Historical Births Today: 22 September

Births

• 1515 - Anne of Cleves, wife of Henry VIII of England (d. 1557)


• 1547 - Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (d. 1590)


• 1593 - Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (d. 1650)


• 1601 - Anne of Austria, queen of Louis XIII of France (d. 1666)


• 1606 - Li Zicheng, Chinese rebel (d. 1645)


• 1680 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747)


• 1694 - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English statesman (d. 1773)


• 1715 - Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (d. 1786)


• 1717 - Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (d. 1783)


• 1722 - John Home, Scottish writer (d. 1808)


• 1741 - Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (d. 1811)


• 1743 - Quintin Craufurd, British author (d. 1819)


• 1765 - Paolo Ruffini, Italian mathematician (d. 1822)


• 1788 - Theodore Edward Hook, English author (d. 1841)


• 1791 - Michael Faraday, English scientist (d. 1867)


• 1819 - Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian (d. 1897)


• 1829 - Tự Đức, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1883)


• 1875 - Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Lithuanian painter and composer (d. 1911)


• 1876 - André Tardieu, Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)


• 1878 - Yoshida Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1967)


• 1880 - Dame Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragist (d. 1958)


• 1882 - Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal (d. 1946)


• 1885 - Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (d. 1940)


• 1885 - Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951)


• 1885 - Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-born actor (d. 1957)


• 1889 - Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (d. 1963)


• 1891 - Hans Albers, German actor and singer (d. 1960)


• 1895 - Paul Muni, Polish-born actor (d. 1967)


• 1896 - Henry Segrave, British racing driver (d. 1930)


• 1898 - Katherine Alexander, American actress (d. 1981)


• 1900 - William Spratling, American silversmith (d. 1967)


• 1900 - Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (d. 1985)


• 1901 - Charles B. Huggins, Canadian-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)


• 1902 - John Houseman, Romanian-born actor (d. 1988)


• 1903 - Joseph Valachi, American gangster (d. 1971)


• 1904 - Ellen Church, American stewardess (d. 1965)


• 1905 - Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (d. 1964)


• 1907 - Philip Fotheringham-Parker, British racing driver (d. 1981)


• 1912 - Martha Scott, American actress (d. 2003)


• 1912 - Herbert Mataré, German physicist and European co-inventor of the transistor


• 1915 - Arthur Lowe, British actor (d. 1982)


• 1918 - Hans Scholl, member of The White Rose (d. 1943)


• 1918 - Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist (d. 1988)


• 1920 - Eric Baker, British human rights activist (d. 1976)


• 1920 - Bob Lemon, American baseball player (d. 2000)


• 1920 - William H. Riker, American political scientist (d. 1993)


• 1920 - Anders Lassen, Danish military officer (d. 1945)


• 1922 - Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-born physicist, Nobel laureate


• 1923 - Dannie Abse, Welsh poet and writer


• 1924 - Charles Keeping, British illustrator (d. 1988)


• 1924 - Rosamunde Pilcher, English novelist


• 1927 - Gordon Astall, English footballer


• 1927 - Tommy Lasorda, American baseball manager


• 1928 - Eric Broadley, MBE, British automotive engineer (Lola Cars)


• 1928 - James Lawson, American minister and civil rights activist


• 1928 - Eugene Roche, American actor (d. 2004)


• 1929 - Serge Garant, French Canadian conductor (d. 1986)


• 1931 - Fay Weldon, British feminist


• 1931 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (d. 2003)


• 1931 - Manzoor Ahmad, Pakistani philosopher


• 1932 - Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer and former heavyweight champion of the world.


