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==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1361]] – [[Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia]] (d. 1419) *[[1416]] – [[Christopher of Bavaria]] (d. 1448) *[[1564]] – [[Christopher Marlowe]], English playwright, poet and translator (d. 1593) *[[1584]] – [[Albert VI, Duke of Bavaria]] (d. 1666) *[[1587]] – [[Stefano Landi]], Italian composer and educator (d. 1639) ===1601–1900=== *[[1629]] – [[Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll]], Scottish peer (d. 1685) *[[1651]] – [[Quirinus Kuhlmann]], German Baroque poet and mystic (d. 1689)<ref>{{cite book |last=Schmidt-Biggemann |first=Wilhelm |title=Salvation through Philology: The Poetical Messianism of Quirinus Kuhlmann (1651–1689) |work=Toward the Millennium: Messianic Expectations from the Bible to Waco |editor1-first=Peter |editor1-last=Schäfer |editor2-first=Mark R. |editor2-last=Cohen |year=1998 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |page=259 |isbn=978-90-04110-37-3}}</ref> *[[1671]] – [[Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury]], English philosopher and politician (d. 1713) *[[1672]] – [[Antoine Augustin Calmet]], French monk and theologian (d. 1757) *[[1677]] – [[Nicola Fago]], Italian composer and teacher (d. 1745) *[[1718]] – [[Johan Ernst Gunnerus]], Norwegian bishop, botanist and zoologist (d. 1773) *[[1720]] – [[Gian Francesco Albani]], Italian cardinal (d. 1803) *[[1729]] – [[Anders Chydenius]], Finnish economist, philosopher and Lutheran priest (d. 1803)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=14849|title=Anders Chydenius|publisher=Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon|access-date=February 26, 2022|language=sv|archive-date=February 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226153556/https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=14849|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/2432|title=Chydenius, Anders (1729 - 1803)|work=SKS Henkilöhistoria|publisher=[[The National Biography of Finland]]|access-date=February 26, 2022|language=fi|archive-date=May 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512231137/https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/2432|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1746]] – [[Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma]] (d. 1804)<ref>{{cite book|first=Hugh|last=Montgomery-Massingberd|title=Burke's Royal Families of the World Volume I: Europe & Latin America|location=London|publisher=Burke's Peerage Ltd|year=1977|isbn=978-0-85011-023-4|page=19}}</ref> *[[1770]] – [[Anton Reicha]], Bohemian composer and flautist (d. 1836) *[[1777]] – [[Matija Nenadović]], Serbian priest, historian, and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Serbia]] (d. 1854) *[[1786]] – [[François Arago]], French mathematician and politician, 25th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1853) *[[1802]] – [[Victor Hugo]], French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1885) *[[1808]] – [[Honoré Daumier]], French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879) * 1808 – [[Nathan Kelley]], American architect, designed the [[Ohio Statehouse]] (d. 1871) *[[1829]] – [[Levi Strauss]], German-American fashion designer, founded [[Levi Strauss & Co.]] (d. 1902) *[[1842]] – [[Camille Flammarion]], French astronomer and author (d. 1925) *[[1846]] – [[Buffalo Bill]], American soldier and hunter (d. 1917) *[[1852]] – [[John Harvey Kellogg]], American surgeon, co-created [[Corn flakes]] (d. 1943) *[[1857]] – [[Émile Coué]], French psychologist and pharmacist (d. 1926) *[[1861]] – [[Ferdinand I of Bulgaria]] (d. 1948) * 1861 – [[Nadezhda Krupskaya]], Russian soldier and politician (d. 1939) *[[1866]] – [[Herbert Henry Dow]], Canadian-American businessman, founded the [[Dow Chemical Company]] (d. 1930) *[[1871]] – [[Matti Turkia]], Finnish politician (d. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Matti Turkia |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911650.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=27 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725145056/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911650.aspx |archive-date=25 July 2020 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref> *[[1877]] – [[Henry Barwell]], Australian politician, 28th [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 1959) * 1877 – [[Rudolph Dirks]], German-American illustrator (d. 1968) *[[1879]] – [[Frank Bridge]], English viola player and composer (d. 1941) *[[1880]] – [[Kenneth Edgeworth]], Irish astronomer (d. 1972) *[[1881]] – [[Janus Djurhuus]], Faroese poet (d. 1948) *[[1882]] – [[Husband E. Kimmel]], American admiral (d. 1968) *[[1885]] – [[Aleksandras Stulginskis]], Lithuanian farmer and politician, 2nd [[President of Lithuania]] (d. 1969) *[[1887]] – [[Grover Cleveland Alexander]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1950) * 1887 – [[William Frawley]], American actor and vaudevillian (d. 1966) * 1887 – [[Stefan Grabiński]], Polish author and educator (d. 1936) *[[1893]] – [[Wallace Fard Muhammad]], American religious leader, founded the [[Nation of Islam]] (disappeared 1934) * 1893 – [[Dorothy Whipple]], English novelist (d. 1966) *[[1896]] – [[Andrei Zhdanov]], Ukrainian-Russian civil servant and politician (d. 1948) *[[1899]] – [[Max Petitpierre]], Swiss jurist and politician, 54th [[List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Swiss Confederation]] (d. 1994) *[[1900]] – [[Halina Konopacka]], Polish discus thrower and poet (d. 1989)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.olimpijski.pl/pl/bio/1020,konopacka-matuszewska-szczerbinska-halina-wlasciwie-leonarda-kazimiera.html|title=Biografie • Polski Komitet Olimpijski|last=Olimpijski|first=Polski Komitet|website=olimpijski.pl|language=pl|access-date=2017-10-24|archive-date=2018-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014212253/http://www.olimpijski.pl/pl/bio/1020,konopacka-matuszewska-szczerbinska-halina-wlasciwie-leonarda-kazimiera.