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September 11 birthdays

291 notable historical figures were born on September 11, and 208 died on this day. Everyone born on September 11 is a Virgo.

18% of September 11 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (78) than any other country.

Born on September 11

• Franz Beckenbauer (1945 to 2024. German footballer (1945–2024))
• Bashar al-Assad (born 1965. President of Syria from 2000 to 2024)
• Ferdinand Marcos (1917 to 1989. President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986)
• Vespasian (9 to 79. Roman emperor from AD 69 to 79)
• Konstantin Chernenko (1911 to 1985. Leader of the Soviet Union from 1984 to 1985)
• D. H. Lawrence (1885 to 1930. English writer and poet (1885–1930))
• Theodor W. Adorno (1903 to 1969. German philosopher, sociologist, and theorist (1903–1969))
• Jessica Mitford (1917 to 1996. English-American writer and communist (1917–1996))
• Arvo Pärt (born 1935. Estonian composer (born 1935))
• William Luther Pierce (1933 to 2002. American neo-Nazi (1933–2002))
• Bear Bryant (1913 to 1983. American football coach (1913–1983))
• Alexander III of Scotland (1241 to 1286. King of Alba from 1249 to 1286)
• Herbert Lom (1917 to 2012. Czech actor (1917–2012))
• Kiko, Crown Princess of Japan (born 1966. Member of the Japanese imperial family (born 1966))
• Christine de Pizan (1363 to 1430. Italian-born French author (1364 – c. 1430))
• Hawley Harvey Crippen (1862 to 1910. American executed homeopath)
• Muhammad Akbar (Mughal prince) (1657 to 1706. Mughal prince (1657–1706))
• Betsy Drake (1923 to 2015. American actress, writer, and psychotherapist (1923–2015))
• Queen Paola of Belgium (born 1937. Queen of the Belgians from 1993 to 2013)
• Mark Pope (born 1972. American basketball player and coach (born 1972))
• Clive Lewis (politician) (born 1971. British Labour politician (born 1971))
• Ernő Goldfinger (1902 to 1987. Hungarian-born architect and furniture designer)
• Gherman Titov (1935 to 2000. Soviet cosmonaut (1935–2000))
• Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (1679 to 1729. Duke of Lorraine and Bar from 1690 to 1729)
• Al-Suyuti (1445 to 1505. Egyptian Islamic scholar (1445–1505))
• H. H. Kung (1881 to 1967. Chinese banker and politician (1880–1967))
• Queen Draga (1864 to 1903. Queen of Serbia from 1900 to 1903)
• Perry Anderson (born 1938. British historian (born 1938))
• Louise (1476 to 1531. Mother of Francis I, Regent of France)
• Daniyal Mirza (1572 to 1605. Mughal prince (1572–1605))
• Deirdre McCloskey (born 1942. American economist (born 1942))
• María de las Mercedes (1880 to 1904. Princess of Asturias (1880–1904))
• Serge Haroche (born 1944. French physicist, Nobel laureate (born 1944))
• Charles Geschke (1939 to 2021. American computer scientist and co-founder of Adobe (1939–2021))
• Pierre de Ronsard (1524 to 1585. French poet (1524–1585))
• John George (1525 to 1598. Elector of Brandenburg from 1571 to 1598)
• Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656 to 1693. Queen of Sweden from 1680 to 1693)
• Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1747 to 1837. German noble (1747–1837))
• Bertrand Bonello (born 1968. French filmmaker, composer, and actor (born 1968))
• Moby (born 1965. American musician (born 1965))
• Hiroshi Amano (born 1960. Japanese electronics engineer (born 1960))
• Charles Evers (1922 to 2020. American civil rights activist (1922–2020))
• James Jeans (1877 to 1946. English physicist, astronomer and mathematician (1877–1946))
• Jemma Simmons (born 1987. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. character)
• Eleanor of Lancaster (1318 to 1372. English noblewoman (1318–1372))
• William Boyce (composer) (1711 to 1779. English composer and organist (18th. c.))
• Eduard Hanslick (1825 to 1904. Austrian music critic (1825–1904))
• Friedrich Kuhlau (1786 to 1832. Danish composer)
• Minamoto no Yoriie (1182 to 1204. Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1202 to 1203)
• Herbert Stothart (1885 to 1949. American songwriter, arranger, conductor and composer (1885–1949))
• Frederick Funston (1865 to 1917. 19/20th-century United States Army general)
• Tom Cherones (1939 to 2026. American television director and producer (1939–2026))
• Yao Xiaotang (born 1998. Chinese singer)
• Jacinto Convit (1913 to 2014. Venezuelan physician and scientist)
• Joanna Baillie (1762 to 1851. Scottish poet and dramatist (1762–1851))
• Brian De Palma (born 1940. American film director (born 1940))
• Franz Ernst Neumann (1798 to 1895. German physicist and mineralogist (1798–1895))
• Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746 to 1822. Italian physicist, savant, man of letters, diplomat and historian of science)
• Émile Baudot (1845 to 1903. French telegraph engineer and inventor)
• Nicolai Abildgaard (1743 to 1809. Danish painter, sculptor and architect (1743–1809))

Died on September 11

• Mohammad Ali Jinnah (1876 to 1948. Founder and 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (1876–1948))
• Nikita Khrushchev (1894 to 1971. Leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964)
• Salvador Allende (1908 to 1973. President of Chile from 1970 to 1973)
• Alberto Fujimori (1938 to 2024. President of Peru from 1990 to 2000)
• Peter Tosh (1944 to 1987. Jamaican reggae musician (1944–1987))
• David Ricardo (1772 to 1823. British economist and politician (1772–1823))
• Jan Smuts (1870 to 1950. South African statesman and military officer (1870–1950))
• B. J. Habibie (1936 to 2019. President of Indonesia from 1998 to 1999)
• Jim Carroll (1949 to 2009. American author and musician (1949–2009))
• Abimael Guzmán (1934 to 2021. Peruvian Maoist terrorist leader (1934–2021))
• Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (1105 to 1161. Crusader ruler from 1131 to 1152)
• Mahadevi Varma (1907 to 1987. Indian writer and poet (1907–1987))
• Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927 to 2017. King of Malaysia (1970–1975; 2011–2016))
• Laszlo Toth (1938 to 2012. 1972 act of damage to a 15th-century sculpture)
• Maria Spiridonova (1884 to 1941. Russian revolutionary (1884–1941))
• Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811 to 1888. President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874)
• François Couperin (1668 to 1733. French composer (1668–1733))
• William Alwyn (1905 to 1985. English composer (1905–1985))
• Fred Ebb (1928 to 2004. American lyricist (1928–2004))
• Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596 to 1680. Emperor of Japan from 1611 to 1629)
• Béla I of Hungary (1016 to 1063. King of Hungary from 1060 to 1063)
• Roshanara Begum (1617 to 1671. Shahzadi of the Mughal Empire)
• Christian Rakovsky (1873 to 1941. Bulgarian-born Soviet diplomat (1873–1941))
• J. P. Donleavy (1926 to 2017. Novelist, playwright, essayist)
• Joachim Fest (1926 to 2006. German historian (1926–2006))
• Haakon VI (1340 to 1380. King of Norway from 1343 to 1380)
• Sajjad Zaheer (1905 to 1973. Indian Marxist writer (1899–1973))
• Juan Almeida Bosque (1927 to 2009. Cuban revolutionary and politician (1927–2009))
• Olga Kameneva (1883 to 1941. Russian Bolshevik revolutionary (1883–1941))
• Timothy Maude (1947 to 2001. United States Army general (1947–2001))

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