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===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Andreas Embirikos]], Greek psychoanalyst and poet (d. 1975) * 1901 – [[Adolph Rupp]], American basketball player and coach (d. 1977)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Sept. 2: Eugenio Derbez, Mark Harmon |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/09/02/Famous-birthdays-for-Sept-2-Eugenio-Derbez-Mark-Harmon/4401661990691/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=31 August 2023 |date=2 September 2022}}</ref> *[[1904]] – [[August Jakobson]], Estonian author and politician (d. 1963) *[[1907]] – [[Pertev Naili Boratav]], Turkish author and educator (d. 1998) *[[1908]] – [[Ruth Bancroft]], American landscape and garden designer (d. 2017) *[[1910]] – [[Paul Saagpakk]], Estonian linguist, lexicographer, and academic (d. 1996) * 1910 – [[Donald Watson]], English activist, founded the Vegan Society (d. 2005) *[[1911]] – [[Romare Bearden]], American painter and author (d. 1988) * 1911 – [[William F. Harrah]], American businessman, founded [[Harrah's Entertainment]] (d. 1978) * 1911 – [[Lill Tschudi]], Swiss artist (d. 2004)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lill Tschudi (Biographical details) |url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=104931 |publisher=britishmuseum.org}}</ref> *[[1912]] – [[Ernest Bromley (cricketer)|Ernest Bromley]], Australian cricketer (d. 1967) *[[1913]] – [[Israel Gelfand]], Russian-American mathematician and biologist (d. 2009) * 1913 – [[Bill Shankly]], Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1981) *[[1915]] – [[Benjamin Aaron]], American lawyer and scholar (d. 2007) *[[1916]] – [[Ömer Lütfi Akad]], Turkish director and screenwriter (d. 2011) *[[1917]] – [[Laurindo Almeida]], Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (d. 1995) * 1917 – [[Cleveland Amory]], American author and critic (d. 1997) *[[1918]] – [[Allen Drury]], American journalist and author (d. 1998) *[[1919]] – [[Marge Champion]], American actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1919 – [[Lance Macklin]], English racing driver and businessman (d. 2002)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1406160/Lance-Macklin.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1406160/Lance-Macklin.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Lance Macklin |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date= 4 September 2002 |access-date=11 January 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Arthur Ashkin]], American physicist and [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2020) * 1922 – [[Leigh Kamman]], American radio host (d. 2014) *[[1923]] – [[René Thom]], French mathematician, biologist, and academic (d. 2002) * 1923 – [[Ramón Valdés]], Mexican actor and comedian (d. 1988) *[[1924]] – [[Daniel arap Moi]], Kenyan educator and politician, 2nd [[President of Kenya]] (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite book|author=Kiprono arap Kemei|title=This Man Moi – Professor of Politics or Manipulative Tyrant?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EGwwAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Pen-Works Press Services|page=17}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Hugo Montenegro]], American composer and conductor (d. 1981) *[[1927]] – [[Milo Hamilton]], American sportscaster (d. 2015) * 1927 – [[Francis Matthews (actor)|Francis Matthews]], English actor (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite news|last=Steven|first=Alasdair|title=Obituary: Francis Matthews, actor|work=The Scotsman|date=17 June 2014|access-date=2 September 2018|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-francis-matthews-actor-1-3446136|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|last=Gaughan|first=Gavin|title=Francis Matthews obituary|work=The Guardian|date=15 June 2014|access-date=2 September 2018|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jun/15/francis-matthews}}</ref> * 1927 – [[Alice Raftary]], American educator of blind adults (d. 2014)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-04-06 |title=Raftary |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55125682/raftary/ |access-date=2020-07-11 |work=Detroit Free Press |page=A23 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Jim Jordan (Canadian politician)|Jim Jordan]], Canadian educator and politician (d. 2012) * 1928 – [[Horace Silver]], American pianist and composer (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=Horace Silver obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/19/horace-silver |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 January 2022 |language=en |date=19 June 2014}}</ref> * 1928 – [[Mel Stuart]], American director and producer (d. 2012) *[[1929]] – [[Hal Ashby]], American actor, director, and producer (d. 1988) * 1929 – [[Beulah Bewley]], English physician and academic (d. 2018) * 1929 – [[Rex Hartwig]], Australian tennis player (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tribute: Remembering Rex Hartwig |url=https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2022/12/31/tribute-remembering-rex-hartwig |website=Tennis Australia |language=en-AU |date=31 December 2022}}</ref> * 