The 251st day of the year, the 252nd in a leap year
Born on 8 September
Every 8 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 8 September in any year.
Which weekday 8 September falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 8 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 8 September is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,864 babies were born on 8 September in each year of the twenty, making it the 52nd 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 8 September
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| John Locke | 1632–1704 | English philosopher and physician; born 8 September in the Gregorian calendar, 29 August in the Julian |
| Antonín Dvořák | 1841–1904 | Czech composer |
| Bernie Sanders | 1941– | United States Senator from Vermont |
| Frédéric Mistral | 1830–1914 | Provençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige |
| Richard I of England | 1157–1199 | King of England from 1189 to 1199 |
| Peter Sellers | 1925–1980 | British actor and comedian |
| Ludovico Ariosto | 1474–1533 | Italian poet |
| Pink | 1979– | American singer, songwriter, and actress |
| Avicii | 1989–2018 | Swedish electronic music producer |
| Aziz Sancar | 1946– | Turkish geneticist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 |
| Wiz Khalifa | 1987– | American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor |
| Bruno Fernandes | 1994– | Portuguese association football player |
| Martin Freeman | 1971– | English actor |
| Mustafa IV | 1779–1808 | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1807 to 1808 |
| Asha Bhosle | 1933–2026 | Indian playback singer |
| Marin Mersenne | 1588–1648 | French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist |
| August Wilhelm Schlegel | 1767–1845 | German poet, translator, critic, and writer |
| João Moutinho | 1986– | Portuguese association football player |
Died on 8 September
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth II | 1926–2022 | Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022 |
| Richard Strauss | 1864–1949 | German composer and conductor |
| Leni Riefenstahl | 1902–2003 | German filmmaker, photographer and actress who made propaganda films for the Nazi regime |
| Hideki Yukawa | 1907–1981 | Japanese theoretical physicist |
| Hermann von Helmholtz | 1821–1894 | German physicist and physiologist |
| Francisco de Quevedo | 1580–1645 | Spanish writer |
| Aage Bohr | 1922–2009 | Danish physicist |
| Pope Sergius I | 650–701 | Pope from 687 to 701 |
| Faisal I | 1885–1933 | King of Iraq from 1921 to 1933 |
| Hermann Staudinger | 1881–1965 | German chemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| Willard Libby | 1908–1980 | American physical chemist |
| Peter Simon Pallas | 1741–1811 | German zoologist and botanist |
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