Birthday twins

People Born on June 7

June 7 is the birthday of 51 notable people we've found so far, including actors, authors, entrepreneurs and creators, and 1 of them is a billionaire.

1
billionaires
joint #241 of 366 birthdays
10
founders & entrepreneurs
joint #180 of 366 birthdays
51
notable people
joint #132 of 366 birthdays
$142B
combined wealth
#12 of 366 birthdays

What the data says

Your birthday has some company.

  • The people we list for this date were born across 147 years, from 1848 to 1995.
  • People born on this day come from 22 countries, most often United States (17 of 51).
  • Jim Walton is the wealthiest person we list for June 7, with an estimated $142B reported as of February 2026.
  • June 7 birthdays span at least four well-represented fields, including entrepreneurs, actors, musicians and artists.
  • 4 Nobel laureates were born on June 7, including Orhan Pamuk and Philipp Lenard.
  • 5 of them had founded a company, won a major award or taken a top job before turning 30.

💰 Richest person born on June 7

Jim Walton
Walmart, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
billionaire

Jim Walton

Entrepreneur

1948 · United States

$142Breported estimate as of February 2026 · Forbes

James Carr Walton is an American businessman, currently an heir to the fortune of Walmart, the world's largest retailer. As of February 2026, Walton is the 12th-richest person in the world, with a net worth of US$142.4 billion according to Forbes.

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Reported estimate as of February 2026: $142B. Wealth changes; this is not a live figure.

Against the other 365

How June 7 ranks

Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every June birthday · battle June 7 against another date · all rankings

Who shares June 7

What kind of people are born on June 7?

Share of the 51 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.

  • Actors25% (13 people)
  • Authors24% (12 people)
  • Creators20% (10 people)
  • Entrepreneurs20% (10 people)
  • Musicians16% (8 people)
  • Athletes14% (7 people)
  • Scientists14% (7 people)

Countries

22 countries, most often United States

Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.

  • United States17 (17 people)
  • United Kingdom5 (5 people)
  • India3 (3 people)
  • Australia2 (2 people)
  • Brazil2 (2 people)
  • Czech Republic2 (2 people)
  • France2 (2 people)

Life timeline

What were people born on June 7 doing at your age?

Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.

By 25

  1. ~22Allen IversonReceived the NBA Rookie of the Year Award (1997)
  2. ~20CafuJoined Brazil men's national football team (1990)
  3. ~18Cenk TosunJoined Eintracht Frankfurt (2009)
  4. ~23Yuji SakakuraJoined Japan men's national football team (1990)

26 to 30

  1. ~26Tom JonesReceived the Grammy Award for Best New Artist (1966)
  2. 27Muammar GaddafiBecame Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution (1969)
  3. ~29PrinceReceived the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor (1987)
  4. 30Karl UrbanNotable work: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

31 to 40

  1. ~33Gwendolyn BrooksReceived the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1950)
  2. ~40Charles Glover BarklaReceived the Nobel Prize in Physics (1917)
  3. ~33Muammar GaddafiNotable work: The Green Book (1975)
  4. ~32Karl UrbanNotable work: The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

41 to 50

  1. 49Tom McCarthyReceived the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay (2016)
  2. ~43Philipp LenardReceived the Nobel Prize in Physics (1905)
  3. ~42Nguyen Thi Phuong ThaoFounded VietJet Air (2012)
  4. 41Mike PenceBecame United States representative (2001)

After 50

  1. 80Jessica TandyReceived the Academy Award for Best Actress (1990)
  2. ~54Orhan PamukReceived the Nobel Prize in Literature (2006)
  3. 89James IvoryReceived the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (2018)
  4. ~70Robert S. MullikenReceived the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1966)

The standouts

The most successful people born on June 7

Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.

Prince
actor

Prince

Top tier

Actor

1958–2016 · United States

Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, actor, and filmmaker. Often credited as one of the greatest musicians of his generation, he pioneered the Minneapolis sound and was influential in the evolution of various other genres.

Unknown authorUnknown author, based on File:Prince promo picture (1988; cropped).png, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Muammar Gaddafi
author

Muammar Gaddafi

Top tier

Politician

1942–2011 · Kingdom of Libya

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi was a Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his overthrow by Libyan rebel forces in 2011 during the First Libyan Civil War.

Hamza Turkia, © European Union, 2010, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Liam Neeson
actor

Liam Neeson

Top tier

Actor

1952 · Ireland

William John Neeson is an actor from Northern Ireland. He has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards and one Volpi Cup.

Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Karl Urban
actor

Karl Urban

Top tier

Actor

1972 · New Zealand

Karl-Heinz Urban is a New Zealand actor. His career began with appearances in New Zealand films and television series such as Xena: Warrior Princess. His first Hollywood role was in the 2002 horror film Ghost Ship.

John Manard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Dean Martin
actor

Dean Martin

Top tier

Actor

1917–1995 · United States

Dean Martin was an American singer, actor, comedian and television host. Nicknamed the "King of Cool", he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century.

Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Mike Pence
politician

Mike Pence

Top tier

Politician

1959 · United States

Michael Richard Pence is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 48th vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021 under President Donald Trump.

D. Myles Cullen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Builders

Entrepreneurs born on June 7

Iggy Azalea
entrepreneur

Iggy Azalea

Entrepreneur

1990 · Australia

Amethyst Amelia Kelly, known professionally as Iggy Azalea, is an Australian model, businesswoman and former rapper. Born in Sydney, Azalea moved to the United States at age 16 to pursue a career in music.

Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Chaovarat Chanweerakul
entrepreneur

Chaovarat Chanweerakul

Entrepreneur

1936 · Thailand

Chavarat Charnvirakul is a Thai politician who briefly served as an acting prime minister of Thailand following 2008 Thai political crisis. His family is of Thai Chinese descent with ancestry from Guangdong. He is the father of 32nd prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul.

Chaovarat_Chanweerakul.jpg: พีรพัฒน์ วิมลรังครัตน์ derivative work: Sodacan (talk), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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founder

Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao

Entrepreneur · VietJet Air

1970 · Vietnam

Nguyễn Thị Phương Thảo is a Vietnamese businesswoman, and the president and CEO of VietJet Air, president of Sovico Group and vice president of HDBank. After Phạm Nhật Vượng, she is the second Vietnamese person to be recognized by Forbes as a US$ billionaire.

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Deolane Bezerra
entrepreneur

Deolane Bezerra

Entrepreneur

1988 · Brazil

Deolane Bezerra Santos is a Brazilian lawyer, former singer and influencer. She became known after the death of her husband, MC Kevin, who died after falling from the balcony of a hotel in Rio de Janeiro in 2021.

Multishow | Grupo Globo, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen
entrepreneur

Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen

Entrepreneur

1890–1965 · Norway

Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen was a Norwegian aviation pioneer, military officer, polar explorer and businessman. Among his achievements, he is generally regarded a founder of the Royal Norwegian Air Force.

Arne F. Køpke, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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entrepreneur

Marek Čmejla

Entrepreneur

1967 · Czech Republic

Marek Čmejla is a Czech entrepreneur, fraudster and musician.

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June 7 in history

What else happened on June 7

  1. 421Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire).
  2. 1692Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured.
  3. 1892Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
  4. 1942World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
  5. 1971The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

More birthday twins

Famous people born on June 7

Tom Jones
musician

Tom Jones

Musician

1940 · United Kingdom

Sir Thomas Jones Woodward is a Welsh singer. His career began with a string of top 10 hits in the 1960s and he has since toured regularly, with appearances in Las Vegas from 1967 to 2011. His voice has been described by AllMusic as a "full-throated, robust baritone".

Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Anna Kournikova
athlete

Anna Kournikova

Athlete

1981 · United States

Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova Iglesias is a Russian model and television personality, and former professional tennis player. Her appearance and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide.

Senior Airman Felicia Juenke, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Allen Iverson
athlete

Allen Iverson

Athlete

1975 · United States

Allen Ezail Iverson is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Answer", he played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as both a shooting guard and point guard.

Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Michael Cera
actor

Michael Cera

Actor

1988 · Canada

Michael Austin Cera is a Canadian actor and musician. Over his career, he has received nominations for a British Academy Film Award, three Critics' Choice Movie Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award.

Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Bill Hader
actor

Bill Hader

Actor

1978 · United States

William Thomas Hader Jr. is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2013, for which he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Peabody Award.

Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Bear Grylls
author

Bear Grylls

Creator

1974 · United Kingdom

Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls is a British adventurer, television presenter and former SAS trooper. He holds several world records in hostile environments, and appeared in numerous wilderness survival television series including Man vs.

Jamie Gray from England www.jamiegrayphotography.co.uk, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Emily Ratajkowski
actor

Emily Ratajkowski

Actor

1991 · United States

Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski, known occasionally as EmRata, is an American model and actress. Born in London to American parents and raised in Encinitas, California, she signed to Ford Models at a young age.

