889 Ray Collins, American stage, radio, and screen character actor (Homecoming; Citizen Kane; Rose Marie; Perry Mason), born in Sacramento, California (d. 1965)
  • 1890 George Merritt, English actor (I Monster, Q Planes), born in London, England (d. 1977)

German-Swedish poet and playwright (O the Chimneys - Nobel Prize for Literature 1966), born in Berlin, Germany

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  • 1893 Walter Rein, German composer, born in Stotternheim, German Empire (d. 1955)
  • 1894 Earnest Haenchen, German new testament expert, born in Czarnków, Poland (d. 1975)
  • 1894 Gertrud Kolmar, German lyric poet and writer, born in Berlin (d. 1943)
  • 1897 Karl H. Waggerl, Austria writer (Power of Love), born in Bad Gastein, Austria (d. 1973)
  • 1898 Yuri Nikolayevich Libedinski, Ukrainian writer (Birth of Hero), born in Odessa, Ukraine (d. 1959)
  • 1901 Franz Fischer, German Gestapo official and last survivor of the Nazi war criminals held in Dutch prison, born in Olsberg, German Empire (d. 1989) [1] [2]
  • 1903 George J. Lewis, Mexican actor (Don-Zorro), born in Guadalajara, Mexico (d. 1995)
  • 1903 Una Merkel, American actress (42nd Street, Abraham Lincoln), born in Covington, Kentucky (d. 1986)
  • 1903 William Plomer, South African-British author (Paper Houses, I Speak of Africa), born in Transvaal, South Africa (d. 1973)
  • 1906 Walter Zinn, Canadian-American nuclear physicist (invented the breeder reactor), born in Kitchener, Ontario (d. 2000)
  • 1907 Amedeo Nazzari [Buffa], Italian actor (Nights of Cabiria; Chains; Caravaggio), born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (d. 1979)
  • 1907 Lucien Laurent, French footballer (scored the first ever FIFA World Cup goal), born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France (d. 2005)
  • 1907 Michael Blankfort, American writer, producer and director, born in New York City (d. 1982)
  • 1907 Rumer Godden, English author (Thursday's Children), born in Eastbourne, Sussex, England (d. 1998)
  • 1908 Arnold van Ruler, Dutch theologist, born in Apeldoorn, Netherlands (d. 1970)
  • 1908 Olivier Messiaen, French composer (L'Ame en Bourgeon; St Francois d'Assise), born in Avignon, France (d. 1992)
  • 1910 Jill Summers, British actress (Agatha, Coronation Street), born in Lancashire, England (d. 1997)
  • 1911 Chet Huntley, American newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), born in Cardwell, Montana (d. 1974)
  • 1912 Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician (U.S. Senator from Michigan), born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (d. 1976)
  • 1913 Harry Locke, British actor (Passport to Pimlico, Town on Trial), born in London, England (d. 1987)

American pianist, conductor and theatrical, screen and concert composer (Pulitzer Prize, 1956 - Stringmusic), born in Richmond Hill, New York

