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Famous Birthdays on January 3

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 254

Cicero (106-43 BC)

Roman statesman and philosopher, born in Arpinum

  • 1196 Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)
  • 1624 William Tucker, 1st known African American child born in America, born in Jamestown, Virginia [1]
  • 1680 Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German painter and stucco worker, born in Gaispoint, Wessobrunn (d. 1758)
  • 1698 Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)
  • 1710 Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)
  • 1719 Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773)
  • 1722 Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)
  • 1730 Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French playwright (Les Tuteurs) satirist and politician, born in Nancy, France (d. 1814)
  • 1757 Johann Abraham Sixt, German organist, harpsichord player, and composer, born in Grafenhausen, Baden-Wurttemberg (d. 1797)
  • 1760 John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1835)
  • 1763 Joseph Fesch, French cardinal (Archbishop of Lyon, 1802-39), diplomat, art collector (Musée Fesch), and uncle of Napoleon, born in Ajaccio, Corsica, Republic of Genoa (d. 1839)
  • 1777 Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican sister of Napoleon who appointed her Princess of Lucca and Piombino and Grand Duchess of Tuscany, born in Ajaccio, Corsica (d. 1820)
  • 1777 Louis Poinsot, French mathematician and physicist (invented geometrical mechanics), born in Paris, France (d. 1859)
  • 1778 Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861)
  • 1786 Friedrich Schneider, German keyboardist, composer, and conductor, born in Alt-Waltersdorf, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1853)
  • 1789 Carl Gustav Carus, German physiologist and painter, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1869)

Lucretia Mott (1793-1880)

American Quaker, abolitionist and women's right activist (1st Woman's Rights Convention), born in Nantucket, Massachusetts

  • 1802 Charles Pelham Villiers, British House of Commons member (d. 1898)
  • 1802 Feliks Ostrowski, Polish pianist and composer, born in Kraśnik, Russian Empire (d. 1860)
  • 1803 Douglas William Jerrold, English writer, playwright and wit (Punch Mag), born in London, England (d. 1857)
  • 1806 (Gertrude) "Henriette" Sontag, later Countess Rossi, German operatic soprano (Carl Maria von Weber's "Euryanthe"), born in Koblenz, Rhin-et-Moselle, First French Republic (d. 1854)
  • 1810 Antoine T. d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1897)
  • 1819 Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (d. 1900)
  • 1823 Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, born in Zoerle-Parwijs, Belgium (d. 1881)
  • 1828 Karl Collan, Finnish composer, born in Iisalmi, Finland (d. 1871)
  • 1829 Konrad Duden, German linguist (the Duden dictionary), born in Lackhausen, Rhineland (d. 1911)
  • 1830 Alexander Ewing, Scottish composer (Jerusalem the Golden), born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 1895)
  • 1835 Larkin Goldsmith Mead, American sculptor who worked in Florence, born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire (d. 1910)
  • 1836 Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and anti shogunate revolutionary, born in Kōchi, Shikoku, Japan (d. 1867)
  • 1840 Saint Damien, [Joseph de Veuster], Belgian priest and missionary who helped lepers in Hawaii, born in Tremelo, Belgium (d. 1889)
  • 1845 Annibal Napoleão dos Santos, Portuguese pianist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Porto, Portugal (d. 1880)
  • 1853 Iwan Knorr, German composer, born in Mewe, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1916)
  • 1855 Hubert Bland, English author and socialist (co-founder of the Fabian Society), born in Woolwich, England (d. 1914)

Ernest Renshaw (1861-1899)

British tennis player and Wimbledon singles (1888) and with twin brother William doubles champion (1884-86, 1888-89), born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England

