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Birthdays in History for Thursday 11th September 2014

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Birthdays 1 - 223 of 223
1182 - Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (d. 1204)
1458 - Bernardo Accolti, [Unico Aretino], Italian writer (Virginia)
1476 - Louise of Savoye, French mother/regentes of king Francois I
1522 - Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical
1523 - Pierre de Ronsard, poet
1525 - Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91)
1584 - Thomas Erpenius, [van Erpe], Dutch orientalist/arabist (grammar)
1611 - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (d. 1675)
1614 - Philipp Buchner, composer
1681 - Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (d. 1741)
1700 - James Thomson, songwriter (Rule Britannia)
1723 - Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educational reformer (d. 1790)
1741 - Johann J Angel, German author (Herr Lorenz Stark)
1753 - Friedrich August Baumbach, composer
1764 - Valentino Fioravanti, composer
1786 - Friedrich Kuhlau, composer
1798 - Franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/mathematician/physicist
1800 - Daniel S. Dickinson, New York senator (d. 1866)
1804 - Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka) [NS]
1806 - Joshua Blackwood Howell, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1807 - Ignaz Lachner, composer
1813 - Conrad Feger Jackson, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1816 - Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (d. 1888)
1825 - Eduard Hanslick, German music critic (d. 1904)
1835 - William Wirt Allen, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
1836 - Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (d. 1870)
1838 - John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St Paul
1844 - George Clement Martin, composer
1859 - Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian writer (d. 1905)
1860 - Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter [NS]
1860 - James Allan, former All Black (d. 1934)
1861 - Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio)
1862 - O Henry, [William Sydney Porter], American short story writer (d. 1910)
1862 - Julian Byng, British army officer (d. 1935)
1865 - Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (d. 1929)
1874 - Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer
1876 - Alfonso Broqua, composer
1877 - Felix Dzerzhinsky [Iron Felix, Bloody Felix], Ivyanets, Lithuania, Soviet statesman, established and developed Soviet secret police (Cheka, forerunner to the KGB)
1877 - James Jeans, England, physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1881 - Asta Nielsen, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Joyless Street)
1883 - Grogorij J Zinovjev, [Gerson Radomyslski], Russian

Writer D. H. Lawrence (1885) 1885 - David Herbert Lawrence (DH), Eastwood Nottinghamshire, poet/writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover) (d. 1930)
1885 - Eratstus Flaval Beadle, publisher (Beadle's Dime Novels)
1885 - Herbert Stothart, composer
1890 - Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer
1891 - Noel Gallon, composer
1891 - William Thomas Walsh, American author (d. 1949)
1892 - Pinto Colvig, OR, animation voice (Goofy, Pluto)
1892 - Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (d. 1980)
1893 - W. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (d. 1974)
1895 - Harry Tobias, songwriter
1899 - Nelly A "Nell" Knoop, Dutch actress (Driestuivers Opera)
1899 - Jimmie Davis, Quitman, Louisiana, American singer and songwriter (You Are My Sunshine)
1900 - D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman (d. 1999)
1902 - Alice Tully, Corning, NY, singer/patroness (Carnegie Hall)
1903 - Theodor Adorno, German philosopher/sociologist
1906 - Roye England, modeller/museum curator
1908 - Everhardus J van Romondt, physician/Dutch Antillean minister of Eco
1909 - Anne Seymour, England, actress (Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show)
1909 - William H Natcher, (Rep-D-Kentucky, 1953- )
1911 - Bola de Nieve, Cuban pianist (d. 1971)
1913 - Paul "Bear" Bryant, US football coach (Alabama Crimson Tide)
1915 - Athena Lorde, NY, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek)
1915 - Jack Fascinato, Bevier Mo, pianist/orchestra leader (Kukla Fran & Ollie)

American Filmmaker and Founder of NFL Films Ed Sabol (1916) 1916 - Ed Sabol, Atlantic City New Jersey, American filmmaker (NFL Films)
1917 - Ferdinand Marcos, Philippines Pres (1965-86)
1917 - Henderson Forsythe, Macon MO, actor (Crisis at Central High)
1917 - Jessica Lucy Mitford, author (American Way of Death)
1917 - Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner (d. 2001)
1918 - Donald Blakeslee, American aviator (d. 2008)
1921 - Edwin Richfield, British Actor (d. 1990)
1922 - Charles Evers, civil rights leader (Amazing Grace)
1923 - Alan Badel, Manchester England, actor (Shogun)
1923 - Betsy Drake, fitness expert/actress (Every Girl Should be Married)
1924 - Daniel Kahikina Akaka, (Rep-D-HI, 1977- /Sen-D Hawaii)

