September 23 - Births

Births

• 480 BC – Euripides, Greek playwright (d. 406 BC)
• 63 BC – Augustus Caesar, Roman Emperor (d. 14)
• 1158 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)
• 1161 – Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)
• 1215 – Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294)
• 1434 – Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)
• 1598 – Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)
• 1647 – Joseph Dudley, American statesman (d. 1720)
• 1650 – Jeremy Collier, English bishop (d. 1726)
• 1713 – King Ferdinand VI of Spain (d. 1759)
• 1740 – Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813)
• 1759 – Clothilde of France, Queen of Piedmont-Sardinia (d. 1802)
• 1771 – Emperor Kokaku of Japan (d. 1840)
• 1781 – Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1860)
• 1791 – Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (d. 1865)
• 1819 – Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (d. 1896)
• 1838 – Victoria Woodhull, American suffragist (d. 1927)
• 1852 – William Stewart Halsted, American surgeon (d. 1922)
• 1861 – Robert Bosch, German inventor and industrialist (d. 1942)
• 1863 – Mary Eliza Church Terrell, American writer (d. 1954)
• 1864 – Draga Mašin, Queen of Serbia (d. 1903)
• 1865 – Emmuska Orczy, British novelist (d. 1947)
• 1869 – Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary, first carrier of typhoid (d. 1938)
• 1876 – Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and Talmudic scholar, and Israel Prize recipient (d. 1968)
• 1880 – John Boyd Orr, Scottish physician, Nobel Laureate (d. 1971)
• 1889 – Walter Lippmann, American journalist (d. 1974)
• 1890 – Friedrich Paulus, German general (d. 1957)
• 1895 – Miron Merzhanov, Soviet architect (d. 1975)
• 1895 – Johnny Mokan, American baseball player (d. 1985)
• 1897 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian actor (d. 1984)
• 1899 – Tom C. Clark, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1977)
• 1900 – Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (d. 1988)
• 1900 – Bill Stone, British serviceman who served during World War I (d. 2009)
• 1901 – Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1986)
• 1902 – Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (d. 2003)
• 1906 – Charles Ritchie, Canadian diplomat (d. 1995)
• 1907 – Dominique Aury, French novelist (d. 1998)
• 1907 – Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, heir to the throne of Portugal (d. 1976)
• 1909 – Lorenc Antoni, Kosovo Albanian composer (d. 1991)
• 1911 – Frank Moss, United States Senator from Utah (d. 2003)
• 1912 – Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani researcher, critic and linguist (d. 2005)
• 1912 – Tony Smith, American sculptor (d. 1980)
• 1913 – Carl-Henning Pedersen, Danish artist, member of the CoBrA movement (d. 2007)
• 1914 – Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (d. 1986)
• 1915 – Clifford Shull, American physicist, Nobel Laureate (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Aldo Moro, Italian politician (d. 1978)
• 1920 – Mickey Rooney, American actor
• 1924 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan newspaper editor (d. 1978)
• 1924 – Heinrich Schultz, Estonian cultural functionary
• 1925 – Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Eleonora Rossi Drago, Italian actress (d. 2007)
• 1926 – John Coltrane, American saxophonist (d. 1967)
• 1929 – Wally Whyton, English musician (d. 1997)
• 1930 – Ray Charles, American musician (d. 2004)
• 1930 – Sehba Akhtar, Pakistani poet (d. 1996)
• 1930 – Colin Blakely, British actor (d. 1987)
• 1931 – Gerald Stairs Merrithew, Canadian educator (d. 2004)
• 1934 – Ahmad Shah Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan
• 1936 – Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian politician
• 1936 – Sylvain Saudan, Swiss extreme skier
• 1936 – Dr. Tareq Suheimat, Jordanian physician, nephrologist
• 1937 – Jacques Poulin, Canadian novelist
• 1938 – Tom Lester, American actor
• 1938 – Romy Schneider, French actress (d. 1982)
• 1939 – Henry Blofeld, English cricket commentator
• 1939 – Roy Buchanan, American guitarist (d. 1988)
• 1939 – Janusz Gajos, Polish actor
• 1939 – Sonny Vaccaro, American former sports executive
• 1941 – Simon Nolet, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1941 – George Jackson, American civil-rights activist (d. 1971)
• 1942 – Sila María Calderón, Puerto Rican politician
• 1943 – Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer
• 1943 – Marty Schottenheimer, American football coach
• 1943 – Tanuja, Indian actress
• 1944 – Eric Bogle, British/Australian singer and songwriter
• 1945 – Paul Petersen, American actor
• 1945 – Igor Ivanov, Russian politician
• 1946 – Franz Fischler, Austrian politician
• 1947 – Christian Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1947 – Mary Kay Place, American actress
• 1947 – Neal Smith, American musician (Alice Cooper's drummer)
• 1949 – Bruce Springsteen, American singer and songwriter
• 1952 – Jim Morrison, American baseball player
• 1954 – Charlie Barnett, American actor (d. 1996)
• 1954 – Cherie Blair, British lawyer and spouse of former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair
• 1955 – Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer
• 1956 – Peter David, American writer
• 1957 – Rosalind Chao, American actress
• 1957 – Tony Fossas, Cuban baseball player
• 1957 – Kumar Sanu, Indian playback singer
• 1958 – Danielle Dax, British musician
• 1958 – Marvin Lewis, American football coach
• 1958 – Larry Mize, American golfer
• 1959 – Jason Alexander, American actor
• 1959 – Martin Page, English singer and songwriter
• 1961 – Chi McBride, American actor
• 1961 – Willie McCool, American astronaut (d. 2003)
• 1961 – Elizabeth Peña, American actress
• 1963 – Anne-Marie Cadieux, Canadian actress
• 1964 – Clayton Blackmore, Welsh footballer
• 1964 – Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer (B'z)
• 1964 – Larry Krystkowiak, American basketball player and head coach
• 1964 – Bill Phillips, American author
• 1966 – Pete Harnisch, American baseball player
• 1966 – LisaRaye, American actress
• 1968 – Yvette Fielding, English television presenter
• 1969 – Patrick Fiori, French singer
• 1969 – Tapio Laukkanen, Finnish rally driver
• 1969 – Donald Audette, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1969 – Michelle Thomas, American actress (d. 1998)
• 1970 – Ani DiFranco, American musician
• 1970 – Georgios Koltsidas, Greek footballer
• 1971 – Moin Khan, Pakistani cricketer
• 1971 – Lee Mi-yeon, South Korean actress
• 1971 – Eric Montross, American basketball player
• 1972 – Ana Marie Cox, American blogger and author
• 1972 – Jermaine Dupri, American music producer and rapper
• 1972 – Karl Pilkington, British radio personality
• 1972 – Shim Eun-ha, South Korean actress
• 1972 – Sarah Bettens, Belgian singer (K's Choice)
• 1973 – Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian pianist
• 1973 – Artim Šakiri, Macedonian football player
• 1974 – Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler
• 1974 – Harumi Inoue, Japanese actress and model
• 1975 – Jaime Bergman, American model and actress
• 1975 – Layzie Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
• 1975 – Chris Hawkins, British radio personality
• 1975 – Kim Dong-moon, South Korean badminton player
• 1975 – Eric Miller, Irish rugby player
• 1976 – Faune A. Chambers, American actress
• 1976 – Kip Pardue, American actor and model
• 1976 – Wladimir Sidorenko, Ukrainian boxer
• 1977 – Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Rachael Yamagata, American singer and songwriter
• 1977 – Fabio Ongaro, Italian rugby player
• 1977 – Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (d. 2008)
• 1978 – Worm Miller, American filmmaker
• 1978 – Keri Lynn Pratt, American actress
• 1979 – Ricky Davis, American basketball player
• 1979 – Lote Tuqiri, Fijian/Australian Rugby League and Rugby Union Player
• 1980 – Cameron Litvack, American television producer
• 1980 – Matt White, American singer
• 1981 – Robert Doornbos, Dutch racing driver
• 1981 – Natalie Horler, German singer (Cascada)
• 1981 – Misti Traya, American actress
• 1982 – Mait Künnap, Estonian tennis player
• 1982 – Shyla Stylez, Canadian pornographic actress
• 1983 – Märt Israel, Estonian discus thrower
• 1983 – Joffery Lupul, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Anneliese van der Pol, American actress
• 1984 – Matt Kemp, American baseball player
• 1985 – Brian Brohm, American football player
• 1985 – Joba Chamberlain, American baseball player
• 1985 – Maki Goto, Japanese pop singer
• 1985 – Hossein Ka'abi, Iranian footballer
• 1985 – Lukáš Kašpar, Czech ice hockey player
• 1986 – Martin Cranie, English footballer
• 1988 – Juan Martín del Potro, Argentinian tennis player
• 1988 – Yannick Weber, Swiss ice hockey player
• 1989 – Brandon Jennings, American basketball player
• 1990 – Agustin Sierra, Argentine actor
• 1991 – Melanie Oudin, American tennis player