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==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1260]] – [[Kyawswa of Pagan]], last ruler of the Pagan Kingdom (d. 1299) *[[1455]] – [[John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg]] (d. 1499) *[[1533]] – [[Theodor Zwinger]], Swiss physician and scholar (d. 1588) *[[1549]] – [[Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł]], Polish nobleman (d. 1616) ===1601–1900=== *[[1612]] – [[Saskia van Uylenburgh]], Dutch model and wife of [[Rembrandt van Rijn]] (d. 1642) *[[1627]] – [[Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten]], Dutch painter (d. 1678) *[[1630]] – [[Estephan El Douaihy]], Maronite patriarch (d. 1704) *[[1646]] – [[Jean-Baptiste du Casse]], French admiral and buccaneer (d. 1715) *[[1672]] – [[Johann Jakob Scheuchzer]], Swiss paleontologist and scholar (d. 1733) *[[1674]] – [[Philippe II, Duke of Orléans]] (d. 1723) *[[1696]] – [[Mahmud I]], Ottoman sultan (d. 1754) *[[1702]] – [[Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau]] (d. 1769) *[[1703]] – [[Lorenzo Ricci]], Italian religious leader, 18th [[Superior General of the Society of Jesus]] (d. 1775) *[[1740]] – [[Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux]], French general (d. 1817) *[[1754]] – [[Pierre Charles L'Enfant]], French-American architect and engineer, designed [[Washington, D.C.]] (d. 1825) *[[1788]] – [[Leopold Gmelin]], German chemist and academic (d. 1853) *[[1815]] – [[Adolf Friedrich von Schack]], German poet and historian (d. 1894) *[[1820]] – [[John Tyndall]], Irish-English physicist and mountaineer (d. 1893) *[[1828]] – [[Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque]], Spanish general (d. 1895) *[[1834]] – [[Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi]], French sculptor, designed the [[Statue of Liberty]] (d. 1904) *[[1835]] – [[Elisha Gray]], American businessman, co-founded [[Western Electric]] (d. 1901)<ref name="CBOD"/> *[[1861]] – [[Prafulla Chandra Ray]], Indian chemist and academic (d. 1944) *[[1865]] – [[Irving Babbitt]], American academic and critic (d. 1933) * 1865 – [[John Radecki]], Australian [[stained glass]] artist (d. 1955) *[[1867]] – [[Ernest Dowson]], English poet, novelist, and short story writer (d. 1900) *[[1868]] – [[Constantine I of Greece]] (d. 1923) *[[1870]] – [[Marianne Weber]], German sociologist and suffragist (d. 1954)<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Lengermann |first1=Patricia M. |title=The Women Founders: Sociology and Social Theory, 1830-1930 : a Text/reader |last2=Niebrugge-Brantley |first2=Jill |publisher=McGraw-Hill |year=1998 |isbn=978-1-57766-509-0 |location=Boston |page=194 |chapter=Marianne Weber (1870- 1954): A Woman-Centered Sociology}}</ref> *[[1871]] – [[John French Sloan]], American painter and illustrator (d. 1951) *[[1872]] – [[George E. Stewart]], Australian-American colonel, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1946) *[[1876]] – [[Pingali Venkayya]], Indian geologist, designed the [[Flag of India]] (d. 1963) *[[1877]] – [[Ravishankar Shukla]], Indian lawyer and politician, 1st [[List of Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh]] (d. 1956) *[[1878]] – [[Aino Kallas]], Finnish-Estonian author (d. 1956) *[[1880]] – [[Arthur Dove]], American painter and educator (d. 1946) *[[1882]] – [[Red Ames]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1936) * 1882 – [[Albert Bloch]], American painter and academic (d. 1961) *[[1884]] – [[Rómulo Gallegos]], Venezuelan author and politician, 46th [[List of Presidents of Venezuela|President of Venezuela]] (d. 1969) *[[1886]] – [[John Alexander Douglas McCurdy]], Canadian pilot and politician, 20th [[Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]] (d. 1961) *[[1887]] – [[Oskar Anderson]], Bulgarian-German mathematician and statistician (d. 1960) *[[1889]] – [[Margaret Lawrence (actress)|Margaret Lawrence]], American stage actress (d. 1929) *[[1891]] – [[Arthur Bliss]], English composer and conductor (d. 1975) * 1891 – [[Viktor Zhirmunsky]], Russian linguist and historian (d. 1971) *[[1892]] – [[Jack L. Warner]], Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded [[Warner Bros.]] (d. 1978) *[[1894]] – [[Bertha Lutz]], Brazilian feminist and scientist (d. 1976) *[[1895]] – [[Matt Henderson (cricketer)|Matt Henderson]], New Zealand cricketer (d. 1970) *[[1897]] – [[Karl-Otto Koch]], German [[SS]] officer (d. 1945) * 1897 – [[Max Weber (Swiss politician)|Max Weber]], Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1974) *[[1898]] – [[Ernő