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Birthdays in History for Monday 1st September 2014

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1286 - Elisabeth Richeza of Poland, Queen of Poland (d. 1335)
1453 - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515)
1529 - Taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter
1549 - Charles Philip of Croij, marquis of Havre/earl of Fontenoy, etc
1566 - Edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626)
1588 - Henry II, Prince of Condé, French nobleman (d. 1646)
1608 - Giacomo Torelli, Fano, Italy, stage designer, engineer and architect
1651 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694)
1653 - Johann Pachelbel, Nuremberg, composer (Canon in D), (d. 1706)
1689 - Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Bavarian master builder (Prague)
1711 - Willem IV KH Friso, Dutch prince of Orange-Nassau

Composer Johann Pachelbel (1653) 1712 - Simon Fokke, Dutch book illustrator
1724 - John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist/co-founder (Society of It General)
1732 - Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer
1732 - Thomas Alexander Erskine Kelly, composer
1751 - Emmanuel Johann Joseph Schikaneder, composer [or Apr 9]
1758 - Wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch Staatscourant
1768 - Carl Bernhard Wessely, composer
1787 - John Bake, classical composer
1789 - Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer
1791 - Lydia Sigourney, US, religious author (How to Be Happy)
1795 - James Gordon Bennett, Sr., Keith Scotland, American newspaper publisher (New York Herald)
1798 - Richard Delafield, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1873

Founder of the New York Herald James Gordon Bennett (1795) 1803 - Jacobus T Abels, Dutch painter
1816 - Gustav Schmidt, composer
1824 - Isaac Hardin Duval, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902
1827 - Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Overbetuwsche Novellen)
1829 - James Conner, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1883
1845 - Paul S Methuen, English fieldmarshal/governor of Natal/Malta
1848 - Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (d. 1931)
1849 - Elizabeth Harrison, US, educator (Natl Congress of Parents & Teachers)
1854 - Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany, opera composer (Parisfal)
1855 - Innokenty Annensky, Omsk, Russian Empire, poet, critic and interpreter (poètes maudits)
1856 - Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (d. 1953)
1862 - Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist
1862 - Alphons Diepenbrock, Dutch composer [or Sept 2]
1864 - Roger David Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916)
1866 - James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, heavyweight champion boxer (1892-97)
1868 - Henri Bourassa, French Canadian politician and publisher (d. 1952)
1870 - Timotei Popovici, composer
1871 - J. Reuben Clark, Jr., American Undersecretary of State (d. 1961)
1873 - Guy Standing, English actor (Cradle Song)
1874 - Heinrich Otto Ludwig, composer
1874 - Ismar Elbogen, German/US rabbi (Encyclopedia Judaica)
1875 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, US, sci-fi author (Tarzan of Apes, Mars Saga)
1876 - Harriet Shaw Weaver, English political activist (d. 1961)
1877 - Francis William Aston, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)
1878 - Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1942)
1883 - Didier Pitre, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1934)
1884 - Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and filmdirector (d. 1947)
1886 - Othmar Schoeck, composer
1887 - Blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Swiss poet/writer
1887 - Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar
1888 - Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician (d. 1958)
1889 - Richard Arlen, American actor (d. 1976)
1892 - Leverett Saltonstall, 55th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1979)
1893 - Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japans/US painter/etcher/lithographer
1895 - Edit Angold, Germany, actor (Suspense, Molly, Blue Angel)
1895 - Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Indian musician (d. 1974)
1896 - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian theologian (d. 1977)
1897 - Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer (d. 1963)
1898 - Marilyn Miller, [Renolds], US actress (Sunny)/wife of Jack Pickford
1900 - Andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht)
1900 - Kazimierz Wilkomirski, composer
1900 - Richard Arlen, Virginia, actor (Alice in Wonderland, Crawling Hand)
1904 - Johnny Mack Brown, Dothan AL, actor (Lawman is Born, Back Trail)
1904 - Ray Flaherty, AFL/NFL/AAFC coach (NY Giants)
1905 - Gervase Hughes, composer
1905 - Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (d. 2000)
1906 - Franz Biebl, German composer (d. 2001)
1907 - Joaquin Balaguer, president Dominican Republic
1907 - Walter Reuther, labor leader/president (UAW & CIO)
1908 - Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist
1908 - Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1980)
1909 - E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (d. 1957)
1911 - Komei Abe, composer
1911 - Marinus Ruppert, Dutch chairman (CNV)/trade union leader
1913 - Christian Nyby, American director and film editor (d. 1993)
1916 - Sydney Dawson Bailey, pacifist/campaigner
1919 - Roy John Britten, Washington, molecular biologist (repeated DNA sequences in eukaryotic genomes), (d. 2012)
1920 - Hubert Lampo, Flemish writer/essayist (Coming of Joachim Stiller)
1920 - Richard Farnsworth, Los Angeles California, actor (Misery, Havana, Sylvester)
1921 - Matt Higgins Doran, composer
1921 - Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (Mandarins on Sulfuric Acid)
1922 - Yvonne DeCarlo, Vancouver British Columbia, Canadian actress (10 Commandments, Lily-Munsters)
1922 - Melvin R Laird, (Rep-R-Mich), US Secretary of Defense (1969-73)
1922 - Vittorio Gassman, Genoa Italy, actor (War & Peace)
1922 - Yvonne De Carlo, Vancouver BC, actress (10 Commandments, Munsters)
1922 - Joe Astroth, East Alton, Illinois, MLB player (Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics), (d. 2013)

