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==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1488]] – [[Jungjong of Joseon]] (d. 1544) *[[1495]] – [[Petrus Apianus]], German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1557)<ref>{{cite book|author=Nick Kanas|title=Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xepttjhzaH8C&pg=PA89|date=30 June 2009|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-387-71668-8|page=89}}</ref> *[[1516]] – [[Tabinshwehti]], Burmese king (d. 1550)<ref name=hy-2-180>(Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 180): Wednesday, first waning of Kason 878 ME = 16 April 1516; {{cite book | author=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | author-link=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | title=[[Hmannan Yazawin]] | volume=1–3 | year=1832 | location=Yangon | language=my | edition=2003 | publisher=Ministry of Information, Myanmar}}</ref> *[[1569]] – [[John Davies (poet, born 1569)|John Davies]], English poet and lawyer (d. 1626)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Hutchinson|title=A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars: With Brief Biographical Notices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fw-3QC98d_UC&pg=PA69|year=2003|publisher=The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-58477-323-8|page=69}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1635]] – [[Frans van Mieris the Elder]], Dutch painter (d. 1681)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Otto Naumann|author2=Frans van Mieris|title=Frans Van Mieris (1635-1681), the Elder: Text & comparative illustrations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldtOAAAAYAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Davaco|isbn=978-90-70288-04-4}}</ref> *[[1646]] – [[Jules Hardouin-Mansart]], French architect (probable;<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia Britannica, a New Survey of Universal Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_IeD64iVkF8C|year=1957|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|page=823}}</ref> d. 1708) *[[1660]] – [[Hans Sloane]], Irish-English physician and academic (d. 1753)<ref>{{cite book|author=[[John Hemsley Pearn|John Pearn]]|title=A Doctor in the Garden: Nomen Medici in Botanicis: Australian Flora and the World of Medicine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gm8QAQAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Amphion Press|isbn=978-1-86499-503-9|page=333}}</ref> *[[1661]] – [[Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax]], English poet and politician, [[First Lord of the Treasury]] (d. 1715)<ref>{{cite book|author=National cyclopaedia|title=The national encyclopædia. Libr. ed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vVb7yP8_4kC&pg=PA109|year=1879|page=109}}</ref> *[[1682]] – [[John Hadley]], English mathematician, invented the [[octant (instrument)|octant]] (d. 1744) *[[1697]] – [[Johann Gottlieb Görner]], German organist and composer (d. 1778) *[[1728]] – [[Joseph Black]], French-Scottish physician and chemist (d. 1799) *[[1730]] – [[Henry Clinton (British Army officer, born 1730)|Henry Clinton]], English general and politician (d. 1795) *[[1755]] – [[Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun|Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun]], French painter (d. 1842)<ref>{{cite book|first=Frank N.|last=Magill|title=The 17th and 18th Centuries: Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 4|location=Abingdon|publisher=Routledge|year=1999|isbn=978-0-89356-316-5|page=1376}}</ref> *[[1786]] – [[John Franklin]], English admiral and politician, fourth [[Governor of Tasmania|Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land]] (d. 1847) *[[1800]] – [[George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan]], English field marshal and politician (d. 1888) *[[1808]] – [[Caleb Blood Smith]], American journalist, lawyer, and politician, sixth [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] (d. 1864) *[[1821]] – [[Ford Madox Brown]], French-English soldier and painter (d. 1893) *[[1823]] – [[Gotthold Eisenstein]], German mathematician and academic (d. 1852) *[[1826]] – [[Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet]], British politician (d. 1891) *[[1827]] – [[Octave Crémazie]], Canadian poet and bookseller (d. 1879) *[[1839]] – [[Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì]], Italian politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (d. 1908) *[[1834]] – [[Charles Lennox Richardson]], English merchant (d. 1862) *[[1844]] – [[Anatole France]], French journalist, novelist, and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1924) *[[1847]] – [[Hans