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===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Bob Marshall (wilderness activist)|Bob Marshall]], American activist, co-founded [[The Wilderness Society (United States)|The Wilderness Society]] (died 1939)<ref>{{cite book|author=Active Interest Media, Inc.|title=Backpacker|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tOEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94|year=1974|publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc.|pages=94}}</ref> *[[1902]] – [[Dan Keating]], [[Irish Republican Army]] volunteer (died 2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/oct/15/guardianobituaries.northernireland|title=Dan Keating|date=15 October 2007|author=Eamonn McCann|website=The Guardian|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404113832/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/oct/15/guardianobituaries.northernireland|archive-date=4 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1903]] – [[Kane Tanaka]], Japanese Supercentenarian, Oldest Japanese person ever, Second oldest verified person in world history (died 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mills |first=Kelly-Ann |date=2022-04-25 |title=World's oldest person Kane Tanaka dies in Japan at the age of 119 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-worlds-oldest-person-kane-26789849 |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=mirror |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425101320/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-worlds-oldest-person-kane-26789849 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-25 |title=The world's oldest person has died in Japan |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/kane-tanaka-oldest-person-death-age-b2064718.html |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425102051/https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/kane-tanaka-oldest-person-death-age-b2064718.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1904]] – [[Walter Heitler]], German physicist and chemist (died 1981)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jagdish Mehra|author-link1=Jagdish Mehra |author2=Helmut Rechenberg |author-link2=Helmut Rechenberg |title=The Probability Interpretation and the Statistical Transformation Theory, the Physical Interpretation, and the Empirical and Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics 1926–1932|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CuOtQ4WjCP0C&pg=PA540|date=25 August 2000|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-387-98971-6|pages=540–}}</ref> *[[1905]] – [[Michael Tippett]], English composer and conductor (died 1998)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-sir-michael-tippett-1137828.html|title=Obituary: Sir Michael Tippett|date=10 January 1998|author=Paul Driver|website=The Independent|access-date=5 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306050032/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-sir-michael-tippett-1137828.html|archive-date=6 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1905 – [[Luigi Zampa]], Italian director and screenwriter (died 1991)<ref name="Andrews1992">{{cite book|author=Deborah Andrews|title=Annual Obituary, 1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3hO28Q2cwsC|year=1992|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-175-6|page=523}}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Riccardo Cassin]], Italian mountaineer and author (died 2009)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/6005971/Riccardo-Cassin.html|title=Riccardo Cassin|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=10 August 2009|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829103143/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/6005971/Riccardo-Cassin.html|archive-date=29 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1909 – [[Barry Goldwater]], American politician, businessman, and author (died 1998)<ref>Internet Accuracy Project, [http://www.accuracyproject.org/cbe-Goldwater,Barry.html Senator Barry Goldwater] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115231846/https://www.accuracyproject.org/cbe-Goldwater,Barry.html |date=2018-11-15 }}. Retrieved September 23, 2010.</ref> *[[1913]] – [[Juanita Jackson Mitchell]], American lawyer and activist (died 1992)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Darlene Clark Hine|author2=Elsa Barkley Brown|author3=Rosalyn Terborg-Penn|title=Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gKh2AAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Carlson Pub.|isbn=978-0-926019-61-4|page=804|access-date=2019-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128121924/http://books.google.com/books?id=gKh2AAAAMAAJ|archive-date=2012-01-28|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1913 – [[Anna Lee]], English-American actress (died 2004)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/may/18/guardianobituaries.film|title=Anna Lee|first=Ronald|last=Bergan|date=18 May 2004|access-date=17 September 2016|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Vera Zorina]], German-Norwegian actress and dancer (died 2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vera-zorina-36435.html|title=Vera Zorina|date=14 April 2003|website=The Independent|access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref> *[[1918]] – [[Willi Graf]], German physician and activist (died 1943)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Pacific Spectator|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0-MvAAAAMAAJ|year=1950|publisher=Pacific Coast Committee for the Humanities of the American Council of Learned Societies|page=54}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Ernest Bender]], American Indologist (died 1996)<ref>{{cite journal|first=Richard J.