In the year 1964, for the first time in the United States, smoking is officially said to be dangerous (Jan 11), Beatlemania begins as the Beatles land at JFK airport (Feb 7), Malcolm X claims he will form a black nationalist party, and Cassius Clay changes his name to Muhammad Ali (Mar 6), the game show Jeopardy! debuts on NBC (Mar 30), Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American to win an Academy Award (Apr 13), the Rolling Stones release their debut album (Apr 16), Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison (Jun 12), racial segregation is officially abolished in the U.S.A. (Jul 2), Shinkansen is inaugurated in Japan (Oct 1), Mariner 4 sets off towards Mars (Nov 28), Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (Dec 10), atomic bombs are being tested in many places - and all these fine people were born:
1964-xxxx Nick Redfern* author/ufologist - Walsall, England
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1964-0104 Tom Westman* firefighter/Survivor S10 Contestant - Sayville, NY USA
1964-0107 Nicholas Cage* (b Nicolas Kim Coppola) actor - Long Beach, CA USA
1964-0110 Joseph Aoun* politician/P - Sin el Fil, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
1964-0111 Arto Halonen* film director - Joensuu, Finland
1964-0112 Jeff Bezos* founder of Amazon/ philanthropist - Albuquerque, NM USA
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1964-0114 Mark Addy* actor - York, England
1964-0114 Henry Saari* actor/porn star - Pori, Finland
1964-0117 Michelle Obama* lawyer/First Lady - Chicago, IL USA
1964-0117 Andy Rourke* musician/ bassist (The Smiths) - Manchester, Lancashire, England (2023/59)
1964-0117 Alexei Yeremenko* football player/manager - Novocherkassk, Russia Soviet Union
1964-0118 Milan Feranec* lawyer/ politician - Snina, Czechoslovakia (2025/60)
1964-0122 Nigel Benn* boxer - Ilford, Essex, England
1964-0123 Mariska Hargitay* actress/ director/philanthropist/w Hungarian heritage - Santa Monica, CA USA
1964-0127 Rupert Boneham* mentor/ Survivor contestant - USA
1964-0127 Bridget Fonda* actress - Los Angeles, CA USA
1964-0127 Tarja Roinila* translator/ teacher/columnist - Jyväskylä, Finland (2020/56)
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1964-0201 Linus Roache* actor - Manchester, England
1964-0205 Helena Bergström* actress - Gothenburg, Sweden
1964-0205 Antti Ilmari Pääkkönen* actor - Kuhmo, Finland
1964-0210 John Campbell* journalist/radio and television personality - Wellington, New Zealand
1964-0211 Ville Sirén* hockey player/hockey scout - Tampere, Finland
1964-0215 Leland D. Melvin* engineer/astronaut - Lynchburg, VA USA
1964-0218 Matt Dillon* actor - New Rochelle, NY USA
1964-0219 Jennifer Doudna* biochemist/N - Washington, D.C. USA
1964-0220 Willie Garson* actor - Highland Park, NJ USA (2021/57)
1964-0220 Christian Ruuttu* hockey player/scout - Lappeenranta, Finland
1964-0220 Tapio Suominen* TV sports caster - Turku, Finland (2024/60)
1964-0221 Mark Kelly* naval aviator/astronaut /politician - Orange, NJ USA
1964-0221 Scott Kelly* engineer/naval aviator/astronaut - Orange, NJ USA
1964-0228 Antti Rantakangas* politician - Pulkkila, Finland (2019/55)
1964-0307 Mikhail Popkov* serial killer - Angarsk, Russia
1964-0309 Juliette Binoche* actress - Paris, France
1964-0309 Phil Housley* hockey player/OS/coach - Saint Paul, MN USA
1964-0310 Prince Edward* Earl of Wessex/the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II - Buckingham Palace, London, England
1964-0311 Joel Benjamin* chess grandmaster - Brooklyn, NY USA
1964-0311 Emma Chambers* actress - Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (2018/53)
1964-0311** Raimo Helminen*** hockey player/OS - Tampere, Finland
1964-0316 Jamie Tarses* (b Sara James Tarses) television producer/studio executive - Pittsburgh, PA USA (2021/56)
1964-0317 Rob Lowe* actor - Charlottesville, VA USA
1964-0319 Olli Lindholm* singer/guitarist - Pori, Finland (2019/54)
1964-0320 Paul Wahlberg* chef/actor/owner of Wahlbergs - Boston, MA USA
1964-0321 Jim Kyte* first legally deaf hockey player in NHL - Ottawa, ON Canada
1964-0323 Hope Davis* actress - Englewood, NJ USA
1964-0329 Elle Macpherson* model/television host/businesswoman - Killara, NSW, Australia
1964-0330 Ian Ziering* actor/voice actor - Newark, NJ USA
1964-0331 Timothy John O’Brien* astronomer - Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England
1964-0401 Scott Stevens* hockey player (NHL 100)/coach - Kitchener, ON Canada
1964-0407 Russell Crowe* actor - Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
