September 2 - Births

Births

• 1661 – Georg Böhm, German organist (d. 1733)
• 1675 – William Somervile, English poet (d. 1742)
• 1753 – Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, Italy-born queen consort of France and wife of King Louis XVIII of France (d. 1810)
• 1778 – Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland (d. 1846)
• 1805 – Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (d. 1851)
• 1810 – William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (d. 1897)
• 1830 – William P. Frye, American politician (d. 1911)
• 1838 – Liliuokalani of Hawaii, Queen of Hawaii (d. 1917)
• 1839 – Henry George, American economist (d. 1897)
• 1847 – Roger Wolcott, 39^th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1900)
• 1850 – Albert Spalding, American baseball player and co-founder of the A.G. Spaldingsporting goods company (d. 1915)
• 1850 – Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (d. 1919)
• 1852 – Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (d. 1935)
• 1853 – Wilhelm Ostwald, Baltic German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1932)
• 1854 – Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910)
• 1857 – Thomas Groube, Australian cricketer (d. 1927)
• 1862 – Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist (d. 1881)
• 1866 – Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer (d. 1943)
• 1877 – Frederick Soddy, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1956)
• 1878 – Ion Dragoumis, Greek diplomat, writer and revolutionary (d. 1920)
• 1878 – Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (d. 1946)
• 1879 – An Jung-geun, Korean assassin of Ito Hirobumi (d. 1910)
• 1883 – Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, "The Red Archduchess" (d. 1963)
• 1884 – Dr. Frank Laubach, American Christian missionary (d. 1970)
• 1894 – Joseph Roth, Austrian novelist (d. 1939)
• 1901 – Andreas Embirikos, Greek surrealist poet (d. 1975)
• 1901 – Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (d. 1977)
• 1911 – Romare Bearden, African American painter (d. 1988)
• 1912 – Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (d. 1967)
• 1913 – Bill Shankly, Scottish football manager (d. 1981)
• 1913 – Israel Gelfand, Russian mathematician (d. 2009)
• 1914 – Tom Glazer, American folk singer and songwriter (d. 2003)
• 1915 – Meinhardt Raabe, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1915 – Benjamin Aaron, American labor law expert (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Cleveland Amory, American author (d. 1998)
• 1917 – Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist (d. 1995)
• 1923 – Rene Thom, French mathematician (d. 2002)
• 1924 – Daniel arap Moi, 2nd President of Kenya
• 1925 – Hugo Montenegro, American composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
• 1927 – Milo Hamilton, American Hall of Fame sports broadcaster
• 1928 – Horace Silver, American jazz pianist and composer
• 1929 – Hal Ashby, American film director (d. 1988)
• 1931 – Clifford Jordan, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1993)
• 1933 – Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor
• 1934 – Grady Nutt, American humorist (d. 1982)
• 1934 – Chuck McCann, American voice actor.
• 1935 – D. Wayne Lukas, American horse trainer
• 1936 – Andrew Grove, American computer chip manufacturer
• 1937 – Peter Ueberroth, American sport executive
• 1937 – Derek Fowlds, British actor
• 1937 – Len Carlson, Canadian voice actor (d. 2006)
• 1938 – Mary Jo Catlett, American actress
• 1938 – Clarence Felder, American actor
• 1938 – Giuliano Gemma, Italian actor
• 1939 – Sam Gooden, American singer (The Impressions)
• 1940 – Jimmy Clanton, American singer
• 1941 – David Bale, South African–born American animal rights activist (d. 2003)
• 1941 – Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1941 – John Thompson, Jr., American college basketball coach
• 1943 – Rosalind Ashford, American singer (Martha and the Vandellas)
• 1943 – Glen Sather, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
• 1943 – Joe Simon, American singer
• 1944 – Janet Simpson, British track and field athlete (d. 2010)
• 1946 – Billy Preston, American keyboardist (d. 2006)
• 1946 – Joe Yamanaka, Japanese singer (Flower Travellin' Band)
• 1946 – Dan White, American assassin (d. 1985)
• 1946 – Luis Avalos, Cuban actor
• 1946 – Walt Simonson, American comic book artist and writer
• 1947 – Richard Coughlan, English drummer and percussionist (Caravan)
• 1948 – Terry Bradshaw, American football player