|last=Cohen|date=1996|title=Obituary: Ernest Bender (1919–1996)|journal=[[Journal of Asian Studies]]|volume=55|issue=3|pages=802–803|doi=10.1017/s0021911800061398|doi-access=free|jstor=2646518}}</ref> * 1919 – [[Beatrice Hicks]], American engineer (died 1979)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Emily J. McMurray|author2=Jane Kelly Kosek|author3=Roger M. Valade|title=Notable Twentieth-century Scientists: F-K|url=https://archive.org/details/notabletwentieth04mcmu|url-access=registration|year=1995|publisher=Gale Research|isbn=978-0-8103-9183-3|page=924}}</ref> *[[1920]] <small>(probable)</small> – [[Isaac Asimov]], American writer and professor of biochemistry (died 1992)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/1992/apr/07/sciencefictionfantasyandhorror.isaacasimov|title=Isaac Asimov obituary|date=7 April 1992|author=Brian Aldiss|website=The Guardian|access-date=2 January 2020|author-link=Brian Aldiss}}</ref> * 1920 – [[Bob Feerick]], American basketball player and coach (died 1976)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Feerick |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76698/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Glen Harmon]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/harmogl01.html|title=Glen Harmon|website=Hockey Reference|access-date=20 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711052417/http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/harmogl01.html|archive-date=11 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Gino Marchetti]], American football player (died 2019)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard J Brenner|title=Pro Football's All-Time All-Star Team|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BpomCgtFSR4C|year=1996|publisher=East End Pub.|isbn=978-0-943403-42-7|page=68}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Dan Rostenkowski]], American politician (died 2010)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard E. Cohen|title=Rostenkowski: The Pursuit of Power and the End of the Old Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PXr9AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA22|date=21 August 2000|publisher=Ivan R. Dee|isbn=978-1-4617-0229-0|pages=22}}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Charles Beaumont]], screenwriter and American author of speculative fiction (died 1967)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Presnell|first1=Don|last2=McGee|first2=Marty|title=A Critical History of Television's The Twilight Zone, 1959-1964|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland|date=2008|isbn=9780786438860|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MqtTBQAAQBAJ|page=204}}</ref> * 1929 – [[Tellervo Koivisto]], Finnish politician, former First Lady of Finland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://users.utu.fi/isoi/esipolvi/kankaanr.htm|title=Kankaanranta|author=Iso-Iivari, Lasse|publisher=University of Turku|date=22 December 2013|access-date=30 January 2018|language=fi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909123612/http://users.utu.fi/isoi/esipolvi/kankaanr.htm|archive-date=9 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Toshiki Kaifu]], Japanese lawyer and politician, 76th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (died 2022)<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's Who in Asian and Australasian Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ge25AAAAIAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Bowker-Saur|isbn=978-0-86291-593-3|page=132}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[John Hollowbread]], English footballer, goalkeeper (died 2007)<ref name="worldfootball.net">{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/tottenham-hotspur/10/|title=Tottenham Hotspurs » Players from A-Z|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=30 December 2019}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Roger Miller]], American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (died 1992)<ref>{{cite book|author=Kurt Wolff|title=Country Music: The Rough Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Jorozp1yp4C&pg=PA312|year=2000|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-85828-534-4|pages=312}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[David Bailey]], English photographer and painter<ref>{{cite book|title=Contemporary Photographers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZosVAQAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-0-312-16791-2|page=36}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Lynn Conway]], American computer scientist and electrical engineer (died 2024)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John A. N. Lee|author2=J. A. N. Lee|title=International Biographical Dictionary of Computer Pioneers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ocx4Jc12mkgC&pg=PA215|year=1995|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-884964-47-3|pages=215}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Robert Smithson]], American sculptor and photographer (died 1973)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Peter Smithson|author2=Robert Smithson|title=Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings|url=https://archive.org/details/robertsmithsonco0000smit|url-access=registration|date=10 April 1996|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-20385-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/robertsmithsonco0000smit/page/26 26]}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Jim Bakker]], American televangelist<ref>{{cite book|author=James Craig Holte|title=The Conversion Experience in America: A Sourcebook on Religious Conversion Autobiography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kWJoPT3zBK0C&pg=PA1|year=1992|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-26680-5|pages=1}}</ref> * 1940 – [[Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]], Saudi Arabian economist and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia)|Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (died 2015)<ref>{{cite web|title=Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz|url=http://saudalfaisal.com/index_En.html|work=Saud Al Faisal|access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Thomas Hammarberg]], Swedish lawyer and diplomat<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who in Scandinavia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wrzkAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Who's who|page=408|isbn = 9783921220269}}</ref> * 1942 – [[Dennis Hastert]], American educator and politician, 