Famous Birthdays on September 12

September 25, 2024

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1492 Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, born in Florence (d. 1519)

King of France (1515-47), born in Cognac, France

1559 Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter and architect, born in Tuscany, Italy (d. 1613)
1605 William Dugdale, English antiquarian and Garter King of Arms (1677-86), born in Shustoke, Warwickshire, England (d. 1686)
1655 Sebastien de Brossard, French composer and music theorist, born in Dompierre, Orne, France (d. 1730)
1688 Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor and carver of the Baroque era, born in Chomutov, Czech Republic (d. 1731)
1690 Peter Dens, Flemish Catholic theologian, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1775)
1720 Frederick Philipse III, American land owner (Bronx, Westchester & Putnam), born in New York City (d. 1785)
1725 Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer, born in Coutances, France (d. 1792)
1740 Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (Heinrich Stillings Leben), born in Hilchenbach, Germany (d. 1817)
1768 Benjamin Carr, American organist, composer, choirmaster, teacher, music publisher, and co-founder of Philadelphia's Music Fund Society, born in London (d. 1831)
1788 Alexander Campbell, Irish-American clergyman and Founder of Disciples of Christ, born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland (d. 1866)
1801 Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1861)
1806 Andrew Hull Foote, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1863)
1811 James Hall, American geologist and paleontologist (Natural history of NY), born in Hingham, Massachusetts (d. 1898)
1812 Richard Hoe, American inventor and industrialist, born in New York City (d. 1886)

American inventor famous for the Gatling Gun, the 1st hand-cranked machine gun, born in Hertford County, North Carolina

1829 Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, born in Speyer, Germany (d. 1880)
1829 Charles Dudley Warner, American novelist (Being a Boy), born in Plainfield, Massachusetts (d. 1900)
1830 William Sprague IV, American politician and Governor of Rhode Island (1859-63), born in Cranston, Rhode Island (d. 1915)

1855 Jacobus of Looy, Dutch writer and painter (Death of My Cat), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1930)
1855 Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician and 12th Premier of Quebec (1900-05), born in Beauport, Quebec City (d. 1920)
1856 Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1924)
1857 George H. Breitner, Dutch impressionist painter, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1923)
1858 Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter and sculptor, born in Grembergen, Dendermonde, Belgium (d. 1921)
1871 Prince Friedrich Aloys Johannes Maria, Prince of Liechtenstein, born in Arad, Hungarian Kingdom (now Romania) (d. 1959)
1875 Matsunosuke Onoe [Tsuruzo Nakamura], Japanese actor (Araki Mataemon, Yajîkita: zenpen), born in Naka-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan (d. 1926)
1876 Flor Alpaerts, Flemish composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel; Pallieter), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1954)
1879 Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter, born in Lugano, Switzerland (d. 1944)

American newspaperman and critic (Prejudices, Smart Set), born in Baltimore, Maryland

1881 Daniel Jones, English phoneticist (English pronouncing dictionary), born in London (d. 1967)
1884 Bob Groom, American baseball pitcher (Washington Senators; no-hitter 1917 St. Louis Browns), born in Belleville, Illinois (d. 1948)
1887 George Georgescu, Romanian conductor and composer, born in Sulina, Romania (d. 1964)
1888 Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer ("Thank Heaven For Little Girls"), born in Paris (d. 1972)
1890 Guido Guerrini, Italian composer, born in Faenza, Italy (d. 1965)
1891 Adolph Weiss, American bassoonist and composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1971)
1891 János Viski, Hungarian painter best known for his works of galloping horses, born in Szokolya, Hungary (d. 1987)
1891 Pedro Albizu Campos, Advocate for Puerto Rican independence, born in Ponce, Puerto Rico (d. 1965)
1892 Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal), born in New York City (d. 1984)
1894 Billy Gilbert, American actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1971)
1895 Alice Lake, American silent screen actress (Glamour, Wicked), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1967)
1896 Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe), born in Broglio, Switzerland (d. 1952)

French chemist and physicist (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935) and daughter of Marie Curie, born in Paris, France

