In the year 1957, Eisenhower’s second term as U.S. president begins (Jan 20), the first new conscripts join the Bundeswehr (Apr 1), John Lennon(16) and Paul McCartney(15) meet for the very first time, 3 years before forming the Beatles (Jul 6), Olav V becomes King of Norway (Sep 21), David Lean’s  The Bridge on the River Kwai opens in the UK (Oct 2), the Soviet Union launches Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth (Oct 4), Sputnik 2 is launched, with the dog Laika on board (Nov 3), Gordon Gould invents the laser (Nov 13), the Boeing 707 airliner flies for the first time (Dec 20) - and all these fine people were born:

1957-0101 1957-0103 Lasse Frykberg* cross-country skier (Vasaloppet) - Sweden 1957-0104 Patty Loveless* (b Ramey) country music singer - Pikeville, KY USA 1957-0105 Jon-Erik Hexum* model/actor/Norwegian heritage - Englewood, NJ USA (1984/27) 1957-0107 Katie Couric* journalist - Arlington, VA USA 1957-0110 1957-0111 Bengt Hassis* cross-country skier (Vasaloppet) - Sweden 1957-0112 Tarja Siimes* actress/daughter of Pentti Siimes - Helsinki, Finland 1957-0113 Ned Eisenberg* actor - New York City, NY USA 1957-0113 Claudia Emerson* poet (Pulitzer Prize)/teacher - Chatham, VA USA (2014/57) 1957-0114 1957-0115 Michele MacNeill* (b Somers) model/ homemaker/murder victim - Concord, CA USA (2007/50) 1957-0120 1957-0122 Mike Bossy* hockey player (NHL 100)/color commentator - Montreal, QC Canada 1957-0124 Mark Eaton* basketball player - Inglewood, CA USA (2021/64) 1957-0125 Luis Garavito* serial killer - Génova, Quindío, Colombia (2023/66) 1957-0127 Frank Miller* comic book artist/director/ producer - Olney, MD USA 1957-0131 1957-0201 1957-0202 1957-0205 Tina Bell* singer/ songwriter - Seattle, WA USA (2012/55) 1957-0205 Jüri Tamm* athlete (hammer/OB)/politician - Pärnu, Estonia, Soviet Union (2021/64) 1957-0205 Tarmo Uusivirta* fireman/ boxer/EG - Jyväskylä, Finland (1999/42) 1957-0206 Kathy Najimy* actress/comedian/voice actress - San Diego, CA USA 1957-0209 Gordon Strachan* football player/manager - Edinburgh, Scotland 1957-0214 Soili Isokoski* opera singer - Posio, Finland 1957-0216 LeVar Burton* American actor/director/children’s television host (Reading Rainbow) - Landstuhl, West Germany 1957-0217 Lars Brygmann* actor - Copenhagen, Denmark 1957-0218 Marita Koch* sprinter/OG - Wismar, East Germany 1957-0218 Vanna White* actress/television host (Wheel of Fortune) - Conway, SC USA 1957-0219 Ray Winstone* actor - Homerton, London, England 1957-0220 Glen Hanlon* hockey goalie/coach - Brandon, MB Canada 1957-0227 Kevin Curran* writer (The Simpsons etc)/voice actor - Hartford, CT USA (2016/59) 1957-0227 Timothy Spall* actor - London, England 1957-0 1957-0228 John Turturro* actor - Brooklyn, NY USA 1957-0304 Jim Dwyer* journalist - New York City, NY USA (2020/63) 1957-0305 Mark E. Smith* singer/songwriter/ musician - Broughton, Lancashire, England (2018/60) 1957-0308 Carl Brewer* politician/mayor - Wichita, KS USA (2020/63) 1957-0309 Mona Sahlin* politician/PM - Sollefteå, Sweden 1957-0310 Osama bin Laden* terrorist - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2011/54) 1957-0310 Hilary Devey* businesswoman/ television presenter/television personality (Dragons' Den) - Bolton, Lancashire, England (2022/65) 1957-0311 Qasem Soleimani* army general - Qanat-e Malek, Kerman, Iran (2020/62) 1957-0312 Marlon Jackson* singer (Jackson 5)/dancer/entertainer - Gary, IN USA 1957-0312 Debra Jean Kent* Utah homicide victim - USA (1974/17) Find A Grave 1957-0315 1957-0317 Sissela Kyle* actress/ comedian/theater director - Örgryte, Sweden 1957-0317 Walter Mayer* cross-country skier (Vasaloppet)/coach - Hüttau, Austria 1957-0320 Spike Lee* film director - Atlanta, GA USA 1957-0323 Amanda Plummer* actress/daughter of Christopher Plummer - New York City, NY USA 1957-0324 Olivia Chow* Canadian politician/mayor of Toronto - British Hong Kong 1957-0324 Samuel Fröler* actor - Madesjö, Sweden 1957-0324 Miro Zalar* Swedish pole vaulter - Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia 1957-0327 Cathy Shipton* actress - Lewisham, England 1957-0329 Christopher Lambert* actor - Great Neck, NY USA 1957-0330 Erkka Westerlund* hockey coach - Pernaja, Finland 1957-0331 Marc McClure* actor - San Mateo, CA USA 1957-0401 Andreas Deja* German-American character animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios) - Gdansk, Poland 1957-0401 J. Karjalainen* singer/songwriter - Helsinki, Finland 1957-0402 Hank Steinbrenner* businessman/part-owner of the New York Yankees - Culver, IN USA (2020/63) 1957-0404 Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán* drug lord - La Tuna, Sinaloa, Mexico 1957-0404 Aki Kaurismäki* film director - Orimattila, Finland 1957-0409 Seve Ballesteros* golf player - Pedreña, Cantabria, Spain (2011/54) 1957-0412 Suzzanne Douglas* actress - Chicago, IL USA (2021/64) 1957-0413 John Balcerzak*  police officer - Milwaukee, WI USA 1957-0413 Amy Goodman* broadcast journalist/investigative reporter - USA 1957-0414 Lothaire Bluteau* actor - Montreal, QC Canada 1957-0415 Evelyn Ashford* athlete/ sprinter/OG - Shreveport, LA USA 1957-0421 Tim Leiweke* sports executive - St. Louis, MO USA 1957-0422 Donald Tusk* politician - Gdansk, Poland 1957-0429 Daniel Day-Lewis* actor - London, England 1957-0501 Jo Jorgensen* academic/ political activist - Libertyville, IL USA 1957-0503 Timo Kekkonen* engineer/ grandson of Urho Kekkonen - Helsinki, Finland 1957-0504 1957-0505 Richard E. Grant* (b Esterhuysen) Swazi-English actor/presenter - Mbabane, Swaziland 1957-0508 Eddie Butler* rugby player/journalist/sports commentator - Newport, Wales (2022/65) 1957-0510 Sid Vicious* singer/musician - London, England (1979/21) 1957-0514 Daniela Dessì* opera singer - Genoa, Italy 1957-0516 Joan Benoit* marathon runner (OG) - Cape Elizabeth, ME USA 1957-0516 Nancy Richler* novelist - Montreal, QC Canada (2018/60) 1957-0516 Bob Suter* hockey player/father of Ryan Suter - Madison, WI USA (2014/57) 1957-0517 Gösta Sundqvist* singer (Leevi and the Leavings)/radio personality - Espoo, Finland (2003/46) 1957-0521 Judge Reinhold* actor - Wilmington, DE USA 1957-0526 François Legault* politician/ Premier of Quebec - Montreal, QC Canada 1957-0529 Ted Levine* actor - Bellaire, OH USA 1957-0530 1957-0531 Jim Craig* hockey player/motivational speaker - Easton, MA USA 1957-0601 David Hatcher Childress* American author/ rogue archaeologist - France 1957-0605 Clifton Truman Daniel* grandson of Harry S. Truman - USA 1957-0608 Dimple Kapadia* actress - Bombay, India 1957-0611 Felipe Lettersten* Peruvian-Swedish sculptor/casted many sculptures of indigenous people in his  attempt to preserve the Amazon rainforest cultures - Lima, Peru (2003/46) Hijos de Nuestra Tierra 1957-0612 Timothy Busfield* actor /director - Lansing, MI USA 1957-0613 Ada Maris* actress - Los Angeles, CA USA 1957-0616 Faye Grant* actress - St.Clair Shores, MI USA 1957-0618 Harry Nikander* hockey player - Seinäjoki, Finland (2004/47) 1957-0618 Richard Powers* novelist - Evanston, IL USA 1957-0619 Anna Lindh* politician - Enskede, Stockholm, Sweden (2003/46) 1957-0620 Chester Borrows* police officer/politician - Nelson, New Zealand (2023/65) 1957-0623 Frances McDormand* actress - Chicago, IL USA 1957-0624 Hiroshi Ono* 小野 浩 video game artist - Tokyo, Japan (2021/64) 1957-0630 1957-0701 1957-0703 Jarmo Luttinen* magician - Helsinki, Finland 1957-0704 Melissa Anne Smith* homicide victim/daughter of Police Chief Louis Smith - Salt Lake City, UT USA (1974/17) 1957-0705 1957-0708 James E. Malone Jr.