Famous People Born in 1965

• al-Assad, Bashar (September 11)

   The president of Syria, 2000-24

• Bay, Michael (February 17)

  The high-octane director of the Transformers films

• Björk (November 21)

  Eccentric singer from Iceland

• Cryer, Jon (April 16)

  Alan Harper on the sitcom Two and a Half Men

• Da Silveira, José

  The founder of "Formism"

• Davis, Viola (August 11)

  The Oscar-winning star of the 2016 film Fences

• Dick, Andy (December 21)

  Host of MTV's The Andy Dick Show

• Downey, Robert Jr. (April 4)

  Star of the movie Iron Man

• Dr. Dre (February 18)

  Founding member of the gangsta rap group N.W.A.

• Evangelista, Linda (May 10)

  The supermodel's supermodel of the early 1990s

• Goodacre, Jill (March 29)

  The Victoria's Secret model who is married to Harry Connick, Jr.

• Hurley, Elizabeth (June 10)

  Vanessa Kensington in Austin Powers

• Kavanaugh, Brett (February 12)

  The U.S. Supreme Court justice confirmed by a 50-48 Senate vote in 2018

• King, Rodney (April 2)

  The motorist whose 1991 beating set off the 1992 L.A. riots

• Knight, Suge (April 19)

  Dr. Dre's partner in founding Death Row Records

• Lane, Diane (January 22)

  Star of the 2002 movie Unfaithful

• Lawrence, Martin (April 16)

  Star of the TV sitcom Martin

• Li, Gong (December 31)

  Leading lady of Chinese movies

• Medvedev, Dmitry (September 14)

  President of Russia, 2008-2012 and Prime Minister of Russia, 2012-2020

• Mendes, Sam (August 1)

  The Oscar-winning director of 'American Beauty'

• Moby (September 11)

  The bald techno artist who recorded Play

• Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh

  Top al-Qaeda operative who planned the 9/11 attacks on NYC

• Monkees, The

  The zany 1960s TV pop group who sang "Daydream Believer"

• Morgan, Piers (March 30)

  U.K. tabloid journalist who became a CNN talk show host

• Murphy, Ryan (November 30)

  The creator of the TV shows 'Glee' and 'American Horror Story'

• Parker, Sarah Jessica (March 25)

  Carrie on TV's Sex and the City

• Pillsbury Doughboy, The

  Star of Pillsbury TV commercials

• Pink Floyd

  They did Dark Side of the Moon

• Piven, Jeremy (July 26)

  Scheming Ari Gold on TV's Entourage

• Reilly, John C. (May 24)

  The star of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

• Reznor, Trent (May 17)

  The Oscar winner who performs and records as Nine Inch Nails

• Rowling, J.K. (July 31)

  The creator of the fictional wizard Harry Potter

• Salahi, Michaele (October 1)

  One half of the 2009 White House gate-crashing couple

• Sedgwick, Kyra (August 19)

  Star of the 1992 film Singles

• Sheen, Charlie (September 3)

  The fast-living ex-star of the TV comedy Two and a Half Men

• Skinner, Nancy (March 16)

  Liberal commentator and co-host of Doug Stephan's Good Day

• Stephanie, Princess (February 1)

  Monaco's former wild-child princess

• Stiller, Ben (November 30)

  The star of There's Something About Mary and Zoolander

• Twain, Shania (August 28)

  Singer of the pop hit "You're Still The One"

• Washoe the Chimp

  Chimp who learned sign language

• Witt, Katarina (December 3)

  Charismatic figure skating champ

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