History of Today 13 September: Important Events, Births and Deaths

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Important Events on 13 September in History

• 13 Sep 2013: Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, with two members of the Afghan National Police reported dead and about 20 civilians injured. Read more
• 13 Sep 2008: Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries. Read more
• 13 Sep 2007: The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Read more
• 13 Sep 2007: The McLaren F1 team are found guilty of possessing confidential information from the Ferrari team, fined $100 million, and excluded from the constructors' championship standings. Read more
• 13 Sep 2001: Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks. Read more
• 13 Sep 1997: A German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter collide in mid-air near Namibia, killing 33. Read more
• 13 Sep 1993: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy. Read more
• 13 Sep 1989: Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu. Read more
• 13 Sep 1988: Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure). Read more
• 13 Sep 1987: Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning. Read more
• 13 Sep 1986: A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Kalamata, Greece with a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing at least 20 and causing heavy damage in the city. Read more
• 13 Sep 1985: Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games. Read more
• 13 Sep 1982: Spantax Flight 995 crashes at Málaga Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 50 of the 394 people on board. Read more
• 13 Sep 1979: South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa). Read more
• 13 Sep 1971: State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to quell a prison revolt, which claimed 43 lives. Read more
• 13 Sep 1971: Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees China after the failure of an alleged coup. His plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard. Read more
• 13 Sep 1968: Cold War: Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact. Read more
• 13 Sep 1964: South Vietnamese Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh. Read more
• 13 Sep 1964: Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd of 20,000 West Berliners on Sunday, in Waldbühne. Read more
• 13 Sep 1962: An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university. Read more
• 13 Sep 1956: The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage. Read more
• 13 Sep 1956: The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed. Read more
• 13 Sep 1953: Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Read more
• 13 Sep 1948: Deputy Prime Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel orders the Army to move into Hyderabad to integrate it with the Indian Union. Read more
• 13 Sep 1948: Margaret Chase Smith is elected United States senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate. Read more
• 13 Sep 1944: World War II: Start of the Battle of Meligalas between the Greek Resistance forces of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the collaborationist security battalions. Read more
• 13 Sep 1942: World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeat attacks by the Japanese with heavy losses for the Japanese forces. Read more
• 13 Sep 1933: Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament. Read more
• 13 Sep 1923: Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship. Read more
• 13 Sep 1922: The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences. Read more
• 13 Sep 1906: The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe. Read more
• 13 Sep 1900: Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War. Read more
• 13 Sep 1899: Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m – 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya. Read more
• 13 Sep 1898: Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film. Read more
• 13 Sep 1882: Anglo-Egyptian War: English forces defeat the Egyptian army in the battle of Tel el-Kebir. Read more
• 13 Sep 1880: The Basuto Gun War breaks out after the Basuto launch a rebellion against the Cape Colony. Read more
• 13 Sep 1862: American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam. Read more
• 13 Sep 1848: Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives an iron rod 1+1⁄4 inches (3.2 cm) in diameter being driven through his brain; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate discussion of the nature of the brain and its functions. Read more
• 13 Sep 1847: Mexican–American War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American troops under General Winfield Scott capture Mexico City in the Mexican–American War. Read more
• 13 Sep 1843: The Greek Army rebels (OS date: September 3) against the autocratic rule of king Otto of Greece, demanding the granting of a constitution. Read more
• 13 Sep 1814: In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore. During the battle, Francis Scott Key composes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which is later set to music and becomes the United States' national anthem. Read more
• 13 Sep 1812: War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows. Read more
• 13 Sep 1808: Finnish War: In the Battle of Jutas, Swedish forces under Lieutenant General Georg Carl von Döbeln beat the Russians, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero. Read more
• 13 Sep 1807: Beethoven's Mass in C major, Op. 86, is premiered, commissioned by Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, and displeasing him. Read more

Famous Births on 13 September

• 13 Sep 1999: Yeonjun, South Korean singer, songwriter and dancer Choi Yeon-jun, known mononymously as Yeonjun, is a South Korean singer and songwriter. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Tomorrow X Together, formed by Big Hit Entertainment in 2019. He debuted as a soloist in September 2024 with the song "Ggum" and released his first extended play No Labels: Part 01 on November 7, 2025 and Part 02, also an EP, on July 10, 2026. Read more
• 13 Sep 1998: Satoshi, Moldovan rapper and singer-songwriter Vlad Sabajuc, known professionally as Satoshi, is a Moldovan rapper and singer-songwriter. He represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "Viva, Moldova!". Read more
• 13 Sep 1996: Adrian Kempe, Swedish ice hockey player Michael Adrian Kempe is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a right winger and alternate captain for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Kempe was selected by the Kings in the first round of the 2014 NHL entry draft. Read more
• 13 Sep 1996: Lili Reinhart, American actress Lili Pauline Reinhart is an American actress. She gained recognition for playing Betty Cooper on the CW teen drama series Riverdale (2017–2023). She has also starred in the crime drama film Hustlers (2019) and the romantic drama film Chemical Hearts (2020). Read more
• 13 Sep 1995: Joca, Portuguese footballer João Carlos Almeida Leandro, known as Joca, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a central defender. Read more
• 13 Sep 1995: Jerry Tollbring, Swedish handball player Jerry Tollbring is a Swedish handball player for Ribe-Esbjerg HH. Read more
• 13 Sep 1994: Leonor Andrade, Portuguese singer Leonor Margarida Coelho Andrade, also known as Ella Nor is a Portuguese singer and actress. She represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Há um mar que nos separa". Read more
• 13 Sep 1994: Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, Slovak tennis player Anna Karolína Schmiedlová is a Slovak inactive tennis player. On 12 October 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 26. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, two singles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 12 singles titles on the ITF Circuit. Read more
• 13 Sep 1994: Cameron Munster, Australian rugby league player Cameron Munster is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL) and captains Queensland in State of Origin. Read more
• 13 Sep 1994: Sepp Kuss, American professional cyclist Sepp Kuss is an American professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. He won the 2023 Vuelta a España, becoming the first American to win a Grand Tour since Chris Horner in 2013. Kuss is the second cyclist to win a Grand Tour and finish all three Grand Tours in a single season, after Gastone Nencini in 1957. Read more
• 13 Sep 1993: Niall Horan, Irish singer Niall James Horan is an Irish singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist. He rose to prominence as a member of the boy band One Direction, formed in 2010 on the singing competition The X Factor. The group released five albums and went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. Read more
• 13 Sep 1993: Alice Merton, Irish-Canadian singer and songwriter Alice Florence Clarissa Merton is a British-based German-Canadian singer-songwriter. Merton achieved mainstream success with her debut single, "No Roots". In 2017, she released her first EP of the same name, and released her debut studio album Mint in 2019. S.I.D.E.S. was released as her second studio album in 2022. Her third studio album, Visions, was released on 16 January 2026. Read more
• 13 Sep 1992: Darren Waller, American football player Darren Charles Waller is an American professional football tight end for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL draft. Read more
• 13 Sep 1991: Ksenia Afanasyeva, Russian gymnast Ksenia Dmitrievna Afanasyeva is a retired Russian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the 2011 world champion on floor exercise, the 2013 and 2015 European floor champion, and the 2013 Universiade vault and floor champion. Widely regarded as one of the most original and artistic gymnasts of all time, she retired from elite gymnastics in July 2016 due to kidney disease, a month away from the 2016 Summer Olympics, for which she was the Russian team's first alternate. Read more
• 13 Sep 1990: Craig Cunningham, Canadian ice hockey player Craig Alvin Cunningham is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played with the Boston Bruins and Arizona Coyotes in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Boston Bruins, 97th overall in the 2010 NHL entry draft, before being called up to the Bruins in December 2013. Read more
• 13 Sep 1990: Aoi Nakabeppu, Japanese model and actress Aoi Nakabeppu is a Japanese fashion model and actress who is affiliated with Horipro. Read more
• 13 Sep 1990: Luciano Narsingh, Dutch footballer Luciano Rudy Narsingh is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Super League Greece 2 club Hellas Syros. He is right-footed and usually plays as a right winger but can also play as a left winger, and both side of attacking midfield. Since 2012, he has also played for the Netherlands national team, whom he represented at that year's European Championship. Read more
• 13 Sep 1989: Elysée Irié Bi Séhi, Ivorian footballer Irié Bi Séhi Elysée, commonly known as Elise or Irié, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Meistriliiga club JK Narva Trans. Read more
• 13 Sep 1989: Kenny Edwards, New Zealand rugby league player Kenny Edwards is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played as a second-row. Read more
• 13 Sep 1989: Jon Mannah, Australian rugby league player (died 2013) Jonathan Mannah was an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He played as a prop for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (2009–2011) and the Parramatta Eels (2012) in the National Rugby League (NRL). Since 2013, the Johnny Mannah Cup, which is named in his honour, is annually competed for by both clubs he played for. Read more
• 13 Sep 1989: Thomas Müller, German footballer Thomas Müller is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation. Nicknamed "der Raumdeuter", Müller has been praised for his positioning, finishing, work-rate, and consistency in both scoring and creating goals. He is both the all-time German top goalscorer and assist provider in the UEFA Champions League. Read more
• 13 Sep 1989: William Owusu, Ghanaian footballer William Owusu Acheampong is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Sint-Eloois-Winkel as a striker. Read more
• 13 Sep 1988: Luis Rentería, Panamanian footballer (died 2014) Luis Gabriel Rentería was a Panamanian football forward, who played at the end of his professional career for Tauro in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol. Read more
• 13 Sep 1988: Keith Treacy, Irish footballer Keith Patrick Treacy is an Irish former footballer who was a Republic of Ireland international and who last played for St Patrick's Athletic. He spent his youth at Belvedere and began his professional career at Blackburn Rovers. Treacy has also played for Stockport County, Sheffield United, Preston North End, Burnley, Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley, Drogheda United and St Patrick's Athletic. Read more
• 13 Sep 1987: Edenilson Bergonsi, Brazilian footballer Edenilson Bergonsi, sometimes known as just Edenilson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gibraltar National League side Bruno's Magpies. He also holds Italian nationality. Read more
• 13 Sep 1987: Jonathan de Guzmán, Canadian-Dutch footballer Jonathan Alexander de Guzmán is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Read more
• 13 Sep 1987: Luke Fitzgerald, Irish rugby player Luke Matthew Fitzgerald is a former rugby union player. He played at winger or fullback for Leinster. He retired in June 2016. Having previously studied at Blackrock College he won two Leinster Schools Senior Cups, in 2004 and 2006. He won his first cap for Ireland in November 2006. Fitzgerald earned the nickname "Pivot" from Leinster and Irish rugby fans due to his exciting runs and sidesteps from broken play. Read more
• 13 Sep 1987: Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgarian tennis player Tsvetana Kirilova Pironkova is a Bulgarian former tennis player. Considered to be one of the best grass court players of her generation, she has been noted for her "cerebral" skills on the surface, reaching the semifinals at the Wimbledon Championships. Pironkova also found success playing on the quick hardcourts throughout her career, winning a title in Sydney and reaching the quarterfinals of the US Open. Read more
• 13 Sep 1986: Steve Colpaert, Belgian footballer Steve Colpaert is a Belgian football coach and former player. Read more
• 13 Sep 1986: Derek Hardman, American football player Derek Hardman is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels and was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2010. Read more
• 13 Sep 1986: Kamui Kobayashi, Japanese race car driver Kamui Kobayashi is a Japanese racing driver and motorsport executive who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota and in Super Formula for TGMGP. Kobayashi competed in Formula One from 2009 to 2014. In endurance racing, Kobayashi has won two FIA World Endurance Championship titles and is a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2021 and 2026, all with Toyota. He is also a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2019 and 2020 with WTR. Since 2022, Kobayashi has served as team principal of Toyota in WEC, winning three consecutive World Manufacturers' Championship titles from 2022 to 2024. Read more
• 13 Sep 1986: Sean Williams, American basketball player Sean Christopher Williams is an American former professional basketball player. Read more
• 13 Sep 1985: David Jordan, English singer-songwriter David Keith Arratoon in Barnet, London), known as David Jordan, is an English singer-songwriter. His debut album, Set the Mood, was released in October 2007, peaking at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart. Read more
• 13 Sep 1985: Tom Learoyd-Lahrs, Australian rugby league player Tom Learoyd-Lahrs is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative, he played in the National Rugby League (NRL) for the Brisbane Broncos, Canberra Raiders and the Melbourne Storm. Read more
• 13 Sep 1984: Nabil Abou-Harb, American director, producer, and screenwriter Nabil Zouheir Abou-Harb is an American filmmaker, writer, producer, and director. He is also co-founder of "Five on Fifty Films" and has directed and produced a number of commercials. Read more
• 13 Sep 1984: Baron Corbin, American wrestler Thomas Pestock is an American professional wrestler and former professional football player. He has been signed to WWE since July 2026, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Baron Corbin. Read more
• 13 Sep 1983: James Bourne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer James Elliot Bourne is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is known as the co-founder of pop-punk bands Busted and Son of Dork, and he also created his own electronic project under the alias Future Boy. From 2013 to 2015 he was a member of McBusted, which consisted of himself, Busted bandmate Matt Willis, and McFly. Read more
