September 7 - Births

Births

• 1251 BCE – Herakles, Gatekeeper of Olympus, God of heroes, sports, athletes, and divine protector of mankind (d. 1226 BCE)
• 1438 – Louis II, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (d. 1471)
• 1524 – Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (d. 1583)
• 1533 – Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)
• 1683 – Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1754)
• 1694 – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish politician (d. 1763)
• 1705 – Matthäus Günther, German painter (d. 1788)
• 1707 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, biologist, and author (d. 1788)
• 1726 – François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (d. 1795)
• 1740 – Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor (d. 1814)
• 1777 – Heinrich Stölzel, German horn player and composer (d. 1844)
• 1801 – Sarel Cilliers, Voortrekker leader and preacher (d.1871)
• 1810 – Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist (d. 1858)
• 1815 – John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (d. 1866)
• 1817 – Louise of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1898)
• 1818 – Thomas Talbot, American politician, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1886)
• 1819 – Thomas A. Hendricks, American politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
• 1829 – Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German chemist (d. 1896)
• 1831 – Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (d. 1900)
• 1836 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1908)
• 1836 – August Toepler, German physicist (d. 1912)
• 1842 – Johannes Zukertort, German chess player (d. 1888)
• 1848 – Emma Cooke, American archer (d. 1929)
• 1851 – Edward Asahel Birge, American academic (d. 1950)
• 1855 – William Friese-Greene, English photographer (d. 1921)
• 1860 – Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961)
• 1862 – Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (d. 1932)
• 1866 – Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist (d. 1947)
• 1867 – Albert Bassermann, German actor (d. 1952)
• 1867 – J. P. Morgan, Jr., American banker and philanthropist (d. 1943)
• 1869 – Ben Viljoen, South African general (d. 1917)
• 1870 – Thomas Curtis, American hurdler (d. 1944)
• 1870 – Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, adventurer, and author (d. 1938)
• 1876 – C. J. Dennis, Australian poet (d. 1938)
• 1877 – Mike O'Neill, Irish baseball player (d. 1959)
• 1885 – Elinor Wylie, American poet and novelist (d. 1928)
• 1887 – Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (d. 1964)
• 1892 – Eric Harrison, Australian politician (d. 1974)
• 1892 – Oscar O'Brien, Canadian priest, pianist, and composer (d. 1958)
• 1893 – Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, English politician (d. 1957)
• 1894 – Vic Richardson, Australian cricketer (d. 1969)
• 1894 – George Waggner, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1984)
• 1898 – Mamie Rearden, American super-centenarian
• 1900 – Taylor Caldwell, English-American novelist (d. 1985)
• 1900 – Giuseppe Zangara, Italian assassin of Anton Cermak and attempted assassin of Franklin D. Roosevelt (d. 1933)
• 1903 – Margaret Landon, American author and missionary (d. 1993)
• 1904 – C.B. Colby, American author (d. 1977)
• 1908 – Paul Brown, American football coach and executive (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Michael DeBakey, American surgeon (d. 2008)
• 1908 – Max Kaminsky, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1994)
• 1909 – Elia Kazan, Greek-American actor, director, producer, and writer (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian politician (d. 1998)
• 1912 – David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, English soldier and royal courtier (d. 1999)
• 1913 – Anthony Quayle, English actor and director (d. 1989)
• 1914 – Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2012)
• 1914 – James Van Allen, American scientist (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Leonard Cheshire, English pilot and humanitarian (d. 1992)
• 1917 – John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1917 – Jacob Lawrence, American painter (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Ewen Solon, New Zealand actor (d. 1985)
• 1919 – Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Al Caiola, American guitarist and composer
• 1920 – Harri Webb, Welsh Poet (d. 1994)
