January •
January 1 •
Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian-American hip-hop/rap DJ •
Renn Woods, American actress, vocalist and songwriter •
January 4 –
Matt Frewer, Canadian-American actor (
Max Headroom) •
January 6 –
Shlomo Glickstein, Israeli tennis player •
January 7 –
Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter (d.
2009) •
January 8 –
Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education •
January 9 –
Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish militant, would-be assassin of
Pope John Paul II •
January 10 •
Samira Said, Moroccan singer •
Eddie Cheever, American racing driver and motorsport executive •
Jerry Estrada, Mexican
luchador •
Pantaleon Alvarez, Filipino lawyer and politician •
Dov Khenin, Israeli politician, political scientist and lawyer •
January 12 –
Christiane Amanpour, British-born Iranian journalist and television host for CNN and PBS •
January 14 –
Greg Fischer, American businessman, entrepreneur, and politician •
January 15 –
Boris Tadić, Serbian president •
January 17 –
Ted Conover, American author and journalist •
January 19 •
Thomas Kinkade, American painter (d.
2012) •
Stephen Fried, American investigative journalist, author, and lecturer •
January 20 –
Lorenzo Lamas, American actor, martial artist and reality show participant •
January 21 –
Hussein Saeed, Iraqi football player •
January 24 •
Jools Holland, British musician •
Mike Harmon, American stock car racing driver, crew chief, and team owner •
January 26 •
Anita Baker, American soul and R&B singer •
Ellen DeGeneres, American actress, comedian and television host •
Xavier Becerra, American attorney and politician •
January 28 –
Mohammad-Ali Abtahi, Iranian theologian, scholar, and activist •
January 31 –
Fit Finlay, Northern Irish former professional wrestler
February •
February 8 •
Marina Silva, Brazilian politician •
Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler and manager (d.
2007) •
February 9 –
Cyrille Regis, English footballer (d.
2018) •
February 10 •
Michael Weiss, Jazz pianist and composer •
Ricardo Gareca, Argentine footballer and manager •
February 13 •
Pernilla August, Swedish actress •
Marc Emery, Canadian cannabis rights activist, entrepreneur and politician •
February 15 –
Shaun Toub, Iranian born-American actor •
February 16 •
Ice-T, American rapper, songwriter and actor •
Andriy Bal, Ukrainian football player and coach (d.
2014) •
February 19 –
Leslie David Baker, American actor •
February 21 •
Jack Coleman, American actor and screenwriter •
Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer •
Kim Coates, Canadian-American actor •
February 22 –
Kais Saied,
President of Tunisia •
February 23 –
David Sylvian, English musician, singer and songwriter •
February 25 –
Jeff Fisher, American football coach and former player •
February 26 •
Susan Helms, American astronaut •
Tim Kaine, American Senator •
February 27 –
Maggie Hassan, US Senator •
February 28 –
Natalya Estemirova, Russian activist (d.
2009)
March •
March 1 –
Sheikh Mohammad Aslam, Bangladeshi footballer •
March 3 •
Miranda Richardson, English actress •
Gianni Alemanno, Italian politician and former mayor of Rome •
March 4 •
Patricia Heaton, American actress •
Tina Smith, American Senator •
March 5 –
Andy Gibb, English singer-songwriter, performer and teen idol (d.
1988) •
March 7 •
Rik Mayall, English comedian and actor (d.
2014) •
Gregory Markkanen, American politician and member of the
Michigan House of Representatives since 2019 •
Hélio dos Anjos, Brazilian football coach and player •
March 8 –
Gary Numan, British singer •
March 9 –
Mikhail Gutseriev, Russian billionaire businessperson •
March 10 •
Sheikh Mohammad Illias, Bengali politician •
Sharon Stone, American actress and producer •
Frankie Ruiz, Puerto Rican singer (d.
1998) •
March 11 –
Matthew Aid, American military historian and author (d.
2018) •
March 14 –
Albert II, Prince of Monaco •
March 15 –
Ravi Belagere, Indian writer and journalist (d.
2020) •
March 16 –
Phillip Wilcher, Australian pianist and composer •
March 18 –
Mbaye Diagne, Senegalese military officer (d.
1994) •
March 19 –
Andy Reid, American professional football coach •
March 20 –
Holly Hunter, American actress •
March 21 •
Gary Oldman, English actor and filmmaker •
Raul Khajimba,
President of Abkhazia 2014 to 2020 •
March 24 –
Roland Koch, German politician •
March 25 –
John Ensign, American veterinarian and politician •
March 26 •
Hala Fouad, Egyptian actress (d.
