Famous People Born Today

Humphrey Bogart

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1899

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 1957

Humphrey Bogart is considered one of the greatest Hollywood actors and a legend. His filmography includes classics such as Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, To Have and Have Not, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, In a Lonely Place and The Caine Mutiny. He won Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1951 film The African Queen.

Jimmy Buffett

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: Pascagoula, Mississippi

Died: 2023

Jimmy Buffett is an American musician, singer-songwriter, actor, author, and businessman. Buffett, who owns the Margaritaville Cafe chain of restaurants, is one of the richest musicians in the world. Also known for his charity work, Jimmy Buffett is credited with founding a non-profit group called Save the Manatee Club, which works towards the conservation of manatees.

Sissy Spacek

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1949

Birthplace: Quitman, Texas, United States

Sissy Spacek is best known for her Academy Award-winning role of Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter and also earned a Grammy nomination for her country tracks in the movie. Her other notable projects are the films Missing and The River, and the series Bloodline, Castle Rock, and Homecoming.

Rod Serling

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1924

Birthplace: Syracuse, New York, United States

Died: 1975

Rod Serling was an American playwright, screenwriter, narrator, and television producer. One of the first writers to write specifically for television, Serling is often credited with legitimizing television drama. He is also credited with creating the much-acclaimed series The Twilight Zone. For his much-publicized clashes with TV executives, Serling was often referred to as the angry young man of Hollywood.

Conrad Hilton

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1887

Birthplace: San Antonio, New Mexico, United States

Died: 1979

Conrad Hilton was an American politician and businessman credited with founding the popular multinational hospitality company, Hilton Hotels Corporation. He is also the founder of a non-profit charitable organization called Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, which aims at ending human suffering worldwide. In 1996, the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize was created by the foundation in the memory of Conrad Hilton.

Cab Calloway

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1907

Birthplace: Rochester

Died: 1994

Jazz singer and dancer, Cab Calloway, was a famous vocalist of the swing era. From the early 1930s to the late 1940s, he led a very popular band that included musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, Jonah Jones, and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham. A man of color, he became the first African-American musician to sell a million records from a single song.

Dido

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Kensington, London, England

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Anwar Sadat

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1918

Birthplace: Mit Abu al-Kum

Died: 1981

Anwar Sadat served as the president and prime minister of Egypt till his assassination in 1981. He was part of the Free Officers, a group that overthrew King Farouk. He became the first Muslim Nobel laureate, after winning the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty.

Perdita Weeks

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Cardiff, United Kingdom

British actress Perdita Weeks is known for her role in the CBS reboot series Magnum P.I. An alumnus of the Courtauld Institute of Art, she always knew she wanted to be an actress. She began acting as a child and her passion for the profession only intensified with time. She primarily acts on TV and a done a few films.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1876

Birthplace: Karachi, Pakistan

Died: 1948

Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan’s Father of the Nation, was an All-India Muslim League leader who led to the formation of Pakistan in 1947. Educated in England, Jinnah was a barrister and had worked at the Bombay High Court. He had helped pass the 1916 Lucknow Pact, too.

Clara Barton

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1821

Birthplace: North Oxford, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 1912

Clara Barton was an American nurse best remembered for founding the American Red Cross. She is renowned for her civil rights advocacy and humanitarian work. She also played an important role in the Civil War, serving as a hospital nurse, a patent clerk, and a teacher. In 1973, Barton was made an inductee of the National Women's Hall of Fame.

Barbara Mandrell

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1948

Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1924

Birthplace: Gwalior

Died: 2018

Atal Bihari Vajpayee served as the 10th Prime Minister of India and was the first prime minister who did not belong to the Indian National Congress. The BJP politician had been a journalist and an RSS member. He was a noted poet, too. During his tenure as prime minister, he carried out Pokhran II nuclear tests in 1998 and declared India as a country with nuclear weapons capability.

Shane MacGowan

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Pembury, Kent, England

Died: 2023

Shane MacGowan is an Irish-English recording artist and vocalist. He is credited with co-founding popular bands, such as The Pogues and Shane MacGowan and the Popes. He is also known for his collaboration with artists like Sinéad O'Connor, Kirsty MacColl, and Nick Cave. In 2018, he was honored with the Ivor Novello Inspiration Award for creating inspiring music.

Ken Stabler

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1945

Birthplace: Foley, Alabama, United States

Died: 2015

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Demaryius Thomas

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Montrose, Georgia, USA

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Rickey Henderson

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Died: 2024

Miro

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Bulgarian wrestler Miroslav Barnyashev, better known as Miro and Rusev, has had a successful career in the US. He is the only Bulgarian to have represented the WWE. He currently represents AEW and is a former United States and TNT champion. Before stepping into wrestling, he also competed in rowing, sambo, and powerlifting.

CCH Pounder

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1952

Birthplace: Georgetown, Guyana

CCH Pounder is a Guyanese-American actress best known for playing Detective Claudette Wyms in the crime drama television series The Shield, for which she received a couple of Satellite Awards. Also known for her humanitarian efforts, Pounder founded Artists for a New South Africa, an organization that aims at spreading awareness about issues pertaining to HIV/AIDS and post-apartheid.

