September 21 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on September 21, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♍︎ Virgo
Aug 23 – Sep 22
Birth stone
Sapphire
Birth flower
Aster
How common
#35 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous September 21 birthdays
Abdul Hamid II · 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire1842
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes · Dutch physicist, Nobel prize winner1853
H. G. Wells · English writer1866
Kwame Nkrumah · Ghanaian politician1909
Donald Glaser · American physicist and neurobiologist1926
Larry Hagman · American actor1931
Syukuro Manabe · Japanese-American meteorologist and climatologist1931
Leonard Cohen · Canadian singer, songwriter and poet1934
David Thouless · British physicist1934
Jerry Bruckheimer · American film and television producer1943
Stephen King · American novelist and writer1947
Bill Murray · American actor and comedian1950
Shinzo Abe · Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–20201954
Kevin Rudd · 26th Prime Minister of Australia1957
Faith Hill · American country singer1967
Samantha Power · Irish-American academic, author and diplomat1970
Luke Wilson · American actor1971
Kareena Kapoor · Indian actress1980
Maggie Grace · American actress1983
Jason Derulo · American singer-songwriter1989
On this day in history
1776American Revolutionary War: The Great Fire of New York broke out during the British occupation of New York City, destroying up to 1,000 buildings.
1897In response to a letter written by eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon, The New York Sun published an editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church stating, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
1999The first chapter of Naruto, later one of the best-selling manga series, was published.
2004American rock band Green Day released their seventh studio album, American Idiot.
1965Portugal accepted a diplomatic mission from Southern Rhodesia despite objections by Britain, which had required the colony to implement black majority rule as a condition of independence.
1968The Soviet Union's Zond 5 landed in the Indian Ocean, becoming the first spacecraft to safely return to Earth after travelling around the Moon.
1981Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
1996The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
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