September 5th – Famous Birthdays!

Sep 05

September 5th – Famous Birthdays!

The Tweens News | English

Happy Birthday To:

* 1187 – Louis VIII of France (d. 1226)
* 1568 – Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher, and poet (d. 1639)
* 1621 – Juan Andrés Coloma, Spanish noble (d. 1694)
* 1638 – Louis XIV of France (d. 1715)
* 1667 – Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (d. 1733)
* 1695 – Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (d. 1770)
* 1722 – Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (d. 1763)
* 1725 – Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (d. 1799)
* 1735 – Johann Christian Bach, German composer (d. 1782)
* 1750 – Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (d. 1774)
* 1774 – Caspar David Friedrich, German artist (d. 1840)
* 1787 – François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (d. 1850)
* 1791 – Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (d. 1864)
* 1792 – Pierre-Armand Dufrénoy, French geologist and mineralogist (d. 1857)
* 1807 – Richard Chenevix Trench, Irish Anglican clergyman and philologist (d. 1886)
* 1809 – Manuel Montt Torres, Chilean politician (d. 1880)
* 1826 – John Wisden, England cricketer (d. 1884)
* 1827 – Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and writer (d. 1849)
* 1836 – Justiniano Borgoño, President of Peru (d. 1921)
* 1850 – Jack Daniel, Creator of Jack Daniel’s (d. 1911)
* 1857 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist and inventor (d. 1935)
* 1867 – Amy Beach, American composer and pianist (d. 1944)
* 1874 – Nap Lajoie, American baseball player (d. 1959)
* 1876 – Abdelaziz Thâalbi, Tunisian politician (d. 1944)
* 1881 – Otto Bauer, Austrian politician (d. 1938)
* 1888 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, second President of India (d. 1975)
* 1892 – Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (d. 1973)
* 1897 – Ella Schuler, American supercentenarian
* 1897 – Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst (d. 1980)
* 1901 – Mario Scelba, Italian politician (d. 1991)
* 1902 – Darryl F. Zanuck, American film producer and executive (d. 1979)
* 1905 – Arthur Koestler, Hungarian writer (d. 1983)
* 1905 – Justiniano Montano, Filipino politician (d. 2005)
* 1908 – Gloria Holden, British actress (d. 1991)
* 1909 – Archie Jackson, Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
* 1910 – Phiroze Palia, Indian cricketer (d. 1981)
* 1910 – Leila Mackinlay, British romance writer
* 1912 – John Cage, American composer (d. 1992)
* 1912 – Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer (d. 2001)
* 1912 – Frank Thomas, American animator (d. 2004)
* 1914 – Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet and mathematician
* 1916 – Frank Yerby American novelist (d. 1991)
* 1916 – Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster) (d. 2002)
* 1917 – Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racing driver and trainer (d. 2008)
* 1918 – Luis Alcoriza, Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor (d. 1992)
* 1918 – Jean-Marie Poitras, Canadian businessman and senator (d. 2009)
* 1921 – Jack Valenti, American political advisor and film executive (d. 2007)
* 1923 – Ken Meuleman, Australian cricketer (d. 2004)
* 1924 – Paul Dietzel, American college football coach
* 1927 – Paul Volcker, American economist
* 1929 – Bob Newhart, American actor and comedian
* 1929 – Andrian Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2004)
* 1933 – Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilien Catholic archbishop
* 1934 – Carol Lawrence, American actress and singer
* 1935 – Johnny Briggs, English actor
* 1935 – Paul Josef Cordes, German Roman Catholic Cardinal
* 1936 – Jonathan Kozol, American writer, sociologist
* 1936 – Bill Mazeroski, American baseball player
* 1936 – John Danforth, American politician
* 1936 – Robert Burns, Canadian politician
* 1937 – Antonio Valentin Angelillo, Argentinian footballer
* 1937 – Colin Wesley, South African cricketer
* 1937 – William Devane, American actor
* 1938 – John Ferguson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
* 1939 – John Stewart, American musician (The Kingston Trio) (d. 2008)
* 1939 – George Lazenby, Australian actor
* 1939 – Clay Regazzoni, Swiss racing driver (d. 2006)
* 1940 – Raquel Welch, American actress
* 1941 – Dave Dryden, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
* 1942 – Werner Herzog, German film director
* 1942 – Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (d. 1995)
* 1942 – Denise Fabre French television presenter
* 1943 – Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician (d. 2007)