Nagy]], Hungarian fencer (d. 1977) *[[1899]] – [[Charles Bennett (screenwriter)|Charles Bennett]], English director and screenwriter (d. 1995) *[[1900]] – [[Holling C. Holling]], American author and illustrator (d. 1973) * 1900 – [[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]], American actress and singer (d. 1941) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria]] (d. 1971) * 1902 – [[Mina Rees]], American mathematician (d. 1997)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fox |first=Phyllis |title=Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=1987 |isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 |editor-last=Grinstein |editor-first=Louise S. |location=New York |page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/175 175] |chapter=Mina Rees |editor-last2=Campbell |editor-first2=Paul J. |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/175}}</ref> *[[1905]] – [[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]], German composer (d. 1963) * 1905 – [[Myrna Loy]], American actress (d. 1993) * 1905 – [[Ruth Nelson (actress)|Ruth Nelson]], American actress (d. 1992)<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/ruth-nelson-54389 "Ruth Nelson"]. [[IBDb]]. Retrieved November 1, 2022.</ref><ref>Haun, Harry (2000). ''[https://archive.org/details/cinematiccentury00harr/page/n273/mode/2up?q=%22robert+de+niro+and+ruth+nelson+in+awakenings%22 The Cinematic Century: An Intimate Diary of America's Affair with the Movies]''. New York: Applause. {{ISBN|1557834008}}.</ref> *[[1907]] – [[Mary Hamman]], American journalist and author (d. 1984) *[[1910]] – [[Roger MacDougall]], Scottish director, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1993) *[[1911]] – [[Ann Dvorak]], American actress (d. 1979) *[[1912]] – [[Palle Huld]], Danish actor (d. 2010) * 1912 – [[Håkon Stenstadvold]], Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1977) * 1912 – [[Vladimir Žerjavić]], Croatian economist and author (d. 2001) *[[1913]] – [[Xavier Thaninayagam]], Sri Lankan scholar and academic (d. 1980) *[[1914]] – [[Félix Leclerc]], Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (d. 1988) * 1914 – [[Big Walter Price]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012) * 1914 – [[Beatrice Straight]], American actress (d. 2001) *[[1915]] – [[Gary Merrill]], American actor (d. 1990) *[[1916]] – [[Alfonso A. Ossorio]], Filipino-American painter and sculptor (d. 1990) *[[1917]] – [[Wah Chang]], Chinese-American artist and designer (d. 2003)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lentz |first=Harris M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sXrGCwAAQBAJ |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture |date=2004 |publisher=McFarland and Company |isbn=9780786417568 |location=Jefferson, N.C. |page=74}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Nehemiah Persoff]], Israeli-American actor (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/nehemiah-persoff-dead-obituary-actor-yentl-gunsmoke-was-102-1234995573/|title=Nehemiah Persoff Dies: Prolific Actor Of 'Yentl', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Gunsmoke' & Many More Was 102|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=April 6, 2022|date=April 6, 2022}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Louis Pauwels]], French journalist and author (d. 1997) * 1920 – [[Augustus Rowe]], Canadian physician and politician (d. 2013) *[[1922]] – [[Betsy Bloomingdale]], American philanthropist and socialite (d. 2016) * 1922 – [[Geoffrey Dutton]], Australian historian and author (d. 1998) * 1922 – [[Len Murray]], British [[trade union]] leader (d. 2004)<ref name="CBOD"/> *[[1923]] – [[Shimon Peres]], Polish-Israeli lawyer and politician, 9th [[President of Israel]] (d. 2016)<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 September 2016 |title=Obituary: Shimon Peres, Israeli founding father |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27410614 |access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref> * 1923 – [[Ike Williams]], American boxer (d. 1994) *[[1924]] – [[James Baldwin]], American novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1987) * 1924 – [[Joe Harnell]], American pianist and composer (d. 2005) * 1924 – [[Carroll O'Connor]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001) *[[1925]] – [[K. Arulanandan]], Ceylon-American engineer and academic (d. 2004) * 1925 – [[John Dexter]], English director and producer (d. 1990) * 1925 – [[John McCormack (ice