September 14 :: Historical Births

Births

• 1169 - Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1183)


• 1388 - Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer


• 1486 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German alchemist (d. 1535)


• 1543 - Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (d. 1615)


• 1547 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (d. 1619)


• 1580 - Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (d. 1645)


• 1656 - Thomas Baker, British antiquarian (d. 1746)


• 1713 - Johann Kies, German mathematician (d. 1781)


• 1721 - Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (d. 1807)


• 1737 - Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1806)


• 1760 - Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer (d. 1842)


• 1769 - Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (d. 1859)


• 1771 - Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and statesman (d. 1829)


• 1804 - John Gould, British ornithologist (d. 1881)


• 1804 - Louis Desiré Maigret, French Catholic prelate (d. 1882)


• 1837 - Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician (d. 1903)


• 1849 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1936)


• 1860 - Hamlin Garland, American writer (d. 1940)


• 1864 - Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1958)


• 1867 - Charles Dana Gibson, American artist (d. 1944)


• 1869 - Kid Nichols, American baseball player (d. 1953)


• 1879 - Margaret Sanger, American birth control advocate (d. 1966)


• 1880 - Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov), Orthodox missionary and writer (d. 1961)


• 1880 - Archie Hahn, American athlete (d. 1955)


• 1886 - Jan Masaryk, Czech foreign minister and diplomat (d. 1948)


• 1889 - Maria Capovilla, previous oldest living person (d. 2006)


• 1891 - Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (d. 1983)


• 1894 - Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, Bengali Novelist (d. 1950)


• 1898 - Ernest Nash, German-born archaeologist (d. 1974)


• 1899 - Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (d. 1986)


• 1902 - Giorgos Papasideris Greek musician (d. 1977)


• 1909 - Peter Scott, British naturalist and explorer (d. 1989)


• 1910 - Jack Hawkins, British actor (d. 1973)


• 1910 - Yiannis Latsis, Greek shipping tycoon (d. 2003)


• 1913 - Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (d. 1971)


• 1914 - Lída Baarová, Czech actress (d. 2000)


• 1914 - Clayton Moore, American actor (d. 1999)


• 1914 - Kay Medford, American actress (d. 1980)


• 1914 - Robert McCloskey, American author (d. 2003)


• 1916 - John Heyer, Australian documentary filmmaker (d. 2001}


• 1918 - Georges Berger, Belgian racing driver (d. 1967)


• 1920 - Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer


• 1920 - Lawrence Klein, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate


• 1920 - Alberto Calderón, Argentine mathematician (d. 1998)


• 1921 - Dario Vittori, Argentinian actor (d. 2001)


• 1922 - Michel Auclair, French actor (d. 1988)


• 1924 - Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat and author (d. 1994)


• 1926 - Michel Butor, French novelist


• 1927 - Martin Caidin, American aviation writer (d. 1997)


• 1929 - Larry Collins, American writer (d. 2005)


• 1929 - Maurice Vachon, French Canadian professional wrestler


• 1930 - Allan Bloom, American academic (d. 1992)


• 1932 - Harry Sinden, American National Hockey League executive


• 1932 - John Tembo, Malawian politician


• 1933 - Harve Presnell, American actor


• 1934 - Sarah Kofman, French philosopher


• 1934 - Kate Millett, American feminist writer


• 1935 - Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist (d. 2008)


• 1936 - Walter Koenig, American actor


• 1936 - Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine


• 1936 - Harry Danielsen, Norwegian politician


• 1937 - Renzo Piano, Italian architect


• 1938 - Nicol Williamson, Scottish-born actor


• 1940 - Larry Brown, American basketball coach


• 1941 - Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan musician


• 1942 - Bernard MacLaverty, Northern Irish writer


• 1944 - Joey Heatherton, American actress and singer


• 1945 - Martin Tyler, British sports broadcaster


• 1946 - Jim Angle, American television reporter


• 1947 - Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, American singer (Sha Na Na)


• 1947 - Sam Neill, New Zealand actor


• 1949 - Tommy Seebach, Danish musician (d. 2003)


• 1949 - Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer


• 1949 - Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist (MC5) (d. 1994)


• 1949 - Steve Gaines, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)


• 1949 - Ed King, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)


• 1950 - Paul Kossoff, British guitarist (Free) (d. 1976)


• 1950 - Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver


• 1950 - Michael Nifong, American attorney


• 1953 - Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (d. 1998)


• 1953 - Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer


• 1956 - Kostas Karamanlis, Greek prime-minister


• 1956 - Ray Wilkins, English former footballer


• 1956 - Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek politician


• 1957 - Tim Wallach, American baseball player


• 1957 - Kepler Wessels, South African cricketer


• 1959 - Morten Harket, Norwegian singer (a-ha)


• 1960 - Melissa Leo, American actress


• 1960 - Callum Keith Rennie, Canadian actor


• 1963 - Robin Singh, Indian cricketer


• 1964 - Faith Ford, American actress


• 1965 - Michelle Stafford, American actress


• 1965 - Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia


• 1966 - Mike Cooley, American guitarist


• 1967 - Dan Cortese, American actor


• 1969 - Konstantinos Koukodimos, Greek long jumper and politician


• 1970 - Ben Garant, American actor


• 1970 - Craig Montoya, American musician (Everclear)


• 1970 - Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist


• 1971 - Jeff Loomis, American guitarist (Nevermore)


• 1971 - Andre Matos, Brazilian musician


• 1971 - Kimberly Williams, American actress


• 1972 - David Bell, American baseball player


• 1973 - Terrell Fletcher, American football


• 1973 - Nas, American rapper


• 1973 - Mike Ward, Canadian comedian


• 1973 - Linvoy Primus, English footballer


• 1974 - Chad Bradford, American baseball player


• 1974 - Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete


• 1976 - Jeremy Dunham, video game journalist


• 1976 - Agustín Calleri, Argentine tennis player


• 1978 - Carmen Kass, Estonian model


• 1978 - Danielle Peck, country music singer


• 1978 - Ben Cohen, English rugby union footballer


• 1979 - Jesse Marunde, American Strongman/Athlete (d. 2007)


• 1980 - Phillip Tobias, American illustrator and musician


• 1981 - Miyavi, Japanese singer and actor


• 1982 - Hiroki Narimiya, Japanese actor


• 1983 - Amy Winehouse, English singer


• 1983 - Frostee Rucker, National Football League defensive end


• 1984 - Adam Lamberg, American actor


• 1984 - Melissa McGhee, American singer


• 1985 - Paolo Gregoletto, American bassist (Trivium)


• 1985 - Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer


• 1985 - Delmon Young, American baseball player


• 1986 - Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)


• 1986 - A.J. Trauth, American actor


• 1986 - Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer


• 1989 - Jesse James, American actor