Famous people born on 7 September

12 of the people we track were born on 7 September, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Elizabeth I 1533Monarch of Englanddied aged 69
2. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon 1707French botanistdied aged 80
3. Elia Kazan 1909American director and actordied aged 94
4. Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan 1948Politician who served as President of the United Arab Emiratesdied aged 73
5. Buddy Holly 1936American singerdied aged 22
6. August Kekulé 1829Prussian chemistdied aged 66
7. Todor Zhivkov 1911Resistance fighterdied aged 86
8. Baudouin of Belgium 1930King of the Belgiansdied aged 62
9. Julie Kavner 1950American actorliving, 76
10. Marcel Desailly 1968French footballerliving, 58
11. Gloria Gaynor 1943American singerliving, 83
12. Evan Rachel Wood 1987American actorliving, 39