September 18 - Births

Births

53 – Trajan, Roman emperor (d. 117)
1344 – Marie of Valois, Duchess of Bar (d. 1404)
1434 – Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)
1587 – Francesca Caccini, Italian composer, singer, and poet (d. 1640)
1643 – Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop, theologian, and historian (d. 1715)
1676 – Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)
1684 – Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer (d. 1748)
1709 – Samuel Johnson, English author and lexicographer (d. 1784)
1711 – Ignaz Holzbauer, Austrian composer (d. 1783)
1733 – George Read, American lawyer and politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1798)
1750 – Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet (d. 1791)
1752 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (d. 1833)
1765 – Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)
1779 – Joseph Story, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1845)
1786 – Christian VIII of Denmark (d. 1848)
1786 – Justinus Kerner, German poet (d. 1862)
1812 – Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (d. 1880)
1819 – Léon Foucault, French physicist (d. 1868)
1837 – Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (d. 1880)
1838 – Anton Mauve, Dutch painter (d. 1888)
1846 – Richard With, Norwegian businessman, politician, and captain (d. 1930)
1848 – Francis Grierson, English-American composer and pianist (d. 1927)
1852 – Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist (d. 1922)
1857 – John Hessin Clarke, American jurist (d. 1945)
1858 – Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (d. 1955)
1859 – John L. Bates, American politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
1859 – Lincoln Loy McCandless, American businessman and politician (d. 1940)
1860 – Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer (d. 1942)
1863 – Hermann Kutter, Swiss theologian (d. 1931)
1870 – Clark Wissler, American anthropologist (d. 1947)
1872 – Carl Friedberg, German pianist (d. 1955)
1874 – Georges Lumpp, French rower (d. 1934)
1875 – Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d. 1945)
1876 – James Scullin, Australian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953)
1878 – James O. Richardson, American navy admiral (d. 1974)
1883 – Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, author, and painter (d. 1950)
1885 – Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, publicist, and playwright (d. 1948)
1888 – Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 1938)
1888 – Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist (d. 1953)
1889 – Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (d. 1970)
1889 – Leslie Morshead, Australian soldier, businessman, and educator (d. 1959)
1893 – Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer (d. 1960)
1893 – William March, American author (d. 1954)
1894 – Fay Compton, English actress (d. 1978)
1895 – John Diefenbaker, Canadian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979)
1895 – Walter Koch. German astrologer (d. 1970)
1895 – Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2009)
1897 – Pablo Sorozábal, Basque-Spanish composer (d. 1988)
1900 – Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (d. 1985)
1900 – Willis Laurence James, American violinist (d. 1966)
1901 – Harold Clurman, American director and producer (d. 1980)
1904 – Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1988)
1904 – David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, English politician (d. 1999)
1905 – Eddie Anderson, American actor (d. 1977)
1905 – Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
1905 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990)
1906 – Julio Rosales, Filipino cardinal (d. 1983)
1906 – Kaka Hathrasi, Indian poet (d. 1995)
1907 – Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. 2005)
1907 – Edwin McMillan, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1908 – Viktor Hambardzumyan, Soviet-Armenian scientist (d. 1996)
1910 – Joseph Tal, Israeli composer (d. 2008)
1911 – Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
1911 – Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish politician and ufologist (d. 1995)
1912 – María De la Cruz, Chilean activist and journalist (d. 1995)
1912 – Kurt Lotz, German businessman (d. 2005)
1914 – Jack Cardiff, English director, cinematographer, and photographer (d. 2009)
1916 – Frank Bell, English educator (d. 1989)
1916 – Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor and singer (d. 1994)
1916 – John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
1917 – June Foray, American voice actress
1917 – Francis Parker Yockey, American author (d. 1960)
1919 – Tommy Hunter, American fiddler (d. 1993)
1920 – Jack Warden, American actor (d. 2006)
1922 – Grayson Hall, American actress (d. 1985)
1922 – Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer
1923 – Queen Anne of Romania
1923 – Peter Smithson, English architect (d. 2003)
1923 – Bertha Wilson, Canadian jurist (d. 2007)
1924 – J. D. Tippit, American police officer (d. 1963)
1925 – Harvey Haddix, American baseball player (d. 1994)
1925 – Dorothy Wedderburn, English academic (d. 2012)
1926 – Bud Greenspan, American director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2010)
1926 – Joe Kubert, American writer and illustrator, founded The Kubert School (d. 2012)
1926 – Bob Toski, American golfer
1927 – Phyllis Kirk, American actress (d. 2006)
1929 – Teddi King, American singer (d. 1977)
1929 – Nancy Littlefield, American director and producer (d. 2007)
1929 – Bert Worner, Australian footballer (d. 2012)
1932 – Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Soviet astronaut (d. 2002)
1933 – Bob Bennett, American politician
1933 – Robert Blake, American actor
1933 – Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey coach
1933 – Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov, Russian opera singer
1933 – Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (d. 2012)
1933 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1935 – John Spencer, English snooker player (d. 2006)
1936 – Big Tom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Big Tom and The Mainliners)
1937 – Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player
1939 – Frankie Avalon, American actor and singer
1939 – Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman
1939 – Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal
1939 – Fred Willard, American comedian, actor, and author
1942 – Gabriella Ferri, Italian singer (d. 2004)
1942 – Alex Stepney, English footballer
1944 – Satan's Angel, American dancer
1944 – Michael Franks, American singer-songwriter
1944 – Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
1944 – Charles L. Veach, American astronaut (d. 1995)
1945 – P. F. Sloan, American singer-songwriter and producer
1945 – John McAfee, American computer programmer
1946 – Benjamín Brea, Venezuelan musician and composer
1946 – Nicholas Clay, English actor (d. 2000)
1946 – Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (d. 1992)
1946 – Billy Drago, American actor
1946 – Otis Sistrunk, American football player
1947 – Russ Abbot, English comedian, actor, and singer
1947 – Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and academic
1947 – Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team
1948 – Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author
1948 – Rodger Beckman, American baseball player
1948 – Ken Brett, American baseball player (d. 2003)
1948 – Christopher Skase, Australian businessman (d. 2001)
1949 – Kerry Livgren, American musician and songwriter (Kansas, AD, and Proto-Kaw)
1949 – Jim McCrery, American lawyer and politician
1949 – Mo Mowlam, English politician (d. 2005)
1949 – Peter Shilton, English footballer
1950 – Shabana Azmi, Indian actress
1950 – Chris Heister, Swedish politician
1950 – Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player
1950 – Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright
1951 – Ben Carson, American neurosurgeon
1951 – Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Ramones) (d. 2002)
1951 – Tony Scott, American baseball player
1951 – Darryl Stingley, American football player (d. 2007)
1951 – Marc Surer, Swiss race car driver
1952 – Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Greek politician
1952 – Rick Pitino, American basketball coach
1953 – Betsy Boze, American academic
1953 – Carl Jackson, American singer-songwriter and producer
1953 – John McGlinn, American conductor (d. 2009)
1954 – Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1996)
1954 – Takao Doi, Japanese astronaut
1954 – Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (d. 2007)
1954 – Steven Pinker, Canadian-American psychologist and author
1954 – Tommy Tuberville, American football player and coach
1955 – Keith Morris, American singer-songwriter (Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and Off!)
