January •
January 4 •
Dave Foley, Canadian actor and comedian •
Till Lindemann, German singer (
Rammstein) •
January 5 –
Jiang Wen, Chinese actor, film director and screenwriter •
January 6 –
Paul Kipkoech, Kenyan long-distance runner (d.
1995) •
January 10 –
Kira Ivanova, Soviet Russian figure skater (d.
2001) •
January 11 –
Petra Schneider, East German swimmer •
January 14 –
Steven Soderbergh, American film director •
January 15 –
Bruce Schneier, American cryptographer, cyber security expert and writer •
January 16 •
Simon Johnson, English-born economist •
James May, English motoring journalist and television show host •
January 17 –
Kai Hansen, German
power metal guitarist and singer •
January 21 –
Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian basketball player •
January 23 –
Gail O'Grady, American actress •
January 25 –
Fernando Haddad, Brazilian academic and politician •
January 26 •
José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager •
Andrew Ridgeley, English pop musician
February •
February 2 –
Eva Cassidy, American vocalist (d.
1996) •
February 3 –
Gretel Killeen, Australian journalist •
February 4 –
Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier •
February 6 •
David Capel, English cricketer (d.
2020) •
Cláudia Ohana, Brazilian actress and singer •
February 12 –
John Michael Higgins, American actor and voice actor •
February 14 •
Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor and director •
Alex Perry, Australian fashion designer •
February 15 –
Shoucheng Zhang, Chinese-American physicist (d.
2018) •
February 16 –
Claudio Amendola, Italian actor, television presenter and director •
February 17 •
Michael Jordan, American basketball player •
Jensen Huang, Taiwanese-American businessman, electrical engineer and philanthropist, co-founder of
NVIDIA •
Larry the Cable Guy, American actor and comedian •
February 18 –
Rob Andrew, English rugby union player •
February 19 –
Seal, English soul singer •
February 20 •
Charles Barkley, American basketball player •
Jon Christensen (politician), American politician and member of the
US House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999 •
February 21 –
William Baldwin, American actor, producer and writer •
February 22 –
Vijay Singh, Fijian golfer •
February 25 –
Merab Katsitadze, retired Georgian professional football player •
February 26 –
François Gagnon, Canadian sports journalist •
February 27 –
Virginie Boutaud, Brazilian singer and actress (
Metrô, Virginie & Fruto Proibido)
March •
March 1 •
Thomas Anders, German singer •
Aydan Şener, Turkish actress, model and beauty pageant •
March 2 •
Anthony Albanese, 31st
Prime Minister of Australia •
Tuff Hedeman, American PRCA World Champion Bull Rider •
March 3 –
Martín Fiz, Spanish long-distance runner •
March 4 –
Jason Newsted, American bassist •
March 5 –
Joel Osteen, American businessman and television evangelist •
March 8 –
Juan Gilberto Funes, Argentine footballer (d.
1992) •
March 9 −
Jean-Marc Vallée, Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter (d.
2021) •
March 10 •
Rick Rubin, American music producer •
Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Italian politician •
March 11 •
Azem Hajdari, Albanian student leader (d.
1998) •
Alex Kingston, English actress •
David LaChapelle, American photographer •
March 12 •
Farahnaz Pahlavi, Iranian princess •
Jake Weber, British actor •
Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner •
March 13 –
Fito Páez, Argentine rock musician •
March 14 –
Bruce Reid, Australian cricketer •
March 15 –
Bret Michaels, American rock singer (
Poison) •
March 16 –
Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (d.
2002) •
March 17 –
Alex Fong, Hong Kong actor •
March 18 –
Vanessa Williams, American beauty queen, actress and singer •
March 20 •
Kathy Ireland, American actress and model •
David Thewlis, British actor •
March 21 –
Ronald Koeman, Dutch football player and manager •
March 22 •
Marty Natalegawa, Indonesian diplomat •
Ana Fidelia Quirot, Cuban middle-distance runner •
Martín Vizcarra, Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th
President of Peru •
March 23 –
Jose Miguel Gonzalez Martin del Campo, Spanish football player •
March 25 –
Auxillia Mnangagwa, Zimbabwean politician and
First Lady of Zimbabwe •
March 27 •
Dave Koz, American jazz musician •
Quentin Tarantino, American actor, director, writer and producer •
Xuxa, Brazilian television personality •
March 28 –
Bernice King, American activist, lawyer and minister •
March 30 –
Panagiotis Tsalouchidis, Greek footballer •
March 31 –
Stephen Tataw, Cameroonian footballer (d.
