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===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[John Bardeen]], American physicist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1991) * 1908 – [[Hélène Boucher]], French pilot (d. 1934) * 1908 – [[Tomiko Itooka]], Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2024)<ref name="itooka1">{{cite news |last1=Flecker |first1=Martin |title=Tomiko Itooka of Japan, World’s Oldest Person, Dies at 116 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/world/asia/oldest-person-dies-japan.html |access-date=4 January 2025 |agency=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="itooka">{{cite news |last1=Farrant |first1=Theo |title=Meet Tomiko Itooka: The world's oldest person at 116 who loves bananas and scaling mountains |url=https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/08/22/meet-tomiko-itooka-the-worlds-oldest-person-at-116-who-loves-bananas-and-scaling-mountains |access-date=20 December 2024 |agency=[[Euronews]] |date=22 August 2024}}</ref> * 1908 – [[Annemarie Schwarzenbach]], Swiss author and photographer (d. 1942)<ref>{{cite web |title=Overlooked No More: Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Author, Photographer and 'Ravaged Angel' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/obituaries/annemarie-schwarzenbach-overlooked.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=10 February 2024 |date=10 October 2018}}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Margaret Wise Brown]], American author and educator (d. 1952) * 1910 – [[Hugh Casson]], English architect and academic (d. 1999) * 1910 – [[Scatman Crothers]], American actor and comedian (d. 1986) * 1910 – [[Franz Kline]], American painter and academic (d. 1962) * 1910 – [[Artie Shaw]], American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 2004) *[[1911]] – [[Lou Brouillard]], Canadian boxer (d. 1984) * 1911 – [[Paul Augustin Mayer]], German cardinal (d. 2010) * 1911 – [[Betty Nuthall]], English tennis player (d. 1983) *[[1912]] – [[Jean Françaix]], French pianist and composer (d. 1997) * 1912 – [[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]], American actor (d. 1989) *[[1914]] – [[Harold Hitchcock]], English visionary landscape artist (d. 2009) * 1914 – [[Celestine Sibley]], American journalist and author (d. 1999) * 1914 – [[Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth]], English economist, journalist, and prominent Catholic layperson (d. 1981) *[[1915]] – [[S. Donald Stookey]], American physicist and chemist, invented [[CorningWare]] (d. 2014) *[[1917]] – [[Edward Norton Lorenz]], American mathematician and meteorologist (d. 2008) *[[1918]] – [[Denis Compton]], English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1997) *[[1919]] – [[Robert Bernstein (comics)|Robert Bernstein]], American author and playwright (d. 1988) * 1919 – [[Ruth Fernández]], Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the [[Senate of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican Senate]] (d. 2012) * 1919 – [[Betty Garrett]], American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2011) *[[1920]] – [[Helen O'Connell]], American singer (d. 1993) *[[1921]] – [[Humphrey Lyttelton]], British jazz musician and broadcaster (d. 2008) *[[1923]] – [[Alicia de Larrocha]], Catalan-Spanish pianist (d. 2009) * 1923 – [[Irving Millman]], American virologist and microbiologist (d. 2012) *[[1924]] – [[Karlheinz Deschner]], German author and activist (d. 2014) *[[1925]] – [[Joshua Lederberg]], American biologist and geneticist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2008) *[[1926]] – [[Basil Salvadore D'Souza]], Indian bishop (d. 1996) * 1926 – [[Joe Slovo]], Lithuanian-South African activist and politician (d. 1995) *[[1928]] – [[Rosemary Clooney]], American singer and actress (d. 2002) * 1928 – [[Nigel Davenport]], English actor (d. 2013) * 1928 – [[Nina Otkalenko]], Russian runner (d. 2015) *[[1929]] – [[Ulla Jacobsson]], Swedish-Austrian actress (d. 1982) *[[1930]] – [[Friedrich Achleitner]], German poet and critic (d. 2019) *[[1931]] – [[Barbara Barrie]], American actress *[[1932]] – [[Kevork Ajemian]], Syrian-French journalist and author (d. 1998) *[[1933]] – [[Joan Collins]], English actress * 1933 – [[Ove Fundin]], Swedish motorcycle racer *[[1934]] – [[Robert Moog]], electronic engineer and inventor of the [[Moog synthesizer]] (d. 2005) *[[1935]] – [[Lasse Strömstedt]], Swedish author (d. 2009) *[[1936]] – [[Ingeborg Hallstein]], German soprano and actress * 1936 – [[Charles Kimbrough]], American actor (d. 2023) *[[1939]] – [[Michel Colombier]], French-American composer and conductor (d. 2004) * 1939 – [[Reinhard Hauff]], German director and screenwriter *[[1940]] – [[Bjørn Johansen (musician)]], Norwegian saxophonist (d. 2002) * 1940 – [[Gérard Larrousse]], French race car driver * 1940 – [[Cora Sadosky]], Argentinian mathematician and academic (d. 2010) *[[1941]] – [[Zalman King]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) * 1941 – [[Rod Thorn]], American basketball player, coach, and executive<ref>{{cite web|title=Rod