September 12 - Births

Births

• 1492 – Duke Lorenzo II de' Medici of Urbino (d. 1519)
• 1494 – King Francis I of France (d. 1547)
• 1575 – Henry Hudson, English explorer (d. 1611)
• 1605 – William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686)
• 1688 – Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731)
• 1690 – Peter Dens, Flemish Catholic theologian (d. 1775)
• 1725 – Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792)
• 1740 – Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (d. 1817)
• 1797 – Samuel Joseph May, American abolitionist (d. 1871)
• 1812 – Richard Hoe, American inventor and industrialist (d. 1886)
• 1818 – Richard Gatling, American firearms inventor (d. 1903)
• 1830 – William Sprague IV, American politician (d. 1915)
• 1852 – H. H. Asquith, British statesman (d. 1928)
• 1855 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician (d. 1920)
• 1875 – Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor (d. 1926)
• 1880 – H. L. Mencken, American journalist and author (d. 1956)
• 1888 – Maurice Chevalier, French singer and actor (d. 1972)
• 1891 – Pedro Albizu Campos, Puerto Rican independence advocate (d. 1965)
• 1892 – Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (d. 1984)
• 1895 – Freymóður Jóhannsson, Icelandic artist (d. 1973)
• 1897 – Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1956)
• 1898 – Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963)
• 1898 – Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-born American artist (d. 1969)
• 1901 – Ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (d. 1975)
• 1901 – Shmuel Horowitz, Russian-born Israeli agronomist (d. 1999)
• 1902 – Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, Brazilian politician (d. 1976)
• 1907 – Louis MacNeice, Irish poet (d. 1963)
• 1909 – Donald MacDonald, Canadian politician (d. 1986)
• 1913 – Jesse Owens, American athlete (d. 1980)
• 1913 – Eiji Toyoda, Japanese industrialist
• 1914 – Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani poet and psychoanalyst (d. 1988)
• 1914 – Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (d. 1999)
• 1915 – Frank McGee, American journalist (d. 1974)
• 1916 – Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961)
• 1917 – Pierre Sévigny, Canadian politician (d. 2004)
• 1921 – Stanisław Lem, Polish writer (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Ellen Demming, American actress (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Mark Rosenzweig, American brain researcher (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Stan Lopata, American baseball player
• 1927 – Mathé Altéry, French singer
• 1928 – Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-born American basketball player and physician
• 1931 – Sir Ian Holm, English actor
• 1931 – George Jones, American country music singer
• 1933 – Tatiana Doronina, Russian actress
• 1934 – Glenn Davis, American football player (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Jaegwon Kim, Korean-born American philosopher
• 1937 – George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer
• 1938 – Claude Ruel, French Canadian ice hockey coach
• 1939 – Henry Waxman, American politician
• 1940 – Linda Gray, American actress
• 1940 – Mickey Lolich, American baseball player
• 1940 – Patrick Mower, English actor
• 1940 – Stephen J. Solarz, American politician (d. 2010)
• 1942 – Michel Drucker, French journalist and television host
• 1942 – François Tavenas, Canadian academic (d. 2004)
• 1943 – Maria Muldaur, American singer
• 1943 – Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan writer
• 1944 – Leonard Peltier, American activist
• 1944 – Barry White, American singer (d. 2003)
• 1947 – Bjørn Floberg, Norwegian actor
• 1948 – Luis Lima, Argentinian tenor
• 1949 – Irina Rodnina, Russian figure skater
• 1950 – Marguerite Blais, Canadian journalist, radio host and politician
• 1950 – Gustav Brunner, Austrian engineer
• 1950 – Mike Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1951 – Bertie Ahern, Irish politician
