September 7: Today's Notable Birthdays

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September 7th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

September 7th Birthdays: Famous Artists

William Butterfield, British Gothic Revival architect (Devon's Exeter School, London's All Saints Church, Oxford's Merton College and Scotland's Cathedral of the Isles), was born on September 7, 1814.

Jacob Lawrence, American artist (Migration Series), was born on September 7, 1917.

Greek-American film director and Academy Award winner (1947 and 1954) Elias (Elia Kazan) Kazanjoglou (America - America, Baby Doll, East of Eden, A Face in the Crowd, Gentleman's Agreement, On the Waterfront, Panic in the Streets, Splendor in the Grass, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Visitors and Viva Zapata) was born on September 7, 1909. In 1999, Kazan received an honorary Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Anna Mary (Grandma Moses) Robertson Moses, American Primitive folk artist (Christmas at Home, Fourth of July, The Old Checkered House,The Old Checkered Inn in Summer, The Old Oaken Bucket, Out for the Christmas Trees, The Quilting Bee, Sugaring Off and Thanksgiving Turkey), was born on September 7, 1860.

September 7th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

John Shea, American speed skater and Olympic gold medalist (1932), was born on September 7, 1910.

September 7th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

British author Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury (Eating People Is Wrong, The History Man, Possibilities: Essays on the State of the Novel, Rates of Exchange, Stepping Westward, Who Do You Think You Are and Why Come to Slaka), was born on September 7, 1932.

British-American novelist Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell (Captains and the Kings, Dear and Glorious Physician, Dynasty of Death and Great Lion of God) was born on September 7, 1900.

Margaret Mortenson Landon, British author (Anna and the King of Siam), was born on September 7, 1903.

Margaret (Peggy) Ellen Noonan, American Presidential speechwriter, was born on September 7, 1950. Noonan has been credited with coining the often quoted phrases, "a kindler, gentler nation," "a thousand points of light" and "Read my lips - no new taxes" for U.S. President George H.W. Bush.

British author Dame Edith Sitwell (The English Eccentrics, The Shadow of Cain and Wheels), was born on September 7, 1887.

Elinor Morton Hoyt Wylie, American poet and author (Angels and Earthly Creatures, Black Armour, Jennifer Lorn: A Sedate Extravaganza, Mortal Image, Mr. Hodge and Mr. Hazard, Nets to Catch the Wind, The Orphan Angel, Prophecy, Trivial Breath and The Venetian Glass Nephew), was born on September 7, 1885.
September 7th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

American financier John Pierpont (Jack) Morgan, Jr., was born on September 7, 1867.

David Packard, American electronic engineer, businessman and co-founder of Hewlett-Packard Company, was born on September 7, 1912.

Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer and founder of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, was born on September 7, 1889.

September 7th Birthdays: Famous Performers

Corbin Bernsen, American actor (LA Law, Major League, Radioland Murders and Savage Land), was born on September 7, 1954.

German actress Susan Blakely (Capone, Her Married Lover, Hungry Hearts, Ladykillers, The Lonely Lady, Lords of Flatbush, Over the Top, Rich Man, Poor Man, Savages and Towering Inferno) was born on September 7, 1948.

W. Earl Brown, American actor (The Alamo, Being John Malkovich, Deadwood, Scream and There's Something About Mary) and country musician (Sacred Cowboys), was born on September 7, 1963.

American pop singer Margot Chapman (Starland Vocal Band) was born on September 7, 1957.

Michael Emerson, American actor (Lost, The Practice and Saw), was born on September 7, 1954.

Angie Everhart, American model and actress (Denial, Executive Target, Jade, Last Action Hero, Point Doom, Undercover and Welcome to Hollywood), was born on September 7, 1969.

Shannon Elizabeth Fadal, American actress (American Pie, Cuts, Dish Dogs, Jack Frost, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Scary Movie, Seamless and Tomcats) and VH1 television personality, was born on September 7, 1973.

