Famous people born in September include English actor Idris Elba, American actress Taraji P. Henson, Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni and Spider-Man: Homecoming actress Zendaya. Other legends born in September are Pope Leo XIV, American singer Beyoncé, and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” actor Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
Also on the list of famous people born in September is American former professional tennis player and former world No. 1 in women’s singles Serena Williams, and Salma Hayek, the Mexican-American actress who is famous in the movie Desperado (1995) alongside Antonio Banderas who was born in August.
Other September birthdays celebrities include the Flash actor Ezra Miller, and Linda Hamilton who stars as Sarah Connor in Terminator movies franchise. Former prime ministers Shinzo Abe (Japan), Julia Gillard (Australia), Ehud Olmert (Israel) and Silvio Berlusconi (Italy), and American politician Bernie Sanders were also born in the ninth month.
Celebs with birthday in September
53 years old
English actor famous as Rick Grimes in post-apocalyptic horror TV series The Walking Dead and The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
61 years old
American actor as Charlie Harper in sitcom Two and a Half Men, and Charlie Crawford in the TV sitcom series Spin City
35 years old
American actress who stars as Rosita Espinosa in horror drama series The Walking Dead, and Angela Weber in The Twilight Saga films
41 years old
American actor as Dr. Randall Holmes in soap opera If Loving You Is Wrong, and Agent Troy Baye in Designated Survivor series
49 years old
American actor as Shane Walsh on horror series The Walking Dead, and Frank Castle/ The Punisher in Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)
54 years old
American actress who starred as Dharma on sitcom Dharma & Greg, and June Naomi Dorie on horror series Fear the Walking Dead
36 years old
American actor who acted as Ryan Laserbeam on True Jackson, VP series, and Kirby in The Troop series on Nickelodeon
61 years old
American actress who acts as Victoria "Vicky" Gold in The War at Home TV series, Karen Foxworthy in The Jeff Foxworthy Show
73 years old
American actor famous as Norman "Lechero" St. John in the crime drama TV series Prison Break
59 years old
American actor who acted as Tyreese on AMC post-apocalyptic horror TV series The Walking Dead
Football players Bukayo Saka, Marcel Desailly, Bruno Fernandes, David Raya, Thomas Müller, and Alexander Isak have September birthdays too.
Famous Celebrities born in September
British member of the royal family, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex was born in the 9th month, as well as president Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe. Also born in September is prime minister Narendra Modi of India, Queen Paola of Belgium, and the third president of Zambia Levy Mwanawasa.
Others are former prime ministers Kevin Rudd of Australia and Dmitry Medvedev of Russia.
Famous musicians with September birthdays include Jennifer Hudson, Macy Gray, Christina Milian, Gloria Estefan, Lil Wayne, Iza, and Dolores O’Riordan who is the mother of Irish celebrity kid Taylor Baxter Burton.
Also in the list is former UK prime minister Keir Starmer, and American actor and rapper Ludacris. Footballers Jack Grealish of the UK, Joseph Yobo of Nigeria, Bradley Barcola of France, Emiliano Martínez of Argentina, and Ella Toone of the England national team have September birthdays too.
September Historical Events
1st September 1939: Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. The invasion of Poland by Germany marked the start of World War II. Hitler used his famous "blitzkrieg" strategy of intense aerial bombing of cities and towns, and using overwhelming numbers of tanks, artillery and ground troops in order to achieve a quick victory.7th September 1822: Brazil, the largest country by surface area in South America, gained its independence from Portugal. But the South American country still has Portuguese as their official and national language. In 1967, Brazil was given its official name, the Federative Republic of Brazil.11th September 1841: A patent for a collapsible paint tube was granted to John Rand (27 January 1801 - 23 January 1873) who was an American inventor and painter. Rand had been working to create a metallic tube that would store oil paint without drying out. This invention was later used for many items, including toothpaste, human and pet food, and gels, pharmaceuticals and chemical packaging. 17th September 1787: September 17 marks the US Constitution/ Citizenship Day. On that date in 1787 the United States Constitution was adopted by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. The new Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, which up to then was the governing document of the 13 original states of the country now known as the United States of America.21st September 1949: Mao Zedong, at the September 1949 conference in Peking, announced the intention to form a new Chinese government that would be under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. This conference was held to mark and celebrate the end of the long civil war against Nationalist Chinese forces which had begun in the 1920s. Chairman Mao would announce a few days later, on October 1st, the birth of a new China that is now officially known as The People's Republic of China.22nd September 1828: Shaka kaSenzangakhona, famously known as Shaka Zulu, was murdered by his two half-brothers, Mhlangana and Dingane. This happened in Dukuza, a city in KwaZulu-Natal region of South Africa. Shaka was the founder and king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828, and he gained popularity from his successful military reforms and innovations that included the use of the assegai, a short Zulu thrusting spear.