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  • 1913 Pannonica de Koenigswarter (née Rothschild), British-Hungarian socialite, French resistance fighter, writer, and jazz patron (Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Horace Silver), born in London, England (d. 1988)
  • 1914 Dorothy Lamour [Mary Kaumeyer], American actress and singer (Road to Bali; My Favorite Brunette), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1996)
  • 1914 Jeff Nicklin, Canadian CFL football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers), Army officer and paratrooper, born in Fort William, Ontario (d. 1945) [1]
  • 1917 Sultan Yahya Petra, 6th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (1975-79), born in Kota Bharu, Kelantan (d. 1979)
  • 1918 Anatoly Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (considered as the father of Russian ice hockey), born in Moscow (d. 1995)
  • 1918 Anne Gwynne [Marguerite Gwynne Trice], American model and actress (Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein), born in Waco, Texas (d. 2003)
  • 1919 Alexander Courage, American composer of original Star Trek theme, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
  • 1919 Sven-Eric Emanuel Johanson, Swedish composer, born in Västervik, Sweden (d. 1997)
  • 1920 Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian writer (Laços de Família), born in Chechelnyk, Ukrainian People's Republic (d. 1977)
  • 1920 Ragnhild Hveger, Danish swimmer (Olympic silver 400m freestyle 1936; 44 world records 1938-56), born in Nyborg, Denmark (d. 2011)
  • 1920 Stanko Todorov, Bulgarian communist politician, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1971-81), born in Klenovik (d. 1996)
  • 1922 Allen Sapp, American composer (Imaginary Creatures), and pedagogue, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
  • 1922 Tunde Nightingale [Earnest Olatunde Thomas], Nigerian juju singer-songwtiter, and guitarist, born in Ibadan, Colonial Nigeria (d. 1981)
  • 1923 Abelardo Quinteros, Chilean composer (Horizon carré; Cantos al espejo), born in Valparaiso, Chile
  • 1923 Harold Gould, American character actor (The Sting, The Golden Girls, Rhoda, Big Bus), born in Schenectady, New York (d. 2010)
  • 1923 Jorge Semprún, Spanish-French writer (2nd mort de R Mercader, Z), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2011)
  • 1923 Linda Hayes [Bertha Williams], American R&B singer ("Yes I Know"), born in Linden, New Jersey (d. 1998)
  • 1925 Carolyn Ashley Kizer, American writer (Yin, Pulitzer 1985), born in Spokane, Washington, (d. 2014)
  • 1925 Jean Byron [Imogene Audette Burkhart], American actress (The Patty Duke Show), born in Paducah, Kentucky (d. 2006)
  • 1926 Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian musicologist, educator, and composer, born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2013)
  • 1926 Guitar Slim [Eddie Jones], blues guitarist ("The Things That I Used to Do"), born in Greenwood, Mississippi (d. 1959)
  • 1926 Harry Fowler, British actor (Great: Isambard Kingdom Brunel), born in Lambeth, London (d. 2012)
  • 1927 Agnes Nixon, American television producer, director and writer (One Life to Live, All My Children), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
  • 1927 Harvey Glatman, American rapist and serial killer, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1959)
  • 1928 Barbara Nichols, American actress (Dear Heart, Disorderly Orderly), born in Queens, New York (d. 1976)
  • 1928 Dan Blocker, American actor Cimarron City - "Tiny"; Bonanza - "Hoss"), born in DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas (d. 1972)
  • 1928 John Colicos, Canadian actor (Battlestar Galactica), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2000)
  • 1930 Clayton K Yeutter, American trade negotiator and Republican National chairman, born in Eustis, Nebraska (d. 2017)
  • 1932 Ross Taylor [Robert Murray Taylor], Scottish transplant surgeon who pioneered kidney transplantations in the U.K, born in Scotland (d. 2003)
