Famous People Born in 1968 (Part 5)

Birthdays 801 - 1,000 of 1,043

Hugh Jackman (54 years old)

Oct 12 Australian stage and screen actor and singer (The Boy from Oz; X-Men -"Wolverine"; The Greatest Showman; Kate And Leopold), born in Sydney, Australia

Oct 12 Leon Lett, American NFL defensive tackle and coach (Dallas Cowboys), born in Mobile, Alabama
Oct 13 Carlos Marín, Spanish pop-opera baritone (Il Divo), born in Mörfelden-Walldorf, West Germany (d. 2021)
Oct 13 Julio Valera, Puerto Rican MLB pitcher (KC Royals), born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Oct 13 Tisha Campbell, American actress (Gina-Martin, House Party), born in Newark, New Jersey
Oct 14 Dwayne Schintzius, NBA center (Indiana Pacers)
Oct 14 Johnny Goudie, Cuban American singer-songwriter and musician, born in Coral Gables, Florida
Oct 14 Matthew Le Tissier, English footballer
Oct 14 Rashid Latif, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper (37 Tests, 130 dismissals, 1 x 100; 166 ODIs; Karachi), born in Karachi, Pakistan
Oct 14 Wanda Guyton, WNBA forward (Houston Comets)

Didier Deschamps (54 years old)

Oct 15 French footballer and manager who won the World Cup for France both as captain in 1988 and as manager in 1998, born in Bayonne, France

Oct 15 Jyrki 69 [Jyrki Pekka Emil Linnankivi], Finnish musician (The 69 Eyes), born in Helsinki, Finland
Oct 15 Meredith Rainey, American 800m runner, born in Brooklyn, New York
Oct 16 Elsa Zylberstein, French actress
Oct 16 Randall Batinkoff, American actor (For Keeps), born in Monticello, New York
Oct 16 Scott Donie, Vicenza Italy, diver (Olympic 4th 1996)
Oct 17 (David) "Ziggy" Marley, Jamaican Grammy Award-winning reggae performer (The Melody Makers), philanthropist, and son of Bob Marley, born in Kingston, Jamaica
Oct 17 Heather McDermid, rower (Olympics 1996), born in Calgary, Alberta
Oct 18 Denisa Szabova, Bratislava Czech, tennis star (1987 Futures-GER)
Oct 18 Michael Stich, German tennis star
Oct 18 Narendra Hirwani, Indian cricketer (16 wickets v WI on debut 1988), born in Gorakhpur, India
Oct 18 Rhod Gilbert, Welsh comedian (Never Mind the Buzzcocks), born in Carmarthen, Wales
Oct 18 Stuart Law, cricketer (prolific Queensland batsman, Australia 1995)
Oct 20 Raymond Biggs, Canadian CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders), born in Toronto, Ontario
Oct 20 Sunny Hostin, American lawyer, journalist and TV host (The View), born in New York City
Oct 22 Jay Johnston, American actor and comedian (Mr. Show)

Shaggy (54 years old)

Oct 22 Jamaican-American Grammy Award-winning reggae rapper and songwriter ("It Wasn't Me", "Boombastic",), born in Kingston, Jamaica

