Whose Birthday Is It Today? | What Famous People Were Born Today?

Last Updated on September 2, 2021

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Whose Birthday Is It Today?

Whose Birthday Is It Today? | What Famous People Were Born Today September 2

1243 Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (d. 1295)

1548 Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616)

1661 Georg Böhm, German organist and composer, born in Hohenkirchen (d. 1733)

1675 William Somervile, English poet (d. 1742)

1716 Johann Trier, German composer, born in Themar, Thuringia

1731 Johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Olint und Sophronia)

1750 Pehr Frigel, Swedish composer, born in Kalmar (d. 1842)

1753 Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, queen of France (d. 1810)

1763 Caroline von Schelling [Michaelis], German author

1778 Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland (d. 1846)

1798 Thomas Holliday Hicks, (Union Gov) (d. 1865)

1805 Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (d. 1851)

1810 William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (d. 1897)

1814 Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian

1830 William P. Frye, American politician (d. 1911)

1837 James Harrison Wilson, American topographic engineer and Major General (Union Army), born in Shawneetown, Illinois (d. 1925)

1838 Liliuokalani [Lydia Kamakaʻeha], last queen of Hawaii (1891-93), born in Honolulu, Oʻahu, Kingdom of Hawaii (d. 1917)

1839 Henry George, land reformer/writer (Progress & Poverty)

1840 Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)

1847 Roger Wolcott, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1900)

1850 A. G. Spalding, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, manager and executive (NL wins leader 1871–76; co-founder of Spalding sporting goods company), born in Byron, Illinois (d. 1915)

1850 Eugene Field, author/journalist (Little Boy Blue)

1850 Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (d. 1919)

1852 Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (d. 1935)

1853 Wilhelm Ostwald, German physical chemist (Nobel 1909)

1854 Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910)

1856 Yang Hsiu-ch’ing, commander in chief of Taiping Rebellion

1857 Thomas Groube, Australian cricketer (d. 1927)

1862 Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist (d. 1881)

1866 Hiram Johnson, Progressive politician, US Senator, Governor of California (1911-17), born in Sacramento, California (d. 1945)

1870 Marie Ault [Mary Cragg], Wigan England

1870 Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (d. 1947)

1877 Frederick Soddy, English chemist, Nobel laureate, (d. 1956), born in Eastbourne, Sussex (d. 1956)

1878 Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr

1879 An Jung-geun, Korean independence activist and assassin of Japanese Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi, born in Haeju-bu, Hwanghaedo, Korea (d. 1910)

1883 Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, “The Red Archduchess” (d. 1963)

1884 Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, educator, taught reading through phonetics

1892 Felix Wolfes, composer

1894 Joseph Roth, Austrian journalist/writer (Hotel Savoy)

1899 Hans Nielsen, Danish lightweight and featherweight boxer (Olympic gold 1924)

1901 Andreas Embirikos, Greek surrealist poet (d. 1975)

1901 Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (d. 1977)

1906 Vera Vague [Barbara Jo Allen], American actress (Sleeping Beauty, Follow the Leader), born in NYC, New York (d. 1974)

1910 Bruce Boyce, singer/teacher

1911 Eileen Way, British actress (Les Miserables, Rainbow, Vikings, Assassin), born in Surrey, England (d. 1994)

1911 René Amengual, Chilean pianist, composer and educator, born in Santiago, Chile (d. 1954)

1911 Romare Bearden, African American painter (d. 1988)

1912 Johan Daisne [Herman Thiery], Belgian writer (magic realism)

1912 Ernie Bromley, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests; first Western Australian to play Test cricket for Australia), born in Fremantle, Western Australia (d. 1967)

1913 Bill Shankly, Scottish football manager (Liverpool, 1959-74), born in Glenbuck, Ayrshire, Scotland (d. 1981)

1914 Lawrence “Booker T.” Laury, American boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1995)

1914 Tom Glazer, American folk singer and songwriter (d. 2003)

1915 Dai-Keong Lee, composer

1915 Hans Joachim Koellreutter, composer

1915 Meinhardt Raabe, American actor (The Wizard of Oz), born in Watertown, Wisconsin (d. 2010)

1915 Benjamin Aaron, American labor law expert (d. 2007)

1916 Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, American tennis player (141 US tennis titles), born in LA, CA, (d. 2014)

