Michael Cooper

Michael Jerome Cooper is an American basketball coach and former player. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers during his entire career in the National Basketball Association, winning five NBA championships with the Lakers during their Showtime era. He was an eight-time selection to the NBA All-Defensive Team, including five times on the first team. He was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 1987. In 2024, it was announced that Cooper would be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

15 April 1956

Born on the same birth day (15 April): A. Philip Randolph • Artur Alliksaar • Blake Ayshford • Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve • Hugh Thompson Jr. • Josia Thugwane • Josiane Balasko • Kęstutis Šeštokas • Lou Romano • Roy Clark

Born in the same month (April 1956): Boris Šprem • Christine Boisson • Colin Tyre, Lord Tyre • David E. Kelley • David M. Brown • Eric Roberts • Herbert Grönemeyer • Leonid Fedun • Lise-Marie Morerod • Miguel Bosé • Miguel Ángel Russo • Normand Corbeil • Peter Kosminsky • Phillip Longman • Tom Herr