2020)
April •
April 3 –
Sarah Woodward, English actress •
April 4 •
Siraj Raisani, Pakistani politician (d.
2018) •
Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey player (d.
2020) •
Graham Norton, Irish comedian and talk show host •
Frank Yallop, Canadian soccer player and coach •
April 6 –
Rafael Correa,
President of Ecuador •
April 8 –
Dean Norris, American actor •
April 9 •
Marc Jacobs, American fashion designer •
Erdal Tosun, Turkish actor (d.
2016) •
April 10 •
Jean-Luc Bourgeaux, French politician •
Angela Hohmann, German politician •
Doris Leuthard, Swiss politician and lawyer •
April 11 –
Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Nigerian-born British biophysicist and virologist (d.
2021) •
April 13 –
Garry Kasparov, Russian chess player •
April 15 •
Beata Szydło,
Prime Minister of Poland •
Diosdado Cabello, Venezuelan politician •
Raul Villanueva, Filipino associate justice of the Supreme Court •
April 16 –
Jimmy Osmond, American pop singer •
April 18 •
Universo 2000, Mexican professional wrestler (d.
2018) •
Mike Mangini, American drummer •
Eric McCormack, Canadian actor •
Conan O'Brien, American television entertainer and talk show host •
April 21 –
Roy Dupuis, Canadian actor •
April 22 –
Blanca Fernández Ochoa, Spanish ski racer (d.
2019) •
April 23 –
Mohammad Ali Ramazani Dastak, Iranian politician (d.
2020) •
April 24 –
Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian punk rock musician •
April 26 –
Jet Li, Chinese martial artist and actor •
April 27 –
Russell T Davies, Welsh television producer and writer •
April 28 –
Jim Aldred, Canadian ice hockey coach and player •
April 29 –
Mike Babcock, Canadian ice hockey coach •
April 30 –
Michael Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster
May •
May 8 –
Anthony Field, Australian singer, musician and actor (
The Wiggles) •
May 9 –
Gary Daniels, British martial artist and actor •
May 10 •
Rich Moore, American film and television animation director, screenwriter and voice actor •
Lisa Nowak, American naval flight officer and NASA astronaut •
May 11 –
Natasha Richardson, British-American actress (d.
2009) •
May 16 –
Mercedes Echerer, Austrian actress and politician •
May 21 –
Kevin Shields, Irish-American singer (
My Bloody Valentine) •
May 24 •
Michael Chabon, American fiction writer •
Joe Dumars, American basketball player •
May 25 •
Mike Myers, Canadian actor and comedian •
Eha Rünne, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower •
May 26 •
Clive Cowdery, English insurance entrepreneur •
Musetta Vander, South African actress •
Phil Pavlov, American politician and member of the
Michigan Legislature from 2005 to 2018 •
May 29 –
Débora Bloch, Brazilian actress •
May 31 –
Viktor Orbán,
Prime Minister of Hungary June •
June 2 –
Bernard Cazeneuve,
Prime Minister of France •
June 3 •
Alessandra Karpoff, Italian voice actress •
Andrée Taurinya, French politician •
June 4 –
Sean Fitzpatrick, New Zealand rugby union player •
June 5 –
Joe Rudán, Hungarian heavy metal singer •
June 6 –
Jason Isaacs, British actor •
June 9 –
Johnny Depp, American actor and film director •
June 10 –
Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress •
June 12 •
Warwick Capper, Australian rules footballer •
T. B. Joshua, Nigerian Christian leader (d.
2021) •
June 13 –
Bettina Bunge, German tennis player •
June 14 –
Rambo Amadeus, Montenegrin singer-songwriter •
June 15 •
Helen Hunt, American actress •
Lourdes Valera, Venezuelan actress •
June 17 –
Greg Kinnear, American actor •
June 18 –
Rumen Radev,
President of Bulgaria •
June 19 –
Laura Ingraham, American television host •
June 21 •
Tiger Huang, Taiwanese popular singer •
Jan Pinkava, Czech director and writer •
June 22 •
Randy Couture, American
mixed martial arts fighter and actor •
Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler •
John Tenta, Canadian wrestler (d.