  • 1861 William Renshaw, British tennis player and Wimbledon singles (1881-86, 1889 and with twin brother Ernest doubles champion (1884-86, 1888-89), born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England (d. 1904)
  • 1862 Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)
  • 1865 Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (The Mikado), born in London, England (d. 1936)
  • 1868 Franz Cumont, Belgian religious historian and archaeologist (cult of Mithra), born in Aalst, Belgium (d. 1947)
  • 1869 Paul Charles Rene Landormy, French musicologist, music critic, and composer, born in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France (d. 1943)
  • 1870 Henry Eichheim, American composer (Bali -Symphonic Variations), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1942)
  • 1870 Henry Handel Richardson [Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson], Australian novelist (Richard Mahoney), born in East Melbourne, Australia (d. 1946)
  • 1873 Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (d. 1957)
  • 1876 Wilhelm Pieck, German politician (co-founder German Communist Party, President of German DR 1949-60), born in Guben, German Empire (d. 1960)
  • 1877 Josephine Hull (née Sherwood), American stage and screen Academy Award-winning actress (Harvey; Arsenic and Old Lace), and stage director, born in Newtonville, Massachusetts (d. 1957)
  • 1879 Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, American First Lady (1923-29) wife of Calvin Coolidge, born in Burlington, Vermont (d. 1957)
  • 1880 Donat Raymond, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame builder (head Canadian Arena Company, Montreal Forum rebuilt in 1968) and politician, born in St. Stanislas de Kostka, Quebec (d. 1963)
  • 1882 Willem Benoy, Flemish actor and director (Pygmalion), born in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1939)

Clement Attlee (1883-1967)

British Prime Minister (L-1945-51), born in Putney, London

  • 1884 E. Stanley Jones, American evangelist (Christ of Indian road), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1973)
  • 1884 Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1948)
  • 1886 Arthur Mailey, Australian cricket spin bowler (21 Tests, 99 wickets; 10/66 v Gloucestershire 1921), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1967)
  • 1886 John Gould Fletcher, American poet (Epic of Arkansas; Burning Mountain), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1950) [1]
  • 1887 August Macke, German painter (d. 1914)
  • 1887 Helen Parkhurst, American educator (The Dalton Plan), born in Durand, Wisconsin (d. 1973)
  • 1889 Nicholas Soussanin, Russian-American actor (Last Command, Captain Fury), born in Yalta part of modern day Crimea, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1975)
  • 1891 Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and author (Kamen), born in Warsaw, Russian Empire (d. 1938) [NS=Jan 15]

J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)

British author (The Hobbit; The Lord of the Rings), born in Bloemfontein, South Africa

  • 1892 Kathryn Minner (née White), American character actress (Little Old Lady from Pasadena), born in New York City (d. 1969)
  • 1893 Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, French novelist and essayist (Gilles), born in Paris, France (d. 1945)
  • 1894 ZaSu Pitts, American actress (Life With Father; Dames; Wedding March), born in Parsons, Kansas (d. 1963)
  • 1895 Borys Lyatoshynsky, Ukrainian composer, conductor, teacher, known as the father of modern Ukrainian music, born in Zhytomyr, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1968)
  • 1896 Joe Falcaro, American bowler (National Match Game champion 1929-33), born in Lawrence, New York (d. 1951)
  • 1897 Marion Davies [Marion Cecelia Douras], American actress (Operator 13), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1961)
  • 1897 Pola Negri [Apolonia Chalupec], Polish-American stage and silent and sound screen actress (Forbidden Paradise; Madame Bovary), and singer, born in Lipno, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire (d. 1987)
  • 1899 Johan Hin, Dutch yachtsman (Olympic gold 12' Dinghy 1920), born in Harlem, Netherlands (d. 1957)
  • 1900 Dorothy Arnzer, American pioneering Hollywood film director (1st woman to direct a sound film), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1979)
  • 1900 Maurice Jaubert, French composer, born in Nice, France (d. 1940)
  • 1901 Eric Voegelin, German American philosopher (Order & History), born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1985)

Ngô Đình Diệm (1901-1963)

President and authoritarian leader of South Vietnam (1954-63), born in Quảng Bình, French Indochina