Heavyweight Boxing Champion Rocky Marciano (1923) 1923 - Rocky Marciano, Brockton, Massachusetts, heavyweight champion boxer (1952-56), (d. 1969)
1923 - Theo H Joekes, journalist/Dutch MP (VVD)
1925 - Art[hur E] Pepper, US, alto saxophonist
1925 - Ruth S White, composer
1925 - Art Pepper, American musician (d. 1982)
1926 - Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh
1927 - Tommy Evans, rocker (Drifters)
1928 - George Maharis, actor (Rich Man, Poor Man, Route 66)
1928 - Clifford Lincoln, Canadian politician
1929 - Anne Ramsey, American actress (d. 1988)
1931 - "Boxcar" Willie, singer
1931 - Matthew J Rinaldo, (Rep-R-NJ, 1973- )
1933 - Ann Richards, (Gov-D-Tx)
1933 - Conway Twitty, [Harold Jenkins], Miss, country singer (Hello Darlin')
1933 - Tom Vreugdenhil, Dutch MP (CDA)
1933 - Ann W. Richards, American politician (d. 2006)
1933 - Marshall Lytle, Old Fort, North Carolina, Hall of Fame rock bassist (Comets), (d. 2013)
1934 - Terepai Maoate, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (1999-2002), (d. 2012)
1935 - Seiji Ozawa, Hoten Manchuria, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
1937 - Al Geiberger, Red Bluff CA, PGA golfer (1962 Ontario Open)
1937 - Ron O'Neal, Utica NY, actor (Superfly)
1938 - Alan Dershowitz, NYC, attorney (Claus Von Bulow, OJ Simpson)
1938 - Art Agnos, US, politician(?)
1938 - George Maharis, Astoria NY, actor (Buz-Route 66, Most Deadly Game)
1939 - Heinrich Messner, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1939 - Katie Webster, [Swamp-Boogie Queen]/US R&B pianist/singer
1939 - Lily Tomlin, Detroit, comedienne/actress (9 to 5, Laugh-in, All of Me)
1941 - Sid Pye, drummer
1942 - C[arolyn] J[anice] Cherry, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Faded Sun Trilogy)
1942 - C. J. Cherryh, American writer
1943 - Pat Connolly-Daniels-Winslow-Banks, US pentathlete (Olympics-7th-1968)
1943 - Don Stroud, Honolulu, Hawaii, American actor (Coogan's Bluff, Buddy Holly Story)
1944 - Archie Bell, US singer (& the Drells-Tighten up)
1944 - Leonard Slatkin, Los Angeles California, conductor (Concert Orch, Neth)
1945 - Mustafa Balel, Turkish writer
1946 - Barry Gibb, Manchester England, guitarist/singer (Bee Gees)
1946 - Greg Errico, San Francisco, California, American drummer (Sly & Family Stone-Stand!)
1946 - Roh Moo-Hyun, President of South Korea
1947 - Al Green, American politician
1948 - Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher
1948 - James Rebhorn, Philadelphia, PA, actor (White Collar, Homeland), (d. 2014)
1949 - P.A. Sangma, Indian politician
1950 - Phillip Fulmer, American football coach
1951 - Timothy Zahn, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Cobra Strike)
1951 - David Bairstow, England cricketer (d. 1998)
1953 - Chuck Orton, US sysop, (Emerald BBS, Oregon)
1953 - Beau Billingslea, American voice actor
1953 - Ted Petty, American professional wrestler (d. 2002)
1954 - Gabor Ormai, viola Player
1954 - Dave Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player
1955 - Bruce Foxton, rock guitarist (Jam)
1955 - Billy Blanks, American martial artist

