1728 – Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d’Éon de Beaumont, French spy and transvestite, born in Tonnerre, France (d. 1810)
1789 – Francis Gregory, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), born in Norwalk, Connecticut (d. 1866)
1854 – William Crawford Gorgas, American physician and 22nd Surgeon-General of the U.S. Army (help cure yellow fever), born in Toulminville, Alabama (d. 1920)
1928 – Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese Secretary-General (1975-90), born in New Amsterdam, British Guiana
1946 – Bob Dotson, newscaster (Primetime Sunday), born in St Louis, Missouri
1948 – Michael Medved, American film critic
1967 – Rob Liefeld, American comic book writer and artist
1969 – Gwen Stefani, American singer-songwriter (No Doubt), born in Fullerton, California
1969 – Tetsu, Japanese bassist (L’Arc~en~Ciel)
1976 – Kirsi Haenninen, Finnish ice hockey defenseman and pesäpallo player (Olympics bronze 1998), born in Joensuu, Finland
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 2nd October 2019
1873 – Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), born in Savage, Maryland (d. 1938)
1912 – Eric Charles Twelves Wilson, English British Army officer (awarded Victoria Cross), born in Sandown, Isle of Wight, England (d. 2008)
1919 – Geoffrey Luttrell, English landowner and Lord Lieutenant of Somerset, born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2007)
1930 – Günter Kochan, German composer, born in Luckau, Germany (d. 2009)
1943 – Franklin Rosemont, American poet, artist and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group, born in Chicago, Illinois
1946 – Jo-el Sonnier, American country singer (Louisiana), born in Rayne, Louisiana
1952 – George Meegan, British adventurer who walked 19,019 miles from Argentina to Alaska, born in London
1960 – Django Bates, British jazz musician, born in Beckenham, Kent
1964 – Michael Brooks, American NFL linebacker (Pro Bowl 1992; Denver Broncos), born in Ruston, Louisiana
1970 – Colin Rivas, Galician artist
Famous Birthdays for 1st October 2019
1549 – Anne of Saint Bartholomew, Flemish Roman Catholic nun, born in Almendral de la Cañada, Old Castile, Crown of Castile (d. 1626)
1577 – Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint, born in Sigmaringen, Germany (d. 1622)
1770 – Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naples Revolution 1799), born in Civitacampomarano, Molise, Italy (d. 1823)
1842 – Charles Cros, French inventor and poet (Le Hareng Saur), born in Fabrezan, France (d. 1888)
1928 – Laurence Harvey [Larushka Skine], Lithuanian-born South African actor (Alamo, Romeo and Juliet), born in Joniškis (d. 1973)
1930 – Naimatullah Khan, Pakistani politician
1933 – Olga Pozzi Escot, composer
1946 – Ewa Klobukowska, Polish athlete (Olympic gold 4x100m relay 1964), born in Warsaw, Poland
1974 – Keith Duffy, Irish singer (Boyzone), born in Dublin, Ireland
1988 – Cariba Heine, Australian actress
Famous Birthdays for 30th September 2019
1550 – Michael Maestlin, German mathematician (d. 1631)
1856 – Andrejs Jurjans, composer
1862 – Georgy Eduardovich Konyus, composer
1871 – Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer
1905 – Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics 1977 for work on amorphous semiconductors), born in Leeds, England (d. 1996)
1917 – Yuri “Petrovich” Lyubimov, USSR, director (Taganka)
1925 – Félix Luna, Argentine historian and lyricist, born in La Rioja Province, Argentina (d. 2009)
1927 – W. S. Merwin, American poet
1942 – Dewey Martin, Canadian rock vocalist and drummer (Buffalo Springfield)
1964 – Stephen N Frick, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays for 29th September 2019
1674 – Jacques Hotteterre, French composer and flautist, born in Paris (d. 1762)
1838 – Henry Hobson Richardson, Romanesque revival architect, born in St James, Louisiana (d. 1886)
1842 – Louis J. Weichmann, chief witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1902)
1854 – Martin Pluddemann, composer
1864 – Miguel de Unamuno Jugo, Bilbao Spain, philosopher (Ensayos, Teatro)
1931 – E S Orr Ewing, Lord-Lieutenant of Wigtown
1934 – Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Psychology professor
1952 – Max Sandlin, American politician
1970 – Derrick Oden, NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
1970 – Emily Lloyd, actress (Wish You Were Here, In Country), born in London, England
Famous Birthdays for 28th September 2019
1852 – John [Denton Pinkstone] French, 1st Earl of Ypres and British field marshall (WW I), born in Ripple, Kent, England (d. 1925)
1864 – Barry Pain, English writer (Punch), born in Cambridge, England (d. 1928)
1889 – Jack Fournier, American baseball player (d. 1973)
