September 12 :: Historical Births

Births

• 1492 - Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519)


• 1494 - King Francis I of France (d. 1547)


• 1575 - Henry Hudson, English explorer (d. 1611)


• 1605 - William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686)


• 1688 - Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731)


• 1690 - Peter Dens, Belgian Catholic theologian (d. 1775)


• 1725 - Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792)


• 1740 - Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (d. 1817)


• 1812 - Richard Hoe, American inventor and industrialist (d. 1886)


• 1818 - Richard Gatling, American weapons inventor (d. 1903)


• 1830 - William Sprague IV, America politician from Rhode Island (d. 1915)


• 1852 - H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1928)


• 1855 - Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician (d. 1920)


• 1875 - Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor (d. 1926)


• 1880 - H. L. Mencken, American journalist and author (d. 1956)


• 1888 - Maurice Chevalier, French singer and actor (d. 1972)


• 1891 - Pedro Albizu Campos, advocate for Puerto Rican independence (d. 1965)


• 1892 - Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (d. 1984)


• 1897 - Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1956)


• 1898 - Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963)


• 1898 - Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-born American artist (d. 1969)


• 1901 - Ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (d. 1975)


• 1902 - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (d. 1976)


• 1907 - Louis MacNeice, Irish poet (d. 1963)


• 1909 - Donald MacDonald, O.C., LL.D. former president of the Canadian Labour Congress and politician (d.1986)


• 1913 - Jesse Owens, American athlete (d. 1980)


• 1914 - Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani poet and psychoanalyst (d. 1988)


• 1914 - Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (d. 1999)


• 1915 - Frank McGee, American journalist (d. 1974)


• 1916 - Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961)


• 1917 - Pierre Sévigny, Canadian politician (d. 2004)


• 1921 - Stanisław Lem, Polish writer (d. 2006)


• 1922 - Ellen Demming, American actress (d. 2002)


• 1925 - Stan Lopata, American baseball player


• 1931 - Sir Ian Holm, English actor


• 1931 - George Jones, American singer


• 1933 - Tatiana Doronina, Russian actress


• 1934 - Glenn Davis, American athlete


• 1934 - Jaegwon Kim, Korean-born American philosopher


• 1937 - George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer


• 1938 - Claude Ruel, French Canadian ice hockey coach


• 1939 - Henry Waxman, American politician


• 1940 - Linda Gray, American actress


• 1940 - Mickey Lolich, American baseball player


• 1940 - Patrick Mower, English actor


• 1943 - Maria Muldaur, American singer


• 1943 - Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-born writer


• 1944 - Leonard Peltier, American activist


• 1944 - Barry White, American singer (d. 2003)


• 1948 - Luis Lima, Argentinian tenor


• 1949 - Irina Rodnina, Russian figure skater


• 1950 - Gustav Brunner, Austrian engineer


• 1951 - Bertie Ahern, Irish politician


• 1951 - Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby union player


• 1951 - Joe Pantoliano, American actor


• 1951 - Gerald Stano, American serial killer


• 1952 - Gerry Beckley, American musician (America)


• 1952 - Neil Peart, Canadian drummer and author (Rush)


• 1954 - Adrian Adonis, American professional wrestler (d. 1988)


• 1954 - Jeff Jarvis, American journalist


• 1954 - Peter Scolari, American actor


• 1956 - Barry Andrews, British musician


• 1956 - Sam Brownback, American politician


• 1956 - Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (張國榮), Hong Kong artist/singer/actor/director (d. 2003)


• 1956 - Ricky Rudd, American race car driver


• 1957 - Rachel Ward, English actress


• 1957 - Hans Zimmer, German composer


• 1958 - Wilfredo Benitez, American boxer


• 1961 - Mylène Farmer, French singer and songwriter


• 1961 - Kathem Al Saher, Iraqi singer


• 1962 - Dino Merlin, Bosnian singer


• 1962 - Amy Yasbeck, American actress


• 1964 - Dieter Hecking, German footballer


• 1965 - Einstein Kristiansen, Norwegian cartoonist, designer and TV host


• 1965 - John Norwood Fisher, American musician


• 1966 - Ben Folds, American musician


• 1967 - Pat Listach, American baseball player


• 1968 - Ler LaLonde, American guitarist (Primus)


• 1968 - Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian


• 1969 - Ángel Cabrera, Argentine golfer


• 1969 - James Frey, American writer


• 1969 - Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer


• 1969 - André Heinz, American environmentalist; son of Teresa Heinz


• 1970 - Nathan Larson, American guitarist and composer (Shudder To Think, Hot One)


• 1972 - Jason Statham, English actor


• 1973 - Darren Campbell, British athlete


• 1973 - Ki-Jana Carter, American football player


• 1973 - Martin Lapointe, Canadian hockey player


• 1973 - Paul Walker, American actor


• 1974 - Caroline Aigle, First female French fighter pilot (d. 2007)


• 1974 - Nuno Valente, Portuguese footballer


• 1974 - Jennifer Nettles, American country singer, part of Sugarland


• 1976 - Bizzy Bone (Bryon Anthony McCane), American rapper, (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)


• 1976 - Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer


• 1977 - Nathan Bracken, Australian cricketer


• 1977 - Grant Denyer, Australian television personality and TV Host


• 1977 - Jeff Irwin, American musician


• 1977 - James McCartney, British musician and son of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney


• 1977 - Idan Raichel, Israeli Musician


• 1977 - David Thompson, English footballer


• 1978 - Benjamin McKenzie, American actor


• 1978 - Michael Paget, Welsh guitarist (Bullet for My Valentine)


• 1978 - Ruben Studdard, American singer


• 1980 - Sean Burroughs, American baseball player


• 1980 - Fernando Cesar de Souza, Brazilian footballer


• 1980 - Gus G., Greek guitarist (Firewind, ex-Dream Evil)


• 1980 - Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player


• 1980 - Josef Vasicek, Czech ice hockey player


• 1981 - Jennifer Hudson, American actress and singer


• 1982 - Nana Ozaki, Japanese gravure idol


• 1983 - Carly Smithson, Irish singer and finalist on American Idol (season 7)


• 1983 - Daniel Muir, National Football League player


• 1985 - Jack Wilkinson, English footballer


• 1986 - Yang Mi, Chinese actress


• 1986 - Emmy Rossum, American actress


• 1988 - Aaron Sidwell, English Actor