  • 1933 Larry Morris, American College Football HOF iinebacker (NCAA C'ship 1952 Georgia Tech; NFL C'ship 1963 Chicago Bears), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2012)
  • 1933 Mako, Japanese-American actor (The Sand Pebbles), born in Kobe, Hyōgo, Empire of Japan (d. 2006)
  • 1934 Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist (Nobel 1975), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
  • 1935 Bruce Slovin, American businessman and chairman of the board of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (1985-2012), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2025)
  • 1935 Terry Allcock, English footballer (Norwich City), born in Leeds, England (d. 2024)
  • 1936 Lu Liang-Huan, Taiwanese golfer (British Open 1971 runner-up), born in Taipei, Taiwan (d. 2022)
  • 1937 Don Bies, American golfer (The Tradition 1989), born in Cottonwood, Idaho
  • 1937 Don Sebesky, American Grammy and Tony Award-winning arranger, composer, orchestra leader, jazz trombonist, and accordion player (Maynard Ferguson; Wes Montgomery; CTI Records), born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey (d. 2023)
  • 1938 Bill Mathis, American football halfback (AFL All Star 1961, 63; New York Titans/Jets), born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina (d. 2020)
  • 1938 Yuri Temirkanov, Russian conductor (Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre, 1976-88; Baltimore Symphony, 2000-06), born in Nalchik, Russia, USSR (d. 2023) [1]
  • 1939 Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist and university professor, born in Portsmouth, England
  • 1940 Jerry Lawson, American electronic engineer, considered the 'the father of the video game cartridge, born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2011) [1]
  • 1940 William Fred Dempster, crew member (Biosphere 2), born in Berkeley, California
  • 1941 Chad Stuart [David Stuart Chadwick], English pop-rock vocalist and guitarist (Chad & Jeremy - "Yesterday's Gone", "A Summer Song"), born in Windermere, Cumberland, England (d. 2020)
  • 1941 Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress (Rich Man Poor Man), born in Dublin, Ireland
  • 1941 Jeff Jones, Welsh cricket fast bowler (15 Tests England, 44 wickets), born in Dafen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
  • 1941 Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer (Sukiaki), and actor, born in Kawasaki, Japan (d. 1985)
  • 1941 Peter Michael Goetz, American actor (Jumping Jack Flash, King Kong Lives), born in Buffalo, New York
  • 1941 Peter Sarstedt, British pop-folk singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Where Do You Go To (My Lovely?"; "I Am A Cathedral"), born in New Delhi, British India (d. 2017)
  • 1941 Ralph Tavares, Cape Verdean-American R&B and soul singer (Tavares - "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel"), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2021)
  • 1941 Tommy Kirk, American actor (Old Yeller), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2021)
  • 1941 Tommy Rettig, American actor (Jeff's Collie, Lassie), born in Queens, New York (d. 1996)
  • 1942 Beer Bossu [Berend Frederik Gertenbach], Dutch actor and vocalist (Pub Chantant), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 1943 Lajos Szűcs, Hungarian soccer defender (37 caps; Ferencváros, Honvéd FC; Hungarian Footballer of the Year 1976; Olympic gold 1968), born in Apatin, Hungary (d. 2020)
  • 1943 Theodore Wilson, American actor (That's My Mama, Sanford Arms), born in New York City
  • 1944 Tisha Sterling, American actress (Coogan's Bluff), born in Hollywood, California
  • 1945 Eric Boom, Dutch rock guitarist (The Lords; Apron Strings), record producer, and copyright lawyer, born in Leiden, Netherlands
  • 1946 Ace Kefford, English bassist (The Move), born in Birmingham, England
  • 1946 Gloria Loring, American actress (THe Days of Our Lives, 1980-86 - "Liz"), singer ("Friends and Lovers"), and songwriter (Theme to "The Facts of Life", born in New York City
