September 07 :: Historical Births

Births

• 786 - Emperor Saga, 52^nd Emperor of Japan (d. 842)


• 1438 - Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1471)


• 1524 - Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (d. 1583)


• 1533 - Queen Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)


• 1674 - Ernest Augustus (d. 1728)


• 1683 - Mary Anne of Austria, Archduchess of Austria and Queen consort of Portugal (d. 1754)


• 1694 - Johan Ludvig, Danish policitian (d. 1763)


• 1705 - Matthäus Günther, German painter (d. 1788)


• 1707 - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, biologist and author (d. 1788)


• 1726 - François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (d. 1795)


• 1740 - Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor (d. 1814)


• 1777 - Heinrich Stölzel, German musician and composer (d. 1844)


• 1810 - Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist (d. 1858)


• 1815 - John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (d. 1866)


• 1817 - Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark (d. 1898)


• 1818 - Thomas Talbot, 31^st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1886)


• 1819 - Thomas A. Hendricks, 21^st Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)


• 1829 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German organic chemist (d. 1896)


• 1831 - Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (d. 1900)


• 1836 - August Toepler, German physicist (d. 1912)


• 1842 - Johannes Zukertort, German chess master (d. 1888)


• 1851 - Edward Ashael Birge, American pioneer in limnology (d. 1950)


• 1855 - William Friese-Greene, British photographer (d. 1921)


• 1860 - Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961)


• 1866 - Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist (d. 1947)


• 1867 - Albert Bassermann, German actor (d. 1952)


• 1870 - Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer, pilot, explorer and adventurer (d. 1938)


• 1870 - Thomas Curtis, American athlete (d. 1944)


• 1876 - C.J. Dennis, Australian poet and writer (d. 1938)


• 1877 - Mike O'Neill, Irish baseball player (d. 1959)


• 1887 - Edith Sitwell, British poet and critic (d. 1964)


• 1908 - Paul Brown, American football coach and executive (d. 1991)


• 1908 - Michael DeBakey, Internationally recognized pioneer of modern medicine.


• 1909 - Elia Kazan, Greek-born American film and theater director (d. 2003)


• 1911 - Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist leader during the Cold War (d. 1998)


• 1912 - David Packard, American electrical engineer and businessman (d. 1996)


• 1913 - Anthony Quayle, British actor and director (d. 1989)


• 1914 - Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer


• 1914 - James Van Allen, American space scientist (d. 2006)


• 1917 - John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate


• 1919 - Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004)


• 1920 - Al Caiola, American guitarist


• 1921 - Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish President of FC Barcelona (1978 - 2000)


• 1922 - Lucien Jarraud, Canadian radio host (d. 2007)


• 1923 - Peter Lawford, British-born American actor (d. 1984)


• 1925 - Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician


• 1926 - Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983)


• 1927 - Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, French Canadian judge


• 1927 - Eric Hill, British children's Author


• 1930 - Sonny Rollins, American jazz saxophonist


• 1930 - Baudouin I, King of the Belgians (d. 1993)


• 1934 - Little Milton, American musician (d. 2005)


• 1934 - Omar Karami, Prime Minister of Lebanon


• 1934 - Mary Bauermeister, German artist


• 1936 - Buddy Holly, American singer (The Crickets) (d. 1959)


• 1936 - Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek politician


• 1937 - John Phillip Law, American actor


• 1937 - Cüneyt Arkın, Turkish film actor


• 1937 - Oleg Lobov, Prime Minister of Russia


• 1940 - Dario Argento, Italian film director


• 1942 - Alan Oakes, British Footballer


• 1943 - Lena Valaitis, Lithuanian-German Schlager singer


• 1943 - Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada


• 1944 - Bertel Haarder, Danish politician


• 1945 - Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach


• 1946 - Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004)


• 1949 - Gloria Gaynor, American singer


• 1949 - Barry Siegel, American journalist


• 1950 - Julie Kavner, American actress


• 1951 - Morris Albert, Brazilian singer


• 1951 - Chrissie Hynde, American guitarist and singer (The Pretenders)


• 1951 - Mark Isham, American composer


• 1952 - Susan Blakely, American actress


• 1952 - Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motocyclist (d. 1998)


• 1953 - Benmont Tench, American keyboardist


• 1954 - Corbin Bernsen, American actor


• 1954 - Michael Emerson, American actor


• 1955 - Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician


• 1955 - Mira Furlan, Croatian actress


• 1956 - Byron Stevenson, British footballer (d. 2007)


• 1956 - Diane Warren, American song writer


• 1957 - Jermaine Stewart, American pop singer (Shalamar and Culture Club) (d. 1997)


• 1961 - LeRoi Moore, American Saxophonist(Dave Matthews Band)


• 1961 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French Pianist


• 1962 - Jennifer Egan, American novelist


• 1963 - Eazy-E, American rapper (N.W.A.) (d. 1995)


• 1965 - Andreas Thom, German footballer


• 1965 - Uta Pippig, German athlete


• 1965 - Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer


• 1965 - Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian opera singer


• 1967 - Toby Jones, British actor


• 1969 - Darren Bragg, American baseball player


• 1969 - Diane Farr, American actress (Numb3rs)


• 1969 - Little Jimmy Urine, American singer (Mindless Self Indulgence)


• 1969 - Rudy Galindo, American skater figure


• 1970 - Tom Everett Scott, American actor


• 1972 - Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player


• 1972 - Slug, American rapper (Atmosphere)


• 1973 - Shannon Elizabeth, American actress


• 1974 - Mario Frick, Liechtensteiner footballer


• 1975 - Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer


• 1975 - Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer


• 1976 - Oliver Hudson, American actor


• 1977 - Nora Greenwald, American professional wrestler


• 1977 - Gianluca Grava, Italian footballer


• 1977 - Jon Macken, British Footballer


• 1978 - Devon Sawa, Canadian actor


• 1978 - Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer


• 1979 - Pavol Hochschorner and Peter Hochschorner - Slovak slalom canoers


• 1979 - Brian Stokes, American baseball player


• 1980 - Mark Prior, American baseball player


• 1980 - Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer


• 1980 - Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer


• 1980 - Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist


• 1981 - Paul McCoy, American musician (lead singer of 12 Stones)


• 1981 - Gökhan Zan, Turkish footballer


• 1982 - Andre Dirrell, American boxer


• 1983 - Pops Mensah-Bonsu, British basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks


• 1983 - Annette Dytrt, German skater figure


• 1983 - Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist


• 1983 - Mehmet Topuz, Turkisher footballer


• 1984 - Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player


• 1985 - Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza, Brazilian footballer


• 1986 - Colin Delaney, American Professional Wrestler


• 1987 - Evan Rachel Wood, American actress


• 1987 - Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player


• 1988 - Kevin Love, American basketball player


• 1990 - Tanja Kolbe, German ice dancer