January •
January 1 –
Verne Troyer, American actor (d.
2018) •
January 2 •
Robby Gordon, American racing driver •
Tommy Morrison, American boxer (d.
2013) •
Christy Turlington, American fashion model •
January 3 –
Michael Schumacher, German seven-time
Formula One world champion •
January 5 –
Marilyn Manson, American rock musician •
January 6 –
Norman Reedus, American actor •
January 7 –
Alfredo Romero, Venezuelan activist •
January 11 •
Kyōko Hikami, Japanese voice actress •
Kyle Richards, American actress •
January 13 •
Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller, Mexican writer, wife of
Andrés Manuel López Obrador •
Stephen Hendry, British snooker player •
January 14 •
Jason Bateman, American actor, director and producer •
Dave Grohl, American rock drummer and composer •
January 15 •
Meret Becker, German actress and musician •
Nishantha Jayaweera, Sri Lankan politician, MP •
January 16 –
Dead, Swedish vocalist (d.
1991) •
January 17 –
Lukas Moodysson, Swedish film director •
January 18 –
Dave Bautista, American pro wrestler and actor •
January 19 •
Predrag Mijatović, Montenegrin footballer •
Robert Prosinečki, Croatian football player and coach •
January 27 •
Cornelius, Japanese rock musician, singer and producer •
Patton Oswalt, American stand-up comedian, writer, actor and voice artist •
January 28 –
Kathryn Morris, American actress •
January 29 –
Hyde, Japanese rock musician, singer and guitarist •
January 31 –
Bill Huizenga, American politician
February •
February 1 •
Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine footballer •
Andrew Breitbart, American writer and publisher (d.
2012) •
February 2 –
Dambisa Moyo, Zambian-born economist •
February 3 –
Retief Goosen, South African golfer •
February 5 •
Bobby Brown, African-American singer •
Michael Sheen, Welsh actor •
February 6 –
David Hayter, Canadian-American actor, voice actor, screenwriter, director, and producer •
February 7 –
Andrew Micallef, Maltese painter and musician •
February 9 –
Priyantha Weerasooriya, Sri Lankan police officer and 37th Inspector general •
February 11 –
Jennifer Aniston, American actress, director, producer and businesswoman •
February 12 •
Darren Aronofsky, American filmmaker •
Hong Myung-bo, South Korean footballer •
Brad Werenka, Canadian ice-hockey player •
February 13 •
Ahlam, Emirati singer •
JB Blanc, French voice actor •
February 14 –
Adriana Behar, Brazilian volleyball player •
February 15 •
Roberto Balado, Cuban boxer (d.
1994) •
Birdman, American rapper, entertainer, and record producer •
February 21 •
James Dean Bradfield, Welsh singer-songwriter •
Bosson, Swedish singer-songwriter •
Petra Kronberger, Austrian alpine skier •
Tony Meola, American soccer player •
February 23 •
Michael Campbell, New Zealand golfer •
Marc Wauters, Belgian cyclist •
February 28 •
Robert Sean Leonard, American actor •
Pat Monahan, American singer, lead vocals of
Train March •
March 1 –
Javier Bardem, Spanish actor •
March 4 •
Annie Yi, Taiwanese actress •
Patrick Roach, Canadian actor •
March 7 –
Brian Jamieson, American rower •
March 10 –
Paget Brewster, American actress •
March 11 •
Terrence Howard, American actor and singer •
Soraya, Colombian singer and multi-instrumentalist (d.
2006) •
March 12 •
Graham Coxon, English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter •
Akemi Okamura, Japanese voice actress •
March 13 –
Susanna Mälkki, Finnish conductor •
March 15 •
Kim Raver, American actress •
Timo Kotipelto, Finnish musician •
Yutaka Take, Japanese jockey •
March 16 –
Markus Lanz, German-Italian television presenter •
March 17 –
Alexander McQueen, British fashion designer (d.
2010) •
March 18 •
Vasyl Ivanchuk, Ukrainian chess grandmaster •
Jimmy Morales, Guatemalan politician, 37th
President of Guatemala •
March 19 –
Patrick Tam, Hong Kong actor •
March 20 –
Nalin Pradeep Udawela, Sri Lankan actor and politician (d.
