Famous people born in 1966

The best-known people born in 1966, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

Jimmy Wales
co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)
August 7
Photo: PhilipRomano, CC BY-SA 4.0
David Cameron
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016
October 9
Photo: Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street, OGL 3
Halle Berry
American actress (born 1966)
August 14
Photo: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Benedicta Boccoli
Italian theater and movie actress
November 11
Photo: Rei Momo, CC BY-SA 3.0
Salma Hayek
Mexican and American actress (born 1966)
September 2
Photo: Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0
Janet Jackson
American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress (born 1966)
May 16
Photo: Rich Esteban, CC BY-SA 4.0
George Weah
President of Liberia from 2018 to 2024 (born 1966)
October 1
Photo: File:George Weah in 2019 (cropped).jpg : U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia derivative work: Boros.i, Public domain
Adam Sandler
American actor and comedian
September 9
Photo: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Mikhail Mishustin
Russian politician; Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
March 3
Photo: duma.gov.ru, CC BY 4.0
Helena Bonham Carter
British actress (born 1966)
May 26
Photo: Helena_Bonham_Carter_(Berlin_Film_Festival_2011)_3.jpg : Siebbi derivative work: César, CC BY 3.0
Sinéad O'Connor
Irish singer-songwriter (1966–2023)
December 8 · d. 2023
Photo: Bryan Ledgard, CC BY 2.0
Enrique Peña Nieto
64th President of Mexico
July 20
Photo: Presidencia de la República Mexicana, CC BY 2.0
Amélie Nothomb
Belgian Francophone writer (born 1966)
July 9
Photo: ActuaLitté, CC BY-SA 2.0
Grigori Perelman
Russian mathematician (born 1966)
June 13
Photo: George Bergman, CC BY-SA 4.0
Eric Cantona
French footballer and actor (born 1966)
May 24
Photo: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0
Romário
Former Brazilian footballer, politician and Senator of Brazil since 2015
January 29
Photo: Agência Senado from Brasilia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0
Enrico Letta
Italian politician
August 20
Photo: FinnishGovernment, CC BY 2.0
Sophie Marceau
French actress
November 17
Photo: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0
Kiefer Sutherland
British-Canadian actor (born 1966)
December 21
Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0
Cindy Crawford
American model (born 1966)
February 20
Photo: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0
Zoran Milanović
President of Croatia since 2020
October 30
Photo: Presidenza della Repubblica, Attribution
Hristo Stoichkov
Bulgarian footballer
February 8
Photo: Biser Todorov, CC BY-SA 4.0
David Schwimmer
American actor (born 1966)
November 2
Photo: Philippe Berdalle, CC BY-SA 2.0
Robin Wright
American actress
April 8
Photo: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0
Carolyn Bertozzi
American chemist (born 1966)
October 10
Photo: Kuebi = Armin Kübelbeck, CC BY-SA 3.0
J. J. Abrams
American filmmaker (born 1966)
June 27
Photo: Montclair Film Festival, CC BY 2.0
Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé
Togolese politician
June 6
Photo: Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, CC BY 4.0
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Danish retired politician, former Prime Minister of Denmark
December 14
Photo: REPÚBLICA DE COLOMBIA, Public domain
John Cusack
American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1966)
June 28
Photo: Gerald Geronimo, CC BY-SA 2.0
Didier Queloz
Swiss astronomer
February 23
Photo: M.McCaughrean (ESA)/ESO, CC BY 4.0

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Month by month

January

January 6 · A. R. Rahman, Indian composer and musician
January 13 · Patrick Dempsey, American actor and racecar driver
January 17 · Nobuyuki Kojima, Japanese association football player
January 18 · José Antonio Kast, president of Chile since 2026
January 18 · Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player
January 19 · Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player

February

February 1 · Michelle Akers, American soccer player (born 1966)
February 6 · Rick Astley, British singer
February 24 · Billy Zane, American actor (born 1966)
February 25 · Téa Leoni, American actress and film producer
February 28 · Philip Reeve, English children's writer and illustrator
February 28 · Paulo Futre, Portuguese association football player

