September 1 is the birthday of 48 notable people we've found so far, including authors, athletes, musicians and politicians, and 3 of them are billionaires.
Vagit Yusufovich Alekperov is a Russian businessman of Azerbaijani origin and an oligarch. He was the president of the oil company Lukoil from 1993 until 2022.
Joseph Safra was a Lebanese Brazilian banker and billionaire businessman. He was Brazil's richest man and the richest banker in the world, running the Brazilian banking and investment empire, Safra Group.
Finn Rausing is a Swedish billionaire heir and businessman. He is a co-owner of Tetra Laval, the packaging company, and formerly a co-owner of Sauber Motorsport and the Alfa Romeo Formula One team, before selling the team to Audi in 2024.
Share of the 48 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Authors29% (14 people)
Athletes25% (12 people)
Musicians19% (9 people)
Politicians19% (9 people)
Actors17% (8 people)
Scientists17% (8 people)
Entrepreneurs13% (6 people)
Countries
30 countries, most often United States
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
United States8 (8 people)
Spain3 (3 people)
Brazil2 (2 people)
France2 (2 people)
Germany2 (2 people)
Nigeria2 (2 people)
Russia2 (2 people)
Life timeline
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~22Ruud GullitNamed Dutch Footballer of the Year (1984)
Damián Emiliano Martínez Romero, also known as Dibu Martínez, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Chelsea and the Argentina national team.
Jeon Jung-kook, known professionally as Jung Kook, is a South Korean singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as a member of South Korean boy band BTS.
Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux is a French writer who was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements, and collective restraints of personal memory".
Frankie Fouganthin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Roy Jay Glauber was an American theoretical physicist. He was the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics at Harvard University and Adjunct Professor of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona.
Markus Pössel (User name: Mapos), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Francis William Aston FRS was a British chemist and physicist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes in many non-radioactive elements and for his enunciation of the whole number rule.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Francisco José Pereira Pinto Balsemão was a Portuguese businessman, journalist, and politician, who served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1981 to 1983.
Hana Hasanah Shahab is an Indonesian politician and socialite who had served as an Indonesian senator from Gorontalo from 2009 to 2014. In the 2014 Indonesian legislative election, she was re-elected as senator from Gorontalo for the 2014–2019 period.
Regional Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. Tomlin started her career in stand-up comedy and sketch comedy before transitioning her career to acting across stage and screen.
U.S. Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Ludwig Emil Tomas Göransson is a Swedish musician, composer, and record producer. Based in the United States, he is often regarded as one of the most successful composers in Hollywood of the 21st century.
Padma Parvati Lakshmi is an American television host, model, author, entrepreneur, and activist. She rose to prominence by hosting the Bravo cooking competition program Top Chef (2006–2023).
This photograph was taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III by U.S. Embassy New Delhi. This image was created with Adobe Phot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Ruud Gullit is a Dutch former professional footballer and manager. Known for his ability to play multiple positions, he won the 1987 Ballon d'Or and was a long-time Netherlands national team captain, leading them to the UEFA Euro 1988 title.
Valery Alekseyevich Legasov was a Soviet inorganic chemist, professor at Moscow State University, first deputy director of the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.
IAEA Imagebank, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Gaël Sébastien Monfils is a French professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 6, by the ATP, achieved in November 2016. Monfils has won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, out of 35 finals contested.
Phillip Calvin McGraw, better known as Dr. Phil, is an American television personality and author who hosted the talk show Dr. Phil. He holds a doctorate in clinical psychology, though he ceased renewing his license to practice psychology in 2006.
The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Daniel Andre Sturridge is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Since 2023, he has worked as a television pundit for Sky Sports.
Eric The Fish from UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Margaret Yvonne Middleton, known professionally as Yvonne De Carlo, was a Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer. She became a Hollywood film star and sex symbol in the 1940s and 1950s, made several musical recordings, and later acted on television and stage.
Studio Publicity, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American writer, recognized for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he also wrote the Pellucidar series, the Amtor series, and the Caspak trilogy.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was an Indian spiritual, philosophical, and religious teacher who spread the Hare Krishna mantra and the teachings of "Krishna consciousness" to the world.
Christian Jansen, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Richard William Farnsworth was an American actor and stuntman. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award: in 1978 for Best Supporting Actor for Comes a Horseman, and in 2000 for Best Actor in The Straight Story, making him the second-oldest nominee for the award for the latter.
Petr Fiala is a Czech politician and political scientist who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from 2021 to 2025 and leader of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) from 2014 to 2026.
Munir El Haddadi Mohamed, known simply as Munir, is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or right winger for Albacete. Born in Spain, he played for Spain and Morocco at senior international level.
حسین ظهروند = Hossein Zohrevand, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Al-Shafi'i was a Muslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith, traditionist, theologian, ascetic, and eponym of the Shafi'i school of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence.
William Paul Troost-Ekong is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Qatar Stars League club Al-Ahli. Born in the Netherlands, he played for the Nigeria national team, earning more than 80 caps and serving as captain.
Дмитрий Пукалик, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov is a Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 2004 to 2007. An independent, he was the longest serving director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service from 2007 to 2016.
Georges Boulougouris, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sir Kirani Zeno James GCNG COG is a Grenadian professional sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. He won the 400 m at the World Championships in 2011 and won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.
Frédéric-Louis Sauser, better known as Blaise Cendrars, was a Swiss-born novelist and poet who became a naturalized French citizen in 1916. He was a writer of considerable influence in the European modernist movement.
Jindřich Štyrský, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Paulo Silas do Prado Pereira, also known as Paulo Silas, Silas Pereira or simply Silas, is a Brazilian football pundit, coach, and former professional player.
Doha Stadium Plus Qatar, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This page lists 48 people born on September 1, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 3 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of March 2026. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on September 1. Read the full methodology.
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