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Famous Birthdays on September 25

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 252

  • 1358 Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun, born in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan (d. 1408)
  • 1525 Steven Borough, English explorer, born in Northam, Devon, England (d. 1584)
  • 1542 Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of William and Juliana van Stolberg, sister of William I of Orange, born in Dillenburg (d. 1603)
  • 1593 Matthew Merian the Elder, Swiss engraver and bookseller, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1650)
  • 1599 Francesco Borromini, Italian sculptor and architect, born in Bissone, Italy (d. 1667)
  • 1612 Mark Zuesius Boxhorn, Dutch historian, born in Bergen-op-Zoom, The Netherlands (d. 1653)
  • 1613 Claude Perrault, French physician and architect (East Façade of the Louvre; Paris Observatory), born in Paris (d. 1688)
  • 1644 Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer, born in Aarhus, Denmark (d. 1710)
  • 1683 Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (Traite), baptized in Dijon, France (d. 1764)

Henry Pelham (1694-1754)

British Prime Minister (Whig: 1743-54) who introduced the Gin Acts, born in Laughton, England

  • 1711 Qianlong Emperor of China, 6th Emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1735-96), born in Beijing, China (d. 1799)
  • 1729 Christian G. Heyne, German archaeologist, born in Chemnitz, Germany (d. 1812)
  • 1738 Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware, born in New Castle County, Delaware (d. 1789)
  • 1741 Vaclav Pichl, Czech composer, born in Bechyně, Czech Republic (d. 1805)
  • 1744 Frederick Willem II, King of Prussia (1786-97), born in Berlin Palace, Berlin (d. 1797)

Fletcher Christian (1764 - c. 1790-93)

English sailor who led the mutiny on the HMS Bounty, born in Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England

