Historical Births Today: 30 September

Births

• 1207 - Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (d. 1273)


• 1227 - Pope Nicholas IV (d. 1292)


• 1530 - Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (d. 1606)


• 1550 - Michael Maestlin, German mathematician (d. 1631)


• 1631 - William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (d. 1701)


• 1700 - Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (d. 1773)


• 1710 - John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (d. 1771)


• 1715 - Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosopher (d. 1780)


• 1732 - Jacques Necker, French finance minister of Louis XVI (d. 1804)


• 1765 - José María Morelos, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1815)


• 1800 - Decimus Burton, British architect (d. 1881)


• 1811 - Augusta of Saxe-Weimar, Queen of Prussia and German Empress (d. 1890)


• 1827 - Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (d. 1918)


• 1861 - William Wrigley Jr., American industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company) (d. 1932)


• 1870 - Jean Baptiste Perrin, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1942)


• 1870 - Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father of Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (d. 1948)


• 1882 - Hans Geiger, German physicist (d. 1945)


• 1883 - Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (d. 1945)


• 1887 - Lil Dagover, Dutch-born German actress (d. 1980)


• 1893 - Lansdale Sasscer, American politician (d. 1964)


• 1895 - Lewis Milestone, Russian-born film director (d. 1980)


• 1898 - Renée Adorée, French actress (d. 1933)


• 1898 - Princess Charlotte of Monaco (d. 1977)


• 1904 - Waldo Williams, Welsh poet (d. 1971)


• 1905 - Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)


• 1908 - David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (d. 1974)


• 1912 - Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (d. 1985)


• 1913 - Bill Walsh, American film producer and writer (d. 1975)


• 1915 - Lester Maddox, American businessman, one-time segregationist and Governor of Georgia (d. 2003)


• 1917 - Park Chunghee, President of South Korea (d. 1979)


• 1917 - Buddy Rich, American big band drummer (d. 1987)


• 1918 - Lewis Nixon, WWII Veteran (d. 1996)


• 1919 - Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (d. 1992)


• 1919 - Patricia Neway, American soprano


• 1920 - Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American musician and cellist


• 1921 - Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (d. 2007)


• 1922 - Alan Stretton, Australian general


• 1924 - Truman Capote, American author (d. 1984)


• 1926 - Robin Roberts, American baseball player


• 1927 - W. S. Merwin, American poet


• 1928 - Elie Wiesel, Romanian Holocaust survivor, author, and lecturer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize


• 1931 - Angie Dickinson, American actress


• 1932 - Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author and politician (Governor of Tokyo)


• 1932 - Johnny Podres, American baseball player (d. 2008)


• 1933 - Cissy Houston, American gospel/r&b singer


• 1933 - Barbara Knox, English actress


• 1934 - Udo Jürgens, Austrian singer


• 1934 - Anna Kashfi, Welsh actress


• 1935 - Johnny Mathis, American singer


• 1935 - Z. Z. Hill, American blues singer (d. 1984)


• 1937 - Valentin Silvestrov, Ukrainian composer


• 1939 - Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate


• 1942 - Frankie Lymon, American singer (d. 1968)


• 1943 - Johann Deisenhofer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate


• 1943 - Marilyn McCoo, American singer (The Fifth Dimension)


• 1943 - Ian Ogilvy, British Actor


• 1944 - Diane Dufresne, French Canadian singer


• 1945 - Salaheddin Ali Nader Shah Angha, 42nd Present Sufi Master of the Oveyssi-Shahmaghsoudi order


• 1945 - Ehud Olmert, twelfth Prime Minister of Israel


• 1945 - Bob Lassiter, American radio personality


• 1946 - Paul Sheahan, Australian Test Cricketer 1967-1974


• 1946 - Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (d. 1993)


• 1946 - Claude Vorilhon, founder of Raelism, a ufo religion


• 1947 - Marc Bolan, British musician (d. 1977)


• 1947 - Dave Arneson, American game designer


• 1947 - Rula Lenska,English Actress


• 1948 - Craig Kusick, former Major League Baseball Player


• 1950 - Renato Zero, Italian musician


• 1951 - Barry Marshall, Australian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine


• 1952 - Jack Wild, British actor (d. 2006)


