Who Was Born Today – September 21 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on September 21 | ||
1756 | John Loudon McAdam, engineer who invented and gave his name to macadamized roads. | |
1866 | Charles Jean Henri Nicolle, bacteriologist, discovered that typhus fever is transmitted by body louse. | |
1866 | H.G. Wells, science fiction writer whose works include The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds. | |
1895 | Juan de la Cierva, aeronautical engineer who invented the autogyro. | |
1902 | Allen Lake, founded Penguin Books in 1935. | |
1912 | Chuck Jones, animator and director of Warner Brothers cartoons. | |
1947 | Stephen King, author best known for supernatural and horror tales (The Stand, Salem’s Lot, Joyland). | |
1947 | Marsha Norman, playwright (Getting Out, ‘Night Mother). | |
1950 | Bill Murray, actor; won Emmy for his work on Saturday Night Live TV series; movies include Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, Lost in Translation. | |
1951 | Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov, rebel leader widely credited for the Chechen victory in First Chechen War (1994-96); President of Chechnya (1997-99). | |
1957 | Mark Levin, attorney, author; host of syndicated radio program The Mark Levin Show. | |
1968 | Faith Hill, Grammy Award-winning country pop singer (“Breathe”). | |
1968 | Ricki Lake, actress (China Beach TV series), producer, host of The Ricki Lake Show TV talk show for which she won a Daytime Emmy. | |
1987 | Ashley and Courtney Paris, twins who played in the Women’s National Basketball Association, Ashley for the Los Angeles Sparks, Courtney for the Atlanta Dream. |
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