Notable Birthdays on September 17th
September 17th Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
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 (d. 1621) |
1552 |
Paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope (1605-21) |
1580 |
Charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange |
1605 |
Francesco Sacrati, composer |
1619 |
John Lambert, English general-major/parliament 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, first queen of Philip V of Spain (d. 1714) |
1711 |
Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, composer |
1714 |
Gottlieb W Rabener, German author (Vom Misbrauch of the Satire) |
1730 |
Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prus/US inspector-gen of Washington's army |
1739 |
John Rutledge, 2nd (appointed) Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1800) |
1743 |
Jean-Marie Caritat, France, mathematician |
1743 |
Marquis de Condorcet, Aisn France, enlightenment philosopher (Condorcet Method), (d. 1794) |
1748 |
Robert Wainwright, composer |
1764 |
John Goodricke, English astronomer/member Royal Society |
1765 |
Gregory XVI, [Bartolomeo A Cappellari/Mauro], Italy, Pope |
1767 |
Henri-Montan Berton, composer |
1771 |
Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (d. 1816) |
1774 |
Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages) |
1783 |
Samuel Prout, water-color painter |
1795 |
Giuseppi Saverio Rafaele Mercadante, composer |
1798 |
Antonia M B Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat |
1800 |
Franklin Buchanan, Admiral (Confederate Navy), died in 1874 |
1801 |
Edward William Lane, translator (Thousand & 1 Nights) |
1814 |
Stefano Ronchetti-Molnteviti, composer |
1818 |
Halfdan Kjeruif, composer (Kjerulf) |
1819 |
Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault, physicist (pendulum proved Earth rotates) |
1819 |
Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st president (Republic South Africa) |
1819 |
Thomas Andrews Hendricks, (D) 21st US VP; died in office |
1820 |
Earle Van Dorn, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 |
1820 |
Émile Augier, French dramatist (d. 1889) |
1821 |
Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer |
1825 |
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, MC (Confederacy), died in 1893 |
1826 |
G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function) |
1834 |
Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer |
1849 |
Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer |
1853 |
Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Patristischen Philosophie) |
1854 |
Hans Muller, music historian |
1854 |
David Dunbar Buick, American automobile pioneer (d.1929) |
1857 |
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket & space research |
1859 |
Frank D Adams, Canada geologist/educator |
1859 |
Richard Henry Warren, composer |
1861 |
Owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch) |
1868 |
James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (d. 1956) |
1869 |
Christian Lange, Norway, pacifist/internationalist (Nobel 1921) |
1874 |
Ben[jamin] Turpin, US, comic (Uncle Tom Without the Cabin) |
1875 |
Vyacheslav Gavrilovich Karatigin, composer |
1877 |
Jean Hure, composer |
1878 |
Vincenzo Tommasini, composer |
1879 |
Rube Foster, American baseball player, manager and executive (d. 1930) |
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 |
Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners, 14th baron/composer |
1883 |
William Carlos Williams, American poet |
1884 |
Bastiaan de Gaay Fortman, Dutch historian/Justice of Curacao |
1884 |
Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Elmira NY, composer (White Peacock) |
1885 |
George Cleveland, Sydney Nova Scotia, actor (Courage of Lassie) |
1885 |
Uzeir Abdul Huseyn Hajibeyov, composer |
1890 |
Lubov Tchernicheva, Russian ballerina |
1891 |