Auer]], Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the [[Federal Palace of Switzerland]] (d. 1906) *[[1848]] – [[Kandukuri Veeresalingam]], Indian author and activist (d. 1919) *[[1851]] – [[Ponnambalam Ramanathan]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, third [[Solicitor General of Sri Lanka]] (d. 1930) *[[1864]] – [[Rose Talbot Bullard]], American medical doctor and professor (d. 1915) *[[1865]] – [[Harry Chauvel]], Australian general (d. 1945) *[[1866]] – [[José de Diego]], Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1918) *[[1867]] – [[Wilbur Wright]], American inventor (d. 1912) *[[1871]] – [[John Millington Synge]], Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1909) *[[1874]] – [[Jōtarō Watanabe]], Japanese general (d. 1936) *[[1878]] – [[R. E. Foster]], English cricketer and footballer (d. 1914) *[[1882]] – [[Seth Bingham]], American organist and composer (d. 1972) *[[1884]] – [[Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell]], English cricketer, journalist, and politician (d. 1963) *[[1885]] – [[Leó Weiner]], Hungarian composer and educator (d. 1960) *[[1886]] – [[Michalis Dorizas]], Greek-American football player and javelin thrower (d. 1957) * 1886 – [[Ernst Thälmann]], German politician (d. 1944) *[[1888]] – [[Billy Minter]], English footballer and manager (d. 1940)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.managerstats.co.uk/managers/billy-minter/|title=Billy Minter|website=managerstats.co.uk|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref> *[[1889]] – [[Charlie Chaplin]], English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 1977) *[[1890]] – [[Fred Root]], English cricketer and umpire (d. 1954) * 1890 – [[Gertrude Chandler Warner]], American author and educator (d. 1979) *[[1891]] – [[Dorothy P. Lathrop]], American author and illustrator (d. 1980) *[[1892]] – [[Dora Richter]], German transgender woman and the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female [[gender-affirming surgery]] (d. 1966)<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 May 2023 |title=Was wurde aus Dora? |trans-title=What became of Dora? |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/berlin/rbb-was-wurde-aus-dora-100.html |website=[[Tagesschau (German TV programme)|Tagesschau]] |language=de}}</ref> * 1892 – [[Howard Mumford Jones]], American author, critic, and academic (d. 1980) *[[1893]] – [[Germaine Guèvremont]], Canadian journalist and author (d. 1968)<ref>{{cite book|first=Kathleen|last=Kuiper|title=Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature|location=Springfield|publisher=Merriam-Webster|year=1995|isbn=978-0-87779-042-6|page=498}}</ref> * 1893 – [[John Norton (athlete)|John Norton]], American hurdler (d. 1979) *[[1895]] – [[Ove Arup]], English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded [[Arup Group Limited|Arup]] (d. 1988) *[[1896]] – [[Robert Henry Best]], American journalist (d. 1952) * 1896 – [[Árpád Weisz]], Hungarian footballer (d. 1944) *[[1899]] – [[Osman Achmatowicz]], Polish chemist and academic (d. 1988) *[[1900]] – [[Polly Adler]], Russian-American madam and author (d. 1962)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw00sich_0/page/7|title=Notable American women: the modern period: a biographical dictionary|date=1980|publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |editor=Sicherman, Barbara |editor2=Green, Carol Hurd |isbn=978-0-674-62733-8|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|page=7 |oclc=6487187|url-access=registration}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Paul Waner]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1965) *[[1904]] – [[Fifi D'Orsay]], Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer (d. 1983) *[[1905]] – [[Frits Philips]], Dutch businessman (d. 2005) *[[1907]] – [[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]], Canadian inventor and businessman, founded [[Bombardier Inc.]] (d. 1964) * 1907 – [[August Eigruber]], Austrian-German politician (d. 1947) *[[1908]] – [[Ellis Marsalis, Sr.]], American businessman and activist (d. 2004) * 1908 – [[Ray Ventura (pianist)|Ray Ventura]], French jazz bandleader (d. 1979) *[[1910]] – [[Berton Roueché]], American journalist and author (d. 1994) *[[1911]] – [[Guy Burgess]], English-Russian spy (d. 1963) *[[1914]] – [[John Hodiak]], American actor (d. 1955) * [[1915]] – [[Robert Speck (politician)|Robert Speck]], Canadian politician, first [[Mayor of Mississauga]] (d. 1972) *[[1916]] – [[Behçet Necatigil]], Turkish author, poet, and translator (d. 1979) *[[1917]] – [[Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli]] (d. 2013) * 1917 – [[Barry Nelson]], American