Famous People Born Today

Aaron Paul

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Emmett, Idaho, United States

Aaron Paul is one of only two actors to receive the prestigious Primetime Emmy Award under the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category on three occasions. In 2013, Aaron Paul used his popularity to help raise $1.8 million for Kind Campaign, an anti-bullying organization. October 1 was declared as Aaron Paul Sturtevant Day by Idaho Governor Butch Otter.

Paul Reubens

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1952

Birthplace: Peekskill, New York, United States

Died: 2023

Comedian Paul Reubens, or Pee-wee, began his career with the troupe The Groundlings. His popular stage show The Pee-wee Herman Show inspired the CBS show Pee-wee’s Playhouse; the movie Pee-wee's Big Adventure; and a Netflix film. His 1991 arrest due to indecent exposure changed his image to a great extent.

Sarah Chalke

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Ottawa, Canada

Sarah Chalke is best known for her roles of Stella Zinman in How I Met Your Mother, Dr. Elliot Reid in Scrubs, and Becky in Roseanne. She voiced Beth Smith in Rick and Morty. After losing her grandmother and aunt to breast cancer, she started spreading awareness about the disease.

Sir Donald Bradman

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1908

Birthplace: Cootamundra, Australia

Died: 2001

Australian cricketer, Sir Donald Bradman, is widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. He started playing cricket as a young man and scored numerous records within a few years. In a career spanning around two decades, he retired with a career test batting average of 99.94. He retained a pre-eminent position in the game for decades following his retirement.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1908

Birthplace: Stonewall, Texas, United States

Died: 1973

The era of Lyndon B Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, saw the passage of many important laws pertaining to civil rights, gun control and social security. Also, his ‘war on poverty’ helped millions to rise above the poverty line. However, he was criticised for the escalation of the Vietnam War.

Patrick J. Adams

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Toronto

Patrick J. Adams is a Canadian actor who has established himself as a celebrity in the United States. He befriended Meghan Markle while filming the legal drama series Suits and was included in the guest list at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding. Adams is also a passionate photographer; many of his photographs were showcased at Suits' Behind the Lens event.

Alexa Vega

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Miami, Florida, United States

Alexa Vega is best known as Carmen Cortez from the Spy Kids franchise and as Julie Corky from Sleepover. She is a skilled gymnast, too. She has also appeared in the Nickelodeon series The Casagrandes. Following her marriage to actor/singer Carlos Pena, both Alexa and Carlos adopted the surname PenaVega.

Peter Stormare

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1953

Birthplace: Kumla, Sweden

Actor, musician, and theater director Peter Stormare is best known as John Abruzzi from Prison Break. He has also appeared in films such as Minority Report, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and Fargo. He is also a skilled voice actor who has appeared in video games such as Destiny.

Tuesday Weld

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birth Year: 1770

Birthplace: Stuttgart, Germany

Died: 1831

German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel worked on ideas such as absolute idealism; the philosophy of spirit, or Geist; and the master–slave dialectic. His views influenced later thinkers and intellectuals, such as Karl Popper and Karl Marx, with the latter using Hegel’s views on the civil society.

Barbara Bach

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Chandra Wilson

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States

Chandra Wilson is an American actress best known for playing Dr. Miranda Bailey in the popular medical drama TV series Grey's Anatomy, for which she has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Apart from being an actress and director, Chandra Wilson is also an activist; she works towards raising awareness about cyclic vomiting syndrome.

Suranne Jones

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Chadderton, Greater Manchester, England

Suranne Jones is best known as Karen McDonald from Coronation Street. Fans also loved her in the series Vincent, Strictly Confidential, and Unforgiven, and in stage productions such as A Few Good Men and Frozen. She won a BAFTA for playing Gemma Foster in Doctor Foster.

Tom Ford

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Austin, Texas, United States

Tom Ford is an American fashion designer. During his time as the creative director at Gucci, Ford saved the fashion house from near bankruptcy and turned it into a powerhouse. In 2006, he established his eponymous luxury brand and has since been referred to as a style icon and fashion icon; he was named in All-TIME 100 Fashion Icons list.

The Great Khali

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1972

Birthplace: Dhiraina, Himachal Pradesh, India

The Great Khali, with a towering height of 7’ 1”, was named the 8th-tallest professional wrestler in history, in 2014. He was earlier a Punjab Police officer. He became the first Indian-born winner of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and has also appeared in several Hollywood and Bollywood films.

Lucas Paquetá

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1997

Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

G. W. Bailey

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1944

Birthplace: Port Arthur, Texas, United States

G.W. Bailey is best known as Luther Rizzo from the series M*A*S*H and as Thaddeus Harris from the Police Academy film franchise. Fans also loved him as Louie Provenza in The Closer and its spinoff series, Major Crimes. He has been associated with charities that help children with cancer.

Deco

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1977

Birthplace: São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

Brazilian-born-Portuguese retired professional footballer Deco, who mainly played as an attacking or central midfielder, is counted among the best players of his time. During his illustrious playing career, he achieved several feats including winning UEFA Champions League with and receiving UEFA Best Midfielder Award from two clubs, Porto and Barcelona. Following his football career, Deco started the D20 Sports agency.