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1900 – [[Fritz Wiessner]], German-American mountaineer (d. 1988) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Jean Bruller]], French author and illustrator, co-founded [[Les Éditions de Minuit]] (d. 1991) *[[1903]] – [[Giulio Natta]], Italian chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1979)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1963/natta/facts/ |publisher=Nobel Foundation |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115114942/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1963/natta/facts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1903 – [[Orde Wingate]], English general (d. 1944) *[[1906]] – [[Madeleine Carroll]], English actress (d. 1987) *[[1908]] – [[Tex Avery]], American animator, producer, and voice actor (d. 1980) * 1908 – [[Nestor Mesta Chayres]], Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (d. 1971)<ref>{{cite book|author=Frank M. Figueroa|title=Encyclopedia of Latin American Music in New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pjcUAQAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Pillar Publications|isbn=978-0-9643201-0-9|page=80|access-date=2021-02-25|archive-date=2022-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226153553/https://books.google.com/books?id=pjcUAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1908 – [[Jean-Pierre Wimille]], French racing driver (d. 1949) *[[1909]] – [[Fanny Cradock]], English chef, author, and critic (d. 1994) * 1909 – [[Talal of Jordan]] (d. 1972) *[[1910]] – [[Vic Woodley]], English footballer (d. 1978) *[[1911]] – [[Tarō Okamoto]], Japanese painter and sculptor (d. 1996) *[[1914]] – [[Robert Alda]], American actor, singer, and director (d. 1986) *[[1916]] – [[Jackie Gleason]], American actor and singer (d. 1987)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 26: Michael Bolton, Teresa Palmer |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/26/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-26-Michael-Bolton-Teresa-Palmer/9411677340482/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=26 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1918]] – [[Otis Bowen]], American physician and politician, 44th [[Governor of Indiana]] (d. 2013) * 1918 – [[Pyotr Masherov]], Leader of [[Soviet Belarus]] (d. 1980) * 1918 – [[Theodore Sturgeon]], American author and critic (d. 1985) *[[1919]] – [[Mason Adams]], American actor (d. 2005) *[[1920]] – [[Danny Gardella]], American baseball player and trainer (d. 2005) * 1920 – [[Tony Randall]], American actor, director, and producer (d. 2004)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1920 – [[Lucjan Wolanowski]], Polish journalist and author (d. 2006) *[[1921]] – [[Betty Hutton]], American actress and singer (d. 2007)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1922]] – [[Bill Johnston (cricketer)|Bill Johnston]], Australian cricketer and businessman (d. 2007) * 1922 – [[Margaret Leighton]], English actress (d. 1976) *[[1924]] – [[Marc Bucci]], American composer, lyricist, and dramatist (d. 2002) * 1924 – [[Noboru Takeshita]], Japanese soldier and politician, 74th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. 2000) *[[1925]] – [[Everton Weekes]], Barbadian cricketer and referee (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web|title=Everton Weekes, Cricket Star and Racial Pioneer, Is Dead at 95|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/sports/cricket/everton-weekes-dead.html|work=The New York Times|last=Richards|first=Huw|date=July 10, 2020|access-date=July 10, 2020|archive-date=July 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710212035/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/sports/cricket/everton-weekes-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BBC Obituary">{{Cite news |date=1 July 2020 |title=Sir Everton Weekes: West Indies legend dies at 95 |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/53258007 |access-date=1 July 2020 |archive-date=8 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708021500/https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/53258007 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Doris Belack]], American actress (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite news| first=Paul| last=Vitello| title=Doris Belack, Judge on TV's 'Law & Order', Dies at 85|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/arts/television/doris-belack-judge-on-tvs-law-order-dies-at-85.html| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=October 9, 2011| access-date=October 10, 2011| url-access=subscription| archive-date=October 11, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011154651/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/arts/television/doris-belack-judge-on-tvs-law-order-dies-at-85.html?hpw| url-status=live}}</ref> * 