1955 – Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (d. 2006)
1956 – Chris Hedges, American journalist and author
1956 – Tim McInnerny, English actor
1956 – Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player
1957 – Emily Remler, American guitarist (d. 1990)
1958 – John Aldridge, Irish footballer
1958 – Don Geronimo, American radio host
1958 – Linda Lusardi, English actress and model
1958 – Joan Walsh, American journalist
1959 – Ian Arkwright, English footballer
1959 – Mark Romanek, American director
1959 – Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player
1960 – Stephen Flaherty, American composer
1960 – Karim Rashid, Egyptian-Canadian designer
1961 – James Gandolfini, American actor
1961 – Mark Olson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Jayhawks and Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers)
1961 – Lori and George Schappell, American conjoined twins
1962 – Joanne Catherall, English singer (The Human League)
1962 – John Fashanu, English footballer
1962 – John Mann, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Spirit of the West)
1962 – Aden Ridgeway, Australian politician
1962 – Boris Said, American race car driver
1963 – Jim Pocklington, English race car driver
1963 – John Powell, English composer
1964 – Jens Henschel, German footballer
1964 – Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter
1964 – Holly Robinson Peete, American actress and singer
1966 – Tom Chorske, American ice hockey player
1967 – Ricky Bell, American singer (New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe)
1967 – Tara FitzGerald, English actress
1968 – Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player
1968 – Upendra, Indian actor, singer, director, and screenwriter
1969 – Cappadonna, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan and Theodore Unit)
1970 – Mike Compton, American football player
1970 – Dan Eldon, English photographer and journalist (d. 1993)
1970 – Darren Gough, English cricketer
1970 – Aisha Tyler, American comedian, actress, and author
1971 – Lance Armstrong, American cyclist and activist, founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation
1971 – Anna Netrebko, Russian soprano
1971 – Jada Pinkett Smith, American model and actress
1971 – Michael Patrick Walker, American composer and songwriter
1972 – Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer
1972 – Adam Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Low Millions)
1972 – David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
1973 – Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 – James Marsden, American actor
1973 – Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy AmiYumi)
1973 – Mark Shuttleworth, South African-English businessman, founded Canonical Ltd.
1974 – Prodigy, American rapper and producer (Mobb Deep)
1974 – Xzibit, American rapper and actor (Likwit Crew)
1974 – Sol Campbell, English footballer
1974 – Andrew Hansen, Australian comedian, scriptwriter, and singer
1974 – Damon Jones, American football player
1974 – Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player
1974 – Travis Schuldt, American actor
1975 – Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian target shooter
1975 – Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian
1975 – Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican photographer and painter
1976 – Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
1976 – Kikki Daire, American porn actress
1976 – Gabriel Gervais, Canadian soccer player
1977 – Li Tie, Chinese footballer
1977 – Kieran West, English rower
1978 – Pilar López de Ayala, Spanish actress
1978 – Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
1979 – Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer
1979 – Alison Lohman, American actress
1979 – Vinay Rai, Indian actor
1979 – Simon Trpčeski, Macedonian pianist
1980 – Jonathan Biss, American pianist
1980 – Mickey Higham, English rugby player
1980 – Avi Strool, Israeli footballer
1980 – Chris Tarrant, Australian footballer
1981 – Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and singer
1981 – JeA (singer), Leader of South Korean girlgroup Brown Eyed Girls
1982 – Alessandro Cibocchi, Italian footballer
1982 – Alfredo Talavera, Mexican footballer
1983 – Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer
1984 – Jack Carpenter, American actor
1984 – Anthony Gonzalez, American football player
1986 – Keeley Hazell, English model and actress
1988 – Asher Book, American singer, dancer, and actor (V Factory)
1988 – Annette Obrestad, Norwegian poker player
1989 – Serge Ibaka, Congolese-Spanish basketball player
1990 – Lewis Holtby, German footballer
1992 – Amber Liu, American-South Korean singer and dancer f(x)
1993 – Patrick Schwarzenegger, American model and actor