Thorn|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/rod-thorn|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=1 March 2020}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Gabriel Liiceanu]], Romanian philosopher, author, and academic * 1942 – [[Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao]], Indian director, screenwriter, and choreographer *[[1943]] – [[Peter Kenilorea]], Solomon Islands politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands]] (d. 2016) *[[1944]] – [[John Newcombe]], Australian tennis player and sportscaster *[[1945]] – [[Padmarajan]], Indian director, screenwriter, and author (d. 1991) *[[1946]] – [[David Graham (golfer)|David Graham]], Australian golfer *[[1947]] – [[Jane Kenyon]], American poet and translator (d. 1995) *[[1948]] – [[Myriam Boyer]], French actress, director, and producer *[[1949]] – [[Daniel DiNardo]], American cardinal * 1949 – [[Alan García]], Peruvian lawyer and politician, 61st and 64th [[President of Peru]] (d. 2019) *[[1950]] – [[Martin McGuinness]], Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician, [[Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland]] (d. 2017) *1950 – [[Richard Chase]], American serial killer (d. 1980)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/richard-trenton-chase/ | title=Richard Trenton Chase }}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Anatoly Karpov]], Russian chess player * 1951 – [[Antonis Samaras]], Greek economist and politician, 185th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] *[[1952]] – [[Martin Parr]], English photographer and journalist *[[1954]] – [[Gerry Armstrong (footballer)|Gerry Armstrong]], Northern Irish international footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/gerry-armstrong-24065/|title=Gerry Armstrong|website=11v11.com|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> * 1954 – [[Marvelous Marvin Hagler]], American boxer and actor (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Middleweight Champion of the 1980s, Dies at 66 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/13/obituaries/marvelous-marvin-hagler-dead.html |access-date=April 15, 2021 |date=March 17, 2021}}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[Luka Bloom]], Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1956]] – [[Andrea Pazienza]], Italian illustrator and painter (d. 1988) * 1956 – [[Ursula Plassnik]], Austrian politician and diplomat, [[Foreign Minister of Austria]] * 1956 – [[Buck Showalter]], American baseball player, coach, and manager *[[1958]] – [[Mitch Albom]], American journalist, author, and screenwriter * 1958 – [[Drew Carey]], American actor, game show host, and entrepreneur * 1958 – [[Lea DeLaria]], American actress and singer *[[1959]] – [[Marcella Mesker]], Dutch tennis player and sportscaster *[[1960]] – [[Linden Ashby]], American actor *[[1961]] – [[Daniele Massaro]], Italian footballer and manager * 1961 – [[Norrie May-Welby]], Scottish Australian gender activist<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://astroqueer.tripod.com/charts/activists/norrie.html|title=norrie mAy-welby: Horoscope Profile @ Queer Stars|last=Scholfield|first=Sy|website=astroqueer.tripod.com|access-date=2018-03-06}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Karen Duffy]], American actress *[[1963]] – [[Viviane Baladi]], Swiss mathematician *[[1964]] – [[Ruth Metzler]], Swiss lawyer and politician *[[1965]] – [[Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo]], Spanish footballer * 1965 – [[Tom Tykwer]], German director, producer, screenwriter, and composer * 1965 – [[Melissa McBride]], American actress * 1965 – [[Paul Sironen]], Australian rugby league player *[[1966]] – [[Graeme Hick]], Zimbabwean-English cricketer and coach * 1966 – [[Gary Roberts (ice hockey)|Gary Roberts]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach *[[1967]] – [[Luís Roberto Alves]], Mexican footballer * 1967 – [[Anna Ibrisagic]], Swedish politician * 1967 – [[Philip Selway]], English musician<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Irvin |first1=Jim |last2=Hoskyns |first2=Barney |date=September 1997 |title=We have lift-off! |journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=46}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Guinevere Turner]], American actress and screenwriter *[[1970]] – [[Bryan Herta]], American race car driver and businessman, co-founded [[Bryan Herta Autosport]] *[[1971]] – [[George Osborne]], English journalist and politician, former [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] *[[1972]] – [[Rubens Barrichello]], Brazilian race car driver * 1972 – [[Poppy King]], Australian entrepreneur<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.afr.com/afr-magazine/lipstick-queens-poppy-king-on-going-from-winner-to-sinner-to-winner-20160711-gq3081|title = Poppy King on failure, success and going global|date = 25 August 2016|access-date = 6 May 2019|archive-date = 6 May 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190506104808/https://www.afr.com/afr-magazine/lipstick-queens-poppy-king-on-going-from-winner-to-sinner-to-winner-20160711-gq3081|url-status = live}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Martin Saggers]], English cricketer and umpire *[[1973]] – [[Maxwell (musician)|Maxwell]], American singer-songwriter and producer *[[1974]] – [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet * 1974 – [[Manuela Schwesig]], German politician, [[Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth|German Federal Minister of Family Affairs]] *[[1976]] – [[Ricardinho (footballer, born May 1976)|Ricardinho]], Brazilian footballer and manager *[[1977]] – [[Richard Ayoade]], British actor, director and writer * 1977 – [[Ilia Kulik]], Russian figure skater *[[1978]] – [[Scott Raynor]], American drummer *[[1979]] – [[Rasual Butler]], American basketball player (d. 2018) * 1979 – [[Brian Campbell]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1980]] – [[Theofanis Gekas]], Greek footballer * 1980 – [[Ben Ross]], Australian rugby league player *[[1983]] – [[Silvio Proto]], Belgian-Italian footballer *[[1984]] – [[Hugo Almeida]], Portuguese footballer *[[1985]] – [[Sebastián Fernández (footballer, born 1985)|Sebastián Fernández]], Uruguayan footballer * 1985 – [[Teymuraz Gabashvili]], Russian tennis player * 1985 – [[Wim Stroetinga]], Dutch cyclist * 1985 – [[Ross Wallace]], Scottish footballer *[[1986]] – [[Ryan Coogler]], American film director and screenwriter * 1986 – [[Alexei Sitnikov]], Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater * 1986 – [[Alice Tait]], Australian swimmer * 1986 – [[Ruben Zadkovich]], Australian footballer *[[1987]] – [[Gracie Otto]], Australian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1987 – [[Bray Wyatt]], American wrestler (d. 2023) *[[1988]] – [[Rosanna Crawford]], Canadian biathlete * 1988 – [[Angelo Ogbonna]], Italian footballer * 1988 – [[Morgan Pressel]], American golfer *[[1989]] – [[Ezequiel Schelotto]], Italian footballer *[[1990]] – [[Dan Evans (tennis)|Dan Evans]], British tennis player * 1990 – [[Kristína Kučová]], Slovakian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kristina Kucova {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/312673/kristina-kucova |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Oliver Venno]], Estonian volleyball player *[[1991]] – [[Aaron Donald]], American football player * 1991 – [[Lena Meyer-Landrut]], German singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|last=Maier|first=Jens|title=Interview Lena Meyer-Landrut: "An Kampf zu denken, liegt mir nicht|work=[[Stern (magazine)|Stern]]|date=14 March 2010|url=http://www.stern.de/kultur/musik/interview-lena-meyer-landrut-an-kampf-zu-denken-liegt-mir-nicht-1550854.html|access-date=22 July 2012|language=de|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518043228/http://www.stern.de/kultur/musik/interview-lena-meyer-landrut-an-kampf-zu-denken-liegt-mir-nicht-1550854.html|archive-date=18 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> * 1991 – [[César Pinares]], Chilean footballer *[[1996]] – [[Katharina Althaus]], German ski jumper * 1996 – [[Emmanuel Boateng (footballer, born 1996)|Emmanuel Boateng]], Ghanaian footballer * 1996 – [[Răzvan Marin]], Romanian footballer *[[1997]] – [[Pedro Chirivella]], Spanish footballer * 1997 – [[Coy Craft]], American footballer * 1997 – [[Joe Gomez (footballer)|Joe Gomez]], English footballer * 1997 – [[Gustaf Nilsson (footballer, born 1997)|Gustaf Nilsson]], Swedish footballer * 1997 – [[Sam Timmins]], New Zealand basketball player *[[1998]] – [[Sérgio Sette Câmara]], Brazilian racing driver * 1998 – [[Salwa Eid Naser]], Bahraini track and field sprinter *[[1999]] – [[James Charles]], American internet personality<ref>{{Cite web|last=Felix|first=Michelle|date=May 24, 2021|title=James Charles sparks fury with return to Instagram for birthday, as followers ask him to "Go Away!"|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-james-charles-sparks-fury-return-instagram-birthday-followers-ask-go-away|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524212613/https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-james-charles-sparks-fury-return-instagram-birthday-followers-ask-go-away|archive-date=May 24, 2021|access-date=June 2, 2021|website=Sportskeeda|language=en-us}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Trinidad Cardona]], American singer and songwriter<ref>[https://www.naijanews.com/2022/04/01/who-is-trinidad-cardona-here-are-the-details-you-need-to-know-about-the-musical-artist/ Facts about Trinidad Cardona]</ref> * 1999 – [[Sandro Mamukelashvili]], Georgian-American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sandro Mamukelashvili |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630572/sandro-mamukelashvili |access-date=10 April 2024 |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]]}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Felipe Drugovich]], Brazilian-Italian racing driver<ref>{{Cite web|title=Felipe Drugovich {{!}} Racing career profile {{!}} Driver Database |url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/felipe-drugovich/ |publisher=Driver Database |access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
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