1926 – [[Verne Gagne]], American football player, wrestler, and trainer (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jairus K. Hammond|title=The History of Collegiate Wrestling: A Century of Wrestling Excellence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iyeCAAAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum|isbn=978-0-9765064-0-9|page=80|access-date=2021-02-25|archive-date=2022-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226153545/https://books.google.com/books?id=iyeCAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1926 – [[Henry Molaison]], American medical patient (d. 2008)<ref>{{cite news |title=The Man Who Couldn't Remember |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/corkin-hm-memory.html|quote=In between it all he did puzzles, books upon books of them, a habit he'd picked up as a teenager. Near the end of his life he kept a crossword book and pen with him always, in a basket attached to his walker. |newspaper=[[NOVA scienceNOW]] |date=June 1, 2009 |access-date=December 9, 2010 }}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Tom Kennedy (television presenter)|Tom Kennedy]], American game show host and actor (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Berman|first=Marc|title=Game Show Host Tom Kennedy Dies At 93|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2020/10/11/game-show-host-tom-kennedy-dies-at-93/|access-date=October 11, 2020|website=Forbes|language=en|archive-date=October 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012103141/https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2020/10/11/game-show-host-tom-kennedy-dies-at-93/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='Name That Tune' Game Show Host Tom Kennedy Dead at 93|url=https://www.tmz.com/2020/10/11/name-that-tune-game-show-host-tom-kennedy-dead-dies/|access-date=2020-10-12|website=TMZ|date=11 October 2020 |language=en|archive-date=2020-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012015608/https://www.tmz.com/2020/10/11/name-that-tune-game-show-host-tom-kennedy-dead-dies/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Kennedy, Genial Journeyman of TV Game Shows, Dies at 93|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/arts/television/tom-kennedy-dies.html|website=The New York Times|language=en|date=2020-10-13|access-date=2020-10-15|archive-date=2020-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014192657/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/arts/television/tom-kennedy-dies.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Fats Domino]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's Annual Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WA3vAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-3732-6|page=111|access-date=2021-02-25|archive-date=2020-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830185826/https://books.google.com/books?id=WA3vAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1928 – [[Ariel Sharon]], Israeli general and politician, 11th [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Samuel Willard Crompton|author2=Richard Worth|title=Ariel Sharon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDnaWshrMwwC&pg=PA19|year=2007|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-0464-5|pages=19|access-date=2021-02-25|archive-date=2021-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016100904/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDnaWshrMwwC&pg=PA19|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Ally MacLeod]], Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2004)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1453208/Ally-MacLeod.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1453208/Ally-MacLeod.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Obituaries: Ally MacLeod |work=The Telegraph|date=2 February 2004 |access-date=15 May 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 1931 – [[Robert Novak]], American journalist and author (d. 2009)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1931 – [[Josephine Tewson]], English actress (d. 2022) *[[1932]] – [[Johnny Cash]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2003)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1933]] – [[James Goldsmith]], French-British businessman and politician (d. 1997) *[[1934]] – [[Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina]], Algerian director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1936]] – [[José Policarpo]], Portuguese cardinal (d. 2014) *[[1937]] – [[Paul Dickson (American football)|Paul Dickson]], American football player and coach (d. 2011) *[[1939]] – [[Chuck Wepner]], American boxer *[[1940]] – [[Oldřich Kulhánek]], Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (d. 2013) *[[1942]] – [[Jozef Adamec]], Slovak footballer and manager (d. 2018) *[[1943]] – [[Paul Cotton]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021) * 1943 – [[Bill Duke]], American actor and director<ref name="AP"/> * 1943 – [[Dante Ferretti]], Italian art director and costume designer * 1943 – [[Bob Hite]], American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1981) *[[1944]] – [[Christopher Hope (novelist)|Christopher Hope]], South African author and poet * 1944 – [[Ronald Lauder]], American businessman