Born on Saturday, 9th August – Famous Birthdays

09/08/2005

Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva, Andorran tennis player

Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva is an Andorran professional tennis player. On 16 March 2026, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 89, the first Andorran player, female or male, to break into the top 100 in the tennis rankings in the Open Era.

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09/08/2000

Aidan Hutchinson, American football player

Aidan Joseph Bernardi Hutchinson is an American professional football defensive end for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He was a unanimous All-American playing college football for the Michigan Wolverines, and the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in 2021. Hutchinson was selected with the second overall pick by the Lions in the first round of the 2022 NFL draft, and named to the All-Rookie Team. He was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2023 and 2025, and made his first All-Pro with a second-team selection in 2025.

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Arlo Parks, British singer-songwriter

Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho, known professionally as Arlo Parks, is an English singer and songwriter. Her debut studio album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, was released in 2021 to critical acclaim and peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. It earned her nominations for Album of the Year, Best New Artist and Best British Female Solo Artist at the 2021 Brit Awards. It won the 2021 Mercury Prize for Best Album.

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09/08/1999

Deniss Vasiļjevs, Latvian figure skater

Deniss Vasiļjevs is a Latvian figure skater. He is the 2022 European bronze medalist, the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy silver medalist, a five-time ISU Challenger Series medalist, and a seven-time Latvian national champion.

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09/08/1996

Sanya Lopez, Filipino actress and model

Shaira Lenn Osuna Roberto, known professionally as Sanya Lopez, is a Filipino actress. She played Lorna in the drama series The Half Sisters (2014), and later gained wider recognition for her role as Sang'gre Danaya in the 2016 reboot of Encantadia. She is currently an exclusive artist of GMA Network.

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09/08/1995

Eli Apple, American football player

Eli Apple is an American professional football cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, winning the 2015 National Championship before being selected by the New York Giants in the first round of the 2016 NFL draft.

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Justice Smith, American actor

Justice Elio Smith is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), Detective Pikachu (2019), All the Bright Places (2020), Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), I Saw the TV Glow (2024), and Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025).

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Hwang Min-hyun, South Korean singer and actor

Hwang Min-hyun, known mononymously as Minhyun, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and actor. He began his career, debuting as a member of the South Korean boy band NU'EST in March 2012. In 2017, he participated in second season of Produce 101 and finished ninth place, becoming a member of Wanna One. Following Wanna One's disbandment, Hwang returned to NU'EST, remaining until the group's disbandment in 2022. He is a solo artist and actor signed under Pledis Entertainment.

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09/08/1994

Kelli Hubly, American soccer player

Kelli Elizabeth Hubly is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Bay FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played eight seasons for Portland Thorns FC, winning two NWSL Championships and the NWSL Shield (2021). She played college soccer for the Kentucky Wildcats and the DePaul Blue Demons.

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King Von, American rapper (died 2020)

Dayvon Daquan Bennett, known professionally as King Von, was an American rapper and street gangster from Chicago, Illinois, who was affiliated with the Black Disciples gang of Chicago's South Side. He was considered a preeminent figure in the drill genre of music, a subcategory of hip-hop.

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09/08/1993

Jun.Q, South Korean singer and actor

Kang Jun-kyu, better known by his stage name Jun.Q (준Q), is a South Korean rapper, singer, actor, and model. Signed to H2 Media, he made his debut with idol quintet Myname in 2011. His acting debut took place two years later in the film Shinokubo Story along with his bandmates. He appeared on the web series beautiology101 in his home country and starred in the film Saihate Restaurant in Japan. He released his debut solo single "Firenze" in November 2019.

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Dipa Karmakar, Indian gymnast

Dipa Karmakar is an Indian former artistic gymnast. She is one of only five women in the world to have mastered the Produnova vault. Karmakar became the first Indian gymnast to qualify for an Olympic final at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where she narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing fourth in the women's vault event by just 0.15 points. In 2024, she announced her retirement from gymnastics.

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09/08/1992

Farahnaz Forotan, Afghan journalist

Farahnaz Forotan is an Afghan journalist and women's rights activist. She moved to Iran together with her family during the Mujahideen regime. Farahnaz returned to Afghanistan in 2001, but took refuge in France in 2020 after being included on a Taliban's target list.

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09/08/1991

Alice Barlow, English actress

Alice Barlow is an English actress and singer who portrayed Rae Wilson in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.

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Alexa Bliss, American bodybuilder and wrestler

Alexis Cabrera is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Alexa Bliss.

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Hansika Motwani, Indian actress

Hansika Motwani is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films. Motwani began her career as a child actor in Hindi films, and later went on to appear in lead roles in Telugu films, including Desamuduru (2007), Kantri (2008) and Maska (2009). She started her career in Tamil cinema with Mappillai (2011) and then appeared in several commercially successful Tamil films such as Engeyum Kadhal (2011), Velayudham (2011), Oru Kal Oru Kannadi (2012), Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru (2013), Singam II (2013) and Aranmanai (2014). She has also acted in the Malayalam film Villain (2017).

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09/08/1990

İshak Doğan, Turkish footballer

İshak Doğan is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a left back for German club TSG Sprockhövel.

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Sarah McBride, American LGBT activist

Sarah Elizabeth McBride is an American politician, author, and LGBTQ rights activist serving as the U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Delaware Senate from 2021 to 2025, representing the state's 1st senate district. Prior, she was the national press secretary of the Human Rights Campaign from 2016 to 2021. McBride is the nation's highest ranking openly transgender elected official and the first openly transgender member of the United States Congress.

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Stuart McInally, Scottish rugby player

Stuart McInally is a retired Scottish professional rugby union player who played as a hooker most notably for United Rugby Championship club Edinburgh and the Scotland national team.

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Brice Roger, French skier

Brice Roger is a World Cup alpine ski racer from France. From Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Savoie, he specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. He made his World Cup debut at age twenty in January 2011.

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D'Arcy Short, Australian cricketer

D'Arcy John Matthew Short is an Australian international cricketer, who plays One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for the Australian national team. At the domestic level, he plays for Western Australia and the Adelaide Strikers. He made his international debut for Australia in February 2018.

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Bill Skarsgård, Swedish actor

Bill Istvan Günther Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, model, producer, and director. He is best known for portraying Pennywise in the horror films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019) and the television series It: Welcome to Derry (2025–present) and Count Orlok in Nosferatu (2024). Skarsgård's roles as monsters and other non-human characters have led him to be described as a creature actor by media sources. He has received multiple awards and nominations, including a Satellite Award and a Berlinale Award. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $3.3 billion worldwide.

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09/08/1989

Jason Heyward, American baseball player

Jason Alias Heyward, nicknamed "J-Hey", is an American former professional baseball right fielder. He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, and San Diego Padres.

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Stefano Okaka, Italian footballer

Stefano Chuka Okaka is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Serie C Group B club Ravenna.

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Kento Ono, Japanese actor and model

Kento Ono is a Japanese actor and model who is affiliated with Stardust Promotion, then later JJ Promotion. He played the role of Hyde in the 2010 Super Sentai TV series Tensou Sentai Goseiger.

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09/08/1988

Anthony Castonzo, American football player

Anthony Salvatore Castonzo is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for 10 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for the Boston College Eagles, Castonzo was selected by the Colts with their first round draft pick in the 2011 NFL draft.

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Willian, Brazilian footballer

Willian Borges da Silva, known mononymously as Willian, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger or wide midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio.

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Vasilios Koutsianikoulis, Greek footballer

Vasilis Koutsianikoulis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a left winger or an attacking midfielder.

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09/08/1987

Marek Niit, Estonian sprinter

Marek Niit is a sprinter from Estonia who won a gold medal at the 200 metres at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. He is also the current national record holder in 100 metres, 200 meters and 400 meters.

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09/08/1986

Michael Lerchl, German footballer

Michael Lerchl is a German retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Daniel Preussner, German rugby player

Daniel Preussner is a German international rugby union player, playing for the SC 1880 Frankfurt in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.

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Tyler Smith, American singer-songwriter and bass player

Tyler Lee Smith, also known by his nickname Telle, is an American musician and songwriter. He is currently the lead vocalist of metalcore band The Word Alive originally based out of Phoenix AZ and has played in several bands, such as Greeley Estates and In Fear and Faith, Emarosa, March and Collapse, and his solo project titled "TELLE". He is known for his tenor singing voice, wide vocal range and ability to comprehensively alternate between melodic and screamed vocals.