  • 1946 Thomas Lux, American poet (Split Horizon), born in Northampton, Massachusetts (d. 2017)
  • 1946 Walter Orange, American rocker (Commodores-Too Hot to Trot), born in Florida
  • 1947 Brian Hogan, English rugby league forward (5 Tests; St. Helens, Wigan, Bradford Northern, Widnes), born in Merton Bank, England (d. 2022)
  • 1947 Douglas Kenney, American humorist (co-founded the magazine National Lampoon), born in West Palm Beach, Florida (d. 1980)
  • 1947 Rəsul Quliyev, Azerbaijani politician, born in Qazanci, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
  • 1947 Zinaida Voronina, Russian and Soviet gymnast (1968 Olympics: 4 medals including 1 gold), born in Yoshkar-Ola, Russia (d. 2001)
  • 1948 Abu Abbas [Muhammad Zaidan], Palestinian founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLO), born in Yarmouk Camp (d. 2004)
  • 1948 Jessica Cleaves, American soul singer and songwriter (The Friends of Distinction - "Grazing In The Grass"; Earth, Wind & Fire; Parliament Funkadelic), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2014)
  • 1949 Ismail "Pops" Mohamed, South African jazz multi-instrumentalist and producer, born in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
  • 1950 John Boozman, American politician (Senator-R-Arkansas 2011-), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
  • 1950 Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Irish pianist, composer and educator (University of Limerick), born in Clonmel, Ireland (d. 2018)
  • 1950 Simon Owen, New Zealand golfer (British Open runner-up 1978), born in Wanganui, New Zealand
  • 1951 (Juan) "Johnny" Rodriguez, American country music singer-songwriter ("I Just Can't Get Her Out of My Mind"), born in Sabinal, Texas (d. 2025) [1]
  • 1951 Ellen Nikolaysen, Norwegian pop singer ("You Made Me Feel I Could Fly"), and musical theatre actress, born in Oslo, Norway
  • 1951 Larry Fast, American session and touring keyboard and synthesizer player, and composer (Synergy; Peter Gabriel; Nektar; Bonnie Tyler), born in Lawrence, New Jersey
  • 1952 Susan Dey, American actress (1st Love, Partridge Family, LA Law), born in Pekin, Illinois
  • 1953 Diane Schuur, American jazz pianist and singer (Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra; Heart To Heart), born in Tacoma, Washington
  • 1954 Geoff Deane, British pop singer (Modern Romance), born in London
  • 1954 Jack Hues [Jeremy Ryder], English new-wave singer-songwriter (Wang Chung - "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"), born in Gillingham, Kent, England
  • 1955 Garth Smith [Davies], British punk rock bassist (Buzzcocks), born in Tyldesley, Lancashire, England
  • 1955 Jacquelyn Mitchard, American journalist and novelist (The Deep End of the Ocean), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1956 Michael VerMeulen, American journalist and magazine editor (British GQ), born in Lake Forest, Illinois (d. 1995)
  • 1956 Rod Blagojevich, American politician (Governor of Illinois, 2003-09 - impeached and removed), and convicted felon (corruption and solicitation of bribes), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1957 Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (The Green Mile), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2012)
  • 1957 Paul Hardcastle, British composer and musician ("19"; "Don't Waste My Time"), born in Kensington, London
  • 1957 Prem Rawat "Guru Maharajji and Maharaji", American-Indian spiritual leader and speaker, born in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
  • 1958 John J. York, American actor (Mac Scorpio in "General Hospital"), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1959 Brian McNair, Scottish academic and media scholar (Striptease Culture, An Introduction to Political Communication), born in Scotland (d. 2020)
  • 1959 Burke Moses, American actor (Sean Baxter in "As the World Turns"), born in New York City
  • 1959 Mark Aguirre, American NBA forward (Detroit Pistons), born in Chicago, Illinois