actor (d. 2007) *[[1918]] – [[Hsuan Hua]], Chinese-American monk and author (d. 1995) * 1918 – [[Spike Milligan]], Irish actor, comedian, and writer (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/spike-milligan-1-604885 |title=Spike Milligan (obituary) |newspaper=The Scotsman |location=Edinburgh |date=28 February 2002 |access-date=25 March 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121021200953/http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/spike-milligan-1-604885 |archive-date=2012-10-21}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Merce Cunningham]], American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009) * 1919 – [[Nilla Pizzi]], Italian singer (d. 2011) * 1919 – [[Pedro Ramírez Vázquez]], Mexican architect (d. 2013) *[[1920]] – [[Ananda Dassanayake]], Sri Lankan politician (d. 2012) * 1920 – [[Prince Georg of Denmark]] (d. 1986)<ref>{{cite book |last1=McNaughton |first1=Arnold |title=The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy |date=1973 |publisher=Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co |isbn=0-8129-0280-7 |page=187}}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Wolfgang Leonhard]], German historian and author (d. 2014) * 1921 – [[Peter Ustinov]], English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004) *[[1922]] – [[Kingsley Amis]], English novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1995) * 1922 – [[Lawrence N. Guarino]], American colonel (d. 2014) * 1922 – [[Leo Tindemans]], Belgian politician, 43rd [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (d. 2014) *[[1923]] – [[Warren Barker]], American composer (d. 2006) * 1923 – [[Arch A. Moore Jr.]], American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th [[Governor of West Virginia]] (d. 2015) *[[1924]] – [[John Harvey-Jones]], English academic and businessman (d. 2008) * 1924 – [[Henry Mancini]], American composer and conductor (d. 1994)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-henry-mancini-19940615-20160609-snap-htmlstory.html|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|title=Henry Mancini, Composer of Elegant Music, Dies|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 15, 1994|access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref> * 1924 – [[Madanjeet Singh]], Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (d. 2013) *[[1926]] – [[Pierre Fabre (businessman)|Pierre Fabre]], French pharmacist, founded [[Laboratoires Pierre Fabre]] (d. 2013) *[[1927]] – [[Edie Adams]], American actress and singer (d. 2008) * 1927 – [[Pope Benedict XVI]] (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite book|author=John L. Allen|title=Pope Benedict XVI: A Biography of Joseph Ratzinger|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eR8weSA-f9gC&pg=PA1|date=1 September 2001|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-8264-1361-1|page=1}}</ref> * 1927 – [[Rolf Schult]], German actor (d. 2013) *[[1928]] – [[Night Train Lane]], American football player (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dick (Night Train) Lane |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/dick-night-train-lane/ |publisher=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Roy Hamilton]], American singer (d. 1969) * 1929 – [[Ralph Slatyer]], Australian biologist and ecologist (d. 2012) * 1929 – [[Ed Townsend]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003) *[[1930]] – [[Doug Beasy]], Australian footballer and educator (d. 2013) * 1930 – [[Herbie Mann]], American flute player and composer (d. 2003) *[[1931]] – [[Julian Carroll]], American politician, 54th [[Governor of Kentucky]] (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Kentucky Governor Julian Carroll dies at 92 |url=https://www.wkyt.com/2023/12/10/former-kentucky-governor-julian-carroll-dies-92/ |access-date=December 10, 2023 |publisher=WKYT |date=December 10, 2023}}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Maury Meyers]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2014) *[[1933]] – [[Marcos Alonso Imaz]], Spanish footballer (d. 2012) * 1933 – [[Joan Bakewell]], English journalist and author * 1933 – [[Perry Botkin Jr.]], American composer, arranger and musician (d. 2021) * 1933 – [[Vera Krepkina]], Russian long jumper (d. 2023) * 1933 – [[Ike Pappas]], American journalist and actor (d. 2008) *[[1934]] – [[Vince Hill]], English singer-songwriter (d. 2023) * 1934 – [[Robert Stigwood]], Australian producer and manager (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen Dando-Collins|title=Mr Showbiz: The Biography of Robert Stigwood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PPElDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT13|date=2 