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09/08/1985

Luca Filippi, Italian racing driver

Luca Filippi is an Italian former auto racing driver. He competed in GP2 Series from 2006 to 2012, and the IndyCar Series from 2013 to 2016. In 2008, he was the official Honda Racing F1 test driver.

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Filipe Luís, Brazilian footballer

Filipe Luís Kasmirski is a Brazilian football manager and former professional footballer who played as a left back. He last coached Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo.

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Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer

Anna Cooke Kendrick is an American actress, singer and film director. Known for playing upbeat and endearing characters in comedies and musicals, her accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award.

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Hayley Peirsol, American swimmer

Hayley Reide Peirsol is an American former distance swimmer. She swam under Dave Salo with Irvine Novaquatics prior to attending Auburn University. While at Auburn, Peirsol trained under David Marsh, Dorsey Tierney and the late Ralph Crocker. She earned 3 individual NCAA titles and 3 individual SEC titles in the 1650 freestyle as well as 3 NCAA and 4 SEC team titles. In 2006 and 2007, Peirsol also trained with Club Wolverine at the University of Michigan along with teammates Erik Vendt, Michael Phelps, Klete and Kalyn Keller, and Kaitlin Sandeno under Bob Bowman and distance expert Jon Urbanchek. In 2006, Hayley became the third woman in history to ever break 16 minutes in the 1500 meter freestyle, the other two women being Janet Evans and Kate Ziegler.

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Vivek Ramaswamy, American entrepreneur and politician

Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy is an American entrepreneur and politician. He founded Roivant Sciences, a biotechnological pharmaceutical company in 2014 and was its chief executive officer until 2021. Ramaswamy entered national politics as the youngest presidential candidate in the 2024 Republican primaries. He withdrew his bid and endorsed Donald Trump for the 2024 presidential election. In 2025, he launched his campaign for the 2026 Ohio gubernatorial election and received endorsements from both President Trump and the Ohio Republican Party.

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JaMarcus Russell, American football player

JaMarcus Trenell Russell is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons with the Oakland Raiders. He played college football for the LSU Tigers, winning the Manning Award as a junior en route to becoming the most valuable player of the 2007 Sugar Bowl.

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Chandler Williams, American football player (died 2013)

Chandler Williams III was an American professional football wide receiver. He was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL draft. He played college football at Florida International.

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09/08/1984

Paul Gallagher, Scottish footballer

Paul Gallagher is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently a first team coach at League One club Leyton Orient.

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09/08/1983

Dan Levy, Canadian actor and comedian

Daniel Joseph Levy is a Canadian actor, writer, producer and director. He began his career as a television host on MTV Canada. He received international prominence for starring as David Rose in the CBC sitcom Schitt's Creek (2015–2020), which he co-created and co-starred in with his father, Eugene Levy.

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Hamilton Masakadza, Zimbabwean cricketer

Hamilton Masakadza is a Zimbabwean former cricketer, who played all formats of the game for Zimbabwe. He captained the national team during 2016 ICC World T20, but was relieved of his duties following an indifferent team performance in the tournament, where they failed to get past the qualifying round. In February 2019, Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed that Masakadza would captain the national side across all three formats for the 2019–20 season.

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Shane O'Brien, Canadian ice hockey player

Shane O'Brien is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. His National Hockey League (NHL) career lasted nine years.

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Alicja Smietana, Polish-English violinist

Alicja Smietana is a Polish-British violinist, viola player, arranger and composer.

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09/08/1982

Joel Anthony, American basketball player

Joel Vincent Anthony is a Canadian former professional basketball player who played for the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, and San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He won two championships with the Heat in 2012 and 2013. He is the Co-Owner and General manager of the Montreal Alliance of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). Previously he was a player consultant for the Hamilton Honey Badgers. He is a former member of the Canada national team.

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Tyson Gay, American sprinter

Tyson Gay is a retired American track and field sprinter who competed in the 100 and 200 meters. His 100 m personal best of 9.69 seconds is the American record and makes him tied for the second fastest athlete over 100 m ever, along with Yohan Blake of Jamaica.

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Yekaterina Samutsevich, Russian singer and activist

Yekaterina Stanislavovna Samutsevich is a Russian political activist. She was a member of the anti-Putinist punk rock group Pussy Riot.

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Kanstantsin Sivtsov, Belarusian cyclist

Kanstantsin Sivtsov (or Siutsou is a Belarusian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2018 for the Itera, Lokomotiv, Fassa Bortolo, Acqua & Sapone, Barloworld, HTC–Highroad, Team Sky, Team Dimension Data and Bahrain–Merida squads. He retired after provisionally being suspended from the sport following an adverse analytical finding for erythropoietin.

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09/08/1981

Jarvis Hayes, American basketball player

Jarvis James Hayes is an American-Qatari former professional basketball player and current coach. He is an assistant coach for the Georgia Bulldogs. Hayes was selected by the Washington Wizards with the 10th overall pick of the 2003 NBA draft.

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Li Jiawei, Singaporean table tennis player

Li Jiawei is a retired Chinese-born former Singaporean table tennis player, four-time Olympian, and twice Olympic medalist. She trained in Beijing's famous Shichahai Sports School with Olympic medalist Zhang Yining. In 1995, she moved to Singapore and in the following year, she commenced her international career as a competitive table tennis player. She became a Singapore citizen at the age of 18 under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.

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09/08/1979

Michael Kingma, Australian basketball player

Michael John Kingma is an Australian-Dutch former professional basketball player.

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Kliff Kingsbury, American football coach

Kliff Timothy Kingsbury is an American professional football coach and former quarterback who is the assistant head coach for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, finishing in the top three in several school passing records before being selected in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL draft by the New England Patriots. Kingsbury was a member of several other NFL and CFL teams before entering coaching in 2008.

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Lisa Nandy, British politician

Lisa Eva Nandy is a British Labour Party politician serving as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport since 2024. She has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Wigan constituency since 2010.

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Tony Stewart, American football player

Tony Alexander Stewart is a former American football tight end. He is the founder and executive director of the non-profit Beyond the Locker, which helps youth and athletes. He also works as a lead consultant to the National Football League (NFL) in the player engagement department.

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09/08/1978

Dorin Chirtoacă, Moldavian lawyer and politician, Mayor of Chișinău

Dorin Chirtoacă is a Moldovan politician who served as Mayor of Chișinău from 2007 to 2018.

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Ana Serradilla, Mexican actress and producer

Ana Isabel Serradilla García is a Mexican actress known for her roles in television series such as La Viuda Negra, Drenaje Profundo, and Línea nocturna. She also starred in the Mexican adaptation of Desperate Housewives, titled Amas de Casa Desesperadas.

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Wesley Sonck, Belgian footballer

Wesley Sonck is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who manages the Belgium U19 national team. He played as a striker for Molenbeek, Ninove, Germinal Ekeren, Germinal Beerschot, Genk, Ajax, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Club Brugge. He was capped by Belgium at international level.

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09/08/1977

Jason Frasor, American baseball player

Jason Andrew Frasor is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He made his debut with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2004, recording a 4.08 ERA in 63 games that season. He would ultimately pitch in more than 500 games for the Blue Jays. He also played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals and the Atlanta Braves, playing in the World Series for the Royals in 2014.

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Chamique Holdsclaw, American basketball player

Chamique Shaunta Holdsclaw is an American former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She announced her retirement from the Los Angeles Sparks on June 11, 2007, though she eventually came out of retirement to play with the Atlanta Dream for the 2009 WNBA Season.

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Ravshan Irmatov, Uzbek football referee

Ravshan Sayfiddinovich Irmatov is an Uzbek professional football referee. He officiated in the Uzbek League from 2000–2019 and internationally from 2003–2019. Irmatov holds the record for officiating the most FIFA World Cup matches with 11.

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Adewale Ogunleye, American football player

Adewale Ogunleye is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Indiana Hoosiers. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2000 and also played for the Chicago Bears and Houston Texans.

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Ime Udoka, American basketball player and coach

Ime Sunday Udoka is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in the United States, he represented the Nigeria national team during his playing career. After retiring as a player, Udoka served as an assistant coach with the San Antonio Spurs, Philadelphia 76ers, and Brooklyn Nets before becoming the head coach of the Boston Celtics, whom he led to the 2022 NBA Finals. In April 2023, Udoka was hired by the Rockets.