2006) •
June 23 •
Marianne Berglund, Swedish road racing cyclist •
Shin Ji-ho, South Korean politician •
Liu Cixin, Chinese science fiction writer •
Márcio França, Brazilian lawyer and politician •
Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer •
June 24 –
Sükhbaataryn Batbold, Mongolian politician •
June 25 •
Yann Martel, Canadian novelist •
George Michael, British singer-songwriter (d.
2016) •
June 26 •
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman, activist and oligarch •
Farukh Ruzimatov, Russian ballet dancer •
June 28 –
Wisit Sasanatieng, Thai film director and screenwriter •
June 29 •
Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist •
Rupert Graves, English actor •
Judith Hoag, American actress •
June 30 •
Vladimir Vermezović, Serbian football player and coach •
Yngwie Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist
July •
July 1 •
Naser Khader, Danish-Syrian politician •
Igor Zhelezovski, Belarusian speed skater •
Zhang Zhicheng, Chinese fencer •
Roddy Bottum, American musician, keyboardist for the band
Faith No More •
July 2 –
Faiq Al Sheikh Ali, Iraqi lawyer and politician •
July 3 –
Zainudin Nordin, Singaporean politician •
July 4 •
Henri Leconte, French tennis player •
R.S. Thanenthiran, Malaysian politician and businessman •
July 5 •
Edie Falco, American actress •
Zbigniew Hoffmann, Polish politician •
July 6 –
Sorin Matei, Romanian high jumper •
July 7 •
Vonda Shepard, American pop/rock singer-songwriter and actress •
Fermín Alvarado Arroyo, Mexican politician •
Janni Larsen, Danish female darts player •
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Indian filmmaker and screenwriter •
July 8 •
Michael Cuesta, American film and television director •
Luis de Jesús Rodríguez, Dominican attorney, businessman and entrepreneur •
Dmitry Pevtsov, Russian actor •
July 10 •
Fatemeh Goudarzi, Iranian actress •
Ian Lougher, British motorcycle racer •
July 11 •
Al MacInnis, Canadian ice hockey player •
Manuel Marrero Cruz, Cuban politician;
Prime Minister of Cuba •
Lisa Rinna, American actress •
July 12 •
Bertus Servaas, Polish entrepreneur •
Aleksandr Domogarov, Russian actor •
Andrés Roemer, Mexican diplomat •
July 13 •
Kenny Johnson, American actor, producer and model •
Spud Webb, American basketball player •
July 14 –
Wouter Bos, Dutch politician •
July 15 –
Brigitte Nielsen, Danish actress •
July 16 •
Phoebe Cates, American actress •
Mikael Pernfors, Swedish tennis player •
Srečko Katanec, Slovenian football manager and player •
July 17 •
Suha Arafat, widow of
Yasser Arafat • King
Letsie III of Lesotho •
Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper (d.
2019) •
July 18 –
Martín Torrijos,
President of Panama •
July 19 –
Sándor Wladár, Hungarian swimmer •
July 20 •
Alexander Zhulin, Russian ice dancing coach and competitor •
Gbenga Aluko, Nigerian politician •
Roy Cheung, Hong Kong actor •
July 21 –
Giant Silva, Brazilian national basketball player, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler •
July 22 •
Joanna Going, American actress •
Emilio Butragueño, Spanish football player •
July 23 –
Slobodan Živojinović, Serbian tennis player •
July 24 –
Karl Malone, American professional basketball player •
July 27 –
Donnie Yen, Hong Kong actor and martial artist •
July 28 –
Beverley Craven, British singer-songwriter •
July 29 •
Jim Beglin, Irish football commentator •
Alexandra Paul, American actress, activist and health coach, previously model •
July 30 •
Lisa Kudrow, American actress •
Antoni Martí, prime minister of Andorra (d.
2023) •
Chris Mullin, American basketball player, coach and executive •
Gisèle Meygret, French fencer (d.
1999) •
Mandakini, Indian Bollywood actress •
July 31 •
Fatboy Slim, English DJ, musician and record producer •
Martin H. Wiggers, German economist, editor, author and businessman
August •
August 1 •
Coolio, American rapper (d.
