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Famous People Born in 1963
Born in 1963? Meet the well-known people who share your birth year, from the biggest names to the ones you might not expect, month by month.
Turning 63 in 2026 · Chinese zodiac: Year of the Rabbit
The 1960s
The most famous people born in 1963102
b. 1963Rafael Correa
Left-wing economist who served as President of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017 and was later convicted of corruption in absentia
PoliticsAge 63
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b. 1963Brad Pitt
American actor and producer of Fight Club, Ocean's Eleven and Moneyball who won an Oscar for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
FilmAge 62
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b. 1963Johnny Depp
American actor of Edward Scissorhands and Sweeney Todd, best known as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean
FilmAge 63
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b. 1963Michael Jordan
American basketball player who won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls and is widely seen as the greatest ever
SportsAge 63
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1963–2012Whitney Houston
American singer with one of pop's greatest voices, star of The Bodyguard and its record-breaking song I Will Always Love You
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b. 1963Quentin Tarantino
American director of Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, known for sharp dialogue, who has won two Oscars for screenwriting
FilmAge 63
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b. 1963Garry Kasparov
Russian chess grandmaster who was world champion for 15 years, lost to IBM's Deep Blue and became a Putin critic
SportsAge 63
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b. 1963Jet Li
Chinese martial arts champion turned film star of Once Upon a Time in China, Hero and Fearless
FilmAge 63
View profile Photo (modified): Mark_Zuckerberg,_founder_Facebook,_and_Jet_Li.jpg : Robert Scoble derivative work: Teemeah ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0Born in 1963, month by month
- January
- Claudia Rankine (January 1)
- May-Britt Moser (January 4) · Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist who discovered brain cells used for navigation
- Till Lindemann (January 4) · Lead singer and lyricist of the German metal band Rammstein
- Steven Soderbergh (January 14) · Oscar-winning director known for Traffic and Ocean's Eleven
- Hakeem Olajuwon (January 21) · Legendary basketball player who led the Houston Rockets to NBA titles
- Elisa Loncon (January 23)
- José Mourinho (January 26) · Portuguese manager known as the Special One who won the Champions League with Porto and Inter and league titles in four countries
- February
- Andrej Kiska (February 2) · Entrepreneur and philanthropist who served as the president of Slovakia
- Michael Jordan (February 17) · American basketball player who won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls and is widely seen as the greatest ever
- Larry the Cable Guy (February 17) · American stand-up comedian and voice of Mater in Cars
- Seal (February 19) · Grammy-winning British singer known for the song Kiss from a Rose
- Charles Barkley (February 20) · American basketball player and television sports commentator
- Charles Randolph (February 28)
- March
- Anthony Albanese (March 2) · Prime Minister of Australia and leader of the Labor Party
- Joe Exotic (March 5)
- Agnès Callamard (March 14)
- Vanessa Williams (March 18) · First Black woman to be crowned Miss America
- Ronald Koeman (March 21) · Dutch football manager and highest-scoring defender in history
- Martín Vizcarra (March 22) · Former President of Peru and civil engineer
- Quentin Tarantino (March 27) · American director of Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, known for sharp dialogue, who has won two Oscars for screenwriting
- Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj (March 30) · Mongolian politician who served as both Prime Minister and President
- April
- Stevo Pendarovski (April 3) · Politician who served as the President of North Macedonia
- Rafael Correa (April 6) · Left-wing economist who served as President of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017 and was later convicted of corruption in absentia
- Lydia Cacho (April 12)
- Garry Kasparov (April 13) · Russian chess grandmaster who was world champion for 15 years, lost to IBM's Deep Blue and became a Putin critic
- Beata Szydło (April 15) · Former Prime Minister of Poland and current European Parliament member
- Conan O'Brien (April 18) · Popular American late-night talk show host and comedy writer
- Alexis Jenni (April 24)
- David Moyes (April 25) · Football manager known for long spells at Everton and West Ham
- Jet Li (April 26) · Chinese martial arts champion turned film star of Once Upon a Time in China, Hero and Fearless
- May
- Natasha Richardson (May 11) · Tony Award-winning actress from the prominent Redgrave acting family
- Mike Myers (May 25) · Canadian comedian and star of the Austin Powers film series
- Nasrin Sotoudeh (May 30) · Iranian human rights lawyer and winner of the Sakharov Prize
- Viktor Orbán (May 31) · Hungarian prime minister and Fidesz leader who has dominated the country's politics since 2010 with his illiberal democracy
- June
- Bernard Cazeneuve (June 2) · Former Prime Minister of France and Minister of the Interior
- Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir (June 3)
- Jason Isaacs (June 6) · British actor who played Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films
- Johnny Depp (June 9) · American actor of Edward Scissorhands and Sweeney Todd, best known as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean
- Félix Tshisekedi (June 13) · Politician serving as the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Helen Hunt (June 15) · Oscar-winning actress known for As Good as It Gets
- Greg Kinnear (June 17) · Academy Award-nominated American actor and former television host
- Rumen Radev (June 18) · President of Bulgaria and former air force commander
- Astrid Carolina Herrera (June 23)
- George Michael (June 25) · British singer and songwriter who rose to fame with the duo Wham!
