September 4 - Births

Births

• 1241 – Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)
• 1383 – Antipope Felix V (d. 1451)
• 1454 – Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (d. 1483)
• 1557 – Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (d. 1631)
• 1563 – Wanli Emperor of China (d. 1620)
• 1596 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (d. 1687)
• 1681 – Carl Heinrich Biber, violinist and composer (d. 1749)
• 1717 – Job Orton, English minister (d. 1783)
• 1755 – Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish army officer, diplomat, and statesman (d. 1810)
• 1761 – F.L.Æ. Kunzen, German composer and conductor (d. 1817)
• 1768 – François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer, historian, and diplomat (d. 1848)
• 1798 – Raynold Kaufgetz, Swiss soldier, politician, and economist (d. 1869)
• 1803 – Sarah Childress Polk, American wife of James K. Polk, 12th First Lady of the United States (d. 1891)
• 1809 – Juliusz Słowacki, Polish poet (d. 1849)
• 1824 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (d. 1896)
• 1825 – Dadabhai Naoroji, Indian politician (d. 1917)
• 1826 – Martin Wiberg, Swedish philosopher and inventor (d. 1905)
• 1832 – Antonio Agliardi, Italian diplomat (d. 1915)
• 1846 – Daniel Burnham, American architect, designed the World's Columbian Exposition (d. 1912)
• 1848 – Jennie Lee, American actress (d. 1925)
• 1850 – Luigi Cadorna, Italian field marshal (d. 1928)
• 1851 – John Dillon, Irish politician (d. 1927)
• 1885 – Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (d. 1971)
• 1885 – Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (d. 1971)
• 1886 – Albert Orsborn, English 6th General of the Salvation Army (d. 1967)
• 1887 – Roy William Neill, Irish director (d. 1946)
• 1890 – Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor and director (d. 1947)
• 1890 – Naima Wifstrand, Swedish actor, singer, director, and composer (d. 1968)
• 1891 – Fritz Todt, German engineer and nazi official (d. 1942)
• 1892 – Darius Milhaud, French composer (d. 1974)
• 1896 – Antonin Artaud, French playwright (d. 1948)
• 1896 – Aspasia Manos, Greek wife of Alexander of Greece (d. 1972)
• 1901 – William Lyons, English industrialist and businessman, co-founded Jaguar cars (d. 1985)
• 1902 – Thomas Mitchell, English cricketer (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Mary Renault, English novelist (d. 1983)
• 1905 – Walter Zapp, Baltic German inventor (d. 2003)
• 1906 – Max Delbrück, German biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
• 1907 – Reggie Nalder, Austrian actor, (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Edward Dmytryk, American director (d. 1999)
• 1908 – Richard Wright, American author and poet (d. 1960)
• 1909 – Eduard Wirths, German SS physician (d. 1945)
• 1910 – Denis Tomlinson, South African cricketer (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Syd Hoff, American cartoonist and author (d. 2004)
• 1913 – Mickey Cohen, American mobster (d. 1976)
• 1913 – Victor Kiernan, English historian (d. 2009)
• 1913 – Stanford Moore, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
• 1914 – Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Henry Ford II, American businessman (d. 1987)
• 1918 – Paul Harvey, American radio host (d. 2009)
• 1918 – Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player, composer, and arranger
• 1919 – Howard Morris, American actor and director (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Clemar Bucci, Argentine race car driver (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Per Olof Sundman, Swedish writer and politician (d. 1992)
• 1923 – Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian politician (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Joan Aiken, English author (d. 2004)
• 1925 – Forrest Carter, American author (d. 1979)
• 1926 – Ivan Illich, Austrian philosopher (d. 2002)
• 1926 – Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1927 – John McCarthy, American computer scientist (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Ferenc Sánta, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1928 – Dick York, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1929 – Thomas Eagleton, American politician (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Don Ackerman, American basketball player (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Jack Boucher, American photographer (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Mitzi Gaynor, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1931 – Antonios Trakatellis, Greek politician
• 1932 – Carlos Romero Barceló, Puerto Rican politician, 5th Governor of Puerto Rico
• 1932 – Dinsdale Landen, English actor (d. 2003)
• 1934 – Clive Granger, Welsh economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1934 – Eduard Khil, Russian singer (d. 2012)
• 1934 – Antoine Redin, French footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1936 – Wayne Cody, American sportscaster (d. 2002)
• 1937 – Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer
• 1937 – Gene Ludwig, American organist (d. 2010)
• 1937 – Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director (d. 2006)
• 1939 – Denis Lindsay, South African cricketer (d. 2005)
• 1941 – Marilena Chaui, Brazilian philosopher
• 1941 – Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician
• 1941 – Ramesh Sethi, Kenyan cricketer
• 1941 – Joanna Van Gyseghem, English actress
• 1942 – Raymond Floyd, American golfer
• 1942 – Jerry Jarrett, American wrestler and promoter
• 1942 – Merald "Bubba" Knight, American singer-songwriter and producer (Gladys Knight & The Pips)
• 1944 – Vladimír Guma Kulhánek, Czech bass player (Energit and Etc...)