1916 Penny Santon [Pierina Burlando], American actress (Fletch, Roll Out, Matt Houston), born in NYC, New York (d. 1999)

1917 Cleveland Amory, Nahant Mass, conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide)

1917 Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian classical, jazz and Latin guitarist and composer (developed bossa nova), born in Prainha, São Paulo, Brazil (d. 1995)

1918 Allen Drury, author (Advise & Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize)

1918 Martha Mitchell [nee Beall], wife of Attorney General John Mitchell, born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas (d. 1976)

1919 Gideon William Waldrop, American composer and educator (Julliard School, 1961-85), born in Haskell County, Teaxs (d. 2000)

1919 Marge Champion, dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), born in Los Angeles, California

1922 Arthur Ashkin, American scientist (Nobel Prize for Physics 2018 Optical Tweezers), born in Brooklyn, New York

1923 Rene Thom, French mathematician (d. 2002)

1924 Daniel Arap Moi, Kenyan politician, President of Kenya (1978-2002), born in Kurieng’wo, Kenya (d. 2020)

1925 Ronnie Stevens, actor (Rodney-Dick & Duchess), born in London, England

1925 Hugo Montenegro, American composer and bandleader (d. 1981)

1927 Francis Matthews, British actor (Paul Temple, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons), born in York, England (d. 2014)

1927 Leonard Katzman, TV producer

1927 Trudi Jochum-Beiser, Austrian alpine skier (Olympic gold 1948, 52), born in Lech am Arlberg, Austria

1927 Tzvi Avni, Israeli classical composer (Meditations On A Drama), born in Saarbrücken, Germany

1928 Miloslav Istvan, composer

1928 Peter Mansfield, British political journalist and author (d. 1996)

1929 Hal Ashby, American film director (d. 1988)

1929 Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor (A Hard Day’s Night, Help!), born in Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Wales (d. 2012) [1]

1930 Andrey Pavlovich Petrov, composer

1931 Alan K Simpson, minority whip (Sen-R-WY, 1979- )

1931 Pierre Huyskens, Dutch radio host

1932 Walter Davis Jr., American hard bop pianist (Davis Cup, Illumination), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1990)

1933 Mathieu Kérékou, Dictator and President of Benin (1973-91, 1996-2006), born in Kouarfa, French Dahomey (d. 2015)

1933 Rick Lewis, American doo-wop tenor (The Silhouettes – “Get A Job”), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 20055)

1934 Michael Sahl, composer

1934 Hilla Becher (née Wobeser), German artist, worked collaboratively with husband Bernd Becher, born in Potsdam Germany (d. 2015)

1935 Jim Moody, (Rep-D-WI, 1983- )

1936 David Leonard Blake, composer

1936 Joan Kennedy, 1st wife of Mass Senator, Ted

1936 Andrew Grove, Hungarian-American pioneer in the semiconductor industry and one of the founders and CEO of Intel, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2016)

1937 Peter Ueberroth, American organizer of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and commissioner of baseball (1984-89), born in Evanston, Illinois

1937 Derek Fowlds, British actor (Yes Minister, The Basil Brush Show), born in London, England (d. 2020)

1938 Glyn Worsnip, British radio and television presenter (That’s Life!), born in Highnam, Gloucestershire (d. 1996)

1938 Mary Jo Catlett, American stage and screen character actress (Hello Dolly!; Diff’rent Strokes – “Pearl”; SpongeBob SquarePants – “Mrs. Puff”), born in Denver, Colorado

1938 John Angus, English soccer defender (1 cap; Burnley 439 games), born in Amble, England (d. 2021)

1939 Bobby Purify [Robert Lee Dickey], American soul singer (I’m Your Puppet), born in Tallahassee, Florida (d. 2011)

1939 Sam Gooden, rock vocalist (Impressions-Gypsy Woman), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee

1940 Beverly Sanders, actress (Lotsa Luck, CPO Sharkey), born in Hollywood, California

1940 Jimmy Clanton, Baton Rogue, La, rock vocalist (Just a Dream)

1940 Mick Pyne, British touring and session jazz pianist (Tubby Hayes; Georgie Fame: Charlie Watts), born in Thornton Dale, North Yorkshire, England (d. 1995)

