September 7 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on September 7, 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
#78 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous September 7 birthdays
Thomas A. Hendricks · American politician1819
August Kekulé · German organic chemist1829
Aleksandr I. Kuprin · Russian writer1870
Elia Kazan · American director and actor1909
Todor Zhivkov · Former General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party1911
James Van Allen · American astrophysicist1914
John Cornforth · Australian-British chemist1917
Sonny Rollins · American jazz saxophonist and composer1930
Baudouin of Belgium · Fifth king of the Belgians1930
Buddy Holly · American rock and roll singer1936
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan · President of the United Arab Emirates from 2004 to 20221948
Julie Kavner · American actress1950
Michael Emerson · American actor1954
Drew Weissman · American physician-scientist1959
Eazy-E · American rapper1964
Marcel Desailly · French footballer1968
Shannon Elizabeth · American actress1973
Evan Rachel Wood · American actress1987
Kevin Love · American basketball player1988
Gracie Abrams · American singer-songwriter1999
On this day in history
1778Anglo-French War: Having established an alliance with the United States, France invaded the Caribbean island of Dominica and captured its British fort.
2004Hurricane Ivan made landfall on Grenada, devastating at least 85 per cent of buildings on the island.
2008The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
2010A Chinese fishing trawler operating in disputed waters collided with Japan Coast Guard patrol boats near the Senkaku Islands, sparking a major diplomatic dispute between the two countries.
1945World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
1965Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlite, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.
1979The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
1986Desmond Tutu became the first black leader of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.
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