Famous people born in 1970

The best-known people born in 1970, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

Melania Trump
First Lady of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
April 26
Photo: FLOTUS – Melania Trump, Public domain
Matt Damon
American actor (born 1970)
October 8
Photo: PhilipRomano, CC BY-SA 4.0
Christopher Nolan
English and American filmmaker (born 1970)
July 30
Photo: Republic of Korea, CC BY-SA 4.0
Simon Pegg
English actor (born 1970)
February 14
Photo: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0
Uma Thurman
American actress and model (born 1970)
April 29
Photo: Gorup de Besanez, CC BY-SA 4.0
Han Kang
South Korean writer
November 27
Photo: John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0
Andre Agassi
American tennis player (born 1970)
April 29
Rachel Weisz
British actress (born 1970)
March 7
Photo: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Aleksandar Vučić
5th President of the Republic of Serbia
March 5
Photo: Oliver Bunic - European Commission, CC BY 4.0
Javier Milei
economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
October 22
Photo: Quirinale, Attribution
Jennifer Connelly
American actress (born 1970)
December 12
Photo: Karon Liu at https://www.flickr.com/people/32153970@N07, CC BY 2.0
Andy Burnham
British politician
January 7
Photo: Prime Minister's Office, OGL 3
Sadiq Khan
Mayor of London since 2016
October 8
Naomi Campbell
British model (born 1970)
May 22
Photo: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0
Gianni Infantino
Swiss-Italian-Lebanese football administrator
March 23
Photo: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Anna Maria Jopek
Polish musician and singer
December 14
Photo: Gophi, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
November 6
Photo: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Claudia Schiffer
German model
August 25
Photo: nicolas genin, CC BY-SA 2.0
Tina Fey
American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright
May 18
Photo: PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0
Edwin van der Sar
Dutch association football player (born 1970)
October 29
Photo: Paul Blank, CC BY 2.5
Queen Rania of Jordan
Queen Consort of Jordan
August 31
Photo: World Economic Forum from Cologny, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0
Alan Shearer
English footballer
August 13
Photo: Originally carltonreid ; retouched by DFS454, CC BY-SA 2.0
Nicola Sturgeon
First Minister of Scotland from 2014 to 2023
July 19
Photo: Scottish Government, CC BY 2.0
Melissa McCarthy
American actress and comedian (born 1970)
August 26
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0
Ted Cruz
American politician (born 1970)
December 22
Photo: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain
Édouard Philippe
Prime Minister of France from 2017 to 2020
November 28
Photo: Jacques Paquier, CC BY 2.0
Naomi Klein
Canadian author and activist (born 1970)
May 8
Photo: Vera de Kok, CC BY-SA 4.0
Luis Enrique
Spanish footballer and manager
May 8
Queen Latifah
American rapper, singer and actress
March 18
Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0
Diego Simeone
Argentine association football player and manager (born 1970)
April 28
Photo: Barcex, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Month by month

January

January 9 · Lara Fabian, Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter
January 13 · Marco Pantani, Italian road racing cyclist (1970–2004)
January 24 · Matthew Lillard, American actor (born 1970)
January 29 · Paul Ryan, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019
January 29 · Heather Graham, American actress
January 31 · Minnie Driver, British-American actress (born 1970)

February

February 3 · Erik ten Hag, Dutch football manager
February 3 · Warwick Davis, English actor
February 13 · Rudi Vata, Albanian association football player
February 16 · Angelo Peruzzi, Italian association football player
February 17 · Dominic Purcell, actor
February 28 · Daniel Handler, American novelist, also known by the pseudonym Lemony Snicket (born 1970)

March

March 5 · John Frusciante, American guitarist
March 7 · Petra Mede, Swedish comedian, dancer and television host
March 24 · Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress (born 1970)
March 27 · Elizabeth Mitchell, American actress
March 28 · Vince Vaughn, American actor (born 1970)
March 31 · Alenka Bratušek, Slovenian politician

April

April 6 · Iryna Bilyk, Ukrainian singer and composer
April 7 · MacKenzie Scott, American philanthropist and novelist
April 8 · Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of Croatia since 2016
April 18 · Saad Harirị, Saudi Lebanese and france politician
April 25 · Jason Lee, American actor, comedian and professional skateboarder
April 30 · Halit Ergenç, Turkish actor (born 1970)

May

May 12 · David A. R. White, American actor
May 15 · Frank de Boer, Dutch association football player and manager
May 16 · Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player
May 25 · Octavia Spencer, American actress
May 27 · Joseph Fiennes, English film and stage actor (born 1970)
May 31 · Paolo Sorrentino, Italian film director and screenwriter (born 1970)

June

June 4 · Ekrem İmamoğlu, Turkish politician and 7th mayor of Istanbul
June 7 · Cafu, Brazilian association football player
June 8 · Gabby Giffords, American politician and gun control activist (born 1970)
June 19 · Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician (1970-present)
June 23 · Yann Tiersen, French composer (born 1970)
June 26 · Paul Thomas Anderson, American filmmaker (born 1970)

July

July 8 · Beck, American musician (born 1970)
July 12 · Lee Byung-hun, South Korean actor (born 1970)
July 17 · Gavin McInnes, Canadian far-right commentator
July 19 · Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister of New Zealand since 2023
July 23 · Saulius Skvernelis, prime minister of Lithuania from 2016 to 2020
July 27 · Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor

August

August 2 · Kevin Smith, American filmmaker (born 1970)
August 6 · M. Night Shyamalan, American filmmaker (born 1970)
August 16 · Saif Ali Khan, Indian film actor and producer
August 16 · Manisha Koirala, Nepalese actress (born 1970)
August 23 · River Phoenix, American actor and musician (1970–1993)
August 31 · Nikola Gruevski, Former politician from North Macedonia

September

September 3 · Gareth Southgate, English professional football manager and former player (born 1970)
September 11 · Taraji P. Henson, American actress (born 1970)
September 11 · Fanny Cadeo, Italian actress and singer
September 17 · Edílson, Brazilian association football player
September 20 · Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian racing driver; former Formula One driver
September 22 · Emmanuel Petit, French footballer (born 1970)

October

October 9 · Annika Sörenstam, Swedish American golfer
October 12 · Kirk Cameron, American actor
October 16 · Mehmet Scholl, German association football player and manager
October 29 · Phillip Cocu, Dutch association football player and manager
October 30 · Xie Jun, Chinese chess player
October 30 · Nia Long, American actress (born 1970)

November

November 1 · Igor Cvitanović, Croatian association football player
November 4 · Tabu, Indian actress
November 4 · Malena Ernman, Swedish opera singer
November 9 · Chris Jericho, American-Canadian professional wrestler (born 1970)
November 15 · Patrick Mboma, Cameroonian association football player
November 18 · Mike Epps, American actor, musician and comedian

December

December 1 · Sarah Silverman, American comedian, actress, and writer
December 3 · Christian Karembeu, French footballer (born 1970)
December 17 · Igor Girkin, Russian citizen from Moscow who played a significant role in the War in Donbass
December 18 · DMX, American rapper and actor (1970–2021)
December 20 · Todd Phillips, American filmmaker (born 1970)
December 21 · Bart De Wever, Prime Minister at Government of Belgium

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