Famous People Born Today

Bruce Willis

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1955

Birthplace: Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Actor and film producer, Bruce Willis, began his career on the off-Broadway stage in the 1970s. In his youth, he was widely regarded as an action hero following his portrayal of John McClane in the Die Hard franchise. Currently, he plays character roles. He is also a singer and has released a few albums.

Wyatt Earp

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1848

Birthplace: Monmouth, Illinois, United States

Died: 1929

A policeman and a gunfighter, Wyatt Earp is most known for his role in one of the most famous gunfights in the American West history - the Gunfight at O.K. Corral against a group of cowboys. The incident inspired numerous films and books that elevated his heroic status. During his life, he also worked as a truck driver and saloonkeeper.

AJ Lee

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Union City, New Jersey, United States

April Jeanette Mendez, better known by her ring name AJ Lee, is best known for her stint with WWE. She is a three-time Divas champion and won the Slammy Award for Diva of the Year twice. She has also written a bestselling memoir and is also quite popular on Instagram.

Glenn Close

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1947

Birthplace: Greenwich, Connecticut, United States

Regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation, Glenn Close holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations without a win for a female actor. Also an activist, she has campaigned for issues like mental health, women's rights, and gay marriage. In 2019, she was named in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world list.

Yung Gravy

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: Rochester, Minnesota

Yung Gravy is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter. He is known for his songs 1 Thot 2 Thot Red Thot Blue Thot and Mr. Clean, which have been certified platinum by the RIAA. He often blends trap music with elements of soul and oldies from the 1950s and 1960s and his style has been described as groovy and humorous.

Hakim Ziyech

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Dronten, Netherlands

Dutch footballer Hakim Ziyech, or The Wizard, now represents Chelsea as an attacking midfielder/winger. After beginning his senior career with Heerenveen, he had a successful stint with Ajax, winning titles such as the Eredivisie with them. After representing the Dutch youth teams earlier, he now plays for the Moroccan national team.

Ursula Andress

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1936

Birthplace: Ostermundigen, Switzerland

Swiss actress, yesteryear model and sex symbol Ursula Andress gained attention playing Honey Ryder, widely regarded as the first Bond girl, in the first James Bond film titled Dr. No. In the ensuing years, she bolstered her career starring in films like The Southern Star, Clash of the Titans, and particularly as Vesper Lynd in spy parody film Casino Royale.

Andy Reid

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Andy Reid is an American football coach who is currently serving as the head coach for the National Football League team the Kansas City Chiefs. Reid is credited with revitalizing the Chiefs which was a struggling team when he started coaching them in 2013. He helped the Kansas City Chiefs win a Super Bowl title, their first in 50 years.

Clayton Kershaw

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States

An eight-time MLB All-Star, Clayton Kershaw is an American professional baseball player, often described as the best pitcher in the history of baseball. Also known for his humanitarian work, Clayton Kershaw has been honored with the Branch Rickey Award and Roberto Clemente Award. A prolific donator, Kershaw donated $260,000 to build an orphanage called Hope's Home.

Theo Von

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1980

Birthplace: Covington, Louisiana, U.S.

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

David Livingstone

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1813

Birthplace: Scotland

Died: 1873

David Livingstone was a Scottish physician who played a major role at the London Missionary Society, where he was a pioneer Christian missionary. He is also remembered for his work as a missionary in Africa. Widely considered one of the most famous British heroes of the late Victorian era, Livingstone was mentioned in the 100 Greatest Britons list in 2002.

Patrick McGoohan

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Astoria, New York, United States

Died: 2009

Though born in the US, Patrick McGoohan moved to the US with his family as a child and later became one of Britain’s best-known actors. Fans loved him as John Drake in Danger Man and as Number Six in The Prisoner. He is also known for his Emmy-winning performance in the series Columbo.

Earl Warren

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1891

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Died: 1974

Earl Warren served as the chief justice of the U.S. from 1953 to 1969. He was also the California governor from 1943 to 1953. The "Warren Court" revolutionized the American justice system by making landmark judgments, such as making school segregation unconstitutional in the Brown v. Board of Education case.

William Jennings Bryan

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1860

Birthplace: Salem, Illinois, United States

Died: 1925

William Jennings Bryan had served as the U.S. secretary of state under President Woodrow Wilson and had also been the U.S. representative from Nebraska's 1st district. He ran for president thrice, though unsuccessfully. He also banned the teaching of evolution in schools, leading to the Scopes Monkey Trial.

Philip Roth

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1933

Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States

Died: 2018

Philip Roth was a novelist and short-story writer best remembered for creating the fictional character Nathan Zuckerman, who featured in many of his novels. The recipient of the 1997 Pulitzer Prize, he also received the inaugural Franz Kafka Prize. Roth was one of the most awarded American writers of his generation. Born a Jew, he became an atheist later on.

