Famous Birthdays on September 12

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• 1492 Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, born in Florence (d. 1519)

• 1559 Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter and architect, born in Tuscany, Italy (d. 1613)
• 1605 William Dugdale, English antiquarian and Garter King of Arms (1677-86), born in Shustoke, Warwickshire, England (d. 1686)
• 1655 Sebastien de Brossard, French composer and music theorist, born in Dompierre, Orne, France (d. 1730)
• 1688 Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor and carver of the Baroque era, born in Chomutov, Czech Republic (d. 1731)
• 1690 Peter Dens, Flemish Catholic theologian, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1775)
• 1720 Frederick Philipse III, American land owner (Bronx, Westchester & Putnam), born in New York City (d. 1785)
• 1725 Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer, born in Coutances, France (d. 1792)
• 1740 Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (Heinrich Stillings Leben), born in Hilchenbach, Germany (d. 1817)
• 1768 Benjamin Carr, American organist, composer, choirmaster, teacher, music publisher, and co-founder of Philadelphia's Music Fund Society, born in London (d. 1831)
• 1788 Alexander Campbell, Irish-American clergyman and Founder of Disciples of Christ, born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland (d. 1866)
• 1801 Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1861)
• 1806 Andrew Hull Foote, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1863)
• 1811 James Hall, American geologist and paleontologist (Natural history of NY), born in Hingham, Massachusetts (d. 1898)
• 1812 Richard Hoe, American inventor and industrialist, born in New York City (d. 1886)

• 1829 Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, born in Speyer, Germany (d. 1880)
• 1829 Charles Dudley Warner, American novelist (Being a Boy), born in Plainfield, Massachusetts (d. 1900)
• 1830 William Sprague IV, American politician and Governor of Rhode Island (1859-63), born in Cranston, Rhode Island (d. 1915)

• 1855 Jacobus of Looy, Dutch writer and painter (Death of My Cat), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1930)
• 1855 Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician and 12th Premier of Quebec (1900-05), born in Beauport, Quebec City (d. 1920)
• 1856 Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1924)
• 1857 George H. Breitner, Dutch impressionist painter, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1923)
• 1858 Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter and sculptor, born in Grembergen, Dendermonde, Belgium (d. 1921)
• 1871 Prince Friedrich Aloys Johannes Maria, Prince of Liechtenstein, born in Arad, Hungarian Kingdom (now Romania) (d. 1959)
• 1875 Matsunosuke Onoe [Tsuruzo Nakamura], Japanese actor (Araki Mataemon, Yajîkita: zenpen), born in Naka-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan (d. 1926)
• 1876 Flor Alpaerts, Flemish composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel; Pallieter), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1954)
• 1879 Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter, born in Lugano, Switzerland (d. 1944)

• 1881 Daniel Jones, English phoneticist (English pronouncing dictionary), born in London (d. 1967)
• 1884 Bob Groom, American baseball pitcher (Washington Senators; no-hitter 1917 St. Louis Browns), born in Belleville, Illinois (d. 1948)
• 1887 George Georgescu, Romanian conductor and composer, born in Sulina, Romania (d. 1964)
• 1888 Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer ("Thank Heaven For Little Girls"), born in Paris (d. 1972)
• 1890 Guido Guerrini, Italian composer, born in Faenza, Italy (d. 1965)
• 1891 Adolph Weiss, American bassoonist and composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1971)
• 1891 János Viski, Hungarian painter best known for his works of galloping horses, born in Szokolya, Hungary (d. 1987)
• 1891 Pedro Albizu Campos, Advocate for Puerto Rican independence, born in Ponce, Puerto Rico (d. 1965)
• 1892 Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal), born in New York City (d. 1984)
• 1894 Billy Gilbert, American actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1971)
• 1895 Alice Lake, American silent screen actress (Glamour, Wicked), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1967)
• 1896 Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe), born in Broglio, Switzerland (d. 1952)