• 13 Sep 1983: Molly Crabapple, American illustrator and journalist Molly Crabapple is an American artist and writer. She is a contributing editor for Vice and has written for a variety of other outlets, as well as publishing books, including the illustrated memoir Drawing Blood (2015), Discordia on the Greek economic crisis, the art books Devil in the Details and Week in Hell (2012), and a history of the Jewish Labor Bund called Here Where We Live Is Our Country (2026), which is a New York Times best seller. Crabapple's works are held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Barjeel Art Foundation, and the New-York Historical Society. Read more
• 13 Sep 1983: Ryan Del Monte, Canadian ice hockey player Ryan Del Monte is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the American Hockey League (AHL). Read more
• 13 Sep 1983: Eduard Ratnikov, Estonian footballer Eduard Ratnikov is a retired Estonian football player. He has played in Romanian Liga I club Oţelul Galaţi where his contract with the Romanian Liga I club Oțelul Galați was terminated after just a few appearances for the club. Read more
• 13 Sep 1982: Lloyd Dyer, English footballer Lloyd Richard Dyer is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. During his 18 years as a professional, Dyer spent the majority of his career in the Football League, most notably with West Bromwich Albion and later Leicester City, spending six years with the latter and earning promotion to the Premier League with both clubs in 2004 and 2014 respectively. Read more
• 13 Sep 1982: Nenê, Brazilian basketball player Nenê is a Brazilian former professional basketball player. Known previously as Nenê Hilario, he legally changed his name to simply Nenê in 2003. Read more
• 13 Sep 1982: Rickie Weeks, American baseball player Rickie Darnell Weeks Jr. is an American former professional baseball second baseman and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). Between 2003 and 2017, he played in MLB for the Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Tampa Bay Rays. He was an MLB All-Star in 2011. After retiring as a player, Weeks has worked in the Brewers organization, serving as associate manager in 2024 and 2025. Read more
• 13 Sep 1982: Colin Marston, American guitarist, bassist, and producer/engineer Colin James Marston is an American record producer and musician residing in New York City. He graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music technology in 2004, and owns Menegroth The Thousand Caves Recording Studios in Woodhaven, Queens, while not on tour with one of a number of bands. He is also known for his performances in Behold… The Arctopus, Dysrhythmia, Krallice, and the reunion lineup of Gorguts. Marston has produced, mastered, and mixed music for artists such as Imperial Triumphant, Cleric, Genghis Tron, Kayo Dot, Jarboe, Capillary Action, Origin, Panopticon, Altar of Plagues, Liturgy, Pyrrhon, and Orthrelm, as well as for his own bands. Marston is multi-instrumentalist; he plays guitar, bass, and keyboards. Read more
• 13 Sep 1982: Miha Zupan, Slovenian basketball player Miha Zupan is a Deaf Slovenian former professional basketball player. He played among hearing players at the highest level in Europe. He is a 2.05 m power forward who can also play center when needed. He is the only deaf person to play in a professional basketball league and in the EuroCup. Miha Zupan has competed at the Deaflympics on 5 occasions from 1997 to 2017. Read more
• 13 Sep 1981: Koldo Fernández, Spanish cyclist Koldo Fernández de Larrea is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2014 for the Euskaltel–Euskadi and Garmin–Sharp teams. He now works as a transfer agent within the sport. Read more
• 13 Sep 1981: Angelina Love, Canadian-American wrestler Lauren Woolard is a Canadian professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in TNA Wrestling under the ring name Angelina Love as part of the stable The Beautiful People. She is signed with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Read more
• 13 Sep 1980: Andreas Biermann, German footballer (died 2014) Andreas Biermann was a German professional footballer who played as a defender. Read more
• 13 Sep 1980: Han Chae-young, South Korean actress Kim Ji-young, professionally known by the stage name Han Chae-young, is a South Korean actress. She first gained recognition as the antagonist in the television series Autumn in My Heart (2000) before gaining wider prominence as the titular character in Sassy Girl Chun-hyang (2005). Her other roles include Only You (2005), Fireworks (2006), Boys Over Flowers (2009), A Man Called God (2010), and Bel Ami (2013). Read more
• 13 Sep 1980: Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player Daisuke Matsuzaka is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher, who pitched professionally for 23 seasons, 16 of them in NPB, 7 in MLB. He is currently a baseball color commentator, critic, reporter, and YouTuber. Daisuke is nicknamed "the Monster of the Heisei Era" in Japan and "Dice-K" in the United States by The Boston Globe and USA Today. He played for the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Saitama Seibu Lions, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Read more
• 13 Sep 1980: Evangelos Nastos, Greek footballer Vangelis Nastos is a Greek former football defender who last played for Veria in the Super League Greece. Read more
• 13 Sep 1980: Viren Rasquinha, Indian field hockey player Viren Wilfred Rasquinha is an Indian former field hockey player and captain of the Indian national team. He was a member of the team that competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He quit international hockey in 2008 to pursue management studies at the age of 28. Read more
• 13 Sep 1980: Ben Savage, American actor Bennett Joseph Savage is an American actor. He played the lead role of Cory Matthews on the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World (1993–2000) and its Disney Channel sequel Girl Meets World (2014–2017). Read more
• 13 Sep 1979: Geike Arnaert, Belgian singer Geike Arnaert is a Belgian singer, best known for being the lead vocalist of the band Hooverphonic from 1997 until 2008 and again since 2020. Geike was born in Poperinge and grew up in Westouter, a town that is close to the French border. From a young age she was captivated by music and therefore she decided to audition for the Belgian band Hooverphonic, the group of guitarist Raymond Geerts and Alex Callier. Read more
• 13 Sep 1979: Tony Henry, English footballer Tony Henry is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. Read more
• 13 Sep 1978: Swizz Beatz, American rapper and producer Kasseem Daoud Dean, known professionally as Swizz Beatz, is an American record producer, rapper and DJ. Born and raised in the Bronx borough of New York City, Dean embarked on his musical career as a DJ in 1994. At the age of 18, he gained recognition in the music industry through his family's record label Ruff Ryders Entertainment, as well as his affiliation with its flagship artist, Yonkers-based rapper DMX. Dean emerged as a high-profile figure in East Coast hip-hop through his tenure as DMX's hype man, DJ and producer. Read more
• 13 Sep 1978: Peter Sunde, Swedish businessman Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi, alias brokep, is a Swedish-born Finnish-Norwegian entrepreneur and politician. He is best known for being a co-founder and ex-spokesperson of The Pirate Bay, a BitTorrent search engine. He is an equality advocate and has expressed concerns over issues of centralization of power to the European Union in his blog. Sunde also participates in the Pirate Party of Finland and describes himself as a socialist. In April 2017, Sunde founded Njalla, a privacy oriented domain name registrar, hosting provider and VPN provider. Read more
• 13 Sep 1978: Masato Shibata, Japanese wrestler Masato Shibata is a Japanese professional wrestler primarily working for DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where he competes as part of the Damnation T.A unit under the ring name MJ Paul . He was previously known under the name Mad Paulie . Read more
• 13 Sep 1977: Fiona Apple, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pianist Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart is an American singer-songwriter. All five of her albums have reached the top 20 on the Billboard 200, and as of 2021, she has sold over 15 million records worldwide. Apple has received numerous accolades, including three Grammy Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, and a Billboard Music Video Award. Three of her albums appear on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. Read more
• 13 Sep 1977: Ivan De Battista, Maltese actor, singer, director, and producer Ivan De Battista is a Maltese actor, director, author, and poet/lyricist. Read more
• 13 Sep 1977: Daisuke Tsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter and drummer Maximum the Hormone is a Japanese heavy metal/hardcore punk band from Hachiōji, Tokyo. Their lineup consists of vocalist Daisuke-han, drummer Nao, guitarist Maximum the Ryokun, and bassist Ue-chang. Each member alternates singing lead vocals, often within the same song, with the exception of Ue-chang, who provides backup vocals almost exclusively. Read more
• 13 Sep 1976: Ro Khanna, American politician Rohit "Ro" Khanna is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative from California's 17th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he defeated eight-term incumbent Democratic representative Mike Honda in the 2016 general election, after first running for the same seat in 2014. Khanna also served as the deputy assistant secretary in the United States Department of Commerce under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2011. Read more
• 13 Sep 1976: Craig McMillan, New Zealand cricketer, coach, and sportscaster Craig Douglas McMillan is a New Zealand cricket coach and former international cricketer who played all forms of the game. He was a right-handed batsman and useful right-arm medium pace bowler who played for Canterbury in New Zealand first-class cricket. He also played English county cricket for Hampshire and Gloucestershire County Cricket Clubs. McMillan was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy. Read more
• 13 Sep 1976: Elvis Mihailenko, Latvian boxer, trainer, and sportscaster Elvis Mihailenko is a Latvian professional boxer, the first Latvian National boxing champion amongst professionals and first ever professional fighter from Latvia who won any of the major titles, as WBA Intercontinental champion and EBU-EU, and later defended it once more. He fought at the light-heavyweight division.
  Mihaiļenko never hired a big promoter, allowing him to travel around Europe to enjoy the training camps in the best gyms. He sparred with a number of great fighters, including such World champions as Joe Calzaghe, Mikkel Kessler, Zsolt Erdei, and David Haye. Read more
• 13 Sep 1976: José Théodore, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster José Nicolas Théodore is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche, Washington Capitals, Minnesota Wild, and Florida Panthers. Read more
• 13 Sep 1976: Puma Swede, Swedish pornographic actress Johanna Jussinniemi, better known by her stage name Puma Swede, is a Swedish pornographic actress and feature dancer. The first part of her stage name comes from the sports car, the Ford Puma. Since 2005, she has appeared in over 200 movies. Read more
• 13 Sep 1975: Akihiro Asai, Japanese race car driver Akihiro Asai is a Japanese race car driver. He started open-wheel racing in 1994. He won both the East & West Japanese Formula 4 titles in 1997. Asai also competed in Formula Holden Australian Driver's Championship and CART Toyota Atlantic (2000). Asai started entering GT car racing in 2003 from Team Taisan in the Japanese GT Championship. He competed in the Japanese GT Championship and Super GT in 2004, 2005 and 2010. He also raced in the 2005 Super Taikyu Series championship. From 2010, he started to participate racing in south east Asia region and in 2011 won the Supercar Thailand N.A. class Championship. Asai races widely in GT Asia, Asian Le Mans Series, Thailand Super Series. Read more
• 13 Sep 1975: Joe Don Rooney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Joe Don Rooney is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist and high octave harmony singer in the country music band Rascal Flatts. Read more
• 13 Sep 1975: Idan Tal, Israeli footballer Idan Tal is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Read more
• 13 Sep 1974: Travis Knight, American basketball player Travis Knight is an American former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A 7'0" center from the University of Connecticut, he played under Hall of Fame head coach Jim Calhoun. Read more
• 13 Sep 1974: Éric Lapointe, Canadian football player Éric Lapointe is a Canadian former professional football player. He was a running back with the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Read more
• 13 Sep 1974: Craig Rivet, Canadian ice hockey player Anthony Craig Rivet is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 18 seasons in the NHL, including 12 with the Montreal Canadiens. He later played for the San Jose Sharks, Buffalo Sabres, and Columbus Blue Jackets before finishing his career with the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL. Read more
• 13 Sep 1973: Christine Arron, French runner Christine Arron is a French former track and field sprinter, who competed internationally for France in the 60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres and the 4 × 100 metres relay. She is one of the fastest female 100 metres sprinters of all time with a time of 10.73 seconds set in 1998. At the time it made her the world's second-fastest female 100 metres sprinter of all time, and which as of October 2025 is still the European record. She set the record when winning at the 1998 European Championships, where she also won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay. Also in the relay, she is a 2003 World Championship gold medallist and a 2004 Olympic bronze medallist. Read more
• 13 Sep 1973: Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer and manager Fabio Cannavaro is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Uzbekistan national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time. Read more
• 13 Sep 1973: Carlo Nash, English footballer and photographer Carlo James Nash is an English former professional footballer and goalkeeper coach. Read more
• 13 Sep 1971: Ben Alexander, Australian rugby league player (died 1992) Benjamin John Gregory Alexander, also known by the nickname "Boods", was an Australian rugby league footballer who played as a halfback or hooker for the Penrith Panthers in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership. He was the younger brother of his Penrith teammate Greg Alexander. Read more
• 13 Sep 1971: Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player and coach Goran Ivanišević is a Croatian former professional tennis player and current coach. He was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 1994. Ivanišević won 22 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including the 2001 Wimbledon Championships. He is the only singles player to win Wimbledon as a wild card, achieving the feat while ranked world No. 125. He had previously been runner-up at Wimbledon in 1992, 1994, and 1998. Ivanišević was known for his powerful left-handed serve, and for almost two decades held the record for most aces at Wimbledon with 1,377. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2020. Read more
• 13 Sep 1971: Stella McCartney, English fashion designer Stella Nina McCartney is an English fashion designer. She is the daughter of English musician Paul McCartney and American photographer and activist Linda McCartney. McCartney is most widely known for her self-titled fashion label, Stella McCartney, which began in 1997. Prior to the launch of her brand, she worked and learned from a series of renowned luxury and haute couture designers and their respective labels. McCartney is an environmentalist and active supporter of animal rights, often basing her designs around vegan production methods. In addition to her self-titled brand, McCartney has designed in collaboration with Adidas since 2004. Read more
• 13 Sep 1971: Manabu Namiki, Japanese pianist and composer Manabu Namiki is a Japanese video game composer who is primarily known for his work in shoot 'em up games. He has worked at game companies such as Allumer, NMK, Raizing and M2. In October 2002, Namiki, Hitoshi Sakimoto, and Masaharu Iwata founded the music production company Basiscape, whom he worked with until 2011. Read more
• 13 Sep 1970: Lee Abramson, American bass player and composer (died 2016) Lee Abramson was an American composer and musician. He was the first person to write music using ModelTalker, a computerized speech production program. Read more