  • 1902 Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, British diplomat and Conservative politician (d. 1996)
  • 1902 Preston Jackson [James Preston McDonald], American jazz trombonist (Preservation Hall Jazz Band), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1983)
  • 1903 Charles Foulkes, Canada general and honorary citizen of Wageningen who accepted WWII Germany's surrender in the Netherlands, born in Stockton-on-Tees, England, (d. 1969)
  • 1904 Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte) and librettist, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1990)
  • 1905 Anna May Wong [Wong Liu-tsong], Chinese-American actress, 1st Asian-American movie star (Shanghai Express; Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), and 1st Asian-American on US currency (American Women series quarter, 2022), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1961)
  • 1905 Dante Giacosa, Italian engineer and automobile designer (Fiat), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1996)

Ray Milland (1905-1986)

Welsh actor (Lost Weekend-Academy Award 1945), born in Neath, Wales

  • 1906 Aleksey Stachanov, Russian model miner, born in Lugovaya, Russian Empire (d. 1977)
  • 1906 Doc Hayes, American basketball coach (Southern Methodist University 1947-67), born in Krum, Texas (d. 1973)
  • 1906 Gus Suhr, American baseball first baseman (1435 MLB games Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies; only player to be sued by a fan injured after struck by a foul ball), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2004)
  • 1906 Roman Brandstaetter, Polish poet, playwright and journalist, born in Tarnów, Poland (d. 1987)

Victor Borge (1909-2000)

Danish-American comedian and pianist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark

  • 1910 Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball utility (World Series 1941; Brooklyn Dodgers), born in Coalinga, California (d. 2000)
  • 1910 Thomas Stuart Willan, English economic historian (d. 1994)
  • 1911 John Sturges, American film director (Old Man & Sea, Magnificent 7), born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 1992)
  • 1912 Armand Lohikoski, Finnish director (d. 2005)
  • 1912 Cliff Melton, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1942; NL saves leader 1937; NY Giants), born in Brevard, North Carolina (d. 1986)
  • 1912 Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and senator (d. 2002)
  • 1912 Robert Flemyng, British actor (The Deadly Affair, Funny Face), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1995)
  • 1915 Jack Levine, American social realist painter, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2010)
  • 1915 Sid Hudson, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1941, 42; Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox), born in Coalfield, Tennessee (d. 2008)
  • 1916 Antonio Estévez, Venezuelan composer and conductor (Cantata Criolla), born in Calabozo, Guárico, Venezuela (d. 1988)
  • 1916 Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist (Beaux Arts Trio), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2011)
  • 1916 Elizabeth "Betty" Furness, American actress, journalist and consumer activist (Dangerous Corner, Studio 1), born in New York City (d. 1994)
  • 1916 Fred Haas, American golfer (5 PGA Tour titles; Ryder Cup 1953), born in Portland, Arkansas (d. 2004)
  • 1916 Maxene Andrews, American pop and sing jazz singer (The Andrews Sisters - "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"; "Rum and Coca-Cola"), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1995)
  • 1917 Jesse White [Weidenfeld], American character actor (Bedtime for Bonzo; Harvey; Maytag repairman, 1967-88), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1997)
  • 1917 Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)
  • 1917 Vernon A. Walters, American diplomat and US permanent rep to the UN (1989-91), born in New York City (d. 2002)
  • 1919 Herbie Nichols, American jazz pianist and composer ("Lady Sings the Blues"), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1963)
  • 1920 Renato Carosone, Italian canzone napoletana singer, pianist, songwriter ("Tu vuò fà l'americano" - "You Want to Be American"), and accordionist, born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 2001)
  • 1920 Siegfried Buback, German Federal Prosecutor, born in Wilsdruff, Saxony, Germany (d. 1977)
  • 1921 John Russell, American actor (Pale Rider, Rio Bravo), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1991)
  • 1921 Musa Kaleem [Orlando Wright], American jazz saxophonist, born in Wheeling, West Virginia (d. 1988)
  • 1922 Bill Travers [William Inge Lindon-Travers], British actor, director, officer and animal rights activist (Born Free, Gorgo), born in Sunderland, England (d. 1994)
  • 1922 Jacques Wildberger, Swiss composer (In My End Is My Beginning), born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 2006)
  • 1922 Morten Nielsen, Danish poet and resistance fighter, born in Ålborg, Denmark (d. 1944)
  • 1923 Bud Adams Jr., American NFL team owner (Tennessee Titans), born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma (d. 2013)
  • 1923 Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Australian actor, pilot and radio announcer, born in Coogee, New South Wales, Australia (d. 2009)
  • 1923 Dragutin Gostuški, Serbian composer (Concerto Accelerato), musicologist, and educator, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (d. 1988)
  • 1923 Hank Stram, American Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (KC Chiefs Super Bowl 1970), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2005)
  • 1924 Andre Franquin, Belgian cartoonist (Gaston), born in Etterbeek, Belgium (d. 1997)
  • 1924 Doug Ellis, British entrepreneur (Chairman of Aston Villa), born in Hooton, England (d. 2018)
  • 1924 Henry Fazzie, South African politician and activist (ANC), born in Stutterheim, Cape Province (d. 2011)
  • 1924 Nell Rankin, American operatic mezzo-soprano (Carmen; Metropolitan Opera, 1951-76), born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 2005)
  • 1926 Danny Overbea, American rock singer and guitarist ("40 Cups of Coffee"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)