1993) •
Alar Karis,
President of Estonia •
March 28 •
Bart Conner, American gymnast •
Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (d.
2003) •
March 30 •
Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor and comedian •
Peter Ellis, wrongfully convicted New Zealand childcare worker (d.
2019) •
Mike Rotunda, American professional wrestler •
March 31 –
Dietmar Bartsch, German politician
April •
April 2 –
Jeff Wassmann, American artist, writer and theorist •
April 3 •
Alec Baldwin, American actor •
Francesca Woodman, American photographer (d.
1981) •
April 4 •
Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d.
1990) •
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Thai billionaire businessman (d.
2018) •
April 6 •
Pascal Lecamp, French politician •
Mark Henn, American animator and film director •
April 11 •
Stuart Adamson, Scottish guitarist and singer (d.
2001) •
Luísa Diogo, prime minister of Mozambique (d.
2026) •
April 12 •
Ginka Zagorcheva, Bulgarian athlete •
J. Alexander, American reality television personality and runway coach •
April 14 –
Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor •
April 15 –
Benjamin Zephaniah, British writer and musician (d.
2023) •
April 18 –
Maurice Gamelin, French general (b.
1872) •
April 19 –
Denis O'Brien, Irish billionaire businessman •
April 21 •
Andie MacDowell, American actress •
Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist (
Crayon Shin-chan) (d.
2009) •
Lokua Kanza, Congolese singer and musician •
April 22 –
Andy, Armenian-Iranian singer-songwriter and actor •
April 24 –
Susan Tsvangirai, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (d.
2009) •
April 25 – •
Luis Guillermo Solís,
President of Costa Rica •
Mike DeVault, American politician •
Rosemarie Aquilina, American judge •
Fish, Scottish singer, songwriter and occasional actor •
April 26 –
Giancarlo Esposito, Italian-American actor •
April 29 –
Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
May •
May 2 –
David O'Leary, Irish football manager •
May 3 –
Sandi Toksvig, Danish-British writer, comedian and broadcaster •
May 4 –
Keith Haring, American artist (d.
1990) •
May 8 –
Lovie Smith, American football coach •
May 10 •
Rick Santorum, American politician •
Ellen Ochoa, American astronaut, first Hispanic woman to go into space •
Vlada Divljan, Serbian singer and songwriter (d.
2015) •
May 11 –
Sayuri Kume, Japanese singer-songwriter •
May 12 •
Dries van Noten, Belgian designer •
Eric Singer, American drummer (
Kiss) •
May 13 –
Frances Barber, English actress •
May 14 –
Sarah Chen, Taiwanese singer •
May 15 –
Ron Simmons, American professional wrestler and football player •
May 17 •
Paul Di'Anno, English heavy metal singer (d.
2024) •
Paul Whitehouse, Welsh actor, writer, presenter and comedian •
May 18 –
Toyah Willcox, English singer-songwriter, actress, and television presenter •
May 19 –
Jenny Durkan, American attorney, federal prosecutor and politician •
May 20 –
Jane Wiedlin, American musician and actress •
May 23 •
Drew Carey, American comedian and actor •
Lea DeLaria, American comedian, actress and jazz singer •
Mitch Albom, American author and journalist •
May 25 –
Paul Weller, English singer-songwriter •
May 26 –
Margaret Colin, American actress •
May 27 –
Neil Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter •
May 29 •
Annette Bening, American actress •
Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, filmmaker and political activist (d.
2011) •
May 30 •
Marie Fredriksson, Swedish rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (d.
2019) •
K. S. Ravikumar, Indian film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor
June •
June 1 –
Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd
President of Mongolia •
June 2 –
Lex Luger, American professional wrestler •
June 3 •
Margot Käßmann, Lutheran theologian, German bishop •
Ali Larijani, Iranian politician, military officer,
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (2005-2007; 2025-2026) •
June 5 –
Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Comoroan businessman and politician,
President of Comoros 2006–2011 •
June 6 –
Wayne Babych, Canadian professional ice hockey player •
June 7 –
Prince, African-American musician (d.
2016) •
June 8 •
Dan Severn, American wrestler and mixed martial artist •
Louise Richardson, Irish political scientist •
June 10 –
Elain Harwood, English architectural historian (d.
