Michael Owen

Michael James Owen is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Stoke City, as well as for the England national team. Since retiring from football in 2013, he has become a racehorse breeder and owner and regularly features as a sports pundit and commentator. Owen is widely considered to be one of the greatest strikers of his generation and in Premier League history. In March 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.

14 December 1979

Born on the same birth date (14 December 1979): Andrei Makrov • Jean-Alain Boumsong • Kyle Shanahan • Rocc (opera stage director) • Sophie Monk

Born on the same birth day (14 December): André Couto • Barthélemy d'Herbelot • Bill Ranford • Carl Herrera • Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge • Denis Thwaites • Erastus Corning • Hans von Ohain • Helle Thorning-Schmidt • Jan Antonín Koželuh • Joshua Rush • Justin Furstenfeld • Kenneth Medwood • Onew • René Eespere • Shaun Marcum • Shirley Jackson • Ted Raimi • Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald • Tom Smith (rugby union, born 1985)

Born in the same month (December 1979): Aiko Uemura • Bill Hall (utility player) • Chris Daughtry • Daniel Bedingfield • Daniel Fitzhenry • Ferman Akgül • Garrett Atkins • Jean-Alain Boumsong • Jessie Ward • Johan Forssell (politician, born 1979) • John Salmons • Laurent Bonnart • Michael McIndoe • Nick Stahl • Raymond Lam • Reihan Salam • Rocc (opera stage director) • Ryan Malone • Scott Gomez • Trevor Immelman • Valdis Mintals