In the year 1988, The Soviet Union begins with Perestrojka (Jan 2), The Phantom of the Opera opens on Broadway (Jan 26), a document implicates Kurt Waldheim in WW2 deportations (Feb 29), the Candle demonstration in Bratislava begins the change in Czechoslovakia (Mar 25), after years of war, Soviet Union begins withdrawing from Afghanistan (May 15), the Singing Revolution begins in the Estonian SSR (Jun 10), Al-Qaeda is formed (Aug 11), the Iran-Iraq War ends (Aug 20), the first Fairtrade label is launched (Nov 15), Benazir Bhutto becomes the first woman to lead an Islam-dominated state (Dec 2) - and all these fine people were born:

1988-01xx Abigail Seldin* American edtech entrepreneur/  - USA 1988-0101 1988-0102 Yusuke Suzuki* 鈴木 雄介 racewalker - Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan 1988-0104 Elin Eldebrink* basketball player - Östertälje, Sweden 1988-0104 Frida Eldebrink* basketball player - Östertälje, Sweden 1988-0105 Eddie Läck* hockey goalie/coach - Norrtälje, Sweden 1988-1005 Mathieu Perreault* hockey player - Drummondville, QC Canada 1988-0106 1988-0107 Harlan Alaalatoa* rugby player - Sydney, Australia 1988-0107 Robert Sheehan* actor - Portlaoise, Ireland 1988-0108 Bella Dayne* (b Isabelle Knispel) German actress - Berlin, West Germany 1988-0112 Claude Giroux* hockey player - Hearst, ON Canada 1988-0113 Maon Kurosaki* 黒崎 真音 singer/songwriter - Tokyo, Japan (2023/35) 1988-0115 Eddie Hall* strongman - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England 1988-0118 Angelique Kerber* tennis player - Bremen, West Germany 1988-0120 1988-0121 Ashton Eaton* athlete (decathlon/OG) - Portland, OR USA 1988-0124 Rosa Lindstedt* hockey player/OB - Ylöjärvi, Finland 1988-0131 1988-0202 Kathryn Eastwood* (b Reeves) actress/ screenwriter/daughter of Clint Eastwood - Carmel, CA USA 1988-0202 Zosia Mamet* actress/ musician - Randolph, VT USA 1988-0204 Carly Patterson* artistic gymnast/singer/songwriter - Baton Rouge, LA  USA 1988-0205 Zalina Petrivskaya* athlete (hammer) - Vladikavkaz, Russia, Soviet Union 1988-0212 Nicolás Otamendi* football player - Buenos Aires, Argentina 1988-0214 Ángel Di María* football player - Rosario, Argentina 1988-0215 Jessica De Gouw* actress - Perth, WA Australia 1988-0215 Papu Gómez* football player - Buenos Aires, Argentina 1988-0215 Rui Patrício* football goalie - Marrazes, Portugal 1988-0216 Korbinian Holzer* hockey player - Munich, West Germany 1988-0217 Natascha Kampusch* kidnap survivor/author/jewelry designer - Vienna, Austria 1988-0220 Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty* singer - Saint Michael, Barbados 1988-0222 Kevin Borlée* sprinter - Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium 1988-0222 Jonathan Borlée* sprinter - Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium 1988-0228 1988-0301 1988-0302 Tore Bjørseth Berdal* cross-country skier (Vasaloppet)/coach - Norway 1988-0303 Valeriy Chybineyev* sniper/ commander - Berdiansk, Ukraine, Soviet Union (2022/34) 1988-0304 Cody Longo* actor/ musician - Littleton, CO USA (2023/34) 1988-0305 Ari Luusua* cross-country skier - Simo, Finland 1988-0307 Valentina Shevchenko* mixed martial artist - Frunze, Kyrgyzstan, Soviet Union 1988-0310 Josh Hoffman* rugby player - Mackey, QLD Australia 1988-0310 Erika Kinsey* (b Wiklund) athlete (high jump) - Nälden, Sweden 1988-0310 Danny McCray* Am.football player/Survivor contestant - Houston, TX