hockey)|John McCormack]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2017) * 1925 – [[Jorge Rafael Videla]], Argentinian general and politician, 43rd [[President of Argentina]] (d. 2013) * 1925 – [[Alan Whicker]], Egyptian-born British journalist and broadcaster (d. 2013)<ref name="CBOD"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Barker |first1=Dennis |title=Alan Whicker obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/jul/12/alan-whicker-tv-world-dies |website=[[theguardian.com]] |publisher=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=21 February 2025}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Peter Swinnerton-Dyer]], English mathematician and academic (d. 2018) *[[1928]] – [[Malcolm Hilton]], English cricketer (d. 1990) *[[1929]] – [[Roy Crimmins]], English trombonist and composer (d. 2014) * 1929 – [[John Gale (theatre producer)|John Gale]], English director and producer * 1929 – [[Vidya Charan Shukla]], Indian politician, [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Indian Minister of External Affairs]] (d. 2013) * 1929 – [[David Waddington, Baron Waddington]], English lawyer and politician, [[Governor of Bermuda]] (d. 2017) * 1929 – [[K. M. Peyton]], British children's author (d. 2023)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Eccleshare |first=Julia |date=2024-01-02 |title=KM Peyton obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/02/km-peyton-obituary-kathleen-peyton |access-date=2024-11-24 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Vali Myers]], Australian painter and dancer (d. 2003) *[[1931]] – [[Pierre DuMaine]], American bishop and academic (d. 2019) * 1931 – [[Eddie Fuller]], South African cricketer (d. 2008) * 1931 – [[Karl Miller]], English journalist and critic (d. 2014) * 1931 – [[Viliam Schrojf]], Czech footballer (d. 2007) *[[1932]] – [[Lamar Hunt]], American businessman, co-founded the [[American Football League]] and [[World Championship Tennis]] (d. 2006) * 1932 – [[Peter O'Toole]], British-Irish actor and producer (d. 2013)<ref name="CBOD"/> *[[1933]] – [[Ioannis Varvitsiotis]], Greek politician, [[List of defence ministers of Greece|Greek Minister of Defence]] *[[1934]] – [[Valery Bykovsky]], Russian general and cosmonaut (d. 2019)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=38 |lccn=2008935694}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Hank Cochran]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010) *[[1936]] – [[Anthony Payne]], English composer and author (d. 2021)<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 May 2021 |title=Anthony Payne obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/04/anthony-payne-obituary |access-date=1 August 2021 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> *[[1937]] – [[Ron Brierley]], New Zealand businessman * 1937 – [[Billy Cannon]], American football player and dentist (d. 2018) * 1937 – [[María Duval (Mexican actress)|María Duval]], Mexican actress and singer<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 May 1965 |title=Miscelanea |work=[[El Siglo de Torreón]] |url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=EDT/1965/05/20/13/Ar01316.xml&CollName=EDT_1960_1969&DOCID=389935&PageLabelPrint=13&skin=ElSiglo&sPublication=EDT&sLanguage=English&Content=ALL&selLanguage=&sQuery=maria%2bduval&rEntityType=&sScopeID=DR&sDateFrom=&sDateTo=&sSorting=IssueDateID%252Casc&x=32&y=7&RefineQueryView=&StartFrom=70&ViewMode=GIF |access-date=27 June 2014}}</ref> * 1937 – [[Garth Hudson]], Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2025)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=Krewen |first=Nick |date=2025-01-21 |title=Garth Hudson, the last living member of The Band, dead at 87 |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/garth-hudson-the-last-living-member-of-the-band-dead-at-87/article_983498e8-d7fc-11ef-ac3c-4b6836c7f137.html |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref> * 1937 – [[Tim Bowden]], Australian historian and television presenter (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news |title='Huge contribution': former ABC presenter Tim Bowden dies, 87 |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fbusiness%2Fmedia%2Fhuge-contribution-to-nation-former-abc-presenter-tim-bowden-dies-aged-87%2Fnews-story%2F7d4a7dd724c7e333e81e90696e8794ae&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPB-Segment-1-NOSCORE&V21spcbehaviour=append |access-date=3 September 2024 |publisher=The Australian |date=3 September 