1898 Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter (1964 Arts & Letters), born in Kaunas, Lithuania (d. 1969)
1898 Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1963)
1899 Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect and painter, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1958)
1900 Eric Harding Thiman, English composer, born in Ashford, Kent (d. 1975)
1901 Ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1975)
1901 Ernst Pepping, German composer, born in Duisburg, Germany (d. 1981)
1902 Juscelino Kubitschek, President Brazil (1955-60), born in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil (d. 1976)
1904 Gavriil Popov, Soviet Russian composer, born in Novocherkassk, Russia (d. 1972)
1905 Ali Amini, Iranian politician and government official (Prime Minister, 1961-62; Ambassador to US, 1956-58; Member of Parliament, 1947-49), born in Tehran, Persia (d. 1992)
1905 Boris Arapov, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1992)
1906 Ruvim Pergament, composer, born in Petrozavodsk, Russia (d. 1965)
1907 Joe Lederer, Austrian actress and writer (Drei Tage Liebe), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1987)
1907 Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright, born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1963)
1909 Donald MacDonald, Canadian politician and former president of the Canadian Labour Congress (1967-74), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (d. 1986)
1909 Lawrence Brooks, American US Army soldier, 1940-45 (91st Engineer Battalion - New Guinea, The Philippines), and longest-living American World War II veteran, born in Norwood, Louisiana (d. 2022)
1909 Spud Chandler, American baseball player (AL MVP 1943), born in Commerce, Georgia (d. 1990)
1913 Ben Polak, Dutch physician, communist and resistance fighter, born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1993)

American athlete (4 Olympic gold 100/200m, long jump, 4x100m relay 1936), born in Oakville, Alabama