• 1953 - Deborah Allen, American singer


• 1953 - S.M. Stirling, Canadian-born author


• 1954 - Basia Trzetrzelewska, Polish-born singer and songwriter


• 1954 - Barry Williams, American actor


• 1954 - Patrice Rushen, American musician


• 1957 - Fran Drescher, American actress


• 1958 - Marty Stuart, American musician


• 1959 - Ettore Messina, Italian basketball coach


• 1960 - Blanche Lincoln, American politician


• 1961 - Eric Stoltz, American actor


• 1961 - Crystal Bernard, American actress


• 1961 - Eric van de Poele, Belgian racing driver


• 1961 - Sally Yeh, Hong Kong singer and actress


• 1962 - Frank Rijkaard, Dutch football player and manager


• 1962 - Shaan, Indian singer


• 1964 - Trey Anastasio, American musician (Phish)


• 1964 - Robby Takac, American singer and bassist (Goo Goo Dolls)


• 1965 - Kathleen Madigan, American comedian


• 1966 - Kerry G. Johnson, African American graphic designer and caricaturist


• 1968 - Monica Bellucci, Italian actress


• 1969 - Chris Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1991)


• 1970 - Mark Smith, English body builder, former Gladiators player


• 1971 - Jenna Elfman, American actress


• 1972 - Ari Behn, Norwegian author


• 1972 - Jamal Anderson, American football player


• 1974 - Jeremy Giambi, American baseball player


• 1975 - Marion Cotillard, French actress


• 1975 - Carlos Guillén, Venezuelan baseball player


• 1977 - Maia Brewton, American actress


• 1977 - Roy Carroll, Northern Irish footballer


• 1977 - Sun Jihai, Chinese footballer


• 1978 - Candice Michelle, American female wrestler


• 1979 - Andy van der Meyde, Dutch footballer


• 1979 - Clio-Danae Othoneou, Greek actress, musician and pianist


• 1979 - Vince Chong, Malaysian singer-songwriter


• 1980 - Camilla D’Errico, Canadian comic book artist and painter


• 1980 - Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player


• 1981 - Dominique Moceanu, American gymnast


• 1981 - Brandon Watson, American baseball


• 1982 - Lacey Chabert, American actress


• 1982 - Kieran Culkin, American actor


• 1982 - Tory Lane, American nude model, exotic dancer, and pornographic actress


• 1982 - Michelle Marsh, British model


• 1982 - Teal Redmann, American actress


• 1982 - Ryan Stout, American comedian


• 1983 - Andreea Răducan, Romanian gymnast


• 1985 - T-Pain, American rapper/singer


• 1987 - Denise Laurel, Filipine actress and singer

Historical Births Today: 29 September

Births

• 106 BC - Pompey the Great, consul of Rome (d. 48 BC)


• 1240 - Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scotland, (d. 1275)


• 1321 - John of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387)


• 1328 - Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1385)


• 1388 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421)


• 1511 - Miguel Servet, Spanish humanist (d. 1553)


• 1547 - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author (d. 1616)


• 1548 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626)


• 1561 - Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (d. 1615)


• 1571 - Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)


• 1636 - Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1715)


• 1639 - Lord William Russell, English politician (d. 1683)


• 1640 - Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (d. 1720)


• 1678 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1766)


• 1691 - Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (d. 1781)


• 1703 - François Boucher, French painter (d. 1770)


• 1725 - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general and statesman (d. 1774)


• 1758 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral (d. 1805)


• 1766 - Charlotte, Princess Royal, German queen (d. 1828)


• 1786 - Guadalupe Victoria, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843)


• 1803 - Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (d. 1850)


• 1803 - Mercator Cooper, American sea captain (d. 1872)


• 1808 - Henry Bennett, American politician (d. 1868)


• 1810 - Elizabeth Gaskell, British novelist (d. 1865)


• 1842 - Louis J. Weichmann, chief witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1902)


• 1843 - Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (d. 1882)


• 1853 - Princess Thyra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1933)


• 1863 - Hugo Haase, German politician and jurist (d. 1919)


• 1864 - Alexandra Kitchin, British model for Lewis Carroll (d. 1925)


• 1864 - Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish writer and philosopher (d. 1936)


• 1881 - Ludwig von Mises, Austrian Economist


• 1895 - J.B. Rhine, American parapsychologist (d. 1980)


• 1895 - Roscoe Turner, American aviator and racer (d. 1970)