2024}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Dave Balon]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007) * 1938 – [[Pierre de Bané]], Israeli-Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2019)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Profile |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=3094 |access-date=8 March 2019 |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Terry Peck]], Falkland Islander soldier (d. 2006) *[[1939]] – [[Benjamin Barber]], American theorist, author, and academic (d. 2017) * 1939 – [[Wes Craven]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015) * 1939 – [[John W. Snow]], American businessman and politician, 73rd [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] *[[1940]] – [[Angel Lagdameo]], Filipino archbishop (d. 2022) * 1940 – [[Beko Ransome-Kuti]], Nigerian physician and activist (d. 2006) * 1940 – [[Will Tura]], Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1941]] – [[Doris Coley]], American singer (d. 2000) * 1941 – [[Jules A. Hoffmann]], Luxembourgish-French biologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate * 1941 – [[François Weyergans]], Belgian director and screenwriter (d. 2022) *[[1942]] – [[Isabel Allende]], Chilean-American novelist, essayist, essayist * 1942 – [[Leo Beenhakker]], Dutch football manager (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Longman |first=Jeré |date=April 16, 2025 |title=Leo Beenhakker, a Soccer Coach Without Borders, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/sports/soccer/leo-beenhakker-dead.html |access-date=April 17, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1942 – [[Juan Formell]], Cuban singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014) * 1942 – [[Nell Irvin Painter]], American author and historian *[[1943]] – [[Herbert M. Allison]], American lieutenant and businessman (d. 2013) * 1943 – [[Tom Burgmeier]], American baseball player and coach * 1943 – [[Jon R. Cavaiani]], English-American sergeant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 2014) * 1943 – [[Rose Tremain]], English novelist and short story writer *[[1944]] – [[Jim Capaldi]], English drummer and singer-songwriter (d. 2005) * 1944 – [[Naná Vasconcelos]], Brazilian singer and [[berimbau]] player (d. 2016) *[[1945]] – [[Joanna Cassidy]], American actress * 1945 – [[Alex Jesaulenko]], Austrian-Australian footballer and coach * 1945 – [[Bunker Roy]], Indian educator and activist * 1945 – [[Eric Simms (rugby league)|Eric Simms]], Australian rugby league player and coach *[[1946]] – [[James Howe]], American journalist and author *[[1947]] – [[Ruth Bakke]], Norwegian organist and composer * 1947 – [[Lawrence Wright]], American journalist, author, and screenwriter *[[1948]] – [[Andy Fairweather Low]], Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1948 – [[Dennis Prager]], American radio host and author * 1948 – [[Tapan Kumar Sarkar]], Indian-American electrical engineer and academic (d. 2021)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hua |first1=Y. |last2=Sarkar |first2=T.K. |date=1989 |title=Generalized pencil-of-function method for extracting poles of an EM system from its transient response |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/53k15111 |journal=[[IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation]] |volume=37 |issue=2 |pages=229–234 |bibcode=1989ITAP...37..229H |doi=10.1109/8.18710|s2cid=122969497 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lyons |first=Gregory |date=13 March 2021 |title=In Memoriam: Prof. Tapan Sarkar |url=https://mtt.org/in-memoriam-prof-tapan-sarkar/ |access-date=March 15, 2021 |website=mtt.org |publisher=IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society}}</ref> * 1948 – [[James Street (American football)|James Street]], American football and baseball player (d. 2013) * 1948 – [[Snoo Wilson]], English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2013) *[[1949]] – [[James Fallows]], American journalist and author * 1949 – [[Bertalan Farkas]], Hungarian general and cosmonaut<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |title=Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program |date=2016 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham |isbn=9783319241630 |page=93}}</ref> *[[1950]] – [[Jussi Adler-Olsen]], Danish author and publisher * 1950 – [[Ted Turner (guitarist)|Ted Turner]], British guitarist *[[1951]] – [[Andrew Gold]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011) * 1951 – [[Steve Hillage]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1951 – [[Burgess Owens]], American football player and politician<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chalfant |first1=Morgan |title=Rep.