1913 Kenneth Lo, cookery writer and restaurateur, born in Foochow, China (d. 1995)
1914 Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (James Bond films, 1963-99), WWII army veteran and POW, born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales (d. 1999)
1914 Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani poet and psychoanalyst, born in Amroha, India (d. 1988)
1915 Billy Daniels, African-American jazz singer ("That Old Black Magic") and television pioneer (The Billy Daniels Show), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 1988)
1916 Edward Binns, American actor (12 Angry Men; Fail-Safe), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
1916 Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver, born in Tinley Park, Illinois (d. 1961)
1917 Pierre Sévigny, Canadian military officer and politician, born in Quebec, Canada (d. 2004)
1917 Seumas MacNeill, Scottish bagpiper, educator (College of Bagpipes), broadcaster, and editor (The Piping Times), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1996)
1920 Irene Dailey, American actress (Another World, Grissom Gang), born in New York City (d. 2008)
1920 Jan W. Schulte Nordholt, Dutch poet and historian (Blossoming Stone), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1995)
1921 Frank McGee, American news anchor (NBC Evening News), born in Monroe, Louisiana (d. 1974)
1921 Stanislaw Lem, Polish sci-fi author (Solaris, Invincible), born in Lwów, Second Polish Republic (d. 2006)
1922 Ellen Demming, American actress (Guiding Light), born in Schenectady, New York (d. 2002)
1922 Jackson Mac Low, American poet and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2004)
1923 Julie Mandell, American pop and theatre songwriter, and classical composer (The Pious Cat), born in New York City
1924 Howard Curtis Nielson, American politician (Rep-R-UT, 1983-91), born in Richfield, Utah (d. 2020)
1924 Jean Le Poulain, French actor (Divine), born in Marseille, France (d. 1988)
1925 Dickie Moore, actor (Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)
1925 Stan Lopata, American baseball player, born in Delray, Detroit, Michigan (d. 2013)
1927 Gianna Maria Canale, Italian actress (Go For Broke), born in Reggio Calabria, Italy (d. 2009)
1929 Harvey Schmidt, American musical theatre composer (The Fantasticks; 110 In the Shade), and illustrator, born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2018)
1930 Larry Austin, American classical and electronic composer and educator, born in Duncan, Oklahoma (d. 2018)
1931 George Jones, American country singer-songwriter ("Golden Rings"; "Oh Lonesome Me"), born in Saratoga, Texas (d. 2013)
1931 Kristin Hunter, African-American author (God Bless the Child), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
1931 Sir Ian Holm, eminent English actor (The Lord of the Rings, Alien, King Lear), born in Goodmayes, Essex (d. 2020)
1932 Waqar Hasan, Pakistani cricket batsman (21 Tests, top score 189; member Pakistan's inaugural Test squad), born in Amritsar, Punjab, India (d. 2020)
1933 Denny Stolz, American college football coach (Alma College, Michigan State University, Bowling Green State Uni, San Diego State Uni), born in Lansing, Michigan (d. 2023)
1933 Stafford Heginbotham, British toymaker (Tebro Toys) and Bradford Football Club Chairman (during time of the fire), (d. 1995)
1933 Tatiana Doronina, Russian actress, born in St. Petersburg, Russia
1934 Edward Wistenberg, Dutch concert harpist and pedagogue, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1934 Glenn Davis, American athlete (Olympic gold 1956,60), born in Wellsburg, West Virginia (d. 2009)
1934 Gunther Gebel-Williams, animal trainer and lion tamer (Ringling Bros Circus), born in Świdnica, Poland (d. 2001)
1934 Jaegwon Kim, Korean-born American philosopher, born in Daegu, South Korea (d. 2019)
1935 Allan B. Swift, American broadcast journalist and politician (US Representative for Washington (D), 1979-95), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 2018)
1935 Richard Hunt, American sculptor (We Will; Pyramidal Complex), and 1st African American to have major retrospective at MOMA, born in Chicago, Illinois [1]
1935 Víctor Benítez, Peruvian soccer centre-back/defensive midfielder (11 caps; AC Milan, Roma, Inter Milan, Boca Juniors), born in Lima, Peru (d. 2022)
1937 Daniela Rocca, Italian actress (Battle of Austerlitz, Empty Canvas), born in Acireale, Italy (d. 1995)
1937 George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer, born in Toronto, Ontario
1937 Wes Hall, West Indian cricket fast bowler (48 Tests, 192 wickets; Barbados, Queensland CA, Trinidad) and politician (Minister of Tourism & Sport, Barbados), born in Glebe Land, Station Hill, Barbados
1938 Claude Ruel, Canadian NHL coach (Stanley Cup 1968-69, Montreal Canadiens), born in Sherbrooke, Quebec (d. 2015)
1938 Judy Clay [Guions], American soul and gospel singer, born in St Paul, North Carolina (d. 2001)
1938 Tatiana Troyanos, American mezzo-soprano (Octavian-Der Rosenleavalier), born in New York City (d. 1993)
1939 Henry Waxman, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Los Angeles, California
1939 Phillip Ramey, American composer, born in Elmhurst, Illinois
1940 "Papa” John DeFrancesco, American Hammond B-3 jazz organist (Doodlin'), born in Niagara Falls, New York (d. 2024) [1]
1940 Linda Gray, American actress (Sue Ellen Ewing-Dallas), born in Santa Monica, California
1940 Mickey Lolich, American pitcher (Detroit Tiger, won 25 in 1971), born in Portland, Oregon
1940 Patrick Mower, English actor (Emmerdale), born in Oxford, England
1940 Roger K. Crouch, American astronaut (STS 83, 94), born in Jamestown, Tennessee
1940 Stephen Solarz, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), born in New York City (d. 2010)
1940 Wayne McLaren, American stuntman, rodeo performer, model and actor best known for playing the Marlboro Man and for dying of lung cancer, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana (d. 1992)
1941 Hans-Karsten Raecke, German composer, born in Rostock, Germany
1942 Michel Drucker, French journalist and TV host, born in Vire, France
1942 Tomés Marco, Spanish composer (Transfiguración), born in Madrid, Spain
1943 Maria Muldaur, American folk-blues-pop singer ("Midnight at the Oasis"), born in Greenwich Village, New York
1943 Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-Canadian poet and writer, born in Colombo, Ceylon
1943 Ralph Neely, American football offensive tackle (Super Bowl 1971, 77 Dallas Cowboys; Pro Bowl 1967, 69; All Pro 1966-69), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2022)

American singer ("Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe"; "You're The First, The Last, My Everything"), born in Galveston, Texas