Singer Gloria Estefan (1957) 1957 - Gloria Estefan, [Fajardo], Havana, singer (Miami Sound Machine-Conga)
1957 - Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball coach
1958 - Armi Aavikko, Finnish singer (d. 2002)
1959 - Keith Allen Clearwater, Long Beach CA, PGA golfer (1987 Colonial Natl)
1959 - Kenny Mayne, American sports journalist
1961 - Bam Bam Bigelow, Secaucus NJ, WWF wrestler (Wrestlemania XI)
1962 - Robert L Haller, coon Dog Trainer
1962 - Ruud Gullit, Suriname/Dutch soccer star (Feyenoord, PSV, AC Milan)
1962 - Tony Cascarino, Irish footballer
1963 - Carola Smit, Dutch singer (BZN-Bad bad woman)
1963 - David Zhuang, China, US table tennis player (Olympics-96)
1963 - Stephen Kernahan, Australian rules footballer
1964 - Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 - Cécilia Rhode, Swedish model
1964 - Ray D'Arcy, Irish DJ and TV presenter
1965 - Aldo Swager, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1965 - Hardy Nickerson, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1966 - Katja Bienert, Berlin Germany, actress (Praxis Bulowbogen)
1966 - Stephane Talbot, Greenfield Park Que, golfer (1992 Quebec PGA)
1966 - Tim Hardaway, NBA guard (Miami Heat)
1967 - David Whissell, Quebec politician
1968 - Mardi Lunn, Liverpool Australia, LPGA golfer (1994 McDonald's-17th)
1968 - Michelle Buckingham, Los Angeles California, Canadian 61 kg judoka (Olymp-20-92, 96)
1968 - Mohammed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (d. 2001)
1969 - Florence Descampe, Brussels Belgium, LPGA golfer (1992 McCall)
1969 - Henning Berg, Norwegian footballer
1970 - Barbara Paulus, Vienna Austria, tennis star
1970 - Flora Perfetti, Faenza Italy, tennis star
1970 - Jodi Lambert, Australian 100m/200m sprinter (Olympics-96)
1970 - Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor
1970 - Padma Lakshmi, Indian actress
1970 - Vanna, Croatian singer
1971 - Gabe Wilkins, NFL defensive end (GB Packers-Super Bowl 31)
1971 - Moses Kiptanui, Kenyan 3K runner (world record)
1971 - Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
1971 - Ricardo Antonio Chavira, American actor
1971 - Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese composer
1971 - Lââm, French singer
1971 - Jimmy Snuka, Jr., American professional wrestler
1972 - Eiman Thakeb, Miss Egypt Universe (1997)
1972 - Josh Davis, US, 800m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
1972 - Louise Dobson, Shepparton Aust, field hockey fullback (Olympics-96)
1972 - Matt O'Dwyer, NFL guard (NY Jets)
1972 - Doug Williams, British professional wrestler
1973 - Gillian Boxx, Fontana CA, softball catcher (Olympics-gold-96)
1973 - Trent Bray, NZ, 100m/200m swimmer (Olympics-96)
1973 - Ram Kapoor, Indian actor
1973 - J. D. Fortune, Canadian singer (INXS)
1973 - Zach Thomas, American football player
1973 - Polly Shannon, Canadian actress
1974 - Jason Taylor, American football player
1974 - Jhonen Vasquez, American comic book artist
1975 - Scott Speedman, English-born actor
1975 - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Puerto Rican guitarist
1975 - Cuttino Mobley, American basketball player
1976 - Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer
1976 - Marcos Ambrose, Australian racing driver
1976 - Erik Morales, Mexican boxer
1976 - Clare Connor, England Woman cricketer
1977 - Raffaele Giammaria, Italian racing driver
1977 - Aaron Schobel, American football player
1977 - Shoshana Bean, American stage actress
1977 - Aamir Ali, Indian television actor
1977 - David Albelda, Spanish footballer
1978 - Max Vieri, Australian soccer player
1978 - Lucie Blackman, English murder victim (d. 2000)
1979 - James O'Connor, Irish footballer
1980 - Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer
1980 - Chris Riggott, English footballer
1981 - Clinton Portis, American football player
1981 - Adam Quick, Australian basketball player
1982 - Paul Dumbrell, Australian racing driver
1982 - Ryan Gomes, American basketball player
1982 - Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater
1983 - José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer
1984 - Joseph Trohman, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
1984 - Nick Noble, American soccer player
1985 - Camile Velasco, Filipino-American singer
1986 - H Debehogne discovers asteroid #8265 La Silla
1986 - Gaël Monfils, French tennis player
1986 - Anthony Allen, English rugby union player
1987 - Dann Hume, New Zealand musician (Evermore)
1988 - Gabriel Ferrari, American soccer player
1988 - Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladeshi cricketer
1989 - Juliana Lohmann, Brazilian actress
1993 - Ilona Mitrecey, French singer
1994 - Bianca Ryan, American singer

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