Famous people born on 13 September

• Roald DahlBritish writer and poet · 1916–1990
  74 yrs
• Claudette ColbertAmerican actress · 1903–1996
  92 yrs
• Arnold SchoenbergAustrian-Jewish American composer · 1874–1951
  76 yrs
• Clara SchumannGerman musician and composer · 1819–1896
  76 yrs
• Marie von Ebner-EschenbachAustrian writer · 1830–1916
  85 yrs
• Sherwood Anderson ↗American writer · 1876–1941
  64 yrs
• Leopold Ružička ↗Croatian scientist · 1887–1976
  89 yrs
• Maurice Jarre ↗French composer and conductor · 1924–2009
  84 yrs
• Richard Kiel ↗American actor · 1939–2014
  74 yrs
• John J. Pershing ↗United States Army general in World War I · 1860–1948
  87 yrs
• Robert Robinson ↗English chemist · 1886–1975
  88 yrs
• Arthur Henderson ↗British politician · 1863–1935
  72 yrs
• Julian Tuwim ↗Polish poet · 1894–1953
  59 yrs
• Kevin Carter ↗South African photojournalist · 1960–1994
  33 yrs
• Tadao Horie ↗Japanese association football player · 1913–2003
  89 yrs
• Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya ↗Soviet resistance member of World War II and Heroine of the Soviet Union · 1923–1941
  18 yrs
• Shigeharu Ueki ↗Japanese association football player and manager · 1954–2024
  69 yrs
• Hans Christian Gram ↗Danish scientist · 1853–1938
  85 yrs
• Yma Sumac ↗Peruvian-American singer · 1922–2008
  86 yrs
• J. B. Priestley ↗English writer · 1894–1984
  89 yrs
• Shane Warne ↗Australian cricketer · 1969–2022
  52 yrs
• Kijūrō Shidehara ↗Japanese politician · 1872–1951
  78 yrs
• Luigi Facta ↗Italian politician · 1861–1930
  69 yrs
• Pierre Reverdy ↗French poet · 1889–1960
  70 yrs
• Peter IV of Aragon ↗King of Aragon · 1319–1387
  67 yrs
• Konstantinos Carathéodory ↗Greek mathematician · 1873–1950
  76 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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