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Famous People Born in 1964
Born in 1964? 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 62 in 2026 · Chinese zodiac: Year of the Dragon
The 1960s
The most famous people born in 1964104
Kamala Harris
lawyer and politician who broke barriers as the first female vice president and ran innovative prosecution programmes in San Francisco and California
Photo: Lawrence Jackson · Public domain
Boris Johnson
Former Mayor of London who became British Prime Minister in 2019, led the country out of the European Union and through Covid
Michelle Obama
Chicago lawyer who served as US First Lady from 2009 to 2017 and wrote the best-selling memoir Becoming
Photo: Lawrence Jackson · Public domain
Sandra Bullock
American actress of Speed, Miss Congeniality and Gravity who won the best actress Oscar for The Blind Side
Photo: Kevin Paul · CC BY 4.0
Russell Crowe
New Zealand-born Australian actor who won an Oscar for Gladiator and starred in A Beautiful Mind and L.A. Confidential
Photo: Quejaytee · CC BY 4.0
Keanu Reeves
Canadian actor of Speed, The Matrix and John Wick, famous for his action roles and kindness off screen
Photo: Birgit Fostervold · CC BY-SA 4.0
Nicolas Cage
American actor of Raising Arizona and Face/Off, famed for his wild intensity, who won an Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas
Photo: Moritz Barcelona from Barcelona, Catalunya · CC BY 2.0
Jeff Bezos
American entrepreneur who founded Amazon in his garage in 1994, later founded Blue Origin and bought The Washington Post
Photo: Seattle City Council from Seattle · CC BY 2.0
Born in 1964, month by month
- January
- Zahra Eshraghi (January 1)
- Nicolas Cage (January 7) · American actor of Raising Arizona and Face/Off, famed for his wild intensity, who won an Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas
- Joseph Aoun (January 10) · Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces and military leader
- Jeff Bezos (January 12) · American entrepreneur who founded Amazon in his garage in 1994, later founded Blue Origin and bought The Washington Post
- Michelle Obama (January 17) · Chicago lawyer who served as US First Lady from 2009 to 2017 and wrote the best-selling memoir Becoming
- Fareed Zakaria (January 20) · Journalist, author and host of the CNN show GPS
- Fuat Oktay (January 21)
- Joss Whedon (January 23) · Creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and director of The Avengers
- Bridget Fonda (January 27) · American actress known for Single White Female and Jackie Brown
- Nils Muižnieks (January 31)
- February
- Oleh Protasov (February 4) · Prolific Soviet and Ukrainian striker and European Silver Boot winner
- Laura Linney (February 5) · Award-winning American actress known for Ozark and The Truman Show
- Andrey Zvyagintsev (February 6) · Russian film director known for his award-winning drama Leviathan
- Ernesto Valverde (February 9) · Spanish football manager and former player for Barcelona
- Sarah Palin (February 11) · Former Governor of Alaska and Republican vice-presidential candidate
- David Kato (February 13)
- Bebeto (February 16) · Prolific Brazilian striker and 1994 World Cup winner
- Matt Dillon (February 18) · Actor known for The Outsiders and There's Something About Mary
- Jennifer Doudna (February 19) · Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who co-developed CRISPR gene-editing technology
- March
- Gerald Vanenburg (March 5) · Dutch footballer who won the European Cup and Euro 1988
- Yasuharu Sorimachi (March 8) · Japanese footballer and manager who coached the national Olympic team
- Juliette Binoche (March 9) · French actress who won an Oscar for The English Patient
- Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (March 10) · Youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh
- Rob Lowe (March 17) · American actor known for St Elmo's Fire and The West Wing
- Tracy Chapman (March 30) · American singer-songwriter famous for the hit song Fast Car
- Oleksandr Turchynov (March 31) · Ukrainian politician who served as acting president during the 2014 revolution
- April
- Nigel Farage (April 3)
- Tim Walz (April 6) · Governor of Minnesota and former member of the US House of Representatives
- David Woodard (April 6)
- Russell Crowe (April 7) · New Zealand-born Australian actor who won an Oscar for Gladiator and starred in A Beautiful Mind and L.A. Confidential
- Andy Serkis (April 20) · British actor known for motion-capture roles such as Gollum
- Djimon Hounsou (April 24) · Actor known for his roles in Amistad and Gladiator
- Hank Azaria (April 25) · Actor and comedian known for voicing various characters on The Simpsons
- L'Wren Scott (April 28)
- Lady Helen Taylor (April 28)
- May
- Rocco Siffredi (May 4) · Prolific Italian adult film performer, director and producer
- Stephen Colbert (May 13) · American comedian and host of The Late Show
- Rosen Plevneliev (May 14) · Former President of Bulgaria and construction entrepreneur
- Lars Løkke Rasmussen (May 15) · Former Danish Prime Minister and current Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Gitanas Nausėda (May 19) · President of Lithuania and former economist
- June
- Rick Riordan (June 5) · Author of the best-selling Percy Jackson fantasy book series
- Lorraine Downes (June 12)
- Courteney Cox (June 15) · American actress famous for playing Monica Geller in Friends
- Michael Laudrup (June 15) · Danish footballer and manager who played for Barcelona and Real Madrid
- Maria Verónica Reina (June 15)
- Boris Johnson (June 19) · Former Mayor of London who became British Prime Minister in 2019, led the country out of the European Union and through Covid