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Mikaël Silvestre, French footballer

Mikaël Samy Silvestre is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender, now working as a director of football for CFR Cluj. He is best known for a nine-year spell at Manchester United, with whom he won multiple Premier League titles, the FA Cup, the Football League Cup, two FA Community Shields, the Intercontinental Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

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09/08/1976

Rhona Mitra, English actress and singer

Rhona Natasha Mitra is a British actress and equine therapist who founded The Last Ark Orphanage.

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Audrey Tautou, French model and actress

Audrey Justine Tautou is a French actress. She made her acting debut at age 18 on television, and her feature film debut in Venus Beauty Institute (1999), for which she received critical acclaim and won the César Award for Most Promising Actress.

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Jessica Capshaw, American actress

Jessica Brooke Capshaw is an American actress known for her roles as Jamie Stringer on the ABC legal drama series The Practice, pediatric surgeon Dr. Arizona Robbins on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy and Blythe Hart on the ABC procedural drama 9-1-1: Nashville.

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09/08/1975

Mahesh Babu, Indian actor and producer

Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu is an Indian actor, producer and philanthropist who works in Telugu cinema. He is one of the highest-paid actors in Indian cinema and has been featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list from 2012 to 2025. Referred to in the media as the Superstar, he appeared in over 30 films and has been a recipient of several accolades including, nine Nandi Awards, five Filmfare Awards South and four SIIMA Awards.

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Valentin Kovalenko, Uzbek football referee

Valentin Kovalenko is an Uzbek professional football referee of Ukrainian and Russian origin. He referees in the Uzbekistan Super League and Uzbekistan Cup.

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Mike Lamb, American baseball player

Michael Robert Lamb is an American former professional baseball third baseman and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers, Florida Marlins from 2000 through 2008, and 2010. As a player, Lamb was listed at 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) and 205 pounds (93 kg).

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Robbie Middleby, Australian soccer player

Robert Middleby is an Australian former football player who as a right-back or right midfielder. He was the CEO of the Newcastle Jets FC until 2015. He played for Sydney FC after earlier stints at Newcastle United Jets, Wollongong Wolves (twice), Carlton, Football Kingz and the Newcastle Breakers. He won the 2001 NSL title with the Wolves and the 2006 A-League title with Sydney FC and also spent time overseas with German outfit KFC Uerdingen 05.

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09/08/1974

Derek Fisher, American basketball player and coach

Derek Lamar Fisher is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 18 seasons, spending the majority of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers, with whom Fisher won five NBA championships. He also played for the Golden State Warriors, Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder, and Dallas Mavericks. Fisher has also served as president of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA).

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Stephen Fung, Hong Kong actor, singer, director, and screenwriter

Fung Chun-choi, known professionally as Stephen Fung Tak-lun, is a Hong Kong actor, singer, and filmmaker.

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Lesley McKenna, Scottish snowboarder

Lesley McKenna is a former British professional snowboarder based in Aviemore, Scotland. McKenna has to date competed in three Winter Olympic Games in 2002, 2006 and 2010 but has not won any medals. At the 2010 games, she crashed in both her qualification runs in the women's halfpipe and finished last. She has also competed on the world cup circuit for several years with more success achieving six podium positions including two first placings in 2003. She was ranked 3rd in the world by the FIS for halfpipe in 2004 despite suffering from a broken jaw which took her out for most of the season. Lesley was also an ambassador for Scotland and after competing worked as the international team manager for the brand Roxy which is the female sister brand of the surf brand Quiksilver. Lesley is now the Team Manager for the GB Park and Pipe Team.

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Matt Morris, American baseball player

Matthew Christian Morris is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), most notably for the St. Louis Cardinals, where he was a two-time All-Star and led the National League in 2001 with 22 wins. After playing nine seasons with the Cardinals, he played his last three seasons with the San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Kirill Reznik, American lawyer and politician

Kirill Reznik is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He was previously a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 39 from 2007 to 2023, resigning to become the Assistant Secretary for Inter-Departmental Data Integration for the Maryland Department of Human Services.

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Raphaël Poirée, French biathlete

Raphaël Poirée is a retired French biathlete who was active from 1995 to 2007. With his 44 World Cup victories and several World Championship medals he ranks among the most successful biathletes ever.

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09/08/1973

Filippo Inzaghi, Italian footballer and manager

Filippo "Pippo" Inzaghi is an Italian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the head coach of Serie B club Palermo. Nicknamed "Superpippo" or "Alta tensione" by fans and commentators during his playing career, Inzaghi is regarded as one of the greatest strikers of his generation. In the UEFA Champions League, he is the all-time Italian top goalscorer, scoring 46 goals.

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Kevin McKidd, Scottish actor and director

Kevin McKidd is a Scottish actor and television director best known for portraying Dr. Owen Hunt in Grey's Anatomy (2008–2026), Lucius Vorenus in Rome and Tommy Mackenzie in Danny Boyle's Trainspotting (1996).

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Gene Luen Yang, American author and illustrator

Gene Luen Yang is an American cartoonist and author. He is a frequent lecturer on the subjects of graphic novels and comics, at comic book conventions and universities, schools, and libraries. In addition, he was the Director of Information Services and taught computer science at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, California. In 2012, Yang joined the faculty at Hamline University as a part of the Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) program. In 2016, the U.S. Library of Congress named him Ambassador for Young People's Literature. That year he became the third graphic novelist, alongside Lauren Redniss, to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.

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09/08/1972

Ryan Bollman, American actor

Ryan Matthew Bollman is an American television and film actor best known for his roles in Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992), Only the Strong (1993), and The NeverEnding Story III (1994).

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Juanes, Colombian singer and songwriter

Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez, known professionally as Juanes, is a Colombian musician and singer, a former member of the rock band Ekhymosis. Since releasing his solo debut album Fíjate Bien in 2000, Juanes has won 26 Latin Grammy Awards and sold more than 15 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists of all time.

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09/08/1970

Rod Brind'Amour, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Roderic Jean Brind'Amour is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Chris Cuomo, American lawyer and journalist

Christopher Charles Cuomo is an American news broadcaster for NewsNation. He previously worked as the ABC News chief law and justice correspondent and the co-anchor for ABC's 20/20, news anchor for Good Morning America from 2006 to 2009, and an anchor at CNN, where he co-hosted its morning show New Day from 2013 through May 2018, before moving to Cuomo Prime Time in June 2018.

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Thomas Lennon, American actor and comedian

Thomas Lennon is an American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He plays Lieutenant Jim Dangle on the series Reno 911!, Andrei Novak on Santa Clarita Diet and Felix Unger on The Odd Couple. He is the screenwriter of several comedies released by major film studios with writing partner Robert Ben Garant, with whom he wrote the Night at the Museum films, The Pacifier, Balls of Fury, and Baywatch.

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09/08/1969

Troy Percival, American baseball player and coach

Troy Eugene Percival is an American professional baseball coach and former pitcher. He is currently the manager of the unnamed Long Beach, California club of the Pioneer League. During a 14-year baseball career spanning from 1995 to 2009, he pitched for four Major League Baseball (MLB) teams, primarily with the California/Anaheim Angels. He was an integral part of that franchise's 2002 World Series championship team, and gained fame as a closer.

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09/08/1968

Gillian Anderson, American-British actress, activist and writer

Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files, socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film The House of Mirth (2000), DSU Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama television series The Fall, sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education, and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown. Among other honors, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has resided in London since 2002, after earlier years divided between the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Eric Bana, Australian actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter

Eric Banadinović, known professionally as Eric Bana, is an Australian actor and producer. He began his career in the sketch-comedy series Full Frontal before gaining notice in the comedy drama The Castle (1997) and the biographical crime film Chopper (2000) for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

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Sam Fogarino, American drummer

Samuel Joseph Fogarino is an American musician who is the drummer of the band Interpol. He has played in bands such as the Holy Terrors, Gus, the Wahoos, Napoleon Solo, the Ton-ups and the Last Night.

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McG, American director and producer

Joseph McGinty Nichol, known professionally as McG, is an American film director, film producer, and former record producer.

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09/08/1967

Deion Sanders, American football and baseball player and coach

Deion Luwynn Sanders Sr., commonly known as Deion Sanders, is an American football coach and former player who is the head football coach at the University of Colorado Boulder. Nicknamed "Prime Time" and "Coach Prime", he played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, and Baltimore Ravens. Sanders was also a baseball outfielder for nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, and San Francisco Giants. He won two Super Bowl titles and made one World Series appearance in 1992, making him the only athlete to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series.