* 1944 – Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, author and playwright (d. 1996)
* 1945 – Al Stewart, Scottish singer and songwriter
* 1946 – Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born English singer and songwriter (Queen) (d. 1991)
* 1946 – Dennis Dugan, American actor and film director
* 1946 – Loudon Wainwright III, American singer and composer
* 1947 – Buddy Miles, American musician (d. 2008)
* 1947 – Bruce Yardley, Australian cricketer
* 1948 – Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician
* 1950 – Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist
* 1950 – Paul William Roberts, Canadian writer
* 1951 – Paul Breitner, German footballer
* 1951 – Patti McGuire, American model and television producer
* 1951 – Michael Keaton, American actor (Cars, Cars 2, Toy Story 3, Batman, Batman Returns)
* 1954 – Frederick Kempe, American author, journalist, and executive
* 1954 – Richard Austin, West Indian cricketer
* 1956 – Roine Stolt, Swedish guitarist (The Flower Kings)
* 1957 – Peter Winnen, Dutch bicycle road athlete
* 1961 – Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist
* 1962 – Peter Wingfield, Welsh actor
* 1963 – Juan Alderete, American bassist (Racer X)
* 1963 – Jeff Brantley, American baseball player
* 1963 – Jonathan Phillips, English actor
* 1963 – Taki Inoue, Japanese racing driver
* 1963 – Kristian Alfonso, American actress
* 1964 – Frank Farina, Australian footballer
* 1964 – Ken Norman, American basketball player
* 1964 – Amanda Ooms, Swedish actress
* 1965 – David Brabham, Australian racing driver
* 1965 – Chris Gore, American filmmaker
* 1966 – Achero Mañas, Spanish actor and film director
* 1966 – Milinko Pantić, Serbian footballer
* 1967 – India Hicks, English model
* 1967 – Jane Sixsmith, English field hockey player
* 1968 – Dennis Scott, American basketball player
* 1968 – Brad Wilk, American musician (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine)
* 1969 – Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo, Brazilian footballer
* 1969 – Mark Ramprakash, English cricketer
* 1969 – Dweezil Zappa, American musician
* 1970 – Kim Hye-su, South Korean actress and model
* 1970 – Liam Lynch, American musician (Sifl and Olly)
* 1970 – Mohammad Rafique, Bangladeshi cricketer
* 1971 – Adam Hollioake, England cricketer
* 1972 – Shane Sewell, Canadian professional wrestler
* 1972 – Guy Whittall, Zimbabwean cricketer
* 1973 – Rose McGowan, Italian-born actress
* 1973 – Alexandra Kerry, daughter of American Senator John Kerry
* 1973 – Paddy Considine, English actor
* 1974 – Rawl Lewis, West Indian cricketer
* 1975 – Rod Barajas, American baseball player
* 1975 – George Boateng, Dutch footballer
* 1975 – Matt Geyer, Australian rugby league footballer
* 1975 – Jamie Spaniolo, American rapper
* 1976 – Tatyana Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast
* 1976 – Carice van Houten, Dutch actress
* 1976 – Richard Marsland, Australian comedian/writer and radio personality
* 1977 – Rosevelt Colvin, American football player
* 1977 – Joseba Etxeberria, Spanish football winger
* 1977 – Minoru Fujita, Japanese professional wrestler
* 1977 – Alexey Harkov, Russian bassist (Kipelov, Sergey Mavrin)
* 1977 – Nazr Mohammed, American Basketball player
* 1978 – Laura Bertram, Canadian actress
* 1978 – Chris Jack, New Zealand rugby union footballer
* 1978 – Zhang Zhong, Chinese chess player
* 1978 – Sylvester Joseph, West Indian cricketer
* 1978 – Yu Nan, Chinese actress
* 1979 – John Carew, Norwegian footballer
* 1979 – Stacey Dales, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster
* 1979 – George O’Callaghan, Irish footballer
* 1979 – Stewart Holden, English scrabble player
* 1979 – Salvatore Mastronunzio, Italian footballer
* 1980 – Franco Costanzo, Argentinian football goalkeeper
* 1981 – Nina Eichinger, German actress
* 1981 – Filippo Volandri, Italian tennis player
* 1981 – Daniel Moreno, Spanish professional bicyclist
* 1982 – Alexandre Geijo, Spanish/Swiss footballer
* 1982 – Sondre Lerche, Norwegian musician
* 1983 – Eugen Bopp, Ukrainian-German footballer
* 1983 – Pablo Granoche, Uruguayan footballer
* 1983 – Xavier Susai, Australian comedian
* 1983 – Antony Sweeney, Hartlepool United footballer
* 1984 – Chris Anker Sørensen, Danish professional bicyclist
* 1985 – Ryan Guy, American soccer player
* 1986 – Colt McCoy, American football player
* 1986 – Pragyan Ojha, Indian cricketer
* 1987 – Prince Pierre Casiraghi of Monaco
* 1987 – Silvestre Rasuk, American actor
* 1988 – Nuri Şahin, Turkish footballer
* 1989 – Ben Youngs, English rugby union
* 1990 – Kim Yu-Na, Korean figure skater
* 1991 – Skandar Keynes, English actor
* 1993 – Gage Golightly, American actress