November 14, 1972

1972Matt Bloom, American wrestler, trainer, and sportscaster^[†]

Matthew Jason Bloom is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is the head trainer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

1972Josh Duhamel, American model and actor^[†]

Joshua David Duhamel is an American actor. After various modeling work, he made his acting debut as Leo du Pres on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award and later starred as Danny McCoy on NBC's Las Vegas.

1972Lara Giddings, Papua New Guinean-Australian politician, 44th Premier of Tasmania^[†]

Larissa Tahireh "Lara" Giddings is an Australian former politician who was the 44th Premier of Tasmania from 24 January 2011 until 31 March 2014, the first woman to hold the position. Born in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, she was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin from 2002 to 2018, and was the party's leader during her period as premier, replaced by Bryan Green after her government's defeat at the 2014 state election. Giddings came from the Labor Left faction. As of 2025, she remains the most recent premier of Tasmania from the Labor Party.

1972Edyta Górniak, Polish singer^[†]

Edyta Anna Górniak is a Polish pop singer. Górniak started as a musical theatre actress in 1990. She performed in the most popular musical in Polish history, the Tony Award-nominated Metro. Some of its shows took place on Broadway. Górniak was Poland's first representative in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 with the song "To nie ja". She placed second which still remains the country's best result at the competition. This started her decades-long career as a pop singer in her native country and internationally. She is also known for her 1997 single "One and One". She is the recipient of the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis for her contributions to the arts.

1972Dougie Payne, Scottish bass player^[†]

Douglas Payne is a Scottish musician who is the bassist and backing vocalist of the rock band Travis.

1972Martin Pike, Australian footballer and coach^[†]

Martin Pike is a former professional Australian rules footballer, who played in four Australian Football League (AFL) premiership sides. A tough, versatile wingman, Pike has been described as a "natural player" of the game. Highlights of his career included a premiership with the North Melbourne Football Club, three more with Brisbane, the final AFL best-and-fairest winner with Fitzroy in 1996, and selection in the 1998 South Australian State-Of-Origin side.

1972Aaron Taylor, American football player and sportscaster^[†]

Aaron Matthew Taylor is an American former professional football player who was a guard for six seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and was a two-time All-American. A first-round pick in the 1994 NFL draft, he played professionally for the Green Bay Packers and the San Diego Chargers of the NFL. Taylor works as a college football analyst and television sportscaster. He is the Founder of the Joe Moore Award for the most outstanding offensive line unit in college football - the only major college football award going to a group versus an individual. Taylor is a speaker on teamwork and performance at summits, events, corporate retreats, universities. In 2021, Taylor was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame

1972Dariusz Żuraw, Polish footballer and manager^[†]

Dariusz Żuraw is a Polish professional football manager and former player who was most recently in charge of I liga club Wisła Płock. Besides Poland, he has played in Germany.