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Famous People Born in 1966
Born in 1966? Meet the well-known people who share your birth year, from the biggest names to the ones you might not expect, month by month.
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The 1960s
The most famous people born in 196665
b. 1966Jimmy Wales
American internet entrepreneur who co-founded Wikipedia in 2001, the free online encyclopedia written by volunteers
BusinessAge 60
Photo: PhilipRomano · CC BY-SA 4.0
b. 1966David Cameron
PoliticsAge 60
Photo: Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street · OGL 3
b. 1966Halle Berry
American actress who became the first Black woman to win the best actress Oscar, for Monster's Ball, and played Storm in X-Men
FilmAge 60
Photo: Harald Krichel · CC BY-SA 4.0
b. 1966Benedicta Boccoli
Italian actress who became known on television in the 1980s and has built a long career in theatre and film
FilmAge 59
Photo: Rei Momo · CC BY-SA 3.0
b. 1966Mike Tyson
American boxer who became the youngest heavyweight champion in history at 20 and was famed for his ferocious punching
SportsAge 60
Photo: Super Festivals · CC BY 2.0
b. 1966Janet Jackson
Influential American singer and dancer known for innovative pop and R&B
MusicAge 60
Photo: Rich Esteban · CC BY-SA 4.0
b. 1966Salma Hayek
Mexican-American actress and producer who starred in the biographical film Frida
FilmAge 60
Photo: Martin Kraft · CC BY-SA 4.0
b. 1966Adam Sandler
American comedic actor and star of numerous box office hits
FilmAge 60
Photo: Bryan Berlin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Born in 1966, month by month
- January
- Christian Kern (January 4) · Former Chancellor of Austria and Social Democratic Party leader
- A. R. Rahman (January 6) · Indian composer known for the score of Slumdog Millionaire
- Patrick Dempsey (January 13) · Actor best known for playing Dr Derek Shepherd in Grey's Anatomy
- José Antonio Kast (January 18) · Chilean politician and former presidential candidate
- Stefan Edberg (January 19) · Former world number one tennis player from Sweden
- Romário (January 29) · Brazilian football striker who won the 1994 World Cup
- February
- Hristo Stoichkov (February 8) · Bulgarian footballer who won the Ballon d'Or in 1994
- Dieudonné Mbala Mbala (February 11)
- Cindy Crawford (February 20) · Iconic American supermodel who dominated the fashion industry in the 1990s
- Didier Queloz (February 23) · Swiss astronomer who co-discovered 51 Pegasi b, the first planet found orbiting a Sun-like star, and won the 2019 Nobel Prize
- Billy Zane (February 24) · American actor best known as Cal Hockley in Titanic, with earlier standout roles in Dead Calm and The Phantom
- Philip Reeve (February 28) · British author known for the Mortal Engines quartet
- March
- Zack Snyder (March 1) · Filmmaker known for directing 300, Watchmen and Man of Steel
- Mikhail Mishustin (March 3) · Prime Minister of Russia and former tax official
- April
- Teddy Sheringham (April 2) · Former England striker who won the Treble with Manchester United
- Robin Wright (April 8) · Actress known for Forrest Gump and the series House of Cards
- Alessandro Costacurta (April 24) · Italian defender who spent nearly his entire career at AC Milan
- May
- Janet Jackson (May 16) · Influential American singer and dancer known for innovative pop and R&B
- Rahile Dawut (May 20)
- Eric Cantona (May 24) · Influential French footballer and former captain of Manchester United
- Helena Bonham Carter (May 26) · Actress known for period dramas and roles in the Harry Potter series
- Rebecca Masika Katsuva (May 26)
- June
- Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé (June 6) · President of Togo who has led the country since 2005
- Grigori Perelman (June 13) · Russian mathematician who solved the complex Poincare conjecture
- Raimonds Vējonis (June 15) · Former President of Latvia and first Green Party head of state in Europe
- Jan Železný (June 16) · Three-time Olympic champion and world record holder in the javelin
- J. J. Abrams (June 27) · Creator of TV series Lost and director of Star Wars films
- John Cusack (June 28) · American actor known for roles in High Fidelity and Say Anything
- Mike Tyson (June 30) · American boxer who became the youngest heavyweight champion in history at 20 and was famed for his ferocious punching
- July
- Amélie Nothomb (July 9) · Prolific Belgian author of bestselling French-language novels
- Matthew Fox (July 14) · Actor best known for starring in the television series Lost
- Aminatou Haidar (July 24)
- August
- James Gunn (August 5) · American filmmaker who directed the Guardians of the Galaxy films
- Jimmy Wales (August 7) · American internet entrepreneur who co-founded Wikipedia in 2001, the free online encyclopedia written by volunteers
- Halle Berry (August 14) · American actress who became the first Black woman to win the best actress Oscar, for Monster's Ball, and played Storm in X-Men
- Enrico Letta (August 20) · Former Prime Minister of Italy and academic leader
- Julen Lopetegui (August 28) · Spanish football manager who led Sevilla to Europa League success
- September
- Salma Hayek (September 2) · Mexican-American actress and producer who starred in the biographical film Frida
- Emil Boc (September 6) · Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister and Mayor of Cluj-Napoca
- Adam Sandler (September 9) · American comedic actor and star of numerous box office hits
- Anousheh Ansari (September 12) · First female private space explorer and telecommunications entrepreneur
- Paula Jones (September 17)
- Bujar Nishani (September 29) · Albanian politician who served as the country's sixth president
- October
- George Weah (October 1) · Former professional footballer who served as the President of Liberia
- Toni Braxton (October 7) · American R&B singer known for the hit Un-Break My Heart
- David Cameron (October 9)
- Carolyn Bertozzi (October 10) · Nobel Prize-winning chemist who pioneered the field of bioorthogonal chemistry
- Luke Perry (October 11) · Actor who played Dylan McKay in the series Beverly Hills, 90210
- Jon Favreau (October 19) · Director and actor known for Iron Man and The Mandalorian
- Roman Abramovich (October 24) · Russian billionaire and former owner of Chelsea Football Club
- Zlatko Dalić (October 26) · Manager of the Croatia national football team
- Zoran Milanović (October 30) · Croatian politician currently serving as the nation's president
- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (October 30) · Jordanian militant and leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq
- November
- David Schwimmer (November 2) · American actor who played Ross Geller in the sitcom Friends
- Gordon Ramsay (November 8) · Multi-Michelin-starred British chef and high-profile television personality
- Benedicta Boccoli (November 11) · Italian actress who became known on television in the 1980s and has built a long career in theatre and film
- Sophie Marceau (November 17) · French actress known for Braveheart and The World Is Not Enough
- Jeff Buckley (November 17) · Influential singer-songwriter known for the acclaimed album Grace
- Vincent Cassel (November 23) · French actor known for La Haine and Black Swan
- December
- Sinéad O'Connor (December 8) · Acclaimed Irish singer-songwriter known for the hit Nothing Compares 2 U
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt (December 14) · First female Prime Minister of Denmark
- Kiefer Sutherland (December 21) · Actor best known for playing Jack Bauer in the series 24
- William Ruto (December 21) · Kenyan politician serving as the fifth President of Kenya
- Masahiro Fukuda (December 27) · Japanese international footballer who played for Urawa Red Diamonds
- Kaliopi (December 28) · Popular North Macedonian singer-songwriter and Eurovision representative