September 15 - Births

Births

• 1254 – Marco Polo, Italian explorer. (d. 1324)
• 1533 – Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1572)
• 1580 – Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)
• 1613 – François de La Rochefoucauld, French author (d. 1680)
• 1649 – Titus Oates, English minister, fabricated the Popish Plot (d. 1705)
• 1666 – Sophia Dorothea of Celle (d. 1726)
• 1690 – Ignazio Prota, Italian composer and educator (d. 1748)
• 1715 – Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general(d. 1789)
• 1736 – Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer (d. 1793)
• 1759 – Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinean military officer and statesman (d. 1829)
• 1760 – Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general (d. 1824)
• 1789 – James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist (d. 1851)
• 1815 – Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (d. 1868)
• 1819 – Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1902)
• 1828 – Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov, Russian chemist (d. 1886)
• 1830 – Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (d. 1915)
• 1852 – Edward Bouchet, American physicist (d. 1918)
• 1857 – William Howard Taft, American politician, 27th President of the United States (d. 1930)
• 1858 – Charles de Foucauld, French priest (d. 1916)
• 1858 – Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist (d. 1937)
• 1860 – Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer scholar, and statesman, Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom (d. 1962)
• 1863 – Horatio Parker, American composer (d. 1919)
• 1864 – Prince Sigismund of Prussia (d. 1866)
• 1867 – Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (d. 1920)
• 1870 – Rose Sutro, American pianist (d. 1957)
• 1876 – Bruno Walter, German conductor (d. 1962)
• 1876 – Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian novelist (d. 1938)
• 1877 – Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian zionist (d. 1938)
• 1879 – Joseph Lyons, Australian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939)
• 1880 – Chujiro Hayashi, Japanese physician (d. 1940)
• 1881 – Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French businessman, founded Bugatti (d. 1947)
• 1881 – Julian Schmitz, American gymnast
• 1883 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950)
• 1887 – Carlos Dávila, Chilean politician, President of Chile (d. 1955)
• 1888 – Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1925)
• 1889 – Robert Benchley, American author (d. 1945)
• 1889 – Claude McKay, Jamaican-American poet and author (d. 1948)
• 1890 – Ernest Bullock, English organist and composer (d. 1979)
• 1890 – Agatha Christie, English author (d. 1976)
• 1890 – Frank Martin, Swiss composer (d. 1974)
• 1892 – Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor (d. 1962)
• 1894 – Jean Renoir, French director (d. 1979)
• 1894 – Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (d. 1977)
• 1895 – Magda Lupescu, Romanian wife of Carol II of Romania (d. 1977)
• 1895 – Chic Harley, American football player (d. 1974)
• 1898 – J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist (d. 1936)
• 1901 – Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge (d. 1985)
• 1903 – Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
• 1904 – Umberto II of Italy (d. 1983)
• 1904 – Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American columnist (d. 1988)
• 1906 – Jacques Becker, French screenwriter and director (d. 1960)
• 1906 – Walter E. Rollins, American songwriter (d. 1973)
• 1907 – Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and author (d. 1968)
• 1907 – Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (d. 2004)
• 1908 – Kid Sheik, American trumpet player (Preservation Hall Jazz Band) (d. 1996)
• 1908 – Penny Singleton, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1909 – C. N. Annadurai, Indian politician (d. 1969)
• 1909 – Phil Arnold, American actor (d. 1968)
• 1910 – Betty Neels, English novelist (d. 2001)
• 1911 – Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American businessman, founded PING (d. 2000)
• 1911 – Luther Terry, American physician, 9th Surgeon General of the United States (d. 1985)
• 1913 – Henry Brant, Canadian-American composer (d. 2008)
• 1913 – Bruno Hoffmann, German glass harp player (d. 1991)
