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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jerry Abramson
Politician
12-Sep-1946   Mayor of Louisville
Bertie Ahern
Head of State
12-Sep-1951   Prime Minister of Ireland, 1997-2008
Barry Andrews
Musician
12-Sep-1956   Former XTC keyboardist, Shriekback co-founder
Anousheh Ansari
Business
12-Sep-1966   Telecom executive, space tourist
Herbert Henry Asquith
Head of State
12-Sep-1852 15-Feb-1928 UK Prime Minister, 1908-16
Warren A. Bechtel
Business
12-Sep-1872 28-Aug-1933 Founder of Bechtel Corporation
Gerry Beckley
Musician
12-Sep-1952   One-third of America
Edward Binns
Actor
12-Sep-1916 4-Dec-1990 12 Angry Men
Nina Blackwood
TV Personality
12-Sep-1955   An original MTV veejay
Ben Blue
Actor
12-Sep-1901 7-Mar-1975 The Big Broadcast of 1938
Theodore R. Boehm
Judge
12-Sep-1938   Justice, Indiana Supreme Court
Bizzy Bone
Rapper
12-Sep-1976   Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Scott Brown
Politician
12-Sep-1959   US Senator from Massachusetts
Sam Brownback
Politician
12-Sep-1956   Governor of Kansas
Robert John Burke
Actor
12-Sep-1960   Fr. Mickey on Rescue Me
Darren E. Burrows
Actor
12-Sep-1966   Ed Chigliak on Northern Exposure
Angel Cabrera
Golf
12-Sep-1969   El Pato, winner of 2007 US Open
Gianna Maria Canale
Actor
12-Sep-1927   I Vampiri
Hosea Chanchez
Actor
12-Sep-1981   Malik Wright on The Game
Ben Chandler
Politician
12-Sep-1959   Congressman, Kentucky 6th
Leslie Cheung
Singer
12-Sep-1956 1-Apr-2003 Cantopop singer, jumped to death
Maurice Chevalier
Actor
12-Sep-1888 1-Jan-1972 Love Me Tonight
Haskell Curry
Mathematician
12-Sep-1900 1-Sep-1982 Combinatory Logic
Paul W. Douglas
Business
12-Sep-1926   CEO of Freeport Minerals, 1975-81
Ben Folds
Singer/Songwriter
12-Sep-1966   Pianist, Ben Folds Five
Donald Fowler
Government
12-Sep-1935   DNC chairman, 1995-97
Francis I
Royalty
12-Sep-1494 31-Jul-1547 King of France 1515-47
James Frey
Author
12-Sep-1969   Addiction memoirist, A Million Little Pieces
Richard Jordan Gatling
Inventor
12-Sep-1818 26-Feb-1903 Inventor of the Gatling Gun
Billy Gilbert
Actor
12-Sep-1894 23-Sep-1971 Comic actor and vaudevillian
Ronald E. Goldsberry
Business
12-Sep-1942   Former VP, Ford
Linda Gray
Actor
12-Sep-1940   Sue Ellen on Dallas
Zvi Griliches
Economist
12-Sep-1930 4-Nov-1999 Technology, Education, and Productivity
Greg Gutfeld
TV Personality
12-Sep-1964   Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld
John D. Harkey, Jr.
Business
12-Sep-1960   Consolidated Restaurant Operations
Anne Helm
Actor
12-Sep-1938   Follow That Dream
Lewis B. Hershey
Military
12-Sep-1893 20-May-1977 Director of Selective Service System
Ian Holm
Actor
12-Sep-1931   Time Bandits
Josh Hopkins
Actor
12-Sep-1970   Grayson Ellis on Cougar Town
Jennifer Hudson
Actor
12-Sep-1981   Dreamgirls
Robert Indiana
Artist
12-Sep-1928   Creator of the "LO/VE" sculpture
Jeff Jarvis
Blogger
12-Sep-1954   Founder of Entertainment Weekly
Irène Joliot-Curie
Physicist
12-Sep-1897 17-Mar-1956 Artificial radioactivity
Freddie Jones
Actor
12-Sep-1927   The Caesars
George Jones
Country Musician
12-Sep-1931   Country singer, White Lightning
Louis C. K.