• 1898 Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter (1964 Arts & Letters), born in Kaunas, Lithuania (d. 1969)
• 1898 Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1963)
• 1899 Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect and painter, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1958)
• 1900 Eric Harding Thiman, English composer, born in Ashford, Kent (d. 1975)
• 1901 Ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1975)
• 1901 Ernst Pepping, German composer, born in Duisburg, Germany (d. 1981)
• 1902 Juscelino Kubitschek, President Brazil (1955-60), born in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil (d. 1976)
• 1904 Gavriil Popov, Soviet Russian composer, born in Novocherkassk, Russia (d. 1972)
• 1905 Ali Amini, Iranian politician and government official (Prime Minister, 1961-62; Ambassador to US, 1956-58; Member of Parliament, 1947-49), born in Tehran, Persia (d. 1992)
• 1905 Boris Arapov, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1992)
• 1906 Ruvim Pergament, composer, born in Petrozavodsk, Russia (d. 1965)
• 1907 Joe Lederer, Austrian actress and writer (Drei Tage Liebe), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1987)
• 1907 Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright, born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1963)
• 1909 Donald MacDonald, Canadian politician and former president of the Canadian Labour Congress (1967-74), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (d. 1986)
• 1909 Lawrence Brooks, American US Army soldier, 1940-45 (91st Engineer Battalion - New Guinea, The Philippines), and longest-living American World War II veteran, born in Norwood, Louisiana (d. 2022)
• 1909 Spud Chandler, American baseball player (AL MVP 1943), born in Commerce, Georgia (d. 1990)
• 1913 Ben Polak, Dutch physician, communist and resistance fighter, born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1993)

