September 15 - Births

Births

• 1254 – Marco Polo, Italian explorer (d. 1324)
• 1533 – Catherine of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572)
• 1580 – Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)
• 1613 – François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680)
• 1649 – Titus Oates, English minister and plotter (d. 1705)
• 1666 – Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle (d. 1726)
• 1715 – Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery specialist (d. 1789)
• 1760 – Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars (d. 1824)
• 1761 – Cornelio Saavedra, president of the Primera Junta and the Junta Grande, first patriotic governments of Argentina (d. 1829)
• 1789 – James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist (d. 1851)
• 1819 – Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1902)
• 1828 – Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov, Russian chemist (d. 1886)
• 1830 – Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (d. 1915)
• 1852 – Edward Bouchet, American physicist (d. 1918)
• 1857 – William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (d. 1930)
• 1858 – Charles de Foucauld, French catholic priest (d. 1916)
• 1858 – Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist (d. 1937)
• 1860 – Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya, Indian engineer (d. 1962)
• 1863 – Horatio Parker, American composer (d. 1919)
• 1864 – Prince Sigismund of Prussia (d. 1866)
• 1867 – Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1920)
• 1876 – Bruno Walter, German conductor (d. 1962)
• 1876 – Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian novelist (d. 1938)
• 1877 – Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (d. 1938)
• 1879 – Joseph Lyons, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939)
• 1880 – Chujiro Hayashi, Japanese Reiki Master (d. 1940)
• 1881 – Ettore Bugatti, Italian automobile engineer and designer (d. 1947)
• 1883 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950)
• 1887 – Carlos Dávila, former President of Chile (d. 1955)
• 1888 – Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver (d. 1925)
• 1889 – Robert Benchley, American author (d. 1945)
• 1890 – Agatha Christie, English writer (d. 1976)
• 1890 – Frank Martin, Swiss composer (d. 1974)
• 1892 – Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor (d. 1962)
• 1894 – Jean Renoir, French film director (d. 1979)
• 1894 – Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (d. 1977)
• 1895 – Magda Lupescu, consort of King Carol II of Romania (d. 1977)
• 1895 – Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (d. 1974)
• 1898 – J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist (d. 1936)
• 1901 – Sir Donald Bailey, British engineer (d. 1985)
• 1903 – Roy Acuff, American country musician (d. 1992)
• 1904 – King Umberto II of Italy (d. 1983)
• 1906 – Jacques Becker, French screenwriter and director (d. 1960)
• 1907 – Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and writer (d. 1968)
• 1907 – Fay Wray, Canadian-born American actress (d. 2004)
• 1908 – Penny Singleton, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1909 – C.N.Annadurai, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1969)
• 1910 – Betty Neels, English novelist (d. 2001)
• 1911 – Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-born American golf entrepreneur (d. 2000)
• 1913 – John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General and Watergate figure (d. 1988)
• 1913 – Johannes Steinhoff, German fighter pilot & NATO commander (d. 1994)
• 1914 – Creighton Abrams, American Army general (d. 1974)
• 1914 – Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentine writer (d. 1999)
• 1914 – Orhan Kemal, Turkish writer (d. 1970)
• 1915 – Albert Whitlock, English motion picture matte artist (d. 1999)
• 1915 – Ismail Yasin, Egyptian comedian and actor (d. 1972)
• 1915 – José Nicomedes Grossi, Brazilian bishop (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Margaret Lockwood, English actress (d. 1990)
• 1916 – Frederick C. Weyand, Former U.S. Army General (d. 2010)
• 1918 – Nipsey Russell, American comedian (d. 2005)
• 1919 – Fausto Coppi, Italian racing cyclist (d. 1960)
• 1919 – Nelson Gidding, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1921 – Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Jackie Cooper, American actor and director
• 1922 – Bob Anderson (fencer), English sword-master
• 1923 – Anton Heiller, Austrian organist (d. 1979)
• 1924 – Bobby Short, American musician (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Helle Virkner, Danish actress (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Stanley Chapman, British architect, designer, translator and writer (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician
• 1926 – Shohei Imamura, Japanese film director (d. 2006)
• 1927 – David Stove, Australian philosopher, (d. 1994)