* politician - Baltimore, MD USA (2024/67) 1957-0709 Tim Kring* screenwriter/television producer - El Dorado County, CA USA 1957-0709 Kelly McGillis* actress - Newport Beach, CA USA 1957-0710 1957-0713 Thierry Boutsen* racing driver - Brussels, Belgium 1957-0713 Penny Cook* actress - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (2018/61) 1957-0713 Carl J. Danhammer* (b Jouko Juvonen) businessman/con artist - Pieksämäki, Finland (2021/64) 1957-0715 Cecile Richards* labor organizer/activist - Waco, TX USA (2025/67) 1957-0723 Jo Brand* stand-up comedian/actress/writer - Clapham, London, England 1957-0724 Pam Tillis* country music singer/songwriter/record producer - Plant City, FL USA 1957-0801 1957-0809 Melanie Griffith* actress - New York, NY USA 1957-0814 José Coronado* actor - Madrid, Spain 1957-0814 Johnny Lever* stand-up comedian/actor - Kanigiri, Andhra Pradesh, India 1957-0816 Laura Innes* actress - Pontiac, MI USA 1957-0818 Carole Bouquet* fashion model/actress - Neuilly-sur-Seine, France 1957-0819 Martin Donovan* actor - Reseda, CA USA 1957-0820 Mary Stävin* Miss World 1977/actress - Örebro, Sweden 1957-0823 Örjan Blomquist* economist/ cross-country skier (Vasaloppet)/ color commentator - Bromma, Sweden (2000/42) 1957-0824 Stephen Fry* actor - Hampstead, London England 1957-0826 Rick Hansen* paralympian/philanthropist - Port Alperni, BC Canada 1957-0827 Kenji Nagai* 長井 健司 photojournalist - Imabari, Ehime, Japan (2007/50) 1957-0828 Daniel Stern* actor/director/screenwriter - Texarkana, AR USA 1957-0901 Gloria Estefan* singer - Havana, Cuba 1957-0902 Steve Porcaro* keyboardist/ songwriter (Toto)/film composer - Hartford, CT USA 1957-0903 Delroy Grant* serial rapist in London suburbs - Kingston, Jamaica 1957-0903 Jaggi “Sadhguru” Vasudev* yogi/mystic/author - Mysore, Karnataka, India 1957-0908 Hasse Aro* television host/producer - Södertälje, Sweden 1957-0912 Rachel Ward* actress/director/screenwriter - Cornwell, Oxfordshire, England 1957-0912 Hans Zimmer* composer/record producer - Frankfurt-am-Main, West Germany 1957-0916 Markku Pölönen* writer/film director - Eno, Lapland Finland 1957-0919 Raymond Arritt* agronomist/N (IPCC) - Covington, VA USA (2018/61) 1957-0920 1957-0921 Ethan Coen* writer/film director - Minneapolis, MN USA 1957-0922 Refat Chubarov* leader of the Crimean Tatar national movement in Ukraine and worldwide - Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Soviet Union 1957-0923 Tunch Ilkin* Turkish-American Am. football player/sports broadcaster/to U.S. at age 2 - Istanbul, Turkey (2021/63) 1957-0924 Sibongile Khumalo* South African singer - Orlando West, Johannesburg (2021/63) 1957-0925 Jean-Pierre Demailly* mathematician - Péronne, France (2022/64) 1957-0925 Michael Madsen* actor/producer/writer - Chicago, IL USA 1957-0926 1957-0927 Jacques Borlée* Belgian sprinter coach - Stanleyville, Belgian Congo 1957-0927 Mariko Muroyama* 室山 真里子 manga artist/co-op with her sister under to joint pen name Muroyama Mayumi - Japan 1957-0929 Andrew Dice Clay* stand-up comedian/actor/ musician - New York, NY USA 1957-0930 Fran Drescher* actress/comedian/trade union leader - New York City, NY  USA 1957-1001 1957-1002 Pálmi Gestsson* actor/voice actor - Bolungarvik, the Westfjords, Iceland 1957-1004 Bill Fagerbakke* actor/voice actor - Fontana, CA USA 1957-1010 Hasanuddin Murad* politician - Marabahan, Barito Kuala, Indonesia (2023/65) 1957-1011 Keith Armstrong* football