Leslie Lincoln Henson, actor (Lady Luck, Funny Face, Harvey) |
1892 |
Hendrik F Andriessen, Dutch organist/composer (Ballade of Merel) |
1893 |
Abel J Herzberg, Russ/Dutch writer (Persecution of Jews) |
1894 |
Fay Compton, [Virginia Lillian Emeline Compton], actress (Haunting) |
1896 |
Denise Grey, [Edouardine Verthuy], Turin Italy, actress (Julietta) |
1899 |
Winnie Lightner, Greenport NY, comedienne (Sit Tight, Side Show) |
1900 |
John Willard Marriott, American hotelier (d. 1985) |
1900 |
Hughie Critz, baseball player (d. 1980) |
1901 |
Francis Chichester, Barnstaple, Devon, English aviator and sailor (Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire) |
1902 |
Esther Ralston, Bar Harbor ME, American Venus/actress (Old Ironsides) |
1903 |
Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (d. 1984) |
1904 |
Frederick Ashton, Ecuador, British choreographer (Cinderella), (d. 1988) |
1904 |
Jerry Colonna, Boston MA, actor (Road to Morocco, Road to Singapore) |
1905 |
Dolores Costello, Pittsburgh PA, actress (Little Lord Fauntleroy) |
1905 |
Hans Freudenthal, Dutch mathematician/director (OW&OC) |
1905 |
Jorge Urrutia Blondel, composer |
1906 |
Junius Richard Jayawardene, president (Sri Lanka, 1978-89) |
1906 |
Edgar Wayburn, American environmentalist |
1907 |
Desmond Heap, authority on British planning law |
1907 |
Helen Vinson, TX, actress (Transatlantic Tunnel, In Name Only) |
1907 |
Warren E Burger, Minn, Supreme Court chief justice (1969-86) |
1908 |
Franz J A Grothe, German composer |
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) |
1912 |
Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress and comedian |
1913 |
Jorgen Jersild, composer |
1914 |
Shin Kanemaru, politician |
1916 |
Mary [Florence Elinor] Stewart, UK, sci-fi author (Crystal Cave) |
1916 |
Ove J Abildgaard, Danish poet (Uglegylp) |
1916 |
Oswald Garrison Villard Jr., Dobbs Ferry New York, 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 |
1917 |
Isang Yun, composer |
1917 |
Lawrence Jacob, Atlantic City NJ, artist (Sanitarium) |
1917 |
Peter Bennett, London, actor (Leonides-Adv of Sir Lancelot) |
1918 |
Chaim Herzog, Israeli president (1983-93), (d. 1997) |
1920 |
Dinah Sheridan, actress (Genevieve, Railway Children), (d. 2012) |
1920 |
Marjorie S Holt, (Rep-R-MD, 1973- ) |
1921 |
Virgilio Barco Vargas, president of Colombia (1986-90) |
1922 |
Agostinho Neto, poet/president Angola [or Dec 27] |
1922 |
Naomi Datta, geneticist |
1922 |
Ursula Howells, London, actress (Girly, Murder is Announced) |
1923 |
Hank Williams, country singer (Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin') |
1923 |
John Hale, linguist |
1925 |
Dorothy Loudon, Boston, Massachusetts, American actress and singer (Garry Moore Show, Annie) |
1926 |
Bill Black, rocker |
1926 |
Donald Acheson, England's chief medical officer |
1926 |
Reginald Marsh, actor (Sicilians, It Happened Here) |
1927 |
George Blanda, Penn, NFL kicker/quarterback (Bears, Oilers, Raiders) |
1927 |
Ted Weiss, (Rep-D-NY, 1977-92) |
1928 |
Brian Matthew, British disc jockey |
1928 |
Roddy McDowall, London England, actor (Planet of Apes, Lord Love a Duck) |
1929 |
John Stewart-Clark, MEP (C) |
1929 |
Lord Craig of Radley, marshal (RAF) |
1929 |
Stirling Moss, London England, race car driver |
1929 |
Pat Crowley, American actress |
1930 |
David Huddleston, Vinton Va, actor (How the West Was Won) |
1930 |
Edgar Dean Mitchell, Hereford Texas, Capt USN/astronaut (Apollo 14) |
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 |
1930 |
Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist |
1931 |
Anne Bancroft, Bronx, actr (Graduate, Miracle Worker), (d. 2005) |
1933 |
Charles E Grassley, (Sen-R-Iowa, 1981- ) |
1933 |
D A Fenner, British headmaster (Alleyn's School) |
1933 |
Desmond Fennell, British high court judge |
1933 |
Patricia Crowley, Olyphant Pa, actress (Please Don't Eat the Daisies) |
1934 |
