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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jay Adler
Actor
26-Sep-1896 23-Sep-1978 The Family Jewels
Lynn Anderson
Singer
26-Sep-1947   Rose Garden
Melissa Sue Anderson
Actor
26-Sep-1962   Little House on the Prairie
Lysette Anthony
Actor
26-Sep-1963   Husbands and Wives
Johnny Appleseed
Religion
26-Sep-1774 18-Mar-1845 Itinerant preacher, apple tree distributor
George Frederick Baer
Business
26-Sep-1842 26-Apr-1914 Social Darwinist railroad baron
Martine Beswick
Actor
26-Sep-1941   One Million Years B.C.
Anthony Blunt
Historian
26-Sep-1907 26-Mar-1983 Art historian, Soviet spy
Charles H. Bonesteel III
Military
26-Sep-1909 13-Oct-1977 Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea
Philip Bosco
Actor
26-Sep-1930   American character actor
Charles Bradlaugh
Activist
26-Sep-1833 30-Jan-1891 Atheistic Iconoclast
Jan Brewer
Politician
26-Sep-1944   Governor of Arizona
Patrick Bristow
Actor
26-Sep-1962   Peter Barnes on Ellen
Barbara Britton
Actor
26-Sep-1919 17-Jan-1980 Mr. and Mrs. North
James Caviezel
Actor
26-Sep-1968   Passion
Charles J. Chaput
Religion
26-Sep-1944   Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia
Christian X
Royalty
26-Sep-1870 20-Apr-1947 King of Denmark, 1912-47
John D. Clark
Economist
26-Sep-1884 6-Nov-1961 Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-53
Donald Cook
Actor
26-Sep-1901 1-Oct-1961 Viva Villa!
Darby Crash
Singer
26-Sep-1958 7-Dec-1980 The Germs
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
Inventor
26-Sep-1725 2-Oct-1804 Steam-powered automobile
James L. Doti
Educator
26-Sep-1946   President of Chapman University
Donna Douglas
Actor
26-Sep-1933   Elly May on The Beverly Hillbillies
Andrea Dworkin
Activist
26-Sep-1946 9-Apr-2005 Anti-pornography activist
T. S. Eliot
Poet
26-Sep-1888 4-Jan-1965 Author of "The Waste Land"
Hiram Wesley Evans
Activist
26-Sep-1881 Sep-1966 KKK Imperial Wizard, 1922-39
Bryan Ferry
Musician
26-Sep-1945   Frontman of Roxy Music
Théodore Géricault
Painter
26-Sep-1791 26-Jan-1824 French Romanticist painter
George Gershwin
Songwriter
26-Sep-1898 11-Jul-1937 Rhapsody In Blue
Jack Goldsmith
Government
26-Sep-1962   The Terror Presidency
Nehemiah Grew
Botanist
26-Sep-1641 25-Mar-1712 Anatomy of Plants
Frank Guinta
Politician
26-Sep-1970   Congressman, New Hampshire 1st
Edmund Gwenn
Actor
26-Sep-1875 6-Sep-1959 Miracle on 34th Street
Linda Hamilton
Actor
26-Sep-1956   Terminator
Christopher Hansteen
Astronomer
26-Sep-1784 15-Apr-1873 Studied terrestrial magnetism
Martin Heidegger
Philosopher
26-Sep-1889 26-May-1976 Being and Time
Archibald V. Hill
Scientist
26-Sep-1886 3-Jun-1977 Studied muscles and nerves
Fay Holden
Actor
26-Sep-1893 23-Jun-1973 Played Andy Hardy's mother
Shannon Hoon
Musician
26-Sep-1967 21-Oct-1995 Frontman for Blind Melon
Mary Beth Hurt
Actor
26-Sep-1946   The World According to Garp
D. Paul Jones, Jr.
Business
26-Sep-1942   CEO of Compass Bancshares, 1991-2008
Robert Kagan
Government
26-Sep-1958   Influential neocon, cofounded PNAC
Sue Kelly
Politician
26-Sep-1936   Congresswoman from New York, 1995-2007
Jack La Lanne
Fitness Guru
26-Sep-1914 23-Jan-2011 Fitness guru
Edward B. Lawson
Diplomat
26-Sep-1895 19-Nov-1962 US Ambassador to Israel, 1954-59
Ashley Leggat
Actor
26-Sep-1986   Casey on Life with Derek
Julie London
Singer
26-Sep-1926 18-Oct-2000 Cry Me a River
Winnie Mandela
Relative
26-Sep-1936   Former wife of Nelson Mandela
Kent McCord
Actor
26-Sep-1942   Officer Jim Reed on Adam 12
Moses Mendelssohn
Philosopher
26-Sep-1729 4-Jan-1786 Brilliant German-Jewish philosopher
Christina Milian
Singer
26-Sep-1981   AM To PM
Antonio Moreno
Actor
26-Sep-1887 15-Feb-1967 Spanish-American character actor
Charles Münch
Conductor
26-Sep-1891 6-Nov-1968 Conductor, Orchestre National de France, 1962-68
J. J. Newberry
Business
26-Sep-1877 6-Mar-1954 Five-and-dime store magnate
Olivia Newton-John
Singer
26-Sep-1948   Grease
Patrick O'Neal
Actor
26-Sep-1927 9-Sep-1994 Chamber of Horrors
Mike Paradinas
Electronic Musician
26-Sep-1971   ต-Ziq
Kenneth Parnell
Criminal
26-Sep-1932 21-Jan-2008 Kidnapped Steven Stayner
Pope Paul VI
Religion
26-Sep-1897 6-Aug-1978 The pilgrim pope
Donald J. Pease
Politician
26-Sep-1931 28-Jul-2002 Congressman from Ohio, 1977-93
George Raft
Actor
26-Sep-1895 24-Nov-1980 Actor with Mafia ties
Robert D. Ray
Politician
26-Sep-1928   Governor of Iowa, 1969-83
Julius B. Richmond
Government
26-Sep-1916 27-Jul-2008 US Surgeon General, 1977-81
Marty Robbins
Country Musician
26-Sep-1925 8-Dec-1982 El Paso
Will Self
Novelist
26-Sep-1961   The Book of Dave
Ben Shenkman
Actor
26-Sep-1968   Pi
Manmohan Singh
Head of State
26-Sep-1932   Prime Minister of India 2004+
Jane Smiley
Novelist
26-Sep-1949   A Thousand Acres
Walter P. Stern
Activist
26-Sep-1928   Chairman, Hudson Institute
Christine Todd Whitman
Government
26-Sep-1946   GWB's first head of EPA
Serena Williams
Tennis
26-Sep-1981   Winner of 28 Grand Slam titles
Sheri Moon Zombie
Actor
26-Sep-1970   Wife of Rob Zombie




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