USA 1988-0310 Ivan Rakitic* Croatian football player - Möhlin, Switzerland 1988-0310 Joona Toivio* football player - Sipoo, Finland 1988-0315 Urpo Sivula* volleyball player - Kuru, Finland 1988-0320 1988-0322 Guillaume Kerbusch* actor - Charleroi, Belgium 1988-0324 Finn Jones* actor - London, England 1988-0325 Adam Pålsson* singer/actor - Stockholm, Sweden 1988-0326 Lucas Bravo* model/ actor - Nice, France 1988-0327 Brenda Song* child model/actress - Carmichael, CA USA 1988-0329 Heidi Foxell* football goalie/police officer - Finland 1988-0329 Jürgen Zopp* tennis player - Tallinn, Estonia, Soviet Union 1988-0402 Jesse Plemons* actor - Dallas, TX USA 1988-0403 Ida Eide* cross-country skier - Beitostølen, Norway (2018/30) 1988-0403 Tim Krul* football goalie - The Hague, Netherlands 1988-0405 1988-0409 Minna Nikkanen* pole vaulter - Somero, Finland 1988-0410 Molly Bernard* actress/ granddaughter of Joseph Bernard - Brooklyn, NY USA 1988-0410 Haley Joel Osment* actor - Los Angeles, CA USA 1988-0410 Eunice Sum* middle-distance runner - Kesses, Kenya 1988-0413 Petteri Koponen* basketball player - Helsinki, Finland 1988-0413 Allison Williams* actress/ daughter of Brian Williams - New Canaan,, CT USA 1988-0414 Chris Wood* actor - Dublin, OH USA 1988-0415 Elly Mayday* (b Luther) model/advocate for women’s health - Aylesbury, SK Canada (2019/30) 1988-0418 Vanessa Kirby* actress - London, England 1988-0419 Charlie Murphy* actress - Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland 1988-0420 Nick Bonino* hockey player/SC - Hartford, CT USA 1988-0421 Mia Permanto* singer - Stockholm, Sweden (2008/19) 1988-0423 Patrick Maroon* hockey player - St. Louis, MO USA 1988-0425 Anna Stöhr* sport climber - Reith im Alpbachtal, Austria 1988-0427 Semyon Varlamov* hockey player - Kuybushev, Russia, Soviet Union 1988-0429 Jonathan Toews* hockey player  (NHL 100)/3GC - Winnipeg, MB Canada 1988-0430 Lassi Etelätalo* athlete (javelin) - Finland 1988-0501 Anushka Sharma* actress - Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India 1988-0504 LaRoyce Hawkins* spoken word artist/stand-up comedian/actor - Harvey, IL USA 1988-0506 Whitney Conder* wrestler - Puyallup, WA USA 1988-0511 Severin Freund* ski jumper/OTG - Freying, West Germany 1988-0511 Brad Marchand* hockey player - Halifax, NS Canada 1988-0512 Marcelo da Silva Jr* football player - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1988-0512 Kristrún Frostadóttir* politician/PM - Reykjavik, Iceland 1988-0514 1988-0515 Jessica Falkholt* actress - Sydney, NSW, Australia (2018/29) 1988-0516 Amanda Asay* baseball and ice hockey player/forester - Prince George, BC Canada (2022/33) 1988-0517 Malaika Kubwa* (b Martina) flight attendant/body modifier - Germany 1988-0517 Martin Olsson* football player - Gävle, Sweden 1988-0520 Andriy Protsenko* athlete (high jump/WB) - Kherson, Ukraine, Soviet Union 1988-0523 Zachary Wohlman* boxer “Kid Yamaka” - San Fernando Valley, CA USA (2021/32) 1988-0526 Juan Cuadrado* football player - Necocli, Colombia 1988-0530 Amanda Nunes* mixed martial artist - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil 1988-0601 Javier Hernández* football player - Guadalajara, Mexico 1988-0602 Sergio Agüero* football player - Buenos Aires, Argentina 1988-0602 Awkwafina* (b Nora Lum) rapper/actress/writer - Stony Brook, NY USA 1988-0604 Matt Bartkowski* hockey player - Pittsburgh, PA USA 1988-0607 