• 1913 Kenneth Lo, cookery writer and restaurateur, born in Foochow, China (d. 1995)
• 1914 Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (James Bond films, 1963-99), WWII army veteran and POW, born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales (d. 1999)
• 1914 Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani poet and psychoanalyst, born in Amroha, India (d. 1988)
• 1915 Billy Daniels, African-American jazz singer ("That Old Black Magic") and television pioneer (The Billy Daniels Show), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 1988)
• 1916 Edward Binns, American actor (12 Angry Men; Fail-Safe), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
• 1916 Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver, born in Tinley Park, Illinois (d. 1961)
• 1917 Pierre Sévigny, Canadian military officer and politician, born in Quebec, Canada (d. 2004)
• 1917 Seumas MacNeill, Scottish bagpiper, educator (College of Bagpipes), broadcaster, and editor (The Piping Times), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1996)
• 1920 Irene Dailey, American actress (Another World, Grissom Gang), born in New York City (d. 2008)
• 1920 Jan W. Schulte Nordholt, Dutch poet and historian (Blossoming Stone), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1995)
• 1921 Frank McGee, American news anchor (NBC Evening News), born in Monroe, Louisiana (d. 1974)
• 1921 Stanislaw Lem, Polish sci-fi author (Solaris, Invincible), born in Lwów, Second Polish Republic (d. 2006)
• 1922 Ellen Demming, American actress (Guiding Light), born in Schenectady, New York (d. 2002)
• 1922 Jackson Mac Low, American poet and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2004)
• 1923 Julie Mandell, American pop and theatre songwriter, and classical composer (The Pious Cat), born in New York City
• 1924 Howard Curtis Nielson, American politician (Rep-R-UT, 1983-91), born in Richfield, Utah (d. 2020)
• 1924 Jean Le Poulain, French actor (Divine), born in Marseille, France (d. 1988)
• 1925 Dickie Moore, actor (Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)
• 1925 Stan Lopata, American baseball player, born in Delray, Detroit, Michigan (d. 2013)
• 1927 Gianna Maria Canale, Italian actress (Go For Broke), born in Reggio Calabria, Italy (d. 2009)
• 1929 Harvey Schmidt, American musical theatre composer (The Fantasticks; 110 In the Shade), and illustrator, born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2018)
• 1930 Larry Austin, American classical and electronic composer and educator, born in Duncan, Oklahoma (d. 2018)
• 1931 George Jones, American country singer-songwriter ("Golden Rings"; "Oh Lonesome Me"), born in Saratoga, Texas (d. 2013)
• 1931 Kristin Hunter, African-American author (God Bless the Child), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
• 1931 Sir Ian Holm, eminent English actor (The Lord of the Rings, Alien, King Lear), born in Goodmayes, Essex (d. 2020)
• 1932 Waqar Hasan, Pakistani cricket batsman (21 Tests, top score 189; member Pakistan's inaugural Test squad), born in Amritsar, Punjab, India (d. 2020)
• 1933 Denny Stolz, American college football coach (Alma College, Michigan State University, Bowling Green State Uni, San Diego State Uni), born in Lansing, Michigan (d. 2023)
• 1933 Stafford Heginbotham, British toymaker (Tebro Toys) and Bradford Football Club Chairman (during time of the fire), (d. 1995)
• 1933 Tatiana Doronina, Russian actress, born in St. Petersburg, Russia
• 1934 Edward Wistenberg, Dutch concert harpist and pedagogue, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1934 Glenn Davis, American athlete (Olympic gold 1956,60), born in Wellsburg, West Virginia (d. 2009)
• 1934 Gunther Gebel-Williams, animal trainer and lion tamer (Ringling Bros Circus), born in Świdnica, Poland (d. 2001)
• 1934 Jaegwon Kim, Korean-born American philosopher, born in Daegu, South Korea (d. 2019)
• 1935 Allan B. Swift, American broadcast journalist and politician (US Representative for Washington (D), 1979-95), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 2018)
• 1935 Richard Hunt, American sculptor (We Will; Pyramidal Complex), and 1st African American to have major retrospective at MOMA, born in Chicago, Illinois [1]
• 1935 Víctor Benítez, Peruvian soccer centre-back/defensive midfielder (11 caps; AC Milan, Roma, Inter Milan, Boca Juniors), born in Lima, Peru (d. 2022)
• 1937 Daniela Rocca, Italian actress (Battle of Austerlitz, Empty Canvas), born in Acireale, Italy (d. 1995)
• 1937 George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer, born in Toronto, Ontario
• 1937 Wes Hall, West Indian cricket fast bowler (48 Tests, 192 wickets; Barbados, Queensland CA, Trinidad) and politician (Minister of Tourism & Sport, Barbados), born in Glebe Land, Station Hill, Barbados
• 1938 Claude Ruel, Canadian NHL coach (Stanley Cup 1968-69, Montreal Canadiens), born in Sherbrooke, Quebec (d. 2015)
• 1938 Judy Clay [Guions], American soul and gospel singer, born in St Paul, North Carolina (d. 2001)
• 1938 Tatiana Troyanos, American mezzo-soprano (Octavian-Der Rosenleavalier), born in New York City (d. 1993)
• 1939 Henry Waxman, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1939 Phillip Ramey, American composer, born in Elmhurst, Illinois
• 1940 Linda Gray, American actress (Sue Ellen Ewing-Dallas), born in Santa Monica, California
• 1940 Mickey Lolich, American pitcher (Detroit Tiger, won 25 in 1971), born in Portland, Oregon
• 1940 Patrick Mower, English actor (Emmerdale), born in Oxford, England
• 1940 Roger K. Crouch, American astronaut (STS 83, 94), born in Jamestown, Tennessee
• 1940 Stephen Solarz, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), born in New York City (d. 2010)
• 1940 Wayne McLaren, American stuntman, rodeo performer, model and actor best known for playing the Marlboro Man and for dying of lung cancer, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana (d. 1992)
• 1941 Hans-Karsten Raecke, German composer, born in Rostock, Germany
• 1942 Michel Drucker, French journalist and TV host, born in Vire, France
• 1942 Tomés Marco, Spanish composer (Transfiguración), born in Madrid, Spain
• 1943 Maria Muldaur, American folk-blues-pop singer ("Midnight at the Oasis"), born in Greenwich Village, New York
• 1943 Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-Canadian poet and writer, born in Colombo, Ceylon
• 1943 Ralph Neely, American football offensive tackle (Super Bowl 1971, 77 Dallas Cowboys; Pro Bowl 1967, 69; All Pro 1966-69), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2022)