• 1948 – Christa McAuliffe, American schoolteacher and astronaut (d. 1986)
• 1948 – Nate Archibald, American basketball player
• 1950 – Rosanna DeSoto, American actress
• 1950 – Michael Rother, German guitarist and keyboardist (Neu!, Kraftwerk, Harmonia,Cluster)
• 1950 – Yuen Wah, Chinese actor and stuntman
• 1951 – Jim DeMint, American politician
• 1951 – Mark Harmon, American actor
• 1951 – Michael Gray, American actor
• 1951 – Jon Feltheimer, American film executive
• 1952 – Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
• 1953 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander (d. 2001)
• 1953 – John Zorn, American composer, arranger and saxophonist
• 1956 – Mario Tremblay, Canadian hockey player and coach
• 1956 – Angelo Fusco, Northern Irish Provisional Irish Republican Army member
• 1957 – Tony Alva, American skateboarder
• 1958 – Olivier Grouillard, French racing driver
• 1959 – Guy Laliberté, Canadian founder of Cirque du Soleil
• 1960 – Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian politician
• 1960 – Rex Hudler, American baseball player
• 1960 – Eric Dickerson, American football player
• 1960 – John S. Hall, American poet and spoken-word artist
• 1960 – Hideo Yoshizawa, Japanese video game designer and executive, General Manager at Namco Bandai Holdings
• 1961 – Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer
• 1962 – Prachya Pinkaew, Thai film director
• 1962 – Eugenio Derbez, Mexican comedian and actor
• 1962 – Jon Berkeley, Irish author and illustrator
• 1963 – Sam Mitchell, American basketball player and coach
• 1964 – Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor
• 1965 – Lennox Lewis, British-born Canadian boxer
• 1965 – Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian filmmaker
• 1966 – Dino Cazares, Mexican-born American guitarist (Fear Factory)
• 1966 – Marcello Cuttitta, Italian rugby player
• 1966 – Massimo Cuttitta, Italian rugby player and coach
• 1966 – Salma Hayek, Mexican actress
• 1966 – Olivier Panis, French race car driver
• 1966 – Tuc Watkins, American actor
• 1967 – Andreas Möller, German footballer
• 1968 – Cynthia Watros, American actress
• 1968 – Kristen Cloke, American actress
• 1969 – Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, American singer
• 1969 – Stéphane Matteau, French-Canadian ice hockey player
• 1969 – Stephen Peall, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1971 – Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian alpine skier
• 1971 – Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor
• 1971 – César Sánchez, Spanish footballer
• 1971 – Shauna Sand, American actress and Playboy Playmate
• 1971 – Tommy Maddox, American football player
• 1971 – Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist
• 1972 – Matthew Dunn, Australian swimmer
• 1972 – Robert Coles, English professional golfer
• 1973 – Katt Williams, American comedian, actor and rapper
• 1973 – Jason Blake, American ice hockey player
• 1973 – Indika de Saram, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1974 – Inari Vachs, American adult film actress
• 1974 – Steven Johnson, Australian racing driver
• 1975 – MC Chris, American rapper
• 1976 – Phil Lipscomb, American bassist (Taproot)
• 1976 – Erin Hershey Presley, American actress
• 1976 – Aziz Zakari, Ghanaian sprinter
• 1977 – Amanda Marcotte, American feminist blogger
• 1977 – Frédéric Kanouté, Malian footballer
• 1979 – Tomer Ben Yosef, Israeli footballer
• 1979 – Alex Chu, Korean singer
• 1979 – Ron Ng, Hong Kong actor
• 1979 – Brian Westbrook, American football player
• 1980 – Dany Sabourin, French-Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• 1980 – Hiroki Yoshimoto, Japanese racing driver
• 1981 – Chris Tremlett, English cricketer
• 1981 – Bracha van Doesburgh, Dutch actress
• 1981 – Fariborz Kamkari, Iranian film director-producer
• 1982 – Joey Barton, English footballer
• 1982 – Mandy Cho, Hong Kong actress
• 1982 – Jason Hammel, American baseball player
• 1983 – Mark Foster, English rugby player
• 1983 – Aimee Osbourne, English singer, actress and columnist
• 1984 – Danson Tang, Taiwanese actor, model and singer
• 1984 – Jack Peñate, English singer
• 1984 – Udita Goswami, Indian model and actress
• 1986 – Kyle Hines, American basketball player
• 1987 – Scott Moir, Canadian ice dancer
• 1988 – Ishant Sharma, Indian cricketer
• 1989 – Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 – Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian playback singer (d. 2008)
• 1990 – Marcus Ericsson, Swedish racing driver