1964-0407 Terry Wallis* awakened after 19 years of minimally conscious state - Arkansas USA
1964-0408 Biz Markie* (b Marcel Hall) rapper/singer-songwriter/record producer - Harlem, NY USA (2021/57)
1964-0409 Rick Tocchet* hockey player/coach - Scarborough, ON Canada
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1964-0414 Kari Eriksson* criminal lawyer - Finland
1964-0415 Jope Ruonansuu* stand-up comedian/ actor/musician - Kemi, Finland (2020/56)
1964-0415 Jarkko Sipilä* crime fiction writer/crime reporter - Helsinki, Finland (2022/57)
1964-0416 Yorick van Wageningen* actor - Utrecht, Netherlands
1964-0419 Mika Kojonkoski* ski jumping coach - Rauma, Finland
1964-0420 Andy Serkis* actor/ narrator/director - Ruislip, Middlesex, England
1964-0424 Djimon Hounsou* actor - Cotonou, Benin
1964-0425 Hank Azaria* actor - Queens, NY USA
1964-0425 Wes Freed* outsider artist - Shenandoah Valley, VA USA (2022/58)
1964-0426 Krista Lepik* biathlete - Rakke, Estonia, Soviet Union
1964-05xx Christine Cushing* Canadian celebrity chef/television program host - Athens, Greece
1964-0501 Paco Tous* actor (La casa de papel) – Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain
1964-0503 Ron Hextall* hockey goalie/the first NHL goaltender to score a goal by shooting the puck into the opponent’s empty net - Brandon, MB Canada
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1964-0505 Heike Henkel* athlete/high jump/OG - Kiel, West Germany
1964-0506 Lars Mikkelsen* actor/brother of Mads Mikkelsen - Copenhagen, Denmark
1964-0508 Krista Errickson* actress/ journalist/filmmaker - Abington, PA USA
1964-0508 Melissa Gilbert* actress (Little House on the Prairie)/television director - Los Angeles, CA USA
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1964-0513 Stephen Colbert* comedian/television host - Washington D.C. USA
1964-0513 Tom Verica* actor/director/producer - Philadelphia, PA USA
1964-0514 Tony Marshall* actor - Manchester, England
1964-0515 Michael Gerson* journalist/ speechwriter - Belmar, NJ USA (2022/58)
1964-0516 Jaana Toivari-Viitala* egyptologist/museum curator - Loviisa, Finland (2017/52)
1964-0519 Gitanas Nauseda* banker/ politician/P - Klaipeda, Lithuania, Soviet Union
1964-0520 Petr Kellner* billionaire entrepreneur/founder of the PPF Group - Česká Lípa, Czechoslovakia (2021/56)
1964-0524 Markku Kanerva* football player/manager - Finland
1964-0525 Ray Stevenson* actor - Lisburn, Northern Ireland (2023/58)
1964-0526 Lenny Kravitz* singer-songwriter/ record producer/actor - New York City, NY USA
1964-0528 Christa Miller* actress/ niece of Susan Saint James - Manhattan, NY USA
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1964-0610 Kate Flannery* actress (The Office) - Philadelphia, PA USA
1964-0615 Courteney Cox* actress - Birmingham, AL USA
1964-0617 Kimber Eastwood* make-up artist/film producer/daughter of Clint Eastwood - Los Angeles, CA USA - IMDb
1964-0619 Boris Johnson* British politician/mayor of London - New York, NY USA
1964-0620 Michael Landon Jr.* actor/ director/writer/son of Michael Landon - Encino, CA USA
1964-0621 David Morrissey* actor/director/producer - Kensington, Liverpool, England
1964-0624 Hamish Harding* businessman/ adventurer/passenger of Titan - London, England (2023/58)
1964-0624 Gary Suter* hockey player/OS - Madison, WI USA
1964-0625 Olli-Pekka Heinonen* politician - Eurajoki, Finland
1964-0627 Michael Reilly Burke* actor - Marin County, CA USA
1964-0630 Anu Hälvä* singer/director/actress - Hyvinkää, Finland
1964-0701 Yu Long* 余隆 conductor - Shanghai, China
1964-0703 Peyton Reed* television and film director - Raleigh, NC USA
1964-0708 Alexei Gusarov* hockey player/3GC - Leningrad, Russia, Soviet Union
1964-0709 Courtney Love* singer/ actress/visual artist - San Francisco, CA USA
1964-0709 Gianluca Vialli* football player/manager - Cremona, Italy (2023/58)
1964-0710 Mark Levengood* Finnish writer/television host - Lejeune Base Camp, NC USA
1964-0714 Phil Hellmuth* poker player - Madison, WI USA
1964-0718 Wendy Williams* television host/businesswoman/ author - Asbury Park, NJ USA
1964-0720 Dean Winters* actor - New York City, NY USA
1964-0721 Jens Weissflog* ski jumper/OG - Erlabrunn, East Germany
1964-0721 Håkan Westin* cross-country skier (Vasaloppet)/descendant of Gustav Vasa - Eds socken, Sweden
1964-0726 Sandra Bullock* actress - Arlington, Virginia USA
1964-0728 Lori Loughlin* model/actress/producer - Queens, NY USA
1964-0730 Jürgen Klinsmann* football player/ manager - Göppingen,West Germany
1964-0730 Claudia Ramírez* actress - Minatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico
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1964-0801 Melanie Shatner* actress/ daughter of William Shatner - Los Angeles, CA USA
1964-0801 Natalya Shikolenko* athlete (javelin/OS) - Andizhan, Uzbekistan, Soviet Union
1964-0802 Mary-Louise Parker* actress - Fort Jackson, SC USA
1964-0804 Sebastian Roché* Scottish-French actor - Paris, France
1964-0805 Peter Chiarelli* hockey player/executive - Nepean, ON Canada
1964-0809 Brett Hull* hockey player (NHL 100) OS/hockey executive - Belleville, ON Canada
1964-0819 Richard Herrey* singer/radio host - Strömstad, Sweden
1964-0822 Mats Wilander* tennis player/commentator - Växjö, Sweden
1964-0822 Andrew Wilson* actor/director - Dallas, TX USA
1964-0825 Blair Underwood* actor - Tacoma, WA USA
1964-0827 Antti Reini* actor - Helsinki, Finland
1964-0901 Brian Bellows* hockey player/SC - St. Catharines, ON Canada
1964-0902 Keanu Reeves* Canadian actor/musician - Beirut, Libanon
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1964-0906 Tony Audenshaw* actor (Emmerdale) - Denton, Lancashire, England
1964-0906 Rosie Perez* actress/ dancer/activist - Brooklyn, NY USA
1964-0907 Eazy-E* (b Wright) rapper/record producer - Compton, CA USA (1995/30)
1964-0909 Sirpa Paatero* politician - Karhula, Finland
1964-0910 Ginés García Millán* actor - Puerto Lumbreras, Spain
1964-0910 Jack Ma* entrepreneur/co-founder of Alibaba/philanthropist - Hangzhou, China
1964-0913 Kari Hietalahti* actor/screenwriter - Savonlinna, Finland
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1964-0916 Molly Shannon* actress/ comedian - Cleveland, OH USA
1964-0917 Jukka-Pekka Siili* film director - Finland
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1964-0922 Narender Thapa* football player - Punjab, India (2022/57)
1964-0929 Olga Ketonen* radio reporter - Kalajoki, Finland (2024/59)
1964-1001 Marcia Pankratz* field hockey player/coach - Wakefield, MA USA
1964-1003 Sarah-Jane Hutt* Miss World 1983 - Poole, England
1964-1008 Ian Hart* actor - Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England
1964-1009 Guillermo del Toro* film director - Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
1964-1010
1964-1013 Christopher Judge* actor - Los Angeles, CA USA
1964-1014 Eve Hietamies* author - Lappeenranta, Finland
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1964-1023 Camilla Henemark* singer/actress - Stockholm, Sweden
1964-1025 Eric Bina* software programmer/co-creator of Mosaic - Champaign, IL USA
1964-1025 Michael Boatman* actor/writer - Colorado Spring, CO USA
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1964-1102 Lauren Vélez* actress/twin of Lorraine - Brooklyn, NY USA
1964-1102 Lorraine Vélez* singer/actress - Brooklyn, NY USA
1964-1105 Famke Janssen* actress - Amstelveen, Netherlands
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1964-1111 Calista Flockhart* actress - Freeport, IL USA
1964-1114 Patrick Warburton* actor/voice artist - Paterson, NJ USA
1964-1116 Diana Krall* jazz pianist/singer - Nanaimo, BC, Canada
1964-1116 Harry Lennix* actor - Chicago, IL USA
1964-1116 Tim O’Brien* artist/ illustrator - New Haven, CT USA
1964-1117 **Fofi Gennimat**a* politician - Athens, Kingdom of Greece (2021/56)
1964-1118 Lane Lambert* hockey player/coach/uncle of Brad Lambert - Melfort, SK Canada
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1964-1122 Sami Elopuro* squash player - Finland
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1964-1126 Lia Williams* actress/ director - Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
1964-1127 Robin Givens* actress - New York, NY USA
1964-1127 Adam Shankman* actor/director/ producer - Los Angeles, CA USA
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1964-1201 Salvatore Schillaci* football player/owner of youth academy of football - Palermo, Italy
1964-1204 Marisa Tomei* actress - Brooklyn, NY USA
1964-1207 Peter Laviolette* hockey player/coach/SC - Franklin, MA USA
1964-1208 Teri Hatcher* actress/voice actress/writer - Palo Alto, CA USA
1964-1209 Paul Landers* guitarist (Rammstein) - East Berlin, East Germany
1964-1210 Edith González* actress - Mexico City, Mexico (2019/54)
1964-1215 Paul Kaye* actor/ comedian - London, England
1964-1218 Pierre Nkurunziza* politician/P - Bujumbura, Burundi (2020/55)
1964-1220 Robert Gustafsson* actor/comedian - Katrineholm, Sweden
1964-1221 Jussi Hakulinen* musician (Yö)/singer-songwriter - Pori, Finland (2022/57)
1964-1226 Lydia de Vega* athlete (sprinter) - Meycauayan, Philippines (2022/57)
1964-1229 Michael Cudlitz* actor - Long Island, NY USA
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