Notable Birthdays on September 18th
September 18th Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
53 |
Trajan, ancient Hispania, XIII Roman Emperor, (Trajan's Forum), (d. 117) |
1344 |
Marie Valois, Princess of France (d. 1404) |
1434 |
Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467) |
1574 |
Claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet |
1587 |
Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640) |
1636 |
Pietro Sanmartini, composer |
1676 |
Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733) |
1684 |
Johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer |
1709 |
Samuel Johnson, Lichfield Staffordshire, England, lexicographer/writer (Boswell's Tour Guide) |
1713 |
Jean Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher |
1733 |
George Read, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) |
1750 |
Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (Fabulas Literarias) |
1752 |
Adrien-Marie Lagendre, mathematician, worked on elliptic integrals |
1752 |
Johann Anton Sulzer, composer |
1765 |
Oliver Holden, composer |
1772 |
Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer |
1779 |
Joseph Story, Mass, 19th Supreme Court justice (1812-45) |
1786 |
Justinus AC Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer |
1787 |
Johann D Passavant, German historian/painter/graphic artist |
1805 |
Robert Cowdin, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 |
1812 |
Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American politician (d. 1880) |
1815 |
Henry Constantine Wayne, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) |
1818 |
Marcellus Augustus Stovall, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) |
1837 |
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, (Portuguese) Archbishop of Goa (d. 1880) |
1838 |
Anton Mauve, painter/graphic artist/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh |
1859 |
John L. Bates, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946) |
1859 |
Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (d. 1940) |
1860 |
Alberto Franchetti, composer |
1863 |
Hermann Kutter, Swiss Christ-social theologist |
1870 |
Clark Wissler, anthropologist (American Indian) |
1874 |
Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Vises Sten) |
1875 |
Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d.1945) |
1876 |
Milan Rakic, Serbian poet (Pesme) |
1876 |
James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953) |
1877 |
Jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter (Under the Snow) |
1883 |
Lord Berners, [Gerald Tyrwhitt], England, composer (1st Childhood) |
1885 |
Abdul Muslim Mahomayev, composer |
1889 |
Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (d. 1970) |
1890 |
Vladimir Ambros, composer |
1893 |
Arthur Benjamin, Sydney Australia, composer (Jamaican Rumba) |
1893 |
William March, [Campbell], US, writer (Company K) |
1895 |
John Diefenbaker, Neustadt Ontario, 13th Canadian PM (C) (1957-63) |
1895 |
Tomoji Tanabe, the oldest man in the world as of June 2007 |
1897 |
John Mens, writer (People Without Money) |
1897 |
Pablo Sorozabal Marialcurrena, composer |
1901 |
Harold Clurman, producer/director (Deadline at Dawn) |
1905 |
Agnes De Mille, NYC, choreographer (Oklahoma) |
1905 |
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Oakland California, actor (Jack Benny Show) |
1905 |
Greta Garbo, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Ninotchka, Grand Hotel, Camille), (d. 1990) |
1906 |
Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Semj Dnej Nedeli) [OS=Sept 5] |
1907 |
Edwin M McMillan, US, physicist/discoverer plutonium (Nobel prize) |
1908 |
Viktor A Ambartsoemjan, Russian astronomer (Stalin Prize 1946, 50) |
1910 |
Henri A Cornelis, gov-general Belgian Congo/Rwanda-Urundi |
1910 |
Josef Tal, composer |
1910 |
Leon Stein, composer |
1911 |
Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976) |
1912 |
Kurt Lotz, German business executive, second postwar CEO of Volkswagen (d. 2005) |
1914 |
Jack Cardiff, British film director |
1915 |
Hetta Empson, artist |
1915 |
