September 17 - Births

Births

• 879 – King Charles III of France (d. 929)
• 1192 – Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)
• 1271 – Wenceslas II of Bohemia and Poland (d. 1305)
• 1550 – Pope Paul V (d. 1621)
• 1630 – Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)
• 1639 – Hans Herr, Mennonite bishop (d. 1725)
• 1657 – Sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (d. 1704)
• 1677 – Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (d. 1761)
• 1687 – Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (d. 1772)
• 1688 – Maria Luisa of Savoy, first queen of Philip V of Spain (d. 1714)
• 1730 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian army officer (d. 1794)
• 1739 – John Rutledge, 2nd (appointed) Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1800)
• 1743 – Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician (d. 1794)
• 1771 – Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (d. 1816)
• 1773 – Jonathan Alder, American settler (d. 1849)
• 1820 – Émile Augier, French dramatist (d. 1889)
• 1826 – Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician (d. 1866)
• 1839 – Ira Davenport, American magician (d. 1911)
• 1854 – David Dunbar Buick, American automobile pioneer (d. 1929)
• 1857 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist (d. 1935)
• 1859 – Frank Dawson Adams, Canadian geologist (d.1942)
• 1868 – James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (d. 1956)
• 1869 – Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize recipient (d. 1938)
• 1879 – Rube Foster, American baseball player, manager and executive (d. 1930)
• 1879 – Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian Social Reformer (d. 1973)
• 1881 – Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, English soldier (d. 1955)
• 1883 – William Carlos Williams, American writer (d. 1963)
• 1884 – Charles Tomlinson Griffes, American composer (d. 1920)
• 1890 – Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (d. 1972)
• 1897 – Earl Webb, baseball player (d. 1965)
• 1900 – John Willard Marriott, American hotelier (d. 1985)
• 1900 – Hughie Critz, baseball player (d. 1980)
• 1901 – Francis Chichester, English adventurer (d. 1972)
• 1903 – Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (d. 1984)
• 1903 – Frank O'Connor, Irish-American short-story writer (d. 1966)
• 1903 – Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34^th Yokozuna (d. 1971)
• 1904 – Edgar G. Ulmer, Austrian-American film director (d. 1972)
• 1906 – Edgar Wayburn, American environmentalist (d. 2010)
• 1907 – Warren Burger, 15th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress and comedian
• 1914 – Thomas J. Bata, Canadian shoemaker (Bata Shoes) (d. 2008)
• 1915 – M. F. Husain, Indian painter
• 1916 – Mary Stewart, English novelist
• 1918 – Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (d. 1997)
• 1920 – Dinah Sheridan, English actress
• 1922 – Agostinho Neto, Angolan politician (d. 1979)
• 1923 – Hank Williams, American musician (d. 1953)
• 1926 – Bill Black, American musician (d. 1965)
• 1926 – Curtis Harrington, American film director (d. 2007)
• 1927 – George Blanda, American football player
• 1928 – Roddy McDowall, English actor (d. 1998)
• 1929 – Sir Stirling Moss, English race car driver
• 1929 – Pat Crowley, American actress
• 1930 – David Huddleston, American actor
• 1930 – Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist
• 1930 – Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut
• 1930 – Jim Rohn, American business philosopher (d. 2009)
• 1930 – Thomas Stafford, American astronaut
• 1931 – Anne Bancroft, American actress (d. 2005)
• 1931 – Jean-Claude Carrière, French writer, screenwriter and actor
• 1933 – Chuck Grassley, American politician
• 1933 – Dorothy Loudon, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1933 – Claude Provost, National Hockey League player (d. 1984)
• 1934 – Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (d. 1969)
• 1935 – Ken Kesey, American author (d. 2001)
• 1937 – Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
• 1938 – Bobby Wine, American Major League Baseball player
• 1939 – Shelby Flint, American singer
• 1939 – David Souter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• 1940 – Jan Eliasson, Swedish diplomat
• 1940 – Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (d. 2007)
• 1941 – Stavros Damianides, Greek musician (d. 2001)
• 1941 – Bob Matsui, U.S. Congressman (d. 2005)
• 1942 – Des Lynam, English television presenter
• 1942 – Robert Graysmith, Zodiac killer researcher
• 1944 – Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer
• 1945 – David Emerson, Canadian politician
• 1945 – Bhakti Caru Swami, Indian spiritual leader
