List of Famous people who born in 1976

Gareth John Lightbody is a Northern Irish singer, songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Snow Patrol. He has also founded the musical supergroups the Reindeer Section and Tired Pony.

Erica Ruth Hill-Yount is an American journalist who works for CNN. She serves as a primary substitute anchor and a correspondent. She co-anchored Weekend Today from 2012 to 2016, following work at CBS since 2008.

Magno Alves de Araújo is a Brazilian football player who plays for Atlético de Alagoinhas as a striker.

Sean Maguire is an English actor and singer, who rose to fame in 1988 when at the age of eleven he took on the role of "Tegs" Ratcliffe on the BBC children's drama Grange Hill, in which he remained until 1991. For a short time after leaving Grange Hill, he played Aidan Brosnan in EastEnders.

Mari Okada is a Japanese screenwriter, director and manga artist. She is one of the most prolific writers currently working in the anime industry. She won the 16th Animation Kobe Award.

Jo-Anne McArthur is a Canadian photojournalist, humane educator, animal rights activist and author. She is known for her We Animals project, a photography project documenting human relationships with animals. Through the We Animals Humane Education program, McArthur offers presentations about human relationships with animals in educational and other environments, and through the We Animals Archive, she provides photographs and other media for those working to help animals. We Animals Media, meanwhile, is a media agency focussed on human/animal relationships.

Adah Almutairi is a scholar, inventor, and entrepreneur. Almutairi is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry; affiliate faculty in the departments of Bioengineering and NanoEngineering; and Director of the Center for Excellence in Nanomedicine and Engineering in the Institute of Engineering in Medicine at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Her work focuses on nanomedicine, nanotechnology, chemistry and polymer science. Almutairi is a 2016 Kavli Fellow and has received numerous honors and awards such as the NIH director's new innovator award in 2009 for her work on "Chemically Amplified Response Strategies for Medical Sciences". Almutairi holds over a dozen U.S. and international patents, many of which are currently licensed in Industry. Almutairi is the Founder of eLux Medical Inc.

Cory Hall is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Edison High School in Fresno, California. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the third round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Fresno State. Hall also played for the Atlanta Falcons. In 2017, Hall served as Oregon State's interim head football coach for six games after Gary Andersen abruptly resigned.

Ruslan Riaboshapka is a Ukrainian jurist who was the Prosecutor General of Ukraine from August 2019 to March 2020.

Wang Liping is a Chinese race walker who became an Olympic champion by winning the 20 kilometer event in 2000. Four years later in Athens she finished eighth in the 20 kilometre walk race. Wang Liping also participated in the 2017 Liupanshui International Marathon held in Liupanshui, Guizhou Province, China.