I appreciate this more then you all know. I'd like to first say thank you to Big Fag Style for starting such a thread. Secondly I have no choice but to thank the forum I'm on every single day, lurking and trolling. Lastly the people on CC, you people mean the world to me. If I could have one birthday wish it would be for you to honor not only me; but the other greats born on September 7th:
786 - Emperor Saga, 52nd Emperor of Japan (d. 842)
1438 - Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1471)
1471 - Frederik I, king of Denmark/Norway (1523-33)
1524 - Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (d. 1583)
1533 - Elizabeth, daughter of English king Henry VIII & Anna Boleyn
1533 - Queen Elizabeth I, England, (1558-1603) daughter of Henry VIII
1631 - Clemens Thieme, composer
1635 - Pal Esterhazy, composer
1674 - Ernest Augustus (d. 1728)
1683 - Mary Anne of Austria, Archduchess of Austria and Queen consort of Portugal (d. 1754)
1694 - Johan Ludvig, Danish policitian (d. 1763)
1703 - Jean Monnet, composer
1705 - Matthäus Günther, German painter (d. 1788)
1707 - George-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, writer on natural history
1726 - Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, France, composer/chess champion
1731 - Damasus Brosmann, composer
1731 - Elisabetta de Gambarini, composer
1735 - Thomas Coutts, Scottish banker
1737 - Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomist/physicist
1739 - Joseph Legros, composer
1740 - Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor (d. 1814)
1756 - Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literature (Disease of Scientists)
1777 - Heinrich Stölzel, German musician and composer (d. 1844)
1782 - Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/general-major (Maastricht)
1784 - Frantisek Max Knize, composer
1810 - Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist (d. 1858)
1811 - William Hamsley Emory, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887
1815 - Howell Cobb II, Major General/Secy of Treas (Union), died in 1868
1815 - John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (d. 1866)
1817 - Louise of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark (d. 1898)
1818 - Thomas Talbot, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1886)
1819 - Jean E "Adriaan" van Bevervoorde, journalist (History of Holland)
1829 - August Kekule von Stradonitz, discovered structure of benzene ring
1829 - Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, US, geologist (Geograph Survey 1859-86)
1831 - Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (d. 1900)
1836 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British PM (L) (1905-08)
1836 - August Toepler, German physicist (d. 1912)
1842 - John H Zuckertort, German chess player
1851 - Edward Ashael Birge, American pioneer in limnology (d. 1950)
1855 - William Friese-Greene, British photographer (d. 1921)
1860 - Grandma "Anna Maria" Moses, NY, primitive painter (Old Oaken Bucket)
1860 - Willem H Nolens, priest/Dutch ambassador to Vatican
1864 - Giovanni Tebaldini, composer
1866 - Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist (d. 1947)
1867 - Albert Basserman, Mannheim Germany, actor (Foreign Correspondant)
1867 - Camilod d'Almeida Pessanha, Portuguese poet (China)
1867 - Albert Bassermann, German actor (d. 1952)
1869 - Margot SE Scharten-Antink, Dutch author (Catherina, Sprotje)
1870 - Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok) [OS=Aug 26]
1870 - Thomas Curtis, American athlete (d. 1944)
1876 - C.J. Dennis, Australian poet and writer (d. 1938)
1877 - Mike O'Neill, Irish baseball player (d. 1959)
1879 - Nachman N "Neddy" Bamberg, Dutch actor (Haddock Mary)
1880 - Attilio Brugnoli, composer
1880 - Kurt von Wolfurt, composer
1881 - Constantly WL Scheurleer, Dutch archaeologist/banker/art expert
1882 - Johanna F Zandstra-Giezen, oldest person in Netherland (died at 111)
1885 - Harry Sinclair Lewis, US, writer (Babbitt, Nobel 1930)
1887 - Edith L Sitwell, English poetess/author (Wheels)
1889 - Albert Plesman, aviation pioneer/founder/director (KLM)
1889 - Bruce F Cummings, English author (Journal of a Disappointed Man)
1891 - Roscoe Karns, San Bernadino Calif, actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey)
1893 - Leslie Hore-Belisha, British Minister of Transport
1899 - Leendert A Donker, Dutch Minister of Justice (PvdA)
1900 - "Janet" Taylor Caldwell, England, novelist (Melissa)
1900 - Emerson Treacy, Phila, actor (California Straight Ahead)
1902 - Roy Barcroft, [Howard Ravenscroft], Crab Orchard NE, actor (Freckles)
1905 - John Whitley, British air-marshal
1906 - Filip Gershkovich, composer
1907 - Ahmet Adnan Saygun, composer
1908 - Max Kaminsky, trumpeter
1908 - Michael E DeBakey, artificial heart pioneer
1908 - Paul Brown, Norwalk Ohio, NFL hall of famer (Browns, Bengals)
1909 - Elia Kazan, Constaninople Turkey, director (Streetcar Named Desire)
1909 - Jo Juda, Dutch musician
1909 - Natalia Dmitrevna Shpiller, singer
1910 - John Shea, US, 500m/1500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1932)
1911 - Todor C Zjivkov, Bulgaria partizan/premier/president
1912 - David Packard, electronic engineer/businessman
1913 - Anthony Quayle, England, actor (Anne of 1000 Days, Lawrence of Arabia)
1913 - Oswald Szemerenyi, philologist
1913 - Willem C L "Wim" van der Grinten, Dutch lawyer/undersec of Economy
1914 - Herbert Delauney Bill Hughes, educationist
1914 - Hugo Pfister, composer
1914 - Ian Ball, photographer
1914 - James Van Allen, US physicist (discovered Van Allen radiation belts)
1914 - Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer
1917 - John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1918 - Chaim Herzog, Israeli president
1918 - Robert Lewis Campbell Lorimer, publisher
1919 - Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004)
1920 - Harri Webb, poet
1920 - Al Caiola, American guitarist
1921 - Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish President of FC Barcelona (1978 - 2000)
1922 - Arthur Ferrante, pianist/composer (Ferrante & Tachere-Exodus)
1922 - Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer
1922 - Lucien Jarraud, Canadian radio host (d. 2007)
1923 - Louise Suggs, Atlanta GA, LPGA golfer (US Women's Open-1949, 52)
1923 - Peter Lawford, London England, actor (Mrs Miniver, Thin Man)
1924 - Charles Braswell, McKinney TX, entertainer
1924 - Daniel Ken Inouye, (Sen-D Hawaii, 1963- )
1924 - Hugh Aitken, composer
1924 - Leonard Rosenman, Bkln NY, TV composer (Marcus Welby MD)
1925 - Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician
1926 - Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983)
1927 - Don Messick, cartoon voice (Bam-bam, Astro, Scooby-Doo)
1927 - Graham Dudley Whettam, composer
1927 - Eric Hill, British children's Author
1929 - Gil Wolman, situationist
1929 - John Milford, Johnstown NY, actor (Lieutenant, Legend of Jesse James)
1929 - T[homas] P[atrick] McKenna, Ireland, actor (Rivals, Holocaust)
1930 - Baudouin I, king of Belgium (1951-93)
1930 - Sonny Rollins, NYC, jazz saxophonist (Blue Room)
1930 - Thijs van Vlijmen, Dutch MP (CDA)