59th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Dennis Hastert {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dennis-Hastert |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=21 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Janet Akyüz Mattei]], Turkish-American astronomer (died 2004)<ref>{{cite book|author=Janet Akyüz Mattei|title=The astrophysics of cataclysmic variables and related objects: proceedings of a meeting held in Strasbourg, France, 11-16 July 2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J4fvAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Astronomical Society of the Pacific|isbn=978-1-58381-193-1|page=5}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Charlie Davis (cricketer)|Charlie Davis]], Trinidadian cricketer<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bridgette Lawrence|author2=Reg Scarlett|title=100 great Westindian test cricketers: from Challenor to Richards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PbbA2GVEBKQC|year=1988|publisher=Hansib|isbn=978-1-870518-65-9}}</ref> * 1944 – [[Péter Eötvös]], Hungarian composer and conductor (died 2024)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Hungarian Quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8fMLAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=MTI|page=141}}</ref> * 1944 – [[Norodom Ranariddh]], Cambodian field marshal and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Cambodia]] (died 2021)<ref>{{cite book|author=Julio A. Jeldres|title=The Royal House of Cambodia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fmtuAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Monument Books|page=74}}</ref> * 1944 – [[Mohamed Ali Yusuf]], Somali politician (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Qoobey |first=Jibril |date=December 3, 2024 |title=Former Puntland Vice President and Senator Mohamed Ali Yusuf "Gaagaab" Passes Away in Istanbul, Aged 80 |url=https://www.idilnews.com/former-puntland-vice-president-and-senator-mohamed-ali-yusuf-gaagaab-passes-away-in-istanbul-aged-80/ |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Idil News |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Jack Hanna]], American zoologist and author<ref>{{cite book|author=Diane Telgen|title=Something about the Author|url=https://archive.org/details/somethingaboutau74dian|url-access=registration|year=1993|publisher=Cengage Gale|isbn=978-0-8103-2284-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/somethingaboutau74dian/page/101 101]}}</ref> * 1947 – [[Calvin Hill]], American football player<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Rolfe|author2=Dalton Ross|title=Grant Hill: Superstar Forward|url=https://archive.org/details/granthill00john|url-access=registration|year=2003|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8239-3578-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/granthill00john/page/32 32]}}</ref> * 1947 – [[David Shapiro (poet)|David Shapiro]], American poet, historian, and critic<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Fink|title=The Poetry of David Shapiro|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XXZyFJM36xIC&pg=PA16|year=1993|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=978-0-8386-3495-0|pages=16}}</ref> (died 2024) *[[1948]] – [[Judith Miller]], American journalist<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 2: Kate Bosworth, Todd Haynes |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/02/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-2-Kate-Bosworth-Todd-Haynes/1251672590144/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=31 December 2023 |date=2 January 2023}}</ref> * 1948 – [[Deborah Watling]], English actress (died 2017)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Scott|first1=Cavan|last2=Wright|first2=Mark|title=Who-ology: Doctor Who: The Official Miscellany|location=London|publisher=BBC Books|date=2013|isbn=9781849906197|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Okr1_6pV6cQC|page=119}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Christopher Durang]], American playwright and screenwriter<ref>{{cite book|author=Timothy P. Hedgepeth|title=Production promptbook for Christopher Durang's The Marriage of Bette and Boo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7_NYAAAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=University of Wisconsin--Madison|page=1}}</ref> (died 2024) * 1949 – [[Iris Marion Young]], American political scientist and academic (died 2006)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://solidarity-us.org/atc/128/p540/|title=Iris M. Young, 1949-2006|author=Mechthild Nagel|website=Solidarity|date=30 November 2001|access-date=18 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604143850/https://solidarity-us.org/atc/128/p540/|archive-date=4 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Indulis Emsis]], Latvian biologist and politician, 9th [[Prime Minister of Latvia]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Daily Report: Central Eurasia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69sVAQAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=The Service|page=107}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Wendy Phillips]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1954]] – [[Henry Bonilla]], American broadcaster and politician<ref>{{cite book|author=Nicolás Kanellos|title=The Hispanic Almanac: From Columbus to Corporate America|url=https://archive.org/details/hispanicalmanac00nico|url-access=registration|year=1994|publisher=Invisible Ink|isbn=978-0-7876-0030-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/hispanicalmanac00nico/page/195 195]}}</ref> * 1954 – [[Évelyne Trouillot]], Haitian playwright and author<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ile-en-ile.org/trouillot_evelyne/|title=Évelyne Trouillot - Île en île|date=2002-06-16|work=Île en île|access-date=2018-05-02|language=fr-FR|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215153238/http://ile-en-ile.org/trouillot_evelyne/|archive-date=2016-02-15|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Gabrielle Carteris]], American actress<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Davenport|title=The Celebrity Birthday