Famous People Born Today

Tom Hardy

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1977

Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom

English actor and producer, Tom Hard,y has been active in the entertainment industry for more than two decades. Starting his career as a model, he soon branched out into acting and did not take long to become a beloved TV actor. He has performed in theaters as well. In the 2000s, he made his film debut.

Agatha Christie

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1890

Birthplace: Torquay, Devon, England

Died: 1976

Even after four decades after her death, Agatha Christie remains an influential figure in the world of literature and entertainment as most of her books continue to serve as inspiration to films, TV series, and video games. With over two billion copies of her novels sold, she holds the Guinness World Records for best-selling fiction writer of all time.

Tommy Lee Jones

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: San Saba, Texas, United States

Veteran actor and filmmaker, Tommy Lee Jones, has had a career spanning over half a century. he has played many notable roles onscreen and is especially known for portraying real-life characters like businessman Howard Hughes. He has won an Academy Award for his performance in the movie, The Fugitive. Tommy Lee Jones is an inductee to the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame.

William Howard Taft

Listed In: Lawyers & Judges

Birth Year: 1857

Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Died: 1930

The 27th president of the United States, William Howard Taft also served as the tenth Chief Justice of the US; he is the only person in the history of the US to have held both the offices. He had a great impact as chief justice and has been regarded as the greatest US chief justices of all time.

Dan Marino

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Quarterback Dan Marino had a successful stint with the Miami Dolphins, leading them to 10 playoffs and the Super Bowl XIX. However, he never won a title. Named to Pro Bowl nine times, he was also the 1984 NFL MVP and part of the 2019 NFL 100 All-Time Team.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1977

Birthplace: Enugu, Nigeria

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer and feminist. She is popular for writing novels, such as Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun. She is credited with popularizing African literature among a new generation of readers, especially in the United States. In 2015, she was named in Time magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People.

Oliver Stone

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Oliver Stone is a filmmaker best known for his trilogy of war films, which he made based on his own experience in the Vietnam War, where he served as an infantry soldier. Known for making controversial films based on political issues, he is often criticized for misrepresenting real-world events and promoting conspiracy theories in his films.

Ben Schwartz

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: The Bronx, New York, U.S.

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Jenna Marbles

Listed In: YouTubers

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Rochester, New York, United States

Jenna Marbles, famed YouTube star and vlogger, had the 177th-most-subscribed YouTube channel as of November 2020. In June 2020, she announced she would be quitting YouTube indefinitely and apologized for some racist posts. She is the first social-media star to have a Madame Tussauds Museum wax statue in New York.

Margaret Keane

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birth Year: 1927

Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee

Died: 2022

Nipsey Russell

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1918

Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia

Died: 2005

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Merlin Olsen

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1940

Birthplace: Logan, Utah, USA

Died: 2010

Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

Jackie Cooper

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1922

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Died: 2011

Jackie Cooper was an American actor, television producer, and director. He was the youngest and the first child actor to receive an Academy Award nomination. After receiving the nomination at the age of nine, Cooper remained the youngest Academy Award nominee for nearly 50 years. He later established himself as a successful actor in Hollywood.

Pete Carroll

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1951

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

Fay Wray

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1907

Birthplace: Cardston, Canada

Died: 2004

One of the original “scream queens” of Hollywood, Fay Wray is best remembered as Ann Darrow, the woman picked up by King Kong like a doll while he went on a rampage, in the 1933 film about the fabled monster. She declined a cameo in a King Kong remake later.

Jae-hyung Park

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Korean-American artist Park Jae-hyung gained fame as a vocalist and electric guitarist of the South Korean rock band Day6. He had initially made it to the final six of the singing reality show K-pop Star. He also owns a popular YouTube channel, JaeSix, later named eaJ, and a podcast.

Marisa Ramirez

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1977

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

James Fenimore Cooper

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1789

Birthplace: Burlington, New Jersey

Died: 1851

Chelsea Kane

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Emmerson Mnangagwa

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1942

Birthplace: Zvishavane, Zimbabwe

Nicknamed The Crocodile, the current Zimbabwean president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has been one of the harshest rulers his country has seen. Roughly 20,000 people lost their lives during his tenure as the security minister in the 1980s. Once Mugabe’s right hand, he later fell out with him and launched a coup.