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09/08/1966

Vinny Del Negro, American basketball player and coach

Vincent Joseph Del Negro is an American former professional basketball player. He was the head coach of the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls from 2008 to 2010, and the Los Angeles Clippers from 2010 to 2013. Del Negro is currently an analyst with NBA TV.

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Linn Ullmann, Norwegian journalist and author

Karin Beate "Linn" Ullmann is a Norwegian author and journalist. A prominent literary critic, she also writes a column for Norway's leading morning newspaper and has published seven novels.

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09/08/1965

Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Indian art director, production designer, and film and television producer (died 2023)

Nitin Chandrakant Desai was an Indian art director, production designer, and film and television producer. He was most known for his work in Marathi and Hindi Films, World Cultural Festival 2016 at Delhi and films like, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), Lagaan (2001), Devdas (2002), Jodhaa Akbar (2008) and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015). During his career spanning twenty years, he worked with directors like Ashutosh Gowarikar, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. In 2002, he turned film producer with Chandrakant Productions' Desh Devi, a devotional film on the Devi Mata of Kutch.

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09/08/1964

Brett Hull, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager

Brett Andrew Hull is a Canadian–American former ice hockey player and general manager, and currently an executive vice president of the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Calgary Flames, St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, and Phoenix Coyotes between 1986 and 2005. His career total of 741 goals is fifth highest in NHL history, and he is one of five players to score 50 goals in 50 games. He was a member of two Stanley Cup winning teams — 1999 with the Dallas Stars and 2002 with the Detroit Red Wings. In 2017, Hull was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history.

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Hoda Kotb, American journalist and television personality

Hoda Kotb is an American broadcast journalist, television personality, and author. She was the main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show Today from 2018 to 2025, and co-host of its entertainment-focused fourth hour from 2007 to 2025. Kotb also formerly served as a correspondent for the television news magazine program Dateline NBC.

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09/08/1963

Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (died 2012)

Whitney Elizabeth Houston was an American singer, actress, film producer, and record producer. Commonly referred to as "the Voice", she is one of the most awarded performers of all time. A cultural icon, she broke down gender and racial barriers through her artistic achievements and music videos. Known for her vocal delivery, gospel singing style, crossover appeal, and live performances, Houston was ranked second on Rolling Stone's list of the greatest singers of all time in 2023.

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Jay Leggett, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)

Jay Michael Leggett was an American actor, improvisational comedian, producer, director, and screenwriter.

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Barton Lynch, Australian surfer

Barton Lynch is an Australian former professional surfer known for his competitive prowess and style. In 1988, he was crowned ASP World Tour Champion. He also won the 1991 Rip Curl Pro. In 1998, he was inducted into the Australian Surfing Hall of Fame, and in 2000, he was inducted into the Australian Sporting Hall of Fame. The video game Barton Lynch Pro Surfing is named after Lynch.

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09/08/1962

Louis Lipps, American football player and radio host

Louis Adam Lipps Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL), spending eight seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers and one with the New Orleans Saints.

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Kevin Mack, American football player

James Kevin Mack is an American former professional football player who was a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Clemson Tigers.

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John "Hot Rod" Williams, American basketball player (died 2015)

John "Hot Rod" Williams was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1986 to 1999.

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09/08/1961

Brad Gilbert, American tennis player and sportscaster

Brad Gilbert is an American former professional tennis player, tennis coach, and tennis commentator and analyst for ESPN. During his career, he won 20 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 in 1990, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 18 four years prior. He won a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics, and both a gold medal and a silver medal at the 1981 Maccabiah Games.

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John Key, New Zealand businessman and politician, 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand

Sir John Phillip Key is a New Zealand retired politician who served as the 38th prime minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016 and as leader of the National Party from 2006 to 2016.

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09/08/1959

Kurtis Blow, American rapper, producer, and actor

Kurtis Walker, known professionally by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Walker is the first commercially successful rapper and the first to sign with a major record label. "The Breaks", a single from his 1980 self-titled debut album, is the first certified gold record rap song. Over his career he released 17 albums. He is an ordained minister. He also serves as leader of the group Hip Hop Alliance.

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Michael Kors, American fashion designer

Michael David Kors is an American fashion designer. He is the chief creative officer of his brand, Michael Kors, which sells men's and women's ready-to-wear, accessories, watches, jewelry, footwear, and fragrance. On January 2, 2019, Michael Kors Holdings Limited officially changed its name to Capri Holdings Limited. As of December 2025, Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo are the two founder-led brands under Capri Holdings Limited.

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09/08/1958

Amanda Bearse, American actress, comedian and director

Amanda Bearse is an American actress, comedian and director. She starred in the 1985 supernatural horror film Fright Night, and later starred as Marcy Rhoades D'Arcy in the Fox sitcom Married... with Children (1987–1997). Bearse later began working as a television director, directing over 90 episodes of several comedy series.

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Calie Pistorius, South African engineer and academic

Carl Wilhelm Irene "Calie" Pistorius is a South African electrical engineer who is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom. He announced, on 1 August 2016, that he would be stepping down from this role at the end of January 2017. His successor at Hull was Professor Susan Lea.

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09/08/1957

Melanie Griffith, American actress and producer

Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress. Born in Manhattan to actress Tippi Hedren, she was raised mainly in Los Angeles, where she graduated from the Hollywood Professional School at age 16. In 1975, 17-year-old Griffith appeared opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's neo-noir film Night Moves. She later rose to prominence as an actor in films such as Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984), which earned her a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Griffith's subsequent performance in the comedy Something Wild (1986) attracted critical acclaim before she was cast in 1988's Working Girl, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her a Golden Globe.

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09/08/1956

Gordon Singleton, Canadian Olympic cyclist (died 2024)

Gordon Singleton was a Canadian world-record holding track cyclist. In 1982, he became the first Canadian cyclist to win a world championship. He was the first, and only, cyclist in history to simultaneously hold world records in all three of track cycling's sprint races: the 200m, 500m and 1000m distances, all in a 24-hour span from October 9–10 in 1980. An Olympic racer, he was deprived of competing in the 1980 Summer Olympics at the peak of his career by Canada's boycott of those games in Moscow. He also competed and won gold medals in the 1978 Edmonton Commonwealth Games, and the 1979 Puerto Rico Pan Am Games for Canada. At the end of 1986, he was named a Companion of the Order of Canada. In his middle-age, he continued to cycle and took part in Master Series races, getting a bronze medal at the Canadian Nationals for his age group in 2014. He was inducted into the Canadian Cycling Hall of Fame in October 2015 along with some of his teammates from the 1970s and 1980s. His hometown of Niagara Falls, Ontario celebrated him many times over his life, including in 2004, as their best athlete in its first 100 years. After his cycling career was over, he took over his father's automotive parts business in Niagara Falls. In 2023, he was diagnosed with Cancer, and died from the disease in March 2024.

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09/08/1955

John E. Sweeney, American lawyer and politician

John Edward Sweeney is an American politician from the U.S. state of New York. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York's 20th congressional district from 1999 to 2007.

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09/08/1954

Ray Jennings, South African cricketer and coach

Raymond Vernon Jennings is a former South African cricketer. He was one of South Africa's leading wicket-keepers during the suspension of the South African national team from international cricket during the apartheid era.

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Pete Thomas, English drummer

Peter Michael Thomas is an English rock drummer best known for his collaboration with singer Elvis Costello, both as a member of his band the Attractions and with Costello as a solo artist. Besides his lengthy career as a studio musician and touring drummer, he has been a member of the band Squeeze during the 1990s and a member of the supergroup Works Progress Administration during the early 2000s.

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09/08/1953

Kay Stenshjemmet, Norwegian speed skater

Kay Arne Stenshjemmet is a former speed skater from Norway.

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Jean Tirole, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Jean Marcel Pierre Tirole is a French economist who is currently a professor of economics at Toulouse 1 Capitole University. He focuses on industrial organization and game theory. In particular, he focuses on the regulation of economic activity in a way that does not hinder innovation while maintaining fair rules. Tirole's work is largely theoretical and explored in mathematical models, not empirical research.

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09/08/1952

Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai activist and politician

Prateep Ungsongtham Hata is a Thai activist noted for her work with slum dwellers in the Khlong Toei District of Bangkok, Thailand. Among her supporters, she is known as Khru Prateep, the "Angel of Khlong Toei" or "Slum Angel". She was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 1978, founded and became the Secretary General of the Duang Prateep Foundation. She was one of the leaders of the 1992 oppositional movement. In 2000, she was elected to the Senate, representing Bangkok.