Book|url=https://archive.org/details/celebritybirthda00dave|url-access=registration|year=1996|publisher=General Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-881649-72-4|pages=[https://archive.org/details/celebritybirthda00dave/page/7 7]–}}</ref> * 1961 – [[Paula Hamilton]], English model<ref>{{Cite book|title=Instructions not included|author=Hamilton, Paula|date=1996|publisher=Michael Joseph|isbn=071814077X|location=London|oclc=55558185}}</ref> * 1961 – [[Todd Haynes]], American film director, screenwriter, and producer<ref name="UPI" /> * 1961 – [[Craig James (running back)|Craig James]], American football player and sportscaster<ref>{{cite book|author=Steve Gietschier|title=Chase's sports calendar of events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtsIZ66FgWQC|date=1 November 1999|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-2600-9|access-date=21 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426153648/https://books.google.com/books?id=PtsIZ66FgWQC|archive-date=26 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1961 – [[Robert Wexler]], American lawyer and politician<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Congressional Directory, 2005-2006, 109th Congress, Convened January 4, 2005|year = 2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L-_zoKQ-mvQC&pg=PA66|publisher=Government Printing Office|pages=66–|isbn = 9780160724671|id=GGKEY:J7SFJ9GERDN}}</ref> *[[1963]] – [[David Cone]], American baseball player and sportscaster<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's ... Calendar of Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_0KAQAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-07-139098-9}}</ref> * 1963 – [[Edgar Martínez]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/edgar-martinez-118365|title=Edgar Martinez facts|website=Major League Baseball|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408090800/https://www.mlb.com/player/edgar-martinez-118365|archive-date=8 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Chris Welp]], German-American basketball player (died 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Welp |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1846/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> * 1964 – [[Pernell Whitaker]], American boxer (died 2019)<ref>{{cite book|author=Steve Gietschier|title=Chase's sports calendar of events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtsIZ66FgWQC|date=1 November 1999|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-2600-9|page=3|access-date=21 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426153648/https://books.google.com/books?id=PtsIZ66FgWQC|archive-date=26 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Francois Pienaar]], South African rugby player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/francois-pienaar|title=Francois Pienaar|website=South African History Online|access-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404070052/https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/francois-pienaar|archive-date=4 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1967 – [[Tia Carrere]], American actress<ref>{{cite book|author1=Contemporary Books|author2=Agnes Chase|title=Chase's: 2000 calendar of events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xHtV8BWnH9IC|date=October 1999|publisher=Contemporary Publishing Group, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-8092-2776-1|page=3|access-date=2019-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217011502/https://books.google.com/books?id=xHtV8BWnH9IC|archive-date=2017-02-17|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1967 – [[Jón Gnarr]], Icelandic actor and politician; 20th [[Mayor of Reykjavík]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Inga Minelgaite|title=Demystifying Leadership in Iceland: An Inquiry into Cultural, Societal, and Entrepreneurial Uniqueness|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8dhwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA130|year=2018|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-96044-9|pages=130}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Cuba Gooding, Jr.]], American actor and producer<ref>{{cite book|author=Sean R. Pollock|title=Newsmakers '97: the people behind today's headlines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hmhlvMcbxWUC|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-0107-2|page=175}}</ref> * 1968 – [[Anky van Grunsven]], Dutch dressage champion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anky.com/en/|title=Anky van Grunsven|website=Official website|access-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423203702/https://www.anky.com/en/|archive-date=23 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[István Bagyula]], Hungarian pole vaulter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/hungary/istvan-bagyula-155|title=István Bagyula profile|website=IAAF|access-date=4 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044708/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/hungary/istvan-bagyula-155|archive-date=6 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1969 – [[William Fox-Pitt]], English horse rider and journalist<ref>{{cite book|author=William Fox-Pitt|title=What Will Be: The Autobiography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rJAej5NnvPkC&pg=PT5|date=23 December 2010|publisher=Orion|isbn=978-1-4091-0635-7|pages=5}}</ref> * 1969 – [[Róbert Švehla]], Slovak ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Svehla |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/robert-svehla-8459014 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> * 1969 – [[Christy Turlington]], American model<ref>{{cite web | title=Christy Turlington | url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Christy_Turlington | publisher=Fashion Model Directory | work=Profile | access-date=August 18, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913052309/http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/christy_turlington/ | archive-date=September 13, 2012 | url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Eric Whitacre]], American composer and conductor<ref>{{cite book|author1=Mark Camphouse|author2=Johan de Meij|author3=Jim Curnow|title=Composers