Friday, September 11, 2009

Famous Births on 12 Sep

Famous Births on 12 Sep

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 - Patrick Mower, English actor
1940 - Mickey Lolich, American baseball player
1940 - Linda Gray, American actress
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 - Peter Scolari, American actor
1954 - Jeff Jarvis, American journalist
1954 - Adrian Adonis, American professional wrestler (d. 1988)
1956 - Barry Andrews, British musician
1956 - Sam Brownback, American politician
1956 - Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (å¼µåœ&lsqauo;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 - John Norwood Fisher, American musician
1965 - Einstein Kristiansen, Norwegian cartoonist, designer and TV host
1966 - Ben Folds, American musician
1967 - Pat Listach, American baseball player
1968 - Ler LaLonde, American guitarist (Primus)
1968 - Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian
1969 - André Heinz, American environmentalist; son of Teresa Heinz
1969 - Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer
1969 - James Frey, American writer
1969 - Ángel Cabrera, Argentine golfer
1970 - Nathan Larson, American guitarist and composer (Shudder To Think, Hot One)
1972 - Jason Statham, English actor
1973 - Paul Walker, American actor
1973 - Martin Lapointe, Canadian hockey player
1973 - Ki-Jana Carter, American football player
1973 - Darren Campbell, British athlete
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 - Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer
1976 - Bizzy Bone (Bryon Anthony McCane), American rapper, (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
1977 - David Thompson, English footballer
1977 - Idan Raichel, Israeli Musician
1977 - James McCartney, British musician and son of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney
1977 - Jeff Irwin, American musician
1977 - Grant Denyer, Australian television personality and TV Host
1977 - Nathan Bracken, Australian cricketer
1978 - Ruben Studdard, American singer
1978 - Michael Paget, Welsh guitarist (Bullet for My Valentine)
1978 - Benjamin McKenzie, American actor
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

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