Famous People Born Today

Anne Hathaway

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

One of the highest-paid actresses in the world in the 2010s, Anne Hathaway is the recipient of many awards, including an Academy Award. She began acting as a teenager in the early 2000s and often portrayed princesses in her initial films. She started taking up versatile roles as her career progressed. She campaigns for gender equality and supports LGBTQA+ rights.

Ryan Gosling

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: London, Canada

Ryan Gosling began his career as a child actor and gained recognition as an adult after starring in the commercially successful film, The Notebook, in 2004. Half Nelson, The Ides of March, The Big Short, La La Land and Blade Runner are some of his other popular films. He is also a musician and his band is called Dead Man's Bones.

Russell Westbrook

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Long Beach, California, United States

Russell Westbrook is a professional basketball player. A nine-time NBA All-Star, Russell is only one of two players in the history of the NBA to average a triple-double for an entire season. An eight-time All-NBA Team member, Russell is one of the most athletic NBA players of all time. He also frequently appears in commercials for brands like Air Jordan.

Grace Kelly

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1929

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: 1982

Aptly named by her parents, Grace Kelly was one of the most graceful and talented actresses of her era, starring in 11 feature films and over 60 TV productions. A darling of Alfred Hitchcock movies, this Oscar winning actress left her successful Hollywood career after her wedding to Prince Rainier III of Monaco, and thus became the Princess of Monaco.

Jorge Masvidal

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Miami, Florida, United States

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Neil Young

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1945

Birthplace: Toronto, Canada

One of rock and roll’s greatest songwriters and performers of all time, Neil Young has worked both solo as well with bands like Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. The Grammy award winning musician’s notable albums include After the Gold Rush, Harvest, Harvest Moon and Ragged Glory. He strongly backs environmental and disability issues too.

Wallace Shawn

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Nadia Comaneci

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Onești, Romania

Nadia Comaneci is a Romanian former gymnast. One of the best-known gymnasts in the world, Comaneci has five Olympic gold medals under her belt. Credited with popularizing gymnastics around the world, Nadia Comaneci was honored by the Laureus World Sports Academy by including her in their Athletes of the 20th Century list in 2000.

Cote de Pablo

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Santiago, Chile

Cote de Pablo is a Chilean-American singer and actress. She is best known for playing Ziva David in the popular action police procedural TV series NCIS. After co-hosting episodes of a Latin-American talk show titled Control, at the age of 15, Cote de Pablo went on to establish herself as a successful actress and musician.

Sammy Sosa

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: San Pedro De Macoris, Dominican Republic

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Sandara Park

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Busan, South Korea

Famous for her baby-face and youthful skin, the South Korean singer and actress is a celebrity not just in her country, but also in the Philippines. Despite her humble beginning, Sandara Park rose to prominence as a singing sensation with a number of chart-topping songs. She also featured in television shows and movies and is considered as a trendsetter.

Megan Mullally

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Megan Mullally is best known as Karen Walker from Will & Grace, a role that earned her two Emmys and three SAG Awards. She has also hosted The Megan Mullally Show and been part of series such as Childrens Hospital. She and her husband wrote a bestselling book, too.

Al Michaels

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1944

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

xQc

Listed In: Social Media Stars

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Laval, Canada

Félix Lengyel, better known by his pseudonym xQc, is a French Canadian internet personality, Twitch streamer, and former professional Overwatch player. He represented Team Canada in the Overwatch World Cup for three consecutive years starting from 2017. In 2017, he was named the MVP at the Overwatch World Cup. Currently, he streams on Twitch for Luminosity Gaming, an e-sports organization.

Radha Mitchell

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1973

Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia

Australian actress Radha Mitchell has been active in the show business for more than three decades. She started acting as a teenager, first appearing in a TV show. In the ensuing years, she acted in many other TV shows and films, building a successful career. She is the winner of one Antipodes Film Festival Award.

Gustaf Skarsgard

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden

Gustaf Skarsgard is a Swedish actor best known for his association with the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm where he has performed in many of Shakespeare’s, Söderberg’s and Chekhov's works. The son of popular actor Stellan Skarsgård, Gustaf has also played important roles in popular films like Evil, The Way Back, and Kon-Tiki.

