Famous Birthdays on September 21

14 notable people were born on September 21.

19th Century

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

1853 – 1926

Netherlands

Dutch physicist, Nobel prize winner (1853-1926)

20th Century

Kwame Nkrumah

1909 – 1972

Ghana

Ghanaian politician (1909–1972)

university teacherlecturerdiplomat

Kim Yong-ju

1920 – 2021

North Korea

North Korean politician and Kim Il-sung's younger brother

politician

Leonard Cohen

1934 – 2016

Canada

Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)

Yury Luzhkov

1936 – 2019

Russia

Russian politician (1936–2019)

Shinzō Abe

1954 – 2022

Japan

Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954–2022)

Kevin Rudd

1957

Australia

26th Prime Minister of Australia

Nechervan Idris Barzani

1966

Iraq

Kurdish politician

politician

Suman Pokhrel

1967

Nepal

Nepalese poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist

linguistessayistliterary scholar

Edgars Rinkēvičs

1973

Latvia

President of Latvia since 2023 (born 1973)

diplomatpolitician

Kareena Kapoor Khan

1980

India

Indian actress

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

1988

Pakistan

37th Foreign Minister of Pakistan

politician

Tadej Pogačar

1998

Slovenia

Slovenian cyclist (born 1998)

sport cyclist