October 2017|publisher=Penguin Random House Australia|isbn=978-1-925324-76-1|page=13}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Barrie Unsworth]], Australian politician, 36th [[Premier of New South Wales]] * 1934 – [[Vicar (cartoonist)|Vicar]], Chilean cartoonist (d. 2012) *[[1935]] – [[Marcel Carrière]], Canadian director and screenwriter * 1935 – [[Sarah Kirsch (poet)|Sarah Kirsch]], German poet and author (d. 2013) * 1935 – [[Lennart Risberg]], Swedish boxer (d. 2013) * 1935 – [[Dominique Venner]], French journalist and historian (d. 2013) * 1935 – [[Bobby Vinton]], American singer *[[1936]] – [[Vadim Kuzmin (physicist)|Vadim Kuzmin]], Russian physicist and academic (d. 2015) *[[1937]] – [[Gert Potgieter (athlete)|Gert Potgieter]], South African hurdler and coach * 1937 – [[George Steele]], American wrestler and actor (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chokshi |first1=Niraj |title=George Steele, 'the Animal' Wrestler and Mild-Mannered Teacher, Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/sports/george-steele-the-animal-dead.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=4 April 2023 |date=17 February 2017}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Rich Rollins]], American baseball player * 1938 – [[Gordon Wilson (Scottish politician)|Gordon Wilson]], Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 2017) *[[1939]] – [[John Amabile (American football)|John Amabile]], American football player and coach (d. 2012) * 1939 – [[Dusty Springfield]], English singer and record producer (d. 1999) *[[1940]] – [[Benoît Bouchard]], Canadian academic and politician, 18th [[Minister of Transport (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Transport]] * 1940 – [[David Holford]], Barbadian cricketer (d. 2022) * 1940 – [[Fotis Kafatos]], Greek biologist, founding president of the [[European Research Council|European Research Council (ERC)]] (d. 2017).<ref name="imbbobit">{{cite web |author=Anon |year=2017 |title=Obituary Fotis Kafatos: 16th April 1940 – 18th November 2017 |url=http://www.imbb.forth.gr/news/FotisKafatosObituaryEN.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122011827/http://www.imbb.forth.gr/news/FotisKafatosObituaryEN.pdf |archive-date=2017-11-22 |website=imbb.forth.gr}}</ref> * 1940 – Queen [[Margrethe II of Denmark]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Margrethe II {{!}} queen of Denmark {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margrethe-II |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=4 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1940 – [[Joan Snyder]], American painter * 1940 – [[Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys]], English banker and politician, [[Lord Chamberlain|Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom]] (d. 2023) *[[1941]] – [[Allan Segal]], American director and producer (d. 2012) *[[1942]] – [[Nikos Gioutsos]], Greek footballer (d. 2023)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ανδρουλάκης |first=Μάνος |date=2018-04-15 |title=Ουγγαρία, ούζο, Ολυμπιακός: «Έμπαινε Γιούτσο, έμπαινε» - Sport-Retro.gr |url=https://sport-retro.gr/ouggaria-ouzo-olympiacos-empaine-gioutso-empaine/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |language=el}}</ref> *1942 – [[Jim Lonborg]], American baseball pitcher * 1942 – [[Sir Frank Williams]], English businessman, founded the [[Williams F1|Williams F1 Racing Team]] (d. 2021) *[[1943]] – [[Petro Tyschtschenko]], Austrian-German businessman * 1943 – [[John Watkins (Australian cricketer)|John Watkins]], Australian cricketer *[[1945]] – [[Tom Allen (Maine politician)|Tom Allen]], American lawyer and politician *[[1946]] – [[Margot Adler]], American journalist and author (d. 2014) * 1946 – [[Ernst Bakker]], Dutch politician (d. 2014) * 1946 – [[Johnnie Lewis]], Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Chief Justice of Liberia]] (d. 2015) * 1946 – [[R. Carlos Nakai]], American flute player *[[1947]] – [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]], American basketball player and coach * 1947 – [[Gerry Rafferty]], Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Patricia Romanowski|author2=Holly George-Warren|author3=Jon Pareles|title=The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_hKFAAAAIAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Fireside|isbn=978-0-684-81044-7|page=1971}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Reg Alcock]], Canadian businessman and politician, 17th [[President of the Treasury Board (Canada)|Canadian President of the Treasury Board]] (d. 2011) *[[1950]] – [[David Graf]], American actor (d. 2001) * 1950 – [[Colleen Hewett]], Australian