• 1897 - Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (d. 1980)


• 1898 - Trofim Lysenko, Stalinist biologist (d. 1976)


• 1901 - Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1954)


• 1900 - Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (d. 1983)


• 1901 - Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher and activist (d. 1981)


• 1904 - Greer Garson, British actress (d. 1996)


• 1907 - Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and businessman (d. 1998)


• 1907 - George W. Jenkins, American businessman (d. 1996)


• 1908 - Eddie Tolan, American athlete (d. 1967)


• 1910 - Virginia Bruce, American actress (d. 1982)


• 1912 - Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (d. 2007)


• 1913 - Trevor Howard, English actor (d. 1988)


• 1913 - Stanley Kramer, American film director (d. 2001)


• 1915 - Vincent DeDomenico, American entrepreneur (d. 2007)


• 1915 - Brenda Marshall, American film actress (d. 1992)


• 1920 - Peter D. Mitchell, English chemist, Nobel laureate


• 1922 - Lizabeth Scott, American actress


• 1923 - Stan Berenstain, American children's author (d. 2005)


• 1924 - Steve Forrest, American actor


• 1930 - Colin Dexter, British author of Inspector Morse novels


• 1931 - Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress


• 1931 - James Watson Cronin, American nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate


• 1932 - Robert Benton, American screenwriter and director


• 1932 - Mehmood, Indian actor (d. 2004)


• 1934 - Lance Gibbs, Guyanese West Indies cricketer,


• 1934 - Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Psychology professor


• 1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician


• 1936 - Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy


• 1938 - Wim Kok, Prime Minister of the Netherlands


• 1939 - Tommy Boyce, American songwriter


• 1939 - Molly Haskell, American film critic


• 1939 - Larry Linville, American actor (d. 2000)


• 1939 - Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (d. 2001)


• 1940 - Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer


• 1941 - Fred West, British serial killer (d. 1995)


• 1942 - Madeline Kahn, American actress (d. 1999)


• 1942 - Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist


• 1942 - Ian McShane, British actor


• 1942 - Bill Nelson, American politician


• 1942 - Jean-Luc Ponty, French jazz violinist


• 1942 - Steve Tesich, Serbian screenwriter (d. 1996)


• 1943 - Mohammad Khatami, former President of Iran


• 1943 - Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist


• 1943 - Lech Wałęsa, President of Poland, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize


• 1944 - Mike Post, American composer


• 1945 - Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer


• 1947 - Martin Ferrero, American actor


• 1948 - Bryant Gumbel, American television personality


• 1948 - Mark Farner, American guitarist Grand Funk


• 1948 - Theo Jörgensmann, German jazz clarinetist


• 1949 - George Dalaras, Greek singer


• 1951 - Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile


• 1951 - Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (d. 1977)


• 1951 - Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler


• 1951 - Mike Enriquez, Philippine broadcaster


• 1952 - Gabor Csupo, Hungarian-born animator


• 1952 - Max Sandlin, American politician


• 1953 - Warren Cromartie, American baseball player


• 1953 - Drake Hogestyn, American actor


• 1953 - Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian film director (d. 1997)


• 1955 - Benoît Ferreux, French actor


• 1956 - Sebastian Coe, British athlete


• 1957 - Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor


• 1957 - Sokratis Malamas, Greek singer and composer


• 1957 - Chris Broad, former English cricketer and current match referee


• 1960 - Alan McGee, British music industry mogul and musician


• 1961 - Julia Gillard, Australian politician


• 1961 - Stephanie Miller, American comedian and talk radio host


• 1962 - Roger Bart, American actor


• 1962 - Al Pitrelli, American musician, guitarist


• 1963 - Dave Andreychuk, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1963 - Les Claypool, American bassist (Primus)


• 1966 - Jill Whelan, American actress


• 1967 - Brett Anderson, British musician/singer (Suede, The Tears)


• 1968 - Patrick Burns, American television presenter


• 1968 - Samir Soni, Indian film actor


• 1969 - Erika Eleniak, American actress and Playboy Playmate


• 1969 - Aleks Syntek, Mexican singer


• 1969 - Angelo Barretto, Filipino racecar driver


• 1970 - Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese professional wrestler