Evelyn Nesbit

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1884

Birthplace: Tarentum, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: 1967

Eric Gordon

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Indianapolis

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Alannah Myles

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Toronto, Canada

Best known for her Grammy-winning and Billboard-charting single Black Velvet, written in memory of Elvis Presley, Alannah Myles is the daughter of legendary Canadian broadcaster William Douglas Byles. She was later seen in Eurovision and also sang the Canadian national anthem at Toronto All-Star Game in 1991.

Louis Chevrolet

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1878

Birthplace: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

Died: 1941

Louis Chevrolet was a Swiss race car driver. He is credited with co-founding the Chevrolet Motor Car Company, which is currently a major manufacturer of cars. He is also credited with founding the Frontenac Motor Corporation. Louis Chevrolet was inducted into several halls of fame, including the International Motorsports Hall of Fame and Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.

Larry Csonka

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: Stow, Ohio, USA

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

Carlos Castaneda

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1925

Birthplace: Cajamarca, Peru

Died: 1998

Peruvian-American author and anthropologist Carlos Castaneda was born to unwed parents. He lived a mysterious life, and though believed to be married, he later denied the claim. An expert on shamanism, he was a disciple of sorcerer Don Juan Matus and later penned books such as The Teachings of Don Juan.

Gary Sandy

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1945

Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, USA

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Noel Redding

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1945

Birthplace: Folkestone, England

Died: 2003

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Mabel King

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1932

Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Died: 1999

Ivana Alawi

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1996

Birthplace: Manila, Philippines

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Armin van Buuren

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Leiden

Armin van Buuren is a Dutch record producer and DJ. He is best known for hosting a weekly radio show called A State of Trance (ASOT), which is broadcast in 84 countries to nearly 40 million listeners on over 100 FM radio stations. Armin has been named by DJ Mag as the number one DJ on a record five occasions.

Jorgie Porter

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1987

Birthplace: Manchester, Lancashire, England

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Louise Bourgeois

Listed In: Artists & Painters

Birth Year: 1911

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: 2010

Louise Bourgeois was a French-American artist best remembered for her large-scale installation art and sculpture. Also a prolific printmaker and painter, Bourgeois explored a variety of themes, such as sexuality and death. In 1997, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts. In 2009, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.

Rob Mariano

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1975

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Miro

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Tuomas Holopainen

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Kitee, Finland

Finnish musician Tuomas Holopainen, who established the symphonic metal band Nightwish, was just 7 when he began training in the piano. Though he initially studied jazz and classical music, he was later inspired by harmonic film music. He is also known for his love for nature.

Emmanuel Agassi

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1930

Birthplace: Salmas, Iran

Known as the father of legendary American tennis player Andre Agassi, Emmanuel Agassi was a star sportsman in his own right and a 2-time Olympian boxer from Iran. He changed his name to Mike after moving to the US, where he invented a tennis-ball machine called The Dragon, with which he trained Andre.

Jairzinho

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1944

Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Emma Slater

Listed In: Dancers

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Tamworth, Staffordshire

Emma Slater is an English-American dancer and choreographer best known for making numerous appearances on the popular dance competition television series, Dancing with the Stars. Prior to making her TV debut, Emma Slater competed in dance competitions around the world, representing the UK. She then went on to establish herself as a theater and TV personality.

Eve Pollard

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1945

Birthplace: London

Ahmed Ben Bella

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1916

Birthplace: Maghnia, Algeria

Died: 2012

Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria’s first president, had humble beginnings, as the son of a farmer and small-time businessman. He once went to prison after robbing a post office to fund his revolutionary operations and later formed the National Liberation Front to fight against the French colonial reign.

Ed Hochuli

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1950

Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Bulow

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1999

Birthplace: Berlin, Germany

Nellie Fox

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1927

Birthplace: St. Thomas Township, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: 1975

Gaite Jansen

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Rotterdam, Netherlands

Gaite Jansen is a Dutch actress who has achieved critical acclaim for many of her roles in films and TV series like 170 Hz and In therapie. When she was just 12 years old, Gaite was awarded the Best Actress Award at the 48 Hour Film Project in Amsterdam for her role in Luwte.

Madan Mohan Malaviya

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1861

Birthplace: Allahabad, India

Died: 1946

Madan Mohan Malaviya was an Indian educational reformer and politician. He is best remembered for playing an important role in India's freedom struggle. He served as the president of the Indian National Congress on three occasions and founded a political party named Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha. He also co-founded Central Hindu College and worked towards promoting modern education in India.

Ernst Ruska

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1906

Birthplace: Heidelberg

Died: 1988

Ernst Ruska was a German physicist whose work in electron optics earned him the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986. His work led to the discovery of electron microscope, which plays a key role in the field of medical science. From 1957 to 1974, Ernst Ruska also worked at the Technical University of Berlin where he taught several students.