Oct 22 Shelby Lynne [Moorer], American country singer ("If I Could Bottle This Up"), born in Quantico, Virginia
Oct 23 Bettina Fulco Villella, Argentinian tennis star (1993 Futures), born in Mar Del Plata, Argentina
Oct 23 Kevin Henry, american NFL defensive end (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Mound Bayou, Mississippi
Oct 24 Adrian Dale, South African cricketer (prolific Glamorgan & England A batsman), born in Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa
Oct 24 Francisco Claver, Spanish tennis star
Oct 24 Ken Ryan, American baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Oct 24 Robert Wilonsky, American journalist, born in Dallas, Texas
Oct 25 Corey Miller, American NFL linebacker (NY Giants), born in Pageland, South Carolina
Oct 25 Lisa Trusel, American actress (Lizette-Father Murphy, Days of our Lives), born in Hollywood, Los Angeles
Oct 26 Chris Oldham, American NFL cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Sacramento, California
Oct 26 Nico-Jan Hoogma, Dutch soccer player (FC Twente), born in Heerenveen, Netherlands
Oct 27 Antoinette Lucas, American field hockey midfielder (Olympics 1996), born in Crozier, Virginia
Oct 28 Ernie Mills, NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers)
Oct 28 Glenn Clear, soccer player (Vitesse)
Oct 28 Marc Lièvremont, French rugby union footballer and coach
Oct 28 Rodney Thomas, NFL running back (Houston Oilers), born in Trinity, TX, (d. 2014)
Oct 28 Shawna Molcak, Cardston Alberta, basketball guard (Olympics 1996)
Oct 28 Stan Thomas, NFL tackle (Houston Oilers)
Oct 29 Grayson McCouch, American actor (Morgan Winthrop-Another World), born in NYC, New York
Oct 29 Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater (Olympics 3 gold-1994), born in Drammen, Norway
Oct 29 Stanley Donwood [Dan Rickwood], British writer and album art designer (Radiohead; Thom Yorke), born in Essex, England
Oct 29 Tsunku [Mitsuo Terada], Japanese music producer and former singer (SHARAM Q), born in Osaka, Japan
Oct 30 Jack Plotnick, American film and TV actor (Gods and Monsters), born in Worthington, Ohio
Oct 31 Antonio Davis, American NBA forward-center (Indiana Pacers), born in Oakland, California
Oct 31 Eddie Taubensee, American baseball catcher (Cincinnati Reds), born in Beeville, Texas
Nov 1 Kent Graham, American NFL quarterback (New York Giants), born in Winfield, Illinois
Nov 1 Park Shin-yang, South Korean actor (The Letter, A Promise), born in Gonghang-dong, Seoul
Nov 2 Brandi Brandt, American Playboy playmate (October, 1987). convicted of drug smuggling, born in Santa Clara, California
Nov 3 Antonio Pettigrew, American athlete (World C'ship gold 400m 1991), born in Macon, Georgia (d. 2010)
Nov 3 Debbie Rochon, Canadian actress (Tromeo & Juliet), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Nov 3 Kleber Mendonca Filho, Brazilian film director (Bacurau,), born in Recife, Brazil
Nov 3 Lee Germon, New Zealand cricket wicketkeeper and captain (12 Tests, 29 dismissals; 37 ODIs), born in Christchurch, Canterbury
Nov 3 Paul Quantrill, Canadian baseball pitcher and coach (MLB All Star 2001; Toronto Blue Jays), born in London, Ontario
Nov 4 Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican infielder (Cleveland Indians), born in Puerto Rico
Nov 4 Domingo Cedeno, Dominican infielder (Toronto Blue Jays), born in La Ramona, Dominican Republic
Nov 4 Osvaldo Fernandez, Cuban MLB pitcher (SF Giants), born in Holguin, Cuba
Nov 5 Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Spanish actress (A Walk in the Clouds), born in Rome, Lazio, Italy
Nov 5 Bob Dahl, American NFL guard (Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns), born in Chicago, Illinois
Nov 5 Cary Blanchard, American NFL kicker (Indianapolis Colts), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2016)
Nov 5 Malcolm Frank, CFL cornerback (Edmonton Eskimos)
Nov 5 Sam Rockwell, American actor (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), born in Daly, California
Nov 6 Alfred Williams, American College Football HOF defensive end (University of Colorado; Super Bowl 1997, 98 SF 49ers; First-team All-Pro & Pro Bowl 1996 Denver Broncos), born in Houston, Texas
Nov 6 Chad Curtis, American outfielder (NY Yankees, Detroit Tigers), born in Marion, Indiana
Nov 6 Edward Linskens, Dutch soccer player (PSV), born in Venray, Netherlands
Nov 6 Javier Astúa, Costa Rican soccer forward (13 caps; Puntarenas FC), and manager (Puntarenas FC), born in Quepos, Costa Rica (d. 2022)
Nov 6 Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-born American entrepreneur (co-founder of Yahoo!, Inc.), born in Taipei, Taiwan
Nov 6 Kelly Rutherford, American actress (Generations, Gossip Girl), born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Nov 7 Greg Tribbett, American musician (Mudvayne), born in Peoria, Illinois
Nov 7 Mark Preston, Australian businessman and motorsport professional, born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Nov 7 Russ Springer, American MLB pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Alexandria, Louisiana
Nov 8 Jose Offerman, Dominican infielder (KC Royals), born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Nov 8 Keith Jones, Canadian NHL right wing (Washington Capitals), born in Brantford, Canada
Nov 8 Michelle Kline, American speed skater (Olympics 1994), born in Golden Valley, Minnesota
Nov 8 Parker Posey, American actress (Tess Shelby-As the World Turns), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Nov 8 Sergio Porrini, Italian footballer, born in Milan, Italy
Nov 8 Zara Whites, Dutch actress, born in Hoeksche Waard, Netherlands
Nov 9 Jeff Brady, American NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Nov 9 Nazzareno Carusi, Italian pianist, born in Celano, Italy
Nov 10 Calvin Tiggle, CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
Nov 10 Jeffrey Kooistra, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen/NEC), born in Amsterdam
Nov 10 Lissa Maria Sneck, ice hockey goalie (Finland, Olympics 1998)
Nov 10 Lonnie Marts, American NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs, Tennessee Oilers), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Nov 10 Steve Brookstein, English singer who won the first series of The X Factor, born in Mitcham, England
Nov 11 David L. Cook, American Christian country singer and comedian, born in Pascagoula, Mississippi
Nov 11 John Jett, American NFL punter (Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions), born in Richmond, Virginia
Nov 11 Lin Elliott, American NFL kicker (KC Chiefs), born in Euless, Texas
Nov 11 Wyatt Pauley, Ecuadorean rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies), born in Ecuador
Nov 12 Aaron Stainthorpe, British singer (My Dying Bride), born in England, United Kingdom
Nov 12 Aya Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress and singer, born in Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Nov 12 Glenn Gilberti, American professional wrestler, born in Brooklyn, New York
Nov 12 Irina Privalova, Russian runner, born in Malakhovka, Soviet Union
Nov 12 Nick D'Virgilio, American drummer (Spock's Beard), born in Whittier, California

