September 1 - Births

Births

• 1286 – Elisabeth Richeza of Poland, Queen of Poland (d. 1335)
• 1453 – Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515)
• 1566 – Edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626)
• 1588 – Henry II, Prince of Condé, French nobleman (d. 1646)
• 1651 – Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694)
• 1653 – Johann Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1706)
• 1689 – Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Czech Baroque architect (d. 1751)
• 1711 – William IV, Prince of Orange (d. 1759)
• 1795 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American newspaper publisher (d. 1872)
• 1818 – José María Castro Madriz, first President of Costa Rica and founder of the republic (d. 1892)
• 1848 – Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (d. 1931)
• 1854 – Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (d. 1921)
• 1855 – Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (d. 1909)
• 1856 – Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (d. 1953)
• 1866 – James J. Corbett, American heavyweight boxer (d. 1933)
• 1868 – Henri Bourassa, French Canadian politician and publisher (d. 1952)
• 1871 – J. Reuben Clark, Jr., American Undersecretary of State (d. 1961)
• 1875 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer (d. 1950)
• 1876 – Harriet Shaw Weaver, English political activist (d. 1961)
• 1877 – Francis William Aston, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)
• 1878 – Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1942)
• 1878 – J.F.C. Fuller, British Army officer and military theorist (d. 1966)
• 1883 – Didier Pitre, French Canadian ice-hockey player (d. 1934)
• 1884 – Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and filmdirector (d. 1947)
• 1886 – Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (d. 1957)
• 1887 – Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (d. 1961)
• 1888 – Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician (d. 1958)
• 1892 – Leverett Saltonstall, 55^th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1979)
• 1895 – Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Indian musician (d. 1974)
• 1895 – Engelbert Zaschka, German helicopter pioneer (d. 1955)
• 1896 – A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of ISKCON, the Hare Krishna Movement (d. 1977)
• 1897 – Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer (d. 1963)
• 1899 – Richard Arlen, American actor (d. 1976)
• 1902 – Kazimierz Dąbrowski, Polish psychiatrist, psychologist(d. 1980)
• 1904 – Johnny Mack Brown, American actor (d. 1974)
• 1905 – Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (d. 2000)
• 1906 – Joaquín Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2002)
• 1906 – Franz Biebl, German composer (d. 2001)
• 1906 – Eleanor Burford Hibertt (Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr...), English writer (d. 1993)
• 1907 – Walter Reuther, American labor union leader (d. 1970)
• 1907 – Miriam Seegar, American actress
• 1908 – Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1980)
• 1909 – E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (d. 1957)
• 1913 – Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. 1979)
• 1913 – Christian Nyby, American director and film editor (d. 1993)
• 1916 – Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player
• 1919 – Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Liz Carpenter, American feminist writer (d. 2010)
• 1920 – Richard Farnsworth, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1921 – Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (d. 1995)
• 1921 – Madhav Mantri, Indian cricketer
• 1922 – Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (d. 2000)
• 1923 – Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969)
• 1923 – Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Art Pepper, American musician (d. 1982)
• 1926 – Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh
• 1926 – Gene Colan, American comic book artist
• 1927 – Wyatt Cooper, American author and screenwriter (d. 1978)
• 1928 – Clifford Lincoln, Canadian politician
• 1928 – George Maharis, American actor
• 1929 – Anne Ramsey, American actress (d. 1988)
• 1931 – Boxcar Willie, American country musician (d. 1999)
• 1931 – Cecil Parkinson, British politician
• 1932 – Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician
• 1932 – Sunny von Buelow, American socialite (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Ann Richards, 45th Governor of Texas (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Conway Twitty, American singer (d. 1993)
• 1935 – Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor
• 1937 – Al Geiberger, American golfer
• 1937 – Ron O'Neal, American actor, film director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1938 – Per Kirkeby, Danish artist
• 1939 – Lily Tomlin, American actress and comedian
• 1941 – Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1942 – C. J. Cherryh, American writer
• 1943 – Don Stroud, American actor
• 1944 – Leonard Slatkin, American conductor
• 1945 – Mustafa Balel, Turkish writer
• 1946 – Greg Errico, American drummer (Sly & the Family Stone)
• 1946 – Barry Gibb, English singer (Bee Gees)
