List of Famous people who born in 1988

Jordan Staal is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is regarded as one of the NHL's premier penalty-killers, both for his strong defensive skills, along with his scoring touch that makes him a threat for shorthanded goals.

Alfred Bruce Morris is an American football running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football at Florida Atlantic and was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the sixth round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He has also previously played for the San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, and Arizona Cardinals.

Phoebe Patricia Faircloth, known professionally as Phoebe Dahl, is a British-American fashion designer, philanthropist, and activist.

Takahiro Matsunaga is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He was born on April 16, 1988. He is currently playing for the Chiba Lotte Marines of the NPB.

Benjamin Sainte-Clémentine is a British artist, poet, vocalist, composer, and musician. Clementine's debut album At Least for Now won the 2015 Mercury Prize. In February 2019 he was named a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government, in recognition of his contribution to the arts.

Carlos Ricardo Brathwaite is a cricketer from Barbados and a former captain of the West Indies Twenty20 International (T20I) team.

Chris Overton is an English actor and filmmaker, best known for his film, The Silent Child for which he received critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Overton is the husband of Rachel Shenton, who wrote and starred in The Silent Child.

Michael Hunter, Jr. is an American professional boxer who challenged for the WBO junior heavyweight title in 2017. As an amateur he won the National Championships as a super heavyweight in 2007 and 2009, and qualified for the 2012 Olympics in the heavyweight division. As of November 2020, he is ranked as the world's seventh best active heavyweight by BoxRec, sixth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and eighth by The Ring magazine. He is the son of late professional boxer Mike "the Bounty" Hunter.

Kenichi Ogawa is a professional boxer.

Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira, commonly known as Anderson, is a Brazilian retired footballer and currently the Assistant Manager of Adana Demirspor. He played as a midfielder and known best for his tenure with Manchester United.