Born On Your Day
Niko Kovač
Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

athlete

Niko Kovač

Athlete · born October 15, 1971

XWhatsAppFacebook

About

Niko Kovač is a professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Milestones, by age

Dated facts from Wikidata; ages marked “about” come from year-only dates.

  1. ~21Joined Hertha BSC1992
  2. ~25Joined Croatia men's national football team1996
  3. ~25Joined Bayer 04 Leverkusen1996
  4. ~28Joined Hamburger SV1999
  5. ~30Joined FC Bayern Munich2001
  6. ~35Joined FC Red Bull Salzburg2006

Sources

Every fact on this page traces to one of these.

Sources (2)

Also born on October 15

Niko's most notable birthday twins

billionaire

John Franklyn Mars

Entrepreneur

1935 · United States

$23.9Bolder estimate, as of 2019 · Forbes

John Franklyn Mars is an American businessman and heir. He is the chairman of Mars, Inc. As of May 2025, Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated his net worth at US$44.6 billion, ranking him the 33rd-richest person in the world.

Full profile →

Sources (3)
Kenneth C. Griffin
billionaire

Kenneth C. Griffin

Entrepreneur

1968 · United States

$22.7Bolder estimate, as of 2021 · Bloomberg

Kenneth Cordele Griffin is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder, chief executive officer, co-chief investment officer, and 80% owner of Citadel LLC, a multinational hedge fund.

Paul Elledge, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Full profile →

Sources (3)
Mira Nair
actor

Mira Nair

Actor

1957 · India

Mira Nair is an Indian American filmmaker. She has received two prizes from the Cannes Film Festival and four from the Venice Film Festival, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe, and two César Awards.

Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Full profile →

Sources (2)
Friedrich Nietzsche
musician

Friedrich Nietzsche

Musician

1844–1900 · Kingdom of Prussia

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher and writer who started his career as a classical philologist and turned to philosophy early in his academic career. In 1869, at age 24, he was appointed Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Basel.

Friedrich Hermann Hartmann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Full profile →

Sources (2)
Penny Marshall
actor

Penny Marshall

Actor

1943–2018 · United States

Carole Penny Marshall was an American actress, film director, and producer.

ABC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)