Famous people born on 21 September

26 of the people we track were born on 21 September, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. H. G. Wells 1866English writerdied aged 79
2. Shinzo Abe 1954Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japandied aged 67
3. Kwame Nkrumah 1909Ghanaian politician who served as President of Ghanadied aged 62
4. Stephen King 1947American novelistliving, 79
5. Leonard Cohen 1934Canadian singer-songwriter and poetdied aged 82
6. Sergei Yesenin 1895Russian poetdied aged 30
7. Abdul Hamid II 1842Sultan of the Ottoman Empiredied aged 75
8. Kareena Kapoor 1980Indian actorliving, 46
9. Kevin Rudd 1957Australian politician who served as Prime Minister of Australialiving, 69
10. HKHeike Kamerlingh Onnes 1853Dutch physicistdied aged 72
11. Bill Murray 1950American actor and comedianliving, 76
12. Girolamo Savonarola 1452Italian preacherdied aged 45
13. Donald Glaser 1926American physicist and neurobiologistdied aged 86
14. David Thouless 1934British physicistdied aged 84
15. Charles Nicolle 1866French microbiologistdied aged 69
16. Aslan Maskhadov 1951Politician who served as President of Ichkeriadied aged 53
17. Murad V 1840Sultan of the Ottoman Empiredied aged 63
18. MSMarjane Satrapi 1969Iranian film directordied aged 56
19. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415Holy Roman Emperordied aged 77
20. Yury Luzhkov 1936Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Moscowdied aged 83
21. Suman Pokhrel 1967Nepalese poet and lyricistliving, 59
22. Gustav Holst 1874British composerdied aged 59
23. Tadej Pogačar 1998Slovene cyclistliving, 28
24. Alexander Isak 1999Swedish footballerliving, 27
25. Larry Hagman 1931American actordied aged 81
26. Edgars Rinkēvičs 1973Politician who served as President of Latvialiving, 53