on composing for band|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_JwIAQAAMAAJ|date=30 June 2004|publisher=GIA Publications|isbn=978-1-57999-385-6|page=253}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Taye Diggs]], American actor and singer<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973//|title= UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019|work=[[United Press International]]|date=January 2, 2019|access-date=September 2, 2019|archive-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20190902220401/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973/|url-status=live|quote= actor Taye Diggs in 1971 (age 49)}}</ref> * 1971 – [[Renée Elise Goldsberry]], American actress<ref>{{cite news |title=This day in history - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/01/02/this-day-history/JZrUiLeas3bllyVmRevXkL/story.html |access-date=20 September 2018 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=2 January 2018 |quote=Jan. 2, the second day of 2018... Birthdays... Actress Renee Elise Goldsberry is 47. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920160842/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/01/02/this-day-history/JZrUiLeas3bllyVmRevXkL/story.html |archive-date=20 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Rodney MacDonald]], Canadian educator and politician, 26th [[Premier of Nova Scotia]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher Dunn|title=Provinces: Canadian Provincial Politics, Third Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-yozDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA284|date=3 November 2015|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-1-4426-3401-5|pages=284}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Shiraz Minwalla]], Indian [[Theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]] and [[String theory|string theorist]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=362|title=Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|website=ssbprize.gov.in|access-date=2020-01-30}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Mattias Norström]], Swedish ice hockey player and manager<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3998|title=Mattias Norstrom|website=Hockey Database|access-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329081844/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3998|archive-date=29 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Ludmila Formanová]], Czech runner<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/czech-republic/ludmila-formanova-67920|title=Ludmila Formanová profile|website=IAAF|access-date=15 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407192313/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/czech-republic/ludmila-formanova-67920|archive-date=7 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Juha Lind]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Juha Lind |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/juha-lind-8459114 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Tomáš Řepka]], Czech footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-a/statistiky/viewstat3.asp?name=RepkaTomas|title=Tomáš Řepka|language=cs|website=Fotbal.cz|access-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405114811/http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-a/statistiky/viewstat3.asp?name=RepkaTomas|archive-date=5 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Dax Shepard]], American actor<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973//|title= UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019|work= [[United Press International]]|date= January 2, 2019|access-date= September 2, 2019|archive-date= September 2, 2019|archive-url= https://archive.today/20190902220401/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973/|url-status= live|quote= actor Dax Shepard in 1975 (age 44)}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Jeff Suppan]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeff Suppan |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jeff-suppan-122987 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Reuben Thorne]], New Zealand rugby player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=886|title=Reuben Thorne #988|website=All Blacks statistics|access-date=10 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021091524/http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=886|archive-date=21 October 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Paz Vega]], Spanish actress<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 2, 2023 includes celebrities Tia Carrere, Taye Diggs |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-2-2023-includes-celebrities-tia-carrere-taye-diggs.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=31 December 2023 |date=2 January 2023}}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Brian Boucher]], American ice hockey player and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/brian-boucher-8462052|title=Brian Boucher Stats and News|website=NHL|access-date=11 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411201518/https://www.nhl.com/player/brian-boucher-8462052|archive-date=11 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1977 – [[Stefan Koubek]], Austrian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/K310/overview|title=Stefan Koubek - overview|website=ATP Tour|access-date=11 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411201519/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/K310/overview|archive-date=11 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Jonathan Greening]], English footballer<ref name="Fulham FC » Players from A-Z">{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/fulham-fc/10/|title=Fulham FC » Players from A-Z|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=30 December 2019}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[David Gyasi]], British actor<ref>{{cite web|last=Kebble|first=Mark|title=Living the Dream|website=Absolutely Berkshire magazine|date=June 2021|accessdate=2 January 2023|url=https://issuu.com/zestmedialondon/docs/berkshire/s/12368583}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Kirk Hinrich]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kirk Hinrich |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2550/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Maxi Rodríguez]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/1213|title=Players - Maxi Rodriguez|website=Liverpool F.C.