• 1928 – Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)
• 1929 – Eva Burrows, the 13th General of The Salvation Army
• 1929 – Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1932 – Neil Bartlett, English chemist (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Henry Darrow, American actor
• 1933 – Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor
• 1933 – Monica Maughan, Australian actress (d. 2010)
• 1934 – Fred Nile, Australian politician
• 1937 – Robert Lucas, Jr., American economist, Nobel laureate
• 1937 – Fernando de la Rúa, 51st President of Argentina
• 1938 – Gaylord Perry, baseball player
• 1940 – Merlin Olsen, American football player and actor (d. 2010)
• 1940 – Norman Spinrad, American science fiction author
• 1941 – Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer
• 1941 – Signe Toly Anderson, American singer
• 1941 – Mirosław Hermaszewski, Polish cosmonaut
• 1941 – Yuri Norstein, Russian animator
• 1941 – Viktor Zubkov, Russian government official
• 1942 – Lee Dorman, American Bassist
• 1944 – Sotirios Hatzigakis, Greek politician
• 1945 – Hans-Gert Pöttering, German politician, President of the European Parliament
• 1945 – Carmen Maura, Spanish actress
• 1945 – Jessye Norman, American opera singer
• 1945 – Ron Shelton, American film director
• 1946 – Ola Brunkert, Swedish session drummer (ABBA) (d. 2008)
• 1946 – Tommy Lee Jones, American actor
• 1946 – Oliver Stone, American film director
• 1946 – Howard Waldrop, American science fiction author
• 1946 – Mike Procter, South African cricketer, coach and match referee
• 1947 – Theodore Long, American professional wrestling manager
• 1949 – Joe Barton, American politician
• 1951 – Pete Carroll, American football coach
• 1951 – Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer
• 1952 – Richard Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1952 – Kelly Keagy, American drummer and vocalist
• 1953 – Paul Piché, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1954 – Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor (d. 2007)
• 1955 – Željka Antunović, Croatian politician
• 1955 – Renzo Rosso, Italian clothing designer
• 1955 – Bruce Reitherman, American voice actor
• 1956 – Jaki Graham, English singer
• 1956 – Maggie Reilly, Scottish folk singer
• 1958 – Dr. Know, American guitarist (Bad Brains)
• 1958 – Joel Quenneville, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1958 – Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (d. 2005)
• 1959 – Mark Kirk, American politician, senator-elect from Illinois
• 1960 – Kevin Allen, Welsh actor
• 1960 – Ed Solomon, American screenwriter
• 1961 – Terry Lamb, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1961 – Dan Marino, American football player
• 1962 – Dina Lohan, American actress and reality television star, mother of Lindsay Lohan
• 1962 – Scott McNeil, Australian voice actor
• 1963 – Pete Myers, American basketball player
• 1964 – Róbert Fico, Slovak Prime minister, populist
• 1964 – Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, American musician (The Misfits)
• 1966 – Sherman Douglas, American basketball player
• 1967 – Paul Abbott, American baseball player
• 1967 – Sari Kaasinen, Finnish singer
• 1968 – Danny Nucci, American actor
• 1969 – Jeffrey Schwarz, American film director/producer
• 1971 – Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer
• 1971 – Josh Charles, American actor
• 1971 – Ben Wallers, English musician and songwriter (Country Teasers)
• 1972 – Jimmy Carr, English comedian
• 1972 – Kit Chan, Singaporean singer
• 1972 – Letizia, Princess of Asturias, Spanish royalty
• 1973 – Julie Cox, English actress
• 1973 – Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
• 1975 – Martina Krupičková, Czech artist
• 1975 – Tom Dolan, American swimmer
• 1976 – Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer (Franz Ferdinand)
• 1976 – Matt Thornton, American baseball player
• 1977 – Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1977 – Sophie Dahl, English model
• 1977 – Tom Hardy, English actor
• 1977 – Leander Jordan, American football player
• 1977 – Marisa Ramirez, American actress
• 1977 – Jason Terry, American basketball player
• 1978 – Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
• 1979 – Dave Annable, American actor
• 1979 – Amy Davidson, American actress
• 1979 – Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Carlos Ruiz, Guatemalan footballer
• 1980 – David Diehl, American football player
• 1980 – Mike Dunleavy, Jr., American basketball player
• 1980 – Jolin Tsai, Taiwanese pop singer
• 1983 – Luke Hochevar, American baseball player
• 1984 – Prince Harry of Wales, UK royalty
• 1985 – François-Olivier Roberge, Canadian speed skater
• 1986 – Heidi Montag, TV personality/singer
• 1987 – Aly Cissokho, French footballer
• 1988 – Chelsea Staub, American actress
• 1989 – Kris Chetan Ramlu, New Zealand musician
• 1993 – Jayden Stockley, English footballer