1920 Paul Kont, Austrian composer (Strohkoffer Suite; Indessen), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2000) American creator of Star Trek, born in El Paso, Texas 1923 (Dillwyn) "Dill" Jones, Welsh jazz stride pianist, born in Newcastle Emlyn, Wales (d. 1984) 1924 William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer (Blacula, Scream Blacula Scream), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2003) 1925 John Penton, American motorcycle racer and designer considered “the godfather of off-road motorcycling”, born in Amherst, Ohio (d. 2025) [1] 1928 Walter Massey, Canadian stage and screen actor (Shoestring Theatre; Arthur), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2014) American Racing Hall of Fame jockey (8,833 career victories, Kentucky Derby, 1955, 1959, 1965, and 1986; Belmont Stakes, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1967 and 1975), horse trainer, and mystery novelist, sometimes called "Willie", born in Fabens, Texas 1933 Debra Paget [Debralee Griffin], American actress (Love Me Tender), born in Denver, Colorado 1934 Bill Cleary, American hockey HOF center, (Olympic gold 1960, silver 1956) and coach (Harvard University 1971-90), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts 1934 Michael Naura, German jazz pianist, radio broadcaster, editor and anti-nuclear proliferation activist, born in Memel, Lithuania (d. 2017) 1934 Renee Richards [Richard Rankind], American trans-sexual tennis player and coach (took USTA to court and won), born in New York City 1935 Bobby Richardson, American baseball second baseman (8 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1958, 61, 62; World Series MVP 1960; NY Yankees), born in Sumter, South Carolina 1935 Earl Gaines, American R&B, soul, and electric blues singer ("It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)"), born in Decatur, Alabama (d. 2009) 1937 William Motzing, American trombonist, conductor, arranger and film and television score composer (Young Einstein), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2014) 1938 Diana Muldaur, American actress (McCloud, Star Trek Next Gen, LA Law), born in New York City 1938 Nelly Vuksic (née Perez), Argentinian singer, choral conductor (America Vocal Ensemble), and educator (Columbia University; Brooklyn Conservatory), born in Totoras, Argentina 1938 Valentin Mankin, Ukrainian yachtsman (Olympic gold, USSR, Finn class 1968), born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 2014) 1939 Max Lorenz, German soccer midfielder (19 caps West Germany; Werder Bremen 250 games; Eintracht Braunschweig), born in Bremen, Germany (d. 2025) 1939 [Peter] "Ginger" Baker, English drummer (Cream - "Sunshine Of Your Love"; "Toad"; Blind Faith - "Do What You Like"), born in London, England (d. 2019) 1940 Jill St John [Oppenheim], actress (Diamonds are Forever), born in Los Angeles, California 1940 Johnny Nash, American pop-reggae-soul singer-songwriter and record producer ("I Can See Clearly Now"), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2020) 1940 Roger Cook, British songwriter (with Roger Greenaway: "You've Got Your Troubles"; "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", "Melting Pot"), singer (Blue Mink), and record producer, born in Fishponds, Bristol, England 1941 Christopher Cerf, American book editor, writer (National Lampoon), Emmy Award-winning television producer (Free To Be You and Me; Between the Lions), and Grammy Award-winning songwriter (Sesame Street - "Put Down the Duckie"; "Born To Add"), born in New York City 1941 Milford Graves, American avant-garde and free jazz drummer, percussionist (New York Art Quartet), and educator (Bennington College, Vermont, 1973-2012), born in Jamaica, Queens, New York (d. 2021) [1] 1942 Fred Thompson, US senator (R-Tenn)/actor (In the Line of Fire), born in Sheffield, Alabama (d. 2015) 1943 Billy J. Kramer [Ashton], British pop rock vocalist (The Dakotas - "Bad To Me"), born in Bootle, Lancashire, England 1943 Edwin Hawkins, American gospel musician, choir master and composer ("Oh Happy Day"), born in Oakland, California (d. 2018) 1943 Sid Going, New Zealand rugby union halfback (29 Tests; Northland RU), born in Kawakawa, New Zealand (d. 2024) 1944 Eddy Raven [Futch], American country singer ("Right Hand Man"), born in Lafayette, Louisiana 1944 Hugo