2025) •
March 21 –
Ali Daei, Iranian football player •
March 22 –
Tony Fadell, American engineer, inventor, designer and entrepreneur (
Nest Labs,
Apple Inc) •
March 24 –
Stephan Eberharter, Austrian alpine skier •
March 25 –
Jeffrey Walker, British musician •
March 26 –
Suroosh Alvi, Canadian journalist and filmmaker •
March 27 •
Mariah Carey, American pop singer •
Kevin Corrigan, American actor •
Pauley Perrette, American actress •
March 28 –
Rodney Atkins, American country music singer •
March 29 –
Chiaki Ishikawa, Japanese singer (
See-Saw) •
March 31 –
Annabelle Neilson, British socialite (d.
2018)
April •
April 1 •
Fadl Shaker, Lebanese singer •
Andrew Vlahov, Australian basketball player •
April 2 –
Ajay Devgn, Indian actor, director and producer •
April 3 •
Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor •
Lance Storm, Canadian professional wrestler •
April 6 –
Paul Rudd, American actor, comedian, writer and producer •
April 11 •
Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer •
Caren Miosga, German journalist and television presenter •
Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer •
April 16 –
Dawn Brancheau, American animal trainer (d.
2010) •
April 18 •
Shannon Lee, Chinese-American actress •
Susan Polgár, Hungarian chess player •
April 20 –
Marietta Slomka, German journalist •
April 21 –
Toby Stephens, English actor •
April 23 –
Yelena Shushunova, Soviet gymnast (d.
2018) •
April 25 •
Vanessa Beecroft, Italian artist •
Gina Torres, American actress •
Renée Zellweger, American
Academy Award-winning actress and producer •
April 27 •
Stas Mikhaylov, Russian singer and songwriter •
Cory Booker, US Senator from
New Jersey May •
May 1 –
Wes Anderson, American filmmaker •
May 2 •
Brian Lara, Trinidadian cricketer. •
Corinna Schumacher, German animal rights activist and accomplished horse rider •
May 4 –
Rabindra Prasad Adhikari, Nepalese politician (d.
2019) •
May 5 –
Hideki Irabu, Japanese baseball player (d.
2011) •
May 6 –
Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer •
May 7 –
Katerina Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player •
May 9 –
Amber, German musician •
May 10 –
Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer •
May 13 •
Nikos Aliagas, French-born television host •
Brian Carroll (aka Buckethead), American guitarist •
May 14 –
Cate Blanchett, Australian actress •
May 16 •
David Boreanaz, American actor •
Tucker Carlson, American political commentator •
Steve Lewis, American athlete •
May 19 –
Teresa Ribera, Spanish politician •
May 21 –
Georgiy Gongadze, Ukrainian journalist (d.
2000) •
May 25 –
Hassan de Zé Cocá, Brazilian politician •
May 26 –
Siri Lindley, American triathlete •
May 28 –
Rob Ford, Canadian politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (d.
2016)
June •
June 3 –
Takako Minekawa, Japanese musician, composer and writer •
June 4 –
Rob Huebel, American comedian •
June 5 –
Brian McKnight, American musician •
June 7 •
Alina Astafei, Romanian-German high jumper •
Prince Joachim of Denmark •
Kim Rhodes, American actress •
June 8 –
J. P. Manoux, American actor •
June 11 •
Peter Dinklage, American actor •
Steven Drozd, American rock drummer •
Anatoliy Povedenok, Kazakh football player •
June 12 •
Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian rock guitarist (d.
2007) •
Heinz-Christian Strache, Austrian politician •
June 13 –
Søren Rasted, Danish musician •
June 14 •
Eugene Chung, Korean-American football player •
Steffi Graf, German tennis player •
June 15 •
Ice Cube, African-American rapper and actor •
Oliver Kahn, German football goalkeeper •
Jansher Khan, Pakistani squash player •
June 16 –
MC Ren, American rapper •
June 17 –
Paul Tergat, Kenyan athlete •
June 18 –
Haki Doku, Albanian para-cyclist •
June 19 –
Trine Pallesen, Danish actress •
June 20 •
Alexander Schallenberg, current
Chancellor of Austria •
Paulo Bento, Portuguese football player and coach •
June 23 •
Noa, Israeli singer •
Fernanda Ribeiro, Portuguese long-distance runner •
June 24 •
Sissel Kyrkjebø, Norwegian singer •
Nicodemo Gentile, Italian lawyer and TV personality •
June 30 –
Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan cricketer
July •
July 2 •
Jenni Rivera, Mexican-American singer-songwriter, producer and actress (d.
