In the year 1958, the EEC comes into being (Jan 1), the first successful American satellite is launched into orbit (Jan 31), Elvis Presley joins the U.S. Army (Mar 19), The Bridge on the River Kwai wins seven Academy Awards (Mar 26), Pizza Hut is founded (Jun 15), the first parking meters are installed in Britain (Jul 10), The Beatles record their first songs (Jul 12), NASA is founded (Jul 29), the first television show recorded on color videotape airs on NBC (Oct 17), the United States launches SCORE, the world’s first communications satellite - and all these fine people were born:
1958-xxxx Ella Bully-Cummings* first female police chief of Detroit - Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan 1958-0104 Julian Sands* actor/ mountaineer - Otley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (2023/65) 1958-0106 Shlomo Glickstein* tennis player - Rehovot, Israel 1958-0107 Yasmin Ahmad* Malaysian film director/writer - Kampung Bukit Treh, Muar, Federation of Malaya (2009/51) 1958-0119 Tapio Lehtinen* industrial engineer/one of the most prominent Finnish single-handed sailors - Finland 1958-0120 Lorenzo Lamas* actor/martial artist - Santa Monica, CA USA 1958-0121 Michael Wincott* actor - Toronto, ON Canada 1958-0123 Sergey Litvinov* athlete/hammer throw/OG - Tsukerova Balka, Soviet Union (2018/60) 1958-0126 Ellen DeGeneres* stand-up comedian/television host - Metairie, LA USA 1958-0201 1958-0203 Anne Taskinen* singer/actress/journalist - Helsinki, Finland (2019/61) 1958-0206 Barry Miller* actor - Los Angeles, CA USA 1958-0209 Khaled Khan* Bangladeshi actor - Tangail, East Pakistan (2013/55) 1958-0210 Rupert Vansittart* actor (Heartbeat) - Cranleigh, England 1958-0213 Pernilla August* (b Hertzman-Ericson) actress/director - Stockholm, Sweden 1958-0215 Ice-T* (b Tracy Lauren Marrow) rapper/actor/producer - Newark, NJ USA 1958-0218 Bernardita Catalla* diplomat - Makati, Philippines (2020/62) 1958-0219 Leslie David Baker* actor (The Office) - Chicago, IL USA 1958-0220 1958-0221 Jack Coleman* actor - Easton, PA USA 1958-0224 Todd Fisher* director/ producer/son of Debbie Reynolds - Burbank, CA USA 1958-0224 Mark Moses* actor - New York City, NY USA 1958-0225 1958-0226 Greg Germann* actor - Houston, TX USA 1958-0226 Kjell A. Nordström* economist/ writer/public speaker - Stockholm, Sweden 1958-0228 Mark Pavelich* hockey player - Eveleth, MN USA 1958-0301 Katerina Jacob* actress/ voice actress - Munich, West Germany 1958-0304 Patricia Heaton* actress - Bay Village, OH USA 1958-0304 Tina Smith* (b Flint) businesswoman/ politician/senator - Albuquerque, NM USA 1958-0305 Andy Gibb* singer/songwriter (Bee Gees) - Manchester, England (1988/30) 1958-0309 Brian Butterfield* baseball player/coach/manager - Bangor, ME USA 1958-0309 Linda Fiorentino* actress - Philadelphia, PA USA 1958-0310 Sharon Stone* actress - Meadville, PA USA 1958-0311 Ritva Jalonen* actress/wife of Esko Roine - Hanko, Finland 1958-0314 Prince Albert II* of Monaco - Monacoville, Monaco 1958-0314 Sture Fjäder* labor leader - Hanko, Finland 1958-0320 1958-0321 Sabrina Le Beauf* actress - New Orleans, LA USA 1958-0321 Gary Oldman* actor - New Cross, London, England 1958-0321 1958-0323 Bengt-Åke Gustafsson* hockey player/coach - Karlskoga, Sweden 1958-0323 Pekka Haavisto* politician - Helsinki, Finland 1958-0325 María Caridad Colón* athlete (javelin/OG)/member of the IOC - Baracoa, Cuba 1058-0331 Kuupik Kleist* Greenlandic politician/PM - Qullissat, County of Greenland, Denmark 1958-0401 1958-0403 Alec Baldwin* actor/writer/producer - Massapequa, Long Island, NY USA 1958-0403 Francesca Woodman* photographer - Denver, CO USA (1981/22) 1958-0404 1958-0408 Tom Petranoff* athlete (javelin) - Aurora, IL USA 1958-0408 Rikard Wolff* actor/singer - Farsta, Stockholm, Sweden (2017/59) 1958-0410 1958-0412 Annette McCarthy* actress - USA (2023/64) 1958-0412 Clas Svahn* journalist/writer/ufologist - Mariestad, Sweden 1958-0414 Peter Capaldi* actor /director - Glasgow, Scotland 1958-0415 Tom Laidlaw* hockey player/motivational speaker - Brampton, ON Canada 1958-0420 Viacheslav Fetisov* first Russian NHL player/3GC - Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union 1958-0421 Andie MacDowell* actress - Gaffney, SC USA 1958-0422 Gloria Galeano Garcés* botanist/agronomist - Medellín, Colombia (2016) 1958-0426 Giancarlo Esposito* American actor - Copenhagen, Denmark 1958-0429 Michelle Pfeiffer*actress/producer/ businesswoman - Santa Ana, CA USA 1958-0430 1958-0501 1958-0510 Harri Kirvesniemi* cross-country skier - Mikkeli, Finland 1958-0513 Claire Backhouse-Sharpe* (b Backhouse) badminton player/coach - Vancouver, BC Canada 1958-0516 Rick Kirkham* writer/cinematographer - Oklahoma City, OK USA 1958-0520 Ron Reagan* radio host/ political analyst/son of Ronald Reagan - Los Angeles, CA USA 1958-0523 Drew Carey* stand-up comedian/game show host - Cleveland, OH USA 1958-0526 Arto Bryggare* athlete/politician - Kouvola, Finland 1958-0527 Neil Finn* singer-songwriter/guitarist (Fleetwood Mac) - Te Awamutu, New Zealand 1958-0529 Annette Bening* actress - Topeka, KS USA 1958-0529 Jarmo Mäkinen* actor - Karstula, Finland 1958-0530 Marie Fredriksson* singer (Roxette) - Össjö, Skåne, Sweden (2019/61) 1958-0530 Antero Laukkanen* priest/ entrepreneur/politician - Kouvola, Finland (2024/66) 1958-0530 Ted McGinley* actor - Newport Beach, CA USA 1958-0602 Brian Regan* stand-up comedian - Miami, FL USA 1958-0605 Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha* businessman/ founder of King Power Duty Free - Bangkok, Thailand (2018/60) 1958-0606 Gina Swainson* Miss World 1979 - Bermuda 1958-0606 Danny Webb* actor - London, England 1958-0607 Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza* art collector - Lausanne, Switzerland 1958-0617 Daniel McVicar* actor - Independence, MO USA 1958-0619 Sergei Makarov* hockey player/OG - Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union 1958-0620 Paul Poom* actor - Tallinn, Estonia, Soviet Union 1958-0621 Eric Douglas* actor/stand-up comedian/son of Kirk Douglas - Los Angeles, CA USA (2004/46) 1958-0622 Serhiy Kot* historian/ preservationist - Kyiv, Ukraine, Soviet Union (2022/63) 1958-0623 1958-0624 Tom Lister Jr.* wrestler/actor - Pine Bluff, AR USA 1958-0624 John Tortorella* hockey player/coach - Boston, MA USA 1958-0627 Wendy Weinberg* swimmer/OB - Baltimore, MD USA 1958-0630 Esa-Pekka Salonen* conductor/composer - Helsinki, Finland 1958-0703 Juha Föhr* meteorologist - Piikkiö, Finland 1958-0705 Chris Cline* entrepreneur/philanthropist - Beckley, WV USA (2019/60) 1958-0706 Jennifer Saunders* actress/ screenwriter/singer - Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England 1958-0707 Tiina Rosenberg* (b Pursiainen) academic/active in Sweden - Helsinki, Finland 1958-0708 Kevin Bacon* actor - Philadelphia, PA USA 1958-0710 Donna Britt* Baton Rouge news anchor - Fort Worth, TX USA (2021/62) WAFB 1958-0710 Fiona Shaw* actress (Killing Eve) - Farranree, County Cork, Ireland 1958-0715 Jukka Laaksonen* comedian/impressionist - Helsinki, Finland 1958-0717 Wong Kar-wai* film director - Shanghai, China 1958-0725 Niklas Strömstedt* singer/songwriter - Lund, Sweden 1958-0728 Terry Fox* runner/humanitarian/ cancer research activist - Winnipeg, MB Canada (1981/22) 1958-0729 Dave Cameron* hockey player/coach - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada 1958-0730 Kate Bush* singer/ songwriter/record producer - Bexleyheath, Kent, England 1958-0731 Mark Cuban* businessman/ Shark Tank investor - Pittsburgh, PA USA 1958-0801 Krista Aru* historian of journalism/museologist/politician - Pagari, Estonia, Soviet Union 1958-0801 Michael Penn* singer-songwriter/ composer/brother of Sean Penn - Greenwich Village, USA 1958-0802 1958-0804 Mary Decker* middle distance runner/WC - Bunnvale, NJ USA 1958-0804 Greg Foster* hurdler/WC - Chicago, IL USA 1958-0804 Jarmo Kärnä* athlete (long jump) - Valtimo, Finland 1958-0805 1958-0809 Amanda Bearse* actress (Married With Children)/director - Winter Park, FL USA 1958-0809 Per Herrey* singer/composer - Enköping, Sweden 1958-0813 Domenico Dolce* fashion designer/entrepreneur - Milan, Italy 1958-0814 Bobby Eaton* professional wrestler - Huntsville, AL USA 1958-0816 Angela Bassett* actress/activist - New York, NY USA 1958-0818 Madeleine Stowe* actress - Los Angeles, CA USA 1958-0818 Brad White* potato farmer/Am. football player - Rexburg, ID USA (2022/63) 1958-0819 Darryl Sutter* hockey player/coach - Viking, AB Canada 1958-0820 Craig Raymond Turner (b Hill) real estate agent - USA (2017/59) 1958-0822 Colm Feore* Canadian actor - Boston, MA USA 1958-0823 Rainer Friman* singer/writer/priest - Pori, Finland 1958-0824 Steve Guttenberg* actor/director/businessman - Brooklyn, NY USA 1958-0825 Tim Burton* film director - Burbank, CA USA 1958-0828 Scott Hamilton* figure skater/OG - Bowling Green, OH USA 1958-0829 Michael Jackson* singer - Gary, IN USA (2009/50) 1958-0830 Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir* actress/author - Reykjavik, Iceland 1958-0830 Anna Politkovskaya* Russian investigative journalist/writer/ human rights activist - New York City, NY USA (2006/48) 1958-0831 Leslie Carol Shatner* actress/ daughter of William Shatner – Los Angeles, CA USA 1958-0906 Jeff Foxworthy* actor/ comedian/writer - Atlanta, GA USA 1958-0911 Jeffrey A. Hutchings* fisheries scientist - Orillia, ON Canada (2022/63) 1958-0910 1958-0914 Mikael Birkkjær* actor - Copenhagen, Denmark 1958-0915 Joel Quenneville* hockey player/coach - Windsor, ON Canada 1958-0916 Jennifer Tilly* American-Canadian actress/professional poker player - Los Angeles, CA USA 1958-0922 Andrea Bocelli* singer/ songwriter/record producer - Lajatico, Tuscany, Italy 1958-0924 Kevin Sorbo* actor - Mound, MN USA 1958-0925 Michael Salla* exopolitician - Melbourne, Australia 1958-0927 Faustino López Vargas* politician - Aldama, Tamaulipas, Mexico (2022/64) 1958-0929 Silvana Suárez* Miss World 1978 - Córdoba, Argentina 1958-0930 1958-1001 1958-1002 1958-1005 Brent W. Jett Jr.* aeronautical engineer/astronaut - Pontiac, MI USA 1958-1005 Neil deGrasse Tyson* astrophysicist/ author/science communicator - Manhattan, NY USA 1958-1007 Pentti Hietanen* opera singer - Tampere, Finland 1958-1012 Reijo Mäki* writer of crime fiction - Siikainen, Finland 1958-1013 Jamal Khashoggi* journalist/dissident/author - Medina, Saudi Arabia (2018/59) 1958-1013 Arne Sorenson* American hotel executive/to U.S. at age 7 - Tokyo, Japan (2021/62) 1958-1015 Virpi Hämeen-Anttila* author/translator/reseacher - Espoo, Finland 1958-1016 Tim Robbins* actor - West Covina, CA USA 1958-1017 Alan Jackson* country singer/songwriter - Newnan, GA USA 1958-1018 Kjell Samuelsson* hockey player/coach - Tingsryd, Sweden 1958-1031 1958-1101 1958-1104 Bert Romp* equestrian/OG - Veendam, Netherlands (2018/59) 1958-1115 Kazuhisa Hashimoto* 橋本和久 video game developer - Japan (2020/61) 1958-1115 Diane Pretty* euthanasia activist - Luton, England (2002/43) 1958-1116 Marg Helgenberger* actress - Fremont, NE USA 1958-1116 Anne Holt* lawyer/ politician/writer - Larvik, Norway 1958-1117 Mary Elisabeth Mastrantonio* actress - Lombard, IL USA 1958-1118 Oscar Nunez* Cuban-American actor/comedian - Colón, Cuba 1958-1121 Ian Cognito* (b Barbieri) stand-up comedian - London, England (2019/60) 1958-1122 Jamie Lee Curtis* actress - Los Angeles, CA USA 1958-1123 Neil Breen* filmmaker - USA 1958-1127 Paul Gosar* dentist/politician - Rock Springs, WY USA 1958-1130 1958-1201 Candace Bushnell* author/journalist/television producer - Glastonbury, CT USA 1958-1201 Charlene Tilton* actress - San Diego, CA USA 1958-1206 Nick Park* animator (Wallace and Gromit)/writer/producer - Preston, Lancashire, England 1958-1212 Dag Ingebrigtsen* musician/father of the ski jumper Tommy Ingebrigtsen - Trondheim, Norway 1958-1212 Sheree J. Wilson* actress/ producer/businesswoman - Rochester, MN USA 1958-1215 Alfredo Ormando* writer/fatal protest against the Church’s teaching on homosexuality - San Cataldo, Sicily, Italy (1998/39) 1958-1219 Kristiina Kuningas* actress (Ruusun aika)/businesswoman - Helsinki, Finland (2019/60) 1958-1226 Mieko Harada* 原田 美枝子 actress - Tokyo, Japan 1958-1229 Lakhdar Belloumi* football player/manager - Mascara, Algeria 1958-1231 Bebe Neuwirth* dancer/ singer/actress - Newark, NJ USA 1958-0 1958-0 1958-0 Updated 2025-0427 Helsinki Search for another year here