Hiroo Onoda

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1922

Birthplace: Kainan, Wakayama, Japan

Died: 2014

Hiroo Onoda was a Japanese intelligence officer who had served in World War II and was the penultimate Japanese soldier to surrender. He hid in the Philippines for 29 years, unable to figure out the war had ended, until he was officially relieved from duty. He later wrote an autobiography.

Mario J. Molina

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1943

Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico

Died: 2020

Mario J. Molina was a Mexican chemist who played a key role in understanding and explaining the threat from chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases to the Earth's ozone layer, which earned him the prestigious Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995. Molina was the third Mexican-born Nobel laureate and the first Mexican-born person to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Vida Guerra

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1974

Birthplace: Havana, Cuba

Vida Guerra is a Cuban-born American model. As a young woman, she entered several fashion shows and started bagging modeling assignments. She became internationally famous after appearing in a lingerie spread for FHM in December 2002 and has since worked with many international brands. She has also appeared in a few TV shows.

Tommy Cooper

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1921

Birthplace: Caerphilly

Died: 1984

Fred Berry

Listed In: Dancers

Birth Year: 1951

Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Died: 2003

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Delphine LaLaurie

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1780

Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Died: 1849

Delphine LaLaurie, also known as Marie Delphine Macarty or Madame Blanque, was a socialite from New Orleans who tortured and killed countless slaves in her Royal Street mansion. Her crimes were discovered after a fire at her mansion. An outraged mob subsequently destroyed the house, while she left New Orleans.

Sakura Miyawaki

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1998

Birthplace: Kagoshima, Japan

Japanese singer-actor Sakura Miyawaki initially gained fame as part of groups such as HKT48 and Iz*One. The J-pop and K-pop icon apparently signed a deal with BTS’s agency HYBE in 2021. She was also the runner-up on the reality show Produce 48 and has a popular YouTube video gaming channel, too.

Fletcher

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1994

Birthplace: Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States

Hector Bellerin

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Rachel Blanchard

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Toronto

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Quenton Nelson

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: Holmdel, New Jersey, United States

Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

Alessandro Nesta

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Rome, Italy

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Richard Francis Burton

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1821

Birthplace: Torquay

Died: 1890

Richard Francis Burton was a British explorer, soldier, and scholar. He is best remembered for his explorations in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Along with John Hanning Speke, Burton was the first European to witness the Great Lakes of Africa. A prolific writer, Burton wrote several scholarly articles about numerous subjects like sexual practices, falconry, human behavior, travel, and ethnography.

Moms Mabley

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1894

Birthplace: Brevard, North Carolina, United States

Died: 1975

Anne Vyalitsyna

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Anne Vyalitsyna is a Russian-American model renowned for her consecutive appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue from 2005 to 2014. Apart from appearing in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Vyalitsyna has also appeared on the covers of popular magazines, such as Glamour, Elle, and Vogue. She has also walked the runway for brands like Louis Vuitton, Chanel, and Prada.

Adolf Galland

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1912

Birthplace: Herten, Germany

Died: 1996

Adolf Galland was a German flying ace and Luftwaffe general who served during World War II in Europe. He flew as much as 705 combat missions and fought in the Defence of the Reich and on the Western Front. During the course of his illustrious career, Adolf Galland achieved 104 aerial victories against the Western Allies.

Fred Stoller

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Joseph Stilwell

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1883

Birthplace: Palatka, Florida, United States

Died: 1946

Joe Kapp

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1938

Birthplace: Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Known as The Toughest Chicano, Joe Kapp made history by becoming the only player to quarterback in Rose Bowl, Grey Cup, and Super Bowl. He also received the Spirit of Life award for his charitable work and has helped Latin students by raising funds for their education.

Shannon Beveridge

Listed In: YouTubers

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Carrollton, Texas

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Garrett Clayton

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Dearborn, Michigan, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Julia Montes

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Pandacan, Manila, Philippines

Julia Montes was raised by her deaf Filipina mother after her German father abandoned them. Julia began modeling at 5 and later soared to fame with series such as Mara Clara and films such as A Moment in Time. She has lately been rumored to be dating Coco Martin.

Rich Ashburn

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1927

Birthplace: Tilden, Nebraska, United States

Died: 1997

Billy Sheehan

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1953

Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Charles Marion Russell

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1864

Birthplace: St. Louis

Died: 1926

Charles Marion Russell was an American artist best remembered for depicting the American Old West. Dubbed the cowboy artist, Russell produced over 2,000 paintings featuring Native Americans, landscapes of the western United States, and cowboys. In 1955, Charles Marion Russell was made a member of the Hall of Great Westerners.

Frédéric Joliot-Curie

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1900

Birthplace: Paris

Died: 1958

Frédéric Joliot-Curie was a French physicist whose discovery of artificial radioactivity earned him the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which was jointly awarded to Frédéric and his wife Irène Joliot-Curie. Along with his wife, Frédéric is credited with founding the Orsay Faculty of Sciences, a physics and mathematics school within Paris-Saclay University. He had also won the Stalin Peace Prize.