singer and actress *[[1951]] – [[Ioan Mihai Cochinescu]], Romanian author and photographer *[[1952]] – [[Michel Blanc]], French actor and director (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oganesyan |first=Natalie |date=2024-10-06 |title=Michel Blanc Dies: César-Winning Actor & 'Les Bronzés' Star Was 72 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/michel-blanc-dead-cesar-award-french-actor-les-bronzes-1236108431/ |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Esther Roth-Shahamorov]], Israeli sprinter and hurdler *[[1953]] – [[Peter Garrett]], Australian singer-songwriter and politician *[[1954]] – [[Ellen Barkin]], American actress * 1954 – [[John Bowe (racing driver)|John Bowe]], Australian racing driver * 1954 – [[Mike Zuke]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1955]] – [[Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=East |first1=Roger |last2=Thomas |first2=Richard J. |title=Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders |date=3 June 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-63939-8 |page=359 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gJG3AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT359 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[David M. Brown]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003) * 1956 – [[T Lavitz]], American keyboard player, composer, and producer (d. 2010) * 1956 – [[Lise-Marie Morerod]], Swiss skier *[[1957]] – [[Patricia De Martelaere]], Belgian philosopher, author, and academic (d. 2009) *[[1958]] – [[Tim Flach]], English photographer and director * 1958 – [[Ulf Wakenius]], Swedish guitarist *[[1959]] – [[Alison Ramsay]], English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer *[[1960]] – [[Wahab Akbar]], Filipino politician (d. 2007) * 1960 – [[Rafael Benítez]], Spanish footballer and manager * 1960 – [[Pierre Littbarski]], German footballer and manager *[[1961]] – [[Jarbom Gamlin]], Indian lawyer and politician, seventh [[Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh]] (d. 2014) *[[1962]] – [[Anna Dello Russo]], Italian journalist *[[1963]] – [[Saleem Malik]], Pakistani cricketer * 1963 – [[Jimmy Osmond]], American singer<ref>{{cite book|author=James Gregory|title=At Last... Donny|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rSjtAbRnS18C|year=1973|page=50}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Esbjörn Svensson]], Swedish pianist (d. 2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jun/17/jazz.obituaries|title=Esbjörn Svensson|author=John Fordham|date=17 June 2023|website=The Guardian|access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Yves-François Blanchet]], Canadian politician * 1965 – [[Jon Cryer]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1965 – [[Martin Lawrence]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1966]] – [[Jarle Vespestad]], Norwegian drummer *[[1968]] – [[Vickie Guerrero]], American wrestler and manager * 1968 – [[Rüdiger Stenzel]], German runner *[[1969]] – [[Patrik Järbyn]], Swedish skier * 1969 – [[Fernando Viña]], American baseball player and sportscaster *[[1970]] – [[Dero Goi]], German singer-songwriter and drummer * 1970 – [[Margreth Olin]], Norwegian filmmaker<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Margreth Olin |first1=Lillian |last1=Bikset |first2=Sverre Olav |last2=Lundal |first3=Bjørn Ivar Austevik |last3=Voll |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=February 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Margreth_Olin |language=no|access-date=22 March 2024}}</ref> * 1970 – [[Walt Williams]], American basketball player *[[1971]] – [[Cameron Blades]], Australian rugby player * 1971 – [[Selena]], American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (d. 1995) * 1971 – [[Seigo Yamamoto]], Japanese racing driver * 1971 – [[Natasha Zvereva]], Belarusian tennis player *[[1972]] – [[Conchita Martínez]], Spanish-American tennis player * 1972 – [[Tracy K. Smith]], American poet and educator *[[1973]] – [[Akon]], Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter * 1973 – [[Charlotta Sörenstam]], Swedish golfer * 1973 – [[Teddy Cobeña]], Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor *[[1976]] – [[Lukas Haas]], American actor and musician * 1976 – [[Kelli O'Hara]], American actress and singer *[[1977]] – [[Freddie Ljungberg]], Swedish footballer *[[1979]] – [[Christijan Albers]], Dutch racing driver * 1979 – [[Lars Börgeling]], German pole vaulter * 1979 – [[Daniel Browne]], New Zealand rugby player *[[1981]] – [[Anestis Agritis]], Greek footballer * 1981 – [[Maya Dunietz]], Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist * 1981 – [[Matthieu