Mark Webber

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Queanbeyan, Australia

Mark Webber is an Australian former racing driver. From 2002 to 2013, Webber competed in Formula One, winning the 2010 British Grand Prix. From 2014 to 2016, he competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship, winning the 2015 season for Porsche alongside Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley. In 2019, Mark Webber was inducted into the FIA Hall of Fame.

Kim Petras

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Cologne, Germany

Kim Petras is a German singer-songwriter currently based in USA. She was assigned male at birth and underwent medical gender transition as a teenager. Interested in music from a young age, she began recording music as a teenager. Her debut single topped several viral music charts on Spotify. Since then, she has released many hit albums and singles.

Joan Kroc

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: West Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Died: 2003

Man Ray

Listed In: Photographers

Birth Year: 1890

Birthplace: Philadelphia

Died: 1976

Famous photographer, painter and filmmaker, Man Ray was the sole American who was a significant part of both the Dada and Surrealist movements. Despite his contributions in various artistic mediums, he is best remembered as a photographer who popularised solarisation and Rayographs techniques. He also made films including the Surrealist classic L’Étoile de mer and published his autobiography Self-Portrait.

Alex Lifeson

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1953

Birthplace: Fernie, Canada

Alex Lifeson is a Canadian songwriter, musician, and record producer. He co-founded the progressive rock band Rush and serves as its guitarist. He plays electric and acoustic guitars and can also play other string instruments, such as mandola, mandolin, and bouzouki. Besides music, he is a licensed aircraft pilot and an actor. He has appeared in some TV shows.

René Higuita

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1966

Birthplace: Medellín, Colombia

René Higuita is a Colombian retired football player best known for exhibiting a scorpion kick while saving a goal in a friendly against England on 6 September 1995. His high-risk playing style and distinctive hairstyle made him immensely popular around the world. René Higuita is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers in South American history.

Hannibal Hamlin

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1809

Birthplace: Paris

Died: 1891

Hannibal Hamlin was an American politician and attorney whose public service career spanned more than five decades. The 15th vice president of the US, Hamlin is often counted among the most influential politicians from the state of Maine. Several places in the US, especially in Maine, have been named in his honor. There are also statues in Hannibal Hamlin's likeness.

Jim Thome

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Peoria, Illinois, United States

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Amanda Fuller

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Sacramento, California, United States

Amanda Fuller is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Kristin Baxter in the popular sitcom, Last Man Standing. Also known for her skills as a director, Amanda Fuller is credited with helming the Los Angeles production of This is our Youth, a theatrical play written by Kenneth Lonergan.

Darren McFadden

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Martha Raye

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1916

Birthplace: Butte, Montana, United States

Died: 1994

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Shibani Dandekar

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Pune, Maharashtra, India

Born in Pune, Shibani Dandekar grew up in Australia and Africa, before returning to India, as a model and an anchor. She has hosted shows such as After Hours and also appeared in films such as Sultan. She is also the sister of VJ Anusha Dandekar and the girlfriend of actor Farhan Akhtar.

Sebastian Kurz

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Vienna, Austria

Sebastian Kurz has been the Austrian chancellor since January 2020. He held the same position from 2017 to 2019, thus also becoming the youngest chancellor of Austria, at 31. He has also chaired the Austrian People's Party since 2017 and been the foreign affairs minister from 2013 to 2017.

Mack Brown

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1951

Birthplace: Cookeville, Tennessee, United States

Mack Brown is an American college football coach who is currently serving as the head coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels which represents the University of North Carolina. A former head coach for the Texas Longhorns football program, Brown is credited with reinvigorating the Texas and North Carolina football programs. He won the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award in 2006.

Daryl Dragon

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1942

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Died: 2019

Vic Mignogna

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1962

Birthplace: Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Vic Mignogna is an American musician and voice actor. He is renowned for providing the English dubs for characters from Japanese anime shows and films like Dragon Ball, Ouran High School Host Club, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, and Digimon Adventure tri. His voice-over work in Fullmetal Alchemist, where he voiced Edward Elric, earned him the American Anime Award in 2007.

Yolanda Adams

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States

Initially a schoolteacher, four-time Grammy-winning contemporary gospel singer Yolanda Adams rocked the Billboard charts with her debut full-length single Just As I Am. She was also part of the Tony-nominated team that created the original score of the Broadway musical SpongeBob SquarePants. She has also penned a book on Christian life.

George Montgomery

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1916

Birthplace: Brady, Montana, United States

Died: 2000

George Montgomery was an American actor best remembered for his work in television and Western films. A multi-talented personality, Montgomery was also known as a director, producer, stuntman, writer, sculptor, painter, and furniture craftsman. George Montgomery achieved popularity after singing with 20th Century Fox in 1939; he then went on to become a leading man in Hollywood during the 1940s.

Bernhard Langer

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Anhausen (today part of Diedorf municipality), Bavaria, West Germany

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Reece Shearsmith

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Denise Lewis

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1972

Birthplace: West Bromwich, England

Denise Lewis is a British sports commentator and former athlete. She won the heptathlon gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and became the first European to win Olympic gold in the heptathlon. A two-time Commonwealth Games champion, Lewis also won silver medals in the 1997 and 1999 World Championships. She was also the 1998 European Champion.