What happened on September 1 ?

1453 - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and statesman (d. 1515)

1566 - Edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626)

1588 - Henry II, Prince of Condé, French nobleman (d. 1646)

1651 - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694)

1653 - Johann Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1706)

1711 - William Boyce, English composer (d. 1779)

1711 - William IV, Prince of Orange (d. 1759)

1734 - Joseph Wright of Derby, English painter (d. 1797)

1848 - Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (d. 1931)

1854 - Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (d. 1921)

1855 - Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (d. 1909)

1856 - Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (d. 1953)

1871 - J. Reuben Clark, Jr., American Undersecretary of State (d. 1961)

1875 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer (d. 1950)

1877 - Francis William Aston, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)

1887 - Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (d. 1961)

1888 - Andrija ?tampar, Croatian physician and World Health Organization diplomat (d. 1958)

1889 - Richard Arlen, American actor (d. 1976)

1896 - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of ISKCON (d. 1977)

1897 - Andy Kennedy, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1963

1899 - Andrei Platonov, Russian writer (d. 1951)

1905 - Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (d. 2000)

1906 - Joaquín Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2002)

1906 - Franz Biebl, German composer (d. 2001)

1907 - Walter Reuther, American labor union leader (d. 1970)

1913 - Christian Nyby, American director and film editor (d. 1993)

1920 - Richard Farnsworth, American actor (d. 2000)

1921 - Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (d. 1995)

1922 - Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian actress

1922 - Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (d. 2000)

1923 - Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969)

1923 - Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (d. 2006)

1925 - Art Pepper, musician (d. 1982)

1929 - Anne Ramsey, American actress (d. 1988)

1933 - Ann W. Richards, American politician

1933 - Conway Twitty, American country music singer (d. 1993)

1935 - Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor

1939 - Lily Tomlin, American actress and comedian

1942 - C. J. Cherryh, American writer

1944 - Leonard Slatkin, American conductor

1946 - Barry Gibb, English singer (Bee Gees)

1946 - Roh Moo-Hyun, President of Korea

1947 - Al Green, American politician

1949 - P.A. Sangma, Indian politician

1950 - Phillip Fulmer, American football coach

1950 - Dr. Phil, American television talk show host

1951 - Nicu Ceau?escu, Romanian politician

1952 - Phil Hendrie, American radio personality

1955 - Billy Blanks, American martial artist

1955 - Bruce Foxton, English bassist (The Jam)

1957 - Gloria Estefan, Cuban singer

1962 - Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer

1964 - Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey player

1964 - Cécilia Rhode, 1978 Miss Sweden; mother of Joakim Noah

1966 - Tim Hardaway, American basketball player

1968 - Mohammed Atta, 9/11 terrorist (d. 2001)

1970 - Vanna, Croatian singer

1973 - J. D. Fortune, Canadian lead singer of INXS since 2005

1974 - Jhonen Vasquez, comic book artist

1975 - Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, guitarist for The Mars Volta

1976 - Erik Morales, Mexican boxer

1977 - Aaron Schobel, American football player

1978 - Max Vieri, Australian-Italian football player

1980 - Chris Riggott, English footballer

1981 - Clinton Portis, American football player

1983 - Jose Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer

1984 - Joseph Trohman, American Guitarist for Fall Out Boy

1985 - Ciara-Camile Roque Velasco, American singer

1987 - Dann Hume New Zealand Drummer for Evermore