Sun Yat-Sen

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1866

Birthplace: Cuiheng, Zhongshan, China

Died: 1925

Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat Sen, also known as the "Father of the Nation" in China, ousted the Qing Dynasty in 1911. He was the first leader of the Nationalist Party of China and laid down the Three Principles of the People, which included nationalism, democracy, and livelihood.

Arianny Celeste

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

James McCarthy

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland

Scottish-born footballer James McCarthy is now best known as a dependable Celtic midfielder. He also represents the Irish national team, because his grandparents were Irish. He has previously won an FA Cup with Wigan Athletic, beating Manchester City, and has also played for the English club Everton.

Jason Day

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia

Jason Day is an Australian golfer who won the 2015 PGA Championship. A former world number one, Day was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2015. In the same year, Jason Day was also honored with the Greg Norman Medal. In 2016, he received the Mark H. McCormack Award.

Thomas Lemar

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe, France

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Mills Lane

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1937

Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States

Booker T. Jones

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1944

Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Jo Stafford

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1917

Birthplace: Coalinga, California, United States

Died: 2008

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Trey Burke

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio

Aleksandr Borodin

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1833

Birthplace: Saint Petersburg

Died: 1887

Aleksandr Borodin was a Russian musical composer. He was one of the popular 19th-century group of musicians known as The Five, who worked together to create a national style of classical music. A chemist and doctor by profession, Borodin also made important contributions to organic chemistry. His best known work as a chemist is his work pertaining to organic synthesis.

Michael Moorer

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1967

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Craig Parker

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Suva, Fiji

Craig Parker is a New Zealand actor best known for his appearances in epic films and TV series like the Lord of the Rings film series, Legend of the Seeker, and Spartacus. He has received a couple of New Zealand Film and TV Award nominations for his work in television. Craig Parker is also renowned for his theatre work.

Harry A. Blackmun

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1908

Birthplace: Nashville, Illinois Nashville, Illinois, United States U.S.

Died: 1999

Mike Varshavski

Listed In: YouTubers

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Saransk, Russia

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Sam Lloyd

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Weston, Vermont, USA

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Kathleen Hanna

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, USA

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Guillaume Cizeron

Listed In: Dancers

Birth Year: 1994

Birthplace: Montbrison, France

Guillaume Cizeron is a French ice dancer who won the 2018 Olympic silver medal along with his skating partner Gabriella Papadakis. Cizeron and Papadakis have also won four World Championship titles, five successive European Championship titles, two Grand Prix Final championship titles, and six French National Championships. The pair has broken 29 world records so far.

Salim Ali

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1896

Died: 1987

Known as the Birdman of India, legendary ornithologist Salim Ali was the first to conduct bird surveys in India. The Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan winner is best remembered for penning the book The Book of Indian Birds, and for setting up the Bharatpur and Ranganathittu bird sanctuaries.

Ethan Zohn

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1973

Birthplace: Lexington

Janet Devlin

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1994

Birthplace: Gortin, Northern Ireland

Thiago Silva

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: São Paulo, Brazil

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Marcell Ozuna

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Naomi Wolf

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, U.S.

Gene Haas

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1952

Birthplace: Youngstown, Ohio, United States

Dāvis Bertāns

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Valmiera, Latvia

Height: 6'10" (208 cm)

Anna Rudolf

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Miskolc, Hungary

Corey Maggette

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Melrose Park, Illinois, United States

Height: 6'6" (198 cm)

Katherine Grainger

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1975

Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Charlie Morton

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1983

Birthplace: Flemington, New Jersey, United States

Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

Lord Rayleigh

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1842

Birthplace: Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex, England

Died: 1919

Although John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, received the Nobel Prize for his discovery and isolation of the inert gas argon, his contributions to Physics is not limited to that. Known to make extensive contributions to theoretical and practical physics, especially in the fields of acoustics and optics, his works are now considered to mark the beginning of modern acoustics.

Amin al-Hafiz

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1921

Birthplace: Aleppo, Syria

Died: 2009

Amin al-Hafiz was a Syrian politician best remembered for his service as the President of Syria from 1963 to 1966. An important politician, al-Hafiz also served as the Prime Minister of Syria on two separate occasions; from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1964 to 1965. In the 2019 TV series The Spy, Amin al-Hafiz was played by Waleed Zuaiter.