September 14 - Births

Births

• 1169 – Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1183)
• 1388 – Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer
• 1486 – Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German alchemist (d. 1535)
• 1543 – Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (d. 1615)
• 1547 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (d. 1619)
• 1580 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (d. 1645)
• 1656 – Thomas Baker, British antiquarian (d. 1746)
• 1713 – Johann Kies, German mathematician (d. 1781)
• 1721 – Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (d. 1807)
• 1737 – Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1806)
• 1760 – Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer (d. 1842)
• 1769 – Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (d. 1859)
• 1804 – John Gould, British ornithologist (d. 1881)
• 1804 – Louis Desiré Maigret, French Catholic prelate (d. 1882)
• 1837 – Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician (d. 1903)
• 1849 – Ivan Pavlov, Russian scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1936)
• 1850 – Anton Mahnič, Slovenian Roman Catholic bishop, author and theologian (d. 1920)
• 1860 – Hamlin Garland, American writer (d. 1940)
• 1864 – Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British diplomat, recipient of theNobel Peace Prize (d. 1958)
• 1867 – Charles Dana Gibson, American artist (d. 1944)
• 1869 – Kid Nichols, American baseball player (d. 1953)
• 1872 – John Olof Dahlgren, American recipient of the Medal of Honor (d. 1963)
• 1879 – Margaret Sanger, American birth control advocate (d. 1966)
• 1880 – Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov), Orthodox missionary and writer (d. 1961)
• 1880 – Archie Hahn, American athlete (d. 1955)
• 1886 – Jan Masaryk, Czech foreign minister and diplomat (d. 1948)
• 1889 – María Capovilla, previous oldest living person (d. 2006)
• 1891 – Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (d. 1983)
• 1898 – Ernest Nash, German-born archaeologist (d. 1974)
• 1898 – Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (d. 1986)
• 1902 – Giorgos Papasideris Greek musician (d. 1977)
• 1909 – Peter Scott, British naturalist and explorer (d. 1989)
• 1910 – Jack Hawkins, British actor (d. 1973)
• 1910 – Yiannis Latsis, Greek shipping tycoon (d. 2003)
• 1913 – Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (d. 1971)
• 1913 – Annalisa Ericson, Swedish actress
• 1914 – Mae Boren Axton, American songwriter (d. 1997)
• 1914 – Lída Baarová, Czech actress (d. 2000)
• 1914 – Kay Medford, American actress (d. 1980)
• 1914 – Clayton Moore, American actor (d. 1999)
• 1914 – Robert McCloskey, American author (d. 2003)
• 1916 – John Heyer, Australian documentary filmmaker (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Eric Bentley, British-born American critic and playwright
• 1918 – Georges Berger, Belgian racing driver (d. 1967)
• 1918 – Cachao López, Cuban musician (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Lawrence Klein, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1920 – Alberto Calderón, Argentine mathematician (d. 1998)
• 1921 – A. Jean de Grandpré, Canadian businessman and chief executive officer (Bell Canada)
• 1921 – Dario Vittori, Argentinian actor (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Michel Auclair, French actor (d. 1988)
• 1923 – Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter, stage and costume designer (d. 2001)
• 1924 – Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat and author (d. 1994)
• 1926 – Michel Butor, French novelist
• 1927 – Martin Caidin, American aviation writer (d. 1997)
• 1927 – Jim Fanning, American baseball player and manager
• 1929 – Larry Collins, American writer (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Maurice Vachon, French Canadian professional wrestler
• 1930 – Allan Bloom, American academic (d. 1992)
• 1932 – Harry Sinden, American National Hockey League executive
• 1932 – John Tembo, Malawian politician
• 1933 – Harve Presnell, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Sarah Kofman, French philosopher
• 1934 – Kate Millett, American feminist writer
• 1935 – Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist (d. 2008)
• 1935 – Amanda Barrie, British actress
• 1936 – Harry Danielsen, Norwegian politician
• 1936 – Walter Koenig, American actor
• 1936 – Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1936 – Nicol Williamson, Scottish-born actor
• 1937 – Renzo Piano, Italian architect