2023) •
June 12 –
Mark Amodei, American lawyer and politician •
June 14 •
Eric Heiden, American speed skater with five Olympic gold medals •
Olaf Scholz, 9th
Chancellor of Germany •
June 15 –
Wade Boggs, American baseball player •
June 16 •
Ted Arcidi, American professional wrestler, actor and powerlifter •
Gordana Čomić, Serbian politician •
June 17 •
Jello Biafra, American singer and activist •
Jerry Carl, American politician and businessman •
June 18 –
Peter Altmaier, German jurist and politician,
Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany •
June 19 –
Sergei Makarov, Russian ice-hockey player and coach •
June 21 –
Steve Lieberman, Jewish-American singer, songwriter, and musician •
June 22 •
Rocío Banquells, Mexican pop singer and actress •
Jennifer Finney Boylan, American author •
Bruce Campbell, American actor, producer, writer and director •
June 24 •
Tommy Lister Jr., American actor and professional wrestler (d.
2020) •
Jean Charest, Canadian lawyer and 29th
premier of Quebec •
June 25 –
Serik Akhmetov, 8th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan •
June 26 •
Jonathan Bate, British author, scholar, and cleric •
Pedro Cateriano, former
Prime Minister of Peru •
Suresh Gopi, Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter and politician •
June 27 –
Magnus Lindberg, Finnish composer •
June 29 •
Rosa Mota, Portuguese long-distance runner •
Ralf Rangnick, German football coach, executive, and player •
June 30 •
Ziggy Rozalski, Polish American boxing manager and promoter •
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer •
Irina Vorobieva, Russian pair skater •
Vasil Yakusha, Belarusian rower
July •
July 1 •
Mary Fahl, American singer, songwriter and actress •
Tom Magee, Canadian world champion powerlifter and strongman competitor •
July 2 –
Pavan Malhotra, Indian actor •
July 5 •
Avigdor Lieberman, Soviet-born Israeli politician •
Bill Watterson, American cartoonist (
Calvin and Hobbes) •
July 6 –
Jennifer Saunders, British comedian and actress •
July 7 –
Michala Petri, Danish recorder player •
July 8 •
Jackson Anthony, Sri Lankan actor (d.
2023) •
Kevin Bacon, American actor •
Robert Cassilly, American politician •
Richard Moth, Rhodesian-born British Catholic archbishop •
Neetu Singh, Indian actress •
July 10 –
Fiona Shaw, Irish-born actress •
July 11 –
Hugo Sánchez, Mexican football player and coach •
July 13 –
Roger L. Jackson, American voice actor •
July 14 •
Mircea Geoană, Romanian politician and diplomat •
Jujie Luan, Chinese-Canadian fencer •
Scott Rudin, American producer •
July 15 –
Jörg Kachelmann, Swiss presenter, journalist and entrepreneur in the meteorological field •
July 16 –
Michael Flatley, Irish-born dancer •
July 17 –
Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong second wave filmmaker •
July 19 –
Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer •
July 20 –
Billy Mays, American television salesperson (d.
2009) •
July 21 –
Dave Henderson, American baseball player (d.
2015) •
July 25 –
Thurston Moore, American guitarist, singer and songwriter •
July 27 –
Christopher Dean, British ice dancer and Olympian •
July 28 –
Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (d.
1981) •
July 30 –
Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter •
July 31 •
Bill Berry, American rock drummer •
Mark Cuban, American entrepreneur and basketball team owner
August •
August 3 –
Lambert Wilson, French actor •
August 5 –
Andriy Fedetskyi, Ukrainian football player (d.
2018) •
August 7 –
Bruce Dickinson, English musician (
Iron Maiden) •
August 8 –
Iván Arias, Bolivian politician, political analyst, and sociologist •
August 10 –
Rami Hamdallah, Palestinian politician •
August 14 –
Bobby Eaton, American professional wrestler (d.
2021) •
August 15 –
Simon Baron-Cohen, British psychologist and professor •
August 16 •
Angela Bassett, African-American actress •
Anne L'Huillier, French-born atomic physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate •
Madonna, American-born singer-songwriter and actress •
Wanle Akinboboye, Nigerian culture and tourism icon •
August 17 –
Belinda Carlisle, American singer •
August 18 •
Reg E. Cathey, African-American actor (d.