- Dan Brown (June 22) · American author of The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, thrillers starring symbologist Robert Langdon
- Martin Weinek (June 30) · Austrian actor known for the television series Inspector Rex
- July
- Edi Rama (July 4) · Prime Minister of Albania and former professional basketball player
- Courtney Love (July 9) · Lead singer of the band Hole and widow of Kurt Cobain
- Gianluca Vialli (July 9) · Italian football striker and manager for Chelsea and Juventus
- Benny Tai (July 12)
- Miguel Induráin (July 16) · Spanish cyclist who won five consecutive Tours de France
- Chris Cornell (July 20) · Lead singer of the American rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave
- David Spade (July 22) · Sarcastic comic actor known for Saturday Night Live and Tommy Boy
- Pedro Passos Coelho (July 24) · Politician who served as the Prime Minister of Portugal
- Anne Applebaum (July 25) · Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian of Eastern Europe
- Sandra Bullock (July 26) · American actress of Speed, Miss Congeniality and Gravity who won the best actress Oscar for The Blind Side
- Jürgen Klinsmann (July 30) · German World Cup-winning footballer and international manager
- August
- Mary-Louise Parker (August 2) · Award-winning actress known for the television series Weeds
- Abhisit Vejjajiva (August 3) · British-born politician who served as the Prime Minister of Thailand
- Giuseppe Conte (August 8) · Italian law professor who served as the Prime Minister of Italy
- Klaus Ebner (August 8) · Austrian writer and poet who writes in German and Catalan
- Txiki Begiristain (August 12) · Spanish footballer and director of football for Manchester City
- Melinda Gates (August 15) · American philanthropist and former Microsoft executive
- Jorginho (August 17) · Brazilian footballer and manager who won the 1994 World Cup
- Mats Wilander (August 22) · Swedish tennis player who won seven Grand Slam singles titles
- Mehriban Alieva (August 26) · First Vice President and First Lady of Azerbaijan
- Daphne Caruana Galizia (August 26) · Maltese investigative journalist known for her work exposing political corruption
- Kim Ok (August 28)
- September
- Petr Fiala (September 1) · Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and political scientist
- Keanu Reeves (September 2) · Canadian actor of Speed, The Matrix and John Wick, famous for his action roles and kindness off screen
- Eazy-E (September 7) · Rapper and co-founder of the influential hip-hop group N.W.A
- Jack Ma (September 10) · Co-founder of the global e-commerce giant Alibaba Group
- Robert Fico (September 15) · Prime minister of Slovakia who has served multiple terms in office
- María Galindo (September 15)
- Maggie Cheung (September 20) · International actress who starred in In the Mood for Love
- Osamu Taninaka (September 24) · Japanese international footballer who played for Furukawa Electric
- Carlos Ruiz Zafón (September 25) · Spanish author of the international bestseller The Shadow of the Wind
- Monica Bellucci (September 30) · Italian actress and model who starred in Malèna, Irréversible and The Matrix sequels and played opposite Daniel Craig in Spectre
- October
- Clive Owen (October 3) · Academy Award-nominated British actor known for the film Closer
- Guillermo del Toro (October 9) · Oscar-winning filmmaker known for fantasy and horror movies
- Kamala Harris (October 20) · lawyer and politician who broke barriers as the first female vice president and ran innovative prosecution programmes in San Francisco and California
- Dražen Petrović (October 22) · Pioneering Croatian basketball player who starred in the NBA
- Robert Trujillo (October 23) · American musician and current bass player for the metal band Metallica
- Iliana Iotova (October 24) · Bulgarian politician and journalist who served as Vice President
- Kevin Michael Richardson (October 25) · Prolific voice actor known for his distinctive and deep baritone voice
- Marco van Basten (October 31) · Accomplished Dutch striker and three-time Ballon d'Or winner
- November
- Famke Janssen (November 5) · Dutch actress known for GoldenEye and the X-Men film series
- Magnús Scheving (November 10) · Creator and star of the children’s television series LazyTown
- Michael Kremer (November 12) · Nobel Prize-winning economist known for his work on global poverty
- Diana Krall (November 16) · Multi-Grammy winning Canadian jazz pianist and singer
- Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi (November 16) · Italian-French actress and award-winning film director
- Roberto Mancini (November 27) · Italian football manager who led his nation to Euro 2020 glory
- Don Cheadle (November 29) · Versatile actor known for Hotel Rwanda and the Marvel films
- December
- Salvatore Schillaci (December 1) · Italian striker who won the Golden Boot at the 1990 World Cup
- Marisa Tomei (December 4) · Oscar-winning actress known for My Cousin Vinny and Marvel films
- Sertab Erener (December 4) · Turkish singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003
- Teri Hatcher (December 8) · American actress best known for playing Lois Lane and Susan Mayer
- Krišjānis Kariņš (December 13) · Long-serving Prime Minister of Latvia and former Member of European Parliament
- Pierre Nkurunziza (December 18) · Long-serving President of Burundi and former rebel leader
- Stone Cold Steve Austin (December 18) · American professional wrestler and star of the Attitude Era
- Arvydas Sabonis (December 19) · Hall of Fame basketball player from Lithuania
- Eddie Vedder (December 23) · Lead singer and lyricist of the American rock band Pearl Jam