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): Anthony Calvillo • August 23 • Edgar Lee Masters • Kim Matula • Lianne La Havas • Mark Butcher • Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada • Olga Govortsova • Radha Gobinda Kar • Stephan Loboué • Thomas Dempster • Zoltán Czibor

Born in the same month (August 1958): Alberto Salazar • Angela Bassett • Anne L'Huillier • Anthony Muñoz • Calie Pistorius • Lenny Henry • Nigel Dodds • Rondell Sheridan • Serge Blanco