• 1945 – Phil Jackson, American basketball player and NBA head coach
• 1945 – Bruce Spence, New Zealand actor
• 1946 – Billy Bonds, English footballer
• 1947 – Tessa Jowell, British politician
• 1948 – Jeff MacNelly, American political cartoonist (d. 2000)
• 1948 – John Ritter, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1950 – Narendra Modi, Indian politician
• 1950 – Chris Heister, Swedish politician
• 1950 – Fee Waybill, American musician (The Tubes)
• 1951 – Cassandra Peterson, American actress
• 1953 – Altaf Hussain, Pakistani politician and founder of MQM
• 1954 – Joël-François Durand, French composer
• 1955 – Koralia Karanti, Greek actress
• 1955 – Charles Martinet, American actor
• 1955 – Scott Simpson, American golfer
• 1956 – Brian Andreas, American writer, sculptor, painter and publisher
• 1956 – Thad Bosley. American major league baseball player
• 1956 – Rita Rudner, American comedian
• 1957 – Richie Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
• 1958 – Tom Waddell, Scottish former Major League Baseball player
• 1959 – Charles Lawson, Northern Irish actor
• 1960 – Damon Hill, English race car driver and 1996 F1 world champion
• 1960 – Kevin Clash, American actor and puppeteer
• 1960 – John Franco, American baseball player
• 1961 – Jim Cornette, American professional wrestling manager
• 1961 – Nives Meroi, Italian mountaineer
• 1961 – Ty Tabor, American guitarist and singer (King's X)
• 1962 – Baz Luhrmann, Australian film director
• 1962 – Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese American actor
• 1963 – Masahiro Chono, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1963 – Steven Dye, English musician (Scarlet Party), (The Alan Parsons Project)
• 1963 – Wendy Northcutt, Author of the Darwin Awards
• 1963 – Amy Roloff, American reality star
• 1963 – Rami Saari, Israeli poet and translator
• 1963 – James Urbaniak, American actor
• 1965 – Yuji Naka, Japanese video game programmer
• 1965 – Guy Picciotto, American musician (Rites of Spring, Fugazi)
• 1965 – Bryan Singer, American director
• 1965 – Kyle Chandler, American actor Early Edition
• 1966 – Doug E. Fresh, American rapper, record producer, and beatboxer
• 1966 – Stéphane Rousseau, Canadian humorist and actor
• 1967 – Malik Yoba, American actor
• 1968 – Anastacia, American singer
• 1968 – Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece
• 1969 – Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player
• 1969 – Keith Flint, British musician (The Prodigy)
• 1969 – Matthew Settle, American actor
• 1970 – Mark Brunell, American football player
• 1971 – Mike Catt, English rugby player
• 1971 – Mauro Milanese, Italian footballer
• 1971 – Adriana Sklenaříková, Slovak supermodel
• 1971 – Ian Whyte (actor), Welsh actor and basketball player
• 1972 – Brian Henry, American poet
• 1972 – Bobby Lee, American comedian
• 1973 – Ada Choi, Hong Kong actress
• 1973 – Demis Nikolaidis, Greek footballer
• 1974 – Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player
• 1974 – Mirah, American musician
• 1974 – Tormod Granheim, Norwegian adventurer
• 1975 – Jimmie Johnson, American race car driver
• 1975 – Austin St. John, American actor
• 1975 – Constantine Maroulis, American singer
• 1976 – Daniella Rush, Czech pornographic actress
• 1977 – Simone Perrotta, Italian football player
• 1978 – Shawn Horcoff, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Akin Ayodele, American football player
• 1979 – Billy Miller, American actor
• 1979 – Chuck Comeau, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
• 1979 – Steffen Algreen, Danish footballer
• 1979 – Flo Rida, American rapper
• 1980 – Danny Haren, American baseball player
• 1981 – Casey Janssen, American baseball player
• 1981 – Bakari Koné, Ivorian footballer
• 1981 – Francis Manioru, Solomon Islander sprinter
• 1982 – Hope Larson, American illustrator and cartoonist
• 1982 – Garth Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Wade Robson, Australian choreographer
• 1983 – Jennifer Peña, American singer
• 1984 – Domenico Citro, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Mary Descenza, American swimmer
• 1984 – John Kucera, Canadian alpine ski racer
• 1984 – Eugenia Volodina, Russian model
• 1985 – Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player
• 1985 – Brendan Clarke, Irish footballer
• 1985 – Alexander Ovechkin, Russian hockey player
• 1985 – Mason Raymond, Canadian hockey player
• 1985 – José Gonçalves, Portuguese football player
• 1986 – Sanaya Irani, Indian actress
• 1987 – Paul Huntington, English footballer
• 1990 – Sean Scannell, Irish footballer
• 1991 – Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfer
• 2004 – Prince Odysseas-Kimon of Greece and Denmark
• 2008 – Mia Talerico, American child actress