• 1970 - Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress


• 1970 - Emily Lloyd, British actress


• 1970 - Nicolás Pereira, Venezuelan tennis player


• 1971 - Sibel Tüzün, Turkish singer


• 1971 - Mackenzie Crook, British actor and comedian


• 1972 - Robert Webb, British actor, comedian, and writer


• 1972 - Oliver Gavin, British racing car driver


• 1973 - Joe Hulbig, American ice hockey player


• 1973 - Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greek volleyball player


• 1973 - Scout Niblett, British singer/songwriter


• 1974 - Brian Ash, American film producer


• 1974 - Alexis Cruz, American actor


• 1975 - Albert Celades, Spanish football player


• 1976 - Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian football player


• 1976 - Darren Byfield, English football player


• 1976 - Oscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist


• 1977 - Won Bin, South Korean actor


• 1977 - Wade Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1977 - Debelah Morgan, American R&B singer


• 1977 - Jake Westbrook, American baseball player


• 1978 - Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer


• 1978 - Mohini Bhardwaj, American gymnast


• 1978 - Gunner McGrath, American guitarist (Much the Same)


• 1979 - Shelley Duncan, American Baseball Player


• 1979 - Takumi Beppu, Japanese cyclist


• 1980 - Dallas Green, Canadian musician (Alexisonfire,City and Colour)


• 1980 - Zachary Levi, American actor


• 1980 - Patrick Agyemang, English footballer


• 1981 - Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian handball player


• 1982 - Ariana Jollee, American pornographic actress


• 1982 - Rob Smith, Irish musician and songwriter


• 1984 - Per Mertesacker, German football player


• 1986 - Benoît Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1986 - Mark Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1988 - Kevin Durant, American basketball player


• 1988 - Justin Nozuka, singer/songwriter


• 1999 - Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal

Historical Births Today: 28 September

Births

• 551 BC - Confucius, Chinese philosopher (d. 479 BC)


• 58 BC - Livia Drusilla, wife of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus (d. 29)


• 1330 - Nicolas Flamel, French alchemist (d. 1417?)


• 1493 - Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet (d. 1545)


• 1571 - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)


• 1605 - Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer (d. 1694)


• 1667 - Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)


• 1681 - Johann Mattheson, German composer (d. 1764)


• 1705 - Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (d. 1774)


• 1746 - Sir William Jones, English philologist (d. 1794)


• 1803 - Prosper Mérimée, French author (d. 1870)


• 1821 - Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (d. 1874)


• 1823 - Alexandre Cabanel, French painter (d. 1889)


• 1824 - Francis Turner Palgrave, British critic and poet (d. 1897)


• 1836 - Thomas Crapper, English inventor (d. 1910)


• 1841 - Georges Clemenceau, French politician (d. 1929)


• 1852 - Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)


• 1856 - Kate Douglas Wiggin, American children's author (d. 1923)


• 1861 - Amélie of Orléans, queen of Portugal (d. 1951)


• 1867 - Hiranuma Kiichirō, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952)


• 1881 - Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (d. 1950)


• 1887 - Avery Brundage, American athlete and sports official (d. 1975)


• 1889 - Jack Fournier, American baseball player (d. 1973)


• 1891 - Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (d. 1918)


• 1893 - Giannis Skaribas, Greek writer and dramatist (d. 1984)


• 1898 - Carl Clauberg, Nazi concentration camp doctor (d. 1957)


• 1901 - William S. Paley, American radio and television executive (d. 1990)


• 1901 - Ed Sullivan, American television show host (d. 1974)


• 1905 - Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)


• 1907 - Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast (d. 1997)


• 1907 - Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (d. 1931)


• 1909 - Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979)


• 1910 - Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician and resistance leader (d. 1942)


• 1913 - Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss artist and illustrator


• 1916 - Peter Finch, English-born actor (d. 1977)


• 1918 - Ángel Labruna, Argentinian football player and coach (d. 1983)


• 1923 - John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, British politician (d. 2007)


• 1923 - William Windom, American actor


• 1924 - Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)


• 1925 - Seymour Cray, American computer scientist (d. 1996)


• 1925 - Cromwell Everson, South African composer (d. 1991)


• 1925 - Arnold Stang, American actor


• 1926 - Jerry Clower, American comedian (d. 1998)


• 1929 - Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer


• 1932 - Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer and activist (d. 1973)


• 1933 - Miguel Berrocal, Sculptor (d. 2006)


