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Birthdays in History for Tuesday 30th September 2014

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1207 - Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (d. 1273)
1227 - Pope Nicholas IV (d. 1292)
1530 - Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (d. 1606)
1550 - Michael Maestlin, German mathematician (d. 1631)
1622 - Johann Sebastiani, composer
1627 - Robinson Crusoe, fictional character, according to Daniel Defoe
1631 - William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (d. 1701)
1685 - Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer
1700 - Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (d. 1773)
1710 - John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (d. 1771)
1715 - Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosopher (d. 1780)
1732 - Jacques Necker, French finance minister of Louis XVI (d. 1804)

Fictional Character Robinson Crusoe (1627) 1743 - Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer
1752 - Justin Heinrich Knecht, composer
1765 - José María Morelos, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1815)
1800 - Decimus Burton, British architect (d. 1881)
1805 - Samuel Peter Heintzelman, Major General (Union volunteers)
1808 - Lambertus GC Ledeboer, Dutch vicar (Folies-old Calvinist communities)
1811 - Augusta of Saxe-Weimar, Queen of Prussia and German Empress (d. 1890)
1824 - Peter Milne, composer
1827 - Carlo A Alfieri, Italian MP (Liberal)
1827 - Kenner Garrard, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879
1827 - Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (d. 1918)
1832 - Frederick Sleigh "Bobs" Roberts, Brit gov of Natal (Ireland-Boer war)
1833 - Ferdinand von Saar, writer
1840 - Johan Severin Svendsen, composer
1847 - Wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist
1852 - Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish organist/composer
1856 - Andrejs Jurjans, composer
1857 - Hermann Sudermann, German writer (Honor, That Ehre, Frau Sorge)
1861 - William Wrigley Jr., American industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company) (d. 1932)
1862 - Georgy Eduardovich Konyus, composer
1863 - Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (WW I)
1869 - Ernest Jones, cricket pace bowler (marvellous Aust at turn of century)
1870 - Jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926)
1870 - Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father of Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (d. 1948)
1871 - John Fabricius, Neth/English stageauthor (Ring of Prophet)
1871 - Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer
1876 - Katherine Griffith, SF CA, actress (Pollyanna, Fast Company)
1879 - Ernst Isler, composer
1879 - Henri Casadesus, French violist and composer (Viola d'amour)
1882 - George Bancroft, Phila, actor (Underworld)/wife of Octavia Brooke
1883 - Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist (St John's Gospel)
1883 - Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (d. 1945)
1887 - Lil Dagover [Marta-Maria Lillits], Madiun, Java, Dutch-born German actress (Spiders)
1893 - Lansdale Sasscer, American politician (d. 1964)
1894 - Dirk J Bush, Dutch/US mathematician (Concise History of Mathematics)
1895 - Lewis Milestone, Russian-born film director (d. 1980)
1898 - Felix Kersten, Baltic-German/Finnish masseuse (Heinrich Himmler)
1898 - Johannes Rontgen, composer
1898 - Renée Adorée, French actress (d. 1933)
1898 - Princess Charlotte of Monaco (d. 1977)
1899 - Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet/writer/critic
1900 - Otto Roesch, paleontologist
1902 - Piet[er J] "Piet" Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52)
1904 - Frank Lawton, London England, actor (Devil Doll, Invisible Ray)
1905 - Michael Powell, English director/screen writer/producer (Red Shoes)
1905 - Nevill Francis Mott, physicist
1905 - Ralph Forbes, London England, actor (Romeo & Juliet, Daniel Boone)
1906 - Eamonn O Gallagher, composer
1906 - John I M Stewart, British detective writer (Comedy of Terrors)
1906 - Michael John Innes Mackintosh Stewart Innes, writer
1907 - Arnold Elston, composer
1908 - David Oistrakh, Odessa Russia, violinist/prof (Moscow Conservatory)
1908 - Edzard H Schaper, German/Swiss sailor/UP-correspondent/antifascist
1912 - Kenny Baker, radio singer/actor (Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back)
1912 - Oliver Charles Anderson, novelist
1915 - Lester Garfield Maddox, (Gov-D-Ga)/restaurant owner
1915 - Robert Morris, lawyer

Jazz Drummer/Band Leader Buddy Rich (1917) 1917 - Buddy Rich, New York, American jazz drummer and band leader (Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go), (d. 1987)
1917 - Chung Hee Park, general/pres of South Korea (1961-79), assassinated
1917 - Yuri "Petrovich" Lyubimov, USSR, director (Taganka)
1918 - Lewis Nixon, WWII Veteran (d. 1996)
1919 - Patricia Neway, Brooklyn New York, American soprano (Consul, Maria Golovia), (d. 2012)
1919 - Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling, professor of occupational health
1919 - Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (d. 1992)
1920 - Donald Keech, entrepreneur
1920 - Ghazar Saryan, composer
1920 - Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American musician and cellist
1921 - Deborah Kerr, Helensburg Scotland, actress (King & I, Night of Iguana)
1921 - Eileen Zhang Ailing Chang, writer
1922 - Allan Rae, cricketer (prolific WI opening batsman 1948-53)
1922 - Alan Stretton, Australian general
1924 - Charles Quinlivan, Jersey City NJ, actor (7 Guns to Mesa)