|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402095946/https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/1213|archive-date=2 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Kate Bosworth]], American actress<ref>''California Birth Index, 1905–1995''. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Lists Catherine Ann Bosworth born January 2, 1983, in Los Angeles, California.</ref> * 1983 – [[Anthony Carrigan (actor)|Anthony Carrigan]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1987]] – [[Shelley Hennig]], American actress and model<ref name="UPI" /> * 1987 – [[Robert Milsom]], English footballer<ref name="Fulham FC » Players from A-Z"/> * 1987 – [[Loïc Rémy]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Loïc Rémy|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4572/Lo%C3%AFc-R%C3%A9my/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Germán Cano]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Germán Cano|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/german-cano/17809/|website=Soccerway|access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Luke Harangody]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Luke Harangody |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202376/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Damien Tussac]], French-German rugby player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/RugbyFicheJoueur5430.html|title=Damien Tussac|website=L'Equipe Rugby|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402085936/https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/RugbyFicheJoueur5430.html|archive-date=2 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Ben Hardy (actor)|Ben Hardy]], English actor<ref>{{cite web|title=Ben Hardy|website=Empire Online|date=1 October 2021|accessdate=2 January 2024|url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/ben-hardy/}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Paulo Gazzaniga]], Argentine footballer<ref name="worldfootball.net"/> * 1992 – [[Alexey Marchenko]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexey Marchenko |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/alexey-marchenko-8476289 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Teemu Pulkkinen]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Teemu Pulkkinen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/teemu-pulkkinen-8475800 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Korbin Sims]], Australian-Fijian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dragons.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/st-george-illawarra-dragons/korbin-sims/|title=Korbin Sims|website=dragons.com|access-date=10 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528123615/https://www.dragons.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/st-george-illawarra-dragons/korbin-sims/|archive-date=28 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Bryson Tiller]], American singer and rapper<ref>{{cite web |last1=Puckett |first1=Jeffrey Lee |title=Happy birthday, Bryson Tiller |url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/people/2017/01/02/happy-birthday-bryson-tiller/95918626/ |publisher=[[The Courier-Journal]] |access-date=29 December 2022 |date=2 January 2017}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Ronald Darby]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ronald Darby |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2969920/ronald-darby |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Jonah Bolden]], Australian-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonah Bolden |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1628413/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Carlos Soler]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Carlos Soler|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/16268/Carlos-Soler/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Tfue]], American online streamer<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1080361518766600192|title=it's My 21st Birthday!!!|first=Turner|last=Tenney|authorlink=Tfue|user=TTfue|date=January 1, 2019|access-date=June 4, 2019}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Timothy Fosu-Mensah]], Dutch footballer<ref name="Fulham FC » Players from A-Z"/> *[[1999]] – [[Georgios Kalaitzakis]], Greek basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgios Kalaitzakis |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1630686/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Fernando Tatís Jr.]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fernando Tatis Jr. Stats|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tatisfe02.shtml|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Baseball-Reference.com|language=en}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Spencer Arrighetti]], American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Spencer Arrighetti Stats|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/arrigsp01.shtml|access-date=2024-09-23|website=Baseball-Reference.com|language=en}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Cole Caufield]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Cole Caufield Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/player/cole-caufield-8481540 |website=NHL.com |access-date=January 1, 2025}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Luiz Henrique (footballer, born 2001)|Luiz Henrique]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Luiz Henrique|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/luiz-henrique-andre-rosa-da-silva/660662/|website=Soccerway|access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Claudio Echeverri]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Claudio Echeverri|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/135722/Claudio-Echeverri/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref>
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