  • 1765 Michał Ogiński, Polish diplomat, violinist, balalaika player, and composer (Farewell to My Homeland), born in Guzów, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1833)
  • 1766 Armand-Emmanuel, Duc de Richelieu, Prime Minister of France (1815-18, 1820-21), born in Paris (d. 1822)
  • 1773 Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist, born in Mairago, Italy (d. 1856)
  • 1780 Jason Fairbanks, American murderer, born in Dedham, Massachusetts (d. 1801)
  • 1782 Charles Robert Maturin, Irish playwright and novelist, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1824)
  • 1785 George Pinto [Sanders], British violin prodigy, keyboard virtuoso, and composer, born in Lambeth, South London (d. 1806)
  • 1793 Felicia Dorothea Hemans, English-Welsh poet ("The boy stood on the burning deck", "The stately homes of England"), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1835)
  • 1796 Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor, born in Paris (d. 1875)
  • 1798 Henri Scheffer, Dutch painter, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1862)
  • 1798 Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French mine engineer and geologist, born in Canon, Calvados, France (d. 1874)
  • 1805 Frances Adeline Seward, American First Lady of New York (1839-42) and wife of US Secretary of State William H. Seward, born in Cayuga County, New York (d. 1865)
  • 1807 Alfred Vail, American inventor and early telegraph pioneer, born in Morristown, New Jersey (d. 1859)
  • 1816 Anton de Kontski [Antoni Kątski], Polish-American pianist and composer (Awakening Of The Lion), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1899) [some sources cite birth as 1817-10-27]
  • 1822 Adolph von Steinwehr, German-American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Blankenburg, Brunswick, Germany (d. 1877)
  • 1823 Thomas John Wood, American Major General (Union Army), born in Munfordville, Kentucky (d. 1906)
  • 1829 William Michael Rossetti, English writer and civil servant, born in London, England (d. 1919)
  • 1830 Karl Klindworth, German pianist and conductor, born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1916)
  • 1832 William Le Baron Jenney, American architect (father of skyscraper), born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts (d. 1907)
  • 1835 Harry Wright, English Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder and manager (established baseball's first fully professional team, Cincinnati Red Stockings 1869), born in Sheffield, England (d. 1895)
  • 1839 Karl Alfred Ritter von Zittel, German geologist and paleontologist (Libya), born in Bahlingen, Germany (d. 1904)
  • 1839 Mina Kruseman, Dutch writer and feminist, born in Velp, Netherlands (d. 1922)
  • 1843 Melville Reuben Bissell, American inventor of the carpet sweeper, born in Hartwick, New York (d. 1889)
  • 1843 Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, American geologist and educator, born in Mattoon, Illinois (d. 1928)
  • 1846 Wladimir Köppen [Vladimir Köppen], German meteorologist and climatologist who developed the Köppen climate classification system for the regions of the world, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1940)
  • 1852 Cornelis Jacobus Snijders, Dutch military leader - Supreme Commander of Dutch Navy (1910-18), born in Nieuwe-Tonge, Netherlands (d. 1939)
  • 1852 Hans Vaihinger, German philosopher (Nietzsche Philosophy), born in Nehren, Germany (d. 1933)
  • 1862 Billy Hughes, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (Labor, Nationalist: 1915-23), born in London (d. 1952)
  • 1862 Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (Variations Symphoniques; Suite Gothique), born in Ensisheim, Alsace, France (d. 1897)
  • 1866 Thomas Hunt Morgan, American evolutionary biologist, geneticist and embryologist (Nobel Prize 1933), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 1945)
  • 1867 Yevgeny Miller [Eugen Ludwig Müller], Baltic German general and a leader of the anticommunist White Army during and after the Russian Civil War, born in Dünaburg, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1939)
  • 1872 Charles Blake Cochran, English theatrical manager and impresario, born in Sussex, England (d. 1951)
  • 1877 Plutarco Elias Calles, Mexican revolutionary and president (1924-28), born in Guaymas, Mexico (d. 1945)
  • 1879 Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer and Father of the Philippine National Language and Grammar, born in Pasig, Philippines (d. 1963)
  • 1879 Luiz Costa, Portuguese pianist, and composer, born in Monte de Fralães, Barcelos, Portugal (d. 1960)
  • 1881 Lu Xun, Chinese writer of modern Chinese literature, born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, Qing dynasty China (d. 1936)
  • 1884 John Howard Lawson, American scriptwriter and playwright (Blockade, Algiers, Sahara), born in New York City (d. 1977)
  • 1884 Kees Boeke, Dutch reformist educator (Cosmic View), born in Alkmaar, Netherlands (d. 1966)
  • 1886 Jesús Guridi, Spanish composer, born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (d. 1961)
  • 1886 May Sutton, American tennis player (first American woman to win Wimbledon singles title 1905), born in Plymouth, England (d. 1975)
  • 1889 C. K. Scott-Moncrieff, Scottish writer and translator, born in Stirlingshire, Scotland (d. 1930)
  • 1889 G. D. H. Cole, English political theorist and socialist, born in Cambridge, England (d. 1959)
  • 1896 Elsa Triolet [Ella Kagan], Russian-French writer and Resistance fighter, born in Moscow (d. 1970)
  • 1896 Roberto Gerhard, Spanish Catalan composer (the Plague), born in Valls, Catalonia, Spain (d. 1970)
  • 1896 Sandro Pertini, 7th President of Italy (1978-85), born in Rome (d. 1990)
  • 1897 Teddy Hart, American actor (After the Thin Man, 3 Men on a Horse), born in New York City (d. 1971)

William Faulkner (1897-1962)

American author (Sound & Fury-Nobel 1949), born in New Albany, Mississippi

  • 1898 Robert Brackman, American artist, born in Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine (d. 1980)
  • 1901 Bud Houser, American field athlete (Olympic gold discus & shot put 1924, discus 1928), born in Winigan, Missouri (d. 1994)
  • 1901 Robert Bresson, French film director (A Man Escaped, Balthazar, at Random), born in Puy-de-Dôme, France (d. 1999)
  • 1902 Ernst von Salomon, German writer (Kette Der Tausend Kraniche), born in Kiel, Germany (d. 1972)
  • 1902 Jeno Takacs, Austrian composer, born in Cinfalva, Hungary (d. 2005)
  • 1903 Mark Rothko [Marcus Rothkovich], Latvian-American abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), born in Daugavpils, Russian Empire (now Latvia) (d. 1970)
  • 1903 Olive Ann Beech, American businesswoman (Co-Founder of Beech Aircraft Company), born in Waverly, Kansas (d. 1993)
  • 1904 Columbus O'Donnell Iselin, American oceanographer, born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 1971)
  • 1905 Edith Barstow, American choreographer (Frankie Laine Time, The Gem of the Ocean), born in Ashtabula, Ohio (d. 1960)
  • 1905 Nahman Avigad, Israeli archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem), born in Zavaliv, Ukraine (d. 1992)
  • 1905 Red Smith, American sportscaster and columnist (Pulitzer 1976, Fight Talk), born in Green Bay, Wisconsin (d. 1982)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Russian composer (The Gadfly; The Nose), born in St Petersburg, Russia