Ronald Ogden, engineer |
1916 |
John J Rhodes, (Rep-R-Az) |
1916 |
Rossano Brazzi, Bolognia Italy, actor/director (Antaeus-Survivors) |
1916 |
Frank Bell, British educator (d. 1989) |
1917 |
Alan Ande Anderson, opera director |
1917 |
Gerrit Borgers, literature |
1918 |
John Berger, politician |
1920 |
Jack Warden, Newark NJ, actor (NYPD, Crazy Like a Fox, Norby) |
1922 |
Grayson Hall, American actress (d. 1985) |
1922 |
Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer |
1923 |
J T Mellema, Boer politician (CHU) |
1923 |
Peter Smithson, English architect (d. 2003) |
1923 |
Queen Anne of Romania |
1924 |
Zelda Fichandler, Boston, theater director/producer (Raisin, K2) |
1925 |
Harvey Haddix, baseball pitcher (pitched perfect game into 12th) |
1926 |
Bud Greenspan, documentary maker (Olympic Games) |
1926 |
Bob Toski, American golfer |
1927 |
Gerlando Alberti, Palermo, Italy, Sicilian Mafioso (Ciaculli massacre, 1963, 'Mafia! What is that? A kind of cheese'), (d. 2012) |
1928 |
Adam Walacinski, composer |
1928 |
Phyllis Kirk, Syracuse NY, actress (Thin Man, Red Button's Show) |
1929 |
June Rosemary Fisher, teacher/trade unionist |
1929 |
Louis Myers, blues guitarist /harmonica player |
1932 |
Jack Mullaney, Pitts Pa, actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time) |
1932 |
Nikolai N Rukavishnikov, Siberia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 10, 16, 33) |
1932 |
Valery Viktorovich Ryumin, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 32/34, 35/37) |
1933 |
Jimmie Rodgers, WA, singer/guitarist (Jimmie Rodgers Show, Honey Comb) |
1933 |
Manfred Niehaus, composer |
1933 |
Robert Blake, Nutley NJ, (Baretta, Little Rascals, Coast to Coast) |
1933 |
Robert F Bennett, (Sen-R Utah) |
1933 |
Scotty Bowman, Montreal Quebec, NHL player/coach (Montreal Canadians/Detroit Red Wings) |
1933 |
Valentina Ponomaryova, Moscow, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok 6 backup) |
1937 |
Norman Dinnerstein, composer |
1939 |
Bob Whittaker, (Rep-R-KS, 1979- ) |
1939 |
Fred Willard, Ohio, comedian (Fernwood 2 Night, Real People) |
1939 |
Naresh Kumar Sohal, composer |
1939 |
Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal |
1940 |
Frankie Avalon, Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus) |
1941 |
Clive Burton, neuropathologist |
1941 |
Haflidi Magnus Hallgrimmson, composer |
1941 |
Mariangela Melato, Milan Italy, actress (Flash Gordon, Summer Night) |
1942 |
Koos van den Berg, Dutch MP (SGP) |
1942 |
Alex Stepney, English football goalkeeper |
1943 |
Michael Vetter, composer |
1944 |
Charles Lacy Veach, Chicago Illinois, astronaut (STS 39, STS 52) |
1944 |
Michael Franks, rocker |
1944 |
Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006) |
1946 |
Alan "Bam" King, rocker |
1946 |
Nicholas Clay, English actor (d. 2000) |
1946 |
Otis Sistrunk, American football player |
1947 |
Hans Vermeulen, singer/guitarist (Sandy Coast) |
1947 |
Giancarlo Minardi, Italian motor racing team boss |
1948 |
Ken Brett, American baseball player (d. 2003) |
1949 |
Jim McCrery, (Rep-R-Louisiana) |
1949 |
Kerry Livgren, Kansas, rock guitarist (Kansas) |
1949 |
Mo Mowlam, British politician (d. 2005) |
1949 |
Peter Shilton, English footballer |
1949 |
Billy Drago, American actor |
1950 |
Helene Weijel, author (In the Street Without a Coat) |
1950 |
Mike Hossack, Patterson NJ, rock drummer (Doobie Brothers), (d. 2012) |
1950 |
Shabana Azmi, Indian actress |
1950 |
Darryl Sittler, Kitchener Ontario, Canadian ice hockey player |
1951 |
Dee Dee Ramone, Virg, [Douglas Colvin], rock bassist (Ramones) |
1951 |
Benjamin Carson, American neurosurgeon |
1951 |
Marc Surer, Swiss motor racing driver |
1952 |
Rick Pitino, American basketball coach |
1953 |
Betsy Boze née: Vogel, American academic |
1954 |
Murtaza Bhutto, politician |
1954 |
Takao Doi, Tokyo Japan, astronaut (STS 87) |
1954 |
Tommy Tuberville, American football coach |
1955 |
Jeana Tomasino, Milwaukee Wis, playmate (Nov, 1980) |
1955 |
Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (d. 2006) |
1956 |
Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player |