Author Truman Capote (1924) 1924 - Truman Capote, New Orleans Louisiana, American author (In Cold Blood)
1925 - Gwyn A Williams, historian/socialist
1926 - Peder Holm, composer
1926 - Robin Roberts, pitcher (Phillies, Won 28 in 1952)
1927 - W. S. Merwin, American poet
1928 - Elie Wiesel, Romania, author (Souls on Fire)/Nazi hunter (Nobel 1986)
1930 - Ben Cooper, Hartford CT, actor (Rose Tattoo, Outcast, Arizona Raiders)
1931 - Angie Dickinson, [Angeline Brown], Kulm ND, actress (Police Woman)
1931 - Ray Willsey, Regina Sask, WLAF def coordinator (Frankfurt, Scotland)

Author Elie Wiesel (1928) 1932 - Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author and politician (Governor of Tokyo)
1932 - Johnny Podres, American baseball player (d. 2008)
1933 - Mars Zakirovich Rafikov, Russian cosmonaut
1934 - Udo Jürgens, Austrian singer
1934 - Anna Kashfi, Welsh actress
1935 - Jill Corey, Avonmore Pa, singer (Your Hit Parade)
1935 - Johnny Mathis, SF, voclaist (Chances Are, 12th of Never)
1936 - Butler Derrick, (Rep-D-SC, 1974- )
1936 - James R Sasser, (Sen-D-Tenn, 1977- )
1937 - Jurek Becker, writer
1937 - Valentin Vasil'yevich Sil'vestrov, composer
1938 - Salvatore Michael Caruana, Mass, criminal (FBI Most Wanted List)
1939 - Len Cariou, Winnipeg Manitoba, actor (Four Seasons-Sherry)
1939 - Piet M Blauw, Dutch MP (VVD)
1940 - Harry Winston Jerome, Sask Canada, 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1964)
1942 - Dewey Martin, Canada, rock vocalist/drummer (Buffalo Springfield)
1942 - Frankie Lymon, NYC, rocker (The Teenagers-Why do Fools Fall in Love)
1942 - Gus Dudgeon, British pop producer (Joan Armatrading, David Bowie)
1942 - Sture Pettersson, Sweden, cyclist (Olympic-silver-1968)
1943 - Jody Powell, press mouthpiece (Jimmy Carter)
1943 - Marilyn McCoo, Jersey City NJ, host/singer (Solid Gold, 5th Dimension)
1943 - Johann Deisenhofer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1943 - Ian Ogilvy, British Actor
1944 - Diane Dufresne, French Canadian singer
1945 - Ehud Olmert, twelfth Prime Minister of Israel
1945 - Bob Lassiter, American radio personality
1946 - Paul Sheahan, cricketer (dashing Australian Test batsman 1967-74)
1946 - Sylvia Peterson, US vocalist (Chiffons-He's So Fine)
1946 - Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (d. 1993)
1946 - Claude Vorilhon, founder of Raelism, a ufo religion
1946 - William Thurston, Washington, mathematician (Fields Medal, 1982), (d. 2012)
1947 - Marc Bolan, London England, rock vocalist (T-Rex-Bang a Gong)
1947 - Rula Lenska, St Neots England, actress (Friends from Europe are here)
1947 - Dave Arneson, American game designer
1948 - Craig Kusick, former Major League Baseball Player
1949 - Michel Tognini, Vincennes France, astronaut (Soyuz TM-15, sk: STS 93)
1950 - Victoria Tennant, London England (All of Me, Chiefs, Winds of War)
1950 - Renato Zero, Italian musician
1951 - Catie Ball, US, 100 m breast stroke swimmer (Olympic-4X4 gold-1968)
1951 - Nicholas Yermakov, US, sci-fi author (Epiphany, Jehad, Clique)
1951 - Barry Marshall, Australian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1952 - Darrell Hair, cricketer (Australian Test umpire since 1993-94)
1952 - Frank Zincavage, rocker (Romeo Void)
1952 - Jack Wild, British actor (d. 2006)
1953 - Deborah Allen, Memphis Tn, country singer (Jim Stafford Show)
1953 - S.M. Stirling, Canadian-born author
1954 - Barry Williams, Santa Monica California, actor (Greg-Brady Bunch)
1954 - Calvin Levels, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Knightwatch)
1954 - Patrice Rushen, Los Angeles California, rock vocalist
1955 - Frankie Kennedy, flute player
1956 - Maria Esmeralda, Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III/Lilian Baels
1957 - Fran Drescher, Queens NY, actress (Cadillac Man, Nanny)
1957 - Gladys Portugues, NYC, Mrs Jean-Claude Van Damme/actr (It's Alive 3)
1957 - William Christian, Wash DC, actor (Derek Frye-All My Children)
1958 - Christopher Cass, Cold Spring Harbor NY, actor (Jack Forbes-Loving)
