September 10 - Births

Births

• 1169 – Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183)
• 1385 – Le Loi, national hero of Viet Nam, founder of the Later Lê Dynasty (d. 1433)
• 1487 – Pope Julius III, Italian Roman Catholic Pope (d. 1555)
• 1550 – Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander (d. 1615)
• 1561 – Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634)
• 1588 – Nicholas Lanier, English composer (d. 1666)
• 1624 – Thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689)
• 1638 – Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683)
• 1659 – Henry Purcell, English composer (d. 1695)
• 1714 – Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774)
• 1758 – Hannah Webster Foster, American author (d. 1840)
• 1786 – Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (d. 1854)
• 1786 – William Mason, American politician (d. 1860)
• 1788 – Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (d. 1868)
• 1801 – Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (d. 1881)
• 1836 – Joseph Wheeler, American general (d. 1906)
• 1839 – Isaac Kauffman Funk, American publisher (d. 1912)
• 1839 – Charles Sanders Peirce, American philosopher (d. 1914)
• 1844 – Abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (d. 1918)
• 1852 – Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founder of the East Asiatic Company(d. 1937)
• 1852 – Alice Brown Davis, Seminole chief (d. 1935)
• 1855 – Albert F. Mummery, British mountaineer (d. 1895)
• 1861 – Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (d. 1941)
• 1866 – Jeppe Aakjær, Danish writer (d. 1930)
• 1871 – Charles Collett, British mechanical engineer (d. 1952)
• 1883 – Jock Delves Broughton, British noble (d. 1942)
• 1885 – Carl Clinton Van Doren, American biographer and critic (d. 1950)
• 1886 – Hilda Doolittle, American poet and novelist (d. 1961)
• 1887 – Giovanni Gronchi, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (d. 1978)
• 1887 – Kenneth Mason, British geographer (d. 1976)
• 1890 – Elsa Schiaparelli, French couturiere (d. 1973)
• 1890 – Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian novelist (d. 1945)
• 1892 – Arthur Compton, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
• 1893 – Maria de Jesus, Portuguese supercentenarian (d. 2009)
• 1895 – Kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Telugu writer (d. 1976)
• 1896 – Ye Ting, Chinese military leader (d. 1946)
• 1896 – Adele Astaire, American dancer and entertainer (d. 1981)
• 1896 – Robert Taschereau, Canadian judge and politician (d. 1970)
• 1897 – Georges Bataille, French writer (d. 1962)
• 1897 – Hilde Hildebrand, German actress (d. 1976)
• 1898 – Bessie Love, American actress (d. 1986)
• 1898 – Waldo Semon, American inventor (d. 1999)
• 1904 – Max Shachtman, American politician (d. 1972)
• 1906 – Karl Wien, German mountaineer (d. 1937)
• 1907 – Alva R. Fitch, American army officer (d. 1989)
• 1908 – Raymond Scott, American composer (d. 1994)
• 1908 – Waldo Wedel, American Archaeologist (d. 1996)
• 1912 – Mary Walter, Filipina actress (d. 1993)
• 1913 – Lincoln Gordon, American diplomat (d. 2009)
• 1914 – Robert Wise, American film director (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Edmond O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985)
• 1917 – Miguel Serrano, Chilean author and diplomat (d. 2009)
• 1918 – Rin Tin Tin, German shepherd dog (d. 1932)
• 1920 – Fabio Taglioni, Italian motorcycle engineer (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Yma Súmac, Peruvian singer (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player (d. 1988)
• 1924 – Boyd K. Packer, American religious figure
• 1925 – Roy Brown, American blues musician (d. 1981)
• 1928 – Roch Bolduc, Canadian civil servant and senator
• 1928 – Walter Martin, American Christian apologist (d. 1989)
• 1928 – Jean Vanier, Canadian disabilities advocate
• 1929 – Michel Bélanger, Canadian businessman and banker (d. 1997)
• 1929 – Arnold Palmer, American golfer
• 1931 – Philip Baker Hall, American actor
• 1932 – Bo Goldman, American screenwriter
