Famous Births on 18 Sep

Famous Births on 18 Sep

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 - Maria Anna of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine (d. 1744)
1718 - Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian statesman (d. 1783)
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 - Justinus Kerner, German poet (d. 1862)
1786 - Christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (d. 1848)
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, 41st 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 - John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979)
1895 - Tomoji Tanabe, the oldest man in the world as of June 2007
1901 - Harold Clurman, American film producer (d. 1980)
1905 - Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990)
1905 - Agnes de Mille, American choreographer (d. 1993)
1905 - Eddie Anderson, American actor (d. 1977)
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 - Frank Bell, British educator (d. 1989)
1916 - John Jacob Rhodes, Jr., American politician and lawyer (d. 2003)
1916 - Rossano Brazzi, Italian singer and actor (d. 1994)
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 - Robert Foster Bennett, American senator (Utah)
1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, American singer and composer
1933 - Robert Blake, American actor
1933 - Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey coach
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 - Charles L. Veach, American astronaut (d. 1995)
1944 - Michael Franks, American musician
1944 - Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
1946 - Otis Sistrunk, American football player
1946 - Nicholas Clay, English actor (d. 2000)
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 - Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright
1950 - Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player
1950 - Shabana Azmi, Indian actress
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 - Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (d. 2007)
1954 - Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1996)
1954 - Tommy Tuberville, Auburn Head Football Coach
1954 - Takao Doi, Japanese astronaut
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 - Mark Romanek, American filmmaker
1959 - Ian Arkwright, English footballer
1959 - Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player
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 - Tara Fitzgerald, English actress
1967 - Ricky Bell, American singer (New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe)
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 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American model and actress
1971 - Michael Patrick Walker, American composer and lyricist
1971 - Anna Netrebko, Russian opera singer
1971 - Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
1972 - Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer
1972 - David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
1973 - Mark Shuttleworth, South African entrepreneur
1973 - Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 - James Marsden, American actor
1973 - Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi)
1974 - Xzibit, American rapper
1974 - Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player
1974 - Sol Campbell, English footballer
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 - Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
1978 - Pilar López de Ayala, Spanish actress
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
53 - Trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117)