[caption id=“attachment_2350” align=“alignright” width=“396”] Mountainous crater rim on Mars[/caption]

In the year 1996, France undertakes its last nuclear weapons test (Jan 21), at the urging of Yasser Arafat, PLO drops its clause calling for the removal of Israel, and the Israeli government responds by dropping a similar clause about Palestine (Apr 24), the first cloned mammal - Dolly the sheep - is born in Scotland (Jul 5), data sent back by the Galileo space probe indicates there may be water on of Jupiter’s moons (Aug 13), NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor with the mission to map the planet (Nov 7), the Yugoslav Wars go on - and all these fine people were born:

1996-0101 1996-0103 Florence Pugh* actress - Oxford, England 1996-0105 Luka Mkheidze* French judoka/OB - Tbilisi, Georgia 1996-0107 Soufiane El Bakkali* steeplechase runner/OG - Fes, Morocco 1996-0107 Alex Nedeljkovic* hockey goalie - Parma, OH USA 1996-0108 Guðrún “GDRN” Jóhannesdóttir* singer/actress/composer - Reykjavik, Iceland 1996-0108 Khylin Rhambo* actor - USA 1996-0109 Vítek Vaněček*  hockey goalie - Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic 1996-0113 Aníta Hinriksdóttir* middle-distance runner - Reykjavik, Iceland 1996-0116 Daisy Osakue* athlete (discus)/Nigerian parents - Turin, Italy 1996-0117 Stefanos Lekkas* hockey goalie - Elburn, IL USA 1996-0118 Kylie Masse* swimmer/OS - Windsor, ON Canada 1996-0120 Ese Brume* athlete (long jump)/OB - Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria 1996-0125 Tero Seppälä* biathlete - Järvenpää, Finland 1996-0126 Sakina Karchaoui* football player - Salon-de-Provence, France 1996-0129 Juho Lammikko* hockey player - Noormarkku, Finland 1996-0129 Kalle Salminen* athlete (long jump)/twin of Senni Salminen - Helsinki, Finland 1996-0129 Senni Salminen* athlete (triple jump) - Helsinki, Finland 1996-0130 Eero Hirvonen* Nordic combined skier - Laukaa, Finland 1996-0130 Jonielle Smith* sprinter - Kingston, Jamaica 1996-0131 1996-0201 Roan Curtis* actress - Canada - IMDb 1996-0202 Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying* ชุติมณฑน์ จึงเจริญสุขยิ่ง model/actress - Bangkok, Thailand - IMDb 1996-0202 Paul Mescal* actor - Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland 1996-0203 Toni-Ann Singh* Miss World 2019/singer/to U.S. at age 9 - Morant Bay, Jamaica 1996-0204 Poleth Méndes* Paralympic athlete (shot put)/OG - Carpuela, Ecuador 1996-0205 Stina Blackstenius* football player - Vadstena, Sweden 1996-0205 Anete Kociņa* athlete (javelin) - Limbaži, Latvia 1996-0206 1996-0207 Nicola Bartolini* artistic gymnast/WG - Cagliari, Italy 1996-0207 Manon Brunet* fencer/OB - Lyon, France 1996-0207 Aaron Ekblad* hockey player /w Swedish great-grandfather - Windsor, ON Canada 1996-0207 Chon Jong-won* sport climber - Seoul, South Korea 1996-0207 Topi Raitanen* steeple chase runner/EG - Tampere, Finland 1996-0208 Curtis Thompson* athlete (javelin) - Trenton, NJ USA 1996-0210 Alexandar Georgiev* hockey goalie - Ruse, Bulgaria 1996-0210 Brianna Throssell* swimmer - Subiaco, WA Australia 1996-0211 1996-0212 Kirby Johnson* actress/dancer/contortionist - Key Largo, FL USA 1996-0214 Nikolaj Ehlers* hockey player - Aalborg, Denmark 1996-0214 Lucas Hernández* football player - Marseille, France 1996-0215 Thobias Montler* athlete (long jump) - Landskrona, Sweden 1996-0215 Toshikazu Yamanishi* 山西 利和 racewalker/OB - Japan 1996-0216 Alex Aiono* singer/ producer/actor - Phoenix, AZ USA 1996-0217 Sebastian