• 1934 - Brigitte Bardot, French actress


• 1934 - Janet Munro, British actress (d. 1972)


• 1935 - Heather Sears, British actress (d. 1994)


• 1937 - Alice Mahon, English politician and labor leader


• 1937 - Rod Roddy, American television announcer (d. 2003)


• 1938 - Ben E. King, American r&b singer


• 1939 - Stuart Kauffman, American biologist


• 1939 - Rudolph Walker, Trinidadian-born British actor


• 1941 - Edmund Stoiber, German politician


• 1942 - Marshall Bell, American actor


• 1942 - Pierre Clémenti, French actor (d. 1999)


• 1942 - Tim Maia, Brazilian Singer (d. 1998)


• 1943 - Joel Higgins, American actor


• 1943 - Nick St. Nicholas, Canadian musician (Steppenwolf)


• 1943 - J. T. Walsh, American actor (d. 1998)


• 1943 - Warren Lieberfarb, American media executive


• 1946 - Jeffrey Jones, American actor


• 1946 - Helen Shapiro, English singer


• 1947 - Bob Carr, Australian politician


• 1947 - Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician


• 1950 - Laurie Lewis, American musician


• 1950 - John Sayles, American director and screenwriter


• 1951 - Wei Chen, Canadian journalist


• 1952 - Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress


• 1954 - Steve Largent, American football player and U.S. Congressman


• 1954 - George Lynch, American musician (Dokken)


• 1955 - Stéphane Dion, Canadian politician


• 1959 - Ron Fellows, Canadian race car driver


• 1959 - Steve Hytner, American actor


• 1960 - Jennifer Rush, American pop singer


• 1961 - Quentin Kawananakoa, pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii


• 1962 - Grant Fuhr, Canadian hockey player


• 1963 - Steve Blackman, American professional wrestler


• 1964 - Claudio Borghi, Argentine football manager (Colo-Colo)


• 1964 - Laura Cerón, American actress


• 1964 - Janeane Garofalo, American actress and comedian


• 1964 - Paul Jewell, English football manager


• 1965 - Ginger Fish, American drummer (Marilyn Manson)


• 1966 - Puri Jagannadh, Indian film director


• 1967 - Mira Sorvino, American actress


• 1967 - Moon Unit Zappa, American singer and actress


• 1968 - Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver


• 1968 - Naomi Watts, English-born Australian actress


• 1969 - Mark Everett, American fugitive


• 1969 - Ben Greenman, American author


• 1969 - Éric Lapointe, Canadian singer


• 1969 - Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer


• 1970 - Mike DeJean, American baseball player


• 1970 - Gualter Salles, Brazilian racing driver


• 1971 - Alan Wright, English footballer


• 1971 - Joseph Arthur, American singer-songwriter


• 1972 - Dita Von Teese, American burlesque artist


• 1973 - Jori Hulkkonen, Finnish electronic musician


• 1973 - Brian Rafalski, American ice hockey player


• 1974 - Mariya Kiselyova, Russian swimmer


• 1974 - Joonas Kolkka, Finnish footballer


• 1974 - Shane Webcke, Australian rugby player


• 1974 - John Light, English actor


• 1975 - Lenny Krayzelburg, American swimmer


• 1976 - Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist


• 1977 - Young Jeezy, American Rapper


• 1977 - Se Ri Pak, Korean golfer


• 1978 - Bushido, German rapper


• 1979 - Bam Margera, American skateboarder


• 1981 - José Calderón, Spanish basketball player


• 1981 - Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorian footballer


• 1981 - Gül Gölge, Turkish model and actress


• 1981 - Iracema Trevisan, Brazilian musician (CSS)


• 1982 - Ray Emery, Canadian hockey player


• 1982 - Ranbir Kapoor, Indian Actor


• 1982 - Nolwenn Leroy, French Singer


• 1982 - Emeka Okafor, American basketball player


• 1982 - Dustin Penner, Canadian hockey player


• 1982 - Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player


• 1982 - Abhinav Bindra, Indian shooter


• 1983 - Stefan Moore, English footballer


• 1984 - Melody Thornton, American singer and dancer


• 1984 - Ryan Zimmerman, American baseball player


• 1986 - Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer


• 1987 - Hilary Duff, American actress, singer


• 1988 - Esmée Denters, Dutch singer


• 1988 - Aleks Vrteski, Australian footballer


• 1989 - Mark Randall, English footballer


• 1992 - Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress

Historical Births Today: 27 September

Births

• 1275 - John II of Brabant (d. 1312)


