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September 7 birthdays

306 notable historical figures were born on September 7, and 176 died on this day. Everyone born on September 7 is a Virgo.

17% of September 7 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (80) than any other country.

Born on September 7

• Elizabeth I (1533 to 1603. Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603)
• Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1948 to 2022. President of the United Arab Emirates from 2004 to 2022)
• Baudouin of Belgium (1930 to 1993. King of the Belgians from 1951 to 1993)
• Elia Kazan (1909 to 2003. American director (1909–2003))
• John Paul Getty Jr. (1932 to 2003. British-American businessman and philanthropist (1932–2003))
• Abdurrahman Wahid (1940 to 2009. President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001)
• Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817 to 1898. Queen of Denmark from 1863 to 1898)
• Todor Zhivkov (1911 to 1998. Leader of Bulgaria from 1956 to 1989)
• Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836 to 1908. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908)
• Michael DeBakey (1908 to 2008. American surgeon and innovator (1908–2008))
• John William Polidori (1795 to 1821. English writer and physician (1795-1821))
• Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707 to 1788. French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist (1701–1788))
• Drew Weissman (born 1959. American physician and immunologist (born 1959))
• David Packard (1912 to 1996. American electrical engineer (1912–1996))
• Jennifer Egan (born 1962. Novelist, short story writer)
• August Kekulé (1829 to 1896. German organic chemist (1829–1896))
• NileRed (born 1991. Canadian YouTuber)
• Jacob Lawrence (1917 to 2000. American painter (1917–2000))
• LeRoi Moore (1961 to 2008. American musician (1961-2008))
• Abdou Diouf (born 1935. President of Senegal from 1981 to 2000)
• Owen Pallett (born 1979. Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist)
• François-André Danican Philidor (1726 to 1795. French composer and chess master (1726–1795))
• Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641 to 1680. Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military leader of Japan from 1651 to 1680)
• Maria Anna of Austria (1683 to 1754. Queen of Portugal from 1708 to 1750)
• Sisowath of Cambodia (1840 to 1927. King of Cambodia from 1904 to 1927)
• Buddy Holly (1936 to 1959. American musician (1936–1959))
• Simeon (1316 to 1353. Russian ruler (1317–1353))
• Francisco Varela (1946 to 2001. Chilean scientist and philosopher)
• Sunil Gangopadhyay (1934 to 2012. Indian poet and author (1934–2012))
• Francisco Guterres (1954 to 2026. President of East Timor from 2017 to 2022)
• Samuel Wilberforce (1805 to 1873. Bishop of Oxford, England (1805–1873))
• John Coolidge (1906 to 2000. American businessman (1906–2000))
• John Lambert (general) (1619 to 1684. English army officer and politician (1619–1683))
• Anthony Tata (born 1959. American novelist and government official (born 1959))
• Béhanzin (1844 to 1906. King of Dahomey from c. 1890 to c. 1894)
• Lee McGeorge Durrell (born 1949. American naturalist (born 1949))
• John McDouall Stuart (1815 to 1866. Scottish explorer (1815–1866))
• Sergey Kislyak (born 1950. Russian diplomat and politician (born 1950))
• Bose, Sugata (born 1956. Indian historian and politician)
• Leslie Hore-Belisha (1893 to 1957. British politician (1893–1957))
• Suzaku (923 to 952. Emperor of Japan from 930 to 946)
• John Cornforth (1917 to 2013. Australian-British chemist (1917–2013))
• Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (born 1811) (1811 to 1885. Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1811–1885))
• María Fernanda Espinosa (born 1964. Ecuadorian politician (born 1964))
• Efim Zelmanov (born 1955. Russian-American mathematician (born 1955))
• Omar Karami (1934 to 2015. Former Prime Minister of Lebanon)
• Daniel James III (1945 to 2017. United States Air Force general)
• Amit Saar (1978 to 2026. Israeli military intelligence officer (1978–2026))
• Elsie Effah Kaufmann (born 1969. Ghanaian academic and biomedical engineer)
• Evan Rachel Wood (born 1987. American actress (born 1987))
• Princess Blanca of Bourbon (1868 to 1949. Archduchess Leopold Salvator of Austria)
• Nalini Singh (author) (born 1977. New Zealand writer(born 1977))
• Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829 to 1887. American geologist and surgeon (1829–1887))
• Larry Kehres (born 1949. American football coach (born 1949))
• Al Sherman (1897 to 1973. American songwriter (1897–1973))
• Manuel Cardona (1934 to 2014. Spanish physicist (1934–2014))
• Carl Stiner (1936 to 2022. United States Army general (1936–2022))
• Emilio Castelar y Ripoll (1832 to 1899. 19th-century Spanish politician)
• Giovanni Maria Visconti (1388 to 1412. Duke of Milan (1388–1412))
• Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt (1857 to 1933. Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1904 to 1914)

Died on September 7

• Mobutu Sese Seko (1930 to 1997. President of DR Congo and Zaire from 1965 to 1997)
• Rama I (1737 to 1809. King of Siam from 1782 to 1809)
• Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113 to 1151. Count of Anjou (1129–1151), Duke of Normandy (1144–1151))
• Faisal I (1885 to 1933. King of Iraq from 1921 to 1933)
• Omar Ali Saifuddien III (1914 to 1986. Sultan of Brunei from 1950 to 1967)
• A. J. P. Taylor (1906 to 1990. English historian (1906–1990))
• Dokka Umarov (1964 to 2013. Chechen warlord and first emir of the Caucasus Emirate (1964–2013))
• Valeri Polyakov (1942 to 2022. Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1942–2022))
• William Holman Hunt (1827 to 1910. Pre-Raphaelite English artist (1827–1910))
• Maria Montez (1912 to 1951. Dominican actress (1912–1951))
• Candida Royalle (1950 to 2015. American pornographic filmmaker (1950–2015))
• John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 to 1892. American Quaker poet and abolitionist (1807–1892))
• Hamilton Fish (1808 to 1893. American politician (1808–1893))
• Joan of the Tower (1321 to 1362. Queen of Scotland from 1329 to 1362)
• Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (1535 to 1573. Infanta of Spain, Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Portugal)
• Uziel Gal (1923 to 2002. Israeli firearm designer (1923–2002))
• Ferdinand IV of Castile (1285 to 1312. King of Castile and León from 1295 to 1312)
• Sidney Lanier (1842 to 1881. American musician and poet (1842–1881))
• Nobuyuki Abe (1875 to 1953. Japanese general and prime minister (1875–1953))
• Frederick II the Gentle (1412 to 1464. Elector of Saxony from 1428 to 1464)
• Alfonso I (1073 to 1134. King of Aragon and Navarre from 1104 to 1134)
• Lucio Fontana (1899 to 1968. Italian painter)
• Blas de Lezo (1689 to 1741. Spanish admiral)
• Edwin McMillan (1907 to 1991. American physicist (1907–1991))
• Marcel Grossmann (1878 to 1936. Swiss-Hungarian mathematician (1878–1936))
• Otto Schmidt (1891 to 1956. Soviet scientist and statesman (1891–1956))
• John Compton (1925 to 2007. First Prime Minister of Saint Lucia)
• Robert Estienne (1503 to 1559. French printer (1503–1559))
• Emperor Xuánzong of Tang (810 to 859. Emperor of Tang China from 846 to 859)
• René Viviani (1863 to 1925. Prime Minister of France (1863–1925))

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