2022) •
Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor •
John Carroll Lynch, American actor and film director •
August 3 •
Tasmin Archer, English singer •
James Hetfield, American heavy metal guitarist (
Metallica) •
August 5 •
Mark Strong, English actor •
Doris Schröder-Köpf, German journalist •
August 6 •
Jennifer Blakeman, American keyboardist (Private Life) •
Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker (d.
2023) •
August 7 –
Harold Perrineau, American actor •
August 8 •
Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress and singer (d.
2024) •
Rika Fukami, Japanese voice actress and singer •
August 9 –
Whitney Houston, American singer (d.
2012) •
August 13 •
Sridevi, Indian actress (d.
2018) •
Édouard Michelin, French businessman (d.
2006) •
Valerie Plame, American writer and spy novelist •
August 14 –
Emmanuelle Béart, French actress •
August 15 •
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter •
Valery Levaneuski, entrepreneur, politician and political prisoner •
August 16 –
Christine Cavanaugh, American actress and voice actress (d.
2014) •
August 18 –
Heino Ferch, German actor •
August 19 •
Marcos Palmeira, Brazilian actor •
John Stamos, American actor •
Joey Tempest, Swedish singer (
Europe) •
August 21 • King
Mohammed VI of Morocco •
August 22 –
Tori Amos, American singer •
August 23 •
Hans-Henning Fastrich, German field hockey player •
Laura Flores, Mexican actress, hostess and singer •
Park Chan-wook, South Korean film director and screenwriter •
Glória Pires, Brazilian actress •
August 24 •
Hideo Kojima, Japanese director, screenwriter, video game designer and video game producer •
Kiko Pangilinan, Filipino lawyer and politician •
August 25 –
Miro Cerar, 10th
Prime Minister of Slovenia •
August 26 –
Liu Huan, Chinese singer •
August 27 –
Nguyễn Phương Nga, Vietnamese diplomat •
August 30 •
Michael Chiklis, American actor •
Phil Mills, Welsh racing driver •
August 31 –
Todd Carty, British-Irish actor
September •
September 6 •
Betsy Russell, American actress •
Geert Wilders, Dutch politician and
critic of Islam •
September 8 –
Li Ning, Chinese gymnast •
September 9 •
Markus Wasmeier, German alpine-skier •
Chris Coons, US Senator •
September 10 •
Randy Johnson, American baseball player •
Gabriel Tiacoh, Ivorian sprinter (d.
1992) •
September 11 –
Gabriela Goldsmith, Mexican actress •
September 12 –
Michael McElhatton, Irish actor and writer •
September 14 –
Robert Herjavec, Canadian businessman, investor and television personality •
September 16 •
Andréa Beltrão, Brazilian actress •
Richard Marx, American pop/rock singer •
September 17 –
Masahiro Chono, Japanese professional wrestler •
September 18 •
Christopher Heyerdahl, Canadian actor •
John Powell, English-American composer, conductor, pianist and record producer •
Dan Povenmire, American animator, producer and voice actor •
September 19 •
Jarvis Cocker, English rock musician (
Pulp) •
David Seaman, English football goalkeeper •
September 21 •
Cecil Fielder, American baseball player •
Angus Macfadyen, Scottish actor •
Mamoru Samuragochi, Japanese impostor •
September 23 –
Michiru Yamane, Japanese composer •
September 25 –
Tate Donovan, American actor and director •
September 29 •
Dave Andreychuk, Canadian hockey player •
Les Claypool, American bassist (
Primus)
October •
October 1 •
Mark McGwire, American baseball player •
Iriana Joko Widodo, 7th
First Lady of Indonesia, wife of
Joko Widodo •
October 2 –
Maria Ressa, Filipina American campaigning journalist,
Nobel Prize laureate •
October 4 –
Marcelo Buquet, Uruguayan-Mexican actor, previously model •
October 5 –Dame
Laura Davies, English golfer •
October 6 –
Elisabeth Shue, American actress •
October 10 •
Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer (d.
2003) •
Daniel Pearl, American journalist (d.
2002) •
Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer •
Vegard Ulvang, Norwegian cross-country skier •
October 11 –
Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli footballer •
October 12 –
Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime director (d.