Gatti, Argentine soccer goalkeeper (18 caps; Gimnasia La Plata 224 games, Boca Juniors 381 games), born in Carlos Tejedor, Argentina (d. 2025) 1944 Peter Leitch, Canadian jazz guitarist, arranger, and composer (New Life Orchestra), born in Montreal, Quebec 1944 Steve Sloan, American college football coach (Vanderbilt, Texas Tech, Ole Miss, Duke), born in Austin, Texas (d. 2024) 1944 [Mervyn] Skip Williamson, American underground cartoonist (Snappy Sammy Smoot), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2017) 1945 Ian Gillan, English heavy metal and rock singer (Deep Purple - "Smoke On The Water"; Jesus Christ Superstar), born in London 1946 Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor and choral director (Basel Boys Choir), born in Winterthur, Switzerland 1946 Dawn Steel, American filmmaker, 1st woman to head Hollywood studio, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1997) 1947 Dave Dutton, English actor (Coronation Street), born in Atherton, England 1947 Gerald McRaney, American actor (Simon & Simon, Major Dad), born in Collins, Mississippi 1947 Gerard Schwarz, American classical trumpeter and conductor (Seattle Symphony, 1985-2011), born in Weehawken, New Jersey 1948 Jim Carter, English actor (Mr Carson in "Downton Abbey"; The Good Liar, Wonka), born in Harrogate, England 1948 Susan Jacks [Pesklevits], Canadian singer and songwriter, born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 1948 Toshio Suzuki, Japanese film producer (anime, co-founder Studio Ghibli), born in Nagoya, Japan 1950 Dan Yochum, American football offensive lineman (CFL All-Star 1975, 76, 77, 78; Grey Cup 1974, 77; Montreal Alouettes; CFHOF), born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (d. 2020) 1950 Graeme Beard, Australian cricket all-rounder (3 Tests; 2 ODIs; NSW CA), born in Sydney, Australia 1950 Jennie Bond, British journalist (BBC Royal Correspondent), born in Hitchin, England 1950 Margie Joseph, American soul and gospel singer of ("What's Come Over Me"), born in Gautier, Mississippi 1951 Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentine Academy Award-winning film composer (Brokeback Mountain), born in El Palomar, Argentina 1951 John Deacon, British rock bassist (Queen - "Another One Bites The Dust"), born in Leicester, England 1951 Lillian Müller Norwegian model, actress and Playboy playmate (Aug, 1975, Playmate of the Year 1976), born in Grimstad, Norway 1951 Randi Oakes, American actress (Officer Bonnie Clark-CHiPs), born in Randalia, Iowa 1952 Jimmy Watson, Canadian NHL hockey defenseman, 1973-82 (2 x Stanley Cup Champion - Philadelphia Flyers, and 2 other teams), and youth hockey coach, born in Smithers, British Columbia 1952 American actor (Commander William T Riker-Star Trek Next Gen), born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 1953 Luis Muñoz, Costa Rican jazz percussionist, composer, and bandleader, born in San Jose, Costa Rica 1953 Nanni Moretti, Italian film actor, director and producer (Caro diario), born in Bruneck, Italy 1955 (Edgar) "Ned" Yost, American MLB baseball catcher, 1980-85 and manager, 2003-2019 (Minnesota Twins; Kansas City Royals - World Series win, 2015), born in Eureka, California 1955 Peter Gallagher, American actor (Summer Lovers; Sex, Lies, and Videotape; The Player; The O.C. - "Sandy"), and singer, born in New York City 1956 Adam Arkin, American actor (Busting Loose; Pearl; Northern Exposure - "Adam"), born in Brooklyn, New York City 1957 Darby Hinton, American actor (Daniel Boone, Days of Our Lives), born in Santa Monica, California 1957 Ian Gould, England cricketer and umpire, born in Taplow, England 1957 Paul-Jan Bakker, 1st Dutch cricketer to play first class cricket (Hampshire & Netherlands pace bowler), born in Vlaardingen, Netherlands 1958 Darryl Sutter, Canadian NHL center, 1979-87 (Chicago Black Hawks), coach, 1992-2007, 2011-23 (Black Hawks, San Jose Sharks, Calgary Flames, Los Angeles Kings), and general manager (Flames, 2003-10), born in Viking, Alberta 1958 Gary Gaetti, American baseball infielder (MLB All-Star 1988, 89; World Series 1987; Gold Glove Award 1986–89; Minnesota Twins), born in Centralia Illinois 1958 Gordon Brand Jr., Scottish golfer (8 x European Tour wins; Ryder Cup 1987, 89), born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland (d. 2019) 1959 Ivan Neville, American