• 13 Sep 1970: Martín Herrera, Argentinian footballer Martín Horacio Herrera is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Read more
• 13 Sep 1970: Louise Lombard, English actress Louise Lombard is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Evangeline Eliott in the BBC drama series The House of Eliott (1991–94), Sofia Curtis in the CBS drama series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2004–11) and Trish in the After film series. Read more
• 13 Sep 1969: Daniel Fonseca, Uruguayan footballer Daniel Fonseca Garis is a Uruguayan former footballer and a FIFA-licensed football agent. Read more
• 13 Sep 1969: Dominic Fumusa, American actor Dominic Fumusa is an American stage and screen actor known for starring in the Showtime comedy-drama series Nurse Jackie. Read more
• 13 Sep 1969: Tyler Perry, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Tyler Perry is an American filmmaker and actor. His films vary in style from orthodox filmmaking techniques to filmed productions of live stage plays, many of which have been subsequently adapted into feature films. Perry is the creator and performer of Mabel "Madea" Simmons, a tough elderly woman, and also portrays her brother Joe Simmons and her nephew Brian Simmons. Madea's first appearance was in I Can Do Bad All by Myself (1999) staged in Chicago. Read more
• 13 Sep 1969: Shane Warne, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (died 2022) Shane Keith Warne was an Australian international cricketer whose career ran from 1992 to 2007. Warne played as a right-arm leg spin bowler and a lower-order right-handed batter for Victoria, Hampshire, the Melbourne Stars and Australia. Warne is regarded by many cricket players, statisticians and sporting analysts as not just the greatest ever leg spinner, but one of the greatest bowlers in the history of cricket. Warne also played for and coached the Rajasthan Royals, including captaining the team to victory in the inaugural season of the IPL. Read more
• 13 Sep 1968: Brad Johnson, American football player James Bradley Johnson is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Dallas Cowboys. He is best known for his time with the Buccaneers, whom he led to a win in Super Bowl XXXVII. Read more
• 13 Sep 1968: Bernie Williams, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and guitarist Bernabé Williams Figueroa Jr. is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player and current musician. He played his entire 16-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees from 1991 through 2006. Read more
• 13 Sep 1967: Michael Johnson, American former sprinter and journalist Michael Duane Johnson is an American sprinter who became Olympic Champion four times, and World Champion eight times in the span of his career. His 400 m time of 43.18 seconds is the American record and is the second fastest time ever. He held the world and Olympic records in the 200 m and 400 m, as well as the world record in the indoor 400 m. He also once held the world's best time in the 300 m. Johnson is generally considered one of the greatest and most consistent sprinters in the history of track and field. Read more
• 13 Sep 1967: Tim "Ripper" Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Timothy S. "Ripper" Owens is an American heavy metal singer who currently performs with KK's Priest, Spirits of Fire, the Three Tremors and "The Tim Ripper Monster Energy Big Band". He first gained attention as the lead singer of Judas Priest and then Iced Earth. He took the nickname "Ripper" from the Judas Priest song "The Ripper" during his time in the tribute band British Steel. Like his predecessor in Judas Priest, Owens has been noted for his powerful and wide ranging operatic vocal style. Read more
• 13 Sep 1967: Stephen Perkins, American drummer and songwriter Stephen Andrew Perkins is an American musician and songwriter. A drummer and percussionist, he has played with Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros, Banyan and Hellride. His style blends rock, jazz, swing, African, Indian and Latin drumming styles together. Read more
• 13 Sep 1966: Maria Furtwängler, German physician and actress Maria Furtwängler-Burda is a German physician and television actress. Read more
• 13 Sep 1966: Brendan Hall, Australian rugby league player Brendan Hall is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He mostly played five-eighth, but he also spent time playing lock and occasionally centre. Read more
• 13 Sep 1966: Igor Kravchuk, Russian ice hockey player Igor Aleksandrovich Kravchuk is a Russian former ice hockey defenceman, who spent several seasons in the Soviet League and then in the National Hockey League and also competed internationally for the Soviet Union, Unified Team, and Russia. Read more
• 13 Sep 1966: Louis Mandylor, Australian actor Louis Mandylor is an Australian film and television actor. He is best known for playing Nikos "Nick" Portokalos in the My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise (2002–2023). Read more
• 13 Sep 1965: Annie Duke, American poker player and author Anne LaBarr Duke is an American former professional poker player and author in cognitive-behavioral decision science and decision education. She holds a World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet from 2004 and used to be the leading money winner among women in WSOP history; she remains in the top five as of April 2023, despite having retired from poker and last cashing at a tournament in 2010. Duke won the 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in 2010. She has written a number of instructional books for poker players, including Decide to Play Great Poker and The Middle Zone, as well as an autobiography, How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions at the World Series of Poker, in 2005. Duke authored two books on decision-making, Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts, and How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices. Read more
• 13 Sep 1965: Jeff Ross, American comedian, director, and author Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director and producer. He is nicknamed the "Roastmaster General" for his insult comedy, his multiple appearances at celebrity roasts held by the New York Friars Club, the Comedy Central Roast television series, and the Netflix historical comedy series Historical Roasts. In 2009, the Chicago Tribune called Ross "the new millennium Don Rickles." His directorial debut, the 2006 documentary Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie, won the prize for Best Film at the Comedia film festival held at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal. Read more
• 13 Sep 1965: Zak Starkey, English drummer Zak Richard Starkey is an English drummer, musician and percussionist who toured and recorded with the Who from 1996 to 2025. Other musicians and bands he has worked with include Oasis, Johnny Marr, the Icicle Works, the Lightning Seeds, and the Semantics. He is the son of the Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey. Read more
• 13 Sep 1964: Tavis Smiley, American talk show host, journalist, and author Tavis Smiley is an American talk show host and author. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles. Read more
• 13 Sep 1963: Yuri Alexandrov, Russian boxer (died 2013) Yuri Alexandrov was a Russian Soviet-era boxer who was World Amateur Flyweight Champion in 1982, and European Amateur Bantamweight Champion in 1983, as well as four-time champion of the USSR. He was unable to replicate this success in the Olympics, being excluded from the 1984 Los Angeles games by the Soviet boycott, and missing the 1988 games due to injury. Read more
• 13 Sep 1963: Antony Galione, English pharmacologist Antony Giuseppe Galione is a British pharmacologist. He is a professor and Wellcome Trust senior investigator in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford. Read more
• 13 Sep 1963: Theodoros Roussopoulos, Greek journalist and politician Theodoros Roussopoulos is a Greek journalist, politician and university professor. He entered politics in 2000 and served as the Minister of State and Government Spokesman from 7 March 2004 to 23 October 2008. He is currently an adjunct professor at the European University Cyprus and a Member of the Hellenic Parliament. He served as the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2024 to 2026. Read more
• 13 Sep 1963: Robin Smith, South African-English cricketer Robin Arnold Smith was a South African-born English cricketer. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Read more
• 13 Sep 1962: Neal Lancaster, American golfer Grady Neal Lancaster is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. Read more
• 13 Sep 1962: Tõnu Õnnepalu, Estonian author Tõnu Õnnepalu, also known by the pen names Emil Tode and Anton Nigov, is an Estonian poet, author and translator. Read more
• 13 Sep 1961: Dave Mustaine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer David Scott Mustaine is an American musician. He is the co-founder, frontman, primary songwriter and sole consistent member of the thrash metal band Megadeth and was the lead guitarist of Metallica from 1981 to 1983. Megadeth has released seventeen studio albums, sold over 50 million records worldwide, with five albums platinum-certified, and won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2017 at the 59th Grammy Awards, for the title track of their fifteenth studio album, Dystopia. Read more
• 13 Sep 1961: KK Null, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist Kazuyuki Kishino , known by his stage name KK Null, is a Japanese experimental multi-instrumentalist active since the early 1980s. He began as a guitarist but learned how to compose, sing, play drums, and create electronic music. He also studied Butoh dance at Min Tanaka's workshop. Read more
• 13 Sep 1961: Peter Roskam, American lawyer and politician Peter James Roskam is an American politician and lobbyist who is the former U.S. representative for Illinois's 6th congressional district, serving six terms from 2007 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party and served as the chief deputy majority whip from 2011 to 2014, ranking fourth among House Republican leaders. Previously, he served in the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives. He served as chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Policy for the 115th Congress. Roskam was defeated by Democrat Sean Casten in the 2018 election. In 2023, he was named federal policy head of the lobbying practice at Washington, DC–based law firm BakerHostetler. In January 2025, he was elected chairman of National Endowment for Democracy's board of directors. Read more
• 13 Sep 1960: Kevin Carter, South African photojournalist (died 1994) Kevin Carter was a South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club. He was the recipient in 1994 of a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph depicting the 1993 famine in Sudan; he died by suicide less than four months afterwards, at the age of 33. His story is depicted in the book The Bang-Bang Club, written by Greg Marinovich and João Silva and published in 2000. Read more
• 13 Sep 1960: Bob Eggleton, American artist Bob Eggleton is an American science fiction, fantasy and horror artist. Eggleton is a nine-time Hugo Award–winner for Best Pro Artist in science fiction and fantasy, first winning in 1994. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book in 2001 for his art book Greetings from Earth. He also won the Chesley Award for Artistic Achievement in 1999 and was the guest of honor at Chicon 2000. Read more
• 13 Sep 1959: Tatyana Mitkova, Russian journalist Tatyana Rostislavovna Mitkova is a Russian television journalist for NTV. She became famous in 1991 for refusing to read the official Soviet Union version of the military response to the uprising in Lithuania. In 2001, BBC News described her as one of Russia's "best-known news presenters". Read more
• 13 Sep 1958: Bobby Davro, English comedian and actor Robert Christopher Nankeville, known professionally as Bobby Davro, is an English actor, comedian and impressionist. Read more
• 13 Sep 1958: Paweł Przytocki, Polish conductor and academic Paweł Przytocki, is a Polish conductor of classical music. Read more
• 13 Sep 1958: Kōji Tamaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor Kōji Tamaki is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor. He has been well known as frontman of the rock band Anzen Chitai that debuted in 1982 and enjoyed a successful career, particularly during the 1980s. In the 1990s, he also began his career as a solo artist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Japanese vocalists. Read more
• 13 Sep 1957: Vinny Appice, American rock drummer Vincent Samson Appice is an American rock and metal drummer best known for his work with the bands Dio, Black Sabbath, and Heaven & Hell. He is the younger brother of drummer Carmine Appice. Read more
• 13 Sep 1957: Judy Blumberg, American ice dancer and sportscaster Judith Ann Blumberg is an American former competitive ice dancer. With Michael Seibert, she is a three-time World bronze medalist (1983–85), the 1980 Skate Canada International champion, the 1981 Skate America champion, and a five-time U.S. national champion (1981–85). Read more
• 13 Sep 1957: Mal Donaghy, Northern Irish footballer and manager Malachy Martin Donaghy is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Luton Town and Manchester United. Read more
• 13 Sep 1957: Brad Hooker, English-American philosopher and academic Brad Hooker is an American philosopher who specialises in moral philosophy. He is a professor at the University of Reading and is best known for his work defending rule consequentialism. Read more
• 13 Sep 1957: Eleanor King, English lawyer and judge Dame Eleanor Warwick King is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Read more
• 13 Sep 1957: John G. Trueschler, American lawyer and politician John G. Trueschler is an American politician who was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 42. Read more
• 13 Sep 1957: Mark Wiebe, American golfer Mark Charles Wiebe is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and PGA Tour Champions. Read more
• 13 Sep 1957: Keith Black, American neurosurgeon and academic Keith L. Black is an American neurosurgeon specializing in the treatment of brain tumors and a prolific campaigner for funding of cancer treatment. He is chairman of the neurosurgery department and director of the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Read more
• 13 Sep 1957: Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippines Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr., commonly referred to by the initials BBM or PBBM, is a Filipino politician who has served as the 17th president of the Philippines since 2022. He is the second child and only son of 10th president Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady Imelda Marcos. Read more
• 13 Sep 1956: Alain Ducasse, French-Monégasque chef Alain Ducasse is a French-born Monégasque chef. He operates a number of restaurants, including Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, which holds three stars in the Michelin Guide. Read more
• 13 Sep 1956: Anne Geddes, Australian-New Zealand photographer and fashion designer Anne Elizabeth Geddes is an Australian-born, New York City-based portrait photographer known primarily for her elaborately staged photographs of infants. Read more
• 13 Sep 1956: Martin Hurson, Irish Republican, died on hunger strike (died 1981) Edward Martin Hurson was an Irish Republican hunger striker and a Volunteer in the East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He was the sixth to die during the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike. Read more
• 13 Sep 1956: Joni Sledge, American singer and songwriter (died 2017) Joan Elise Sledge, known professionally as Joni Sledge was an American singer–songwriter and music producer. She rose to fame in the 1970s as a member of the family vocal group Sister Sledge, one of the highest-selling female groups of the 1970s. Sledge sang lead on their US Top 10 songs "Lost in Music" and "Reach Your Peak". In 1984, a remix of "Lost in Music" peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles chart and also earned a silver-certification by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). She co-wrote and co-produced Sister Sledge's ninth album African Eyes (1998). Sledge continued to tour and perform with the group throughout the years. Her final performance with Sister Sledge was in October 2016. Read more
• 13 Sep 1955: Colin Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan, English rower and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics Colin Berkeley Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan, Baron Moynihan of Purbeck, is a British Olympic silver medalist, politician, businessman and sports administrator. Lord Moynihan served as the Chairman of the British Olympic Association (BOA) from 2005 to 2012. A member of the Conservative Party, he was as a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the constituency of Lewisham East from 1983 to 1992, and was the Minister for Sport from 1987 to 1990. He has been a member of the House of Lords since 1997. Read more
