[caption id=“attachment_1335” align=“alignright” width=“358”] Buzz Aldrin on the Moon in July 1969[/caption] In the year 1969, Richard Nixon becomes the 37th U.S. President (Jan 20), the Beatles give their last public performance, impromptu on the roof of Apple Records (Jan 30), the Boeing 747 (i.e. Jumbo Jet) makes its maiden flight in the U.S. (Feb 9), in France, the first Concorde test flight is conducted (Mar 2), Golda Meir becomes the prime minister of Israel (Mar 17), the first Moon landing takes place, by Apollo 11 (Jul 20), the first ATMs in the U.S. are installed in Rockville Centre, New York (Sep 2), the first ARPANET link, progenitor of internet, is established (Nov 21), the Vietnam War goes on - and all these fine people were born:

1969-0101 Morris Chestnut* actor - Cerritos, CA USA 1969-0101 Verne Troyer* actor/(Mini-Me)/comedian - Sturgis, MI USA (2018/49) 1969-0103 Michael Schumacher* racing driver/WC - Hürth, West Germany 1969-0105 Marilyn Manson* singer - Canton, OH USA 1969-0105 Paul McGillion* Scottish-Canadian actor - Paisley, Scotland 1969-0105 Shea Whigham* actor - Tallahassee, FL USA 1969-0106 Norman Reedus* actor (The Walking Dead) - Hollywood, FL USA 1969-0106 Ari Sulander* hockey goalie/OB - Helsinki, Finland 1969-0110 1969-0111 Kyle Richards* actress/memoirist/philanthropist - Hollywood, CA USA 1969-0117 Naveen Andrews* actor - Lambeth, London, England 1969-0117 Lukas Moodysson* film director - Lund, Sweden 1969-0118 Jesse L. Martin* actor/singer - Rocky Mount, VA USA 1969-0120 Reno Wilson* actor - Brooklyn, NY USA 1969-0121 Eduard Hämäläinen* Belarus-Finnish decathlete/WS - Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Soviet Union 1969-0121 Matt Willig* Am. football player/actor - La Mirada, CA USA 1969-0122 1969-0123 Brendan Shanahan* hockey player (NHL 100)/3GC/hockey executive - Etobicoke, ON Canada 1969-0124 Louise Currey* (b McPaul) athlete (javelin/OS) - Port Kembla, NSW Australia 1969-0126 George Tillman Jr* film producer/director - Milwaukee, WI USA 1969-0127 Patton Oswalt* stand-up comedian/ actor/writer - Portsmouth, VA USA 1969-0131 1969-0201 Scott Ruffalo* hairdresser/brother of Mark Ruffalo - Kenosha, WI USA (2008/39) 1969-0205 Bobby Brown*  singer/songwriter/actor - Boston, MA USA 1969-0205 Wendy Burch* television journalist/writer/adopted - Salt Lake City, UT USA 1969-0205 Michael Sheen* actor - Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales 1969-0210 Poh Lip Meng* sport shooter - Singapore (2021/52) 1969-0211 Jennifer Aniston* actress - Sherman Oaks, CA USA 1969-0211 Hannu-Pekka Björkman* actor - Kannonkoski, Finland 1969-0212 Darren Aronofsky* novelist/film director - Brooklyn, NY USA 1969-0212 Steve Backley* athlete (j_avelin/OS_) - Sidcup, London, England 1969-0213 Kyaw Min Yu* writer/ translator/political prisoner - Shan State, Burma (2022/53) 1969-0215 1969-0216 Khalid Geire* Kenyan-Swedish actor/comedian - Nairobi, Kenya 1969-0218 Alexander Mogilny* hockey player/3GC - Khabarovsk, Russia, Soviet Union 1969-0220 Jason Blum* film and television producer/founder of Blumhouse Productions - Los Angeles, CA USA 1969-0221 Aunjanue Ellis* actress - San Francisco, CA USA 1969-0223 Daymond John* businessman/motivational speaker/investor (Shark Tank) - Brooklyn, NY USA 1969-0223 Jennifer Sey* gymnast/business executive/writer - USA 1969-0228 Robert Sean Leonard* actor - Westwood, NJ USA 1969-0301 Javier Bardem* actor - Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain 1969-0301 Gary “Litefoot” Davis* native American actor/spokesman - Upland, CA USA 