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09/08/1951

James Naughtie, Scottish journalist and radio host

Alexander James Naughtie is a British radio presenter and journalist, known for presenting on BBC Radio 4. From 1994 to 2015, he was one of the main presenters of the Today programme. In his 21 years on Today, Naughtie had anchored every BBC Radio UK election results programme from 1997 onwards. He also worked on every US presidential election from 1988 to 2012.

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Steve Swisher, American baseball player and manager

Steven Eugene Swisher is an American former professional baseball player and minor league manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and San Diego Padres from 1974 to 1982. Swisher was elected to the 1976 National League All-Star team with the Cubs but did not play in the game. He is the father of former MLB first baseman Nick Swisher.

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09/08/1949

Jonathan Kellerman, American psychologist and author

Jonathan Seth Kellerman is an American novelist and psychologist known for his mystery novels featuring the character Alex Delaware, a child psychologist who consults for the Los Angeles Police Department.

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Ted Simmons, American baseball player and coach

Ted Lyle Simmons, nicknamed "Simba", is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, and Atlanta Braves. Although he was often overshadowed by his contemporary, Johnny Bench, Simmons is considered one of the best hitting catchers in MLB history. While his power numbers paled in comparison to Bench, Simmons still managed to hit for a higher batting average despite playing home games in a notoriously tough hitter's park.

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09/08/1948

Bill Campbell, American baseball player and coach (died 2023)

William Richard Campbell was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1973 to 1987. He played for the American League (AL) Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, and Detroit Tigers and the National League (NL) Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, and Montreal Expos.

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09/08/1947

Roy Hodgson, English footballer and manager

Roy Hodgson is an English football manager and former player who is currently the interim head coach of EFL Championship club Bristol City.

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Barbara Mason, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter

Barbara Mason is an American soul singer with several R&B and pop hits in the 1960s and 1970s, best known for her self-written 1965 hit song "Yes, I'm Ready". She has released 12 albums, including her 1965 debut with Yes, I'm Ready, and has had 14 top 40 hits on the US Billboard R&B chart.

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John Varley, American author

John Herbert Varley was an American science fiction writer who won Hugo and Nebula awards for his novellas "The Persistence of Vision", "PRESS ENTER ■", and "The Pusher".

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09/08/1946

Rinus Gerritsen, Dutch rock bass player

Marinus Gerritsen is a Dutch bassist. Best known for being a founding member of Dutch group Golden Earring, he is also a producer of artists like Herman Brood.

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09/08/1945

Barbara Delinsky, American author

Barbara Delinsky is an American writer of romance novels, including 19 New York Times bestsellers. She has also been published under the pen names Bonnie Drake and Billie Douglass.

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Aleksandr Gorelik, Russian figure skater and sportscaster (died 2012)

Aleksandr Yudaevich Gorelik was a Soviet pair skater. He competed with Tatiana Zhuk. They are the 1965 World bronze medalists and the 1966 and 1968 World silver medalists. At the European Figure Skating Championships, they won the bronze medal in 1965 and the silver in 1966. They won the silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

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Posy Simmonds, English author and illustrator

Rosemary Elizabeth "Posy" Simmonds MBE, FRSL is a British newspaper cartoonist, and writer and illustrator of both children's books and graphic novels. She is best known for her long association with The Guardian, for which she drew the series Gemma Bovery (2000) and Tamara Drewe (2005–06), both later published as books. Her style gently satirises the English middle classes and in particular those of a literary bent. Both Gemma Bovery and Tamara Drew feature a "doomed heroine", much in the style of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century gothic romantic novel, to which they often allude, but with an ironic, modernist slant.

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09/08/1944

George Armstrong, English footballer (died 2000)

George "Geordie" Armstrong was an English football player and coach, who was mostly associated with Arsenal. A winger, Armstrong made his Arsenal debut in 1962 at the age of 17 and went on to make 621 appearances – which was then an all-time club record – before he left Highbury in 1977. He spent a season each with Leicester City and Stockport County, and then took up coaching, both domestically and abroad. After a year as Kuwait national team manager, Armstrong returned to Arsenal as reserve-team coach in 1990, a post which he held for the remaining ten years of his life.

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Patrick Depailler, French racing driver (died 1980)

Patrick André Eugène Joseph Depailler was a French racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1980. Depailler won two Formula One Grands Prix across eight seasons.

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Sam Elliott, American actor and producer

Samuel Pack Elliott is an American actor. With a career spanning over five decades of film and television, he is recognized for his deep sonorous voice. Elliott has received various accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and a National Board of Review Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.

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Patricia McKissack, American soldier, engineer, and author (died 2017)

Patricia C. McKissack was a prolific African-American children's writer. She was the author of more than 100 books, including Dear America books A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl; Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, The Great Migration North; and Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl. She also wrote a novel for The Royal Diaries series: Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba. Notable standalone works include Flossie & the Fox (1986), The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural (1992), and Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? (1992). What is Given from the Heart was published posthumously in 2019.

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09/08/1943

Ken Norton, American boxer and actor (died 2013)

Kenneth Howard Norton Sr. was an American boxer who competed professionally from 1967 to 1981. He was awarded the WBC world heavyweight championship in 1978, after winning a close split decision over Jimmy Young in a title eliminator bout.

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09/08/1942

David Steinberg, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

David Steinberg is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, director, and author. At the height of his popularity, during the late 1960s and mid-1970s, he was one of the best-known comics in the United States. He appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson more than 130 times and served as guest host 12 times, the youngest person to guest-host. Steinberg directed several films and episodes of television situation comedies, including Seinfeld, Friends, Mad About You, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Golden Girls, and Designing Women. Steinberg also hosted the interview program Inside Comedy on the Showtime network.

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09/08/1940

Linda Keen, American mathematician and academic

Linda Jo Goldway Keen is an American mathematician and a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. Since 1965, she has been a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Lehman College of the City University of New York and a Professor of Mathematics at Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

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09/08/1939

Hércules Brito Ruas, Brazilian footballer

Hércules de Brito Ruas,, known as Brito, is a former Brazilian footballer. He played as a central defender for several clubs, and for the Brazil national team.

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Vincent Hanna, Northern Irish journalist (died 1997)

Vincent Leo Martin Hanna was a Northern Irish television journalist known for his coverage of United Kingdom by-elections.

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The Mighty Hannibal, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2014)

James Timothy Shaw, known as The Mighty Hannibal, was an American R&B, soul, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer. Known for his showmanship, and outlandish costumes often incorporating a pink turban, several of his songs carried social or political themes. His biggest hit was "Hymn No. 5", a commentary on the effects of the Vietnam War on servicemen, which was banned from being played on the radio.

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Billy Henderson, American singer (died 2007)

William Henderson was an American singer, best known for being an original member and founder of The Spinners, a soul vocal group.

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Bulle Ogier, French actress and screenwriter

Bulle Ogier is a French actress and screenwriter.

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Romano Prodi, Italian academic and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Italy

Romano Prodi is an Italian politician who served as President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004 and twice as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1996 to 1998, and again from 2006 to 2008. Prodi is considered the founder of the Italian centre-left and one of the most prominent figures of the Second Republic. He is often nicknamed Il Professore due to his academic career.

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Butch Warren, American bassist (died 2013)

Edward Rudolph "Butch" Warren Jr. was an American jazz bassist who was active during the 1950s and 1960s.

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09/08/1938

Leonid Kuchma, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Ukraine

Leonid Danylovych Kuchma is a Ukrainian politician who served as the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005. The only president of Ukraine to serve two terms, his presidency was marked by economic stabilization and an improvement in Russia–Ukraine relations, but at the same time was accompanied by democratic backsliding and growth of the influence of Ukrainian oligarchs, as well as several scandals.

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Rod Laver, Australian tennis player and coach

Rodney George Laver is an Australian former professional tennis player. Laver was ranked as the world number 1 professional player indisputably for five years from 1965 to 1969, and by some sources also in 1964 and 1970. He was also ranked as the number 1 amateur in 1961 and 1962. Laver won 200 singles titles across his amateur and professional careers, the most won by any tennis player.

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Otto Rehhagel, German footballer, coach, and manager

Otto Rehhagel is a German former football coach and player.

