- 64 Julia Flavia, daughter of Roman Emperor Titus; lover of Domitian.
- 879 Charles III, [The Simple], king of France (893-923)
- 1192 Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)
- 1271 Wenceslas II, king of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305)
- 1550 Pope Paul V [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21) and persecutor of Galileo, born in Rome (d. 1621)
- 1580 Charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange
- 1619 John Lambert, English general-major and parliamentary leader
- 1630 Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)
- 1639 Hans Herr, Mennonite bishop (d. 1725)
- 1643 Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury/author
- 1677 Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (d. 1761)
- 1687 Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (d. 1772)
- 1688 Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen consort of Spain to Philip V (1701-14), born in Royal Palace of Turin, Savoy (d. 1714)
- 1714 Gottlieb W Rabener, German author (Vom Misbrauch of the Satire)
- 1730 Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prus/US inspector-gen of Washington's army
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
1730 Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American military officer (major general of the Continental Army), born in Magdeburg (d. 1794)
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Marquis de Condorcet
1743 Marquis de Condorcet, French enlightenment philosopher (Condorcet Method), born in Ribemont, France (d. 1794)
Marquis de Condorcet
- 1764 John Goodricke, English astronomer/member Royal Society
- 1771 Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (d. 1816)
- 1774 Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist and hyperpolyglot (understood 70 languages), born in Bologna
- 1783 Samuel Prout, water-color painter
- 1798 Antonia M B Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat
- 1800 Franklin Buchanan, Admiral (Confederate Navy), (d. 1874)
- 1801 Edward William Lane, translator (Thousand & 1 Nights)
- 1819 Leon Foucault, French physicist (pendulum proved Earth rotates), born in Paris (d. 1968)
- 1819 Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st president (Republic South Africa)
- 1819 Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st US Vice President (D); died in office in 1885
- 1820 Earle Van Dorn, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1863)
- 1820 Émile Augier, French dramatist (d. 1889)
- 1825 Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, MC (Confederacy), (d. 1893)
- 1826 G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function)
- 1834 Edouard Pailleron, French attorney, poet and stage writer, born in Paris, France (d. 1899)
- 1839 Ira Erastus Davenport, American magician, claimed to be a spirit medium, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1911)
- 1853 Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Patristischen Philosophie)
- 1854 David Dunbar Buick, American automobile pioneer (d. 1929)
- 1857 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian pioneer in rocket and space research, born in Izhevskoye, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1935)
- 1859 Frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator
- 1861 Owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch)
- 1868 James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (d. 1956)
- 1869 Christian Lange, Norwegian pacifist/internationalist (Nobel 1921)
- 1874 Ben[jamin] Turpin, American comic (Uncle Tom Without the Cabin)
- 1879 Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian Social reformer (d. 1973)
- 1881 Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, English soldier (d. 1955)
- 1882 Anton H Blaauw, Dutch botanist (Perception of Light)
- 1883 William Carlos Williams, American poet
- 1884 Bastiaan de Gaay Fortman, Dutch historian/Justice of Curacao
- 1890 Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator famous for his WWII sign-on "There's good news tonight", born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1972)
- 1893 Abel J Herzberg, Russ/Dutch writer (Persecution of Jews)
- 1899 Winnie Lightner, Greenport NY, comedienne (Sit Tight, Side Show)
- 1900 John Willard Marriott, American hotelier (d. 1985)
- 1901 Francis Chichester, Barnstaple, Devon, English aviator and sailor (Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Frederick Ashton
1904 Frederick Ashton, British choreographer (Cinderella), born in Guayaquil, Ecuador (d. 1988)
Frederick Ashton
- 1906 Junius Richard Jayawardene, president (Sri Lanka, 1978-89)
- 1906 Edgar Wayburn, American environmentalist
- 1907 Desmond Heap, authority on British planning law
- 1907 Warren E Burger, Minn, Supreme Court chief justice (1969-86)
- 1909 Elizabeth Wilkinson, professor German University College London
- 1909 Kenneth Darling, Commander-in-chief Allied Forces, Northern Europe
- 1910 Vernon Thompson, thoracic surgeon
