January •
January 1 –
Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer •
January 2 •
Oleg Deripaska, Russian businessman •
Cuba Gooding Jr., American actor •
Anky van Grunsven, Dutch equesterian •
January 5 •
DJ BoBo, Swiss singer-songwriter and dancer •
Andrzej Gołota, Polish boxer •
Carrie Ann Inaba, American choreographer, game show host and singer •
January 6 –
John Singleton, African-American film director and writer (d.
2019) •
January 9 –
Silver King, Mexican luchador (d.
2019) •
January 10 –
Nurul Amin, Bangladeshi politician •
January 11 –
Benjamin List, German organic chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry •
January 12 •
Rachael Harris, American actress and comedian •
January 13 –
Pat Onstad, Canadian soccer player •
January 14 –
LL Cool J, African-American rapper and actor •
January 16 –
Atticus Ross, English musician, songwriter, record producer and audio engineer •
January 17 –
Svetlana Masterkova, Russian athlete •
January 18 –
David Ayer, American filmmaker •
January 24 •
Michael Kiske, German musician •
Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast •
January 26 –
Novala Takemoto, Japanese author and fashion designer •
January 27 –
Mike Patton, American singer •
January 28 –
Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer •
January 29 –
Edward Burns, American actor •
January 30 – King
Felipe VI of Spain February •
February 1 •
Lisa Marie Presley, American singer-songwriter, daughter of
Elvis Presley (d.
2023) •
Mark Recchi, Canadian ice hockey player •
February 3 –
Vlade Divac, Serbian basketball player •
February 5 •
Marcus Grönholm, Finnish rally driver •
Qasim Melho, Syrian television actor •
February 7 •
Peter Bondra, Slovak
ice hockey player •
Porntip Nakhirunkanok, Miss Universe 1988 •
February 8 •
Gary Coleman, African-American actor (d.
2010) •
April Stewart, American voice actress •
February 10 •
Laurie Foell, New Zealand/Australian actress •
Atika Suri, Indonesian television newscaster •
February 11 •
Lavinia Agache, Romanian artistic gymnast •
Mo Willems, American children's book author •
February 12 –
Josh Brolin, American actor •
February 13 •
Kelly Hu, American actress and voice artist, previously fashion model and beauty queen •
Niamh Kavanagh, Irish singer,
Eurovision Song Contest 1993 winner •
February 14 –
Jules Asner, American model and television personality •
February 15 –
Gloria Trevi, Mexican singer and actress •
February 18 •
Molly Ringwald, American actress •
Dennis Satin, German film director •
February 21 –
Pellom McDaniels, American football player (d.
2020) •
February 22 •
Bradley Nowell, American musician (d.
1996) •
Jeri Ryan, American actress •
February 23 –
Jagath Wickramaratne, Sri Lankan politician and 23rd Speaker of the Parliament •
February 24 •
Mitch Hedberg, American stand-up comedian (d.
2005) •
February 29 –
Sam Sneed, American producer and rapper
March •
March 1 •
Kat Cressida, American voice actress •
Kunjarani Devi, Indian weightlifter •
Muho Noelke, German Zen master •
March 2 –
Daniel Craig, British actor •
March 3 –
Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player •
March 4 •
Giovanni Carrara, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player •
Patsy Kensit, British actress •
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (2019–present) •
March 5 •
Gordon Bajnai, Hungarian Prime Minister •
Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, 10th
Prime Minister of Eswatini (d.
2020) •
March 6 –
Moira Kelly, American actress •
March 7 –
Jeff Kent, American baseball player •
March 9 •
Youri Djorkaeff, French footballer •
Rexy Mainaky, Indonesian badminton player •
March 11 –
Lisa Loeb, American singer •
March 12 •
Aaron Eckhart, American actor •
Tammy Duckworth, US Senator •
March 13 •
Gillian Keegan, British politician •
Masami Okui, Japanese singer •
March 14 •
Megan Follows, Canadian-American actress •
James Frain, British actor •
March 15 •
Mark McGrath, American singer •
Terje Riis-Johansen, Norwegian politician •
Sabrina Salerno, Italian singer •
March 16 •
David MacMillan, Scottish-born organic chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry •
Trevor Wilson, American basketball player •
March 20 • Carlos Almeida, Cape Verdean long-distance runner •
Ultra Naté, American singer-songwriter, record producer, DJ and promoter •
March 22 –
Euronymous, Norwegian musician (d.
1993) •
March 23 •
Damon Albarn, English singer-songwriter and musician •
Mike Atherton, English cricketer •
Fernando Hierro, Spanish football player and coach •
March 26 •
Kenny Chesney, American
country music singer •
James Iha, American rock musician •
March 27 –
Ben Koldyke, American actor •
March 28 –
Iris Chang, American author (d.
2004) •
March 29 –
Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress and singer •
March 30 –
Celine Dion, Canadian singer •
March 31 –
César Sampaio, Brazilian football player and coach
April •
April 1 •
Julia Boutros, Lebanese singer •
Andreas Schnaas, German director •
Alexander Stubb, 43rd Prime Minister of Finland •
April 5 •
Paula Cole, American singer •
Stephen Bardo, American basketball player •
Stewart Lee, English stand-up comedian •
April 7 –
Jože Možina, Slovenian historian, sociologist and journalist •
April 8 •
Patricia Arquette, American actress •
Shawn Fonteno, American actor and rapper •
April 9 –
Tom Brands, American
Olympic wrestler •
April 11 –
CB Milton, Dutch electronic music vocalist •
April 12 •
Ott, English musician and record producer •
Neil Brady, Canadian ice hockey player •
April 13 –
Necrobutcher, Norwegian musician •
April 14 –
Anthony Michael Hall, American actor and singer •
April 15 –
Stacey Williams, American model •
April 16 •
Greg Baker, American actor and musician •
Martin Dahlin, Swedish football player •
Vickie Guerrero, American professional wrestler •
April 17 •
Julie Fagerholt, Danish fashion designer •
Adam McKay, American film director, producer, screenwriter, comedian and actor •
April 18 –
David Hewlett, English-born Canadian actor, writer and director •
April 19 –
Ashley Judd, American actress •
April 20 •
J. D. Roth, American television host •
Yelena Välbe, Russian cross-country skier •
April 22 –
Zarley Zalapski, Canadian ice hockey player (d.
2017) •
April 23 –
Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (d.
2001) •
April 24 •
Stacy Haiduk, American actress •
Jorge Medina, Bolivian civil rights activist and politician (d.
2022) •
Yuji Nagata, Japanese professional wrestler •
April 28 –
Howard Donald, British singer (
Take That) •
April 29 •
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of
Croatia (2015–2020) •
Michael Herbig, German film director, actor and author •
Darren Matthews, English professional wrestler
May •
May 1 –
Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer •
May 2 •
Jeff Agoos, American soccer player •
Hikaru Midorikawa, Japanese voice actor •
May 3 •
Nina Paley, American cartoonist •
Li Yong, Chinese host (d.
2018) •
Amy Ryan, American actress •
May 4 •
Julian Barratt, English comedian, actor, musician and music producer •
Momoko Kikuchi, Japanese actress and singer •
Eric Xun Li, Chinese venture capitalist •
May 5 –
John Soko, Zambian footballer (d.
1993) •
May 7 •
Eagle-Eye Cherry, Swedish-born musician •
Traci Lords, American actress •
May 8 •
Mickaël Madar, French footballer •
Éric Martineau, French politician •
May 9 •
Carla Overbeck, American soccer player •
Marie-José Pérec, French athlete •
Nataša Pirc Musar, Slovenian politician, attorney, author, journalist and 5th
President of Slovenia •
May 10 –
Al Murray, English comedian •
May 12 –
Tony Hawk, American skateboarder •
May 13 •
Sonja Zietlow, German television presenter •
Scott Morrison, 30th Prime Minister of Australia •
May 14 –
Greg Davies, English actor, comedian and presenter •
May 16 –
Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress •
May 17 –
Constance Menard, French professional dressage rider •
May 18 –
Vanessa Leggett, American freelance journalist, author, lecturer and
First Amendment advocate •
May 19 –
Kyle Eastwood, American jazz bass musician •
May 20 •
Timothy Olyphant, American actor •
Waisale Serevi, Fijian rugby player •
May 22 •
Michael Kelly, American actor •
Graham Linehan, Irish television writer and director •
May 23 –
John Ortiz, American actor •
May 24 –
Charles De'Ath, English actor •
May 26 –
King Frederik X of Denmark •
May 27 •
Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player •
Frank Thomas, American baseball player •
May 28 –
Kylie Minogue, Australian actress and singer •
May 30 –
Zacarias Moussaoui, French-Moroccan 9/11 conspirator
June •
June 1 –
Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer •
June 2 •
Beetlejuice, American entertainer, member of the
Wack Pack (
The Howard Stern Show) •
Jon Culshaw, English impressionist •
June 4 –
Scott Wolf, American actor •
June 5 –
Sandra Annenberg, Brazilian newscaster, previously actress •
Mel Giedroyc, English comedian and presenter •
June 9 –
Aleksandr Konovalov, Russian lawyer and politician •
June 10 •
Bill Burr, American comedian •
Nobutoshi Canna, Japanese voice actor •
June 14 •
Yasmine Bleeth, American actress •
Raj Thackeray, Indian politician •
June 16 –
Mariana Mazzucato, Italian born-American economist •
June 20 –
Mateusz Morawiecki, Polish banker and politician, 17th
Prime Minister of Poland •
June 22 –
Lohan Ratwatte, Sri Lankan politician,
MP (2010–2024) (d.