• 13 Sep 1955: Joe Morris, American guitarist and composer Joseph Francis Michael Morris is an American jazz guitarist, bassist, composer, and educator. Read more
• 13 Sep 1954: Steve Kilbey, English-Australian singer-songwriter and bass player Steven John Kilbey is an English-born Australian singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer and bass guitarist for the rock band The Church. He is also a music producer, poet, and painter. As of 2020, Kilbey has released 14 solo albums and has collaborated on recordings with musical artists such as Martin Kennedy, Stephen Cummings and Ricky Maymi as a vocalist, musician, writer and/or producer. Ian McFarlane writes that "Kilbey's solo recordings [are] challenging and evocative. They ran the gamut of sounds and emotions from electronic and avant-garde to acoustic and symphonic, joyous and dreamy to saturnine and sardonic". Read more
• 13 Sep 1954: Isiah Whitlock Jr., American actor (died 2025) Isiah Whitlock Jr. was an American actor. He is best known for his role as corrupt state senator Clay Davis on the HBO television series The Wire, and for his frequent collaborations with filmmaker Spike Lee. Read more
• 13 Sep 1952: Réjean Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player Réjean Giroux is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Quebec Nordiques of the World Hockey Association. He is the father of NHL and KHL player Alexandre Giroux. As a youth, Giroux played in the 1964 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Quebec Beavers minor ice hockey team. Read more
• 13 Sep 1952: Randy Jones, American pop and disco singer Randolph Edward Jones is an American disco and pop singer and best known as the cowboy from Village People from 1977 to 1980, and again from 1987 until 1990. Read more
• 13 Sep 1952: Don Was, American bass player and producer Don Edward Fagenson, known professionally as Don Was, is an American musician, bassist, record producer, music director, film composer, documentary filmmaker and radio host. Since 2011, he has also served as president of the American jazz label Blue Note Records. Read more
• 13 Sep 1951: Anne Devlin, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter Anne Devlin is a short story writer, playwright and screenwriter born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She was a teacher from 1974 to 1978, and started writing fiction in 1976 in Germany. Having lived in London for a decade, she returned to Belfast in 2007. Read more
• 13 Sep 1951: Salva Kiir Mayardit, South Sudanese politician, 1st President of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit is a South Sudanese politician who has served as the President of South Sudan since its independence on 9 July 2011. Prior to independence, he was the President of the Government of Southern Sudan, as well as First Vice President of Sudan, from 2005 to 2011. He was named Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in 2005, following the death of John Garang. Read more
• 13 Sep 1951: Jean Smart, American actress Jean Elizabeth Smart is an American actress. Her work includes both comedy and drama, and her accolades include seven Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and three Golden Globe Awards, with nominations for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. Read more
• 13 Sep 1950: Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Polish lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Poland Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz is a Polish politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland for a year from 7 February 1996 to 31 October 1997, after being defeated in the Parliamentary elections by the Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS). Read more
• 13 Sep 1950: Christine Estabrook, American actress Christine Estabrook is an American actress, known for her roles on the television series The Crew, Nikki, Desperate Housewives, and American Horror Story; she had a recurring role on the drama Mad Men during the show's fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons. Estabrook has received an Obie Award and Drama Desk Award. Read more
• 13 Sep 1950: Pat Holland, English footballer and manager Patrick "Patsy" Holland is an English former footballer who played for clubs West Ham United, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Team Hawaii. Holland has also coached and scouted for teams such as Leyton Orient, Tottenham Hotspur, Queens Park Rangers and Arsenal. Read more
• 13 Sep 1950: Jeff Lowe, American mountaineer (died 2018) Jeff Lowe was an American alpinist from Ogden, Utah who was known for his visionary climbs and first ascents established in the US and Canadian Rockies, Alps and Himalayas. Read more
• 13 Sep 1949: Jim Cleamons, American basketball player and coach James Mitchell Cleamons is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), with the Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks, and Washington Bullets. In the 1975–76 season, he was selected to the second-team NBA All-Defensive Team. As a rookie, he was a member of the Lakers' 1972 NBA championship team that won a league record 33 consecutive games. Read more
• 13 Sep 1949: John W. Henry, American businessman John William Henry II is an American businessman and the founder of John W. Henry & Company, an investment management firm. He is the principal owner of Liverpool Football Club, the Boston Red Sox, The Boston Globe, co-owner of RFK Racing and former owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins. As of October 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth to be US$5.7 billion. Read more
• 13 Sep 1948: Nell Carter, American actress and singer (died 2003) Nell Carter was an American actress and singer. Read more
• 13 Sep 1948: Dimitri Nanopoulos, Greek physicist and academic Dimitri V. Nanopoulos is a Greek physicist residing in New York. He is one of the most regularly cited researchers in the world, cited more than 57,000 times across a number of separate branches of science. Read more
• 13 Sep 1948: Sitiveni Rabuka, Fijian general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Fiji Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka is a Fijian politician, sportsman, and former soldier who has been serving as Prime Minister of Fiji since 24 December 2022. He was the instigator of two military coups in 1987. He was democratically elected as Prime Minister of Fiji, serving from 1992 to 1999, and again in 2022, leading a three-party coalition. He also served as Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs from 1999 to 2001, and later as Chairman of the Cakaudrove Provincial Council from 2001 to 2008. Read more
• 13 Sep 1946: Frank Marshall, American director and producer Frank Wilton Marshall is an American film producer and director. He often collaborated with his wife, film producer Kathleen Kennedy, with whom he founded the production company Amblin Entertainment, along with Steven Spielberg. In 1991, he founded, with Kennedy, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, a film production company. Since May 2012, with Kennedy taking on the role of President of Lucasfilm, Marshall has been Kennedy/Marshall's sole principal. Read more
• 13 Sep 1946: Henri Kuprashvili, Georgian swimmer Full Professor of Georgian Technical University Henri Kuprashvili is a Georgian Doctor of Political Sciences, First Class State Councillor who is most notable for breaking a Guinness record for swimming the Dardanelles, with his hands and feet bound in a traditional Georgian style of swimming, also known as Colchian. Kuprashvili has been awarded the Order of Vakhtang Gorgasali and George Byron Golden Medal. Read more
• 13 Sep 1945: Noël Godin, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter Noël Godin, nicknamed L'Entarteur and Georges le Gloupier, was a Belgian anarchist comedian, writer, critic, actor and notorious pie thrower or entarteur. Read more
• 13 Sep 1945: Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (died 2002) Andres Küng was a Swedish journalist, writer, entrepreneur and politician of Estonian origin. He was born in Ockelbo in Gävleborg County to a family of refugees from Soviet occupied Estonia. Read more
• 13 Sep 1944: Carol Barnes, English journalist (died 2008) Carol Lesley Barnes was a British television newsreader and broadcaster. She worked for ITN from 1975 to 2004. Read more
• 13 Sep 1944: Jacqueline Bisset, English actress and producer Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset is a British actress. She began her film career in 1965 and came to prominence in 1968 with roles in The Detective, Bullitt, and The Sweet Ride, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination as Most Promising Newcomer. In the 1970s, she starred in Airport (1970), The Mephisto Waltz (1971), Day for Night (1973), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Le Magnifique (1973), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), St. Ives (1976), The Deep (1977), The Greek Tycoon (1978) and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Read more
• 13 Sep 1944: Peter Cetera, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer Peter Paul Cetera Jr. is an American retired musician best known for being a frontman, vocalist, and bassist for the American rock band Chicago from 1967 until his departure in 1985. His career as a recording artist encompasses 17 albums with Chicago and eight solo studio albums. As a lead singer/vocal artist he has had four number one songs on the Billboard Hot 100, two during his tenure with Chicago and two during his solo career. Of those four songs he wrote or co-wrote three. Read more
• 13 Sep 1944: Midget Farrelly, Australian surfer (died 2016) Bernard "Midget" Farrelly was the first world surfing champion. Read more
• 13 Sep 1943: Mildred D. Taylor, American author Mildred DeLois Taylor is a Newbery Award-winning American young adult novelist. She is best known for her novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, part of her Logan family series. Read more
• 13 Sep 1942: Michel Côté, Canadian businessman and politician Michel Côté is a Canadian businessman and former politician. Read more
• 13 Sep 1941: Tadao Ando, Japanese architect and academic, designed Piccadilly Gardens Tadao Ando is a Japanese architect. Self-taught, he is known for his unique integration of architecture and landscape. Architectural historian Francesco Dal Co described his work as an example of "critical regionalism". Ando was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1995. Read more
• 13 Sep 1941: David Clayton-Thomas, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2026) David Clayton-Thomas was a British-Canadian musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the American band Blood, Sweat & Tears. He joined in 1968 and stayed through 1972, but later returned and departed the group again several times. With BS&T he won five Grammy Awards in 1970, including Album of the Year and Best Performance by a Male Vocalist. Read more
• 13 Sep 1941: Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Turkish judge and politician, 10th President of the Republic of Turkey Ahmet Necdet Sezer is a Turkish statesman and judge who served as the president of Turkey from 2000 to 2007. Previously, he was president of the Constitutional Court of Turkey from January 1998 to May 2000. The Grand National Assembly of Turkey elected Sezer as president in 2000 after Süleyman Demirel's seven-year term expired. He was succeeded by Abdullah Gül in 2007. Read more
• 13 Sep 1940: Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica, Nobel Prize laureate Óscar Arias Sánchez is a Costa Rican politician, activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was the president of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2010. Read more
• 13 Sep 1940: Brian Brain, English cricketer (died 2023) Brian Maurice Brain was an English first-class cricketer whose career with Worcestershire and Gloucestershire stretched over more than two decades. He was capped by Worcestershire in 1966 and by Gloucestershire in 1977. Read more
• 13 Sep 1940: Kerry Stokes, Australian businessman Kerry Matthew Stokes is an Australian businessman. He holds business interests in industries including electronic and print media, property, gas, oil, mining and construction equipment. He is most widely known as the chairman of the Seven Network, one of the largest broadcasting corporations in Australia. Read more
• 13 Sep 1939: Arleen Auger, American soprano and educator (died 1993) Joyce Arleen Auger was an American coloratura soprano, known for her interpretations of works by Bach, Handel, Haydn, Monteverdi, Mozart, and Schubert. She won a posthumous Grammy Award for "Best Classical Vocal Performance" in 1994. Read more
• 13 Sep 1939: Richard Kiel, American actor and voice artist (died 2014) Richard Dawson Kiel was an American actor. Standing 7 feet 1.5 inches (2.17 m) tall, he was notable for portraying Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore (1996). Other notable films include: The Longest Yard (1974), Silver Streak (1976), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Cannonball Run II (1984), Pale Rider (1985) and Tangled (2010). On television, he portrayed the giant alien in the highly regarded 1962 Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man". Read more
• 13 Sep 1939: Guntis Ulmanis, Latvian economist and politician, 5th President of Latvia Guntis Ulmanis is a Latvian politician and the fifth president of Latvia from 1993 to 1999. Read more
• 13 Sep 1939: Joel-Peter Witkin, American photographer Joel-Peter Witkin is an American photographer who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His work often deals with themes such as death, corpses, often featuring ornately decorated photographic models, including people with dwarfism, transgender and intersex persons, as well as people living with a range of physical features. Witkin is often praised for presenting these figures in poses which celebrate and honor their physiques in an elevated, artistic manner. Witkin's complex tableaux vivants often recall religious episodes or classical paintings. Read more
• 13 Sep 1938: John Smith, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1994) John Smith was a British politician who was Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his death in May 1994. He was also Member of Parliament (MP) for Monklands East. Read more
• 13 Sep 1937: Don Bluth, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios and Fox Animation Studios Donald Virgil Bluth is an American filmmaker, animator, video game designer and author. He came to prominence working for Walt Disney Productions before creating his own film studio in the early 1980s. Bluth is best known for directing the animated films The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Anastasia, and Titan A.E., and for his involvement in the well-known Laserdisc game Dragon's Lair. Don Bluth Productions hired many animators away from Disney, and Bluth's films were a major competitor to Disney in the 1980s, leading up to the Disney Renaissance. Read more
• 13 Sep 1936: Stefano Delle Chiaie, Italian activist, founded National Vanguard (died 2019) Stefano Delle Chiaie was an Italian neo-fascist terrorist. He was the founder of Avanguardia Nazionale, a member of Ordine Nuovo, and founder of Lega nazionalpopolare. He went on to become a wanted man worldwide, suspected of involvement in Italy's strategy of tension, but was acquitted. He was a friend of Licio Gelli, grandmaster of P2 masonic lodge. He was suspected of involvement in South America's Operation Condor, but was acquitted. He was known by his nickname "il caccola" as he was just over five feet tall – although he stated that originally, the nickname came from his very young involvement, at age 14, in the Italian Social Movement (MSI), a neo-fascist political party established after the war. Read more
• 13 Sep 1934: Tony Pickard, English tennis player and coach John Anthony Pickard is a British former tennis player turned coach. He is best known as the longtime coach of former world No. 1 Stefan Edberg. Read more
• 13 Sep 1933: Eileen Fulton, American actress (died 2025) Margaret Elizabeth McLarty, known professionally as Eileen Fulton, was an American actress, singer and author. She portrayed Lisa Grimaldi on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, which she played almost continuously for 50 years, from May 18, 1960, until the show's ending on September 17, 2010. She also starred on Our Private World (1965), a primetime spin-off of As the World Turns. For her work on ATWT, she received an Editor's Award at the Soap Opera Digest Awards in 1991 and a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. Fulton appeared in theatrical productions including the original Broadway run of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? She performed a cabaret act at theaters in New York and Los Angeles. She co-authored two autobiographies, How My World Turns and As My World Still Turns. She also wrote a novel titled Soap Opera, and six murder-mystery novels. Read more
