Famous people born on 21 September

• AugustusFirst emperor of the Roman Empire and founder of the Julio-Claudian dynasty · 63 BC–AD 14
  75 yrs
• H. G. WellsEnglish writer · 1866–1946
  79 yrs
• Shinzō AbePrime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 · 1954–2022
  67 yrs
• Kwame NkrumahGhanaian politician · 1909–1972
  62 yrs
• Leonard CohenCanadian singer, songwriter and poet · 1934–2016
  82 yrs
• Abdul Hamid II34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1842–1918
  75 yrs
• Francis I of FranceKing of France from 1515 to 1547 · 1494–1547
  52 yrs
• Heike Kamerlingh OnnesDutch physicist, Nobel prize winner · 1853–1926
  72 yrs
• Donald Arthur GlaserAmerican physicist and neurobiologist · 1926–2013
  86 yrs
• Pierre de RonsardFrench poet · 1524–1585
  61 yrs
• David J. ThoulessBritish physicist · 1934–2019
  84 yrs
• Aslan MaskhadovChechen warlord and politician · 1951–2005
  53 yrs
• Charles NicolleFrench microbiologist · 1866–1936
  69 yrs
• Friedrich PaulusGerman general · 1890–1957
  66 yrs
• Charles the SimpleKing of West Francia · AD 879–929
  50 yrs
• Murad V ↗33th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1840–1904
  63 yrs
• Yury Luzhkov ↗Russian politician · 1936–2019
  83 yrs
• Gustav Holst ↗British composer · 1874–1934
  59 yrs
• Larry Hagman ↗American actor · 1931–2012
  81 yrs
• Sándor Kocsis ↗Hungarian footballer · 1929–1979
  49 yrs
• Akira Matsunaga ↗Japanese association football player · 1914–1943
  28 yrs
• Rihei Sano ↗Japanese association football player · 1912–1992
  79 yrs
• Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ↗French prince · 1640–1701
  60 yrs
• Francesc Macià i Llussà ↗President of Generalitat de Catalunya · 1859–1933
  74 yrs
• Henry L. Stimson ↗United States Secretary of War · 1867–1950
  83 yrs
• Johann Peter Eckermann ↗German poet and writer · 1792–1854
  62 yrs
• Karol Szymanowski ↗Polish composer · 1882–1937
  54 yrs
• Mahsa Amini ↗Iranian woman who died in police custody · 1999–2022
  22 yrs
• Ulisse Aldrovandi ↗Italian naturalist · 1522–1605
  82 yrs
• Anneliese Michel ↗Woman who died from malnutrition after attempted exorcisms · 1952–1976
  23 yrs
• Chuck Jones ↗American animator and filmmaker · 1912–2002
  89 yrs
• Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York ↗Duke of York · 1411–1461
  49 yrs
• Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino ↗Italian noble · 1492–1519
  26 yrs
• István Széchenyi ↗Hungarian nobleman, writer, politician and national revivalist · 1791–1860
  68 yrs
• Luis Cernuda ↗Spanish poet · 1902–1963
  61 yrs
• Margaret Taylor ↗First Lady of the United States from 1849 to 1850 · 1788–1852
  63 yrs
• Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia ↗Russian grand duke · 1827–1892
  64 yrs
• Mario Bunge ↗Argentine-Canadian philosopher · 1919–2020
  100 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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