Famous People: September
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All Figures for September (28 results)
Albert Szent-Györgyi
Hungarian-American Biochemist, Nobel Laureate in Medicine (1937) & Discoverer of Vitamin C
Anita Roddick
Pioneer of Ethical Consumerism, Founder of The Body Shop & Dame Commander (DBE)
Arthur Henderson
1934 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, British Foreign Secretary & Leader of the Labour Party
Bishan Singh Bedi
Legendary Indian Cricket Captain, Master Left-Arm Spin Virtuoso & Padma Shri Honoree
Carlos Lamarca
Brazilian Army Captain, Marksmanship Champion & Guerrilla Leader Against Military Dictatorship
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich
Brazilian Zoologist, Biodiversity Academic & World Authority on Neotropical Land Planarians
Felix Bloch
Nobel Laureate in Physics (1952), Co-Inventor of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) & 1st CERN Director
George C. Scott
Academy Award & Emmy-Winning American Actor, Stage Director & Iconic Star of Patton and Dr. Strangelove
Horatio Nelson
British Naval Flag Officer, Victor of Trafalgar & Supreme Master of Naval Strategy
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Founding Father of Haiti, Revolutionary General & Hero of Black Independence
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)