List of Famous people who born in 1996

Shimron Odilon Hetmyer is a Guyanese cricketer who plays for the West Indies cricket team. He was part of the West Indies' squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In December 2015 he was named as the captain of the West Indies squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. The International Cricket Council (ICC) named Hetmyer as one of the five breakout stars in men's cricket in 2018.

Joshua Jon Cullen is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club Anderlecht, and the Republic of Ireland national team.

Jack Willis is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a Flanker for Wasps in the Gallagher Premiership.

Zack Baun is an American football outside linebacker for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Wisconsin and was selected 74th overall by the Saints in the 2020 NFL Draft.

Anna Hopkin is an English swimmer. She won gold as part of the British team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay, setting a new world record time.

Jacob "Jake" Virtanen is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Shotgun Jake" by Canucks fans, Virtanen was drafted by the Canucks sixth overall in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.

Wan Peng is a Chinese actress under Easy Entertainment. She made her debut with the drama When We Were Young (2018). She gained fame for her performance in My Girlfriend is an Alien (2019).

Wade Manson Baldwin IV is an American professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the Euroleague. He played college basketball for Vanderbilt.

Cole Bryson Tucker is an American professional baseball shortstop and outfielder in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2019, and played with them through 2022.

Kensei Nakashima is a Japanese football player who plays as a midfielder for FC Gifu in J3 League having previously represented Yokohama F. Marinos.