1688 – Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel [Marijke Meu], Princess of Orange and ancestor of all currently reigning monarchs in Europe, born in Kassel (d. 1765)
1862 – Bernard Maybeck, American architect (Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco), born in New York City (d. 1957)
1904 – Milton Krims, American screenwriter (Prince of Foxes), born in New York City (d. 1988)
1919 – Desmond Doss, American soldier and 1st conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor who was the subject of the film Hacksaw Ridge, born in Lynchburg, Virginia (d. 2006)
1924 – Johnny Jordaan [Johannes van Musscher], Dutch pop and levenslied singer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1989)
1935 – Herb Kohl, American businessman (Kohls department stores; Milwaukee Bucks, 1985-2014), politician (US Senator (D) from Wisconsin, 1989-2013), and philanthropist, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2023)
1954 – Dieter Bohlen, German pop singer-songwriter, record producer, and television personality, born in Berne, West Germany
1975 – Alexandre Daigle, NHL center (Ottawa Senators), born in Montreal, Quebec
1979 – Cerina Vincent, American actress (Stuck In The Middle), and author (Hot Chick books), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
1992 – Maimi Yajima, Japanese J-pop singer (lead singer of Cute) and actress, born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 31st January 2025
1633 – Nathaniel Crew, English influential bishop (Bishop of Oxford and Durham), born in Steane, England (d. 1721)
1673 – Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest and saint who preached Mariology (Secret of the Rosary; True Devotion to Mary), born in Montfort-sur-Meu, France (d. 1716)
1869 – Henri Carton de Wiart, Belgian count and politician (Prime Minister of Belgian 1920-21), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1951)
1917 – Erich Geiringer, New Zealand general practitioner campaigner (founder of the New Zealand Medical Association), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1995)
1941 – Eugène Terre’Blanche, South African white supremacist and leader of the far-right Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging, born in Ventersdorp, Transvaal Province, South Africa (d. 2010)
1946 – Jonathan Banks, actor (Armed and Dangerous, Cold Steel), born in Washington, D.C.
1949 – Carol Hawkins, English actress (Dialing for Dingbats), born in Chipping Barnet, United Kingdom
1951 – Juan de Dios Castillo, Mexican soccer coach (Copa Centroamericana 2011 Honduras; El Salvador), born in Mexico City (d. 2014)
1966 – Charles Dimry, American football cornerback (Tampa Bay Bucs, Philadelphia Eagles), born in San Diego, California
1986 – Yves Makabu-Makalambay, Congolese football goalkeeper, born in Brussels, Belgium
Famous Birthdays for 15th January 2025
1842 – Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1925)
1885 – Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician, born in Wolfurt, Austria (d. 1973)
1926 – Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss star of German cinema (The Last Bridge, Gervaise), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2005)
1936 – Concepcion Picciotto, American peace activist (longest political protest in US history, outside The White House), born in Vigo, Spain (d. 2016)
1946 – Bobby Bloom, American singer-songwriter (“Montego Bay”), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 1974)
1956 – Paul Parker, English cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1981), born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
1960 – David Zaslav, American media executive (Warner Bros), born in New York City
1973 – Essam El-Hadary, Egyptian footballer, born in Damietta Governorate, Egypt
1975 – Shahab Tolouie, Iranian Persian-Falmenco fusion guitarist, composer, and singer, born in Shahsavar, Mazandaran Province, Iran
1997 – Valentina Zenere, Argentine actress (Soy Luna, Elite), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Famous Birthdays for 7th January 2025
1710 – Josef Antonin Sehling, Bohemian violinist and composer, born in Toužim, Western Bohemia (d. 1756)
1786 – John Catron, American Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, born in Pennsylvania (d. 1865)
1892 – Rudolf Moser, Swiss composer, born in Niederuzwyl, Switzerland (d. 1960)
1899 – Kenneth Thomson, American character actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1967)
1907 – Nicanor Zabaleta, Spanish harpist, born in San Sebastián, Spain (d. 1993)
1928 – William Peter Blatty, American scriptwriter and author of The Exorcist, born in New York City (d. 2017)
1941 – John Walker, English chemist (1997 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for adenosine triphosphate), born in Halifax, England
1949 – Anne Schedeen, American actress, born in Portland, Oregon
1962 – Ron Rivera, American football linebacker (Super Bowl XX Chicago Bears) and head coach (Carolina Panthers 2011–19; Washington 2020-23), born in Fort Ord, California
1962 – Taja Sevelle [Nancy Richardson], American RandB-pop singer-songwriter (“Love Is Contagious”), food security advocate (Urban Farming), and novelist, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Famous Birthdays for 2nd January 2025
1727 – James Wolfe, British Army officer who defeated the French in Canada and captured Quebec, born in Westerham, England (d. 1759)
1732 – František “Franz” Xaver Brixi, Czech classical composer and kapellmeister, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1771)
1777 – Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (Frederick II of Prussia equestrian statue), born in Arolsen, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1857)
1905 – Lev Schnirelmann, Gomel, Russian Empire, mathematician (d. 1938)
1909 – René Étiemble, French scholar, novelist and translator (work on Rimbaud), born in Mayenne, France (d. 2002)
1928 – Dan Rostenkowski, American politician (Rep-D-Il, 1959-94), convicted of mail fraud, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2010)
1945 – Slobodan Praljak, Bosnian Croat general and war criminal, born in Čapljina, Independent State of Croatia (d. 2017)
1964 – Christopher John Gray, English Anglican priest who was murdered in front of his own vicarage, born in Portsmouth, England (d. 1996)
1968 – Anky van Grunsven, Dutch equestrian rider (Olympic gold dressage 2000, 04, 08; World C’ship gold 1994, 2006), born in Erp, Netherlands