  • 1906 Jaroslav Ježek, Czechoslovakian composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1942)
  • 1906 Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Belgian writer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1996)
  • 1906 Phyllis Pearsall, British painter and writer (A to Z Map Company), born in London (d. 1996)
  • 1907 Jan Felderhof, Dutch violinist and composer, born in Busum, Netherlands (d. 2006)
  • 1908 Eugen Suchoň, Slovak organist and composer (Krútňava (The Whirlpool); Psalm of the Carpathian Lands; Kaleidoscope), and music educator, born in Pezinok, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1993)
  • 1909 Florizel Glasspole, 3rd Governor-General of Jamaica (1973-91), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2000)
  • 1911 Eric Williams, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (People's National Movement: 1962-81), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1981) [1]
  • 1911 Lionel Henry Nowak, American composer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1995)
  • 1913 David Hunt, British diplomat winner of the BBC's Mastermind television quiz (1977), born in Durham, England (d. 1998)
  • 1914 Frederick Wilhelm Sternfeld, Austrian musicologist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1994)

Ethel Rosenberg (1915-1953)

American communist, born in New York City

  • 1916 Jessica Anderson, Australian novelist (Tirra Lirra By The River; The Impersonators), born in Gayndah, Queensland, Australia (d. 2010)
  • 1916 Jim Benton, American football end (All Pro 1945, 46; NFL 1940s All-Decade Team; Cleveland/LA Rams, Chicago Bears; first to rush 300+ yards 1945), born in Carthage, Arkansas (d. 2001)
  • 1916 Tolia Nikiprowetzky, Russian-French composer, ethnomusicologist and broadcaster, born in Feodosia, Crimea, Russian Empire (d. 1997)
  • 1917 Johnny Sain, American baseball player, born in Havana, Arkansas (d. 2006)

Phil Rizzuto (1917-2007)

American Baseball HOF shortstop (5 x MLB All-Star; 7 x World Series; AL MVP 1950; NY Yankees) and broadcaster (WCBS radio, WPIX-TV), born in Brooklyn, New York

  • 1919 (Rossiere) "Shadow" Wilson, American jazz drummer (Thelonious Monk), born in Yonkers, New York (d. 1959)
  • 1919 Charles J. French, American US Navy sailor, known as 'the Human Tugboat' for heroic actions in South Pacific during WWII, born in Foreman, Arkansas (d. 1956) [1]
  • 1920 Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet director (Destiny of a Man, War and Peace), born in Belozerka, Ukraine (d. 1994)
  • 1921 Remy C. van de Kerckhove, Flemish poet, born in Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1958)

Robert Muldoon (1921-1992)