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09/08/1936

Julián Javier, Dominican-American baseball player

Manuel Julián Javier Liranzo is a Dominican former professional baseball second baseman. He played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the St. Louis Cardinals where he was a two-time All-Star and won two World Series in 1964 and 1967. He played his final season with the Cincinnati Reds.

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Patrick Tse, Chinese-Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Patrick Tse Yin is a Hong Kong actor, producer, screenwriter and director in Hong Kong cinema.

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09/08/1935

Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (died 2008)

Beverlee McKinsey was an American actress. She is best known for her roles on daytime serials, including Iris Cory Carrington on Another World and the spin-off series Texas from 1972 to 1981 and Alexandra Spaulding on Guiding Light from 1984 to 1992.

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09/08/1933

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Japanese actress, talk show host, and author

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi is a Japanese actress, television personality, World Wide Fund for Nature advisor, and Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. She joined NHK Broadcasting Theatre Company as the first television actress in 1953. In 1954, she made her debut as the lead actress in the radio drama Yambō Nimbō Tombō. In 1976, TV Asahi's Tetsuko's Room started airing. This program was recognized by the Guinness World Records in 2011 for having the highest number of broadcasts by the same host. It has been airing on weekdays at noon every week, and as of 2023, it has surpassed 11,000 episodes in its 48th year. Her autobiographical book, Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window, which depicts her childhood, became a post-WW2 bestseller with over 8 million copies sold in Japan and 25 million copies worldwide. It has also been adapted into a television series twice.

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09/08/1932

Tam Dalyell, Scottish academic and politician (died 2017)

Sir Thomas Dalyell, 11th Baronet, known as Tam Dalyell, was a Scottish politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Linlithgow from 1962 to 2005. A member of the Labour Party, he was best known for formulating what came to be known as the "West Lothian question", on whether non-English MPs should be able to vote upon English-only matters after political devolution. He was also known for his staunch anti-war views, opposing the Falklands War, the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War.

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John Gomery, Canadian lawyer and jurist (died 2021)

John Howard Gomery was a Canadian jurist from Quebec. He was a Justice of the Quebec Superior Court from 1982 to 2007, and appointed Commissioner for the Royal Commission investigating the Sponsorship scandal in 2004.

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09/08/1931

Chuck Essegian, American baseball player and lawyer

Charles Abraham Essegian is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He appeared in 404 games in Major League Baseball (MLB) over six seasons (1958–1963) for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Athletics and Cleveland Indians. During the 1959 World Series, Essegian, then with the Dodgers, set a Series record with two pinch-hit home runs against the Chicago White Sox. The mark was matched by Bernie Carbo of the Boston Red Sox, who a hit pair of pinch-hit homers against the Cincinnati Reds in the 1975 World Series.

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James Freeman Gilbert, American geophysicist and academic (died 2014)

James Freeman Gilbert was an American geophysicist, best known for his work with George E. Backus on inverting geophysical data, and also for his role in establishing an international network of long-period seismometers.

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Paula Kent Meehan, American businesswoman, co-founded Redken (died 2014)

Paula Jane Meehan was an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She co-founded the Redken hair care products company. She briefly worked as an actress and fashion model.

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Mário Zagallo, Brazilian footballer and coach (died 2024)

Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo was a Brazilian professional football player, coordinator and manager, who played as a forward.

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09/08/1930

Milt Bolling, American baseball player and scout (died 2013)

Milton Joseph Bolling was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from 1952 through 1958 for the Boston Red Sox (1952–1957), Washington Senators (1957) and Detroit Tigers (1958). Bolling batted and threw right-handed. He was the older brother of Frank Bolling.

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Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec (died 2015)

Jacques Parizeau was a Canadian politician and economist who served as the 26th premier of Quebec from September 26, 1994, to January 29, 1996.

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09/08/1929

Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist and activist (died 1979)

Abdi İpekçi was a Turkish journalist, intellectual and human rights activist. He was murdered when he was editor-in-chief of one of the main Turkish daily newspapers Milliyet which then had a centre-left political stance.

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09/08/1928

Bob Cousy, American basketball player and coach

Robert Joseph Cousy is an American former professional basketball player. He played point guard for the Boston Celtics from 1950 to 1963, and briefly with the Cincinnati Royals during the 1969–70 season. A 13-time NBA All-Star and 1957 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), Cousy was a core piece during the early half of the Celtics dynasty winning six NBA championships during his 13-year tenure with the Celtics. Nicknamed "The Houdini of the Hardwood", Cousy was the NBA assists leader for eight consecutive seasons, introducing a new blend of ball-handling and passing skills to the NBA. He is regarded as the first great point guard of the NBA, and was the first to reach the 4,000, 5,000, and 6,000 career assists milestones.

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Camilla Wicks, American violinist and educator (died 2020)

Camilla Dolores Wicks was an American violinist, and one of the first female violinists to establish a major international career. Her performing career included solo appearances with leading European and American symphony orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

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Dolores Wilson, American soprano and actress (died 2010)

Dolores Mae Wilson was an American coloratura soprano who had an active international opera career from the late 1940s through the early 1960s. Beginning her career with major theatres in Europe, she performed in six seasons at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City during the 1950s. She is perhaps best known for originating the title role in the world premiere of Douglas Moore's The Ballad of Baby Doe at the Central City Opera in 1956. After abandoning her opera career, she embarked on a second career as a musical theatre actress; making several appearances on Broadway in the following decades.

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09/08/1927

Daniel Keyes, American short story writer and novelist (died 2014)

Daniel Keyes was an American writer best known as the author of the novel Flowers for Algernon. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.

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Robert Shaw, English actor and screenwriter (died 1978)

Robert Archibald Shaw was an English actor and writer. Beginning his career in theatre, Shaw joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre after the Second World War and appeared in productions of Macbeth, Henry VIII, Cymbeline, and other Shakespeare plays. With the Old Vic company (1951–52), he continued primarily in Shakespearean roles. In 1959, he starred in a West End production of The Long and the Short and the Tall.

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09/08/1926

Denis Atkinson, Barbadian cricketer (died 2001)

Denis St Eval Atkinson was a West Indian cricketer who played 22 Test matches in the 1950s as an all-rounder, hitting 922 runs and taking 47 wickets. He also played first-class cricket for Barbados and Trinidad.

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09/08/1925

David A. Huffman, American computer scientist, developed Huffman coding (died 1999)

David Albert Huffman was an American pioneer in computer science, known for his Huffman coding. He was also one of the pioneers in the field of mathematical origami.

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09/08/1924

Mathews Mar Barnabas, Indian metropolitan (died 2012)

Mathews Mar Barnabas was a Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.

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Frank Martínez, American soldier and painter (died 2013)

Francisco Alonzo "Frank" Martínez was an American artist. He painted murals of his Mexican American heritage.

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09/08/1922

Philip Larkin, English poet and novelist (died 1985)

Philip Arthur Larkin was an English poet, novelist, and librarian. His first book of poetry, The North Ship, was published in 1945, followed by two novels, Jill (1946) and A Girl in Winter (1947). He came to prominence in 1955 with the publication of his second collection of poems, The Less Deceived, followed by The Whitsun Weddings (1964) and High Windows (1974). He contributed to The Daily Telegraph as its jazz critic from 1961 to 1971, with his articles gathered in All What Jazz: A Record Diary 1961–71 (1985), and edited The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse (1973). His many honours include the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. He was offered, but declined, the position of Poet Laureate in 1984, following the death of Sir John Betjeman.

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09/08/1921

Ernest Angley, American evangelist and author (died 2021)

Ernest Winston Angley was an American Christian evangelist, author, and television station owner who was based in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio from the 1950s until his death in 2021.

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J. James Exon, American soldier and politician, 33rd Governor of Nebraska (died 2005)

John James Exon was an American businessman and politician who served as the 33rd governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979, and as a United States senator from Nebraska from 1979 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Exon never lost an election, and was the only Democrat ever to hold Nebraska's Class 2 U.S. Senate seat. He was elected governor in 1970, re-elected in 1974, elected to the Senate in 1978, and re-elected to that seat in 1984 and 1990.

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09/08/1920

Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and author (died 2007)

Enzo Biagi was an Italian journalist, writer and former partisan.

