Famous people born on 12 September

• Irène Joliot-CurieFrench chemist and physicist · 1897–1956
  58 yrs
• Stanisław LemPolish science fiction author, philosopher and futurologist, studied medical doctor · 1921–2006
  84 yrs
• Paul WalkerAmerican actor · 1973–2013
  40 yrs
• Jesse OwensAmerican track and field athlete · 1913–1980
  66 yrs
• H. H. AsquithBritish politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916 · 1852–1928
  75 yrs
• Louis VIII of FranceKing of France 1223-1226 · 1187–1226
  39 yrs
• Juscelino KubitschekPresident of Brazil from 1956 to 1961 · 1902–1976
  73 yrs
• Maurice ChevalierFrench singer, actor, and entertainer · 1888–1972
  83 yrs
• H. L. Mencken ↗American journalist and writer · 1880–1956
  75 yrs
• Ian Holm ↗British actor · 1931–2020
  88 yrs
• Amílcar Cabral ↗Guinea-Bissauan and Cape Verdean politician · 1924–1973
  48 yrs
• Barry White ↗American soul singer · 1944–2003
  58 yrs
• Girolamo Frescobaldi ↗Italian composer · 1583–1643
  59 yrs
• Leslie Cheung ↗Hong Kong singer and actor · 1956–2003
  46 yrs
• Amadeus VIII of Savoy ↗Antipope 1439 to 1449, count of Savoy · 1383–1451
  67 yrs
• George Jones ↗American country musician · 1931–2013
  81 yrs
• Yoshio Kikugawa ↗Japanese association football player and manager · 1944–2022
  78 yrs
• Diane de Poitiers ↗French noblewoman and courtier · 1499–1566
  66 yrs
• Ansgar ↗Missionary to Denmark and later Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen · AD 801–865
  63 yrs
• Vincenzo Scamozzi ↗16th century Italian architect · 1548–1616
  67 yrs
• Ali al-Hadi ↗Tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams · AD 829–868
  38 yrs
• Desmond Llewelyn ↗British actor · 1914–1999
  85 yrs
• Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev ↗President of Chechnya · 1952–2004
  51 yrs
• Arthur Auwers ↗German astronomer · 1838–1915
  76 yrs
• Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville ↗French zoologist and anatomist · 1777–1850
  72 yrs
• Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse ↗Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1877 to 1892 · 1837–1892
  54 yrs
• Anselm Feuerbach ↗German painter · 1829–1880
  50 yrs

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