Julio Franco

Julio César Franco Robles is a Dominican former professional baseball player and coach, who is a hitting coach for the farm team of the Lotte Giants of the KBO League. He spent most of his playing career in Major League Baseball (MLB), entering the major leagues in 1982 and last appearing in 2007, at which time he was the oldest active big league player. During that stretch, Franco also spent two seasons playing in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and one season playing in the KBO.

23 August 1958

Born on the same birth day (23 August): Alexander Milne Calder • Allan Kaprow • Andreas Floer • August 23 • Bob Crosby • Edgar de Wahl • Joanne Froggatt • Jonathan M. Wainwright (general) • Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal • Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada • River Phoenix • Sarah Frances Whiting • Valeria Lukyanova • Vicky Leandros

Born in the same month (August 1958): Anna Politkovskaya • Belinda Carlisle • Brendan Nelson • Christian LeBlanc • Craig MacTavish • Darryl Sutter • Fran Fraschilla • Fred Goodwin • Hugh Orde • John Stehr • Madonna • Michael Penn • Randy DeBarge • Randy Shughart • Rob Buck • Russell Baze • Serge Blanco • Sergei Krikalev • Simple Kapadia • Steven Pokere