and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Austria]] *[[1945]] – [[Peter Brock]], Australian racing driver (d. 2006) * 1945 – [[Marta Kristen]], Norwegian-American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1945 – [[Mitch Ryder]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1946]] – [[Colin Bell (footballer, born 1946)|Colin Bell]], English footballer (d. 2021) * 1946 – [[Bingo Smith]], American basketball player (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bingo Smith |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/78202/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> * 1946 – [[Ahmed Zewail]], Egyptian-American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2016) *[[1947]] – [[Sandie Shaw]], English singer and psychotherapist *[[1948]] – [[Sharyn McCrumb]], American author *[[1949]] – [[Simon Crean]], Australian trade union leader and politician, 14th [[Minister for the Arts (Australia)|Australian Minister for the Arts]] (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/former-opposition-leader-and-cabinet-minister-who-served-four-pms-dies-suddenly-in-germany/news-story/61a440c9e6c66069234fd991f340cd28 |title=Simon Crean: Former Labor leader dead at the age of 74 |date=June 25, 2023 |work=[[The Australian]] |url-access=subscription |quote=Mr Crean was born in Melbourne on February 26, 1949}}</ref> * 1949 – [[Elizabeth George]], American author and educator * 1949 – [[Emma Kirkby]], English soprano<ref>{{cite book|author=Laura Diane Kuhn|title=Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music: H-Q|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9cNWAAAAYAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Schirmer Books|isbn=978-0-02-865416-4|page=870|access-date=2021-02-25|archive-date=2022-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226153532/https://books.google.com/books?id=9cNWAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1950]] – [[Jonathan Cain]], American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer<ref name="AP"/> * 1950 – [[Helen Clark]], New Zealand academic and politician, 37th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]<ref>{{cite book|first=John|last=Clements|title=Clements' Encyclopedia of World Governments. Volume 16 2004-2005|location=Dallas|publisher=Political Research|year=2004|oclc=778990367|page=276}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Wayne Goss]], Australian lawyer and politician, 34th [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 2014) *[[1953]] – [[Michael Bolton]], American singer-songwriter and actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 26, 2023 includes celebrities Michael Bolton, Erykah Badu |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-26-2023-includes-celebrities-michael-bolton-erykah-badu.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=25 February 2024 |date=26 February 2023}}</ref> * 1953 – [[Barbara Niven]], American actress and writer<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Riggs |editor-first=Thomas |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film & Television, Vol. 48 |publisher=Thomson Gale |page=260 |date=2003 |isbn=0-7876-6363-8}}</ref> *[[1954]] – [[Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (born 1954)|Prince Ernst August of Hanover]] * 1954 – [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], Turkish politician, 12th [[President of Turkey]]<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1955]] – [[Andreas Maislinger]], Austrian historian and academic, founded the [[Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service]] *[[1956]] – [[Michel Houellebecq]], French author, poet, screenwriter, and director *[[1957]] – [[David Beasley]], American lawyer and politician, 113th [[Governor of South Carolina]] * 1957 – [[Joe Mullen]], American ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Joe Mullen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/joe-mullen-8449743 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> * 1957 – [[John Jude Palencar]], American artist and illustrator<ref>{{cite web|title=Palencar, John Jude|website=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction|date=September 12, 2022|accessdate=February 19, 2024|url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/palencar_john_jude}}</ref> * 1957 – [[Keena Rothhammer]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/keena-rothhammer|title=Keena Rothhammer|website=IOC|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403205058/https://www.olympic.org/keena-rothhammer|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Greg Germann]], American actor and director<ref name="AP"/> *[[1958]] – [[Liza 'N' Eliaz]], Belgian, transgender, hardcore DJ (d. 2001) <ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-17 |title=Brain Magazine - News - Trésor caché – Liza'N'Eliaz |url=http://www.brain-magazine.fr/article/news/38362-Tresor-cache-LizaNEliaz |access-date=2024-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017203247/http://www.brain-magazine.fr/article/news/38362-Tresor-cache-LizaNEliaz |archive-date=2017-10-17 }}</ref> * 1958 – [[Susan Helms]], American general, engineer, and astronaut * 1958 – [[Tim Kaine]], American lawyer and politician, 70th [[Governor of Virginia]] *[[1959]] – [[Rolando Blackman]], Panamanian-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Rolando Blackman |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76176/traditional |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> * 1959 – [[Ahmet Davutoğlu]], Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician, 37th [[Prime Minister of Turkey]] *[[1960]] – [[Jaz Coleman]], English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer *[[1962]] – [[Ahn Cheol-soo]], South Korean physician, academic, and politician *[[1963]] – [[Chase Masterson]], American actress, singer, and activist<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1964]] – [[Mark Dacascos]], American actor, martial artist, and television personality<ref name="AP"/> *[[1965]] – [[James Mitchell (manager)|James Mitchell]], American wrestler and manager *[[1966]] – [[Garry Conille]], Haitian physician and politician, 14th [[Prime Minister of Haiti]] * 1966 – [[Marc Fortier]], French-Canadian ice hockey player * 1966 – [[Jennifer Grant]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1966 – [[Najwa Karam]], Lebanese singer *[[1967]] – [[Kazuyoshi Miura]], Japanese footballer * 1967 – [[Gene Principe]], Canadian sports reporter and broadcaster<ref name="bio">{{Cite web |date=January 17, 2014 |title=Gene Principe Bio - Sportsnet.ca |url=http://rsndev.pairsite.com/bios/principe_gene/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140117010900/http://rsndev.pairsite.com/bios/principe_gene/ |archive-date=January 17, 2014 |access-date=December 18, 2021 |website=Sportsnet.ca}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Tim Commerford]], American bass player<ref name="AP"/> * 1968 – [[Leif Rohlin]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Leif Rohlin |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/leif-rohlin-8457840 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Hitoshi Sakimoto]], Japanese composer and producer *[[1970]] – [[Predrag Danilović]], Serbian basketball player and executive<ref>{{cite web |title=Sasha Danilovic |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/390/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Mark Harper]], English accountant and politician, former [[Secretary of State for Transport]] and former [[Minister of State for Immigration]] *[[1971]] – [[Erykah Badu]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1971 – [[Max Martin]], Swedish-American record producer and songwriter * 1971 – [[Hélène Segara]], French singer-songwriter and actress *[[1972]] – [[Maz Jobrani]], American comedian and actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1973]] – [[Marshall Faulk]], American football player * 1973 – [[Ole Gunnar Solskjær]], Norwegian footballer and manager * 1973 – [[Jenny Thompson]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/jenny-thompson|title=Jenny Thompson|website=IOC|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-date=March 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311220043/https://www.olympic.org/jenny-thompson|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski]], Filipina television actress, host and equestrienne * 1974 – [[Sébastien Loeb]], French racing driver * 1974 – [[Bonnie Somerville]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1975]] – [[P. J. Axelsson]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=P.J. Axelsson |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/p-j-axelsson-8462209 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Nalini Anantharaman]], French mathematician * 1976 – [[Chad Urmston]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1977]] – [[Marty Reasoner]], American ice hockey player and coach * 1977 – [[Greg Rikaart]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1977 – [[Tim Thomas (basketball)|Tim Thomas]], American basketball player * 1977 – [[James Wan]], Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer<ref name="AP"/> * 1977 – [[Shane Williams]], Welsh rugby union player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wru.co.uk/2634_1765.php|title=Shane Williams Profile|publisher=Welsh Rugby Union|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130063909/http://wru.co.uk/2634_1765.php|access-date=25 February 2021|archive-date=2009-01-30}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Abdoulaye Faye]], Senegalese footballer *[[1979]] – [[Corinne Bailey Rae]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/> * 1979 – [[Steve Evans (footballer, born 1979)|Steve Evans]], Welsh footballer * 1979 – [[Pedro Mendes (footballer, born 1979)|Pedro Mendes]], Portuguese footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=34012|title=Pedro Mendes|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731140250/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=34012|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Steve Blake]], American basketball player *[[1981]] – [[Kevin Dallman]], Canadian-Kazakhstani ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Dallman |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/kevin-dallman-8469795 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Kertus Davis]], American race car driver * 1981 – [[Simon Maljevac]], Slovenian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Simon Maljevac - Minister of Solidarity-Based Future |url=https://www.gov.si/en/state-authorities/ministries/ministry-of-solidarity-based-future/about-the-ministry/simon-maljevac/ |publisher=[[Government of Slovenia]] |access-date=23 