Ekaterina Makarova* tennis player - Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union 1988-0609 Mae Whitman* actress/voice actress/singer - Los Angeles, CA USA 1988-0610 1988-0611 Claire Holt* actress - Brisbane, QLD Australia 1988-0612 Eren Derdiyok* football player - Basel, Switzerland 1988-0613 Kerttu Niskanen* cross-country skier - Oulu, Finland 1988-0614 Kevin McHale* singer/ actor/radio personality - Plano, TX USA 1988-0615 Paulus Arajuuri* football player - Helsinki, Finland 1988-0617 Stephanie Rice* swimmer/OG - Brisbane, QLD Australia 1988-0620 1988-0625 Therese Johaug* cross-country skier/WG - Norway 1988-0627 Alanna Masterson* actress - Long Island, NY USA 1988-0628 Leon Balogun* Nigerian football player - West Berlin, West Germany 1988-0628 Daniel Webber* actor - Gosford, NSW Australia 1988-0630 1988-0701 1988-0704 Michael Hoomanawanui* Am.football player - Bloomington, IL USA 1988-0710 1988-0712 Melissa O’Neil* singer/actress - Calgary, AB Canada 1988-0713 Linda Sällström* football player - Helsinki, Finland 1988-0714 Conor McGregor* mixed martial artist - Dublin, Ireland 1988-0715 Aimee Carrero* actress - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1988-0718 Ambyr Childers* actress - Cottonwood, AZ USA 1988-0718 Mikko Koskinen* hockey goalie - Vantaa, Finland 1988-0720 Julianne Hough* dancer/ singer/actress  - Orem, UT USA 1988-0722 George Santos* politician/ convicted felon/w Brazilian background - USA 1988-0725 1988-0729 Adam Buckingham* acrobatic gymnast (Spelbound) - England 1988-0731 1988-0801 Nemanja Matic* Serbian football player - Sabac, Yugoslavia 1988-0804 Tom Parker* singer (The Wanted) - Bolton, England (2022/33) 1988-0806 Harri Pesonen* hockey player/OG - Muurame, Finland 1988-0807 Lawrence Cherono* long-distance runner - Kenya 1988-0808 Igor Smolnikov* football player - Kamensk-Uralsky, Russia, Soviet Union 1988-0808 Laura Slade Wiggins* actress/ singer/musician - Athens, GA USA 1988-0810 1988-0815 1988-0816 Tara Teng* pageant winner/social influencer - BC Canada 1988-0817 Ernest Lawson* teacher/ actor/TTK winner - Oulu, Finland 1988-0817 Erika Toda* 戸田 恵梨香 actress - Kobe, Japan 1988-0820 1988-0822 Artem Dzyuba* football player - Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union 1988-0822 Dávid Verrasztó* swimmer/WS - Budapest, Hungary 1988-0823 Carl Hagelin* hockey player/SC - Nykvarn, Sweden 1988-0823 Slaven Španović* actor - Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, Yugoslavia 1988-0825 Dexter McCluster* Am. football running back - Largo, FL USA 1988-0826 Evan Ross* (b Næss) musician/actor/son of Diana Ross - Greenwich, CT USA 1988-0826 Wayne Simmonds* hockey player - Scarborough, ON Canada 1988-0831 1988-0901 1988-0903 Jerome Boateng* football player - West Berlin, West Germany 1988-0910 Jordan Staal* hockey player/WG - Thunder Bay, ON Canada 1988-0911 Jain Kim* 김자인 sport climber - Goyang, South Korea 1988-0912 Morgan Nick* a victim of abduction - Ozark, AR USA (1995/6) 1988-0913 Marek Trončinský* hockey player - Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic (2021/32) 1988-0913 Nobuyuki Tsujii* 辻井 伸行 pianist/composer - Tokyo, Japan 1988-0914 Martin Fourcade* biathlete - France 1988-0915 1988-0918 Magnus Midtbø* sport climber - Bergen, Norway 1988-0920 Sergei Bobrovsky* hockey goalie - Novokuznetsk, Russia, Soviet Union 1988-0920 Khabib Nurmagomedov* mixed martial artist - Sildi, Dagestan, Russia, Soviet Union 1988-0926 Kiira Korpi* figure skater - Tampere, Finland 1988-0928 Marin Cilic* tennis player - Medugorje, Yugoslavia 1988-0928 Hana Mae Lee* actress - California USA 1988-0929 Kevin Durant* basketball player - Washington, D.C. USA 1988-1001 1988-1003 Alicia Vikander* actress - Gothenburg, Sweden 1988-1004 Melissa Benoist* actress/singer/dancer - Houston, TX USA 1988-1007 Diego Costa* Spanish football player - Lagarto, Brazil 1988-1010 1988-1015 Mariia Pomazan* Paralympic athlete (shot put)/OG - Zaporozhye, Ukraine, Soviet Union 1988-1015 Mesut Özil* football player - Gelsenkirchen, West Germany 1988-1019 Parveen Kaur* actress - Okanagan Valley, BC Canada 1988-1020 1988-1022 Corey Hawkins* actor/singer - Washington D.C. USA 1988-1024 Christopher Linke* race walker - Potsdam, West Germany 1988-1025 Mandi Lampi* singer /daughter of actor Jussi Lampi - Helsinki, Finland (2008/19) 1988-1025 Krista Marie Yu* actress - Alameda, CA USA 1988-1030 Janel Parrish* singer/actress - Honolulu, HI USA 1988-1031 1988-1102 Anupam Tripathi* actor (Squid Game)/active in South Korea - New Delhi, India 1988-1105 Luiza Gega* athlete (steeple chase/EG) - Dibër, Albania 1988-1106 Heidi Pihlaja (b Kivelä) football player/coach/color commentator - Finland 1988-1106 Emma Stone* actress - Scottsdale, AZ USA 1988-1107 Reid Ewing* actor - FL USA 1988-1107 Tina Šutej* athlete (pole vault/EB) - Ljubljana, Slovenia 1988-1108 Chris McNally* actor - Scarborough, ON Canada 1988-1109 Lio Tipton* fashion model/actress - Minneapolis, MN USA 1988-1110 1988-1114 Sofia Kenin* American tennis player - Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union 1988-1117 Jeff Pinilla* writer/director/producer - Dallas, TX USA 1988-1118 Marie-Joseé Ta Lou* sprinter - Ivory Coast 1988-1119 Patrick Kane* hockey player (NHL 100) - Buffalo, NY USA 1988-1121 Eric Frenzel* Nordic combined skier/OG - Annaberg-Buchholz, East Germany 1988-1121 Patrícia Mamona* athlete (triple jump)/OS - Lisbon, Portugal 1988-1122 Reece Thompson* actor/voice actor - White Rock, BC Canada 1988-1123 José Rodolfo Chessani* paralympic athlete (sprinter)/OG - Mexico 1988-1125 Nodar Kumaritashvili* Olympic luge athlete - Borjomi, Georgia, Soviet Union (2010/21) 1988-1128 Kristian Corfixen* journalist/author (The Nurse) - Odense, Denmark - Amazon 1988-1130 Eir Aoi* 藍井 エイル singer - Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan 1988-1201 Zoë Kravitz* actress/singer/daughter of Lenny Kravitz - Los Angeles, CA USA 1988-1202 Rosie Brennan* cross-country skier - Park City, UT USA 1988-1202 Alfred Enoch* actor - Westminster, London, England 1988-1205 Ross Bagley* actor/comedian - Wisconsin Dells, WI USA 1988-1205 Elizabeth Gleadle* athlete (javelin) - Vancouver, BC Canada 1988-1210 1988-1212 Lonah Chemtai Salpeter* (b Chemtai) Kenyan-Israeli long-distance runner (marathon/WB) - Kitale, Kenya 1988-1214 Vanessa Hudgens* actress/ singer - Salinas, CA USA 1988-1215 Steven Nzonzi* football player - La Garenne-Colombes, France 1988-1216 Mats Hummels* football player - Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany 1988-1217 David Rudisha* middle-distance runner/OG - Kilgoris, Narok County, Kenya 1988-1217 Yann Sommer* football goalie - Morges, Switzerland 1988-1228 Elfyn Evans* rally driver - Dolgellau, Wales 1988-1231 1988-0 1988-0 1988-0 Updated 2025-0425 Helsinki-Stockholm Search for another year here