Little Milton [James Milton Campbell], Inverness Mississippii, blues singer and guitarist |
1934 |
Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, Ca, tennis, 1st woman grand slam (1953) |
1934 |
Orlando Cepeda, Giants player (NL MVP 1967) |
1935 |
Ken Kesey, author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) |
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) |
1937 |
Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player |
1938 |
Alec Broers, master (Churchill College Cambridge) |
1938 |
Paul Benedict, Silver City NM, actor (Harry-Jeffersons) |
1939 |
David H Souter, Weir NH, 107th Supreme Court Justice (1990- ) |
1939 |
Joseph Mosikili, South African actor/singer |
1939 |
Lamonte McLemore, St Louis Mo, rock vocalist (5th Dimension) |
1939 |
Shelby Flint, American singer |
1940 |
Jan Eliasson, Swedish diplomat |
1940 |
Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (d. 2007) |
1941 |
Robert T Matsui, (Rep-D-California, 1979- ) |
1941 |
William Grut, Sweden, penthalete (Olympic-gold-1948), (d. 2012) |
1942 |
Beverly Aadland, Hollywood Cal, Errol Flynns last girlfriend |
1942 |
Desmond Lynam, British sportscaster |
1942 |
Doris Brown-Heritage, US, 800m track star (Olympic-gold-1968) |
1942 |
Robert Graysmith, Zodiac killer researcher |
1943 |
Samuel T Durrance, Tallahassee Fl, PhD/astronaut (STS 35, STS 67) |
1943 |
Sarah Lucas, theatre administrator |
1944 |
Mary Lou Crocker, LPGA golfer |
1944 |
Reinhold Messner, Italian mountain climber (Mount Everest) |
1945 |
Phil Jackson, Deer Lodge Montana, American basketball player and coach (Knicks/Bulls/Lakers) |
1945 |
Bruce Spence, New Zealand actor |
1946 |
Billy Bonds, British soccer player |
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 |
John Ritter, Burbank California, actor (Jack-3's Company, Hearts Afire) |
1948 |
Patricia Kluge, Baghdad Iraq, wife of Billionaire John Kluge |
1950 |
Fee Waybill, Ohaha Neb, rocker (Tubes) |
1950 |
Narendra Modi, Indian politician |
1950 |
Chris Heister, Swedish politician |
1950 |
Lawrence Anthony, Johannesberg, South Africa, conservationist and author, (d. 2012) |
1951 |
Cassandra Peterson, [Elvira], KS, actress (Echo Park, Elvira) |
1952 |
Steve Sanders, Richland Ga, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira) |
1953 |
Altaf Hussain, Pakistani politician and founder of MQM |
1954 |
Joël-François Durand, French composer |
1955 |
Rita Rudner, comedienne (Funny People) |
1955 |
Scott William Simpson, San Diego CA, PGA golfer (1987 US Open) |
1955 |
Koralia Karanti, Greek actress |
1955 |
Charles Martinet, American actor |
1956 |
Thad Bosley. American major league baseball player |
1956 |
Brian Andreas, American writer, sculptor, painter and publisher |
1957 |
David Bintley, choreographer |
1958 |
Daniel Nunez, Cuba, weightlifter (Olympic-gold-1980) |
1959 |
Hank Ilesic, Edmonton, CFL punter, place kicker (Edmonton, Toronto) |
1960 |
Hank Baran, San Diego California, Canadian Tour golfer (1988 Won Mexican) |
1960 |
John Franco, Brooklyn NY, pitcher (NY Mets) |
1960 |
Terry Nihen, Concord Mass, playmate (December, 1983) |
1961 |
Pamela Ann Melroy, Palo Alto California, Major USAF/astronaut (sk:STS 92) |
1961 |
Ty Tabor, American guitarist and singer (King's X) |
1962 |
Dustin Nguyen, Saigon Vietnam, actor (Harry-21 Jump Street) |
1962 |
Wayne Riley, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer |
1962 |
Baz Luhrmann, Australian film director |
1963 |
Masahiro Chono, wrestler (NJPW) |
1963 |
Rami Saari, Israeli poet and translator |
1963 |
Michael Adler, American businessman |
1963 |
Steven Dye, English musician (Scarlet Party), (The Alan Parsons Project) |
1963 |
Wendy Northcutt, Author of the Darwin Awards |
1963 |
Amy Roloff, American reality star |
1963 |
James Urbaniak, American actor |
1964 |
Christian Conrad, actor (Charley Hannah, High Mountain Rangers) |
1964 |
Karen Straker, horse show jumper |
1965 |
Yuji Naka, Japanese video game programmer |
1965 |
