1852 – Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish organist, conductor, composer, and music teacher (Royal College of Music, 1882-1924), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1924)
1883 – Robert Lightfoot, English Anglican theologist and exegetist (St John’s Gospel), born in England (d. 1953)
1932 – Johnny Podres, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1955 MVP, 59, 63, 65; 4 x MLB All Star; Brooklyn/LA Dodgers), born in Witherbee, New York (d. 2008)
1933 – Barbara Knox, British actress (Rita Tanner in “Coronation Street”), born in Oldham, England
1943 – Marilyn McCoo, American soul singer (the 5th Dimension; “You Don’t Have To Be A Star”) and TV host (Solid Gold), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
1957 – William Christian, American actor (Derek Frye-All My Children), born in Washington, D.C.
1964 – Monica Bellucci, Italian actress (Dracula), born in Citta di Castello, Italy
1966 – Kerry G. Johnson, African American graphic designer and caricaturist (Spectra), born in Nashville, Tennessee
1977 – Maia Brewton, American actress (Margaret-Lime Street), born in Los Angeles, California
1979 – Andy van der Meyde, Dutch soccer winger (17 caps; Ajax, Inter Milan, Everton), born in Arnhem, Netherlands
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 29th September 2025
1849 – Ladislao Zavertal, Czech-Italian conductor and composer, born in Milan, Italy (d. 1942)
1897 – Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (Pulitzer Prize, 1934 – The People’s Choice), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 1980)
1907 – Michael Shepley, British actor (Squibs, Dick and the Duchess), born in Plymouth, Devon, England (d. 1961)
1921 – Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director (Muzsika, Aube; Pacifist), born in Vac, Hungary (d. 2014)
1924 – David Atkinson, British air marshal, and honorary physician to the Queen Elizabeth II, born in Hartlepool, England (d. 2013)
1937 – Barry Heywood, British biologist and Director of the British Antarctic Survey Club (1994-97), born in Castle Gresley, England (d. 2021)
1949 – George Dalaras, Greek singer and musician, born in Piraeus, Greece
1949 – Steve Busby, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1972-80, 2X All-Star (Kansas City Royals), born in Burbank, California
1952 – Gábor Csupó, Hungarian-American animator (Rugrats), born in Budapest, Hungary
1970 – Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese professional wrestler (WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown!), born in Tamana, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 28th September 2025
1337 – As-Salih Salih, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (1351-54), born in Cairo (d. 1360)
1746 – William Jones, British orientalist and jurist (Indo-European languages), born in London (d. 1794)
1918 – Arnold Stang, American comedian and actor (Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat), born in New York City (d. 2009)
1923 – William Windom, American actor (Farmer’s Daughter, Murder She Wrote), born in New York City (d. 2012)
1924 – Antonio Jacinto, Angolan poet, born in Paulo de Luanda, Portuguese West Africa (d. 1991)
1932 – Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer and political activist, born in Chillán Viejo, Chile (d. 1973)
1947 – Volodymyr Troshkin, Ukrainian soccer defender (31 caps, USSR; Dynamo Kiev 205 games), born in Yenakiieve, Ukraine (d. 2020)
1955 – Kenny Kirkland, American jazz pianist (Wynton Marsalis; Branford Marsalis) and funk keyboardist (Buckshot Lefonque), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 1998)
1967 – Moon Unit Zappa, American actress (Normal Life), rock vocalist (Frank Zappa – “Valley Girl”), and novelist (America, The Beautiful), born in New York City
1981 – Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorian soccer defender (63 caps; El Nacional), born in Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Famous Birthdays for 27th September 2025
1601 – Louis XIII, King of France (1610-43), born in Palace of Fontainebleau, France (d. 1643)
1722 – Samuel Adams, American revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party) and politician (Lt Gov-Mass, 1789-94), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1803)
1824 – William “Bull” Nelson, American Major General (Union Army), born in Maysville, Kentucky (d. 1862)
1925 – Robert Edwards, English physiologist, 1st IVF program, Nobel Prize 2010, born in Batley, Yorkshire (d. 2013)
1927 – “Earring” George Mayweather, American blues harmonica player, born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 1995)
1927 – Patrick O’Neal, American actor (Under Siege, The Stepford Wives, King Rat, Night of the Iguana), born in Ocala, Florida (d. 1994)
1931 – Freddy Quinn [Franz Nidl], Austrian pop singer (“Schön war die Zeit”), and actor, born in Niederfladnitz, Austria
1950 – Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese-American actor (Nash Bridges, Mortal Kombat franchise), born in Tokyo, Japan
1967 – Jason Dungjen, American pairs skater (with partner Kyoko Ina), born in Detroit, Michigan
1978 – Brad Arnold, American singer (3 Doors Down – “Kryptonite”), born in Escatawpa, Mississippi
Famous Birthdays for 26th September 2025
1874 – Charles Vyner Brooke, 3rd and last White Rajah of Sarawak (1917-46), born in London, England (d. 1963)
1910 – Naomi Whitehead, current oldest living American and 3rd oldest living person in the world (114 years), born in Georgia
1914 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness and nutritional expert, born in San Francisco, California (d. 2011)
1917 – Réal Caouette, French Canadian politician (Social Credit Party of Canada), born in Amos, Canada (d. 1976)
1934 – Dick Heckstall-Smith, British jazz-blues saxophonist, born in Ludlow, Shropshire, England (d. 2004)
1940 – Frank Maloney, American football coach (Syracuse University 1974-1980), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020)
1946 – Christine Todd Whitman, American politician (50th Governor of New Jersey), born in New York City
1948 – Maurizio Gucci, Italian businessman, grandson of Guccio Gucci, and chairman of Gucci (1989-93), born in Florence, Italy (d. 1995)
1949 – Minette Walters, English novelist (The Ice House), born in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
1950 – Simon Brint, British comic actor, musician, and television composer (French and Saunders; A Bit of Fry and Laurie; Monarch of the Glen), born in High Ham, Somerset, England (d. 2011)
Famous Birthdays for 25th September 2025
1764 – Fletcher Christian, English sailor who led the mutiny on the HMS Bounty, born in Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England (d. ~1790-93)
1780 – Jason Fairbanks, American murderer, born in Dedham, Massachusetts (d. 1801)
1896 – Roberto Gerhard, Spanish Catalan composer (the Plague), born in Valls, Catalonia, Spain (d. 1970)
1903 – Olive Ann Beech, American businesswoman (Co-Founder of Beech Aircraft Company), born in Waverly, Kansas (d. 1993)
1934 – Struther Arnott, Scottish molecular biologist and chemist (cancer research), born in Larkhall, Lanarkshire (d. 2013)
1934 – Jean Sorel, French actor (The Day of the Jackal), born in Marseille, France
1946 – Gil Morgan, American golfer (7 PGA Tour titles, 3 Champions Tour majors), born in Wewoka, Oklahoma
1952 – Tommy Norden, American actor (Flipper), born in New York City
1968 – Will Smith, American Grammy Award-winning rapper (DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince – “Parents Just Don’t Understand”), and actor (Men in Black, Independence Day; Hitch; Fresh Prince of Bel Air), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1975 – Daniel Hyde, British actor (Hollyoaks), born in London, England
Famous Birthdays for 24th September 2025
1725 – Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer and founder of the Guinness brewery, born in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland (d. 1803)
1817 – Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Doloras), born in Navia, Spain (d. 1901)
1824 – Truman Seymour, American artist and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Burlington, Vermont (d. 1891)
1932 – Miguel Montuori, Argentine soccer forward (12 caps Italy; Fiorentina 162 games), born in Rosario, Argentina (d. 1998)
1934 – John Brunner, Britsih sci-fi author (100th Millennium), born in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England (d. 1995)
1943 – Lee Aaker, American actor (Rusty-Rin Tin Tin), born in Los Angeles, California
1944 – Bernd Bransch, German soccer defender (64 caps GDR; Chemie Halle FC, FC Carl Zeiss Jena), born in Halle, Germany (d. 2022)
1945 – David Drake, American lawyer, army veteran, and science fiction author (Hammer’s Slammers; Lord of the Isles), born in Dubuque, Iowa (d. 2023)
1978 – Tarek Saab, American TV show contestant (The Apprentice), born in New Bedford, Massachusetts
1983 – Randy Foye, American basketball player, born in Newark, New Jersey
Famous Birthdays for 23rd September 2025
1158 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond through his marriage to Constance, Duchess of Brittany, born in Oxford, England (d. 1186)
1647 – Joseph Dudley, American President of the Dominion of New England and first Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony (d. 1720)
1852 – William Stewart Halsted, American pioneering surgeon (introduced anesthesia and antisepsis while addicted to cocaine and opium), born in New York City (d. 1922)
1865 – Emmuska Orczy, Hungarian-born British Baroness and writer (The Scarlet Pimpernel), born in Tarnaörs Hungary (d. 1947)
1890 – Friedrich Paulus, German field marshal who commanded the 6th Army at Stalingrad and was the highest-ranking German officer to surrender, born in Guxhagen, Germany (d. 1957)
1897 – Paul Delvaux, Belgian surrealist painter, born in Wanze, Belgium (d. 1994)
1909 – Marianne Straub, Swiss-born English textile designer and weaver (Festival of Britain, Piccadilly line seat pattern), born in Amriswil, Switzerland (d. 1994)
1948 – “Dangerous” Dan Toler, American rock guitarist (Dickey Betts; Allman Brothers), born in Connersville, Indiana (d. 2013)
1956 – June Forester, American country singer (Forester Sister – “Mama’s Never Seen Those Eyes”; “Men”), born in Lookout Mountain, Georgia
1958 – Larry Mize, American golfer (US Masters 1987), born in Augusta, Georgia
Famous Birthdays for 22nd September 2025
1694 – Philip Dormer Stanhope [Lord Chesterfield], English statesman and letter writer, responsible for introducing the Gregorian calendar, born in London (d. 1752)
1892 – Frank Sullivan, American humorist (NYer Magazine), born in Saratoga Springs, New York (d. 1976)
1927 – Eligio [Kika] De La Garza, American politician (Rep-D-Texas, 1965-97), born in Mercedes, Texas (d. 2017)
1929 – Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (Anerca), born in Québec City, Québec (d. 1986)
1935 – Harriet King, American fencer (4-time US Champion. 1963, 1967, 1970, 1971; Olympics, 1960, 1964,1968, 1972), and magazine editor (American Fencing), born in New York City
1936 – Art Metrano, American comedian (Amy Prentiss, Joanie Loves Chachi), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2021)
1941 – Cesare Salvadori, Italian fencer (Olympic gold sabre team 1972; silver 1964, 68), born in Turin, Italy (d. 2021)
1944 – John S. Tanner, American politician (Rep-D-Tennessee 1989-2011), born in Halls, Tennessee
1945 – Ilija Petković, Serbian soccer midfielder (43 caps, Yugoslavia; Troyes, OFK Beograd) and manager (Serbia and Montenegro), born in Knin, Croatia (d. 2020)
1982 – Kosuke Kitajima, Japanese swimmer (Olympic gold 100/200m breaststroke 2004, 08), born in Tokyo, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 21st September 2025
1527 – Matthäus Ludecus, German clerk, tax collector, and liturgical composer, born in Wilsnach, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1606)
1930 – John Neel, American jazz and film score composer (Blue Martini; Scream of the Butterfly), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1973)
1939 – Trevor James Hold, British composer, writer, and musicologist (John Clare Songbook), born in Northampton, England (d. 2004)
1944 – Fannie Flagg, American actress and comediene (Candid Camera), born in Birmingham, Alabama
1947 – Geoff Workman, British record producer and engineer (Toto; Queen; The Cars), born in Liverpool, England
1953 – Sunny Johnson, American actress (Flashdance), born in Bakersfield, California (d. 1984)
1955 – Gulshan Grover, Indian actor known as the “Bad Man” in Bollywood cinema (I Am Kalam), born in New Delhi, India
1957 – Mark Levin, American conservative talk radio host (The Mark Levin Show), and author (Men In Black: How The Supreme Court Is Destroying America; Unfreedom of the Press), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1967 – Tyler Stewart, Canadian drummer and vocalist (Barenaked Ladies – “One Week”), born in Toronto, Ontario
1971 – Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor (Silver Spoons – “Alfonso”; Fresh Prince of Bel-Air – “Carlton’), singer, dancer, and director, born in New York City