LOVE Magazine, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Paul Gauguin
artist

Paul Gauguin

Artist

1848–1903 · France

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influential practitioner of wood engraving and woodcuts as art forms.

Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Anna Torv
actor

Anna Torv

Actor

1979 · Australia

Anna Torv is an Australian actress. Her performance as Olivia Dunham in the Fox science fiction series Fringe (2008–2013) earned her four consecutive Saturn Awards for Best Actress on Television, a record for any performer.

Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Cafu
athlete

Cafu

Athlete

1970 · Brazil

Marcos Evangelista de Morais, known as Cafu, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Widely regarded as one of the greatest full-backs of all time, he was known for his pace and energetic attacking runs along the right flank.

Lula Oficial, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Amrita Rao
actor

Amrita Rao

Actor

1981 · India

Amrita Rao is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. Known for her quintessential girl-next-door portrayals, Rao is the recipient of several accolades including an IIFA Award and two Stardust Awards, along with nominations for two Filmfare Awards.

MPphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Orhan Pamuk
author

Orhan Pamuk

Creator

1952 · Turkey

Ferit Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, he has sold over 13 million books in 63 languages, making him the country's best-selling writer.

David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Damien Hirst
artist

Damien Hirst

Creator

1965 · United Kingdom

Damien Steven Hirst is an English artist and art collector. He was one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s.

Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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athlete

Mahesh Bhupathi

Athlete

1974 · India

Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a major tournament.

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Imre Nagy
scientist

Imre Nagy

Politician

1896–1958 · Hungary

Imre Nagy was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1953 to 1955.

ismeretlen szerző(Nagy Imre Emlékház tulajdona), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Tom McCarthy
actor

Tom McCarthy

Actor

1966 · United States

Thomas Joseph McCarthy is an American filmmaker and actor who has appeared in several films, including Meet the Parents and Good Night, and Good Luck, and television series such as The Wire, Boston Public, and Law & Order.

diginmag, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Kim Pegula

Kim Pegula

American businesswoman

1969 · United States

Kim S. Pegula is a South Korean–born American former businesswoman and the wife of American multibillionaire Terry Pegula.

All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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James Ivory
creator

James Ivory

Creator

1928 · United States

James Francis Ivory is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a principal in Merchant Ivory Productions along with Indian film producer Ismail Merchant and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The trio made film adaptations of stories by authors such as E.M.

Gorup de Besanez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh
artist

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Artist

1868–1928 · United Kingdom

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism.

James Craig Annan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Marguerite Yourcenar
author

Marguerite Yourcenar

Author

1903–1987 · United States

Marguerite Yourcenar was a Belgian-born French novelist and essayist who became a US citizen in 1947. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Académie Française, in 1980. In 1965, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Winoksbergen Bernhard De Grendel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Gwendolyn Brooks
author

Gwendolyn Brooks

Author

1917–2000 · United States

Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community.

ACME Newspictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Philipp Lenard
inventor

Philipp Lenard

Inventor

1862–1947 · Hungary

Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard was a Hungarian–German experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1905 for his work on cathode rays.

Not mentioned in any source, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
author

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

Creator

1914–1987 · India

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas was an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist in Urdu, Hindi and English.

Filmindia magazine 1939, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Elizabeth Bowen
author

Elizabeth Bowen

Author

1899–1973 · Ireland

Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer notable for her books about "the Big House" of Irish landed Protestants as well as her fiction about life in wartime London.

Unknown photographer, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Knud Rasmussen
author

Knud Rasmussen

Author

1879–1933 · Kingdom of Denmark

Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen was a Greenlandic-Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" and was the first European to cross the Northwest Passage via dog sled. He remains well known in Greenland, Denmark and among Canadian Inuit.

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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inventor

Henri Coandă

Inventor

1886–1972 · Romania

Henri Marie Coandă was a Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer, and builder of an experimental aircraft, the Coandă-1910, which never flew. He invented a great number of devices, designed a "flying saucer" and discovered the Coandă effect of fluid dynamics.

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author

Fred Vargas

Author

1957 · France

Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau, a French historian, archaeologist and novelist.

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Ekaterina Makarova
athlete

Ekaterina Makarova

Athlete

1988 · Russia

Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles, and world No. 8 in singles.

Carine06 from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sources and method for this page

This page lists 51 people born on June 7, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 1 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of February 2026. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on June 7. Read the full methodology.

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