Guy Picciotto, American musician (Rites of Spring, Fugazi) |
1965 |
Bryan Singer, American director |
1966 |
Fred Childress, CFL guard (Calgary Stampeders) |
1967 |
Dan Dupuis, Ashcroft BC, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Canadian Golf) |
1967 |
Derek Ware, NFL tight end (Cin Bengals) |
1967 |
Malik Yoba, actor (NY Undercover-Det JC Williams) |
1967 |
Maurice Hurst, NFL cornerback (NE Patriots) |
1968 |
Lord Jammer, rocker (Brand Nubian) |
1968 |
Stacey Dillard, NFL defensive tackle (NY Giants) |
1968 |
Suzy Cote, Santa Barbara California, actress (Samantha-Guiding Light) |
1968 |
Valeri Zelepukin, NHL forward (NJ Devils, Team Russia Oly-Sil-98) |
1968 |
Anastacia, American singer |
1968 |
Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece |
1969 |
Keith Flint, singer/musician (Prodigy) |
1969 |
Rob Zamuner, NHL forward (Tampa Bay Lightning, Team Canada 1998) |
1969 |
Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player |
1970 |
Al Fontenot, NFL defensive end (Chic Bears) |
1970 |
Ashley Ambrose, NFL cornerback (Indianapolis Colts) |
1970 |
Mark Brunell, NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars) |
1970 |
Wolfgang Kromp, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998) |
1971 |
Annika Duckmark, Miss Universe-Sweden (1996) |
1971 |
David Hynes, Australian baseball outfielder (Olympics-1996) |
1971 |
Octus Polk, NFL guard (Chic Bears) |
1971 |
Paul Janssen, soccer player (Fortuna S, NAC) |
1972 |
Allen Williams, NFL running back (Detroit Lions) |
1972 |
Darrius Johnson, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32) |
1972 |
Bobby Lee, American comedian |
1973 |
David Reid, Phila, light middleweight boxer (Olympics-gold-96) |
1973 |
Demis Nikolaidis, Greek footballer |
1973 |
Ada Choi, Hong Kong actress |
1974 |
Bas Leferink, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles) |
1974 |
Jason Hewitt, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996) |
1974 |
Rasheed Wallace, NBA forward (Portland Trailblazers) |
1974 |
Tormod Granheim, Norwegian adventurer |
1974 |
Mirah, American musician |
1975 |
Jimmie Johnson, American race car driver |
1975 |
Austin St. John, American actor |
1975 |
Constantine Maroulis, American singer |
1976 |
Jonathan Nichols, Wilmington Del, dance skater (& Tami Tyler) |
1976 |
Trincy Low, Miss Malaysia Universe (1997) |
1977 |
Becky Turner, Marietta Ga, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96) |
1977 |
Latoya Warning, Suriname 4th Miss Teenager (1993) |
1977 |
Tony Goskowicz, Wauwautosa Wis, short track skater (Olympics-1994) |
1977 |
Simone Perrotta, Italian football player |
1978 |
Shawn Horcoff, Canadian ice hockey player |
1979 |
Steffen Algreen, Danish footballer |
1979 |
Akin Ayodele, American football player |
1979 |
Chuck Comeau, Canadian musician (Simple Plan) |
1980 |
Asashoryu Akinori, Mongolian sumo wrestler (born as Dolgorsuren Dagvador) |
1980 |
Danny Haren, American baseball player |
1981 |
Bakari Koné, Ivorian footballer |
1981 |
Casey Janssen, American baseball player |
1981 |
Francis Manioru, Solomon Islander sprinter |
1981 |
Jonathan Radtke, American musician (Kill Hannah) |
1982 |
Hope Larson, American illustrator and cartoonist |
1982 |
Garth Murray, Canadian ice hockey player |
1983 |
Jennifer Peña, American singer |
1984 |
Eugenia Volodina, Russian supermodel |
1985 |
Alexander Ovechkin, Russian hockey player |
1985 |
Brendan Clarke, Irish Soccer Player with St. Patrick's Athletic |
1985 |
Jon Walker, American musician (Panic at the Disco) |
1985 |
Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player |
1985 |
Mason Raymond, Canadian ice hockey player |
1986 |
Landry Mulemo, Belgian footballer |
1986 |
Dimitrios Regas, Greek sprinter |
1987 |
Paul Huntington, English footballer |
1991 |
Jordan McCoy, American entertainer |
1994 |
Taylor Ware, American yodeler |
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