2010) •
October 13 –
Ha Seung Moo, Korean poet and theologian •
October 14 –
Alan McDonald, Northern Irish footballer •
October 19 •
Elsa Castillo, Venezuelan teacher and trade unionist •
Prince Laurent of Belgium •
Sinitta, Anglo-American singer •
October 20 •
Domingos Simões Pereira, 16th Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau •
Julie Payette, Canadian astronaut and
Governor General of Canada •
October 21 –
Marisa Orth, Brazilian actress, singer and TV host •
October 22 –
Brian Boitano, American figure skater •
October 23 •
Gordon Korman, Canadian-American children's and young adult author •
Wilson Yip, Hong Kong actor and director •
October 25 –
John Levén, Swedish bassist (
Europe) •
October 26 •
Tom Cavanagh, Canadian actor and director •
Natalie Merchant, American singer-songwriter •
October 27 •
Sergey Smiryagin, Russian freestyle swimmer (d.
2020) •
Feyyaz Uçar, Turkish footballer •
Farin Urlaub, German singer, band •
Marla Maples, American actress and television personality •
October 28 –
Lauren Holly, American actress •
October 31 •
Dunga, Brazilian footballer •
Johnny Marr, English alternative rock musician •
Dermot Mulroney, American actor •
Rob Schneider, American actor, comedian and film director
November •
November 1 •
Rick Allen, British rock drummer (
Def Leppard) •
Mark Hughes, Welsh football player & manager •
Katja Riemann, German actress •
November 2 •
Brian Kemp, American politician, 83rd
Governor of Georgia •
Craig Saavedra, American filmmaker •
Borut Pahor,
President of Slovenia •
November 4 –
Lena Zavaroni, Scottish entertainer (d.
1999) •
November 5 –
Tatum O'Neal, American actress and author •
November 7 –
John Barnes, Jamaican-born English footballer •
November 10 •
Hugh Bonneville, British actor •
Mike Powell, American long jumper •
November 11 –
Billy Gunn, American professional wrestler •
November 15 –
Benny Elias, Australian rugby league player •
November 18 –
Peter Schmeichel, Danish-born football goalkeeper •
November 19 –
Terry Farrell, American actress •
November 20 –
Ming-Na Wen, Macanese-American actress •
November 21 –
Nicollette Sheridan, English actress •
November 23 –
Erika Buenfil, Mexican actress, TV host and singer •
November 25 –
Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer
December •
December 2 –
Ann Patchett, American novelist •
December 4 –
Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter •
December 7 –
Mark Bowen, Welsh footballer •
December 8 •
Greg Howe, American guitarist •
Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese professional wrestler •
Lee Jae-myung, president of South Korea •
December 9 •
Empress Masako, Japanese consort of
Emperor Naruhito •
Bárbara Palacios,
Miss Universe 1986 •
December 12 –
Ai Orikasa, Japanese voice actress •
December 13 •
Uwe-Jens Mey, German speed skater •
Jake White, South African rugby coach •
December 14 •
Cynthia Gibb, American actress •
Vytautas Juozapaitis, Lithuanian baritone, professor and television host •
December 15 –
Helen Slater, American actress and singer- songwriter •
December 16 •
Benjamin Bratt, American actor •
Jeff Carson, American singer •
Bärbel Schäfer, German television presenter and talk show host •
December 18 •
Pauline Ester, French singer •
Rikiya Koyama, Japanese voice actor •
Charles Oakley, American basketball player •
Brad Pitt, American actor and film producer, co-founder of
Plan B Entertainment •
December 19 •
Jennifer Beals, American actress •
Til Schweiger, German actor •
December 20 •
Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, Spanish princess •
Iqbal Theba, Pakistani actor •
December 21 •
Donovan Ruddock, Jamaican Canadian professional boxer •
Govinda Ahuja, Indian actor and politician •
Jacques Simonet, Belgian politician (d.
2007) •
December 22 •
Vladimir Flórez, Colombian cartoonist •
Bryan Gunn, Scottish footballer •
Luna H. Mitani, Japanese-American Surrealist painter •
December 23 –
Donna Tartt, American novelist •
December 24 •
Caroline Aherne, English actress, comedienne and screenwriter (d.
2016) •
Sanjay Mehrotra, Indian entrepreneur •
December 26 –
Lars Ulrich, Danish rock drummer (
Metallica) •
December 29 •
Graciano Rocchigiani, German professional boxer (d.
2018) •
Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiard player •
Ulf Kristersson,
35th Prime Minister of Sweden •
Sean Payton, American football coach •
December 31 –
Azalina Othman Said, Malaysian politician ==Deaths==