September 17:: Historical Births

Births

• 64 - Julia Flavia, daughter of Roman Emperor Titus; lover of Domitian.


• 879 - King Charles III of France (d. 929)


• 1192 - Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)


• 1271 - Wenceslas II of Bohemia and Poland (d. 1305)


• 1550 - Pope Paul V (d. 1621)


• 1630 - Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)


• 1639 - Hans Herr, Mennonite bishop (d. 1725)


• 1657 - Sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (d. 1704)


• 1677 - Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (d. 1761)


• 1687 - Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (d. 1772)


• 1688 - Maria Luisa of Savoy, first queen of Philip V of Spain (d. 1714)


• 1730 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian army officer (d. 1794)


• 1739 - John Rutledge, 2nd (appointed) Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1800)


• 1743 - Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician (d. 1794)


• 1771 - Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (d. 1816)


• 1820 - Émile Augier, French dramatist (d. 1889)


• 1826 - Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician (d. 1866)


• 1854 - David Dunbar Buick, American automobile pioneer (d.1929)


• 1857 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist (d. 1935)


• 1868 - James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (d. 1956)


• 1869 - Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize recipient (d. 1938)


• 1879 - Rube Foster, American baseball player, manager and executive (d. 1930)


• 1881 - Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, English soldier (d. 1955)


• 1883 - William Carlos Williams, American writer (d. 1963)


• 1884 - Charles Tomlinson Griffes, American composer (d. 1920)


• 1890 - Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (d. 1972)


• 1897 - Earl Webb, baseball player (d. 1965)


• 1900 - John Willard Marriott, American hotelier (d. 1985)


• 1900 - Hughie Critz, baseball player (d. 1980)


• 1901 - Francis Chichester, English adventurer (d. 1972)


• 1903 - Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (d. 1984)


• 1903 - Frank O'Connor, Irish-American short-story writer (d. 1966)


• 1906 - Edgar Wayburn, American environmentalist


• 1907 - Warren Burger, 15th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1995)


• 1912 - Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress and comedian


• 1918 - Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (d. 1997)


• 1922 - Agostinho Neto, Angolan politician (d. 1979)


• 1923 - Hank Williams, American musician (d. 1953)


• 1926 - Bill Black, American musician (d. 1965)


• 1926 - Curtis Harrington, American film director (d. 2007)


• 1927 - George Blanda, American football player


• 1928 - Roddy McDowall, English actor (d. 1998)


• 1929 - Sir Stirling Moss, English race car driver


• 1929 - Pat Crowley, American actress


• 1930 - Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut


• 1930 - Jim Rohn, American business philosopher


• 1930 - Thomas Stafford, American astronaut


• 1930 - Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist


• 1931 - Anne Bancroft, American actress (d. 2005)


• 1933 - Chuck Grassley, American politician


• 1933 - Dorothy Loudon, American actress (d. 2003)


• 1933 - Claude Provost, National Hockey League player (d. 1984)


• 1934 - Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (d. 1969)


• 1935 - Ken Kesey, American author (d. 2001)


• 1937 - Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player


• 1938 - Bobby Wine, American Major League Baseball player


• 1939 - Shelby Flint, American singer


• 1939 - David Souter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice


• 1940 - Jan Eliasson, Swedish diplomat


• 1940 - Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (d. 2007)


• 1941 - Bob Matsui, U.S. Congressman (d. 2005)


• 1942 - Des Lynam, English television presenter


• 1942 - Robert Graysmith, Zodiac killer researcher


• 1944 - Reinhold Messner, Italian mountain climber


• 1945 - David Emerson, Canadian politician


• 1945 - Phil Jackson, American basketball player and NBA head coach


• 1945 - Bruce Spence, New Zealand actor


• 1946 - Billy Bonds, English footballer


• 1947 - Tessa Jowell, British politician


• 1948 - Jeff MacNelly, American political cartoonist (d. 2000)


• 1948 - John Ritter, American actor (d. 2003)


• 1950 - Narendra Modi, Indian politician


• 1950 - Chris Heister, Swedish politician


• 1950 - Fee Waybill, American musician (The Tubes)


• 1951 - Cassandra Peterson, American actress


• 1953 - Altaf Hussain, Pakistani politician and founder of MQM


• 1954 - Joël-François Durand, French composer


• 1955 - Koralia Karanti, Greek actress


• 1955 - Charles Martinet, American actor


• 1956 - Thad Bosley. American major league baseball player


• 1956 - Rita Rudner, American comedian


• 1956 - Brian Andreas, American writer, sculptor, painter and publisher


• 1959 - Charles Lawson, Northern Irish actor


• 1960 - Damon Hill, English race car driver and one-time F1 world champion


• 1960 - John Franco, American baseball player


• 1961 - Ty Tabor, American guitarist and singer (King's X)


• 1962 - Baz Luhrmann, Australian film director


• 1962 - Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese American actor


• 1963 - Masahiro Chono, Japanese professional wrestler


• 1963 - Amy Roloff, American reality star


• 1963 - Michael Adler, American businessman


• 1963 - Rami Saari, Israeli poet and translator


• 1963 - Wendy Northcutt, Author of the Darwin Awards


• 1965 - Yuji Naka, Japanese video game programmer


• 1965 - Guy Picciotto, American musician (Rites of Spring, Fugazi)


• 1965 - Bryan Singer, American director


• 1966 - Doug E. Fresh, American rapper, record producer, and beatboxer


• 1967 - Malik Yoba, American actor


• 1968 - Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece


• 1969 - Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player


• 1969 - Keith Flint, Member of the British band The Prodigy


• 1969 - Matthew Settle, American actor


• 1970 - Mark Brunell, American football player


• 1971 - Adriana Sklenaříková, Slovak supermodel


• 1971 - Mike Catt, English rugby player


• 1971 - Ian Whyte (actor), Welsh actor and basketball player


• 1972 - Bobby Lee, American comedian


• 1973 - Ada Choi, Hong Kong actress


• 1973 - Anastacia, American singer


• 1973 - Demis Nikolaidis, Greek footballer


• 1974 - Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player


• 1974 - Mirah, American musician


• 1974 - Tormod Granheim, Norwegian adventurer


• 1975 - Jimmie Johnson, American race car driver


• 1975 - Austin St. John, American actor


• 1975 - Constantine Maroulis, American singer


• 1976 - Daniella Rush, Czech pornographic actress


• 1977 - Simone Perrotta, Italian football player


• 1978 - Shawn Horcoff, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1979 - Akin Ayodele, American football player


• 1979 - Chuck Comeau, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)


• 1979 - Steffen Algreen, Danish footballer


• 1980 - Danny Haren, American baseball player


• 1981 - Casey Janssen, American baseball player


• 1981 - Bakari Koné, Ivorian footballer


• 1981 - Francis Manioru, Solomon Islander sprinter


• 1981 - Jonathan Radtke, American musician (Kill Hannah)


• 1982 - Hope Larson, American illustrator and cartoonist


• 1982 - Garth Murray, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1983 - Jennifer Peña, American singer


• 1984 - Eugenia Volodina, Russian supermodel


• 1985 - Alexander Ovechkin, Russian hockey player


• 1985 - Mason Raymond, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1985 - Brendan Clarke, Irish Soccer Player with St. Patrick's Athletic


• 1985 - Jon Walker, American musician (Panic at the Disco)


• 1985 - Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player


• 1986 - Landry Mulemo, Belgian footballer


• 1986 - Dimitrios Regas, Greek sprinter


• 1987 - Paul Huntington, English footballer


• 1991 - Jordan McCoy, American entertainer


• 1994 - Taylor Ware, American yodeler