NFL Head Coach Tom Landry (1924) 1924 - Tom Landry, Mission Texas, NFL player (NY Giants)/coach (Dallas Cowboys)
1924 - Rudolf Vrba, Jewish Canadian professor, Holocaust survivor (d. 2006)
1925 - Ashley Heenan, composer
1925 - Harry Stuart Somers, composer
1926 - Alfred Slote, author (Love & Tennis, Omega Station)
1926 - Gerrit van Niekerk Viljoen, South African minister of Legislation
1926 - Lee Richardson, Chicago, actor (Sweet Lorraine, Fly 2, Tiger Warsaw)
1926 - Eddie Miksis, baseball player (d. 2005)
1927 - David Schine, businessman
1927 - Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (d. 2002)
1928 - Earl Holliman, Delhi La, actor (Police Woman, Tribes, Cry Panic)
1928 - Reubin Askew, (Gov-Fla)
1929 - David S Broder, Chicago Hgts Ill, journalist (Pulitzer 1973)
1930 - Cathryn Damon, Seattle Wash, actress (Mary-Soap, She's Having a Baby)
1930 - Saleh Selim, Egyptian football player (d. 2002)
1931 - Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian
1932 - Herbert "Sonny" Leon Callahan, (Rep-R-Alabama, 1985- )
1932 - Robert W "Bob" Packwood, (Sen-R-OR, 1969- )
1932 - Peter Anderson, English footballer
1933 - William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (d. 2002)
1934 - Oliver Jones, Canadian jazz pianist
1934 - Norma Croker, Australian sprinter
1934 - Ian Abercrombie, Grays, Essex, English actor (Birds of Prey, Desperate Housewives)
1935 - Arvo Part, composer
1935 - Gherman Stepanovich Titov, USSR, cosmonaut (Vostok II)
1936 - Charles Dierkop, LaCrosse Wisc, actor (Det Pete Royster-Police Woman)
1937 - Paola Ruffo di Calabria, Ital princess/queen of Belgium (1993- )
1937 - Robert L Crippen, Beaumont Tx, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 1, 7, 41C, 41G)
1937 - Iosif Kobzon, Soviet singer and Russian businessman
1938 - Charles Patrick, rocker (Monotones)
1939 - Charles Geschke, American inventor and businessman
1940 - Bernie Dwyer, rock drummer (Freddie & The Dreamers)
1940 - Brian DePalma, Newark NJ, film director (Body Double, Dressed to Kill)
1940 - Theodore Olson, U.S. Solicitor General
1940 - Robert Palmer, last CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation

Comedian Tom Dreesen (1942) 1942 - Tom Dreesen, Harvey, Illinois, comedian (Tim Ried's partner)
1942 - Lola Falana [Loletha Elayne], Camden, New Jersey, American singer and actress (Golden Boy, A Man Called Adam)
1942 - Gerome Ragni American Playwright
1943 - Mickey Hart, drummer (Grateful Dead)
1943 - Raymond Villeneuve, Canadian terrorist
1944 - Everaldo, Brazilian footballer
1944 - Freddy Thielemans, mayor of Brussels
1945 - Leo Kottke, Athens Ga, guitarist (Ice Water, Greenhouse)
1945 - Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer
1946 - Dennis Tufano, Chicago, rock guitarist/vocalist (Buckinghams)
1948 - John Martyn, English musician
1949 - Marty Liquori, US, runner (AAU 3 mile-1979 (13:14.7))
1949 - Roger Uttley, English rugby player
1949 - Bill Whittington, race car driver
1950 - Amy Madigan, Chicago Ill, actress (Uncle Buck, Twice in a Lifetime)
1950 - Barry Sheene, British auto maker
1951 - Richard D. Gill, British-Dutch mathematician
1951 - Miroslav Dvořák, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (d. 2008)
1953 - Tommy Shaw, American musician and singer (Styx)
1953 - Jani Allan, South African journalist and media personality
1954 - Reed Birney, Alexandria Va, actor (Greatest Man in the World)
1956 - Tony Gilroy, American screenwriter and director
1957 - Jeffrey George Sluman, Rochester NY, PGA golfer (1988 PGA Champ)
1957 - Jon Moss, rock drummerer (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me)
1957 - Brad Bird, American director and animator
1958 - Don Slaught, Long Beach CA, catcher (California Angels, NY Yankees)
1958 - Mick Talbot, rock keyboardist (Style Council-You're the Best Thing)
1958 - Scott Patterson, American actor
1958 - Roxann Dawson, American actress
1958 - Phoef Sutton, American television writer and producer
1959 - David Laurence Frost, Cape Town South Africa, PGA golfer (1988 Southern Open)
1959 - Robert Wrenn, Richmond VA, Nike golfer (1987 Buick Open)
1960 - Neal X, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
1961 - Virginia Madsen, Chicago Ill, actress (Dune, Hot Spot, Class)
1961 - Elizabeth Daily, Los Angeles, California, American actress and singer (Buttercup-The Powerpuff Girls)
1961 - Philip Ardagh, British writer
1962 - Kristy McNichol, Los Angeles California, actress (Buddy-Family, Barbara-Empty Nest)
1962 - Filip Dewinter Belgian politician
1962 - Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer
1963 - Bonnie Gadusek, Pittsburgh, tennis player (French Juniors 1981)
1963 - Gerald Wilkins, NBA guard (Orlando Magic)
1963 - Colin Wells, English actor
1964 - Ellis Burks, Vicksburg MS, outfielder (Colorado Rockies)
1964 - Eric Thomas, NFL cornerback (Denver Broncos)
1964 - Jean-Phil LeMoine, hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
1964 - Roxanne Biggs-Dawson, actress (B'Elanna Torres-Star Trek Voyager)
1964 - Victor Wooten, American musician
1965 - John Schofield, journalist
1965 - Tony Woods, NFL defensive end (Washington Redskins)
1965 - Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria
1965 - Paul Heyman, American wrestling manager
1965 - Moby, American musician
1966 - Richard Harvey, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
1966 - Stewart Carr, Indianapolis Ind, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1966 - Princess Akishino, Japanese Imperial Family
1967 - Kendra Lee Ruwe, Madison Idaho, Miss Idaho-America (1991)
1967 - Simon Burgess, Australian rower (Olympics-96)

