September 02 :: Historical Births

Births

• 1243 - Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (d. 1295)


• 1548 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616)


• 1661 - Georg Böhm, German organist (d. 1733)


• 1675 - William Somervile, English poet (d. 1742)


• 1753 - Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, queen of France (d. 1810)


• 1778 - Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland (d. 1846)


• 1805 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (d. 1851)


• 1810 - William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (d. 1897)


• 1830 - William P. Frye, American politician (d. 1911)


• 1838 - Liliuokalani of Hawaii, Queen of Hawaii (d. 1917)


• 1847 - Roger Wolcott, 39^th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1900)


• 1850 - Albert Spalding, baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer (d. 1915)


• 1850 - Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (d. 1919)


• 1852 - Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (d. 1935)


• 1853 - Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1932)


• 1854 - Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910)


• 1862 - Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist (d. 1881)


• 1870 - Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (d. 1947)


• 1877 - Frederick Soddy, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1956)


• 1878 - Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (d. 1946)


• 1879 - An Jung-geun, Japanese assassin of Ito Hirobumi (d. 1910)


• 1883 - Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, "The Red Archduchess" (d. 1963)


• 1884 - Dr. Frank C. Laubach, Christian missionary (d. 1970)


• 1894 - Joseph Roth, Austrian novelist (d. 1939)


• 1901 - Andreas Embirikos, Greek surrealist poet (d. 1975)


• 1901 - Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (d. 1977)


• 1911 - Romare Bearden, African American painter (d. 1988)


• 1913 - Bill Shankly, English Football Manager (d. 1981)


• 1914 - Tom Glazer, American folk singer and songwriter (d. 2003)


• 1915 - Meinhardt Raabe, actor, notable as Munchkin Coroner on The Wizard of Oz


• 1915 - Benjamin Aaron, American labor law expert (d. 2007)


• 1917 - Cleveland Amory, American author (d. 1998)


• 1917 - Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist (d. 1995)


• 1923 - Rene Thom, French mathematician (d. 2002)


• 1924 - Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya


• 1925 - Hugo Montenegro, American composer and bandleader (d. 1981)


• 1928 - Horace Silver, American jazz pianist and composer


• 1929 - Hal Ashby, American film director (d. 1988)


• 1931 - Clifford Jordan, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1993)


• 1933 - Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor


• 1935 - D. Wayne Lukas, American horse trainer


• 1936 - Andrew Grove, American computer chip manufacturer


• 1937 - Peter Ueberroth, American sport executive


• 1937 - Derek Fowlds, British actor


• 1938 - Mary Jo Catlett, American actress


• 1938 - Clarence Felder, American actor


• 1939 - Sam Gooden, American singer (The Impressions)


• 1940 - Jimmy Clanton, American singer


• 1941 - David Bale, South African-born activist (d. 2003)


• 1941 - Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby league footballer


• 1943 - Rosalind Ashford, American singer (Martha and the Vandellas)


• 1943 - Glen Sather, Canadian ice hockey player and executive


• 1943 - Joe Simon, American singer


• 1946 - Billy Preston, American musician (d. 2006)


• 1946 - Luis Avalos, Cuban actor


• 1946 - Walt Simonson, American comic book artist & writer


• 1947 - Richard Coughlan, English drummer and percussionist (Caravan)


• 1948 - Terry Bradshaw, American football player


• 1948 - Christa McAuliffe, American schoolteacher and astronaut (d. 1986)


• 1950 - Rosanna DeSoto, American actress


• 1950 - Michael Rother, German musician (Neu!, Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Cluster)


• 1950 - Yuen Wah, Chinese actor and stuntman


• 1951 - Jim DeMint, American politician


• 1951 - Mark Harmon, American actor


• 1952 - Jimmy Connors, American tennis player


• 1953 - Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and a war hero (d. 2001)


• 1953 - John Zorn, American musician


• 1956 - Mario Tremblay, Canadian hockey player and coach


• 1956 - Angelo Fusco, Provisional Irish Republican Army member


• 1957 - Tony Alva, American skateboarder


• 1958 - Olivier Grouillard, French racing driver


• 1959 - Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil


• 1960 - Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian politician


• 1960 - Rex Hudler, baseball player


• 1960 - Eric Dickerson, American football player


• 1960 - John S. Hall, American poet and spoken-word artist


• 1961 - Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer


• 1962 - Prachya Pinkaew, Thai film director


• 1962 - Eugenio Derbez, Mexican comedian and actor


• 1962 - Jon Berkeley, author and illustrator


• 1964 - Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor


• 1965 - Lennox Lewis, British-born boxer


• 1965 - Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian filmmaker


• 1966 - Salma Hayek, Mexican actress


• 1966 - Dino Cazares, American musician


• 1966 - Olivier Panis, French race car driver


• 1966 - Tuc Watkins, American actor


• 1967 - Andreas Möller, German Soccer Player


• 1968 - Cynthia Watros, American actress


• 1968 - Kristen Cloke, American actress


• 1969 - Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, American singer


• 1969 - Chris Kuzneski, American bestselling author


• 1969 - Stéphane Matteau, French Canadian ice hockey player


• 1971 - Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian skier


• 1971 - Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor


• 1971 - Tommy Maddox, American football player


• 1971 - Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist


• 1972 - Matthew Dunn, Australian swimmer


• 1973 - Katt Williams, American comedian,actor,and rapper


• 1973 - Jason Blake, American hockey player


• 1974 - Steven Johnson, Australian racing driver


• 1975 - MC Chris, American rapper


• 1976 - Phil Lipscomb, American musician (Taproot)


• 1976 - Erin Hershey, American actress.


• 1977 - Ramiro Muñoz, Colombian musician


• 1977 - Frédéric Kanouté, Malian footballer


• 1979 - Tomer Ben Yosef, Israeli footballer


• 1979 - Ron Ng, Hong Kong actor


• 1980 - Dany Sabourin, French Canadian Goaltender in the National Hockey League


• 1980 - Hiroki Yoshimoto, Japanese racing driver


• 1981 - Chris Tremlett, English cricketer


• 1981 - Bracha van Doesburgh, Dutch actress


• 1982 - Joey Barton, English footballer


• 1982 - Mandy Cho, Hong Kong actress


• 1982 - Jason Hammel, American baseball player


• 1983 - Mark Foster (rugby player)


• 1984 - Jack Peñate, English/Spanish singer


• 1987 - Spencer Smith, American musician (Panic at the Disco)


• 1988 - Ishant Sharma, Indian Cricketer


• 1989 - Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer


• 1989 - Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian Playback Singer


• 1990 - Marcus Ericsson, Swedish Racing Driver