• 13 Sep 1933: Donald Mackay, Australian businessman and activist (died 1977) Donald Bruce Mackay was an Australian businessman and anti-drug campaigner. He disappeared in 1977, but his body has never been found. In 1986, James Bazley was convicted for his murder. Read more
• 13 Sep 1933: Lewie Steinberg, American bass player (died 2016) Lewie Polk Steinberg was an American musician best known as the original bass guitar player for the soul music group Booker T. & the M.G.'s. Read more
• 13 Sep 1932: Fernando González Pacheco, Spanish-Colombian journalist and actor (died 2014) Fernando González-Pacheco Castro, also known as Pacheco, was a Colombian television host, announcer, journalist and occasional actor with a career spanning over six decades. Pacheco was born in Spain and received the Colombian citizenship as he had been residing in Colombia since he was 4 years old. Read more
• 13 Sep 1932: Radoslav Brzobohatý, Czech actor (died 2012) Radoslav Brzobohatý was a Czech actor. He acted in film, television and theatre, portraying around 200 roles during his career. Read more
• 13 Sep 1932: Bengt Hallberg, Swedish pianist and composer (died 2013) Bengt Hallberg was a Swedish jazz pianist, composer and arranger. Read more
• 13 Sep 1931: Barbara Bain, American actress Barbara Bain is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Cinnamon Carter on the action television series Mission: Impossible (1966–1969), which earned her three Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as a Golden Globe Award nomination. She also starred as Dr. Helena Russell on the British-Italian coproduction science-fiction television series Space: 1999 (1975–1977). Bain has also appeared in the films Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998), Panic (2000), Forget Me Not (2009) and On the Rocks (2020). Read more
• 13 Sep 1931: Robert Bédard, Canadian tennis player and sportscaster Robert Bédard is a former Canadian tennis player and educator. He is the most recent Canadian winner of the men's Canadian Open Tennis Championships. Read more
• 13 Sep 1931: Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, Australian sprinter and politician, 33rd Governor of South Australia Marjorie Jackson-Nelson is an Australian former athlete and politician. She was the Governor of South Australia between 2001 and 2007. She finished her sporting career with two Olympic and seven Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, six individual world records and every Australian state and national title she contested from 1950 to 1954. Read more
• 13 Sep 1931: Rein Maran, Estonian cinematographer Rein Maran is an Estonian cinematographer, director, and professor, most notable for teaching at Tallinn University. In 1972, he graduated from a cinematography school. In 1967 he joined Tallinnfilm, and later Eesti Telefilm. On his initiative, he established the Stodom photo group and, in 1989, the Tallinn Photo Club. He is part the Estonian Filmmakers Union, and was its chairman from 1989 to 1993. Since 1996, he teaches at Tallinn University, as part of the culture faculty of film and video training. He has created a series of films about nature, which is also reflected in folk traditions. Maran has also worked with other directors, movies, and documentaries. He is part of the 100 great Estonians of the 20th century. Read more
• 13 Sep 1930: Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, English publisher and philanthropist (died 2015) Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron was a British printing millionaire, philanthropist and a Labour life peer. Read more
• 13 Sep 1928: Robert Indiana, American painter and sculptor (died 2018) Robert Indiana was an American painter, sculptor and printmaker, associated with the pop art movement. Read more
• 13 Sep 1928: Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek soldier and politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (died 2010) Tzanibeis "Tzanis" Tzannetakis was a Greek politician who was briefly Prime Minister of Greece during the political crisis of 1989. He also served as a submarine commander in the Hellenic Navy. Read more
• 13 Sep 1927: Laura Cardoso, Brazilian actress Laurinda de Jesus Balleroni, known professionally as Laura Cardoso, was a Brazilian actress. Regarded as a grande dame of Brazilian drama, she was a pioneer of television, working in the medium from its launch in 1950. She appeared in more than 100 telenovelas and received numerous awards, including three Grande Otelo Awards, five APCA Awards, two Shell Awards and two Troféu Imprensa Awards. In 2006, she was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit for her contribution to Brazilian culture. Read more
• 13 Sep 1926: Andrew Brimmer, American economist and academic (died 2012) Andrew Felton Brimmer was an American economist and business leader who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1966 to 1974. A member of the Democratic Party, Brimmer was the first African American to sit on the Board. Read more
• 13 Sep 1926: Emile Francis, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2022) Emile Percival Francis, nicknamed "The Cat", was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and general manager in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers from 1946 to 1952. After playing minor league hockey until 1960, he became the Rangers' assistant general manager in 1962 and later general manager of the Rangers, St. Louis Blues and Hartford Whalers from 1964 to 1989. Francis led the Rangers to nine consecutive playoff appearances (1967–75), but could not help deliver a Stanley Cup championship in five decades as a player, coach, and executive. Read more
• 13 Sep 1926: J. Frank Raley Jr., American soldier and politician (died 2012) John Frank Raley Jr. was a Maryland politician and an advocate for education, economic development and protection and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. Read more
• 13 Sep 1925: Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1999) Melvin Howard Tormé, nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells. Tormé won two Grammy Awards and was nominated a total of 14 times. Read more
• 13 Sep 1924: Harold Blair, Australian tenor and educator (died 1976) Harold Blair was a Wulli Wulli man, an Australian tenor and Aboriginal activist. He has been called the "last great Australian tenor of the concert hall era". Read more
• 13 Sep 1924: Scott Brady, American actor (died 1985) Scott Brady was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in Western films and as a ubiquitous television presence. He played the title role in the television series Shotgun Slade (1959–1961). Read more
• 13 Sep 1924: Maurice Jarre, French composer and conductor (died 2009) Maurice-Alexis Jarre was a French composer and conductor, mainly of film scores. He was particularly known for his collaborations with film director David Lean, composing the scores to all of his films from 1962 to 1984. He received numerous accolades over the course of his career, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globes, and a Grammy Award. Read more
• 13 Sep 1923: Édouard Boubat, French photographer and journalist (died 1999) Édouard Boubat was a French photojournalist and art photographer. Read more
• 13 Sep 1922: Charles Brown, American singer and pianist (died 1999) Tony Russell "Charles" Brown was an American singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced nightclub style influenced West Coast blues in the 1940s and 1950s. Between 1949 and 1952, Brown had seven Top 10 hits in the U.S. Billboard R&B chart. His best-selling recordings included "Driftin' Blues" and "Merry Christmas Baby". Read more
• 13 Sep 1922: Caroline Duby Glassman, American lawyer and jurist (died 2013) Caroline Duby Glassman was an American attorney and former jurist in the state of Maine. A native of Oregon, she completed college and law school in that state before moving to Portland, Maine, where she practiced law with her husband Harry P. Glassman. In 1983, she became the first woman to serve on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Read more
• 13 Sep 1920: Else Holmelund Minarik, Danish-American journalist and author (died 2012) Else Holmelund Minarik was an American author of more than 40 children's books. She was most commonly associated with her Little Bear series of children's books, which were adapted for television. Minarik was also the author of No Fighting, No Biting! Read more
• 13 Sep 1919: Mary Midgley, English philosopher and author (died 2018) Mary Beatrice Midgley was a British philosopher. A senior lecturer in philosophy at Newcastle University, she was known for her work on science, ethics and animal rights. She wrote her first book, Beast and Man (1978), when she was in her late fifties, and went on to write over 15 more, including Animals and Why They Matter (1983), Wickedness (1984), The Ethical Primate (1994), Evolution as a Religion (1985), and Science as Salvation (1992). She was awarded honorary doctorates by Durham and Newcastle universities. Her autobiography, The Owl of Minerva, was published in 2005. Read more
• 13 Sep 1919: George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, Austrian-English journalist, publisher, and philanthropist (died 2016) George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld was a British publisher, philanthropist, and newspaper columnist. He was also a lifelong Zionist and renowned networker. He was on good terms with prime ministers and presidents and put his connections to good use for diplomatic and philanthropic ends. Read more
• 13 Sep 1918: Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (died 2015) Ray Charles was an American musician, singer, songwriter, vocal arranger and conductor who was best known as organizer and leader of the Ray Charles Singers, who accompanied Perry Como on his records and television shows for 35 years and were also known for a series of 30 choral record albums produced in the 1950s and 1960s for the MGM, Essex, Decca and Command labels. Read more
• 13 Sep 1918: Dick Haymes, Argentinian actor and singer (died 1980) Richard Benjamin Haymes was an Argentine singer, songwriter and actor. He was one of the most popular male vocalists of the 1940s and early 1950s. He was the older brother of Bob Haymes, an actor, television host, and songwriter. Read more
• 13 Sep 1917: Carol Kendall, American historian and author (died 2012) Carol Seeger "Siggy" Kendall was an American writer of children's books. She has received the Newbery Honor, Ohioana award, Parents choice award, and the Mythopoeic Society Aslan award. Read more
• 13 Sep 1917: Robert Ward, American soldier, composer, and educator (died 2013) Robert Eugene Ward was an American composer who is best remembered for his opera The Crucible (1961) after the 1953 play of the same name by Arthur Miller. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for that opera in 1962. Read more
• 13 Sep 1916: Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (died 1990) Roald Dahl was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. He has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century". Read more
• 13 Sep 1914: Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (died 1994) Leonard Geoffrey Feather was a British-born jazz pianist, composer, and producer, who was best known for his music journalism and other writing. Read more
• 13 Sep 1913: Kai Setälä, Finnish physician and professor (died 2005) Kai Martin Edvard Setälä was a Finnish physician and professor of pathological anatomy at the University of Helsinki. Through his daughter Christel, he was the maternal grandfather of Alexander Stubb, the 13th president of Finland. Setälä himself was the great-nephew of professor E. N. Setälä (1864–1935), the Counsellor of State, the Chairman of the Senate of Finland and co-author of the Finnish Declaration of Independence. Read more
• 13 Sep 1912: Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (died 1995) Maurice K. Goddard was the driving force behind the creation of 45 Pennsylvania state parks during his 24 years as a cabinet officer for six governors of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Read more
• 13 Sep 1912: Reta Shaw, American actress (died 1982) Reta Shaw was an American character actress known for playing strong, hard-edged, working women in film and on many of the most popular television programs of the 1960s and 1970s in the United States. She may be best remembered as the housekeeper, Martha Grant, on the television series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and as the cook, Mrs. Brill, in the 1964 film Mary Poppins. Read more
• 13 Sep 1911: Bill Monroe, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (died 1996) William Smith Monroe was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter who created the bluegrass music genre. For this reason, he is often called the "Father of Bluegrass". Read more
• 13 Sep 1909: Ray Bowden, English footballer (died 1998) Edwin Raymond Bowden was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. He scored 130 goals from 316 appearances in the Football League, playing for Plymouth Argyle, Arsenal and Newcastle United. He was capped six times and scored once for England. Read more
• 13 Sep 1909: Frits Thors, Dutch journalist and radio host (died 2014) Alexander Frederik Paul "Frits" Thors was a Dutch journalist and news anchor. Thors was best known as the newscaster of the NTS-Journaal from 1965 until 1972. Read more
• 13 Sep 1908: Chu Berry, American saxophonist (died 1941) Leon Brown "Chu" Berry was an American jazz tenor saxophonist during the 1930s. He is perhaps best known for his time as a member of singer Cab Calloway's big band. Read more
• 13 Sep 1908: Karolos Koun, Greek director and playwright (died 1987) Karolos Koun was a prominent Greek theater director, widely known for his lively staging of ancient Greek plays. Read more
• 13 Sep 1908: Sicco Mansholt, Dutch farmer and politician, 4th President of the European Commission (died 1995) Sicco Leendert Mansholt was a Dutch farmer, politician and diplomat of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA), who served as the fourth president of the European Commission from 1 March 1972 until 5 January 1973. Read more
• 13 Sep 1908: Mae Questel, American actress and vocal artist (died 1998) Mae Questel was an American actress. She was best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop and Olive Oyl. Read more
• 13 Sep 1904: Alberta Williams King, American civil rights organizer, mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. (died 1974) Alberta Christine Williams King was an American civil rights organizer best known as the wife of Martin Luther King Sr.; and as the mother of Martin Luther King Jr., and also as the grandmother of Martin Luther King III. She was the choir director of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. She was shot and killed in the church by 23-year-old Marcus Wayne Chenault six years after the assassination of her eldest son Martin Luther King Jr. Read more
• 13 Sep 1904: Gladys George, American actress (died 1954) Gladys George was an American actress of stage and screen. Though nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936), she spent most of her career in supporting roles in films such as Marie Antoinette (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Flamingo Road (1949), and Lullaby of Broadway (1951) in which marked her first color film. Read more
• 13 Sep 1903: Claudette Colbert, American actress (died 1996) Claudette Colbert, also known as Lily Claudette Chauchoin, was a French-American stage and film actress. She began her career in earnest on Broadway during the late 1920s and progressed to films with the advent of talking pictures. Initially associated with Paramount Pictures, Colbert had a string of successes as she gradually shifted to working as a freelance actress. Read more
• 13 Sep 1899: Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian politician (died 1938) Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, born Corneliu Zelinski and commonly known as Corneliu Codreanu, was a fascist Romanian politician, the founder and charismatic leader of the Iron Guard or The Legion of the Archangel Michael, an ultranationalist and violently antisemitic organization active throughout most of the interwar period. Generally seen as the main variety of local fascism, and noted for its mystical and Romanian Orthodox–inspired revolutionary message, the Iron Guard gained prominence on the Romanian political stage, coming into conflict with the political establishment and the democratic forces, and often resorting to terrorism. The Legionnaires traditionally referred to Codreanu as Căpitanul, and he held absolute authority over the organization until his death. Read more
