On this day · Virgo

September 21 birthdays

351 notable historical figures were born on September 21, and 185 died on this day. Everyone born on September 21 is a Virgo.

19% of September 21 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (82) than any other country.

Born on September 21

• Bill Murray (born 1950. American actor and comedian (born 1950))
• Stephen King (born 1947. American author (born 1947))
• Shinzo Abe (1954 to 2022. Prime Minister of Japan (2006–2007; 2012–2020))
• Leonard Cohen (1934 to 2016. Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (1934–2016))
• H. G. Wells (1866 to 1946. English writer (1866–1946))
• Kwame Nkrumah (1909 to 1972. Ghanaian politician (1909–1972))
• Abdul Hamid II (1842 to 1918. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1909)
• Kevin Rudd (born 1957. Prime Minister of Australia (2007–2010; 2013))
• Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (born 1988. Pakistani politician (born 1988))
• Girolamo Savonarola (1452 to 1498. De facto ruler of Florence from 1494 to 1498; Dominican friar and reformer)
• Lindsey Stirling (born 1986. American musician (born 1986))
• Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640 to 1701. French prince (1640–1701))
• Billy Porter (born 1969. American actor and singer (born 1969))
• Richard of York (1411 to 1460. English nobleman (1411–1460))
• Gustav Holst (1874 to 1934. English composer (1874–1934))
• Frederick III (1415 to 1493. Holy Roman Emperor from 1452 to 1493)
• Henry Gibson (1935 to 2009. American actor (1935–2009))
• Hari Singh (1895 to 1961. Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir from 1925 to 1952)
• Noor Jehan (1926 to 2000. Pakistani singer and actress (1926–2000))
• Murad V (1840 to 1904. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire in 1876)
• Edgars Rinkēvičs (born 1973. President of Latvia since 2023)
• Henry L. Stimson (1867 to 1950. American politician (1867–1950))
• Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845 to 1923. Last crown prince of Hanover)
• Cass Sunstein (born 1954. American legal scholar (born 1954))
• Nechirvan Barzani (born 1966. President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (born 1976))
• Dipika Pallikal (born 1991. Indian squash player)
• Amir Tataloo (born 1983. Iranian singer (born 1987))
• Bernard Williams (1929 to 2003. English philosopher (1929–2003))
• David W. Allvin (born 1963. 23rd Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force)
• Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853 to 1926. Dutch physicist (1853–1926))
• Jingtai (1428 to 1457. Emperor of China from 1449 to 1457)
• Gauthier Destenay (born 1979. Belgian architect)
• Jorge Drexler (born 1964. Uruguayan musician)
• Momir Bulatović (1956 to 2019. First President of the Republic of Montenegro (1992–1998))
• Kikuo (musician) (born 1988. Japanese musician)
• Frederick I (1371 to 1440. Elector of Bradenburg from 1415 to 1440)
• Syukuro Manabe (born 1931. Japanese–American meteorologist and climatologist)
• Princess Louise d'Artois (1819 to 1864. Duchess of Parma and Piacenza from 1849 to 1854)
• Mario Bunge (1919 to 2020. Argentine-Canadian philosopher (1919–2020))
• Louis Jolliet (1645 to 1700. Explorer of North America (1645–1700))
• Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans (1848 to 1919. Countess of Paris (1848–1919))
• Philip M. Breedlove (born 1955. US Air Force general (born 1955))
• Charles Clarke (born 1950. British Labour politician)
• Learie Constantine (1901 to 1971. West Indian cricketer and politician)
• Juan de la Cierva (1895 to 1936. Spanish engineer and count (1895–1936))
• Sascha Schneider (1870 to 1927. German artist (1870–1927))
• Kareena Kapoor (born 1980. Indian actress (born 1980))
• Peter van Inwagen (born 1942. American philosopher (born 1942))
• Natalia Gavrilița (born 1977. Prime Minister of Moldova from 2021 to 2023)
• Bertha of Savoy (1051 to 1087. Holy Roman Empress from 1084 to 1087)
• Yakov Sinai (born 1935. Russian–American mathematician (born 1935))
• Fazlur Rahman Malik (1919 to 1988. Pakistani modernist Islamic scholar and reformer)
• Allen Lane (1902 to 1970. British publisher (1902–1970))
• Gurajada Apparao (1862 to 1915. Indian writer and poet (1862–1915))
• Mamoru Samuragochi (born 1963. Japanese composer)
• Raquel Arbaje (born 1970. First Lady of the Dominican Republic, businesswoman and writer (born 1970))
• Toyen (1902 to 1980. Czech painter (1902–1980))
• Francesc Macià (1859 to 1933. Catalan politician (1859–1933))
• Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg (1706 to 1735. Queen of Sardinia from 1730 to 1735)
• Liam Gallagher (born 1972. English singer-songwriter (born 1972))

Died on September 21

• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500 to 1558. Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556)
• Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 to 1860. German philosopher (1788–1860))
• Edward II (1284 to 1327. King of England from 1307 to 1327)
• Walter Scott (1771 to 1832. Scottish novelist (1771–1832))
• Jaco Pastorius (1951 to 1987. American jazz bassist (1951–1987))
• Haakon VII (1872 to 1957. King of Norway from 1905 to 1957)
• Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 to 1375. Italian author and poet (1313–1375))
• Hong Taiji (1592 to 1643. Founding emperor of the Qing dynasty)
• Paul Reynaud (1878 to 1966. French politician and lawyer (1878–1966))
• Aetius (390 to 454. Roman general and statesman (c. 390 – 454))
• Gerolamo Cardano (1501 to 1576. Italian Renaissance polymath (1501–1576))
• Princess Marie (1882 to 1962. French writer, psychoanalyst, and Princess of Greece and Denmark (1882–1962))
• Jacqueline Susann (1918 to 1974. American novelist and actress (1918–1974))
• Kenji Miyazawa (1896 to 1933. Japanese writer (1896–1933))
• Leonid Rogozov (1934 to 2000. Russian doctor who performed an auto-appendectomy (1934–2000))
• Charles Calvin Rogers (1929 to 1990. United States Army general (1929–1990))
• Wajid Ali Shah (1822 to 1887. Nawab of Awadh from 1847 to 1856)
• Sawai Jai Singh (1688 to 1743. Maharaja of Amber (1688–1743))
• Arthur Ashkin (1922 to 2020. American physicist (1922–2020))
• Asaf-ud-Daula (1748 to 1797. Mughal and British era nobleman, Wazir (Minister) of the Nawab of Awadh (1748–1797))
• Trần Đại Quang (1956 to 2018. President of Vietnam from 2016 to 2018)
• Petar Stambolić (1912 to 2007. Yugoslav communist politician (1912–2007))
• Armand Călinescu (1893 to 1939. Prime Minister of Romania in 1939)
• Ernest Cassel (1852 to 1921. British businessman (1852–1921))
• Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826 to 1875. German princess and writer)
• Ahmed Urabi (1841 to 1911. Prime Minister of Egypt (1882))
• Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (1935 to 2021. Egyptian Field marshal and former statesman (1935–2021))
• Otto William (958 to 1026. Count of Burgundy (c. 958 – 1026))
• Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916 to 2008. President of Sri Lanka from 1993 to 1994)
• Sophia of Halshany (1405 to 1461. Queen of Poland from 1422 to 1434)

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