Sammy Sosa (54 years old)

Nov 12 Dominican baseball outfielder (Chicago Cubs), born in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic

Nov 13 Mark Fitzpatrick, NHL goalie (Florida Panthers), born in Toronto, Ontario
Nov 13 Pat Hentgen, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays), born in Detroit, Michigan
Nov 13 Tami Whitlinger-Jones, tennis star (1995 Futures-Sedona), born in Neenah, Wisconsin
Nov 14 Bob Christian, NFL running back (Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons)
Nov 14 Brian Yale, American bass guitarist (Matchbox Twenty - "If You're Gone"), born in Carmel, California
Nov 14 Claudia Porwik, Coburg Ger, tennis star (1995 Futures-Valladolid)
Nov 14 Kent Bottenfield, pitcher (Chicago Cubs), born in Portland, Oregon
Nov 14 Lionel Simmons, American basketball forward (NCAA Player of the Year 1990, La Salle Uni; Sacramento Kings), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov 14 Serge Postigo, Canadian actor
Nov 15 James Brady, columnist (NY Post), born in Brooklyn, New York
Nov 15 Jennifer Charles [Zipken], American singer-songwriter, guitarist and poet (Elysian Fields), born in Washington, D.C.
Nov 15 Ol' Dirty Bastard [Russell Jones], American rapper (Wu Tang Clan), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2004)
Nov 16 Chris Haney, pitcher (KC Royals), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Nov 16 Ebrahim Essop-Adam, cricketer (one ODI for Zimbabwe 1992)
Nov 16 Vlado Šola, Croatian handball goalkeeper
Nov 17 Robin Li [Li Yanhong], Chinese founder of the Chinese search engine Baidu, born in Yangquan, Shanxi
Nov 17 Sean Miller, American basketball coach
Nov 18 Barry Hunter, Irish soccer defender (14 caps Northern Ireland; Wrexham, Reading) and manager (Rushden & Diamonds), born in Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Nov 18 Gary Sheffield, outfielder (Florida Marlins), born in Tampa, Florida
Nov 18 Lubomir Sekeras, Liptovsky CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
Nov 18 Mel Stewart, American swimmer (Olympic gold 1992), born in Gastonia, North Carolina
Nov 18 Milica Vukadinovic, WNBA guard (Charlotte Sting)