1958 - Marty Stuart, Phila Miss, country singer (Hillbilly Rock)
1958 - Nona Garson, equestrian show jumper (Olympics-96)
1958 - Rodwell Biggie Tembo Marasha, musician
1959 - Basia Trzetrzelevska, Poland, jazz singer (Time & Life)
1959 - Hans Werdekker, Dutch soccer player (Ajax, RKC/Amsterdam Admirals)
1959 - Kim Bauer, New Orleans LA, LPGA golfer (1993 Minn LPGA Classic-30th)
1959 - Ettore Messina, Italian basketball coach
1960 - Mike Herbert, Rogers Ark, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
1960 - Susan Keith, actress (Shana Vochek-Loving)
1960 - Blanche Lincoln, American politician
1961 - Chandrakant Pandit, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (late 80's)
1961 - Crystal Bernard, Garland TX, actress (Amy-It's a Living, Helen-Wings)
1961 - Eric Stoltz, actor (Anaconda, Pulp Fiction, Mask)
1961 - Eric van de Poele, Belgian racing driver
1961 - Sally Yeh, Hong Kong singer and actress
1962 - Dave Magadan, Tampa FL, 1st baseman (NY Mets, Chicago Cubs)
1962 - Frank Rijkaard, Surinam/Dutch soccer star (Ajax, AC Milan)
1962 - George Jamison, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
1962 - Leon Hutten, soccer player (RKC)
1962 - Shaan, Indian singer
1963 - Cristina Marsillach, Madrid Spain, actress (Barocco)
1963 - Ed Drakich, Windsor Ontario, volleyball player (Olympics-96)
1963 - Reb Beach, rocker (Winger)
1964 - Michael McKay, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1964 - Stephen N Frick, Pitts PA, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1964 - Trey Anastasio, American musician (Phish)
1964 - Monica Bellucci, Citta di Castello Italy, actress (Dracula)
1965 - Kathleen Madigan, American comedian
1966 - Kerry G. Johnson, African American graphic designer and caricaturist
1967 - Nadine Handford, Adelaide Aust, golfer (1993 T77 Alpine Aust Ladies)
1967 - Yorkis Perez, Bajos de Haina Dom Rep, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1969 - Chris Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1991)
1970 - Eric Piatkowski, NBA guard/forward (LA Clippers)
1971 - Brentson Buckner, NFL defensive end (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1971 - Jenna Elfman, Los Angeles California, actress (Townies, Dharma & Greg)
1971 - Ron Collins, WLAF tackle (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1972 - Cedric Saunders, NFL tight end (Tampa Bay Bucs, Scotland Claymores)
1972 - Jamal Anderson, NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 - Troy Dumas, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
1972 - Ari Behn, Norwegian author
1974 - Jeremy Giambi, American baseball player
1975 - Marion Cotillard, French actress
1975 - Carlos Guillén, Venezuelan baseball player
1976 - Adita Linares, Miami Fla, spanish actress (Clueless, Cookie)
1977 - Maia Brewton, Los Angeles California, actress (Margaret-Lime Street)
1977 - Stacey Storey, Eagle River Alaska, Miss America-Alaska (1996)
1977 - Sun Jihai, Chinese footballer
1977 - Roy Carroll, Northern Irish footballer
1978 - Candice Michelle, American female wrestler
1979 - Andy van der Meyde, Dutch footballer
1979 - Clio-Danae Othoneou, Greek actress, musician and pianist
1979 - Vince Chong, Malaysian singer-songwriter

Tennis Player Martina Hingis (1980) 1980 - Martina Hingis, Kosice Slovakia, tennis star (1997 Aust/US/Wimb)
1980 - Camilla D'Errico, Canadian comic book artist and painter
1981 - Dominique Moceanu, California, gymnast (World-silver-95, Olympics-gold-96)
1981 - Brandon Watson, American baseball
1982 - Lacey Chabert, actress (Party of Five)
1982 - Michelle Marsh, British model
1982 - Kieran Culkin, American actor
1982 - Teal Redmann, American actress
1982 - Ryan Stout, American comedian
1983 - Andreea Răducan, Romanian gymnast
1984 - T-Pain, American rapper/singer
1987 - Denise Laurel, Filipine actress and singer
1992 - Marina CAK Windsor, granddaughter of English prince Edward

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