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328120147/https://www.gov.si/en/state-authorities/ministries/ministry-of-solidarity-based-future/about-the-ministry/simon-maljevac/ |archive-date=28 March 2023}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Robert Mathis]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Mathis |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4596/robert-mathis |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Oh Seung-bum]], South Korean footballer *[[1982]] – [[Li Na]], Chinese tennis player * 1982 – [[Matt Prior]], South African-English cricketer * 1982 – [[Nate Ruess]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1983]] – [[Jerome Harrison]], American football player * 1983 – [[Pepe (footballer, born 1983)|Pepe]], Brazilian-Portuguese footballer *[[1984]] – [[Emmanuel Adebayor]], Togolese footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=29678|title=Emmanuel Adebayor|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731134716/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=29678|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Natalia Lafourcade]], Mexican singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1984 – [[Beren Saat]], Turkish actress *[[1985]] – [[Fernando Llorente]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=40672|title=Fernando Llorente|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=20 February 2020|archive-date=1 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201225747/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=40672|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Mārtiņš Karsums]], Latvian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Martins Karsums |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/martins-karsums-8471277 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Hannah Kearney]], American skier<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/hannah-kearney|title=Hannah Kearney|website=IOC|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-date=March 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326051203/https://www.olympic.org/hannah-kearney|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Teresa Palmer]], Australian actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1989]] – [[Gabriel Obertan]], French footballer *[[1990]] – [[Takanoiwa Yoshimori]], Mongolian sumo wrestler *[[1991]] – [[CL (rapper)|Lee Chae-rin]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lee |first1=Bina |title=K-POP A To Z: The Definitive K-Pop Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-63158-448-0 |page=59 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ArKDDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT59 |language=en |access-date=2020-09-23 |archive-date=2021-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519043444/https://books.google.com/books?id=ArKDDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT59 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1991 – [[Kevin Plawecki]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Plawecki |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/kevin-plawecki-608700 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Mikael Granlund]], Finnish hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mikael Granlund - Profile |url=https://www.nhlpa.com/the-players/31405/mikael-granlund |website=nhlpa.com |access-date=14 April 2020 |language=en |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731042218/https://www.nhlpa.com/the-players/31405/mikael-granlund |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Morgan Gautrat]], American soccer player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Morgan Gautrat #13 Stats, Video, News & More|url=https://www.nwslsoccer.com/players/morgan-gautrat|access-date=2021-01-13|website=nwslsoccer.com|archive-date=2021-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122094842/https://www.nwslsoccer.com/players/morgan-gautrat|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Jacob Trouba]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jacob Trouba |url=https://www.nhl.com/rangers/player/jacob-trouba-8476885 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Mahra Al Maktoum]], Emirati princess.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sheikha Mahra Just Revealed the Gender of Her First Baby at Her Birthday Celebration |url=https://en.vogue.me/royal/sheikha-mahra-pregnancy-gender-reveal-baby-girl-birthday-party/ |website=[[Vogue Arabia]] |access-date=14 December 2024 |date=27 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Jessie Bates]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jessie Bates III |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3919512/jessie-bates-iii |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Yeat]], American rapper<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/j-mckinney/yeat-everything-you-need-to-know|title=Everything You Need to Know About Yeat|first=Jessica|last=Mckinney|date=February 28, 2022|work=[[Complex Networks|Complex]]}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Jamal Musiala]], German footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jamal Musiala|url=https://fcbayern.com/en/teams/first-team/jamal-musiala|website=[[FC Bayern Munich]]|access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref> <!--Please do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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