1940 Harry Northup, American actor (The Silence of the Lambs, Taxi Driver), born in Amarillo, Texas

1941 John Thompson, American Basketball Hall of Fame center, coach and broadcaster (NBA C’ship 1965, 66, Boston Celtics; coach NCAA C’ship 1984, Georgetown), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2020)

1941 Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby league fullback, captain and coach (24 Tests; St. George), born in Wollongong, New South Wales (d. 2018)

1943 Glenn Sather, NHL coach (Edmonton Oiler)

1943 Joe Simon, American singer (Power of Love)

1943 Rosalind Ashford, American rock vocalist (Martha Reeve & Vandellas – “Heat Wave”; “Dancing In The Street”), born in Detroit, Michigan

1943 Đorđe Novković, Croatian pop singer-songwriter (Pro Arte), and television personality (Hrvatski Idol), born in Vladimirci, German-occupied Serbia (d. 2007)

1944 Claude Nicollier, Swiss astronaut (STS 61-K, 46, 61, 75), born in Vevey, Switzerland

1946 Luis Avalos, actor (Condo, E/R, I Had 3 Wives), born in Havana, Cuba

1946 Marty Grebb, rocker (Buckinghams), born in Chicago, Illinois

1946 Billy Preston, American soul musician, singer and pianist, 5th Beatle (“Nothing From Nothing”; “You Are So Beautiful”), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2006)

1947 Richard Coughlan, English drummer and percussionist (Caravan), (d. 2013)

1948 Christa McAuliffe, American teacher who died in Challenger space shuttle disaster, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1986)

1948 Terry Bradshaw, NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers)/announcer (CBS, FOX)

1948 Linda “Tui” Tillery, American singer-songwriter (The Loading Zone), born in San Francisco

1949 Albert West[laken], Dutch singer (Dumb Willie)

1950 Rosanna DeSoto, American actress

1950 Michael Rother, German musician (Neu!, Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Cluster), born in Hamburg, West Germany

1950 Yuen Wah, Chinese actor and stuntman

1951 Mark Harmon, American actor (St Elsewhere, NCIS), born in Burbank, California

1951 Michael Gray, American actor (Shazam!, Brian Keith Show), born in Chicago, Illinois

1951 Mike Kaminski, English musician (ELO), born in Harrogate

1951 Jim DeMint, American politician

1952 Earl Pomeroy, (Rep-D-North Dakota)

1952 Jimmy Connors, American tennis player (8-time Grand Slam winner, 109 titles overall), born in Belleville, Illinois

1953 Gerhard P J Thiele, Brenz Germany, astronaut

1953 Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and a war hero (d. 2001)

1953 John Zorn, American jazz and avant garde musician and composer, born in New York City

1954 Andrej Babiš, Czech businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Czech republic (2017-), born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

1955 Linda Purl, actress (Gloria-Happy Days, Matlock), born in Greenwich, Connecticut

1956 Mario Tremblay, Canadian hockey player and coach

1956 Angelo Fusco, Provisional Irish Republican Army member

1957 Steve Porcaro, rock keyboards/vocalist (Toto-Roseanna, Africa), born in Los Angeles, California

1957 Tony Alva, American skateboarder

1959 Esther Oosterbeek, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)

1959 Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil

1960 Eric Dickerson, Pro Football Hall of Fame running back (NFL single-season rushing record 2,105 yards, 1984; Pro Bowl 1983, 84, 86–89; LA Rams), born in Sealy, Texas

1960 Rex Hudler, Tempe AZ, outfielder (NY Yankees, California Angels)

1960 Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian politician

1960 John S. Hall, American poet and spoken-word artist

1961 Anthony Wong [Chau-sang], Hong Kong actor (The Untold Story), born in Hong Kong

1961 Jeff Russell, American MLB pitcher (Texas Rangers), born in Cincinnati, Ohio

1961 Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer, born in Santa Marta, Colombia