1969-0307 Valentin Kononen* race walker/WC - Helsinki, Finland 1969-0310 1969-0311 Terrence Howard* actor - Chicago, IL USA 1969-0312 Jake Tapper* journalist/ CNN anchor - Queens, NY USA 1969-0315 1969-0317 Alexander McQueen* fashion designer/couturier - Lewisham, London, England (2010/40) 1969-0322 Andreas Pietschmann* actor - Würzburg, Bavaria, West Germany 1969-0326 Gina Tolleson* Miss World 1990 - Spartanburg, SC USA 1969-0327 Pauley Perrette* actress (NCIS)/singer - New Orleans, LA USA 1969-0329 Kai Nurminen* hockey player - Turku, Finland 1969-0331 1969-0402 Ajay Devgn* actor /film director/producer - New Delhi, India 1969-0403 Ben Mendelsohn* actor - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1969-0406 Paul Rudd* actor/screenwriter/producer - Passaic, NJ USA 1969-0412 Dolly de Leon* actress - Manila, Philippines 1969-0418 Stefan Schwarz* football player - Malmö, Sweden 1969-0419 Tina Frennstedt* journalist/ detective story writer - Lund, Sweden 1969-0419 Shannon Lee* actress/ martial artist/daughter of Bruce Lee - Santa Monica, CA USA 1969-0420 Felix Baumgartner* skydiver/ daredevil - Salzburg, Austria 1969-0421 Toby Stephens* actor - Fitzrovia, London, England 1969-0422 Harri Syrjänen* chef/television personality - Finland 1969-0425 Renée Zellweger* actress/w Swiss father - Katy, TX USA 1969-0427 1969-0429 Paul Adelstein* actor / writer/singer - Chicago, IL USA 1969-0430 Mikael Kotkaniemi* hockey player/coach/son of Kirsti Wallasvaara - Tampere, Finland 1969-0501 Bryan Marchment* hockey player/father of Mason Marchment - Scarborough, ON Canada (2022/53) 1969-0503 Amy Ryan* actress - New York, NY USA 1969-0510 Dennis Bergkamp* football player/manager - Amsterdam, Netherlands 1969-0513 Petri Varis* hockey player - Varkaus, Finland 1969-0514 Cate Blanchett* actress - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1969-0516 Tucker Carlson* political commentator - San Francisco, CA USA 1969-0516 Ari-Pekka Nikkola* ski jumper/OG - Kuopio, Finland 1969-0519 Marko Kilpi* police officer/crime writer/politician - Rovaniemi, Finland 1969-0520 Peter Göransson* cross-country skier (Vasaloppet) - Sweden 1969-0522 Michael Kelly* actor - Philadelphia, PA USA 1969-0525 Tábata Gálvez* cheerleader/ actress/conductor - Quito, Ecuador 1969-0525 Anne Heche* actress - Aurora, OH USA (2022/53) 1969-0526 1969-0528 Rob Ford* businessman/ politician/mayor - Etobicoke, ON Canada (2016/46) 1969-0528 Justin Kirk* actor - Salem, OR USA 1969-0530 Ryuhei Kitamura* 北村 龍平 flmmaker - Osaka, Japan 1969-0531 1969-0601 Teri Polo* actress - Dover, DE USA 1969-0602 1969-0603 Shiu Ka-chun* social worker/ activist/lecturer - British Hong Kong (2025/55) 1969-0604 Rob Huebel* actor/comedian/ writer - Alexandria, VA USA 1969-0607 Brandon Jenkins* singer-songwriter/ philanthropist - Tulsa, OK USA(2018/48) 1969-0609 Josh Hamilton* actor - New York City, NY USA 1969-0610 Svante Thunberg* actor/producer/author - Boo Parish, Sweden 1969-0614 Steffi Graf* tennis player - Mannheim, West-Germany 1969-0614 Rain Pryor* actress/comedian - Los Angeles, CA USA 1969-0615 Sheldon Kennedy* hockey player - Brandon, MB Canada 1969-0615 Oliver Kahn* football goalie - Karlsruhe, West Germany 1969-0617 Paul Tergat* long distance runner - Riwo, Baringo District, Kenya 1969-0623 Martin Klebba* actor/ stunt performer - Troy, MI USA 1969-0630 Jim Montgomery* hockey player/coach - Montreal, QC Canada 1969-0701 Rino Romano* voice actor - Toronto, ONT Canada 1969-0702 1969-0703 Shawnee Smith* actress/singer - Orangeburg, SC USA 1969-0706 Christopher Scarver* convicted