Famous People Born Today

Jason Momoa

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1979

Birthplace: Nānākuli, Hawaii, United States

An actor primarily known for his roles in the DC Extended Universe films, Jason Momoa is famous for his rugged good looks and raw sex appeal. He is of mixed Hawaiian and European descent. Beginning a career in entertainment in his late teens, he has now become an internationally renowned star. He has multiple tattoos.

Jerry Garcia

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1942

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

Died: 1995

Jerry Garcia had an illustrious 30-year career as the lead guitarist and vocalist of the rock band the Grateful Dead. Rolling Stone ranked him 13th on their 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list. He was known for his improvisations, participated in many side projects, and released several solo albums.

Coolio

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Compton, California, U.S.

Died: 2022

Rapper Coolio soared to fame with his Grammy-winning single Gangsta's Paradise. He continued winning accolades with hits such as C U When U Get There. He later released a cookbook and hosted the culinary show Cookin' with Coolio. He was also part of WC and the Maad Circle.

Yves Saint Laurent

Listed In: Fashion

Birth Year: 1936

Birthplace: Oran, Algeria

Died: 2008

Yves Saint Laurent was a French fashion designer who founded his eponymous fashion label in 1961. Widely regarded as one of the 20th century's most popular and influential fashion designers, Saint Laurent is credited with helping women all over the world find confidence by looking both elegant and comfortable at the same time. His life and career inspired many films.

Dom DeLuise

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1933

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 2009

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Herman Melville

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1819

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 1891

Herman Melville was an American short story writer, novelist, and poet. One of his best-known works, Moby-Dick is widely regarded as one of the great American novels, although it did not garner much attention during his lifetime. Livyatan melvillei, a species of an extinct sperm whale, which was discovered in 2010, was named in his honor.

Robert Todd Lincoln

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1843

Birthplace: Springfield, Illinois, United States

Died: 1926

Lawyer Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, served as the U.S. Secretary of War from 1881 to 1885 and as the U.S. minister to the U.K. from 1889 to 1893. He had served in the Civil War, too, and had also been the president of the Pullman Car Company.

Bastian Schweinsteiger

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1984

Birthplace: Kolbermoor, Germany

Bastian Schweinsteiger is a German former football player. Considered one of the greatest midfielders ever, Schweinsteiger was renowned for his tackling ability. Schweinsteiger represented Germany in three World Cups, playing a major role in his team's victory in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. One of the greatest German footballers of all time, Schweinsteiger is the fourth most-capped player for Germany.

Maria Montessori

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1870

Birthplace: Chiaravalle, Italy

Died: 1952

Maria Montessori was an Italian educator and physician best known for developing the Montessori method of education, a student-friendly method, which is being used in several public and private schools around the world. In 2020, she was nominated by Time magazine as one of their Top 100 Women of the year.

Francis Scott Key

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1779

Birthplace: Frederick County, Maryland, United States

Died: 1843

John Carroll Lynch

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Boulder, Colorado, United States

Actor and film director John Carroll Lynch has been active in the entertainment industry for three decades. After studying theater in college, he began his career with the Guthrie Theater company. He made his film debut soon after and didn’t take long before entering the TV industry. He is the winner of one Los Angeles Film Festival award.

Jack O'Connell

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1990

Birthplace: Alvaston, Derby, Derbyshire, England

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Leon Thomas III

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1993

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York

Leon Thomas III is best known as Andre Harris from the Nickelodeon series Victorious. He was the singing voice of Tyrone in The Backyardigans. He also produced the Grammy-winning album Love, Marriage & Divorce, as part of The Rascals, and won a Young Artist Award for the film August Rush.

William Clark

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birth Year: 1770

Birthplace: Caroline County

Died: 1838

Frontiersman William Clark is remembered for his iconic expedition to the Pacific Northwest along with Meriwether Lewis, in what is known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He had also been a US Army soldier and the governor of Missouri Territory. He named his first-born after Lewis.

Chuck D

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1960

Birthplace: Flushing, New York, United States

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Tempestt Bledsoe

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1973

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Oona Laurence

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 2002

Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

Height: 5'0" (152 cm)

Austin Rivers

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Sam Mendes

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1965

Birthplace: Reading

Sam Mendes is an English filmmaker known for his dark re-inventions of popular stage musicals. The recipient of a Tony Award, Mendes received the Academy Award for his film directorial debut American Beauty. In the 2020 New Years Honours, he was knighted for services to drama. He was also featured on the 100 most powerful people in British culture list.