2012) •
Tim Rodber, English rugby player •
July 3 •
Gedeon Burkhard, German actor •
Shawnee Smith, American actress •
July 5 •
John LeClair, American hockey player •
RZA, American rapper and record producer •
July 7 •
Sylke Otto, German luger •
Joe Sakic, Canadian hockey player •
Cree Summer, American-Canadian actress and singer •
July 8 –
Sugizo, Japanese guitarist and singer •
July 9 –
Munkhbayar Dorjsuren, Mongolian-German sport shooter •
July 10 •
Gale Harold, American actor •
Hossan Leong, Singaporean stage and screen actor, television host, radio deejay and comedian •
Jonas Kaufmann, German operatic tenor •
Rami Makhlouf, Syrian businessman •
July 11 –
David Tao, Taiwanese singer-songwriter •
July 14 –
Billy Herrington, American gay pornographic actor (d.
2018) •
July 16 •
Björn Dunkerbeck, Danish windsurfer •
Sahra Wagenknecht, German politician •
July 17 •
Jason Clarke, Australian actor •
Ravi Kishan, Indian actor •
Kazuki Kitamura, Japanese actor •
July 18 –
The Great Sasuke, Japanese wrestler •
July 20 •
Josh Holloway, American actor •
Johnny Ngauamo, Tonga rugby union player •
July 21 •
Avraam Russo, Russian singer •
Isabell Werth, German equestrian •
July 22 •
Jason Becker, American heavy metal guitarist, formerly of Cacophony •
James Arnold Taylor, American voice actor •
Despina Vandi, Greek singer •
July 23 –
Raphael Warnock, American pastor and junior senator from Georgia •
July 24 –
Jennifer Lopez, American actress and singer •
July 25 –
Annastacia Palaszczuk, Australian politician, Premier of Queensland •
July 26 –
Tanni Grey-Thompson, born Carys Grey, British Paralympian •
July 27 •
Dacian Cioloș, 64th
Prime Minister of Romania •
Bryan Fuller, American writer, producer, and director •
Pavel Hapal, Czech footballer •
Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer •
Triple H, American wrestler •
July 28 •
Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist and songwriter •
Alexis Arquette, American actress, cabaret performer, underground cartoonist, and activist (d.
2016) •
Dana White, American businessman and president of
Ultimate Fighting Championship •
July 30 –
Simon Baker, Australian-American actor and director •
July 31 –
Antonio Conte, Italian football player and manager
August •
August 1 –
Graham Thorpe, English cricketer (d.
2024) •
August 2 •
Jan Axel Blomberg, Norwegian drummer •
Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer •
August 3 –
Anne Marie DeLuise, Canadian actress •
August 4 •
Max Cavalera, Brazilian musician and singer (
Soulfly,
Cavalera Conspiracy, ex-
Sepultura) •
Michael DeLuise, American actor •
August 6 –
Elliott Smith, American musician (d.
2003) •
August 8 –
Faye Wong, Hong Kong singer and actress •
August 10 •
Brian Drummond, Canadian voice actor •
Emily Symons, Australian actress •
August 11 •
Vanderlei de Lima, Brazilian long-distance runner •
Ashley Jensen, British actress •
August 12 –
Tanita Tikaram, German-born British singer-songwriter •
August 13 –
Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater •
August 14 –
Chris Pérez, American guitarist •
August 15 •
Justin Broadrick, British musician •
Kevin Cheng, Hong Kong television actor and singer •
Bernard Fanning, Australian musician (
Powderfinger) •
John Fetterman, American politician, Senator of Pennsylvania •
August 17 •
Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress •
Christian Laettner, American professional basketball player •
Donnie Wahlberg, American singer and actor (
New Kids on the Block) •
August 18 •
Edward Norton, American actor, film director, screenwriter, and social activist •
Christian Slater, American actor and producer •
Timothy Snyder, American author and historian •
August 19 •
Nate Dogg, African-American rapper (d.