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09/08/1919

Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1987)

Johannes Marten den Uijl, better known as Joop den Uyl, was a Dutch politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 to 1977. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA). Den Uyl studied economics at the University of Amsterdam obtaining a Master of Economics degree and worked as a civil servant at the Ministry of Economic Affairs from February 1942 until May 1945 and as a journalist and editor for Het Parool and Vrij Nederland from May 1945 until January 1949. Den Uyl served as director of the Wiardi Beckman Foundation from January 1949 until June 1963. Den Uyl became a member of the House of Representatives shortly after the number of seats was raised from 100 to 150 seats following the election of 1956 serving from 6 November 1956 until 5 June 1963 as a frontbencher and spokesperson for economics. Den Uyl was appointed as Minister of Economic Affairs in the Cals cabinet, taking office on 14 April 1965. After Labour Leader Anne Vondeling unexpectedly announced he was stepping down, Den Uyl announced his candidacy and was selected as his successor as Leader on 13 September 1966. Under his leadership, the PvdA became a big tent party that undermined support for the small left parties, including the Radicals and the Communists.

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Ralph Houk, American baseball player and manager (died 2010)

Ralph George Houk, nicknamed "the Major", was an American catcher, coach, manager, and front office executive in Major League Baseball. He is best known as the successor of Casey Stengel as manager of the New York Yankees from 1961 to 1963, when his teams won three consecutive American League pennants and the 1961 and 1962 World Series championships. In 1961 he became the second rookie manager to win 100 games in a season and third rookie manager to win a World Series. He was the first manager to win World Series titles in his first two seasons and the first manager since Hughie Jennings to win three pennants in his first three seasons.

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09/08/1918

Kermit Beahan, American Air Force colonel (died 1989)

Kermit King Beahan was a career officer in the United States Air Force and its predecessor United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He was the bombardier on the crew flying the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar on August 9, 1945, that dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.

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Giles Cooper, Irish soldier and playwright (died 1966)

Giles Stannus Cooper, OBE was an Anglo-Irish playwright and prolific radio dramatist, writing over sixty scripts for BBC Radio and television. He was awarded the OBE in 1960 for "Services to Broadcasting". A dozen years after his death at only 48 the Giles Cooper Awards for Radio Drama were instituted in his honour, jointly by the BBC and the publishers Eyre Methuen.

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Albert Seedman, American police officer (died 2013)

Albert A. Seedman was an officer with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for 30 years, known for solving several high-profile cases before resigning as chief of the Detective Bureau. He was the only Jewish officer to ever hold that position. After his retirement he was the chief of security for a New York area department store chain before retiring to South Florida.

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09/08/1915

Mareta West, American astronomer and geologist (died 1998)

Mareta Nelle West was an American astrogeologist who in the 1960s chose the site of the first crewed lunar landing, Apollo 11. She was the first female astrogeologist. Her cremated remains were launched into space.

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09/08/1914

Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and director (died 1963)

Ferenc Fricsay was a Hungarian conductor. From 1960 until his death, he was an Austrian citizen.

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Tove Jansson, Finnish author and illustrator (died 2001)

Tove Marika Jansson was a Finland-Swedish author, novelist and comic strip author. She was also a painter and illustrator. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Paris. She held her first solo art exhibition in 1943. Over the same period, she penned short stories and articles for publication, and subsequently drew illustrations for book covers, advertisements, and postcards. She continued her work as an artist and writer for the rest of her life.

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Joe Mercer, English footballer and manager (died 1990)

Joseph Mercer was an English footballer and manager. He played as a defender for Everton and Arsenal and managed Aston Villa and Manchester City, and served as caretaker manager of the England national football team.

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09/08/1913

Wilbur Norman Christiansen, Australian astronomer and engineer (died 2007)

Wilbur Norman "Chris" Christiansen was a pioneer Australian radio astronomer and electrical engineer.

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09/08/1911

William Alfred Fowler, American astronomer and astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate (died 1996)

William Alfred Fowler (August 9, 1911 – March 14, 1995) was an American astrophysicist. He shared the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe." He is known for his theoretical and experimental research into nuclear reactions within stars and the energy elements produced in the process. With Margaret and Geoffrey Burbidge and Fred Hoyle, he authored the influential B2FH paper, Synthesis of the Elements in Stars.

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Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer (died 2001)

Eddie Futch was an American boxing trainer. Among the fighters he trained are Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, and Trevor Berbick, four of the five men to defeat Muhammad Ali. Futch also trained Riddick Bowe and Montell Griffin when they handed future Hall of Fame fighters Evander Holyfield and Roy Jones Jr. their first professional defeats. In Baltimore, Maryland, the Futch Gym boxing gymnasium is named after the trainer. He also trained Ireland’s first ever WBC World Champion, Wayne McCullough. Eddie Futch was married to Eva Marlene Futch from March 21, 1996, until his death. Futch often called her "The love of his life."

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John McQuade, Northern Irish soldier, boxer, and politician (died 1984)

John McQuade was a Northern Irish unionist politician. He was a professional boxer under the name of Jack Higgins.

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09/08/1909

Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, Indian scholar, author, and academic (died 1992)

Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, abbreviated in Kannada as Vi. Kru. Gokak, was an Indian writer in the Kannada language and a scholar of English and Kannada literatures. He was the fifth writer to be honoured with the Jnanpith Award in 1990 for Kannada language, for his epic Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi which deals with the Vedic age. In 1961, Gokak was awarded the Padma Shri from the Government of India for Dyava Prithvi.

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Willa Beatrice Player, American educator, first Black woman college president (died 2003)

Willa Beatrice Player was an American educator, college administrator, college president, civil rights activist, and federal appointee. Player was the first African-American woman to become president of a four-year, fully accredited liberal arts college when she took the position at Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (died 1944)

Friedrich Adam von Trott zu Solz was a German lawyer and diplomat who was involved in the conservative resistance to Nazism. A declared opponent of the Nazi regime from the beginning, he actively participated in the Kreisau Circle of Helmuth James Graf von Moltke and Peter Yorck von Wartenburg. Together with Claus von Stauffenberg and Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg, he conspired in the 20 July plot and was supposed to have been appointed Secretary of State in the German Foreign Office and lead negotiator with the Western Allies if the plot had succeeded.

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09/08/1905

Leo Genn, British actor and barrister (died 1978)

Leopold John Genn was an English actor and barrister. Distinguished by his relaxed charm and smooth, "black velvet" voice, he had a lengthy career in theatre, film, television and radio, often playing aristocratic or gentlemanly, sophisticated roles.

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09/08/1902

Zino Francescatti, French violinist (died 1991)

René-Charles "Zino" Francescatti was a French virtuoso violinist, renowned for his lyrical playing style.

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Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Russian general and politician (died 1984)

Panteleimon Kondratyevich Ponomarenko was a Soviet statesman and politician and one of the leaders of Soviet partisan resistance in Belarus. He served as an administrator at various positions within the Soviet government, including the leadership positions in Byelorussian and Kazakh SSRs.

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09/08/1900

Charles Farrell, American actor and singer (died 1990)

Charles David Farrell was an American film actor and later Mayor of Palm Springs, serving from 1947 to 1955. Farrell was known for his onscreen romances with actress Janet Gaynor in more than a dozen films, including 7th Heaven, Street Angel, and Lucky Star. Later in life, he starred on TV in the 1950s sitcoms My Little Margie and played himself in The Charles Farrell Show. He was also among the early developers of Palm Springs.

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09/08/1899

P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress (died 1996)

Pamela Lyndon Travers was an Australian-British writer who spent most of her career in England. She is best known for the Mary Poppins series of books, which feature the eponymous magical nanny.

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09/08/1896

Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist (died 1980)

Erich Armand Arthur Joseph Hückel was a German physicist and physical chemist. He is mainly known for the Debye–Hückel theory of electrolytic solutions and the Hückel method of approximate molecular orbital (MO) calculations on π electron systems.

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Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (died 1980)

Jean William Fritz Piaget (, ; French: [ʒɑ̃ pjaʒɛ]; was a Swiss psychologist known for his work on child development. Piaget's theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called genetic epistemology.

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09/08/1890

Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (died 1958)

Eino Sakari Kaila was a Finnish philosopher, critic and teacher. He worked in numerous fields including psychology, physics and theater, and attempted to find unifying principles behind various branches of human and natural sciences.

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09/08/1881

Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince (died 1918)

Captain Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza MC was a Brazilian-born prince of the House of Orléans-Braganza and a military officer who served with distinction in the forces of the British Empire during World War I.

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09/08/1879

John Willcock, Australian politician, 15th Premier of Western Australia, (died 1956)

John Collings Willcock was an Australian politician. He was the premier of Western Australia from 1936 to 1945, holding office as state leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1916 to 1947, representing the seat of Geraldton. Prior to entering politics he was a railways worker and train driver.

