Anniversaries 19 September

Birth

William Robertson (historian)2

Scottish historian, minister of religion, and Principal of … 1721–1793

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux16

English barrister, politician, and Lord Chancellor of Great… 1778–1868

Генри Питер Брум1

1778–1868

Hartley Coleridge35

British poet, biographer, essayist, and teacher 1796–1849

Lajos Kossuth2

Hungarian politician 1802–1894

Orson Pratt15

Apostle of the LDS Church 1811–1881

William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme6

English industrialist, philanthropist, and politician 1851–1925

Ludwig von Bertalanffy65

austrian biologist and philosopher 1901–1972

Bergen Evans3

American lexicographer 1904–1978

Lewis F. Powell, Jr.6

American judge 1907–1998

Victor Frederick Weisskopf5

Austrian-born American theoretical physicist 1908–2002

Mika Waltari2

Finnish author 1908–1979

Neil H. Jacoby2

University professor and public servant 1909–1979

William Golding79

British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Lite… 1911–1993

Frances Farmer10

American actress 1913–1970

Hal Draper1

American activist 1914–1990

Paulo Freire115

educator and philosopher 1921–1997

Damon Knight9

American science fiction writer, editor and critic 1922–2002

Emil Zátopek5

Czech Olympic long-distance runner 1922–2000

Adam West4

American actor 1928–2017

Donald A. Schön3

American academic 1930–1997

Lloyd deMause20

American thinker 1931

Mike Royko1

American writer and newspaper columnist 1932–1997

Paul Williams (songwriter)15

American composer, singer, songwriter and actor 1940

Cass Elliot21

American singer 1941–1974

David D. Burns3

American psychiatrist 1942

J. Gordon Melton1

American scholar new religious movements 1942

Thomas H. Cook1

American writer 1947

Tanith Lee124

British writer 1947–2015

Jeremy Irons5

English actor 1948

Joan Lunden1

Television journalist 1950

Guy Consolmagno3

American Jesuit, Catholic Priest, research astronomer and p… 1952

Laurie R. King9

American novelist 1952

Mark Drakeford2

First Minister of Wales 1954

Mario Batali1

American chef, writer, restaurateur and media personality 1960

Alessandra Martines6

Italian dancer and actor 1963

Jarvis Cocker6

English musician, singer-songwriter, radio presenter and ed… 1963

Patrick Marber12

English comedian, actor and screenwriter 1964

Simon Singh4

British author 1964

Yvonne Vera2

Zimbabwean writer 1964–2005

Antonella Gambotto-Burke18

Australian author and journalist 1965

Heiko Maas2

German politician (SPD), federal minister for foreign affai… 1966

Ashot Nadanian5

chess player 1972

N. K. Jemisin54

American writer 1972

Hidetaka Miyazaki2

Japanese video game director 1974

Jimmy Fallon9

American TV Personality 1974

Kyle Cease7

American actor 1977

Nathan Larson (politician)1

American perennial candidate, pedophile and white supremaci… 1980–2022

Eamon (singer)17

American singer 1984

Kayla Barron1

American astronaut 1987

Death

James A. Garfield129

American politician, 20th President of the United States (i… 1831–1881

David Starr Jordan4

American ichthyologist and educator 1851–1931

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky10

Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astr… 1857–1935

Charles M. Schwab1

American capitalist and public official 1862–1939

Masaoka Shiki1

Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period … 1867–1902

Rudolf Rocker39

anarcho-syndicalist writer and activist 1873–1958

Étienne Gilson22

French historian and philosopher 1884–1978

Will Cuppy119

American writer 1884–1949

William F. Albright1

Orientalist, biblical scholar and archaeologist 1891–1971

David Low (cartoonist)6

British cartoonist 1891–1963

Eduard Pestel2

scholar 1914–1988

Kenneth E. Hagin1

American theologian 1917–2003

Vico Magistretti1

Italian architect 1920–2006

Jake LaMotta3

American boxer 1922–2017

Denis Norden4

British comedy scriptwriter and television presenter 1922–2018

Italo Calvino44

Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels 1923–1985

Hiroshi Yamauchi5

Japanese businessman 1927–2013

Joseph Fiorenza1

US Roman Catholic archbishop 1931–2022

Gianni Vattimo4

Italian philosopher, politician 1936–2023

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali6

Tunisian politician 1936–2019

Jackie Collins2

British-American novelist and writer 1937–2015

Rich Mullins30

American christian musician 1955–1997