player/commentator/active in Finland - Corbridge, Northumberland, England 1957-1012 Wilnelia Merced* Miss World 1975/model - Caguas, Puerto Rico 1957-1014 Marc Neil-Jones* Vanuatuan journalist/campaigner for freedom of the press - England (2025/67) 1957-1022 Pär Sundberg* child actor - Stockholm, Sweden 1957-1025 Nancy Cartwright* actress/voice actress (Bart Simpson etc) - Dayton, OH USA 1957-1027 Jeff East* actor (teenage Clark Kent) - Kansas City, MO USA 1957-1027 Marita Liulia* visual artist - Perho, Finland 1957-1029 Dan Castellaneta* actor/ voice actor (Homer Simpson)/screenwriter - Chicago, IL USA 1957-1030 Kevin Pollak* actor - San Fransisco, CA USA 1957-1031 Juha Repo* rally co-driver - Finland 1957-11xx Georgina Beyer* (b George Bertrand politician/of Maori descent - Wellington, New Zealand (2023/65) 1957-1103 Dolph Lundgren* martial artist/actor/producer - Stockholm, Sweden 1957-1104 Magenta Devine* (b Kim Taylor) television presenter/music promoter - Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England (2019/61) 1957-1110 1957-1112 Brad Sigmon* convicted murderer - South Carolina USA (2025/67) 1957-1113 Martin Timell* television presenter - Stockholm, Sweden 1957-1115 Mikko “Pantse” Syrjä* musician/songwriter (Eppu Normaali)/son of Kirsi Kunnas - Tampere, Finland 1957-1117 Dani Levy* actor/ filmmaker/theatrical director - Basel, Switzerland 1957-1119 Joel Goldsmith* composer of film and video game music - Los Angeles, CA USA 1957-1120 Mikko Kivinen* actor - Helsinki, Finland 1957-1122 Don Newman* basketball player/coach- New Orleans, LA USA (2018/60) 1957-1122 Alan Stern* planetary scientist - New Orleans, LA USA 1957-1123 William Kaelin Jr.* cancer researcher/N - New York, NY USA 1957-1124 Denise Crosby* actress/granddaughter of Bing Crosby - Hollywood, CA USA 1957-1124 Joakim Helenius* Finnish-Estonian investment banker/businessman/politician - Helsinki, Finland (or the 27th) 1957-1126 Gene Bradley* Am. football quarterback - Jonesboro, AR USA 1957-1127 Edda Heiðrún Backman* actress/ singer/director - Akranes, Iceland (2016/58) 1957-1127 Caroline Kennedy* author/ attorney - New York City, NY USA 1957-1128 1957-1129 Jennifer Batten* guitarist/session&solo - New York City, NY USA 1957-1129 Tarja Kivi** blogger (Journeys of Life)/linguist/astrologer - Helsinki, Finland 1957-1129 Irwin Kula* rabbi/author (Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life)/media personality  - USA 1957-1129 Janet Napolitano* lawyer/politician/Governor - New York, NY USA 1957-1129 Matthew Rubel* entrepreneur/investor - Fort Lauderdale, FL USA 1957-1129 Jean-Philippe Toussaint* novelist/photographer/ filmmaker - Brussels, Belgium 1957-1130 Colin Mochrie* Scottish-Canadian actor/ comedian/writer - Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland 1957-1207 Markus Kajo* journalist/TV-host - Isojoki, Finland 1957-1209 Donny Osmond* singer (The Osmonds) - Ogden, UT USA 1957-1210 Michael Clarke Duncan* actor - Chicago, IL USA (2012/54) 1957-1210 Prem Rawat* Indian-American philosopher - Haridwar, India 1957-1213 Steve Buscemi* actor - Brooklyn, NY USA 1957-1221 John Geddert* artistic gymnastics coach/charged with human trafficking etc - Michigan, USA (2021/63) 1957-1221 Ray Romano* actor (Everybody Loves Raymond) - Queens, NY USA 1957-1222 Susan Powter* nutritionist/author/motivational speaker/to U.S. at age 10 - Sydney, NSW Australia 1957-1224 Hamid Karzai* politician - Kandahar, Afghanistan 1957-1230 Matt Lauer* journalist/TV-host - New York, NY USA 1957-1231 Peter Williams* actor (Stargate SG-1) - Kingston, Jamaica 1957-0 1957-0 1957-0 Updated 2025-0427 Helsinki Search for another year here