1908 – Anthony Wagner, Officer of Arms at the College of Arms in London (d. 1995)
1910 – Frank Fidler, English artist, born in London (d. 1995)
1912 – Wayne Barlow, American composer, born in Elyria, Ohio (d. 1996)
1949 – Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, South African Kwazulu politician (first President of Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (CONTRALESA)) (d. 1991)
1958 – Michael Winslow, American actor and comedian (Police Academy), born in Spokane, Washington
1962 – Chris Christie, American politician (Governor of New Jersey (R) 2010-), born in Newark, New Jersey
1968 – Christopher Brookmyre, Scottish writer (Quite Ugly One Morning), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1972 – Justina Machado, Puerto Rican actress (Six Feet Under), born in Chicago, Illinois
1977 – Kiyoshi Hikawa, Japanese enka singer, born in Fukuoka, Japan
1980 – Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer (Nigerian national team captain), born in Kono, Rivers State, Nigeria
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 5th September 2019
1775 – Juan Martín Díez, El Empecinado (The Undaunted), Spanish guerrillero, born in Valladolid, Spain (d. 1825)
1791 – Giacomo Meyerbeer, German opera composer (Golt Und Die Natur), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1864)
1905 – Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-British writer (Arrow in Blue), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1983)
1921 – Jack Valenti, American political advisor and film executive, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2007)
1933 – Vincent McDermott, American composer, born in Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2016)
1942 – Werner Herzog, German director (Burden of Dreams, Stroszek, Woyzeck), born in Munich, Germany
1954 – Frederick Kempe, American author, journalist, and executive, born in Utah
1968 – Brad Wilk, American musician (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine), born in Portland, Oregon
1972 – Tom Carter, American NFL cornerback (Washington Redskins), born in St. Petersburg, Florida
1978 – Zhang Zhong, Chinese-Singaporean chess player, born in Chongqing, China
Famous Birthdays for 4th September 2019
1802 – Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (Oregon Trail), born in Federal Hollow, New York (d. 1847)
1824 – Phoebe Cary, American poet (Poems of Alice and Phoebe Cary), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1871)
1900 – Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder, born in Nieuwe-Tonge, Netherlands (d. 1981)
1904 – Christian-Jaque, French film director, born in Paris (d. 1994)
1907 – Maurice Ashley, historian and editor (The Listener) (d. 1994)
1918 – Gerald Wilson, American jazz trumpeter and orchestra leader (Redd Foxx), born in Shelby, Mississippi (d. 2014)
1949 – Dean Pees, National Football League defensive coordinator
1953 – Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, American actor (Freddie-Welcome Back Kotter), born in NYC, New York
1955 – Brian Schweitzer, American politician, governor of Montana
1959 – Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
Famous Birthdays for 3rd September 2019
1693 – Charles Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Derwentwater, British politician, born in Little Parndon, Essex (d. 1746)
1719 – Ferdinand Zellbell the younger, Swedish composer and co-founder of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1780)
1921 – Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor, born in Surbiton, London (d. 1971)
1935 – Dorothy Masuka, Zimbabwe-born South African jazz singer and activist, born in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (d. 2019)
1947 – Eric Bell, Northern Irish rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1948 – Don Brewer, American rock drummer (Grand Funk Railroad), born in Flint, Michigan
1950 – Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer (King’s X), born in Braidwood, Illinois
1967 – Luis Gonzalez, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1999, 2001-03, 05; Houston, Arizona), born in Tampa, Florida
1980 – The B.G., American rapper
1980 – Daniel Ruben Bilos, Argentinian footballer
Famous Birthdays for 2nd September 2019
1548 – Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616)
1884 – Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, educator, taught reading through phonetics
1912 – Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (d. 1967)
1912 – Johan Daisne, [Herman Thiery], Belgian writer (magic realism)
1914 – Tom Glazer, American folk singer and songwriter (d. 2003)
1957 – Tony Alva, American skateboarder
1959 – Esther Oosterbeek, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)
1969 – Cedric “K-Ci” Hailey, American singer
1969 – Russell Freeman, NFL tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1989 – Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
