Birthdays in History on September 5

Louis XIV

1638 Louis XIV [Sun King], King of France (1643-1715), born in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France (d. 1715)

1644 Gillis Schey, Dutch admiral (battle at Lowestoft) (D. 1703)
1667 Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician, born in Sanremo, Italy (d. 1733)
1688 Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Fight of Kings & Mice)
1695 Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1770)
1722 Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony, born in Dresden Castle, Dresden, Germany (d. 1763)
1725 Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician, born in Lyon, France (d. 1799)
1750 Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (Scottish poems), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1774)
1771 Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1847)
1775 Juan Martín Díez, El Empecinado (The Undaunted), Spanish guerrillero, born in Valladolid, Spain (d. 1825)
1787 François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist, born in Paris (d. 1850)

1792 Pierre-Armand Dufrénoy, French geologist and mineralogist, born in Sevran, France (d. 1857)
1806 Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general, born in Nantes, France (d. 1865)
1809 Manuel Montt Torres, President of Chile (851-61), born in Petorca, Chile (d. 1880)
1815 Tyree Harris Bell, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Covington, Kentucky (d. 1902)
1817 Aleksei K. Tolstoi, Russian poet and writer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1875) [NS]
1827 Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and writer, born in Genoa, Italy (d. 1849)
1836 Justiniano Borgoño, President of Peru (1894), born in Trujillo, Peru (d. 1921)
1846 John W Cromwell, American lawyer and civil right activist (American Negro Academy), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 1927)

Jesse James

1847 Jesse James, American outlaw, son of a clergyman, born in Kearney, Missouri (d. 1882)

1876 Abdelaziz Thâalbi, Tunisian politician, born in Tunis, Tunisia (d. 1944)
1876 Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal, born in Landsberg am Lech, Germany (d. 1956)
1877 Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter and etcher, born in Schaarbeek, Brussels, Belgium (d. 1920)
1881 Otto Bauer, Austrian Social Democrat, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1938)
1885 John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (National monument on the Dam), born in Amsterdam (d. 1956)
1888 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and leader, Second President of India (1962-67), born in Thiruttani, British India (d. 1975)
1890 Albert H Edelkoort, theologist (Zondebesef) (d. 1956)
1905 Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-British writer (Arrow in Blue), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1983)
1905 Justiniano Montano, Filipino politician, born in Tanza, Cavite, Philippines (d. 2005)
1906 Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Semj Dnej Nedeli), born in Odessa, Ukraine [NS=Sept 18]
1913 Connie Stuart [Cornelia van Meygard], Dutch cabaret performer, born in Wijhe, Netherlands (d. 2010)
1914 Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet, mathematician, and physicist (Defense of Violeta Parra), born in San Fabián de Alico, Chile (d. 2018)
1916 Frank Yerby, American novelist (The Foxes of Harrow), born in Augusta, Georgia (d. 1991)
1920 Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, Dutch author (Anna & her Father), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1992)
1923 Arthur C. Nielsen, American businessman and market researcher (TV's Nielsen's Ratings), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1980)
1925 Jos Vandeloo, Flemish journalist and playwright (Cola Drinkers), born in Zonhoven, Belgium (d. 2015)

1925 Justin Kaplan, editor and biographer (Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain - Pulitzer Price 1967), born in NYC, New York (d. 2014)

Paul Volcker

1927 Paul Volcker, American economist and Chairman of the US Federal Reserve (1979-87), born in Cape May, New Jersey

1929 Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Vostok III, Soyuz 9), born in Shorshely, Russia (d. 2004)
1933 Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilean catholic archbishop, born in Santiago, Chile
1935 Mikhail Ivanovich Lisun, Russian cosmonaut, born in Gruzkoye, Ukraine (d. 2012)
1935 Werner Erhard, American author and lecturer (founded EST), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1936 Alcee Hastings, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida), born in Altamonte Springs, Florida
1936 John C Danforth, American politician (Sen-R-Missouri, 1976-95), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1936 Jonathan Kozol, American writer and sociologist, born in Boston, Massachusetts
1942 Werner Herzog, German director (Burden of Dreams, Stroszek, Woyzeck), born in Munich, Germany
1943 Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician and former DSWD Secretary (d. 2007)
1944 Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, born in Rome (d. 1996)
1948 Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician, born in Salzburg, Austria
1950 Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist (Cathy), born in Dayton, Ohio
1950 Paul William Roberts, Canadian writer, born in Wales
1954 Frederick Kempe, American author, journalist, and executive, born in Utah
1965 Christopher Nolan, Irish handicapped writer (Under Eye of Clock), born in Mullingar, Ireland (d. 2009)
1965 César Rincón, Colombian matador, born in Bogotá, Colombia
1977 Joseba Etxeberria, Spanish football winger, born in Elgoibar, Spain
1985 Tatia Jayne Starkey, Ringo Starr's 1st grandchild, born in London
1987 Pierre Casiraghi, son of Princess Caroline of Monaco, born in Princess Grace Hospital Centre, Monaco