Famous People: September
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All Figures for September (36 results)
Junko Tabei
Pioneering Japanese Mountaineer, First Woman to Summit Mount Everest (1975) & Conquer the Seven Summits
King Chulalongkorn
King Rama V the Great of Siam, Visionary Modernizer & Savior of Thai Sovereignty
Leo Tolstoy
Novelist, Essayist & Moral Philosopher
Matangini Hazra
Iconic Bengali Revolutionary, Freedom Fighter & Martyr of the Quit India Movement ("Gandhi Buri")
Mother Teresa
Catholic Nun, Humanitarian & Nobel Peace Laureate
Nadia Boulanger
Historic French Music Pedagogue, Conductor, Composer & Organist (Mentor to 20th-Century Masters)
Peter Tosh
Reggae Pioneer, Co-Founder of The Wailers, Grammy Award Winner & Rastafari Human Rights Icon
Pierre Trudeau
15th Prime Minister of Canada, Architect of Canadian Official Bilingualism & Father of the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Pope John Paul I
263rd Pope of the Catholic Church & Sovereign of Vatican City
Robert Jordan
Master American Epic Fantasy Author & Creator of The Wheel of Time Series
Roy Lichtenstein
Pioneering American Pop Artist, Painter, Sculptor & Creator of "Whaam!" and "Drowning Girl"
Samora Machel
Founding Father & First President of Independent Mozambique, Anti-Colonial Revolutionary & Pan-African Hero
Sergei Bondarchuk
Soviet-Russian Filmmaker, Academy Award Winner for "War and Peace", Actor & People's Artist of the USSR
Severo Ochoa
Biochemist, Molecular Biologist & Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Laureate (1959)
Shigeru Yoshida
Historic 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (1946–1947, 1948–1954), Architect of the "Yoshida Doctrine" & Post-War Economic Miracle
Sir Michael Gambon
Legendary Irish-English Actor, Revered as Professor Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter & 4-Time BAFTA Winner