Proulx]], Canadian football player *[[1982]] – [[Gina Carano]], American mixed martial artist and actress * 1982 – [[Boris Diaw]], French basketball player * 1982 – [[Jonathan Vilma]], American football player *[[1983]] – [[Marié Digby]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress * 1983 – [[Cat Osterman]], American softball player *[[1984]] – [[Teddy Blass]], American composer and producer * 1984 – [[Claire Foy]], English actress * 1984 – [[Tucker Fredricks]], American speed skater * 1984 – [[Paweł Kieszek]], Polish footballer * 1984 – [[Kerron Stewart]], Jamaican sprinter *[[1985]] – [[Luol Deng]], Sudanese-English basketball player * 1985 – [[Nate Diaz]], American mixed martial artist<ref>{{cite web |title=Nate Diaz |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2335679/nate-diaz |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Brendon Leonard]], New Zealand rugby player * 1985 – [[Katerina Stikoudi]], Greek singer, actress, TV host, model, businesswoman, former champion swimmer and beauty pageant titleholder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Λυσσέας |first=Χρήστος |date=2019-04-18 |title=Γενέθλια για την Κατερίνα Στικούδη: Έσβησε τα κεράκια της πάνω σε... pizza! [video] |url=https://www.tlife.gr/eidhseis-nea/genethlia-gia-tin-katerina-stikoudi-esvise-ta-kerakia-tis-pano-se-pizza-video/904971/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=TLIFE |language=el}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Taye Taiwo]], Nigerian footballer *[[1986]] – [[Shinji Okazaki]], Japanese footballer * 1986 – [[Peter Regin]], Danish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/peter-regin-8471299|title=Peter Regin|website=NHL|access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Epke Zonderland]], Dutch gymnast *[[1987]] – [[Cenk Akyol]], Turkish basketball player * 1987 – [[Aaron Lennon]], English international footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=36113|title=Aaron Lennon|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=4 April 2020}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Kyle Okposo]], American ice hockey player *[[1990]] – [[Reggie Jackson (basketball, born 1990)|Reggie Jackson]], American basketball player * 1990 – [[Vangelis Mantzaris]], Greek basketball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/57911/sid/4752/tid/291/_/2006_U16_European_Championship_Men_DIVISION_A/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203002717/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/57911/sid/4752/tid/291/_/2006_U16_European_Championship_Men_DIVISION_A/index.html|archive-date=February 3, 2014|title=Evangelos Mantzaris|website=FIBA|access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Tony McQuay]], American sprinter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/tony-mcquay-14371133|title=Tony McQuay|website=World Athletics|access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Nolan Arenado]], American baseball player * 1991 – [[Kim Kyung-jung]], South Korean footballer *[[1993]] – [[Chance the Rapper]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/musician/chance-the-rapper|title=Chance the Rapper|website=Biography.comcs|date=23 September 2020 |access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Mirai Nagasu]], Japanese-American figure skater<ref>{{cite web |title=Mirai Nagasu |url=https://www.teamusa.org/us-figure-skating/athletes/Mirai-Nagasu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109004720/http://www.teamusa.org/us-figure-skating/athletes/Mirai-Nagasu |archive-date=January 9, 2015 |website=[[United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee|Team USA]] |access-date=December 11, 2020}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Anya Taylor-Joy]], Argentine-British actress<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/anya-taylor-joy/|title=Anya Taylor-Joy|work=Empire|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903204108/https://www.empireonline.com/people/anya-taylor-joy/|archive-date=3 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Taylor Townsend]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taylor Townsend {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/318609/taylor-townsend |access-date=2022-10-20 |publisher=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Sadie Sink]], American actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/tv-film/stranger-things/who-is-sadie-sink-max-actress-age/|title=Who Is Sadie Sink And Is Max From Stranger Things Friends With Millie Bobby Brown IRL?|date=3 July 2019|website=Capital FM|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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