Anniversaries 4 September

Birth

Tommaso Campanella3

Italian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet 1568–1639

Robert South8

English theologian 1634–1716

François-René de Chateaubriand28

French writer, politician, diplomat and historian 1768–1848

Phoebe Cary4

American writer 1824–1871

Anton Bruckner1

Austrian composer 1824–1896

Dadabhai Naoroji15

Indian politician 1825–1917

Daniel Burnham2

American architect and urban designer 1846–1912

Eugene M. Kulischer11

American sociologist 1881–1956

Fritz Todt7

German engineer and senior Nazi figure 1891–1942

Darius Milhaud1

French composer and teacher 1892–1974

Antonin Artaud44

French-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre direc… 1896–1948

Gus Arnheim4

American musician 1897–1955

Mary Renault31

English novelist 1905–1983

Max Delbrück4

biophysicist 1906–1981

Richard Wright130

African-American writer 1908–1960

Henry Ford II1

American automotive industry executive; longtime president,… 1917–1987

Paul Harvey12

American broadcaster 1918–2009

Craig Claiborne2

Journalist and book author 1920–2000

Joan Aiken1

English fiction writer 1924–2004

Forrest Carter4

Political speechwriter, politician, novelist, memoirist 1925–1979

Ivan Illich66

austrian philosopher and theologist 1926–2002

John McCarthy12

American computer scientist and cognitive scientist 1927–2011

Jan Švankmajer1

Czech animator, photographer and director 1934

Dallas Willard14

American philosopher 1935–2013

Judea Pearl9

Computer scientist 1936

Brian Swimme12

American cosmologist 1950

Bernard Kerik2

American police chief 1955

Blackie Lawless7

musician, songwriter and actor 1956

Karl Schroeder25

Author. Technology consultant 1962

Anthony Weiner14

American politician 1964

L. J. Smith1

American author 1965

L.J. Smith182

American author 1965

John DiMaggio1

American voice actor and comedian 1968

Pat Neshek1

American baseball player 1980

Beyoncé2

American singer, songwriter and actress 1981

José Baroja209

Chilean author and editor 1983

James Bay7

British singer-songwriter 1990

Death

Ali al-Rida24

eighth of the Twelve Imams 770–818

John Ogilby121

Scottish academic 1600–1676

George Robert Sims1

English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist 1847–1922

Herbert N. Casson20

Canadian journalist and writer 1869–1951

Albert Schweitzer126

French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosoph… 1875–1965

Charles D. B. King1

President of Liberia 1875–1961

Herbert Dingle9

British astronomer 1890–1978

Jean Rostand3

French writer 1894–1977

Henri de Lubac16

Jesuit theologian and cardinal 1896–1991

Irene Dunne50

American actress 1898–1990

Ronald Syme7

New Zealand-born historian and classicist 1903–1989

Georges Simenon7

Belgian writer 1903–1989

E. F. Schumacher16

British economist 1911–1977

Kenneth R. Andrews12

Business scholar 1916–2005

Béla H. Bánáthy15

Hungarian linguist and systems scientist 1919–2003

William Kunstler2

American lawyer and civil rights activist 1919–1995

Walter Kaufmann7

American philosopher 1921–1980

Claus Moser, Baron Moser2

British statistician and Civil Servant 1922–2015

Paul Conrad8

German theologian 1924–2010

Wolfhart Pannenberg2

German theologian 1928–2014

Keith Waterhouse6

British writer 1929–2009

Dottie West2

American country music singer 1932–1991

Jeffrey Bernard8

British journalist 1932–1997

Joan Rivers29

American comedian, actress, and television host 1933–2014

Steve Irwin11

Australian environmentalist and television personality 1962–2006