Famous People Born Today

Kit Harington

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: London, England

English actor, Kit Harington, became a widely acclaimed and recognized celebrity after playing Jon Snow in one of the most popular TV shows of all time - Game of Thrones. Also known for his charity work, Kit Harington has been an ambassador for a charity organization called The Royal Mencap Society since 2016.

Jared Leto

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Bossier City, Louisiana, United States

Jared Leto is one of the few method actors who remains completely in character while filming a particular project, even to the point of affecting his health. Also a singer-songwriter, he formed a band called Thirty Seconds to Mars, for which he serves as a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is also known for his philanthropic activities.

Lars Ulrich

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Gentofte, Denmark

Musician, songwriter, and record producer, Lars Ulrich, is best known as the drummer and co-founder of American heavy metal band Metallica. Born into a family of tennis players, he was initially expected to play the sport as well. However, he was more interested in music and proceeded to pursue a successful career in the field.

Charles Babbage

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1791

Birthplace: London, England

Died: 1871

Charles Babbage, or the “father of the computer,” invented the prototype of the world’s first mechanical calculator, the Difference Engine. With the help of mathematician Ada Lovelace, he also created the Analytical Engine, the first general-purpose computer and a precursor of the modern computer, with its looping and sequential mechanism.

Beth Behrs

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

Beth Behrs is best known as Caroline Channing from the series 2 Broke Girls and as Gemma Johnson from The Neighborhood. She ventured into films with American Pie Presents: The Book of Love. She has voiced multiple characters in Monsters University and Moochie in Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh.

Hugo Lloris

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Nice, France

Hugo Lloris is a French football player and the current captain of the France national team as well as the popular club Tottenham Hotspur. One of the most popular goalkeepers of his generation, Lloris has won the prestigious Ligue 1 Goalkeeper of the Year award on three occasions. Hugo Lloris also helped his team win the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Andy Biersack

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Andy Biersack is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. He is credited with founding a rock band named Black Veil Brides where he also serves as the lead vocalist. In 2011, Biersack was mentioned in Revolver magazine's 100 Greatest Living Rock Stars list. In 2012, he was ranked fourth in Kerrang magazine's 50 Greatest Rock Stars in the World Today list.

John Walsh

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1945

Birthplace: Auburn

Temuera Morrison

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Rotorua, New Zealand

Temuera Morrison is a New Zealand singer and actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Jango Fett and Boba Fett in the famous Star Wars multimedia franchise. Temuera Morrison has also voiced Boba Fett in several video games, such as Star Wars: Empire at War and Star Wars Battlefront.

Hu Yi Tian

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Hangzhou

After making waves with his TV debut in A Rush to Dead Summer, Chinese actor Hu Yitian gained accolades and awards for his role of Jiang Chen in the Tencent series A Love So Beautiful. He has also appeared on reality shows such as Twenty-Four Hours.

Richard Widmark

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1914

Birthplace: Sunrise Township, Minnesota, United States

Died: 2008

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Jade Thirlwall

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: South Shields, England

English singer and songwriter Jade Thirlwall is a member of the British four-piece girl group Little Mix. Her group became the first group to win the reality TV show, The X Factor. Having sold over 50 million records worldwide, they are one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. Besides music, she also runs a cocktail bar.

Chris Daughtry

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Chris Daughtry gained fame as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Daughtry, which he formed after finishing fourth in the fifth season of American Idol. He has delivered hits such as It's Not Over and became the runner-up in the second season of The Masked Singer.

Steve Allen

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1921

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 2000

Tahnee Welch

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: San Diego, California, United States

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Eden Sher

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Jon Bellion

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Long Island, New York, United States

Martin Cooper

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Electrical engineer Martin Cooper had initially served the U.S. Navy in the Korean War. He later joined Motorola and pioneered many inventions in wireless communications. The Charles Stark Draper Prize winner also invented the world’s first mobile phone and made the first cell phone call.

Yohan Blake

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: St. James Parish, Jamaica

Yohan Blake is a Jamaican sprinter who became the youngest 100 meters world champion when he won a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in 2011. He also won gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games as part of the Jamaican relay team. Yohan Blake is the second-fastest man in both 100 meters and 200 meters events.

Roxanne Pallett

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Carlisle, Cumbria, England

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Aaron Ramsey

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Caerphilly, Wales

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Mao Zedong

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1893

Birthplace: Shaoshan, Xiangtan, China

Died: 1976

One of the most significant and controversial leaders of the 20th century, Mao Zedong was a communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China which he governed as the chairman of Chinese Communist Party. He is appreciated for numerous development work but is criticised for his authoritarian regime and policies which resulted in millions of deaths .