1944 Colin Young, Barbadian-British singer (The Foundations - "Build Me Up Buttercup"), born in Barbados, West Indies
1944 Leonard Peltier, Native American activist (American Indian Movement), born in Grand Forks, North Dakota
1944 Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
1944 Yoshio Kikugawa, Japanese soccer defender (16 caps;Mitsubishi Motors FC) and manager (Avispa Fukuoka FC 1982-94), born in Fujieda, Japan (d. 2022)
1945 David Garrick [Philip Darryl Core], British singer ("Dear Mrs Applebee"), born in Liverpool, Merseyside (d. 2013)
1945 John Mauceri, American conductor (Washington, D.C. Opera), born in New York City
1945 Maria Aitken, Irish-English actress (Fish Called Wanda), born in Dublin, Ireland
1945 Richard Thaler, American economist (nudge theory, Nobel Prize 2017), born in East Orange, New Jersey
1945 Vern Lindblad, Turkologist, born in Seattle, Washington
1946 Tony "T-Bone" Bellamy, American rock guitarist (Redbone), born in Las Vegas, Nevada (d. 2009)
1948 Luis Lima, Argentinian operatic tenor, born in Córdoba, Argentina
1948 Max Walker, Australian cricket fast bowler (34 Tests, 138 wickets) and broadcaster (Nine Network), born in Hobart, Australia (d. 2016)
1949 Irina Rodnina, Russian pairs figure skater (Olympic gold 1972, 76, 80), born in Moscow, Soviet Union
1949 Tony Stevens, English rocker (Foghat; Savoy Brown), born in London
1950 Cynthia Myers, American Playmate (Dec 1968) and actress (Beyond Valley of Dolls), born in Toledo, Ohio
1950 Gustav Brunner, Austrian Formula One designer and engineer, born in Graz, Austria
1951 Berty Ahern, Prime Minister of Ireland (1997-2008), born in Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
1951 Gerald Stano, American serial killer (confessed to killing 41 people), born in Schenectady, New York (d. 1998)
1951 Joe Pantoliano, American actor (Finelli Boys, Fugitive), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
1952 Gerry Beckley, American rock vocalist, guitarist and songwriter (America - "Sister Golden Hair"), born in Fort Worth, Texas
1952 Neil Peart, Canadian rock drummer and lyricist (Rush - "Limelight"; "Peaceable Kingdom"), born in Hamilton, Ontario (d. 2020)
1953 John Williams, American archer (Olympic gold individual 1972; World C'ship gold 1971), born in Cranesville, Pennsylvania
1953 Nancy "Nan" Goldin, American photographer (The Ballad of Sexual Dependency), born in Washington, D.C.
1954 Jeff Jarvis, American journalist (This Week in Google) and advocate for the Open Web
1954 Neal Brendel, American rugby union prop (6 Tests; Pittsburgh RC) and executive (Chairman USA Rugby 2002-05), born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
1954 Russell G. Alexander, creator of Today In History v1.2
1955 Nina Blackwood, American actress and VJ (MTV, Solid Gold, Vice Squad), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
1955 Peter Scolari, American stage and screen Emmy Award-winning actor (Newhart - "Michael"; Girls - "Tad"; Bosom Buddies - "Henry"), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 2021) [1]
1956 Barry Andrews, British rock musician (XTC; League of Gentlemen; Shreikback), born in West Norwood, London
1956 Chip Beck, American golfer (US Open 1986, 89, Masters 1993 runner-up; shot 59 in 1991), born in Fayetteville, North Carolina
1956 Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor, singer and composer (Farewell My Concubine), born in Hong Kong (d. 2003)
1956 Ricky Rudd, American auto racer (NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year 1977; IROC Champion 1992; Brickyard 400 1997, born in Norfolk County, Virginia
1956 Sam Brownback, American attorney and politician (46th Governor of Kansas), born in Garnett, Kansas
1957 Hans Zimmer, German Grammy and Academy Award-winning film score composer (The Lion King; Dune (2021); Inception; Kung Fu Panda), born in Frankfurt, West Germany
1957 Rachel Ward, English-Australian actress (Thorn Birds), born in Cornwell, Oxfordshire, England
1958 Gregg Edelman, American actor (Green Card), born in Chicago, Illinois