New Zealand politician (Prime Minister, 1975-1984), born in Auckland

  • 1922 Hammer DeRoburt, First President of Nauru, born in Nauru (d. 1992)
  • 1923 Sam Rivers, American jazz and avant garde saxophonist, flutist, composer, and bandleader, born in El Reno, Oklahoma (d. 2011)
  • 1924 Norman Ayrton, British actor and opera director (Royal Shakespearean Academy, born in London (d. 2017)
  • 1925 Paul MacCready, American aeronautical engineer and inventor (1st man-powered aircraft), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2007)
  • 1925 Pete Murray [James], British pop music BBC radio and television presenter, born in London, England
  • 1925 Silvana Pampanini, Italian actress (Day in Court, Island Sinner), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2016)
  • 1925 William Mitchell, British physicist, born in Kingsbridge, Devon, England (d. 2002)
  • 1926 Aldo Ray [Da Re], American actor (God's Little Acre, Green Beret), born in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
  • 1926 Jack Hyles, Independent Baptist pastor (First Baptist Church of Hammond 1959-2001), born in Italy, Ellis County, Texas (d. 2001)
  • 1926 John Ericson, German actor (Honey West, Bedknobs and Broomsticks), born in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia (d. 2020)
  • 1926 Sergei Filatov, Soviet equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1960), born in Lysyye Gory, Tambov Governorate (d. 1997)
  • 1927 Carl Braun, American basketball player (NY Knicks), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2010)
  • 1927 LeRoy Pearce, American collegiate athlete and college football coach, 1950-70 (University of Miami, University of Tennessee, University of Arkansas, and 3 others), born in Casper, Wyoming (d. 2014)
  • 1927 Sir Colin Davis, British conductor (Covent Garden, 1970-85; Bavarian Radio Symphony, 1983-93; London Symphony, 1995-2006), born in Weybridge, Surrey (d. 2013)

Barbara Walters (1929-2022)

American broadcast journalist and 1st female nightly network news anchor (Today; 20/20; ABC-TV; The View), born in Boston, Massachusetts [1]

  • 1929 Jack Rutherford, Australian cricket all-rounder (1 Test, HS 30, 1 wicket; WA CA), born in Bruce Rock, Australia (d. 2022)
  • 1929 Kevin White, American politicians (Mayor of Boston, 1968-1984), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
  • 1929 Ronnie Barker, English comedian (The Two Ronnies, Porridge), born in Bedford, England (d. 2005)
  • 1930 Herbert Heckmann, German writer, born in Frankfurt (d. 1999)
  • 1930 Shel Silverstein, American writer and cartoonist (Now Here's My Plan: A Book of Futilities; The Giving Tree) and songwriter ("A Boy Named Sue"; "The Cover Of The Rolling Stone"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)
  • 1931 Manouchehr Atashi, Persian poet, born in Dashtestan, Iran (d. 2005)
  • 1931 Patric Walker, American-British astrologer, born in Hackensack, New Jersey (d. 1995)
  • 1932 Andrew Gardner, British newscaster (News at Ten), born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire (d. 1999)
  • 1932 Glenn Gould, Canadian classical pianist (Bach's Goldberg Variations) and broadcaster (Solitude Trilogy), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1982)
  • 1932 Terry Medwin, Welsh soccer forward (30 caps; Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur), born in Swansea, Wales (d. 2024)
  • 1933 Adolfo Suárez, Prime Minister of Spain (1976-81), born in Cebreros, Spanish Republic (d. 2014)
  • 1933 Arthur Duncan, American tap dancer (The Lawrence Welk Show, 1964-82), born in Pasadena, California (d. 2023)
  • 1933 Erik Darling, American folk musician (Rooftop Singers), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2008)
  • 1933 Hubie Brown, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach, broadcaster (2-time NBA Coach of the Year), born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania
  • 1933 Ian Tyson, Canadian folk singer-songwriter (Ian & Sylvia), born in Victoria, British Columbia (d. 2022) [1]
  • 1934 Jean Sorel, French actor (The Day of the Jackal), born in Marseille, France
  • 1934 John S. Bull, American naval officer and NASA astronaut, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2008)
  • 1934 Struther Arnott, Scottish molecular biologist and chemist (cancer research), born in Larkhall, Lanarkshire (d. 2013)
  • 1935 Harv Schmidt, American college basketball coach (University of Illinois 1967-74), born in Kankakee, Illinois (d. 2020)
  • 1935 Maj Sjowall, Swedish writer (Martin Beck crime novels), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2020)
  • 1936 (Roosevelt) "Booba" Barnes, American blues guitarist, born in Longwood, Washington County, Mississippi (d. 1996)
  • 1936 Edward Jones, British Army officer (UK Military Representative to NATO, Black Rod UK parliament), born in Altrincham, England (d. 2007)
  • 1936 Juliet Prowse, South African-American actress and dancer (Who Killed Teddy Bear), born in Mumbai, India (d. 1996)
  • 1936 Moussa Traoré, Mali soldier, politician and dictator, President of Mali (1968-91), born in Kayes, French Sudan (d. 2020)
  • 1937 Michael Gibbs, British jazz composer, arranger, and bandleader (Mike Gibbs + 12 play Gil Evans), born in Harare, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
  • 1937 Thomas Kessler, Swiss composer, and electronic music pioneer, born in Zurich, Switzerland
  • 1938 Ron Hill, British athlete (Boston Marathon 1970; C'wealth Games marathon gold 1970), born in Accrington, England (d. 2021)
  • 1939 "Sweet Joe" Russell, American a cappella singer (The Persuasions - "Slip Sliding Away"), born in Henderson, North Carolina (d. 2012)
  • 1939 David S. Mann, American Democratic politician (Rep-D-Ohio, Mayor of Cincinnati), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 1939 Feroz Khan, Indian actor, producer and director (known as Clint Eastwood of Bollywood), born in Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (d. 2009)
  • 1939 Leon Brittan, British politician, Home Secretary and member of the European Commission, born in London (d. 2015)
  • 1940 Tim Severin, British author and explorer who replicated historic voyages, born in Assam, British India (d. 2020)
  • 1942 Billy Mundi [also Tony Schnasse, born Antonio Salas], American session musician and drummer (The Mothers of Invention, Rhinoceros), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2014)
  • 1942 John Taylor, British jazz pianist, born in Manchester, England (d. 2015)
  • 1942 Peter Petherick, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (6 Tests, 16 wickets, hat-trick on debut; Otago, Wellington), born in Ranfurly, New Zealand (d. 2015)
  • 1943 (Jules) Gary Alexander, American rock vocalist and guitarist (The Association - "Cherish"), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • 1943 John Locke, American rock keyboardist (Spirit - "I Got A Line On You"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2006)
  • 1943 Robert Gates, American statesman (22nd U.S. Secretary of Defense), born in Wichita, Kansas
  • 1943 Robert Walden, American actor (Joe Rossi-Lou Grant, New Doctors), born in New York City
  • 1944 Aleksandr Lenyov, Russian soccer midfielder / defender (10 caps Soviet Union; Torpedo Moscow), born in Novomoskovsk, Russia (d. 2021)
  • 1944 Doris Matsui, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Poston, Arizona
  • 1944 Eugenia Zukerman, American flutist and novelist (Deceptive Cadence), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 1944 Grayson Shillingford, West Indian cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 15 wickets, BB 3/63; Windward Islands), born in Macoucherie, Dominica (d. 2009)