1929 – [[Victor Spinetti]], Welsh actor and director (d. 2012) *[[1931]] – [[Clifford Jordan]], American saxophonist (d. 1993) * 1931 – [[Alan K. Simpson|Alan Simpson]], American politician, senator of Wyoming (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=March 14, 2025 |title=Alan K. Simpson, a Folksy Republican Force in the Senate, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/us/politics/alan-k-simpson-dead.html |access-date=March 18, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[Walter Davis Jr.]], American pianist (d. 1990) * 1932 – [[Arnold Greenberg (Snapple)|Arnold Greenberg]], American businessman, co-founded [[Snapple]] (d. 2012)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1933]] – [[Ed Conlin]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2012) * 1933 – [[Mathieu Kérékou]], Beninese soldier and politician, [[President of Benin]] (d. 2015) *[[1934]] – [[Hilla Becher]], German conceptual photographer (d. 2015) * 1934 – [[Sam Gooden]], American soul singer (d. 2022) * 1934 – [[Chuck McCann]], American actor and screenwriter (d. 2018) * 1934 – [[Grady Nutt]], American comedian, minister, and author (d. 1982) *[[1935]] – [[D. Wayne Lukas]], American horse trainer<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1936]] – [[Andrew Grove]], Hungarian-American businessman, engineer, and author (d. 2016) * 1936 – [[Károly Krajczár]], Hungarian-Slovene author and educator (d. 2018) *[[1937]] – [[Len Carlson]], Canadian voice actor (d. 2006) * 1937 – [[Peter Ueberroth]], American businessman *[[1938]] – [[Leonard Appleyard]], English diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to China|British Ambassador to China]] (d. 2020) * 1938 – [[Jimmy Clanton]], American pop singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1938 – [[Ernie Sigley]], Australian television host (d. 2021) *[[1941]] – [[Jyrki Otila]], Finnish economist and politician (d. 2003) * 1941 – [[Sadhana Shivdasani]], Indian actress (d. 2015) * 1941 – [[John Thompson (basketball)|John Thompson]], American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1943]] – [[Rosalind Ashford]], American singer<ref name="AP" /> * 1943 – [[Glen Sather]], Canadian ice hockey player and manager * 1943 – [[Joe Simon (musician)|Joe Simon]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2021) *[[1944]] – [[Janet Simpson]], English sprinter (d. 2010) *[[1946]] – [[Luis Ávalos]], Cuban-American actor (d. 2014) * 1946 – [[Mary Goudie, Baroness Goudie]], English humanitarian and politician * 1946 – [[Marty Grebb]], American keyboardist, guitarist, saxophonist, and music producer/arranger (d. 2020) * 1946 – [[Billy Preston]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2006) * 1946 – [[Walt Simonson]], American author and illustrator * 1946 – [[Dan White]], American assassin and politician (d. 1985) *[[1947]] – [[Louis Michel]], Belgian educator and politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Belgium)|Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] * 1947 – [[Jim Richards (racing driver)|Jim Richards]], New Zealand racing driver *[[1948]] – [[Nate Archibald]], American basketball player and coach<ref name="UPI" /> * 1948 – [[Terry Bradshaw]], American football player, sportscaster, and actor<ref name="UPI" /> * 1948 – [[Christa McAuliffe]], American educator and astronaut (d. 1986)<ref>{{cite web |title=Space Shuttle Challenger Fast Facts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/15/us/space-shuttle-challenger-fast-facts/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=16 September 2013 |access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Hans-Hermann Hoppe]], American economist and philosopher * 1949 – [[Moira Stuart]], British broadcaster *[[1950]] – [[Rosanna DeSoto]], American actress * 1950 – [[Michael Rother]], German guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter * 1950 – [[Tony Windsor]], Australian politician<ref name=pbio>{{cite NSW Parliament |title = Mr Antony Harold Curties Windsor (1950– ) |id=2065 |former=Yes |accessdate=13 May 2019}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Jim DeMint]], American politician * 1951 – [[Mark Harmon]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for September 2, 2022 includes celebrities Keanu Reeves, Salma Hayek |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-september-2-2022-includes-celebrities-keanu-reeves-salma-hayek.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |agency=Associated Press |access-date=31 August 2023 |date=2 September 2022}}</ref> * 1951 – [[Mik Kaminski]], English musician, rock violinist *[[1952]] – [[Jimmy Connors]], American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster<ref name="UPI" /> * 1952 – [[Mihhail Lotman]], Estonian linguist, scholar, and politician *[[1953]] – [[Maurice Colclough]], English rugby player (d. 2006) * 1953 – [[Ahmad Shah Massoud]], Afghan commander and politician, [[Ministry of Defense (Afghanistan)|Afghan Minister of Defense]] (d. 2001) * 1953 – [[John Zorn]], American saxophonist, composer, and producer *[[1954]] – [[Billi Gordon]], American neuroscientist, author, and actor. (d. 2018) * 1954 – [[Gai Waterhouse]], Scottish-Australian horse trainer and businesswoman * 1954 – [[Andrej Babiš]], Czech