Events

1087 - John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1143)
1475 - Cesare Borgia, Italian aristocrat (d. 1507)
1502 - John Leland, English antiquarian (d. 1552)
1520 - William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English statesman (d. 1598)
1604 - William Brereton, English soldier and politician (d. 1661)
1739 - Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (d. 1791)
1766 - Samuel Wilson, possible namesake of Uncle Sam (d. 1854)
1775 - Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (d. 1868)
1802 - Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and writer (d. 1880)
1813 - John Sedgwick, American Civil War general (d. 1864)
1819 - Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (d. 1896)
1830 - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (d. 1916)
1842 - John H. Bankhead, U.S. Senator (d. 1920)
1851 - Walter Reed, American physician and biologist (d. 1902)
1857 - Michał Drzymała, Polish peasant rebel (d. 1937)
1857 - Milton S. Hershey, American confectioner (d. 1945)
1860 - John J. Pershing, American general (d. 1948)
1863 - Arthur Henderson, British politician and union leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1935)
1873 - Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician (d. 1950)
1874 - Henry Fountain Ashurst, American politician (d. 1962)
1874 - Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-born composer (d. 1951)
1876 - Sherwood Anderson, American writer (d. 1941)
1877 - Wilhelm Filchner, German explorer (d. 1957)
1877 - Stanley Lord, captain of the SS Californian the night of the Titanic disaster (d. 1962)
1882 - Ramón Grau, Cuban president (d. 1969)
1885 - Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian geometer (d. 1962)
1886 - Sir Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1975)
1886 - Amelie Beese, German aviator and sculptor. (d. 1925)
1887 - Lavoslav Ruzicka, Croatian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
1893 - Larry Shields, American musician (d. 1953)
1894 - J.B. Priestley, English playwright and novelist (d. 1984)
1894 - Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (d. 1953)
1895 - Morris Kirksey, American rugby player (d. 1981)
1899 - Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, leader of the Iron Guard (d. 1938)
1903 - Claudette Colbert, French-born actress (d. 1996)
1911 - Bill Monroe, American singer (d. 1996)
1916 - Roald Dahl, British writer (d. 1990)
1918 - Dick Haymes, Argentine vocalist (d. 1980)
1917 - Robert Ward, American composer
1922 - Charles Brown, American singer and pianist (d. 1999)
1923 - Edouard Boubat, French photographer (d. 1999)
1924 - Scott Brady, American film actor (d. 1985)
1924 - Maurice Jarre, French composer
1925 - Mel Tormé, American singer (d. 1999)
1926 - Emile Francis, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
1929 - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian opera singer (d. 2004)
1930 - Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, British printing millionaire
1931 - Barbara Bain, American actress
1933 - Eileen Fulton, American actress
1936 - Stefano Delle Chiaie, Italian neo-Nazi
1937 - Don Bluth, American animator
1938 - Judith Martin, American etiquette writer
1938 - John Smith, Labour Party Leader 1992 - 1994. (d. 1994)
1939 - Richard Kiel, American actor
1940 - Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1941 - Tadao Ando, Japanese architect
1941 - Ahmet Necdet Sezer, 10th President of Turkey
1941 - David Clayton-Thomas, Canadian singer (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1942 - Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, aka Iron Sheik, professional wrestler
1944 - Jacqueline Bisset, British actress
1944 - Peter Cetera, American musician (Chicago)
1945 - Noël Godin, Belgian humorist
1945 - Andres Küng, Swedish-Estonian politician, journalist (d. 2002)
1946 - Frank Marshall, American film producer
1948 - Nell Carter, American actress (d. 2003)
1948 - Dimitri Nanopoulos, Greek physicist
1949 - Fred Sonic Smith, American musician (MC5) (d. 1994)
1950 - Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Polish politician
1951 - Jean Smart, American actress
1951 - Linda Wong, Asian adult actress (d. 1987)
1952 - Randy Jones, American musician (The Village People)
1952 - Raymond O'Connor, American actor
1952 - Don Was, American singer
1955 - Joe Morris, American musician
1957 - John G. Trueschler, American politician.
1957 - Vinny Appice, American musician (Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven and Hell)
1960 - Greg Baldwin, American voiceover actor (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
1961 - Dave Mustaine, American musician (Megadeth)
1961 - KK Null, Japanese musician
1961 - Peter Roskam, Republican Congressman from Illinois
1962 - Tõnu Õnnepalu, Estonian poet and author
1965 - Zak Starkey, British musician
1965 - Annie Duke, American poker player
1966 - Maria Furtwängler, German physician
1967 - Michael Johnson, American athlete
1967 - Tim 'Ripper' Owens, American singer (Iced Earth, ex-Judas Priest)
1968 - Emma Sjöberg, Swedish model
1968 - Bernie Williams, Puerto Rican baseball player
1969 - Tyler Perry, American actor
1969 - Shane Warne, Australian cricketer
1970 - Louise Lombard, British actress
1970 - Jason Scott Sadofsky, American programmer
1970 - Yuki Matsuoka, Japanese voice actress
1971 - Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player
1971 - Manabu Namiki, Japanese composer
1971 - Stella McCartney, English fashion designer
1973 - Christine Arron, French runner
1973 - Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer
1973 - Kelly Chen, Chinese singer
1973 - Marcelinho Paulista, Brazilian footballer
1974 - Craig Rivet, Canadian ice hockey player
1974 - Keith Murray, American rapper
1974 - Éric Lapointe, Canadian football player
1975 - Joe Don Rooney, American musician (Rascal Flatts)
1975 - Akihiro Asai, Japanese racing driver
1976 - Giorgos Koltzos, Greek footballer
1976 - Craig McMillan, New Zealand cricketer
1976 - José Théodore, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Fiona Apple, American singer
1977 - Ivan De Battista, Maltese Actor, singer and composer
1977 - Daisuke Tsuda, Japanese singer (Maximum the Hormone)
1978 - Megan Henning, American actress
1978 - Darren Kenton, English footballer
1979 - Geike Arnaert, Belgian singer (Hooverphonic)
1979 - Ivan Miljković, Serbian volleyball player
1979 - Catalina Cruz, American Pornstar
1980 - Han Chae Young, South Korean actress
1980 - Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player
1980 - Evangelos Nastos, Greek footballer
1980 - Viren Rasquinha, Indian field hockey player
1980 - Ben Savage, American actor
1980 - Michelle Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run)
1980 - Teppei Teranishi, American guitarist (Thrice)
1981 - Koldo Fernández, Spanish cyclist
1981 - Angel Williams, Canadian wrestler
1982 - Nenê, Brazilian basketball player
1982 - Rickie Weeks, American baseball player
1982 - Miha Zupan, Slovenian basketball player
1983 - James Bourne, English musician
1986 - Kamui Kobayashi, Japanese racing driver
1986 - Sean Williams, American basketball player
1987 - Luke Fitzgerald, Irish rugby union International
1988 - Keith Treacy, Irish footballer Deaths

Roman festivals - epulum Iovis ("banquet of Jupiter"), on the Ides, during the Ludi Romani.
RC Saints - St John Chrysostom.
Also see September 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).