Michael Douglas (79 years old)

1944 American actor (Coma, Wall St, Jewel of the Nile), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey

  • 1945 Frans Janssens, Belgian soccer forward (2 caps; Belgian Man of the Season 1973–74 Lierse SK), born in Turnhout, Belgium (d. 2024)
  • 1945 Kathleen Brown, American Democratic politician (29th Treasurer of California), born in San Francisco, California
  • 1945 Onnie McIntyre, Scottish guitarist (Average White Band - "Pick Up The Pieces"), born in Lennoxtown, Scotland
  • 1945 Reynold Henry Weidenaar, American video artist and composer, born in East Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • 1946 Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricket spin bowler (67 Tests, 22 as captain, 266 wickets, BB 7/98, 1 x 50; Northern Punjab, Delhi, Northamptonshire CCC), born in Amritsar, India (d. 2023) [1]
  • 1946 Felicity Kendal, English actress (Shakespeare Wallah, The Good Life), born in Olton, England
  • 1946 Gil Morgan, American golfer (7 PGA Tour titles, 3 Champions Tour majors), born in Wewoka, Oklahoma
  • 1947 Cheryl Tiegs, American model (Sports Illustrated) and fashion designer, born in Breckenridge, Minnesota
  • 1947 John Fiddler, British rock vocalist and guitarist (British Lions), born in Darlaston, Wednesbury, England
  • 1947 Zekkariyas [Cecil Womack], American soul songwriter, singer, and record producer (Womack & Womack - "Teardrops"), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2013)
  • 1948 (Kathryn) "Kathi" McDonald, American blues and rock singer (Ike & Tina Turner Revue; Big Brother & The Holding Company), and songwriter, born in Anacortes, Washington (d. 2012)
  • 1949 Anson Williams, American actor (Potsie-Happy Days), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1949 Inshan Ali, West Indian cricketer (big-spinning WI chinaman bowler 1971-77), born in Preysal, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1995)
  • 1949 Jean Petit, French soccer midfielder (12 caps; AC Monaco 428 games), born in Toulouse, France (d. 2024)
  • 1949 Jerry Costello, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois), born in East St. Louis, Illinois
  • 1949 Mimi Kennedy, American actress (Spencer, 3 girls 3, Under 1 Roof), born in Rochester, New York
  • 1949 Pedro Almodovar, Spanish filmmaker (Women the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Matador), born in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain
  • 1951 Burleigh Drummond, American drummer and songwriter (Ambrosia -"Biggest Part of Me"; Tin Drum), born in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Mark Hamill (72 years old)