• 1946 – Roh Moo-Hyun, President of South Korea (d. 2009)
• 1947 – Al Green, American politician
• 1948 – Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher
• 1949 – P.A. Sangma, Indian politician
• 1950 – Phillip Fulmer, American football coach
• 1950 – Dr. Phil McGraw, American talk show host
• 1951 – David Bairstow, England cricketer (d. 1998)
• 1951 – Nicu Ceauşescu, Romanian politician (d. 1996)
• 1952 – Phil Hendrie, American radio personality
• 1953 – Beau Billingslea, American voice actor
• 1953 – Ted Petty, American professional wrestler (d. 2002)
• 1954 – Dave Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1955 – Billy Blanks, American martial artist
• 1955 – Bruce Foxton, English bassist (The Jam)
• 1956 – Vinnie Johnson, American basketball player
• 1956 – Philece Sampler, American voice artist
• 1956 – Bernie Wagenblast, American broadcaster and editor
• 1957 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban/American singer
• 1957 – Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball coach
• 1958 – Armi Aavikko, Finnish singer (d. 2002)
• 1959 – Kenny Mayne, American sports journalist
• 1960 – Joseph Williams, American singer and film score composer
• 1961 – Bam Bam Bigelow, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
• 1962 – Tony Cascarino, Irish footballer
• 1962 – Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer
• 1963 – Stephen Kernahan, Australian rules footballer
• 1963 – Carola Smit, Dutch singer
• 1964 – Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 – Ray D'Arcy, Irish DJ and TV presenter
• 1964 – Holly Golightly, American cartoonist
• 1964 – Cécilia Rhode, Swedish model
• 1965 – Ľudovít Kaník, Slovak politician
• 1966 – Tim Hardaway, American basketball player
• 1967 – David Whissell, Quebec politician
• 1968 – Mohamed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (d. 2001)
• 1969 – Henning Berg, Norwegian footballer
• 1970 – Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor
• 1970 – Padma Lakshmi, Indian actress
• 1970 – Mitsou, Quebec singer, television and radio host, actress
• 1970 – Vanna, Croatian singer
• 1971 – Ricardo Antonio Chavira, American actor
• 1971 – Joe Enochs, American soccer player
• 1971 – Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese composer
• 1971 – Lââm, French singer
• 1971 – Jimmy Snuka, Jr., American professional wrestler
• 1971 – Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
• 1972 – Doug Williams, British professional wrestler
• 1973 – J. D. Fortune, Canadian singer (INXS)
• 1973 – Ram Kapoor, Indian actor
• 1973 – Zach Thomas, American football player
• 1974 – Burn Gorman, American-born British actor
• 1974 – Jason Taylor, American football player
• 1974 – Jhonen Vasquez, American comic book artist
• 1975 – R. Kan Albay, Flemish film director
• 1975 – Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian actress and singer
• 1975 – Cuttino Mobley, American basketball player
• 1975 – Omar Rodríguez-López, Puerto Rican musician
• 1975 – Scott Speedman, English-born actor
• 1976 – Marcos Ambrose, Australian racing driver
• 1976 – Clare Connor, England Woman cricketer
• 1976 – Erik Morales, Mexican boxer
• 1976 – Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer
• 1976 – Polly Shannon, Canadian actress
• 1977 – David Albelda, Spanish footballer
• 1977 – Aamir Ali, Indian television actor
• 1977 – Shoshana Bean, American stage actress
• 1977 – Raffaele Giammaria, Italian racing driver
• 1977 – Arsalan Iftikhar, American attorney and Muslim advocate
• 1977 – Aaron Schobel, American football player
• 1978 – Lucie Blackman, English murder victim (d. 2000)
• 1978 – Max Vieri, Australian soccer player
• 1979 – Andrew Muldoon, American Figure Skating Champion
• 1979 – James O'Connor, Irish footballer
• 1980 – Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer
• 1980 – Chris Riggott, English footballer
• 1980 – Sean Stewart, American songwriter, musician, model and the son of Rod Stewart
• 1981 – Michael Adamthwaite, Canadian voice actor
• 1981 – Matthew McGuire, Australian Rower
• 1981 – Clinton Portis, American football player
• 1981 – Adam Quick, Australian basketball player
• 1982 – Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater
• 1982 – Paul Dumbrell, Australian racing driver
• 1982 – Ryan Gomes, American basketball player
• 1983 – José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer
• 1983 – Jeff Woywitka, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Nick Noble, American footballer
• 1984 – Rod Pelley, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Joseph Trohman, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
• 1985 – Larsen Jensen, American swimmer
• 1985 – Camile Velasco, Filipino-American singer
• 1986 – Anthony Allen, English rugby union player
• 1986 – Gaël Monfils, French tennis player
• 1987 – Dann Hume, New Zealand musician (Evermore)
• 1988 – Gabriel Ferrari, American footballer
• 1988 – Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1989 – Bill Kaulitz, German singer (Tokio Hotel)
• 1989 – Daniel Sturridge, English footballer
• 1992 – Cristiano Biraghi, Italian footballer
• 1993 – Ilona Mitrecey, French singer
• 1994 – Bianca Ryan, American singer
• 1995 – Zendaya Coleman, American actress