Famous people born on 8 September

• John LockeEnglish philosopher and physician · 1632–1704
  72 yrs
• Antonín DvořákCzech composer · 1841–1904
  62 yrs
• Frédéric MistralProvençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige · 1830–1914
  83 yrs
• Peter SellersBritish actor and comedian · 1925–1980
  54 yrs
• AviciiSwedish electronic music producer · 1989–2018
  28 yrs
• Mustafa IV ↗29th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1779–1808
  29 yrs
• Agatha of Sicily ↗Christian saint and martyress · AD 235–261
  25 yrs
• August Wilhelm von Schlegel ↗German poet, translator, critic, and writer · 1767–1845
  77 yrs
• Marin Mersenne ↗French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist, often referred to as the "father of acoustics" · 1588–1648
  59 yrs
• Derek Barton ↗English organic chemist · 1918–1998
  79 yrs
• Antonio da Correggio ↗Italian Renaissance painter · 1489–1534
  44 yrs
• Patsy Cline ↗American country singer · 1932–1963
  30 yrs
• Rasul Gamzatov ↗Avar poet · 1923–2003
  80 yrs
• Alfred Jarry ↗French writer · 1873–1907
  34 yrs
• Clemens Brentano ↗German poet and novelist · 1778–1842
  63 yrs
• Luigi Cherubini ↗Italian Classical and Romantic composer · 1760–1842
  81 yrs
• Eduard Mörike ↗German poet · 1804–1875
  70 yrs
• Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig ↗Danish Lutheran pastor, theologian, hymn-writer and educator · 1783–1872
  88 yrs
• Georg Michaelis ↗German civil servant and chancellor · 1857–1936
  78 yrs
• Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd ↗Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966 · 1901–1966
  64 yrs
• Wilhelm Raabe ↗German novelist · 1831–1910
  79 yrs
• Gojong of the Korean Empire ↗26th king of Joseon, first emperor of the Korean Empire · 1852–1919
  66 yrs
• Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans ↗King of Bohemia, Hungary, Croatia, and the Romans · 1633–1654
  20 yrs
• Gary Speed ↗Welsh association football player and manager · 1969–2011
  42 yrs
• Halldór Ásgrímsson ↗Icelandic politician · 1947–2015
  67 yrs
• Siegfried Sassoon ↗English war poet and writer · 1886–1967
  80 yrs
• Jean-Louis Barrault ↗French actor and theatre director · 1910–1994
  83 yrs
• Sivananda Saraswati ↗Hindu spiritual teacher · 1887–1963
  75 yrs
• Louis, Grand Condé ↗Prince of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon, French general and famous military leader · 1621–1686
  65 yrs
• Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy ↗Bengali barrister and politician · 1892–1963
  71 yrs

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