• 1921 – Arthur Ferrante, American pianist (Ferrante & Teicher) (d. 2009)
• 1922 – Lucien Jarraud, Canadian radio host (d. 2007)
• 1923 – Nancy Keesing, Australian author and poet (d. 1993)
• 1923 – Peter Lawford, English-American actor (d. 1984)
• 1924 – Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Daniel Inouye, American lieutenant and politician
• 1924 – Leonard Rosenman, American composer (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer (d. 1985)
• 1925 – Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician, 10th Premier of Saskatchewan (d. 2011)
• 1925 – Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Indian actress, singer, and director (d. 2005)
• 1926 – Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983)
• 1926 – Don Messick, American voice actor (d. 1997)
• 1927 – Eric Hill, English author and illustrator
• 1927 – Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Canadian jurist
• 1928 – Kathleen Gorham, Australian ballerina (d. 1983)
• 1930 – Baudouin of Belgium (d. 1993)
• 1930 – Sonny Rollins, American saxophonist and composer
• 1930 – Maureen Toal, Irish actress (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish businessman
• 1932 – Malcolm Bradbury, English author and academic (d. 2000)
• 1932 – John Paul Getty, Jr., American-English philanthropist and book collector (d. 2003)
• 1934 – Mary Bauermeister, German painter
• 1934 – Meir Brandsdorfer, Belgian-Israeli rabbi (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Waldo de los Ríos, Argentinian composer and conductor (d. 1977)
• 1934 – Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (d. 2012)
• 1934 – Dan Ingram, American radio host
• 1934 – Omar Karami, Lebanese politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon
• 1934 – Little Milton, American singer and guitarist (d. 2005)
• 1935 – Abdou Diouf, Senegalese politician, 2nd President of Senegal
• 1935 – Ronnie Dove, American singer
• 1935 – Denis Vaugeois, Canadian author, historian, and politician
• 1936 – Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Crickets) (d. 1959)
• 1936 – Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek politician
• 1937 – Cüneyt Arkın, Turkish actor
• 1937 – John Phillip Law, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1937 – Oleg Lobov, Russian politician
• 1937 – Olly Wilson, American composer, pianist, and bassist
• 1939 – Latimore, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1940 – Dario Argento, Italian director
• 1940 – Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian politician, 4th President of Indonesia (d. 2009)
• 1942 – Alan Oakes, English footballer
• 1943 – Beverley McLachlin, Canadian jurist, 17th Chief Justice of Canada
• 1943 – Lena Valaitis, Lithuanian-German singer
• 1944 – Forrest Blue, American football player (d. 2011)
• 1944 – Bertel Haarder, Danish politician
• 1944 – Earl Manigault, American basketball player (d. 1998)
• 1944 – Houshang Moradi Kermani, Iranian writer
• 1945 – Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1946 – Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1946 – Joe Klein, American journalist and novelist
• 1946 – Suzyn Waldman, American sportscaster
• 1948 – Susan Blakely, American actress
• 1949 – Gloria Gaynor, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1949 – Barry Siegel, American journalist
• 1950 – Johann Friedrich Hohenberger, German-Australian engineer and con-artist (d. 1991)
• 1950 – Julie Kavner, American actress
• 1950 – Peggy Noonan, American author
• 1951 – Mammootty, Indian actor, producer, and lawyer
• 1951 – Morris Albert, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1951 – Chrissie Hynde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Pretenders and The Moors Murderers)
• 1951 – Mark Isham, American trumpet player and composer
• 1952 – Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motorcycle racer (d. 1998)
• 1953 – Michael Byron, American composer
• 1953 – Marc Hunter, New Zealand singer-songwriter (Dragon and The Party Boys) (d. 1998)
• 1953 – Benmont Tench, American keyboard player (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch)
• 1954 – Corbin Bernsen, American actor
• 1954 – Doug Bradley, English actor
• 1954 – Michael Emerson, American actor
• 1955 – Mira Furlan, Croatian actress
• 1955 – Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician
• 1956 – Michael Feinstein, American singer, pianist, and archivist
• 1956 – Byron Stevenson, Welsh footballer (d. 2007)
• 1956 – Diane Warren, American songwriter
