September 18:: Historical Births

Births

• 53 - Trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117)


• 1344 - Marie Valois, Princess of France (d. 1404)


• 1434 - Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)


• 1505 - Maria of Austria, wife of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1558)


• 1587 - Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640)


• 1643 - Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (d. 1715)


• 1676 - Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)


• 1684 - Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer (d. 1748)


• 1709 - Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (d. 1784)


• 1718 - Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian statesman (d. 1783)


• 1718 - Maria Anna of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine (d. 1744)


• 1733 - George Read, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1798)


• 1750 - Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (d. 1791)


• 1752 - Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (d. 1833)


• 1765 - Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)


• 1779 - Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1845)


• 1786 - Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (d. 1848)


• 1786 - Justinus Kerner, German poet (d. 1862)


• 1812 - Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American politician (d. 1880)


• 1819 - Leon Foucault, French physicist (d. 1868)


• 1837 - Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, (Portuguese) Archbishop of Goa (d. 1880)


• 1838 - Anton Mauve, Dutch artist (d. 1888)


• 1857 - John Hessin Clarke, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1945)


• 1858 - Kate Booth, the oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1955)


• 1859 - John L. Bates, 41^st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)


• 1859 - Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (d. 1940)


• 1863 - Hermann Kutter, Swiss theologian (d. 1931)


• 1870 - Clark Wissler, American anthropologist (d. 1947)


• 1875 - Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d.1945)


• 1876 - James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953)


• 1883 - Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, British composer (d. 1950)


• 1889 - Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (d. 1970)


• 1893 - Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer (d. 1960)


• 1893 - William March, American writer (d. 1954)


• 1895 - Tomoji Tanabe, the oldest man in the world as of June 2007


• 1895 - John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979)


• 1901 - Harold Clurman, American film producer (d. 1980)


• 1905 - Eddie Anderson, American actor (d. 1977)


• 1905 - Agnes de Mille, American choreographer (d. 1993)


• 1905 - Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990)


• 1907 - Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. 2005)


• 1907 - Edwin McMillan, Nobel laureate (d. 1991)


• 1911 - Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)


• 1912 - Kurt Lotz, German business executive, second postwar CEO of Volkswagen (d. 2005)


• 1914 - Jack Cardiff, British film director


• 1916 - Rossano Brazzi, Italian singer and actor (d. 1994)


• 1916 - John Jacob Rhodes, Jr., American politician and lawyer (d. 2003)


• 1916 - Frank Bell, British educator (d. 1989)


• 1917 - June Foray, American voice actress


• 1917 - Francis Parker Yockey, author of Imperium (d. 1960)


• 1918 - John Berger, English politician


• 1920 - Jack Warden, American actor (d. 2006)


• 1922 - Grayson Hall, American actress (d. 1985)


• 1922 - Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer


• 1923 - Peter Smithson, English architect (d. 2003)


• 1923 - Queen Anne of Romania


• 1925 - Harvey Haddix, American baseball player (d. 1994)


• 1926 - Bud Greenspan, American film producer


• 1926 - Bob Toski, American golfer


• 1927 - Phyllis Kirk, American actress (d. 2006)


• 1929 - Nancy Littlefield, American film producer (d. 2007)


• 1932 - Nikolai Rukavishnikov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2002)


• 1933 - Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey coach


• 1933 - Robert Blake, American actor


• 1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, American singer and composer


• 1933 - Robert Foster Bennett, American senator (Utah)


• 1935 - John Spencer, English former snooker player (d. 2006)


• 1937 - Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1939 - Frankie Avalon, American musician


• 1939 - Jorge Sampaio, former President of Portugal


• 1939 - Fred Willard, American comedian


• 1942 - Alex Stepney, English football goalkeeper


• 1944 - Michael Franks, American musician


• 1944 - Charles L. Veach, American astronaut (d. 1995)


• 1944 - Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)


• 1946 - Nicholas Clay, English actor (d. 2000)


• 1946 - Otis Sistrunk, American football player


• 1947 - Giancarlo Minardi, Italian motor racing team boss


• 1948 - Ken Brett, American baseball player (d. 2003)


• 1949 - Jim McCrery, American politician


• 1949 - Mo Mowlam, British politician (d. 2005)


• 1949 - Peter Shilton, English footballer


• 1949 - Kerry Livgren, American singer (Kansas)


• 1950 - Shabana Azmi, Indian actress


• 1950 - Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1950 - Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright


• 1951 - Benjamin Carson, American neurosurgeon


• 1951 - Darryl Stingley, American football player (d. 2007)


• 1951 - Marc Surer, Swiss motor racing driver


• 1952 - Rick Pitino, American basketball coach


• 1952 - Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (d. 2002)


• 1953 - Betsy Boze nee: Vogel, American Academic


• 1954 - Tommy Tuberville, Auburn Head Football Coach


• 1954 - Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1996)


• 1954 - Takao Doi, Japanese astronaut


• 1954 - Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (d. 2007)


• 1955 - Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (d. 2006)


• 1956 - Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player


• 1956 - Chris Hedges, American journalist and author


• 1958 - John Aldridge, Irish footballer


• 1958 - Don Geronimo, Radio personality of the Don & Mike Show


• 1959 - Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player


• 1959 - Ian Arkwright, English footballer


• 1959 - Mark Romanek, American filmmaker


• 1960 - Karim Rashid, Egyptian-English industrial designer


• 1961 - James Gandolfini, American actor


• 1962 - Joanne Catherall, English singer


• 1962 - John Fashanu, English footballer


• 1962 - Boris Said, American race car driver


• 1963 - Rob Brettle, British historian


• 1963 - Jim Pocklington, British racing driver


• 1964 - Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter


• 1964 - Holly Robinson Peete, American actress


• 1967 - Ricky Bell, American singer (New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe)


• 1967 - Tara Fitzgerald, English actress


• 1968 - Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player


• 1968 - Cappadonna, American rapper


• 1970 - Darren Gough, English cricketer


• 1970 - Dan Eldon, British photojournalist (d. 1993)


• 1970 - Aisha Tyler, American actress and comedian


• 1971 - Lance Armstrong, American cyclist


• 1971 - Anna Netrebko, Russian opera singer


• 1971 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American model and actress


• 1971 - Michael Patrick Walker, American composer and lyricist


• 1972 - Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer


• 1972 - David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (d. 2003)


• 1973 - Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1973 - James Marsden, American actor


• 1973 - Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi)


• 1973 - Mark Shuttleworth, South African entrepreneur


• 1974 - Sol Campbell, English footballer


• 1974 - Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player


• 1974 - Xzibit, American rapper


• 1975 - Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian pistol shooter


• 1975 - Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian


• 1975 - "Habacuc" Guillermo Vargas, a Costa Rican artist


• 1976 - Gabriel Gervais, Canadian football player


• 1977 - Kieran West, British Olympic oarsman


• 1977 - Li Tie, Chinese footballer


• 1978 - Pilar López de Ayala, Spanish actress


• 1978 - Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer


• 1979 - Alison Lohman, American actress


• 1979 - Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer


• 1980 - Charles Hedger - A British musician for the band Cradle of Filth


• 1980 - Avi Strool, Israeli footballer


• 1980 - Chris Tarrant (footballer), Australian football Player


• 1981 - Jennifer Tisdale, American Actress & Model


• 1983 - Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer


• 1984 - Anthony Gonzalez, Professional American Football Player


• 1986 - Keeley Hazell, British model


• 1988 - Annette Obrestad, Norwegian poker player