-elect Burgess Owens (R-Utah-04) |url=https://thehill.com/new-members-guide-2020/527849-rep-elect-burgess-owens-r-utah-04/ |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |access-date=1 August 2023 |date=30 November 2020}}</ref> * 1951 – [[Joe Lynn Turner]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1951 – [[Per Westerberg]], Swedish businessman and politician, [[Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden]] *[[1952]] – [[Alain Giresse]], French footballer and manager<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIFA Player Statistics: Alain GIRESSE |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=174563/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402065714/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=174563/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 2, 2008 |access-date=2 January 2017 |publisher=FIFA.com}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Donnie Munro]], Scottish singer and guitarist * 1953 – [[Butch Patrick]], American actor<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 2, 2008 |title=Today's birthdays |url=http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/aug/02/magazine-gets-rights-to-brangelina-babies/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225010724/http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/aug/02/magazine-gets-rights-to-brangelina-babies/ |archive-date=February 25, 2014 |access-date=August 2, 2018 |website=Youngstown Vindicator}}</ref> * 1953 – [[Anthony Seldon]], English historian and author *[[1954]] – [[Sammy McIlroy]], Northern Irish footballer and manager *[[1955]] – [[Caleb Carr]], American historian and author (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=2024-05-24 |title=Caleb Carr, Author of Dark Histories, Dies at 68 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/books/caleb-carr-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1955 – [[Tony Godden]], English footballer and manager * 1955 – [[Butch Vig]], American drummer, songwriter, and record producer *[[1956]] – [[Fulvio Melia]], Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist, and author *[[1957]] – [[Jacky Rosen]], United States senator <ref>{{Cite web |title=ROSEN, Jacklyn Sheryl (1957-) |url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=R000608 |access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Jim Doughan]], American actor<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-09-18-8801310848-story.html | title=Kate Benton, James Doughan | website=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=18 September 1988 }}</ref> * 1959 – [[Victoria Jackson]], American actress and singer * 1959 – [[Johnny Kemp]], Bahamian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015) * 1959 – [[Apollonia Kotero]], American singer and actress *[[1960]] – [[Linda Fratianne]], American figure skater * 1960 – [[Neal Morse]], American singer and keyboard player * 1960 – [[David Yow]], American singer-songwriter *[[1961]] – [[Pete de Freitas]], Trinidadian-British drummer and producer (d. 1989) *[[1962]] – [[Lee Mavers]], English singer, songwriter and guitarist * 1962 – [[Cynthia Stevenson]], American actress<ref name="rose">{{Cite news |last=Rose |first=Mike |date=August 2, 2018 |title=Today's top celebrity birthdays list for August 2, 2018 |work=The Plain Dealer |url=https://www.cleveland.com/expo/life-and-culture/erry-2018/08/56391aa86c8078/todays-top-celebrity-birthdays.html |access-date=August 2, 2018}}</ref> *[[1963]] – [[Laura Bennett]], American architect and fashion designer * 1963 – [[Uğur Tütüneker]], Turkish footballer and manager *[[1964]] – [[Frank Biela]], German race car driver * 1964 – [[Mary-Louise Parker]], American actress *[[1965]] – [[Joe Hockey]], Australian lawyer and politician, 38th [[Treasurer of Australia]] * 1965 – [[Hisanobu Watanabe]], Japanese baseball player and coach *[[1966]] – [[Takashi Iizuka]], Japanese wrestler * 1966 – [[Grainne Leahy]], Irish cricketer * 1966 – [[Tim Wakefield]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2023) *[[1967]] – [[Aaron Krickstein]], American tennis player * 1967 – [[Aline Brosh McKenna]], American screenwriter and producer *[[1968]] – [[Stefan Effenberg]], German footballer and sportscaster *[[1969]] – [[Cedric Ceballos]], American basketball player * 1969 – [[Fernando Couto]], Portuguese footballer and manager *[[1970]] – [[Tony Amonte]], American ice hockey player and coach * 1970 – [[Kevin Smith]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kevin Smith Biography (1970–) |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/89/Kevin-Smith.html |access-date=March 30, 2015 |publisher=FilmReference.com}} Note: At least one source, Yahoo! Movies, gives birthplace as [[Highlands, New Jersey]].