Owen Wilson (54 years old)

Nov 18 American actor (Meet the Parents, Zoolander), born in Dallas, Texas

Nov 18 Romany Malco, American actor (Weeds, No Ordinary Family), rapper and music producer (College Boyz - "Victim of the Ghetto"), born in Brooklyn, New York
Nov 19 Gord Fraser, Canadian road race cyclist (Olympics 1996), born in Ottawa, Ontario
Nov 19 Steven Penn, American team handball center back (Olympics 1996), born in Brevard, North Carolina
Nov 20 Jeff Tarango, American tennis player (famously defaults match 1995 Wimbledon), born in Manhattan Beach, California
Nov 20 Keith Rucker, NFL defensive tackle (Cin Bengals), born in University Park, Illinois
Nov 20 Richard Clarke, Canadian sailor Finn (Olympics 1996), born in Toronto, Ontario
Nov 21 Alex James, English bassist
Nov 21 Andy Caddick, English cricket fast bowler (62 Tests, 234 wickets; 54 ODIs, 69 wickets; Somerset), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
Nov 21 Antonio Tarver, light heavyweight boxer (Olympics-br-96), born in Orlando, Florida
Nov 21 Christopher Noxon, American journalist
Nov 21 Tamara Gorski, Canadian actress (Mrs, 'Arris Goes to Paris), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Nov 22 Daedra Charles, WNBA forward/center (LA Sparks)
Nov 22 Darryl Hardy, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
Nov 22 Irina Privalova, Russian 100m/200m/400m runner
Nov 22 Jonathan Moss, Tenafly NJ, rower (Olympics 1996)
Nov 22 Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic computer programmer
Nov 23 Hamid Hassani, Iranian scholar and lexicographer, born in Saqqez, Iran
Nov 23 John O'Neill, American field hockey midfielder (Olympics 1996), born in Detroit, Michigan
Nov 23 Kirsty Young, Scottish television journalist, born in East Kilbride, United Kingdom
Nov 24 Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
Nov 24 Dawn Robinson, American singer (En Vogue), born in New London, Connecticut (or 1965)
Nov 24 Ken Johnson, Quincy Mass, 3x40 rifle (Olympics 1996)

Todd Beamer (1968-2001)

Nov 24 American passenger and hero on United Airlines Flight 93, born in Flint, Michigan

Nov 25 Erick Sermon, American rap music artist (EPMD), born in Brentwood, New York
Nov 25 Jory Husain, actor (Jawaharial-Head of the Class), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nov 26 Steve Lofton, American NFL cornerback (Carolina Panthers, NE Patriots), born in Jacksonville, Texas
Nov 27 Michael Vartan, French American actor (Alias), born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Nov 28 Jonathan Brown, American rower (Olympic 5th 1996), born in NYC, New York
Nov 29 Dany Garcia, American producer (works with The Rock), born in Belleville, New Jersey
Nov 29 Dee Brown, American NBA guard (Boston Celtics), born in Jacksonville, Florida
Nov 29 Jiri Veber, Czech hockey player (Team Czech Rep), born in Praha, Czech Republic
Nov 29 Jonathan Knight, American pop singer (New Kids on the Block), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
Nov 30 Des'ree [Desirée Annette Weeks], English singer ("Feel So High"; "You Gotta Be"; "Life")
Nov 30 DuShon Monique Brown, American actor (Prison Break, Connie-Chicago Fire), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2018)
Nov 30 Laurent Jalabert, French road cyclist (Tour de France points 1992, 95; mountains 2001-2), born in Mazamet, France
Dec 1 Anders Holmertz, Swedish swimmer (4 x Olympic silver 200m, 1 x bronze 400m 1988-96), born in Motala, Sweden
Dec 1 Justin Chadwick, British actor and director (Bleak House), born in Salford, England
Dec 1 Sarah Fitz-Gerald, Australian squash player (World Open 1996-98, 2001-02, British Open 2001-02), born in Melbourne, Australia
Dec 2 Darryl Kile, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1993, 97, 2000; no-hitter 1993; Houston Astros), born in Garden Grove, California (d. 2002)
Dec 2 David Batty, English soccer midfielder (42 caps; Leeds United, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United), born in Leeds, England
Dec 2 Elna Reinach, South African tennis player (US Open mixed doubles [with Patrick Galbraith] 1994), born in Pretoria, South Africa
Dec 2 Jiri Dopita, Czech ice hockey center (World C'ship gold 1996, 2000-01; Philadelphia Flyers), born in Šumperk, Czech Republic
Dec 2 Lucy Liu, American actress (Ally McBeal), born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York
Dec 2 Nate Mendel, American bassist (Foo Fighters), born in Richland, Washington
Dec 2 Rena Sofer, American actress (Rocky-Loving, Lois Cerullo-General Hospital), born in Arcadia, California