Adam Duritz

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1964

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Taylor Negron

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1957

Birthplace: Glendale, California, United States

Died: 2015

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Geoffrey Holder

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1930

Birthplace: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Died: 2014

Height: 6'6" (198 cm)

Nwankwo Kanu

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1976

Birthplace: Owerri, Nigeria

Height: 6'6" (198 cm)

Edgerrin James

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1978

Birthplace: Immokalee, Florida, USA

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Joe Elliott

Listed In: Singers

Birth Year: 1959

Birthplace: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Chabeli Iglesias

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1971

Birthplace: Cascais, Portugal

Chabeli Iglesias is a Spanish journalist and socialite. Born into the popular Iglesias family, she is the daughter of singer Julio Iglesias and Filipina socialite Isabel Preysler. She has been featured on the covers of numerous gossip and entertainment magazines worldwide. She is married to businessman Christian Fernando Altaba and has two children.

Mrunal Thakur

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1992

Birthplace: Dhule, Maharashtra, India

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Khamani Griffin

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1998

Birthplace: Oakland, California, United States

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

David James

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1970

Birthplace: Welwyn Garden City

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Tommy Bolin

Listed In: Musicians

Birth Year: 1951

Birthplace: Sioux City, Iowa, United States

Died: 1976

Demián Bichir

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1963

Birthplace: Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico

Demián Bichir is a Mexican actor who was once nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The son of two popular acting professionals, he developed an early interest in acting. He attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute before beginning his film career. He is also an American Civil Liberties Union Ambassador for Immigration Rights.

Nemanja Matić

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: Šabac, Serbia

Serbian footballer Nemanja Matić is best known as a defensive midfielder the Italian club Roma. Starting his senior career with Kolubara, he later had successful stints with clubs such as Chelsea, Benfica, and Manchester United. He has also been named the Serbian Footballer of the Year twice.

William Barret Travis

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 1809

Birthplace: Saluda County, South Carolina, United States

Died: 1836

Adrian Dunbar

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1958

Birthplace: Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

Best known for his award-winning performance as Ted Hastings from the BBC series Line of Duty, Adrian Dunbar has also entertained audiences with his roles in Ashes to Ashes and Broken. The Guildhall alumnus has also been nominated for the BAFTA twice and has also directed plays.

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Listed In: Scientists

Birth Year: 1744

Birthplace: Bazentin, France

Died: 1829

French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck acquired his love for plants while serving as a soldier in the French army. Following an injury, he quit his military career but retained his love for botany. He later taught zoology, studied the classification of invertebrates, and also coined the term biology.

Jim Carroll

Listed In: Writers

Birth Year: 1949

Birthplace: New York, United States

Died: 2009

Punk musician and author Jim Carroll is best remembered for his autobiographical depiction of his struggle with drugs in his teenage years, The Basketball Diaries, which was later turned into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Part of The Jim Carroll Band, he was known for the single People Who Died.

Henry Lloyd-Hughes

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1985

Birthplace: London, England, UK

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Max Carver

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1988

Birthplace: San Francisco, California

Actor Max Carver is best known for his role of Aiden in the MTV teen-horror drama Teen Wolf. His twin brother, Charlie, is also an actor and the two often work together, playing reel-life twins. Max also acts separately from his brother. After gaining initial fame as a TV actor, he made his film debut.

Mike Wallace

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1986

Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Mike Emrick

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birth Year: 1946

Birthplace: La Fontaine

Pertinax

Listed In: Leaders

Birth Year: 0126

Birthplace: Alba Pompeia, Italy

Died: 0193

Born to a freed slave, Pertinax joined the Roman army early in life and soon rose to be a commander. He was declared the emperor after Commodus was murdered but was himself killed within three months of his rule. Septimius Severus later organized a state funeral and also deified him.

Madison Bumgarner

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birth Year: 1989

Birthplace: Hickory, North Carolina, USA

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

Giancarlo Giannini

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birth Year: 1942

Birthplace: La Spezia, Italy

Apart from winning an award at the Cannes Film Festival for Love and Anarchy, Giancarlo Giannini has also been nominated for an Academy Award for Seven Beauties. He also boasts of an electronics degree. His flair for languages has helped him work as an Italian dubber for actors such as Al Pacino.