• 13 Sep 1898: Roger Désormière, French conductor and composer (died 1963) Roger Désormière was a French conductor. He was an enthusiastic champion of contemporary composers, but also conducted performances of early eighteenth century French music. Read more
• 13 Sep 1898: C. Sittampalam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (died 1964) Cathiravelu Sittampalam was a Ceylon Tamil civil servant, politician, Member of Parliament and government minister. Read more
• 13 Sep 1895: Morris Kirksey, American rugby player and sprinter (died 1981) Morris Marshall Kirksey was an American track and field athlete and rugby union footballer who won two gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He is one of the few athletes to win gold medals in two different Olympic sports. Read more
• 13 Sep 1894: J. B. Priestley, English novelist and playwright (died 1984) John Boynton Priestley was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator. Read more
• 13 Sep 1894: Julian Tuwim, Polish poet, playwright, and director (died 1953) Julian Tuwim, known also under the pseudonym Oldlen as a lyricist, was a Polish poet, born in Łódź, then part of the Russian Partition. He was educated in Łódź and in Warsaw where he studied law and philosophy at Warsaw University. After Poland's return to independence in 1918, Tuwim co-founded the Skamander group of experimental poets with Antoni Słonimski and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. He was a major figure in Polish literature, admired also for his contribution to children's literature. He was a recipient of the prestigious Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature in 1935. Read more
• 13 Sep 1893: Larry Shields, American clarinet player (died 1953) Lawrence James Shields was an early American dixieland jazz clarinetist. He was a member of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the first jazz band to record commercially. Read more
• 13 Sep 1891: Max Pruss, German captain and pilot (died 1960) Max Pruss was the captain of the Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg on its last voyage and a surviving crew member of the disaster. Read more
• 13 Sep 1890: Antony Noghès, French-Monegasque businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (died 1978) Antony Noghès was the founder of the Monaco Grand Prix. Read more
• 13 Sep 1887: Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976) Leopold Ružička was a Croatian-Swiss scientist and joint winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes" "including the first chemical synthesis of male sex hormones." He worked most of his life in Switzerland, and received eight doctorates honoris causa in science, medicine, and law; seven prizes and medals; and twenty-four honorary memberships in chemical, biochemical, and other scientific societies. Read more
• 13 Sep 1886: Amelie Beese, German pilot and sculptor (died 1925) Amelie Hedwig Boutard-Beese, also known as Melli Beese, was the first female German pilot, qualifying in 1911, as well as the first such aircraft engineer. Together with Lilly Steinschneider and Marie Marvingt, she is considered one of the first female pioneers of aviation. To get there, however, she had to overcome many obstacles and fight the male-dominated bastion. Read more
• 13 Sep 1886: Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975) Sir Robert Robinson was a British organic chemist and Nobel laureate recognised in 1947 for his research on plant dyestuffs (anthocyanins) and alkaloids. In 1947, he also received the Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm. Read more
• 13 Sep 1885: Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian-German mathematician and academic (died 1962) Wilhelm Johann Eugen Blaschke was an Austrian mathematician working in the fields of differential and integral geometry. In his time he was best known for his influential three-volume treatise Vorlesungen über Differentialgeometrie and later for his connection to Shiing-Shen Chern. He was a member of the Nazi Party and openly supported it. Read more
• 13 Sep 1883: LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (died 1956) LeRoy Perry Samse was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. Samse represented the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in the pole vault where he won the silver medal. Read more
• 13 Sep 1883: Petros Voulgaris, Greek admiral and politician, 136th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1957) Petros Voulgaris was a Greek Admiral who served briefly as Prime Minister of Greece in 1945. He was famous for his role in suppressing the 1944 Greek naval mutiny and restoring the fleet to combat readiness, for which he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour. Read more
• 13 Sep 1882: Ramón Grau, Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba (died 1969) Ramón Grau San Martín was a Cuban physician and politician who served as President of Cuba from 1933 to 1934 and from 1944 to 1948. He led the Cuban student movement in the 1933 Cuban Revolution that led to the overthrow of the Gerardo Machado regime. Read more
• 13 Sep 1880: Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Famous Players–Lasky (died 1958) Jesse Louis Lasky was an American pioneer motion picture producer who was a key founder of what was to become Paramount Pictures, and father of screenwriter Jesse L. Lasky Jr. Read more
• 13 Sep 1879: Annie Kenney, leading British suffragette (died 1953) Ann "Annie" Kenney was an English working-class suffragette and socialist feminist who became a leading figure in the Women's Social and Political Union. She co-founded its first branch in London with Minnie Baldock. Kenney attracted the attention of the press and public in 1905 when she and Christabel Pankhurst were imprisoned for several days for assault and obstruction related to the questioning of Sir Edward Grey at a Liberal rally in Manchester on the issue of votes for women. The incident is credited with inaugurating a new phase in the struggle for women's suffrage in the UK with the adoption of militant tactics. Annie had friendships with Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Baroness Pethick-Lawrence, Mary Blathwayt, Clara Codd, Adela Pankhurst, and Christabel Pankhurst. Read more
• 13 Sep 1877: Wilhelm Filchner, German-Swiss explorer (died 1957) Wilhelm Filchner was a German army officer, scientist and explorer. He conducted several surveys and scientific investigations in China, Tibet and surrounding regions, and led the Second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–1913. Read more
• 13 Sep 1877: Stanley Lord, English captain (died 1962) Stanley Phillip Lord was a British merchant seaman who was captain of the SS Californian on the night the RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912. The ship, which was primarily a freighter that could carry a small number of passengers, has been named in sources as the unidentified ship that failed to come to the aid of the foundering Titanic. On the eve of the sinking, Captain Lord had stopped the Californian for the night when it had entered an ice field 5 mi (8.0 km) to 20 mi (32 km) away from Titanic's final position. Over the next few hours, crew members on Lord's ship reported seeing white rockets on the horizon, something Lord ascribed to company signals. The sinking of the Titanic resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 people. Read more
• 13 Sep 1876: Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (died 1941) Sherwood Anderson was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in Cleveland and Elyria, Ohio. In 1912, Anderson had a nervous breakdown that led him to abandon his business and family to become a writer. Read more
• 13 Sep 1874: Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (died 1962) Henry Fountain Ashurst was an American Democratic politician and one of the first two senators from Arizona. Largely self-educated, he served as a district attorney and member of the Arizona Territorial legislature before fulfilling his childhood ambition of joining the United States Senate. During his time in the Senate, Ashurst was chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Judiciary Committee. Read more
• 13 Sep 1874: Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer and painter (died 1951) Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg was an Austrian and American modernist composer, music theorist, and teacher associated with developing variation, the emancipation of the dissonance, and twelve-tone composition. He taught composition in Vienna and at the Prussian Academy of Arts (1925–1933), resigning in anticipation of Nazi Germany's civil–service restrictions. He defiantly reaffirmed his Judaism before immigrating to the United States, where he taught at the University of California, Los Angeles (1936–1944). Read more
• 13 Sep 1873: Constantin Carathéodory, German mathematician and author (died 1950) Constantin Carathéodory was a Greek mathematician who spent most of his professional career in Germany. He made significant contributions to real and complex analysis, the calculus of variations, and measure theory. He also created an axiomatic formulation of thermodynamics. Carathéodory is considered one of the greatest mathematicians of his era and the most renowned Greek mathematician since antiquity. Read more
• 13 Sep 1872: Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese politician and diplomat, 44th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1951) Baron Kijūrō Shidehara , was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1945 to 1946. He was a leading proponent of pacifism in Japan before and after World War II. Read more
• 13 Sep 1865: William Birdwood, Indian-English field marshal (died 1951) Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, was a senior and highly decorated and distinguished British Indian Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boer War on the staff of Lord Kitchener. Birdwood saw action again in the First World War, initially as commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the Gallipoli campaign in 1915, leading the landings on the peninsula and then the evacuation later in the year, before becoming commander of the Australian Corps and the Fifth Army on the Western Front during the closing stages of the war. He then went on to be general officer commanding the Northern Army in India in 1920 and Commander-in-Chief, India, in 1925, and retired as a field marshal. Read more
• 13 Sep 1860: John J. Pershing, American general and lawyer (died 1948) John Joseph Pershing, nicknamed "Black Jack", was an American army general, educator, and founder of the Pershing Rifles. He served as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I from 1917 to 1920. In addition to leading the AEF to victory in World War I, Pershing served as a mentor to many in the generation of generals who led the United States Army during World War II, including George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Lesley J. McNair, George S. Patton, and Douglas MacArthur. Read more
• 13 Sep 1857: Michał Drzymała, Polish rebel and activist (died 1937) Michał Drzymała was a Polish peasant living in the Greater Poland region under Prussian rule. Read more
• 13 Sep 1857: Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (died 1945) Milton Snavely Hershey was an American chocolatier, businessman, and philanthropist. Read more
• 13 Sep 1851: Walter Reed, American physician and biologist (died 1902) Walter Reed was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of Cuban-American doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species rather than by direct contact. This insight gave impetus to the new fields of epidemiology and biomedicine, and most immediately allowed the resumption and completion of work on the Panama Canal (1904–1914) by the United States. Reed followed work started by Finlay and directed by George Miller Sternberg, who has been called the "first U.S. bacteriologist". Read more
• 13 Sep 1842: John H. Bankhead, American soldier and politician (died 1920) John Hollis Bankhead was an American politician and Confederate Army soldier. A member of the Democratic Party, Bankhead served as U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama from 1907 until his death in 1920. Bankhead had additionally served in the United States House of Representatives, the Alabama Legislature, and as warden of the state penitentiary in Wetumpka. Read more
• 13 Sep 1830: Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (died 1916) Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach née Countess Dubsky was an Austrian writer and a noblewoman. Noted for her psychological novels, she is regarded as one of the most important German-language writers of the latter portion of the 19th century. Read more
• 13 Sep 1819: Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (died 1896) Clara Josephine Schumann was a German virtuoso pianist, composer, and piano teacher. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era, she exerted her influence over the course of a 61-year concert career, changing the format and repertoire of the piano recital by lessening the importance of purely virtuosic works. She also composed solo piano pieces, a piano concerto, chamber music, choral pieces, and songs. Read more
• 13 Sep 1818: Lucy Goode Brooks, Former American slave and a founder of Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans (died 1900) Lucy Goode Brooks was an enslaved American woman who later became instrumental in the founding of the Friends' Asylum for Colored Orphans in Richmond, Virginia. Read more
• 13 Sep 1813: John Sedgwick, American general and educator (died 1864) John Sedgwick was an American military officer who served as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was one of the highest-ranking Union officers to be killed in the war, along with Major Generals James B. McPherson, Joseph K. Mansfield and John F. Reynolds. Read more
• 13 Sep 1802: Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and author (died 1880) Arnold Ruge was a German philosopher and political writer. He was the older brother of Ludwig Ruge. Read more

Notable Deaths on 13 September

• 13 Sep 2024: Wolfgang Gerhardt, German politician (born 1943) Wolfgang Gerhardt was a German politician and the leader of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) from 1995 until he was succeeded by Guido Westerwelle in 2001. Read more
• 13 Sep 2024: Pravin Gordhan, South African politician (born 1949) Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist who held various ministerial posts in the Cabinet of South Africa. He served as Minister of Finance from 2009 until 2014, and again from 2015 until 2017, as Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs from 2014 until 2015, and as Minister of Public Enterprises from February 2018 until June 2024, when the entire Department of Public Enterprises and its ministry were abolished following the 2024 general elections. Read more
• 13 Sep 2024: Lex Marinos, Australian actor (born 1949) Alexander Francis Marinos was an Australian actor and television director, radio personality and voice artist. He was most notable for his role as Bruno, in the 1980s television series Kingswood Country. Read more
• 13 Sep 2024: Mary McFadden, American fashion designer (born 1938) Mary McFadden was an American fashion designer of women's clothing and other high-fashion items, including historically inspired form-fitting dresses. Read more
• 13 Sep 2022: Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic (born 1930) Jean-Luc Godard was a French and Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as François Truffaut, Agnès Varda, Éric Rohmer and Jacques Demy. He was arguably the most influential French filmmaker of the post-war era. According to AllMovie, his work "revolutionized the motion picture form" through its experimentation with narrative, continuity, sound, and camerawork. Read more
• 13 Sep 2019: Eddie Money, American musician (born 1949) Edward Joseph Money was an American singer and songwriter who had his greatest commercial success in the 1970s and 1980s. Money had eleven Top 40 singles, starting with "Baby Hold On" in 1977 and including the Billboard Top 10 hits "Take Me Home Tonight" (1986) and "Walk on Water" (1988). Critic Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called him a working-class rocker. In 1987, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Take Me Home Tonight". Read more
• 13 Sep 2017: Pete Domenici, American politician, senator of New Mexico (born 1932) Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in the Senate, making him the longest-tenured U.S. Senator in the state's history. To date, Domenici is the last Republican to be elected to the Senate from New Mexico. He was succeeded by Democratic U.S. Representative Tom Udall. Read more