March

March 1 · Zack Snyder, American filmmaker (born 1966)
March 3 · Fernando Colunga, Mexican-American actor
March 18 · Jerry Cantrell, American guitarist and singer
March 20 · Alka Yagnik, Indian playback singer
March 26 · Michael Imperioli, American actor
March 29 · Krasimir Balakov, Bulgarian footballer and manager

April

April 2 · Teddy Sheringham, English footballer and manager (born 1966)
April 9 · Cynthia Nixon, American actress and politician
April 15 · Samantha Fox, British singer (born 1966)
April 22 · Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor
April 24 · Alessandro Costacurta, Italian association football player
April 29 · Ramón Medina Bello, Argentine association football player

May

May 5 · Sergey Stanishev, Bulgarian politician
May 8 · Cláudio Taffarel, Brazilian association football player and manager
May 9 · Marco Antônio da Silva, Brazilian association football player
May 12 · Stephen Baldwin, American actor and political activist
May 21 · Lisa Edelstein, American actress (born 1966)
May 30 · Thomas Häßler, German footballer

June

June 15 · Raimonds Vējonis, ninth president of Latvia
June 16 · Jan Železný, Czech javelin thrower and sports official
June 18 · Oleksii Reznikov, Ukrainian lawyer and politician
June 21 · Katsuo Kanda, Japanese association football player
June 22 · Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress
June 25 · Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese-American basketball player (1966–2024)

July

July 5 · Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer and manager
July 14 · Matthew Fox, American actor (born 1966)
July 21 · Sarah Waters, Welsh novelist (1966-)
July 28 · Liz Cheney, United States Representative from Wyoming from 2017 to 2023
July 31 · Yoshiyuki Matsuyama, Japanese association football player
July 31 · Dean Cain, American actor (born 1966)

August

August 5 · James Gunn, American screenwriter and filmmaker (born 1966)
August 10 · André Sogliuzzo, American voice actor
August 22 · Alexandre Torres, Brazilian association football player
August 23 · Alberto Acosta, Argentine association football player
August 27 · René Higuita, Colombian footballer and manager (born 1966)
August 28 · Julen Lopetegui, Spanish association football player and coach

September

September 6 · Emil Boc, 61st Prime Minister of Romania (2008-2012)
September 8 · Carola Häggkvist, Swedish singer and songwriter
September 10 · Akhrik Tsveiba, Ukrainian and Russian association football player (born 1966)
September 12 · Anousheh Ansari, Iranian-American engineer and entrepreneur (born 1966)
September 15 · Dejan Savićević, Montenegrin footballer
September 29 · Bujar Nishani, Albanian politician (1966–2022)

October

October 7 · Toni Braxton, American singer
October 10 · Tony Adams, English footballer (born 1966)
October 11 · Luke Perry, American actor (1966–2019)
October 19 · Jon Favreau, American actor and filmmaker (born 1966)
October 24 · Roman Abramovich, Russian-Israeli-Portuguese oligarch and former politician (born 1966)
October 30 · Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian jihadist (1966–2006)

November

November 1 · Jeremy Hunt, British politician
November 8 · Gordon Ramsay, British chef, restaurateur, and television personality (born 1966)
November 17 · Jeff Buckley, American musician (1966–1997)
November 19 · Jason Scott Lee, American actor and martial artist
November 23 · Vincent Cassel, French actor (born 1966)
November 30 · Mika Salo, Finnish racing driver (1966-)

December

December 5 · Patricia Kaas, French singer
December 7 · Lucía Etxebarria, Spanish writer
December 9 · Kirsten Gillibrand, American politician (born 1966)
December 21 · William Ruto, President of Kenya since 2022
December 27 · Masahiro Fukuda, Japanese association football player
December 28 · Kaliopi, Macedonian singer and songwriter (born 1966)

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