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September 5th:

1187 - Louis VIII of France (d. 1226)
1568 - Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher, and poet (d. 1639)
1621 - Juan Andrés Coloma, Spanish noble (d. 1694)
1638 - Louis XIV of France (d. 1715)
1667 - Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (d. 1733)
1695 - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (d. 1770)
1722 - Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (d. 1763)
1725 - Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (d. 1799)
1735 - Johann Christian Bach, German composer (d. 1782)
1750 - Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (d. 1774)
1771 - Archduke Charles of Austria, Austrian general (d. 1847)
1774 - Caspar David Friedrich, German artist (d. 1840)
1775 - Juan Martín Díez, el Empecinado (the undaunted), Spanish guerrillero (d. 1825)
1787 - François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (d. 1850)
1791 - Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (d. 1864)
1792 - Pierre-Armand Dufrénoy, French geologist and mineralogist (d. 1857).
1806 - Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (d. 1865)
1807 - Richard Chenevix Trench, Irish Anglican clergyman and philologist (d. 1886)
1809 - Manuel Montt Torres, President of Chile (d. 1880)
1827 - Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and writer (d. 1849)
1836 - Justiniano Borgoño, President of Peru (d. 1921)
1847 - Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882)
1857 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist and inventor (d. 1935)
1867 - Amy Beach, American composer and pianist (d. 1944)
1874 - Nap Lajoie, American baseball player (d. 1959)
1876 - Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (d. 1956)
1876 - Abdelaziz Thâalbi, Tunisian politician. (d. 1944)
1881 - Otto Bauer, Austrian Social Democratic politician (d. 1938)
1888 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, second President of India (d. 1975)
1892 - Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (d. 1973)
1902 - Darryl F. Zanuck, American film producer and executive (d. 1979)
1905 - Arthur Koestler, Hungarian writer (d. 1983)
1905 - Maurice Challe French general (d. 1979), one of the leaders of the Algiers putsch in 1961.
1908 - Gloria Holden, British actress (d. 1991)
1912 - John Cage, American composer (d. 1992)
1912 - Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer (d. 2001)
1912 - Frank Thomas, American animator (d. 2004)
1914 - Nicanor Parra, Chilian poet and mathematician
1916 - Frank Yerby, American novelist (d. 1991)
1916 - Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster) (d. 2002)
1918 - Luis Alcoriza, Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor (d. 1992)
1921 - Jack Valenti, American political advisor and film executive (d. 2007)
1924 - Paul Dietzel, American college football coach
1927 - Paul Volcker, American banker
1929 - Bob Newhart, American actor and comedian
1929 - Andrian Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2004)
1933 - Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilian catholic archbishop
1934 - Carol Lawrence, American actress and singer
1935 - Johnny Briggs MBE, English actor
1936 - Bill Mazeroski, American baseball player
1937 - Antonio Valentin Angelillo, Argentinian footballer
1937 - Robert Lucas, American economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics recipient
1939 - William Devane, American actor
1939 - George Lazenby, Australian actor
1939 - Clay Regazzoni, Swiss racing driver (d. 2006)
1940 - Raquel Welch, American actress
1942 - Werner Herzog, German film director
1942 - Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (d. 1995)
1942 - Denise Fabre French television presenter.
1944 - Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, author and playwright (d. 1996)
1945 - Al Stewart, Scottish singer and songwriter
1946 - Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer and songwriter (Queen) (d. 1991)
1946 - Loudon Wainwright III, American singer and composer
1947 - Buddy Miles, American musician
1948 - Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician
1950 - Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist
1950 - Paul William Roberts, Canadian writer
1951 - Paul Breitner, German footballer
1951 - Patti McGuire, American model and television producer
1951 - Michael Keaton, American actor
1956 - Roine Stolt, Swedish guitarist (The Flower Kings)
1957 - Peter Winnen, Dutch bicycle road athlete
1961 - Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist
1962 - Peter Wingfield, Welsh actor
1963 - Juan Alderete, American bassist (Racer X)
1963 - Jeff Brantley, American baseball player
1963 - Jonathan Phillips, English actor
1963 - Taki Inoue, Japanese racing driver
1963 - Kristian Alfonso, American actress
1964 - Frank Farina, Australian footballer
1965 - Chris Morris, English satirist
1965 - David Brabham, Australian racing driver
1965 - César Rincón, colombian matador
1966 - Achero Mañas, Spanish actor and film director
1966 - Milinko Pantić, retired Serbian footballer
1967 - India Hicks, English model
1967 - Jane Sixsmith, English field hockey player
1968 - Brad Wilk, American musician (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine)
1969 - Dweezil Zappa, American musician
1969 - Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo, Brazilian footballer
1969 - Mark Ramprakash, English cricketer
1970 - Steve Burton, American actor
1970 - Liam Lynch, American musician (Sifl and Olly)
1970 - Kim Hye-su, South Korean actress and model
1973 - Rose McGowan, Italian-born actress
1973 - Alexandra Kerry, daughter of American Senator John Kerry
1973 - Paddy Considine, English actor
1975 - Rod Barajas, American baseball player
1975 - George Boateng, Dutch footballer
1975 - Matt Geyer, Australian rugby league footballer
1975 - Jamie Spaniolo, American horrorcore rapper
1976 - Tatyana Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast
1976 - Carice van Houten, Dutch actress
1977 - Minoru Fujita, Japanese professional wrestler
1977 - Rosevelt Colvin, American football player
1977 - Nazr Mohammed, American Basketball player
1977 - Joseba Etxeberria, Spanish football winger
1977 - Alexey Harkov, Russian bassist (Kipelov, Sergey Mavrin)
1978 - Chris Jack, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1978 - Laura Bertram, Canadian actress
1978 - Zhang Zhong, Chinese chess player
1979 - John Carew, Norwegian footballer
1979 - Stacey Dales, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster
1979 - George O'Callaghan, Irish footballer
1980 - Franco Costanzo, Argentinian football goalkeeper
1981 - Filippo Volandri, Italian tennis player
1981 - Drew Carter, American football player
1982 - Alexandre Geijo, Spanish/Swiss footballer
1982 - Sondre Lerche, Norwegian musician
1983 - Eugen Bopp, Ukrainian-German footballer
1987 - Pierre Casiraghi, son of princess Caroline of Monaco
1991 - Skandar Keynes, English actor
1993 - Gage Golightly, American actress