• 1944 Colin Young, Barbadian-British singer (The Foundations - "Build Me Up Buttercup"), born in Barbados, West Indies
• 1944 Leonard Peltier, Native American activist (American Indian Movement), born in Grand Forks, North Dakota
• 1944 Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
• 1944 Yoshio Kikugawa, Japanese soccer defender (16 caps; Mitsubishi Motors FC) and manager (Avispa Fukuoka FC 1982-94), born in Fujieda, Japan (d. 2022)
• 1945 David Garrick [Philip Darryl Core], British singer ("Dear Mrs Applebee"), born in Liverpool, Merseyside (d. 2013)
• 1945 John Mauceri, American conductor (Washington, D.C. Opera), born in New York City
• 1945 Maria Aitken, Irish-English actress (Fish Called Wanda), born in Dublin, Ireland
• 1945 Richard Thaler, American economist (nudge theory, Nobel Prize 2017), born in East Orange, New Jersey
• 1945 Vern Lindblad, Turkologist, born in Seattle, Washington
• 1946 Tony "T-Bone" Bellamy, American rock guitarist (Redbone), born in Las Vegas, Nevada (d. 2009)
• 1948 Luis Lima, Argentinian operatic tenor, born in Córdoba, Argentina
• 1948 Max Walker, Australian cricket fast bowler (34 Tests, 138 wickets) and broadcaster (Nine Network), born in Hobart, Australia (d. 2016)
• 1949 Irina Rodnina, Russian pairs figure skater (Olympic gold 1972, 76, 80), born in Moscow, Soviet Union
• 1949 Tony Stevens, English rocker (Foghat; Savoy Brown), born in London
• 1950 Cynthia Myers, American Playmate (Dec 1968) and actress (Beyond Valley of Dolls), born in Toledo, Ohio
• 1950 Gustav Brunner, Austrian Formula One designer and engineer, born in Graz, Austria
• 1951 Berty Ahern, Prime Minister of Ireland (1997-2008), born in Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
• 1951 Gerald Stano, American serial killer (confessed to killing 41 people), born in Schenectady, New York (d. 1998)
• 1951 Joe Pantoliano, American actor (Finelli Boys, Fugitive), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
• 1952 Gerry Beckley, American rock vocalist, guitarist and songwriter (America - "Sister Golden Hair"), born in Fort Worth, Texas
• 1952 Neil Peart, Canadian rock drummer and lyricist (Rush - "Limelight"; "Peaceable Kingdom"), born in Hamilton, Ontario (d. 2020)
• 1953 John Williams, American archer (Olympic gold individual 1972; World C'ship gold 1971), born in Cranesville, Pennsylvania
• 1953 Nancy "Nan" Goldin, American photographer (The Ballad of Sexual Dependency), born in Washington, D.C.
• 1954 Jeff Jarvis, American journalist (This Week in Google) and advocate for the Open Web
• 1954 Neal Brendel, American rugby union prop (6 Tests; Pittsburgh RC) and executive (Chairman USA Rugby 2002-05), born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
• 1954 Russell G. Alexander, creator of Today In History v1.2
• 1955 Nina Blackwood, American actress and VJ (MTV, Solid Gold, Vice Squad), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
• 1955 Peter Scolari, American stage and screen Emmy Award-winning actor (Newhart - "Michael"; Girls - "Tad"; Bosom Buddies - "Henry"), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 2021) [1]
• 1956 Barry Andrews, British rock musician (XTC; League of Gentlemen; Shreikback), born in West Norwood, London
• 1956 Chip Beck, American golfer (US Open 1986, 89, Masters 1993 runner-up; shot 59 in 1991), born in Fayetteville, North Carolina
• 1956 Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor, singer and composer (Farewell My Concubine), born in Hong Kong (d. 2003)
• 1956 Ricky Rudd, American auto racer (NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year 1977; IROC Champion 1992; Brickyard 400 1997, born in Norfolk County, Virginia
• 1956 Sam Brownback, American attorney and politician (46th Governor of Kansas), born in Garnett, Kansas
• 1957 Hans Zimmer, German Grammy and Academy Award-winning film score composer (The Lion King; Dune (2021); Inception; Kung Fu Panda), born in Frankfurt, West Germany
• 1957 Rachel Ward, English-Australian actress (Thorn Birds), born in Cornwell, Oxfordshire, England
• 1958 Gregg Edelman, American actor (Green Card), born in Chicago, Illinois

