The 258th day of the year, the 259th in a leap year
Born on 15 September
Every 15 September birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Virgo, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- VirgoEarth, mutable, ruled by Mercury.
- Birthstone
- SapphireThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Aster, Morning gloryUsually taken today to mean patience and affection.
- Most common weekdays
- Thursday and Tuesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 15 September in any year.
Which weekday 15 September falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 15 September falls on every day of the week: Thursday 16, Tuesday 16, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Sunday 15.
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How common a birthday 15 September is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,890 babies were born on 15 September in each year of the twenty, making it the 22nd most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 15 September
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Marco Polo | 1254–1324 | Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia |
| Agatha Christie | 1890–1976 | English mystery and detective writer |
| William Howard Taft | 1857–1930 | 27th President of the United States from 1909 to 1913 |
| François de La Rochefoucauld | 1613–1680 | French author of maxims and memoirs |
| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | 1977– | Nigerian writer |
| Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex | 1984– | younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales |
| James Fenimore Cooper | 1789–1851 | American writer |
| Murray Gell-Mann | 1929–2019 | American physicist |
| Robert Fico | 1964– | Prime Minister of Slovakia since 2023 |
| Tom Hardy | 1977– | British actor |
| Oliver Stone | 1946– | American film director, screenwriter, and producer |
| Tommy Lee Jones | 1946– | American actor and film director |
| Porfirio Díaz | 1830–1915 | President of Mexico |
| Jean Renoir | 1894–1979 | French film director and screenwriter |
| Umberto II of Italy | 1904–1983 | Last King of Italy, reigning from May to June 1946 |
| Queen Letizia of Spain | 1972– | queen consort of Spain since 2014 |
| Robert Lucas Jr. | 1937–2023 | American economist |
| Viktor Zubkov | 1941– | Russian politician and businessman |
Died on 15 September
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Rudolf Christoph Eucken | 1846–1926 | German philosopher |
| Oriana Fallaci | 1929–2006 | Italian journalist |
| Gustaf VI Adolf | 1882–1973 | King of Sweden from 1950 to 1973 |
| Fernando Botero | 1932–2023 | Colombian painter and sculptor |
| Anton Webern | 1883–1945 | Austrian composer and conductor |
| Thomas Wolfe | 1900–1938 | American writer |
| Richard Wright | 1943–2008 | English keyboardist, co-founder of Pink Floyd |
| Isambard Kingdom Brunel | 1806–1859 | British mechanical and civil engineer |
| Gunnar Nordahl | 1921–1995 | Swedish association football player |
| André Le Nôtre | 1613–1700 | French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France |
| Harry Dean Stanton | 1926–2017 | American actor |
| Bill Evans | 1929–1980 | American jazz pianist |
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