• 1934 - Lute Olson, American basketball coach


• 1936 - Maurice Evans, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)


• 1938 - Gene Mingo, American football player


• 1939 - Gilbert E. Patterson, American minister and presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ (d. 2007)


• 1940 - Anna Karina, Danish born actress


• 1941 - Jeremiah Wright, American pastor


• 1942 - David Stern, American basketball commissioner


• 1943 - Toni Basil, American singer


• 1946 - King Sunny Ade, Nigerian singer


• 1946 - Dan Baker, American public address announcer


• 1946 - Larry Dierker, American baseball player and manager


• 1947 - Robert Morace, American writer


• 1948 - Denis Burke, Australian politician


• 1948 - Jim Byrnes, American actor and musician


• 1949 - Jim Keith, American conspiracy theorist and author (d. 1999)


• 1949 - Jim McGinty, Australian politician


• 1950 - Kirka, Finnish singer (d. 2007)


• 1951 - David Coverdale, English singer


• 1952 - Bob Goodlatte, American politician


• 1952 - Paul Le Mat, American actor


• 1952 - Gary Holton, English actor and musician (d. 1985)


• 1953 - Ségolène Royal, French politician


• 1953 - Geoff Gilpin, American author


• 1954 - Shari Belafonte, American singer


• 1954 - Randy Lanier, American racing driver


• 1955 - Jeffrey Leonard, Major League baseball player


• 1956 - Debby Boone, American singer


• 1956 - Masayuki Suzuki, Japanese singer (Rats & Star)


• 1957 - Nick Cave, Australian musician


• 1957 - Giuseppe Saronni, Italian cyclist


• 1958 - Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor


• 1958 - Neil Cavuto, American television commentator


• 1958 - Joan Jett, American musician


• 1959 - Tai Babilonia, American figure skater


• 1959 - Pope Michael, American anti-pope


• 1961 - Scott Baio, American actor


• 1961 - Vince Coleman, American baseball player


• 1961 - Dr. Liam Fox, British Conservative politician


• 1961 - Bonnie Hunt, American actress


• 1961 - Catherine Oxenberg, British actress


• 1962 - Diogo Mainardi, Brazilian writer


• 1964 - Randy Lanier, American car racer, marijuana smuggler and convicted felon


• 1965 - Andy Cairns, Irish musician


• 1965 - Tony Drago, Maltese snooker player


• 1965 - Mark Guthrie, American baseball player


• 1966 - Moustafa Amar, Egyptian singer


• 1966 - Stefan Rehn, Swedish footballer


• 1966 - Mike Richter, American ice hockey player


• 1967 - Matt Besser, American comedian


• 1967 - Rickard Rydell, Swedish racing driver


• 1967 - Félix Savón, Cuban boxer


• 1967 - Kim Watkins, Australian television presenter


• 1969 - Chris Powell, English footballer


• 1969 - Matt Sharp, American musician (Weezer, The Rentals)


• 1970 - Mike Matheny, American baseball player


• 1970 - Mystikal, American rapper


• 1970 - Rupert Penry-Jones, English actor


• 1970 - Emmanuel Petit, French footballer


• 1971 - Chesney Hawkes, English singer


• 1971 - Princess Märtha Louise of Norway


• 1972 - Dana Vespoli, American porn actress


• 1974 - Bob Sapp, American boxer and kickboxer


• 1974 - Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean singer and actress


• 1975 - Ethan Moreau, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1975 - Svilen Noev, Bulgarian singer-songwriter


• 1977 - Paul Sculthorpe, English rugby league footballer


• 1978 - Ed Joyce, Irish-English cricketer


• 1978 - Harry Kewell, Australian soccer player


• 1979 - Emilie Autumn, American singer, violinist, and harpsichordist


• 1979 - Michael Graziadei, American actor


• 1980 - Fernanda Tavares, Brazilian supermodel


• 1981 - Ashley Drane, American actress


• 1981 - Adam Lazzara, American singer (Taking Back Sunday)


• 1981 - Subaru Shibutani, Japanese singer, dancer, actor (Kanjani8)


• 1982 - Mandy Chiang, Hong Kong singer and actress


• 1982 - Kosuke Kitajima, Japanese swimmer


• 1982 - Billie Piper, English singer and actress


• 1984 - Theresa Fu, Hong Kong singer and actress


• 1984 - Ross Jarman, Drummer The Cribs


• 1984 - Laura Vandervoort, Canadian actress


• 1984 - Eduardo Rubio, Mexican pilot and pianist


• 1985 - Faris Haroun, Belgian footballer


• 1987 - Tom Felton, English actor


• 1988 - Bethany Dillon, American musician


• 1995 - Juliette Goglia, American actress


• 2007 - Albert Windsor, descendant of British monarch