2011) •
Matthew Perry, American actor (d.
2023) •
August 20 •
Neil Fitzmaurice, English actor, comedian and writer •
Santeri Kinnunen, Finnish actor •
August 23 –
Jean-Marc Tellier, French politician •
August 28 –
Jack Black, American actor and musician •
August 29 –
Lucero, Mexican singer and actress
September •
September 3 –
Robert Karlsson, Swedish golfer •
September 4 •
Giorgi Margvelashvili, politician; 4th President of the
Republic of Georgia •
Noah Taylor, Australian actor •
Alexander Paul Coe, Welsh DJ and record producer •
September 6 •
Michellie Jones, Australian triathlete •
Cece Peniston, American musician •
September 7 –
Diane Farr, American actress •
September 8 •
Mojtaba Khamenei, Iranian politician and Shia cleric, Supreme leader •
Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and manager (d.
2011) •
September 8 –
Rachel Hunter, New Zealand model and actress •
September 12 •
Ángel Cabrera, Argentine golfer •
Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer •
September 13 •
Tyler Perry, American actor, film director and screenwriter •
Shane Warne, Australian cricketer (d.
2022) •
September 14 –
Bong Joon-ho, South Korean film director and screenwriter •
September 17 •
Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player •
Keith Flint, English singer/dancer in the band
The Prodigy (d.
2019) •
September 19 –
Simona Păucă, Romanian gymnast •
September 21 –
Billy Porter, American actor and singer •
September 22 –
Sue Perkins, English actress and comedian •
September 24 –
Shawn Crahan, American rock percussionist •
September 25 •
Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (d.
2002) •
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress •
Hal Sparks, American comedian, actor, musician, and political commentator •
September 29 •
Erika Eleniak, American model and actress •
Aleks Syntek, Mexican singer and songwriter •
September 30 –
Jackie Traverse, Canadian artist and activist •
Chris Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d.
1991)
October •
October 1 •
Zach Galifianakis, American actor and stand-up comedian •
Marcus Stephen, President of Nauru •
Igor Ulanov, Russian hockey player •
October 3 •
Gwen Stefani, American singer, actress and television host •
Tetsuya, Japanese rock musician •
October 5 •
Elizabeth Azcona Bocock, Honduran politician •
M. A. Muhit, Bangladeshi politician •
October 6 •
Muhammad V of Kelantan, 15th
Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and
Sultan of Kelantan •
Ogün Temizkanoğlu, Turkish footballer •
October 7 –
Benny Chan Ho Man, Hong Kong actor •
October 9 •
Jun Akiyama, Japanese professional wrestler •
PJ Harvey, British singer-songwriter •
Steve McQueen, English film director, producer and screenwriter •
Chan Chun Sing, Singaporean politician •
October 10 •
Brett Favre, American football player •
Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress •
October 11 –
Merieme Chadid, Moroccan born-French astronomer •
October 12 –
Judit Mascó, Spanish model, television host and writer •
October 13 •
Rhett Akins, American country singer •
Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater •
Cady McClain, American actress and director •
October 15 –
Dominic West, English actor, director and musician •
October 16 –
Wendy Wilson, American singer and television personality •
October 17 •
Ernie Els, South African golfer •
Jesús Ángel García, Spanish race walker •
Wood Harris, American actor •
Wyclef Jean, Haitian rapper •
Nancy Sullivan, American actress •
October 19 •
Pedro Castillo, 63rd President of Peru •
Vanessa Marshall, American actress and voice actress •
Trey Parker, American actor, voice actor, animator, writer, producer, director and composer •
October 20 •
Laurie Daley, Australian rugby league player •
Juan González, American baseball player •
October 21 –
Michael Hancock, Australian rugby league player •
October 22 –
Spike Jonze, American director and filmmaker •
October 24 •
Peter Dolving, Swedish metal musician •
Adela Noriega, Mexican actress •
October 25 •
Samantha Bee, Canadian comedian, writer, producer and political commentator •
Josef Beránek, Czech ice hockey player •
Oleg Salenko, Russian footballer •
October 26 –
Sarina Wiegman, Dutch footballer and manager •
October 28 •
Steven Chamuleau, Dutch cardiologist •
October 30 •
Stanislav Gross, 5th
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (d.