• 1951 – Norm Dubé, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1951 – Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby union player (d. 2007)
• 1951 – Joe Pantoliano, American actor
• 1951 – Gerald Stano, American serial killer (d. 1998)
• 1952 – Gerry Beckley, American musician (America)
• 1952 – Neil Peart, Canadian drummer and author (Rush)
• 1954 – Adrian Adonis, American professional wrestler (d. 1988)
• 1955 – Peter Scolari, American actor
• 1956 – Barry Andrews, British musician
• 1956 – Sam Brownback, American politician
• 1956 – Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong artist and director (d. 2003)
• 1956 – Ricky Rudd, American race car driver
• 1956 – Walter Woon, Singaporean attorney and politician
• 1957 – Rachel Ward, English actress
• 1957 – Hans Zimmer, German composer
• 1958 – Wilfredo Benitez, American boxer
• 1959 – Scott Brown, American politician
• 1960 – Stefanos Korkolis, Greek songwriter and pianist
• 1961 – Mylène Farmer, French singer and songwriter
• 1961 – Kathem Al Saher, Iraqi singer
• 1962 – Dino Merlin, Bosnian singer
• 1962 – Amy Yasbeck, American actress
• 1963 – Paul Bellini, Canadian screenwriter, comedian
• 1964 – Dieter Hecking, German footballer
• 1965 – Einstein Kristiansen, Norwegian cartoonist, designer and TV host
• 1965 – John Norwood Fisher, American musician
• 1965 – Vernon Maxwell, American basketball player
• 1966 – Darren E. Burrows, American actor
• 1966 – Ben Folds, American musician
• 1966 – Vezio Sacratini, Italian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Pat Listach, American baseball player
• 1967 – Louis C.K., American comedian
• 1968 – Ler LaLonde, American guitarist (Primus)
• 1968 – Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian
• 1968 – Richard Snell, South African cricketer
• 1969 – Ángel Cabrera, Argentine golfer
• 1969 – James Frey, American writer
• 1969 – Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer
• 1970 – Nathan Larson, American musician (Shudder To Think, Hot One)
• 1972 – Jason Statham, English actor
• 1972 – Sidney, Brazilian footballer
• 1973 – Darren Campbell, British athlete
• 1973 – Ki-Jana Carter, American football player
• 1973 – Martin Lapointe, Canadian hockey player
• 1973 – Paul Walker, American actor
• 1974 – Caroline Aigle, French fighter pilot (d. 2007)
• 1974 – Nuno Valente, Portuguese footballer
• 1974 – Jennifer Nettles, American country singer (Sugarland)
• 1976 – Bizzy Bone, American rapper, (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
• 1976 – Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer
• 1977 – Nathan Bracken, Australian cricketer
• 1977 – Grant Denyer, Australian television personality and TV Host
• 1977 – Jeff Irwin, American musician
• 1977 – James McCartney, British musician, son of Paul McCartney
• 1977 – Idan Raichel, Israeli musician
• 1977 – David Thompson, English footballer
• 1978 – Elisabetta Canalis, Italian model and actress
• 1978 – Benjamin McKenzie, American actor
• 1978 – Ruben Studdard, American singer
• 1980 – Sean Burroughs, American baseball player
• 1980 – Fernando Cesar de Souza, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Gus G., Greek guitarist (Dream Evil)
• 1980 – Joe Loeffler, American musician (Chevelle)
• 1980 – Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey player
• 1980 – Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player
• 1981 – Alan Arruda, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 – Jennifer Hudson, American actress and singer
• 1981 – Staciana Stitts, American swimmer
• 1982 – Nana Ozaki, Japanese model
• 1982 – Zoran Planinic, Croatian basketball player
• 1983 – Carly Smithson, Irish singer
• 1983 – Daniel Muir, football player
• 1983 – Sergio Parisse, Argentina-born Italian rugby player
• 1983 – Clayton Richard, American baseball player
• 1984 – September, Swedish singer
• 1986 – Dimitrios Regas, Greek sprinter
• 1986 – Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer
• 1986 – Joanne Jackson, British swimmer
• 1988 – Amanda Jenssen, Swedish singer