• 13 Sep 2016: Jonathan Riley-Smith, British historian (born 1938) Jonathan Simon Christopher Riley-Smith was a historian of the Crusades, and, between 1994 and 2005, Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge. He was a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He has been described as "quite simply the leading historian of the crusades anywhere in the world". Read more
• 13 Sep 2015: Vivinho, Brazilian footballer (born 1961) Welvis Dias Marcelino, better known as Vivinho, was an association football striker, who played in several Brazilian Série A clubs. Read more
• 13 Sep 2015: Erma Bergmann, American baseball player (born 1924) Erma M. "Bergie" Bergmann was an American baseball pitcher and outfielder who played from 1946 through 1951 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), 155 lb., she batted and threw right-handed. She later served as one of the first commissioned police women in the city of St. Louis. Read more
• 13 Sep 2015: Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (born 1931) Dennis Brian Close, was an English first-class cricketer. He was picked to play against New Zealand in July 1949, when he was 18 years old. Close went on to play 22 Test matches for England, captaining them seven times to six wins and one drawn test. Close also captained Yorkshire to four county championship titles – the main domestic trophy in English cricket. He later went on to captain Somerset, where he is widely credited with developing the county into a hard-playing team, and helping to mould Viv Richards and Ian Botham into the successful players they became. Read more
• 13 Sep 2015: Moses Malone, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1955) Moses Eugene Malone Sr. was an American professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1974 through 1995. A center, he was named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times, was a 12-time NBA All-Star and an eight-time All-NBA Team selection. Malone led the Philadelphia 76ers to an NBA championship in 1983, winning both the league and Finals MVP. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2001. Malone is widely regarded as one of the greatest centers and players of all time. Read more
• 13 Sep 2014: Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (born 1936) Benjamin Adesanya Maja Adekunle was a Nigerian military officer and prominent military figure during the Nigerian Civil War. Read more
• 13 Sep 2014: Helen Filarski, American baseball player (born 1924) Helen Filarski was an American baseball player. She was an infielder and outfielder who played from 1945 through 1950 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 2 in (157 cm), 125 lb (57 kg), she batted and threw right-handed. Read more
• 13 Sep 2014: Milan Galić, Serbian footballer (born 1938) Milan Galić was a Yugoslav and Serbian professional footballer who played as a striker. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Read more
• 13 Sep 2014: Frank Torre, American baseball player and manager (born 1931) Frank Joseph Torre was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman. Torre, who batted and threw left-handed, played for the Milwaukee Braves (1956–60) and Philadelphia Phillies (1962–63). He was the older brother of Baseball Hall of Fame member Joe Torre, himself a former Major League Baseball player and longtime manager. Torre attended James Madison High School in his native Brooklyn, New York. Read more
• 13 Sep 2013: Olusegun Agagu, Nigerian politician, 15th Governor of Ondo State (born 1948) Olusegun Kokumo Agagu ; Born on 16 February 1948 – 13 September 2013) was a Nigerian politician who was a governor of Ondo State from 29 May 2003 until February 2009, when a court voided his re-election as governor on account of electoral irregularities. He was replaced as a governor by Olusegun Mimiko, the runner-up in the election. He was a member of the then-ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Read more
• 13 Sep 2013: Robert J. Behnke, American biologist and academic (born 1929) Dr. Robert J. Behnke was an American fisheries biologist and conservationist who was recognized as a world authority on the classification of salmonid fishes. He was popularly known as "Dr. Trout" or "The Trout Doctor". His seminal work, Trout and Salmon of North America, was published in 2002. He wrote a regular column for Trout Magazine, the quarterly publication of Trout Unlimited. He was a fisheries biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and a professor at Colorado State University in the 1970s. He became a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology at Colorado State University. Read more
• 13 Sep 2013: Rick Casares, American football player (born 1931) Richard Jose Casares was an American professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) for twelve seasons during the 1950s and 1960s. Casares played college football for the University of Florida, where he was standout fullback and kicker. Casares played professionally for the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins of the NFL, and was a member of the expansion Miami Dolphins of the AFL. Read more
• 13 Sep 2013: Luiz Gushiken, Brazilian trade union leader and politician (born 1950) Luiz Gushiken was a Brazilian union leader and politician. He was formerly the head of the social communication office of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration, a position which carried a ministerial rank. He was a second-generation Ryukyuan-Brazilian, with Ryukyuan parents from Okinawa. Read more
• 13 Sep 2012: William Duckworth, American composer and author (born 1943) William Duckworth was an American composer, author, educator, and Internet pioneer. He wrote more than 200 pieces of music and is credited with the composition of the first postminimal piece of music, The Time Curve Preludes (1977–78), for piano. Duckworth was a Professor of Music at Bucknell University. Together with Nora Farrell, his wife, he ran Monroe Street Music, the publisher of many Duckworth's pieces. Read more
• 13 Sep 2012: Peter Lougheed, Canadian football player, lawyer, and politician, 10th Premier of Alberta (born 1928) Edgar Peter Lougheed was a Canadian lawyer and Progressive Conservative politician who served as the tenth premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, presiding over a period of reform and economic growth. Read more
• 13 Sep 2012: Edgar Metcalfe, English-Australian actor and director (born 1933) Edgar Metcalfe, was an English-born actor, director and author, who widely contributed to theatre in Perth, Western Australia. Read more
• 13 Sep 2012: Ranganath Misra, Indian lawyer and jurist, 21st Chief Justice of India (born 1926) Ranganath Misra was an Indian jurist, who served as the 21st Chief Justice of India, from 25 September 1990 to 24 November 1991. He was also the first chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of India. He also served as Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from the Congress Party between 1998 and 2004. He is the second Supreme Court judge to become a Rajya Sabha member after Baharul Islam who was also elected as Indian National Congress member. Read more
• 13 Sep 2012: Lehri, (Actual name:Safirullah Siddiqui), Pakistani comedian and an actor in the Urdu film industry of Pakistan (born 1929) Safirullah Siddiqui, commonly known by his stage name Lehri, was a comedian and actor in the Urdu film industry of Pakistan. Read more
• 13 Sep 2011: Walter Bonatti, Italian mountaineer and journalist (born 1930) Walter Bonatti was an Italian mountaineer, alpinist, explorer and journalist. He was noted for many climbing achievements, including a solo climb of a new alpine climbing route on the south-west pillar of the Aiguille du Dru in August 1955, the first ascent of Gasherbrum IV in 1958, and, in 1965, the first solo climb in winter of the North face of the Matterhorn on the mountain's centenary year of its first ascent. Read more
• 13 Sep 2009: Paul Burke, American actor (born 1926) Paul Raymond Burke was an American actor, best known for his lead roles in two 1960s ABC television series, Naked City and 12 O'Clock High. He was twice nominated for an Emmy Award for his portrayal of New York Police Department detective Adam Flint in Naked City. Read more
• 13 Sep 2007: Whakahuihui Vercoe, New Zealand archbishop (born 1928) Whakahuihui "Hui" Vercoe was an Anglican bishop in New Zealand. He was the Archbishop of New Zealand from 2004 to 2006, the first person from the Māori church to hold that office. He was also Bishop of Aotearoa from 1981, the first person to be elected to that position by the congregation rather than being appointed by the church hierarchy. He held both offices until his retirement in 2006. He was also the first person to become a Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit after the rank was introduced in 2000. Read more
• 13 Sep 2006: Ann Richards, American educator and politician, 45th Governor of Texas (born 1933) Dorothy Ann Richards was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the Texas State Treasurer, when she gave the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Richards was the second female governor of Texas, and was frequently noted in the media for her outspoken feminism and her one-liners. Read more
• 13 Sep 2005: Toni Fritsch, Austrian footballer (born 1945) Anton K. "Toni" Fritsch was an Austrian footballer who later started a successful career in American football in the United States. He is distinguished as being the first Austrian to play in the National Football League (NFL). He is the only player in history to win professional titles in both association football and American football: he won the Austrian League in 1964, 1967, and 1968, and the Super Bowl in 1972. Read more
• 13 Sep 2005: Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian lawyer and politician, 25th President of Colombia (born 1916) Julio César Turbay Ayala was a Colombian lawyer and politician who served as the 26th president of Colombia from 1978 to 1982. He also held the positions of Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the United States. Read more
• 13 Sep 2004: Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-invented the birth-control pill (born 1925) Luis Ernesto Miramontes Cárdenas was a Mexican chemist known as co-inventor and the first to synthesize an oral contraceptive, progestin norethisterone. Read more
• 13 Sep 2004: Charlie Brandt, American serial killer (born 1957) Carl Eric Brandt was an American serial killer known to have perpetrated at least four murders. In 1971, at age 13, Brandt shot his parents in their family home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, killing his pregnant mother and wounding his father. He spent one year at a psychiatric hospital before being released and was never criminally charged. On September 13, 2004, Brandt stabbed his wife and niece to death and then hanged himself in his niece's garage in Maitland, Florida. Read more
• 13 Sep 2003: Frank O'Bannon, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, 47th Governor of Indiana (born 1930) Frank Lewis O'Bannon was an American politician who served as the 47th governor of Indiana, from 1997 until his death in 2003. Read more
• 13 Sep 2002: George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the Flag of Canada (born 1907) Colonel George Francis Gillman Stanley was a Canadian author, soldier, historian at the Royal Military College of Canada and Mount Allison University, public servant, former Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, and designer of the Canadian Flag. Read more
• 13 Sep 2001: Johnny Craig, American sailor and illustrator (born 1926) John Thomas Alexis Craig, was an American comic book artist notable for his work with the EC Comics line of the 1950s. He sometimes used the pseudonyms Jay Taycee and F. C. Aljohn. Read more
• 13 Sep 2001: Jaroslav Drobný, Czech-English ice hockey player and tennis player (born 1921) Jaroslav Drobný was a world No. 1 amateur tennis and ice hockey champion. He left Czechoslovakia in 1949 and travelled as an Egyptian citizen before becoming a citizen of the United Kingdom in 1959, where he died in 2001. In 1951, he became the first and, to date, only Egyptian to win the French Open, while doing likewise at the Wimbledon Championships in 1954. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1983. He played internationally for the Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team, and was inducted in the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame. Read more
• 13 Sep 2001: Dorothy McGuire, American actress (born 1916) Dorothy Hackett McGuire was an American actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress for Friendly Persuasion (1956). She starred as the mother in the popular films Old Yeller (1957) and Swiss Family Robinson (1960). Read more
• 13 Sep 2000: Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse and author (born 1908) Agnes Betty Jeffrey, was an Australian nurse, prisoner of war and writer, who wrote about her Second World War nursing experiences in the book White Coolies. Read more
• 13 Sep 1999: Benjamin Bloom, American psychologist and academic (born 1913) Benjamin Samuel Bloom was an American educational psychologist and didactician who made contributions to the classification of educational objectives and to the theory of mastery learning. He has greatly influenced the practices and philosophies of educators around the world from the latter part of the twentieth century. Read more
• 13 Sep 1998: Necdet Calp, Turkish civil servant and politician (born 1922) Necdet Calp was a Turkish civil servant and politician. Read more
• 13 Sep 1998: Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1926) Harry "Apple Cheeks" Lumley was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Boston Bruins between 1943 and 1960. He won the Vezina Trophy for being the goaltender to allow the fewest goals against in 1954 and won the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings in 1950. He was the second goaltender to win 300 games, doing so in 1958. In 1980, Lumley was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Read more
• 13 Sep 1998: Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman (born 1918) Sir Francis Henry Renouf was a New Zealand stockbroker and financier. Read more
• 13 Sep 1998: George Wallace, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (born 1919) George Corley Wallace Jr. was an American politician and lawyer who was the 45th and longest-serving governor of Alabama, and the longest-serving governor from the Democratic Party. Wallace unsuccessfully sought the presidential nomination as a Democrat three times, and once with the American Independent Party, in which he carried five states in the 1968 presidential election, resulting in a rare moment not seen since the 1948 presidential election where a third party managed to secure electoral seats independent of the de-facto 'two-party system' of the United States. Read more
• 13 Sep 1997: Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French actor, singer, and dancer (born 1915) Georges Guétary, born Yorgos Lambros was a French singer, dancer, cabaret performer and film actor, best known for his role in the 1951 musical An American in Paris. Read more
• 13 Sep 1997: Georgios Mitsibonas, Greek footballer (born 1962) Georgios Mitsibonas was a Greek football player during the 1980s and 1990s. Read more
• 13 Sep 1996: Tupac Shakur, American rapper, producer, and actor (born 1971) Tupac Amaru Shakur, also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. He was one of the most influential musical artists of the 20th century, and a prominent political activist for Black America. He is among the best-selling music artists, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide. Some of Shakur's music addressed social injustice, political issues, and the marginalization of African Americans, but he was also synonymous with gangsta rap and violent lyrics. Read more
• 13 Sep 1993: Carl Voss, American ice hockey player and referee (born 1907) Carl Potter Voss was an American ice hockey forward in the National Hockey League. He played for several teams between 1926 and 1938. He later became a referee, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1974 as a builder. Read more
• 13 Sep 1991: Robert Irving, English soldier and conductor (born 1913) Robert Augustine Irving, DFC*, was a British conductor whose reputation was mainly as a ballet conductor. Read more
• 13 Sep 1991: Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer and manager (born 1936) Metin Oktay nicknamed the Crownless King by Galatasaray fans, was a Turkish footballer and one of the most successful goal scorers in Turkey. Read more
• 13 Sep 1991: Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-American production manager and producer (born 1901) Joseph Herman Pasternak was a Hungarian-American film producer in Hollywood. Pasternak spent the Hollywood "Golden Age" of musicals at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producing many successful musicals with female singing stars like Deanna Durbin, Kathryn Grayson and Jane Powell, as well as swimmer/bathing beauty Esther Williams' films. He produced Judy Garland's final MGM film, Summer Stock, which was released in 1950, and some of Gene Kelly’s early breakthrough roles. Pasternak worked in the film industry for 45 years, from the later silent era until shortly past the end of the classical Hollywood cinema in 1967. Read more