politician, [[Prime Minister of the Czech Republic]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vlada.cz/en/clenove-vlady/andrej-babis-115426 |title=Curriculum Vitae on Government}}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[Linda Purl]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1956]] – [[Mario Tremblay]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach *[[1957]] – [[Tony Alva]], American skateboarder and bass player * 1957 – [[Steve Porcaro]], American keyboard player and songwriter *[[1958]] – [[Lynne Kosky]], Australian social worker and politician (d. 2014) *[[1959]] – [[Drungo Hazewood]], American baseball player (d. 2013) * 1959 – [[Guy Laliberté]], Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and poker player, founded [[Cirque du Soleil]]<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1960]] – [[Eric Dickerson]], American football player and sportscaster<ref name="UPI" /> * 1960 – [[Kristin Halvorsen]], Norwegian politician, [[Minister of Finance (Norway)|Norwegian Minister of Finance]] * 1960 – [[Rex Hudler]], American baseball player and sportscaster *[[1961]] – [[Eugenio Derbez]], Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="UPI" /> * 1961 – [[Carlos Valderrama]], Colombian footballer and manager * 1961 – [[Ron Wasserman]], American singer-songwriter and producer *[[1962]] – [[Alonso Lujambio]], Mexican academic and politician (d. 2012) * 1962 – [[Prachya Pinkaew]], Thai director, producer, and screenwriter * 1962 – [[Tracy Smothers]], American wrestler (d. 2020) * 1962 – [[Keir Starmer]], English lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] *[[1963]] – [[Sam Mitchell (basketball)|Sam Mitchell]], American basketball player and coach *[[1964]] – [[Andrea Illy]], Italian businessman * 1964 – [[Keanu Reeves]], Canadian actor, singer, and producer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1965]] – [[Lennox Lewis]], English-Canadian boxer * 1965 – [[Partho Sen-Gupta]], Indian director and screenwriter *[[1966]] – [[Dino Cazares]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer * 1966 – [[Massimo Cuttitta]], Italian rugby player and coach * 1966 – [[Salma Hayek]], Mexican-American actress, director, and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1966 – [[Olivier Panis]], French racing driver<ref>{{cite book|author=Francois-Michel Gregoire|title=Who Works in Formula One 2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B1ErRfjy4I0C&pg=PA89|date=April 2006|publisher=Who Works Sports Publications|isbn=978-1-901711-42-4|page=89}}</ref> * 1966 – [[Tuc Watkins]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1967]] – [[Frank Fontsere]], American drummer and songwriter * 1967 – [[Andreas Möller]], German footballer and manager *[[1968]] – [[Cynthia Watros]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> *1968 – [[Francisco Acevedo]], American serial killer<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dani-hendrix.medium.com/three-women-strangled-to-death-in-the-streets-of-new-york-by-francisco-acevedo-7075f0ae3716 | title=Three women strangled to death in the streets of New York by Francisco Acevedo | date=21 August 2023 }}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Laurence Brihaye]], Belgian rhythmic gymnast<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Laurence Brihaye |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/28098 |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref> *1969 – [[K-Ci (singer)|K-Ci]], American R&B singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1969 – [[Stéphane Matteau]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1971]] – [[Kjetil André Aamodt]], Norwegian skier * 1971 – [[Pawan Kalyan]], Indian actor politician * 1971 – [[Tommy Maddox]], American football player and coach * 1971 – [[César Sánchez]], Spanish footballer * 1971 – [[Tom Steels]], Belgian cyclist * 1971 – [[Katt Williams]], American comedian and actor<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1972]] – [[Robert Coles (golfer)|Robert Coles]], English golfer *[[1973]] – [[Jason Blake (ice hockey)|Jason Blake]], American ice hockey player * 1973 – [[Indika de Saram]], Sri Lankan cricketer * 1973 – [[Matthew Dunn (swimmer)|Matthew Dunn]], Australian swimmer * 1973 – [[Nicholas Pinnock]], English actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1973 – [[Sudeep]], Indian actor, filmmaker and television presenter *[[1974]] – [[Sami Salo]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sami Salo |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/sami-salo-8465202 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Jill Janus]], American singer (d. 2018) * 1975 – [[MC Chris]], American rapper, actor, and screenwriter * 1975 – [[Tony Thompson (singer)|Tony Thompson]], American singer (d. 2007)<ref name="obi WTH">{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/wacotrib/name/tony-thompson-obituary?id=29639896|title=Tony Thompson Obituary|date=June 7, 2007|accessdate=August 28, 2022|publisher=Waco Tribune-Herald}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Syleena Johnson]], American R&B and soul singer-songwriter and actress * 1976 – [[Aziz Zakari]], Ghanaian sprinter *[[1977]] – [[Tiffany