Historical Figures Born in 1971

Feb 28 Tristan Louis, American writer
Mar 3 Tyler Florence, American chef, Food Network personality & cookbook author, born in Greenville, South Carolina
Mar 13 Robert Lanham, American author and satirist (The Hipster Handbook), born in Richmond, Virginia
Mar 19 Sébastien Godefroid, Belgian sailor (1996 Olympics- Silver), born in Antwerp, Belgium
Mar 20 Chad Michaels, American drag queen and Cher impersonator (RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars winner), born in San Diego, California
Mar 20 Touré, American writer
Mar 26 Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist and sociobiologist
Mar 29 Lennart van Reen, son of author Ton v R/publisher Corrie Zelen
Apr 2 ZEEBRA [Hideyuki Yokoi], Japanese hip hop artist, born in Tokyo, Japan
Apr 14 Peter Gibson, American writer, born in Greenwich, Connecticut
Apr 16 Frederik Nilsson, IHL forward (Team Sweden, KC (IHL)), born in Stockholm, Sweden
Apr 21 Alexander Kravchenko, Russian professional poker player
Apr 21 Hasan Akbar, American convicted murderer
Apr 22 Daisuke Enomoto, Japanese people space tourist
Apr 25 Pablo Helguera, Mexican-born artist (The School of Panamerican Unrest), born in Mexico City, Mexico
Apr 30 Darren Emerson, English DJ (Underworld)
Apr 30 John Boyne, Irish novelist (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas), born in Dublin, Ireland
May 3 Damon Dash, American entrepreneur and label executive (Roc-A-Fella Records), born in NYC, New York
May 7 Thomas Piketty, French economist and author ("Capital in the Twenty-First Century"), born in Clichy
May 9 Nicolas Ghesquière, French fashion designer (Louis Vuitton), born in Comines, France

May 14 Sofia Coppola, American director (Lost in Translation), born in NYC, New York
May 17 Gina Raimondo, American politician, 1st woman Governor of Rhode Island (2015-), born in Smithfield, Rhode Island
May 17 Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti, Queen of the Netherlands (2013-present), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
May 25 Marco Cappato, Italian politician (Member of the European Parliament), born in Milan, Italy
May 27 Glenn Ross, Northern Irish strongman
May 27 Kaur Kender, Estonian author
May 27 Wayne Carey, Australian rules footballer
May 28 Marco Rubio, American politician (Senate-R-Florida, 2011-), born in Miami, Florida
Jun 2 Kateřina Jacques, Czech politician
Jun 4 Joseph Kabila, Congolese politician
Jun 4 Mike Lee, American politician (Senator-R-Utah 2011-), born in Mesa, Arizona
Jun 7 Alex X. Mooney, American politician
Jun 10 Piyush "Bobby" Jindal, American politician (US Representative for Louisiana (R), 2005-08; Governor of Louisiana, 2008-16), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jun 13 Broderick nonuplets, born in Sydney, Australia
Jun 16 Daliah Wachs "Dr. Daliah", American radio host, born in Los Angeles, California
Jun 17 Mildred Fox, Irish Independent politician (1995-2007)
Jun 21 Dipendra of Nepal, King of Nepal who massacred his family and was King for 3 days while in a coma (2001) (d. 2001)
Jun 25 Santiago de Tezanos, Uruguayan architect, born in Montevideo, Uruguay

Elon Musk (51 years old)

Jun 28 American entrepreneur and inventor (SpaceX, Tesla, Paypal), born in Pretoria, South Africa

Jul 2 Evelyn Lau, Canadian author

Julian Assange (51 years old)

Jul 3 Australian founder of Wikileaks, born in Townsville, Queensland

Jul 4 Koko, sign-language gorilla, born in San Francisco Zoo (San Francisco, California)
Jul 7 Alistair Potts, British rower, born in Chertsey, United Kingdom
Jul 9 Marc Andreessen, American software developer
Jul 17 Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist, born in Toronto, Ontario

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971-2019)

Jul 28 Leader of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), born in Samarra, Iraq

Jul 30 Sagi Kalev, Israeli bodybuilder, born in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Aug 9 James Kim, American technology reporter, who died in the Oregon mountains at 35
Aug 10 Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist
Aug 17 Shaun Rehn, Australian Rules footballer, born in Arno Bay, Australia
Aug 21 Robert Harvey, Australian Rules Footballer (St Kilda Football Club), born in Seaford, Australia
Aug 23 Gretchen Whitmer, American politician, Governor of Michigan (2019-), born in Lansing, Michigan
Aug 25 Quintis "Chico" Ristie, Suriname radio host
Sep 2 Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian skier
Sep 3 Chabeli Iglesias, daughter of Julio Iglesias, born in Madrid, Spain
Sep 8 Jocko Willink, American navy seal and author (Extreme Ownership), born in Torrington, Connecticut
Sep 8 Lachlan Murdoch, Australian, British, American businessman (New Corp) and son of Rupert Murdoch, born in London, England
Sep 11 Markos Moulitsas, American blogger and author (Daily Kos), born in Chicago, Illinois
Sep 15 Dario Antonio Úsuga [Otonie], Columbian drug baron (Gulf Clan cartel),
Sep 22 Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, daughter of King Harald V of Norway and clairvoyant, born in Oslo, Norway
Sep 23 Sean Spicer, American political strategist, White House Press Secretary (2017), born in Barrington, Rhode Island
Oct 9 Simon Atlee, British fashion photographer (d. 2004)
Oct 15 Annbjørg Lien, Norwegian folk fiddler and nyckelharpa player, born in Ålesund, Norway
Oct 17 Martin Heinrich, American politician (Senator-D-New Mexico 2013-), born in Fallon, Nevada
Oct 21 Jade Jagger, daughter of Mick & Bianca Jagger, born in Paris, France
Oct 21 Thomas Ulsrud, Norwegian curler (World C'ship gold [skip] 2014; Olympics silver 2010), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2022)
Oct 27 Jade Arcade, American comics artist and writer, born in Nashville, Tennessee
Oct 29 Daniel J. Bernstein, American professor and cryptologist, born in East Patchogue, New York
Oct 29 Ma Huateng [Pony Ma], Chinese entrepreneur (Tencent), born in Chaoyang District, Shantou
Nov 7 Jamie Drummond, Scottish-Canadian sommelier, born in Edinburgh, Scotland
Nov 10 Mario Abdo Benítez, Paraguayan politician, President of Paraguay (2018-), born in Asunción, Paraguay
Nov 18 Thérèse Coffey, British politician (Deputy PM 2022-), born in Billinge, England
Nov 24 Cosmas Ndeti, three-time Boston Marathon winner
Nov 25 Dominic Cummings, English political strategist (Vote Leave campaign), born in Durham, England
Nov 27 Eric Menendez, American accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers), born in NYC
Nov 30 Kristi Noem, American politician, Governor of South Dakota (2019-), born in Watertown, South Dakota
Dec 1 Peter Van de Veire, Belgian radio-presenter
Dec 10 Brian Nichols, American spree killer (on trial for rape when he escaped from custody and murdered the judge presiding over his trial, a court reporter, a sheriff's deputy and later a federal agent), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Dec 13 Miguel Angel Martinez Soto, mariachi
Dec 18 Barkha Dutt, Indian journalist
Dec 19 Liz Cho, American television reporter
Dec 21 Fenton Keogh, Australian celebrity chef
Dec 23 Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, British socialite, born in Hampshire (d. 2017)