• 1913 – John N. Mitchell, American lawyer, 67th United States Attorney General (d. 1988)
• 1913 – Johannes Steinhoff, German pilot (d. 1994)
• 1914 – Creighton Abrams, American general (d. 1974)
• 1914 – Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentine journalist and writer (d. 1999)
• 1914 – Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (d. 1970)
• 1915 – Fawn M. Brodie, American biographer and historian (d. 1981)
• 1915 – Al Casey, American guitarist (d. 2005)
• 1915 – José Nicomedes Grossi, Brazilian bishop (d. 2009)
• 1915 – Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang, Taiwanese bishop (d. 2012)
• 1915 – Albert Whitlock, English painter (d. 1999)
• 1915 – Ismail Yasin, Egyptian comedian and actor (d. 1972)
• 1916 – Margaret Lockwood, English actress (d. 1990)
• 1916 – Frederick C. Weyand, American general (d. 2010)
• 1917 – Hilde Gueden, Austrian soprano (d. 1988)
• 1918 – Phil Lamason, New Zealand pilot (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
• 1919 – Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist (d. 1960)
• 1919 – Nelson Gidding, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Heda Margolius Kovály, Czech writer and translator (d. 2010)
• 1920 – Kym Bonython, Australian broadcaster and musician (d. 2011)
• 1921 – Richard Gordon, English author
• 1921 – Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Snooky Pryor, American harmonica player (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Gene Roland, American composer and musician (d. 1982)
• 1922 – Jackie Cooper, American actor and director (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Bob Anderson, English fencer and choreographer (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Anton Heiller, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979)
• 1924 – Lucebert, Dutch poet and painter (d. 1994)
• 1924 – György Lázár, Hungarian politician
• 1924 – Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Stanley Chapman, English architect, designer, and author (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Forrest Compton, American actor
• 1925 – Helle Virkner, Danish actress (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Shohei Imamura, Japanese director (d. 2006)
• 1926 – Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician
• 1927 – Norm Crosby, American comedian
• 1927 – Erika Köth, German soprano (d. 1981)
• 1927 – David Stove, Australian philosopher (d. 1994)
• 1928 – Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)
• 1929 – Eva Burrows, Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army
• 1929 – Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 – Brian Henderson, Australian journalist
• 1932 – Neil Bartlett, English chemist (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Henry Darrow, American actor
• 1933 – Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer
• 1933 – Monica Maughan, Australian actress (d. 2010)
• 1934 – Tomie dePaola, American author and illustrator
• 1934 – Fred Nile, Australian politician
• 1936 – Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player
• 1936 – Sara Henderson, Australian author (d. 2005)
• 1937 – Robert Lucas, Jr., American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 – Pino Puglisi, Italian priest (d. 1993)
• 1937 – Fernando de la Rúa, Argentine politician, 51st President of Argentina
• 1938 – Gaylord Perry, American baseball player
• 1940 – Merlin Olsen, American football player and actor (d. 2010)
• 1940 – Norman Spinrad, American author
• 1941 – Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2011)
• 1941 – Signe Toly Anderson, American singer (Jefferson Airplane and KBC Band)
• 1941 – Mirosław Hermaszewski, Polish astronaut
• 1941 – Yuriy Norshteyn, Russian animator
• 1941 – Viktor Zubkov, Russian politician, 37th Prime Minister of Russia
• 1942 – Lee Dorman, American bass player (Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond)
• 1944 – Sotirios Hatzigakis, Greek politician
• 1945 – Carmen Maura, Spanish actress
• 1945 – Jessye Norman, American opera singer
• 1945 – Hans-Gert Pöttering, German politician, 23rd President of the European Parliament
• 1945 – Ron Shelton, American director
• 1946 – Ola Brunkert, Swedish drummer (d. 2008)
• 1946 – Tommy Lee Jones, American actor and director