- Yann Martel (June 25) · Canadian author of the bestselling novel Life of Pi
- Mikhail Khodorkovsky (June 26) · Russian businessman and former oil tycoon turned political activist
- Anne-Sophie Mutter (June 29) · German violinist renowned for her mastery of classical and contemporary works
- Yngwie Malmsteen (June 30) · Swedish guitarist known for his neoclassical heavy metal style
- July
- Letsie III of Lesotho (July 17) · Current King of Lesotho and Africa's only remaining constitutional monarch
- Matti Nykänen (July 17) · Finnish Olympic gold medalist and world champion ski jumper
- Emilio Butragueño (July 22) · Spanish footballer who was a prolific striker for Real Madrid
- Karl Malone (July 24) · American basketball player who played for the Utah Jazz
- Donnie Yen (July 27) · Hong Kong martial artist and star of the Ip Man films
- Lisa Kudrow (July 30) · Emmy-winning actress best known as Phoebe in the sitcom Friends
- August
- Coolio (August 1) · Grammy-winning American rapper known for the hit Gangsta's Paradise
- James Hetfield (August 3) · Lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the heavy metal band Metallica
- Mark Strong (August 5) · British actor known for playing villainous and authoritative roles
- Kevin Mitnick (August 6) · American computer security consultant and former high-profile hacker
- Whitney Houston (August 9) · American singer with one of pop's greatest voices, star of The Bodyguard and its record-breaking song I Will Always Love You
- Sridevi (August 13) · Highly influential Indian actress and Bollywood's first female superstar
- Emmanuelle Béart (August 14) · French actress known for the film Manon des Sources
- Alejandro González Iñárritu (August 15) · Oscar-winning Mexican director of Birdman and The Revenant
- Valery Levaneuski (August 15)
- Hector Pieterson (August 19)
- Mohammed VI of Morocco (August 21) · King of Morocco and member of the Alawi dynasty
- Tori Amos (August 22) · American singer-songwriter known for her piano-led alternative rock
- September
- Karen Dianne Baldwin (September 6)
- Neerja Bhanot (September 7)
- David Seaman (September 19) · Former England goalkeeper who played over four hundred matches for Arsenal
- James Peace (September 28) · British composer and pianist known for his contemporary classical works
- Luis Arce (September 28) · President of Bolivia and former minister of economy
- October
- Maria Ressa (October 2) · Nobel Prize-winning journalist and founder of the news site Rappler
- Elisabeth Shue (October 6) · Actress known for The Karate Kid and Leaving Las Vegas
- Satoshi Kon (October 12) · Japanese film director and animator known for the movie Paprika
- Thomas Dörflein (October 13)
- Julie Payette (October 20) · Canadian former astronaut and former Governor General of Canada
- Marla Maples (October 27) · American actress and television personality
- Eros Ramazzotti (October 28) · Italian singer and songwriter who has sold millions of records
- Dunga (October 31) · Former Brazilian footballer who captained his country to World Cup victory
- Rob Schneider (October 31) · American comic actor and former Saturday Night Live cast member
- November
- Mark Hughes (November 1) · Welsh footballer and manager who played for Manchester United
- Borut Pahor (November 2) · Slovenian politician who served as both Prime Minister and President
- Yair Lapid (November 5) · Israeli politician and journalist who served as Prime Minister
- Jean-Pierre Papin (November 5) · French striker who won the Ballon d'Or in 1991
- Peter Schmeichel (November 18) · Legendary Manchester United goalkeeper who won the European Treble in 1999
- Ming-Na Wen (November 20) · American actress who voiced the title character in Disney's Mulan
- Peter Bosz (November 21) · Dutch football manager who played as a midfielder for his country
- December
- Sergei Bubka (December 4) · Record-breaking Ukrainian pole vaulter who dominated the sport
- Lee Jae Myung (December 8) · South Korean politician and leader of the Democratic Party
- Empress Masako (December 9) · Empress of Japan and wife of Emperor Naruhito
- Bárbara Palacios Teyde (December 9)
- Viorica Dăncilă (December 16) · First female Prime Minister of Romania
- James Mangold (December 16) · Director of films including Logan and Walk the Line
- Brad Pitt (December 18) · American actor and producer of Fight Club, Ocean's Eleven and Moneyball who won an Oscar for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Til Schweiger (December 19) · German actor and filmmaker known for several international film roles
- Jennifer Beals (December 19) · American actress who starred in the 1983 film Flashdance
- Giuseppe Bergomi (December 22) · Italian footballer who spent his entire career at Inter Milan
- Donna Tartt (December 23) · Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch and The Secret History
- Lars Ulrich (December 26) · Drummer and co-founder of the band Metallica
- Gaspar Noé (December 27) · Argentine film director known for his provocative and visceral style
- Ulf Kristersson (December 29) · Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the Moderate Party
- Mike Pompeo (December 30) · Former US Secretary of State and Director of the CIA