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): Abraham Yates Jr. • Enos Nkala • Gary Mabbutt • Guy Bush • Hitomi Takahashi (actress) • Jason Hetherington • Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse • Louis XVI • Marian Seldes • Moritz Cantor • Rex Grossman • Roger Avary • Rudy Lewis • Tinus Linee

Born in the same month (August 1958): Belinda Carlisle • Colm Feore • Fran Fraschilla • Hugh Orde • Jürgen Dehmel • Randy Shughart • Rondell Sheridan • Rosie Winterton • Scott Hamilton (figure skater)