American pianist Arthur Ferrante (Ferrante and Teicher) was born on September 7, 1921.

Gloria Gaynor, American disco singer ("I Will Survive" and "Never Can Say Goodbye"), was born on September 7, 1949.

Natalie (Macy Gray) Renee McIntyre, American R&B singer ("Do Something," "I Try," "Love Is Gonna Get You," "Sexual Revolution," "She Ain't Right for You," "Shoo Be Doo," "Sweet Baby" and "Why Didn't You Call Me"), was born on September 7, 1970. Macy Gray has also recorded as Natalie Hinds.

Charles Hardin (Buddy) Holly, American rock-and-roll musician (Buddy Holly & the Crickets), was born on September 7, 1936.

American singer, songwriter and guitarist Chrissie Ellen Hynde (The Pretenders) was born on September 7, 1951.

Max Kaminsky, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (Max Kaminsky's Orchestra and Original Dixieland Jazz Band), was born on September 7, 1908.

Julie Deborah Kavner, American actress (Alice, Awakenings, Click, Deconstructing Harry, New York Stories, Radio Days, Revenge of the Stepford Wives, Rhoda, Shadows and Fog, The Simpsons, This is My Life and The Tracey Ullman Show), was born on September 7, 1950.

American actor John Phillip Law (Barbarella, Death Rides a Horse, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The Love Machine, The Russians are Coming - The Russians are Coming and Space Mutiny) was born on September 7, 1937.

British actor Peter Lawford (Mrs. Miniver, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Royal Wedding, The Thin Man and The White Cliffs of Dover) was born on September 7, 1923.

Sir John Anthony Quayle, British actor (Anne of a Thousand Days, The Bourne Identity, The Eagle Has Landed, The Guns of Navarone, Ice-Cold in Alex, Lawrence of Arabia, MacKenna's Gold, QB VII, Reaching for the Skies, The Scent of Fear, Strange Report and Tarzan's Greatest Adventure), was born on September 7, 1913.

American jazz saxophonist Theodore Walter (Sonny) Rollins was born on September 7, 1930.

Devon Edward Sawa, Canadian actor (Casper, Final Destination, Idle Hands, Now and Then and Slackers), was born on September 7, 1978.

Tom Everett Scott, American actor (An American Werewolf in Paris, Cashmere Mafia, Dead Man on Campus, ER, Grace Under Fire, The Love Letter, Saved and That Thing You Do), was born on September 7, 1970.

British rock keyboardist David Steele (Fine Young Cannibals) was born on September 7, 1960.

Benmont Tench, American rock keyboardist (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), was born on September 7, 1954.

Evan Rachel Wood, American actress (Across the Universe, American Gothic, Little Secrets, Once and Again, Practical Magic, Pretty Persuasion, Profiler, Running with Scissors, Search for Grace and Thirteen), was born on September 7, 1987.

September 7th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Michael Ellis DeBakey, American heart surgeon and modern cardiology pioneer, was born on September 7, 1908. DeBakey invented the roller pump, a key component in the heart-lung machine.

Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, American geologist, surveyor and author (Geological and Geographical Atlas of Colorado, Geological Report of the Exploration of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers in 1859-1860, The Great West: its Attractions and Resources, Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery and The Yellowstone National Park), was born on September 7, 1829. In 1870, Hayden helped to persuade the U.S. Congress to designate Yellowstone as a National Park.

James Alfred Van Allen, American physicist and space researcher (Van Allen Radiation Belts) was born on September 7, 1914.

German organic chemist Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz was born on September 7, 1829. He has been noted as a founder of chemical structure theory.

September 7th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

Queen Elizabeth I of England, daughter of Henry VIII, was born on September 7, 1533.

Thomas A. Hendricks, American Vice President (serving under Steven Grover Cleveland during his term as the 22nd U.S. President), was born on September 7, 1819. Hendricks died while in office and was succeeded by Levi Morton.

Happy Birthday, September 7th.

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