- 1912 Pauline Parsons, matron in chief (PMRAFNS)
- 1914 Shin Kanemaru, politician
- 1916 Mary Stewart, British sci-fi author (Crystal Cave), born in Sunderland, England (d. 2014)
- 1916 Ove J Abildgaard, Danish poet (Uglegylp)
- 1916 Oswald Garrison Villard Jr., American Engineer (electronics) who invented the over-the-horizon radar that could detect objects thousands of miles away and peer around the Earth's curvature, born in Dobbs Ferry, New York
- 1917 Lawrence Jacob, artist (Sanitarium), born in Atlantic City, New Jersey
- 1918 Chaim Herzog, Israeli president (1983-93), (d. 1997)
- 1920 Marjorie S Holt, (Rep-R-MD, 1973- )
- 1921 Virgilio Barco Vargas, President of Colombia (1986-90), born in Cúcuta, Colombia
- 1922 Agostinho Neto, poet/president Angola [or Dec 27]
- 1922 Naomi Datta, geneticist
- 1923 John Rigby Hale, British linguist and historian, born in Ashford, Kent (d. 1999)
- 1926 Donald Acheson, England's chief medical officer
- 1927 Ted Weiss, (Rep-D-NY, 1977-92)
- 1928 Brian Matthew, British disc jockey (Saturday Club), born in Coventry (d. 2017)
- 1929 John Stewart-Clark, MEP (C)
- 1929 Lord Craig of Radley, marshal (RAF)
- 1930 Edgar Mitchell, NASA astronaut (Apollo 14), born in Hereford Texas (d. 2016)
- 1930 Gwyn Francis, British Forestry commissioner
- 1930 Thomas P Stafford, Weatherford Ok, USAF/astronaut (Gem 6 9, Ap 10 18)
- 1930 Jim Rohn, American business philosopher
- 1932 Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1972-95), born in Rayyan (d. 2016)
- 1933 Charles E Grassley, (Sen-R-Iowa, 1981- )
- 1933 Desmond Fennell, British high court judge
- 1935 Ken Kesey, author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), born in La Junta Colorado (d. 2001)
- 1935 Timothy Bavin, Bishop of Portsmouth
- 1936 Jennifer Dickson, artist/photographer
- 1936 Mischa de Vreede, poetess (Our Eternal Hunger)
- 1936 Richard Gaskell, solicitor/president (Law Society)
- 1937 Albertine Sarrazin, French author (L'astragale, La Cavale)
- 1938 Alec Broers, master (Churchill College Cambridge)
- 1939 David Souter, American retired 107th Supreme Court Justice (1990-2009), born in Melrose, Massachusetts
- 1940 Jan Eliasson, Swedish diplomat
- 1941 Robert T Matsui, (Rep-D-California, 1979- )
- 1942 Robert Graysmith, Zodiac killer researcher
- 1943 Samuel T Durrance, PhD/astronaut (STS 35, STS 67), born in Tallahassee, Florida
- 1943 Sarah Lucas, theatre administrator (d. 1997)
- 1944 Reinhold Messner, Italian mountain climber (Mount Everest)
- 1946 Michael Jack, British minister of state-home office
- 1947 Jeff MacNelly, Puliter Prize-winning cartoonist (Shoe)
- 1947 Robert Kidd, marine geoscientist
- 1947 Tessa Jowell, British MP
- 1948 Patricia Kluge, Baghdad Iraq, wife of Billionaire John Kluge
Narendra Modi
1950 Narendra Modi, 15th Prime Minister of India, born in Vadnagar, Gujarat
Narendra Modi
- 1950 Chris Heister [Gun Christina Heister], Swedish politician, born in Östhammar, Uppsala
- 1950 Lawrence Anthony, Johannesberg, South Africa, conservationist and author, (d. 2012)
- 1953 Rita Rudner, comedienne (Funny People)
- 1953 Altaf Hussain, Pakistani politician and founder of MQM
- 1956 Brian Andreas, American writer, sculptor, painter and publisher
- 1957 David Bintley, choreographer
- 1961 Pamela Ann Melroy, Major USAF/astronaut (sk:STS 92), born in Palo Alto, California
- 1963 Rami Saari, Israeli poet and translator
- 1963 Michael Adler, American businessman
- 1963 Wendy Northcutt, Author of the Darwin Awards
- 1963 Amy Roloff, American reality star
- 1965 Yuji Naka, Japanese video game programmer
- 1968 Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece
- 1974 Tormod Granheim, Norwegian adventurer
- 1977 Latoya Warning, Suriname 4th Miss Teenager (1993)
- 1982 Hope Larson, American illustrator and cartoonist
- 1991 Jordan McCoy, American entertainer
- 1994 Taylor Ware, American yodeler
September in History
![Agatha Christie, The World's Best-Selling Novelist]()
Agatha Christie, The World's Best-Selling Novelist
Agatha Christie was born on this day. She went on to become the best-selling writer of all time, her novels having sold about 2 billion copies worldwide.
September 15, 1890![Mad Monk Burns 2,000 At The Stake]()
Mad Monk Burns 2,000 At The Stake
With convictions similar to the Nazis 500 years later, Spain's 15th Century Grand Inquisitor wanted to drive the Jews from his country.
September 16, 1498![Arc Lamps Light the Way to World-Beating Display]()
Arc Lamps Light the Way to World-Beating Display
"Artificial sunshine" came to a Northern England holiday resort in 1879, dazzling the visitors and showing the world the possibilities of outside electricity.
September 18, 1879![The Story of the First Country to Grant Women the Vote]()
The Story of the First Country to Grant Women the Vote
In the late 19th century the women's suffrage movement was widespread in Europe, America, Britain and its colonies. But who was first to grant women the vote?
September 19, 1893