2025) •
June 24 –
Boris Gelfand, Israeli chess grandmaster •
June 25 –
Albert Fulivai, Tongan rugby league player •
June 26 •
Paolo Maldini, Italian football player •
Jovenel Moïse, 42nd
President of Haiti (d.
2021) •
Iwan Roberts, Welsh footballer •
June 27 –
Isabel Saint Malo, Panamian politician •
June 28 •
Chayanne, Puerto Rican-American singer •
Adam Woodyatt, English actor •
June 29 –
Theoren Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player •
June 30 –
Phil Anselmo, American heavy metal vocalist
July •
July 5 •
Ken Akamatsu, Japanese
manga artist •
Darin LaHood, American attorney and politician •
Michael Stuhlbarg, American actor •
July 6 –
Rashid Sidek, Malaysian badminton player and coach •
July 7 •
Jorja Fox, American actress •
Allen Payne, American actor •
Jeff VanderMeer, American writer •
July 8 •
Billy Crudup, American actor •
Akio Suyama, Japanese
voice actor •
Josephine Teo, Singaporean politician •
Michael Weatherly, American actor •
July 9 –
Eduardo Santamarina, Mexican actor •
July 10 –
Hassiba Boulmerka, Algerian athlete •
July 11 –
Conrad Vernon, American voice actor and director •
July 13 •
Robert Gant, American actor •
Omi Minami, Japanese voice actress •
July 14 –
Samantha Gori, Italian basketball player •
July 15 •
Leticia Calderón, Mexican actress •
Rosalinda Celentano, Italian actress •
Eddie Griffin, American actor and comedian •
July 16 •
Dhanraj Pillay, Indian field hockey player •
Barry Sanders, American football player •
Olga de Souza, Brazilian-Italian singer, model and dancer •
July 17 •
Darren Day, British actor and TV presenter •
Beth Littleford, American actress and comedian •
July 18 –
Grant Bowler, New Zealand-born Australian actor •
July 19 –
Robert Flynn, American vocalist and guitarist (
Machine Head) •
July 20 –
Jimmy Carson, American ice hockey player •
July 23 •
Elden Campbell, American basketball player (d.
2025) •
Gary Payton, American basketball player •
Stephanie Seymour, American model and actress •
July 24 •
Kristin Chenoweth, American actress and singer •
Troy Kotsur, American actor •
Laura Leighton, American actress •
July 25 –
John Grant, American singer-songwriter •
July 27 •
Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor •
Julian McMahon, Australian actor (d.
2025) •
July 30 •
Terry Crews, American actor, television host and artist, previously American football player •
Robert Korzeniowski, Polish athlete
August •
August 1 –
Pavo Urban, Croatian photographer (d.
1991) •
August 3 –
Rod Beck, American baseball player (d.
2007) •
August 4 •
Lee Mack, English actor and stand-up comedian •
Olga Neuwirth, Austrian composer •
August 5 –
Patricia Tarabini, Argentine tennis player •
Marine Le Pen, French politician •
Colin McRae, Scottish
rally car driver (d.
2007) •
August 6 •
August 7 –
Lynn Strait, American musician (d.
1998) •
August 8 –
Kimberly Brooks, American actress and voice artist •
August 9 •
Gillian Anderson, American actress •
Eric Bana, Australian actor •
James Roy, Australian author •
August 11 –
Vladimir Kosterin, Ukrainian businessman and foundation president •
August 12 •
Pablo Rey, Spanish painter •
Paul Tucker, English songwriter and record producer •
Kōji Yusa, Japanese voice actor •
August 14 •
Catherine Bell, American actress •
Darren Clarke, Northern Irish golfer •
Jennifer Flavin, businesswoman, previously model •
Jason Leonard, English rugby union player •
August 15 –
Debra Messing, American actress •
August 16 –
Arvind Kejriwal, Indian politician •
August 17 •
Ed McCaffrey, American football player •
Bruno van Pottelsberghe, Belgian economist •
Helen McCrory, English actress (d.