Hines]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1977 – [[Frédéric Kanouté]], Malian footballer * 1977 – [[Sam Rivers (bassist)|Sam Rivers]], American musician<ref name="AP" /> *[[1979]] – [[Tomer Ben Yosef]], Israeli footballer * 1979 – [[Jonathan Kite]], American actor and comedian<ref name="AP" /> * 1979 – [[Brian Westbrook]], American football player *[[1980]] – [[Dany Sabourin]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1980 – [[Danny Shittu]], Nigerian footballer * 1980 – [[Hiroki Yoshimoto]], Japanese race car driver *[[1981]] – [[Fariborz Kamkari]], Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter * 1981 – [[Jennifer Hopkins]], American tennis player * 1981 – [[Chris Tremlett]], English cricketer *[[1982]] – [[Joey Barton]], English footballer * 1982 – [[Jason Hammel]], American baseball player * 1982 – [[Mark Phillips (footballer)|Mark Phillips]], English footballer *[[1983]] – [[Rich Boy]], American rapper and producer * 1983 – [[Mark Foster (rugby union)|Mark Foster]], English rugby player *[[1984]] – [[Jack Peñate]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1985]] – [[Keith Galloway]], Australian rugby league player * 1985 – [[Allison Miller]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1986]] – [[Gélson Fernandes]], Swiss footballer * 1986 – [[Kyle Hines]], American basketball player *[[1987]] – [[Scott Moir]], Canadian ice dancer * 1987 – [[Spencer Smith (musician)|Spencer Smith]], American musician<ref name="AP" /> *[[1988]] – [[Keisuke Kato]], Japanese actor and singer * 1988 – [[Javi Martínez]], Spanish footballer * 1988 – [[Ibrahim Šehić]], Bosnian footballer * 1988 – [[Ishant Sharma]], Indian cricketer * 1988 – [[Ishmeet Singh]], Indian singer (d. 2008) *[[1989]] – [[Marcus Morris (basketball)|Marcus Morris]], American basketball player * 1989 – [[Markieff Morris]], American basketball player * 1989 – [[Alexandre Pato]], Brazilian footballer * 1989 – [[Zedd]], Russian-German record producer, DJ, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1990]] – [[Marcus Ericsson]], Swedish race car driver * 1990 – [[Shayla Worley]], American gymnast *[[1991]] – [[Christian Bethancourt]], Panamanian baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Christian Bethancourt |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/christian-bethancourt-542194 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Mareks Mejeris]], Latvian basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/mareks-mejeris-1.html|title=Mareks Mejeris International Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Gyasi Zardes]], American footballer *[[1992]] – [[Xenia Knoll]], Swiss tennis player * 1992 – [[Nenad Lukić (footballer, born 1992)|Nenad Lukić]], Serbian footballer * 1992 – [[Alberto Masi]], Italian footballer * 1992 – [[Emiliano Martínez]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Emiliano Martínez |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4245/Emiliano-Mart%C3%ADnez/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=30 August 2020}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Tom Anderson (footballer, born 1993)|Tom Anderson]], English footballer * 1993 – [[Zaza Nadiradze]], Georgian sprint canoeist<ref>{{cite web|title=Zaza Nadiradze|url=https://www.olympic.org/zaza-nadiradze|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=17 June 2020}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Robert Rooba]], Estonian ice hockey player *[[1994]] – [[Kishen Velani]], English cricketer *[[1995]] – [[Willy Adames]], Dominican baseball player * 1995 – [[Aleksander Barkov]], Russian-Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Aleksander Barkov |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/aleksander-barkov-8477493 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref> * 1995 – [[İbrahim Demir]], Turkish footballer * 1995 – [[Deimantas Petravičius]], Lithuanian footballer *[[1996]] – [[Austin Abrams]], American actor<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1997]] – [[645AR]], American rapper<ref>{{Cite news |title=About 645AR |work=HotNewHipHop |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/profile/645ar |access-date=January 5, 2023}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Brandon Ingram]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandon Ingram |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1627742/brandon-ingram |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Nickeil Alexander-Walker]], Canadian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nickeil Alexander-Walker |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629638/nickeil-alexander-walker |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref> * 1998 – [[Choi Ye-bin]], South Korean actress<ref>{{cite web |title=최예빈 > stars {{!}} 제이와이드컴퍼니 – J,WIDE-COMPANY |url=http://www.jwide.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=21&wr_id=36 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417125721/http://www.jwide.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=21&wr_id=36 |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |access-date=April 13, 2021 |website=J,WIDE-COMPANY |language=ko}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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