• 1946 – Oliver Stone, American director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1946 – Howard Waldrop, American author
• 1946 – Mike Procter, South African cricketer, coach, and referee
• 1947 – Theodore Long, American wrestling referee and manager
• 1947 – Charles "Bobo" Shaw, American drummer (Black Artists Group and Human Arts Ensemble)
• 1949 – Joe Barton, American politician
• 1950 – Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Pakistani spiritual leader
• 1951 – Pete Carroll, American football coach
• 1951 – Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer
• 1952 – Richard Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1952 – Paula Duncan, Australian actress
• 1952 – Kelly Keagy, American singer and drummer (Night Ranger)
• 1953 – Paul Piché, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1954 – Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist (d. 2007)
• 1955 – Željka Antunović, Croatian politician
• 1955 – Bruce Reitherman, American voice actor and singer
• 1955 – Renzo Rosso, Italian fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Diesel Clothing
• 1956 – Jaki Graham, English singer
• 1956 – Maggie Reilly, Scottish singer-songwriter (Cado Belle)
• 1956 – Ned Rothenberg, American musician and composer
• 1958 – Dr. Know, American guitarist (Bad Brains)
• 1958 – Joel Quenneville, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1958 – Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (d. 2005)
• 1959 – Mark Kirk, American politician
• 1960 – Kevin Allen, Welsh actor
• 1960 – Ed Solomon, American screenwriter, director, and producer
• 1961 – Terry Lamb, Australian rugby player
• 1961 – Dan Marino, American football player
• 1962 – Scott McNeil, Australian-Canadian actor
• 1963 – Pete Myers, American basketball player
• 1964 – Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, American guitarist and songwriter (The Misfits and Kryst the Conqueror)
• 1965 – Dyan Castillejo, Filipino tennis player
• 1965 – Robert Fico, Slovak politician, 14th Prime Minister of Slovakia
• 1966 – Sherman Douglas, American basketball player
• 1967 – Paul Abbott, American baseball player
• 1967 – Huw Bunford, Welsh guitarist and songwriter (Super Furry Animals)
• 1967 – Sari Kaasinen, Finnish singer (Värttinä)
• 1968 – Danny Nucci, American actor
• 1969 – Revaz Arveladze, Georgian footballer
• 1970 – Carsten Klee, German footballer
• 1971 – Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer
• 1971 – Josh Charles, American actor
• 1971 – Ben Wallers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Country Teasers)
• 1972 – Jimmy Carr, English-Irish comedian
• 1972 – Kit Chan, Singaporean singer and actor
• 1972 – Letizia, Princess of Asturias
• 1973 – Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
• 1975 – Tom Dolan, American swimmer
• 1975 – Martina Krupičková, Czech painter
• 1976 – Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer (Franz Ferdinand, Correcto, and The Yummy Fur)
• 1976 – Matt Thornton, American baseball player
• 1977 – Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1977 – Sophie Dahl, English model and author
• 1977 – Tom Hardy, English actor
• 1977 – Leander Jordan, American football player
• 1977 – Marisa Ramirez, American actress
• 1977 – Jason Terry, American basketball player
• 1978 – Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
• 1979 – Dave Annable, American actor
• 1979 – Amy Davidson, American actress
• 1979 – Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Carlos Ruiz, Guatemalan footballer
• 1980 – David Diehl, American football player
• 1980 – Mike Dunleavy, Jr., American basketball player
• 1980 – Jolin Tsai, Taiwanese singer, actress, and dancer
• 1983 – Luke Hochevar, American baseball player
• 1984 – Prince Harry of Wales
• 1985 – François-Olivier Roberge, Canadian speed skater
• 1986 – Heidi Montag, American model and singer
• 1986 – Peter Wilson, English target shooter
• 1987 – Aly Cissokho, French footballer
• 1987 – Clare Maguire, English singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Chelsea Kane, American actress and singer
• 1989 – Kris Chetan Ramlu, New Zealand drummer
• 1990 – Oliver Gill, English footballer
• 1990 – Matt Shively, American actor
• 1991 – Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, German-Ghanaian footballer
• 1991 – Lee Jung Shin, South Korean rapper, bass player, and actor (CN Blue)
• 1996 – Jake Cherry, American actor