- 1877 Edmund Gwenn, English actor (Miracle on 34th Street), born in London, England (d. 1959)
- 1887 Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor and director (It, Careers), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1967)
- 1894 Gladys Brockwell, American actress (Long Pants, Oliver Twist), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1929)
- 1895 Fay Holden, British actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1973)
- 1897 Wilhelmina Johanna "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress and acting teacher (GoetheJane Eyre), born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 1968)
- 1901 Donald Cook, American actor (Too Young To Go Steady), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1961)
- 1901 George Raft, American actor (Each Dawn I Die, Scarface, Some Like It Hot), born in NYC, New York (d. 1980)
- 1907 Ralph Michael, British actor (Quest, Doctor in the House), born in London, England (d. 1994)
- 1919 Barbara Britton [Brantingham], American actress (Captain Kidd, Young & Willing, Mr. and Mrs. North), born in Long Beach, California (d. 1980)
- 1923 Dharam Devdutt "Dev" Anand, Indian comedian, actor, director and producer, born in Shakargarh, Punjab, British India (d. 2011)
- 1926 Julie London, American singer and actress (Nurse McCall-Emergency), born in Santa Rosa, California (d. 2000)
- 1927 Joyce Jameson, American comedienne and actress (Spike Jones Show, The Outlaw Josey Wales), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1987)
- 1928 Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor (Alle maten), born in Antwerp, Belgium
- 1930 Philip Bosco, American actor (Trading Places, Lend Me a Tenor), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2018)
- 1932 Richard Herd, American actor (V: The Final Battle), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1933 Donna Douglas, American actress (Elly May Clampett-The Beverly Hillbillies), born in Pride, Louisiana (d. 2015)
- 1937 Joop Admiraal, Dutch actor and director (You Are My Mother), born in Ophemert, Gelderland, Netherlands (d. 2006)
- 1939 Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and comedian (Mike Bassett: England Manager), born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England
- 1941 Martine Beswick, English actress (Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde), born in Port Antonio, Jamaica
- 1942 Kent McCord, American actor (Officer Jim Reed- "Adam 12"), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1943 Ian Chappell, Australian cricket batsman, captain, broadcaster (75 Tests; 5,345 @ 42.42), born in Adelaide, South Australia
- 1944 Victoria Vetri, American model and Playboy playmate (Sep 1967, Playmate of the Year 1968), convicted of manslaughter, born in San Francisco, California
- 1944 Anne Robinson, English television host (The Weakest Link), born in Crosby, Lancashire, England
- 1946 Mary Beth Hurt, American actress (Garp, Interiors), born in Marshalltown, Iowa
- 1947 Graham Faulkner, English actor (Brother Sun Sister Moon), born in London, England
Olivia Newton-John
1948 Olivia Newton-John, Australian singer and actress (Lets Get Physical), born in Cambridge, England
Olivia Newton-John
Linda Hamilton
1956 Linda Hamilton, Amercian actress (Beauty & the Beast, Terminator films), born in Salisbury, Maryland
Linda Hamilton
Jill Soloway
1965 Jill Soloway, American writer and director (Afternoon Delight), born in Chicago, Illinois
Jill Soloway
- 1967 Martha Nix, American actress (Serena in The Waltons), born in Orange County, California
- 1968 James Caviezel, American actor
- 1969 Anthony Kavanagh, French-Canadian comedian, actor and singer
- 1970 Rachel Jacobs, actress (It's Not Easy), born in Ririe, Idaho
- 1970 Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress
- 1975 Jake Paltrow, American film director, brother of Gwyneth Paltrow
- 1976 Tyler Denk, American model and reality show contestant
- 1981 Collien Fernandes, German TV host and actress
- 1981 Christina Milian, American actress and singer
- 1983 Samantha Hammel, American record producer and actress
- 1984 Thore Schölermann, German actor
- 1986 Ashley Leggat, Canadian actress
- 1988 Lilly Singh, Canadian YouTube vlogger (IISuperwomanII), born in Scarborough, Toronto
- 1989 Emma Rigby, English actress
September in History
![Airship Bomb Crew Meet their Match in Policeman]()
Airship Bomb Crew Meet their Match in Policeman
They dropped their bombs and planned to escape, but the German airship crew hadn’t reckoned on the tenacity of a lone British policeman on his bike.
September 24, 1916!['I Have Heard The Voice of Adolf Hitler . . .']()
'I Have Heard The Voice of Adolf Hitler . . .'
Hitler's speech threatening Czechoslovakia was broadcast on this day. Among those listening to the ‘mad dog of Europe’ was a journalist in an American hotel.
September 26, 1938![Fear as First Passenger Train Reaches 15mph]()
Fear as First Passenger Train Reaches 15mph
The steam engine Locomotion No. 1 took passengers for a ride on this day – the first in the world to do so and, for at least one person, at frightening speed.
September 27, 1825![And God Created Brigitte Bardot . . .]()
And God Created Brigitte Bardot . . .
Brigitte Bardot, a leading sex symbol of the 1950s and 1960s, was born on this day. Such was her fame that she became widely known simply by her initials – BB.
September 28, 1934