2021) •
August 20 •
Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer (d.
2014) •
Yuri Shiratori Japanese actress and singer •
Bai Yansong, Chinese host •
August 21 •
Dina Carroll, British singer •
Stretch, American rapper and record producer (d.
1995) •
August 24 •
Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler •
Hiroshi Kitadani, Japanese singer •
Tim Salmon, American baseball player •
Daniel Pollock, Australian actor (d.
1992) •
August 25 –
Rachael Ray, American television chef and host •
August 27 •
Bong Rivera, Filipino politician and businessman •
Luis Tascón, Venezuelan politician (d.
2010) •
August 28 •
Billy Boyd, Scottish actor •
Tom Warburton, American animator •
August 31 •
Valdon Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician and Australian football player •
Hideo Nomo, Japanese baseball player
September •
September 1 •
Mohamed Atta, 9/11 ringleader of the hijackers and pilot of
American Airlines Flight 11 (d.
2001) •
Atsuko Yuya, Japanese voice actress •
September 2 –
Francisco Acevedo, American serial killer •
September 3 –
Raymond Coulthard, English actor •
September 4 •
John DiMaggio, American voice actor and comedian •
Mike Piazza, American baseball player •
September 5 –
Thomas Levet, French golfer •
September 7 –
Marcel Desailly, French footballer •
September 9 –
Julia Sawalha, English actress •
September 10 •
Big Daddy Kane, American hip-hop artist •
Guy Ritchie, British film director •
September 11 •
Kay Hanley, American musician •
Tetsuo Kurata, Japanese actor model •
September 13 –
Laura Cutina, Romanian artistic gymnast •
September 15 –
Danny Nucci, American actor •
September 16 –
Marc Anthony, American actor and singer •
September 17 •
Anastacia, American singer-songwriter •
Tito Vilanova, Spanish football manager (d.
2014) •
September 18 –
Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player •
September 20 –
Van Jones, African-American author •
September 21 •
Lisa Angell, French singer •
Kevin Buzzard, British mathematician •
Ricki Lake, American actress, producer and television presenter •
September 22 –
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, 62nd Prime Minister of Romania •
September 23 –
Michelle Thomas, American actress (d.
1998) •
September 25 •
Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, (d.
2013) •
John A. List, American economist •
Will Smith, African-American actor and rapper •
September 26 •
James Caviezel, American actor •
Michelle Meldrum, American guitarist (d.
2008) •
Tricia O'Kelley, American actress •
Ben Shenkman, American television, film and stage actor •
September 27 •
Mari Kiviniemi, 62nd
Prime Minister of Finland •
Shofiqul Haque Milon, Bangladeshi politician •
Paul Rudish, American voice actor and animator •
September 28 •
Mika Häkkinen, Finnish double
Formula 1 world champion •
Naomi Watts, British actress and film producer •
September 29 •
Patrick Burns, American paranormal investigator and television personality •
Luke Goss, English singer and actor •
Alex Skolnick, American jazz/heavy metal guitarist •
Samir Soni, Indian film and TV actor •
September 30 –
Bennet Omalu, Nigerian pathologist
October •
October 1 •
Kevin Griffin, American singer-songwriter, frontman of
Better Than Ezra •
Mark Durden-Smith, British television presenter •
Jay Underwood, American actor •
October 2 •
Lucy Cohu, English actress •
Victoria Derbyshire, English broadcast presenter •
Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player (d.
2017) •
October 3 –
Nadia Calviño, Spanish politician •
October 7 •
Luminița Anghel, Romanian dance/pop recording artist, songwriter, television personality and politician •
Thom Yorke, British singer-songwriter •
October 8 •
Daniela Castelo, Argentine journalist (d.
2011) •
Emily Procter, American actress •
October 9 •
Troy Davis, American high-profile death row inmate and human rights activist (d.