George Martin (1926-2016)

British record producer (The Beatles; Jeff Beck; America; The Goon Squad), born in London, England

  • 1928 Frank Ross Anderson, Canadian International Chess Master (1954)
  • 1929 Ernst Mahle, German-Brazilian composer (O Garatuja), and conductor (Escola de Música de Piracicaba), born in Stuttgart, Germany

Gordon Moore (1929-2023)

American businessman and engineer who co-founded Intel and proposed Moore's law, born in Pescadero, California

  • 1929 Marilyn Lloyd, American politician (Rep-D-TN, 1975-95), born in Fort Smith, Arkansas (d. 2018)
  • 1929 Sergio Leone, Italian director who invented spaghetti westerns (The Man with No Name trilogy), born in Rome, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1989)
  • 1930 Edward "Eddie" Egan, American actor (The French Connection, Joe Forrester), born in New York City (d. 1995)
  • 1930 Marcel Dubé, Canadian playwright (Zone), and French language advocate, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2016)
  • 1930 Salvatore "Robert" Loggia, American actor (Jagged Edge, Big, Officer & a Gentleman, Scarface), born in Staten Island, New York (d. 2015)
  • 1932 Anatoli Petrovich Kuklin, Russian-Soviet cosmonaut, born in Satka, Russia, USSR (d. 2006)
  • 1932 Coo Coo Marlin, American auto racer (NASCAR nine top 5, 51 top 10 finishes in 165 Winston Cup starts), born in Columbia, Tennessee (d. 2005)
  • 1932 Dabney Coleman, American Emmy Award-winning character actor (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Mayor Jeeter"; 9 to 5; Buffalo Bill; Boardwalk Empire), born in Austin, Texas (d. 2024) [1]
  • 1932 Jaswick Taylor, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 10 wickets; 5/109 in Test debut 1958; Trinidad & Tobago), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1999)
  • 1932 Mara Corday [Marilyn Joan Watts], American actress, model and Playboy Playmate (Foxfire, Black Scorpion), born in Santa Monica, California
  • 1934 Bryan Kelly, English pianist, composer (Brass Bagatelles) and conductor, born in Oxford, England
  • 1934 Carla Hills, American lawyer and politician (Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1975-77), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1935 David Vine, British sports broadcaster (BBC Match of the Day, World Snooker C'ships, Olympics coverage), born in Newton Abbot, England (d. 2009)
  • 1935 Jeremy Kemp, British actor (The Winds of War; The Blue Max), born in Chesterfield, England (d. 2019) [some sources give birth date as 3 Feb 1934]
  • 1936 Betty Rollin, actress (Crossing Delancey)/author (Last Wish)
  • 1936 Jos Kunst, Dutch composer, born in Roermond, Netherlands (d. 1996)
  • 1937 Glen Larson, American television producer and writer (Battlestar Galactica, Magnum PI, & Knight Rider), born in Long Beach, CA, (d. 2014)
  • 1939 (Gwendolyn) Dianne Brooks, American R&B, jazz, session and touring vocalist (Three Playmates - "Sugah Wooga"; solo - "Walking On My Mind"; Anne Murray), born in New Jersey (d. 2005)

