11 September: today's birthdays

• Theodor Adorno - German philosopher and sociologist
• Bashar al-Assad - Syrian politician, currently the 19th President of Syria, born Bashar Hafez al-Assad 
• Joanna Baillie - Scottish poet and dramatist
• Franz Beckenbauer - German soccer coach, sports manager and former player
• Brian De Palma - American film director and screenwriter. He directed Carrie, Scarface, The Untouchables, Mission: Impossible
• Andre Dubus - American novelist and short story writer, born Andre Dubus III. He is the author of the book House of Sand and Fog.
• Tony Gilroy - American author, screenwriter and film director
• Jari Isometsä - Former Finnish cross-country skier
• D. H. Lawrence - David Herbert Lawrence, English novelist, poet and playwright: He wrote Lady Chatterley's Lover 
• Ludacris - Stage name of Christopher Brian Bridges, American singer and actor
• Virginia Madsen - American actress
• Ferdinand Marcos - Former Philippine president
• Franz Ernst Neumann - German physicist and mathematician
• Graeme Obree - Scottish racing cyclist
• Arvo Pärt - Estonian composer
• William Sydney Porter - American writer
  
• Pierre de Ronsard - French poet
• Dejan Stanković - Serbian soccer player