Famous Births on 17 Sep

Famous Births on 17 Sep

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 - Hughie Critz, baseball player (d. 1980)
1900 - John Willard Marriott, American hotelier (d. 1985)
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 - Pat Crowley, American actress
1929 - Sir Stirling Moss, English race car driver
1930 - Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist
1930 - Thomas Stafford, American astronaut
1930 - Jim Rohn, American business philosopher
1930 - Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut
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 - Robert Graysmith, Zodiac killer researcher
1942 - Des Lynam, English television presenter
1944 - Reinhold Messner, Italian mountain climber
1945 - Bruce Spence, New Zealand actor
1945 - David Emerson, Canadian politician
1945 - Phil Jackson, American basketball player and NBA head coach
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 - Charles Martinet, American actor
1955 - Koralia Karanti, Greek actress
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 - Bryan Singer, American director
1965 - Guy Picciotto, American musician (Rites of Spring, Fugazi)
1965 - Yuji Naka, Japanese video game programmer
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 - Mike Catt, English rugby player
1971 - Ian Whyte (actor), Welsh actor and basketball player
1971 - Adriana Sklenaříková, Slovak supermodel
1972 - Bobby Lee, American comedian
1973 - Ada Choi, Hong Kong actress
1973 - Anastacia, American singer
1973 - Demis Nikolaidis, Greek footballer
1974 - Tormod Granheim, Norwegian adventurer
1974 - Mirah, American musician
1974 - Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player
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 - Steffen Algreen, Danish footballer
1979 - Chuck Comeau, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
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 - Garth Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 - Hope Larson, American illustrator and cartoonist
1983 - Jennifer Peña, American singer
1984 - Eugenia Volodina, Russian supermodel
1985 - Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player
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)
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
64 - Julia Flavia, daughter of Roman Emperor Titus; lover of Domitian.
879 - King Charles III of France (d. 929)