Famous people born on 12 September

18 of the people we track were born on 12 September, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Irène Joliot-Curie 1897French chemist and physicistdied aged 58
2. Stanisław Lem 1921Polish science fiction writer and philosopherdied aged 84
3. Paul Walker 1973American actordied aged 40
4. Jesse Owens 1913American athletedied aged 66
5. Emmy Rossum 1986American actorliving, 40
6. Francis I of France 1494King of Francedied aged 52
7. Hans Zimmer 1957German composerliving, 69
8. Sydney Sweeney 1997American actorliving, 29
9. H. H. Asquith 1852British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdomdied aged 75
10. Jennifer Hudson 1981American singer and actorliving, 45
11. Juscelino Kubitschek 1902Brazilian politician who served as President of Brazildied aged 73
12. Maurice Chevalier 1888French singer and actordied aged 83
13. Akira Suzuki 1930Japanese chemistliving, 96
14. Yūto Nagatomo 1986Japanese footballerliving, 40
15. H. L. Mencken 1880American journalist and writerdied aged 75
16. Yao Ming 1980Chinese basketball playerliving, 46
17. Mylène Farmer 1961French singer-songwriterliving, 65
18. Anousheh Ansari 1966Iranian engineer and entrepreneurliving, 60