2018) •
Madeleine Stowe, American actress •
Didier Auriol, French rally driver •
August 19 •
Brendan Nelson, Australian politician •
Darryl Sutter, Canadian ice hockey coach and player •
Rick Snyder, American business executive and politician •
August 21 –
Steve Case, American businessman, investor, and philanthropist •
August 22 –
Colm Feore, American-born Canadian actor •
August 23 •
Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player and coach •
Bill Haslam, American billionaire businessman and politician •
August 24 •
Steve Guttenberg, American actor •
Yan Lianke, Chinese writer •
August 25 –
Tim Burton, American film director •
August 27 –
Kathy Hochul, American politician, Governor of New York •
August 29 •
Michael Jackson, African-American singer-songwriter and dancer (d.
2009) • Sir
Lenny Henry, English comedian and actor •
Mick Harvey, Australian musician and singer-songwriter •
August 30 –
Anna Politkovskaya, Russian investigative journalist (d.
2006)
September •
September 2 –
Zdravko Krivokapić, Montenegrin politician, Prime Minister of Montenegro •
September 4 –
Drew Pinsky, American media personality and physician •
September 6 •
Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor and author •
Akhil Reed Amar, American legal scholar •
The Barbarian, Tongan professional wrestler •
September 7 •
Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer, songwriter and actor (d.
1993) •
Goran Hadžić, Croatian Serb politician and President the
Republic of Serbian Krajina during the
Croatian War of Independence •
Peter Mettler, Swiss-Canadian film director and cinematographer •
September 10 –
Chris Columbus, American film director/writer/producer •
September 11 –
Roxann Dawson, American actress and director •
September 12 •
Wilfred Benítez, Puerto Rican professional boxer •
Steven G. Bradbury, American lawyer and government official •
September 13 –
Philippa York, Scottish journalist and road racing cyclist •
September 14 –
Michael Böllner, German actor and tax accountant •
September 16 •
Jennifer Tilly, Canadian/American actress •
Orel Hershiser, American baseball player •
September 17 •
Janez Janša, 2-Time
Prime Minister of Slovenia •
Marc Buie, American astronomer •
September 18 –
Rachid Taha, Algerian singer and activist (d.
2018) •
September 19 •
Lita Ford, British musician •
Lucky Ali, Indian singer, songwriter, and actor •
September 20 –
Arn Anderson, American wrestling road agent, author, and wrestler •
September 22 •
Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor •
Joan Jett, American rock musician •
Renel Brooks-Moon, American radio personality •
September 23 –
Marvin Lewis, American football coach •
September 24 •
Kevin Sorbo, American actor •
Byron Brown, American politician •
September 27 –
Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer •
September 28 –
Rob Manfred, American lawyer and business executive •
September 29 —
Jahna Steele, American entertainer and showgirl (d.
2008) •
September 30 –
Marty Stuart, American singer, songwriter, and musician
October •
October 3 –
Chen Yanyin, Chinese sculptor •
October 4 –
Ned Luke, American actor •
October 5 –
Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist and science communicator •
October 7 –
Bernardo Arévalo, president of Guatemala •
October 8 –
Ursula von der Leyen, German politician,
President of the European Commission •
October 9 •
Yuriy Boyko, Ukrainian politician and former Vice Prime Minister •
Mike Singletary, American football player and coach •
October 10 •
Tanya Tucker, American singer •
John M. Grunsfeld, American physicist and astronaut •
Bruce Harrell, American politician and attorney •
October 13 •
Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist (d. 2018) •
Maria Cantwell, US Senator •
October 14 –
Thomas Dolby, English musician •
October 16 –
Tim Robbins, American actor and film director •
October 17 –
Alan Jackson, American country music singer-songwriter •
October 18 –
Thomas Hearns, American boxer •
October 19 •
Dario Franceschini, Italian lawyer, writer, and politician •
Michael Steele, American politician, attorney, and political commentator •
October 20 •
Viggo Mortensen, Danish-American actor •
Scott Hall, American professional wrestler (d. 2022) •
October 21 –
Andre Geim, Dutch–British physicist •
October 23 –
Tony Christiansen, New Zealand motivational speaker •
October 24 –
Rushern Baker, American lawyer and politician •
October 25 –
Kornelia Ender, German swimmer •
October 26 –
Pascale Ogier, French actress (d.
1984) •
October 27 –
Simon Le Bon, English rock singer •
October 28 –
Raúl Pellegrin, Chilean revolutionary, leader of
Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (d.