• 1957 – Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Shalamar) (d. 1997)
• 1960 – Brad Houser, American musician (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians and Critters Buggin)
• 1960 – Phillip Rhee, Korean-American actor, martial artist, and director
• 1960 – Andrew Voss, Australian sportscaster
• 1961 – LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist and songwriter (Dave Matthews Band) (d. 2008)
• 1961 – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist
• 1963 – Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (N.W.A.) (d. 1995)
• 1963 – Brent Liles, American bass player (Social Distortion and Agent Orange) (d. 2007)
• 1964 – Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kick-boxer (d. 2000)
• 1965 – Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian soprano
• 1965 – Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
• 1965 – Uta Pippig, German runner
• 1965 – Andreas Thom, German footballer
• 1966 – Chris Acland, English drummer (Lush) (d. 1996)
• 1966 – Vladimir Andreyev, Russian race walker
• 1966 – Chris Barfoot, English screenwriter and producer
• 1966 – Lutz Heilmann, German politician
• 1966 – Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater
• 1967 – Toby Jones, English actor
• 1968 – Marcel Desailly, French footballer
• 1969 – Darren Bragg, American baseball player
• 1969 – Angie Everhart, American model and actress
• 1969 – Diane Farr, American actress
• 1969 – Rudy Galindo, American skater figure
• 1970 – Gino Odjick, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 – Tom Everett Scott, American actor
• 1971 – Shane Mosley, American boxer
• 1971 – Briana Scurry, American soccer player
• 1972 – Slug, American rapper (Atmosphere, Deep Puddle Dynamics, and Felt)
• 1972 – Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player
• 1973 – Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
• 1974 – Mario Frick, Swiss-Liechtensteiner footballer
• 1974 – Antonio McDyess, American basketball player
• 1974 – Hiroki Takahashi, Japanese voice actor
• 1975 – Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2007)
• 1975 – Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer
• 1976 – Oliver Hudson, American actor
• 1977 – Nora Greenwald, American wrestler
• 1977 – Jon Macken, English-Irish footballer
• 1978 – Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer
• 1978 – Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
• 1979 – Pavol Hochschorner, Slovak canoer
• 1979 – Paul Mara, American ice hockey player
• 1979 – Owen Pallett, Canadian singer, composer, and musician (The Mountain Goats and Enter the Haggis)
• 1979 – Brian Stokes, American baseball player
• 1980 – Emre Belözoğlu, Turkish footballer
• 1980 – Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist
• 1980 – Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer
• 1980 – Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer
• 1980 – Mark Prior, American baseball player
• 1981 – Paul McCoy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (12 Stones)
• 1981 – Gökhan Zan, Turkish footballer
• 1982 – Andre Dirrell, American boxer
• 1982 – Ryoko Shiraishi, Japanese voice actress
• 1983 – Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist
• 1983 – Annette Dytrt, German skater figure
• 1983 – Pops Mensah-Bonsu, English basketball player
• 1983 – Mehmet Topuz, Turkish footballer
• 1983 – Piri Weepu, New Zealand rugby player
• 1984 – Ben Hollingsworth, Canadian actor
• 1984 – Kate Lang Johnson, American actress and model
• 1984 – Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1984 – Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
• 1985 – Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Alyssa Diaz, American actress
• 1985 – Adam Eckersley, English footballer
• 1986 – Colin Delaney, American wrestler
• 1987 – Tommy Elphick, English footballer
• 1987 – Danny North, English footballer
• 1987 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress
• 1987 – Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player
• 1988 – Alex Harvey, Canadian skier
• 1988 – Paul Iacono, American actor
• 1988 – Kevin Love, American basketball player
• 1989 – Hugh Mitchell, English actor
• 1990 – Tanja Kolbe, German ice dancer
• 1991 – Montana Fishburne, American porn actress
• 1991 – Amar Garibović, Serbian skier (d. 2010)
• 1991 – Jennifer Veal, English actress
• 1992 – Kristina Vaculik, Canadian gymnast
• 1993 – Taylor Gray, American actor
• 1997 – Michelle Creber, Canadian voice actress and singer