1958 Puerto Rican boxer (youngest world champion at 17 years, 176 days [WBA Light Welterweight]), born in New York City

1959 Cindy Rarick, American golfer (5 LPGA Tour titles), born in Glenwood, Minnesota
1959 Peter Anthony Togni, Canadian pianist, organist, composer (Responsio), and radio broadcaster, born in Pembroke, Ontario
1960 Road Warrior Animal [Joseph Laurinaitis], American pro wrestler (3 x WWE Tag Team C'ship; WWE Hall of Fame), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
1961 Christiane Jolissaint, Swiss tennis star, born in Vevey, Switzerland
1961 Kadim Al Sahir, Iraqi singer-songwriter (Ana Wa Laila - Me and Laila), born in Mosul, Iraq
1961 Mylène Farmer, Canadian-French singer (Cendres de Lune) and actress, born in Montreal, Quebec
1962 Amy Yasbeck, American actress (Casey Davenport-Wings, Mask), born in Blue Ash, Ohio
1962 Dino Merlin, Bosnian singer and songwriter, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
1964 Dieter Hecking, German football player and manager, born in Castrop-Rauxel, West Germany
1964 Greig Oliver, Scottish rugby union scrum-half (3 Tests) and coach (development officer Munster Rugby), born in Hawick, Scotland (d. 2023)
1965 Einstein Kristiansen, Norwegian cartoonist, designer and TV host, born in Greåker, Sarpsborg, Norway
1965 Joe Schmidt, New Zealand rugby union coach (Leinster; Ireland: 6 Nations C'ship 2014, 15, 18; Grand Slam 2018; Triple Crown 2018), born in Kawakawa, New Zealand
1965 John Norwood Fisher, American ska-funk bassist (Fishbone), born in California
1965 Silke Hörner, German breaststroke swimmer (2 Olympic gold 1988), born in Leipzig, Germany
1966 Ben Folds, American singer and songwriter (Ben Folds Five), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1966 Darren E. Burrows, American actor (Northern Exposure - "Ed Chigliak"), born in Winfield, Kansas
1967 Louis C.K. [Louis Székely] American-Mexican comedian (Louie), born in Washington, D. C.
1967 Pat Listach, American baseball infielder (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Natchitoches, Louisiana
1968 Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian, born in Mount Airy, Pennsylvania
1968 [Reid Laurence] Larry LaLonde, American guitarist (Primus - "Frizzle Fry"), born in Richmond, California
1969 Ángel Cabrera, Argentine golfer (US Open 2007, US Masters 2009), born in Córdoba, Argentina
1969 James Frey, American writer (Bright Shiny Morning), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1969 Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer (3 PGA Tour titles; Presidents Cup 1998, 2000), born in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture
1970 Nathan Larson, American guitarist and composer (Shudder To Think, Hot One), born in Maryland
1971 Terry Dehere, American politician and NBA guard (Sacramento Kings), born in New York City
1972 Avijit Roy, Bangladeshi-American activist and blogger, born in Bangladesh (d. 2015)
1972 Paul Green, Australian rugby league coach (North Queensland Cowboys NRL premiership 2015; Queensland) and halfback (Australia SL 2 games, Queensland 7 games), born in Brisbane, Australia (d. 2022)
1973 Darren Campbell, British athlete (Olympic gold 4x100m relay 2004, silver 200m 2000), born in Manchester, England
1973 Martin Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Ville St. Pierre, Quebec, Canada
1973 Maximiliano Hernández, American actor (Mr. Mercedes; The Americans, 2013; Marvel Universe films), born in Brooklyn, NYC

American actor (The Fast and the Furious), born in Glendale, California

1973 Tarana Burke, American activist, founder of #MeToo, born in New York City
1974 Caroline Aigle, French first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force aged 25, born in Montauban, France (d. 2007)
1974 Jennifer Nettles, American country singer (Sugarland), born in Douglas, Georgia
1974 Nuno Valente, Portuguese soccer defender (32 caps; Porto, Everton), born in Lisbon, Portugal
1976 Bizzy Bone [Bryon Anthony McCane], American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony), born in Columbus, Ohio
1976 Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer, born in Poznań, Poland
1977 2 Chainz [Tauheed Epps], American rapper, born in College Park, Georgia
1977 David Thompson, English footballer, born in Birkenhead, England
1977 Grant Denyer, Australian television personality and TV Host, born in Coffs Harbour, Australia
1977 Idan Raichel, Israeli singer-songwriter, born in Kfar Saba, Israel
1977 James McCartney, British musician son of Paul & Linda McCartney, born in London, England
1977 Jeff Irwin, American rock and jazz bassist, born in Creve Coeur, Missouri

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