• 1939 – DeWitt Weaver, Professional golfer
• 1940 – Larry Brown, American basketball player and coach
• 1940 – Jacques Godin, Canadian film and television actor
• 1941 – Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan musician
• 1942 – Bernard MacLaverty, Northern Irish writer
• 1944 – Joey Heatherton, American actress and singer
• 1944 – Günter Netzer, German footballer
• 1945 – Martin Tyler, British sports broadcaster
• 1946 – Jim Angle, American television reporter
• 1947 – Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, American singer (Sha Na Na)
• 1947 – Sam Neill, New Zealand actor
• 1948 – Marc Reisner, American writer (d. 2000)
• 1949 – Tommy Seebach, Danish musician (d. 2003)
• 1949 – Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer
• 1949 – Steve Gaines, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
• 1949 – Ed King, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• 1950 – Paul Kossoff, British guitarist (Free) (d. 1976)
• 1950 – Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver
• 1950 – Michael Nifong, American attorney
• 1953 – Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (d. 1998)
• 1953 – Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer
• 1954 – Barry Cowsill, American musician (The Cowsills) (d. 2005)
• 1956 – Kostas Karamanlis, Greek prime-minister
• 1956 – Nathalie Roussel, French actress
• 1956 – Ray Wilkins, English former footballer
• 1956 – Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek politician
• 1957 – Tim Wallach, American baseball player
• 1957 – Kepler Wessels, former Australian and South African cricketer
• 1958 – Beth Nielsen Chapman, American singer-songwriter
• 1959 – Morten Harket, Norwegian singer (a-ha)
• 1960 – Melissa Leo, American actress
• 1960 – Callum Keith Rennie, Canadian actor
• 1961 – Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician and businessman
• 1961 – Wendy Thomas, namesake of the eponymous restaurant (Wendy's)
• 1962 – Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey player
• 1963 – Robin Singh, Indian cricketer
• 1964 – Faith Ford, American actress
• 1965 – Michelle Stafford, American actress
• 1965 – Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia
• 1966 – Mike Cooley, American guitarist
• 1967 – Dan Cortese, American actor
• 1967 – Ashlyn Gere, American pornographic actress
• 1967 – Jens Lien, Norwegian film director
• 1969 – Konstantinos Koukodimos, Greek long jumper and politician
• 1970 – Ben Garant, American actor
• 1970 – Craig Montoya, American musician (Everclear)
• 1970 – Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist
• 1971 – Jeff Loomis, American guitarist (Nevermore)
• 1971 – Andre Matos, Brazilian musician
• 1971 – Kimberly Williams, American actress
• 1972 – David Bell, American baseball player
• 1973 – Tony Bui, Vietnamese film director
• 1973 – Terrell Fletcher, American football player
• 1973 – Andrew Lincoln, British actor
• 1973 – Nas, American rapper
• 1973 – Linvoy Primus, English footballer
• 1973 – Mike Ward, Canadian comedian
• 1974 – Chad Bradford, American baseball player
• 1974 – Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete
• 1976 – Jeremy Dunham, video game journalist
• 1976 – Agustín Calleri, Argentine tennis player
• 1978 – Carmen Kass, Estonian model
• 1978 – Silvia Navarro, Mexican actress
• 1978 – Danielle Peck, country music singer
• 1978 – Ben Cohen, English rugby union footballer
• 1979 – Jesse Marunde, American strongman/athlete (d. 2007)
• 1980 – Ayọ, German singer
• 1981 – Ashley Roberts, American singer, dancer & actress (Pussycat Dolls)
• 1981 – Miyavi, Japanese musician
• 1981 – Katie Lee, American television presenter
• 1982 – Hiroki Narimiya, Japanese actor
• 1982 – SoShy, French singer/songwriter
• 1982 – Petr Průcha, Czechoslovakian hockey player
• 1983 – Amy Winehouse, English singer
• 1983 – Frostee Rucker, National Football League defensive end
• 1984 – Adam Lamberg, American actor
• 1985 – Paolo Gregoletto, American bassist (Trivium)
• 1985 – Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer
• 1985 – Delmon Young, American baseball player
• 1986 – Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer
• 1986 – Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
• 1986 – Andrew James Trauth, American actor
• 1986 – Tinchy Stryder, British rapper
• 1987 – Michael Crabtree, American football player
• 1988 – Kirsten Haglund, American beauty pageant contestant
• 1989 – Logan Henderson, American actor and musician
• 1989 – Jesse James, American actor