Notable Birthdays for September 19
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- Irvin Westheimer, who founded the American Big Brothers movement, in 1879
- Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski in 1905
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell in 1907
- Austrian automobile designer Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche in 1909
- British author William Golding (Lord of the Flies) in 1911
- writer Roger Angell in 1920
- James Lipton, actor and writer and host of Inside the Actors Studio, in 1926 (age 88)
- baseball Hall of Fame member Duke Snider, also in 1926
- singer Brook Benton in 1931
- actors Adam West (TV's Batman) in 1928 (age 86) and David McCallum (TV's NCIS) in 1933 (age 81)
- four-time Olympic gold medal discus thrower Al Oerter in 1936
- singer/songwriter Paul Williams and singer Bill Medley of The Righteous Brothers, both in 1940 (age 74)
- singers Mama Cass Elliot in 1941 and Freda Payne in 1942 (age 72)
- baseball Hall of Fame member Joe Morgan in 1943 (age 71)
- singer/songwriter David Bromberg in 1945 (age 69)
- actors Randolph Mantooth in 1945 (age 69) and Jeremy Irons in 1948 (age 66)
- model and actor Twiggy, whose real name is Lesley Hornby, in 1949 (age 65)
- television personality Joan Lunden in 1950 (age 64)
- actor/director Kevin Hooks in 1958 (age 56)
- celebrity chef Mario Batali in 1960 (age 44)
- actor Cheri Oteri in 1962 (age 52)
- country singer Trisha Yearwood in 1964 (age 50)
- journalist Soledad O'Brien in 1966 (age 48)
- and comedian Jimmy Fallon in 1974 (age 40).
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