Who Was Born Today – September 5 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on September 5 | ||
1568 | Tommasso Campanella, Italian philosopher and poet, who wrote City of the Sun. | |
1638 | Louis XIV, “The Sun King” of France who built the palace at Versailles. | |
1842 | Jesse James, legendary outlaw of the American West. | |
1897 | A.C. Nielson, founder of the Nielson Ratings. | |
1905 | Arthur Koestler, Hungarian novelist and essayist who wrote about communism in Darkness at Noon and The Ghost in the Machine. | |
1912 | John Cage, inventive composer, writer, philosopher, and artist. | |
1912 | Franklin “Frank” Thomas, one of the “Nine Old Men” among Walt Disney’s team of animators. | |
1921 | Jack Valenti, an American film executive who created the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) voluntary system for rating film content as a guide for parents. | |
1929 | Bob Newhart, deadpan standup comedian and TV actor (The Bob Newhart Show). | |
1934 | Carol Lawrence, actress and singer (Maria in Broadway version of West Side Story). | |
1940 | Raquel Welch, actress (One Million Years B.C., Myra Breckinridge). | |
1942 | Werner Herzog (Stipetic), director, producer, screenwriter, actor; a leading figure in New German Cinema (Heart of Glass, Encounters at the End of the World). | |
1945 | Al Stewart, singer, songwriter, musician (“Year of the Cat,” “Roads to Moscow”). | |
1950 | Cathy Guisewite, cartoonist, creator of Cathy. | |
1953 | Victor Davis Hanson, military historian, columnist; received National Humanities Award (2007). | |
1989 | Katerina Graham, actress, model, singer, dancer (The Vampire Diaries TV series). |
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