Brendan Fraser (54 years old)

Dec 3 American actor (Encino Man; The Mummy films; Gods and Monsters), born in Indianapolis, Indiana

Dec 3 Kevin Telles, actor (Party Camp)
Dec 3 Montell Jordan [Barnett], American R&B singer, record producer ("This Is How We Do It"), and pastor, born in Los Angeles, California
Dec 4 Mike Barrowman, American swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1992, World C'ship gold 1991), born in Costa Mesa, California

Lisa Marie (54 years old)

Dec 5 American actress (Mars Attack), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey

Dec 5 Margaret Cho, American actress and comedienne (Face/Off), born in San Francisco, California
Dec 5 Rhett Hall, American NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Morgan Hill, California
Dec 6 Karl Ove Knausgård, Norwegian author (My Struggle), born in Oslo, Norway
Dec 7 Mark Geyer, Australian rugby league second rower (3 Tests; NRL Premiership 1991 Penrith; NSW 3 SOO) and broadcaster (MMM), born in Sydney, Australia
Dec 7 Melissa Iverson, American rower (World C'ships gold women's coxless four 1995), born in Anoka, Minnesota
Dec 8 Bill Johnson, American football defensive tackle (St Louis Rams), born in Minnesota
Dec 8 Michael Cole, American professional wrestling commentator, born in Syracuse, New York
Dec 8 Mike Mussina, American Baseball HOF pitcher (5 x MLB All Star; 7 x Gold Glove Award; Baltimore Orioles, NY Yankees), born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Dec 9 Bill Johnson, NFL defensive linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Dec 9 Brent Price, NBA guard (Houston Rockets, Washington Bullets)
Dec 9 Brian Lane Bell, American guitarist, and singer-songwriter Weezer; The Relationship), born in Iowa City, Iowa

Kurt Angle (54 years old)

Dec 9 American 220 lbs freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold 1996), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dec 9 Michael Foster, American drummer (Firehouse - "Love of a Lifetime"), born in Richmond, Virginia
Dec 11 Emmanuelle Charpentier, French scientist, Director of Max Planck Institute (2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry), born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, France
Dec 11 Mark Dailey, American 1.5k runner, born in Youngstown, Ohio
Dec 12 Chris Walsh, American NFL wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings; sues NFL over head injuries 2011), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Dec 12 Kate Humble, English television presenter, born in Wimbledon, London
Dec 12 Kurt Schulz, American football safety (Buffalo Bills), born in Wenatchee, Washington
Dec 12 Laurie Williams, West Indian cricket all-rounder (15 ODIs, 18 wickets; Jamaica), born in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica (d. 2002)
Dec 12 Ray Ethridge, American football wide receiver (Baltimore Ravens), born in San Diego, California
Dec 12 Rory Kennedy, American documentary filmmaker, born in Washington, D.C.

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