• 1384 - Cosimo de Medici, Italian Patron of the Arts


• 1601 - King Louis XIII of France (d. 1643)


• 1627 - Jacques Benigne Bossuet, French bishop (d. 1704)


• 1643 - Solomon Stoddard, American Puritan clergyman


• 1696 - St. Alphonsus Liguori, Italian founder of the Redemptionist order (d. 1787)


• 1719 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (d. 1800)


• 1722 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (d. 1803)


• 1729 - Michael Denis, Austrian poet (d. 1800)


• 1772 - Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1836)


• 1803 - Samuel Francis du Pont, American admiral (d. 1865)


• 1805 - George Müller, Prussian orphanage builder (d. 1898)


• 1818 - Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (d. 1884)


• 1821 - Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss writer (d. 1881)


• 1824 - William "Bull" Nelson, American Civil War general (d. 1862)


• 1830 - William Babcock Hazen, American Civil War general (d. 1887)


• 1840 - Thomas Nast, German-born political cartoonist (d. 1902)


• 1842 - Alphonse Francois Renard, Belgian geologist (d. 1903)


• 1843 - Gaston Tarry, French mathematician (d. 1913)


• 1861 - Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, sister of US President Theodore Roosevelt (d. 1933)


• 1864 - Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and Catholic Priest (d. 1938)


• 1866 - Eurosia Fabris, Italian Catholic Blessed (d. 1932)


• 1871 - Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)


• 1879 - Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician (d. 1934)


• 1879 - Cyril Scott, English composer (d. 1970)


• 1885 - Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965)


• 1894 - Olive Tell, American actress (d. 1951)


• 1894 - Lothar von Richthofen German pilot (d. 1922)


• 1895 - Woolf Barnato, British racing driver (d. 1948)


• 1896 - Sam Ervin, American politician (d. 1985)


• 1898 - Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (d. 1946)


• 1906 - William Empson, British poet (d. 1984)


• 1906 - Jim Thompson, American author (d. 1977)


• 1907 - Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher (d. 2003)


• 1907 - Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931)


• 1911 - John Harvey, stage and film actor (d. 1982)


• 1913 - Albert Ellis, American psychologist (d. 2007)


• 1916 - Frank Handlen, American artist


• 1917 - Louis Auchincloss, American novelist


• 1917 - William T. Orr, American television producer (d. 2002)


• 1918 - Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer, Nobel laureate (d. 1984)


• 1919 - James H. Wilkinson, American mathematician (d. 1986)


• 1919 - Johnny Pesky, American baseball player


• 1919 - Charles Percy. American politician


• 1920 - William Conrad, American actor (d. 1994)


• 1920 - Jayne Meadows, American actress


• 1921 - Milton Subotsky, American TV and film producer (d. 1991)


• 1922 - Carl Ballantine, American actor


• 1922 - Arthur Penn, American director


• 1924 - Bernard Waber, American author


• 1924 - Fred Singer, American scientist


• 1924 - Bud Powell, American jazz pianist (d. 1966)


• 1927 - Romano Scarpa, Italian comic book artist


• 1927 - Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)


• 1931 - Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer


• 1932 - Roger C. Carmel, American actor (d. 1986)


• 1932 - Michael Colvin, Canadian singer


• 1932 - Oliver E. Williamson, American economist


• 1932 - Yash Chopra, Indian director


• 1932 - Geoff Bent, English footballer (d. 1958)


• 1933 - Will Sampson, American actor (d. 1987)


• 1933 - Greg Morris, American actor (d. 1996)


• 1933 - Rodney Cotterill, Danish-English physicist (d. 2007)


• 1934 - Wilford Brimley, American actor


• 1934 - Claude Jarman Jr., American actor


• 1934 - Dick Schaap, American sports reporter (d. 2001)


• 1936 - Don Cornelius, American television host


• 1936 - Gordon Honeycombe, British playwright


• 1939 - Kathy Whitworth, American golfer


• 1939 - Carol Lynn Pearson, American poet and writer


• 1940 - Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist


• 1941 - Serge Ménard, Québécois politician


• 1941 - Peter Bonetti, English footballer


• 1941 - Gay Kayler Ashcroft, Australian country music singer


• 1942 - Dith Pran, Cambodian-born photojournalist


• 1942 - Alvin Stardust, English singer


• 1943 - Randy Bachman, Canadian musician


• 1943 - Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat


• 1945 - Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (d. 2003)