Comic
12-Sep-1967   Lucky Louie
Florence Kelley
Activist
12-Sep-1859 17-Feb-1932 Founder of National Consumers League
Vaughan Kester
Novelist
12-Sep-1869 4-Jul-1911 The Prodigal Judge
Alfred A. Knopf
Publisher
12-Sep-1892 11-Aug-1984 American publisher
Juscelino Kubitschek
Head of State
12-Sep-1902 22-Aug-1976 President of Brazil, founder of Brasilia
Richard Lamm
Politician
12-Sep-1935   Governor of Colorado, 1975-87
Stanislaw Lem
Author
12-Sep-1921 27-Mar-2006 Solaris
Desmond Llewelyn
Actor
12-Sep-1914 19-Dec-1999 "Q" in James Bond films
Andrew Luck
Football
12-Sep-1989   Indianapolis Colts QB
Louis MacNeice
Poet
12-Sep-1907 3-Sep-1963 Autumn Journal
Bruce Mahler
Actor
12-Sep-1950   Sgt. Fackler in Police Academy
Milo Manara
Cartoonist
12-Sep-1945   Erotic comic book artist
Benjamin McKenzie
Actor
12-Sep-1978   The O.C.
Bill McKinney
Actor
12-Sep-1931 1-Dec-2011 Deliverance
Michael McMahon
Politician
12-Sep-1957   Congressman from New York, 2009-11
H. L. Mencken
Critic
12-Sep-1880 29-Jan-1956 The American Language
Yao Ming
Basketball
12-Sep-1980   7' 6 1/2" Houston Rockets Center
Sharyn Moffett
Actor
12-Sep-1936   Child of Divorce
Dickie Moore
Actor
12-Sep-1925   The Little Rascals
Michael Moritz
Business
12-Sep-1954   Partner, Sequoia Capital
Jennifer Nettles
Country Musician
12-Sep-1974   Lead Singer, Sugarland
Howard C. Nielson
Politician
12-Sep-1924   Congressman from Utah, 1983-91
Michael Ondaatje
Novelist
12-Sep-1943   The English Patient
Jesse Owens
Track and Field
12-Sep-1913 31-Mar-1980 Four track and field medals in 1936 Olympics
Joe Pantoliano
Actor
12-Sep-1951   Ralph Cifaretto, Guido the killer pimp
Neil Peart
Drummer
12-Sep-1952   Drummer for Rush
Leonard Peltier
Criminal
12-Sep-1944   Native American political prisoner
Key Pittman
Politician
12-Sep-1872 10-Nov-1940 US Senator from Nevada, 1913-40
Tom Potter
Politician
12-Sep-1940   Mayor of Portland Oregon, 2005-09
Emmy Rossum
Actor
12-Sep-1986   The Day After Tomorrow
Ricky Rudd
Auto Racing
12-Sep-1956   Winner, 1997 Brickyard 400
Harvey Schmidt
Composer
12-Sep-1929   The Fantasticks
Peter Scolari
Actor
12-Sep-1954   Bosom Buddies, Newhart
Jessica Seinfeld
Relative
12-Sep-1971   Wife of Jerry Seinfeld
Ben Shahn
Painter
12-Sep-1898 14-Mar-1969 American Social Realist painter
Larry Smith
Football
12-Sep-1939 28-Jan-2008 Missouri Head Coach, 1994-2000
Stephen Solarz
Politician
12-Sep-1940 29-Nov-2010 Congressman from New York, 1975-93
J. C. Sparkman
Business
12-Sep-1932   COO of TCI, 1987-95
Jason Statham
Actor
12-Sep-1967   Snatch
Ruben Studdard
Musician
12-Sep-1978   Winner of 2003 American Idol
Arthur Hays Sulzberger
Publisher
12-Sep-1891 11-Dec-1968 New York Times Publisher, 1935-61
Akira Suzuki
Chemist
12-Sep-1930   Palladium-catalyzed cross couplings
Al Swift
Politician
12-Sep-1935   Congressman from Washington, 1979-95
Philip F. Thomas
Politician
12-Sep-1810 2-Oct-1890 Maryland Governor, US Treasury Secretary
Paul F. Tompkins
Comic
12-Sep-1968   Mr. Show
Tatiana Troyanos
Singer
12-Sep-1938 21-Aug-1993 Operatic Mezzo-Soprano
2 Chainz
Rapper
12-Sep-1976   Playaz Circle
Paul Walker
Actor
12-Sep-1973   2 Fast 2 Furious
Rachel Ward
Actor
12-Sep-1957   The Thorn Birds
Charles Dudley Warner
Author
12-Sep-1829 20-Oct-1900 Harper's editorialist
Henry Waxman
Politician
12-Sep-1939   Congressman, California 30th
Barry White
Singer
12-Sep-1944 4-Jul-2003 Soulful R&B singer
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
Head of State
12-Sep-1952 13-Feb-2004 President of Republic of Chechnya 1996-1997
Amy Yasbeck
Actor
12-Sep-1963   Casey Davenport on Wings
Hans Zimmer
Composer
12-Sep-1957   The Buggles




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