• 1933 – Yevgeny Khrunov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2000)
• 1933 – Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer
• 1934 – Charles Kuralt, American journalist (d. 1997)
• 1934 – Jim Oberstar, American politician
• 1934 – Roger Maris, American baseball player (d. 1985)
• 1935 – Mary Oliver, American poet
• 1937 – Jared Diamond, American biologist and author
• 1939 – Cynthia Lennon, British celebrity
• 1940 – Buck Buchanan, American football player (d. 1992)
• 1941 – Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (d. 2002)
• 1941 – Christopher Hogwood, English conductor
• 1941 – Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese inventor and video game designer (d. 1997)
• 1942 – Danny Hutton, American singer
• 1943 – Eldridge Coleman, American professional wrestler
• 1943 – Daniel Truhitte, American actor
• 1943 – Neale Donald Walsch, American author
• 1944 – Sir Thomas Allen, English baritone
• 1945 – Jose Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer
• 1946 – Jim Hines, American athlete
• 1946 – Patrick Norman, Canadian country musician
• 1946 – Don Powell, English drummer
• 1946 – Michèle Alliot-Marie, French politician
• 1948 – Tony Gatlif, Algerian-born director
• 1948 – Judy Geeson, English actress
• 1948 – Bob Lanier, American basketball player
• 1948 – Margaret Trudeau, former wife of Pierre Trudeau
• 1948 – Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese writer
• 1948 – Charlie Waters, American football player
• 1949 – Don Muraco, professional wrestler
• 1949 – Bill O'Reilly, American journalist and commentator
• 1950 – Joe Perry, American musician
• 1952 – Vic Toews, Canadian politician
• 1952 – Medea Benjamin, American activist
• 1953 – Yannis Bezos, Greek actor
• 1953 – Amy Irving, American actress
• 1956 – Johnny Hickman, American musician
• 1956 – Johnny Fingers, Irish musician The Boomtown Rats
• 1956 – Erick Zonca, French film director
• 1957 – Carol Decker, British singer
• 1957 – Kate Burton, Swiss actress
• 1957 – Andreï Makine, Russian-born French author
• 1958 – Chris Columbus, American film director
• 1958 – Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer
• 1959 – Peter Nelson, American actor
• 1960 – Alison Bechdel, American cartoonist
• 1960 – Colin Firth, English actor
• 1960 – Tim Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1960 – David Lowery, American musician
• 1963 – Randy Johnson, American baseball player
• 1963 – Bill Stevenson, American music producer and musician
• 1964 – John E. Sununu, American politician
• 1965 – Robin Goodridge, English rock drummer
• 1966 – Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 – Big Daddy Kane, American rapper
• 1968 – Andreas Herzog, Austrian footballer
• 1968 – Guy Ritchie, British film director
• 1969 – Johnathon Schaech, American actor
• 1969 – Ai Jing, Chinese singer
• 1970 – Paula Kelley, American musician
• 1970 – Ménélik, Cameroonian/French rapper
• 1972 – James Duval, American actor
• 1972 – Katarína Hasprová, Slovak singer
• 1972 – Ghada Shouaa, Syrian athlete
• 1972 – Bente Skari, Norwegian cross-country skier
• 1973 – Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer
• 1974 – Mirko Filipović, Croatian martial artist
• 1974 – Ryan Phillippe, American actor
• 1974 – Ben Wallace, American basketball player
• 1975 – Melanie Pullen, American photographer
• 1976 – Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
• 1976 – Vassilis Lakis, Greek footballer
• 1976 – Matt Morgan, American professional wrestler
• 1979 – Andreas Aniko, Estonian footballer
• 1979 – Jacob Young, American actor and singer
• 1981 – Marco Chiudinelli, Swiss tennis player
• 1983 – Joey Votto, Canadian baseball player
• 1985 – Aya Kamiki, Japanese rock singer
• 1985 – Matsuda Shota, Japanese actor
• 1985 – Elyse Levesque, Canadian actress
• 1985 – Laurent Koscielny, French footballer
• 1986 – Eoin Morgan, Irish cricketer
• 1986 – Hiroki Uchi, Japanese singer and actor
• 1987 – Nana Tanimura, Japanese singer
• 1988 – Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Coco Rocha, Canadian fashion model
• 1989 – Manish Pandey, Indian cricketer