Henry Silva

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

M. Visvesvaraya

Listed In: Engineers

Birth Year: 1860

Birthplace: Muddenahalli, Chikballapur, Kingdom of Mysore (now in Karnataka)

Died: 1962

Sir M. Visvesvaraya is remembered for his role in revolutionizing the flood-protection system in Hyderabad and worked as the chief engineer of the Krishna Raja Sagara dam near Mysore. He received the knighthood and the Bharat Ratna. His birthday is celebrated as Engineers' Day in India, Tanzania, and Sri Lanka.

Patricia Rhomberg

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1953

Birthplace: Vienna, Austria

Patricia Rhomberg is an Austrian former pornographic film actress who was active during the 1970s. She began her career as a medical assistant but her life took an unexpected turn after meeting director Hans Billian, who made sex movies and encouraged her to become a porn star. She played the lead role in many popular porn films before retiring.

Jason Terry

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1977

Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Wendie Jo Sperber

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Died: 2005

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Roy Acuff

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1903

Birthplace: Maynardville, Tennessee, United States

Died: 1992

Popularly known as The King of Country Music, Roy Acuff was also a talented fiddler. Initially a budding baseball player, he ditched his sports career due to repeated injuries and focused on music instead. He was part of the radio broadcast Grand Ole Opry and later won a Grammy Lifetime Award.

Terry McLaurin

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Ettore Bugatti

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1881

Birthplace: Milan, Italy

Died: 1947

Ettore Bugatti was an automobile designer and manufacturer. He is credited with founding the popular car manufacturer Automobiles E. Bugatti, which gained prominence as the maker of some of the fastest and technologically advanced cars of its day. In 2000, Ettore Bugatti was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame.

John Bradley West

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Wythenshawe, United Kingdom

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Jaren Jackson Jr.

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1999

Birthplace: Plainfield, New Jersey, United States

Height: 6'11" (211 cm)

Gaylord Perry

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1938

Birthplace: Williamston, North Carolina, United States

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Mary Soames

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1922

Birthplace: Chartwell

Died: 2014

Mary Soames was a British author and the youngest child of Winston Churchill and Clementine. From 1939 to 1941, Soames worked for several public organizations, such as the Women's Voluntary Service and Red Cross. She then joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In 1945, she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), in recognition of meritorious military services.

Cannonball Adderley

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Tampa, Florida, United States

Died: 1975

Zeljko Ivanek

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Slovenian–American actor Željko Ivanek is best known for his Emmy-winning performance as Ray Fiske in the thriller series Damages. He has also appeared as Ed Danvers in the Homicide franchise and as Russell Jackson in Madam Secretary, and has been part of films such as Argo and Seven Psychopaths.

Eustace Conway

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Jean Batten

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1909

Birthplace: Rotorua, New Zealand

Died: 1982

Born to a dentist father in New Zealand, Jean Batten was initially sent to England to study music. However, she earned a pilot’s license instead and made many aviation records, which included completing the first solo flight from England to New Zealand. In her final years, she became a recluse.

Creighton Abrams

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1914

Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 1974

Claude McKay

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1889

Birthplace: Clarendon Parish

Died: 1948

Claude McKay was a poet who played an influential role in the Harlem Renaissance. Remembered for his work If We Must Die, a poem written in response to mob attacks on African-American communities by white Americans, McKay was named the national poet of Jamaica in 1977. For his contribution to literature, he was posthumously honored with the Order of Jamaica.

Caterina Murino

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1977

Birthplace: Cagliari, Italy

Caterina Murino first gained attention after participating in the Miss Italy contest. She later began her showbiz career as a model and starred in films such as The Corsican File. She also appeared as Bond Girl Solange in Casino Royale. She is also well-versed in dances such as flamenco and tango.

David Popovici

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 2004

Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Tom Conway

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1904

Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia

Died: 1967

Best known for playing detectives such as The Falcon and Sherlock Holmes, British actor Tom Conway also appeared in 2 Tarzan movies and a few Val Lewton cult horror movies. His performance in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents was appreciated by critics. He also voiced a role in 101 Dalmatians.

Theodore Long

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Jean Renoir

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1894

Birthplace: Montmartre, Paris, France

Died: 1979

Jean Renoir was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. The son of the prominent painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Jean was one of the first filmmakers to be known as an auteur. He started working during the silent film era and made more than 40 silent films. In 1975, he received a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award.

Eric Johnson

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Needham, Massachusetts, United States

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Jessye Norman

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1945

Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia, United States

Died: 2019

American opera singer and recitalist Jessye Norman was born into a family of musicians and made her opera debut with Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser in Berlin. A 5-time Grammy winner, she performed at iconic venues such as the Paris Opera and London’s Royal Opera, and also served as an ambassador to the UN.