Famous People Born Today

Che Guevara

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1928

Birthplace: Rosario, Argentina

Died: 1967

Argentine Marxist revolutionary, Che Guevara, was a major figure of the Cuban Revolution. A physician by profession, he developed radical views upon witnessing the injustices in the world and joined Fidel Castro’s revolutionary 26th of July Movement. Assassinated in 1967, he remains both a revered and reviled historical figure.

Lucy Hale

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Lucy Hale is best known as Aria Montgomery from Pretty Little Liars. She has also been part of series such as Bionic Woman and Privileged, and movies such as Truth or Dare and Scream 4. She participated in the singing contest American Juniors and released a solo album, too.

Steffi Graf

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1969

Birthplace: Mannheim, Germany

Known for her footwork and forehand drive, former world number one tennis star Steffi Graf has won 22 Grand Slam titles, the third all-time record. She became the first player to win four Grand Slams and the Olympic gold in a year. She is married to fellow player Andre Agassi.

Donald Trump

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: New York, United States

The former President of the United States, Donald Trump was arguably the most controversial president in the American history. He has been characterised as racist and his actions and policies divided America like never before. He lost his bid for re-election to Joe Biden in a bitterly fought election .

Will Patton

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1954

Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Will Patton is best known as Bill Yoast from Remember the Titans and Dan Weaver from the sci-fi series Falling Skies. He has also appeared in films such as Armageddon and is also an Obie Award-winning theater actor. He has narrated countless books, too, mostly by James Lee Burke.

Burl Ives

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1909

Birthplace: Hunt City, Illinois, United States

Died: 1995

Gunna

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: College Park, Georgia, United States

Gunna is an American singer, songwriter, and rapper. On May 22, 2020, Gunna released his second album Wunna, which debuted at number one position on the Billboard 200 chart. Like many other rappers, Gunna has had his share of controversies; he was arrested in 2018 for possession of marijuana and was released the next day on a bond of $2,500.

Jesy Nelson

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1991

Birthplace: Romford, London, England

Jesy Nelson gained fame as part of the British all-girl pop group Little Mix, which was the first group to win The X Factor. The tattoo-covered singer also won numerous awards, including a National Television Award for Factual Entertainment, for hosting the body image-related documentary Odd One Out.

Yasmine Bleeth

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States

Yasmine Bleeth is a former actress who contributed to the success of TV series, such as Baywatch. Also known for her charity work, Yasmine Bleeth served as the spokesperson for a fundraising campaign called Lee National Denim Day in 1998. She has also donated money to help advance research on breast cancer.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1811

Birthplace: Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

Died: 1896

Ryan McCartan

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Excelsior, Minnesota, United States

Ryan McCartan is best known as Diggie Smalls from Liv and Maddie. He has also appeared in Heathers: The Musical and the TV film The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again. He was part of the pop duo The Girl and the Dreamcatcher, too.

Chou Tzu-yu

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1999

Birthplace: East District, Taiwan

Chou Tzu-yu is a Taiwanese singer best known for her association with the popular South Korean girl group Twice, where she is currently the youngest member. In 2016, she was named among the most popular idols in South Korea. In 2019, she was adjudged the second-most popular female K-pop idol, according to a survey.

Boy George

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1961

Birthplace: Barnehurst, Bexleyheath, United Kingdom

Queer icon Boy George gained fame as the lead singer of the pop group Culture Club. He is known for his androgynous dressing style and for pioneering the New Romantic Movement of the 1970s and the 1980s. He has struggled with drug addiction and has written two bestselling memoirs.

Faizon Love

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1968

Birthplace: Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Faizon Love is a Cuban-American comedian and actor known for playing important roles in films like Friday, Torque, and Couples Retreat. In 2014, he was caught up in a controversy when he made a series of contentious comments on Twitter pertaining to the sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby. In 2017, he was arrested after being accused of misdemeanor assault.

Marla Gibbs

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1931

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Traylor Howard

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1966

Birthplace: Orlando, Florida

Traylor Howard is best known as Sharon Carter from Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place and as Natalie Teeger from Monk. She had begun as an AT&T Corporation model. She has also appeared in the Foo Fighters’ music video Breakout and in the film Dirty Work.

Dorothy McGuire

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1916

Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Died: 2001

Kevin McHale

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Plano, Texas, United States

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Karl Landsteiner

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1868

Birthplace: Vienna

Died: 1943

Karl Landsteiner was a physician, biologist, and immunologist. He is credited with distinguishing the main blood groups as well as identifying the Rhesus factor. He is also credited with discovering the polio virus along with Erwin Popper and Constantin Levaditi. He won the Aronson Prize in 1926. In 1930, Landsteiner was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Gene Barry

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1919

Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

Died: 2009

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Jaylon Smith

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1995

Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Kara Killmer

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Crowley, Texas, United States

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Sam Wanamaker

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1919

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Died: 1993

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

King Diamond

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1956

Birthplace: Hvidovre, Denmark

Kim Petersen AKA King Diamond is as popular for his creepy Gothic face-painted look as he is for his heavy metal tracks. The Danish singer, who performs as part of the bands Mercyful Fate and King Diamond, claims he has had paranormal experiences and also follows Satanism and the occult.

Pascale Hutton

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Creston, British Columbia, Canada

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Alois Alzheimer

Listed In: Physicians

Birth Year: 1864

Birthplace: Marktbreit

Died: 1915

German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer is noted for identifying the first published case of presenile dementia, which his colleague and German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin later identified as Alzheimer's disease. Alois publicly discussed his findings on brain pathology and symptoms of presenile dementia in late-1906 and penned a larger paper giving details of the disease and his findings in 1907.

Torrance Coombs

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1983

Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Lang Lang

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1982

Birthplace: Shenyang

Charles Augustin De Coulomb

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1736

Birthplace: Angoulême, France

Died: 1806

French physicist Charles Augustin De Coulomb, remembered for laying down the Coulomb’s law, had previously been a military engineer in the West Indies. At the onset of the French Revolution, Coulomb, struggling with failing health, devoted himself to research. The unit of electric charge, coulomb, was named after him.

Louis Garrel

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1983

Birthplace: Paris, France

Best known for his starring role in The Dreamers, French actor and filmmaker Louis Garrel in general portrays similar characters, appearing as somebody involved in love triangles or historical figures like Jacques de Bascher, Jean-Luc Godard and Alfred Dreyfus. Since 2006, he has also been making films, screenwriting and directing movies like Two Friends, A Faithful Man, The Crusade etc.

Alina Boz

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1998

Birthplace: Moscow, Russia

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Eric Heiden

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Eric Heiden is a former track cyclist, road cyclist, and long track speed skater. At the 1980 Winter Olympics, Heiden won five individual gold medals, setting one world record and four Olympic records in the process. The most successful athlete at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Heiden won more gold medals than all other nations except East Germany and Soviet Union.

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi

Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Birth Year: 1856

Birthplace: Bareilly

Died: 1921

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, also known as Ala-Hazrat, was a renowned Islamic scholar and an Urdu poet. Born in Bareilly, British India, he belonged to a family of Rohilla Pushtuns who had migrated from Qandahar. He wrote about various subjects such as philosophy, science, and astronomy.

Kumar Mangalam Birla

Listed In: Business People

Birth Year: 1967

Birthplace: India

Kumar Mangalam Birla is an Indian industrialist best known as the chairman of the Indian multinational conglomerate company, Aditya Birla Group. He also serves as the chairman of IIM Ahmedabad and IIT Delhi. Over the course of his career, Birla has received several honors like the Business Leader of the Year award and Outstanding Business Man of the Year award.