1956 |
Chris Hedges, American journalist and author |
1958 |
John Aldridge, Irish footballer |
1958 |
Don Geronimo, American radio personality |
1959 |
Ryne Sandberg, Spokane WA, infielder (Chicago Cubs) |
1959 |
Ian Arkwright, English footballer |
1959 |
Mark Romanek, American filmmaker |
1960 |
Karim Rashid, Egyptian/English industrial designer |
1961 |
Jensen Buchanan, Montgomery Ala, actress (Vicky/Marley-Another World) |
1961 |
Sharon Barrett, San Diego, LPGA golfer (1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore-22nd) |
1961 |
James Gandolfini, Westwood New Jersey, American actor (Tony Soprano) |
1962 |
Joanne Catherall, Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Human League) |
1962 |
John Fashanu, English footballer |
1963 |
Rich Weiss, Munich Germany, US slalom single kayak (Olympics-6th-96) |
1963 |
Rob Brettle, British historian |
1963 |
Jim Pocklington, British racing driver |
1964 |
Holly Robinson, Phila, actress (21 Jump Street) |
1964 |
Marco Masini, Italian entertainer |
1966 |
Isabelle Demongeot, Gassin France, tennis star |
1966 |
Spike, guitarist (Ian Spice Breathe, Flash Cadillac) [or Feb 4] |
1967 |
Ricky Bell, Boston Mass, rock vocalist (New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe) |
1967 |
Tara Fitzgerald, Sussex England, actress (Siren) |
1968 |
Toni Kukoc, NBA forward (Chicago Bulls) |
1968 |
Cappadonna, American rapper |
1969 |
Robert Coons, NFL tight end (Buffalo Bills) |
1970 |
Everett Lindsay, NFL guard/center (Minnesota Vikings) |
1970 |
Gary Rogers, CFL linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders) |
1970 |
Michela Rocco, Udine Italy, Miss Italy (1987) |
1970 |
Mike Compton, NFL center/guard (Detroit Lions) |
1970 |
Dan Eldon, British photojournalist (d. 1993) |
1970 |
Aisha Tyler, American actress and comedian |
1971 |
Jada Pinkett, actress (Jason's Lyric, Menace II Society) |
1971 |
Kate Starre, Armadale Australia, field hockey utility (Olympics-96) |
1971 |
Lance Armstrong, Plano Texas, American road cyclist (7 Tour de France wins) barred from sport for using banned drugs |
1971 |
Oleg Ladik, Kiev Ukraine, Canadian 100 kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-96) |
1971 |
Ron Childs, NFL linebacker (NO Saints) |
1971 |
Anna Netrebko, Russian opera singer |
1972 |
Francois Gesthuizen, soccer player (PSV, NAC) |
1972 |
Michael Landes, actor (American Summer) |
1972 |
Richard Huntley, NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons) |
1972 |
Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer |
1972 |
David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (d. 2003) |
1973 |
Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player |
1973 |
James Marsden, American actor |
1973 |
Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy AmiYumi) |
1973 |
Mark Shuttleworth, South African entrepreneur |
1974 |
Sol Campbell, English footballer |
1974 |
Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player |
1974 |
Xzibit, American rapper |
1975 |
Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian pistol shooter |
1975 |
Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian |
1975 |
"Habacuc" Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican artist |
1976 |
Gabriel Gervais, Canadian football player |
1977 |
Li Tie, Chinese footballer |
1977 |
Kieran West, British oarsman |
1978 |
Shelly Moore, Miss Teen USA (Tennessee, 1997) |
1978 |
Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer |
1978 |
Pilar López de Ayala, Spanish actress |
1979 |
Alison Lohman, American actress |
1979 |
Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer |
1980 |
Avi Strool, Israeli footballer |
1980 |
Charles Hedger - British musician (Cradle of Filth) |
1980 |
Chris Tarrant, Australian football player |
1981 |
Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and model |
1983 |
Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer |
1984 |
Anthony Gonzalez, American football player |
1986 |
Keeley Hazell, British model |
1988 |
Annette Obrestad, Norwegian poker player |
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