Famous People Born Today

Dakota Johnson

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Austin, Texas, United States

Born into a family of actors, Dakota Johnson debuted as a child artist and later began modelling. Her first big hit was the movie, The Social Network but it was the role of Anastasia Steele in the movie, Fifty Shades of Grey, and its two sequels that skyrocketed her fame to an international level. Her other work include the movie, Black Mass and A Bigger Splash.

Alicia Silverstone

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

Entering the entertainment world as a teenager in the early 1990s, actress Alicia Silverstone became internationally famous with her role in her film debut in The Crush. Despite gaining mainstream success in the 1990s, she chose to focus on smaller-scale films and theater in the next decade. She is a vegan and has published a vegan cookbook.

Melissa Benoist

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States

American actress, Melissa Benoist gained recognition with the musical comedy-drama series Glee and superhero adventure series Supergirl. As a singer, she has earned appreciation for her songs in Glee albums. Her film credits include Whiplash and Patriots Day. Earlier, she made her acting debut on stage. Since then, she has appeared in numerous plays and even made her Broadway debut.

Derrick Rose

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Derrick Rose is a basketball player who became the youngest player to receive the NBA Most Valuable Player Award; he received it at the age 22. Despite struggling with knee injuries throughout his career, Rose has managed to stay focused and is currently playing for the Detroit Pistons. In 2018, he came up with a scholarship program called The Rose Scholars to help students.

Liev Schreiber

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1967

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

Actor, director, and screenwriter, Liev Schreiber, is mainly known for his appearances in independent films. He had a difficult childhood and struggled a lot as a young man before destiny led him to the world of entertainment. Besides his work on the screen, Liev Schreiber has appeared in many Shakespearean plays.

Christoph Waltz

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1956

Birthplace: Vienna, Austria

Christoph Waltz is best known for his Academy Award-winning performances as Colonel Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds and Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchained, both by Quentin Tarantino. Waltz had begun as a stage and TV actor in Germany. Some of his other notable projects are Spectre and Big Eyes.

Susan Sarandon

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: Jackson Heights, New York, United States

Susan Sarandon is hailed as one of the best actresses of her time. She has starred in many acclaimed Hollywood films like Bull Durham, Thelma and Louise, Atlantic City and Lorenzo's Oil. In 1995 she won an Oscar for Dead Man Walking. She’s also a political activist and has often protested against issues like war, gun violence and migrant separation policy.

Rachael Leigh Cook

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Starting out as a child actress, Rachael Leigh Cook went on to establish herself as a successful actress. Known for her good looks, she was ranked 26th in Stuff magazine's list of 102 Sexiest Women in the World in 2002. Also known for her public service, she was selected as a Champion of Change for Arts Education by the Obama administration.

Charlton Heston

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1923

Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois, United States

Died: 2008

Charlton Heston was an American actor whose cinematic legacy became the subject of an 11-film retrospective titled Cinematic Atlas: The Triumphs of Charlton Heston. Also a political activist, Charlton Heston was one of the few Hollywood actors to criticize racism in the 1950s and 1960s; he was also a supporter of the Civil Rights Movement.

Buster Keaton

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1895

Birthplace: Piqua, Kansas, United States

Died: 1966

Buster Keaton was an American comedian, filmmaker, actor, and stunt performer. Regarded as one of the greatest actor-directors of all time, Keaton was renowned for his physical comedy. Counted among the greatest stars of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute, Buster Keaton's films remain highly regarded. His 1926 film The General was admired by actors like Orson Welles.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1822

Birthplace: Delaware, Ohio, United States

Died: 1893

Rutherford B. Hayes served as the U.S. president from 1877 to 1881. He won a close election through the Compromise of 1877, thus putting an end to Reconstruction and withdrawing troops from the South. An attorney, he owned several law firms and had also served as the Ohio governor.

Robert Patrick

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Marietta, Georgia, United States

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Jackie Collins

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1937

Birthplace: London, England, UK

Died: 2015

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Armand Assante

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1949

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Armand Assante is an American actor known for playing important roles in films like Gotti and I, the Jury. His portrayal of mobster John Gotti in the HBO original crime film Gotti earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2010, he was honored with a star on the Italian Walk of Fame in Canada.

Ella Balinska

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: London, England

Ella Balinska is an English actress best known for playing Jane Kano in the popular 2019 action comedy film, Charlie's Angels. Before starting her acting career, Ella Balinska was an athlete, competing in track and field events at a national level. She also played county level netball and was a javelin thrower for Team London.

Bill Fagerbakke

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Fontana

Bill Fagerbakke is an American actor best known for voicing Patrick Star in the popular animated comedy TV series, SpongeBob SquarePants. Apart from voicing Patrick Star in the series, Fagerbakke has also voiced the famous character in several video games, such as Nicktoons Racing, SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman, and SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab.