1962 Prachya Pinkaew, Thai film director

1962 Eugenio Derbez, Mexican comedian and actor

1962 Jon Berkeley, author and illustrator

1963 Sam Mitchell, NBA forward (Minn Timberwolves)

1964 Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, The Matrix), born in Beirut, Lebanon

1965 Doug Linton, pitcher (KC Royals), born in Santa Ana, California

1965 Lennox Lewis, British/Canadian boxer (Olympic gold super-heavyweight 1988, undisputed world heavyweight champion 1999), born in London, England

1965 Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian filmmaker

1966 Salma Hayek, Mexican American actress (Desperado, Frida), born in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico

1966 Dino Cazares, American heavy metal guitarist (FearFactor), born in El Centro, California

1966 Olivier Panis, French race car driver

1966 Tuc Watkins, American actor

1966 Massimo Cuttitta, Italian rugby union prop (69 caps [captain 16]; Milano, Harlequins, Bologna), born in Latina, Italy (d. 2021)

1967 Andreas Möller, German footballer

1968 Ricardo de Jongh, soccer player (Dordrecht ’90)

1968 Cynthia Watros, American actress

1969 Mark Brettschneider, American actor (Jason-One Life to Live), born in Cincinnati, Ohio

1969 Shani Waugh, Australian golfer (US Open 2002 3rd), born in Bunbury West Australia

1969 Cedric “K-Ci” Hailey, American singer

1969 Chris Kuzneski, American bestselling author

1969 Stephen Peall, Zimbabwean cricketer

1971 Rich Aurilia, infielder (SF Giants), born in Brooklyn, New York

1971 Shauna Sand, actress (Renegade), born in San Diego, California

1971 Tommy Maddox, NFL quarterback (NY Giants)

1971 Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian skier

1971 Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor

1971 Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist

1971 Katt [Micah Sierra] Williams, American comedian, actor, rapper, born in Cincinnati, Ohio

1972 James Willis, NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)

1972 Katarina Studenikova, Bratislava Slovak Rep, tennis star

1973 Jason Blake, American hockey player

1974 Jason Lawson, NBA center (Orlando Magic)

1974 Daniel Southworth, American actor and stunt performer

1976 Phil Lipscomb, American musician (Taproot)

1976 Erin Hershey, American actress.

1977 Ramiro Muñoz, Colombian musician

1977 Frédéric Kanouté, Malian footballer

1977 Sam Rivers, American rock bassist (Limp Bizkit), born in Jacksonville, Florida

1978 Matthew Watkins, Welsh rugby union centre (18 caps; Newport, Llanelli Scarlets), born in Newport, Wales (d. 2020)

1979 Tomer Ben Yosef, Israeli footballer

1979 Ron Ng, Hong Kong actor

1980 Hiroki Yoshimoto, Japanese racing driver

1980 Dany Sabourin, French Canadian Goaltender in the National Hockey League

1981 Fariborz Kamkari, Iranian film director and producer

1981 Chris Tremlett, English cricketer

1981 Bracha van Doesburgh, Dutch actress

1982 Joey Barton, English footballer

1982 Mandy Cho, Hong Kong actress

1982 Jason Hammel, American baseball player

1983 Mark Foster, English rugby player

1984 Jack Peñate, English singer and musician (Matinée), born in London, England

1987 Spencer Smith, American rock drummer (Panic! at the Disco), born in Denver, Colorado

1988 Ishant Sharma, Indian cricket fast bowler (102 Tests, 306 wickets; 80 ODIs, 115 wickets; Sussex, Delhi Capitals), born in Delhi, India

1989 Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer

1989 Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian Playback Singer (d. 2008)

1990 Marcus Ericsson, Swedish Racing Driver

1987 Petros Kravaritis, Greek footballer 1991 Shi Tingmao, Chinese diver (4 x Olympic gold 3m springboard, 3m synchro 2016, 2020; 8 x World C’ship gold), born in Chongqing, China

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