1988) •
October 30 –
Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Indian playback singer •
October 31 •
Jeannie Longo, French cyclist •
Simon Poidevin, Australian rugby union player •
Md. Abdul Mohit Talukder, Bangladeshi politician
November •
November 3 –
Derrike Cope, American stock car racing driver and team owner •
November 4 –
Redmond Burke, American surgeon •
November 5 –
Robert Patrick, American actor •
November 7 •
Dmitry Kozak, Russian politician and deputy Prime Minister of Russia •
Alice Bag, American singer and author •
Andy Biggs, American lawyer and politician •
November 10 –
Mark Danner, American writer, journalist, and educator •
November 11 –
Teresa Cheng, Hong Kong
Senior Counsel, arbitrator and politician •
November 13 –
Stephenson King, former
Prime Minister of Saint Lucia •
November 12 –
Megan Mullally, American actress, singer and media personality •
November 16 •
Sooronbay Jeenbekov,
President of Kyrgyzstan •
Marg Helgenberger, American actress •
Roberto Guerrero, Colombian-American racing driver •
November 17 –
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress and singer •
November 18 •
Daniel Brailovsky, Argentine-born Israeli footballer and manager •
Oscar Nunez, American actor, comedian •
November 19 –
Charlie Kaufman, American screenwriter, film director, and novelist •
November 21 –
Rickson Gracie, Brazilian mixed martial artist •
November 22 •
Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress •
Ibrahim Ismail of Johor,
Sultan of Johor •
November 26 –
Michael Alden Bayard, American musician, lecturer, and author •
November 27 –
Paul Gosar, American politician and dentist •
November 28 –
Tanya Harford, South African tennis player •
November 29 –
John Mahama, President of Ghana
December •
December 1 •
Gary Peters, US Senator •
Charlene Tilton, American actress •
Javier Aguirre, Mexican football player and manager •
Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu, eleventh
Prime Minister of Togo •
December 2 •
George Saunders, American writer •
Lal, Indian actor, director, screenwriter, producer and distributor •
December 4 –
Terdema Ussery, American business executive, attorney, and philanthropist •
December 5 •
Mark Boals, American singer •
Dynamite Kid, British professional wrestler (d.
2018) •
December 6 –
Nick Park, English filmmaker and animator •
December 7 •
Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (d.
1999) •
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, former
President of Malta •
December 8 •
Arlette Sombo-Dibélé, Central African lawyer and politician •
Vitaly Mutko,
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia from 2016 to 2020 •
December 10 •
Cornelia Funke, German author •
Ahmad Shabery Cheek, Malaysian politician •
Phạm Minh Chính,
Prime Minister of Vietnam •
December 11 –
Nikki Sixx, American rock musician •
December 12 –
Sheree J. Wilson, American actress •
December 13 –
Allan K., Filipino comedian, actor, and television personality •
December 17 –
Jayasudha, Indian actress and politician •
December 24 •
D. Suresh Babu, Indian film producer, studio owner and film distributor •
Michael Flynn, American
lieutenant general and former
U.S. national security advisor •
December 25 •
Dimi Mint Abba, Mauritanian musician and singer (d.
2011) •
Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter •
Rickey Henderson, American baseball player (d.
2024) •
December 27 •
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, 18th
Prime Minister of Pakistan •
Barbara Crampton, American actress and producer •
December 28 –
Joe Diffie, American country music singer and songwriter (d.
2020) •
December 29 –
Lakhdar Belloumi, Algerian football player •
December 30 –
Lav Diaz, Filipino filmmaker and film critic •
December 31 –
Bebe Neuwirth, American actress
Other •
Vincenzo de Cotiis, artist and designer •
David Charles Abell, American conductor •
Dave Allen, American television and film actor and comedian •
Bronwyn Bancroft, Aboriginal Australian artist, administrator, book illustrator, and fashion designer •
David Breskin, American writer, poet, and record producer •
James Giles, Canadian philosopher and psychologist •
Nicky Hager, New Zealand investigative journalist •
Raed Salah, Palestinian religious leader •
Hamza Yusuf, American Islamic scholar,
neo-traditionalist, and co-founder of
Zaytuna College •
Randy Hillier, Canadian politician •
Doris Salcedo, Colombian artist •
Pamela Geller, American far-right political commentator and conspiracy theorist == Deaths ==