</ref> * 1970 – [[Philo Wallace]], Barbadian cricketer *[[1971]] – [[Jason Bell (rugby league)|Jason Bell]], Australian rugby league player * 1971 – [[Michael Hughes (footballer)|Michael Hughes]], Irish footballer and manager *[[1972]] – [[Mohamed Al-Deayea]], Saudi Arabian footballer * 1972 – [[Muriel Bowser]], American politician, [[List of mayors of Washington, D.C.|Mayor of Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Muriel Bowser |url=https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/muriel-bowser/ |publisher=Archives of Women's Political Communication |access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Danie Keulder]], Namibian cricketer * 1973 – [[Miguel Mendonca]], Zimbabwean journalist and author * 1973 – [[Susie O'Neill]], Australian swimmer *[[1974]] – [[Phil Williams (presenter)|Phil Williams]], English journalist and radio host *[[1975]] – [[Mineiro (footballer, born 1975)|Mineiro]], Brazilian footballer * 1975 – [[Xu Huaiwen]], Chinese-German badminton player and coach * 1975 – [[Tamás Molnár]], Hungarian water polo player *[[1976]] – [[Reyes Estévez]], Spanish runner * 1976 – [[Jay Heaps]], American soccer player and coach * 1976 – [[Michael Weiss (figure skater)|Michael Weiss]], American figure skater * 1976 – [[Pritam Singh]], Singaporean lawyer and politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Who is Pritam Singh? The Indian origin politician taking charge of Singapore’s opposition |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/latest-updates/who-is-pritam-singh-the-indian-origin-politician-taking-charge-of-singapores-opposition/articleshow/120894674.cms?from=mdr |website=The Economic Times |access-date=5 May 2025 |date=5 May 2025}}</ref> * 1976 – [[Sam Worthington]], English-Australian actor and producer<ref name=rose /> * 1976 – [[Mohammad Zahid (cricketer, born 1976)|Mohammad Zahid]], Pakistani cricketer *[[1977]] – [[Edward Furlong]], American actor<ref name=rose /> *[[1978]] – [[Goran Gavrančić]], Serbian footballer * 1978 – [[Matt Guerrier]], American baseball player * 1978 – [[Deividas Šemberas]], Lithuanian footballer * 1978 – [[Dragan Vukmir]], Serbian footballer *[[1979]] – [[Marco Bonura]], Italian footballer * 1979 – [[Reuben Kosgei]], Kenyan runner *[[1980]] – [[Ivica Banović]], Croatian footballer *[[1981]] – [[Alexander Emelianenko]], Russian mixed martial artist and boxer * 1981 – [[Tim Murtagh]], English-Irish cricketer *[[1982]] – [[Hélder Postiga]], Portuguese footballer * 1982 – [[Kerry Rhodes]], American football player * 1982 – [[Grady Sizemore]], American baseball player *[[1983]] – [[Michel Bastos]], Brazilian footballer * 1983 – [[Huston Street]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Huston Street |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/huston-street-434718 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Giampaolo Pazzini]], Italian footballer * 1984 – [[JD Vance]], [[Vice President of the United States|vice president of the United States]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gomez |first1=Henry |title=JD Vance discusses his rocky debut and what role he wants to play as Trump's VP |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/jd-vance-discusses-rocky-debut-role-wants-play-vp-rcna164295 |website=NBC News |date=31 July 2024 |access-date=July 31, 2024}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Stephen Ferris]], Irish rugby player * 1985 – [[David Hart Smith]], Canadian wrestler * 1985 – [[Britt Nicole]], American Christian pop artist *[[1986]] – [[Mathieu Razanakolona]], Canadian skier *[[1986]] – [[Lily Gladstone]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Lily Gladstone profile |url=https://goldenglobes.com/person/lily-gladstone/ |publisher=Golden Globes |access-date=January 16, 2024}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Rob Kwiet]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1988 – [[Golden Tate]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Golden Tate |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13217/golden-tate |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Nacer