Famous people born on 19 September

12 of the people we track were born on 19 September, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. William Golding 1911British novelist and poetdied aged 81
2. Antoninus Pius AD 86Roman emperordied aged 74
3. Jeremy Irons 1948British actorliving, 78
4. Henry III of France 1551King of Polanddied aged 37
5. Masatoshi Koshiba 1926Japanese physicistdied aged 94
6. Sunita Williams 1965American astronaut and officerliving, 61
7. Song Joong-ki 1985South Korean actorliving, 41
8. Lajos Kossuth 1802Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungarydied aged 91
9. Emil Zátopek 1922Czech runnerdied aged 78
10. Paulo Freire 1921Brazilian lawyer and teacherdied aged 75
11. Leo VI the Wise AD 866Byzantine emperordied aged 45
12. Mika Waltari 1908Finnish writerdied aged 70