Youssou N'Dour
Youssou N'Dour is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, "perhaps the most famous singer alive" in Senegal and much of Africa and in 2023, the same publication ranked him at number 69 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. From April 2012 to September 2013, he was Senegal's Minister of Tourism.
1 October 1959
Born on the same birth date (1 October 1959): Brian P. Cleary • Mark Aizlewood
Born on the same birth day (1 October): Bob Geigel • Giovanni Battista Cirri • Herman David Koppel • John Thomson (baseball) • Mike Pringle (gridiron football) • Otto Robert Frisch • Sarah Drew • Steve O'Rourke • Trézéguet (Egyptian footballer) • Zoltán Sebescen
Born in the same month (October 1959): A. J. Pero • Chrissy Amphlett • Dylan Baker • Fred Couples • Jack Wagner (actor) • Jamie Salmon • Jesse Barfield • Kirsty MacColl • Mark Aizlewood • Mark Little (Australian actor) • Maya Lin • Mike Morgan (baseball) • Oil Can Boyd • Ron Drummond • Walter Ray Williams Jr.