• 1959 Cindy Rarick, American golfer (5 LPGA Tour titles), born in Glenwood, Minnesota
• 1959 Peter Anthony Togni, Canadian pianist, organist, composer (Responsio), and radio broadcaster, born in Pembroke, Ontario
• 1960 Road Warrior Animal [Joseph Laurinaitis], American pro wrestler (3 x WWE Tag Team C'ship; WWE Hall of Fame), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
• 1961 Christiane Jolissaint, Swiss tennis star, born in Vevey, Switzerland
• 1961 Kadim Al Sahir, Iraqi singer-songwriter (Ana Wa Laila - Me and Laila), born in Mosul, Iraq
• 1961 Mylène Farmer, Canadian-French singer (Cendres de Lune) and actress, born in Montreal, Quebec
• 1962 Amy Yasbeck, American actress (Casey Davenport-Wings, Mask), born in Blue Ash, Ohio
• 1962 Dino Merlin, Bosnian singer and songwriter, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1964 Dieter Hecking, German football player and manager, born in Castrop-Rauxel, West Germany
• 1964 Greig Oliver, Scottish rugby union scrum-half (3 Tests) and coach (development officer Munster Rugby), born in Hawick, Scotland (d. 2023)
• 1965 Einstein Kristiansen, Norwegian cartoonist, designer and TV host, born in Greåker, Sarpsborg, Norway
• 1965 Joe Schmidt, New Zealand rugby union coach (Leinster; Ireland: 6 Nations C'ship 2014, 15, 18; Grand Slam 2018; Triple Crown 2018), born in Kawakawa, New Zealand
• 1965 John Norwood Fisher, American ska-funk bassist (Fishbone), born in California
• 1965 Silke Hörner, German breaststroke swimmer (2 Olympic gold 1988), born in Leipzig, Germany
• 1966 Ben Folds, American singer and songwriter (Ben Folds Five), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• 1966 Darren E. Burrows, American actor (Northern Exposure - "Ed Chigliak"), born in Winfield, Kansas
• 1967 Louis C.K. [Louis Székely] American-Mexican comedian (Louie), born in Washington, D. C.
• 1967 Pat Listach, American baseball infielder (Milwaukee Brewers), born in Natchitoches, Louisiana
• 1968 Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian, born in Mount Airy, Pennsylvania
• 1968 [Reid Laurence] Larry LaLonde, American guitarist (Primus - "Frizzle Fry"), born in Richmond, California
• 1969 Ángel Cabrera, Argentine golfer (US Open 2007, US Masters 2009), born in Córdoba, Argentina
• 1969 James Frey, American writer (Bright Shiny Morning), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• 1969 Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer (3 PGA Tour titles; Presidents Cup 1998, 2000), born in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture
• 1970 Nathan Larson, American guitarist and composer (Shudder To Think, Hot One), born in Maryland
• 1971 Terry Dehere, American politician and NBA guard (Sacramento Kings), born in New York City
• 1972 Avijit Roy, Bangladeshi-American activist and blogger, born in Bangladesh (d. 2015)
• 1972 Paul Green, Australian rugby league coach (North Queensland Cowboys NRL premiership 2015; Queensland) and halfback (Australia SL 2 games, Queensland 7 games), born in Brisbane, Australia (d. 2022)
• 1973 Darren Campbell, British athlete (Olympic gold 4x100m relay 2004, silver 200m 2000), born in Manchester, England
• 1973 Martin Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Ville St. Pierre, Quebec, Canada
• 1973 Maximiliano Hernández, American actor (Mr. Mercedes; The Americans, 2013; Marvel Universe films), born in Brooklyn, NYC

• 1973 Tarana Burke, American activist, founder of #MeToo, born in New York City
• 1974 Caroline Aigle, French first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force aged 25, born in Montauban, France (d. 2007)
• 1974 Jennifer Nettles, American country singer (Sugarland), born in Douglas, Georgia
• 1974 Nuno Valente, Portuguese soccer defender (32 caps; Porto, Everton), born in Lisbon, Portugal
• 1976 Bizzy Bone [Bryon Anthony McCane], American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony), born in Columbus, Ohio
• 1976 Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer, born in Poznań, Poland
• 1977 2 Chainz [Tauheed Epps], American rapper, born in College Park, Georgia
• 1977 David Thompson, English footballer, born in Birkenhead, England
• 1977 Grant Denyer, Australian television personality and TV Host, born in Coffs Harbour, Australia
• 1977 Idan Raichel, Israeli singer-songwriter, born in Kfar Saba, Israel
• 1977 James McCartney, British musician son of Paul & Linda McCartney, born in London, England
• 1977 Jeff Irwin, American rock and jazz bassist, born in Creve Coeur, Missouri
• 1977 Nathan Bracken, Australian cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 12 wickets; 116 ODIs, 174 wickets; NSW), born in Penrith, Australia

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