Ozzie Smith

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1954

Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama, United States

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Henry Valentine Miller

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1891

Birthplace: Yorkville, Manhattan, New York, United States

Died: 1980

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Caroll Spinney

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1933

Birthplace: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 2019

Caroll Spinney was an American cartoonist, puppeteer, artist, author, and speaker. He is best remembered for playing Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird on the popular educational children's TV series Sesame Street from 1969 to 2018. Over the course of his illustrious career, Caroll Spinney was honored with two Grammy Awards and four Daytime Emmy Awards.

Carlton Fisk

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Bellows Falls, Town of Rockingham, Vermont, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Elisha Cook Jr.

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1903

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

Died: 1995

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

John Horton Conway

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1937

Birthplace: Liverpool, England

Died: 2020

Remembered as versatile mathematician, game wizard and polymath, John Horton Conway had limitless curiosity, which matched with his scientific originality. Although he is best known for devising the cellular automation called Game of Life, he made significant contributions to group theory, number theory, algebra, geometric topology, theoretical physics, combinatorial game theory and geometry. Conway published many outstanding papers in these fields.

Tricia Leigh Fisher

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: Burbank, California, United States

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Alan King

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1927

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 2004

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Tiffany Brissette

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: Paradise, California, United States

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Chris Gronkowski

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

George Dewey

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1837

Birthplace: Montpelier, Vermont, United States

Died: 1917

John Scofield

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1951

Birthplace: Dayton

Ed Stafford

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1975

Birthplace: Cambridgeshire, England

Ed Stafford is a British explorer who became the first person to walk the length of the famous Amazon River in 2010. Walking the Amazon is widely regarded as the longest jungle trek in the history of mankind and the feat is also recognized by the Guinness World Records. He currently hosts shows for the Discovery Channel.

Trevor Siemian

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Danbury, Connecticut, United States

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Aleksej Pokuševski

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 2001

Birthplace: Novi Sad, Serbia

Serbian basketball player Aleksej Pokuševski plays for the NBA team Oklahoma City Thunder. A talented power forward/small forward, he began his senior career with the Greek club Olympiacos, before being picked up by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2020 NBA draft. He is the son of a professional basketball player and coach.

Mary Somerville

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1780

Birthplace: Jedburgh, Scotland

Died: 1872

One of the two pioneering female honorary members of the Royal Astronomical Society, Mary Somerville was a 19th-century polymath and science writer. Though she specialized in math and astronomy, she was also well-versed in botany and geology. The Connection of the Physical Sciences remains her most notable work.

Sofiane Feghouli

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Levallois-Perret, France

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Wallace Huo

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Taipei, Taiwan

While he initially aspired to be a basketball player, Wallace Huo later deviated to singing and then acting. The Taiwanese entertainer is known for his performances in Chinese Paladin 3, Swordsman, and the hit fantasy drama The Journey of Flower. He has grabbed deals with brands such as Hugo Boss, too.

Baba Amte

Listed In: Activists

Birth Year: 1914

Birthplace: Wardha, Maharashtra

Died: 2008

Baba Amte was an Indian activist and social worker best remembered for his work that aimed at empowering people suffering from leprosy. Dubbed the modern Gandhi of India, Amte received several prestigious awards, such as the Gandhi Peace Prize, Dr. Ambedkar International Award, Ramon Magsaysay Award, and the Padma Vibhushan.

Elton Mayo

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birth Year: 1880

Birthplace: Adelaide, Australia

Died: 1949

Elton Mayo was an Australian-born industrial researcher, psychologist, and organizational theorist. As a psychologist, Mayo played an important role during World War I, helping soldiers returning from the war recover from the stresses. He also conducted psycho-pathological tests and is credited with pioneering the psychoanalytic treatment of shell-shock. Elton Mayo's works also laid the basis for the human relations movement.

Peter Hillary

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1954

Birthplace: Auckland

The son of legendary New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary, Peter Hillary followed in his father’s footsteps and became a successful mountaineer. He and his father were the first father-son duo to scale Mt. Everest. An author and philanthropist, too, he has helped people in the Mt. Everest region in Nepal.

Aksel Lund Svindal

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Lørenskog Municipality, Norway

Aksel Lund Svindal is a former alpine ski racer. A two-time World Cup champion, Svindal is widely regarded as the best Norwegian alpine skier of all time. During the course of his illustrious career, Aksel Lund Svindal won two Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and an Olympic bronze medal. He also won five gold medals at World Championships.

Shimron Hetmyer

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: East Berbice-Corentyne, Guyana

Shimron Hetmyer is a Guyanese professional cricket player who represents the West Indies cricket team in international cricket matches. One of the most popular and prominent members of the current West Indies cricket team, Hetmyer is renowned for his ability to strike the ball hard. He also plays in popular T20 tournaments around the world.