2015) •
Snow, Canadian reggae singer •
October 31 –
Kim Rossi Stuart, Italian actor and director
November •
November 1 –
Gary Alexander, American basketball player •
November 2 •
Reginald Arvizu (aka Fieldy Snuts), American bassist •
Madhushree, Indian
playback singer •
November 3 –
Robert Miles, Swiss-born Italian record producer and DJ (d.
2017) •
November 4 •
Tony Burke, Australian politician,
Leader of the House (2022-present) •
Sean Combs, American rapper and entrepreneur •
Matthew McConaughey, American actor •
November 7 •
Michelle Clunie, American actress •
Hélène Grimaud, French pianist •
November 8 –
Jonathan Slavin, American actor and activist •
November 9 –
Allison Wolfe, American musician •
November 10 •
Faustino Asprilla, Colombian football player •
Jens Lehmann, German football player •
Ellen Pompeo, American actress •
November 12 •
Tomas N'evergreen, Danish singer •
Rob Schrab, American actor and comic book creator •
November 13 •
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somali-born Dutch American activist •
Gerard Butler, Scottish actor •
November 14 •
Butch Walker, American musician •
Daniel Abraham, American novelist, author, screenwriter, and producer •
November 17 –
Jean-Michel Saive, Belgian table tennis player •
November 18 •
Sam Cassell, American basketball player •
Ahmed Helmy, Egyptian actor •
November 19 •
Ertuğrul Sağlam, Turkish football coach and former player •
Viktor Skrypnyk, Ukrainian football coach and former player •
November 21 –
Ken Griffey Jr., American baseball player •
November 22 –
Katrin Krabbe, German sprinter •
November 23 –
Robin Padilla, Filipino actor •
November 24 –
David Adeang, Nauruan politician •
November 26 –
Kara Walker, American artist •
November 27 •
Elizabeth Marvel, American actress •
Carina Ricco, Mexican actress and singer •
November 28 •
Colman Domingo, African-American actor •
Lexington Steele, African-American actor and film director •
November 29 •
Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer •
Kasey Keller,
American Major League Soccer player •
Mariano Rivera, Panamanian-American professional baseball player •
November 30 •
Trina Gulliver, English darts player •
Chris Weitz, American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor
December •
December 1 –
Richard Carrier, American historian •
December 4 –
Jay-Z, African-American rapper •
December 5 •
Sajid Javid, British Pakistani politician,
Chancellor of the Exchequer •
Catherine Tate, English actress, comedian, and writer •
December 9 •
Bixente Lizarazu, French footballer •
Jakob Dylan, American singer-songwriter •
December 11 –
Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster •
December 16 –
Michelle Smith, Irish swimmer •
December 17 •
Laurie Holden, Canadian and American actress, producer and human rights activist •
Chuck Liddell, American
mixed martial arts fighter •
Ismail Qasim Naji, Somali politician •
December 18 •
Santiago Cañizares, Spanish footballer •
Mille Petrozza, German-Italian rock vocalist and guitarist (
Kreator) •
December 19 •
Richard Hammond, British television presenter •
Lauren Sánchez, American news anchor •
Kristy Swanson, American actress •
December 20 –
Nicușor Dan, president of Romania •
December 21 •
Julie Delpy, French-American actress •
Magnus Samuelsson, Swedish bodybuilder,
World's Strongest Man •
December 22 –
Dagmar Hase, German swimmer •
December 24 •
Pernille Fischer Christensen, Danish film director •
Sean Cameron Michael, South African actor and singer •
Ed Miliband, English academic and politician,
Minister for the Cabinet Office •
Mark Millar, Scottish author •
Luis Musrri, Chilean footballer •
Oleg Skripochka, Russian cosmonaut •
Gintaras Staučė, Lithuanian footballer •
Chen Yueling, American race walker •
December 25 –
Nicolas Godin, French musician •
December 27 •
Chyna, American professional wrestler (d.
2016) •
Sarah Vowell, American historian, author, journalist, essayist, social commentator and actress •
December 28 –
Linus Torvalds, Finnish computer programmer •
December 30 •
Kersti Kaljulaid, 5th
President of Estonia •
Jay Kay, English singer (
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