Singer Harry Connick Jr (1967) 1967 - Harry Connick Jr, New Orleans Louisiana, singer (We Are in Love)
1967 - Maria Bartiromo, financial broadcast journalist
1968 - Konstantin Shafranov, hockey forward (Team Kazkhstan 1998)
1968 - Kay Hanley, American musician
1968 - Paul Mayeda Berges, American film writer and director
1969 - Laura Sisk, Maryland, actress (Allison Rescott-Loving)
1969 - Tracy Scroggins, NFLer (Detroit Lions)
1969 - Eduardo Perez, American baseball player
1969 - Gidget Gein, American musician
1970 - Berry Richter, Madison Wis, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994)
1970 - Dan Hackett, Syracuse NY, water polo goalkeeper (Olympics-96)
1970 - Chris Garver, tattoo artist
1970 - Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer
1970 - William Joppy, American boxer
1970 - Ted Leo, American musician
1971 - Mack Strong, NFL fullback (Seattle Seahawks)
1971 - Todd Norman, NFL guard (Seattle Seahawks)
1971 - Richard Ashcroft, British singer
1971 - Markos Moulitsas, American blogger and author
1971 - Johnny Vegas, English comedian
1971 - Shelton Quarles, American football player
1972 - Kip Simons, Media Pa, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96)
1972 - Mark Pope, NBA forward (Indiana Pacers)
1972 - Matthew Gilmore, Belgian cyclist
1973 - Fred Thomas, NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks)
1974 - Lucian Sahetapy, soccer player (FC Groningen)
1975 - Juliette Spier, Miss North Dakota USA (1996)
1975 - Tiffany Parks, Miss Arkansas USA (1996)
1975 - Juan Cobián, former Argentine footballer
1975 - Mark Klepaski, American musician
1976 - Elephant Man, Jamaican musician
1976 - Flora Redoumi, Greek hurdler
1976 - Tomáš Enge, Czech racing driver
1977 - Ludacris, American rapper
1977 - Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player
1977 - Jon Buckland, British guitarist (Coldplay)
1978 - Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer
1978 - Ed Reed, American football player
1978 - Ben Lee, Australian musician and singer
1979 - Ariana Richards, Healdsburg CA, actress (Spaced Invaders, Prancer)
1979 - Nathan Gale, American murderer (d. 2004)
1979 - Frank Francisco, Major League Baseball pitcher
1979 - Steve Hofstetter, comedian & radio personality
1979 - David Pizarro, Chilean footballer
1980 - Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian race car driver
1980 - Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 - Andrea Dossena, Italian footballer
1981 - Dylan Klebold, Columbine High School Massacre co-perpetrator (d. 1999)
1982 - Shriya Saran, South Indian actress
1983 - Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player
1983 - Ike Diogu, American basketball player
1985 - Shaun Livingston, American basketball player
1985 - Zack Stortini, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 - Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player
1986 - Dwayne Jarrett, American football player
1987 - Tyler Hoechlin, American actor

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