Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/September 1

Births

 * 1896 - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Vaishnava theologian (d. 1977)
 * 1923 - Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969)
 * 1946 - Barry Gibb, English singer (Bee Gees)
 * 1957 - Gloria Estefan, Cuban singer
 * 1966 - Tim Hardaway, American basketball player
 * 1974 - Jhonen Vasquez, comic book artist
 * 1976 - Erik Morales, Mexican boxer
 * 1981 - Clinton Portis, American football player
 * 1989 - Bill Kaulitz, German singer (Tokio Hotel)
 * 1994 - Bianca Ryan, American singer

Deaths

 * 1557 - Jacques Cartier, (pictured) French explorer (b. 1491)
 * 1715 - King Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)
 * 1967 - Siegfried Sassoon, English poet (b. 1886)
 * 1977 - Ethel Waters, American singer (b. 1896)