1951 American actor (Star Wars - "Luke Skywalker"), born in Oakland, California

  • 1951 Robert "Bob" McAdoo, American former NBA player (Buffalo Braves) and assistant coach (Miami Heat), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
  • 1952 Bell Hooks [Gloria Jean Watkins], American author, feminist, educator, and social activist, born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky (d. 2021)

Christopher Reeve (1952-2004)

American actor (Superman, Somewhere in Time), born in New York City

  • 1952 Jimmy Garvin [James Williams], American professional NWA/WCW/AWA wrestler, born in Tampa, Florida
  • 1952 Tommy Norden, American actor (Flipper), born in New York City
  • 1953 Richard Harvey, British musician and composer (Gryphon), born in London, England
  • 1954 Juande Ramos, Spanish football manager (Sevilla), born in Pedro Muñoz, Spain
  • 1954 Sylvester Croom, American college football coach, born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • 1955 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German football player (Bayern Munich), born in Lippstadt, West Germany
  • 1955 Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (R.S.C. Anderlecht), born in Berchem, Belgium (d. 1985)
  • 1955 Steven Severin [Bailey], British pop bassist (Siouxsie & Banshees), born in Highgate, London, England
  • 1955 Zucchero [Adelmo Fornaciari], Italian blues and rock singer-songwriter ("Senza una Donna" - Without a Woman), born in Roncocesi, Reggio Emilia, Italy
  • 1956 Jamie Hyneman, American visual effects technician (MythBusters), born in Marshall, Michigan
  • 1957 Ian Reddington, English actor (Chief Clown-Doctor Who), born in Walkley, Sheffield
  • 1957 Michael McGrath, American Tony Award-winning stage actor and singer (Spamalot; Nice Work If You Can Get It), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 2023)
  • 1958 Eamonn Healy, Irish professor of chemistry, organic chemistry, and biochemistry at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, born in Newcastle West, Ireland
  • 1958 Michael Madsen, American actor (Reservoir Dogs, Straight Talk), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1959 Andy Waller, Zimbabwean cricket batsman and coach (2 Tests, 39 ODIs), born in Harare, Zimbabwe
  • 1960 Igor Belanov, Soviet-Ukrainian footballer, born in Kyiv, Ukraine
  • 1960 John Hills, British racehorse trainer (d. 2014)
  • 1960 Sonia Benezra, Canadian television host, born in Montreal, Quebec
  • 1961 Heather Locklear, American actress (T J Hooker, Dynasty), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1961 Tim Zoehrer, Australian cricketer (Aussie keeper, & occasional WA leggie), born in Armadale, Australia
  • 1962 Ales Bialiatski, Belarusian human rights advocate (founded Viasna, Nobel Peace Prize 2022), born in Vyartsilya, Karelia, Russia [1]
  • 1962 Chris Sheldon, British record producer (Foo Fighters; Pixies; Garbage), born in Karachi, Pakistan
  • 1962 Rajiv Kulkarni, Indian cricket pace bowler (3 Tests, 5 wickets, BB 3/85; Mumbai), born in Mumbai, India
  • 1963 Keely Shaye Smith, American journalist (Unsolved Mysteries), born in Vallejo, California