Famous Birthdays for 1st September 2019
1712 – Simon Fokke, Dutch book illustrator
1875 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (Tarzan of the Apes, Mars Saga), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1950)
1883 – Didier Pitre, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (Montreal Canadiens), born in Valleyfield, Quebec (d. 1934)
1935 – Seiji Ozawa, Hoten Manchuria, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
1953 – Chuck Orton, US sysop, (Emerald BBS, Oregon)
1962 – Tony Cascarino, Irish soccer striker, broadcaster (88 caps Rep of Ireland), born in St Paul’s Cray, Kent, England
1964 – Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey left wing (1,188 NHL games; 3 x time All Star 1984, 88, 92), born in St. Catharines, Ontario
1971 – Lââm [Lamiah], French singer, born in Paris
1971 – Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
1980 – Chris Riggott, English footballer
Famous Birthdays for 31st August 2019
1913 – Sir Bernard Lovell, English radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank Observatory, born in Oldland Common, Bristol (d. 2012)
1931 – Jean Marc Beliveau, Canadian NHL player (Montreal Canadiens, 10 Stanley Cups), born in Trois-Rivieres Quebec, (d. 2014)
1932 – Robert [Franklin] Adams, American sci-fi author (Castaways in Time)
1949 – Richard Gere, actor (Breathless, Cotton Club, Pretty Woman), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1959 – Tony DeFranco, Canadian musician (The DeFranco Family)
1963 – Todd Carty, Irish actor
1967 – Melanie Sullivan, Branford Ct, WPVA volleyballer (National-13th-1994)
1969 – Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor
1978 – Phina Oruche, British actress
1983 – Larry Fitzgerald, American football player
Famous Birthdays for 30th August 2019
1334 – Peter the Cruel, Spanish King of Castile and Leon (1350-69), born in Burgos, Spain (d. 1369)
1804 – Aleksandr Polezhayev, Russian poet (Sasjka), born in Penza Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1638) [OS]
1856 – Carle David Tolmé Runge, German mathematician and physicist, born in Bremen, Germany (d. 1927)
1927 – Piet Kee, Dutch organist and composer, born in Zaandam, Netherlands (d. 2018)
1951 – Timothy Bottoms, American actor (Paper Chase, East of Eden), born in Santa Barbara, California
1953 – Robert Parish, American Basketball Hall of Fame center (Boston Celtics; 9-time NBA All-Star), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
1963 – Paul Oakenfold, British record producer and DJ, born in Mile End, London
1972 – Cameron Diaz, American actress (Shrek, The Mask, My Best Friend’s Wedding), born in Long Beach, California
1979 – Niki Chow, Hong Kong actress and singer
1985 – Eamon Sullivan, Australian swimmer
Famous Birthdays for 29th August 2019
1881 – Valery-Nicolas Larbaud, French novelist and translator (Enfantines), born in Vichy, France (d. 1957)
1904 – Werner Forssmann, German urologist (Nobel 1956), born in Berlin (d. 1979)
1912 – Barry Sullivan, American actor (Duffy’s Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
1913 – Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer (NZ all-rounder, Test), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 1999)
1923 – Reinier Braams, Dutch biophysicist and politician, born in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (d. 2001)
1923 – Lester Trimble, American composer, born in Bangor, Wisconsin (d. 1986)
1933 – Arnold Koller, Swiss politician (member of Swiss Federal Councilor), born in St. Gallen, Switzerland
1945 – Chris Copping, English rock bassist (Procol Harum), born in Middleton, Lancashire, England
1962 – Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese video game composer, born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
1972 – Bae Yong Joon, South Korean actor, born in Seoul, South Korea
Famous Birthdays for 28th August 2019
1860 – Marianne Von Werefkin, Russian-German-Swiss Expressionist painter, born in Tula, Russia (d. 1938)
1901 – Paul Henry Lang, Hungarian-American critic and musicologist (NY Herald Tribune), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1991)
1906 – John Betjeman, poet (Mount Zion) and English Poet Laureate (1972-1984), born in London (d. 1984)
1914 – Glenn Osser, American orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue), born in Munising, Michigan (d. 2014)
1925 – Donald O’Connor, American dancer and actor (Singin’ in the Rain), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003)
1950 – Ron Guidry, Yankee pitcher (Cy Young 1978), born in Lafayette, Louisiana
1969 – Jason Priestley, Canadian-American actor (Brandon-Beverly Hills 90210), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1970 – Jaime Fields, NFL/WLAF linebacker (KC Chiefs, Scotland Claymores), born in Compton, California (d. 1999)
1971 – Olaf Sheep, soccer player (Dordrecht ’90, NAC)
1991 – Sarah Jane Santos, Filipino singer