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09/08/1878

Eileen Gray, Irish architect and furniture designer (died 1976)

Eileen Gray was an Irish interior designer, furniture designer and architect who became a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture. Over her career, she was associated with many notable European artists of her era, including Kathleen Scott, Adrienne Gorska, Le Corbusier, and the architect Jean Badovici, with whom she was romantically involved and who taught her architecture and collaborated with her on various buildings. Their most famous work is the house known as E-1027 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France.

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09/08/1875

Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1959)

Albert William Ketèlbey was an English composer, conductor and pianist, best known for his short pieces of light orchestral music. He was born in Birmingham and moved to London in 1889 to study at Trinity College of Music. After a brilliant studentship he did not pursue the classical career predicted for him, becoming musical director of the Vaudeville Theatre before gaining fame as a composer of light music and as a conductor of his own works.

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09/08/1874

Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor (died 1947)

Reynaldo Hahn de Echenagucia was a French composer, conductor, music critic, and singer. He is best known for his songs – mélodies – of which he wrote more than 100.

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09/08/1872

Archduke Joseph August of Austria (died 1962)

Archduke Joseph August Viktor Klemens Maria of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia was a Feldmarschall of the Austro-Hungarian Army and for a short period head of state of Hungary. He was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, the eldest son of Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (1833–1905) and his wife Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846–1927). Joseph August's grandfather had been Palatine Joseph of Hungary (1776–1847), Palatine and Viceroy of Hungary, a younger son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor.

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09/08/1867

Evelina Haverfield, Scottish nurse and activist (died 1920)

Evelina Haverfield was a British suffragette and aid worker.

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09/08/1861

Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer and academic (died 1942)

Dorothea Klumpke Roberts was an American astronomer. She was the Director of the Bureau of Measurements at the Paris Observatory and was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, or a Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor.

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09/08/1848

Alfred David Benjamin, Australian-born businessman and philanthropist. (died 1900)

Alfred David Benjamin was an Australian-born businessman and philanthropist.

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09/08/1847

Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, French-Italian wife of Amadeo I of Spain (died 1876)

Maria Vittoria Carlotta Enrichetta Giovanna dal Pozzo, 6th Princess of Cisterna d'Asti and of Belriguardo, was an Italian noblewoman who was Queen of Spain from 16 November 1870 until 11 February 1873 as the wife of King Amadeo I. Maria Vittoria inherited her princely title after the death of her father. In 1867, she married Amadeo, then Duke of Aosta, second son of King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. In 1870, her husband became the king of Spain, making her queen consort. King Amadeo abdicated after a reign of less than three years, and he and Maria Vittoria returned to Italy. She died in Sanremo, Italy, in 1876.

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09/08/1845

André Bessette, Canadian saint (died 1937)

André Bessette, C.S.C., commonly known as Brother André and since his canonization as Saint André of Montreal, was a lay brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross and a significant figure of the Catholic Church among French Canadians. He is credited with thousands of reported healings associated with his pious devotion to Saint Joseph.

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09/08/1805

Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (died 1860)

Joseph Locke FRSA was an English civil engineer of the nineteenth century, particularly associated with railway projects. Locke ranked alongside Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel as one of the major pioneers of railway development.

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09/08/1797

Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and surveyor (died 1855)

Charles Robert Malden was a nineteenth-century British naval officer, surveyor and educator. He is the discoverer of Malden Island in the central Pacific, which is named in his honour. He also founded Windlesham House School at Brighton, England.

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09/08/1788

Adoniram Judson, American missionary and lexicographer (died 1850)

Adoniram Judson was an American Particular Baptist missionary who worked in Burma for almost 40 years. At the age of 25, Judson was sent from North America to preach in Burma. His mission and work with Luther Rice led to the establishment of the Triennial Convention, the first national Baptist ecclesiastical organization, now called American Baptist Churches USA.

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09/08/1783

Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (died 1801)

Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia was a daughter of Emperor Paul I of Russia and sister of emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I. She married Archduke Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary. Her marriage was the only Romanov-Habsburg marital alliance to date.

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09/08/1776

Amedeo Avogadro, Italian physicist and chemist (died 1856)

Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro, Count of Quaregna and Cerreto (, also, Italian: [ameˈdɛːo avoˈɡaːdro]; 9 August 1776 – 9 July 1856) was an Italian scientist, most noted for his contribution to molecular theory now known as Avogadro's law, which states that equal volumes of gases under the same conditions of temperature and pressure will contain equal numbers of molecules. In tribute to him, the ratio of the number of elementary entities (atoms, molecules, ions or other particles) in a substance to its amount of substance (the latter having the unit mole), 6.02214076×1023 mol−1, is known as the Avogadro constant. This constant is denoted NA, and is one of the seven defining constants of the SI.

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09/08/1757

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, American humanitarian; wife of Alexander Hamilton (died 1854)

Elizabeth Hamilton was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was the wife of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and was a passionate champion and defender of Hamilton's work and efforts in the American Revolution and the founding of the United States.

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Thomas Telford, Scottish architect and engineer, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (died 1834)

Thomas Telford was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels. Such was his reputation as a prolific designer of highways and related bridges, he was dubbed the 'Colossus of Roads', and, reflecting his command of all types of civil engineering in the early 19th century, he was elected as the first president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a post he held for 14 years until his death. The town of Telford in Shropshire was named after him.

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09/08/1748

Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (died 1809)

Bernhard Peter Schott was a German clarinetist and music publisher. He founded the predecessor of Schott Music, a major German music publishing company which continues to this day.

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09/08/1726

Francesco Cetti, Italian priest, zoologist, and mathematician (died 1778)

Francesco Cetti was an Italian Jesuit priest, zoologist and mathematician.

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09/08/1722

Prince Augustus William of Prussia (died 1758)

Prince Augustus William of Prussia was the son of King Frederick William I of Prussia and a younger brother and general of Frederick the Great.

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09/08/1696

Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (died 1772)

Josef Wenzel I, often referred to as just Wenzel, was the Prince of Liechtenstein between 1712 and 1718, and 1748 and 1772, as well as regent of Liechtenstein between 1732 and 1745. He first succeeded his distant cousin Hans-Adam I, even though he was not next in line. The actual heir was his uncle Anton Florian, who was not very popular among the family. Therefore, Hans-Adam chose Josef Wenzel as his heir. He later decided to hand over the Principality in exchange for his getting the Dominion of Rumburk in 1718. Thirty years later he inherited Liechtenstein again after his nephew Prince Johann Nepomuk Karl died without male issue. As a military figure, Wenzel is known for his command of the Austrians at the Battle of Piacenza.

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09/08/1653

John Oldham, English poet and translator (died 1683)

John Oldham was an English satirical poet and translator. John Dryden, England's first Poet Laureate, was one of his admirers and upon his death wrote an elegy "To the Memory of Mr. Oldham".

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09/08/1648

Johann Michael Bach, German composer (died 1694)

Johann Michael Bach was a German composer of the Baroque period. He was the brother of Johann Christoph Bach, as well as first cousin, once removed and father-in-law of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is sometimes referred to as the "Gehrener Bach" to distinguish him from the "Wuppertaler Bach", Johann Michael Bach.

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09/08/1611

Henry of Nassau-Siegen, German count, officer in the Dutch Army, diplomat for the Dutch Republic (born 1611)

Count Henry of Nassau-Siegen, German: Heinrich Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Beilstein, was a count from the House of Nassau-Siegen, a cadet branch of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau. He served the Republic of the United Netherlands in diplomatic missions, as an officer in the Dutch States Army, and as governor of Hulst.

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09/08/1603

Johannes Cocceius, German-Dutch theologian and academic (died 1669)

Johannes Cocceius was a Dutch theologian born in Bremen.

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09/08/1590

John Webster, colonial settler and governor of Connecticut (died 1661)

John Webster was an early colonial settler of New England, serving one term as governor of the Colony of Connecticut in 1656.

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09/08/1544

Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania (died 1606)

Bogislaw XIII of Pomerania, son of Philip I and Maria of Saxony, was a prince of Stettin and Wolgast, and a member of the Griffins.

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09/08/1537

Francesco Barozzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (died 1604)

Francesco Barozzi, in Latin Franciscus Barocius, was an Italian mathematician, astronomer and humanist.

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09/08/1201

Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English historian and merchant (died 1274)

Arnold Fitz Thedmar was a London chronicler and merchant.

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