Famous Births on 2 Sep

Famous Births on 2 Sep

1243 - Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (d. 1295)
1548 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616)
1661 - Georg Böhm, German organist (d. 1733)
1675 - William Somervile, English poet (d. 1742)
1753 - Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, queen of France (d. 1810)
1778 - Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland (d. 1846)
1805 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (d. 1851)
1810 - William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (d. 1897)
1830 - William P. Frye, American politician (d. 1911)
1838 - Liliuokalani of Hawaii, Queen of Hawaii (d. 1917)
1847 - Roger Wolcott, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1900)
1850 - Albert Spalding, baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer (d. 1915)
1850 - Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (d. 1919)
1852 - Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (d. 1935)
1853 - Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1932)
1854 - Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910)
1862 - Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist (d. 1881)
1870 - Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (d. 1947)
1877 - Frederick Soddy, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1956)
1878 - Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (d. 1946)
1879 - An Jung-geun, Japanese assassin of Ito Hirobumi (d. 1910)
1883 - Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, "The Red Archduchess" (d. 1963)
1884 - Dr. Frank C. Laubach, Christian missionary (d. 1970)
1894 - Joseph Roth, Austrian novelist (d. 1939)
1901 - Andreas Embirikos, Greek surrealist poet (d. 1975)
1901 - Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (d. 1977)
1911 - Romare Bearden, African American painter (d. 1988)
1913 - Bill Shankly, English Football Manager (d. 1981)
1914 - Tom Glazer, American folk singer and songwriter (d. 2003)
1915 - Benjamin Aaron, American labor law expert (d. 2007)
1915 - Meinhardt Raabe, actor, notable as Munchkin Coroner on The Wizard of Oz
1917 - Cleveland Amory, American author (d. 1998)
1917 - Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist (d. 1995)
1923 - Rene Thom, French mathematician (d. 2002)
1924 - Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya
1925 - Hugo Montenegro, American composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
1928 - Horace Silver, American jazz pianist and composer
1929 - Hal Ashby, American film director (d. 1988)
1931 - Clifford Jordan, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1993)
1933 - Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor
1935 - D. Wayne Lukas, American horse trainer
1936 - Andrew Grove, American computer chip manufacturer
1937 - Peter Ueberroth, American sport executive
1937 - Derek Fowlds, British actor
1938 - Clarence Felder, American actor
1938 - Mary Jo Catlett, American actress
1939 - Sam Gooden, American singer (The Impressions)
1940 - Jimmy Clanton, American singer
1941 - David Bale, South African-born activist (d. 2003)
1941 - Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby league footballer
1943 - Joe Simon, American singer
1943 - Glen Sather, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
1943 - Rosalind Ashford, American singer (Martha and the Vandellas)
1946 - Billy Preston, American musician (d. 2006)
1946 - Luis Avalos, Cuban actor
1946 - Walt Simonson, American comic book artist & writer
1947 - Richard Coughlan, English drummer and percussionist (Caravan)
1948 - Terry Bradshaw, American football player
1948 - Christa McAuliffe, American schoolteacher and astronaut (d. 1986)
1950 - Yuen Wah, Chinese actor and stuntman
1950 - Michael Rother, German musician (Neu!, Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Cluster)
1950 - Rosanna DeSoto, American actress
1951 - Jim DeMint, American politician
1951 - Mark Harmon, American actor
1952 - Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
1953 - Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and a war hero (d. 2001)
1953 - John Zorn, American musician
1956 - Angelo Fusco, Provisional Irish Republican Army member
1956 - Mario Tremblay, Canadian hockey player and coach
1957 - Tony Alva, American skateboarder
1958 - Olivier Grouillard, French racing driver
1959 - Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil
1960 - Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian politician
1960 - Rex Hudler, baseball player
1960 - Eric Dickerson, American football player
1960 - John S. Hall, American poet and spoken-word artist
1961 - Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer
1962 - Prachya Pinkaew, Thai film director
1962 - Eugenio Derbez, Mexican comedian and actor
1962 - Jon Berkeley, author and illustrator
1964 - Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor
1965 - Lennox Lewis, British-born boxer
1965 - Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian filmmaker
1966 - Tuc Watkins, American actor
1966 - Olivier Panis, French race car driver
1966 - Dino Cazares, American musician
1966 - Salma Hayek, Mexican actress
1967 - Andreas Möller, German Soccer Player
1968 - Cynthia Watros, American actress
1968 - Kristen Cloke, American actress
1969 - Stéphane Matteau, French Canadian ice hockey player
1969 - Chris Kuzneski, American bestselling author
1969 - Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, American singer
1971 - Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian skier
1971 - Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor
1971 - Tommy Maddox, American football player
1971 - Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist
1972 - Matthew Dunn, Australian swimmer
1973 - Jason Blake, American hockey player
1973 - Katt Williams, American comedian,actor,and rapper
1974 - Steven Johnson, Australian racing driver
1975 - MC Chris, American rapper
1976 - Phil Lipscomb, American musician (Taproot)
1976 - Erin Hershey, American actress.
1977 - Ramiro Muñoz, Colombian musician
1977 - Frédéric Kanouté, Malian footballer
1979 - Ron Ng, Hong Kong actor
1979 - Tomer Ben Yosef, Israeli footballer
1980 - Dany Sabourin, French Canadian Goaltender in the National Hockey League
1980 - Hiroki Yoshimoto, Japanese racing driver
1981 - Chris Tremlett, English cricketer
1981 - Bracha van Doesburgh, Dutch actress
1982 - Jason Hammel, American baseball player
1982 - Mandy Cho, Hong Kong actress
1982 - Joey Barton, English footballer
1983 - Mark Foster (rugby player)
1984 - Jack Peñate, English/Spanish singer
1987 - Spencer Smith, American musician (Panic at the Disco)
1988 - Ishant Sharma, Indian Cricketer
1989 - Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
1989 - Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian Playback Singer
1990 - Marcus Ericsson, Swedish Racing Driver