Johannes Aho* hockey player - Umeå, Sweden 1996-0220 Tanika-Jazz Noble-Bell* rugby player - Auckland, New Zealand 1996-0222 Yang Haoran* sport shooter/OB - Chengde, Hebei, China 1996-0225 Aaron Wolf* judoka/OG/w American father - Shin-Koiwa, Japan 1996-0226 Tamerlan Bashaev* Chechen-Russian judoka/OB - Russia 1996-0227 Nick Mayhugh* paralympic athlete (sprinter)/OG/football player - Fairfax, VA USA 1996-0228 Jakub Vrána* hockey player/SC - Prague, Czech Republic 1996-0228 Karsten Warholm* hurdler/OG - Ulsteinvik, Norway 1996-0228 Tyler Wong* Chinese-Canadian hockey player - Cochrane, AB Canada 1996-0229 Nelson Asofa-Solomona* rugby player - Wellington, New Zealand 1996-0229 Reece Prescod* athlete (sprinter) - London, England 1996-0229 Claudia Williams* tennis player - Wellington, New Zealand 1996-0301 1996-0304 Kamalpreet Kaur* athlete (discus) - Muktsar, Punjab, India 1996-0306 Christian Coleman* sprinter /WG - Atlanta, GA USA 1996-0309 Maria Andrejczyk* athlete (javelin/OS)/philanthropist - Suwalki, Poland 1996-0310 1996-0313 Brayden Point* hockey player - Calgary, AB Canada 1996-0319 Mariona Caldentey* football player - Felanitx, Spain 1996-0323 Lauri Kivari* freestyle skier -  Helsinki, Finland 1996-0323 Joel Kiviranta* hockey player - Vantaa, Finland 1996-0325 1996-0327 **Alma Bestvate**r* sport climber - Weimar, Germany 1996-0328 Benjamin Pavard* football player - Maubeuge, France 1996-0329 Ossian Edlund* tuba player/conductor - Ystad, Sweden 1995-0331 1996-0401 Warren Foegele* hockey player - Markham, ON Canada 1996-0404 Andrew Mangiapane* hockey player - Bolton, ON  Canada 1996-0404 William Spetz* blogger/comedian/actor - Umeå, Sweden 1996-0410 1996-0412 Nuttanicha Dungwattanawanich* model/ actress - Chiang Mai, Thailand 1996-0414 Abigail Breslin* actress - New York, NY USA 1996-0416 Anya Taylor-Joy* actress - Miami, FL USA 1996-0416 Taylor Townsend* tennis player - Smyrna, GA USA 1996-0419 Erik Valnes* cross-country skier/OG - Norway 1996-0420 1996-0423 Charlie Rowe* actor - London, England 1996-0423 Woo Sang-hyeok* athlete (high jump/WS) - South Korea 1996-0424 Ashleigh Barty* tennis player/cricketer/w indigenous background - Ipswich, QLD Australia 1996-0424 Sam Corlett* actor - Central Coast, NSW Australia 1996-0425 Miguel Herrán* actor (La casa de papel) - Málaga, Andalusia, Spain 1996-0425 Nils van der Poel* speed skater/OG/w Dutch grandfather - Trollhättan, Sweden 1996-0428 Tony Revolori* actor - Anaheim, CA USA 1996-0430 Felicitas Rauch* football player - Hannoversch Münden, Germany 1996-0501 William Nylander* Swedish hockey player - Calgary, AB Canada 1996-0502 1996-0506 Hilmar Örn Jónsson* athlete/(hammer) - Reykjavik, Iceland 1996-0507 Jasmi Joensuu* cross-country skier - Kuortane, Finland 1996-0510 Kateřina Siniaková* tennis player - Hradec Králové, Czech Republic 1996-0515 Lasse Fogelstrøm* actor - Hvidovre, Denmark 1996-0515 Raven Saunders* athlete/(shot put/OS) - Charleston, SC USA 1996-0517 Anna-Maria Wagner* judoka/OB - Ravensburg, Germany 1996-0520 Sean Bailey* sport climber - Seattle, WA USA 1996-0522 Eleanor Patterson* athlete (high jump/WG) - Leongatha, VIC Australia 1996-0522 James Turner* paralympic athlete (sprinter/OG)/football player - Sydney, SW Australia 1996-0524 Pius Suter* hockey player - Zürich, Switzerland 1996-0525 David Pastrnak* hockey player - Havirov, Czechia 1996-0526 Ahmed Abdelwahed* runner (steeplechase)/w Egyptian descent - Rome, Italy 1996-0526 Zećira Mušović* football goalie/of Bosniak