On this day · Virgo

September 1 birthdays

348 notable historical figures were born on September 1, and 180 died on this day. Everyone born on September 1 is a Virgo.

17% of September 1 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (72) than any other country.

Born on September 1

• Zendaya (born 1996. American actress and singer (born 1996))
• Gloria Estefan (born 1957. Cuban-American singer and songwriter (born 1957))
• Barry Gibb (born 1946. British musician (born 1946))
• Ludwig Göransson (born 1984. Swedish musician and composer (born 1984))
• Yvonne De Carlo (1922 to 2007. Canadian-born American actress, dancer and singer (1922–2007))
• A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896 to 1977. Indian spiritual teacher (1896–1977))
• Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 to 1950. American writer (1875–1950))
• Richard Farnsworth (1920 to 2000. American actor (1920–2000))
• Roh Moo-hyun (1946 to 2009. President of South Korea from 2003 to 2008)
• Annie Ernaux (born 1940. French writer (born 1940))
• Talaat Pasha (1874 to 1921. Turkish Ottoman politician (1874–1921))
• Petr Fiala (born 1964. Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 2021 to 2025)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 to 1706. German composer and organist (1653–1706))
• Mehdi Bazargan (1907 to 1995. Iranian politician and activist (1907–1995))
• Nicu Ceaușescu (1951 to 1996. Romanian physicist and politician (1951–1996))
• Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart (1949 to 2018. Cuban nuclear physicist and government official (1949–2018))
• Joaquín Balaguer (1906 to 2002. President of the Dominican Republic (1960–1961, 1966–1978, 1986–1996))
• Leslie Feinberg (1949 to 2014. American transgender activist and author (1949–2014))
• Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 to 1921. German composer (1854–1921))
• William IV, Prince of Orange (1711 to 1751. Prince of Orange from 1711 to 1751)
• M. A. G. Osmani (1918 to 1984. Bangladeshi military general & revolutionary (1918–1984))
• Mikhail Fradkov (born 1950. Prime Minister of Russia from 2004 to 2007)
• Daniel Hannan (born 1971. British politician (born 1971))
• C. J. Cherryh (born 1942. American speculative fiction author (born 1942))
• Melvin Laird (1922 to 2016. American politician and writer (1922–2016))
• António Lobo Antunes (1942 to 2026. Portuguese novelist (1942–2026))
• Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi (1945 to 2026. President of Yemen from 2012 to 2022)
• Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453 to 1515. Spanish general and statesman (1453–1515))
• Sikhanyiso Dlamini (born 1987. Swazi princess and politician (born 1987))
• Phillip Fulmer (born 1950. American football player, coach, and athletic director (born 1950))
• Jean Sarkozy (born 1986. French politician)
• Natalya Naryshkina (1651 to 1694. Tsaritsa consort of All Russia)
• Roy J. Glauber (1925 to 2018. American theoretical physicist (1925–2018))
• Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1937 to 2025. Prime Minister of Portugal from 1981 to 1983)
• Charles Correa (1930 to 2015. Indian architect and urban planner (1930–2015))
• Mike Eman (born 1961. Aruban politician)
• Michel Serres (1930 to 2019. French philosopher (1930–2019))
• Olga Koch (born 1992. Russian-born British stand-up comedian (born 1992))
• Stanley Cavell (1926 to 2018. American philosopher (1926–2018))
• Filip Vujanović (born 1954. First President of the independent Montenegro (2006-2018))
• Acha Septriasa (born 1989. Indonesian actress (born 1989))
• Jungkook (born 1997. South Korean singer (born 1997))
• Ruud Gullit (born 1962. Dutch association football player and manager)
• Eric H. Cline (born 1960. American historian)
• Roderick Thorp (1936 to 1999. American writer (1936–1999))
• Francis William Aston (1877 to 1945. British chemist and physicist (1877–1945))
• Zhang Fengyi (born 1956. Chinese actor)
• Abdur Rahman Biswas (1926 to 2017. President of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996)
• Ibn Jubayr (1145 to 1217. Andalusian Arab traveller and poet (1145–1217))
• Michael O. Rabin (1931 to 2026. Israeli mathematician and computer scientist (1931–2026))
• Emiliano Martínez (born 1992. Argentine footballer (born 1992))
• Daniel Sturridge (born 1989. English footballer (born 1989))
• Lazăr Edeleanu (1861 to 1941. Romanian chemist (1861–1941))
• Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858 to 1929. Austrian scientist and inventor (1858–1929))
• Carlos Sainz Jr. (born 1994. Spanish racing driver (born 1994))
• Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1647 to 1717. Electress of Saxony from 1680 to 1691)
• Rocky Marciano (1923 to 1969. American boxer (1923–1969))
• Akashi Motojiro (1864 to 1919. General in the Imperial Japanese Army)
• Emma Stebbins (1815 to 1882. American artist (1815–1882))
• Karim Wade (born 1968. Senegalese politician (born 1968))

Died on September 1

• Louis XIV (1638 to 1715. King of France from 1643 to 1715)
• Albert Speer (1905 to 1981. German architect (1905–1981))
• Jimmy Buffett (1946 to 2023. American singer-songwriter (1946–2023))
• Pope Adrian IV (Head of the Catholic Church from 1154 to 1159)
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856 to 1920. Indian self-rule activist (1856–1920))
• Eero Saarinen (1910 to 1961. American architect (1910–1961))
• Luis Walter Alvarez (1911 to 1988. American physicist and aeronaut (1911–1988))
• William Clark (1770 to 1838. American explorer and territorial governor (1770–1838))
• As-Sakran ibn Amr (589 to 674. Muhammad's second wife (c. 566–644))
• Count Baldwin V (1012 to 1067. Count of Flanders from 1035 to 1067)
• Hal David (1921 to 2012. American lyricist (1921–2012))
• Marin Mersenne (1588 to 1648. French polymath (1588–1648))
• Lillian Wald (1867 to 1940. American nurse, activist, and author (1867–1940))
• W. W. Jacobs (1863 to 1943. English fiction writer (1863–1943))
• Haskell Curry (1900 to 1982. American mathematician (1900-1982))
• Baba Anujka (1838 to 1938. Romanian serial killer)
• Zeami Motokiyo (1363 to 1443. Japanese aesthetician, actor, and playwright (c. 1363–c. 1443))
• Drew Pearson (journalist) (1897 to 1969. American journalist (1897–1969))
• Doreen Valiente (1922 to 1999. English Wiccan writer (1922–1999))
• Hisamuddin of Selangor (1898 to 1960. Yang di-Pertuan Agong in 1960)
• Cornelis de Houtman (1565 to 1599. Dutch explorer (1565–1599))
• Recceswinth (King of the Visigoths from 649 to 672)
• Saunders Lewis (1893 to 1985. Welsh writer and politician (1893–1985))
• Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601 to 1678. Flemish painter (1601–1678))
• Henry More (1614 to 1687. English philosopher (1614–1687))
• Shah Azizur Rahman (1925 to 1989. Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1979 to 1982)
• Arthur Streeton (1867 to 1943. Australian painter (1867–1943))
• Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans (1336 to 1375. French prince (1336–1375))
• Baha al-Din al-Amili (1547 to 1621. Iranian Shia Islamic scholar (1547–1621))
• Anna Austen Lefroy (1793 to 1872. British writer and niece of Jane Austen)

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