ciriminal/killer of Jeffrey Dahmer - Milwaukee, WI USA 1969-0707 Brent Pierce* curler/WG/coach - New Westminster, BC Canada 1969-0707 Joe Sakic* hockey player (NHL 100)/3GC/executive - Burnaby, BC Canada 1969-0709 Munkhbayar Dorjsuren* Mongolian-German sport shooter/OB - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 1969-0713 Ken Jeong* 정강조 physician/ stand-up comedian/actor - Detroit, MI USA 1969-0717 Jason Clarke* actor - Winton, QLD Australia 1969-0717 Jodie Fisher* actress - Dallas, TX USA 1969-0720 Josh Holloway* actor - San Jose, CA USA 1969-0720 Johnny Ngauamo* rugby player - Nuku’alofa, Tonga 1969-0721 Avraam Russo* Syrian-Russian pop singer/of Armenian origin - Aleppo, Syria 1969-0721 Isabell Werth* equestrian/OG - Issum, West Germany 1969-0722 Jason Becker* virtuoso musician/songwriter/composer - Richmond, CA USA 1969-0723 Clark Adams* freethought leader/activist - Louisville, KY USA (2007/37) 1969-0724 Rick Fox* Canadian-Bahamian basketball player/actor - Toronto, ON Canada 1969-0724 Jennifer Lopez* actress - The Bronx, NY USA 1969-0725 1969-0728 Noma Dumezweni* British actress/to England at age 7 - Swaziland 1969-0728 Dana White* UFC-organizer - Manchester, CT USA 1969-0731 1969-0801 1969-0806 Elliott Smith* singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist - Omaha, NE USA (2003/34) 1969-0807 Domino Harvey* bounty hunter/daughter of Laurence Harvey/to U.S. at age 19 - London, England (2005/35) 1969-0810 1969-0813 Midori Ito* figure skater - Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 1969-0815 Bernard Fanning* musician/ singer-songwriter - Brisbane, QSL Australia 1969-0817 Donnie Wahlberg* singer-songwriter/actor/ producer - Boston, MA USA 1969-0818 Edward Norton* actor - Boston, MA USA 1969-0818 Christian Slater* actor - New York, NY USA 1969-0819 Matthew Perry* actor - Williamstown, MA USA (2023/54) 1969-0819 Clay Walker* country singer - Vidor, TX USA 1969-0820 Santeri Kinnunen* actor - Helsinki, Finland 1969-0825 1969-0826 Lars Ranthe* actor - Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark 1969-0827 Chandra Wilson* actress/ director - Houston, TX USA 1969-0828 Jack Black* actor - Santa Monica, CA USA 1969-0828 Jason Priestley* actor/director - Nort Vancouver, BC Canada 1969-0831 Jonathan La Paglia* actor - Adelaide, Australia 1969-0901 1969-0907 Diane Farr* actress - Manhattan, NY USA 1969-0907 Rudy Galindo* figure skater - San Jose, CA USA 1969-0910 Chris Joseph* hockey player - Burnaby, BC Canada 1969-0913 Tyler Perry* actor - New Orleans, LA USA 1969-0913 Shane Warne* cricket player - Upper Ferntree Gully, VIC Australia (2022/52) 1969-0914 Bong Joon-ho* 봉준호 film director/ screenwriter - Daegu, South Korea 1969-0917 Keith Flint* singer/musician - Redbridge, London, England (2019/49) 1969-0918 Brett Peter Cowan* convicted murderer - Bunbury,  WA Australia 1969-0919 Jóhann Jòhansson* composer - Reykjavik, Iceland 1969-0920 1969-0922 Tuomas Kantelinen* composer - Kankaanpää, Finland 1969-0925 Catherine Zeta-Jones* actress/wife of Michael Douglas/ philanthropist - Swansea, Wales 1969-0928 Piper Kerman* writer (Orange Is the New Black) - Boston, MA USA 1969-0929 Erika Eleniak* model/actress - Glendale, CA USA 1969-0 1969-0930 Kristin Kaspersen* Swedish-Norwegian television host/daughter of Lill-Babs - Oslo, Norway 1969-0930 Amy Landecker* actress - Chicago, IL USA 1969-1001 Charles Edwards* actor - Haslemere, Surrey, England 1969-1002 Dragomir Mrsic* Bosnian-Swedish actor/sports consultant/to Sweden as a baby - Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia 1969-1003 Yuriko Ishida* 石田 ゆり子 actress/essayist - Nagoya, Japan 1969-1004 Abraham Benrubi* actor - Indianapolis, IN USA 1969-1007 Karen Nyberg* mechanical engineer/astronaut - Parkers Prairie, MN USA 1969-1009 Steve McQueen* film director/screenwriter - London, England 1969-1010 1969-1013 Mikko Hyppönen* computer security expert - Finland 1969-1013 Nancy Kerrigan* figure skater - Stoneham, MA USA 1969-1015 Dominic West* actor - Sheffield, England 1969-1016 Wendy Wilson* singer/television personality/daughter of Brian Wilson - Los Angeles, CA USA 1969-1017 1969-1019 Pedro Castillo* teacher/union leader/politician/P - Puñ, Calamarca, Peru 1969-1022 Spike Jonze* actor/ filmmaker/photographer - New York City, NY USA 1969-1023 Sanjay Gupta* neurosurgeon, medical reporter - Novi, MI USA 1969-1023 Sanjay Gupta* (or 1966?) film director/producer - Bombay, India 1969-1026 Sarina Wiegman* football player/manager/EC - The Hague, Netherlands 1969-1030 1969-1103 Petteri Orpo* politician/PM - Köyliö, Finland 1969-1104 Matthew McConaughey* actor - Uvalde, TX USA 1969-1110 1969-1111 Richard Dormer* actor/ playwright - Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland 1969-1115 Aki Palsanmäki* auctioneer - Finland 1969-1116 Janne Virtanen* athlete/strongman/WC - Espoo, Finland 1969-1119 Erika Alexander* actress/entrepreneur/ activist - Winslow, AZ USA 1969-1120 Meredith Whitney* businesswoman - Summit, NJ USA 1969-1122 Katrin Krabbe* athlete/sprinter - Neubrandenburg, East Germany 1969-1124 Andy Detwiler* farmer/lost both of his arms in an accident in infancy/YouTuber - Urbana, OH USA (2022/52) 1969-1125 Jani Hirvinen* computer specialist/drone pioneer - Helsinki, Finland 1969-1127 Elizabeth Marvel* actress - Los Angeles, CA USA 1969-1128 Martin Cummins* actor - North Delta, BC Canada 1969-1128 Colman Domingo* actor/playwright/director - Philadelphia, PA USA 1969-1129 Mariano Rivera* Panamanian-American baseball player - Panama City, Panama 1969-1130 1969-1201 Richard Carrier* historian/ activist/author - USA 1969-1203 Bill Steer* guitarist/ co-founder of the extreme metal band Carcass - Stockton-on-Tees, England 1969-1205 Sajid Javid* banker/ politician/MP - Rockdale, Lancashire, England 1969-1207 Patrice O’Neal* comedian/ actor - New York City, NY USA (2011/41) 1969-1209 Lori Greiner* businesswoman/ inventor/investor (Shark Tank) - Chicago, IL USA 1969-1210 Rob Blake* hockey player/3GC/executive - Simcoe, ON Canada 1969-1212 Fiona May* British-Italian athlete (l_ong jump/OS_) - Slough, England 1969-1213 Sergei Fedorov* hockey player (NHL 100)/one of the first hockey players to defect from Soviet Union in order to play in the NHL/coach - Pskov. Russia, Soviet Union 1969-1214 Archie Kao* actor - Washington, D.C. USA 1969-1215 Ralph Ineson* actor - Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England 1969-1217 Laurie Holden* actress - Los Angeles, CA USA 1969-1220 1969-1221 Julie Delpy* French-American actress/film director/singer-songwriter - Paris, France 1969-1221 Magnus Samuelson* strongman/arm wrestling champion/actor - Linköping, Sweden 1969-1224 1969-1227 Joan “Chyna” Laurer* wrestler/model/actress - Rochester, NY USA (2016/46) 1969-1227 **Linda Pétursdótti**r* Miss World 1988/entrepreneur - Húsavik, Iceland 1969-1228 Linus Torvalds* software engineer/creator of Linux - Helsinki, Finland 1969-1229 Pontus Edgren* screenwriter/producer - Sweden 1969-1229 Jennifer Ehle* actress - Winston-Salem, NC USA 1969-1231 1969-0 1969-0 1969-0 Updated 2025-0505 Helsinki-Stockholm-Tallinn-Tampa Search for another year here