1960 Northern Irish actor and director (High Season, Dead Again), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland

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  • 1960 Paul Assenmacher, American MLB pitcher (Cleveland Indians), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • 1961 Mark McKoy, Canadian track star (world record 50m indoor, Olympic gold 1992), born in Georgetown, British Guiana
  • 1961 Nia Peeples, American dancer and host (Fame; Party Machine), born in Hollywood, California
  • 1962 John de Wolf, Dutch soccer centre-back (6 caps; Sparta Rotterdam, FC Groningen, Feyenoord, Wolverhampton Wanderers) and manager (SVVSMC, Haaglandia, FC Türkiyemspor, Excelsior Maassluis), born in Schiedam, Netherlands
  • 1963 Doug Henry, American baseball pitcher (NY Mets), born in Sacramento, California
  • 1963 Gerald Sandel, Dutch soccer player (Sparta), born in The Hague, Netherlands
  • 1963 Gillian Wearing, English conceptual artist (60 Minutes Silence), born in Birmingham, England
  • 1963 Robin White, American tennis player (US Open doubles 1988), born in San Diego, California

1964 American celebrity chef, restaurateur and TV personality (Iron Chef America; Bobby Flay's Barbecue Addiction), born in New York City

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  • 1964 Luis Polonia, Dominican MLB baseball outfielder (New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles), born in Santiago City, Dominican Republic
  • 1965 (Joseph) "J" Mascis, American rock singer and guitarist (Dinosaur Jr), born in Amherst, Massachusetts
  • 1965 Stephanie Morgenstern, Canadian actress and filmmaker (Remembrance), born in Geneva, Switzerland
  • 1966 Mel Rojas, MLB pitcher (Montreal Expos), born in Haina, Dominican Republic
  • 1966 Norberto Martin, baseball infielder (Chicago White Sox), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • 1967 (Bror) "Messiah" Marcolin, Swedish heavy metal singer (Candlemas - 1986-91 & 2002-2004), born in Ronneby, Sweden
  • 1969 Austin Scott, American politician (Rep-R-Georgia 2011-), born in Augusta, Georgia
  • 1969 Darren Berry, Australian cricketer (Victorian wicket-keeper since 1989-90), born in Melbourne, Australia
  • 1969 Nadim Khan, Pakistani cricketer (brother of Moin Pakistani lefty spinner 1993), born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • 1969 Rob Blake, Canadian Hockey HOF defenseman (Olympic gold 2002; World C'ship gold 1994, 97; Stanley Cup 2001 Colorado Avalanche; Norris Memorial Trophy 1998 LA Kings) and executive (GM LA Kings), born in Simcoe, Ontario
  • 1971 Brian Nichols, American spree killer (on trial for rape when he escaped from custody and murdered the judge presiding over his trial, a court reporter, a sheriff's deputy and later a federal agent), born in Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1971 Carla Sacramento, Portuguese 1.5k runner, born in São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon
  • 1971 Manjula Munasinghe, Sri Lankan-Australian cricketer (Sri Lankan ODI pace bowler), born in Colombo, Ceylon
  • 1972 Brian Molko, Belgian-born singer and songwriter (Placebo - "Nancy Boy"), born in Brussels, Belgium
  • 1972 Dimitri Tikovoi, French pop, rock, and dance musician and record producer, born in Paris
  • 1972 Donavon Frankenreiter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist (Pass It Around), and surfer, born in Downey, California
  • 1974 Meg White, American drummer (The White Stripes), born in Grosse Point Farms, Michigan
  • 1975 Josip Skoko, Australian soccer midfielder (51 caps; Hajduk Split, Genk, Wigan Athletic), born in Mount Gambier, Australia
  • 1978 Donna Powell, British game designer, businesswoman, and co-founder of Neopets and Meteor Games, born in England, likely Surrey
  • 1978 Summer Phoenix [Bottom], American model and actress (What Comes Around, The Believer), born in Winter Park, Florida
  • 1979 Matt Bentley, American professional wrestler (TNA), born in Clinton, Iowa
  • 1980 Massari [Sari Abboud], Lebanese-born Canadian R&B singer (Be Easy), born in Beirut, Lebanon
  • 1980 Sarah Chang, Korean-American classical violinist child prodigy, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1981 Taufik Batisah, Singaporean pop singer-songwriter, born in Singapore
  • 1982 Matt Stutzman, American archer (WR longest accurate shot in archery - despite having no arms), born in Kansas City, Kansas
  • 1982 Shilpa Anand, Indian model and actress (Dill Mill Gayye, Vishnu), born in South Africa

1982 Turkish farmer and world's tallest man, born in Mardin, Turkey

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  • 1982 Tim Deegan, Canadian MuchMusic VJ, born in Oshawa, Ontario
  • 1983 Katrin Siska, Estonian pop-rock singer and keyboard player (Vanilla Ninja - "Tough Enough"), born in Tallinn, Estonia
  • 1983 Patrick Flueger, American actor (Chicago P.D.), born in Red Wing, Minnesota
  • 1983 Zé Kalanga, Angolan soccer winger (55 caps; Petro Atletico, Dinamo București, Boavista), born in Luanda, Angola
  • 1984 JTG [Jayson Paul], American professional wrestler (WWE Superstars, WWE Smackdown!), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1985 Grace Chatto, British electronic-pop singer and cellist (Clean Bandit - "Rather Be"; "Symphony"), born in London

1985 American actress (The Cosby Show, 1989-92 -"Olivia"; That's So Raven, 2003-07), singer, and TV personality (The View, 2012-16), born in Atlanta, Georgia

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  • 1986 Natti Nastasha [Natalia Gutiérrez Batista], Dominican singer (Sin Pijama), born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
  • 1986 Ryoichi Tsukada, Japanese acrobat, born in Kanagawa, Japan
  • 1987 Gonzalo Higuaín, Argentine soccer striker (75 caps; Real Madrid 190 games, Napoli, Juventus), born in Brest, France
  • 1990 Teyana Taylor, American singer-songwriter, actress and TV personality (Teyana and Iman), born in New York City
  • 1991 Kiki Layne, American actress (If Beale Street Could Talk), born in Cincinnati, Ohio

1996 American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2019; National C'ship 2020, MVP; LSU), born in Ames, Iowa

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  • 1996 Jonas Vingegaard, Danish road cyclist (Tour de France 2022), born in Hillerslev, Denmark
  • 1996 Valentina Sampaio, Brazilian pioneering transgender model and actress, Victoria Secret's first openly transgender model, born in Aquiraz, Brazil
  • 1999 Maja Stark, Swedish golfer (US Open 2025; Chevron C'ship 2024 runner-up), born in Abbekås, Sweden
  • 2014 Gabriella, Countess of Carladès, Princess of Monaco, born in Monaco
  • 2014 Jacques, Prince and heir of Monaco, born in Monaco



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