descent - Falun, Sweden 1996-0527 Ella Viitasuo* hockey player/OB - Lahti, Finland 1996-0530 Aleksandr Golovin* football player - Kaltan, Russia 1996-0530 Alexxis Lemire* model/ actress - Londonderry, NH USA 1996-0530 Beatriz Haddad Maia* tennis player/w Lebanese heritage - São Paulo, Brazil 1996-0531 Pierre Engvall* hockey player - Ljungby, Sweden 1996-0601 Tom Holland* actor - Kingston upon Thames, London, England 1996-0602 Jake Evans* hockey player - Toronto, ON Canada 1996-0605 1996-0610 1996-0615 Risa Shimizu* 清水 梨紗 football player - Kobe, Japan 1996-0620 Sam Bennett* hockey player - East Gwillimbury, ON Canada 1996-0620 Daniel Diemer* actor - Brentwood Bay, BC Canada 1996-0621 Catarina Costa* judoka - Coimbra, Portugal 1996-0622 Tomoa Narasaki* 楢﨑 智亜 sport climber - Utsunomiya, Japan 1996-0623 Sebastian Repo* hockey player - Lahti, Finland 1996-0624 Harris Dickinson* actor/writer/director - Leytonstone, London, England 1996-0624 Stefan Loibl* hockey player - Straubing, Germany 1996-0626 Laura Lindemann* athlete (triathlon/ES) - Berlin, Germany 1996-0630 Elliot Fletcher* actor - Los Angeles, CA USA 1996-0701 1996-0706 Celia Barquín Arozamena* golf player/Iowa homicide victim - Reocín, Spain (2018/22) 1996-0710 Shane Gersich* hockey player/SC - Chaska, MN USA 1996-0711 Ahmet Önder* artistic gymnast/WS - Ödemiş, Turkey 1996-0715 Vivianne Miedema* football player - Hoogeveen, Netherlands 1996-0722 Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof* daughter of Paula Yates - England 1996-0725 Erik Enge* (b Lönngren) actor/w mother from Åland - Stockholm, Sweden 1996-0728 1996-0730 Dylan Larkin* hockey player - Waterford, MI USA 1996-0802 Tajay Gayle* athlete (l_ong jump/WG_) - Kingston, Jamaica 1996-0805 Murakami Mai* 村上茉愛 artistic gymnast/OB - Sagamihara, Japan 1996-0807 Mykhailo Romanchuk* swimmer/OB - Rivne, Ukraine 1996-0810 1996-0812 Vladislav Kamenev* hockey player - Orsk, Russia 1996-0816 Denis Spitsov* cross-country skier/OS - Vozhega, Russia 1996-0821 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn* Puerto Rican-American hurdler/OG - Ladson, SC USA 1996-0822 Miyabi Moriya* 守屋 都弥 football player - Nara Prefecture, Japan 1996-0824 Kenzo Shirai* 白井 健三 gymnast/OG - Yokohama, Japan 1996-0826 Matīss Kivlenieks* hockey goalie - Riga, Latvia (2021/24) 1996-0826 Yul Moldauer* American artistic gymnast/WB/adopted to U.S. as infant - Seoul, South Korea 1996-0827 Alba Redondo* football player - Albacete, Spain 1996-0830 1996-0831 1996-0901 Zendaya* actress/singer - Oakland, CA USA 1996-0902 1996-0903 Kayla McKenna* (b McCoy) Jamaican football player/w Jamaican grandparents  - Skokie, IL USA 1996-0905 Antoine Duplantis* baseball player - Lafayette, LA USA 1996-0907 Raevyn Rogers* middle-distance runner - Houston, TX USA 1996-0910 1996-0912 Joshua Cheptegei* long-distance runner/OS - Kapsewui, Uganda 1996-0913 Adrian Kempe* hockey player - Kramfors, Sweden 1996-0917 Ella Purnell* actress - London, England 1996-0920 Kevin Stenlund* hockey player - Stockholm, Sweden 1996-0921 1996-0923 Evgeny Rylov* swimmer/OG - Novotroitsk, Russia 1996-0928 Emil Larmi* hockey goalie - Lahti, Finland 1996-0929 Lotta Udnes Weng* cross-country skier/twin of Tiril - Nes, Akershus, Norway 1996-0929 Tiril Udnes Weng* cross-country skier/twin of Lotta - Nes, Akershus, Norway 1996-0930 1996-1001 Vitalina Batsarashkina* sport shooter/OG - Omsk, Russia 1996-1002 1996-1003 Allyson Swaby* Jamaican football player - Hartford, CT USA 1996-1004 Ella Balinska* actress - London, England 1996-1005 Tornike Tsjakadoea* judoka - Leeuwaaren, Netherlands 1996-1007 Divine Oduduru* sprinter -  Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria 1996-1008 Atte Kilpinen* ballet dancer - Turku, Finland 1996-1008 Timo Meier* hockey player - Herisau, Switzerland 1996-1008 Sara Takanashi* ski jumper/OB - Kamikawa, Hokkaido, Japan 1996-1009 1996-1010 Melissa Herrera* football player - Puntarenas, Costa Rica 1996-1010 Sami Niku* hockey player - Haapavesi, Finland 1996-1011 Lineth Beerensteyn* football player/of Surinamese descent - The Hague, Netherlands 1996-1017 Ayomide Folorunso* Italian athlete (hurdles)/to Italy at age 7 - Abeokuta, Nigeria 1996-1018 Albert Khinchagov* Paralympic athlete (shot put)/OG - Vladikavkaz, Russia 1996-1020 1996-1022 Jessica Jolliffe* (b Hull) athlete (runner)/OS - Wollongong, NSW Australia 1996-1022 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo* cross-country skier/OG - Oslo, Norway 1996-1028 Jack Eichel* hockey player - North Chelmsford, MA USA 1996-1029 Mikko Rantanen* hockey player/SC - Nousiainen, Finland 1996-1030 Sam Montembeault* hockey goalie - Bécancour, QC Canada 1996-1101 1996-1104 Fivel Stewart* actress/ singer - Beverly Hills, CA USA 1996-1104 Kirsty Yallop* football player - Auckland, New Zealand 1996-1105 1996-1108 Ryōyū Kobayashi* 小林 陵侑 ski jumper - Hachimantai, Iwate, Japan 1996-1110 1996-1114 Mason Gooding* actor/son of Cuba Gooding Jr. - Los Angeles, CA USA 1996-1117 Roope Hintz* hockey player - Tampere, Finland 1996-1118 Petrácio Ferreira* paralympic athlete (sprinter)/OG - Brazil 1996-1121 Gina Lückenkemper* sprinter/EG - Hamm, Germany 1996-1122 Hailey Baldwin* model/daughter of Steven B - Tucson, AZ USA 1996-1122 Lisa Lilja* athlete (sprinter) - Sweden 1996-1122 Jessica Pilz* sport climber - Haag, Austria 1996-1123 Klára Peslarová* hockey goalie - Ostrava, Czech Republic 1996-1128 Zach Whitecloud* hockey player/of Dakota descent - Brandon, MB Canada 1996-1130 1996-1201 Reign Edwards* actress - Harford County, MD USA 1996-1201 Pongsakorn Paeyo* paralympic athlete (wheelchair racer)/OG - Khon Kaen, Thailand 1996-1202 André Dae Kim* actor - Edmonton, AB Canada 1996-1205 1996-1207 Emma Nuutinen* hockey player - Helsinki, Finland 1996-1209 Kyle Connor* hockey player - Clinton Township, MI USA 1996-1209 Leah Lewis* American actress/adopted to U.S. as infant  - Shanghai, China 1996-1209 MyKayla Skinner* gymnast/OG - Gilbert, AZ USA 1996-1210 Jonas Vingegaard* cyclist (Tour de France) - Thy, Denmark 1996-1211 Yasemin Can*(b Vivian Yemutai) Kenyan-Turk long-distance runner/EG - Nairobi, Kenya 1996-1211 Johanna Matintalo* middle-distance runner/ cross-country skier - Finland 1996-1211 Hailee Steinfeld* actress/singer - Los Angeles, CA USA 1996-1212 Morgan Eastwood* daughter of Clint Eastwood - Los Angeles, CA USA - IMDb 1996-1212 Lucas Hedges* actor - Brooklyn Heights, NY USA 1996-1215 Oleksandr Zinchenko* football player - Radomyshl, Ukraine 1996-1221 Kaitlyn Dever* actress - Phoenix, AZ USA 1996-1222 Aaro Astala* floor ball player - Finland 1996-1222 Mackenzie Little* athlete (javelin) - Rochester, VIC Australia 1996-1224 1996-1229 Dylan Minnette* actor - Evansville, IN USA 1996-1230 Stephanie Del Valle* Miss World 2016/model/musician - San Juan, Puerto Rico 1996-1231 Alexander Bolshunov* cross-country skier/OG - Podyvotye, Russia 1996-1231 Jessica Klimkait* judoka/OB - Whitby, ON Canada 1996-0 1996-0 1996-0 Updated 2025-0503 Helsinki- Turku Search for another year here