Bobby Hull (1939-2023)

Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame left wing (Stanley Cup 1961 Chicago Black Hawks; 3 x Art Ross Trophy; 2 x Hart Memorial Trophy; Winnipeg Jets), born in Pointe Anne, Ontario

  • 1939 Janice Crosio, Australian politician
  • 1939 Nikos Alefantos, Greek soccer midfielder and manager (Olympiacos), born in Edessa, Greece (d. 2020)
  • 1940 Bernard Blaut, Polish soccer midfielder (36 caps; KP Legia Warsaw, FC Metz) and manager (UAE), born in Krapkowice, Poland (d. 2007)
  • 1940 Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas)
  • 1940 Tsutomu Hanahara, Japanese freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold flyweight 1964), born in Shimonoseki, Japan (d. 2024)
  • 1941 Malcolm Dick, New Zealand rugby union winger (15 caps) and administrator (New Zealand Rugby Union council 1986-92), born in Auckland, New Zealand
  • 1941 Shima Iwashita, actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide)
  • 1942 John Marsden, Australian lawyer, and gay rights activist, born in Lismore, Australia (d. 2006)
  • 1942 John Thaw, British stage and screen actor (Inspector Morse), born in Gorton, Manchester, England (d. 2002)
  • 1942 László Sólyom, Hungarian lawyer (Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Hungary, 1990-980) and politician (President of Hungary, 2005-10), born in Pécs, Hungary
  • 1943 HK Gruber, Austrian double bassist, conductor, and composer (Frankenstein!!), born in Vienna, Austria
  • 1943 Petras Bingelis, Lithuania conductor, founder and artistic director (Kaunas State Choir, 1969-2020), born in Mardasava, Lithuania (d. 2020)
  • 1943 Van Dyke Parks, American songwriter, producer, arranger (Song Cycle; Orange Crate Art), born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
  • 1944 Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer and second wife of Bob Hawke
  • 1944 David Atherton, British conductor (London Sinfonietta; Royal Opera; San Diego Symphony), born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England
  • 1945 Stephen Stills, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Buffalo Springfield - "For What It's Worth"; Crosby, Stills & Nash - "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"), born in Dallas, Texas
  • 1946 Cissy King, American entertainer

John Paul Jones (78 years old)

1946 English rock bassist and songwriter (Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven"), born in London, England