• 1944 – Jennifer Salt, American actress
• 1944 – Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1945 – Danny Gatton, American guitarist (d. 1994)
• 1946 – Gary Duncan, American guitarist (The Brogues and Quicksilver Messenger Service)
• 1946 – Dave Liebman, American saxophonist, bandleader, and composer
• 1946 – Bryan Mauricette, Canadian cricketer
• 1949 – Darryl Cotton, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Zoot and Cotton Keays & Morris) (d. 2012)
• 1949 – Dean Pees, American football player
• 1949 – Tom Watson, American golfer
• 1950 – Ehteshamuddin, Pakistani cricketer
• 1950 – Doyle Alexander, American baseball player
• 1951 – Martin Chambers, English drummer and singer (The Pretenders)
• 1951 – Judith Ivey, American actress
• 1951 – Marita Ulvskog, Swedish politician
• 1952 – Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor
• 1953 – Fatih Terim, Turkish footballer and coach
• 1955 – David Broza, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 – Garth Le Roux, former South African cricketer
• 1955 – Brian Schweitzer, American politician, 23rd Governor of Montana
• 1956 – Blackie Lawless, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (W.A.S.P., London, Sister, and New York Dolls)
• 1957 – Khandi Alexander, American actress
• 1957 – Patricia Tallman, American actress
• 1958 – George Hurley, American drummer (Minutemen, Firehose, The Reactionaries, and Unknown Instructors)
• 1958 – Marzio Innocenti, Italian rugby player and coach
• 1958 – Drew Pinsky, American radio and television host and author
• 1959 – Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
• 1959 – Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper
• 1960 – Kim Thayil, American guitarist (Soundgarden, The No WTO Combo, and Probot)
• 1960 – Damon Wayans, American actor and comedian
• 1961 – Nick Blinko, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rudimentary Peni)
• 1961 – Kevin Kennedy, English actor
• 1961 – Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer
• 1962 – Kiran More, Indian cricketer
• 1962 – Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician
• 1962 – Shinya Yamanaka, Japanese physician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1963 – Bobby Jarzombek, American drummer (Halford, Spastic Ink, Fates Warning, and Juggernaut)
• 1963 – John Vanbiesbrouck, American ice hockey player
• 1963 – Sam Yaffa, Finnish singer-songwriter and bass player (Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls, and Demolition 23)
• 1964 – René Pape, German opera singer
• 1965 – Sergio Momesso, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 – Yanka Dyagileva, Russian singer-songwriter an poet (Grazhdanskaya Oborona) (d. 1991)
• 1966 – Jeff Tremaine, American director and producer
• 1967 – Darrin Murray, New Zealand cricketer
• 1968 – John DiMaggio, American voice actor
• 1968 – Phill Lewis, American actor
• 1968 – Eddy Merckx, Belgian billiards player
• 1968 – Mike Piazza, American baseball player
• 1969 – Sasha, Welsh DJ and producer (Sasha & John Digweed)
• 1969 – Ramon Dekkers, Dutch kick-boxer
• 1969 – Noah Taylor, English-Australian actor
• 1969 – Kristen Wilson, American actress
• 1970 – Dave Buchwald, American hacker
• 1970 – Igor Cavalera, Brazilian drummer (Sepultura and Cavalera Conspiracy)
• 1970 – Daisy Dee, Dutch singer and actress
• 1970 – Sven Meyer, German footballer
• 1971 – Lance Klusener, South African cricketer
• 1971 – Ione Skye, English actress
• 1971 – Maik Taylor, Irish footballer
• 1971 – Anita Yuen, Hong Kong actress
• 1972 – Françoise Yip, Canadian actress
• 1973 – Jason David Frank, American actor and mixed martial artist
• 1973 – Aaron Fultz, American baseball player
• 1974 – Naved Ashraf, Pakistani cricketer
• 1974 – Carmit Bachar, American singer, dancer, and actress (Pussycat Dolls)
• 1974 – Lincoln Roberts, Tobagonian cricketer
• 1975 – Kai Owen, Welsh actor
• 1975 – Mark Ronson, English DJ, musicuan and producer, co-founder of Allido Records
• 1975 – Dave Salmoni, Canadian zoologist, animal trainer, and producer
• 1975 – Yoani Sánchez, Cuban blogger
• 1976 – Katreeya English, English-Thai singer, actress, and model
• 1976 – Denilson Martins Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – Mario-Ernesto Rodríguez, Uruguayan-Italian footballer
• 1977 – Sun-Woo Kim, South Korean baseball player
• 1977 – Lucie Silvas, English singer-songwriter
• 1977 – Kia Stevens, American wrestler
• 1978 – Wes Bentley, American actor
• 1978 – Christian Walz, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1979 – Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Pedro Camacho, Portuguese composer
• 1979 – Kristina Krepela, Croatian actress
• 1979 – Kosuke Matsuura, Japanese race car driver
• 1979 – MC Mong, South Korean rapper, producer, and actor
• 1980 – Pat Neshek, American baseball player
• 1980 – Hitomi Shimatani, Japanese singer
• 1981 – Richard Garcia, Australian footballer
• 1981 – Beyoncé Knowles, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress (Destiny's Child)
• 1981 – Lacey Sturm, American singer-songwriter (Flyleaf)
• 1982 – Whitney Cummings, American comedian and actress
• 1983 – Joshua Gardner, American sex offender
• 1983 – Margit Rüütel, Estonian tennis player
• 1984 – Camila Bordonaba, Argentine singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Erreway)
• 1984 – Hamish McIntosh, Australian footballer
• 1984 – Demetris Nichols, American basketball player
• 1985 – Raúl Albiol, Spanish footballer
• 1985 – Walid Mesloub, Algerian footballer
• 1985 – Ri Kwang-Chon, North Korean footballer
• 1986 – Ayumi Kaihori, Japanese footballer
• 1986 – James Younghusband, Filipino footballer
• 1987 – Maryna Linchuk, Belarusian model
• 1988 – John Tyler Hammons, American politician
• 1990 – Stefanía Fernández, Venezuelan model, Miss Universe 2009
• 1990 – Jonny Lomax, English rugby player
• 1991 – Carter Jenkins, American actor
• 1992 – Amanda Fein, American actress
• 1992 – Caitlin Fein, American actress
• 1993 – Chantal Škamlová, Slovak tennis player
• 1995 – Trevor Gagnon, American actor
• 1999 – Kali Majors, American actress