September 04 :: Historical Births

Births

• 1241 - Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)


• 1383 - Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy (d. 1451)


• 1454 - Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (d. 1483)


• 1557 - Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1631)


• 1563 - Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620)


• 1596 - Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet (d. 1687)


• 1717 - Job Orton, English minister (d. 1783)


• 1755 - Count Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish Army officer, diplomat and statesman. (d. 1810)


• 1768 - François-René de Chateaubriand, French diplomat (d. 1848)


• 1803 - Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (d. 1891)


• 1809 - Juliusz Słowacki, Polish Romantic poet (d. 1849)


• 1824 - Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (d. 1896)


• 1826 - Martin Wiberg, Swedish computer pioneer (d. 1905)


• 1832 - Antonio Agliardi, Italian diplomat (d. 1915)


• 1846 - Daniel Burnham, American architect (d. 1912)


• 1848 - Jennie Lee, American actress (d. 1925)


• 1850 - Luigi Cadorna, Italian Field Marshal (d. 1928)


• 1851 - John Dillon, Irish nationalist (d. 1927)


• 1885 - Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast.


• 1885 - Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal 1971)


• 1886 - Albert Orsborn, General of The Salvation Army (d. 1967)


• 1890 - Naima Wifstrand, Swedish film actor, operetta singer, troubadour, director and composer (d. 1968)


• 1891 - Fritz Todt, Nazi official (d. 1942)


• 1892 - Darius Milhaud, French composer (d. 1974)


• 1896 - Antonin Artaud, French playwright (d. 1948)


• 1901 - William Lyons, British industrialist (Jaguar cars) (d. 1985)


• 1905 - Mary Renault, English novelist (d. 1983)


• 1906 - Max Delbrück, German biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1981)


• 1908 - Edward Dmytryk, American film director (d. 1999)　


• 1908 - Richard Wright, American writer (d. 1960)


• 1909 - Eduard Wirths, Nazi physician (d. 1945)


• 1913 - Mickey Cohen, American gangster (d. 1976)


• 1913 - Stanford Moore, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1982)


• 1914 - Rudolf Leiding, German auto executive, third postwar chairman of Volkswagen (d. 2003)


• 1917 - Henry Ford II, American industrialist (d. 1987)


• 1918 - Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster


• 1919 - Howard Morris, American comic actor and director (d. 2005)


• 1920 - Teddy Johnson, British singer


• 1920 - Clemar Bucci, Argentine racing driver


• 1922 - Per Olof Sundman, Swedish writer and politician 1975-1992.


• 1924 - Joan Aiken, English writer (d. 2004)


• 1925 - Forrest Carter, American author (d. 1979)


• 1926 - Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1927 - John McCarthy, American computer scientist


• 1928 - Dick York, American actor (d. 1992)


• 1929 - Thomas Eagleton, American politician (d. 2007)


• 1931 - Mitzi Gaynor, American actress


• 1932 - Carlos Romero Barcelo, Puerto Rican politician


• 1932 - Dinsdale Landen, English actor (d. 2003)


• 1934 - Clive Granger, Welsh-born economist, Nobel laureate


• 1937 - Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer


• 1937 - Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director (d. 2006)


• 1941 - Marilena Chaui, Brazilian philosopher


• 1941 - Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician


• 1941 - Joanna Van Gyseghem, English actress


• 1942 - Raymond Floyd, American professional golfer


• 1942 - Jerry Jarrett, American professional wrestling promoter


• 1944 - Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1945 - Danny Gatton, American musician (d. 1994)


• 1946 - Gary Duncan, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)


• 1946 - Greg Elmore, American drummer (Quicksilver Messenger Service)


• 1948 - Samuel Hui, Hong Kong singer


• 1949 - Dean Pees, National Football League defensive coordinator


• 1949 - Tom Watson, American golfer


• 1950 - Doyle Alexander, American baseball player


• 1951 - Martin Chambers, English drummer (The Pretenders)


• 1951 - Marita Ulvskog, Swedish politician


• 1952 - Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor


• 1954 - José Castro, Swedish actor.


• 1955 - Brian Schweitzer, American politician, governor of Montana


• 1956 - Blackie Lawless, American musician, lead singer in W.A.S.P.


• 1957 - Khandi Alexander, American actress


• 1957 - Patricia Tallman, American actress


• 1958 - David Drew Pinsky (Dr. Drew), American radio show host


• 1958 - George Hurley, American drummer (Minutemen (band))


• 1959 - Kevin Harrington, Australian actor


• 1959 - Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper


• 1960 - Kim Thayil, American guitarist (Soundgarden, Probot)


• 1960 - Damon Wayans, American actor and comedian


• 1962 - Kiran More, Indian cricketer


• 1961 - Kevin Kennedy, English actor


• 1962 - Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician


• 1963 - Sam Yaffa, Finnish Musical (Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls)


• 1963 - John Vanbiesbrouck, American hockey player


• 1964 - René Pape, German bass


• 1965 - Sergio Momesso, French Canadian ice hockey player


• 1968 - Phill Lewis, American actor


• 1968 - Mike Piazza, baseball player


• 1968 - John DiMaggio, American actor


• 1969 - Alexander Coe, Welsh DJ and record producer


• 1969 - Noah Taylor, English-born actor


• 1970 - Dave Buchwald, American hacker and film maker


• 1970 - Igor Cavalera, Brazilian drummer (Sepultura)


• 1970 - Daisy Dee, West Indian-born singer


• 1971 - Ione Skye, English actress


• 1971 - Lance Klusener, South African cricketer


• 1971 - Maik Taylor, Irish footballer


• 1971 - Anita Yuen, Hong Kong actress


• 1972 - Françoise Yip, Canadian actress


• 1973 - Jason David Frank, American actor


• 1973 - Aaron Fultz, American baseball player


• 1974 - Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls)


• 1974 - Nona Gaye, American singer and actress


• 1974 - Andrew Hansen, Australian comedian and musician for The Chaser


• 1975 - Nikolaos Lyberopoulos, Greek footballer


• 1976 - Katreeya English, Thai singer, actress, model


• 1977 - Sun-Woo Kim, Korean Major League Baseball player


• 1977 - Mark Ronson, English DJ/Producer and co-founder of Allido Records


• 1977 - Lucie Silvas, English musician


• 1978 - Wes Bentley, American actor


• 1978 - Christian Walz, svensk soulartist.


• 1979 - Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player


• 1979 - Pedro Camacho, Portuguese composer


• 1979 - Kosuke Matsuura, Japanese racing driver


• 1979 - Kristina Krepela, Croatian actress


• 1980 - Hitomi Shimatani, Japanese singer


• 1980 - Pat Neshek, American baseball player


• 1981 - Richard Garcia, Australian footballer


• 1981 - Beyoncé Knowles, American singer


• 1981 - Lacey Mosley, American singer (Flyleaf)


• 1983 - Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese idol, (member of KAT-TUN)


• 1984 - Hamish McIntosh, Australian football player


• 1984 - Camila Bordonaba, Argentine actress, singer and composer


• 1986 - James Younghusband, Philippine footballer


• 1988 - John Tyler Hammons, American politician


• 1991 - Carter Jenkins, American actor