• 1945 - Kay Ryan, American poet


• 1946 - Robin Nedwell, English comedy actor (d. 1999)


• 1946 - T.C. Cannon, Kiowa/Caddo artist (d. 1978)


• 1947 - Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer


• 1947 - Denis Lawson, Scottish actor


• 1947 - Meat Loaf, American singer


• 1947 - Liz Torres, American actress and singer


• 1948 - Michele Dotrice, English actor


• 1948 - A Martinez, American actor


• 1948 - Tom Braidwood, Canadian actor


• 1948 - John K. Reed, American coral biologist


• 1949 - Graham Richardson, Australian politician


• 1949 - Mike Schmidt, American baseball player


• 1949 - Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer


• 1950 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese actor


• 1951 - Jim Shooter, American comic book writer


• 1951 - Paul Craig, British law professor


• 1951 - Michel Rivard, Québécois singer and composer (Beau Dommage)


• 1952 - Didier Dubois, French mathematician


• 1952 - Dumitru Prunariu, Romanian cosmonaut


• 1952 - André Viger, French Canadian marathoner


• 1953 - Diane Julie Abbott, British politician


• 1953 - Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian religious leader


• 1953 - Greg Ham, Australian musician (Men at Work)


• 1953 - Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer


• 1954 - Ray Hadley, Australian radio broadcaster


• 1958 - Shaun Cassidy, American singer


• 1959 - Beth Heiden, American speed skater


• 1960 - Barron Lerner, American physician and historian


• 1960 - Jean-Marc Barr, French-American actor and director


• 1961 - Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer


• 1961 - Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor and singer


• 1964 - Stephan Jenkins, American singer (Third Eye Blind)


• 1965 - Ricky Fuji, Japanese professional wrestler


• 1965 - Steve Kerr, American basketball player


• 1965 - Peter MacKay, Canadian political leader


• 1965 - Alexis Stewart, American radio personality


• 1965 - Bernard Lord, Premier of New Brunswick


• 1966 - Lorenzo Cherubini, Italian singer (Jovanotti)


• 1967 - Uche Okechukwu, Nigerian international soccer player


• 1970 - Yoshiharu Habu, Japanese professional shogi player


• 1971 - Li Yapeng, Chinese actor


• 1971 - Amanda Detmer, American actress


• 1972 - Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player


• 1972 - Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist


• 1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress


• 1972 - Craig L. Rice, American Politician


• 1973 - Chris Demakes, American singer/guitarist (Less Than Jake)


• 1976 - Dean Butterworth, English musician


• 1976 - Matt Harding, American video game developer


• 1976 - Jason Phillips, American baseball player


• 1976 - Francesco Totti, Italian footballer


• 1977 - Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower


• 1978 - Brad Arnold, American singer (3 Doors Down)


• 1978 - Jon Rauch, American baseball player


• 1979 - Jon Garland, American baseball player


• 1979 - Zita Görög, Hungarian actress and model


• 1979 - Christian Jones, Australian racing driver


• 1979 - Steve Simpson, Australian rugby league footballer


• 1980 - Asashoryu, Mongolian sumo wrestler


• 1981 - Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer


• 1981 - Sophie Crumb, American comics artist


• 1981 - Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer


• 1981 - Cytherea, American adult actress


• 1982 - Darrent Williams, American football player (d. 2007)


• 1982 - Lil Wayne, American rapper


• 1983 - Travis MacRae, Canadian singer-songwriter


• 1983 - Shermon Tang, Hong Kong actress


• 1983 - Jeon Hye Bin, Korean actress


• 1984 - Paul Bevan, Australian rules footballer


• 1984 - John Lannan, American baseball player


• 1984 - Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter


• 1986 - Ricardo Risatti, Argentine racing driver


• 1990 - Kylee Lin, American beauty pageant winner


• 1991 - Adam Chicksen, English Football Player


• 1992 - Jake Burbage, American actor


• 1996 - Iman bint Al Abdullah II, princess of Jordan


• 1996 - Daeg Faerch, Danish-born Canadian actor