September 15:: Historical Births

Births

• 973 - Al-Biruni, mathematician (d. 1048)


• 1254 - Marco Polo, Italian explorer (d. 1324)


• 1533 - Catherine of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572)


• 1580 - Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)


• 1613 - François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680)


• 1649 - Titus Oates, English minister and plotter (d. 1705)


• 1666 - Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle (d. 1726)


• 1715 - Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery specialist (d. 1789)


• 1760 - Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars (d. 1824)


• 1789 - James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist (d. 1851)


• 1828 - Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov, Russian chemist (d. 1886)


• 1830 - Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (d. 1915)


• 1852 - Edward Bouchet, American physicist (d. 1918)


• 1857 - William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (d. 1930)


• 1858 - Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist (d. 1937)


• 1860 - Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya, Indian engineer (d. 1962)


• 1863 - Horatio Parker, American composer (d. 1919)


• 1867 - Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1920)


• 1876 - Bruno Walter, German conductor (d. 1962)


• 1876 - Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian novelist (d. 1938)


• 1877 - Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (d. 1938)


• 1879 - Joseph Lyons, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939)


• 1881 - Ettore Bugatti, Italian automobile engineer and designer (d. 1947)


• 1883 - Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950)


• 1887 - Carlos Dávila, former President of Chile (d. 1955)


• 1888 - Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver (d. 1925)


• 1889 - Robert Benchley, American author (d. 1945)


• 1890 - Agatha Christie, English writer (d. 1976)


• 1890 - Frank Martin, Swiss composer (d. 1974)


• 1892 - Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor (d. 1962)


• 1894 - Jean Renoir, French film director (d. 1979)


• 1894 - Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (d. 1977)


• 1895 - Magda Lupescu, consort of King Carol II of Romania (d. 1977)


• 1898 - J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist (d. 1936)


• 1901 - Sir Donald Bailey, British engineer (d. 1985)


• 1903 - Roy Acuff, American country musician (d. 1992)


• 1904 - King Umberto II of Italy (d. 1983)


• 1906 - Jacques Becker, French screenwriter and director (d. 1960)


• 1907 - Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and writer (d. 1968)


• 1907 - Fay Wray, Canadian-born American actress (d. 2004)


• 1908 - Penny Singleton, American actress (d. 2003)


• 1909 - C.N.Annadurai, Former Chief Minnister of Tamilnadu


• 1911 - Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-born American golf entrepreneur (d. 2000)


• 1913 - John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General and Watergate figure (d. 1988)


• 1913 - Johannes Steinhoff, German fighter pilot & NATO commander (d.1994)


• 1914 - Creighton Abrams, American Army general (d. 1974)


• 1914 - Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentine writer (d. 1999)


• 1915 - Albert Whitlock, English motion picture matte artist (d. 1999)


• 1916 - Margaret Lockwood, English actress (d. 1990)


• 1918 - Nipsey Russell, American comedian (d. 2005)


• 1919 - Fausto Coppi, Italian racing cyclist (d. 1960)


• 1919 - Nelson Gidding, American screenwriter (d. 2004)


• 1921 - Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (d. 2001)


• 1922 - Jackie Cooper, American actor and director


• 1922 - Bob Anderson (fencer), English sword-master


• 1923 - Anton Heiller, Austrian organist (d. 1979)


• 1924 - Bobby Short, American musician (d. 2005)


• 1926 - Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician


• 1926 - Shohei Imamura, Japanese film director (d. 2006)


• 1927 - David Stove, Australian philosopher, (d. 1994)


• 1928 - Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)


• 1929 - Eva Burrows, the 13th General of The Salvation Army


• 1929 - Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate


• 1933 - Henry Darrow, American actor


• 1933 - Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor


• 1934 - Fred Nile, Australian politician


• 1937 - Robert Lucas, Jr., American economist, Nobel laureate


• 1937 - Fernando de la Rúa, 51st President of Argentina


• 1938 - Gaylord Perry, baseball player


• 1940 - Merlin Olsen, American football player and actor


• 1940 - Norman Spinrad, American science fiction author


• 1941 - Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer


• 1941 - Signe Toly Anderson, American singer


• 1941 - Mirosław Hermaszewski, Polish cosmonaut


• 1941 - Yuri Norstein, Russian animator


• 1941 - Viktor Zubkov, Russian government official


• 1942 - Lee Dorman, American Bassist


• 1944 - Sotirios Hatzigakis, Greek politician


• 1945 - Hans-Gert Pöttering, well-known German politician in the European union, President of the European Parliament since 16 January 2007.


• 1945 - Carmen Maura, Spanish actress


• 1945 - Jessye Norman, American opera singer


• 1945 - Ron Shelton, American film director


• 1946 - Ola Brunkert, Swedish session drummer for ABBA (d. 2008)


• 1946 - Tommy Lee Jones, American actor


• 1946 - Oliver Stone, American film director


• 1946 - Howard Waldrop, American science fiction author


• 1948 - Suzyn Waldman, American Sportscaster


• 1949 - Joe Barton, American politician


• 1951 - Pete Carroll, American football coach


• 1951 - Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer


• 1954 - Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor (d. 2007)


• 1955 - Željka Antunović, Croatian politician


• 1956 - Jaki Graham, English singer


• 1956 - Maggie Reilly, Scottish folk singer


• 1958 - Dr. Know, American guitarist (Bad Brains)


• 1958 - Joel Quenneville, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1958 - Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (d. 2005)


• 1960 - Kevin Allen, Welsh actor


• 1961 - Terry Lamb, Australian rugby league footballer


• 1961 - Dan Marino, American football player


• 1962 - Dina Lohan, American actress and reality television star, mother of Lindsay Lohan


• 1964 - Róbert Fico, Slovak Prime minister


• 1964 - Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, former guitarrist for horror punk band The Misfits


• 1968 - Danny Nucci, American actor


• 1969 - Jim Curtiss, American writer


• 1971 - Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer


• 1971 - Josh Charles, American actor


• 1971 - Ben Wallers, English musician and songwriter (Country Teasers)


• 1972 - Jimmy Carr, English comedian


• 1972 - Kit Chan, Singaporean singer


• 1972 - Princess Letizia of Spain


• 1973 - Julie Cox, English actress


• 1974 - Jamie Stevens, German singer


• 1976 - Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer (Franz Ferdinand)


• 1976 - Matt Thornton, American baseball player


• 1977 - Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter


• 1977 - Sophie Dahl, English model


• 1977 - Leander Jordan, National Football League offensive lineman


• 1977 - Marisa Ramirez, American actress


• 1977 - Jason Terry, American basketball player


• 1977 - Tom Hardy, British actor


• 1978 - Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer


• 1979 - Dave Annable, American actor


• 1979 - Amy Davidson, American actress


• 1979 - Carlos Ruiz, Guatemalan soccer player


• 1979 - Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1980 - David Diehl, American football player


• 1980 - Jolin Tsai, Taiwanese pop singer


• 1980 - Mike Dunleavy, Jr., American basketball player


• 1983 - Luke Hochevar, American baseball player


• 1984 - Prince Henry of Wales


• 1986 - Heidi Montag, American reality television star


• 1987 - Aly Cissokho, French football (soccer) player


• 1988 - Chelsea Staub, American actress


• 1989 - Chetan Ramlu, New Zealand musician