Chadli]], Belgian footballer *[[1990]] – [[Ima Bohush]], Belarusian tennis player * 1990 – [[Vitalia Diatchenko]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vitalia Diatchenko {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/315030/vitalia-diatchenko |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Skylar Diggins-Smith]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Skylar Diggins-Smith |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/skylar-diggins-smith/ |website=WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA |accessdate=August 19, 2021}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Evander Kane]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Evander Kane Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/oilers/player/evander-kane-8475169 |website=NHL.com |access-date=July 31, 2024}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Charli XCX]], English singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charli XCX |url=https://thevogue.com/artists/charli-xcx/ |website=thevogue.com |access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Gael Bussa]], Congolese politician<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-29 |title=Le Phare : " Validation des mandats : Assemblée nationale, les enfants d'abord ! " |url=https://www.radiookapi.net/2019/08/29/actualite/revue-de-presse/le-phare-validation-des-mandats-assemblee-nationale-les-enfants |access-date=2021-07-03 |website=[[Radio Okapi]] |language=fr}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Cr1TiKaL]], American YouTuber and streamer<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=892769635497541634 |user=MoistCr1TiKaL |title=Today is my birthday; my wish is for everyone to acknowledge that John Wick once killed three men in a bar with a pencil. A fucking pencil |date=August 2, 2017 |access-date=July 31, 2024}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Laura Pigossi]], Brazilian tennis player * 1994 – [[Laremy Tunsil]], American football player *[[1995]] – [[Kristaps Porziņģis]], Latvian basketball player * 1995 – [[Vikkstar123]], English internet personality<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1290025072539779072 |user=Vikkstar123 |title=25 years on this big rock. Super happy & grateful. Thanks for all the Birthday wishes! |date=2 August 2020 |access-date=23 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802204243/https://twitter.com/Vikkstar123/status/1290025072539779072 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |url-status=live |last=Barn |first=Vikram}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Keston Hiura]], American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Keston Hiura |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/keston-hiura-669374 |access-date=7 August 2020 |website=MLB.com |publisher=Major League Baseball}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Simone Manuel]], American swimmer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Simone Manuel |url=https://www.olympic.org/simone-manuel |access-date=25 April 2020 |publisher=International Olympic Committee}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Austin Theory]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Austin Theory |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/29202013/theory |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=1 August 2023 |date=28 November 2022}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Mark (rapper)|Mark Lee]], Korean-Canadian singer<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-27 |title=Mark (NCT) Profile and Facts; Mark's Ideal Type (Updated!) |url=https://kprofiles.com/mark-nct-profile-facts/ |access-date=2020-07-12 |website=Kpop Profiles}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Varvara Gracheva]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Varvara Gracheva {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/325836/varvara-gracheva |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Mohammed Kudus]], Ghanaian footballer<ref name="FIFA 2022">{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of Players: Ghana |publisher=FIFA |page=14 |date=15 November 2022 |access-date=22 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218195301/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=18 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> <!-- Do not add your own name or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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