Library Lady

September Birthdays

When I was a school librarian, I’d post the birthdays of our students, faculty and staff in the window between the library and the school hallway. I also try to include the birthdays of authors, illustrators and famous people the kiddos might have been familiar with or should be.

Some of you are back in person with your kiddos and others of you are still interacting virtually. I’d love to hear how you are using this list with your faculty and students.

Here are some famous birthdays for September 2020:

September 1 – Jim Arnosky, author

September 2 – Chris Grabenstein, author

September 2 – Bernard Most, author

September 2, 1948 – Christa McAuliffe, teacher, astronaut killed in Challenger space shuttle explosion

September 3, 1856 – Louis H. Sullivan, architect, developed skyscrapers

September 3, 1923 – Mort Walker, cartoonist, created “Beetle Bailey”

September 3 – Aliki, author

September 4 – Syd Hoff, author

September 4, 1918 – Paul Harvey, radio personality, quote: “And now, the rest of the story”

September 5, 1847 – Jesse James, Outlaw, bank and train robber

September 5, 1897 – Arthur C. Neilsen, founder of A. C. Neilsen Co., market research firm

September 5 – Paul Fleischman, author

September 6 – Toni DiTerlizzi, illustrator

September 6, 1757 – Marquis de Lafayette, French general assisted America during the Revolutionary War

September 6, 1766 – John Dalton, chemist, physicist, formulated atomic theory

September 6, 1800 – Catharine Beecher, educator

September 7 – Elmer Hader, author

September 7, 1860 – Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Moses), painter

September 7, 1908 – Michael DeBakey, pioneer heart surgeon

September 7, 1936 – Buddy Holly, singer, musician

September 8, 1157 – Richard I, King of England – “Richard the Lion-Hearted”

September 8, 1841 – Antonin Dvorak, composer

September 8, 1932 – Patsy Cline, country singer

September 8, 1941 – Bernie Sanders, American politician

September 8 – Jack Prelutsky, poet

September 8 – Jon Scieszka, author

September 9, 1890 – Harland Sanders, “Colonel Sanders”, founded Kentucky Fried Chicken

September 10, 1898 – Waldo Semon, chemist, invented vinyl

September 10, 1929 – Arnold Palmer, golfer

September 10, 1934 – Charles Kuralt, TV journalist, newscaster

September 10 – Misty Copeland, author

September 11, 1862 – O. Henry (William S. Porter), short-story writer

September 11, 1924 – Tom Landry, NFL Dallas Cowboys coach

September 12, 1913 – Jesse Owens, champion Olympic track and field star

September 12 – Valerie Tripp, author

September 13 – Roald Dahl, author

September 13 – Else Holmelund Minarik, author

September 13 – Mildred Taylor, author

September 13, 1851 – Walter Reed, army physician, bacteriologist, Walter Reed Hospital in D.C. named in his honor

September 13, 1860 – John J. Pershing, World War I General

September 14 – William H. Armstrong, author

September 14 – Edith Thacher Hurd, author

September 14 – John Steptoe, author/illustrator

September 15, 1857 – Willaim Howard Taft, 27th  U.S. President(1909-1913), chief justice of the Supreme Court

September 15, 1890 – Agatha Christie, mystery writer

September 15, 1984 – Prince Harry, Prince of England

September 15 – James Fenimore Cooper, author

September 15 – Tomie dePaola, author/illustrator

September 15 – Robert McCloskey, author/illustrator

September 16 – H.A. Rey, author/illustrator

September 16, 1722 – Samuel Adams, 4th President of the United States

September 16, 1924 – B. B. King, blues singer

September 16, 1926 – John Knowles, novelist

September 17, 1907 – Warren Burger, chief justice of the Supreme Court

September 17, 1944 – James Brady, gun control advocate, presidential press secretary during Reagan administration

September 17 – Gail Carson Levine, author

September 17 – Elizabeth Enright, author

September 18, 1971 – Lance Armstrong, six time Tour de France cycling champion

September 19 – Rachel Field, author

September 20, 1878 – Upton Sinclair, novelist

September 21, 1866 – H. G. Wells, novelist

September 21 – Taro Yashima, author

September 22 – Esphyr Slobodkina, author/illustrator

September 23, 63 B.C. – Agustus, Roman Emperor

September 23, 1906 – Dr. Harriet Hardy, first woman professor at Harvard Medical School

September 24, 1755 – John Marshall, chief justice of the Supreme Court

September 24, 1896 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, novelist

September 24, 1936 – Jim Henson, puppeteer, created the “Muppets”

September 24 – Wilson Rawls, author

September 25 – Andrea Davis Pinkney, author

September 25 – Shel Silverstein, poet

September 25 – William Faulkner, author

September 25 – Jim Murphy, author

September 26, 1774 – Johnny Chapman, better known as “Johnny Appleseed

September 26, 1888 – T. S. Eliot, poet

September 26, 1898 – George Gershwin, composer

September 27, 1722 – Samuel Adams, Revolutionary War leader, politician

September 27 – Paul Goble, author/illustrator

September 27 – Bernard Waber, author

September 28 – Kate Wiggin, author

September 28, 1573 – Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio, painter

September 28, 1901 – Ed Sullivan, TV personality, “The Ed Sullivan show”

September 28, 1909 – Al Capp, cartoonist, created “Li’l Abner”

September 29, 106 B.C. – Pompey, Roman General and politician

September 29, 1901 – Enrico Fermi, nuclear physicist

September 29, 1907 – Gene Autry, actor, singer, the “Singing Cowboy”

September 29 – Stan Berenstain, author/illustrator

September 30, 1924 – Truman Capote, novelist

September 30, 1981 – Dominique Moceanu, at 14 became the youngest U.S gymnast to win a gold medal

September 30 – Edgar D’Aulaire, author/illustrator

September 30 – Alvin Tresselt, author

Birthdays are taken from http://holidayinsights.com/bday/ and a calendar from Perma Bound. Since some of these “famous” people may be lesser known to your students, the display could be tied to a trivia contest.