Famous People Born Today

Katy Perry

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Santa Barbara, California, United States

A name that has found a place in the Forbes list of highest-earning women in music continuously for 9 years in a row, Katy Perry is a one of America’s most beloved pop singers. An inspiration to upcoming singers, Perry has established herself in the music industry through her edgy tunes and empowering tracks.

Pablo Picasso

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birth Year: 1881

Birthplace: Málaga, Spain

Died: 1973

Pablo Picasso was a renowned artist whose paintings sell by millions of dollars at auctions even today, many years after his death. With masterful strokes, attractive shades and rich textures, Picasso created some of the most visually impressive arts of the 20th century. While exploring new styles and experimenting with different techniques, Picasso co-founded Cubist art style and co-invented collage.

Ciara

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Austin, Texas, United States

Ciara is an American singer-songwriter whose debut single, Goodies, earned her the title Princess of Crunk&B. Her songs, Goodies and Yeah!, are credited with introducing the substyle of contemporary R&B and crunk music called crunk&B to music lovers. Also a dancer and model, Ciara has had a major impact on the American entertainment industry for the past 10 years.

Craig Robinson

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Marion Ross

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Watertown, Minnesota, United States

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Nancy Cartwright

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, United States

Chad Smith

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Saint Paul

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Tracy Nelson

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Mia Wasikowska

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Canberra, Australia

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Mia Goth

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: London, England

English actress and model, Mia Goth, began her career as a teenage model. Soon, she ventured into acting as well and made her film debut. In the ensuing years, she appeared in many movies and TV shows, making a name for herself in the entertainment industry. The popular actress is a recipient of the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award.

Antony Starr

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1975

Birthplace: Wellington, New Zealand

Antony Starr is a New Zealand actor whose portrayal of Jeremy King in the 2012 Australian mystery drama film Wish You Were Here earned him the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award and the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award. Antony Starr is best known for playing Homelander in the American superhero television series, The Boys.

Bob Knight

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1940

Birthplace: Massillon, Ohio, United States

Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

Helen Reddy

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1941

Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Died: 2020

Australia-born singer-songwriter Helen Maxine Reddy moved to the USA when she won a ticket to New York City, eventually remaining there, struggling to establish herself until she got her first hit, I Don’t Know How to Love Him. However, her best remembered song was I Am Woman, which went on to become a feminist anthem, making her an international star.

Adam Goldberg

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States

Adam Goldberg is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician. Over the years, he has contributed immensely to the success of several independent films, such as 2 Days in Paris. Also a guitarist and songwriter, Adam Goldberg is credited with forming a musical group called The Goldberg Sisters where he performs as the lead singer.

Johann Strauss II

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1825

Birthplace: Neubau, Vienna, Austria

Died: 1899

Johann Strauss II, also known as The Waltz King, was initially pushed by his composer father Johann Strauss I to become a banker, while he learned the violin secretly and conducted a restaurant band. Best remembered for his iconic composition The Blue Danube, he redefined the 19th-century waltzes and operettas.

Minnie Pearl

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1912

Birthplace: Centerville, Tennessee, USA

Died: 1996

Richard E. Byrd

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1888

Birthplace: Winchester, Virginia, United States

Died: 1957

American naval officer Richard E. Byrd is remembered for his pioneering expeditions to Antarctica, using airplanes. Though he was awarded a US Congressional Medal of Honor for completing the first flight over the North Pole, it was later revealed that he had returned when he was 150 miles away from the destination.

Brian Kelly

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Everett, Massachusetts, United States

Sara Dylan

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1939

Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Sara Dylan, the first wife of legendary singer Bob Dylan, is said to be the inspiration behind Bob’s songs such as Abandoned Love and Sara. She is a former model and has also been a Playboy Bunny. She appeared as Clara in the film Renaldo and Clara, directed by Dylan.

Billy Barty

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1924

Birthplace: Millsboro, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 2000

Height: 3'9" (114 cm)

Pedro Martínez

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Manoguayabo, Dominican Republic

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Georges Bizet

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1838

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: 1875

Georges Bizet was a French composer whose career was cut short by his untimely demise at the age of 36. Since his death in 1875, Bizet's final work Carmen has become one of the most frequently performed works in the opera repertoire. Although he couldn’t achieve success during his lifetime, Bizet's death is considered a loss to French musical theatre.

Dan Gable

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: Waterloo, Iowa, United States

Considered to be the greatest amatuer in the history of the United States, Dan Gable is a world gold medalist, an Olympic gold medalist and a two-time NCAA Division I national champion. He is the thrid wrestler to be inducted in the Legend category in United World Wrestling's Hall of Fame. He also earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2020.

Leslie Grossman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Jon Anderson

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1944

Birthplace: Accrington

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Évariste Galois

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1811

Birthplace: Bourg-la-Reine, French Empire

Died: 1832

Évariste Galois was a French mathematician best remembered for solving a 350-year-old problem when he was still in his teens. His work formed the basis for group theory and Galois theory, two important branches of abstract algebra. Also a political activist, Évariste Galois died at the age of 20 after suffering wounds in a duel.

Jeanne Cooper

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Taft, California, United States

Died: 2013

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Juan Soto

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1998

Birthplace: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Glynis Barber

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1955

Birthplace: Durban

Best known for her roles in Dempsey and Makepeace, Blake's 7, and EastEnders, South African actor Glynis Barber has also showcased her skills in theater, appearing in plays such as High Flyers with Hugh Grant and Killing Time with Dennis Waterman. She is married to co-star Michael Brandon.

Valter Skarsgård

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Sweden

Swedish actor Valter Skarsgård, son of iconic actor Stellan Skarsgard, is known for films such as Portkod 1321 and Black Lake. Fans loved him as Jon in the Arn movie franchise and TV series. He also live-streams video games such as Rainbow Six: Siege and Rocket League on Twitch.

Ren Zhengfei

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1944

Birthplace: Zhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County, Anshun, China

Ren Zhengfei is a Chinese engineer and entrepreneur. He is credited with founding Huawei, the second-largest manufacturer of smartphones and the largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment in the world. He also serves as the CEO of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. In 2005, Ren Zhengfei was named in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world list.

Dave Cowens

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: Newport, Kentucky, United States

Height: 6'9" (206 cm)

Tony Franciosa

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States

Died: 2006

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Lynn Toler

Listed In: Lawyers & Judges

Birth Year: 1959

Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States

Height: 5'1" (155 cm)

Max Stirner

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birth Year: 1806

Birthplace: Bayreuth, Germany

Died: 1856

German philosopher Max Stirner had humble beginnings as a girls’ preparatory school teacher and translator. Remembered for his most ground-breaking work, The Ego and His Own, he explored the ego and Hegel’s concepts of social alienation. Unfortunately, he died of a poisonous insect bite at 49.

Chely Wright

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Jack Kent Cooke

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1912

Birthplace: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Died: 1997

Jack Haley Jr.

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1933

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Died: 2001

LoLa Monroe

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Glenn Tipton

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: Blackheath, England

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Michael Boatman

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1964

Birthplace: Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Tyler Alvarez

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1997

Birthplace: The Bronx, New York City, New York

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Josh Henderson

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1981

Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, USA

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Ayça Ayşin Turan

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Sinop, Turkey

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Elif Shafak

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Strasbourg, France

Known widely as Turkey’s most popular female author, Elif Shafak is best known for her Booker-shortlisted bestseller 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. A fierce advocate for gender equality and LGBTQ rights, she is also a 3-time TEDGlobal speaker. She now lives in London, on a self-imposed exile.