Caitriona Balfe

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Anne Rice

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1941

Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Leigh-Anne Pinnock

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: High Wycombe, United Kingdom

Leigh-Anne Pinnock is best known as part of the four-member girl group Little Mix, which was formed in the 2011 season of The X Factor and was the first band to win the contest. Pinnock has also launched a fashion blog, besides an apparel collection in collaboration with ASOS.

Jabrill Peppers

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: East Orange, New Jersey, United States

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Sarah Lancashire

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1964

Birthplace: Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Tony La Russa

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1944

Birthplace: Tampa, Florida, United States

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Linda McMahon

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: New Bern, North Carolina, United States

Linda McMahon is an American political executive and former professional wrestling executive. She is credited with co-founding Titan Sports, Inc., which is now called as WWE, Inc., along with her husband Vince McMahon. She then left WWE to focus on her political career; from 2017 to 2019, she served as the Administrator of the Small Business Administration under Trump’s presidency.

Russell Simmons

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Queens, New York, United States

Russell Simmons is a controversial American businessman who co-founded the hip-hop music label, 'Def Jam Recordings', and established the clothing line 'Phat Fashions'. He is noted for Harriet Tubman Sex Tape which generated a lot of heat in 2013. Simmons who calls himself a Christian yogi is accused of sexual assaults on several women. He has adopted veganism and advocates non-violence.

Engelbert Dollfuss

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1892

Birthplace: Texingtal

Died: 1934

Engelbert Dollfuss was an Austrian politician best remembered for his service as Chancellor of Austria from 1932 to 1934. In 1933, Dollfuss assumed dictatorial powers after dissolving the parliament. He then went on to ban the Austrian Nazi Party and strengthened his own political organization, The Fatherland Front. Engelbert Dollfuss was assassinated by Nazi agents in 1934.

Brynn Thayer

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1949

Birthplace: North Dallas, Texas

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Chris Lowe

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1959

Birthplace: Blackpool, Lancashire, England

Chris Lowe once stormed the music world as part of the English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, which he formed with Neil Tennant. Known for hits such as Domino Dancing, West End Girls, and What Have I Done to Deserve This?, Chris and Tennant infused elements of electropop, disco, and techno.

Jimmy Workman

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Jimmy Workman, older brother of actor Ariel Winter, began as a child actor and is best known as Pugsley Addams from The Addams Family franchise. He also appeared in movies such as As Good as It Gets. He was also involved in a legal battle for the custody of Ariel.

Garrett Camp

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Calgary

Tech magnate Garrett Camp made headlines in 2020 when he quit his position of board director of Uber, a company co-founded by him, to focus on its product strategy. Camp has also formed companies such as StumbleUpon and the start-up incubator Expa Labs, and is part of The Giving Pledge.

Daniella Deutscher

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1975

Birthplace: Bozeman, Montana, USA

Tchéky Karyo

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1953

Birthplace: Istanbul, Turkey

French actor and musician Tchéky Karyo is best known as Julien Baptiste from the series The Missing and its spin-off, Baptiste. His performance in La Balance earned him a Cesar Award nomination. He has also appeared in character roles in films such as Kiss of the Dragon and The Patriot.

Richard Cromwell

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1626

Birthplace: Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England

Died: 1712

A. C. Green

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States

Height: 6'9" (206 cm)

Abraham Benrubi

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Height: 6'7" (201 cm)

Jon Secada

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Havana, Cuba

Jon Secada is a singer, voice actor, and songwriter. Having sold more than 15 million records, Secada is often counted among the best-selling Latin music artists. Apart from recording his own songs, he has also contributed as a songwriter for songs recorded by artists like Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, and Gloria Estefan. Secada has received two Grammy Awards so far.

Vicky Krieps

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1983

Birthplace: Luxembourg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Lori Saunders

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1941

Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Marcia Lucas

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1945

Birthplace: Modesto, California, United States

Rocio Durcal

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1944

Birthplace: Madrid, Spain

Died: 2006

Damon Runyon

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1880

Birthplace: Manhattan, Kansas, United States

Died: 1946

Mike Williams

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1994

Birthplace: Holly Hill, South Carolina

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Micky Ward

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1965

Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

Micky Ward is an American retired boxer who held the WBU light welterweight championship in 2000. Two of his three fights with Arturo Gatti, for which he is known, earned him The Ring magazine's Fight of the Year awards. Renowned for his pressure fighting style, Ward's career inspired the 2010 movie The Fighter where Ward was played by Mark Wahlberg.

Alvin Toffler

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 2016

Joe Kennedy III

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Brighton, Massachusetts, United States

Stacey Solomon

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Dagenham, London, England

Stacey Solomon is an English television personality and singer. She won the 10th series of British survival reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and then released her debut single in 2011. Her debut album Shy, which released in 2015, peaked at number 45 on the UK Albums Chart.