  • 1946 Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek soccer striker (28 caps; Olympiacos), born in Kaisariani, Greece (d. 2002)
  • 1947 Fran Cotton, English rugby union prop forward (31 caps England, 7 British Lions; Coventry R.F.C., Sale), born in Wigan, England
  • 1947 James Mtume [Forman], American Grammy Award-winning jazz and R&B percussionist, songwriter, record producer (Miles Davis, 1971-75; "Juicy Fruit"), social activist, and radio personality, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
  • 1947 Miroslav Bošković, Serbian soccer defender (6 caps Yugoslavia; Hajduk Split, FK Partizan, Angers SCO), born in Belgrade, Serbia (d. 2023)
  • 1947 Sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut, born in Senitsky, Bryansk, USSR
  • 1948 Larry McNeeley, American bluegrass and session banjo player (The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour), born in Lafayette, Indiana
  • 1948 Manfred Kokot, East German athlete (world record 50m indoor sprint 5.61s 1973), born in Templin, Germany
  • 1949 Gary Lavelle, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1977, 83; SF Giants), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
  • 1949 Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)
  • 1950 Beth Anderson, American avant garde composer, born in Lexington, Kentucky
  • 1950 Olivier Greif, French classical composer (Lettres de Westerbork), born in Paris (d. 2000)
  • 1950 Rick MacLeish, Canadian ice hockey center, 1970-84 (Stanley Cup 1974, 1975; All Star 1977, 1978 - Philadelphia Flyers, and 3 other teams ), born in Lindsay, Ontario (d. 2016)
  • 1950 Victoria Principal, American actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas), born in Fukuoka, Japan
  • 1951 Frank Chikane, Secretary-General of South African Council of Churches
  • 1951 Gary Nairn, Australian politician
  • 1952 Jim Ross, American pro wrestling announcer (WWE), born in Fort Bragg, California
  • 1953 Angelo Parisi, French judoka (Olympic gold heavyweight 1980), born in Arpino, Italy
  • 1953 Peter Taylor, English soccer winger (4 caps; Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur) and manager (Leicester City, Hull, Crystal Palace), born in Rochford, England
  • 1954 Marc Ysaÿe, Belgian progressive rock drummer and vocalist (Machiavel), born in Ixelles, Belgium
  • 1954 Ned Lamont, American businessman and politician, Governor of Connecticut (2019-), born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1954 Ross The Boss [Ross Friedman], American guitarist (The Dictators), born in the Bronx, New York

Mel Gibson (68 years old)

1956 American actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon) and filmmaker, born in Peekskill, New York

  • 1956 Willy T. Ribbs, American auto racer (first African-American to drive in Indianapolis 500), born in San Jose, California
  • 1957 Frank Dicopoulos, actor (Frank Cooper-Guiding Light), born in Akron, Ohio
  • 1958 Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker
  • 1959 Mohamed Bazoum, Nigerien politician (President of Niger 2021-), born in Bilabrin, French Niger
  • 1959 Rusty Golden, American pop, country, and gospel singer-songwriter and musician (The Boys Band; The Goldens), born in Brewton, Alabama
  • 1960 Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India
  • 1961 Erwin Blom, Dutch rock singer and guitarist (Eton Crop), born in Worner, Netherlands
  • 1961 Lynn Hill, American rock climber (IFSC Climbing World Cup gold 1990), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • 1962 Darren Daulton, American baseball catcher (MLB All-Star 1992, 93, 95; World Series 1997; Silver Slugger Award 1992; Philadelphia Phillies), born in Arkansas City, Kansas (d. 2017)
  • 1962 Gavin Hastings, Scottish rugby union fullback and captain (61 caps Scotland, 6 caps British Lions; Watsonians, London Scottish, Cambridge University), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 1962 Guy Pratt, English session and touring rock bassist (Icehouse; Pink Floyd, 1987-94), and soundtrack composer, born in London, England
  • 1963 Aamer Malik, Pakistani cricket batsman (14 Tests, 2x100s 1989; 24 ODIs), born in Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab, Pakistan
  • 1963 Alex Wheatle, British black novelist (Brixton Rock), born in London
  • 1963 Jerome Young, American pro wrestler (New Jack), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
  • 1963 Jim Everett, American NFL quarterback (Pro Bowl 1990; NFL passing TD leader 1988, 89; LA Rams, New Orleans Saints), born in Emporia, Kansas
  • 1964 Bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker
  • 1964 Cheryl Miller, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward, coach and broadcaster (Olympic gold 1984; USC; TNT), born in Riverside, California
  • 1966 Chetan Sharma, Indian cricket fast bowler (23 Tests, 61 wickets; 65 ODI), born in Ludhiana, Punjab, India
  • 1966 Luis Sojo, Venezuelan MLB infielder (World Series 1996, 1998–2000; Seattle Mariners, NY Yankees), born in Petare, Edo Miranda, Venezuela
  • 1966 Martin Galway, Northern Irish video game score composer, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • 1967 Magnus Gustafsson, Swedish tennis player (Davis Cup 1998), born in Lund, Sweden