2011) •
Pete Docter, American animator, director •
October 10 •
Bart Brentjens, Dutch mountainbiker •
Feridun Düzağaç, Turkish rock singer-songwriter •
October 11 •
Tiffany Grant, American voice actress •
Jane Krakowski, American actress •
Brett Salisbury, American football quarterback •
October 12 •
Paul Harragon, Australian rugby league player •
Hugh Jackman, Australian actor, singer and producer •
October 13 •
Preet Bharara, Indian-American politician •
Tisha Campbell-Martin, American actress and singer •
October 14 •
Matthew Le Tissier, English footballer •
October 15 •
Didier Deschamps, French footballer •
Jyrki 69, Finnish singer •
Nashwa Mustafa, Egyptian actress •
October 16 –
Michael Stich, German tennis player •
October 20 –
Damien Timmer, British joint-managing director, television producer, television executive producer •
October 22 –
Shaggy, Jamaican singer •
October 24 –
Mark Walton, American story artist, actor •
October 27 –
Alain Auderset, Swedish writer •
October 28 –
Juan Orlando Hernández, 55th
President of Honduras •
October 29 •
Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater •
Tsunku, Japanese singer, music producer and song composer •
John Farley, American actor and comedian •
October 30 •
Moira Quirk, English actress and voice actress •
Jack Plotnick, American film and television actor, writer and producer
November •
November 1 –
Silvio Fauner, Italian cross-country skier •
November 4 •
Lee Germon, New Zealand cricketer •
Daniel Landa, Czech composer, singer and actor •
Miles Long, American
pornographic actor and
director •
November 5 •
Mr. Catra, Brazilian musician (d.
2018) •
Sam Rockwell, American actor •
Seth Gilliam, African-American actor •
Penny Wong, Australian politician, Foreign Minister •
November 6 –
Kelly Rutherford, American actress •
November 7 –
Ignacio Padilla, Mexican writer (d.
2016) •
November 8 •
Parker Posey, American actress •
Zara Whites, Dutch actress •
November 9 –
Nazzareno Carusi, Italian classical pianist •
November 10 –
Tracy Morgan, African-American actor and comedian •
November 12 •
Kathleen Hanna, American musician and activist •
Aya Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress •
Sammy Sosa, Dominican
Major League Baseball player •
November 13 –
Pat Hentgen, American baseball player •
November 15 •
Fausto Brizzi, Italian screenwriter and film director •
Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (d.
2004) •
November 16 –
Tammy Lauren, American actress •
November 18 •
Barry Hunter, Northern Irish footballer and football manager •
Luizianne Lins, Brazilian politician •
Owen Wilson, American actor and comedian •
November 20 •
Chew Chor Meng, Singaporean Chinese television actor •
Tarique Rahman - Bangladeshi politician, 11th
Prime Minister of Bangladesh •
Jules Trobaugh, American artist and photographer •
November 21 •
Qiao Hong, Chinese table tennis player •
Sean Schemmel, American voice actor •
November 24 •
Phil Starbuck, English
footballer •
Awie, Malaysian rock singer •
yukihiro, Japanese musician •
November 25 •
Tunde Baiyewu, British singer •
Jill Hennessy, Canadian actress •
November 27 –
Michael Vartan, French actor •
November 29 •
Hayabusa, Japanese professional wrestler (d.
2016) •
Jonathan Knight, American singer •
November 30 –
Rica Matsumoto, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
December •
December 2 •
Lucy Liu, American actress, voice actress, director, singer, dancer, model and artist •
Rena Sofer, American actress •
December 3 •
Brendan Fraser, Canadian-American actor •
Montell Jordan, American singer •
December 5 •
Margaret Cho, American actress and comedian •
Wendi Deng Murdoch, Chinese-American entrepreneur and businesswoman •
December 7 •
Mark Geyer, Australian
rugby league player •
David Kabré, Burkinabe military leader and politician •
December 9 –
Kurt Angle, American amateur and professional wrestler,
1996 Olympic gold medalist •
December 11 •
Emmanuelle Charpentier, French biochemist, recipient of
Nobel Prize in Chemistry •
Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt, German speed skater •
Eula Valdez, Filipino actress •
December 18 •
Casper Van Dien, American actor •
Rachel Griffiths, Australian actress •
December 19 –
Ken Marino, American actor and comedian •
December 20 –
Nadia Farès, Moroccan born-French actress •
December 21 –
Khrystyne Haje, American actress •
December 22 –
Dina Meyer, American actress •
December 23 –
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, American photographer •
December 24 –
Choi Jin-sil, South Korean actress and model (d.
2008) •
December 25 –
Helena Christensen, Danish model •
December 28 –
Lior Ashkenazi, Israeli actor •
December 30 –
Fabrice Guy, French Olympic skier
Unknown date •
Eleonora Requena, Venezuelan poet. •
Martin Ssempa, Ugandan pastor and internet meme. •
Isadora Zubillaga, Venezuelan diplomat and activist. == Deaths ==