funk-rock and R&B keyboardist, singer, and songwriter (Dumpstaphunk), born in New Orleans, Louisiana 1959 René Moore, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer (René & Angela - "I'll Be Good"), born in Los Angeles, California 1959 Ricky Pierce, American basketball guard/forward (NBA All-Star 1991; NBA Sixth Man of the Year 1987, 90; Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle SuperSonics), born in Dallas, Texas 1959 Steve Grimmett, British heavy metal singer (Grim Reaper), born in Swindon, England 1960 Morten Andersen, Danish Pro Football HOF placekicker (5 × First-team All-Pro; 7 × Pro Bowl; NO Saints, Atlanta Falcons; NFL record most games played: 382), born in Copenhagen, Denmark 1960 Ron Darling, American baseball pitcher (NY Mets), born in Honolulu, Hawaii 1962 Angelo Debarre, French gypsy jazz guitarist (Mémoires: Memories of Django), born in Saint-Denis, France 1962 Eric Lutes, American actor (Del-Caroline in the City), born in Charlestown, Rhode Island 1962 Valerie Kaprisky, French actress (Breathless, Public Woman), born in Paris, France 1963 Joey Tempest [Rolf Larsson], Swedish rocker (Europe - "The Final Countdown"), born in Stockholm, Sweden 1963 American actor (General Hospital; Full House; ER) and musician, born in Cypress, California

1964 Tom Rust, British jazz vocalist, born in Manchester, England 1965 Johan Botha, South African operatic tenor, born in Rustenburg, South Africa (d. 2016) 1965 Kevin Dillon, American actor (Heaven Help Us, Platoon), born in New York City 1965 Kyra Sedgwick, American actress (Phenomenon, Singles, The Closer), born in New York City 1965 Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress (Henry and June), director and singer, born in Lisbon, Portugal 1966 Lee Ann Womack, American country singer ("I Hope You Dance"), born in Jacksonville, Texas 1966 Lilian Garcia, Spanish-American wrestling announcer (WWE), born in Madrid, Spain 1967 Jason Starkey, occasional drummer and son of Beatle Ringo, born in London, England 1967 Lucy Briers, English theatre actress (Rosmersholm, Cloud Nine) and film actress (BBC Pride & Prejudice, The Night Watch), born in London 1967 Tabitha Soren, American MTV reporter (This Week in Rock), born in San Antonio, Texas 1968 Mark McGuinn, American country music singer-songwriter ("Mrs. Steven Rudy"), born in Greensboro, North Carolina 1968 Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer (Olympic gold Mistral 1996, silver 2004; World C'ship gold 1996, 2000, 01), born in Athens, Greece 1969 Clay Walker, American country singer ("Dreaming With My Eyes Open"), born in Vidor, Texas 1969 Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player, born in Settsu, Japan 1969 Kirk Herbstreit, American football analyst (College GameDay), born in Centerville, Ohio Canadian-American actor (Chandler Bing in "Friends"), born in Williamstown, Massachusetts [1] 1969 Nate Dogg [Nathaniel Dwayne Hale], American rapper ("Regulate"; "21 Questions"), born in Clarksdale, Mississippi (d. 2011) 1970 Fat Joe [Cartagena], American rapper ("Wat's Luv?"), born in the Bronx, New York 1971 João Pinto, Portuguese football player, born in Porto, Portugal 1971 American tennis player , broadcaster (Olympic gold 1992, 96), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1972 Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer, born in Yokohama, Japan 1972 Elizabeth Wolfgramm, American singer (The Jets), born in Salt Lake City, Utah 1972 Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentine footballer, born in Bouquet, Argentina 1972 Sammi Cheng [Sau Man], Hong Kong singer and actress (Internal Affairs), born in Hong Kong 1973 Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer and manager (Inter Milan, Itay), born in Lecce, Italy 1974 David Patten, American football wide receiver (Super Bowl XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX New England Patriots), born in Hopkins, South Carolina (d. 2021) 1975 Tracie Thoms, American actress (Rent), born in Baltimore, Maryland 1976 Pablo Larraín, Chilean filmmaker (El Conde), born in Santiago, Chile 1976 Régine Chassagne, Canadian rock singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and accordion player (Arcade Fire), born in Montreal, Quebec 1977 Callum Blue, English actor (Dead Like Me, The Tudors), born in London, England 1977 Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist, born in Igorre, Spain 1977 [Loutelious] T. J. Holmes, American TV anchor (CNN, Good Morning America), born in West Memphis, Arkansas 1978 Aarti Sequeira, Indian-American cook and television personality (The Next Food Network Star, 2010; Aarti Party; Guy's Grocery Games), born in Mumbai, India 1979 Dave Douglas, American drummer (Relient K), born in Cleveland, Ohio 1979 Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer, born in Binningen, Switzerland 1980 Darius Danesh, Scottish pop, opera and swing singer-songwriter and stage actor, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2022) 1980 Jun Jin, Korean rapper (Shinhwa), born in Seoul, South Korea 1980 Michael Todd, American rock bassist (Coheed and Cambria), born in Kingston, New York 1980 Paul Parry, Welsh soccer winger (12 caps; Hereford Utd, Cardiff City, Preston NE, Shrewsbury Town), born in Cheptow, Wales 1982 Erika Christensen, American actress (Parenthood), born in Seattle, Washington 1982 J. J. Hardy, American baseball player, born in Tuscon, Arizona 1982 Kevin Rans, Belgian pole vaulter, born in Ekeren, Belgium 1982 Melissa Fumero [Gallo], American actress (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), born in Lyndhurst, New Jersey 1982 Stipe Miocic, American mixed martial artist (UFC), born in Euclid, Ohio 1983 John McCargo, American football player, born in Drakes Branch, Virginia 1983 Mike Conway, British auto racer (FIA World Endurance C'ship 2019-20; British Formula 3 C'ship 2006), born in London, England 1983 Reeva Steenkamp, South African model and paralegal (killed by boyfriend Oscar Pistorius), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2013) 1983 Tammin Sursok, Australian singer and actress (Pretty Little Liars, Home and Away), born in Johannesburg, South Africa 1983 [Melissa] Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter (Scar; The Sound Of White), born in Melbourne, Australia 1984 Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer, born in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Italy 1984 Simon Bird, British comic actor (The Inbetweeners -"Will"; Friday Night Dinner - "Adam"), born in Guildford, Surrey, England 1985 Megan Rochell, American R&B singer, born in Brooklyn, New York City 1986 American singer - songwriter ("Jar Of Hearts"), born in Bensalem, Pennsylvania 1986 Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player, born in Yashio, Japan 1987 Anaïs Lameche, Swedish pop singer (Play), born in the French Alps 1987 Manny Jacinto, Canadian actor (The Good Place, The Acolyte, Freakier Friday), born in Manila, Philippines 1987 Nico Hülkenberg, German racing car driver, born in Emmerich am Rhein, West Germany 1987 Patrick Chung, Jamaican-American NFL player (New England Patriots), born in Kingston, Jamaica 1987 Richard Stearman, English footballer, born in Wolverhampton, England 1988 Kirk Cousins, American NFL player (Minnesota Vikings), born in Barrington, Illinois 1988 Travis Tedford, American actor (The Little Rascals), born in Rockwall, Texas 1989 (Percy) Romeo [Miller], American rapper (Lil' Romeo) and actor, born in New Orleans, Louisiana 1991 Salem Al-Dawsari, Saudi Arabian football player (Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia), born in Wadi ad-Dawasir, Saudi Arabia 1994 Nafissatou Thiam, Belgian athlete (Gold medal heptathlon 2016 & 2020), born in Brussels, Belgium 1995 Big Zuu [Zuhair Hassan], English rapper and TV personality (Big Eats), born in London, England 1997 Baby Queen [Arabella Latham] South African singer-songwriter (Quarter Life Crisis), born in Durban, South Africa 1997 Marcello Hernandez, American stand-up comedian (Saturday Night Live), born in Miami, Florida 1998 Ella Guevara, Filipino actress (Starstruck Kids), born in Quezon City, Philippines 1999 Ethan Cutkosky, American actor (Shameless), born in St. Charles, Illinois 2004 Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, English classical pianist, born in Nottingham, England 2004 Siena Agudong, American actress (No Good Nick), born in Kauai, Hawaii 2335 William T. Riker, Fictional character and Starfleet officer in "Star Trek: The Next Generation", born in Valdez, Alaska Famous Birthdays Calendar Basketball Players Search the largest and most accurate independent site for today in history.