1928 – Koko Taylor [Cora Walton], American blues singer known as the “Queen of the Blues”, born in Millington, Tennessee (d. 2009)
1937 – Rod Roddy, American television announcer (d. 2003)
1943 – Joel Higgins, American actor (Salvage 1, Silver Spoons), born in Bloomington, Illinois
1967 – Mira Sorvino, American actress (Quiz Show, Norma Jean and Marilyn), born in Tenafly, New Jersey
1968 – Jerry Evans, NFL tight end (Denver Broncos)
1982 – Nolwenn Leroy, French Singer
1996 – Celeste and Johnny Edison, Assyria and Pele’s twins, boy and girl
Famous Birthdays for 27th September 2019
1809 – Raphael Semmes, American Rear Admiral (Confederate Navy), born in Charles County, Maryland (d. 1877)
1906 – William Empson, English poet and critic (Milton’s God), born in Hawdon, Yorkshire, England (d. 1984)
1918 – Malcolm Shepherd [2nd Baron Shepherd], Politician (L) and Leader of the House of Lords (1974-76), born in Blackburn, Lancashire (d. 2001)
1933 – Kathleen Nolan, American actress (Real McCoys, Janie, Broadside), born in St Louis, Missouri
1936 – Gordon Honeycombe, British broadcaster/author, born in Karachi, Colonial India (d. 2015)
1938 – Alexander Graham, Lord Mayor of London
1941 – Serge Ménard, Québécois politician
1965 – Alexis Stewart, American radio personality, born in New York City
1966 – Stephanie D Wilson, astronaut, born in Boston, Massachusetts
1970 – Mark Caldero, vocalist (Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Famous Birthdays for 26th September 2019
1922 – Nicholas Romanov, French-born pretender to the Russian throne, born in Antibes, France (d. 2014)
1932 – Clifton Williams, American major and NASA astronaut, born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1967)
1939 – Judith Appelbaum, American magazine and newspaper editor and educator, born in New York (d. 2018)
1941 – Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor, born in Turin, Italy
1942 – Kent McCord, American actor (Officer Jim Reed- “Adam 12”), born in Los Angeles, California
1961 – Will Self, English author, born in Westminster, London
1969 – Andy Petterson, Australian footballer, born in Fremantle, Australia
1973 – Chris Small, Scottish snooker player, born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
1981 – Collien Fernandes, German TV host and actress, born in Hamburg, Germany
1987 – Rosie Munter, Swedish singer (Play), born in Stockholm, Sweden
Famous Birthdays for 25th September 2019
1613 – Claude Perrault, French Architect and Physician (east facade of the Louvre), born in Paris, France
1798 – Henri Scheffer, Dutch painter, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1862)
1927 – Colin Davis, English conductor (NY Met 1967-71), born in Weybridge, Surrey (d. 2013)
1929 – Barbara Walters, American broadcast journalist and 1st female nightly network news anchor (Today, 20/20, ABC-TV), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1947 – Cheryl Tiegs, American model (Sports Illustrated) and fashion designer, born in Breckenridge, Minnesota
1955 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German football player (Bayern Munich), born in Lippstadt, West Germany
1958 – Eamonn Healy, Irish professor of chemistry, organic chemistry, and biochemistry at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, born in Newcastle West, Ireland
1965 – Scottie Pippen, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward (6-time NBA champion, 2 Olympic gold 1992, 96), born in Hamburg, Arkansas,
1969 – Hansie Cronje, cricket captain (solid South African batsman)
1990 – Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater, born in Nagoya, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 24th September 2019
1773 – Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, German composer, born in Bad Langensalza, Germany (d. 1827)
1829 – James St Clair Morton, American engineer, author, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1864)
1848 – Pieter Louis Tak, literary (The Chronicle) (d. 1907)
1893 – Julia Faye, American actress (The 10 Commandments, Samson and Delilah), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1966)
1902 – Ayatollah Khomeini [Ruhollah Khomeini], Supreme leader of Iran (1979-89), religious figure and political leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, born in Khomeyn, Persia (d. 1989)
1918 – Audra Lindley, American actress (Three’s Company, The Relic, Ropers), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1997)
1931 – Anthony Newley, British actor and singer-songwriter (Doctor Dolittle; Goldfinger theme; Willy Wonka score), born in London, England (d. 1999)
1940 – Yves Navarre, French writer (Le Jardin d’acclimatation), born in Condom, France (d. 1994)
1979 – Fábio Aurélio, Brazilian footballer
1980 – Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer