Famous Birthdays on this Day in History - per Wikipedia

September 7

• 786 – Emperor Saga Japan (d. 842)
• 1438 – Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1471)
• 1524 – Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (d. 1583)
• 1533 – Queen Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)
• 1674 – Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (d. 1728)
• 1683 – Mary Anne of Austria (d. 1754)
• 1694 – Johan Ludvig, Danish policitian (d. 1763)
• 1705 – Matthäus Günther, German painter (d. 1788)
• 1707 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, biologist and author (d. 1788)
• 1726 – François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (d. 1795)
• 1740 – Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor (d. 1814)
• 1777 – Heinrich Stölzel, German musician and composer (d. 1844)
• 1801 – Sarel Cilliers, Voortrekker leader and preacher (d.1871)
• 1810 – Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist (d. 1858)
• 1815 – John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (d. 1866)
• 1817 – Queen Louise of Hesse-Kassel of Denmark (d. 1898)
• 1818 – Thomas Talbot, 31^st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1886)
• 1819 – Thomas A. Hendricks, 21^st Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
• 1829 – Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German organic chemist (d. 1896)
• 1831 – Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (d. 1900)
• 1836 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman, UK Prime Minister (d. 1908)
• 1836 – August Toepler, German physicist (d. 1912)
• 1842 – Johannes Zukertort, German chess master (d. 1888)
• 1851 – Edward Ashael Birge, American pioneer in limnology (d. 1950)
• 1855 – William Friese-Greene, British photographer (d. 1921)
• 1860 – Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961)
• 1862 – Sir Edgar Speyer, American-born British financier and philanthropist (d. 1932)
• 1866 – Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist (d. 1947)
• 1867 – Albert Bassermann, German actor (d. 1952)
• 1869 – Ben Viljoen, South African Boer general and circus act (d. 1917)
• 1870 – Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer and adventurer (d. 1938)
• 1870 – Thomas Curtis, American athlete (d. 1944)
• 1876 – C.J. Dennis, Australian poet and writer (d. 1938)
• 1877 – Mike O'Neill, Irish baseball player (d. 1959)
• 1885 – Elinor Wylie, American poet and novelist (d. 1928)
• 1887 – Edith Sitwell, British poet and critic (d. 1964)
• 1892 – Eric Harrison, Australian politician (d. 1974)
• 1892 – Oscar O'Brien, Canadian folklorist and Roman Catholic priest (d. 1958)
• 1893 – Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, British politician (d. 1957)
• 1894 – Vic Richardson, Australian cricketer (d. 1969)
• 1894 – George Waggner, American producer (d. 1984)
• 1900 – Taylor Caldwell, British-American novelist (d. 1985)
• 1900 – Giuseppe Zangara, Italian would-be assassin of Franklin D. Roosevelt (d. 1933)
• 1903 – Margaret Landon, American writer (d. 1993)
• 1908 – Paul Brown, American football coach and executive (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Michael DeBakey, American cardiac surgeon (d. 2008)
• 1908 – Max Kaminsky (musician), jazz trumpetere and band leader(d. 1994)
• 1909 – Elia Kazan, Greek-born American film and theater director (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist figure (d. 1998)
• 1912 – David Packard, American electrical engineer and businessman (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, British soldier, royal courtier (d. 1999)
• 1913 – Anthony Quayle, British actor and director (d. 1989)
• 1914 – Graeme Bell, Australian jazz pianist and composer
• 1914 – James Van Allen, American space scientist (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Leonard Cheshire VC, decorated British air ace and humanitarian (d. 1992)
• 1917 – John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1917 – Jacob Lawrence, American painter (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Ewen Solon, New Zealand actor (d.1985)
• 1919 – Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Al Caiola, American guitarist
• 1920 – Harri Webb, Welsh Poet (d. 1994)
• 1921 – Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish President of FC Barcelona (1978 – 2000)
• 1921 – Arthur Ferrante, American pianist (d. 2009)
• 1922 – Lucien Jarraud, Canadian radio host (d. 2007)
• 1923 – Nancy Keesing, Australian writer (d. 1993)
• 1923 – Peter Lawford, British-born American actor (d. 1984)
• 1924 – Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer
• 1924 – Daniel Inouye, American politician, senior senator of Hawaii
• 1924 – Leonard Rosenman, American film and television composer (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Laura Ashley, British designer (d. 1985)
• 1925 – Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician
• 1926 – Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983)
• 1926 – Don Messick, American voice actor (d. 1997)
• 1927 – Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, French Canadian jurist
• 1927 – Eric Hill, British children's author
• 1928 – Kathleen Gorham, Australian ballerina (d. 1983)
• 1930 – Sonny Rollins, American jazz saxophonist
• 1930 – King Baudouin I of Belgium (d. 1993)
• 1931 – Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer (d. 2009)
• 1932 – Malcolm Bradbury, British writer and academic (d. 2000)
• 1932 – John Paul Getty, Jr., American-British philanthropist, book collecter (d. 2003)
• 1934 – Little Milton, American musician (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Omar Karami, Lebanese statesman
• 1934 – Mary Bauermeister, German artist
• 1934 – Meir Brandsdorfer, Belgian-born Israeli religious figure (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Waldo de los Ríos, Argentinian composer, arranger (d. 1977)
• 1935 – Denis Vaugeois, Canadian author, historian and politician
• 1935 – Ronnie Dove, American singer
• 1936 – Buddy Holly, American singer (The Crickets) (d. 1959)
• 1936 – Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek politician
• 1937 – John Phillip Law, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1937 – Cüneyt Arkın, Turkish film actor
• 1937 – Oleg Lobov, Prime Minister of Russia
• 1937 – Olly Wilson, American composer, pianist, double bassist, and musicologist
• 1939 – Latimore (musician), American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist
• 1940 – Dario Argento, Italian film director
• 1940 – Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian politician (d. 2009)
• 1942 – Alan Oakes, British Footballer
• 1943 – Lena Valaitis, Lithuanian-born German singer
• 1943 – Beverley McLachlin, Canadian jurist
• 1944 – Bertel Haarder, Danish politician
• 1944 – Earl "The Goat" Manigault, American basketball player (d. 1998)
• 1944 – Forrest Blue, American football player (d. 2011)
• 1945 – Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1946 – Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1946 – Joe Klein, American journalist, novelist
• 1948 – Susan Blakely, American actress
• 1949 – Gloria Gaynor, American disco singer
• 1949 – Barry Siegel, American journalist
• 1950 – Julie Kavner, American actress
• 1950 – Johann Friedrich Hohenberger, German-Australian engineer and conman (d. 1991)
• 1951 – Morris Albert, Brazilian singer
• 1951 – Chrissie Hynde, American guitarist and singer (The Pretenders)
• 1951 – Mark Isham, American composer
• 1952 – Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motocyclist (d. 1998)
• 1953 – Marc Hunter, New Zealand rock singer (d. 1998)
• 1953 – Benmont Tench, American keyboardist
• 1953 – Michael Byron (composer), American composer and editor of contemporary music anthologies
• 1954 – Corbin Bernsen, American actor
• 1954 – Michael Emerson, American actor
• 1955 – Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician
• 1955 – Mira Furlan, Croatian actress
• 1956 – Michael Feinstein, American singer, pianist, musical revivalist
• 1956 – Byron Stevenson, British footballer (d. 2007)
• 1956 – Diane Warren, American song writer
• 1957 – Jermaine Stewart, American pop singer (Shalamar) (d. 1997)
• 1960 – Andrew Voss, Australian television personality
• 1960 – Phillip Rhee, Korean-American actor and director
• 1960 – David Steele (musician), English bass guitarist and songwriter
• 1960 – Brad Houser, American bass guitar, baritone saxophone and bass clarinet player
• 1961 – LeRoi Moore, American musician (Dave Matthews Band) (d. 2008)
• 1961 – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist
• 1962 – Jennifer Egan, American novelist
• 1963 – Eazy-E, American rapper (N.W.A.) (d. 1995)
• 1963 – Brent Liles, American musician (Social Distortion) (d. 2007)
• 1964 – Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kickboxer (d. 2000)
• 1965 – Andreas Thom, German footballer
• 1965 – Uta Pippig, German athlete
• 1965 – Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
• 1965 – Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian opera singer
• 1966 – Chris Acland, English drummer (Lush) (d. 1996)
• 1966 – Vladimir Andreyev, Russian race walker
• 1966 – Chris Barfoot, English film writer and producer
• 1966 – Lutz Heilmann, German politician
• 1966 – Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater
• 1967 – Toby Jones, British actor
• 1969 – Darren Bragg, American baseball player
• 1969 – Angie Everhart, American model and actress
• 1969 – Diane Farr, American actress (Numb3rs)
• 1969 – Rudy Galindo, American skater figure
• 1970 – Tom Everett Scott, American actor
• 1970 – Gino Odjick, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1971 – Briana Scurry, American soccer player
• 1971 – Shane Mosley, American boxer
• 1972 – Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player
• 1972 – Slug, American rapper (Atmosphere)
• 1973 – Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
• 1974 – Mario Frick, Liechtensteiner footballer
• 1974 – Antonio McDyess, American basketball player
• 1975 – Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer
• 1975 – Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (d. 2007)
• 1976 – Oliver Hudson, American actor
• 1977 – Nora Greenwald, American professional wrestler
• 1977 – Jon Macken, British Footballer
• 1978 – Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
• 1978 – Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer
• 1979 – Pavol Hochschorner, Slovak slalom canoer
• 1979 – Brian Stokes, American baseball player
• 1979 – Owen Pallett, Canadian musician (Final Fantasy)
• 1979 – Paul Mara, American ice hockey player
• 1980 – Mark Prior, American baseball player
• 1980 – Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer
• 1980 – Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer
• 1980 – Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist
• 1981 – Paul McCoy, American musician (12 Stones)
• 1981 – Gökhan Zan, Turkish footballer
• 1982 – Andre Dirrell, American boxer
• 1982 – Ryoko Shiraishi, Japanese seiyu
• 1983 – Pops Mensah-Bonsu, British basketball player
• 1983 – Annette Dytrt, German skater figure
• 1983 – Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist
• 1983 – Mehmet Topuz, Turkisher footballer
• 1983 – Piri Weepu, New Zealand rugby player
• 1984 – Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
• 1984 – Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1985 – Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Adam Eckersley, English footballer
• 1986 – Colin Delaney, American professional wrestler
• 1987 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress
• 1987 – Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player
• 1987 – Danny North, English Footballer
• 1988 – Kevin Love, American basketball player
• 1990 – Tanja Kolbe, German ice dancer
• 1990 – Alex Harvey, Canadian cross country skier
• 1991 – Amar Garibović, Serbian cross country skier (d. 2010)
• 1993 – Taylor Gray, American actor