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September 5 birthdays

273 notable historical figures were born on September 5, and 171 died on this day. Everyone born on September 5 is a Virgo.

19% of September 5 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (53) than any other country.

Born on September 5

• Freddie Mercury (1946 to 1991. British rock musician (1946–1991))
• Louis XIV (1638 to 1715. King of France from 1643 to 1715)
• Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888 to 1975. President of India from 1962 to 1967)
• John Cage (1912 to 1992. American avant-garde composer (1912–1992))
• Abu Hanifa (699 to 767. Muslim scholar, jurist, and theologian (699–767))
• Arthur Koestler (1905 to 1983. Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983))
• Louis VIII of France (1187 to 1226. King of France from 1223 to 1226)
• Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857 to 1935. Russian scientist (1857–1935))
• Jennifer Geerlings-Simons (born 1953. President of Suriname since 2025)
• Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771 to 1847. Austrian archduke and general (1771–1847))
• Irshad Kamil (born 1971. Indian songwriter)
• Amy Beach (1867 to 1944. American composer and pianist (1867–1944))
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 to 1864. German-born opera composer (1791–1864))
• Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah (born 1952. Prime Minister of Kuwait since 2024)
• Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (1931 to 2026. Malaysian philosopher (1931–2026))
• Peter IV (1319 to 1387. King of Aragon from 1336 to 1387)
• Cornelius Vanderbilt III (1873 to 1942. American military officer and engineer)
• Raquel Welch (1940 to 2023. American actress and model (1940–2023))
• Christoph Graf (born 1961. 35th Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard)
• Werner Herzog (born 1942. German director, producer, screenwriter (born 1942))
• Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933 to 1981. Iranian Islamic cleric and politician (1933–1981))
• Andriyan Nikolayev (1929 to 2004. Soviet cosmonaut (1929–2004))
• Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722 to 1763. Elector of Saxony in 1763)
• Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield (1664 to 1718. Illegitimate daughter of King Charles II of England)
• Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1919–2010) (1919 to 2010. Austrian Archduke (1919–2010))
• John Dalgleish Donaldson (1941 to 2026. Scottish-Australian academic (1941–2026))
• Tena Štivičić (born 1977. Croatian playwright)
• Bukayo Saka (born 2001. English footballer (born 2001))
• Michael Keaton (born 1951. American actor (born 1951))
• Viktor Ambartsumian (1908 to 1996. Soviet Armenian astrophysicist (1908–1996))
• Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria (1860 to 1933. Habsburg admiral and noble (1860–1933))
• Hongguang Emperor (1607 to 1646. Southern Ming Emperor from 1644 to 1645)
• William Friese-Greene (1855 to 1921. British photographer and inventor (1855–1921))
• Nicanor Parra (1914 to 2018. Chilean poet and physicist (1914–2018))
• Christoph Martin Wieland (1733 to 1813. German poet and writer (1733–1813))
• Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704 to 1788. French painter (1704–1788))
• Eugen Goldstein (1850 to 1930. German physicist (1850–1930))
• Waldemar Pawlak (born 1959. 43rd and 45th Prime Minister of Poland (1992; 1993–1995))
• Lalla Abla bint Tahar (1909 to 1992. Princess consort of Morocco)
• Alix, Duchess of Brittany (1200 to 1221. Duchess of Brittany from 1203 to 1221)
• Martin Odersky (born 1958. German computer scientist and professor (born 1958))
• Goffredo Mameli (1827 to 1849. Italian poet and writer (1827–1849))
• Eddy Goldfarb (born 1921. American toy inventor (born 1921))
• Mario Scelba (1901 to 1991. Italian politician (1901–1991))
• Bob Newhart (1929 to 2024. American comedian and actor (1929–2024))
• Mikhail Eisenstein (1867 to 1920. Russian architect and civil engineer)
• Edoardo Amaldi (1908 to 1989. Italian physicist (1908–1989))
• Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1864 to 1913. Ukrainian author (1864–1913))
• Barry Domvile (1878 to 1971. Royal Navy Admiral and Nazi sympathiser (1878–1971))
• Laxminarayan Ramdas (1933 to 2024. Indian admiral (1933–2024))
• Robert Fergusson (1750 to 1774. Scottish poet and writer)
• Rose McGowan (born 1973. American actress and activist (born 1973))
• Orna Barbivai (born 1962. 1st Female Maj. Gen. in Israeli Army)
• Ibrahim El-Salahi (born 1930. Sudanese visual artist and former public servant)
• Joaquín Nin-Culmell (1908 to 2004. Cuban-Spanish composer, concert pianist and emeritus professor of music)
• François Joseph Westermann (1751 to 1794. French general and political figure)
• Robert H. Dennard (1932 to 2024. American electrical engineer (1932–2024))
• Paul Dietzel (1924 to 2013. American football player, coach, and administrator (1924–2013))
• Mu. Metha (born 1945. Indian poet (born 1945))
• René Grousset (1885 to 1952. French historian and curator)

Died on September 5

• Mother Teresa (1910 to 1997. Albanian-Indian Catholic saint (1910–1997))
• James II of England (1633 to 1701. King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1685 to 1688)
• Catherine Parr (1512 to 1548. Queen of England and Ireland from 1543 to 1547)
• Auguste Comte (1798 to 1857. French philosopher, mathematician and sociologist (1798–1857))
• Ludwig Boltzmann (1844 to 1906. Austrian mathematician and theoretical physicist (1844–1906))
• Sérgio Mendes (1941 to 2024. Brazilian musician (1941–2024))
• Ali al-Rida (770 to 818. Eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766–818))
• Mohammad Shah Qajar (1808 to 1848. Shah of Iran from 1834 to 1848)
• Georg Solti (1912 to 1997. Hungarian-British conductor (1912–1997))
• Rudolf Virchow (1821 to 1902. German doctor and polymath (1821–1902))
• Pyotr Stolypin (1862 to 1911. Prime Minister of the Russian Empire from 1906 to 1911)
• Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845 to 1912. American general (1845–1912))
• Anne of Kiev (1025 to 1075. Queen of France from 1051 to 1060)
• Fritz Leiber (1910 to 1992. American fantasy, horror, and SF writer (1910–1992))
• Carlo M. Cipolla (1922 to 2000. Italian economic historian (1922–2000))
• Alan Clark (1928 to 1999. British politician and author (1928–1999))
• Sajida Sultan (1915 to 1995. Nawab Begum of Bhopal)
• Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890 to 1964. American labor leader and feminist (1890–1964))
• Charles Péguy (1873 to 1914. French poet, essayist, and editor (1873–1914))
• Richard C. Tolman (1881 to 1948. American physicist (1881–1948))
• Prince William of Hesse-Kassel (1787 to 1867. European aristocrat (1787–1867))
• Adam Malik (1917 to 1984. Vice President of Indonesia from 1978 to 1983)
• Boniface I (370 to 422. Head of the Catholic Church from 418 to 422)
• Princess Milica of Montenegro (1866 to 1951. Grand Duchess Militza Nikolaevna of Russia)
• Emperor Ming of Han (28 to 75. Emperor of China from 57 to 75 AD)
• Constance, Duchess of Brittany (1161 to 1201. Duchess of Brittany from 1166 to 1201)
• Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920 to 2017. Dutch–American physicist (1920–2017))
• Emperor Nijō (1143 to 1165. Emperor of Japan from 1158 to 1165)
• Ruth Weiss (writer) (1924 to 2025. German-born South African writer (1924–2025))
• Sharad Joshi (1931 to 1991. Indian poet and writer (1931–1991))

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