1970 – Eric Whitacre, American Grammy Award-winning choral conductor and composer (Lux Aurumque; Deep Field), born in Reno, Nevada
Famous Birthdays for 25th December 2024
1700 – Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (d. 1758)
1717 – Pope Pius VI [Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99), born in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Papal States (d. 1799)
1907 – Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (d. 1988)
1912 – Herman W. Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist (d. 1982)
1913 – Tony Martin [Alvin Morris], American singer (“It’s a Blue World; “To Each His Own”), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2012)
1929 – Stuart Hall, British radio and television presenter (It’s a Knock-out), and convicted sex offender (2013), born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
1934 – John Ashley, actor (Clipper-Straightaway), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1943 – Trevor Lucas, Australian folk singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Fairport Convention), born in Bungaree, Victoria (d. 1989)
1964 – Tim Royes, English-American music video director, born in London (d. 2007)
1984 – Georgia Moffett, British actress, born in London
Famous Birthdays for 17th December 2024
1706 – Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (Institutions de Physique; translation of Newton’s Principia), born in Paris, Kingdom of France (d. 1749)
1824 – Thomas Starr King, American Unitarian clergyman (Christianity and Humanity), born in New York City (d. 1864)
1842 – Marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continuous groups), born in Nordfjordeid, Norway (d. 1899)
1894 – Hans Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist (quantum mechanics), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1952)
1934 – Ray Wilson, English footballer (1966 World Cup team), born in Shirebrook, England (d. 2018)
1943 – Ron Geesin, Scottish musician and avant-garde, symphonic rock, and film score composer, born in Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland
1944 – Bernard Hill, English actor (Yosser Hughes-Boys from the Blackstuff, King Théoden-The Lord of the Rings), born in Manchester, England
1948 – James Alexander, American RandB bassist (The Bar-Kays – “Soul Finger”; “Shaft”), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1951 – Ken Hitchcock, Canadian NHL hockey coach, 1995-2019 (Dallas Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets, St. Louis Blues), born in Edmonton, Alberta
1978 – Neil Sanderson, Canadian drummer (Three Days Grace), born in Peterborough, Ontario
Famous Birthdays for 30th November 2024
1427 – Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland (1447-92), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1492)
1508 – Andrea Palladio [Andrea di Pietro della Gondola], Italian architect (Il Redentore, Venice), born in Padua, Italy (d. 1580)
1859 – Sergei Lyapunov, Russian pianist and composer (Lezghinka), born in Yaroslavl, Russian Empire (d. 1924)
1870 – Princess Henriette, Duchess of Vendôme and Alençon, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1948)
1893 – Titanic Thompson, American gambler and hustler, born in Monett, Missouri (d. 1974)
1926 – Richard Crenna, American actor (Rambo, Summer Rental, Sand Pebbles), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2003)
1970 – Robert Griffith, American NFL football strong safety, 1994-2006 (Minnesota Vikings, and 2 other teams), born in Lanham. Maryland
1984 – Francisco Sandaza, Spanish Footballer
1984 – Omahyra Mota, Dominican model/actress
1993 – Yuri Chinen, Japanese pop singer (Hey! Say! JUMP), and actor, born in Hamamatsu, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 22nd November 2024
1818 – Samuel Gibbs French, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Mullica Hill, New Jersey (d. 1910)
1849 – Friedrich von Bernhardi, German general and military historian (Germany and the Next War), born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1930)
1903 – Herbert Sally Frankel, South African-born economist, born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1996)
1905 – James Burnham, American philosopher, political theorist and Trotskyist (The Managerial Revolution, Coming Defeat of Communism), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1987)
1919 – Norman Aldridge, English toxicologist (solved global poisoning mysteries), born in Nuneaton, England (d. 1996)
1943 – Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian NHL ice hockey winger, 1963-79 (Montreal Canadiens, 10 Stanley Cups), born in Drummondville, Quebec
1944 – Max Romeo [Smith], Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter, born in St. D’Acre, St. Ann, Jamaica
1947 – Duncan Hales, New Zealand rugby union three-quarter (4 Tests; Canterbury RFU, Manawatu RFU), born in Dannevirke, New Zealand (d. 2024)
1964 – Akram Raza, Pakistan cricket spin bowler (9 Tests, 13 wickets; 49 ODIs, 38 wickets; Lahore City, Habib Bank), born in Lahore, Pakistan
1981 – Shangela [D.J. Pierce], American drag queen, comedian, actor, dancer, and TV personality (RuPaul’s Drag Race), born in Paris, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 14th November 2024
1796 – Carlo Conti, Italian composer, born in Arpino, Lazio, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1868)
1904 – Aleksey Semyonovich Zhivotov, Russian composer, born in Kazan, Russia (d. 1964)
1912 – Barbara Hutton ‘poor little rich girl’, American heiress (Woolworth fortune), born in New York City (d. 1979)
1930 – Monique Mercure [Marie Monique Émond], French Canadian actress (Naked Lunch; J.A. Martin Photographer), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2020)
1930 – Michael Robbins, British actor and comedian (On the Buses, The Great Muppet Caper), born in London, England (d. 1992)
1948 – Robert Ginty, American actor (The Paper Chase: Coming Home; The Exterminator), and director, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2009)
1955 – Jack Sikma, NBA center (Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks), born in Kankalee, Illinois
1962 – Satomi Kōrogi, Japanese voice actress, born in Tokyo
1964 – Andrew Banfield, British pop and RandB singer (The Pasadenas – “Riding On A Train”; “I’m Doing Fine Now”), born in London, England
1969 – David Lindsay-Abaire, American playwright, lyricist and screenwriter (Rabbit Hole, Kimberly Akimbo), born in Boston, Massachusetts