• 13 Sep 1987: Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer (born 1900) Mervyn LeRoy was an American film director and producer. During the 1930s, he was one of the two great practitioners of economical and effective film directing at Warner Brothers studios, the other being his colleague Michael Curtiz. LeRoy's most acclaimed films of his tenure at Warners include Little Caesar (1931), I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Anthony Adverse (1936), and They Won't Forget (1937). LeRoy left Warners and moved to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in 1939 to serve as both director and producer. He is best known for producing the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, as well as for directing the 1951 Oscar-nominated film Quo Vadis. Read more
• 13 Sep 1985: Dane Rudhyar, French-American astrologer, composer, and author (born 1895) Dane Rudhyar, born Daniel Chennevière, was an American author, modernist composer, painter and humanistic astrologer. He was a pioneer of modern transpersonal astrology. Read more
• 13 Sep 1982: Reed Crandall, American illustrator (born 1917) Reed Leonard Crandall was an American illustrator and penciller of comic books and magazines. He was best known for the 1940s Quality Comics' Blackhawk and for stories in EC Comics during the 1950s. Crandall was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2009. Read more
• 13 Sep 1981: William Loeb III, American publisher (born 1905) William Loeb III was an American newspaper publisher. He is remembered for his unyieldingly conservative political views, which helped made the Manchester Union Leader of Manchester, New Hampshire, one of the best-known small papers in the country. The newspaper also benefited from nationwide attention every four years during the New Hampshire presidential primary. Loeb was publisher of the Union Leader from 1946 until his death, a period of 35 years. Read more
• 13 Sep 1977: Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (born 1882) Leopold Anthony Stokowski was a British conductor. One of the leading conductors of the early and mid-20th century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra. He was especially noted for his free-hand conducting style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristic sound from the orchestras he directed. Read more
• 13 Sep 1976: Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1905) Joseph Armand Mondou was a Canadian ice hockey forward with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a member of two Stanley Cup championship teams; with Montreal in 1930 and 1931. Read more
• 13 Sep 1976: Albert Tessier, Canadian priest, historian, and director (born 1895) Albert Tessier was a French-speaking Canadian priest, historian and a film maker. Read more
• 13 Sep 1975: Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer, Indian singer and musicologist (born 1897) Mudikondan Venkatarama Iyer was a
  South Indian Carnatic music singer and musicologist. He was also known as Mudikondan – the name of his native village. Read more
• 13 Sep 1973: Betty Field, American actress (born 1913) Betty Field was an American film and stage actress. Read more
• 13 Sep 1973: Sajjad Zaheer, Indian poet and philosopher (born 1905) Syed Sajjad Zaheer was an Indian Urdu-language writer, Marxist ideologue, radical revolutionary and a member of the Communist Party of India. Read more
• 13 Sep 1971: Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1907) Lin Biao was a Chinese military commander and politician. Pivotal to the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, he commanded the Liaoshen and Pingjin campaigns at the head of the Manchurian Field Army, led the People's Liberation Army into Beijing, and swept the Kuomintang from the coastal provinces of Southeast China. He was ranked third among the Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China, behind Zhu De and Peng Dehuai. Read more
• 13 Sep 1967: Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Yemeni-Saudi Arabian businessman, founded Saudi Binladin Group (born 1903) Muhammad bin Awad bin Ladin was a Yemeni-born Saudi billionaire business magnate working primarily in the construction industry. He founded what is today the Saudi Binladin Group and became the wealthiest non-royal Saudi, establishing the wealth and prestige of the bin Ladin family. He was the father of Osama bin Laden. Read more
• 13 Sep 1967: Robert George, English air marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (born 1896) Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert Allingham George, was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force and Governor of South Australia from 23 February 1953 until 7 March 1960. He was born in the County of Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, on 27 July 1896, and educated at Invergordon and Inverness. In May 1927, he married Sybil Elizabeth Baldwin. Read more
• 13 Sep 1967: Leonard Lord, English businessman (born 1896) Leonard Percy Lord, 1st Baron Lambury KBE was a captain of the British motor industry. Read more
• 13 Sep 1960: Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (born 1885) Leó Weiner was one of the leading Hungarian music educators of the first half of the twentieth century, and a composer. Read more
• 13 Sep 1953: Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter (born 1868) Mary Brewster Hazelton was an American portrait painter. She attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she was later an instructor. Among her other achievements, Hazelton was the first woman to win an award open to both men and women in the United States when she won the Hallgarten Prize from the National Academy of Design in 1896. Her portrait paintings are in the collections of the Massachusetts State House, Harvard University, Peabody Essex Museum, and Wellesley Historical Society. The professional organizations that Hazelton was affiliated with included the Wellesley Society of Artists, of which she was a founding member, and The Guild of Boston Artists, of which she was a charter member. She lived her adult life with her sisters in the Hazelton family home in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Read more
• 13 Sep 1949: August Krogh, Danish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874) Schack August Steenberg Krogh was a Danish professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916 to 1945. He contributed a number of fundamental discoveries within several fields of physiology, and is famous for developing Krogh's principle. Read more
• 13 Sep 1946: Amon Göth, Austrian captain and Nazi war criminal (born 1908) Amon Leopold Göth was an Austrian SS functionary and war criminal. He served as the commandant of the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp in Płaszów in German-occupied Poland for most of the camp's existence during World War II. Read more
• 13 Sep 1946: Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (born 1875) Yevgeny Yevgenyevich Lanceray, also often spelled Eugene Lansere, was a Russian painter and draughtsman during the Modernist period, renowned as part of the Mir iskusstva society. Read more
• 13 Sep 1946: William Watt, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria (born 1871) William Alexander Watt was an Australian politician. He served two terms as Premier of Victoria before entering federal politics in 1914. He then served as a minister in the government of Billy Hughes from 1917 to 1920, including as acting prime minister during World War I, and finally as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1923 to 1926. Read more
• 13 Sep 1944: W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (born 1872) William Heath Robinson was an English cartoonist, illustrator and artist who drew whimsically elaborate machines to achieve simple objectives. Read more
• 13 Sep 1941: Elias Disney, Canadian-American farmer and businessman (born 1859) Elias Charles Disney was a Canadian construction worker and entrepreneur. He was best known as the father of Roy and Walt Disney, co-founders of the Walt Disney Company. Elias was a strict and hardworking man who played a major role in shaping his sons' early lives, instilling in them a strong work ethic. He spent his early years as a construction worker for the World's Columbian Exposition, which was the inspiration for Disney's son, Walt Disney, and the Disney Kingdom he eventually created. His entrepreneurial tendencies were passed on to his son Walt, despite financial difficulties and business setbacks. Read more
• 13 Sep 1937: David Robertson, Scottish rugby player and golfer (born 1869) David Donaldson Robertson was a Scottish sportsman who represented Great Britain and Ireland at golf in the 1900 Summer Olympics, and also played international rugby for the Scotland. Read more
• 13 Sep 1931: Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter (born 1882) Lili Ilse Elvenes, better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter, transgender woman, and one of the earliest recipients of gender-affirming surgery. Read more
• 13 Sep 1929: Jatindra Nath Das, Indian activist (born 1904) Jatindra Nath Das, better known as Jatin Das, was an Indian freedom fighter and revolutionary who worked to make India independent from the British Raj and was a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. He died in the Borstal Jail, Lahore after a long 63-day hunger strike for the rights of political prisoners of India's freedom struggle. He was only 24 years old when he died. His death proved to be a major incident in India's struggle for independence with more than five lakhs people attending his funeral. Read more
• 13 Sep 1928: Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright (born 1861) Aron Hector Schmitz, better known by the pseudonym Italo Svevo, was an Italian and Austro-Hungarian writer, businessman, novelist, playwright, and short story writer. Read more
• 13 Sep 1918: Frederic Crowninshield, American artist and author (born 1845) Frederic Crowninshield (1845–1918) was an American artist and author. Read more
• 13 Sep 1915: Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (born 1835) Andrew Lintner Harris was one of the heroes of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War and served as the 44th governor of Ohio. Read more
• 13 Sep 1913: Aurel Vlaicu, Romanian pilot and engineer (born 1882) Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor, and early pilot. Read more
• 13 Sep 1912: Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (born 1843) Joseph Furphy was an Australian author and poet. He mostly wrote under the pseudonym Tom Collins and is best known for his novel Such Is Life (1903), regarded as an Australian classic. Read more
• 13 Sep 1912: Nogi Maresuke, Japanese general (born 1849) Count Nogi Maresuke , also known as Kiten, Count Nogi, was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a governor-general of Taiwan. He was one of the commanders during the 1894 capture of Port Arthur from China and a prominent figure in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, as commander of the forces which captured Port Arthur from the Russians. Read more
• 13 Sep 1910: Rajanikanta Sen, Bangladeshi poet and composer (born 1865) Rajanikanta Sen, also known as Kantakobi, was a Bengali poet and composer, known for his devotional (bhakti) compositions, as well as his patriotic songs. Read more
• 13 Sep 1905: René Goblet, French lawyer and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France (born 1828) René Marie Goblet was a French politician, Prime Minister of France for a period in 1886–1887. Read more
• 13 Sep 1894: Emmanuel Chabrier, French pianist and composer (born 1841) Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier was a French Romantic composer and pianist. His bourgeois family did not approve of a musical career for him, and he studied law in Paris and then worked as a civil servant until the age of thirty-nine while immersing himself in the modernist artistic life of the French capital and composing in his spare time. From 1880 until his final illness he was a full-time composer. Read more
• 13 Sep 1885: Friedrich Kiel, German composer and educator (born 1821) Friedrich Kiel was a German composer and music educator. Read more
• 13 Sep 1881: Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (born 1824) Ambrose Everts Burnside was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the American Civil War and a three-time governor of Rhode Island, as well as being an inventor and industrialist. Read more
• 13 Sep 1872: Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher (born 1804) Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach was a German philosopher and anthropologist who was a leading figure among the Young Hegelians. He is best known for his 1841 book, The Essence of Christianity, which argued that God is a projection of the essential attributes of humanity. His critique of religion formed the basis for his advocacy of atheism, materialism, and sensualism. His thought served as a critical bridge between the philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and that of Karl Marx. Read more
• 13 Sep 1871: İbrahim Şinasi, Turkish journalist, author, and translator (born 1826) İbrahim Şinasi Efendi was a pioneering Ottoman intellectual, founder of Turkish dramaturgy, author, journalist, translator, playwright, linguist and newspaper editor. He was an innovator across several fields: authoring one of the earliest examples of an Ottoman play, encouraging the translation of French poetry into Turkish, simplifying the script used for writing the Ottoman Turkish language, and being one of the first Ottoman writers to write specifically for the broader public. Şinasi used his newspapers, Tercüman-ı Ahvâl and Tasvîr-i Efkâr, to promote the proliferation of European Enlightenment ideals during the Tanzimat period, and he made the education of the literate Ottoman public his personal vocation. Though many of Şinasi's projects were incomplete at the time of his death, "he was at the forefront of a number of fields and put his stamp on the development of each field so long as it contained unsolved problems." Read more
• 13 Sep 1847: Nicolas Oudinot, French general (born 1767) Nicolas Charles Oudinot, duc de Reggio was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He is known to have been wounded 34 times in battle, being hit by artillery shells, sabres, and at least twelve bullets over the course of his military career. A Marshal of the Empire, he is best known for his contributions to the Napoleonic Wars with his famous grenadier division. Oudinot is one of the Names inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe, Eastern pillar Columns 13, 14. Read more
• 13 Sep 1813: Hezqeyas, Ethiopian emperor Hezqeyas was Emperor of Ethiopia from 26 July 1789 to January 1794, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Iyasu III. Read more
• 13 Sep 1808: Saverio Bettinelli, Italian poet, playwright, and critic (born 1718) Saverio Bettinelli was an Italian Jesuit priest and writer. He became known as a polymath, dramatist, polemicist, poet, and literary critic. He was a friend of some of the leading authors of his times: Voltaire, Francesco Algarotti, Vincenzo Monti and Ippolito Pindemonte. Théodore Tronchin, Guillaume du Tillot, Melchiorre Cesarotti, Giacomo Filippo Durazzo, Pietro Verri, Giammaria Mazzucchelli and Francesco Maria Zanotti were among his correspondents. Read more
• 13 Sep 1806: Charles James Fox, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (born 1749) Charles James Fox, styled The Honourable from 1762, was a British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned 38 years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was the arch-rival of the Tory politician William Pitt the Younger; his father Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, a leading Whig of his day, had similarly been the great rival of Pitt's famous father, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. Read more
• 13 Sep 1800: Claude Martin, French-English general and explorer (born 1735) Major-General Claude Martin was a French army officer who served in the French and later British East India companies in colonial India. Martin rose to the rank of major-general in the British East India Company's Bengal Army. Martin was born in Lyon, France, into a humble background, and was a self-made man who left a substantial lasting legacy in the form of his writings, buildings and the educational institutions he founded posthumously. There are now ten schools named after him, two in Lucknow, two in Calcutta and six in Lyon. The small village of Martin Purwa in India was also named after him. Read more

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